Catching the Fox

Second Master Shen is the town's catcher, Yuanwai Shen is his father, and the Shen family is a very wealthy family in the town.

While taking care of the peace of the town, Second Master Shen ran errands to collect rent for his father.

One day, Shen Yuanwai ordered him to go to the suburbs to collect rent. There was a small village of more than a dozen families called Fox Village. Most of the villagers were outsiders.

After a long time, it was said that it became a fox village, mostly because they were foreigners, and their customs and habits were different from the local people, so it became more and more mysterious when they passed on.

The fertile land cultivated by the people of the Fox Village was leased to the ancestors of the people of the Fox Village by the ancestors of the Shen family.The Shen family is kind-hearted, so they only accept some mountain products and treasures as rent every year.

When Shen Erye arrived in the village, he asked the village chief, "How is the harvest this year, and what are the difficulties?"

The village head said: "The harvest is good, this year's rain is sufficient, so what you plant, you will reap."

Second Master Shen saw the village chief staring at him with flickering eyes, as if he had something to say but he didn't want to insist on causing trouble.

Shen Erye asked: "Does the village chief have anything to say? If there is nothing else, I will go back now. I can still make it for dinner when I get home."

With that said, he took out his whip and walked towards the carriage.

The village head replied, "It's a bit of a problem. The second master is a fast catcher. I don't know if I can help."

Second Master Shen said, "Tell me what it is first."

The two talked for a while, and the sky turned dark.

Erye Shen got into the carriage, suddenly remembered something, and asked the village chief, "I saw a newly added small thatched cottage under the old green pine trees beside the mountain road. Don't live in the village."

The village chief was stunned, as if he didn't know about it, coughed lightly and said: "Mostly, they are businessmen passing by. They come to other places to make a living and don't want to stay here for a few days because of something. After a year and a half, he left with his belongings again. This kind of thing often happens, you come to the village once a year, and now you see it, and it feels awkward."

On the way back in the car, Mr. Shen was thinking about the incident that the village chief said, and inadvertently saw the small thatched hut that suddenly appeared under the old green pines and old trees on the side of the mountain road, with warm candles burning inside. On the fire, a faint figure appeared on the window paper, a small ball with a triangular head and a big fluffy tail dangling back and forth.

Shen Erye thought, probably the owner's puppy jumped up on the window sill mischievously.

His thoughts were distracted, and Second Master Shen felt that it was getting dark. If he hurried on his way, it would be difficult for him to get out of the mountain.

Second Master Shen hurried to the car, and it was already late when he got home.

Shen Yuanwai said: "I left you a roast chicken and a pot of wine. It's late at night and the dew is heavy, so hurry up and have some wine to escape the cold."

Second Master Shen saw Yuanwai Shen, he responded, and walked through the Chaoshou corridor to his own yard.

Fox Village, to be more precise, should be Hu Village.

"Village chief, because of the kindness of the Shen family, our family was able to settle down here, and no longer lived on wandering and hunting. Did we plan to harm the descendants of the Shen family today?" the elder said a little impatiently.

Several elders were silent after hearing this.

After a long time, the village chief said: "In the recent years of sacrifice, we have hunted and killed to maintain our human body. Besides, hunting is our nature, whether it is human or wild beast, it is our food,"

The second elder nodded and said: "It's just that I never thought that it would be difficult for us to act if someone from the Shen family made an arrest. Besides, last year we slaughtered and ate a white fox with a high-quality spirit. That Linghu Unfortunately, he was taken in by Second Master Shen a few months ago, but he has not been able to find his soul body, and I am afraid that he will spoil our next business, "

The village head said: "Second Master Shen has already met with us. Before leaving, he inadvertently asked me why there is a newly built small thatched hermitage under the old green pine tree at the entrance of the village. I think the soul of the fox was buried by him. It’s over there, but it’s just that Shen Erye has placed an enchantment, so it’s inconvenient for us to go in, we just wait for him to come out.”

Second Master Shen had just rested here when he heard the knocking on the corner door of the backyard. The corner door of the backyard faced the street, and the inside of the door was connected to Second Master Shen's yard. parents.

The person who came was wearing a black coat and a black hat, carrying something in his hand, obediently waiting outside the corner door, waiting for Second Master Shen to come out.

At this moment, Second Master Shen dressed and got up, although he was a little drunk, his hands and feet were still neat, and he carried an oiled paper lamp and strode towards the corner door.

When the man saw Second Master Shen, he lifted the thing in his hand to show him, and asked: "Who lost this thing, is it from your town, do you know who he is?"

Second Master Shen took a closer look with the lamp, and it turned out to be a bloody human head. Second Master Shen said: "I just came home at night today, so I don't know much about it yet."

Second Master Shen was looking closely at the eyebrows and eyes of the man. The blood that was all over his face first dried up, and the plasma dried into thin paper and stuck to his face, making it impossible to identify any person. .

Second Master Shen asked the man, "Is this something you picked up on the Yang Road or the Yin Road?"

The man said: "I didn't see clearly which road it was on. At night, the yang road is dark, and the yin road is even darker." The man was somewhat troubled, and said, "I didn't see clearly,"

Second Master Shen nodded and said, "I'll send this thing to the yamen, and you can go and have a look with me too."

The man whispered again, "I'm afraid of light,"

Second Master Shen said: "I'll let you go at dawn. You found this matter. You have to ask you something before you can do anything. There is no beginning and no end. Tell me how to start the investigation."

When he arrived at the yamen, Second Master Shen took out a pen and paper, spread it on the table, wrote down the date, and asked the man, "When and where was this thing discovered, and who did you see? Distinguish and distinguish together, and after you have considered it, let me listen to it."

The man said: "As usual, I patrolled Yinyang Road with a lamp, and found a light in the suburbs, but there was no light in that place at ordinary times. I felt strange.

I was walking forward with the lamp but didn't notice my feet, so I fell down, and the lamp oil spilled out all at once, and the lantern lit up. With the light for a while, I could see clearly what was under my feet.

The lantern burned out, and there was only the light in front of me. After a while, it was also extinguished.I was afraid that I would disturb the people on Yin Yang Road, so I didn't do anything, and came to you with my things."

Second Master Shen picked up his head and shook it, and said, "It's much lighter than the heads of ordinary grown men,"

Looking at his eyebrows and eyes again, his eye sockets are sunken, and there are red and white blood stains in his nostrils.

'puff',

The candles in the room were extinguished, the man jumped out of his wits, and a gust of cool wind blew against his neck.

Shen Erye said: "You are already a person who has already sat down, why are you still so timid when you encounter problems?"

The man said, "Second Master, I'm not afraid of ghosts, but people."

Second Master Shen took a look at him, encouraged him, and said, "Don't be afraid, Master is here to protect you all the time."

After listening to Second Master Shen's words, the man moved to sit next to Second Master Shen.

Second Master Shen smiled and didn't say anything else.

Second Master Shen said to the man, "The brains in this skull have been sucked dry."

Shen Erye sighed and said: "This person's death is a bit miserable, he suffered great pain during his lifetime, if you go to the Yin Road to find him, even if you find him, it may be because of the pain he suffered during his lifetime that he will forget what he was alive It’s hard not to be stupid.”

The man said, "What if he has already been reincarnated?"

Second Master Shen shook his head and said, "He can no longer find the way to reincarnate, without the guidance of his spiritual consciousness,"

Second Master Shen cooked the medicinal soup, soaked the towel in the medicinal soup, held the head in his arms and scrubbed it carefully.

The stiff, purple and blackened skin was wiped clean by the medicine soup, and after a while, a rosy complexion and a clear face appeared, but the eyes were closed, and his appearance was somewhat unreal.

Second Master Shen approached the candle to identify the face of the head, and told the person beside him, "Yuan Bao, close your eyes and let me have a look."

The man closed his eyes according to Second Master Shen's words. Second Master Shen was startled when he saw it, and secretly said: "The appearance of this head is actually very similar to Yuan Bao's appearance."

Second Master Shen felt that this matter was not simple, and it happened near Fox Village at this time, and it must have something to do with Fox Village, and the village chief was very weird today.

Second Lord Shen said: "It's almost dawn, and the rooster crows in half an hour, so you should go back. Don't go to the suburban shady house at night. Let me tell the ghost, come to my place these few days." go,"

With that said, Second Master Shen packed up all his belongings and led Yuan Bao to the house.

Turning around the wonton stall at the corner, Second Master Shen ordered two large bowls of wontons. The two sat down, and Second Master Shen picked up a bowl of wonton and ate it in a short while.

Yuan Bao was still holding the bowl, chewing and swallowing slowly, drinking the soup in small sips.

Second Master Shen looked at Tian'er, left some extra money for the boss, picked up the big bowl of wontons, put Yuanbao under his arm, and said, "Let's go home and eat slowly, and after a while the sky will shine brighter." , the chicken should crow,"

After saying that, Second Master Shen strode away and hurried home.

The ingots were like pieces of paper, and they were held under the armpit by Second Master Shen. They were not annoyed but just wanted to tell Second Master, "Second Master, I can walk faster than you can run."

Yuan Bao's round eyes were fixed on the bowl of small wontons that Second Master was holding, but he didn't speak.