Chapter Forty-Eight: An Eventful Night
Early the next morning, the sky was gloomy and raining, and the Gu Laixi, who had already finished breakfast, sat in front of the window on the second floor of the inn, all holding their cheeks with one hand, and nodding their fingers on the table without rhythm with the other, looking out of the window blankly.
Finally, at nearly 9 o'clock, I saw three ox carts slowly passing in front of the inn, and it seemed that they had decided to continue their journey after a period of ideological struggle.
"When they are almost out of the gates, we will follow. Gu Laixi glanced at Hu Tiequan and said.
"Master, I feel that the further west I go today, the heavier the rain will be, I don't know why my father is in such a hurry, I am now very worried that something will really happen to him. Tao Yueyi said to Gu Laixi with some uneasiness.
"It's okay, I'm here. Come, after eating this plate of melon seeds, we will go. Gu Laixi pushed the plate in front of him and motioned for a few people to calm down.
Although it was raining, Gu Laixi held an umbrella in his right hand and walked steadily in the rain, and the dense rain was blocked by an invisible barrier less than two inches closer to him.
Tao Yueyi was surrounded by a thin layer of mist, and her whole body was clean and refreshing at this time, but she looked at her father in the distance, although she was wearing a robe, her face was still covered with rain, and she felt very distressed, but in order not to be exposed, she had to follow from afar, all she could do was to help her father clear the possible dangers around her from time to time. Tao Yueyi in the rain, the spell seems to be more handy.
Hu Tiequan and Tongsuo were also released by internal force at this time, and they were not wet by the rain, but maintaining this long-term and stable internal force release is indeed a challenge for the two of them, and occasionally they will take care of one or the other, such as slipping under their feet from time to time and almost falling from the tree, and from time to time they do not grasp the strength well, kicking off branches and trunks, etc., which makes the two of them slightly embarrassed.
Finally, Daddy Tao's caravan had to settle down at a small village passing by at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon because of the increasing rain. After some discussion, the caravan consisted of 7 people living in two peasant houses.
Gu Laixi set up a formation on the side of the road not far from the entrance of the village, took out a tent similar to a yurt, and instructed Tao Yueyi and the three of them to quickly set it up. Although the tent looks like only 5 or 6 square meters from the outside, but after entering, the inside is too spacious, with four bedrooms, two living rooms, one kitchen and two bathrooms, all kinds of furniture and supplies.
Gu Laixi opened the refrigerator, took out a bottle of orange juice, and drank it to himself. "Tiequan, copper lock, you two hurry up and meditate, it seems that this kind of exercise is still not enough, the internal force is almost unable to support it after only such a short time? You can also rest for a while, I don't know if I haven't slept tonight. ”
"Yes, Master. Several people looked at Gu Laixi, who was sitting indifferently on the sofa drinking orange juice, although they were curious why he said this, but no one asked much, they each found a room, and went in to meditate and rest.
After drinking the orange juice, Gu Laixi was on the sofa in the living room, meditated with his eyes closed, and poked his divine sense out of the tent, slowly extending towards the small village.
At more than 9 o'clock in the evening, the rain outside was still not small, and a few people sat around the restaurant, eating supper made by Tao Yueyi, "It's almost time, you guys, go and protect Uncle Tao and them, and then take action when necessary, don't be reckless." Gu Laixi put down his chopsticks, reached out and took a napkin, wiped his mouth slowly, and said.
Gu Laixi sat on the sofa, released his senses, watched the three apprentices quickly approach the village, a few flashes, and finally jumped on the roof of the hut where Daddy Tao and the others were, and then bowed down, listening to the movements in the room while cautiously paying attention to the surrounding environment.
After about ten minutes, I saw eleven or twelve figures quietly touching the closer, only to see a tall masked man in the lead gesture, this group of people divided into two teams, towards the two small courtyards where Uncle Tao's caravan was located, silently pulled the bolt of the door with a dagger, and then gently pushed open the dilapidated courtyard door, bowed his head and bent down, sneaking towards the cowshed, at this time several cows pulling the cart were bowing their heads and devouring the forage, completely ignoring the few people who came in. Then they reached into the cowshed, and the leader reached out and lifted the felt cloth wrapped in the ox cart, and saw that inside was a large box nailed with wooden strips, filled with wheat stalks, and pulled the wooden strips with great force, and the nails were so tight that they could not pull them apart at all.
The leader thought for a while, beckoned the two men around him to come over, took out two bamboo tubes from his arms, and handed them to the two. The two of them understood, took the bamboo tube, poured out an oval incense block from it, roasted it with a fire and then put it back into the bamboo tube, and then quietly came to the main room and the guest room under the window, listened for a while and found that there was no movement inside, so they found a ** in the window, gently stretched one end of the bamboo tube in, and gently blew at the other end.
"What person?!" suddenly a figure popped out of the guest room, and came up and stabbed the man in black standing outside the window. Then he put on a defensive posture and looked warily in the direction of the cowshed.
At about the same time, another house not far away also shouted violently and rushed out of a person.
At this time, Tao Yueyi and the others, who were squatting on the roof, knew that two of them in the caravan had internal strength, so they did not rush to make a move, but paid more vigilant attention to the surrounding environment.
A few people in black are probably just gangsters in the village, usually fighting, stealing a chicken or something, but when they were discovered, although they all took out daggers and held them in front of them, they were immediately stunned when they looked at each other's posture, and their hands kept trembling.
After seizing a few guys in black, let them squat in the cowshed first, the owner of the small courtyard heard that it was safe outside, so he trembled and walked out, and after asking for instructions, the man put on his coat and went to find the chief of the big security in the dark.
At this time, Father Tao and the others also put their minds at ease, opened the door, and came to the small courtyard, at this time, several black-clothed people from another small courtyard were also driven to squat in the cowshed together, "Tao didn't know that Brother Lu and Brother Ma actually had kung fu, they were so lucky, if they had known, they wouldn't have been so worried along the way." The corner of Daddy Tao's eyes flashed to the two arched hands, and said with a smile.
"Brother Tao praised it, I'm just going to know some fur, fortunately, these are just little thieves who steal chickens and dogs, otherwise we would be really fierce and unlucky this time." After Lu and Ma glanced at each other casually, the man surnamed Lu spoke.
For about half an hour, the man followed a big man about 1.8 meters tall into the small courtyard, first apologized to a few people in the caravan, and then begged a few people to let these young people go, and they would definitely discipline them well in the future. Father Tao didn't want to cause more trouble, not to mention the bad weather, and they had to disturb the village for a while, so they agreed to the request of the chief after a little groaning.
The chief bowed deeply, didn't say much, and led a few people in black out of the small courtyard, and a few people behind supported the unlucky guy who had a sword wound on his right arm, and left dejectedly all the way.