Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Secret Room in the Palace
Seeing that the black lion eagle beast was not friendly, Mochizuki was a little helpless: "Brother Momiji, it seems that the big pet you saved doesn't like us very much!" ”
Ouyang Hongye tried to walk up to it, gently stroked its newly treated left eye, and comforted it: "Good boy, don't be afraid, they are friends!" ”
The black lion eagle beast lowered its head and rubbed it on his palm, as if it understood what he said, and gradually calmed down. Miraculously, it opened its otherwise injured eye, revealing a dark purple pupil that was different from the other side, and although it was still blinking because it wasn't quite used to it, it was fortunate that this eye still had sight.
It shook the feathers on its body, just like that, and raised a puff of dust, and then unguardedly combed the feathers on its back and wings, but did not forget to look up at Ouyang Hongye from time to time, as if to make sure he was still in its sight.
Mochizuki joked with Ouyang Hongye: "This big guy is in love with you, I don't know if it's male or female?" ”
Feng Huo was even more impressed, and sighed: "It's so godly, it seems that the number one prisoner of the Black Fire Purgatory can't resist your charm!" ”
Ouyang Hongye still didn't dare to believe what had just happened, after all, before deciding to enter the main hall just now to face the Black Lion Eagle Beast, he and his companions had already put their lives and deaths behind. But at this moment, this formidable behemoth was like a well-behaved kitten and let his palm gently stroke and slap on his body, this feeling made him not know how to describe it, only sighed: "In this way, this trip is far smoother than we imagined, it is like God's help!" Wind and fire, you will lead the way into the treasure secret room of the city lord of Southern Zhejiang. ”
Mochizuki pointed at the black lion eagle beast: "What about this guy?" ”
"I'll try to keep it here!" Ouyang Hongye turned his face to the Black Lion Eagle Beast and said, "Wait here, don't let others in." ”
The big black cat winked at him as if he understood, and then leaned down to lie where he was.
"Good boy!"
Ouyang Hongye didn't forget to pat its head and praise it, and it snorted from its stomach with satisfaction.
"Let's go!"
Wind and Fire led the way to the left wall of the main hall, and there were eighteen bronze leopard heads embedded side by side on the wall, as he had said earlier. He counted from one end, and counted to the ninth, reaching out to test if he could turn, and the bronze leopard's head swirled with his hand. After hearing a series of mechanical dislocation, first the wall behind the bronze leopard's head that he had just turned receded, and then the wall tiles next to it began to stagger like dominoes, forming a rectangular passage, and the wall lamps on both sides of the passage also lit up automatically one after another, and in an instant the entire passage was illuminated as if it were day.
Wind and fire led the way, and Ouyang Hongye and Mochizuki followed closely into the passage. This is a maze designed by the city lord of Nanzhejiang, compared to the palace of Nanzhejiang, this maze seems too simple, more like the narrow cave before the peach blossom spring, or the city lord of Nanzhejiang just wants to give people the kind of contrast from the ordinary maze to the wonderland-like wonderland. At the end of the maze is the private garden of the lord of Nanzhejiang City, the plants in the courtyard have long withered, the plants are like this, no matter how precious the strange flowers and plants, they are the same scene after the ruin, and then there is no trace of the beauty of the past, only the black and yellow shriveled branches remain, listlessly lodging to the ground into a piece. Seeing this scene withering, I couldn't help but feel sad in Fenghuo's heart.
The pictures carved on the four walls of the garden were a little blurry, Ouyang Hongye approached one side and found that it was because the mural was covered with a thick layer of floating dust, he waved his sleeves lightly, and the floating dust fell down, vaguely revealing the entire original appearance of the mural inside.
The paintings on the walls are made of glaze, and the three of them have never seen such a large area of glazed paintings, it is made of a piece of pre-fired exquisite and unusual glazed collage, which requires extremely high craftsmanship, and only the best craftsmen can make such large-scale glazed paintings. Figures, animals, monsters, monsters, insects, landscapes, flowers and plants on the paintings...... It's all so lifelike, and the rounded paintings seem to be filled with water vapor and mist.
The painting depicts a fairyland-like place, with flocks of cranes flying gracefully in the air on the dark amber walls, and islands surrounded by lakes growing freely with all kinds of fantastical plants, warblers singing and dancing, and flowers everywhere. On the edge of the island, a crane with extraordinary temperament raised its noble head, as if it were singing like a king, and as if calling its people who were swimming in the air. There was a special place that caught Momiji's attention, and on the chest of that crane there was a distinct symbol of the divine realm.
"Crane Spring Township?" Ouyang Hongye turned around and asked Fenghuo.
Fenghuo nodded and replied: "Well, I think it's there, the southernmost border of the demon world, and the place closest to the god realm, where everything will be purified, and the demon power can't be exerted, so a new creature has been formed there, called the feather crane, and the form is no different from the cranes in the world, but they are fairies in the demon world." ”
Ouyang Hongye fingered the painting and said: "I have also heard the legend about there, the king should be the feather crane immortal, the legend is that his beauty is extraordinary, and it transcends the limitations of gender, and is both yin and yang." ”
Fenghuo suddenly interjected: "That's the last place I want to go." ”
Ouyang Hongye was puzzled: "Why?" ”
"Don't you know there's another legend about there? The Feathered Crane Immortal will take the people he likes to the Immortal Island, and everyone who goes there will gradually lose their minds, indulge in the fairyland, and do not want to return to the original world, and finally lose their memories and turn into the cranes on the island. ”
Mochizuki patted his head and suddenly realized: "Oops! Wouldn't the Celestial Runes just hide on Eternal Life Island? ”
"Maybe that's exactly what happened." Ouyang Hongye thought thoughtfully, "It seems that all the clues point to Xianhequan Township, so let's set off there." ”
"Wait a minute, since we're here, let's take a look at the treasure of the city lord of Nanzhejiang!" Mochizuki secretly looked forward to in his heart whether there would be any aged wine treasured by the lord of Nanzhejiang City.
Ouyang Hongye had already seen his careful thoughts, and agreed: "Well, since you're here, it's okay to go and take a look, please lead the way." ”
"Good!" Wind and fire responded.
The innermost wall is actually a screen, and a gate that turns inside along the path is the treasure hiding place of the city lord of Nanzhejiang. Wind and fire lit one lamp after another with demonic power, and it was a huge warehouse filled with gold, leaving only a narrow aisle for one person to pass through, and the gold shimmered in the light, and the ground was full of dazzling that even the years could not take away. The gold here is about the same as the gold inventory in the heyday of Wangcheng Yongchuan, or even slightly more, which makes Ouyang Hongye and Mochizuki in a daze. At the end of the mountain were countless treasure chests, all kinds of rare treasures, silk and satin, many of which they had never seen before, but Mochizuki was most concerned about whether there was any wine in this treasure room.
Mochizuki asked Fenghuo eagerly: "Didn't the lord of Nanzhejiang City like to drink when he was alive?" ”
Wind and fire heard his thoughts, walked to the innermost part of the wall, and tapped a few times on a protruding brick, and the wall turned, and inside was another room. With the help of the demon fire, Mochizuki saw that there were wine racks everywhere, and there were countless wine jars of all kinds on the shelves, which immediately made him look proud, and saliva flowed in his mouth.
"Earlier, it turns out that the real baby is here." Mochizuki couldn't wait to step in, "I really want to move all this wine back to Wangcheng Yongchuan, that old man will be very happy!" I used to steal so much of his wine, and now I can compensate him several times more. ”
"When we find the Tianfu and send it back to Yongchuan, I will definitely find a way to help you move this wine back, and this gold will definitely solve a lot of problems in Wangcheng Yongchuan." Ouyang Hongye is also a lover of wine, but now they have more difficult problems to solve, so they have to reluctantly cut their love.
Mochizuki took out his own flask from his bosom: "Okay, at least let me fill this little flask of mine, right?" ”
"Give me the flask." Fenghuo said, "I know which wine tastes the best, you must like it!" ”
Fenghuo took Mochizuki's flask, sniffed in the air with his excellent sense of smell, walked to the wine shelf in the second row on the right, took down a jar of wine, and turned the lid open. The wine of the demon world is sealed with demonic power, and it will neither deteriorate or volatilize with the passage of time, no matter how many years pass, it will only become more and more fragrant. As soon as the lid of the wine was opened, the rich and mellow aroma of the wine filled the entire space, and Feng Huo did not hurry to help Mochizuki fill the wine jug.
"Sure enough, it's good wine, thank you, brother!" The moment Mochizuki picked up Fenghuo and handed it back to the flask, he suddenly sighed in his heart, it turned out that Fenghuo was not as impersonal as he had imagined.
The three of them walked out along the way they had come, passing a place full of gold and jewels, but they did not have the slightest nostalgia, and they all knew that something more important awaited them.
The black lion eagle beast was still waiting in the main hall of the Nanzhejiang Palace, it heard Ouyang Hongye's voice early, and happily spun around in place, as soon as it saw him coming, it began to shake its head and constantly show its joy and excitement. With it, the mourning ghosts didn't dare to break into the main hall at all.
Mochizuki also had a good impression of it, and touched its feathers with his upper hand next to him, saying, "Give it a name, for the sake of its love at first sight!" ”
"It was born in Nanzhejiang Palace, so let's call it Xiaonan, okay?" Ouyang Hongye thought for a moment and said, then stroked the head of the black lion eagle beast with his hand, "Xiao Nan! Xiao Nan! ”
The black lion eagle beast seemed to understand, and chirped happily, it's okay if it doesn't scream, the sound is too penetrating, like a thunderbolt, and they can't help but cover their ears when they look at the moon behind them.
"Shhhh Good boy, good boy! ”
Ouyang Hongye patted it a little harder, letting it slowly calm down.
Fenghuo asked, "What are you going to do with it?" Take it with you to Xianhequan Township? ”
"It's up to it to choose, if it's willing to follow us." Ouyang Hongye looked at Xiao Nan, and he didn't think it was ugly anymore, and it was even a little cute.
"You don't need to ask, it will definitely follow you, don't say, after watching it for a long time, you won't think it's ugly, and it's a little like you!" The first half of Mochizuki's sentence and Ouyang Hongye thought of one place, and the second half of the sentence was purely to make fun of him.
Ouyang Hongye glared at him and said to the Black Lion Eagle Beast, "Xiao Nan, are you willing to follow us to see the outside world?" It's also a barren place, but there's a place where you can soar. Then he turned to Mochizuki and them, "Let's go, see if it will follow us." ”
They walked towards the outside of the main hall together, and the black lion eagle beast obediently followed behind Ouyang Hongye, and as soon as they left the main hall, mourning ghosts came from all directions again. Xiao Nan waved his wings and jumped in front of Ouyang Hongye, and within a few clicks, a large number of mourning ghosts were easily torn to pieces by it like a whirlwind cloud.
Feng Huo saw it in his eyes and couldn't help but sigh: "This guy is too powerful!" ”
Mochizuki agreed: "Yes, if only it could follow us all the time!" ”
With the Black Lion Eagle Beast taking the lead, there was no need for Ouyang Hongye to make a move, and the mourning ghosts soon couldn't parry, and retreated to make a way. At this time, there was the sound of fighting weapons in front of him.