When I became a Jade-faced Fox

"I'm leaving! I'll be back when I finish my studies."

Yu'er walked slowly forward towards the early sun and waved back.

The Fox King, his wife and a group of people were watching them leave. They originally wanted to send Yu'er away and let the cat slave take care of her there, but Yu'er refused.

After ten years of growth, Yu'er is no longer a useless person. Not only has her magic skills improved a lot, but she has also understood a lot of things, which are hidden in the body and cannot be seen or touched. The most obvious thing is that she has grown taller and is about seven years old!

Yu'er thought it was not convenient for a little girl to be alone outside, so she simply turned around and transformed herself into a scholar, carrying a book basket, wearing a headscarf and a long green gown.

Yu'er touched her whole body and felt good, so she started to move forward excitedly.

As Yu'er walked, she counted the time with her fingers. Every fifty years on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the Dharma is preached in Mount Li to save all living beings. Those with excellent character and aptitude can be accepted as disciples. Now it is already the end of July. Although the distance is not far, it is indeed too late to delay. We still have to hurry on.

Yu'er thought, this journey is also a test! Those who seek the Dharma are not only those with inheritance like her, but more of them are little fairies who have opened their spiritual wisdom and look like small animals. Whether they can arrive smoothly is also very important.

It was always drizzling in Suzhou and Hangzhou in July. The originally crowded streets were soon deserted. Yu'er also pretended to avoid the rain and hid under the eaves of an inn.

"Scholar, come in and sit down. The rain may continue for a while!" A man in the store was flipping through the account book in his hand and shouting to Yu'er.

Yu'er nodded and bowed, "Thank you, shopkeeper!"

"Young scholar, it's not the imperial examination now, why did you come out?" The shopkeeper waved his hand and asked Yu'er to sit down.

Before Yu'er could answer, the shopkeeper answered himself and gave himself an explanation.

"Looking at your appearance, I'm afraid you ran away secretly! Otherwise, no one would be willing to let a person of your age go out alone." The shopkeeper slapped the table with his hand, as if he had gotten the answer.

Yu'er was about to open her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by the shopkeeper again.

"After all, you can tell from one glance that you are not yet twenty years old, and you have just tied your hair up (fifteen years old). But it's okay, people always think that you are a weak scholar, but if you can travel through mountains and rivers to take the exam, you must be strong."

Yu'er could only smile in agreement, but she began to think in her heart. A little man held a hammer and kept hitting Yu'er's head. You always use the inertial thinking of the past, and now the light is dark! It turns out that this scholar is not weak, but it's good, to prepare a source for future use of magic.

"I am indeed in good health and plan to go out for study!" Yu'er made up an excuse.

"I see! Looks like we have to leave the city. I'll tell you something quietly." The shopkeeper came over and sat next to Yu'er. He looked around and whispered, "It's raining today, so the journey will be slower. It's better to stay in the city."

Yu'er frowned in confusion and looked at the shopkeeper with bewilderment in her eyes.

"I'm not doing this to make money, nor am I trying to scare you. If you leave the city now, you will probably stay overnight in the nearest village. That village is not clean! It's not a good place to live!" The shopkeeper's words attracted Yu'er's attention.

Seeing Yu'er's interested expression, the shopkeeper continued talking.

"I heard from nearby villagers who came into the city that something strange happened in that village!"

Yu'er's eyebrows jumped, "Strange thing?"

The shopkeeper clapped his hands and said, "Isn't it strange? Speaking of which, that village is very famous. It is a clan that lives together. Everyone in the village has the surname Zhang. There are many scholars and students in the village, and there are also several who passed the imperial examinations."

While listening, Yu'er poured a cup of tea for the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper seemed a little embarrassed, touched his chin, and reached out to take it.

"Half a month ago, the whole clan held a sacrifice ceremony. Many students who were studying away from home returned. After the ceremony, they all fell into a coma, which worried the old man to death."

"Old man?" Yu'er repeated. "The shopkeeper is also from that village!"

"Hahaha, this... I'm the grandson of the village chief of Zhangjia Village. I mean no harm. I don't just want to make some money by keeping you in the hotel. I really have no ill intentions." The shopkeeper explained embarrassedly and scratched his forehead.

"I know, I still have the ability to distinguish right from wrong." Yu'er smiled.

"I don't think the shopkeeper is a person who is not good at writing. How come the shopkeeper is fine?"

"I had a quarrel with my old man. He insisted that I get married, but I was only 22 years old. He urged me to be single for the rest of my life! He also said that I was not doing my job properly and was not making progress. Now, he is glad that I didn't go back."

I don't know how this shopkeeper opened his heart to Yu'er today.

"Then you didn't think of any solution?"

"How could that be? I don't know how many doctors have been hired in this area in the past half month, but it's strange that those people are like they are asleep and don't have any symptoms."

"Have you ever thought about anything else?" Yu'er whispered.

"You mean... No, no, Confucius doesn't talk about strange and supernatural things..." The shopkeeper looked around.

"Then do you have any other ideas? It's been half a month. If you can't save him, I'm afraid your family will be in trouble."

"It's not that I don't want to! My old man doesn't believe it! If I bring a Taoist priest or a monk back, he will kick me out in a flash." The shopkeeper was obviously having a headache.

"How about you take me there?"

"You? Are you going to die? Everything I just said was in vain."

"But I might be able to save people!"

"But……"

"Don't worry, just go now. Maybe we can get to your house before dark."

Yu'er reached out to grab the shopkeeper's arm and raised her leg to leave.

"My shop, my shop... Don't worry, we can go there in a carriage."

Yu'er's decision seemed hasty, but it was actually well thought out. The high-sounding reason was that it was fate that they met, so they naturally had to give it a try. In fact, he didn't kill anyone, but just made them sleep. Either his magic power was not high, he had some intentions, or he could test his current strength.

The two young men rode their horses very quickly and arrived at Zhangjia Village in just over half an hour. There was a stone tablet at the entrance of the village with the name of the village engraved on it.

"We're here, we're here, this is our village."

The shopkeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and said with some heavy breathing, "You are really not an ordinary person! It's so hot, but you don't even sweat a drop. But do you really want to go? It's not too late to regret it now."

"You're so long-winded." Yu'er rolled her eyes. He had mentioned the matter of regret countless times along the way. "I know what I'm doing. Don't worry!"