On the eighth day of the lunar month, the Majia compound in Jinling.

At this time, it is late at night, the hazy moonlight is like a roller curtain soaked in the spacious courtyard, and a vigorous plum tree is planted in the center of the courtyard, and a cool breeze blows through the courtyard is full of the fragrance of plum blossoms.

This is the most secret forbidden place of the Ma family, without the permission of the big boss Ma Chenggui, anyone who dares to take a step will definitely die.

In the dead of night, a woman's graceful figure quietly emerged under the plum tree, the woman walked very fast, but her steps were exceptionally light, if it were not for the moonlight reflected on her body, you would not have noticed her existence at all.

The woman walked straight through the courtyard and came to a room with a golden lock locking the door, stretched out a jade finger and gently touched the lock, only to hear a slight "snap", this special golden lock was unlocked, the woman did not hesitate to open the door, and looked at the room in the hazy moonlight, but it was empty.

It's really strange, why is the empty room listed as a forbidden place by the Ma family? And lock it with a special gold lock?

The woman walked into the house, looking left and right, her eyes flashed a trace of confusion, as if she did not think that there would be nothing here, she suddenly turned around, I don't know when there was a figure in the courtyard slowly walking, when this person approached the gate to see his face clearly, the woman immediately recognized this person as the only son of the big boss Ma Chengkong.

The woman took two steps closer to the door, and the moonlight appeared on her face with a charming and enchanting face, this is a face that any man will be moved to see it, Ma Chengkong will naturally be no exception, a trace of obsession flashed in his eyes, but it was fleeting, leaving only dullness and helplessness.

The woman stroked the long hair next to her ear, without the slightest panic, and even smiled a little mischievously: "You seem to know that I will come now?" ”

Ma Chengkong nodded slightly, with a silver knife hanging from his waist, and the two fingers of his right hand were pinching the handle of the knife, and said calmly: "From the moment you stepped into Ma's house, I already recognized who you were." ”

The woman smiled even more and asked, "Why did you let me in when you already know me?" ”

"Because I'm wondering if you're really in it for that."

"So what if you know it now?"

Ma Chengkong didn't answer, the two fingers of his left hand exerted force, the silver blade was slowly pulled out of the scabbard, he pinched the blade with his other hand, the bright silver blade reflected the woman's face in the moonlight, this knife was the Kyaukyue knife used by his father Ma Chenggui.

The woman also saw this knife for the first time, and unconsciously held her breath and stared closely, blurting out: "This is your father's knife?" ”

Ma Chengkong let go of his right hand and flicked his index finger on the blade of the knife slightly, and the crisp sound of "ding" echoed in the courtyard, which was amazing.

Whoever trespasses on the forbidden land of the horse family will die here, and he promised his father that he would keep this promise with his life.

The woman sighed and said, "Since you already know who I am, you should know that if I want to leave, no one can leave me." ”

Ma Chengkong nodded in agreement, and said lightly: "If you want to leave, I naturally can't keep you, so I don't plan to waste my efforts." ”

The woman looked at the knife in his hand and smiled, "You said so, but you pulled out the knife again." ”

Ma Chengkong said: "I can't keep my promise to my father, and I have no face to live in the world, so I have to use my father's knife to cut myself." ”

The woman's smile stopped abruptly, and she said with some doubts: "If you can't keep me, you have to cut yourself?" But what I want to take is not yet available, and you can still stop me. ”

Ma Chengkong sighed deeply and asked rhetorically: "When did you miss what Mu Jinghong wanted?" ”

The woman was silent, Ma Chengkong looked at her carefully, and said with a smile: "Everyone in the world says that Mu Jinghong is not only extremely light, but also a person who is extremely proficient in the art of disguise, I don't know if your current face is your original appearance or after disguise?" ”

The woman also sighed lightly, stretched out her hand and brushed it slightly on her face, and the charming woman's face turned into a beautiful man, he winked at Ma Chengkong mischievously, his voice also turned neutral, and asked with a smile: "Do you guess what I look like now, is it my true appearance?" ”

Ma Chengkong looked at it stupidly, and asked rhetorically: "If this is your true appearance, then are you a man or a woman?" ”

Mu Jinghong smiled: "Of course I am a man, and I don't mind that others compare me to a woman." ”

Ma Chengkong said: "But your current appearance is much more beautiful than any woman I have ever seen." ”

Mu Jinghong held his forehead a little helplessly, and said: "So I rarely use my face, there are not many people who have seen my appearance, only a few." ”

A cold wind blew in the courtyard, Ma Chengkong came back to his senses, took out a wooden box from his arms, and said, "The things you want are here, and I have always carried them with me." ”

Mu Jinghong nodded, not surprised: "I know, I also knew that you would follow, the only thing I didn't expect was that this place was actually emptied by you." ”

Ma Chengkong threw the wooden box to Mu Jinghong and said, "Now that you have got what you want to take, you can leave immediately, and no one will stop you." ”

Mu Jinghong caught the wooden box and did not open it, but asked Ma Chengkong: "Is it that as soon as I leave, you will immediately cut yourself?" ”

Ma Chengkong said: "Not bad." ”

Mu Jinghong asked, "If I return this thing to you, will you still die?" ”

Ma Chengkong hesitated for a moment, and said firmly: "Since you have broken into the forbidden land, whether the things are taken away by you or not, I am a capital crime." ”

Mu Jinghong frowned, pinched his chin and thought for a moment, and asked, "What if I return the things to you, and I am at your disposal?" ”

Ma Chengkong stared at Mu Jinghong without opening his mouth, of course he wouldn't believe that Mu Jinghong would easily give up what he wanted, but he was just curious why Mu Jinghong said these words.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Mu Jinghong sat directly on the ground, threw the wooden box in his hand back to Ma Chengkong, and said with a smile: "I suddenly don't want this thing, and people are also in your hands, if you want to kill or chop it, it's up to you." ”

Ma Chengkong hurriedly took the wooden box, his eyes showed deep surprise, and he asked very puzzled: "What are you going to do here?" ”

Mu Jinghong said: "It's very simple, I'm going to steal this thing, and you gave me this thing for nothing, this trip has been a failure for me." ”

Ma Chengkong said: "But you can still leave, no one can catch up with your light skills." ”

Mu Jinghong smiled: "Like you, I also made a promise to someone that if someone catches me when stealing something, I must let him dispose of it." ”

Ma Chengkong was stunned, then burst out laughing, and said after laughing: "I'm not a fool, you just don't want me to make up this reason to fool me, I don't believe you will obediently let me deal with it." ”

Mu Jinghong didn't speak, still with a smile on his face, lying on the ground with his arms on his pillow quietly looking at the bright full moon outside the house, Ma Chengkong silently put away the knife, slowly walked into the house, sat next to Mu Jinghong and whispered: "Mu Jinghong, why don't you want me to die?" ”

Mu Jinghong said: "Because you don't deserve to die, you and your father Ma Chenggui are both kind people, and you shouldn't give up your life easily." ”

Ma Chengkong was very surprised, and said casually: "It's hard for me to imagine that this sentence will come out of Mu Jinghong's mouth, you are very different from the rumored Mu Jinghong in the rivers and lakes." ”

Mu Jinghong smiled: "What do you say about me in the rivers and lakes? Do you mean I'm a cold-blooded and ruthless person? ”

Ma Chengkong rubbed his mouth, but still didn't say anything, Mu Jinghong didn't ask, but said with a smile: "I only believe what I saw with my own eyes, I have hidden in the Ma family these days and seen you do a lot of good deeds, so I don't want you to die." ”

Ma Chengkong's hand holding the wooden box squeezed tightly, his tone was slightly desolate, and he sighed: "What's the use of you not wanting me to die?" Whether you take this thing with you today or not, I'm going to die. ”

Mu Jinghong frowned and asked, "Why?" ”

Ma Chengkong suddenly picked up the wooden box and opened it in front of Mu Jinghong, but the wooden box was empty, and there was nothing.

Mu Jinghong froze, sat up violently and snatched the wooden box to look through it carefully, and asked, "What about the contents inside?" ”

Ma Chengkong said: "Before you came, the contents of the box had been lost. ”

Mu Jinghong asked, "When did you find out?" What was originally in this wooden box? ”

Ma Chengkong said: "You came to steal this thing, but you don't know what this thing is?" ”

Mu Jinghong nodded, Ma Chengkong shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Not only do I know that you are coming, but I also know that it is the Blood Shadow who wants you to come and get this thing, and if the Blood Shadow can't get what he wants, he will definitely want me to die." ”

Blood Shadow ......

Hearing Ma Chengkong say this name, Mu Jinghong glanced at Ma Chengkong with deep meaning and said, "You seem to know everything." ”

Ma Chengkong chuckled, closed his eyes and sniffed the fragrance of plum blossoms in the courtyard, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Do you want to know, what should be in the box?" ”

Mu Jinghong's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, he turned his head to stare at Ma Chengkong, and his tone unconsciously became a little heavier: "I don't want to know, you must not say it now, otherwise I will kill you immediately." ”

Ma Chengkong asked slightly provocatively: "Do you want to know, or don't you dare?" ”

Mu Jinghong said: "I don't want to, I don't dare, you'd better not say anything again." ”

Mu Jinghong's tone was very serious, even the fragrance of flowers blowing from outside the house was filled with a murderous aura, as long as Ma Chengkong dared to reveal a word, there was no doubt that he would take action immediately, although he didn't want to make a move at this time.

Ma Chengkong kept his mouth shut, he was not afraid of Mu Jinghong, but worried that Mu Jinghong would be implicated, he knew very well what was supposed to be in the wooden box, it was enough to shake the entire rivers and lakes, and it was a bad thing to know.

Seeing that Ma Chengkong didn't say anything more, Mu Jinghong gave Ma Chengkong a grateful look, the relationship between men is so simple and simple, you can become enemies in a short time, and you can easily become friends with tacit understanding, Mu Jinghong and Ma Chengkong are such examples.

Mu Jinghong slowly got up, took a few steps forward, his whole body was bathed in the dim moonlight, and whispered to Ma Chengkong behind him: "I hope that after I leave, you can live for some time." ”

Ma Chengkong looked at his back and said, "I have no reason to continue living. ”

"What if I could find out your father's whereabouts?"

When it comes to Ma Chenggui, the big boss of the Jinling Ma family, no matter which force he is, no one praises his noble character.

No matter what you should not do, how you provoke someone you shouldn't provoke, as long as you are his friend, you can go to Jinling to find him, and he will never push you out of the door.

What's even more rare is that everyone is easy to become his friend, no matter what kind of prince and nobleman you are, or a beggar on the street, you will be treated equally in his eyes, and the door of the Ma family is always open, welcoming anyone to come.

To be the Marquis of Wanhu, it is better to have Ma Chenggui and a friend, this is the evaluation of the world's No. 1 swordsman Li Chaoqing.

But this is such a person, who suddenly disappeared mysteriously nine years ago, and his whereabouts are still unknown, and his whereabouts have always been the biggest mystery in the rivers and lakes, and there are still many people he has helped who are still looking for him.

When Ma Chengkong heard Mu Jinghong's sudden words, the originally empty eyes ignited the flame of hope, but it only disappeared for a moment.

Perhaps he already knew in his heart that after nine years of no news, his father might have been a dead man, turned into a ghost and wild ghost that wandered around the Santuchuan all day long.

"You don't believe me?"

Mu Jinghong saw the gleam in Ma Chengkong's eyes, and bent down to smile at him: "You can think I'm talking big, but you must know in your heart that if your father is still alive, I am the most likely person to find him." ”

Ma Chengkong looked at Mu Jinghong blankly, Mu Jinghong suddenly stretched out a hand and skipped in front of him, the speed was so fast that even Ma Chengkong, who was close at hand, didn't have time to react, his two fingers had caught a plum blossom petal, put the petal lightly on Ma Chengkong's forehead, and said with a smile:

"You should believe me, there is nothing in the world that I can't steal, and naturally there is no one I can't find."

As soon as the words fell, Mu Jinghong disappeared into the night without a trace, along with the wooden box that contained nothing, leaving Ma Chengkong to sit alone in front of the door, staring blankly at the plum blossoms in the moonlight in the courtyard.

He sat like this all night, until the first rays of the morning sun pierced his eyes.

The bright moon did not come out of the sheath after all.