The group of eight people, including the little **** horseback, looked at each other in shock when they saw this situation.
Obviously, everyone can see that there are no people in this village, and the person who lit the fire is just a passerby.
“Hey! It’s still a deserted village…”
“He is alone. Aren’t you afraid of walking this way?”
“Maybe there are companions inside.” “It doesn’t look like there are…”
Seeing that Ji Yuan was alone, several people talked among themselves. A young strong man among the leaders said to the man with a gray beard next to him.
“Second Uncle, I’ve seen it. On the way here, there are no good houses nearby. The only one who lives in is the mansion that is relatively complete, and there is a well in front of the house. Should we go over and talk to him…”
The second uncle mentioned by the man frowned and looked in the direction of Ji Yuan. They were still about ten feet away from there. At this moment when the sky was getting dark, in a scary deserted village, the other party was looking at them alone. But there was no look of fear.
“I think we should find another place to rest. If we dare to travel alone and live in such a deserted village, it would be better for us to avoid provoking anyone.”
Hearing what the man said, the people nearby looked at each other, but they all had no objections. They led their horses and walked to a location a little further away. After all, the village was not small. Although it was deserted, they should still be able to find a suitable place.
Ji Yuan stood at the door, opened the door wider, and looked at these people who seemed to have no intention of coming.
“Rumble…”
The thunder started again. Ji Yuan looked up at the sky, sniffed the diffuse water vapor, and kept the words he had planned to say in his heart for the time being.
“Wow, wow…”
It rained as fast as it could. Although it wasn’t a downpour, it was definitely not a drizzle.
“Oops, hurry up, go over there to take shelter from the rain, go over there to take shelter from the rain, you’ll get cold if you get wet!”
“Hurry, run to the fire!” “Lead the horse, lead the horse.”
At this moment, the team was in a very embarrassing position. The houses around a village path were all dilapidated and there was no room for two people to hide. Not to mention they had horses. It was definitely a bad idea to find a house in the rain. He could only run to the spacious mansion where Ji Yuan was.
The second master and the strong man were in the lead. Before they even approached the big house, they shouted towards Ji Yuan over there.
“Friend, it’s raining suddenly, can you allow us to huddle together here to take shelter?”
“Can I make it easier——!”
Ji Yuan showed his sincerity with practical actions, quickly opened the door wide and responded loudly.
“Please come in quickly. It’s not early spring yet. If you get wet, it won’t be good to get sick in this wilderness.”
“Thank you, thank you for this friend!”
The second master clasped his hands as he ran, and came first with the leading men. The rain was getting heavier, so everyone quickened their pace and hurried into the big house.
After the last horse was brought in, Ji Yuan at the door closed the door a little more, but in order to prevent these people from being nervous, he left a gap about a fist wide.
Everyone in the room was jumping and moving, reaching out and slapping up and down, trying to swat off the water droplets on their bodies before they seeped into their clothes.
After a short while, the team had finished sorting. It was raining heavily outside, and the second master the little girl was talking about tidied up his clothes and approached Ji Yuan at the corner of the door. He bowed his hands and bowed.
“Thank you for your generous help, Mr. Han Ming. These are my juniors.”
Seeing that Ji Yuan was dressed in a polite manner, Han Ming tried to act as reasonable as possible. Ji Yuan looked at the man in his fifties and returned the favor.
“My surname is Ji. This house is abandoned and has no owner. Anyone can take a rest. It doesn’t help you, so you don’t have to be polite…”
Speaking of this Ji Yuan pointed to the corner of the firewood he had collected before.
“The firewood outside is probably wet. I won’t be able to use up all the firewood. You’ve all been caught in the rain. You can take some and light a fire inside.”
Ji Yuan didn’t say anything about using a fire together. Firstly, his fire was close to the corner of the door. It was quite spacious for one or two people, but it would be too much for more people. Secondly, he had to at least show his enthusiasm. A kind of wariness against strangers. This is not for show, but to make these people feel at ease.
Sure enough, after hearing what Ji Yuan said, Han Ming did not refute. After thanking him again, he asked another person to move the firewood together. The firewood was naturally taken from Ji Yuan’s fire.
Soon, a fire was lit in the inner part of the big house, and a group of people gathered around to warm themselves up.
In addition to giving them some help in lighting the fire and getting firewood at the beginning, Ji Yuan didn’t pay much attention to them after that. He showed an appropriate sense of distance and sat alone in the corner of the door, baking pancakes and reading a book.
It turns out that Ji Yuan’s performance can make the group of people feel more at ease. He can obviously hear the laughter and laughter over there relax a lot.
However, Ji Yuan’s main attention was not on them. He basically read for a while and then went outside through the crack in the door. His eyes seemed to be looking for something through the hazy rain curtain in the dark night.
‘What is this strange smell, and why has it receded again? ’
As Ji Yuan was thinking about this, he turned a page of the book in his hand and smelled another smell in his nose, but this time it was the burnt aroma of pancakes.
“Second Master, that big gentleman is a bastard. He must have no ink in his stomach. I just saw it secretly. His book is just a blank page with no words. He is still sitting there. Turn…”
“Children, don’t talk nonsense.” “I didn’t talk nonsense…”
Although the voice over there was small, it could not escape Ji Yuan’s ears.
Ji Yuan pretended not to hear, picked up the wooden stick stuck on the foot of the stool, took off the soft pancake from the top, tore off a piece and put it in his mouth to chew.
“I see that your husband has been staring outside. What are you looking at?”
A voice came from the side. Ji Yuan turned around and saw Han Ming walking over wearing a bamboo hat and seemed to be going out.
“It’s nothing. This land is desolate. I’m afraid there are wild animals, so I just have to be careful.”
“Oh.”
Han Ming responded, opened the door, walked to the eaves, and picked up an iron bucket and pot that he had just placed outside. The pot had already been filled with rainwater.
Although there is a well outside, it is more convenient to use rainwater in this case.
When Han Ming came in with the pot, he subconsciously looked at the book Ji Yuan put on the side of the stool. It was closed now. There was no word in it, but it was supposed to be written on the blue cover. The location of the book title is indeed blank.
When Han Ming was holding the pot and closing the door, preparing to go back, Ji Yuan suddenly asked.
“Mr. Han, Ji has a question and would like to ask, why is this place almost deserted after traveling all the way?”
Han Ming winked inside, handed the pot to a man who came over, and then started chatting with Ji Yuan at the door.
“Mr. Ji must rarely take this path, right? In the early years of the war with Dazhen, all the men near Nanyuan Road were drafted into the army. Yin was rising and yang was declining everywhere. After that, for a long time There are also some banditry, and it is said that there are some unclean things, so many people from Nanyuan Road go north, but this kind of world… Hey!
Han Ming also said this with emotion.
“I also received a message this time to pick up someone. I walked back to Nanyuan Road, and the situation did seem a bit exaggerated. Mr. Clock, why are you alone in a place like this? This is Very dangerous! ”
Ji Yuan swallowed the pancake he was chewing, looked outside and said.
“Ji is not from Zuyue, so he went north just to have a look.”
Not from Zuyue? Heading north?
Han Ming was stunned for a moment and asked.
“Is Mr. a chaste person?”
Ji Yuan smiled.
“Yes, Ji can indeed be regarded as a Dazhen person.”
“Oh… Sir, he is a Da Zhen person, which is rare. How is Da Zhen over there? I heard that except for the princes and nobles, no one has enough to eat.”
Ji Yuan turned to look at Han Ming.
“Where did you hear this?”
“Uh, that’s what they said.”
Okay, very strong. Ji Yuan thought about it for a moment and said.
“Dazhen is okay, not that bad. The relationship between the Zuyue Kingdom and Dazhen is unavoidable…”
The words suddenly stopped. Ji Yuan looked outside again and took a sniff.
I didn’t smell anything with my nose, but my ears did hear some faint sounds just now, but they were too far away even for his hearing, and with the interference of heavy rain, it seemed like auditory hallucinations.
“Mr. Han, you all should go to bed early tonight. It’s best not to go out casually. Ji must have some special abilities if he dares to go out alone. In my opinion, this place is not peaceful.”
“Well, thank you Mr. Ji for reminding me.”
Han Ming saw that Ji Yuan didn’t want to talk anymore, so he went back to the fire.
The communication between people is sometimes very strange. Even if you only say a few words to some people, you can still feel whether the other person is sincere. Obviously Ji Yuan left a very good impression on Han Ming. .
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About seven or eight miles away from the deserted village, two teams of people were fighting in the rainy night.
More than a dozen people on one side were dressed in fancy clothes, while on the other side some were wearing raincoats, some were wearing ragged helmets and armor, and the weapons in their hands were all kinds of swords, guns, swords and halberds.
There were sounds of weapons clashing and screams everywhere.
A rider holding a spear was riding his horse back and forth around the perimeter, shouting.
“If you chop off one head, you will be rewarded with a whole leg of roasted lamb. If you chop two people to death, you will be rewarded with half a lamb. Brothers, don’t let them escape!”
“Go ahead!” “Kill… my mutton!” “Kill…”
“When…” “When…”
The weapons of three or five gangsters were blocked with long sticks, and another strong man attacked with his palm.
“Hahahaha… come and take it if you have the chance, drink it!”
A strong man holding a turban roared like thunder and suddenly hit a gangster.
“Bang…” The opponent was knocked back seven or eight feet, lying on the ground struggling to stand up.
“Catch the thief first, capture the king!” “Okay!”
The two well-dressed men cooperated to block the surrounding weapons and rushed towards the rider in the distance. Several people immediately jumped out from the middle to block the way.
A gangster’s clothes were grabbed by a strong man again, and he became a shield for the opponent. He waved his sword and ax at his side, but there were too many attackers around, and the strong man was not allowed to enter.
“Ah…” “Yue Rong——!”
“Go and help—!”
The high-pitched scream of the woman behind was particularly obvious in the noise. Looking for Bookstore www.zhaoshuyuan.com The other well-equipped warriors who heard the sound gathered towards their companions.
A group of warriors gathered together, fighting and retreating. Everyone was breathing heavily, and many of them were already defeated.
There were a large number of gangsters outside, the number was estimated to be one or two hundred, and many of them were riding horses.
“Fortunately, it’s raining, so the effectiveness of the opponent’s crossbows is greatly reduced, otherwise the situation would be even worse!”
While talking, one person grabbed the gangster’s spear and threw it at a leader rider in the distance, but the other party dodged it. He obviously also had martial arts skills.
“It’s not much better now, drink!”
“Dangdang…poof…”
“Watch the left!” “Bang…”
The fighting is endless on this side.
On the other side, many injured gangsters were dragged to the rear by their companions, enduring the pain and bandaging each other, but their attention was still on the inside of the siege.
“These people are really tough today!” “Humph, they won’t last long.”
“Hey, hey, those women, I have to make them feel better soon!”
“Then it has to be chopped into pieces…”
Many of the wounded were still in the mood to talk.
A gangster had an arm twisted and a leg broken. He had just had his bones straightened and was lying on the ground in pain.
“Hoo…ho…ho…”
A strange sound like a hoarse gasping sound came from the side. The injured gangster opened his eyes and turned to look to his left side, only to suddenly face a terrifying head. The eyes seemed to be rotten and the skin seemed to be withered. Only the head of the tree is exposed, and the body seems to be buried underground.
The gangster’s face suddenly turned pale.
“Yes… uh uh… uh…”
Before the gangster’s horrified roar could break out, a big mouth with sharp, yellow and dirty teeth bit his neck…