The Mask of the Lord

The lights on the long street have been dimmed, and the doors of all shops on the street have been closed, only the fire of a noodle stall at the end of the street has not been extinguished, and the smell of broth mixed with flour, accompanied by the cold evening wind, It is particularly rich in the air.

There are three or four wooden tables next to the noodle stall. The wooden tables are very old, and one of them is even crumbling.Shan Liuli and He Lu sat down in front of a wooden table that didn't look too dilapidated. As soon as they sat down, Shan Liuli shouted: "Cut us half a catty of beef, a plate of peanuts, and a catty of roasted beef." knife."

Burning knives are always strong, taking a sip will make the whole person dizzy, basically only men can drink this wine, but now, on the road in the middle of the night, two good-looking girls appeared in front of him The noodle stall asked him for such strong wine as soon as he came, and the noodle stall should have agreed, but he couldn't help but look at the two of them.

Shan Liuli was wearing that half-faced silver foil mask, and the bangs on her forehead covered most of her face, making it difficult for people to see her face clearly.He Lu's delicate face is as beautiful as a flower, but her face is bloodless and expressionless. She looks like an ice beauty carved from ice. If they hadn't been sitting here facing each other and talking softly, the noodle stall owner would have thought it was big. What a hell of a night!

Rubbing her eyes, Shan Liuli murmured softly: "Why did he go to Guishan? He promised to bring me Xiaosuzhou snacks, but now he went to Guishan, tsk, not keeping his word."

He Lu sighed: "Because Jiang Yu is in Guishan, and for some reason, the disciple of the Twelve Astrology Wei Wuya suddenly appeared and attacked the people under my Yihua Palace. Not only that, but also threatened to destroy Yihua Palace."

Shan Liuli opened her eyes wide, with an expression of disbelief, and said: "Destroyed Yihua Palace? I remember that Yihua Palace is hidden, and it is not easy to find it. Besides, there are two palace officials from Yihua Palace. The lord sits in town, are you afraid that a mere Wei Wuya will make trouble?"

He Lu sneered and said, "What is Wei Wuya? He is not worthy of the two palace masters to do it himself. Although his disciples are good at martial arts, they are not so difficult to deal with in real fights. These low-level things are still secondary and difficult to deal with." It's not them, it's the rats they brought over."

Shan Liuli: "...a mouse?"

He Lu sighed and said: "The sisters in the palace sent a letter saying that the people under Wei Wuya brought a group of rats to Yihua Palace, not to mention the chaos in the palace, and scared the sisters in the palace to panic. How exasperating!"

Shan Liuli: "..." It's just a mouse, why bother?Go to the pharmacy to buy some arsenic, put a little in every corner where mice may be infested, and guarantee that the medicine will kill a group of mice.

She really wanted to reply like this, but seeing He Lu's expression at the moment, she thought it was better not to say anything.

There are not many girls like her who are not afraid of mice.

"Before the young master left, I received a letter. I didn't see what the letter said, but judging by the dignified expression on the young master's face at that time, it might not be a good thing, so we should hurry to Guishan to compare Good." He Lu was particularly worried about Hua Wuque, since Hua Wuque left, her eyelids have been restless, and in the past two days, they danced especially hard, almost non-stop.

"En." Nodding her head, Shan Liuli also felt that it would be better to rush to Guishan as soon as possible.

Picking up a sea bowl, poured the burning knife that the noodle stall owner had just brought into the bowl, and Shan Liuli drank it by herself.She didn't pour wine for He Lu, because He Lu is not used to drinking strong alcohol. When she poured the wine into the bowl, He Lu was obviously choked by the strong smell of the burning knife, her delicate eyebrows slightly Wrinkled together.

After drinking a whole bowl, Shan Liuli's body was warmed up, but her face was not flushed, instead it became much paler.It was born like this, every time she drank, her face would only get whiter and paler, and she had never gotten redder after drinking.Guo Yan and Yin Fang once said that she is a freak, but she thinks drinking is also a skill, at least those who say she is a freak, none of them can drink her.

After eating a jar of burning knives, half a catty of beef, and a plate of peanuts, Shan Liuli tossed a piece of silver to the owner of the noodle stall, and left with He Lu.

They didn't find an inn to stay overnight, and they used their lightness skills to rush out of the city. These days, they didn't have much rest. Even if they did rest, they would take turns to watch outside, each resting for an hour or two, and then continued on their way.Taking advantage of the dark night, it was much more difficult to travel than in the daytime. There was no candlelight around, and under the flickering moonlight, they found a large-scale temple at the foot of the mountain not far away. Drink, it looks no worse than the estates of those rich people.

At this moment, the back of the temple was still lit with lights.

The barren mountains and wild mountains, at the foot of the mountain, the magnificent temples, and the lights are on at night...how strange it looks.Shan Liuli glanced at He Lu, and asked softly, "How about we go around and continue on our way?"

He Lu frowned and said: "It's too weird here, then you see that although the lights in this temple are on, there is no human voice at all, let alone the slightest sign of danger. I, I want to go in and have a look."

Shan Liuli: "..."

Girl, can you stop being curious?Wouldn't it be better to go around and continue on your way?Do you have to get in trouble?There is such a temple in such a broken place, no matter how you look at it, it is a big trouble!Do we have to get into big trouble? ?

He Lu said: "Miss Shan, you stay here, I'll go in and have a look."

Shan Liuli: "..."

He Lu got up, Gu Qiao was about to sneak into the temple, but was about to leave when Shan Liuli held her hand.

Looking back at Shan Liuli in doubt, He Lu was puzzled.

Shan Liuli pursed her lips and said, "Forget it, forget it, I'll go with you, if there's really danger, there should be someone to take care of me."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for He Lu to say a word, he dragged her into the darkness together and disappeared in place.

Going around from the dark eaves to the backyard, Shan Liuli and He Lu found that the brightly lit backyard was no longer a temple, but no different from an ordinary rich family.What's even more strange is not these, what's even more strange is that no human voice can be heard or seen in the entire backyard.

There is a door open in front, looking from a distance, it is a flower hall, in the flower hall there is a carpet embroidered with exquisite patterns, and in the center of the carpet is a white-fronted tiger lying on its back.The tiger wagged its tail and turned its head inside, as if acting like a baby to its owner.He Lu wanted to go forward to see what happened, but Shan Liuli pressed her shoulders suddenly, the flower hall was a bit weird, she must not go there, she knew it.

The flower hall doesn't look very big from a distance, but in the middle there is a yellow curtain that can reach the ground, separating the back half, and the tiger is lying in front of the yellow curtain.

Against the backdrop of the candlelight, there were two shadows in the yellow veil.

One is slender and slender, and the other is brave and strong.The heads of the two walked together, seeming to be whispering, but also seeming to be entangled.Across the yellow curtain, to be honest, seeing a shadow is enough, if you can see the rest, it's just nonsense.

He Lu couldn't help but said, "Why don't you go in and find out?"

Shan Liuli said: "The lights are so bright, you will be discovered in the past, you wait and see me." After speaking, her figure flashed, disappeared from the side of the lotus dew, and came to the top of the opposite flower hall.Instead of lifting the tiles on the roof of the flower hall, she picked up a few small stones on the tiles and pointed them at different places, taking a few of each.

Hearing such a voice, the two entangled figures in the flower hall naturally wouldn't stay in the yellow curtain all the time, they ran out.I saw a big man wearing a colorful brocade jacket, with a dark complexion, a beard like iron, and a pair of eyes that were so radiant that people dare not look directly at him.On the other side of the big man is a beautiful woman in a beautiful dress, her temples are scattered and her face is flushed.

"Who do you think it could be?" the beautiful woman asked delicately with her arms around the big man's neck.

"Go and see." He said, picked up the beautiful woman, and then disappeared into the darkness.

As soon as they left, He Lugu was about to go down the eaves and sneak into the flower hall to find out, but was thrown a small stone by Shan Liuli on the opposite side as a warning.At that moment, she stopped moving and continued to lurk in the darkness. She knew that the man and woman were probably nearby, waiting for their appearance.

Sure enough, after a while, the man and woman returned.

He Lu and Shan Liuli don't know who they are, but judging by their kung fu, they are really not weak, so they probably aren't someone to mess with.

When the two of them returned to the flower hall, Shan Liuli sneaked back to He Lu, and murmured: "Damn, these two people's vigilance is not easy, you want to sneak in to find out what's going on, it's just a dream. How about we change places ,have a look?"

This manor is quite big, if you don't look at the flower hall, you can also look at other places.

After listening to Shan Liuli's suggestion, He Lu nodded and quietly left with her.

When they got rid of the backyard, they found an inconspicuous but opened secret passage in one place. Walking into the secret passage, they heard the voice of someone talking inside.

Some are familiar and some are not.

Among them, there are two voices that are particularly familiar, one is Tie Xinlan's, the other is Hua Wuque's, as for the other two... one is really strange, the other sounds very familiar, but I can't remember who it is at the moment.

Glancing at each other, they sneaked in quietly without alarming anyone.

When she saw Jiang Yulang holding Tie Xinlan and saying those shameless words, He Lu's face beside Shan Liuli was tense. Looking at her, she seemed to want to wipe Jiang Yulang off. .

Obviously, Jiang Yulang is the type who won't die unless he dies.

Pulling He Lu's clothes, Shan Liuli shook her head at her, and then, under He Lu's incomprehensible gaze, picked up a very broken old bottle in the secret passage.

After weighing the old bottle, Shan Liuli grinned at Helu.

That smile is really... He Lu doesn't even know how to describe it, it's just extremely frightening.

Jiang Yulang was talking to himself, his laughter was rampant, his attention was all on Hua Wuque, so naturally he didn't see Shan Liuli who was getting closer and closer to him on tiptoe.

Hua Wuque sighed and approached step by step. When he saw Dan Liuli appearing here, he was obviously startled.Including the thin man in black who was hung by the side, his eyes widened, and he watched Jiang Yulang approaching Jiang Yulang with a fearful smile than anyone else.

The moment Jiang Yulang laughed wildly and hit Tie Xinlan's chest with one hand, Shan Liuli held his breath, raised the old bottle in his hand, and hit him directly on the head.

'Kang Dang -' a sound, crisp and sweet.

Jiang Yulang only felt a pain in his head, and before he could look back to see who was sneaking up on him, he fell to the ground and passed out.

Tie Xinlan, who fell on the ground together with Jiang Yulang, got up and stared blankly at Shan Liuli who appeared here. She thought that she would be insulted by Jiang Yulang's thief, but she was rescued and covered by Shan Liuli.

After brushing away the dust from one hand, Shan Liuli raised her hand and smiled at Hua Wuque.

"Wu Que, I'm here to save you!"

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