Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Lights Are Dark

Whew~~Bangβ€”β€”

Brilliant fireworks bloom in the night sky, illuminating the bustling streets from time to time.

Pedestrians on the street rubbed shoulders one after another, Zhe Yunli dressed as a scholarly lady, stood on the candy man stall on the side of the street with the maid Ping'er, and said to the candy seller:

"It's just a big bird, it looks like an eagle, but it's fat as a ball......"

"So?"

"No, it's an owl, it's not a golden eagle, and the head is round......"

"Isn't that a gourd?"

"No Neck ......"

"Oh......"

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On the bank of the river not far away, Luo Ning turned his eyes back and looked at Xiao Yunli comparing the appearance of birds.

Xue Baijin was dressed in a robe, dressed as a handsome man who accompanied his wife and daughter out to go shopping, although his chest muscles were more developed, but he was very tall, standing in front of the two women who looked like mother and daughter, it was not abrupt.

Back at the inn in the afternoon, Xue Baijin originally wanted to rest and practice, but Luo Ning naturally planned to symbolically accompany Bai Jin for a while, so he went out to visit Sanniang under the pretext of going out.

But as soon as the two of them washed off the dust, Xiao Yunli ran over and brought two bowls of hot rice noodles.

Although Xue Baijin was surprised that Yunli made the rice like this, and dared to bring it to his master and mother, for the sake of his apprentice's filial piety, he still stubbornly lowered his mouth, and unexpectedly found that it tasted good.

After the family finished eating, they thought that they hadn't been with Yunli for a long time, so they went out together to relax in Jiangzhou City.

At this time, Xue Baijin stood by the river, his eyes reflected the brilliant fireworks in the sky, and said casually:

"The people of Beiliang are good at strange and obscene skills, it is said that fireworks can be able to blow up the handwriting of 'longevity without borders', Zhang Hufa has been to Yanjing in previous years, and came back to tell me."

Luo Ning turned around and looked at the fireworks in the sky:

"You can't be idle again, you want to go to Yanjing?"

Xue Baijin did not deny this: "Practicing martial arts is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, I stay in Jiangzhou and have nothing to do all day, it is better to go on the road early and go around the rivers and lakes outside." ”

"The New Year is to have nothing to do and be idle at home, Yunli is so old, you don't accompany much, and when Yunli gets married in the future, you can't see each other once in a few years, can you still run to the apprentice's son-in-law's house all day long? Practicing martial arts is intended to strengthen the body, protect the family and defend the country, practice martial arts for the sake of practicing martial arts, and even ignore the family, what else are you going to do when you practice martial arts? ”

After Xue Baijin savored these words slightly, he bowed his head slightly:

"Yes. Although your martial arts are mediocre, you do know a lot of truth. ”

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Luo Ning took a breath lightly, and wanted to refute two sentences, but Bai Jin told the truth, and she couldn't find the right words, so she turned her head and snorted lightly.

The two chatted like this, Xiao Yunli's sugar man was not ready, Xue Baijin's ears moved slightly, and then he turned his eyes to look at the brightly lit streets, and heard a soft conversation:

"Jiangzhou is different, when I was in Liangzhou, there was nothing else to see except for the crowds on the street for the New Year......"

"The east wind blooms thousands of trees at night, and the stars are like rain...... Everyone who wrote this poem back then should have seen the current scene, but the royal capital of the Northwest Royal Court is not as beautiful as Jiangzhou, and the people are relatively strong, are you sure that the literati there can write this kind of famous story through the ages? ”

"Uh...... The literati of the Northwest Royal Court did not go out, but they may have written ...... when they were on a study tour."

"Really......"

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Luo Ning didn't notice anything, but found that Bai Jin looked back at the street, his face was still cold, and then he followed his gaze, only to find that there were two figures walking out of a small street in the distance.

One of the men, dressed in a black robe, with two blades hanging from his waist, and a grim smile on his cheeks, was talking to his female companion.

The woman walking beside her is a bright girl in a big red one-piece dress, her body is very slender, her curves are undulating, her beautiful eyes are as bright as stars, looking at the side face of the handsome boy next to her, she looks like a big sister who takes her lover out to go shopping from a distance.

Luo Ning had never seen the empress, and found that there was a charming and moving woman beside the Night Terror Hall, and naturally showed a little suspicion in her heart, and just as she was about to say a few words, her wrist was grabbed by Bai Jin, and she walked to the other end of the long street:

"Let's go, let's go over there."

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Luo Ning was inexplicable, and wanted to pull out her wrist, so as not to misunderstand that the thief really rubbed the mirror with Bai Jin in private, and found that Bai Jin did not let go, so he frowned and said:

"What do you do? ...... on the street"

"That's the female emperor, don't ask."

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Luo Ning was shocked when she heard this, looked back, didn't ask any more questions, and quickly left the place where this was right and wrong.

And Night Terror accompanied Yuhu to go shopping, walked out of the small street, and in a blink of an eye, he also found Bingtuotuo and his daughter-in-law on the other side of the street, their expressions were obviously stiff - this move was not because they were afraid of being discovered by Ning'er, but because they were afraid that the road would be narrow, and Hu Niuniu would fight with the opposite one again.

Finding that Bingtuo Tuo knew the measure and retreated on his own, Night Terror Hall secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly raised his hand to signal Yuhu to go back:

"It's not too early, I'll send you back."

The empress naturally also found the female thief who dared to tear her clothes, but on the street, she was not easy to catch up with to settle the account, and when she saw that the other party was retreating, she turned around and walked back, thought about it and said:

"The beauty in Tsing Yi next to her is Miss Ning'er, right? She is the first beauty in the rivers and lakes, the goddess of the Toad Palace? No wonder she looks so beautiful and moving......"

The Night Terror Hall even knew about the two-headed dragon by Yuhu, and there was no need to hide it, so he said with a smile:

"Yes, she has a good heart, and she has been persuading Xue Baijin to be recruited......"

The empress raised her hand slightly, signaling that the Night Terror Hall did not need to say these good words:

"As long as you have a normal brain, you know that rebellion is a dead end, and being recruited is the best way out. Xue Baijin is purely self-conscious, unwilling to condescend to others, you can persuade you, you can persuade her, it is really stubborn, just tell me, I promise to clean her up, and when the time comes, I will give you and Miss Ning'er a baby, with her size, she will definitely not be hungry......"

Baby ......

Night Terror didn't know how to answer this, so he glanced back and made sure that Bingtuo hadn't heard it, before he left quickly......

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In the evening, I went out from the Yuanqing Dart Bureau and walked a few streets in the city, and it was not early.

After the Night Terror Hall sent Yuhu back to the guest house of the Guogong Mansion, he said goodbye and left, and came to the shore of the East Lake instead, and saw a few figures in the water pavilion on the lakeshore from a distance.

Seeing this, Night Terror Hall lightly crossed the jagged buildings to the edge of the lake, and took a slight look.

Silver moonlight shone on the sparkling lake, and the lanterns emitted a dim glow that illuminated the corners of the verandah.

The Queen Mother, dressed in a gorgeous dress, sat on the terrace of the water pavilion, with the piano in front of her, absentmindedly hooking the strings.

Knock knock knock ~ ......

There is also a beautifully made car on the terrace, and the birds and birds that are hiding from the clouds in the afternoon are jumping around on the car at this time, and the red jade is stepping on the dragon's tail in the back to accumulate energy, and one person and one bird are having fun.

Seeing this scene, the corners of the night terror hall hooked up a smile, and came to the outside of the water pavilion:

"The Queen Mother?"

Boom~

The piano sounded on the terrace.

Some of the distracted Queen Mother, hearing the sound, showed three points of brilliance in her eyes, turned around and wanted to get up, and found that the red jade pestle was behind, and quickly sat down, putting on a dignified and noble appearance:

"Come in."

Hongyu, as a close-fitting girl, has a clear heart, how could she not know where to go now, and said: "I'll take it out for a walk." Then he leaned over and grabbed the bird that hadn't played enough, walked out of the water pavilion, and bowed to the night terror:

"Nightboy."

"No courtesy, hard work."

Night Terror raised his hand and rubbed the bird who still wanted to go back to play with the car, and after Hongyu ran to the garden by the lake, he stepped into the water pavilion, wanting to go to the terrace, but looked at the painting case halfway.

The paper on the painting case is painted with the landscape of East Lake, and the gongbi is definitely not as stupid as Wen and Wu Shuangquan, but it is much better than him, at least you can see what is being painted.

Night Terror Hall stopped in front of the painting case, looked down a few times, and praised it in a good way:

"The Queen Mother's painting skills have improved a lot, and this landscape painting is really meaningful......"

I wanted to boast about the hand warmer and make her happy.

But it's a pity that when I entered the door, I slapped the horse's fart on the horse's leg.

The Queen Mother was waiting on the terrace, and she wanted to say hello, but when she heard this, her eyes changed.

Have you improved your painting skills?

This means that the half-hung Yuhu is much better than the paintings of the main palace?

The Empress Dowager got up slowly, came to the side of the Night Terror Hall, and looked at the picture scroll:

"Do you think the painting is better than the one I gave you last time?"

Night Terror was about to nod, but immediately felt that something was wrongβ€”compared to the picture of a hawker buying chickens, this painting seemed to have improved too much.

The Queen Mother has been traveling with him in the past few months, how can she have time to learn to paint......

Sensing the problem, Night Terror reacted very quickly, and said thoughtfully:

"In terms of craftsmanship, this painting is indeed stronger, but it looks like it has no spirituality. The last time I sent me a painting, although the stroke of the brush is casual, I can feel the aura, which is good and which is bad, and I am not a layman to evaluate it......"

The Queen Mother really didn't expect that the Night Terror Hall would be able to round the situation back, she didn't know whether what the Night Terror Hall said was true or not, so she took it all as if it was true, and snorted lightly:

"Your eyesight is good, but you can't talk nonsense, and if you let the person who painted it hear, you will inevitably suffer a meal."

Night Terror Hall doesn't need to ask, and knows whose painting it is, so it's not good to comment randomly, so he instead held the arm of the Queen Mother and wanted to sit down on the tea couch.

But what is surprising is that the Queen Mother, who wants to be considerate, doesn't seem to be very close today, twists her shoulders slightly, breaks free, walks to the tea couch and sits down, her posture is very formal:

"Night Terror, sit down."

Night Terror Hall felt that it was not quite right, sat down next to the tea couch, and raised his hand to pour tea:

"What's wrong?"

The Empress Dowager was beaten by the empress today, and she always felt that the empress saw something, but she couldn't figure it out, and she was always uneasy. She pondered for a moment before asking:

"Today, the saint painted here, saying that after the main palace came back from the outside of the gate, the whole person has changed. Do you feel this way? ”

Night Terror Hall poured water for a moment, blinked his eyes, and said with a smile:

"It's normal to go out for a walk, people become cheerful and lively, don't think nonsense, just leave everything to me."

The Queen Mother really doesn't want to worry about it, but as the Queen Mother secretly raised a lover, how could she not be a little worried about such a big thing, and after a little thought, she could only hope that God would be more gracious, and don't deprive her of the only thoughts in her life.

Thinking of God, the Queen Mother remembered something, took the teacup that arrived from the night terror, and said softly:

"When I was a child, I went to live in Yuxu Mountain for a period of time, and I made a wish with Daozu at that time, hoping that the future Lang Jun would be able to be both civil and military, handsome and unparalleled, high and powerful, and especially love the palace...... You are not allowed to laugh! ”

Night Terror Hall just hooked the corners of his mouth, and quickly pressed it down, making a look of careful listening.

"Who would have thought that not long after making a wish, the palace was sent to the palace, and before he arrived in the capital, he became a widow, and the wish he made was the same. At that time, Bengong thought that God deliberately tossed people, and complained in his heart every day, but now he found out...... only to find out that God may have other intentions. If you don't enter the palace and be widowed, you will get married in the palace at fifteen or sixteen, even if you don't marry outside, you will recruit a son-in-law, where can you wait until now......"

When the Queen Mother said this, she turned her head to look at the Night Terror Hall:

"Since I made a wish back then, and God arranged it, it stands to reason that I have to repay my wish. Yuxu Mountain is at the junction of Yanzhou and Jiangzhou, not too far from here, there is still some time before the year, if you are not too troublesome, do you want to accompany the palace to go over? Of course, if you don't have time, forget it, Bengong will let Shui'er accompany you. ”

Hearing this, Night Terror chuckled:

"This trip to Jiangzhou is to accompany my mother back to my hometown to relax, how can there be no time. When are you going to go? ”

The Queen Mother didn't hesitate at all when she saw the Night Terror Hall, her eyes showed a little joy, she got up with a teacup, sat down in front of the Night Terror Hall, and naturally leaned on her arms:

"The palace has nothing to do all day, you can go whenever you want, it mainly depends on your arrangement. Alas, living in the Guogong Mansion and being watched by the Holy Lord all day long is no different from being in the palace, huh...... See if you can keep a low profile, let's just sneak over, go and come back quickly. ”

Night Terror Hall also understood the meaning when he heard this, and thought for a while:

"Then I'll ride a fast horse and take my mother over alone?"

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This is what the Queen Mother meant, but the night terror hall is so bold, the two of them go out alone, she is afraid that the front foot will go out of Jiangzhou City, and the back foot will have to see red, so after a little consideration, she said:

"You talk to Shui'er and let her follow, the two of us go over, we can't even recognize the road, what can we do."

Night Terror Hall thought about it: "Then I'll arrange it now?" ”

"Now?"

The Queen Mother blinked her eyes wide, but she hesitated:

"The stool isn't hot, so let's rest before leaving."

Night Terror Hall naturally did not refuse this proposal, and leaned back on the tea couch, relaxing his body and breathing a sigh of relief.

The Queen Mother sat upright in front of her, originally wanting to maintain the demeanor of the mother of a country, but after maintaining it for a while, she still put down the teacup, moved her buttocks back a little, leaned against the night terrors, and wrapped her body in a painted shawl:

"Actually, in private, you and I just need to be commensurate, Niangniang's palace or something looks old-fashioned, I'm not old yet, it's weird to be called the queen mother by her, and I haven't let the two sisters call me like that......"

When the Queen Mother went to Yunzhou, she was not yet sixteen, and she is definitely not old now, so in order to control the name of the Queen Mother, she deliberately dressed up very maturely.

At this time, looking at it by candlelight, the Queen Mother was wearing a dark red winter dress, with a colorful phoenix shawl on her shoulders, and her jet-black hair was coiled into a lady's style of fallen horse bun, wearing a golden hairpin and jade, with a small round face of Guotai Min'an, she looked dignified and noble, but she leaned against her lover, and her eyebrows still showed a little bit of the girl's youthfulness.

Night Terror Hall turned his head to take a closer look at it, and said with a smile:

"Okay, then don't say I'm big or small."

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The Queen Mother's eyes moved slightly, and she was about to say something, when she found the night terror hall around her, and slowly came over......

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The Queen Mother's heart tightened, pressed her fingers against the lips of the Night Terror, frowned and said:

"I didn't let you call it casually and didn't let you mess around, you ...... Forget it, you'd better go back early, it's too late for people to find out, and it won't sound good to spread out. ”

Seeing that the hand warmer was not warm, the night terror hall was not very happy, so he lowered his head and held his red lips, and put his hand in his arms to warm himself.

"Woo~"

The Queen Mother twisted a few times, but it didn't have any effect, so she gave up struggling, and waited until the Night Terror Hall stopped talking, then her face turned red and got up, and pushed the Night Terror Hall out of the door.

"Go back, it's a ......"

"Rest early."

Squeak –

The door closed, and there was no movement.

Night Terror Hall shook his head and smiled, and did not stay long, leaving the Guogong Mansion alone.

When he went out in the afternoon, Shui Er was hit by Yuhu, and he definitely didn't dare to follow behind to observe the follow-up.

The night terror hall was afraid that Shui Er would be frightened and couldn't think about it, so when he returned to the Yuan Qing Dart Bureau, he first came to the courtyard where Shui Er settled to see the situation.

It was late at night, and the house was silent and the lights were gone, but Shui'er obviously couldn't sleep.

As soon as Night Terror jumped off the wall and fell into the courtyard, he saw the door open, and Shui Er, dressed in a snow-white dress, came out of the house, carrying a Hehuan sword in her hand and a small package on her shoulder, like a Jianghu woman who was about to travel away.

"Shui'er, what are you?"

After Xuanji Zhenren went out, he first glanced at the Night Terror Hall, and found that he was able to walk on all fours, so he knew that the matter was not big, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and asked:

"Did Yuhu say anything?"

Seeing the water that has always been free and easy, the night terror hall was so frightened that he was ready to go out to avoid the limelight, and he was a little amused in his heart, and came to the front and said:

"Since I entered Beijing, I have repeatedly performed miraculous feats, but I have not sought fame and fortune and have not asked for any rewards.

"Merits and demerits offset ......"

Although Xuanji Zhenren expected that Yuhu would not pursue her too much, he didn't even mention expelling her from the discipleship, which was still a little surprising.

But it's okay at the moment, that's the best news.

The stone in Xuanji's heart fell, and the gas state returned to its usual appearance, and he turned around and entered the house to prepare to shut the night terror hall outside:

"If you hadn't messed around today, how would I have fallen into such a situation? From now on, you are not allowed to set foot in this courtyard without the permission of the teacher, and if you commit another offense, you will ......"

Night Terror raised his hand to support the door, and said helplessly:

"I'm not here to rub the bed and discuss something. The Queen Mother wants to go back to Yuxu Mountain to see, I am going to send the Queen Mother over, do you want to go along? ”

As a master, Xuanji Zhenren was caught in front of his apprentice, and he didn't know how to get along with Yuhu recently, and he was trying to find an excuse to go outside to avoid the limelight.

Hearing this, Xuanji Zhenren naturally did not hesitate at all, and prepared to go out with the package on his back:

"Speaking of which, I haven't been back to the mountain for a long time, take advantage of the cool evening, let's go now, I'll pick up the Queen Mother, and you go to prepare the carriage and horses."

Cool at night?

Night Terror Hall raised his eyes and looked at the night sky of the cold winter wax moon, and felt that it was too cool, so he blocked the water again:

"I'm not an old scalper, I only come back in the afternoon, and I have to rest for the night. You have a good rest, and when I arrange it, we will go together. ”

Xuanji Zhenren felt that there was no difference between the night terror hall and the bull spirit, and wanted to say that it was okay to rest on the road, but thinking that Sanniang was still waiting in the house, it was not easy to rush so much, so he closed the door:

"Then hurry up and prepare, don't come to disturb me tonight, I'll talk about it on the way when I have something."

"Got it."

Night Terror Hall chatted a few more words before turning around and coming to the back house.

Sanniang, as the head of Honghua Building, lives in the main courtyard of the mansion, and the courtyard is still lit at this time.

Night Terror Hall came to the outside of the main courtyard, and before entering the round door, he heard a whisper from inside:

"Miss Fan has a good figure, she must look good in this, what is there to be shy about wearing it in her clothes? Ning'er wore it more privately than this...... Ahem......"

"No, no, I can't wear this ......"

When Night Terror heard this conversation, she knew that Sanniang had just accompanied Miss Fan to buy clothes, and she had bought a lot of new things.

Although the Night Terror Hall was quite curious, Sanniang obviously didn't need to peek, so she coughed lightly outside the wall:

"Ahem......"

There was a sudden silence in the courtyard, and there was the sound of people scrambling to clean up.

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Night Terror Hall walked into the courtyard, and saw Fan Qinghe, whose face was red, running out of the house with a small box, and after finding him, he hid his hand behind his waist, and pretended to be calm:

"You're coming back? Rest early, I'll go back to my room first. ”

After speaking, he flew up and flew directly from the courtyard wall, disappearing without a trace.

The Night Terror Hall didn't even say hello, his eyes were very helpless, and he said "rest early" through the wall, and then entered the main house.

The main house is much more spacious than the guest house, with beaded curtains partitioning the inner and outer rooms, and on the tea couch in the outer room, there are five or six small boxes, with the name of Caiyun Pavilion.

Sanniang was wearing a home skirt and was folding colorful little clothes, and when she found that the night terror hall came in, she blocked her vision slightly with her shoulder, and asked curiously:

"Didn't you go to the Guogong Mansion with Shui'er? Why did Shui'er come back early and hide in the house and not come out? I bought her two clothes and wanted her to try them on. ”

Night Terror closed the door and sat down next to Sanniang, helping to rub her shoulders:

"I was accidentally bumped into by Yuhu, and it's fine."

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Pei Xiangjun was stunned for a moment, turned his head, and the fire of gossip obviously flashed in his eyes.

But these things, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to get to the bottom of it, she still nodded thoughtfully after thinking about it:

"No wonder she didn't dare to be presumptuous tonight...... You went to Xiaoshan County and were injured, and just now Miss Fan said that she was going to change your medicine, how is your chest? ”

Seeing this, Night Terror untied the placket of his black robe, revealing his chest that was still wrapped in bandages:

"It's just a skin injury, I don't feel it anymore, it shouldn't take a few days to recover as before."

Pei Xiangjun helped take off the robe, then untied the bandage to look at the scabbed wound, took the wound medicine from the medicine box, helped the night terror hall to lie down at the head of the bed, and helped to apply the medicine:

"Alas, when you came here at the beginning of the year, I originally wanted to cultivate slowly, and wait for two or three years before I let you go out of the mountains and rivers and lakes. The result is good, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, I am either busy or on the road......"

Night Terror Hall leaned on the head of the bed, looked at the soft cheeks that whispered softly, and raised his hand to help brush the hair next to his ears:

"Do you work hard, there are so many things in the world, I have hit the top three of the eight kui, and there is not much to do, strive to finish it all next year, and then stay in the capital to be a rich man."

Pei Xiangjun saw that he touched his face twice, so he hugged her by the back of his neck, but he didn't twist it, he raised his hand to untie the placket, revealing a half-sheer peony coat.

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Under the light of the lights, the white ball that could not be held with one hand loomed under the tulle, completely presented under the eyes of the night terrors.

Pei Xiangjun took off his embroidered shoes, got up and straddled the night terror hall's lap, continued to help with the medicine, and said seriously:

"No wonder I always hear the lady in the capital say, 'Repent and ask the husband to find the marquis', power, money, fame and fortune are enough, and then chasing after it is a waste of good years. This life is still long, if you finish everything next year, what will you do in the future? In the future, you still have to slow down and live a life......"

Night Terror felt the soft touch of the camel toe on his legs, and his hand supported the weight on his chest, and he held it full:

"Got it."

Pei Xiangjun's face flushed, and he shrank back a little:

"Don't move, finish the medicine first."

Night Terror Hall just twisted twice, and when he saw this, he put his hand away and lay down, and continued to talk about business:

"Uncle Chen and Uncle Song are recruiting people at the entrance of the hall, how are things? When are you going to open the hall outside the gate? ”

"You don't have to worry about these things, the building has its own plans. You can rest well now, and walk around and have nothing to do......"

"By the way, I have to go to Yuxu Mountain tomorrow to accompany the Queen Mother to Shangzhuxiang, and I have to go back in the spring, and there will be no time at that time."

"Yuxu Mountain is the ancestral garden of Taoism, and it is a good thing to go shopping. The water is also following, right? I guess she's been embarrassed to stay in Jiangzhou City lately. ”

"yes, do you want to come along?"

"I don't know the Queen Mother well, what are you going to do, it's good to hang out in the city with Miss Ning Erfan. You remember to go early and return early, I'm afraid that Ning'er Kaichun is going to run away with the Hetian Sect Master again, gather less and leave her more, I must feel uncomfortable, I still have time to accompany ......"

Pei Xiangjun chatted, finished the wound medicine, and then slapped on the lips of the Night Terror Hall, slowly lowered his body and held the watermelon in both hands, buried the villain in the tulle coat, and dealt with other swollen places.

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Night Terror Hall leaned against the head of the bed, and wanted to say something, but his thoughts drifted a little, and he raised his hand to put down the curtain after thinking about it......

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