In the evening, at a ball at the earl's house.

"Miss Xueya, are you here?"

At the entrance of the hall, a group of aristocratic ladies gathered around Xue Ya, and politely performed etiquette, when the dull and tedious etiquette was over, the ladies returned to a state full of vitality, and they were most interested in the upcoming marriage of Xue Ya and Hua Long.

The ladies who have seen Hua Long or read the newspaper privately regard him as the prince charming in their dreams.

"Miss Xueya, are you really going to marry Young Master Hualong?"

"Miss Xueya, I really envy you!"

Half of the young ladies' words were from acting skills, and half were from sincere speeches, which made Xue Ya seem very useful, in fact, she had already guessed on the way here that they would make a fuss about Hualong things, but she didn't expect them to be very envious of themselves.

Xue Ya suddenly felt a little fluttery.

"Young Master Hualong is now the Northern Governor, right?" said a young lady on the side with an envious face, among the young people in the empire, Hualong now has the largest official position.

"It's just a third-class petty official!" Xue Ya looked unpretentious, but she was still a little proud in her heart.

"By the way, Miss Xueya, does Young Master Hualong listen to you?"

One of the young ladies asked.

"Listen to me?" Xue Ya obviously didn't understand.

"I heard that in addition to being interested in flowers and plants, Young Master Hualong has other ......" The young lady's voice became smaller and smaller, as if she was afraid of offending Xue Ya.

And Miss's words really stimulated Xue Ya, because Hua Long didn't seem to have spoken a few words to her, and he always looked like he was ignoring her, but if he told them this, wouldn't it be very faceless?

"Hua Long, he just begged me to bring him, but I didn't agree!" Xue Ya lied, and at the same time satisfied her vanity, "I don't want to give him a good look!"

The ladies were all envious!

"Miss Xueya, can you bring him next time?"

"Bring him to tomorrow night's ball, let's all see!"

Hearing this, Xue Ya's smile suddenly froze.

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At the same time, a carriage also drove out of the Northern Governor's Mansion at a fast speed, heading directly for the Imperial Women's College outside the city.

At this time, Hua Long, who was sitting in the carriage, had a stomach full of questions, and he had to find the crazy old man as soon as possible to ask him clearly.

And on the other side of the carriage, Tarex also sat there with a gloomy face and said nothing, although Hua Long didn't say anything to him before being pulled into the car by Hua Long, but from the expression on Hua Long's face at the moment, he was able to analyze a lot of things - Hua Long encountered * annoyed!

Therefore, at this moment, he must always keep a clear head in order to deal with any emergencies!

Speechless all the way!

The carriage quickly stopped at the gate of the Imperial Women's Academy, and Hua Long, who quickly stepped out of the carriage, took Tarex and rushed directly to the mountain behind the academy without stopping.

After a few days of absence, the scene is still the same scene, but Hualong's mood has changed a lot!

Especially when I came to the thousand-layer stone steps built by the mountain, the withered yellow leaves at a glance seemed to represent the reincarnation of an era in the eyes of Hualong at this moment, and the crazy old man at this time was still that sloppy appearance, a person quietly sweeping the ground in the open space of the back mountain, with a rickety and lonely back.

"Master!" Looking at the lonely figure, Hua Long slowly stepped forward and shouted softly.

Hearing this call, the figure of the crazy old man with his back to Hua Long suddenly trembled slightly, and it was not until a moment later that the crazy old man slowly turned around, looked at Hua Long with a little tearful eyes, and said nothing!

"Master, I'm back to see you coming, are you okay?" Although it was only a few days away, but seeing the crazy old man again, Hua Long felt that years or even centuries had passed.

I don't know why, this time goodbye to the crazy old man, Hua Long felt that he was in a very bad state, as if he would leave him at any time!

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back! Even if you don't come back, I'll let people look for you back in the next few days!" The crazy old man gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then grabbed Hua Long's hand with a little excitement in an instant, and said with a kind face.

That look, like a grandfather in his last years, looking forward to seeing his grandson again, warm and excited!

"Master, is there something going on? I feel that your current state is very wrong!" Although Xiu Wei did not arrive home, from the expression and movements on the face of the crazy old man at this time, Hua Long still saw some clues slightly, you know, even when he returned from a year of training outside, the crazy old man did not have such an abnormality.

Could it be that something has happened to the mad old man these days? Otherwise, why does even the mad old man seem to be so old!

At this moment, Tarex walked over, touched Hua Long lightly, and then turned his gaze to the location of the hut in the back mountain.

And as his eyes looked, Hua Long instantly saw the thatched hut that had collapsed, and under the slight condensation of his eyes, some small clues suddenly entered Hua Long's pupils one after another, especially the deep sunken bluestone ground not far away, which was extremely strong to stimulate Hua Long's nerves.

These things were all ignored by Hua Long because of the previous attention on the crazy old man, and at this time, an extremely strong killing intent instantly filled his heart.

That kind of indication shows that someone has obviously done something with the crazy old man before, and the cultivation of the person who came is not low, at least it is the existence of the same realm as the crazy old man, otherwise it is impossible to cause such a big movement.

"Master, who made a move on you?" Suppressing the anger and murderous intent in his heart, Hua Long immediately stepped out, directly supporting the crazy old man opposite, and asked with an extremely concerned expression.

"Hey, this is fate, what should come will come after all, you can't hide from it!" Feeling the change in Hua Long's mood, the crazy old man suddenly shook his head helplessly, and then patted the back of his hand gently, and comforted him in a slightly bleak tone.

"Master, ...... you" Sensing the sadness in the mad old man's heart at this time, Hua Long felt the same way, and wanted to say something, but was directly interrupted by the mad old man.

"My time is running out, Long'er, you come with me, I have something to explain to you!" After speaking, the crazy old man glanced slightly at Tarex, who was following Hualong not far away, and then said lightly again: "And you!"

This is the first time in more than five years that the crazy old man has called Hua Long as a dragon, and his words are full of deep love, and it is also the last time, in that tone full of sadness, there is a remarkable reluctance!

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