Xian Xian

Chapter 121: Fox demon

After Li Chaoge went to Jingzhaoyin, his journey was unimpeded, and he quickly found out Song Wen’s identity and current address. Bai Qianhe asked: “Commander, shall we go to Song Wen?”

“Otherwise?” Li Chaoge was white? He glanced, “Don’t want to be lazy, hurry up and finish the task today? There are few days left before Yuanri?.”

Bai Qianhe was dejected and was forced to accept the fate of working overtime again. Mo Linlang and Zhou Shao accepted it well. They rushed to the east of Luoyang city according to the address given by Jing Zhaoyin.

In the curly Buddhist temple with Sanskrit sounds, the owner of the White Horse Temple followed Gu Mingke and said, “The young man of Dali Temple, this is this place.”

The Ya Ya of Dali Temple went on the road to collect clues in the chicken coop. It was also helpless. Baima Temple reported to the official a year ago and was sent to the Town Demon Division at that time, but then there was an outbreak of corpse poison in Fenzhou. Li Chaoge led the people to Fenzhou to quell the chaos, and then he honored the prince. The death, the death of the first emperor, the queen mother? Regent, major events one after another, Li Chaoge could not take action, the case of the White Horse Temple chicken throwing chicken? Delayed indefinitely.

Did the novices of the White Horse Temple wait? Wait again. Until recently, the chicken thieves became more and more rampant, which has seriously affected the life of the White Horse Temple.

This time, the case was handed to Dali Temple. Originally, it was enough to send two government officials over this kind of thing, but Gu Mingke felt an unusual breath in his testimony, so today he came to the White Horse Temple to check it out in person.

Yamen rummaged in the chicken pen. The few remaining chickens were highly nervous by the chicken thieves. They noticed someone coming in, and they were afraid and vigilant, flapping their wings and screaming in the chicken pen. Chicken feathers are flying everywhere? Yes, the owner of the White Horse Temple was embarrassed and said: “Shao Qing, the chicken coop smells heavy, Shao Qing wait for a clean place.”

Gu Mingke shook his head, turning a blind eye to the scene in front of him: “It’s okay, I just wait here? Ok. Lord, hold on, when does your temple start to throw chickens?”

“Is that early?” The master wrinkled his face beside the little novice monk and complained, “Since last year, there have been fewer chickens in the chicken coop. At first, we didn’t find any chickens. Later, it became a day. When we lost one, the number of chickens was obviously not right, and we realized it was wrong. After reporting the crime last year, we sent people to guard the chicken pen. The chicken thieves seemed to be afraid of it, and we were in peace for a while. , But this summer began to throw chickens again. At first, they were thrown the next day. Later, they became more and more rampant. In the last few days, we lost chickens every day, sometimes even two chickens a day. Our temple does not count. With a big family and a big business, it can’t withstand such a loss.”

The people at Dali Temple all showed sympathy. Gu Mingke remained silent and thoughtful.

The chickens in the chicken coop seemed to be very scared, flapping their wings and flying randomly, and the scene was very chaotic at one time. Gu Mingke stood outside and looked, when he suddenly noticed what? He walked to the chicken coop and leaned over to look at a place.

When the people of Dali Temple saw this, they gathered around: “Shao Qing, what did you find?”

Gu Mingke turned sideways and motioned to his subordinates to come forward and collect evidence: “There are blood stains and animal hair.”

“Animal hair?” The subordinate ate it? Startled, “Isn’t it someone stole it?”

The people of Dali Temple quickly put away the tiny strands of hair hooked on the wooden thorns. They looked at the fine orange fluff and asked in surprise: “What is this?”

“Orange, could it be a cat?”

“Whose cat eats chicken?”

“It’s a fox.” Gu Mingke faintly interrupted their guess, pointed to the ground, and said, “It has injuries on its body. It should not be difficult to find along with the blood stains and footprints.”

The case suddenly changed from burglary to animal crime. People at Dali Temple looked around for footprints while muttering: “What kind of fox is this, so good to eat? Isn’t it a fox? Then this case? It’s time to go to the Demon Division.”

Gu Mingke ignored it and just asked them to look for it carefully.

Dali Temple followed the clues, all the way to the small town under the mountain. This is a medium-sized town, not far from Luoyang, on the mountain is the White Horse Temple, so people come and go very lively, and the town’s business is still prosperous.

Gu Mingke walked into a neighborhood following his breath. Here are all residential buildings, the lanes are long and thin, extending in all directions, and there are various sundries hanging on the walls, and the smell of fireworks is extremely heavy.

In order to make their yard larger, many people quietly occupied the road outside, and an alley protruded from the east and one recessed from the west, creating many blind spots. Gu Mingke walked in from outside and saw Li Chaoge hiding behind a corner, quietly staring at the courtyard in front of him.

Gu Mingke thought to himself that they had only talked about the Town Demon Division not long ago. By coincidence, they met?

Gu Mingke approached and patted Li Chaoge’s shoulder lightly. Li Chaoge was shocked? He jumped, and immediately turned around and drew his sword. Gu Mingke pressed his finger on the hilt and said helplessly: “It’s me.”

Li Chaoge looked at Gu Mingke in horror, then looked at the people behind him, and took the sword in angrily: “Why are you?”

“I also want to ask, why are you here?” Li Chaoge pointed with his elbow? The small courtyard in front of him: “Investigate the case, wait for someone.”

Gu Mingke raised his head and looked forward. After a pause, he said leisurely: “It’s such a coincidence, we are also investigating the case here.”

Li Chaoge looked at the public uniform on his body, and then looked at the Dali Temple officer behind him. He raised his eyebrows: “Aren’t you and us in the same family?”

“I was not sure.” Gu Mingke retracted his hand and said unhurriedly, “But after you just pointed me, I just found it?.”

When the people in Dali Temple saw Shao Qing entering the alley, their mood suddenly improved, and they went straight to talk to Princess Sheng Yuan. They are acquainted, hide far away in the alley, and do not disturb the couple’s narration. They watched, Xiaoqing patted people’s shoulders lightly, attracting the princess’ attention? The queen whispered? What, later, he wanted to go, but was pulled back by the princess.

Everyone in Dali Temple screamed, and they all felt a bit of toothache.

Gu Mingke originally wanted to go in, but was forcibly held by Li Chaoge. Li Chaoge stared at Gu Mingke suspiciously and asked, “Are you following me?”

“I still think you are following me.” Gu Mingke said, “This morning? Didn’t you say that you are going to find a gardener who is good at planting peonies? Why did you come here?”

“This? This is the person we found.” Li Chaoge gently pointed to the courtyard in front of him. “Their husband has gone out? I’m afraid of getting rid of the grass, so I’ll wait for him to come back here. Instead, it’s you, not in Dali. Temple, what are you doing here?”

Gu Mingke gestured to the token on himself and himself: “I’m here to investigate the theft of Baima Temple that was dragged by someone last year?”

Li Chaoge was wrong, she hummed? She still looked at Gu Mingke vigilantly: “The flower planter and the chicken stealer happen to be in the same family? Gu Shao Qing, you have had a lot of coincidences recently.”

“Not as good as the princess?” Gu Mingke said slowly, “This area is mostly small business people? This family is mixed in the market, and there is no farmland. How does it look like a gardener who is good at planting peonies. Princess?, you Could it be wrong? Right?”

“Who did you find the wrong?” Li Chaoge glared, “Even if you find the wrong person, I won’t find the wrong person. This family’s surname is Song and a cousin named Yang Hua was once a well-known flower planter. I deliberately checked it from Jing Zhaoyin, and it will never be wrong.”

Gu Mingke had a leisurely look at first, but when he heard the name, his eyes suddenly became cold and solemn: “Yang Hua?”

“Yes, his wife, Peony, is said to have a beautiful appearance and a gentle temperament, like heaven? Immortal.” Li Chaoge stared at Gu Mingke’s face and asked quietly, “How, do you know?”

At this moment, there was a sudden voice in front of him, and Li Chaoge immediately took Gu Mingke to hide behind the corner. Li Chaoge held Gu Mingke’s wrist and leaned against the wall to listen to the movement on the other side. Gu Mingke didn’t know what he was thinking, but he didn’t break away for a long time.

Song Wen came back? He put down his burden and knocked on the door. The neighbor came out to see him and smiled: “Yeah, Song Lang is back? Is your girl getting better?”

“Not yet, the doctor caught the medicine, Liniang is taking care of it.”

“Then? Good. This is garlic. It can ward off evil spirits and drive monsters. There are always unusual noises in the night in our area. You also hang on the door. Maybe the girl can’t afford to be ill. It hurts.”

Li Chaoge couldn’t see the expressions of those people. He only heard Song Wendao? Thank you. At this time, the door was also opened. Song Wen and his neighbors were entertaining the hospital with one sentence.

It’s okay if the neighbor doesn’t say anything. After saying this, Li Chaoge sniffed, and always felt that there was a vicious atmosphere around him.

Li Chaoge pulled Gu Mingke’s sleeve: “Did you smell a strange smell?”

“Just go in and see? You know.” Gu Mingke was already in a good mood. He wanted to leave. Seeing Li Chaoge still leaning on the wall, constantly sniffing the scents around him, he held her wrists back and said, “Don’t you dare?, one Is it too late to return to the city?.”

Li Chaoge and Bai Qianhe took refuge separately. Now that the target has returned, Bai Qianhe also walked out of the hiding place. As soon as Bai Qianhe landed, he saw Gu Shaoqing holding Li Chaoge’s wrist. Li Chaoge concentrated on sniffing the surrounding air and let him pull it.

Bai Qian Hemo, he coughed vigorously? He coughed, and said, “The commander, I’m still in a bad office, I still need to pay attention to the public image.”

Otherwise, the people would open the door for a while and see two leaders holding hands… Not very good for the reputation of Dali Temple and the Town Demon Division.

Li Chaoge didn’t actually pay attention? Gu Mingke pulled her. With the hot spring acupuncture and moxibustion, Li Chaoge used Gu Mingke’s normal physical contact as usual. What’s more, two people lived together during this period, and Li Chaoge had no surprises for a long time. After Bai Qianhe said, she just realized that Gu Mingke was holding her, and Li Chaoge moved his wrist, and Gu Mingke let go.

The two of them stood in front of the door, and instantly recovered their solemn public image. Li Chaoge knocked on the door and said, “Is there anyone? The government is asking questions.”

The deterrence of the two words of the official mansion was so great that it seemed to panic inside. After a while, the door opened slightly, and Song Wen’s face appeared behind him. At a glance, he saw the official uniform on Gu Mingke, and he was shocked: “Official man, we are a small family, I don’t know whether the official man is driving…”

Gu Mingke took out the token of Dali Temple and showed it to Song Wen. He said calmly, “Don’t be nervous, just come and ask questions. Can you come in?”

Song Wen nodded nervously. The officials were standing outside. Would he dare not let in? Song Wen opened the door and hurriedly explained: “Official man, my wife is not good at speech, and the little girl is weak and sick. If there is any negligence, please Haihan.”

Gu Mingke entered Song Wen’s house. This is an ordinary city dwelling. There is only one entrance to the yard. There are all kinds of household utensils and small businesses around, and there is a dog in the corner. The dog was sleeping in the den, and when he heard someone come in, it suddenly woke up, straightened its back, and barked at the door.

Seems to be frightened by the sound of the dog, and there was a little girl crying in the room. The child’s crying sound is weak, and the breath is insufficient, so it’s unhealthy to listen to it.

Li Chaoge thought that the neighbors were right, and Song Wen’s daughter’s condition did not look very good. She remembered that her neighbor said that there was unusual movement in the area at night, and Li Chaoge remained silent and looked around in secret.

When Song heard the dog barking suddenly, his daughter couldn’t stop crying. He was anxious and frightened. He berated the dog and coaxed his daughter. He was too busy to know what to do.

When the dog heard the little girl crying, he quickly ran under the window. It yelled? Two? It seemed to comfort the girl, but the hair on her body was still standing upright. It turned around, arched its back, and stared at them with hatred.

Li Chaoge felt a little bit in his heart. She thought that she had met strangers for a dog, so she kept yelling, but seeing what it was like, this dog was quite human and, besides, his hostility ? It seems to be directed at Gu Mingke.

Song could not help but apologize, he yelled at the dog, trying to drive the dog back. That dog had been beaten several times, and still stayed at the door. The snoring in its throat was constant, but it was lying on the ground far away, not daring to take a step forward.

Li Chaoge turned his head and looked at Gu Mingke with a smile: “Are you so unpleasant?”

Gu Mingke’s face was as white as jade pigment. He ignored Li Chaoge’s ridicule and glanced at the dog on the ground. Although the dog was baring his teeth, he never dared to make a sound anymore.

After the barking of the dog stopped, the crying of the children in the room gradually ceased. Everyone in the courtyard was secretly relieved. Bai Qianhe pressed his ears silently, thanking for this tolerance, his determination to not want children was stronger again.

Song Wen also breathed a sigh of relief, and apologized: “This dog is a native dog that was picked up. It hasn’t been taught or trained. It will bite when you see people. The official must not blame it.”

Gu Mingke naturally doesn’t care about that dog on the ground. His eyes were quiet, and he looked towards the door quietly, a young woman holding a little girl about two years old, leaning against the door, timidly doing fortune.

“The slave family has seen the official.”

The young woman is slim and pure, looking at her age in her twenties. She was wearing a woman’s bun, although her appearance was romantic and affectionate, her eyes remained on the child, and her gestures were full of maternal tenderness. But the little girl was leaning on her mother’s arms crookedly, her facial features were supple, her makeup was pink and jade, but her face was sick, and her face looked rather miserable.

The little girl just stopped crying. At this moment, she was sobbing feebly. When she saw Gu Mingke, she was suddenly scared to cry. She just hugged her mother’s neck like she saw something terrible, and flopped to leave.

Song Wen was embarrassed and quickly introduced: “This is Liniang and the little girl. The little girl is not in good health. She has been timid and afraid of life since she was born. The little girl is not disrespectful to adults, but the majestic and extraordinary robes of the adults. shocked?.”

The little girl was already weak, and she was scared to cry at the moment. Her voice was low and dumb, which made people worry when she listened. After Liniang convicted her, she carried her child to the house to coax. The people in Dali Temple didn’t take it seriously. They wore knives on their waists and wore dark blue official uniforms. Ordinary people would froze when they saw it, let alone a little girl. Only Li Chaoge looked at Gu Mingke with a smile, and said slowly: “It seems that Gu Shao Qing is not only disliked by dogs, but also by children.”

Gu Mingke glanced helplessly? She glanced at her: “Don’t make trouble, we are here to handle the case.”

Song Wen had long known that there must be major events when the government came to the door. Hearing Gu Mingke’s words about handling the case, his hands were clenched nervously.

“My lord…” Song Wen secretly stared at him, and carefully explained, “Caomin? A family? Is a good citizen? I always quarrel with my neighbors? Never, I really don’t know what crime was committed?”

Li Chaoge didn’t speak, she carried her hands on her back and slowly patrolled the yard. After a while, she stunned and said: “Your family has dogs, but there are a lot of chicken feathers.”

Song Wen became nervous: “My lord…”

“The demon is very weak, you cover up very well.” Li Chaoge turned around and stared at Song Wen coldly, “Unfortunately, you forgot?, the town demon division is full-time to catch demon.”

There was a sound of something falling in the room, and Li Chaoge didn’t bother to go around with them, and patted his sleeves and said: “Come out, the vixen who steals the chicken. It’s unlucky for you to stand at the White Horse Temple.”

Song Wen’s face was blue, and he quickly said, “My lord, it’s actually me…”

“Song Lang.” The beautiful young woman stood by the door frame, quietly stopping Song Wen’s words. She placed the swaddling in the house, standing alone by the door, with a beautiful appearance, I saw a pity: “Song Lang, you don’t have to pay for me? It’s me.”

Li Chaoge didn’t care about it. When she was outside the door, she felt that there was a monster in this alley, but it was very weak. After the door opened, Li Chaoge immediately confirmed it.

Damn Dali Temple, really robbed their case.

“Let’s say, where are you from, what did you do, and what you have done? All explain truthfully.” After that, Li Chaoge looked at Gu Mingke and said vigilantly, “After you go back? Send me the file. This is our case.”

“Openly grabbing credit, you are kind enough to think about it.”

“This is it? I found it…”

Liniang opened her mouth, trying to confess, but she didn’t know whether to interrupt. Are you interrogating her? Why are these two? The adults flirt with each other?

Liniang looked at these two people in surprise. After a while, she whispered and asked, “My lord?”

Li Chaoge stared secretly? Gu Mingke glanced, then withdrew his attention? Forced: “Okay? Let me explain.”

Liniang didn’t have a name at first. After Song Wen saw her, she said that she was beautiful and named her Liniang, so she really had her identity. Liniang likes this name very much. She is a fox, with low qualifications and deep Taoism. She plays in the mountains every day and spends her life in a muddle-headed manner. One day, she accidentally stepped on an animal trap, and her hind legs were firmly trapped by iron nails. How can the fox try? Can’t get rid of it. Seeing the sky? It’s almost dawn? She will soon? Become a dish in the hands of the hunter, a fox fur on the neck of the nobleman, and the fox wailes. Song Wen.

Song Wen released the fox and said that her fur is beautiful, which is rare to see. The fox limped and escaped from the trap. Before running away, she turned her head and took a deep look at the young man.

If the fox stops, it’s not just retribution? It’s revenge. Later, the fox worked hard to cultivate and finally turned into a human form. After she transformed into form, she quietly came to the world, looking for the youth of the year? The young man has grown into a young man, and the fox followed him day by day. It didn’t take long for him to be discovered by the young man. Later, he became his wife.

The life of the fox demon is long, and the life of a mortal is insignificant to them, she can completely go back to the mountains and cultivate after spending this life with Song Wen. But Liniang has been in the world for a long time, and she is more and more reluctant. She wants to have a child with Song Wen, a child with the blood of both of them.

But production is a big hurdle for the fairy, especially Song Wen is a mortal. Once a child is born, Liniang will be greatly injured, and her demon power cannot go further. But Liniang was still obsessed with it, she gave up her cultivation base and longevity, just to have a child. Liniang suffered a lot because of this, but the love between a lady and a monster is finally intolerable in the world. The daughter Liniang gave birth to her life was dying from birth.

The daughter didn’t inherit any demon power, and she was born weak and inferior to normal mortal children. Liniang secretly carried the child back to the mountain fox patriarch. Seeing the patriarch, he said that the child will not live long, and will die in two years at most.

Liniang didn’t believe it, she stalked, and finally got a solution from the patriarch’s mouth. Liniang feeds her child with her own blood every day, and transfers her own essence to her daughter. The child was supplied with Liniang’s blood, and his body really slowly improved.

But Liniang couldn’t bear it anymore. She was bleeding every day, and it didn’t take long for her to lose her skinny skeleton. Liniang wept and said mournfully: “A slave? You know you can’t be tolerated in the world and dare not harm others. She just wants to be with Song Lang and Xiao Mudan for a long time. After bleeding, the slave is really weak and can only rely on eating to replenish blood and energy. But life in the neighbourhood is not easy. If you lose a chicken or a poultry at home, I am afraid that you can’t live your life anymore. The slave has no choice but to think that the family of Baima Temple is big and the incense is strong. Shouldn’t you care about one or two? The chicken secretly went to the White Horse Temple and stole it. Last year, Peony’s health improved, and I didn’t need my bloodletting day by day, so I didn’t bother the Buddha anymore, but I didn’t expect her condition to get worse this year?…”

Look? Zixiao Mudan is their daughter’s name. Liniang hid her face and wept bitterly. Song Wen looked at his wife’s delicate body and felt distressed. He hugged her shoulders hard and said, “I knew she was a monster, but what does that matter? I only hate my incompetence and can’t protect me. Wife and daughter, but also to inflict their wives into suffering.”

The native dogs surrounded the Lord’s feet, whimpering and screaming.

The husband and wife cried into a ball, and the others in the yard looked at it and felt uncomfortable. Mo Linlang couldn’t help but think of her own mother, she was very heavy, and she looked at Li Chaoge without saying anything: “The commander…”

Liniang, as she said, did not kill anyone, and she came to the world just to repay her kindness. Such a monster, do they want to take it away?

Li Chaoge sighed? He said: “Don’t cry first. I have something to ask. As long as you tell the truth, I’ll forgive her.”

Song Wen was overjoyed: “Really?”

Li Chaoge nodded coldly: “Really.”

She is not those pedantic monks and Taoists. See you? The demon must be killed. As long as the monsters don’t commit crimes, Li Chaoge doesn’t bother to take care of them.

After getting the guarantee from Li Chaoge, Song Wen was overjoyed, trembling his fingers and wiping Liniang’s tears. Li Chaoge waited for them to calm down, and then asked, “Why is your daughter called Peony?”

Liniang’s voice? In a low voice, she said, “I don’t know what the adults do. On the day my daughter was born? The flowers around our house are all blooming? Even the long-withered peonies in the flowerbed are restored to life. See you Song Lang. She made up her pink jade, ice and snow, so cute, so she named her Peony.”

Hearing the words “peony”, the dog lowered his body, wagging his tail to dig the dirt. Li Chaoge stared at these two people and asked calmly, “It’s just because of this?”

Song Wen paused for a while, and said truthfully, “There is another reason. Cao Min? has a cousin who is very close to him, but his cousin disappeared six years ago. I have been asking about this for years, but no one knows. The whereabouts of my cousin. To commemorate my brother-in-law, I named my daughter Peony.”

The local dog barked on the ground, Gu Mingke’s expression was indifferent to the extreme, Li Chaoge’s eyes were bright, his complexion was striking, and his red lips started slightly: “Who is Peony?”

“My cousin, the wife of my cousin Yang Hua.”