Mortal Mirror

The lame fox and the red-haired mongrel fox felt that the old black fox was truly a divine fox after hearing its words.

Before long, the three foxes arrived at the burial ground. The dead here were all lonely ghosts. In life, they were either penniless and powerless or lonely and childless, without any luck to protect them, and they were not afraid of heavenly retribution.

The old fox quickly found a very old and yellowed skull in front of a grave. This thing looked like it had been around for some years.

It put the skull on top of its head and chanted a spell. After a while, it transformed into the appearance of an old woman, which was quite magical.

The lame fox was very envious. It searched around on the ground and randomly found a skull. Following the old fox's example, with a gust of demonic wind, it transformed into the appearance of a lame middle-aged man, which made him laugh so hard that he felt like he had really become a human.

The red-haired mongrel fox didn't want to be left behind. It searched around and saw a pile of withered bones in a tattered straw mat. It didn't know how many years it had been there, and the bones had turned black. It didn't mind, picked it up, blew into the holes on it, blew out the dust and dirt, then put it on its head, chanted a spell, and spun around, causing a demonic wind to rise.

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a beautiful woman in red.

The lame fox couldn't help but drool, praising her beauty.

On a large tree, Li Er Gou saw all of this and was immediately amazed. He didn't expect that there would be such a wonderful method in this world. The reason he came here was because the big black cat brought him to check out the place where the first-generation chickens were discovered.

He originally wanted to wait for wild animals, but he didn't expect to wait for this scene. For a time, he felt that his understanding of this world was really too little.

The foxes smiled at each other and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

It took Li Er Gou a long time to recover from his shock. He couldn't help but guess whether his first-generation chickens were eaten by these guys. These were fox spirits! The reason he didn't attack just now was because he was afraid that he couldn't beat them.

Looking at the departing fox spirits, Li Er Gou decided to go home and think about it carefully.

Early the next morning, Liu Zhiyu kept his word and sent someone to pick up the eggs. When they saw Li Er Gou's chickens, they were also amazed. They finally understood why the chickens laid such big eggs.

Li Er Gou sold 10,000 first-generation eggs for 30 copper coins each, earning a total of 300,000 copper coins, which was equivalent to 300 taels of silver. After copying it, it became 600 taels. He was happy in his heart. If things continued like this, it would be difficult not to get rich.

Just as he was happy, he saw three people coming down from Bitter Mountain: an old woman, a lame middle-aged man, and a beautiful woman. Seeing these people.

His heart couldn't help but jump, and he muttered, "Damn, it's actually those three fox spirits. These guys are too bold. They actually came to my house. Do they really think I don't dare to fight them?"

He was annoyed and wanted to see what they were going to do.

After a while, the people arrived nearby, and he heard the old woman say, "This young master, we are people from the mountain. We see that you are raising a lot of chickens here. We want to buy a few to eat. Is that okay?"

Li Er Gou knew that they were transformed from foxes and was a little worried, but he still wanted to see what tricks they were playing, so he said, "They are very expensive. Can you afford them?"

The old woman didn't say anything and directly took out a large gold brick from her bosom. This gold brick was the size of a palm and weighed more than a hundred taels.

Li Er Gou was slightly stunned and surprised. He didn't expect that this guy was really going to spend money to buy them. It seemed that he was a local tyrant with such a rich family.

But then he thought, foxes don't make money, so where did this money come from? Maybe it's dead people's money, dug out from people's graves.

However, he didn't know the origins of these foxes at the moment and didn't dare to attack them casually. If he couldn't beat them and angered these fox spirits, he wouldn't have a good time.

Anyway, he could make money. He didn't care whether it was living people's money or dead people's money. Dead people's money was still money, and these thoughts were just his guesses. What if they encountered a gold mine? Anything is possible, isn't it?

With a change of mind, he instantly felt refreshed. If these guys didn't steal his chickens and used money to buy them, it wouldn't be impossible, would it?

People's money is money, and demons' money is also genuine.

With this thought, he nodded, thinking that since everyone was getting something for nothing, he couldn't let them get it cheap, so he quoted a high price, "Chickens? I can sell them, but they are very expensive. Your gold can buy one, but I have a lot of eggs here that are not very expensive. One egg only costs one tael of silver."

The old fox rolled her eyes, but she didn't bargain. She took out another hundred-tael silver brick and said, "Okay, give me a chicken and a hundred eggs."

Li Er Gou was overjoyed. These demons seemed to be really stupid and had no sense of money at all.

Doing business with demons, this money came so quickly. He didn't hesitate to grab a first-generation chicken and then picked up one hundred and ten eggs.

The foxes were very happy to hear that they were given ten eggs. The three foxes left with smiles on their faces after buying things.

Li Er Gou was also happy in his heart. He had obtained such wealth for nothing, and he would be rich in no time.

He quickly copied it again, turning the gold into two hundred taels and the silver brick into two, put them into the bronze mirror, and stored them. Suddenly making a fortune, Li Er Gou was naturally very happy and almost danced with joy.

He even thought about whether to ask the old fox to contact more buyers. After all, these demons were stupid and easy to make money from, but then he thought about it and decided against it. They were demons. If he didn't do it right, they might attack him in a group, and he couldn't resist it.

Looking at the three foxes, they were also dancing with joy. The lame fox laughed and said, "These humans are so stupid. Gold and silver are indeed good-looking, but they can't be eaten or drunk. They exchanged their hard-earned food for such little things. Hehe, don't you think they are stupid?

Tomorrow, I will go to that ancient tomb and rummage around. There are still a lot of this kind of gold in there. Hehe, then we will have chickens to eat again, and it's not dangerous. It's really good."

The mongrel fox also said, "Yes, yes, only Grandma can think of this kind of risk-free thing. Grandma is the smartest fox in the world. If humans were all so stupid, we would find a gold mine and wouldn't have to work hard. We would have chickens to eat every day."

The old fox was naturally happy to hear the praise, and she laughed and said, "The more stupid and greedy they are, the better. This way, we will have the opportunity to exchange things. Exchanging things that can only be looked at but not eaten for delicious food without us having to pay anything, where can you find such a good thing in the world?

Only humans would be stupid enough to do it, but humans are cunning and dangerous. We can't always come. We can come once in a while when we are greedy."

The two foxes quickly shouted that Grandma was wise.

The three foxes discussed how to eat this chicken. Thinking that they would have chickens to eat in the future, they laughed all the way.

Li Er Gou naturally didn't know what the foxes were thinking. Anyway, he was also very happy. After the foxes left, he tidied up the crops and looked at the half-acre of open space, thinking about what kind of medicinal herbs to plant.

I'll leave it for now. I went to the yamen, clocked in, took a stroll, and he wanted to leave, but Wang Butou walked in at this moment, looked at everyone with a serious face and said: 'Everyone be quiet, don't leave yet, there is something going on here, everyone will have a meeting in the Yechahua Hall later.'

After speaking, he turned around and left.

Everyone was dumbfounded and didn't know what was going on. Li Er Gou had been here for a full half a year, and it was the first time he had seen Wang Butou so serious. He didn't know what had happened. Everyone inquired each other, but they didn't know what to say.

After a while, everyone gathered in the Yechahua Hall and waited. You must know that in a county yamen, there is one county lieutenant and five Butou. Each Butou is in charge of thirty-six people. After a while, except for two who were sick and asked for leave, Wang Butou's team of thirty-four people were all present.

After waiting for a while, Wang Butou came late.

He came to everyone, looked at everyone with a serious face, and went straight to the point: 'All Butou, as the saying goes, raising soldiers for a thousand days is for using them for a moment.

Last night, the Tiangou Town Butou reported that a demon has appeared in Wanglong Village, Tiangou Town, in recent days, and is harming people in the village. In just a few days, it has slaughtered half of the village.

This matter is no small matter. County Lieutenant has assigned our team to capture the demon as soon as possible, otherwise, we will be punished by the imperial court.'