Chapter 301 Return to the Ruins
Several people showed the soul-enlightening beads obtained from the Demon Cult to the leader of the left leader. As a devout follower of the Lord of the Underworld, many of these people were rewarded with soul-enhancing beads.

In fact, those human beings who became sacrifices were also implanted with soul-enlightening beads, but their beads matured more than ten times faster after being urged by the imperial edict.

The Soul Enlightenment Orb stimulates the vitality of the host and absorbs it. The host feels that he is in good health, but he does not know that his decades of life have been stimulated and stolen within a few months.After absorbing the vitality of human beings, Si Zhao secretly dedicated the soul-opening pearl to the Lord of the Underworld to suck it.And those people are nothing but immature bait in the eyes of the master of the underworld.

Driven by his own desires, he blindly pursued ascension, and didn't even know the truth about the Lord of the Underworld, so he went crazy for such an illusory thing.Taking other lives as sacrifices, but not knowing that I am just one of the sacrifices, my ignorance is ridiculous.

In the evening, when the sky was full of red clouds, Shen Mu and Ming Xiu strolled along the street market in the east of Jing'an City, planning to buy Jing'an's special snacks.

"That's..." At the food stall, as he was about to sit down, he saw Ju Shi Fangzheng and a young woman whispering something.

"Hush." ​​Mingxiu hissed, looking at what Ju Shifang and the young woman were talking about.

Ju Shifang took out an ingot of silver from his bosom, and said to the young woman, "Madam Li, take care, I will send Brother Li's salary every month from now on."

It turned out that this young woman was the wife of Ju Shifang's subordinates, and the disciples in the official alliance fought against the Demon Cult, causing casualties every year.Mrs. Li looked sad, and did not reach out to take the money in Ju Shifang's hand, "There are no people, so where will the salary come from? Master Ju, we orphans and widows, although the days ahead are hard, we can still weave." Work can always make a living. My old Li is a rough man and often does some stupid things, but he will never live on other people's poor lives, and neither will we."

While talking, a little boy ran over and grabbed Mrs. Li's hand.

"I was the one to be rude. This is loaned to you two by the Zhengwu League. When Brother Li's child grows up, he has to repay it with interest." Ju Shifang sighed, leaned down and stroked the little boy's hair, and said: " Xiaoyun, your father is a good man... take good care of your mother."

"I will." The little boy nodded with firm eyes.

"Mrs. Li, take care." Ju Shifang smiled, turned and left.

Xiaoyun took Mrs. Li's hand, shook it and said, "Mom, when I grow up, I want to join the Zhengwu League just like my father, and become a great hero, a great hero."

"No!" Madam Li immediately refused.

"...Mother?" Xiaoyun was puzzled, and looked up at her mother with her dark eyes.

Mrs. Li felt that she had experienced it, shook her head, and said softly: "Little Yun, let's go to school or do business in the future, let's not learn martial arts, and don't get involved in Jianghu affairs. If your father is still alive, he must I hope you are safe and sound, and you will marry a good wife in the future, and our family will live in harmony and beauty."

"Mom...mother...I miss dad...I want dad...mother..." Xiao Yun burst into tears.

Mrs. Li hurriedly coaxed: "My dear Xiaoyun, hurry up and drink the chicken soup that Uncle Ju just sent you. You are a man, you don't want to cry."

"Well! I'm a man." Xiaoyun immediately stopped crying, wiped his tears and said: "I want to grow up quickly, help my mother, and protect my mother on behalf of my father!"

"It's so heartbreaking..." Mingxiu saw the scene in front of her and thought of her own childhood, with a look of sadness in her eyes.

Shen Mu said lightly: "Life and death reincarnation, there is life only when there is death. If there is no death without death, how can life be so precious?"

Mingxiu felt that what Shen Mu said was also reasonable, restrained her sorrow, and ordered two Jing'an noodles and two Jing'an pancakes, and the two sat on the small bench, Mingxiu said to Shen Mu: "Ah Mu, people will Death is a very normal thing. But why do others still feel sad when one person dies? It's strange..."

"...Because people's hearts are inherently strange." Shen Mu said.

Mingxiu asked Shen Mu again like a baby: "Why does God want to make people sad? Isn't it good to only have happy things?"

"This..." Shen Mu smiled wryly in his heart.

A few days later, Shen Mu and the others left Jing'an and returned to Luo's house together with Luo Zhaoyan. Luo Zhaoyan returned home, took a few people around the rockery in the front yard, and shouted to the main room: "Hold your name, we are back!" .

Luo Buming was still dressed in women's clothing, walked out of the main room, glanced at everyone, and then fell on Luo Zhaoyan's face and said: "There is a look of hesitation on his face. What good thing did you dare not tell me?"

"Hehe...it's nothing..." Luo Zhaoyan smiled.

"Let's wait for a while." Luo Zhiming gave a salute to Shen Mu and the others, and then waved to Luo Zhaoyan: "Zhaoyan, come with me."

Seeing Luo Buming's mysterious appearance, Luo Zhaoyan followed into the wing room noncommittally. It turned out that Luo Buming wanted Luo Zhaoyan to change into women's clothes to meet someone. After a while, Luo Zhaoyan changed into women's clothes and came together. Hall, saw an old man.

Leaning on a cane, the old man seemed to have been waiting here for a long time. He looked at Luo Zhaoyan with cloudy eyes, and said hesitantly, "Uh...you are...you are...Luo Mingming?"

"...Mmm." Luo Zhaoyan nodded resolutely.

Luo Shaoshang breathed out and said, "Huh...then I can rest assured."

"Excuse me... old man, why do you want to see me?" Luo Zhaoyan asked.

"Ah, I'm sorry, it's a long story." Luo Shaoshang said, "My little old man, Luo Shaoshang, left Luojiazhuang decades ago and never came back. , so I rushed back to participate in this grand ceremony. Two days ago, I heard people in the village talk about you, Miss Luo, saying that you live in seclusion and rarely show up. Even the people in the village are very curious about you. This made me think Get up alone."

"...Who?" Luo Zhaoyan asked.

Luo Shaoshang twisted his gray beard with his hands and said: "When I was a child, the Luo family had a pair of twins, one of whom was very surly, and we children were very afraid of him. Later, the Luo family had twins. The curse of the early death of the twins was fulfilled on them, and the brothers died early one after another. To be honest, I secretly rejoiced for a while."

"..." Luo Zhaoyan's eyes were blank.

Luo Shaoshang paused slightly, and continued: "Ten years later, one of my cousins ​​also gave birth to twins. That younger brother was so gloomy that he didn't look like a child, and the longer he grew up, the more he looked like that person back then, with a bad temper. The difference is the same. Everyone is discussing whether this younger brother is possessed by the ghost of that person back then, and seeing him makes me feel creepy."

"……and after?"

Luo Shaoshang said: "A few years later, I left home and went to the Central Plains. I only knew from the letters from my hometown that my younger brother avoided people, and seemed to be doing some strange things secretly. Even his brother avoided him. The last time I Hearing the news about that younger brother, it was that he used some strange ritual to kill himself. Originally, I had long forgotten about it. But this time when I returned to my hometown, I heard that Miss, you behaved secretly. Thinking of this, I wonder if you are also possessed..."

"..." Luo Zhaoyan had a black line on his forehead.

Luo Shaoshang showed a smile on his face and said: "Now that I see Miss, you can rest assured, you are not like that person at all. Presumably, that person is a man, so he shouldn't be attached to a woman, haha ... I have caused you trouble today, I would like to express my apologies with a small gift. The little old man is taking my leave." Then, he got up and took out a painting, and then left.

"Go slowly." Luo Zhaoyan stood up and saw him off.Then he went back to the wing room and said to Luo anonymously: "Unknown, it was great to exchange identities with you at the beginning, otherwise your secret may have been exposed long ago. You only have a short lifespan of more than twenty years, and you can still survive as a man .

"Zhaoyan...you really don't resent such a fate, do you resent me?" Luo asked with anonymous eyes.

"Hold my name, my thoughts have never changed. If I say I have no complaints, it is a lie. But..." Luo Zhao said: "A few days ago, I read all the classics about Jiuquan written by Miss Ming. I didn't find any clues. And you and Dad, after so many years, have found nothing. The method of breaking the curse is too illusory... Instead of wasting your life on this matter, it's better to think about how to live a more exciting life, even if I The time is not long, and people will remember the name "Luo Zhaoyan"."

"..." Luo buried his name and sighed, "I really don't know whether to say you are optimistic or pessimistic."

"As a man, I can walk around the world more freely and meet many friends... I am very happy, really." Luo Zhaoyan smiled and said, "Hold your name, you are my only relative, I...willing to be with you With the total death."

"...Heh." Luo buried his name and smiled, and asked, "What did the old man give you?"

Luo Zhao said: "A painting, it's not bad. Just hang it in the back hall?"

"An eyesore." Luo Bu said earnestly: "The painting you gave me is the most important thing for me; these idlers are waiting, forget it."

"Uh..." Luo Zhaoyan was noncommittal, nodded, dressed in women's attire, left the back hall, came to the main hall, pretended not to know Shen Mu and said: "Shen Mu... ah, uh, you are Mr. Shen, I am the owner of the house." ...Cousin! That, that..."

"Zhaoyan, why force yourself to lie?" Shen Mu smiled and said, "If I can't even tell whether a person is a man or a woman, it would be too much of a failure. It's just that there must be a reason for you to hide it, so I won't That's all."

"...I..." Luo Zhaoyan blushed, and lowered his head, his smooth and shiny hair fell down on his fragrant shoulders: "Ms. Ming also..."

"Hmm..." Mingxiu nodded.

Shen Mu smiled and said, "After spending so much time together, I'm afraid you've already seen it."

"This……"

Luo Zhaoyan quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to deceive you, but there are some reasons..."

Immediately, Luo Zhaoyan felt his cheeks burning hot and blushed even more with embarrassment, and he didn't dare to raise his eyes to look at the few people. As if by magic, a flower appeared in Shen Mu's hand, and he immediately sent it to him, comforting: "I can be loved by you!" It is my honor to deceive such a beautiful girl."

"Uh..." Luo Zhaoyan was a little embarrassed, and explained: "I changed into women's clothes... for some reason, I have to change it back."

At this moment, Luo Ziming came over and said with a smile, "Why bother? They already know about it, don't they?"

Ju Shifang's eyes widened, he looked at Luo with some hesitation and said: "You can't be...Miss Luo?"

"Exactly." Luo nodded anonymously.

"...I have a headache." Ju Shifang looked confused.

Yue Qi asked: "Zhao Yan, you look so good-looking? Why do you want to change back?"

Luo Zhaoyan explained: "Luo Zhaoyan is a man, so no one can question this, otherwise..."

"..." Luo buried his name and said with a smile: "The Luo family is now full of clansmen who have come back from all over the place. It is not surprising that there is another new face. Moreover, although I have not checked the information of Longtan, since I know that it is located in Guixu, I let you Rehai enters the veins of the spring and guides you to Guixu, I can still do it. Jiuquan is not in the human world, so why not take this opportunity to experience the feeling of a woman?"

"Hmm..." Luo Zhaoyan glanced at Shen Mu and the others, then nodded slightly.

Immediately, Luo Xianming led a few people to a towering tower in the backyard, and said to everyone: "This place is relatively secret, so it is convenient to open the spring. If you are ready, just go there and find me.

Yue Qi innocently looked at the towering tower, and asked strangely: "Zhaoyan, why does your house have a tower? It's for viewing the scenery?"

Everyone shook their heads and smiled, Luo Zhao said: "This was built more than 200 years ago for a certain ceremony. Only the owner of the house has the key here, and no outsiders will come in."

Following the key to open the heavy iron door of the tower, Shen Mu and the others followed Luo Zhaoyan into his building. They walked not far, and when they reached a pool, they suddenly seemed to have entered an illusory realm. In the middle, everyone was trapped inside and heard a little girl crying.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

The little girl looked very much like Mingxiu. At this moment, a man in green robe came out. Everyone saw that it was Mingxiu's master, Gu Hanjiang.

Gu Hanjiang stepped forward to persuade: "Uh, little girl, don't cry, it's okay, the monster has been knocked down by uncle."

The girl choked with sobs and said, "Woo...well, Xiu'er...Xiu'er doesn't cry."

"Xiu'er?!" Everyone was surprised for a while, looking at Ming Xiu beside him, Ming Xiu's eyes were blank, this obviously happened when Ming Xiu was a child.

Looking into the distance, Gu Hanjiang said to the little girl: "Well, well, you're so good, uh, little girl, where is your home, why are you here alone?"

Xiao Mingxiu said: "I am from the village at the foot of the mountain, and the village chief's grandfather sent me here. He said, I am the bride of the mountain god."

"...Huh?" Gu Hanjiang was a little puzzled.

Xiao Mingxiu was innocent and innocent, with a look of fear in his eyes, he said: "The mountain god is the most powerful on this mountain. It eats a lot of food and often wants to marry a bride. The grandfather of the village chief said, I am eight years old today. It's my turn."

Seeing Xiao Mingxiu's nervous and frightened expression, Gu Hanjiang sighed and said, "Giving the child to the monster to eat in exchange for the safety of the village... It's sad!"

"Xiu'er doesn't want to be the bride of the mountain god, woooo...the mountain god is so scary woooooo...mother won't, but grandpa insists on me... woooo..." Xiao Mingxiu bowed his head and started to cry again.

Gu Hanjiang coaxed: "Hey, hey, don't cry, don't cry, it's okay, the mountain god has been beaten to death by uncle, you don't need to be a bride anymore, uncle will take you back to find your mother, okay?"

"Hmm..." Xiao Mingxiu followed Gu Hanjiang and walked forward, gradually drifting away, two figures, one big and one small, disappeared before everyone's eyes.

Seeing the disappearing figure in the distance, everyone sighed inexplicably, Xianqing said thoughtfully: "Brother Hanjiang said that when she traveled around, she once rescued a little girl who was attacked by a monster in a deep mountain. Is this the scene at the time?"

"Oh, so we saw sister Mingxiu's memory just now?" Yue Qi nodded.

Shen Mu said: "Xiu'er, we should be in the illusion of your memory now. Starting from your memory, we may be able to find a way out of the predicament."

"En." Mingxiu was still remembering something, with a trace of sadness in his eyes, and nodded slightly.

Ju Shifang said, "Miss Ming, although I don't know what happened back then, since you were adopted by Uncle Gu, something happened to your family... But... it has already happened." If you don't think about it, it won't disappear, just like what happened at the main altar..."

"Shut up!" Mingxiu glanced at Ju Shifang and said angrily.

Ju Shifang quickly hid back: "I, you hit me after I finish talking! Some time ago, I hid in the house and dared not see anyone. It was Uncle Gu who told me to face reality. You are Uncle Gu's apprentice. How can you be worse than me!"

(End of this chapter)

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