"What, the people of Xujiazhuang rescued the fox demon?"

At Xu Ya'er's house, Gu Yanwu's voice was full of disbelief.

Shen Ning sighed slightly, this matter was also beyond his expectations, so when facing the people of Xujiazhuang, there was no better way for a while except to release this fox demon.

Li Hongye also sighed and made his own analysis, "In fact, the move of the people of Xujiazhuang is reasonable, over the years, the villages near Xujiazhuang have been slaughtered by demons, and the local spirit does not know what happened, if I were someone from Xujiazhuang, I might also pin my hope on this fox demon." ”

"But it's a demon!" Gu Yanwu said excitedly: "Don't these people know the consequences?" ”

"When disaster doesn't befall you, everyone will take chances." Shen Ning said lightly: "Of course, the people of Xujiazhuang are no exception. ”

As soon as Shen Ning's words came out, Gu Yanwu didn't know what to say for a while, but Wang Yan put forward a suggestion, wanting to deal with this fox demon while Xu Jiazhuang didn't know, and at that time, they could leave Xu Jiazhuang.

As for the rest of the matter, you can report the situation here to the imperial court in detail, and let the imperial court send someone to deal with it.

Of course, there is no problem in dealing with it in this way, but everyone is faced with a new problem, that is, this fox demon has left, and it is impossible to find its traces without clues.

"In my opinion, the people of Xujiazhuang believe in this fox demon like this, so we simply don't care about this matter." Gu Yanwu said with some anger: "It doesn't matter what their life will be like in the future, a group of things that don't know the hearts of good people. ”

Gu Yanwu was not unreasonable, everyone worked hard to capture this fox demon, but he actually let it go like this under the threat of the villagers of Xujiazhuang, and no one would feel good in their hearts.

"No way!" Wang Yan, who rarely expressed his opinions, was a little emotional at this time, and said loudly: "How can you turn a blind eye to possible disasters because of the ignorance of the villagers? In that case, what is the purpose of our cultivation? ”

Shen Ning and Li Hongye nodded in agreement.

Gu Yanwu saw that his proposal was refuted by everyone, so he simply crossed Erlang's legs, sat on the side, and pouted: "If you want to think like this, I can't do it, making suggestions has never been my forte, you can figure it out yourself, I just follow it." ”

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault." Seeing a few people arguing, Xu Ya'er, who had been sitting on the side, had red eyes, and her eyes were full of apologies, if it weren't for her, everyone wouldn't be so embarrassed.

When Gu Yanwu heard her say this, he panicked and hurriedly said, "How can I blame you?" No one would have thought that such a thing would happen, okay, okay, don't cry, let's think of a way together, just solve this fox demon. ”

Shen Ning glanced at Gu Yanwu, his eyes were full of deep meaning, but soon, he talked about business again, "In fact, the traces of the fox demon are not difficult to find, there must be someone in Xujiazhuang who knows where the fox demon is." ”

Li Hongye's reaction was the fastest, and when he heard Shen Ning say this, he immediately asked, "Are you talking about the village chief?" ”

Shen Ning nodded, and said meaningfully: "I don't know if you have found out, whether it is what happened in the ancestral hall or what happened outside Xujiazhuang this morning, it was this village chief who took the lead in stopping us, not the actions of the villagers spontaneously, that is to say, the status of the fox fairy in the eyes of the villagers is very likely not as high as we think, more by virtue of the prestige of this village chief, plus Xu Changgeng said before that the fox demon only keeps in touch with the village chief, and it is difficult for other villagers to see this fox demon." , which also means that the relationship between the village chief and the fox demon is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface. ”

"What do you want to do?" After listening to Shen Ning's statement, Li Hongye couldn't help but nodded, and at the same time couldn't help but express his sincere admiration for the observation ability of his little junior brother.

Shen Ning didn't sell it, and immediately told everyone present his thoughts.

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In a thatched house in Xujiazhuang, this is the residence of Xu Wugen, the village chief of Xujiazhuang.

At over seventy years old, he is the longest-lived person in Xujia Village, and the only one who can still work in the fields every day energetically at this age.

At this time, Xu Wugen made a meal at home, a bowl of gruel, a stack of dried radish, such a simple meal, he ate very deliciously.

After eating, he started the drum and burned the stove again, this time the food was much richer than before, there were stir-fried vegetables and a little meat, and with the prepared meal, Xu Wugen pushed open the wing room in the courtyard.

This wing room is locked, and the villagers who basically know why they are locked in Xujiazhuang.

Xu Wugen is over half a hundred years old, and as the village chief, he is not alone, on the contrary, in the early years, he had a son.

The son's name is Xu Yongzhen, he is diligent, he is also five big and three thick, he is a first-class good hand, and the Xu family's several acres of paddy fields are under Xu Yongzhen's care, so that the Xu family's life is getting better and better.

Because of Xu Yongzhen's outstanding performance in the eyes of the villagers, his reputation can be said to have spread all over the nearby villages, at that time, the matchmaker who came to the Xu family to say goodbye can be said to have broken through the door of the Xu family, but Xu Yongzhen had already made a marriage contract, so he refused to come one by one.

Whether he refused, Xu Wugen smiled and watched his son reveal his sturdy body, doing farm work under the scorching sun, his hands and feet were nimble, and his movements were smooth, as if he could see what he looked like when he was young.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and there was a famine in the village that year, so Xu Wugen took his son and went up to the mountains to hunt to see if he could find some food to come back.

However, there were still seven or eight promising descendants in the village that day, but two months passed, and Xu Wugen and his party did not come back.

The villagers couldn't help but be worried, and spontaneously organized people to go up the mountain to explore, but only a few corpses were found that they had been gnawed and mutilated, and everyone knew that they had been killed, so no one went to look for them.

Many people died in the famine, and white silk was hung in front of every house, and at this time, the scarred Xu Wugen came back, and he also brought a cart of food.

The villagers were surprised that Xu Wugen was still alive and asked him what had happened.

Xu Wugen replied that they had encountered an evil spirit in the mountains, and everyone died, but there was a fox fairy who defeated the evil spirit in the end, saved him, and gave him a lot of food, but on the condition that every household had an incense tablet dedicated to the fox fairy.

The villagers were skeptical of Xu Wugen's words, but after seeing so much food, and the fact that some people often claimed to have seen foxes the size of a hill in the mountains, they gradually believed it.

It is also with the food given by the fox fairy that Xujiazhuang is the village with the largest surviving population in that famine year.

Everything is developing on the good side, but it's a pity that Xu Wugen's wife, Xu Yongzhen's mother, may be crazy because of the pain of losing her son in the days that followed!

I always muttered:

"Fox, youkai!"

"My son, what about my son?"

Mrs. Xu was completely crazy, and Xu Wugen had no choice but to put her in the wing room of the house, so as not to get lost outside.

Pushing open the door of the wing, Xu Wugen heard his wife shouting madly inside: "Son, it's all your father's fault, your father is a voice, he can't save you." ”

"My son!"

"You died so miserably!"

Sometimes crying, sometimes laughing excitedly, holding the tiger skin hat sewn when he was sober, he said with a smile: "Son, when you marry the girl of Xu Laowu's family, you will give birth to a big fat boy, and when the time comes, I will watch the child for you, hahahaha." ”

Looking at his wife's appearance, saliva flowed all over, Xu Wugen wiped it for her helplessly, patiently fed her mouth, and did not forget to comfort her: "Don't worry, our son is fine, he lives well, lives well!" ”

Unexpectedly, the old woman, who was still able to eat a few bites of food, suddenly burst out, grabbed Xu Wugen's neck, and said viciously: "You lie, that's not my son, that's not my son!" ”

Xu Wugen was pinched by this sudden attack, and it took a lot of effort to break free, raising his hand was like a slap to Mrs. Xu, but his hand was raised in the air, but he couldn't wave it.

Seeing the old woman smirk at him like crazy, Xu Wugen finally withdrew his hand, sighed slightly and left the room, sitting alone in the courtyard smoking dry tobacco, no one knew what he was thinking.

At dusk, Xu Wugen looked at the sky, took out the only bacon left in the house, and made some food, but this time it was not sent to Mrs. Xu, but picked up a food box and quietly went out.

In the case of demons and troubled times, Xujiazhuang has a rule that you are not allowed to go out alone in the middle of the night, so the entire Xujiazhuang is quiet, and Xu Wugen did not meet anyone else along the way, and left Xujiazhuang along the red carpet on the ground.

A small bean man emerged from the dirt and looked in the direction of Xu Wugen's departure, then jumped onto a pair of wide palms.

Looking at Xu Wugen's departing figure, Gu Yanwu sighed slightly: "I said, your brain is too good." ”

Gu Yanwu's words were the most sincere words in his heart, whether it was in Nanxiang or Shenjing City, there were basically no problems with the strategy formulated by Shen Ning.

Shen Ning didn't pay attention to Gu Yanwu's praise, but said lightly: "Follow him." ”

Of course, Xu Wugen would not notice that someone would follow him, and he left Xujiazhuang and came to a mountain forest.

The road in the mountains and forests was muddy, Xu Wugen seemed to be used to walking such mountain roads, walking one foot deep and one foot shallow, the speed was still very fast, and after a while, he came to a cave.

It was pitch black in the cave, and Xu Wugen was not afraid to go straight in.

"Who?" The voice of the fox fairy came from inside the cave.

Xu Wugen had tears in his eyes: "Son! It's me, your father! ”

Hearing that it was Xu Wugen's voice, the fox fairy slowly breathed a sigh of relief, "Dad, are they gone?" ”

"Not yet." Xu Wugen wiped away the tears on his face, lit the torch standing next to the cave, opened the food box, looked at the wound on his son's body that was pierced by the dragon chanting spear, and said sadly: "This group of voices, how can they be so ruthless." ”

The fox fairy licked the wound, but comforted his father, and his voice was low, "I'm fine, it's just when this group of people will leave, I can feel that they are very difficult to deal with, and I'm worried, they will follow you and find me." ”

When Xu Wugen heard this, he looked vigilantly outside the cave, but he didn't see those figures, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry, these people were set up by me during the day, and now they must be angry in their hearts, they won't think so much, you eat things first, and I'll find an opportunity to drive them away in a few days."

Hearing this, the fox fairy nodded, ate the food in the food box, and suddenly asked as if he remembered something, "Dad, have you eaten?" ”

"Dad ate early, and he ate well."

"How's my mother?"

"Your mother, she also eats, and the situation is much better now than before, but I can't accept it for a while, so I'm scared, and in a few days, it will definitely be fine."

The fox fairy breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and ate the food brought by Xu Wugen.

It's just that now as a youkai, eating these things that look like delicious human beings is like chewing wax.

However, looking at Xu Wugen's expectation, the fox fairy still ate one bite at a time, and mentioned one thing halfway: "Dad, forget the matter between me and Ya'er..... ”

How do you know that the fox fairy's words have not been finished, Xu Wugen said anxiously: "How can you forget it?" Our family and theirs have already had a marriage contract, not to mention how can we pass on the lineage if we forget it! Are you going to me off? ”

"So, is that the truth behind it?"

In the dark and empty cave, a voice came from behind Xu Wugen.