not bound

At night, Wuyun City became quiet, and the cold wind unique to the desert swept across the empty streets. Occasionally, there were a few barks of dogs, which quickly disappeared under the sound of scolding.

If a passer-by came here, they would definitely tear off the script of "The Story of Dark Clouds in the West Sea" in their hands and slam it on the ground, cursing the writers as liars.

Compared with the legendary Wuyun City where "the moon does not hang in the west and the night does not sleep", this kind of desolate scene is really heaven and earth, no, it is heaven and hell at all!

Wuyun City is an ideal city for Xihai people.

It is like a shining star dotted on the yellow sand road, just becoming the last barrier of the unknown and dangerous section of the "Haiyaoshang Road". Green, only bones are left for thousands of miles.”

As the largest post on the commercial road, it avoids the daunting "journey to yellow sand" that merchants carry heavy packages from the capital of Hanhai Kingdom, and reduces the possibility of physical exhaustion caused by long-distance travel.Merchants who set off from Hanhai can travel lightly, first arrive at Wuyun City, and then set off for Jiuyao after resupply.It can even be said that Wuyun City can actually be regarded as the real starting point of business routes.

Relying on its unique geographical advantages, Wuyun City is more lively and prosperous than any western seaside city, and its reputation as the city of fireworks is well-known in almost the entire Western Sea.

Reluctantly, after the ghost incident started, even those night owls who said they only loved stars and beauties went home early and slept obediently with their doors closed. It was almost difficult to see the lights on the street.

The bosses of prostitutes, art halls, and wine shops were all lying on their beds, with their eyes closed thinking about their pitiful account, their faces paler than seeing a ghost.

There are always some people who can't sleep.

At the very end of the night, in a certain alley in the center of the city, a door opened to reveal a gleam of light, two figures flashed in the blink of an eye, the light in the door went out immediately, and the door closed again.

"Really don't need to change into night clothes? Is it inconvenient for you to wear it like this? It's so cold and so thin, and it's so conspicuous..."

A male voice with a cold voice said with some worry.

"Haven't you heard the allusion of Jinyi's Night Walk?" A low voice beside him replied.

The male voice with a cold voice didn't respond for a while, and the voice continued to show off: "Besides, can't I wear it for myself to see? Anyway, I can see clearly... Hey, look at you, you are just like Old Bai with a straight face , so ugly!"

The man couldn't help laughing in a low voice, his laughter was warm and soft, like a boy's voice, a little indiscriminate between male and female, but just by hearing the voice, he felt that this person must have smiling eyes and easy to get close to.

"Brother Xue, where are we going now?" Qingyue's male voice asked sullenly.

"Wanqilou," the person known as Brother Xue continued to lower his voice, his smile still unrestrained, with a slightly naughty tone, "Go find the monster."

The wind was very strong, trying to blow away the floating clouds in the sky, but in the end it just made the floating clouds tremble, a waste of effort.

If there is light at this time, even if it is a faint starlight, you can definitely see two people walking in the long wind, the wind is full of skirts, and the clothes are flying, like immortals.

The person in front was wearing a long robe and walking with his arms folded, he was Xue Banxia by the moat in the afternoon.The one slightly behind is dressed in a dark cloth, almost hidden in the night is Xue Suyi, Xue Banxia's younger brother.

As the name suggests, Xue Suyi wears simple clothes, and most often wears thin black robes, which makes people feel that his brother has worn all the good clothes at home, but he doesn't care.

Compared with Xue Banxia's usual romantic style, Xue Suyi is like a serious wood.He doesn't talk much except for seeing a doctor, and he stays in the drugstore like a stone statue all day long, and it is impossible to tell that he is actually a boy under twenty, completely lacking the vitality that he should have at his age.

But there are many girls who just like this, and within a few days, they pretended to be sick and waited for a long time at the door of the Chenxiang medicine shop, in exchange for a hard look from him.

If the girls knew that Xue Suyi was the nagging and angry boy in front of them, they would definitely suspect that there was something wrong with their eyes.

Of course, Xue Suyi is sure that they have no chance to find out.

While talking, the two walked to the busiest place before Wuyun City, Huajing.

Huajing in Wuyun City is famous for its sensuality, but it is very different from other fireworks places.

There are no low-level people standing by the railing and standing at the gate waving fragrant silk silk.On the contrary, the road is as solemn as a temple palace, and all the laughter and laughter are cut off by a bead curtain hanging at the door. Only when you walk into it can you feel the mystery.

Restaurants, art halls, and prostitutes can be distinguished by the objects hanging at the door, which is called "hanging charms to leave immortals".

There are lotus lamps hanging in restaurants, musical instruments hanging in singing halls, silk silk hanging in prostitutes, etc., there is always a way to recognize them.Some veterans can even tell which wine is better by the shape of the wine cup. For example, Xue Banxia, ​​who is very interested in observing these wine vessels, quietly picked one and played with it in his hand.

In the flower well of Wuyun City, there are only a few who make a living as prostitutes, among which Wanqilou is the most famous.

Wanqi Building is located in the central street of Wuyun City. The location is good, the girl is beautiful, and her attitude is good. It can be said that it is quite famous in the entire nine countries of the West Sea.Inside, there are really beauties like clouds and jade, with various charms and incomparable beauty.

The boss of Wanqilou is a very casual person.The opening and closing of the door depends on the mood. If you are in a bad mood, you will close the door. Sometimes it will open every two days, and sometimes it will take half a month to open the door lazily.There was even a sudden opening of the store in the middle of the night, and a Xihai song and dance was organized with great fanfare. Nine stunning beauties from the nine countries of the West Sea danced gracefully behind the screen with enchanting and charming singing.Just relying on the invisible shadow, it awakened a group of drinkers who were drinking in a daze nearby, and robbed the business of the nearby restaurant.

The rumors of monsters appearing in Wuyun City were spread ten days ago from Wanqilou, which was closed at the end of the year.

Xue Banxia has been here for half a year, often wandering in the street, unexpectedly he has never entered the area of ​​Huajing, even the Zhuque Tower where he often goes to drink some wine is in the east corner of the city far away from Huajing.

This is the first time he visited the famous Wanqi Tower in the area of ​​Huajing, but he didn't expect that this visit would be in such a dark time when the street was full of people.

After this happened in Wanqilou, the boss still didn't show up, as if he had disappeared.

Xue Banxia pressed his thumb between his eyebrows, although he said that he had no intention of taking care of this troublesome matter, but Boss F would either go to the pharmacy regularly to complain to Bai Shuqiniang, or stop him on the way, and I don't know where he got his instinct that he would help him , It just so happens that I also eat this set of soft and hard foam, which is a headache.

Staring at this small three-story building, this is not a style building in the West Sea, but it has the shadow of an ancient temple in Chiguo.

The whole is a solemn golden color, and the walls are covered with complicated patterns, like the feathers of the legendary peacock.The first floor of the small building is a resplendent base. The delicate carvings turned the golden walls into golden reliefs of plants. The depressions are red horizontally and blue vertically. The whole is harmonious and exquisite.

Going up the golden dragon-carved staircase, the entire second and third floor terraces are surrounded by carved mahogany railings, and a dozen thick mahogany pillars are propped up around the railings. The space is tall, but the atmosphere is somewhat solemn.The red roof is also similar to temple buildings, and the curved eaves are densely decorated with gilt, which is ancient and mysterious.

If you don't say it, no one will think that this is a prostitute, but will think that you have walked into a sacred and solemn foreign temple.If you come during the day, it must be shining golden, I don't know how gorgeous it is.

Suzaku Building, whose name is so mysterious but whose decoration is as poor as his own small medicine shop, suddenly floated in his mind. Even a broken pot with no mouth hung on the door. Xue Banxia silently shook his head and let out a sigh of relief. .

"Drinking gold and eating jade is extremely extravagant." Xue Banxia sighed.

Xue Suyi tried her best to open her eyes wide, it was dark.He didn't have the ability to see at night as if it were day, and his childhood training only made him a little better than ordinary people.Therefore, in his eyes, this building is a bit tall, it seems to be three floors, and the rest is all black, so there is no such thing as a luxury.

Xue Banxia shook his head and sighed, under the cover of the night, the lights of thousands of houses were extinguished, such a beautiful thing could only be like a pearl covered in dust, invisible to others.

The same goes for the breeding of evil.

There are always people who like to commit crimes in this kind of night, and put the blame on the dark night, trying to pretend that nothing happened, and enjoy the light alone.

There are always people who like to destroy this kind of darkness, like to catch those rats who hide their heads and show their tails, expose them to the real light, and be burned by the hot sun.

They are fast catchers, knights, and ordinary people.

Or possibly, a physician.

Walking around the building, Xue Banxia suddenly approached, staring at the vermilion coating in the depression on the wall, there was an arc mark as thick as a silk thread hidden inside, and there were animal claw marks.

I rubbed the red mark with my finger, took it to my nose and smelled it, it was indeed blood.

Xue Banxia stared at the trace for a long time, then suddenly turned to look at the street.If there are witnesses to the murder, they will be surprised, because the direction Xue Banxia is looking at is exactly the direction the banshee left.

He lifted up his robe and stepped on the wall without shaking at all.The place where he landed suddenly sank, and the previous arc marks and paw prints disappeared, leaving only Dr. Xue's footprints.

How strong is the inner strength and how ingenious is the control to leave footprints on the wall without extra cracks?

Is he really just a doctor?

"It's really strong."

Xue Banxia frowned, and childishly crushed it a few times. After the footprint turned into a round hole, he put his foot down in satisfaction.

"I may have found something interesting," Xue Banxia stared at Wanqilou in front of him, "Suyi, go to the yamen to check those corpses, and wait for me downstairs later."

Xue Suyi replied and disappeared into the night.

Xue Banxia straightened her clothes, patted the non-existent dust, turned and left, with an attitude of a master, as if she could really catch a little monster right away.

But what he actually thought was——

Sure enough, as I got older, seeing this extravagant style, I couldn't help wanting to smack that smelly and showy boss to death.

Or Suzaku Tower is better, simple, generous, and the wine is delicious.

There is a bazaar named Caiwei between Huajing and the neighbors, and the bazaar spreads around the center of Caiwei Pavilion, which specializes in selling information.

During the peak season, the Caiwei market is full of traffic and bustling scenes, with pedestrians walking shoulder to shoulder.

The yelling of merchants hawking, the taunting of customers deliberately lowering the price, and the laughter of girls who bought a piece of nine obsidian gemstones, they were noisy, and there were noisy voices floating in the mid-air of Wuyun City, which was very lively.

If you want to go to Jiuyao, where the "nine dead sand road, the wind burials the bones", then only in this market can you find a guide.

Merchants who have traveled the "Haiyao Merchant Road" and returned with a full load will only sell a wide variety of strange goods in this market.Whether it is Qimingsha, which is the size of an ant, which can be compared with the Polaris, or ichthyosaur shellfish with delicious meat, or even the top-grade crocodile that is hard to buy for a foot, everything is available.

The author has something to say:

Night Owl·Xue is online~

Xue Banxia: Why does mine always come and go at night, because I love this piece of night deeply!

Mouchi: Actually... isn't he half blind, he can only see at night. (fog)