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White light illuminates the closed dark room, but it can only illuminate the side under the night pearl.Looking up at the bright pearl hanging above his head, Tao Mo couldn't help but think of the egg-sized night pearl in Bai Wangyan's hand. The light was like the brightest moonlight, and it could reflect the back of this cold stone door like daytime. .

After the stone door was closed, a slight chill came from all directions, and the smell of decay mixed with dust filled the nostrils.Tao Mo groped on the stone door with the faint white light, but he couldn't find any mechanism that could allow him to escape from it. There was only a stone wall in front of him, and he couldn't even feel the gap in the door.

This time it was really bad!

How could he leave the secret room that even the thief of the stars could not escape?

Tao Mo took a deep breath to calm himself down.He leaned against the stone gate and sat down slowly, facing the picture of the Hundred Miles of Peach Blossoms, but his heart was surging like a wave.He also had this experience of being locked in a closed space once, but it was a long time ago...

Leaving the torrential rain and the remaining flames behind, he dragged his remnant body and fled all the way to the dark hole outside the village. On such a night of blood rain, no one would notice the thin and thin man who sneaked out from the pile of corpses. figure.The rain spread the blood to every inch of the land, and the fallen peach petals floated on the blood, which was collected by the rain and flowed into the river.The cave that he was warned not to approach since he was a child has become the only exit for him to escape from this hell on earth.In this forbidden place passed down from ancestors, it was cold and bitter, and there was a disgusting stench. As soon as he stepped into the cave, he was immediately shrouded in darkness, but his desire to survive forced him to go deep into the cave.

The pain in his body was deep in his bones, and his heart was blank and empty. He held on to the cave wall and stepped forward step by step. He was surrounded by the smelly river water soaked in blood. Even in the dark, he could vaguely see the residual red in the water. .I don't know how long he walked, so long that he thought he was dead, the front was still pitch black, and behind him he couldn't see his fingers, the whole world was terribly silent.

Old memories lingered in his mind again, and Tao Mo suddenly felt that the dark room was even colder, as if there was a beast hiding in the darkness, wanting to pounce on him and eat his bones when he was not prepared.

The dark room was so quiet that even the wind outside the window could not be heard.Tao Mo let out a long sigh, and used the Zhuohua Sword to prop himself up from behind the stone gate, and finally took a deep look at the picture of Baili Taoyuan.That was many years ago, and the Taohuayuan had already been burned to the ground. It would not do him any good to immerse himself in the sad memories of the past.If you can't break free from the pain of the past, how can you escape from this dark room?

Tao Mo stood up, moved his shoulders a little, picked up Zhuo Hua, and started walking around in the dark room.He knew in his heart that since this dark room could trap the star-picking thief, it should not be easy, but since the owner of the palace built this dark room, he must have left a life door, otherwise how would the master get out of the dark room?Tao Mo's eyes glanced roughly at the dark room. The dark room is small and can only accommodate about one person. Except for the picture of Baili Taoyuan hanging on the wall, there are thick cabinets on both sides, and there may be books on it. Or cover some ornaments with a cloth. Tao Mo went to the cabinet, stretched out his hand to touch it, and with a slight push of his fingertips, he found that some places on it had just been moved, and he suddenly had a strange idea.

Was the Star Picking Thief looking for something in this dark room, or... collected these things from everywhere?

Such a thought suddenly popped up in his mind, which surprised Tao Mo himself. He twisted his fingers carefully, and turned his eyes back to the painting.He walked quickly to the picture of Baili Taoyuan, stretched out his hand and groped carefully for a while, and his heart suddenly became clear.

This picture of Baili Taoyuan was clearly unfolded and hung on the wall just now!

With the white light of the night pearl, he could clearly see the dust on the wall, but the scroll was spotless, it didn't look like it had been hanging here at all.And many things placed on the cabinet are also carefully covered with clean cloth, and it can be seen that they have just been placed out.Tao Mo stepped forward, lifted one of the cloths with his hand, and opened the exquisite brocade box.

They were a pair of exquisitely carved jadeite bowls, with blooming lotus, exquisite knife workmanship, and transparent emerald green... The more Tao Mo looked at the pair of bowls, the more familiar they looked, but he forgot where he had seen them before.

"That bowl was originally a pair, and it was cherished by the second prince of the dynasty, King Chengxu. Because it has the same name as his wife's boudoir, it is even more precious."

Bai Wangyan's clear voice suddenly appeared in his mind.Tao Mo stared fixedly at the pair of jade bowls, and suddenly recalled that night in the Excalibur Valley.This pair of bowls is exactly the "Cuiyue Hanyu" that the weird old man took out!

His eyes became more and more gloomy, Tao Mo carefully covered the square brocade box, and looked elsewhere.Most of the things that were put back on the cabinet were so valuable that even a rough man like Tao Mo could easily see their high value.Emeralds, gold, silver and jewellery, calligraphy and paintings by famous artists... In this small dark room, there are actually endless treasures. Countless treasures that have flowed out from here have finally returned here.

Suddenly, Tao Mo's eyes touched a corner of the cabinet. There seemed to be a set of books, but there were indeed only two books missing. He reached out and took out the books, and flipped through them roughly. The travel notes, which are carefully marked and circled, are extremely detailed.Later, there was a copy of the travel note, with the same handwriting as the label.From this point of view, Prince Chengxu seems to be very interested in traveling, but what are the contents of the two lost volumes?Guessing in his heart, Tao Mo casually turned to the last page of the notebook, and suddenly, he was slightly taken aback by the animal pattern drawn on the last page.

It was a divine beast that looked very much like a dragon, but it was very old and wet by water, so it was extremely blurry.Tao Mo spread the pages of the book under the night pearl, but the light was already weak. Even if he squinted his eyes to identify it, he still couldn't make out what kind of animal it was... In the darkness, he could hear his heartbeat clearly and silently. Tao Mo only felt that the beating of the heart was like a drumbeat, getting louder and louder.

At this moment, a ray of brilliance shot in from the edge of the stone wall.

Tao Mo hurriedly put the book back into the cabinet, and put his hand on the hilt of his sword.And that heavy stone door opened slowly in front of his eyes. Outside the stone door, the moonlight slanted like water, and the cold wind blew his temples. For the first time, Tao Mo felt that the outside was so bright and fresh.

Standing outside the stone gate, the ghost-like Star Picking Thief raised his brows. Looking at the black-clothed swordsman inside the stone gate, he couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise, "You're really locked in!"

Tao Mo was afraid that he would think that he was greedy for the money in the dark room, but he couldn't tell, so he scratched his hair angrily, and walked out of the dark room, but he didn't dare to look at the star thief.

"Curious for a while, I was accidentally closed by this stone gate..." Tao Mo lowered his voice, "It's even."

The Star Picking Thief waved his hand extraordinarily openly: "That's all, I haven't seen you go out for a long time, I thought you were probably locked by this stone gate, so I turned back and took a look."

"Many, thank you..." When he said this, Tao Mo was even more ashamed, so he had to cup his hands.

"Since there's nothing wrong, I'll go." As he said that, the Star Picking Thief turned into a black shadow and disappeared in front of Tao Mo.

The cool wind was blowing outside the window, Tao Mo took a deep breath, turned his head to look at the stone door again, walked to the hidden mechanism, and closed the dark room.The stone gate quickly retreated, hidden in the wall of the study room, without any trace.

After walking out of the secluded street where Prince Chengxu's Mansion is located, Tao Mo returned to the long street that never sleeps again.It’s just that at this time, the east has turned pale, and the long street full of feasting and feasting in the dark night has also returned to silence. The night has finally been replaced by the coming day. , only those of low status come to clean up the wreckage after these noises.

Tao Mo looked at the sky beyond the pavilion, which was gradually glowing with light, and let out a long sigh.It took such a long time to explore the Chengxu Palace this night, but fortunately, I finally got the whereabouts of the jade pendant, and I felt a little comforted in my heart.But a more powerful uneasiness swept his heart. What is the connection between this long-dead second prince and his hometown?

Just when Tao Mo was struggling in his heart, the woman's crying caught his attention.