While the three of them were talking, the drums on the shore continued, and the screams in the lake also continued. Because they were so close, they could clearly hear the rolling waves, but they never heard the monster make any movement. I have never seen its true form.
"Aren't you a Taoist priest? Go and succumb to the demons." The fat man knew that Nanfeng was not good at magic, so he deliberately ran against him.
Nanfeng looked at the fat man with disdain, "Do you think I am you?"
"What's wrong with me?" the fat man asked.
"That's stupid!" Nanfeng pointed at the solitary peak in the middle of the lake, "The monster is fighting with the officers and soldiers. The woman is on the mountain. Ba Ye and I can fly over and save her. How could such a simple thing change when you come to your place?" It’s so complicated.”
The fat man was stunned for a moment when he heard this. When he thought about it carefully, what Nanfeng said was indeed true. However, although he admitted defeat in his heart, he said unforgivingly, "If I can save you, hurry up and save you. What are you waiting for?"
"The time has not come yet." Nanfeng said, a man should not be exaggerated and vain, only talking and not doing anything. But you can't just do it and don't talk about it. You must do it, but if you can do it, you should try not to do it in vain. If you know clearly that the other party can appreciate things, don't do things that the other party will not appreciate.
"Yes, it will be time when the monster eats people." The fat man said.
Zhuge Chanjuan guessed what Nan Feng was thinking and said to the fat man, "They didn't ask us, so it's not appropriate for me to take the initiative to help with shame."
"They don't know we're hiding here, how can we ask for it?" the fat man argued.
Zhuge Chanjuan also noticed that the fat man had a problem with making excuses, so she ignored him.
Not long after, the middle-aged man in white fur shook his head in frustration, sighed, turned around and walked towards the big tent.
Seeing this, someone immediately sounded the copper bell. As we all know, beating the drum is to urge the army, and ringing the gold is to withdraw the troops. After the bronze bell was sounded, the soldiers who fell into the water clung to the wooden planks and swam back to the lake shore.
Just as the soldiers on the shore were busy rescuing, a voice came from the mist. It was a male voice, like a roar, hoarse and unpleasant, "Master Yuezhang, please don't come again, and waste the lives of these soldiers. It's cold in the mountains. Go back to the court early, if you have some free time, Feng'er and I will go back to visit you."
"Did you hear that?" The fat man pointed at the mist, "It's the princess, not the Queen Mother."
The fat man often looked at him. Before that, only Nanfeng looked at him. As he got familiar with it, Zhuge Chanjuan also figured out his temperament and understood his shortcomings, and she also started to look at him.
"This monster is really interesting. I'm afraid my father-in-law will be frozen." The fat man said with a smile.
Nan Feng did not answer. What he was thinking about was not that the monster was inconsiderate to his father-in-law, but that the monster could actually speak human words. Any alien who could speak human words would have a very low level of spiritual energy.
Naturally, the white-furred man would not reply to it, and the monster seemed to know that the other party would ignore it. After speaking, it stopped making any movement. It must have gone back to the lonely peak in the lake.
"What to do now?" the fat man asked.
"Let me think about it." Nanfeng said. The three of them came here to look for tortoise shells, so they couldn't leave here. The monster captured the princess, and Emperor Tuhun led his soldiers to rescue them. This matter was not a big deal for the three of them. If it's a bad thing, they can be entrusted by Emperor Tuhun to go to Gufeng to rescue the princess. For the three of them, rescuing the princess is just a favor, because no matter whether they save the princess or not, the three of them have to go to Gufeng.
Going in the name of rescuing the princess would not only get the strong support of Emperor Tuhun, but also give him a favor, killing two birds with one stone. But the prerequisite is that Emperor Tuhun must come to invite them, it is not possible to send them to their door themselves.
In fact, at this time, in addition to thinking about how to get the emperor to take the initiative to invite the emperor, he also had to think about how to deal with the monster, and rescue the princess while the monster was not paying attention. Treating the symptoms rather than the root cause, if the two of them walked forward, the monster would catch the person back.
After pondering for a moment, Nan Feng had something to think about and whispered to the two of them. After hearing this, Fatty and Zhuge Chanjuan nodded repeatedly.
The three of them retreated quietly and summoned Ba Ye from afar. Nanfeng and Zhuge Chanjuan stepped forward lightly. Ba Ye flapped his wings and flew high, moving towards the west bank.
Arriving at the outskirts of the camp, Nanfeng ordered the eighth master to hover in the sky and talk to Zhuge Chanjuan. He said that everything he said was what he had planned before. He only said that there was a strong evil spirit here and there must be monsters causing trouble here.
Ba Ye did not fly into the fog layer. Immediately after appearing, soldiers discovered them. Birds that can carry people are very rare. Only experts are not allowed to ride them. When the soldiers saw the two of them, they immediately reported to the big tent.
Seeing the reported soldiers entering the tent, Nanfeng instructed Ba Ye to fly north. When the white-furred man came out, Ba Ye happened to fly nearby. Nanfeng said "casually", "This evildoer is very advanced and difficult to deal with. Go look for that medicinal herb first, and then argue with it when you come back."
Zhuge Chanjuan nodded, "As you said, business is more important."
While the two were talking, Ba Ye had already flown past the big tent. The two of them could not look back, nor did they know how the man in white fur would react.
"Two immortals, please stay." A voice came from behind.
After walking in a big circle, waiting for the other party to stay, Nanfeng turned around when he heard the sound, "Who is calling us?"
The man in white fur cupped his hands and responded, "Can the two immortals stop riding the crane and talk to Luoyun?"
"We have important things to attend to, so we can't stay here." Nanfeng refused.
After Nanfeng finished speaking, Zhuge Chanjuan said from the side, "Look at this person's face."
Nanfeng knew Zhuge Chanjuan's intention and pretended to look carefully, "Qinglong weather?"
The man in white fur didn't know that the two of them guessed his identity based on the dragon flag and the guards around him. He only thought that the two of them had the ability to recognize people, let alone mortals, and earnestly tried to persuade them to stay, "Two immortals, Gu Naitu Lord of the Hun Kingdom, I dare you to ask your respects to stay here for a while, if you have anything to ask for."
"Solitary?" Nanfeng frowned. Kings all call themselves lonely, Taoist and widowed. It's normal for this person to call himself a lonely man. This time, he was just looking for trouble, in order to dampen the spirit of the white-furred man, so as not to be looked down upon by the other party. .
The man in white fur immediately changed his tune when he saw this. "There is a water monster in this lake. It has taken my daughter. I asked two immortals to take a compassionate step and save her."
"The king has misunderstood. We are not immortals. We are here to collect herbs from the mountains." Nanfeng looked around and pointed at the lonely peak. "There is indeed a popular person there with a noble aura. Is she your princess?"
"Exactly, exactly." The man in white fur nodded repeatedly.
Nanfeng turned to look at Zhuge Chanjuan. Zhuge Chanjuan nodded, "Zhengde is slow, so let's wait for him here."
Nanfeng had long known that Zhuge Chanjuan was good at acting. She was the one who disguised herself as Uncle Wang from Fengming Mountain that day, so it was expected that she would handle it well.
Nanfeng "reluctantly" agreed, and instructed Ba Ye to turn around and fly back. The two of them fell into the sky, and Ba Ye flew away with slanted wings.
When the two landed, the man in white fur bowed first, "Murong Lu has met these two immortals."
"Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, poor Taoist return the gift." Nanfeng returned the bow. Zhuge Chanjuan was a woman, so she just raised her hand.
After the ceremony, Murong Lu welcomed the two of them into the tent, and the generals also followed suit. After all, the two of them were strangers, so they had to be on guard against others.
After the guests and hosts were seated, Murong Lu asked about their origins. Knowing that Zhuge Chanjuan was good at dealing with them, Nanfeng left the answer to her. Zhuge Chanjuan introduced Nanfeng to the Shangqing sect Nanfeng Zhenren. This time he went into the mountain to look for it. The reason why medicinal herbs are scarce is because the Shangqing Sect was in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, which was very far away from here.
Tuhun is a small and remote country, its territory is not much larger than a county in the Western Wei Dynasty. The country is small, and the leader of the country is less assertive. In addition, Murong Lu is eager to save his daughter. Murong Lu does not worry about the identity of the two, but asks them what herbs they are looking for. Maybe there is something hidden in Tuhun.
Zhuge Chanjuan casually mentioned the name of a medicinal herb. Nanfeng had never heard of it, and Murong Lu seemed to have never heard of it either. She looked down at an old man who looked like a medical officer. The old man shook his head, "Snow-topped winters are extremely rare, and we also Never saved it."
Hearing what the medical officer said, Murong Lu became more and more convinced that the two men really went into the mountains to collect medicine, so he took the initiative to tell the whole story. Murong Lu told the story in detail, but it was not complicated to sum up. This year, when summer and autumn meet, there is a severe drought. The imperial court posted a list of talented people, looking for talented people who could move the wind and rain. Because Tuhun was located too remote and there were few Taoists and monks in the country, no one ever published the list after the imperial list was posted.
Later, a talented man came and claimed that he could bring rain and relieve the urgent needs. This man was a little strange. Firstly, he didn't want gold or silver, and secondly, he didn't want rice. He just wanted to get a caring wife after the event was completed.
Summer and autumn were the key farming seasons, and the lack of rain would have a great impact. Murong Lu was so anxious that he agreed to the man's request without much thought and asked him to make rain.
Originally, he was just a dead horse treated as a living horse doctor, but he never thought that the man actually asked for rain. Afterwards, Murong Lu fulfilled his promise and chose several beautiful palace maids to be with him. But what he didn't expect was that the other party didn't want it. It was the third princess Murong Feng who was named.
Murong Feng was beautiful and beautiful, and she had a lot of admiration for this talented man, but she never thought that her attitude would change drastically after meeting this man, and she sternly refused, saying that even if she died, she would never marry him.
The reason why Murong Feng didn't marry was very simple. This talented man was very ugly. He was only five feet tall, had short hands and feet, was hunchbacked, had ugly facial features, and had a sore on his head.
Murong Lu couldn't go back on his word, but deep down in his heart he really didn't want to betroth his daughter to such a husband's family, so he had no choice but to delay it day by day.
But delaying will only cure the symptoms rather than the root cause. Finally, the man got tired of waiting and kidnapped the princess. The guards chased her all the way to this place, and found out that the man was a monster in disguise. The two of them also knew what happened next, but here There have been two similar incidents before, and this is the third time.
"Could it be a mangy turtle?" Zhuge Chanjuan looked at Nanfeng.
Nanfeng nodded, "It's possible."
Murong Lu waved his hands repeatedly, "According to the reports from the surviving soldiers, the monster has both a carapace and a dragon tail. It must not be a mangy turtle."
While the three of them were talking, soldiers came outside the tent to report that a burly man riding a strange beast broke into the camp.
The one who came was naturally Fatty. Seeing Lao Bai's true appearance, all the generals including Murong Lu were shocked, and they looked up to the three of them more and more.
After explaining the ins and outs, it was time to invite three people to take action. As the saying goes, a strong general does not need a hungry soldier. If you ask for help, you must be rewarded accordingly. With the lessons learned from the past, Murong Lu has a better memory and no longer dares to make vague promises. Yes, the reward is very clear, a bounty of ten thousand taels, and a title to protect the country.
For such conditions, Fatty and Zhuge Chanjuan are satisfied, and so is Nanfeng. However, the top priority is not to think about who should be the protector of Tuhun, but to find out what kind of monster is in the water...