Chapter 25 third quarter

It's past midnight. Ji Ye squatted on the tree, stomped his feet, and felt that his soft boots fit well.He didn't wear the glorious armor of the imperial guards, but only a black military uniform with a long rope on his shoulder. He had heard of this kind of attire from a book, and it was said that Tianluo's assassins wore it, so that they could be hidden in the dark and no one could distinguish them, and they walked without making the slightest sound, killing people in the middle of the night without a sound. According to the "Battle Records of the Four Governors", Emperor Qiangwei's army has quite a few such masters. They often cannot outwit the opponent, but they can make the opponent's general lose their heads inexplicably at night.Ji Ye bought a set from a vendor, and at night when his family was asleep, he put on black clothes to practice guns, imagining that he was a mysterious warrior who came and went under Emperor Qiangwei's command.

But today is different. For the first time, he wants to put the clothes to practical use. He spun the rope with the hook over his head, only to find that the whirring of the thing was far from silent.He wanted to take back some strength, but the rope immediately softened and almost entangled him.He had to untie himself and start waving again.After practicing for a while, he finally got some feeling for the flying hook, but with a wave of his hand, not only did he not hit the tree behind the wall, but smashed a broken vat in the corner to pieces. The loud sound was heard far away in the quiet night, and he was so startled that he shrank his head in the shade of a tree. For a long time, he only saw a cat on the corner of the street scurrying past without a sound, but no one came over.

Ji Ye breathed a long sigh of relief, and couldn't help but think that the assassins in Emperor Rose's army might not all be super skilled fighters, or they had smashed other people's tanks before, but they were just killed by careless night watchmen. ignored. After trying several times in a row, the hook finally hit a tree branch that was thick enough.Ji Ye became happy, tugged, and jumped into the yard suddenly.The landing was smooth, and he quickly rolled over, holding the blue shark at his waist, and looked around, but found no one.A little proud of himself, he took a few steps close to the wall, squatted with his back against the wall, and listened to the movement in the room.The house was silent, and there were no lights in the windows.He looked up at the sky, and there were dark clouds covering the sky, covering the night. According to the book, this was a good time to strike.

He leaned against the wall and flashed to the front door.He had never learned how to pick locks, so he felt a little uneasy, and he didn't know whether the key sold by Heluo merchants, which was said to be able to open 90% of the world's locks, would work.He touched the door lock, pulled it, and with a "snap", the lock fell off by itself.Ji Ye hurriedly bent down to pick it up in his hand, without making a sound, he cried out in his heart that he was glad that this lock almost broke his business.He thought that the people in the jade shop were really careless, they didn't even lock the door at night, these items were worth hundreds of gold baht, if they ran into a thief, wouldn't they steal it all?

After thinking about it, he realized that he was a thief, and he felt a little uncomfortable. He groped into the house, crossed the big jade sea lightly, bowed his head and flashed under the colorful jade parrot.When he came last time, he secretly took note of the location. Although it was dark, he could still judge the location by the shadow.The piece of blue jade was still hanging on the window, and there was only a dark shadow. He was not interested in this, so he fumbled for the door leading to the back hall.The light from outside came in, and all the jade objects reflected a glimmer of light, allowing him to barely see the passage clearly.

The door of the back hall should be at the right corner of the room, hidden in the darkness, he reckoned that it would be a few steps away, so he couldn't help but quicken his pace. He suddenly felt that he had stepped on something and fell headlong.After all, practicing martial arts for many years was not a waste of time. When he lost his balance, he bent over and rolled sideways, half crouching in the darkness.Just as he said it was safe in his heart, he saw a little flame jumping up in front of him. Behind the flame was a thin old face with two dim eyes looking at him in a daze.Ji Ye was so startled that he almost jumped up and almost shouted, but he heard the man chuckle softly: "So it's you! Did you come to find that jade ring?"

It was the old jade worker. Ji Ye was stunned for a while, touched his face, and found that he forgot to put on his veil.The veil was still in his girdle.He completely lost confidence, hesitantly looked at the jade worker holding the tinder, and simply sat down cross-legged. "You said you would come back, but I was still waiting for you, but I didn't expect to come back like this." Yu Gong smiled and blew out the tinder. Ji Ye lowered his head and remained silent.He understood that he actually stepped on Yu Gong's leg just now, and Yu Gong was sitting in the pile of jade wares.

"Originally I kept the jade ring for you, but someone came during the day and bought it away." The jade worker patted the ashes on his leg and said, "I am also a customer who has been here before. I like that jade ring, so I can't refuse it." .” Ji Ye stayed for a long time: "You...don't sleep late at night?" "Get up and look at these things, I didn't expect someone to come in." Himeno suddenly understood why the lock was open.His face blushed quietly. It seemed that being an assassin was indeed not an easy task, and he couldn't even be a thief well.

"Is it because you don't have enough money?" Yugong said calmly, "You are a forbidden army who doesn't know how to deal with money. You don't have much money depending on the military salary." Himeno lowered his head.He really has no money, although Ji Qianzheng never wanted his money, but the money he had saved up and down was less than twenty gold baht, and Lu Guichen often used the money for drinking and gambling. Push the saved gold baht to Lu Guichen.Lu Guichen always didn't want it, but Ji Ye forced him, so Lu Guichen had no choice but to take it.

"Actually, jade is a worthless thing." The jade worker sighed, "There is no need for this." "Sir, why don't you sleep late at night?" As soon as Ji Ye said it, he felt that his question was really stupid. "I'm leaving here, I'm reluctant, get up and look at these things." "leave?" "The rent in Nanhuai City is too expensive. The rough stones of these jades are getting more and more expensive, and the money I earn can't afford the rent. I am a small shop, no more business than a big shop, sometimes ten and a half days Yue couldn't sell anything. Since I saved some money, I wanted to go back to Qinyang. But I couldn't bear it." Yugong said in a low voice.

Both fell silent. "Hehe, it can be considered a bit of fate," the jade worker smiled, "the snake jade is gone, and I can't afford to give it away. Do you want to pick another jade ring? I'll give it to you, and I will be the last customer." Ji Ye shook his head. "Is it for a friend?" Himeno nodded. "White water scours all the sand, and the girl's temples turn white. The people who wash the yarn return late, and we gather lotus together in the same boat." Yugong hummed a little tune in a low voice. For some reason, Ji Ye felt heavy in his heart, and after the two of them sat facing each other for a while, Ji Ye quietly withdrew, and Yu Gong didn't speak to him again.