you poked my tail

The candlelight flickered, the green gauze curtain fluttered slightly, and several coughs came from inside the curtain.

"Emperor, you're awake." The queen mother sat on the bedside and said with concern on her face, "Do you feel any discomfort?" Without waiting for Chu Duo to respond, she said loudly, "Come on, wait outside The imperial physician called in."

"Yes." The palace servant Deling hastily ran out to hear about the imperial doctor.

Chu Duo sat up slowly, frowning tightly, "Mother, the children are fine, let the mother worry."

"The imperial doctor said that you are overworked, you should rest in the bedroom these few days, and let the court go beforehand."

Chu Duo didn't make a sound, but he had his own plan in his heart.

The imperial doctor came, checked his pulse, prescribed two decoctions, and then withdrew. The Queen Mother sat with Chu Duo for a while, and then went back.

Chu Duo sat there, his consciousness a little lax, thinking of the fox being skinned alive, and thinking of the bones visible in the bloody flesh, he felt angina.

Chu Duo couldn't help thinking, what would it feel like to be killed by the person he was closest to and cared about the most?

Instructing all the servants to go down, he looked at the place where the fox demon was sleeping, it was empty.

Chu Duo was taken aback for a moment, then looked around, got out of bed, looked around, but still didn't find the red fox.

"Fox demon!" he called out.

No one responded.

Chu Duo thought for a moment, then called again, "Ah Chi?"

Not half a moment later, Baicheng came out from one place, shook his body, and said coldly, "My name is Baicheng, not Achi."

Chu Duo turned his head to look, "So your name is Baicheng."

"Don't call me by my name!" Bai Cheng was extremely disgusted.

Chu Duo pursed his lips, his chest rose and fell, and he was speechless for a long time.

He looked at Baicheng, and thought of the past life he had seen in his mind, and thought of the fate of the loyal protector who was skinned and boned. Sadness appeared in his eyes, and he felt Baicheng's hostility towards him. He steadied himself. Xin Xin said, "...I am not Hancang."

"Although it's not Hancang... but knowing that I'm his reincarnation, I feel...naturally guilty." He added.

Bai Cheng looked sideways at him coldly.

Chu Duo was silent for a moment, and said softly, "Just as you said you are not Achi, and I am not Hancang, I think we two..." After saying this, there was a bitter taste between his lips and teeth, and he frowned. , did not go on.

Bai Cheng didn't answer, and looked at Chu Duo coolly with fox eyes.

Chu Duo sighed and looked back at him, with thousands of thoughts in his heart, and there was some confusion in it.

"Leaving aside those, but I don't understand. Even if I am a cold warehouse, I don't remember the past life now, but why do you remember? Also, you were obviously an ordinary fox in the previous life, but why are you a fox in this life?" Demon?"

Bai Cheng didn't answer, his fox eyes narrowed slightly.

Chu Duo looked at him, and smiled slightly, "Could it be that you, a demon fox, are playing tricks and talking nonsense. What happened in the past and present, and the cold warehouse Achi, are all caused by your magical illusions."

"Your suspicious character really hasn't changed at all." Bai Cheng laughed lightly.

One sentence made Chu Duo choke, and the words he wanted to fight back were stuck in his throat, leaving him speechless.

After a brief silence, he asked, "What happened to that Hancang?"

Baicheng didn't answer immediately.

And Chu Duo also knew in his heart that that kind of person might not end well.

Bai Cheng sneered, "Skinned me and pulled out my bones, then nailed my fox fur to the wall, and burned my flesh and bones. Being so ungrateful and heartless, of course, there will be no good end."

Chu Duo's brows were a little displeased, as if he was the one who really said this, and it sounded harsh.

The red fox died, and Hancang thought of the Taoist's words in a daze.Just for a moment, it was the monk's words.

Hancang cleaned the blood-stained fox fur, nailed it to the wall, and burned the bloody body with fire.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and murmured, "Achi, I hope you don't hate me for treating you like this." Then he said, "If I could do anything, I wouldn't kill you."

Han Cang raised his head and looked into the distance, only hoping that the days to come would be comforted and safe soon, and that his wife's illness would be cured soon.

But this expectation was in vain, Hancang's wife became more and more ill, and couldn't even get out of bed, so he had no choice but to carry her on his back and go down the mountain to see a doctor.

When we went out, the sky was still clear and clear, but a strong north wind suddenly blew up on the way, and then the heavy snow fell like goose feathers. It seemed that the world changed in an instant. After a while, the mountains shook and the snow poured down. The avalanche crushed Hancang and his wife down the mountain.

Speaking of this, Baicheng suddenly chuckled, and looked at Chu Duo who was standing there in a daze, "You don't deserve to die, but you should have died in an avalanche when you were three years old. You have lived for more than 20 years, and you are born without a wife and children. You have to be so thoughtful, of course, it is understandable. It is human nature, but as early as your first wife, you gave I have warned you, but you insist on going your own way, harming yourself and others."

This made Chu Duo quite displeased, "That's not me."

Baicheng smiled coldly, "You want to know why I became a fox demon today?" He added, "Forget it, the grievances between you and me should be explained clearly."

Winter goes to spring, and there is only one abandoned house in the desolate mountain, but no one is there anymore.

When the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, the Taoist priest passed by here again. He pushed open the gate of Hancang's house, collected the soul of the red fox that had been unwilling for a long time, and then flew to Lingshan.

"Little thing, entrusted by your father, your 27 years in the human world have come, and the sealing spell has been lifted for you. In the future, your name will be Baicheng, the red fox Baicheng."

Baicheng regained his joints and marrow, his fur, his new body, and his spells.

Everything is new, but even so, I still can't forget the pain of being skinned and boned by the most trusted person.

He hid this pain in the bottom of his heart, and never thought about it. After hiding it for a long time, the pain in his heart took root, sprouted, and hatred blossomed.

After leaving Lingshan, Baicheng went to the demon world, where he lived without a fixed place, wandered around, occasionally helped the weak, and spent most of the time sleeping, he was lazy and aloof from the world, so he had nothing to do all year round, and he didn't feel like boring.

Bai Cheng thought, he must find something to do to pass the long years.

But what to do?This stumped him.

At the beginning, Baicheng acted as a monster helping the weak in the demon world, but as time passed, he felt bored again.

Moreover, because he had a good thought for a while, there were two more followers around him, who followed him all day long, and couldn't get rid of him, so it was really depressing...

He thought, if every time he helped a weak monster, he could have such a clingy little thing, then wouldn't he have a group of monsters around him, so it would be better to return to his cold-blooded appearance.

However, not asking about world affairs soon bored him again.

Bai Cheng thought in his heart that he wanted to find something to do.

Therefore, finding Hancang's reincarnation became what he pursued.And killing the reincarnated person of Hancang is naturally logical.

This search took hundreds of years, hundreds of years, to the demon, it was just a moment in a long life, Baicheng was bored in the demon world, so he brought those two little followers to the human world and settled in the Qing Dynasty. On Lianshan.

Perhaps because of the cold warehouse, Baicheng doesn't like human beings, so it hardly goes down the mountain.

After staying in the human world for decades, he didn't start to walk down the mountain until the little demon Bai Ruan found his wife.

Here, he also found Hancang's reincarnation, Chu Duo.

Hearing this, Chu Duo was very unconvinced, and argued, "Even if I have something to do with Hancang, then I am only his reincarnation, not him." He also said, "I did not do what Hancang did. I haven't done it to you, since everything in the world, all living beings, can be reincarnated after death, then the past life has nothing to do with it, if it is true as you said, the past life and the present life are constantly entangled, wouldn't this world be in chaos?" snorted , "Take drinking Mengpo soup as an example. Why do you have to make such a rule? This means that the previous life is the previous life, and this life is the present life. As an old monster with hundreds of years, don't you even understand this point? ?" He snorted again, "That's right, a four-legged beast is a four-legged beast, even if it becomes a spirit, it is still a four-legged beast! I'm afraid I can't understand such a simple truth."

Hearing the phrase "four-legged beast", Baicheng was a little sullen, and replied, "I don't understand, so, no matter what, I want to take your life back. If you can also peel your skin and bones, it would be the best, of course. Tat for tat.”

After hearing this, Chu Duo became furious and replied, "Animals are animals! It seems that I really don't understand human language."

Bai Cheng's eyes turned cold, and he immediately waved his paws, and without saying anything, he rushed at Chu Duo and scratched him.

Chu Duo couldn't dodge in time and was hurt by being scratched. In a panic, he drew out his nine-tailed red fox sword and swung it to slash at Baicheng, but when the blade was about to fall, it stopped suddenly. Hanging very close to the fox's body, a handful of fox fur fell off.

Chu Duo quickly drew his sword into its sheath, looked at Baicheng's contemptuous look, and squeezed out two words through his teeth angrily, "Damn it!" After saying that, he turned and walked away, and went to bed to rest.

Suddenly thought of something, got up, and asked Baicheng, "This saber was forged from your father's bone, what relationship do I have with your father? Do you know?"

Baicheng was silent, but his heart was like a mirror, but it became blurred at this moment, and he didn't know how to answer.

Because this is also what puzzled him.

He went to Lingshan to ask Shangxian some questions, but Shangxian remained silent.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Chu Duo understood. Looking at the saber, doubts arose in his heart, even more than an inch.

The next day, when the mother came to see him in the bedroom, Chu Duo asked about the true origin of the sword.

The queen mother was slightly taken aback, and said in confusion, "Why do you think of asking this? Didn't you say it, it's your mother's queen and my father's ancestral sword, and I will pass it on to you to defend yourself against evil spirits."

"But queen mother...you also said that you didn't know who your father's family was, that you were sold into the palace, and then entered the palace."

The Empress Dowager's expression froze when she heard this, she picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Yes, that's true," she paused at this point, put down the teacup, looked at Chu Duo, and said in a low voice, "That's right. When my mother was pregnant with you, she dreamed of a fairy wearing a white robe one day. He gave this sword to me in the dream, saying that it was a self-defense thing for the child in my belly. The mother thought it was just a dream, but When I woke up, I found that I had this sword in my hand. At that time, I was very surprised and terrified, so I could only hide the sword secretly. When you were born and your father recognized your son, the queen mother took it out with an excuse , said so.”

For some reason, after hearing these words, Chu Duo did not show any surprise.

The queen mother sighed softly, and said in a low voice, "This matter, the queen mother has kept in her heart for more than 20 years, and has never mentioned it to anyone, because I am afraid that someone will harm you, mother and child, because when I dreamed this, I knew that you would definitely He is a master."

Chu Duo's face was flickering, and he was a master, and this kind of master was obtained by all means, but people couldn't be happy.

"Why do you think of asking this?" The Queen Mother looked at his expression and asked repeatedly.

Chu Duo stabilized his mind, "Oh, my son was just bored and asked casually."

"Now the world belongs to you. Although you are diligent, your body is the most important thing." The Queen Mother said this with a hint of displeasure in her tone, "Last night, the Ai family asked Concubine Jing to serve, why did you let her go back? "

Chu Duo was a little impatient, "The queen mother and son are in poor health, so it is not suitable for concubines to serve them."

Seeing that his expression was not good, the queen mother frowned, "What's wrong with you? Why are you so unhappy just mentioning those concubines? Do you really think you are a three-year-old child? Can't you understand the relationship between men and women?"

"Mother." Chu Duo frowned.

The Empress Dowager did not want to be angry with him, so she softened her tone, "Empress Mother and you have come to this day, and every step has been quite difficult. Now, you are in a high position, but it is also in danger, because Chu Heng is still alive, but fortunately he is a manly man ;The queen mother hopes that you will have your own heir as soon as possible, do you understand?"

Chu Duo's face changed slightly, and he nodded perfunctorily, unwilling to be angry with his mother.

"There is one more thing. The emperor should understand the truth that there will be endless troubles after letting the tiger go back to the mountain. If Chu Heng doesn't get rid of it for a day, the mother will have trouble sleeping and eating. After the new year, you must find an excuse to deal with him."

The voice fell to the ground, and there was a sound from the inner room. The Queen Mother's heart jumped, and she looked in the direction of the inner room, "Who is there?"

"After returning to my mother, it was a fox raised by my son and minister." Chu Duo said.

The queen mother looked there suspiciously for a moment, looked at Chu Duo, and said, "I don't know if you are fascinated by ghosts, or you are enchanted by foxes, and you keep the beauties of the harem from getting close, but you are accompanied by a fox every day." .”

Chu Duo knew that it was useless to defend, so he didn't say anything.

The queen mother said again, "The queen mother heard people say that the fox smells like a fox, how can you bear it?"

"He..." Chu Duo opened his mouth, paused for a moment, and smiled slightly, "Queen Mother, did you smell the smell of foxes when you came to Erchen's bedroom? This fox is quite spiritual, and it is also useful for me to raise him. "

The queen mother didn't say any more, there was a fox on the Excalibur over there, and now Chu Duo raised a fox, she thought in her heart, maybe Chu Duo was destined to have a fox.She calmed down for a while, and then mentioned the matter of getting rid of Chu Heng.

Chu Duo lowered his eyes, "I know this matter well."

"Only if there is no such person as Chu Heng in this world, can you sit firmly on the throne. The empress mother hopes that you will understand more about this." The empress dowager said earnestly.

"Mother, don't worry, my son must understand very well." After a short pause, Chu Duo said, "It's just that this matter needs to be discussed in the long run."

The queen mother felt a little relieved, and nodded, "Then the queen mother will not sit down, you can rest."

At night, Baicheng lay beside the stove, holding his claws, looking at the red charcoal burning in the fire, his mind full of thoughts.

Who is the white-robed immortal who gave Chu Duo's mother the sword in the dream?

Why did the father give such an important sword to the mortal Chu Duo?

What is the relationship between their father and son and this Chu Duo?

All kinds of questions made Baicheng frown, not knowing how to find these answers.

If his spells were not blocked, it would be fine, but now...

There was a sound and two crackles in the fire, Baicheng blinked his eyes, and when he opened them again, he felt dizzy for a while, causing him to squint his eyes and cover his eyes with his paws.

When he opened it again, an illusion appeared in front of his eyes.

A man was bending over to fetch water, Bai Cheng was taken aback for a moment, and then tried to see the man's face clearly.

"Liansheng, have you finished fetching water?" A woman asked, her tone was bad and she didn't have a good accent, "After you've finished fetching, go to the mountain to chop firewood!"

The man named Liansheng responded and poured the full water into the jar.

Only then did Baicheng see clearly, isn't this... a cold warehouse?

He didn't know why for a moment, and he was at a loss.

Liansheng filled the water tank with water, didn't care about resting, wiped the sweat off his face, took the axe, and then ran into his own room to put some food secretly hidden in the morning into his breast pocket, and then went out the door .

Baicheng followed him, left the village, walked for a long time, went up the mountain, and stopped at a place halfway up the mountain.

"Big Mao." Lian Sheng stood there and called softly.

Before the words were finished, a fox sprang out from behind the big tree. It was red all over, so beautiful.

Bai Cheng's eyes widened, father! !