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Chapter 041 Do you believe there are ghosts and gods in this world?
When Lu Tongshang received his wife's message, he quickly replied to the message and asked, "You said that Xiaozhou also attended the Gong family's banquet tonight?" Why was he invited too?
Jiang Wan replied: He came to the banquet in place of the Li family.
Lu Tongshang asked again: Doesn't he believe in ghosts? Why would you want to attend this banquet? Or does he already know that there are ghosts and gods in this world?
After reading the news on the phone, Jiang Wan asked Lu Zhou in a low voice, "Son, do you believe there are ghosts and gods in this world?"
"Ghosts and gods?" Lu Zhou looked at his mother suspiciously: "Mom, have you been a ghost recently? Isn't it because of superstition that you dress up like a Taoist priest?"
"Of course not, I'll just ask." Jiang Wan sent a message to her husband: He still doesn't believe in ghosts and spirits in this world as before.
Lu Tongshang replied: When he believes it, tell him about us, otherwise he thinks that we have been brainwashed by the Taoist temple and will find the Taoist temple to settle the account.
Jiang Wan agrees with her husband's words, and believes that as long as tonight's exchange meeting is over, her son will rewash his worldview and usher in a new world.
The banquet was held on the 33rd floor of the hotel. As soon as the elevator arrived, Jiang Wan and Lu Zhou walked out.
The corridor was full of people, all of whom were the bodyguards of those who came to the banquet. Because they could not enter the venue, they could only guard outside.
Jiang Wan and Lu Zhou took out the invitation letter and handed it to the waiter at the gate.
When the waiter saw the invitation letter from the Li family, he immediately became respectful and brought him into the venue in person.
Jiang Wan, who came in with her, ignored her and agreed to follow her alone, but in order not to let her son know that she was superstitious, he quickly said hello to Lu Zhou and went to see his old friend.
From childhood to adulthood, Lu Zhou attended banquets relatively few times. Even the banquets hosted by his own family rarely attended, so he did not know other people at the venue. After being brought to the seat by the waiter, he sat there obediently.
"Who is the young man sitting under the podium? Why is he sitting in that position?" Someone looked at Lu Zhou and asked the people beside him curiously.
"I don't know, I haven't seen it before, but the person who can sit in that position is not an ordinary person, or a very powerful person."
"Among the wealthy nobles, I have never seen this person. If they are strong, we will also There's no reason I haven't seen it before."
"If you're so curious, you can go and ask."
"Forget it, I'm afraid of offending people."
Lu Zhou saw that people around him were looking at him curiously, and looked down. Seeing whether he was wearing something inappropriate, or that it was not the time to sit down, he looked around, and a small number of people were already seated, while others were still chatting with old friends.
He didn't find anything wrong, so he raised his ears and eavesdropped on how the people around him exchanged information, and then he heard someone whispering: "Recently, monsters have been frequent, especially in our southern region. The monsters make trouble, and we are so busy that we don't have time to rest."
"Isn't that very good, it means that you have made money."
"Hey, you can only make money when you meet a little monster. If you meet a big monster, I'm afraid you won't make money. It's better for you to catch ghosts, there is no danger of us catching demons."
"Haha, catching ghosts often encounters ghosts in the underworld, so I don't say anything in a low voice, and sometimes we have to look at their faces to do things, and it's hard for us to do it."
Lu Zhou: "! !!!!!"
He clearly said all human words, why didn't he understand a word?
Lu Zhou looked at the people who were talking, and recognized that the person who said he was from the southern region was a star who often made movies. His name was Qiu Shao. It may be a code word in the political and entertainment circles. Because it is not convenient to name it in public, it is replaced by other words.
For example, the monster Qiu Shao said actually refers to the newcomers in the entertainment industry. What his original words mean is that the newcomers in the entertainment industry have been active recently, especially around him. His limelight, he had to work hard to brush his face, so as not to let fans forget him as an outdated star.
As for the ghost mentioned by another official, it should be some officials who committed crimes, and the ghosts from the underworld are likely to refer to his immediate boss. When he is blocked by his immediate boss when investigating the offending officials, he really has to keep his breath low. If the boss does not It's easy to talk, it's very difficult for them to do things.
The more Lu Zhou thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, and only in this way could he explain what they meant.
I didn't expect that people in the entertainment industry and people in the political world could really communicate.
Just then, there was a commotion at the door.
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Chapter 042 You are so impressed
Lu Zhou looked at the door, and a group of people walked into the banquet hall under the protection of waiters. One of them was the host who invited everyone to the banquet, Gong Zilin, the most beloved grandson of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of China, in his early thirties. With a handsome and serious face, he is one of the few people in the Gong family who have not entered the political world. After graduating from college, he began to work as a businessman. He has a very high business talent and has a strong backer behind him. Smooth sailing. Although he is only a businessman now, his status in the Gong family is very high, and some of the high-ranking officials of the Gong family must follow his orders.
Next to him was Chi Chang, the young grandson of the Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of Huaguo, with handsome features, a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth, and the appearance of a playboy. When he saw women around him, he would boast a few words of eloquence, funny. The other party is happy.
Behind the two of them were several monks and Taoist priests, who seemed to be very prestigious, and everyone around them took the initiative to greet them when they saw them.
Gong Zilin and Chi Chang greeted everyone along the way. Seeing that it was almost seven o'clock, they greeted everyone to sit down for dinner. Then, they came to the table where Lu Zhou was sitting and saw a strange young man sitting in their seat. .
Chi Chang hooked his lips and smiled: "Yo, which young master is sitting in the wrong place for us?" The
seats were arranged early in the morning. They all knew who would sit here, and they could sit here. All of them have high status, but they have never seen the young people in front of them.
Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows: "It's from the Li family."
He came here on behalf of the Li family, and of course he said it was from the Li family.
Chi Chang smiled slightly, and looked at Gong Zilin. If it was from the Li family, he would not have sat in the wrong place.
Then, the two sat on the left and right sides of Lu Zhou, and the others also took their seats.
"Are you from the Li family?" Chi Chang wondered: "Why haven't I seen you before?"
Lu Zhou smiled slightly: "I haven't seen it before, but you will see me often in the future."
Gong Zilin is very Curious: "Which hospital of the Li family are you the young master?"
"Yangmen Courtyard."
"Yangmen Courtyard?" Gong Zilin squinted slightly: "Isn't that Major Li's courtyard? I heard that he never allowed others to enter his courtyard, so how could you be the young master of that courtyard? "
Now that the Li family has not announced the news of Li Nanxuan's marriage, Lu Zhou does not intend to explain too much to them.
Just when Gong Zilin and the others suspected that Lu Zhou was impersonating the Li family or sneaking in by stealing the invitation letter from the Li family, a voice interjected: "Sorry, Pindao is late, hey, Mr. Lu, you are here too. Participating in the exchange meeting, just right, Pindao wants to ask you about the last prayer."
When Lu Zhou saw Luo Minghai from the Taoist Temple, he suddenly felt like he wanted to die, how could he be so unlucky to meet Luo Guan again host. Moreover, you still want to ask him about the last time? Hehe, he shouted two words last time, what can he teach each other? Do you want him to teach how to spell the word "stop snow"?
Chi Chang asked curiously, "Luo Guanzhu, do you know him?"
Luo Guanzhu smiled and said, "Yes, the last time I went to the north to pray for the snow to stop, it was Mr. Lu who made the heavy snow stop by himself.
" When the monks and Taoist priests heard this, their surprised eyes focused on Lu Zhou.
"The poor monk has also heard about this." The monk of Faqing Temple said: "I didn't expect Mr. Lu to have such a powerful mana at a young age, and I admire it."
Lu Zhou: "..."
This is his life For the first time, I was praised to the point where I felt ashamed, and I had the urge to run away.
The spectator of Xuantong Guan also praised: "Mr. Lu is really young and promising, and he has a profound knowledge. I hope that Mr. Lu can give us some pointers."
"..." Lu Zhou smiled calmly on the surface, but his heart collapsed. , if they mention mana again, he will be exhausted to show them.
Since someone has already confirmed that Lu Zhou was sent by the Li family, Chi Chang and Gong Zilin are not easy to get to the bottom of, but they are still very curious about Lu Zhou.
They had also heard about the last prayer in the north to stop the snow. It is said that several spectators joined forces and failed to stop the snow. A young man simply said two words and stopped the blizzard. .
But no matter how they looked at this man, he didn't look like a man with high mana. Of course, it was also possible that this young man hid himself deeply.
Gong Zilin decided to investigate Lu Zhou's affairs after the banquet.
At this time, the waiter brought the dishes to the table, and everyone stopped talking about it.
Lu Zhou secretly let out a sigh of relief.
After all the dishes were served and the waiter left, the spectator of Xuantongguan said, "I heard that Nian has appeared..."
(Here, I talk about the fact that the protagonist Lu Zhou is a non-spiritualist. Many readers will feel that this article is too small. From the point of view of some people who are afraid of ghosts and superstitious, they will soon believe that there are ghosts and gods in this world. As long as there is a little trouble, he will feel It is possible that ghosts and gods are causing chaos, but for a person who believes that there are no ghosts and gods in this world, many supernatural things can be explained by science. Make things invisible, you can turn apples into Sydney, do you think that magicians are gods or ghosts? But the fact is that magicians are just one person, let's take the mirage thing, the sky appears in another place, and you will Do you think that the place where the gods live? Unfortunately it is not, so, to an agnosticism, ghosts and gods are like February without the 30th, without the 31st, without an 8th in a week, without 400 days in a year In this world, Lu Zhou is like this. He can't easily think that there are ghosts in this world, and he won't think about ghosts and gods when something strange happens, so Lu Zhou is not slow or stupid, but There are no ghosts and gods in his world, which is an atheist.)
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Chapter 043 A Fart Thought
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere became very dignified.
Lu Zhou was confused, who is Nian? Terrible person? Otherwise, why are everyone so serious.
Suddenly, something moved in Lu Zhou's pocket.
He looked down quickly, and saw the little cup dog that Li Nanxuan gave him came out of his pocket. No wonder he didn't find it when he went out, it turned out to be hiding in his pocket.
Lu Zhou quickly pressed the puppy's head back, rubbed its little head, and prayed that it would not bark at this time.
Gong Zilin said: "I have also heard about this, so this exchange meeting is to let everyone think of capturing it back so that it will not have the opportunity to hurt others."
Chi Chang wondered: "It is not very early . Has it been sealed? Why did it reappear?"
The Taoist master of Xuantongguan said, "I heard that some evil Taoist maliciously released it to harm the world again."
Gong Zilin: "..."
Chi Changqi said: "No way. Is it a Nian beast? There is nothing to worry about, we will buy a few big trucks of firecrackers to deal with it, I don't believe it is not afraid."
The spectator of Xuantongguan scoffed: "The current Nian beast is not what it used to be in the past. The Nian beast, you can't easily scare it away by setting off firecrackers."
Besides, the fact that the Nian beast was scare away by explosions is just a legend and should not be taken lightly.
Chi Chang: "..."
What seal? What evil way? What year beast? Lu Zhou began to fall into the state of "obviously what everyone said was human, but he didn't understand". He thought, come, come, the people at this table finally began to discuss topics with code words like the others. .
depressed.
Why can't he speak well, engage in so many secret words, can he still have a good chat?
Gong Zilin said aloud: "The dishes are going to be cold, we will discuss while eating."
"Yes, we will chat while eating." Chi Chang picked up his chopsticks first.
Recently, Lu Zhou has been eating less and more meals because of various nutrients in his body, but he will feel hungry soon, so he can start eating when he hears it, and immediately pick up his chopsticks and put a piece of meat into a bowl. As for what they said, he just listened and didn't express his opinion.
Others were less interested in eating.
Luo Guan saw that everyone had no taste, smiled and said: "Don't worry too much, as long as we work together to deal with it, we will definitely be able to take the Nian and seal it back."
Chi Chang agreed: "Luo Guan The Lord is right, so many of us can't beat the Nian Beast?"
The monk of Faqing Temple sighed: "Nowadays, the spiritual energy is thin, and many Taoist techniques have been lost for many years. Our Taoism is no longer comparable to that of our ancestors. It will only be a fierce battle."
Everyone fell silent again.
Lu Zhou looked at the monks at Faqing Temple and at Luo Guanzhu, thinking to himself, the Nian beast they were talking about was a very vicious criminal, the seal was referring to a prison cell, and the evil way was the accomplice of the criminal, so they probably meant that The big criminal was caught and imprisoned for committing a crime. Later, because his accomplices came to rob the prisoner, the big criminal escaped, and now he is ready to commit the crime.
The only thing he didn't understand was, isn't it the police's job to catch criminals? What are the monks and Taoist priests doing to join in the fun?
However, it is the duty of every citizen to assist the police in handling cases.
Gong Zilin saw that Lu Zhou only served food and didn't speak, and he ate it with relish. He was not affected by the Nian beast at all, and even looked very indifferent and didn't fear the Nian beast at all. Could it be that this person is really profound but deeply hidden? not reveal?
He couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Lu, what do you think of the appearance of the Nian beast?"
Lu Zhou: "..."
He stopped talking, and even dragged the matter on him.
Can you make people eat well?
Everyone else looked at Lu Zhou.
Chi Chang said, "Mr. Lu, if you have an idea, say it quickly, while everyone can discuss it together."
Lu Zhou: "..."
He doesn't even know who Nian Beast is, so he has a fart idea.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him expectantly, Lu Zhou didn't seem to make a sound.
He coughed lightly, pretended to be serious and said, "I don't have any opinion on this criminal...cough...Nian Beast, in my eyes, no matter how powerful he is, no matter how powerful he is, he is still invincible. I don't believe that so many of us can't cure him. , Besides, during the years he was imprisoned, his strength may have been worse than before..."
The strength Lu Zhou said refers to the fact that the forces behind the Nian Beast will be disintegrated, maybe the accomplices will be scattered, and they will leave. Or if he is caught, the police will definitely not let his companions continue to do evil after catching Nian Beast, and they will definitely attack Huanglong and destroy the entire organization.
Before he finished speaking, Chi Chang immediately clapped the table and laughed: "Mr. Lu is right, the Nian beast must be very weak after being sealed for so long, and its mana is not as high as before, we have to take advantage of it before it recovers. Find it and seal it or kill it."
This slap on the table immediately attracted the attention of the people around, and everyone looked at them.
Jiang Wan, who was sitting not far away, glanced worriedly, and wondered if her son had noticed anything unusual about the banquet, if he was shocked, or if he would be frightened by the "new world".
Judging from Chi Chang's expression, they seemed to be chatting happily at the table, and her son didn't seem to be frightened. It seemed that her son's ability to accept is quite strong. Of course, it is also possible that her son has not opened another one. The mystery of the world.
Gong Zilin nodded in agreement: "If Nian Beast's mana was still as strong as before, he would have done evil all over the place long ago, and he would not hide and not come out to see people now, so we don't have to worry that we can't compare with our ancestors, and we can't seal him, I have already sent People go to find the whereabouts of the Nian beast, and I will notify you as soon as there is news, but before that, I hope everyone can find a way to deal with it."
Luo Guanzhu said: "This is for sure, after I go back, I will be with my senior brothers and sisters. Together, they think of a perfect way to deal with the Nian beast."
Chi Chang patted Lu Zhou on the shoulder: "Mr. Lu, you are a high-minded person, there must be many ways to deal with the Nian beast, can you tell us how you plan to catch the Nian beast?"
The corner of Lu Zhou's mouth twitched. If you catch the Nian Beast, you will catch the Nian Beast. Can you not talk about Daoxing?
"I haven't thought of it yet." He is a human but not a god. He just learned that Nian Beast escaped from prison, so how could he think of a way to catch him so quickly.
Gong Zilin said, "Let's have dinner first, and we'll talk about it after dinner."
After dinner, everyone got up and went to talk to others about Taoism.
Luo Guanzhu and other spectators also sat beside Lu Zhou to learn from him how the snow stopped that day.
Lu Zhou really wanted to tell them that he really just called "Stop the Snow" and the snow stopped. It was just a coincidence, but if he said that, these Taoist priests would definitely not believe it. I felt that he was stingy and unwilling to share his experience with them, which ruined their impression of the Li family, so he had to go back and write a prayer and the process and send someone to the Taoist Temple.
The dinner didn't end until ten o'clock.
Jiang Wan and Lu Zhou came to the parking lot, and when there was no one around, they asked tentatively, "Xiaozhou, do you already know..."
Lu Zhou was inexplicable: "What do you know?"
Jiang Wan knew when he looked like this He didn't realize that there are ghosts and gods in this world, but he still asked, "Do you have any other ideas about this banquet?" For
example, he heard that everyone was talking about Taoism, monsters, and ghosts and gods.
Lu Zhou nodded: "Yes."
Jiang Wan's eyes lit up: "What are your thoughts?"
"There are too many secret words in this banquet. I guessed the whole process. It's really tiring." Lu Zhou didn't want to lose the Li family. For the sake of face, I don't have the embarrassment to ask the meaning of those people's words. If I really don't understand, I will take it with a smile.
Jiang Wan was stunned for a while: "Huh? Code words? What code words?"
"It's just that they have been using code words such as monsters, ghosts, and some cultivating techniques to describe some people and things. My head still hurts." Lu Zhou rubbed his head.
"You say these are secret words?" Jiang Wan's mouth twitched wildly. She knew that her son didn't realize that there were ghosts and gods in this world so soon. Just like when they were young, they specially caught a wild ghost and brought it to Luzhou. But Lu Zhou couldn't see the existence of the ghost, even if they opened his eyes to him, they couldn't see it. Later, they caught a little demon that could only transform into a human shape, but Lu Zhou could only see the original form of the demon, but They couldn't see the appearance of a monster turning into a human. At that time, they thought that their eldest son had a special destiny but couldn't let him see ghosts. Maybe it was specially arranged by God, so they didn't force the eldest son to follow the path of cultivation. They think it's a good thing that their son can't see, he doesn't have to deal with dirty things or lose his life on the way to the pilgrimage. Since then, they have stopped mentioning ghosts and gods in front of Lu Zhou. Over time, Lu Zhou has gradually become an atheist, and it is even better for them to mention these things to them, lest he say they are superstitious.
"Isn't it?"
"Yes, it's a secret language." Jiang Wan thought that since he didn't believe in these things, there was no need to waste his words on him: "It's not early, go back to rest early."
"Okay." Lu Zhou sat down When he got into the car, Snowball immediately jumped out of his pocket, barking twice.
Lu Zhou rubbed its little head angrily: "You little guy can't hide in my pocket like this next time, you know."
Fortunately, this little guy is very good, and he doesn't seem to fall asleep all night. call.
Xueqiu shook his head. In Lu Zhou's eyes, this action was like saying "I don't know what you're talking about." Lu Zhou pinched its small ears amusingly.
Back at Li's house, Lu Zhou got out of the car and saw Lan Ruoran supporting the pale, dazed Li Nanyi out of another car.
He asked with concern: "Mom, what's wrong with Nanyi?"
Lan Ruoran saw Lu Zhou and said angrily, "It's not all your pretense..."
She didn't dare to say ghost words, for fear of scaring Li Nanyi again : "It's not the last time you scare Nanyi that made Nanyi become like this. If you scare her next time, I can't spare you."
Tonight, Li Nanyi suddenly called back crying and yelling that she was going to hell at school. She was so scared that she kept crying and asked her to pick her up. She had never seen her daughter like this before, so she hurriedly took someone to the school to pick her up.
On the way back, she comforted her for a long time before her daughter calmed down a little.
Lu Zhou: "..."
He used an infectious disease to frighten Li Nanyi. How could he be so frightened? That courage is too small, but the other party is just a little girl, so don't scare her again next time.
Seeing Li Nanyi's trembling, Lu Zhou also felt distressed, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I won't do it again next time."
Lan Ruoran snorted coldly and helped Li Nanyi leave. .
Lu Zhou wanted to go up to help, but he was afraid of scaring Li Nanyi, so he gave up and returned to Yangmen Courtyard.
At this moment, Li Nanxuan made a video call.
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Chapter 044 Am I Smart?
Lu Zhou happily opened the video chat: "Nanxuan."
The moment Li Nanxuan saw his partner, the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously. Seeing that his partner's smile was not as bright as before, he frowned and asked, "You encounter an unpleasant person. What's going on?"
Lu Zhou was stunned for a while, but he didn't expect Li Nanxuan to be so keen, and he could detect something wrong with him through the video, so he didn't hide it and said it: "I feel guilty now."
Li Nanxuan knew his sister, She will never lose her seven souls and six souls because of the contagion: "Don't blame yourself, there must be a misunderstanding, I think she is frightened by other things, I will call my mother and ask them later. ."
He guessed that Li Nanyi was most frightened by seeing a ghost. Given her age, it is time to know the other side of the Li family. If it was another member of the Li family, they would have been trained and taught since the age of three. The technique of Taoism has been delayed until now only because Li Nanyi can't see ghosts.
Lu Zhou nodded: "Okay."
Li Nanxuan changed the subject and asked, "I heard that you went to the exchange meeting held by Gongzilin tonight, are you still getting used to it? Did anyone bully you?"
"I will replace the Li family. Go, who dares to bully me, that is..." Lu Zhou said here, he couldn't help rolling his eyes: "There are too many secret words in the exchange meeting, I can't understand it, I have to guess what they are talking about."
Li Nanxuan Puzzled: "Code language? What code language?"
Lu Zhou repeated the events at the banquet.
"Hahaha—" After Li Nanxuan heard this, he smiled.
Thankfully, before he called, he still scolded Gong Zilin in his heart that he only held a Dharma realm exchange meeting, so that his partner could discover the existence of ghosts early, then he would lose a lot of fun in the future, but he didn't expect his partner to have nothing to do with him. The theory of ghosts and gods is so firm and strong, and the ability to supplement the brain is so strong, it is too funny to regard ghosts and ghosts as secret words.
Li Nanxuan once again thought that he was right for not telling the truth, at least he had more entertainment.
Lu Zhou wondered: "What's so funny?"
Li Nanxuan was afraid that he would become angry, so he stopped laughing and said, "It's nothing, nothing."
"What do they mean by the secret language?"
Li Nanxuan said with a smirk: "It's probably what you guessed."
"Really?" Believe it.
His ignorant appearance made Li Nanxuan really want to put someone under him and give him a good kiss. With this thought, he couldn't help but think of the picture of the two bathing together and Lu Zhou undressing in front of him that day. The heat rushed to the lower part of the abdomen, and there was a certain reaction in an instant.
He cursed in a low voice: "Damn it."
He couldn't stand it just thinking about it. If he did it, he would never be able to control himself to eat people into his stomach.
Seeing that his face was not very good, Lu Zhou hurriedly asked, "Nanxuan, are you okay?"
Li Nanxuan said in a hoarse voice, "It's okay."
Lu Zhou was worried: "If you are not feeling well, hurry up to rest, or find a doctor. Let's take a look at the military doctor."
"I'm really fine, let's continue."
Lu Zhou made sure that he was really not feeling well before continuing the topic: "At the banquet, I lied to Luo Guanzhu and the others, saying that I would say the prayers that day. Write it down and the process for them."
Li Nanxuan smiled and said, "Since you promised them, you must do it, but you don't have a real decision, how are you going to solve this?"
Lu Zhou said, "I plan to go online. Look up the Taoist scriptures, and find some sentences to adapt them into oral decrees and give them to them. At that time, if they can't stop the snow after reciting my oral decrees, they will shirk the matter to the reason that their Taoism is not advanced enough. I don't dare to say that the oral judgment is fake, hehe, am I very smart?"
"Well, I am very smart." Li Nanxuan's eyes flashed with doting, and then he thought about it and said, "You can ask Weng Lao and the others, they used to Uh, I used to be superstitious, and there will be research on this aspect, which should be able to teach you to write a good oral test."
"Okay, I'll find them tomorrow." Lu Zhou hadn't seen Li Nanxuan for a few days, his eyes were full of him, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't think it was enough, and unknowingly smirked at the person on the phone. .
The corners of Li Nanxuan's mouth twitched into a smile, and Ren Luzhou looked at him madly.
In the same way, he only sees Lu Zhou alone, and he misses Lu Zhou no less than Lu Zhou. However, there are too many affairs in the army, and he really can't leave, otherwise he will race back to Li's house immediately.
At this time, the door was knocked.
Li Nanxuan frowned, very displeased that someone interrupted their video call.
Lu Zhou knew that he had something to do, so he didn't bother him anymore. He reluctantly kissed the phone a few times and hung up.
Li Nanxuan let out a low laugh, seeing that the date on the phone was getting closer and closer to their wedding date, the loneliness on the corner of his mouth became a little bigger, and then he opened the door.
Outside Ke Zhen immediately stood up and saluted: "Report, Major."
"What's the matter?"
Ke Zhen said hesitantly, "Major, Miss Ge is still waiting for you to go out to see her outside the district army gate, do you want to go out? See you?"
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Chapter 045 If you can't get it, you will destroy it
Li Nanxuan's good mood was completely ruined by Ke Zhen's words, and he said with a sullen face, "She likes to wait, so let her wait."
He thought that Ge Xiangyi would slowly figure it out after he left that day, and he would let go of this They found another man to fall in love with and have a child again, but why didn't he think that Ge Xiangyi didn't give up, hid at home for a while and ran out to find him, and even ran outside the gate of the army to block him. She did this because she thought that he and Lu Zhou had not known each other for a long time, and the two did not have much affection, so she wanted to take advantage of his busy affairs in the army and not have time to get along with Lu Zhou, so as to take the opportunity to cultivate more feelings with him.
If he took into account the friendship of his friend and went out to meet her at this time, it would make it even more difficult for Ge Xiangyi to let him go.
Seeing that he was determined not to see anyone, Ke Zhen sighed silently, turned to leave, came to the gate, and said to Ge Xiangyi who was standing in the snow, "Miss Ge, Major Li doesn't want to see you, please come back."
Major Li has already registered for marriage, and it is impossible to be with other people.
Ge Xiangyi grabbed his sleeve excitedly and shouted, "If you tell him, I'll see him once.
It's good to see him once." The soldiers standing guard outside the gate couldn't help but glance at them.
Ke Zhen has been by Li Nanxuan's side for many years, and he has had a lot of contact with Ge Xiangyi. This is the first time he has seen her so rude: "Miss Ge, you understand the major's temperament, and what he decides will not change."
"It's okay if he doesn't see me, can you let him answer my call?"
Ke Zhen shook his head, tore off her hand, and turned back to the military area.
The driver who accompanied Ge Xiangyi over, persuaded in a good voice, "Miss, it's getting late now, and the weather is so cold, let's go back to rest first, and come back tomorrow."
Ge Xiangyi loudly retorted: "No, don't wait until Nanxuan . When I come out, I won't go back."
When Li Nanxuan asked her to be a witness, she used to think about giving up, but she liked Li Nanxuan for so many years, she couldn't let go if she wanted to, instead she wanted to get Li Nanxuan more and more during the period. .
She really regretted that she didn't take the initiative to pursue Li Nanxuan before, and she foolishly thought that as long as she silently followed Li Nanxuan, they would get together sooner or later, and she also confidently believed that she was better than any girl around Li Nanxuan. Okay, so I never worried that he would be taken away, but in the end Li Nanxuan married a man.
Suddenly, Ge Xiangyi's eyes darkened, and his body fell back.
"Miss—" The driver hurriedly stretched out his hand to help her, but someone hugged Ge Xiangyi's body faster than him. He stared blankly at the cold-looking man: "You..." The
man said in a low voice, "I am Major Li's comrade-in-arms, he asked me to take Miss Ge home." When Ge
Xiangyi heard the words "Major Li", he thought it was Li Nanxuan, and murmured, "Nanxuan, Nanxuan. ..." The
back of the man's hand touched Ge Xiangyi's hot forehead, he quickly picked her up and said, "She has a fever, we will take her to the hospital."
Ge Xiangyi has been standing in the snow for a day without eating or drinking No wonder it's not sick.
The driver did not suspect him, and hurriedly opened the door to let them in.
Although Ge Xiangyi was unconscious, she could feel that someone was holding her. She held on to her clothes tightly: "Nanxuan, don't go, don't go..." The
driver wanted the man to lie down in the back seat. That's fine, but when he saw that the man couldn't pull Ge Xiangyi's hand away, he had to give up and focus on driving.
The man glanced at the driver, curled his lips coldly, and whispered in the ear of the woman lying on his chest: "If you can't get it, then destroy it."
These words made Ge Xiangyi open his eyes like a curse . , As if being controlled, he stared at the man for a few seconds like dead water, and then closed his eyes again.
After she was sent to the hospital, the man left, as if he had never appeared.
46
Chapter 046 Please God
The next morning, Lu Zhou came out of the room and saw Elder Weng and the others practicing swordsmanship in the yard. He immediately walked over to talk about what happened last night, and then sincerely asked Elder Weng and the others to write a few oral judgments.
Weng Lao asked curiously, "Who asked you to come to us to write an oral judgment?"
"Nan Xuan asked me to come, and he said that you have research on this aspect."
Weng Lao smiled: "It turned out that it was Major Li who asked me to come here. You're here."
Wan Lao asked Lu Zhou, "Which Taoist temples are begging you for an oral judgment?"
Lu Zhou reported the Taoist temples of several temple masters who attended the banquet: "Daotian Temple, Xuantong Temple, The four masters of Zhenyuan Temple and Wanxian Temple."
Weng Lao looked at Lao Wan, who nodded.
Old Weng took out five ancient books from his wide sleeves and gave them to Lu Zhou: "The top one is the Mysterious Ice Technique, which teaches the prayers to the gods for the snow and the snow to stop. I won't say more, you can give them They see, they will understand naturally. The other four books that record Fulu, Footwork, Formation and Hand Jutsu, you bring them together. If they can practice the mysterious ice technique, the old man will give them other Dao techniques. Books."
"Thank you Weng Lao." Lu Zhou didn't read the contents of the book, and kept his eyes on Weng Lao's sleeves.
Weng Lao spread his hands and looked at himself, wondering: "What are you looking at?"
Lu Zhou looked curious: "I just wonder how you can fit so many books in your sleeves? You put these books in your sleeves every day. How do you keep them from falling out?"
I saw Old Weng take a sword and fight with Old Wan before, and I didn't see Shu Cun falling down. Isn't it because Old Man Wan tied the book to his arm as a weight to exercise Own?
Weng Lao was stunned for a while, and smiled at Wan Lao: "If the old man said that not only can he fit so many books in his sleeves, but also a house as big as Li's house, would you believe it?"
Of course Lu Zhou didn't believe it.
Old Weng didn't explain too much to him, and urged him to quickly hand over the book to Luo Guanzhu and the others.
Lu Zhou hesitated: "Old Weng, do you cherish these books very much, do you want to wait for them to read them and then bring them back to you, or I will take them and make copies and return them?"
"No, no, the old man has already All the contents of the book are stored in your mind, you can cherish them well and leave it to the younger generation."
Lu Zhou smiled: "Okay, thanks again to Weng Lao." After
he left, Wan Lao asked Weng Lao: "You What do you think about the Taoist temple outside?"
Weng Lao sighed: "When I went out last time, I was very disappointed with the Taoist temple and other temples, just like the current Taoist temple, the Taoism is not as good as we used to be. The five-year-old disciples are tall. But I can't blame them. Now the spiritual energy outside is thin, and many Taoist techniques have been lost. As a result, the current generation of Taoist priests is not as good as the next generation."
Wan Lao said: "Then your book must be of great help to them."
"I hope so."
Lu Zhou handed the book to the guards and asked them to send the book to Daotian Temple. By the way, he asked the guard about Li Nanyi's situation. It turned out that Li Nanyi would be scared when he saw a ghost at school. As if he had lost his soul, he is now lying ill and resting in bed.
Lu Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, it wasn't because he was scared to get sick. Then, after a while, it was funny, there are no ghosts in this world at all, and the ghosts Li Nanyi saw were 100% of her classmates pretending to be ghosts to play tricks on Li Nanyi , Now the teenage children are at the age of playfulness, and it is normal to do such a thing, but Li Nanyi's courage is too small, so she was scared and fell ill.
However, this incident also reminded him that he should have a good relationship with Lan Ruoran and the others. After all, they are Li Nanxuan's relatives, and they are also the people he wants to get along with for the rest of his life. The opinions of him are getting bigger and bigger, and it is also embarrassing for his partner.
But how to change their impression of themselves?
After thinking about it, Lu Zhou still thought it was better to buy gifts first, so he asked the housekeeper what Lan Ruoran and Li Nanyi liked, and then searched online, but there were many kinds of things on the Internet. I don't know, I really don't know which model or brand to choose, and finally he decided to use the stupidest method.
He hooked his lips: "It's time for the Lu family to show their wealth."
As long as it's a big brand, buy it.
As long as it is expensive, buy it.
Limited editions of various brands, buy.
Most bought and most recommended things, buy,
best looking, buy, buy, buy.
He bought them all, so he didn't believe that there was nothing that couldn't make Lan Ruoran and the others happy.
When he bought the last gift, suddenly the phone rang, and the words Luo Guanzhu were displayed on it.
Lu Zhou pressed to hear it, and then, Guanzhu Luo and other Guanzhu appeared in front of him.
Luo Guanzhu held the books that recorded various records, and said to him with great excitement: "Mr. Lu, these books are all lost, lost, lost, lost, lost, lost, lost...
" I didn't hear the words behind, and the people in the screen were always doing that.
Lu Zhou frowned: "The screen is stuck?"
Luo Guan saw that he was going to hang up the phone, and quickly said, "No, no, no..."
They were just asking Lu Zhou for advice and praying for God to stop the snow, but Lu Zhou actually gave it to him. Their five long-lost ancient books recorded a large number of formations, talismans, footwork and hand martial arts, which greatly improved the strength of their Taoist temples.
So he was just so excited that he couldn't even express his words clearly.
The other viewers behind him were in the same mood as him, too excited to express their feelings in words, each holding a book with trembling hands: "Yes, it's true, it's true, it's lost, it's been lost for a long time. ancient books..."
The Taoist priests looked at the ancient books, and tears of excitement flashed in the corners of their eyes.
Lu Zhou: "..."
Ancient books? Very old book?
Isn't that expensive?
Elder Weng just gave him the book, is it really okay?
Luo Guanzhu was at a loss for words. He wished he could dig into the ancient books and keep all the content in his mind, so he gave the mobile phone to the disciple around him, and the disciple spoke on his behalf.
"Hello, Mr. Lu, I am Wuwei, a direct disciple of Guanzhu. Thank you for your selflessness, and you donated such precious books to us for our study. Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. If you need anything in the future, we will be used. Even though you are instructed, we will do our best to help you." Daoist Wuwei was also very excited, but not exaggerated by Luo Guanzhu and the others.
Lu Zhou waved his hand: "These books are also asked by others, so you don't have to be so polite. By the way, in two days, my people will bring the idols to your Taoist temple to consecrate them, and then I will trouble you."
"No trouble, no trouble, We will definitely treat them well, and arrange time to consecrate the statue as soon as possible."
Wuwei looked at Lu Zhou with more and more admiration, and he almost knelt down before approving.
Lu Zhou felt that this look was very bad. He was afraid that he would hear the other party praise him for his proficiency. He quickly hung up the phone. I haven't told them about the Taoism books, but there is no magic in this world, and it is impossible for people in Taoism to practice it.
Five days later, Pan Mo and Pan Shi returned to Li's house with three consecrated statues. They were the God of Wealth, Lord Kitchen, and Granny Kitchen. The statues were only one foot high and very portable. Can lift them off the car.
Although Lu Zhou didn't believe in ghosts and gods, he still had to act as if he was full. He ordered his servants to place offerings to the gods outside the gate of Li's house. He then held three sticks of incense, and the guards at the gate knelt down three times to invite the three god statues to him. In the courtyard of the Li family, when he put the incense in the incense burner, a gust of wind suddenly blew, and the incense on the altar burned more vigorously than before.
Lu Zhou didn't notice this scene, but the housekeeper and Bi Mengdan who came to watch saw it, and quickly reported the matter to the marshal's wife and Li Nanxuan's second uncle.
The marshal's wife and the second aunt hurried to the compound with everyone in the Li family, and saw the golden light of the kitchen king's grandma who had been brought back three statues, and hurriedly led the crowd to kneel and worship: "I will not give up, welcome the kitchen king. Grandma is coming to the Li family compound..."
Lu Zhou saw the people in the courtyard kneeling down, and saw the marshal's wife talking to the god statue, with a very serious and respectful expression.
He was embarrassed to stand again, and also knelt down to the ground.
The housekeeper on the side urged in a low voice, "Young Master Lu, please bring Grandma Kitchen King and the others in."
Lu Zhou stood up again and entered the Yangmen Courtyard together with Pan Mo and Pan Shi who were carrying the three statues.
The others stood up only then, but it was inconvenient to go in with them, so they stayed outside.
Beside her mother-in-law, Bi Mengdan said with a look of disbelief: "Lu Zhou can actually invite a real god..."
There were also kitchen kings and grandma kitchen kings who had opened up in their courtyard, but there was only a weak and imperceptible divine power in the statue. Moreover, it is the power that they have been worshipped for many years, not like the real gods living in the statues invited by Lu Zhou.
The second aunt suppressed the shock in her heart, soothed her daughter-in-law and said, "Don't worry, yes, maybe this is just a coincidence, or we may have made a mistake."
She didn't believe that Lu Zhou had such a great ability to invite the real god. to their house.
The marshal's wife glanced at them and ordered the others to leave with a smile.
In the Yangmen courtyard, Lu Zhou was relieved to see that Mrs. Marshal and the others did not follow up: "The Li family really respects the gods, but they just bought three statues and came back with such a big fight."
Pan Mo and Pan Shi were also relaxed . After taking a sigh of relief, I no longer felt restrained. Then they saw a large group of people in ancient costumes standing in the courtyard. They were stunned: "Master, why are there so many people in Yangmenyuan?"
And they are all dressed in ancient costumes, which is too strange.
Lu Zhou has already seen the strangeness: "Don't worry about them, you put the God of Wealth in the hall first, and then put the Kitchen King and Grandma Kitchen King in the kitchen, I have already made a shrine, you just need to respectfully put the idol in it and then light three incense sticks to worship. Just worship."
"Okay." Pan Mo and Pan Shi put the statues of the Kitchen King and his grandmother outside the hall door, and then carefully carried the statue of the God of Wealth into the hall.
Immediately afterwards, a woman appeared out of nowhere, ran quickly in front of Lu Zhou, and hugged Lao Zao excitedly: "Brother..."
"Amei..." Lao Zao also hugged each other tightly: " Amei, it's really you, how did you come in, do you know that after you come in, you may not be able to get out."
Amei looked at Lu Zhou and said, "I miss you so much, and then When I saw this little brother begging God, I wanted to try if I could sneak in, but I didn't expect to be brought in, brother, I thought I would never see you again, woo woo..."
She It was because she felt that Lu Zhou was different from ordinary people and decided to hide in the statue of Grandma Kitchen King. Otherwise, with the barrier of Yangmen Courtyard, she would not be able to break in at all.
"I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine." "Brother, I miss you so much
."
"Me too, Amei, I miss you every day."
"Brother..."
"Amei..."
"Age..."
"Amei..."
"Stop, stop, stop..." Lu Zhou listened to them sip one sister and then one brother, he couldn't help rolling his eyes, he couldn't stand the interruption They: "Please consider our feelings, as well as the feelings of the previous two kitchen kings and kitchen king grandma, don't throw dog food in front of us, okay?"
Seeing them being so affectionate, he also misses his partner. .
"..." Lao Zao and Amei looked at the statue silently, and then at Lu Zhou, they really wanted to tell him that they didn't mind showing their affection in front of their idol at all.
Others thought Lu Zhou was too funny and laughed out loud.
47
Chapter 047 Doll
When the statues of Lord Kitchen and Grandma Kitchen were placed in the shrine in the kitchen, Lu Zhou finally breathed a sigh of relief. Today, the Li family's gesture of welcoming the gods shows that Laozao's method is right, so he doesn't need to worry about the sacrifices later. As long as you move things step by step, you will not go wrong. Lu Zhou put three-pillar incense on the kitchen king and the kitchen king's grandmother, turned his head and said to
Amei who was standing outside, "You said that you came in with us?"
Everyone in the family was called to the compound to kneel down to greet them, and even the gate guard was called into the compound. It was very easy to get in at that time, as long as they pretended to be the people who brought back the statue with Panmo and the others, the others would also I won't ask much, and everyone was kowtowing and kneeling at the time. Where did he notice that other people sneaked in, and even he didn't notice that Amei was sneaking into the Li's compound behind him.
The sister nodded.
"Next time, you can't do this again. If you want to come in, let the guards tell you."
Amei opened her mouth to explain, but Lao Zao pulled the corner of her clothes, motioning her not to say more, then Lao Zao smiled: " She won't do it again in the future."
Lu Zhou nodded, no longer disturbing their love, and came to the front yard and said to Pan Shi and the others who were playing with Snowball: "I'll go to the Courtyard Courtyard."
Before they came back at the end of Pan, He has checked the order, and all the gifts bought online have been signed by Lan Ruoran and the others, so it should be time for him to go to Tingwan Xiaoyuan to see Li Nanyi's condition.
Since Li Nanyi was frightened and fell ill, she has not gone to school. She lies in bed every day and stays at home. Lan Ruoran is very distressed for her daughter, so she asks the school for a long vacation. Anyway, there are only a few days before the New Year's vacation, waiting for the final exam. When I send my daughter to school.
Li Nanyi looked sick every day, and she was not interested in opening the gift immediately after receiving it.
Lan Ruoran couldn't stand it anymore, so she picked up a big package with Li Nanyi's name on it to make her happy: "Xiaoyi, shall we unpack the gifts together?"
Li Nanyi nodded, but not very interested.
Lan Ruo found the scissors to open the package, then froze for a moment, then smiled happily: "Xiaoyi, guess what gift is in here?"
Li Nanyi asked weakly, "What is it?"
Lan Ruoran gave it to her Hint: "It was the most wanted gift for your birthday last year."
Li Nanyi's eyes flashed with confusion. The gift she wanted last year was the latest ball-jointed humanoid male doll launched by the Angel Company of H country.
The so-called ball joint humanoid doll is that the joints of this type of doll are linked by spherical parts. It is because of such a special structure that the doll can show more vivid movements and postures. The new male doll launched by Angel has a height that is one to one with a real person. Both the appearance and the clothes are very delicate, and they are made of expensive materials. The clothes are also designed by famous designers. It is loved by many people, so its cost is very high, which is why people in the family are reluctant to spend money to buy dolls as birthday gifts for Li Nanyi. Of course, it's not that the Li family can't afford it, but that the family style is strict, and it is forbidden for the juniors of the Li family to learn to buy luxury goods at a young age before they can make money.
At that time, she was very disappointed that she didn't receive the ball-joint doll, but she also understood the intention of her family. Then, her birthday wish that day was to make a lot of money by herself and buy herself a house of ball-joint dolls, but she didn't expect it. It hasn't been a year since the incident, and this doll, which she had been remembering for more than half a year, was brought to her.
The moment Li Nanyi saw the doll, she finally showed a smile that she hadn't seen for a long time. She jumped on the doll happily: "It's King Fu, it's my King Fu."
King Fu is the name given to the male doll by the Angel Company. The shape is based on the ancient costume characters of Huaguo games, and the clothes on the body are embroidered with genuine and fake gold thread, which is very noble and elegant. Seeing her daughter's smile ,
Lan Ruoran finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a smile, "Would you like to take a look at other gifts?
"
The sound was so loud that it could be heard outside the room, causing the guards who were patrolling outside to look at it.
Most of the gifts Lu Zhou gave were dolls with ball joints, but the size was not as big as King Fu, only about forty centimeters. Each one was very delicate and beautiful, and the cost was the most expensive. Li Nanyi couldn't put it down, hell. Everything was left behind by her.
Lan Ruoran was very surprised that Lu Zhou was so generous. The gifts for her daughter alone exceeded tens of millions, plus the various brand-name bags and various skin care products for her, at least Lu Zhou five With more than 10 million dollars, I have to sigh that the people of the Lu family are indeed rich and powerful, and they spend so much money without blinking an eye.
At this time, the guard came to report: "Madam, Young Master Lu is here to visit Miss."
Lan Ruoyi wanted to let her show off all kinds of brand-name bags for a year, so she let the guard let Lu Zhou in without any hesitation.
48
048 Doll 2
Lu Zhou entered the room and saw Li Nanyi hugging a man madly kissing. I have to say that the doll looks very delicate. If there is such a person in reality, he is definitely the most beautiful man in the world.
The only thing that made him dissatisfied was that a doll was worth more than a human life.
Li Nanyi knew that the gifts were all given to her by Lu Zhou. When she saw Lu Zhou coming in, she awkwardly said, "You are here."
Seeing King Fu's face, she had already given Lu Zhou to her. I didn't hate it so much, I even had a crush on Lu Zhou.
Lu Zhou smiled at Li Nanyi, and then called to Lan Ruoran: "Mom."
Lan Ruoran nodded lukewarmly. She still couldn't like Lu Zhou, but she didn't dislike it either. She got up. He said to Lu Zhou, "You are here with Xiaoyi, and I will go back to the room to rest."
In order to take care of Li Nanyi, she has not slept well in the past few days. She is often woken up by Li Nanyi in the middle of the night, and now her eyes are darkened. eye socket.
"Okay." After Lan Ruoran left, Lu Zhou asked Li Nanyi with a smile, "Do you like the gift I gave?"
Li Nanyi said happily, "I like it, I like it a lot."
" Just like it. , in the future, if the Angel Company releases new products, I will buy new ones for you." Lu Zhou hooked his lips, the little girl is still easy to buy, I believe that in the near future, she will think that he is the best match for her eldest brother. people.
"Thank you." Li Nanyi hugged the boy doll and kissed her excitedly.
Lu Zhou laughed, and then found that there was a touch of ruddy on the boy's face, and it seemed that his expression had also changed, becoming a little shy.
He blinked and looked at the boy doll, as if it was just his illusion, and the boy's expression did not change.
In order to have a good relationship with Li Nanyi, Lu Zhou sat on the chair beside the bed and chatted with her about her favorite topic: "I remember it's called King Fu, right?"
"Yes, it's my favorite doll among all human-shaped dolls." Li Nanyi lowered her head and thought for a while, "because it looks like a playmate of mine when I was young."
"Playmate? What about your little one? The playmate must be very beautiful." Lu Zhou looked at King Fu who looked like an adult man, and through it, imagined the appearance of Li Nanyi's playmate.
Suddenly, the boy's eyeballs turned.
Lu Zhou was stunned for a while, but his expression soon returned to normal. Nowadays, many dolls' eyes move, so it's not surprising.
"Well, since I was in the first grade of elementary school, he has been by my side and played with me. We have a good relationship, but when he was in the sixth grade, he disappeared." Li Nanyi rubbed his face sadly. He rubbed against the boy's chest, looking like he was about to cry.
Lu Zhou asked cautiously, "It's gone? Why is it gone?"
Li Nanyi didn't speak.
Lu Zhou asked again: "Then have you asked your eldest brother and the others to find him?"
Li Nanyi said in a hoarse voice, "Yes, eldest brother and the others said that he went to a far away place."
Usually adults tell their children who has gone very far. Far away, it generally means that people have died.
But Li Nanyi didn't understand it before, thinking that the little boy didn't want her anymore, she cried very sadly at that time, only later did she know what it meant to go far away.
At this time, the boy doll didn't seem to bear Li Nanyi's sadness, so he lowered his eyelids and looked at the person in his arms.
Seeing this, Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows. As expected of a doll he paid a lot of money for, he even drooped his eyelids and made it as vivid as the real thing.
The atmosphere in the room was a little sad, and Lu Zhou quickly changed the subject to distract Li Nanyi: "I bought a lot of dolls, how about we take them out and arrange them together?"
Li Nanyi has been lying on the bed for several God, I also wanted to move my body and bones, so I nodded in agreement.
While taking out the doll, Lu Zhou chatted with Li Nanyi, and learned that she needed a teacher to teach her homework during her leave, so he volunteered to recommend himself to teach her homework until she finished the exam.
During the next make-up time, the relationship between the two has been developing in a friendly direction, and Li Nanyi's impression of him is getting better and better, especially after Lu Zhou showed his talent as a scholar in front of her, he was like Lu Zhou. Worship as an idol.
The middle school holiday is January 25th. On the third day of Li Nanyi's holiday, the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the day of offering sacrifices to the kitchen god, finally ushered in.
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Chapter 049 I'm Not Human
On the early morning of the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, Lu Zhou and Panmo got up to prepare offerings to the Kitchen God. At three o'clock in the afternoon, they moved the offerings to the door of the kitchen in the backyard for worship.
Weng Lao and Lao Zao ran to the backyard to watch, and saw that the moment Lu Zhou inserted the three-pillar incense into the incense burner, a golden light strung out from his body and flew into Lao Zao and Amei's bodies. I felt a qualitative leap in divine power.
The two were stunned and looked at each other. The golden light just now came from the belief of the believers. This belief can enhance their divine power. Although Lu Zhou did not believe in ghosts and gods, he was very pious when worshiping gods. What surprised them the most was that Lu Zhou's belief alone is comparable to hundreds of millions of believers, and his strength is extremely powerful.
Others also looked at Laozao and them in surprise, and then everyone found that Laozao had become much younger, his fat body had lost a small circle, and short hair roots appeared on his bare head, indicating that Laozao had recovered. part of divine power.
Amei was so excited that her eyes turned red: "Brother..."
Laozao was very happy. Since being sealed here, his divine power has been reduced by more than half. Like a mortal, he gradually grows old, his hair falls out bit by bit, and if it goes on for a long time, he will disappear from this world sooner or later.
Old Weng said: "This small continent is really unusual."
Lu Zhou, who was about to take the red paper to pay homage to the Kitchen God, didn't know what was going on on their side, so he respectfully picked up the red paper to be distributed to each courtyard and worshipped the Kitchen God. I prayed, with the words of prayer in my mouth: "The kitchen king and the kitchen king grandma are here. Today is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. On behalf of the Li family, I, Lu Zhou, will give you a small New Year's greetings, I hope..."
Lao Zao heard His prayer immediately raised his hand to give the red paper the power of blessing.
"Brother, you just recovered some mana, so let me do it." Amei raised her hand and pointed at the red paper in Lu Zhou's hand. A golden light flew into the red paper, and the red paper fluttered a few times.
Lu Zhou and the others were all focused on Kitchen King and Grandma Kitchen King, but didn't notice the golden light shining from the red paper.
After praying, he asked Pan Mo and Pan Shi to distribute the red paper to the people from other courtyards, and then looked at Lao Zao who was standing not far away, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Lao Zao, you are very uncomfortable today. It's the same, love can really nourish a person, during this period of time you have lost a lot of weight, your hair has grown back, and people have become much younger."
Lao Zao smiled: "Thank you, thank you Ah."
Behind Lao Bai squeezed the old stove away, grabbed Lu Zhou's arm excitedly: "Xiaozhou, please take care of him."
Lu Zhou: "..."
Weng Lao and the others laughed: "Old Bai sees the old stove recovering. Divine power, I can't sit still."
"As long as you take care of me, I will be responsible for your future safety. My ability is tens of millions of times stronger than this stupid dog, and I can definitely protect you." Lu Zhou said with a trembling snowball on his heel.
Snowball: "..."
It was too weak to refute it.
The corner of Lu Zhou's mouth twitched: "Are you really better than a dog alone?"
Lao Bai said, "I'm not a human..."
He is the white tiger among the four great beasts.
Lu Zhou laughed angrily.
Someone shouted: "I also ask for support."
Others also shouted: "Please support, ask for support..."
Weng Lao and Wan Lao, they also joined the others and shouted together.
Lu Zhou was ashamed: "I can take care of you, but it depends on your performance. Tomorrow is the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. If you can clean up the Yangmen Courtyard, I will consider taking care of you." The
crowd replied: "no problem."
50
Chapter 050
Before dinner that day, people in each hospital received the red paper sent by Lu Zhou. Everyone saw that the red paper was full of divine protection and blessings, and they were speechless for a long time. The great love of this year's red paper is hundreds of times stronger than the divine power in any previous year. When receiving the red paper, everyone showed a sense of awe.
After Pan Mo and the others left, Bi Mengdan quietly glanced at her mother-in-law's face, and saw that her hands were shaking with anger, and she obediently closed her mouth and said nothing.
The second uncle snorted coldly, "This kid Lu Zhou is quite capable."
The divine power in the red paper is actually stronger than the divine power in the statues enshrined in their kitchen.
Bi Mengdan took the opportunity to speak up: "Mom, Lu Zhou has done a better job than us in offering sacrifices to the kitchen god, so there shouldn't be any problem with worshipping ancestors. If he does all of it, wouldn't we be responsible for the sacrifices in the future?
" My uncle handed the red paper to the servants to paste it in the kitchen, and then sneered: "Do you think it is so easy to worship ancestors? You don't think about how much labor we spent to invite the ancestors of the Li family when we worshiped our ancestors in previous years. It's impossible for Lu Zhou to come back alone."
"The ancestor worship is on New Year's Eve. Nanxuan has already returned from vacation, so he will definitely help Lu Zhou."
"This is the first year that Lu Zhou took over the Li family. , Nanxuan definitely wants his partner to behave well, and he won't help unless he has to." The second aunt still has some understanding of Li Nanxuan: "Even if Lu Zhou settles the sacrifice to the ancestors. So what's the matter, at most we don't need to worry about so many things in the future, it's good to have some leisure time, then it will be the other hospital's turn to worry, we'll just wait and watch the play."
They lost the head of the hospital . Sacrifices and financial affairs, in the future, their compound will have a lot less income under Xu's privates. It's no wonder that Bi Mengdan is not in a hurry, but when she heard what her mother-in-law said behind her, she couldn't help but smile: "It is estimated that four aunts are better than us now. More anxious, after all, their courtyard is responsible for leading the Li family to hunt down ghosts and seal demons. I don't know how much income they falsely report on weekdays. After a year, they earn the most from their courtyard. If this matter is taken back, they will definitely cry. die."
Now, she can't wait for the marshal's wife to take back the right to catch ghosts and seal ghosts in the next courtyard, to see if the concubine in the next courtyard still has the money to show her all kinds of brand-name bags and clothes.
The second uncle sneered.
The fourth brother-in-law next door valued rights more than her, and even if she didn't do anything, Lu Zhou would have to suffer from it.
As soon as the day of offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God is over, the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month is the dust-sweeping day, a day for cleaning and replacing the old with the new.
Before dawn, Lu Zhou was awakened by urination. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the roof was gone, and the surrounding walls were also gone. The sky was snowing heavily. He suddenly woke up, sat up quickly and widened his eyes again. At first glance, the roof is still there, and the wall is still there. The scene just now seems to be just an illusion.
"I'll go." He rubbed his face. He must have misunderstood when he just woke up. He was really startled, and he thought someone threw him outside when he was asleep.
After Lu Zhou relieved his hand, he continued to come back to sleep, and did not get up to wash and dress until dawn when there was a noise outside.
When he walked out of the room and saw the new look outside the house, he was so surprised that he couldn't speak. For a moment, he thought he had gone to the wrong yard.
"This, this is Yangmen Courtyard?"
Lu Zhou looked around in disbelief.
The snow in the yard has been swept away, the roof, walls, pillars and doors and windows have been renovated, as if the house had been rebuilt as if it were brand new, and even the marble surrounding the flowerbeds had been replaced.
Weng Lao, who was mentioning the words on the plaque, saw Lu Zhou coming out, and immediately greeted him: "Xiaozhou, good morning."
Lu Zhou nodded blankly: "Morning."
Lao Bai, who was laying tiles on the roof, asked with a smile Said: "Xiaozhou, are you satisfied with our cleaning?"
"I feel like I have moved into a new home." Lu Zhou walked to the center of the compound in surprise and looked at the house: "How did you do it overnight? Did you renovate the Yangmen Courtyard?"
He just jokingly asked them to clean the house yesterday, but he didn't expect them to take it seriously and renovated the old yard.
Old Bai laughed and jumped off the roof.
Lu Zhou hurriedly shouted: "Be careful, you will break your leg if you jump from such a high height."
"It's okay, it's okay." Old Bai walked in front of Lu Zhou, pointed at the house, and said, "Look at the tile of the house. The pieces and blue bricks were all hard-earned by us from the Ten Halls of the Underworld, and they were refurbished to cover them. You don't know how ruthless the evil spirits sealed in the underworld are. Tiles and blue bricks, and in the future, there will be tiles and blue bricks from the Hall of Kings of Hell, just like the Hall of Yan Luo in the world. The ghosts and ghosts outside will never dare to approach Yangmenyuan for half a step, but there are originally Buddha soil and enchantment protection here, other monsters and ghosts. I can't get in."
"..." Lu Zhou looked at him speechlessly, this man was talking crazy again.
Lao Bai pointed to the red paint on the doors and windows again: "This is red paint boiled with the juice of Huangquan flowers, and then painted on the doors and windows, I didn't expect the effect to be very good."
Lu Zhou: "..."
"Also There is this stone garden surrounding the garden, and it was cut from the stones we brought from the Bad Dog Ridge in the underworld." Lao Bai sighed, "We can't leave here, we can only bring things up from the underworld, and you will live there soon. Come on, in fact, it is a great honor to live in a house made of tiles and bricks from the Hall of Kings of Hell, ordinary people can't live there."
Lu Zhou was unable to complain, and patted Lao Bai on the shoulder: "Can I introduce you to a hospital?"
"Hospital?"
"Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, this hospital is quite good for treating mental illness."
Old Bai: "..." The
others laughed.
Old Weng put down the brush in his hand and said, "Xiaozhou, don't pay attention to what he said, we just renovated the house, how is it? Are you satisfied?"
Lu Zhou naturally saw that not only the renovation was so simple, but the tiles, stone bricks and paint had all been replaced: "Satisfied, very satisfied, thank you for your hard work, get up early in the morning to help clean the Yangmen Courtyard, if you need anything in the future Come to me wherever I help."
When he and Li Nanxuan get married, there is no need to renovate the house.
Lao Bai pushed him towards the door: "You go to the next yard for breakfast first, and then come back when we clean the room."
Lu Zhou was busy with other things, so he didn't greet them, and said to them again. Thank you for leaving.
There are still seven days before the Chinese New Year. Everyone is preparing gifts for their relatives and friends. While busy, the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month is unknowingly ushered in. This day is the day for everyone in the Li family to go home, unless There is no holiday, otherwise, everyone in the army will return to Li's house the night before New Year's Eve.
Lu Zhou knew that Li Nanxuan would not be back until the morning of New Year's Eve, so he went back to his room to sleep early without waiting for him.
On the morning of New Year's Eve, before dawn, he crawled over to prepare things for ancestor worship.
There is a large ancestral hall in the north of the Li family compound, which enshrines the ancestors of the Li family.
Before everyone came to the ancestral hall, Lu Zhou asked the servants to put all the offerings on the offering table.
At 7:30, the people of the Li family came to the square outside the gate of the ancestral hall one after another to wait. The first to arrive was the marshal and his wife, and they followed Lan Ruoran, Li Nanyi and Lu Zhou who had never seen each other. of three men.
According to the introduction of the marshal's wife, two of the young men are Li Nanxuan's second brother Li Nanhao and third brother Li Nange. They look more like Lan Ruoran, their handsome and gentle faces are yet sharp, and they are full of capable aura. The young man is Li Nanxuan's father, Li Zhenzhao. He looks a bit similar to Li Nanxuan, his attitude is very gentle, and his attitude towards Lu Zhou is also very friendly. He doesn't mind his eldest son marrying a man at all.
"Xiaozhou, I heard that you have already taken over the affairs of the Li family. You have worked so hard for you during this time. In the future, the affairs of the Li family will be handled by you. You can call your mother or call us, we will settle it for you, but don't make yourself wrong, you know?"
"Yes, thank you dad for your concern." Lu Zhou was very surprised that Li Zhenzhao would accept the marriage of his son and a man. .
Li Zhenzhao was very satisfied with Lu Zhou, patted Lu Zhou on the shoulder and continued: "You and Nan Xuan have been registered for marriage for more than a month, and we haven't met your family yet, so I think on the fourth day of the new year, I will invite you My family came to Li's house for dinner, I wonder if they are free?"
Lu Zhou said, "I'll go back and ask them tonight, and I'll answer you tomorrow, okay?"
Although he and Li Nanxuan had already registered their marriage, there was no banquet yet. , so this year, we still have to go back to Lu's house for Chinese New Year.
"Okay."
While they were talking, Li Nanhao and Li Nange looked at Lu Zhou quietly, and then whispered, "When the third uncle predicted that he would marry a man after the eldest brother, he really married a man."
Standing beside them The marshal slapped them on the back: "You two stinky brats are really impolite to whisper in front of everyone."
Li Nanhao and Li Nange smiled awkwardly.
"Hurry up and call someone." The marshal snorted coldly, motioning them to call Lu Zhou quickly.
Li Nanhao and Li Nange immediately stood up straight and called to Lu Zhou, "Sister-in-law."
In fact, they called it that way on purpose, just to make a joke to tease Lu Zhou and bring them closer.
Everyone: "..."
Lu Zhou's mouth twitched.
Li Nanyi burst out with a smile: "sister-in-law..."
It feels so strange for a man to be called sister-in-law.
Lu Zhou also thought it was weird, so he quickly said, "Just call me Xiaozhou."
"This..." Li Nanhao and Li Nange looked at each other, no matter what, Lu Zhou was their elder brother's partner, so it seemed inappropriate to be called Xiaozhou.
The marshal's wife smiled and said, "My brother." Lu
Nanhao and Li Nange obediently called out, "Brother."
Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly.
Seeing that everyone was close to Lu Zhou, Lan Ruoran sighed silently. At this moment, she also accepted the marriage of her eldest son and a man. Besides, it was done, and she couldn't change anything.
At eight o'clock, the rest of the Li family came to the ancestral hall one after another.