Yuan Xianger showed Nanhe the clothes she bought one by one,
"This is a mid-shirt, wear it inside, this is a robe, wear it outside. This is called waist protection, which is very popular recently. This is... "
Yuan Xiang'er picked up a small piece of soft fabric that I didn't know when it got in. It took a long time to realize what it was, and she coughed awkwardly, "Forget it, it shouldn't matter if you don't wear it."
"These clothes are for you when you are in human form. During the time when I am away, if you come back, sleep in my room, which is the warmest place. If you are hungry, go to the mistress and she will give you something. Eat." Yuan Xiang'er sat on the edge of the kang and neatly folded the inner and outer clothes, and explained in her mouth.
Wu Yuan is his own apostle, and Jin Yu lives at home, but Nan He can only be regarded as a guest friend, and he still needs to get through his own separation period. However, she still raised her head and looked at Nan He quietly several times, hoping that he would say that he wanted to go out together and have a look, so that she could push the boat and pull him along.
Unfortunately, Nan He just squatted in front of him, always looking down at her folding clothes. This little wolf was very silent at first, but today it became a gourd with a saw-mouthed mouth, pursing his lips tightly without saying a word.
Yuan Xianger had to sigh, and explained various matters again and again. She didn't know why she became so long-winded. In the last life, she often entrusted her friends at home to others when she was on business trips, and it seemed that she did not have such reluctance.
At that time, the home was empty, and the only thing I could miss was three cats and two dogs. It's not like now that my heart is full of happiness concerns.
"Jin Yu, when I'm not at home, please help guard the yard and take good care of the mistress." Yuan Xianger came under the banyan tree and knocked on the roof of the wooden house. Jin Yu didn't like changing the new environment and was going to stay at home.
The door of the wooden house opened, and a pair of small hands stretched out from inside, holding a few fluffy feathers in their palms.
"this is?"
"Jie... tie." A stammering voice came from the room.
"Jin Yu? You mean, are you willing to be my apostle?" Yuan Xiang'er was surprised and delighted.
Even after a long time has passed, Yuan Xianger still remembers the surprise and happiness at that moment.
She stretched out her hands, preciously caught the feathers entrusted to her by the small hands, drew the circle of the contract apostles, and placed the feathers on the circle.
This really made her caring and warm, and she had an apostle at home. From now on, even if she was far away, she could receive messages from Jin Yu, and she could know the news of her family at any time without worrying too much.
At this moment, far away in the Kagura Palace in Kyoto.
The mage, who was blindfolded and closed his vision, raised his head, "We formed a bond so soon, the formation is still so natural, and there is no resentment. Who is it? It's really interesting."
"Haohan." He whispered a name.
A man with horns on his head appeared out of nowhere and knelt down in front of him. The man's long black and thick hair was dragging on the smooth floor tiles, and countless strange red runes were drawn on his scarlet upper body. His voice was low and magnetic, "Master. What's the call?"
The sitting mage turned his blindfolded face to his apostle,
"Haohan, I remember getting you, but it took me a lot of effort."
"Yes, I fought against my master for three days and three nights in Beihai, but in the end I lost to my master's supernatural powers."
"At that time, you clearly exhausted your mana, and you were covered in injuries, but you still refused to give in. In the end, I had to use the Three Emperor Seals to press you on the magic circle, and then I barely succeeded in forming a contract." Fingers, holding up the jaws of the strong demon, "Now, if I release your restraint, will you be willing to be my apostle?"
The demon's eyes were erect, and there were dark flowers flowing in them, "Master, I don't want to deceive you."
"Hmph, it's something unkind." The mage let go of his hand in disappointment and leaned back in the seat lazily, "I don't know whose child that child is, I really hope she can come to us sooner. ."
However, Yuan Xianger said goodbye to everyone in the family. Under Zhou Deyun's careful arrangement, he first took a carriage to Chenzhou, which belongs to Queqiu Town, and then changed the waterway from Chenzhou, and took a merchant ship eastward along the Yuanshui River. It took two days and nights to reach the vastness of Yanbo. Dongting Lake.
Dingzhou City, where Zhou Deyun's family lived, is located in the main road of the water conservancy and transportation hub. The town is lively and the market is prosperous.
Yuan Xianger was walking all the way in the soft sedan chair, and saw that the road was crowded with people, cars and horses running side by side; houses on both sides were lined up with green phoenix pavilions; the inner flower street and Liuxiang, the Qinlou and Chu Pavilion were full of laughter, singing and dancing, and the flowers were flourishing. .
"Oh, what does that one sell? It looks delicious. They are playing tricks, let's take a look later, shall we?" Wu Yuan pulled his head out of the window of the sedan chair, dazzled by the lively scene. "Hahaha, fortunately, I'm here. Go back and tell them. Jin Yu and Nan He still don't know how jealous they are."
"Ah Xiang, did you see that, when we left, Nan He was so angry that he couldn't speak."
"Nonsense." Yuan Xiang'er twisted the kitten back, "Jin Yu is a strange place she doesn't like, so she wants to stay and watch the house. If Nan He wants to come, he will naturally open his mouth. He didn't say he wants to come, how can I be kind? Reluctantly. After all, he is still in the period of leaving the corpse, and he still needs to be busy hunting for demon pills."
"Hmph," Wu Yuan licked her little paw and muttered softly, "Father is right at all, children who can act like spoiled children can only eat candy, and a stuffy gourd like Nanhe can only eat dirt."
The sedan chair walked for more than half an hour and arrived at Zhoufu.
The Zhou family deserves to be a home that has accumulated for many years. The appearance of the house is grand and grand, and the inside is unique. There are pavilions and pavilions, exotic flowers and plants, and servants and wives walk around in an orderly manner.
Zhou Deyun was very considerate and polite to Yuan Xianger, and respectfully led her all the way to the main hall.
There are many people in the hall at the moment, monks and Taoists, witches, gods, and all, wearing their own robes and Taoist clothes, all sitting in the hall and drinking tea. Because of the differences in sects, they were not convinced by each other, and were sarcastically and sarcastically.
These people are all mages hired by Zhou Deyun with a lot of money these days. After a lot of tossing, none of them can solve the strange hysteria of the wife of the Zhou family.
Some people lived in Zhou's house for a while. Seeing the generosity of the host, they were reluctant to entertain with good wine and meat, and they stayed cheeky to watch the fun. There are also some who are unwilling, and don't try to solve this matter, so that they can make a name for themselves among the peers.
At this time, seeing Zhou Deyun respectfully welcoming a person into the room, he couldn't help stretching his neck, wanting to see what kind of expert he seemed to be.
Sui know that the person is close to the front, but it is a girl of 28 years old, with red makeup, slender hands, embroidered face and red face, cloudy temples and fragrant cheeks, and a small milk cat with a milky voice on her shoulders. Like a lady from some family sneaking out to play.
A fat monk sitting at the front supported the jingling stick in his hand, frowned and said, "Zhou Shizhu, are you in a hurry, the poor monk said that you left these days to go to find the treasure in the mountains. A master. Who knows, but brought back a little girl, such a delicate little girl... "
He spoke with a carefree mouth, and happened to watch the kitten on the girl's shoulder turn his face, a red mark flashed across the kitten's eyebrows, and his black eyes glanced at him dissatisfied.
The fat monk closed his mouth abruptly and stopped talking.
The people behind him were about to start booing, but who knew he was uncharacteristically silent and stopped talking, a tall and thin Taoist beside the monk patted his shoulder and said, "Fat monk, you were the poorest in the past, why are you dumb today? "
The monk just glared at him, still refusing to speak.
It was not until Zhou Deyun greeted everyone and led Yuan Xianger to the backyard that he replied angrily,
"Hmph, don't always try to push me to offend people. The one who looks young is not necessarily young. The cat parked on her shoulder, have you seen it? It's an apostle who has made a contract."
"Is it an apostle?"
"Apostle, is the cat demon an apostle?"
"You have an apostle at a young age?"
The word apostle, like a stone thrown into the water, caused a wave in the crowd.
"Everyone must know that there are fewer demons in the world nowadays, and it is even more rare to become an apostle successfully." The fat monk looked at Yuan Xianger's back with a bit of jealousy in his tone, "Even if she didn't make a contract by herself, It must be from some famous sect, and the elders in the clan have the ability to carefully prepare a demon for her to drive. I have no reason to offend such a young girl with a profound background. "
"You're really jealous at such a young age." The thin Taoist also stretched his neck and looked in the direction Yuan Xiang'er was leaving, "Who doesn't want to be an apostle for himself? Success. Look at Lame Wu, it's not just because he has such a low-ranking foal as his apostle, he has more cards than you and me wherever he goes."
Not far from him sat a man with a broken leg. The man snorted disdainfully and tightened a thin chain in his hand. The other end of the chain covered with red runes passed through a chain. The pale skin and hairless monster neck, the monster lay listlessly on the ground beside his feet, and lifted his eyelids in the direction Yuan Xianger left.
Zhou Deyun led Yuan Xianger to a wing room. The doors and windows of the wing room were closed, and thick wooden strips were nailed across the windows, sealing all the windows. There were several chains of iron chains tied outside the gate, and they were locked tightly with a large lock. There were several maids standing outside the door, carrying porridge and side dishes, and taking turns to comfort them next to the crack of the door.
"Madame, let's eat a little bit. The servant made your favorite mixed three fresh and bad tofu in the past. Would you like to take a bite?"
"Ma'am, you haven't eaten for a few days, how can your body bear it."
"Even if the madam is angry with the uncle, she shouldn't use her body to make her temper. How good it is to go on like this."
There was an extremely low, weak guttural sound from the room, and the voice was full of anger, clearly disagreeing.
Zhou Deyun stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Still refuse to eat?"
The maids looked at each other, showing embarrassed expressions, "It has been three days since you left, and even a drop of rice water can't be persuaded to enter. As long as someone enters, they will lose their temper."
Zhou Deyun sighed again and again, and said to Yuan Xiang'er, "You don't know, little sir, although this person occupies the body of my wife and doesn't have much strength, his martial skills are still there. Accidentally broke free from the chains and ran out. I was afraid that he would hurt the lady's body, so I had to lock him up. Who knew that he became stubborn and went on a hunger strike. It has been three days without food, no matter whether it is persuasion or forced irrigation, it is useless , If this damages my wife's body, how can it be good. That's why I'm so anxious, but I don't want to be embarrassed, and I specifically asked you to come and have a look."
He took out a key to unlock the door, and pushed open the door with a creak.
The sun is shining brightly outside at the moment. The room next to the door was extremely dark and messy.
Yuan Xianger adjusted to the light, and looked in from the door, and saw that the dark room was full of overturned tables and chairs, and scattered clothes and broken utensils were scattered all over the place. There was a large bed with hanging flowers against the wall in the house. On the ground in front of the bed sat a woman. The woman had her head lowered, her face was haggard, her eyes were sunken, her lips were bubbling, and she was tightly blocked by a towel. A long hair was loosely scattered in front of him. His hands were cut behind his back, and he was chained with thick chains.
"She is determined to seek death, and there is no way to lock her up." Zhou Deyun explained to Yuan Xianger in a low voice.
Yuan Xianger took two steps forward, and the woman immediately raised her head and stared at her vigilantly.
"Hey, it's so strange, it's a woman's body, but a man's soul inside." Wu Yuan stood on Yuan Xiang'er's shoulder and said in a voice that only Yuan Xiang'er could hear.
"Can you see what it looks like?"
"You can see, wearing armor, white robes, an arrow behind him, covered in blood."
It seems that this person is really as he said, a general who died on the battlefield, and his soul still retains his last memory before his death. This matter was not difficult to deal with at first, either call the soul, or simply let him live as Zhou Niangzi. The difficulty is that Zhou Deyun still wants to retrieve his wife's soul.
"Little gentleman, is there any help for my wife?" Zhou Deyun rubbed his hands nervously while trying to figure out Yuan Xianger's facial expression.
Yuan Xiang'er motioned for him to be calm, and crouched down in front of the Zhou family's wife, who was tied up with five flowers.
"Let's talk, can you tell me your name?"
The lady Zhou showed disgust, turned her face, leaned against the head of the bed and closed her eyes. He went on a hunger strike for three days and was extremely weak.
Yuan Xiang'er looked at her pale complexion and weak aura, and knew in her heart that her first priority was to let this person eat first.
Yuan Xiang'er thought for a while, and then persuaded: "Since you are a general in the frontier of Suwei, you must have a lot of old friends and close friends. Why don't you name them? stalemate."
The man leaned against the bed rail and opened his eyes, his long black hair covered most of his face, and he couldn't tell the difference between male and female.
"I am a dignified seven-footed man who has turned into a woman's body. In such a form, I am so humiliated that I have no face to see my old friend again." He sneered bitterly, "Now I only want to die, it is better than living with a ghost like this. ."
"Even if you don't tell me, I can know who you are." Yuan Xiang'er looked at him with one arm supported, "Purple gold and red tassel crown, dragon scales and proud frost armor, Tuanhua plain robe, and a pear flower point steel gun. This kind of dress must not be unknown. In the past few years, our country's borders have been stable, and there are only wars in the north. I just need to inquire whether a general dressed like this had an accident a year ago, and I can't find it. Your identity must not be difficult."
The person beside the bed turned his face, and in disbelief, he heard Yuan Xiang'er say exactly what she was wearing.
"You... you..." He shook his lips and finally showed a look of panic. In this era, men are respected, and most people have a deep-rooted idea of male superiority and inferiority. In my heart, I am ashamed of what I am today. It seems that he is really afraid of being known about his original identity.
Where there is fear in the heart, there is room for negotiation. It is better than asking for nothing and begging for death.
"So as long as you cooperate well, I don't need to check your background first." Yuan Xiang'er said.
The man's body trembled slightly, and he fell to the ground, with a sad face on his pale face, "You... what do you want me to cooperate with?"
He suddenly thought of something, his face was desolate, he turned his head away, his eyes were red at that moment, "I can never be entrusted to a man."
"No, no, I never meant that." Yuan Xiang'er hurriedly denied, "I need you to eat something and have a good rest, and then we can discuss how to send you away and bring the wife of the Zhou family back. After all, you don't either. I am willing to stay here, and Zhou Yuanwai just wants to be reunited with his real wife."
The man raised his head, stared at Yuan Xianger with red eyes, and squeezed out a few words for a moment, "You, you won't lie to me?"
"Look, I have the ability to find out your identity, but you have no room to resist me, and I have no need to lie to you at all." Yuan Xianger spread her hands, "unless you want to stay here and stay here. "
The man thought about it, and finally lowered his eyelashes and nodded.
Zhou Deyun was overjoyed, and hurriedly waved his hand to let the maid come in with rice porridge.
The man pursed his lips and didn't turn his head. "Before, they added ingredients to the meal before they caught me."
Yuan Xianger looked at Zhou Deyun, Zhou Deyun blushed, and hurriedly explained, "I listened to Zhang Daxian, saying that as long as the yin and yang are in harmony, my wife can be rescued, and this is the last resort."
"But I swear I didn't do anything to him," he muttered unhappily, pointing to the wound on his face, "I'm not his opponent even if he was drugged, and he beat him all the way out of the bedroom."
"That's right, to show your innocence, you have a taste first." Yuan Xiang'er was too lazy to listen to his explanation.
Without saying a word, Zhou Deyun asked the maid to divide a small bowl of porridge and drank it in one gulp.
The man nodded to accept it. He had been hungry for several days and was extremely weak. He barely drank a few mouthfuls of clear porridge.
Zhou Deyun came out behind Yuan Xianger, rubbing his hands back and forth happily, "Mr. Natural's apprentice is really extraordinary. You have relieved my urgent need. I am really grateful. Look at my answer. Come down, what else do you need to prepare?"
"He's too weak, let him rest first, wait for the adjustment, and then act according to the situation." Yuan Xiang'er stopped, "If you use this method of drugging and tying people again, I don't care about it."
Zhou Deyun frowned, "There will never be another time. In fact, I'm quite afraid of him. If it wasn't for my wife, I wouldn't want to get close to that person at all. To be honest, he said that he came down from the battlefield, and I believe it. The soldiers who have been in the killing field are different, although they still have the appearance of my wife, but when he looks at him, I feel that my back is cold, my calves are shaking, and I can't do anything."
Wu Yuan couldn't hold back after waiting for a long time, squatted in Yuan Xiang'er's ear and shouted, "Since there's nothing to do, let's go out to play, I saw a juggler and a big bird on the way here, I want to see it, now I want."
Yuan Xianger agreed and walked out with a smile. Not long after walking out of Zhou's house, I found that passers-by were looking behind them one by one.
Many young ladies, blushing ashamed, twisted their handkerchiefs and kept looking forward.
"Oops, look. That man."
"Where did you come from, Langjun, so handsome."
"Really Lang Yan is unique, and the son is unparalleled."
"In the past, what I read in the book was just unbelief, but today I know what a gentleman is like jade, as polished as polished,"
The big daughter-in-law and the little ladies, half covering their faces, whispered. Although the status of men in this world is higher than that of women, the folk customs are not too conservative. Women from ordinary families can also go out and walk, and there is no saying that they cannot show their faces. It was only the first time Yuan Xianger had seen such a bold and straightforward praise of men, but not tossing fruit into the car.
Yuan Xianger turned around following their gazes, and beside the purple stone road, under the snow-covered eaves, stood a man with a long body and jade. , Qing Baihan stretched out a tight waistline, her eyebrows flew into her temples, her eyes were peach blossoms, and she looked at herself with thin lips.
"Nanhe? Why are you here?" Yuan Xianger cheered and ran forward.