The bright moon sits on the ground

Xuanwu took the order, and left Zhen'e Mansion smoothly, holding the token that symbolized the identity of the maid.

The leader said that he didn't need to disguise his identity, and continued to hide in Zhen'e Mansion.

Therefore, the name "Bitao" should be given back to that cute little girl with bright eyes and bright teeth.

The task this time was also completed satisfactorily, the only flaw was the eldest son, no one from the Xuanwu Sect found out about him,? At first they thought he was not a threat at all, but just a fluffy dude.

Xuanwu turned a few turns, hid his figure in the shadows, moved his wrists while walking, and sighed secretly in his heart.

As a result, at the end of the day, he didn't know how many cards Zhang Qi had, how much clumsiness he had hidden, and how many threads he had buried.

The Xuanwu Fenmen in Zhen'e City is an inconspicuous antique shop. They are all covered with ashes and cobwebs.

The bell on the beam swayed and swayed in a circle, making a crisp knocking sound, which meant that the draft had passed.

The little girl with a round face and almond eyes stepped across the threshold, with a delicate silver hairpin inserted in her hair. She was originally smiling, but the moment she entered the antique shop, all expressions on her face were suppressed, and her eyes were like an ancient well. Bo, calm and indifferent.

There is no one in this antique shop on weekdays, only the manager who is over fifty years old is left, and he peels walnuts leisurely with his legs crossed.

The store manager looked up slowly, fed a walnut into his mouth, and said in the usual tone, "Welcome back."

Xuanwu nodded to the old man, walked around his swaying recliner that was almost falling apart, and took the lamp with the faint candlelight as he passed the counter. Then, he lifted the curtain and stepped into the inner room .

The back room is the store manager's usual residence, simple and simple, not dirty at all, it has been cleaned carefully.

He reached under the bed, groped for a while on the bed, found an inconspicuous bump, and pressed it down.

A hidden door was silently exposed on the wall behind him, made of copper, without holes, with a cold and hard luster.

Xuanwu walked over, knocking five times, two short and three long, and not long after, a hoarse and deep voice came from behind the door.

"Number, name, message."

"Ling, Tang Zhuo, the mission of Zhen'e Mansion has ended, and we can return in a few days."

Although people in the Xuanwu sect call themselves "Xuanwu", everyone has a number for the disciples in the sect to use.And before they entered the Xuanwu Gate, they were all people with surnames and names, and they were only recorded in the roster kept by the gatekeeper and the gatekeeper.

The bronze door creaked and opened from the inside. The gatekeeper bowed slightly, with half of his face hidden in the darkness, and said, "Welcome to the door master."

Xuanwu—or Tang Zhuo, he is actually not used to this name. When he pronounced it, he seemed to be talking about someone else. Every word sounded strange. He chewed it between his lips and teeth, and swallowed it back after he finished speaking. In the belly, disappeared.

Looking down, there is a long stone step behind the secret door, extending downward, seemingly without end, winding into the darkness.

Tang Zhuo nodded and walked into the door. He put the lamp in his hand in front of him, illuminating the road in front of him.

The light was weak, but it was still possible to see the colorful paintings on the dark stone walls on both sides through this ray of light: the boa constrictor wrapped around the giant tortoise, and the scales of the boa constrictor were depicted in detail and lifelike, as if they were slowly moving under the light of the candlelight. Swimming slowly, the scales of the giant tortoise are solid, as indestructible as a rock, the color is dim, but it is as thick as Mount Tai.

He heard a muffled sound behind him, it was the gatekeeper closing the bronze door again.

"How is the girl?" Tang Zhuo asked casually when he took the small and exquisite key in his hand.

Unexpectedly, after the gatekeeper heard his words, his expression became a little strange.

It was the first time for Tang Zhuo to see such an expression on his face, he pursed his lips slightly, and couldn't help asking: "Could it be that something happened to the Xuanwu Sect while I was away? Or did she escape?"

"Neither of them." The gatekeeper's eyes revealed a bit of embarrassment, as if he was embarrassed. After deliberating for a while, he decided to remind his own gatekeeper by insinuating, "You'd better pay more attention, I think '四' should Withdrew from the Xuanwu Gate."

Having said this, Tang Zhuo was puzzled, but he didn't continue to ask, and decided to go down to see the situation himself.

The Xuanwu murals on both sides of the stone steps spread across the entire wall. From the first step to the last step, the shadows of candles are faint. The two animals on this mural seem to come alive, following the footsteps of the comers, galloping down, and finally Stop at another door.

Tang Zhuo conveniently put the extinguished candle lamp on the stone platform beside him, took out the key given to him by the gatekeeper, inserted it into the lock hole on the door, and the key was inserted into it tightly, then he slowly turned his wrist , the door opened in response.

The ten Xuanwumen disciples in Zhen'e City are all here.

Seeing that Tang Zhuo had returned, the expressions of these Xuanwumen disciples were a bit strange, exactly the same as the expressions of the gatekeeper at that time.

In the end what happened?Why did the gatekeeper say that Si wants to quit Xuanwu Gate?

Tang Zhuo glanced briefly, and wherever he passed, those disciples lowered their heads one after another, like rice seedlings withered in the sun.

Four are not among them.Of course he is not there, he should be guarding Bitao in a deeper prison now.

"Who can tell me what happened during my absence at Xuanwumen?"

Those nine Xuanwumen disciples looked at me and I looked at you, timidly, hesitating and refusing to say a word.

Tang Zhuo felt more and more strange in his heart. Just as he was about to ask questions, he heard a sound of wind sharply in his ears. His eyes suddenly became cold, with a slight killing intent. He turned around and fought back, and a short knife that had been quenched with poison popped out of his sleeve. , the movement is too fast for people to see clearly.

Then, he heard a familiar voice from the wind, it was Si's voice, and he spit out the cheerful word "Bitao".

With a click, Tang Zhuo raised his arm, pushed the dagger back into its sheath, replaced it with the other hand, and accurately grabbed the visitor's lapel.

"I think you should have a lot of things to hide from me." Tang Zhuo lifted Si with a cold face, and said in a cautious tone, "Not only did you fall in love, you wanted to quit Xuanwumen, and you let her go when I was not around." Come out? Am I being too kind on weekdays?"

He almost didn't catch his breath, he almost forgot about it - and, who can tell him why the sect master didn't take off his disguise when he came back?

He quickly waved his hand to explain: "No, sect master, I really never let her out..."

Tang Zhuo glanced at the other nine disciples, and saw that they were nodding their heads in a hurry, so he calmed down and asked, "Give me an explanation, if you haven't released her from prison, why did you see me just now?" Be her?"

I only saw the back, but didn't react for a while.Looking at the sect master bitterly, I really don't know how to explain it.

Tang Zhuo let go of his hand, took a deep breath, and said, "You only answered one question, and you chose to avoid talking about the other questions. That is to say, because you were in love with her, you wanted to Is it true that you quit Xuanwu Sect?"

This face was so disobedient, Si couldn't help turning his head to ease his emotions, and then replied seriously: "It's true."

"Then, you're ready." Tang Zhuo smoothed out the folds of his clothes, his voice was very soft, every word, but as sharp as a knife blade, "I will cut off your tongue and let you There is no chance to tell the secrets of Xuanwumen. I will break your tendons and hamstrings, and destroy all your martial arts. Since you learned it from Xuanwumen, you will return it to Xuanwumen."

The relationship between those nine disciples and Si had always been very good, but at this moment they were silent, no one dared to intercede.

From the day they joined Xuanwumen, everyone knew what the price would be if they wanted to quit Xuanwumen.

Si didn't hesitate at all, maybe he had thought of all the consequences long ago, and replied: "Yes, I'm ready."

He originally had such a fluke mentality, but the task is still over, the sect master is still back, and those who should come will still come, and those who cannot escape will naturally be unable to escape. He thought about just leaving like this, but for the rest of his life All living on the run, facing each other with swords and swords with their former companions, this is not the life he wants, nor should Bi Tao have.

"This is Mr. Yu." Tang Zhuo sighed imperceptibly, and continued, "Privately, I don't want to do anything. When I asked you to guard Bitao, it was my choice. Si, you still have time. Repent." "If I repent, what will you do with Bitao?"

"I will kill her."

It's no surprise, he knew that the head of the sect would do this, cut the weeds and eradicate the roots, and leave no future troubles, this is the only way to cut off love and love.

"I won't go back on my word, really." He said softly, "Also, I am very grateful that you chose me to guard in the first place."

"After leaving Xuanwumen, you are a useless person." Tang Zhuo's eyes showed a little pity, "You can't speak, you can't write, you can't walk. In this troubled world, you can't even protect yourself, so how can you protect yourself? Her? What's more, she may abandon you after this, I have seen this kind of thing too much, and it is a cruel reality that you can't imagine. "

"You haven't been in love with anyone, have you?" Si suddenly smiled, "You may never understand, but I am willing to believe her."

What's wrong with this kind of love that can make people put all their eggs in one basket, like moths to a flame, and turn into dust in an instant?

Si is right, Tang Zhuo really doesn't understand, and he won't have a chance to understand in the future.

"Does she know the price you paid for leaving Xuanwumen?"

"Bitao? She doesn't know."

Tang Zhuo looked up at a disciple who was watching, raised his jaw, and said, "Take that girl to the execution room."

Si didn't seem to expect Tang Zhuo to be so decisive, his lips trembled, and he was about to speak when he heard him say——

"If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes and cried, she would never understand everything you gave."

Putting his left hand on his right hand, Tang Zhuo moved his joints lightly. Instead of looking at Si, he just stared at the protruding bone on his wrist and asked in a low voice, "Where are you going after you leave Xuanwumen?" ?”

Si suddenly understood something, as if meeting the person in front of him for the first time, showing a somewhat relieved look, his eyes drifted, probably thinking, after a long while, he opened his lips and responded: "Afterwards, Bi Tao will also leave the palace. Let me think about it, her family lives by the water, it is warm like spring all year round, and the people there are friendly and gentle... I am homeless, I should go back with her, and then take out the money I have saved in Xuanwu Gate all these years With the savings, we bought a teahouse, and the two of us started a small business there."

"Not bad." Tang Zhuo gave a pertinent evaluation, raised his hand and called two people to come and tie Si up and take him to the execution room.

Si didn't struggle, and was tied up obediently. On the way to the execution room, he looked up to the high place, where there was a pitch-black stone wall, and he couldn't see anything, but he smiled, and looked sideways to Zhi Tang Zhuo was expressionless from beginning to end.

"It's very strange, sect master, I really hope that one day you can also experience this feeling of being willing to fall into the mud."

"Do you want to curse me before I do it?" Tang Zhuo said, "Love is like a poison, it dies when it enters the throat, I respect it and keep it at a distance."

The two disciples who held the prison couldn't help laughing, but their expressions were still sad.

"How dare I curse you." Si Xiao laughed so hard that his shoulders trembled, and the pronunciation of the words was broken, "I will rely on you to help me when I encounter difficulties in the future."

Was he considered as the natal family of this group of homeless people?

Tang Zhuo raised the corner of his mouth very lightly, slowed down his pace, and pressed his palm on Si's shoulder lightly.

"Okay." He promised, "May you be able to live the life you want in the future, and never regret the decision you made at this time."