I rely on the system to support my eighteen brothers and sisters

The guards then took the steamed buns. They escorted Princess Han Ling to the Kingdom of Dai Yue and they were very nervous the whole way. They were walking in a rainstorm and their armor was heavy. They were exhausted and were just holding on.

Qiao Linxi was also considerate enough to provide everyone with a bowl of hot bone soup, which made the guards very grateful to her.

Before, they were heading from Xiyue to Dayue. No matter the post station or restaurant they passed by, the owners only saw Princess Hanling and the Third Prince, and the escorting guards were treated as air. Every time, they would wait until the princess and the prince rested before they changed shifts and went out to find food.

But how could they get food in the dead of night? So, all they ate along the way were either cold steamed buns or leftovers from the kitchen.

No one had ever taken them into consideration. In the eyes of these people, only the princess and the prince were the most dazzling, and everyone else was the lowest. This was the first time they felt that they were taken seriously.

The guards took the hot steamed buns, drank the hot bone soup, and thanked Qiao Linxi one after another.

But Qiao Linxi felt a little strange. There were only a dozen people, so how could there be more than a hundred gratitude points?

"That's right. A thank you from the heart will earn you more gratitude points than a polite thank you. Some of these guards don't often thank others, so their gratitude points are higher."

So that's how it is. Qiao Linxi thought about how she had saved Qin Guozong and the others before, and she received ten points of gratitude.

Qiao Linxi was carefully serving the two giant Buddhas. Over there, several carriages were parked in front of the gate of Qiao's mansion.

The driver of the first carriage lifted the curtain and looked in, then got out and went to the front door.

The rain was so heavy that the woman knocked on the door for a long time before she got a response.

Qiao Linshu poked his head out and looked at the people outside: "Who are you?"

"Little brother, we are businessmen from other places. The rain is too heavy, so we want to take shelter in your house."

Qiao Linshu looked at the carriage behind the woman and didn't say anything.

"Little brother, we are not bad people. We are just merchants from other places. It is getting dark now. I am afraid that the city gate will be closed when we get to the city. Little brother, please be kind, okay?"

Qiao Linshu just looked at the woman without saying a word.

Perhaps because they had been in a stalemate for too long, a veiled woman got out of the car. Seeing this, the woman who knocked on the door turned back and helped the woman get out of the car.

The masked woman was dressed very simply, but she had an extraordinary demeanor. She walked lightly, and the pearl hairpin on her head hung quietly on one side, without swaying with her steps.

The woman walked to the gate of Qiao's house, bowed to Qiao Linshu, and then stood up and spoke: "Little brother, my name is Yue Qingrong, I am from another place. The heavy rain slowed our pace a lot, and we were unable to reach Lanqing City before the city closed. We had no choice but to come to the only mansion within a few miles to find a place to take shelter from the rain. I hope you can be kind and lend us a room to take shelter from the rain."

Seeing some hesitation on Qiao Linshu's face, Yue Qingrong said again: "We are just ordinary businessmen, not bad people."

As she spoke, Yue Qingrong asked the people behind her to get off the carriage. Qiao Linshu took a look and found that they were indeed ordinary people. None of them carried swords like the previous ones. Just as he was about to agree, he saw his own carriage coming back.

"Miss..."

Qiao Linshu was delighted and ran out, standing on the steps looking at the carriage.

After Zhang Huawei parked the car, Qiao Linbao got out. Qiao Linshu waited for a while, but did not see Qiao Linxi getting out. Instead, Zhang Huawei drove around to the backyard.

"Brother Linbao, where is my sister?" Not seeing Qiao Linxi, Qiao Linbao naturally asked.

"Oh, Sister Lin Xi stayed in the store. Who are they?"

"Oh, them," Qiao Linshu looked at those people and said, "They said they came to stay overnight."

"Stay overnight?" Qiao Linbao was a little confused. This was not a city, and it was next to a cemetery. How could someone come to stay overnight?

Also, did Qiao Linxi know that someone would come to stay overnight, which is why he told them not to open the door to strangers?

"Your sister just told me not to open the door to strangers."

After saying that, Qiao Linbao looked at Yue Qingrong and the others with a slightly apologetic look and said, "I'm sorry, it's not convenient for us to let you stay overnight."

After saying that, Qiao Linbao took Qiao Linshu back and closed the door.

Yue Qingrong's maid looked at the closed door and was a little disappointed: "Why is it so hard to persuade this child?"

Yue Qingrong was not annoyed, she just looked at a man behind her and asked, "Have you found out clearly? This is the Qiao Mansion, the place we are looking for this time."

The man stepped forward and leaned towards Yue Qingrong, saying, "It must be here, there is no mistake." The man glanced at the closed door and said anxiously, "They won't let us in, what should we do?"

Yue Qingrong glanced at the tightly closed door, chuckled, and said, "It's okay, let's find a flat place to set up the tent."

"Miss, it's raining so hard, are you going to set up a tent outside? The servants are fine, but you are a princess, how can you stay here like this?"

Yue Qingrong frowned: "I am just a businessman now. We are the lowest class among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. How can we not have a place to live?"

"But……"

Yue Qingrong: "Go ahead and do it."

The maid Yueying sighed and turned to do the job. Yue Qingrong stood quietly on the steps, watching her followers set up the tent in the rain.

Inside the mansion, Qiao Linshu looked out through the crack in the door and saw the group of people setting up tents not far from them.

"Brother Lin Bao, look at them setting up the tent over there. It's raining so hard. It's so pitiful. Let's let them in."

Qiao Linbao also stuck his butt out and looked through the crack in the door. When he heard what Qiao Linshu said, he patted his head and said, "Your sister doesn't allow us to open the door to strangers."

"But I don't think he's a bad guy. He doesn't even carry a big knife."

"Silly!" Qiao Linbao patted Qiao Linshu on the back of his head again: "Is it written on your face that you are a bad guy? Besides, don't you think it's strange? Our house is not the only way to get into the city, why would they come here to stay overnight? There are cemeteries all around us, would normal people come to stay overnight in a house in a cemetery?"

"One more thing. Who says bad guys have to carry knives? My master said that there are many martial arts schools in this world. Some use knives, some use swords, and some use whips and sticks. There are also some schools that practice boxing, and they don't carry weapons."

Qiao Linshu seemed to understand and not understand, and asked: "Then what are they doing here? Will we be in danger?"

Qiao Linbao didn't know what they were doing here, so he could only be vigilant. These kids hadn't offended anyone, and they didn't know these people, so they shouldn't hurt them.