Tyrant, he wants to spoil me

Chapter 878 Brother Yuan Sheng, Arriving Late at Night

The three were silent at the same time.

The ground is empty and quiet.

After a while, Xiao Tingchen and Su Runmo finally heard the singing that Mo Shisan had described.

It does have a beautiful melody, but it is not clear what is sung in the lyrics, which is more incomprehensible than the dialect from a foreign land, like the low-pitched singing of a dreamer.

Gradually, the melody changed.

The singing voice went from ethereal to hoarse, as if it was close to the ear, charming enough to bewitch people...

"Whoa!"

A huge sound of water suddenly broke the melody!

Xiao Tingchen suddenly woke up.

But he found that he walked from the wall to the lake at some point, and his face was less than half an inch away from the dark water!

At the bottom of the water, a white Youyou face stared at him quietly.

Xiao Tingchen's scalp was numb.

Glancing from the corner of his eye, he saw two terrifying white hands poking out of the water not far away, tightly hugging the head of a hidden guard!

The woman who jumped out of the water with disheveled hair and sharp teeth dragged the guard into the deep water ferociously!

But in an instant, Xiao Tingchen backed away quickly, and kicked the weird woman who was trying to drag him down into the water!
The experiences of Su Runmo and others were similar to his.

Their state of mind is far stronger than ordinary people, so nothing happened.

It's just that the dozens of hidden guards were immersed in the singing and couldn't recover. They were dragged into the deep water without a trace, and they don't know what happened.

Mo Shisan was almost dragged into the water, but fortunately Xiao Tingchen gave him a hand.

His face was pale with fright, and his teeth were chattering, "What were those just now... Are they water ghosts? Let's still, let's hurry up and get out of here?"

"It's a mermaid."

Su Runmo has recovered from the shock.

He dusted off his Taoist robe, his eyes were deep, "The creatures that existed in the myth have appeared in the world, and they seem to be kept here deliberately... Can the emperor believe what I said just now?"

Xiao Tingchen was expressionless.

He stared at the pitch-black water surface, still unable to connect these sinister things with Sikong Chen.

What the hell is that old man trying to do? !

Wu Song said solemnly: "The mermaid lures humans with singing, drives them to the water's edge, and then drags humans into the bottom of the water to eat as food... Your Majesty, this slave thinks it's better to leave the ground temporarily before there is a perfect solution."

Xiao Tingchen still stared at the water.

The surface of the water was calm, if not for the dozen or so elite men under him who had disappeared without a trace, he would almost have thought that the bloody scene just now was just an illusion!
He closed his eyes and gave the order to retreat.

Back in Bird Clothes Lane, Xiao Tingchen was lying in the small library of Mingde Courtyard.

There is no light in the building, and the moonlight before dawn falls into the window alone, lonely and cold.

The man put one arm on his face, covering his peach blossom eyes.

In this trip tonight, he already vaguely understood what the teacher's purpose was.

He wants to seek the art of longevity...

However, Sikong Chen has worked so hard for so many years, and the goal seems to be on Xiao Tingchen.

Could it be that the longevity technique has any internal relationship with him?

Thinking about it this way, the purpose of Sikong Chen's trip to the south of the Yangtze River is intriguing.

In the next few days, Xiao Tingchen sent people to go underground again.

The guards plugged their ears to prevent themselves from being bewitched by the mermaid's singing, but it was in vain, and some people were still dragged into the deep water one after another.

In the end, they brought down a set of qin, drum and chime bells, and they rang loudly on the shore of the lake, finally they were no longer bewitched by the singing of the mermaid.

However, the problem appeared again. The water in the lake was very strange. There was no way for any object to float on the surface of the water. Even a feather would sink from the surface of the water into the deep water inexplicably.

The journey of further exploration was interrupted, Xiao Tingchen was forced to give up his plan to take down Sikongchen's lair, and he continued to fight with Qi's army conscientiously, not daring to arouse Sikongchen's suspicion.

In the night of early summer, thunder rolls in.

Xiao Tingchen was lying on the bamboo couch in the small study building, shaking his cattail fan, and casually looked out of the window with his head tilted.

A few dark clouds covered the bright moon, the night wind was blowing, the candles in the study building were flickering, and the first rain of this summer was about to fall.

These days were not easy, he threw away the cattail fan and closed his eyes in difficulty.

There was a soft "squeak", and the night wind opened the flower window.

The candles were extinguished.

In the darkness where he couldn't see his fingers, Xiao Tingchen suddenly opened his eyes.

something is wrong...

Those mermaids were deliberately raised underground, and the lake water was obviously of special water quality brought in from elsewhere, and there seemed to be no other species in the water except mermaids.

So for so long, what food has the mermaid relied on to maintain life?

Xiao Tingchen suddenly sat up.

Beautiful peach blossom eyes shimmer in the dark.

someone...

In Jinling City, someone is helping Sikong Chen to feed the mermaid!
who's that person? !
Thunder exploded!

Pale lightning instantly illuminated everything in the study building, and Xiao Tingchen saw a person standing in the corner!

It's definitely not someone like a dark guard!
He stared blankly at the darkness. He was not asleep just now, but this person could quietly appear in the building without him noticing, which shows his extraordinary skill!

The big palm held the handle of the knife silently.

Long lightning streaked across the sky, thunder roared, and the instant white light made Xiao Tingchen clearly see that the person had moved in front of him, only half a foot away from him!
The candle flame that was about to go out jumped and suddenly re-ignited.

The room was dimly lit.

Four eyes facing each other.

Xiao Tingchen saw the magnified face in front of his eyes, which was a mask of a fox demon. The painted eyebrows were slender and charming, and he always maintained a strange and seductive smile.

In the next moment, the narrow knife "betrayed" suddenly made a move!
In the dim light and shadow, a sharp knife flashed across, and the man wearing the mask of the fox demon retreated quickly, but the mask was torn in two and fell to the ground!
The man covers his cheek.

Xiao Tingchen stared at him firmly.

The man has eyebrows and eyes similar to his, but is more gentle and jade-like than him.

There seems to be a cynical smile on the thin lips all the time, a handsome and enchanting face like cold jade, and a little cinnabar tear mole under his left eye.

It's Yuan Sheng...

His twin elder brother, Yuan Sheng.

Xiao Tingchen put the knife back into its sheath expressionlessly, "Why are you in Jinling?"

"Tsk," Yuan Cheng raised his eyebrows and smiled, "I specially bought a fox mask from the night market. I originally planned to give it to Huai Jin as a gift, but Huai Jin is so cruel. Look, you chopped up all the good gifts. Two halves..."

He picked up the two halves of the mask, held it in his hands regretfully, and admired it, "Brother, I spent a lot of money anyway...Look at the materials and workmanship of this mask, and look at this lifelike pattern, it can be regarded as a family heirloom Crafts handed down from generation to generation..."

Xiao Tingchen rolled his eyes.

His elder brother had always been heartless, and he didn't know what to plan behind Sikong Chen all day long. Looking at him like that, he knew it was not a fun thing.

He held the lamp again, with an indifferent attitude, "Now that you and I are fighting each other for our country, it seems that you have no reason to visit me. Yuan Sheng, to make a long story short, what exactly do you want to do?"

Seeing that the other party hadn't spoken for a long time, he turned his head, and the fellow was lying comfortably on the bamboo couch!
Xiao Tingchen was annoyed, "That's my bed!"

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see you tomorrow,
　Thank you Lemongrass, Love, Buddha Azai, Heterogeneous 2, and Qingqian from the Cabbage Family. -Retire, warm a pot of wine under the moon. A few little treasures for your rewards!

　　
　
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