Chapter 4: An Unquiet Night

Diao Li sneered in his heart when he saw this, but he didn't plan to say anything more to them, his right hand in his sleeve moved slightly, and a faint aroma wafted out of it, and then he picked up the medical book that he had read for a long time again and sat aside.

Here, while talking and laughing loudly with Tang Ning, Li Yu interjected in the air and whispered: "Quickly find a way to get rid of these people for me." โ€

"I saw there was something wrong with you. Tang Ning had an expression that he knew this, glanced back sneakly, pulled him into the woods, poked his head out from behind the trees to make sure those people didn't follow, and then lowered his voice and said, "It's easy to get rid of them." But in that case, my aunt won't trouble me, will she?"

"My mother isn't that stingy. Li Yu sneered dissatisfiedly and frowned, "I know she is kind-hearted, but I am a big man, what is it to go out with a group of guards." And I'm going to Luoyang to do errands, it's really inconvenient to take them with me. โ€

"Are you really going to Luoyang?" Tang Ning suddenly became interested when he heard this, rubbed his hands and said excitedly, "I have wanted to go for a long time, you can just take me by the way." โ€

"This ......" Li Yu glanced at the young man who was full of interest, and said hesitantly, "I'm afraid it's not very convenient." โ€

"Virtue, don't take me down!" Tang Ning's face instantly fell, and he squinted at him and said, "It's so rare, I'm not happy to go with you as a rough man." After speaking, he muttered in a low voice, "Obviously, the martial arts are almost to death, and I still want to learn to walk the rivers and lakes, hey-"

Li Yu was amused by his expression, and said with a smile: "Brother Tang misunderstood, it's not that I won't take you there, but in fact, it's very dangerous to go here, and I will confess a bad life." I know that Brother Tang is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but Miss Diao has a life-saving grace for me, and it is too late to repay her, so how can I make her sad. โ€

Only then did Tang Ning know that the other party was not joking, but it was really inconvenient. However, he was aroused by curiosity, obviously not giving up, his eyes rolled for a while, and he suddenly clapped his hands, causing Li Yu to look back in amazement.

He smiled sheepishly, then looked left and right warily, and asked tentatively, "Could it be ...... You're going to assassinate the Emperor?"

"Poofโ€”"

Li Yu was almost choked by his own saliva, he really took this ghost and elf young man, and raised his forehead and said: "You really look up to me, I can still assassinate the emperor like this? โ€

Tang Ning scratched his head, smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "That's right!" After a pause, he said, "Then what are you going to do?" I don't believe that you are looking for some Laoshzi treasure. Tell me quickly, are you going to rob a house or kill someone and set a fire? Do you want me to bring you the 'Tang-style Five Treasures'?"

He was adopted by Diao Li at the age of six and rarely walked in the world. Every day he just does some work such as picking and drying medicines, although the days are peaceful and quiet, but he always feels dull and boring. In addition, those people in the rivers and lakes who came to seek medical treatment would tell him some big and small things in the rivers and lakes in addition to treating diseases and detoxifying, which made him unconsciously have a strong interest in this so-called 'rivers and lakes'. He knew that he was not very good at martial arts, and it would be too much to walk the rivers and lakes, so he specially prepared some poisonous insects and poisons as an auxiliary, that is, he was quite complacent about the 'Tang-style Five Treasures', although he suffered a loss in the hands of those gray-clothed people that day, but he did not give up, thinking that it was because he was not fully prepared. This time, with Diao Li going down the mountain, he couldn't hold back and wanted to show his skills. It's a pity that Diao Li looked at him to death and didn't let him leave half a step away. This time, Li Yu suddenly appeared again, making his heart flutter again.

"No, no!" Li Yu saw that he really went to untie the cloth bag on his waist, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly pressed his hand, and said, "I'm going to save people this time, not to fight bravely, I don't need your treasures." "He really didn't dare to accept this kindness, that 'Tang-style Five Treasures' had seen it in the Medicine Valley at the beginning, either poisonous scorpions or poisonous spiders and poisonous centipedes, each of which was extremely poisonous, and his self-possessed martial arts were not high enough to be afraid of these things, so he could avoid them.

Tang Ning was slightly disappointed when he heard this, but he didn't force it, and said, "That's okay, don't say that I, a brother, didn't help you when the time comes." By the way, who are you going to save?"

"You don't know you either. Li Yu didn't intend to answer him, but changed his words, "Hey, the scenery here is good." After saying that, he cleared the fog and walked forward, and soon his surprised voice came, "There is actually a lake, great!" Then there was the sound of 'bang' into the water, and it seemed that he jumped directly into it.

Tang Ning smiled and was about to follow, when his face suddenly changed, and he turned around and hurried away.

After a moment, he stood dumbfounded next to a large rock, stunned by a pair of embroidered shoes on the ground. Li Yu suddenly appeared before, which made him happy and forgot that there was a Tang Zixi here. By the time he remembered, it was too late, and there was still half a figure in the place except for a pair of embroidered shoes in front of him.

"Brother Tang, you really know how to pick a place to rest, I got a stinky sweat from a day's journey, and I just washed it. Li Yu's happy laughter came from the lake.

"Lake...... Oh no!" Tang Ning stomped his feet, turned around and ran towards the lake without saying a word, and said loudly as he ran, "Quick, save people!"

Li Yu laughed when he heard his voice: "Brother Tang, you come with me, this water is really ...... Oops...... Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly let out a strange scream, and then he was drowned out by the sound ......of a huge splash.

Tang Ning didn't know what happened to him, and became more and more anxious. But I don't know what's going on, obviously only a few steps away from the sound, but he hasn't run for a long time, and he is so anxious that he jumps to his feet.

In a panic, he suddenly stumbled and fell down under his feet, and saw red on the spot, covering his bleeding nose and wanting to cry without tears.

At this moment, a cold little hand suddenly put on his shoulder, which frightened him, and grabbed the opponent's wrist with his backhand and broke it hard.

"Pain!" a cry of pain rang out.

Tang Ning immediately heard the other party's voice, it was Tang Zixi, who he thought had committed suicide by jumping into the lake, and hurriedly let go of his hand and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you." Then he reacted and said happily, "You didn't jump into the lake?"

"What lake are you jumping on?" Tang Zixi was stunned when he heard this, and then urged, "Don't talk about this yet, it's important to save people first." There's something weird in that lake. โ€

"Oh, good!" Tang Ning didn't care about his bleeding nose, and ran towards the lake like a fly without a head, but was pulled by Tang Zixi, "This way." Then he took the lead and ran in the other direction.

Tang Ning was stunned for a moment and hurriedly followed.

Soon the two rushed to the lake, looking at the big lake in front of them dumbfounded.

At this time, the lake was shrouded in dense fog, and they could only see two or three meters away, let alone save people, even if they went down by themselves, they couldn't find a way back.

"Plop!"

Tang Ning was still looking left and right for a suitable tool, and Tang Zixi had already jumped in without hesitation, splashing him all over. He only had time to shout 'be careful', and Tang Zixi had already gone down with a slam and disappeared.

At this time, Li Yu, who was dragged underwater, was already dizzy from his head, and strings of blisters came out of his mouth. He kept struggling, but the strength and temper of what was wrapped around his ankle were surprisingly strong, and the more he struggled, the tighter he was entangled. He felt like his feet and necks were going to be choked.

Although it was dark in the water, his consciousness was unusually clear, and he could already feel that it was a big guy pulling him, and the squeaks of the slippery tentacles on his ankle could be heard clearly.

At this moment, he vaguely heard Tang Ning's shouting on the shore, and he wanted to respond, so Fang poured a large amount of lake water into his mouth.

Gradually, he felt his ribcage swell more and more, and his whole body seemed to burst open.

The tentacles dragged him deeper and deeper, and the feeling of squeezing before disappeared, and he felt as light as a swallow as if floating in the clouds. Suddenly he didn't want to struggle, and the panic and horror he had felt at the beginning were gone, replaced by a quiet that he had never felt before.

At this moment, his heart was clear, knowing that he was already in a catastrophe, and he couldn't help but think to himself, it would be good if he died like this, but it was a pity that he didn't see her for the last time.

A long-forgotten image suddenly conjured up in his mind: a bloodied monk in the midst of a raging fire, slamming his charred hands against the closed door, echoed by the sound of laughter outside the door in despair. Outside the gate, which was held against by two long knives, several men with gloomy faces watched indifferently as the spirit house turned to ashes, and then turned their horses' heads and walked away. The little uncle who took him out to return from his fate knocked his head more than a dozen times at the ruins that were still smoking, and gritted his teeth on his bloody forehead: "I swear to the sky that one day I will make you pay for your blood debts!" After speaking, he picked up the young Li Yu and disappeared into the night......

Uncle Xiao's embrace was very warm, which made him feel very relieved. Feeling that Uncle Xiao was so excited that he couldn't control his emotions, he hugged his trembling body with his backhand, wanting to give him a little comfort. But after this hug, he felt that Uncle Xiao seemed to have lost a lot of weight, and his thick chest kept rising and falling.

He felt strange in his heart, and involuntarily opened his eyes, and as far as he could see was a lip flap that was tightly bitten by the shell teeth, probably because he was too hard, the place where the shell teeth were bitten oozed red bloodstains, which formed a strong contrast with the pale lip flap, giving him a strong visual impact, and secretly wondering in his heart, it turned out that the mouth of the little uncle was so good-looking.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a pain in his thigh, and then he heard a familiar voice gasping in his ear: "Bastard! If we don't let go, we will all die!"

The severe pain made him wake up instantly, and let go of the big hand that was tightly holding the other party's waist, only to realize that he didn't know when he had surfaced, and a small figure was struggling to drag him towards the shore.

At this time, the dense fog has gradually dissipated, and the bright moonlight sprinkled down again, revealing the anxiously waiting figure on the shore, and when he saw the figure of the two, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly shook the green vine in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Grab the tree vine, I'll pull you over!"

"It turned out to be Brother Tang!" Li Yu was relieved when he saw this, and fainted before he could see the person who saved him.