Become a cat [Zhan Zhao]

A Lan cautiously walked lightly, she knew that once Zhan Zhao became alert, it would be difficult for all the subtle movements around him to escape his ears.Fortunately, the wind tonight was loud enough to easily cover the sound of Ah Lan's deliberately light footsteps, making the sound of the rotten and damp floor no longer harsh.She deliberately left the door open, because she remembered that the door would make a "creak" sound when it was closed - Zhan Zhao woke her up when the door was closed.

There was constant movement from the room next door, and A Lan could hear the woman's chirping voice, and occasionally Zhan Zhao's voice, which was low and indistinct.The entire corridor was pitch black, and there was a wooden window at the opposite end of the corridor, from which a very faint light came in.

After a while, Ah Lan finally tiptoed to the door and put her ear on the door.Her heart was pounding, afraid that Zhan Zhao would find her outside.However, there was a soft "boom" sound from inside, followed by Zhan Zhao's deliberately lowered voice: "If you don't want to make some money, I can leave."

"You, what do you want to know?" The woman asked in a terrified voice before Alan was thinking wildly.

Ah Lan immediately held her breath, and put her ears on the cold door.After a while, she heard Zhan Zhao's whisper: "Six Dust Pagoda..."

At this time, a cold hand covered her mouth and nose from behind, and dragged her back with incredible force!

It's hard to say what kind of feeling that hand gave her, cold and stiff, like some kind of stone.A Lan was about to scream in horror, but her voice was choked to death.Immediately afterwards, another icy hand clasped her waist, almost lifting her feet off the ground as it bound her.

Before he had time to react, Ah Lan was quickly dragged by the unknown existence into the darkness behind him, kicking with both feet but unable to touch the ground.She slammed her elbow back, feeling as if she had bumped into a rock forcibly, not only her elbow was so painful that she lost consciousness immediately, but her forearm and even her whole right hand went numb and twitched.

But that hand was still dragging her back continuously. Alan clasped the wrist of that hand with his left hand and tried to pull it away. Walk.However, the manpower behind him was enormous, and he didn't care about Alan's punching and kicking, and dragged her away from the door, and dragged her towards the dark and deep corridor.

"Brother! Zhan Zhao! Zhan Zhao! Zhan Zhao!" Ah Lan screamed, but only a dull voice escaped from under the palm.She struggled with all her strength, but she could only watch as the door of Zhan Zhao's room got farther and farther away from her. It seemed that there was a faint sound of tables and chairs being overturned from inside, but Ah Lan could no longer hear it clearly. .

She was dragged into darkness.

Something—or a person—was behind it, as cold as a stone.And that darkness was colder than stone.Alan remembered clearly that they came from the corridor leading to the tavern lobby on the first floor.However, when she was dragged to the entrance of the corridor and the whole person was plunged into darkness, they did not return to the lobby of the tavern.

There seemed to be darkness all around.

Alan was still struggling, and she was so frightened that she burst into tears when she didn't realize it.At some point, the hand covering her mouth and nose was quietly released, and Ah Lan immediately screamed, screaming with her loudest voice: "Let go of me! Zhan Zhao! Zhan Zhao!" The already numb elbow hit the opponent's chest, and there was almost no sound, except for the sound of hitting a stone with a fist-not from the stone, but from the fragile flesh.

The hands on the waist were also loosened.

Alan scrambled and fled in the direction she came from. She rushed forward dozens of steps, and then her legs were so weak that she fell to the ground.It was still pitch black, and she could feel that the guy who had dragged her here was still nearby.And she should have run back down the corridor.

"Who are you?" Ah Lan sniffed and asked in a deep voice, "What do you want?"

There seemed to be a sigh, and a familiar yet unfamiliar voice sounded, "You really shouldn't have come."

Alan couldn't help sitting up, frowning: "Who is talking?" The voice was so strange, she thought it was familiar, but she couldn't remember where she heard it.

"You are in the tower." The other party answered irrelevantly, "The owner of the tower wants to see you."

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"Ta..." The woman squeezed out a word from her throat.

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, suddenly he had a bad feeling in his heart.

The whistling of the wind suddenly became sharper, and he saw the woman on the opposite side trembling slightly involuntarily, and saw her pair of brown eyes trembling slightly.

"...ta" she said.

Zhan Zhao frowned, turned around and looked in the direction of the door, focused on listening to the night wind and the movement that he had ignored.

As if to remind him that something unusual happened, in the quiet and cold night, in the tavern of this remote town, Zhan Zhao realized belatedly——the whistling wind quietly stopped.

"...If you are already inside, why bother to inquire?" Behind the woman's voice, the fear was filtered out, and she returned to being indifferent, even with a little smile.

Outside the door, a tiny cry for help dissipated in the air, as short as a hallucination.And Zhan Zhao recognized whose voice it was, and who she was asking for help.

"Alan!" Zhan Zhao slammed towards the door.A strong wind came from behind, but he ignored it.

Then Zhan Zhao hit the air.Because the place where the door was originally was became empty, and the light coming in from the window behind him suddenly disappeared.Zhan Zhao staggered and managed to stand still. He turned around and saw a strange woman standing there.

The fat woman from before was gone, replaced by another woman.

"Qingjiu's younger brother is really extraordinary, he can still be calm at this time." The woman smiled, her face was hidden in the darkness and she could not see clearly, but it also let people know that she was definitely not the fat woman before.

Alan's cries for help that Zhan Zhao could hear had completely disappeared, so he was actually not as calm and composed as he appeared.After a while, he whispered: "Do you know my brother?"

"Well," the woman's voice was a little surprised, "I thought you would ask your little lover first, don't you care about her?"

Zhan Zhao restrained his temper, and asked again: "Do you know Qingjiu?"

"I know." The other party said with a smile, "We are half... colleagues."

Zhan Zhao asked back, "Colleague?"

"We are all loyal to the general. Don't you want to know where your little lover is? To tell you the truth, it was your good brother who took her to see the general." The other party seems to have no intention of concealing it, but it may not be true .

Zhan Zhao was dubious, he said, "My brother has been dead for many years."

"I've been dead for many years too." The woman laughed again, "The first point of allegiance to the general is to sacrifice one's own life, don't you know?"

Zhan Zhao said coldly, "I don't know. I only know about Qing Jiu's death, not for some general."

"He's an exception." The woman giggled, "The general has his eyes on him."

Zhan Zhao's eyes have gradually adapted to the darkness, but he still can't distinguish the surrounding environment clearly. He couldn't help but ask, "Where is this?"

"I told you, this is the tower." The woman stretched her arms and turned around, as if introducing this place to him.

Zhan Zhao interrupted her: "This is Luozhen. I came here seven years ago..."

"You don't understand, the tower is growing, and it has expanded its territory. This town, and places farther away, are now owned by the general." Is her tone a little intoxicated?Even if it is such a crazy thing to say.

Growing towers, expanding territories...

Zhan Zhao fixed his eyes on the other party, although he still couldn't see the expression clearly: "Then why are you so kind to tell me this?"

"Because I hope to persuade you to go back. This is not something you can intervene in. Qingjiu also hopes that I can tell you to go back and pretend that nothing happened. He is sorry for Chen Yin's death, but we will avenge him Yes." The woman replied, but her tone was not very sincere, as if it was a routine.

Zhan Zhao asked, "Where is Ah Lan?"

"I'm afraid that little girl can't get away anymore." The other party replied with a relaxed tone.

Zhan Zhao replied without hesitation: "If she can't get away, then I can't get away either." So the other party's target was Ah Lan?Why, does she have anything to do with these demons who ran amok in the world tens of hundreds of years ago?

"You will die." The woman's voice cooled down.

Zhan Zhao laughed, and said, "Unless I die?"

"Yeah, that's what it means to die, isn't it?" The woman seemed to be mocking his ignorance.

Zhan Zhao said, "Take me to see the owner of the tower. If he wants to see A Lan, I think he'd better see me too, right?"

"You will regret it." The woman stared at him closely, "I will give you one last chance..."

Zhan Zhao raised his right hand slightly, his sword slid out with a "clang", and the cold sword light illuminated the opponent's pale face.Zhan Zhao said politely: "Do me a favor, I've been trying not to fight you. Either you take me to Alan, or get ready to fight me."

"Oh, you look a bit like your brother now." The other party seemed to be pleased by Zhan Zhao's move, and laughed again, "I hope the general likes you too, otherwise you may die a miserable death."

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