Out of Jiming Temple, all the way to the Qinhuai River, Qi Chen walked along the river, swaggering, looking at the coolly dressed fireworks women in the attics on both sides, listlessly leaning on the railing, yawning, lazily stretching out a handkerchief, and shaking it towards himself.

It's not lazy, it's really sleepy, Qi Chen shook his head, it seems that the Qinglou everywhere is about the same, and when the night falls, it's the time to lift your spirits.

On the first day of taking office, it was rumored that he was in Qinhuai's downstairs, and he really had no face to go down.

Inquire all the way, see the entrance of the rock sugar alley from a distance, thank you to the lady who sells salted ducks, and rush into the small alley in stride.

Wen Xiang nephrite was put into his arms, Qi Chen was still surprised, and saw a pale green figure staggered back by himself, sitting on the ground.

Xiao Ya fell to the ground, frowned and endured the pain, raised her pale little face, glanced at the big man in front of her, saw that his eyes were strange and scary, she hurriedly lowered her head, supported the ground with her hands, and stood up.

"I'm sorry, little girl, you left too quickly, are you okay. ”

Scratching his head, Qi Chen took a step forward and bowed his head to apologize.

Xiao Ya lowered her head to sort out her clothes, glanced at the bronze waist card on Qi Chen's waist, raised her head in surprise, and looked at the big man with a meaty face in front of her.

A pair of fierce eyes, as if staring at herself with bad intentions, Xiao Ya hurriedly lowered her head, walked around, and ran into the distance.

Turning to look at the delicate green shadow running all the way away, Qi Chen scratched his head again, and muttered incredulously,

"It's strange that this little girl walks without making a sound. ”

Shaking his head, he walked along the bluestone path all the way to the end. The door of the small courtyard facing south is tightly closed, and the lock is still on it, and the courtyard wall is only up to the chest, stretching out his head to look at the courtyard, blue bricks and red tiles, yellow wood carved windows, and three exquisite huts. There is also a small pavilion in the courtyard, a row of grape trellises next to the gazebo, grape vines climb all over the shelves, green leaves, full of vitality, I just don't know if there is anyone to live.

Turning his head to look north, he nodded with satisfaction, not bad, the same as the structure of the south courtyard, the yard is also very small, the ground is flat, clean and tidy, and there are pavilions, but unfortunately there are no vines.

Stretched out his hand to push open the door, but did not hear a sound, quite strange, saw the main door ajar, walked forward, and shouted softly,

"Mother, uncle?"

"Is it Xiaobao?"

When the voice of his mother came, Qi Chen put his mind at ease, strode over, pushed open the door, and saw his mother sitting on a wooden chair in the main hall, with an empty tea bowl and an iron kettle next to him.

"Mother, where is my uncle?"

Qi Chenniang smiled slightly and said,

"He's not idle, so he's going shopping. Xiaobao, sit down and talk to your mother, your uncle said that you are here to catch monsters, aren't you an official? Why did you suddenly become a Taoist priest who catches monsters?"

Qi Chen frowned angrily, and scolded his uncle in his heart, what if this demonic thing scares my mother?

I didn't think that I had just walked for a while, and I was poked open by my uncle, which was really hateful, so I hurriedly lowered my head, poured a bowl of tea, put it in my mother's hand, and laughed softly,

"Don't listen to my uncle's nonsense, he often tells some stories of demons and monsters to make you happy, I just came to Jinling on an errand, just like our Hangzhou Mansion, looking for the street, catching thieves, how can there be monsters. ”

Sighing, Qi Chenniang whispered,

"I didn't tell your old Uncle Li a word, so I hurriedly came, and then went back to Hangzhou to see how embarrassed you were to eat its pastries. ”

His face darkened, Qi Chen thought of Lao Li, sighed in his heart, and smiled in his mouth,

"Mother, it's all said, Uncle Li is busy over there, and when we go back, I'll take the wine and go to make amends to him. ”

I didn't dare to say more, diverted the topic, said some local characters in Jinling, supported my mother to the back room, made the bed, and let her lie down with peace of mind.

Hearing the sound of familiar footsteps in the yard, he furrowed his eyebrows, walked out of the back room, carefully closed the door, clicked his fingers, and walked towards the yard.

Liu Yishui was holding a custard puppy, smiling, swaying in the courtyard with small steps, seeing the figure of the main hall flashing, and his nephew Qi Chen walked towards him with an unkind face, his heart trembled, and he was about to shout.

How could he give him a chance, Qi Chen swept over, covered his mouth, and shouted in a low voice,

"Don't shout, my mother is asleep. ”

Seeing Liu Yishui's nodding knowingly, Qi Chen skillfully threatened with his eyes, then let go of his hand, watching his uncle take a few steps back with the ignorant puppy, Qi Chen sighed and whispered,

"Uncle, how can you tell your mother about the monsters. What if you scare her?"

Impatiently white-eyed nephew, sneering, Liu Yishui wiped the puppy's head, raised his chin towards the house, and whispered,

"If I hadn't tried my best to stop it back then, your mother would have chased your father to Jinan Mansion together, and you didn't know. Don't worry, our Qi Liu family, there is no one of the bad seeds, catch your demon with peace of mind, just right, my money is not low, and your mother doesn't have to trouble people to take them out to set up stalls. ”

Nodding with a calm face, Qi Chen shook his head, glanced at the custard puppy in his arms, and saw that it was looking at himself timidly with black eyes, and asked strangely,

"Why did you bring a dog back?"

White-eyed Qi Chen, and scolded in a low voice for being unfilial, Liu Yishui said,

"I'm in Fusi, Beizhen, I can't sneak back from time to time in Hangzhou Mansion like before, you probably can't see anyone all day, my sister is home alone, how boring, I buy a puppy and play with her." ”

Scratching his head and laughing dryly, Qi Chen took out the book in his arms, took out the slightly thicker "Mountain and Sea Demon Record", handed it to Liu Yishui, and said,

"Uncle, these are all real monsters, you look at it first, and when you have time, tell me about it. ”

Seeing that Liu Yishui stretched out his hand to take it in a hurry, Qi Chen looked down at the "Dizang Sutra" in his hand, hesitated, and still kicked it into his arms, which was both safe and could be read at any time.

"You don't know, on the street over there in the Confucius Temple, stationery and antiques, flowers, birds, fish and insects are too many to count, I was about to buy two books back, it's inconvenient to hold the dog, this is great, this is much better than those books." ”

Looking at Liu Yishui muttering, Qi Chen shook his head and whispered,

"I'll go to Zhongshan first to find the tigress, and you stay at home with your mother. ”

As he spoke, he was about to get up and go out, Liu Yishui looked at him proudly and asked,

"Do you know where Zhong Shan is?"

Glancing at Liu Yishui, Qi Chen pointed to his mouth,

"What do you want to do, I just ask others if they don't want to. ”

Liu Yishui laughed rampantly in a low voice, raised his hand and pointed into the distance, and said,

"I inquired about all the mountains in Jinling, and the boss who sold my puppy on the street talked to me and said that there are mountains in the four corners of Jinling, with the Xuanwu Lake as the center, the South Shogunate, the North Zijin, the West Qingliang, the East Qixia, and the Far General Niushou Mountain. There are too many hills in the middle to count. ”

Quite appreciatively patted the proud uncle, watching him grin and retract the rampant, Qi Chen smiled, turned around and walked out of the yard.

Purple Mountain is Zhong Mountain, North Zijin, then go to the north. Even if his ears are sensitive, he probably won't be able to hear his uncle Liu Yishui muttering with his eyes closed,

"Purple Mountain, Shogunate Mountain, which one comes from the north?"

Running all the way, standing on the top of the shogunate, Qi Chen was very melancholy.

It is said that Zhongshan Longpan is leaning on the Xuanwu Lake, but I have not heard that Zhongshan is leaning on the Yangtze River. Standing on the top of the mountain, looking at a big river to the east, Qi Chen lowered his head and held the hilt of the sword, shook his head, and sighed, he was abducted to the Shogunate Mountain by his uncle.

Although this mountain is close to the Yangtze River, the mountains are continuous, and the strange stones are numerous, if it is a sunny day, take the morning light or the sunset, it must be beautiful, and when the mother's eyes are good, you can take her to play.

But now is not the time to play, knowing that there are monsters in the world, I haven't seen you for a while, and I really miss it, and I can't wait for a monster to run in front of my face immediately, and fight you and me.

In one breath, Qi Chen looked at a big lake in the south from a distance, the lake water was like ink, like a turtle shell, and there was a high mountain next to it, which was majestic, it seemed that it was the Purple Mountain, and he scolded fiercely, unloaded the boredom in his chest, and turned around and went down the mountain.

Flying all the way, halfway up the mountainside, he faintly heard the sound of clicking, Qi Chen frowned slightly, thinking that it was a squirrel eating hard fruit, but after sweeping away a few feet, the clicking sound became louder and louder, and he couldn't help but glance intently.

Under the greenery, there are strange rocks. Shogunate Mountain, the mountain stone is white and strange, since ancient times it is called White Stone Mountain, also called Lime Mountain. Only because the Eastern Jin Dynasty Zhongxing famous minister Wang Dao set up the shogunate here, the descendants for the respect, called this mountain the shogunate mountain.

His eyes swept over the surrounding strange stones, and from time to time he swept up the slightly higher stones and glanced at the gaps, but he did not find the slightest trace, and it seemed that he was no longer here, but echoed.

Following the click sound to the bottom of the mountain, I saw a large cave with a height of one person in the distance, and the click sound came from here. Qi Chen didn't dare to be careless, holding the hilt of the long sword in his hand, tightening his breath, stepping on the stones under his feet, bending down and slowly approaching, listening attentively.

Three or four feet away, I only heard the whining of the wind at the mouth of the cave, the clicking sound was non-stop, and there was a crackling sound, and the thick water vapor rushed out of the cave with the smell of blood, and spread far away. As if feeling someone approaching, the sound inside stopped abruptly, and the murderous aura spread faintly, as if a behemoth was staring at the entrance of the cave.

Dingding

There were two soft sounds on his waist, Qi Chen swept to the bronze smoked ball on his waist, slightly strange, reached out to pick up the smoked ball, and there were two dinging sounds, as if he was quite in a hurry.

frowned, took two steps back slightly, shook the smoked ball in his hand, there seemed to be something in it tumbling up and down and hitting a few times, and he was wondering to himself, the corner of his eyes lit up the cave, and when he came down, he found two black iron pieces at his feet.

Suppressed his doubts, stuffed the smoked ball into his arms, didn't think about it for a while, lowered his head and picked up two pieces of iron, the tentacles were cold, one side was rough and piercing, faint cracks, as if gravity was slapping and impacting, and there were traces of blood on the other side.

Put it on the end of the nose, the fishy smell is tangy, and I am shocked, and then I am overjoyed. Qi Chen held his breath and looked at the stones at his feet, and sure enough, the side and top of the stone were obviously scratched, and the small stone chips were scattered, and there were faint blood stains.

I'm so lucky to have what I want, and if I catch a monster just after I came, it's the most face-saving. Put away the iron piece that should be scale armor and put it in his arms, the double sword was gently unsheathed, stepped on the stone, and slowly approached the big hole in the mountain pass.

Leaning at the entrance of the cave, looking at the traces of a few pieces of rubble at his feet, and a few pieces of scale armor scattered around him, is this thing crazy? Shaking his head, madness is a demon, and you are unlucky to meet this catcher.

After a long stick of incense at the entrance of the cave, feeling that the breath in the cave was gradually fading, and there were signs of disappearing, Qi Chen no longer hesitated, raised his foot and kicked up a bowl of big stones, and watched it fly into the cave, the long sword was horizontal in front of his chest, the short sword was hidden behind him, and he was on tiptoe, followed by the stones, and rushed into the cave.

"Snap"

Two feet into the hole, a soft sound in the ear, knowing that the flying stone hit the stone wall and fell, the internal strength was lifted, gathered in the eyes, a pair of tiger eyes glowed with golden light, through the faint light of the cave mouth to scan the light.

The cave in front of a square square is full of gravel on all sides, blood stains are everywhere, and the smell is rich, bringing a cold breath. There are black scale armor scattered on the ground, and when I look up and down, there is no imaginary big snake and python, but on the ground in the middle, there is a faint glow, I don't know if it is blood or water.

Withdrawing the short sword, he took out the fire fold, blew it lightly twice, and a touch of fire lit up, and the cave with a square circle, the basin-sized piece of water in the middle, shook slightly. The surface of the water was red, and there were large patches of red blood, and from time to time there were small whirlpools.

A little on tiptoe, flying past, the long sword trembled, and with a buzzing sound, with a bright light, straight into the water.

The long sword entered the water three feet, and it stopped, Qi Chen's wrist shook, stirring it, the long sword hit the stone wall left and right, and did not stab any living creatures, slightly deflated.

Coward, escaped by burrowing into this water hole? Or is there a big hole under the water hole, where you can hide your body? After thinking for a long time, Qi Chen straightened up, held the fire fold, and looked around the cave with a long sword, to see if there were any other cave entrances, and was searching intently, and the wind behind him suddenly started.

"Whew"

A black shadow the size of a watermelon rushed in from the entrance of the cave, Qi Chen tightened his body, raised his hand and knocked the black shadow away, with a ding, the tiger's mouth shook, his wrist trembled, his eyebrows raised, and before he could react, the strong wind in front of him whined.

"Whew!"

Dao Dao gun shadow tearing strength attack, like a wolf pack rushing, murderous overflowing, vaguely as if I had heard this sound, the wolf tooth has arrived in front of him, there is no time to think carefully, a little toe, swept into the air, raised his hand to smash out the fire fold, the right hand long sword flashed, drawing out the Dao golden sword light like a feather knife, floating in the air, from top to bottom, crashing into the wolf tooth, Gongsun sword dance, feather falling.

The spear wolves tore apart the fire folds, and in an instant, the fire in the cave was like a star, and then the spears and swords collided, and the surging energy knocked away the long sword, Qi Chen's eyebrows trembled, and he caught a glimpse of the person who came by the flash of the spark, and the corners of his mouth grinned.

With the momentum of the long sword, he turned over in the air, pulled out the short sword in his left hand, and carried the double sword, Qi Chen's toes were a little hole, and he rushed straight towards the figure behind the spear.

"Hmph"

With a clear and cold snort, Tie Lingshuang withdrew his hand and returned the spear, thinking that his palm was another wound, pulled down the corner of his mouth, looked at the figure sweeping in mid-air, and did not use a move, his blood was boiling, and the spear swept away with twelve points of force.

Qi Chen, who swept into the air, was thinking about Gongsun Jianwu's tricks, preparing the short sword to be majestic, and the long sword was ruthless, giving the tigress a dismount, and suddenly a strong wind rose, furious like fire, and swept straight from the side.

Cold sweat broke out of his head, an inch long and an inch strong, and sure enough, he scolded in his heart, looking at the tip of the spear that swept to his ribs, his two swords crossed his chest, and he blocked sideways, and his internal breath was no longer retained, and all of them rushed to his arms.

"When"

The guns and swords intersected, the tiger's mouth shook violently, his arms were sore, and he was really violent, without mercy, Qi Chen shot backwards, and he turned over in mid-air, the soles of his feet stepped on the stone wall, the stone wall creaked under his feet, stopped for a moment, and fell down.

Just as he was about to scold, the tip of the spear in front of him suddenly flashed out, stopping at three inches in the center of his eyebrows, Qi Chen closed his mouth, swept the spear along the tip of the spear, and looked at a pair of cold phoenix eyes staring at him.

"Qi Da of Hangzhou Mansion is head-hunting, coming to Jinling to seek revenge?"