Two days later.

Li Xiuyuan and the four guards rushed to the Qingshan boundary that Hu Han said.

There is only one small county town near here, called Qingxian, and there is a rolling mountain for dozens of miles outside the county.

The mountains are not high, but the mountains and forests are dense, and there are many hunters in the nearby counties, farmers who go up to the mountains to hunt and forage, and there are also village women from nearby villages who go up the mountains to collect wild vegetables and mushrooms.

"Is there a green mountain?" Li Xiuyuan looked up, it was indeed a large mountain and lush, and he didn't know what kind of scene it was in the mountains.

"The direction is right, the place name is right, you shouldn't be wrong. Wu Fei touched his bald head and said: "Why didn't the eldest young master go into the city to rest for a few days when he passed by Jinling City yesterday, even if he was in a hurry, he couldn't bear it." ”

"Who knows what will happen one day later, if you complain again, stay on Wangchuan Mountain and go to your mountain king. Li Xiuyuan said.

Wu Fei hurriedly said, "Don't, young master, I don't want to stay in the mountains, it's too boring, and now the smell in the mountains is small, and I want to vomit when I smell it." ”

"Let's go, let's go to Qingshan first, there is a village nearby, find a family to spend the night tonight." Li Xiu said from afar.

Ma Dong said again, "Young Master, didn't you say that the fox fairy had already set off in advance, why didn't you send someone to pick it up, and asked us to find it? ”

"What needs to happen when you get to the place will naturally happen, don't worry. Li Xiu said from afar.

Hu Han had already gone to Qingshan in advance, and although he had been delayed for a few days, it was impossible for Hu Han not to know if he and others entered the mountain, so he was not worried.

"Let's go. Li Xiuyuan commanded, rode his horse and continued to hurry.

On the way, I saw two stout and short men walking in front of me, carrying steel forks, carrying some hares in the mountains, and pheasants coming towards them, as if they wanted to take the game they hunted to the county to sell.

The two hunters went away and began to talk: "I don't know what happened in the mountains recently, this wild thing does not hide in the deep mountains and old forests, but runs out of the mountains vigorously, yesterday I laid a trap not only caught several game, but also caught a fox, you see, it is still alive, I am going to sell it to the leather merchants in the county, I have heard that the best fox skins are worth a lot, especially this kind of live fox that has not broken its fur." ”

"I heard the old man of a nearby village say this, the old man said that the mountains have not been peaceful recently, there may be spirits fighting, all the wild things in the mountains are shocked, so the wild things are running out of the mountains, I heard that there are a few rich sons in Jinling City, who like fox fur, and specially invited a lot of hunters to go into the mountains to hunt foxes, and the bid reached one or two silver, tsk, so that I want to earn this reward. ”

"Yes, the Zhang Orion in the next village has hunted twenty foxes these days, and has earned a full twenty taels, and he has not even asked for a daughter-in-law for more than thirty, but he has just set a marriage date with a yellow flower girl, and I am so greedy to see it, and when I sell this fox, I will also make a sum of money to add a few new clothes to my daughter-in-law." ”

Another hunter sighed: "Don't hunt foxes in Qingshan, this is a rule that our ancestors have passed down from generation to generation, but my father said that if I dare to hunt a fox, I will break my legs, and if I hunt two, I will break my legs, no way, I can't earn this money." ”

"Hey, my fox isn't hunting, but it crashed into the trap by itself, which isn't a break in the rules. ”

The hunter patted the skin on his waist, and a screaming sound came from inside.

Li Xiuyuan came on horseback, and when he heard the two hunters talking, he suddenly grabbed the reins and shouted, "Two heroes, please stay~!"

"What's the matter with this son?" The two hunters stopped their footsteps, looked at Li Xiuyuan and the others with tall heads, bright clothes, and extraordinary bearing, and immediately asked politely.

Li Xiuyuan turned over and dismounted: "The two of you are local hunters?"

"Yes, my name is Mu, he is a strong man, and we are hunting around here. The hunter named Wood said with some restraint.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Are there many foxes on the mountain?"

"Well, our ancestors have been hunting in this mountain for generations, and we often see foxes haunting. Wood said.

Li Xiuyuan asked again: "I heard that many hunters have gone into the mountains to hunt foxes recently, is this true?"

"Of course it's true, at least there are dozens of hunters who go into the mountains to hunt foxes, even some of the county's mischievous idlers have also gone into the mountains to catch foxes, and a rich man said, spend one or two silver to buy, and now as long as the wild foxes in the mountains appear, few escape, if you catch them like this, it is estimated that the foxes will be caught. Zhuangzi next to him said.

"Do you know who made the bid?" Li Xiuyuan said.

The person offended by this Hu Han is a bit ruthless, buying a fox for one or two pieces of silver, this is indeed to kill all the foxes in Qingshan.

"I don't know, I only know that there is a leather store in the county, but all the fresh fox skin shopkeepers are bought for one or two silver, and this store has not been seen for long, and I don't know which owner is behind it. Wood said.

Li Xiuyuan suddenly looked at the leather bag on the waist of the strong man and said, "Is there a fox in your leather bag?"

"Yes, a live fox, ready to be sold in town. Zhuangzi said.

"You can sell it when you take it to the town, why don't you sell me?" Li Xiu said from afar.

Zhuangzi said, "Yes, then the son will make a price." ”

"You sell it for one tael of silver from the town, and I'll pay double it, two taels of silver." Li Xiu said from afar.

Zhuangzi's eyes lit up, his heart was happy, and he just wanted to agree, but then he rolled his eyes, looked at the healthy horses ridden by these people, and the silk on the saddle, and knew that this was also the son of a rich and noble family, and he was not short of money.

"This son, two taels of silver is a little less, I'm a living fox, I haven't even hurt my fur a bit, it's a good thing. ”

When Li Xiuyuan saw him like this, he knew that he had a little bit of meaning to sit on the ground and raise the price, so he said again: "In this way, give you three taels of silver and sell this fox to me." ”

Zhuangzi's face immediately appeared with surprise, for him one tael of silver was a lot of money, and a fox could sell three taels of silver, enough to go up the mountain to hunt for several months.

However, seeing Li Xiuyuan so refreshing, Zhuangzi smiled and said, "This son, add more, I will sell all these prey to you, son." ”

"Four taels of silver, buy all your prey. Li Xiu said from afar.

"How about five taels?" Zhuangzi said with some excitement.

Li Xiuyuan didn't reply to him, but looked at Wu Fei next to him.

"Ah, what are you talking about? ”

Wu Fei grinned, touched his bald head, put one hand on the waist knife at his waist, and asked with a bit of hideousness.

Zhuangzi was suddenly frightened, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said: "Four taels of silver is enough, enough." ”

Wu Feikeng pulled out a waist knife and asked, "What? Did I hear it wrong, why did I seem to hear a dead word, who is impatient?" ”

"Two, two taels of silver, this son, according to the price you said before. Zhuangzi shuddered and hurriedly said.

Wu Feihu put one hand on his shoulder, squeezed his shoulder hard, and grinned: "Two taels of silver? Do you think we are the kind of people who can't take out a few taels of silver? Don't be reluctant, we don't do things like buying and selling, we are serious people from big families, not the kind of bandits who kill people and bully men and women." ”

After speaking, the waist knife was against Zhuangzi's waist and stabbed gently.

Zhuangzi was about to cry all of a sudden, "No, don't want money, this fox has sent you, sent you." ”

He is just a hunter in the mountains, hunting, killing pheasants and hares, where has he met a vicious person like Wu Fei.

"Okay, righteousness, I have made a friend of yours, and I will report my name when I go out in the future, I am the king of Wangchuan Mountain Wu Fei is also, and the heroes in the green forest will sell a little face when they see Lao Tzu. ”

Wu Fei patted him on the shoulder and said loudly: "Don't worry, I, Wu Fei, are your friends, if you say that your friend is your friend, if you say that you kill someone else's whole family, you will kill someone else's whole family, and there is no ambiguity." ”

"Big, big king, small, small is just a hunter, just now, just now it wasn't intentional" Zhuangzi cried and said with a sad face, full of horror.

Wu Fei squinted his eyes and smiled: "Idiot, is this king the kind of person who cares? ”

"Then, can you take the knife, take it, take it away. Zhuangzi said with a trembling voice.

"Is Lao Tzu the one who uses the knife for his brother? Just now Lao Tzu just let you see how the knife is made, this is a good hundred steel knives, blowing hair and breaking hair, it is a baby, I am afraid that you have not seen it, so let you see it for a long time. Wu Fei shook the waist knife in his hand.

But seeing the waist knife flashing in the sun, it made people feel worried.

"Okay, Wu Fei, don't make trouble, give the two of you five taels of silver, you three taels, and he two taels, buy all your mountain goods, do me a favor again, and inform the nearby hunters not to go up the mountain to hunt foxes, if you go to hunt foxes again, you will bear the consequences." Li Xiuyuan saw that Wu Fei scared this Orion a lot, and he stopped immediately.

gave five taels of silver, took all the mountain goods, and several people continued to hurry.

"See you brother back. Wu Fei grinned and rode away.

After the group walked away, Zhuangzi stood in place, holding five taels of silver, trembling with fear, and was at a loss for a while.

The wood next to it was also silent, and it didn't dare to move.

He was sure that the one named Wu Fei just now was definitely not just scaring himself, the man had a bloody smell on his knife, he had killed people, and the look in his eyes just now was very terrifying, he had only seen those executioners in the county, this kind of person was a ruthless person who killed people without even blinking his eyes.

"Phew, what guy, still playing sit-ups and starting the price, a fox he wants to sell for five taels of silver, why don't you grab it, we are generous enough to double the price, young master, your heart is too kind, so you will be kicked in the face by these people." On the way, Wu Fei took a sip and said angrily.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and didn't care: "So I have to have a wicked person like you by my side." ”

"Hey, that's true. Wu Fei grinned, feeling that he was valued.

Li Xiuyuan slowed down his horse, and at this moment he uncovered the skin in his hand, and immediately the shadow of a fox swooped out, jumped out of his hand at once, and then quickly slipped into the grass next to him.

"Big young master, it's not good, five taels of silver ran away. Ma Dong said busily.

But I saw the grass swinging nearby, and a fox quickly ran towards the mountain forest.

The taciturn Xing Shan immediately took off a big bow on horseback, took the bow and pulled the arrows, and prepared to attack in one go: "Young Master, do you want to live or die?"

"No, let it go, I bought it to release it, not to kill it, but I have only killed one tailless fox in my life, and I don't want it to be the second. Li Xiu said from afar.

He knew that Xing Shan's archery skills were rare in the world, and he must be sure to shoot down this wild fox that ran away, but if he shot it, it would go against the purpose of Li Xiuyuan's trip.

"Understood. Xing Shan put down the bow and arrow in his hand.

"Let's go to the village over there and find a family to spend the night, and go up the mountain tomorrow at dawn." Li Xiu said from afar.

Wait until they enter the village.

The wild fox that had escaped before had fled to a safe place before she stopped in shock, she looked left and right, and suddenly stood up, and turned into a slim girl.

Her face was a little pale, and there was a look of disbelief in her eyes.

"My people have been robbed?"