And they went up along the way between the trees. On the top of the dirt slope is a mausoleum, and turning right towards Lu is where the mansion of the prince of Baling is located.

His mansion was not a real mansion, but was conjured up through a small spell, but on the surface it looked like a large mansion.

There were more than a dozen carriages parked in front of the mansion, and guests kept coming. A few ministers in front of the house were greeting. There were all kinds of guests, including mats, cloths, baskets, and even a bowl.

Xu Mo also knew that Phantom Fox was not engaged in production and lived in poverty, and these things were all stolen.

Xu Mo and his entourage stepped forward. Hirayamako pulled his son to the front, took out a silver cup from his arms, and handed it over. These ministers obviously recognized him, and someone sang: "Pingshanzi arrived with a child and gave a congratulatory silver cup." ”

A man dressed as a master wrote down his name and wrote down the type of congratulatory gift. Another servant welcomed him through the door.

Next was Fang Shanzi, who reached into his sleeve and touched it, took out a small porcelain bottle, and handed it over. A puppet stretched out his hand to catch it and said strangely, "What is this?"

Fang Shanzi said: "It's a medicine." ”

The minister pulled the cork from the mouth of the bottle, leaned into his hand, and sure enough, a pill came out. Xu Mo saw it from behind, and almost laughed out loud, this pill was the Golden Gun Immortal Pill he sold to Guan Shilang.

The prime minister wondered, "This is?"

Fang Shanzi said with a smile: "This is a good medicine that my brother stole from Guan Shilang's house, called the Golden Gun Pill." As he spoke, he stepped forward and whispered to the prime minister's ear about the effects of the drug. The concubine had a strange look on his face, as if he wanted to laugh, but he held back.

The person who looked like a master wrote it down on the paper: Fang Shanzi took his second daughter and gave a congratulatory gift of a golden gun.

Then a maid sang: "Fang Shanzi arrived with his second daughter and gave a congratulatory gift of a golden gun." ”

There were also welcomers who brought them in. Qingxing and Luluo looked back and glanced at Xu Mo, as if urging him to go over as soon as possible. Xu Mo nodded.

The head of the prime minister glanced at Xu Mo and said strangely: "Brother Tai looked at the eyes, is he from other places?"

Xu Mo said: "In Xia Mo Gongzi, from Xinghua Village." ”

The lady didn't know where Xinghua Village was. But I haven't heard of it. Obviously, it was far away, and said: "Sure enough, it is a friend from other places, since it is from afar, there is no congratulatory gift." Yes, too. ”

Xu Mo smiled: "It's a little meaning." Not a tribute. As he spoke, he reached into his arms and touched it. The scattered silver on his body just ran out, and he didn't mind, so he took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels. Handed it over.

"This is ......" The look in the face shrank, and there was a look of surprise on his face. The others saw his abnormality, and they all turned their heads to look, and when they saw the silver ticket of one hundred taels in the hand of the prime minister, they couldn't help but be surprised.

The Phantom Fox clan has not integrated into human society, has no money in hand, lives in embarrassment, and lives secretly. But the richer the family, the stricter the precautions, the more difficult it is to steal things, and the less strict the precautions are for those who have no money, but there is nothing to steal.

The minister said: "Honored guest, this is a hundred taels of silver tickets, is it a mistake?"

He also thought that Xu Mo had accidentally taken the wrong one, so he reminded him intentionally. You must know that Lu Dao, the general phantom fox, don't say a hundred taels of silver, even if you want to get some silver, it is not easy. This is also one of the reasons why they easily do not go to the street during the day, they have no money in hand, and it is useless to go, so they have to wait until the evening to steal something.

Xu Mo said lightly: "That's right, that's it." ”

The husband praised: "Gongzi Mo of Xinghua Village has arrived, and he will give a congratulatory gift of one hundred taels of silver tickets." There was a sudden uproar in the crowd, and many people exchanged heads and whispered, all speculating about where this Mo Gongzi was, why he was so generous, and the most important thing was whether he was married?

The master shook his hand and wrote it down on the paper, "There is one person in Xinghua Village, Mo Gongzi, and he will give a hundred taels of silver tickets for congratulatory gifts." Then a welcome guest came out and said respectfully: "Master Mo, please." "Take Xu Mo and go inside.

Behind Xu Mo was a middle-aged beauty, holding a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl in her hand. In fact, few of the men and women conjured up by the Phantom Fox clan are ugly.

The beautiful woman glanced at Xu Mo's back, her eyes shot with brilliance, and she dropped the congratulatory gift, and led the girl to chase in. Her congratulatory gift was a piece of cloth, and she sang: "The three ladies of the lotus flower and one of their daughters arrived, and they gave a congratulatory gift of flower cloth." ”

The beautiful woman chased after Xu Mo, followed him all the way to the courtyard, and shouted at Xu Mo's back: "Young Master Mo, please stay." ”

Xu Mo turned around and saw the beautiful woman, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then saw the girl beside her, and immediately came to her senses. He smiled and said, "What's the matter with you?"

The beautiful woman pulled the girl closer, saluted Xu Mo, and said with a smile: "Young Master Mo, the concubine is a lotus, ranking third, and is known as the third lady of the lotus." Mo Gongzi calls me Lotus, or calls me the Three Ladies Ducheng. ”

Xu Mo smiled and said, "Then I'll call you Sanniangzi, Sanniangzi, you call you to live down, what's the matter?"

The third lady of the lotus pushed the girl next to her and introduced: "This is the little girl Lanxiang, Lanxiang, I've seen Gongzi Mo soon." ”

"I've seen Mo Gongzi. Na Lanxiang kept her head down, not daring to look at people. whispered, and his voice was like a mosquito humming, and then he saluted Xu Mo.

The third lady of the lotus flower had a smile on her face, pushed her daughter in the direction of Xu Mo, and continued: "Lan Xiang is fourteen years old this year, and she is not married, Master Mo, you know each other." ”

Xu Mo smiled and said: "The kindness of the third lady is appreciated in my heart." Not long ago, I was already married, sorry. ”

The third lady of the lotus flower was stunned when she heard this, her face was full of disappointment, and she sighed: "It's a pity that Gongzi Mo actually got married." Xu Mo smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Unaccompanied." ”

The welcome guest said again: "Master Mo, please come with me." With Xu Mo, I walked through the courtyard and entered a hall.

The one hundred taels of silver were sent away, and it immediately won the respect of others for Xu Mo. This hall is dedicated to receiving VIPs.

Xu Mo entered the hall and saw several men and women at a glance, brightly dressed, looking much more dignified than the people outside.

The welcome didn't introduce him, and said, "Young Master Mo, please take a seat." And he went out.

Those few people were gathering together and whispering, and no one noticed Xu Mo's arrival. Xu Mo glanced around and saw an empty seat, so he walked over and sat down.

There is a table next to the seat, and tea is placed on the table. Xu Mo couldn't guess whether these teas were the same as ordinary teas. I'm not going to drink it either.

As soon as he sat down, a voice next to him suddenly asked, "Look at the eyes, are you from out of town?"

Xu Mo turned his head and saw a young girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. Huddled in a huge chair. Leaning lazily back in his chair. Talking to yourself.

Xu Mo nodded and didn't say anything more. When the girl saw that he was cold, she ignored him. Turning his head to talk to the young man on the other side.

One of the old men, who looked to be in his fifties, suddenly sighed: "Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne and is working hard, he just wants to do something, and it is estimated that it will not be long before he will start to change the law." ”

All of you here are young people, and they don't like to listen to these words, and the old man said a word, and no one spoke for a long time. Xu Mo smiled and said, "Even if it is a change, what is the benefit to ordinary people like me?"

When the old man saw someone answering, his face showed joy, and he shook his head, "Young man, don't you know, this new emperor is a good man who is bent on immortality. If there are moral people, they can help our Phantom Fox clan talk and treat them equally, so our Phantom Fox clan doesn't have to be so sneaky. ”

Xu Mo let out an 'oh'.

The old man continued: "Our Phantom Fox Clan is a fox, that's true. But after transforming into an adult, there is not much difference from a person, and he behaves, sits, and lies down, and he is the same as a person. In that case, why do you have to treat us as outliers, shouting and shouting and killing?"

A young man with an indifferent expression and about twenty years old suddenly answered coldly: "That's because of stealing, who can tolerate a group of thieves who steal things? The reason why we are today is all because of these cheapnesses, and it just affects us. ”

Xu Mo listened to his tone of resentment, and when he spoke, he seemed to be very ashamed of his identity as a phantom fox, and he was surprised, and couldn't help but glance at the other party, and saw that he was wearing a green dress, although his appearance was handsome, under anger, his face was a little distorted.

The young man turned his head and met Xu Mo's eyes, and couldn't help but glare at him. This glance was full of anger, which gave Xu Mo the feeling, but it was not aimed at him alone, but full of hatred for the entire Phantom Fox clan.

The old man glanced at the young man, immediately recognized it, and nodded, "It turned out to be the Emerald Clan." ”

The young man, Emerald Snorted, did not answer.

Xu Mo thought of the carriage he met on the road, and thought: It turns out that the Cui Ren clan is so virtuous, fortunately Fang Shanzi didn't meet Lu to see him, otherwise he would have to touch a nail if he went up rashly to say hello.

The old man glanced at the Cui Ren clan and said pointedly: "When I have a way out, I don't have to live by stealing anymore, so I forget the origin, but I don't know, when I was poor, didn't I live like this? If you are hated by others, you can't go out and do business, and you don't steal, how can you support yourself?"

Xu Mo nodded secretly when he heard this: People are poor and short-minded, and their families are poor, and they are all the same when they stay there.

The Cui Ren clan looked annoyed, and said coldly: "Tu Shan clan, are you sarcastic about me?"

The old man Tu Shan smiled faintly, "Everyone does what they do, and they know it in their hearts." I'm just talking about things, and there's nothing wrong with what I say. ”

The Emerald Clan sneered, "If you only know how to steal, what's the difference between it and a mouse?"

The old man, Tu Shan, smiled and said, "Rats can't produce, if they don't steal, where will they get food?"

The Emerald clan sneered again, "When the rat dies, the world will be clean." ”

Tu Shan smiled and shook his head, not saying anything more to him.

The girl couldn't help but interject, "Anyway, it's always wrong for a mouse to steal from people. You can't expect everyone to be as thoughtful as you are, right? In fact, very few people think about the mouse's starting point. ”

The old man, Tu Shan, glanced at the girl and smiled, "It turned out to be a butterfly girl." ”

The girl nodded. Then he asked, "According to you, how can this be solved?"

Tu Shan seemed to be very sure, nodded, and said with a smile: "If you want to solve it completely, in my opinion, it is not difficult. ”

The girl let out an 'oh', with an inquiring look in her eyes, waiting for Tu Shan to continue.

Tu Shan glanced around, and saw that everyone was waiting for him to speak, and smiled slightly. Then he said, "It's also stealing." Our phantom fox clan is still different from mice. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly paused and looked at everyone again.

The Emerald interjected coldly. "What's the difference?"

Tu Shan smiled and said, "Rats don't give birth. Our Phantom Fox Clan will. If there is a field. You can produce, you don't get discriminated against, and you can go out and do business. The big guy has money in his hands and plenty of food and clothing, who will steal it? At that time, the girls of our Phantom Fox clan don't have to rush to send it out. ”

Everyone groaned, and the girl nodded, "That's right." ”

The Cui Ren clan said disapprovingly: "Everyone knows the truth, but who has the ability to solve this problem?"

Tu Shan smiled again, "This is what I just said, if someone can help our Phantom Fox clan say a word in front of the new emperor, the new emperor will give us an equal status with ordinary people, and everything will be solved." ”

The Cui Ren clan sneered: "Who can help us speak in front of the new emperor, so what you say is equivalent to not saying it." ”

A middle-aged man in brocade clothes suddenly said: "I think what Tu Shan said is good, maybe we should find a way to solve this problem." ”

The Cuiren clan immediately stabbed the middle-aged man, "Do you have a solution?"

The middle-aged man looked embarrassed, "That's not true, but people always come up with solutions." ”

Xu Mo listened to them talk about the survival of the race, and no longer spoke, but sat aside and listened quietly.

The colorful butterfly girl suddenly said: "The topic was raised by Tu Shan, maybe he also has a solution." Then he turned to Tu Shan, "Tu Shan, since you have raised this topic, there must be a solution. ”

Tu Shanshi smiled, "There is still a way, now that the new emperor is pursuing the path of immortality, maybe we can start from this aspect." ”

The middle-aged man added, "Let's hear it." ”

Tu Shan continued: "On August 15 this year, all the Dharma gathered in Beijing to discuss the way of eternal life. This conference is not limited to the origin of the race, as long as you have the art of immortality, you can participate. So I think that our Phantom Fox clan should probably send someone to participate. If you have creative ideas in the way of immortality, you will definitely be valued by the new emperor. At that point, wouldn't it be easy to ask this question again?"

A lot of people are eye-catching. The butterfly girl hesitated and said, "It's a good way, but where did we get the longevity technique?"

Tu Shan smiled and said, "Doesn't the Butterfly girl know about the Dingsheng Pool?"

The middle-aged man was taken aback and said loudly, "Dingshengchi, do you mean the legendary Fountain of Immortality?"

Tu Shan nodded, and continued: "The Immortal Spring is called the Immortal Spring, whether it can really make people immortal, it's hard to say, after all, no one has tasted it personally." ”

The Colorful Butterfly girl obviously hadn't heard of the Dingsheng Pool, so she asked suspiciously, "Tu Shan, where is the Dingsheng Pond you said, and what does it have to do with the Fountain of Youth?"

Tu Shan said: "Dingsheng Pond is a legendary place, because it originates from a spring, and the spring water of this spring can make people immortal, so it is also called the Fountain of Youth." ”

Butterfly girl said: "It's a legendary place, where can you find it?"

Tu Shan sighed: "If you look for it with your heart, you may be able to find it, but I'm afraid that you won't do anything." Then he said with a solemn face and impassionedly: "Besides, even if we can't find the Fountain of Youth, judging from the current fate of our Phantom Fox Clan, someone should infiltrate the Ten Thousand Law Conference, meet the new emperor, and tell our clan's difficulties." ”

"Hmph!" The Emerald sneered: "It's a nice saying, who got in? Do you dare to get in?" As soon as these words were said, they were immediately executed as troublemakers. ”

Tu Shan still had a smile on his face: "If no one dares to go, I might as well go for a trip." The old man is over fifty years old, and he is about to die, even if he is not executed, he will not have many years to live, and he will die for the fate of my Phantom Fox clan, and he will die without regrets. His voice was flat, but his tone was firm.

Xu Mo nodded secretly when he listened, thinking: Although they are different, they are no different from people in what they say and do. When I arrived at the Wanfa Conference and met the emperor, I could say a few words for them.

The middle-aged man waved his hand, "It's too unlucky to say death now, in my opinion, we should find Dingshengchi first." ”

The Cui Ren clan said coldly: "Whimsical, who will you send to find it?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "I can take a trip." ”

The Cui Ren clan said disdainfully: "Courage is commendable, stupidity is unattainable, do you know where the Dingsheng Pond is?"

The middle-aged man couldn't help but be stunned, he really didn't know where the Dingsheng Pool was. Subconsciously looked at Tu Shan's clan.

Tu Shan said with a smile: "The specific location of the Dingsheng Pond is not recorded in the Phantom Fox Chronicle. However, I have deduced some clues from the life of the fox clan predecessor who wrote the Phantom Fox Chronicle. ”

"Oh!" the middle-aged man perked up and urged, "Say it quickly." ”

Tu Shanshi smiled slightly, "Don't worry, listen to me in detail." After a pause, he said: "The Phantom Fox Chronicle records the major events of our Phantom Fox clan, as well as the world's shape and victory, and the geography of mountains and rivers. The predecessor who wrote this book was named Shouqiuzi, who was born two hundred years ago. The time when the Phantom Fox Zhi was written was about the third year of Taisho to the seventeenth year of Taisho. ”

"The record of the Dingsheng Pond is near the end of the next chapter of the Phantom Fox Chronicles, which is divided into three parts, the upper, middle and lower, and the content of each volume is about the same. Therefore, I speculate that this record of the Seisheng Pond appeared about the 12th year of Taisho. In the twelfth year of Taisho, according to the life of Shouqiuzi's predecessors, he was fifty-eight years old that year. ”

"Another Yiren chronicle about the life of this senior, saying that he has been living in seclusion in Mangdang Mountain since he was fifty-five years old, so I speculate that the location of this Dingshengchi is probably in Mangdang Mountain. (To be continued......)