Chapter 12

Li Jinglong and Hongjun sat facing each other in the hall. Hongjun was relieved and said, "It's in your heart. That's great. I finally found it. "

These few days, Hongjun had no appetite. He tossed and turned every day thinking about the whereabouts of the Mind Lantern. Now, he had finally gotten rid of one of his worries.

"How do I take it out and return it to you?" Li Jinglong asked.

Hongjun spread his hands helplessly and said, "I'll leave it with you for now."

Li Jinglong wanted to say something but hesitated. In the end, he nodded.

Hongjun decided to write a letter to Dazzling Gold Palace asking for help. But how was he going to send it? Let Zhao Zilong go back and deliver the letter? But this Carp Demon was lazy and didn't like to walk. He was afraid that his feet would hurt and the journey was long. He was also afraid that it would be dangerous if he traveled alone. He was also afraid that Qing Xiong wasn't in Dazzling Gold Palace. After Chong Ming received the letter, his reply would definitely be, "If you're wrong, then you're wrong. What does it have to do with me?"

How difficult … Hongjun thought. He looked up at Li Jinglong and felt that he had something to say.

"This Mind Lantern is with me." Li Jinglong muttered, "Will there be any changes to me?"

"There won't be any trouble." Hongjun hurriedly explained, "Among the five organs, the heart belongs to the fire element. The Mind Lantern will protect your heart. And this lantern's power is clear and pure. Its light is full of righteousness. There won't be any harm. "

Li Jinglong nodded again, but it seemed that he was still in a fierce struggle. Hongjun didn't understand and observed his expression. In the end, Li Jinglong asked again, "Will I have magic power because of this?"

"Ah?" Hongjun answered doubtfully, "It shouldn't be … possible … I guess. You don't have magic power in your meridians. Even if I give you a magic treasure, you might not be able to activate it. "

Li Jinglong muttered to himself, "I understand. I'm a mortal."

There seemed to be a hint of disappointment in her tone. Hongjun suddenly understood why she was disappointed. He asked, "You don't want to be an ordinary person, do you?"

Li Jinglong looked up at Hongjun and asked, "You, Mo Rigen, Hanmorabi and Qiu Yongsi, all of you have mana in your meridians, right?"

Hongjun rarely thought about this kind of problem. Although the other three had not made any moves, based on the fact that Atay was able to ignite a fire with a casual rub, they should also know magic.

"Yes," Hongjun answered honestly.

"Where did this magical power come from?" Li Jinglong asked again.

Hongjun was stumped by Li Jinglong's question. He had never thought about it before.

"I was born with it," the Carp Demon, who was lying outside the hall basking in the sun, turned over and said, "Don't even think about it. Otherwise, why would it be called an 'aristocratic family'? "

Li Jinglong finally grunted and answered, "Don't tell anyone about the Mind's Lantern for the time being."

"Although you're a mortal," Hongjun comforted. Hong Jun comforted him. "But you have a sword. Your sword is quite impressive. The Five-colored Divine Light even caused my father's fire to …"

"Hey," the Carp Demon stopped Hongjun from comforting him, lest he expose himself and say more.

When Li Jinglong heard this, he suddenly became energetic. He stood up and took his own sword. He placed it on the table and said, "This was Di Gong's sword in the past."

Hongjun could finally take a good look at this sword. Li Jinglong suddenly had a feeling and said absentmindedly, "When I was young, I admired Di Gong. I read a book that he passed down. In the book, there were strange and grotesque demonic beasts, immortals who lived in seclusion in an ethereal land of the Divine Continent. There was also a demon that was formed by the accumulation of evil aura. It did not disperse all day long and went back and forth for hundreds of years …"

Hongjun stroked the sword and thought, "So you don't want to be an exorcist like other mortals?"

Li Jinglong looked at Hongjun's fingers stroking the sword and said slowly, "That's not it. It's just that maybe it's my nature. I was born to be fascinated by it."

"I still remember that there was a passage at the back of the book. It was Di Gong who said that in the past hundred years, the Land of the Divine Continent was about to usher in a catastrophe that would destroy everything. However, he was born at the wrong time. He was almost old and had no successor to protect the Tang Dynasty. I'm afraid that after his soul returned to the earth, the Land of the Divine Continent would be in chaos. Di Gong passed down a book and a sword. The successor must protect the Land of the Divine Continent. "

When Hongjun heard this, he was suddenly a little touched by Li Jinglong's seriousness. The Land of the Divine Continent would not be in chaos, but according to the task given to him by Chong Ming and Qing Xiong, there were many monsters lurking in the human world. Therefore, a small Chang 'an chaos was inevitable.

"Where's the book?" After looking at the sword, Hongjun remembered that his father, Chong Ming, and Qing Xiong had mentioned "Tianma". He suddenly became curious.

"It was burned by my father." Li Jinglong answered, his eyes focused on the sword in Hongjun's hand. "They never believed it. They only thought it was Di Gong's nonsense when he was old."

Hongjun pondered for a moment. Although he did not know the origin of this sword, he knew that it was not an ordinary weapon. He asked, "Where did you find this sword?"

Li Jinglong answered, "In the hands of a merchant from the Western Regions. Dozens of years after Di Gong's death, I accidentally found it in an auction at the Jubao Zhuang. In order to prevent it from falling into the hands of the barbarians, I sold a lot of my belongings to buy it back … We're not close friends, so I don't know why I'm telling you this … Forget it. "

Hongjun, "?"

Li Jinglong sighed and said lightly, "Maybe only you believe me."

"Mo Rigen and the others will also believe you." Hongjun comforted him. He did not know the origin of the sword, but he felt that he had seen it somewhere before.

Li Jinglong answered, "I don't want to talk to them too much. Forget it."

At that time, Hong Yun did not know that there were many distresses in the human world such as "unrecognized talent" and "born at the wrong time". However, after hearing these words, he gradually began to understand Li Jinglong a little bit from his initial fear.

"Oh right." Hongjun had an idea and said, "Although ordinary people don't have magic, maybe they can rely on practice? I remember … "

"Hongjun!" The Carp Demon flipped over outside and shouted, "Don't hurt him anymore!"

Hongjun thought that with his troublesome constitution, he might hurt Li Jinglong again. He could only give up for the time being.

At first, Li Jinglong thought that Hongjun was just a sloppy, idle young master. After getting familiar with him, he suddenly realized that he was not as mischievous as he first thought. His view of him changed a lot. Just as he was about to ask about his background, Mo Rigen came back with Atay and Qiu Yongsi.

"Found it." Qiu Yongsi could not stop wiping his sweat. He was so tired that he was panting. He put a box on the table. Li Jinglong was about to open it, but Hongjun quickly stopped him and said, "You have to pinch your nose and find a time when there is no wind to divide it. Otherwise, once the pollen flies out and you sneeze, you will forget everything."

"Everyone has been looking for a long time." Mo Rigen did not know whether to laugh or cry. "You two are drinking tea here?"

Li Jinglong coughed. He still had to have the dignity of an official.

Atay obviously said, "Did the official take out the money?"

Li Jinglong took out the money pouch. Atay panted again and said, "There are a total of three thousand two hundred taels of silver."

Li Jinglong, "…"

"Three thousand two hundred taels of silver?!" Li Jinglong roared. "How is that possible?!"

"Yes." Atay, Mo Rigen, and Qiu Yongsi looked at Li Jinglong in confusion. Atay said, "Four taels of soul leaving pollen. One tael of pollen is eight hundred taels of silver. Four taels of soul leaving pollen is thirty-two taels of silver. Is there a mistake?"

Li Jinglong was speechless for a long time. After a while, he saw the four of them looking at each other, as if they were used to this.

"Are all exorcists' things so expensive?" Li Jinglong frowned.

"Why don't I pay first?" Mo Rigen suggested, giving Li Jinglong a way out. After all, Li Jinglong had spent a lot of money to renovate the Exorcism Division.

"I'll pay eight hundred taels." Qiu Yongsi smiled.

"Forget it, forget it. I'll pay," Atay replied.

Mo Rigen said, "Everyone will pay a little. Just give him the money that Ah Tai paid for us. "

Li Jinglong stood up and said, "This can't be …"

"Please sit, please sit." Qiu Yongsi hurriedly smiled and said, "How can we let you pay? Sigh! You don't care about the past and don't blame us for hitting people … Hongjun? "

Hongjun understood immediately and immediately took out his pearls, "Yes, yes, yes! Don't punish us for what happened that day. I'll pay for it too … "

"Hongjun!" Everyone shouted in unison, filled with grief and indignation.

Everyone had the same thought. Originally, Qiu Yongsi, Atay, and Mo Rigen had planned to use the soul leaving pollen to force Li Jinglong to say a few words. However, Hongjun had seen through them. Everyone's faces turned pale.

Hongjun said blankly, "What did I say wrong?"

Li Jinglong did not want to continue this topic and could only raise his hand to stop them, saying, "The government will pay for it. When the time comes, we will ask for the money from the imperial court. Leave the box here first and we will slowly divide it another day. That's all." As he spoke, he stood up and placed the box full of soul leaving pollen on the top shelf in the hall.

"What's this?" Mo Rigen found the document on the table.

"The Supreme Court sent a case to settle it." Li Jinglong said, "We have something to do in the afternoon."

"No way …" The three of them sighed again, "We still have to go out?"

Hongjun asked, "Is the soul leaving pollen very hard to find? Is it that tiring? "

"We don't have it in Xi City." Qiu Yongsi said, "Atay brought us to the underground black market of Jubao Zhuang to find it. That Ramadan merchant insisted that the three of us dress up as women and dance with him for almost two hours!"

"But why do you have grass behind you?" The Carp Demon said behind the three of them, "You just rode out of the city to play, right?"

He could not prevent Hong Jun and the carp monster from teaming up to undermine him. Everyone immediately burst into laughter and changed the topic. Atay said, "Aiya! It's here already! It's time to solve the case! "

Qiu Yongsi said, "Yes, yes, we still have to contribute to the country."

Mo Rigen rubbed his hands and said, "Let me see, what's the big case? Brothers, we'll solve it for you now! "

Li Jinglong glanced at the three of them, took a deep breath, and stopped pursuing the matter. He said, "As long as it's not a matter of life and death, you can do it tomorrow. Let me see …" He lowered his head, opened the file in his hand, spread it flat, and read, "September 5th, Madam Qin's residence, Daning Square, a white curly Shih Tzu cat from the Da Yue family went missing.

Tianbao Year 12, September 23rd.

Exorcism Department Chief Desk: Looking for the cat.

Difficulty: Mer-level

Region: The whole Chang 'an city.

Involved: Right Prime Minister Yang Guozhong's sister, Madam Qin's residence.

Case: September 5th, Madam Qin's pet cat, Qing 'er, was frightened and left the residence in the middle of the night. Its whereabouts are unknown. During this time, six armies, including Yulin Army, Shenwu Army, Long Wu Army, and Black Armored Army, searched Chang 'an for ten days without any results. The case was handed over to the Exorcism Department of the Tang Dynasty.

Reward: The Imperial Concubine and Madam Qin will be rewarded handsomely.

Li Jinglong's face couldn't get any uglier. Qiu Yongsi hurriedly said, "Hurry up and pour some water for Chief Inspector. His face doesn't look good!"

"How about we give Chief Inspector some of the Flower of Departed Souls we just bought?" Hongjun suggested.

"Stop it!" Everyone hurriedly stopped Hongjun.

Mo Rigen poured water, Atay brought a cup, and Hongjun patted Li Jinglong's back sympathetically. After a long time, Li Jinglong finally breathed a sigh of relief. The Exorcism Department's first case after its establishment was to find a pet for Yang Yuhuan's eighth sister? This was a huge insult!

"It's so difficult." Hongjun said, "Chang 'an is so big. How are we going to find it?"

"No!" Li Jinglong slammed the case file and said angrily, "Go back! This is too humiliating! "

Everyone was helpless, as if they had already expected this result.

Early the next morning, the four yawned and followed Li Jinglong to the main street of Chang 'an. The shops along the street were not open.

"Chief Inspector, we've been thinking about it all night." Atay said, "There's really no magic that can find a cat."

Li Jinglong flicked his sleeves and said, "Let's look for it. We have nothing to do anyway."

Thus, the four of them split up and went to the four corners of Chang 'an to inquire about the whereabouts of the Persian cat. It was reasonable to say that the six armies had already conducted a thorough investigation and should have interrogated a lot of Chang 'an citizens. But who knew if there would be any new information these days?

Hongjun was assigned to the south side of Chang 'an. It would take him an hour to walk there. According to the description of the case, he suspected that the cat might have already run out of the city.

"Hongjun!"

As soon as Hongjun left the street, he saw Mo Rigen waving at him, indicating that he should go over. Atay and Qiu Yongsi were also there.

"We'll take you to play. Let's go." Mo Rigen said.

"You're not working?" Hongjun asked.

"You're not really going to find a cat for him, are you?" Atay was surprised.

Hongjun said, "Of course! I think he's a good person. "

The four exorcists gathered in the alley. After yesterday's incident, Hongjun's impression of Li Jinglong had more or less changed, so he explained to the three of them. Of course, he skipped over the things that should not be said. He only mentioned that Li Jinglong came to the Exorcism Division to do something for the Tang Dynasty.

However, he was just a mortal and was looked down upon by the imperial court. There were many things that were beyond his control.

As the three of them listened, their expressions were indescribably strange. As they talked, Hongjun suddenly understood. Because of the exorcists, they regarded him as one of them, but did not count Li Jinglong as one of them.

"The most painful thing in the world is to ask for something that doesn't belong to you."

Atay shrugged and said.

"Is that so?" Mo Rigen said thoughtfully, "Why didn't you say it clearly?"

Perhaps there was some kind of persistence and self-esteem. Hongjun thought for a moment and said, "I'll help him look for it. If I can't find it, then we'll talk about it."

The other three looked at each other and nodded. Mo Rigen said, "If that's the case, then …"

Mo Rigen spread his hands. For Hongjun's sake, he would help him look for it this time. The four of them agreed to meet at the East Market at lunch time and then left separately.