After a night, early the next morning, Li Maicheng and them got up, packed their bags, and after eating some breakfast, the soldiers of the Han mission rode to the shore of the lake, and at this time the king of Qianghai and the general Wang were taking the ministers of civil and military affairs to see Li Maicheng and them off on the shore of the Qianghai lake.

King Qiang Hai sent Li Maicheng and them to a warship, and the horses also got on the warship one by one.

Li Maicheng said to the King of the Qiang Sea: "Thank you to the King of the Qiang Sea and thank you for seeing you off. ”

King Qianghai said: "Brother Maicheng, your Han envoy is the hero of our Qianghai City, and it is you who have helped us recover our homeland Qingxin Island, thank you so much." ”

Li Maicheng said: "King Qianghai, you are polite, we also want to thank you for your hospitality in the past few days, as well as the silver taels you have rewarded, the wine, large plate chicken, mutton skewers, mutton basin here are so delicious, and your hot springs here are also very good." ”

King Qianghai said: "Okay, thank you for the compliment, you have to take care all the way." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Thank you Qianghai King, as well as all the civil and military officials for sending each other." ”

Then Li Maicheng and the others waved goodbye to the king of the Qianghai Sea, and they left the city of the Qianghai on the warship and sailed north.

Sailing in the lake of the Qiang Sea, the lake was now foggy and a little hazy, and the fish gulls chirped in the sky, and they sailed north for two hours in a boat, and then they came ashore.

After going ashore, Li Maicheng and the others rode their horses one by one and continued to go north, Li Maicheng rode a horse while looking at the topographic map of the Western Regions, looked at it for a while, and said: "Master, I look at what is marked on this map, and Weinan County is in front. ”

Zhang Qian said: "Okay, then let's hurry up and find someone to live in before dark." ”

Li Maicheng said, "Okay, Master." ”

Then they continued on the mountain road, through the mountains, through the fields, through the rivers, and finally to a bamboo forest.

As they walked, suddenly a cat's bark came from the bamboo forest. When Li Maicheng heard this, he said, "Everyone be careful, be careful that there are monsters in front of you." ”

Then he dismounted with the sword of the shadow and walked to the place where the cat meowed, and as he walked, he gradually came to the place where the cat meowed, and took a closer look, and found a cute little orange cat curled up in the grass.

Li Maicheng stepped forward and touched the little orange cat, and then shouted: "Ruoxue, come here, there is a cute little orange cat." ”

When Bai Ruoxue heard this, she quickly got off the horse and rushed over with Jin Xiqing, and after they came over, they were very happy to see Li Maicheng holding the cute kitten.

Bai Ruoxue said: "Maicheng, this cat is so cute, come and let me hug it for a while." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, I'll go get some dry food and feed this kitten something to eat." ”

Then Bai Ruoxue hugged the cat, looked at the cute kitten, touched it gently, and said while touching: "Cat, good, my sister will take you to eat delicious." ”

Jin Xiqing said: "Sister-in-law, this cat is too cute, you see it has been looking at us with innocent eyes." ”

Bai Ruoxue said: "Yes, then let's take it." ”

Jin Xiqing said: "Okay." ”

At this time, Li Maicheng came over, and he brought a bowl of dry food and a bowl of water.

Then he put the little orange cat on the ground, and the little orange cat began to eat the dry food in the bowl and drink the bowl of water.

Bai Ruoxue looked at the kitten eating very anxiously, and saw that the kitten had been hungry for several days, she touched the little orange cat's ear and said, "Little kitten, drink water slowly, and you will follow us in the future." ”

The little kitten glanced back at Bai Ruoxue, meowed twice, and then continued to eat the dry food in the bowl.

They were all resting in the bamboo forest, drinking water, waiting for the kitten to eat dry food, when suddenly the sound of a flute came from the depths of the bamboo forest.

Li Maicheng felt that the flute sound was very harsh, and then shouted: "Which master plays the flute, show up quickly." ”

It's just that the flute is still blowing, and it's getting harsher and harsher, but the man just doesn't show up.

Then Li Maicheng shouted: "The chivalrous man who plays the flute, don't make a fool of yourself, come out quickly, otherwise I will be welcome." ”

After a while, the flute stopped, and then a man in his forties, with a tie beard and a taiji diagram on his body, slowly walked out.

Li Maicheng saw that the man was dressed as a demon hunter, and then said: "Dare to ask the name of the knight, in Xia Li Maicheng, we are the envoy of the Han Dynasty to the Western Regions." ”

The man replied, "In Xia Chu Yiqiu, he is a demon hunter, and he will be fortunate to meet him." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Brother Chu, I am fortunate to be happy." Excuse me, I can hear the murderous spirit from your flute. ”

Chu Yiqiu replied: "Brother Maicheng, you are really good ears, in fact, I came for that cat." ”

Li Maicheng said: "What's the matter, is this cat raised by you?"

Chu Yiqiu replied: "No, this cat is the cat son of a cat demon I caught, I have to take it back." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Then this can't be, this is just an innocent little orange cat, what are you going to do when you catch it?"

Chu Yiqiu replied: "I want to catch it back, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, I don't want this little orange cat to cultivate into a fine in the future, and then come to me for revenge." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Brother Chu, you are quite shrewd in what you think, but let me tell you, you better get out of here, this little orange cat has our protection, you don't want to capture him." ”

Chu Yiqiu said: "Hehe, Brother Maicheng, your tone is not small, let me get out, you are the oldest, I can catch the cat demon, I can catch the black bear, I can also kill the tiger, am I still afraid of you ordinary people." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Who do you say is an ordinary man? You are blind, don't you know the person with the head of a koi carp and the person with the head of a rhinoceros?"

Chu Yiqiu said: "Of course I know, one is a koi cultivated into refinement, and the other is a rhinoceros cultivated into refinement, just caught the two of them today, I still have something to alchemy." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Then don't talk nonsense, let's fight." ”

Then Li Maicheng pulled out the Zhuying Sword and rushed over to fight with Chu Yiqiu, who was holding a big knife.

And Bai Ruoxue hurriedly picked up the kitten eating dry food, held it in her arms, and hid away.

Wu Shitong also rushed over with the Qiankun axe to slash and kill Chu Yiqiu, while Su Chengxuan rushed over with the Qinglong Sword, pinching Chu Yiqiu.

Chu Yiqiu held a big knife to block their weapons, blocking them while retreating, fighting very hard.

At this time, Wu Shi's general Qiankun axe slashed the big knife in Chu Yiqiu's hand, directly cut off the big knife, and fell to the ground.

Chu Yiqiu didn't have time to react, and was directly put on his neck by the Wushi General Qiankun Axe.

Chu Yiqiu shouted in fright at this time: "A good man spares his life, a good man spares his life." ”

Wu Shidao: "Now that I know to spare my life, tell me quickly, where did you catch that cat demon." ”

Chu Yiqiu replied: "It's locked up in my Demon Shaking Pavilion." ”

Wu Shidao: "Okay, take us quickly, and then release that cat demon." ”

Chu Yiqiu said: "Okay, good man." ”

At this time, Li Maicheng said: "Chu Yiqiu, how many people are there in your Demon Shaking Pavilion?"

Chu Yiqiu replied

"There are more than a dozen, I also have a master named Zhenshui Daoren, I'm afraid you are not easy to deal with, if you bring me back, if he sees it, he will definitely save me, and he will fight with you." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, then what kind of person is your master Zhenshui Daoist." ”

Chu Yiqiu replied: "He is a cruel person, he has a scar on his face, he is very strict with us, and his kung fu is much higher than mine." Just a few times ago, I don't think you can beat my master. ”

Li Maicheng said: "Why?"

Chu Yiqiu replied: "Because my master caught a lot of monsters, and sucked their strength, and drank their blood, and my master eats ginseng, bear bile, and cordyceps sinensis all day long, and his body is extremely strong, he can carry the tripod, easily kill a tiger with his bare hands, and can also jump into the river to fight with crocodiles, even if the dragon comes, he can also slay the dragon." ”

When Su Chengxuan heard this, he instantly turned into a dragon, looked at Chu Yiqiu viciously and said, "Can your master also slaughter me?"

Chu Yiqiu looked at the appearance of Su Chengxuan's dragon, and immediately panicked, he said: "Brother Long, don't take it seriously, I shouldn't say that I slay the dragon, don't be angry." ”

Then Su Chengxuan changed back into his human form, and he said, "You have really seen your master slay the dragon. ”

Chu Yiqiu said: "I haven't seen it, I also heard what my senior brother said, saying that the scar on my master's face was scratched by the dragon's claws." ”

Su Cheng said, "Okay then, then how far is your Demon Shaking Pavilion from this bamboo forest?"

Chu Yiqiu said: "There are still six miles of land, not far." ”

Su Cheng said: "Okay, then why do you want to catch that cat demon, and also catch this little orange cat." ”

Chu Yiqiu replied: "I caught these demons for my master to suck blood and power. ”

Su Cheng said, "Okay then, then you tell us where you caught that cat demon." ”

Chu Yiqiu replied: "There is a village near here, there is a farmer who raises cats, there are a total of four cats, all of them are orange cats, and the cat demon who was captured is the father of this little orange cat, he has cultivated to the essence, and he will become a human form." ”

Su Cheng said, "What about the other two cats?"

Chu Yiqiu replied: "The other two cats, we were still in that house when we caught them, and I remember that there was a big poplar tree in front of his house." I was going to catch this kitten, and then I went to the house and caught the other two kittens. ”

Su Cheng said: "Okay, Chu Yiqiu, you are too miserable, these kittens are innocent, you are a cat thief, in the name of demon hunting, you are doing the business of stealing chickens and dogs." ”

Chu Yiqiu said: "Hehe, whatever you scold, anyway, when you get to the Demon Pavilion, you will obediently let me go." ”

At this time, Li Maicheng said: "Chu Yiqiu, don't think about it, we won't go to the Demon Shock Pavilion now." We're going to go to the farmer's house first, and you can take us there. ”

Chu Yiqiu replied: "I'm not going, if you want to go, you will return to the Demon Pavilion with me, and I won't agree to the rest." ”

At this time, Li Maicheng said: "Chu Yiqiu, you still have a long face, you are the one who was arrested, how can you speak." ”

Chu Yiqiu said: "You are amazing, when my master finds out that I haven't returned for a few days, he will definitely send someone to save me, and I will see that you are still stubborn at that time." ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Chu Yiqiu, it's okay, he just comes, I haven't seen any demons and monsters, and I'm afraid of a few of them, don't brag about how powerful your master is now, or obediently go with us to the small mountain village, the family with the big poplar." ”

Chu Yiqiu said: "Okay then." ”

Then Chu Yiqiu led the way in front and led Li Maicheng and them to the small mountain village.