Xian Xian

Chapter 33: Strong

The battle had just ended, and the entrance of Xiyuan was in a mess. The sound of the fight just now was so loud that half of Luoyang was awakened, and no one in Pei’s family would still be able to sleep. At this moment, all houses and courtyards are staring at Xiyuan, in the shadows, around the corners, there are maidservants who are inquiring about news everywhere.

Everyone inside and outside couldn’t help peeking at Li Chaoge one after another, with awe and fear in their eyes, but no one dared to step forward and silently watched Li Chaoge go out. Unexpectedly, when Li Chaoge walked halfway, he stopped suddenly and turned his head? The cousin greeted him.

You know, since Li Chaoge entered the door of Pei’s house, he didn’t show a good face to anyone. He didn’t expect to meet his cousin and greet him on the initiative. The two care about one, and the other thank you. You and I are very polite, and they are full of joy.

Li Chaoge looked at Gu Mingke, smiling on the surface, but he was very suspicious in his heart. She hadn’t noticed Gu Mingke before. If it hadn’t been for the bird to fall inexplicably, she wouldn’t realize it? Someone was here. When did Gu Mingke come and how long did he watch it?

Li Chaoge swept past Gu Mingke calmly and saw that his clothes were white and snow-stained, not stained with dust, and his long hair was scattered behind him, without any trace of movement. But Li Chaoge still didn’t believe it. When she caught the Harpy just now, the Harpy flew well, and suddenly fell down a bit, as if hitting something. The sky above Pei’s mansion is unobstructed, unobstructed, what can the bird demon hit?

Li Chaoge’s eyes were inquiring, and he smiled and said to Gu Mingke: “It was disturbed late at night and disturbed Gu Langjun’s rest. I’m sorry. Just now, Gu Langjun has been here? Watching?”

Gu Mingke nodded lightly and looked back calmly: “Otherwise?”

Again? Last time, Li Chaoge had speculations, but there was no evidence. In full view, Li Chaoge couldn’t do anything to him. He could only smile and said, “That’s good. The imperial examination will be in a few days. Li Chaoge hereby wishes Gu Langjun the title on the gold list, and his success will be on the same stage.”

Gu Mingke nodded, his voice was like icy jade, cold and moving: “Thank you.”

Li Chaoge stared at Gu Mingke hard for a long time. Gu Mingke didn’t move at all, showing no strangeness on his face. Li Chaoge was so angry that he couldn’t help it, so he could only temporarily suppress the matter. She raised her hand and motioned to the soldiers: “Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

All the soldiers obeyed their orders and kept up. Li Chaoge turned and walked forward. When she looked up, Pei Ji’an stood on the steps and watched her silently when she saw the opposite. His eyes were dark and deep, he was hesitant to speak, there seemed to be more things she couldn’t understand than in the previous life. Li Chaoge didn’t even bother to explore what Pei Ji’an was thinking. She didn’t squint, as if she hadn’t seen Pei Ji’an’s existence, and passed by him.

From the beginning to the end, she didn’t cast a glance at Pei Ji’an. When facing Gu Mingke just now, she was totally different.

A gust of night wind swept past, and Pei Ji’an’s clothes flicked, and his lips became paler.

The footsteps of the soldiers stomped away. After the Yulin Army left, the people of Pei’s family rushed forward, most of them rushed to Pei Ji’an and asked for warmth, and a few people gathered around to ask Gu Mingke.

“Cousin, are you okay?”

Gu Mingke shook his head and said, “Nothing.”

The butler was relieved, with some disapproval? He said: “That’s good. Cousin, you are not in good health. You shouldn’t come out in this kind of fighting and killing. That strange bird looks so good. It’s very scary. If you are scared, wouldn’t it be a mess for everyone?”

The housekeeper said in a tone that Gu Mingke had no power to bind the chicken and could do nothing. Gu Mingke nodded calmly without explaining, “Okay.”

Pei Ji’an came over, and when he heard the housekeeper’s words, he frowned slightly, and quickly glanced at Gu Mingke. Just now when he was catching the demon, Pei Ji’an was also watching not far away. He had expected Li Chaoge’s ability and was not surprised. On the contrary, Gu Mingke’s performance surprised Pei Ji’an.

Gu Mingke stood on the loft corridor, without any fear or worry, and even some comments in his eyes. Pei Ji’an married Li Chaoge in his previous life and had seen a lot of monsters and ghosts, so he was not afraid of this bird monster. However, how could Gu Mingke, a weak and sick mortal who had never been in contact with ghosts, wasn’t afraid at all?

I don’t know if Pei Ji’an is too heart-minded, he even felt that? Li Chaoge stopped before leaving? Gu Mingke’s words were quite meaningful. Pei Ji’an calmly asked, “Cousin, I heard someone say that the monster hurt your maid. How is she?”

When the bird demon disguised himself as a human, in order to gain their trust, he said that the monster had injured Lu Qi. Lu Qi? Gu Pei did hit the bird monster and almost encountered a poisonous hand. Fortunately, Gu Mingke came in time. They were just fainted and there was no trauma on their bodies. Gu Mingke has sent the two back to their respective rooms and erased their memories of him. When Gu Mingke finishes all this, when he comes back, he even has time to watch Li Chaoge cast the demons.

Gu Mingke kept in mind his sickness and weakness, and said: “No one was hurt. The bird demon deliberately said these words to confuse Princess Anding in order to escape.”

The housekeeper Pei heard that no one was injured, and undoubtedly heaved a long sigh of relief. He patted his heart, and said, “That’s good. Fortunately, there is only a surprise, a false alarm, I will go to Xianggong to report. Anyway, there really are monsters in our mansion. Princess Anding enters the door. At the time, I thought she was deliberately finding fault.”

Gu Mingke raised his eyes, looked at the messy and smashed Pei’s home, and said, “Indeed, she really enforced the law impartially.”

The housekeeper of Pei Mansion happily replied, “Isn’t it? Princess Anding looks almost the same size as the little lady?” She was about the same size as the little lady? She did not expect to be so capable. Such a big strange bird, she is not afraid at all, she just holds the sword. Charged forward. There are so many Yulin army standing on the ground. Compared with Princess Anding, Yu Linjun is dumb and a bit stupid. Her two guards are also good. One of them is on the strange bird like wings. Floating, another man was amazing, and he was able to pull down such a big strange bird. It seems that the saint has really done a lot to protect Princess An Ding.”

Gu Mingke lowered his eyes and smiled without saying a word. Pei Ji’an frowned. After a while, he hesitated and said, “That seems to be not a guard.”

“Um?”

“If I remember correctly, these two people are both criminals. One is the Kansai bandit leader Zhou Shao who kills people like hemp, and the other is Jiang Yang thief Bai Qianhe, both of whom deserve to be sentenced to be executed.”

The housekeeper Pei was stunned. After a while, he found his voice: “I said they don’t look like people in the government. It turns out that they are evil desperadoes… Da Lang Jun, you didn’t. Did you read it wrong?”

Pei Ji’an shook his head. He suspected at first that even if Li Chaoge was bold, he wouldn’t be so lawless. Soliciting prisoners to do things is simply shocking to the world. However, Pei Ji’an recognized it for a long time, and found helplessly that he had not read it wrong.

Li Chaoge is so bold.

Pei Ji’an remembers his previous life. Although the Town Demon Division is notorious, except for Li Chaoge, the rest of the Town Demon Division are all opportunistic and fierce mobs. Once they leave Li Chaoge, this group of people will immediately disperse as birds and beasts. Therefore, even though the court officials hated the town demon division, they didn’t take them seriously from the bottom of their hearts.

Obviously, the Town Demon Division was just a knife in the hands of the empress. After the cunning rabbit was killed, the knife should be thrown away. Li Chaoge? The more rampant the town demon division, the closer their death date.

But now, Li Chaoge mentions people from the dungeon and brings them to the table in an upright manner. Pei Ji’an couldn’t help thinking, what exactly does Li Chaoge want to do?

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After Li Chaoge left Pei’s mansion, he looked at the empty streets and ordered: “Huo Jingzhou, you take the two teams to the east of the city to check. Zhou Shao, you are familiar with the market, go to the west of the city. Bai Qianhe, you go to Beili ?.”

As soon as Bai Qianhe heard the name of the place, he sighed, and the flowers on his face were full of smiles. Li Chaoge laughed and raised his eyes. His black and white eyes fixedly looked at him: “If you dare to neglect your duty and use public for personal gain, I will definitely make you regret coming to this world.”

Bai Qianhe collapsed, waved his hand, and said, “What are you saying, am I this kind of person?”

Li Chaoge glanced at him coldly and ignored him. She sat on a horse and said to the many soldiers below: “The monster was cut by me and has lost the ability to attack. It will not be able to harm people for a while. But this monster is good at transforming, men and women, young and old, dying and old. Its incarnation. You search from house to house, and if you encounter a wound on your right arm, no matter who the other party is, you will arrest them.”

The Yu Linjun clasped their fists together, and the reply was loud and powerful, echoing repeatedly in the quiet street: “Yes.”

Li Chaoge confessed some precautions again, and motioned them to disperse and hurried to catch the monster. These people were obviously Huo Jingzhou’s subordinates, but in a moment, the command was transferred to the Li Chao singer, and no one thought it was wrong.

Li Chaoge’s arrangements for them to go to these places were naturally considered. There are many powerful and powerful people in the east of the city. Huo Jingzhou was born in the shadows. Every family has inextricable relationships. It is just right for him to knock on the doors of the officials. Zhou Shao was on a mixed road. Even if the golden basin washes his hands, his influence in the three religions and the nine streams should not be underestimated. Even if the city is full of small people in the west, the master is among the people.

As for Bai Qianhe to go to the Huajie Wine Shop, let alone. The madam girls in the brothel, the level of well-informed information cannot be underestimated.

Huo Jingzhou took the people away, and Zhou Shao left without saying a word after clasping his fists. Bai Qianhe rode out two steps, see Li Chaoge not moving, and then strangled his horse back.

“Princess, it’s already midnight. The monster is out of climate. All that is left is the water milling time. Just push it out slowly. Next, leave it to us. You can’t stay up late as a little girl. Go back and rest.”

Li Chaoge shook his head and said: “So many soldiers can survive, why can’t I? Come out together to catch the demon, everyone else is busy, what is the matter if I go back to rest. You go to Beili? Right, don’t worry about me, I will go to Nancheng to see Look.”

Bai Qianhe was surprised and blurted out: “But you are a princess and a little girl.”

“What’s the matter with the girl?” Li Chao, the singer? Holding the reins, without paying attention between his eyes, said, “I am a woman? I am the commander-in-chief of catching monsters this time. As the person in charge, I should lead by example. The soldiers are all red-eyed, why can’t I do it? Go and work, and in a while, the brothel will be closed.”

Li Chaogele walked forward with his horse, and didn’t feel at all? There was nothing wrong with these words, as if it were justified. Bai Qianhe fell behind, silently looking at Li Chaoge’s back, for the first time in awe of the woman in front of him.

She showed strong force very early. Although Bai Qianhe begged for mercy, he didn’t take it seriously in his heart. There are many strong players in the arena, and it is commonplace not to beat others. In Bai Qianhe’s mind, Li Chaoge is just a woman who is not easy to provoke. Apart from being able to fight very well, other women are no different. But now, Bai Qianhe realized that she was different from those women.

It’s not her strength, but her heart. She has the heart of a truly strong man.

Dongdu was restless all night, at five and three o’clock, a round of red sun gushed out of the horizon, and a vigorous drum sounded in Luoyang City. Monk Tsing Yi also walked up to the tower and slowly sounded the morning bell. The sound of drums and bells interlaced, and the people waited in front of the gate, whispering to each other, talking about what happened last night.

“Have you heard that a monster was caught in Dongdu yesterday!”

“Who doesn’t know such a big movement last night? The sound of horseshoes rang out for a long time, and it stopped before dawn.”

Another person heard their conversation and added: “Isn’t it? I heard that the monster was arrested by Princess Anding.”

The people in the capital live at the feet of the emperor and are naturally keen on political gossip. More and more people from both sides gathered around, rushing: “It was a princess who caught it? I thought it was a master monk. Who is Princess Anding? It seems that I have never heard of this name before. ”

“It’s the early saint? The daughter of the Queen of Heaven, Princess Anding, Li Chaoge.”

In this way, the people on both sides showed a stunned look: “I said it was familiar, it turned out to be her. When the Queen was looking for someone to make a big fanfare, now the imperial list to find the princess is still posted at the gate of the city. Two or three years No one reported the crime. Why is Princess Anding suddenly coming back now?”

“I don’t know, it seems that the saint went hunting in the palace, and happened to happen. The fate of the world is a coincidence. If there is a fate, you can encounter it in ten years. If you have no fate, I am afraid that the father and daughter will not know each other. ”

Now that Buddhism is prevalent, this kind of fateful reincarnation is extremely popular among the people of Luoyang, and everyone should respond together. The people in Dongdu are keen to gossip, and they are concerned about either ghost talk or royal gossip. The two hot spots of last night’s affairs were gathered at the same time, which instantly ignited the topic of all the people in Luoyang.

For a while, some people have popularized the story of Princess Anding’s loss, some have told about the legendary experience of the saint? Queen of Heaven, and some talked a lot about the monsters of last night. Spit splashing at the gate, everyone talked eagerly, and no one cared when the gate was opened.

“Have you heard that the monster seems to be called the Rakshasa bird. It grows in the Yinsi cemetery and eats dead human flesh for a living. This one has cultivated into Taoism and flew to the city to dig people’s hearts. ? Nine hearts can soar in the day, covering the sky with one hand!”

“You are talking nonsense, that monster eats the brain? How did it become the heart? Don’t listen to the story from the storyteller, here? Hubian, right?”

“No! It may be that I remembered wrong, but the monster is really called Raksha bird. My wife’s distant nephew is in the Yulin Army, and Princess Anding told them in person that the monster is called Raksha.”

Another man dressed in brown joined the conversation and continued: “Yes, it’s called this name. My niece worked as a slave in Pei’s house. When Princess Anding was catching the demon last night, she was not far away watching. Rakshasa bird last night. I flew to Pei’s house and smashed half of the yard to others. Fortunately, Princess An Ding took someone to wound it. Otherwise, there are so many princesses and princes in Pei’s family. Wouldn’t the imperial court lose a lot if Raksha targeted him! ”

“What, hurt? That strange bird was not caught?”

“No, it injured the right half of the wing, and ran away with the wound. The Yulin Army had a fight for half the night last night, and they were catching it. The injured person. Maybe the other party is a monster.”

When everyone heard Qi Qi exclaimed, they spread the news to their family and neighborhood. The brown-clothed man is clear and organized, and everyone knows that he does have a niece working in Pei’s house, so he is very convinced by what he said. The crowd came over again and asked, “What are the characteristics of that monster? How to identify it?”

“Yes, how many children in my family? Well, can hanging calamus be prevented?”

The brown-clothed man shook his head and said, “I don’t know. I only know that the Rakshasa bird eats men, especially men with plenty of yang. Do you have young men in your family? If you have young men, don’t let them go out these days and hide more. God. Look at the posture of the Yulin army outside, and within a few days, the Rakshasa bird will be found out.”

Everyone responded one after another, chattering for a while, extremely lively. At this time, the gate of the square was opened, and the square was shouting at the front, telling them to leave quickly, don’t push, don’t be crowded. The crowd slowly flowed out like a river with a gate opened.

Everyone is still discussing the topic just now. A lady with a round body? When she lowered her head, she saw a thin young girl huddling in the crowd, squeezing out with difficulty. Lady Zhao? Recognize that this is the little lady of the Mo family? Her name is Linlang.

Lady Zhao? Knowing that the Mo family’s situation is complicated, Lin Lang has lost her mother at a young age, and her father and stepmother are inconsistent and often abuse Lin Lang. Neighbors in the neighborhood are very pity, they are willing to take care of the little lady of the Mo family?, but Mo Linlang’s eyes don’t know what’s going on, they look extremely permeating. When she stares at each other, she always looks vainly behind people, as if there is something behind them. Everyone was frightened by her performance? No, gradually, no one dared to pay any attention to Ma Linlang.

But she was really pitiful. Lady Zhao? She sighed, and asked Mo Linlang, “Your mother asked you to come out to work again?”

Mo Linlang nodded: “Yes. Aunt Zhao, I want to buy firewood, and I will have to pick water later. If I go back late, my aunt will get angry again. I won’t accompany you to talk about it, let me go.”

Lady Zhao? Sighed, and quickly said, “Go ahead.”

Mo Linlang went outside to buy the cheapest firewood, and then went to the well, struggling to pick? Her waist-high bucket came back. However, even so, he still delayed his brother’s meal. Mo Liu was very angry. He took up the feather duster and smoked Mo Linlang several times. He was especially confused and cursed: “Useless things, what are you doing standing up, why don’t you go and feed the chickens!”

Mo Linlang didn’t say a word, as if the person being beaten was not her, went out to pick up the chicken food basket and went to feed the chickens by the fence.

She threw the millet to the chicken coop, her eyes condensed suddenly, and she saw something.

There is one more chicken in the circle, with a wound on the right wing, and it is still oozing blood.