is also the home of the demon exterminator, the Lu family and the Zong family are completely different.

Compared with the big business of the Zong family, the Lu family can be said to be small and exquisite, the entire courtyard is built around a lotus pond, there is no extra room, and there are only five or six people in the courtyard plus me and Luke.

"Your home is really..."I can't find a word to describe it, if Zong'an's house is a city, Lu Ke's home can really be described as deserted.

"Really?" Lu Ke said, "I didn't expect my family to be so quiet, but most of the famous demon extermination families are similar to the Zong family, most of them are prosperous and have a lot of business contacts, and my family is an exception." ”

"I prefer it here. I said, "I don't feel comfortable where there are too many people." ”

"Haha, it's good if you don't dislike shabby, the Lu family has liked to be quiet for many years, and they have been only daughters for generations, so it's like this all year round," Lu Ke patted me on the shoulder, almost pinning me to the ground, "But it's a good place to drink and chat, right?"

“... I've always wondered how Zong An can withstand your strength so much..."I took two steps back.

"Ah, I'm sorry," she scratched her head embarrassedly, "I tend to forget about it when I drink, you can remind me next time." Let's sit by the lotus pond first, and I'll go get some wine. She grimaced, really judging the two of them as if she hadn't drunk.

It's coming to June soon, this year's summer came very early, it should have been time for the lotus flowers to open one after another, but the lotus pond of the deer family is unusually quiet, a large green round leaf floats on the surface of the water, the pond is full of only a lotus bud that has not yet opened, I sit on the bench by the pool to observe it, this bud is also strange, half a person high, look carefully at the receptacle, and a glimmer of light.

"That's Fu Zhu," Lu Ke quickly came to the pool with wine, she sat cross-legged beside me, and handed me a wine cup, "Calamus wine, drink less, it is good for thinking." ”

"Fu Zhu?" the pale yellow wine in the jug slowly fell into my wine cup, "Is that the Fu Zhu who will attract a lot of water?"

"Well, that's it," Lu Ke poured his wine cup full of wine and drank it to himself, "it is said to be a disaster star that caused a great flood, but in fact it is just a beautiful white deer." ”

"White deer..."I looked at the flower buds, "born in this lotus?"

"The people of the deer family are born with animals like deer, since I was a child, I like to play in the mountains and forests, wherever I go, I will meet local deer, so I will never get lost, I will never encounter danger, the deer will protect me. Lu Ke stretched out his hand and put it on the bud, "It was five or six years ago that I became attached to my husband, and that was the first time I participated in the demon slaying activities of the demon slayer joint on behalf of my mother, in a village in the south. ”

"There is still a time to unite with the demons. ”

"Well, when something is tricky, the major families that are usually at odds will band together to solve the problem," she poured herself another glass of wine. The village was seriously damaged by monsters, some people were eaten, houses were burned, children were snatched away, and the local demon exterminators really had nothing to do, so they turned to the Zong family, the Zong family is a big family, and they see the most monsters on weekdays, so they initially just sent an experienced demon exterminator, but they didn't expect that the monsters who destroyed the village were not one or two, but a large group, and the monsters led by them were Gu Eagles, which were extremely vicious monsters. ”

"The sect's demon exterminator failed?" I took a sip of wine from my mouth, a little sweet.

"It's not a failure, as soon as the demon exterminator went, he found out that the situation was wrong, and quickly fed back the news, and the Zong family immediately gathered all the outstanding demon slayer people that could be found, and went to the place where the Gu Eagle was located, and the Lu family was also summoned as a representative of the 'Wu' department, and it was there that I met Fu Zhu. ”

"When the husband appears, there will be a great flood," I said, "what happens after that village?"

"Everyone didn't expect Fu Zhu to appear before they went, the surging flood was coming, everyone panicked, in front of nature, no matter how powerful the demon exterminator was, it would be useless," Lu Ke looked at the bud with the same eyes as a child, "But I was not afraid at all, because a beautiful white deer was standing on the opposite side of the mountain looking at me, its eyes were gentle and clean, and it didn't mean to hurt human beings at all." ”

"You brought it back?"

"I almost didn't bring it back," Lu Ke pouted, "At that time, everyone's reaction was to get rid of it, and Fu Zhu's ability to control water can only be known to be terrifying when he sees it with his own eyes, but it is just timid and shy, and likes to protect itself with water, in fact, there is no malice." She put down the flask and grabbed my hand and placed it on the bud, "Feel it." ”

The touch of the hand is unique to the delicate lotus petals, and with the twinkle of light, I can feel the heartbeat of the husband in the flower, as well as the quiet sound of the deer.

"Fortunately, I was there that day, and swam to the side of Fu Zhu to appease it, and the flood receded when it was no longer afraid, and I took it home considering that it would bring misfortune to the humans around it if it lived alone in the future. "It likes water, so I built this pond, and during the day it sleeps in the lotus, and at night when the lotus is in full bloom it comes out to feed." ”

Swimming in the flood ... The people of the Deer family are too terrifying...

"Do you count as a contract?" I asked.

"I don't know if it counts, the people of the Lu family have raised husbands in history, and it is rumored that husbands will leave the Lu family in a peaceful day, and when something bad is about to happen, they will reappear to protect the Lu family, and some people say that the Lu family has been an only daughter for generations because the ancestors and husbands have signed a contract for generations, so it seems that husbands are more like the patron saints of the Lu family. "You might as well wait until evening, it should want to see you." ”

“... What are you doing with me?"

"I said that it came to protect the Lu family, but whenever a husband and a person who don't like it come here, it will make the pond rise and expel the visitors, and no one will dare to come to the Lu family for a long time, but there are two exceptions, one is Tian Bei, the other is Zong'an, you are the third person who sits in front of it smoothly and drinks with me. Lu Ke looked at my wine glass, "You're drinking too slowly, hurry up and finish it, I'll pour you some more." ”

"No, I'd better drink slowly," I put my hand over my glass, "after all, why did you invite me here today?

"Why are you so vigilant," Lu laughed like Hua'er, "It's just that I haven't chatted for a long time, and you're a suitable person, besides, you choose to enter the realm of demon slayers, and the sooner you know about many things, the better." She filled her glass again, "Isn't there anything you want to ask me?"