Dusk is falling, the sky is dim, leaves are swaying, the night is deep.
After dinner, Shen Xihe paced in the courtyard to help digest the food and exercise his body.
"Smash it to death, smash it to death."
"My mother said this thing bites and is poisonous!"
"Smash it, smash it!"
The children's cheering voices mixed with their rural accents reached Shen Xihe's ears, and there was also a faint, frightened and miserable sound of a strange wild animal.
This sound sounded familiar, so Shen Xihe walked out of the yard and towards the source of the sound.
Mo Yu hurriedly followed with a lantern in hand. There was a large courtyard in the village with a huge banyan tree in the middle. Because of a belief in the village, lamps were hung on the tree all year round. Because of this, the children in the village were not detained at home after sunset.
When Shen Xihe and Mo Yu arrived, they saw about seven or eight children surrounding the old banyan tree, throwing stones at the roots. A clumsy figure dodged and screamed, its eyes glowing.
"Mo Yu." Shen Xihe stood at the edge of the courtyard.
Mo Yu flashed in front of the old banyan tree, swung the unsheathed sword in his hand, and deflected a stone that was about to hit the small object. He strode forward and picked up the bloodstained ball.
The children were very afraid of adults, especially since they had been told by their families that these were noble people and should not be offended. So when they saw Mo Yu and Shen Xihe, they did not chase after them.
"Princess, what is this?" Mo Yu held the little thing that was bleeding and still struggling.
It looks like a cat but it’s not a cat, and it looks like a raccoon but it’s not a raccoon. Mo Yu has never seen such an animal before.
"Go wash it and treat its wound." Shen Xihe is a mysophobe. This guy is too dirty now. She doesn't want to touch him or even get close to him.
Mo Yu knew that Shen Xihe wanted this thing, so he treated it better. However, the little thing had sharp claws and thought that he was going to do something bad to it, so it resisted. But it was futile in Mo Yu's hands. Mo Yu waited until he had cleaned it up before sending it to Shen Xihe.
The washed and dried little thing was brought to Shen Xihe. Its fur was like a cheetah, with bright colors, clear patterns, and soft fur. It was a lovely little guy. Shen Xihe reached out to touch it.
The little guy was lurking, and showed its sharp claws the moment Shen Xihe's hand approached. However, before it could hurt Shen Xihe, Mo Yu's hand grabbed its neck, and it made a "wooooooo" sound.
Shen Xihe tapped the little thing's head with her round, pink fingertips. "Have you learned your lesson?"
The little guy was still crying "woo woo woo". Shen Xihe raised his eyes and gave Mo Yu a look, and Mo Yu let go of his hand.
The little guy lay on the table, not daring to move.
Shen Xihe lifted it up by the neck and looked under it, where there was a swollen cyst. "Go to the car and get the box next to the incense burner."
This is a civet cat, a nocturnal animal. Judging from the wound on its leg, it must have fallen into a trap and escaped by luck. It ran into the village and was surrounded by playing children. Like a cat, its pupils glow at night, so the children regarded it as an alien and wanted to get rid of it.
Civets have scent sacs and produce civet scent, which is extremely precious and rare.
Civet can not only be used as medicine, it can relieve pain and calm the nerves, but it can also open up meridians, penetrate muscles and bones, and eliminate carbuncles and swellings.
If used in perfumery, it can make the fragrance rich, soft and long-lasting, and it can also suppress plague.