Chapter 290 Being chased by someone with a knife

The space spirit replied: "Okay."

Su Nuan walked a few more streets. The city looked very small from the sky, but it was very big when walking on the ground.

She was tired from walking, so she bought a bag of roasted chestnuts. No one knew who discovered this thing, but they knew to cut it in half before roasting it, so it was very easy to peel.

She found a place to sit at the entrance of an alley, watching people coming and going while eating chestnuts, which was quite pleasant.

Not long after, Su Nuan found that there was a circle of beggars around her. They looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old, which was too old to be sacrifices, otherwise they would definitely not dare to go out.

Although these beggars were jealous, they did not bully Su Nuan by relying on their numbers.

Su Nuan smiled slightly, "Chat with me, and I'll share the chestnuts with you. If anyone's answer satisfies me, I'll give you a hundred coins."

The beggars' eyes lit up, and they obediently surrounded Su Nuan, sitting quietly waiting to be asked questions.

Su Nuan asked, "Do you know about the sacrifice?"

The beggars looked at Su Nuan in horror and they didn't dare to answer.

Su Nuan shared the chestnuts with them and said, "Eat it."

A little beggar said weakly, "The offerings are all in the Zhu Family Compound, the place with the red wall to the west of the city."

Su Nuan nodded and took out a hundred coins and gave them to him, "Take it."

A look of ecstasy appeared on the little beggar's face, and he caught the copper coin with trembling hands.

Su Nuan looked at the little beggar deeply again, and then asked, "I heard that there are not enough people for the sacrifice. I don't know if anyone has bought it. There are a few children in our village who are suitable."

The little beggar's face changed, and the other beggars looked at each other. They didn't say anything and dispersed.

Su Nuan smiled slightly. These guys still have some conscience. Those without conscience would definitely start to ask which village she is from.

She stood up and walked slowly on the street until she arrived at the door of a big restaurant, where the aroma of food wafted from.

Su Nuan really wanted to go in and try it, but unfortunately someone was following her, and her outfit wasn’t suitable for going in.

The Space Spirit said, "What are you going to do next?"

Before Su Nuan could answer, a man came out of the restaurant and asked with a smile, "Isn't this my cousin? When did you come into the city?"

Su Nuan was stunned. Who is this person? When did she become his cousin?

The man continued, "Don't you recognize me? I'm your cousin Liu Xiong. Come, come, I'll treat you to a meal."

As he said that, he pulled Su Nuan's sleeve and led her into the restaurant.

Su Nuan didn't say anything and followed his instructions to enter the restaurant. The two of them sat down in the corner of the lobby.

Liu Xiong said, "Cousin, today is my treat, just order whatever you want."

Su Nuan was not polite either, "Waiter, give me one of their signature dishes."

Liu Xiong's mouth twitched, but he was still smiling.

The waiter responded, "Okay, please wait a moment, sir."

Su Nuan looked at Liu Xiong and asked, "Where did you make your fortune recently, cousin?"

Liu Xiong smiled and said, "I didn't do anything, just tinkered with some things."

Su Nuan asked again, "How are my cousin's wife and nephews?"

Liu Xiong stared at Su Nuan and said, "Okay, okay, all is fine."

Su Nuan smiled with satisfaction, her smile full of sarcasm.

Liu Xiong narrowed his eyes and finally couldn't help asking, "Are you so familiar with others?"

Su Nuan asked innocently, "Didn't you pull me in here, cousin?"

She emphasized the word "cousin".

Liu Xiong remained silent and said nothing.

Su Nuan said, "I want to try the food here. No matter what your purpose is, I will cooperate with you after I finish eating."

"If you dare to disturb me or stop me from eating, you will suffer the consequences."

Liu Xiong's teeth were grinding, and he finally nodded and said, "Okay, you eat it."

Su Nuan looked at him with a smile. She really liked the way he looked, as if he didn't like her but couldn't get rid of her.

Just as the two were silently arguing, the waiter brought up a few dishes and said, "Sir, please enjoy them first. The rest will be here later."

Su Nuan waved her hand and said, "Give me a pot of the best wine."

The waiter happily replied, "Okay."

Liu Xiong said with a gloomy face: "You can't drink the wine here."

Su Nuan ignored him, threw away her chopsticks and started eating.

It took half an hour for all the signature dishes to be served. Su Nuan ate through the dishes. Except for the fried duck which was quite delicious, the rest were just average.

None of the dishes are fried, they are all stewed with water and there are few spices, so they taste light.

After Su Nuan finished eating, she took a sip of wine. The wine was sorghum wine, which was much stronger than rice wine, but the color of the wine was turbid and it did not look good.

Su Nuan waved her hand, "It's not tasty, and it doesn't drink well."

Liu Xiong sneered: "Come with me now."

Su Nuan asked, "Where are we going?"

Liu Xiong replied: "Of course, come with me to rescue those sacrifices."

Su Nuan laughed, "Are you kidding me? I don't dare to go. I'd better go home."

Liu Xiong's eyes widened. "You have treasures. Why don't you put those children in there and take them out when you get outside the city?"

Su Nuan laughed: "I don't have any treasures, you got the wrong person."

After saying that, Su Nuan stood up and walked out.

But after walking for a while, she found that no one was following her. She was full of curiosity and confusion. Did this person let her go?

Why on earth did he treat me to free food and drinks? What was his ultimate goal?

Seeing that no one was following her, she headed towards the west city and found the red wall.

The courtyard within the wall is very large, and the main entrance is in the alley next to it.

She walked down the alley, not actually planning to go in through the main gate.

However, when they reached the main gate, it was opened and a man walked out.

Su Nuan was stunned. "It's you?"

The man nodded, "It's me. Since you're here, please come in."

Su Nuan turned and ran.

The man didn't expect Su Nuan to run away, and shouted angrily: "Catch her."

Several men in deerskin suits quickly chased after Su Nuan.

Su Nuan ran with all her might. As long as she got out of the city, she would be safe.

The space spirit said, "Why are you running? We can still beat them in the city."

Su Nuan replied: "There are a lot of people here. I want to lure them out and kill them in one blow."

The space spirit asked in surprise: "Are you going to kill them?"

Su Nuan sneered, "Now I know that the sacrifice was just a hook, their target is me."

The space spirit said with disdain: "Impossible, you are not a rare treasure that everyone wants to snatch away."

Su Nuan couldn't explain it for a moment, but what she had to do now was to lead the people out first.

However, when she was about to reach the city gate, she saw that it was closed.

She cursed, "Asshole, are you playing it safe?"

The space spirit didn't feel any sense of crisis and laughed heartily: "Are you calling yourself a turtle?"

Su Nuan: “…” She didn’t want to bother with it.

The people behind him were holding knives, so the people had already run away, and the area in front of the city gate became empty.

The gatekeeper pointed a spear at Su Nuan. Su Nuan looked around and saw that there were many people on the right, so she immediately went into the alley and blended in with the crowd.

The space spirit said unconvincedly: "What are you afraid of? I'll deal with them later."