At that time, Artest and Qiu Yongsi had already chased out first, and saw the other two women escaped from Pingkangli, and then fled separately. On the roof, fled to the south, like an arrow entering the dark night, disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Artai and Qiu Yongsi came out of the alley, and stopped abruptly. Li Jinglong, Hong Jun, and Mo Rigen chased after them. Before they could speak, Li Jinglong said: "You chase the one on the top, we chase the one below, hurry up!"
Artest and Qiu Yongsi went to the roof and chased after them.
Li Jinglong, Hong Jun, and Mo Rigen ran to the deepest part of the East City, which was closed at night.
In the poetry column, the carp monster ran in, and everyone was still trembling. A guest hurriedly shouted: "Go and call the Longwu army patrolling the city..."
The carp demon sneaked into the crowd and shouted: "It's gone!"
After finishing speaking, it took out the kit and sprinkled it again, the Lihun pollen spread, and everyone around immediately burst into earth-shattering sneezes.
"Ha-choo!"
"Everything is empty!"
The carp demon jumped onto the table in the middle of the hall and sprinkled Lihun pollen.
"Ha-choo!"
Immediately afterwards, the carp demon jumped up and down the stairs to the third floor, shook out the kit, and poured the last Lihun pollen into the hall.
"Time in a lifetime!"
"Ha-choo!"
"Let's eat, drink and have fun, I'm leaving—"
The carp demon got out of the window, Xun Hongjun and others met up and ran away.
There was silence in the East City, and you couldn't see your fingers.
Li Jinglong asked in a low voice: "Can you feel the evil spirit now?"
Hong Jun replied in a low voice: "It's too far away, I can hardly see it, there was a flash of light just now." He pointed somewhere.
Mo Zhigen stared at the darkness, Li Jinglong asked: "Can you see?"
Mo Zhigen frowned deeply and said, "I can't see it, it's too dark."
Mo Zhigen has excellent eyesight, and the arrows on his back are made of fine steel. The seven arrows with nail heads engraved with runes, when the sky is high and far away in the desert grassland, one arrow can drop thousands of miles of flying birds in the sky. However, in this pitch-dark market, his eyesight cannot be used.
"It seems... there again." Hong Jun turned to the other side, his eyes full of doubts.
"Chang Shi." Mo Zhigen patted Li Jinglong's arm and said, "Your sword... is shining?"
Li Jinglong pulled out the long sword and pointed it towards the direction Hong Jun was pointing at, and the runes on the long sword shimmered and lit up, Hong Jun and Mo Zhigen were full of surprise for a moment.
Holding the long sword in Li Jinglong's hand, he turned to another angle. The light on the sword became brighter, and then dimmed again.
"What do you mean?" Hong Jun asked curiously.
"This sword can either sense monster energy, or it can sense your flying knife." Li Jinglong replied, he began to move the sword left and right, and the luminous frequency of the sword slowly caught up with his movements, and then followed Watching Li Jinglong turn slowly in a fan shape, maintaining a steady light.
"This fox is going around in circles." Li Jinglong said, "Escape from Dongshi by twists and turns, outflank it!"
After the words fell, the three of them dispersed and surrounded them in three directions. The fox is the most cunning, not to mention the body of a demon, Li Jinglong was afraid that if he had scruples, he might be escaped again, and Hongjun would have to lose a throwing knife, so he immediately gave an order to be merciless if necessary.
Artest and Qiu Yongsi chased along the roof. Artest was out of breath and said, "Brother Qiu, you go first, let me slow down for a while."
Qiu Yongsi looked confused: "I'll accompany you, it's agreed that I won't catch demons."
Artest: "..."
Artest had no choice but to forcefully run and said, "Why do you think that this long history will come out once? It wasn't agreed before..."
"Hey." Qiu Yongsi stretched out his hand and pulled Artest to jump over the roof, "I think this kid surnamed Li is very smart. It's useless to think carefully, and the plan will never keep up with changes. It's better to break the game with one move and leave that guy behind." Mummy, the fox demon in the hall is unprepared, and will show its tail, we have been searching for so long, haven't we found nothing?"
"But this way." Artest panted, "It will alarm the superiors, and his life will not be much easier."
"Don't worry about salty radishes." Qiu Yongsi said with a smile, "Maybe they have already thought about what to do next?"
"I don't think so." Artest said.
"Hey, it appeared!"
"Hurry up, hurry up."
The light of the flying knife flashed, and the two immediately chased along the roof.
The fox with the flying knife on its shoulder staggered and fled more and more slowly. Its escape route stretched out half of the fan-shaped area along Dongshi, but Mo Zhigen and Hong Jun had already covered it up without a sound. blocked its way. As soon as Li Jinglong gave the signal, he acted immediately.
The fox seemed to sense danger, sniffed the air, and stopped.
In an instant, Li Jinglong rushed forward and swung a sword in the darkness without a sound. The fox pulled back suddenly, roared, and sprayed smoke from his mouth!
Immediately afterwards, another arrow pierced through the air and shot into the mist. Seeing that there was no way to escape, the fox simply released a strong light, only to hear the woman's voice roar: "Shameless mortals! You are too bullying! What am I doing to you? ?!"
"Killing for life." Li Jinglong said coldly, "Is Chang'an the place where you wreak havoc?!"
The fox rushed out of the mist with a bang, and its figure had become a foot tall. It popped out its sharp claws, and rushed towards Li Jinglong!
Li Jinglong immediately raised his sword to block, and was instantly knocked to the ground with a "Zheng" sound! He never expected that the fox monster could become so huge. It seems that this monster is so bold that it just wanted to lure them here. The real purpose is to kill them here!
Mo Zhigen's arrow flew over and nailed it to the fox's shoulder, but this fox demon was the one who had just set fire to the mummified body by leaning on the poem column. It was extremely skilled and did not fear Mo Zhigen's seven nail-headed arrows at all. !
Its eyes turned blood-red, and flames spewed out from its mouth. When it was about to burn Li Jinglong into coke, Hong Jun rolled and charged, shaking the five-colored light, covering the two of them! The flame recoiled in an instant, and the fox demon burned his face with the fire he spit out, and roared in pain!
As soon as the flames were extinguished, the fox monster knocked over the stalls in the quiet and unmanned market. Li Jinglong hugged Hong Jun with his backhand, and rolled him on the spot, avoiding the collapsed stalls.
"Long history!" Mo Zhigen rushed forward.
"I'll draw its attention away, you take its heart." Li Jinglong said, and walked out from under the collapsed booth.
Hong Jun and Mo Zhigen hid under a piece of rubble and looked out. I saw Mo Zhigen's arrow and Hongjun's throwing knife still stuck on the fox's shoulder, and he barely stood up, his physical strength seemed to be exhausted.
Afraid that it would breathe fire again, Hong Jun shook the last flying knife with his right hand, and his left hand was covered with five-color light, ready to strike at any time. Mo Zhigen patted Hongjun casually, and walked away lightly.
The fox demon couldn't help panting, and looked directly at Li Jinglong. At that moment, Hong Jun was extremely nervous.
Li Jinglong was not afraid at all, and walked forward with a sword, and said coldly: "Monster, the Exorcist of the Tang Dynasty has withered for fifty years, as long as this sword is here today, Chang'an is not a place for you to be presumptuous!"
After finishing speaking, Li Jinglong pointed the sword in his hand towards the fox demon, and the flying knife on the fox demon's body was sensed and lit up a strong light! The fox demon sneered and said, "Do you really think you are so great? Let me tell you, Chang'an is no longer your place of human race. Just wait and see..."
Mo Zhigen stood tall at the end of the East City, on a high wooden stake, with a bow and arrow drawn away.
Hong Jun gripped the throwing knife tightly, his palms full of sweat.
Li Jinglong was startled when he heard the words, but at this moment, the fox demon bared its sharp teeth and rushed towards Li Jinglong, its sharp claws reflected the night light, and as long as it was caught with one blow, it would have its belly ripped open.
Li Jinglong waved his long sword falsely and leaped backwards. Just at this time, the sound of horseshoes was approaching, and a group of soldiers from the Longwu Army arrived, and the leader shouted: "Who is so presumptuous at night!"
Mo Zhigen immediately retracted the arrow, Hong Jun immediately turned his head, and the moment Li Jinglong jumped back, the fox monster saw the opportunity and rushed towards the soldiers of the Longwu Army with a flick of his tail! Li Jinglong roared: "Run!"
When the guards of the Longwu Army saw this huge fox, they thought it was in a dream, and they were shocked instantly. Li Jinglong immediately chased after him, jumped along the back of the fox demon, and pierced the back of the fox demon's neck with a sword!
The horses neighed and ran around, and the guards of the Longwu Army fell to the ground. Li Jinglong shouted: "Flee!"
Only then did the guards run away, but the fox demon was stabbed in the back of the neck, roared, turned around again, and knocked Li Jinglong to the ground. Hong Jun couldn't aim several times, I'm afraid it hurt Li Jinglong , The flying knife is difficult to shoot, seeing the fox demon's sharp claws grabbing it again, Hong Jun only needs to wait for a moment to release the knife, but he can't ignore Li Jinglong's life. go.
"Leave me alone!" Li Jinglong shouted.
His sword was stuck in the back of the fox demon's neck, and he had no weapons in his hand. He grabbed a Longwu army spear, and as soon as it reached the ordinary soldier, he was caught in two. When Li Jinglong was about to be disemboweled, the peacock feathers flew over, bursting out with several divine lights, and "clank" to block the claws of the fox demon.
Immediately afterwards, Hong Jun yelled "Here!" The flying knife spun out, Li Jinglong leaned back, but the fox demon was already prepared, knowing that Hong Jun was waiting for a surprise attack, turned over, and let the flying knife plunge into his stomach Regardless, rushed towards Hongjun!
Li Jinglong immediately turned around and rushed to rescue, Hong Jun flew to dodge, and all the magic weapons on his body had been scattered. If he was caught like this, he would definitely be seriously injured!
Li Jinglong hugged Hong Jun violently, pressed him down, and the two slid close to the ground, avoiding the body of the fox monster.
The next moment, another giant beast appeared and howled like a wolf. Both of them were startled. Another gray giant wolf appeared in the market! The huge monster was as tall as a person, but compared to the fox demon, it was much smaller. It jumped down from the side roof, bit the fox demon's side neck, and its canine teeth penetrated deeply!
"What is this?" Hong Jun was shocked.
"Now!" Li Jinglong shouted.
Hong Jun regained consciousness in an instant, and swiped his sword fingers with both hands. Two flying knives burst out with the blood of the fox demon, sprinkled blood all over the sky, flew away, and returned to his fingers.
The fox demon flew over their heads, and then Hong Jun held a throwing knife in each hand and threw both hands together.
"middle!"
The two throwing knives flashed with light, a band of ice and a band of flames, across a short distance, brushed in front of Li Jinglong, brought up a few strands of hair, and hit the heart of the fox demon's chest with a "swish" sound! The ice burst out, the flames burned, and the fox demon's heart suddenly exploded, turning into a scorched blood hole with ice crystals hanging around it!
It was still struggling in mid-air, the blood-red light in its eyes dimmed, its body shrank rapidly, and with a "swish" it turned into a little fox held in the mouth of a giant wolf, with two throwing knives and several arrows on its body. An arrow and a sword fell to the ground one after another.
The giant wolf spit out the little fox with a "poof", and looked at Hong Jun and Li Jinglong quietly.
Li Jinglong pulled Hong Jun up, and Hong Jun suddenly said, "It's Mo Zhigen?"
The giant wolf let out a "hound", its mouth opened a little, and there seemed to be a smile in its eyes.
The guards of the Longwu Army stood up in shock, and Li Jinglong signaled to Hongjun that we will talk about the matter here later, and go over to check first.
"Lieutenant Li!" Everyone greeted one after another. Their expressions were obviously different from those when Li Jinglong was in the Longwu Army. Their eyes were filled with surprise and fear, and their admiration could be seen at a glance. There are still many of his former subordinates.
Li Jinglong asked one by one to confirm that no one was injured. He looked back at Hongjun and asked, "Where's the fish? Give them some Lihun pollen."
The carp demon came over with a kit and said, "It's gone."
Li Jinglong: "..."
"Wow! Monster!" Everyone was terrified again.
"Three thousand two hundred taels of silver! It's gone once?!" Li Jinglong suddenly lost his image.
The carp demon hurriedly argued: "Last time you smoked two and a half, there was less than eight coins left in the bag..."
Li Jinglong remembered it, so he had to give up. Seeing Li Jinglong scolding a monster, everyone was shocked again.
"What happened tonight, except for Commander Hu, don't tell anyone." Li Jinglong had to ask, "Tomorrow I will go to Longwu Army to report it in person. If there is any noise later, let the brothers know, and no one will care. "
Everyone nodded one after another. Li Jinglong didn't know if the Human Lihun Flower would work, so he had to admit that he was unlucky and try to remedy it when the time comes.
"So… "
After Long Wujun left, Li Jinglong looked at Hong Jun and the giant wolf, and said, "Let me see if you are injured."
Both of them were fine, Hong Jun just scratched his elbow when he fell to the ground, it was the first time Hong Jun had fought so fiercely since he fell down the mountain, and he hadn't recovered for a while.
At this time, a fireball rose in the distance, like fireworks, and everyone turned their heads immediately.
"Caught it." Li Jinglong said, "Let's go."
"You ride on my back." Seeing that Hongjun was a little tired, Mo Zhigen's transformed wolf said, "I'll take you there."
Hong Jun rode on the back of the wolf, and was carried by it to run north, with Li Jinglong walking quickly behind.
"Mo Rigen?" Hong Jun asked in a low voice.
"Huh?" The wolf stopped and turned around slightly.
Hong Jun signaled it to continue, and asked, "Are you a demon?"
"Probably." Canglang replied, "It's been nearly a hundred years since there has been anyone in the clan who has transformed into a wolf. I don't know what I am. Don't tell Artest and them."
Canglang didn't seem to want Li Jinglong to hear too much, so when he arrived in front of a courtyard, he bowed, climbed onto the courtyard wall, and onto the roof.
When the dark clouds gradually lifted in Chang'an and the moon was shining brightly, the wolf carried the young man and ran along the roof without a sound.
"You won't come to collect me, will you?" Canglang said suddenly.
Hong Jun laughed, leaned close to its ear, and said, "Half of me is also a monster."
"Huh?" Canglang seemed very surprised, shook his ears, and said, "But I don't think you look like it."
"My dad is only..."
"Hush." Canglang replied, "Needless to say, my father said that there is not much difference between demons and humans, only good and evil."
The wolf stopped, stood on the roof, looked around, found the blood on the ground, and found the direction.
"Hongjun." Canglang asked again, "Have you ever seen a white deer with shiny hair?"
Hong Jun said "Huh?" He used to live on the Taihang Mountains. There were many deer, but he had never seen the white deer described by the wolf. After answering, the wolf stopped talking.
"The main purpose of my coming to Chang'an is to find it." Canglang said, "If there is any whereabouts of the white deer, remember to remind me..."
After Mo Zhigen turned into a wolf, he still wore a leather shoulder strap, bow, and quiver on his back. It was not easy to ride on the wolf's back, and Hong Jun almost slipped down several times, so he had to hold the shoulder strap tightly with his hands.
Lights flashed in the distance, and they were approaching the imperial city, so Canglang let Hong Jun get down, stood up slowly, and turned back to Mo Zhigen. Hong Jun was still looking back at Li Jinglong. Li Jinglong got a horse from somewhere, rode it over, and took a shortcut to catch up with the two of them.
"Here we come!" Qiu Yongsi and Artest stood outside a wall.
Hong Jun asked: "Where is my flying knife?"
Artest looked innocent and pointed inside.
Qiu Yongsi said: "We injured it with a fireball, and it jumped into the palace..."
Artest: "I injured it with a fireball, Brother Qiu, you didn't do anything at all!"
"...We didn't dare to rush in." Qiu Yongsi explained again, "For fear of causing trouble to Chang Shi again, I said to ask you first when you come."
Li Jinglong also arrived, got off his horse, and was stunned when he learned that the fox had escaped into the palace.
"You..." Li Jinglong was almost pissed off, "Can you escape like this?"
"I haven't escaped yet." Artest said, "I'll go in and catch you now?"
The fox demon has escaped into the palace. How can I find such a big Xingqing Palace? Li Jinglong frowned deeply, and looked at Artest and Qiu Yongsi. The two just smiled, as if they knew each other. At that moment, Li Jinglong understood their intentions, and had no choice but to nod meaningfully—
—The soldiers were divided into two groups, one of them fled to Dongshi, it was a trick to lure the enemy against them. The other one fled to a place where there might be a rescuer, that is to say, the rescuer was in the palace? Artest and Qiu Yongsi obviously didn't hit hard, but just followed it all the way, wanting to see where it was going to escape.
In other words, it is very likely that there are monsters lurking in the palace.
But Hong Jun's throwing knife was still nailed to the fox demon, and if he promised him, he must try to do it.
Countless thoughts ran through Li Jinglong's mind, but his ears suddenly caught an extremely subtle sound.
At night, everything is silent, and the insects are gone in late autumn. Before the wind blows in Chang'an, there is a clear sound almost a hundred paces away in the distance. The voice of film.
Hong Jun was about to speak, but Li Jinglong made a "shh" gesture, held his breath and listened quietly, and heard a series of small sounds.
"It didn't go far, it hid on the roof of the apse, pulling out your flying knife." Li Jinglong said in a very low voice, "I heard it."
"It's useless." Qiu Yongsi shook his head and said, "As soon as it gets close to it, it runs away. The fox demon is too fine. If something happens in the palace, it can't be dealt with."
Li Jinglong untied the bow on his back, and everyone looked at him in surprise.
"My arrows are ordinary soldiers, so I can't kill monsters." Li Jinglong said to Mo Rigen, "I'll borrow your arrows."
Mo Zhigen couldn't believe it, and said, "Can you shoot?!"
Hong Jun played with flying knives since he was a child, so he naturally knew how difficult it was. The other four people couldn't hear what Li Jinglong said earlier, but even if there was, it was impossible for Hong Jun to distinguish objects by listening to the sound alone. of.
"Try it." Li Jinglong gently drew the longbow in the darkness.
He tilted his head and tried hard to distinguish the voices a hundred steps away. When he was young, his riding and shooting skills were the best in a hundred, and he often boasted that he was the empress of Li Guang, a parachutist. However, time passed and he was looked down upon for many years. He has no chance to go to the battlefield, and on weekdays, he regards the performance-style shooting skills as a monkey show for dignitaries and nobles, and he is usually reluctant to use them.
As time goes by, people's skills are no longer mentioned, and the origin of Li's family cannot be proved by himself, which has become the laughing stock of Chang'an.
At this moment, he was also very nervous, and the hand that opened the bow was still shaking slightly.
On the top of the back hall of the Xingqing Palace, the fox demon seemed to sense danger, looked at the boundless darkness behind the high wall, raised its paws, and retreated slightly.
"Let's go back first." Hong Jun whispered in the dark, "If you can find it, Chang Shi, I still have two, it's okay."
Li Jinglong took a deep breath, drew the longbow again, looked sideways at Hong Jun, and met his gaze. At this moment, the sound of tiles colliding lightly came from his ears.
In an instant, Li Jinglong let go of the string decisively!
An arrow flew out soundlessly, breaking through the remnants of willows blocking the way in the palace. With a clear sound, the dead leaves flew up like a shooting star. Flying a hundred steps away, the fox a hundred steps away was silent and caught Shot in the abdomen, spurting blood.
After not hearing the wailing for a while, Li Jinglong sighed wearily, and when he looked at Hong Jun again, there was guilt in his eyes.
"It's been too long since I practiced, and my hands are raw." Li Jinglong frowned deeply, his eyes were full of anxiety, and he just wanted to break the bow in his hand into two pieces.
When everyone was about to comfort Chang Shi, you did a good job tonight—
—The fox rolled down the roof of the temple.
There was a sound of water in the pond of the apse.
"Hit?" Mo Zhigen said in shock.
"I hit it." Hong Jun said, "I'll go in and look for it."
Hong Jun immediately threw out the hook rope and climbed into the courtyard wall. Everyone stared at Li Jinglong in a daze, speechless for a while.
"Come out as soon as you find it!" Li Jinglong instructed.
After a while, Hong Jun turned over and threw out the third fox, only to see that it was dying from the arrow piercing through its right chest. Li Jinglong breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "I promised you will get the flying knife back."
Li Jinglong had never smiled in front of everyone, and such a smile made the atmosphere a little awkward. Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you. Artest and Qiu Yongsi were not able to accept what happened that night for a while, and they were immediately dumbfounded.
"You look pretty when you smile, Chang Shi." Hong Jun said with a smile, "Don't always keep a straight face."
Li Jinglong coughed unnaturally, and said coldly: "Let's go, we'll discuss it later when we go back."
Everyone followed Li Jinglong back to the Department of Exorcism.