A comprehensive overview of tombs: starting with the Yellow Weasel's Tomb

He glanced at Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi, who were deep in thought, and knew that the two of them probably wouldn't be able to figure it out for the time being, so he immediately said, "I have a guess."

After hearing Bai Jing's words, both Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang looked at Bai Jing.

Wang Pangzi immediately asked excitedly, "Old Bai, what's your guess? Tell me quickly!"

Bai Jing's gaze was now fixed on the Pi Hun Dun hanging on the wall, but he remained silent.

When Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang saw Bai Jing's gaze, they couldn't help but look at Pi Hun Dun on the wall. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration seemed to appear in their minds.

"Huangpizi!"

"Huangpizi!"

In an instant, Fatty Wang and Hu Bayi gave the answer in unison.

Bai Jing nodded and analyzed, "When we chased that female weasel out earlier, I was a little confused. We kept following that weasel closely, so there was no way that the weasel would have had time to set up that urine trap for us."

If I'm not mistaken, there were other weasels outside who were there to help these weasels, but they were caught by us not long after they escaped.

These weasels probably realized they couldn't escape by force, so they changed their strategy, attempting to use gold to exchange for the three of them.

Seemingly having heard Bai Jing's words, the three weasels, which had been quiet, became restless.

Bai Jing thought for a moment, then looked at the fat man and said, "Fatty, go ask Grandpa Qiaoshan if he has any cages. Bring one over; I have some things to do."

Upon hearing this, the fat man quickly got up, dressed, and went out. In a short while, he returned with a rather large iron cage.

Moreover, when they returned, Huamei and Yanzi followed them.

Bai Jing took the leather wonton from the wall and put several weasels into the cage.

Several weasels were clinging to the edge of the cage, watching Bai Jing and the others.

While Bai Jing was doing these things, Fatty Wang exclaimed in surprise, "These weasels are really something else! They even know to exchange gold for their lives."

Yanzi glanced at the three weasels, then at the gold on the table, and then looked at Bai Jing and said, "Why don't we take the gold and release the weasel spirit?"

Upon hearing this, the fat man, seemingly fearless, retorted, "No way! Even weasels have learned this trick now. They think they can corrupt our steely will with sugar-coated bullets? Keep dreaming! If you ask me, we'll confiscate the gold, and we won't release these three weasels either."

However, the three weasels completely ignored what Fatty Wang said and instead looked at Bai Jing with pitiful expressions.

It seems that they have already decided that Bai Jing is the leader of these people.

Seeing this, Bai Jing also smiled.

Then Bai Jing sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), thought for a moment, and said, "I do think it's okay to put it there, but..."

Hu Bayi and the others couldn't help but look at Bai Jing.

Hu Bayi was the first to ask, "But what? Lao Bai, just tell me."

Bai Jing did not answer immediately, but looked at the three weasels in front of him and said, "I think the three of you are quite intelligent and should be able to understand us, so I will speak frankly."

After saying that, Bai Jing picked up the gold from the table, walked to the cage, put the gold on the ground, looked at the three weasels and said, "You've taken hundreds of chickens from the village, and you want to exchange gold for your lives? Fine, but this gold isn't enough, you'll have to pay more!"

Chapter 20 Rescuing the Thrush

Upon hearing Bai Jing's words, the other four looked at him with expressions of utter disbelief.

What is Bai Jing trying to do? Is he trying to extort money from these weasels?

What is this behavior?

These weasels may not be human, but you, Bai Jing, are a real dog.

Bai Jing ignored the reactions of others and continued, "I am very disappointed in you because of the many chickens you attacked in the village, and what happened last night and this morning."

This little bit of gold isn't enough to buy the lives of the three of you. If you want all of you to live, you'll have to send more gold.

After saying that, Bai Jing walked to the cage and looked at the three weasels inside. He said, "You three should discuss it yourselves first. I've decided to let one of you go later. Don't try to deny it. You should know my abilities. If I want to, I can come up the mountain every few days and you can all be caught by me."

After saying that, Bai Jing got up and went back to the kang (a heated brick bed).

Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang both looked at Bai Jing with strange expressions.

Although they knew that the three weasels were highly intelligent, they absolutely did not believe that the weasels could understand Bai Jing and the others.

Hu Bayi immediately asked, "Old Bai, will this work? Will they understand what we're saying?"

Bai Jing smiled upon hearing this. He had read about weasels in various books at home. Not to mention anything else, the female weasel was almost as old as the combined ages of everyone present.

How could a weasel that has become a spirit not understand what Bai Jing and the others are saying?

Bai Jing wasn't in a hurry. He watched as the three weasel heads huddled together, seemingly discussing something.

Finally, after a while, the three weasels started scratching at the edge of the cage again.

Bai Jing knew that the three of them had discussed this beforehand.

Immediately, Bai Jing walked up to the cage and said, "Now that you've decided, who's going out?"

Of these three weasels, two are male and only one is female. Moreover, this female weasel has the highest intelligence.

Immediately, the female weasel was seen clinging to the edge of the cage, clearly indicating that it was about to be let go.

Bai Jing wasn't afraid of them playing tricks; if all else failed, they could just go to Tuanshanzi a few more times.

Immediately, Bai Jing opened the cage door and released the female weasel.

After the mother weasel came out, she did not run away immediately, but looked at the two weasels behind her.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Jing said, "Old Hu, open the door and let it go."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi did not hesitate and opened the door. The mother weasel walked to the door, then turned to look at the two weasels in the cage. Then, she stood up like a person and bowed three times to Bai Jing.

Seeing this, Bai Jing laughed and said, "Alright, go on, your two children are waiting for you to save them."

Bai Jing had already figured it out: the two male weasels were the offspring of the female weasel.

Upon hearing this, the mother weasel dared not delay any longer, but still ran off into the distance and soon disappeared into the forest.

Seeing this, the fat man complained, "No offense, but Lao Bai, you should..."

"Can it really be exchanged for gold? What if they cheat us?"

Bai Jing simply smiled, but offered no explanation.

Weasels are very intelligent animals, and they are naturally very smart.

In fact, the reason why supply and marketing cooperatives could exchange wampee for fruit candy or other supplies was because the fur of wampee was very valuable.

The scientific name for the yellow weasel is *Ixora chinensis*. Besides being called yellow weasel, it is also known as yellow wolf, yellow wolf, yellow immortal, little yellow weasel, and so on.

Moreover, while people may not think much of weasel fur, it also has another name: mink fur.

That's right, weasels belong to the yellow weasel family, while ferrets belong to the forest weasel family; both are mustelids.

The term "mink fur" is a general term for the fur of all mustelids.

Therefore, it's not hard to imagine the value of weasels.

Suddenly, the thrush inexplicably collapsed to the ground, and then its whole body began to convulse, as if it were possessed.

This startled everyone. Bai Jing quickly came to Hua Mei's side, first looked at Hua Mei's pupils, then grabbed Hua Mei's arm and put his right hand on it.

Immediately afterward, Bai Jing said, "It's epilepsy. Hurry up and go find Grandpa Qiaoshan; he should have the medicine."

Soon, Hu Bayi called Sun Qiaoshan over.

Seeing Huamei's condition, Sun Qiaoshan quickly said, "We're out of medicine at home. We were planning to send Huamei to town today, but now..."

These days, medical resources are extremely scarce. Not to mention in villages, even in towns there is only one clinic, and there are no hospitals or anything like that.

It takes at least half a day to get from here to the town, and by the time you get there, you'll probably be cold.

So, after discussing it, they decided that Hu Bayi, Wang Pangzi, and Yanzi would take Huamei to the village.

There was a blind old woman in the village. She wasn't a proper doctor, but just an old woman in her fifties who knew some traditional Chinese medicine and witchcraft.

For common ailments like headaches and fevers, the villagers would go to the blind old woman for treatment.

Over the years, the blind old woman has saved quite a few people. However, her abilities are limited, and she can only treat some simple illnesses. It's unknown whether she can treat epilepsy.

Bai Jing's medical skills are actually only at this level; he can diagnose and treat some minor ailments, but he can't cure serious illnesses.

Now, it's too late to send it to the town; we can only try anything as a last resort.

Afterwards, Hu Bayi and his men carried the thrush away from the forest farm.

Bai Jing stayed behind not only to wait for the weasel to deliver the gold, but also to thoroughly investigate Sun Qiaoshan's background.

The past of Sun Qiaoshan in the original work is not very clear.

All that was known was that he was the strategist of the Mud Society, and that his purpose in staying in Ganggang Camp was for the copper box.

Beyond that, I don't understand much.

However, Sun Qiaoshan completely ignored Bai Jing and was studying the map.

Bai Jing didn't want to make a fool of himself, so he placed the cage on the floor of the main house and sat by the stove to warm himself.

Finally, almost two hours had passed without us realizing it.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

Bai Jing felt a jolt in his heart and couldn't help but look towards the door. He knew that the weasel had arrived.