After all, Hua Gu is a person who has experienced the storm and waves. She is very timid. Without thinking, she opened the side door with the key she carried with her and walked into Qifeng Tower.

The Qifeng Tower in the middle of the night was completely different. It was silent inside. There were only two broken candles at the corner of the stairs, barely painting a layer of dark yellow on the gorgeous decoration in the building. Huagu bent over and held the candlestick in his hand, holding the hem of the skirt in one hand, and slowly walked towards the second floor.

As soon as she reached the corner of the stairs, she slipped under her feet and hurriedly grabbed the handrail with her hand before she didn't fall. She breathed heavily. Huagu looked at her feet and found a thin water stain that spread from the first floor and disappeared at the entrance of the second floor.

"No matter how these hooves do the work, the water is not clean. I must suck them well tomorrow so that I can learn to abide by the rules." She cursed in her heart, and was about to raise her feet upstairs, when a breeze moved, rushing through the hair on her forehead and blowing out the candlelight in her hand.

As bright and dark as she could not adapt to her eyes, she suddenly felt like she was trapped in a mud, unable to see anything clearly. There was only a piece of black in front of her, and the moonlight could not be penetrated at all, as if she was blindfolded by her hands, and she could not break free.

"Huh", Hua Gu felt something passing by behind her. Although she didn't touch her, she felt it. Her body felt it first. The hairs on her arms stood upright, and each pore was wide open. She turned around suddenly, and a white shadow flashed in front of her eyes, getting smaller and smaller, as if she was walking upstairs, turning a corner, and entering the corridor on the second floor.

Her eyes finally adapted to the darkness. Huagu stood on the stairs, not knowing whether she should chase after her for a moment. Reason had already told her something was wrong. It was very wrong, but in her heart, there were a pair of hands constantly waving at her and leading her upstairs. Finally, the light of reason was extinguished, and Huagu slowly walked towards the second floor with a little moonlight overflowing in the window.

When she arrived at the corridor, she stood still and looked inside. Candles were lit on both sides of the corridor, but the candlelight was weak, and some dark corners in the distance could not penetrate, one yellow and one black, making her feel more and more that there was something hidden in those black corners.

Hua Gu took out a knife from her dark pocket, pressed her finger on a gem, and the blade popped out, emitting a cold light. This was a habit she had developed all year round. Even if she didn't let the dagger leave her body, she had been experiencing ups and downs for decades. The blade had been stained with blood from many people, only she was still safe and worry-free, enjoying the prosperity of the world. She took a deep breath, took light steps, and walked towards the depths of the corridor. Her eyes swept vigilantly across the walls on both sides, held the dagger tightly with her hands, and bent her waist slightly. She kept the beast's raid and was ready to give something a fatal blow at any time.

“Tick…tick…tick…”

The sound of dripping water came from the front. Hua Gu narrowed her wolf-like eyes and looked at the source of the sound. In the darkness, a pool of liquid that could not be distinguished was slowly overflowing from the corner of the wall, like a winding snake, swimming towards her direction.

Huagu stopped moving, staring at the liquid, and the dagger was sweating in her palm. She lifted it in front of her and aimed at the invisible enemy in front of her.

"Bang." There were a few more patterns on the liquid, spreading layer by layer towards the position of Huagu station. What was hit on it? What was the answer? The answer was soon because Huagu saw a pair of feet, and they stood in the corner behind it. The darkness helped it cover the part above the ankle, as if it was cut off it.

Hua Gu swallowed, she took a deep breath, and suddenly threw the dagger in her hand towards the man's body. The dagger flew steadily and accurately, and a silver light shone out in the dark night. However, the next moment, it passed through the man's body without any obstacles, hitting the wall behind, and then fell into the liquid with a bang, shaking it a few times, and stopped moving.

The blood seemed to surge above her head. Hua Gu widened her eyes and looked at her feet. Suddenly, they moved, stepping on the sound of water, slowly walked towards her direction, and her body gradually appeared from the darkness. She had a pair of skinny legs, narrow waist and hips, and then went upwards, a chest that had not yet grown muscles. She clenched her palms, and forgot to escape. Her body seemed to be nailed to the ground, and her mouth made an unconscious "ah ah" sound.

"Aunt, Auntie." The orange candlelight floated from the other end of the corridor, like a surging tide, illuminating the corridor in circles. A little maid trotted towards her, "Aunt, it turned out to be you. I saw the door open and thought there was a thief in it."

The candlelight finally floated above the pool of liquid, and the man disappeared. Hua Gu held the wall in a panic and looked at the little maid behind her like a loss of soul, "Did you see... clearly what that person looked like just now?"

"Who? I've always been the only aunt standing here." The little maid was so confused when asked, "Wait, aunt, what's in front?" The candle waved forward and completely illuminated the liquid on the ground. It was dark red, and the candlelight shone with a shiny black light."

"Ah..." the little maid shouted loudly, "Blood, it's blood."

This shocking scream awakened all the sleeping people in the room. The door opened and stretched out the disheveled bodies and half-sleeping faces.

"What's wrong?"

"In the middle of the night, who was crying and howling?"

After a questioning sound, there was another cry. Now the people were awake and stared at Huagu one by one, because the sound came from the door next to her, and blood was flowing out of the crack of the door. It had now been laid into a long ribbon and was still spreading forward.

Hua Gu kicked the door beside her, and she felt dizzy in front of her, and finally found the source of the blood: the sheets were dyed red, and the blood dripped down the curtain and flowed on the ground, leading to the door.

Sitting on the bed was a middle-aged man in disheveled clothes. He just called out the shout. Now he was huddled at the foot of the bed, waved his hands desperately in front of his face, "I don't know what's going on. When I woke up, I saw the blood in the room. She was obviously still in my arms just now. It wasn't me who did it, it was really not me."

***

Jiang Xixi rushed back from outside in a hurry. As soon as he entered the door, he walked towards Cheng Muyou's study. Before the door could knock, her voice had arrived first, "Sir, something happened in Qifenglou." When he came to the house, he saw Liu Xuting also there, and seemed to be discussing something with Cheng Muyou, so he lowered his voice again, "Sir, something happened in Qifenglou, sir."

"You look excited, it seems that we can get started."
Chapter completed!