My very cool daughter-in-law

Many years ago, when Lin Junsheng led the team on a trip, he looked back at the city behind him in the dark, and thought about some illusory questions—for example, if his "what if" came true, what would he really do this time? Then, how bitter would it be for his lover to see him leaving the small courtyard in good shape, and only to be reunited with him who came back sideways on a certain day in the future?

Just thinking about it like that, Lin Junsheng already began to feel distressed.

The days of raging wars really came, and the young commander led the team to and fro on battlefields of various sizes one after another, living a thrilling and urgent life.

He basically didn't think about these emptiness anymore.

However, only once in a while, Lin Junsheng had just signed a report that day, which was the casualty statistics of the entire local front and the application for the transfer of the seriously wounded. There were several names on the attached list that he was very familiar with, and he was the first to leave with him. Hometown, those who looked back at the night city in that night.

Because of that list, Lin Junsheng recalled the thoughts he had on the night he set off.

"What's wrong with you?" The adjutant who was waiting to receive the signature slip couldn't help asking.

The other party watched the officer finish signing, and Lin Junsheng told him that the report was urgent one minute ago, and he had to send it to the coordinator immediately after signing.

In the end, after explaining the matter and signing, the officer himself was distracted, and he stretched out his hand ready to accept the order, but it was empty.

The adjutant raised his head in puzzlement, only to notice Lin Junsheng's expression was strange.

The commander seemed a little regretful, but also a little self-deprecating.

"I remembered something stupid." Lin Junsheng returned to his senses, and he simply replied.

The signature sheet was then placed in the hands of the adjutant, and Lin Junsheng sent someone to leave quickly.

It wasn't until the sound of the adjutant's military boots stamping on the ground hurried away outside the door, Lin Junsheng's back turned to occupy the strategic map that almost covered the front wall, and he put his arms on the sand table in front of him, that he exhaled slowly.

It's really stupid.he thinks.

In the flames of war, he recalled his thoughts on the first day of his journey, and only felt that he was naive and terrible at that time.

The ancestors said that the shroud of horse leather is still there, but in today's battlefield where guns are flying everywhere, one or two things can be left behind by chance, and they are lucky to pass through the chaotic area and be sent to the surviving family members for memory. During this period, at least It is already the result of three lucky superpositions.

In this era, what is left in the end is just a name, attached to a long report card, and sent back with other urgent reports.

...and many more who may not even have their names left, the unsung heroes of our time.

Only to die for the country on the battlefield, why return the shrouded body of horse leather?

Lin Junsheng had a vague premonition that day, guessing that he might not even have the chance to "go back sideways".

Afterwards, Lin Shuai didn't have much talent in predicting good things, but he was accurate in predicting his own difficult fate.

Sure enough, he couldn't go back, and he really didn't go back.

As expected, he was able to leave nothing behind, and he was completely wiped out in a scorching and dazzling fire, turning into a speck of ashes who struggled to carry the heavy era forward.

……

But he never expected that Chi Muqing didn't wait for Lin Junsheng who "turned sideways".

Many years later, Lin Junsheng himself could see Chi Muqing lying silently in the coffin.

The bones of the lover have decayed for a hundred years, and the bones of the lover are covered with traces of time. The other party is worried that he does not look good now, and hesitates and hesitates before presenting the body to others.

Sheng Xun's gaze quietly fell into the coffin. He looked at the slightly curled up skeleton inside, but only saw a person who had been waiting for him for a long time and really made him feel distressed.

"Does your wrist still hurt?" Sheng Xun asked in a low voice.

The thumb of the hand he held with Xiao Qiu lightly rubbed the ghost's wrist.

"It doesn't hurt."

Xiao Qiu clasped Sheng Xun's fingers as he said, trying to reassure the human beings that he was fine long ago, and this episode has passed too long ago.

However, it is precisely because these things have passed for too long, they happened during the period when Lin Junsheng had no way of knowing or intervening.

Sheng Xun felt sad when he thought about it, he felt owed and regretted, and he hoped that he could have protected this person during those days——

But in front of him is the gap caused by the most powerless time, the lost years that Sheng Xun can never go back.

"Why doesn't it hurt?"

Those who have gone too soon can only sigh.

Xiao Qiu tried to clasp the person's finger but he hooked it back. He used his fingertips to press the back of the cold finger of the person next to him, and slowly pressed the knuckles on the long and thin finger of the other person.

"It hurts to death." Sheng Xun said.

The sound was almost inaudible.

Xiao Qiu originally wanted to seriously refute that he really didn't hurt, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, he was stunned for a moment, and he forgot how to say the original sentence.

Then there was a moment of silence, and they looked at each other speechlessly.

The lover's remains are at the bottom of the coffin. Fortunately, the other party survived in another way, and the soul can still stand by Sheng Xun's side.

"I remembered something again." Xiaoqiu said after the silence, and he became the first person to bring up a new topic.

This almost immediately drew Sheng Xun's attention.

Before they finally decided to open the coffin to examine the remains, Sheng Xun and Xiao Qiu had discovered that Chi Dezheng, the chief elder of the Chi family, was still alive today, and there was indeed something strange behind the other party's longevity.

The formation in this room has been deliberately deformed. Although it is currently functioning to suppress evil spirits and protect the house, the two deduced that the main purpose of this formation was not to suppress evil when it was set up.

They found a large number of aged artifacts in the four corners of the house.

Those Magical Artifacts can play an auxiliary role in the formation, and the effect is more focused on suppression, and some of them can also shake the soul of the subject.

If things go on like this for a long time, and the objects trapped in the formation are shackled in the center of the magic weapon and the mantra, they will also shake a person's foundation, and then make people unstable.

This entire formation was more like a soul lock formation at first.

It looked more like the great elder wanted to trap Chi Muqing, but didn't want to annihilate Chi Muqing's soul immediately, and wanted to keep his soul for other purposes.

"What did you remember?" Sheng Xun asked, trying to keep his voice steady.

But the coldness was still brought out by him unconsciously, and the gentleness before was gone from his face.

The lover's body has decayed, but even the soul is coveted.

With ulterior motives for Xiaoqiu's soul and Chi Dezheng's abnormal lifespan, Sheng Xun almost immediately had a very bad guess in his mind.

That guess made him feel stuck in his throat.

"The last part of my memory that was missing has returned." Xiao Qiu said in a deep voice.

A memory after Ganghua ghost is the last missing piece of the puzzle in Xiaoqiu's mind.

When the memories of Sheng Xun and Xiao Qiu went back together, Xiao Qiu remembered everything about him as Chi Muqing, and also remembered that he had struggled to break the shackles of the coffin, and the long years of wandering in the future.

But it's strange, no matter how Xiaoqiu recalled this memory from the time he turned into a ghost to leaving Chi's house, it was still vague in his mind, as if there was an invisible barrier preventing him from thinking about it.

So then they ventured to guess that the answer was in his bones.

In the end, the facts also proved that the choice of opening the coffin was not wrong.

Xiaoqiu stretched out his hand towards "myself" at the bottom of the coffin, and his pale fingertips touched the dry bones. At this moment, the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle in his memory fell into place, and the last blurred memory became clear.

"He is indeed afraid of me." Xiao Qiu closed his eyes slightly to sort out his memory, "But Chi Dezheng is afraid of me, not entirely because of my congenital yin body, which may become a big ghost that frightens one side. There is another reason. He seems to be more important, making him so scared that he doesn't think about eating and drinking, and is on tenterhooks."

"He is afraid that I will endanger his status in the family."

When the last reason was said, it was the first time in his past and present lives combined, Sheng Xun heard the sarcasm in the voice of a person who had always been reserved.

Chi Muqing wandered away from the Chi family back then, relying on the talisman paper prepared by Lin Junsheng to perfectly integrate into the rear troops, and had almost no intersection with the Chi family, and he didn't care at all who was in charge of the Chi family. The order of the party is the priority, and whoever directs it is obeyed.

Later, Lin Junsheng sacrificed, and the talismans were almost exhausted. Chi Muqing simply stopped covering up. He turned from the rear to the front, and formed his own supernatural team with Walnut, who had no name at that time, and began to participate in the front with the title of special forces. The battle line is built.

He himself never thought that one day, this special team with a small number of members at the beginning would gradually grow, and it would gradually be filled with Chi family members who voluntarily joined the team.

At that time, Chi De, who was over a hundred years old, was the leader of the conservative faction of the Chi family.

At first, this great elder was noncommittal about Chi Muqing's actions, and he was also one of the kind of people that the Chi family had always feared about Chi Muqing.

I'm afraid this person has thought that the situation outside is not good anyway, and Chi Muqing loves to run out so much, if the gunfire has no eyes, it would be good to let this yinshengzi die outside.

But the result was not as Chi Dezheng wanted.

Chi Muqing not only survived those difficult years, but he returned to his hometown with the Chi family members with the official honor.

The differences between the old and the new factions of the Chi family became more and more obvious. Those who had experienced the flames of war no longer feared Chi Muqing as they did in the past, let alone regarded him as a monster that should not be talked about in the clan.

Not only were they close to him, they treated him normally and easily.

She even secretly supported him, and would take the initiative to stand up and support him.

Knowing that he only had a few decades left at most, Chi Dezheng suddenly panicked.

People who have been in power for too long can really easily become addicted to power.

If you stay in a high position and enjoy the taste of being able to respond to everyone for too long, you will also feel demons in your heart.

Chi Muqing is not interested in the so-called Chi family who are in power, he never even thought about going in this direction.

But in Chi Dezheng's heart, this yin-born son whom his clansmen were afraid to avoid had already become his imaginary enemy.

And in his opinion, there is the most deadly point - Chi Muqing is still very young.

How great.

The shady old man who has reached his twilight years stares greedily at the young face.

He has already forgotten how many years of loneliness that Chi Muqing's identity as a "Yinshengzi" has brought to Chi Muqing, and he has also forgotten that if it were not for Lin Junsheng, Chi Muqing would still be a strange existence with single emotions, half human and half evil.

He can only see youth, strength, and time that moves extremely slowly.

There is also the possibility that the other party will replace him one day and become the new leader of the Chi family.

Greed breeds evil thoughts.

Chi Dezheng carefully planned to send the tiger away from the mountain, and sent out all the people who were friendly to Chi Muqing for reasons. If he had no right to send out, he let the people he could move to drag the other party.

Then, seizing the opportunity, he charged Chi Muqing with a crime, and suppressed him neatly into the magic circle he had prepared earlier.

Chi Dezheng's purpose is not only to "kill the evil", but also to cut off the possibility that Chi Muqing will compete with him for the position.

He also took a fancy to the other party's youth, and wanted to try to use the secret method to gain power, so that he could live longer from now on—it would be best if he could regain his youth in one breath!

"I was aware of his intentions at the time, so I separated the body and soul first, and set up a shield before leaving, making it almost impossible for them to contact the soul through the body." Xiaoqiu said.

Chi Dezheng's murder was successful, but he did not regain his youth, let alone fulfill the "life stealing" he longed for more.

After Xiaoqiu turned into a ghost, he caused a lot of trouble in the Chi family. He knocked on the gate of the accomplices' courtyard that day.

Of course, Chi Dezheng is the most popular.

Sheng Xun had to suppress the vigorous fire before he could barely speak normally: "But this person is still alive."

"Not bad." Xiao Qiu touched the man's forehead with her cold hand, as if she wanted to physically reduce the fire.

"But Chi Dezheng was already considered an older group." He added, "After so many years, the Chu family has been in power. Chu Shize, who was less than [-] years old, and Chi Dezheng, are the youngest in power. He was about a hundred years old at the time, but the younger ones behind him all died."

Saying that, Xiaoqiu's eyes sank.

He was like a piece of ice, facing Sheng Xun who was like a ball of fire.

Xiao Qiu: "Failed to steal life from me, the plan fell through."

Sheng Xun: "He moved further and further away with his crooked mind, and went to attack another group of people who would only be more defenseless against him."

When the two want to be together, Xiaoqiu and Sheng Xun can seamlessly connect the conversation.

They were silent for a few seconds after they finished speaking, and looked around the room at the magical artifacts that had obviously been used more than once or twice, and they all felt disgust from the bottom of their hearts towards Chi Dezheng.

"Sheng Xun!"

Some hasty footsteps came from the outside, and it was Zou He, who had also found many clues outside with Huaihe, poking in.

Zou He hurriedly said: "Huaihe asked me to inform you that although the shielding mechanism of the small courtyard is still in effect, he can feel that there are many people surrounded outside. It should be that the living room has noticed something wrong, and they have all come over."

Zou He came to ask what to do on behalf of Huaihe.

He paused for a moment, and then said: "Huaihe also said that he has already prepared everything. With him today and you who have regained your memories, even if we have fewer people, we may not necessarily lose."

This is equivalent to that the walnut essence is ready to fight, and it sounds quite eager to try, gearing up.

"Tell him there's no rush." ​​Sheng Xun said, "Please help me find a piece of cloth with the right size. I'll take Mu Qing out first."

In addition to getting the last important clue, Xiaoqiu's memory no longer has gaps, and it is certain that the entire arrangement of Zhenxie Hall can be used as evidence of Chi Dezheng's crime.

When Xiaoqiu fell into memories of the remains and Sheng Xun tried his best to restrain his anger and try to process the information with a clear mind, he had an additional gain here.

That harvest accidentally solved a puzzle that had surrounded Sheng Xun for a long time, and let him have a new idea when he learned that the small courtyard had been besieged.

A long and suitable plain cloth was quickly found, and Sheng Xun carefully stretched Chi Mu's bones first, with gentle and careful movements, without rushing or slowing down.

"Do you really want to go out with the young master's remains now?" Huai He also entered the room when Sheng Xun was collecting the bones, and the Chi family was carried with him like a large cargo.

Holding the knot on the man's back with one hand, he hesitated and said, "I'm afraid there will be accidental injuries later, otherwise let's think of a way to hide the remains with Zou He."

Sheng Xun closed the long cloth, and he was about to answer the conversation.

Unexpectedly, there was another line behind Huaihe: "Young master, what do you think of this proposal—what do you think, young master?"

Because he heard a very unexpected word, Sheng Xun's fingertips dropped slightly.

He pressed directly on Chi Muqing's remains.

Huai He and Zou He immediately gasped, showing nervousness.

Xiaoqiu stood aside, he gave a soft "huh", but he didn't act like he was seriously injured by the golden light or anything.

When the air-conditioning duo turned their heads to see his reaction urgently, they only saw that he seemed a little confused, staring at Sheng Xun's hand that had been removed from his remains.

"Do you feel it?" Sheng Xun weighed quickly, he chose the more important one between the two questions, and looked at Xiaoqiu first, "That's why I want to take your remains out directly, there are some things It needs to be witnessed in public, for them to see with their own eyes, more than any explanation."

Sheng Xun's words were like charades, but Xiao Qiu obviously understood, only Huai He and Zou He were still a little confused.

Sheng Xun's eyes fell on Huaihe again, and he picked up the second question.

"Uncle?"

He repeated what the other party had just said.

"That's right." Zou He was confused, and he also realized that something was wrong, so they looked at Huaihe together, "Why do you call me uncle?"

"Because I've always shouted that in private before." Huaihe mentioned this very confidently.

"I've been yelling in secret for so long, and your memories are back now, please both of you." He also proposed to his young master and the son-in-law who had been appointed 100 years ago: He said sincerely, "Please let me go earlier." My title is justified."

So another remaining mystery has been solved.

Sheng Xun finally understood why the first day he and Zou Hehuai met, the Qi Ling stuck on the wall was obviously a walnut essence, but it had to "coo" several times like a pigeon.

Huai He's meeting turned out to be a conditioned reflex, and he wanted to call him "uncle".

The small courtyard was full of people, and the entrance of the courtyard that originally belonged to Chi Muqing seemed to have never been so lively.

A solid barrier shrouded the entire courtyard, not only preventing people from entering, but also cutting off the outside world's detection of the situation in the courtyard.

There are already many people outside who have taken out magical artifacts and tried to break through the wall from the outside.

But from the unscathed barrier, it can be seen that none of the people who have tried have succeeded, and this can also show the strength of the barrier builder.

"What's going on inside?"

"Didn't you say that a golden light carrier has already entered?"

"But look at the situation..."

"That's right, the yard has been sealed off for a long time, could it be that the people inside..."

Breaking the wall was unsuccessful, there were bursts of whispered discussions behind the crowd, and the leaders of various sects stood at the forefront.

Just at the moment when there was a lot of discussion, there was a very light "click".

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the barrier that was impenetrable to any attack just now had a crack and was opened from the inside.

"..."

All the discussions subsided immediately, and everyone subconsciously held their breath and concentrated. Some of them were even more vigilant, and they also grasped the magical artifacts or spirit removal tools in their hands, ready to deal with the filthy miasma surging out at any time.

— but nothing.

The barrier moved from the gap to both sides, and it was quickly and completely withdrawn like two doors that opened and closed.

Behind the barrier, what everyone saw was still an ordinary small courtyard. It was neither spooky, nor dense miasma rushing out of the barrier, nor did it gush out the expected filthy power.

"This..." Someone said in doubt.

There are also people who hesitate to put down the tools in their hands.

In the next second, footsteps came from the small yard.

The gate of the courtyard opened to both sides with a creak, and the sound of steady footsteps stopped behind the door.

All eyes were fixed on the opened courtyard door, and a tall and straight figure appeared at the door holding something.

It was Sheng Xun who disappeared for a while.

"Are you okay?" Another person couldn't help but ask.

Many scrutinizing eyes looked up and down Sheng Xun's body, trying to judge whether everything was normal for this person, or if evil spirits invaded his mind and made him unconscious.

The vast majority of people came to the former conclusion, and they didn't see any changes in Sheng Xun.

So they didn't make the next move immediately, they wanted to hear what Sheng Xun had to say first.

"What are you doing in there?" It was Mingchi's family who asked the question, and the tone of Yuxidu's family was as unfriendly as his expression.

Sheng Xun glanced across the faces of the other party and the other members of the Chi family behind him, but did not see Chi Dezheng.

He also has no plans to do a "ask me answer" turn-based tug-of-war.

"Everyone." Looking around, Sheng Xun said calmly, "I was invited by the Chi family to take a look at the Zhenxie Hall that the Chi family had prepared for a long time. The reason why I lingered for a long time is because I found that the layout of the Zhenxie Hall might be a little off. .”

"Nonsense!" The Chi family immediately reprimanded, "You have blocked my family's important place for so long without reason, and you still slander it. We should suspect that you have bad intentions and don't know what you are doing inside. You'd better tell the truth that you were in the town just now. What you did in the evil hall, otherwise this is the territory of the Chi family, we can't spare you!"

The surrounding atmosphere seemed to drop a few degrees, and a gust of wind swept over everyone's exposed skin, which was bitingly cold.

Sheng Xun smiled at what the Chi family said, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

All the people around who were fairly familiar with Sheng Xun immediately realized that even though Sheng Xun was sober at this time, there were actually changes in him.

"These days, 'my family's territory' is used as a threatening term, openly stating that violent means will be used against unwanted guests. I am really not afraid that this year's sweeping / black and evil will have the name of your family." Sheng Xun said without hesitation.

"You—" Chi's family choked, he was blocked by this angle and didn't expect to refute.

Sheng Xun was much taller than this man, even if there was still some distance between them, the tall young man looked very condescending when his gaze fell towards this end.

"However, before the eradication of evil." Sheng Xun said, "I think your government may have to deal with a bit too many institutions."

"What do you mean?!" Before the Chi family could think of a rebuttal, someone behind him made a sharp voice.

Sheng Xun glanced at the man coldly.

The man had something else to say, but he flinched when he was looked at. When he shut up, he couldn't help thinking: Didn't he say that this man has a good temper and doesn't care how he runs?

It's a pity that this person's question may not be answered for the time being.

"I'm sorry to bother you all for a trip to gather here." Sheng Xun took his eyes away from that person, he stopped looking at other people, and only lowered his softened eyes to his own arms.

"I invite everyone to witness a purification. This is the remains I brought out from the Zhenxie Hall. He was defined as an evil by the Chi family in the past hundred years, and his name and life were deliberately erased. Today, I Give him justice and his name."

Sheng Xun's movements were quick. Before anyone raised any objections, he opened the long cloth bag in his arms, revealing the dead bones in front of everyone, and then his hand dropped——

Golden Light.

The Youchi family wanted to snatch the remains in a moment of shock, shouting how you brought the evil thing outside.

Chu Shang had already made preparations, and someone from the Chu family immediately stepped forward to intercept them, and they were in a stalemate with the Chi family.

As for the more people present, they were able to recognize that Jin Guangqing was upright and peaceful, which was really a purification.

Therefore, these people who accounted for a larger number also dissuaded the Chi family intentionally or unintentionally, and those who were interested became suspicious of Sheng Xun's words.

They are all willing to witness the completion of this purification.

Xiao Qiu walked out of the small courtyard bathed in golden light.

He has seen golden light burn ghosts, and he has seen golden light burn evil spirits, but when the golden light fell on his bones, and the feeling of being shrouded in golden light was transmitted from his body to his soul, he found that he did not feel any discomfort, but seemed to be soaked in water. In warm water, it seems to be able to warm up from the bone.

No burning pain, no trauma.

Before Sheng Xun told Xiao Qiu of his decision to purify in public, he asked him: "Do you trust me?"

Xiaoqiu replied, "I believe in you."

Sheng Xun nodded, assuring him that he would never hurt him.

But after that, Sheng Xun asked again: "Then do you believe in cause and effect and the way of heaven?"

For the latter question, Xiaoqiu showed hesitation.

After all, if innocence is to be believed, why has he been stumbling around for so long and walking so hard?

"I..." So Xiaoqiu was stuck at the time.

Sheng Xun stroked his hair: "I think you can give it a try, and believe in God this time."

Xiaoqiu knew that Sheng Xun would never say illusory words, and there must be a reason for the other party to say this.

So after getting stuck, he said again: "Okay, I believe it."

When the golden light really enveloped the whole body.Walking under the bath of golden light, Xiao Qiu completely understood Sheng Xun's words.

The golden light is the silent blessing given back to the defenders, and it is the gratitude of this peaceful world to everyone who has been desperate.

Some people in this world are blind, but the mountains, rivers, and heaven are not blind.

In the past, Jin Guang only pushed Xiao Qiu away at most, and occasionally poked and played with him helplessly.

It's not just because even if he has no memory, Sheng Xun's soul will remember that he will not hurt his lover.

That's also because the golden light won't burn another soul that should have been blessed with golden light.

"There are no evil things in the evil hall arranged by the Chi family. It is Chi Muqing, the captain of the vanguard team of the 1934 special forces, who has recorded a special first-class merit."

Sheng Xun embraced the purified remains with one hand instead, Xiao Qiu came slowly, and walked beside him, the other's soul faded from the dark background, shining as brightly as the golden light around him that had not dissipated.

He took his lover's hand.

"Thank you, I'm here to witness that the heroic spirit is upright."