The blue light flashed around Gong Xinshen's body, and he was obviously thinking about it. w starter Chen Haoran also frowned and thought, before he melted the thirteen heavenly phase wheel, the Tiangong Ancestor clarified the benefits and disadvantages, and what evil intentions could be contained?

Gong Xinshen pondered hard: "The Heavenly Ancestor knows that the Buddha initiates are extremely dangerous, and they will inevitably end up in a fate where they will go mad and fall into the devil's soul, why do they still fuse the Thirteen Heavenly Phase Wheel with Chen Haoran? Could it be that after Chen Haoran became a demon, he had another secret method to control his actions and mind, so he deliberately refined Chen Haoran into an immortal heavenly demon body for his use...... No, no, even if Chen Haoran successfully refined the Immortal Heavenly Demon Body, it would not be much convenient for him, and the effect would not be as strong as directly using the Thirteen Heavenly Phase Wheel, so it was not worth the painstaking effort. Unless ......"

She suddenly remembered something and asked Chen Haoran: "I once heard Qingyan say that you want her to help you find the Broken Love Dew, Black Heart Grass, Lihuo Bingluo, Red Soul Jiaozhu, and Cave Rouge Glass, I think it is used by the Heavenly Ancestor to cultivate the earth and practice immortals?"

Chen Haoran secretly thought that there was no need to hide this, and nodded: "Not bad." ”

Gong Xinshenni was puzzled: "Heavenly Ancestor doesn't know about the collapse of the Heavenly Realm, why doesn't he think about ascending, but instead thinks about cultivating the earth and practicing immortals, this is very unreasonable." Mo Fei, Mo Fei ......"

Chen Haoran's heart tightened, and he secretly screamed badly. Sure enough, Gong Xinshenni's eyes shot a divine light, and he said loudly: "Could it be that his physical body has been damaged, and now he is a primordial god body?"

Chen Haoran knew that he was hiding it from her, but fortunately, there was no malice towards Tiangong Ancestor in Gong Xinshen's words. Presumably, he would not be embarrassed to ask the hiding place of the Heavenly Ancestor by himself, and said with a wry smile: "The spiritual wisdom of the predecessors is exactly what I expected. ”

He nodded and said, "If I really expect it to be true, your situation will be extremely dangerous. ”

Chen Haoran was taken aback, and before he could ask why. Linghu Qingyan had already rushed ahead and asked, "Master, how is he in danger?"

Gong Xinshen didn't answer, and released a blue light to cover Chen Haoran, and said: "You don't have to resist with luck, and you don't have to be afraid, just let go of your divine thoughts, I want to investigate and verify one thing." w starters"

Gong Xinshen Nixiu didn't know how much higher than Chen Haoran, if she had unpredictable thoughts, she was powerless to resist and fearless, and it was useless. At the moment, Chen Haoran let Gong Xinshen Nishi do it. But I feel that her mental power has been probed in her body for a long time, and it is very detailed, and there is nothing missing.

"Sure enough, you're a natural hybrid. ”

Gong Xinshenni withdrew his mental power and briefly explained the importance of the Innate Mixed Yuan Body to cultivators who had lost their physical bodies, and said, "The Heavenly Ancestor has fused you with the Thirteen Heavenly Phases Wheel as one, just because he wants to use your body as a furnace to recast the Yuan Shen and ascend to the Supreme Heavenly Dao again. ”

Chen Haoran was silent for a while. Many doubts in the past have finally been answered, and I can't tell what it's like. Instead, it was himself. I'm afraid he will act like this, not to mention that after all, it was the Heavenly Ancestor who built his qi for him and brought him into the door of cultivation, in general, Chen Haoran didn't have much hatred and resentment towards the Heavenly Ancestor in his heart.

Linghu said angrily: "This Tiangong ancestor is so vicious and insidious, he is so scheming to kill you. Why don't you just accept his Yuan Shen Refining?"

Chen Haoran shook his head, and no longer had any scruples, he told him about his past with Su Su'er and the agreement with the Heavenly Ancestor, and asked Gong Xinshenni: "Senior." Can you help the younger generation save Su'er?" "It's not difficult to eliminate the Heavenly Ancestor at the moment, the key is whether you can save Su'er back.

After hearing this, Linghu Qingyan and Gong Xinshenni had their own feelings, and the latter sighed: "That little fox demon is willing to set up a chaos soul spell that will accompany life and death for thousands of lifetimes, which is rare in the world, but unfortunately I don't have the ability to rescue her from the Nine Netherworlds, it seems that it will have to fall on the Heavenly Ancestor." ”

Linghu Qingyan glanced at Chen Haoran again, and said with a slight sourness: "I don't know if I can save my little life, so I only remember the little fox spirit." ”

As long as it is a woman, she can't change her jealous nature no matter what, even if she becomes a virgin, Chen Haoran can only pretend to be deaf and dumb and don't hear it.

Gong Xinshen said: "No matter what, you must dissolve the demonic qi, otherwise even if you save the little fox demon at that time, not only will you not be able to get together, but you have become an immortal heavenly demon body, but the little fox demon will still swear to you every life, so that you will be killed by your own hands, this tragedy has been reincarnated again and again, I don't know how many lives and how many lifetimes will be rested." ”

Chen Haoran was terrified, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Although he is not afraid of death or becoming a demon, if the time comes, if it is really as Gong Xinshenni said, wouldn't Su'er's fate be even worse than sinking into the sea of purgatory misery forever? ”

Gong Xinshenni smiled and said, "I don't need you to repay me anything, as long as you can remember the heart of this girl Qingyan to you." "It is not uncommon for practitioners to practice together and cultivate together, and there are no rules for their partners, and it is because Gong Xinshen and Ni have no prejudices about the existence of Su'er.

Although this senior is a nun, it is also open tightly, Chen Haoran looked at Linghu Qingyan, touched his nose and said: "This does not need to be told by the seniors, and the younger generations will also remember it." ”

Linghu Qingyan blushed and defended: "Master, don't talk nonsense about your old man, I just thought that he helped me a lot, so I pleaded with your old man, but I didn't have any intention of him." ”

Gong Xinshenni was familiar with the nature of his disciples, and understood that Linghu Qingyan couldn't let go in front of him, so he didn't say much, and said to Chen Haoran: "The demonic qi is extremely difficult to dissolve, and it is a first-class catastrophe for cultivators. Fortunately, your calamity was caused by the melting of the Thirteen Heavenly Phase Wheels, and I guarded the Seven Wonders Floating Diagram back then, and I knew a little about its functions, so I was barely able to find two ways to resolve it. ”

Linghu Qingyan wanted to open his mouth to ask what two ways there were, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw Chen Haoran looking at him with a smile, and his pretty face couldn't help but turn red again, and he immediately glared back at him fiercely and kept silent.

Gong Xinshenni smiled slightly, and continued: "The first method is to find another part of the Seven Wonderful Floating Diagram and combine it with the Thirteen Heavenly Phase Wheel into a complete artifact. No matter how deep you go, you can easily solve it. However, the Thirteen Heavenly Wheel has been stolen, and the Buddha Sect must have taken very close care of the other part of the artifact, even if Da Luo Jinxian makes a move, he is afraid that he will return with a feather. ”

Linghu Qingyan couldn't hold back any longer, and said eagerly: "This method is too difficult. It definitely won't work, but what about the other way?"

Gong Xinshen said: "The other method is easier, but you can't exorcise all the demonic qi at once, if you want to not fall into the demonic path in the future, you have to practice a secret art and practice hard." And ......" She looked at Linghu and paused for a moment before she said, "And you have to cooperate." ”

Linghu Qingyan wanted to ask again, but suddenly realized something, and hurriedly shrunk his mouth. The flush on his face suddenly spread to the roots of his pale and delicate ears.

Seeing that her expression was different, Chen Haoran felt slightly strange, and only listened to the words of Gong Xinshen: "My Buddhism is divided into two branches, one is the sutra sect and the other is the tantric sect. This tantric technique is the secret transmission of Tantra, called Joy Dafa, which dispels demonic qi through the combination of yin and yang. ”

Chen Haoran suddenly realized, isn't this a Zen of Joy? No wonder Linghu Qingyan is so shy. I thought that this was a big beauty difference that a man dreamed of.

Gong Xinshenni said: "This method is not difficult to implement, just grasp the time when you are about to form the Yuan Shen." Absorb Yuan Yin, the companion of the Dafa of Joy who is your fellow practitioner. But there is one thing to note, that is, your partner must be a virgin who has already achieved the golden pill, and there must be two. ”

Chen Haoran looked at Linghu Qingyan again, but saw that she was already so ashamed that she lowered her head, even her snow-white neck was red, and her eyes no longer dared to look at him. Thinking about it, Linghu Qingyan must be willing to contribute. The other one is not easy to do, Murong Di's cultivation is too shallow, and when she bears Jin Dan, she is afraid that the daylily will be cold, and the only suitable object is Xia Qingyan, with the affection of the two. Presumably, that poisonous girl will sacrifice herself to save her life no matter what, but she has returned to the division in an unknown place, and it will take a lot of trouble to find it.

Gong Xinshenni asked, "Do you have a suitable candidate?" If so, let Qingyan pass on the Dafa of Joy to you, and then study it together." The implication was that Linghu Qingyan had been attributed to the two dual-cultivation companions.

Linghu Qingyan was even more embarrassed when he heard this, and his head had been hooked to his chest, and the white jade breasts were already red at this moment.

The stakes are very high, Chen Haoran honestly talked about the relationship and difficulties with Xia Qingyan.

Gong Xinshenni tactfully admonished: "Now that you have a candidate, then it is imperative to find her as soon as possible, otherwise, with your current situation, you must try to suppress the growth of cultivation, and constantly inhale the virgin Yuan Yin to relieve the demonic qi. ”

Even though Chen Haoran was extremely thick-skinned, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, so he only agreed. Thinking that he had been at the bottom of the Shadow Lake for a long time, Gui Shi'er was still waiting outside, it would not be good if Mu Hao's restraint was discovered, and it would be more dangerous to stay for a moment longer, and said: "What the juniors asked before is very urgent, and I hope that the seniors can do it immediately to solve the difficulties of the juniors." ”

Gong Xinshenni nodded, and said: "In this case, you can bring people here, my cultivation has not fully recovered now, there is an Infinite Return Array here, and it is easier to cast spells." ”

Linghu Qingyan and Chen Haoran went out to take people together, and when they saw that the two people who wanted to exchange bodies were Gui Shi'er and Mu Hao, Linghu Qingyan couldn't help but be taken aback, and asked shockingly, "What do you want to do?"

Chen Haoran explained the reason for the situation, and said calmly: "Gui Shi'er is my brother, no matter what, I will not abandon him, even if I am the enemy of the entire Great Chu after being exposed, it doesn't matter." He looked at Linghu and said with a smile: "Our Lady, you won't fall into the well and abandon me at such a time, will you? ”

Gong Xinshen was not in front of him, Ling Hu Qingyan's demeanor was much more natural, he glanced at him fiercely, his pretty face was slightly red, showing the style of a child, and said angrily: "You are always not serious, I knew that you were such a scoundrel, so I would not have interceded with the master for you." ”

Di Xiaoshi smiled secretly, as soon as they met at the beginning of the year, Linghu Qingyan had deeply understood his rogue character, and the relationship between the two parties had been clarified, but he still covered his ears and stole the bell to deceive himself. Knowing that the girl is always soft-skinned and thin-skinned, if she is exposed, it will inevitably make her even more coquettish, so she changed the topic with a smile and said: "This is also a good deal, if things go well, it won't be long before the entire Da Chu can become our resources and backing, and you, the Virgin Mother, can be regarded as genuine." ”

Linghu Qingyan was taken aback again: "Do you still want to ......?"

Chen Haoran shrugged and said, "Of course, not to further stabilize it." There will be a risk of capsizing, of course, you have to do it endlessly. "Emperor Xiaocheng reigned for one day, and the Gui Shi'er who pretended to be Mu Hao would be in danger for one more day, if you want to be safe, you can only draw salary from the bottom of the kettle and get rid of Emperor Xiaocheng as soon as possible. Let Gui Shi'er, the Xibei goods, ascend to the throne as soon as possible, and never forget.

Linghu Qingyan really admired this guy's audacity this time, and frowned and said: "You have to be careful, there are many scattered cultivators enshrined by the Great Chu royal family, and none of them can be insulted, if one is not careful, I am afraid it will be difficult to clean up." ”

Chen Haoran smiled and said: "I understand, if I don't go to the Holy Mother Palace to be the male host for a day, I am reluctant to go to see the gods and Buddhas." ”

"Here we go again. "Let the fox smoke lightly. The eyes are shy, and the fairy-like face is bright and beautiful.

In the Great Chu Palace, Princess Lingji sat in her bedroom, restless and worried. Since she returned to the palace yesterday, she has not known the news from the outside, and she has been worried and sleepless all night, and Yurong is a little haggard.

"Your Highness the Princess. ”

A little eunuch walked in silently and said, "The villain has something to tell Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

"Tell me something. Princess Lingji scolded irritably. When he looked up, he saw that the little eunuch was very angry. He couldn't help but be stunned, and he didn't know how the guards outside let him in, and shouted, "Who are you? Why have I never seen you?"

Jia Lishi smiled: "It doesn't matter who the villain is, the important thing is that the villain has news that Her Royal Highness the princess wants to know." ”

Princess Lingji was stunned again, seeing that this little eunuch was extremely rude. said angrily: "You slave is so big. He was about to call someone to drag him out and behead him, but suddenly he heard the other party say: "Your Royal Highness really doesn't want to hear the news of General Gui? ”

Princess Lingji was even more startled, and asked quickly: "How do you know Gui ......" Suddenly thinking that this was no longer the point, she hurriedly turned her mouth and asked: "What's wrong with him? What is the danger? Is it my eldest brother who wants to ......?"

Jia Lishi said unhurriedly: "The villain is just ordered to pass the word, and he doesn't know a lot of things. I only know that if Her Royal Highness the princess wants to save the general, please hurry up to the Chu Palace, if you go late, the villain doesn't know what will happen. ”

Princess Lingji was shocked, how could she take care of it, and hurriedly rushed out.

Jalux smiled gloomily, his body spreading, and he disappeared like a ghost. As soon as he arrived outside his room, there was suddenly a person blocking the way, but it was Bai Zhangyan, who was full of fiery red. He stared at Jia Lishi and said with a heavy face, "What did you sneak up on just now?"

Jia Lishi's eyes rolled and said respectfully: "Master, the disciple was ordered by the King of Chu just now to invite Princess Lingji to the Mansion of the King of Chu. ”

Bai Zhangyan snorted coldly: "The kid is still sloppy with me? The king of Chu wants to see Princess Lingji, just find someone to pass the word, and he still needs to find you specifically? Say, what are you doing?"

Jia Lishi smiled and said: "The master master's eyes are like a torch, and the disciples dare not hide it. The king of Chu somehow knew that the two masters had accepted me as an apprentice, so he deliberately asked people to approach and recruit disciples a few days ago, hoping to establish a good relationship with the two masters through the disciples, so that they would be good in the future...... Hehe, Master must have understood?"

Bai Zhangyan stared at him for a moment, didn't see any flaws, and no longer suspected it, his face softened, and said, "I see." The royal people are cold by nature, they calculate them, we just need to follow the emperor's will and do our duty to guard the palace, in the future, you can cultivate with peace of mind, don't get involved in these things, otherwise you will only be afraid that you will put yourself in it if you are not careful, do you hear clearly?"

Jia Lishi smiled and said, "Master, please forgive the disciple for being presumptuous, Master's words are not all right. It's right that we do our part, but sometimes we have to be flexible, or we'll waste a lot of opportunities. For example, since the king of Chu took the initiative to make friends with us, we might as well respond to the situation, sometimes provide him with some convenience, if he becomes the emperor in the future, with this friendship, compared with other offerings, he will have to treat him more preferentially. Even if he doesn't become the emperor then, we won't have no losses. ”

Bai Zhangyan felt quite reasonable, nodded and said: "This is also true, but the affairs of the palace are not ordinary, you still have to worry about yourself, don't commit any irreparable taboos, your second master and I finally found such a suitable successor as you, but I don't want you to have any accidents." ”

Jia Lishi said with a smile: "Disciple saved, thank you Master for your concern." Secretly proud in his heart, Bai Zhangyan and Qianqi Miao were quite concerned about his disciple. If there is a difference, Chi will not let go, and when the time comes, with their help and support, the certainty of success will definitely be a little greater.

Princess Lingji rushed to the Chu Palace, and angrily went to Mu Hao to ask for an understanding, and the people in the palace saw her willow eyebrows upside down, and the four big words Xingshi asked for guilt were written all over her face. How dare you step forward to stop it? He only followed behind and shouted: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the prince is sick in bed, please don't disturb the prince." ”

Princess Lingji turned a deaf ear and went straight into Mu Hao's bedroom, but when she saw Mu Hao lying on the bed, she rushed up and said, "What happened to you?" Quickly hand over someone to me, if he hurts a cold hair, I will no longer recognize you as a big brother." ”

She knew that Mu Hao only wanted to ascend to the emperor's throne wholeheartedly, and then she would have to rely on herself to help in the palace. In a hurry, he threatened with this.

Mu Hao sat up, waved his hand at the few maids who followed in a panic, and said in a deep voice: "Keep away from me, if anyone dares to get closer to fifty steps, he will be killed immediately." ”

Several maids turned pale with fright, and hurriedly responded and retreated in terror.

Princess Lingji said angrily, "What the hell are you doing? I'm asking you." Where the hell is he and how is he doing now?"

Mu Hao looked at her. Suddenly, a wicked smile appeared. Princess Lingji was stunned for a moment, and a strange feeling suddenly appeared in her heart: "Why is this smile so familiar, it seems to be his ......"

Just in shock, Mu Hao suddenly stretched out his hand again, pulled her to the big bed, hugged her slender waist and pressed her under him.

Princess Lingji didn't expect him to do this. Shocked exclaimed: "Are you crazy?"

Mu Hao smiled evilly again, reached out to knead her round jade breasts, and said, "Who do you think I am? ”

This kind of unscrupulous insulting tone and behavior is very familiar to Princess Lingji, and her exclamation stopped abruptly. His eyes widened in disbelief: "Y-Who are you?"

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Princess Lingji's mind was in chaos, and she said incoherently: "You are not my eldest brother, you are you...... How did you become my big brother?"

Gui Shi'er said hatefully: "Is it because I am willing to become like this? ”

Princess Lingji was stunned: "Why did you make it like this?"

Gui Shi'er gritted his teeth and said: "After you left yesterday, I waited for your eldest brother to wake up, and then I whispered to him to make amends, but who knew that he didn't listen to me at all, and only took out his sword to cut me." Hmph, you also know my temper, it really angered me, even the king of heaven would not take it to heart, so he fought with him in a fit of anger. In terms of fighting skills, he is naturally far inferior to me, and for your sake, I don't want to hurt him, I just want to subdue him and then make a plan. I don't think about it, he got a magic weapon out of nowhere, and he came out to take my life, and I had no choice but to fight with him. ”

Princess Lingji said in a trembling voice, "Then what happened?"

Gui Shi'er snorted coldly: "What else can I do later? I fought with him, but I couldn't resist the magic weapon, and I fainted at that time, and when I woke up, I found that somehow, the two of us had changed bodies. I thought about breaking my scalp, and then I thought that it should be your eldest brother who didn't know how to use that magic weapon, but something went wrong and made it like this. ”

Princess Lingji was skeptical of the letter of heaven if she listened to it, but she couldn't help but believe the facts, so she slowly came back to her senses and asked, "What about my eldest brother, hasn't he become like you, how is he now?"

Gui Shi'er sneered: "He's not dead yet, but well, it's almost like death." His soul was eaten by the energy of the magic weapon, and although he came to his senses, he became an idiot and didn't even know how to speak. w starters"

Princess Lingji's face was pale, and she exclaimed, "My eldest brother has become an idiot?"

Gui Shi'er gloated: "Yes, I threw him outside the Great General's Mansion at night, and then I went back to the Mansion of the King of Chu myself." ”

Princess Lingji didn't react for a while, and said, "Why did you throw him to your house, but you came to his house?"

Gui Shi'er snorted: "What else can I do if I don't do this? I am like this now, naturally I can only come to the Chu Palace, otherwise I will say that I am a general of the country, and others will not be crazy for me?"

Princess Lingji was convinced that Gui Shi'er and Mu Hao had really swapped bodies at this time, and she was dazed and confused, and the six gods said: "Then what should I do?" ”

Gui Shi'er was furious, slapped Princess Lingji on the buttocks with her backhand, and said viciously: "Stinky bitch." Are you tired of playing with me, so you want to kill Lao Tzu?"

Seeing that he suddenly lost his temper, Princess Lingji was very aggrieved and pleaded: "How can I mean this? Why do you say that?"

Gui Shi'er said angrily: "You know that your eldest brother has become a fool, if you change it again, your father will definitely be held accountable." When I find out that I did it, won't you cut off my head?"

Princess Lingji hurriedly said: "If you don't change it, you look like this, then how can we, how can we be together?"

"I'm just changing my appearance, but I'm still here on the inside, why can't we be together? ”

Gui Shi'er laughed evilly, and suddenly ripped open Princess Lingji's clothes, and a pair of white and smooth jade breasts immediately bounced out.

"No, no. Princess Lingji exclaimed. Struggling to resist: "You are like this, I can't ...... with you"

"Can't? Gui Shi'er couldn't help but say, leaned into her skirt and tore off her thin obscene pants, pressed them against her plump carcass, and sneered: "Anyway, I have to be a man in your eldest brother's body in my life, if you are willing to follow me, if you are not willing to follow me, I will not force you." Let's do this dew wild mandarin duck again, and you can go and ask your father to send someone to take my head." ”

Feel the body being invaded hard. The strong sense of shame and indecency made Princess Delingji almost scream, feeling an unprecedented forbidden stimulus, and couldn't help but hug Gui Shi'er, letting out a violent gasp and moan.

The wind stopped raining, and Gui Shi'er said to Princess Lingji, who was slumped on the bed, "Have you thought about it?"

Princess Lingji gasped, her eyes dazed and confused. "I don't know," he muttered. ”

"Okay, then I'll make the decision for you. Gui Shi'er got up and said coldly: "I will take the initiative to surrender, and you will marry to the Lin Mansion in peace of mind in the future, I wish you two husbands and wives love and love each other and grow old together." Remember to visit your idiot big brother when you have time. ”

"No, no, don't go. Princess Lingji hugged Gui Shi'er and said sadly: "I can't live without you, but I really don't know what to do." ”

Seeing that the fire was coming, Gui Shi'er softened her voice, stroked Princess Lingji's bumpy jade body, and said: "The matter has come to this point, there is only one way to do, that is, let me take the identity of your eldest brother from now on, you have to remind me from time to time by my side during this time, so as not to let others see the flaws." ”

Under his caressing, Princess Lingji's carcass quickly warmed up, spit out a seductive moan, and said in a daze: "What about after that?

Gui Shi'er said in a harmonious voice: "This is very easy to do, I want to find a way to get rid of the young master of the Lin family, you can use this to say that you are an ominous body, and you will never marry again, and you only want to stay in the palace to accompany your father and mother, so that I will have an excuse to visit and comfort you, and I can communicate frequently." When your father dies and you help me ascend to the throne, won't we be together forever? ”

Princess Lingji suddenly woke up and changed color: "You are, you are going to take over the country of Great Chu? You, you don't want to ...... Yes. ”

Gui Shi'er's face was also cold, and he said angrily: "Do you think I really covet your Mu family's country? If not, how can you always follow me? If you don't want to talk to me, just talk to me, and you don't need to beat around the bush." ”

Seeing that he was angry, Princess Lingji immediately became anxious, and hurriedly said: "No, no, I don't mean to be unwilling to follow you, but it's just that ......" Doing so is undoubtedly to give away the Da Chu Foundation to Gui Shi'er, and Princess Lingji is difficult to accept.

"It's good if not. Gui Shi'er softened her expression again and said, "I know you're in a dilemma, but we can also find a way to solve it...... Well, it's better like this, when I ascend the throne, I will let you die of fraud, and then replace a concubine, we can give birth to a child openly, and when he becomes an adult, I will give way to him, so wouldn't I return Da Chu to your Mu family?"

This is indeed a good way to get the best of both worlds, Princess Lingji was slightly moved and hesitated.

Gui Shi'er took her into her arms, entered her body, and said gently: "If you think it's inappropriate, I can make a poisonous oath to the sky, you should always rest assured, right?"

Under the invasion of pleasure, Princess Lingji's consciousness gradually became confused, and finally nodded, moaning: "I don't care about anything for you, you must not lie to me and bear my ......" (to be continued......)