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It was late at night.

The willows on the roadside swayed with the wind, and the river light swayed slightly. Tao Mo slightly raised his head to look at the sky. In the dark night, the moon and stars were few and far between. Reflected dimly, hidden in the night.

One day later, it will be the Tianxintai battle on the night of the full moon.

Thinking of this, Tao Mo looked at the inn behind him with a slightly complicated expression.

Bai Wangyan fell unconscious halfway while drunk, and after he sent the white-haired scholar back to the inn, he grabbed his sword and walked through the night alone.

Before going to drink, Bai Wangyan warned him to get rid of that "Thousand Machine Records Volume [-]" as soon as possible, otherwise it will cause many disasters.But where can Tao Mo hide this book?

In the dark night, Tao Mo couldn't help but quicken his steps.Uncle Ge didn't let him get involved in this matter, Bai Wangyan also maintained a noncommittal attitude, Lou Yueming didn't know about this matter at all... Thus, Tao Mo thought about it, but finally thought of a person.

King Chengjing, the ninth prince.

But he didn't intend to hand over the book to the Ninth Prince who was willing to lend a helping hand. Tao Mo planned in his heart, first to find the Ninth Prince, and then to ask Xie Sanniang's whereabouts.In any case, finding the woman first is the key to solving this matter.

Suddenly, Tao Mo slowed down, and with a flash of silver light in his hand, the Zhuohua sword was already out of its sheath.

I don't know when the shadows gradually gathered, already surrounded Tao Mo who was alone.The wind suddenly blew in my ear, the tree shadows were messy, and a dark cloud floated over, slowly covering the bright moon.

The moonlight weakened, the lights flickered, and the deserted street suddenly became dark.But under the increasingly dark night, a sharp silver light suddenly appeared!The blade of Zhuohua sword flashed with brilliance, and the night was split open in shock. Those shadows that were born in the night were immediately forced back by the dazzling edge, and retreated one after another.

Tao Mo grasped the Zhuohua Sword, but his heart was filled with tension.These black shadows remained silent, and when he noticed the following disasters, it was too late.These few people's lightness kung fu is superior to theirs, could it be that they spy on the "Thousand Machine Records" in their hands?

At this moment of his hesitation, those black shadows attacked again by the night, like ghosts in the dark night.Tao Mo hurriedly raised his sword to meet the attack, the blades met, the Zhuohua sword hummed and clanked, and the silver light shone in the darkness.These people were nimble, but they still couldn't stand Tao Mo. After all, they were Wuxin Sword Lord's closed disciples, and their swordsmanship had reached a peak that ordinary people could not climb.But just as Tao Mo was defeating them steadily, the sound of horseshoes came from the distant darkness...

The iron hooves stepped on the stone road and clanked hurriedly. A horse-riding warrior in black armor rushed out of the darkness, raised his long knife and rushed towards the black-clothed swordsman.

As soon as his gaze met the black-armored warrior, Tao Mo's eyes suddenly widened. He looked at the nightmare that seemed to rush out of his memory in amazement, as if all his strength had been drained from his body, and he couldn't move at all.At the same time, his vision went dark and he lost consciousness.

There was the intermittent sound of dripping water in my ears, which was indistinct and unbearable to hear. From time to time, something ran across the ground and made rustling sounds.

The darkness in front of him gradually faded, and the first thing to appear was the dirty ground and the cold iron bars.Under the dim light, the lengthy corridor outside the iron fence is like the huge mouth of a beast, dark and terrifying.Tao Mo's heart trembled, and he just wanted to get up from the ground, but he felt sore all over his body and dizzy.He groaned in pain, and just about to raise his hand to rub his temples, he felt a slight sinking in his wrist.Looking at the flickering lights, he realized that his hands were tied with iron chains at some point. The ends of these two heavy iron chains were tightly embedded in the wall behind him to prevent It was set up by the prisoner to escape.

This is a prison somewhere.It was so quiet that even the crackling of the burning fire could be heard very clearly, Tao Mo suddenly gathered his strength and pulled up the iron chain, and the sound immediately echoed in the silent cell, making it particularly harsh.But Tao Mo didn't intend to stop the loud noise. He tugged on the two iron chains vigorously, trying to use his internal strength to tear them apart, but all the strength in his body seemed to be pulled away suddenly, and he couldn't gather it at all.

How is this going?Tao Mo looked at his bound hands in disbelief, tried to flex and stretch his fingers, but felt that there was nothing unusual about his movements, but it was difficult to use force.He had no choice but to give up using brute force to break free from the shackles, stood up slowly while leaning on the wall, and examined the square inch where he was imprisoned.

The cell he was in was directly facing the dark corridor, holding the iron railing and looking towards the slope, he could still see the other cells that were fading into the darkness, but with the dim light, he could not see anyone in them .There was an indescribable smell of decay and mold everywhere, and it seemed that he was the only one alive in this empty underground prison, not even a jailer.Tao Mo grabbed the two iron railings and tried to push them out, but his hands still seemed to lose strength, and he couldn't shake the iron railings at all.Suddenly, his eyes drifted to the wooden table by the corridor.The wooden table seemed to be placed for the jailer to rest. At this time, there was a booklet spread out on it, with the names of people densely written on it, but each name was crossed by a red line...

Tao Mo's eyes stared straight at the booklet full of people's names, his head that was originally dazed suddenly seemed to be drenched by cold water, and his heart felt cold all of a sudden.

The black-armored warrior on horseback, the long sword... the temperature in his heart was fading little by little, and Tao Mo felt that it was extremely difficult to breathe for a while.

He remembered.

That was the scariest memory hidden in his memory, and he kept having the nightmare of that night for the next 13 years, as if he was trapped in the infinite city of nightmare. On a night 13 years ago, in the Taohuayuan, a huge fire almost burned the night sky. Those men in black armor rode their horses and slaughtered the unarmed people in the village, just like ghosts that suddenly came out of the ground.They gathered the villagers in an empty field in the village and asked one by one about the whereabouts of the "unknown palace", but no one told where the "unknown palace" was.

He remembered that when he was only nine years old, he was hiding in the arms of his adoptive mother, looking at the puddles of blood in horror through the crowd.Faced with the tragic death of the villagers, the leader seemed unmoved. He ordered people to surround the old and the weak, women and children, for the black armor soldiers under him to kill for fun.Before the adoptive mother was hacked to death, she desperately pushed him into the pile of dead people, so he hid in the pile of corpses of the villagers and escaped unharmed.

13 years ago, the memory of being drenched in blood suddenly became clear as if it had just happened in front of my eyes.

Unknown Palace.

Tao Mo only felt that his breathing was extremely difficult, as if his mouth and nose were filled with blood, and he was about to choke to death.He tightly grasped his chest with his hands, slowly reached into the neckline, and pulled out the hard object that had been hanging all the time.

It was an extremely delicate and exquisite pendant, ingeniously carved white and light red jade into tightly wrapped flower buds, supplemented by a metal buckle, worn with a thin string of black jade pieces, hanging on the shoulder of the black-clothed swordsman. in front of the chest.Pale sunlight squeezed in from the narrow gap on the wall. Under this ray of light, the jade buds showed a transparent color, as thin as a cicada's wing. The light refracted through the jade piece, dyeing the dark prison with A little pinkish white.

But when Tao Mo looked at the pendant, his gaze was as dark as a dead night.

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"My lord, the envoy of Shuangyue Pavilion is asking to see you."

A bodyguard hurried in from the outside and reported respectfully to the man who was leisurely drinking tea.

The man drinking tea said without raising his head: "This person is already at the door, is there any reason not to let him in? Come in."

As soon as the words fell, that gray shadow floated in from outside the door lightly. This person was Yue Yayan, the envoy of Shuangyue Pavilion.As soon as he entered the room, the high-ranking killer in the Shuangyue Pavilion immediately knelt down in front of this extraordinary man and said: "My subordinates pay homage to the lord."

At the same time, the windows in the Wang Mansion's study were suddenly closed, and the guard who had notified hurriedly exited the door and closed the door carefully. At this time, only King Yu Chenghui and Yashi were there.

King Chenghui played with the jade cup in his hand, and glanced at Yue Yayan: "Get up, it's really fresh to let the envoy come to find this king in person! I don't know what's the matter?"

Yue Yayan stood up slowly, he lowered his eyes and said: "This subordinate is not good at doing things, which made the prince bother. But the matter of finding the object... is almost completed."

"Oh..." King Chenghui made a long voice, looked up at the ordinary-looking young man in gray clothes, and suddenly twitched the corners of his mouth: "That's good, you are worthy of being the king's right-hand man, then, what are you doing?" What's up?"

He seemed to see the intention of the killer in front of him at a glance.

Yue Yayan didn't hide anything, he raised his head slightly, looked at King Chenghui in front of him calmly with his eyes, and said straight to the point: "My subordinates implore the prince to release the man arrested last night."

His attitude doesn't look like "begging" at all.But King Chenghui didn't seem to intend to pursue this point, he just snorted, shook his head and said: "It's really interesting. Yin Qingluan just walked away, and you came again... Who the hell is that rough man, who can make Cheng King Jing and Yashi pleaded for him at the same time?"

"My lord just joked, but I didn't mean to beg for mercy." Yue Yayan's eyes suddenly shone brightly, and he slightly raised the corners of his mouth, showing a very strange smile, "Your lord is planning to dispose of him, right? But the pavilion master entrusted his life to me , This person killed several killers in Shuangyue Pavilion... I hope the prince will see the face of the pavilion master, release him, and let his subordinates deal with him."

"Oh?" King Chenghui couldn't help shaking his head with a smile, "Catching him is a waste of my efforts. This vulgar man has killed several capable generals under my command."

Yue Yayan pursed her lips, then said again: "The Panlong Zhaoyue Cup, you can get it tonight."

Hearing the words "Boiled Dragon Shining on the Moon Cup", a gleam of light flashed in King Chenghui's calm eyes. He put the jade cup in his hand on the table and turned to look at the Shuangyue Pavilion killer: "Tonight?"

"Exactly," Yue Yayan said firmly, "Among the treasure feasts, you can get it at your fingertips."

King Chenghui narrowed his eyes, and suddenly he burst out laughing: "Hahaha! Panlong Zhaoyue Cup? Yes, yes! You are worthy of being an envoy. If so, then you can exchange this cup for that' Prey, let's say... Zhenlong Baoyan, isn't it tonight?"

"Tonight, you take the Panlong Zhaoyue cup, and I will let the kid go. If you don't see the cup tonight, you prey under the claws will be disposed of by this king!"

Yue Yayan still had such an ordinary appearance, he nodded slightly, and saluted King Chenghui: "Thank you, my lord."