zero o'clock

【Appointment】

Two and a half months later, May [-]th.

The city of Beijing can already feel the summer temperature in this month, even if it is late at night, this feeling will not be reduced too much.

After zero o'clock, the whole city became much quieter. Occasionally, a car passed by on the asphalt road that was dimly lit by street lights, and wild cats that lurked at night came out of the grass one after another, meowing and piled up outside the hotel door. Rummage through trash bags for food scraps.

In the whole row of office buildings, only the hot pot restaurant is still open. After three rounds of drinking, the only few tables left in the restaurant have obviously become insane, and the waiter on the night shift also has an obvious look on his face. tiredness.

At the end of the day, when the consciousness of all human beings begins to slacken, it is time for demons to appear.

A black Land Rover slowly approached from the east of the road and stopped at the exact same position as last time.The engine was turned off, everything was quiet, Xing Yi turned off all the light sources in the car, then leaned on the driver's seat and lit a cigarette.

The blue smoke floated up, and the unique smell of nicotine spread. His whole figure was like a ferocious beast hiding in the dark, his breath restrained, and a pair of cold eyes stared at the closed tea house on the other side of the road. .

If you look at it with the naked eye of a human, you will only feel that the windows on the second and third floors of the tea house are very dark, which is what it looks like after the door is closed, but the demon can clearly see the heavy curtain covering the window, as well as an occasional swaying window. shadow.

There is indeed a problem.

Noticing this, Xing Yi put the half of the burning cigarette in his mouth, freed his hand to get the phone in the storage compartment, turned on the location, tracked the location that belonged to Li Huan, and looked up at the person in the back seat on his face, and lightly wrote: "Have you heard of this place?"

Sitting in the back row, Qi Jingyu crossed her long legs, met the other person's eyes through the rearview mirror, and said, "No, but I'm not surprised that such a place exists."

Xing Yi didn't speak, but returned a questioning look.

Qi Jingyu smiled, and wrote lightly: "The cooperation between monsters and monsters is for survival, and cooperation with humans is also natural. It is a mutually beneficial transaction for both parties. As long as it is profitable, once it is fascinated by the desire for profit, even humans will change. To have no fear of gods, ghosts and monsters is greed."

Xing Yi looked at him blankly, and commented: "You really see it thoroughly."

"I've lived for a long time, so I've seen everything." Qi Jingyu paused after speaking, as if thinking of something again, the man's clear amber pupils sank slightly, and his eyes became more serious in vain, "Mr. , I have a question in my heart, and it would be presumptuous to say it, but I still hope that you can think it over and tell me the answer."

Perhaps influenced by the sincerity in the other party's tone, Xing Yi took off the cigarette, and narrowed his eyes slightly after the white mist: "You ask."

Qi Jingyu said bluntly: "The strand of Suzaku soul in your body is extremely valuable. If you can find the other two strands, you can inherit the blood of Suzaku and become the supreme leader of the Phoenix clan, ranking third among the four spirits. You can't achieve profound cultivation if you work hard for a lifetime—if it is possible, are you willing to become a complete monster and stay with my apprentice forever?"

Hearing this, Xing Yi couldn't help curling the corners of his mouth slightly, but didn't answer.Seeing his reaction, Qi Jingyu frowned slightly, and seemed a little displeased, and said, "I don't know what the deity said is inappropriate, but it can make you laugh?"

"What I'm laughing at is that you two, master and apprentice, asked me the same question." Xing Yi said, "Jiuwei, Li Huan is a human being, aged and affectionate, and he should know how to repay love and righteousness. He couldn't let go of it." You are human. But as an ancient monster that is immortal and immortal, it really surprises me that you have so much humanity in you."

Qi Jingyu smiled without saying a word, remained silent for a while, and asked, "Then how did you answer him?"

"Master Jiuwei is really willing to pry into other people's privacy." After finishing speaking, Xing Yi took the last puff of his cigarette, and pressed the cigarette butt that burned to the filter tip into the ashtray of the car.

After playing Go for several consecutive months, Qi Jingyu has long been used to the quickness of his tongue in fighting openly and secretly with this demon subduing master because he can't do it. Naturally, he didn't take such a provocation to heart, and continued to calmly say: "It seems that I agree." Well, I hope Mr. Xing will keep his promise."

Xing Yi glanced at him with a half-smile: "What if I don't?"

"You can't force what you want, but..." Qi Jingyu said in a gentle voice, taking out a pair of deerskin gloves and putting them on. The man's slender and beautiful fingers smoothed the edge of the left glove, pinched it Afterwards, he gently pulled it unintentionally, and then he met Xing Yi's sight, and completed the unfinished threat——

"Suzaku once destroyed his form in the hands of Qinglong. If you dare to defeat my disciple of Nine Tails, then you will inevitably be destroyed in form and spirit."

Xing Yi raised his eyebrows slightly, and said politely, "Thank you for reminding me."

Qi Jingyu smiled and stopped talking.

Another round of verbal war ended, and he won a small victory, Master Kyuubi inexplicably felt a lot better.

Just at this moment, there was movement on the opposite side of the road, and a person came out from the shadow cast by the poplars without a sound——

It was a tall, beautiful young woman. Her skin was very white, like a piece of fine and soft paper, but she looked sinister because she couldn't see any blood, and she had a sick and gloomy beauty.

The woman wore a floor-length black gauze dress and silk gloves that were seriously inconsistent with the season, and carried an old-fashioned animal skin handbag. Her back was straight, and her whole body was tightly wrapped except for her face, which was only exposed when she was walking. A pair of shiny leather toes.

Suddenly, the plump chest on the left side of the woman moved, and a wretched silver fox hamster poked its head out from the black veil, and said lazily: "Relax, your heartbeat is about to knock me out of a heart attack."

Li Huan, who was wearing a nightmare face, looked down at his squirming left chest, twitched the corner of his mouth, and said angrily in a low voice: "Don't mess around, Laozi's chest is collapsed!"

The tone was his usual tone, but the voice was a charming and sexy female voice. Even if it was not an absolute perfect reproduction, it still restored seven or eight parts of the Nightmare's tone.

The hamster twisted its buttocks and went back, hid in the clothes and said in a muffled voice, "Did you remember everything that crazy woman told you?"

Li Huan went through the content that he had practiced many times during this period of time in his mind, even including Nightmare's description of the boss and buddies he might meet in the tea house. Scalp said: "It should be about the same."

The hamster said: "Although I'm with you, you are the only one who can speak when we get there. Try to collect as much useful information as possible, don't expose yourself, and I will remind you if you have any questions."

Li Huan was so stuffy by the outfit that he had difficulty breathing, and a thin layer of sweat formed on his face under the disguise mask. He didn't speak anymore, but pursed his lips and gave a soft "um" in response.

From the hot pot restaurant not far away, drunken customers came out one after another. Li Huan quickened his pace and turned into the backlight on the side of the office building before meeting him, and then quickly walked around to the staff passage with the damaged lock cylinder by sticking to the base of the wall Beside, pushed the door and got in.

Everything was carried out in accordance with the pre-planned steps. They verified the information obtained from the last visit with Nightmare, and only after confirming that it was correct did they imagine the entire course of action.

The office building was pitch black, except for the pale white light from the security room. The electric fan was whistling, accompanied by the man's breathing one after another. When Li Huan passed by the window, he glanced inside and saw the fat security guard shirtless. Lying on a simple bed made of several chairs, he slept extremely deeply.

Li Huan realized that this person was not in the right state, and said softly as if talking to himself: "This is..."

"The sorcery," said the hamster, "he must have been bewitched by the demon, he will automatically fall asleep when the time comes, and he won't remember anything when he wakes up the next day, even including the fact that he has slept."

Li Huan's eyes turned cold, and he said coldly: "This is convenient for those who deal with that tea house."

"Mutual benefit," the hamster rolled his eyes cunningly, pulled out a peanut from his cheek pouch, hugged it with two front paws, and said vaguely, "otherwise, how could there be a demon helping a mortal for no reason?"

Li Huan: "..."

It's really hard to get used to such a wretched expression on the face of an animal like a hamster. Shouldn't they all lie on their owners' hands as a soft mouse cake to show off their cuteness?

Then, the young master silently made up Yan Mo's appearance like a mouse cake...

Li Huan: "..."

Uh, forget it!This thing is really possessing something and destroying something.

Li Huan collected himself and drove those messy pictures out of his mind.

At this time when the monster was relatively silent, there was the sound of the door opening again from the staff passageway that came in earlier, followed by the sound of footsteps, walking towards this side at a leisurely pace.

——Looking at this unhurried attitude, he is probably a regular customer?

Right now, avoiding it is definitely inevitable, and if you are not careful, it will easily arouse suspicion. Li Huan retreated into the shadow beside the security room at the same time, temporarily hiding his figure.The next moment, the thing that entered the door turned the corner, and with the help of the thin light through the window, he could vaguely distinguish that it was a very thin guy.

The silver fox hamster huddled in the front of the gauze skirt moved its nose, smelled the breath, and reminded in a low voice that only each other could hear: "It's a monkey."

Li Huan nodded calmly, seeing that the time was almost up, he took a step forward by himself.

The slender heels and platform of the high-heeled shoes are covered with metal, and the sound of tapping on the marble tiles is very loud, especially clear in the empty aisle at this time.The monkey monster didn't expect that there were living creatures nearby, so it was startled immediately, and said sharply, "Who is it?"

After his words fell, Li Huan walked out of the corner with the feeling of being a nightmare. He didn't speak in a hurry, but raised his long eyelashes, and looked at the other party with a half-smile.

This demon is wearing a very old-fashioned long robe and mandarin jacket. It can be seen that his cultivation level is not high. In the human form, he still has a three-thirds body appearance. He is black and thin, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks.The moment his eyes crossed, he noticed a frightened look in the monkey monster's eyes, obviously he knew the Nightmare.

In the torture of Nightmare before, there was indeed such a monkey No. [-]. He was one of the buyer's many connectors, and his pseudonym Hou Wansan in the world. Regardless of seniority, he is honored as Hou Sanye.And Nightmare, being a Demon Lord, naturally couldn't call the Monkey Demon Lord together with mortals, and if he saw him when he came to trade, he would just call him Hou San.

Thinking of this, Li Huan raised the corners of his mouth meaningfully, and said coldly: "Why, I haven't seen you for a while, and you don't even remember the deity?"

Hearing this, the monkey monster's shriveled cheeks trembled, and he trotted over with an "ouch", bent his hands deeply in front of Li Huan's ground, and said with an apologetic smile, "It's because my eyes are so stupid that I didn't see clearly. How strange, if a Demon Venerable like you does not reveal a half of the demonic energy, how can we little monsters detect it?"

Li Huan raised his eyebrows, and looked at him jokingly: "In this case, it's still the deity's?"

Monkey Demon: "..."

A thin layer of sweat came out of the monkey monster's forehead, his eyeballs rolled around, and he slapped himself without saying a word: "Look at my stinky mouth, I can't speak too much, Mr. Mengba, please forgive me ha!"

Li Huan smiled without saying a word, and walked up the stairs to the third floor of the office building together with the monkey.

There is also no lighting on this floor, but from a distance, there is a bright red candle lit in front of a door, which looks particularly intrusive in the dark and lonely corridor.The two of them walked to the door, and the monkey monster quickly stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a while, there was the sound of unlocking the door. A little girl about eleven or twelve years old looked at it and said happily, "Master Monkey, Grandma Meng, How did you come together?"

The monkey demon said: "I met you downstairs, hurry up and ask Mr. Meng Po to come in!"

The little girl stepped aside obediently, the monkey demon made a gesture of please, Li Huan lifted the corner of his skirt, and glanced at the little girl lightly as he passed by.This detail was noticed by the monkey monster. After entering the door, he leaned over and whispered: "Master Meng Po may not remember, that girl is the great-granddaughter of the boss Lian of the tea house. She is young and ignorant. Don't take it to heart."

Li Huan kept his expression on his face, thinking that this monkey is not bad at all, and he knows how to intercede for a little girl. It seems that Nightmare must have put on airs in front of these little monsters. If it wasn't for fear, he wouldn't be so cautious. reception.

Seeing that she didn't speak, the monkey demon didn't dare to say anything more, and consciously walked in front to lure people in.

They entered the Zisha Yayuan from the third floor. The place lives up to its name. The interior decoration of this tea house is simple and elegant, and there is a quiet tea fragrance in the air.There is no lobby on the entire third floor, and the corridors are intricate. There are closed doors on both sides, and the wooden signs on the walls next to it are engraved with corresponding nicknames. It is a place to drink tea and chat inside.

The guests who can still drink tea in the tea house at this time must not be ordinary people. Li Huan paid close attention to the movement in those private rooms. Although the doors and walls have been treated with sound insulation, he can still detect it with his supernatural hearing. to small conversations.

It seems that this tea house has a good business in the monster circle in the capital, but he has never heard anyone mention it in the wechat group, presumably it is intentional to hide it from the teacher.

Walking in the front, the monkey monster walked the familiar way along the way, obviously there is a fixed place to talk business with the nightmare.

Li Huan couldn't help feeling that he was lucky, or even if he heard the woman describe it once, he would be a little dizzy when he really came in to find a place.

"How is Meng Po-sama?" Perhaps because the atmosphere was too dull, the monkey demon began to make friends when he had nothing to say.

Li Huanzheng was thinking about how to open the other party's chatterbox. Of course he was happy to answer the conversation, but he still had to maintain a cold look, and wrote lightly: "Did you hear about the Zhongguancun incident during the Chinese New Year?"

"Of course I've heard of it! It's gone crazy in the monster circles. It is said that the nine-tailed demon fox Qi Jingyu was also there that night, but I don't know who is the monster who fought with him!" The monkey demon rolled his eyes at this point Turning around, there was a little surprise in the bottom of the eyes, and he turned to look at Li Huan, "Could it be related to Mrs. Mengpo?"

Li Huan was very upset when he heard the little demon calling his teacher by his name. What kind of ability does he have as an errand? The ghost of the soul is destined to be a bad thing.

"Basically," Li Huan said, "so this deity hasn't had a good year."

The monkey monster was instantly shocked: "It's really you, why did you mess with that fox Nine Tails?!"

"It's a long story, so it's worth not mentioning it." Li Huan intentionally held his appetite, and after a moment of silence, changed his mind, "Is your master still satisfied with the last batch of human souls?"

The monkey demon was still thinking about the matter of Nine Tails, and wanted to ask again, but when the Nightmare mentioned this, he immediately showed a bit of a tangled expression that he didn't know how to speak.Li Huan's sharp eyes instantly realized that the monkey must have something important to say today, so he couldn't help but slightly frowned, looking puzzled, and said, "Dissatisfied?"

The monkey monster said: "That's not true, Mr. Meng Po's supply of goods is naturally nothing to say, but my master's appetite has changed recently, and if I accept today's batch, I may have to trouble my lord to worry about it in the future!"

"What does he want the deity to worry about?" Li Huan laughed inscrutablely, and joked with a little sarcasm, "Could it be that I'm tired of eating human souls and want to be a monster?"

As soon as the words came out, the monkey monster turned back and raised its index finger to stand in front of it to signal silence. A pair of thieves' eyes glanced around in a serious manner: "The monster has many eyes, let's go in and talk about it in detail."

Now it was Li Huan's turn to be shocked: "Really? Your master has a big appetite!"

"Isn't it!" Monkey Demon said with a worried face, "The old man can't forget it after tasting it once, and he is not so interested in human souls with spiritual power after that."

Hearing this, Li Huan's five fingers holding the handbag couldn't help but stiffen, and he became more and more curious about the origin of the monster behind the monkey monster who dared to covet the same kind.

——inued