Spirit rhinoceros

Chapter 7

When she turned around, she realized that there were two more people in the room at some point, and the one holding her hand was Mo Long who had teased her in Xishan, and he was staring at the painting solemnly.The other person is Xia Houfeng, who pinched Ban Yuanjun's left hand pulse gate, forcing him to fall on the chair.

"What are you dragging me for?" She withdrew her hand forcefully, looked at Mo Long with a frown, and felt that he was not a good person.

Mo Long glanced at her, with an expression of being too lazy to talk to her.

However, Mr. Banyuan seemed to have got some opportunity, and hurriedly shouted: "Yes, it is him! He wants to harm you..." Before he finished speaking, Xia Houfeng slapped him twice, his cheeks swelled up.

"Let him go!" Lingxi shouted angrily, "Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"

Mo Long sighed, and said impatiently: "Old man, if you don't hurry up, I can't stop this brat from making trouble."

Lingxi was startled, not knowing who he was talking about, suddenly saw an old man with white hair and beard and wrinkled face coming in with a cane, his face was full of amiability, Mo Ji followed behind him.

"Miss Lingxi, isn't it?" Dong Lichang looked at her gently, and tapped Mo Long with his walking stick, "I am the uncle of this child, and I have also heard about what happened at Shibiquan in Xishan Mountain. Acquaintance, since I know the girl, naturally I can't watch the girl suffer."

Consonance is inexplicable: "What's wrong with me?"

Dong Lichang's walking stick pointed over and tapped the painting: "The girl was almost pushed into the painting by him just now, don't you know?"

Lingxi was stunned, looked at the painting, and then at Banyuan Jun: "Just now he pushed me into the painting?"

"That's right. Luckily, Mo Long dragged you back quickly, otherwise..." Dong Li sighed, "This birthday map is very evil, and somehow it fell into his hands, helping the evildoers, alas..."

"What will happen after entering the painting?" Lingxi asked in surprise.

Dong Lichang shook his head: "I don't know either. It's just that the people who went in never came out again. After a few months, the corpse will appear next to the painting. How did you get this painting?" He asked Ban Yuanjun in the last sentence.

"Of course it was given to me by Mr. Ji." Jun Banyuan held his head high, "Master Ji knows that I am proficient in painting, so he entrusted this painting to me so that I can explore the mystery. Miss Lingxi, I recommend you to enter the painting to save my life. You, not harm you."

"This old demon didn't say a word of truth, he probably stole this painting." Mo Ji said.

Mr. Banyuan said sincerely: "everything I said is true, and I have obtained a little bit about this painting. According to legend, this painting was painted by the sage Zixi, but according to my research, this is a misinformation. If you don't believe me, you can take a closer look at the bottom left Horn, is there a kitten?"

The painting was in Lingxi's hands, and she looked closely at it curiously—in the corner between pavilions, terraces and buildings, in an inconspicuous corner, there was indeed a tabby cat squatting.

Dong Lichang was also famous for this painting for a long time, squinting and looking over: "So what if there are cats?"

"Ordinary people only know that Zixi is a good painter, but they don't know that his elder brother Zipei is good at drawing cats." Jun Banyuan talked eloquently, "Zixi once drew a picture of a hundred cats while drunk, and was bought for a lot of money. Someone asked him to draw a cat, saying that the cat he drew was better than his brother. Zixi was furious when he heard the words, and vowed never to draw a cat again in his life." Speaking of this, while everyone was distracted, he suddenly grew taller, The hands turned into sharp claws, and came out of Xia Houfeng's palm.

Xia Houfeng came to his senses and reached out to grab it.

Mr. Banyuan took advance as retreat, and his sharp paws went straight to Xiahoufeng's face.Xia Houfeng tilted his head, and his neck was scratched immediately, blood dripping from it.There was purple air in the claws, which quickly penetrated into the blood. Xia Houfeng snorted, tilted his body, and passed out.

"Xiaofeng!" Mo Ji said anxiously, but she was across the table.At the same time, dozens of little white mice jumped out from under Ban Yuanjun's robe, creaked and ran towards the others.Mo Long kicked the table, and the table slammed Jun Banyuan away, and then he jumped up, his palms flying, and made several moves.

Mo Ji was most afraid of mice, so she ran away in fright.Lingxi didn't understand the use of these mice, and watched them climb up his boots with wide eyes, and then opened his mouth to bite down——

"Ah!" Painful and angry, she swung the little white mouse away with a wave of her palm, and when she looked up again, Dong Lichang was gone, and a big tortoise shell was shaking on the ground.

"Miss Lingxi!" Ban Yuanjun tried his best to fight against Mo Long, "Don't forget that I will take you to Xiangting to find Chi Yanxiong!"

Lingxi was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly realized that this was the most important thing, and hurriedly said to Mo Long, "Don't fight!"

Mo Long didn't turn her head back, and said without thinking, "He lied to you, do you still believe him?"

"Really, really, really!" Jun Banyuan said in a voice.

The matter of finding the Chi Yanxiong was very important. Seeing that Lord Banyuan was at a loss and might die under the hands of Mo Long, Lingxi didn't care much, and threw the scroll in his hand directly at Mo Long.

Taking advantage of Mo Long's distraction to open the scroll, Ban Yuan Jun wanted to escape, but unexpectedly his feet were stuck, it was Mo Ji's long whip, it did not know when it crawled over from the ground silently and entangled his feet.He pursed his lips and whistled, several little white mice ran back to bite the rattan whip, startled Mo Ji hurriedly withdrew the long whip.

Just as his feet were able to move, a silver handle was already placed around his neck, and Mo Long looked down at him from a height.

"no!"

Thinking that Mo Long was going to kill him, Lingxi rushed over and blocked Yin Xiao, but didn't let him run away, and firmly clasped his shoulder with one hand.

Mo Long couldn't bear to look at her: "Have you got any brains? He is obviously lying to you! He just wants you to help him get away."

"I'm telling the truth!" Banyuan-jun endured the pain in his shoulder and reiterated.

Consonance hesitated a little.

"Old man!" Mo Long turned his head and saw that Dong Lichang was still shrunk in the turtle shell, and a few little white mice were poking around the edge of the turtle shell and looking inside curiously.He sighed helplessly, and then said to Lingxi: "Did you see the dishes on the table? They were all spelled by him."

Lingxi shook his head: "What spell? I ate a lot, I'm fine."

Mo Long was at a loss for words for a moment, and murmured in her heart: This child doesn't know what he ate to grow up!Seeing that the purple light is overflowing from the dish, the elephant will fall down even after taking a bite, so she is fine.

"He is my enemy, and he just wants to lie to you!" Ban Yuanjun got the opportunity and hurriedly expressed his loyalty, "Miss Lingxi, you trust me..."

"Okay!" Mo Long was also straightforward, "Do you dare to drink some soup?"

Mr. Banyuan poked his neck: "Of course I dare!"

"You drink."

"You think I don't dare to drink!" Ban Yuan yelled, straightening his neck, if there was any hair on his neck, it would explode.

Mo Long smiled and said, "Then drink it."

"Drink it! Do you think I'm afraid!"

Mr. Banyuan made a gesture of holding the bowl, took a small step forward, and naturally broke away from Lingxi's restraint, picked up the bowl——suddenly tipped the bowl towards Molong, and the soup was full of purple light. , all poured over.Fortunately, Mo Long was already on guard in his heart, and dodged away.

The soup fell to the ground and sprinkled on several little white mice, they didn't even pause, Xiaoyuan fell down, her four little paws turned upside down, and immediately fainted.

"Hmm." Mo Long motioned for a consonant look.

In fact, Lingxi had already seen it without his warning, without further hesitation, he kicked Ban Yuanjun over, and said angrily: "I have no grievances with you, and I don't owe you two taels of money, why do you want to kill me?"

"Misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"

The ribs that were kicked by her hurt so badly, maybe it was broken and I don't know, Ban Yuanjun took a big breath, and tried to defend himself, his eyes rolled around, looking for opportunities to escape.Molong on the left and Lingxi on the right are not good enemies. It may not be easy to escape today.

The birthday picture thrown by Lingxi just now was still on the ground, he glanced at it, and sighed secretly, I'm afraid that's the only way to go...

Mo Long saw that his eyes were wrong, and suspected that there was something wrong with the birthday picture, and was about to reach out to take it, when he saw Mr. Ban Yuan leap forward, and his whole body was submerged in the painting.

This sudden change, no one expected, Lingxi's reaction was already considered fast, she rushed forward, narrowly grabbed his left ankle, but was led into the painting by him.

Mo Long hurriedly grabbed Lingxi and pulled her back forcefully.

It was chilly, the surroundings were covered with fog, and I couldn't see anything, Lingxi was holding on to Mr. Banyuan, as if something light and fluffy fell on the back of his hand, it was cold.She was suspicious of some kind of weird spell again, so she had to withdraw her hand, and was immediately pulled out of the painting by a strong force, staggering and sitting down.

She looked at the back of her hand first, there was a snowflake that hadn't completely melted on it.She looked at the painting in surprise, it was snow, could it really be the snow in the painting.

"Hey... don't press my leg!" Someone behind him groaned, pushed Lingxi away, and complained: "I almost broke my leg last time, this is the second time, if it happens again, I have to break it."

Lingxi got up awkwardly, looked at Mo Long and said, "... I didn't mean it."

These words are really familiar, Mo Long sighed: "I remember you said the same last time."

Following Ban Yuanjun's escape into the painting, the little white mouse also scattered, and Dong Lichang finally came out of the turtle shell. "Oh, oh my... my waist..." He bowed, limped to the chair, and complained, "I'm getting old, and my legs and feet are useless. It's twisted."

Mo Ji patted Xia Houfeng's face several times, seeing that he was still awake, she said anxiously: "Old man, come and see Xiaofeng."

"It's okay, the little fox's claws are poisonous, so he can't die. Let Xiaofeng resist by himself, it will be good for him." Dong Lichang looked around, but he didn't see Mr. Banyuan, "Where is he? He ran away?"

Mo Long picked up the painting and nuzzled: "He went in."

"..."

"He ran in by himself." Mo Long emphasized, "I didn't push it."

Dongli Chang looked at the painting suspiciously: "He went in by himself? The little fox is very sorry for his life. It stands to reason that he would not die. Could it be that he really found the pass of this painting?"

"How can we let him come out?" Lingxi asked anxiously, grabbed the painting, and scratched it with his hands.Strange to say, no matter what she does now, she will not be able to enter the painting again.

"Girl, don't worry, the painting is in our hands, as long as he comes out, we will definitely catch him." Director Dongli comforted Lingxi.

"But he said he would take me to Xiangting." Lingxi said anxiously.

Mo Long felt that she was really naive: "Take you to Xiangting to find Chi Yanxiong, do you still believe his words? Let me tell you the truth, this person is Ji Guizi's disciple, and he specializes in searching for beauties for Ji Guizi, understand? "

Lingxi obviously didn't understand: "What does this have to do with me? I don't know any Ji Guizi."

Mo Ji said: "He said he wanted to take you to Xiangting, but he actually wanted to dedicate you to Ji Guizi. He didn't understand such a simple thing."

"But he said Chi Yanxiong is in Xiangting." Lingxi still said.

"He's lying to you! He's lying to you! He's lying to you!" Mo Ji became impatient and yelled at her, "Are you stupid or stupid?! You're stupid."

Lingxi's face sank like water, and he looked straight at her.

Dongli Chang hurriedly smoothed things over and said: "Girl, don't worry, if you want to find Chi Yanxiong, we can also help you find out."

"No need! I can do it myself, so I will leave."

With a cold face, Lingxi turned and left.

"Girl, girl..." Dongli Chang called her repeatedly, but Lingxi didn't even stop, and left straight away.

Mo Long sighed: "That's it, we have to pay for this table of wine, yes, there is also a table to pay for. Old man, your divination is not accurate."

"Don't be so wordy, hurry up and chase after him." Chief Dong urged him, and he rolled up the painting and put it in his sleeve.

"I won't go," Mo Long shook her head, "You can also see that she is stupid, and her brain is not working well. People like this are stubborn, and I can't pull her back."

"I don't want you to pull her back, you just stay with her. Isn't she going to Xiangting, you go with her, and don't let her cause trouble." Dong Lichang sighed, "But this girl is old enough. It’s eye-catching, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

Mo Long looked at him and said nothing.

"Look at what I'm doing, hurry up and chase after me!"

"My leg still hurts." Mo Long said lazily.

"Forget it, I, the old man, can go on my own." Dong Lichang leaned on a cane, making a gesture to get up, "Oh, my waist..."

"Okay, okay, I'll go... What kind of tricks are you pretending to be?"

Mo Long had no choice but to get up and chase him out.

The rain and fog made the green inkstone look more and more oily and slippery, reflecting the lights on the street.Lingxi stood in the middle of the street, dazed for a while, remembering that he didn't even know where Xiangting was, so he asked the boy selling dried fruit under the eaves.

"Xiangting is in the west of the city. Go along this street to the end, then turn west, and you will see the red wall." The little boy pointed the way first, and then he raised the tray graciously, "Buy some lychees, sir? When I was a beast, I also had a snack."

Lingxi didn't know what a good man of Lizhi was. Seeing the boy smiling brightly, he nodded and paid two taels.The little boy wrapped a small bag with clean cut lotus leaves, quickly tied it with green bamboo silk, and handed it to her.

Carrying a small lotus leaf bag, she walked into the rain and mist, and after taking two steps, a bamboo oilcloth umbrella appeared above her head, covering her from the fine rain.

"No need." She ruthlessly blocked the tarpaulin umbrella.

Mo Long shrugged: "That's right, forgetting that you came from the East China Sea, you probably think the rain isn't heavy enough."

Lingxi ignored him and walked forward.

"Are you really going to Xiangting Court?" Mo Long followed her slowly, "You should know that Xiangting Court is not just for anyone to enter."

Lingxi faltered, turned to look at him with a serious expression: "I have money."

Seeing her serious look, for some reason, Mo Long wanted to laugh, and quickly nodded to cover it up: "Yes, yes, yes, I know, you have money, but you can't walk sideways if you have money."

Lingxi glanced at him dissatisfied.

"I mean, it's good to have money, especially good! But in Xiangting, it not only recognizes money, it also recognizes people." Mo Long patiently explained to her, "Xiangting is Ji, the eldest son of Changliu City Lord. It was set up by Guizi for the fun of the upper class nobles. Do you recognize the Changliu City Lord?"

Consonance shook his head.

"Do you recognize the third nephew of the city owner's sister-in-law's brother-in-law?"

Lingxi froze, shaking his head.

"When you first arrived in Changliu City, you wouldn't even recognize the gatekeeper of the city lord's house, not to mention the relatives of the lord's house. When you arrive at Xiangting, no one will let you in," Mo Long said to her.

Lingxi remembered that Mr. Banyuan also said that to go to Xiangting, one has to be guided by someone he knows before entering. From this point of view, he did not lie to himself...

"You, do you know the relatives of the castellan's family?" she asked Mo Long.

"Are you really going?"

Lingxi nodded: "I want to find that bear!"

I have seen how much she cared about Chi Yanxiong at Shibiquan in Xishan. Mo Long had no choice but to say slowly: "I don't know my relatives, but the guards of Xiangting have some friendship with me. If you ask me ..."

Obviously not planning to beg her, Lingxi stared at him for a moment and said, "I have money."

"Ten golden shells." Mo Long looked down at her from above, "Deal?"

Lingxi nodded: "Deal." After finishing speaking, she took out ten gold shells from her purse, and Mo Long took them over and put them away.

The light rain was rustling, hitting the tarpaulin umbrella, Mo Long paced and walked, sighing: "It's better to have money."

Yan Laosan has not been going well recently, with a sad face, leaning on a long halberd, leaning against the corner door and sighing.Mo Long led Lingxi to find him after making a small circle along the alchemy wall.

"Third!" Mo Long called out to him.

Yan Laosan raised his eyelids.

Mo Long asked with a smile, "Lost again?"

"Just lose money." Yan Laosan said painfully, "Chu Jiang is my concubine who just married in this year. She ran away with someone, and ran away when she ran away, and even handed me over to her to keep a piece of money." The box of golden shells was also taken away. Do you understand what a terrible situation it is to be short of people and money?"

"It's okay!" Mo Long showed no sympathy, and continued to laugh, "Anyway, it's not the first time for you, you just have to be sad. Money can still be earned, and beauties can still be married."

Lingxi behind him waited impatiently, thinking of entering the elephant court quickly, tugged at Mo Long's robe.Mo Long turned sideways, and Yan Laosi saw Lingxi, and was stunned, his eyes stared straight...

"This, this... who is this girl?"

Pulling Mo Long aside, he stood in front of Lingxi, with his chest up and his head up, looking radiant, like a different person from before.

Lingxi looked at him inexplicably, but Yan Laosan looked at her like a cute little lamb, and felt that she was innocent and cute beyond words.

"Is he the guard of Xiangting?" She asked Mo Long.

Before Mo Long could answer, Yan Laosan rushed to answer by himself: "I, Yan Xiang, from Qishan, dare to ask the girl's name?"

"... Lingxi." Lingxi paused and asked, "You are the guard of Xiangting, can you let us in?"

Even the voice is so clear and watery, Yan Laosan didn't even have to think about it: "If it's someone else, of course it won't work, but since the girl has opened her mouth, I have to figure out a way." Seeing her hair wet by the drizzle , looking more and more pitiful, he couldn't help but want to wipe her off with his sleeve.

Mo Long didn't have time to stop him, and watched Yan Laosan soar into the air, and then was thrown heavily on the stone floor... He realized that he probably looked similar to Yan Laosan now when he was in Xishan.

"Ah...ah...ah..."

Yan Laosan was in so much pain that his voice split into three petals, and he didn't understand what happened at all.Mo Long glared at Lingxi, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Yan Laosan.

Yan Laosan was a little confused by the fall: "What's going on? What's going on with her, what's going on with her?"

"This child's brain is not good, and her hands are not important. Don't worry about her." Mo Long dusted him, straightened his robe, and pretended not to see Lingxi's angry eyes.While speaking, he quite naturally put two silver shells into Yan Laosan's hand.

With the silver shell in hand, the heavy weight quickly dispelled most of Yan Laosan's annoyance. Looking at Lingxi again, the love and affection in his eyes just now disappeared, and there was a little more jealousy and resentment: "Where did she come from? Do you understand the rules?" ?”

"It's just a brat, don't talk to her." Mo Long said in a disgusted tone, "By the way, I just got a jar of Tianxianglu a few days ago, it's very mellow, how about giving it to you to taste tomorrow? You take us in first .”

Lingxi crossed her arms and looked at them coldly.

Yan Laosan looked at her, then at Mo Long, reluctant to let Yin Bei slip away: "You guys don't cause trouble when you go in."

"Don't worry, I just took her in to see what's new." Mo Long agreed.

When he first entered the Elephant Court, he saw the bright flames in front of his eyes, illuminating the surroundings like daylight, and the bloody smell rushed towards him, Lingxi frowned uncomfortably.

The Elephant Court was built according to the Tai Chi Eight Diagrams. The location of the Yin-Yang fish in the middle is the fighting place, covered with white sand and black sand, and surrounded by torches.At this moment, there are two strange beasts fighting, and the roars can be heard endlessly. Both the Gan and Kun seats have beautiful towers, several feet wide, with seats, curtains and screens on the platforms. The audience is leisurely, and the attendants are all purple shirts and white silk. , standing with melon and fruit wine.

There are also platforms for the off-site and the sill, and only the seats and colored tents are set up. Compared with the Qiankun two, it is much simpler, but there are many viewers.Those who are impatient can't sit still at all, leaning over the railing, shouting loudly, wishing to rush down to fight by themselves.

Yan Laosan led them out from the small door between exchange and departure, and felt that his arms and legs were thrown so badly that he took a silver shell from Mo Long's body, and then gave way to the stairs.

"I didn't nod next time, so don't do anything!" Mo Long felt sorry for Yin Bei, and turned her head to warn Ling Xi.

Lingxi said angrily, "Who told him to touch my forehead."

"What's wrong with touching your forehead? I didn't touch you again..." Mo Long paused, and finally stopped talking, "Don't do it anymore!"

Just as he was speaking, with the roar, a four-horned man slammed heavily into the enchantment formed by the flames, his fur was singed, and he fell to the ground screaming.The other red-tailed dog rushed forward with a roar, its teeth were like sawtooth, biting fiercely on Fuzhu's neck, the bones shattered with a crackling sound.He Yu bit off Fuzhu's head three times and twice, and threw it out with a vigorous swing... Immediately, there were continuous applause and cheers on the balcony, sometimes mixed with annoyance and cursing.

"What's there to see here?"

Lingxi had already stood on the edge of the balcony, watching Fu Zhu's body being dragged off the stage, leaving a long trail of dark red blood on the white sand.She frowned, really puzzled.

Mo Long leaned against the stone railing, staring indifferently at the blood dripping in the Colosseum, without answering.He raised his eyes and saw that standing on the balcony, the person in the middle was Ji Guizi himself, with a golden bottle in his hand, good wine in his throat, and a relaxed expression.The younger brother Ji Yuanzi has been forced to go into exile, and the city lord father is seriously ill, he has no choice but to pass on the city lord position to him, no wonder he is so complacent.

After watching for a while, Mo Long lowered his eyes and put his hands into his sleeves in boredom.He doesn't like places like Ting, and people who really understand what killing is will not regard it as a kind of entertainment.Ninety-nine percent of what Banyuan Jun said to Lingxi was a lie, and he was ready to spend the whole night in vain, so he yawned.

Lingxi's eyes were always on the field.

The red-tailed Hemao who had just won was also taken down from the Xunwei Gate.After waiting for a while, the hinges of the vibration door were turned, and the heavy iron gate was slowly pulled up. A black and swarthy beast stepped out of the gate slowly. , There was a chill all over the body.

As soon as this strange beast came out, it caused bursts of exclamation.The private gamblers are yelling loudly, telling everyone to quickly place bets on this game, and the copper shells and silver shells are clanging together...

Lingxi tilted his head and looked at it for a while, trying to recall the beasts he had seen in the book of strange beasts: "This is... a roe owl?"

Mo Long nodded. Although this roe owl was smaller than the one he killed the day before yesterday, it was surrounded by cold air. Obviously, it was fed with extremely cold medicine to force out the potential in its body.The roe owl was already ferocious, and now it was given medicine, so it might not be easy to deal with it.

The roe owl paced slowly in the arena, growling twice from time to time, his call was very disproportionate to his ferocious nature, just like a baby crying.Soon, the gate of Xun's position was also pulled up, and another dark and swarthy beast came out slowly.

The moment he saw this strange beast clearly, Lingxi's pupils suddenly lit up, grabbed Mo Long's arm, and said anxiously: "It's the Red Flame Bear! It's really the Red Flame Bear!"

Mo Long looked sideways, the bear in the arena was more than two circles bigger than the Xishan one, and its coat color was also darker, the black one was like coal, and the red one was like fire.

Lingxi ran away, but was caught by Mo Long.

"where are you going?"

"Go in and find Chi Yanxiong, I have something important to ask him." Lingxi said anxiously, trying to shake off his hand.

Mo Long didn't want her to cause any trouble here, and refused to let go: "There is an enchantment around you, you can't get in at all."

The two were talking, but the colosseum was already biting, biting and roaring, flying sand and stones, turbid air billowing... Lingxi rushed back to the stone fence nervously: "Will he be bitten to death? The book says, Roe owls are fierce, they don't even spit out bones when they eat."

Mo Long shrugged, and said indifferently: "Life and death are fate, it depends on its fate."

"Wow!" With a stern howl, the Scarlet Flame Bear struck the roe owl more than ten feet away with a heavy palm, and a small piece of flesh was torn off by the roe owl on his shoulder blade, and the blood trickled down, staining red. Gravel underfoot.

"He's injured!" Lingxi said anxiously.

Mo Long glanced at it. Seeing the blood, the roe owl became more and more excited. With a kick of its hind legs, it threw itself on Xiong Shi again. The two beasts twisted into a ball, biting and fighting.Beside him, there was endless cheering and cheering, most of them were gamblers who had placed their bets, staring at the field with red eyes.

He raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at Ji Guizi who was surrounded by fans, the latter had a smile on his lips... He had always known that Xiangting was a good place for Ji Guizi to make money. They are all under Ji Guizi's sect.

(End of this chapter)