After joining Hades

Wen Bai's intuition told him that it was Lu Zheng, but he didn't move at all.

I don't know what spell the city god cast on him, the rain didn't fall on him, but the rain continued, covering the scene in front of him in a hazy mist.

Lu Zheng's appearance was also blurred.

Wen Bai recognized Lu Zheng's appearance, even though the man was wearing a black gown and a completely different attire, Wen Bai would not admit his mistake.

It's just... that sense of alienation is also very clear.

It was that sense of alienation that forced him to stop.

It made him feel that that person was Lu Zheng, but it didn't seem like it was.

This is the second time Wen Bai felt that he was dreaming since he entered the Night Sacrifice Picture.

Just as he was hesitating, the man seemed to have noticed him, and turned his head slightly.

"land……"

The word "Zheng" was still in his mouth, and before he finished speaking, dawn broke in the sky.

The familiar feeling of dizziness swept over.

Wen Bai only felt that his whole body was falling.

And he was standing on the bridge, under the Liuguang River...

The body is heavy and cold.

Wen Bai had never felt that his eyelids were so heavy.

But he didn't have time to think about what's going on now, the sound of water and "Xiaobai" with no gaps could already be heard in his ears.

It was the same as before, very noisy and chaotic, but this time, Wen Bai could tell who was calling him.

He slowly opened his eyes, only to realize that he was lying on the bank of the river.

As long as you turn around, you can fall into the Shensha River that has just been flooded for a long time.

It was raining heavily in the sky, and the rain was so fierce that it even hurt a little when it hit my body.

Wen Bai shuddered subconsciously.

As soon as he looked up, he saw Zhou Wei and Lin Qiu holding umbrellas, stumbling down the slope.

Zhong Shining and a few Yinchas could read faster than them.

"Xiaobai! You scared us to death!"

"Hurry up! Notify the boss!"

"It's back!"

"Shi, Shi Ning, relax a little, I can't breathe." Wen Bai patted Zhong Shining on the shoulder

Holding the gentle Zhong Shining tightly, he let go, and when he spoke again, his eyes were red, and even his voice was crying: "Where have you been?"

Wen Bai: "I..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Wei had already run down from above.

Immediately put the umbrella on Wen Bai's head, and then said: "Move your body quickly and see if there is any injury? Did you fall here or something? Where does it hurt?"

The pain is a little pain all over the body.

But Wen Bai heard the sound of rain crackling on the umbrella, and said, "Why is it raining so much?"

He remembered that the weather was fine before.

Everyone didn't speak, Zhou Wei moved his mouth, and finally sighed, his words were tired: "Where did you go?"

Wen Bai paused for a moment before saying, "Ji Ye Tu."

As he spoke, he looked around.

It should be the picture of offering sacrifices to the night, that's right, when he painted it, it was just dawn in the sky.

But Wen Bai didn't see the picture, nor did he see... Lu Zheng.

Moreover, why did he wake up here?

Everyone looked at each other while listening to the "Night Sacrifice Picture".

"What is the picture of offering sacrifices to the night?" Zhou Wei asked.

Wen Bai couldn't explain clearly for a while: "Where is Lu Zheng?"

They don't know, but Lu Zheng should know.

After a long time, Wen Bai heard a few messengers say: "In Dongtai."

The expression is wrong... Wen Bai frowned: "Is something wrong?"

Everyone: "..."

"You should ask yourself this question." Zhou Wei said helplessly.

Wen Bai was a little confused: "Huh?"

Seeing that Wen Bai's face turned pale with cold, Zhou Wei had no choice but to say: "Forget it, just come back, let's go back to Dongtai first."

"Master Jiuzhang drove the car over." A errand said.

After getting into the car, Wen Bai changed out of his drenched coat, and when the warm wind blew, he began to feel drowsy, and eventually fell asleep without holding on.

When I woke up again, it was already dark outside.

"Are there any discomforts?"

Wen Bai paused for a while before realizing it was Lu Zheng's voice.

Wen Bai supported his body and sat up.

For a moment, Lu Zheng in front of him seemed to overlap with the man in the ink-colored gown in the picture of Jiye, and Wen Bai was dazed for a moment.

He coughed and lowered his eyes: "No."

Lu Zheng didn't speak, just stared at him.

Then he raised his hand and tucked the quilt for Wen Bai: "Where did you go?"

Zhou Wei and the others asked this question, and Wen Bai could understand it, but Lu Zheng also asked this question, Wen Bai was stunned, and even began to doubt himself: "Isn't it the picture of offering sacrifices to the night?"

Lu Zheng paused, and after a while, he said softly, "What did you encounter in the picture?"

"It's almost the same as before, the same stall, the same pastries, and the same French boat." Wen Bai shook the jade gourd in his hand, "I also used this gourd to call out the City God."

Lu Zheng smiled lightly: "Have you had a good time?"

"It's okay." There's no point in saying how happy you are. Compared with before, being alone is always more boring.

but……

Wen Bai frowned: "I also put a river lantern."

Lu Zheng looked up at him.

"But the river lantern I picked this time is different from last time."

"The one I chose looks like Yuan Yuan."

"Smaller than Yuanyuan," Wen Bai stretched out his hand, his fingers slightly curved, and compared the size, "It's about this big."

Lu Zheng frowned.

Wen Bai continued: "The last time we went, it might have been a bit earlier, and the stall owner hadn't brought it out yet. This time I went by coincidence, and I happened to see it."

"It's just that it seems to be raining in the night festival picture this time. I don't know if it will get wet."

Wen Bai's thoughts drifted away a little: "I replaced the bamboo branch under that lamp, I don't know how far it can go."

Wen Bai is not very confident in his craftsmanship: "The main reason is that I didn't do it very well. I was afraid that the lamp would sink if it floated... What's wrong?"

What did he say?

Why does this person have... an expression that he can't describe.

Lu Zheng's voice became hoarse: "Did you write on that lamp?"

Wen Bai nodded.

"What word?"

Wen Bai didn't think there was anything wrong when he wrote it, and he didn't think there was anything wrong when he went to Jiyetu last time, but now, when Lu Zheng asked such a straight-forward question, it felt a little... I don't know how to say it.

Wen Bai subconsciously squeezed the quilt, trying to keep his tone calm: "It's the same as last time, you and Yuan Yuan, two."

"My name is written on that lotus lantern." Lu Zheng's voice became a little deeper.

Wen Bai: "Yes."

"Which two words?"

Lu Zheng's rare stubbornness made Wen Bai a little surprised and confused: "Are there any other words? Isn't it your name?"

Seeing that Lu Zheng didn't move, and his eyes were fixed on him, Wen Bai felt a little ashamed, so he simply took Lu Zheng's hand, and wrote the word "Lu Zheng" stroke by stroke in his palm.

While writing, he explained: "Last time I finished writing, Yuan Yuan said, your name is not written like this, so I must remember it when I write it next time, so this time, I wrote this... ..."

Wen Baihua paused for a moment.

Because Lu Zheng suddenly held back his hand.

Before he could finish speaking, and the word "Zheng" was about to be written halfway, Lu Zheng grabbed his hand and held it tightly.

Wen Bai moved his fingers slightly.

Lu Zheng let go, but the ink in his eyes became darker and darker.

He flicked his hand lightly, and when he stopped again, there was already a lotus lantern in his hand.

After seeing the lamp clearly, Wen Bai blinked: "Did you take it out?"

"Didn't you listen to say that the things in the picture of offering sacrifices to the night cannot be taken out?" As soon as Tianming closed the scroll, no matter what was brought out of it, it would be shattered into powder.

Although he was a little puzzled, Wen Bai was still a little surprised when he saw this lamp.

Taking it from Lu Zheng, Wen Bai held the small lotus lantern with one hand, and couldn't help laughing: "Is it similar to Yuan Yuan?"

As he said that, he turned the lotus lantern around, wanting Lu Zheng to see it all.

Lu Zheng didn't answer.

It wasn't until Wen Bai looked up at him that Lu Zheng lowered his eyes and said softly, "It looked like this when I picked it up."

Wen Bai: "...Huh?"

A few seconds later, Wen Bai realized something, and a smile froze on his face.

"Wen Bai."

Wen Bai snapped his fingertips.

Lu Zheng's voice was deep and slow, slowly rippling in his ears.

"This is not something in the picture of offering sacrifices to the night."

"Where you are going is not a picture of offering sacrifices to the night."

"It's the human world."

"It really existed, the human world thousands of years ago."

Lu Zheng took the lamp from Wen Bai's hand again: "You said that the lamp you placed resembled it, not like it."

Obviously everything that Lu Zheng said is in his ears, but Wen Bai has a sense of inaccuracy separated by a layer of mist.

"That lamp is Yuan Yuan."

Wen Bai couldn't say a word.

"Did I tell you how I picked it up?" Lu Zheng had a slight smile on his face.

Wen Bai lowered his eyes and shook his head.

In fact, it was not much different from what Wen Bai knew.

It was right to drift to the underworld with the Dharma boat, it was right to be stranded on the shore, and it was right that day was the golden hour in the world.

Only one link is missing, and it is also the most important link.

Among all the river lantern craft boats, this inconspicuous lotus lantern, which is only the size of a palm, is marked with characters.

Lu Zheng.

Because of these two words, Lu Zheng picked it up.

The paper lantern floating from the world has his name on it.

Truth heard that this lamp was destined for him.

That was also Lu Zheng's first visit to the human world in hundreds of thousands of years.

But he couldn't find the person who put the lamp.

He couldn't even remember what the world was like at that time, he only remembered that it rained that day.

Later, Lu Zheng took the lotus lamp back to the underworld, gave it spiritual consciousness, and kept it by his side.

"So, the people I saw at that time really..." Noticing Lu Zheng's confused expression, Wen Bai didn't speak again.

Wen Bai remembered.

At that time he saw Lu Zheng, but Lu Zheng didn't see him.

Lu Zheng: "What's wrong?"

After a while, Wen Bai leaned back and smiled: "It's nothing."

He still didn't call out that "Lu Zheng" sound thousands of years ago.

Lu Zheng who was a thousand years ago didn't know, but Lu Zheng who is a thousand years later, let's keep it as a secret.

"But how did I go to thousands of years ago?" Wen Bai felt a little puzzled no matter what he thought.

Lu Zheng: "The name of Shensha River thousands of years ago was Liuguang River."

Wen Bai could hardly merge the two rivers.

When he was standing on the stone bridge before, looking at the lights all over the river, he wondered whether the Shensha River was as lively as the Liuguang River a hundred thousand years ago.

It turned out that it was just as lively.

Across thousands of years, walking through the same river, Wen Bai opened and closed his mouth, closed and opened it again, but finally said nothing.

"The soul and Liuguang River under the ancient street got the opportunity of Su Lin offering the night picture."

"The soul sleeps underground, and the river of light leads to the underworld."

"Su Lin, is that the man-god who painted the night picture of the Yuan Festival?" Wen Bai sat up a little bit, and the quilt fell down a little with his movements.

Lu Zheng raised his hand and tucked him in again: "Yes."

Wen Bai remembered that Xiaolian Lantern had said before that not all river lanterns could float to Huangquan, especially in the previous world, whenever there was water in Zhongyuan, there would be river lanterns, and Huangquan couldn't accommodate them at all.

Whether it can float to the underworld is also the fate of the river lamp, each depends on its own ability.

He used to think about how hard it would be for a palm-sized lotus lantern to beat other river lanterns and float to the underworld.

It turned out to be "escorted".

"I went to thousands of years ago, and this has something to do with it?"

"Well," Lu Zheng nodded, "The underground soul has awakened, and the Shensha River, which has been dry for a hundred years, is flowing with water, and the spiritual pressure is too heavy."

Lu is yang, water is yin, and when the Shensha River flows through, coupled with the restless souls underground, yin and yang collide, creating a rift.

Wen Bai just fell in.

"What about those souls underground?" Wen Bai asked quickly.

Seeing people still thinking about those souls, Lu Zheng felt a little helpless: "Bring them back to the Yin Division."

Everything is explained.

In less than two days, Wen Bai seemed to have passed many years.

The human world thousands of years ago, and the people and things in front of us are constantly alternating and flashing.

It's complicated, even ridiculous.

But after thinking about it, Wen Bai suddenly smiled.

Looking at those bright eyebrows, Lu Zheng inexplicably wanted to reach out and touch them.

He finally held back and only said: "What are you laughing at?"

Wen Bai said that again: "It's nothing."

He didn't lie.

I really don't know what to say, I just think everything is fine.

Neither of them spoke again until someone knocked on the door outside.

Lu Zheng opened the door.

Zhou Wei and Zhong Shining stood outside, and there was another one listening.

Under the pressure, Zhou Wei spoke first: "Boss Lu, we want to see Xiaobai, is that okay?"

Lu Zheng turned around and let Zhou Wei and Zhong Shining in.

Amid Zhou Wei and Zhong Shining's somewhat cautious movements, Lu Zheng turned his head, glanced at Wen Bai, and walked out.

Lu Zheng took a few steps outside, leaned against the wall, and watched as he stood at the door and closed the door behind him, obviously not intending to go in, listening attentively.

Lu Zheng's voice was very light: "You already knew."

Di Ting rubbed his neck: "I said no, do you believe it?"

Lu Zheng glanced at him lightly.

"Really not," Di Ting's tone became more serious, "but I guess it's pretty close."

Di Ting raised his head slightly: "You've slept for too long, so you don't know. The superiors will not choose Wen Bai for no reason."

"I don't think there is anyone else who can have a relationship with you except Yuan Yuan."

"I just guessed that the two words on Yuanyuan's body must be related to Wen Bai, or it was written by him, but I don't know how he wrote it, and how he turned on the lamp."

"I only know now."

Di Ting rubbed his nose: "I didn't mean not to say it, but you know that some things are destined to belong to whoever owns them. If others interfere, it is easy to cause trouble."

Lu Zheng turned around and walked downstairs.

As soon as Lu Zheng left, Di Ting didn't come in, only Wen Bai, Zhou Wei and Zhong Shining were left in the room, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

Although Zhou Wei and Zhong Shining didn't know exactly what happened, they had already heard a thing or two.

After confirming that Wen Bai was fine, Zhou Wei slumped on the chair: "Xiaobai, I solemnly apologize for my behavior of saying that Boss Lu has a bad temper."

Wen Bai: "?"

"Boss Lu's temper before was really good."

Wen Bai was even more puzzled: "?"

Zhong Shining added from the side: "Xiaobai, after you disappeared out of thin air, the boss really got really angry."

Wen Bai straightened up: "Lu Zheng lost his temper?"

Zhou Wei and Zhong Shining nodded together.

"Didn't you ask why it suddenly rained so heavily in Nancheng?" Zhong Shining held out a finger very seriously and pointed upwards.

Wen Bai vaguely guessed something.

Zhou Wei went with the messenger after hearing the news of Wen Bai's sudden disappearance.

When he went, Lu Zheng was no longer there, but it was already raining heavily.

At that time, Lin Qiu didn't even hold an umbrella, so he stood in the rain, turning the compass desperately by himself.

On the other hand, Zhong Shining was standing on the bank of the river calling Wen Bai's name.

How miserable it is.

"After you disappeared out of thin air, the boss's expression darkened." Zhong Shining still has lingering fears. "He didn't know what he drew on the ground, or he found something. After saying the word 'Su Lin', he also disappeared. gone."

Zhou Wei couldn't help asking: "Xiaobai, is your disappearance related to this Su Lin?"

Wen Bai nodded: "Yeah."

"No wonder." Zhong Shining said with the tone of the boss at that time, as if he was going to peel him alive.

Thinking about it now, Zhou Wei felt that he had saved his life.

He had never felt such a strong Yin Qi, as if he could sweep everything around him, even when he arrived, Lu Zheng had already left for a while.

Compared with this, Boss Lu was completely amiable before.

Zhong Shining: "The servants said that when the boss woke up, the sky outside was not so ugly."

"If Master Di Ting didn't stop me, something big might happen."

Wen Bai's heart suddenly became complicated.

Zhou Wei approached cautiously: "The boss isn't angry with you, is he?"

Wen Bai shook his head: "No."

Not only no, but also rare patience.

If Zhou Wei and the others hadn't mentioned it, Wen Bai wouldn't have noticed such a thing at all.

"That's right." Zhou Wei said with a sigh.

He asked this question in vain.

Seeing how careful Boss Lu was when he carried Xiaobai back to his room, how could he still get angry at him after waking up?

On the other side, Lu Zheng returned to the office and put the picture of the morning glory on the table.

The painting spirit floated out from inside: "Big, my lord."

Lu Zheng: "It does."

Hua Ling: "I'm sleeping."

During the time when Wen Bai disappeared, the little lotus lantern in the painting was sleeping and waking up for some reason. Lu Zheng was afraid that it would wake up and make a fuss to find Wen Bai, so he injected a spiritual force into it and temporarily sealed it. Cow diagram.

Only now did Lu Zheng start painting.

Xu knew that Wen Bai was back, and Xiao Lian Deng slept peacefully this time.

"My lord, is Xiaobai okay?" Hua Ling also heard the words of the servants.

Lu Zheng responded indifferently: "Yes."

"That's good."

The old scalper flicked its tail, and the lotus lantern rolled in a small circle and landed in Lu Zheng's palm.

Looking at the undulating chubby petals, Lu Zheng smiled.

Truth listened to it once before, in the human world, birth and nourishment are different, but they are both a great kindness and the most important person.

After only saying it once, Lian Deng remembered it.

It knew Lu Zheng who raised it, and after meeting Wen Bai, Wen Bai took another most important position.

Lu Zheng is the adoptive father, and Wen Bai naturally became the "biological father".

Wen Bai told it several times that "biological father" is not used in this way, so Xiaopang Deng just chuckled a few times, and dare to do it next time.

Unexpected.

Lu Zheng clicked on the petals and smiled lightly.

"It really was born by him."