"It's down there!" Xu Ke said.

"Great! I've heard your name all the time. Remember you are ...... The city lord of Xuchang City, right?" Li Ci held Xu Ke's hands and said with a smile.

Xu Ke sighed: "Sort of! It's just ...... Right now, there is no Xuchang City in this world!"

Li Xi said: "Well, Xuchang City was destroyed by the hands of the white rat monster, this matter is ...... General Shen has already told me. Don't worry, City Lord Xu, we will avenge your revenge sooner or later!"

......

At this time, Sun Shunde, the eldest prime minister, and the rest of the ministers also followed. When one of them saw Xu Ke, he couldn't help but take a step forward and shouted happily: "Brother Xu, it's really you......!

When Xu Ke saw the man, he couldn't help but hug his arms, and said happily: "Brother Song, you are also here......

Li Ci asked, "Jinhua, ...... you Do you know?"

That person was Song Jinhua, the head of the household department who had worked with Xu Ke in the household department in the early years. Seeing the emperor's question, Song Jinhua hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Brother Xu and I were colleagues in the household department ten years ago, and we are also old friends!"

"It's very good!" Li Ci wrapped his hands around Song Jinhua and Xu Ke's shoulders, and said happily: "Since everyone is good friends, and it is rare to see each other today, Lord Xu, why don't you go to Xingqing Palace with me to sit down, okay?"

Looking at Li Ci and Song Jinhua's eager eyes, Xu Ke arched his hand and said: "Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness, but Xu still has important things to do today, so I will forgive my fate!"

Shunde, the eldest grandson behind Li Ci, suddenly had a gloomy old face, and said unhappily: "Xu Ke, you are so bold! Your Majesty personally invited you into the palace, that is to give you a great face, how dare you disobey!"

Li Ci hurriedly waved his hand and said: "It's okay, it's okay! Prime Minister Hugh wants to be angry, and today thanks to the city lord of Xu, I escaped." Speaking of which, City Lord Xu has made meritorious contributions to saving the car today, and he is my great benefactor, and I want to reward him greatly! City Lord Xu, you see ......."

"No need!" Xu Ke replied indifferently: "Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, Xu will retire first......" After that, he pulled Hu Yiyi's little hand, and the two of them didn't look back, turned around and strode away. Leaving Li Ci and a group of followers, they watched their backs in the wind in a daze, until they faded away and disappeared from everyone's field of vision......

The two left Dongshi and went to Liquanfang. Hu Yiyi said with a smile: "Xiao Wuxi, today the emperor invited you into the palace, why didn't you agree, and dismissed his face in public?"

Xu Ke said: "I'm a grass people, what are you going to do in his palace?"

Hu Yiyi said: "Where are you a grass people? Back then, you were a hundred households in Tsing Yiwei, and now, you are still the big city lord of Xuchang City!"

Xu Ke snorted coldly: "And Hugh Ti back then! I was demoted to a civilian by his father back then, and I almost lost my life!"

Hu Yiyi said: "It turns out that you still resent his father's punishment for you back then!"

Xu Ke said: "The resentment is gone, but I don't want to have much to do with their Li family." ”

Hu Yiyi sighed: "Speaking of which, the former Kangyuan Emperor Li Chongsheng can be regarded as a generation of heroes, but unfortunately, he did not escape that catastrophe......

Xu Ke said: "No matter how powerful the emperor is, he is also a mortal after all. How many innocent people died in that catastrophe back then? He was an emperor and did not have three heads and six arms, so it is reasonable that he died unfortunately......

Hu Yiyi said: "However, Xiao Wuxi, don't you think it's a little strange? There was a huge earthquake in Chang'an City that year, and the emperor and all the princes were not spared, but he was the only king of Jin who survived. When I see him today, he is still light and healthy, and his face is moisturized, as if he had never experienced a great calamity......"

Xu Ke pondered for a moment and said: "I also feel a little strange, it's just that ten years have passed since the incident, and now, I'm afraid no one knows what is going on except for him and King Jin himself." ”

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The two walked side by side, talking and laughing, and in a blink of an eye, they had returned to the vicinity of Liquanfang. Hu Yiyi smiled again: "Xiao Wuxi, you seem to be a little disgusted with King Jin today! Are you still haunted by the fact that King Jin had thought about Xiao Yan's sister ten years ago?"

Xu Ke scratched his forehead and said, "How can there be?"

Hu Yiyi said: "Forget it! Don't lie to your sister." Today, he is the Son of Heaven, and his words are so polite to you, he keeps calling you a 'great benefactor', and he personally invites you to sit in his Xingqing Palace, and you have never even given a good word!"

Seeing that Xu Ke was speechless and acquiesced, Hu Yiyi continued:

"However, don't say it's you, even my sister doesn't like people like King Jin. The look on his face as he spoke always made me feel uncomfortable...... My sister just thinks it's funny, but your attitude towards King Jin is exactly the same as that 'you'!"

Xu Keqi said: "That 'I' don't like this King of Jin very much?"

Hu Yiyi said: "Of course! It's not just 'I don't like it very much', it's just disgusting!"

"Why is that?" Xu Ke couldn't help but be curious: "I see that the king of Jin was born with a talent, and I heard that he is a good ruler and loves the people like a son." If it weren't for the Chang'an City he rebuilt, the 30,000 people today would have nowhere to live. Speaking of which, he is also a good emperor. Why did 'I' hate him so much at that time?"

Hu Yiyi said: "That's what I said, but the last thing 'you' wanted to mention before was this King of Jin." I heard that in the past ten years, he has never been married, and what he has never forgotten in his heart is Sister Xiaoyan. ”

"Ahh

said: "He has not given up to this day!"

"Well, he really hasn't died yet!" Hu Yiyi nodded and smiled: "Yes, it was yours who saved with the sword today...... Rival in love!"

"This ......" Xu Ke scratched his forehead and was speechless for a while.

Seeing that Xu Ke was speechless, Hu Yiyi suddenly changed his sincere tone and said earnestly:

"So, Xiao Wuxi, you should understand, right? Why did we discuss it together, and let you marry Xiao Yan's sister!"

"Could it be that the previous 'I' had already expected that we would come to Chang'an City sooner or later to settle down?" asked Xu Ke.

Hu Yiyi nodded.

"But ......" Xu Ke still had a big question in his heart, and he was about to say, "But the previous 'me', why didn't he marry Yan'er?" "The thoughts in his heart, the current relationship between me and you, aren't your sister Hu and Yan'er both my wives?

However, at this time, the two had already walked into the Shishi Gatehouse of the Xu Mansion. Before he could say anything, he saw that Yao Zibei had come out from afar, and said with a smile: "Eldest sister, what are you talking about, so happy!"

Hu Yiyi said with a smile: "Zibei, you don't know, today our Emperor Jingyi personally invited Xiao Wuxian to go to his Xingqing Palace to drink wine and eat meat, but he was rejected by Xiao Wuxi!"

"Really?" Yao Zibei also looked at Xu Ke with a smile and said, "Brother Xu, I heard that there are many delicious foods in Xingqing Palace, why don't you go?"

Hu Yiyi said: "Sister, do you know what is the reason for our little illness and rejection of the emperor?"

Yao Zibei asked with interest, "What is it?"

The three of them walked into the Wenyu Pavilion in the back garden and sat down. At this time, Yiqing and Murong Yan were already sitting there waiting. On the stone table is a pot full of freshly cooked "red mushroom broth".

Hu Yiyi said matter-of-factly: "Sisters, so that you can know that our little one is not sick, and he just turned down the banquet of Emperor Li Xi today." The reason he said was, 'There is something important to do!' Sister, I don't understand until now that the 'important thing' he said turned out to be to accompany our sisters to eat meat and drink soup!"

Yao Zibei, Yiqing, and Murong Yan couldn't help but laugh out loud when they heard this. It must be known that the emperor has always been the supreme throughout the ages, so no matter how bad Li Xi is, he is still an emperor after all. Just to accompany the female relatives of the family to eat, he rejected the banquet invited by the Son of Heaven, and I am afraid that Xu Ke is the only one in the world.

Hu Yi said yes, and asked Xu Ke again: "Xiao Wuxi, you say yes or no!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Xu Ke replied repeatedly: "What emperor's banquet, even if it is invited by the Jade Emperor in the sky, I won't go! The delicacies in the world are not as delicious as the 'red mushroom soup' made by Yan'er!"

"Just your poor mouth!" Murong Yan said softly: "This dish is not made by me alone, and Xiaobei is also credit......ed!"

"That's it?" Yao Zibei pouted and said, "Brother Xu, you are eccentric!"

Yiqing couldn't stand it beside her, she picked up the bowl, scooped up a big bowl of broth, just ate the meat and drank the soup by herself, and looked at the two people in front of her, pretending not to see.

"Yes, yes, yes, Xiaobei's cooking skills are also unique!" Xu Ke praised busily.

"It's pretty much the same!" Yao Zibei helped Xu Ke fill a big bowl of broth and brought it to him, Ying Ying smiled: "Eat it while it's hot!" Brother Xu, you don't even go to the emperor's palace banquet, you can drink a little more broth at home......

Everyone ate their own soup and meat, and as usual, they feasted in laughter......

This day is the Shangyuan Festival, and Yiqing rarely went out. The five of them gathered together for lunch. Yiqing suddenly remembered that she had also brought a deck of dominoes from Mei Xuezhai. At this time, Yiqing suddenly proposed that everyone go to her room to play cards, and all the women responded in unison.

According to the usual, when the world has not yet been demonized, the Shangyuan Festival is the most lively day of the year. During the day, you can wander around the city and enjoy the festive atmosphere. At night, the streets and alleys of Chang'an City are full of lanterns, and the lights reflect the whole city as if it were the day, and the prosperity is incomparable.

Now that the world is dominated by the demons, although it is noon, the sky is still dark, and this so-called Shangyuan Festival is naturally deserted. Everyone never thought that Yiqing still had a complete set of bamboo dominoes at this time. When the girls heard the news, they were really thunderous, and they were all excited. So, the four women set up a square table in the big room where Murong Yan lived, and a red candle was lit next to it. The women sat down around the table and played dominoes together......

On the contrary, Xu Ke himself has become an "outsider". He watched the battle for a while, and felt a little bored, so he had to walk to the backyard, take out the long sword, and practice his move "One Qi Mixed Yuan Sword" against a pile of rocks.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is already the initial point of unitary. Xu Ke saw that the four women were still "fighting" around the table, so he had to scratch his forehead, and Gu Zi walked to the stove and got busy.

Unexpectedly, Xu Ke was not good at cooking, and after a while, he was already in a hurry. Just as he was feeling helpless, he suddenly heard a burst of laughter like silver bells. Murong Yan and Yao Zibei both rushed to the stove to help, and they couldn't help but feel sorry when they saw Xu Ke dealing with the embarrassment of the kitchen.

The two women pushed Xu Ke out of the stove room, and after only a moment of time, a table of sumptuous dishes had been cooked.

Five people poop

Sitting together in the Wenyu Pavilion in the back garden, you come and go, push the cup, and celebrate this year's Shangyuan Festival together.

Although, the bowl is only drinking water, and most of the dishes are filled with bear meat and wolf meat, and the sky is getting darker, and everyone is still reluctant to use candles......

Everyone commented on the past, discussed the future, and tasted the beauty of the present...... Suddenly, I felt that the current predicament was actually not a big deal.

Although the world is demonized, the sky is darkened, and there is poisonous dust everywhere...... Maybe tomorrow, everything will be fine?

Xu Ke's state of mind at this time was not only sad for the predicament of the world, but also happy for the happiness in front of him. I am disappointed in the future of mankind, and I am reluctant to give up on my own possession......

Even he himself doesn't know what he thinks, is such a world good or bad, and if he comes to this point in the future, will he accept it calmly, or will he resist change?

If you go back in time one day and know that the future will evolve into such a world, do you want to try to change it?

Before I knew it, it was already time, and everyone had eaten this dinner for nearly two hours. At this time, a full moon on the horizon has quietly risen, and the bright moonlight, like mercury leaking to the ground, illuminates the entire Xu house, and the ground is full of white ......

At this time, the magic cave on the top of Bashan Mountain had stopped spewing black smoke into the sky. It is because under the bright moon shines brightly, the light of the night is better than the day. Everyone couldn't help but be interested, and they each looked up against the railing, staring blankly at the bright moon.

The cold moon hung lonely above the sky. She silently looked down at the crowd, as if she was lamenting the fate of mankind from time to time!

The gentle moon slowly flew among the clouds. She softly threw out the light veil-like moonlight, and the moonlight flowed gently on Xu Ke and the women like water, as if she was sincerely glad that they were together at this time......

The sky is vast, the lonely moon is lonely, and the world has always been beautiful, all like this!

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Everyone was looking up, and they couldn't help but revel in the soft moonlight. Hu Yiyi suddenly pointed to Xu Ke's chest and shouted, "Xiao Wuxi, you ...... Why do you have a moon on your chest?"

Yao Zibei was also surprised: "Yes, Brother Xu, why are your chests shining? Could it be that even Sister Chang'e in the moon has also arrived in your arms?"

Murong Yan blurted out and said, "Xiaobei, you really know how to laugh!"

Yi glanced at Xu Ke innocently, and said disapprerovitically: "Sick wood, what good things are in your arms?"

Xu Ke reached into his arms and took out a palm-sized bead. At this time, the spirit bead was shining with bursts of white light all over its body. That spirit bead is naturally the "Cloud Shadow Bead" that Xu Ke has always carried with him.

Ten years after Xu Ke traveled from the Divine King Pavilion, the cloud shadow bead seemed to be out of order, no matter how he infused the true yuan and recited the mantra, it was all bleak. For a long time after that, he simply stopped paying attention to it, and after arriving in Chang'an, he almost forgot about it. At this moment, he saw that the cloud shadow bead in his arms suddenly gave birth to a bright light on its own, and he couldn't help but be stunned on the spot......

"Lao Xu, Lao Xu, do you hear that?" a middle-aged man's voice came from within the cloud shadow bead. Of course Xu Ke knew that it was Yunying Zhenren who was calling him.

The four women beside Xu Ke were already amazed to see that the "bright moon" hanging on his chest turned out to be a suddenly glowing bead. At this time, everyone was even more surprised when they heard that the bead could still make a human voice......

However, Hu Yiyi's face suddenly showed a sad look, she seemed to know what the bead in Xu Ke's hand was.

"Heard, Shadow!" Xu Ke replied, holding the spirit bead in his hand.

"Lao Xu, the previous Cloud Shadow Bead suddenly lost its spiritual power, and now it's fine! You can come back! The method is still the same as before, remember my mantra, don't make a mistake!" said Yun Ying Zhenren on the other side of the Spirit Bead.

"Got it! However, I haven't finished the matter yet, I'll come back in a while!" Xu Ke said impatiently.

As soon as he finished speaking, the cloud shadow bead instantly lost its light and became just a dim bead. He shook the spirit bead, and after realizing that there was no longer the voice of the real person of Cloud Shadow, he hid the cloud shadow bead back in his arms.

Xu Ke looked around, but found that the four women beside him were all looking at him with strange eyes. He couldn't help scratching his forehead and wondered, "You guys...... What are you ...... What's wrong?"

Yiqing was the first to ask: "Sick wood, you have to ...... Are you going back?"

Yao Zibei asked absentmindedly: "Brother Xu, it turns out that the 'shadow' you said that day is this bead?"

Murong Yan sighed: "Brother Wuxi, are you going to leave so soon?"

The rest of Hu Yiyi stood aside, looking at the sky and the moon, silent alone. It's just that there are tears in her eyes......

"Ahem, what are you talking about, I'm not leaving!" Xu Ke touched his head, and said with a smile:

"You know, the emperor called me, I won't leave, the Jade Emperor called me, I won't leave, and now this fat shadow calls me, of course I won't leave...... If you don't dislike me for being stupid and lazy, I would like to stay here for the rest of my life and always be with you!"