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At noon, after getting the news that Lu Yifan had woken up, Han Xiao brought people to Lu Mansion as soon as possible. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info And Lu Yifan had long expected that his father-in-law would come, so he prepared fragrant tea in the back hall early to welcome Han Xiao.

"Haha, I really can't imagine that Yifan will be blessed by misfortune this time, Huang Xuan not only failed to kill you, but also helped you break through the shackles of the Soul Emperor, you must know how many people in the Holy Domain have worked hard for decades to cultivate and may not be able to break through the restrictions between the Soul King and the Soul Emperor, but you can break through in one fell swoop in just three months of chaos, it's really unbelievable!"

In the back hall, Lu Yifan and Han Xiao sat opposite each other, and next to the two of them sat Han Ling'er, Ji Yuan, Yulou, Han Cheng and the other two members of the Han family. Han Xiao looked proud of the spring breeze today, and he was in a good mood. Hearing Han Xiao's emotion, Lu Yifan's reaction was much more indifferent.

"If I could turn back time, I'd rather do nothing!" Lu Yifan said and laughed at himself, "Compared to Lu Jun's death, what is my breakthrough to the Soul Emperor?"

Han Xiao nodded silently, and then smiled lightly and comforted: "The so-called people can't be resurrected after death, as long as you can realize the shortcomings of your character through this incident, Lu Jun didn't give up his life in vain! Although Lu Jun suffered a tragic accident, you still have to continue to live, right?"

"What my father-in-law said is true!" Lu Yifan pursed his lips and smiled thoughtfully, "Now that the Emperor Sect is gone, I only hope that my father, mother, and Lu Jun's spirits in the sky can rest in peace!"

"Don't worry, Brother Lu will not be disappointed when he sees his son so caring, Jiuquan will definitely not be disappointed!" Han Xiao nodded and smiled.

"By the way, I heard that the emperor has a lot of complaints about his father-in-law's private transfer of troops and horses, but I don't know ......."

"You can rest assured

Before Lu Yifan finished speaking, Han Xiao waved his hand and interrupted, "Your Majesty understands that the matter of righteousness is just like that!, and this matter has not caused Xuanzong's dissatisfaction, I think they are also thieves, so they don't dare to jump out and mess around again!" Han Xiao's words couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then he looked around the back hall of the Lu Mansion, and then looked at Lu Yifan with deep meaning, and said with a smile, "It's just that Yifan, you and Xuanzong's Liangzi are completely settled now, I don't know what your plans are next?"

"No matter what, I have to take Lu Jun to Xihuang Mountain to be buried with the Lu family first!" Lu Yifan's tone was quite lonely when he said this, "This is Lu Jun's last wish......"

"What about after that?" Han Xiao didn't seem to want to hear this, only to see a glow of excitement radiating from his embarrassed tiger eyes, staring at Lu Yifan intently, "Could it be that you still want to continue to return to the Soul Sect?" You must know that you have offended the Xuanzong now, and it is definitely not a wise move to insist on taking charge of the Soul Sect in Xihuang Mountain at this time!"

"Father-in-law, if you have anything to say, please say it, but it's okay!" Lu Yifan smiled slightly, and then broke Han Xiao's mind with one sentence, "Do you want to persuade me to stay in Jinling City?"

Hearing Lu Yifan's words, Han Xiao smiled quite awkwardly, and then he picked up the teacup with one hand and put it to his mouth and blew it gently, while his eyes were deliberately staring at the teacup, and said seemingly very casually: "It would be great if you had such a plan, I could keep you and Ling'er by my side, so that my old guy would always worry about you." Second, you can inherit the mantle of Brother Lu and continue to serve His Majesty the Emperor, I believe that with your ability and my support, you will be able to worship the 'public' position in less than five years. Three, no matter what the Lu family says, it also started from Jinling, and you can revive the Lu family by staying in Jinling, and you can be regarded as living up to the heavenly spirits of the Lu family's vain death!" After that, Han Xiao slowly raised his head, looked at Lu Yifan with a little expectation, and asked word by word, "I don't know what you think?"

"The battle between the court is extremely dangerous, and I think I really don't have the ability to be alone in Jinling, so I ......"

"Yifan! The only one in the Sacred Domain who can compete with Dongfang Su is His Majesty the Emperor, and now that Dongfang Su regards you as an enemy, you can only be sure that you are safe by staying by the Emperor's side!" Han Xiao persuaded bitterly, "Also, I really want to keep you and Ling'er by my side, at least with me, even if King Xuanzong Ming comes, I will definitely not dare to be too presumptuous!"

"I understand my father-in-law's kindness, but this matter is very important, please allow me and my brothers to discuss it in the long run!" Lu Yifan saw that Han Xiao insisted on persuading him, and it was not good to refute his face in public, so he could only use the strategy of delaying the army to put the matter aside for the time being.

"That'...... Okay!" Han Xiao was so shrewd, as soon as he heard Lu Yifan's words, he already understood everything in his heart, so naturally he couldn't persuade him again, so he could only reluctantly agree.

"Ah Chang, pour tea for Lord Han and the two distinguished guests!" Yulou, who was sitting on the side, felt that the atmosphere in the hall was slightly awkward, so he hurriedly shouted softly outside the hall.

"It's coming!"

But it was not Ah Chang's soft voice that answered Yulou, but a thick and low man's voice, and then I saw Yin Xi and Liu Meng striding in with a teapot, and the two of them had been staring at Han Cheng sitting next to Han Xiao since they entered the door, and the disdain and disgust between the eyebrows was self-evident, although they didn't say anything out of the ordinary, but at this moment, even fools could clearly feel the malice of the two of them towards Han Cheng.

"Lord Han, drink tea!" Liu Meng respectfully poured a new cup of tea for Han Xiao, while Yin Xi walked directly in front of Han Cheng, and picked up Han Cheng's teacup with a wave of his hand, and then poured it all up indiscriminately, and directly slammed the teacup on the tea table beside Han Cheng with a 'bang', and Yu was so strong that the tea in the cup was spilled. And this scene couldn't help but anger Han Cheng, I saw him slap his palm on the table, and the teacup jumped up violently, and then suddenly got up, his cold eyes pointed at Yin Xi, and asked word by word: "What do you mean by this?"

"That's what it means

Yin Xi took a step forward towards Han Cheng without fear, so that the chests of the two almost collided together, their eyes were clearly fighting against each other, and neither of the two was willing to back down, "Love to drink or not!"

"Yin Xi!"

Without waiting for Han Cheng to speak again, Ji Yuan suddenly got up and shouted, and then walked to Yin Xi's side in two steps, stretched out his hand and dragged Yin Xi back several steps. When Yin Xi wanted to confront Han Cheng again, Ji Yuan had already turned his body sideways and directly blocked Yin Xi's face, so that Yin Xi was not embarrassed.

"He ......"

"What is he?" Ji Yuan didn't give Yin Xi a chance to speak at all, and directly scolded, "Don't you understand the truth that the person who comes is a guest? Han Gongzi came with Lord Han, and he is the sect master's in-laws, what kind of temper are you playing here?

"I ......"

"Apologize to Han Gongzi!" Without waiting for Yin Xi to explain, Ji Yuan ordered coldly.

Hearing Ji Yuan's order, Yin Xi's face was full of reluctance, but he was helplessly forced by Ji Yuan's order, and finally could only swallow his anger and arch his hand at Han Cheng indiscriminately, and said quickly and vaguely: "I'm sorry......"

Han Xiao saw this scene in his eyes and was bitter in his heart, about Han Cheng's rush to help delay the rescue time, in fact, he explained it to Han Xiao as soon as Han Cheng came back, and Han Cheng's reason was that he encountered a group of Huangzong disciples outside Jinling City at that time, so he fought with them for a while, which delayed the time to rush to Xiaofengpo to rescue Lu Yifan, so Lu Jun, who was indirectly harmed, was killed. As for the truth of this matter, Han Xiao did not investigate it thoroughly, and he didn't want to find out, because he had vaguely guessed that Han Cheng had a grudge against Lu Yifan, but after all, one was his son-in-law, and the other was his nephew. In other words, even if it was finally found out that Han Cheng was deliberately delaying time, then Han Xiao would never condemn Han Cheng for this, at best, it was just a lesson in words. After all, Lu Yifan didn't die in the end, and in Han Xiao's heart, he actually only cared about Lu Yifan alone, and as for Lu Jun's life and death, it didn't matter at all in his eyes.

Of course, there is one more thing that Han Xiao understands in his heart but never says on his lips, he originally hoped that after Han Ling'er married Lu Yifan, he could take the opportunity to let Lu Yifan inherit his mantle, but now it seems that Lu Yifan is not interested in this, so Han Xiao has to plan for the entire Han family, and choose another heir, and now it seems that the candidate for this person is likely to be Han Cheng. Because looking at the current Han family, there is no one in the younger generation who can go out of Han Cheng. It was precisely because of this secret and careful thinking that Han Xiao didn't want to get into trouble with Han Cheng, and even more so didn't want to make Han Cheng feel estranged from him because of a trivial matter that was a fait accompli.

As everyone knows, Han Cheng has long been dissatisfied with Han Xiao.

"Okay, seeing that you are safe and sound, then I will be relieved!" Han Xiao didn't seem to want to dwell too much on this topic, so he got up with a light smile and walked to Lu Yifan's side, stretched out his hand and put it on his shoulder quite affectionately, and smiled kindly, "Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, if I am interested, I can take you to the imperial city to ...... to His Majesty the Emperor."

"Father-in-law, maybe not tomorrow!" Without waiting for Han Xiao to finish speaking, Lu Yifan refused with a wry smile.

"Why?"

"Because tomorrow I have a more important place to go!"

......

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day was the first day of the new year, the beginning of a new year.

Early in the morning, the city of Jinling is already lively, the people have carried the congratulatory gifts prepared in advance to visit relatives and friends, and the Jinling magnates are taking this opportunity to arrange a feast to win over friends. Although it is the day of winter, Rao is full of heavy snow, the streets are thick with ice and snow, the air is cold and cold and piercing, but all this still does not affect people's fiery and happy hearts, many places in Jinling City have lively and extraordinary temple fairs in the New Year's Festival, the market is crowded with people, the noise, cheers, juggling, and selling are all together, it is really not lively

At this moment, the sky was already bright, and on the day that should have been festive, Lu Yifan was dressed in white, and Han Ling'er, Liu Sandao, Ji Yuan, Xie Yun and others, who were also dressed in plain clothes, walked through the streets and alleys with heavy steps, and walked towards the barren alleys and alleys in the south of Jinling City. And the most eye-catching thing is that behind Lu Yifan, Ji Yuan was still carefully holding a set of bloodstained wedding robes in his hands, and there was a mediocre sword flat on the robe.

This bloody dress is the wedding dress that Lu Jun wore when he was dying, and the sword on the bloody clothes is the sword that followed Lu Jun from birth to death for twenty years.

The sword does not leave the body, and the battle is still nine days. If the sword leaves the body, he will die in Jiuquan.

The farther he walked south, the more depressed Lu Yifan's mood became, and his legs were as heavy and scary as lead. Although he doesn't want to face Fluttershy, Lu Yifan knows that there are some things he must face himself, because it is a blood debt he owes!

In the alley, every household is lit up, and the fiery red couplet door god has long been renewed, but only in front of the courtyard of the Sun family, Lu Yifan found that there are still last year's New Year's pictures posted here, after a year of wind and rain, it has already become mottled, and the slightly whitish appearance has completely lost their original popularity. Facing the 'only bit of whiteness in the ten thousand red bushes', Lu Yifan actually stood quietly in front of the door for a long time, his eyes were blank and his expression was solemn, and no one knew what he was thinking at this moment.

Like outside the courtyard gate, the courtyard gate is also quiet and scary, there is no movement for half a day, and people who don't know think that this is a long-abandoned dead house.

"Yifan, knock on the door!" Han Ling'er, who was following Lu Yifan's side, reminded in a low voice, "Sooner or later, you have to face ......."

Listening to Han Ling'er's words, Lu Yifan nodded silently as if he was distracted, and after getting his acquiescence, Liu Sandao on the side reached out and gently patted the slightly thin door panel a few times.

"Bang! bang!"

With three crisp sounds, a slight sound of footsteps suddenly sounded in the silent courtyard, and then the door latch was slowly pulled open from the inside, and the closed courtyard door quietly opened a gap.

"Who's ...... please?"

With a familiar and soft voice, Fluttershy opened the courtyard door and froze at the faces of Lu Yifan and the others, and his hesitation and crampedness instantly surged into her eyebrows.

Today, Fluttershy looks like she can be emaciated, Skinny as wood to describe, bloodless cheeks and even cheekbones are clearly visible, lips are white and dry, slightly sunken eyes are hollow and godless, eye circles are still a kind of terrible black color, obviously haven't slept well for a long time, the already narrow floral skirt robe is still a little fat on her body now, the right hand holding the door can't only be left with bones, the white wrist is even more thin and scary, and the cyan blood vessels are almost visible through her translucent skin.

It is not difficult to see that the events of three months ago have made the poor girl who has been tortured not like a ghost or a ghost. But the most striking thing at the moment is not Fluttershy's distressing haggard appearance, but the slightly bulging abdomen that Fluttershy gently covers with her left hand.

Seeing this scene, the careful Han Ling'er couldn't help but exclaim, and her next sentence also made Lu Yifan, who was already at a loss, suddenly feel a sense of hatred and blame himself for being cut by a thousand knives.

"Little ...... Fluttershy, you...... Pregnant?"

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