20: Knife slash ghost fox digging demon cave
Speaking of this, Ren You suddenly knelt down: "Please also ask the Taoist good people to do it to the end and rescue my lady from the demon cave." ”
Yi Fan was startled, stood up, and helped him up: "Why did Ren Jushi say this? ”
"My lady was originally in a mountain dozens of miles away, a few years ago, was swept here by a demon fox for its drive, although there is no restriction on freedom, but her life is in the hands of the demon fox. ”
Ren You bitterly explained the reason, it turned out that a few miles away from here, there was a mountain col, in which a fox demon was hidden, oppressing ghosts, for them to drive, everywhere for evil, taking people's lives.
In recent years, there have been occasional disappearances in the surrounding area, and they have been victimized by them.
When the old lady heard this, she was so shocked that she hid her face and cried: "My poor child is unwilling to say this to me, for fear that I will be worried." ”
Yi Fan snorted coldly and said, "Demons harm people, Poor Dao will naturally not stand idly by, you explain where you are, just get rid of it today, so as not to harm people again." ”
Ren You smiled bitterly: "I don't know where I am, I only know this by listening to my lady's occasional complaints, but she doesn't want me to do stupid things, so I rushed to rescue her, but I lost my life, and never said that the mountain col where the demon fox was." ”
It's a bit tricky, and even though it's only a few miles, there's a lot of cols.
"Why don't you wait for the embroidery girl to come back tonight and ask carefully?" Ren You said.
Yi Fan frowned, but he didn't want to waste time here, of course, the sooner he dealt with it, the better.
Suddenly, the silver-haired beast bared its teeth, danced and stepped on its feet, and screamed strangely, Yi Fan was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Do you know where it is?"
It immediately nodded excitedly, and kept beating its chest.
Yi Fan was stunned, yes, this beast is a snake on the ground, and it is not strange to know where the fox demon is hiding, so he said to Ren You: "I haven't slept all night, I must be tired, you serve the old lady to rest first, and when it is almost evening, let's leave again." ”
During the day, the fox demon must hide in the hole and not come out, it is more difficult to kill it, and it will definitely come out to move at night, and it can be taken down in one fell swoop when the time comes.
When I went out, the sky was already slightly bright, and I didn't walk for long, I saw that some villagers were sneaky, and they hid to the side to watch, and when they saw the silver-haired beast behind Yi Fan, they were frightened and hurriedly dispersed.
Yi Fan was not surprised, there was a lot of movement last night, crying and making trouble, the village is not big, so he can naturally hear it clearly, as if he can't see it, he just cares about walking.
Entered the house, let it squat in the corner, went back to bed to rest, and was busy all night, without a moment of rest, and the iron body felt tired.
As soon as the sun came out, Yi Fan was woken up by an exclamation, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the child sitting on the edge of the bed, excitedly pointing to the silver-haired beast in the corner: "Monkey, what a beautiful monkey." ”
The silver-haired beast scratched its head, not understanding why the child was so excited, and immediately bared its teeth and raised its fist, but instead of frightening the child, it made him happier.
The old man was a little frightened, and when he saw Yi Fan wake up, he said: "Dao Chief, this monkey is born with a vision, I am afraid that it is not ordinary, but I don't know how to enter the house. ”
"Don't be afraid, this strange beast won't harm people. ”
Yi Fan didn't explain much, since he woke up, he didn't sleep anymore, got up and prepared to go outside for morning class, who knew that when he opened the door, he saw dozens of villagers standing far away, men, women and children, and the leader was the chief.
"Captain?"
Hearing Yi Fan's call, the lieutenant chief was so frightened that he hesitated, but he still walked over tremblingly and hugged his hands: "Dao Chief, where are the monsters?"
"Youkai? ”
Yi Fan smiled and explained: "You're talking about a silver-haired beast, right? Don't be afraid, its nature is good, if you don't anger it, it won't hurt people, and there is a poor way, and it doesn't dare to be presumptuous." ”
"That's good, that's good, the Taoist is really a great power, he can subdue the demons and make the old man admire. ”
But the chief didn't believe it, where was there a monkey with silver hair? Only when Yi Fan subdued the demon and didn't let it do evil, he asked someone to send a brocade box: "There are ten taels of broken silver here, and I hope the Taoist chief will not dislike it." ”
Yi Fan didn't dare to take it, so he hurriedly excused himself, back and forth, and seeing that he really didn't answer, the lieutenant took back the brocade box and said, "I don't know how long the chief is going to rest in our village for a few days?"
This is what it means to drive people away, Yi Fan thought secretly in his heart, but said in his mouth: "It's really hard to drive for many days, I plan to rest for another day and set off early tomorrow morning." ”
After sending the villagers away, Yi Fan also breathed a sigh of relief, and did not dare to let the silver-haired beast come out, so as not to stimulate them again.
At noon, Ren You sent the food, but it was exquisite, and when I asked, I knew that in order to thank Yi Fan, the old lady personally cooked and made a few good dishes.
But they are all rare things, there are mountain delicacies, there are also river fish, ordinary people, these dishes are just these dishes during the festival, which makes Yi Fan feel embarrassed.
And then for the whole day, there were always villagers wandering around, looking at them with curiosity, and there were children playing with them, but they were also stopped by the adults, and they were not allowed to go this way, or even took a detour.
finally survived until the evening, Yi Fan ordered the old man not to go out, and then went out with the silver-haired beast.
The winter is cold, the villagers lack entertainment, and when it gets dark, they will go to bed, so they don't meet the villagers along the way, which saves a lot of trouble.
As for the dogs in the village, when they smelled the smell of silver-haired beasts, they were so frightened that they caught their tails and hid in the kennel, not daring to bark.
When I arrived at Ren's house, I saw Ren You waiting at the gate of the courtyard, and when I saw him coming, I hurriedly saluted.
"Do you have a knife at home?"
"There's a kitchen knife, and a knife for chopping wood, is that okay?"
Yi Fan didn't ask for much, let him bring a firewood knife, gave a few instructions, and then let the silver-haired beast lead the way in front.
It was difficult to walk at night, stumbling all the way, walking five or six miles, and then going up a mountain, when the sky was completely dark, I lit the prepared torches, and walked forward cautiously.
The mountains are overgrown with weeds, so you can keep an eye out for movement while using a firewood knife to open the way.
After walking a few miles of mountain roads, and finally a boundary, the silver-haired beast bared its teeth, pointed to the col not far away, danced and stepped on it, knowing that when he arrived at the place, Yi Fan extinguished the torch and threw the firewood knife to Ren You, so that he was not allowed to make a sound, and warned the silver-haired beast not to startle the snake.
The col is not big, but the grass and trees are lush, and in the dark, it is even more difficult to see the details, Yi Fan leaned down, hid in the grass, and whispered to Ren You: "Wait for anything to happen, don't make a sound, otherwise you will scare away the fox demon and be escaped by it, it will be troublesome." ”
After the order, he hid in the same place and did not make a sound, the mountain was cold, and after a while, Ren You shivered all over, his face turned blue, but he gritted his teeth and insisted.
Fortunately, it didn't take long to see that the moon had just come out, and the moonlight fell in the darkness, faintly showing a small mound, and after a while, five or six green lights flew out, swaying, and fell to the ground, turning into five or six figures.