The people in the courtyard looked like they were not easy to deal with. They all carried weapons and walked lightly. Even with the rain blocking the way, one could still sense a hint of murderous aura.
These people were not ordinary. Gulan quickly pushed AnAn into Xiang Yunjin's arms, signaled Xiang Yunjin not to show up, stopped the barking Dahei, and stood beside Li Da.
One of them took a step forward, and his voice penetrated the rain.
"The rain is really heavy, can you please make room for me?"
Old man Li looked at the people coming over cautiously. They all wore hats so their faces couldn't be seen clearly, but they were holding weapons in their hands. The intimidating aura they exuded made even the ignorant old man know that they were not people he could afford to offend. They were most likely the legendary people from the underworld. They are old and young, and it is definitely not possible to confront them head-on.
He looked at his son and Gulan, considered it again and again, and based on the principle of less trouble is worse than more trouble, he said: "Look at what you said, we are all on the road, and it is fate that we met. Naturally, we can't watch you get wet in the rain, so we will give you the bedroom on the left. The room is quite spacious and there is enough space for you to rest."
"How can one bedroom be enough? What we mean is..." Zhu yi was domineering. When he heard that only one room was given up, he immediately became unhappy. He wanted to say something else, but was frightened by the cold look of the Great Protector. He quickly shut up and retreated to the back, not daring to say another word. In his excitement, he almost forgot the rules of the Dharma Protectorate, which states that no unnecessary things are allowed to happen during the mission.
The Great Protector glanced at Zhu Yi again, and Zhu Yi understood what he meant and said, "Thank you so much."
Then the group tied the horses under several sturdy trees in the yard, and with water dripping from their bodies and feeling cold, they walked into the bedroom on the left through the path vacated by Old Man Li and the others.
When the old man started talking, Aunt Li took her daughter-in-law and moved things out of the room as quickly as possible. Fortunately, the things were stacked back in the bamboo basket as they were originally, so the cleaning was in vain. There was a group of strangers in the house who looked difficult to deal with, and everyone became more restrained in their words and actions.
"Auntie, please take sisters-in-law and the children into the room to rest." Gulan pointed to the room where she had changed clothes before.
"How can that be possible? This is for you to rest." Aunt Li disagreed, saying that the space in the main room was large enough to accommodate them.
"Auntie, listen to me and go in with sisters-in-law." Gulan glanced at the room opposite. With so many strangers around and these unstable factors around, it's better for women to stay away from them.
"Wife, listen to Gulan and take in."
"Mom, Gulan is right." The sons were obviously aware of the problem.
Seeing that everyone said so, Aunt Li did not insist any more. Indeed, this arrangement was the best at the moment. Immediately, she brought her daughter-in-law, several grandchildren, as well as AnAn, Daya, Erya and Dahei into the bedroom.
AnAn was reluctant at first and wanted to be with his mother. After being coaxed by Gulan, he reluctantly followed Grandma Li into the bedroom.
The men all stayed in the main room, gathered around the fire on Gulan's side, and the things that had been moved in were also moved here.
0Xiang Yunjin sat with his head down the whole time, not saying a word. He seemed no different from before, but Gulan could see that this guy was tense and had a gloomy face. His eyes occasionally fixed on the room opposite, and a haze flashed in his eyes.
Thinking of the injuries this guy had suffered before, and the portrait, as well as the aura this group of people exuded and the murderous aura that was obviously stained with blood. All these things made Gulan think that these people should be in the same group as the one who hurt Xiang Yunjin.
Looking at Xiang Yunjin's face which had been made ugly by them, it was completely different from before. Even the shape of his eyebrows and eyes had changed completely. As long as this guy didn't expose himself, I think this group of people would not be able to recognize him.
Thinking of this, Gulan felt relieved and was still confident in her disguise skills. Even if things develop in a bad direction, Gulan is confident that she can keep all these people. Not to mention her own strength and space weapons, her most powerful weapon is space. The characteristic of space is that any living creature that enters it will fall into a coma and sleep, except for her, the master. Thinking of this, Gulan immediately relaxed her expression, sat next to Xiang Yunjin, and smiled calmly at his ugly face.
Under the warm firelight, Xiang Yunjin's tense body suddenly relaxed as he looked at his ugly face reflected in the clear crescent eyes.
It was already completely dark at this moment, and it was still raining outside, but the rain was lighter than before. However, no one in the house cared about it anymore.
In the bedroom on the left, a group of more than a dozen people gathered around a fire to dry their clothes. As for internal force drying, that's all legend. Even the most powerful Great Protector Wu does not have this ability. Unless he can advance from acquired to innate and reach the grandmaster level, he can only rely on external forces to dry clothes like ordinary people.
No one likes to wear wet clothes, so it took the group more than an hour just to dry their clothes. Their bodies felt better, but their stomachs started to growl. They didn't have much dry food to begin with, so they just had time to finish it all before the heavy rain came. They had planned to reach Jiaocheng in the afternoon for a resupply, but they didn't expect a heavy rain to interrupt their plans. People who practice martial arts consume energy quickly, and at this moment everyone's stomach is rumbling.
Zhu Yi: "Great Protector, how about I go out and ask if there is anything to eat outside?"
The Great Protector looked at everyone and nodded. Although it's okay for them to skip a meal, who wants to go hungry if there's food to eat?
Gulan and others who were sitting around the fire saw the door of the bedroom opposite open and a person walked out.
"I'm sorry, I don't know if you have any food. I want to buy some." Zhu Yi, who is always calm and polite, said.
With the appearance of this man, Old Man Li, Gulan and others stood up one after another. When they heard that he wanted to buy food, there were more than a dozen people in their group, all of them men, and they needed a lot of food for a meal. To be honest, Old Man Li didn't want to sell anything, but these people looked difficult to deal with and he couldn't afford to offend them, so Old Man Li was a little conflicted.
After thinking about it, he said, "I can share some with you guys, but there are only coarse grains here, I don't know if you can get used to it."
"Coarse grains?" Zhu Yi frowned, having forgotten that these people were dressed in rags, and coarse grains were indeed in line with their status. But they have never eaten coarse grains, so they might find it difficult to swallow.
Immediately, Zhu Yi began to look at several people in the light of the fire, and finally set his sights on two people who were obviously dressed much better than the old man who was speaking. They probably aren't from the same family, otherwise their clothes wouldn't be so different.
His gaze was not concealed. Gulan saw it all. She pondered for a moment and then took a step forward, just in time to block Xiang Yunjin's view.
"I do have some fine dry food here. If you don't mind, I can share some with you."
Zhu Yi withdrew his gaze from the tall man, surprised at his figure, then looked at the young man who spoke and said, "I don't mind." The current environment does not allow him to be dissatisfied, as long as it is fine food.