[The tenth day of the second month of the tenth year of the tenth year of Daqian Jingyi, the time of the Xu, the front hall of the Xu house]

Xu Ke opened the door, and sure enough, the person who came was dressed in a green robe and had handsome eyebrows, it was He Mao Zhongxing, the first onmyoji of the Sang Kingdom.

Xu Ke immediately smiled and welcomed He Mao into the front hall, and all the women also saluted him, repeatedly thanking him for saving Xu Ke's life. He Mao returned the salute with his fists again and again, and said with a smile:

"He Mao is just summoning on his behalf, how can he save his life?"

Xu Ke pulled He Mao to sit down and took out the only remaining pot of "Fenyang drunk" in the house. This time, He Mao stopped casting spells and let Shikijin "steal" the exact same Fenyang drunk.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the women knew that He Mao came late at night and must have something to discuss with Xu Ke. So, when they had eaten a certain time, they all got up and went back to the house to rest.

Leaving He Mao and Xu Ke to sit on both sides of the square table, He Mao raised the Fenyang in the cup, looked at the crescent moon in the sky, and suddenly asked with a smile:

"Brother Xu, it's been about three months since you traveled through time and space, right?"

Xu Ke replied: "Probably, it's been almost three months. ”

He Mao said: "When I was in prison last night, I saw that the spirit bead in your arms had already urged you to go back, right now, what does Brother Xu think?"

Xu Ke thought for a moment and sighed: "It stands to reason that I should go back." However, before leaving, I still want to see Yan'er one last time. I strayed into the cage this time, and Yan'er did not hesitate to commit herself to the deep palace for me. Ahem, I've really failed her a lot in the past few months......"

He Mao shook his head and said, "Brother Xu, with all due respect, you still have to leave when you see her." Even if you want to make up for it, it's too late, it's better not to see it!"

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

He Mao said again: "Brother Xu, He Mao still wants to ask you one more question, you have now escaped from the cage and returned home safely." Your Majesty has acquitted you today, and I have heard that Your Majesty intends to reinstate you...... If you go back to the past, do you want to change it?"

"This kind of ending is not satisfactory...... Xu Ke secretly thought to himself, after I go back to the past, if I have the opportunity to change the wheel of life, will I really make a change? Although this world has experienced ten years of demonization, but now this ending does not seem to be too bad......

He Mao laughed and said, "What...... Brother Xu escaped safely and reunited with several wives in the family, did he change his mind?"

Xu Ke couldn't help but look slightly embarrassed, and said: "I didn't mean that, it's just that the last time I heard Brother He Mao say, changing the world requires the power of the Xuanhuang Sword and the Honghuang Bell. I don't have those two ancient artifacts in my hands, and even if I have the heart, I can't change the wheel of life!"

He Mao suddenly asked, "What if you get those two ancient artifacts in your hands?" Brother Xu still wants to change the wheel of life?"

"This ...... I haven't thought about it yet. Xu Ke replied casually. He said in his heart, according to my original thoughts, the original world was demonized, the earth was dark, and human beings were reduced to food for the demons, and such a bleak fate line was really unacceptable to him. If I were asked to go back at that time, I would have tried to change the fate of the world. But later, as the world returned to light, humanity has ushered in a new world. Since then, Sister Hu and Yan'er, including all the ordinary people, will gradually be able to live a good life. Am I ...... Do you still want to change the line of fate? If "Xu Wuxi" was here at this time, what would he think? Speaking of which, the world has returned to its original state, and the four women are all fine, why hasn't he shown up yet?

Thinking of the "so far" of this world, Xu Ke suddenly had another big mystery in his heart, and he also asked:

"Brother He Mao, do you know where the 'I' of this world is now? Why does he refuse to show up? I wonder if such a world is good in his mind?"

He Mao couldn't help but laugh and said: "Brother Xu, you can't think about the problem yourself, but you have to hand it over to another 'yourself' to make a decision, this is not right! When He Mao was young, the family teacher once warned me that 'own' affairs should still be decided by yourself!"

Xu Ke sneered and said, "Brother He Mao, I just feel strange in my heart! Why have I never been able to see 'myself' in this world after I crossed over? I heard that he went to Heaven and became an immortal. But as far as I'm concerned, what is there to be for the gods! It's better to stay in the mortal world, for example, at this moment, you and I drink opposite each other, and talk freely under the moon, wouldn't it be more enjoyable?!"

He Mao smiled and said, "Brother Xu, do you want to ask, after you leave, can the 'you' of this world return to Chang'an to accompany and protect the ladies in your family?"

Xu Ke couldn't help blushing a little, and said, "The few female dependents in my family are not all my ......."

He Mao shook his head and sighed: "I'm afraid, the 'you' of this world can't come back!"

"Oh?" Xu Ke wondered, "Why is this? Even if he becomes an immortal, can't he come to the mortal world again?"

He Mao still shook his head and said: "I don't know if the immortals are immortals or not! I only know that if you go back to ten years ago, I am afraid that there will be no one to accompany them now." ”

Xu Ke said: "Brother He Mao, do you know, where is the 'me' in this world now? If possible, I would like to meet him......

He Mao still shook his head and said, "I don't know about this question, but in three days."

, someone will come to see you, as long as Brother Xu catches him, he may tell you the answer. ”

"In three days, someone will come to see me? Can you tell me the answer?" Xu Ke couldn't help but repeat it, he was curious in his heart: "Which friend will come?

He Mao said: "If Brother Xu is not in a hurry to go back, he will wait here for another three days." Then you just have to see him, and everything will be known to you. ”

Xu Ke nodded and said, "Since Brother He Mao said so, then I will have to wait for another three days no matter what......"

In fact, in Xu Ke's heart, he really hasn't thought about it yet, at this time, whether he wants to go back, or can he be willing to go back?

Although, Yunying Zhenren had already urged him three times, but at that time, the situation was critical, and now that he was safe and sound, why rush back?

If you are in a hurry to go back, you will return to the Cloud Shadow Building in the God King Pavilion, and then you need to go to the next level again, and I don't know how many problems are still hidden in the pavilions above. He came up layer by layer, and he was really tired from walking. If you want to get out of the cabinet, you don't know that you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey. It's better for him to hide in this world ten years later, and simply accompany the four confidants around him, regardless of his spring and autumn, regardless of his changes over the years, and live happily!

Although, the spiritual power of the Cloud Shadow Bead has a time limit. However, the chubby Cloud Shadow didn't say how long this period was. Maybe it's months, maybe it's years, maybe it's decades, so why should he rush back?

Anyway, the "self" of this world entrusts them all to themselves. If I can't wait for him to return safely, how can I just walk away like this?

In any case, I will have to wait a little longer.

......

He Mao smiled, and suddenly said, "Brother Xu, I came tonight to say goodbye to you!"

"Brother He Mao is leaving?" Xu Ke couldn't help asking: "Aren't you entrusted by your Queen Mother to sign a mutual assistance alliance with my big cadre?"

He Mao said: "Don't hide it from Brother Xu, before I came here, the covenant was signed. In the future, Qianguo and Sangguo will always be good-neighbors and will never invade, and the people of the two countries will always be reconciled! As soon as this covenant is signed, I will have completed a major matter and will leave for China tomorrow!"

Brother Xu said with emotion: "Brother He Mao is really a strange person! Not only is he a miracle in the world, but he is also so swift that he signed a covenant in just two days. ”

He Mao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, don't praise me! Speaking of this covenant, it was first proposed by your Emperor Qianguo. Although the Qianguo country is vast, the strength of the emperor at the moment is only a Chang'an city. The rest of the dozens of cities, fortresses, and earthen forts may not be willing to be attached to them. And in my Sang country, there are more than a dozen cities and earthen forts, all of which belong to the leadership of the Queen Mother. Although it is small, it has a large population, with 100,000 inhabitants in Kyoto City alone, and the population of the whole country is no less than 200,000. Your Emperor is a smart man, and judging from the strength in front of him, Sang Guo really doesn't know how much stronger than him!"

Speaking of Emperor Li Xi, Xu Ke suddenly felt bored, he didn't want to talk about the court with He Mao, so he diverted the topic and said: "Brother He Mao, when I return to the Shenwang Pavilion in the future, I will rush to the Sang Kingdom and visit the mansion in person after I have time." Brother He Mao, do you have anything you want me to bring with you about the self you did ten years ago?"

He Mao said thoughtfully: "Hmm...... The self ten years ago, at that time, the Yaqi Snake had been eliminated, the world was peaceful, and I didn't have anything to say to him, he just had to do his part. However, Brother Xu hurried to Sang Kingdom, in addition to seeing He Mao, did he also want to see others?"

Xu Ke couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I just want to see my old friends, except for Brother He Mao, it's General Liu Sheng......"

He Mao said: "Brother Xu forgot? You remember General Liu Sheng, Liu Sheng can't remember who you are for a long time. ”

Xu Ke scratched his forehead and said suddenly, "Yes, yes, yes! I almost forgot about it." In Kyoto Castle today, only Brother Kamo can recognize me......"

He Mao smiled and said: "Brother Xu, there is a sentence that I shouldn't say, it's rare today, you and I drink so much, I'll tell you about it!"

"What's that?" Xu Ke couldn't help but be a little curious.

He Mao said: "I remember when I was parting on Yaqi Island, I once said that after Brother Xu left Sang Kingdom, everyone would forget you. But if I cast a spell, I can keep this memory for her. ”

"Yes!" Xu Ke said: "You said at the time that you can only keep the memory of one person, which one did you choose later?"

"Didn't Brother Xu say at the time, let me keep the memory of Inada Ji?"

"Inada Ji, I didn't say it!" Xu Ke was a little confused. He said to himself, did I really say that?

He Mao waved his hand and said, "None of this really matters. What I want to say, Brother Xu...... Listen up!"

“......”

He Mao leaned into Xu Ke's ear and whispered, "If Brother Xu wants to reopen the memory of the Empress Dowager Yoshida, it is not impossible. When you get to Kyoto, just talk to me at that time. However, I can't guarantee whether he will say yes!"

"Huh?" Xu Ke scratched his forehead again, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

After He Mao finished speaking, he got up and bowed his hand to Xu Ke slightly, then said goodbye and went out, Xu Ke hurriedly got up to send him off.

The two walked outside the gate, and He Mao asked Xu Ke to stay. As he parted, He Mao winked at him again and said with a smile:

Brother Xu, if you want to impress the 'He Mao' ten years ago, it is actually not difficult, Brother Xu only needs to bring a few more pots of Fenyang!"

"Come on, let's go back to Sangguo!hahahaha!"

With a long laugh, the thin figure of He Mao Zhongxing had disappeared into the long street outside the door.

Xu Ke bowed goodbye to He Mao, and smiled bitterly twice at the end, suddenly realizing that this "No. 1 Onmyoji of Sang Country" was actually a childlike person.

Obviously, he can help many people to preserve the memory of Xu Ke killing the Baqi Snake back then, but he insisted that he could only keep one person, so he had to let Xu Ke make a choice immediately, which caused Xu Ke to think about it back then, and it was difficult for him to make a choice, so he simply made a decision to "abstain".

Knowing that the innocent girl back then, Yoshida Ryoko, the daughter of the Sang Guoda Nayan Mansion, is now the queen mother of a country, but she has brought up the old things several times, which makes Xu Ke can't help but feel a lot of sadness in his heart. Now, he even said that he could reopen the memory of the Empress Dowager Yoshida, Yoshida is already the Empress Dowager, and then reopen that dusty past, in addition to leaving sadness, what else can he do?

Xu Ke shook his head, turned around and went home, that night, he still stayed in the middle of the hazel.

......

......

At dawn the next day, Xu Ke got up early and immediately rushed to Tianbao Pavilion with all the women to visit Murong Yan. I didn't want to, but Beiling, who was guarding the door, replied that the lord of their Murong Pavilion had already left the city with the young lady, the lady and the young master. Xu Ke asked them again when they would come back, but Beiling shook his head blindly, but he didn't know.

One day later, Xu Ke went to Tianbao Pavilion with the women, who knows, Xichuan who guards the door is still the same rhetoric as Beiling, and the family of the lord of Murong Pavilion is all outside, and he has not returned.

Everyone looked at the Tianbao Pavilion from afar, and they didn't know how many craftsmen and attendants were going back and forth within the courtyard wall, busy and busy, as if they were all rushing to repair this magnificent mansion. Seeing that Xichuan was bent on blocking it, it was not easy for them to trespass inside, and although they had doubts in their hearts, they had to go home temporarily.

On the third day, it was still the same......

If there is an occasional emergency and you don't return, you can still understand it, but you can't see Murong Yan's figure for three days in a row, there must be a reason for this. Xu Ke and the three women were puzzled, and they didn't know why Murong Yan avoided them.

Fortunately, they listened to what the gatekeeper said, and after Murong Yan reunited with his second brother and sister-in-law, his daily food, clothing, housing and transportation were all very well settled. The emperor loved his seventeenth sister very much, and not only funded a large number of materials in the palace, but also sent countless gold and silver soft ......

In addition, Murong Huan had been in Yanzhou City for nearly ten years before, and he also had a lot of money there. The subordinates of the Murong Pavilion Lord have been ordered to return to Yanzhou City, and they will be able to bring a large number of household supplies back to Chang'an in a few days. From now on, Murong Yan's life should not be worried.

Seeing Murong Yan, Xu Ke always felt a little empty in his heart. In addition, Kamo Tadayuki once said that someone would come to visit him in three days. Therefore, in the past three days, Xu Ke has not thought about launching the Cloud Shadow Bead again. When he had nothing to do, he and the three women either stayed in the Xu Mansion, and the four of them sat around a table, talking and laughing and playing dominoes; or they went out to wander around, and wantonly bought supplies, and the 1,000 taels of gold that the emperor had rewarded before were still at home, and with this gold, they could buy whatever they wanted in this Chang'an City......

The days passed in such a hurry, and after the world returned to normal, Xu Ke felt that life at this time was so leisurely and interesting. He couldn't help but feel extremely satisfied in his heart, as for when to activate the Cloud Shadow Bead, he just wanted to ...... The later the better!

On the fourth day, after Xu Ke got up early in the morning, he wanted to go to Tianbao Pavilion again. This time, he had to enter the house to see what was going on no matter what, even if the goalkeeper stopped him, he would break in. However, Hu Yiyi had another idea, she asked Xu Ke not to go for the time being, today, she just went to visit with Zibei and Yiqing.

Although Hu Yiyi didn't say it explicitly, Xu Ke could also hear that Yan'er at this time might just avoid herself and didn't want to see her. If Hu Yiyi and the others can see Yan'er today, the reason for this can be known. Xu Ke had no choice but to follow Hu Yiyi's arrangement.

After the three women went out, Xu Ke stayed in the house and was bored. After he finished breakfast, he suddenly became interested and wanted to go to the back garden to practice his sword. At this time, the Kunwu sword on his body had been taken back by the emperor, so he picked up a piece of dry branch from the ground at random, came to the open place in the back garden, concentrated and calmed, and slowly waved the dead branch.

He let out a loud shout in his mouth, "Break the gold potential!" The withered branch swung forward diagonally, and a stream of mixed yuan true qi poured into his right arm, and the sword qi stirred up gusts of wind and rolled up the dust on the ground. In the dust, the dead branches swayed like a swimming dragon, trembling from side to side......

"Breaking the water potential!", "Open the wood potential!", "Swing the fire!" "Ripping the earth potential!" Xu Ke practiced his five potentials in turn according to the method of the five elements. That section of the withered branch without aura seemed to be alive in Xu Ke's hands at this time, waving up and down, and wherever the sword qi went, the blockers were invincible!

Xu Ke practiced well, and then the five potential swordsmanship, according to the order of the five elements, continued to come out. The true qi in his body originated from the dantian qi mansion, wandering around his body without stopping, as if it was endless. The sword in his hand became faster and faster, and later, it was no longer clear where the dead branches were and where the sword was......

"Little brother, good swordsmanship! I'll accompany you to feed you two moves!hahaha!" Xu Ke was concentrating on practicing his sword, when he suddenly heard someone laugh twice, dodged and jumped in front of him, raised his sword, and stabbed straight at him......