Chapter 12: The Flame Cult

readx; Fan Hu came to the market with the night moon on his back, bustling and muttering, and all kinds of shouting and selling were endless, so lively. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe night moon, who is full of curiosity about all kinds of things, jumps off the back of Fan Lake and reverses between the vendors. She would wear a ghost and smile at Fan Hu, and then change into a man's clothes, put on a fake beard, and shake a feather fan to pretend to be a scholar.

When passing by the vendor selling rock sugar gourds, looking at the crystal sugar gourds, Yeyue licked her mouth, her eyes stared straight ahead, Fan Hu asked, "Do you want to eat it?"

"Yes. Yeyue nodded vigorously.

Fan Hu paid the silver money, bought a bunch, and handed it to Yeyue.

After taking a bite, Yeyue covered her face with one hand, looking intoxicated: "It's so sweet, it's delicious." Then he handed it to Fan Hu, a little coquettish: "You eat it too." After hesitating for a moment, Fan Hu took a bite of a hawthorn, mixed with a layer of sugar coating outside, and a burst of sweetness came into his heart.

A middle-aged couple walked by, and the wife said to her husband, "I also want you to feed me sugar gourds." The husband refused at first, but he couldn't resist his wife, but he still had a broken thought: "The newlyweds have some feelings, we are all old husbands and wives, and you are not ashamed." ”

Misunderstood by others as husband and wife, Fan Hu and Yeyue looked at each other and felt a little embarrassed. And in this unnatural atmosphere, I happened to hear a shouting voice from the front: "Everyone, here are the latest and most curious things, which will definitely open your eyes." Don't miss it. Yeyue, who was already curious about everything, heard this shout, pulled Fan Hu and ran forward.

There was a stage in front of him, and an object covered with a red cloth could be seen on the stage below, while a man was shouting vigorously. "What kind of fun will it be under the red cloth?" Because of the excitement, Yeyue held Fan Hu's hand and trembled a little.

As the crowd below gradually gathered, the man put one hand on the red cloth and pretended to be mysterious: "This thing is not common. Then the red cloth was lifted. There was an iron cage under the red cloth, and in the iron cage there was a raccoon-like creature, the hair on the tanuki's body stood up, and its sharp claws kept grasping the iron cage, making a "bang, bang" sound, and it tried to make its teeth grin, making itself look fierce and terrifying. At the moment when the red cloth was pulled apart, Fan Hu let out a "hiss." "It hurts. Yeyue, who was holding Fan Hu tightly, pinched him hard. Fan Hu turned around, only to see that his expression was stiff and his face was not very good.

"What is this unusual, isn't it just an ordinary tanuki?" said a strong man with a scar on his face and a large knife in his hand. And with the strong man's questioning, the crowd was a little commotional and expressed their approval. The man on the stage saw the questioning voices from the crowd and nodded with satisfaction. Because of the strong man's questioning, the atmosphere can only be hit to the most, he touched the iron cage with one hand and said slowly: "This is not an ordinary tanuki." ”

"What could a tanuki be any different? More people in the audience chimed in. The man motioned with both hands not to be in a hurry, and said slowly: "This tanuki can talk." ”

"Your grandfather, I have been traveling from south to north for 20 years, and I have never heard of such an evil thing, I don't believe that a tanuki has cultivated into a demon and can speak!" said the strong man loudly.

"Seeing is believing, so let this tanuki speak to all the brothers. The man turned to the cage and said to the tanuki, "Tell me something." The tanuki ignored the man, just grinning at the man. Seeing this, the man was not surprised, and pulled out a leather whip from his waist and whipped it at the tanuki.

I don't know how many times it was pumped, but the tanuki's skin had already bloomed, revealing the pink flesh inside, and it finally burst out and shouted, "You despicable person, you will definitely be punished." Hearing the tanuki's curse, the man was not angry, but put the whip away. Looking at the stunned crowd below, he said with satisfaction: "Seeing is believing, this is not an ordinary tanuki. It's going to be auctioned now, it's the only treasure in the world. If you are interested, don't miss it. ”

From the initial shock to the current fanaticism, the crowd in the audience is thinking about how much profit they can get by buying this special tanuki. Looking at the fiery and greedy eyes of the people around her, Yeyue said to Fan Hu with a crying voice: "Shall we save it, it is so pitiful, I don't want it to fall into the hands of those bad people." Fan Hu patted Yeyue's head and comforted: "Don't worry, I will definitely save it." ”

As the gongs and drums next to it were beaten, the auction began. "Fifty taels. "One hundred taels" and "I'll give five hundred taels" Just when the bidding sound came and went, the strong man slapped his big knife on the stage, and looked at everyone in the audience with sharp eyes: "I pressed my ancestral treasure knife, who would dare to increase the price?" As the big man stood there majestically, the sound of bidding disappeared at once, and everyone was a little hesitant, worried that the big man would do something out of the ordinary. Fan Hu was not afraid, he just counted the entanglements given by the woman, took them all out and raised his hand to signal: "Three thousand taels." As soon as the words came out, everyone exclaimed, three thousand taels is a lot of money.

The man on the stage picked up the treasure knife, looked at it, and said, "This knife is not worth 3,000 taels of silver, and it is currently the highest bid of that little brother." Hearing the man's words, the strong man took it out on his body again, but he couldn't take out anything, and he felt a feeling of annoyance in his heart. Lifting the big knife, he ran towards Fan Hu. Just when he was aggressive, he suddenly collapsed like this, and the male commander on the stage and several men in black dragged the big man out. Seeing the big man leave like this, the crowd was a little commotion, and they didn't know what was happening, at this time, the man on the stage said: "Here, everyone can bid freely, this little brother bid three thousand taels, is there anyone who bids higher?"

Even without the pressure of a strong man, the crowd below is still you look at me and I look at you, unmoved. After all, three thousand taels is not a small amount. At this moment of silence, a middle-aged man trembled and raised his hand, plucked up his courage, and shouted with all his strength: "I will give three thousand five hundred taels." ”

Yeyue shook Fan Hu's arm, looking at Fan Hu with a pair of big eyes, Fan Hu shrugged helplessly: "I don't have any more silver taels." Hearing this, Yeyue's big eyes were filled with mist. Shake Fan Hu's arm vigorously. Seeing this, Fan Hu hurriedly comforted: "Don't worry, don't worry, observe again." In the end, Fan Hu made up his mind and clenched his fists: "It's really not good, I'll grab it too." Just as he was speaking, the man on the stage struck the gong and said, "Three thousand five hundred and two times, three thousand five hundred and two times." The third time was about to knock down, I saw that the middle-aged man's face was a little pale, very nervous, he hoped to get the talking tanuki, but he was reluctant to give up all the belongings of the three thousand five hundred taels. However, while he was nervous, the gong did not sound after all. A voice came, and without hesitation, said, "Ten thousand taels." The audience was in a sensation, discussing who could come up with so many silver taels, and the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, although a little disappointed, but more of a relief.

traced the source of the sound and found that the people who came were Hu Luobin and Liu Kan. People suddenly took it for granted, and they made way for the main owner, whispering: "It turned out to be the son of the Hu family." "This Hu family is not simple, but in just a few years, it has become the richest man in Jiangnan with a daughter. ”

I saw Hu Luobin walk up to the stage and throw the silver ticket to the ground like this, the man was not annoyed, nodded and picked up the silver ticket from the ground, looked at it carefully, and found that it was correct, so he directly rang the gong and shouted: "Deal! This is yours!" and then whispered two words in Hu Luobin's ear. Then, carrying the cage, the god mysteriously led the two of them to the side alley.

"Let's go, let's follow. Fan Hu took Yeyue's little hand and chased after him.

In the uninhabited alley, the man rubbed his hands and pointed to the tanuki in the cage and said with some pride: "Two masters, don't underestimate this tanuki, it is not tight and can only talk to people, it is a monster!"

After hearing this, Hu Luobin and Liu Kan showed frightened expressions. The man looked a little smug when he saw them. "Then you give us back the silver taels, we don't want them. As he spoke, he snatched the 10,000 taels of silver tickets from the man's hand like lightning.

"Don't, don't. The man was a little anxious, he just wanted to show off, but he didn't expect Hu Luobin to really snatch the silver ticket. So he hurriedly explained: "The two of you don't know, although it is a monster, it is harmless to people. ”

"It's said to be a monster, how can it be harmless to people. Hu Luobin didn't believe it.

At this time, the men wanted to slap themselves, so they had to scare them. After finally making up his mind, he glanced around, and made sure that no one was able to whisper: "I won't hide it from the two masters, I am the Onmyoji of the Fire Sect." "Leaving the Fire Sect" Don't talk about Hu Luobin, even Liu Kan has never heard of it, the two showed puzzled expressions, Hu Luobin asked, "What is the Fire Leaving Sect?"

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, the man said, "The Onmyoji in the Fire Sect specializes in catching some weak and harmless demons and selling them to rich families who are interested in this. This tanuki will not only not bring disaster to the two masters, but will bring good luck. And I stole this tanuki at my risk, and I counted on it to exchange it for two silver flowers. ”

Seeing that Liu Kan and Hu Luobin were still a little unconvinced, they were really anxious: "Two masters, I have said what I should have said and what I shouldn't have said." ”

"Then tell me where is the main altar of the Fire Sect?" asked Liu Kan.

Faced with this critical issue, the man became alarmed. At this moment, he found that there were two long figures in front of him blocking the road behind him, and the two of them were Fan Hu and Yeyue who were catching up. Seeing that several people were forming horns with each other, faintly surrounding themselves, the man's eyes became sharp and he said coldly: "You have inquired in such detail, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as buying things." ”