Chapter Eighty-Six: Ill-fated
"Amitabha, the Blood Demon Palace seems to have discovered us!" Zen Master Huiben trembled slightly, and let out a whining sound, as if chanting in Sanskrit.
When Li Ji heard this, he suddenly leaned over the entrance of the cave to investigate, and sure enough, he saw that in the dark mountain forest in front of him, a huge fireball suddenly rose, with a red light, dragging the long tail of flames, like flying stones out of the sky.
When he saw the fireball suddenly rise from the forest, he was stunned for a moment.
Immediately afterward, when the fireball rose and fell sharply, he saw his eyes widen, and he turned to Zen Master Huiben and said urgently: "Master, the Blood Demon Palace is throwing fireballs at our hiding place......
Before he could finish speaking, the huge fireball landed near the entrance of the cave, making a huge explosion and sending sparks into the sky.
"Little donor, don't panic! Don't forget what you said today, even if the old man dies, he will have no regrets! The Blood Demon Palace is determined to get the trick of the wind and clouds, and will definitely not let the old man go. Now, you and I will split up, I will drag them from the east, and you will flee to the west, so that there is a glimmer of life. You have a heavy responsibility, profound blessings, and the auspicious people have their own heavenly appearance, so you should be able to escape this catastrophe, if you can't escape, then the heavens will fall, and the catastrophe is coming. ”
"Master ......"
"Let's go!"
The noise grew closer, and fireballs landed near the entrance of the cave one after another, making earth-rending explosions, igniting a raging fire, and choking with a thick puff of smoke.
After Zen Master Huiben finished speaking, he took the lead in drilling out of the secret cave, staggered to the east, and shouted towards the noisy place in the mountains and forests: "Amitabha......!
Li Ji looked at the fading figure of Master Huiben, and said silently in his heart: "Master, cherish!"
He ran to the west path, the sound behind him getting quieter and quieter, until he could no longer hear it, and the silence all around him was restored, except for the sound of his own rustling through the jungle.
After galloping for a mile or so, a dull scream suddenly rang out from the east, resounding through the valley and breaking the silence of the night.
The scream, in this valley, was stretched for a long time, echoing continuously, and it was terrifying.
"Master......" Li Ji heard the voice, his body couldn't help shaking, and a trace of foreboding passed through his heart, could it be that something happened to Zen Master Huiben?
Thinking of what he had entrusted him with in danger, he knew that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, so he didn't dare to slack off, took a deep breath, stretched his legs hard, and ran forward frantically.
I don't know how long I ran, but the sky was already dark, and the valley was not as dark as it was at night.
A light mist shrouded the treetops, making the trees even greener. The mountains and forests loom in the distance, bringing people back to their dreams like a freehand landscape painting.
"Rustling ......"
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the grass, extremely fast, from far to near, louder and louder.
"Could it be that the people from the Blood Demon Palace are chasing and killing?" Li Ji broke out in a cold sweat, holding his breath, and didn't dare to come out.
Just when the nerves were tense, there was a sudden sound in the lush grass.
The green grass shook slightly, and a white shadow jumped out of the grass, and a white and fat hare jumped up and swooped down at Li Ji's feet.
The hare was obviously very panicked, and even slammed into Li Ji in a panic.
"I was shocked, it turned out to be a hare......"
Li Ji thought the little white rabbit was very cute, and couldn't help but reach out and pick it up.
Just as he was about to touch it, the rabbit seemed to be frightened, and jumped away, and when he jumped forward, he was suddenly pierced by a feathered arrow, and was firmly nailed to the ground, and the arrow passed through its body.
The rabbit struggled a few times in great misery, his limbs spasmed, and he screamed twice before he stopped moving.
Li Ji was so shocked that he didn't know where the feather arrow came from, so he hid in the grass.
Just as he was panicking, several figures not far away were holding torches, quickly shuttling between the jungles.
Li Ji glanced slightly, and saw that the people who came were all dressed in brocade, not like people from the Blood Demon Palace.
Despite this, Li Ji did not dare to relax at all, because the rivers and lakes were sinister, people's hearts were unpredictable, he did not know the identity of the other party, his friends and enemies were unknown, and he did not dare to show up rashly.
These brocade-clothed people chased the hare all the way, and suddenly stopped in a place three zhang away, and the brocade-clothed people led by them raised one hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then holding bows and arrows, as if listening to something.
One of them said, "Something seems to be moving in the grass?"
"Is it a wild boar?"
The brocade-clothed man led by him pointed a bow and arrow at Li Ji's hiding place, and Li Ji was so frightened that he panicked in his heart, and beads of sweat immediately oozed from his forehead.
When the man in brocade was about to shoot a feather arrow, he suddenly heard a voice from the grass: "Cough, it's me, it's not a wild boar, a good man wants to shoot an arrow!"
Li Ji stood up tremblingly, raised his hands, smiled innocently, and begged for mercy.
"Who are you, and why are you sneaking here?"
Several brocade-clothed men unsheathed their swords, bursting with cold light, surrounding Li Ji and staring nervously at the surroundings.
The brocade-clothed man led by him rushed up with an arrow and kicked him fiercely.
Li Ji suddenly received his leg, staggered under his feet, and fell to the ground suddenly.
"Say, By whom do you dare to follow us secretly and plot against us......
Li Ji saw that the Jinyi man was fierce and unreasonable, so he touched the blood on the corner of his mouth, stood up, looked at him and said, "I'm just passing by here, I'm not a bad person." ”
"Bastard, don't tell the truth, do you?"
The figure of the man in brocade appeared in front of Li Ji like a ghost, and his left hand swung out as fast as lightning, and slapped him in the face fiercely!
"Smack!" With a crisp sound, Li Ji was almost knocked to the ground by this slap, his body staggered back, and five distinct finger prints appeared on his left cheek, as if they were engraved, and the muscles near the finger prints quickly turned red and purple, swollen and deformed.
Li Ji raised his hand to cover his cheek in pain, glared at the brocade man with angry eyes, and said, "What you say is true!"
"Dare to be hard-mouthed, it seems that I won't give you some color to see, you don't know how good I am!"
As he spoke, the Jinyi man led by him scolded angrily, waving his sword and wanting to slash at Li Ji, when suddenly a childish voice sounded: "Stop......"
When several brocade-clothed people heard this, their faces were shocked, and they bowed behind them and saluted: "Young master, ......"
Li Ji fixed his eyes and saw a brocade girl in a grosgrain dress with beautiful facial features, shaking a pair of small braids, jumping as she walked, walking towards this side, surrounded by dozens of fierce-looking brocade clothes behind her.
The long eyelashes of the brocade girl trembled slightly, and she exuded an unusual aura all over her body, and said, "What are you doing?
"Master Qiqi, the rabbit has been shot, and a person with bad intentions has been caught, and he is being interrogated?"
"I'm going to see who eats the bear's heart and leopard's gall and dares to go wild here!"
The brocade grosgrain girl snorted, walked closer, stared at a pair of big black eyes, and looked Li Ji up and down with curiosity.
After a while, she was stunned, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, but she quickly returned to her cold appearance and said, "It's you?"
Gentle eyes, sweet face, beautiful and generous with a hint of indifference, like a thorny rose, a little arrogant under the delicate appearance.
Li Ji took a closer look and felt that this girl, although very unfamiliar, was very familiar.
"Aren't you the bold Li ...... Gee?"
The brocade grosgrain girl's eyes lit up, she tilted her head sideways and thought for a while, and suddenly called out Li Ji's name, revealing a luxurious aura in her faint tone.
Li Ji was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know how to answer, and secretly wondered: "Who is this person?
Although she was a little familiar, she couldn't remember it for a while, and secretly wondered what she meant by this.
While he was meditating, he suddenly heard the brocade grosgrain girl covering her mouth and laughing: "What, have you forgotten?
After she mentioned it, Li Ji suddenly remembered that when she fled to Yangxian that day, she passed by Zhuling Village and met a young lady from an official family.
It's really a narrow road, I didn't expect to meet her here.
"Oh, it's you!"
"Phew, you remember people now! What a lack of kindness! Come, tie me to the carriage with this scheming fellow, keep watch over it, and wait with me on the return journey to see how I can clean him up." ”
Everyone was stunned, they didn't expect the young master to ask in person about such a trivial matter, although he didn't know what to do, but he didn't dare to squeak, so he tied up Li Ji and stuffed it into the carriage.
Li Ji scolded: "Who are you? Are you a robber? You actually acted arbitrarily and deliberately kidnapped, it is really a kingless law......
Before he could finish, a mass of rags was shoved into his mouth.
With a cynical smile on the corner of her mouth, the brocade girl looked at the young man stuffed in the carriage playfully, and said: "This girl is Wang Fa, you didn't make a big deal of nonsense at the beginning, 'I'd rather bully the white bearded man than the poor young man'." Now, the heavens are clear, the retribution is unpleasant, since you are guilty of it in my hands, I will specifically bully you, a poor young man, ......"
After speaking, he closed the curtain of the car and disappeared, only to hear the sound of horses' hooves outside, a large number of people, under the order of the brocade grosgrain girl, all the way to the wild gallop, I don't know where to go.
At this time, Li Ji couldn't cry or laugh, and couldn't help but secretly worry: "I can't imagine that I just got out of the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den, and my fate was unlucky!"
Looking up at the carriage, it can be called a luxurious luxury, spacious and bright, the furnishings are scattered, and the corner of the carriage is inlaid with a night pearl the size of an egg, which illuminates the carriage as bright as day.
On the luxurious soft couch, there is a long-haired white fox skin, a sandalwood case, and the four treasures of the study room are placed on the case, and the calligraphy and paintings of famous artists are hung on both sides of the car wall, which makes the whole carriage both luxurious and exudes a bookish atmosphere.
Li Ji had never seen such a scene, and if it weren't for the fact that his hands and feet were tied, and his mouth was stuffed with a rag, lying on such a luxurious carriage at this time, swaying all the way, it was also a supreme pleasure.
The carriage kept walking, and the sound of the horses' hooves could be faintly heard outside, but the difference was that around the carriage, the sound of horses' hooves became more and more.
In this way, as the carriage galloped for half a day, Li Ji did not close his eyes all night, and fell asleep under the swaying of the carriage.
I don't know how long it took, when there was a sudden sudden brake, Li Ji's forehead slammed into the wooden frame, and he woke up suddenly.
At this time, I heard a voice outside the carriage: "Young Master Qiqi, the place has arrived!"
The brocade grosgrain girl whispered: "Well, I know, make proper arrangements, and be careful." ”
"Yes!"
The curtain of the car was suddenly opened, and before he could see the face of the comer, Li Ji was put on a black hood, and he couldn't see anything at once, and he couldn't speak, so angry that Li Ji scolded in his heart.
was carried by several people for a long time, and after going around for I don't know how many roads, I only heard a door knock, and Li Ji was thrown on the bed in a room.
Someone removed his black hood and closed the door, leaving Li Ji alone.
Li Ji blinked, gradually getting used to the bright light in the room, and his eyes gradually became clearer.
I saw that I was in an antique room, covered with pale yellow accounts, surrounded by countless heart-shaped lamps, with a faint sandalwood fragrance filling my side, and the hollow carved windows shining into the fine moonlight, it seemed that it was nightfall.
Li Ji took a closer look, and couldn't help but be shocked by the luxury in front of him, the guqin stood in the corner, the bronze mirror was placed on the wooden dresser, the delicate carvings were extraordinary, and a burst of rosewood wafted from time to time, quiet and beautiful, fresh and leisurely.
The veil hangs low, creating a hazy atmosphere, and the surrounding stone walls are covered with brocade, and even the ceiling is separated by embroidered felt, which is both warm and warm. The furnishings are also used in the girl's boudoir, extremely luxurious, the finely carved jade tooth bed, the brocade quilt is embroidered, and the curtain hook also hangs a small sachet, scattering a faint fragrance.
Li Ji frowned, and scolded in his heart: "These people are ruthless enough, they were actually stuffed into the girl's boudoir by them, if they go out, people will mistakenly think that they are the prodigal son, it is really unreasonable!"