Master Luo Cao

The two lay back on the same bed again.

In fact, it was not too late at this moment, and Fu Yunshu didn't go to bed early on weekdays, so although his body was tired, he was not sleepy. He lay with his back to Kou Luoche, listening to his steady and long breathing.

"Brother Fu," Kou Luoche behind him suddenly said, "Are you asleep?"

Fu Yunshu was taken aback for a moment, then said after a while: "No...no."

Kou Luoche said: "Go to sleep earlier."

Fu Yunshu smiled helplessly, "I want to sleep too, but it's not something I just say." While talking, suddenly a warm hand was gently placed on his neck. Fu Yunshu was agitated, but he didn't move, " Brother Kou?"

"Good night." After Kou Luoche finished speaking, he pressed his fingertips on the side of Fu Yunshu's neck, and the little county magistrate immediately fell into a deep sleep.

Kou Luoqi himself did not close his eyes, but quietly watched the clear moonlight shining into the house outside the window, watching the bright brilliance flow little by little until the moon reached the sky.

"The one who should come should have come." Kou Luoche murmured, almost as soon as the words fell, in the originally extremely silent night, except for Fu Yunshu's peaceful breathing, there were suddenly a few more rapid gasps, not like It was a human voice, but it sounded like a dog panting with its tongue.Kou Luoche didn't change his expression, he reached down, grabbed the handle of the saber at his waist, and called out softly, "Ji Chen?"

The little county magistrate remained motionless and fell into a deep sleep.

Kou Luoche got out of bed, held the knife, and walked slowly to the old wooden door. With a slight push, the door opened outward with a "squeak" sound. Stepping out of the threshold, Kou Luoche saw the ginkgo tree A red fox squatted down, looking at him sinisterly with its tongue sticking out, its eyeballs shone green in the dark night.

Looking at Kou Luoche for a moment, the fox suddenly raised its head and yelled "Awow", the voice was weird and piercing, Kou Luoche was upset when he heard it, pointed the knife at it, and said coldly: "Shut up, don't make noise other people."

The fox seemed to understand human words, its ears trembled, and immediately stopped barking, then stood up, and ran out of the ruined temple.Kou Luoche was worried that this was a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. He was concerned about Fu Yunshu who was still in the house, so he did not chase after him. Luo Qi covered his sight, and when the smoke dissipated, there were no red foxes outside the temple, only one person standing.

She is dressed in a white dress, with long hair that reaches the ground, and the smoke around her has not dissipated. Looking back in the curling smoke, she looks like a fairy descending from the mortal world, or like a thousand-year-old spirit breaking through barriers.

Kou Luoche narrowed his eyes, remembering the vixen that Fu Yunshu mentioned last night. He lowered his eyes and inadvertently glanced behind her. Sure enough, he saw a furry fox tail under the cover of long hair.

Playing tricks, he sneered in his heart.

The woman said quietly, "Who are you?"

Kou Luoche raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who are you?"

The woman said: "I am a Sanxian who has practiced Taoism in this place. I own this place for ten miles. You strayed into my territory and disturbed my cultivation. You should be punished. But I think you are eager to ask for medicine for my father and have a filial piety. Forgive you. After dawn, take your brother and leave quickly, don't come back!"

The rhetoric of asking for medicine for his father and taking his brother on a trip was just made up by Kou Luoche in that tea shed, but now he said it from the mouth of the Shilaozi fox fairy... He understood it, and his eyes rolled Turning around, possessed by drama, he looked at the woman blankly, as if he couldn't believe it, "You...you are really a fairy?" He looked terrified, and ran two steps forward, but he came out from nowhere. A boy and girl with buns tied in a bun stopped in front of Kou Luocha and angrily said: "Stop! We fairies are not so close to me as mortals!"

Kou Luoche was skilled in acting, trembling all over, he stopped immediately, looked at the woman pleadingly, and said: "If you are really a fairy, can... can you save my father's life? I... the little one can open the altar for you Build a temple and erect a golden body! Make offerings to you with fragrance every day, and I will support you for the rest of my life!"

The woman said indifferently: "No need." Then she called the two little boys back to her side, flicked her long sleeves, another puff of misty smoke rose, the smoke cleared, and there was no trace outside the temple.

I don't know if they are still observing in secret, Kou Luoqiao performed a full set of plays, the long knife in his hand fell to the ground with a clang, and stood there for a long time in a daze, before he came back to his senses in panic, bent down to pick up the knife, and walked away in a daze back to the house.Closing the door behind his back, twitching the corners of his mouth mockingly, Kou Luoche walked back to the bed, leaned over and saw that the little county magistrate was still sleeping soundly.

"Slept soundly." Kou Luoche chuckled, reached out and pinched Fu Yunshu's nose, and then lay back on the bed.

Today's scene is probably over, but it is still unknown whether there will be a follow-up. Kou Luoche lay a big burden on his side, not daring to relax, holding the knife and staring at the moon in the middle of the night until the night was about to rest, A faint red light appeared in the east, and then gradually closed his eyes.

Fu Yunshu never went to bed early, nor did he wake up too late, but he was disturbed by many trivial matters recently, and often had strange dreams at night, so he couldn't sleep well.Lying on the wooden boards in this dilapidated temple last night, it was rare to sleep comfortably. When he woke up in the morning, he couldn't help stretching, and touched the warm body beside him. Only then did Fu Yunshu remember that there was someone lying beside him. Hastily withdrew his hand, opened his eyes and saw that Kou Luoche was still asleep.

"Brother Kou unexpectedly wakes up one day later than me..." Fu Yunshu muttered, and couldn't help touching the tip of his nose with one hand. Last night in his sleep, he had the illusion that Kou Luoqiao pinched his nose. It should be a dream.Seeing Brother Kou's peaceful sleeping face, the little county magistrate grinned, stretched out his hand to pinch Brother Kou's nose unceremoniously, and shook it from side to side.

Kou Luoche closed his eyes and said sullenly: "I have to pay for pinching my nose."

Unexpectedly, Kou Luojia was awake. Fu Yunshu was so frightened that he quickly let go. After recovering, Mr. Fu said richly and generously: "How much is it? This county has paid for it!"

"Then make a promise with your body." Kou Luoche smiled, opened his eyes, but the smile on his face gradually faded, and he said: "Brother Fu."

Fu Yunshu was still immersed in the sentence "promise with your body", when he was called suddenly, he said "huh?" in a daze.

Kou Luoche kept watch all night, his brows looked a little tired, his eyes were slightly closed, and he said softly, "I also saw that vixen last night."

Fu Yunshu said: "What?!"

Kou Luoche said: "I am dressed in white, and my hair is very long."

Fu Yunshu hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes!"

Kou Luoche said: "It's probably the same one."

"You saw it too, so it wasn't my illusion that night..." Fu Yunshu murmured, "We were in Ming County and she was also in Ming County, and she was here when we arrived at this ruined temple... Could it be that this vixen is still entangled with her?" Are we done?!" He hurriedly grabbed Kou Luoqi's sleeve, and asked eagerly, "Brother Kou, how did you meet that vixen last night?"

Kou Luoche said: "After you fell asleep, I heard a strange noise in the yard, so I went out to investigate, and I saw a fox squatting in the yard. The fox ran outside the temple and suddenly turned into a woman." ——that vixen.”

"Wait... wait!" Listening to his narration, Fu Yunshu suddenly felt that his brain was not enough, "The fox... turned into a woman?! Did you really see it with your own eyes?"

Kou Luoche originally wanted to say, "There was a puff of smoke before the fox turned into a woman, and Mo Yue moved his hands and feet at that time", but seeing that the little county magistrate was so shocked, he felt teasing in his heart, coughed, and said in a serious manner : "Exactly." After a pause, "How else would you be a vixen?"

"My God..." Fu Yunshu murmured in a daze, "Could it be... Could it be that the fox fairy really brought people back to practice..."

"It's not over yet." Kou Luoche recounted what happened afterwards, then narrowed his eyes, happily watching the little county magistrate's face getting more and more complicated.

"No!" Fu Yunshu was stunned, then suddenly raised his head, looked at Kou Luoche fixedly, and said, "Brother Kou, how did that fox know the lies you made up?"

Kou Luoche faltered and said: "Is it a ghost... Some supernatural powers, it's not too strange to know."

Fu Yunshu said: "But if spirits really understand people's hearts, they should also know our true identities. Brother Kou, you only said these lies in the tea shed outside Ming County."

Kou Luoche said: "...it seems to be."

"That is to say," Fu Yunshu's face gradually became gloomy, "that tea shed is indeed inseparable from the disappearance of those youngsters." After a pause, he continued: "If it is really some kind of fox spirit, there is no need to arrange for accomplices to find out the truth, for sure It's a man-made disaster! What kind of fox turned into a fairy, most of it is using tricks to pretend to be a ghost!" Turning to Kou Luoche, he sighed sympathetically, "Brother Kou, you have been deceived."

Kou Luoche said: "...um."

"It's okay." The little county magistrate also patted Kou Luoche's shoulder reassuringly, and said, "I'm a fan of the authorities. It's normal for you to not react when you see the strange sight of a fox transforming into a human. I have been deceived before. Anyway, people are fine, so it doesn't matter."

Kou Luoche said: "...I will pay more attention in the future."

"En." Fu Yunshu nodded, and said: "This place is so dilapidated, it should not be the Yunjian Temple that Xiaochunlou and the proprietress are talking about, but since the vixen who pretends to be a ghost has also appeared here, it means that this Yunjian Temple is the same as that of the other. The Yunjian Temple probably has something to do with it, so if you get on the road later, if you meet a villager who lives nearby, you can ask them."

Kou Luoche listened silently, opened the old wooden window casually, and looked out. In the silence, only the ginkgo was swaying gently with the wind. His gaze fell under the ginkgo tree, thinking of the bones dug up last night, in a trance Suddenly, he seemed to see an infiltrating skeleton, struggling to crawl out, trying to escape from under the tree.

"Brother Kou," Fu Yunshu patted Kou Luoche who was stunned for some reason, and said, "Let's go."

Kou Luoche came back to his senses and said, "Okay."

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