Nangong Lin and Nangong Feiying arrived at Zhangjiabao, but the village was dark, and both of them felt a little weird.

Nangong Feiying spoke first: "This village is a bit strange. ”

Nangong Lin took a few steps forward and found that many people were closing the doors tightly, and a few who didn't close the door, seeing the two of them, also hurriedly plugged in the door, Nangong Lin couldn't help frowning.

"The people in the village are very strange, although it is already dark, but it is only just entering the night, but there is no house in the entire Zhangjiabao with lights on, Nangong Feiying, you go to find someone to ask."

Nangong Feiying knocked on the doors of several houses in a row, but no one paid attention to him, he shook his head at Nangong Lin helplessly, and just as he was about to give up, a teenage girl opened the door.

Nangong Lin and Nangong Feiying both walked in, and the little girl looked out of the door worriedly, but didn't find anyone else, so she quickly closed the door.

When she arrived at the house, Nangong Feiying just wanted to light the lamp, but was stopped by the little girl.

"You can't light the lights."

Nangong Feiying took out the fire fold and was thrown out by the little girl.

"Why can't you light the lights?"

Nangong Feiying was surprised that the little girl's hand speed, looking at Nanzhan, there were few people who could be faster than him Nangong Feiying, and the other party was still a teenager.

The little girl slowly said: "When you came in, you should have noticed that every villager in our fort has no lights. ”

"I was about to ask this question, so do you know why?" Nangong Lin wondered.

The little girl is not afraid of life and directly begins to introduce herself.

"My name is Xiaozhi, there is only me and my sister in the family, my sister's name is Xiaonuo, my parents died early, and my sister has taken care of me since I was a child."

"A month ago, the matchmaker in the village came to my sister, saying that I talked to my sister about family affairs, and the other party was Zhang Yuanwai's youngest son, and my sister agreed because the family was poor and had no rice to cook, but the night before the wedding, my sister disappeared, and the people in the village said that they were taken away by the flower thief, because a while ago, many sisters in the village who were going to marry were gone, and the villagers went to the castle chief to make the decision, but it was useless, because the castle chief's own daughter was also missing."

Nangong Feiying seemed to have a clue and wanted to confirm with Xiao Zhi.

"So all the missing women are the girls who were supposed to leave the cabinet?"

Xiao Zhi looked serious: "Yes, then the chief of the castle went to report to the official, once the official just arrived in the village, the flower thief appeared, the official chased over and found that it was a dead end, but the person disappeared, and the county government said that they could not do anything, so they could only find another way." ”

"Later, this matter has been left unattended, and no one cares about it, so it will be over."

"Half a month ago, the flower thief suddenly started killing people, and several families who had lost women were killed."

Xiao Zhi sobbed as she spoke.

Nangong Lin was most afraid of women crying, looking at this little girl, Nangong Lin looked distressed, he thought of Yan'er again, and couldn't help but take Xiao Zhi into his arms and comfort Xiao Zhi: "Everything will pass."

Xiao Zhi paused, wiped the tears on his face, thanked Nangong Lin, and then continued to talk about Zhangjiabao.

"Since the beginning of the dead, people began to be afraid of the night, every household did not dare to light the lamp, pretending to be no one in the house, sure enough, no one had an accident later, yesterday the neighbor next door on the thatched house was too dark, so he lit a candle, and was killed at the door of the thatched house, so everyone dared not light the lamp, the whole city was pitch black, even if the flower thief remembered which households had people, but also because the darkness was not easy to start, and cautious. Recently, there will still be people dying, but there are not as many times as the lights are on, and people don't know the thoughts of the flower thieves, so they just continue to avoid them by not lighting the lights, and they don't know when it will be their turn. ”

Nangong Lin asked angrily, "Isn't there anyone who dares to take care of it?" ”

"The chief of the castle himself is afraid of death, where will he care about everyone, someone went to seek the blessing of the government, the government also came a few times, but they couldn't catch people, and finally caught a random person to top the bag, saying that it was a thief who picked flowers, and asked about our missing family, the government only said that it was ready for the future, I knew that my sister was not dead, but I went to ask the official to find it, they said that the case had been solved, let me stop bothering them, so they kicked me out, I went a few more times, they not only ignored it, but also injured me."

Nangong Feiying picked up the fire fold and lit the candle, and said slowly: "Don't be afraid, the son next to me is an official, and his official is much bigger than your county government and official, we take care of this matter." ”

Xiao Zhi looked worried: "But there are only two of you, and the flower thief can kill many people alone, so let's put out the lights!" ”

"You said that the flower thief, one person can kill a lot of people, this brother next to you, but the general, he alone can be worth ten people, and two more flower thieves, he can also beat, wait a minute, if the flower thief is really coming, you just follow me."

Xiao Zhi listened to their words and looked at these two people carefully, I don't know why, she felt that this big brother with a flute was so gentle and gave people a sense of security, she believed in him very much.

The other brother with the long whip also looked very powerful, so Xiao Zhi gave them food.

"That's all there is to it at home, you can eat!"

It was a black-green ball, Nangong Lin had never eaten it, he didn't know what it was, just looking at this color made him feel distressed, it turned out that they all ate this.

Nangong Feiying saw that Nangong Lin was hesitating, so he quickly took it over and said, "This big brother is not hungry, it's good for me to eat one." ”

Xiao Zhi handed Nangong Feiying one: "I still have it here, I'll give it to you when you're hungry!" ”

Nangong Lin knew that Nangong Feiying was afraid that Xiaozhi would be sad, this was the only food she had, and if she didn't eat it, it would mean disgust, so Nangong Lin hurriedly snatched one from Nangong Feiying.

"Who said I wasn't hungry."

As he spoke, he stuffed it into his mouth.

Nangong Lin ate this dry black and green dumpling, he ate it was a vegetable lump made of wild vegetables and a little soil, his eyes were full of sadness, as one of the future successors of this country, he felt that he had done too little for this country, he swallowed this food that did not taste good one by one, and secretly swore that if he became the king, he would definitely let everyone live a good life and not eat food made of soil.

Nangong Lin knew that Xiao Zhi had given them all the food, and she must have been hungry too, but this kind of food with soil must not be allowed to be eaten again.

"Xiaozhi, we have eaten your food, and we have received your favor, so I will invite you to eat our food tomorrow."

Xiao Zhi happily sat down next to Nangong Lin and couldn't hide her excitement as she asked.

"Really, yes, yes!"

"Of course it's true."

Nangong Lin touched Xiao Zhi's head dotingly.

Xiao Zhi has been frightened for a long time, and she never dares to go to bed early at night, and even if she does, she is often awake, because she doesn't know when she will die.

Suddenly meeting these two people, especially Nangong Lin, she was full of a sense of security, she felt that this person could protect her, so she leaned on Nangong Lin's side and fell asleep.

Early in the morning, the bright light of the sun entered the room, and one of the rays of sunlight shone on Xiao Zhi's face, Xiao Zhi opened his eyes, saw that he was safe and sound, and exclaimed loudly:

"I'm not dead, I'm not dead......"

Xiao Zhi's voice woke up Nangong Lin, Nangong Lin hadn't rested for a long time, and he fell asleep unconsciously, he woke up and looked for Nangong Feiying's figure, but saw Nangong Feiying standing at the door, as if he hadn't slept all night, he should be so vigilant to guard them.

Looking at Xiao Zhi who was happy, Nangong Lin called her:

"Xiao Zhi, pack up your things, I'll take you to this general's brother's house to eat delicious food now, where can you live!"

"Do you live in the General's brother's house?"

"That's right, it's not safe for you to live here now, when you catch the flower thief and find your sister, will you come back?"

"Really, Brother Daguan, you want to help me find my sister?"

Xiao Zhi jumped up happily.

"Of course it's true, and the general's brother has a lot of delicious food and fun at home, and there is a sister who is about the same age as you to accompany you, would you like to go?"

Xiao Zhi nodded happily: "Yes, yes, I'm willing." ”

Nangong Lin looked at Xiao Zhi, who was so happy, and thought of Dong Lige again, it had been a day, how was she.

Nangong Lin took Xiao Zhi and Nangong Feiying back to the General's Mansion and took Xiao Zhi to find Nangong Rou.

Nangong Feiying went to find Nangong Jing.

When Nangong Lin saw Nangong Rou's sad face, he knew that it must be Dong Lige's condition that had deteriorated.

Nangong Rou saw Nangong Lin coming with a little girl, and asked first: "...... this girl is?"

Nangong Lin looked at Xiao Zhi gently, and said to Nangong Rou: "Her name is Xiao Zhi, I brought her back from Zhangjiabao, his sister was kidnapped by the flower thief, you take care of her for a while, and then send her back when this matter is over."

Nangong Rou immediately understood when she heard this, so she walked over and took Xiao Zhi's hand.

"Xiaozhi, go eat delicious food with your sister, okay?"

Xiao Zhi looked at Nangong Lin as if asking, Nangong Lin nodded, and motioned for Xiao Zhi to go with her, Xiao Zhi got Nangong Lin's affirmation, and happily pulled Nangong Rou's hand and left.

Nangong Lin walked to Dongli Ge's bedroom, sat on the edge of the bed, and saw Dong Li Ge's pale face, without a trace of blood, he couldn't help but feel distressed, so he gently lifted the quilt covered by Dong Li Ge, but this mentions, but inadvertently saw that there was a crack on Dong Lige's neck.

Nangong Lin hurriedly leaned over to look, a crimson crack spread along his chest to his shoulder, like a big crescent necklace drawn by someone with a knife, showing on Dong Lige's neck and chest, although there was no blood flowing out, but he could clearly see that the tender flesh in the crack was red and full, as if it was about to crack again, turning outward, Nangong Lin felt that all this was so dazzling, and hurriedly shouted: "Rou'er, Rou'er......"

Nangong Rou heard Nangong Lin's shout and hurriedly ran over, "Third brother, what's going on?" ”

Nangong Lin pointed to Dongli Song: "Look at her neck." ”