The old fox who married into a wealthy family

The mound is new, and the soil is still wet.

In front of the grave stood a blue stone tablet, on which was neatly written in black paint——

In the tomb of Tang Shibalang, her husband Tang Li wept and stood.

Big Hui and Erbai wore filial piety belts on their heads and filial piety clothes, squatting in front of the grave.

These two are rabbit spirits, Dahui is a gray-haired rabbit, and Erbai is a white-haired rabbit. They both have pretty looks.

Because there is only one or two hundred years of Taoism, the original shape has not been completely transformed, there is a ball of hair tail on the big gray butt, and a pair of rabbit ears on Erbai's head.

Da Hui wrinkled his delicate face, pinched a white handkerchief in his hand, and while shaking the handkerchief back and forth, he babbled and sang: "Shibalang, my wife, I cry when I think of you." Didi. Ever since you stomped on all fours and died, Tangli, I feel sad and anxious. I miss you when I eat chicken, I miss you when I eat fish, and I still think of you when I eat fruit..."

There was a brazier in front of Erbai, and paper money made from white paper was peeling and burning in it, and he looked at Dahui and whispered, "You are tired from crying for the grave, let's rest for a while. I just saw that Grandpa Qiantui has returned to the cave. won't be discovered."

Da Hui put down the veil upon hearing this, the whole rabbit completely relaxed, and sat down on the ground: "Oh my god, I'm exhausted."

Erbai handed him a beautiful sweet radish with green skin and red core, and the two rabbits leaned against the newly erected grave, holding one in each hand, and began to gnaw.

In other words, Dahuangshan is a good place.

The mountains and rivers are beautiful, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and you can look up... a row of grave mounds.

Counting, there are eighteen in total from far to near.

Eighteen daughters-in-law of the thousand-year-old fox king Tangli were buried inside, including male and female.

Why use "only" to describe it?

Because these daughters-in-law lived up to fifteen years old, and all of them died before they had time to become refined.

The lifespan of an ordinary fox is eight to 15 years.

Tang Shibalang was the No.18 daughter-in-law raised by Tang Li, hence the name, and died at the age of fourteen.

Because of its snow-white and fluffy fur, cute and lovable, Tangli liked it very much, so after Shibalang died, Tangli personally wrote a eulogy, and asked Da Hui to use this eulogy to cry at the grave for seven hours every day, for seven to seven days.

After the two rabbits leaned against the grave and finished eating the radishes, they cleaned up the paper ashes, extinguished the brazier, and went back home as they watched the sun set.

Although the thousand-year-old fox king Tangli's eulogy is very down-to-earth, the cave mansion is quite elegant. It is located at the most beautiful peak of the Great Barren Mountain, where there are fragrant grasses and flowers everywhere.

On the top of the cave, there are five big characters inscribed with flying dragons, flying phoenixes, and brilliant golden light, "Long live palace for thousands of years".

In the slanting sun, hundreds of chickens are strolling leisurely outside the cave looking for food. This reed chicken picked out a grasshopper from the grass, and the three-yellow chicken dug out an earthworm from the mud. A group of fluffy yellow chickens Chicks chirping and having fun...

Big Hui picked up a long bamboo stick from the tree, and went to chase a big colorful rooster among them.

This rooster is obviously bigger than the other chickens, and it is dressed in colorful clothes. It looks very handsome, and it is the head of the group of chickens.When Dahui drove it into the chicken pen, the other hundreds of chickens would naturally line up and follow them back to the chicken pen.

Erbai patted off the dust on his body, then pushed open the stone gate of the cave, and inside was another world.

There are stalactites of different colors hanging down from the top of the stone, which look like dragon spit beads; piles of blue and emerald, water and fire-resistant shark yarn are used as curtains, and large pieces of suet and white jade are split into several seats.

The floor is made of agate bricks, on which are embossed vivid crabapple flowers, which are clean and dust-free.

On the Persian wool blanket next to the tables, there were a few egg-sized night pearls scattered here and there, shining brightly in the dark, and they were exactly the playthings Tang Li usually used to tease Shiba Lang.

A maid wearing a plain skirt and a hairpin with white flowers on her sideburns, Ping Ping Tingting, came out of Tangli's bedroom with a large plate containing four casserole, and sighed long.

"Ahli, how is Grandpa Qiantose?" Erbai leaned over and asked in a low voice.

Ari is a female raccoon cat who has become a spirit. She acts as Tangli's maid in the cave. She usually cooks and cleans the cave. She has a soft voice, a beautiful appearance, and she walks lightly and silently. It's just that there are cats on her face. Xu, speaking tremblingly: "Ever since the death of Shibalang, Grandpa Chitose's appetite has been bad, and he brought four chickens for dinner, one stewed in red, one roasted green onion, one steamed and one roasted in fragrant. There's still half a steamed one left."

"You know, Grandpa Chitose usually loves chicken the most, and he will never leave it."

After finishing speaking, Ari sighed and carried the casserole to the kitchen. While walking, he lifted the lid of one of the casserole pots, tore off a steamed chicken leg and put it in his mouth, muttering: "It's not a good waste..."

Erbai walked towards the bedroom of the Thousand-year-old Fox King, stood quietly outside the door for a while, and then heard a melodious sound like a harp coming from inside——

"Erbai? Come in."

As the smartest child servant around Tangli, Erbai often heard this voice, but he couldn't help but go limp all over his body for a moment.

Entering the bedroom, one can see that the four walls are exquisite and transparent, with palm-sized blond crystals as wall stickers, hanging with qin, sword, flute, pipa and other things, and in the corner there are bronze beasts puffing and burning incense.On the left is a shelf of books, on the right is a shelf full of gold and silver antiques, and in front is a carved red sandalwood partition with a full-length mercury mirror inlaid on it.

Erbai stood at the carved partition, bowed slightly, and said respectfully and cautiously: "Grandpa Qiantui, tomorrow is Shibalang's Qiqi, look..."

According to the custom of funerals, counting from the day of the dead, sacrifices need to be made every seven days, which are divided into the first seven, the second seven, the third seven, the fourth seven... until the 49th day of the seventh seven, when the clothes are removed, it is over.

"In this case, Minger will sacrifice Shibalang again for the last time, and everyone will take off their clothes." Behind the carved partition, the voice that made Erbai's body shudder all over sighed, and then paused again, "Erbai, Come on, I have something to ask you."

Erbai agreed, walked to the full-length mercury mirror, turned the mechanism, and then pushed it away.

It turns out that the mirror on the carved partition is a hidden secret door, which divides the bedroom into two, and the real couch of Fox King Tangli is when the inside is pushed open.

Tangli, the thousand-year-old fox king, was leaning on the couch with beaded sarongs and brocade embroideries, her long, straight black hair scattered on her shoulders, with a silky luster.

He is wearing a loose linen filial piety with a white belt on his forehead, which is also the dress of filial piety.

As the saying goes, "Women should be pretty in filial piety, and men should be pretty in soap." It is not easy for men to look good in white clothes, especially this kind of shapeless, rough-textured large white linen clothes. Tangli is an exception.

He had an appearance that kills all living beings, probably because he was overly sad during these times, the ends of his eyes were slightly red, even though there was no expression on his face, there was a coquettish look in his eyes, he was really drunk and ruthless Also moving.

In general, if a man looks flattering, he is often twisted and artificial.Tangli's charm was brought from her blood, pure and natural.

Erbai stood in front of the bed, not daring to look at Tangli's face, and lowered his head slightly, staring at the carved flowers on the side of the bed.

In the animal kingdom, rabbits are on the fox recipe.Although this kind of problem no longer exists after everyone has become a spirit, Erbai is still a little afraid of Tangli from the bottom of his heart.

"Since Shibalang left, it will be another seven or seven days, and the village owners are afraid that they will start to make trouble." Tangli put her hand on her forehead in distress, "Erbai, think about it quickly, is there any way to deal with it? "

There are one palace and six villages in Dahuangshan. This palace refers to the "Thousand Years Long Live Palace" of the Thousand-year-old Fox King. Yinjunling.

Each village has its own hilltop, and there are snakes, bears, pheasants, hedgehogs, wolves, tigers, and six big monsters.

Erbai frowned, as if he was thinking seriously, and after a while he said, "Grandpa Chitose, why don't you...do you want to continue as soon as possible?"

Tang Li shook her head: "In the past two to three hundred years, the aura of heaven and earth has become thinner and thinner. It is said that this dynasty even promulgated a decree that animals are not allowed to become fertile after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Even if they continue to have another room, I am afraid that they will be with the lonely for more than ten years at most. Be lonely and sad, don't mention this matter again."

In the land of the Great Barren Mountain, among the monsters big and small that have become spirits, only Tangli is a fox, and he has always wanted to find a companion of the same kind.

But after more than 300 years, Tangli raised eighteen fox wives of various colors and shapes back and forth, but none of them became refined.

"Grandpa Chitose, have you ever thought about choosing the next best thing?" Erbai raised his eyes to look at Tangli, carefully probing.

Tang Li remained silent.

If he had to settle for the second best, if he wanted to choose another successor, he would probably have to choose among the six village masters first.

But the village masters...

It's hard to say.

Erbai checked his words and expressions, and quickly said: "You know, the village masters don't like Grandpa Qiansui."

Then shyness appeared on a delicate little face, and the tips of the ears that were originally pink and white were red: "Actually... the little one thinks that the color of his fur is similar to that of Shiba Lang, and it feels good to the touch. To warm the bed for Grandpa Chitose..."

Although because of race, Erbai was born with a little fear of Tangli, but Tangli was born too charming, plus how Erbai doted on his daughters-in-law before seeing the thousand-year-old fox king with his own eyes.

When those daughters-in-law were alive, they were inseparable from the Fox King. They slept together on the same bed and walked together. Boldly confess and recommend yourself.

The Fox King turned to look at Erbai, narrowing his eyes slightly.

Erbai's heart was beating so hard that it almost reached his throat.

"If this is the case, I'm afraid the name 'Erbai' will have to be changed." Fox King stared at Erbai, licked his red lips, and spoke slowly.

Erbai was overjoyed: "Grandpa Qiantui please give me a name."

"Just change the name to 'Spicy Hot Pot', what do you think?" Tang Li said.

Erbai turned pale with fright, swished into his original form, but it turned out to be a big white rabbit without a single hair, jumping and running out of Tangli's bedroom very quickly.

Tangli stood up from the couch, feeling very disapproving of Erbai.

Although this boy servant is somewhat clever and clever, but this rabbit, who is smaller than a sesame seed, has the guts to fear him to death, shrinking at the slightest sign of trouble, and wanting to be his successor?

Standing up like this, Tangli could see that although his appearance was charming, he was still a man's skeleton.

He is tall and slender, and the palms exposed from the cuffs of the linen clothes are white in color, but wide and well-defined, so that others will not mistake his gender.

Tang Li stepped on the ground paved with agate stones, stepped out of the mirror door, and came to the shelf of books.

On the shelf were all kinds of books about fox monsters, and Tang Li had read every one of them.

Needless to say, the content is all about the fox repaying favor and the love between human and fox.

... the next best thing?

Perhaps what Erbai said had some truth.