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A painting boat leaning against the shore is too shabby to be noticeable compared to the huge ship with its lights and the constant sound of music. Wearing a gilt silver mask and shrouded in a cloak, Shen Zhou stepped on the boat behind the Ten Ghosts.

As soon as he entered the cabin, Shen Zhou felt that something was wrong.

The cabin was burning with a strong, fragrant spice, which smelled a little disgusting. Shen Zhou held his breath and carefully distinguished, but found that it was just an ordinary spice, not a mystery. The taste is disgusting, and it is not known who summoned them.

In Luo's, the Ten Ghosts are above the ordinary Assassins and the Helmsman, and only the Seven Elders have the power to summon the Ten Ghosts, and above that is the Pavilion Master. The old man in white who took Shen Zhou away from the imperial capital was one of the seven elders, but Shen Zhou did not receive any news from him.

Eleven people knelt outside the falling beaded curtains, waiting for orders.

The human voice behind the bead curtain is eerie, like the sound of wind blowing in from the end of a thin, winding metal pipe.

"Who is Luo Shenzhou?"

Shen Zhou raised his head, "I'm not surnamed Luo." ”

The person behind the bead curtain ignored him, "You are the seed that was left behind." Did you kill the mountain ghost? ”

Eleven people were more or less surprised in their hearts, and the room was dark in the fight just now. Whether or not you will accidentally injure your companions, and whether you will send your arm under the enemy's blade with each wave, is judged by the sound of the wind brought by your breath, heartbeat, and movements.

No one knows who killed it except themselves.

This person can accurately say that Shen Zhou killed the mountain ghost Shuo, could it be that he has been paying attention to the battle situation in the house?

"Should I tell someone who I am before I ask them?" Shen Zhou didn't answer, pressed the broken sword at his waist, and unsheathed it two inches.

Luo Hongye scolded: "Don't be presumptuous. ”

The sinking boat moved like the wind, and quickly opened the bead curtain. The ring on Luo Hongye's hand turned slightly, and the sharp silk thread immediately cut through the clothes on Shen Zhou's shoulder, and it was only a fraction of a second that it could cut into his muscles and bones. But Shen Zhou's movements did not stop, and he smashed the puppet behind the bead curtain straight!

That's a dummy!

The ten ghosts got up one after another and held down their weapons.

Shen Zhou said coldly: "Fool, run!" ”

The dummy let out a creaking laugh, and the little dwarf came out of the puppet's belly and slapped his round belly with laughter. The hesitation of the ten ghosts to make a move was only a moment, and the beastly instinct of the sinking boat screamed wildly, and he grabbed Luo Shuangyi, who was closest to him, and jumped out of the porthole by pressing her.

In the midst of the lightning and flint, a loud bang that seemed to level the heavens and the earth exploded, and the painting boat instantly turned into a leaf burning on the water.

Those spices were not used to subdue them, but to mask the smell of gunpowder from the bilge of the ship!

Across the blue water, Shen Zhou saw a string of bubbles that he had spit out, bursting one by one in the surging water. He fell feebly to the bottom of the lake, the golden light of the fire on the surface of the lake was like the sun, and the burning fragments shot into the water like falling and extinguishing meteors.

Shen Zhou pushed Luo Shuangyi out of the cabin, and the aftermath of the explosion hit him. Shen Zhou only felt that his brain was buzzing, and he poured a large mouthful of cold water into his lungs, and he no longer had the strength to go upstream.

All sounds were silenced in his ears.

He thought ramblingly, this turned out to be a hoax.

The menacing mountain ghost Shuo and his party are bait, luring the ten ghosts to gather, and then use the stolen Luo's music score to lure the ten ghosts to the boat and catch them all.

Am I going to die? Shen Zhou thought.

Dead here, how can Chu Zhixia find it? Shen Zhou thought a little embarrassed, but she said that she didn't want me to go back, so she shouldn't come to me...... So, can the kitten in the house survive until spring?

Shen Zhou slowly closed his eyes.

A strong force propped him up.

——

Imperial capital.

Chu Zhixia stared at the river lantern that was gradually sinking into the water, and his face was very ugly. The words "sinking boat" written in small block letters on the hairpin on the river lamp were blurred and disappeared into the deep darkness. Yuzhu hurriedly took out the money to buy a few more lamps and piled them up in Chu Zhixia's hand.

"No need." Chu Zhixia got up and said, "It's just a matter of ghosts and gods." ”

Yuzhu looked at her face that was far from softening, and only nodded.

"I'll go by myself, you can go back first." Chu Zhixia said.

The night market in the imperial capital is very lively, and the air is filled with a warm sweet fragrance.

The candy-blowing peddler makes the children laugh, and the monkey in colorful clothes picks up a large spatula and stir-fries the sugar and chestnuts, and the straw head sticks a bright red and bright rock sugar gourd. Chu Zhixia heard the familiar footsteps behind him go away, lowered his head and sighed in the palm of his palm.

The vendor asked her, "Miss, do you want to buy a candy man?" ”

Chu Zhixia shook his head.

"Why didn't that boy come with you last time?" The peddler was not discouraged and greeted her with great interest.

"Have you seen me?" Chu Zhixia was a little strange.

The street vendor saw a sea of people one day, and she didn't remember that she had done business in this person's hands, but this person remembered her.

"Yes, you bought that boy a candy man, didn't you? The two of you are also watching the monkeys juggle on the side of the road. The peddler smiled heartily, "It's the first time I've seen the young lady pay for the childe, and the boy looks like a fairy, how can I not remember?" ”

Chu Zhixia showed a faint smile.

"He doesn't like candy man now?"

Chu Zhixia bought two sugar men and blocked the hawker's mouth. Chu Zhixia pinched the two sugar men and sat in a remote wine shop. Chu Zhixia inserted the sugar man in the crack of the window, and the sugar man was quickly frozen hard by the cold air.

Xiao Er brought her two catties of thinly sliced mutton, and warmed the rice wine with a look in his eyes. Not long after, Cheng Yuan, who had taken off the Yulin guard uniform, opened the curtain and walked in.

"How?" Chu Zhixia lit the rice wine with chopsticks and asked.

"The caravan has entered the city. According to Lu Yin, there are ten experienced dart masters in the team, and the rest are old horse gangs, and the things escorted are in addition to a batch of Liuyun brocade, a batch of rain-passing celadon, and a snake gall. ”

"The Jiang family has purchased a lot of properties in the imperial capital, such as green houses, gambling houses, restaurants, and cloth villages, where are they going to auction them?" Chu Zhixia asked casually.

Cheng Yuan had a plan in his heart and said: "This group of people is placed in the Jiang family's Moon Tower. ”

Chu Zhixia let out an "um" sound.

"Miss, do you want to steal? I'm afraid it's not easy. Cheng Yuan licked his chapped lips a little nervously, although he was not a gentleman in the open, but stealing chickens and dogs was indeed the first time he had done it, and he felt a little excited.

"To steal is to steal, but not to steal now." Chu Shixia said lazily.

"This thing is very expensive, the Jiang family can't wait for a moment, and it will be auctioned tomorrow. If you don't steal today, will you rob it tomorrow? Cheng Yuan became even more nervous, "Miss, you don't want Yu Linwei to rush in directly and copy all their things, do you?" ”

Chu Zhixia rolled her eyes, "Do I look like the kind of person who bullies men and women?" ”

Cheng Yuan wanted to nod, but didn't dare.

"The dart master is going to be a guarantee, do you guess they took this dart, did they bet their own money on it?" Chu Shixia shook his head and said, "I just want snake gall, not the lives of irrelevant people." ”

Cheng Yuan asked honestly: "Then when are we going to steal?" ”

"It's not us, it's me." Chu Zhixia said slowly, "When did I say that there is something about you here?" ”

Cheng Yuan said unwillingly: "Miss, I won't hold you back." ”

"You don't have to steal it with me, tomorrow you and I will go to the Moon Tower to watch the excitement." Chu Zhixia blinked and said with a smile.

Cheng Yuan was confused, but still nodded. He was busy all night, and he was already hungry, so he buried his head in eating the mutton on the table. These foods were originally prepared for him, and Chu Zhixia turned his head to look out the window.

Cheng Yuan settled the Five Organs Temple that was about to rebel, and when he found Chu Zhixia's movements, he followed her line of sight and looked out. Cheng Yuan thought that Chu Zhixia was observing passers-by, but after a closer look, he found that it was not. Chu Zhixia was looking at the two ugly sugar men, distracted and serious.

Cheng Yuan found that Chu Zhixia's face was actually very ugly, and there was a faint dark blue under his eyes.

"Last night, I dreamed that he was dead." Chu Zhixia closed his eyes, his eyelids trembled slightly, "On a burning ship." ”

Cheng Yuan's heart was shocked, and the chopsticks fell on the plate with a "dang bang".

——

"Spring is graceful, the guests are scattered, and the remnants of flowers and shallow wine are clear. A cup and Jia Ming did things, and sent the sunset moon and gave birth again. [1] A long stream of singing flowed from the open windows of the small building, and young and charming women groomed the windows.

Shen Zhou opened his eyes.

The song was distant and familiar, as if it had been heard in a foggy dream, and the end of the voice had a cordial soft voice, as if the singer did not speak much, so he was not very familiar.

The bones in his body hurt as if they had been broken, and Shen Zhou struggled to sit up from the bed and grab the little thing in his hand that didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Shen Zhou looked coldly at the little white cat that was rubbing his fingers repeatedly, as well as the messy hair on his hands.

"You're awake." Luo Shuangyi sat at the window and looked back at him.

"Were you singing just now?" Shen Zhou pressed his abrupt temples and asked, and quickly gave a negative answer in his heart.

"Nobody sings." Luo Shuangyi really said.

"What about the others?" Shen Zhou asked instead.

"I don't know, maybe it's dead." Luo Shuangyi said expressionlessly, "Why did you save me?" ”

"You're closest to me." Shen Zhou said without bending at all.

"I mean, in that case, the Ten Ghosts wouldn't save anyone. If they find a clue, they will use the people at hand to block the deadly attack. The Nine Shadows never taught assassins to save people, who did you learn from, your eldest lady? ”

Shen Zhou gave her a warning look.

Shen Zhou instinctively resisted anyone in the Nine Shadows Division mentioning Chu Zhixia, as if these people were worried about her name, and she was always in some kind of danger.

"I save you or others, the purpose is the same. I don't want Lowe's to lose, and if Lowe's loses, I won't win. I am the seed of Luo's, and it is impossible for the Mountain Ghost Clan to accept me. Shen Zhou lowered his head and rearranged the wounds on his body and said indifferently.

"Then why do you want Rocky to win?" Luo Shuangyi asked, "You don't look like you have feelings for Luo's." ”

"None of you look like you have feelings." Shen Zhou said harshly, "Luo Hongye played the worst. ”

"Let's all have a little bit of it, because we don't have anywhere else to go except the Nine Shadows." Luo Shuangyi didn't contradict him.

Shen Zhou didn't pay any attention to her, just took out a small bag of candy from under the bed and fed it to the kitten.

"[1] "Spring is Wan's delivery, the guests are drifting, and the remnants of flowers and light wine are clear." A quote from Fan Chengda's "Partridge Heaven"

Take a day off tomorrow and change it later the day after tomorrow. Mom-da-ah."