Chapter 8 Chapter 5 Thunder Pond (2)

Qing Luo didn't dare to interrupt his meditation, and let him be in a daze.After a long time, Xin Buqi, who seemed to be full of frustration, suddenly lifted his spirits, and a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "All these hardships are not in vain..." He took out a small notebook from his pocket, which was full of messy charcoal lines. "I have tried it a dozen times, and although I have suffered a lot, I have seen all the traps of this river network. If you dig a hole in the ground, the risk is the least, but digging in a straight line is not enough..."

Xin Buqi pointed to a line on the map to Qing Luo: "We have to follow this line, and then this line...See? This bypasses the old guy's heavily guarded front yard, Straight to the bottom of the main house." He daydreamed and said: "Just dig a small hole, go straight up, dig it out, and it's right under the red sheepskin box. At this time, just fly a knife and cut the rope, and the baby will fall by itself. It fell into our hands..." Qing Luo also couldn't help being fascinated. Xin Buqi bent down and lowered his head, leaned down towards the pile of things, and with a movement of his arms, those miscellaneous things on the ground disappeared immediately, but his whole body gained a lot of weight out of thin air.

"How is it?" Xin Buqi raised his hand with difficulty and put it on his waist, and said triumphantly, "Don't look at me wearing this dress all day long, there is a reason for it, there are hidden secrets everywhere on this dress. Bags, you can put all these things in different categories, and you will never make a mistake when using them.” When Qing Luo looked carefully, he found that there were many pockets on his clothes that could not be seen without paying attention. Convenient location.The bag is now full of compressed dry food, copper breastplate, fire knife, candle, smoke blower, cross scissors, short crossbow, and some equipment that Qing Luo can't distinguish. The dark compartment contains wound medicine, poison, knives, gloves, sewing needles, rope, noose, and a leather kettle.

Qing Luo said in admiration: "The clothes are really good. I used to wear them in big bags... I'll make one for Ginkgo in the future." Xin Buqi didn't know that the ginkgo skin he was talking about was an animal, so he rolled his eyes and said, "The only downside of this suit is that it's too heavy after all the things are packed, and people can't walk. Oh, give me a hand!" Come on, my thigh cramps..." He finally struggled to unload the things, and explained: "...so I need to find a big companion to help me carry it, and I can't help you make such work clothes in a hurry..."

He rolled his eyelids and asked, "What method did you say you used to pack things in the past?" He tossed and tumbled for a while, found a big bag to put everything in, and told Qing Luo, "Put it on your back first." He himself put a heavy iron hat on his head, and put a strange weapon that was barely considered a big knife, but on the belly of the knife, there was a strange weapon with a sickle-like blade bent inwards, and he masturbatedly inserted it into his waist, and then faced Qing Luo said: "Follow me, you must pay attention: to be a big thief, confidence and tolerance are the most important, and you must not lose your position..."

He valiantly waved his hand and said, "Get in the car, let's go." Just as Qing Luo lifted the big bag, he suddenly saw a cat jump off the donkey cart parked outside, its yellow fur shone like soft gold in the morning sun. He remembered something, and couldn't help but jump in his heart. "Ah Huang, Ah Huang!" An eager and crisp voice sounded, rushing down the alley. Xin Buqi's reaction seemed rather strange to Qing Luo, his thin body jumped up suddenly, as if he had been hit by an arrow in his buttocks, he fled back into the room with his head buried, and hid under the bed.

I saw a little girl in an emerald green shirt riding on a white camel, ran to the outside of the fence and stopped abruptly. Who else could it be if it wasn't Lu Wu and Gingko Peel? The two of them exclaimed at the same time: "It's you?" When Bai Guopi saw his master, he rolled his ugly upper lip and let out a high-pitched cry as a greeting. Lu Wu's brains turned quickly, his eyes rolled, and he shouted first: "Oh, I've been looking for it for a whole day, and I finally found you." "You..." Qing Luo held the big bag in a daze, not knowing what to say, "You, can you return the camel to me?"

"I'm sorry," Lu Wu jumped off the camel, grabbed Qing Luo's clothes and shook, "I was joking with you yesterday, but Bai Guopi and I were waiting for you at the entrance of the alley, but I didn't expect you to jump up there The car ran away by itself, and I couldn't catch up with you...I spent a whole day looking for it. Why don't you talk, you must be angry with me..." When she said this, her eyes were red and her eyes were big Infinite grievances are revealed. Qing Luo's heart softened, and he thought that there are still many good people in the world, and he was much more wrong about yesterday's matter.

"I'm not angry," he said. "Yeah," Lu Wu jumped up happily, hugged Qing Luo's strong arm and twirled, "I knew you were a good person, how about taking you to the city?" "I'm with this uncle now..." Qing Luo stretched out his hand, but found that he couldn't find where Xin Buqi was hiding, so he changed his words and said, "I have something to do with this uncle, and I don't have time to take care of Bai Guopi. If you If you like it, let’s ride and play for a while.” Lu Wu rolled her eyes again: "That won't work, I must give it back to you. I've already had enough fun. Look, there's nothing missing from my back."

She held up Shanwang with a smile, and put the sheath in front of Qing Luo: "I'll give you back this sword too. Look, it's been wiped clean. I even tied a veil on the hilt, how beautiful it is. " Qing Luo saw that there was indeed a light green veil tied to the hilt of the sword, exuding a faint scent of powder, as elegant and clean as Lu Wu's. He blushed and said, "How can this be done?" "What can't be done," Lu Wu rushed to say, "I will give it to you if I tell you. You must tie it, and you can't take it off." While they were talking, the cat poked its head around and tried to slip away again, but Lu Wu yelled at the cat, rushed up and grabbed its tail and brought it back.She picked up the cat and ran towards the dark alley, when she was about to turn a corner, she looked back at Qing Luo, and suddenly smiled.The laughter has not dissipated, but the figure has disappeared.

Qing Luo was tickled by that smile, he had never seen such a weird and elf girl before. Xin Buqi poked his head out from the crack of the door, and asked cautiously, "Going away?" "Don't be fooled," he said to Qing Luo with lingering fear, "Even her cat should be careful, those two guys are well-known evil spirits." "Uncle, you must be joking," Qing Luo grinned, "Such a little girl, even if she is a little mischievous, can she still harm others?" Bai Guopi turned his head to look at the alley where Luwu disappeared, snorted like a sigh, then walked over swaggeringly, squinting at Xin Buqi standing next to Qingluo. Qing Luo cheered, "I have a lot of things on my camel too, and it might be useful to take with me." He took out a handful from the bag on the camel's back, excitedly wanting to show it to Xin Buqi. "Come on," Xin Buqi said angrily, "You still think that there are only so many things in the big bag on your back, so don't worry about other things, just bury your head and dig a hole--me? What am I doing? What am I doing... I To give you directions, this is the most important job." ... Three hours later, there was a long dark pothole underground near the alley where Lao Heluo Motong lived.The weather was like fire in August, and the tunnel was even more stuffy and hot. Xin Buqi and Qing Luo were both covered in sweat. With his head and face covered, Qing Luo dug the soil vigorously at the end, and where the clods fell, three or two scattered long-legged spiders as big as fists crawled out, holding their big pincers and looking around in the hole. "Damn, there are a lot of poisonous insects here, wait for me to come forward and sprinkle some secret insect repellent." Xin Buqi said, shaking out a ball of yellow medicinal powder from the treasure bag that he carried, which was mixed with sulfur powder, Tianxianzi, Quicksilver, and Lazy Bodhi scattered a pack of medicine powder, and the spiders really scattered and fled, but they choked and coughed repeatedly. After a while, Xin Buqi scratched his body angrily from behind. "How can there be flying insects under the ground? Even the secret medicine to repel insects is useless. This must be an illusion, an illusion." Xin Buqi muttered, but he was still bitten all over by poisonous flying insects that came out of nowhere. Bag. "Hey, why don't these dead bugs bite you?" After scratching for a while, he asked Qing Luo angrily, "It's just that we should share our troubles, that's not very loyal." Qing Luo stopped digging, took off the towel covering his face, scratched his head, and said, "Oh, I see, it must be because of this thing on me, so they didn't come to bite me." After touching it, he took out a plant of grass, the stem was square, and the skin was a little red, and he handed it to Xin Buqi, "This is lavender, put it in your mouth, insects, snakes, ordinary poisons are not poisonous." will be close." "Is this what your dead camel was carrying?" Xin Buqi stared and refused, "Like a sheep with grass in its mouth? I don't want to give people such a silly impression." Qing Luo dug up a large piece of soil, and another group of poisonous flying ants emerged from the gap, swooping down towards Xin Buqi like a cloud of smoke.Xin Buqi grabbed the lavender and stuffed it into his mouth. Sure enough, his whole body felt cool, and the ants turned around and flew away. Qing Luo continued to turn his head to dig the soil.He was shirtless and sweating profusely.The tiger squatting drill was used to dig the hole really fast, but the mud was thrown all over his face, Qing Luo could only twist his neck and say backwards: "Uncle, are you sure the map is correct? We have been digging for three hours. This tunnel is long enough to reach Hanzhou." Xin Buqi took out a small bamboo tube from his bosom, and there was a piece of slowly burning tinder in the tube.He blew on the tinder, looked at the paper in the dim light, and said, "That's right, it's here, dig up." Qing Luo turned upwards, shook the bamboo tube, and big lumps of mud fell down. The countryman was really strong, Xin Buqi felt secretly happy when he saw it, he dug about a dozen times, the top suddenly lit up, the ground had been dug through, and then he saw a figure swaying above it. In that flash, Xin Buqi had already seen a fat belly as thick as a bucket. Having dealt with Lao Heluo for a long time, Xin Buqi could tell at a glance that the person on the ground was definitely not Mo Tong. "Oops, we are late, there are already outsiders here." He said to Qing Luo. "Ah, what should I do?" Xin Buqi righteously said: "At this time, we can only fight. This is called meeting on a narrow road and the brave wins..." With a "swish", he pulled out the strange knife on his belt, shouted, "Who's on it?" and jumped up like a rainbow. Qing Luo followed and jumped up, but saw Xin Buqi pointing a knife at a man, that man was fat, half kneeling on the ground, digging something with a shovel. Xin Buqi wondered: "Wang Huhu, what are you doing here?" Then he looked left and right: "Damn, that's strange, how did I dig into your house?" Wang Huohu was so frightened by the two people who suddenly came out of the ground that his whole body trembled. He felt guilty, and when he saw that he was an acquaintance, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and said embarrassingly: "Isn't it the wind outside? I'll bury something... ...Eh, what does this have to do with you? What are you doing at my house? Xin, get the hell out of here...Wait a minute, pay for my floor, the good big green bricks..." Xin Buqi didn't wait for Tiger Wang to react, he jumped back into the cave dragging Qing Luo with a cloud of smoke, and filled the vertical hole to death with a flying shovel, only to hear Tiger Wang's yelling and cursing gradually diminished from above. "It's impossible, why did it come to his house?" Xin Buqi bit his finger and wondered, "Could it be because I took the paper upside down?...Yes, that's what happened, we dug upside down. Hurry up , change direction, right here, yes..." Qing Luo picked up the tiger squatting drill, turned his head back, and used all his strength to drill in the direction pointed by Xin Buqi, only to hear the sound of large stones and soil falling, Xin Buqi and Qing Luo followed with a sound. , fell down together... Five Pentacles They lay there, looking up at the circular sky. "This is a well, really...in the courtyard of Old Heluo's house. We are still making progress, at least I know our exact location." Xin Buqi said optimistically, "Fortunately, there is no water in the well... …Unlucky, why is there a snake, aren’t you afraid of snakes?” He quickly picked up a green leaf on the ground and stuffed it into his mouth, sure enough, the snake lost interest in him as soon as the lavender leaf was stuffed , flicked his tail and crawled away. Qing Luo knocked on all four sides, and found that they were all solid stone walls. The bamboo tube of the tiger crouching drill was broken by them when it fell, and Xin Buqi's big bag full of tools was still lying in the horizontal hole they dug. They tried various methods, but they couldn't climb up the well more than three feet deep. "Trapped." For the first time, Xin Buqi showed a dejected expression on his face, and he said sadly, "We are finished, we will starve to death here." Qing Luo said: "We can still surrender, as long as we shout loudly..." "Don't even think about it," Xin Buqi gritted his teeth, "If we fall into the hands of that vicious old Heluo, we will die even worse." As soon as he thought of the terrifying Mo Tong, he leaned against the wall of the well and slipped to the ground.It is said that when a person is about to die, his words are also kind. Xin Buqi sighed and said to Qing Luo: "I dragged you down, and I knew that everyone who followed me would be unlucky. The thief that everyone in the city admires, I work hard, but always fail. When I was young, I was always caught stealing. Later, no one else wanted to join me in crimes, so I had to do it myself... I don’t know What's going on, no matter how hard you try, how desperate you are, something will always go wrong in the end. "I wanted to learn how to cut bags, but I cut my own finger, which made the victim's lapel blood, and he wanted me to pay for it... I wanted to steal onions, but I was chased by dogs for a long time, and my pants were all torn... …I always lied to others that I was good at stealing things, and I had done some big cases, but they were all fake. Other thieves looked down on me and didn’t call me when I went out to work. I could only pick things they didn’t see. Steal things from the Internet..." Xin Buqi became more and more sad as he spoke, tears welled up in his small wrinkled eyes, and his lips twitched non-stop. Qing Luo didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only squat down and pat him on the shoulder and said, "Well, uncle, actually I think you are very good at inventing so many tools by yourself. Don't be discouraged, as long as you work hard, you will definitely . . . would be a great thief—but why bother with stealing?" "I guess it's because of habit." Xin Buqi wiped away tears and said, "I was born in the lower city and grew up here. If I don't steal, what else can I do?" "Well," Qing Luo scratched his head again, "Besides stealing, there's always something else I like, right?" Xin Buqi's eyes lit up, and he said: "That's true - I have learned to play the flute, and I first learned from the black-faced scholar in Broken Heart Street, but his flute has a flying needle hidden in it, and there are always noises in the tunes it blows; Later, I learned the erhu from the blind man who sang in the Qianmenlouzi, but his erhu had a long sword hidden in it, and if he pulled the bow too hard, it would fall out; and then I once saw the girls dancing in Tianxiang Pavilion, and suddenly I have a goal in life - change my career and learn to dance." "Dancing..." Qing Luo's eyes widened. "That's right," Xin Buqi said proudly, "...everyone says the brothel is black. Save money to pay the fee—it’s very expensive to watch once. If I have enough money, I’ll go to Tianxiang Pavilion and let Lu Mo dance a dance. Oh, that dance is beyond words—if I can learn from her , or let her look at me once, oh yeah, it's really worth dying for." Xin Buqi was still talking there full of longing, but he saw that Qing Luo's face was so red that it was about to bleed.He panicked to see if there was a snake under his feet: "What's the matter? Are you poisoned?" "Lumo?" Qing Luo did indeed have the same symptoms as poisoning, he slowly opened his lips and spit out the word. "Lumo." Xin Buqi nodded affirmatively. "You mean you also know Lu Mo?" "Of course. Not only do I know her, but I also fell in love with her. Not only me, but everyone in the lower city loves her." Xin Buqi replied. During the next few incense sticks, Qing Luo learned many stories about this little dancing girl from Xin Buqi's mouth: She didn't know when she came to the city of Yanhuo, and although she was a feathered person, she flew away forever. She can't get up; she loves dancing by nature, and likes lively and open-air life; she lives in Tianxiang Pavilion, and sees guests as she pleases, and the boss there doesn't interfere too much; Wings, always flying back and forth in all kinds of unreal life fragments; she is innocent, enthusiastic, seems to be ignorant of human affairs, but has her own set of ideas, if you are attracted by her sweetness, get too close If you don't, you may be stung by her sharp thorns; she often hangs around the run-down alleys and dangerous corners of the downtown, and the rude downtown residents love her, they like her dancing and her happiness. figure... Qing Luo listened fascinatedly to Xin Buqi telling Lu Mo's story, feeling ashamed in his heart.He loved this person deeply, but he didn't know her as much as a thief knew her.The more he listened to her, the more he fell in love with her, and he suddenly stood up from the ground.He said: "I'm going to crawl out of here, I'm going to see her, I must find her!" "Haha," Xin Buqi sat on the ground and laughed at him, "It's nothing. Half of the young people who come to Fire-Blazing City want to drink and sleep in Tianxiang Pavilion once, that's for everyone. Dreams. You're all dead." Qing Luo's face blushed again, this time it was shy red. "I don't know she is..." he said, "A year ago, I met her once on Yutu Mountain near Qingdu. At that time, I was accidentally bitten by a snake on the mountain, and she chased her away with a flower hoe. Snake, saved me again with herbs." He spit out the lavender in his mouth and showed it to Xin Buqi: "This kind of grass is what she taught me to use." Holding the thin green blade of grass, Qing Luo couldn't help but think of the first time he met Lu Mo, when the girl applied the blade of grass to his wound with her slender hands.At that time, she knelt and sat beside him, leaning forward, looking very weak, but she had an indescribable strength of her own.Her eyes were big, and they were particularly noticeable on her pale face. It was the innocence in those eyes that deeply moved him. When he looked at her, he was struck by lightning... Many days later, his snake The injury healed, but he fell deeper into the torment of another disease, that is, lovesickness. Qing Luo told her own story: "Later I learned that she went to Yutu Mountain to collect flower seeds. There is a kind of Shui Mui flower that blooms only in drizzling days. Although the flowers are small, they are like broken stars. The same is scattered in the grass, almost invisible, but the fragrance is especially moving when it is wet by the rain and permeates everywhere. She went there to pick flowers, saying that she would plant them in her yard. "We prairie people have received kindness, so we must find a way to repay it. I saw that she likes flowers and plants so much, she spent a year collecting all kinds of exotic flowers and plants in various places, and packed a big bag. This time, something happened to her. , just brought it over to send her off." "One year? Haha, just for repayment? It's not that simple, you must be fascinated by her." Xin Buqi had forgotten his sadness at this moment, and taunted his partner.He was opening his mouth and laughing loudly, when his face suddenly changed: "Oops, I swallowed the lavender." Impatiently, he turned to Qing Luo and asked, "Hey, is it okay to eat this grass? Will I be poisoned to death?" Qing Luo pondered for a while, then shook his head: "I don't know, no one has eaten it." "But I don't have lavender now." Xin Buqi said with a little panic, "What if the snake slipped back? I have been afraid of snakes since I was a child. Do you still have any in your belt? Let me see..." With great fear of snakes, he tore off Qing Luo's belt, what kind of Buddleia, lavender, and some messy grass seeds and strange-shaped leaves fell out.Among them were seven or eight small crochet-like seeds that were originally hooked on Qing Luo's belt, but Xin Buqi tore them to the ground.As soon as the few thin needles fell to the ground, they sprouted immediately, and then pulled out long hooked vines, swinging in the air. "What is this?" Xin Buqi waved away two or three vines that were swinging towards him, "Oh, don't come here, it's really annoying." Among those vines, there was a tender vine that grew particularly fast. It bent like a snake, and quickly climbed up the well wall, and climbed half of the wall in a short time. Qing Luo also snorted: "This is the Green Snake Grass." These were the seeds that Lu Wu took out from the camel yesterday and hooked on Qing Luoyi's belt after the big sting melon exploded. Their brothers taught Long Buer a lot of suffering yesterday. Qing Luo explained: "This thing is also called the Green Snake Vine. Once it falls on the ground, it will take root and sprout, and grow very fast. When it grows up, it will have great strength and can be controlled by people. However, in each big melon, It's just a small seed that will eventually grow into something big." With a nervous look on his face, he said, "It's strange, I've never seen them grow so fast. This thing is quite dangerous, and it's hard to control when they grow up." "I hate snakes," Xin Buqi declared, "quickly kill it now." "It might get us out of the well, though." "I've changed my mind," Xin Buqi said immediately, "We can wait and see." As if as they wanted, the Green Snake Grass spread rapidly, with an astonishing speed, and within half a stick of incense, the snake-like tip had already reached the mouth of the well.It sucks the invisible powerful force that permeates this area, rolls and grows wantonly, and explores its new territory outward. Xin Buqi and Qing Luo's heads protruded from the mouth of the well, and they climbed up the green snake grass vines that grew as thick as thighs after a while. Lao Heluo didn't know where he went, and through the window, he could vaguely see the situation inside the house.Xin Buqi pointed and said, "Look, that red box is what we want to steal." "Then let's go." "Wait, you can't get past the courtyard," Xin Buqi lowered his voice, "the ground here is full of traps, and you can't even touch it. Alas, it would be great if this green snake grass could grow in that direction." "You can try it." Qing Luo straightened the tip of the green snake grass with his hand, pointed to the house and whispered to it, "I am your master. Little snake, grow over there." As if they really understood what they said, the main vine of the Green Snake Grass swayed in the wind, thick as a bucket, it raised its head high, as if it wanted to reach the sky, then lowered its head, and stretched towards the main house.Along the way, it stretched out its thin branches on both sides, and its palm-shaped leaves quickly unrolled, covering the sky. Xin Buqi said hello, and the green snake grass had already entered the main room through the window.Xin Buqi and Qing Luo smoothly climbed along the bridge formed by the green snake grass, and as expected, they did not touch any mechanism. As soon as he entered the room, Xin Buqi could smell the smell of alcohol and heard the sound of snoring, he said: "Fuck, can you believe it, this bastard is drunk and even pointed his middle finger at me." Qing Luo said, "Maybe it's because they don't have index fingers, so the ones that stick up are the middle fingers." Xin Buqi thought for a while: "Yes, what you said makes sense. It is said that many silly Heluo will cut off a finger as soon as they are born, and sacrifice it to their pangu god. How stupid..." He commented ramblingly, just about to consider a safe way to pick up the terrifying red sheepskin box with many traps and spells in it, when he turned his head, he saw that Qing Luo, who was ignorant and fearless, had already stretched his hand towards the box. past. Xin Buqi yelled: "Be careful!" Then he added "Ah yes!" He jumped behind the pillar and lay down on the ground.He lay on the ground for a long time, but he didn't see any terrible things happen. When he looked around, he saw that Qing Luo had already taken off the red box. He stepped forward and snatched the red box, put it in his arms, and shouted: "Mine!" At this time, they heard a shout at the same time: "Hey, you two." The two of them turned their heads to look, but saw Lao Heluo touching his head, just got up, and shouted at the two of them. "Don't let his engine shut down." Xin Buqi shouted in horror. Seeing that things were not going well, Qing Luo took out a piece of Buddleia from his waist, crumpled it up, threw it over, and just hit Lao Heluo's big nose. "You—!" Old He Luomo Tong pointed at Qing Luo angrily and said, "I don't want to drink anymore..." Then with a bang, he fell to the ground and fell asleep again. "Haha!" Xin Buqi laughed wildly, "Finally teach you to fall into my hands." He gritted his teeth and said: "Destroy all his institutions, I want to take revenge on him madly. Hang him up and beat him up, Hmph, not relieved; disfigured him, hum, not relieved...I want to..." Before he finished talking about his revenge plan, the green snake grass had grown thicker and thicker in the air, curled up like a giant python, and made a whirring sound. Qing Luo could see that it hesitated obviously, and then turned to the shop. It plunged into the ground with a large block of blue bricks. That moment really shook the ground, hundreds of green bricks flew up into the air, and the ground stirred for a while, as if the soil was boiling and a volcano erupted, and countless short arrows, flying arrows, and arrows as thick as children were fired from the ground The spear thrown by the arm smashed the roof full of holes.The stems of the Green Snake Grass protruding into the soil twisted, creating huge waves of mud.You can tell at a glance that the most terrible fight is going on under the ground. Xin Buqi and Qing Luo were still in a daze, a big mouth opened on the ground, and a person jumped out of the hole like lightning.Xin Buqi was close, and Qing Luo saw him suddenly swinging the odd-shaped saber in the air, and only heard a loud bang, which showed that he had already exchanged hands with the figure that jumped out. Xin Buqi flew straight backwards and shouted in the air: "Grab her, damn... stinky bitch..." That figure didn't like to fight, he stepped on the vine branch of Green Snake Grass, rushed upward like an arrow, pierced through the tile roof and flew away. The vitality of the Green Snake Grass was much weaker, and it seemed that it suffered a great loss underground.The main vine no longer curled up, but gave birth to hundreds of air roots, which hung down to the ground and stretched out in all directions, occupying a lot of the entire room. Qing Luo saw a leather package dropped on the ground, which was faintly glowing, and he picked it up, thinking that maybe the girl dropped it just now, and he could return it to her when he saw it. Xin Buqi crawled up from the ground, saw it at a glance, snatched it up and put it in his arms. "Mine!" he shouted, "It's also mine. Long Buer said beforehand, except for the red box, all other treasures are mine." He instructed Qing Luo to say: "Look again, if there are any other treasures, if not, then help me get those gloves back..." Before he could finish speaking, he saw the green snake grass in the underground pit There was another shaking, and two tall wooden puppets suddenly appeared from the soil, waving their sharp iron claws, turned their heads, and stared at Xin Buqi with their shining green eyes. Xin Buqi suffered a great loss at the hands of these puppets, he was startled, he pulled Qing Luo, and shouted: "Run!" five self From a long distance, Xin Buqi could see Long Buer's huge figure, like a huge rolling mill, pressing down at the end of the street.Across the entire street, the military general roared like a bear: "You better bring me good news." Xin Buqi accompanied him with a smile, and presented the precious red sheepskin box.His hands holding the box trembled a little. Long Buer snatched the red box, and couldn't help being awed by the exquisite floral decorations on it.He held the box in a daze for a while, then carefully opened a slit and opened it inside. "Hey, why does this baby look like a broken brick?" Xin Buqi lowered his head, put his hands by his legs, and said respectfully, "I'm short-sighted, so I don't dare to guess. You see, there are patterns engraved on this thing, I don't know if it's words or shapes..." Long Buer squinted his eyes, and looked hard again, and sure enough, he saw several lines on the black thing. He couldn't admit in front of a little thief that he was an imposing general who couldn't read, so he hurriedly removed the box Close the lid.He collected himself, and asked Xin Buqi again: "Are you sure that it is this thing?" Xin Buqi hesitated for a moment, thinking to himself: If it was really a broken brick, how could Lao Heluo hide it like a treasure, and set up so many traps to protect it?No matter from what point of view, Lao Heluo would not be a fool, so... this stone must be a treasure, without a doubt, how can a poor Heluo hide two precious stones?So he nodded with determination. Long Buer let out a long laugh, and said: "Shen Thief Xin, you have made great contributions, and I have appreciated you for many years. Well, you just sit in my barracks, and I will send it to you immediately." Go to Young Master Cheng Cha Key, this young man looks like a rich man, he must be rewarded heavily, maybe in two days Master Yu will reward you for meritorious deeds, if so, I will recommend you to be a city gate guard." "Don't dare," Xin Buqi was so excited that he almost cried out.He didn't particularly care about the head of the city gate guard, but someone finally recognized the value of his existence, "This is all due to the leadership of Lord Long, and all colleagues worked hard..." Lord Long didn't hear him finish his babbling, he had already driven his horse and ran away, only Xin Buqi was left tremblingly waiting at the garrison of the soldiers until the sun rose high, and then turned to the west when he suddenly heard a horseshoe The sound of hitting the stone slab was Long Buer's hastily galloping his horse back. Xin Buqi caught a glimpse of Long Buer's expression sitting on the horse from afar, half of his face was black, his hair was curly with anger, he couldn't help screaming that something was wrong, he only hoped that there was a hole in the house where he could slip away.Before he found the hole, Long Buer jumped off his horse and roared, "Where is that thief and prisoner Xin Buqi? Call me over!" When Xin Buqi heard that his title had been changed, from a thief to a prisoner, his legs softened and he fell to his knees: "Master Long, Grandpa Long..." "You dare to lie to me with a broken brick, you're dying... You, you, you still want to be a city gate guard?" Long Buer shouted, "Prepare to behead you!" "I'm wronged. It was indeed stolen from old Mo Tong. The old man hid it like a treasure. It's not a stone that adults want. What else could it be?" Long Buer was furious, but after all he felt that he was very resourceful and a famous Confucian general, so he couldn't lose his status and image, so he pressed down abruptly, grabbed the beard on his chin, and asked: "Boy, you better be smart!" Dot. Do you see anything resembling a stone besides this?" Xin Buqi rolled his eyes, thinking hard: ... Xin Buqi and Qing Luo escaped from Mo Tong's house, and according to Xin Buqi's intention, they shared the spoils.But Qing Luo said: "Uncle, what Uncle Longbuer wants is only the red box, other things, just give them back." "Give it back to who? How?" Xin Buqi held his pocket tightly and shouted, "Then who will make up for my loss? I lost a pair of gloves here... I took a big risk in front of Lord Long , I pleaded with the little girl's companion for you, we have a clean relationship and we don't owe you anything." Qing Luo scratched his head, took out a small object from the back of the white camel, and handed it to Xin Buqi: "Do you think this will work?" It is a metal sun tunnel that can gather sunlight to ignite a fire. It is something commonly used by grassland people. Glittering in the sun. Xin Buqi swallowed involuntarily.He squeezed the awning with all his strength, fearing that Qing Luo would regret taking it back, and asked puzzledly: "So you are a rich man—you traded such a large piece of gold for something, just to send it back?" Qing Luo smirked: "I already feel very bad for stealing something from someone else. Let's return this skin to that girl—I met her on the road to heaven, and she was with a large group of people." , it should be easy to find." Xin Buqi took out the skin bag from his bosom and looked at it carefully. He saw that the contents in the bag were as transparent and smooth as ice, with light-like ripples. When he held it in his hand, it was bitingly cold for a while, and it was as hot as fire for a while. WTF.He looked upside down and saw that the thing was also engraved with three words "Dragon's Breath".Even though Xin Buqi was illiterate, he could still count the difference between three characters and two characters. After thinking about it, this thing should have nothing to do with the "deaf rhinoceros" that Long Zhuzun said. "Okay, just change it, don't go back on your word." Xin Buqi quickly put away the gold at a speed invisible to the naked eye. ... Thinking of this episode, Xin Buqi said to Zun Longzhu: "... At that time, a woman sprang out from the ground, and a skin bag fell out of her body. The things in the bag were strange. Could it be considered a stone, but the top of it The engraving is clearly three words..." Long Zhuzun stretched out his hand in front of him: "Bring it." Xin Buqi said with a bitter face, "I sold it..." "Sold?!" The flesh on Long Zhuzun's face twitched following these two words, and Xin Buqi's heart also trembled. "Who did you sell it to?" "This... I sold it to an acquaintance," Qing Luo thought about it, and he was not an acquaintance, so he quickly changed his words, "... Sold it to someone I don't even know..." "Damn it, do you know him or not?" "This," Xin Buqi looked at Long Zhuzun's face, hesitatingly said, "If you say you don't know him, you know him a little bit, but you say you know him. This, I've only met him once..." "Damn it, go find it for me!" “龙大人，”辛不弃哭丧着脸说，“你说过的只要盒子……现在让我去哪儿找他？” “我不管我说过什么，”龙柱尊用粗短的指头重重地杵在辛不弃胸前，每杵一下，就让他倒退一步。这位不二将军从牙缝里挤出几个冷飕飕的字来：“小子，你最好机灵点儿，把东西拿回来，否则就是死路一条。”他“啪”的一声，将辛不弃身边一条板凳踢断，还不解气，又上前噼啪两脚，连腿带椅面跺成粉末。 辛不弃哆嗦着道：“人是不太显眼，不过身边有一头白骆驼，又高又大，毛色极亮，这就比较跳了……” “白骆驼？”龙不二一听，脸色变了变，又怒又喜，暗自想：好呀，原来又是那小子。 天色傍黑时，青罗正在厌火城那迷宫一样的路里转着。他和辛不弃分手后，捏着辛不弃写给他的字条，想去找羽裳。辛不弃一力担保，必定会将那姑娘的同伴保出来，让他们在羽裳的藏处等着就是，但辛不弃涂抹的地址，青罗接连问了几个路人，竟然无人能看懂。 青罗正牵在骆驼在迷宫一样盘绕的道路里乱转，不知如何是好，突然背上被人拍了一下。 他转身看时，拍他的人是个矮个子，手里提溜着个铁秤砣，像个菜市上的贩夫，看着有点眼熟，却不认识是谁。 “怎么，不认识我了？”那人一笑，露出了一口黄牙。他背后又走出来一人，却是个卖肉的屠夫，手提剔骨尖刀，斜乜着眼看他。 青罗张眼一看，四面的巷子里，竟然有数十人靠近了来。他们躲藏在墙角的暗影里，就如不被人注意的影子般，重重叠叠地四面围了上来。 “昨天晚上，”那矮个子不怀好意地笑着逼近，“你从我们这儿抢走的那个姑娘在哪？我们老大要找她。” 青罗深吸了一口气，后退一步，将骆驼背上的山王抢在手里，横胸而立。 “我不说！”他大声回答，心里想，按照辛大叔所说，这时候就是狭路相逢勇者胜了。 “你不说？”那矮子重复了一句。 “他手上拿的什么？”屠夫问，“沙老二，他刚才路过的时候不是问过你吗？” 青罗的来路上一个沙哑的嗓音回道：“他说纸上写的是个什么地址，不过我没看清。”那个声音略带抱歉地加了一句，“我不太识字。” “地址？”屠夫眼珠子一转，“给我抢过来……” 青罗吓了一跳，将左手上拿着的纸条搓成一团，往嘴里塞去，要把它吞下。小姑娘，他想，辛大叔会带着你朋友去找你的，你们就别等我了。 就在纸条进嘴的一瞬间，突然路边站着的人群里，有个黑脸膛的家伙将一支笛子凑到嘴边猛吹了一口气。青罗听到“嗡”的一声，如同蜜蜂的毒刺在空中划过，一枚飞针插在那团纸上，将它从他手上打落在地，滚向路边的阴沟。 青罗要抢纸团，那矮个子的手一摆，黑乎乎的秤砣就如流星锤朝他呼啸而来，屠夫的尖刀也朝他的前胸猛击而下，风声劲急。 年轻蛮人终于发作了，他身体里流淌着的，毕竟是一名武士的血啊。青罗低沉地吼叫了一声，与此同时，他的胸口燃烧起一团奇怪的可怕力量，冰冷如寒冰，顺着胸口侵袭入四肢五体，却让他全身的毛孔炽热如火，仿佛热血要汹涌而出。那种感觉非常奇怪，青罗只觉得浑身燥热异常，偏偏心思又极度冷静，周遭的情况如同在水晶玻璃里显现出来一样，毫纤毕现。 他的肩膀微微一抬，一肘打在矮子的下巴上，秤砣带着系眼里的索，在空中划了一道斑斓怪异的轨迹，它主人的头则向后一摆，以一条弧线落到墙上，登时晕了过去。青罗看到几颗碎齿飞向天空，百忙中说了声：“对不住啊，大叔。”与此同时，他腰身一拧，屠夫的尖刀擦着他的小腹横过，连边也没挨着。 青罗躲过尖刀，就要去抢那团纸，不料刚迈左腿，却被身后扔出来的一团麻绳缠住脚步，几乎被绊倒在地。这些包围者各种怪招层出不穷，委实令人难以提防。 他左手在地上一撑，右手甩脱了剑鞘。山王长剑出鞘，登时一股凉气在狭巷子里一卷而开，每一个人都感觉到了强烈的撞击。等他斩开腿上缠绕的麻绳，逼退身边的人，屠夫已经将那纸团抓在手里，向后跳回到人群当中。他得意地将纸团朝青罗晃了一晃，就着破巷里泄下来的一束夕阳光打开。 青罗被四五个人挡在身前，无法夺回纸条，不由焦急万分。却见那位屠夫皱起眉头，用两根指头压住纸条，艰难地念道：“一个钩，叉叉，又一个圈，然后是个鬼笑脸……妈的，这是哪一国的文字？我要是能看懂，就让雷活劈了我。” 这些影者哪里知道青罗也上了当——辛不弃压根儿就不识字，且也不知羽裳在哪，这张纸条上的“地址”不过是随手胡抹出来的。 屠夫越看越怒，将纸条揣到腰里，拔出后腰上一面又阔又大的劈骨刀，双刀在手，指着青罗喝道：“给我拿下这人是正经，活剥了他的皮，且看他招是不招——别闹得太久，此刻四处都有鹤鸟儿的巡哨。” 四面的影子们一拥而上，菜刀、连枷、长棍、拐杖、飞针、折叠椅，各类兵器一起朝青罗招呼过来。青罗虽然勇武，但陷入到这可怕的混乱漩涡中，一时也手忙脚乱。与此同时，他胸口燃烧的那块寒冰也越来越炽热，全身肌肤似乎都要在热血的重压下裂开。“溢出。”一个莫名其妙的词儿突然跳到他脑海里，他也不明白这是什么意思，但却知道自己不能太使力了。 他突然后退一步，一脚狠踢在白骆驼的肚子上。“快跑啊，畜生！”他喊道。骆驼扬起蹄子，用高壮的胸膛冲出一条路来，青罗几乎是紧挨着它翻飞的后蹄，擦过堵在路口的人，向外跑去。 那些人发了一声喊，在后面紧追不放。 青罗拖着剑，揪住骆驼的镫子，翻身上鞍。他们风一样卷过半塌的矮墙，跳下半人高的台阶，箭一样冲过围绕着水井的小空场——他越跑越荒凉，但追赶在身后的那些衣裳破烂的人却仿佛越来越多。只见他们从横巷子里，从屋子里，从地窖里冒出来，从四面八方冒了出来，他们全是些一样的泼皮、无赖、工匠、小贩、脚夫、盗贼、手艺人和杂货店老板。 他们并不怎么阻拦他，也不紧逼，只是在后面追赶，拥挤着，磕碰着，挨挨擦擦地跟过来，缀着不放。 四面都是这样的情景，青罗陷身其间，就如同踏翻了蚂蚁窝的懵懂小猫。他暗自思忖该死的白骆驼定是跑错了方向，他想要回头，但发觉后路已被这支衣裳褴褛的大军切断，只有向前的一条路是敞开着的。 青罗喘着气，一直跑到了码头。在那个不规则形状的广场上，他停下了脚步。 四面是呼啸而来的腥味的海风，天空已经暗下去了，一片昏黑的雨云低低地压在他的眉毛上。广场上散落着数十堆火堆，东零西散的火光四周驻扎着古怪的人堆，他们个个面目凶狠，其残忍和可怖赛过凝聚失败的魅。奇怪的是，青罗觉得似乎在街道上见过这些脸，不过在那里，这些脸上完全是憔悴的表情，或者是一副痴呆相；但在这座广场上，它们暴露了真面目——谁看到这样的脸，都不会怀疑它们就是厌火城的眼睛，厌火城的主人，和厌火城的杀手。 那些人看到他跑进来，坐在火堆边也不起身，只是看着这头落入罗网的小兽，都露出了可怕的笑容和刀子。 后面的跟踪者也已经到了广场入口，在青罗的背后围成了马蹄形，青罗就站在这个马蹄的中央。他插翅难逃了。 “啪”的一声巨响震动了空气。“我身无形！”一条大汉高喊着，他高高地踞坐在一艘倒扣过来的木船底上，正在缓缓地收回手中的长鞭。广场上顿时安静下来。 青罗已经是第二次听到这句切口了，但他并不明白它的含义。“我一个人打不过你们所有的人，”他跳下骆驼背，大声叫着说，“叫一条好汉出来，叫一个敢和我单打独斗的英雄出来，不要让我小瞧你们这些城市里的人。”他被重重包围在这个陌生的地方，四周鬼影幢幢，充斥着恶意，但他并不害怕。他大声地叫嚣着，他始终相信这个世界上存在着某种叫做公平的原则。这种纯粹的理解在燃烧着他的胸臆。 那长鞭大汉换了一种因为带上威胁的力量而压得低低的声音，他对着青罗高傲地说：“说得不错，你现在双脚落在我们的圣地上，所以你有权利选择任何一种方式去死——如果这样可以让你死得口服心服，我们接受。”他的语气有恃无恐。 青罗深吸了一口气，舔了舔自己的嘴唇，他知道自己面临某种危险，只是他还不真正明白这个危险是什么。 一个庞大如山的影子在那艘翻过来的小船后出现。它缓慢地移动着，最后现在了火堆的光耀下。 广场上的众人发出了一阵可怕的欢呼，“好，就让他会会我们的大个子。”他们喊道。 一个光着膀子的夸父巨人出现在广场上，他高如一座小山，全身都是虬结的肌肉，左颈上有一处可怕的伤疤。 长鞭大汉身材也不矮，但站在这个巨人的脚下，就如同三岁的幼童一样高。 “我叫虎头。”他用一种安静，甚至可以称为温柔的声音自我介绍说。青罗觉得这名夸父看上去面目忧郁，模样略显迟钝，却能感受到他身上汹涌而出的战士的气息。只有战士才能闻到这股战士的味道。青罗从小就闻惯了这股子味道，他知道这样的人会为了一件无关紧要的小事去死。他们对死亡漫不在乎。 “你可以自己选用武器。我用斧头。”虎头不紧不慢地说，“你要是还用那把小短剑，吃亏就比较大。” 他把斧头从背后拖出来展示给青罗看，那把斧子看了就能让对手自己想去死，斧柄是用一整棵栎木做成的，又坚硬又有弹性，斧面有一张小床那么宽，磨得明晃晃的，斧背厚有两拃，天不怕地不怕的白果皮看到这么大的一面斧子的时候，也忍不住挪动了一下脚步。 这样的斧子，可以轻易地将一峰骆驼一劈两半。 虎头提起斧子的动作极其轻巧，丝毫没有普通巨人的笨拙和臃重之感。 这样的敌人让青罗全身激动，血液开始轰轰地冲上胸膛，冲上头脸。那股热血冲到咽喉处的时候，让他显露了本色，青罗放声喊叫，他的嚎叫声如饿狼一样。 那一声喊让广场上的人都错愕了一下，他们都料想不到，这么温厚地站在那儿的青年，在咆哮的时候，却像一头最凶猛的野兽。 随着那一声喊，青罗握紧手里的剑，朝虎头猛扑了上去。九州之上，几乎没有人可以单独打败一名夸父，但他不在乎。一旦抓住剑的时候，他脑子里就没有生和死，只有胜利和失败。 他确实不习惯这把剑，草原人喜欢粗野的劈砍和猛砸，但这把剑是他的幸运之剑，会带他走到爱人身边。 现在青罗不得不用适合山王的方式来作战，短促地急刺，然后后退，再跳上前去。胸口上传来的力量源源不绝，皮肤又开始炽痛，但他觉得自己的速度也迅猛了许多。 青罗绕着巨人团团打转。这是蜜蜂和熊之间的斗争。 虎头并不跟着他打转，他半蹲在地，大斧起起落落，好像没有章法，却总是迎着青罗的蜂刺落下。他的斧子卷起了海啸一样强大的风，把青罗的刺吹得东歪西倒，把青罗压得喘不过气来。就连山王这样坚韧锐利的剑，也连一下都不敢和巨人的斧头相接触，青罗本来希望能消耗掉夸父的力气，但他在两团当头压下的旋风间隙里抬起头的时候，看到了一双镜子一样白亮亮的眼睛。 那眼睛闪闪地看着他，目光里是毫不掩饰的怜悯。青罗明白虎头眼睛里的含义，这就像大熊胡乱挥舞自己的巨掌，只要有一下拍实了，蜜蜂就会变成一团肉泥，而蜜蜂蛰上了大熊，也无法伤它太深。在这样的战斗里，青罗已经必败无疑了。 露陌。 他的心里跳出了这个名字。 这个仿佛已经很遥远的名字压在他的胸口上，让他喘不过气来。 露陌，他痛苦地想，我无法再去找你了。他这么想的时候，手上不由得慢了一慢，这在与虎头这样的战士的对决中是致命的。 始终半蹲着的虎头突然动了，他的手肘仿佛突然长了一尺，手里的斧头从下而上，抡了个完美的半圆，当真是摧枯拉朽，青罗只来得及将剑锋转了个方向，就感到自己被一堵墙拍到了地上。 虎头的巨斧压在青罗的剑上，而那把剑平压在青罗的胸口上。刚才要不是他转了一下剑锋，这把剑就会被嵌入胸口。虽然如此，青罗也已经动弹不得了，他被斧头和地面紧紧地夹住，只要虎头手上稍稍加一把劲，他就会胸骨尽折，死在当地。 他的胸口砰砰地跳得厉害，全身滚烫，充斥满力量，但却使不出来。山王在他手上跳动不已，如同他跳动的心脏，他抖得抓不住手里的剑。 I'm dying.他痛苦地想，突然吐出了一口血。 虎头很明显地愣了一下，提起斧头，低下身子目光炯炯地看他。 青罗躺在地上，苦笑一声，说：“我输了。” 虎头点了点头，他说：“你很不错。”然后就转身走了。 周围的那些人冲上来把青罗牢牢按住。青罗也不抵抗，输了就是输了。他们把他推到那艘翻倒的小船前，长鞭大汉低下眼睛，他的眼珠子是黄色的，就如同夜枭的眼睛。 “告诉我们那个小姑娘在哪里，你还能活命。” 青罗摇了摇头。 “或者告诉我们这张纸条上写的什么，是不是那个小姑娘的地址？” 青罗摇了摇头，还是不说。 那汉子遗憾地点了点头：“是条汉子，可是你不肯说，这儿又无人替你说话——依照影者的规矩，我们只好杀了你。”他挥了挥手，被打碎下巴的矮个子难看地笑了一下，屠夫则拔出了刀子。 青罗听到这个名字，忍不住叫出声来：“你们是影子……” “傻小子，现在才知道吗？太迟了。”屠夫狞笑了一声，将尖刀压在青罗的咽喉上。