Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

"Are you a fox?" "Isn't it a fox or a civet cat?" "..." Bai Xiaozhou grabbed its waist and lifted it up: "What's your relationship with my grandfather?" "Hey, put me down, it's itchy to scratch." "Let me down after explaining the ins and outs clearly." "Okay, okay, I'll tell you everything." Bei Bei twisted his body, "It's so itchy, let's put it down first." Bai Xiaozhou sat down on the stone bench, put it on his knees, it curled up into a ball, but did not protest. The Arctic will always remember the winter of 1900.

It was born in this mountain. Since it can remember, it has no parents. It doesn't know where they went. Maybe they were eaten by wild animals, or maybe they were killed by hunters.It has been looking for food by itself since it was very young. The mountain forest is a terrifying place, where there are countless wild beasts, and there are even more terrifying hunters than wild beasts. There was so much snow that winter that the whole world seemed to be buried under the snow.It had nothing to eat, was so hungry that it panicked, and braved the severe cold to come out to look for food, but was pinched by the traps put by humans.It thought it was going to die, dragged the trap and lay down in the snow, the blood flowing from its leg dyed the snow into a beautiful lotus flower.

Just when it was most desperate, a pair of black boots appeared in front of it. It was a boy with beautiful facial features and a pair of deep and bright eyes as deep as the night. He rescued it, hid it under his bed at home, and fed it with his own food.He said its eyes were like the brightest star in the sky, so he named it the North Pole. During the days when the Wei family was recuperating, it knew his name. His name was Wei Tianlei, and he was a descendant of the Wei family and was adopted by the Wei family.He was adopted together with another offspring——Wei Xiaojuan. "Xiaojuan is also surnamed Wei?" Bai Xiaozhou interrupted.

"Don't interrupt!" Bei Bei said dissatisfied. Gradually, Bei Bei discovered that Wei Tianlei was different from other children. He could see the monsters in the forest, and always liked to walk through the bamboo forest with a white lantern, talk to the monsters, and even drive them. The North Pole once heard from the seniors in the mountains that there is a kind of human beings who are born with the potential of being an immortal, and have more or less supernatural powers. This is the so-called natural talent. Wei Tianlei and Xiaojuan's life in the Wei family was not easy. The children of the Wei family bullied them, and they always endured it silently without saying a word.Every time he is bullied, Wei Tianlei always protects Xiaojuan.Once Wei Tianlei was injured by the eldest son of the Wei family. Xiaojuan was bandaging him and crying. Wei Tianlei suddenly grabbed her hand and told her seriously that when he grows up a bit, he will take her away. , to a place far, far away, he will take care of her for the rest of her life.

Bei Bei watched them from the corner, suddenly jealous of the girl, this was the first time it wanted to become a human. As long as you devote yourself to practice, you can become a human. This is the memory inherited from the ancestors and deposited in every fox.That day it made up its mind to become a beautiful girl for him. At that time, none of them knew that their humble wish was also a luxury. That day when Wei Tianlei came back from working in the field, Xiaojuan would greet him happily every day and hand him a glass of cold and sweet well water, but Xiaojuan's room was empty that day.Bei Bei ran in, bit his trousers and pulled them out.He picked it up and said anxiously, "Where did she go? Did something happen? You can just tell me, I can understand."

"She, she was taken away by the Wei family." Bei Bei stammered, "They said they wanted her to be a sorceress." Wei Tianlei's face changed, and he left it and ran out.Bei Bei was worried that he would go alone, so he quickly followed.Those people were very fierce when they came to arrest Xiaojuan. Can Tianlei deal with them alone? At that time, Beibei didn't know what the sorceress of burning noodles was.In fact, the goddess of burning noodles is the spokesperson of Empress Zigui. No one knows when Empress Zigui appeared as a god, and there is no record in history books.The local people only know that she was born in the village many years ago. One day there was a severe drought and there was no harvest. The villagers thought that the gods were angry, so they chose her as a human sacrifice and dedicated them to the gods.The poor girl was burned alive by the villagers, but when the body was collected, people found that Zi Gui's body was not burned, only the face was burnt beyond recognition.People thought that the gods had appeared, and were very happy. They found a mask to put on the corpse, and buried it solemnly.

However, the rain still did not fall, and people began to choose the second girl.That night, the patriarch of the Wei family, who was also the head of the village, had a dream in which the masked Zi Gui came back and told him that she had become the god of this mountainous area, and if he wanted rain, he had to do it. to three things. The first thing is to choose one of the daughters of the Wei family to be her spokesperson. She can give her supernatural power, but she must destroy her face and put a mask on her.Second, the spokesperson cannot be a virgin.The third thing is to build a temple for her and worship it for generations.

People at that time believed in ghosts and gods, not to mention that the village could no longer survive.The head of the Wei family made the daughter of an unfavorable concubine into a goddess of burning noodles, and built a large temple in the village.On the day the temple was completed, heavy rain poured down.From then on, the originally barren soil suddenly became fertile, the village gradually became prosperous, and the Wei family became a well-known big family. Every generation of the head of the Wei family will adopt a child from a side branch as an adopted daughter, and only wait for the death of the previous generation of Goddess Shaomian, and then turn this adopted daughter into Goddess Shaomian.

As long as there is Goddess Shaomian, the Wei family will be able to keep their position as village head and be rich forever. When Wei Tianlei arrived at the hut where the noodle-burning witch ceremony was held, Xiaojuan had already put on the mask.Because she was still a virgin, the elders of the Wei family had to break her virginity. Wei Tianlei saw the scene that was engraved in her heart forever and could never be erased. His most respected elder pressed Xiaojuan under him, and that kind face became greedy and ferocious at this moment.Beibei didn't know what kind of mood Wei Tianlei was feeling at that time, but standing at his feet, he could feel the great sadness overflowing from him, which made him breathless.

A trace of fear suddenly surged in its heart, maybe it should turn around and run away, so as not to suffer from the disaster of the fish pond.But it was so oppressed by that momentum that it couldn't even move. The elders in the clan were furious and ordered him to be dragged out, beaten with dozens of lashes, and then locked up.When those people picked him up and dragged him out, Bei Bei was swept up by a strong wind and pushed out the door, which slammed shut. Then, it heard Wei Tianlei's roar. The whole forest seemed to be shocked by his anger. The trees moved without wind, making the sound of rushing waves, wild animals in the forest screamed, and birds rushed to leave their nests and flew to the sky.

Other members of the Wei family rushed over with weapons. Wei Tianlei kicked open the door, covered in blood, holding Xiaojuan in his arms, and walked out step by step.The North Pole was really frightened by him, thinking that standing in front of him was an evil ghost crawling out of purgatory. "I curse this village and this family. From now on, all men in this family will be turned into stone statues on their thirtieth birthday." In an instant, the bodies of all the men over 30 years old in the Wei family began to stiffen, starting from their feet, turning into stones inch by inch. There were screams one after another, and the Wei family was in chaos.Holding his beloved Xiaojuan, Wei Tianlei walked into the bamboo forest step by step and disappeared into the depths of the dark forest. The North Pole searched the entire forest, but failed to find him. For more than a hundred years, she risked her life and wandered around the village just to wait for him to come back. "Beast!" Bai Xiaozhou roared, throwing the North Pole aside, "Kaizi, have you brought a lighter?" "Uh, what do you want a lighter for?" Bai Xiaozhou turned his face to the side, his eyes were cold: "Set fire!" "Ah?" Zhu Yikai quickly grabbed her, "Don't be impulsive." Bai Xiaozhou picked up the torches left by the villagers when they fled, came to the main hall of the Zigui Temple, pointed at the Zigui statue and cursed: "I know you are very pitiful, I don't want to talk about 'justice' and the like, I will burn you today." I am the person in the temple, if you are resentful, just come to me!" After saying that, he threw the torch under the statue, and the statue was covered with a red veil, and it caught fire all at once. Zhu Yikai looked at the flames flying fast in front of him, and a layer of cold sweat oozed from his forehead: "Xiao Zhou, aren't you afraid that they will call the police?" "Do they dare? If they call the police, the village's secrets will be revealed. Even if they are not afraid of leaking, aren't they afraid of being harassed by the fox fairy every night?" Bai Xiaozhou glanced at the North Pole under his feet, "You think so. " Bei Bei sneered: "Not bad, not bad, as expected of Tian Lei's granddaughter." "What are your plans for the future?" Bai Xiaozhou asked it. "Continue to practice, and one day I will be able to go to him." Bei Bei ran a few steps, looked back at her with complicated eyes, and said to himself: "I really didn't expect that it would be fine if I lost to Xiaojuan. And lost to this little girl." This night, the Temple of Zigui was submerged in a sea of ​​flames. In the raging fire, Bai Xiaozhou seemed to smile slightly when he saw the portrait of Zigui. Perhaps, this is also a kind of relief for her. Zhu Yikai drove an off-road vehicle on a rugged mountain road. Bai Xiaozhou sat in the passenger seat and took out his grandfather's notes from his backpack. He was about to open it when he heard the boy beside him say, "On the way to the village, I encountered a strange thing." "What's up?" "The cat died." "Cat? What cat?" "Mr. Long made a cat out of origami. That cat can lead me to you. I put it on the back seat of the car. It was very quiet all the way. I thought this kind of origami cat didn't like to bark very much. I didn't worry about it. Later, when I drove into the forest and couldn't find the way, when I asked it to help, I found that it was dead, and there were only a few scraps of paper on the back seat." Bai Xiaozhou frowned: "Someone killed it." "There are not many people who can kill people without anyone noticing, but they must be masters." "Then how did you find me then?" "Don't forget, I'm Teacher Long's disciple. I've also learned a little bit of this illusion. That bird is my masterpiece." Bai Xiaozhou looked up and saw a yellow bird hovering above his head. "However, after all, I'm no match for Teacher Long. It took me a while to find you." He snapped his fingers, and the yellow bird turned into a talisman paper with a "snap", and Shi Shiran fell into his hand. "In short, everything will be discussed after meeting Teacher Long. If there is a hidden enemy, we must be careful." Bai Xiaozhou nodded, opened the notebook casually, his eyes suddenly widened, and his body trembled slightly. "Hey, are you okay?" Zhu Yikai shot her a glance.She closed the book and looked out the window, her eyes hurt slightly, and something warm flowed down her cheeks. On the title page of the note, there was an extra line of poetry at some point, with a vigorous style of writing, no doubt it was in Grandpa’s handwriting: I am so forgetful when I get old, but I never forget lovesickness. "You said, is it possible for a person to revert to a child?" The off-road vehicle slowly drove into the Ninghua Academy, and Bai Xiaozhou suddenly said this.Zhu Yikai thought about it seriously: "There are many possibilities, maybe it's something to eat, isn't it often mentioned in ancient notebook novels that someone met a fairy somewhere, and gave him an elixir, and he would be rejuvenated after eating it. " "Is there any other way?" "Yes." Zhu Yikai paused, and said, "Taoists practice to become immortals, and they can ascend in the daytime, and they can also return to youth." Soaring by day?Bai Xiaozhou was stunned for a moment, remembering that during the Spring Festival last year, she strayed into Kunshan, and all the monsters in the mountain called Liu Mingxuan the Lord of Kunshan. Could it be that he really became a mountain god? He drove the car into the garage, and as soon as he entered, Qu Siqi ran over with a grim face.Zhu Yikai thought he was going to ask where the two of them had progressed, and was about to make him feel bad, but he heard him exaggerately shouting: "It's not good! Something serious happened!" "What's so tense?" "Boss Sima and Teacher Long are missing!" "Please don't show the dead father's expression, it's scary." Zhu Yikai didn't know why he wanted to laugh, "Didn't the two of them often disappear to handle cases? What's so strange?" "Even Qin Zheming disappeared this time." "It's not surprising, Qin Zheming also went to handle the case together." "I can't explain clearly to you." Qu Siqi felt that he was incoherent, "Let him tell you." Only at this time did Zhu Yikai realize that there was another person in the room, and he was sitting quietly in the corner without making a sound.He couldn't help being secretly surprised that such a big man was in the house, and he only found out now. This person has an ordinary appearance and no sense of existence, but he is by no means an ordinary person. "Everyone, I am a special commissioner from the Supernatural Research Society." The man's voice was hoarse, "You can call me No. 7." number seven? 007? Bai Xiaozhou tugged at Zhu Yikai's sleeve: "What is the Ability Research Society?" "The Supernatural Research Society is responsible for dealing with supernatural events and is our superior." "Uh... are there other research institutes besides us?" "There used to be fifty research institutes, but now we are the only one left." "why?" "Because of a catastrophe ten years ago, most of the members died." No. 7 said indifferently, as if talking about the weather, "The survivors were injured and disabled, and the institute had to be disbanded, leaving only I was surprised when 051 was re-opened, this matter did not go through the seminar, but a decision made by a higher-level person, so I don’t know if we can still be regarded as your superiors.” "What happened to Mr. Long and the others?" Bai Xiaozhou was too lazy to listen to their reminiscences. "Actually ten years ago, the research association existed in name only, and the reason why it is still maintained is precisely because we have a vast amount of literature and an intricate information network. Those old guys are also encyclopedic characters, although few of them can appear on the scene. At least we can have a correct judgment on the supernatural events that happened. Long Chuxia and Sima Fanti can be said to be the most effective leaders in the reopening of 051, but this time even they are in trouble, which shows that the situation is already very serious." "Please get straight to the point." Bai Xiaozhou interrupted him, not because she was not polite, but because she was really worried about Teacher Long and the three of them. This 007 is still playing up the atmosphere here, so how can she not be in a hurry. "Have you heard of Qingxiangshan Mental Hospital?" "It's so famous." Qu Siqi said, "We often joke that if we say it's so stupid, we must have come down from Qingxiang Mountain." "Five days ago, someone found a mental patient on the street. He was very ill, and he was hacking around with a kitchen knife, saying that he was going to kill the monster. He was so powerful that the police used more than a dozen special police officers to arrest him." He caught him and sent him to a mental hospital. After that, the development of the situation became a little weird. 110 received a call to the police in the middle of the night, saying that there was a monster, and he had killed someone. They sent people there, but they never returned. The police sent another team People passed by, but still never returned. After losing more than a dozen policemen in a row, the police realized the seriousness of the matter, sealed off the hospital, and reported it layer by layer. Finally, this matter fell to us. The old guys passed the satellite image According to the analysis, the hospital is in the gate of hell, and the feng shui is extremely cloudy. I'm afraid there is something bad going on inside. We immediately informed Long Chuxia and Sima Fanti that they had made perfect preparations and entered the hospital. At the beginning, they still kept in touch, but... "He took out an old-fashioned tape recorder, put a tape in it, and Long Chuxia's voice sounded inside. "We entered the hall, there is blood everywhere, the power system has completely failed, wait, there seems to be someone in front. Sima has passed... Sima! Be careful!" The sharp electric sound pierced everyone's eardrums, "Pa Da With a sound, Number Seven turned off the tape recorder.