Zi Ning moved the piles of scrolls down from the shelves, piled them up in the back corner, and stacked them into a confined space. Then he carefully hid inside, blocked the scroll in front of him, and covered the top of his head a few more scrolls, crouching in motionless, looking like a pile of debris from a distance.

Zi Ning leaned half-leaning on the bookshelf, thinking, "Endure a few more hours, stay up until it gets dark, and then you can go out." At this time, it was past noon, she hadn't eaten for two days, so she tossed all the way, she didn't feel anything just now, but now she suddenly found that her stomach was hungry and panicked, and "Gollum" kept screaming.

Curled up in the corner for half an hour, tired and sore back and legs, several wounds on his body reopened, hot pain, and cold sweat broke out all over his body.

Zi Ning gritted her teeth, endured it for a long time, and finally forgot the pain, her stomach screamed with hunger again, and she secretly regretted it in her heart: "If I knew this, I should have gone to the kitchen to hide, and by the way, I should have gotten something to eat, even if I was discovered, I would be a full ghost." At this time, I am squatting in the study, so hungry that my chest is close to my back, but unfortunately those books can only be read and not eaten, and I can't starve to death!"

Suddenly, the window was blown open by the wind, and the window paper rattled and rattled, as if a swallow flew in, and the "bang" window was closed again. Zi Ning was startled, and hurriedly calmed down, listened quietly for a while, and then there was no other sound, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

A stream of air in the room slowly fluttered, Zi Ning rubbed her stomach, and muttered to herself: "I'm so hungry, if only there was a baked cake." "I think of the pastries I used to make, the tiramisu, the doughnuts, the cream rice cakes, the mille-feuille...... It was fragrant and glutinous, and I couldn't help but drool and swallow my saliva hard.

The rain outside became more and more urgent, and suddenly the door "creaked", and someone walked softly into the study, swept in a cool breeze, and then the door closed, and the air returned to calm.

Zi Ning hurriedly held her breath and secretly wondered, "Who is this? Why did you come to the study?"

She pressed her stomach tightly with both hands, and said in her heart: "Stomach, you must fight for your anger, don't scream at this time." I couldn't help but secretly call unlucky, and I had to stuff my teeth when I drank water, so it was easy to find a study to hide, why did someone come in.

The man walked lightly, entered the study without making a sound, walked a few steps in front of the bookshelf and stopped. His steps were very steady, and when he stopped, something seemed to be turning in his hands, making a rustling sound.

Zi Ning hid behind the piles of scrolls, and thought to herself: "This footstep is steady and powerful, and extremely flexible, like a young man, could it be the master and slave of the palace? After pricking up his ears and listening for a long time, the man opened the scroll and looked at it twice, then quickly closed it, and then opened another scroll. Over and over again, it's not like flipping through a book, but looking for something.

Zining Lingtai flashed, and suddenly realized, this guy is a thief!

It seems that someone saw that King Huajun was injured, and Zunhua Courtyard was chaotic and noisy, and took the opportunity to run to the study to steal things. Zi Ning muttered to herself, "It's just that I came here to steal things at this time, preventing this girl from hiding and taking refuge." But even if she knew that this person was a thief, she didn't dare to go out and scold, and said in her heart: "I and he are half a pound and eight taels, and we can't see anyone, it's best for him to leave quickly after stealing things, don't drag me down." ”

Then I thought, "If he steals something valuable, will this account be counted on me?" He straightened up slowly, trying to peek out to see what the thief looked like.

As soon as his neck twisted, he suddenly thought: "This Jingxinzhai is the study of the king of Huajun, and no one will put valuable gold and silver items in the study." This guy is rummaging through the bookshelves, what is he looking for?" I vaguely felt that things were not so simple, and the valuables in the study usually hid unspeakable secrets.

She didn't dare to rashly stretch out her head to look, gritting her teeth hard, her whole body tensed, and even her breathing slowed down gently.

The man finished the first row of shelves, walked to the second row, and stood for a long time, apparently looking more seriously. He quickly unfolded one volume, looked through the inside and outside of the scroll, then rolled it up again and put it back in its place, then opened the next volume as if looking for a book.

Zi Ning was a little disappointed, it was impossible for important items to be placed on the bookshelf casually, and this thief kept rummaging through the bookshelf, not looking for valuables. After thinking about it, it became clear that this guy must be a book thief, and he was going to steal a book in the study.

I thought to myself: "Those who steal books are literary thieves, pedantic, and dead-eyed, don't hit the south wall and don't look back, don't stop stealing books." He only cares about flipping through books here and doesn't leave, it is easy to attract the royal palace guards, this is a big trouble, I will really be killed by him!"

The man finished rummaging through the second row of shelves, and moved another row inside, getting closer and closer to where Zi Ning was hiding. She didn't dare to gasp, her chest was very uncomfortable, she expected this guy to leave quickly after stealing valuable things, but she didn't expect him to have a dead virtue, as if he didn't plan to leave.

Her legs were so tired that she could barely support them, and she was almost broken, but she couldn't move, and she wailed in her heart: "This big brother, if you don't leave, I'll go out to help you turn the book." You don't have any interest, it's not good to steal something, you want to steal books! You can steal books, can you change your day and steal them another day?"

The waist straightened, and a scroll covered by the top of the head fell, making a soft "pop" sound.

Zi Ning was startled, sweat broke out on his forehead, and he hurriedly reached out to cover his mouth, only to hear a man shouting: "Who is it?" and pulled out the long sword in his hand.

His voice was thick and powerful, with a deep and magnetic voice, which made Zi Ning feel familiar, but the sound of drawing the sword made her even more frightened, and she froze for a moment, and her hands and feet were cold, not knowing what to do. My heart was pounding, and I thought: "If I go out hard, the book thief will have to kill me, and if I can't get out, I won't be able to hide for a while, and in the end I will die." ”

The aroma of ink in the study flowed slowly, Zi Ning only heard the sound of gentle footsteps moving towards her, and in a trance she noticed that a sword edge was cold, which frightened her soul, and she shrunk her neck and hid behind the pile of books, shouting in a hurry: "What to do, what to do, I don't want to die yet!"

The person smiled in her mind, the sword light in her hand flashed, she screamed desolately, and suddenly a beam of blood mist erupted, and her body was in a different place. If someone came to collect the body, they would find her staring at her with a pair of empty eyes, and she would not be able to see her.

How miserable this scene is, Zi Ning couldn't help but hate in her heart, "If this is really the case, it is better to be poisoned by Mama Yan a few days ago, and you can still leave a whole corpse." ”

The man's footsteps suddenly stopped, and he grabbed a sword flower in his hand, pointed above the roof, and shouted, "Come down!"

"Hmph!" With a girl's soft call, "Bold thief, take your life!" A light figure flew down from the wooden rafters above his head, and stabbed at the man with a sword in an instant.

"When!when!when!"

Between the lightning and the fire, the two swords intertwined, making a crisp sound like a dragon's groan.

Zi Ning was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth, and thought: "Something big has happened, how can there be another person in the blink of an eye, it is actually a woman who knows martial arts." Hearing the two of them fighting together, there was an indescribable feeling in my heart, this study was really a good place, there was a male thief who stole books, and a female thief hid in the house.

She was so frightened just now that her back was cold, her neck was stiff, and her head was sweating, so she eased her emotions and thought, "When did this female thief come, I don't even know at all." "On second thought, could it be the swallow that flew in through the window just now? If that's the case, the female thief's light body kung fu is quite powerful.

The house was lively, the sound of "ping pong" fighting came and went, swords and swords everywhere, Zi Ning hid behind the bookshelf, and couldn't see what they were doing, only heard the sound of the book pen holder falling to the ground, the room was full of "banging", the afterimages were shaking, the two were agile and fast, "whooshing" flew and jumped in all directions, and the sound of the wind and the sound of the sword were mixed together.

The man was dressed in black, and the girl was dressed in a dark yellow dress, and her long hair danced behind her with the shadows. Zi Ning was separated by two rows of bookshelves, and she couldn't see the moves they used, but their bodies were extremely light, and they heard the crisp sound of two sword blades intertwining and colliding, but there was no footsteps or wheezing at all, obviously both of them were masters.

The two fought for dozens of rounds, but still refused to stop, Zi Ning was nervous and anxious, and scolded in her heart: "Two bastards, this is the study, not a place for you to fight." If the fight is so dark, it will be difficult to solve, and it will affect this girl! Wait a while to alarm the servants of the Zunhua Academy, and none of the three of us will be able to escape. ”

After a few more rounds, the girl quickly fell to the upper ground, and her body fell sharply in mid-air, crashing into a row of bookshelves, and the rosewood shelves shattered. The scrolls of bamboo slips smashed into Zining's face, she couldn't help but raise her hand to block it, and when she stood up suddenly, her legs couldn't help but feel numb, and she couldn't even move a step.

The man did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and stood in place with his sword in hand, looking at the girl with cold eyes. The girl was not lightly injured, and barely got up from the messy pile of books, panting and said, "You...... You are not from the king's house. ”

A trace of indifference crossed the man's eyes, and he said coldly: "Of course not. ”

The girl propped up the bluestone ground with her long sword, and couldn't help asking, "This sword technique is a secret that is not passed down, why do you make this move 'Three-Element Qi'?" The voice trembled slightly, obviously shocked by the swordsmanship used by the man.

Putting away the cold long sword behind him, the man took a step closer to her, nodded and said, "Oh, it turns out that this trick is called Three-Element Qihua, you just used this trick, I just learned it by the way." Although this sword move has some subtlety, it is too frivolous, and it is difficult to enter the metaphysical decency after all. ”

The girl clenched her teeth and glared fiercely at the man, and the two looked at each other, neither of them would back down, and they both heard the movement behind the bookshelf, but they also ignored it completely.

Zi Ning moved the sandalwood shelf that was smashed on her feet, jumped and jumped with her hands on the wall, and whispered in her mouth: "My feet are numb, my feet are numb......" She really wanted to jump out of the window, but both windows were on the other wall, too far away from her position, if she jumped out of the window to escape, she had to pass in front of the two people.

Stomping her numb feet twice, Zi Ning was secretly worried, thinking that she couldn't go out rashly, waved her hand to say hello to them, and then said casually: "The two of you are fighting slowly, this girl is not accompanied, so go first." ”

If this is the case, the swords in the hands of the two will definitely not be polite, stabbing one after the other, and in the blink of an eye, there are two more big holes in her body.

Suddenly, I heard the man laugh loudly: "The girl's kung fu is good, but it's a pity, the sword technique of the Midao School is just a small skill of carving insects, but it is wrong for your cultivation!" The tip of his sword was raised upward, and then there was a crisp sound of "dang", and the girl's long sword was thrown out of her hand and fell on the bluestone slab, and there was an extra blood mark on the tiger's mouth holding the sword. ————