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Liu and a fox were good friends, and they had a very close relationship. Liu’s family was poor, and the fox often helped him with food and clothing. Liu also owed money to a wealthy family, and wanted to sell his daughter to them. The fox stole the promissory note from them and settled the matter. Every time the fox came to Liu’s house, his wife and daughter could talk to him, but only Liu could see his true form.
The fox was infatuated with a rich girl, but she had a talisman that could not be driven away. The rich family offered a hundred taels of silver to anyone who could subdue the fox. Liu and his wife knew about this. Liu’s wife was greedy for the hundred taels of silver, and urged Liu to kill the fox when he had the chance. Liu felt that this was very disloyal and did not want to agree. Liu’s wife said: “He can be interested in other people’s daughters, why can’t he be interested in your daughter? Yesterday he bought your daughter a winter coat worth five taels of silver, he must have some ulterior motive. You can’t be careless about him.” Liu secretly bought arsenic and prepared to poison the wine. The fox already knew their plot.
One day, Liu and a few villagers were drinking together, and the fox called Liu’s name from under the eaves. He first talked about their deep friendship, then said that he had been helping Liu’s family for a long time, and finally exposed their couple’s conspiracy one by one, saying: “I’m not incapable of harming you, but we’ve been together for so long, I can’t bear to be your enemy.” He also threw down a piece of cloth and a bunch of cotton from the eaves, saying: “Yesterday your little son said he was cold, I promised to make him a quilt, I can’t break my promise to the child.” The people present all felt that Liu was too shameless and scolded him. The fox said: “I was careless in choosing friends, and it was also my fault. The world is like this, and I have nothing to complain about. I just want you to know.” After saying that, he sighed and left. Liu was worthless in the eyes of the villagers, and no one was willing to help him. He had to take his family and run away, and no one knew where he ended up.