The bright moon sits on the ground

Nie Qiu didn't intend to tell anyone else about this.

What's more, Xiao Xueyang doesn't understand anything,? If she falls into this muddy water, she will definitely end up with no bones left.

So Nie Qiu just replied "Occasionally I eat fish", and simply exposed the matter.

They wandered around the market casually again, and went back to the inn to put away their things. After dinner, it was almost time.

Xiao Xueyang took out a small pitch-black bottle from the bottom of the medicine box.

After the cork was opened, you could clearly hear the rustling sound inside, indicating that something was moving.

She took out a slender centipede without hesitation.

The hard shell showed a strange luster under the gradually darkening sky, and the densely packed legs were rustling,? Twisting the joints of the body,? Crawling in Xiao Xueyang's palm,? Seemingly waiting for an opportunity hunter.

Because the centipede is not big, and it is almost evening now, Xiao Xueyang painted some unknown powder on the end of the centipede to prevent it from being seen clearly. Obvious,? You have to look carefully to see it.

Xiao Xueyang squatted down and let the centipede crawl to the ground along her fingers.

The centipede turned around a few times at first, then seemed to have finally confirmed its direction, and crawled quickly.

The two quickly followed.

"I can't let my centipede stay with the assassin for too long." Xiao Xueyang said lightly, "It will get hungry if it stays too long."

"What happens when you're hungry?"

"Of course... eat it."

The street scenes on both sides kept receding, leaving them far behind.

In the gradually darkening sky, only that tiny ray of light is always moving forward.

Fortunately, the size of centipedes is not big, even if they climb very fast, they will not be lost.

Soon, Nie Qiu and Xiao Xueyang followed the centipede away from the Wangshan Inn and walked through the market.

Until he saw the mansion in front of him clearly, Nie Qiu never thought that it was these people who had been chasing and killing Xiao Xueyang.

Seeing that Xiao Xueyang was about to follow the centipede, he quickly grabbed her.

"Look carefully at what this place is." Nie Qiu said in a low voice.

Xiao Xueyang watched the centipede crawl farther and farther away. He was a little anxious at first, but stopped after hearing Nie Qiu's voice, raised his head, and saw clearly a few steps away by the light of the two lanterns hanging by the door. mansion.

Even though the night was shrouded and the crescent moon was rising, one could clearly see that this mansion was a bit unusually luxurious.

She squinted her eyes and carefully looked at the sign hanging on the gate of the mansion.

There are two big characters clearly written on it with smooth and unrestrained strokes.

Jia family.

Now sit firmly at the top of the top five merchants.

It would be too strange if Jia Lingchang was the one who had been sending assassins after Xiao Xueyang.

As the head of the Jia family, he had no reason to invite someone so secretly.

It is no exaggeration to say that there are almost no things in the world that the Jia family's financial resources cannot settle.

What's more, the Jia family not only intersects with the righteous way, but also has close contacts with the Demon Cult. It can be said that they are powerful and well-connected, and there is nothing that they can't get their hands on. Is there anything about Xiao Xueyang that can attract their attention?

"Are you sure you haven't provoked the Jia family before?"

Nie Qiu looked at the stunned Xiao Xueyang and asked.

No matter how Xiao Xueyang stayed out of the house and isolated himself from the outside world, he had heard of the Jia family.

She quickly shook her head, "No really, I also find it very strange."

Then there is only one possibility, the one who sent someone to follow Xiao Xueyang was not Jia Lingchang at all.

It needs to be concealed, so that other people cannot know, so I have to invite people secretly.

But Jia Lingchang didn't need to do this at all.

With such a naive method, two assassins were taken into Xiao Xueyang's hands. It seems that the behind-the-scenes messenger doesn't have much experience.

Nie Qiu thought for a moment, and soon came up with an idea.

"Wait, brother Nie, where are you taking me?"

Xiao Xueyang followed behind and asked in a daze.

Obviously at first he pulled her and refused to let her in, why is he suddenly going in now?

Moreover, it is still the main entrance.

"You'll know right away."

Nie Qiu took off the veil that covered his and Xiao Xueyang's faces, and found a place to put it away.

Then he knocked on the door knocker.

The porter quickly opened the door and looked at the two of them.

"Nie Qiu from the Nie family passed by here and wanted to visit Patriarch Jia Lingchang on the way. I wonder if the Patriarch has time now?"

Nie Qiu cupped his fists and said respectfully.

The concierge softened his expression, obviously recognizing him.

Although the Jia family and the Nie family are incompatible, they still want to maintain a good relationship on the surface.

What's more, the Jia family also knew that Nie Qiu assisted the emperor in holding a ceremony to sacrifice to heaven some time ago.

He took the initiative to come to the door to show his favor, and the Jia family naturally would not give him face.

"Who's behind you?"

"Friend. If it's inconvenient..."

"No problem, please come in, both of you."

The concierge called someone to inform Jia Lingchang, and two other guards came over and searched them.

After all, the Jia family is black and white, and they have made many more deadly enemies than the Nie family, so they dare not be sloppy, and cautiously asked Nie Qiu to keep the Hanshuang knife, and Xiao Xueyang kept the medicine box. Leave it to their care.

Soon, Jia Lingchang came out reeking of alcohol.

He has been in business for many years, and he is very cautious. He only drinks lightly, just a little drunk.

So even though he smelled of alcohol, Jia Lingchang's tone was still the same as usual.

"Nephew, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Although he is very old, he has a very energetic face, and he is full of confidence when he smiles.

Nie Qiu clasped his hands together, Xiao Xueyang glanced at him secretly, and then greeted him.

Just looking at the appearance, in fact, it is impossible to tell that this is the head of the Jia family who eats black and white and is astonished.

He often laughs, looks amiable, can talk about everything, and seems to be easy to get along with.

"Is this nephew's friend?"

Xiao Xueyang looked at Nie Qiu, and seeing that he didn't respond, he obediently replied: "My surname is Xiao, Xiao Xueyang."

Nie Qiu did not miss the glint in Jia Lingchang's eyes when he heard this surname.

"Please." Jia Lingchang shook his sleeves and waved his hands, motioning for them to go in, "Why is my nephew coming to the door at this time?"

"This junior happened to pass by here, so I wanted to come in and pay a visit." Nie Qiu said slowly, watching Jia Lingchang's expression, "Patriarch Jia won't mind if I come here so abruptly, empty-handed, right?"

Speaking of this, Jia Lingchang also understood that he did not come here on Nie Chi's orders.

What gold and silver treasures, the Jia family has no shortage of those, left and right are just a formality.

So Jia Lingchang said with a smile: "It's rare that my nephew has such kindness, so why would I mind?"

In fact, Nie Chi would never take the initiative to chat with members of the Jia family, let alone let Nie Qiu go.

After this incident reached Nie Chi's ears last night, I don't know how he will react.

Nie Qiu thought, and Xiao Xueyang followed him in.

Based on the time, the Jia family should not have finished dinner by this time.

Otherwise, Jia Lingchang wouldn't be reeking of alcohol.

Seeing that Jia Lingchang was going towards the study, Nie Qiu said, "It was I who suddenly came to bother the Patriarch. The Patriarch has not finished his dinner yet, so there is no need to make trouble for the two of us."

Jia Lingchang thought for a while, "The banquet is coming to an end, maybe it won't look good on the table."

"If you two don't mind, I'll ask the cook to cook some supper to fill my stomach."

After he finished speaking, he took them both to the main hall without coddling with Nie Qiu.

Nie Qiu didn't let Jia Lingchang go back to eat because he wanted to be polite to him.

The person who sent people to chase Xiao Xueyang all the way must belong to Jia's family, and heir of Jia Lingchang.

If you want to know who that person is, you just need to take Xiao Xueyang in and observe the expressions of the other people.

Walking to the entrance of the main hall, you can hear the voices inside.

The Jia family didn't have the rules of eating and sleeping like the Nie's family, so they were very lively when they ate.

When Jia Lingchang walked in with Nie Qiu and Xiao Xueyang, there was a moment of silence inside.

Nie Qiu calmly took in everyone's expressions.

Then, he felt a little difficult.

The person who looked flustered was sitting next to the head of the family, Jia Lingchang's most beloved third son.

Hold it in your mouth for fear of melting, and hold it in your hand for fear of falling.

This sentence could not be more appropriate to describe his status in the Jia family.

So when he deals with these shady things, his methods are much more immature - because most of the time, others handle them for him.

Jia Lingchang, who is so careful, naturally couldn't fail to notice the strange look on the third son's face.

"Aji, the bowl in your hand is about to fall." He half-jokingly reminded.

Only then did Jia Ji realize that he had exposed his emotions, and quickly lowered his head.

"This is Nie Qiu, the fourth son of the Nie family. You should all know each other." Jia Lingchang ushered the two of them to their seats, and took the first seat himself. "The girl next to him is Xiao Xueyang."

Jia Lingchang and the others didn't let Nie Qiu and Xiao Xueyang idle while they were eating, and soon someone brought supper.

There are some cakes of different shapes, and two bowls of rock sugar lotus root soup, white flowers, really beautiful, and fragrant, even a person like Xiao Xueyang who has just eaten can't help but move the spoon.

After taking two bites, she suddenly remembered something.

"Brother Nie," Xiao Xueyang couldn't help chewing the soft, glutinous and sweet lotus root when she spoke. She lowered her voice and said, "Didn't the other centipede go in too? I'm counting the time, the assassin probably will It was eaten clean..."

"What will it be like then?"

Nie Qiu had a premonition of what she was about to say, and stopped chopsticks after taking two symbolic bites.

"Get into the flesh and blood, eat from the inside, and eat all the internal organs. At first, it was just a faint pain, like being bitten by a mosquito, and it didn't attract any attention. When I really felt something was wrong. At that time, half of their bodies had already entered their stomachs." Xiao Xueyang ate while talking, completely unaffected, "When the corpses are found, there may be only bones with flesh and blood left, and their excrement. something that came out."

"The way to deal with it is very simple, get rid of both centipedes."

Xiao Xueyang tilted the spoon and poured the soup back into the bowl, "If you've tasted human flesh, you can't keep it."

As soon as the words fell, a scream came from a distance.

The sound was so terrifying that almost everyone stopped their chopsticks at the same time.

Jia Qi couldn't hide the panic on his face.

It seems that he has realized that things are out of his control.