Notes on Evil Fox

"This is it?" Lu Fanan took the pill Rong Shiyin handed him, and followed the newly dug tributary channel to the edge of the canyon deep in Hell Mountain. He whispered in a puzzled voice, " Didn't it say that there are fierce beasts that hurt people in Hell Mountain, why do you want to come here now?"

"Beast? It's just a story about three people becoming tigers." Rong Shiyin looked at Lu Fanan and said gently, "But it is true that there is a miasma forest in the mountain. Moreover, the terrain of this mountain is also very strange. As long as you enter In the mountains, no matter how you go, you will always come to the miasma forest, and it is true that no one can get out."

"Then how are you?"

The words were not finished, but Rong Shiyin already understood.

"When I was young, I was chased and bullied by children in the city. I ran to Hell Mountain when I had nowhere to hide. Because I heard some I Ching from my grandfather, and I knew the position based on the eight trigrams, it really broke the weird geographic location."

"But that day, why did you lie to Mr. Zhang?" Lu Fanan looked into the canyon, not wanting to bring up his sadness, so he changed the subject.

In the bottomless canyon, the sound of the rushing river can be faintly heard.

"If Zhang Zhizhi knows this and stops obeying me, then everything I have done before will be in vain. So the more terrifying Hell Mountain is in their eyes, the more I have the right to speak after surviving from it." Rong Shiyin said.

"That's true, but why did you bring me here?"

"Here, a person who is very important to me is buried. It is also the place where my hands were stained with blood for the first time."

……

This is a very long story, and it should start from a farther back.

33 years ago, the last year of Emperor Xian's reign.Mr. Yang Yuyu, a well-known jade craftsman in the capital, worked hard to carve a statue of a red-feathered eagle.

This creature can only be seen in ancient books. According to folklore, during the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, anyone with the ability to rule the world, the day before his birth, the neighbors saw this eagle standing on the wall of the house, singing three times, and all the birds surrendered.

After processing and spreading by later generations, the red-feathered eagle has become a symbol of fame and wealth, but it only exists in legends, and no one has ever seen it.Once Yang Yuyu's red-feathered eagle statue came out this time, it was so vivid that it seemed like a living thing, and it was widely sought after by elegant and famous people.

Later, some good people said that Yang Yuyu had such superb skills because he had the ability to communicate with the gods. If people in the world can get this red-feathered eagle statue, they will be able to have a magnanimous career and a smooth career.

As soon as this remark came out, Yang Yuyu's mansion was full of people every day, and they all came here to buy the red feather eagle statue for a lot of money.The old man was so annoyed that he cruelly destroyed the eyes of the red-feathered eagle statue.In the second year of Jiaxing, he took his wife and only daughter Yang Siniang to hide in the mountains and forests, and was never seen again.

……

Twenty-one years ago, in a small town in Xunan, a three-year-old boy was playing with a red jade carving under the apricot tree in the yard.

Upon closer inspection, what the child is holding in his hand is actually the red-feathered eagle statue that disappeared with Yang Yuyu back then.

The treasure that the world can't find is a toy in the hands of a three-year-old child. If those who bought it with a lot of money knew this, I don't know how they would feel.

"Mother, why does this little bird have no eyes? I want eyes."

"Okay, Xiao Yin wants it, so mother can think of a way, okay?" The woman in white was about her early twenties, with a pretty face, holding a delicately embroidered dress in her hand.

The apricot blossoms fluttered gently on the woman's hair, making the woman's eyebrows and eyes more gentle.

It turned out that this woman was Yang Siniang, the daughter of Yang Yuyu. Yang Siniang, who had just turned ten years old, came to Liquan Town with her father 12 years ago.He lived next to the family of Rong Qiao, a young scholar in the town.

At that time, Rong Qiao, who had just reached the weak crown, was still a gentle, ambitious young man, and he was very handsome.Bookish, young man, very proud of himself.

As Yang Siniang grew older, she gradually developed a daughter's love for this big brother.But Rong Qiao's mind is all on the ambition of a big man to start a career before starting a family, and he is not willing to talk about the love between his children.

In the sixth year of Jiaxing, 26-year-old Rong Qiao went to Beijing to rush for the exam with high ambitions, but finally returned to Liquan full of loneliness and despair, like a bereaved dog.

Yang Siniang didn't know what happened at the beginning. It was not until a few months later that Rong Qiao told her that he thought he was relying on his own talent and ability in the Beijing Central Science Examination.Unexpectedly, he accidentally learned of the shady deal between the examiner and the examinee.

He was furious and prepared to expose, but he almost lost his life.The scientific examination is already so unfair, so how can it be said that it is above the court.

Full of disappointment, he returned home.

After Rong Qiao returned to his hometown, he no longer mentioned his fame and scientific research, and was immersed in the world's anger every day. He always felt that "the world is turbid and I am alone", and this world was ashamed of him.

Two years after returning to his hometown, Rong Qiao was 28 years old, and Yang Siniang was married to Qin and Jin.In the second year of their marriage, a son was born. Rong Qiao named him Rong Shiyin, which means "a great hermit in the city".

After Rong Shiyin was born, Rong Qiao still maintained his old ways.Although he became a teacher in the school in the town, he still spends his time in a barren state of mind, avoiding people and the world.Even when Yang Yuyu passed away, he never showed up in the mourning hall. He only went to drink wine in front of the grave the night after the father-in-law was buried.

Rong Shiyin said here, stopped, and said after a long silence: "If the story can stop here..."

But the story does not change the trajectory of destiny just because of someone's prayers.

One autumn morning when Rong Shiyin was 12 years old, the weather had just turned cold, Rong Shiyin was greedy, and begged his mother to take him to buy Zhao Ji's pastries.

Yang Siniang didn't want to go out at first, but she couldn't stand Rong Shiyin's stalking, so she could only take him into the city.But on that day, Rong Shiyin's fate was completely pushed off track by an invisible giant hand.

It was already noon when Rong Shiyin and his mother entered the city, and Rong Shiyin hurriedly dragged Yang Siniang to Zhaoji.

Yang Siniang smiled helplessly, she could only keep up quickly, and said worriedly: "Xiaoyin, slow down, mother will not be able to keep up."

But she didn't want to, Yang Siniang, who was only concerned about the safety of the city, didn't notice her feet. When she came down from the bridge, she stepped on the air and bumped into a young man.

Yang Siniang hurriedly apologized, but after a long time no one responded, she raised her head cautiously, only to see the young man looking her up and down maliciously.Yang Siniang panicked for a moment, she hurriedly turned around and pulled Rong Shiyin to leave.

But I heard the person behind me say shamelessly: "There is such a good-looking little woman born in this poor village, which makes my heart itch."

Listening to those people's words, Rong Shiyin wanted to turn around, but Yang Siniang instinctively held him in his arms and hurried away.Rong Shiyin didn't see what those people looked like, and those people didn't see Rong Shiyin's appearance either.

Yang Siniang took Rong Shiyin by the hand and said, "Xiaoyin, we won't buy pastries today, how about we come back another day?"

Rong Shiyin seemed to be vaguely aware of some reasons, and seeing his mother's anxious appearance, he nodded obediently.

The two walked out of the city gate quickly, and Yang Siniang relaxed her vigilance, but at this moment, two men dressed as servants suddenly surrounded her, Yang Siniang held Rong Shiyin in her arms, and said: "You have to do What?"

"Of course our young master invited you to play, this little lady will not lose face." The two laughed viciously.

At this moment, being protected in Yang Siniang's arms, Rong Shiyin quietly looked around, and suddenly saw a gap, and broke free from Yang Siniang's arms.Picking up a stone on the ground, it hit one of them.

The person next to him didn't expect such an encounter, he was stunned for a while, and it took him a long time to react cursingly to check his companion's injuries.

Rong Shiyin took advantage of their blankness, dragged Yang Siniang and ran outside.The official road was blocked by them, and the two could only run to the wilderness.

But not long after, those people healed the wounds and chased after them, especially the one who was hit with a stone, and said angrily: "Grandma, dare to hit me, and see if I catch you and beat you to death."

Yang Siniang and Rong Shiyin's physical strength is naturally inferior to those two middle-aged men, and they will definitely be caught up in a short time.Yang Siniang looked around the road. On both sides of the road were rice fields that had been harvested, and there were piles of straw scattered here and there.

Looking back, he didn't see those people chasing after him.

Thinking carefully, he hurriedly dug out a hole in the straw pile in front of a field ridge, and then stuffed Rong Shiyin into it under the cover of the field ridge, and then covered the hole with the straw that was just taken out from the side, and said while covering it. : "No matter what happens in a while, it can't come out."

After Kankan hid Rongshi well, the people behind him had already caught up to him.Suppressing her fear, Yang Siniang ran forward a few steps, ran to a place where people behind her could see her, pretended to fall, looked in another direction in the rice field, and said loudly: "Run, don't look back, you can run!" Run as fast as you want."

At this time, the two men had also come to the front, and the one who was smashed looked at the field full of high and low piles of straw, covering a lot of sight, and spat out: "It's really bad luck for you to let him run away!" .”

The two of them worked together to violently drag Yang Siniang from the field to the road. At this time, the young man who was bumped into on the street also swayed over slowly on his horse, got off his horse, squatted in front of Yang Siniang, and flirtatiously provoked the other party. With a shameless smile on his chin, he said: "Why are you running away? I won't do anything to you, just drink a few glasses of wine with me, what do you think?"

Yang Siniang looked at the person in front of her coldly.

Seeing Yang Siniang like this, the son became even more frivolous and rude, and his hands were restless, he said: "As expected of a woman, after all, she has more charm than those yellow-flowered girls, she can even stare at people with such charm."

Saying that, a face came to Yang Siniang's.Unexpectedly, the latter suddenly turned his face away, and then spit on the other's face, saying: "Shameless."

That young man looked like a son of a rich family, usually he was just trying to curry favor with him, but when he was treated like this before, he was so angry that he kicked Yang Siniang to the ground.

He cursed: "I'll save you some face, you really want to open a dyeing workshop, dare to spit on me, I want you to spit on me." Then he kicked Yang Siniang a few times.

Rongshi was hidden in the pile of straw, his sight was covered by the straw, he couldn't see the man's face, he could only see a jade pendant with Double Dragon Playing Pearl hanging on his waist, but he didn't dare to move.

Seeing his mother being kicked around under his feet through the small gap, he could only hold back the sound of crying.

The man kicked Yang Siniang again and said, "Kneel down and call out to Grandpa, if you apologize to me, how about I let you go?"

While talking, he stretched out his hand to Yang Siniang's face.The latter looked at the man and bit his wrist. The young man grinned in pain and threw him away.

Yang Siniang struggled to get up from the ground, and said coldly: "Just you? You want me to beg for your mercy for something that is not as good as an animal."

The man seemed to be looking at Yang Siniang, his face distorted by the pain actually had a smile on his face, and he said ferociously, "You really have backbone."

As he spoke, he turned around and wandered around the road for a few times, picked up a stone and threw it on Yang Siniang's head.The person who was smashed only let out a muffled grunt before collapsing to the ground, blood pouring out violently, staining the road bright red.

With red eyes, Rong Shiyin was about to push aside the haystack and leave, but Yang Siniang seemed to be able to see Rong Shiyin looking at her, and with his last breath, he looked in the direction of the haystack and shook his head.

Seeing his mother's movements, Rong Shiyin desperately covered his mouth in the middle of the haystack to prevent himself from crying.However, the man seemed not satisfied, and he picked up a stone and threw it at the dying woman.At this moment, Rong Shiyin saw his mother's skull split from the front of the forehead, and the brain mixed with blood burst all over the ground.It seemed to splash on Rong Shiyin's face.

The little Rong Shiyin stared at the bloody scene motionlessly in the haystack, with a feeling of suffocation in his chest.His eyes could see nothing but red, the color of his mother's blood.

Rong Shiyin stayed in the haystack until dark. He watched those people wrap his mother's body in straw and set fire to it, watched them clean up the blood on the ground, watched them leave jokingly, watched...

Finally, Rong Shiyin seemed to hear a familiar voice, it was his father.He rushed out.

Rong Shiyin rushed into his father's arms, as if his life, which had been inactive for a long time, had just been resumed. He hugged his father and cried for a long time before telling the story intermittently. He pointed to the pile of burnt straw, said: "Mother, that's mother."

Rong Qiao walked over, peeled away the upper layer of ashes, saw something in the ashes, turned around and covered Rong Shiyin's eyes.

But Rong Shiyin clearly saw a terrifying scorched corpse—it was impossible to connect her with her tough and gentle mother.

After taking care of Yang Siniang's funeral, Rong Shiyin asked Rong Qiao to report to the officials and avenge his mother.But Rongqiao listened to Rong Shiyin's description of the man, but he just bent his body and said: "I can't go, there is no way."