The moon is dark and the wind is high, the courtyard wall in the north of Pei's mansion, and two figures stand and look at each other in the dark.

"You can see me?" said a burly, bald man.

"In that case, it seems that you can see me too?" said a thin, sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man, his voice as sharp as his body.

"Your eyes can also see at night?" asked the bald man in surprise.

"I should ask you this, this is our housekeeping skill in the village, how can you do it?" said the sharp-beaked monkey, his face was also surprised.

"Who are you, what are you doing here?"

"Who are you, and what are you here for?"

"Just in time for the dark moon night, you're probably here to steal. ”

"There is no harm in taking ill-gotten gains. The sharp-billed monkey grinned.

"Ill-gotten gains, if you take them, will be a blessing at least or a loss at worst, I don't want to make money, but just to find a thing. ”

"It's so literal, the two of us are clearly all the way. The sharp-billed monkey grinned.

"How to scold yourself, you can say that you are a like-minded person, or you can say that you coincide. The bald man had a black line on his face.

"My master is not as educated as your master, so it's okay. The sharp-beaked monkey cheeks said, "Since you're here, don't stand here stupidly, it'll be dawn in a while, you yours, I'll be busy with mine." ”

"Oh, okay. The bald man nodded.

"Brother, we have a fate, there is a Degang tavern in Xiangdong Shiniu, which is open every day, and I invite you to drink. The sharp-beaked monkey cheeks said that, and flew over the wall and entered the hospital.

"I ......" The bald man just wanted to say something, but found that he couldn't see the figure anymore, so he had to scratch his bald head with a wry smile, but he didn't expect to steal something and steal a friend.

He just didn't see Ma Weiliang, and during the day, his uncle came to him and asked him to steal something called Devouring Ding according to Lou Yiming's hand-drawn map.

Turned over the courtyard wall, and found that there were no patrolling courtyard ghosts today, even though it was the middle of the night, it shouldn't be so quiet, right, where did all the people in Pei Mansion go?

Ma Weiliang touched the door of Pei Jiutian's room, listened attentively, made no sound, gently twisted the huge handle and pushed the door open, there was really no one inside, and hurriedly looked around.

No matter how superb the cutting skills are, with many openings and closings, there will inevitably be gaps in the connection between the stone door and the wall, and the push-pull rotation of the opening mechanism will also leave traces, which are difficult to find in the daytime, but especially obvious in the dark. Traps can be widely used, most likely to take advantage of the weakness of people who can't see things clearly in the dark.

There is always a special existence in everything, such as the two thieves who came today.

After discovering a hair-like gap in the wall, Ma Weiliang looked to both sides again, and his eyes stayed on the antique shelf on the right.

Ma Weiliang blew on his hands and rubbed them, twisting the bronze jue gently, the sound of stone grinding on the wall sounded, and a stone door slowly opened. The inside of the stone door was pitch black, without any light, but in Ma Weiliang's eyes, it was like day, and he could see it clearly, and in front of him was a stone-paved step.

Ma Weiliang took out a few small stones from his pocket and threw them forward, but he didn't find any mechanism, so he carefully walked along the stone steps inside. After about a hundred steps, I entered a spacious stone house, and the four walls were scattered with night pearls, glowing with an eerie yellow-green light.

In the middle of the stone house is a stone table, on which is placed a square tiger skin wrapping, and from the appearance, it should be a box. It didn't take much effort to get it, Ma Weiliang stepped forward quickly and bundled the tiger skin package behind his back.

Facing the wall of the stone steps, there are several wooden boxes piled up, which are full of various gold and silver jewelry, and on the right is a calligraphy and painting jar, inserted with several scrolls, which should be famous calligraphy and paintings. Ma Weiliang's gaze swept over, and finally stopped on a landscape painting hanging on the left wall, the picture is red, as if painted with cinnabar. Ma Weiliang didn't understand elegance, but this painting made his heart move. Ma Weiliang put the painting into the cloth bag without hesitation, turned around and was just about to leave, when suddenly the night pearl became bright and dark, and then scattered into countless small bright spots flying towards him.

Ma Weiliang couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp, those were not night pearls at all, they were actually round objects covered with a layer of fireflies, he hurriedly ran towards the stone steps, and the bright spots of the stars behind him came like a glowing tide.

There is no nail in the mountain, and the cold and heat do not know the year. The children in the valley are inevitably lonely, and after practicing, Uncle Gong will tell them about all kinds of fairy beasts, strange insects and fish, and strange flowers and plants for entertainment. This insect is called the fire-chested black-winged firefly, which is nocturnal and glows yellowish-green, and they use the round fruit of the anti-soul tree as their nest, so they are mistaken for the pearl of the night. The fire-chested black-winged firefly only eats two things, the anti-soul juice in the fruit of the anti-soul tree and the living thing. If ordinary people encounter a swarm of fire-chested black-winged fireflies, they will soon be sucked into a dried corpse. The only thing that can stop them is red blood sand.

The passage of the stone steps was not so wide, and a large number of fire-chested black-winged fireflies crashed into the stone wall when they entered the passage, making a "bang" sound, and the light on their bodies disappeared, like fireworks that had suddenly gone out. Ma Weiliang's mind was spinning rapidly, what made these insects become restless, and they came out to attack him, was that tiger skin package? No, it was the painting!

Ma Weiliang turned around violently and unfolded the painting shaft in front of him, and the fireflies didn't dare to step forward when they saw the painting, and the fire-chested black-winged fireflies who rushed in front of him turned around and crashed into the stone walls on both sides of the passage, and there was another "bang" sound.

Ma Weiliang breathed a sigh of relief, holding the painting with both hands, and slowly retreated backwards, and the fireflies always followed three feet away, not daring to approach. Out of the stone gate, Ma Weiliang still held the painting with one hand, and quickly twisted the bronze jue on the antique shelf with the other hand, and only after seeing that the stone door was completely closed, he dared to relax and sit on the ground, panting heavily, and there was still a "bang" sound from time to time inside the stone door.

Such a terrifying fire-chested black-winged firefly is afraid of cinnabar, and the mutual restraint in the world is really wonderful.

Ma Weiliang put away the painting, returned along the same road, and when he passed by the wing room, he heard the sound of a woman panting from the house, and he couldn't help but be stunned, could it be that Pei Jiutian had returned? No, if he had come back, it would have been impossible for the courtyard to remain unguarded, so who would it be?

Whatever, Ma Weiliang quickly climbed over the wall and left this place of right and wrong.

There is still a long time before the time comes, do you want to go? Ma Weiliang struggled for a long time, and finally decided to go to the appointment, and the master once told them that there are many heroes in the world, and one more friendship will give more life.

He wants revenge and needs someone to help him.

As soon as the time came, the Degang Tavern removed the baffle in front of the door, revealing the woodcut couplets on the left and right: The fathers and elders of the country can tolerate me and not make evil money in the world. A fat man with a lovely smile arched his hand to Ma Weiliang and said, "Thank you for your patronage, my surname is Guo, I am the boss here, what do you want to use for the guest officer?"

"I'm waiting here for a friend. Ma Weiliang said, found a table in the middle and sat down, the boss nodded yes, and ordered the chubby Xiao Er to make a pot of tea and send it.

After a while, a sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man sat opposite Ma Weiliang with a cloth bag, like an old friend.

"Boss Guo, Brother Qian, don't come unharmed. The sharp-beaked monkey smiled and greeted the counter, and in addition to Boss Guo, there was also a bookkeeper with curly hair who arched his hand towards him: "Thanks to the ninth master." ”

"Ninth Master, it turns out that this is your friend, disrespectful, disrespectful. Boss Guo smiled and said, "The food is still the same, right?"

"Yes, it's still the same, I'm going to have a good drink with this brother today. ”

The small two served the wine and food, four cold cuts, a crockpot stewpot, and two pots of soju.

The sharp-beaked monkey opened the two pots of wine and bumped them into each other, and then handed a pot to Ma Weiliang and said, "Our brothers are too close to each other, come, take a sip of warmth first." After that, he poured a big sip, and Ma Weiliang was not polite, so he took a big sip.

Sure enough, it's a good wine, it's very strong.

"Dare to ask my brother's name?" asked the sharp-beaked monkey gills.

"Don't dare, in the next Ma Weiliang. Dare to ask my brother's name?"

"I'm from Rat Village, my name is Jiuqian, and everyone calls me Brother Jiu. Jiuqian said, "I haven't heard much of my brother's name, and I don't often walk around the world?"

"Well, I've been learning art in the mountains, and I've just come down the mountain. Ma Weiliang replied, "Rat Village, but the Rat Village of Fighting Beast Mountain?"

"It seems that the brother still knows about us, indeed, right there. However, we have no status in the Rat Village, and all we do is hard work. ”

"Brother Jiu is too modest, who doesn't know the name of Beast Mountain. Ma Weiliang took a sip of wine, lowered his voice and said, "I'm really surprised, why didn't Pei Mansion have a ghost yesterday?"

"Don't worry, this tavern is full of people. Jiuqian said aggressively, "Of course, it can't be that there is no one, but our people have solved it, and it is estimated that they are still asleep in the grass house." ”

"Ah, you're not alone?"

"Of course, we have six brothers in total, but they are in charge of clearing the field, and I am the only one in charge of taking the things. ”

Ma Weiliang let out an "oh", secretly shocked in his heart, the courtyard ghosts guarding the inner house are all carefully selected masters, and they can easily settle down with only six people, how strong their ability is. Ma Weiliang picked up the wine jug and toasted another nine yuan glass, and then said, "You people in the Rat Village can see things at night?"

"That's natural," Jiuqian said, "I didn't expect you to have this ability, and I will definitely introduce you to our Rat Village if I have the opportunity." ”

The two of them chatted while drinking, and the more they chatted, the more speculative they became, a pot of wine was quickly drunk, and Jiuqian let Xiao Er serve two pots.

At this time, the inside of the stew pot was boiling, and Jiuqian opened the lid, and there were meat of different shapes stewed in it, and shiitake mushrooms, shredded ginger and tangerine peel were floating on the soup.

"I invented this dish, it's called 'Dragon Tiger Fight', and it's quite nutritious. Jiuqian said proudly.

"Dragons and tigers?"

"Haha, we can't catch those, we're stewing their masters, cats and snakes. Jiuqian took a spoon and drank the soup, with a satisfied face, "Tsk, this is the most big supplement." ”

It's just a stew, and what they enjoy may not be the taste of the dish, but the pleasure of a mouse eating a cat.

Ma Weiliang raised wild cats when he was in the mountains, and he unconsciously felt a little sick to his stomach when he saw this dish, but in order to make this "friend", he still endured and ate a bite.

It's not that he's not unprincipled, he just wants revenge more.

The two drank for a while, both slightly drunk. Jiuqian picked up the cloth bag from the ground and put it on the table, and said to Ma Weiliang: "This trip was not in vain, I guessed that the old guy must have put things in his fourth wife, and sure enough, not only got the baby, but also took the opportunity to sleep with her fourth wife, although the woman is a little older, but the abundance is especially there, that breast, that ass, tsk." ”

Jiuqian motioned to Ma Weiliang to open the cloth bag.

Ma Wei's conscience was as troubled as a group of rats, in the master's teachings, such a person was not worth befriending, but getting to know the people of the Fighting Beasts Mountain was his dream. However, the disappointment was soon replaced by shock, and the cloth bag of the nine coins turned out to be exactly the same tiger skin package as his own.

Ma Weiliang didn't show it, and changed the topic after two words of praise: "Brother Jiu, why is Pei's Mansion so deserted, where have all the people gone?"

"You don't know?" Jiuqian was a little surprised, how could he not step on it before stealing, and then lowered his voice and said, "They all went to the beast's den to discuss important matters, and I heard that the Wind King is going to go out." ”