"All asleep?"

"Don't worry, they're all asleep."

"Let's go."

In the dead of night, a conversation suddenly erupted from a dark room.

The voices of the two who spoke were extremely low, as if they were doing something that did not see people's deals. As soon as the words fell, two black shadows rolled out of the window, floated up to the roof like mist, and rushed towards the City God Temple in the southwest of the city.

Through the moonlight, two faces covered by black cloth were faintly visible, and although the expressions could not be seen clearly, the eyes exposed were unprecedentedly clear.

One of the taller men seemed to be in a good mood, and he joked in a low voice: "Brother Jiang didn't expect to be familiar with this thing of stealing chickens and dogs. ”

Another man in black replied rather coldly: "There are neither chickens nor dogs, so why do you want to steal chickens and touch dogs?" ”

The man in black who spoke first snorted and said, "It's just a joke, why bother to be so strict?" Take it easy. ”

"I'm not interested in making those boring jokes with you."

"Since you're not interested in jokes, why don't you talk about your fiancée? I've heard that she's also coming to the Sword Debate. The man in black smirked.

"If you don't want your tongue anymore, I can pull it out for you."

The two of them were talking, but they were not stopping. The light skills of the two people are ranked in the forefront of the world, and the speed is also extraordinarily fast, even if there are others present at this moment, they must think that it is just a gust of wind blowing on the roof, not two big living people.

At such a speed, it didn't take long for the two of them to arrive in front of a city god temple.

The taller man in black was still chattering, as if he wouldn't shut up until the other man in black spoke.

After enduring and forbearing, Jiang Yuanzhong finally couldn't help but shout: "Wang Meng, shut up!" ”

"Young people are short-tempered." The man in black smiled and took off the mask, revealing a handsome face that was unkempt but still a little handsome.

It is Wang Meng, the current chef of Jianghu Inn.

Jiang Yuanzhong really didn't bother to take care of him, took off his face towel by himself, and began to look at the City God Temple in front of him.

The temple is a very old temple that has been renovated by later generations, but it is still inevitably dilapidated. The two vermilion wooden doors are already mottled, and they still look tight, and I am afraid that they will actually fall down with a push of their hands.

There are no villages or people around the temple, only countless barren grass and dead trees, grass and half a man high, fluttering with the night breeze. The brick road leading to the temple gate is completely covered with weeds, and now there is no way to see the whole picture, only scattered rubble shows the former existence of zài.

Jiang Yuanzhong stepped on the former brick road and took a step.

No response.

There was no imaginary movement. The temple door was not opened, and no arrows were shot out of the hole in the broken temple.

Wang Meng frowned and said, "Are you going to go in like this?" ”

Jiang Yuan glanced at him sideways, and wrote lightly: "Otherwise? You have to go in and have a look. ”

In the past few days, he has been investigating the clues of Yang Xiaoliuzi, and after spending a lot of manpower and material resources, he finally found the clues-in this inconspicuous City God Temple that has long been abandoned.

He rolled his eyes, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Aren't you afraid?" ”

Wang Meng grinned and said, "Hey, afraid? My Wang really wasn't afraid of anything. ”

He raised his hand and touched a long object behind his back, moved it to his front, stared at the City God Temple not far away with deep eyes, and said, "Let's go, go in and see what is pretending to be a ghost." ”

Jiang Yuanzhong walked side by side with him, shaking his head noncommittally when he heard the words.

"It's natural people who can pretend to be gods."

"It's human now, but not later." Wang Meng showed a smile with a bit of blood.

"That being said, I still can't guess what their purpose is." Jiang Yuanzhong said.

"It's useless to think too much, just look at it." Wang Meng said.

As they spoke, they stood in front of the dilapidated City God Temple.

As I got closer, I felt more and more about the dilapidated state of the temple. The plaque on the lintel has cracked, and there are still many wormholes and cobwebs on it, barely supported by a few nails, and the whole is tilted and almost falls.

Looking at the rotten and heavy wooden door in front of him, Wang Meng glanced at Jiang Yuanzhong, and saw that he was still pondering, so he stretched out his hand and simply pushed the door open.

"Gah-"

The vermilion wooden door made an extremely harsh and unpleasant sound.

A dull smell of old age came from the temple, accompanied by an imperceptible stench that rushed to the two men standing in front of the door.

Jiang Yuanzhong held his breath and waited for the smell to dissipate before slowly opening his eyes.

"It smells damn bad." Wang Meng frowned in disgust.

Jiang Yuanzhong did not speak, and remained vigilant and took the lead in entering the temple.

The temple was dim, and a beam of white moonlight shone into the doorway, and a statue of a god in the middle of the temple was vaguely visible.

Wang Meng walked in after him, out of nowhere he found a fire fold and lit it, raised it high and took a picture around - the whole temple was full of cobwebs, a thick layer of ash on the ground, it seemed that no one had cleaned it for a long time, and there seemed to be snakes, rats and reptiles rushing by the moment the door was pushed. The statue was also full of dust, and when he looked up, Wang Meng's gaze suddenly froze.

"Brother Jiang, look."

Wang Meng pointed to the idol and said, "This idol is strange. ”

Jiang Yuanzhong looked up, the statue was about a zhang high, although it was covered with ash, the color on its body was mottled, and he could still see the glory of the heyday. Only now I don't know who has cut off my head, and there is an empty area above the neck, which looks a little crazy in this dim environment.

"The idol has no head. It seems that the plan for this is very meaningful. He said.

Wang Meng answered: "Who knows." The head of the idol is not small, and it is not easy to cut it off and take it away. ”

He approached with the fire fold in his hand, and suddenly noticed that the stench was heavier.

The temple is very empty, and there is no place to put anything, except for ......

Except for the merit box under the idol.

Jiang Yuanzhong also noticed the strangeness of the merit box, walked a few steps forward, looked at the box and said nothing.

Wang Meng said: "It seems that the clue we are looking for is here." ”

Jiang Yuanzhong lowered his eyes, expressionless and didn't know what he was thinking.

"Are you coming or am I coming?" Wang Meng asked.

Jiang Yuan glanced at him again and didn't speak, Wang Meng sighed and said, "Okay, I'll come." ”

He took a deep breath, stepped closer, and reached out to touch the side of the merit box. The closer you go, the stronger the inexplicable stench becomes, and the answer to what exactly is in the box is almost self-evident.

"There can't be any mechanism in this box, right?" He tried to liven up the atmosphere.

Jiang Yuan shook his head and said, "No, they deliberately want to show us, so naturally they won't set up any more organs." ”

He said it for sure, but Wang Meng didn't dare to relax, he sank into the dantian, and his right hand violently lifted the lid of the merit box.

Maybe it was too strong, the box was touched to the ground, and the things inside rolled out, because it was a round object, and it rolled more than ten meters to the threshold before stopping, just facing up.

By the not-so-bright moonlight, Jiang Yuanzhong and the others recognized the face.

It's Yang Xiaoliuzi.

……

After all, Mei Hongxue is the No. 1 promising young man in the rivers and lakes, and there is a world of difference between her and Tang Yuyi's crane tail, she looks very busy when she looks at it, and she smiles and says goodbye when it is dark.

The little fat man sent him two streets before reluctantly returning to the inn, lying on the counter and asking Su Muxian persistently.

"Shopkeeper Su, do you think I can stay and be a junior, usually serving food and sweeping the floor or something?"

Su Muxian was leaning on the counter and dozing off, when he heard the words, he covered his mouth and yawned lazily, and replied twenty-eighth times without thinking: "No." ”

The little fat man was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and she had not yet lost her heart to the point of employing child labor.

Not to mention......

She barely raised the corner of her eyes and looked at the two guards standing behind the little fat man, one left and one right, and couldn't help but be a little speechless in her heart.

What's more, when the little fat man first made this request, the two guards had already leaked the little fat man's bottom completely. What "You dare to let our son work in the inn", "Do you know what the identity of our son is"...... She didn't ask anything, and she didn't confess anymore.

Actually, she didn't want to know at all, okay.

Huo Fei was a little frustrated: "But I want to stay in the inn." ”

It's a lot more interesting than the scene described in the script.

"It's the same to have an upper room and live when you have time." Su shopkeeper sincerely built yì road.

For the sake of her acquaintances, she can still give a ninety-nine fold.

The little fat man was obviously not satisfied with this answer, and was about to continue pestering, but his eyes were attracted by the two people who walked into the inn.

Wang Meng walked in with a chicken in his left hand and a duck in his right hand, followed by Jiang Yuanzhong on the side, carrying three catties of pork in his hand, and a basket full of vegetables in his wrist.

…… The picture is too beautiful to be seen.

The two of them were dressed in black, and they all looked like dusty servants, and the shopkeeper Su was a little stunned, and he was speechless for a long time before pointing to the things in their hands and asking, "What are you two doing?" ”

Wang Meng said succinctly: "Buy vegetables." ”

Jiang Yuanzhong: "...... Well. ”

Trickster, do you look like you're going grocery shopping? It's clear that he just came back from killing someone.

Shopkeeper Su silently slandered, in line with the principle of inn harmony, and didn't bother to investigate whether what they said was the truth, and waved them to the backyard.

Jiang Yuanzhong lifted the curtain and was about to walk in, when a somewhat delicate female voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Stop!"

This voice came inexplicably, and everyone looked up at it with different faces, only to see a gorgeously dressed girl in red standing at the door of the inn with a sword, looking at Jiang Yuanzhong, her expression seemed to be angry and tangled.

"How long do you want to hide from me?"

Jiang Yuanzhong slowly turned his head, looked at the girl in red, and sighed a little complicatedly.

"You're here."

Onlookers: "......"

This plot is not very understandable.

Su Muxian touched his chin and pondered, "...... Emma, this scene seems so familiar to me, as if I've seen it somewhere. ”

She arched Tang Yuyi as she spoke: "Did you say it?" ”

Tang Yuyi: "...... I don't know anything. ”

Su Muxian: "Tsk." ”

The little fat man looked at their expressions back and forth, turned his head and tugged at the guard's clothes, and asked in a low voice, "Is this the legendary revenge in the rivers and lakes?" ”

The guard Ajia covered his eyes and didn't let him look at it, and replied silently in his heart: "Quite a few masters, this is an emotional contradiction in the adult world.