fox charm

After a few more days like this, the Lantern Festival ushered in the blink of an eye, and the lonely street at night became crowded instantly. I held the hand of the fox and lingered among the thousands of lights. I remembered that many years ago, that stupid boy Xue Moran once Come out with me to watch the lanterns and watch the moon, because he always beats me in guessing lantern riddles, so I am very unconvinced.Now the old scene is still there, but people are separated by yin and yang.

The weak boy disappeared, and now the person by my side has been replaced by a beautiful, charming and unscrupulous evildoer.

Beside him, there are Qingli and Ling Ziqiao who came out to enjoy together, one is white and the other is black, they are eye-catching and harmonious, as if one came from the pure and innocent fairy world, and the other came from the dark and terrifying Shura world.

Frankly speaking, every time I see Ling Ziqiao, I always feel a very ominous aura. If I tell the fox, he will jokingly call me "Ning Banxian", saying that I am a mere mortal who likes to play tricks.

Putting these aside, the four of us ate street food, threw darts, played lottery, and finally stopped in front of the stage of the lantern riddle contest. The fox and I can show off the show, but arty On occasions, we honestly took a few steps back, so as not to be ashamed.

This year, the rules of the guessing game have changed, from the original single player competition to the double player competition, so Qingli and Ling Ziqiao just formed a team, stepped onto the stage gracefully, and defeated the opponent calmly. The eyes of many people, the fox who always likes to show off, feels it is a pity.

Qingli's demeanor is luxurious and natural, she is dressed in white, her eyes are indifferent, gentle but distant, just looking at the past, the feeling of pounding heartbeat at that time is still there today, and she doubts why such a handsome man will appear in the world.

Ling Ziqiao looked handsome and elegant, polite and approachable, and her tall and tall figure attracted the attention of many girls.

It's just that I don't like his contradictory temperament, cold and evil charm, which makes people feel much more dangerous than the charm of a fox.

After several rounds of competition, Qingli and Ling Ziqiao won without any suspense. They walked down the stage with a lot of silver in their hands, smiled at me and the fox, and said, "Let's go, treat me."

So, the few people wandered around the city again, and finally Qingli got a little tired from walking, rubbed her legs, and said, "Zi Qiao, it's late at night, why don't you go back first."

Ling Ziqiao nodded, "Yes", and glanced at Qingli with twinkling eyes. It seemed that some emotion had been settled in his eyes. Seeing his hesitation, I smiled and said, "You two If you have anything to say, go back and talk, I’m tired too, I’ll send Hu Yan back first, and then hurry up and go back home, we’ll see you some other day.”

Qingli agreed, looked at Ling Ziqiao tenderly, and said, "It's been a long time since I've been this happy, it's great to be able to watch the lantern together like this."

"Just as long as you are happy." Ling Ziqiao replied gently.For some reason, I feel that his nasal voice is a bit heavy, as if he is trying to hold back tears.

The fox laughed a few times with a high-pitched scorpion, and then threw himself into my arms, Yiyi yelled for a long time, and said: "People are not happy, they haven't eaten well all day, they need to eat some big meat .”

I slapped him and saw him bared his teeth, then pulled him back into my arms and pressed his head against my chest, thinking that it would be okay for him to be tender once in a while.

Although the fox is a bit slender, but his height is about the same as mine, it always feels a little unsuitable to be forced to lie in my arms so submissively, so I pushed him away again, then straightened the front of my clothes, and asked: "Which restaurant do you like, tell me! I can afford it, sir."

He smiled coquettishly, pointed to a red-and-coloured restaurant beside him and said, "Let's go for it. I've been in a lot of debt lately. I really should eat more meat."

So, we stepped into the restaurant, and after we were seated, we started with the meat, such as sauce-flavored pork knuckle, braised goose, stir-fried tripe, steamed rabbit meat, roast lamb, etc., and ordered a table full of dishes.

As soon as the fox saw the meat coming up, his eyes immediately narrowed into slits, which is really a cunning fox face.

I just drank the wine quietly but didn't move my chopsticks. This half-baked practice really made me lose my appetite.

The fox savagely tore off a rabbit leg, and I could vaguely see the bright red raw meat inside, mixed with blood, which was very disgusting.But he was very happy, eating with gusto.

The waiter who was serving the food at the side shivered when he saw the fox eating, and then said in a squeak, "Eating too raw food is easy to cause dysentery. If the guest officer feels that it is too raw, I will take it in for you again." Increase the heat."

Without raising his head, the fox replied vaguely, "No, medium rare is best."

The waiter sighed helplessly, and said: "People like to eat medium-rare or medium-rare, but objectively, they like to eat medium-rare. Oh, it's really a taste for each person." Shaking his head, he went back to urge the next dish.

I watched the fox eat so cruelly that I even wondered if the chicken, geese, duck, and rabbit were dead. As time passed, I didn't dare to look at it anymore, and then listened to the conversations of the people around me.

"The day after tomorrow is the palace examination. I heard that they have obtained the qualifications, and there are a total of 230 six people who have signed up for the scientific examination. Because there are too many people, the old rules, the emperor will not review them all, but the university scholars will read them first, and then select them. The answer sheets of the forty most outstanding candidates were submitted to the emperor for review, hey, who doesn’t know how many talents will be buried once these exam papers pass through the hands of that dog official.”

"Isn't it? Speaking of it, you also know how outstanding Ling Ziqiao's grades were in the previous two scientific examinations, and how beautiful the essay was, even if he didn't win the top prize, he would be no problem for the second place. The result? , Hmph, those who have no money and power are not famous.”

"Who says it's not, it's really a pity."

I heard the two middle-aged men at the next table talking about acquaintances, so I took two bottles of wine and went up to him, and said, "I've heard of this Ling Ziqiao before. It's not a problem to be gifted, but I don't know why I fail again and again."

The two of them didn't push me away when they saw that they had drinks, so they said, "Hmph, there are still a few dog officials in charge of the first trial in the previous stage of the emperor, or you have a stronger father to back you up, or you can just hand it over to me obediently." Some money can buy them off, like that Ling Ziqiao, a poor guy, it's useless to have a whole body of talent."

As the world is getting worse, I felt some sympathy for Ling Ziqiao for a while, and I can also understand the unforgettable hatred when he mentioned officialdom.

Just as he was filled with emotion, he suddenly heard one of them say: "But this kid is getting more and more courageous, and he refuses to give up at all. He has signed up for the palace exam the day after tomorrow."

My eyelids twitched, and I asked, "Are you sure? I heard that he has given up the scientific examination, and he doesn't want to get involved in the officialdom anymore."

"Hey, no way, that kid has a very high spirit, and he won't give up easily until he achieves his goal. Don't look at him as gentle and refined, but not everyone has his hard work and ruthlessness." One person replied.

Then why did he lie to me?I frowned, and then I heard another person say: "But it's quite strange, this kid has no background, so it stands to reason that he shouldn't be in this registration at all."

Could it be that the money he defrauded Qingli had played a role?In this case, why does he still seek death and life?

In other words, the money only served to help him obtain reference qualifications, but it couldn't ensure that his examination papers could reach the emperor's hands?

Some of my monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out, and I faintly felt that something was wrong, so the fox also stopped his movements and squinted his eyes to look over.

Then a man took a sip of his drink, laughed a few times, and said, "Actually, it's not easy to bribe a university scholar. I heard that the old ghost likes boys. As long as you find a little boy with a beautiful logo and stuff it for him, you will definitely be able to impress him." broke his heart."

The hairs on my whole body were counted down, I stood up abruptly, took the fox's hand and ran to Qingli's residence, muttering while running: "No way, that bastard Ling Ziqiao did it with this idea——"

The fox speeded up his pace with a sullen face, but in the end it was him who dragged me and ran all the way, and then he said through gritted teeth: "If he dares to sell Qingli to that old thing, I'll take his skin off!" !"

I ran all the way to Qingli's residence, and found that the door was closed tightly, and the heavy big lock was hanging on it like that. The cold wind hit people at night, and the fox shivered a few times, then looked at me with scarlet eyes and asked: "Where is the mansion of the Grand Master?"

I paused, and immediately turned around and ran to Zhao Dashi's mansion. The fox jumped back to its original shape, turned around and glanced at me, and said, "Tell me how to get there, I'll go there first."

I showed him the way, and then saw him disappearing into the night quickly, so I didn't dare to be negligent, and hurried to the University scholar's mansion.

When I came to the gate of the mansion, I was so tired that I was out of breath. I smashed the door and shouted: "Xue Moran, the son of Xue Lishen in the Xue Mansion, came to see the Grand Scholar, please open the door."

After a long time, no one came to open the door. I put my ear on the crack of the door and listened carefully. I only heard the sound of footsteps inside, as if something happened.

I took a few steps back, then jumped up the wall, glanced at the bedroom with flickering lights, saw a group of people coming in and out at the door, and thought that was there, so I quickly trotted all the way to get there, ignoring everyone's surprised eyes and pushing the crowd away. Opened, squeezed into the room, and saw that Lin University scholar had died tragically, the wound on his neck was obviously torn apart by something, and blood was flowing.

On the bed, Qingli, who was disheveled and short of breath, looked at the snow-white fox beside her constantly licking her ankle with winking eyes like silk, and let out a few seductive groans from time to time.