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The flying stream went straight down to 3,000 feet, and it was suspected that the Milky Way had fallen for nine days.

Before they arrived at the waterfall, they thought they would see the above poetic sight, but in fact they were disappointed.

Waterfall Lodge is of course on Waterfall Mountain, but there is no waterfall on Waterfall Mountain, if there is one, it was only once, because the river is almost dry. The changes in the natural climate and man-made destruction have reduced this once famous "celebrity" to the point of being in vain. Now, there is only a trickle on the mountain, and the waterfall cliffs are overgrown with weeds and look like a green waterfall, especially when it is windy.

And the waterfall villa is built next to the mountain, although it is not big, but it is peculiar and precipitous, the magic of the pen is everywhere, just look at the relief carving on the wall and the guardrail of the carved jade mountain road, it is already magnificent enough. There is also a pavilion on the mountain road, like an eagle lying on the wall, the momentum is terrifying, and it is naturally not a problem.

Since this villa is so unique, naturally the owner of the village must also be very magnificent, either a celebrity or a knight, and a rich celebrity or knight.

And in a way, the old man is not an ordinary shepherd, otherwise how could he heal here?!

Waterfall Villa is not far from Fat Sheep Mountain, and besides, they came with an all-powerful dragon, so it didn't take much time.

After informing the gatekeeper and the steward of their names and the reason for their visit, the steward came out again and said that they were not allowed to go in, because the owner did not know them and the old man could not remember them (they had not met at all, of course he could not remember).

Tao Xiaozhi said with a smile: "You go back and tell the old man that we have a way to cure his head!"

After that, they were really invited in.

They were met by a middle-aged man of about fifty years of age, who was obviously not a forgetful old man: he was richly dressed, his face was ruddy, and the things he wore were delicate and strange, not at all the dress of a shepherd, but he was different from other rich people, and he had a lofty and extraordinary temperament.

He is the owner of Waterfall Villa, Bu Feiyun!

In the rivers and lakes (of course, it is the rivers and lakes of the demon world) people call him "one step flying clouds", talking about his light skills, without the skill of stepping on the flying eagle, it is difficult to deserve such a title!

After a few teacups, Bu Feiyun looked at them with suspicion, and then said, "Are you doctors?"

Tao Xiaozhi smiled: "Do you think we look like doctors?"

They are just children in their early twenties, how can they hook up with the doctor? These words are used to deceive three-year-olds who don't believe it!

"It's not like ~~" Bu Feiyun looked at them with interest, "Then what do you have to do?"

Bu Feiyun thought to himself, this group of fart kids just came over to eat, but he didn't care, what he didn't like was that they lied, although this little cleverness was also worthy of appreciation.

Tao Xiaozhi said: "I'm here to see the old man who forgets his feelings." ”

"What are you looking for him?"

"I heard that he was sick。。。。。。。。 ”

"That's what it's all about?"

"Also, ask him for something—"

"What is it?" Although Bu Feiyun had a smile on his face, his face had changed, although it was only subtle, but it was easy for a careful person to see.

Tao Xiaozhi said with a strange smile on his face: "Something he will never forget-"

It is said that there are not many things in the world that can make the old man forgetful, and first love is one of them, will the unicorn fire also be among them? Where does Tao Xiaozhi's self-confidence come from? This is just a guess!

Bu Feiyun stroked his beard and smiled: "But suddenly it is inconvenient to see you now。。。。。。。。 ”

"We can wait until he is on his side," Tao Xiaozhi said with a smile, "What we have is youth!"

Bu Feiyun was amused by his words, clapped his hands and smiled: "Youth is really capital~~~"

Then he coughed and said, "I mean, he doesn't want to see you。。。。。。。。。 ”

"It's okay!" Tao Xiaozhi smiled, "We can also wait until he wants to meet!"

"Looking at your appearance, it seems that you are here to collect debts~~~" Bu Feiyun smiled, "Just kidding~~~"

"But he does owe me something—" Tao Xiaozhi laughed, "and I owe him something too!"

"Interesting, you're quite interesting~~~" Bu Feiyun laughed.

Tao Xiaozhi also laughed.

"But he's really not going to see anyone today. "Step Feiyun Road.

Tao Xiaozhi arched his hand and said: "Then let's say goodbye first, let's visit another day." ”

Bu Feiyun patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Why don't you stay in the cold house for a few days, and then arrange for you to see you when he wants to see you or when he can see you, how about arranging for you to want to meet?"

"That couldn't be better。。。。。。。 ”

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For several days, Tao Xiaozhi and others have been wandering around the mountains, and they have not met the old man who has forgotten their feelings, and every time they make the same excuse, they naturally feel very strange, and what is even more strange is that the owner did not drive them away, but treated each other warmly, and did the etiquette of the host. In the meantime, nothing strange happened, except that the people who have visited the mountain resort have become more special recently.

In fact, they don't see the owner much, and it's good to meet once a day.

Finally, on their fourth night at the lodge, they couldn't hold back any longer to figure it all out.

"I think the old man should not be in the villa. The squirrel elf was the first to express his opinion, "for I have searched almost every place in the village, and still have not found any trace of it。。。。。。。。。 ”

"Could it be that he's fooling us?" the bucket gripped his chin and thought grimly.

Tao Xiaozhi said: "I inquired with the people in the village, and the old man was in the village, but when I asked them the specific location, they were perfunctory, saying that they were afraid of disturbing his old man's recuperation。。。。。。。。 ”

"There must be something strange in this!" Amu said angrily, "That old man is not a beautiful girl, a bitch, are you still afraid of coming out to meet people?"

"That's right!" Iron Bucket didn't agree with Amu much, "Even chimpanzees dare to run naked, so why didn't the old man dare to come out to see us?

Tao Xiaozhi smiled bitterly: "Don't talk about him like that, after all, I still owe him something!"

"What's that?"

"One life—" Tao Xiaozhi said, "When I first fell into this world, I fell very badly and injured a lot, and it was he who sent me to the old man with pigtails." ”

The iron bucket said: "But he took away your sword (and probably used it as a pawnshop), it is still his fault。。。。。。。! ”

Tao Xiaozhi smiled: "Maybe he kept it for me first。。。。。。。。。 ”

"You are a weak man。。。。。。。 Always think of other people's things not too badly。。。。。。。 ”

Tao Xiaozhi said: "Maybe, he really forgot to give it to me。。。。。。。。。 ”

"No matter what, I'm going to get him out tonight!" Amu said, "Even if you turn the whole villa upside down, you can't stop me!"

Except for Tao Xiaozhi, everyone else nodded, and even Xiao Guagua screamed "wow, wow, wow".

The little squirrel scratched his ears and said, "In my opinion, there are three places that are the most suspicious: one is the owner's room, the other is the practice room, and the other is an unknown house (it is very uncleaned, covered with cobwebs and locked with three locks, all rusty). He must be hiding in these three places, because I haven't been there!"

Amu clapped his hands and said, "Tonight, we will divide into three ways and go to find out!"

Everyone else nodded, and only Tao Xiaozhi pondered again.

"That's it," Amu said, "Xiao Zhi stays behind, the three of us go, and there is someone in the room, so we can deal with this situation。。。。。。。。。。 ”

"That's the best!" said the bucket.

Tao Xiaozhi pointed to his belly and teased: "You have a bear-like stature, and you act like thunder, are you suitable for doing some things like stealing chickens and dogs and flying off the wall?

The light skill of the iron bucket is not generally bad, and such a figure is too easy to expose, and the stomach thunders from time to time, it is definitely not a suitable object, but he still argues with reason: "I will pay attention to this~~~ Even if I am caught, it doesn't matter, people look at me honestly, and they will never suspect that I am a thief or something。。。。。。。。 It's not like you guys have a look of affection。。。。。。。。。 ”

It turns out that being a thief also pays attention to the issue of appearance!

Reason, it was said horizontally, but Tao Xiaozhi did not disagree with his insistence, he thought that even if he was caught, it would not be a big deal, because they really did not die to steal things.

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Tao Xiaozhi sat in the room, stroking the little melon in his arms - it had fallen asleep unconsciously - thinking about something!

Is the old man here? Is the Qilin Fire here? Have you forgotten that he still has the sword。。。。。。。。。

These answers will most likely be revealed tonight, but even if they do, there are still many questions: why did Grandpa have this sword? Will he say that it is crazy, and why did this sword be left to him。。。。。。。。

A sword that is six feet long and weighs thirty pounds is difficult to grasp, and it is very difficult to draw the sword (when Jing Ke assassinated the King of Qin, the sword of the King of Qin was almost lost because it was too long to pull it out), and why did he dance the sword? And this sword will move by itself, as if it has been cursed by something, it is a sword with life (soul), maybe one day if he is not happy, it may kill him!

Could that sword also be like a fire unicorn, coming for revenge?

The person who wielded this sword was a giant, but he was smiling! Even if Tao Xiaozhi hadn't heard about him, he should have known how unfathomable his martial arts were!

So, what did Grandpa leave this sword for her? He was obviously not the one who could make it, and it was his sword, and he didn't deserve it! He only played with a gun, and his marksmanship was terrible!

At this time, only a unicorn knight is worthy of a sword!

。。。。。。。。。。

The thought of this stopped, for there was a sound of heavy footsteps outside the door—it was not the Iron Bucket and Amu, for they went out on tiptoe and would come back on tiptoe, and that was what they were going to do tonight.

And they went to the toilet before it was time (poop time) and would never come back so soon.

Then, there was a knock at the door: "Are you sleeping?"

This is nonsense, because there is still the light of the stone lamp in the room, of course, there are people - this point, Tao Xiaozhi ignores - everyone can see that this is just a polite word, and it is the old housekeeper who speaks.

But Tao Xiaozhi still pretended to yawn and said, "Is there anything wrong with you at such a late hour?"

"Are you hungry, there's a sumptuous supper prepared downstairs for you—"

"No, we're not hungry - and we're all asleep。。。。。。。。 ”

"Owner, please come down for a while, I have something to discuss with you. "Supper is bricks," there is something to discuss is jade!

Did the owner know the purpose of their trip, and did he send them away on the occasion of supper?

"Wait, I'll get dressed and come. He tossed around for a moment, then opened the door.

"Why are you alone?"

The old housekeeper wanted to come in, but was stopped by Tao Xiaozhi: "Shh~~~ They are sleeping, don't wake them up, if there is anything, discuss it with me." ”

Even so, the old butler did not force him, and led him downstairs, not to the hall, but to a pavilion in the back garden.

The pavilion was brightly lit, full of wine, flesh and fruits, but it was not the owner Bu Feiyun who was sitting there, but a woman in her twenties, plump, and a little beautiful, but a touch of fragrance covered up her unique temperament.

Before the old butler reached the pavilion, he told him, "That's the owner's wife, and she has something to say to you." ”

Tao Xiaozhi thought she was the owner's daughter! Now he guessed that she might be more than 20 years old, and although it seemed like this, it was the most common thing for an old cow to eat tender grass, so he should not be surprised.

"What about your friends?" Before she could sit down, she couldn't wait to lean over to Tao Xiaozhi's side (this was of course when the housekeeper retreated), her voice was sweet and lovely, more tempting than the delicacies on the table!

Tao Xiaozhi coped with the same reason, and then said, "I don't know what the owner's wife is looking for me?"

She raised her glass and said, "Let's drink three glasses with me first!"

It seems that her alcohol consumption is definitely not too bad, and her face does not change after three glasses of wine, and she may have a fight with Jiu Shengnan.

Of course, Tao Xiaozhi can't drink too slowly, otherwise it won't be good to lose the man's face.

The owner's wife hooked his neck, sprayed him with a face of wine, and said, "Honestly, am I not beautiful?"

"Nice, pretty. Tao Xiaozhi replied again and again, even if she is not beautiful, he is also the answer, not to mention that she is really beautiful!

She suddenly grabbed him by the placket and said, "Then do you want to sleep with me?"

Tao Xiaozhi thought that her alcohol consumption was okay, but this point of view was quickly self-defeating, otherwise how could she say such a thing!

He was astonished, like a flower thief tied up in the vegetable market for public display, and he was speechless for a while!

"Say it or not!" But she didn't look like she was drunk, she didn't look crazy, she didn't look like she was joking!

Tao Xiaozhi smiled bitterly: "Yes, of course I want to。。。。。。。。 ”

"Well, come now!" she said, tugging at his clothes and taking them off!

"Here and now。。。。。。。。。。 ”

"And where do you want to be?"

"But you have to at least tell me why!" Tao Xiaozhi grabbed her hand, and then realized that this was very inappropriate, and quickly let go of his hand.

"You have to promise me," whispered the lady of the farmer, "I think what you say must be kept secret, whether you do it or not—"

Tao Xiaozhi smiled: "I have never been a mouthy person, and I have always been loyal to beautiful women~~~"

"You are smooth-tongued, the devil believes you!"

Tao Xiaozhi shrugged his shoulders and smiled bitterly: "If you don't believe it, I'll leave first~~~" said and took a roast chicken and wine and left.

"Wait—" she said, tugging at his clothes, "you swear, I'll believe you!"

A woman's love thinks that the mountain alliance and the sea oath are true, and this blind view has also expanded to other fields, and it has reached the point of flooding!

Tao Xiaozhi raised the roast chicken above his head and said: "I swear, if what I say is a little false, I will not be able to drink a sip of wine, eat a piece of chicken, or soak a girl for the rest of my life!"

The owner's wife couldn't help but laugh with a "flutter", but soon became serious and said: "This oath is not poisonous enough!"

"Oh?"

She smiled and said, "A monk can do it!"

Tao Xiaozhi thought about it and said with a smile: "However, this is already the most poisonous oath I can think of。。。。。。。。。 ”

"If I can add the words 'eunuch' to the above three points, I will believe it。。。。。。。。。 ”

Tao Xiaozhi finally understood how wonderful the phrase "the most poisonous woman's heart" was。。。。。。。

He raised the roast chicken again and said, "I swear, if what I say is even the slightest false, I will become a eunuch and a big fool who can't drink a sip of wine, eat a piece of chicken, and soak a girl!"

The words amused her again, and her chest kept beating, but his eyes did not move.

Then he said, "Now, there is a secret, I can tell it." ”

Mrs. Zhuang stopped smiling, a strange look passed through her eyes, and said, "I'm going to help me do something-"

To do one thing is to the point of "making a promise with oneself", then this matter will definitely not be a trivial matter!

"What's the matter?"

"I want you to help me kill someone—"

"But, I'm not a killer。。。。。。。 Tao Xiaozhi was of course taken aback when he heard this, but he didn't expose this emotion from his face.

"But you have the ability to do it, I can see that!" her eyes widened, as if she really "could see"

Like!

"Who do you want me to kill?"

"That's the person you want to kill!"

Tao Xiaozhi looked stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "I don't have anyone I want to kill for the time being。。。。。。。 ”

She sneered, "Didn't you go up the mountain to kill people this time?"

"To kill whom?"

"Forgetful old man!"

Tao Xiaozhi smiled: "I'm here to ask him for something, not my life!"

Her strange gaze flashed again: "If you want this thing, you have to kill him!"

"Why?"

"You know this very well!"

"You know what I want from him?"

"Of course I do!" she sneered, "that thing happened to show me by accident—"

In this way, the unicorn fire is in the Waterfall Villa!

Tao Xiaozhi touched his chin and said, "The person you want me to kill is him?"

"Yes!" she replied neatly, like a razor!

Tao Xiaozhi said: "Why did you kill him?"

"It's none of your business!" she said fiercely.

There may be another secret or more secrets involved!

"In a word—" she continued, "will you help or not?"

Tao Xiaozhi smiled: "I said, I'm not here to kill him!"

"Don't you want that sword?"

"But I don't want to kill even more!"

"I can let you get that sword—" she sighed, clearly compromised.

"Don't kill people?"

"You can not kill—" she said through gritted teeth, "but you must fly away with her, and never come back!"

Why is this? Tao Xiaozhi was thinking about it.

Obviously, what she was most afraid of was not the old man, but the sword! This cursed sword would be afraid of anyone who saw it, but it was not so afraid that it would kill someone—— it must have hidden a lot of unknown secrets!

"It's as simple as that!" Tao Xiaozhi said thoughtfully.

"It's that simple!"

"Can you tell me why?"

"No!" her answer was still as sharp as a razor!

Tao Xiaozhi sighed and said, "Okay, tell me where it is-"

3

When Tao Xiaozhi returned to the room, Amu and the little squirrel were already there.

Amu and the little squirrel went to the practice room and the master bedroom.

"How's that, is there any news?" Tao Xiaozhi said.

Amu and the little squirrel shook their heads.

Amu said: "I searched all over the place, and I couldn't find any trace of the old man who forgot his feelings (although I didn't know him, but the little squirrel described his appearance to him, and he had an outline, after all, there are not many injured old people here)!"

"It doesn't matter," Tao Xiaozhi said with a smile, "The important thing is that I already know the whereabouts of that sword!"

"Where?"

"A secret room with a mechanism there. ”

"How can we get our hands on it?"

Tao Xiaozhi smiled: "Someone taught me how to crack it-"

"Who?"

"Someone who invited me to supper。。。。。。。。 ”

Some things are "nowhere to be found", some things will automatically go to the door, and some people will hand in such good luck.

"Where's the elephant bucket?" Tao Xiaozhi suddenly asked.

Where the bucket went, there was a mysterious house, with three layers of heavy locks, rust and cobwebs, and it looked like it hadn't been cleaned for years. According to the servant, it was a haunted place, because the former owner's wife died there.

Tao Xiaozhi finally understood why the owner's wife was so young, but he still didn't understand why the iron bucket hadn't come back yet.

Was he captured by someone or by a ghost?

Amu smiled: "He must be like you, looking for something to eat!"

Compared to the first two guesses, the latter one was more likely, so they didn't really worry about it, but when they waited for another half an hour, Amu couldn't bear it anymore: "I have to go find him!"

"I'd better go!" Tao Xiaozhi said, "After all, you showed your face once, and if you walk around outside the house again, others will be suspicious." ”

Amu also stopped insisting and said, "Okay, you go and go back quickly." ”

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At this time, it has entered the third watch.

The house of the former owner's wife, in a very remote corner, and close to the edge of the cliff, if you are looking for a place to see the scenery on the mountain, this is definitely the best place, because the scenery opposite here is the most magnificent: opposite is the waterfall, although it is already a "dead" waterfall, but the birds and flowers are still unique!

The three locks on the door were not opened, but judging by the fingerprints on the dust, it was clear that someone had moved, and it was probably an iron bucket.

If it is not opened, it means that the iron bucket is not here? This does not necessarily mean that if you want to enter, you don't have to enter through the door.

On the contrary, Tao Xiaozhi thought that he must have gone in - because of the dust of those footprints and fingerprints! Because the house has not been cleaned for a long time, and it is haunted, no one dares to approach, and the owner has a ban, so the outside of the house is not taken care of, so there are a lot of dust and cobwebs. The first thing I look at is the footprints, so the footprints of the large size, I know that they are iron buckets at a glance, and secondly, I look at the fingerprints, which are left on the closed windowsill, and there are also on the window lattices, and there are also on the wooden seams, which shows that someone has done something on the windowsill. To sum up: the iron bucket must have been inside, and it climbed in through the window!

The windows were also locked, and there were some knife marks and small sawdust left on the wooden seams of the windowsills—seeing this, Tao Xiaozhi smiled! Since the iron bucket knew how to get in, Tao Xiaozhi should also know that when they were young, they were together, and they used this method to climb into other people's houses through the windows many times.

The window, of course, is locked from the inside, but not with a lock, but with a latch. It's a simple "lock" that allows you to move the latch between the window cracks with a knife and keep moving it at a small distance, and eventually the latch is loose and you can get in!

Tao Xiaozhi used this method to open the window and climb in.

It was pitch black inside. So Tao Xiaozhi opened the window facing the cliff and invited the bright moonlight in.

The scene he saw was completely different from the outside, the inside was spotless, there was no dust, the floors of the tables and chairs were polished, the inside was neat and clean, obviously there were people living here, or as others said, there were ghosts inside!

The house is not big, you can see how many things are clear, and the iron bucket is obviously not in it.

Had he already gone back? If you look at the footprints outside the room, absolutely not, because the footprints are almost in the same direction, just two rows. If he had gone out from where he had entered, it would never be two rows, and in opposite directions, unless he deliberately followed the original footprints backwards.

Where did the bucket go? He didn't leave many traces in the room, but in front of the window near the cliff, he left some mud crumbs, which he probably opened too. There are not many traces left by the others.

Did he fall off the cliff? Or was he taken away by the ghost of the cliff? Tao Xiaozhi stood there, looking at the vast night in the window, and a chill hit his heart.

While he was thinking about it, a sudden scream reached his ears, almost startling him: it was not loud, or rather it came from a distant place, hollow and insignificant, and it sounded like the howl of a terrible ghost, more like a moan of pain!

Where did this voice come from? Tao Xiaozhi had a strange feeling that it was in the back mountain of Waterfall Villa, and it was a call from the soul, whether it was a man or a woman!

But after this sound, there was silence, death-like silence, and even if there was an echo of that voice, it seemed to have been swallowed up by the night!

That's an iron bucket, Tao Xiaozhi's voice in his heart shouted, hurry up and find him!

Tao Xiaozhi said that what he was afraid of was whether this would be the last cry of the iron bucket!

Since the last trace of the iron bucket is in front of the window, there must be a problem here, but where is the problem? Tao Xiaozhi is still carefully inspecting and thinking seriously.

First of all, he thought that the most problematic thing was the pot of apples on the table in front of the window! it was a question whether the pot of apples should be here, but he thought the most suspicious thing was that there was one apple missing from the pot: it looked like it was supposed to be stacked in a pyramid shape, but now the top one was gone!

Could it have been eaten by the bucket? Absolutely, the bucket couldn't have seen the apple and not eat it! And he ate one and the second, but why was there only one missing? Something must have happened that surprised him, and it caused him to disappear from the room!

Tao Xiaozhi picked up an apple, looked at it carefully, and even took a bite, but did not find any problems. So, he wanted to pick up the pot of apples, but he couldn't, he could only turn it, and then a door appeared - this pot was the switch!

More precisely, it's not a door, it's just an entrance, on the ground right in front of the window, like a lot of basement passages - it's a staircase!

There was light coming through the passage leading from the stairs to the underground, and there was a lot of noise from the human voice—by the way, the shouting must have come from here!

What awaits him inside?