Section XVIII

The man standing in front of Li Yuntao should be more than one meter eight tall, with broad and thick shoulders, and standing there is like a wall.

His cheeks were carved with resolute and cold lines, and his shoulder-length hair was light brown, and his short beard of the same color wrapped around his entire chin, which was connected with the short beard under his nose. The eye sockets are high and the eyeballs are inverted, the wide and blunt nose is connected to the eye sockets in a T-shape, and the light blue sharp eyes are hidden in the protection of the eye sockets, which makes people subconsciously feel alienated and indifferent when they look at it.

If it rains, you don't have to worry about water getting into your eyes. Li Yuntao had already recognized him while complaining in his heart.

The guard's outfit was very recognizable, not only because of the quality of his equipment, but also because the overall style was significantly different from that of the surrounding inhabitants and people from other parts of the caravan.

The metal forehead guards of the pullover extend two wing-shaped shields on either side of the ears.

The metal shield is just enough to block half of the body, which is both flexible and practical, and the coat of arms of a large tree is embossed on the surface. This is the product of batch casting with molds.

Short spears, long swords, complete hard leather breastplates including shoulder armor, metal arm guards, metal shin armor and even the upper of the shoe are covered with a layer, if it weren't for the fact that the heel did not wrap the armor, Li Yuntao almost thought that this was a fully wrapped curved shin.

At this time, several places on his body were wrapped in bandages, and the blood oozing from the bandages stained some of them red from the inside out.

Apparently I didn't have a good rest just after the bandage.

Is it because you were sent out to me? Li Yuntao thought.

"What's the matter?" The other party's Donghuang language was fluent, so much so that Li Yuntao subconsciously replied in Donghuang language, and he forgot to be on guard.

"My host is resting at the Old Carrot Inn, and she asked me to bring thanks to you for saving your life before. By the way, I would like to invite you to meet us and give us a gift to express my appreciation. The man gently clasped his left chest with his right hand and bowed his head in greeting, but because of the height gap between him and Li Yuntao, there was a feeling that he was looking down and looking down.

Fortunately, he bowed his head, otherwise Li Yuntao would really be able to see the pair of towering nostrils clearly.

"Thank you...... She's really a real person, how much is she ready to give? Lin Yuntao thought of the ten silver ingots in his backpack, although precious metals are common currency, but who knows how much food these ten silver ingots can buy in this foreign land, and his problems are not only food, if you want to return to your hometown, there are still many problems to be solved.

"Well...... the master only said that he had prepared a gift, and as for the content of the gift, I have no way of knowing as a servant." The man was stunned, he didn't expect this Donghuang child to be so direct, and he didn't feel like a child at all, and he couldn't feel the fear and nervousness that a child should have when facing himself.

In fact, as the sorcerer's personal guard, he was of course qualified until she would prepare any gifts, but he was sent out in a hurry, and the master had not prepared the gift when he and his brothers sent it.

Of course, the most important thing is that no guest will come up and ask the host what he is going to give.

"That's it..."Li Yuntao was a little disappointed, but it was also a joy to leave the suspense at the end to be revealed, life was bad enough, and a little more surprise could play a good role in adjusting it. And the little girl herself is quite beautiful, a standard Western beauty.

"Well, lead the way, this one... Mr. He smiled, and the two rows of white teeth stood out on his face that seemed to have rolled out of a pool of mud.

"Hmm...... My personal advice is, do you clean up a little before meeting my host? The lines on the man's stiff face trembled slightly, and his tone was hesitant with determination, sincerity, and a little apology.

"Aha~ I know, I know, this body smells relatively strong, but it's not unconditional, I just came out of the desert to catch up with a battle here, I haven't taken a bath for a long time, I'm sorry." Li Yuntao laughed to hide his embarrassment

'You came out of the desert, and I believe you when you say you swam around in a dung pit. The man thinks so in his heart, but he can't say it.

"There are indeed no conditions to clean your body in the desert, and the conditions of the Old Radish Hotel are not bad, although they are far inferior to the City Lord's Mansion, but you can still help you clean the fatigue of the journey. While water is expensive on the edge of the desert, you can rest assured that we'll pay for it. ”

It was only at this time that he had to look Li Yuntao's guards up and down carefully, and he had already seen his embarrassment.

"Oh, that's great! I'm just worried they're going to kick me out. Li Yuntao smiled even more happily, of course it would be good for someone to ask him to stay in the hotel, after sleeping on the sand, on the ground, on the grass, and on the branches of the trees for so many days, he felt that he was about to become a wild animal.

"No matter where you go, the boss doesn't have a reason to kick the guest out of the door." The man puffed up his chest and swore solemnly. 'Unless the guest has no money. He added in his heart.

"Then what are you waiting for, lead the way." Li Yuntao smiled and rubbed his hands, and a few gray rolls came out of his palms.

"By the way, big man, I haven't asked you what your name is, if you don't have a name, it's not convenient for us to greet each other, my name is Li Yuntao, you?" Li Yuntao patted the back of the big guard with a hippie smile, but because of the height difference, this time it was slapped on the buttocks.

He's less than the chest of a big man right now.

"Gondoff. Gondoff. Lietown. The self-proclaimed guard of Gondor showed no strangeness on his face, and led the way with a steady step.

The Old Carrot Hotel is located on the edge of the central square of the town, less than 20 meters away from the burned down City Lord's Mansion and the Tax Office.

Gondor took Li Yuntao across the central square to the Old Radish Hotel, and walked less than fifty meters away.

This is still an old acquaintance, it is the two-story tulou building where Li Yuntao was lying on the roof of the building to load the crossbow machine magazine. The ground floor is much larger than the second, and there is a sizable courtyard behind it, with four or five bungalows and barns.

On the door frame outside the main entrance of the hotel is a wooden sign with an iron ring, and the radish pattern carved on it has been seriously faded, so that some color remains in the grooves of the lines that carve the outline of the radish.

Through the open door, you can see the hall that holds six tables, with an iron stove boiling water in the center and a cabinet full of wine bottles behind the counter in the depths. The hall is estimated to occupy half the size of the first floor of the hotel.

A group of men dressed as traveling merchants were drinking at a table with wooden glasses the size of a human head.

"Most of them are still busy cleaning up the mess, so there aren't many customers here, and it's very lively at night." As he walked inside, Gondoff patted the thick, rough, but absolutely durable table top as he passed.

The legs of the table are almost directly nailed to them with a whole log, so even if you fight in the hall, you don't have to worry about being broken casually. And that's the work, and I don't feel distressed if it's broken.

Li Yuntao followed, and the smell on his body attracted the attention of several guys who were drinking, and suddenly one of his eyes lit up.

"Hey, work! I remember you, and that arrow you shot helped us a lot! The bearded man's voice was so loud that he could break through the window of the hotel lobby, and he stood up straight, with a smile on his face without a hint of falsehood, and raised his wine glass to Li Yuntao.

"This cup is for you, if you are willing to take a bath, let's have a drink later, of course I please." His enthusiasm infected several of his companions, and several of them raised their glasses in salute.

It's a pity that Li Yuntao didn't understand a word, so he could only smile and nod.

Gondor negotiated with the fat man in a dirty apron behind the counter, took Li Yuntao through the hall to the backyard, and led him into a bungalow in the backyard to arrange for him to take a bath.

The room is not large, but it is spacious enough for just a shower. Two large tubs were placed side by side on the sand in the room, separated by a curtain, but they were not closed at this time.

When Li Yuntao came in, the ground was very dry, and the bath tub that was inside had obviously not been used for a while, and some dust had accumulated inside.

There was a well in the backyard near the barn, and an old sturdy woman neatly carried water to fill most of the bucket that was often used opposite the 'bathroom', and then went into the front hall to bring up the huge kettle, poured all the hot water into the tub, and stirred it in the water with her arm as thick as the leg of the table outside, which was not hot at all.

"All right, lad. You can use it, the smell of your body is really strong, and the animals I serve smell better than you. The woman withdrew her arm that was stirring the bathwater and said to Li Yuntao, who was waiting next to her.

But she obviously didn't mean to leave, but stared at Li Yuntao, who was a little embarrassed, and spoke again.

"Hurry up and undress, what are you waiting for? Yo~ Is this embarrassing? My youngest son is a few years older than you, and you little guy is so squeamish. The woman laughed and slapped Li Yuntao on the buttocks.

Frightened, Li Yuntao hurriedly hid in the corner of the room. He couldn't understand what the woman was saying, but when his ass was suddenly slapped, he subconsciously began to think in a bad direction.

"Tsk, look at what scares you, the little fart doesn't know if it's hard yet, just think about these things, and when you're older, I don't mind trying the little radish. Now, go in and wash off the stench of you. The fat woman pointed to the tub and said with a bold smile. Then she lifted the big iron kettle for boiling water in her hand: "I'll go and boil another pot of water, there should be someone to use later, you move faster." ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Li Yuntao to react, so he carried the kettle to the well to fetch water. Before leaving, he intimately helped Li Yuntao close the wooden door of the 'bathroom'.

This wooden door is also made of several templates spliced and nailed, and the workmanship is the same as the wine table on the other side of the hall, and the gap between the templates does not need to be put up to see the situation on the other side of the door.

This is also a psychological comfort.

Take a bath~

Lin Yuntao saw the woman leave and closed the door again, quickly took out the towel from Song Tingyu from his backpack, and took off his clothes three times and two times, his lean little body was like a monkey. He couldn't wait to jump into the tub. The water temperature is slightly cooler than expected, but what's so faulty about the conditions?

When his whole body was immersed in the water, Li Yuntao had a feeling that his soul was about to be sublimated. The tiredness and tension accumulated over the past few days were instantly released, and after soaking for a while, the two eyelids began to fight uncontrollably, and he fell asleep against the edge of the tub in a groggy state.

I don't know how long it took, but the power from his arm pulled his spirit out of the chaos. Halfway open his sleepy eyes, the sturdy woman entered his pupils.

"I say, you little guy is really a life of enjoyment, no one will serve you and you won't even take a bath." The woman said in her hometown dialect that Li Yuntao couldn't understand, and rolled up her sleeves to give Li Yuntao a bath.

The rough cloth towel rubbed on Li Yuntao's arm, and a layer of gray-black oil sludge visible to the naked eye rolled up and fell down, revealing the original skin color below.

"Yo~ I really didn't see it, it turned out to be a nobleman." The woman looked at the white jade arm in her hand with some surprise, this skin was fairer than most of the girls she had ever seen, with incomparably delicate and smooth skin, if it wasn't for the little master of the aristocratic family, how could he have such good skin?

Her surprise lasted only a moment, and she continued to work on her own business. Li Yuntao had been soaking for a while, and at this time, the ash was rubbed vigorously, and the ash was washed from the surface of the skin, and the water in the bath bucket turned gray and black unconsciously.

The woman's service was a little tough, and Li Yuntao, who was so shy that he didn't even dare to say a word with his face buried, completely turned into a marionette and was at her mercy.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Yuntao had been completely whitewashed, and after replacing the dirty water in the bath barrel, he poured two buckets of cold well water before he could be considered to have completely completed the cleaning. The woman laughed and slapped him on his fair little buttocks, and then she put the dirty clothes he had taken off into a wooden basin and threw him a new set of clean clothes.

When the woman's footsteps were far away, Li Yuntao dared to hold his clothes and raise his head to look out through the crack in the door. I saw her take her dirty clothes to the well to wash.

He can't remember how old he was when he was a little old and washed his own clothes, but this feeling of being taken care of is really a long time coming.

Even if it is an adult soul, as a child, he still longs to be cared for and loved.

Vulgar.

Li Yuntao said, but his nose was a little sour. If you have a mother, it's probably the same way, right? Of course, he didn't think that his mother would be this rough and unrestrained type, and women in the Oriental country were often more reserved, gentle, and considerate.

The clothes in his hand are of high quality, delicate and soft to the touch, obviously not comparable to the coarse cloth clothes worn by ordinary people, and there is still a faint lavender fragrance on them.

"I don't know if I need money for this, I don't have any money, I can't afford such good clothes." Having said that, Li Yuntao wore it unequivocally, and after a while, a costume full of exotic customs had been put on.

The upper body of this outfit is a narrow-sleeved linen shirt, a dark green cardigan clip, the lower body is off-white wide-legged trousers, and the legs are designed to be cinched at the ankles, and the shoes under the feet are navy blue high cloth shoes with slightly curved sharp corners, and the soles are slightly hard, I don't know what plant fibers are woven from.

The belt is a beautiful lake blue silk, this thing is not something that ordinary people can afford to wear in Donghuang, and when it comes to Western countries, the price does not know how far it has soared.

Li Yuntao originally didn't plan to tie a silk belt, but if he changed into a cowhide armed belt that he changed, it didn't match this dress.

Li Yuntao, who had packed up and stopped, carried a backpack and a bronze book on one shoulder, and carried an iron sword, a crossbow machine and an armed belt in one hand.

He returned to the hall in front of the hotel with his luggage, and Gondoff had not waited in the courtyard, so he could only wait here for a drink.

The wine table in the hall was already occupied by most of the new guests, some were crying, some were laughing, some were comforting their companions, and some were foaming at the mouth and boasting about their achievements.

After Li Yuntao entered the hall, he saw four strong men in uniform around the table near the center.

One of them had a very bad complexion, his face was slightly blue, and he was pouring wine after sip, as if trying to suppress his pain with drunkenness.

"You're out." Gondorf's eyes lit up as he sat with his back door facing away from the front door. He nodded with admiration in his eyes, revealing a hard and cheerful smile.

The other three turned to look at the approaching teenager, their faces undisguised in surprise and surprise.

"It's so beautiful, the clothes that the young lady picked out fit him perfectly." A thin-faced guard with a neat beard said with a smile, but not in Donghuang language.

"Thank you, honored guest, for saving our master's life, which is more important than any kindness." The most pale guard bowed slightly, his right hand caressing his left chest at the heart of his chest.

When the other three saw his action, they also hurriedly followed suit.

Li Yuntao had his hands full of luggage, and he could only nod his head in response. He said to the first of the guards, "You don't seem to be doing well."

"Probably because of the injury, but my master has already given me a good healing potion, and if I sleep well today, I will be better tomorrow." A somewhat reluctant smile erupted on the guard's face.

'You're probably not going to make it through tonight. Li Yuntao's heart was a little gloomy, his situation, when he was in Xiaoji Town, Song Tingyu once said that the unnatural cyan color on his face now, the bulging blood vessels like earthworms, and his eyes slightly red due to congestion were the precursors of being polluted by the blood of evil beasts and about to turn into walking corpses.

Although he knew the cause, he did not have the medicine to fight the erosion of this evil blood. At that time, it was all taken back by the master Song Tingyu. The corpses that are dead and contaminated with the body fluids of the evil beast must also be incinerated, otherwise it is very likely to cause corpse transformation.

This is the way in Donghuang, from the Oriental transcendent power system.

Perhaps, the transcendent power systems of the Western countries have different means of coping.

A living person is about to be transformed into a walking corpse, and you can imagine the pain he is suffering now.

"I think I need to talk to your master as soon as possible, the one... Enchanter? See the previous side. ”