The group of eight people, including the little girl on horseback, looked at each other when they saw this.

Obviously, everyone could see that the village was uninhabited, and that the person who lit the fire was just a passer-by.

"Hey, it's still a deserted village......"

"He's alone, aren't you afraid to take this path?"

"Maybe there's a companion in there. "It doesn't look like there......

Seeing that Ji Yuan was alone, a few people discussed a few words with each other, and a young strong man among the leading few said to the gray-bearded man on the side.

"Second uncle, I've seen it, on the way here, there are no good houses nearby, the mansion where the man is is still complete, and there is a well in front of the house, should we go over and ...... with him"

The second uncle in the man's mouth frowned and looked at the direction where Ji Yuan was, they were still about a dozen zhang away from that side, in this kind of dark moment, in a terrible deserted village, the other party looked at them without fear.

"I think we should find another place to rest, dare to travel alone, and live in such a deserted village, we should not provoke much. ”

Hearing the man's words, a few people on the side looked at each other, and they didn't have any opinions, so they led the horse and walked to a little more on the side, after all, the village is not small, although it is deserted, it should still be able to find a suitable place.

Ji Yuan stood at the door, opened the door wider, and looked at these people as if he didn't mean to come.

"Boom ......"

The thunder rose again, Ji Yuan looked up at the sky, sniffed the diffuse water vapor, and kept the words he was going to open his mouth for the time being.

"Boom la la ......"

The rain is not as heavy as a downpour, but it is definitely not a drizzle.

"Oops, hurry up, go over there to hide from the rain, go over there to hide from the rain, if you get wet, you'll get the wind chill!"

"Quick, run to the place where the fire shines!" ”

At this moment, the team was in a very awkward position, the houses around a village road were all dilapidated, and they couldn't hide from the two people, not to mention that they still had horses, and it was definitely a good idea to find a house in the rain, so they could only run to the spacious mansion where Ji Yuan was.

The first was the second master and the strong man, and before they got close to the big house, they shouted at Ji Yuan over there.

"This friend, it is raining heavily, can we also squeeze here together to avoid the rain?"

"Can you make a convenient ——!?"

Ji Yuan showed his sincerity with practical actions, quickly opened the door of the house, and responded loudly.

"Come in, a few of you, it's only early spring, and if you get wet, it's not good to fall ill in this wilderness. ”

"Thank you, thank you for this friend!"

The second master arched his hands while running, and the leading men came first, and the rain tended to become heavier, and everyone quickened their pace and hurried into this big house.

When 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 getting nervous, he left a crack about a fist wide.

The people in the room were jumping and moving, reaching out and slapping up and down, trying to slap the droplets off before they could seep into their clothes.

After a while, the team was sorted out, and the rain outside was falling, and the second master in the little girl's mouth tidied up the clothes on his body, approached Ji Yuan at the corner of the door, and arched his hand.

"Thank you for this gentleman's generous help, in Xia Han Ming, these are my juniors. ”

Seeing that Ji Yuan was dressed quite gently, Han Ming also behaved as reasonably as possible, and Ji Yuan looked at this man who was about fifty years old, and also bowed his hand back.

"Contemptible surname, this house is deserted and ownerless, anyone can rest, it doesn't help you, you don't have to be polite......"

Speaking of this, Ji Yuan pointed to the firewood he had collected in the corner.

"The firewood outside is probably wet, I can't use all this firewood, you are all drenched in the rain, you can take it and make a fire inside to roast. ”

Ji Yuan didn't say anything about using a fire together, firstly, his fire was close to the corner of the door, and it was spacious for one or two people, and it was impossible to squeeze in if there were more people, and secondly, at least he had to show a kind of wariness of strangers, not to pretend, but to make these people feel more relieved.

Sure enough, hearing Ji Yuan's words, Han Ming didn't refute it, and after thanking him again, he beckoned another person to come and move the firewood together, and the firewood that led the fire was naturally taken from Ji Yuan's fire.

Soon, a fire was lit in the inner part of the house, and a group of people gathered around it to warm themselves.

Ji Yuan didn't pay much attention to them after that, except for giving them some help in lighting the fire and getting firewood at the beginning, showing a proper sense of distance, sitting alone in the corner of the door with a baked cake and reading a book.

It turned out that Ji Yuan's performance could make the group of people feel more at ease, and he could obviously hear that the laughter over there had relaxed a lot.

However, Ji Yuan's main attention was not on them, and he basically had to look through the crack in the door after reading the book for a while, and his eyes seemed to want to look for something through the hazy rain curtain in the dark night.

'What's this strange smell, and why is it going away again?'

Ji Yuan thought about it like this, turned the page of the book in his hand, and smelled a smell in his nose again, but this time it was the burnt smell of the cake.

"Second master, that big gentleman is a good thing, there must be no ink in his stomach, I just secretly saw it, his book is just a blank page at all, there is no word, and he is still sitting there flipping ......"

"Don't talk nonsense about children. "I didn't talk nonsense......"

Although the sound over there is small, it naturally can't escape Ji Yuan's tailwind ear.

Ji Yuan didn't hear it, picked up the wooden stick stuck on the foot of the stool, took off the already soft cake from the top, tore off a piece and put it in his mouth and chewed it.

"I see that Mr. has been staring outside, what is this looking at, sir?"

A voice came from the side, Ji Yuan turned his head to look, and Han Ming, who came over, wore a hat, as if he was going out.

"It's nothing, this land is desolate, and I'm afraid of wild beasts, so I'm on the lookout. ”

"Oh. ”

Han Ming answered, opened the door, walked to the eaves, and picked up an iron bucket pot that had just been placed outside, and the rainwater inside had already filled the pot.

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 that Ji Yuan put on the side of the stool, and now it was closed, and he couldn't see that there were no words in it, but the position where the title of the book should have been written on the cover on the blue background was indeed blank.

When Han Ming was closing the door with the pot and preparing to go back, Ji Yuan suddenly asked.

"Mr. Han, Ji has a question and wants to ask, why is this place almost uninhabited all the way?"

Han Ming glanced inside, handed the pot to a man who came over, and then talked to Ji Yuan at the door.

In the early years of the war with Dazhen, the men near Nanyuan Road were all conscripted into the army, and everywhere was yin and yang, and then there were some bandits for a long time, and it was rumored that there were some unclean things, so there were many people in Nanyuan Road who went north, but this kind of world ...... Hey!"

Han Ming said that this is also a sentence of emotion.

"I'm this time, I also received a message to pick up people, and I walked back to Nanyuan Road, and this situation is indeed exaggerated. How can you be alone in such a place, Mr. Hour? It's dangerous!"

Ji Yuan swallowed the cake in his mouth and looked outside.

"Ji Mou is not from the ancestral Yue country, and he has the intention of taking a look around, so he has been going north. ”

Aren't you from Zuyue?

Han Mingleng paused for a moment and asked.

"Could it be that Mr. is a Dazhen person?"

Ji Yuan smiled.

"Yes, Ji can indeed be regarded as a great chastity. ”

"Oooh...... Mr. is a Dazhen person, it is rare, how is Dazhen's side? I heard that except for the princes and nobles, every family does not have enough to eat. ”

Ji Yuan turned his head to look at Han Ming.

"Where did you hear that?"

"Well, that's what I said. ”

Yes, it's very strong, Ji Yuan thought about it for a while, and still said.

"Dazhen is okay, it's not so unbearable, Zu Yueguo and Dazhen have a bad relationship, and it is inevitable that they will ......"

The words suddenly stopped, Ji Yuan looked out again, and sniffed again.

His nose didn't smell anything, but he did hear some faint sounds in his ears just now, but even for his hearing, it was too far away, and the heavy rain interfered with it, as if it was an auditory hallucination.

"Mr. Han, you all have an early rest tonight, it's best not to go out casually, Ji Mou dares to wander alone, naturally he has some special skills, 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 more, so he also went back to the fire over there.

The communication between people is sometimes very peculiar, some people even if you only say a few words to him, but you can feel whether the other party is sincere or not, obviously Ji Yuan gave Han Ming a very good impression.

。。。

About seven or eight miles away from the deserted village, two teams of men and horses were fighting in the rainy night.

More than a dozen people on one side were wearing strong suits, while some people on the other side were wearing robes, some were wearing torn helmets and armor, and the weapons in their hands were also full of swords, guns, swords, and halberds.

Everywhere there was the sound of weapons clashing and screaming.

A rider armed with a spear was riding back and forth around the periphery shouting.

"Cut off a head, and you will be rewarded with a whole roast leg of lamb, and if you cut two people to death, you will have half a sheep, brothers, don't let them run!"

"Come on!" "Kill...... Lao Tzu's mutton!" "Kill ......"

"When ......" "When ......"

The weapons of three or five bandits were blocked with long sticks, and another strong man attacked with his palm.

"Hahahaha...... If you have a life, come and take it, drink!"

A strong man holding a turban roared like thunder and slammed into one of the bandits.

"Bang ......" knocked the opponent seven or eight feet away, lying on the ground and struggling to stand up.

"Capture the thief and capture the king first!" "Good!"

The two men in strong suits cooperated with the blades around them and rushed towards the riders in the distance, and several people immediately rushed out in the middle to block the road.

A bandit was caught by a strong man in his clothes again, and the whole person became a shield for the other party, holding on to his side to block the knife and axe on the side, but there were too many attackers around, and the strong man was not allowed to enter again.

"Ah......" "Moon ——!"

"Help——!

The shrill screams of the woman behind were especially noticeable in the noise, and the other warriors in the power suits who heard the sound gathered towards their companions.

A group of warriors gathered together after fighting and retreating, everyone was panting, and many of them had already hung their colors.

On the periphery were a large number of bandits, estimated at one or two hundred, and many of them were on horseback.

"Fortunately, it's raining, and the effect of the opponent's bow and crossbow is greatly reduced, otherwise the situation will be even worse!"

As he spoke, he grabbed the bandit's spear and threw it at one of the ringleader riders in the distance, but was dodged by the other party, apparently also possessing martial arts.

"It's not much better now, drink!"

"Dangdang...... Poof......"

"Watch the left!" "Bang ......"

The fighting on this side is endless.

On the other side, many of the wounded bandits were dragged to the opposite rear by their companions, bandaging each other in pain, but their attention was still on the inside of the siege.

"These people are stabbing today!" "Hmph, they won't last long. ”

"Hey, hey, those women, I'll have to make them feel good in a while!"

"That has to be done without being chopped up......"

Many of the wounded were still in the mood to talk.

One of the bandits had broken an arm and a leg had been broken, and he was lying on the ground with a painful face.

"Ho... Ho... Ho ......"

A strange sound like a hoarse wheezing sound came from the side, and the wounded bandit opened his eyes and turned his head to his left, only to be suddenly confronted by a terrible head, with eyes that looked like rot, skin like a dead tree, only the head exposed, and a body that seemed to be buried in the ground.

The bandit's face turned pale all of a sudden.

"Yes...... Uh...... Woo......"

Before the bandit's terrified roar could erupt, a large, withered yellow and filthy jaw bit him on the neck......