Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 245: Fox Demons Rampant

It was indeed very lively outside the window. Not only was there a grassland used for equestrian training, but even in the distance one could see a long dragon of sparks.

The terrain of Ji Anni's room was relatively high, so the view was wide. If you looked carefully, you could even see places outside the Wenhua Courtyard. Guards holding torches were everywhere, almost lighting up the entire palace.

"What happened?" Shui Furong was dumbfounded. Why was the palace so lively as the Lantern Festival?

At this moment, a voice was heard behind him, as if a group of people were arguing with the guards at the gate.

Ji Anni and Shui Furong hurriedly put on their clothes and ran out to see what was going on.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Ji Anni and Shui Furong rushed to the gate of Taoyuan as fast as they could.

You don't know until you see it, and you'll be shocked. There were more than ten or twenty guards standing outside the Taoyuan Gate, each holding a three-foot-long sword in their hands, with a serious expression, as if facing a great enemy. This was only a small part, and some of the guards had already rushed into Li Garden to search.

If Ji Anni and Shui Furong had not been under house arrest and there were two guards guarding outside the gate, I'm afraid this group of people would have rushed in to search.

"What happened?" Ji Anni scratched her messy hair. The situation was urgent, and she rushed out without even having time to tidy up her hair.

The leader of the guards politely clasped his fists to Ji Anni and said, "I am sorry for disturbing Your Majesty. Please forgive me. Just now, many foxes suddenly appeared in the palace. We are following orders to search for them and will not let any of them go."

"What?" Ji Anni suddenly woke up as if she was hit on the head with a stick.

"Fox? How could there be a fox?" Shui Furong subconsciously grabbed Ji Anni's arm. "Fox" was a sensitive word to him, and he immediately thought of what happened in the Demon Temple.

"What foxes? Are there a lot of them?" Ji Annie asked again hurriedly. From the captain of the guards' tone just now, it seemed that there was more than one fox, but a whole group of them. Otherwise, there would be no need to send out so many people to search in such a big way.

The head guard said, "The exact number is not clear yet, but people have seen foxes in the Empress Dowager's Palace, the Concubine's Palace, the Wenhua Courtyard, the Imperial Kitchen, the Four Palaces and Eight Courtyards, etc. So if we count them this way, there are at least... around fifty..."

"So many?" Ji Anni and Shui Furong exclaimed at the same time.

How did so many foxes suddenly appear? It was as if they had planned this. Could it be a fox army?

"Will these foxes hurt people?" Ji Anni asked again. If they were just ordinary foxes, there would be no need to mobilize so many troops, right? Looking at the guards holding long weapons and murderous looks, it seems that they have received the order to "kill on sight".

The chief guard said, "I don't know either, but for the safety of the ladies, please let me go in and search to see if there are any foxes that have sneaked into the ladies' yard."

Without waiting for Ji Anni and the others to nod, he hurriedly pushed away the guards blocking the door and squeezed into Taoyuan with his small team to search.

After hearing the news that more than fifty foxes appeared in the palace at the same time, Ji Anni and Shui Furong were both stunned. They had no time to stop the group of guards and just stood by the road to make way for them.

The two guards who were originally guarding the gate of Taoyuan naturally stopped trying to stop them when they saw that the ladies had let the guards pass.

The guards held torches and checked the small garden. Then they opened the doors of each room one by one and checked each room carefully. After making sure that there was no trace of the fox, they slowly gathered together and huddled in the small garden, discussing something in whispers.

While they were discussing their own things, Ji Anni and Shui Furong were not idle either, they were whispering and biting each other's ears.

"There is a problem, absolutely a problem." Shui Furong's eyes were as sinister as a ghost.

"So many foxes... where do they come from?" Ji Anni clenched her hands nervously.

"This is too abnormal. There must be a demon causing trouble, trying to disrupt the palace." Shui Furong only hated herself for not knowing magic. She didn't know if there was any spell in the world that could summon foxes to cause chaos.

Just as Ji Anni was about to express her opinion, she heard a sudden scream of "Ah!" from Li Yuanli next door.

This voice...could it be Chang Sun Mingri?

Ji Anni and Shui Furong looked at each other and confirmed their guess from each other's gaze.

The next moment, they rushed into Li Garden like lightning and ran towards the crowd.

The two guards who were in charge of guarding them were stunned after hearing the scream just now. When they came to their senses, Ji Anni and Shui Furong had disappeared.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Ji Annie and Shui Furong came to the next door Li Garden, bravely pushed through the crowd and rushed into the center of the incident.

At the very center was a room, which was already filled with guards.

Zhang Sun Mingri and Zhuang Xiaomeng were protected by the guards. They were both wearing only a thin layer of clothing, as if they had just gotten out of bed. Zhang Sun Mingri's face was pale, while Zhuang Xiaomeng's face looked slightly better, but her eyes were also a little dull, probably because she was frightened.

The culprit who had frightened them so much was standing on the rear window sill with his head held high.

That was a fox as red as fire!

Although the fox is not big, like a kitten, under the bright moonlight, its red fur looks like it has been soaked in blood, shrouded in an indescribable sense of blood and horror, bringing a very strong visual impact.

It stared at everyone, with a faint red light flashing in its eyes, as if it was about to pounce on them, and its expression was extremely scary.

No wonder Chang Sun Mingri screamed in fright. Even Ji Anni and Shui Furong, who were mentally prepared, swallowed their saliva in fear after seeing this scene and forgot to say a word for a moment.

Although the guards held swords in their hands, no one dared to move rashly in the face of this evil fox.

This is definitely not a simple fox, but a demon fox. Who knows if it will suddenly use some magic?

Faced with the monster, the guards, who were ordinary humans, all became timid.

Just as the fox demon was about to jump out of the window and escape, a loud shout came from the outside of the crowd: "Get out of the way!"

Anyone who dared to rush out with a loud shout at this time had probably already thought of measures to deal with the fox demon in his mind.

After hearing the roar, the people gathered in a crowd all made way for the warrior to make his debut.

Ji Anni and Shui Furong also subconsciously stepped aside, but it was a little unexpected that this warrior was not the Taoist Yuan Rong that everyone expected, but the somewhat unfamiliar Xuanjizi. Xuanjizi was relatively young, which inevitably gave people a sense of unreliability.

After seeing clearly that it was him and not Yuan Rong, everyone present was a little disappointed.

"Who is he?" Shui Furong asked in Ji Anni's ear. He had never seen Xuanjizi before.

"He is Yun Zhen's little disciple, and he seems to have been living in the Xianke Pavilion." That's all Ji Anni knew.

There are fox demons running around in the palace tonight, so Taoist Yuan Rong and Xuan Jizi must be very busy, right?

There were a few beads of sweat the size of beans on Xuanjizi's forehead, and he was gasping for breath while speaking. He must have been very tired.

"Can he do it?" Shui Furong was not optimistic about Xuanjizi at all and complained quietly in Ji Anni's ear, "Xiao Zhao, we'd better stay away. It's too dangerous here. What if we get hurt by him?" As she said that, she pulled Ji Anni out of the door.

Although his voice was not loud, Xuanjizi still heard it.

Xuanjizi turned around and glared at Shui Furong, looking a little angry. But he didn't say a word, and soon focused all his attention on the fox in the back window. Instead of arguing with Shui Furong, it would be better to prove his ability with practical actions.

Seeing that he was about to take action, the crowd that had been blocking the room all subconsciously retreated toward the door.

Ji Anni finally squeezed to the side of Zhuang Xiaomeng and Zhang Sun Mingri, protected them behind her, and said, "It's very dangerous here, you two should go out and hide first."

These two kids are from famous families, and if they get hurt in the slightest, it will cause a lot of trouble.

Zhuang Xiaomeng seemed to be very interested in Xuanjizi. She pulled Ji Anni's sleeve tightly and asked excitedly and curiously, "Zhao Congfei, who is he? What does he want to do? Can he really destroy this fox?"

Zhuang Xiaomeng is only five years old and has little life experience. Today is the first time he has encountered a monster, and it is also the first time he has seen a Taoist priest capture a monster. In addition, there are so many people around him to protect him, so he is not afraid. Instead, he is very excited, just like watching a play, looking forward to the actors' next wonderful performance.

Seeing Xuanjizi getting closer and closer to the fox, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

The fox demon's two fiery red eyes were fixed on Xuanjizi like nails. Suddenly, there was a "wow" sound, and the fox actually screamed. The cry was very terrifying, just like an angry wild dog.

Before everyone could react, the fox demon had already pounced on Xuanjizi with its fangs and claws bared.

"Be careful!" Ji Anni shouted, squatted down subconsciously, and hugged Chang Sun Mingri and Zhuang Xiaomeng tightly in her arms.

When everyone thought that Xuanjizi was going to be scratched by the fox demon, the fox demon suddenly stepped on Xuanjizi's shoulder and pounced towards the door.

The entrance was crowded with people, and as soon as the fox demon pounced, a burst of shocking screams immediately broke out among the crowd.

Some guards raised their swords to stab the fox demon, but the fox demon was agile and dodged past everyone's heads.

"Get out of the way!" Seeing that the fox demon was about to escape, Xuanjizi pushed through the crowd and rushed towards the fox demon with three talismans in his hand.

He threw the three talismans into the air, and they immediately turned into three bubbles.

The bubbles grew bigger and bigger, and finally merged into one big bubble that was just big enough to wrap the fox.

The big bubble floated in the air, like an extra-large vitamin C capsule, tightly wrapping the fox demon that flew into the air.

The fox demon howled loudly in the bubbles, biting and bumping.

The bubbles were knocked into strange shapes by it, but fortunately they were very flexible and could not be knocked out no matter how hard the fox demon hit them.