"Strange ......" The girl Limeng was awakened from her dream by a strange sound, she lay on the bed in the bedroom on the third floor, and listened carefully: "I heard this sound again." "In the silence of the night, strange voices came from the depths of the night. Where did this sound come from? Is it in the old houses, or in the woods of the great courtyard? Young Rimeng is beautiful and strong, just like a thorny rose, not afraid of anything. She lifted the blanket and gently climbed out of bed, her two snow-white feet quickly putting on her slippers. She walked softly to the window and carefully pushed it open.

The moonlight outside the window shone on the desolate and expansive courtyard. The courtyard was overgrown with knee-high weeds, collapsed stone walls, broken stone pillars, and some Buddha statues with missing heads and hands were scattered among the weeds. Because it used to be an old mansion, it is no longer as spectacular as it once was. After hundreds of years of wind and rain, the entire building was covered with a layer of gray black, and in the lonely moonlight, it was like a crouching monster, gloomy and terrifying, and Li Meng couldn't help but have a cold war. At this moment, the strange sound was heard again

"It's it again, it's coming from the house." Yes, the sound came from underfoot, in the living room on the west side of the second floor. Li Meng's blood gushed up all over her body, and her heart beat rapidly, thinking, "This must be someone sneaking to the second floor!" Riemon immediately felt the danger, and although she was usually very brave, she was now trembling with fear. In order to deal with the danger in front of her, she hurriedly grabbed an overcoat and draped it over her pajamas, took out a match, and held it tightly in her hand.

At that moment, she heard someone shouting, "Limeng...... Rimeng. From the next room came a frightened, hoarse cry, and it turned out to be Susan, a girl her age, calling her.

Susan opened the door and ran out in a panic, saying, "Limeng, scared me to death!" After speaking, he hugged Li Meng tightly and shook in her arms.

"You too...... You ...... too. Hear me?"

"Well, I've heard that a long time ago. Isn't the dog barking in the yard too?" Susan gasped and said, "What time is it?"

"It's about four o'clock!"

"It's only four o'clock! If only it had dawn earlier! Someone was in the living room on the second floor. The two of them were silent, and they hugged each other tightly, but they still trembled. What about the rest of the family? Isn't there any one awakened? The servants all slept on the fourth floor, so such a small voice should not be heard. But Susan's father, Su Jinmao, and his adjutant Lu Hongmin slept on the second floor, but why didn't they hear it? Could it be that both were killed? As soon as they thought of this, the faces of the two girls changed. They were afraid of shouting for help or waking up the servants to lead the robbers upstairs, so neither of them dared to make a sound, so they had to hold each other tightly.

Suddenly, they saw a man outside the window. Yes, a man with a large package was running past the old pool. He must have stolen something, but from such a distance that it was impossible to see what he had stolen, only that it was so big, probably heavy, that the man walked very slowly. The man walked slowly through the large hall in the courtyard and disappeared into a brick wall across the woods. There was a small door next to the wall, and Limeng and Susan didn't hear the door open, probably the door had already been opened.

"He must have gone out of the living room on the second floor." Susan said scaredly.

"No, the stairs in the living room are on the left, and if he goes down from there, he should appear a little further to the left." Li Meng leaned out and looked under the window as she spoke, and was immediately startled, and built a ladder under the balcony on the second floor. There was also a man on the ladder, carrying a large bag, and he slipped down the ladder and ran towards the pool, and he could not go on like this, and he had to wake up the servants! Li Meng touched the vase by the window with one hand, raised it with both hands and slammed it hard, and there was a "pop" explosion, which woke up the servants on the fourth floor, and of course, the second floor downstairs also heard it.

At that moment, the sound of violent fights, the fall of bulky furniture, the crashing of huge objects and shrill shouts came from the second floor, followed by the sound of glass breaking. This sudden turn of events scared Limeng into silly, and Susan collapsed on the bed in fright, letting out "Ahhh A scream echoed throughout the house.

Rimeng's face turned pale, and she mustered up her courage and rushed to the door. Susan grabbed her skirt tightly and shouted, "Scared me to death, wait for me, Limeng!" Li Meng slammed away from her, opened the door, and ran to the door of the living room on the second floor. A fierce white light made her eyes black. She screamed, as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on her face. I saw a man shooting a flashlight into her eyes from the living room, making Limeng unable to see things clearly for a long time.

At that moment, Susan also ran downstairs crying. The man hurriedly turned his flashlight to Susan. At this time, Li Meng saw that it was a middle-aged man, thin and tall, with a very strong body, bright eyes, and a sneer on the corner of his mouth. He looked at Limon and Susan like a cheetah looking at his own food.

The two girls stood there as if they were stupid, not daring to move, for fear that the man would do something unfavorable to them. The strange man laughed suddenly, and then calmly bent down to wipe his footprints, and passed in front of the two of them and walked onto the balcony. Then he suddenly turned around and bowed to the two young ladies, smiled brightly, and slipped down the stairs.

At this time, the two girls still did not dare to move, and it was not until the man was far away that they breathed a sigh of relief, and their bodies were so weak that they almost fell to the floor. "Father, father?" Susan staggered into Su Jinmao's bedroom.

I only heard her scream "ah", and then I froze again. There were two men in the room lying upright on the floor, their faces horribly blue in the moonlight!" Yes! Father ......" Susan cried and threw herself on one person, these two people were Su Jinmao and his adjutant Lu Hongmin. Susan shook her father's body desperately.

After a while, Su Jinmao slowly came to his senses, he glanced at his daughter, put a hand on her shoulder, struggled to stand up, and said, "It's okay, I'm fine, but ......" He turned his head and looked around, and then said, "What about Lu Hongmin?" How is he? Still alive? The dagger ...... Where's the gladiator?" Su Jinmao gasped for breath as he spoke, still looking overly frightened.

Lu Hongmin had already been picked up by Li Meng at this time, but his face looked ugly. At first, he was still breathing hard, but then, he took a deep breath, lowered his head, and died in Limeng's arms, red blood gushing out of his chest and onto Rimeng's lap, staining the floor red.