Chapter 800

He Chunhua still remembered that after Sun Fuping and Nian Songyu died, the black dragon in the Panlong illusion told them that the Great Fang Hu had long ago merged with Panlong Ancient City, so no one could take it away.

Naluotian also asked about this adventure, and He Chunhua told the truth, so Naluotian didn't say anything else.

Did the black dragon in the illusion lie, or was there some new change in the situation?

There have been too many variables in these past few months; Nian Zanli inexplicably became a prisoner in Lingxu City, life or death unknown, and the biggest threat in Xiazhou suddenly disappeared; the powerful and arrogant Beijia capital suddenly had a volcanic eruption, chaos in the city, and it is said that demon immortals came out to show off their power.

Beijia is a country favored by the gods, and Lingxu City has enjoyed peace since its founding. Would this unprecedented great turmoil be because something happened in the God Realm first, which then implicated the human world? So, Naluotian took action?

In the east, the Mou Kingdom is still fighting Beijia...

Could the changes in the past few months be a sign that a new great chaos is coming?

He Chunhua subconsciously took a deep breath, but was choked by the thick smoke and coughed repeatedly.

Lady Ying happened to come to knock on the door; He Chunhua just opened the door, and she took two steps back, "Oh my," "The smoke is so thick, why don't you open the window?"

He Lingchuan woke up from his sleep and heard two orioles chirping. Outside the house, peach blossoms were burning, and the red powder filled the walls.

The weather was about to turn hot; this should be the last glory and stubbornness of the peach blossoms.

After drifting for more than half a year, he returned to the He family again. If the outside world was such a peaceful world, how good would that be?

Just as he finished tying his hair and washing up, a servant reported that Lady Zhu had come to visit the special envoy.

"Lady Zhu?" Who was this? He had no impression. But walking to the front hall to see the person, he immediately remembered: "Sister Xiuer!"

The first guest he received after returning to the country was actually Zhu Xiuer! She was abducted a few years ago and sold to County Magistrate Village; it was the He family who rescued her and sent her back to her grandfather in Shihuancheng.

After more than a year, Zhu Xiuer was wearing a high bun with hairpins, and a spring dress with rings and pendants; she was already full of nobility, her face was smooth and shiny, and her waist was thin and straight; there was no trace of the roughness of a village woman.

This was the vibrant appearance a twenty-year-old woman should have.

She was followed by two maidservants.

Zhu Xiuer personally held a food box, and as soon as she saw He Lingchuan, she put the food box on the table and curtsied. He Lingchuan reached out and supported her virtually, and the invisible force lifted her up.

"Why are you here?"

"Grandfather said you were back, and you were a Rongshan envoy!" Zhu Xiuer's eyes were bright, and her joy was overflowing.

"Zhu Lao's news is still so well-informed." He Lingchuan laughed. The more high-class the family, the faster the inside news traveled.

"Come, have some tea." He ordered the servants to change the tea, while asking, "Sister Xiuer, have you been well?"

After chatting for a few sentences, he learned that Zhu Xiuer had already married, and her husband was a rising star in Shihuancheng.

With Zhu Lao's doting on this granddaughter, if that abduction hadn't happened back then, Zhu Xiuer should have married into a top-tier noble family.

However, Zhu Xiuer was quite satisfied because her husband was very good to her.

He Lingchuan said sincerely: "Congratulations, you are finally fulfilled."

If Zhu Xiuer's days could continue to be so smooth, the shadows of the past would eventually dissipate slowly.

Zhu Xiuer smiled: "You rescued me from the abyss; otherwise, I would have died long ago, so how could I have today?"

After saying this, she opened the food box on the table, and a cold air came out: "I have a two-hundred-year-old big peach tree in my courtyard, much older than the one in your house; the peaches produced every year must be offered to the palace. I picked these myself, pickled them myself, please taste them."

He Lingchuan looked, and two pink, fat peaches lay in the box, each like a baby's face, white with red.

Crushed ice was laid under the box grid to ensure the peaches were cool.

"Iced peaches?" Why were they wet?

"Pickled with salt water and sour plum juice."

The peaches seemed to have been soaked for a long time; the fuzz on the surface was polished away, and there was even a hazy transparency, with a texture like jade.

He Lingchuan grabbed a peach and took a bite.

Ooh, salty, sweet, juicy, and crispy, with a wisp of sourness sublimated just right, squeezing away the only bit of greenness of the spring peach.

Seeing him eat without any avoidance, Zhu Xiuer was even happier: "I also sent a few boxes to Lady Ying and younger brother Yue. If you like this taste, I will send it to you often."

"I like it!" He Lingchuan had a mouth full of peach meat, and his speech was slurred, "Bring me a box every day!"

He was so unceremonious, and Zhu Xiuer laughed until her eyes narrowed into lines.

The two chatted about family affairs for a while, and she leaned forward, suddenly lowering her voice: "Actually, I came here today to tell you one thing." After speaking, she looked left and right.

He Lingchuan understood: "My garden is quite nice; shall I take you for a walk?"

Zhu Xiuer nodded happily and said to the maidservants behind her: "You wait here, no need to follow."

The two walked out along the corridor, wandering in the garden.

The garden in late spring and early summer was full of flowers and willows; there was no need for any high-end plants, and even the wild chrysanthemums bloomed brilliantly.

Seeing no one around, Zhu Xiuer talked about business: "Did you have a person under you named Sun Hongye?"

Sun Hongye? He Lingchuan's expression changed; he never expected her to mention this person.

"Yes, I heard he left a few days ago, just missing me. Why?"

"Sun Hongye and I have some exchanges, and his departure is a bit strange. I came to tell you."

"Strange?" He Lingchuan asked curiously, "How could he have an intersection with you?"

"It's like this; I was abducted when I was young, and it was done by an inside ghost in the family." Zhu Xiuer mentioned the nightmarish past, her face still a bit pale, "I have already found out who did it, and Grandfather knows, but the evidence was destroyed long ago, and I can no longer send them to justice. And, and such disgraceful internal affairs, the Zhu family doesn't want outsiders to know."

Family ugliness should not be made public. A family like the Zhu family naturally wanted to maintain its reputation.

"Your family didn't do anything?"

"They sent the couple away." Zhu Xiuer said coldly, "But how can this dispel the hatred in my heart?"

"Just over ten days ago, Sun Hongye came to me, saying he was willing to plan for me and take revenge on my enemy."

Over ten days ago? That was probably when the He family had just moved to the Yuan capital, and Sun Hongye also followed as a staff member.

Regarding Sun Hongye's departure, He Lingchuan had long felt it was strange. It had been a year since he fell into the water, and Sun Hongye had stayed in the remote Xiazhou for nearly a year; he didn't leave early or late, why did he resign and leave only after returning to the capital that Yuan people yearned for?

(End of chapter)