Chapter 7: The Praying Mantis

By the time he got rid of the entanglement and came out of the palace gate, the sun in the sky was almost in the center.

Twelve sat on the wheel and flicked his whip, and Xiahou looked behind him. Twelve squeezed his eyes, and motioned to the carriage with a hippie smile: "General, Brother Nine has already been put in." ”

Xiahou glanced at him, and Twelve hurriedly jumped out of the car and stood aside respectfully.

"Drive!" The carriage grunted against the stone slabs and headed west of the city.

While rushing to the car, Twelve was worried in his heart, and the power of his master was really getting heavier and heavier.

As soon as he got out of Xilin Gate, there was a sudden loud click in the carriage. Sounds like ...... The table was crushed by force?

Twelve vigilantly lifted the curtain and looked in: "Will ...... Army? ”

Xiahou Sha raised his head, and his eyes, which were originally glowing blue, turned out to have a faint blood color at this moment. He coldly spat out two words: "Get out." ”

Twelve immediately lowered the curtain in amusement, oh my God, he had been with the general for so long, and he had never seen the general be angry like this! Didn't you feel good when you read the letter before? How did you ...... this time

In the carriage, the expression on Xiahou Sha's face changed: "...... Knowing Shao Ai...... Beauty? Okay, yes, very. He gritted his teeth and stared at the letterhead, the last three words even more word-by-word, as if he wanted to grind someone's flesh in his mouth.

"Yu's, really...... Look for death! ”

Closing his eyes and calming down his emotions a little, Xia Hou sneered in his heart: No wonder someone himself said that he would not fight for three days, and he would go to the house to reveal the tiles. If he doesn't make another move, it is estimated that he will be able to run a horse above his head!

"Inform A3 that the plan is ahead of schedule, and we will do it tonight."

Orders are constantly being conveyed here, and Su Mu is still unaware of his happiness.

Ao Wen is three years older than Xiao Wu, and he was already fifteen when he fled with Ao Mama. may have had a painful experience, his personality is very stable, and most of the affairs of Jinshufang have been taken care of by him in recent years.

But even though he has an old personality, Ao Wen couldn't help but reddened his eyes when he saw Su Mu standing by the pool. He got close to the unlucky brother who was wagging his tail, and took a few steps to kneel in front of Su Mu.

"Childe!"

Su Mu hurriedly bent down to help him up: "Obviously they are all adults, haven't you seen him for months?" Why are you still crying nose? Watch out for your brother's jokes. ”

Xiao Wu circled around the two, and his round face was full of surprise: "Brother, you can cry too?" ”

Ao Wen wiped the corners of his eyes and glared at Xiao Wu fiercely: "Let you not make trouble for your son, did you do it?" ”

Xiao Wu whispered weakly: "I think I did it." ”

Ao Wen narrowed his eyes: "What do you think?" ”

Seeing that he was going to teach Xiao Wu a lesson again, Su Mu hurriedly played a round: "Okay, okay, Xiaowen, have you done all the shops in the capital?" ”

Ao Wen hurriedly replied seriously: "It's almost, and it will be open when the new batch of books from Gusu is shipped." Uncle Yang couldn't leave there, so he asked me to bring four people over, two of whom were newly bought. ”

Su Mu nodded: "You have always done things properly, since you are here, the courtyard here will be handed over to you for the time being." ”

Ao Wen wanted to speak and stopped.

Xiao Wu pushed him: "Brother, just say whatever you want, otherwise you won't ask until you die." ”

Su Mu glanced at him, and said in his heart, fool, your brother is what he did for you.

Sure enough, Ao Wen said with a face that I didn't want to say, but since you asked me to say it, then I said with an expression: "Childe, will we all stay in Yecheng in the future?" Gusu, isn't it also good. Saying that, he looked at Xiao Wu and said with righteous words: "Next time the son hasn't spoken, don't interject, do you know." ”

Xiao Wu let out an aggrieved voice.

Regarding this question, Mama Ao and Uncle Yang both asked before deciding to come to Yecheng. Xiao Su Mu has been in Gusu for fifteen years, and it is said that cultivation is actually exile. In the eyes of the two old men, staying in Gusu may not be able to be rich, but at least he can keep his peace.

It is not easy to live in the capital, and they are really apprehensive about Yecheng.

Su Mu took a few steps to the side, and casually poured all the fish food on the stone table into the pond. Colorful koi fish suddenly swarmed up, and the water gurgled on the surface.

"No matter how good Gusu is, Yecheng has to stir in this troubled water."

Although the terrain of the Sujia Courtyard is partial, a few steps next to it is the back mountain of Wanzhu Mountain. But because of this, it has a special tranquility.

When Xiao Wu saw his brother, he left his master aside, and Ao Wen was busy in and out, so he followed. After a while, Su Mu was dizzy, and he could only smoke a book and walk to the small pavilion in the backyard to sit idly.

Facing the sisters in red and green, Ao Wen's attitude is in the same vein as his younger brother.

When Su Mu looked up and rested his eyes when he was tired, he saw that the two girls had already changed out of their shirts and were fighting firewood from the back door with a red face.

Ao Wen stood next to him with a black face: "Don't you all eat?" I don't have the strength to do that! ”

Green looked at him with teary eyes: "Little brother, the slave family ......"

Before she finished speaking, Xiao Wu hurriedly jumped up from behind and covered his brother's eyes: "Don't listen, don't listen, goblin chanting!" ”

Ao Wen pulled him down hard: "Then why are you covering my eyes!" And the goblins don't chant the scriptures, but the monks who chant the scriptures. ”

Xiao Wu hung on him flexibly like a monkey: "No, Gongzi Xin told me a story about three dozen spider spirits of white bone spirits, and she will chant scriptures!" ”

Green clothes were left to the side speechless, not knowing whether the tears should continue to fall.

The two brothers tugged at the back door for a long time, and in the end, it was Ao Wen who suppressed Xiao Wu with violence. When he looked back, he found that this person named Green was still there, and Ao Wen was a little dissatisfied: "We don't raise idlers, you don't know anything when I asked you just now." If you can't even do physical work, then you should go out and find your own way out as soon as possible. ”

The green clothes smiled dryly: she clearly said that she would serve people, or the kind that could serve anyone......

Hongyi watched silently and didn't speak, and after looking at it for a while, she said in a low voice: "Sister, let's still work." With that, she gritted her teeth and pushed the firewood onto her shoulders and carried it towards the kitchen.

Su Mu watched with interest, and when the eyes of the green clothes for help swept over, he simply turned his back.

Autumn is crisp and the breeze blows from the water. The white veil around the gazebo rises slightly, occasionally entangled with the willow trees next to it.

After lunch, the cleaning of the annex continued. Su Mu, the master, was in the way, so he was driven to the backyard pavilion to read a book.

When the travelogue in his hand was turned by a third, a familiar bitter taste made Su Mu frown.

The little servant who was about sixteen or seventeen years old and dressed in a subordinate costume carefully carried the medicine bowl and walked along the stone road by the pond towards the pavilion.

"Childe, Brother Xiaowu said you should drink the medicine."

Su Mu rolled the book: "What about others." ”

"He's sorting out your manuscript and telling the little one to watch you drink the medicine."

Su Mugu looked at him left and right: "You are a newcomer to the mansion, were you in Beijing before?" ”

The little guy has thick eyebrows and dark eyes, and he is tall, and he nodded vigorously: "Yes, the little one has been there since birth." ”

Su Mu motioned for him to put the medicine on the stone table: "How to drink it so hot, why don't you tell me about the good scenery in this capital first." ”

The little guy scratched his head after putting down the medicine bowl: "The little one hasn't gone out much, but I just heard that the scenery of the back mountain of Wanzhu Mountain is very good, and many scholars will stroll on the stone steps on weekdays while chanting poems or something." ”

"Yes." Su Mu glanced at the dark decoction, and naturally got up and said, "Since this is the case, everyone has come, so wouldn't it be a pity not to take a look." ”

The pavilion was very close to the back door, and Su Mu paced to the door, and indeed could faintly see a stone path.

The little guy stood in the yard and scratched his head: "Hey, son, your medicine ......"

Su Mu immediately quickened his pace without hesitation, and he could vaguely hear him muttering, "I'll return that to your medicine." ”

The bowl of medicine lay pitifully on the stone table, and only Xiao Wu was scurrying around in the kitchen: "Eh, where is my medicine?" Where did I go to boil medicine for my son? ”

It is said that no meat makes people thin, and no bamboo makes people vulgar.

I have to say that the green bamboo all over the mountains can make people forget the vulgar. With the distant sound of the bell, Su Mu walked deeper and deeper along the steps. It wasn't until there was silence that he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

??? What about the many scholars who said yes? Why don't you even call bugs?

The bamboos in this bamboo forest are very tall, and there are a few rocks under the vigorous bamboo poles. Su Mu stopped and was puzzled, and suddenly saw something moving under the stone in front of him.

He blinked, and involuntarily grabbed the book in his hand.

The thing moved again, and Su Mu gasped. He could see that it was a bloodstained hand. It seems that there is a person behind the stone, trying to stand up by the stone.

After hesitating, Su Mu flicked his sleeves and turned around to leave.

There is no way, as a weak scholar, he really doesn't dare to interfere in this kind of blood-stained matter.

However, before he could take a few steps, Su Mu noticed several black-clothed men hurrying towards the foot of the mountain where he came.

The steel knife reflected a cold light, and it was wrapped in a murderous aura from afar.

Su Mu retreated again and again, and he couldn't help touching his neck. After a quick glance around, he noticed that the bamboo forests on the front and right were rattling, so he immediately ran to the left. However, as soon as he stepped forward, his left leg suddenly tightened.

The person lying sideways behind the stone was covered in blood, and his right hand was grasping Su Mu's ankle vigorously at the moment.

Su Mu greeted the other party, but before he had time to think about it, he simply bent down and dragged the man and began to retreat.

…… It's so heavy.

The sound in the bamboo forest was getting closer and closer, and Su Mu sweated on the corners of his forehead, and quickly thought about countermeasures in his heart.

When he was just observing, he found that this mountain range was composed of several mountains, and although the main mountain was full of bamboo and the terrain was gentle, the place next to it was deep and dense with trees in the other mountains.

In this situation where 99% of the mouth will be extinguished, you can only give it a go.

Su Mu dragged the person to the ground without changing his face, and after a while, the person vomited several mouthfuls of blood.

With a headache, he took out the life-saving pill from the sachet and stuffed it into the man's mouth, and then tore off his coat and threw it aside. Su Mu glanced behind him, roughly found a route, and listened to the footsteps that were close at hand, he hugged the man on the ground and rolled down the hill without hesitation.

But after two breaths, a dozen or so men dressed in short swords and armed with sharp blades surrounded them from three sides.

"What about people?"

One of them picked up his coat from the ground: "Boss, there are clothes!" ”

It seems that the leader of the man jumped: "The master wants people!" It took so many people to seriously injure him, and that's why people still run away? ”

The others scattered around to search, and after looking at the traces on the ground, some people wondered: "Boss, the person was definitely here just now, could it be that he jumped down?" ”

Everyone looked at the cliff to the north, and the man was seriously injured, and if he really rolled down, it should be considered that the master's request was fulfilled.

The expression on his face changed, and the leader said decisively: "Forget it, withdraw first!" ”

However, before the words fell, a group of people suddenly poured out of the bamboo forest.