173 In-laws

"One cannot step into the same river twice. This is the philosophy that Huang Chang knew in his previous life - the river of time will only move forward forever, never stopping, and cannot be traced.

But for that civilization, this was not the case, and time seemed to be something that could only be manipulated. It can be cut and arranged at will. Yesterday's cause and today's cause can coexist, or even turn into cause. The chicken-and-egg question is pointless over there – whoever wants to come first.

So they imprison their targets, not just using space, but also time. The most common is a one-day prison – where the imprisoned person repeats his or her life forever, over and over again, never ending.

However, such a powerful and prosperous civilization does not seem to have escaped the sanctions of time in the end, and only a few ruins have been left to this day. The small amount of time prison that existed on the Shenzhou Continent was a trace of the existence of that civilization.

According to Changqingzi, since there is such a strange place around Baoyun Mountain, it means that there are most of the ruins left by that ancient civilization nearby, and there will be at least one item with the power to manipulate time - so that time prison will be formed.

But Chang Qingzi also warned Huang Chang that he should never try to explore the secret treasure hunt, this thing was not something that a mere qi refining cultivator could ask for. Even Changqingzi himself, a senior Fa Yuan Immortal Master, did not dare to have any covetous feelings for such items, maybe he could try to grope for it when he reached Jindan and above, but before that, the farther away he was, the better.

And Huang Chang's idea of wanting to save the little girl Duoduo was also vetoed by the master, and Changqingzi told Huang Chang that it was not that no one had tried to do this before, and there were even successful examples, but the final outcome was not beautiful.

When a time prisoner is freed from the time prison, there are two possible outcomes: one is that there is no change, and he does what he should do - which is the best. The other is to instantly turn into a puddle of white mud - the influence of time eventually accumulates and explodes in an instant after separation.

These two outcomes cannot be predicted in advance, and which one will appear is completely left to chance, and it is generally the latter. Therefore, even if Huang Chang's rescue operation is successful, it is very likely that it will only kill the little girl in an instant. In the process, he himself is likely to fall into it, and then everything will be over.

Master's warning was very severe, but Huang Chang wasn't too worried—since Old Man Lou hadn't gotten himself in for so long, it could be seen that it wasn't so easy to get in. In his mind, since it was a prison, there must have been a portal for entry and exit. If it is really involved, it means that it has come into contact with clues about the "door", and with this as a clue, there is a way to find a way out.

Moreover, the passers-by who only appeared for one day and disappeared immediately were also very suspicious, were they considered to be in time prison? If so, why were they never seen again after a day? If not, why were they able to come into contact with the old man Lou?

All kinds of thoughts, but only passed through his mind, Huang Chang still has a lot of things to do, and there are still great responsibilities to bear, after all, there is no need to take such a big risk for the sake of curiosity. Since the Master asked him to let go of this matter, then let it go.

The letter also mentions some other miscellaneous matters, such as Chang Qingzi reminding him that if he is free, he can fulfill his duties as a disciple of the true transmission of Western Kunlun - if he has nothing to do, go to the nearby Kunlun Lower Courtyard to find out about the situation over there. For the Kunlun industry, every true disciple has the responsibility of supervision. But at the same time, if there is trouble in the lower court, the nearby True Transmission disciples also have the obligation to help.

After reading the letter, Huang Chang pondered that it was really necessary to go to the lower courtyard for a walk - after he came back, he just reported to the sect according to the requirements of the sect, and informed that there was such a Kunlun fellow sect here, and then with the help of their relay letters, the ones sent to the pickaxe capital and the ones sent to Kunlun Mountain all relied on the help there, but he had never visited in person, which was a bit rude, so he should also say hello to the local host brother.

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After reading the letter, he hurried to see his mother - Huang Chang always wanted to explain to his mother about his actions at the autumn hunting banquet last time, but he encountered an accident and was busy solving the trouble. Now that I'm home, it's hard to delay any longer.

When I came to the backyard, I noticed that in just over ten days, my own courtyard had become a lot more lively. Especially in Aunt Bai's courtyard, which has always been silent, is now full of laughter and voices, and her popularity has suddenly become much stronger.

After asking a subordinate, I learned that Mrs. Xu really regarded the Huang family as a relative since the autumn hunt, and brought her daughter over as a guest if she had nothing to do, or invited the daughter of the Huang family to go to Xu's mansion to Panhuan, and the two sides moved around very diligently.

The little girl naturally came over to play with Doudou, and occasionally Huang Zhao would join in. The Xu family's old family, that pomp is not comparable to the Huang family's newly raised cold suzun. Miss Xu is the daughter of the main house, and the treatment is also first-class in the Xu Mansion, the real "one foot and eight feet" - she will always be followed by eight maids, four of whom are about the same age as her, and live and play with her, which is ready to be married together as a personal maid in the future, and if nothing else, it will be bound to her for the rest of her life. The other two real adult maids are in charge of taking care of people. and two stout girls who are dedicated to manual work, and can also take on some security duties if necessary.

In addition, there is a wet nurse, a nurturing grandmother who is responsible for teaching the young lady the rules, and if she goes out as a guest, she will have to add more people temporarily...... In short, there are more than a dozen people in Aunt Bai's courtyard at this time, can it not be lively.

However, Mrs. Xu herself was talking to her in the room of Huang's mother, Chen—with this lady's shrewdness, of course, she would not do a stupid thing to offend the mistress just to please the concubine. In fact, according to the rules of the world, the Chen family is her in-laws, and Aunt Bai is just a subordinate.

When Huang Chang came to see his mother, he naturally had to meet Mrs. Xu. This lady's appearance and temperament always reminded him of Wang Xifeng in the famous TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" in his previous life, or in the later stage of the plot: beautiful, smart, still dressed magnificently, and the smile on her face is still bright, but between the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, there is always a trace of deep exhaustion and helplessness.

It seems that the news about the declining Xu Mansion is not a lie, and Mrs. Xu, the grandmother in charge, is not having a good time. However, this Mrs. Xu is stronger than Wang Xifeng - she will never be in danger of "one from two orders and three people", just with her own surname, as long as she does not back down, she will never have to worry about the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion will fall.