The two dodged the stones flying towards them, but two others in the courtyard were hit by the stones and dragged into the card game.
Seeing their companions attacked, those two didn't mention any Jianghu morality and picked up their weapons to chop at Ma Lu, ultimately joining the fray one after the other.
Gu Qingyi initially wanted to come in as well, but then she heard Ma Lu say,
"Leave this to me. You should thoroughly check this dye workshop to see if there are any others hidden here, and look for the Lotus Bowl."
Hearing this, Gu Qingyi hesitated, but ultimately chose to trust Ma Lu and dashed through the front yard into the dye workshop.
With Gu Qingyi out of the way, Ma Lu then turned his attention back to the four burly men opposite him.
Their faces looked indeed ferocious, and they were all broad-shouldered and robust, reminiscent of the bandits and brigands from Crouching Tiger Hill.