In just a few minutes of meeting Gu Xu, Shi Lei's mood changed extremely subtly.
At first he looked gloomy, thinking, "This little bastard has such a handsome face, I'm afraid he might have kidnapped that girl Shi Xiaohan long ago."
However, after he learned about Gu Xu's longevity problem, his thought changed to "It's such a pity that such a great young man can only live to be thirty years old", and his favorability towards Gu Xu gradually increased. .
Although Shi Lei didn't think Gu Xu had any hope of becoming a saint before the age of thirty.
But out of compassion, he didn't mind providing a little help to the other party in terms of resources - anyway, what the Shi family was most in need of was money.
Of course, help is help.
As a father who dotes on his daughter, no matter how good Gu Xu is, Shi Lei cannot let his only daughter marry a boy who will most likely only live to be thirty years old.
After all, this is related to Xiaohan's lifelong happiness.
Shi Lei didn't want to see her stay a widow for most of her life.
…
Just as Shi Lei was thinking, another young monk from the "Shenji Battalion" reserve team walked into the Yamen lobby.
Seeing the monk's sallow complexion and timid behavior, Shi Lei suddenly felt a little irritable.
It's not because this monk is too bad.
It's just because Shi Lei has been looking at people as if they were looking for a son-in-law.
Compared with Gu Xu, the gap between this person and Gu Xu is too big.
Just like a judge on a talent show, after watching a very exciting program, the evaluation standards for subsequent programs will become higher.
"I'm going to... I'm going to serve Chu Wei, Inspector of the Exorcism Department of Le'an County. I've met Mr. Shi!" The man said tremblingly.
"Your token." Shi Lei said lightly.
Upon hearing this, the man who called himself Chu Wei immediately took out the "Magic Token" from his pocket and handed it to Shi Lei respectfully with both hands.
Shi Lei did not reach out to pick it up, but glanced at the back of the token and saw a square pattern.
"Okay," Shi Lei said expressionlessly, "Go back to the inn first and wait for the follow-up arrangements!"
"Yes, sir!" Chu Wei bowed and saluted, then turned and left.
At the same time, he sighed in his heart: This Lord Shi seems to be colder than the rumors!
And Shi Lei looked into the distance inadvertently, thinking silently in his heart: Xiaohan, I will definitely try my best to find a husband for you who is as good as Gu Xu and your father! I must let you spend your life happily!
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at the same time.
Yishui County, Exorcism Department Yamen.
Shi Xiaohan has been in seclusion alone in Mingzhi Hall for more than half a month.
In the wilderness, the time it takes for a monk to break through to the third realm varies from person to person - it can take as little as one or two hours, or as long as several months.
As the saying goes, "On the banks of the Forgotten River, flowers bloom on the other side."
They need to cross the endless sea of flowers on the other side, come to the bank of Wangchuan River, and find the location of the legendary "Naihe Bridge".
The water of Wangchuan River is blood-yellow, filled with lonely ghosts who cannot be reincarnated. It is full of insects and snakes, and the fishy wind blows on your face.
For practitioners, crossing the Naihe Bridge is a difficult test.
The souls of the dead in the Forgotten River are spreading strong negative emotions to the outside world at all times. If they cannot resist, they will be bewitched and drowned in the river.
But if they successfully cross the "Naihe Bridge", the monks' spiritual consciousness will undergo a qualitative transformation through repeated tempering, and they may even have the opportunity to awaken special magical powers.
However, Shi Xiaohan has not officially set foot on the "Naihe Bridge" yet.
She was still walking forward and dragging her heels in the blood-red sea of flowers on the other side.
Two hours later, she opened her eyes.
In this world, retreat does not mean immersing yourself in cultivation and remaining motionless.
You must always stop in the middle to adjust your mental state and replenish your elixirs to prevent you from getting lost on the long road to the underworld, becoming obsessed and turning into a monster.
For Shi Xiaohan, even if he is practicing in seclusion, three meals a day are indispensable.
Every morning, noon, and evening, she would ask her maid Chenxi to bring her carefully prepared meals in a food box.
The same goes for tonight.
Chenxi came to the window of Mingzhitang and handed a food box in: "Miss, this is today's dinner. According to your request, we went to the vegetable market to buy barbecue."
Seeing this exquisitely crafted food box, Shi Xiaohan didn't have the expected surprise on his face, but suddenly frowned.
"Chenxi, you used the wrong food box today!" She pointed at the food box and said.
"Using the wrong food box?" Chen Xi felt a little strange, "Aren't all the food boxes in our family exactly the same?"
"Humph, that's not the case!" Shi Xiaohan said with his hands on his hips, "I once told Aunt Hu, the cook, that the food box with a small gap is for my own use; and the one you are sending me now I once drew a sun-shaped mark on the food box, which I used to deliver breakfast to Gu Xu in the past few days."
Chenxi looked down and saw a crooked little sun drawn with charcoal in an inconspicuous corner of the wooden food box.
"Sorry, miss, Grandma Hu left the mansion this afternoon and went back to her own home to celebrate the New Year," Chen Xi explained, "Before she left, she didn't tell us about this matter."
"It doesn't matter," Shi Xiaohan chuckled, "I have always been a broad-minded person, and I don't care about such trivial matters."
Hearing her words, Chen Xi couldn't help but glance at her slightly rising chest and thought: Miss, you are still a child, so you should not mention being "open-minded".
"Miss, then I will go back and bring you another dinner in your lunch box!"
After that, Chen Xi took back the food box in Shi Xiaohan's hand.
But Shi Xiaohan grabbed the food box and refused to let go.
"No need, this is too much trouble."
"Okay," seeing Shi Xiaohan's stubborn look, Chen Xi stopped insisting. At the same time, he took out a letter from his body and handed it to Shi Xiaohan along with the food box, "Also, miss, this is your father. Letter to you today.”
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After Chen Xi left, Shi Xiaohan closed the window.
Then he sat down in the corner of the room, opened the letter first, and began to read its contents.
When she saw her father Shi Lei writing, "Your colleague Gu Xu is a very good person," she secretly rejoiced, feeling even happier than her father praising her.
And when she saw the sentence "Please help him more in the future", she felt a little surprised.
she thinks:
"Why did my father want to help him after meeting him once?"
"Do you think he is very good and want to have a good relationship with him?"
"Now every half month, I send a few bottles of pills to Gu Xu... Maybe I haven't helped enough!"
"It's just that he is so powerful now, I can't think of anything else that I can do to help him yet..."
After reading the letter, she put it aside, opened the food box, and entered the most anticipated meal time every day.
She skillfully held the chopsticks and stuffed the barbecue and other food in the food box into her mouth at a very fast speed. Soon her cheeks were bulging, the corners of her mouth were covered with shiny oil stains, and she made slurping sounds from time to time.
She never cared about whether she looked good or not.
And now, while she was alone in Mingzhitang, she couldn't help but stick out her tongue and lick the bottom and sides of the bowl, as if she wanted to lick away all the smell of barbecue left in the food box.
However, at this moment, she suddenly thought of a serious problem——
Gu Xu has used this food box before.
In this case, wouldn't it be...
She suddenly exclaimed and her ears began to turn red.
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In the evening of this day, Gu Xu checked in at the Tongfu Inn in Laizhou Prefecture according to the arrangements of the "Shenji Camp".
The inn room is small in size and looks very simple, but it is more comfortable than anything else.
Although Gu Xu has not yet met his fellow reserve members of the "Shenji Battalion".
But he knew that others should live nearby.
Just when he was about to start practicing, he found that his "divine machine token" began to shine.
As soon as his hand touched the token, paragraph after paragraph of text quickly appeared in his field of vision, making him dizzy——
["Linghu" invites "Suzaku" to join the "Tao Discussion Room". 】
["Linghu" invites "White Tiger" to join the "Tao Discussion Room". 】
["Linghu" invites "Qilin" to join the "Tao Discussion Room". 】
【……】
[Linghu: Everyone, please introduce yourselves. This is Shangguan Jin, the exorcist doctor. It is a great honor to come to Laizhou Mansion and explore the Laoshan ruins with you. I hope you can give me more advice in the future! 】
PS: Sorry, I didn’t get home until 12:00 after working overtime today, so the update is a bit late.
