She read the first number, and the sound of children running came out.

Pa, pa, pa, papa, the children ran away one after another, which could be heard.

(In other words, are you playing hide-and-seek? Speaking of the nursery rhyme just now, I seem to be listening to it somewhere...

She was very tired, but her consciousness was rolled up.

The voice became hurried.

Emily slowly opened her eyes. At this time, she was still in a sleepy state, and the voice in her ear became a little sharper. It was not the soft and soft voice of the little girl Mapei. It was The hoarse old woman's cry.

"8!" The voice became louder, as if it was close at hand.Emily was stunned, and she suddenly thought of something.

Aunt Nuomei in the neighbor’s house did have a lovely little girl named Mapei. However, she accidentally drowned in the black swamp outside the town last year.Emily still remembered being dragged up to the little girl's body, her pretty little face covered with a pale sheet of paper, and her bright blue eyes had turned into two dull black eyes.

"9!" Emily suddenly opened her eyes wide, leaned up abruptly, straightened up from the bed, panting heavily, covered in cold sweat.She found that she was lying in her room, the window was opened at some time, and the blue first quarter moon hung between the tips.

Melon! There is a quiet and peaceful forest in the distance outside the window, which is a scene she is familiar with.She couldn't help thinking, no, it should be said that Emily was forcing herself to believe this idea.

Suddenly, - a hand grabbed her right hand.It was the withered arm of an old man.Emily screamed.

A terrifying voice roared in her ear: "10!"

A voice like a mad old man yelled out.

"Emily, I caught you!" Emily woke up from the dream again. Her mind was dizzy and her spirit was in chaos.She opened her eyes and found that it was still dark outside the window.At this point in time, sleepiness is strong.

But for some reason, there was a faint movement at the window, and she couldn't help straightening up, looking down from the window on the second floor.On the window sill, the curtains are drawn down. The light is projected from the outside. And outside the window is the square of the town.She looked at the town square under the moonlight. For some reason, there was a group of children at the well in the town.

At this moment, the hair on Emily's body stood on end, and she slowly began to tremble.Anyway, how could any child play in the small town's factory in the middle of the night.She saw it right away, there were ten children on the square, no, plus the one in the middle, exactly eleven.The children formed a circle, as if they were playing hide-and-seek. In the middle was a little girl, squatting on the ground and covering her eyes.The friends held hands, arguing like a familiar nursery rhyme.

"The fox crows, the rooster flies."

"Heaven's bells are ringing.

"It's exactly eleven o'clock

"Why her poor soul! This nursery rhyme is so familiar, but I-for a while can't think of when I heard this nursery rhyme...

Suddenly, as soon as this thought flashed in her mind, a group of children circling in the town square clicked, turned their heads mechanically, and moved their faces over. They were pale and pale. , the eye sockets are pitch black, and the eyes of the seer Emily. This scene is quiet and eerie.

And Emily's eyelids drooped, her whole face was twitching, and fear appeared in her eyes.Behind her, a sharp voice sounded.

With a snap, Emily's right wrist was tightly grasped.

She couldn't help but let out a sharp cry.

"Hey! Miss, are you okay!"

-The voice of a slightly vicissitudes of life sounded in her ears.

The small town girl opened her eyes slightly, and a tall man with a hat appeared in her vision.

"You don't have to worry, her heartbeat returned to normal, and other physical characteristics are fine.. Behind the man in the hat, there is a little girl with long hair. She is sitting on a swing, with a cold face, holding her hands A book. Emily's nerves froze when she heard the child's voice, but she also froze when she saw the little girl for the first time.

This girl is about eleven or twelve years old. She wears a large white round hat with feathers on her head. She wears a lavender tunic dress with lace stockings and brown leather boots. The expression on her face is like an ice sculpture in the Northland.A country girl like her has never seen such a beautiful child, and the other party is like a princess-level socialite born in the royal family.

"What is this place... Emily came back to her senses and looked around. She found herself lying in a garden. For some reason, she felt that this place was very familiar and strange. Wearing a hat The man lowered his hat and smiled wryly: "So, Miss, it seems that you don't know where you are either?"

- That's troublesome! The man said half of what he said, as if hiding the other half.

"Excuse me, who are you and this person?

Emily straightened up, looked around, and turned her eyes suspiciously to the two people in front of her.

"My name is Berenton, and she is Lipperide.

A white-haired monkey also emerged from Belenton's shoulder, and it looked at Emily with curious eyes.

"We came to Bloom Manor specifically to find something, but after we got here... we were completely lost in the manor. Berenton sighed deeply.

"Bloom Manor shouldn't have been like this, but now, it seems to be swallowed up by something terrible and turned into a horrible place.

"Sorry. I don't understand what you're talking about

"I'm sorry, Miss Emily.

Berenton shook his head.

"I think you'd better figure out what happened as soon as possible. Because, you are likely to be the most important key to unraveling all the mysteries'

619 Blackmail

The carriage quickly sent Fang Jing to Black Swan Street.

This street is a famous bustling area in the imperial capital. Originally, there was a huge city wall here. Swan Street was originally a famous slum and shanty town in the imperial capital.Later, the imperial capital was rebuilt, the city walls were also demolished, and the slums were also demolished. Through a series of transformations, this old slum, after many twists and turns, became a prosperous commercial street.

Although the imperial capital has clearly identified the shantytowns in the slums and transformed them into new commercial streets, this does not mean that the world in the imperial capital has disappeared.

The laws of the empire are relatively strict, and most of the black-related forces on the surface are knocked down one by one because of their own arrogance, but they still have their roots hidden in the depths.Compared with the gangster forces in the Baridit Federation, they are more rampant and active. The gangster forces in the empire have long turned from the open to the dark, adopting more covert methods of activity.The environment of this street is also relatively complicated. Casinos, prostitutes, high-end restaurants, large hotels, and all kinds of shops. In this country, casinos and prostitutes must obtain special licenses to operate, and It's also not like the Federation, which operates secretly under the banner of the Beater Nightclub.Fang Jing came earlier at this time, and there seemed to be not many pedestrians on the street.He reached out and took out a small note. On it was written the address he was looking for—Building 307, Black Swan Avenue, opposite to Poulter's law firm, Ron Baker Casino.

"Should we go through this alley?" He took a few steps forward.

Suddenly, a figure bumped up behind him, trying to hit his back.Fang Jing's five senses are keen, and it is difficult to hide the movement around him from his senses. Before the figure behind him bumped into him, he moved out and moved away.It was also because of Fang Jing's sudden and strange shift, the figure behind him made a misjudgment, slipped his foot suddenly, and fell to the ground all of a sudden.

"Oh, it hurts!"

A young man wearing a tight-fitting peaked cap who fell on the gravel road was clutching his legs and fell to the ground.Fang Jing turned his head, looked up and down, and saw that this boy should be dressed as a woman, "he" should be a slender girl, deliberately dressed like a man.

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