If it was normal, Qin Xiao wouldn't care too much.

But now it's midnight, and it stands to reason that Mapo should have fallen asleep a long time ago, and at this hour, even young and strong young people should rest, not to mention the old woman who has half a foot in the coffin.

The window was tightly sealed with linen, but the light revealed by the slightest gap was seen by Qin Xiao, who was not sleeping at this time, and he didn't know what the old woman was doing in the house.

Qin Xiao walked past the oil shop and was about to go to his courtyard, but suddenly stopped.

He looked back at the window, thoughtful.

Since the mysterious old woman appeared a few days ago, Qin Xiao's doubts in his heart have deepened, and it is strange to say, every time he thinks of the old woman, the shadow of Ma Po involuntarily appears in his mind.

Mapo's house was still lit in the middle of the night, although it was strange, but it had nothing to do with Qin Xiao.

But for some reason, at this moment, a curiosity actually rose in Qin Xiao's heart.

Looking up at the moon in the night sky, Qin Xiao took a deep breath, and then quickly slipped into a narrow alley opposite.

He was so familiar with this street that he could touch every brick and tile with his eyes closed.

Passing through this gap, there is the back alley, which is not a pedestrian place, and no one will come to it on weekdays, but you can get to the back of the oil shop.

Qin Xiao's footsteps were very light, he was short, and when he walked to the oil shop, there was a window open on the back wall, and the front window was sealed too tightly, Qin Xiao couldn't see what was going on in the house at all, he thought that the back window was not as dense as the front window, but after a glance, he found that the back window was also sealed with linen, and he was speechless.

But compared to the front window, there is indeed a gap between the linen cloth of the rear window, although it is not big, but it can really peek inside.

The front window was tightly sealed, Qin Xiao already felt very strange, and the back window was also sealed, which made Qin Xiao wonder if there was something invisible in the old woman's house.

But what kind of ulterior secrets can such an old-eyed and dizzy old woman have?

He held his breath and looked into the room with one eye in the tiny slit.

When he saw the scene in the house, his face changed suddenly, and he almost made a sound.

There was a lone lamp in the room, and the furnishings were very simple, with a bed in the corner, and in the middle of the room, there was a large bathtub.

The large bathtub is made of bamboo, which contains hot water, and streams of hot air diffuse from the large bathtub like a mist, but Qin Xiao clearly saw that in the bathtub, there was a woman lying down, her head resting on the edge of the bathtub, her black hair was spread out, although most of her whole body was hidden under water, and her face could not be seen clearly for a while, but the white and dazzling skin on her neck was unforgettable.

Qin Xiao glanced at it and immediately shrank back.

Although it was only a glimpse, he was shocked by the sight.

No matter how dull he was, he could see that it could not be an old woman bathing in the room, and how could the white and greasy skin belong to an old woman who was over the age of old.

Isn't Mapo living alone?

But the moment he withdrew his gaze, he saw that there was a chair next to the bathtub, and on the chair was clearly stacked the sackcloth robe that Mapo usually wore, and in addition, he even saw a pile of other things piled on the chair.

His little heart was pounding.

Hold your breath, close your eyes, and try your best to calm yourself down before coming back to it.

Looking at the house again, the bathtub was still full of mist, but to Qin Xiao's surprise, the woman who was still lying in the bathtub a moment ago was nowhere to be seen at this moment, if it weren't for the fact that the bathtub was still steaming, Qin Xiao even suspected that he was dazzled.

He hurried to look at the chairs by the tub, and there was no sign of the clothes that had been piled on them.

He frowned, thinking to himself that in the short interval between him and his back, how could he have disappeared from all the people and clothes, and the speed of that person was simply terrifying.

There was no trace of anyone in the room at a glance, Qin Xiao thought to himself, could it be that he was really dazzled just now?

He also knew in his heart that if the other party found himself and quickly dodged, then he was only afraid that it was already very dangerous now, and he did not dare to stay here for a long time, with full of doubts, the cat returned to the alley, and was about to enter the alley, but he felt a flower in front of him, and before he could see what the situation was, he felt that the back of his head seemed to be hit by something, and he was dizzy for a while, and he wanted to turn his head to see what was going on, and vaguely saw a shadow standing on the side, but he didn't wait to see it clearly, and he fainted as soon as he saw a flower in front of him.

I don't know how long it took for Qin Xiao to wake up from his coma, his eyes suddenly brightened, he looked left and right, and found that he was in Mapo's room, and the bathtub in the middle of the room was still there, but there was no heat for a long time, and the water in it was already cold.

But there was no one else in the room, he wanted to stand up, only then did he find that his legs were tied with cow tendon ropes, and his two arms were also tied behind him, and the worst thing was that his mouth was also covered with sackcloth, and his mouth was stuffed with something, and he didn't know what it was, and he couldn't even speak.

He secretly complained in his heart, knowing that he must have been discovered when he was peeping, and the man arrested him.

He tried his best to calm himself down, wondering if it was Mapo who made the shot?

But Ma Po is old, and a gust of wind can blow that woman down, where did she have the ability to attack herself?

He still vaguely remembered that before he fell unconscious, he was hit on the back of the head, that person's movements were crisp and neat, and his body was ghostly, how could Ma Po have such ability?

Could it be that someone has taken over Mapo's house?

Turtle City is mixed, and there are naturally a lot of splashes in the market, but it is not uncommon to see rangers in the rivers and lakes, and there are also some masters who fly on the eaves and walk the wall.

In this city, there are secret agents of various forces, including spies from the Tang Dynasty, as well as spies from the Wutuo and Tusun departments in the north, and even Murong in southern Xinjiang has sent spies to lurk in the city.

Although Qin Xiao was skeptical, he believed that there must be masters lurking in this city, and the mysterious old woman who had rescued her at least a few times was lurking in the city.

If what he spied tonight was a spy of a certain force, but she found out, then he was really unlucky now.

He was thinking to himself, only to hear a "crunch", the door was pushed open, and then he saw a woman wrapped in a linen robe actually walked in slowly, this old woman had gray hair, her face was full of wrinkles, and the yellowed age spots were clearly visible, but the way she walked, it was obviously not as faltering as before.

Ma Po walked in front of Qin Xiao, her eyes were cold, she untied the sackcloth covering Qin Xiao's mouth, and took out a black cloth towel from his mouth, which was a little greasy, Qin Xiao glanced at it and almost spit it out, he suspected that it must be a rag used to wipe it.

"Hemp..... Mapo .....! Qin Xiao barely squeezed out a smile, thinking that since Ma Po appeared, then things shouldn't be too bad.

After all, he and Mapo have been neighbors for so long, and he is polite to her on weekdays, so he shouldn't be cruel to himself.

"Choke!"

Mapo actually held a dagger in her hand, took it out of the scabbard, under the lamplight, there was a cold light, Qin Xiao saw that Mapo's originally cloudy eyes were unusually sharp at this moment, like stars in the night sky.

"That night, a shadow came into your courtyard." Mapo's voice was slightly hoarse: "Do you know who that person is?" ”

Qin Xiao was stunned, some of the second monks were confused, and said embarrassedly: "Mapo, I don't understand what you say......!" As soon as he finished speaking, the knife flashed, and Qin Xiao instantly felt a chill in his throat, and Ma Po had already held the blade of the dagger against his throat.

"If I ask you anything, you will answer honestly." Ma Po said coldly: "Kill you, bury your body in the alley behind the house, I promise that no one will be able to find out who did it for ten years." ”

Qin Xiao thought to himself that what this old woman said was not wrong.

If she really died in her hands, she buried herself in the back of the house, for fear that no one would know.

If he disappeared, of course the Governor's Mansion would look for him, but who would have thought that he was killed by a helpless old woman?

Although Han Yunong is powerful, I am afraid that he will only think that it is related to Zhenhou Mansion, and he will never think that it will be done by Mapo.

Qin Xiao was only worried in his heart.

"I really don't know who you're talking about." Qin Xiao had a bitter face: "You remind me." ”

"The night of the three deaths of the ghost hand in the Zhenhou Mansion." Ma Po said coldly: "Do you know who the person who came out of your house that night?" ”

Qin Xiao's heart sank, and he secretly thought that this mapo was really not simple.

Ghost Hand Three was killed, it can be said that the ghost did not know, and the corpse of that guy was cleaned up by the mysterious old woman, which made his body completely disappear from this world.

Mapo actually knew about that.

It seems that the old woman had been watching on the night of the incident.

"I don't know." Qin Xiao said: "That night, Ghost Hand Three wanted to kill me, and then someone suddenly appeared and killed Ghost Hand Three, and then she disappeared." ”

"Gone?" Ma Po was very cold: "You don't know who he is, how can he save you?" You're lying. ”

"Not lying." Qin Xiao said: "Since you know that the third ghost hand is dead, don't you know who that person is?" ”

Ma Po sneered: "Did I ask you, or did you ask me?" The blade was even tighter, Qin Xiao only felt that the blade was about to pierce his throat half an inch forward, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Mapo, I really don't know who she is." Qin Xiao sighed: "It's useless for you to force me to death, I don't know if he is a man or a woman." I thought that the mysterious old woman had told me not to reveal her identity to the outside world, she had a life-saving grace for herself, and of course she could not betray her immediately because she was put on her neck with a dagger by Mapo.

Seeing that Qin Xiao was dishonest, Ma Po sneered, withdrew the dagger, and took out a small bamboo tube from her arms.

Qin Xiao saw that the bamboo tube was yellow, and saw that Ma Po carefully opened one end of the bamboo tube, and put one hand on the mouth of the bamboo tube, and he didn't know what medicine was sold in the old woman's gourd, but he was suddenly shocked, and finally reacted at this time, although Ma Po was wearing the linen brown robe on weekdays, full of silver hair, and her face was full of wrinkles, but her hands were not wearing gloves, and the exposed hands were as white as jade, and the green jade fingers were like orchids, which did not match her appearance at all, and instantly understood that she had seen the woman lying in the bathtub from the back window earlier, It's really Mapo.