With great difficulty, Jing Hengbo didn't hear the thoughts of the three members of the family. He breathed a sigh of relief and lay down. Just when he wanted to sleep, he would relax his mind. He suddenly sat up, feeling that there was something very important that he hadn't done.
She straightened her eyes and thought for a long time, then slapped her head violently.
That counterfeit Gong Yin!
He hasn't taken off his mask yet!
It's all because of this shit, I forgot everything!
She got up abruptly and ran out the door, before reaching the door of Master Ziwei's room, she suddenly heard a bang, and the door of Master Ziwei's room was kicked open. The fake Gong Yin, with Yelv Xunru in his arms, moved out from the door.
Jing Hengbo looked at the shape and said, "Uh."—How is it possible? Yelv Xunru was held hostage by that fake Gongyin?
Yeluqi and others rushed out one after another, Master Ziwei came out from nowhere, he was stunned when he saw it from afar, and shouted: "Oh, you kidnapped this **** girl? Okay, okay, kill me soon!" She, old man, I'm sick of her!"
Yelutan glanced at him coldly, with hatred in his eyes, and said to Yeluqi: "Fast horse. Dry food. Don't come after her, don't play tricks. Otherwise, I will kill her."
"Just don't hurt my sister." Yeluqi agreed very readily, and immediately asked people to prepare horses and dry food. I bought something from a small shop, a small shop with a small business..."
The horses and dry food are ready, Yeluqi wants to take them over, Yelutan said: "I don't want you." He pointed at the group of workers who were repairing the wall and said: "The outermost one, come down and take it here."
Yeluqi asked the shopkeeper to inform the man, but the man hesitated, Yeluqi gave him a piece of silver, and then he dragged the horse over and accompanied him to the door of the inn, and the rest had to follow suit. follow.
Yelu Tan held Yelu Xunru back on his horse, but Yelu Xunru didn't say a word, he just smiled before he got on his horse, and said, "Don't chase, I'll go for a walk and I'll be back."
"Sister, be careful." Yeluqi instructed, glanced at Yelutan's feet, and frowned slightly.
Yelutan gave Master Ziwei a cold look, put his legs between the horse's belly, and galloped out of the street.
Jing Hengbo watched his figure disappear, and moved, but was grabbed by Yeluqi.
"What?" She looked at him questioningly.
"Don't act rashly, if you startle the other party, it will be bad if you hurt your sister."
Jing Hengbo frowned, she suddenly felt that things were a little weird today. The Yeluqi siblings are too calm, even though they are used to storms, it is normal for them to be calm. But such a calm acceptance of the situation always made her feel weird.
A gust of wind passed over her head, and when she looked up, she saw a purple shadow.
The old man didn't care what Yeluqi said, and chased him out.
The strange feeling in Jing Hengbo's heart became stronger.
"Look," she said slowly, "I really care about my sister."
"There is enough true love, so naturally you won't be indifferent, don't you think so?" Yeluqi stared deeply at her.
Jing Hengbo heard that there was something in the words, and felt that no answer seemed appropriate, and was about to laugh it off, when the innkeeper suddenly came over, and with a flick of a big towel, Yeluqi's affectionate gaze was interrupted.
The shopkeeper said to Yeluqi with a serious face: "Guest officer, the door of the No. 3 room in Tianzi was kicked down just now. Chenghui, please pay ten taels of silver for the door replacement fee and repair fee. Thank you."
"Why is a door so..." Before Yeluqi could say "expensive", he glanced at Jing Hengbo and said with a smile, "It should, please wait a moment."
Jing Hengbo, on the other hand, had already squinted and shouted, "What? Ten taels of silver? So expensive? Is your door made of gold or silver? Yelu, this is a black shop, don't give it to him!"
"Young lady's words are wrong!" The shopkeeper immediately turned to her, and said more seriously, "This door is made of deep-sea ebony, hard and durable, and worth thousands of gold, ten taels of silver is not too much at all." He paused, then said, "Of course , if you really don’t have any money, the store allows you to pay on credit, but you have to keep someone here.”
"Although I don't have a lot of money, I still have some money." Yeluqi smiled and took out his sleeves, his hands suddenly stopped.
"Fat head and big ears, mercenary, full of meat and fat, sucking bone and marrow!" Jing Hengbo was still muttering and cursing at this short and fat shopkeeper who looked disgusting at first sight. Seeing Yeluqi's movements, he couldn't help being startled.
After Yeluqi touched his sleeves, he touched his chest, and then his waist. The more he touched, the more embarrassed his expression became. Jing Hengbo saw that his posture was wrong, why did he look so familiar?
"This...you won't...really...no..." She gestured with money.
Yeluqi smiled awkwardly and nodded. The money bag was gone, and now I remembered when it disappeared, but it seemed to be too late.
Jing Hengbo hurriedly took out his pocket, and said with a sneer, "Isn't it only ten taels of silver? I'll do it!"
She touches, touches, touches, touches...
The shopkeeper flicked his sleeves and looked at him coldly, without urging him.
Jing Hengbo felt slower and slower...
Yeluqi sighed—this child is stubborn and doesn't even think about it, she has already learned the truth, can she escape?
"No money, right? How can you be rich if you don't have money?" The waiter next to the shopkeeper sneered, "It looks like you guys can't even come up with the rent for tonight, right?"
"The one we left has money on him! I'll give it to you when he comes back!" Jing Hengbo was sure that Master Ziwei would never follow the Tao, so he answered rather stiffly.
"Okay." The shopkeeper sneered, pointing at the little boy, "Please come in, please don't come out and walk around before the house money is settled. Of course, you seem to have martial arts, and you want to rely on it." As for the rent, the small shop can't stop you. You can figure it out." After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and left on his own.
Jing Hengbo was so angry that his seven orifices were filled with smoke, and he really wanted to walk away, but the more he was like this, the more he couldn't leave. She can rob and plunder, but she can't be shameless to the people who are struggling to make a living. She still has this principle.
I had no choice but to stay in the room, but fortunately Yelv Xunru didn't have to worry about it, Master Ziwei chased after him. If Master Ziwei can't handle it, no one in this world can handle it.
She was escorted all the way back to the room by the waiter, but the shopkeeper even ordered someone to bring dinner, but it was all vegetarian, as if he was afraid that they would not be able to pay at that time, Jing Hengbo felt more and more depressed, so he ate casually and jumped to bed.
There was also a plate of vegetarian dishes in front of Yeluqi, which was worse than Jing Hengbo's. Jing Hengbo had three or four vegetarian dishes, clean and tidy. There was only one plate in front of him, and it was still rotten.
Yeluqi took a look, pushed the plate away, rolled up his sleeves, wiped it on his arm, and suddenly wiped off a gold leaf, called a little bean, and said, "Go get some wine and meat, clean and delicate."
Xiao Douer agreed, and said again: "Why don't you let the store deliver it?"
Yeluqi smiled sarcastically—a gift from the shop? That 80% has Mongolian sweat medicine.
He thought for a while and said: "Yi Guo is treacherous, everyone is good at changing appearance, it is hard to tell the truth from the fake, so be careful not to fall into the wrong path."
Xiaodouer agreed, took the money and went out. After a while, he came back with wine and vegetables.
The aroma of the wine and vegetables in the bag, the closer you get to the inn, the stronger the aroma, Xiaodouer is a good wine drinker, so she couldn't help but untie the bag, take a deep sniff, immediately narrowed her eyes intoxicated, and said: "I almost fainted after smelling it." , What a good wine!"
His head was really dizzy. He covered his forehead and walked forward crookedly. On the way, he met a group of workers returning after repairing the wall. His gait was a little crooked, and he almost bumped into someone. It was a kind worker who helped him by the shoulder and pulled him away. turned around. Said: "Brother, be careful."
Xiaodou'er thanked him, stood on the spot, identified the direction, and walked back to Yeluqi's room. Yeluqi was still waiting in the room, with no lights on, and his silhouette was like a statue in the dark sky.
Xiao Douer brought the food and wine, and said with a grin, "I didn't meet any suspicious people along the way, and I didn't even strike up a conversation. Look, Xiao Douer is still Xiaodouer?"
Yeluqi smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Of course it's you, how can a fake look like this? Help me get the food and drink, and find that one." He pointed his chin in the direction of Jing Hengbo's room.
Xiaodou'er giggled, and praised: "I know you are careful." He picked up the food box and followed Yeluqi to Jing Hengbo's place.
Jing Hengbo didn't fall asleep for a while, his heart was in a mess, he kicked off the quilt after sleeping for a while, and scolded angrily: "Death Gongyin! Smelly Gongyin! Since I met you, my sister hasn't had a good thing happen to me. !"
"It's okay, it's a good thing if you meet me." Suddenly a voice answered from outside the window, "Open the window."
Jing Hengbo jumped out of bed with a stride, and rushed to the window, and smelled the tempting fragrance before he arrived. When I opened the window, there was no one there, but there was a plate of fragrant and tender white-cut chicken rising slowly from under the window.
The skin of the chicken was snow-white, with a yellowish oily sheen, and it was very beautiful. Jing Hengbo hadn't eaten enough for dinner, so he couldn't resist the aroma at this time, so he suddenly felt good. , but Yeluqi, where did you get the money?"
Yeluqi was sitting obliquely by the window, weaving a few grass stalks, with dexterous fingers, the outline was clear and beautiful in the night, and his eyelashes were so long that even Jing Hengbo couldn't help sighing.
Without raising his head, he idly weaved grass and said, "People who are in the rivers and lakes don't only have money in their pockets."
"Then why didn't you take it out just now?" Jing Hengbo laughed, tore off a chicken wing, and another dish appeared like a magic trick, hot glutinous rice and red heart dumplings. Xiaodou'er's black eyes were shining brightly behind the white and red dumpling, and she said in a shrill voice: "Red Heart Snow Ball, Madam, please use it."
Xiaodou'er's voice is very special, with twists and turns of metallic sound, which is born with a sense of joy. Jing Hengbo thinks his voice is too discerning, and no one in the world can imitate it. Hearing this voice, she wanted to laugh, grabbed a dumpling, and then heard Yeluqi say calmly: "Maybe let the villain succeed."
"Yes, yes." Jing Hengbo smiled and said, "Why hasn't your sister come back yet? Will it be dangerous? Shall we go to meet him?"
If Yeluxun was kidnapped and left, logically he should rescue him, but Yeluqi didn't seem worried, she didn't know what his plan was.
"In order not to irritate the other party, let's not chase after him openly. I have sent someone to follow quietly, and I have news to report back. Besides, my sister is clever and has a master to take care of her. You don't have to worry too much."
"Alright." Jing Hengbo glanced at Yeluqi, who was always sitting by the window, with a relaxed posture, a faint silhouette in the darkness. Under the starlight and moonlight, there is a kind of hazy and elegant beauty of black-clothed children.
She suddenly felt a little uneasy—this is Yi Country, a magical country with ever-changing disguise techniques, can everyone you meet be sure to be the deity?
However, are you a little paranoid? Doubt Yeluqi because of his pretentious posture? The little Douer next to him is absolutely genuine. Xiao Douer has a very distinctive appearance and voice, and he is a small person. No one can imitate him exactly in a short time.
After suffering a loss in Yiguo, she was a little more cautious after all. The chicken wing dumpling that she wanted to bite off, she still didn't move her mouth. The beautiful light and shadow through the natural pattern is full of praise, but I just don't eat it.
Yeluqi looked at her, she smiled and said, "Loose weight."
Yeluqi didn't persuade him, he ate it casually, Xiaodou'er was eating while delivering the food, his mouth was full of oil, Jing Hengbo saw how delicious they were eating, his stomach was rumbling, gluttons were infesting, But how can I have the nerve to eat again, secretly hating myself for being too careful, I deserve to be hungry.
Looking at others eating while starving himself was simply torture, so Jing Hengbo had to find something to say, and remembering the two Mr. Mu in Tortoiseshell, he asked Yeluqi: "Then who pretended to be you back then, why did you agree? He's usually not such a good-natured person."
Yeluqi stopped weaving grass, then smiled and said, "It's an opportunity."
The words were vague, but Jing Hengbo understood immediately. Mr. Mu is always a chance to get close to her, Yeluqi will not expose it, so naturally he has his thoughts and difficulties, and in the final analysis it is related to his affection for himself.
Queen Jing is romantic, and she has always been romantic only on the surface. She can run over to touch the beautiful men she doesn't know well, purely admiring the beauty and flirting. Really can not.
As soon as Yeluqi showed signs of confessing, she immediately pretended to be stupid, and said "Oh", just as she was thinking about how to change the topic, Yeluqi suddenly reached out and covered her head, and said with a smile, "Does it look good?"
Jing Hengbo was taken aback, and stretched out his hand to touch it. There seemed to be a grass ring on his head, which was slightly thorny. She became interested for a while, and smiled, "I never thought you would do this."
Yeluqi laughed and said, "Look in the mirror, it looks better than your queen's crown."
Jing Hengbo smiled and went to look in the mirror. There was a brass mirror that was not very clear on the table, and he vaguely saw a grass ring above his head, which was actually dotted with small yellow flowers. Quite wild. She smiled at the mirror, straightened the grass ring, and said, "It's winter, where did you find the little yellow hair..."
She stopped suddenly, her fingers froze at the edge of the grass ring.
Why is there a sudden numbness between the mouth and mouth?
Also, in the mirror, why does that face seem to be changing?
The mouth is getting bigger and bigger, the face is getting wider and wider, and the flesh on the cheeks is getting more and more fleshy. The whole person is like a balloon being slowly inflated, and the mirror is blurred, so the expansion looks slow and hazy, adding a bit of mystery weird.
The small yellow flowers on the grass ring suddenly fell, and shattered into a piece of yellow powder beside her plump cheeks, and her face also turned reddish yellow.
The person in the mirror was strange and somewhat familiar, but no matter how she looked at it, it was not herself.
What a powerful method!
She was already vigilant enough, there was no entrance to anything, and nothing approached, but she never thought that the real prop was not the food and drink, but the grass ring that was woven in front of her.
She was terrified in her heart, she couldn't make a sound if she wanted to call, and she couldn't move if she wanted to move.
Behind him, "Yeluqi" finally jumped in from the window and walked towards her gently.
But at this time, there was a sudden knock on the door of Yeluqi's house not far away, and then there was a rush of clothes with the sound of wind.
Jing Hengbo burst into tears—someone must have noticed! Come on!
…
When "Yeluqi" was giving Jing Hengbo food and grass rings by the window, Yeluqi was in his room, waiting for Xiaodou'er to come back.
But Xiaodou'er will not come back. He was drugged the moment he sniffed the wine, and he fell into a coma for a short time. Then he was turned around and walked into another room at the back in a daze. In that room, another "Yeluqi" was waiting for him.
Someone made a game under Yeluqi's nose.
But people who have experienced many storms have an intuition for predicting danger. When Xiaodouer hadn't returned within the calculated time, Yeluqi was already a little uneasy, and got up and wanted to go to the door to have a look.
He stopped suddenly and turned around.
Beside the window, there was an extra person, that person was dressed in ordinary clothes, with a towel on his shoulders, this look was a bit weird for him.
Yeluqi took a careful look, frowned, and said, "Gong Yin, since you're here, what are you doing so sneakily?"
Gong Yin, who looks like a shopkeeper, has already removed the short and thick shape, leaving only the clothes and towels, looking at Yeluqi lightly, and said: "Sister Ling is very skillful in diverting her eyes."
Yeluqi is silent, of course he knows that the fake Gongyin who was arrested today is Yelutan, at least he is from their Yelu family, so there is naturally a way to identify it.
He didn't like Yelutan, but his sister wanted to protect her, so he didn't hesitate to divert Jing Hengbo's attention, so he had no choice but to acquiesce. He just needs to confirm that Jing Hengbo is safe.
But Gong Yin will not allow a fake Gong Yin to confuse the public and bring danger to Jing Hengbo, so Gong Yin must attack Yelutan. In this incident, the positions of the two sides are in conflict.
"Don't try to deceive Jing Hengbo." Gong Yin said, "I won't allow it."
"Yes," Yeluqi laughed, "Only you can lie to her in this world, no one else can."
"Of course. How can idlers be qualified?" Gong Yin replied confidently, which made Yeluqi fall backwards in anger.
"Be careful if you cheat too much, you'll become an idler." Yeluqi smiled sarcastically, "Why don't you show up when you're here?"
"Yelutan must have a purpose in staying in Yiguo. I want to see clearly in secret." Gong Yin said, "I will go after Yelutan. I came here to inform you. I hope you can persuade sister Ling to let go as soon as possible, so as not to cause any harm. conflict."
Yeluqi frowned slightly. He knew that Gong Yin would usually attack whoever he wanted to attack, and he would never specifically inform and discuss it. This time it was purely because Yelv Xunru had a different position in Jing Hengbo's heart, and Gong Yin did not want to cause Jing Hengbo to be embarrassed because of the conflict of positions. .
Yeluqi also didn't want Jing Hengbo to be in trouble, and worried that Yeluxun would find it difficult if he insisted on saving him.
The two men meditated silently. When they encountered their own problems, they could solve them in minutes, but when they encountered these two women's matters, they felt that they were not serious.
Yeluqi thought about it for a while, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he hurried to the door to take a look, and let out a "huh".
Gong Yin raised his eyebrows, and immediately said sharply: "What?"
Xiaodou'er hasn't returned yet, Yeluqi knows something must be wrong without asking, so before he can answer Gong Yin's words, he rushes out of the door.
Seeing his expression, Gong Yin knew that there must be something wrong, so he ran out without saying a word.
Both of them went straight to Jing Hengbo's room.
…
The sound of the wind on the sleeves was astonishingly fast, and Jing Hengbo knew immediately that someone would be able to enter the room in the blink of an eye. The one who came was probably Yeluqi, since he had already found out, it was really impossible for this person to carry her away from under Yeluqi's nose.
She calmed down a bit, but she did not give up on saving herself. At this moment, her fingers could still move slightly. When she moved her fingertips, the makeup box on the dressing table hit the person behind her. The person dodged to avoid it, but the makeup box opened in midair , the rose powder in it spilled all over the floor, and the man inevitably got some on his body.
The man sneezed from the fragrance, and raised his hand, a ball of clothes covered Jing Hengbo's body. He was wearing a colorful dress, which looked familiar.
At this time, Yeluqi Gongyin had already arrived at the door, and Yeluqi had already found Xiaodou'er under the window, who was dead or alive. The two looked at each other, and when they made a mistake, one flew up to the roof, and the other rushed in through the door.
Hearing the footsteps of the two, Jing Hengbo was overjoyed in his heart because they both had superb martial arts skills. Now this fake person must either run away quickly or be captured. It is impossible to take her away!
The man behind suddenly slammed over, grabbed her waistband, shook her hand, and smashed her out of the window.
"Bang." She knocked out of the window with a sound, but she didn't come into contact with the ground hard. There was a soft human body under her body. She looked down and found that it was the father of the girl from that season.
And under Miss Ji's father, there is another person in a pale yellow skirt embroidered with twine flowers, who turned out to be Miss Ji.
When she was in a daze, she felt a figure flash above her head, and the fake Yeluqi also rushed out, and the real Yeluqi on the roof immediately chased after him.
Gong Yin was the one who rushed into the door. He saw a figure disappearing through the window at first glance. He chased out the window and saw three people stacked on the ground at the second sight.
The fat lady in the colorful skirt is at the top, the sour scholar is in the middle, and the girl Ji who was thrown out first is at the bottom.
The shape and posture are exactly the same as when he threw it out before.
The three of them were thrown out for a long time before they could get out of trouble. It was Gong Yin who threw them himself, so naturally he knew the most, but with a light glance, he jumped over the three of them and chased after the black shadow.
When he jumped up, he was stepping on the fat woman's buttocks, and he flew up gracefully with the bouncing power of that fat muscle.
His figure disappeared in the sky.
Underground, the fat woman Jing Hengbo, who could see but could not shout but could not move, watched helplessly as the two rescuers came, and the two rescuers left, the former ran away without seeing her, and the latter simply stepped on her **** and flew away.
Seeing rescue in danger is extremely joyful, and then encounters extreme disappointment amidst extreme joy, from **** to heaven and then to hell.
There is nothing more tragic than this in life.
She was about to cry.
She watched Gong Yin's back go away with tears in her eyes, and she just ate his shoe sole ash when she opened her mouth wide.
Ten thousand grass and mud horses galloping past in my heart-what's going on? Can't they see the three big living people outside the window? Gong Yin is such a meticulous person, doesn't he know how to look down and see what's going on with these three people?
She's just fattened her face by over a hundred catties, even if her **** is facing him, he should recognize it, right?
Is this still true love!
After roaring 10,000 times in her heart, she had to admit discouragedly—in fact, she really couldn't recognize it, and she wouldn't recognize it either.
This **** face change is even more cheating than Yi Rong.
She swears that she will never bypass this **** Yi Country, she must seize the kingship of Yi Country, and issue an order, from now on, everyone in Yi Country will not be allowed to change their appearance!
…
After being quiet for a while, she hoped again that the killer couldn't take her away after all, and she was thrown here. After a while, Gong Yin might figure it out. Once he turned around, wouldn't she be saved?
While thinking this way, she suddenly heard footsteps again.
A pair of boots approached, and walked this way firmly, without making any sound of surprise, her heart sank.
Ahhh, the killer has a helper!
The pair of boots stopped in front of her, grabbed her with both hands, and put them on her back, without rushing, they went over the roof and into the mountains, into the night.
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Gong Yin ran in the night wind.
The assassin in front couldn't get rid of Yeluqi. The two of them were running on the roof of the dark city, and the wind blew through the dreams of the people under the roof.
Gong Yin stopped suddenly.
He found that the one in front seemed to be going around in circles.
Then for some reason, he thought of the three people who were stacking Arhats under the window just now.
When a person sees something familiar and self-created, he will subconsciously pass over it, but he suddenly discovered a problem.
The room where the "family of three" rests is next door to Jing Hengbo's house.
In that row of rooms, there was a row of flowers behind the windows. He threw people out from the window of the room where the three of them were resting. Although it was possible to throw them near the window of Jing Hengbo’s room, he made a subconscious choice, he didn’t want to disturb Jing Hengbo. It was impossible to throw people close to her.
Then why did those three people appear behind the window of Jing Hengbo's house?
That fat woman!
He suddenly turned around and ran back!
Faster than running out!
After a few ups and downs, he has already rushed back to the row of flowers. Under the window, Suanru and Miss Ji are still lying quietly, but the fat woman at the top is gone.
Gong Yin was stunned in the night wind, such a cold person, suddenly his eyes were like lightning, and with a click, the green leaves around him were covered with snow, and the ice edges flew, a large piece of snow spread, and fine ice crystals fell on the ground with a click .
Wrath of the king!
…
Jing Hengbo was carried on the shoulders of one person, and walked in the opposite direction from where the assassin disappeared just now.
During such running, the person's body continuously released mist. In the mist, her fat body like a mountain was slowly reducing, the fat on her face was also fading, and her whole body was shrinking again, shrinking beyond the normal body shape. Still shrinking. In the end, she shrank into a thin girl, who was about ten catties thinner than her original appearance.
Jing Hengbo was very worried that this swelling and shrinking would affect her normal skin.
Then the man jumped off the roof with her on his back, calmly entered a very ordinary house below, opened the door, entered the house, and a man dressed like him came out of the house, carrying a woman as fat as a mountain on his back. They passed each other without even looking at each other. One carried Jing Hengbo into the house and put him on the bed, and the other carried the fat girl out the door and jumped onto the eaves.
Jing Hengbo felt deeply powerless.
This is really a well-planned and seamless robbery.
Even if Gong Yin had already discovered what was wrong and chased after him, his target at this time must be a woman who is as fat as a mountain. Who knew that the fat woman had changed again.
The area below is a residential area, and all the houses are the same. When the lights were blown out, Jing Hengbo couldn't think of a way for Gong Yin to find himself.
The wind swished past overhead.
…
When Gong Yin jumped onto the roof again, he saw a figure flashing in the distance in front of him, as if someone was running with a big thing on his back.
He immediately chased after her, but frowned slightly.
This killer managed to fool him, so he shouldn't be running around in such a conspicuous place like the roof, he should jump into the alley below, just sneak in, if he delays for such a moment, it will be very difficult to catch up.
The previous techniques were very clever, but a stupid mistake was made, then this mistake would not be a mistake, but a trap.
He stared at the back and chased, but his eyes were still sweeping downwards. Sure enough, he chased not too far, and came to a densely populated area. Suddenly, there was a mist around the person in front of him, and the large figure could not be seen clearly at once.
He chased another section, and the fog suddenly thickened, making it impossible to discern the figure, and stayed on the ridge over there.
He stopped for a while and stared at it from a distance. After a while, the mist moved again, slowly dissipating while moving, revealing a strong figure with a large group on his back.
He flew over, but didn't follow after it.
He stopped at the place where the fog had stayed before, and looked around.
There must be a reason for the fog to stop. What happened at that moment? Substitution?
There must be something tricky underneath.
Downstairs, almost all the houses are exactly the same. There are no big houses here, but single rooms or small courtyards.
As soon as he raised his hand, a skating bead burst out of his palm. The ice bead flashed and passed under the window lattices of those houses, making a crackling sound.
Almost everyone was awakened, the window sash was pushed open, all kinds of heads poked out of the window, and the sleepy murmurs of cursing and rubbing their eyes rang out.
He looked at all the windows and swept them like lightning.
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