In the middle of summer after May, even Santa Fe, a coastal city in the north, is still covered by the scorching sun.

The trees on the boulevard are luxuriant, but the leaves seem to droop lazily because they can't stand the scorching heat. On both sides of the street, there were only a few pedestrians hurrying to and fro, and there was even an unbearable sullenness in the air.

Although it is almost dusk, the surface of the whole city is still quite hot after the afternoon sun is scorching. This is true even in the Santa Fe Urban Forest Park, which has the most abundant trees and the most abundant water.

Compared to the usual noisy scene of the park on weekends or in the early morning, it is now close to dusk on weekdays, and only a few tourists can be seen in the huge park, fishing under the willow trees on the shore of the lake, so the atmosphere is quite quiet.

Santa Fe City Park, the only national key protected garden in Santa Fe, has been listed in the top 10 artificial scenic spots in China, covering an area of more than 900 hectares. There are all kinds of rare vegetation in it, there are many kinds of wild animals, water and grass are abundant, and you can even see the reed lake scenery that is rare in the north today.

In the center of the park there are various amusement facilities, and a large oval lake covers the park. Boats on the lake come and go, birds and geese frolicking, standing on the shore and looking at it from afar, the scenery is breathtaking, compared to watching the Xianhu Island on the seaside, but it shows another style.

The entire lake is in the shape of a golf course, and in the middle of the lake there is a small island shaped like a peanut. On this island, the scenery is particularly beautiful, with elm plank bridges built along the lake's edge, which stretch vertically and horizontally to the deepest part of the lake. The mulberry willows on the island are scattered, and the flowers and plants are flourishing, which makes people come here to play and collect wind in an endless stream on weekdays.

However, perhaps because the weather is still hot in the evening, the island in the middle of the lake today looks sparsely populated. Looking far away, after looking for a long time, it seems that he can only be in a corner of the reed lake on the edge of the island, and he sees two men, one woman and three young people who are quite familiar with their backs.

And if you close the distance, you can recognize that these three people are Nalan Yunxiao, Liu Qingyi and Shao Yang.

"At this time, although the weather is still a little hot, the air is far less dreary than sitting quietly by the wetland by the lake."

Liu Qingyi raised his wrist slightly, brushed a few strands of green silk in front of his forehead that were blown by the stream wind, and then looked at the lush woods on the opposite side of the lakeshore, and his pretty face was filled with a sense of comfort.

"Looks like you've been here many times, huh? To be honest, the scenery of Santa Fe City Park is indeed more beautiful than our Songhai Forest Park. It's hard to find a low-lying wetland like this in the north, but I didn't expect it to be here. ”

Shao Yang had already dragged his shoes aside, sitting on the edge of the bluestone platform in the shallow water area by the lake, completely submerging his feet in the water, and squinting his eyes slightly to feel the atmosphere, his face was full of comfort and comfort.

Yun Xiao turned his head and smiled lightly when he heard this, and then shook his head lightly-

"The temperature here is already much cooler than in the city centre. Well, there's one thing you guessed wrong. It's also my first time here, and it's true that Qingyi has been here many times before. In fact, the most beautiful place we have ever been to is the Shouwang Island across the sea at the end of Xianhu Island. The scenery on that island is called a beauty. ”

"Xianhuyu ......" Shao Yang raised his eyebrows lightly, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Listen to the name, you know that it should be a very beautiful place, then when will you two take me to see it?" Otherwise, after I return to Songhai this time, I don't know when I will come again. ”

Between Yun Xiao and Shao Yang's laughter and conversation, Liu Qingyi beside him originally had a pretty face with a warm smile, but at this moment, it changed slightly.

She looked around casually and quickly, but when she was about to retract her heart, she suddenly sank.

As a girl's always keen perception, she felt like she was being stared at in the dark in a trance just now, but when she wanted to find the source of this feeling again, she found nothing. But that only made her even more confused.

"That feeling shouldn't have been wrong just now, but how can I not find it now? Could it be ...... Was discovered by the other party and hidden? How could it be ......"

Liu Qingyi's eyebrows flickered, and his eyes turned slightly to look at Yun Xiao and Shao Yang, who were talking happily beside him. The latter and the two didn't seem to have any unusual feelings like themselves, so Liu Qingyi also began to suspect that maybe the sensitivity of the moment just now was really just an illusion.

Deep in the middle of the island, the dense forest is hidden, and the afterglow of the setting sun shines obliquely, reflecting scattered dark spots of light in the forest.

The view is quite obstructed in the busy paths, and the dense bushes in the center of the island are now close to dusk, which hides the light through the layers of leaves, making the atmosphere a little cloudy.

And in this dense dense bush of light and shadow, there seemed to be some black shadow moving back and forth, and although the noise of the rustling was extremely low, it continued to spread one after another, and finally concentrated in one place.

If you look carefully through the cover of many trees and obstacles, you can find that on this island in the middle of the lake, which is now untouched by people, there are more than a dozen middle-aged men dressed in black!

Looking at the vigor of their figures, it is obvious that all of them have quite keen perception and good skills.

"Old eight, how is your deployment over there?"

Originally, there was only the sound of insects chirping and the rustle of leaves swept by the wind at dusk, floating among the dense forests of the island in the middle of the lake, but suddenly a slightly low and rough middle-aged man's voice quietly came out in the depths of the forest, breaking the original harmony.

"Rest assured, the two stone bridges leading to the park on the island have been trapped, trapped, and monitored. As long as they pass by, they will surely fall directly into it. And even if it's avoided by chance, it's still within our watch. ”

"By the way, I heard that the third master decided to take action in person this time?"

In the midst of the dense commotion, the two black-clothed figures were extremely well hidden. And the man who was called the eighth child said slowly with a solemn face, and at the end of the words, a trace of surprise quietly appeared on his expression.

Obviously, the person who is called the "third master" in his mouth must have a very extraordinary identity.

"Of course, last time, Brother Qi suffered a big loss at the hands of that kid. Listening to Brother Qi, that kid is extremely powerful. So this time, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, the third master decided to take action himself and teach that kid a lesson......"

Although the person who spoke was also dressed in black, his stature was much stronger than that of the short man known as Lao Ba. However, before his words fell, Chu Ba beside him had already grabbed his clothes with a solemn expression: "Shhh Old ten, you keep quiet. The two of us seemed to have been nearly discovered. ”

"Ah, how is that possible? We're hiding so far from them, and we're so far away. The sturdy black-clothed man known as Lao Shi suddenly changed his cheeks, covered his mouth and lowered his voice to exclaim.

"Look, this is the warning message that the third master just sent to me."

Chu Ba carefully took out the mobile phone that had been set to full silence on his body, and put the screen in front of Ke Fei Shi. I saw that the content of the text message was written-

"Chu Ba, Fei Shi, you two pay attention to me a little. The woman among the three on the other side just now almost sensed your presence. If they are alerted in advance, it will inevitably be more troublesome to act later. ”

After reading the text message, the two immediately put away their mobile phones and glanced at each other, both of whom saw a trace of uncertainty in each other's eyes.

Therefore, after each swallowed a mouthful of saliva, the two of them did not dare to say anything more, but began to look at the watch on their wrists non-stop, as if they began to wait for something.

In the dark depths of the dense bamboo forest, a middle-aged man with a slightly thin figure stood.

Although the man's appearance is extremely ordinary, there is a dark gloom on his face that is difficult to look at. This person's pupils were deeply sunken, and his gaze was as sharp as an eagle penetrating the layers of branches and leaves, always locking on the three of Yunxiao on the shore of the lake in the distance.

Since it was the height of summer, he was naturally naked. On the muscular arm, you can still see a tattoo wrapped around what resembles a totem.

"The time should be almost up......"

The middle-aged man, who was called the third master by the two people just now, raised his slender eyebrows like a woman, and slowly moved the communicator he was holding in his hand to his mouth, the corners of his lips lifted slightly, and a slightly hoarse low voice came out: "Do it!" ”

And with this person's order, the dozen or so black-clothed people who were originally lurking in various strongholds in the dense forest, who seemed to be preparing something, including Chu Ba and Fei Shi, who had been chatting just now, began to put away the communicator very quickly and tied the wrist guard in their hands, and then picked up the hemp rope next to him, squatted down and began to crawl quietly towards the lake.

"That's not right! Why do I always have a feeling that is very familiar. This kind of unprovoked defensive psychology ......"

Nalan Yunxiao, who was still full of bright smiles on his face, suddenly trembled in his heart for some reason, and then an ominous feeling suddenly hit all over his body. And this feeling made his pores open, and even his nerves were slightly tense.

Same as Yun Xiao's perception, Liu Qingyi's eyebrows suddenly frowned at this moment, and then turned her head to look at the other party and muttered: "Sure enough, it seems that my perception just now is not an illusion." ”

At this moment, only Shao Yang still showed a puzzled look on his face, looking at Yun Xiao and Liu Qingyi, who were suddenly startled beside him: "You two, what's wrong?" ”

"Could it be them?!"

But in the end, it was Yun Xiao who took the lead in sniffing out the strange smell of the black-clothed uniform wafting from afar in the air. The smell was very familiar to him, as he had already dealt with the gang not long ago.

"Let's go!"

Yun Xiao didn't hesitate to pull up Shao Yang, who was still in a state of confusion. Because Liu Qingyi had already bounced up with one hand at this moment, her delicate body stood looking forward to the circulation, and her eyes were vigilantly locked on a place among the dense forests of the island in the middle of the lake.

"They are in that direction. Yun Xiao, Shao Yang, let's go this way! ”

After staring in silence for a moment, Liu Qingyi seemed to have finally determined something, and her pretty face suddenly became solemn. After the girl whispered to Yun Xiao and Shao Yang beside her, she took the lead on the side of the bluestone path by the lake and led the way.

(PS: It's the first small climax of the book, and this chapter will officially begin!) ~）