Liaozhai Ghost Story

Chapter 42 Jiaer

An old man in Hubei has been doing business all year round and running away. His wife lived alone at night. In her dream, she seemed to be harassed by a man. When she woke up, she saw a fox demon in the room, incarnated as a man. He was short and small. He was unruly and careless to himself. Seeing the woman wake up, she was shocked, and she fled away.

The woman was afraid and quickly mentioned this matter with her ten-year-old son. The son was very sensible and said, "Don't be afraid, mother. I'll sleep with you tonight. If a fox demon comes, I will protect you."

This night, the mother and son slept together. The son cheered up and waited until the middle of the night, but there was still no trace of the fox demon. Slowly, he was sleepy and unconsciously snored.

In the early morning of the second day, the son woke up from his dream and found that his mother was nowhere to be found. He was so anxious to search around. When he got to a firewood house, he saw his mother naked and became unconscious. Obviously, he was stained by the fox demon again, and this time the fox demon became worse, which made the woman insane.

In the later days, the woman was often entangled by the fox demon and began to go crazy. She either giggled, or beat and scolded her son with a stick. The son was pitiful and distressed. She hated the fox demon and thought hard about revenge.

On this day, the son took a wooden iron nail and nailed around his mother's bedroom tightly. He also brought a firewood knife and sharpened it on the grindstone. He thought, "If the fox demon doesn't come tonight, it's okay. If you dare to come, I want it to look good."

At night, the fox demon really came. His son had been waiting for a long time. When he saw the fox demon entering the door, he quickly followed and guarded the door. One fox stared angrily. The fox demon was full of white hair, about the size of a wild cat. As soon as the son saw the culprit, he couldn't help cursing. The fox demon couldn't stand the excitement and opened his teeth and claws to fight the teenager. The teenager moved quickly. The firewood knife in his hand cut off and cut off the fox demon's tail with a knife. The fox demon screamed, blood flowed, and disappeared in confusion. There was blood everywhere, and there was blood everywhere.

The teenager followed the blood stains to a manor. The blood stains disappeared. After thinking about it, he knew that "it seems that this is the nest of the fox demon. Since the dead fox demon has been injured, he must have hidden and healed at this moment. It doesn't matter. If you can escape, the monk can't escape from the temple. In a few days, when the fox demon is healed, he will definitely come out and do evil again. At that time, I can't forgive it.

So when I returned home, I saw that my mother was crazy and didn't get better. I frowned and thought, "It seems that if the fox demon is not eliminated, my mother's condition is always difficult to recover."

Soon after the young father returned, the old businessman saw that his wife's face was haggard and confused. He hurriedly asked for medical medicine and took a few prescriptions. The condition was slightly controlled, but it still could not be completely eradicated.

On this night, the teenager came to the manor to investigate again. He only heard the sound of footsteps. Three men came, two young princes and a servant. The servant's beard was full, and his physical characteristics were very obvious. Once he saw it, it was deeply imprinted in his mind and he would never forget it.

I only heard the two princes whisper, and I didn't know what to say. After half an hour, the two princes walked away. When one of them was about to leave, he told his servant, "You can go to the downtown tomorrow to steal a bottle of wine for me."

The servant Nuonuo agreed. When the two masters left, he took off his clothes and closed his eyes to rest on a boulder. The teenager looked at the moonlight and saw that the servant's limbs were no different from ordinary people, but there was a tail behind his buttocks. The teenager's heart moved and he was holding it. He had come up with a plan to deal with the fox demon. Policy.

The next day, at dawn, the teenager pestered his father to go out on the street. The father and son came to the downtown. The teenager pointed to a fur shop and said to his father, "Dad, buy me a fox tail." The old businessman loved his son very much and didn't want to think about it. He immediately agreed.

The teenager put the fox's tail in his arms, and when his father was unprepared, he stole a few pieces of copper money from him. He went to the hotel to buy a pot of liquor and said to the shopkeeper, "Boss, I'll store the liquor here first. I'll come and get it later." After the instructions, I remembered that my uncle and aunt's house was not far away, so I decided to visit and borrow something.

When he came to his uncle's house, he was very happy to learn that his little nephew had arrived. He welcomed him into the hall and asked, "Son, how is your mother's condition?"

The teenager said, "It's better these days. Uncle, don't worry. By the way, uncle, my family has been making a lot of rats recently, which makes my mother sleep uneasy. This time, I came here specially to borrow rat medicine from you.

My uncle was originally a hunter. He laughed and said, "Rat medicine, there are many in my family. How much do you want?"

The teenager smiled and said, "There are too many mice in my house. It's better to give more."

My uncle took out a large bag of powder, stuffed it into the teenager's hand, and said, "Take it away. I gave you enough dose of rat poison. It's so toxic that even elephants can be poisoned. Be careful when using it."

The teenager quietly put away the rat medicine and left. His uncle said, "Let's go after dinner."

The teenager said, "Next time, my father is still waiting for me on the street." He ran all the way, returned to the store, retrieved the liquor, walked to a secluded place, poured a large bag of rat medicine into it, and shook it evenly.

Then he returned to the crowd and searched. Soon after, a big man came to him with a beard. It was the fox demon servant he saw last night. The teenager was overjoyed and quietly put the fox's tail in the right position behind his buttocks **, and greeted him with a smile.

After a greeting, the two got along very well. The teenager asked, "Dude, where do you live?"

The servant lied and said, "North Village. What about you? Where do you live?

The teenager said, "I live in the cave."

The servant didn't believe it and said with a smile, "A good human being, why do you live in a cave, not an animal?"

The teenager whispered, "My family has lived in the cave for generations. My brother and I are the same kind. Don't you live in the cave?"

The servant changed his color and said, "Who is the same as you?"

The teenager laughed and said, "Don't you admit it? Last night, I went out for a walk and passed by a manor. I saw my brother serving two young men drinking. The three brothers had tails behind their buttocks. Isn't it a fox demon? While talking, he slowly pulled up his clothes, exposed the fox tail he bought, and said, "Although we can change a lot in the crowd, it's a pity that this thing is always difficult to hide. It's really hateful."

The servant nodded and said, "Yes, if you want to hide your tail, only a thousand-year-old fox spirit can do it. The mana of little fox demons like us is still too low. By the way, teenager, what's the matter with you coming out this trip?

The teenager said, "I was ordered by my father to come out to buy wine."

The servant said, "What a coincidence. I also came out to buy wine under the order of my master."

"Have you bought it?"

"I wait for the little fox demon, and I'm penniless. Where did I get the money to buy wine, I have to steal it."

"Is it done by people to steal alcohol? I'm scared."

"The master has his life, what can he do?"

"Who is your master?"

"It's the two princes you saw last night. One of them fell in love with the daughter-in-law of the Wang family in Beicun, and the other missed the wife of an old man in Dongcun. Unfortunately, the old man's son was so abominable that he cut off his master's tail and took more than ten days to recover. Well, I've said so much to you that I have to go. Otherwise, if you delay stealing alcohol, the master will punish you.

The teenager said, "Stealing alcohol is too dangerous. It's not as easy as buying wine. I just bought a bottle of white wine. If you don't mind it, just give it to my brother.

The servant laughed and said, "How can I be embarrassed? You gave me the white wine, what should you do?

The teenager said, "It doesn't matter. I still have some broken silver around me. Just buy another bottle. Dude, I feel very attached to you as soon as I see you. I have to take this bottle of liquor anyway, otherwise I will look down on me.

The servant was overjoyed, accepted the white wine, and said gratefully, "Good brother, I have made you as a friend. I'll buy you a drink if I have a chance. See you later. Say goodbye. After saying that, I took care of myself.

That night, the young mother was no longer crazy and went to bed quietly. The teenager was proud that "the strategy was successful." At dawn, he took his father to the manor to investigate. Two foxes died on the ground, and there was still blood flowing from their mouths. The bottle of wine is still next to the body, and there is still half a bottle of wine left in it.

The teenager told his father the whole story. The old businessman was surprised and happy and said with a smile, "Son, you really have the ability. Why didn't you tell me such a good plan earlier?"

The teenager shook his head and smiled, "The fox is the most cunning. If it leaks the news, the strategy will not work."

The old businessman laughed and said, "My son is awesome. He is not inferior to Chen Ping in the past."

The father and son talked and laughed and took the bodies of the two foxes home. One of the fox's tail was half broken. It was the culprit who humiliated the teenager's mother. At this moment, it was finally put to death.

After the fox demon died, the young mother's condition soon recovered. A few years later, the teenager grew up and was proficient in horse riding and archery, and became a general officer.