No matter what happens, time never stops.

In the midst of this dark tide, there are still three days to go before the lantern festival.

The weather was not good, there were dark clouds in the sky, and it seemed that a heavy rain had been brewing for a long time, but it had not fallen, and the air pressure was lower than usual.

However, despite this, it did not affect the mood of the New Year's Festival, the whole capital was decorated with lights, the palace announced the cancellation of the curfew a few days ago, and the people who were resting and bathing also took their families to the streets, and some merchants from neighboring small countries also rushed over, taking advantage of the festival to sell more silver taels.

In this night, there are the sound of storytellers telling stories, the sounds of tea customers shooting cases in amazement, the cries of hawkers, the laughter of children, and the jingling of Miss Gaomen.

In the Ruyun Pavilion, Xie Ruyun's friends in the business field had just given her a whole little lamb outside the plug, and at Lu Tan's suggestion, the dark guard quickly froze it with water-based spiritual arts, cut it into slices, and scalded it with a homemade copper pot.

Halfway through the meal, the topic suddenly turned to the "future".

Xie Ruyun smiled and looked at Xie Wan, who had already been like a big girl in the company of Lu Tan these days, and couldn't help but say: "Wan'er has also grown up, it seems that I should retire as soon as possible and enjoy the blessings." This is like a cloud pavilion, and it will be handed over to her and ......"

As he spoke, his gaze turned to Lu Tan.

Lu Tan was eating meat violently, and was suddenly cue and was stunned for a moment.

Xie Ruyun looked at him and couldn't help but smile: "Tan'er, what are your plans?" It's been a while in the capital, and this section is about to pass, and the Ruyun Pavilion will expand again, and Wan'er alone will not be able to manage it......"

Xie Ruyun's meaning naturally wanted him to join the Xie family, and the meaning in and out of his words was that he wanted him and Xie Wan to take over Ruyun Pavilion together.

For others, this is a good thing that cannot be desired, but on Lu Tan, it is not so simple.

His mind drifted out all at once.

What does his future hold? Does he still want to go back to modern times?

It's been almost a year since he got here, and he seems to be getting more and more used to everything here, he looked down at his hands, palms facing up, as long as he was a little free, the crackling thunder spiritual power would jump into his hands.

He looked at the hot pot in front of him again, and suddenly seemed to see the twisted and fierce face of his father who lifted the hot pot one day in modern times, and recalled the appearance of the gambler's father beating him with a broom, and the vague figure of his mother, whom he had barely seen.

Does he want to go back?

He actually didn't want to.

And what about his future?

He turned his head to look at Xiao Yanagi, who was sitting stiffly on the side, and asked with a smile, "Qinghuan, what about the future you want?" ”

Liu Qinghuan was stunned for a moment, and then as if he had thought about the answer to this question countless times in his mind, he replied very quickly: "I want to save some money, redeem myself, and then be the same as the boss!" Open your own shop, too! ”

Xie Ruyun laughed, and was not unhappy at all when she heard that Xiao Liu wanted to go it alone, but praised him again and again for his ambition, and even promised him that if he didn't have enough money at that time, she could even sponsor some.

After Xiaoliu answered, the question returned to Lu Tan.

Lu Tan looked at Xie Ruyun, who was laughing loudly, and Xie Wan, who was laughing and busy eating meat on the side, this time he strengthened his thoughts, he smiled and said: "I don't have any ideas, I just want to stay here and be with everyone all the time." ”

Xie Ruyun's smile gradually expanded, as if he was very satisfied with Lu Tan's reply.

and hurriedly urged him to let him marry in as soon as possible, so that he could be a helper for Xie Wan.

In such laughter, the atmosphere was pushed to a high point, and everyone raised a glass and drank together, pushed the glass to change the lamp, and staggered the chips.

However, in the midst of such prosperity, there are also some hidden corners, dark, distorted, and unable to see the light.

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National Teacher's House.

In the secret room, Chen Qing'e and Shen Mengyu each lived in a corner, and Chen Qing'e was closing her eyes to absorb Lu Ning's aura. Her qi state is already better than it looked a few days ago, her complexion is ruddy, her skin is delicate, and with the blessing of such a complexion and atmosphere, even the ordinary big cake face seems to look a little better.

It's just that Lu Ning doesn't look so good, he describes it as withered, haggard, the whole person is so thin that he seems to have taken off his image, and his eyes are also jet black, but when he opens his eyes, they are terrifyingly bright, and they are full of his beautiful vision for the future - stepping on Lu Tan and punching Xie Wan with Chen Qing'e's support.

Shen Mengyu on the other side was not as comfortable as Chen Qing'e, there were three holy grails in front of the mirror in the corner, and the crescent-shaped chalices floated in the air under the spiritual power, and then fell gently, tumbling a few times and then stopping.

"It's the big murderer again...... Who the hell is it? Shen Mengyu frowned, "Who stopped that damn Luo Xiangwan from killing himself......"

The chalice floated up again, and rolled down again.

"Tsk." is another big murderer, her patience is almost exhausted, no matter how she deduces, nothing good will come of it. The dead dog also followed Lu Tan...... Everything foreshadows variables, variables, variables!

In the mirror, Shen Mengyu's beautiful face gradually became distorted, her black and white eyes seemed to turn red, and golden patterns appeared on her forehead.

In front of the mirror, she looks the same as before, and there is no change.

"Those women of the Luo family ......" she muttered, thinking of Luo Xiangwan and Luo Tianxin, and threw out the Holy Grail again.

"Big murderer!"

The ending of Luo Tianxin, Luo Xiangwan and others was a big murderer, and Shen Mengyu finally smiled.

She closed her eyes and calculated for another moment, and the smile on her face gradually expanded: "Life and death are unknown, if you are saved, you will be lucky, and if you are not saved, you will be fierce...... yes, yes. ”

Then there was a chalice that kept spinning on the table, and it didn't stop.

What exactly is this variable...... Is it that kid from the Lu family? It's just a man......"

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Land Prime Minister's Mansion.

In Lu Sisi's room, she was breastfeeding the freak baby with a strange look of love.

Lu Manshuang wanted to strangle the baby several times, but was stopped by Lu Sisi, and he came and went, resulting in the fact that the child, who was already full-term, has not been named so far. Lu Sisi himself called Xiaobao.

Xiaobao is a baby girl, more than twice the size of a child of the same age, and her face is covered with black short fluff. It was rumored throughout the capital that this was a monkey-faced child, but now it looks more like a spider than a monkey.

It's just that Lu Sisi didn't think there was anything wrong with the child at all, she patted her gently while breastfeeding, and hummed nursery rhymes in her mouth.

The four maids waiting in the room stood in the corner, as far away as possible from the strange mother and daughter, but they still couldn't help but tremble, and no matter how tightly they gritted their teeth, they couldn't help but make some small sounds.

"Wow-" Lu Xiaobao drank enough milk and suddenly cried loudly.

Hearing her daughter's cry, Lu Sisi's first reaction was not to coax the child, but to throw her aside casually, sink her face and walk towards the maid in the corner.

The four of them glanced at each other, remembering the extra human bones that were still hanging with flesh and blood in the well in the house in recent days, as well as the sisters who had disappeared inexplicably, they knelt on the ground and began to cry.

"Miss, spare us......

"Miss, we can serve Miss Xiao, please ......"

"Please don't ......"

One of the maids had a quicker turn in her mind, and thought that she would be dead, so she simply jumped up and ran out shouting.

"Lu Xiang, help, Miss is going to kill—"

Pity.

That last word never had a chance to be said again.

Lu Xiaobao was like an agile praying mantis, crawling from the bed to the edge of the bed in three or two clicks, and then a flutter, extremely fast, almost in the blink of an eye, his limbs were like some kind of animal, he grabbed the maid's back, and bit off her neck in an extremely strange and weird posture.

"Ahh

The three maids kneeling in the corner screamed in fright when they saw this scene, and one of them was so timid that he even wet his crotch directly.

Lu Sisi snorted in disgust, and then said to Lu Xiaobao: "Be careful when eating, don't touch dirty things." ”

Lu Xiaobao screamed strangely, and also twisted the necks of the other three.

Then she sucked up the blood from the maids just like Chen Qing'e sucked Lu Ning.

It's just that compared to Chen Qing'e, she is more like a little beast who doesn't know moderation, and these maids are not like Lu Ning, who has spiritual power, and in an instant, she was sucked into several people.

As if she hadn't eaten enough, she climbed up again and tore at the maid's flesh.

And as the flesh and blood entered her abdomen, her state became better and better, and the short black fluff on her face gradually faded, and she looked like a normal child.

……

The main hall of the Lu Mansion.

Lu Manshuang and Xu Wei sat together with sad faces and looked at each other without words, since Lu Tan came back from Nazhu Village, she seemed to be getting older and older, she was exhausted every day, and she couldn't sleep well.

"Hey, you can't afford to plant a daughter, there has only been one Ning'er for so many years. Originally, there was a Sisi in the second room, but now there is such a freak...... It's useless! ”

Xu Wei's state is much better than Lu Manshuang, after all, his father is more expensive than his son, and now that Lu Ning is in love with Chen Qing'e, a mysterious hidden power, the good days of their father and son are still ahead.

But at this time, he still has to rely on Lu Manshuang, and Lu Ningren has not yet passed, and now he still needs the identity of the prime minister's concubine to support him, so Xu Wei still pretended to comfort Lu Manshuang.

Lu Manshuang raised her eyes, stared at Xu Wei for a moment with somewhat old eyes, and turned into a smile: "Hello, always by my side." Don't worry, you are different from the unblessed one, when I succeed, I will not treat you and Ning'er badly. ”

Xu Wei's hand was pinched by Lu Manshuang, he lowered his eyebrows, looked at Lu Manshuang's slightly rough palm, and responded with a smile.

……

In the palace.

Hotaru knelt in front of the bookcase, and was reporting to Luo Xiangwan about Lu Tan's actions in the past few days, as well as some things that she and the other secret guards had investigated.

Luo Xiangwan nodded slightly, and when he heard what Lu Sisi and Shen Mengyu had done, he would also communicate briefly with the person sitting behind the screen.

The three of them discussed until late at night, and finally turned into three quiet sighs in unison.

After a long time, the man behind the screen opened his mouth: "But there is a way to have both, and you must always ...... Sacrifice less. ”

Hotaru's expression moved slightly, and Luo Xiangwan, who was sitting in front, looked at each other, obviously there was only one table in between, but it seemed that the two of them were separated from each other.

Luo Xiangwan finally shook his head slightly at Hotaru, and then said in a low voice: "There is indeed a ...... way."

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