major general please wake up early

On the Phoenix Stage.

Huo Xiangzhen sat across from Lou Zhizhi, and Lou Zhizhi personally ordered him a cup of tea.The snow-white jelly-like foam "bite cup" floats on the clear tea soup, and the cup is gently steamed.

Today's troubled times are coming to an end, but Zhao and Song in the north and Li and Tang in the south are powerful in competing in the world, and there are many small countries in between, and they may not be able to protect themselves.The power in the world is nothing more than four major families: the Qi family in the east, the Lu family in the west, the Shen family in the south, and the Lou family in the north.These four big families happen to belong to two countries.The Lu family in the west and the Lou family in the north are the courtiers of Zhao and Song Dynasties in the north of Qinhuai, while the Qi family in the east and the Shen family in the south are the pillars of Li Tang in the south of Qinhuai.Li, Tang, Zhao and Song took Qinhuai as their borders, and they had been at loggerheads for more than [-] years. There were more than ten regimes mixed between the two countries, large and small, just trying to survive in the cracks.

But this is not an era when the people are in dire straits, at least not for Li, Tang and Zhao Song, who have been peaceful for more than ten years.The two countries are not at war from time to time, but are exchanging envoys, as if they are on good terms.

Lu Liugu is the second son of the Lu family; Lou Xuan and Louyuan are of course from the Lou family.Now the head of the Lou family is Lou Zhizhi, the eldest son Lou Xuan, and Lou Yuan is the fifth son.

"Back then, I was still young." Lou Zhizhi sighed softly while drinking tea, as if he was chatting with Huo Xiangzhen, "At that time, I took Xiao Qu as my concubine without telling my family... I know Xiao Qu It’s a demon, Xiaoqu has never lied to me, I don’t mind at all. Xiaoqu doesn’t care about status, I don’t care about race. At that time, Xuan’er was already half a year old, so I promised Xiaoqu, our child will be called Lou No matter if it's a boy or a girl, no matter what the ranking is, the name Louyuan is reserved for He Xiaoqu's flesh and blood."

Hearing this, Huo Xiangzhen recalled the past, and smiled wryly: "But I can't bring a child named Louyuan to live in Li Tang territory... Yu Muhao, this child, he will hold me for the rest of my life. If I had known today , I shouldn’t have adopted him when you asked for help, there are many ways to solve the problem... The one you chose has harmed all of us.”

"You are from the Xiangshui Dragon Clan, you are born with a high reputation, and you are a direct disciple of Zhu Jiuyin. I thought that if I entrust Yuan'er to you, you will never become a blood-drinking monster... I will let you take Yuan'er away." , was the best way we could think of at the time.”

Huo Xiangzhen couldn't help but swear: "Dragon clan ghost! I'm just a monster, Xiangshui monster dragon! It's you who think that dragon is a fairy! You handed Mu Hao to me because you are trapped inside the Lou family Was it when you seized power? Yes, you married a demon, and if you say it, it will damage your reputation. You can't hide Mu Hao's demon eyes, and his mother died because of her demon power. It's natural for you to let me take Mu Hao away. It's the best choice! At that time, you were not afraid that he would affect your future! Now that your foundation is stable, you can take care of Mu Hao and earn a good reputation as a loving father and filial son, right?!"

"Enough." Lou Zhizhi was unexpectedly calm.Put down the tea bowl, very calm.He didn't go to argue with Huo Xiangzhen, nor did he intend to tell Huo Xiangzhen that it was Xiao Qu rather than Lou Zhizhi who proposed to find him to raise Louyuan back then, and he didn't intend to tell Huo Xiangzhen that Xiao Qu had expected her to die a long time ago, but he just asked Huo Xiangzhen, "I haven't asked you yet, what happened to Yuan'er? Why did someone crush his knees?!"

Huo Xiangzhen was momentarily at a loss for words.After a long time, I asked: "He... how did he come back to Lou's house?"

Lou Zhizhi sneered: "How did you come back? Walking!" His father's anger was evident in his eyes, "At that time, he was holding a pair of crutches, and he moved forward bit by bit. That's how it was moved from Jiuyi Mountain back to Lou's house!"

Huo Xiangzhen's eyes moved slightly: "Back then... I searched all kinds of vehicles and boats to find him... He actually walked back... From Jiuyi Mountain to Zhaosong Bianjing on foot... What did he think... Fortunately, He can come down from the top of the mountain..."

"You can never imagine him appearing in front of me in your life." Lou Zhizhi sneered, "It was raining all the time that day, the child was soaked through, his clothes were like rags, his hair was messed up, and his whole body They were all small wounds, and his face was full of tiredness. No one could explain what it means to be down and down better than him at that time. When the child arrived at the door of the house, he just moved up the steps a little bit and asked the servant, "Is there a person in your house?" Stop it, please inform me, Yu Muhao.' I knew it was him as soon as I heard the name. You said that you would name him Yu Muhao, and you also said that you would not hide your background like him. You have done it, Only that sentence will take good care of him, you have failed your duty."

"Yeah... Negligence..." Huo Xiangzhen smiled, his smile was full of bitterness, "I did his leg."

"you?!--"

【Jinling City】

"Is Xiaoyuan better?" Lu Liugu asked him.They were sitting at a tiny wonton stand by the road.Lou Xuan knew that Lou Yuan was a glutton, and would find him something to eat when he was in a bad mood.The warm wontons are a good choice to soothe the stomach and comfort the spirit.

"Ah...probably." Louyuan sighed, how did Huo Xiangzhen find him!The heart that had been calm for four years began to ripple again. What if that kind of thing happened again... No, no, Huo Xiangzhen wouldn't do that if he had a father and a big brother...

Lou Xuan looked at Lou Yuan's depressed face, and didn't know what to do.It was the first time in the four years since I got along with Louyuan that there was something injustice.What did that person do to make Louyuan so afraid of him?Simply ask directly:

"Yuan'er, who is that man? Are you so afraid of him?"

Louyuan thought for a while, and answered honestly: "His name is Huo Xiangzhen, one of the direct disciples of the demon god Zhu Jiuyin, the Xiangshui demon dragon. Father entrusted me to him back then, and he raised me as his apprentice."

"Then he is your master? He really is a monster, he looks really young..." Lou Xuan clicked his tongue to express his envy and hatred.

Louyuan looked at him, and slowly added: "And then, he also crippled my knee."

"What?!" Lou Xuan slapped the table and stood up, "It's him?!" He was about to fight back immediately, "Say it sooner!!"

Anyway, it was Lu Liugu who stopped him: "Oh, wait a minute, can you make it through after listening to Xiaoyuan? Your father didn't say anything in Xiaoyuan just now, what are you messing around with now!"

"If I knew it was him who did it just now, I would have raised a gun and killed him on the spot! Let me go!"

Sigh... Lou Yuan deeply understood Lou Zhizhi's thoughts just now, and tugged on Lou Xuan's sleeve: "Brother, they said Jinling's candied haws are delicious."

Is Jinling famous food candied haws? !Lu Liugu looked at Louyuan speechlessly: I remember that before you set off from the capital, you regretted not eating candied haws before leaving...

Lou Xuan looked at Lou Yuan's helpless expression, and sighed: "You can just get along with me! I've seen your brother and I'm a good guy, right?"

"No—yes—ah—" Louyuan imitated the tone of the seventh sister, Lou Yujing, and said stickily.His seventh younger sister is less than ten years old this year.

Lou Xuan took a deep look at him, then sighed in surrender: "Okay, okay, you win, I won't go."

Lu Liugu glanced at him sideways: "You are really...what should I say about you...you can be subdued with just one word."

Baiyan: "Don't admit it when Hongxing is acting like a baby with you!"

Hongxing, Lu Hongxing, Lu Liugu's sixth younger sister.But she is already a girl in the seventeenth or eighth year this year, and she is already past the age to act like a baby with Lu Liugu.So Lu Liugu also laughed at him: "Hey, when you say this, you have to consider our Hongxing's age, okay? Also, when will your fourth brother come to our house to propose marriage? The family is waiting Wedding wine!"

Lou Xuan's fourth younger brother, Lou Yuning and Lu Hongxing, are also childhood sweethearts and love each other. They are about the same age, and the elders in the family can understand the thoughts of the two younger generations.It's just that Lou Yuning is too bored, he hasn't done anything for so long, and the matter between the two of them is still hanging on tepidly.

Louyuan laughed softly: "When fourth brother expresses his opinion, the day lily is not only cold, it must be moldy!"

Lou Xuan was speechless, and patted Louyuan's head lightly: "How can you say your fourth brother! Even if you are right, you can't just say it so bluntly, you know!"

Lou Yuan chuckled: "To put it bluntly, big brother, do you think so too! Let's go, let's go to the east of the city and find something to eat!"

Lou Xuan sighed, and resignedly pushed Lou Yuan to the east of the city.

Lou Xuan is probably a rare good elder brother, he treats his brothers and sisters very well, and he is particularly partial to Lou Yuan.He remembered that when he asked the doctor to look at Louyuan's injury, he was there at that time, he could see clearly and remember clearly.The knee was punctured by several broken bones, but the bleeding stopped.There were bruises all over his body, probably from falling on the road.When cleaning the wound, Louyuan gritted his teeth and endured it, tears did not come out, but it made people feel more distressed about this child - he was only 16 years old, but he was suffering from an indiscriminate disaster.Lou Xuan can still remember that the doctors who were invited at the beginning shook their heads after taking a look at it, saying that the injury cannot be cured.The world's number one genius doctor invited went up and pinched his knee, then shook his head and said, even if there was a deep hatred, he shouldn't do such a cruel thing to a fifteen-year-old boy, this patella is for people to use Those who were shattered by internal force were injured even the surrounding area.

Fifteen or sixteen years of wandering abroad, it was the same situation when I returned home, and I suffered so many crimes.All this is for the Lou family.What others don't know, he and his father know.So in the eyes of outsiders, Lou Xuan dotes on his younger brother so much, only he knows that it is actually compensation.Besides, this child has suffered so much outside, and occasionally has a little unreasonable request that exists within a reasonable range, what can't be satisfied?

【On the Phoenix Stage】

After listening to Huo Xiangzhen's words, Lou Zhizhi was silent for a long time before he recovered his voice and asked hesitantly:

"So, you are happy with Yuan'er?"

Nodding: "Yes."

Lou Zhizhi stared at Huo Xiangzhen for a long time, then shook his head: "Forgive me for worrying about you. Mr. Huo, you are Yuan'er's master in name."

"But now it's senior brother..." Huo Xiangzhen sighed while resting his forehead, this messed up relationship is unique in the world, right?Who knew that his master would rob his apprentice, the former apprentice became a master in a second!With an unreliable master, anything can happen!The only good thing is that they used to be called master-student incompetence, but now they are from the same sect... Anyway, it is not considered incompetence!

Lou Zhizhi shook his head: "This is not what the old man cares about. Mr. Huo, to be honest, the old man thinks that you are not worthy of Yuan'er." He took a sip of tea and said slowly, "You don't know that Yuan'er has paid for the Lou family. How much. Not just the 16 years of wandering with you. There are many things you don’t know. Moreover, Yuan’er has a persevering personality, full of strategies, and his appearance and family background are all excellent... Mr. Huo, I don’t know how many people have been here Lou's mansion is a matchmaker for Yuan'er, but no one has ever liked Yuan'er. With my Lou family now, it is not difficult for Yuan'er to ask Princess Shang... Even if Yuan'er's legs are inconvenient, even if Yuan'er is a half-demon, But with his conditions, why should he tolerate the criticism of the world and be with you, a demon dragon?"

Huo Xiangzhen couldn't refute, because everything Lou Zhizhi said was correct.After a long silence, he still said slowly and absent-mindedly: "I know...you are right. But, I just like him, what can I do? At least, give me a chance too? I know he is very Hate me, after all, I hurt him so deeply, he should avoid me, it is normal for him to hate me, even if he wants to kill me, I will not be surprised... But, but I really can't bear him "Looking down at a crystal pendant around his waist, "Anyway, you understand, right? That feeling...separated from the person I like, and I can't see him anyway...I finally found him again , how could you walk away just because you said a few words? I also don't mind that Yuan'er is a half-demon, and I don't mind that his legs are inconvenient!"

Separated from the person I like, I can't see it anyway.Of course Lou Zhizhi knew that feeling, right after Xiao Qu passed away.At that time, he felt that the whole world was ethereal, and everything he did was in a trance.That person just disappeared, and in the future, I will never hear her voice, or see her, or eat the food she cooks, or feel her warmth... At that time, I was thinking, why not go with her? Yes...and I don't mind if she is a demon, because it is true love, that kind of deep love, even the race can be ignored, as long as the other party can stay by my side is enough... All I want is to be able to get along day and night .The one who is greedy is just to be able to grow up with this...

Lou Zhizhi was in a daze for a moment, then looked at Huo Xiangzhen again, and smiled slightly.

In fact, the half-demon is really pitiful, right?Humans despise their half-demon blood, but demons despise their half-human.It has the ability to live forever like a demon, but it suffers from headaches like humans; it does not have the miraculous self-healing ability like a demon, and there is no "group" that humans are proud of.Most half-demons have no human wisdom and lack the power of demons. A few like Louyuan have sound intelligence and perfect talents...but they have yin and yang demon pupils, which signify the status of half-demons, and have attracted countless ridicules and ridicules mixed with jealousy. Criticism...Because I'm jealous of their beautiful faces, because I'm jealous of their extraordinary strength, because I'm jealous of their excellent strategies... Countless reasons for jealousy are hidden, and then they put on a "non-me race, their hearts must be different" coat.

Lou Zhizhi thought silently.After a long time, he sighed softly:

"If one day you lose Yuan'er, the old man will definitely use all his strength, even if he fills the Xiangshui River and levels the Nine Yi, it will make you Huo Xiangzhen nowhere in the world. Yuan'er is not someone's lady, he is Even if the fifth young master of my mansion accepts you one day, it will not be a marriage, but a marriage."

The above sounded right, but isn't the last sentence a bit weird... Huo Xiangzhen thought silently, but wisely, he didn't complain.