Chapter 5 Chapter 3 Dragon's Breath (2)

Mr. Chayao's eyes lit up, and the Sanfang Ningzhou to the west of Sanmei is the teayao, Jinshan and Nanyao, and it is actually a rich place in Ningzhou.He secretly calculated that the incident at Yuhe Pavilion would inevitably lead to chaos in the world, and if Tea Key used the power of barbarians to use both hard and soft tactics, it would not be impossible to win the three parties.Although it is said that Yuheting is a treacherous and cunning old man, after it is done, it is afraid that it will be no different from Yidongtian, and it may not allow them to sleep comfortably beside the couch; In the coming year, if he competes with Yuhe Pavilion again for this world, it is still unknown who will win.

He opened his mouth wide, imagining tens of thousands of troops rushing into Qingdu like ants under his command, a carriage with four white horses, with white swan tail feathers on the roof, leading him to the Shenmu situation at the top. Xiao Si gently poked his elbow, and the heat in Mr. Tea Key's mind disappeared, and he suddenly remembered that the protagonist of the covenant that Yuheting was going to make was not Tea Key, but Sha Tuo.He hurriedly said: "The city lord is so generous, the covenant must be fulfilled. But this time I came, but there was a message from King Shatuo, he said that the city lord must help him find something in the city of Yanhuo, unless the lord can let this thing go. I'll take it back with him to show our sincerity."

"But it's weird," Yu Heting pondered, "What is he looking for?" "Dragon's Breath." When Tea Key said the name, he seemed to tremble slightly, "It's a stone called 'Dragon's Breath'. King Shatuo said that this stone was a long-lost treasure of the barbarians. The stone should be in the hands of an old Heluo named Mo Tong." "Oh, what is this, and what's the use for it?" Yu Heting asked again, he looked down at the tea calmly, then rolled up his eyelids to look at Master Tea Key and Xiao Si, and saw that the two were also the same The face is blank.

With a gloomy face, Yuheting twirled his beard, pondered for a while, and then said: "Okay. It's just that Lao Heluo lives in the lower city, and Tie Wenzhou and I haven't made a clear decision at the moment, so it's not easy to make a clear move... " He turned his head and said to Grimace, "Call Venerable Long Zhu here." The commander of the government soldiers, Long Zhuzun, strode into the room very quickly. Yu Heting frowned when he saw that his face was covered with bruises. He didn't ask any more questions, and said in a simple way: "Find someone, find someone named Mo Tong." The old He Luo is holding something called 'Dragon's Breath'. When you find it, give it to the tea key master." When Long Buer turned to leave, he added: "Find someone smarter."

Xiao Si endured hunger and hunger for a long time, and when he saw that the important matter was concluded, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face, and waited for Yuhe Pavilion to call someone to serve the food. But I heard two pecks on the door, and someone whispered outside the door: "My lord, Lu Mo is back." Then I heard light footsteps on the stairs, and there was a creak, and someone pushed the door and entered the inner room next door. room. Yu Heting raised the cup in his hand and turned around: "Tea, please." According to Yuren etiquette, this means seeing off guests.

Xiao Si was furious in his heart, and after walking out with the young master, he was still muttering: "His grandma, what does this mean? Pick up girls by yourself, let us leave us alone?" But when he was on the stairs, Daheng came forward to greet him and cupped his fists and said: "After all, it's not safe here. Master Yu dare not let the two distinguished guests stay longer. The carriages and horses have been prepared, so please go to the Beishan Road in the upper city. Have fun." Xiaosi turned from anger to joy, and said loudly: "It's not too bad. Hurry up and lead the way, and send soldiers to Beishan Road!"

In the house, Yu Heting was not in a hurry to meet Lu Mo, he turned his head to the silent grimace and asked, "How is the person I asked you to find?" "Already set off." "How is this person?" "If he really kills that person tonight, it will be reliable." Grimace said calmly. "Sha Tuo is looking for this piece of dragon's breath, it's very strange, can you find out what clues?" "No." Grimace replied briefly.His voice came from behind the mask, with a heavy metallic sound. He added: "However, there is another rumor. It is said that Shatuo sent a secret envoy to see Lord Tie, probably because of this stone. I am afraid that no matter who helps him find that stone, he will be with him. alliance."

The smile on Yuheting's face suddenly disappeared, and he asked, "Oh, what is the origin of this messenger?" Grimace squatted on the spot like a log, and he replied calmly: "I don't know, I just know that it's a young man with a white camel and he came alone." Yu Heting snorted again, and said: "Find this messenger, kill him, and find a way to push it to Tie, without leaving any traces." Grimace nodded calmly.Under the candlelight, his iron mask was as terrifying as the face of a ferocious god, and there were not many people in the entire Fireweary City who would be willing to face such a face.

Minocho Looking at the heroic female general outside the courtyard, Mo Tong couldn't help sighing: "I didn't expect Miss Yun to grow up so big." The corner of Yun Peichan's mouth curled up, and she said with a smile: "Lord Sikong, I found you here as expected." Mo Tong touched his bald head with few hairs left, and grinned: "I'm not used to this name, you should follow your childhood habit and call me Uncle Mo." "Uncle is uncle." Yun Peichan said, flipping off his cloak, and jumped off the horse as lightly as a swallow.The four companions followed her to get off the horse, but they didn't enter the yard, they just pulled the horse outside.Yun Peichan came in alone, looked at the mess in the courtyard, and those wooden puppets standing under the trees and looking up at the sky in a daze, couldn't help smiling: "Is Uncle Mo still playing with these wooden things? I remember when I was a child Uncle Mo made the car for me."

Mo Tong scratched his head embarrassingly, picked up the broken chicken coop and threw it into the corner: "I'm getting old, and I'm not good at craftsmanship, it's a mess." Yun Peichan was dressed in shining armor and covered with a fiery red cloak. She looked vigorous and agile, but there was a lingering worry on her brows.She untied a short dagger from her belt, handed it to Old Heluo, and said, "This is something my father sent you. He said that if you saw this thing, you would know what he wants you to do." That being said, she paused and added, "My father, I want you to save our city."

Lao Heluo lowered his head and stroked the smooth scabbard of the dagger.The scabbard looked dull in color, gray and inconspicuous, but when the blade was pulled out, the water vapor on it was hazy, and it only stopped in the air for a while, as if water was about to drip from it. Lao Heluo recalled slowly: "I gave this knife to your father thirty years ago. At that time, your father hadn't received the hereditary title. We wandered around the Eastern Continent together and did a lot of stupid things. And crazy things. Then he became the city lord, and everything changed..." "I don't want to listen to your old stories," Yun Peichan said, "It's not easy for large troops to enter the city, and they are all waiting in an inn outside the west gate. Uncle Mo, take that thing with you, and come with us now." .” Lao Heluo wasn't angry either, and smiled hehehe: "You have been impatient since you were young, and you are always in a hurry when you drink water. " "Uncle Mo!" Yun Peichan stomped her feet. "Don't worry, you won't be leaving so fast, let's all sit inside." Although Lao Heluo was smiling, his tone was firm, and there was no room for refutation. Although Yun Peichan has a quick temper, she also understands this little Heluo's temper, so she had no choice but to say to his subordinates: "You guys, tie up your horses and come in." As Lao Heluo led them into the house, he apologized and said, "I'm sorry, I don't have anything good to entertain you, not even water." I don't know how Lao Heluo controlled it. The yard used to be full of wind and thunder, but now The six of them passed through the empty field, but nothing happened. "You're welcome, I brought good wine here, Uncle Mo will definitely like it." Yun Peichan said, and asked his men to untie the big cowhide bag on his belt. Mo Tong sniffled his nose suddenly, overjoyed and said: "Ah, this is the best black wild rice wine!" Yun Peichan entered the house, looked at the empty room, and found that apart from the big bed and a low table, there was not even a place to sit, so she couldn't help being stunned.Lao Heluo quickly moved out a few futons, patted off the dust on them, and asked everyone to sit cross-legged.Yuren has a strict hierarchy and pays attention to etiquette. The four guards refused to sit down, but stood behind Yun Peichan with their hands behind their backs.Lao Heluo found out more rough porcelain bowls and distributed them to everyone, but the four of them still didn't take them. The wine was poured into the bowl, the color was dark, and with the ripples in circles, the aroma rushed to the face. Mo Tonghou was impatient and ignored the etiquette, so he got up first and took a big gulp, almost half of the wine in the bowl went down. "Oh," he squinted his eyes and said slowly, "You guys can still get the black wild rice wine from Yuezhounan. I haven't drunk it for many years, and I almost forgot the taste." Yun Peichan picked up the thick porcelain bowl and took a sip. When she put it down, she saw a few cracks on the edge of the bowl, she couldn't help frowning, and put the bowl down.She said: "Uncle Mo, you are doing well together, and you are having a good time in Nanyao. Why did you hide in this ghostly place?" Old Heluo Motong took another big mouthful, then sighed contentedly and said, "It's not because of this stone that I've been hiding for so many years." "Many years ago, when I left Nanyao, I made a promise to your father - I will protect this star meteorite even if I die. If Nanyao is in trouble, if he sends someone to return this dagger to me, then I will go back with the stone—this is a promise made in the name of the God of Forging," Old Heluo said solemnly, "But this time, I will miss the appointment." "Oh?" Yun Peichan's eyes widened for a moment, and the expressions of the guards behind her also changed. Yun Peichan asked: "Why? Is the stone gone?" Mo Tong gulped down the wine, and replied vaguely: "Why, it's in the red box over there." The corner of Yun Peichan's mouth twitched imperceptibly. She looked at the box, then turned around and said, "Shatuoman has gathered 40,000 troops to sweep Ningxi. Along the way, I saw that many villages were in ruins, and many people were tied to trees and burned alive. These are bow-legged murderous savages. They roasted the captured Yuren on the fire, cut off their tongues, beheaded their fingers, and gouged out their eyes... This is the most critical moment, Uncle Mo , Nanyao is in danger." Mo Tong lowered his head and sighed again: "Shatuo is very vicious and treacherous, I knew that a long time ago." "Tea Key is also in Yuren Town, not only did not stop Shatuoman, but also secretly collude with them." "I know this too." Yun Peichan raised her black brows and said loudly, "Uncle Mo, we really need this stone to fight Shatuo." Lao Heluo drank up a bowl, and without any hesitation, filled another bowl for himself.He narrowed his eyes slightly with a flushed face, smelled the aroma of the black wild rice wine and said, "You are not sent by your father." Yun Peichan let out an "ah", her face flushed.She looked at this plain old guy in surprise: "How do you know?" "You don't know what kind of power is contained in that star meteorite, but your father does." Mo Tong raised his eyelids and looked at this young girl full of fire and sunshine. "I know!" Yun Peichan said loudly, "I know that I can use it to call fire, sweeping the fields with flames, and burning piles of cavalry to death; Swamp, trapped Shatuo's cavalry... As long as there is a corresponding warlock, its power can be awakened; I know that with it, Nanyao can be saved." "You know," Old He Luo looked at her with drunken hazy eyes, "What is a star meteorite? "Of course I know," Yun Peichan said with her chin raised in disbelief, "Star meteorites are fragments of stars that have fallen to the ground." "Yes, they are also called Bingjue. The source of all our power in Kyushu comes from the stars. The legends of the six major races are different, but they all agree that it was the fragments of stars scattered around the earth that gave life to Kyushu during the Battle of the Ruins. And full of vitality. All those lives, all those human feathers, fish, birds, insects, flowers, plants and trees... all have tiny dust-like fragments of stars buried in their bodies, so they can fly, swim, crawl, run, jump, Roaring, fighting and procreating. Different races and different people feel the power of the stars differently." Yun Peichan nodded.She is a Yuren, so she naturally wants to feel the power of the bright moon.On nights that belong to the bright moon, Yuren can clearly feel a string beating behind their ears. When this string plays the cadenza that Yuren comprehends in their hearts, they can spread their wings and fly into the sky.Only a very small number of pure black wing feather people will feel the more powerful but evil power of Shadow Moon. All races are afraid of Gu Xuan, the invisible death star.But for Yuren, the most terrifying celestial body in the sky is the shadow moon entangled beside the bright moon.When Yingyue's power grows stronger, Mingyue is suppressed, but those black-winged and feathered people can have a terrifying sensory power, which is enough to confuse, disaster, and confuse the entire Ningzhou.All the disasters that swept through Ningzhou in history, with terrible fire and blood, were all related to the increase of Shadow Moon's power. Shadow Moon is Ningzhou's sworn enemy. "Hey!" Yun Peichan yelled angrily, "Does what you said have anything to do with Dragon's Breath?" Lao Heluo said solemnly: "This stone comes from a fragment of Shadow Moon." There was a moment of silence in the room.The sky outside has already darkened, and the darkness is pressing on everyone's brows. "Where is it so scary?" Yun Peichan's eyes were shining brightly, like beasts, the sharper they were in the dark.She held the scabbard at her waist with her left hand, and suddenly slapped the tiger's mouth with her right hand. The knife in the sheath suddenly screamed, jumped out more than half a foot, and fell back with a loud bang. "There is no difference between good and bad knives, it just depends on whose hands it is in. The same is true for this stone-didn't you and my father use it to fight against three thousand barbarian cavalry with two hundred men?" The flesh on Lao Heluo's face twitched, as if he remembered what happened back then. "We did win that time," he said, clutching his wine bowl, "but more than a hundred of the two hundred people who didn't see the victory, all of them twisted and fell on the fire-burned field. There, bones and flesh mingled together like broken flour sacks. They were neither killed by the barbarians, nor burned by the fire they called up..." Mo Tong's eyes flashed a terrible light in the darkness, and he said slowly: "They died by overflowing." "Isn't it only the charm that can overflow?" Yun Peichan hesitated for a moment before asking. Lao Heluo shook his head: "The overflow of people is terrible. The body can no longer restrain the spiritual power, and they spew out from every pore of the body. The power of the dragon's breath is too great. Over the years, I have I have been thinking about it, but I have never figured out how powerful it is, that is beyond my knowledge. Nanyao City will not be able to restrain its spiritual power, nor can it digest the power of the stone, so I brought it Let's go." Yun Peichan knew that in He Luo's eyes, all man-made objects, whether weapons, buildings, or cities, had their own lives, and living objects would also die.What would happen if the city overflowed? "Don't be superstitious about the power of stones, this is a bowl of poisoned wine," said Lao Heluo, draining the wine in his bowl, "It won't save Nanyao, it will only make it more painful to die. Don't go there Touch it, don't try to sense it, it's too dangerous." "You've talked so much about how terrifying it is, but you've been hiding it all by yourself for so many years." Yun Peichan lowered her head, let go of her anger, and suddenly changed into a relaxed and gentle tone, "I don't believe it. You have already lost it. Uncle Mo, you have already lost this stone, right?" When the guard standing behind her heard her words, his heart skipped a beat, and his ears felt hot.Although the moon has not yet risen, the room seems to be filled with the brilliance of the bright moon.They knew that she had used the moon charm technique, although the technique was superficial, even they could see the clues, but the old Heluo didn't seem to notice it, his cheeks were already hot from drinking, like a hot copper jug . "You must be afraid of it, you should have thrown it away." Yun Peichan continued, her voice was as sweet as the fragrance of gardenia, and it swayed away. Old Heluo made a face like a child and jumped up.He turned around twice in a daze, then staggered to the bed, and made a few gestures in the air in front of the thin thread.They seemed to see golden ripples rippling in the surrounding air, and Mo Tong must be breaking a spell.He gently untied the red box, brought it over, and put it down on the low table. "This is Dragon's Breath." Mo Tong raised his head and said proudly. The other five people did not speak, and held their breath to look at the things in his hand. It was a tongue-shaped transparent object as crystal clear as jade, as big as a cow's heart, said to be a stone, more like a piece of unmelting ice, with three ancient characters "Dragon's Breath" engraved on it.When Mo Tong pressed his fingers on it, they actually saw light patterns rippling outward from the pressing place, like water ripples. "No one has ever seen such a big meteorite. Never," Old Heluo repeated, "never." He closed the heavy box lid with a click, and put the box beside the wine bowl. "I can't drink any more," he murmured, taking a few more sips from his bowl. Yun Peichan persuaded him, "Uncle Mo, you can't drink very much, so drink less." "How do you say that?" Mo Tong was most afraid that people would say he couldn't drink, so he widened his red eyes, grabbed another bowl, and filled it up for himself.Now he has a bowl in each hand, taking a sip from the left and another from the right. "I won't get drunk. I haven't drunk authentic black wild rice wine for many years. Besides, I'm happy to see you..." Lao Heluo said inarticulately, "It's getting dark, you can go out and see by yourself Look, in the shadow of the bright moon, is the copper color getting redder? The shadow moon is approaching the closest orbit to the earth. Don't touch it. This is a bowl of poisoned wine..." Old Heluo muttered, he In his eyes, Yun Peichan's smile became more and more blurred, his tongue grew bigger, and he couldn't even hear what he was talking about. "What's going on?" He thought in a daze, there's something wrong with the wine, this damn girl. But by the time he realized this, it was too late.Lao Heluo struggled desperately to say something, he muttered: "Do the stars have their own consciousness? If so, don't they have joy, sorrow, anger, seven emotions and six desires like ordinary people? If not, how can they affect the operation of the world, how can they affect the world? What about the unfathomable fate of those people on earth?..." No, he shook his head vigorously, this is not what he wanted to say, the little girl wanted to steal the stone, and he still had something very important to say. "Fifteen years ago, fifteen years ago..." he said with a chuckle, and raised his index finger. Before he finished speaking, he suddenly tilted his head and lay on the ground. After a while, he snored loudly, but the finger was still standing . Yun Peichan smiled slightly: "There are so many Qingyang souls in the wine, it's not easy for this old drunkard to be able to withstand such a few bowls. This is also the problem with Mo Sikong. He obviously can't drink, but he still can't drink." Like to drink." "Princess, what should we do?" A guard behind him asked.The man had a gray beard around his cheeks, obviously he had followed her for a long time. "Of course it's to take the star meteorite away." Yun Peichan said. She bent down and reached for the dragon's breath. "Hush, don't move." The guard with the white beard suddenly said softly. Yun Peichan froze for a moment, only feeling a slight chill in her ears.At some point, a hairy eight-legged black spider appeared on the table next to the box, swinging its triangular head, and staring at them viciously with dozens of compound eyes. "It's a poisonous jumping spider," said the guard slowly, as if afraid that the sound might wake it.The poison of this kind of spider is several times stronger than that of the five-step snake, and it appeared suddenly, only half a foot away from Yun Peichan's outstretched bare arm. The spider's head was raised backwards, and its eight claws pressed Hold it tight, and it will pounce on you at any time. The guard slowly drew out the long sword that he carried with him. The black spider was extremely alert. Sensing the movement, it bounced three or four centimeters high, and opened its mouth in the air to bite Yun Peichan's hand.Yun Peichan dodged back, and with a flick of her bodyguard's wrist, the poisonous spider was neatly divided into two halves, with four legs on each side, and fell to the ground. "Is this ghost thing hidden in a box?" They muttered. Yun Peichan quickly picked up the stone, wrapped it in a piece of leather, and put it in her bosom.She looked at Mo Tong, who was drunk on the table, and the empty box thrown aside. With a thought, she picked up a broken brick from the ground nearby, carved the word "Yunshi" on it, stuffed it into the box, and then Hooked the red box back to the thin wire and let it dangle there. "Let him know that I took the stone." She said, "After killing Sha Tuo, I will bring this stone to apologize to him. Let's go." She reached out to push the door, and a faint white light flashed silently outside the door, but the impatient Yun Peichan didn't notice it.They rushed out and stood on the corridor in front of the house, surprised to find that there is a yard outside? San no Wu The five of them stood in a large circular stone room, with a faint light shining down from the vault, surrounded by twelve stone gates arranged in a staggered manner, and each stone gate was engraved with a figure representing a star. They have fallen into the maze of the old river. There could only be one exit from those stone gates, but the five of Yun Peichan and the others didn't have the time to look for it, because the six wooden puppets—with sharp iron hooks as long as a foot at the end of their arms—formed a battle team. Type, in front of you. Although Yun Peichan and the guards under him were surprised, they stretched out their hands and drew their swords at the same time. These actions were all completed in an instant. The two guards under her did not say a word, one on the left and one on the right rushed out, but surrounded the puppets in the middle. The subordinates that Yun Peichan brought to Yanhuo City are all well-trained warriors selected from Nanyao City.At this time, seeing that things have changed, before the puppet can act, he has already made the first move, trying to fight his way out. The two wooden puppets picked up their heavy iron claws and struck them down. Although their movements were clumsy, the blow had a sharp wind sound, which seemed very domineering. Yuren is quick in movement, but suffers from lack of strength, and generally does not use brute force to fight in close combat.Those two guards were even more nimble, they were like wearing flowers, they suddenly switched positions from left to right, they had already dodged the overwhelming blow, the two swords lifted up and made two snatching sounds, they had already slashed at the two wooden men neck.If this was a battle, the two generals facing each other must have settled for it, but the two puppets had swords in their necks, but they didn't seem to notice it—it turned out that although they were clumsy and ineffective in their movements, they were all with swords. Made of native iron wood, this kind of wood is extremely hard, even if a sword in the hand of a feathered man can cut through a chain armor, it will only leave a light white mark. At this time, the six wooden puppets, regardless of whether they have caught up with the enemy or not, have already danced their arms together, and the iron claws on their arms are shining coldly.The figure and size of the puppet are quite different from Yuren's. They are round and short, but their arms are unusually long, so the moves they use are bizarre and unreasonable. The two guards couldn't resist and backed up again and again. Yun Peichan's eyes were sharp, and she saw that there was a small receiver on the back of the puppet, and some thin steel wires came out of it, passing in and out of the holes on the puppet's body, making an unpleasant friction sound, and the arms and legs of the puppet were They all danced along. She gestured to the remaining two guards.The two nodded and jumped off the field together, seemingly bravely rushing towards the wooden man who was standing first, then suddenly bent lightly, trying to go around behind it to cut off the steel wires. The two guards had been watching on the steps for a long time, and they saw that those puppets were not able to fight with others, but just played a fixed set of moves on their own, three left and four right, two up and one down; It's just that once caught in the formation, the twelve long arms waved wildly like a madman, and there were heavy arms in all directions, which was really hard to resist. At this time, a guard blocked the puppet's claws from the front, and the guard with the white beard lowered his head, rolled from the long wooden elbow to the back of the puppet, jumped up, and was about to chop off the puppet according to the box on its back. Suddenly, there was a creaking sound, and the wooden puppet's neck suddenly turned 180 degrees, facing the guard. The bearded guard saw the rough facial features chiseled out with a big axe on the wooden man's head, and there was a green gemstone in each of the two eye sockets, staring at him glisteningly green, so he couldn't help being startled.He suddenly heard the sound of the wind in the back of his head, and saw the wooden man clasped his hands behind his back, and grabbed his two gleaming iron claws towards him, the sound of air tearing pierced his eardrums. It turned out that each of those puppets had four joints on each arm, which could be bent in all directions, and they turned suddenly at an unbelievable angle.The guard was horrified, and rolled over the soles of the puppet's feet on the spot, and the clothes on the back brushed, and two big slits were torn out.He rolled out of the circle, covered in cold sweat. Seeing that they couldn't resist, Yun Peichan shouted: "Go back quickly." They returned to the corridor, pushed their backs, pushed the door open, retreated quickly, and then blocked the door with all their hands, only then did they feel that something was wrong . The room where they drank with Lao Heluo was surrounded by long windows, but at the moment they were surrounded by thick gray brick walls, forming a hexagonal shape, with three narrow doors on each wall.The five of them came out of the door on one of the walls. "What kind of place is this?" Yun Peichan wondered. A guard took two steps forward cautiously, and suddenly the floor tiles under his feet slammed softly.The voice was very clear in the closed room.They all jumped in their hearts, and sure enough, a secret door opened on each of the three walls, and the six puppets jumped out, rushing forward with huge iron hooks. "Damn it." The five people lamented together, turned around and smashed open the door, and ran again, only to see that the foreground changed again, becoming a long vaulted corridor with dim oil lamps on both sides, winding and turning to nowhere. It seems that Mo Sikong has been hiding here for so many years, and he has never been idle for a day. He has already dug around this treasure like a mole, setting up many traps and spells; What happened, these organs started together. "We can't go out," the old guard sighed, and lowered his long sword, "I have learned Master Mo's skills back then. He is nicknamed Qian Lan, and he is extremely skilled in tricks. Twenty years ago, He once built a garden outside Nanyao City, a labyrinth of shrubs, hedges, and piles of rocks. It was only a three-acre area, and three hundred soldiers walked around it for a day, but no one came out. .If you want to escape, unless..." "Unless what?" "Unless someone opens a road from the outside, we won't be able to get out even if we go around in circles for ten days or so." Yun Peichan bit her lip and said bitterly: "I just thought that Uncle Mo likes making toys, chariots and horses. I didn't know he still had this kind of ability." A guard knocked on the side wall of the tunnel with the hilt of his sword and said, "Look at the situation, we are underground at the moment." "We just dig up from here," another younger guard said impatiently, "as long as we dig upward, we can always dig to the ground." Yun Peichan thought to himself, if you walk along the corridor, you will inevitably fall into more and more traps, getting deeper and deeper; if you jump out of the mechanism system of Laoheluo and find another way, you may escape.So nodded. The guard used the tip of his sword to pry open the gray bricks on the side wall of the passageway, and dig upwards obliquely.There was indeed thick black soil beyond the gray bricks. They took turns digging with long swords and daggers, and they dug out a big hole in the mud with three strokes. . Yun Peichan and the others were shocked, and when they hurriedly helped them up to look, they found that the guard was already dead, and his whole body turned black in an instant, obviously poisoned to death. Surprised and angry, they probed the hole with their long swords, and saw rustling noises in the soil, and several poisonous jumping spiders crawled out one after another.Ordinary poisonous jumping spiders are no more than the size of a finger, but among these spiders, the largest one is the size of an apricot, with a dark red body and a white wavy pattern on its back, which looks terrifying. The guards smashed the spiders into minced meat with their boots, and said viciously, "I never thought this Mo Sikong would have such vicious tricks." Yun Peichan bit her lips again, her lips were slightly thick, like the petals of a camellia.She said: "I don't think this has anything to do with the mechanism of the old river network." She stretched out her hand and knocked an oil lamp on the passage wall to the ground. It was bright, and I saw hundreds of poisonous jumping spiders rushing out in groups under the blue bricks of the corridor, but they didn't have much interest in the feathermen standing behind the firelight, but lined up in a few black lines towards the zenith. climb up. Seeing them flustered and flustered, a guard opened his mouth and exclaimed, "They are..." "That's right, they are running away." Yun Peichan said with a cold face, with certainty. "Fifteen years ago, what happened?" She turned her head and asked the white-bearded guard with a pale face. The guard changed his face and said: "Fifteen years ago, countless ominous signs occurred in Nanyao City. First, countless monsters, a single mirage, jumped into the city from the sky and burned a dozen people. Later, tens of thousands of poisonous sand ants and poisonous bees came out from nowhere, and they could turn people over if they touched them; the most terrible thing was the plague and severe drought that came with the black mist. Flying insects descended from the sky. They had four wings and six dark red claws. Legend has it that they caused the deadly black mist. Many people died in the south and north of the city.” "Really? I was young at that time, and I don't remember anything." Yun Peichan nodded, only feeling the stone in her arms become hot for a while, she took out the leather package from her arms, and saw The light from that piece of buckskin illuminated the tunnel, and the ripples of light could be seen rippling outwards in circles, and the frequency accelerated a lot, as if the dragon's breath was taking a deep breath.Its strength is expanding, it is recovering. When the Yu people in Nanyao City were trapped underground, Old He Luo Mo Tong rolled over on the ground above their heads.His consciousness was fighting desperately against the alcohol of Qingyang soul, floating on the surface of the water for a while, and sinking into the bottom of the water for a while.When he was a little awake, he would struggle and mutter: "Look, monsters and monsters will come to look for it. Mountain spirits and wild monsters thousands of miles away will feel the awakening power of this star meteorite, hoping to condense into a powerful charm. The one most attracted by the power of Shadow Moon is a small insect called Obscure... Now that Shadow Moon is approaching, it will wake up. Be careful... the terrible Obscure insect, the spider is its forerunner— —This wine is really strong..." He muttered, and fell asleep again. In his dream, Lao Heluo didn't realize that countless black spiders crawling around had already painted a colorful picture on the wall of the corridor three feet deep under his feet.Many poisonous spiders are stacked on top of each other, forming a small tower hanging upside down.The poisonous threads sprayed out of their mouths instantly covered the heads of Yun Peichan and the others, like a haze made of gray silk. Yun Peichan and the others waited and watched with bated breath, holding their weapons tightly in their hands. Suddenly, one of them fell silently. The remaining three were startled, and retreated together, huddled together in the narrow corridor. Facing the dead Rain's Halberd, the guards, who did not change their expressions, were frightened into confusion in this dark corridor.Yun Peichan had sharp eyes, and found a dark blue bug next to the boots of the fallen guard, as small as a green cicada, but when he raised his head, he could see a needle-like beak. The young guard standing at the front turned his hands upside down, with his elbows pointing up, and stabbed the insect with the tip of his sword, but suddenly withdrew his hand.It turned out that the worm moved as fast as lightning, even faster than the agile Yuren. It suddenly spread its wings, jumped three feet high, and caught the guard's sword on the back of his hand. The guard was stunned for a moment, let go of the sword, and shook his hand, but the small body of the bug was hanging on it without moving.Yun Peichan and the others were taken aback, thinking that he would inevitably die of poisoning.But the guard flicked it twice, and the caterpillar suddenly let go and fell to the ground, curled up and dead. The young guard was also full of surprise, turned his head and said, "It's okay." Before he finished speaking, his face was as pale as a dead man, with little green poisonous spots oozing from his skin.His fingers grew longer and hung down, like the long air roots of a banyan tree, piercing down into the soil; his face seemed to melt, and drooped down; his hair pulled out leaves and buds like a vine, and one of them Buds as big as lotus flowers hang down from the ears. He didn't seem to understand his own changes, but he noticed the terrified eyes of others looking at him. He stretched out a deformed hand, long fibrous roots bent towards them, and a distorted voice came out of his throat, which was already swollen like a tree gall: "You...why... look at me like this..." Yun Peichan and the remaining bearded guards took a step back at the same time. 年轻护卫呼出的气如寒冷的天气里呼出的白雾，在这些白色雾气里，头顶上那些倒挂着的蜘蛛如同雨点般落下，在落到他的肩膀上前，已经八肢紧缩，死于非命。这个树人挣扎着从泥土里拔出脚来，带起大团的泥块，步履蹒跚，又朝云裴蝉他们逼近了一步。他迈出的脚还没有落地，猛地里银光闪耀，云裴蝉的弯刀出鞘，带着响亮的呼啸，绞散空气，斩断根须，劈开僵直的胳膊，刺入树人的心脏。刀锋在切入躯体的一瞬间，交叉划了个十字，从那两道深深的裂缝里，喷射出带恶臭的绿色液汁。年轻护卫的身体，被斩成三段，滚落在地。 “当年南药城的瘟疫，就是这种小虫子挑起的……”胡子护卫用颤抖的语音说。 “这是胧遗。”云裴蝉咬紧了牙关说。她在古书中见过这种虫子的记载，它们浑身覆盖满细弱的青羽，像冬眠的蛤蟆那样潜伏在土中睡觉，等待影月力量的召唤。书上说它们蛰鸟兽则死，栖花木则枯。原来人被咬中后，情形却更为可怕，不但变成模样丑怪的树人，而且呼出的每一口气都是剧毒。 “难怪它被叫做'龙之息'呢，这个'龙'其实应该是'胧'啊。”云裴蝉恨恨地说。 这时候，悬挂在已经倒地护卫那乱糟糟头发上的花苞正在慢慢膨大。云裴蝉好奇地用刀尖划开一颗花苞，突然向后跳开，厌恶地一脚将它踩得稀烂。原来那花苞里头，有一些小小的躯体在挣扎扭动，竟然是无数尚未成形的小胧遗。 “它们怎么能生长得这么快？”云裴蝉惊异地问道，但没有人可以给她答案。 她飞速地连连跺脚，要把那些可恶的毒虫碾死在胚胎之中，但终究还是有一只桃红色的花苞啪地盛开了，在云裴蝉伸脚过去将它碾碎之前，一只幼小的胧遗振翅而起， 云裴蝉眼疾手快，一刀飞起，将那只胧遗钉在墙上。她刚松了一口气，突然觉得耳后微微发痒，微微偏头一看，斜眼一瞥，站在她身旁的那位花白胡子护卫，脸色竟然也变成了和死人一般苍白，星星点点的斑纹正从毛孔深处冒出。竟然是不知什么时候着了道儿。 云裴蝉大吃一惊，刚要退开，却看见那护卫猛然张口，喷出一口毒气，白色的毒气犹如一阵变幻的风云，朝她脸上扑去。 在她的怀里，那块星流石，一股来自四万里高空上的力量正在轻轻地唤醒它。它体内积蓄了十五年的力量，正在挣扎扭动，要喷涌而出，要发作出来，要把周围的一切烧为灰烬。 三之己 羽裳无意间发现了厌火城的大秘密。 风行云跟着那个抢包的小姑娘跑走后，她在后面追了一小会儿，就在四面羊肠子一样盘绕着的岔道前放弃了。她直觉地认为，往这样的深巷子里走进去，只会离她要找的人越来越远。 她茫然地在陌生的街道上闲荡了一会，觉得湛蓝色的天空一下变得遥远起来，傍晚的下城里刮起来的海面风，顺着肮脏的巷子四下里扑去，让她的心里空荡荡的。 四周逐渐稠密起来的人群略带好奇和敌视的眼光让她脊背发麻。这里来来往往的羽人很少，多半是宁州底层受人轻视的无翼民。一个羽人小姑娘在下城里独自走来走去，确实太过引人注目。 羽裳只好耸着肩膀，蹲在一个小铺子后面发呆。那是家刀具铺，扁窄的剔骨刀、尖头的屠刀、弯曲的剥皮刀、厚重的砍柴刀，明晃晃地挂满四壁。卖刀的人面目凶恶，羽裳不敢多看，她把目光投向左面，那边是一个刚摆出来的肮脏的烤羊肉摊，腥膻的味道招来了成群的苍蝇，摊主还在兴高采烈地往羊肉串上涂抹看不出什么材质的作料。羽裳知道自己没有钱，于是又硬生生把头别过去看着对面：一堵涂满了乱七八糟符号和字句的白墙——如果一百年前曾经刷过石灰就叫白墙的话。 羽裳那时候无助地抱着自己的膝盖，努力不去想该怎么办。她看着太阳慢慢地滑过天际，看着炊烟在各家屋顶上袅袅升起，虽然街道窄小，又被羊肉摊占了一半，来往的人几乎就会踩到她的足尖，但她却觉得自己和这个城市里发生的一切都距离遥远。 她漠然地看着那些形形色色、高矮胖瘦的人从身前水一样流过，那些人有的木木愣愣；有的眼珠子四处滚动一刻不安宁；有的钻到以为别人看不到的地方撒上一泡尿，童心未泯地用尿迹在墙上画一个圈；有的经过那道白墙，就随手在上面用瓦片刻出几道极具抽象艺术大师风范的线条，另一些人经过这里的时候又无意中将它擦去。 这样的情景反复上演，羽裳起初视若无睹，但突然间福至心临，看出了维系这个古老城市运行的一个秘密。 羽裳开始明白过来，那些污迹和刻痕都不是无意间涂刻上去的。她看到一个又一个行者顺着那些符号指引的方向走去。 其实经过的每一个人都在注意那道墙，都在上面寻找自己需要的讯息，不同阶层的人关注不同的符号。发现了这个秘密让她觉得一阵迷离的幸福，她使劲地分辨起那些花哨潦草的字迹：办证133417……专业打孔……只生一个好……土豆到此一游……她看不懂这些暗藏玄机的东西，而跟随着其中的一个信息，也许就能穿越这无穷无尽的迷宫，找到风行云。 卖羊肉串的小伙子其实早就注意到身边这个坐着发呆的羽人小姑娘了。她抱着自己的脚踝，下巴沉重地压在膝盖上，不说也不动，只是大睁着懵懵懂懂的双眼，仿佛一双无底洞，将一切收入眼帘，却没有任何反馈出来。 他很想上去和这个看上去很柔弱的小姑娘搭讪，但轮不到他说话，他就发现她的黑眼睛里火花一亮，原来是一个脖子上挂着绿珠子的小姑娘突然窜进视野。那个小姑娘快速浏览了白墙一番，跳跳蹦蹦地就想跑开，但一直发呆的羽人女孩突然跳了起来，拦在了她面前。 绿珠“扑哧”一笑，对羽裳说：“是你啊。” 羽裳不说话，只是瞪大眼睛看着她，生怕又给她跑了。 绿珠说：“别跟着我。我把东西都还给他了。” "Then where is he now?" “我不知道，我看到他被一个青袍术士抓走了。”小姑娘说，她转了转眼珠，从背后扯出一张弓来，“对了，这是他的断弓。交给你吧。” 羽裳听了绿珠对那名青袍人的形容，不由得脸色一变：“我知道了，是登天道上那个术士啊。”她拼命想忍住眼泪，却发觉得天地之大，再没有一个亲人在身边了，突然间泪珠就滚了出来。 绿珠看见她哭了，也有点不知所措，她叹了口气：“唉，姐姐，我真的不想这样的，你要是怕他出事，我帮你一起找他吧。” 羽裳擦了擦脸，咬着嘴唇说：“不怪你。那个茶钥家的术士是我们自己在城外惹上的。” “茶钥家的人？”绿珠转了转眼珠，“那是我们城主的客人，如果他们在一起的话，该到上城去了。” 羽裳问：“你怎么知道？” “哈哈，这上面都写着呢，”绿珠指了指墙上。她像个小大人一样摸着下巴，皱着眉头打量羽裳，“事情是我起的，今天反正倒霉到底，赶不上正事了，就带你过去吧。要赶紧，他们要关城门的。” 绿珠带着羽裳在城里飞快地跑着，她们顺着翠渚原往上城的方向走，道路逐渐宽敞，两边的建筑也慢慢变得严整、挺直起来。 太阳终于消失的时候，羽裳看到了白色的漂亮城墙。它立在高高的山坡上，用光洁的白色石块砌筑而成，在升起的月光下，如同银子一样闪闪发光。这才是真正羽人的城市。这付形象正是他们住在小乡村里时，无数次在梦里看到过的厌火城模样。 上城就像一个被下城的肌肉重重包围的银子心脏，它拥有三重平行的雄伟城楼，面朝下城的六座瘦长的城门，城门上方是如同月亮一样漂亮的圆拱，城墙上则雉堞林立，还有无数凹陷下去的眼口和望楼。作为西陲重镇，上千年来，它被历代城主无数次地加固、修缮、装饰、变成一块洁白的壁垒，以羽族精巧坚固的建筑技巧嘲笑着潮水一样涌来但又拍碎在脚下的蛮族骑兵。它是不可攻克的标志。 绿珠带着羽裳赶到城门的时候，那些盔甲明亮、竖着漂亮白缨的士兵正要关城门。 “等一下，我要进城！”羽裳喊道。 “什么人乱喊？”那些高大的羽人士兵问。 “哦，是个羽人小姑娘，还是个漂亮姑娘，”为首的一名军士淫邪地笑了起来，他转头对同伴们喊，“你们来看，这姑娘莫非是天香阁那妞的妹妹。” 那些人凑上来看，嬉皮笑脸地哄笑：“还真有点像，头儿，你这么惦记那丫头，不是动了歪念头了吧。” “切，谁敢和城主大人抢女人，不要命了。”那军士挺胸凸肚，又颇有自知之明地说。他打量了羽裳一眼：“你可以进去，不过你同伴不能进去。” 他扭转头瞪着绿珠，恶狠狠地加了一句：“这些该死的肮脏的弃民。” “呸！”绿珠朝他吐了口唾液，“谁稀罕进去。” 羽人军士冲她摇起了鞭子。 绿珠朝羽裳吐了吐舌头：“我只能送你到这儿了。还要我帮忙的话，夜里到码头找我吧。”她一闪身，刷地掉入黑暗中不见了。 羽裳望着她的背影呆了呆，这个女孩虽然年龄小，这短短一段路上，却仿佛成了她的保护者。羽裳定了定神，一个人往城门里走去。城门高耸，她在门脚下就如同一只微小的蚂蚁。上城的城墙如此漂亮，简直像梦里才会出现。它又坚固又漂亮，巍峨挺拔，仿佛一直上升到云端里一样，在宁州素有“云城”之称，但它如今在羽裳的眼里却带着另一种冰冷的表情。 城门洞只有十丈长，羽裳空荡荡的脚步回响在其间。再有两步，就能走进上城，可她不知道走进去后该怎么办？该往哪个方向去找那个男孩子——正是他一门心思要到厌火城里来的，如今的形势，定然和他在羽妖陡崖上所想的差别太大吧。她越走越慢，越走越是犹疑。 突然背后传来了羽人的警哨声，唏溜溜地滑过天空，城门洞内外的士兵都变了脸色，仰首看着黑漆漆的天空。 刚才那个军士冲上来扯住她的胳膊，把她压在了路旁。她刚要挣扎，却发觉城门边上的士兵都在路旁跪下，那军士也在她身边跪下，冲她厉声说：“城主大人回府，快在路边跪好了。” “快闪开，快闪开。”数十名黑衣人喊道，骑着马飞快地冲过城门，将尘土扬了他们一脸。 一顶小轿被另一些黑衣人抬着，飞快地往城里冲去，堪堪冲过羽裳面前，突然后军大哗，有人高叫：“又有刺客！”那些黑衣护卫顷刻间将轿子保卫了个水泄不通，另有一拨黑衣人抽出武器就要冲上前去。 “且慢，是自己人。”轿子里一个低沉但威严的声音说。羽裳这才发现那些黑衣人是些无翼民，倒是训练有素，立刻束手静悄悄地退下。只见城门外一个黑影空着双手，慢悠悠地走了进来。走到近前，却是一名相貌普通的褐衣中年人。却看见轿帘中伸出一只手来招了招，褐衣人凑上前去，相互低语了几句。 轿帘里伸出来的手又摆了摆，褐衣人刚要退下，突然抬头看到一双黑如点漆的眼睛在看着自己，不由得一惊，朝羽裳看过来。 站在边上的那些黑衣的护卫也发现了，大声喝问道：“这儿还有什么人？” 守门的军士头也不敢抬，回道：“是个过路的，不过是个羽人小姑娘。” 羽裳连忙低下头去，不敢再看，只觉得那黑衣护卫的首领个子瘦高，脸上似乎黑沉沉的，不似常人的脸。 那护卫首领哼了一声，喊：“赶紧把她扔出去。” 羽裳听了大吃一惊，抗声说：“我要进城去找……” 那位守门军士哪听她分辩，一手拖住她的胳膊就往外拉，一手捂住了她的嘴。 羽裳挣扎中恍惚看到轿帘抛起来一个角，城主大人似乎透过轿帘看了她一眼。而那名褐衣人也是朝她望过来，眼中精光四射，令人如被刀子指着一样不寒而栗。 羽裳被军士拖出来往城门外一推，高大的钉满铜钉的城门就吱吱呀呀地冲着她的脸关上了。她伤心地从泥地上爬起，只看见高大冰冷的白色城墙在她面前闪着光。 羽裳又往来的方向走去，想到码头去找那位小姑娘，但空寂寂的街道很快让她迷了路。她正在着急，突然眼睛一亮，看到一位熟人。 说来这也真巧，除了那个抢他们包裹的小姑娘，整个厌火城，羽裳大概也就认识这么一位熟人了——那人不是别人，正是西门外冰牙客栈的老板苦龙。只见他的胖身形在空旷的街道上悠悠而行，身边一个高大如山的影子，是他店里的伙计，夸父虎头。 他们两人刚从铁府里出来，此刻正在高谈阔论。 “你不就想要那把刀吗？为了它你可以坑蒙拐骗，无所不用，怎么就不能跟铁爷耍耍赖，把刀留下呢？”虎头说。 “嗯，人总是有缺点的。”苦龙说，“你胆子大，刚才见了铁爷的时候，他请你吃东西，你怎么不敢吃啊？” “你不是也说不吃吗？”虎头不服气地说。 “那是因为铁爷家的厨师我看不上，”苦龙大剌剌地说，“铁爷什么都好，就是在这吃上太不讲究，一个人要是不讲究吃，这哪还有生活的乐趣呢？” “又要来了。”虎头长叹一声，抱住了头。 苦龙睁着一双斗鸡眼，一边说一边流口水：“要说到吃，今晚这火热天气，就最适合来份炒牛奶，这东西极见炒工，炒出来温和鲜嫩；点心就上盘红花龙虱，龙虱虽然小，抓多点炒上一小锅，光闻那味道，就能醉死人；再来份炖猪杂，内脏一定得是温的，要现杀现，嗯，要不把锅灶带到胡屠户家里去做……喂，虎头，我请你去吃夜宵吧。” “这么些东西，能吃饱吗？” 苦龙翻着白眼看他：“你就知道量多量少，白长了这么大个子这么肥的肠，和你在一起，真是丢我的品位。你就不想想，整个厌火城，能和我比较比较厨艺的，能有几个？” “我可不相信厨艺，”虎头说，“我从来只相信厨具——确切地说，只相信菜刀和斧头而已——话说回来，你今天那道菜做得不错。”说到这里，虎头忍不住又摸了摸自己的肚子，“不过，真有'白眼看天'这东西吗？我给你打工这么久，怎么从来不知道你还能搞到豪鱼眼呢？” “狗屁豪鱼眼，当然是唬他的了，那道菜不过是老豆腐加咸鱼干而已。用这么简单的东西做出这么好吃的菜肴，才显得出我苦龙的手艺啊。”苦龙高兴起来，大大地自夸自赞了一番。 “哦？”虎头疑惑地看了苦龙一眼，“那么那只冰蝇是怎么回事？我在殇州呆了二十年，没看过冰蝇能在这么热的天气里活上两个时辰的。” “当然是真苍蝇了，冻那袋子酒，不过使了个冰冻法术而已。”苦龙乐呵呵地说。 “呃，”虎头一把掐住自己的脖子，“真苍蝇？呃，你骗我吃了只真的苍蝇，你个死胖子，我早晚要杀了你……” “哎呀哎呀，”苦龙挥着短胖的手说，“和气生财，和气生财，大家都是朋友嘛，这一次呢你帮了忙，大不了老子以后为你两肋插刀，回报你一次也就是了。” “还等以后？我现在就想往你两肋上各插一把刀。”虎头瞪着他说。 他们两人抬着杠，猛一抬头，却对面撞上了羽裳。苦龙说：“咦，你不是今天下午到我店里来的那个小姑娘吗？你的伙伴呢？上哪去了？” 羽裳听他这一问，差点又哭了出来。不过她性子坚强，在铁崖村里的时候，可从来没发生过一天里哭两次的事。她使劲咬了咬牙，将眼泪又咽了下去。 苦龙听了她叙述了经过，不由得沉吟起来：“被茶钥家的人带走了，还带到上城去了。” 他背着手踱了两圈，抬头对羽裳说：“你也别瞎忙乎了，要从羽鹤亭手里要人，整个厌火城，能帮你的只有铁爷一个。” “铁爷？就是你下午和我说过的那个铁爷吗？” “不错，厌火城还能有几个铁爷。”苦龙微微一笑，“会吹口哨吗？” 羽裳点了点头。吹口哨虽然对羽人女孩来说不文雅，可以前在铁崖村招呼小伙伴出去摸鱼或者干别的坏事的时候，她可没少干过。 苦龙从怀里掏出一张纸递给羽裳：“我和虎头身有要事，不能陪你过去了。你顺着这街道走到底，有片小林子，挂着两盏青灯，过了林子，是厌火的雷池，铁爷就在雷池边夜宴。你在池子边找一棵很大的槐树，吹三声口哨，有人会从树后出来，给他看我的名刺，他会帮你见到铁爷。” “你放心，”这胖家伙拍着面有戚色的羽裳肩膀说，“铁爷没有办不成的事。”