Chapter 23: Before the Storm

In order to prevent Wenluo's body from being eaten by wild beasts, Summer Night carried it back to the mouth of the cave. It took a long time to get rid of the angry congregation.

After returning to the city, they returned to the broken house to heal their injuries on a summer night, and the three of them met.

Although the Acropolis knew that the sect leader killed the Su family, there was no physical evidence at the scene, and the two people who were not crazy all said that they were killed by powerful ghosts. This makes this case an unsolved case.

Hua Lao heard the identity of the sect leader and what he did from the summer night, and he couldn't help but sigh for a long time, swallowing the clouds and spitting out the fog.

Fortunately, this trip on a summer night has some gains, so that it will not be clueless next.

After Xia Ye thought of a strategy, he told the two of them, and the three of them went separately.

Six days later.

The sky is clear, the sun is in the middle of the day, and the early sun sends the moon.

Twilight outside the city plum bamboo shop.

Xiao Er took three bowls of noodle soup and returned it after delivering it to the table of the guest outside the door.

The boss counted the accounts, listless, and his face was very bitter.

Twilight City is surrounded by mountains and water on both sides, and there is only one avenue leading to the outside world. And this little shop is on this road. On weekdays, passers-by have to rest in this small shop, and business is booming.

But since the three officials outside the door came, the store has been deserted day by day. After these three officials came from the city, they stayed for six days. When you are hungry, you will have a clear soup and noodles, and when you are sleepy, you will take turns to sleep. As soon as there is a visitor, they will stare until they scare people away.

He had met one of them a few times, and he heard that he was upright and not afraid of the powerful, and was praised by the people in the city, and called the Acropolis.

The boss closed the account book and threw it under the cabinet, "What is good to catch heads, it's all rumors!" What a fart! ”

The Acropolis raised his head and drank the soup, stretched, and exclaimed.

The catcher on the side was bored and stirred the soup with chopsticks, "Boss, when can I drink?" Every day is full of this clear soup and little water. ”

Acropolis said solemnly: "Do things." How can you drink alcohol. ”

The catcher on the other side said: "It's been six days here." I just ate and slept and ate, and I didn't know what I was doing. Boss, get to the bottom of it. ”

The Acropolis didn't pay attention, but looked at the avenue, "It's time to come." ”

It's not that the Acropolis and his brothers are spending time here, but it's really impossible to say why.

Six days ago, Summer Night analyzed the situation. At the moment, it can be seen that there is still a missing link in the sect leader's plan, and it is Su Mu. Therefore, they will definitely be ambushed on the way to Sumu's journey. And the five major doctors have gone to the second, and the remaining three can't tolerate Su Mu. Among them, the Fang family and the Liu family, which are a little closer, will arrive at Duskfall City before Su Mu, so they will also set up ambushes. And the farthest Li family will be worried that the other ones will be the first, so they will hurry up. So it will also be faster, and then set up an ambush here.

Not long after bringing people to this small shop in the Acropolis, he found that someone from the Fang and Liu families was coming. Because the two families didn't want to provoke the government, they retreated after getting the order of the head of the family. And the Li family, who came in a hurry yesterday, did not send anyone after seeing the acropolis in the small shop.

Those three are naturally not enough to worry about. But when investigating the Su family tragedy, the two almost vomited in fright. If these two brothers were told that there might be a murderer from the Su family who had been ambushing here, then they might not be able to scare themselves out of trouble in a day.

At this time, two people walked slowly from the dusty road.

The Acropolis looked at it, and it was the gray-faced Su Mu and the obscure Ming.

Just as he was overjoyed and was about to get up and step forward to greet him, a huge figure jumped out from the maple forest on the side and smashed heavily in front of the two of them, it was Wu Tao.

Although the mission of the Acropolis was only to scare off the people of the three families, seeing that Su Mu and Hao Ming were in danger, they still couldn't ignore them. As he spoke, he drew his sword and rushed over, "The thief is tied!" The Twilight Acropolis is here! ”

Although the other two were shocked by the strength of the figure, they saw that the boss was on it, so they also got on it.

Wu Taozheng didn't pay attention to the shouting behind him, and reached out to grab Su Mu.

Su Mu has become more and more familiar with the pursuit of these three families in the past few days, grabbed the collar of Obscure Ming with one hand, and flashed to the side.

Wu Tao followed closely and chased Su Mu into the maple forest.

Su Mu is like a bird, flashing around the forest with obscurity. Wu Tao was like a giant bear, knocking down all the trees blocking the road, and his momentum was unstoppable.

Seeing that Wu Tao was getting closer and closer to Su Mu, the Acropolis was also anxious, so he could only throw the official knife in his hand to attract Wu Tao's attention. But the knife fell on Wu Tao's body like a stubborn stone, and it bounced away with a thud.

Although Su Mu's body method has gradually become proficient, it has finally slowed down a lot with obscurity.

When Wu Tao's hand was only half away from Su Mu, a person squatted on Wu Tao's forearm.

As soon as Wu Tao saw the man, he became furious and grabbed him with his other hand. The man lifted a kick and hit Wu Tao in the jaw, kicking him away.

Su Mu heard the noise and looked back, and one person was facing away from her.

"I've made a lot of progress in the past few days. I am very happy to be a teacher. ”

Su Mu subconsciously shouted, "Summer night! ”

Summer Night looked back and smiled at her, "Don't be afraid. I'm coming. ”

Although he has been in Washington for eight years and has suffered a lot of cold eyes, he has really felt the danger of his life in the past few days. After this journey, Su Mu was already exhausted, and finally fainted from exhaustion at this time.

Wu Tao got up and looked at Xia Ye, his eyes were split, "You have been hiding for the past few days, and today you finally appeared!" I'll avenge my brother! As he spoke, it burst out like a cannonball, breaking all the trees along the road, and scattering the grass and leaves with its vigor.

Xia Ye grabbed a person with one hand, and carried Yun Lan's ethereal body to the side, causing Wu Tao to pounce.

Wu Tao wanted to continue the pursuit, but he smelled a fragrance of flowers, and there was a sea of flowers in front of him.

Summer Night put away the dust of the past, handed over Su Mu and Hao Ming to the Acropolis, "Take them back." Then he ran away.

Summer Night understands that they don't want to be enemies of the government for the time being. Although they are strong in martial arts and profound in mana, if they anger the government, which closes the city gates and prevents the people from leaving the city to participate in the conference, it will be a troublesome matter. The trouble at the moment is how to get rid of Wu Tao's pursuit. Although the two are rivals, Xia Ye admires and admires his brother Wenluo very much, and he really doesn't want to hurt his brother.

Wu Tao closed his eyes, heard where the summer night was with his voice, and rushed again.

Xia Ye got up, jumped on the branches of the maple tree, gradually moved away from the Acropolis and the group, and led Wu Tao to leave the forest.

Although the Acropolis was worried about the summer night, he also understood that Su Mu beside him was the most important, so he hugged Su Mu, who was already asleep, and the tired and panting Hao Ming, all the way to Dusk City. The two catchers behind him were still at a loss, glanced at each other and ran away with the acropolis.

When they arrived in the city, the acropolis did not dare to delay, and took the two of them all the way to the palace.

At this time, there was no safer place in the city than the government office.

After drinking a bowl of water, Su Mu slowly woke up. After drinking some porridge, Tong Mingming finally became much more energetic.

Hua Lao has been waiting for Su Mu in the government office for the past few days, and now he is relieved to see that Su Mu is safe.

The Acropolis didn't stop, and turned around and ran, wanting to help Summer Night.

But before he had run far from the mansion, he noticed something when he passed by a street corner and slowly stopped.

"Summer night?" The Acropolis couldn't help but say.

At this time, he was eating noodles at a roadside stall on that summer night, and there was a jar of wine next to it.

Acropolis sat down beside Xia Ye angrily, "Now that you're out of trouble, why don't you tell me first?" I didn't go in to see Miss Su Mu and the little monk Mingming. Instead, I ate here alone. ”

Xia Ye said with a smile while eating: "You know that Wu Tao's skills can't hurt me." And when they entered the palace, they were safe, and I didn't need to confirm it. He turned his head and said, "Xiao Er, bring a bowl of noodles to Wei Zhutou."

Acropolis said to Xiao Er: "No, no." Then he said to Xia Ye: "I just ate it." I haven't touched a drop of wine in the past few days, and this jar of wine can be regarded as a reward for helping you do things. Then he lifted the wine and drank it.

After taking a sip, Wei Cheng asked, "I haven't seen you for a few days, but now that you have appeared, have you already practiced?"

Xia Ye put down the dishes and chopsticks and breathed a sigh of relief, "Ah...... Full. In the past few days, I have been thirsty for Lin Quan, hungry for forest fruits, and finally I have eaten hot. It's kind of practiced. ”

Acropolis asked, "There are three days left until the conference." What's next? ”

Xia Ye said: "The sect leader should not show up before the conference, and he can't find it. I'll visit those three later, lest anyone make a fool and die. At the moment, the key is still in Sumu. ”

Inside the government.

Obscure and fragrant, Su Mu knew that Xia Ye led Wu Tao away alone, and before he ate a few bites, he took a sword to help.

Obscure said: "Don't worry. Lord Xia Shi is quick-witted and will be fine. ”

Although Su Mu also agreed, he was really relieved.

Just as Su Mu was about to step out of the mansion, he ran into the Acropolis and walked in with the summer night.

Summer Night asked, "What are you doing here?"

Su Mu just had a smile on his face, but when he saw the soup oil in Xia Ye's mouth and the wine in his hand, he guessed that he would go to the tooth sacrifice halfway. Therefore, his face changed instantly, "Go out and admire the moon!" ”

On a summer night, when the Acropolis looked up, the sky was clear and the sun was warm.

Su Mu turned his head and walked back to the house.

Xia Ye tilted his body and shouted to her, "Miss! Don't admire the moon? ”

Su Mu picked up the stones on the ground and threw them towards the summer night, "I'm done sleeping!" ”

Summer night and Acropolis looked at each other and smiled, and walked into the mansion.

At night, the summer night lay on the roof and drank while watching the crescent moon and pondering.

A refreshing evening breeze blew, and the summer night raised the wine jar and said, "Drink?"

Su Mu was lying on the other side of the roof and looked at Danxing, "Okay." He reached out and took the jar. But after taking a sip, he suddenly got up and coughed, "What." It doesn't taste good at all. All the knights in the story drink this kind of thing? He then tossed the wine back to Summer Night.

Xia Ye took over the wine jar and smiled heartily, "People who have not been in the world naturally don't know the taste of wine." He gulped down again.

Su Mu looked at the starry sky and was silent.

The two of them just admired the moon and stargazed on the roof.

The branches and leaves rustle, the evening breeze is leisurely, I don't know how long it has been.

Both sighed at the same time.

"What are you sighing for?"

"What are you sighing again?"

The two fell silent again. One drinks silently, and the other thinks silently.