Spirit rhinoceros

Chapter 2

In Futi Mountain, there are dense and deep, thousand-year-old trees with intertwined roots, and the surrounding fog is filled with gray and gray, and there is a hidden danger.

The piercing screams tore open several openings in the mist one after another, one after another, ferocious and gloomy, piercing into the ears, making people creepy, as if they were surrounded by countless ghosts and monsters climbing on the tree trunks and among the vines. The whole forest becomes their sword.

A carriage rushed out of the winding and rugged mountain road. Mo Long was standing on the shaft of the carriage, with handsome features and a black dress. He firmly held the reins with one hand and a short rein with the other. No matter how the carriage bumped, the black robe made a loud noise. , the corners of his lips curled up slightly, his expression calm.

Four huge mandrills suddenly came out from the slanting spines, two of them threw themselves on the side of the carriage, the howling sound shook the thick curtain, and the other two flew straight at Mo Long and the horse.

Without letting go of the rein, Mo Long flew up and kicked the mandrill heavily on the jaw. The mandrill tumbled to the ground, and the short knife in his hand fell down and pierced the neck of another mandrill, and when he pulled it out, blood spattered everywhere.

Two silver arrows shot out from the fog, chasing the stars and the moon, shooting down the mandrill climbing on the carriage.At the same time, Xia Houfeng rushed towards him with a longbow in his hand.He has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is extremely energetic. Although he is on foot, he runs much faster than a horse, and he can easily catch up with the carriage.

When the mountain road turned sharply, a roe owl appeared suddenly, with the body of a sheep and the teeth of a tiger. It was as big as three or four carriages, blocking the middle of the road, as black as a hill.

Mo Long hurriedly reined in the reins, nearly stopped the carriage, and frowned slightly in doubt.

The roe owl is very greedy, it flies in the sky, runs on the ground, and swims in the water, there is nothing it does not eat, and it is cruel by nature. Broken, also known as Taotie among the people.That's all for nothing, the strange thing is that this thing has lived in Juwu Mountain for a long time, how could it appear here today.

The roe owl stared at the carriage, lowered its head slowly, and came straight towards Molong. It suddenly opened its mouth wide, exposing its sharp teeth, roaring sharply, and the filthy air from its mouth rushed towards it.Having to cover her mouth and nose with the sleeve of her robe, Mo Long looked at it helplessly: "Big man, I'm not interested in what you ate last night."

Next to it, Xia Houfeng shot three arrows in succession, but the roe owl's skin was as thick as armor, and the arrows could not go deep into the vital organs, and only scratched a little of its skin.

"I come!"

Mo Long signaled Xiahou Fengzhao to keep an eye on the carriage, and at the same time, threw a short scorpion from his hand, cutting a bloody gash on the soft belly of the roe owl.

The roe owl was in pain, shook his head frantically, and stretched out his claws to pounce on Mo Long.

Mo Long jumped up lightly, dodged the sharp claws, and was riding on the back of the roe owl. He reached out with his left hand, sucked the short claw back into his palm, and was about to raise his hand...

"Wait, leave it to me!" Suddenly a crisp female voice called out.

Following the voice, a thin long green vine swung over. Mo Ji wrapped one foot around the vine, her eyebrows were beautiful, her waist was full, her clothes fluttered, and her body was filled with the fragrance of flowers.

Mo Long was about to stab the roe owl into the Tianchi where the roe owl was, and it was done quickly. Hearing what Mo Ji said, she grabbed a handful of fur from the roe owl's neck and used it as a rein, and still controlled it, standing on the ground. The beast waited on its back.

Feeling that someone was on its back, the roe owl became more and more frenzied, kicking forward and backward, and the whole ground was muffled by it.Mo Ji was half suspended in the air, and a wisp of dark fragrance escaped from her fingertips. The fragrance split into several strands in front of the Roe Owl, and penetrated through its five sense organs...

"Be careful!" Xia Houfeng yelled something unnecessary to Mo Ji, who ignored him.

After a while, the frenzied roe owl seemed to be drunk, its steps were slow, its eyelids drooped, and its head unconsciously flung back and forth, Mo Long jumped off the beast's back.Satisfied, Mo Ji floated down in front of the roe owl, and after it lay softly on the ground, she pressed one hand on the altar where it was, and held her breath intently—the original shiny fur of the roe owl gradually faded and withered; In the time of stick incense, the roe owl's energy has been exhausted by her.

Mo Ji withdrew her hand, took a deep breath, and a little smile appeared on her face. Compared with the mandrills in front, she was obviously more satisfied with this roe owl.

The roe owl, which has lost its vitality, is still lingering on its last breath, calling weakly. It is no longer as majestic as before, and its voice is like a baby crying.After hearing the sound for a moment, Mo Long's wrist sank slightly, and the short knife pierced into the center of its brow, ending its life.

There were a few mandrills stalking in the distance, but they didn't dare to approach because they had suffered a lot. Xiahoufeng bent his bow and set his arrows, scaring them all back into the mist, and they didn't dare to show their heads again.

The last drop of blood dripped down the tip of the scorpion, and the short scorpion lightly twirled in his hand. Mo Long inserted his backhand into the rucksack, jumped onto the shaft of the chariot, and continued to move forward.Xia Houfeng and Mo Ji followed behind.

There was no more harassment from strange beasts, the carriage galloped all the way, and arrived at the junction of Futi Mountain and Sanwei Mountain, which was also the agreed delivery place for this business. Seven or eight servants surrounded Ji Yuanzi and were waiting.Sitting in the carriage was Gu Yu, Ji Yuanzi's favorite concubine.Ji Yuanzi is the youngest son of Lord Yue, the lord of Changliu City. Due to family disputes, he was regarded as a thorn in the side of his elder brother, and had to leave his hometown. When he fled, he had no time to take Gu Yu with him, so he asked Mo Long and others to help him take the little son. The concubine secretly sent out of Changliu City.

The heavy curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Mo Long signaled Mo Ji to help out Gu Yu, who was pale but safe, and sent her back to Ji Yuanzi's side.When Ji Yuanzi was in trouble, he was very grateful for someone to help him, and he thanked Mo Long several times before leaving.

"Go back to the city!"

Mo Long stretched tiredly.

Xia Houfeng said dissatisfied: "The old man is using us more and more like animals. Is there a big guy who made this trip, and it took me so many arrows."

In Futi Mountain, Mo Ji absorbed a lot of animal spirits, she was in high spirits, and she was in a good mood: "Didn't the old man say that Ji Yuanzi might return to Changliu in the future, so let's help him now. In the future, if you can get something back, it’s considered a bet.”

Just as he was speaking, an emerald green bird swooped down from the sky towards Mo Long, crashed into his arms, and turned into a bird-shaped leaf.

"There's something else..." Mo Long spread out the leaves with her slender fingers, and Mo Long swept her head up and said, "Let's go to Xuanyuanqiu on the way, a batch of pearls from the Lu Family Pearl Shop were robbed."

"Is this also called Shunlu?" Xia Houfeng raised his eyebrows, "Is the little business of the Lu family's pearl shop enough to fill the teeth? He is getting more and more able to play with us."

Mo Long wasn't too satisfied either: "When we get back, we'll clean him up. Putting it in a pot and stewing it is also a health-preserving soup."

"What a great idea!" Xiahoufeng laughed.

"It will take some work to get to Xuanyuanqiu from here, I'll take a break. Xiaofeng, you drive and watch the road, don't bump it up and down and make people uneasy." Mo Ji stretched her waist and went in on her own Carriage, put down the curtain, no more movement.

Regarding Mo Ji's orders, Xia Houfeng never said a word, and took the reins.A group of people rushed towards Xuanyuan Qiu without stopping.

Xuanyuan Hill is said to be the place where the Xuanyuan family lived in ancient times.There is no grass growing here, only a river flows out of it, called Xunshui.Because the bottom of the river is covered with red fine sand, Xunshui looks red at a glance. There are several small towns scattered along Xunshui, among which Leize Town has the most people.

When Mo Long and the others arrived in Lei Ze Town, their genius was dim.The stalls steaming jujube paste yam cake, pine nut peach blossom cake, and honeydew melon strip radish cake by the ferry have just opened.

Xia Houfeng first bought some pastries, and as soon as Mo Ji was woken up, he handed over the pastries graciously: "I know you love peach blossom cakes, look, it's hot..."

Mo Ji casually took the peach blossom cake, and looked around while eating.

"There is also yam jujube cake, do you want to eat it?" Xia Houfeng asked.

Mo Ji said with disgust: "Sweet and greasy, only children like you love to eat."

Xia Houfeng hurriedly explained: "Actually, I don't like food either, really."

Ignoring the two of them, Mo Long picked up a piece of cake and threw it into his mouth. While chewing, he walked into an old porridge shop nearby, and went straight to the big stove: "Old man, wake up, your hair is all fluffed."

A large group of furry objects moved at the mouth of the hearth, two eyeballs flicked out from the black hair, looked at Mo Long, then stretched his waist, and greeted familiarly: "You are here! "The old product Mo Long was talking about was an elderly otter spirit who had been selling porridge at Lei Ze Ferry for hundreds of years, and only sold one kind of barley porridge. .He doesn't care, in his words, if you like to eat or not, if you don't eat, then don't eat, you deserve it, get out!

He took a clay bowl from the side, and Mo Long was not polite to him, and filled the bowl of porridge by himself.

"I'd like to ask you something. A batch of East China Sea pearls have been robbed in the past two days. Which family is responsible for it?"

The old otter scratched his armpit: "There is a big-tailed sheep and a bear from Yuezhi in the east, and they get together with the monkey cubs on the west mountain. They come down the mountain every now and then to pick soft persimmons."

Mo Long took a sip of porridge and asked casually, "Where is the nest?"

The old otter advised him: "Let the lesson be learned, don't make it look like ransacking the house."

"Where?"

"It's right next to the Shibi Spring in the West Mountain... Be kind and remember!"

"Okay, go back and catch a monkey cub and come back to help you burn firewood." Mo Long looked at the old otter's fur that had been smoky and split from the fire all the year round.

The old otter said: "No, it's not enough to cause trouble for me!"

After finishing the porridge, Mo Long took out an object from his pocket and put it on the stove seemingly casually: "If you dare to feed it to the chickens, I will tear down the porridge shop next time. Let's go." , walk away.

"What else?"

The old otter picked up what he had put down, which was a small gourd, pulled out the cork, and a fresh fragrance escaped - it was the spring water of Ditai. Drinking this water not only has miraculous effects on heartache, but also prolongs life.He smiled, put the little gourd away, and muttered: "Little brat, I just can't learn to speak."

As soon as Mo Long came out of the porridge shop, he heard the loud "dang, clang, clang" sound of iron objects on the ferry not far away.It was a square of iron hanging on the ferry, and it was hit by a small hammer. The first boat in the morning arrived.

There were not many people getting off the ferry, and a burly rhinoceros was at the forefront, with a lot of clanking things on its back, like a walking grocery store.Because the rhinoceros is fine, one is worth three, until he passed the carriage, Mo Long saw a girl in a snow-green shirt behind him——

"Merman!" Mo Ji whispered in amazement. Merman live in the sea all year round and rarely come to land, let alone come here now.

The voice was very low, but Xue Qingshanzi heard it, tilted his head slightly, and glanced at the carriage arrogantly, without stopping, as if he didn't bother to pay attention to idlers like them.

Xia Houfeng only felt that this woman was different from other people, but he couldn't tell what the difference was. After listening to Mo Ji's words, he suddenly realized: "She is a mermaid?! It is said that mermaid men are vicious and ugly, while women are delicate and beautiful. Yes! How did you know that?"

"There's a fishy smell, can't you smell it?" Mo Ji looked thoughtfully at the back of the shark.

Xia Houfeng sniffed hard with his nose, but apart from the sweetness of the pastry, he really didn't smell any other aura, so he turned to ask Mo Long, "Did you smell it?"

Mo Long didn't answer, leaning on the carriage and said lightly: "It's not fishy smell, but the smell of purple algae from the East China Sea. She should be from the East China Sea, she's not a good person, don't try to provoke her for fun."

When Xiahou Fengtou saw the merman, he was full of curiosity, and really wanted to get acquainted. Hearing what Mo Long said, he became more and more puzzled: "It's just a little girl, what's there to be afraid of?"

"The material on her body is crocodile silk, also known as dragon gauze, which is worth a hundred gold per foot; the pearls in her hair are round and lustrous, and expensive..." Mo Long looked at the back of Xueqing's shirt and said, "Just this She came here from the East China Sea with all her clothes in her body, would you believe that no one robbed her? But she is still doing well now."

Mo Ji didn't move her gaze, and said coldly: "I would like to try it to see what she is capable of."

Hearing this, Mo Long glanced at her: "Do you just want to see her ability?"

"It's just talking," Mo Ji turned her eyes away, and said sullenly, "I can't even talk..."

"Let's go to the Shibi Spring in the West Mountain."

(End of this chapter)