The air is becoming more and more humid, making the weather even colder at night, making people feel uncomfortable all over. Spring insects are sprouting, and there is a constant stream of water dripping into the ears, making a slight noise.
Going deep into the huge pit with its name, you are like a frog at the bottom of a well. When you look up, you can see the sky as big as your palm. It was just the beginning of Xu when you came down, and the sky is just getting dark in spring. The bottom of the pit is like the darkest time of midnight. You can't see your fingers even if you reach out. The torch is bright, but it is only a light less than one step in front of you.
They walked slowly in the middle of the night, and the two people behind them were not fast either. They looked at the rows and rows of stars and lights twinkling on the cliff. It seemed that they were not far away, but the road under their feet was difficult to navigate, and it took a lot of time to make twists and turns.
Bai Wuchang Jiang Shu asked: "How well-informed is the news? Can he know that Ding Daigou is found?"
"almost."
He answered solemnly in the middle of the night, "His name is Xiao Lingtong. Do you think he is well-informed or not?"
Hei Wuchang Jiang Huai'en, who was walking at the end, had never had a good look at Ye Sangen who had lost his big ring knife. Hearing this, he sneered and said, "Your father, Ye Hongtu, has not done anything great."
Ye San Geng teased: "Whether he has accomplished anything great or not, I, as a son, don't like it. Anyway, Uncle Hei can't beat my father."
"you…"
Jiang Huai'en was speechless. Although it was hurtful to say this, it was true.
More than 20 years ago, the only son of a king with a different surname in this dynasty went to Mingdao Tomb in the middle of Sichuan alone to propose marriage. He single-handedly broke through the sword array of Mingdao Tomb in just three months, and successfully defeated the powerful man. Weizun's Mingdaofen broke the precedent and set a precedent. Instead of getting married, he married the woman in the family who was the most beautiful when she first entered the world.
Jiang Huai'en, who was not impermanent back then, clearly remembers that day when the drunken man feared that he would never be able to build a strong body in his life, so he resisted the powerful sword attack of the elder of the sect.
The Ming Dao Tomb has a history of more than a thousand years, and it has the first and only broken knife.
Jiang Shu said, "Are you two here to have a fight or are you here to get a knife?"
In the middle of the night, Jiang Huai'en kept silent and snorted again.
Calculating that there was still some distance left, Jiang Shu asked, "Who is Xiao Lingtong?"
"Xiao Lingtong."
Ye Sangen repeated this seemingly casual name and let out a heavy snort from his nose, "He is a person who knows everyone."
In the middle of the night, I have heard many strange things and met many strange people, such as my eldest sister, who only eats fast and chants Buddha's name but does not practice, which is the Dzogchen that Buddhist disciples dream of; or Mo Yan, the master of Phoenix City, who did extremely high-profile things back then. There has been a feat of one person playing chess against ten people at the same time; or my own Ye Xie You, who is the third oldest but should be called the second sister, has a photographic memory that is unparalleled; or I met a fierce man six or seven years ago. He single-handedly carried the hundreds of kilograms of ebony-topped door pillars of Fanglin Gate and danced like a tiger in the wind.
But for Xiao Lingtong, whose name was so casual that he seemed to follow his whim, I still admired him very much.
Because he also has a photographic memory.
It’s not the knowledgeable and knowledgeable Ye Xiayou who is familiar with poems and books, but the experience of the people he has seen in his life. Whenever it happens in front of his eyes, he can always tell it accurately in the first time. Something that happens at a certain place at a certain time.
Even if it has been a long time, it can still be done exactly right.
It was so incredible that it astonished those who knew him.
Of course, Midnight and Xiao Lingtong were not acquainted with each other. They had only heard about it at first, and it was also when they heard Song Li mention this strange man with such extraordinary abilities.
Five or six years ago, Song Li introduced the spies of the Guge Dynasty who had sneaked into the capital with the front-line soldiers to investigate and deal with. He had dealt with this Xiao Lingtong. This man was indeed very powerful. According to a picture provided by an informant, a government painter The vague profile drawn by the clues reminds me of the intersection with this spy who had a close relationship.
Therefore, if you come to Bei City to look for Dingglucoside aimlessly, it is safer to look for Xiao Lingtong first.
After briefly introducing Xiao Lingtong, he said in the middle of the night: "It's almost certain that we can find him."
Bai Wuchang and Jiang Shu didn't know if it was an illusion or something else. She behaved like a tourist in the middle of the night. She would say whatever came to her mind. She wanted to find someone who was not interested even if they asked about the affairs of the world. Ding Di, a former tomb robber and corpse chaser, Xiao Lingtong, who went to the evil pit but said he wanted to find someone who knew everyone, and Ye San, who didn't tell him anything without asking, seemed to be hiding something.
Slowly approaching, the so-called evil pit is right in front of you. From a distance, the wooden house is blurry, but from a close look, it is in dilapidated condition. It can only be used as a shelter from the wind and rain. If the rain is stronger, it will probably be destroyed.
Some idle men or old men and women sat in groups or alone, all dressed in rags that were no better than beggars. They were all skinny and half-dead, staring at the group of outsiders who had intruded here.
As the only formal entrance into Bei City, this group of aborigines in the evil pit are naturally not surprised by outsiders. They just look like monsters choosing food, staring at them with eagerness, which makes people feel uncomfortable.
Ye San looked more like he was avoiding something. He just kept his head down and moved forward. He quickened his steps and distanced himself from Jiang Shu in just a few steps.
Bai Wuchang, who lowered his hood again because his vision was clear, hurriedly followed, "Why are you walking so fast?"
Naturally, because of some past events, Ye San was even more embarrassed and said, "Because of some things, some people here don't welcome me."
This once again provoked Jiang Huai'en to snort coldly: "You must have offended someone you shouldn't have offended again."
In the middle of the night, he turned around helplessly, "Uncle Hei, don't always hate me because of trivial things. I used to follow my mother back to the house, and you all liked me quite a lot and praised me for being smart and sensible..."
Jiang Shu interrupted again, "You know what you're asking, wouldn't you know? It's all for your mother's sake. You can't tell her you're not right in front of her."
Midnight curled his lips, "Hypocritical."
This prompted Bai Wuchang to hit him on the head with a moderate blow.
After walking around a private house and turning a corner, except that the sight was still drowsy, it could be said that it was suddenly enlightened. After all, in this place where the sun was not visible, the oil lamps and torches everywhere made the light brighter.
There is an east-west road, and the houses on both sides are not like those on the cliff. They are brick houses that can be said to be in ruins. Broken walls and tiles can be seen everywhere. The further you go in, the better. At least they are not as good as those outside. So dilapidated, the brick and tile houses, whether they are wooden houses, are lined up in rows, row upon row, like a city in a city.
He put out the torch and saw that no one was paying attention to the three of them, so he turned into a brick house with a courtyard at midnight.
The yard was extremely messy. There were only tattered things, a straw hat without a brim, a cart missing a wheel, a wooden barrel with a missing piece of board, an iron pot with holes exposed, all scattered everywhere. The windows of the house were old. It had been in disrepair and drooped on one side, revealing the dim light inside.
"Old Zhao."
In the middle of the night, he stood in the yard without entering the house, calling his name softly.
After two or three breaths, the limping middle-aged man limped out of the house, looked at the three people in the yard, his eyes stayed on the faces of the late night, he was stunned, and said in amazement: "Third Young Master?! Are you really came back?"
Midnight nodded, "I've just been back for three days."
Then he introduced the two men behind him, black and white, "This is the villain's trap for the armor chief, Zhao Fu."
Bao Jia Chang, who was called Lao Zhao, limped forward and looked at the late night carefully. It was obvious that he had not seen each other for three years. His eyes were full of joy of seeing each other, and his tone could not hide his excitement, "I heard people in the city say yesterday I heard the news that you were back, but I didn’t expect you to come to the Evil Pit. Are you here hiding from the Luminous Monument?”
He just shook his head in denial and did not answer Zhao Fu's question. He asked in the middle of the night: "Has Ah Li come back recently?"
Zhao Fu's face tightened, "Third Young Master is looking for Ah Li? Is there any trouble that can't be solved?"
"No." The other party's concern made Ye Sangeng feel warm in his heart, "Just asking."
Although it was arranged by the government, the chief of security, who actually did not have much power in this evil pit where the law turned a blind eye, darkened, "Ali came back secretly last month, looking for Xiao Lingtong, but Xiao Lingtong didn't. Ling Tong hid in the ghost market but didn't see him, and left right after, because he was afraid that he would be found if he stayed for a long time."
At first glance, she knew that Song Li was looking for the bald guy with a male and female appearance who was trying to catch her, so Ye San stopped dwelling on the issue, "I also plan to find Xiao Lingtong."
Zhao Fu was stunned for a moment and said with a wry smile: "Third Young Master, you also know that because of Song Li's matter, Xiao Lingtong..."
"I know." He interrupted Zhao Fu directly and tilted his head back in the middle of the night, "So I want you to help me ask."
Zhao Fu nodded and said: "Then I have to ask Third Young Master to wait here. I am afraid that Xiao Lingtong will already know that it is you who is here and he will tell me."
Xiao Lingtong Xiao Lingtong was naturally well-informed. No matter how hard he tried to hide his whereabouts, he believed that the news of his appearance in the villain's pit would reach Xiao Lingtong's ears immediately.
Even if Zhao Fu didn't say anything, he didn't plan to show up in the middle of the night.
Back then, Song Li participated in escorting He Ge Wangyou out of the capital, and brought the young people from the evil trap with him. However, no one expected that the situation would develop so out of control. The eleven people brought out except Song Li and Xian Jingzhao None of the three people, Ye Qing, the Prince of Fu Lai, and Bian Xiaoxian, the head of Tai'an County, survived. Therefore, whether Song Li had no face to face the aborigines in the pit, or the resentment of some extreme aborigines in the pit against him, it became a matter of course. The reason why Song Li could not return to the evil pit was revealed.
Later, he was still investigating the spy of the Guge Dynasty. In the middle of the night, he asked Song Li to follow him in Bei City. However, no one expected that he accidentally bumped into the woman's room of Bei City's boss and was also beaten. After catching him right away, this was considered a trick. The actual leader of the underground city in Bei City wanted to kill Song Li in a rage. In the end, he threatened and guaranteed to save Song Li in the middle of the night, but he also failed. The sword hunter in the original Imperial City was explicitly prohibited from entering the North City from now on.
This is all due to the late night watch, which makes the late night watch actually not have much of a good reputation in this underground city that includes the Villain Pit and the North City.
He asked Zhao Fu to go find Xiao Lingtong to find out if Ding Gong appeared in Bei City. He avoided the black and white Wuchang without any trace, and asked Zhao Fu to ask about the bald man who looked like a man and a woman.
Waiting is always boring, but you can't go out for a walk for fear of exposing your identity. It's okay for a sensible person like Zhao Fu, but I'm afraid of some people who don't understand. When I came here a few years ago, I was killed by several people. The young man's family members insulted him in public, and Ye San Geng didn't want to experience it again.
Jiang Shu was curious and asked what happened in the first place, which made Ye Zangeng seem not to be welcomed here.
In the middle of the night, I didn't want to reveal too much, so I practiced silent meditation without saying a word.
Just at this time, a boy with pigtails running up to the sky suddenly ran into the courtyard. He first looked at the invisible Bai Wuchang, and muttered "The man wearing the hat", then looked at Jiang Huaien, and then muttered "Hei Bu Liu Qiu". "The person", finally his eyes stopped on Ye Sangeng, and asked, "Are your surname Ye, the night of the dark night?"
He nodded in the middle of the night, not knowing why.
The boy nodded, as a matter of course.
"That's right, someone asked me to tell you something."
He raised his eyebrows in the middle of the night.
The boy said, "If you want to live, run away."
