fox fur is not warm

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Let's say that Dou Muxie dragged his unhealed wound back to the Xuanwu Temple.The Xuanwu Temple is located in Beiming, thousands of feet below, without sunlight, it is completely dark and silent, only the bright pearl used for lighting in the palace glows with a cold light.Dou Muxie's shoulder injury was horrific, and he hadn't accumulated any good karma, so, from the time he walked from the gate to the main hall, soldiers and crabs would avoid him.

Dou Muxie was so ashamed and angry that he had nowhere to get angry, so he could only take human form outside the hall, stood there for a few breaths, and walked in, clutching his wound.

The main hall was empty, with stone pillars, green tiles and glazed tiles, and above the nine steps, there was a group of figures standing upright.At first glance, it looks like the two are sitting with their backs facing each other, but after a closer look, you can see that it is Xuanwu.

Xuanwu was born with two heads, and when transformed into a human form, the two are inseparable. They also have their own names, one is called Xuangui, and the other is called Long Snake.It's just that the two people are similar in height, but their bodies are quite different - the fat ones are stocky and rich, with brown robes added to their bodies;The backs of the two were pressed against each other tightly, but they generally got along fairly well on weekdays.

The long snake had sharp eyes, and saw Dou Muxie walking into the hall, but only asked about the blackness of the cloth on his shoulders soaked in blood, squinted his eyes, and asked in a high-pitched voice, "Is the matter settled?"

"King." Dou Muxie saluted and replied with restrained anger, "That glutton is extremely arrogant! Not only did he not answer whether he took the bird's eggs, but he also injured me and taunted you."

The black tortoise was feasting on it. Hearing this, he raised his head and bit off a piece of bloody raw meat from the beast's leg in his hand. He interjected and asked, "What did it say?"

Dou Muxie watched Xuan Gui's rough movements when eating, and thought of Taotie's actions before, the wound hurt again.He said in a trembling voice, "It said, you can't beat it...and you can't eat enough."

The long snake chuckled lightly and laughed, "It's true that I don't have enough food."

Xuan Gui refused.He chewed the bone several times and swallowed it, then stuffed a big piece of meat into his mouth, puffed out his cheeks, and stared and shouted, "In terms of food intake, why am I not as good as it! Call it to compete, see me How can you swallow it!"

"Oh, you?" The long snake stared at Xuan Gui's clumsy appearance, unwilling to talk to him, then looked at Dou Muxie and asked, "Then it admitted to eating the ghost car bird?"

"...it said, let me go into its stomach to find it!" Saying that, Dou Muxie took off all the blood-stained clothes, exposing the wound on his shoulder.He was so angry that he bowed deeply and begged, "If that beast is so rampant, you must avenge me."

"Understood, you go down." Long snake said.

Dou Muxie answered "Yes", and the enmity came to an end, but as soon as he walked to the door, he heard the mysterious turtle and long snake chatting on their own.

Long Snake: "Admitted to eat the ghost car, but didn't answer the questions about the bird's eggs. You said, did the gluttonous eat the bird's eggs?"

Xuan Gui: "...just ask again."

Long snake: "You idiot! Can you ask it to get the result? That bird egg was born by Suzaku. How can it be so bold?"

Xuan Gui: "...It's just a bird's egg."

Long Snake: "There is some truth to what you said. Gluttony is delicious, and you dare to eat anything you catch. Forget it, the bird's eggs were brought by the ghost car bird. Whether it's true or not, it's important to find her first."

Xuangui: "Obviously Taotie said he was eaten by it."

"You idiot! Did it eat it when it said it would?"

"Not an idiot!"

"fool!"

……

The sound of quarreling was endless, and after nearly a cup of tea, suddenly there were footsteps coming from outside the hall.

Dou Muxie saw that the black tortoise and the long snake were silent at the same time, straightened their waists, and after half a breath, they both spoke at the same time, the two voices, thick or thin, merged into one, with inviolable majesty, towards the Said loudly, "Come in."

As soon as the voice fell, a black figure staggered into the hall, swaying before standing still, his legs softened, and he fell down suddenly.

It was a woman.She has a graceful figure and a beautiful appearance, but at this time she is dressed in rags and is in a state of distress. The three thousand indigo daises scattered behind her spread out with her movements, revealing a deep bone scar on the side of her shoulder.

She grabbed the ground with her head, tremblingly.

"Then, the egg is lost..."

It's a ghost car bird.

·

Taotie fell asleep on the ground under the curtain, dreamed in a sound place, seeing himself surrounded by three animals, five tripods, and eight precious jade food, he just felt that he was already in a fairyland, and he wished to have a hearty meal immediately.

In such a beautiful environment, naturally the spirit fox that has been hoarded by it for several days is also indispensable.

The fox was standing not far away from it. Its body was fatter and more beautiful than the day it was picked up. Its coat was white and shiny.It raised its nose, straightened its eyes, kicked its hind legs on the ground, and rushed towards the stored grain.

……

Holding the fruit stem in its mouth, the little fox leaped up nimbly, stepped on Taotie's front legs with its strength, stepped on its back, bent over lightly, and finally landed smoothly on the top of Taotie's head.

It glanced at the big guy it was stepping on, feeling a little uneasy.

But that Taotie's eyes were closed tightly, his breathing was calm, he seemed to be fast asleep.

Seeing this, the little fox felt relieved and continued to work on the unfinished work—it wanted to try the taste of sitting on the fruit mountain again, just like the one that Taotie gave it when it first met.

On the open space in front of Taotie, there were mountains of silver fruits, large and small, even slightly higher than its forehead, shining with silver light.The little fox stood on top of Taotie's head, looked at it for a while, then found a good angle, and put the silver fruit in its mouth on top of it.

But the distance was a bit far, and it couldn't reach it easily, so it could only stretch its body and send it forward cautiously.

But before its movement was finished, Taotie suddenly kicked its hind legs and trembled, making the little fox unsteady on its feet, and just fell down like this, and even the fruit mountain collapsed, and the round silver fruits scattered joyously. Run around.

·

Taotie's nose was hurt by the falling little fox, he opened his eyes suddenly, and saw a touch of whiteness bounced down from his eyes.Panicked, it stretched out its claws and caught the ball of fur in its palm.

This time, I don't know how many fruits were crushed, and the rich fruit fragrance spread in the air.

Taotie woke up from the dream, his mind was still a little dazed, all he wanted was to eat Linghu into his mouth.When it sees the little fox right now, it falls into its palm. It doesn't think about anything else, it's about to bite right away, and it doesn't care about the difference in size between the fur ball and the spirit fox in the dream.

But said that the little fox slipped and fell to the ground, even if Taotie caught him halfway, he still fell completely.It shook its head and stood up from Taotie's palm, and was about to teach this big guy who ruined its "hard work" a lesson when it saw Taotie biting towards it with a bloody mouth.

This Taotie just tore open Dou Muxie's flesh abruptly, the blood on his lips was not washed, and his sharp fangs were shining coldly.

But the little fox was blinded by the smell, and almost fainted again.

It turned its head to the side, anxious and angry, and shouted in disgust, "You give me back the fruit! You stink—"

……

Taotie froze in place, but his first reaction was to quickly shut his mouth.

It directly ignored the first half of the little fox's sentence, and moved its head back a little, so that this bold store of food could be completely exposed to its sight.

Taotie stared, put on a fierce look, and said viciously, "What did you say?"

But the little fox was not afraid of Taotie, he stretched his limbs, stood up straight, and challenged it, "Gaotie, stinky!"

Taotie was about to bark his teeth when he heard the words, but just as he grinned, he stopped his movements as if thinking of something, just stared at it, and moved his head away silently, "Little guy, what are you doing?" What did you just say?"

"Gluttonous smell! I—"

Taotie continued, "You are fragrant. Foxes are delicious only if they are fragrant."

The little fox's words were interrupted, and after thinking hard for a long time before he could think of what to say, he complacently followed Taotie's words, "Yes, I am delicious!"

"..."

Seeing the appearance of the little fox, Taotie immediately didn't know how to respond, he just wanted to eat it.

But after thinking about it, although this storage food is just being silly, it has opened up its intelligence and grown rapidly. Before, it could only jump out single words, but now it can be made into sentences. It is better to keep it for a few more days, and it is not in a hurry. .

Taotie was thinking like this, hesitating, then he heard the little fox yelling again.

"I smell good."

Taotie replied, "Yes."

"I'm delicious—"

It perfunctorily said, "Hmm."

"Smelly gluttonous!"

"Uh-huh?"

Taotie's expression froze.It turned to look at the little fox who was angry for no reason, and gritted its teeth.

Just wait, I will eat you in a few days!

……

I don't know how long the "several days" Taotie was thinking of. In short, after returning from the lake and Guanshan on the first day, the little fox was still alive and kicking in Taotie's cave, 23 days later. And there is a tendency for the body shape to develop horizontally, and it has gained a lot of weight.

However, Taotie's sigh "can't afford it" before is not without reason.

With Gouwu Mountain as the center, there is no food for hundreds of miles around, not to mention the big monsters who occupy the mountain and claim to be kings, and there are not many little monsters who have practiced a little bit.

Taotie blamed all this on the fact that the little fox was too edible, but he never thought that the fruit that the little fox, who had been a vegetarian until now, was not enough to fit between his teeth.