Xiao Lei returned home safely, this meeting has been wandering in his mind more than once in the past three years, and at this moment his dream has finally come true, surrounded by his wife and daughter, this kind of fun is a hundred times more nourishing than being locked up in the thirty-three heavens.

The only man in the family finally returned, and Miao Yan Xiaoqing was naturally overjoyed.

However, Xiao Lei had another thought in his heart, he was in a hurry and couldn't wait to see his other daughter......

"This ...... Is this Belle?" Xiao Lei slowly walked into the room, looking at the little girl lying there on the bed, the girl had the same black hair as her mother, the little girl in her sleep bit one of her little fingers, the eyelashes on her eyes trembled slightly, and she didn't know what she dreamed in her sleep.

“......... Is this Belle?" Xiao Lei only felt his body tremble a little, and slowly walked to the girl's bedside, he stretched out a hand, as if he wanted to touch his daughter, but the hand was halfway out. But he was a little hesitant, and he didn't dare to fall on the girl's smooth and creamy skin.

Xiao Lei's heart was suddenly filled with an illusion of gain and loss.

Yes, this is his own daughter?!

Fundamentally, this girl. It's really your own biological child!

In comparison, although Bao'er is very close to herself, she is not her own biological child, after all, she is "another self, the flesh and blood left behind" in time and space. Then, this little girl is really her own flesh and blood......

But it's funny......

If he didn't bring Yuehua back to this time and space, but let her stay in the original time and space, then the little girl in front of him should probably be another treasure in that time and space!

And now. Because there is already a treasure in this plane, so. She became Belle.

What a wonderful thing!

"I ...... Won't wake her up, will you?" Xiao Lei finally couldn't help it, and gently hung it on Belle's cheek twice, showing tenderness in his eyes.

"No, it won't. Xiaoqing pursed his lips and smiled: "This child is very peculiar, he has been very sleepy since he was a child, and now he will never get up if he doesn't sleep for fourteen hours a day." It's weird......"

Xiao Lei frowned: "Fourteen hours of sleep every day? Isn't it a little more? ”

Miao Yan smiled: "No, this kid is extremely talented, and he has an aura crown as soon as he is born." It's just that the aura in her body is too strong, so her body is a little unbearable, and it's not surprising that she slept more when she was young. I taught her a set of mental techniques for exercising gong, and her internal breath would work on its own every day in her sleep, digesting the excess aura in her body. ”

Xiao Lei nodded and said with a wry smile: "It's a pity that when she was born, I was locked in a hole by that old guy." I've tried to run away a few times, but it's not the old guy's opponent...... Alas...... "Miao Yan asked Xiao Lei what had happened in the past three years, and Xiao Lei glanced at Belle in her sleep. Shaking his head, he said in a low voice: "Don't quarrel with her, let's go down and talk." ”

With that, he pulled the two women out of the room and into the hall.

At that moment, Xiao Lei told him about being brought back by the Bodhi Patriarch, and talked about the fact that he undoubtedly absorbed the red bead, reshaped the golden body, and was locked up by the Bodhi Patriarch to practice.

Miao Yan couldn't help but be a little annoyed when she heard this: "Even if he is a member of the immortals, he can't do things so arrogantly and unreasonably, right!

Xiao Lei shook Miao Yan's hand and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I was almost killed by that red bead, and he also saved my life, I worship him as a teacher, and it's nothing." ”

Xiao Qing smiled and said: "In this way, you are now considered a blessing in disguise, and that red bead has been refined with your body in the furnace of Taishang Laojun? Then you are now not a bad golden body! Also, what about the tenth cultivation of that golden cicada, which was also cheapened by you?"

Xiao Lei shook his head again and again: "How can there be such a good thing! What kind of cultivation in the tenth world, I haven't caught the slightest shadow! But that bead and my body are fused together, and I get a golden body that is not bad, that's not fake." But whether the golden body is bad or not, it doesn't mean much to me. ”

Miao Yan said: "I can't say that. Husband...... This is not bad, the golden body is still very beneficial to you, and there is still a lot to be used! Your current cultivation place is the secret of the true truth, and if you practice this set of exercises, you will have to go through the heavenly tribulation in the future, and now that you have a golden body, then you will not be afraid of the heavenly tribulation! No amount of heavenly thunder, heavenly fire, or anything like that will hurt you!"

Xiao Lei smiled: "Heavenly calamity or something, I don't take it to heart, just to burn out this damn golden body, I have to burn it in the furnace of Taishang Laojun for an hour every day for the past three years, this day can make me miserable! But he locked me in the cave and didn't let me go home to see you, this is a terrible sin! In that hell cave, I am alone, and there is no figure around me on weekdays, but there is a golden dragon who has cultivated the Tao to serve me, but that guy is very stupid, and if he says ten words to him, he may not be able to answer half a sentence, and he will suffocate to death!"

"Hmph, do you know that a few of us are waiting at home every day, and we are also sad...... During the time when she gave birth to Belle, Yuehua missed you day and night, and she was seriously ill!" Xiaoqing's tone was a little resentful.

"Hmm...... I'm sorry for you. Xiao Lei nodded and asked, "Why hasn't Yuehua come back yet?"

"She took Bao'er to the temple today. Most of them are still in the temple at this time!" Miao Yan glared and said, "What about you? How did you get with Bao'er? Didn't you meet Yuehua?"

Xiao Lei smiled and told me how he met Bao'er, and Miao Yan couldn't help but say angrily when she heard it: "These Western demons, they still dare to come! Hmph, if you ask me to meet it." A sword slashed them all!"

After a pause, she called Bao'er to ask again, only to know that Yuehua was still in the temple, Bao'er only said that she had met Lei Roar and his wife, and said it again, Miao Yan nodded, and suddenly said, "Who is the little boy who is with you?"

Bao'er smiled and said, "Mom, that kid is interesting! He actually said that he was the apprentice of Monk Gu Zhong!"

Miao Yan raised her eyebrows: "Monk Gu Zhong, is Monk Gu Zhong in that temple?"

Xiao Lei rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "I know." I've been to that temple once...... Do you remember the last time I went there to pick up Miss Tian's home? There was indeed a strange old monk in the temple, and he looked very good. ”

Miao Yan thought for a while: "Since Monk Gu Zhong is in that temple. But why didn't he stop the thieves when they were stealing?"

Bao'er glanced at Lei Doudou, who was dodging behind him, and grabbed him: "Hey, what about you?"

Lei Doudou coughed and said timidly: "My master and his old man are not in the temple. I went out a few days ago, as if I was hiding from someone. ”

Miao Yan thought for a while and said with a smile: "That monk has a very strange temper. Since he's here, I don't care about him...... glanced at Lei Doudou again: "It's you, who are young, can actually have such a creation." That monk is one of the few masters in the world, and it is a blessing that you can be accepted as a disciple by him!"

After that, the crowd did not ask any more questions. Although this little boy is a little clever and eccentric, since he thinks that he is an apprentice of a master of cultivation, he is naturally different from ordinary ordinary children. I also experience it as Miao Yan. When the world's masters will live, a little apprentice, and he doesn't care too much.

Not to mention. Now it just so happens that Xiao Lei is back, and this is the most important thing in the family. The rest of the stuff was put aside for the time being.

After discussing it, Miao Yan ordered Bao'er to go out to find Yuehua and come back. Bao'er, this girl suddenly ran away, I'm afraid Yuehua will look for it near the temple.

Bao'er pursed her lips, but grabbed Lei Doudou and said, "Boy, you come with me, just take you home by the way." ”

When the two children went out, Xiao Lei showed a wicked smile on his face and said, "Good Miaoyan, good little love, you have worked hard in the past three years." ”

After saying that, he walked over and grabbed one in one hand. Miao Yan took a sip and glanced at him, but Xiaoqing hung her head with a red face. Miao Yan suddenly smiled, pushed Xiaoqing into Xiao Lei's arms, and deliberately said with a straight face: "The two of us are so foolish, but Sister Yuehua is not easy to coax! She conceived in October in order to give birth to Belle, and when the child was born, you were not around! You have to think about how to make her happy when you see her today!"

Xiao Lei grinned, leaned over and kissed Miao Yan on the face, and said with a smile: "I know, Miao Yan, you will definitely help me." ”

Miao Yan was kissed by him, her face was crimson, and she was about to say something, but suddenly she heard the door slam open, Bao'er crashed in from the outside, and saw Xiao Lei holding Xiao Qing Miaoyan one by one, and couldn't help but scream "ouch", quickly covered her eyes and retreated, and said with a smile: "I didn't see it! ”

Miao Yan smiled lightly and said, "You're a little ghost, didn't you tell you to go to your mother? Why did you come back in a blink of an eye?"

Outside, Bao'er let go of her hand and said loudly: "Dad, someone is looking for you outside!"

"Looking for me?" Little Luck said, "I just came home today, and someone came looking for me?"

He glanced at Miao Yan, and then at Xiaoqing, Miao Yan's eyes rolled, and she suddenly sneered: "Hmph, maybe it's Miss Tian's family, did you see her before you came back?" Otherwise, you haven't come back for three years, why did people come to the door as soon as you got home?"

Xiao Lei shook his head and said, "There is nothing to do." ”

Outside, Bao'er smiled and said, "Mom, you have wronged Dad." The person who was looking for his father outside was a foreign man. ”

"Foreign man?" Xiao Lei's brows furrowed.

A few minutes later, Bao'er led a tall, thin man into the hall of the villa, and Xiao Lei looked at the guy twice. The other party was a guy in his forties, with gray hair, brown eyes, a high nose, a somewhat pale face, and a faint solemnity and worry in his eyebrows.

The man was dressed in a quaint suit, dark gray, and held a cane in his hand......

Xiao Lei noticed that when the man walked, his legs and feet seemed to be somewhat disabled.

Xiao Lei was immediately sure. The visiting foreigner in front of me had never seen it before.

Miao Yan gave Bao'er a look. Bao'er nodded, turned and walked out the door. Miao Yan glanced at Xiao Lei and pulled Xiao Qing into the room.

"You may be seated, sir. Xiao Lei smiled and said, "I'm sorry, my English is not very standard." Would you like tea or coffee?"

The foreigner coughed and actually said in a very standard Chinese: "You're welcome." I'm not thirsty...... But if I could, I just want to drink a glass of water, plain water. ”

He is fluent in Chinese, and Xiao Lei noticed that this guy not only seems to have some disabilities in his legs and feet, but even the ring finger on his right hand has been broken!

He quietly poured a glass of water and sent it to the other party, motioned for him to sit down, and then said slowly: "May I ask what you are looking for me?"

The middle-aged man coughed twice, took out a snow-white silk handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of his mouth. His breath was a little short, and he said slowly: "I think I must be very presumptuous to come...... I beg your pardon, but I don't know you. Mr. Little Lei. I have come here on the behest of a friend to meet you. He paused and said slowly: "Let me introduce myself first, my name is Konstantin, of course, I also have a Chinese name, you can call me Lao Kang directly." ”

"Lao Kang......" Xiao Lei smiled and slowly sat opposite him: "Very good, now we have known each other...... Please tell us what you want to do. You said that you were entrusted by a friend to see me, I wonder if the friend you said was someone I knew?"

"Yes, that friend of mine, you must know him, and he knows him very well. After Lao Kang finished speaking, he coughed violently again, he coughed breathlessly, and his face showed a sickly flush. Xiao Lei frowned, and said with a straight face: "Please forgive me for my presumptuous...... However, I have studied some Chinese medical books and your lungs seem to be ......."

Lao Kang smiled reluctantly, and a strange look flashed in his eyes: "This is an old injury! My lungs have been injured before, and this cough has been suffering from this for fifteen years. He slowly lowered his staff to his knees, and then stretched out his right hand, which was missing ring finger, and in the palm of his hand lay a small silver cross that seemed to be a brooch......

Xiao Lei only glanced at it, his face immediately became a little surprised, he stared at this Lao Kang, and said in a deep voice: "This is...... How do you have this thing? From what I know, this thing shouldn't be in your hands!"

Yes! Xiao Lei only glanced at it, and recognized this small cross, which was exactly the stuff owned by the chief paladin of the Holy See, Lafayette, the guy whose Chinese name is Ye Buqun!

At the beginning, Ye Qun approached Xiao Lei, and the relationship between the two changed from mutual suspicion at the beginning, to later, it became a little subtle, Ye Buqun was not bad, on the contrary, he was quite gentle, and the days when the two sides dealt with each other, they were more like friends than enemies. Xiao Lei did get some help from Ye Buqun at the beginning.

Xiao Lei at least knew that this cross was a symbol of extremely noble status under the church! Xiao Lei once asked that guy when he was chatting with Ye Buqun, and this bell cross was divided into gold, silver, and copper.

And this silver cross, there are only seven in the world, representing the seven holy knights under the Holy See! And the pattern on each paladin's cross is also different, each carved with a totem that symbolizes everyone! At the same time, this cross is also one of the weapons of the paladin, and when fighting, the cross can be transformed into the holy sword of the paladin!

As early as the first time Xiao Lei dealt with the people of the Holy See, that is, the first time he was attacked by the other two paladins of the church, that is, the two guys of Migaal, Migal used this weapon to fight Xiao Lei!

Of course. What surprised Ray the most was not seeing the cross......

Rather, this cross should not appear in this person's hand! According to Ye Buqun's original statement, this kind of cross is a symbol of the honor and life of the paladin! This is somewhat of the meaning of the Chinese swordsman: "The sword is in the person, and the sword is dead."

"How can this thing be in your hands?" Xiao Lei frowned: "I recognize this thing...... It's not your thing!"

"Not really. Lao Kang slowly put the cross on the table, and the muscles in the corners of his eyes seemed to tremble: "Take a closer look." What's different about it?"

Xiao Lei looked twice: "I know, this thing is a paladin's weapon! It's a cross holy sword! But now I can feel it, it seems to have lost its edge, as if it ...... It's lifeless...... In other words, the holy sword on it was gone, and now it was just an ordinary brooch. ”

"Yes, it's not a holy sword anymore...... Because the Holy Sword has been taken back by the Holy See...... And its original owner, the chief paladin of the Holy See, Lord Lafayette, is also a friend of yours in the past, Mr. Ye Buqun...... He has now been excommunicated by the Holy See. is no longer a paladin of the Holy See, but has become a sinner hunted down by the Guardian Knights of the Holy See. Traitor!" Lao Kang covered his mouth with a silk handkerchief and glanced at Xiao Lei intently.

"What?" Xiao Lei changed color: "You said that Ye Buqun has betrayed the church? This is impossible!!"

In my memory, Ye Buqun's guy seems to always be gentle and elegant, with a faint smile on his face, he never seems to be angry, and his body is always clean...... It's always very elegant.

Xiao Lei can even remember it clearly. When Ye Buqun was talking to himself, he had a pious attitude towards his beliefs.

The guy with an elegant smile who says, "I will never betray my faith," will become a traitor to the Church?!

"I have come to meet you on his commission...... Or to put it more clearly, to ask you for help! Mr. Xiao Lei. Lao Kang said slowly in a low tone: "I must first affirm one thing...... In your heart, is Ye Buqun your friend?"

Friend?

Xiao Lei's mind immediately appeared in Ye Buqun's appearance, the guy with a slender figure and a bookish face. The guy with a pair of slender, powerful, clean palms, the guy who always laughs gently. In memory, he and Ye Buqun. It seems that it is really difficult to say that it is an "enemy", on the contrary, the two once sat together and drank tea, and then went to Europe together, and even if they were able to find Yuehua's information successfully, they would like to thank that guy.

Anyway, he's not a nuisance, at least after he said that he cooperated with him, he kept his promise and didn't do anything against himself secretly!

Thinking of this, Xiao Lei took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Mr. Ye Buqun, it's my friend!"

Hearing Xiao Lei say this, Lao Kang's eyes immediately showed a trace of gratitude, and he said slowly: "Thank you...... Before he entrusted me, he had told me that the only person he could turn to now was you...... He once told me that you are a strange man of the East, possessing great magic and martial arts...... What's more, the things he has in his hands can only be relieved if they are handed over to you......"

"What the hell is going on?" Xiao Lei stared into the other man's eyes.

Lao Kang suddenly smiled miserably, and a trace of sadness flowed in his eyes: "Lafayette...... He is an honest man...... A man who is devout in his own beliefs, he is also an excessively naïve fellow!" He took a deep breath and said, word for word, "I can swear to God, or to any god!" Lafayette, he has never betrayed his faith...... He never betrayed the Church, but the Church betrayed him!!"

Lao Kang showed a little anger in his eyes, gritted his teeth and said slowly: "I am his friend, and maybe the only person in this world who is willing to believe in him...... Just a month ago, he found me out of the blue, and I was very surprised when I saw him...... Because my identity is relatively special, he will not come to see me easily, and the reason why he came to me is only one possibility...... He's in big trouble!"

"When I saw him, he was very badly injured. The injury almost killed him! I left him at home...... The place where I lived was very private, he stayed in my house for three days and he became very strange and I asked him any questions. He didn't answer, he didn't speak...... He wasn't a melancholy man, but he looked very sad...... He didn't seem to be suffering from his injuries, but very much from his heart...... Then, on the third day, he suddenly told me that we had to leave at once...... Even though I live in a secluded place, those guys are too powerful...... They're very powerful, and there's no insurance where I live. As it turned out, he was quite right in his fears. As we were leaving, someone came after him...... The man who pursued him. There are three ...... They are Michael, they ...... Three paladins of the Holy See, besieging him alone...... Originally, Lafayette was not ready to resist, he was ready to surrender, and he was willing to go back to the Holy See with them to defend himself...... He believed that the Holy See was just, that his faith was right...... Unfortunately, he was wrong! Those guys didn't give him a chance. They didn't plan to arrest him at all, their purpose was to kill him!"

"And then?" Xiao Lei's eyes flashed, trying to suppress the surprise in his heart, and asked slowly.

And then ...... Angry, and surprised, he finally resisted...... We escaped, but he was badly wounded, very badly!"

"Wait......" Xiao Lei frowned: "I don't doubt your words...... But I know Ye Qun's strength very well. I've fought against that Migal before, and frankly, Ye Buqun's strength is stronger than Migaal...... But it's only a little stronger...... And he was also wounded. With one paladin and three paladins, how can he escape?"

"It's a pair of three. Lao Kang smiled bitterly: "It's two against three!" Mr. Xiao Lei...... I myself was once a glorious paladin in the Holy See!"

"You?" Xiao Lei glanced at the guy in front of him: "Please forgive me for my doubts...... From what I know, paladins are known for their strength rather than magic...... But your physical condition seems to be ......"

"I'm not lying...... I used to be a paladin, but that was fifteen years ago. Lao Kang sat up straight: "It's just that I am a sinner, I have violated the very serious canons of the Holy See, committed a very serious sin, and later I was deprived of the glory of the Holy ......Knight, expelled from the Holy See" He raised his right hand slightly: "Do you see my right hand? It is missing a finger...... Originally, I had a ring on my ring finger, which was given to me by the Pope as a symbol of paladin, and every paladin had one of these rings, and Lafayette also had one...... It's just that when I was stripped of my identity, that finger, with that ring, was cut off!" He gently stroked his severed finger: "This is not only a punishment for me, but also for me to remember my identity as a sinner! I was excommunicated from the church and can never hold any office in the church. ”

Xiao Lei nodded: "I understand...... You're a traitor to the church, aren't you?"

"Yes. Lao Kang nodded: "Because I refuse to carry out the orders of the Knights." We have a total of seven paladins in each generation of the Guardian Knights, and once they have damage, they will immediately select the best warriors to replenish them. ...... year I was ordered to destroy a stronghold of the Dark Council, but I was faced with two unarmed blood relatives who had no ability to fight...... Mr. Lei, I think you know what a blood relative is, right?"

"I know. Xiao Lei nodded: "Blood relatives are a special existence in the dark race...... I dealt with a blood relative who was born without any fighting ability, but possessed great intelligence. ”

"But the two blood relatives I met were not guilty of any sin. Lao Kang's tone was very calm: "Later, I learned that it was not a stronghold of the Dark Council, they were just two ordinary people, the only difference between them and ordinary humans was that they had blood blood, in addition, they were almost ordinary people, and they lived, worked, married, and raised children like ordinary people...... But their only sin is their bloodline, they have the blood of the dark race, and this is the sin they must be killed! I refused to kill two ordinary people, disobeying the orders of the Knights. Therefore I am considered to be sympathetic to those sinful creatures, deprived of the glory of the paladin, and reclaimed the mana blessed by the holy angels...... There was a hint of sadness in Lao Kang's tone.

Xiao Lei sighed, he didn't say anything.

This is not surprising.

Any struggle involving religion is often brutal, bloody, and even dehumanizing!

After thinking about it, Xiao Lei said: "Then, Ye Buqun, he was also ...... for violating the canons."

"Yes!" Lao Kang shook his head: "This is exactly the difference in this matter! He was not simply deprived of his identity...... He was ordered to be executed!Unconditionally!!"

His tone was calm, and he said slowly, "You know...... Originally, there was a strict hierarchy in the church, and as a paladin, he originally had very superior privileges...... Paladins even have a power called 'immunity'! This kind of right means that as a paladin, even if he commits ordinary sins, he can be forgiven! He can not be executed, but he can leave his life! Only if he violates that heinous and grave sin, the paladin will be deprived of his life!"

He stared into Xiao Lei's eyes: "According to what I know, in the ancient history of the Church, there were only two paladins who were sentenced to death and deprived of their lives!

"Oh, then what kind of sin would be serious enough to be pronounced a death sentence?"

"Yes. Lao Kang shook his head: "The first paladin in history to be executed, his charges were kept strictly secret, and all the information was sealed, and no one knew what sins he had committed!"

Xiao Lei pursed his lips and said with a wry smile: "It can't be the assassination of the Pope, right?"

"Unfortunately, no. Lao Kang suddenly said in a strange tone: "There was once a paladin in history who killed a cardinal who was about to succeed the pope with his own hands...... But even for such a serious crime, he was not sentenced to death, but only sentenced to be deprived of some identity rights, and then imprisoned for life on a desert island!" Xiao Lei gasped: "Even the sin of killing the Pope can be spared death...... What the hell did this Ye Buqun do!He actually made the church bent on killing him?!"

Lao Kang's expression suddenly became angry, and he smiled miserably: "He is indeed guilty! His only sin is probably to unearth some frightening truths!!" He stared at Xiao Lei, and suddenly asked a strange sentence:

"Mr. Lei, I know you don't believe in God...... But do you think God really exists?"