"Second Miss," a daughter-in-law hurried over and greeted carefully, "The wind was a bit strong just now, are you not scared?"
Behind her was a little girl about ten years old, with a big smile on her pretty round face.
"I'm fine." Gu Yanfei said lightly, his eyes swept over his wife and her daughter again, his pupils shrank slightly.
The mother and daughter both had deathly looks on their faces.
The wind blew the snowflakes onto Gu Yanfei's half-tied and half-loose black hair, like bits of sparkling crystal decorating her hair.
The daughter-in-law walked forward a few steps, came to Juanbi's side, forced out an unnatural smile, and said: "Miss, a family wanted to stay overnight because of the heavy snow on the road. My wife agreed and arranged for them to stay in the guest house in the west."
Her husband is the manager Huang in the village.
Come to stay overnight at this time?! Juanbi couldn't help but frowned, thinking: Their girl is still here, how can Manager Huang let outsiders stay overnight?! Gu Yanfei looked at the daughter-in-law steadily, his eyes moving around her eyebrows for several times.
Juanbi will die, and the mother and daughter will also die.
Even though Gu Yanfei hadn't looked at the other people in the manor yet, at this moment, he had a vague intuition in his heart: most of the other people in the manor probably had deathly looks on their faces.
Many people will die here soon! Even——
Maybe even herself!
Gu Yanfei's gaze was calm and deep. He swept across everyone's faces and looked out the window at the snowy night sky. The dark clouds stretched like mountain ranges, covering the stars and the moon.
She never thought that just because she had experienced the Yaoling Realm for two hundred years, she could be superior to all living beings.
After all, in this small world, she is just a cannon fodder who is not favored by the Heavenly Dao.
Of course she would have a life-or-death crisis.
She also knew that any life-and-death crisis would not be easy to overcome.
The daughter-in-law sensed something was wrong from the subtle change in the atmosphere, and a look of embarrassment appeared on her round face.
She quickly explained, "It was a snowstorm tonight. The wind and snow were too strong, and the snow was so thick that it was almost impossible to move. My wife saw how miserable this family was, and felt sorry for them."
In the past, when the late Madam Xie was alive, she often did good deeds and instructed the farm to provide porridge and medicine to the poor. Even after the late Madam passed away, the farm still did good deeds according to the old custom and wanted to accumulate virtue for the masters.
It is common to take in passers-by for the night on rainy and snowy days like today.
Just now, Manager Huang felt sorry for the family and agreed immediately. For a moment, he forgot that the girl was also in the manor and he should have come to inform them first.
The daughter-in-law rubbed her rough hands a little uneasily, worried that her husband had done something wrong, and also afraid that Gu Yanfei would blame her for taking in outsiders on her own initiative.
Gu Yanfei gently twisted his index finger and thumb, and lowered his eyes thoughtfully.
In the wind and snow, two plum trees that were cut in half lay there quietly, and the bright red plum petals fell to the ground, like blood stains on the snow.
Gu Yanfei narrowed her almond-shaped eyes, and it seemed as if an invisible string in her heart was touched.
She realized clearly that this disaster that was about to bring countless deaths was most likely caused by the family who came to stay with her.
"How many people are here?" Gu Yanfei stroked his sleeves and asked.
The daughter-in-law was still a little nervous, and said hesitantly: "My husband said that a large family came from Yuzhou to visit their relatives. They looked dusty, old and young, including women. It's so cold that even young people can't stand it, let alone the elderly in their seventies and eighties."
Manager Huang also saw that there was an elderly person in his seventies among the other family, and thought that this family should be filial, so he agreed to let them stay overnight.
As we were talking, the snow outside was falling even harder. The goose-feather-like snowflakes were falling heavily, like a sandstorm.
A biting northwest wind blew, and the sound of noisy voices and footsteps could be faintly heard from the direction of the guest house in the west.
“Quack, quack, quack…”
There were even more crows above Zhuangzi, dozens of them lingering around, some perching on the wall, some landing on the treetops, and some flying in the air, making a very noisy scene.
In the howling snow and wind, the figures were blurred, and only noisy voices could be heard approaching. About seven or eight people were walking towards the yard.
"Second Miss," a woman in a coarse cloth jacket ran over from the courtyard, panting, "The family who came to stay heard that you were here, and wanted to come and thank you."
"Butler Huang didn't agree to let them in, so they stood at the entrance of the yard and saluted you, young lady."
As the old woman spoke, she raised her hand and pointed outside the corridor.
Across the messy courtyard and the snow, one could see Manager Huang, wearing a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat, and a young man walking to the entrance of the courtyard in the wind and snow, about seven or eight feet away. The two were talking.
The tall and thin young man had his back to Gu Yanfei, holding a tung oil umbrella in his hand to block the wind and snow. It was dark and the snow was too strong. She could only vaguely see that he was wearing a red robe, with a tall and slender figure, and as graceful as a willow.
The crows around him fell silent the moment the young man reached the entrance of the yard.
There was a sudden deathly silence inside and outside the yard, as if time had stopped at this moment.
Gu Yanfei stared blankly at the young man holding the umbrella, his eyes slightly fixed.
What attracted her attention was the scarlet aura lingering around the young man. In this pitch-black night without a single star or moon, in the boundless snow and wind, that "scarlet" color was still so bright and so enchanting.
It was as if a huge ball of demonic fire was burning fiercely, so enchantingly, so ostentatiously, as if it wanted to swallow up the boundless darkness around it.
Manager Huang said something to the young man, and the young man turned and looked in the direction of Gu Yanfei.
As he turned around, the crows that were originally flying around him suddenly took off and fled away in all directions. The wall and treetops suddenly became empty.
“Rustle, rustle…”
A few black crow feathers floated down, and one of them happened to land on the umbrella.
The young man under the umbrella had a slightly pale face, but his facial features were beautiful, flawless like jade, and extremely gorgeous.
The charming phoenix eyes were slanted, and the black pupils were shining in the shadow of the tung oil umbrella.
Even the heavy snow and wind could not suppress his stunning beauty.
His beauty is so bright and dazzling.
It was indeed him! Gu Yanfei's eyes turned, and he remained calm.
The actress in Tianyin Pavilion that day.
Among all the people she had seen, he was the only one who was surrounded by this strange scarlet aura.
When he was in Tianyin Pavilion, the young man wore gorgeous women's clothing as a Hua Dan. The glittering jewelry and exquisite makeup made him look like a graceful red peony, enchanting, charming and dazzling. But now, he was wearing men's clothing, and the red clothes were like fire, fierce but not burning. He was less enchanting and more elegant, his temperament was slightly feminine, but he still had a charm that captivated everyone.
The handsome young man smiled slightly, and made a fist gesture with the hand holding the tung oil umbrella. His bright red sleeves fell down, making his wrists look as white as porcelain.
He bowed to Gu Yanfei who was standing in the corridor from a distance and said politely, "My surname is Xia. Thank you for taking us in, young lady."
His voice was also very different from what it was on the stage that day, it was clear, melodious, and the timbre was very unique.
"It's just a small favor. Thank you for being so polite, Mr. Xia." Gu Yanfei said as he walked along the corridor towards the courtyard entrance with a faint smile on his lips.
The veranda above cast a faint shadow on Gu Yanfei's pretty face, making her features look blurry.
She wasn't going to sit there and wait for someone to take her life.
Since the two sides are bound to confront each other, she might as well strike first and catch the other side off guard.
Gu Yanfei walked slowly and leisurely, her big cloak completely covering the short sword at her waist, not revealing it at all.
"Miss." Manager Huang bowed to Gu Yanfei awkwardly. His hat slipped down as he lowered his head, and he hurriedly straightened it.
They were getting closer and closer, and suddenly, Gu Yanfei felt alarm bells ringing in his heart, and the hairs on his neck stood up.
Her intuition told her that there were people lying in ambush ahead, and there was more than one person.
The darkness and the snowstorm became the best cover for the ambushers, and pairs of murderous eyes were hiding in the shadows and watching him.
Even though he was far away, Gu Yanfei could smell the blood on these people.
These people are truly killing machines who have shed blood and killed people.
The further he went, the more obvious the murderous intent became.
Manager Huang was unaware of anything, but Gu Yanfei had experienced countless life and death trials in the Yaoling Realm and could feel the murderous intent hidden in the wind and snow.
Even though she had never met him, let alone fought him, she could still feel it deeply.
Once the other party attacks, she will definitely not be able to dodge now.
When this realization clearly emerged in her mind, Gu Yanfei stopped as if nothing had happened, and stopped less than ten feet away from the two people in front of her. Manager Huang and the young man who called himself surnamed Xia were standing outside the yard, while she was standing inside the yard.
The heavy snow fell between them like a translucent curtain.
As the distance got closer, the young man's face became clearly visible, his skin was delicate and flawless.
Her thick jet-black hair was tied up with a red jade hairpin. She was wearing a red dress that shone with golden luster in the swaying light. You could vaguely see delicate patterns embroidered on the fabric with silk threads of the same color. She had a small bloodstone seal and a dark red purse on her waist. Her outfit was very luxurious.
Gu Yanfei looked at him leisurely, smiled slightly, and said appropriately: "Mr. Xia, don't be restrained. Have a good rest tonight."
Then, she instructed Steward Huang, "Steward Huang, take Young Master Xia to the guest house and settle him down."
Manager Huang responded repeatedly.
Mr. Xia seemed to have come only to say thank you, and he bowed again and said goodbye: "Then I will not bother you any more."
As he finished speaking, he turned around slowly and glanced at her lightly again. His eyebrows moved, reflecting a kind of breathtaking beauty and elegance.
The moment he walked out of the yard, the rough and sharp crow calls were heard again on the wall. A few crows flew back and circled over the wall and the roof, which was annoying and disturbing.
The wind and snow howled incessantly, like crying and wailing, and made the branches rustle.
(End of this chapter)
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