Seeing the elfin detection prompt on the phone screen, Zhang Zian's first reaction was that the thing that just ran away. Could it be an elfin waiting to be captured? Because it was too coincidental.
But there were two suspicious points. One was that he didn't see it through the game's capture interface. The second was that its appearance was actually earlier than the game's prompt. At least it had already appeared in the square. Why didn't the game prompt until now?
After thinking about it, he felt that there were two possible answers. One was that the thing just now was just a passing animal, not an elfin. The second possibility was … maybe it was a very special elfin?
"Zian, what's wrong?" Old Time Tea saw his strange expression and asked.
Zhang Zian put down the phone and stared in the direction that the thing ran away. "There's an elfin nearby. I'm wondering if it's that thing just now?"
Old Time Tea pondered for a moment and said, "Instead of blindly guessing here, it's better to go after it and find out what's going on. What do you think, Zian? "
Zhang Zian thought deeply.
If it was an elfin, what kind of elfin was it?
He squinted and looked at the ten … no, eleven exotic beasts, including the chicken, on the eaves.
Dragon, Phoenix, Lion, Pegasus, Seahorse, Taowu, Xiezhi, Bulldog, Xingshi, and the chicken.
Logically speaking, each of these eleven exotic beasts was qualified to be an elfin. After all, they had stood on the eaves for hundreds of years and witnessed the rise and fall of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Under their silent gazes, the brave and capable or the incompetent emperor appeared like a trotting horse lantern, but no emperor could change the fate of the decadent feudal dynasty that was destined to perish.
They were placed on the eaves to guard the house from evil, but in the end, they didn't guard the "house" and didn't let any emperor avoid "evil." In the end, they were just a pile of dirt. Even the Forbidden City itself was no longer the "house" of the emperor, but became a museum open to all people. As long as they paid, anyone could step in.
In addition, ancient houses in China were all made of wood, so they were very afraid of fire. Several of the exotic beasts were related to water, but the Forbidden City had been burned many times in history.
Even so, these eleven exotic beasts were not suitable to be pets. Among them, only the chicken could barely be considered a pet. Since it wasn't even a pet, it was even more doubtful if it could become an elf.
The thing that ran away just now, although he couldn't see its exact appearance, judging from its silhouette, it definitely wasn't a chicken.
As for the seahorse, it was the horse of the sea, not the seahorse that was commonly known in daily life.
If it wasn't for the fact that these eleven beasts had transformed into spirits …
Zhang Zian recalled that when he was singing the national anthem in the square, pets were not allowed to enter the square. The only animal-shaped object was the Stone Puppet, but the possibility of that happening was even lower.
Standing on the jade steps in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Zhang Zian looked back. The large group of tourists were like zombies coming out of their cages. He and the elfins could not stay here any longer, or they would be drowned.
"Quack?"
Richard was caught off guard and was thrown into the sky.
"Let's go see where that thing ran off to."
Richard somersaulted several times in the air, spinning until he was dizzy. He desperately flapped his wings to stabilize his body so that he wouldn't fall like a stone.
He only saw a blurry shadow and said angrily, "It ran all the way north … You're definitely taking revenge on me by abusing your position, aren't you?"
Zhang Zian definitely wouldn't admit it. He called out to the elfins, "Let's go. We're going north anyway. Let's chase after it and see if we can find it."
"Meow … hide-and-seek … hide-and-seek …" Xinghai was excited and eager to try, taking the lead and jumping out.
Zhang Zian was afraid that there would be an accident, so he followed closely behind with the other elfins.
He had previously promised it to play hide-and-seek in the Forbidden City, but he didn't expect it to come true this way.
In the eyes of the staff, Zhang Zian was the only one running in the empty Forbidden City. He passed through the Hall of Zhonghe and the Hall of Baohe without looking back. He didn't have the slightest intention of stopping to visit. They thought to themselves, Did this person spend money to come to the Forbidden City to exercise?
If the elfins encountered a building that they were slightly interested in, they would run over to take a look. Once they had seen enough, they would quickly run a few steps to catch up with Zhang Zian.
In fact, the process of visiting the Forbidden City was quite boring. More than 8,000 houses were similar, and not everyone was interested in the history and story of each house. Most of the tourists who had never been to the Forbidden City would just take a quick look at the scenery and would basically not come a second time.
The Gate of Heavenly Purity was an important passage that connected the inner court and the outer court. After passing through the Gate of Heavenly Purity, they would arrive at the true meaning of the "harem."
Zhang Zian looked back. They had already left the large group of tourists a distance behind. They stopped to take a breath and look for traces of the elfin.
Richard had just seen the elfin pass through the Gate of Heavenly Purity, but he didn't see where it ran off to.
Xinghai and the other elfins were also looking.
"Zian, I seem to smell something." Famous lowered its head and sniffed around, then suddenly raised its head and said.
"Oh? Is it the smell of that guy just now? "Zhang Zian leaned over and asked.
Famous shook its head. "It's hard to say. Maybe it is. Anyway, the smell is fresh. It extends from the Hall of Supreme Harmony all the way here."
"Then it's probably right." Zhang Zian breathed a sigh of relief. The broken clue had finally been reconnected. "Where did it run off to?"
"The smell extends that way." Famous raised its paw and pointed in a direction.
"Meow. That guy is very good at hide-and-seek." Xinghai was very active. After all, it was a very new opponent.
Old Time Tea also urged, "Zian, we've rested enough. Let's not delay any longer. Let's continue chasing?"
Zhang Zian didn't move. He shook his head and smiled bitterly. "I'm afraid I can't catch up. If you want to chase after it, only you guys can."
"Why can't we catch up?" Famous was stunned. It thought that Zhang Zian meant that its sense of smell was wrong.
Zhang Zian raised its chin, looked in that direction, and sighed. "Because that is an unopened area. It is not open to tourists. If I go there, I will be stopped."
Previously, when he caught Pi in the Binhai City Library, he had been worried that Pi would appear in the library's ancient book section or children's reading area. If that was the case, he couldn't enter at all, so he could only give up on catching it. Fortunately, Pi appeared in the digital reading area.
This time, he encountered a similar situation, but he wasn't as lucky as the last time.
The guy that seemed to be an elfin actually ran into an unopened area. What should he do?
Force his way in?
What a joke! This was under the feet of the emperor. No one would dare to force their way in!
So he could only give up?
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