Catwoman 223

  Liu Ziguang finally understood why few people dared to steal from the imperial palace. The palace was simply too vast, and unfamiliar thieves wouldn't need to be caught by others - they would get lost inside on their own. From Kunning Palace, he traversed the six western palaces, heading in the direction of Chunhe Hall to exit the palace city. Then there was the massive Neifu Warehouse, which was several bus stops away, and required him to nervously navigate through houses and over rooftops, with great physical exertion.

  Such a big commotion, everyone in the harem was startled, and the lights gradually lit up. The most densely packed torches and lanterns were in the empress dowager's bedroom, where a large number of guards gathered.

  Absolutely cannot be fed to the tiger's mouth, the two Huayi thieves chose a route far away from the Empress Dowager's palace without prior agreement. The pursuing soldiers behind gradually fell back, and occasionally, patrol teams intercepted them from the front, but were quickly resolved by Liu Ziguang. As a result, he became the vanguard who opened the way for the person behind him. Gradually, the two of them ran side by side, jumping and leaping between buildings and palaces. The flying thief's running posture was quite elegant and agile, not like a martial arts master, but rather like a cheetah.

  To escape the imperial palace, the biggest obstacle is the high city wall. The palace has been fully guarded, and the heavily armed inner guards have gathered from all directions to capture the two daring thieves. The city wall is brightly lit, with soldiers densely packed on top, bows and arrows at the ready. To get out, they would have to kill their way through. But even if they managed to escape the palace, there's still the imperial city outside. With such a big commotion, it's likely that the Right Feathered Forest Guard and the Metropolitan Command are already setting up defenses outside.

  The pursuing soldiers were getting closer and closer, their footsteps denser than the raindrops. The pale beardless faces of the Inner Guards stood out against the black oilcloth rain capes, looking like a group of cold and gloomy gods of death. No one shot arrows, probably for fear of damaging the treasure on the flying thief's back. With the blockade in front and the pursuers behind, the situation was extremely critical.

  Liu Ziguang had already snatched a long knife from a patrol soldier, which was a knife with both the handle and blade being very long, similar to a Japanese tachi, with extremely frightening lethality, suitable for breaking out of encirclement.

  "Brother, follow me." Liu Ziguang wanted to take care of his fellow traveler, seeing that his lightness skill was so good, it would be a pity if he died in the imperial palace.

  But that person didn't pay attention to him, and rushed straight to a nearby palace, jumping in through the window. "How did this guy get in?" Liu Ziguang didn't have time to think carefully, and followed after him.

  Jumping into the room, it was discovered that this was a long-abandoned palace. The corners of the walls were covered with large cobwebs, and the ground was filled with dust. There were only footprints of wild cats and mice. The flying thief had already jumped onto the loft bed and pressed some mechanism, causing the bed board to flip over, and the person disappeared.

  This is really devoid of any chivalrous code, and doesn't even give me a chance to get down the hidden passage. Liu Ziguang complained as he jumped onto the bed, feeling around everywhere but unable to find the mechanism. Where was it? The pursuing soldiers were getting very close, and would soon break in, just at this critical moment, a carved wooden beam on the headboard was accidentally triggered by him, the bed board flipped over again, and Liu Ziguang fell into the hidden passage.

  The alley was extremely narrow and pitch black, Liu Ziguang landed on the back of the person in front, feeling soft and still moving, with a gurgling sound of water.

  "Aren't you tired carrying such a big water bag?" Liu Ziguo asked strangely. It's not like we're marching in the desert, what's the point of carrying a leather water bag?

  He suddenly turned his head, and his two eyes emitted a greenish-blue glow in the dark. Still a green-eyed person, no, it's a night-glowing eye.

  "Your eyes are really scary, what kind of kung fu have you practiced?" Liu Ziguang joked and tried to get close. The sound of the insiders searching the room had already been transmitted from above, if they were discovered, they would be like fish in a barrel.

  That person didn't say a word, checked the situation in the water bag, and continued to fiddle with an iron door.

  After getting down from the bed, it was a narrow space, and they had to escape through an iron gate the size of a dog hole. A few seconds later, the iron gate was lifted up, and that person went through first, with Liu Ziguang following closely behind. After the two passed through, the iron gate fell again. The man turned back and gestured for Liu Ziguang to insert the iron clasp into the lock on the gate. Just as he had inserted the thick iron clasp into the upper lock hole of the gate, the sound of weapons striking against it came from outside. These eunuchs were quite clever, discovering the mechanism so quickly. However, the tunnel was extremely narrow, and there was no room for multiple people to exert force or wield their instruments. It wouldn't be easy to open the iron gate.

  Two people were crawling in the tunnel, and it seemed that there was something alive in the water bag of the person in front, which was stirring inside. Liu Ziguang was puzzled: "What treasure are you carrying? Do you need to use a water bag?" The man still ignored him.

  The passage was very low, and could only be traversed by stooping. The walls were made of brick, cold and damp. Liu Ziguang's attempt at conversation had fallen flat, so he continued on in silence. Suddenly, he felt a large water stain on the ground. "Dummy, your canteen is leaking." Liu Ziguang rubbed his fingers together, which had gotten wet from the stain, but they didn't feel like water - they were slightly greasy. Unconsciously, he brought his hand to his nose and took a sniff. It smelled of blood!

  That person hastily stopped, nervously took down the water bag to check, and only let out a sigh of relief when he found no cracks. Liu Ziguang pointed at the man's calf and said: "You've been shot by an arrow, what's on the ground isn't water but your blood."

  "Ah" a mournful cry, the man clutched his calf and ripped open his pant leg, revealing a smooth, white, beautifully lined calf with a short, thick crossbow bolt lodged in it. The arrowhead seemed to be poisoned, the wound was slightly blackened, and the blood flowing out was also black.

  This flying thief was not only a woman, but also a woman with a good figure. Liu Ziguang saw her wanting to pull out the crossbow arrow and hurriedly lit a match, handing over the short knife in his arms, "Use this."

  The female thief ignored him, reached out and scratched the back of his leg with her sharp fingernails to minimize the damage caused by the arrowhead when it was pulled out. She sat on the ground, pulled off her mask, and in the faint light of the match, there was a pale and delicate face, with a clear and pretty appearance, like the little sister next door.

  The little girl next door bit the arrow shaft with her head down, and suddenly shook her head violently. The arrow was pulled out with a stream of black blood. At the moment she spat out the arrow, Liu Ziguang saw sharp fangs appear.

  The match went out and Liu Ziguang hastily wiped another one clean, took out a small candle and lit it. The tunnel was much brighter now, and he also gained a bit more sense of security.

  "Green eyes, sharp fangs." It couldn't be a monster, Liu Ziguang instinctively tightened his grip on the dagger in his hand.

  The beauty sucked the toxic blood from her leg, after a while, she spat out red blood. She put her head into the water bag and drank like a dog with her tongue, then rinsed her mouth and spat it out. Again, she put her head into the water bag and fetched out a lively, colorful fish.

  It was a stone bass, and the flying thief had been busy for half a day just to steal one. Liu Ziguang's eyes widened in shock. He stared blankly at the beautiful female thief as she savored the delicious food slowly. The fish blood flowed from her mouth down her slender neck and into her chest, making him feel more and more eerie. A chill crept up his spine, and even someone as fearless as Liu Ziguang couldn't help but be intimidated by this monster. His body hair stood on end as he slowly backed away.

  The beauty thief suddenly stopped swallowing, as if she had thought of something, put the half-eaten stone bass on the ground, pushed it towards Liu Ziguang with her hand, and sat up straight, with both hands hanging in front of her face, like a dog, no, should say more like a cat.

  "Meow~~" The beautiful cat called out and pushed half of the fish over this way again.

  She's treating! This cat demon is treating me to half a stone bass that she gnawed on, Liu Ziguang is as stupid as a wooden chicken.

  Fewer words, during the promotion period, updates are prioritized

  On the website's homepage, I have two ad spots, one at the top is a recommended boutique, and the middle position of the Historical Museum is also mine, both are book cover recommendations, the website is really promoting me!! In comparison, my work was ruthlessly rejected by Qidian's Jiangsu branch, and the responsible editor was very impatient with me. The same book was defined as a waste product and a boutique by two websites, it's really heaven and earth apart. I don't usually look at the homepage, this is just discovered, I'm a bit touched. 17K's popularity is far inferior to Qidian's, but since they give us face, we should acknowledge their kindness, write good works to repay readers, website, and editors.

  I'm typing!! Tomorrow I plan to buy a laptop, convenient for writing. You guys see the money I spent is not small, right?