Chapter 22 Two People Traveling Together
Generally, when a family's son goes out, he always has a few servants behind him, but Ouyang Zhong doesn't; he doesn't study in his courtyard or socialize alone. It is not that he is more sympathetic to the plight of the subordinates but does not see anyone qualified to follow him to attend a variety of high-level occasions. Of course, having someone to follow wherever they are not free is even more troublesome.
But this time, unprecedentedly brought a person out, and this person is still a girl, Linghu Xian. To avoid attracting attention, especially not letting his father, Ouyang Ming, see. Ouyang Zhong Linghu Xian, master and servant duo, slipped out from the back door of Ouyang mansion one after the other.
Ouyang Zhong rolled onto his horse with an easy leap and looked at Linghu Xian disdainfully. Linghu Xian seldom showed her emotions regularly; at least in front of Ouyang Zhong, there was hardly any expression. But she walked out of Ouyang mansion for the first time after six years. Surprisingly, she didn't hold back, her face full of surprise, looking at the crowd and traders coming and going in the market and all kinds of stores with a wide range of goods. However, she tried her best to restrain the corners of her mouth from rising, but her eyes couldn't hide the look of joy; she was too happy!
"Do you want to follow behind me and run along, or get on the horse, and I'll take you?" Ouyang Zhong impatiently opened his mouth and asked.
Linghu Xian thought about it: running alone wasn't impossible, but it was always not as fast as a horse. God knows how many years she hadn't ridden a horse. It was as well to let her have a good time respectfully. Thinking about this, she no longer squirmed, did not wait for Ouyang Zhong to pull, directly jumped, and steadily sat behind Ouyang Zhong.
The corner of Ouyang Zhong's mouth imperceptibly twitched. Good guy! This hand and this heart are hidden so profoundly; in the future, this little girl, I have to be careful. Ouyang Zhong slightly organized his emotions and said to Linghu Xian: "Hold on ride!" He then spurred his horse and galloped, but he was out of Zongcheng shortly, heading straight to the horse farm on the city's outskirts.
Linghu Xian was behind him, feeling the sunshine of late spring and early summer, the warm breeze, and the vigorous vigor that belonged to this teenager released. After following the eldest young master for so long, it's not like he hasn't been close enough to wait for him to change his clothes or something, like this time, sitting behind him, grasping his belt, with his face almost on his back, it's a bit unaccustomed.
This young girl's heart gradually appears like something like a naphthalene tree spitting out buds. Just after this, the bud, in the end, will bloom into a delicate flower or a thorn with sharp thorns, who knows.
Out of the city, Ouyang Zhong went straight to a small stream, where there was an empty field where the sons and daughters of the officials usually sparred, played archery, and practiced horsemanship. When he and Linghu Xian arrived, a few sons of families were already practicing archery there. A few greeted him from afar but were surprised to see another person behind him.
Ouyang Zhong suddenly had a brilliant plan to tease Linghu Xian. He rode his horse and suddenly dodged left and right, changing various postures, showing some of his exquisite riding skills. He attracted a lot of hoots and hollers. But sitting at the back of the barely supported Linghu Xian isn't delightful. If Ouyang Zhong is just a routine fast horse galloping, grabbing his belt can still hardly stabilize his body shape so as not to be thrown down. Still, he is a series of flirty operations: waist dare not embrace, belt dare not tug, they do not fall that is impossible. After all, she has no magic power and is no longer a fox. Otherwise, she wants to give this guy a ruthless scratch and a claw to relieve the anger.
Linghu Xian, now this little boy's appearance, was heavily from the horse fell, onlookers, a crowd was amused to laugh. She is not good at saying anything, so she hurriedly rubbed her buttocks to get up from the ground, patting the soil to all the noble ministers of the family of the male children bow and salute, pretending to be a kind of obedience to the dog's leg like. Then, he silently stood under a small tree, waiting for his son's dispatch.
"Isn't this the newly appointed Lantai Order Historian Brother Ouyang? I say, Mr. Ouyang, is this how you bully your family's servants? Isn't it too unseemly?" A reasonable person teased.
"Alas, you don't know; Ouyang's big son is usually at home practicing martial arts sword, always has to have someone to help as a chaperone is not; his servants have to be beaten by him once. Otherwise, how can he practice his hand in this exquisite martial art? Hahahahahaha!"
When Linghu Xian heard this, she gave a thumbs up in her heart. Awesome, ah, this brother, not only did he say a fair word for them as servants, but also ruthlessly sarcasm the harsh tyranny of Ouyang's family. She was also slightly sweated for these two brothers and sisters, not knowing how that oversized young master who changed his face faster than turning a book would treat them.
"The two elder brothers and sisters are well-spoken. Since one of you wants to stand up for a subordinate, and the other wants to be my chaperone. That's just right, we can spar."
At that moment, Ouyang Zhong flew down from his horse and directly punched at them. These two people's family backgrounds were not more potent than the Ouyang family; the current Ouyang family patriarch was none other than Ouyang Zhong's father, Ouyang Ming, who was currently a first-ranking member of the imperial court, with a high position of power, and how many people flattered and pandered to him. And privately, we are increasingly uncomfortable with the Ouyang family in and out of the court of the stock of domineering vigor. The old one is so. The little one did not see where to go. The upper beam needs to be corrected; the lower shaft is crooked.
However, whether these two brothers did not dare to offend Ouyang Zhong or were not as skilled as the others, in any case, they could not beat him. Ouyang Zhong easily won both of them on the ground, wailing, and after a moment's rest, these two hurriedly left with their respective subordinates.
A little injury is common in this martial arts training ground; mutual sparring martial arts was justly defeated, and the injured can not go home to tell the older man; this is the rule here. Therefore, Ouyang Zhong fought very pleasant and comfortably, and finally, Linghu Xian got out of that mouth of harmful gas to smooth it out.
After all, even if he is a heavy-hearted, deep city, young, and wild, there is still a bottom line - that is, you can not hit a woman, especially their hearts and dreams hidden for so many years of a woman.
Waiting for the two to lose the fight and leave, the other few watching the scene dispersed unhappily. Only Ouyang Zhong and Linghu Xian's master and servant were left in the stable. Ouyang Zhong raised an eyebrow and looked at Linghu Xian. Linghu Xian hurriedly took a handkerchief and handed it to his master. Ouyang Zhong's heart is not as angry as before, very used to taking the handkerchief, wiping sweat, and says Still count on you a bit of eyesight. Ouyang Zhong wiped sweat in between; Linghu Xian had long ago handed the water bag on the horse to the eldest young master; from the beginning to the end of a sentence of superfluous nonsense are not, as usual, is a very qualified slave girl.
"You, get on the horse and try." Ouyang Zhong signaled to Linghu Xian. Linghu Xian looked at Ouyang Zhong with her eyes wide open, pointed at her face, and went to look at the beautiful date-red BMW named Red Flame. She had usually fed Red Flame quite a few times and had long become a good friend in private, but she had never tried riding on it except for that one time just now.
Now, Ouyang Zhong is letting herself try. I'm afraid of you, try it! Fear you, try to try!
Twelve-year-old Linghu Xian is not as thin and dry as when she was six but still tiny and light as a girl. She flew on the horse like a swallow; Red Flame felt very easy on the back with no one. Linghu Xian excitedly stroked the horse's ears, the top of its head, the mane on its neck and its back, then leaned down and wrapped her arms around the horse's neck and muttered a few words by its ear, pulling on the reins and starting to drive. From the initial trot, the horse gradually gets faster and faster, followed by a rapid gallop.
Ouyang Zhong, look at this situation is to throw him away regardless of ah? That's not good enough. I'm still used to you! He hurriedly used his light power to catch up with the horse quickly, slapped the horse's buttocks on the saddle, and embraced the disobedient Linghu Foxxin and the fast horse in the mountains, forests, streams, and water side of the joyful running.
They ran, screamed, and laughed loudly and maniacally. The two teenagers, both just in their teenage years, had to put on a severe adult look all day. They had never laughed and screamed as freely as they did now, so happy.
Ouyang Zhong had never seen such a Linghu Xian. Even if he had seen her smile in his dreams, it was only a slight smile, at most revealing four small white teeth. Just now, she was practicing sword alone in the courtyard, looking at the sky and smiling, but the corners of her mouth also brought out a nice arc. And now, such an accessible and easy-going her is the real her, right?
Red Flame ran tired and gradually stopped. Ouyang Zhong dismounted first, then carried Linghu Xian in his hand, gently placing her on the ground. He didn't think anything was wrong with this. Instead, Linghu Xian was a little embarrassed, quietly averting her face, pulling the reins to take Red Flame to graze.
To alleviate his embarrassment, Linghu Xian asked, "Eldest Young Master, are you thirsty? The water in the stream over here is clear; let me fetch you some water?" Then, he ran to the stream on his own. Ouyang Zhong had just fought and ran madly for half a day. He had long been hot and sweaty, so he followed to the brook and rolled his sleeves to wash his face. He saw crystal beads of sweat sliding down on the young girl's red face, but she didn't bother to wipe it off, instead focusing on filling the water. He couldn't help but reach out and caress her face, wiping away her sweat and feeling the warmth coming from her face.
Linghu Xian didn't expect that the consistently high and mighty, unrivaled Young Master could still have such gentle and delicate teasing moments. It was too much to live for!
She was stunned, then suddenly playful, hehe, threw down the jar of the excellent water bag and played a water fight with the young master. Neither of them conceded defeat; one moment, they used their hands to tease the water, and the other moment, they took off their shoes and socks and kicked the water directly with their feet.
Their bodies were all covered with water stains and muddy spots, and their hair and hats were spread out. The two children, tired of playing, laughed loudly and lay side by side by the stream, looking at the blue sky in the canopy of the trees, with a few white clouds drifting slowly.
"What does that one look like to you, my eldest?"
"Well, it looks like a puppy. Hmmm, what about that one? What does it look like to you?"
"A little rabbit, hahahahaha, it looks like that, with two long ears."
"This one looks like a running steed to me, but it's not as pretty as my Red Flame."
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At this moment, it was as if the two of them had really started to know each other, and it was also as if they were long-time friends reuniting again.
Suddenly, a horse's neigh came, and Red Flame ran to their side in terror. A tense atmosphere quickly filled the woods, and a giant black wolf silently approached them here, slowly, step by step. Ouyang Zhong hurriedly grabbed the scattered shoes and socks, pulled Linghu Xian's hand, and rolled onto his horse; he said to Linghu Xian: ''Quick, let's hurry and get out of here. We'll be finished if it comes after us."
Linghu Xian stared straight at the giant wolf; she always felt that she had seen these eyes somewhere or this look. She wasn't afraid but complied with the eldest young master's arrangement and quickly left the woods to run towards Zongcheng.
Black Wolf did not go after them, standing by the creek and watching the two of them leave. For the Black Wolf, taking a closer look at the two was not to forage for food but to confirm one of the utmost importance.
After that unhappy parting with Hu Cangcang under the Peach Blossom Tree, Xuanmo, the Roaring Dog, he returned to the Heavenly Court to resume his duties.
He reported truthfully and exhaustively to the Heavenly Emperor and Erlang Shenjun about hunting down the demons in the human world in the past few hundred years.
He recounted how the lizard spirit had committed crimes, killed rare birds and animals, and even immortal demons that had not transformed into human form. Lizard spirit Chu Tianming will be in their bodies of the spirit beads of the inner dan as their cultivation of energy supply, to resist the punishment of the apocalypse, gather a lot of grievances and evil thoughts, and promote the flames of the devil. Such demons are unforgivable. Then he also said that the monster used demonic magic to plague the people of Zhuo Yi City, the capital of Dong Chuan Kingdom, causing a large number of ordinary human people to get the plague, and that the loyal dogs in the city had been respected in rescuing the city and protecting their masters, and that he expected the Heavenly Emperor to send down a boon so that they could be reincarnated as human beings and no longer be subjected to the way of the beasts. Of course, he is also honestly guilty, informing that because of a momentary omission, resulting in a demon pill lost, and the other, with the help of the human body as a breeding ground, hatched a large number of small spider essences, there are still some in the current roaming around.
The Heavenly Emperor has always known that Roaring Dog is a loyal and outstanding heavenly general and that he has never had mortal feelings, is most just, and never lies. Therefore, he granted his request to let those dead dogs reincarnate as human fetuses and also let Roaring Dog Xuanmo make up for his sins and his faults and once again go down to the world to look for the lost demonic pills and residual demonic vices.
Roaring dog, Xuanmo turned back to his original body, vigorously swinging the body, scattering countless dog hairs; these dog hairs will change into his counterpart, or dog or wolf, black and shiny, in the mortal world to find the demonic pills and spider monsters in the traces of the world.
When Xuan Mo returned to Dongchuan country, only to find that the sky had just three or four days, the ground had passed three or four years. Hu Cangcang had disappeared, and the Dongchuan Kingdom had perished. He used his body to look for Hu Cangcang's traces everywhere. Finally, he learned from the mouth of the land god of the battlefield that Hu Cangcang was shot with several arrows and died on the battlefield. There was not even a collector at the time of death, and the bones of the corpse were melted away between heaven and earth.
She said she would never see him again and disappeared with determination. Since Xuan Mo realized she was the little fox then, he could not help but pay more attention to her for a minute or two. Xuan Mo has always been clear: he is a god, and she is a demon; she did not do wrong and can still stay alive; if it is difficult to get rid of the demon nature, he will be impartial law enforcement, the first to clean her up, no mercy.
When she was small, Xuan Mo deliberately brought her around; one is education discipline, and the other is secretly observing her to avoid a fox demon harm on earth. But she didn't remember that she was once a demon but an actual human who lived more seriously and with more complications than any human.
As a teacher, Xuan Mo was delighted to have such an outstanding student. How could he not be happy and proud? He took out a short sword he had been wearing for many years and gave it to Hu Cangcang, hoping it would accompany her in peace.
It's just that Xuan Mo never understood a few things. Even if it's a calamity, whether it's an immortal or a demon, coming to the mortal world to experience the eight great sufferings of life is a highly harsh cultivation. How could she, a tiny fox demon only over 100 years old, cultivate into human form? And how could she possibly know to use such an extreme method to develop her mana dao? Which senior person was hiding behind her?
There is also that black dog, Ni Zhong, the most outstanding dragon son among the grandchildren of the Heavenly Emperor. How did he come down to earth and turn into a dog? (Although he turned into a dog so that Xuan Mo is still quite happy, after all, he becomes a kindred spirit) also, with that bit of fox together in the mortal world through the calamity?
These questions really can't get a clue, just like that lost bundle of immortal locks and demon pills, let XuanMo think more and more big head.
He stood in the clouds and frowned slightly, rubbing the corner of his forehead gently, then took out a small brocade bag from his bosom, which contained a strand of Hu Cangcang's hair that she had personally shaved off with a short sword when they parted, with her scent still on it. He had thought that the hair would have disappeared with Hu Cangcang's departure or turned into a handful of fox hair, but he hadn't expected it to be there, and it was still human hair. She shed her demonic body and has since transformed into a human.
With this remaining odor, Xuan Mo searched for the whereabouts of the demonic elixir while searching for Hu Cangcang's subsequent life in the mortal world. He had searched for her for years and years and finally smelled that familiar odor in this grove. From afar, it was a pair of good-looking young boys and girls frolicking and playing by the stream. They laughed happily under the sunlight, and these two looked so well-matched again. Looking closely, it turned out that the girl was no one else. It was Hu Cangcang, whom Xuan Mo had been looking for decades.
Hu Cangcang's transformation into her second life had taken a long time. Decades had passed, and she was now the same age she was when he left, becoming even more beautiful and cute. The boy standing beside her was Ni Zhong!
Were they going to go through a tangle between them? How will she fare in this life? Will she still be in danger? Will she still be alone and suffer alone? Luckily, I found it... I've come to protect you... I can't let you face all that pain and sorrow alone in this life. Xuan Mo recited silently in his heart.
Xuan Mo, the roaring dog that transformed into a giant wolf, quietly watched the young boy and girl steer their horses away and sighed reassuringly before turning around and disappearing into the dense forest.