Chapter 51: The Dragon King's Tower is on fire
This painting is really weird, revealing a weirdness, Hua Jiu is the first time to see a painter who does not paint a face, and he immediately became puzzled.
Just when she wanted to see more clearly, suddenly her right foot tightened and she couldn't move. Looking back, it turned out that the thief had wrapped a rope around her foot and pulled her back desperately. Her body was uncontrollable, and she slipped off the chain, but fortunately, she reacted in time and quickly grabbed the chain with one hand so as not to fall.
When the thief saw that she was still trying to resist, he kept shaking the rope, which caused her to spin around. Seeing that she was trapped, the thief was satisfied, and then leaned down, overtook her, and reached out to pick up the painting on the ground.
But Hua Jiu would not let him succeed, and immediately pulled out the serpentine whip and threw it at him.
"Smack—"
With a single blow, and when he was still about ten feet above the ground, the thief was struck in both legs, fell sharply, and rolled on the ground.
Then, after Hua Jiu landed, he hurriedly reached out to get the painting. However, the thief was quick and rushed up from behind her and threw her to the ground, and then the two of them rolled on the ground and writhed. The scuffle between the two was very fierce, and neither of them would budge, because they both wanted to get the painting.
"Let go of me—" Hua Jiu shouted in a hoarse voice to the back, the painting was only one step away from her, and she tried to reach for it, but the thief was really stubborn, and kept holding her legs behind her, and she couldn't go any further.
Hua Jiu was really helpless about his entanglement, but he still refused to give up, so he said: "Let go of me!" ”
"If you don't have the idea of painting, I'll let you go!" The thief gritted his teeth and roared back, but he didn't expect her strength to be small, and it took him a lot of effort to restrain her.
"Impossible!" Hua Jiu replied without thinking.
So the two of them froze like this for a while, and gradually, Hua Jiu probably ran out of energy, so she watched her tear open the cloth with one hand and gasp for breath. Seeing that she had slackened, the thief suddenly jumped forward, reaching out to grab a corner of the painting, and at the same moment, Hua Jiu rolled over and kicked the painting into the corner.
The thief seemed to be angry and immediately threw a punch at her, but she quickly dodged it, flipping her head to the side. Then she hooked her right foot, and the painting fell into her hands, but before she could look at it, the thieves attacked again.
In the confusion, an arc of the painting "Boom" flew into the air, knocking over the candle on the wall of the tower.
A row of candles fell to the ground, and the wax oil was sprinkled on the painting and the wooden floor, and suddenly the fire came up, and it burned in three or two.
Before Hua Jiu could take a closer look at the painting, it ignited a fire, and the fire was very fast, burning a hole in the entire painting in an instant. At this time, both of them panicked and hurried to extinguish the fire, but the rush made the fire even bigger. Neither of them dared to come closer, so they could only watch as the painting was burned to ashes.
"It's all you! It's not unreasonable to rob it, it's okay! The painting is gone, are you satisfied?! Suddenly, the thief became angry, and he threw all his anger on Hua Jiu and punched and kicked him again.
Hua Jiu retreated while hiding, she didn't expect things to turn out like this, it was unexpected. Seeing that the fire over there was getting bigger and bigger, and the entire third floor was about to burn, she panicked and hurriedly said to him:
"Let's put out the fire first! It's too late to save! ”
Only then did the thief realize that the situation around him was not good, and stopped temporarily, and was as anxious as Hua Jiu at the moment. I saw that the fire burned down the stairs and blocked the exit, and if I didn't go out, I would be choked to death by the smoke.
"Jump out of the window!" At this time, the thief reacted violently and shouted, and then the two climbed up to the window of the third floor and jumped out one after another.
A fire broke out on the third floor of the Dragon King Tower, and thick smoke kept spewing outward, rendering the entire surrounding area. The second layer is also slowly starting to be affected, and it looks like it is about to burn.
The tense atmosphere was unsettling, especially Hua Jiu and the thief, after all, the fire was caused by the two of them, so at this time they were extremely anxious in their hearts, and their hearts were pounding. When the two came outside, they looked at the raging fire in a daze, not knowing what to do.
At this time, several monks passed by, and they were just about to clean the Dragon King Tower, but they saw the scene of the fire, and immediately rang the big bell in the temple.
"It's on fire, it's on fire—"
"Everyone, get up and put out the fire—"
The sound sounded, and the thief was stunned and fled towards the temple in a hurry.
Hua Jiu also reacted and ran towards the temple gate. Unexpectedly, in the process of running, she knocked down an old monk who had just rushed over, and before she could apologize, she ran forward again. The old monk saw that her sneaky appearance was very strange, and immediately guessed that she was a thief who had come to the Dragon King Tower to steal, so he hurriedly shouted: "Catch the thief - catch the thief!" ”
Hua Jiu may not know that her appearance has been remembered by the old monk, hey, who let her take off the mask just in the tower.
At this time, almost everyone in the temple woke up, and they were busy carrying buckets to put out the fire, and all kinds of shouts continued.
"Where to escape—" A master who rushed to hear the sound found Hua Jiu scurrying around on the spot, so he took off the Buddhist beads around his neck and attacked her.
"Oops-" Hua Jiu snorted when he was hit in the calf, and at the same time knelt down and then lay forward.
Immediately, the master and a few monks rushed over to surround her.
"It's so late, why are you still here?!" The master asked with a fierce face.
Seeing Hua Jiu's aggrieved face, he looked over, and then replied while rubbing his calves: "I'm here to pray for blessings." ”
She never thought that she would be caught, if she knew to the master that she hadn't stolen anything and was caught red-handed, she would definitely be angry and say, 'I, Duan Jinkong, don't have such a stupid apprentice!' ’
"You must be a thief in this outfit and that sneaky look!" At this time, the old monk who had just been bumped into by her ran over and said.
When Mrs. Shi heard this, she immediately looked her up and down, and found that she was dressed as a thief, and then frowned, and ordered backwards: "Arrest her first." ”
Hua Jiu was startled, and before she could react, she was dragged up by two monks, and immediately she shouted: "What are you doing, let go of me, I didn't steal anything, let go!" I don't believe you're searching. ”
"Just because you didn't steal doesn't mean you didn't set fire to the Dragon King Tower." The old monk followed, and then pointed to the Dragon King Tower, only to see that the fire had burned to the first floor, and everyone at the scene was desperately trying to save it.
"You're very suspicious." Shi Tai said, and then waved her hand at the monks, "Take her to the apse." ”
"It's not me, it's not me who set the fire!" Hua Jiu was in a hurry, trying hard to break free, but the strength of a few monks was too great. No matter how much she tried to argue, she was dragged backwards by them.
At this moment, a figure flew over, and before several monks could see the faces of the comers, they had already been kicked to the ground by him several times. Immediately, Hua Jiu's waist was also tightly held by this person, and she faintly felt a familiar smell, and then saw him leap forward, tiptoe to the ground, and after a while, he flew out of the Dragon King Temple with himself.
Before everyone could react, they were gone.