In the middle of the night, when the sky was as thick as ink, Long Xiang lay on the soft couch in the Tai'an Palace, with the folds on his chest that had not yet been finished, and his eyes were closed to recuperate.

Long Xiang's brows gradually furrowed, was he too tired? Why did he feel that there was an invisible force that made him toss and turn, as if a stone was pressing on his heart. Is it a hallucination caused by being too tired and thinking too much?

It must be an illusion, an illusion. After comforting himself in every possible way, but still caring that he couldn't sleep, Long Xiang finally opened his eyes violently. By the moonlight, I saw this black shadow at the head of my bed.

Yes, a black shadow, Long Xiang just wanted to attack, and took a closer look through the moonlight that sprinkled into the soft couch, and found that the black shadow was not something inexplicable, but a figure.

A familiar figure in a robe.

"Yan Xu?" Long Xiang exclaimed the girl's name in surprise, and then realized that this title was not polite.

If there is a person who wears multiple positions, it is generally called by his largest official title, in Taiping, the position of the witch envoy is under one person, above ten thousand people, according to etiquette, Yan Xu is the witch envoy first, and then the queen, Long Xiang should naturally call him the witch envoy.

"I don't know why the witch envoy appeared here late at night. Long Xiang asked suspiciously.

"I can't sleep. Yan Xu held a delicate small pillow with both hands, and the green silk was draped on his shoulders without any decoration, and fell softly on his waist, only in a few places on his head, naughtily cocked. He was dressed in profane clothes, but outside he was wearing a red and black robe embroidered with blue birds and the sun and moon, and stood by the bed. The pillow was wrapped around his chest, covering his mouth, revealing only the mask of a ghost face and a pair of small eyes with a god, but the small eyes at this time were plaintive.

"I can't sleep. Yan Xu repeated it again, and deliberately buried his little face in the pillow and rubbed it.

"The witch envoy, are you, coming over?" Long Xiang slowly got up, looked at her aggrieved little eyes, thinking that maybe it was because she was frightened and a little scared today, so she couldn't sleep, so she lowered her voice and asked gently. Long Xiang really regarded Yan Xu as a relative at this time, perhaps, what made him feel similar was that the two of them were born and were destined to bear this due responsibility.

"yes. Yan Xu nodded.

"How are you. Long Xiang was a little surprised, the Taiping Palace was so big, from the Temple of Heaven to the Temple of Tai'an, but she walked alone in the middle of the night.

"It's not hard to find you. Yan Xu shook his head cooperatively, affirming this feat: "I can see you." “

Long Xiang was a little confused about this sentence, but he still got up and lit the lamp, at this time he could see the shadow of the soldiers outside through the door, and the eunuch nodded a little, making sleepy movements. But he didn't say much, just took the lamp and walked to the edge of the soft couch.

Looking at Yan Xu, he didn't intend to pursue what he didn't understand: "If the witch envoy has anything on his mind, you can talk to the widow." “

Long Xiang patted the soft couch beside him, and motioned for Yan Xu to sit beside him, with a smile from an elder.

After all, in the palace, there was no one to talk to, so he naturally didn't want Yan Xu to go his own way.

"I want to sleep. Yan Xu was very direct, and as soon as these words came out, Long Xiang was a little confused.

"Do you want to sleep?" Long Xiang said, "What about the Heavenly Temple?"

"I just cleaned it today, and it's dusty. Yan Xu said directly.

"Then you can sleep here. Long Xiang smiled helplessly.

"Will you go?" Yan Xu very consciously moved into the internal test of the soft couch, and after lying down, he looked at Long Xiang.

"If you don't go, the widow will sit outside. Long Xiang smiled and said, how do you feel, since this witch came, he has always sat and slept.

"Hmm. After that, Yan Xu hugged his small pillow and closed his eyes.

"You, feet. Long Xiang suddenly thought of something that made him very curious, starting from the Eye-Catching Tiger, and this time, too, he found that Yan Xu's feet were not unable to go to the ground.

"I can walk on my feet, but my father said that I can't go down until I was nine years old. Yan Xu said with his eyes closed.

"That is, you are nine years old?" Long Xiang only felt helpless, eight to nine years old, for himself, he was still just a child.

"Well, just nine years old. “

"Why do you sleep with a mask on?" Long Xiang then asked.

"Daddy said that the mask can only be shown to the husband after marriage. Yan Xu closed his eyes and honestly told the whole thing.

"But, didn't the minister see it all?"

"Daddy said that as long as I get married, I can change my face as I like. “

"Does that mean that when you're unhappy, your face will be ugly, and when you're happy, it will. "So beautiful, these four words were swallowed back by Long Xiang, if others heard it, there must be no feeling of teasing children.

"I don't see, I don't know. Yan Xu replied very simply.

It turned out to be like this, perhaps, that day, Yan Xu was happy. Long Xiang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and after a long silence, Yan Xu suddenly closed his eyes and said a word.

"So, can I sleep?"

"Yes, sleep. Long Xiang couldn't help but smile, he showed a sincere smile that he hadn't seen for a long time.

It seems that in the palace, he can still have some sustenance.

In the middle of the night in Taiping, Fuzhou, it was also late at night, in the quiet city of Fuzhou, but there were a few figures, shuttling in the dark night. Looking at the shuttle people, their bodies are all thin and weak, and their limbs seem to be much longer than ordinary people. In terms of body shape, it is also different from ordinary people, looking at his hands, the weak drooping of his hands is as if they are broken, although the head is lifted, it is hanging on the neck, the appearance is extremely weird, the pupils are full of bloodshots, and the two eyes are open, as if they will burst open at any time.

The three or five people were like ghosts, jumping quickly on the roof, and finally stopped at the door of the state town of Fuzhou, from the narrow, only able to accommodate a dog, their bones were like intertwined, after shrinking the bones, first the hands, then the body, and suddenly very smoothly drilled into the dog hole that was only half the size.

There were a few dog barks from inside the office, but they didn't attract much attention.

Soon, the city of Fuzhou fell silent again.