Chapter 1: A Thief at Night
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The night was dark, but bright, and the moon was bright but light.
In a small town that is neither big nor small, with thousands of residents, it is crowded with people.
Red lanterns hung all over the ancient spire room, and from a distance, a field of bright lights burned red half of the sky.
Today is a festive day, commonly known as "Tanabata", which is the day when the legendary Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet, and the Tanabata festival is being held here.
There are thousands of aborigines in the town, but that doesn't mean there are only a few thousand people here.
Although the town is located in a remote area, there are no people in a radius of thousands of miles, but it is also a center of this thousands of miles away.
Surrounded by a ten-zhang big river, flowing from west to east, I don't know where it flows, only know that it comes from the high mountains in the distance, it is rumored that it passes through the barren Gobi beach for thousands of miles, it is really a strange river, some people call it the river of vain.
Of course, the branch surrounding the town is not called this name, but has the same name as the town, called Xiaojianghu, and this town, called Jianghu Town, is the location of a great hidden place in the world.
In addition to this big river, which is not much better than the moat of the big city and the imperial capital, the structure of the town is peculiar.
Although the town is called a town, there are about 1,000 aboriginal households, but the scale is much more majestic than the general county seat.
The five-zhang high adobe wall, the three-meter giant gate that opens on all sides, and the three-story town building are connected to the front and back, and the left and right are combined.
On the first floor, there are nearly 300 ordinary houses, all made of bluestone bricks, and the inside is a luxurious street, and it is this street that reflects the sky, and it is now crowded with people.
Further back is the heart of the town, a huge restaurant, nine stories high, climbing up the stairs like a god's pagoda, taller than a thousand-year-old tree next to it.
This ancient tree is a big willow tree, the branches are down, the roots are green, four or five people can't hold it, and it is dozens of feet high.
The only thing that makes it different is that each branch is tied with red strips of cloth, and bags of cloth like sachets are hung.
That's right, this is the town's moon tree, a very effective ancient tree.
At this time, it is also crowded with people and brightly lit.
On top of this restaurant, the "Tongfu Inn" is extremely dazzling, suppressing the flaming candlelight.
And the reason why this town has such a scale is also because of this mysterious inn.
Every day, in addition to thousands of aboriginal families, many people from far away places come to stay here and argue about some incomprehensible issues.
Therefore, for these people, in the season of the Qixi Festival, tens of thousands of boys and girls wander in the town, chanting poems and paintings, stroking the piano and singing, looking for their fate.
Originally, everything was so harmonious and orderly.
Some people have even hugged the beauty and came to the Tongfu Inn under the old tree to pray, expecting them to grow old together, and make an appointment to wait for the meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
However, at this moment, nine dark clouds suddenly appeared in the sky, and all the stars disappeared.
Only the red lanterns blown by the wind were shivering, and one by one they were extinguished, as if something terrible was about to appear.
The sudden change made everyone quiet, with different expressions, or opening their mouths to speak, or pointing fingers, and even some high-ranking people stayed in the sky, and they insisted on holding on for a few seconds......
"Boom!"
A muffled thunder rang out, and lightning streaked across the sky, reflecting the silence of the town due to the change.
After this thunder, the dark clouds dispersed, the stars appeared, and the moon, which had been slightly dim, became brighter, like the eyes of a beautiful fairy, shining with a soft light.
The thunder cleared, and the town returned to its original bustle, and the red lanterns were lit one by one.
It's just that the problem they talk about has changed, no longer the moon before the flowers, no longer the wine and beauty, but the thunder and rain in the sky.
"What is this, disturbing the mood of the master, the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, the emperor of heaven and his old man are sick!"
Someone pointed to the sky with his left hand and a folding fan in his right hand, and said with an arrogant face.
"Hahaha!" His words caused a burst of laughter.
It's just that he didn't notice that because he looked up at the sky, his hands were raised, and the brocade belt tied around his waist was exposed, and a short obscene figure slowly approached, and when he was more than a meter away, he quickly struck.
The hand of the obscene figure stopped half a meter away from the madman, and without even touching the madman, the brocade bag was already in hand.
Turning around and burrowing into the crowd, it quickly vanished.
By the time the madman found out, there was no shadow of him anymore.
And in an inconspicuous corner of the town, a little witch dressed in a red suit, wearing a blue hood, and a big red robe lay on the ground.
After a long time, she stood up, threw herself on the dirt, and carefully examined everything in front of her.
It's a dark street, deep and silent, it's the only street in the town that doesn't have red lanterns, and it seems like it's a rare place on earth, and there isn't even a dog!
"Wang!"
What do you want, the little witch has a headache.
The dog looked like a vicious dog, more than half a meter tall, with black and bright fur and eyes that sparkled like lanterns.
In the eyes of the little witch, this is a behemoth, because she is now about the same age as a one-year-old child, and she is just over two inches.
"Squeak!"
She seemed to hear the sound of grinding her teeth and the sound of the vicious dog kicking against the ground.
"Whoosh!"
The vicious dog broke through the wind and sprang out like an arrow, his eyes shining and his saliva flowing. The little witch carved in pink is very much to its taste.
"Hey, hey!" The little witch laughed evilly.
Although she is not as good as the big Pixiu, the vicious dog in front of her is not her opponent.
Hand-to-hand combat is not her style.
You have "wall piercing, I've had a wall ladder!" ”
When the vicious dog was still three steps away from her, he squatted down, touched the ground with one hand, and then raised it high.
The vicious dog was stunned for a moment, squeaked and turned his head and ran.
It's a trick that she never tells the outside world, and she calls it "tying her shoes." ”
Vicious dogs are dogs after all, they are servile, or they are dependent on humans, and they have a kind of soul-like loyalty and fear for humans.
They are especially afraid of rocks, so this "shoelace" is not a good thing for the little witch.
"Hey, hey!" Seeing the vicious dog fleeing in the wilderness, the little witch smiled.
Although she doesn't know where this is, she can be sure that this is no longer Weiyang City, without the constraints of high walls and deep courtyards and royal ceremonies, it can be said that from now on, the sky is really high and the birds can fly, and the sea is wide and the fish jumps.
The alley is long and dark, but you can see a little bit of the road through the moonlight and the red sky in the distance, and you won't fall and hit the wall!
Maybe it's because people always move towards the light in the dark, and the little witch also turned around and walked in the direction of the light, and didn't chase the vicious dog to find out.
After walking for a long time, she felt numb in her hands and feet, and she finally saw the figure.
After escaping from the underground palace, she came directly to this town, first fighting with vicious dogs, and then running for so long, she really felt a little tired.
The only thing she regretted was that she didn't bring out those glittering "treasures" in the palace.
This disappointed her a little, but it wasn't too important, she still brought some coiled hairpins!
This is her mother's favorite thing, it is purple, with three jewels as warm as jade hanging on it, carved with a phoenix bird, the whole body flashes with purple flames, shining in the dark night, it can be used as a night pearl.
I opened the treasure bag in a dark corner, checked the contents of it, hung the purple bell on my wrist, and threw the little Pixiu, the fat little tower and the purple phoenix hairpin into the bell, and some other things were placed in the treasure bag, which was not heavy anyway.
The purple bell grew smaller when it reached her hand, and it was just right to wear on her wrist.
As for the blue hat on his head, it seems to be a treasure, and it can be made bigger and smaller.
According to the words of the little witch, although it looks ugly, in order to cover the sparse hair on the top of her head, it is barely okay!
She used to have waist-length hair, but now that she has been reborn and turned into a child, her original hair naturally no longer exists.
It's just that she didn't notice that when she was rummaging through the treasure bag, a lewd figure stared at her, in this dark corner, his eyes shot a cold light from time to time, the corners of his mouth were upturned, and the pair of white tiger teeth were also shining.
Years of anti-assassination career have made the little witch open her sixth sense, although she has been reincarnated and reborn, her body is not fully developed, and she has been weakened a lot, but she still feels it.
She was a little confused, and was ready to go behind her to investigate.
"Wow!"
At this moment, she suddenly heard a dog barking, and suddenly a dozen pairs of eyes suddenly appeared behind her.
The little witch just glanced at it, and ran away.
The vicious dog actually came to take revenge, and brought a group of dog brothers and brothers.
This is invincible, invincible!
It's just that she has some doubts, originally there are many vicious dogs, so she should chase her for a few streets.
But now, I only heard the dogs barking, but I didn't see them chasing after them.
Although she had doubts, she didn't think much about it, maybe this group of vicious dogs couldn't get out of this alley.
Without thinking about it anymore, she turned around and walked outside, it was so lively outside, the lights were bright, and there were a lot of people, what the hell was going on?
But she was soon squeezed in by the crowd, attracted by the array of ancient things.
The sugar gourd is inserted in the straw, each of them is bright red, and the sugar edge is as shiny as a sharp sword, which makes people can't help but want to take a bite and taste its deliciousness.
Beautiful rag dolls, and juggling street performers......
It's so lively.
Suddenly, she felt a murderous aura lock on her.
Just as he was about to launch an attack in the direction of the murderous aura, he saw a black shadow flash.
With a "poof", the treasure bag was slashed off by a sharp blade and fell into the hands of the black shadow.
Then the black shadow's feet moved, and with a "whoosh" sound, it rushed into the crowd and disappeared from there.
The little witch was stunned for a moment, and then realized that she had been stolen.
I thought that the little witch would catch up, but who expected her to sit on the ground and cry.
Immediately attracted a group of onlookers and began to point fingers......
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