Li Mo's body trembled slightly, and Wang Zeng pressed the hilt of his sword to approach the window on the north side, the window of the Buddhist hall was divided into north and south, the south side was facing the courtyard, and the north side was facing the back wall.

There were no stars or moons outside, only the sound of "popping" from the roof, and if you think of Mrs. Li's leftover human skin, it is enough to send chills down your spine.

At this time, he saw the light on the back wall, and a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind, pulling Wang Zeng to jump back, almost instantly, a fire snake rushed into the window lattice, the window bones scattered and flew, and the firelight almost licked Wang Zeng's face.

Wang Zeng lay on the ground and couldn't help but change his complexion, and his face was quite angry: "Jinyiwei's fire/qiang team!"

Zhaoran was in a hurry, Wang Zeng's whole person almost pressed on his body, almost crushed his waist bones, Wang Zeng helped him up from the ground, Zhaoran held the old waist and thought to himself, a good person is really difficult to do, he rolled his eyes and suddenly asked: "What about Jiuru?"

Only then did the people in the room realize that Jiuru had disappeared at some point, Li Mo pointed to the missing key on the table and said with a discolored face: "He, he has gone to the clock tower!"

Zhao Ran hurriedly asked, "Where is the entrance?"

Li Mo pointed to the back of the confession, Zhaoran found the door and lowered his head to get in, at this time the Buddhist hall was roasted by the fire dragon of brocade, there was a fire outside, and the house was also spitting fire everywhere, either retreat to the outside of the house, or simply enter the stone bell tower, Wang Zeng had to follow Zhaoran into the bell tower.

There is no stone chamber in the bell tower, and the tower is hollow, only an extremely narrow stone staircase built spiraling upwards against the wall, like a deep well.

Zhaoran looked up but didn't see Jiuru's shadow, he had to climb up on the wall, and climbed to the top out of breath, but saw Jiuru standing on the outer edge of the tower, the night wind hit, blowing his clothes and hunting, and the white forehead was also flying in the air.

He slowly looked down at his feet, and Zhao Ran leaned over to take a look, suddenly dizzy, and hurriedly tightened the stone wall, looking at the house covered by fire below, he couldn't help but "tsk", thinking that Wen Zhigeng was really a vicious dog.

Wang Zeng came up only a little slower than Zhaoran, but his breath was much better, and he also looked at it from top to bottom and frowned slightly: "This demon can't seem to escape." ”

Jiuru jumped down from the edge of the wall, and Wang Zeng asked again: "When the Buddha came up, was there anyone on this tower?"

"No!" Jiuru shook his head slightly.

Zhao Ran circled the bell, knocked it with his hand, put his head into the bell again, and then poked his head out and asked, "Why doesn't it strike louder?"

"Why don't you knock louder?"

Zhao Ran gestured: "That demon eye, it's about to demonstrate, why don't you knock it louder?"

Wang Zeng frowned: "What did you say?"

There was a "crackling" sound below, and it was the people of Jinyi Wei who were extinguishing the fire with water.

A few people went down to the clock tower and met Li Mo, who was out of breath, and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw them: "Are there monsters up there?"

"No, I didn't. ”

Li Mo's face showed a look of relief: "That's good, I'm afraid that the coefficients will be burned to death below." ”

Zhaoran watched Jiuru jump down from the tower with Li Mo in his hand, and had to move down step by step, only to feel that the bones in the skin were about to fall apart.

The fire in the Buddha hall has been extinguished, but it is a mess inside, and the black ash is blown by the wind that has opened the hole, and Wang Zeng saw Zhaoran looking for everything in the house and asked, "What are you looking for?"

Zhao Ran carefully removed a Buddhist scripture full of black ash and said happily: "Found it!"

Under the Buddhist scriptures was the bowl of noodles brought by Li Mo, Zhaoran picked up the chopsticks from the ground and wiped them clean, and then gobbled up the noodles, he finished sucking the last noodle, looked up and saw that Wang Zeng was still looking at him, so he said a little embarrassed: "This noodles are really delicious, it's a pity not to eat them." ”

He wiped his mouth and walked out of the house to see Wen Zhigeng was looking at the demon bones presented by his subordinates, Wen Zhigeng rarely wore a dark dress, probably to hide his appearance in the night, Xuanyi silver hair has a strange flamboyance, it seems to be in a good mood at the moment, and he looks even better, the only regret is that he is standing next to Jiuru.

Jiu Ru is the kind of person who has an unstoppable appearance, but can make everyone stand out.

Zhaoran felt that Wen Zhigeng seemed to know this, so there was always a trace of hostility in Jiuru's eyes.

"Congratulations, my lord! This demon has been extinguished. The brocade guard Xiaoqi said flatteringly.

Wen Zhigeng rarely had a hidden smile on his lips, and he sighed "bah" in his heart, no wonder he knew that Jiuru was present, and he still used such a big battle, which was obviously using them as bait, but he hid on the side to grab the credit.

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Li Mo grabbed a handful of charred bones and cried tears, and Zhaoran pulled a brocade guard and asked in a low voice: "You are outside the wall, what do you see that demon look like?"

"What does it look like? A piece of black pressure, several zhang wide, fell from the sky, the demon mist was misty, and there were countless little monsters surrounding it. "Jinyiwei is not a guard of the Son of Heaven, and the narrative is clear and vivid.

Wang Zeng seemed to be unhappy, and he didn't say much to Wen Zhigeng, so he went straight back to his home, and of course Zhaoran, the nominal person from the Horse Mansion, had to go back.

When passing by Jiuru, Zhaoran smiled and asked, "Does the Buddha have anything else to say, I'm leaving!"

Jiuru leaned over slightly: "Blessing and misfortune, blessing and misfortune, the princess is careful all the way." ”

"Tsk!" Zhao Ran turned around and left.

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Zhaoran was sitting in a sedan chair with a dignified appearance, but now the white temple silk is full of black ash, and his face is also white and green, the carriage moves slowly, he opened the curtain and looked over, only to see that it was pitch black outside, and only the light emitted from the bleak white lantern of the Li Mansion was faintly visible.

He retracted his head and asked the nearest female guard, "Why is this alley so dark?"

Fang was so dangerous, the female guards were not by Zhaoran's side, and Zhaoran didn't seem to complain, but he had a good impression of him, so he said: "It's called Alley without lights." ”

"Alley without lights?"

"The poorest people in the town lived, and no one could afford to light oil lamps and candles at night, so when it was dark, every house was closed, and the alleys were naturally pitch black, hence the name Lane without Lights. ”

"No light alley......" Zhaoran turned his head and glanced at the Li Mansion in the depths of the alley.

"So Mrs. Li set up the house here, it is also a piece of mercy, although it is dark outside, there is always a light in the Li Mansion to illuminate. ”

Zhao Ran said: "This Mrs. Li is a kind-hearted person. ”

The female guard said with some grievance: "It's a pity that good people don't have good rewards." ”

"Lord Li and Mrs. Li have a good relationship, right?"

"Master Li's career is unsatisfactory, he has been idle in Rong'an Town for many years, thanks to Mrs. Li's incense to maintain a rich life, it should be a good relationship. ”

The female guard said this, but Zhao Ran heard two or three points of sarcasm, and he stroked his palm and said: "It must be so, those two concubines must also be married by Mrs. Li to Lord Li, but unfortunately, when they meet such a kind housewife, they have no blessings to enjoy." ”

To his surprise, the female guard replied, "The relationship between the three of them is indeed good, and Mrs. Li even took them to meet our princess." ”

This made Zhao Ran a little confused, and then asked, "Then how did our princess know Mrs. Li?"

The female guard said: "How do I know, but it should be a matter of the past few years." In the past few years, the princess will come to Rong'an Town in winter, and the incense of Li Mansion in Rong'an Town is so famous, probably because of this. ”

"It's so cold, why did the princess want to run into the mountains?" asked Zhaoran, Rong'an Town leaned on the Five Elements Mountain, but it was not warmer than Jingli.

"Every winter, the Buddha comes to Rong'an Town. ”

"The princess is here to see the Buddha?" Zhaoran remembered that Wang Zeng and Jiuru seemed to be old acquaintances, and couldn't help but prick up their ears, as if they had heard some great gossip.

It's a pity that at this time, Wang Zeng turned his head and said, "What are you talking about?"

Zhao Ran hurriedly said, "Oh, I'm asking them what time it is?"

"You mountain people don't look at the hour. Wang Zeng slowed down his horse and asked.

Zhaoran pointed to the sky: "At this moment, there are no stars and no moon in the sky, even if you can see it, you can't look at it." ”

Wang Zeng raised his eyes and looked at the sky, and sure enough, the air was black, and there was a faint trace of anxiety in his heart, and he said, "Return to the post station quickly!"

As he spoke, he rode his horse and led the way, and after a short journey a thick fog came towards them.

"Protect the colt!" suddenly a voice shouted.

The guards immediately surrounded Wang Zeng in the middle, and when the fog passed, Wang Zeng turned his head, only to see a carriage left alone behind the escort, and a pole / qiang was inserted in the carriage, which ran through the carriage.

"Runiang!" Wang Zeng blurted out in shock.

"Princess!" some of the guards who didn't know the truth couldn't help but change their faces greatly, although they were people at the bottom of the old mansion of the horses, but if the princess died in front of them, then they couldn't get rid of the crime from the horse to them, especially the guards could only die to apologize.

The two female guards, who knew the inside story, stepped forward boldly and slowly lifted the curtain of the carriage.

The surrounding was dark without fingers, and the lanterns in the hands of the guards were blown out a lot, so the light was even more unclear, and as soon as the female guards lifted the curtain of the bridge, something in the bridge was ticking down the edge of the car, presumably blood gushing out of the qiang pole.

The surrounding light is unclear, and the human ears are especially sensitive, and many people are already gray.

The female guard was also dazed, and only felt a chill on her hand, and a pale hand was on the back of her hand, and she couldn't help but scream sharply even though she was trained.

"You're pulling me!" shouted from under the carriage.

Wang Zeng stepped forward and pushed the female guard away, pulling the people below up, it was Zhaoran, Wang Zeng looked at the water trail ticking down and asked, "What is this?"

When Zhaoran came out at night, Wang Zeng ordered him to eat what he wanted to eat, so he took the opportunity to let the kitchen get two pigs to soak in urine, and disgusted forsythia on the spot.

When he got the pig urine bubble and put it on, it was really wonderful, but when he wanted to go out of the window when there was chaos outside, he found that he was stuck, so he had to throw the two urine bubbles out of his chest pocket, never thinking that one of them was being punctured by a qiang.

Now that Wang Zeng asked, Zhao Ran had to rub his chest and said vaguely: "It's my drinking bag, it's too salty for dinner." ”

Haven't you eaten salt on weekdays, and the princess's meal will also be salty, Wang Zeng glanced at him.

While they were talking, there were footsteps around them, and Wen Zhigeng appeared with a group of brocade guards.

Zhao Ran only realized at this moment that the role of his bait when he came out of the Li Mansion was not over at all, and it might be the time when he came in handy, thinking that if someone really wanted to be unfavorable to the princess, it would definitely not take advantage of their heavy guard.

Wen Zhigeng glanced at qiang, who was forcefully inserted into the back of the carriage, and said to Zhaoran: "Your life is really big." ”

"It's not a big life, how did you live like a vicious dog...... "Zhaoran lowered his eyebrows and said in his heart.

Wang Zeng opened his mouth and said, "Where is the thief?"

Wen Zhigeng glanced at the Jinyi guards around him, no one made a sound, he frowned slightly: "The action is fast, it's too dark today, so I have to try again another day." ”

Zhao Ran couldn't help but change his face and bared his teeth and said, "This vicious dog!"

Wang Zeng's face was unhappy: "We have done everything we can do in the Horse Mansion, and now we need to return to the capital as soon as possible, otherwise the princess's safety will be lost, and you and I will not be able to eat and walk around." ”

"This demon has been destroyed, and the remaining demons are no longer to be feared, but now that the assassin has escaped, how can the princess's safety not be threatened?"

Zhao Ran replied, "Who said the assassin ran away?"

Wen Zhigeng's narrow eyes narrowed: "Do you know where he is?"

Zhao Ran pointed at the guard with his hand and said, "Among them!"

With these words, Wang Zeng's face couldn't help but change, and he said in a low voice: "Runiang, don't talk nonsense, no one in my guards uses Changqiang." ”

Zhao Ran spread his hands and said: "Because Changqiang is on the carriage, the man tied the Changqiang/pole under the wheel in advance, and only took the qiang head with him, when the chaos began, he quickly ran forward from the left rear direction of the car, while taking out the qiang head, while pulling down the qiang pole, loading the qiang head and turning around, and then running to the side of the attached horse." ”

Wen Zhigeng asked, "Why must you be running from the left?"

"Which hand does Lord Wen usually use?" Zhao Ran waved his hand, "If he runs from the right side, he must need to add a sideways movement to take qiang, unless he is a left-hander, and the colt is a little waiting master, presumably there will not be an extra left-handed person in the escort team, so everyone draws the knife together, others use the right hand, and he uses the left hand, then it is not beautiful!"

Wen Zhigeng looked at Wang Zeng, Wang Zeng glanced at Zhao Ran and nodded slightly.

"In the same way, if he runs from the front and then runs back, he will make a lot of moves, which will attract attention, and there will not be enough time!" said with a smile: "Therefore, that person must have deliberately walked behind the car, on the left, and there were water splashes on his lower body......"

The female guard looked up at someone in the group of guards and said in surprise: "Lu Jia is you!"

The guard simply pulled out his hand and pulled out the knife to wipe his neck, Wen Zhigeng sneered: "I want to die!"

With a flick of his finger, an iron bead pierced the back of the guard's hand, and the knife fell to the ground.

The guard was pressed to the ground, but after a few struggles, he lowered his head, Wen Zhigeng picked up his head and saw that Lu Jia was already dead of anger, and he just pulled out the knife just to pretend, in order to gain time to bite the poison sac in his mouth.

Wen Zhigeng couldn't help but throw away the head of the corpse in his hand with anger on his face, and obviously "tsk" twice in his heart, but Wen Zhigeng turned his head and looked at him: "The little maid attached to the horse is very smart......