Chapter 4: Fright Night I

Towards evening, a messy footstep came from outside the study, Alec hurriedly ran in, and when he saw Wang Li in the study, Alec panted and said, "Mom, Uncle Su is locked up by the Public Security Bureau, and when I left, it seemed that the people from the Public Security Bureau were rushing over here!" What should I do about this? ”

Called Wang Li's mother because Alec was an orphan of Yingren, he was bullied in the slums of North Star City because of his appearance and skin color when he was a child, and he met Xiao Su Mu who was lost in the slums. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Brother Cheng, you have to hold on." Hearing Alec's words, Wang Li closed her eyes, and it took a long time to open them, she felt that she had to make a decision now, and it was imperative to take the children out of the city as soon as possible. Thinking of this, Wang Li said to Alek with a solemn expression: "Alec, you hurry back to the Yunge Tavern now, just act as if nothing happened, you go through the back door for a while, try to be noticed by others, otherwise you will be implicated, and we must leave North Star City now." After Wang Li finished speaking, he left the study quickly without waiting for Alec's reply.

Alec also knew the seriousness of the matter, and according to Wang Li's instructions, he cautiously left the Su family through the back door.

Wang Li hurriedly came to the hall and saw that the three Su Mu brothers were already waiting in the center, Wang Li glanced at the three of them, and said, "The situation is not good, we have to leave quickly, while there is still time." After saying that, he walked straight to the courtyard at the door.

The three brothers stood in place sullenly, the second Su Xing looked at the third Su Mu with a sad face, and then at the expressionless boss Su Yuan, he wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak for a while. At this time, I saw Su Yuan gritting his teeth and slamming his fist on Su Mu's head, "Let's go, it's useless to think too much, let's leave first." ”

"Yes." Su Xing and Su Mu nodded in response, and the three brothers also walked quickly towards the carriage in the courtyard at the gate.

At this time, Dick and the three guards were already waiting next to the car, only to see a silver short-haired Dick wearing chain mail, in order to be more convenient and flexible, Dick only placed iron protective gear in the joints, and the others were more cowhide products, the upper body was covered with cowhide shoulders, and the shoulders of the shoulders were already somewhat worn, from the messy scratches and wear of these protective gears, it can be seen that the armor owner experienced the baptism of battle, Su Mu once joked about this set of armor, "The visual effect is better with Uncle Dick's white beard." ”

Unlike usual, in addition to the usual sword on his back, Dick has an extra sword at his waist, and the most striking thing about this sword is an emerald gem inlaid on the hilt gauntlet, which is Dick's Spirit Wind Sword. The Spirit Wind Sword is the weapon partner that Dick once used as a swordsman of the mercenary group to be invincible, this sword witnessed his change from a squire to a high-ranking swordsman, and went through ups and downs with him until Dick retired and was taken in by the Su family, and the Spirit Wind Sword was never unsheathed.

Dick, who was fully armed, saw Wang Li and the three young masters coming, sorted out the brown linen scarf on his chest, and stepped forward to say to Wang Li: "Madam, the supplies have been prepared, just in case, I also ordered to bring more Lingzi equipment and items", Dick looked back at the layout in the carriage, "Then we can almost leave." ”

Wang Li nodded, walked to the carriage with an anxious expression, and ordered, "The Public Security Bureau is already coming this way, we have to leave quickly." ”

After Wang Li and Su Mu got into the car, Dick and the other two guards also turned over and got on their horses, and then Dick looked around, saw that they were all ready, took a deep breath and said, "Let's go!" ”

I saw the escort who was already sitting in the coachman's position "driving", and the carriage quickly drove out of the Su family's mansion.

With the departure of Wang Li and his party, the figure at the side door also disappeared.

After arriving at the city gate, the guards saw that it was the carriage of the Su Chamber of Commerce, and after inquiry, they learned that there was something to go out, because they did not receive a notice from the Public Security Bureau, so the guards symbolically made a report and let them go, accompanied by Dick and three other guards, several people left North Star City smoothly.

The carriage slowly walked along the trade road, gradually getting farther and farther away from the North Star City, and Wang Li asked Dick to take the road in the direction of the Republic of Tarmoa in the southeast of the mainland. It was the location of the Su family's main family and the Chamber of Commerce, and Wang Li arranged the route in this way to avoid suspicion. It is this kind of caution that allows Wang Li to help Su Cheng survive the shopping mall crisis many times in the past 20 years, and he is quite respected in the business circle as Su Cheng's virtuous helper.

With North Star City out of sight, Dick rode to the carriage window, bent slightly and asked, "Madam, we can't see North Star City anymore, it's far enough, where are we going next?" ”

After thinking for a moment, Wang Li tilted his head to the window and ordered, "Just follow the current path, and after passing the misty forest, we will go to Yacintos to the east." Wang Li's words coincided with Dick's thoughts, since he was not ready to really go back to his lord's house, so if he wanted to avoid people's eyes, the hometown of hyacinths - Yacintos was a good choice, that town was relatively remote, there would not be too many people, and it was no problem to stay for a while.

"Madame respectfully instructs, you and the young masters should hurry up and rest, we are still a long way away from Yacintos." Dick nodded to Wang Li, and after saying this, he drove his horse and gave the order to the chariot guard, "Let's go to Jacintos!" ”

The road was unusually quiet after nightfall, and the carriages drove along the road, making rhythmic hooves as if nothing had happened. The moonlight was not clear that night, and in order to make it easier to see the road, Dick and the guards had a Lingzi lamp, and the carriage was also lit up with the light of the Lingzi lamp. This kind of Lingzi lamp is one of the products of the Lingzi reform, the Lingzi inscription on the lamp records a simple spiritual technique, by gathering the Lingzi in the air, reconstructing the Lingzi structure to make the lamp shine, to play a role in lighting. Because the cost is not low, and the user needs to understand the basics of spiritual arts to start normally, this kind of spiritual equipment has not yet been fully popularized. It can also be seen that Dick and the guards he selected are naturally not ordinary thugs and followers.

The Lingzi lamp, which emitted a faint yellow light, rhythmically produced a slight change in light and shade, bringing light and warmth to the dark and cold night, but Su Mu and his party who were in a hurry did not feel like this, Dick looked around from time to time, but it was just quiet, only occasionally there were animal sounds.

There was silence in the carriage, after Wang Li ordered the destination, several people never said a word, Su Mu looked up at the two elder brothers, the eldest brother Su Yuan looked out the window expressionlessly, and the second brother Su Xing was concentrating on fiddling with the wolf tooth pendant that he didn't know when to put in his hand, Su Mu turned his eyes to Wang Li again, only to see his mother staring at the Lingzi lamp, not knowing what he was thinking. Unable to bear the oppressive atmosphere anymore, Su Mu broke the silent atmosphere: "I hope that Dad will not have anything to do, and I hope this journey will be safe." ”

Su Mu's voice pulled the three people back who were distracted, and when he heard Su Mu's words, Wang Li's eyes left the Lingzi lamp, and he said with a straight expression: "If you are only suspected of being suspicious, with the status of our Su family, your father will not be able to come back, this situation is somewhat bad." Wang Li paused slightly, Su Yuan and Su Xing had already come back to their senses and looked at her seriously, she continued: "Yunge's sophisticated explosion, I feel that the other party is not small, I don't know their true purpose, and I don't know if they really want to frame us, but it is certain that we have fallen into the trap of the other party. ”

Hearing Wang Li say this, Su Mu also expressed his thoughts: "The Public Security Bureau detained my father, but we left North Star City at this time, this kind of obvious behavior of absconding in fear of crime, why can't we wait for the chasing soldiers?" Besides, the speed of our carriage is not fast, and according to the normal speed of pursuit, the people of the public security bureau should have arrived. ”

Wang Li was stunned after hearing Su Mu's words, and hurriedly shouted to Dick outside the window: "Dick, come here!" ”

Dick was alerted when he heard his wife's shout, and he hurried to the window of the carriage, and did not forget to look behind him, "Madame, what do you command?" It's safe around for now. ”

"Where are we now?" Wang Li asked.

"We're about to pass through the Misty Forest, and after the Misty Forest, we're about halfway from Jacintos, and we won't be there until noon tomorrow at the earliest." Dick answered truthfully, and he noticed the beads of sweat on Wang Li's forehead, who had always been calm, and involuntarily clenched the reins. As the name suggests, the Misty Forest is a forest full of mist, and the fog in the depths of the forest contains a relatively thick spirit child, so there are many monsters and fierce beasts that like spirit children gathered in the forest.

Dick wasn't worried about this, because they were just passing by the outer edge of the misty forest, and they wouldn't go into the forest, and naturally they wouldn't run into those monsters, and he was more concerned about whether Wang Li had already thought of something.

"Dick, since it's almost here, let's be vigilant. If there is an ambush, it is an ideal ambush spot, and we have no other road detours now, so we can only be more careful, I hope it is my heart. Wang Li instructed Dick firmly, she had clenched her fists at this moment, and her nervousness was self-evident.

"Madam, don't worry, I'll go and inform you." With that, Dick drove his horse away from the window.

Hearing Wang Li's words just now, Su Yuan said with a puzzled expression: "Mom, I have a question, could it be that we are too careful, if it is me, I must have sent someone to follow me, but in this case, with Dick's sophisticated experience, it is impossible not to find out." But if it was an ambush, how did the other party know our whereabouts? How did they know we were going to pass through the Misty Forest? ”

After Su Yuan finished speaking, Wang Li nodded with satisfaction: "Your analysis is very correct, this is exactly what I was confused about just now, just when Mu'er mentioned the chasing soldiers, I figured out this matter, if someone is following, it is impossible for Dick's ability to not detect it at all, but the fact is that Dick did not notice any movement." Then there are only two situations, one is that the other party is too clever in tracking methods, and the other is that the other party knows where we are going and has set up an ambush on the road that must be passed. But there has been no movement so far, no matter what the case may be, it can be said that the other party does not want to do it now. Wang Li said this, and looked out the window cautiously.

"I wish I had been too careful, but now it seems that this is not an easy thing at all. And the Misty Forest is a great place to get your hands dirty, because from the whole route, it is the most convenient place to destroy the corpses. And if it is really ambushed in the Misty Forest, it means that our route must be exposed, and the people behind this matter may have our own Su family involved. ”

After listening to Wang Li's analysis, the three brothers couldn't help but be stunned, and then Su Xing said in disbelief: "Our own Su family? No way! Do you know that our route is not only the Su family? ”

"It's just my guess, and we'll have to see what happens in the Misty Forest in a moment, but it's really hard to say, you guys be mentally prepared. It's too late to turn back now, if the other party really wants to do it, our back road will definitely be blocked. Wang Li didn't say anything more, more to remind the three brothers to get ready.

"Hmm." The three brothers replied with solemn faces, and they also knew that what could be a very fierce battle was going to follow.

With the help of the Lingzi lantern, the group continued to walk in the direction of the misty forest, a gust of wind blew, and the clouds in the sky also seemed to be affected by the wind, slowly obscuring the moon that was not bright enough, and the whole world was darkened for a while.

An hour later, Dick, who was at the front of the line, saw the forest in the distance, and the cool breeze blew the leaves, Dick raised his hand holding the Lingzi lamp, and stopped the moving procession, and then came to the carriage window, and said in a very solemn voice: "Madam, there is the misty forest ahead, let's move on, you and the young master should be careful, if the situation exceeds the estimate, let Roy take you away first, and I will cut it off." ”

"We'll be careful, I'll leave it to you next." Wang Li held the curtain of the car window with her right hand and said, it can be seen from Wang Li's solemn look that she is also very nervous at this moment.

Back at the front of the group, Dick hung the lantern on the leather hanger next to the saddle, touched the back and waist with his right hand, and after checking the condition of the weapon, he muttered, "I hope we have too much heart." Then he waved his hand and shouted: "Keep going, everyone be in good spirits!"

After a short pause, the convoy continued to move forward, Wang Li lowered the curtain of the carriage, and said to the three brothers: "The situation is unclear now, it is easy to be chaotic in the middle of the night, if anyone is separated, don't care about other problems, focus on saving your life, and find a way to meet in Yacintos after safety." ”

The three of them nodded hurriedly, their solemn expressions had not changed since an hour ago, and everyone knew that the next step might be dangerous.

The wind was still blowing, the leaves were still rustling, because the moon was half blocked, causing the fog of the misty forest to loom, and a few roars could be heard from time to time in the depths of the forest, which could be heard from a long distance, and this oppressive atmosphere made Dick and the others even more nervous.

However, everything was as calm as before, and halfway along the path around the Misty Forest had been made, nothing had happened, making several people waver in their previous speculations.

Just as the convoy was two-thirds of the way through the forest, the silence of the night was broken by a sudden roar, and several birds in the forest flew up in fright, and following this swift sound, an arrow blessed with wind spirit magic and emitting blue light quickly flew out of the forest and headed straight for Dick, twice as fast as ordinary arrows.

Seeing the ferocity of the arrows, Dick didn't have time to draw his sword, so he hurriedly jumped up from his horse and landed on the ground with a backflip. At the same time, Dick's mount raised its front hooves in fright, and the wind arrow, which had been heading straight for Dick, pierced the horse's neck, and Dick's horse fell to the ground with a convulsion.

Luckily, Dick was dressed relatively lightly, so he was able to react quickly and fall to the ground. After he stood firm, he directly pulled out the sword behind his back with his right hand, and pressed his left hand on the hilt of the Spirit Wind Sword, looked in the direction of the forest, and shouted, "Don't be sneaky!" I guessed you were going to be in ambush here! ”

There was no response, and soon, three figures wearing black hooded cloaks were seen walking out of the faint mist in the outer circle of the misty forest.