Chapter 297: Firelight
When night fell, the full moon hung in the sky, and the silver moonlight sprinkled on the snow. Every tree in Sunset Mountain Lodge has snow on its tops, and it looks like a mountain peak in the moonlight.
The huge Sunset Mountain Villa looks very quiet tonight. If you tell someone that the wedding just took place this morning, no one will believe it.
Because it's really deserted here, you can't feel any festive atmosphere. There were no guests, no servants, not even the newlyweds.
There was no light in the quiet cottage except the moonlight.
There was only one room in the distance, and through the window, you could see a little faint light in the room.
Look closely, and you'll see that there are still people in the house, and there are actually two people.
These two people are Mu Chen and Su Qianye.
Su Qianye sat at the table, the tea in front of him was already cold, but he still didn't drink it. His face was bad and full of worry.
Ouyang Meng and Ximen Ci were personally sent out of the villa by him, and Jiang Shanyu also left with them.
Su Qianye now only hopes that these children will not have an accident.
Mu Chen also said no. He can actually leave here openly now, after all, the people sent by Lin Hongyue want to kill Su Qianye and Ouyang Meng. But he couldn't do it, it was because of him, and he couldn't just walk away.
What's more, this time the other party's target is not him, he can get away with it, but next time he won't be so lucky.
"Uncle Sue"
An exclamation pierced the silence.
It's Ouyang Meng's voice, why did she come back?
Su Qianye and Mu Chen immediately rushed out.
When they saw Ouyang Meng, she was not the only one who came back, but Ximen Ci also came back, and he came back with an injury.
Mu Chen said, "How did you become like this, what did you give birth to?"
Ouyang Mengdao "People, there are people outside"
Su Qianye was shocked and said, "You mean that Sunset Mountain Villa has been surrounded by people from Xiangtian Sect?"
Ouyang Meng nodded and said, "We didn't go far before we were ambushed, and we finally escaped back."
Simon said, "There are too many of them, and when they see anyone going out of the villa, they will kill them."
Su Qianye said, "What about the mountain rain?"
Ouyang Meng and Ximen Ci didn't speak, but lowered their heads.
They have already given an answer.
Ouyang Meng muttered, "This is the means by which Xiang Tianzong dealt with traitors"
Mu Chen said, "No wonder today's wedding went so smoothly, it turns out that they want to block us here"
Su Qianye said, "It seems that they really want my life"
Mu Chen said, "Now we can only stay here, we can't get out"
Su Qianye said, "Dress up in disguise, maybe you can go out, I see that those domestic servants have gone out alive, we can also dress up as domestic servants"
Mu Chen immediately denied, "No, they let go of the servants just to let us relax our vigilance." When we see that the servants have left alive, we feel that the area is safe, and if there is no vigilance, it will be easy for them to succeed. Now they know that we are the only ones left in the villa, and they have been exposed, and they are afraid that they will not release a bird now."
The crowd sighed.
Although there is food in the villa, there is not much left after today's feast, and now it is winter, and it is impossible to grow vegetables, and if they continue to consume it here, they will starve to death sooner or later.
What's more, even if there is food here to keep them alive, they can't be willing to be caged birds in the mountain villa all the time.
In the middle of the night, Sunset Villa.
Simon Ci's injuries have been treated and are no longer in serious trouble.
The four of them sat at a table of eight immortals, and no one spoke. But they all know in their hearts that if the people outside want to consume, they can't afford it.
In the end, it was Simon who spoke first, "Why haven't they rushed in for so long?"
Ouyang Meng said, "They are outside, we are inside, of course they are not in a hurry"
Simon said, "But even if you are not in a hurry, you should be afraid of long nights and dreams"
Su Qianye said, "The people of Xiang Tianzong are very shrewd, they know that if they rush in and fight us now, there will definitely be damage, and maybe some of us will take advantage of the chaos to escape." They're not going to take that risk."
Mu Chen said, "You mean that they want to wait for us to be so hungry that they don't have the strength to take our lives without much effort?"
Su Chiba defaulted.
Mu Chen was about to speak, when he suddenly heard someone whispering outside the door.
Mu Chen shouted, "What person"
Before the words fell, three figures had rushed out of the door.
Everyone chased them out, but saw three men in black fleeing under the moonlit night.
Mu Chen sneered, "They are really not stupid, and they know how to send someone in to investigate"
Simon said "I'll chase it"
Su Qianye stopped him, "They can't run"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the three men in black had jumped onto the wall, ready to leave.
Then I heard a scream, and three men in black fell from the wall into the garden.
Mu Chen and the others were shocked, and hurriedly rushed over to see that each person in black had more than a dozen arrows stuck in their bodies.
Simon resigned, "This is done by someone from outside?"
Su Qianye said, "The people outside think that these three people have been killed by us, and they are afraid that we will escape by pretending to be the people in black."
Mu Chen said, "But they can recognize people with their faces."
Su Qianye said coldly, "If these three black-clothed people are really pretending to be us, we will immediately scatter and flee as soon as we reach the high wall." They're not going to take that risk."
Ouyang Meng: "So the best way is to let them die here, just in case." This group of people is really ruthless, just like Lin Hongyue"
Mu Chen could only sigh. He suddenly felt that this time he was really in trouble.
Su Qianye suddenly said to Mu Chen, "Where's your sword?"
The sword was at Mu Chen's waist.
Mu Chendao "The sword is in"
Su Qianye said, "Follow me"
Everyone followed Su Qianye one after another.
The crowd walked into another courtyard. It is a large courtyard with a jousting platform in the courtyard.
Mu Chen said, "Do you have a way to escape?"
Su Qianye didn't answer, and said to Ximen, "You go to my room and bring the wooden box on the table."
Mu Chen suddenly had a bad premonition.
Simon resigned, holding the wooden box in his hand.
Su Qianye took the wooden box, opened it, and took out a sword from it.
It was that "white" sword.
Mu Chen looked at the competition platform and said, "Do you want to compete here?"
Su Qianye said, "Since we have nothing to do, it is better to fulfill my wish first"
Mu Chen said, "Why does it have to be now?"
Su Qianye said, "Because of our situation, the longer it drags on, the faster the fighting spirit disappears, and now is the best."
Mu Chen suddenly didn't know what to say.
Ximen Ci wanted to stop him, but Ouyang Meng stopped him.
Mu Chen hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement.
The two slowly walked towards the competition platform.
Su Qianye said, "Let's talk about the rules first, only compared to swordsmanship, not internal force"
Mu Chen said, "No internal force?"
Su Qianye said, "You are injured, it is not appropriate to use internal force." What's more, if I defeat you with internal strength, it will be too dishonorable."
Mu Chen said with a smile, "Senior Su is really a gentleman, no wonder Master Su admires you so much"
Su Qianye sighed and said, "It's a pity that my uncle has embarrassed him, the most disgraceful thing I have done in my life is to join the Xiangtian Sect."
Mu Chen said, "Why did a person like you join the Xiangtian Sect in the first place?"
Su Qianye said, "Lin Xiangtian is kind to me"
The reason why he even joined Xiang Tianzong was to repay his kindness, and there was no disgrace at all.
Su Qianye raised his sword and said, "Please"
Mu Chen held the hilt of the sword in his hand and said, "Please"
Su Qianye smiled, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, Lin Xiangtian's swordsmanship was all guided by me."
Mu Chen smiled slightly.
The two drew their swords at the same time and rushed towards each other at the same time.
There was no sword light crisscrossing that night, because none of them used internal force.
No one knows about the competition process.
No one knows the results of the competition.
But there is one thing that the entire Jiangyue City people know.
That night, Sunset Hills caught fire.
It was a very big fire, and the firelight illuminated half of Jiangyue City.
When the people in Jiangyue City saw that the city lord's house was on fire, they rushed to put out the fire, and the scene was very chaotic.
The fire burned for three whole days, and Sunset Hill Villa was in ruins, and its former glory was gone.
Three white bones were found in the rubble of the house after the fire was extinguished.
It's long been impossible to tell who the deceased is, but who else is dead in Sunset Villa?
Every person in Jiangyue City has an answer in their hearts, but no one wants to say it.
Some people think that the three corpses are Su Qianye, Ximen Ci and Ouyang Meng.
As for Mu Chen, he may have taken advantage of the chaos to leave, or he may have turned into a pile of bones and disappeared into the dazzling firelight.
(End of chapter)