Becoming a fox fairy from Liaozhai

Chapter 205 Changing Shapes, Bursting into the House and Stealing the Living Soul
The winter nights are long, and in this season, sleeping on the streets will freeze to death.

Open your mouth and exhale, you can see the white smoke flying upwards.The child was bored, so he breathed out and played, watching the white air he spit out slowly dissipate, imagining that he was a fairy who breathed out wind and clouds.

The woman watched the child rolling restlessly on the bed, smiled and shook her head, and said: "Go to bed early, your father will pay you back, and he will take you to the market tomorrow. If you can't get up, he won't take you there." gone."

The child immediately lay down peacefully, closed his eyes tightly, and said loudly, "I'm already asleep."

The woman shook her head with a smile, and continued to hold the soles of her shoes in front of the oil lamp, waiting for the man to return.

After a while, the child asked softly, "Mother, when will Daddy come back?"

The woman glanced out of the window, with a bit of worry, said: "It should be soon, just go to reconcile the account, it should be soon."

The woman walked to the bed, tucked the child's quilt, and said, "Go to sleep."

The child secretly squinted at her and said, "Mom, I want to eat meat."

"Okay." The woman touched his face and said, "Go shopping tomorrow."

The child closed his eyes contentedly, and his breathing gradually sank.

The woman went to the lamp again to put on the soles of the shoes, stitch by stitch, and gradually felt that her eyes were a little dazzled.

At this time, there was a knock on the door suddenly.

The woman got up to open the door, but she didn't see the light on the table dimmed, as if it was covered by black smoke, and only managed to reveal a little dim light.

When I opened the door, I saw a man standing outside and asked, "Why is it so late today?"

The man looked at her without saying a word, and she sighed: "I didn't want to come again? Why does a big family like the Wu family always rely on us small people for money?"

She closed the door and said distressedly: "It's so cold outside, you haven't eaten yet, right? I'm warming you up on the stove, you should eat some to warm up first."

The woman was about to walk towards the kitchen when she was suddenly hugged by the man from behind.

The woman struggled slightly, but did not break free, patted the man's hand lightly, and said: "The child just fell asleep, don't disturb him."

The light in the oil lamp struggled hard, but it just jumped and disappeared with a whistling sound, as if being pinched by someone.

The room was plunged into darkness, and the man leaned close to the woman, pressing his face into the hollow of her shoulder.

The woman only felt that his body was cold, as if there was no warmth at all.

The face pressed against her shoulder could not be closer, but she couldn't feel her breathing.

The woman felt a chill in her heart, and struggled: "I'll go and heat you up."

But her voice fell into the darkness, like a rabbit stuck in a swamp, unable to escape no matter what.

The darkness completely enveloped her, only slight sounds could be heard in the room, but after a while, the silence was restored.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk—" There was another knock on the door, and a man's excited voice sounded: "Sister, I'm back. Are you asleep? Open the door for me."

The sound of knocking on the door awakened the sleeping child. The child opened his sleepy eyes and looked at the door, only to see the darkness, as if there was a black shadow, standing like a ghost.

He was so scared that he burst into tears: "Father! Mother!"

The man was anxious when he heard this, he slammed on the door and said, "Xiaobao, what's wrong, Xiaobao!"

The black shadow inside the door slowly walked towards the child, and the child screamed and cried more and more.

The man was in a hurry, he slammed on the door hard, knocked twice, and knocked the door open. The lantern in his hand shone through the darkness in the room, and he saw a man who looked exactly like him standing in the room, holding his hand. holding her wife's hand.

"Who are you!" The man rushed into the room, and when the light came on, the man turned into a cloud of black smoke and flew out of the door against the roof and walls.

The woman fell limply on the ground, and the man quickly went to help her, but when he reached out his hand to touch her, it was already icy cold without any warmth.

"Big sister! Big sister!"

The cries of men and children echoed in this cold winter night, but were soon drowned in the howling wind.

The next day.

In the Town God's Temple of Shanyin County, temple officials, county officials, and several monks and Taoists gathered together.

The magistrate said: "Everyone, another one died last night. It's only been five days, and more than ten women have died. What kind of monster is it? What is the origin? Is there nothing you can do?"

Miao Zhu had a sad face: "That monster is like a shadow, like black smoke, it only moves at night, and it can even avoid ghosts, and the Lord City God is also very anxious."

The county magistrate looked at one of the old Taoists again, and said, "Master Luo, is there anything you can do?"

Luo Laodao had a childlike face with a hefty hair, and he was quite fairy-like, but he shook his head at the moment and said: "The monster steals people's souls. After killing people, they don't even have the chance to ask people's souls to come to ask. The Great Immortal from the North has already gone to investigate, but No audio yet."

The county magistrate went to ask other monks and Taoists again, but they didn't get a positive answer.

The county magistrate anxiously paced back and forth, saying: "This monster can change its appearance, pretend to be a close person to approach the dead, and turn into a shadow or black smoke to escape, coming and going without a trace. I don't know how many more people will be victimized." .”

"What kind of monster is this? How can it only harm women from good families."

Luo Laodao's heart moved, and he said, "Do you have a look at the files of those deceased?"

The magistrate said: "Yes."

Everyone moved to the county government office, where they saw the files of the deceased.According to the records in the dossier, there is no doubt that they are all beautiful women, not only born beautiful, but also other people's evaluation of them is also good.

Either a virtuous and talented woman, or a steadfast and chaste woman, or be kind to neighbors, or be filial and fraternal.

The more they looked at the file, the heavier their hearts became.These beloved and respected women were killed by monsters in this way, leaving bloody accusations of living people.

A monk said: "This monster only picks out beautiful and virtuous women. The county magistrate can pass it on to the county to make them be on guard."

The county magistrate smiled wryly, and said: "Lanzhu's daughter is so beautiful, and she has a legacy of painting saints, and she has always valued virtue. How can this be prevented? If it is passed on, everyone is afraid that everyone will be in danger and cause a catastrophe."

The monk sighed and said, "I made a slip of the tongue."

Luo Daozhang said: "Although it can't be passed on to the county, it can wait for the rabbit."

Daoist Luo looked at the county magistrate, and said, "I remember that Qianyuan was known as a talented woman from Shanyin. She is more willing to do good and has a kind heart. She has long been praised by others."

The magistrate said angrily, "How dare you use my daughter as bait?"

Luo Daochang sighed: "It's not that Qianyuan is used as a bait, but because Qianjin is famous, the demon will remember it sooner or later."

The county magistrate suddenly seemed to be ten years older, and said, "I'll go back and discuss with her before I tell you."

When they left the county office, those comrades sighed: "Senior Luo shouldn't have said that, if something really happened to the county magistrate's beloved daughter, I'm afraid he will blame you."

Luo Daochang said: "I have no selfish intentions. The county magistrate is smart and upright, so he won't blame me for it."

"I'm afraid he won't be able to get over this hurdle in his heart."

Daoist Luo said: "Catching that demon is the most important thing, otherwise if I don't say this, won't she be missed?"

"You are right. I just hope that the monster can be found as soon as possible to avoid more people being victimized."

(End of this chapter)