The years I was in the human world

Lu Zhouxue was led to the back door of Cui's mansion. The servant at the door recognized the boy and made a joke when he saw him coming back smelling like urine: "The master asked you to pick up a fox, why did you come back smelling like urine?"

The servant was just joking, but the servant who used to joke with him looked up at him, then quickly lowered his head, letting Lu Zhouxue who was following behind him to leave, and said, "The master asked me to find someone."

After saying this, he hurriedly walked past the servant at the door and returned to his servant's room, which seemed like he was fleeing in a hurry; not only him, but all the other servants who were brought along with him also hurriedly found excuses to escape, fearing that if they were a step slower, Lu Zhouxue would settle the score with them later.

"Why are they all so weird?" The two servants on duty looked at each other, but did not hesitate. They looked at Lu Zhouxue back and forth, thinking that he was worthy of being the eunuch invited by the master himself. Just looking at this face made people itchy.

But since they were invited by their master, they could only fantasize about it and didn’t dare to reveal their thoughts too obviously. After making some comments in their minds, they let Lu Zhouxue in: “There will be someone to take you in.”

As soon as he entered Cui's mansion, there was indeed a well-dressed maid waiting for him there. The maid looked him up and down, moved her mouth and said something inaudible.

"Come with me. Listen carefully. Cui Mansion is not like your dressing room. The master asked you to serve the guests, but not everyone can mess with you. Put away your extra thoughts and behave yourself. The money will be paid to you in the end."

As the maid walked, she warned mercilessly, as if they were not forcing people to come, but Ah Xun was sharpening his head to climb the Cui family's high branch. When she didn't hear Lu Zhouxue's response, the maid frowned and said in an unhappy tone: "Did you hear it?"

Lu Zhouxue said nonchalantly: "Yeah, I heard it."

Of course his lazy attitude annoyed the maid. She was the aunt in charge of the maids in Cui's mansion and had some say. All the prostitutes and boys who had come and gone in the mansion before had been fawning on her. But Lu Zhouxue, on the other hand, was acting like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. How could he not be annoyed?

"Don't you know how to respond when you hear it? You are really a person who is not worthy of being on the stage. You don't even know this little bit of etiquette." The maid's tone was harsh. She would not do anything to the entertainment toys that her master invited at this critical moment, but she could still curse at them verbally.

"Girl, you are a slave and I am a lowly woman. You are not necessarily nobler than me. Where do you get the confidence to order me around?" Lu Zhouxue asked back.

The servants in the Cui mansion are naturally of higher status than lowly servants like Ah Xun, but in terms of their origins, they are indeed the same. If she were the real Ah Xun, she would of course swallow her anger and not cause trouble, but Lu Zhouxue would not tolerate the bullying of a maid at all.

It is one thing to feel compassion in the illusion, but it is another thing to make him get too involved in the play and act it out.

"Although I am a slave, I am also the manager of this mansion. I have the confidence to deal with you." The maid sneered. She had seen people like Lu Zhouxue who were so conceited before. They spoke rudely to her in the same way, but in the end, they did not win the favor of those young masters and finally went back in disgrace.

"Really? I didn't know that it turns out that the young lady is the one in charge of the Cui Mansion." The young man's lazy voice sounded casually. Lu Zhouxue reacted indifferently, but the maid was startled. She turned around to see who was coming and knelt down in shock.

"Thank you, young master. Why are you here?" The maid said flatteringly, cursing in her heart why this young master, who had never done housework, was running around instead of just drinking and having fun in the front hall.

"The noise of the orchestra is giving me a headache. Come out and get some fresh air. What's going on? I can hear the noise from far away." Xiao Fengzhuo didn't ask the maid to get up. He waved the fan slowly, looked at Lu Zhouxue who was standing not far away with a smile, and then blinked.

Lu Zhouxue understood what he meant.

"What a handsome young man! Are you also a guest of Mr. Cui?" Xiao Fengzhuo smiled and moved his feet in wooden clogs towards Lu Zhouxue. He was wearing a wide robe with big sleeves, and he really had the air of an immortal who was aloof from the world.

"He is..." The maid was about to say that this was the prostitute that Mr. Cui bought from Wanzhuang Tower.

"Shh, I'm asking this young master, don't interrupt." Xiao Fengzhuo made a silencing gesture, his tone was gentle, and he seemed easy to talk to. But when he turned around, he smiled like a blooming flower, and his expression changed faster than turning the pages of a book, "May I ask your name, young master?"

Lu Zhouxue couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled. He said softly, "My last name is Lu."

"It turned out to be Master Lu." Xiao Fengzhuo pretended to be surprised, stepped forward and took Lu Zhouxue's hand in a familiar manner, and led him to the inner court, while he kept sighing, "Master is really a beauty."

Men from high-class noble families pursue fair skin and beautiful looks, so Xiao Fengzhuo's description is not impolite, but rather a compliment.

Seeing that he was addicted to acting, Lu Zhouxue couldn't help but ask, "How beautiful is it?"

"Lang Yixi, I can't forget you after seeing you for the first time; I miss you like crazy when I haven't seen you for a day." When it comes to shamelessness, Lu Zhouxue can't compare to Xiao Fengzhuo in three lifetimes combined. He was just joking, but who would have thought that Xiao Fengzhuo would think about it for a while, and then answer seriously, with sincerity in his eyes, and he didn't seem like he was joking.

Xiao Fengzhuo suddenly became serious, and Lu Zhouxue was at a loss. Their current relationship had not yet been sorted out. He seemed to be able to vaguely sense Xiao Fengzhuo's feelings, but the window paper had not been broken yet, and at this moment he probably didn't know how to deal with it.

But compared to Lu Zhouxue's restrained behavior, Xiao Fengzhuo was obviously much more bold and unrestrained. He stretched out his hand and pulled Lu Zhouxue into his arms.

Because they were both using someone else's body at the moment, Xiao Fengzhuo didn't do anything too intimate. He just rested his chin on Lu Zhouxue's shoulder and whispered in his ear, "I miss you, Mianmian."

"Haven't we just been separated for one day?" Lu Zhouxue pretended to be indifferent, but one day without seeing each other felt like three years, and in fact he missed Xiao Fengzhuo too.

"Not seeing Mianmian, one day feels like a thousand years." Xiao Fengzhuo is always so straightforward and sincere. He never hesitates to hide his enthusiasm. The heat he exudes seems to be able to warm the world. Lu Zhouxue can't help but be dazzled when he holds her in his arms.

"How can it be so exaggerated..." What kind of environment could nurture a warm-hearted person like Xiao Fengzhuo? Lu Zhouxue suddenly became curious about how happy Xiao Fengzhuo must have been when he was young, to make him so pure and open-minded.

"How is it impossible?" Xiao Feng's hot breath blew on Lu Zhouxue's earlobe, and he felt like a small brush was scratching his heart.

Lu Zhouxue's hands hanging in her sleeves moved, and she couldn't help but hug Xiao Fengzhuo. Her arms were filled in an instant, and he let out a satisfied sigh.

It’s terrible, Lu Zhouxue thought. He suddenly understood the gods in Buzhou Mountain who kept spiritual pets. He also wanted to raise a cat.

Raise a beautiful and naughty cat that likes to bring back candied haws and occasionally likes to play pranks.

Xiao Fengzhuo dragged Lu Zhouxue into the inner court. Master Cui was still looking for him everywhere. When he saw him dragging Lu Zhouxue over, his expression became complicated for a moment, but soon he returned to his normal state. He walked to Xiao Fengzhuo with a normal expression: "I'm still looking. It turns out Master Xie is here."

"Yeah." Xiao Fengzhuo responded indifferently and pulled Lu Zhouxue to the corner he had found earlier and sat down. Seeing that he seemed to have devoted his whole heart to Ah Xuan, Master Cui's eyes flashed, but he tactfully did not disturb him.

No matter how Xie Huaiyu hooked up with A'xuan, he was the one who hired her. As long as Xie Huaiyu fell in love with A'xuan, whether as a plaything or a slave, the Cui family was connected to the Xie family.

Lu Zhouxue whispered to Xiao Fengzhuo: "They call you Master Xie? Are you Xie Huaiyu?"

"Yeah." Xiao Fengzhuo nodded, squinting his eyes and smiling like a fox, "Mianmian's body is really well-fitted, very beautiful."

"Stop talking nonsense. I'm talking to you about serious matters." Lu Zhouxue raised her hand and hit him. "Since you are Xie Huaiyu, have you discovered anything? For example, how to leave this illusion?"

"Don't worry about the illusion. This is about the life of the Bamboo-robed Ghost. Once the Wuxiang people invade Kyoto, the illusion will naturally break." Xiao Fengzhuo rubbed his cheek. "The more important thing is another matter. Does Mianmian know this Prince Yongling?"

Lu Zhouxue shook her head subconsciously: "I don't recognize him, why?"

"He is Xiao Ling." Xiao Fengzhuo looked at Lu Zhouxue with a smile, but he was hiding some strange emotions. "To put it another way, Xiao Yueheng, whom you and Axue are looking for, stirred up trouble in the world hundreds of years ago and wanted to be the emperor of the Southern Dynasty. He was a traitor who overthrew the country."

"Mianmian, you know him better than Axue and I do. Can you figure out what he wants to do?" Xiao Fengzhuo looked at Lu Zhouxue seriously. "Axue found out something. It seems that Xiao Yueheng was not innocent in the Wuxian incident. Tell me, what does he want to do?"

"I don't know." Lu Zhouxue shook his head. He was telling the truth. He was smart enough, but he couldn't guess what Xiao Yueheng was thinking, a madman who even dared to plot against the heavens. "It's true that the Wuxian people killed him back then. It's also true that he's teaming up with the Wuxian people to recreate that past."

"Wuxiang people?" Lu Zhouxue's words seemed to wake up Xiao Fengzhuo. He was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized something. He lowered his head and laughed, muttering like a madman, "Yes, yes, why didn't I think of it, Wuxiang people, Prince of Yongling, Xiao Ling is Prince of Yongling, so that's it."

Lu Zhouxue keenly sensed that Xiao Fengzhuo's tone was wrong. He tentatively called out "A Zhuo" and reached out to hold up Xiao Fengzhuo's face. Then he unexpectedly saw the hatred in his eyes that he had not had time to hide.

Xiao Fengzhuo's expression was still forbearing and restrained, with hatred buried deep in his eyes, and it was completely invisible if you didn't look closely. Instead, his whole person exuded a sense of compromise, which made people inexplicably feel distressed.

"Azhuo?" Lu Zhouxue called out again. He was distressed by Xiao Fengzhuo's appearance at this moment. "Tell me, what's wrong with you?"

In her impression, Xiao Fengzhuo was always free and warm, like a little sun without any worries. Even when his important demon core was taken away, he was very open-minded and had no resentment at all. But at this moment, Lu Zhouxue saw in him the same misery as that of ordinary people.

"It's okay." Xiao Fengzhuo shook his head and suppressed the emotions in his eyes in the blink of an eye. He grabbed Lu Zhouxue's wrist and held it like a life-saving straw. As if to comfort Lu Zhouxue and to control his surging emotions, he repeated again, "Mianmian, I'm fine."

When Xiao Fengzhuo opened his eyes again, he was calm and ordinary, as if nothing had happened. Facing Lu Zhouxue's worried gaze, he smiled and tilted his head, looking very cute. It was hard to tell that he was pretending to be relaxed. "Are you scared? You were possessed by an illusion. It's no big deal."

This was the first time in so many years that Xiao Fengzhuo had made an unexpected discovery. His emotions were indeed surging for a moment, but this was not enough to make him lose his composure. He had never been a person who would be swayed by his emotions, never.

Lu Zhouxue nodded, without saying whether he believed it or not. He just hugged Xiao Fengzhuo and said softly, "Azhuo, I will stay with you."

He said this as casually as if Xiao Fengzhuo had lied to him, but only he knew that this was a promise weighing more than a thousand pounds.

"What are you talking about? What Xiao Yueheng? What Wuxiang people?" When the two were talking as if no one was around, Lin Xiyang suddenly spoke, but the words came from Xie Huaiyu's mouth. His divisive behavior scared Lu Zhouxue.

He looked Xiao Fengzhuo up and down in doubt, thinking that the latter had finally lost his mind. Xiao Fengzhuo saw through his thoughts and explained hurriedly: "It's your apprentice, Lin Xiyang."

"We are in the same body."

"Oh." Lu Zhouxue responded, and then his expression changed instantly. Lin Xiyang was also living in Xie Huaiyu's body, so didn't he hear what they just said about Mount Buzhou?

"It's okay. I'll explain it to him." Xiao Fengzhuo gave Lu Zhouxue a soothing look, telling him to be at ease, and then said, "Xiao Yueheng is Xiao Ling. I think he is not unfamiliar with the name of Ghost King."

"As for the Wuxian people, their purpose has been clear since they invaded the Southern Dynasty. They slaughtered the bloodline of the Xie family and the royal family of the Southern Dynasty in order to build a road to heaven. This has indeed made them achieve something. So the question is, who taught them to do this?"

"I have always been curious about why a country that was still prosperous during the Western Dynasty was defeated so easily by a few barbarians? After being forced to flee south and live in a corner, the Northern Army was so brave, but still couldn't resist?"

"The Western Dynasty's Imperial Master, the Prince of Yongling who founded the Southern Dynasty after the royal family fled, was Xiao Ling, who colluded with the Wuxiang people to slaughter and invade. An evil ghost in human skin sat in that high and powerful position. The country's fortune was stolen, the country was destroyed, and the family was ruined. Naturally, there is no doubt about it."

When Xiao Fengzhuo said this, he no longer had the indifference of a bystander as he stated facts in the past, but rather had a hint of sadness in his voice. Lu Zhouxue heard the subtle difference and looked up at him.