Chapter 71 Fenzhou Fox

Duke Zhu, a general judge in Fenzhou, has many fox demons in his residence. This night, sitting quietly in the study, there was a woman coming and going under the lamp. Zhu Gong thought it was a maidservant and didn't care, but when he stared, the woman was gorgeous and didn't know each other. He thought to himself, "This must be a fox demon."

He was greedy for the woman's beauty, so he called her forward. The woman smiled and said, "The master's voice is harsh. He must regard me as a maid in the family. Unfortunately, you are blind."

Zhu Gong smiled and pulled a bench to ask the woman to sit down. The two talked, fell in love, hugged and slept, and were happy every day, just like a newlywed couple.

On this day, the woman said to Zhu Gong, "The master will be promoted soon."

Zhu Gong asked, "When?"

The woman said, "It's right in front of me. However, there are people in the house who congratulate, but there are people in their hometown who are in mourning, so it is difficult to go to office.

Three days later, the promotion order came as scheduled, but the next day, the bad news came from my hometown: Mrs. Tai passed away.

Duke Zhu was dismissed from his post and returned home to keep filial piety. He wanted to invite the woman to go with him. The woman refused to agree and sent her all the way to the river. Zhu Gong forcibly pulled her to board the boat. The woman said, "The master doesn't know that the fox demon can't cross the river." When Zhu Gong heard the words, he was reluctant to give up.

The woman suddenly left, saying that she was going to visit an old friend. After that, she returned again and said, "Please get on the boat. I'll send you across the river."

Zhu Gong asked, "Didn't you say that the fox can't cross the water? How can it do it now?"

The woman said, "The reason why I left just now is to visit Lord River God and beg him to let me cross the river. The river god promised to give me a ten-day deadline, so I could take a boat with my master.

Ten days later, the woman said goodbye to Zhu Gong and left.