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"All give way, all give way!"

A few soldiers in silver armor pushed away the people who were crowding around the city gate, walked to the wall in stride, and quickly pasted the two portraits in their hands against the city gate with a "snap".People flocked towards the two newly posted portraits like a school of begging fish. People in the back row even tiptoed, like ducks being caught by their necks.

The two portraits seem to have been drawn hastily, with extremely rough brushstrokes. One has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, with two mustaches around his mouth, and the other has a rectangular face with high cheekbones. It can be vaguely seen that it is an ugly woman.Those soldiers pasted up the portrait, and the leader of the group slapped his hand on the portrait vigorously, and shouted to the bustling crowd around him: "These two are the male and female robbers of 'Picking the Stars and the Moon', whoever kills these two If you catch it, there will be a lot of rewards!"

"Picking the stars and the moon? Isn't it the thief who has been making a lot of noise recently?"

"The two thieves who just ransacked Mr. Sun's house a few days ago?"

"Oh, I heard that they even stole Chengxu's palace to the sky!"

"The palace was rumored to be haunted by ghosts, yet they dared to steal it! Sure enough, it was for desperadoes..."

"Isn't that right? The Chengxu Palace has been deserted for many years. Taking the wealth of the dead will be retribution. I'm afraid I will be caught soon!"

There were many people and there were many discussions.The officers and soldiers glanced at the crowd, and seeing that they had completed the task, they signaled to each other and retreated from the crowd, leaving a group of people around the portraits pointing at the two paintings, but no one dared to go. tear off.

Under the towering city gate like a mountain, there are heavy armored soldiers guarding the gate. With two scrolls in their hands, they carefully examine every passerby passing through the gate, for fear that any suspicious person will be let in or out, and even the carriages leaving the city will be disturbed. To get people to come down to check, even the bag containing the goods had to be stabbed twice with a long gun.This strict censorship made ordinary people nervous, and even some children were so frightened by the stern expressions of the officers and soldiers that they cried.

The winter has just passed, the spring is cold, and the earth has not yet fully warmed up.The outskirts of the city, which should have been lush and green in summer, showed a slightly desolate yellow-brown color, and the river around the city reflected the shadows of the grass that hadn't turned green. Occasionally, one or two birds could be frightened and flew to the distant sky. .Under the pale sunlight outside the city, on the well-repaired suburban official road, two people walked slowly.

The two walked towards the gate of the imperial capital in such a leisurely manner.Wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a long sword, a man in black is silently leading a black steed. On the back of the steed sits a handsome young man in white. hair.From the perspective of others, these two people are probably some young man and his followers who are about to enter the city, but the young man in white lowered his eyes, took out a handkerchief, and leaned down to wipe the sweat of the man in black. The man didn't hide, and let him stretch out his hand to lift the black veil by the side of the bamboo hat, revealing the same handsome and young face.

"It's almost here." The young man in white wiped the sweat off his forehead, and looked towards the mountain-like fortress not far away. After all, the imperial city is different from ordinary small cities. The giant dragon lies on the wilderness, not angry but majestic.He looked towards the imperial city, his lips were tightly pursed, and his gaze suddenly became far-reaching, as if something extremely important was buried in the imperial city, but he couldn't easily touch it.

The young man in black followed the gaze of the young man in white and nodded: "The imperial capital is ahead." He suddenly asked strangely, "What happened recently? Why are there so many people lining up in front of the city gate?"

"It's likely that some trouble happened recently," the man in white laughed. "After all, it is under the feet of the emperor, so of course the thieves can't be allowed to make trouble. It's okay, you and I just went to the imperial capital to find someone, and this kind of thing doesn't fall on us. .”

Hearing what he said, the young man in black twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, showing a shallow smile: "It's true."

Suddenly, the young man in white stretched out his hand to press his shoulder, and met his eyes, his pair of slightly narrowed peach blossom eyes flickered, which made him a little surprised, and he couldn't help asking: "What?"

"A Mo," Bai Wangyan softly called his name, "You look so pretty when you smile."

When he said this, Tao Mo tensed his face, and put down the black gauze beside the bamboo hat to cover his face.His actions made Bai Wangyan laugh out loud. The white-clothed scholar seemed to have found something interesting, so he simply turned over and jumped off the horse, and put his arms around the black-clothed swordsman from behind, seeing that the other party finally gave up. After struggling, he simply stretched out his hand to lift his bamboo hat even more vigorously.

"Oh, what are you doing!" Tao Mo sighed helplessly, slapped his hand away, and straightened the bamboo hat.But Bai Wangyan was still smiling. He took the reins from Tao Mo, led the black horse, and smiled as he walked, "This is also taught by Lu Daxia?"

"No." Tao Mo glanced at Bai Wangyan and asked back, "Did Shang Qinxian teach you to lift the bamboo hat like this?"

Bai Wangyan blinked, and smiled slyly: "It's mine, why can't you see it? But I still have to wear it when I go to the city, so as not to attract bees and butterflies, begging you to be my son-in-law."

Listening to him talking nonsense, Tao Mo couldn't help but sighed deeply. Ever since he had an unusual relationship with the white-clothed scholar, he felt more and more that he was completely opposite to when he first met.Seeing the bamboo forest in the Senluo Mountain Villa of the Mo family, he was astonished, but now he talks about everything casually, and does some "unruly" things with an exceptionally good-looking face.

I really know people, know their faces, but don't know their hearts...

Just when Tao Mo was slandering in his heart, the two had already walked to the city gate.The long winding line coiled around the gate of the city like a snake, guarded by silver armored soldiers on both sides, Bai Wangyan suppressed the smile on his face, led the horse to the end of the line, followed the crowd and waited to enter the imperial capital.Tao Mo also took off the bamboo hat and put it on his back together with the sword. He looked towards the team leader and saw that the officers and soldiers were dragging the people off the carriage and opening the curtain, as if they were looking for something.They still held two portraits in their hands, but they couldn't see them very clearly.

"What's the matter?"

"I heard that they are investigating a pair of male and female thieves..."

"The pair of male and female thieves who went to the rich and powerful's house to steal things?"

"That's right, even the haunted palace dares to steal..."

Among the crowd who entered the city, there was a lot of discussion, and the discussion was about the male and female robbers.Tao Mo's hearing is excellent, and the more he heard these people who entered the city talk, the more mysterious they became, male and female thieves robbed the rich and helped the poor, broke into the palace of ghosts at night, and robbed the sweethearts of other members of the family, there were even more fresh ones, even He also said that these male and female thieves were not human beings but stars in the sky, who came down to punish corrupt officials.But the more he listened to those people's nonsense, Bai Wangyan's expression became more and more ugly. Seeing him bow his head and say nothing, Tao Mo hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

"The haunted mansion they are talking about is probably... Chengxu's mansion." Bai Wangyan said with difficulty, "It's nothing more than thieves with dirty hands. Chengxu Wang and his wife died of injustice, and they will be punished by this Waiting for thieves to steal property is really... the world is unfair."

Tao Mo didn't know what his origin was, but seeing how sad he said, he put his arms around his shoulder and patted him. While talking, the two of them had already walked under the city gate, and the silver armored soldier was standing at the gate. Downstairs, like a statue made of ice and snow, it examines everyone who passes through the city gate with sharp eyes.When he passed the city gate, Tao Mo looked at the two portraits by the wall, and was surprised by the exaggerated appearance.From the mouths of the common people, this "Picking the Stars and Lanning the Moon" bandit is quite majestic, why does he look so crooked?

But when the two passed by the portrait, a crazy Taoist priest suddenly appeared from the crowd around the portrait, with messy hair, wearing an old Taoist robe, and carrying an iron sword on his back. He tore off the two portraits, and then, he showed a wild smile at the silver armored soldier who rushed over.

"Master Jun, these two people really deserve this reward, isn't it a lot?"

"Naturally." The silver armored soldier frowned slightly, "As long as these two people are caught, there will be a big reward!"

"Okay, Lou Yueming, my sect of Chongxuan, will take over this matter!" The crazy Taoist kicked the two portraits into his arms, knocked aside the crowd around him, and walked out.Seeing this, Bai Wangyan led the horse and Tao Mo away, but a loud shout suddenly sounded behind him.

"Hey, Brother Tao! It's been a long time!" The crazy Taoist priest with two portraits in his arms waved his hands vigorously and ran towards them.