Spirit rhinoceros

Chapter 12

"Why don't we buy two steamed buns for cushions?" Tao Tao begged.

Bai Xi comforted him: "No, my brother promised you that I will bring you delicious food when you arrive in Changliu City. You can't just make do with it. Come on, let's look again, there must be a shop with a reasonable price."

Bear's paw reluctantly left a few scratches on the door frame, and Tao Tao was dragged forward by Bai Xi helplessly.

"You two please stay!"

Someone called them from behind, Bai Xi turned her head and saw two brocade-clothed men walking towards them quickly, they looked imposing and handsome.

Mo Long saw Lingxi who had just lifted his feet and walked two steps back quickly, and hid behind him, with both hands still grabbing his robe, as if afraid that the cover was not tight enough.

The guards of Xiangting are chasing us?This was his first reaction, but when he looked around, there was no sign of Ji Guizi.

"Is there someone you're afraid of? Who is it?" He tilted his head slightly and asked.

Lingxi hid behind him and said in a low voice, "Did you see those two people with coral crowns?"

The person she was talking about was standing outside the Zhangjia restaurant, wearing a brocade robe and a crown, with a long sword and a scimitar hanging from his waist, and the person who was talking to them... Mo Long narrowed his eyes slightly. Xiong Wei even came to Changliu City.

"Those two are your enemies?"

Lingxi said sullenly: "That's right."

"Even you are afraid... who are they?"

"The one on the left is the double-headed dragon, and the one on the right is the three-headed dragon. Don't let them see me." Lingxi suddenly thought of something, and grabbed Mo Long's robe tightly, almost strangling him, "You know the invisibility technique?" Right? Quickly help me hide!"

It seems that people from Donghai came to arrest her, and they came really fast!After coughing twice, Mo Long said slowly, "Please beg me."

Lingxi paused: "I have money."

Rao knew that she was extremely nervous at the moment, but Mo Long couldn't help laughing: "The invisibility technique consumes spiritual power, at least it costs 20 taels of gold."

"Deal!" Lingxi didn't counter the price at all, and took out a handful of gold shells from his wallet, without even counting them, and stuffed them directly into his hands, probably more than twenty.

Mo Long accepted Jin Bei and sighed: "It's nice to have money...give me your hand."

He put his left hand behind his back, and soon, her hand took his without hesitation, palm to palm, her hand was slightly cold, and there was something strange... When he looked down, her hand was obviously There are several burns.

Realizing that he had revealed his secrets, Lingxi hurriedly withdrew his hand.

"Burned by the fire barrier?" Should have known that she was not that smart, Mo Long said dissatisfied: "Why are you hiding, the old man has ointment for burns, just go back and apply some."

He didn't take the opportunity to laugh at her?Lingxi was a little surprised.

The drizzle fell on the back of his hand little by little, and Mo Long quickly calmed down, held her hand, twisted the formula with his right hand, and chanted the mantra in a low voice—the two of them seemed to melt into the misty rain instantly.

"Invisible?" Lingxi felt a little strange, she could still see Mo Long clearly, but other than him, the surrounding scenery and passers-by became hazy, as if separated by a layer of tulle.

"You can try it if you don't believe me." Mo Long pulled her forward and warned, "Don't let go, or you will show up immediately."

Lingxi responded, immediately clenched his hand tightly.Being invisible for the first time, she was still a little timid, and she couldn't believe that others really couldn't see her.Mo Long dragged her straight to Bai Xi and the others.

Bai Xizheng said brazenly: "...that girl is very familiar with us, she even went to the house to drink tea and chat, we had a very happy conversation..."

The man in brocade with the scimitar asked, "Where did she go after that? Do you know?"

Just as Xiong Wei and Tao Tao were about to speak, Bai Xi immediately cut off the conversation: "Of course I know this, but it's just a complicated matter, why don't we find a restaurant and talk while eating?"

At this time Lingxi was standing next to the double-headed Jiao Nie Zhong with a long sword, shaking his hand in front of his eyes, seeing that he really couldn't see him, he was very happy.After all, she was a child at heart, and she couldn't help but wanted to tease the two of them, reaching out and secretly slapping his waist with the sword.

Holding the hilt of the sword, she tried to pull it out quietly, and after only a little movement, Nie Zhong felt something strange in his waist, he put his hand on the hilt habitually, and turned his head to look... Lingxi withdrew his hand quickly, and the back of his hand was in contact with the sword. His palm narrowly missed.

Nie Zhong slightly frowned, and looked down at his hands and sword.

"Second Brother, what's the matter?" asked the three-headed Jiao Nie Ji with a scimitar.

"It seems that I encountered something just now..."

Bai Xi hurriedly said: "I heard that there are many thieves in Changliu City, some of them have learned a little invisibility and steal money while others are not paying attention."

Hearing this, Mo Long frowned, and looked at Bai Xi suspiciously: Could it be that he can see through the invisibility technique, and deliberately said this to ridicule himself?He put his palm in front of Bai Xi's eyes, shook it, and pretended to poke Bai Xi's eyes, but Bai Xi didn't even blink his eyes, as if he didn't realize it.Then Mo Long withdrew his hand.

Bai Xi looked at Nie Zhong attentively: "It's time for lunch, are you two hungry?"

"Do you have to talk while eating?" Nie Ji sighed, "Second brother, the rules on this land are a bit weird. Things that can be explained clearly in a few words have to be explained in a meal."

Nie Zhong took a deep breath, the drizzle smelled of sea algae, his eyes became sharper, and he scanned his surroundings...

"Second brother?"

"I always feel like she's nearby, smelling of seaweed."

He actually noticed something, Lingxi was so nervous that he didn't dare to breathe, and he didn't dare to move, for fear that Nie Zhong would see any flaws.

Nie Ji looked around, but did not see any suspicious figure: "Could it be our own scent?"

Indeed, no trace of the consonance was found. Nie Zhong withdrew his gaze and looked at Bai Xi: "Let's go, let's talk while eating. I hope you don't hide anything."

"Know everything, talk endlessly." Bai Xi cheerfully dragged Tao Tao to follow them into the restaurant, and at the same time did not forget to teach Tao Tao, "A poor person must have ambition, and if others don't invite him, he must not eat, understand? "

Tao Tao nodded ignorantly.

On the street, Lingxi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he couldn't hide his complacency and elation: "The invisibility technique is really easy to use. It would be great if I could learn it too."

"You don't have spiritual power, so don't think about it." Mo Long said mercilessly, "This spell won't last long, go!"

Bai Xi, who was walking at the end, suddenly turned her head, her gaze was fixed on Mo Long's back, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.Just now he pretended not to see, but secretly sprinkled a ray of incense on Mo Long's body, so that he could follow her later.

"My surname is Bai, my single name is Xi, and my name is Zixu, and my nickname is Leyou Jushi. I have been loved by my friends and gave me the name of Qingli Mountain Man." Seeing that the food was ready, Bai Xi was in a good mood, and turned to Nie Zhong and Er laughed and said, "I don't know how to call the two young masters?"

Nie Zhong frowned more and more. He found that after entering the restaurant, the smell of seaweed that he had smelled before had disappeared. It seemed that the smell did not come from them.

"Don't worry about who we are? Now that the dishes are ready, you should hurry up and tell me what Lingxi told you." Nie Ji urged.

The food is in front, the wine is in the side, and Bai Xi is quite cheerful, telling what happened at the Shibi Spring in Xishan, only slightly changing one small thing—"Tao Tao told her that his second uncle three years ago I once came to Changliu City, and later went to Geshan to practice alchemy."

Tao Tao, who was gnawing on his hooves, was stunned when he heard this, thinking that Bai Xi had made a mistake, so he opened his mouth to correct him: "Brother, my second uncle..."

Bai Xi winked at him, then changed her tune: "By the way, it's not Ge Shan, it's Jing Shan."

"Jingshan?" Nie Zhong and Nie Ji looked at each other, this place is quite far from Changliu City.

Scooping a spoonful of tofu soup for herself, Bai Xi asked, "May I ask, why did this girl find his second uncle?"

No one answered him.

"Just because his second uncle asked a Taoist priest to tell his fortune? She also wants to tell her fortune?"

Nie Zhong and Nie Ji ignored him, but Tao Tao, who was full of greasy mouth, answered him: "Brother, I also want to figure it out, next year is my birth year..."

Bai Xi didn't answer his words, and then asked: "What is that little piece of iron she showed Tao Tao?"

As soon as the words fell, Nie Zhong and Nie Ji turned their heads and stared at him at the same time, making him think that he had said something wrong and froze in a daze.Inexplicably, the sound of the rain from outside the window suddenly doubled or tripled, and the candlelight suddenly dimmed... Nie Ji approached him softly, "Is this what you should ask?"

"Of course... no, I'm just curious." Bai Xi said awkwardly.

"Is this something you should be curious about?"

"No, no, of course not!" Under the invisible pressure, Bai Xi swallowed with difficulty, "Actually, I just asked casually..."

"Can I ask casually about this?" Nie Ji instructed.

"No, no, of course not, I understand."

The candlelight gradually brightened, and the sound of the rain gradually died down, returning to a soft rustling sound.Only now did Nie Zhong speak: "Master Bai, may I ask why you came to Changliu City?"

Bai Xi actually wanted to say, "Is this what you should ask?" But the other party obviously overwhelmed her, but fortunately, he opened his mouth without thinking too much: "We are here to visit relatives, and I have a brother who lives here for a long time. City, it happens to be his birthday in three days."

"What is your brother's name, and where does he live?"

"He is my cousin, also surnamed Bai, and named Xuan." Bai Xi didn't blink his eyes, and was extremely sincere, but his mind was spinning rapidly, recalling the streets he had passed before, "I live at No. 119, Xianggong Lane, East Street."

Seeing that he answered smoothly, and he didn't seem to be cheating, Nie Zhong finally didn't ask any more questions.Guessing that there would be no more news about the connection between the two of them, Nie Zhong winked at Nie Ji.Nie Ji understood, took out a shiny black pearl from his bosom, and put it in front of Bai Xi.

"If there is any more news about her, you can go to build the house in the south of the city and take out this pearl. Naturally, someone will entertain you, and you will be rewarded when the time comes."

"Yes, yes, I understand."

Bai Xi hurriedly put away the black pearl.

Nie Zhong and the two stopped talking to him, left a table full of food and wine, and walked away.

"Brother! You still have brothers in Changliu City, why didn't you mention it to me?" Tao Tao used his hands and mouth together, tearing the leg of lamb, and asked while eating.The leg of lamb was roasted golden and slightly burnt, squeaking and oily.

Bai Xi didn't care about talking to him, so she called the waiter first, and asked that the table of wine and food had already been paid for, and then she sat down and continued to eat and drink with peace of mind.

The Nie brothers who left the restaurant walked slowly in the drizzle.

Nie Ji sniffed it, and said dissatisfied: "The rain here has an earthy smell, which is really uncomfortable. The water in our East Sea is better."

Nie Zhong didn't answer his words, and seemed to be thinking about something.

"Second brother?" Nie Ji called him.

Nie Zhong came back to his senses: "...I still think she is in Changliu City."

"You mean, the boy surnamed Bai is lying to us?"

"Not really, but I did smell the smell of seaweed before entering the restaurant, and it disappeared after entering the restaurant. It can be seen that the smell is not from you and me." Nie Zhong thought, "I think she may be nearby .”

Nie Ji frowned and said, "But we didn't see her at that time, it doesn't make sense, she doesn't know the invisibility technique."

Hearing the word invisibility, Nie Zhong suddenly thought of something, looked down at the hilt of his sword, and doubts abounded in his heart: "How about this, you and I will divide into two groups, and you will chase in the direction of Jingshan, and I will stay in Changliu City and look for it later." search."

"That's fine, I'll leave overnight while there are rain clouds, so I can go faster." Nie Ji said.

Nie Zhong nodded, and said: "Be careful on the road, it's important to find someone, and don't make trouble."

"Do not worry."

In the deep twilight, a meandering green dragon swayed upwards in the rain, penetrated into the black clouds, until it disappeared.

Under the grape trellis, Lingxi seems to have sensed something, looking up just in time to see the tail of the dragon entering the cloud. "Where is he going?" she muttered to herself.The slender grape stalks dangled slowly on her shoulders.

(End of this chapter)