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Chapter 18 Attack on Rainy Night
In the afternoon, the rain became heavier and heavier, and the purple lightning seemed to tear the sky apart.

The thunder rolls by, and the rain is like a basin of water pouring down continuously.

Gusts of wind blew, and the rain rolled up like countless whips, slapping everyone fiercely.

"Young master... There is a ruined temple not far ahead, let's go in and take shelter from the rain!" Chen Sheng went to the front to explore the road and turned back, and said loudly to Xia He.

"Hmm...!" Xia He nodded in agreement.

Such a heavy rain, he, a martial arts practitioner, could hardly bear it.

Xia He couldn't help looking back at Ran'er and Xia Yun who were riding on horseback, regretting that they didn't prepare a carriage for them because of the rush of time. At this moment, the two girls were already beaten by the rain and couldn't lift their heads.

Although he also felt sorry for his sister, Xia He only had Ran'er in the rain curtain in his eyes.

I saw a few strands of hair on Ran'er's forehead dangling in front of her eyebrows, and the rainwater flowed down her cheeks to her neck, and then flowed into her clothes from her long neck.

Ran'er lowered her head, her hands covered the reins and huddled together, her soaked clothes were tightly pressed against her body in a very uncomfortable posture, and her thin body was trembling under the spur of the wind and rain.

From the beginning of the rain, Xia He has been heartbroken for Ran'er, but there is no place to shelter from the heavy rain, her body is so thin, and she is seriously injured.

At this moment, accompanied by lightning and thunder, strong winds and heavy rain, seeing Ran Er like this, Xia He didn't worry about anything else.

He kicked his feet, leaped into the air from the horse, turned over, sat firmly behind Ran Er, and hugged Ran Er tightly in his arms.

Suddenly Ran'er was caught off guard by someone hugging her, trembling all over in shock, she looked back quickly, but it was Xia He who was hugging her tightly.

She opened her mouth, but the wind and rain were so strong that Ran'er was already too shivering to make a sound.

Xia He smiled slightly at Ran'er, and hugged her even tighter...

"Hmph, partiality!" Seeing this, Xia Yun pouted.

But I was happy for my brother in my heart, alas... I couldn't help but sigh secretly: "I also want to have a man around me who can know the cold and the hot, who loves me and cherishes me..."

……

In the violent storm, I saw the ruined temple in front of me, a dilapidated scene, except that it was much bigger, and the degree of dilapidation was not much better than that of the upper temple on Yuanbi Mountain.

But at this moment, it would be nice to be able to shelter from the wind and rain.

Xia He has been holding Ran'er into the ruined temple, and the ruined temple is even more desolate.

Due to disrepair, the statue was destroyed, the incense burner was dumped, and the cobwebs were woven. What's worse, it was pouring rain outside, but it leaked everywhere inside, as if it was raining lightly.

After finally finding a leak-proof place in the corner, Chen Sheng quickly led his men to find some dry thatch and branches, lit a fire, and asked Uncle Zhang and the two girls to sit down and rest.

Xia He thoughtfully supported Ran'er to sit on the haystack, and asked worriedly, "Is there any discomfort in your body?"

Ran'er shook her head lightly, her wet and cold clothes clung to her body, and she was still shivering even though Xia He hugged her, so she finally felt warmer after sitting in front of the fire.

Xia Yun pouted and walked over to sit next to Ran'er, seeming to complain, "My brother really has Ran'er, and he has forgotten me as a younger sister!"

When Ran'er heard this, she suddenly lowered her head in embarrassment, and said softly: "It's not like this!" But she felt that the more she explained, the more she became pale, and she didn't quite understand why Xia He was so considerate to her.

Ever since Xia He rescued herself from the whip of the horse bandit, Ran'er knew that Xia He had always taken care of herself.

But now Ran'er feels that Xia He treats her differently, more caring?more considerate?It doesn't seem to be the case, but I can't say what it is...

Xia He replied very calmly: "Ran'er is injured."

"Humph! Humph! Well, if you are injured, you need to take care of it more." This reason made Xia Yun very unconvinced.

But, Xia Yun likes Ran'er very much, and imagines that if Ran'er can be his sister-in-law, it should be a very good thing!
Xia Yun didn't pay attention to Xia He any more, the warm flames made his body warm and comfortable.

At this moment, Uncle Zhang also came over.

Xia He quickly stood up and helped Uncle Zhang to sit down, and went straight into the ruined temple with Ran'er in his arms, but Uncle Zhang was busy for him.

Xia He felt a little guilty and said, "Thank you, Uncle Zhang!"

"No problem!" Uncle Zhang waved his hands, sat down and said, "It's just that I'm really old, and I can't stand the wind and rain soon!"

"Where is it? Uncle Zhang is in the prime of life and full of energy. Thanks to Uncle Zhang for escorting us on this journey!" Xia Yun said reluctantly.

"You girl!" Uncle Zhang laughed, this way, because of Xia Yun, the boring journey has been reduced a lot.

It's just that the wind, rain, and sun all the way turned Xia Yun, who was originally a fair and delicate young lady of the Xia family, into a dark-skinned little girl.

Especially compared to Yang Ran'er beside her, Yang Ran'er looks like a lady from a family, and Xia Yuncai really looks like a tribal girl.

Hmm... pretty tribal girl.

"Uncle Zhang, what are you looking at?" Xia Yun interrupted Uncle Zhang's contemplation, seeing Uncle Zhang smiling, he suddenly stared at him thoughtfully, feeling very uncomfortable.

Uncle Zhang pulled back his thoughts, and said seriously: "You and Miss Yang are both soaked, this clothes will be hard to dry for a while, I'm worried that you will catch a cold!"

"Uncle Zhang reminded you!" Xia He said, "I'll go and see if there are any wet clothes in the luggage, and I'll change them for you all!"

Seeing that Xia He turned to go out, Xia Yun also stood up and shouted: "Brother, wait for me, I will go with you." Then he went out with Xia He.

Xia Yun followed Xia He to the entrance of the ruined temple, and saw the water falling from the eaves, falling to the ground like a waterfall.

The wind has subsided, but the rain is still heavy.

At this moment, a caravan appeared in front of Xia Yun.

Looking through the gray rain curtain, the most conspicuous thing is a larger carriage. Although the carriage looks simple, the body is made of black-heart nanmu, which can emit a faint fragrance in the rain.

All of them were dressed in black clothes and rode on horses, walking in such heavy rain, but they didn't feel any difficulty at all.

"Brother, why do I feel that they are not like ordinary caravans!" Xia Yun said in a low voice.

"Don't talk!" Xia He felt the same way, and at the same time he ordered Xia Yun in a low voice, his right hand also came to his waist, holding the sharp sword at his waist.

The man in black who was walking in the front of the caravan heard Xia Yun's muttering, and his eyes looked like hers.

Seeing the man in black looking at him with such eyes, Xia Yun was startled, but he didn't know that the black scarf that was originally wrapped around the man's head was washed away by the heavy rain at this moment.

A head of wet black hair was exposed, loosely draped behind the shoulders, and the contours of the facial features appeared clear and deep in the rain. Although the black jade-like eyes gave people a very cold feeling, they also felt wild and uninhibited.

The man in black seemed to be both good and evil, so he must have the blood of the Hu people. Xia Yun stared blankly, the expression of fear before was no longer on his face.

And the man in black looked at the girl in red who was wet by the rain in a daze.

A wisp of black hair playfully stuck to her cheek, under the slender willow eyebrows, her eyes were as bright as the stars and the moon, her exquisite nose, her cherry-like red lips matched her delicate melon-seeded face.

This is the girl from the East?

……

After the caravan left the ruined temple for some distance, a faint voice came from the carriage: "Herman, your mood seemed to fluctuate just now."

The man in black who was walking in the front was startled. He didn't expect that the state of mind when he lost his mind was touched by the king, but he still replied calmly and respectfully: "I passed an oriental temple earlier and saw someone sheltering there from the rain. , the subordinate took a few more glances."

A voice that was not a smile came from the carriage again: "This king is very curious, who can make you lose your mind."

……

That's right, this caravan is the caravan of Demon Lord Edreyson.

The black-clothed man that Xia Yun saw was one of the four apostles of the Demon King—Herman of the Wind Element.

It's just that they didn't stop because of the heavy wind and rain, and went straight to Luoyang.

……

The rain continued until evening before it began to taper off.

"Oh, seeing that we are about to arrive in Luoyang, we will encounter such a rare storm again." Sitting in front of the fire in the ruined temple, Xia Yun said with emotion, "I can only stay here again tonight, this time The way home is so difficult!"

Ran'er also echoed: "Yes, I have always yearned for Luoyang before, and finally got close, but was blocked again." Thinking about it, he sighed: "It's really a long way to go. , twists and turns!"

Uncle Zhang looked up at Ran'er, where did she learn these words?

Xia He said directly: "Ran'er, where did these languages ​​come from?"

But Ran'er replied calmly: "The gentleman who taught me in the tribe before, he always speaks in a very eloquent way, and when he listens too much, he sometimes imitates him."

Heart, but involuntarily flew back to the heaven. At that time, she liked to read those books about the East, and she knew much more.

It's just that I don't know why sometimes when I say something, others will look sideways, especially Uncle Zhang's, who will make me feel hairy when I look at it at any time.

Seeing that Ran'er suddenly fell into deep thought, Xia He thought it was because his casual question reminded her of her hometown and the husband who taught her knowledge.

He gently took off his dried cloak and put it on Ran'er. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Chen Sheng rushing in.

"Young master, a group of unknown people are coming ahead."

"What's the situation?" Xia He stood up and asked.

"It is estimated that the visitor is not kind." Chen Sheng said in a deep voice.

"You protect them here." Xia He said and strode out of the temple.

……

At night when the rain had just stopped, the sightlines were not particularly good, but it was vaguely discernible that a group of people were attacking the ruined temple in front of them.

Seeing an attack, everyone in the caravan came out to meet the enemy with swords, only Chen Sheng was left to protect Uncle Zhang, Xia Yun and Ran Er in the ruined temple.

"Who is coming in front!" Xu Weiwei shouted loudly.

The group of people was almost approaching the ruined temple, they suddenly stopped and did not move forward, they knelt on one foot, took off the bows on their backs in a well-trained manner, put on arrows, and shot at Xiahe and the others.

Everyone in the caravan quickly waved their swords to block arrows.

Xia He drew out the long sword in his waist, leaped forward, soared into the air, spun twice in the air, waved the sharp sword in his hand to emit a silver light, and cut off countless arrows that came in haste.

Then when the group of people shot arrows again, Xia He saw the timing, turned over and jumped towards them, swung his long sword, and the dazzling sword light rushed straight up, piercing one person's throat, killing him.

Seeing this, everyone in the caravan rushed forward with their knives in hand, and fought with the group of unknown people.

……

Inside the ruined temple, Xia Yun heard the sound of fighting outside, and couldn't help but panicked: "Uncle Zhang, what's going on, how could there be a fight?"

Before Uncle Zhang could speak, Chen Sheng said first, "The situation outside is unclear now, Miss, Miss Yang, you must not go out." He had learned enough from the two girls, and this time he said nothing to let them go out.

After thinking for a while, Chen Sheng said again: "Uncle Zhang, you must not go out either."

A group of unknown people outside, Chen Sheng was not too careful, what worried him was the three people in front of him, for fear that they would suddenly run out out of curiosity and cause trouble in vain.

Uncle Zhang was speechless for a while, he has become a worrying object since then!
He shook his head helplessly and said, "The old man doesn't want to go out yet!"

Ran'er said nervously, "Did we meet bandits!"

What was the sound of fighting outside? Listening to it, I couldn't help but think of the battle between the heaven and the devil that I saw.

Seeing that Ran'er seemed to be so frightened that she couldn't control her body, she was trembling slightly.

Although Xia Yun was also a little panicked, she moved a little and sat closer to Ran'er, hugged her shoulders and comforted her: "Ran'er, you're fine, don't be so afraid, they are just a few thieves, how could they be their opponents? They'll be cleaned up in no time."

"That's right, Miss Yang, don't worry, with the young master here, nothing will happen." Chen Sheng also comforted, what he was most afraid of were the two girls in front of him, as long as they didn't run around, everything would be fine.

"Hey, it turns out that there are two beautiful girls beside the chief executive!" A voice accompanied by evil laughter came from the beams in the ruined temple.

When I looked up, I saw a woman covered with a veil, sitting coquettishly on the beam. The crimson veil skirt fluttered with the shaking of her calf, and she was playing with a red soft object in her hand.

"Your target is me?" Uncle Zhang stood up and said in a deep voice. It seemed that the group of people outside the temple were just trying to attract Xia He's attention.

Xia Yun and Ran Er also stood up and stood behind Uncle Zhang.

"Hehe, you are indeed the chief manager of the Xia family." The woman neither affirmed nor denied it.

"No matter who you are, stay here and talk about it." Chen Sheng said, holding his single knife horizontally, he jumped up with luck, and with a twist of his wrist, the knife slashed at the woman's lower abdomen.

The woman let out an evil laugh, she didn't pay attention to Chen Sheng at all, she swam extremely fast like a snake along the beam to the other side, and easily avoided Chen Sheng's blow.

Chen Sheng turned around and landed a little bit, his body bounced up again, and he raised the knife from bottom to top, and the blade suddenly swung straight towards the woman's neck.

The woman unhurriedly turned around along the beam, and suddenly, three hidden weapons were shot from her hand, reflecting the silver light, and directly hit Chen Sheng.

Seeing this, Chen Sheng could only back away sideways, but the woman took the opportunity to shoot at Uncle Zhang with the plaything she had been holding in her hand... Then the woman let out a series of contemptuous laughter, jumped up, and swam like a snake. Out of the top of the ruined temple, it disappeared.

When Uncle Zhang saw the woman shoot something at him, he hurriedly dodged it, but the thing chased Uncle Zhang as if alive.

The speed was extremely fast, and seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Uncle Zhang felt a silver light flash in front of his eyes, and it was Ran'er who rushed in front of Uncle Zhang, at the same time, the thing also hit Ran'er's neck, and then fell to the ground .

"Ah...!" Ran'er cried out in pain, clutching her neck.

Looking down, it turned out that the thing was really a living thing - a bright red poisonous snake, with its body curled up weakly, its mouth slightly opened, and dark green venom dripping from its two blue and white fangs.

"Chi Yan!"

Uncle Zhang couldn't help being surprised when he saw this snake, it was extremely fierce and venomous, as long as it was bitten, it would be fatal instantly.

Uncle Zhang hurriedly supported Ran'er in front of him, Ran'er should have been bitten...

In an instant, Uncle Zhang panicked...

(End of this chapter)