126 Huo Wen'an's marriage proposal
Huo Wen'an's body is fine, he just needs to meditate and cultivate. Although the hospital is the private hospital of the Huo family, it is not only open to the Huo family, and the islanders on Shenyin Island can come to the hospital for treatment if they have a disease.
Huo Wen'an disliked the noise, so he decided to leave the hospital and take Xu Xingguang back to his residence.
The night before he was discharged from the hospital, Huo Wen'an called Zheng Lie, Xu Xingguang didn't come in to listen, only vaguely heard Huo Wen'an's broken voice mysteriously say, "The highest standard, of course..."
Xu Xingguang was playing the customs clearance game of the Chinese Medicine Hall, and at the same time he was distracted and wondered in his heart what kind of medicine Huo Wen'an was selling in the gourd.
Since Huo Wenan deliberately hid it from her, Xu Xingguang cooperated and did not pursue him.
Early the next morning, Cheng Yue drove a private plane to pick up Huo Wen'an.
Cheng Yue was the woman who went to Cangshan Town to pick up Huo Wen'an back to Shenyin Island.
Cheng Yue looked very happy when she saw Xu Xingguang, "Miss Xu, we meet again." Cheng Yue was more lively than the last time they met, she had already heard about Xu Xingguang's complete healing of the helm, and she also knew that Xu Xingguang was the fiancée at the helm.
"The last time we met, I was in a hurry, and I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Yue, and I am the captain of the guard at the helm of the mansion."
Cheng Yue was dressed more casually, with a white shirt and black trousers, and her arms exposed outside the short sleeves showed a sexy and healthy wheat color, and her muscles were not full, but they were well-proportioned and strong.
She wears a gun and weapon around her waist, and an iron ring on her wrist that releases an icy aura, which should have hidden weapons.
Huo Wen'an's private plane has luxurious internal facilities, and when he boarded the plane, Huo Wen'an was helped by Xu Xingguang to lie down in the lounge inside. She walked to the cockpit and stared at the dashboard, her hands itching.
Cheng Yue saw Xu Xingguang's eager appearance, so she asked her, "Does Miss Xu fly a plane?"
Xu Xingguang said: "The private jet has never flown it, but the fighter jet has touched it." She once drove a fighter jet and mediated with three enemy fighters at high altitude, and finally shot down the enemy fighter plane and crashed into the sea with one enemy and three fighters, while she successfully parachuted to escape.
And on the enemy's plane, sitting is the head of the country's flight warhead.
After that battle, she became a legend of their legion, dubbed the "Condor of the Air" by her comrades.
That was a long time ago, though.
But no matter how much time has passed, she still maintains a sense of familiarity with fighter jets, and in the space of her bracelet, there is a fighter jet that has accompanied her for many years.
Knowing that Xu Xingguang had driven a fighter jet, Cheng Yue gave her a thumbs up and praised, "Awesome."
Noticing that Cheng Yue had old and new scars on her body, Xu Xingguang asked her about her previous experience, and Cheng Yue said calmly: "I used to be an A*** person, a marine, and I was expelled from the military headquarters for disobeying military orders. Later, he entered Shenyin Island and became a subordinate at the helm."
"You don't look like someone who would disobey military orders." Xu Xingguang used to be a soldier, and she saw a familiar shadow in Cheng Yue, much like her in a certain reincarnation world.
Cheng Yue laughed at herself, she said: "Eight years ago, there was a virus gas leak accident on Whale Island in country M, and my boss strictly forbade us to disclose the news to the outside world in order to cover up the scandal."
"Because the people who live on Whale Fall Island are local aborigines, my boss doesn't care about the lives of the more than 100 natives at all."
Xu Xingguang said, "So, you told them the truth?"
"Hmm." Cheng Yue said: "It is said that it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, but my original intention is to protect my compatriots, not to harm them. So, I disobeyed the military order."
Cheng Yue shrugged her shoulders and pulled back the corner of her T-shirt to reveal the hideous scar on her waist, she said, "For this, I paid a terrible price."
As soon as Xu Xingguang saw the wound on Cheng Yue's waist, he knew what kind of cruel punishment Cheng Yue had received.
That's the punishment of beheading.
In country M, soldiers who disobey military orders will either face life imprisonment. Or, you have to survive the execution of the beheading, and take off your identity from country M, become a black household, and be driven out of the territory of country M.
And the so-called chopping waist
The execution is to use two quenched iron hooks to pass through the waist of the offender and hang it high above the torture frame.
If you can survive a day and a night, you will be innocent.
Xu Xingguang was in awe of Cheng Yue, "You are very admirable."
Cheng Yue said: "I feel that what I did was right, and I never regret it." Give her another chance and she'll still do that.
Cheng Yue looked behind her, she stared at the closed door of the lounge, and said with emotion: "I was kicked out of country M, and there is no way out, and no country in the world is willing to take me in. In the end, it was Zheng Lie who found me and brought me back to Shenyin Island."
"Since then, I have given up my original name, changed my surname from my Xia *** relatives, and changed my name to Cheng Yue."
Cheng Yue smiled coolly at Xu Xingguang, and she said, "Miss Xu, the helm may not be a good person, but in my heart, he is a kind person like a god."
Xu Xingguang smiled and patted Cheng Yue's shoulder, "Let's go, I'll secretly learn here."
"Okay."
The private plane flew over the island of Shenyin and headed towards the northern mountains. Twenty minutes later, the plane landed directly on the private tarmac in Huo Wen'an's manor.
Huo Wen'an's manor covers an area of more than 80,000 square meters, with a construction area of 9,000 square meters, and the houses are almost all Gothic architectural style. It is reported that this was once the place where the helmsmen lived for generations, but the old helmsman moved out to live in order to accompany his Royal Highness the princess.
Before Xu Xingguang got off the plane, he stood at the cabin door, looked at the mysterious manor full of historical time in the distance, and sighed: "This place is very suitable for making ghost movies."
Hearing this, the housekeepers who stood in a line on the tarmac and waited for Huo Wen'an to go home were all scared.
They were afraid that Huo Wen'an would be angry.
But Huo Wenan was not angry, after hearing Xu Xingguang's emotion, he thought about it very seriously for a while before saying, "You are right, you don't need to pay rent to shoot horror movies here."
Thinking of something, Huo Wen'an smiled coldly and said, "At night, as soon as the lights are turned off, there are ghosts everywhere."
There are countless Huo family members and family members who died in this manor, and there is really no shortage of those things.
Xu Xingguang smiled and warned Huo Wen'an: "Your voice is not good yet, don't talk less." Only then did she help Huo Wen'an get off the plane.
And the housekeepers were shocked when they saw Xu Xingguang and Huo Wen'an talking and laughing.
It seems that what Mr. Zheng Lie said is not wrong, this young lady surnamed Xu will become their future hostess.
The helm's mansion was too big, and there were several stewards in charge of the affairs of the manor, all of whom had served the old helmsman. The chief housekeeper is called Kamiin Natsu, who is said to be an indigenous inhabitant of Kamikushi Island and has a higher education.
His brother's name is Shen Yinchun, and he is the old butler who follows the old helm.
The people in the manor call Shen Yin Xia "Uncle Xia". Uncle Xia is 60 years old this year, has lived in this manor for more than 30 years, and he is very familiar with every scene and object in the manor.
Zheng Lie was a stuffy gourd, and Huo Wen'an was not in good spirits, so Shen Yinxia took Xu Xingguang to visit the manor.
Knowing that this Miss Xu was the future lady at the helm, Uncle Xia was even more amiable towards her, and he told Xu Xingguang: "I am going to be discharged from the hospital today, and the helm called last night to let us get ready to welcome Miss Xu."
In fact, Huo Wen'an used the standard specifications to greet the young lady.
Xu Xingguang was about to ask Xiahou what preparations they had made, when Xu Xingguang saw a maid holding tea standing in front of him.
The maid was wearing a long black cheongsam dress, with a pear blossom hairpin and long black hairpin, and she held a tray in both hands, and stood on the road at the gate of the castle with her eyes down.
Xu Xingguang was confused, she looked back at Huo Wen'an.
Huo Wen'an smiled lightly.
Uncle Xia told Xu Xingguang, "Miss Xu is a distinguished guest of our mansion, and she is also the lover of our lord at the helm. Miss Xu is coming to the door for the first time, and we must greet Miss Xu in the same way as the most distinguished guests on Shenyin Island."
Uncle Xia looked at the maid and explained with a smile, "There is a cup of tea on that tray, use
The tea leaves are unique to Shenyin Island, and only the most tender and freshest first buds are picked every spring. The water used to make the tea is the rare freshwater cenote water in the center of the island of Hidden Island."
"After drinking this cup of Shenyin tea, Miss Xu is the husband who is recognized and accepted by the helm house..." Uncle Xia stopped in time and changed his words, "Guest."
Xu Xingguang glanced at Huo Wen'an behind him with a smile.
She believed that Huo Wen'an had indeed instructed these people in the helm mansion to greet her with the highest standard of hospitality, but it was not necessarily the etiquette of welcoming guests, nine times out of ten, it was the etiquette of welcoming the future hostess.
He was sincere.
Xu Xingguang cooperated with Huo Wen'an's arrangement and did not demolish him.
Taking the Shenyin tea handed over by the young maid, Xu Xingguang took a sip.
But seeing that Uncle Xia was still watching, Xu Xingguang hesitated, and then raised his head and drank all the tea in the cup.
Seeing this, Uncle Xia smiled.
The group continued on their way to an open-air fountain pool.
At the bottom of the fountain there was a hole in the mouth of a bowl, and the water flowed down the hole to the mouth of the pool, and I don't know where it went.
A maid stood by the fountain with a golden basin, and it was evident that there was another ritual here.
Sure enough, Uncle Xia said to Xu Xingguang again, "This fountain pool is connected to the sea area of Shenyin Island, Miss Xu can choose an immortal turtle and release it here to pray for blessings."
Xu Xingguang thought these rules were quite interesting, so he picked a small turtle of medium size from the golden basin, made a wish, and put it in the fountain pool.
The little turtle crawled slowly towards the hole with the thick mouth of the bowl, and ran directly down the hole.
Seeing this, Uncle Xia's eyes crooked with a smile, and he read aloud: "The immortal turtle enters the immortal sea, and it is safe and smooth and long-lived!"
Xu Xingguang: "..."
It's quite superstitious.
After walking for a few more minutes, they came to the helm's mansion where Huo Wen'an lived.
Gray-black Gothic high-rises, towering above the island's mountains, resemble a sleeping demon. Before entering the helm's mansion, you must first pass through a majestic palace wall gate.
The door was closed, and there was no key in the keyhole.
Xu Xingguang stared at the two heavy and pitch-black iron doors, and at a glance saw that there were countless mechanisms hidden in the door, if he forcibly broke in, he would inevitably be shot by the hidden weapon inside the door.
At this moment, Huo Wenan suddenly held on to the wheelchair and stood up tremblingly.
With the help of his cane, he slowly walked to Xu Xingguang's side, looked at the door, and said, "The reason why the Helm Mansion was built in this mountain range is because there is a mysterious tunnel in the mansion that leads to the sea area of Shenyin Island to escape."
"When the island is besieged, the helm is the last retreat."
Huo Wenan pointed to the two black doors in front of him, and said, "This door is the last safety guarantee of the Huo family. Since ancient times, he has been at the helm of the python pattern power ring, and the helm lady is in charge of the key to the birth of the child."
Huo Wen'an looked at the housekeeper.
Uncle Xia's heart sank, and he hurriedly handed a long-aged wooden box to Huo Wen'an.
Huo Wen'an took the box and said to Xu Xingguang, "This is the key to the door." Huo Wen'an looked at Xu Xingguang with deep eyes, and he asked solemnly, "This is my marriage proposal token for you. Xu Xingguang, do you dare to take it?"
Give this key to Xu Xingguang, then from the moment Xu Xingguang took over the key to the birth door, she became the real lady at the helm of Shenyin Island.
The Huo family has developed to this day, and it has long been not afraid of the threat of any force, and this Dao Shengmen may never activate its true effect.
However, it is a tradition on Kamihide Island for the helmsman to deliver the key to the door to the lady at the helm.
This is the most romantic courtship method of the Huo family.
Even when Huo Canghai married his first wife, he had to follow the rules of the Huo family for generations and hand over the key to his new wife.
Later, Huo Canghai met His Royal Highness the princess who was in true love, he couldn't give the same key to two women, but he didn't want to wronged his Royal Highness the princess, so
A palace was built on Lanyue Mountain, and another door was set up.
He gave the key to the birth door of Lanyue Palace to His Royal Highness the Princess.
This key to the door was originally placed in Huo Canghai.
Last night, Huo Wen'an sent Zheng Lie to Huo Canghai overnight to get the key, he thought that he would be troubled by Huo Canghai, but unexpectedly, Huo Canghai actually gave the key to Zheng Lie happily.
Obviously, Huo Canghai has accepted Xu Xingguang's identity as a prospective granddaughter-in-law.
Xu Xingguang saw her figure from Huo Wen'an's dark eyes.
It turned out that Huo Wen'an's eyes were so bright.
Xu Xingguang suddenly took a step back, she raised her hands, palms up, bravely and fearlessly met Huo Wen'an's gaze, and replied to him sonorously: "Thanks to Huo Helm's trust and preference, Xu Xingguang is willing to accept this heavy gift!"
"In the future, I will advance and retreat with you, and share weal and pain!"
Huo Wen'an smiled from the bottom of his heart.
He solemnly placed the box on Xu Xingguang's palm.
"Go open the door."
"Okay."
Xu Xingguang took out the heavy precision key from the box, inserted it into the lock hole, twisted the key, and heard a burst of mechanism activation sound in the door.
After a few moments, the sound of the mechanism turning quieted down, the key popped out automatically, and the closed door slowly opened.
Seeing this scene, the old housekeeper Uncle Xia, with the other housekeepers, the housekeepers and the maids, bent down and bowed to Xu Xingguang one after another, and almost didn't shout Madam.
Gothic architecture has its own mysterious and ancient and eerie aura, gray-black building walls, with scarlet furniture and curtains, giving Xu Xingguang the illusion of traveling to the world of vampires.
And she's the vampire's food tonight.
"It's eerie in this room, it's like..." Feeling that the next words were not auspicious, Xu Xingguang stopped in time.
Huo Wen'an said for her: "It's like living in an ancient tomb, right?"
"That's what you said."
Huo Wen'an told Xu Xingguang: "According to the old man, the architecture here was not originally in this style, but my grandfather didn't know what stimulated him, so he insisted on pushing the original building and rebuilding the palace."
Huo Wen'an said: "Soon after the palace was built, he died violently, and he was only 30 years old when he died. Originally, the Huo family lived here, but later they were disgusted with the weirdness of this place, and everyone moved out."
"Until now, only the helmsman needs to live here."
This is also the reason why Huo Wen'an lives alone in this gloomy palace.
"If your grandfather doesn't die, how old is he this year?" Xu Xingguang was curious about what the old ancestor had been stimulated by, and his taste and aesthetics had become so unusual.
"About... At the age of 120, he gave birth to my grandfather at the age of 28, and my grandfather died when he was only two years old. My grandfather had a rough childhood, and then he had to marry my grandmother in order to seize power."
Although Huo Canghai's methods are cruel and ruthless, he is not a person without conscience, and he relies on the support of his wife's family to successfully win the helm. Although he didn't love Huo Wen'an's grandmother, he never did anything to be sorry for Huo Wen'an's grandmother.
Compared with those scumbags who kicked away their wives as soon as they gained power, Huo Canghai can also be regarded as a responsible man.
Xu Xingguang suddenly said, "Then your grandfather is a few years older than my grandfather."
"You're saying that if your grandfather is still alive, he will be over a hundred years old this year?" Thinking of Mo Yinshu, Huo Wen'an felt a little surprised, and he analyzed in surprise: "If Aunt Mo is alive, she should only be 45 years old this year. In this case, your grandfather gave birth to Aunt Mo when he was in his seventies?"
Is this possible?
Like words?
Huo Wenan knew that there were men in their sixties who were still fertile, but it was the first time he heard that an elderly man in his seventies and eighties was still fertile.
"You're mistaken." Xu Xingguang explained, "My mother was not my grandfather's daughter. Listen to my mother, me
My grandfather must have been kicked out of the family, he never married, and my mother was his adopted daughter."
"However, my grandfather was in good health, and the last time I saw him was when I was 13 years old, when he was 100 years old, and he could still eat and drink, and he had a mouth full of hard teeth. Unfortunately, he had an accident while fishing, and we didn't find his body, so we picked up one of his cloth shoes on the riverside."
Huo Wen'an suddenly realized, "I see."
Zheng Lie saw that Huo Wen'an's face turned pale, and he reminded Huo Wen'an that it was time to rest. Xu Xingguang also felt that Huo Wen'an should rest more, so he said, "Your room is on the next floor, I'll send you to rest."
"Third floor."
"Let's go, then."
Sending Huo Wenan into the room, Xu Xingguang was stimulated by the festive joy on the bed. qs
"This—" she reminded Huo Wen'an, "Today is not our wedding night."
"It's okay, in my heart, you are my wife." Huo Wen'an asked Xu Xingguang, "Do you want to lie down with me for a while?" It's not good for me to sleep alone with such a festive quilt."
"That'll do."
The bed was wide, and the two of them could sleep two or three more children when they lay side by side.
Huo Wen'an's body was really weak, and he didn't have the energy to think about those pictures that were inappropriate for children, and soon after lying down, his breathing became even and long.
Xu Xingguang helped him cover the quilt and got out of bed softly, planning to visit the old house of the Huo family.
There must be many stories hidden in an old house like this, and Xu Xingguang is quite interested in the history of the Huo family.
Uncle Xia learned that Xu Xingguang was going to visit this house, so he said, "This house is too big, there are 128 rooms in total, Miss Xu is afraid that she is not familiar with it when she first arrives, so I should accompany you."
Xu Xingguang also thought so, "Then it's troublesome."
"It's my job."
Uncle Xia took a lamp and accompanied Xu Xingguang towards the long corridor, he told Xu Xingguang: "This room is not very bright, even in the daytime, when the curtain is opened, the light is very dim. I have a lamp so that Miss Xu can visit."
"Okay."
They first visited the first floor, and after the tour, standing on the connecting platform from the first floor to the second floor and the basement, Uncle Xia told Xu Xingguang: "The basement is the activity area of the helm, and under normal circumstances, we cannot enter without his permission."
But thinking of Xu Xingguang's special identity, Uncle Xia didn't dare to stop Xu Xingguang, so he said, "If Miss Xu wants to visit, then you can only go alone."
Xu Xingguang didn't want to make it difficult for others, so he said understandingly: "Then wait until he is well and has the opportunity to go."
She will stay on Shenyin Island for a long time, and then return to the mainland when the investigation work at the research institute is over.
"That's good." Xiahou secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He took Xu Xingguang to the second floor, and then told Xu Xingguang: "The east building and the building behind it are the places where the old helm and his father once lived, if Miss Xu wants to see it, she can do it."
"It's just that there's no one living there, so it might not be comfortable staying for a long time."
Although the servants go there every day to clean it, there is no room to live in, and the magnetic field is a bit mysterious.
Even if it's Uncle Xia, he usually doesn't go there alone.
Between the three buildings, they are connected by a promenade.
Xu Xingguang stared at the eerie house on the other side of the corridor, and he was really a little interested. "If Uncle Xia is not busy, just accompany me over to have a look."
"I'm not busy, so we'll go now."
Uncle Xia took Xu Xingguang through the corridor, and said as he walked, "Actually, there is nothing to see here, the furniture was built by the old helmsman when he was alive, if you really want to live in it, you have to repair it well."
"But no one came to stay now, and even if it was a family dinner, everyone only ate on the first floor and went back. The busiest time of the year on our island is the days before and after the festival of sacrifices, but those children who come from afar would rather live in the staff dormitory than come here."
As for
The reason, Uncle Xia doesn't need to say it clearly, Xu Xingguang also knows.
"In the building in the back, there are a lot of old photos." Uncle Xia told Xu Xingguang: "In the months before the death of my father, who was at the helm, he kept himself locked in that house and stared at the photos in a daze."
"The old helmsman thinks those things are unlucky, and generally don't let us in." Uncle Xia said this to dispel Xu Xingguang's curiosity.
But Xu Xingguang had a strong curiosity about this.
"Old photos? Then I'm going to take a look."
Although Uncle Xia was helpless, he could only accompany Xu Xingguang to see those old photos.
The building in the back was even more eerie because of the dim light and humid air. The footsteps of Xu Xingguang and Uncle Xia sounded on the first floor, but they could echo to the third floor.
Uncle Xia is old, and his heart is still hairy.
But Xu Xingguang's footsteps were not slow at all, and he was very bold.
Uncle Xia admired Xu Xingguang a little.
Although the girl is young, she is not small.
That's right, the girl who can fall in love with them less at the helm, can she be a little white rabbit?
"Here we are." Xu Xingguang saw the photos that Uncle Xia said.
Those photos, starting from the restaurant on the first floor, followed the hallway, all the way to the deserted garden at the end of the hallway. There are not many photos, one is posted every one meter, and the people and landscapes in the photos have long been mottled and distorted because they have been aged.
Many photos were pasted, Xu Xingguang looked at the old photos one by one, and finally, she stopped in front of a photo of a plant.
Seeing Xu Xingguang stop, Uncle Xia glanced at the photo curiously, but he didn't recognize what the thing on the photo was. "Miss Xu, is there anything wrong with this photo?"
Xu Xingguang said, "It's a star insect."
"What's that?" Uncle Xia was confused, he had never heard of it.
Xu Xingguang shook his head and explained, "The Star Worm is a creature that resembles a grass plant, and this creature is mutable." But what Xu Xingguang didn't tell Uncle Xia was that among the many ferocious genes of the corpse centipede, there was the gene of the star insect.
Strictly speaking, the Star Worm is essential for cultivating a corpse centipede, because it is the only one that is mutable!