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This "Handou hall" is just an ordinary study room.On the mahogany desk, the inside of the inkstone has long since dried up, and the pen on the pen mount has also been forked due to drying, and some ink marks can be vaguely seen on it.Tao Mo walked carefully to the desk, and suddenly found that there seemed to be some outline drawn on the paper, but due to the age, the paper had already become thin and brittle, if it wasn't for the emerald jade paperweight on it, it would have been blown away long ago Where did it go.

He squinted at the painting by the moonlight.Under the layers of dust, in the dense forest, the woman by the river looked back. Although there are only a few strokes, the charm in this painting is enough, and it can be vaguely seen that the woman's attire is different from that of the Central Plains, wearing a silver crown on her head and silver ornaments on her body .At a glance, Tao Mo felt that the woman's clothes looked familiar, but he was not sure.It's a pity that although this painting has both form and spirit, it is still an unfinished masterpiece, and even a corner was deliberately torn off...

The moonlight crossed the window lattice and slanted into the house. Tao Mo turned his head and looked out the window, only to see a bright moon outside the window, which was dazzlingly bright. Block that moonlight.Outside the window, under the moonlight, you can just see the dry lotus pond and the small pavilion hidden behind the lotus pond. If the owner of the palace is still there, he will definitely sit in this hall in summer and feel the summer lotus. Wind it.

The moonlight tilted and swayed on the bookshelf beside the desk.Dust-covered books are stacked on the bookshelf, and the decorations have long been covered with a thick layer of gray frost. It is just a thick bookshelf that ordinary wealthy people have. The stacked collection of books also shows the profound knowledge of its owner. Tao Mo glanced at the bookshelf inadvertently, but his eyes were firmly locked on the shelf in the lower right corner.The porcelain vase storing the scrolls was placed on the lower right of the bookshelf, just enough to half cover this hard-to-find place. Tao Mo hurriedly bent down, carefully looking at the strange corner under the moonlight.

The moonlight shone in obliquely, and there were dusty places beside it, only this place seemed to have been wiped off.

Tao Mo was startled, no one lived in the palace for a long time, could it be that he had discovered the clues left by Zhaixinglanyue?He quickly stretched out his hand and carefully poked towards the place.Where the moonlight can't see it, there seems to be a small jade beast hidden among the books. Tao Mo's fingers just rotated the little beast slightly, and there was a rattling sound in the bookcase immediately. Like a gear turning.Tao Mo withdrew his hand like lightning. He was familiar with the sound. He had already been tormented by the sound of this mechanism in Senluo Villa. Now that he encountered this weird mechanism again, his heart couldn't help but start to jump. non-stop.

The bookcase in front of him did not move, but there was a clicking sound behind him. Tao Mo turned his head and saw that the wall facing the bookcase was swiveled and opened to both sides like a window. There was a closed stone door.Tao Mo cautiously walked to the stone door, saw the clear footprints beside the stone door, couldn't help but slowly took out Zhuohua from the scabbard in his hand, and tried to push the stone door with the other hand.

The old stone door was extremely heavy and astringent. Tao Mo had no choice but to put all his strength on the door, and then slowly pushed it open a crack. The decaying smell of dust gushed out from the dark gap, and Tao Mo couldn't help covering his mouth and hitting him. After a sneeze, he continued to push the door open to the extent that one person could enter, but when the moonlight shone through the crack of the door, a dazzling silver light suddenly flashed from inside the stone door.

Tao Mo had been on guard before, he turned his side slightly, and the silver light flashed by. At the same time, the hidden weapon was firmly nailed to the opposite bookshelf, causing a lot of dust to fall.

At Tao Mo's dodging effort, the person hiding among them shot out through the crack of the door like an arrow. Tao Mo raised the sword in his hand, and just cut off a part of the man's sleeve. Immediately afterwards, Tao Mo chased after him with strides, stretched out his hand and grabbed the man who was about to flee out of the window.

The black-clothed swordsman had great strength in his hands. The man never thought that he would fall here. He staggered and finally stabilized his body so as not to fall to the ground.Tao Mo looked at the man in front of him by the moonlight, and was disappointed when he saw that it wasn't the woman who stole his jade pendant. He sighed, but he didn't let go of the man's clothes, and asked the man: "Who are you, why are you hiding here?"

There was no one around, Tao Mo could only feel his voice echoing in the empty room, as if echoing in the empty valley, faintly echoing.Hearing Tao Mo's question, the man was not in a hurry to run away. He turned around slowly, dusted off his clothes, and stretched out his hand to lift up the black cloth covering his face. Mo cupped his fists: "Thank you for your help, brother. If you hadn't opened the door of the darkroom, my poor life would have been lost."

Tao Mo saw that this person was relatively short and thin, and under the moonlight, he looked like some kind of spirit had transformed into a refined form, and his footwork just now was quite light, so he knew at the first sight that he had excellent lightness kung fu, and he could hide in this abandoned palace. In the dark room, there must be some kind of thief spying on the property of the palace.I heard that Zhaxinglanyue is a male and female thief, could it be that he bumped into a "Zhaixing" by accident?

As soon as the man rolled his eyes, he knew that Tao Mo was hesitating left and right. With a sway of his body, he wanted to use lightness kung fu to escape from the black-clothed swordsman.But he moved fast, but the black-clothed swordsman's hand was stronger, and the strange sharp sword stabbed towards his neck like a star, and he was stuck in the middle of his steps just about to use the "Golden Cicada Escape Shell" move .But the sword move was swaying, and before it hit, it lightly rested on his neck. At the same time, Tao Mo grabbed his wrist fiercely with the other hand.

"Tell me," Tao Mo's voice was cold in the night, "Who are you, and what are you doing hiding there?"

"This... benefactor, thank you for saving my life, but some things are really long stories..."

The sword edge moved a little further towards the neck. Tao Mo didn't want to threaten this person like this, but he looked like a slippery weasel, and he really didn't want to waste his time talking with him.

"Say it!" Tao Mo shouted coldly.

The blade of the Zhuohua sword is extremely sharp, just touching the skin, and suddenly feels cold. The black-clothed swordsman in front of the man saw a cold complexion, and there was a scar on his cheek. Go to the gate of life.

"Okay, okay, I'll just say it..." The man swallowed, and finally compromised, "I sneaked into this palace to find the relics of one of my benefactors, but I accidentally touched the darkroom mechanism. I was locked inside by the Shimen. Fortunately, fortunately, my brother opened the Shimen, so I was able to escape..."

"Benefactor?" Tao Mo suddenly felt strange in his heart. He suspected that there was fraud in this person's words, so he couldn't help asking in a deep voice, "Since you are working for your benefactor, why did you run away?"

The man frowned, thought for a moment, and finally said: "This benefactor and I have very special identities. To tell you the truth, I followed the path of Liang Shang, and this benefactor is naturally the owner of this house... Prince Chengxu."

When Tao Mo heard this, he clasped the man's wrist more tightly, and said coldly, "You lied to me?"

Seeing that Tao Mo didn't believe him, the man became even more anxious. The black-clothed swordsman in front of him was very good at martial arts, and it would be no good for him to catch him by tricks, so he hurriedly said: "There is no need to lie to you! Before the murder, I was very kind to my brother and sister! It's a pity that my brother and sister are weak and can't avenge the wrong for the prince..."

"So you came to steal from the prince's old house instead?" Tao Mo asked.

"This matter cannot be told to outsiders, the two of us have plans to repay the favor!"

Tao Mo insisted on asking a few more questions, but the man simply stopped talking, and kept silent in the heart of being stabbed to death by his sword.Tao Mo didn't want to kill him, so he lowered his sword and said helplessly, "Forget it, you can go. I have no grievances or enmities with this Prince Chengxu, so naturally it won't hinder me."

The man was about to leave, but when he heard Tao Mo's words, he felt strange: "Then why are you here? Could it be that you are also with the two Taoist priests during the day?"

Two Taoist priests?Could it be Lou Yueming and Yun Yueyu...

"Are you the star catcher of 'Zhai Xing Lan Yue'?" Tao Mo asked.

"Exactly." The man replied calmly, "I have already told the two Taoist priests about the whereabouts of the Flowing Water Sword, so go back and ask them."

"No..." Tao Mo stepped forward, "I'm here to retrieve my jade pendant."