C16

Although they said that those who died were their schoolmates, these children seemed too nervous. The teacher shouted out an answer and recited it properly. When he saw Su Mu and the others outside the window, he immediately stammered out. The other children were about the same. Even when they were staring at the books and at the teacher, they couldn't help but look out of the corner of their eyes.

"Old mister, can I ask for a few children after class?" Su Mu asked.

The old man was already old and had a bit of a problem with his ears. Su Mu could only whisper in the old man's ear to raise his voice and ask again.

"Sure. Wu Lei is a good child, unlike his father, but every child in this private school is a good child. The old teacher trembled as he beckoned for the teacher who was in the middle of his lecture to come out.

"We will not let a bad person off, and we will not wrongly accuse a good person." Lin Yi comforted him.

The teacher was young and wore a green robe. He had a serious expression on his face and had a sour image. Hearing Su Mu's request, he frowned and let Su Mu enter alone. After all, Lin Yi and the others did not seem like they would get close to a child.

"Lord, you saved us yesterday. We believe in you. We were not the ones who killed Wu Lei. You must save us." Before Su Mu could ask, a boy at the last table stood up and said. That boy was wearing a coarse shirt, so it was obvious that he didn't have a very good family background.

"Although we don't like playing with Wu Lei, we don't dare to kill him!" Another boy said, and swallowed.

Su Mu smiled at the children. Her smile had an affinity with it and was always liked by children: "Then why don't you guys like playing with Wu Lei?"

The two boys looked at each other, and the latter said, "Officer Su is overbearing and unreasonable. If Wu Lei is injured, anyone close to him will be beaten up. If they are dead or rotten, of course we wouldn't dare to get close to him."

It was human nature to avoid benefits, and children were no exception.

"Then where did you go the night Su Lei disappeared?" Su Mu walked to the boy's side and asked gently.

The boy could not help but shiver and say, "There was a temple party that day. We had an appointment to go there together and play, so other than Wu Lei, we all went."

To children, the temple fair was indeed very attractive.

"I also like going to the temple fair. I eat and drink more than usual. What did you do at the temple fair? " Su Mu tried to get close to the children.

"We... We bought candy from Second Master Ju's house... " The boy was interrupted in mid-sentence by the boy at the last table.

"No, we only watched the show. We didn't bring much money, so we can't afford to buy anything." the boy said.

"Right, we were just watching a play. We were standing on a block by the stone bridge and acting out the role of the White Lady. I remember her very clearly." The boy beside Su Mu said, but his tone was weak.

"Oh? "Is that so?" Su Mu knew they were hiding it, but what was it? Su Mu didn't believe that they were the ones who killed him, but he couldn't rely on his feelings to solve cases like this.

The boy's eyes flashed as he straightened his neck and said, "Yes."

Su Mu didn't force anything and gave each of them a piece of candy. Other than the two of them, the rest of the brats looked like sick little quail and didn't utter a sound.

Su Mu walked out of the classroom and exchanged gazes with Lin Yi. They both smiled in tacit understanding.

"Where's Brother Bao?" Su Mu asked curiously as she didn't see Bao Fu Cheng after coming out.

Lin Yi said, "He's wandering around."

Su Mu didn't mind. He looked at the young teacher and asked, "Teacher, do you know Second Master Qu?"

The teacher seemed to be a bit uneasy. He lost his initial slowness and began to sound a bit impatient. "Second Young Master Ju's family sells candied fruits. They have a lot of sugar. The child likes it. I still have lessons to attend, so I'll be leaving first."

Su Mu didn't say anything more. She had a faint thought and raised her head slightly to look at Lin Yi. "Let's go buy a candied fruits." As she spoke, Su Mu couldn't help but lick his lips. She was very sweet. No matter where she went, she would bring some sugar. It was fine if they didn't mention it, but once she mentioned the candied fruits, she began to crave them.

From Lin Yi's point of view, Su Mu was a little cute. Su Mu was delicate and pretty. His men's attire didn't go against the rules, it only made her look even more delicate and small.

Lin Yi stared at Su Mu's willow leaf eyebrows in a daze. Su Mu also felt that the atmosphere wasn't right and let out a cough.

Lin Yi came back to his senses and coughed a few times as if he was hiding it. He fanned himself with his fan, but this tempo seemed to be a bit fast. "Then let's go. I haven't tasted the taste of candied fruits before."

By the time Bao Fu returned, there was no one here anymore. Someone who valued sex had already bought the candied fruits. Lin Yi frowned as he looked at the candied fruits in his hands. The thin bamboo sticks that were glowing red on the stick looked very pleasing to the eye, but the candied fruits were wrapped too thick. Moreover, Su Mu was the one who paid for the candied fruits.

Su Mu only bought five skewers, splitting one into Lin Yi and the other into four. But when Lin Yi was considering whether to eat the second one, Su Mu had already finished it.

"If you don't like it, then return it to me?" Su Mu looked at the stick in his hand and then looked at the candied fruit that was missing from Lin Yi's hand.

Lin Yi didn't think this was appropriate. While he was still hesitating, Su Mu had already bitten off one of the fruits from his hand. Lin Yi's hand trembled, and the rest of the poison fell to the ground.

"Sigh!" Su Mu didn't have the time to pick up the phone and had a look of regret on his face.

"How about we go back and buy it?" For some unknown reason, Lin Yi felt that he had let down Su Mu.

"Forget it, let's go back." Su Mu turned into an alley. She had already figured out the paths here. After a few more steps, she would reach the Wu residence. It was much faster than the main road.

But... Su Mu looked at the black-clothed man who appeared in front of him with regret. He didn't know whether this group of people were targeting him or the extraordinary Lin Yi.

Su Mu subconsciously stood in front of Lin Yi. No matter what, Su Mu could die, but the current Crown Prince Lin Yi could not die here.

There were many people who had willingly stood in front of him and fought to their deaths for him because they knew that their deaths could bring them a better life, but Su Mu was different. If they didn't guess wrongly, Su Mu carried the hope of the Su Clan, and under the shadow of the Yan Clan, he couldn't do anything for her.

"Who are you?" Su Mu asked. Her body was weak and her words were light.

The man in black ignored them. He brandished his sword in the same posture and charged towards Su Mu and Su Li.

Lin Yi pushed Su Mu away and used his fan as a weapon to meet Su Mu head on.

Su Mu knew that she was just a burden here. She gritted her teeth and decided to help the reinforcements. She believed that Lin Yi would be able to hold on. However, the black clothed person did not plan on letting Su Mu go. Out of the seven black clothed men, one of them went straight at Su Mu. With a swing of his long sword, a bloody wound was left on Su Mu's hand. Su Mu had trained under a martial arts master for one to two years and had never had a chance to practice true body strengthening. When he fought against the man in black, Su Mu did not even have the chance to fight back.

Lin Yi's martial arts skills were not bad, but it was not as good as the seven, not to mention that these black-clothed men were very similar to the outlaws, only attacking while not defending. On the other hand, Lin Yi did not have this kind of spirit, he was very worried.

The white light on the edge of the sword reflected into Su Mu's eyes. Su Mu gritted his teeth. She really couldn't accept it. The Su Clan still hadn't returned to normal yet, so how could she just die like that?

The man standing behind the black clothed man took a step to the side, revealing a slightly ordinary face. If it wasn't for the scar extending from the corner of his brows to behind his ears, Su Mu would have forgotten about this person's face in the next second.

The man did not say anything more. With a flip back, his long sword was like a swimming snake as sword light flashed and killed one of the people behind Lin Yi.

With the help of such a skilled martial artist, Lin Yi instantly felt much more relaxed.

"Leave one behind!" Lin Yi was a step too late. His long sword pierced through the throat of the man in black, and blood splashed all over his face.

After all, he was his savior. Lin Yi didn't know what to say, so he clasped his fists towards the man and thanked him.

The man nodded. He turned around and extended his hand to Su Mu, who was still sitting on the ground in shock.

Su Mu did not hesitate and used the momentum to stand up, "I am Su Mu. May I ask who you are?"

"Zhou Ye from Wu City, fortunately with young master's help, my twin brother was saved from starvation on the streets. He is here to thank young master for saving his life." Zhou Ye knelt down and kowtowed towards Su Mu, "My father's mother passed away early. There was no silver in the family, so I thought I would leave my brother with no worries. Unexpectedly, my aunt mercilessly chased him out the year before."

"Your brother is?" Su Mu avoided that head and helped Zhou Ye up.

"At that time, he had already been chased out and begged by the roadside. Young Master once bought him a bun and left him some silver. It was because of that silver that I was able to reach Huai Liu County from Wu City." Zhou Ye stood up and bowed to Su Mu.

Su Mu thought of the little beggar who was the same age as his younger brother. He didn't expect that their carelessly obtained good karma would bear fruit today. "No matter what, I still have to thank Brother Zhou for today's matter."

Lin Yi stood at the side, touching his fan bone. He remained silent, not knowing what to think. Su Mu was worried about his safety. He told Zhou Ye where he would stay and then bid him farewell.

But whether it was the yamen or the Wu Clan, they both said that they had never seen the two of them. One was a felon from the imperial court, the other was the crown prince, regardless of which one it was, there was still someone behind them who wanted their lives!

He could only stay at the yamen and wait for news. Bao Fu could not sit still as he walked and stopped to get up, but in the end, he lost his patience and rushed out, just in time to see the two of them covered in blood.

Lin Yi was wearing white clothes and most of his clothes were dyed red. Although Su Mu had less blood on him, his face was pale and sickly.

Wang Dong supported Su Mu back to his room and fried some medicine in front of Su Mu. Su Mu looked at Wang Yu, who had a darkened face, and felt a little bit guilty. She stuffed the black medicinal liquid into her mouth. This time, she was the one who was inconsiderate.

Wang Dong didn't want to scold her and didn't dare to vent his anger on Lin Yi. He could only suppress his anger and let Su Mu rest.