In the middle of the night, the old city is quiet and silent under the bright moon, and the moon shadow in the ancient well is clear, like a big bowl buckled on the water, occasionally swaying with the water waves. The doors of every house are closed, and no one knows how many locks are on the back of the door. In short, ordinary thieves should have nothing to do, and most people sleep relatively peacefully because of this.

The clouds drifted slowly high in the night sky, and the moonlight that had originally sprinkled Liaocheng slowly shrank from afar, and the shadows of the earth moved. The dense trees of the old town rattled, and the previously quiet old town was blown by a cold wind after a few moments.

Grunt.....

There was a faint intermittent sound from the well in front of the old shop, and in the blink of an eye, the idle wooden barrel next to the well rolled to the side. The pitch-black wellhead was surrounded by dense tree roots that stretched outward, and then spread wantonly on the bluestone of the old street, and the wriggling and shaking made the wooden doors creak. The tree was misty in the night, and its long branches swung back and forth like arms above the low house. The fog soon engulfed the old city, and the wriggling roots of the trees in the streets did not stop, stretching endlessly from the wellhead. This is the time when people are sleeping deeply, so no one seems to know that this is happening.

The windows in the old store were empty, and the cool breeze suddenly blew into the windowsill, and Mu Xiao's hand subconsciously pulled a quilt. The next moment, his eyes suddenly opened, and he looked at the black dragon who was still snoring and sleeping soundly in the next bed. Climbed out of bed and cautiously looked through the gap in the window, at this time the streets and alleys of the old city were already covered with fog, and a slight trembling feeling came from under his feet, and his eyes looked at the street, and he could vaguely see things squirming in the fog.

Gently opened the window, climbed out, stepped on soft things when he landed, and looked down, Mu Xiao suddenly jumped up, and the carefree sword slashed downward, the sword qi suddenly exploded, and the messy tree roots floated all over the sky. The mist surged instantly, and the severed roots melted like the original ghost hand vines. It's just that there's a smell missing, and I can't see what color I can't see.

Whew......

There was a sound of rubbing the ground, and the roots of the trees shrank back into the well, and Mu Xiao swept forward, landing on the edge of the well, and looked down, except for the occasional sparkling well water, he saw nothing. Looking up, the streets of the old town had returned to normal, and the moon was shining through the clouds, and the night was as poignant as it had been at the beginning.

"What's going on? Could it be that there is a demon in this old city?" Mu Xiao muttered in a low voice, pinching his arm, and there was a feeling of pain, making sure that he was not dreaming, but what was going on just now?

The long sword in his hand was sheathed and let out a hiss. The moment Mu Xiao turned around, an old man with all kinds of strange shapes on his body stood in front of him, and he didn't know when he appeared here.

The old man was unkempt, with a slight back under the night, and his thin figure looked weak, and he couldn't feel a trace of breath on him. Holding a gourd in his left hand and stroking his beard with his right hand, although it was night, Mu Xiao clearly felt that the old man was staring at him. If it weren't for his drunken body, he would have really thought he had met an old ghost here.

"Young man, the wind is high in the middle of the night, beware of the cold. The old man's voice was hoarse, and the strange-shaped thing on his body made a jingle as he spoke.

Mu Xiao looked the old man up and down, and when his eyes fell to the ground, he saw that the old man's feet were a finger away from the ground. The turbulent waves rolled in Mu Xiao's heart, his hands no longer hesitated to reach out, and cold sweat flowed down the ridge from his back: "Thank you seniors for your concern."

When the old man heard that his feet did not move, he appeared in front of Mu Xiao in the blink of an eye, and a strong smell of alcohol suddenly poured into Mu Xiao's nostrils, and a burst of drunkenness came. The old man flashed to the side, and Mu Xiao woke up

"This ......"

Since the old man Zhai ate thousands of poisonous herbs for himself, he has never been drunk in a thousand cups, but at this moment, he felt that the old man's alcohol was a little drunk, and Mu Xiao couldn't calm down.

"The young man is impetuous, and he spoils the old man's good deeds, that's it, it's just ......," the old man looked at the well, and said drunkly. The gourd in his left hand was thrown at the mouth of the well, and a slice of wine was sprinkled. There was a wail from the well, and a mist filled the wellhead. The old man unhurriedly withdrew the gourd, and his figure flickered and appeared two feet away.

"Master!" Mu Xiao muttered.

At this time, the old man's body twisted, and then disappeared into thin air. Mu Xiao looked at the place where the old man disappeared in horror, and after a long time, he returned to the wellhead and stretched out his head to look, and there was another smell of wine. This time he didn't resist, and fell to the side drunk and unconscious.

Early the next morning, Mu Xiaonan sat up from the bed and touched his hands on his body. I didn't notice anything unusual, last night's scene was like a dream, and I don't know how I came back.

"Black Dragon, Black Dragon!"

Mu Xiao shook the black dragon that was still sleeping, wanting to ask him if he saw if someone had sent him back last night. But when he looked back at the window, he couldn't calm down anymore, the windows were all nailed horizontally and vertically with wood, and the middle grid was no more than the size of a fist, remembering that he had gone out of the window last night, how could this be possible?

Walking to the window and stretching out his hand, he wiped the window with three fingers, it was covered with thick dust, and it was obvious that the window had existed for some years. Mu Xiao sat on the edge of the bed, remembering the old man who appeared out of thin air last night, and decided to go to the wellhead to have a look.

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As Mu Xiao lifted his clothes, a strange piece of copper fell out of his clothes and landed on the floor with a pleasant sound. Bending down to pick up the copper piece, there was a hint of coldness in Mu Xiao's palm. The piece of copper in his palm suddenly dissolved, and then disappeared into his palm.

In addition to being shocked, the other hand rubbed and pressed vigorously on the palm, there was nothing special, and Mu Xiao, who was in a cold sweat on his forehead, scolded in a low voice: "What the hell is this, did you see the hell last night?"

"What the hell?"

", can you make some noise?"

I don't know when, the black dragon stood behind him, and when he saw him talking to himself, he didn't think that Mu Xiao was startled.

The black dragon's upper body ** asked while putting on his clothes: "You are here early in the morning, what is going on?"

"It's okay, I'll go see if they are up first, it's a long way, let's leave early. Mu Xiao finished speaking and walked to the door.

When the door of the room opened with the bayonet removed, Mu Xiao took two steps back and scolded: "Scare me!"

Kong Ru, who appeared at the door, was also frightened by Mu Xiao's sudden opening of the door and took a few steps back, originally came up to ask them to get up for breakfast, but he didn't expect Mu Xiao to open the door and come out, and the two took a look.

"Brother Mu, breakfast has been prepared, and the fat uncle said that we should go back to the end of the meal quickly!" Kong Ru said a little embarrassed, and then stood outside the door and waited for Mu Xiao to answer.

Mu Xiao calmed down, he felt that nothing was going well when he got up early in the morning, he took a deep breath at this time, and then squeezed out a smile and said, "Okay, you go down first, let's go down." ”

The dining table on the first floor was full of food, and Yang, Jiang Qiaoqiao, and Yi Ling were already sitting at the table and waiting quietly. Seeing Mu Xiao coming down, Yang Chao asked Mu Xiao on the stairs, "Wei Long hasn't gotten up yet?"

"Get up, come down at once. Letting the family wait for breakfast, Mu Xiao was a little reluctant: "You all eat first, I don't have much appetite now, don't worry about me." ”

Mu Xiao went down the stairs and walked directly to the door, still not caring what the people behind him were saying. Looking at the wooden barrel that fell horizontally on the slope of the wellhead, Mu Xiao had an intuition that last night's incident was probably a real thing, not a dream.

Looking up at the window on the second floor, the outside was indeed blocked by wood horizontally and vertically, but at this time, there was a faint smell of wine from the wellhead, but it was so real.

"Brother Mu, let's have some breakfast, aren't you going to hurry next?" Kong Ru stood at the door of the store behind him, looking at Mu Xiao on the edge of the well and smiled.

Mu Xiao looked back in amazement and said, "Did you ask about the smell of wine?"

"The smell of wine?" Kong Ruhu stepped out of the door suspiciously, walked to the well, squatted down, sniffed seriously like a dog, stood up and looked at Mu Xiao with a smile after half a sound, and said: "There is no smell of wine Maybe Brother Mu's nose is smarter than mine." ”

Kong Ru looked at Mu Xiao and was puzzled, and grinned again: "Could it be that Brother Mu is sick with alcohol? Why don't I get some for you?"

"No!" Mu Xiao was very depressed when he heard it, what is it called a drunken illness, this guy can really think about it.

After everyone finished breakfast, Mu Xiao was still alone by the well, staring intently at the unfazed water, and still vaguely asked the old man's taste of wine. I just don't know what's going on, everything was so weird last night. The trees that shade the sky are not much different from yesterday.

Regardless of whether what happened last night was a dream or real, Mu Xiao didn't want to stay here longer. Seeing that everyone was ready to go, Mu Xiao got up and said goodbye to Kong Ru and them. As soon as the fat man closed the door, he buckled the copper lock, shook his backpack and said with a smile: "This place is estimated to not be here for a long time, if you have a fate in the future, go to Taixu Town to find me." ”

"Okay, then thank you Boss Liang, if you didn't happen to be here, we wouldn't have been able to find a good place to live last night, and we bothered you to get up early in the morning to prepare breakfast for us. Yang's old face smiled slightly, looking at the fat man full of gratitude.

"Then let's say goodbye to you, and we'll see you later. Everyone said goodbye, Mu Xiao walked at the back, looking back at the alley that was getting farther away as he walked, suddenly a fluorescence came out of the wellhead and disappeared in an instant, Mu Xiao frowned and blinked.

"Could it be that you are dazzled?" Mu Xiao muttered, looking back at the black dragon, they had already walked some distance, and turned to follow.

But he didn't take two steps, the air in front of him suddenly squirmed, and the unkempt old man appeared again, the gourd took off at Mu Xiao, looked at Mu Xiao with a smile on his face and said: "This trip has been bumpy, the old man wishes you all the peace!"

The old man still floated in the air with his feet off the ground, Mu Xiao was horrified in his heart At the same time, the ghost sent the god to take the old man's gourd, and when he looked up and poured it, the smell of wine wafted all over the street, and the feeling of ** pierced his throat and hot stomach.

Raised his hand and threw the gourd to the old man, and the wine that was spilled during the period was not dropped back into the reed when the old man raised his hand. The old man's left hand stretched out, and the wine gourd turned around a few times and stopped steadily in his palm.

Mu Xiao stretched out his hand to endure the hot feeling, and smiled slightly at the old man: "Thank you seniors for helping you with wine, and you will get drunk with your seniors in the future." ”

"Go!" the old man raised his hand and smiled, and before Mu Xiao could turn around, he disappeared out of thin air.

Mu Xiao turned around and walked back, but found that everything in front of him was turned upside down, and he was dazzled and fell into the street all at once. Mu Xiao, who was not drunk for a thousand cups, was finally confused at this moment.