night

Contradiction.

In the Northern War in Kyoto, the clouds were surging and thundering, and I don't know when it will stop.

In the south of Yueyang, the undercurrent is rolling, and I don't know who will do it.

Yueyang City, the junction of the north and south of the city, is thousands of feet above the ground.

Black, two eagle eagles from the east, wandering in the night. Even if the moon is full tonight, there is still bright light to be seen. But under this dark sky, almost no one could see the figures of these two eagles.

Because, it's too dark.

Carving, pitch black. The person standing on the back of the eagle is even darker. The pitch-black night suit was as black as ink, so black that even the moonlight could not touch his silhouette. There are two exposed eyes, condensed into a dark color, and they look down from the sky.

And below, is the Yueyang Palace, which is almost deserted.

The prosperity is gone, the desolation is as usual, and the night is quiet.

Vines grew all over the walls of the palace. I can't see how many huge hundred-year-old banyan trees there are, waving their claws, almost obscuring all the sight from above to below. There are only a few cold lights left, and they can still emit some sparse light through the lush branches and leaves.

And a couple of figures on the night watch, patrolling ...

"It's always a little weird. ”

The voice was a little worried: "Could it be that kid who deliberately dug a pit for us?"

"Yes, that's possible. ”

"Go back?"

Another man in black shook his head slightly: "I don't think he will push us to death." ”

Brush...

As soon as he finished speaking, the man in black who spoke changed his words sharply and said in a low voice: "Ready!"

“......”

Look down.

The two eyes fell on the main hall in the center of the palace. At this time, the guards patrolling the perimeter of the palace were patrolling around the wall gate and into the distance. In front of the main entrance of the main hall, a visual blind spot with no one patrolling is formed.

"Let's go!"

"Huh!"

After drinking lightly, the man in black who had spoken before jumped from the back of the eagle and fell from the back of the eagle! The surroundings of the high altitude were pitch black, and his jump was like jumping into a pool of ink lake, and he disappeared in an instant.

"Huh... What a sin. ”

"Huh!"

Now, the arrow is on the bow, and the man in black is left, even if he is unwilling, he can't retreat. sighed, stiffened, and learned from the appearance of the man in black before, and also jumped and fell from the back of the eagle.

Whew...

Only the cold wind was whistling, but the invisible figure fell, and the two big birds flew into the distance.

On the ground, the wild grass is green, and the banyan tree is salsa.

A gloomy wind flickered.

The wind is not strong, like the evening breeze caressing. It can also be blown away, the grass and leaves in the deserted courtyard of this palace. Blowing off a few drops, the small night dew that condenses into a full and round at the tip of the leaf drops into the moist soil, and gradually rises a few drops of water slag. and blowing out a very weak little oil lamp...

"Da..."

"Da..."

Call...

The wind passes, and the water falls and the lights go out.

The two old thieves who fell from the sky also followed on the spot.

It's just that, judging from the landing here, the body style of these two people is really not very clever. At least, compared to the two kings who were in the eastern suburbs of the city a few days ago, they were much worse.

When his feet hit the ground, he stepped on two muffled sounds. Although it is not loud, it can be regarded as a movement in this quiet environment. It's no wonder that the two of them had to wait until the guards left before making a move. Otherwise, with this movement, there will inevitably be some clues.

"Sasha..."

Without further ado,

The man in black, who landed first, quickly stretched out his index finger and made a gesture of advancement. Then, leading the latter, the cat bent down, and walked briskly along the door wall, out of diameter.

But, after all.

Don't look at the way these two people did just now. But now that they are walking on this flat ground, they are really coming out of the demeanor of some masters. Landing silently, walking like a strong wind, with the night clothes as black as charcoal, like two shadows walking on the wall. If you don't look closely at the lantern, even if someone is standing nearby, it will be difficult to find the location of these two people.

Swish...

"Right here. ”

"Well..."

The sound is small, like a mosquito moaning.

The sneaky two walked along the door wall, all the way out of the hundred and ten zhang, and touched the open window on the left side of the main hall. At this time, the bodies of the two cats slowly straightened their waists. From the bottom to the top, until the eyes are exposed to the windowsill.

The thief's four eyeballs, dancing under his eyelids, crossed the windowsill and peeked into the temple.

Quiet.

No one, it's pitch black, and it's still so embarrassed.

The rotten tables, chairs, and stools were covered in thick dust. The ceramic rubble that was shattered to the ground could still reflect some light under the reflection of the moonlight that seeped in. Except for the absence of two people who were talking on paper, the empty inner sanctum still seemed to be as dull and desolate as it had been when Xia Xun arrived the previous year.

"Go in?"

“......”

A man in black asked in a whisper,

Turning his head to the side suspiciously, the other man in black did not answer immediately, but looked around carefully, as if to confirm something. However, the surroundings were quiet as usual, and the only living creatures that could move here were a few night mosquitoes hovering above the heads of the two of them.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that there was no word, another man in black followed, rolling his eyes and looking to the side.

"I always feel weird. ”

"What's going on?"

“......”

After looking at it for a while, there was really nothing out of the ordinary. The suspicious man in black had no choice but to grit his teeth.

said: "Let's go and take a look." ”

"Hmmm. ”

As he spoke, he turned his big hand into his palm, pushed open the window and door, turned over with one turn, and easily flipped into the palace.

"Huh..."

The latter is helpless, but it's okay. If you don't come, you're here, what else can you do. As soon as the former came out, he could only follow the back foot and roll over.

One after the other, two black shadows turned into afterimages, and they disappeared with a gust of breeze.

The night mosquitoes, who were originally hovering leisurely over the heads of the two of them, were dumbfounded for a while. Just when they wanted to follow the popularity, they wanted to follow the two of them and fly into the window door...

"It's the New Year, it's really a thief. Suffer..."

"Eh~smack..."

The thief who entered the house was very cautious, and took the window and door that he pushed open.

"The garrison of this palace, why is it not as good as our courtyard?"

"Sasha..."

Perhaps the previous caution was too redundant. Facing the inner hall, which was so empty that it could be swept away at a glance, the two old thieves after entering the house were obviously much more relaxed.

With a wave of his hand, he scattered some of the dreary and almost decaying air.

"Heh, who knows?"

"Yo, tribute..."

A man in black, bent down and picked up a piece of broken porcelain from a vase.

Thick accumulation of dust. It almost obscures the original appearance of this piece of broken porcelain. He stretched out his thumb and swiped across the porcelain surface, leaving a shallow mark of dust. At this time, where the porcelain surface was crossed, an unusually bright red word "An" was revealed, and there were some gold-inlaid lines on both sides of the word.

"It's pretty much the same as the kid said, it hasn't been touched in at least a decade. ”

"Yes, almost. ”

The other man in black did not touch the broken porcelain on the ground. Instead, he walked along the gray-red carpet to the golden lacquer dragon throne in the center of the hall.

"This dragon seat has been around for some years. ”

"Whew. ”

The man in black lifted a corner of his face scarf and blew lightly on the armrest of the seat. The thick dust was immediate, and as the air came out, a thick gray mist was lifted.

"Think about how high-spirited this prince was back then. It's miserable enough to be like this today. ”

"Chirp~"

The man in black who picked up the broken porcelain, put the porcelain piece in the palm of his hand, and shook it with his big hand, and the broken porcelain instantly turned into powder. Gently raise your palms and spill the dust.

Fang Cai said softly: "This is not accurate. According to that kid's meaning, this prince is likely to be a crouching tiger. ”

"If that's the case, it's scary enough. Another man in black stepped down from the dragon seat.

"Bang Bang..."

He patted his dusty palm and slowly glanced around again.

In the end, the speaker's gaze was fixed on the far right of the room, on the huge agarwood bed. More precisely, on the exaggerated game of chess on the bed.

"There should be no if..."

“......”

The game was the same as before, the only place here that had not been stained with dust.

Mahogany carving, gold and stone inlay, the mountains and rivers are distinct, the towns are prominent, and there are fine characters everywhere. The crystal jade stone is carved into countless chess pieces of different sizes, which are divided into black, white and red, and are placed on the plate. Even the pile of white children on the west side that was knocked over by Xia Xun a few years ago was still lying there quietly, as if it had not been moved at all.

“......”

The two men in black approached quietly.

Although, it was expected. But when they really saw this chess game, the eyes of both of them couldn't help but widen a little.

It was a little surprising. As they said just now. A tiger lying in the mountains, hidden in Yueyang City for 20 years. The world thinks that it is just a sick cat waiting to die, but they don't know that if one day, this sick cat can eat people.

"What a Tibetan tiger. Approaching the chessboard, a man in black said.

"Well, it's quite bearable. ”

The speaker, as he spoke, picked up two large red pieces from the chessboard. One was handed to another man in black, and the other was held between two fingers, placed an inch in front of him, and squinted his eyes to look at it carefully.

"Is this what it is?" the other took the chess piece, didn't look at it too much, just looked at it curiously, put it in the palm of his hand, and played with it casually.

"It should be. ”

"It can't be that kid fooling us, right?"

At this time, the other man in black took a serious look again, and the chess pieces in his hand...

However, after watching it for a while, he didn't see anything from the bright red chess piece. Then he looked at the man in black who was still observing, and said, "Isn't it just a bloodstone?

"Not bloodstone. ”

"Look..."

The man in black who spoke handed the chess piece to the other person, and then pressed his two fingers slightly. I saw that with a "click", the chess pieces broke in half in an instant. As the chess pieces cracked, wisps of bright red liquid flowed down the two fingers. The stone skin that encased the chess pieces faded sharply and turned gray.

"What is this?" said another man in black, surprised.

"How do I know..."

Suddenly!

"It's essence blood. ”

"Whose essence blood?"

“......”

Subconsciously asked the four-word question, and the man in black who asked was suddenly stunned! There was a hint of suspicion in his eyes, and then he suddenly raised his eyelids and looked at the other man in black. I saw that another man in black was already full of fear with his eyes wide open. That face is as ugly as it is, and it's no different from seeing a ghost.

"You were talking just now?"

The interviewee, shaking his head with difficulty, did not speak.

"It was the blood of men. ”

“......”

The voice resounded in the empty palace. These words obviously didn't come from the two men in black!

Rather, by the way they are behind ...

“......”