In the late Eastern Jin Dynasty, there lived a young woodcutter at the foot of Taihang Mountain in Shanxi Province. He went up the mountain to cut firewood and sell it every day. But it is said that this Taihang Mountain is rich in white foxes. The people at that time respected l

In the late Eastern Jin Dynasty , there lived a young woodcutter at the foot of Taihang Mountain in Shanxi Province. He went up the mountain to cut firewood and sell it every day.

But it is said that this Taihang Mountain is rich in white foxes. The people at that time respected luxury and despised production. Especially the high-ranking officials and dignitaries competed with each other in everything from food, accommodation to clothing. The white fox has become the favorite object of countless dignitaries because of its fine and soft fur. Therefore, countless hunters have spawned under the Taihang Mountains. They do not engage in production and focus on hunting foxes for a living.

This young woodcutter's name is Wang Sheng, and he is married to Mrs. Wu. The Wu family became dissatisfied when she saw that other neighbors in the village had become rich by hunting foxes. They had good food, good clothing, and better housing than herself. However, Wang Sheng cut firewood every day and only sold a load of firewood for a few pennies. , persuaded Wang Sheng to give up woodcutting and follow hunting. Wang Sheng said: "Fox hunting means killing. I will never do such a harmful thing. I would rather be poor than kill." Wu said: "If you get poor, I can't bear it." The couple broke up unhappy.

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One day, Wang Sheng went up the mountain to chop wood as usual. When Wang Sheng packed up a load of dry firewood and was about to go back, suddenly from under a bunch of bushes, a sound of "Zhi, Zhi" came from under a bunch of bushes, like a baby's call. . Wang Sheng felt strange. When he got closer, he saw a pure white fox crawling in the grass and whining lowly.

Seeing Wang Sheng approaching, the white fox wanted to get up and run away, but one of its legs was tightly clamped by a clamp, and it was bleeding. The white fox struggled for a while, but when he saw that he couldn't run away, he turned around and looked at Wang Sheng in horror, screaming "squeak, squeak".

Seeing that the white fox was pitiful, Wang Sheng knelt down and wanted to unclip the white fox from its legs and release it. The white fox thought Wang Sheng was a hunter, so it opened its mouth and bit Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng smiled and said: "White fox, white fox, I am just a woodcutter, not a hunter. I will never hurt you."

The white fox seemed to be able to understand human speech. When Wang Sheng said this, he stopped moving and allowed Wang Sheng to remove the clip for him.

Wang Sheng took off the clamp on the white fox's leg. The white fox licked the blood stains on its leg. Wang Sheng turned around and was about to leave when he suddenly heard the white fox squeaking, as if to say: "You don't want to go home, you don't want to go home." ".

Wang Sheng smiled and said, "If I don't go home, why should I spend the night in the mountain?" After that, he ignored the white fox, picked up the load of firewood and walked down the mountain.

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But it was already dark when Wang Sheng returned home. It turned out that Wang Sheng was delayed in rescuing the white fox, and because he went out late that day.

Wang Sheng put down his load of firewood and was about to open the door when he heard someone talking in the room. Wang Sheng felt strange: "It's so late, who will be at home?" I only heard my wife Wu say: "If you haven't come back so late, you might have fallen off the cliff and died." Another person said: "I'm a little scared!". Wu said: "What are you afraid of? He is an honest man!". Another person said: "I'd better come back tomorrow, and you can accept the money first." After saying that, he was about to leave, but Wu said, "Kiss me before you leave." As I spoke, I heard pulling sounds.

When Wang Sheng was outside the door, he heard his heart burning up and his blood rushing upwards. He didn't have time to think about it, so he picked up the pole and broke in. He saw his wife Wu and Zhang Sanzheng, the hunter from the village, hugging each other. Wang Sheng grabbed the pole and struck it head on. Orion Zhang San was surprised when he saw Wang Sheng breaking in through the door. When he saw Wang Sheng slashing down his pole, he pushed Wu away and dodged aside.

When Mrs. Wu saw Wang Sheng, she was startled at first, then calmed down after a moment, and said to Zhang San: "Let's go quickly!"

Seeing that Wu was calm, Zhang San didn't panic anymore. He also picked up a wooden stick in front of the firewood pile and confronted Wang Sheng.

Wang Sheng was so filled with indignation that he didn't care so much. He picked up the pole again and fought with Zhang Sheng. The two of them fought hard to separate each other.

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While Wang and Zhang were fighting fiercely, I could hear people shouting outside Wang Sheng's house. It turned out that the nearby villagers heard the commotion at Wang Sheng's house and came to watch. Wang Sheng and Zhang San were fighting and did not come to break up the fight. They just watched the fun and a few of them made sarcastic remarks.

Only one person said: If you can't keep your wife, why should you blame others?

said: That's it! He makes money from hunting, but he only chops firewood. Why doesn't his wife go with someone else?

Obviously, the people in the village already knew about the adultery between Wang Sheng’s wife and Zhang San, and they only kept it from Wang Sheng!

When Wang Sheng saw that the people in the village did not know right from wrong and were still sarcastic, he became angry. He was originally at an advantage, but because of his anger, he was at a disadvantage.

When Wang Sheng was in distress, he saw a white shadow in the room, jumping up and down, biting Zhang Sheng, and Zhang Sheng was bitten and screamed. Wang Sheng saw the right opportunity and tipped the pole, and Zhang Sheng fell to the ground.

When the villagers saw Zhang San falling to the ground, they shouted: "I've beaten someone to death, I've beaten someone to death, report it to the official, report it to the official"! Suddenly he shouted again: "White fox, catch the white fox quickly, catch the white fox quickly." The room suddenly became chaotic, and everyone ignored Zhang San's fall to the ground and only focused on hunting the white fox.

It turns out that the white fox that Wang Sheng saved was very spiritual. Seeing that Wang Sheng refused to listen and insisted on going down the mountain, he secretly followed Wang Sheng. Later, seeing that Wang Sheng was in danger, he came to rescue him.

Wang Sheng took advantage of the panic in the house and escaped. When the white fox saw Wang Sheng escaping out of the house, he did not stay. He rushed up to the beams, broke the roof tiles with his head, and got out between the rafters and eaves.

Everyone in the house thought the white fox was in the room and searched hard for it.

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The white fox rushed out of the house, found Wang Sheng, and led Wang Sheng towards the mountain.

Wang Sheng saw Zhang Sheng fell to the ground and didn't know whether he was dead or alive. He had no idea and followed the white fox, walking forward step by step.

I don’t know how long I have been walking or where I am! The white fox stopped. Wang Sheng stopped and looked at it. It was a cliff with green trees on both sides, flowers and grass on the ground, and a small stream winding along the cliff.

What a good place, Wang Sheng thought secretly in his heart. He has been cutting firewood in the Taihang Mountains for many years, but he didn't know there was such a good place.

Wang Sheng took a look at the surrounding environment, and then looked at the white fox. He saw the white fox combing its hair under a big tree. Wang Sheng walked towards the white fox, squatted down, and gently stroked the white fox. He thought to himself: If it weren't for this white fox today, he would have been killed by an adulterer.

The white fox didn't recognize life, and allowed Wang Sheng to touch it. It called out "Zhi Zhi Zhi" from time to time, as if to comfort Wang Sheng.

Wang Sheng said: Fox, fox, it would be great if you could speak! Thinking of Wu's ingratitude and the villagers' inability to distinguish right from wrong, Wang Sheng couldn't help but feel sad. He thought that Wu was not as grateful as the white fox!

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Just when Wang Sheng was feeling distressed, he heard someone talking nearby. One person said: "It's near here, you can't escape far."

Another person said: "Yes, search carefully"!

Wang Sheng listened carefully and heard the voices of Qian Mazi and Zhou Dazui from the village. They were also hunters in the village and were in the same group as Zhang San. These three people usually idle around, focusing on stealing and stealing. Later, because the scholars and dignitaries liked the fur of white foxes, they got together to hunt foxes in the Taihang Mountains. Almost all the white foxes in the Taihang Mountains were hunted by these people.

Wang Sheng was startled when he heard Qian Mazi and Zhou Dazui searching for him. The white fox also sensed the danger and got up from the ground, looking around with his eyes.

Zhou Dazui said: Is Zhang San dead?

Qian Mazi said: He could have died, he just fainted.

Wang Sheng couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he heard that Zhang San was not dead. Then I heard Zhou Dazui say: Will this kid come?

Qian Mazi said: I heard there is a fox, can he not come?

Seeing the visitor getting closer, the white fox signaled Wang Sheng to hide. Wang Sheng understood and saw a grotto on the edge of the cliff, covered by vines, so he hid in it.

The white fox saw Wang Sheng hiding well and sprang out. Wang Sheng couldn't help being surprised, wasn't he going out to seek death?

When Qian Mazi saw the white fox, he couldn't help shouting: Here, here!

Zhou Dazui heard it and ran over quickly. At this time, the white fox had already jumped up the cliff.

Qian Mazi and Zhou Dazui quickly tried their best to block it.Strange to say, the white fox rushed up the cliff, neither running nor running, but sitting on a vine more than ten feet away from the cliff and watching, grinning at Qian Tuesday, as if to challenge: Come up, Come up!

Qian Zhou was so angry that he could not hook the hook. At this moment, Zhang San appeared out of nowhere, holding a big net bag in his hand. Seeing that Zhang San was fine, Wang Sheng's blood surged behind the grotto. The white fox may have noticed something strange about Wang Sheng, but instead got down from the vine and crawled towards Qian Tuesday. Wang Sheng couldn't help but worry about the white fox: They clearly wanted to capture you, but you threw yourself into the trap. He was about to speak out to stop it.

Qian, Zhou and Zhang were overjoyed when they saw that the white fox was not going up and down. Zhang wanted to set up a net to catch it, but when they saw the white fox was within a stone's throw of the three of them, they stopped running and just stared at the three of them with grinning teeth. . The three of them were so angry: This is obviously a joke!

Zhang San handed the net to Qian Mazi and made a gesture to Zhou Dazui. The three of them have been partners for many years, so they naturally understand. I saw Qian Mazi at the bottom, with his three-week big mouth open to surround him on both sides, climbing up the cliff.

Wang Sheng naturally understands their thoughts!

When the white fox saw Zhang San and Zhou Dazui coming up, he was not in a hurry. He always jumped up and down around Zhang San, and was caught by Zhang San several times.

Zhang San saw that he was about to catch the white fox several times, so he naturally refused to give up. The white fox and Zhang San climbed higher and higher, with Zhou Dazui following closely behind.

Wang Sheng was so breathless.

Just when Wang Sheng was nervous, he saw Zhang Sanyi on the cliff with his feet in the air and rolling down. Zhou Dazui wanted to avoid it, but he was unable to do so and was hit by Zhang San. Qian Mazi saw him below. , scared out of his mind, he quickly dodged, but unfortunately he was hit by the flying rocks brought down by Zhang San and Zhou Dazui. In the blink of an eye, he lost his breath. However, Zhang San and Qian Mazi fell from such a high cliff, and their fate was imaginable. Know.

06

When Wang Sheng was frightened, he saw a white cloud rising from the cliff. On the white cloud stood a beautiful woman, holding a white fox in her hand.

I saw the woman in the white clouds saying to Wang Sheng: Come out! I am the Fox Fairy of Taihang Mountain. Don't be afraid. The reason why I punished Qian Zhouzhang is because they deserved it. They hunted and killed indiscriminately and hurt my descendants. You have a kind heart, and I can sympathize with people who are unkind, but today's folk customs are corrupt, and you should not go back. Thirty miles from this forest, there is a pavilion, and there are ten hectares of fertile land next to the pavilion. You can take shelter here. This place is off the beaten path, so if no one disturbs you, you can live a good life. Ten years later, I will come to help you become an immortal. After saying this, I will ride on the clouds and leave.

Wang Sheng still followed the instructions of the Fox Fairy, but he found this place, practiced here for ten years, and indeed became an immortal.