Minghua Qiushi

The two looked at each other and smiled, and moved on.Suddenly, I heard the singing of a woman floating on the lake, accompanied by the sound of the piano, which was very pleasant.Both of them looked around, and saw a gorgeous painting boat coming towards this side, it must be the boat of Miss Rongrong that the person from the restaurant just mentioned.

Ming Xi said: "Let's go up and have a look."

"Is there anything wrong with this painting boat?" Ling Qiu asked.

Ming Xifang told Ling Qiu what he had just heard in the restaurant and the doubts in his heart. After hearing this, Ling Qiu jumped with Ming Xi without hesitation, and the two landed on the boat steadily.The people in the boat heard the movement on the deck and asked, "Who is that outside? Why did you just jump onto the boat without saying hello?"

Ming Xi's heart was broken, and he forgot to tell Ling Qiu that getting on this ship was very expensive before coming up, so he whispered: "We are making an unannounced visit so we can't scare the snake, why don't we withdraw first."

"Ah? Why do you want to withdraw?" Ling Qiu also asked in a low voice.

Mingxi was a little embarrassed all of a sudden, and said: "I heard that it costs 500 taels of silver to get on this ship, and I didn't bring any money..." I couldn't afford it if I did. , but in fact there is no money other than the salary, and even that little salary is often used to help soldiers in need at home, and there is no money saved at all.

Ling Qiu smiled softly and said: "Brother Ming, don't worry." After saying that, he took out a stack of bank notes from his sleeve, and paid them directly to the boy guarding the hatch, the boy immediately smiled and said respectfully: "Yes Two distinguished guests! Two masters, please come inside!"

Ming Xi was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Ling Qiu to be so rich, thinking about it, even though Ling Qiu lived in an elegant place, but after all, he was the head of the clan, it's not surprising, it's strange that he is so poor.Just as he was thinking about it, Ling Qiu handed him another leaf, which was shining slightly, and before Ling Qiu opened his mouth, he said, "Brother Ming, this is my leaf, you can communicate with me by putting it on your body." spirit." Ming Xi understood, and carefully put the leaves into his sleeves.

The two entered the boat, only to see a beautiful woman in a neon colored dress with jewels on her head sitting in the first seat playing the piano and singing.

Seven or eight gorgeously dressed men sat at the bottom, all staring at the woman with fascinated smiles.Seeing someone coming, the woman got up and saluted, "You two young masters, young girl Rongrong, it's an honor to meet you two young masters today!"

Both Ming Xi and Ling Qiu returned the gift, and after they were seated, the girl Rongrong said again: "I don't know where the two young masters are from, but they look like well-known knights in their clothes, are they visiting Lai'an this time or do they have other important matters?" ah?"

Ming Xi hurriedly said: "We are disciples of the Huashan Sect. This time we went down the mountain and passed through Lin'an City. We have heard the beautiful scenery of West Lake and the beautiful name of Miss Rongrong. We are here to pay a visit."

Rongrong said: "Thank you, my lord, it's a great fortune to be favored by my lord for my lack of talent!"

Without saying a word, a man with the appearance of a wealthy businessman next to him shouted, "Miss Rongrong, don't just chat with the little boy, come and have a drink with me!" man.

This Rongrong walked over with a smile, toasted the man with a few glasses of wine, and brushed the fifth master's face with a handkerchief seemingly unintentionally. The fifth master smelled the beauty's fragrance, and then he stopped smiling Come up and get entangled.

Ming Xi was puzzled, and the psychic said to Ling Qiu: "What do you think?"

Ling Qiu said: "There is no evil spirit in this woman, she is undoubtedly an ordinary human being. But this woman has an ordinary appearance, and these men are so obsessed with it, it is puzzling." The corners of Ming Xi's eyes twitched. mediocre?Suddenly he remembered that Yun Ting laughed at him for being single for a hundred years and not understanding the style, wouldn't this Mr. Yuhua also be puzzled about the style.

Ling Qiu continued: "Look at the person on the left on the opposite side. Although he is wearing casual clothes, he is wearing official boots. He must be an official in this city. There are also two or three people who look like officials behind him. This person is sitting at the head, presumably of high status It’s not low. But these high-ranking officials are most concerned about the status, and it’s really suspicious to let a singing girl sit at the top. Moreover, these people all have silly smiles on their faces and don’t chat, the atmosphere is really weird.”

Ming Xi secretly sighed at Ling Qiu's power of observation, and said: "It's really suspicious. And it's also very strange that after Miss Rongrong brushed that person with her handkerchief just now, that person stopped pestering him. According to my observation in the restaurant today, this People are never dismissed so easily.”

"Brother Ming suspects that there is something wrong with the handkerchief?"

"Exactly."

Making up his mind, Ming Xi said to Rong Rong: "Miss Rong Rong, I have admired her for a long time, and I am honored to meet you today, can you go into the inner room with her?"

That Rongrong smiled ambiguously, and said: "Unexpectedly, the young master is an impatient person, so please come with me, young master."

When Li Yunting and Su Mu got up, they just came in and saw a beautiful woman walking towards the inner room with Ming Xi on her arm. Yun Ting was dumbfounded, and whispered to Ling Qiu: "This! What's going on? Didn't the general say that she was right for this girl Rongrong? Are you not interested? A man like a general doesn’t even have a sweetheart, why is he suddenly interested in a woman?” Seeing Ling Qiu’s complexion was not good, Yun Ting said again: “Don’t worry, Yuhua-jun, our general is not this kind of person.”

Ling Qiu said: "I'm not worried."

Su Mu who was standing aside said in a low voice: "Oh! I know. General Ming must be a trick for a handsome man. It's all because he came down late. Otherwise, wouldn't it be more appropriate for him to go forward." Hearing this, Yun Ting turned his head and was dumbfounded. Staring at Su Mu's face, he couldn't speak.

Ming Xi turned his head and said to Ling Qiu and the others: "You all go back first, as long as I have Miss Rong Rong to accompany me."

Hearing this, Ling Qiu pulled the disbelieving Yun Ting out, and at the same time channeled Ming Xi: "Be careful, we'll wait for you at the restaurant."

After about an hour, Ming Xi came back, and Yun Ting hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "General, you are finally back, you...why have you been away for so long, could it be..."

Ming Xi saw Ling Qiu glance at him intentionally or unintentionally, his face blushed immediately, and he punched Yun Ting on the back of the head: "What are you thinking! Don't talk nonsense!"

"How's the situation?" Ling Qiu asked.

Ming Xi said: "You and I expected it right. This woman really has a problem. She kept letting me drink after arriving in the inner room. When she saw that I was almost drunk, she used a handkerchief to try to stun me. I just pretended to be silly. The woman thought she had succeeded, so she stopped being on guard, and told her attendants to capture another group of people to sacrifice tonight."

"Sacrifice what?"

"They didn't say it clearly. I guess it must be the Yaoxie we are looking for. This woman should be Yaoxie's accomplice. She used drugs to control the men I met just now to help her catch them. As long as we follow that fifth master, we will be able to find clues .” Ming Xi said.

At night, Mingxi and the others followed the fifth master, and saw that he quietly left the inn and came to a residential house, and he led a couple and two children out after a while.Ming Xi took a closer look, and found that the husband was the man who introduced Goulan to Fifth Master during the day.The four members of this family all looked dull, and followed Fifth Master like walking dead.After leaving the city and walking for half an hour, they came to a forest outside the city, and saw that many people had gathered here, all of them were brought here by the dignitaries in the boat during the day.

Yun Ting said: "Why doesn't this female devil directly arrest people, but wants to control those rich people to help him arrest, why is she making such a big circle?"

Ming Xi said: "This woman is very smart. She controls those dignitaries and nobles to arrest people because it is not easy to expose herself, and the whole family is arrested. That's why the waiter in the restaurant said that someone moved the family. The disappearance of so many people within a year has not caused panic among the people in the city. Even if someone suspects that those high-ranking officials and nobles have power and money, it can be easily settled."

Ling Qiu said: "Brother Ming's words are very true, but I don't think this woman can come up with such a method, as if someone instructed her to do so, as if she was hiding something, I always feel a bit weird." Ming Xi heard Yan also felt the same way.

The four of them hid behind the bushes and watched as Rongrong commanded his subordinates to tie everyone's hands together into long strings, and after releasing those dignitaries, they prepared to take the group of people away.The four of them were waiting to follow behind them, when suddenly Ling Qiu let out a muffled groan, and flashed behind Ming Xi shivering, Ming Xi took a closer look and it turned out to be a caterpillar.Everyone was looking at black lines, only to hear Rongrong shout: "Who's there!"

"I'm really sorry! I really can't control it." Ling Qiu laughed.

Ming Xi said: "It's okay, let's deal with her here and save these mortals first."

"So it's you guys!" Rongrong showed a ferocious expression on her face, and pointed at Ming Xi again, "You're actually pretending to be poisoned! You're really cunning!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Where is that evil spirit? Tell me and I will spare you!" Ming Xi said.

"Hmph! Just relying on you?" The woman didn't know the identities of the people in front of her, but she was very arrogant.After finishing speaking, he waved the handkerchief to control the group of mortals to attack Ming Xi and the others, looking like murderous corpses.But these are mortals after all, Mingxi and the others are not good at killing mortals with their swords, they didn't draw their swords, they just attacked with fists and feet.I saw Ling Qiu took out the bamboo rhyme and blew it, and countless vines appeared on the ground instantly, binding all these mortals so that they could not move.That Rongrong was also tied to a tree by a rattan, she was a mortal who had never seen such a scene before, she was frightened out of her mind.

The four of them stepped forward, and Ming Xi said, "Say! Where is that demon?"

"Immortal, please spare me! I said, she's in Ziyun Cave, more than 30 miles away."

"Take us there and spare you! Also, let me ask you, have you ever seen a young woman in a red dress holding two knives?" Yun Ting asked.

That Rong Rong hurriedly nodded and said: "Ah, I've seen it before, I think she came to destroy the scene, drugged and locked up, just under the painting boat."

"You!" Yun Ting was so angry that he wanted to hit her, but he didn't bother to hit the woman and withdrew his hand.

Ming Xi said: "Yun Ting, hurry up and save her, Su Mu, you stay here and send these mortals back. Ling Qiu, let's get rid of this evil spirit!"

Ling Qiu said with a smile: "Everything is arranged by Brother Ming."

The two asked Rongrong to lead the way to Yaoxie's cave. On the way, Mingxi asked why the girl was helping the evildoers. It turned out that this girl Rongrong was originally the oiran of Lin'an City. She burned her face because of a fire. She has a kind of medicine that can keep her youthful and beautiful, but because of her obsession and greed for beauty, she has done such outrageous things.Ming Xi secretly sighed in his heart that this person's greed is really terrible, and how many tragedies in the world have been born because of this.

Half an hour later, the three of them came to Ziyun Cave, but Rongrong didn't dare to go in, Mingxi scolded: "You know how to be afraid now? Why are you so rampant when you hurt people?"

Rongrong knelt down and begged for mercy: "Immortal, forgive me! I only dare to send people to the entrance of the cave, I never dare to go in, please forgive me!"

Ling Qiu tied Rongrong to the tree at the entrance of the cave, and the two entered the cave.This cave is an underground cave, all the way down from the entrance of the cave, it is hard to see how deep it is.Ling Qiu summoned dozens of fireflies to form a group, which illuminated the road ahead like torches.After about one stick of incense, the cave became wider, and in front of it was a rather huge underground cave, about twenty or thirty feet deep.This cave is not as winding and winding as the snake cave in Yuanjia Village. The two of them saw a terrifying monster lying on the bottom of the cave at a glance.

This monster is not too big, its body is more than one foot long, but its tail is very long.This monster has the head of a toad, the body of a gecko, the pincers of a scorpion, the feet of a centipede, and the tail of a snake. There is also a poisonous needle on the tip of the tail. It is like a patchwork of five kinds of poisons, very terrifying.

"Brother Ming, be careful, this is a five-poison voodoo. I heard that the demons have an ancient voodoo technique. They put all kinds of poison together and let them fight and eat each other. Some demons use this voodoo technique to refine it. This kind of five-poison bewitch. This kind of monster is best at using poison, so it is difficult to deal with." Ling Qiu said.

Just as the monster was crawling up the slope by the side of the cave, dozens of centipede legs rattled all over at an extremely fast speed, attacking them in less than a moment.The monster raised its scorpion pincers and threw it at the two of them, and they jumped away from both sides at the same time.Mingxi Jieyin used the wind control technique, and a hurricane blew up on the ground, throwing the monster back to the bottom of the cave.Ming Xi is good at Fire Cloud Art, the wind in Fire Cloud Art is just to assist fire spells to enhance the power, but Ming Xi is not very proficient in pure Wind Control Art, and he does not have a wind magic weapon on him, the power is greatly reduced .

Ling Qiu shouted: "Brother Ming, don't worry about me. My fear of fire is only psychological, so it's okay. This monster is Yin, so it must be afraid of fire. Brother Ming uses the real flame of fire to attack it."

Ming Xi smiled and said: "I'm afraid I'll hurt you! Don't worry, I can destroy it without using the Flame Soul True Fire! But when I go back, I have to practice this Wind Control Technique well, and I will only use it when I fight side by side with you in the future." It’s the Wind Control Technique, haha.”

Before I could say anything more, the monster rushed over again, this time it arched its body and spewed out a burst of poisonous smoke. Fortunately, both of them closed their mouths and noses in advance.Seeing that the poisonous smoke didn't work, the monster sprayed out the poison again, at the same time Ling Qiu blew on the bamboo rhyme, and a huge mushroom suddenly appeared on the ground, blocking the poison.When the dark green venom splashed on the ground, a large piece of the stone on the ground immediately melted away. Fortunately, the mushroom had a thick crown, and the venom only melted half.Ming Xi blew several tornadoes from the seals, and sand and rocks flew in the cave, rolling up and throwing the monster out. At the same time, Ling Qiu pulled out a few thick vines to bind it.Seeing this, Ming Xi immediately drew his sword and swung it towards the monster's head, the sword energy flew out, and the monster's toad head was chopped off, but it was still alive and dancing wildly.There was a burst of poisonous smoke from its body, and the vines that entangled the monster were melted away.

"It's so troublesome, then I'm going to be rough!" Ming Xi laughed.While speaking, he concentrated his spiritual power on the Flame Sword, and slashed back and forth at the monster, only to see the sword energy flying, and the light flashed, and the monster was cut into pieces in a short while.After finishing the fight, Ming Xi said, "This way of fighting is really indecent." The smug look was really a little flattering.

As the saying goes, if you don't fight, you can't die. As soon as Ming Xi was proud, he suddenly felt a murderous aura coming from behind, and he drew his sword suddenly to fight back, but he was a beat slower, and was injured by the opponent's shoulder.Ming Xi took a closer look and saw that it was a man in black. The sneak attack just now stabbed straight at Ming Xi's heart, and it was full of murderous intent. It really wanted to take Ming Xi's life.Ming Xi fought with him, and stabbed the man's left arm during the fight. The man in black obviously didn't want to fight, so he dodged and fled after a dozen moves.

All this happened in an instant, Ling Qiu was not good at martial arts at all, he was stunned before he had time to react, seeing Ming Xi was injured, he hurriedly stepped forward to check: "No, there is poison on the sword, who insisted on taking your life? "

Ming Xi understood, and said, "Nangong Chenao, General Thunder of the Heaven Realm."

Ling Qiu used his spiritual power to help Ming Xi control the spread of the toxin, and said, "Brother Ming, how do you know it's this person?"

"Although he tried his best to hide his body moves just now, I recognized the few steps he walked out inadvertently. Back then, I still had friendship with Nangong Chenao's master. At a grand swordsmanship event in the heavens, I communicated with his master at leisure , and created a set of footwork together, but Nangong Chenao obviously didn't know about it, otherwise I wouldn't be able to spot it easily." Ming Xi said.

Ling Qiu said: "I have suppressed the poison for you, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, let's go back first and then make plans."

The two returned along the original road together, and when they reached the entrance of the cave, they saw that Rongrong had been pierced through the heart by a sword and died.Ming Xi said with a look of resentment: "It must have been done by Nangong Chenao. He must have come here to assassinate me, and to kill people to silence him. I think he also raised the five poisonous demons. This Lin'an city is his Nangong. The place under Chen Ao's jurisdiction actually used a woman to beat around the bush and arrest people to raise monsters, to deceive people. Presumably, Xuance's poisoning was also related to him! As a general guarding the place of the Celestial Clan, he actually raised monsters and harmed people on his own land , It's really hateful! But he didn't expect that he appeared this time and wanted to kill people, but he was self-defeating and I saw it through. I will never spare this guy!"

Ling Qiu said: "Brother Ming, don't get angry, calm down, you still have injuries, let's go back to the inn first."