Chapter 5: The gates are closed
"Look, look at it, it's the eldest young master of the Lin family, Lin Changyun. Ah, what a talent, so handsome. โ
I saw a man in white in the stairwell, pacing slowly, holding a jade carved folding fan, a fair and smooth face, sharp edges and corners, but very sunny, dark and deep eyes, with a faint and charming color, a straight nose, and a beautiful lip shape curved into a light smile, all showing their nobility and elegance. The women in the crowd turned crimson and were amazed.
"The second prince of the night, why don't you go in to taste tea when you come, stand and do nothing, there is still half a pillar of incense time before the beginning. The man asked heartily and crisply to the night who was standing.
"It doesn't matter. Someone at night, used to standing on the battlefield. Thank you Young Master Lin for your concern. He didn't even say hello, just a few words that popped out of his mouth with a blank expression. In this continent, although the spirit clan and the demon clan have been at peace with each other for hundreds of years and guarded together, but, in the past few decades, the friction between the spirit clan and the demon clan has become more and more, although in this continent, the spirit clan has four major families, and the demon clan has only one family, but in terms of ability, it is no problem for them to reach four at night, not to mention that there is the demon clan of the entire Cangxuan Continent behind him, he is not afraid. And although the Lin family is the second largest clan of the four major families, it has always been very kind to the demon clan and intends to get closer. However, Ye Ming is a withdrawn and eccentric character, and he always feels that these four major families all have their own ghosts, not like the surface, so any closeness is turned away.
"Huh. Lin Changyun smiled helplessly, then entered his box and said nothing more. I have long heard that Ye Ming has a strange personality, not a sister-in-law, not the eldest son, a concubine, but a great temperament, although the ability is outstanding, but what, in the end, inherit the position of the old prince, and in the future, it will not be the eldest prince who will be in charge of the entire Yan City, compared to his eldest brother Ye Hao, this night is really rigid and rigid, and he does not know how to lift. I really don't know why Grandpa wants me to get along with such a guy. Amusing.
Leaving a long corridor, the night god who stood alone and those curious people who looked at him face to face.
Lin Changyun's voice just now aroused a burst of curiosity among the masses, and hundreds of pairs of eyes looked at the man on the third floor. Everyone wants to witness the second prince of the demon clan, the legendary "Night King of Hades" looks like.
Of course, this also attracted the curiosity of the quirky little curious Chu Xing, just a hurried sight, only looking at the person's eyes, she didn't even see the person's appearance clearly, now I look at it carefully, only to see that the person's facial features are deep, like a sculpture, dark and deep ice eyes, really exude his evil wildness all the time, not smiling, always feel, he is like a demon god descended into the world, the whole person emits a king breath that shocks the world.
Best of all, he wouldn't have seen me digging for this gold dust just now, would he?" she swallowed, put her hands behind her back, and then hurriedly pinched the handkerchief in her hand and stuffed it into her cuffs. As soon as I turned around just now, I met his eyes, although I always felt that he was definitely not paying attention to me, a fragile human race who was a scum of combat power, but why was he still a little faintly uneasy?
Following the commotion of these two people. Two more commotions were triggered.
One commotion was the Yun family's daughter-in-law------ Yun Yishan and the eldest young master of the first family, the first grandson of the old lady of the first family, and the sister-in-law of the eldest young master of the first family------- Chu Qinghe, the two are cousins and brothers. Everyone knows that the eldest lady of the old lady of the Chu family is the former eldest lady of the Yun family. So it's not at all surprising that the two appear together.
Another commotion was the Feng family, the Feng family and the Yun family were both in Qingcheng, mainly engaged in business, although the strength bloodline was not as strong as the two Yun Chu families, and it belonged to the family of defensive spells. But because the three families have a marriage relationship, they are inextricably linked and complement each other.
The eldest young master of the Feng family, Feng Minglu, is also a personable, gentle and elegant person, who appeared in an elegant blue coat, and also attracted a vote of girl.
"It is said that the men of the Feng family, each as warm as jade, when I saw it today, it was really true, it was really fascinating. The girl on the side sighed in a low voice, causing the first star on the side to laugh.
Tut-tut, are these girls all here to see the colorful spirit stones or the colorful beautiful men. She was disdainful in her heart. What kind of Feng Minglu, Chu Qinghe, and Lin Changyun who looks like a playboy, she is not interested. She wanted to catch a glimpse of the colorful spirit stones now, and then leave this sea of people full of stinky sweat and heat.
"I announce that the bidding competition is now officially opened. After waiting for a long time, the gongs and drums of the game finally sounded.
And just after the sound of gongs and drums, those who participated in the bidding flocked to the ring and began a one-on-one competition, in fact, the rules of the game are very simple, starting from standing on the stage to playing low, and the last one standing on the stage is the winner.
"Shadow control is shadow control. In the crowd, someone exclaimed. Looking at the stage, the young man in gray was waving his hands, and his right hand and two fingers were pointing at the * big man who had defeated several people opposite, teasing and manipulating. I saw that the big man with the tattoo of the flower arm was staring at the gray-clothed young man opposite at the moment, obviously remembering the big man, but the body seemed to be uncontrollably writhing and dancing on the stage. caused the audience to burst into laughter.
"If you want to kill, you have to have a good time. Why be so humiliated. It's despicable. The big man finally couldn't help it, blushed, and yelled.
"Despicable, how can it be despicable, this bid does not stipulate what technique to use, I control you with my ability, you have the ability to solve it?" the young man snorted and laughed, even more wanton control.
This shadow control technique, in the eyes of those masters on the third floor, is just a small skill of carving insects, but in the group of ordinary people downstairs, this small level 3 spell is enough to make them exclaim.
"Wow, spiritual power, it can still be like this? Chuxing, who had never seen such a scene, couldn't help but sigh. She had only heard that spiritual power could transform into a weapon or shield for spirits, but she didn't know that she could also use spiritual power combined with spells to do so many powerful moves. Like this shadow control technique, if I can learn it myself, it would be great, I won't have to work by myself in the future, I can control Ah Hui to help me water the vegetables, hahahahahaha, it's all beautiful to think about. Yes, you can also control Grandpa, so that he can't care about me so much, hahahahaha.
Hey, but dreams are always beautiful, I don't have half a point of spiritual power, not to mention this shadow control technique, it's impossible to even have a basic transformation, without rice, how can I get food?
She looked down at her hands, pursed her mouth, shook her head, and lived for sixteen years, and today she felt that she was too small. In the past, although he climbed trees and mountains in the mountains, he was as flexible as a monkey, but compared to these spirit people today, he was just like the monkey in the hands of the monkey trickster on the street just now, which was ridiculous.
I don't know how long it took, in waves of applause and cheers, the sun gradually set, and she had already seen a little tired, it seemed that even the colorful spirit stone could not overcome her sleepiness at the moment, these days, in order to hurry, she was not able to sleep well, now to such a warm place, although the voice is boiling, but who is she, lying on the trunk of the tree can fall asleep, she wanted to turn around and leave to find Ah Hui, but helplessly, the corridor was crowded, she would not be able to go out at all, she could only find a corner under the table, lying on the ground, first fell asleepใ
"Hey, hey, little girl, why are you sleeping here, get up. I don't know how long it took, but I heard the call of the shopkeeper in my ears, and the first star opened his eyes in a daze, still a little confused.
"Huh, what about the bidding?" she snorted, rubbing her wide, sleepy eyes, and slowly crawled out from under the table. asked. I regret that I came to see the colorful spirit stone, but now it's good, just looking at the crowds, but the spirit stone didn't even see a shadow.
"It's over, it's been an hour, and it's just over now. Our shop is closing, so I'm afraid the girl is sleeping. Xiao Er smiled and looked at this girl with messy hair, but she was quite white and cute, and said helplessly. What girl would sleep under the table?
"Ahh It's over, Fenghui can't wait for me, he must be dying, grandpa and grandma know that he is dead, and this big night, I, what should I do alone in this city, is it possible to sleep on the streets all night?
"Well, the girl is not from the city? Then, I must not be able to get out of the city at this time, the city gate has long been closed, why don't the girl stay in this teahouse tonight, our teahouse also has a hotel, and the cheapest one or two silver for a night can be." Xiao Er smiled, stretched out a finger, and his eyes shone with money.
"No need, I have relatives in the city, I'll go find my relatives, goodbye. "Don't say a tael of silver, at this moment, she didn't have a penny on her, and she didn't even dare to look at Xiao Er's face and ran out of the teahouse. What kind of ghost teahouse is this, it costs a tael of silver for one night, it's terrible, do you know a tael of silver, I used to study for a year and only one tael of silver. She wailed inwardly.
The streets of Haishi have long been empty, and occasionally I can only hear the eldest brother shouting "be careful of the candles", and then I can hear the sonorous footsteps of the street patrol guards. She strolled aimlessly on the street with her head downcast, feeling infinite regret in her heart, she wouldn't sleep if she knew it earlier, she would have listened to Ah Hui's words if she knew it earlier, so that now she has to float on the street like a lonely ghost, the most important thing is a starving ghost, the osmanthus cake she ate in the morning has long been exhausted, and she has never eaten since the osmanthus cake, and now her stomach is empty, and she is extremely weak.
"I don't know what happened to Ah Hui. Didn't go back. She looked up at the closed gate not far away, surrounded by a dozen or so guards. It seemed that it was hopeless to go out, she raised her eyelids, squatted on the steps by the side of the road a little tiredly, curled up and hugged herself, looking left and right, but suddenly a flash of inspiration. Hurriedly groped around his body.
"Sure enough, there's still a little left. She took out a thumb-thick cigarette stick from the middle of her belt, only half the length of her thumb. This is her homemade signal cigarette stick, lit to release yellow smoke, she used to always run around in the mountains, there are also times when she is trapped in the mountains, at that time, she will climb the highest tree, let out smoke, and when Grandpa and Grandma and Fenghui look for her, they can see where there is smoke in the mountains from a distance, and follow the smoke to find her.
This small cigarette stick, although there is not much left, but it can also burn half a column of incense for a while, just now she casually skimmed, and saw the end of the corner of the city wall, in the dark, there is a big tree as high as the city wall. She can't dance with a knife or a gun, and she doesn't have spiritual power, but she is very good at climbing trees, after all, she is a child who grew up in the mountains, and now, she can only hope for that tree and this small cigarette stick.
"I hope Fenghui is still in the tea shed, so that he can see me, even if I can't get out, but let him know that I am safe, so that he will not be beaten to death by Grandpa and Grandma when he goes back. She muttered to herself, but she quickly climbed to the top of the tree. It's just a 10-meter-tall tree, and compared to those in the mountains, this one is pediatric, so she can say that she climbs effortlessly. Sitting on the top of the branch, she could see the tea shed at a glance, but the tea shed was already dark at the moment.
And at this moment, Fenghui is carrying a full bamboo basket, standing at the door of the tea shed with regret, full of grievances and sadness, this city gate has been closed for a long time. I don't know where this dead girl ran to. He didn't dare to go back, he was afraid that if he left, what if the girl came out and couldn't find him, and he was even more afraid that when he went back, his parents would ask, and grandpa and grandma would ask, and he would be exempted from the death penalty, and the living crime would be inescapable.
"Dead girl, where the hell have you been? He stomped his foot anxiously, kicking the stone far away from his feet.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and a familiar smell wafted through the tip of his nose.
"This smoky smell. He was suddenly ecstatic, and looked around, and sure enough, in the dark corner behind him, above, there was a thick cloud of smoke.
"Dead girl, why did you come, I'll treat you as dead. You're going to kill me. Fenghui, who hurriedly sprinted 100 meters to the base of the city wall, scolded the embarrassed villain in the tree. The voice was a little hoarse, with a steady heartbeat.
"I'm sorry, Ah Hui, my good brother Hui, I fell asleep and forgot. I'm sorry. โ
"Then what now, you, are you coming down?" he blew his nose at the sour feeling of being clogged just now. It's nice to see this girl safe and sound.
"I can't go down, this city wall is estimated to be 10 meters high, there is no place to kick my feet, I jumped down, I must be injured, otherwise, Ah Hui, I heard that it will take a few days to open the door next time, how many silver taels do you still have on you, can you lend me some first, let me spend a few days in the city, and wait for 3 days, the city gate will open again, and I will go back to find you." She shook her head, looked at the seeping height, and said aggrievedly. This city wall is slippery, and there is not even a place to stay, if it is forced to go down, it will definitely fall with a blue nose and swollen face, and if you don't do it, you will have to break your hands and feet. No, no, no. It's better to wander around the city for two days, anyway, it's easy to feed yourself.
"You, alas, I will never take you out next time. Now, I changed something today, and I still have some broken silver on my body, so I'll give it to you. Fenghui was half nervous and half helpless, unloaded the bamboo basket on his body, and reversed towards the city wall, retreating more than a dozen steps before turning back, running hard, and struggling to throw the purse containing broken silver to the top. It seems that the beating of my father and mother and grandpa and grandmother is inevitable.
"Thanks. She took the purse, and she was still very good at picking things up from the tree.
"Somebody, sneaking around in that tree. Get down. Before the excitement was hot, a guard rushed in the distance with torches and shouting. The little man in the tree was so anxious that he slid down the tree and disappeared into the winding alleys of the street like a loach.