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Chapter 27

The scale of the capital city is huge, and there are high-ranking households who are famous for singing and dancing, and there are sparsely populated muddy old streets.

Youji Street on the north side of the West Market is an animal husbandry market. When it rains, sewage flows across the street and emits a stench. Most of the people who can walk here are low-level traffickers, and most of the surrounding houses live in poor families.

By late night, the rain was getting heavier.

In the depths of the side alley of Youji Street, an oil lamp was lit, and the dim yellow light illuminated the windows of the deserted courtyard.

The thin figure wearing a bamboo hat put the oil lamp on the window sill, took off the bamboo hat, and carefully observed the movement outside. The light illuminated his ordinary cheeks, making him look like an ordinary man living here.

The man's name is Guo Yuanlong, but no one knows his real name, Jianghu, and he is usually called by his nickname of Jianghu - Wingless Owl.

As Shang Jianli said, everyone has a story, the only difference is that some are well-known and some are unknown.

If Guo Yuanlong's life unfolds, it can be regarded as wonderful. He was born in a wealthy family in Yanzhou. He was fond of gambling since he was a child.

Although he is a stinky hand at the gambling table, Guo Yuanlong is extremely talented in the field of "thief". At the age of seventeen or eighteen, he became a well-known local thief. , accepted as an apprentice.

After that, Guo Yuanlong started to hit the big luck. After learning a good lightness kungfu, he wandered among the various sects in Yanzhou, stealing cheat books, weapons, and rare treasures, and never missed a hand.

The fact that he ventured into the Jieyun Palace in Yanshan was not because he really wanted to beat Lu Jieyun, the overlord of Yanzhou, but simply because he wanted to sneak in and steal two useful martial arts cheats.

As a result, luck was against the sky, and I found Lu Jieyun's seclusion by accident. Lu Jieyun was not at home, so he got a book of martial arts experience without any effort.

Lu Jieyun's lightness skills and body skills are the best in the world. He has been trying to break through his own limits. If he has any insights, he will write them down and ponder them slowly. Ordinary people may not understand them.

Guo Yuanlong thinks he is very talented, so far he has only understood [-]% to [-]% of the things recorded in his experience, but even so, his lightness kung fu is already considered outstanding, and walking an ordinary warrior is like walking a dog. Yanzhou thief king 'Wingless Owl'.

In the minds of the Jianghu people, stealing Lu Jieyun's martial arts experience is already Guo Yuanlong's most powerful record, but it is not the case.

Under the candlelight, Guo Yuanlong took out an object from his arms, unfolded the wrapped black cloth, and inside was a piece of gold paper.

Gold paper is not made of gold, and Guo Yuanlong is not clear about the material until now. He only knows that it is extremely tough and can be bent but cannot be folded.

The size of the gold paper is the size of a book page, and a picture is engraved on it. The content is "a dragon turtle with a dragon head and a turtle body, carrying three high mountains on its back".

This piece of gold paper was discovered by Guo Yuanlong when he infiltrated King Yan's mansion and found it in a secret compartment of King Yan's study. At first, he thought it was an ordinary treasure because it was indestructible.

King Yan's reaction, coupled with the special nature of the gold paper, immediately made Guo Yuanlong guess the true identity of this piece of gold paper——"Dragon Calling Picture"!
"The Picture of Minglong" was obtained first by a founding monarch in history, so there has been a saying since ancient times that "the one who gets the picture of Minglong wins the world". In all dynasties, "The Picture of Minglong" has been banned, and no one except the emperor Dare to hide.

There is no difference in the concept of the collection of this item by the vassal king from the private possession of the 'Dragon Robe Jade Seal'. It is no wonder that the king of Yan will deal with it in a low-key manner after losing something.

After Guo Yuanlong got this golden paper, his ideals in life changed immediately. He no longer paid attention to the mundane world. He only had the three old monsters on the mountain in his heart, and the higher level of "immortality, immortality".

According to the rumors circulating in the Jianghu, "The Picture of Minglong" has nine pages in total, and each page records a supreme secret technique; it is said that more than half of them were collected in the previous dynasty. Zhang, and the others were all lost in the marketplace.

After many inquiries, Guo Yuanlong learned that the one in his hand is the "Dragon Elephant Picture" in "Song of the Dragon".

Although the "Dragon Elephant Picture" is far less famous than the "Longevity Picture" and "Fire Bathing Picture", the domineering effect of "Shaking Immortals and Buddhas with the power of mortals" is still far beyond the secrets of all kinds of exercises in the world.

However, the effect of "Song of the Dragon" is overbearing, and the threshold is not low, because it is completely different from the secrets of martial arts in the world.

"Dragon Calling Picture" is the secret method of ascension to immortality, and slow progress is inevitable. Guo Yuanlong didn't act too hastily. While researching, he was also looking for the whereabouts of other "Dragon Calling Picture".

Over the years, Guo Yuanlong searched all the study and back houses of the aristocratic families, and even ventured to turn over the Jiange in Shuiyun Jiantan, but unfortunately found nothing.

Guo Yuanlong came to the capital when he had no way out, and wanted to look inside the historical materials from the "Yushi Pavilion" to find clues. One by one, the 'Jade Bone Kylin Picture' whose whereabouts are known.

Evening is the working time for 'thieves', and generally they don't sleep.

However, Guo Yuanlong heard the unusual rumor of "a wingless owl stealing a penis" today, and realized that something was wrong.

I followed all the way in the afternoon, but I haven't found out the details of the pair of "male and female thieves". For safety reasons, I didn't go out to work, and temporarily changed a residence to hide. '.

But Guo Yuanlong hadn't been thinking about it for a long time, and his ears moved, and he heard a soft sound in the alley not far away:
call out--

The organ is touched, and the sound of the silver needle piercing through the air!
-
boom -

A muffled thunder resounded through the majestic city under the rain.

The rain grains are like soybeans, hitting the old tiles, making a crackling sound.

Ye Jingtang held a single saber in his hand, pressed against the wall of the alleyway, and slowly touched the deserted courtyard in the depths.

Luo Ning walked in front and took off the veil to avoid any bumps and arouse the vigilance of the prey.

This place is not as deserted as Shuanggui Lane, but it is safer.

A butcher who sells dog meat lives in the alley. There are more than a dozen meat dogs waiting to be slaughtered in the yard. Any slight disturbance in the grass may cause the dogs to bark. For this reason, even the birds stay at the entrance of the alley.

The two of them used the sound of rain to cover up all the sounds, and slowly groped towards the target. When they reached the deserted courtyard, they could faintly see faint lights in the extremely dark night.

With her eyes focused, Luo Ning gently raised her slender hand, indicating the alleyway on the side of the courtyard.

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang held his breath and turned to the side of the yard, splitting up and outflanking the target to prevent the target from escaping.

But even though the two of them were so cautious, they still underestimated the vigilance of the 'Wingless Owl'.

Even if they temporarily settled here, the surrounding area of ​​the abandoned house has been meticulously arranged, and the number of possible ways for the enemy to approach has been counted.

Ye Jingtang leaned against the wall and turned into the side alley, noticing a wooden stick leaning on the alley, and through the slight movement of the rain, he sensed the existence of the thin thread, which was obviously a trap.

After observing carefully, Ye Jingtang paid attention to the wooden pole, and wanted to go around the trap, but he never thought that he would move his footsteps when he heard the sound coming from below:

"Boom~"

The sound of the rope breaking under force!
!

Ye Jingtang didn't expect that the other party would set up a trap with one light and one dark, his heart sank, and he jumped out without hesitation.

But the Wingless Owl is a veteran of the Jianghu. If you arrange hidden weapons according to the current environment, you will know how people will dodge.

The moment the thin thread snapped, several flying needles shot out from the dark place.

sassy-

The target of the hidden weapon is not the place where the Hall of Terror is located, but a few steps forward and backward that may be moved.

The moment Luo Ning heard the movement, she knew something was wrong, the soft sword slipped into her hand, and leaned directly behind Ye Jingtang, the sword was like the wind, cutting off the silver needles that came from the rain.

ding ding-

Ye Jingtang heard the sound of the silver needle piercing the air, and the waist knife was out of its sheath. He heard the sound to identify the position and swept the knife twice, obviously shooting down all the hidden weapons that flew towards him.

But from the corner of the eye, through the shattering of the raindrops, an object has come to him, without any sound or movement.

Ye Jingtang was terrified, it was too late to withdraw the knife, so he could only do his best to avoid the vital points.

It never occurred to him that before he moved, the slender arm was holding his shoulder, and he was violently pulled to the side, abruptly staggering the hidden weapon that was close at hand.

After all, Luo Ning's Jianghu experience is more sophisticated, her soft sword is like a peacock opening her screen, and her defense is tight. After touching the silent black needle that she didn't even notice, she knows that a shameless thief with shallow Jianghu experience can't defend against it.

Although she had a lot of opinions on taking advantage of Ye Jingtang's affairs, Luo Ning still did not hesitate at all when life and death were at stake. black needle.

sough--

Ding--

In a hurry, there was a tingling pain in his shoulder.

Luo Ning ignored it, tapped her left shoulder to seal the air pocket, and at the same time raised her sword and jumped into the courtyard wall...

(End of this chapter)