Fox in the Forest
Ha ha.
The red fox hiding in the tree hole curled its eyes, as if it found the scene in front of it very interesting. It put its two front paws on the edge of the hole, rested its head on its paws, and laughed silently with its mouth open.
Narration explanation:
"Not long after, he met someone who came to attack him."
"He considered himself unlucky and had no choice but to run away."
"But coincidentally, another party also arrived at the scene."
"In the slightly tense atmosphere, a strange misunderstanding seemed to have arisen between the two..."
The Taoist priest almost stopped breathing.
He never expected that what he thought was just a trick like the previous ones would turn out to be the real deal? ?
He ordered all the villagers in the village not to go out, and the Li family members who followed him also hid in the broken circle of the dilapidated temple. Who was this guy who suddenly appeared in the forest? !
No sound when walking?
And this temperature... damn!
"Ha ha--"
The little fox in the cave smelled the Taoist's tense mood. It remembered that the bad guy had chased it before, so it laughed at him without hesitation and was in a good mood.
You know, if you laugh like this in a tree hole, the sound will be heard everywhere.
The Taoist pulled the corners of his mouth stiffly, and just when he was about to say something tentatively, he heard a faint laugh, which seemed near and far away, like a sound coming from the mountains and forests, and it was sinister.
But he didn't open his mouth, and the guy opposite him didn't open his mouth either!
Suddenly, his hair stood on end. He gave up all his tentative thoughts and stopped being as dignified and solemn as before in front of outsiders. Instead, he tried to smile and bowed: "Excuse me, Mr. Fox."
ah……
Scholar Wu blinked his misty eyes.
Mr. Fox? Is he a fox demon?
His head was a little unclear due to the high fever. In his hazy vision, he could only vaguely see the man in front of him talking and laughing. His pair of slender eyes were curved and smiling. His weird appearance was quite similar to the fox face he saw that night.
Plus the other party's words...
Is this the fox demon introducing herself to him? !
Thinking of this, Wu Shusheng hurriedly returned the greeting. Although his gesture was awkward because he had no strength left in his body, at least he had shown his courtesy.
He cleared his throat and tried his best to make his voice normal, but his voice was still stagnant and stuck: "Hello... Fox."
Little did he know that in the eyes of the Taoist priest, his movements had become strong evidence of the spirit gradually adapting to the human body and learning human etiquette to salute it.
As for the "fox" at the end, he just thought it was a suffix unique to monsters, and monsters mostly lurked in mountains and forests, and would be exposed as soon as they opened their mouths in the market.
The more he thought about it, the more it made sense. Although the Taoist priest still looked smiling on the surface, he already felt a chill in his heart.
Master, he actually encountered the real thing this time! !
As expected, there was no wind in the sky. Since there were rumors and murders involving fox demons, there must be real fox demons. He was too careless...
I thought I saw through everything, but there are indeed many things in this world that cannot be explained. If I am lucky enough to survive this time, I must be more respectful in the future.
Taking a deep breath, the Taoist priest continued to put on an overly gentle and friendly smile, which was different from the one he usually used to fool people, and tried to communicate with the non-human opposite him:
"I came here this time because of what happened near the ruined temple last time..."
"You, please go ahead."
The audience watched the two of them coming and going, both of them looking alert and vigilant, and gradually formed a guess in their minds.
[So... that strange misunderstanding means that they all mistook the other party for a fox? ? ]
[Ah? Ah? ? ]
[Hahahaha help me, this is too much of a coincidence, right? ]
[Xiao Wu's current state is indeed inhuman, hahaha. He is dizzy and his speech is stammering in the middle of the night. No wonder the Taoist priest was scared. Who knew that he was still a staunch materialist a few minutes ago! Goose goose goose! ]
[Hey, did you see the little fox watching the show in the cave? It’s so cute with its smile on its face! It was even laughing secretly just now, hahaha. ]
[Fox Fox: I don’t know what happened but I just want to watch the fun.jpg]
[With this atmosphere, this situation, and this coincidence, anyone would be confused hahaha. No wonder the supporting characters would use their imagination. ]
[It makes sense, if it were me I would be even more scared haha. ]
"I have no ill intentions, please forgive my previous rudeness."
The Taoist priest kept smiling, and he chose his words very carefully, speaking in a very soft tone: "According to people who know the situation, the young man from the Li family was taken away by Mr. Fox, but I think, since you are here now, there must be some misunderstandings..."
The Taoist priest asked the question in a tactful way to give the fox demon a way out.
But in Wu Shusheng's mind, this was the fox demon's sarcastic smile, expressing his dissatisfaction with them for hiding the truth.
Even though his head was dizzy, he immediately felt a chill in his heart.
"Wrong! Not right!"
Wu Shusheng shuddered, shook his head violently, stared at the person opposite him, and said with a gasp: "It wasn't done by the fox, it wasn't...!"
"Don't get excited!"
The Taoist priest was frightened by his reaction, fearing that the other party would suddenly show his fangs, so he quickly lowered his tone and spoke gently as if he was talking to a lover: "What is the truth? I hope you can explain it in detail, and I will remember every word."
"Okay, okay..."
Little did he know that no matter how gentle he was at this moment, in Wu Shusheng's eyes it was just a fox demon's disguised smile. When he heard the soft tone from the other side, he thought that the fox demon was asking a question even though he knew the answer. He became more frightened and could only tremblingly tell the truth of that day without reservation.
In order not to anger the fox demon because of those suspicions, he deliberately concealed his thoughts at the time and only narrated the facts objectively.
Um? ?
The Taoist priest felt something was not right the more he listened.
There was an argument, and they went out in the middle of the night. They parted unhappily, and when they met again, they saw Meng Shusheng dragging the body of his colleague...
Wait, this is completely different from what he knew!
Didn't the two late-returning scholars hide too many details? ?
He couldn't help himself, and when he heard a certain part, he interrupted the other party's intermittent narration: "So, Scholar Meng chased Scholar Wu, and after falling down the hillside, he saw the fox on Scholar Wu's chest, and suddenly he regained consciousness?"
Wu Shusheng responded blankly.
Something is wrong. Something is very wrong...
The Taoist priest clenched his hands.
No matter how you look at it, it seems like the scholar surnamed Meng killed someone in a fit of passion, and when scholar Wu saw him, he tried to silence him, until he encountered the fox demon and became frightened, and then stopped.
But what they said after returning home completely put the blame on the fox. No wonder the fox demon was angry and even appeared in the world to explain the whole incident.
In the eyes of the Taoist priest, this fox demon spoke incoherently, his eyes were not very clear, and his temperament was dull, like an idiot. Only when he mentioned what happened that day, there would be some inexplicable fluctuations. I think he is a fox demon who cares a lot about his reputation...
In this case, the noise he made in the temple just now might not have scared it, but it just wanted to tell it the truth and led him here on purpose.
As he pondered, the silence around him suddenly brought the Taoist back to his senses. He realized that the silence had lasted too long.
hiss--
The fox demon stopped talking. Was it trying to test whether he had uncovered the truth?
Seeing that Scholar Wu was just staring at him and trying hard to move his eyes, the Taoist priest smiled and said, "At that time, Mr. Fox saved Scholar Wu, right?"
Wu Shusheng:?!
These words seemed to have instantly opened up his Ren and Du meridians, making all his struggles and fears over the past few days clear to him.
He murmured again: "Saved him? Yes, saved him..."
This reaction made the Taoist feel a little scared, but he still pretended to be calm and said with a faint smile: "Mr. Fox is very righteous. He knows that the scholar surnamed Meng has dirty thoughts and will sooner or later do something to harm his colleagues, so he showed up."
"Waking up the scholar in the dilapidated temple late at night is to remind him."
"Unfortunately, the scholars did not understand the deeper meaning of the words, and the boy from the Li family lost his life."
"Originally, Mr. Wu was going to be killed, but Mr. Fox saved his life regardless of past grudges."
The Taoist observed the look on the other side and continued to praise: "What a kind Mr. Fox..."
ah.
is that so?
As the Taoist priest spoke, Wu Shusheng began to recall those subtle details.
The shadow in Meng Shusheng's eyes, the ruthlessness when dragging the corpse, the silent warning after returning home...
It’s true, it’s true!
He trusted the wrong person and mistook the evil ghost in human skin for his brother, and suffered from mental distress for several days in vain!
There are no such things as demons, ghosts or gods; it is clearly the human hearts that are evil!
Wu Shusheng figured this out, and suddenly laughed blankly: "Yes, a kind-hearted fox... Ha, ha ha——"
"Hahaha."
The Taoist priest was at a loss as to what to do and could only laugh along.
After a while, both of them felt their scalps tingling at the same time.
One feels that it is really scary when the other person is smiling and boasting and constantly asking for his opinion;
It's really terrifying to feel that the person on the other side is acting crazy and suddenly bursts into laughter after just a few words.
Help! !
Their thoughts suddenly synchronized at this moment.
Is it over? ?
Should this conversation continue?!
After all, he was a Taoist priest, and he had seen a lot. His psychological endurance was a little stronger. After he recovered, he stopped laughing first and asked tentatively, "So, we must not let Mr. Fox continue to be wronged in the village, right? Someone must tell the truth, right?"
Wu Shusheng quickly responded: "Yes! Explain!"
He stared at the Taoist priest with his lifeless eyes, trying to show his determination, and repeated: "You must explain it clearly!!"
ah--
The Taoist exhaled silently.
My dear Master, I have never felt that communication is such a difficult thing.
Oh my god, my face is almost frozen from laughing!!
Is it over? Is it finally over?
But as the saying goes, it is easier to invite a god than to send him away. How can we make this ancestor go away...!
His words were so in line with the fox's wishes, and all his intentions were for the fox's good, so he shouldn't be harmed, right? ?
Wu Shusheng was also suffering in his heart.
Ah, can he move?
Since the fox saved him, it shouldn't hold a grudge against him, right?
But, but how could he ask the fox to go away...
At this extremely tense moment, the voice of an old woman suddenly came from outside the forest:
"Son!"
"Where are you, son?"
"Master Fox Fairy, please don't take my son away. Take me away instead!"
Mother——!!
Who——? !
They both turned their heads at the same time.
At the same time, the fox, who had been watching the excitement in the tree hole for a long time, moved his nose and smelled the fresh scent of prey. He was no longer interested in watching the excitement and planned to leave.
But when it walked, it was very mischievous and walked through the narrow gap between the two people.
They both saw the fox running out from the corner of their eyes and were shocked.
They both thought the fox came out of the other.
Wu Shusheng: Huh?!
The numerous intertwined stimuli pressed down on his brain, and when he saw the fox leaving, he could no longer hold on and fell to the ground.
Bang!
Taoist: Huh?!
First he saw the fox, and then the scholar next to him fell down on the spot. He stood there in a daze, and suddenly took a breath of cold air.
So, it's not the fox changing shape, but it's possessing someone else?!
No wonder, no wonder this person had been speaking in the voice of Wu Shusheng all along... So was this the Wu Shusheng who had been bedridden? !
I seem to have heard that the old mother of the Wu family has been asking a Taoist priest to help exorcise the evil spirits of her son, but unfortunately she has never had the time to go and see him. As a result, today -
His heart was beating like a drum, and he quickly leaned over to check on Wu Shusheng.
At this time, the little fox was lying happily in the bamboo basket brought by Wu's mother.
“Gugugugu!!”
There were three lively chickens inside. When they saw the smiling predator approaching, they flapped their wings in panic.
A few minutes ago——
The red fox originally followed the smell and ran out of the woods. When he saw someone next to the cage, he hesitated slightly.
whispering sound.
I guess there’s no hope… huh?
"Thank you, Master Fox Fairy, thank you, Master Fox Fairy..."
Seeing that a fox actually ran out of the forest, Mother Wu didn't think too much and kowtowed respectfully, then pushed the basket towards the fox. When the fox gave way, she ran into the forest, thanking the fox profusely, calling her son's name as she ran.
Red Fox:?
Its vertical pupils dilated slightly, and it hesitated and dodged to the side, letting the old woman run away.
After staring at the human's back for a long time and making sure that she had really run far away, the little fox's usually shrewd and scheming face showed a rare bit of cuteness.
It turned to look at the woods, then at the cage, and tilted its head.
Gave it?
Um?
Just give it like that?
In a few seconds, the fox became excited and jumped directly onto the cage.
It's its!
“Boo-boo——”
It bit all three chickens to death with a smile, then dove into the bamboo basket filled with the smell of prey, rolling around comfortably in it, enjoying itself.
The narrator concludes:
"Both of them came to him to ask for an explanation. But for some reason, they seemed to regard the other person as his representative and had a series of irrelevant exchanges."
"The most amazing thing is that they were all convinced and were secretly afraid of him."
"He who was watching from the sidelines was somehow regarded as a terrifying being that controlled everything."
"One of the parents even spent a lot of money to please his child in order to ensure his safe return."
"Well... although he is not a person of low morals, it is a waste not to eat the pie that falls from the sky!"
Audience: …
[Is this the Dihua style? I have completely understood it.]
[I am dying of laughter, hahahahaha. Those two people must be scared to death of each other, hahahaha. ]
[It seems that the person is still there, but in fact the soul has been gone for a while. 】
[No wonder they can communicate across channels, hahaha. It’s really hard to think when you’re scared like this.]
[Hey, don't say that, don't say that, it's just such a coincidence that the scholar fell down after the fox ran away! This completely eliminates the possibility of this misunderstanding being explained! The fact that the fox can possess a person is completely inexplicable, hahaha! ]
[But our protagonist, the little fox, is just a cute little creature that rolls happily in a bamboo cage. What does it know? ]
[Hahahaha this comparison is even funnier, those two are battling wits and courage with the air!!]
When it was getting light, the fox had eaten and drunk his fill, and yawned as he went back to the tree hole to rest. The screen then showed the follow-up of the incident just as the audience had expected.
When Mother Wu saw the fox running out of the forest, she thought that her son must be behind it. After walking for a while, she really saw her child among them.
Unfortunately, it was a fainting state.
When I looked again, I saw that his clothes were disheveled and he was sweating all over. I had no idea what he had been through.
There was another person next to the fallen Wu Shusheng, with a stern expression on his face.
She was in a state of panic. When she saw the man looking at her, she subconsciously knelt down and begged for mercy: "Master Monster, I am just..."
Taoist priest: “Hey, don’t, don’t!”
He quickly took a few steps to help the old woman up and explained to her: "I am a Taoist priest invited by the Li family, not a monster."
He looked at the fallen Wu Shusheng and sighed deeply: "It's your child who was possessed by a fox demon. I wonder if there will be any sequelae."
Mother Wu: “Ah?!”
The Taoist priest did not explain too much. He just carried Scholar Wu on his back and went back to the dilapidated temple with Old Mother Wu. There, he explained the whole story to the other members of the Li family.
To be honest, he didn't really want to get involved in this mess at all. He just wanted to pretend to be involved so that people would feel at ease.
But, when it comes to things involving real monsters...
The fox demon possessed the scholar specifically to ask him to clarify the facts, so he must have cared about this. If he did not do well and the fox demon was dissatisfied, and the fox demon possessed someone around him or himself again, that would be terrible.
"What?! The murderer turned out to be that Meng?"
The Li family learned the truth and were shocked and angry.
They asked a Taoist priest to exorcise the demon, even at the cost of offending the demon, because they loved their son so much that they wanted to avenge him. However, the real murderer was still at large, and they even pretended to be heartbroken.
If the fox demon hadn't shown up and told them the truth, they would have been kept in the dark their entire lives!
"Well, but..." After hesitating for a moment, the Taoist priest took the risk and said, "In order to convince the villagers, we should find the young master's body as soon as possible and perform an autopsy to confirm it. After all, everything requires evidence."
After saying that, he looked cautiously outside the ruined temple, and when he was sure that no fox was staring at him, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Not bad, not bad.
The fox probably didn't care about this, after all, an autopsy wouldn't do any harm to its innocence.
Everyone thought it was reasonable, so they did not rush back. Instead, they asked the accompanying doctor to help take Wu Shusheng's pulse and confirm whether he could wake up and point out the specific location for them to bury the body.
The doctor touched Wu Shusheng's wet wrist, frowned slightly, and was a little surprised: "Hiss, this person's pulse has turned from weak to strong, and his mind is clear. He should be recovering soon."
Mother Wu opened her eyes wide suddenly: "But when I went out, my son was still lying on the bed, unable to move..."
After a moment of hesitation, she thought of something and quickly knelt down in the direction of the woods to express her gratitude: "It must be that the Fox Fairy is so kind-hearted that he not only explained the truth but also cured my son's illness!!"
Is it so? ?
Everyone was frightened for a moment and quickly bowed to Lin Zhong.
The audience laughed their ass off.
[Very good, entering the next stage of Dihua, the fully automatic storage machine for younger brothers. ]
[If we analyze it rationally, it should be that Xiao Wu was sweating all over, and his mentality improved after learning the truth, so he suppressed his high fever. ]
[Wow, this is too coincidental, is this the superposition of coincidences? ]
[A must-have for Dihua style! The protagonist is just very lucky, hahaha, everything he imagines will have its basis. ]
By the time Wu Shusheng woke up, it was already noon.
When he opened his eyes and saw the familiar roof of the dilapidated temple, he was startled and almost thought he had returned to a few days ago.
It was his mother's words that brought him back to his senses:
"My son! You finally woke up!"
When Wu Shusheng was helped to stand up and found that there were so many people in the dilapidated temple, he was stunned.
ah?
ah? ?
He fell into the greatest confusion of his life.
How come he is here??
Wu Shusheng looked around helplessly until he saw the Taoist priest talking to the Li family with a stern face at the door not far away. His heart rhythm suddenly became irregular.
Fox, fox, fox…
"Son, are you feeling unwell?"
His mother's words brought him back to consciousness. He hurriedly responded a few times, and then he heard his mother say sadly, "Fortunately, you met a good fox fairy. Not only did she settle the Li family's grievances, but she also cured your illness. When you have a promising future, you must return to your hometown to repay it and build a temple to worship the fox fairy."
Wu Shusheng: ...
This passage is packed with information.
He felt a dull pain in his head.
Taoist priest? The Taoist priest hired by the Li family?
Indeed, Brother Meng seemed to have mentioned that day... Bah, I will never call that guy brother again!
Wait, don’t think about anything else for now, the key is the fox demon last night…
Blinking his eyes, Wu Shusheng took a closer look and found that the Taoist priest had regular features and a calm expression. He did not have the frivolous and weird smile he had at night. He was like a completely different person, so -
That person was possessed by a fox demon!!
Why push this matter to him, why...
At this moment, the Taoist priest leaning on the door frame suddenly turned his head and looked at him with a scrutinizing look in his eyes.
Wu Shusheng:?!
His back instantly developed tiny bumps, but he quickly reacted and responded to his mother's words with a firm look in his eyes: "Yes... Yes, I will."
The Taoist priest looked away silently.
It turns out that he looks different when he is not possessed.
The scholar's eyes became much clearer.
He was really scared last night.
Upon hearing that they were going to find the remains of their colleagues, Wu Shusheng quickly stood up and dragged his still-ill body to lead the way.
The young men dug at the location he pointed out, and he was placed aside as a patient.
“I see! I see!”
"It will be dug out soon, be careful!"
"Son, you died so tragically—"
"You have a wound on your forehead. We found this stone at the foot of the hill. The shape is roughly the same. I'm afraid the truth is just as that gentleman said."
"Meng, I'm going to make you pay!"
There were words coming one after another in his ears, but Wu Shusheng just sat quietly aside, not daring to say a word.
until--
When the truth was revealed and everyone was about to return, Wu Shusheng accidentally glanced into the forest and saw a fox in the grass not far away.
It had no intention of covering itself, allowing its fiery red fur, which didn't blend in with the grass, to shine in the light like a burning flame.
The fox smiled and looked affectionate, but in fact he was the most ruthless.
After watching the farce among humans, it seemed satisfied with the result. It curled its eyes, turned around and disappeared into the forest.
All that was left was Wu Shusheng's heart beating suddenly rapidly.
Fox, fox——!
Okay, the first event is over.
It's all coincidence, coincidence~
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