Deep in Mujiuzi Alley, there are chaotic and crowded alleys of houses.
A petite figure shuttled among them, moving like a spiritual deer. It was Zhang Shaoyao who was separated from Wang Xiuwei.
There were a few streaks of black ash on the girl's oval face. After hearing the loud noise from behind, her bright eyes swayed with more and more worry.
despair--
Zhang Shaoyao broke into a door and stopped subconsciously after seeing the scene inside the house.
This is a large house with no obvious modifications to the beams or pillars. Compared with what we have seen along the way, it can be considered to be extremely well preserved.
But the fundamental reason that made the girl stop was because there was no other exit from this room except the door behind her.
This situation may be normal in other places, but in Nijiuzi Alley, which seems crowded and cramped but actually extends in all directions, this situation is a strange one.
The ground was very flat, with traces of moving tables and chairs. The girl looked at the dozens of drag marks of varying lengths on the ground and subconsciously slowed down her breathing.
Exit this room immediately and find a new way?
This thought came to Zhang Shaoyao's mind, and he immediately shook his head.
During this journey, the memory deep in her mind was not wrong because it was slightly blurry. She got here through an extremely narrow route. There was another route for her to choose in her memory and the intersection of this route. , already far behind.
Zhang Shaoyao's eyes flashed with deep worry. Not long after the huge sword roar had passed, there seemed to be a continuous roar coming in this direction.
Her top priority now is to escape and find Brother Aliang.
"Hoo~" After confirming the purpose of the operation, the young girl Xiaohe's chest rose slightly, her body was full of courage to bring the news out to save everyone, and she regained her agility when she was refining alchemy alone.
She had been worried about them after she separated from everyone, and rushed in here. She vaguely remembered that when she came in, she glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw that there seemed to be a couplet outside the door, with black characters on red paper, and the red bottom paper did not seem to be the same. It has not faded, and the black handwriting does not seem to have much mottled old meaning.
"This is not the deepest point yet, so why is there suddenly no road..."
Zhang Shaoyao was not stupid enough to turn around and go back outside to see what was written on the couplet. He suppressed the anxiety that the bad guys would catch up at any time and looked at the room carefully and quickly.
"Hiss--that's weird."
This empty room seemed unusually quiet except for the sound of her breathing. After the girl confirmed that the room was not small and could even accommodate dozens of people at the same time, the strange feeling that lingered in her heart became deeper and deeper. .
If such a room appeared anywhere else outside Mudleg Alley, it would not give her such a strong intuitive feeling.
In the girl's memory, there was never a vermilion wall or a high-locked gate in Mudleg Alley. People who also live here will maintain a certain kind of restrained goodwill towards each other, and this restrained goodwill will be maximized in this group of children.
It was a paradise where you could hide and seek anywhere.
Those men who have announced that they occupy a certain room, most of them only look at the children who enter the territory rashly, without scolding them. Therefore, because of this, this area occupies a large area southwest of the outer city of Suzaku City. The footprints of girls have been left in all the large and small areas of Mudleg Alley.
But at this moment, this place is very unfamiliar, but the new couplet outside the door and the traces of tables and chairs on the floor in the house prove that this place is not unfamiliar to certain people.
This made the girl feel very bad, like a wanderer returning to his hometown only to realize that his hometown has long since become a foreign land.
But she did not let this emotion that affected her judgment continue to ferment. Under the heavy pressure outside, it only took a very short time to gather her thoughts, quickened her pace, and began to explore the empty room.
According to Mudleg's rules, every room should never have only one "door".
With this thought in his mind, Zhang Shaoyao twitched his nose and suddenly stopped in front of the east wall of the room.
In front of her, there was a fresh smell of plant ash, combined with a hint of earthy smell.
The light in the room was really dim. With a thoughtful look in her eyes, she took two cautious steps forward while holding her breath, and finally made a discovery.
People in Nijiuzi Alley will use a local method when repairing cracks in the wall. They use highly viscous yellow mud mixed with plant ash and apply it on the cracks to smooth it. The effect is very good.
At this moment, on the east wall, there are new traces of plaster that are consistent with the color of the entire wall. .
"Humph, I am quite smart." Zhang Shaoyao smiled and felt slightly relaxed.
If I hadn't taken a closer look and knew everyone's daily habits, it would be difficult for others to spot this small door, which is only half a person's height.
Although she didn't know why the door was so short, the girl had already concluded that someone had sealed it deliberately, and there must be a hidden secret behind it.
Zhang Shaoyao stood still and took a deep breath. Because she had been trying her best to escape, she didn't realize that 30% of her energy had been consumed until now. She remembered that she had wasted half a stick of incense by not talking in this room. , the traces of hesitation that flashed in her eyes quickly dissipated, she gritted her teeth, her body was filled with energy, and she put the five fingers of her right hand together to make a palm, aiming at the position on the wall that was newly filled with yellow mud.
"Ah -" the girl shouted softly, first used her true energy to protect her body's vital points, and then attacked directly.
However, her attack failed to work.
A slender white hand suddenly placed on her shoulder, pulling her back, and the energy that shot out from her palm was abruptly suppressed with a wave of her sleeves. offset.
Zhang Shaoyao's eyes were wide and round, and they were slowly filled with surprise. Long before the infuriating Qi from the same center method was intertwined and offset, she knew it just by smelling the body fragrance of the woman next to her. Who is coming?
"master!!!"
The girl's little face still had a half-scared look of fear, and the rest was filled with intertwined joy and grievance.
Time has always had different values for different people.
For example, Zhang Shaoyao discovered a problem within half a stick of incense, and then planned to solve it with force.
This decisiveness and agility are already remarkable for a sixteen-year-old girl, but she is obviously still far behind her master.
"It's a trap." After Huaifenghua pulled the girl away, he did not take back the hand on her shoulder. Zhang Shaoyao instantly felt a huge spiritual consciousness sweeping across her body, and then Huaifenghua touched her body. There are some minor restrictions that are commonly used when refining medicine.
"Do you know when you had so many marks on your body?" Huaifenghua asked with a frown. She was afraid that the girl had unknowingly picked up other marks.
Zhang Shaoyao saw the serious expression on Huaifenghua's face, and his little face returned to seriousness and nodded: "It's a man that Sister Yueshan and the others rescued. That man seems to have done something to us."
Huaifenghua nodded, "Well, it should be similar to when I found your 'Ten Mile Incense', and now all the marks on your body have been found and isolated."
"Hmm, well, what should we do next, master?" Zhang Shaoyao would subconsciously rely on Mu Qing or Huaifenghua when he was around them.
On the way from Ten Thousand Flowers Valley, Mu Qing had already noticed this. If a girl wants to go further in the future, she must learn to think independently. Mu Qing has gradually corrected it.
But Huaifenghua looked at her disciple who still had a simple disguise on her face, but she was subconsciously satisfied with this needed role. She glanced at the ground with a pair of bright eyes and said softly: "Speaking of which, Shaoyao is still your niece. Aren't you going to come out, Zhang Zhiyuan?"
"Ah?" Zhang Shaoyao followed the master's gaze and looked at the ground. The first thought that came to her mind was that I was looking in the wrong place. Only later did she realize that the content of the master's words had a lot to do with her.
After Huai Fenghua's voice fell, there was no response from anyone else in the room except for the slight breathing of the master and apprentice.
The silence was no more than a breath, but at this time, it had been a long time since anyone had spoken.
Huaifenghua's eyes trembled slightly as she looked around the room, a pair of delicate eyebrows gradually forming.
"Did I guess wrong... He's not here." Huaifenghua's heart sank.
So far, there was only one person who knew Mu Qing's most secrets, and that was her, so on the way to find Zhang Shaoyao, Huaifenghua thought of someone who might be able to help.
Zhang Zhiyuan, he and Zhang Shaoyao's father, Zhang Zhijing, are brothers.
The two of them were Lin Xiao's right-hand confidants. If Mu Qing hadn't mentioned the scholar Jianxiu, it would have been difficult for Huai Fenghua to know Zhang Zhiyuan's current situation.
Before she stopped Zhang Shaoyao from blasting the wall, she just glanced at the room a few more times and had some guesses in her mind.
But now that I think about it, this is probably just a guess.
boom--
Suddenly, a whistling sound from the sky reached the ears of the master and the apprentice in the house. The sound was continuous and became clearer and sharper.
"Catching up..." Huaifenghua's eyes were fixed. She thought that she had wasted a few breaths by placing her hope on her old friend. At this time, she no longer hesitated, but continued Zhang Shaoyao's unfinished action, aiming a palm at her side. A big hole was blasted directly into the wall.
Seeing that there was no sink behind the wall, but a road leading deeper, Huaifenghua had no time to lament that she had thought too much, and quickly said in a tight voice: "Run further and hide."
Before the girl could say anything, she jumped out of the door.
The girl pursed her small mouth, secretly annoyed that she was not strong enough and always had to be rescued by everyone, so she turned around and rushed towards the hole in the wall.
As a result, she had barely taken two steps towards the entrance of the cave when her petite figure was covered by a large net from nowhere. Then she fell to the ground and sank directly in again.
"Master is right, there is indeed a trap." The girl's eyes widened and her mouth opened wide. When she felt that she was falling, her little head was filled with shame and anger. Since she ridiculously did not think about it when she fell into the trap. As you advance further, will your delicate body be pierced?
snap——
A pair of strong arms suddenly blocked the girl's waist and protected her rapidly falling body. When her feet landed on the ground, she couldn't help but let out a soft cry of surprise.
In front of her, there were a dozen pairs of clear and bright little eyes, looking at her curiously.
