Encounter

The child has had a fever since yesterday and has not eaten anything except some hot water, which makes her, as a mother, very distressed. This time, when she heard that her son was hungry and wanted to eat, Baodan's mother was a little excited. Not to mention just rain, even hail could not stop her from cooking for her son. Fortunately, there were still a few meat buns left from the purchase yesterday. Since my son had no appetite, the couple couldn't bear to eat them, so they tasted great after roasting them over the fire.

Zhao Gang didn't need his wife to tell him to do anything. As soon as his son said he was hungry, he quickly looked for usable wood in the house. It's not hard to find. Almost every house has tables and chairs, and there are also beds. Anyway, they are almost falling apart due to the erosion of time, so you can just chop them up and burn them. When they saw their son eating the toasted buns, the couple felt relieved. Being able to eat meant that his condition was improving.

Over here, the fragrant braised pork has been served in a pot, and Gulan is stir-frying leeks and eggs, which tastes equally tempting. The dishes cooked by Gulan all taste good, mainly because she is willing to use a lot of oil.

AnAn, Goudan is already waiting with his neck stretched out.

After everything was ready, Gulan divided the cooked dish into two halves and handed them directly to Li Da who had been helping to light the fire. As soon as this guy came over, he took over Erya's job of making fire. His eyes almost never left the big iron pot on the fire, and his intentions were obvious. Li Da, who was holding the plate, smiled embarrassedly, although he was indeed suspected of eating for free.

"Gulan, isn't this inappropriate?" Li Da almost popped his eyes out when he saw the full plate of braised pork. It smelled so good, but he still knew to be polite.

"Don't you want to eat? Okay, give it to me." Gulan raised het eyebrows and stretched out her hand forward. Li Da dodged reflexively.

Hehe, he laughed again, his saliva almost came out because of the greed. It was impossible for him not to want to eat it.

"How is that possible? Since my brother has already served the food, how can I, as the eldest brother, go against his will? I must eat it." After saying this, he turned around and left quickly.

Li Er held the leeks and eggs in his hand, said thank you to Gulan and hurriedly followed his elder brother. He did not forget to call his other brother, Li Si did not forget to hold Goudan. It would be unfair to leave the child here after giving so much to their family. Even though Goudan wanted to eat at Gulan's place, he was carried away by his father.

Looking at the two large plates of food, Old Man Li glared at his shameless sons, and then asked his wife to give some of the corn porridge and mixed wild vegetables to Gulan. As for the steamed corn bread, forget it, it can't compare with the white flour pancakes in the Gulan pot. He didn't say thank you, after all, there are still many days to come. Old man Li is becoming more and more calm now.

It was freezing cold and raining heavily outside, but the house was filled with fragrance and warmth.

Under the heavy rain, on the official road more than ten miles away from the deserted village, a group of people and horses were galloping from west to east. This group of people were wearing conical hats and even though they were wearing special waterproof leather jackets, they were still soaked to the bone.

The rain was getting heavier. Even with a hat on, it was uncomfortable to be poured down like this. The main reason was that the horses were becoming more and more disobedient, and the pouring rain affected their vision. Even though they had tried their best to control them and whipped them hard, the horses still did not speed up much, and were even getting slower and slower.

"Great Protector, we need to find a place to shelter from the rain." Zhu Yi whipped his whip and caught up with the Great Protector who was in the front.

There is a building owner in the first-line building, and then there is the incense master. Under the incense master there are four guardians: Suzaku and Xuanwu. Each guardian has his own duties, and the two Xuanwu guardians are responsible for the killer mission. There are twelve guards under the Dharma protectors, all of whom are top masters. Below the twelve are the building guards, most of whom are first-rate masters.

The one whom Zhu Yi calls the Great Protector is the Great Protector Wu among the Suzaku and Xuanwu. He brought the twelve elite guards downstairs with him to complete the previously failed mission.

(i'm sorry, i got confused in this 🥺 )

Yixianlou has been in the martial arts world for many years. There is no one he cannot kill. When accepting a mission, he only looks at the money and never asks about the person's identity. As long as you can afford the money, he dares to kill even the king of heaven.

This was one of the few failures that the First Line Building had experienced in the decades since its establishment. This failure made the owner of the building very angry, so he, as the great protector, personally led the team to take action in order to wash away the previous failure.

Of course, Dharma Protector Wu knew that he could not go on, but there were only fields all around him and there was no place to hide from the rain. He had no choice but to continue. However, he did have some impression of this place as he had been here when he was young. If there had not been much change, there would be a deserted village about ten miles ahead where he could hide from the rain.

"Go on, there is a deserted village about ten miles away." The Great Protector glanced at Zhu Yi and said this, then rode his horse quickly through the rain.

Hearing this, Zhu Yi felt relieved. He shouted to the person behind him and then disappeared in the rain.

Here, Gulan Xiang Yunjin and a few children had already finished their meal and cleaned up, and were sitting in the main room chatting with the Li family. To be precise, it was the Li family who were talking. Gulan would interject from time to time, but Xiang Yunjin didn't say a word the whole time. The heavy rain has been falling for more than an hour, and it is already halfway through the day, with no sign of slowing down. There is already water in the yard at this moment. If the rain continues like this, there will definitely be a flood within one night.

Listening to the occasional rumbling sounds and the still gloomy sky, Gulan couldn't help but feel a little worried. In her time, floods often occurred when it rained heavily, not to mention in ancient times when water conservancy projects were backward. I just hope the rain will stop soon, at least it will just get lighter.

Perhaps God heard everyone's prayers, and the rain really began to subside before dusk. At least it no longer poured down like water was backflowing, and the thunder gradually disappeared.

But at this moment, a group of uninvited guests came to the deserted village. The clattering sound of horse hooves was not obvious in the rain, and the group of people was not discovered until the people from Lijia Village who were taking shelter in front of the door discovered them. Similarly, these people also discovered that someone had arrived at the deserted village before them.

Seeing the group of people who were obviously ordinary people, these people didn't say much, but just walked back one by one. Only then did they find that all the better houses had been occupied. They had originally thought that as long as they had a place to stay, they would not interfere with these people. But now that they could not find a place to stay, they could only interfere with each other. He immediately chose the largest and best-feeling courtyard and walked in.

I don't know if it was fate, but the courtyard chosen was the one where Gulan and the others lived.

Seeing a group of more than ten people leading horses in, the expressions of the people in the house changed immediately. Both men and women stood up. The men subconsciously stood at the door, and the children were protected by their mothers behind them.

Looking through the rain at the group of people getting closer and closer, Xiang Yunjin fixed his eyes on them and his gaze flashed silently at the weapons on their waists. The special pattern on the handle made Xiang Yunjin look gloomy. It was the group of people who had been trying to assassinate him. I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that we met again in this remote place under the heavy rain. Xiang Yunjin sneered in his heart, thinking that our fate was really deep.