sinovels Chapter 400 - 235: Drunken Moon Gathering, Xiaohu Gets Married!
Chapter 400 - 235: Drunken Moon Gathering, Xiaohu Gets Married!
"Clang!"
As the dagger’s tip touched the flesh, the girl, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, was scared, her hands trembling violently, and the dagger fell to the ground.
Having been in the tavern for many years, her complexion wasn’t fair, her skin had a hint of sorghum red; she dared not look at Su Mu, suddenly covering her face and crouching down, making hoarse, panicked noises.
"I, I... killed someone..."
The girl sobbed while covering her face.
People outside the alley were still bustling, as if no one could hear the commotion coming from the alley.
"Why do you want to kill me?"
"No, I don’t want to kill you... My father is dead; you caused his death..."
Su Mu’s eyes glowed with a faint silver light, Li Kang’s daughter Li Lu was an ordinary person, neither a martial artist nor a cultivator from other Dharma gates; this little girl couldn’t hurt him at all. When she made her move, Su Mu noticed it immediately and keenly sensed that Li Lu actually had no intention to kill him.
If he hadn’t actively dispersed his Gang Force, this strike would instead have directly claimed the life of Li Lu, the one who made the move.
Even without the Protective Gang Force, Su Mu’s body, which had comprehended the mysteries of the Vajra Secret Realm to some extent, couldn’t be harmed by such a small dagger.
"Li Kang is dead?"
"Father is dead, he died at the beginning of the year, and you caused his death, I don’t want to kill you... I don’t want to kill you..."
Li Lu kept repeating that she didn’t want to kill, her tone filled with immense fear and deep regret, regretting her impulsiveness.
In the next moment, Li Lu felt a warm hand falling on her head, and a calm voice reached her ears.
"Rest assured, your stab missed."
On hearing this, Li Lu trembled all over; she moved her hands away from her face disbelievingly and looked up, seeing Su Mu unharmed, a hint of joy flashed across her dazed face.
"You, you’re really not dead?"
When Li Lu looked up, somehow the dagger on the ground had already fallen into Su Mu’s palm, and he handed it to her.
"You say I harmed Li, but at the beginning of the year, I was not in Canghe County; what happened exactly? Even if I am to die, let me die understanding?"
The girl stared blankly at Su Mu, her expression becoming complex. She didn’t reach out to take the dagger but stood up and took out a key from her clothes to unlock the old tavern’s bronze lock.
"Squeak——!"
The old wooden door slowly opened with a sound, besides the dust flying in the shop, there was also an intense, unmistakable aroma of liquor.
Li Lu pushed open the tavern’s door, glanced at Su Mu, and gestured for him to follow. The two walked into the tavern, heading to the backyard brewing area.
The items displayed in the brewing room made Su Mu’s pupils shrink slightly; what he saw was a set of distillation apparatus with a preliminary scale. As Li Lu entered the brewing room, her emotions became agitated, hatred and regret appeared on her face.
Tears moistened her eyes; she tremblingly took out a jar of wine from a corner, opening its muddy seal with resentment, as if it were something she extremely despised, "On that day, after you talked about ’distillation’ and those strange things with my father, he seemed possessed...."
"He spent all day here fiddling with these things, later becoming obsessed, continuously brewing wine, saying he wanted to improve this wine, and drank excessively every day during that period."
"Until one day... father didn’t wake up..." Li Lu cried, tears streaming, fists clenched tight, "The doctor in the city said father is dead, will never wake up again..."
"It’s all your fault, you caused father’s death!"
Li Lu could no longer control her emotions, reaching out wanting to overturn the distillation equipment, but her hands hovered in the air, eventually collapsing on the table, crying bitterly.
On hearing this, Su Mu shuddered, sadness appeared in his eyes, realizing his unintentional act of telling Li Kang the concept of distillation, a brewing idea from later times, led to Li Kang, who was obsessed with liquor, dying from alcohol poisoning.
In a certain sense, Li Lu was not wrong; indeed, he caused Li Kang’s death.
For a while, only Li Lu’s crying remained in the room; Su Mu didn’t know what to say at this moment, not knowing how long it took for the crying to gradually stop, eventually it was Li Lu who broke the silence.
"Your clothes are torn, I stabbed you... You’re a martial artist, Li Yu is not your real name."
"Yes."
"Are you Li Feiyu?"
"That’s correct."
"I know I can’t kill you, but father died because of you; I want you to do something for me!"
"Okay, I promise you."
Li Lu trembled slightly, seemingly surprised that Su Mu so readily admitted to being the strongest in the Three Counties, the Li Feiyu wanted for assassinating Tao Xingzheng, also not expecting him to agree to her request so straightforwardly, without even hearing what it was she wanted him to do.
"You’ve agreed, don’t you want to hear what I want you to do first? What if I asked you to die?"
Li Lu suddenly turned, staring at Su Mu intensely. She saw guilt on Su Mu’s face, but no fear.
"This cannot be done, choose another. I can promise you other things... Before that, take me to see Li."
"Alright, remember what you’ve said, take this jar of wine."
Su Mu solemnly reached out to take the jar of wine, followed Li Lu out of Canghe City, traveling several miles outside the city to a secluded hill, "Father and I are not from Cang River, after dying can’t be buried in the ancestral mountain of Cang River people."