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It was pitch black, pitch black.

Muchen's eyes were wide open, but he still couldn't distinguish a gleam of light from the darkness. He could only feel the biting coldness on his face, and the whistling wind was all around his ears, like the howling of a dying beast. The sound of my own crazy heartbeat.

Bang bang, bang bang, bang bang...

As if having a heart attack, the chest was hurting, Mu Li gradually felt a huge panic, and a voice in his head shouted in despair: I can't find him, he must be dead, she can't find him again up!

Light finally rose around, and the deserted moonlight sprinkled on the snow, reflecting a string of bright red traces, meandering towards the dark place.Kneeling on the snow ground as if the tree was out of strength, she wanted to touch the red half-melt snow, but her hands were so trembling that she couldn't even lift them up. A faint idea jumped out of her heart like a frightening one, and she pressed it down hard again. down.

She'll find him at the end of the blood trail.

Her legs were so weak that she had no strength to stand up, so Mucheno crawled on her arms, crawling forward along the dazzling scarlet. The snow was cold and hard, and her wrists ached. She gritted her teeth and thought, she must find him Yes, dead or alive, she will find him.

The bloodstains meandered into a valley, and the wind cut the face like a knife, and the sound seemed to be crying.Muchen saw the black body at the end of the bloodstain, lying on the snow, motionless.

Almost rolling and crawling, Muchen finally touched him. She stretched out her hand to push him, but she couldn't help sobbing, but she didn't dare to cry out. It flowed down the cheeks and into the mouth, and there was a whining sound in the throat, like a wounded little animal.

The moment she saw that pale and bleeding face, Mu Li felt that everything around her disappeared. She opened her mouth wide, but she couldn't breathe. Everything in front of her eyes quickly faded away, only that face became more and more clear.

The next moment, she panted heavily and opened her eyes suddenly!

There are no valleys, no snow and blood stains all over the ground, no dying men in black, through the dim starlight outside the window, Mu Li can see the strange light blue curtain above his head, the wind outside the window is really scary, Mu Li stretched out his hand to wipe He wiped his face, his tentacles were wet, and he actually cried.

It turned out to be a dream.

Fortunately, it was a dream.

Recalling the dream just now, thinking of the feeling of heartache that made her unable to breathe just now, Mu Li actually felt a little bit of joy after the catastrophe, such a scene, such a mood, she never wanted to experience it a second time in her life.

Muchen sat up from the bed and saw the quilt kicked under the bed by herself.

Muchen shivered, the night in late autumn was already a bit chilly, no wonder it had such a nightmare.But, who is that man in black in the dream?She remembered that she had seen his face in a dream, but when she opened her eyes, she couldn't remember who it was anyway. She could only vaguely remember the pale and bleeding face with the tough outline, and the thin lips were tightly pressed, as if there was still a smile on his face. A slight arc.Muchen subconsciously bit his lip, and didn't react until he tasted the blood on the tip of his tongue. He smiled self-deprecatingly, it was just a dream, and he panicked like this. It can disturb her mind.

It's just that she was disturbed by this dream and felt that she didn't want to sleep anymore, so she simply put on her clothes and got out of bed, and gently opened the door to go out.

Pushing open the door and lowering his head, Muqian saw Maizi who was half leaning against the door, drooling in sleep.

Of course, this wheat is not edible, but the newly harvested wheat from Kaifeng Prefecture, and it is also the "caretaker" of Muchen during this period.

Maizi's name is Mai Peng. It is said that when he was about to give birth, his mother was harvesting wheat in the field. As soon as Maizi's father took Maiziniang back to the house, he gave birth to a big fat boy. When he was born, Maiziniang was still clutching A few stalks of wheat.

So Father Maizi waved his hand, and the fat son was called Maizi.

If when Maizi was eight years old, it wasn't for the wandering commoner fortune teller that he lacked water in the five elements, earth restrained water, and water grew wood. The name with an earthy smell will face the loess and back to the sky all his life, and his wife and son will be hot on the kang.But from then to today, the short 19 years that Maizi has lived makes people have to sigh, life, sometimes it is such a magical and fucking thing.

After sitting on the kang for three days and three nights, Father Maizi was stroking Maizi's head and telling him to practice hard with an expert. He didn't realize that this old man with a mustache was not an expert, but An out-and-out liar.

It's a pity that there is no label on the liar's face.

It's just that the liar old man is not completely heartless. Based on the conclusion that Maizi's five elements lack water, he gave Maizi an elegant name: Mai Peng.In the innocent days when Maizi would open his mouth and pronounce it as Mai Fan every time he saw his name, the liar old man shook his head and told him: His name really has an elegant origin. There is such a sentence in "Poetry? He said: "I do what I want, and Peng Peng is my wheat." Mai Zi shook his head with the old man, but he didn't think that the name Mai Peng was better than Mai Zi, at least, Mai Peng didn't sound like something edible...

In the days when Maizi followed the old man, there was no so-called cultivation in the mountains. The main thing he did every day was to travel all over the country with the old man, watching the old man swindle and steal, follow the old man to learn how to swindle and steal, and occasionally go out to swindle by himself. Kidnapping and stealing, and taking care of the old man's daily life from morning to night.

In a flash, it was nine years.

Maizi failed to learn face-to-face divination, but he can speak the dialects of the 63 provinces in the South, North, and South with just one mouth, climb over the highest wall with one kick, and touch your deepest hidden money bag with one hand. You won't notice it at all, you can shrink yourself to the size of a cat by twisting your body, and you can get out of a small skylight that even a child can't get through, and he can exchange the least amount of money for the most good things. Make the most delicious meals with the fewest ingredients, memorize a completely incomprehensible text in the shortest time, knock down a big man as strong as a cow with the least effort...

Maizi is indeed a capable person, any government office that has such a capable person will not suffer.

But this is not the reason why Maizi came to Kaifeng Mansion as a fast catcher.

In his words, the reason why he is such a good-looking swindler who stayed away from the streets and alleys where he is suitable for living, and went deep into Kaifeng Mansion to become a small catcher with no future is because of his deep love for Nan Xia Yumao Zhan. Adults talk endlessly like the worship of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River!

This is also the reason why he volunteered to "guard the gate" for Muchen.

Yes, because Master Zhan lives next door.It is such a pleasing thing to be able to watch Master Zhan's heroic figure with a long sword hanging on his waist in Yushu Linfeng going in and out every day!Besides!Pay attention to this besides!It is said that Muchen is an important suspect in which case, that is to say, she must be the object of Mr. Zhan's close attention. Maybe Mr. Zhan will come over from time to time and tell him what to pay attention to. Just thinking about it makes me too excited ...

Of course, Mr. Zhan didn't know about Maizi's pettiness, nor did Mr. Zhan, who was standing by the door looking at him with a speechless expression, didn't know either.

Muqian looked at the drooling Maizi, and there was only one thought in her mind: Is it because she is afraid that she won't be able to run away or something when she finds such a little guy to guard the door for her?

As soon as this idea came up, Muli felt a little itchy in her heart. She ran away on the first day that Kaifeng Mansion "imprisoned" her. It sounds quite tempting. I wonder if Bao Heizi's black face will be What kind of expression does he have, and Zhan Zhao, will he grit his teeth in resentment?Thinking of this, Mu Li made up his mind, since the opportunity is in front of him, if he doesn't run, it's useless, the big deal is that she will come back after running...

Thinking of this, Mu Li walked away without even closing the door. Anyway, there was not even a valuable item in the house, so closing the door and opening the door made no difference, not to mention, there was a "gatekeeper"...

When she walked under the big tree in the middle of the courtyard, Mu Li was shivered by the wind. She looked down at the clothes she was wearing, thought for a while, and began to put on the clothes seriously. She stretched out her left hand and put one sleeve into it , just as he was about to stretch out his right hand, a sentence suddenly floated down from above his head:

"In the middle of the night, Miss Mu is in a good mood."

The voice was low, but with a bit of teasing, Mu Li froze with his half-outstretched right hand, raised his head, and met Shang Zhan Zhao's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Seeing Muli standing there in a daze, Zhan Zhao was amused in his heart, but his face was still serious, he raised his chin to signal her: "It's more dewy, Miss Mu put on her clothes, don't freeze."

Muqian put on the remaining sleeve in a daze, but couldn't think of what to say, and it took him a long time to choke out a word:

"what."

After I finished speaking, I was startled, the voice just now was hoarse and unpleasant, it didn't sound like it was coming from me, Mu Li reacted for a while and then remembered the palm that Bai Yutang cut off his throat yesterday, after thinking about it I was so regretful that I was about to cry, I could pretend to be dumb, and I had every reason not to say a word, but now I'm twitching and taking the initiative to speak, and I won't be able to say anything in the future...

Zhan Zhao was also a little surprised, his eyes subconsciously fell on her right hand which was still tied with a splint, the sleeve she put on just now didn't look like her wrist was injured at all.Zhan Zhao frowned, the speed of recovery was so fast, it was... not human.

Mu Li was still immersed in deep regret. Anyway, after talking, it would be too stupid to pretend to be dumb, so he simply greeted Zhan Zhao: "Master Zhan, you also come out...to enjoy the moon?" After finishing speaking Looking up at the dark sky, I saw a few wisps of clouds covering the moon without knowing the current affairs, even the starlight was extremely dim, Mu Li's face was a bit embarrassed, but her effort to make up for it was not hidden, she looked around, Haha said: "The night is infinitely beautiful, but there is less moonlight. Master Zhan, it's getting late, I'm going back to the house, and you should rest earlier, rest earlier..." After finishing speaking, she was ready to turn around and run away, But I heard Zhan Zhao's unhurried voice calling her: "Miss Mu."

Mu Li turned half of his body back abruptly, and the corner of his mouth twitched into a stiff smile: "Master Zhan... is there anything else?"

In the night, Zhan Zhao's eyes were extremely bright, and he seemed to be smiling. His gaze stayed on Mu Li's face for a while, and then he said slowly: "The night is cool in late autumn, next time Miss Mu comes out to enjoy the moon, how much do you remember?" Put on some clothes."

Mu Li's face suddenly became hot for no reason, and the surrounding atmosphere was a bit strange, as if permeated with the smell of conspiracy. Before he lifted it, he heard Zhan Zhao's deep voice:

"A few days ago, someone from Zhan sent someone to visit the old shopkeeper's hometown in Taibaiju. He heard that the old shopkeeper made a fortune in the capital. After returning to his hometown, he bought land and houses and lived a very comfortable life."

Mu Li was startled, but her face was still calm, she said with a smile: "It turns out that Uncle Biao got rich, and he didn't even tell me."

Zhan Zhao looked quite playful, took a step closer, and said unhurriedly: "Zhan asked someone to inquire about it. The old shopkeeper's family has withered cousins. There is only one cousin. He is already fifty-three this year and has no children under his knees. Miss Mu is a cousin. Niece, who is the cousin of the old shopkeeper?"

Mu Li tilted his head and looked at Zhan Zhao with a smile, looking calm and relaxed, but he was about to scratch the wall in his heart. What was Zhan Zhao planning for this midnight raid? It was such a scary knife, she didn't even know whether the old shopkeeper's cousin was named Mu, so how could she say it?

While they were in a stalemate, there was a sudden sound behind them, as if someone was... stretching?Immediately afterwards, Mu Li didn't even look back, when she heard a sentence that was enough to make her blood boil:

"You...men and women can't kiss each other, stop!"

The author has something to say: That’s right, it’s Maizi, the stupid guy, you’re yelling at me in the middle of the night, please disturb Mr. Zhan chatting with Xiaomu~~

Maizi: What's wrong with me? I, I tell you this, I know best. Cold-blooded detectives and innocent suspects are the easiest to develop relationships, okay, don't stop me!