When Xiao Yi came home alone outside, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening. Then she stayed in her room for an hour, Xiao He was even coaxed outside the door, and Xiao Yi didn't want to say a word.

The abnormality of her granddaughter today makes Xiao He completely helpless. But if he didn't succeed, he had to move the rescue soldiers from Mu's house.

"Click"

Xiao Yi's door was opened, and Mu Xi, the eldest lady of the Mu family, walked into the room. looked at Xiao Yi, who was hugging his knees at the head of the bed, burying his head and not knowing if he was in pain. Mu Xi sighed, obviously not the first time he had seen such a situation.

"What's wrong with you today, Xiao Yi?" asked Mu Xi, who was sitting on the edge of the bed.

Xiao Yi raised his head, opened his red and swollen eyes that were already crying, and saw that it was Mu Xi, so he threw himself into Mu Xi's arms without saying a word.

Xiao Yi was crying, and he was still shouting: "Woo woo, Sister Mu Xi, Ling'er, Ling'er, she is gone." Wow woo woo woo ......"

"Ling'er?" Mu Xi, who was stroking Xiao Yi's back, thought about it, "Oh, is that the best friend you told me before?"

"Hmm......" Xiao Yi nodded, "I only learned today that she is related to the Zhao family that held the Guqiu ceremony in the Imperial Era. ”

"Guqiu ceremony? Isn't that kind of old-fashioned ritual abolished a long time ago? The Zhao family hasn't been kicked out of the ranks of the monk family. ”

"I don't know, I heard, that it was secretly restarted by the State Inspectorate. Xiao Yi raised his head and wiped the corners of his eyes, "Ling'er was treated as a living sacrifice for tonight's Guqiu ceremony, and Ling'er is actually a clone of the half-goblin clan, and she is not protected by any national law or the Treaty of Tangse. ”

Mu Xi took a pack of tissues from the bedside table and gave Xiao Yi to wipe his tears: "When did you know about these things?"

"When Ling'er came to play with me today, her brother suddenly appeared and took her back. That's when I found out. ”

"So, you didn't do anything when she was taken away?"

"How could it be. Xiao Yi lowered his head, as if he was about to cry again, "I have a fight with his brother to protect Ling'er, but ......"

"But after you know Ling'er's identity, you still choose to die and not save it, right?"

"Talent...... No, it was she who decided to be the object of the living sacrifice. Xiao Yi retorted reluctantly, "She is willing to sacrifice her own life in exchange for more people's lives." Under the circumstances, I couldn't do anything at all. ”

"What about yourself? What about your own choice?"

"Huh?" Xiao Yi didn't understand what Mu Xi said.

"Now that you two are already best friends, you're watching your friends fall into trouble. Xiao Yi, you are indifferent in the room, are you really right in your heart?"

In response to Mu Xi's questioning, Xiao Yi lowered his head. Now she is very confused......

But what should I do? Shall I go and rescue Ling'er?

Becoming a sacrifice for the Guqiu ritual is the purpose for which Ling'er was created. Ling'er has already accepted her fate and cause and effect, and I can't change anything, can I?

What would he do if it was his brother?

Suddenly, a tear fell on the back of Xiao Yi's hand, and in the aura, she seemed to have figured out something: "Sister Muxi, I want to see Ling'er." No matter what the reason is, even if Ling'er and her walk to the altar of the Guqiu ceremony in the end, I still want to see her, I still have something to say to her!"

Mu Xi, who was still wearing a serious expression, heard this, and a smile rose on the corner of his mouth: "Very good, then let's go while there is still time." ”

"Eh, is Sister Muxi going with you too?"

"Of course, I really want to witness the final outcome of you and your good friend. Mu Xi laughed, "And I have to take a good look at you, after all, monks in modern society can't cause any big commotion." ”

......

On the other side, the top of Zhaojiahou Mountain is a very empty place. An extremely complex array diagram was drawn on the ground, and there were also a lot of things used in the Heaven Worship Ceremony around it, as well as the Zhao family monk who was in charge of controlling the array.

At the edge of the array, Zhao Junfu, the head of the Zhao family, and Zhao Ling, a half-goblin girl, stood together.

After hanging up the phone with Liu Ruigu, Zhao Junfu glanced at Zhao Ling and said, "Are you still thinking about that girl from the Xiao family?"

Zhao Ling lowered her head and was reluctant to speak.

"Don't think about her, you've been abandoned by her. Zhao Junfu said mercilessly, "Your distracting thoughts will affect the progress of the Guqiu ceremony, adjust your emotions, and complete your own tasks with peace of mind." ”

"Hmm. Zhao Ling's voice was quite weak.

"Actually, I understand your feelings, once you are treated as an alien, human beings will no longer want to communicate with you, and they will not deliberately reject you. Humans are such a wretched bunch of creatures. ”

During the imperial period, the Zhao family, as the family that carried out the ancient mound ritual of worshipping the heavens, has always been respected by the monks for their contributions to the whole world, and even the emperor is polite to their family.

But with the advent of the new era, the ritual of worshipping the heavens became a feudal superstition and a forbidden thing. All of a sudden, the Zhao family, which was once a smash hit, became the laughing stock of the monk world.

The monks didn't care at all about the contribution that the Zhao family had made to the entire monk world, they were just worried about whether they would be regarded as their "comrades" if they were friends with the people of the Zhao family.

As a result, the monks of the Zhao family became the object of exclusion and the object of "bullying" by the entire monk community.

Later, several ancestors of the Zhao family were also prescient, and put all the money in advance in the research of genetic engineering, as well as the development of the catering industry, which stood firm under the tide of the new era.

But the monks of the Zhao family may not have a relationship with the monk world.

"Hmph, it's all a bunch of old things who laugh at fifty paces and laugh at a hundred paces, stick to the rules, and have degraded thoughts. ”

This is what Liu Ruigu said to Zhao Junfu after he learned about it.

During college, Zhao Junfu and Liu Ruigu were admitted to the same university and became roommates. The two confided in each other at a drinking party and have since become each other's bosom friends.

The formation established by Liu Ruigu for his son was made for Liu Ruigu by Zhao Junfu using the foreign monk connections accumulated over the years. And Zhao Jun's reuse of clones for the heavenly sacrifice ceremony also has Liu Ruigu's staff and help.

These two people are like brothers and sisters, whether in the business world or in the monk world, they are all in harmony.

Suddenly, a bodyguard next to him ran over and interrupted Zhao Junfu's memories: "Mr. Zhao, there are intruders!"

"What are you talking about, is it the waste of the Xiao family who came last time?"

"No, it's two girls, they seem to be high school students. ”

"It's Xiao Yi!" Zhao Ling shouted in her heart.