Chapter 118: The Insatiable Firebird
In the fresh night, the moon exudes a cold light in the sky, the stars lie lazily blinking in the heavenly river, and the Moxianglou is very quiet.
Ji Lie refused Chen Su's invitation and stayed in Moxiang Building. Five hundred soldiers are stationed outside the Moxiang Building, and tonight they will have their cold armor on their pillows and count the stars in the sky.
The big firebird had dinner on a pyre, and it had a hearty dinner, a large poisonous snake, a dozen eggs, and a bucket of bran porridge. The porridge was boiled by Ji Lie, and there was enough bracken in it, which smelled fragrant, and as for the big poisonous snake, of course, it was caught by the big firebird, which was its main dish, and the origin of the dozen eggs was unknown, Ji Lie was worried about this, he thought, maybe after a while, someone would rush in with a stick, and without saying a word, he and his bird would be thieves.
The Flying Tiger is a thief. No, the big firebird is a thief. Oh no, it's a bandit.
Alas, who would believe it?
Far away, in a small attic, the attic window is half open, with a little light, a slender figure is edited by the light and moonlight, the haze is very beautiful, but Tonghua's heart is not good, today is the thirty-third day she tracked Ji Lie, but the wicked man is still free, you see him lying on the firewood pile and stilting his legs, his demeanor and posture are so comfortable.
What a terrible pleasantness, all this is to blame on the great firebird, it is too cautious, and at the slightest wind and grass, it will fly around. So, Tonghua thought to himself that if he wanted to achieve his goal, he had to kill the big firebird first. However, how can the great firebird be killed when it flies in the sky?
One of her junior brothers said, "Has my sister ever caught a bird?" This is how the urchin in the countryside catches birds, sprinkles grain under the tree, and makes a big cage on top of the grain, as long as the bird goes under the cage to eat the food, he pulls the rope on the cage, and the cage is covered with a 'flutter', even if the bird has wings, it cannot fly away. ”
That's a great idea.
At that time, Tonghua's eyes lit up, as beautiful as cutting water autumn pupils, she thought, that big firebird can grow so big, and its appetite must not be small, and ordinary food may not tempt it, so she personally went to the aunt next door to buy a nest of eggs, starting from the outside of the yard where Ji Lie lived, walking all the way, throwing all the way, until the trap that had been set up for a long time. And the trap was perfect, the thick canopy covered the huge cage so tightly that it was impossible to see it if you didn't look closely, and the cage was so strong that even a pig could be covered by it.
The great firebird was very greedy, and soon it came, and it walked upright like a man, and walked with a general's step, and looked quite complacent, and it took up an egg at the mouth of the yard, and did not eat it, but tilted its head, and stuffed the egg under its wings, and the egg did not roll out, and in a moment it saw a large pile of eggs under the tree.
And so, tragedy unfolded.
Of course, it was the tragedy of Tonghua, not the tragedy of the great firebird, which swooped towards the pile of eggs, opened its mouth and went to latch, one after another, three times and five divided by two, all under its wings.
Tonghua was very nervous, she had killed rabbits and kittens and puppies, and she had killed the king of ink wolves, but she had never caught a bird, inexplicably, her heart was beating more and more, her palms were full of sweat, and even the tip of her small nose was covered with sweat, watching it pick up the last egg, she actually closed her eyes and pulled the rope in her hand violently.
Quickly 'pounce', quickly 'pounce'.
She closed her eyes and prayed, and her junior brother said, "Pounce", the cage will be covered, and no matter how much it can fly, it will not be able to fly away. However, after waiting for a while, she didn't hear a 'pounce'.
There was silence all around, and she opened her eyes in a daze, only to find that she was pulling a handful of weeds in her hand, and that rope, that rope, oh my God, oh my God, why was that rope at my feet?
"Goo." At that moment, the great firebird saw Tonghua hidden in the grass, and it cried, and its cry was very distinctive, as if it was mocking, and its red eyes also hid a strange charm.
Tonghua blushed.
"Kill."
The six junior brothers and sisters jumped out of the grass in unison, they surrounded the big firebird, ready to forcibly subdue it, however, the tragedy intensified, the big firebird waved its wings and rushed left and right, and the blocker was invincible, and it actually broke out of the encirclement.
It rushed to the entrance of the courtyard, turned around, and shouted 'coo-coo' at the crimson-faced Tonghua, as if to say, I'm gone, I won't play with you anymore.
Oh, my God......
Tonghua watched it leave in a daze, from beginning to end, she didn't make a move, this is incredible, the teacher once said that her spiritual sense is higher than ordinary people, so when fighting with the king of the ink wolf, she can always calmly capture the attack line of the king of the ink wolf, so as to dodge one step in advance. But now she swore that she was really stunned just now, watching it swagger away in front of her. Moreover, it is unbelievable that the six brothers and sisters are all good at choosing thousands of people, but the strength of the six people can't stop a bird, oh no, this bird hasn't flown yet, and it still protects the eggs under its wings, so it only has one wing, like a one-armed man. If this is said, Mo Yuanshan's face will be lost.
"Alas......"
In the attic, Tonghua looked at the black and white flower on her wrist, and sighed faintly, now she finally understands that the so-called big evil and small evil of the teacher, I can't even get rid of the evil bird raised by a little wicked, what other big evil can I get rid of?
"Senior sister."
At this time, a junior disciple walked towards her, it was the junior brother who came up with the idea, he was the youngest disciple of Moyuan Mountain Tianzi, only fifteen years old, and he had always been very smart.
"Senior sister, have you heard? Yan died evilly. ”
Tonghua was silent, the news of Yan Qixie's death spread, there are two versions in the world, one is that he died at the hands of the Shangqing Guan Li of Yan State, and the other is that he died under the conspiracy of an enemy country, however, no matter what kind of statement, the assassin is a child of the Mo family in Baicheng.
It's not a disciple of the Mo family, the most powerful chief disciple in Baicheng is still here, and he can't even fight an insatiable monster bird, Tong Hua thought leisurely.
"Senior sister, whether it is the hand of our Mo family disciples or not, but their methods can be used for reference, I heard that it was a man in white who played the piano, which attracted Yan Qievil to go, and lost his mind in the sound of the piano, giving the assassin hiding in the tree a chance to take advantage of. Senior sister's piano skills are unique in the world, even if Cai Xuan is in person. Why don't you imitate those two assassins, play the piano under the moon, and lure that Ji Lie to the bait. ”
The junior brother's eyes were as bright as stars in the moonlight, but Tonghua thought, if that little wicked man didn't understand the rhythm, wouldn't it be playing the piano to the cow?
However, Tonghua is the chief disciple of Baicheng, in Baicheng, in addition to the teacher, as long as she wears black and white clothes, regardless of age, she is her junior brother and sister, and she is a well-deserved person under ten thousand people.
Tonghua's decision was to give it a try.
"Senior sister, just play that song "Ten Thousand Birds and a Phoenix"."
Tonghua nodded, but his face was slightly red.
……
The quiet night is like water, softly spreading pieces of mist.
After the big firebird finished its dinner, he followed the example of Ji Lie and lay down on the firewood. Ji Lie lay beside it, sniffing its unique scent, feeling calm inside, and unconsciously, he hummed a song.
The song is tactful, but he can't understand the words.
The old witch sat on the steps, holding a short sword in his hand and cutting the branch, the moonlight dragged his shadow very long, he held the cane that was about to take shape, and looked towards the firewood, Ji Lie's side face looked particularly soft in the moonlight, and the scars at the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, but those eyes were bottomless.
Hou Zi is a nostalgic person, he has not forgotten the past, so he will walk this desperate road eleven years ago again, instead of going to Hengchuan Crossing, however, anyone who has experienced such a past will be like this, a smart person, but can only live like a fool, ridiculed, used, ruthlessly abandoned without value, death wanders by his side, kisses his face. And this, in the end, is it the ruthlessness of heaven and earth, or his fate?
That's a divine bird, Suzaku, something that an extraordinary person can control.
I have to live, live in the place of yin and yang. I want to watch with my eyes open and see that the will of the Great God of Haotian is spread to every corner of the land of Zhongzhou.
The staff was a little prickly, and the old wizard pressed it against the steps, and rubbed it against the rough stone like a sharpening knife.
What was Ji Yeol thinking? He didn't think about anything, and as he got closer and closer to the Liuyuan River, he seemed to hear the sound of the rushing river, and as if he saw a child in this courtyard raise his sword and dig a big hole. The pit was buried by weeds, and the people who had dug it with him were gone, except for a bird to accompany him.
He looked at the stars in the sky, and the stars were watching him.
The reflection of the starlight in his eyes was intoxicating.
The sound of the piano sounded appropriately.
It floated from afar, very softly, like a tossing leaf, and the leaf flew gently along the alley, over the high courtyard wall, and danced lightly in the moonlight. When the big firebird heard the sound of the harp, its eyelids twitched, but it didn't open them, it rolled over and covered Ji Lie with its thick wings.
"Proprietor, someone is playing the piano."
The moonlight caressed the green fence wall, and under the crooked neck willow tree, a snow-clothed woman was repairing the Guser in front of her by the moonlight, and beside her, there were two women kneeling, they were wearing blue and white clothes, one was making tea on the fire, and the other was holding her chin with both hands, looking at the snow-clothed woman for a moment.
The sound of the piano became softer and softer, like a whisper, like a speaker.
The woman dragging her chin flashed her big eyes and pouted, "Proprietor, this piano sound is so strange, why is it so seductive?" ”
"Really?" The woman in the snow suit didn't look up, but was very attentive to the fifty strings.
"yes, my soul is flying away."
"It's flying away, but it hasn't flown away yet." The woman who was making tea interjected.
"Proprietor, I hope to see you."
At this time, a gentle voice sounded outside the courtyard, the woman with her chin dragged went to open the courtyard door, and a rich man walked in, he came to the snow-clothed woman, hesitated, and said: "Proprietor, I want to ...... you."
"If you want to see him and catch up with him, then go ahead, but you have to hurry up, or ......" The snow-clad woman looked up and smiled slightly.
"Otherwise, his soul will be gone."