『Volume 2: The Golden Scroll』 "Xia Ke Xing" Chapter 5 The thieves of the night
After dinner, Zheng Mingxiu and Yinxia slept in separate beds. Zheng Mingxiu took off her heavy makeup, but she was just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, she chatted with Yinxia for a while, but finally couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep. Yinxia had something in her heart, and she couldn't sleep when she lay on the bed and tossed and turned.
I don't know how long it took, but her eyelids grew heavier, and the infinite darkness pressed against her. In the thick black mist, there seemed to be an invisible and huge clutch that held her. She struggled, but couldn't move. In the distance, a little faint green light came out, silently approaching her.
Yinxia was startled, and Huo Di opened his eyes. That's the beast pupil of the desert wolves!
Although the person has woken up, his body is still trembling slightly, and the trembling that rises in the depths of his heart is difficult to dispel for a long time. She stared at the ceiling with wide eyes, and it took a few moments for her to realize where she was.
How could you have such a nightmare again? That was a long time ago. Since I met Xiao Yin, that kind of thing has never happened again.
Yinxia sat up and glanced at Zheng Mingxiu, who was still sleeping, with a look of envy in her eyes. The days of being able to sleep so carefree and soundly are gone for her. After coming to the Central Plains, she deeply understood the meaning of the four words "warm and cold". I miss the vast desert steppe, even if there are bloodthirsty and man-eating wilderness wolves, it is still very nostalgic.
Since she can't sleep, let's familiarize herself with the terrain of the Wen family, anyway, she came to the Wen family to be a thief, not to sleep. Yinxia cheered up, put back on her old clothes, wrapped the silver whip around her waist, and walked out of the house lightly.
It was late at night, and there was silence outside the courtyard. Although the courtyard of the Wen family is not luxurious, the layout is reasonable and comfortable, with green trees along the way, and neat blue brick paths stretching all the way. Yinxia walked along the path, turning the rockery, through the garden, and into another courtyard. Occasionally, a patrolling Zhuang Ding passed by, and she shrewdly avoided it in advance.
After walking briskly for a while, the heat from the legs rose to the whole body, and the depression in the chest gradually dissipated. Looking at the black-roofed tile wall, Yinxia couldn't help but sigh again at the huge area of the Wen Mansion, and then she suddenly found a serious problem: she was actually lost!
Stopping and looking around, the quiet courtyard was like a cold giant, indifferently despised her, a stranger.
By the way, Xiao Yin once said that when you get lost, please look up to the sky, and the sky will give you the answers you want. Thinking of this, a light smile appeared on Yinxia's lips, and she looked up at the night sky.
However, the unobstructed night sky on the desert is now obscured by layers of roofs.
Looking at the densely pressed roof, Yinxia suddenly became angry, and the cold reception she had received these days flashed one by one. This is the deep courtyard of the mansion of the Central Plains, which not only separates people's hearts, but also covers the sky!
Raising her hand to touch the silver whip at her waist, she flicked her wrist, and the tip of the whip neatly wrapped around the eaves of a tall house. With the force of her shoulders and arms, her body soared into the air. With a flick of her wrist again, the silver whip retracted around her waist like a snake, and she was firmly on the roof.
Overhead, a bright moon hung high in the sky. Looking up at the night sky, the bright and dark stars seemed to be winking at her from countless acquaintances.
Yinxia raised her arms and took a deep breath, exhaling the depressed air in her chest, and the cascading roof was finally trampled under her feet!
Looking at the starry night sky, her red lips were slightly upturned, her eyes flowed, Xiao Yin was right! The stars are always the best guide for desert travelers.
Knowing the direction, she was about to jump off, but saw an unusually strong wind suddenly blow in the high pavilion opposite. The white mist gradually rose, and a figure appeared on the top of the pavilion.
In the light mist, the man was as long as a pine, standing proudly at the corner of the eaves. The clear moonlight outlined his statue-like silhouette, dressed in white and spotless. Behind him, the huge moon greeted him with a smile, as if he could touch it as long as he was willing to raise his hand.
What a man in white with a peerless demeanor and a cold and arrogant appearance! Yinxia secretly praised in her heart, such a dreamlike character is really rare.
As if hearing her inner sigh, the head of the beautiful statue of the white-clothed man slowly turned, and a pair of ethereal eyes like frost and snow stared straight at him.
Yinxia nodded at him and smiled lightly. It seems that in this quiet night, there are people who have difficulty sleeping like her.
The man in white didn't respond, just stared straight at her. His expression was indifferent, his eyes were as cold as ice crystals, and the cold air was coming.
Yinxia couldn't help but be a little annoyed: although this person was good-looking, staring at people so unreasonably was really annoying. She raised her eyebrows and glared back, not to be outdone.
A subtle hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the man in white, and suddenly, his eyebrows gathered, and a pair of ice eyes suddenly shot behind Yinxia.
Yinxia's heart palpitated, and she couldn't help but look back at him with his gaze. But I saw that behind her, on the beam of the house, only a few feet apart, I don't know when there was a person standing!
The man was extremely thin, dressed in black, with black pants and a black scarf and a mask. He stood on one foot on the upturned eaves, and his body swayed slightly with the wind, as if he were stepping into the air against the wind, and he seemed to be completely powerless.
Yinxia was secretly surprised, when she looked around just now, there was no one here. This person is so powerful that he can avoid her ears and eyes.
A dark, cold, and uncomfortable feeling hung over her. Under the black scarf, the eyes of the man in black stared straight at her.
is also looking, the indifferent gaze of the man in white only made her feel slightly unhappy. But the man in black looked like a greedy night owl salivating at his prey. Yinxia seemed to feel that he was peeling off his clothes with his gaze. Biting her lower lip, she angrily reached for the silver whip.
Just as her hand touched the whip, a sharp white light pierced the night and struck the man in black like lightning. The place where the white light passed was frosty and foggy, as if a beautiful light veil was blowing, and it was blurry like a dazzling dream. Only a discerning master can see that the light yarn is made up of tiny ice particles like the tip of a needle.
The man in black obviously knows a lot. He hurriedly turned his back outward, his body fell to the ground, and his whole body hung upside down like a bat under the eaves.
The white light hit the air, and the man in black hooked his toes and flipped up lightly. He sneered, and was about to speak, when suddenly his eyes lit up, and a white light swept through a perfect circle in mid-air, striking at him again!
The figure in black turned sharply, turning sideways to avoid the white light's attack trajectory. The white light grazed his chest.
As soon as he took a breath, he suddenly felt a chill all over him. The spinning white light suddenly rose high, from top to bottom, dragging a long tail of light, and shot him down on the head!
The man in black looked panicked, shrunk and avoided again, but was still swept by the bare tail. With a muffled snort, he swayed and fell from the eaves like he lost his center of gravity.
In mid-air, his arms slammed out. A pair of inky black wings spread out from under their armpits. In a twist, he quickly disappeared into the shadows of the pavilion like a black-winged bat.
The boy in white was like the wind blowing white snow, quietly falling on the corner of the eaves where the man in black stood. He carried his sword on his back and did not pursue. At this moment, the hoarfrost caused by the sword light slowly descended from all around him, and under the refraction of the moonlight, it emitted a dreamy luster like a diamond. All of a sudden, and then they all disappeared.
He stared for a moment in the direction where the man in black had fled, then turned his head to look at Yinxia.
"Thank you!" Yinxia woke up from her shock. After arching his hand at him, he jumped off the eaves. The man in black has a disgusting gaze, if it weren't for the quick sword of the man in white, she would definitely whip him a few times!
"Stay!" However, she hadn't taken a few steps before the boy in white stood in front of her with a long sword.
Yinxia glared at the bright long sword in his hand, and felt a little unhappy in her heart, "What are you doing?" Although he taught the man in black a lesson for her, didn't she thank him in person.
The man in white didn't answer, and asked coldly, "Why are you here?"
"It's too stuffy in the house to sleep, so I come out to breathe. ”
"Why go up to the roof. ”
"I'm lost. ”
"Where do you live?"
"I just arrived in Wenfu and I don't know the name of the residence!"
"Why did you come to Wen?"
Yinxia patiently replied a few words, was irritated by his cold tone, and sneered: "Who are you in the Wen Mansion? Why do you ask me like this!"
A look of surprise appeared in the eyes of the man in white, and he paused for a moment before saying, "You don't know me?"
Yinxia glanced at him and said impatiently: "Let's meet for the first time today, right? How can I know you!" Even if he is good-looking and has good swordsmanship, do you think that everyone should know him? Such arrogance is inevitably annoying.
The man in white paused slightly, a trace of complexity seeped into his bright eyes, and his tone was still cold, "What's your name?"
"Why should I tell you? Yinxia sank her face, this person was so rude to interrogate like this! She stepped forward and pushed his arm, "Get out of the way, I'm going back to sleep!"
"Aren't you lost?" The white-clothed man's arm was as hard as iron, and the long sword did not move.
"I've just found my way on the roof. Yinxia glared at him, her hands secretly straining.
"I'll send you. As if sensing her unhappiness at last, the white-clothed boy turned his wrist, and the long sword slashed through a beautiful arc and sheathed it.
"Don't bother. Yinxia glanced at the corners of her mouth disdainfully, and walked past him on her own. Xiao Yin's martial arts are also very powerful, but he has never been as showy as him.
After walking for a while, Yinxia felt a soft sound behind her. Her eyes slanted slightly, but she saw that the man in white was following behind her without saying a word. Her face sank, and she silently quickened her pace. Who knew that the man in white was still following unhurriedly.
Yinxia was annoyed and stopped suddenly. She was about to speak, but the man in white changed his expression, and Huo Ran drew his sword.
He walked up to Yinxia's side, pointed at the flowers in front of him, and shouted, "Who's there!"
"It's me. In the dense red bush of a thousand days, a person responded slowly, with an indescribable laziness in his voice.
"Who the hell is it, come out for me!" shouted the man in white impatiently. The long sword trembled slightly, the sword wind swept away, and the flowers danced wildly.
"Oh, why are you so impatient? The man exclaimed, rolled over from the flowers, put his head on his hands, and reclined on his side, but did not stand up.
"It turned out to be you!" After seeing the man clearly, the man in white couldn't help but change his tone slightly. But he didn't notice that Yinxia beside him was even more surprised than him.
Under the bright moonlight, Yinxia can see clearly: people in the flowers, a pair of peach blossom eyes are particularly moist and shiny. The corners of his mouth were casually hooked, with a three-point joking smile on his face, just pointing her to the night of the son of Wen Mansion!