"Father." Xu Pei came in and saluted Mu Huaxiao.
"No need to be polite." Mu Huaxiao was still very satisfied with this adopted son. Xu Pei almost grew up by his side. When he was a child, he could tell that he was special among a group of children.
Although he was weak, no one dared to bully him. After he brought him around, he was even more surprised by his intelligence, obedience and decisiveness.
Teaching smart people and stupid people that the former doesn't have to worry too much, the most important thing is that his life-saving grace makes him feel relieved.
In addition to his apparent identity, Mu Huaxiao also has many other businesses secretly. However, because of his status, it is not convenient for him to move around frequently, so having an adopted son like Xu Pei is a good pair of eyes for him.
Xu Pei will not betray him.
"Sit down." Mu Huaxiao pointed to the chair opposite him. There was a booklet in his hand. He closed the booklet and said, "I have already seen the incident sent back earlier, but I want to hear what you think. idea."
Xu Pei sat down, pondered for a moment and said: "Pei thought it would be better to put the sangzhu back. I have never done experiments on people with such cultivation before. This opportunity was only given by accident."
"Why don't you bring her back since it's an opportunity?"
"Although it is an opportunity, it is also very dangerous. Sangzhu has a high level of cultivation and Jileluo's skills are elusive. I am worried that Sangzhu will find out something. It is not suitable for us to be discovered now. What I am even more worried about is If Jiao was safe, if she only had the child, she would have brought Sangzhu back even if she risked her life. However, there were too many variables on the way, so I made my own decision and let Sangzhu go back. If there was any situation, my adoptive father would know as soon as he found out."
"Let's talk about Beibei's matter." Mu Huaxiao nodded. He also didn't want his only baby daughter to be exposed to these things. He has always been a good father in Mu Ruojiao's heart. Who would reveal these things to her? , he will definitely make that life worse than death.
"This time I discovered that Ruan Xianbei has a good relationship with other sects, but her identity seems not to be told to others. She appears using the identity of other sects."
"Didn't Shen Xuan even notice?"
Xu Pei thought for a while and said, "Probably not. I thought Shen Xuan's temperament would inform the sect if he knew she was a saint of the Demon Sect, but there has been no movement in Cangshan since the Martial Arts Association."
Mu Huaxiao said: "Then spread the news that Beibei is the Holy Maiden of the Demon Sect, and tell the various sects that the Demon Sect has always been lurking around us."
Mu Huaxiao said he was friendly, but what he did was exactly the opposite.
Xu Pei said: "But this may speed up their discovery of our existence. Ruan Yan may have found something."
"After so many years, it's time to meet."
"Yes." Since his adoptive father had decided, Xu Pei said no more.
Mu Huaxiao thought about the side of Ruan Xianbei he had met at the martial arts meeting. At that time, he did not realize that the girl next to him was the person he was looking for. They actually used the shell of the Demon Cult to hide under this disguise for so long. , he smiled unconsciously, truly worthy of being his elder brother's good boy.
Xu Pei looked at Mu Huaxiao's expression and continued: "In addition, many of our strongholds and industries have suffered varying degrees of damage. It is initially estimated that it was also the work of the Demon Cult."
"Well, you can just watch and deal with this." Mu Huaxiao said, pressing his eyebrows, and finally asked with concern: "How is your health now? Is Doctor Huang's medicine still effective?"
"Thank you for your concern, foster father. Everything is fine."
"Okay, take a good rest for a while, don't force it, go back."
"Yes, kid, please leave."
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After Xu Pei left, Mu Huaxiao entered the inner room. He turned an ornament on the bookshelf, and a secret door opened from the side. After he entered, the secret door closed automatically.
Behind the door appeared a long staircase, and the walls were illuminated with fine luminous pearls. He walked down the stairs for about three floors, and a long corridor appeared in front of him. There were several guards guarding the stairs.
"The owner of the village."
Mu Huaxiao nodded lightly to them and continued walking in. He revealed his identity and passed the first door.
, the second door required his palm print verification, and he passed the third door before entering a room.
The temperature in this room was much lower than outside, always below zero, and white steam came out even when he breathed.
The room was also guarded by someone. When he arrived, the maid who was waiting in the room quickly took a coat and put it on him. This room was extremely luxurious and luxurious, with marble, crystal lamps, crystal tables, sapphire beds, and all kinds of unimaginable treasures. it's here.
If it weren't for the ice coffin placed in the center of the room, it would have been like an ordinary person straying into the secret realm of Frozen.
Lying quietly in the coffin was a young woman. She looked to be in her early twenties. The woman had a beautiful face. I don’t know what kind of preservation method was used to make her skin white and her lips red. The corners of her mouth were slightly raised as if she were smiling, making her look lifelike. It's like - just falling into a long sleep.
Her appearance is not so much similar to Ruan Xianbei as Ruan Xianbei is similar to her, and women like Eleven and Siqi also have her shadow on their bodies.
The woman sleeping in the coffin is the mother of Ruan Yanyan and Ruan Xianbei's brother and sister, Kou Yunxin.
The brother and sister have been looking for their mother's whereabouts, but for some reason she ended up in the underground secret room of Lingxiao Villa.
Mu Huaxiao stood beside the coffin and sat down, staring at her as he put his hand on the ice coffin, as gently as if he were touching a woman.
Kou Yunxin opened her red lips slightly, holding something in her mouth. If she looked carefully, it was a crystal clear bead. It was the cold soul bead that Mu Huaxiao desperately found from the iceberg in the north more than ten years ago. He could keep it The corpse has not decayed for thousands of years, as if it were reborn.
"Jun Xin, you will see Beibei soon, do you miss her?" Mu Huaxiao looked at her with eyes full of fascination, and he gradually became obsessed.
In this absolutely safe place, he rarely relaxed a little. He rarely talked a lot while sitting next to the woman. The guards understood his habit of standing far away and ensured that they would not hear anything they shouldn't hear.
"Jun Xin, you have slept for too long. When will you wake up? Jun Xin, I miss you so much. Don't blame me."
"I found a Taoist priest and he said the chances are not very high, but I still have to give it a try."
"I have prepared a lot of things you like. Your room is still the same as before. You don't know how hard it has been for me these years. When you wake up, we will never be separated again."
Mu Huaxiao stayed for nearly half an hour before leaving. When leaving, he glanced at the guards and said to guard the place.
After Mu Huaxiao left, the few maids who stayed here to serve Yun Xin began to whisper. After all, it was too difficult to pass the time underground without seeing the light of day all year round.
One of the younger ones said: "The owner of the village is really infatuated with his wife. Even if his wife is gone, he will miss her every day for ten years. If I had such a husband, I would be happy even after I die."
As soon as she said this, the maids next to her laughed out loud. She looked at them in confusion and asked, "What are you laughing at, sisters?"
"No wonder you're new here." Another maid said with a smile, "Why did so many people pick you here?"
The young maid who said this pouted in dissatisfaction. She was indeed transferred in not long ago, because it is too cold here and it is easy to get sick, and the people who come in have no chance to go out except to die. She wouldn't survive, but she didn't know.
She thought she had received special treatment and the task of taking care of the people the owner cherished, and she felt quite happy.
The older and thinner maid next to her couldn't stand it, so she hit her and said, "Don't talk nonsense, the person sleeping inside is not the owner's wife."
The girl groaned and covered her mouth, her eyes filled with fear before she fell silent.
"Don't talk nonsense about things you don't know in the future." The older girl comforted her and scolded the others. "It's not easy for everyone. She's new and doesn't understand anything. You guys should be nicer to your sister. None of us can run away if something happens, and none of you want to be the next one to get out."
The other two maids whispered yes and stopped playing pranks on the new girl.
After this experience, the little girl also realized that something was wrong. She apologized to her sisters, said a few nice words, and asked them for their advice.
one time.
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Here, after Xu Pei went out, he met Mu Ruojiao, who had gone to bed. Mu Ruojiao was waiting at the door of his room with the fresh fragrance of just taking a shower.
"Ruojiao?" He asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"
Seeing her coming back, Mu Ruojiao jumped down from the railing, put her hands behind her back like a little girl, and said with a smile: "I knew dad was looking for you again. Are you hungry, Brother Apei? I brought you a midnight snack."
She took out a food box from behind and looked at him with a smile.
Xu Pei was stunned for a moment and quickly came to his senses. He took the food box and said to her gently: "Just let the servants do this little thing."
"But I want to give it to you personally."
Xu Pei turned a blind eye to the meaning of her words and said in a child's tone: "I'll accept it. Go back and rest quickly."
"Brother Ah Pei, won't you invite me to come in and sit down?" Mu Ruojiao asked somewhat unhappily.
"How can you enter other men's rooms when you are so old?"
"You are not another man -" Mu Ruojiao wanted to argue, but Xu Pei put his hand on her head.
"Go back quickly."
The two of them were so close, and his chest was right in front of her eyes. Mu Ruojiao suddenly blushed, turned around and ran away.
Xu Pei entered the house and put the food box aside. Then his servant Abu entered the house from the outside. Previously, no one dared to approach the eldest lady. He only dared to come over after the eldest lady left.
"Help me get a bucket of hot water. You don't have to wait here anymore. I'll take the other one for you to eat." He said to the boy. Unlike other disciples of Lingxiao Villa, he was not in good health. He had a separate In the yard, Mu Huaxiao asked him to choose a boy to take care of him.
It is impossible for a maid to take care of a maid. Miss Mu can kill one with one slap.
Abu also knew the eldest lady's character. He reminded hesitantly: "Isn't this bad, sir? This is what the eldest lady gave you."
Xu Pei asked him indifferently: "I am in poor health and need to take medicine. The medicine sent by the eldest lady is incompatible with my efficacy, and I don't want to refuse the kindness of the eldest lady. What's wrong with this?"
What he said made sense, but Xu Pei didn't even open the box and had no idea what was inside, which blinded Mu Ruojiao's thoughts.
Abu knew what Xu Pei meant, so he didn't ask any more questions and left happily carrying the food box.
Xu Pei rubbed his arms, feeling the familiar feeling of fatigue and soreness in his limbs. He had narrowly escaped death several times over the years. Although his body was much better now than if he had died at any time, he must rest when the time came. Junqu Pavilion
When he was not in good health, he had to use his brain more than others. He rolled up his sleeves and looked at his arm, which was so fair that he could clearly see the blood vessels. He poured a pill from the small bottle in his arms and took it. He still had many things to do. To do it, don't fall down easily.
Twenty taels of silver was a bit too small, but in modern times it was still around eight thousand to ten thousand yuan.
At present, an ordinary soldier in the Yu Dynasty can only earn one tael of silver per month at most, and a centurion can earn three taels of silver per month.
Maybe he will accept it.
In addition, Qin Hu is also planning to draw a big pie for Li Xiaokun. After all, Qin Hu used to have money.
Now it depends on whether he and Qin An can survive the night.
"Little Marquis, I may not be able to survive. I'm so hungry, my hands and feet are frozen with cold." Qin An said in a daze.
"Xiao Anzi, Xiao Anzi, hold on, hold on, you can't stay still, get up and run, that's the only way you can survive."
In fact, Qin Hu himself is in trouble. Although he was a special soldier in his previous life, this body is not what he used to be. All he has now is a perseverance.
"Wait!"
Qin Hu's eyes were like cold stars, and he suddenly shouted in a low voice. A reflection and a rustling sound that appeared just ten meters away from the camp aroused his alertness.
With the professional sense of smell of a special scout, he felt that it was the enemy.
But should we notify Li Xiaokun?
Qin Hu hesitated a little. What if he saw it wrong? You know, his current physical condition is completely different from before.
If a false alarm causes night terrors or camp roars, and someone gets a handle on it, they will be killed without mercy.
"Xiao Anzi, hand me the bow and arrow."
Qin Hu crawled under the carriage and whispered.
But Qin An's next words scared him so much that he almost jumped up.
"Bow and arrow, what are bow and arrow?"
What, there are no bows and arrows in this era?
Qin Hu looked around and found a wooden stick with a sharpened top placed under the wheel. It was two meters long. It was thick at the handle and became thinner as it went up.
The more I look at it, the more it looks like a weapon.
Wooden gun, this is the iconic building of the cannon fodder.
"Come closer, come closer..." After a few breaths, Qin Hu was sure that he was right.
The other party may be the enemy's scouts, called scouts in this era. They are trying to enter the camp and conduct reconnaissance.
Of course, if conditions permit, you can also poison, set fire to, or perform a beheading operation.
"one two three……"
He and Qin An lay motionless on the ground until then, he suddenly jumped up and threw the wooden spear as a javelin.
"puff!"
It was impossible for the scout to wear armor because he had difficulty moving, so the shot pierced his chest directly.
Following Qin Hu, he picked up the wooden gun belonging to Qin An, jumped out of the carriage, and chased in the opposite direction desperately.
For the reliability of intelligence, the scouts are required to monitor each other and are not allowed to act alone, so there are at least two.
After a few moments, Qin Hu threw another black shadow to the ground.
Then he strangled his neck with a wooden gun. There was a crisp sound and the man's head hung down.
"Hoo, hoo!" Qin Hu was sweating profusely and almost collapsed. He lay on the ground gasping for air. His body was really too weak.
Just to break the enemy's neck, before he could just use his hands, but just now he had to rely on the power of a wooden gun.
"Qin An, come here and help me search you."
Qin Hu is familiar with the rules of the battlefield. He must collect all the trophies from these two guys as quickly as possible.
"Two daggers, two horizontal knives, a level, seven or eight taels of broken silver, two grain bags, flags, kettles, two sets of cotton-padded clothes, two pot helmets, bacon..."
"Qin An, brother, hurry up, hurry up, eat something quickly, you are saved..."
Qin Hu tremblingly grabbed a handful of fried beans from the grain bag and stuffed it into Qin An's mouth, then filled him with water and put on the captured cotton-padded clothes.
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Before dawn, Qin Hu cut off the scout's head before the sentry on duty arrived, carried it into Shi Chang's camp, and reported what happened yesterday.
This was done to prevent others from taking credit, and he knew what kind of environment he was in now.
"Thirty taels of silver for one head, you are rich."
The chief's name was Gundam. He was a tall, muscular man with a beard.
At first, he didn't believe it until he saw the trophies captured by Qin Hu and the two corpses.
At this moment, his eyes were full of envy, jealousy and hatred.
"It's not me who gets rich, it's everyone who gets rich. This is the result of the ten of us."
