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Chapter 41
"Come on! Let's eat!"
In the other hall of the Huaqing Palace, the lights were brightly lit, reflecting the fine snow in the valley, and shadows cast on the tent gate. A huge fish was dangling in front of Dengying.
"Don't look at it." Hongjun smiled, "Come to eat."
The carp demon looked at the koi on the lampshade for a long time, then reluctantly got down from the cabinet. Li Jinglong personally poured wine for a group of subordinates, and said with a smile: "Although I have only known each other for two months, it seems that I have known everyone for a long time. There is a saying that people who experience life and death together must have unresolved fate... …"
Everyone was too busy and did not dare, because the long history was doing their best. After drinking, Li Jinglong toasted: "May Changan be free from disasters. God bless me Great Tang!"
"God bless me Great Tang."
The four toasted with the carp demon and drank them all.
Li Jinglong greeted everyone to eat again, and Morigen smiled and said, "Is it only two months? How does it feel like a lifetime."
"The Exorcist Division who entered on September 18th." Qiu Yongsi smiled, "I still remember that there was a lot of grass over there, and I almost thought I ran the wrong door."
Hongjun smiled and said: "When Chang Shi broke in that day, his face was scared green, do you remember?"
Everyone laughed together again. On that day, Li Jinglong first entered the Exorcism Division, Ah Tai played the piano, Morigen plucked the bowstring, Qiu Yongsi and Hongjun played cups and bowls by the side, the carp demon danced in a basin... almost scared Feng Changqing A psychological shadow.
Li Jinglong joked: "It's true that I took the liberty of it that day. I shouldn't do anything indiscriminately.
Morigen was excited again. Speaking of the little fox being let go, he couldn't help teasing Hongjun. Hongjun said angrily: "No! I just can't bear the cute animals..."
Qiu Yongsi said: "Speaking of which, how many paintings are for you, everyone take a look?"
Speaking of Qiu Yongsi, he turned around, fetched a few pieces of paper behind him, divided one into one, and said to the carp demon: "You often soak in water, so let Hongjun take it away for you."
The crowd divided the paintings and saw that Qiu Yongsi's Danqing is extremely vivid, which is their daily impression. The moment when Li Jinglong first entered the Exorcism Division, the people between the two screens when listening to the song by the Orioles Chunxiao in Pingkang, the scene of the demon in front of the Daming Palace, the golden flowers gathered to face the prince, and the imperial garden sat under the ginkgo tree Wait for the call...
And today the moment when the horse gallops from Chang'an to Lishan.
"I want this one!" The carp demon liked the last one.
"It's not the same as landscape painting." Li Jinglong said interestingly.
"Grandfather always thought that I painted too realistically." Qiu Yongsi said, "mostly no one wants this kind of painting."
"I like it." Hongjun couldn't put it down, rolling the picture into a tube, and said, "You can frame it and hang it when you go back."
When everyone was watching the painting, there was a sudden silence in the room, and Hongjun seemed to feel a strange atmosphere. Morigen said, "I have something here too, to share with everyone."
Speaking of Morigen, he took out three small bone flutes and distributed them to everyone, saying: "This is a whistle made by the wolf king's finger bones. You can call our people and lead the way by blowing it in Shiwei's territory. No matter whether you eat or kill the enemy, you will never refuse."
The bone flute is very delicately done, it is melodious and clear, with a red thread tied to it. Compared with beads, Hongjun loves this even more.
"I'll give you something too." Hongjun said, "or just take this bead apart."
Everyone hurriedly told Hongjun not to do it, but Hongjun had already pulled the string away, the jade bead fell to the ground, and Li Jinglong held his forehead.
Qiu Yongsi said: "This bead can buy half of Luo Yang, you... actually took it apart like this?"
Hongjun said: "It's okay, it's okay, there are still a lot in my house, and the fish tank is filled with all of these, and then I will find something to string on..."
Everyone: "..."
There were twelve beads in total. Hongjun divided them into two and gave two to the carp monster. The carp monster said, "I haven't turned into a dragon yet, so will I start playing with the beads? You can take it for me first. ."
"Either make a necklace for Zhao Zilong, string a Buddha bone, and hang it behind his cheeks.
This was not bad, and Hongjun readily started making jewelry for the carp monster. The carp demon drank a few glasses of wine, was too strong, swayed, swayed a few times, fell on his side, and got drunk.
"Come, have another drink." When Li Jinglong was about to pour the wine, Morigen grabbed it and said, "I'll come, I'll come."
"Chang Shi, this cup is for you." Ah Tai said.
Hongjun followed them to a toast to Li Jinglong, and Li Jinglong said: "You just hurt, don't drink too much. I'll drink this cup for you."
Li Jinglong drank two cups in a row, and said, "Eat. Everyone is free."
Everyone took food one after another, and Li Jinglong ate the food, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent again.
"What's wrong?" Even Hongjun felt it.
"Nothing." Qiu Yongsi looked at Hongjun with a smile, and said, "Hongjun, you are a good boy."
Li Jinglong sighed for a long time, put down his chopsticks, and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it, listen."
Qiu Yongsi, Morigen and Ah Tai looked at each other. After a while, Hongjun asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Morigen sighed and said, "Chang Shi, Hongjun, I don't know each other, I have to go."
"Why?!" Hongjun's voice was surprised and disappointed that was hard to hide.
Li Jinglong did not answer, but looked at Morigen quietly, then glanced at Qiu Yongsi.
Qiu Yongsi said: "I have to go, Chang Shi, Hongjun."
Ah Tai smiled sadly: "You Han people often say that there is always a banquet in the world, and I have to go back, Chang Shi, Hongjun."
Hongjun: "..."
Li Jinglong was silent.
"You...you..." Hongjun thought he had heard it wrong, and said, "Why? Finally got rid of the Demon King. Isn't it good to stay in Chang'an? Chang'an is so good... and there are food and fun. of……"
"Hongjun." The carp demon cried.
Morigen sighed and said, "To be honest, Long History, I had a mission before I came."
"Looking for Bailu?" Li Jinglong asked.
Hongjun was very surprised, how did Li Jinglong know? The carp demon looked at Hongjun's expression and said, "You are silly, what did Morigen ask on the stargazing platform?"
Hongjun only then remembered and said, "But Chang'an doesn't have the white deer you mentioned. Or wait for me to ask Qingxiong and Chongming?"
"No." Morigen replied, "White Deer is the god of dreams who guards the long night. She is not a demon. She has been missing from the grassland clan since 120 years ago. I inherited the power of Chang Lang and must find her. I came to Chang'an because I suspected that the Demon King had imprisoned her. It seems that she is not in the Central Plains now. So next, I have to continue searching."
"What if I can't find it?" Li Jinglong asked.
"The power of the White Deer is like the lamp of your heart." Morigen said, "She rushed into everyone's dreams and expelled their nightmare. Once missing, the power of the nightmare can't be eliminated, the hostility between heaven and earth It will get heavier and heavier."
Li Jinglong let out a long sigh, Hongjun frowned and said, "Where can I find this?"
Morigen said: "After I leave Chang'an, I will first go all the way south, and then go to see in the middle of Shu. In the long history, everything in the world has anims, the hostility of heaven and earth, demons and ghosts, gods and beasts, all have mutual relations One thing restrains one thing, one thing goes down and the other grows, and one thing moves the whole body..."
Li Jinglong raised his hand to indicate that he knew it, no need to say anything. The room fell silent again.
"My mission is to find the black dragon "jail" that escaped from the Zhenlong Tower." Qiu Yongsi said to everyone, "Two hundred years ago, it swallowed many dragons, and its power grew stronger and escaped from the bottom of the tower. And launched a war with the Feng clan."
Hongjun's heart shuddered, thinking of the re-ming words, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.
"Later, the Feng Clan lost." Qiu Yongsi said, "Retired from the world, while Ha Prison hid in the Central Plains. Before I came, I thought it had become the Demon King of Chang'an, but now it seems that it does not."
"This is also my heart trouble." Li Jinglong replied, "So, you plan to continue to search for the whereabouts of Ha Prison. What happens when you find it?"
Qiu Yongsi said: "Take it away and reseal it back to Zhenlong Tower."
"Where is Zhenlong Tower?" Hongjun asked.
The carp demon said: "If I accidentally become a dragon, I won't be caught too?"
"In a place where none of you can enter." Qiu Yongsi said, "It was built by the ancient immortal Guangchengzi. Although it was called'Zhenlong', it was actually suppressed by the vicious and bloodthirsty Jiao. The Qiu family He is the guardian of Zhenlong Tower."
In the silence, Qiu Yongsi sighed.
"I thought it came to Chang'an and became the Demon King, but I didn't expect that the Demon King who was in charge of this place was a nine-tailed fox... So..." Qiu Yongsi smiled bitterly, "The whereabouts of Havil is like finding a needle in a haystack. I’m afraid it’s going to be a long time apart from everyone."
Li Jinglong pondered for a moment, then said to Ah Tai: "So what about you?"
Ah Tai replied: "When your Majesty summoned me in the Golden Flower Fall that night, he promised me to borrow my Wusun Ancient Road and Kurtai County, recruit troops and buy horses there, and send me a handwritten letter...you see?"
Morigen also learned about it, frowning and said: "The Kurtai area is too dangerous! The Huns are frequent, how do you get a foothold?"
"I still have a guard." Ah Tai said to everyone, "Besides, no matter how I say it, he is also the descendant of the Holy King of Persia, hehe..." He shook his fan and replied: "Ordinary Huns, how can we be? Opponent?"
Li Jinglong nodded and said, "Why didn't you mention it after returning that night?"
Ah Tai replied: "Long history, I don't want to cause you and everyone any more trouble, these days, thank you for your kind advice."
After saying that Ah Tai stepped back half a step, and bowed down to bow to everyone. Hongjun hurriedly stepped forward to help, and everyone was overwhelmed.
"Leaving is the best way." Qiu Yongsi said, "The Demon King of Chang'an has been eliminated. I have waited for too long. I am afraid that the emperor and the court officials will be jealous. The Exorcist Department can collect the demon or..."
"No need to go on." Li Jinglong interrupted.
Morigen observed Li Jinglong's expression and knew that the emperor had this fear.
"Will you come back?" Li Jinglong asked.
"After I find Bailu, I will take her back to the grassland." Morigen replied, "If you pass through Chang'an, I would like to ask Chang Shi to preside over the marriage for us."
Li Jinglong laughed, but there was a hint of bitterness in that smile.
Qiu Yongsi said: "After taking away the black dragon, maybe I still have to guard the West Lake. After all, that is the only entrance to the Zhenlong Tower, but it's okay to come and visit Chang'an occasionally. You are welcome to come and be a guest anytime."
Ah Tai said: "I don't know if the desire to regain my homeland can be realized in this life, but if one day I can't get along, maybe I can only come to the brothers."
Li Jinglong said happily, "I hope you don't come again."
Everyone laughed, smiling, each other's eyes were red, Li Jinglong sighed, turned his head away from their sight, and said to Hongjun: "What about you?"
Hongjun was still in shock. He didn't return to his senses for a while. When asked this way, he subconsciously said, "I...I..."
Hongjun actually didn't want to leave before leaving Yaojin Palace. Chongming and Qingxiong asked him to do three things, one is to return the heart lamp to the original owner, the other is to expel the Demon King of Changan, and the third is to find out the truth about his life... Even though it didn't happen, the Demon King of Chang'an was destroyed, and the truth of his life experience was known, but he didn't find his father-killing enemy.
"I...should be staying for a while?" Hongjun stared at Li Jinglong blankly, and suddenly felt that this farewell was really cruel to Li Jinglong. Although gathering and dispersing are like flowing clouds, fate is fleeting, but Li Jinglong seems to have never had a few friends. Once the Exorcist Division is separated, there are no more demons in Chang'an. What can Li Jinglong do? Had to stay in the room all day, waiting for their return.
When he heard this, Morigen smiled: "Hongjun, then you have to take good care of Changshi."
Ah Tai said: "Either the long history will be handed over to you. You are also a prince anyway. Whenever you want to go home, you will pick him up."
Qiu Yongsi immediately said: "That's how it is! A word is a deal!"
Li Jinglong: "..."
Hongjun was afraid that Li Jinglong was too sad, so he said: "Okay! It's a deal!"
Li Jinglong said, "I haven't nodded yet! You two, just leave like that! Do you have a conscience?!"
"You still have Hongjun." Qiu Yongsi smiled.
"That's right, you still have Hongjun." Ah Tai agreed with Morigen, and then toasted Li Jinglong. Li Jinglong took the drink without saying a word.
"It's okay to go." Li Jinglong said, "If Chang'an gets caught in the monster again someday, how can I find you?"
Morigen said: "The power of dreams is everywhere, but whenever Changan's demon is so high, I will definitely come back."
Ah Tai said: "You hand the letter to the caravan going to the Western Regions and ask them to take it to Kurtai. If necessary, they will be crushed to pieces."
Qiu Yongsi replied: "Chang Shi, you send the letter to Hangzhou West Lake Wanliu Resort through the inn, and the family can naturally inform me."
Li Jinglong looked down at the wine glass and sighed: "From the day I met everyone, I knew you were leaving sooner or later, but I didn't expect it so soon. Blame me, blame me..."
"What's the blame for you?" Morigen smiled, "If it weren't for a long history, how could everyone work together..."
"It's my fault that I didn't cherish the days I spent with you all." Li Jinglong raised his eyes, looked at the rest of them, and said slowly, "I only hope that there is a chance to see you again in this life."
When these words came out, Qiu Yongsi, Morigen and Ah Tai all had tears in their eyes, and Hongjun almost cried.
"I don't have anything to give you." Li Jinglong lowered his head, rubbed his eyebrows with his slender fingers, and said in a low voice, "You will all take the horse away by then. I will not stay in the Exorcism Department. I will let other people ride them again." Bi said with a smile.
Everyone was silent and nodded each.
"I'll play a song for everyone, right?" Ah Tai said hurriedly, turning around to pick up the Barbat, and before everyone could reply, he flicked the strings a few times.
"Weicheng is in the rain, and the guest house is green and willows are green..."
"Persuade you to get a glass of wine, go west out of Yangguan, no one for no reason..."
Hongjun often listened to the song "Threefolds of Yangguan", but every time listened to it before, but after listening to the song, until tonight, heard a little melancholy and a little bit of reluctance.
Ah Tai's piano sound flows in the long night. After singing "Yangguan Three Die", Morigen said: "Don't be so sad!"
"Good, good," Ah Tai said, "Change one!"
"Chilechuan, under the Yin Mountain, the sky is blue, the wild is vast, the wind blows and the grass is low, see cattle and sheep..."
This night, everyone drank freely, sang "Yangguan Sandie", "Chunjiang Flower Night and Moon", and sang "You do not see the water of the Yellow River coming up from the sky, rushing to the sea never to return, Gaotang Mingjing's sad white hair, the morning and the blue silk and the evening snow ..." Then it was "The long wind sends Qiuyan geese thousands of miles away. For this, it can be high-rise buildings. The Penglai article builds a bone, the small house in the middle is full of green hair, the knife is cut off and the water flows more, and a toast is more worrying..."
By the fourth hour, everyone was drunk and unconscious, lying down, leaning against, or lying in front of the case, or falling in the corner, the carp demon lying on the case side, fluttering his tail from time to time.
After a long time, Morigen opened his eyes and rubbed his temples. He opened his drunk and red eyes, stood up quietly, and sighed.
"Brothers, there will be a period later." Morigen whispered.
He got up slowly, knelt on one knee in front of the door, covered his right chest with his left hand, bowed and saluted, then turned and left. Not long after, Qiu Yongsi and Ah Tai also woke up.
"Are you leaving now?" Qiu Yongsi asked with his lips.
Ah Tai nodded. When parting, he was most sad, not if he left silently.
At the foot of Lishan Mountain, Ah Tai, Morigen and Qiu Yongsi were stationed in front of Maguandao at the four clocks.
Ah Tai: "I'm going west."
"I'm going to the northeast." Morigen said.
"I'm going south." Qiu Yongsi said, "brothers, then, let's not pass it. The sky is high and the road is far away, and there will be a period later."
Morigen said: "The mountains are vast and the sea is vast. There will be a day of goodbye."
Ah Tai smiled and said, "Hey, the monkeys! I will miss you!"
"Actually, I have been wanting to ask for a long time." Qiu Yongsi said, "Hey, what do you mean?"
Ah Tai said: "This is the greeting for the reunion of the Persian friends, ‘Ah! I see you again, dear friend’."
Morigen smiled and said, "When we first met, you said the same. At that time, I didn't know him, and he was not a close friend."
Ah Tai looked at the deep night sky. On the plain, the Big Dipper was shining on the horizon.
"I've known since then." Ah Tai replied leisurely, "Everyone will become a good friend one day. Fate dictates that they seem to meet each other, but they are all destined, so what's the matter?
Ah Tai rode his horse away and plunged into the night, Qiu Yongsi also said "driving", turned his horse's head, and went on the official road south.
Morigen looked back at Lishan, then turned his head to a saddle behind him, and said in a low voice, "Changshi, Hongjun, take care of you...drive!"
The three horses turned around and disappeared into the deepest part of the plain.