Chapter 49: The Evolutionary Crisis

Suxian City in the morning is as spectacular and beautiful as ever, and the morning glow and sunshine gild the city with a layer of gold. The surface of the lake also shines with golden light. Taking advantage of the daylight, Su Wen was sorting out his equipment, while Su Mei was sitting on the battlements of the beacon wall, holding her chin and quietly looking at the golden city. A head of hair is draped behind him, a morning breeze blows, hair and clothes dance together...

Su Wen carried his backpack, with spears on both sides of the backpack and a multi-purpose shovel hanging on his back. Left-handed compound bow, right-handed compound crossbow. Coupled with the stab-proof vest, it can be regarded as a complete set of long and short weapons, and his confidence suddenly increased. Su Mei glanced back and laughed out loud ... Sighing faintly: "Alas, you are still a reckless man, are you going to explore or mine?"

"I'm scared of being beaten now, so of course I'm ready first. Su Wen said this in his mouth, and he was also a little drumming in his heart, and this weapon and equipment were more than ten kilograms. Sudden danger is even more hurried.

"Just look at the scenery, look at what makes you nervous. Su Mei jumped off the battlement, took the compound bow, and looked at the strange and delicate bow and arrow in surprise: "Where did you get these strange things?

"Are there any of these things in the ruins?"

"I don't know if there's any of that, but there's a lot of weird stuff anyway. Otherwise, why do you think the martial arts exam is placed in the ruins? That's what my mother is looking at, so if you're interested, go back and ask her, and she'll be happy to tell you. ”

"Why do I think I passed through Baoshan and returned empty-handed? Why didn't you tell me yesterday?"

Su Mei is playing with a compound crossbow and is playing with the bowstring. Su Wen glanced at Su Wen angrily: "You run faster than a rabbit by yourself, and my mother can still eat you?"

After speaking, he stuffed the compound bow to Su Wen, "Hmph! What a broken thing, you can't pull it open. ”

After all, Su Wen was an experienced warm man, so he didn't dare to add fuel to the fire, so he hurriedly took out the spreader and lowered the tension. Teach Su Mei to use it hand-in-hand. Only then did Su Mei stop her anger and watch Su Wen busy with her work expressionlessly.

After all, compound bows are different from ordinary bows and arrows, and even if ordinary bows and arrows are played well, it takes time to become familiar and practice before they can master the essentials. Seeing that she was not wearing an arrow suit, he was afraid that she would be injured by the bowstring, so he grabbed her slippery left hand with his left hand to help hold the grip, and his right hand reached out from behind her back to help her hold the string, and carefully explained how to aim and scatter the use of the technique. Go a little bit more and help her find the right pound.

Su Wen was originally born as a coach, and it is natural to be a demonstration habit, and there are no distractions in his heart. Teaching the movements is also simple and straightforward. Su Mei was blushed by the somewhat charming posture of the two, and her heart was like a deer colliding with each other. The body also became soft, and I could not exert my strength. One is flustered in learning, and the other is in a hurry to teach.

Su Wen was anxious, but he didn't dare to say anything serious, the people here are so bad, the defense of men and women is not very strict, not to mention some normal contact. However, Su Mei is not very old, but she is just beginning to grow up, and she is ignorant and does not know the affairs of men and women. was hugged by Su Wen one by one, but it was a different taste. After a while, my mouth was dry and my heart was hot, but I thought that the two of them should never be separated like this...

In this way, learning has been even slower, and in the end, Su Wen has lost his patience. So he stopped and asked her to practice on her own, and went to find some water to drink. Su Mei made a "boom" out of nowhere, and as soon as Su Wen left, he almost fell to the ground softly, and he was calm, but he stood stunned with a bow and arrow, and he didn't know what he was thinking........

After tossing for a long time, I finally learned the compound bow. Originally, Sumei archery was only for the speed of fire, but with the help of the spreader and portable arrows, the dexterous and slender fingers flew up and down, and the compound bow was shot out of the effect of a repeater. Compound bows have much more range than regular bows at the same pull. After practicing like this for a while, Su Mei was already able to suppress and shoot five shots at a long-distance moving target. The two worked hard for a long time and achieved remarkable results.

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The two plan to visit the largest palace first. Su Wen was tired enough before he set off, and he walked very slowly on the road to recover his strength. Su Mei didn't say a word, and followed closely by Su Wen's arm. The palace area was empty and silent, the time was still early, the temperature had not yet risen, the feet were stepping on the floating soil and fallen leaves, not making a sound, and there were gusts of wind blowing in the room on the side of the road, and the atmosphere was indeed weird. Su Wen guessed that she was a little scared.

Fortunately, after listening to Su Mei's words, he only carried a flower spear composed of two parts of the head and tail in his hand, and carried a compound crossbow on his back, so he would not be very tired. Seeing that the main hall is not far away, but the road is not familiar, and it took a long time to arrive. Su Wen was much more cautious than before, and quietly touched the gate of the courtyard wall against the wall. First, I tilted my head and looked at it, only to see that the courtyard was a square, and the main hall was really magnificent, located in the center of the square. Su Wen didn't know what dynasty's architectural style it was. I just feel that the house is tall, and the original painted patterns on the pillars on the wall have been peeled off at this time, but it is not as well preserved as the simple hall I went to for the first time. There was a lot of dust on the ground, and some birds, beasts, and human footprints were left on it. Su Wen took out the telescope and looked at it carefully, but found no recent human footprints.

Only then did he sneak into the square with Su Mei's cat on his waist and hide under the pedestal of the main hall. I pricked up my ears and listened for a while, but I didn't notice anything unusual. Only then did he quietly slip into the main hall, slipped in against the corner of the wall, and saw that the main hall was empty only in the middle of the inner three-layer pedestal, and the four corners of the pedestal were placed in a one-person high porcelain vase, a set of imperial cases and dragon chairs on the stage, and a huge carved dragon jade wall behind it. It must be the Jinluan Hall where the emperor discusses politics.

Su Wen put his mind at ease, exhaled lightly, and was about to straighten up, when his left hand was suddenly held by a warm little hand. I was alert and listened carefully, and sure enough, there was a sound from outside, and it was obvious that something was coming. The interior is empty. Far from the big platform in the middle, Su Wen's first reaction was to take off the compound crossbow and prepare to start a war, but Su Mei hugged his neck and turned back, Su Mei held his cheeks with both hands, shook his head lightly at him, and pointed to the location of the window with his finger. Only then did Su Wen find that the windows were very large, the wood was excellent, and not all of them were rotten. But some of the window lattices were in disrepair, and a few pieces of the windows fell off. There were just two pieces on the second floor window overhead. It's a good hiding place.

Su Wen looked left and right and saw that there was no place to borrow, so he jumped with his empty hands, put one hand on the windowsill above, and hung himself in the air, fortunately the windowsill was made of stone, and there was no sound. One arm bent and pulled his body up, and saw that the windowsill was about half a meter wide, just under the two people standing. He fought with his arms and flipped up lightly.

Su Mei almost screamed when she saw it, and quickly covered her mouth, only staring her eyes round, watching Su Wen play juggling-like movements. When Su Wen stood still, he stretched out his hand and motioned for Su Mei to raise the spear, grabbed the head of the spear, and dragged her up effortlessly.

After going up, Su Mei found that this window was originally two layers, the top of the place was narrow, the outer layer of papier-mâché translucent windows had countless holes, and the two opaque solid wood windows on the inner layer were put together to form an angle, and the two of them stood on the windowsill of the inner and outer windows. In this way, no one can be seen from any angle in the main hall. The outside of the main hall was also obscured by the tattered paper windows, and no anomalies could be seen until you got close. It's a very safe place.

It's a pity that the place is small, and the two are almost close together. Fortunately, there is some difference in height between the two, so that they don't look embarrassed with their faces against their faces. When the two of them hid their figures, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside. The footsteps were a little weird, and Su Wen frowned when he heard it. The two of them looked through the cracks in the two windows, and saw more than a dozen chimpanzee monsters, leisurely and freely used their hands and feet into the main hall.

The leader was a little staggering, walking on two feet most of the time, occasionally holding the ground with the back of one hand and a cyan waist knife in the other. It was the monster that aroused Su Mei's interest.

The demon beast looked left and right, and sniffed at the air, probably because the musty smell in the hall was too strong, causing it to sneeze a few times. The other demon beasts were not so cautious, and walked straight to the open space under the dragon chair, lying down one by one, and some even made a fuss, obviously familiar with this place.

The leader's yellow-brown eyes glanced around the hall, and then climbed to the top of the pedestal, sat on the dragon chair, and stretched out a fist to support his cheeks.... But it seems to be thinking about something.

Su Wen looked creepy, he had heard many people say that demon beasts were as wise as people? I thought it was an adjective, but now it seems that these demon beasts are similar to human beings. The two had similar thoughts, and Su Mei was of course shocked, no one had ever observed the life of a demon beast so closely. Looking at it today, it is much beyond imagination.

After waiting for a moment, the leader let out a low roar, and the group of monsters stopped resting and frolicking. Surrounded under the pedestal, and then gestured hand and foot, and the roar continued. It's as if they're discussing something. Su Wen was surprised, could it be that these monsters were in a meeting?

Su Mei thought the same way, so she wanted to see more clearly, so she got too close to the crack in the window and sucked a little dust into her nose. I didn't dare to sneeze, and I held back the hard work. With a weapon in his hand, he can't use it left and right. He simply lowered his head and squeezed his face on Su Wen's shoulder. Su Wenzheng was concentrating on observing the demon beast, and he was wearing a stab-proof vest, so he didn't feel Su Mei's abnormality at all. Su Mei rubbed her nose, maybe she was relieved, and she didn't dare to look at it again, so she tilted her head on Su Wen and looked at it from a distance.

After a while, more than a dozen chimpanzees walked in in a mess, some with dried meat, some dragging rice bags. There were even two red deer carrying a piece of wood with a red deer roasted into black charcoal.

The leader knocked the ground with a demon knife, and the demon beasts fell to the ground with bated breath, but it was as if they were praying before a meal. With the leader roaring lazily, several demon beasts carried several ceramic basins filled with food and water and placed them on the imperial table. The leader lazily grabbed a few pieces of meat with his foot, tore them into strips, and threw them into his mouth slowly. From time to time, there was a low roar, which was obviously very pleasant......

The other monsters also began to have a meal with the leader. The scene was orderly, and there was no scramble......

Su Wen wanted to know if this was the original behavior of the demon beasts, or was it the special behavior of this group of demon beasts? How long did this behavior last?

After the demon beast finished its meal, it continued to frolic and rest—the demon beast that came in later left the main hall with pots and pots, and the leader had a gloomy face and lay on the dragon chair and took a nap.

Su Mei has been standing for a long time, and her feet are a little numb. Su Wen saw that she was standing hard, and he didn't know when the demon beast would leave, and he was afraid that there would be an accident. There was a pillar behind him, so he slowly leaned against it. He glanced at Su Mei and slowly reached out to take her into his arms to lighten the load on his body.

Sumi knew his intentions and knew that this situation was the best option. I couldn't help but be shy, but fortunately he couldn't see it, thinking that this person was as strong as an ox, he simply put his bow and arrow on the windowsill, and the whole person got into his arms...

Seeing the behavior of the demon beast, Su Wen bit his lip tightly, and his face was solemn. Demon beasts use tools, have a division of labor and class, and even have dining etiquette. It's still naïve, but it has been proven that civilization is budding. Su Wen couldn't help but pray silently for the future of mankind.

After a while, suddenly several demon beasts hurriedly rushed into the hall, gesturing and roaring. The leader on the dragon chair should have understood something. With a roar, a hula, he rushed out of the hall at a speed completely out of match for his size. In a blink of an eye, the demon beasts in the hall were like a tide, retreating cleanly.

Obviously, something big happened, and Su Wen secretly wrote down the direction in which the demon beast left...

After waiting for a few more minutes and making sure that all the demon beasts had left, Su Wen let out a sigh of relief. Only then did she find that the girl in her arms was hot, Su Mei made a voice the size of a gnat, and asked, "Do you want to go down now?" Su Wen felt a little embarrassed at this time, but after all, he was forced by the environment, and the two of them were wearing armor, so he didn't think there was anything wrong.

Su Wen had already been in the direction of the demon beast's retreat, and he was optimistic about a nine-story tower built on the edge of the platform with a good line of sight. After the two of them went down, they moved their muscles and bones first. Su Wen no longer concealed his figure, holding the compound crossbow with the upper arrow in both hands, and led Su Mei to rush quickly along the main road, but fortunately he did not encounter a demon beast on the road.

The two of them climbed the steps up the masonry tower, the space at the top of which was so small that they could barely move around.

"Someone has been here recently. Sumi picked up a few strands of hair on the railing.

"Well, the stairs have been cleared, presumably to hide the traces. Su Wen didn't care, after all, when he first came, he met two groups of people.

Looking in the direction where the demon beast left, there was a group of people moving slowly. Su Wen took out the scope, set it up on the railing, adjusted the magnification, and saw a team of well-equipped cavalry. The cavalry numbered about 200 men, and the first of them was armed with spears and triangular flags on them. The others wore face helmets, full body armor, and crossbows. A shield hung from the saddle, and a spear hung from the victory hook. The formation was tight, and three carts were covered in the middle of the team.

Su Wen had seen the same crossbow in Liubao. Could it be a sergeant of the Song Kingdom? But neither the armor nor the banner is marked.

Su Wen gave the scope to Su Mei, who glanced at it and exclaimed, "Wow... This clairvoyant mirror is really a good treasure, and at which ruin did you dig it up?"

Su Wen was embarrassed to fool around.

Su Mei didn't ask, and took a closer look. said: "This is not a sergeant of the new Su, the command of the new Su relies on people to roar and whistle, and most of the people who command hang whistles. These men are so well equipped that they command with banners. If I'm not mistaken. These were the sergeants of Sisu. Weapons and armor are all artifacts, and they are either kingdoms or royal teams. ”

Su Wen wondered: "I don't know too much, Su Xianshan is considered the territory of Xinsu, right?

Su Mei put down the scope, turned to stare at Su Wen and said: "Xisu is taking advantage of the martial arts exam, and Xinsu's top combat power has no time to care, so he blatantly came to steal the treasure. It's a good calculation. Don't use flying cars, but take the risk of using a large group of people to act, I'm afraid there has been a big discovery, and I came to transport the treasure!"

"These people aren't afraid of demon beasts? Let's wait and see, I don't know what the plans of those demon beasts are. Su Wen picked up the sight and looked around, hoping to find the trace of the demon beast.

After a pause, the two suddenly said in unison: "It's best to fight for both loses..... and then smile at each other, and sure enough, they have a good understanding.

Even if it has the advantage of high magnification, it makes Su Wen easy to find. After looking at it for a long time, I finally found an anomaly at the corridor connecting the various floors, which was a long slope that was concave under the ground of the previous floor. A corridor occupies almost half the width of each floor. Probably for the convenience of transportation, the slope is not large. The road is flanked by vertical walls made of boulders. The stone walls are topped by numerous abandoned defenses, which are old and dilapidated, and their use is unknown. If you stand on the high walls on both sides of the corridor, even if you use stones, you can block the entire passage. Su Wen saw a lot of large stones piled up on top of the stone wall. In addition to the boulders, there are also a lot of heavy-looking debris lying around. Obviously, they were all planned to be stacked, but unfortunately no trace of the demon beast was found. Su Wen thought back to the two encounters with this group of demon beasts, and couldn't help but wonder: With such a good ambush terrain, wouldn't there be an ambush this time?

Su Immortal City was originally the territory of demon beasts. The cavalry team went all the way, but they did not encounter any battles, and they arrived at the foot of Suxian City without any danger. The leader of the cavalry was an old man who was accustomed to this trade, resourceful and cautious. Looking up at the big city in front of them, the sentries had already made a secret sign of safety. The monster beast is wise, and the leader does not dare to take it lightly. There were still more than 500 steps away from the city wall, and he glanced at the spear and flag soldiers around him, and the soldiers raised their flag guns. The cavalry urged their horses and quickly formed two circles, surrounding the speeding cart behind them. The cavalry spears and shields in the outer ring are outward, and the sergeants in the inner ring are on guard with crossbows. The speeding car also rose in height under the control of the driver, and the bed crossbow on the car had already been wound.

The spear flag waved, and the two teams of cavalry broke away from the military formation, and rushed to the city gate on horseback, but they could reach the city gate, but they did not go to the road, separated from the left and the right, and ran away along the city wall. Seeing that there was no abnormality, several more knights left the big formation, rushed straight to the city gate, and rushed to the top of the Yongdao before separating left and right, each guarding both sides of the Yongdao. The soldiers who were waiting to go up signaled that the next group would follow into the city. In a short time, nearly half of the people were already on the first deck. Only then did the soldiers who had run away from the two teams return and went to repair near the cart on their own.

Seeing that there was no danger in the road, the leader breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did the standard-bearer wave the flag, and many colorful flags suddenly stretched out from the heights of the houses and palaces on all floors of Suxian City. It turned out that arrangements had already been made in the city.

The cavalry on the first layer repeated the procedure just now, advancing upwards layer by layer.

The cart also slowly lowered. Surrounded by the rest of the people and horses, they walked all the way up the road. It just stopped on the main road one floor below the nine-story tower. The secret sentinels and spies hidden in Su Xian City also quietly converged.

Su Wen and Su Mei glanced at each other and looked at each other, when did this Su Xiancheng hide so many people? Have we been discovered? Or maybe the other party has found out, but they don't care at all. Don't want to waste time on two treasure hunting thieves.