After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

A long street, covered in yellow sand, with shops on both sides also eroded by the sand, as if they were cast by the sand itself.

The Snake (巳) leads the way, with the Dragon (辰) bringing up the rear.

Yu Zichuan continued to walk improperly, carrying his large bow as he leaped across rooftops and walls, kicking up handfuls of sand.

Meng Lang was quite choked by the sand. He coughed a few times and muttered irritably, "Can't you just come down and walk around? You're always flying around in the sky. Do you think you're a bird?"

Yu Zichuan kicked him in the yellow sand.

Meng Lang was furious: "You surnamed Yu, are you never going to stop?"

Along the way, he was the one carrying the load, the one chopping firewood, and the one doing all the heavy and rough work.

Yu Zichuan doesn't have to do anything.

He had disliked Yu Zichuan for a long time.

Now that the opportunity has arrived, I must have a good fight with Yu Zichuan.

He threw the load aside, leaped onto the roof, and went to fight Yu Zichuan.

The desolate and silent ancient town is like a dead town, where not even a bird can be seen.

"Your eagle is nowhere to be found."

The snake suddenly spoke.

Meng Qianqian said, "I don't know where it went either."

That day, she fainted at the edge of a cliff and was taken back by Shan Cheng. The whereabouts of the falcon are unknown.

Shan Cheng did not mention Falcon either.

They must have escaped.

She would rather have this outcome than be controlled by Shan Cheng.

"Is Pinellia ternata cold-resistant?"

Tan'er tilted her head and asked.

Banxia gripped her hand tightly as soon as they entered the town, her hands trembling as they walked.

Banxia: "...I'm scared."

Tan'er: "What are you afraid of?"

Banxia looked around, as if afraid of disturbing something, and whispered, "I heard this town is full of wronged spirits and ghosts, I'm afraid of ghosts..."

Without hesitation, Tan'er replied, "Ghosts are nothing compared to people, which are scary."

Lu Yuan's lips curled slightly: "That makes sense."

Tan'er: "Young Master."

Meng Qianqian smiled and said, "Tan'er is right. We are newcomers and have no grudges against the people of Gufeng Town. Even if they have turned into vengeful ghosts, it is not us who should be the ones to be taken away."

After saying this, she clasped her hands in a very solemn gesture and bowed in all directions. “Our group of juniors is on our way to Liuli Island and is passing through Gufeng Town. If we have caused any trouble, please forgive us, seniors. When we return from Liuli Island, we will definitely offer incense and paper money to you all.”

Chenlong opened his mouth, about to say why believe in such things, when he saw Lu Yuan follow suit and devoutly bow with his hands clasped in prayer.

Chen Long's lips twitched.

The Snake looked up at the bright moon obscured by dark clouds and said, "We need to find a house to stay in as soon as possible; it will be dangerous on the streets at night."

Meng Qianqian blinked: "Are there really vengeful spirits?"

"what!"

Banxia was so frightened that she hugged Tan'er tightly.

Tan'er was strangled so badly that she stuck out her tongue and her eyes rolled back.

Snake (巳): "In short, there is danger."

Lu Yuan: "Have you encountered this before?"

The Snake nodded and said, "Xun Qi and I both encountered it. We couldn't tell if it was a human or a ghost, but we almost died."

Meng Qianqian stared intently and said, "Even you almost died a violent death, so it seems there really was some danger involved."

"What is Xun Qi's identity?"

Lu Yuan asked.

The snake said, "He is a disciple of the Holy Sect."

"Holy Church?"

Meng Qianqian was puzzled.

She had known the Snake for many years, but rarely heard the Snake mention his past.

Perhaps he mentioned it, but he simply forgot.

The Snake nodded, as if speaking to her, but also to everyone: "The Holy Church controls the Western Night Royal Family and is now the true ruler of the island."

Meng Qianqian suddenly realized: "I see."

Thinking of something, she asked hesitantly, "Then you..." Si She calmly replied, "After my parents passed away, I left, and the Western Night royal family has nothing to do with me anymore."

Meng Qianqian carefully considered his words.

He said that the Western Night royal family had nothing to do with him, but he didn't say that the entire Crystal Island had nothing to do with him.

As the young master of Liuli, the responsibilities and missions he shoulders must be heavy.

"You...are you..."

"Yes."

Chenlong looked at the two of them strangely: "What kind of riddle are you two playing?"

The Snake truthfully replied, "Xiao Jiu asked me if I also wanted to see the legendary Holy Maiden of the Western Night, and my answer was yes."

Chenlong: "How can you believe that?"

The Snake did not reply.

Meng Qianqian thought to herself that the promise she made to the Snake in her previous life was most likely related to the alignment of the Seven Stars and the Holy Maiden of the Western Night.

Could it be that I discovered the secret of the alignment of the seven stars in my past life?
Did he also tell the Snake (巳) about it?

If this is true, my relationship with the Snake is deeper than I imagined.

However, the Snake in this lifetime did not reveal the slightest bit of its true nature.

Meng Qianqian fell into deep thought.

Unaware that Lu Yuan touched his chin and gave the snake a meaningful look.

The group didn't go too far and found a decent inn nearby.

It's barely passable, only because it's not a dilapidated building inside, and there's an old well in the backyard that hasn't dried up yet.

Chenlong told Meng Qianqian, Banxia, ​​and Tan'er to wait outside while he and the others went in to pack.

Banxia said, "I'll take care of it."

"Let my brothers go."

Meng Qianqian said.

Chenlong's "tidying up" is not about tidying up houses, but about tidying up skeletons and corpses.

Fifteen minutes later, the men finished cleaning up the inn, and Meng Lang and Yu Zichuan were gone.

Banxia asked them where they had gone.

Meng Qianqian thought she was just scouting ahead.

Following the instructions of the Snake, the two did not go far and buried the skeletons behind the inn.

Banxia took out the dried meat and rice, went to the kitchen and made a big pot of oily cured meat rice, and cooked a bowl of cured meat dumpling soup for Meng Qianqian.

"delicious!"

Tan'er buried herself in her food and ate more than Meng Lang and Yu Zichuan combined.

Meng Lang's lips twitched: "So all that grain I picked was for you?"

Tan'er wiped her mouth: "Another bowl, please!"

Meng Lang stumbled and fell off the stool.

After the meal, the Snake said, "I suggest that everyone not stay separately tonight. The women can stay in one room and the rest of the people in another. Lu Yuan and Chen Long can keep watch at night."

"how about you?"

Meng Lang asked curiously.

The Snake said solemnly, "I'm going out for a while. Before I return, do not leave the inn, and whatever happens outside, do not pay any attention to it."

"Okay, be careful."

Meng Qianqian agreed without asking him what he was going to do.

The snake left the inn.

Meng Lang muttered, "Didn't they say it was dangerous outside? They told us to hide in the inn while he ran out on his own."

Tan'er patted her round belly, let out a burp, and said, "It's dangerous for Ni, but it's nothing for Brother A-She!"

Meng Lang scoffed.

Lu Yuan said, "Go and rest first. I'll keep watch outside the room."

Then he said to Chenlong, "You guard the main hall."

Yu Zichuan and Meng Lang guarded the back gate.

While making the bed, Banxia sighed, "It's fortunate that His Majesty, the Empress, and the Imperial Concubine were left in the West City, otherwise they would have suffered enough on the journey."

West City.

Zong Zhengxi paced back and forth in the side room, his hands behind his back. (End of Chapter)