Chapter Ninety-Five: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada

Downtown, in a messy market, the smell of rotten vegetable leaves and stinky gutters.

The young man's feet were trampled on the mud, and he looked back around in a mess: "Senior brother, is your memory reliable?"

"Don't worry, don't worry. I remember it was in this piece!"

Charles nodded with great conviction: "Go a little further, and you'll be there in a corner!"

You said that ten minutes ago, and the last time you said it, we were still on the street...... And then we're going to this place of the hell!"

Ye Qingxuan looked remorseful and felt a deep pain.

"But this is Avalon, junior brother!"

Charles patted him vigorously on the shoulder: "It always has so many surprises! Oh, I think this radish is quite cheap, why don't we buy some and stew it back?"

"At this time, can we get down to business first? How cheap can turnips be...... Heck, it's pretty cheap. This big pumpkin is not bad! Boss, bring me two catties, how do you sell cabbage here?"

Ye Qingxuan's eyes were attracted by vegetables, and the aunt on the stall skillfully cut the price, and finally let the stall owner build two eggplants for himself after a few more words.

In the end, after buying so many things at almost half the price, Ye Qingxuan's mood also became better, and he picked up a lot of things contentedly:

"I'm really lucky today, senior brother, you've been drinking so much lately, and you can still make a soup to wake you up...... , where are you, senior brother?!"

It wasn't until now that he realized that when he turned around, his senior brother had run away and disappeared!

"Boss, did you see where the guy who was with me just went?"

Behind the stall, the aunt with a big waist and a round waist lazily rolled her eyes: "Just now when you were shopping for vegetables, it seems that a little girl in red clothes waved to him, and he left......"

“......”

Ye Qingxuan almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and couldn't help but want to roar: Xia Er, are you bastard going out to pick up girls or leading the way!

Soon, he had to worry about another thing when he got back on the road.

In the intricate alleys of the lower town, filled with sewage, he looked around as if he had seen it not long ago. Finally discovered:

I got lost......

In the silence, he heard a faint voice in the distance.

Someone seems to be coming.

"Here we are, sir. It's here!"

Beyond the alley, the scruffy homeless man laughed flatteringly.

He rubbed his hands together enthusiastically and looked at the person in front of him. The black-robed man stood at the entrance of the alley, staring into the distance.

Under the scorching sun, his face and body were hidden in a heavy hood and robes. There was a chill from the inside out, like a ghost, which was terrifying.

"Are you sure?"

Under the hood, a hoarse voice asked.

"For the sake of money, I would never dare to lie a little. ”

The homeless man whispered beside him, "That's how he got in, I saw it with my own eyes." A white-haired Oriental imp, absolutely right!"

His expression was full of awe, "Besides, you're a big man. Everyone in the lower town knows that if you want to eat together, you must not offend Mr. Professor. ”

"That's the best. ”

The man named the professor nodded, his voice rubbing like bone fragments: "Otherwise, you better worry about whether you have the life to spend all this money." ”

Just in the cuffs of the robe, a pale, emaciated palm poked out. It's like a dead man, and there's a kind of whiteness that doesn't see the sun.

Seeing that palm, the homeless man's eyes became eager again. His eyes fell on the stack of green bills between his two fingers, and he couldn't move away.

Seeing the stack of money, the homeless man couldn't help but grin. Laughing: It was a large bill of exchange from the church, a whole stack, all of a thousand pounds......

The bills of exchange were tied up in a roll of twine, and were tossed with the professor's fingers. Tumbling and falling to the ground.

"You can get out. ”

The professor waved and walked down the alley without looking back.

"Thank you, thank you, your lord!"

The homeless man pounced on it like a hungry dog, picked up the money order on the ground, and counted it eagerly, laughing excitedly.

"I'm rich. Rich!"

Dirty fingers clutching the money order, his eyes were feverish, and he put these cute little treasures in his pocket.

But when he raised his head, he was stunned.

There was a pair of feet standing in front of him.

He looked up in astonishment and saw a cane decorated with silver and precious stones, held in a clean, slender hand.

The index finger of that hand had a large ruby ring with a family crest embedded in it.

As if preparing for a banquet, the cuffs of the elaborate gown are filled with two diamond-encrusted cufflinks that reflect a restrained and luxurious light.

"Mr. Professor, why are you in such a hurry? Why don't you talk about it?"

The man holding the cane made a voice that was gentle and calm in an elegant tone, like the advice of a friend.

The man wore a top hat and a cane, and was well-dressed. Junxiu's face has a polite smile, full of hypocrisy and arrogance peculiar to Sicilians.

If that's the case, it's not enough to make the homeless scream.

But behind the young man...... It was a mob armed with sharp knives and iron rods. The burly men didn't know when they appeared in the alley, silently. Their eyes were gloomy, full of rebelliousness and hideousness, and they looked at him with a mocking smile, like a clown.

In the whole of Avalon, only this group of thugs would have such a distinct dress.

Those guys, all Sicilian!

"Black, black, mafia......"

The homeless man finally reacted, screaming as if he had seen a ghost. As the young man let go of his hand, he collapsed on the ground and crawled backwards with a stream of urine: "I, I, I ......"

The young man had no interest in what he was doing, but waved his hand and motioned for him to get out of here. The homeless man crawled backwards on the ground in terror, and when he had crawled far away, he got up against the wall and ran without looking back.

I didn't even dare to ask for money and money that fell on the ground.

And in the alley, only the professor surrounded by the mob remained, and the young man who led the mob.

"It seems, I'm surrounded?"

The professor didn't realize that he had just been surrounded, and just stared at the ill-intentioned group of 'friends'.

"First meeting. Mr. Professor. I am the second son of the Luso family, and you can call me Lorenzo. Eagle of Palermo - Lorenzo. ”

The young man stroked his chest in a gentlemanly manner, but when he looked at the professor, his eyes were full of mockery: "It's just. It was unexpectedly that the legendary 'Viper' would jump into someone else's trap without being alert. ”

"Lorenzo?

Under the hood, the professor looked at the young man as if he had expected it: "Your speed is beyond my expectations. I thought that the first people to come here were the Tianzhu people. ”

"Actually, they were the first to arrive. ”

Lorenzo shrugged. Look behind you.

Behind him, at the feet of the Sicilian thugs, there was a red liquid flowing in the moor.

The warm blood stretched out of another alley and ended up in the open sewers.

A few burly men who were still cleaning up the scene dragged the two mutilated corpses into the sewer and watched them tumble and disappear into the darkness with the muddy water.

It is clear that the Tianzhu people who arrived first have been eliminated by this group of Sicilians.

Before the ambush could play its role, it was destroyed by a crisp raid.

At the back, a fat corpse still had a look of stunned death. One of the leaders of the Tianzhu people. Shah Rukh was just stabbed apart.

Die silently-

"Looks like I'm underestimating you. ”

The professor withdrew his gaze from the sewers: "Looks like you've been prepared. Do you want to be like those Tianzhu people? Stay here and catch all the people who want a piece of the pie...... You want that imp too?"

"You want to stall?"

Lorenzo saw through the professor's thoughts, shook his head and smiled: "It's useless, we've already emptied everything within a few hundred meters of the neighborhood."

Now, Mr. Professor, you'd better be clear.

Although we are enemies, for the sake of your previous ideas, I would like to let you out of here safe and sound. What do you think of this proposal?"

"Yes, then I have to thank you for your mercy. ”

The professor said lightly. "It's just that I'm afraid I won't be able to get out. ”

"Are you worried about my perfidy?"

Lorenzo frowned, his eyes grim. "I am the second son of the Luso family, and my father's words taught me to keep my promises. Sicilians never break their promises. For the sake of the ghost hand, as long as you promise not to meddle in this troubled water, I am willing to let you go. ”

"Idiot. ”

The professor sighed.

"- You think I'm talking about you?"

Lorenzo was stunned. I was about to say something, but my face changed.

For a moment, he felt the sound of the earth shaking.

In the silence, the green bricks under his feet vibrate, as if a hammer was pounding on the ground. At both ends of this alley, heavy footsteps were heard.

That kind of footsteps. It was like a piece of iron rubbing against a stone, with a sharp sound, bursting with sparks. In the alley, Lorenzo looked up in disbelief and looked to the sides, as if he had seen a nightmare.

At both ends of the alley, there was an iron light flickering.

That's the color of heavy plate armor - plate armor!

"Fuck. ”

When Lorenzo came back from his shock, he couldn't help but curse a swear word-

Just as they were defenseless, a group of burly men in iron armor emerged from around the corner.

It's like the hungry wolves who were supposed to be on the battlefield took the wrong path and came here. The burly men in full armor were shrouded in heavy armor and marched in unison like an army!

Iron axes and two-handed swords dragged in their hands, and the heavy iron tools cut through the stone bricks, leaving a hideous, shrill sound.

But this is not a battlefield! This is Avalon!

But why is there a hoplite here?!(To be continued.) )