Chapter Twenty-Five: The Crossing of the Mountain King
At the end of September of the twentieth year of Zhenguan, the land of Liaodong began to enter winter, and it was ushering in the first snow of the year.
However, in the area of Taibai Mountain, there was not only snow in the sky, but also thunder, the thunder was deafening, and the lightning was one after another, like a sharp blade cutting through the sky, and the situation was very terrifying.
Thunder in winter can be described as abnormal, and abnormality is demonic!
Next to Tianchi Waterfall, the lightning shone the white fox's face flickering, but it still looked up at the sky, and its emotions were not affected at all, only a faint melancholy in its eyes.
"Goro!" A shout came suddenly, and then a blue light fell in mid-air, and a man in brocade clothes appeared in front of the white fox, it was the fox king Tu Shanqing.
The white fox said in a light tone: "It turned out to be the eldest brother, I don't know what you are doing here?" β
The fox king's expression was slightly anxious: "Gorou, didn't you see this lightning and thunder in the sky?" In such a situation, it is clear that there is a demon crossing the catastrophe! β
The white fox didn't care about it: "What if there is a demon crossing the catastrophe, what does it have to do with me?" β
"Gorou, think about it, how many nearly six-hundred-year-old monsters are there in this Taibai Mountain, who else is there besides that mountain king?"
"Hehe, since he is old, isn't it normal to cross the Heavenly Tribulation?"
"It's normal, but you know that if he survives this catastrophe, it will be very unfavorable to my fox clan, and I'm worried about it!"
"Big brother, you have more than a thousand years of Taoism, do you need to be afraid of a rising generation who has only been practicing Taoism for 600 years, and you are not afraid of making people laugh when you say it?"
The fox king's face was slightly uneasy, but after a while, he returned to normal: "Although I have a thousand years of Taoism, but the mountain monarch is a fox nemesis, what can I do to him?" In the past, I was able to contend with him with Taoism, but if he survived the catastrophe, his Taoism would inevitably increase greatly, and in this way, he would be even more arrogant and domineering, and the agreement between me and him on non-intrusion would be null and void, and then the foxes and foxes would never be at peace! Gorou, your deeds are far superior to mine, and you must help me in this matter! β
The white fox said: "Big brother, that's your fox grandson, and it's not mine, what do they have to do with me?" β
The fox king's face was slightly angry: "Wulang, the foundation of the fox valley was created by Aya single-handedly, and it is our home, how can you say what it has to do with you!" β
"Home? It used to be, but since the death of Aya Xian, it hasn't been! I've been imprisoned here for more than 70 years, and I've never seen a fox or fox grandson come to visit me, and even the number of times you've come is only a handful, can this be called home? β
The fox king was stunned, and after a while, he suddenly turned angry into laughter: "Gorou, is it the eldest brother, the eldest brother can't stand you, the eldest brother must repent!" By the way, I think you must be very lonely here, why don't I send a good-looking fox queen to serve you in the future? β
The white fox's eyes narrowed slightly: "Big brother, are you going to do business with me?" β
"We are brothers, how can we say it so ugly? Let me ask you, are you still satisfied with this condition? β
"Hehe, big brother, in order to practice, those fox queens in your group of fox valleys can lure men all over the world and specialize in collecting yang and supplementing yin, do you think I can look at such dirty goods?"
Surprise flashed in the fox king's eyes, he looked at the white fox and smiled: "Goro, you really make the eldest brother a little incomprehensible!" What is the meaning of chastity for our foxes, cultivation is the king, and the more men who experience it, the more charming those fox queens will become, and the more they know the hearts of men, isn't this what you liked the most before? Why, after staying in the world for a long time, you have become as dignified as a mortal? β
"What's the matter, anyway, I just don't look down on those fox queens of yours! But it's not impossible for you to let me help you, as long as you promise me another condition! β
"Oh, on what terms?"
The white fox looked at the fox king and said word by word: "Help me lift the seal of the emperor!" β
The fox king's face changed greatly, and he immediately said with a bitter face: "Goro, you have mentioned this matter more than once, but I also told you, I really don't dare to do it, don't you embarrass the eldest brother, okay?" β
"If you refuse to help me, then I'll treat you as if you haven't come!"
The fox king said angrily: "Gorou, how can you be like this, do you still miss brotherhood? β
The white fox sneered again and again: "Big brother, do you miss brotherhood very much?" You have always known why I have a grudge with the emperor, but you are still pretending to be confused! It's just a matter of pretending to be confused, I could have begged Lao Jun to help me uphold justice, but only you know my whereabouts, if you hadn't revealed it to the emperor, how could the emperor intercept me halfway and suppress me here? When I am in this situation, do you have a clear conscience? β
The fox king's face gradually turned red, and after a long time, he said angrily: "Don't wronged good people indiscriminately! Okay, since you doubt me, then when I have never been here, I will deal with it myself, and everyone will have their own destiny in the future! With that, he flicked his sleeves and turned into a blue light and left.
"Hehehehe-hehe-" After the fox king left, the white fox still let out a series of sneers from his mouth, and after a long time, he lay his head on the stone, ignoring the intensifying lightning and thunder in his eyes, but there was a hollowness and loneliness that could not be hidden.
"Aunt Hong, Aunt Hong, you've been gone for more than a month, why haven't you come back, are you really leaving me like this?"
October of the twentieth year of Zhenguan, Youzhou City.
"Black brother, can you help me remove the talisman on my back, I will be grateful to you!"
"By the way, where is your hometown, Ethiopia or Congo?"
"I beg you to speak, don't you know how to speak Tang?"
"Hey, where is your master?"
In the small room of an inconspicuous inn, Zhou Hongxian tapped his index finger on the table with a depressed expression, and not far in front of her, the Kunlun Nu Aji stood by the door like a rock, and no matter what she said, Aji was like a dumb person and did not say a word.
Zhou Hongxian couldn't help but insert his ten fingers into his hair, and said with a bitter and bitter face: "I really beg you to bring me to Chang'an quickly, even if it is made into canned fox meat, it is better than being driven crazy by you!" β
In fact, it is no wonder that Zhou Hongxian is so bitter and hateful, because her patience has really reached a critical point.
For more than a month, this Kunlun Nu Aji and his master Qiu Miao kidnapped her all the way from Yanhe Town to Youzhou City, Qiu Miao was afraid of her identity as a fox demon and was afraid that she would be seduced on the road, so he didn't talk to her during the whole process, and he also forbade Aji to do so.
What's more, Qiu Miao completely treats her as a commodity, every day when he is in a hurry, he will ask Aji to put her in that sack, and only let her out when she rests, Zhou Hongxian is faced with the darkness in the sack most of the time, and even some day and night, and she seems to be lost in the island in Robinson Crusoe, accumulating depression and depression.
There was a knock on the door outside the guest room, and then Qiu Miao's voice came: "Aji, take her, let's continue on our way!" β
Aji finally spoke: "Yes, master! β
"You two trash, sooner or later, you're going to sufferβ" Before the scolding words were finished, Zhou Hongxian was gagged with a strip of cloth, and then the whole person was forced into the sack again.
Qiu Miao and Aji took Zhou Hong out of Youzhou City, and continued southward all the way, passing through Cangzhou a few days later, and then in mid-October, they accidentally got lost and walked in front of a lofty mountain.
Seeing that there was no shop in front of the village and behind the village, Qiu Miao was a little worried: "Hey, I knew that I shouldn't have chosen this shortcut!" It stands to reason that further south should be Husu County, but the direction of this barren mountain range is difficult to discern, how to do it? β
He frowned for a long time, and suddenly saw a middle-aged man dressed as a woodcutter passing by in the distance, he was immediately overjoyed, and called the woodcutter and said, "This fellow, dare to ask how to go to Husu County?" β
The woodcutter was also very surprised to meet Qiu Miao here, and then he glanced at Aji, and his eyes flashed with surprise. "Sir, are you going to Husu County?"
"Exactly, I don't know if my fellow can show me the way, I will be rewarded!
The woodcutter's eyes showed a slight joy, and he said with a smile: "It's easy to say, my family lives outside Husu County, and I just lead the way for my husband!" β
Qiu Miao was overjoyed when she heard this, so she took Aji to follow her.
"Listening to Mr.'s accent, he doesn't look like a local, why did he come to this barren mountain and wilderness?"
"I was from Luoyang, I was originally going to Youzhou to visit my friends, hey, I accidentally got lost on the way back, so I strayed into this place!"
"Oh, I see! Oh, sir, watch your step! β
After walking in the mountains for a long time, the woodcutter suddenly said: "This entourage of the gentleman looks so strange, could it be the legendary Kunlun slave?" β
When Qiu Miao heard this, his heart suddenly became vigilant, and he said in his heart how could a mountain woodcutter know Kunlun Nu, but when he was thinking about how to answer, the woodcutter opened his mouth again: "I heard that a Kunlun Nu can sell ten taels of gold in Chang'an and Luoyang, and a pure black skin like Mr. is worth 100 gold, I don't know if it's true or not?" β
Qiu Miao's forehead suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he said with sloppy eyes: "Fellow is laughing, these are just hearsay!" Think about it, with Kunlun Nu's ugly appearance, where can it be worth it? β
The woodcutter suddenly turned his head, stared at Qiu Miao with his eyes straight and said, "Mr. still dares not to tell the truth here, it seems that he has no consciousness of being a fat sheep!" β
Qiu Miao's heart jumped, and she said sharply: "Who are you, why do you want to disguise yourself as a woodcutter?" β
The woodcutter laughed, suddenly stretched out his hand and whistled, and bursts of shouts and shouts suddenly sounded in all directions in the mountains and forests, how could Qiu Miao not know what was happening at this moment, his arms couldn't help but fall, and his face was like ashes: "What kind of rush did I commit, why did I come and be robbed, and I was also robbed when I went?" β
(Author's note: Recently, I have been thinking about a new plot in the follow-up, but I don't know how to transition in the middle, I have been uninspired, I am very tired from writing, and I have deleted and changed it until now.) οΌ