Rescue Me, My Love

The Wild West, Huli Style

     Mo Yuan and Bai Qian were slightly late for breakfast.  Bai Xue had gathered all of the children and had them eating when his parents arrived.  He smirked when he looked at them and then grinned at his Shushu.  Bai Xuan, being a very astute man, nodded and played the game.  "Fuqin, are you ill?  You're rather late coming for breakfast.  The barrier was over your door so I didn't bother you or mother."  Bai Qian's face turned beet red.  Bai Xue looked at his Fuqin with a very meaningful look.  "Oh I see.  Fox tails and dragon scales?"  Now Bai Xuan was intriqued.  "If you don't mind me asking Xiao Wu, just what is 'fox tails and dragon scales'?"  Jingsi, being as big a loud mouth as Baohu, informed the whole room.  "Shushu you dumb.  When Fuqin put up barrier over door, Jinlong growl and mother howl and the mountain is disturbed by loud roars.  That's fox tails and dragon scales.  Fuqin always naked the next morning and throw us out of his room when we break barrier."  Absolutely caught off guard, Mo Yuan was temporarily speechless. His face turned red as a cherry.  He stared at Jingsi as if she had grown horns like Qing Cang.  Bai Xue picked up his slack.  "Jingsi, it is very rude to talk about Fuqin being naked.  He is a dragon.  They like to sleep naked.  I sleep naked.  You should not discuss these things to Shushu."  Bai Xuan, not able to keep a straight face any more, burst out laughing so hard he could hardly catch his breath.  "Fox tails and dragon scales, huh?  That's a totally new one.  Mo Yuan, just what kind of hanky panky is going on there on Kunlunxu?  No wonder you have seventeen children!"  For once the great dragon was embarrassed down to the tip of his golden tail.  Trying to salvage what little dignity he had left, his eyes shifted to gold and he growled loudly.  "It seems my children utterly lack any form of manners and have embarrassed not only me but their mother.  Jingsi, I should send you back to Kunlunxu to stay with your Er ge.  What do you say to that, Xiao Bailong?"  Jingsi, being afraid that he would send her home, fell down on her knees and bowed down to her Fuqin.  "Fuqin, Jingsi is right sorry to talk about you like that.  Jingsi knows that Fuqin loves Mother very much.  That's what I know.  Fuqin loves Mother and children very much."  Bai Xuan looked very closely at his very errant xiao zhinu.  "Do you love him, Xiao Wu?"  "More than you will ever know, Da ge!"  "Very well!  Let's eat and go to my estate in the modern mortal world!"

   After breakfast Mo Yuan gathered all of the children together so they could ride one cloud.  "Since you have never been where I'm going, I will take all of us.  Hold on, I travel fast but not as fast as you, Mo Yuan."  He lifted them off and headed to his estate.  He touched down in front of his house there.  The land was sectioned off with fences and there was a very large stable with paddocks off to the side.  The land was grassy and stretched for miles away from the house.  Horses and cattle were scattered about on the land.  Behind the house was a full mountain range.  Mo Yuan could hear the sound of a river flowing.  The air was fresh and clean.  Yes, this was a very fine estate, but he had never seen this land before.  Bai Xuan, seeing his interest, explained.  "Mo Yuan!  I can see the questions on your face.  This land is in a country called America.  They know nothing of us or our existence.  These people have come from many countries to live free.  I first came here just to see the land.  This country is much bigger than China, which is our home country.  I will show you a map of this mortal world.  I raise a particular breed of horses here, the American Quarter Horse.  It was bred to be a working ranch horse.  I will show you.  Maybe this afternoon I can show you the attributes of these horses.  I own  5000 acres here.  This land is mine all the way to the base of those mountains there.  We will ride over there.  I have modern transportation to take us there.  Come inside and I will show you more of this world."  Bai Xuan had a study that had a map of the world on one wall.  He had guns in a cabinet there and a shelf full of books.  His desk was like nothing Mo Yuan had ever seen.  Bai Xuan took him over to the map.  He pointed and explained as he did.  "As you can see, this world is different than our realm in the heavens.  "Here is China, our home land."  He pointed on the map.  "Here is where we are now.  My land is about here."  "I see that I am sadly lacking in knowledge.  This country is very large.  Show me more.  My disciple, Chang Shan, has been to the modern realm but only in the cities of China.  I can see that this is not a city nor are there any near here.  Is this country so spread out?  Tell me more!"  They sat and talked for over an hour about the country and the land he owned.  "First we need to get you and these children into some more modern clothes.  Come with me.  I think you will look really nice in some blue jeans and shirts.  Those little girls would be very pretty in some cute little dresses.  Come and let's see what we can find."