Chapter Seventy-Three, Salivation
Li Qi, Murong Huan, Yiqing, and Murong Yan rode out of the city on three yellow horses, and in less than half an hour, they had ridden fifty miles south and came to the foot of Jinding Mountain.
Li Qi looked at the verdant green mountains in front of him, and his heart couldn't help but return to more than a month ago......
At that time, she had been learning swords with the Yichen sisters for several months, and since she had already achieved a small success in swordsmanship, she was eager to try, always looking for a monster to practice martial arts.
Coincidentally, she heard that the Chang'an County Ya was capturing a black tiger spirit, the black tiger was very ferocious, and the county Ya recruited countless hunters and dispatched a large number of manpower, but every time it was a feather.
After Li Qi heard about it, she couldn't help but scoff at the incompetence of the Chang'an County Ya, and she relied on her courage to be not afraid of heaven and earth, so she simply walked out of the city gate alone with a sword, and came to the village where the black tiger spirit often haunts.
Unexpectedly, she didn't find the black tiger, but the black tiger spirit noticed her.
Li Qi searched for a long time, but found nothing, so she had to go back to the city in a daze, who knows, on the way back, when she passed through a dense forest, the black tiger spirit suddenly appeared. Li Qi hurriedly drew his sword, but before the long sword could be shot, it was slapped by the black tiger spirit tiger claw, and the person fainted on the spot.
When Li Qi woke up, he was already trapped in a huge cave. What she didn't expect was that although the cave was full of dead people's bones, the black tiger spirit did not mean to eat her, but often brought her some hares and lambs' flesh and skin, so that she could eat meat and drink blood, so as not to starve......
Fortunately, there was a small spring in the cave, and she was able to find some water to drink, and she finally did not die of thirst.
It's just that her legs and feet are injured, but she can't walk, and the black tiger spirit often guards outside the cave, so she is trapped in the cave for several days and can't return to the city.
Just when Li Qi was dying of hunger, fortunately Xu Ke and Shu Haotian arrived late at night, if it was a day late, Li Qi would only ignore the blood and find some raw meat to eat.
However, Xu Ke camelized Li Qi, and when he was about to go down the mountain, the black tiger spirit suddenly killed again, and Xu Ke and Shu hattian were invincible......
At the critical moment, Murong Huan came from the sky and subdued the Black Tiger Spirit with just a flute sound, but Li Qi at that time did not give Murong Huan a good look.
At this time, Li Qi, thinking of her previous troubles, couldn't help but feel a little guilty about Murong Huan in her heart, she secretly glanced at Murong Huan, but saw that the other party was looking around Jinding Mountain attentively, and there seemed to be a trace of strangeness in her eyes.
"What's wrong, Murong Gongzi, do you think there is something unusual about this Jinding Mountain?" Li Qi asked immediately.
Murong Huan nodded and said, "Hmm...... There is a faint demonic aura in the mountains, and it seems that most of the news of your 'deputy envoy for investigating the case' is still true. ”
"What, this is all the credit of this commissioner......" Li Qi said a little proudly, she didn't hear it at all, but there was a hint of ridicule in Murong Huan's mouth.
Murong Yan came on a horse and asked, "Second brother, is the cat demon really hiding in Jinding Mountain?"
"Hmm...... Let's take a look!" Murong Huan said, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and the yellow horse under his crotch got the news, and immediately raised his four hooves, like the wind, and ran forward.
"Wait for me!" Li Qi also patted the horse on the back, and then followed.
"Drive!" Murong Yan lifted the reins and shouted, these four people and three big horses, one in front of two behind, galloped towards Jinding Mountain.
Murong Huan took the lead, led the three people behind, and galloped around Jinding Mountain. The yellow horse under his crotch is extremely handsome, and the grass in this area is quite soft......
Murong Yan saw that the second brother suddenly accelerated, and a sense of arrogance suddenly appeared in her chest, she also shouted and shouted, her legs were strong, the horse understood, and immediately followed Murong Huan in front of her. Yiqing had never ridden a horse before, and at this time, seeing the horse suddenly galloping at a rapid pace, and the scenery in front of her retreated like the wind, she immediately hugged Murong Yan in front of her tightly, and said in her heart: "Slow down, slow down!"
"Sister Yiqing, how is it? Isn't it fun?" Murong Yan laughed at Yiqing behind him while urging the horses.
"Okay, okay...... It's fun, it's just, it's better to be slower!" Yiqing sat on the horse's back, tossing up and down, although she hugged Murong Yan tightly, her face was nervous, but fortunately, she was behind Murong Yan, and no one noticed the panicked look on her face at the moment.
"You ...... Wait for me......" It's Li Qi, after all, his riding skills are unfamiliar, although he is only riding alone, he falls behind Murong Yan and Yiqing.
In early spring, there are red and willow green flowers everywhere, and there is a faint fragrance in the spring breeze, and there is a hint of warmth in the sunshine. At this moment, the three men and four women are riding around Jinding Mountain at a high speed, enjoying this piece of good spring......
Li Qi was not to be left behind, she leaned over and grabbed the reins of the horse tightly, her legs kept clamping the horse's belly, and her mouth was also shouting, the yellow horse under her crotch was also a good horse in the Tianbao Pavilion, how could she not understand the master's meaning at this time? The horse then neighed, galloped on all fours, and followed closely behind Murong Yan and Yiqing. Li Qi saw the grass and trees retreating, the crows were startled from time to time, the speed of this ride was really something she had never tried in her life, at this time she heard the wind in her ears, and saw the clouds floating in the sky, only to feel hearty and inexplicable......
This Jinding Mountain is fifty miles away from the south of Chang'an City, and it is also a scenic spot. There are many trees such as camphor trees, willow trees, peach trees, and pear trees, and from a distance, you can see a lush green forest. In the verdant wilderness, a few houses can be faintly seen, dotted like stars. The reason why fierce beasts often attack and disturb the villagers here is that there are few people in the surrounding area for dozens of miles, and even those few houses are most likely hunters in the vicinity.
At this time, it was noon, and the villagers were making fires to make meals, and smoke could be seen rising from the roof. Li Qi was on a horse, looking at this verdant field from afar, curling with smoke, and couldn't help but feel a sense of indifference and retreat in his heart. She said in her heart, in the future, if I can live in seclusion here with my beloved, even if there is only one grass room and a small bed, as long as I can stay with him day by day, even if I have coarse tea and light food and a simple house, it will not be a hundred times better than those princes and generals?!
The four of them rode around Jinding Mountain for half an hour, Murong Huan suddenly lifted the reins, slowly slowed down his riding speed, he raised his whip and pointed ahead, and said to the women behind him: "Go there and see!"
The women followed the prestige, and the place that Murong Huan's horse whip pointed to was one of the main peaks of the Jinding Mountain peaks.
Naturally, Li Qi is even more familiar with that mountain, more than a month ago, after she was stunned by the black tiger spirit, the cave where she hid was in the belly of this mountain.
So, the women followed Murong Huan and rode slowly forward for half a moment, until at the foot of the mountain, the horses could no longer go up. So they dismounted and tied their horses to a place where the water and grass were abundant. As soon as Murong Huan waved his hand, the four of them abandoned their horses and walked towards the top of the mountain.
Although Li Qi has been here, but when she came, she was stunned by the black tiger spirit, and when she went, it was late at night, why is it so sunny and warm everywhere today?
I saw that among the green trees of the mountain, there were all kinds of unknown fragrant flowers and grasses, and the fragrance of the flowers and plants attracted countless butterflies and bees to fly in waves. A small stream murmured from the top of the mountain and meandered down the mountain path at their feet. I think there is a bubbling spring somewhere on the top of the mountain, and I see that the stream is green and quiet, and the fish swim leisurely in the water......
Everyone in this bee butterfly flying, the fragrance of flowers surging on the mountain road, a gust of wind comes, the flowers and leaves are swaying, the stream is slightly rippling, seeing this beautiful scenery, everyone is not feeling relaxed and happy.
Murong Huan saw a hare beating in front of him, he picked up a stone and sent it casually, and immediately hit the hare's head, and the hare fell to the ground and died before he had time to "whine".
Murong Yan couldn't bear it, and was about to say, "Second brother, why did you kill the rabbit!" but Li Qi beside her had already cheered: "Okay!
Before Li Qi finished speaking, the man had already rushed forward and grabbed the hare. She took a look, and saw that it was only seven or eight catties, so she said to Murong Huan:
"Master Murong, there are four of us in total, I'm afraid this rabbit alone is not enough!"
Murong Huan looked up and saw a flock of gray sparrows flying overhead, he looked at the long sword on Yiqing's back, and said, "Miss Yiqing, why don't you add a few more birds?"
As a member of the Dao Sect, Yi Qing should not have killed at will, but how could she show weakness in front of Murong Huan at this time? She responded, her shoulders and back moved slightly, and the double-strand sword on her back immediately rose to the sky. She ran her own mind, her mind was as she wanted, and her qi moved at will, and everyone saw the double-strand sword above her head, which was split into two in the air, and in an instant, the sword light passed through the flock of gray sparrows, and after a few finches screamed, more than ten injured and killed finches had fallen on the ground.
"Enough, enough, so many birds, I can't eat them all!" Li Qi hurriedly exclaimed.
Yiqing had the intention to show off, and when she collected the sword, the double-strand sword drew a large circle from the group of magpies, and Fang Shi fell back into the scabbard on her back. As soon as her sword was unsheathed, five or six more dead magpies fell from the ground.
Seeing this scene, Murong Yan frowned slightly, but Li Qi laughed and said, "Sister Yiqing, when will you teach me the kung fu of the imperial sword? Next time, I will also go to the imperial garden to shoot dozens of birds, and give my father a taste!"
Murong Huan picked up another stone grain from the ground and flicked it into the air, and the women only heard the sound of breaking the sky, and before they could see where the stone went, they saw that the branch of a big camphor tree above their head had been broken by the stone grain, and it slowly fell from the air.
Murong Huan said casually: "Your flying sword is good, but if you meet a real master, he only needs to rely on his sword qi to knock your flying sword down......!
Yiqing couldn't help but be shocked in her heart, she said in her heart that if the stone he was not flying towards the branches, but stabbed straight at my flying sword, then my two strands of swords would have already become "four strands". At this time, she knew that there were people outside the world and there were heavens outside the sky, and the heart of the showmanship just now had already dispersed like a cloud.
Yi Qing hurriedly clasped his fists to Murong Huan and saluted: "Thank you Murong Gongzi for your advice!"
"Oh, what are you two talking about! Let's hurry up and barbecue meat! I'm growling with hunger!" Li Qi urged as she picked up the dead magpie on the ground.
At that moment, the four of them came to a clearing by a stream, Li Qi was responsible for cleaning up the gray sparrow, Yiqing and Murong Yan were responsible for skinning and removing the hair, disemboweling and disemboweling the hare, and Murong Huan picked up some dead branches and hay everywhere, and set up a simple wooden frame for roasting meat by the water.
When the work of the four people was finished, Murong Yan found that the gray finches that Li Qi had packed up, each of them still had some bird feathers left on their bodies, and the gray sparrows had not been cleaned from their stomachs. She shook her head, and had to take the finches to the water again to wash them up. Although she doesn't like to kill, but seeing that these birds are dead, she thinks that it is a waste not to eat, it is better to clean them well and make a delicious meal, which is worthy of the body that these birds have exchanged for their busy lives.
Everyone had already cleaned up, Li Qi searched all around, but she didn't find half of the fire fold, and asked Yiqing, she also shook her head. Li Qi had to find two pieces of dry gravel, and beat the pile of hay that Murong Huan found, but helplessly, she beat for a long time, although there were some sparks, but she couldn't hit the hay. She thought about the ancients' methods of "drilling wood for fire", so she discussed with Yiqing:
"Sister Yiqing, why don't we go find two pieces of wood and also have a 'drill wood for fire'?"
Yiqing hesitated: "These two pieces of wood together, can they catch fire?"
At this time, Murong Yan walked over with the gray finch that had been cleaned in her hand. She handed the gray finch to Li Qi, and dragged Murong Huan, who was looking up at the mountain view, and said:
"Second brother, hurry up and make a fire!"
Murong Huan took out two short logs from the dead branches, and the index finger of his right hand only moved slightly, and the two dead trees in his hands were already on fire. Seeing this, Li Qi couldn't help but wonder:
"Murong Gongzi, are you possessed by the 'Suiren Clan'? Why is it that the wooden strip in your hand is already on fire before it is drilled?"
Murong Huan couldn't help but laugh and said, "You're right! I'm the possession of the 'Suiren Clan'......"
At this time, the three women saw that the fire had started, and hurriedly skewered the cleaned rabbit meat and dead magpies with long branches, and put them on the shelf to slowly grill. Before long, everyone only smelled a burst of meat fragrance, the rabbit meat was not fully cooked, and the magpie meat was already fragrant......
At this time, it was too late, everyone had been busy for a long time, and they were really hungry, and they could smell the smell of meat, and they could still salivate in their mouths?
So, Li Qi pulled a gray finch first, didn't care about the heat, put it in his mouth and chewed it.
"It's delicious, it's delicious!" Li Qi exclaimed loudly.
Li Qi pulled another gray finch and handed it to Murong Huan's hand, and Yiqing and Murong Yan also took a gray finch each, opened their mouths and chewed slowly.
Murong Yan took a few bites, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed: "It's a pity, I forgot to bring salt grains and pepper!"
"Hmm......" Li Qi said while eating: "Sister Xiaoyan, next time, you must bring these seasonings, huh...... There are also star anise, fennel, paprika...... There is also the miso of 'Sihaiju'...... You have to bring all of this!"
Yiqing spit out a few magpie bones and said with a smile: "Let's come out this time, are we here to catch demons or hunt game?"
Li Qi immediately quipped: "Of course it's a demon catcher, no, let's destroy this group of bird monsters first, and then destroy that rabbit demon later!"
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Everyone was eating, drinking, talking and laughing, but they heard a middle-aged man's voice coming from afar:
"Where did the bird monster come from? Where did the rabbit demon come from, let Ben Daxia also come and destroy a few!"