Chapter 386

Aunt, do you know this fox demon?

Zhang Guihua, standing beside her, Zhang Chengyong couldn't help but ask.

He had lived in the county town for many years; aside from practicing martial arts at the martial hall, while playing with his fellow disciples, he heard many rumors, the most common of which were about demons and monsters harming people.

Do monsters protect humans?

Whether it was the first time he had heard of it, or hearing it from a monster, he wondered if he was hallucinating.

Zhang Guihua shook her head unconsciously; Hu Jiushisan she naturally did not know, but thinking of Hu Meiniang, she could roughly guess that Hu Jiushisan was some monster from where, and she had originally still been worried that Hu Meiniang had not given up and had designs on their family Ping'an.

She never would have thought of that.

Hu Jiushisan would say that following them to Zhang Family Village was to protect their family.

"Is this monster lying?"

Zhang Guihua couldn't help but suspect silently.

"Hu Jiushisan, do you think I'm old and muddled, treating me like a three-year-old to fool?"

Wei Yuan gave a cold snort, angrily looking at Hu Jiushisan; knowing that Hu Jiushisan had come to Zhang Family Village together with the Wang Family Members, he had made all kinds of guesses, but never imagined that Hu Jiushisan was there to protect the Wang Family, and he said angrily:

"Wang Family Members are just ordinary farming households, with no connection to your Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan; you should be guarding the gate at Jiu tou shan ji shi instead—coming to protect their family's lives, are you not awake, or am I not awake?"

He knew that monsters protecting humans was something he had heard of and even seen personally; those who could be protected by monsters were without exception the offspring of great figures, and he had never heard of any ordinary household receiving a monster's protection without suffering harm—just escaping harm was already a cause for gratitude.

"Weixian County Magistrate, I truly am not deceiving you; my purpose in coming here with the Wang Family Members is truly to protect them……"

Hu Jiushisan looked devastated; before he could finish speaking, Wei Yuan interrupted: "Wang Family Members are just ordinary households—how could they possibly receive your protection? Could it be because the Wang Family produced a High School Top Scholar, and your Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan has some connection with Wang Ruhai?"

"Wang Ruhai, High School Top Scholar?"

Hu Jiushisan's expression changed slightly; before the clan elder arranged for him to protect the Wang Family, he had not known the Wang Family's specifics, but upon arriving at the Wang Family, he learned that the Wang Family was just an ordinary household—he never would have imagined that such an ordinary household would produce a true dragon, and he said with an embarrassed smile:

"Weixian County Magistrate, you're right; our clan elder arranged for me to protect the Wang Family Members precisely because of Wang Ruhai, the High School Top Scholar!"

"Nonsense!"

Wei Yuan gave a cold shout; although he had had this suspicion just now, seeing Hu Jiushisan's evasive gaze, he didn't need to think—it was lying—and he rebuked:

"Your clan elder having you protect the Wang Family could not possibly be because of Wang the Top Scholar—what is it then? Quickly confess the truth!"

Hu Jiushisan would go along with his words, admitting that the purpose of protecting the Wang Family Members was because of Wang Ruhai; looking at Hu Jiushisan's expression while speaking, he clearly did not believe this explanation—it was obviously a lie.

Although.

He acknowledged that Wang Ruhai was quite extraordinary, young, with no notable background; on the path of the imperial examinations, he passed all obstacles, becoming a High School Top Scholar, sufficient to show Wang Ruhai's extraordinariness.

Moreover, he has been taken notice of by the Prime Minister's Daughter, becoming the Prime Minister's son-in-law; he has already become a hidden dragon in the abyss, and soaring to the heavens is only a matter of time.

Like these officials, most of them think about befriending, even currying favor with Wang Ruhai, which is different. The Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan are demons, they don't mix in official circles; even if Wang Ruhai becomes a high official, it wouldn't bring them much benefit, and they aren't without backing, relying on the Green Hill Fox Clan—let alone the Chancellor's residence, even the Emperor of Daxia would have to give the Green Hill Fox Clan some face.

As long as the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan doesn't court disaster, they have nothing to worry about; what could Daxia possibly do to them?

Without any involvement with Wang Ruhai, they need not debase themselves by sending clan fox demons to constantly guard the Wang family.

If the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan truly wanted to get closer to Wang Ruhai, it would be better to send out the clan's beautiful fox women; that would be far better than sending fox demons to guard the Wang family.

Guarding others' children is actually a thankless task; if no danger occurs, people may not necessarily remember your kindness, but if danger arises and you can protect them, that's a good thing—yet if you cannot protect them, let alone gratitude, not holding a grudge would already be good.

Given the cleverness of the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan's chieftain, it's impossible they wouldn't foresee this situation; obviously they wouldn't undertake such a thankless task just to befriend Wang Ruhai.

"County Magistrate Wei..."

Hu Jiushisan still wanted to argue a few points, after all what he had just said were Wei Yuan's words; how could he, after following Wei Yuan's words, have this bastard just changed its tune before he even finished speaking?

Yu Die said coldly: "I advise you to confess truthfully!"

Before her words were finished, a Flying Sword shot out like a ray of Flowing Light, suddenly stopping in front of Hu Jiushisan.

"Thud!"

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Hu Jiushisan trembled all over, his body going limp and collapsing to the ground, unconsciously finding a wet patch beneath him, his voice shaking as he said:

"No, no, no... I'm saying, I'm saying, our clan chief arranged for me to come guard the Wang family; it's our clan chief who has taken a liking to the Wang family's newborn child, wanting to make him our Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan's son-in-law!"

"What nonsense are you spouting?"

Yu Die's expression changed drastically; she would suddenly speak up, having become curious, wanting to know what this fox demon—no, the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan—was really scheming, what designs it had on an ordinary human household; she never expected Hu Jiushisan to say such a thing, and she spoke angrily:

"If you don't want to say it, you don't have to; but you're saying this? Are you also treating me like a three-year-old?"

Having seen more than a few cases in the Demon Suppression Office, she knew many relationships between fox demons and human cultivators were ambiguous; but to say that any fox demon would marry a human, or any human would take a fox demon as a wife, cannot be said to never happen, yet it is rare, and most of those who do harbor ulterior motives.

"For wealth and murder!"

Wei Yuan let out a laugh and said: "Hu Jiushisan, what are you playing at? Your clan chief doesn't have water in his brain—how could he possibly want to let a newborn child become the son-in-law of your Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan?"

"No, have I become a delicacy? Or am I Tang Sanzang?"

Lying in his mother's embrace, watching the lively Wang Ping'an, hearing Hu Jiushisan's words, his face turned extremely odd, and he said speechlessly: "How come one after another wants to marry off their daughters to me? Could it be that marrying me has some benefit?"

Tang Anzhi suddenly stood up, his face grim, his tone unfriendly, and said: "You fox demon, you say your clan chief wants this child to become the son-in-law of your Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan—could it be that the child has something extraordinary, causing your clan chief to take notice?"

(End of chapter)