It was still a sunny day, and the surrounding woods were full of greenery and wildflowers.

Only the neat and beautiful garden just now turned into a scorched ruin.The surface of the unburnt wood was charred and still embers.A little fox was walking in the ruins in a panic, and the sundries on the ruins suddenly slipped down. A little spark flew onto the little fox's big tail, and it caught fire immediately!

"Ow!"

The little fox, who was smaller than Nanyu and as big as a puppy, jumped three feet high in fright. Fortunately, the big foxes nearby quickly helped put out the fire.

Nanshan Weng and the rest of the foxes looked around in a daze. The garden that had been enjoying the atmosphere just now was gone. Among the ruins, only the dozen or so tables of housewarming banquets were well preserved. irony.

Nanshan Weng squatted down with a stooped figure, grabbed a handful of ashes on the ground, and said with red eyes.

"This...what the hell is going on here?"

But no one knows the answer.

Gu Yunchu went to check with a dark face.Before passing by her, she had looked at the garden a few more times. The flowers and trees inside were all scorched black, most of the houses were burned down, and then collapsed, even the copper bells were burned black.

Looking at the pond she liked very much before, it was even more terrible. The fire burned the ground so hot that the water in the not-so-deep pond was much less, and all the koi in it turned white. It was really a pot. Authentic fish soup!

After all, this is the world of Liaozhai, so she thought it was some kind of monster who made trouble and used magic tricks.

But soon, she realized something was wrong.

She sniffed around vigorously.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

The smoke that hadn't dissipated made her cough loudly, but at the same time, there was a smell of gunpowder mixed in the smoke!

Her eyes turned cold, and she began to examine the ground carefully, and finally found a little saltpeter and sulfur powder in a small hole at the bottom of a rockery.At that moment, Gu Yunchu seemed to understand everything.

She immediately turned her head and looked at Nanshan Weng and the others.

"Have you seen any suspicious people coming in and out recently? It may be more than once, and they should still be walking around the garden."

There are no such powerful bombs in this world. If you want to use these saltpeter and sulfur to blow up this whole big garden into such a virtue, you need a lot of them.And it needs to be arranged in every corner, so that the garden can be blown up to the sky in one fell swoop!

Nanshan Weng's eyes widened, and he checked the powder tremblingly. Hearing Gu Yunchu's words, his first reaction was to be at a loss.I can't think of any suspicious people in the family recently.

At this time, his daughter Nanyue reminded him.

"Father, we had a banquet for Li Xiucai, the owner of the garden, and then Li Xiucai said that he liked the layout of our house very much, so he would come to have a look at it from time to time these few days."

Another big brown fox nodded like a human.

"Yes, yes, he said that he wanted to see it by himself. We couldn't practice enough, and we were afraid that the tail would frighten him, so we didn't follow and let him see it alone."

Nanyue's face was full of shock and anger.

"After all, it is someone else's garden. We thought that Li Xiucai would not get lost, so we let him look. Now that we think about it, didn't he plan to kill us a long time ago?"

Ao Yan's phoenix eyes scanned the surrounding ruins.

"I didn't notice any mana fluctuations."

That is to say, this matter is indeed likely to be done by humans, which indirectly affirms Nan Yue's statement.

"Then did we almost die?"

Nan Yu's lovely white and tender face was pale at the moment, his eyes were full of fear, and even the tail of the fox behind his butt was drooping.

For a kid who is only a few years old, life and death are really terrifying.

This is all good for him, the rest of the little fox cubs were already scared, and when they heard the word death, tears of fear burst out, wet their fluffy little pointed faces.

The rest of the foxes were not fools, and when they realized it, their legs felt weak.

This time it was a great blessing. They invited Ms. Gu to live in the courtyard and held a housewarming party for her, which just happened to bring everyone together, and Ms. Gu also brought her amazing friend.This saved the lives of their family.

And imagine, what if there were none of these?

If Ms. Gu had rejected their invitation again that day and had no intention of living in, then they would naturally not have any housewarming party, and their family would be scattered all over the garden as usual.As a result, suddenly, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered, and the flames shot up into the sky. What should they do with a group of little foxes who don't have any skills, and some of them can't even transform themselves?

I am afraid that if he is not crushed to death by the collapsed house or burned to death by the fire, he will also be choked to death by the smoke!

Thinking of this, a group of foxes were terrified, and Nanyue and other mothers and fathers were even more frightened and hugged their children tightly.

"This is for the lives of our whole family!"

"Destroying people all over the house, how vicious!"

"Our family is honest, what kind of hatred does that person have against us, and wants to harm us like this?"

Some of the group of foxes had red eyes and arched backs, revealing their white teeth.Some eyes were frightened and uneasy, as if frightened birds.That voice of doubt, voice of crying blood!

"We're not sure yet, it's that Li Xiucai."

Gu Yunchu stopped them with cold eyes.

"But it doesn't matter. After spending so much saltpeter and sulfur, arranging it in every corner, and spending so much effort, will the person behind the scenes come to see the results of his efforts? So, we might as well wait."

In the spacious old house, Li Xiucai is sitting on a chair, drinking tea calmly. There are old servants sweeping in the yard, maids and women busy cooking in the kitchen, and servants feeding the cows and donkeys at home.

His family has a lot of good land rented out to tenant farmers. Although the ancestral house is a bit old, it is big and spacious with blue bricks and big tiles.He also raised a few servants. In the city, someone like Li Xiucai was not rich, but in this village, he was considered a rich man.

What's more, he still has the status of a scholar, and his status in the village is even different. Even though he has not been selected for many years since he was admitted as a scholar, there are still many people who are willing to praise him as a scholar. After all, no one can say no. Sure, what if someone is a late bloomer and becomes an official in the future?Anyway, it doesn't cost money to say something nice and hold it!

At this time, a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks ran in.Seeing Li Xiucai drinking tea, he slapped his thigh.

"Mr. Xiucai, why are you still here? Go and have a look, your house is bombed!"

After the man finished speaking, he quickly slapped his mouth again.

"Look at what I said, what I mean is, the garden in the woods behind your house, Mr. Xiucai, exploded! Just now, there was a bang bang bang, which could be heard clearly from three miles away. The smoke is coming out, it really scares me to death, go and have a look!"

The man wanted to please, so he came to report.In the end, I didn't want to wait until Li Xiucai said in a very flat "Got it."

Then Li Xiucai drank his tea slowly, and then slowly got up and went out.

The man watched inexplicably from behind.Although Li Xiucai's garden has been deserted for a long time, it is also his own property, not to mention the boss's garden, even if someone's hut is blown up, he will have to panic for a while.

This Li Xiucai's garden was blown up, but he was not in a hurry at all. Thinking about how he came to report the news in such a hurry, such a comparison, it seems that the emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry... Bah, bah, who is the eunuch!

Li Xiucai walked on the village road, and soon saw many people standing at the edge of the forest looking in.Although this garden is relatively remote, who can't hear and see such a big movement?

If it weren't for fear, some people would want to go in and have a look.

So when Li Xiucai came, someone immediately asked if he wanted to go in with him?

"No, it's not a big deal. Let's go."

Li Xiucai waved his hand and directly refused.Go to the garden by yourself. After all, what he did is not suitable for people to know.

After entering the forest, Li Xiucai could smell a thick smoke mixed with nitrate from a distance.He walked forward without changing his expression. The stone outer wall of the garden was burnt black. When he touched it with his hand, it was quite hot.

And the gate was burned to the ground. Li Xiucai was not polite, kicked the gate and it opened.

He only came here in the morning, and the garden was very beautiful at that time, but now it is scorched and devastated.

The garden at home exploded, but Li Xiucai slowly showed a mocking and complacent smile on his face.With such a severe burn, all the foxes must have died, right?

A group of foxes still want to live in a human house and sleep in a human bed?

What a wishful thinking.Animals are animals, how dare they compare themselves to humans?

Even... living in a better place than him, a scholar, a group of wild foxes, living in a cave is considered a gift from heaven, how do they deserve to live in such a good place?And there is so much gold and silver.

Li Xiucai's heart couldn't help but thump when he thought that the old man was just a fox who rented a barren garden and dared to report a hundred gold.

The rent of 100 taels of gold per year, and the money to build houses, gardens, furnaces, and stoves in this garden, these foxes are really rich!

But where did a group of foxes get all this gold and silver?It must be the ill-gotten gains that the group of foxes tricked and abducted from their hands!

This money should belong to their human beings, how can the fox use it?

So in the past few days, he went to the market every day to buy a lot of nitrate, and then went to the garden and hid it in various places in the garden.It is said that foxes are smart, but the nest of foxes he met was so stupid that he didn't even notice it.

After lighting the fire today, the garden burst into flames.Because there was too much movement, he was afraid that the villagers would find out, so he took the path back home.

Li Xiucai showed a smile.

The plan was very successful, the group of demon foxes had been killed by him, and the wealth would also be his.It's just a pity that this beautiful garden was also buried with those lowly monsters.If it is still in good condition, such a gorgeous and exquisite house should be suitable for a scholar like him to live in public.Although his old house is nice, it has been around for a long time.

While Li Xiucai was thinking this way, he kicked away the ruins with his feet carelessly, and was pleasantly surprised to find a half-burned box, which was full of gold and silver jewelry. Because the temperature was too high, a gold hairpin was burnt a lot After cooling, several earrings were solidified together.

Li Xiucai didn't dislike it either, and directly hugged the box in his arms.However, as he walked, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

No, this is very wrong!

He frowned, and searched the ground with suspicious eyes, but let alone a fox corpse, he didn't even see a fox fur!

How is this going?

"What are you looking for? Are you looking for us?"

A suppressed anger voice appeared behind Li Xiucai.

Li Xiucai turned his head to look, and saw a fox man with red eyes standing upright, standing behind him, his eyes were full of murderous intent.He was so frightened that he screamed and sat down on the ground!

The foxes hidden everywhere slowly appeared, some in human form and some in fox form. At this moment, all of them looked at Li Xiucai angrily and resentfully.

"You look happy!"

"You put those saltpetre and sulfur, right?!"

"There is no grievance between our two families, why do you want to kill us?"

Every sentence of questioning was full of resentment.The furry foxes have lost their usual cuteness now.Even the smallest fox glared at Li Cai.

But knowing the reason before, everyone will only think that these foxes are just asking lightly. There is no enmity between the two families. The garden is blown up, and everyone will be wiped out. What kind of enmity and resentment is this?How vicious is the method? !

Li Xiucai was surrounded by a group of such vicious foxes, he was so frightened that his soul would fly away.Hurry back.

"You... are you all right?"

"What? We're fine, are you disappointed?"

When Gu Yunchu heard this, he was so angry that he kicked Li Xiucai into the ruins.The fire outside the ruins was extinguished, but the sparks in the depths were still on.

Li Xiucai let out a scream when he landed on his buttocks.Jumping three feet high, a mask of pain appeared on his face in seconds.

Gu Yunchu kicked him again, kicking him to the ground.A foot on his head.

"You still know it hurts? When you used those saltpeter and sulfur to blow us up, why didn't you expect how much pain we would have!"

At this moment, even Gu Yunchu was a little thankful that he had called Ao Yan here.

Otherwise, she might not be injured by such a big explosion and flames, but her three character cards have limitations, and it is impossible to protect Nanshan Weng and his family.

Gu Yunchu couldn't help but be filled with anger when he thought of how many furries would turn into charred black corpses.

Li Xiucai was used to being flattered by others, not to mention the sharp pain in his buttocks at this moment, and his head was still trampled under his feet. Such humiliation distorted his not-so-good-looking face.

"You group of demon foxes, if you come to human territory, you must be prepared to be skinned and cramp! I'm just doing justice for the sky!"

Gu Yunchu was laughed out of anger.With a glance of her eyes, the fox cleverly picked up the box that Li Xiucai had just knocked out and handed it to Gu Yunchu.Gu Yunchu directly hit Li Xiucai on the face who was lying on the ground.

"It's really nice to say, this is the jewelry of the demon fox. You are so righteous, why do you still want to be like a beggar, picking up other people's gold and silver jewelry? Doing justice for the sky? What kind of heaven are you acting for? What kind of way are you doing? Practicing the Way is false, but seeking wealth and killing life is true! With such evil appearances, you are not afraid of going to hell after death!"

Ao Yan answered coldly from the side.

"Whoever robs, sets fire, seeks wealth and kills, will go to copper pillar hell after death!"

Gu Yunchu sneered at Li Xiucai.

"Did you hear me? I don't need to explain much about the Copper Pillar Hell. It's similar to the punishment of being burned. The copper pillar is so hot that it will peel off a layer of skin when you touch it. You have such a thick skin, don't know how long you can last? See Just now you were scalded by unburned wood, and you could howl like a slaughtered pig, and when you get to hell, the screams must be very pleasant, right?"

"You fart!"

Li Xiucai was forced to lie down on the ground with his face pressed against the still warm ground, frightened by Gu Yunchu's description, he struggled and yelled hard.

"You bunch of foxes, you lowly beasts, even if you put on human skin, you are still beasts. How can you deserve to eat, clothe, shelter, and travel like us? I don't know how you harmed others and cheated you to get that money! I killed you for the sake of the people. Killing harm is justified!"

"You're the one who farts!"

The little Nanyu was so angry that he jumped out of the crowd, his eyes aggrieved and angry, he raised his chubby feet and kicked Li Xiucai's big face.

"Our family's money was earned by my grandfather, my mother, and my uncles and aunts who went to the mountains to gather medicine every day. It was not obtained by cheating and abducting, and we did not harm anyone!"

Some foxes trembled with anger.Said with red eyes.

"Just because we are foxes, we don't deserve to live in a good house? We don't deserve money, we don't deserve to live and work in peace, right?"

Li Xiucai smiled mockingly on his face pressed to the ground.

"Animals are animals, how can they be compared with humans!"

What he said made Grandma Nan shake with anger, her usually gentle and loving eyes were full of anger and despair.It seemed a little out of breath.

"Just because we're foxes... just because we're foxes..."

This appearance scared Nan Shanweng to hug her and comfort her.

"Don't listen to this man's nonsense! He's bluffing you!"

Gu Yunchu was so angry that his willow eyebrows stood on end.The foot on Li Xiucai's head was crushed hard.

"As expected of a scholar, look at your mouth. When you open your mouth, the dung beetle thinks it's time to eat! No matter how nice you say, it's just that. Because of the identity of the fox of the Nan family, but it’s just because you think we are easy to bully! Because it is a fox, no one cares if you kill it. Because it is a fox, after death, the money will naturally belong to you, and no one will care. One more thing, no one may even know that you got a fortune."

Then Gu Yunchu raised a sneering smile at the corner of his mouth, bent down to look into Li Xiucai's eyes, and paused every word.

"What's more, were you really sure that we are all foxes?"

When the Nan family heard this, their original despair of being targeted because they were different suddenly disappeared.Only then did they react.That's right, they have only been here for a few days, and they have been acting cautiously these days. Li Xiucai has never seen a fox shape, and the little fox at home is also restrained from appearing in front of Li Xiucai.

Even if he found something strange, he couldn't be sure that they were foxes!

Li Xiucai insisted.

"You guys are acting sneaky, what else can it be if it's not a fox?"

"But you don't have solid evidence, do you?"

Gu Yunchu sneered.

"We've lived here, and we've never done anything harmful, not even in arrears with your rent, but you can plant nitrate to harm us because of something you're not sure about. Haven't you thought about it, just in case What if you got it wrong? What if we are all ordinary people? You don't care because you don't care what we are, all you want is to kill us and take money! So even if it wasn't us who rented the garden before , even if the people living here are people, as long as they are equally easy to bully, have a lot of gold and silver, and if you kill them, no one will report to the police to trouble you, so you will do it. Because you are a robber by nature!"

The eyes of the foxes suddenly changed.

That's it!

"Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a scholar's face, with the heart of a jackal!"

"Just like you dare to say that we are beasts, you are worse than beasts!"

"Pooh!"

Li Xiucai was left speechless, and the fig leaf was lifted off, watching the contempt and spurn of all the foxes towards him.A hint of embarrassment flashed in his eyes, and he cursed angrily.

"You guys are talking nonsense!"

"I'm a scholar, and I want to covet the money of you foxes?"

"Everyone of you demon foxes will be punished!"

Just now, the Nan family was desperate because of being discriminated against because of their heterogeneous identity. They just felt that there was no place for them in the world.

But now that they were awakened by Gu Yunchu, how could they be sad because of Li Xiucai's words? The furry big fox stood up, with his hips on his hips, and cursed.

"You are the one who turns black and white!"

"They say they don't covet our money, and I don't know who just picked up our gold and silver in the ruins!"

"You keep saying that we are demon foxes, but there is no evidence. On the contrary, it is you who seek wealth and murder, kill foxes and set fires, and intend to destroy people all over the house. With such vicious thoughts, you are waiting to go to the copper pillar hell in the future and be roasted every day. Bar!"

"Why wait until later, we kill him now! Send him to hell!"

Nanshan Weng was also very angry. It can be said that this is the first time that such an old fox who has always been honest and honest has the idea of ​​actively killing people.

The rest of the foxes were quiet for a moment, and then looked at Li Xiucai with eyes full of murderous intent.Li Xiucai was about to destroy them all, and the foxes naturally couldn't let him go.

Li Xiucai shuddered and gritted his teeth.

"I'm a scholar. If you kill me, my family will immediately report to the authorities and find a celestial master to get rid of you. At that time, you group of harmful foxes will definitely be skinned and cramped, and all of them will be made into fox fur coats!"

Seeing that Li Xiucai was threatening them before he died, even a brat like Nan Yu couldn't help but have a murderous look in his eyes, a strange fox face appeared on his fat and white face, his teeth became sharp, and he bit down. rattle.

But at this moment, Gu Yunchu grabbed his collar and dragged him aside.

"Don't be impatient, I don't recommend just killing him like this."

As soon as these words came out, the foxes in the Nan family's family paused, looking at Gu Yunchu in disbelief.

"why?"

"Miss Gu, he wants to blow us up!"

"This kind of villain must not be let go!"

Gu Yunchu said lightly.

"But as he said, if you do it, then you will really become the evil foxes he said?"

When Li Xiucai heard this, he was overjoyed, and then ridiculed.

It's stupid for a group of foxes to pay attention to these things.

Nanshan Weng Daoist is not very good, but he is very taboo about the evil force of cause and effect. He usually restrains his own children and never harms others. Hearing this, he hesitated for a while, but the hatred in his heart still overwhelmed this hesitation.

"Miss Gu, you are a great benefactor of our family, we are grateful for your kindness, but this person...he must die!"

Ao Yan nodded seriously.

"This kind of person must not be easily let go."

"I didn't say let him go. You didn't understand what I meant."

Gu Yunchu showed a sneer.

"I mean, there are laws in the world. Why don't we report this guy to the police? Even if he is a scholar, he will be beheaded for such a serious crime? By then, this guy will be ruined." , die as a felony, everyone will know his crime!"

She did remember that there were not many good officials in the stories of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio.

In the story of Ying Ning, not only the love is relatively satisfactory among other stories in Liaozhai, but the county magistrate in it is also a very decent and strict official.It just so happens that this village is next door to Wang Zifu's village, so it is naturally under the jurisdiction of that county official!

All the foxes and dragons were stunned. After all, they are not human beings, so they would not have the idea of ​​reporting to the officials in case of trouble.

Then Nanshan Weng came to his senses and shook his head regretfully.

"Magistrate Wu here is a good official, loved by the common people, and has an official aura to protect him. We foxes can't enter the court at all. How do we report to the official?"

When Li Xiucai heard this, even if Gu Yunchu stepped on his feet, he couldn't stop him from laughing wildly.

"I'm a scholar, you fox want to go to the government to sue me? It's wishful thinking!"

"I think you are stupid."

Gu Yunchu chuckled, then looked up at Ao Yan, Nanshan Weng and others.

"Haven't you forgotten that I am just a human being?"

It is a person who was almost killed by someone else, so he can report to the official.

Ao Yan was taken aback.

"you want……"

Gu Yunchu chuckled lightly.

"The housewarming banquet is impossible to eat, but it can't make you come in vain. Today I will let you see that the woman surnamed Gu shed tears in the courtroom, and the magistrate of Wu County wisely resolved the case and angrily chopped off Li Xiucai's dog's head!"

So half an hour later.Above the spacious yamen hall, under the plaque with a mirror hanging high, with a face in Chinese characters, the upright county magistrate Wu sat in the first place in official uniform.Two rows of yamen servants stood aside holding water and fire sticks.

The beautiful woman surnamed Gu threw herself forward, knelt down on the ground, sobbing and weeping, Li Hua Daiyu pointed at Li Xiucai, who was still dazed beside her, and groaned.

"This Li Xiucai wants to kill me! I managed to escape and report to the police, and I beg your lord to make the decision for me!"

Li Xiucai, who was beaten up not long ago:? ? ?

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