At night, as Niu Youde expected, the little city lord came to see Gu Yucheng.
The little city lord stepped through the door and called out to Concubine Xian. Niu Youde, holding a heating lamp, quickly stepped forward to greet the little city lord.
The little city lord asked with great satisfaction, "How is the new guy doing?"
Niu Youde frowned slightly, "The new monk's name is Gu Yucheng - he is currently staying in the wing..."
Seeing that Niu Youde seemed to have something on his mind, the little city owner directly asked with concern, "What's wrong with you, Concubine Xian?"
Niu Youde's eyebrows were lowered, and he shook his head slightly. The warm lamp reflected Niu Youde's most handsome side face, and for a moment, a heavy weathering appeared.
The little city lord Daukou was so young that he couldn't see Niu Youde's sadness. Then he laughed again and skipped towards Gu Yucheng's door.
Niu Youde could only remind him helplessly, "Be careful."
The little city lord waved his hand, "I know, I know."
Niu Youde looked at the happy figure of the small city lord Ru Xinyan welcoming the spring, with mixed feelings in his heart: "If Gu Yucheng goes to the demon country, it is tantamount to throwing meat and tigers. But that guy has no brains. He wants to go to the demon country. If If the little city lord hadn't kept him locked up, I'm afraid this guy would have gone to the Demon Country. How could I watch him die with my own eyes."
Niu Youde followed up with a warm lamp, thinking in his mind, "But during this period, the city lord seemed to be a little concerned about the young city lord recruiting monks. If the little city lord kept Gu Yucheng again, the city lord would be furious and kill everyone. Drive people away..." Thinking of this, Niu Youde's expression became calm.
Although selfish, for Niu Youde, he needs to stay here. Only by staying here can he succeed.
Seeing that Niu Youde was lagging behind, the little city owner stepped forward and grabbed Niu Youde and said, "Let's go!"
Niu Youde was startled. After he realized what he was doing, he followed the little city lord to Gu Yucheng's room.
When he opened the door, he saw Gu Yucheng leaning on the bed and chanting, "The nine heavens have closed the palace, and the clothes and hats of all nations are bowed..."
The little city lord clicked his tongue and said in wonder, "I didn't expect that you would have such leisurely grace to recite poems here."
Gu Yucheng sat up and gave the little city lord a helpless look, "There are only two kinds of people in the world, one is to climb the tower to admire the moon, and the other is to climb the tower to eat vegetables. The former is elegant, the latter is vulgar. Although I am a layman, When I’m bored, I’ll do some elegant things.”
The little city lord didn't know what was vulgar or elegant, so she just stepped in front of Gu Yucheng, "I don't care whether you are a Yangchun Baixue or a lower-class person. You are both elegant and popular, and you are also my concubine." As she said this, she put her hands on her hips very proudly.
"And!" Before Gu Yucheng could say anything, the little city lord took the lead. "I heard that you are very disobedient to discipline! So, I want to make you a concubine! - Do you understand what I mean?"
Gu Yucheng was completely speechless, "You are no longer overhearing this, you are speaking openly and honestly. Don't you just want me to obey you?"
The little city lord nodded repeatedly, "Hey! Children can be taught!"
Gu Yucheng protested silently.
The little city lord didn't care and stepped forward to pull Gu Yucheng up.
Gu Yucheng's cultivation level was sealed, and he was dragged to his feet wherever he could defeat the little city lord.
"Where are you taking me?" Gu Yucheng asked quickly.
"There is a lantern festival in the city today! Come and watch it with me!" the little city lord explained.
"Lantern Festival? - What festival is today?" Gu Yucheng asked.
The little city lord shook his head, "I don't know. Anyway, there is a lantern festival every six months! - My father asked someone to hold it, and I don't know who to show it to. Maybe it was for me! After all, I am his little cotton-padded jacket!"
Gu Yucheng had no choice but to be dragged to the lantern festival.
When the families in Xuecheng saw the little city lord traveling with a group of people, they quickly dispersed. The posture made them hate their parents for not having more legs, and they were afraid that they would run slower.
The whole Xuecheng is sleepless tonight.
Xue Shan and the blond woman stood on the top floor of Xue Mansion, quietly watching the entire Xuecheng being lit up.
Xue Shan asked softly, "How?"
The blonde woman replied inconsistently, "I see it twice a year. I'm tired of seeing it."
Xue Shan suddenly felt a little disappointed, "Don't be like this, it's all for you."
The blond woman glanced at Xue Shan and said, "Slick. Let's go, you've finished watching the lanterns, and take me back to the Demon Kingdom."
Xue Shan was discouraged and said, "Okay. Let's go. Alas."
Xue Shan sent his wife away and returned home.
After returning to the upper room, Xue Shan shouted, "Liang Yi!"
A man with purple skin kicked open the door, lazily walked forward, yawned and said, "What's wrong? What's wrong! - Old man, what are you doing here?"
Xue Shan looked at Liang Yi and was furious, "You bastard! You are no older than me!"
Liang Yi shook his head to calm himself down and replied, "What do you want me to do, you old man? Hurry up and tell me!"
Xue Shan was so angry at Liang Yi's disrespectful behavior that he took a big step forward, raised his hands and held Liang Yi down.
Liang Yi suddenly panicked, "I'll go! Are you serious! Do you want to hit me?"
Xue Shan held down Liang Yi and slapped Liang Yi on the butt. "When your father passed by Yunzhong Province, he adopted you, a stinky demon boy like you. Before your father left, he asked me to adopt you as my adopted son. What happened? You As you are now, you don’t think of me as your father at all! When I get old, I think you can be my brother!"
Liang Yi shouted repeatedly, "You are still talking about me! How can a father spank his son at such an old age? Ouch! - Be gentle!"
Xue Shan slapped him in the face more than ten times in one breath, then he relieved his hatred and sat back in his seat.
Liang Yi rubbed his butt and said angrily, "When you get old, I'll let you call me daddy!"
Xue Shan stood up directly after hearing the words and was about to take action. Liang Yi quickly shouted, "Wait! Wait! I know why you called me here. I was joking with you just now. You asked me to check, and I have already checked It’s over!”
Xue Shan blew his beard and stared, "Why don't you tell me quickly!"
Liang Yi pouted, "Niu Youde was originally from the Demon Country. His father supported his family by taking care of the monsters. Later, he was beaten to death by disciples of the Wen family who were married to the Qi family. Niu Youde and his family were also burned to death. He was the only one to escape. Come out."
Xue Shan frowned, "Why did the Wen family beat Niu Youde's father to death?"
Liang Yi rubbed his butt and replied nonchalantly, "Who knows? Some powerful people will drive people to death if they don't get what they want.
In a place like the Demon Country, which believes in fate and has a strict hierarchy, it is enough to kill an ordinary human and pay for it with a sheep. Who cares? ——This Niu Youde must have escaped because he wanted to take revenge in the future. Oh, so I think he won't do anything to Su Shang. "
Xue Shan was silent.
Liang Yi then said, "By the way, your precious daughter went to the lantern festival again."
Xue Shan raised his head and said, "Why don't you stop me?!"
Liang Yi shook his head, "Why should I stop her? Isn't my sister meant to be pampered? Oh, the poor raise a son and the rich raise a daughter, just pamper her."
Xue Shan grabbed the inkstone in front of the table and threw it at Liang Yi. "Poverty raises a man's ambition; wealth raises a daughter's virtue! If you continue to spoil her like this, Xue Su Shang will be spoiled! - Keep an eye on me! As soon as Su Shang's girl comes back , just call me over!"
Liang Yi dodged the inkstone, picked it up with his left hand and threw it back. "I know...oh." After saying that, he left lazily.
Late at night, Gu Yucheng was dragged back by Xue Sushang. At this time, Gu Yucheng was already hopeless.
Before Xue Suchhang could drag Gu Yucheng away, Liang Yi stood up.
Xue Sushang shouted in surprise, "Brother!"
Liang Yi smiled fondly and pinched Xue Sushang's right cheek with his left hand. "Hehe, how are you having fun with Su Shang?"
Xue Sushang nodded
"I lit the biggest lantern at the lantern festival today! The boss chased me and cried all the way!"
Liang Yi was not surprised and praised, "As expected of Su Shang! Well done!"
Gu Yucheng got up tiredly, cursing in his mind, "How beautiful it is! - That boss kept pulling on my leg and almost pulled it off!"
Xue Sushang sighed and said, "I still wanted to burn the camp, but now their lights are turned on separately, which is really disappointing."
Liang Yi sighed, "You can have people connect the lamps, or just set fire to it. You can burn as much as you want."
Gu Yucheng looked at Liang Yi and didn't sigh at all about his identity as a demon. He just sighed, "It turns out that there is such a big demon king on top of the little demon king..."
Xue Sushang reacted, "That's right! I'll just light it on fire next time! As much as it can burn!"
Liang Yi nodded and walked directly out, "Okay, I'm going to Changli Province. I have a surprise for you before I leave."
Xue Sushang asked expectantly, "What? What? What surprise?"
Liang Yi suppressed his laughter and ran away, then shouted, "Dad asked you to go see him." After saying that, he ran away.
Xue Sushang immediately started to make a fuss, "Ah! Brother, why are you like this?!"
Liang Yi laughed while running.
Xue Suchhang knew that if his father wanted to see her, it would be bad, but he had to see her, so he let Gu Yucheng go.
Niu Youde originally wanted to follow him, but Xue Sushang resigned.
Xue Sushang opened the door and saw his father scratching his head.
Xue Sushang hadn't seen his father for a long time. He looked at it for a long time and saw that his father's hair was thinning a little, and he felt angry and pitiful at the same time.
He was angry that Xue Shan had been missing him for the sake of cultivation, but he was pity that his father was getting older and older.
But Xue Sushang didn't express his feelings. Instead, he said, "Stop scratching. If you scratch it again, you will be so horny."
Xue Shan looked at the hair that he had scratched, and then listened to his daughter's words, and felt even more heartbroken.
Xue Sushang didn't care and sat down directly.
Xue Shan raised his head and glanced at Xue Sushang, "Where did you go wild again? Why is there still dust on your face?"
Xue Sushang wiped it casually, not caring, "I don't know."
Xue Shan sighed helplessly and said, "Okay, it's up to you. But, how many days will you keep your concubines?"
Xue Suchhang's heart tightened, "They... have to stay for a while, otherwise they will be bullied by the old people in Xuecheng when they go out. How bad it would be."
Xue Shan sighed and said, "You girl, you always like to tease others, but you never see others being bullied. I really indulge you too much." - Xuecheng is a place where fish and dragons are mixed, and the strong eat the weak, and the fittest survive. This is natural."
Xue Sushang couldn't listen at all, "Dad! Overemphasis on the survival of the fittest will actually become an excuse to bully the weak!"
Hearing this, Xue Shan frowned and sighed, "There are many monks but few meat. If you want to take away people's jobs, why don't you allow others to suppress you? - In Xuecheng, this is the rule. Those male concubines of yours are completely destroying the balance."
Xue Sushang pouted, "No! I just don't let them go out and be bullied!"
Xue Shan frowned and said, "Do you know that that fat nobleman of yours, An Fuhai, lived in the Xue Mansion and became very domineering and began to bully other merchants? - The more concubines you recruit, the more likely you are to be like An Fu." The easier it is for people like Hai to gather together. When the time comes, people who have lived in Xuecheng's house will bully the old merchants who have lived here for their ancestors. Is it good? "
"Shang'er... your little head still hasn't experienced the world." Xue Shan sighed.
Xue Sushang was still angry and unconvinced, "How can you be so sure what you said is right?"
Xue Shan immediately laughed out of anger and said confidently, "Since you don't believe it, how about you take a gamble with your father?"
