"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, Ma Chengkong's hand holding the wooden box squeezed tightly, his tone was slightly desolate, and he sighed with a wry smile: "Not only did I know that you were coming, but I also knew that it was the Blood Shadow who asked you to come and get this thing, and if the Blood Shadow couldn't get what he wanted, he would 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.

Chapter II

Ordinary people go from Jinling to Qizhou, even if they ride the fastest horse, it takes two days day and night, but Mu Jinghong only needs one night.

The sunshine in the sky has just revealed, he has entered the outer city of Qizhou dozens of miles away from Jinling, this outer city is not big, there is only one inn in the city, the shopkeeper Jin Fat Man is yawning and just opened the door of the inn, just bumped into Mu Jinghong outside the door.

"Shopkeeper, is there a girl surnamed Cheng living here these days?"

The golden fat man was taken aback, and when he saw Mu Jinghong's face, he couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart, and shook his head slightly to squeeze out a smile: "There is indeed a girl surnamed Cheng who lives here, and the son is her friend?" ”

Mu Jinghong wiped the mist on his face, smiled and took out a tael of silver from his arms and stuffed it to the golden shopkeeper, and said, "Yes, that girl is my friend, and she made an appointment with me to wait for me here." ”

The golden shopkeeper accepted the silver, his fat face smiled into a brilliant chrysanthemum, and hurriedly beckoned Mu Jinghong to come in, and said: "Mrs. Ling will rest in our best room, and the food is my best, I will take you there." ”

Mu Jinghong stretched out his hand to grab him, and said with a smile: "Don't bother the shopkeeper, I'll go up by myself." After speaking, he didn't give the golden shopkeeper a chance to speak, turned over and jumped up the stairs, pointed to a few wings upstairs and squinted at the golden shopkeeper, the golden shopkeeper pointed to the innermost one, Mu Jinghong smiled, tiptoed to the room, stretched out a finger to poke through the screen, and put his right eye on it and peeked carefully into the room.

This is indeed a good room, there is a good pear blossom wood table in the center of the bright and spacious room, and there is a large bed in the corner that can lie down five people, there should be but there is no one, Mu Jinghong turned around, opened his mouth in confusion towards the golden shopkeeper downstairs, and said with his mouth: "No one!" ”

The golden shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and then gestured towards Mu Jinghong to push the door, Mu Jinghong chirped, and directly reached out to push open the door and walked in, there was indeed no one in the house, but there was a trace of alcohol in the air.

Mu Jinghong walked to the side of the bed, stretched out his hand and put it on the bed, the cold touch made Mu Jinghong's heart sink, could it be that the woman left first without waiting for him? Or did something happen?

When Mu Jinghong was thinking, he suddenly felt a chill behind him, he didn't hesitate to turn around quickly, and waved his hand forward in the shape of a fist, but it was still a little late, only to hear a "boom", a slender red whip threw towards him, like a red chain snake wrapped around his arm, and then the whip pulled back and dragged Mu Jinghong to the ground.

This whip came quickly and accurately, in fact, Mu Jinghong knew in his heart that no one on the rivers and lakes could avoid this whip, because it was Chengjiu Wine that swung it.

One foot lightly stepped on Mu Jinghong's chest, Cheng Jiujiu's pretty face showed a flower-like smile, her eyes showed a hint of banter, and smiled at Mu Jinghong at her feet: "Mu Jinghong, Mu Jinghong, you never seem to learn to knock on the door." ”

Mu Jinghong smiled: "Don't forget that I am a thief, how can a thief knock on the door?" ”

"But there's nothing you want to steal here, but you have to keep something."

Cheng Jiujiu moved his feet away, turned around and sat on the big bed, and smiled at Mu Jinghong: "Why did you use it for so long this time?" I'm still thinking that if you don't come today, I'll go to Ma's house to see it myself. ”

Mu Jinghong straightened up and sat on the ground, took out the wooden box brought from the Ma family from his arms and threw it to Cheng Jiujiu, and said, "It's useless for you to go over, I'm afraid you will disappoint the old man this time." ”

Cheng Jiujiu took the wooden box, was stunned when he heard it, and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Mu Jinghong nodded at the box: "You can open it yourself and see it,"

"What are you talking about?"

Cheng Jiujiu glared, the box was weighed in her hand, and suddenly realized something, and asked Mu Jinghong, "Have you already opened it?" ”

Mu Jinghong nodded, and hurriedly explained when he saw Cheng Jiujiu's surprised appearance: "You don't have to look at me like this, the box was not opened by me, it was Ma Chenggui, and the box was originally empty." ”

"Where's the contents of the box?"

"I lost it before I got to Ma's house."

Cheng Jiujiu pursed her lips, stood up and walked back and forth, and suddenly laughed, she didn't have the slightest doubt that Mu Jinghong would take the contents of the box for herself, Mu Jinghong saw Cheng Jiujiu smile and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Cheng Jiujiu said: "I'm thinking, what kind of expression the old man will have after opening this empty box." ”

Mu Jinghong also laughed dryly and waved his hand: "You don't have to think about it, you know, he will definitely be angry, after all, what he wants has not missed." ”

Cheng Jiujiu nodded in agreement, turning the wooden box in his hand and shaking it over and over, Yu Guang glanced at Mu Jinghong who didn't seem to be interested, and couldn't help asking, "You have something on your mind, you haven't said why it took so long this time." ”

Mu Jinghong sighed lightly and asked Cheng Jiujiu: "I have observed Ma Chengkong's personality, and he does not dishonor the reputation of the Ma family." ”

Cheng Jiujiu asked, "Why are you wasting your time trying to see who he is?" ”

Mu Jinghong said: "My father has received the favor of Ma Chenggui, so I naturally want to see if his son is worthy of being the big boss of the Ma family." ”

Cheng Jiujiu asked, "Then you see him now, is he satisfactory to you?" ”

Mu Jinghong smiled: "He is better than his father in life, so I can't let him die." ”

"Oh?" Cheng Jiujiu became interested: "Who wants him to die?" How are you going to protect him? ”

"I broke into the forbidden land of the Ma family, and he told me that anyone who did not get his father's permission to enter must die, or he would die to apologize."

"It's stupid, so how do you do it?"

"I promised him that I would help him find his father, who had been missing for several years."

Cheng Jiujiu was intuitively funny, pointed at Mu Jinghong and said: "This is also a very stupid promise, there is no way to find out Ma Chenggui's whereabouts, and you shouldn't care about this kind of nosy." ”

"Of course I know, but I can't watch him cut himself in front of me, and there are more important issues now. ”

"What's the problem?"

"The old man didn't get the contents of the box, and he is likely to attack the Ma family."

Cheng Jiujiu raised his forehead and said, "This is bound to happen, that's why I said that you made a stupid promise." ”

Mu Jinghong smiled: "But we may have a way to delay for a while and find the original contents of the box before you make a difference." ”

Cheng Jiujiu didn't seem to want to cooperate, got up and took out the wine gourd hanging from his waist and took a sip, stared at Mu Jinghong with squinted eyes, and said, "You are planning to do something very dangerous now, what was in the box was originally not something we should know." ”

Mu Jinghong didn't talk nonsense, and stretched out three fingers: "Three days, I only need three days, whether it is successful or not, I will come back, and I will bring you a thirty-year-old daughter red as a thank you gift." ”

Thirty years of daughter red ......

A glimmer of light flashed in Cheng Jiujiu's eyes, she had no other hobbies, only her favorite drinking, Mu Jinghong's words undoubtedly hit her weakness, put down the wine gourd and pursed her lips, yawned and turned over and lay on the bed:

"I'm so drunk that I'm going to sleep for days, and I haven't seen anyone in the meantime."