The black-bellied peasant girl is reborn, and her weird relatives are mad

"This way..." Tang Zhongbai put his hand to his ear and expressed his idea.

Jiang Muxia's eyes lit up and she nodded quickly, "That's a good idea. But we have to discuss it with my second aunt's family. Zhizhi can't be involved in this matter."

"Let's go to Yangxi Village now. The child has been missing for such a long time, my second aunt and the others must be worried sick."

They split into two groups. Tang San drove the carriage to Yangxi Village, while the others went directly back to the county town and found Xu Da at the tavern.

Zhizhi was frightened today and was now sleeping soundly in Tang Zhongbai's arms. Her little body twitched from time to time as she cried. Her little hands tightly grasped his clothes and her head was buried in his arms.

Jiang Muxia thought of the dozen or so children still in the temple, and felt a chill down her spine. Fortunately she was there, otherwise...

She couldn't imagine the consequences. Her second aunt's family loved this child so much. Now that she was gone, she wondered how her second aunt would cry!

The rain was accompanied by strong winds that made the car windows rattle. The window paper was torn by the wind and the rain poured into the car through the broken windows.

Jiang Muxia pulled up the curtains to block the hole, but the wind was still blowing fiercely, and it could only temporarily block the rain from pouring in.

The road had become muddy after being washed by rain, and the carriage was moving very slowly. From inside the carriage, one could clearly feel the wheels slipping with every step.

"Master, the rain is too heavy. The horses can't open their eyes because of the rain. The road is too slippery. How about we find a place to hide before we go on?" The sound of the rain was too loud, and Tang San raised his voice and shouted outside.

Tang Zhongbai put the child in his arms into Jiang Muxia's arms, asked her to sit next to him, pulled the curtain and tied it on the hook, then told her, "Stay here, don't move. I'll go down and take a look."

Jiang Muxia handed him an oil-paper umbrella and said, "Be careful."

The wind and rain were so strong that she couldn't hear the two people talking outside.

She only felt the carriage moving slowly forward, but Tang Zhongbai never got on. She felt very uneasy in the carriage and wanted to pull open the curtain to check the situation outside, but she had a child in her arms and she didn't dare to take risks with the child's safety.

She held her breath and listened carefully to the noise outside, but all she heard was the howling of strong wind and heavy rain.

As a last resort, she took a deep breath, and shouted loudly, "What's going on outside?"

After she shouted, she felt stars in front of her eyes. She blinked and finally felt better.

The shaft of the carriage shook a bit, Tang Zhongbai lifted a corner of the curtain, lay down in the gap, and shouted: "Don't worry, there is a dilapidated temple ahead, let's go in and hide from the rain for a while before we go on."

She was relieved, and half a quarter of an hour later, the carriage stopped.

Tang Zhongbai lifted the curtain of the car and stretched out his arms, "We're here, give me the child, and be careful when you get off the car, there are muddy puddles on the ground."

"Ah."

Jiang Muxia then got out of the car, and the wind and rain blew towards her. She felt instantly drenched through.

The umbrella couldn't be opened at all. The umbrella in Tang Zhongbai's hand had long been blown into pieces like a piece of rag by the wind.

He and Tang San were soaked, their clothes clinging to their bodies.

The storm came too suddenly, catching people off guard and leaving them no time to prepare.

"Hurry." Tang Zhongbai had already taken off his coat, put it on the child, and ran to the temple with her in his arms.

Tang San led the horse under the eaves, and only after making sure that the rain could not get on it did he enter the hall with confidence.

The temple gate was broken, the statues were worn and faded, and the gauze clothes they wore were tattered. A pungent odor filled the main hall, but fortunately the roof was intact and it didn't leak.

This is an abandoned temple, covered in dust and with messy animal footprints all over the ground.

"Sir, there is some dry firewood in the side hall. Let's make a fire and dry our clothes!"

"Okay, light a fire in the side hall and take all the wet clothes over there to dry."

They simply cleared out a clean place to stay and put Zhizhi on the soft grass. The two finally breathed a sigh of relief, took off their coats and went to the side room to warm up.

"No, you're wet inside and out, you have to take off all your clothes." Jiang Muxia said as she started to strip off his clothes.

Tang Zhongbai blushed, and whether out of ignorance or on purpose, he asked directly, "Do you want to take off everything inside and out?"

Jiang Muxia rolled her eyes at him and said, "Sure, I'm fine. Anyway... it's better to watch it sooner rather than later."

"No. I have to watch it in the morning... and even later..."

The sound of Tang San coughing and choking came from the side room. What are these two people doing? There are outsiders here!

Tang Zhongbai's face was as red as a ripe apple, and he didn't dare to look up at her.

"Here's my coat for you, take it and dry it. Be obedient and take off your wet clothes quickly, or you'll get sick." Jiang Muxia pushed him to the side room, she smiled, and sat next to Zhizhi, facing the door.

Outside the palace, strong winds and heavy rain were raging across the earth. The weather was as gloomy as pitch black. It looked like the rain would not stop for a while.

It was already past the 3:00 p.m., and if the rain didn't stop, they would be trapped here tonight.

Jiang Muxia was calm and didn't take what happened today to heart. Having experienced several bloody battles, rumors were nothing to her.

She lowered her head to look at Zhizhi's sleeping face. Although she was no longer crying, she was still not sleeping very well. Her little body tossed and turned until she curled up into a ball.

Zhizhi is afraid and feels insecure.

Jiang Muxia was afraid that Zhizhi would get scared and get caught in the rain and suddenly fall ill. None of the three of them knew any medicine, and they were trapped here with no way out.

Tang Zhongbai hid in the side room and didn't come out. Jiang Muxia glanced at the side room, but couldn't see the figures of two people. She thought that he listened to her and took off all his clothes to dry in the room.

She didn't expect that Tang Zhongbai, who always did things in a hurry, had such an innocent side.

What she didn't know was that Tang Zhongbai was sitting next to Tang San with a red face, threatening Tang San viciously not to tell a fourth person what happened today, otherwise he would send him back to the capital.

Waiting is the most torturous thing. An hour has passed and the wind and rain still show no sign of stopping.

Tang Zhongbai, whose clothes were dry, finally came out from the side room. He had calmed down and sat on the other side of her, covering Zhizhi with his coat.

The child was either too sleepy or too frightened, but he continued to sleep and showed no signs of waking up.

"We have to stay here tonight. How about I go find something to eat?" It didn't matter if they didn't eat, because they still had a child. The little girl was weak and they were afraid that she would get sick from hunger, which would be even more trouble for them.

"No need. There are some dried meat and biscuits in the wooden box under the seat. Go get them out and we can eat some."

"Okay." Tang Zhongbai didn't expect that she actually put dry food in the car, and there was some surprise in his eyes.

"I'm afraid of being hungry, so I've developed the habit of carrying food with me." Jiang Muxia explained.

The sky had become completely dark, and the wind and rain were still going on. They decided to stay in the dilapidated temple for one night and leave after the wind and rain stopped.

Tang Zhongbai and his men slept in the side room, while Tang San stayed in the outer room.

Everyone was asleep, only the bonfire was glowing in the night. In the countryside, they didn't worry about bad guys breaking in.

Fell asleep peacefully.

In the middle of the night, the horse snorted, and with a crisp "pa" sound, a tile fell to the ground in the main hall.

The three of them suddenly opened their eyes and jumped up from their beds.