"Is it true?" Mo Juren was horrified. The moment he saw the servant, a strange memory instantly entered his mind. There has never been a personal maid Jing'er by his side, but instead was the servant Xiaoqi in front of him.
But, if that's the case, who was Jing'er yesterday? Why did it appear in the dream world and suddenly disappear today?
"Husband, who is Jing'er?" Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Murong Yue asked in a low voice. But secretly guessing in her heart, could it be the woman that her husband likes?
"You...you don't know either?" Mo Juren showed doubts again. Didn't he have any memory of everything we experienced together last night?
"Should I know?" A trace of surprise flashed in Murong Yue's eyes.
"It's okay, maybe I made a mistake." Mo Juren shook his head slightly and then said,
"Let's go, it's time to wait at my uncle's place."
Murong Yue was not a fool, so naturally she would not believe the other party's perfunctory words. However, he was very knowledgeable and did not ask further questions, and followed the other party forward with light steps.
…
"Meet uncle..."
"Meet uncle..."
In the front hall, Su Hong sat upright, looking at the two people saluting respectfully in front of him, his eyes filled with uncontrollable joy. Ren'er finally got married, and she had something to say to her sister.
"We are all members of our own family, so there is no need to be so polite. Just sit down."
"Cousin, cousin." Su Ting'er also stood up to greet her, and the two of them nodded slightly in response.
As Su Hong said, we are all a family, there is no need to be too restrictive. After some basic salutes, the atmosphere in the hall instantly became relaxed.
Murong Yue communicated quietly with Su Ting'er beside her, while Mo Juren listened carefully to Su Hong's teachings.
The Su family is large, but its population is extremely thin. Su Hong had a deep relationship with his wife. Although he later took his wife's personal maid as a concubine, he only gave birth to a daughter. Later, his wives and concubines died of illness one after another, and he never married again.
Therefore, in Su Hong's eyes, his nephew is just like his son, the true future heir of the Su family. Fortunately, Mo Juren was very ambitious and very talented in business, and he helped him manage the family business very early on.
Now that they are getting married and starting a business, naturally the Su family's business will have to be taken care of more by each other in the future, so that they can also enjoy peace and happiness. However, after all, the other party is still young and less experienced, so he needs to give more advice.
At this moment, Su Hong began to take the trouble to impart his life experience. Although to Mo Juren's ears, they were just commonplace thoughts that were of no use, he did not refute them. Instead, he listened very seriously.
"Yue'er is the legitimate daughter of the Murong family. Marrying her is a blessing that you have cultivated for several lifetimes. You must love her very much in the future. In addition, the power of the Murong family in Su City is not much worse than ours. You should also pay attention to it. I'll be back in Guining in a few days, so I have to behave well..."
"Don't worry, uncle, I will pay attention..."
"..."
Su Hong was very interested in talking and didn't stop until dinner time. After the family finished breakfast quietly, Mo Juren took his wife and left.
Returning to the new house, I poured a cup of tea by myself, and then drank it slowly. Murong Yue didn't say anything, she just sat quietly aside, staring at him intently with her bright eyes, silent for a long time.
"Just ask whatever you want, and I won't hide anything you can answer?"
"What if I can't answer?" Murong Yue blinked and asked.
"I can only say that even if I don't tell you some problems, you will know about them when the time comes." Mo Juren shook his head slightly.
This answer was obviously a bit perfunctory, but Murong Yue was not angry and continued: "I don't even ask about my identity. I just want to know what happened last night? Why were we...in the back garden?" …”
"You really can't remember anything?" Mo Juren was a little curious and asked.
"Only...only remember a little bit." Murong Yue was obviously a little shy and stammered in a low voice,
"I...I only remember that my husband ignored me. Later, I felt hot all over and my head felt a little dizzy...My husband seemed to have ran out of the room, and I...I also chased him out in a daze, and then...after that He just appeared in the back garden for some reason and was...by my husband..."
At this point, Murong Yue was already shy and uncontrollable, and her jade-like cheeks became as red as blood. She was born in a noble family, and her wedding night was actually in the grass in the back garden. This was really unacceptable to her.
Unfortunately, it had already happened and there was nothing she could do. I could only hide my shame in my heart, and didn't even show it when I went to visit the elders in the morning.
However, when it was mentioned again at this time, the shyness that had been hidden suddenly burst out.
"I don't know the specific reason." Mo Juren shook his head slightly, and he was indeed not lying. The restless lust last night came out of nowhere, and I still can't figure out the reason for it. And Jing'er, the maid who fell in love with him overnight but suddenly disappeared, is even more mysterious.
He suddenly thought of the real person who was in love in reality. If all this was controlled secretly by the other party, it would barely make sense. However, the other party once mentioned that she cannot completely control the dream world and can only provide certain guidance.
So, yesterday's inexplicable restlessness, as well as Jing'er's appearance and disappearance, could it be the result of the other party's deliberate guidance? However, if it is really what the other party did, what is its purpose?
In order to make him fall in love with a man and a woman, and become Murong Yue's furnace in the future? In this case, why do we need to get a Jing'er out? Why did you give him the Art of Forgetting Love in the first place? It also allowed him to stay awake in his dreams, which was obviously somewhat inconsistent.
"Don't you know, husband?" Murong Yue calmed down and frowned after hearing such an answer. Thinking about last night's situation again, it was as if he had been drugged with some kind of aphrodisiac. Then I thought again, who would do such a thing for no reason? Besides, I didn't eat anything at that time, and I didn't have any chance to take drugs?
"The matter has come to this, it's useless to think about it." Mo Juren smiled, but took the wine bottle on the side, filled two glasses himself, and continued,
"I missed having a drink last night, so I just made up for it now."
Hearing this, Murong Yue's face turned red again, but she did not refuse. He sat down slowly on the side, raised a glass with his delicate hands and drank with his husband.
After the wine glass was put down, Mo Juren suddenly said: "You should rest first. I have some personal matters to deal with and go out for a walk."
"Do you need my help?"
"It's just some trivial matters, I can handle them myself." After saying that, he didn't stop any longer and immediately stood up and walked out of the room. He saw two maids in front of him and continued,
"Your young lady was a little tired last night and didn't get a good rest in the morning. You two should take good care of her. If you need anything, just go to Xiao Qi. He is very familiar with Su Mansion."
"Don't worry, uncle, we know." The two women nodded in agreement.
Mo Juren also nodded slightly, then walked towards the courtyard gate, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"My uncle said that the young lady was tired last night. What do you mean?" the younger maid asked in a low voice.
"Stupid, of course it's that... that..." The older maid explained a few words in a low voice, and immediately heard the other girl's face turn red, and she muttered,
"My uncle is very attentive and considerate. My lady will be blessed in the future."
In the room, Murong Yue's face turned even redder, and she said coquettishly in a low voice: "It's true, husband, why do you say everything to others?"
However, despite his angry words, the happiness and joy in his eyes could not be concealed at all.
…
back yard
Looking at the familiar grass in front of him, Mo Juren couldn't help but feel a little confused.
Jing'er's matter has always been a mystery, which makes it difficult for him to let go. It's not that there is any love involved, there is no emotion in the first place, and he was delirious last night, so it is naturally impossible for him to have that kind of emotion.
As time passed, he gradually began to feel worried. From the time he entered the dreamland to now, it was only a short day, and many things happened beyond his expectations.
If all this is secretly controlled by the real person, then things will be troublesome. Although it is certain that the other party is not trying to take his life, there must be some ulterior purpose.
But at this time, he was like fish on the chopping board, and could only be slaughtered by the other party without any resistance.
"I hope I'm overthinking it!" Mo Juren shook his head slightly. This feeling that his life was not under his control was really uncomfortable. When you go to the main sect of the Yuling Sect, you must seriously practice in seclusion for a period of time, and you will never leave the seclusion until you reach the peak of foundation building. And once he is promoted to the realm of false elixirs, with his qualifications, it is a matter of course for him to enter the realm of elixir formation.
Put away his thoughts and start thinking about the mission of entering the dreamland.
Although too many unexpected things happened, the mission still had to continue. Otherwise, what should we do if the real person outside is unhappy and keeps him locked in the dream world?
The task is actually very simple, let Murong Yue experience the joys and sorrows of a lifetime, and experience the seven emotions of the world. As for the extent of experience, it depends on yourself.
The other thing is time, which I don’t have to worry about. The speed of time in the dream world is different from that outside. Even if dozens or hundreds of years have passed, it hasn’t lasted too long in reality, or even just an instant.
"Are there joys and sorrows?" Mo Juren couldn't help but sigh when he thought of Murong Yue's expression full of happiness when he left just now.
…
Time passed slowly, and seven years passed in the blink of an eye.
In these seven years, Mo Juren was a perfect husband, giving his wife all the love. In the second year of their marriage, Murong Yue even gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, adding endless joy to this beautiful marriage.
The happy marriage of the two was also widely spread in Sioux City and surrounding places, becoming the envy and even jealousy of all young men and women.
However, happiness will eventually come to an end. Just when the two were married for seven years, an accident happened.
One night, an unknown group of robbers suddenly broke into the Su Mansion. They not only looted all the wealth, but also massacred people in the mansion.
Mo Juren was just a mortal. Faced with such a man-made disaster, he could only use his last strength to protect his wife and children from escaping through the secret door, while he stayed behind in the Su Mansion.
No one knows the final outcome. They only know that that night, the fire in Su Mansion soared into the sky, lighting up the entire Su City. And everything in the mansion was burned to the ground.
Not only the Su Mansion, but the Murong Mansion located on the other side of Su City also suffered a devastating disaster. No one in the He Mansion survived, and everyone was slaughtered.
Such tragedy completely shocked the entire Sioux City. The government immediately sent a large number of manpower to investigate, and finally learned that the source was actually the Tianlang Mountains about two hundred miles away, where the largest mountain bandit force in the vicinity was entrenched, with a scale of more than 10,000 people.
The Tianlang Mountain Range is vast in area, and the terrain is dangerous, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack, which gave the bandits great convenience. Among the more than 10,000 people entrenched, they are not a gang, but are divided into dozens of forces of different sizes.
This is an extremely powerful force that even the government dare not provoke easily. Fortunately, there are many internal forces and they are constantly fighting with each other. Although it was harmful in the past, it did not have too big an impact.
But if the government goes to encircle and suppress it, that's another story. These bandits are not fools, they naturally understand who the real enemy is, and they will immediately become extremely united when encountering foreign enemies.
Therefore, even though the government has sent troops to encircle and suppress the people several times, they have always been in vain.
After the tragedy in Su City, the government immediately sent out personnel to investigate. However, when they learned that the perpetrators were bandits from the Tianlang Mountains, they immediately stopped.
What's more, this kind of behavior that only targets two families but does nothing to others Qiu is obviously in the nature of vendetta. For the government, it is naturally better to reduce major issues to smaller ones. If we really want to send troops to encircle and suppress them, not to mention that the possibility of ultimate success is very slim, if we accidentally anger the other party, it will be even more troublesome.
After a period of chaos, Su City became calm again. The fall of the two wealthy families also left a lot of interests. Faced with the fat in front of them, they naturally swarmed up and ate it.
As for Murong Yue, the only survivor of the two major families, no one cared about him at all, and no one even asked him, as if he didn't exist.
In the northern suburbs of Sioux City, there is a slum area. Murong Yue, who escaped, finally bought a dilapidated courtyard here with a small amount of money obtained from selling her personal jewelry.
However, at this time, she no longer looked like the wealthy daughter she once was. She was only wearing a coarse cloth dress, and her face was haggard and miserable. The Su family and the Murong family all disappeared overnight. Apart from a pair of children, there was no other family member in the world. This feeling made her, who was already weak, extremely desperate.
In addition to despair, there was also overwhelming hatred flowing in his heart. The name of Tianlang Mountain Range was like a sharp blade, piercing deeply into her heart. The blood debt of hundreds of lives between the two families, even if they turned into ghosts, she would not let each other go.
"Mother, I'm hungry..." But at this moment, a clear children's voice sounded, awakening Murong Yue who was trapped in hatred. Turning her head to look behind her, a pair of children appeared behind her at some point, pulling on the corners of her clothes and shaking them gently.
"Feng'er, be good, wait a moment, mother will go make food for you right away." Putting away her depressed mood, Murong Yue hurriedly walked towards the dilapidated stove. It's a pity that she is a delicate and expensive young lady, how can she know this? After a lot of effort, she finally managed to cook some porridge.
"It's this again, mother, Feng'er wants to eat lotus seed soup, this is too unpalatable..."
"Ling'er doesn't want to eat either..."
The two children probably sensed that something was going on at home, so they both became very well-behaved and managed to persevere in the face of poor food and drink. However, after all, they were accustomed to fine food and clothing since they were young, and they really couldn't bear it.
"Feng'er, Ling'er, you have to be good, you know, we don't have much money anymore and can't afford lotus seed soup." Murong Yue suppressed the sadness in her heart and hurriedly persuaded her.
"Isn't daddy rich?"
"Your father... he has gone to a far away place and can't come back for the time being. Wait until he comes back and ask him to buy it for you."
"Why did daddy leave? Doesn't he want us anymore?"
"How could it be? Feng'er and Ling'er are so good, why would daddy not want you? He just had something very important and had to leave..."
"Then when dad comes back, mom must tell him that she will buy a lot of delicious food for my sister and me."
"Okay, mother, I will remember it." Murong Yue forced out a smile, but her eyes couldn't help but turn red. He quickly turned his head and gently wiped the corners of his eyes with his rough sleeves.
"Be good, eat your food quickly, otherwise you won't grow taller and your father will blame you when he comes back."
"Mom, do you want to eat too?"
"No, mom is not hungry. You guys eat quickly, the food will be cold later."
"Um……"
The two children nodded and started to eat obediently.
However, Murong Yue, who saw everything in her eyes, felt sad again. Her tears could no longer be controlled and fell from the corners of her eyes.
