PNB Chapter 17 Departure from Dragon City
Chapter 17 Departure from Dragon City
The fire, the screams, the shadows, and the breath of death rushed to the face.
Lin Zhen woke up from the dream again, with lingering fears in his heart, he moved sideways, his head woke up instantly, and he was startled - the person lying behind him was clinging to him, with one hand on his waist , as if holding him in his arms.
What made Lin Zhen feel even more uncomfortable was that he could clearly feel something hard behind him pressing against his crotch.
Lin Zhen is a man in his early twenties, so he naturally knows what this is and understands that it is an inevitable physiological phenomenon. He also has a small tent in front of him.But being hugged and supported by another man like this, Lin Zhen still blushed involuntarily, feeling very embarrassed.
Xiao Ling was still asleep, and the sound of even breathing came from behind him.
The two had a drink last night, Xiao Ling was drunk, originally Lin Zhen was going to help Xiao Ling back to the east chamber, but as soon as he left the room, Xiao Ling started to stagger around again.Lin Zhen was about the same size as Xiao Ling, and it was not easy to help Xiao Ling back. Lin Zhen couldn't walk a few steps after Xiao Ling made such a fuss, so he simply took Xiao Ling back to the room and made do with him to sleep.
At that time, Lin Zhen never expected to wake up in the morning to such a scene.
He carefully pushed Xiao Ling's hand away, got off the bed lightly, put on his clothes in a hurry, pushed the door open quietly, and closed it again quietly.
He didn't realize until he got out of the room, why did he sneak around like a thief?Xiao Ling is his junior brother whom he saw growing up since he was a child, he is like his own brother, how could he have such nasty thoughts!The more Lin Zhen thought about it, the more ashamed she became, and remembering that Xiao Ling accidentally kissed her face last night after being drunk, she simply skipped breakfast, fled Xiao's mansion early, and went to seek advice from Lu Xi.
After Lin Zhen closed the door, Xiao Ling immediately opened his eyes, feeling the remaining body temperature of his senior brother on the bed with his hands, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as cunning as a cat stealing fish.
Lu Xixun didn't see her behind closed doors, and Lin Zhen had calmed down a lot at this time, so she had to wander around the outside twice, and found a random shop to eat a bowl of noodles, and it took two or three hours before returning to Xiao's mansion. .
Pushing open the door, Xiao Ling was no longer on the bed, the quilt was neatly folded, and the bed was clean.
There was a letter on the table. Lin Zhen unfolded it, and what caught his eyes was Xiao Ling's sharp italic characters:
"Senior brother, there is something wrong in Ancheng, Ling will go to help, don't hang up. During Ling's absence, all the people in the mansion, please take care of me."
Lin Zhen thought to himself, I don't know when Xiao Ling was made to leave in such a hurry, and he had already set off after he had only been out for two or three hours.After thinking about it, he was afraid that it was a matter of the imperial court, so Xiao Ling was naturally inconvenient to talk to himself as a commoner, so he dispelled his doubts.
However, Xiao Ling had been away for about ten days. After the second day of August, Lin Zhen suddenly remembered that Xiao Ling was about to be crowned on the fifteenth day. Wouldn't it be too late if he didn't come back now?
Seeing Lin Zhen's anxious look, Uncle Qi hurriedly asked, "Young Master, you are so anxious to pass on the letter, why?"
Lin Zhen said: "If Xiao Ling doesn't come back, how can he have time to go to Longdu?"
The housekeeper showed a surprised expression: "Don't you know Mr. Lin?"
Lin Zhen paused, "Know what?"
"The master said it when he left. After finishing his work in Ancheng, he went directly to the Dragon Capital to crown him."
Lin Zhen was stunned, and said in disbelief: "What? When did he say that?"
Uncle Qi said: "When I left, I told the old slave...why, he didn't tell the young master?"
Lin Zhen said in a daze, "He didn't say anything."
Uncle Qi obviously couldn't figure it out either. According to his observation, the master regards Mr. Lin as the most important person, so there is no reason not to tell Mr. Lin such a big matter.
Lin Zhen was completely taken aback. Didn't she already agree several times that the two of them should go to Longdu together?Why did Xiao Ling not only abandon him, but also didn't tell him?As a senior brother, he thought he was qualified to attend Xiao Ling's coming-of-age ceremony. Could it be that he was just being sentimental?In fact, from Xiao Ling's point of view, his senior brother has no importance at all?Or is it a matter of shame for Xiao Ling to bring him to the dragon?
Lin Zhen suddenly remembered the family letter from Linjiazhuang in July, it seems that no one in the master's school attended Xiao Ling's coronation ceremony.in this case……
Xiao Ling is not prepared to let anyone from the Lin family village participate. Does this mean that he wants to distance himself from the master?
The more Lin Zhen thought about it, the more something was wrong. The more he thought about it, the more he thought about it. In the end, he was furious, thinking that this ungrateful boy, it is not enough to set up his own family, how dare he treat the Lin family village who raised him and taught him for so many years like this?
After thinking about it for a long time, Lin Zhen packed up his luggage and set off for Longdu as soon as the day dawned to question Xiao Ling.
Early the next morning, Uncle Qi rubbed his sleepy eyes and saw Lin Zhen carrying a burden, he couldn't help being surprised: "Where are you going, sir?"
Lin Zhen led the horse and said, "Go to Longdu."
As soon as Uncle Qi heard this, he knew that Lin Zhen was going to find Xiao Ling, but he still stopped him and said, "Master said, once he leaves, you will be in charge of everything in the house. You leave..."
Lin Zhen got on the horse, and said bitterly: "You can do whatever you did when I was away before! Is it possible that I, Lin Zhen, still have to look after his house?" After finishing speaking, he rode his horse and whipped his whip away.
Uncle Qi looked at Lin Zhen's leaving back, heaved a long sigh, and hurried back to the house to pass the news to Xiao Ling.
Baijin City is not close to Tokyo. Even if you ride a horse day and night, it will take ten days.Lin Zhen had the final say, and only hoped to arrive at Longdu before the fifteenth day.
The shortest distance must pass a mountain. The mountain is not high, but the mountain road is long and overgrown with trees. It is said that the mountain is full of ghosts and ghosts. The woodcutter can always find the dead body of the drunk who strayed into the mountain a few nights ago in the daytime. So miserable.
Lin Zhen has also heard about this, but he is not afraid. He has seen countless monsters in the mountains. Although he is not as good as Xiao Ling, he is considered a good one among the spiritual masters.
He entered the mountain early in the morning, and when he was walking until noon, he faintly heard a faint cry, like a child's cry.
Lin Zhen dismounted, held the sword in his hand, and led the horse with the other hand, carefully looking around.
After walking a few steps forward, it was determined that the sound was coming from the right.Lin Zhen walked down the slope, and poked the overgrown weeds with his sword, revealing a little bit of blood-stained white, trembling slightly in the grass.
Lin Zhen's face was calm, and when he looked carefully, he found that it was a little blue fox, whose right foot was bitten by a trap, and the blood stained the fox's fur.
Lin Zhen unloaded the trap, took out a bandage from the bag, and carefully bandaged the little fox. During the whole process, the little fox looked like he was dying, without making any sound or looking at Lin Zhen. Zhen, as if she was covering up something.
Lin Zhen raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "Aren't you afraid of losing your status as a hundred-year-old little fox pretending to be a wild fox?"
After hearing this sentence, Canghu rolled his eyes and looked at Lin Zhen in surprise, "You... how do you know that I am a demon?"
Lin Zhen joked: "Can a wild fox make a cry?"
The little fox was a little nervous: "Then why did you save me?"
Lin Zhen tapped the fox's forehead, and said, "Spiritual light protects, and it must be a good monster subdued by a holy master. Leaving you here alone, wouldn't it only increase the cultivation of those monsters in the mountains?"
Canghu looked at Lin Zhen, and turned into a human form, like a juicy little boy, dressed in white, only six or seven years old.He bowed to Lin Zhen and said solemnly: "The benefactor can see this, he must not be a mortal with the naked eye, but a psychic teacher. I, Bai Qiong, will never forget your kindness!"
Lin Zhen had the feeling of seeing the little junior brother in a daze, and couldn't help touching Bai Qiong's little head, and asked, "Where is your master? Why did he let you, a little guy, almost die here?"
Hearing this, Bai Qiong's expression suddenly dimmed, and then he became angry again, and groaned: "Anyway, he won't care about my life, he just wants me to starve to death!"
"..." Lin Zhen was stunned, "Did you run away from home?"
Well, those little juniors in his family will occasionally play this trick when they don't get the attention of him and the master.
Bai Qiong looked angry: "I don't do such childish things as running away from home! I want to break with him!"
Lin Zhen laughed twice, reached out and rubbed Bai Qiong's little head.
So one person, one fox and one horse continued on the road, Bai Qiong kept his body and shared a ride with Lin Zhen.Along the way, Bai Qiong was telling his history of blood and tears, looking pitiful after being abused for 500 years, but Lin Zhen just stroked the little fox's head silently to express his comfort.
"Lin Zhen, do you know how many years I have been looking forward to eating candied haws! It is natural for children to love candy, but my master actually wants to kill a child's instinct!"
Lin Zhen said silently in her heart: You have lived for 100 years, what kind of child are you pretending to be...
"As a demon, I'm kind enough not to eat people, but my master doesn't even give me meat and wants me to eat vegetarian food with him, which makes me pale and emaciated!"
Lin Zhen looked at the little fox's fleshy face silently, without expressing any thoughts.
"My master is really insane! Hey... why don't you speak, Lin Zhen, do you think I'm too pitiful, and cry out when I'm afraid to speak? It's okay, I've survived like this for so many years..."
Lin Zhen hesitated for a while, and finally said, "Bai Qiong, did your master tell you that you...are noisy?"
Bai Qiong looked sad: "You hit the nail on the head, that's why I decided to leave home... Oh no, the key to the breakup, he thinks I'm too noisy! I'm trying to find something to talk to him all day long because I see how lonely he is. Say, he still despises me!"
"Bai Qiong," Lin Zhen paused, considered his words, and said slowly, "It's important to have self-knowledge."
Bai Qiong didn't understand what Lin Zhen wanted to express at all, and said: "You are so right, he really doesn't know how boring he is...but he doesn't seem to be human!"
I'm talking about you... Lin Zhen had no choice but to keep his mouth shut. He found that this little fox was much more difficult to communicate with than his little juniors.
Bai Qiong seemed to say that he was tired, so he rested for a while, and then asked, "Lin Zhen, where are you going?"
"Dragon Capital."
Bai Qiong was startled: "What are you doing in Longdu?"
Lin Zhen briefly talked about Xiao Ling's affairs. Unexpectedly, after listening, Bai Qiong's eyes widened, and his voice was drawn out: "Are you going to Longdu? God——"
Lin Zhen was afraid that his voice would draw people over, so she quickly covered his mouth and said in a deep voice, "What's the name of the ghost?"
Bai Qiong pushed Lin Zhen's palm away with his hands, "If Shangguan Honglin catches me, then I will be miserable."
Lin Zhen couldn't help being surprised when Bai Qiong mentioned the name of the current emperor, "Why? Is your master the emperor?"
Bai Qiong lowered his head and said, "No... well, since you are Xiao Ling's senior brother, I won't hide it from you. My master is Yan Jing."
Lin Zhen was shocked when he heard this. The person sitting in his arms turned out to be the good demon of Shen's son Yan Jing?
Although Xiao Ling and Yan Jing are equal, but in Lin Zhen's heart, Yan Jing is far from being a child, he is far away from the hustle and bustle, detached and refined, he is beyond the reach of his junior who hangs around the prosperous city full of luxury and money.
It is rumored that Yan Jing is nearly a hundred years old, but still maintains the appearance and body of a teenager, living in Xixue all year round, and rarely moves around.
Bai Qiong continued: "Shangguan Honglin has been playing with our master's bad idea for a long time, this time he has to arrest me to please the master?"
Lin Zhen was in a daze, so there was such a gossip?
Bai Qiong smacked his lips and said: "Why don't you just do this, just let me go when you get out of this forest, I don't want to fall into a trap."
"..." Lin Zhen was helpless, do you think I'm a free carriage?