Spirit rhinoceros

Chapter 24

With the bumping of the carriage, Xia Houfeng woke up quietly, saw Mo Ji in front of his eyes, let go of the big stone in his heart, and muttered, "Where's that old thing Cui Qianmo?"

"Who knows, just ignore him." Mo Ji helped him sit up, and asked with concern, "Do you still feel uncomfortable?"

Trying to stretch his body, Xia Houfeng showed an uncomfortable expression. "What's wrong?" Moji asked nervously.

"It's a little itchy." He stretched out his hand to scratch the wound, and was immediately knocked off by Moji.

"Don't move around, bear with it. I've seen the wound for you just now, and the swelling has disappeared, and the black air has also faded. It's nothing serious." She said viciously, "Be honest these few days, and take good care of your wound. Do you hear me? ?”

Xia Houfeng was a little startled: "I know... I know, why are you so fierce?" Mo Ji's eye circles were a little red, so she turned her face away and ignored him.This time Xia Houfeng panicked suddenly, and said in a loud voice: "I heard it, I heard it, don't cry, I am obedient."

"What are you listening to?" Mo Ji said with a choked voice, "If you had listened to me earlier, you wouldn't have been injured, and almost..."

He had never seen Mo Ji cry before, Xia Houfeng panicked and said, "I was wrong, I was wrong, don't cry, I will listen to whatever you say, okay?"

Mo Long was driving the car, listening to the words of the two of them in the car, shook his head: "...that's promising."

Finally, Mo Ji calmed down, and Xia Houfeng realized that he was seriously poisoned. Fortunately, Lingxi used shark beads to detoxify him. "By the way, where is she?" He looked around, but did not see Lingxi's voice.

"She and the two bears went to Lulushan, not with us."

"..." Xia Houfeng was a little disappointed.

Eye circles were still red, Mo Ji looked at him dissatisfied: "Is it reluctant? You still have time to chase north."

"No, it's just... I haven't thanked her yet, after all, she saved my life."

"If it wasn't for her business this time, we wouldn't have to go to Xiangting, and you wouldn't be hurt." Mo Ji said angrily.

Xia Houfeng still wanted to say something, but he was afraid of offending Mo Ji, so he had no choice but to say nothing.

Turning around a phoenix wood forest, the main road ahead, Mo Long suddenly reined in the reins, the horse stopped quickly, and the others fell, the tortoise shell growing in the east almost fell to the ground, but Xia Houfeng caught it with his feet.

"Take your feet away, hurry up!" Dong Lichang was still very disgusted, and complained in the turtle shell, "I haven't washed it for a few days, and it smells like sour apricot... What's wrong with the front?"

Mo Long didn't answer, turned his head and asked: "From here to Luti Mountain, if you take the main road, you have to pass through Zhujian Pass?"

Dong Lichang already knew what he was thinking, poked his head out of the turtle shell, and said hesitantly: "They are not that stupid, they should not take the big road, right?"

"Which of them do you think looks like a brain?" Mo Long asked with a frown.

"That big-tailed sheep has a treacherous face." Mo Ji said coldly, "This business is over, and the rest has nothing to do with us. Besides, didn't you give her all of Guiyuan? , we don't owe her anything."

Mo Long said noncommittally, "It's not the same thing."

"What are you talking about? What happened to Zhujian Pass?" Xia Houfeng didn't understand.

Mo Ji sighed and explained to him: "Zhujian Pass is the territory of the Shan family. Although it is not in the Changliu area, the Shan family has only followed Ji Guizi for the past two years. If Lingxi and the others take the main road and pass through Zhujian Pass, The Shan family might capture them and return them to Ji Guizi."

"I don't think they're that stupid..."

Mo Ji insisted, before finishing speaking, the carriage shook for a while, and Dong Lichang almost slipped from the carriage again.

At this moment, Lingxi and others are worrying at a fork in the road.Among the four people, none of them knew the way.There are two roads in front of us, one is north by northwest, and the other is north by northeast. Uncle Tao Tao is in trouble in front of these two roads.

"This road seems to have been repaired, and it's not the same as before." He scratched the red hair on his neck, not sure which way to go.

Tao Tao habitually turned to Bai Xi, asking him to make up his mind: "Brother?" Tao Tao didn't use his brain much, since he followed Bai Xi, his brain basically stopped.But Bai Xi had never been to Luti Mountain before, this trip was tantamount to fleeing for his life, it was very hasty, not to mention the map, he didn't even bring his luggage with him.

I want to find someone to ask the way, but unfortunately the night is dark, so where can I find someone.Lingxi thought for a moment: "I'll go ahead to explore the road, maybe I'll meet someone, just wait for me." Then he was about to go to the northeast road.

Bai Xi hurriedly stopped her: "No, you're a little girl, living in the wilderness, it's too dangerous." In fact, he thought Lingxi was a bit stupid, and he would be fooled if he didn't meet anyone. "Tao Tao, you go." He instructed Tao Tao.

Tao Tao responded, but was grabbed by his second uncle as soon as he lifted his foot. "You, go." Second Uncle Tao Tao looked at Bai Xi. He didn't have a good impression of Bai Xi. Simply put, he was lazy and greedy.He didn't want his nephew to be taken advantage of by this kind of person.

"Me?...I'm going?" Bai Xi was a little taken aback, "No, it's not that I don't want to go, I've been a Wenxiu all these years, in case I meet a strongman..."

Just as he was talking, the sheep's ears were sharp, and he faintly heard the sound of horseshoes and wheels rolling in the distance behind him, very hurriedly.He was startled, and immediately thought that it was Ji Guizi's soldiers who were chasing him, and quickly pushed everyone into the nearby woods. "Hurry up, hide!"

Lingxi and him are easy to deal with, the cat can hide temporarily by shrinking its body.Uncle Xiong and his nephew, however, are huge and sturdy, so even if they are hiding behind a big tree with luxuriant branches, they will inevitably show up.Bai Xi quickly broke off a lot of branches to cover Erxiong, fill in the gaps, barely cover the whole thing.

He could only hear the sound of horseshoes approaching, and the moonlight was like water. Lingxi saw the driver clearly, and couldn't help being slightly taken aback: How come he came back again?Thinking about it, she stepped out, Bai Xi reached out to grab her, shook her head, and signaled her not to go out.

Consonance puzzled.

Bai Xi explained in a low voice: "What if they turn their backs..."

"What is treason?" Lingxi didn't understand.

"That's right, that's what..." Bai Xi couldn't explain clearly to her for a moment, but while speaking, the carriage had already arrived.

Walking to the fork in the road, Mo Long pulled the rein, and the horse stopped abruptly.Dong Lichang learned to behave himself now, and grabbed a lush green branch, and finally stopped sliding down.

Bai Xi winks at Ling Xi, telling her not to move.Lingxi couldn't figure it out, and didn't understand its intentions, so he had no choice but to stay in the gap between the trees and watch...

Mo Long jumped out of the carriage, squatted down, glanced at the ground briefly, then turned her head towards the bushes where Lingxi and the others were hiding, and said loudly, "Come out, what are you hiding from!"

Be found!Lingxi wanted to go out, but was held down by Bai Xi again.

"He's lying to us." Bai Xi said calmly.

As if hearing this, Mo Long sighed and leaned on the shaft of the car: "Come out and see the footprints on the ground yourself. If you want to hide, at least clean up the footprints. I really think you can hide with a few leaves." He buckled a small stone, flicked it lightly, and the stone shot out, hitting Bai Xi's forehead.

Bai Xi howled and howled, which was completely exposed.Lingxi, Xiong Wei and the others all came out of their hiding place and looked at Mo Long with a little embarrassment.

"You...why are you back again?" Lingxi wondered.

Mo Long didn't answer, but looked at her rather dissatisfied: "What are you hiding, don't you know it's me?"

"I want to come out." Lingxi pointed to Bai Xi, "It's him, he said that in case you betrayed... what is betrayal?"

Mo Long glanced at Bai Xi.

"No, no, no." Bai Xi explained quickly, "I'm worried that you will be coerced, and I have absolutely no other intentions."

A thick crutch came over and hit him hard on the head, causing Bai Xi to fall half short.Dongli Chang retracted his crutches, and said kindly to Mo Long, "Forget it, he is right to be more cautious."

Mo Long snorted and said nothing.Xia Houfeng didn't like the big-tailed sheep very much, so he bared his teeth at him, the sharp teeth glowing white under the moonlight.Bai Xi was taken aback for a moment, then put on a smile all over his face, and said warmly, "Brother, you're awake! That's great, I've always been worried about you." Xia Houfeng had goose bumps all over his body, and he really didn't have any face He was thick, so he had no choice but to look away and ignore him.

"Why are you back?" Lingxi asked again.

Dongli Chang said with a gentle smile: "The road to the north will pass through Zhujian Pass. The Shan family there is Ji Guizi's eagle dog. He was worried that you would be in danger, so he rushed back. It is a good man who will go to the end. to the west."

Mo Ji said coldly: "That's right, the old man has to be a good person, and he doesn't even mention the escort fee."

Hearing the last sentence, Mo Long secretly laughed, knowing that Mo Ji was euphemistically reminding Ling Xi, hoping she would understand.

It is a pity that Lingxi has almost zero experience in Jianghu, so he couldn't hear Mo Ji's implication, so he clapped his hands and said happily: "It would be great if you are willing to go together! Thank you very much!"

"...You're welcome, you're welcome! Who made us benevolent." Dong Lichang smiled kindly.

Seeing that she didn't understand the meaning behind her words, Mo Ji muttered: "It's really ignorant."

"Justice! Too much righteousness!"

Bai Xi praised, and he had already climbed into the carriage, Mo Ji gave him a blank look, but luckily he had a thick skin and responded with a smile.

Lingxi was delighted to be able to continue walking with them. Since she was a child, she was strictly controlled by her sister, and she could meet very few people, let alone friends.After spending a short time with Mo Long and the others, a sense of closeness was naturally born in my heart, and a smile appeared on my face unconsciously.

Mo Long glanced at her, then turned away, drove the car with a whip, and muttered in a low voice: "Stupid..."

When passing Zhujian Pass, if you don't take the main road, you have to cross the tens of thousands of hectares of bamboo seas that stretch on several hills.The others were fine, but Du Du Bai Xi's legs were a little weak, but he didn't dare to raise any objections. At that moment, everyone obeyed Mo Long's words, abandoned the main road, took the small road, unloaded the carriage, and led the horse along.

There are only two horses, so it's easy to distribute them. Dong Lichang is the elder, he rides one, and Lingxi gives him the little meat ball.Xia Houfeng was considered an injured person, although he didn't want to admit it, but when Mo Ji glared at him, he obediently got on his horse.The rest are walking.

This sea of ​​bamboo has been around for hundreds of years. Most of the bamboos are as thick as wooden barrels, with dense branches and leaves covering the sky and the sun. Even at noon when the sun is strongest, you can feel the coolness.The ground is covered with thick bamboo leaves, which are soft and comfortable to step on.There are no scary strange beasts in the bamboo forest, sometimes you can see iron-gnawing beasts, big ones with small ones, black and white, and cute.

Occasionally, the wind blows, the branches shake and the leaves rustle, and the whole bamboo sea rises and falls one after another, as if it is breathing like life.Lingxi has lived on the bottom of the sea for many years. He has never seen such a scene before. He couldn't help but stop, raised his head and listened carefully...

When she lowered her head, she realized that Mo Long, who was waiting in front of her, was looking at her, with no expression on her face.Guessing that he looked a little silly just now and delayed the schedule, Lingxi said awkwardly: "...It sounds nice, doesn't it?"

"Listen to the bamboo outside the wind." Mo Long said lightly, without any sense of blame in his tone, "It's also a great pleasure."

"Fengwai Tingzhu..." Lingxi chewed these four words carefully, feeling more and more charming, caught up with him and asked, "What do you have fun on land, tell me."

Mo Long stretched out four fingers, and told her to count one by one, and said as he walked, "Listen to the bamboo in the wind, protect the orchid in the rain, visit the chrysanthemum before the frost, and look for the plum after the snow."

"...Looking for plums after snow." Lingxi smiled, "I understand this. When I was at home, I saw a picture of cold plums and proud snow. The red ones are extremely red, and the white ones are extremely white. The two phases complement each other very well."

"Although looking at paintings is interesting, how can it be compared to being there." Mo Long seemed to think of something, and there was a hint of nostalgia in his tone, "After the light snowfall, three thousand cinnabar plums will bloom together, and a pot of wine will be boiled..."

"So many plum blossoms! Where are they?" Lingxi asked, his eyes sparkling, "Can you take me to see them?"

Hearing what they said, Chief Dongli on the horse turned his head and glanced at Mo Long. In an instant, Mo Long's tone became much weaker: "I can't remember where it happened many years ago."

(End of this chapter)