Although it was getting dark now, it was not too late, but they could not see anyone in Xiashan City at all along the way. Coupled with the strong stench from the two men, Pei Hu and Shouhou, it made people even more irritated.
Not far from the path, there is a well in the collapsed courtyard wall. According to the current situation, since there is no one in Xiashan City, this well should have been abandoned for a long time. But there was still water left in the barrel next to the wellhead, and the ground was still a little damp. It was probably that someone had used it not long ago.
Such a strange situation made several people dare not drink it without permission. However, the well water was quite clear, and after wiping it, several people felt refreshed and finally got rid of the dirty smell.
After a brief tidying up, a few people continued to explore Xiashan City while the sky was not completely dark. However, they still found nothing. Not to mention a living person, not even a mouse was found, and they didn't know. Why on earth do those people outside the city dare not enter the city?
However, after their efforts, the sky turned completely dark. Since no clues were found today, the third prince decided to continue the investigation the next day, and then go to the place that used to be Shangshan City to investigate.
However, the only news he knew about Shangshan City was that Shangshan City had become Jinsha Temple, and now he could only take one step at a time.
Anyway, there was no threat in the city, so a few people temporarily found a place to rest, thinking that if nothing was found the next day, it would not be too late to bring in those outside.
There was deathly silence in Xiashan City. The pale moonlight hit the ground, as if a layer of white frost had covered the city, which was cold and sad. In the night where there was no sound of wind or insects, the heartbeat was deafening in the dead silence.
"Click!" Suddenly, a clear sound covered the heartbeats of several people and sounded at their door.
This crisp sound made the sleepiness that several people had finally brewed disappear. They all hunched up and stared at the door.
"One, two, three, four, five..." Several people surrounded the city in the darkness. The third prince gestured to confirm the number of people and ruled out the possibility that it was one of his own people outside.
But the sound just now was like a hallucination of several people, and then the silence returned again, and the only thing heard was the breathing of several people.
"No!" The third prince's hair stood on end. Although he had counted just now, there were indeed five people in the room, but he did not count himself. He felt that his breathing was getting heavier and heavier, and he secretly counted the figures around him again.
"One! Two, three, four, five, six..." The third prince broke out in a cold sweat and his hair stood on end. This time he counted himself, and sure enough he found something was wrong. There was someone beside them at some point!
There was almost no light in the room, and it was difficult to judge their identities just by looking at their vague outlines. Moreover, this sixth person was able to sneak into the room without being noticed. He must not be an ordinary person. If he made it public without permission, it would probably cause serious consequences. .
But why haven’t the people around me noticed anything strange? Or have they already noticed...are they just like themselves, wary of each other?
Beads of sweat fell from the third prince's head. He felt that the days were like years, and he was looking forward to dawn and discovering the true face of this sixth person.
"Heili..." Jin Zhuer's voice came from a dark shadow.
"Hmm." The other person hummed.
"What time is it?"
"It's just past midnight." The person who responded said, and it turned out to be Heili's voice.
Now that the identity of the two people had been confirmed, the third prince breathed a sigh of relief and slowly moved over there. But before he could get up, he was grabbed by someone next to him and pushed back to where he was.
"Where are you going?" A familiar yet unfamiliar word came from the man's mouth.
The third prince was startled and wanted to call Hei Li and Jin Zhuer to pay attention to this person, but he only felt a hand pinching his neck. He couldn't breathe no matter what, and when the voice reached his mouth, only An inaudible wheezing sound.
Just when he was about to lose consciousness, he suddenly regained his energy and kicked the man. He finally broke away from the man's clutches and hid behind Heili in the direction of his memory.
"Heili! There is...um..." in this room. Before the third prince could finish his words, someone strangled his neck again. This time the person's force was quite strong. He only felt that his eyes were swollen and his ears were buzzing. .
"Hoo!" An oil lamp lit up among the group of people.
"Hei...li...you...you..." The third prince felt his eyes blurred for a while. He glanced around and found that Pei Hu, Shouhou, and Jinzhu were all looking at him coldly, and behind them, there was a pair of The cold eyes stared at him, and the owner of these eyes was the third prince.
"False... he is..." The third prince looked at the other "third prince" and sneered, taking out the short knife from Shouhou's waist and slowly walking towards him, but he could no longer struggle. He only felt a heat in his throat and sat down with a sigh. stand up…
"Huh...huh...is this a dream?" The third prince was already soaked to the skin, breathing heavily, and without any sleepiness, he simply stood up.
He calmed down and squinted his eyes to look at his feet, but did not find the four people there, but there was a faint scent of blood in the air. I suddenly felt something bad in my heart.
"What happened...why are they missing?" The third prince leaned close to the wall and did not dare to move. His eyes kept scanning left and right, but he could not see anything.
"Hahaha…"
Just when he was nervous, he suddenly felt a faint light in front of his eyes. He quietly went to the window, poked a small hole and looked outside. He saw four people with their backs to him building a fire in the yard. The two men, Pei Hushou and Hou Hou, didn't know what they were talking about. They made gestures for a while, and then burst into suppressed laughter.
"This..." When the third prince saw this, he couldn't laugh or cry for a while. He didn't expect these people to be so leisurely and elegant, coming out to light a bonfire at night.
"Fat tiger and thin monkey... why are you all out? It's so cold in the house that I'm freezing to death. I want to warm myself up by the fire." The third prince recalled the nightmare just now and didn't want to stay for a moment longer. He opened the door and left. out.
Perhaps it was because the two of them were chatting passionately, and with the crackling of the fire, they didn't hear the third prince's shout, but laughed even more happily. If the third prince hadn't been familiar with the heartless tempers of these two people, they would have been so abnormal. The behavior is a bit creepy at night.
"Heili, what are you doing here?" The third prince patted Heili on the shoulder and sat next to him.
"Make a fire and barbecue." Heili said calmly.
"Barbecue?" The third prince also became interested and looked towards the fire, only to find that there was nothing around him. "...Where's the meat?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the third prince felt his body light up and was lifted up by the black raccoon beside him. He only heard him say coldly: "Here comes the meat..."
Although Heili's tone was cold, there was a kind of suppressed joy hidden in it, and a gurgling laughter came from his throat.
"Heili, why are you making fun of me?" The third prince was stunned when he heard this. He smiled awkwardly and was about to break free from Heili's hand, but found that Heili's iron palm was firmly holding his collar. , showing no signs of loosening.
"Oh! I'm not in the mood to play around with you now, let go...ah! You!" The third prince was affected by the nightmare just now and was really in no mood, so he turned to look at Heili.
But this person in front of me...maybe should be said to be a thing, so where is the black raccoon? It can even be said that he doesn’t look human at all! This man looks the same as Heili from behind, both in attire and figure, but from the front he looks completely different!
I saw that the face of the thing in front of me was covered with dark hair, and two white and black eyes were hidden among the hair. Fortunately, with the firelight shining on it, this hairy face was not so monotonous.
I saw this thing's eyes were shining brightly, and it was grinning from ear to ear in excitement. I didn't expect that such a perfect set of fangs was hidden under this cute appearance!
But now is not the time to praise this thing's teeth. Although this thing looks harmless to humans and animals, it is definitely not a kind person. It pushed the third prince into the fire step by step.
Just as the third prince was getting closer to the fire, he suddenly twisted his body, took off his gown, jumped over the fire and rushed to the door, but was blocked by "Pei Hushouhou" on the other side of the fire.
I saw that the down on their faces had been scorched by the flames brought out from behind by the third prince, leaving a dense layer of small black particles spread on their skin. As their muscles twitched, they kept shaking off, revealing the down. under the skin. The bloodless skin was slightly reddened by the flames, and intricate cyan blood vessel patterns could be seen faintly.
The kernels and whites of their eyes seemed to be mixed together, very turbid, and they didn't know where to focus, but they easily restrained him, then tied him to a pillar and rolled on top of the flames.
In the "warm" firelight, the third prince looked at the familiar figures of the four monsters, as if they were the black raccoons guarding him. There was also a small figure beside them... In the hazy moment, he seemed to have returned to the day when the four of them first met him...
"Pei Hu Shouhou... what is this name? I think you might as well call me Fat Tiger and Thin Monkey!" The little third prince was roasting charred food in front of the fire, his originally fair face turned like a tabby cat, and he put his hand He handed the "coke" to the four people in front of him, "Since you are following me, you must protect me! I can't treat you badly!".
"Sure enough... do people who are dying see their own revolving door?" The third prince finally couldn't hold it anymore and sighed, his eyes full of despair, "It seems like they have also been killed... It's all my fault for my incompetence. I failed everyone’s expectations. Not only did I fail to recapture Yangdu City, but I also implicated several of you... If there is an afterlife, I hope you will not suffer with me anymore..."
The third prince was in a daze when he saw the "black raccoon" move. He pulled out the short knife from Shouhou's waist and stabbed him in the mouth...
