Chapter 55: Shelter from the Rain
Following everyone out of the inn, there were scattered raindrops falling. Xiao Ruyu looked up at the sky, it should be almost dawn, but it was still dark and dreary, the air was depressed and humid, and he was afraid that it would rain heavily.
"Let's go. You have to find a place to hide from the rain before the heavy rain, otherwise, you have to pour it into a soup chicken. With that, she pulled Cai Wei and trotted forward. Running while slandering, what a broken place, there is no place to hide from the rain in the middle of the night.
Sure enough, the rain began to fall heavily, and the people who came out of the inn scattered in all directions, looking for a place to hide from the rain. They didn't have the courage to go back to the inn, so they had to figure it out on their own.
The scale of the town is not large, and many people's doorways are full of people, and the dogs begin to bark wildly, accompanied by a sound of spring thunder, which makes people a little frightened.
"Childe, let's find a place to hide." Seeing that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the sky would not get brighter for a while, Cai Wei shook the rain on her face and suggested.
"No, stay away, the farther away the better." Xiao Ruyu sniffed his nose, there was the smell of sulfur gunpowder in the air, thinking that Yan Feiyu was also prepared, he would not let go of those people easily, it seemed that gunpowder would be used
She didn't know how effective gunpowder was in this era, but the strong smell of gunpowder in the air frightened her, and she felt as far away as possible.
This Yan Feiyu is not bad, at least he is not innocent. He gave everyone a chance to escape, but God didn't let it go, and there was no way to do it.
The two of them ran out of the town and continued on their way, when the sky began to light slightly, and suddenly they heard a rumbling explosion behind them. It may be far away, the explosion is not too shocking, it is somewhat similar to the sound of thunder, Cai Wei didn't pay attention, but Xiao Ruyu stopped.
She turned around and looked back, there was smoke rising from the inn behind her, the sky was even more gloomy, the billowing smoke, the pouring rain, intertwined, at this time the people who had been hiding from the rain all ran this way, it seemed that they all heard the explosion, and they didn't care if it was raining heavily and began to scatter for their lives.
Seeing so many people running over, Xiao Ruyu breathed a sigh of relief, at least Yan Feiyu was not so mad as to blow everyone up. He also has a bottom line in doing things, and it is indeed as he said, he is a man who does not kill innocents indiscriminately.
At the beginning, his family was wiped out, and it seemed that there were many hidden secrets, not just as simple as everyone said that there was a miracle medicine. Think about it, what kind of treasure medicine can make everyone join forces to destroy more than 100 people, it's unimaginable.
The body is already soaked, Xiao Ruyu and Cai Wei are both girls, and they are afraid that the wet clothes will be found out on their bodies, so they can only try to avoid the crowd. There were three forks in the road ahead, and they got on the least crowded one.
"No wonder no one walks, it turns out that this is a mountain road." It was a little dark just now, and they didn't pay attention, but now they were walking up a hillside. Cai Wei muttered, grabbing the water from her clothes. "We'll have to find a place to hide and dry our clothes, we're going to catch a cold."
"Hmm." Xiao Ruyu nodded, she put her hand on the pergola and looked up, at this time the sky was already bright, faintly about halfway up the mountainside there was cooking smoke rising, there should be a family, she happily Chong Caiwei said: "Hurry up, there are people there, I see smoke." ”
"Great, let's go." Cai Wei was very happy, she didn't care about the dampness on her body, and pulled Xiao Ruyu to walk up quickly.
"Who?" Before they could get closer, they heard the roar of the sword unsheathed, and four strong men in black clothes stood at the door of a land temple, pointing their swords at them with solemn expressions.
Xiao Ruyu saw clearly that what she saw just now was not a house, but a land temple, and there should be someone lighting a fire in the temple, so she saw smoke.
"It's a land temple, and there are people?" Cai Wei muttered in a low voice, she was a little disappointed, stopped and looked back at Xiao Ruyu.
"A few big brothers, we are scholars from Congzhou, and we are going to the capital to join our relatives, no, is it raining, we are here to hide from the rain." Xiao Ruyu pulled the clothes on her body and smiled at them flatteringly. But in his heart, he was secretly scolding, unlucky, when he met this group of cold black-clothed people, these people looked a little difficult to mess with, and they finally climbed up, do you want to let them go down and take a detour to avoid the rain.
"You can't enter here, you can find another place." One of the strong, older-looking men stepped forward to look at them before he said with a blank face.
"A few big brothers are doing well, we have been drenched all the way, our son-in-law is not in good health, this one is up, and I don't know how much rain it is, you see, can you let us go in and hide for a while, anyway, just the two of us, we can't take up much space." Cai Wei also pulled her clothes, and stepped forward with a smile.
"No, let's go." The man glanced at them and waved his hand impatiently, like a fly.
Cai Wei and Xiao Ruyu glanced at each other and turned around helplessly. Just a few steps away, a deep and majestic voice came from the back room, "Ding Fang, let them in." ”
The person who spoke just now was obviously stunned, turned around and saluted the door, "Master, let's be careful when we go out." The subordinates know that the master is kind-hearted, but the people's hearts are sinister and have to be guarded against. ”
The man inside coughed a few times, "I know you are careful, but if I am afraid of even two scholars who are powerless, wouldn't it make people laugh, it's okay, let them in, and let them go when the rain stops." With that, the man suddenly snorted.
Ding Fang reluctantly agreed, turned around and called out to Xiao Ruyu and them, "Hey, you two, our master is kind to let you go in to hide from the rain." ”
Xiao Ruyu and Cai Wei were overjoyed, and hurriedly turned around to thank them. The strong man at the door stepped out of the way and invited them in.
"Be careful, don't disturb our master's rest." Ding Fang warned in a low voice and followed the two into the Land Temple.
I can't see which god is enshrined in the temple, there is a pile of firewood on the ground, there is a lot of space, the place near the door is flat and open, but there is some clutter inside, and some boulders are placed horizontally.
A middle-aged man with a handsome and upright appearance and a pale and majestic face sat on a tiger skin near the firewood and rested with his eyes closed in a brown cloth dress. Beside him stood a handsome young man in a purple robe, and when he saw them come in, he just glanced back, then frowned, and half-crouched there to take the pulse of the man on the tiger skin.
This person is a doctor, as soon as he came in just now, Xiao Ruyu smelled a faint medicinal fragrance. Her nose in this life is much more sensitive than in her previous life, and she can smell the slightest smell.
Seeing them come in, the man opened his eyes and looked. With such sharp eyes, Xiao Ruyu was secretly frightened. That look was like a bolt of lightning, reaching into people's hearts. It makes people feel that all the privacy in their hearts has to be exposed to his eyes.
When this person closes his eyes, he feels handsome, like an elegant scholar, with a calm and atmospheric temperament. But as soon as his eyes opened, as soon as the sharp eyes came, Xiao Ruyu thought of the battle-hardened general. Only after the baptism of battlefield blood can there be such sharp eyes as arrows.
What surprised Xiao Ruyu even more was the murderous aura that came out of that person's body. Although the owner had hidden them well, Xiao Ruyu felt it. That murderous aura is not sharp, but forbearing. It seems to be a calm sea, and in an instant, huge waves will be raging.
This person controls the murderous aura very well, if it weren't for the eyes that were too sharp, ordinary people wouldn't feel it. Xiao Ruyu also saw too many people in her previous life, and she has a particularly sensitive nose in this life that she can feel it at once.
"I've seen this gentleman." Hearing the strong man called Ding Fang to call him master, Xiao Ruyu and they didn't know what to call for a while, so they had to call Mr. Mr. is a rather general term, and it should be true. She was very polite to give him a scholarly salute, grateful that they had not driven her into the heavy rain.
"Hmm. Let's sit down and have a fire. The gentleman nodded slightly, then closed his eyes again.
Xiao Ruyu looked inside the temple and thought about how to change the wet clothes on her body. "Childe, let's go over there and change our clothes." Cai Wei pointed to the innermost part of the temple, where there were several tall stones, just enough to block the view. These boulders were supposed to be used to carve statues of gods, but for some reason they have not been used until now.
Xiao Ruyu nodded, she clasped her fists at the gentleman, "It's rude, change clothes with the scholar below." ”
The man didn't squeak, and Xiao Ruyu didn't care, so he took off the burden behind him and went over there with Caiwei. Fortunately, there is a rainproof tarpaulin in the baggage, although it is a little cold and hard, but it does play a role in protecting against rain. The clothes in the baggage were not wet at all, and Xiao Ruyu was in a much better mood.
The two of them changed their clothes lightly, and Cai Wei sat by the fire with their wet clothes in her arms, wanting to bake them. Xiao Ruyu shook her head at her, and she had to put away her clothes.
The gentleman frowned almost invisibly, suddenly opened his eyes again, looked at them again, and then closed them again. Xiao Ruyu felt strange, but she didn't take it to heart.