The adopted daughter returns with a new face

During the Mid-Autumn Festival in the "Cloud Capital", crowds of pedestrians are walking on the streets admiring the lanterns and solving riddles. Some are sitting by the flower bridge, while others are riding on flower boats, drinking wine and admiring the moon.

Suddenly, in the crescent moon in the night sky, the moon slowly turned red. The sudden change of the crescent moon scared the tourists in the city. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the red moon in the sky, their eyes widened in surprise.

"I've heard of the moon being eclipsed by the heavenly dog, but I've never seen a red moon. Is the appearance of this red moon an ominous sign?" Someone in the crowd suddenly said.

"I heard that once this red moon appears, it will eat people." Someone suddenly spoke again.

"Sir, don't talk nonsense." Mu Xuan was so scared that he pulled his master and reminded him not to talk nonsense, because this is the capital.

"The red moon eats people..." When everyone heard this, they turned around in horror and stared at the man in purple who was speaking, and the handsome servant boy beside him.

The man in purple looked at everyone at once. Hundreds of eyes were staring at him. On his handsome face, he showed an innocent smile as he looked at everyone.

"Sir, where did you hear that the red moon can eat people?" asked the man in gray standing next to the man in purple.

"Have you ever heard that there was a country called Moluo in the Western Regions a hundred years ago? I am a traveler and have been to the Western Regions. Among the legends I have heard from the Western Regions, there is the legend that the red moon cannibalizes people." said the young man in purple.

"Young Master..." Mu Xuan called him again when he saw his master was talking too much.

"So is this red moon devouring people a good omen or an ominous sign?" someone asked in surprise.

"Don't listen to my young master's nonsense." Seeing that the situation was not good, Mu Xuan pulled his master away quickly.

Everyone watched as the servant boy pulled the man in purple away, and for a moment their eyes were fixed on the backs of the two men as they left.

"Master, this is the capital. If these words were to reach the ears of the royal family, it would cause trouble." Mu Xuan blamed his master.

"Xuan Zi, didn't you see that the red moon just now is the same as the rumor we heard in the Western Regions? Aren't you curious?" The purple-clothed young master, Lin Tianyou, the second young master of Lingjian Villa, asked Mu Xuan.

"You may be curious, but you can't say anything careless. I'm afraid rumors will spread in the capital. You have to leave tomorrow." Mu Xuan was worried that his master's words just now would cause trouble, so he had to slip away.

"Coward, let's go back to the inn." Lin Tianyou strode forward, Mu Xuan sighed lightly and followed his master.

He originally wanted to go and see his senior brother, but he had gone to pacify Yuqing, so his trip to the capital was in vain.

The next morning, the emperor asked Fan Mingyin what the strange phenomenon that happened last night was. Fan Mingyin told the emperor truthfully that he had never seen the red moon phenomenon before and was studying it.

Baili Hantan Waterfall, the sound of water rushing down from the mountain, the morning sun shining in the cold pond, reflecting the shining colorful light, the sparrows in the forest chirping. I saw a woman in pink lying by the cold pond, half lying in the water.

There were sporadic sounds in the pool, and the water was rippling. A fiery red snake with a long horn swam in the water. It moved towards the woman and opened its mouth to bite her wrist.

"Ugh..." The woman groaned in pain and slowly opened her eyes, only to see a red snake with horns on its head biting her hand. Her face was filled with piercing pain and her bones felt like they were falling apart. The snake biting her hand screamed, and the red snake was so scared that it retracted its mouth and darted into the water. The birds and animals in the forest were startled and ran around.

The woman panicked and climbed up from the water's edge. Suddenly, her whole body felt like it was on fire. She was in so much pain that she could not stand and fell directly into the water. At the moment when the woman fell into the water, a white shadow flashed behind the cold pond waterfall. In the blink of an eye, it came up and picked up the woman and rushed behind the waterfall. In an instant, it disappeared into the cold pond.

In the city of Yundu, rumors spread that the red moon could eat people. The rumors became more and more intense, causing the entire capital to be in an uproar and people to be in panic. The emperor was so angry that he issued an order that anyone who dared to discuss it again would be beheaded.

"Ah, snake..." Behind the mountain of Baili Hantan, the morning sun shone on the valley and woods. Suddenly, an earth-shattering scream was heard in a small wooden house in the valley, which almost shook the whole mountain down. However, it scared Xiaohong, who was sleeping beside the bed, so much that she jumped to the ground, raised her head and stared at the screaming person on the bed.

"You, don't come over here..." Lan Rufeng opened his eyes and saw the little red snake lying under the bed. He was so scared that he screamed and rolled and crawled in the corner of the bed, staring at the ground with horror. The little red snake with two horns on its head felt unbearable pain in his face. He reached out to touch it and found its face was wrapped in cloth, revealing its mouth, eyes and nose. It looked like a mummy.

"Squeak..." The door was pushed open, and a man with white hair, plain clothes, and an immortal look, about forty years old, walked in with a bowl in his hand. Xiaohong jumped onto the man's shoulder and tilted her head to stare at the woman on the bed.

"Your voice is loud and full of energy. I'm about to collapse this valley because of you." Luo Wuchen stroked the gray hair on his chest, looked at the woman on the bed and blamed her, then stepped forward and handed her the bowl in his hand and said, "Come on, drink this medicine."

"Who are you?" Lan Rufeng asked as he looked at the middle-aged man in front of him. He had a tall figure, an imposing face, a beard at the corners of his mouth, white hair and plain clothes, and he looked like an immortal who had descended into the mortal world.

"Of course I am the one who saved you." Luo Wuchen handed over the bowl with a smile.

Lan Rufeng reached out to take the bowl from the man's hand, looked at the black medicine in the bowl, which smelled so bad that she wanted to vomit. She pinched her nose and took the bowl, gulped down the medicine in one breath, and suddenly a small paper bag appeared in front of her.

"Sugar..." Luo Wuchen smiled and nodded at the woman, then reached out to take the bowl, watching her peel the candy and put it in her mouth, then asked with a smile: "Little girl, why are you at my doorstep?"

Lan Rufeng shook her head as she listened to the man's words. Her brain started to hurt as she shook it. She couldn't help but hold her head with both hands and said, "I don't know."

"It's okay, you just woke up, don't think too much. You were poisoned by the cold poison in the cold pond, so Xiaohong bit you and saved your life. But your face was ruined by someone, so I can only change your face, but this is also a blessing in disguise for you." Luo Wuchen said as he sat down at the table.

"Poison in the cold pond? Disfigured and had her face replaced? A blessing in disguise. Didn't she climb the mountain to watch the total solar eclipse and accidentally slipped and fell down the mountain? How could she be poisoned? How could she be disfigured?" Lan Rufeng's mind was full of question marks. She put down her hands that were covering her head with a confused look on her face, lowered her head to look at herself, reached out and pulled at the strange plain clothes, her eyes fell on a pair of white and slender hands, these were not her hands.

"Little girl, what are you looking at? You are lucky to meet me with a face like this. If you met someone else, his life would be ruined." Luo Wuchen saw the girl waking up, pulling her clothes and stretching out her hands to look at him and asked.

"Uncle, where am I? Is there a mirror?" Lan Rufeng asked anxiously as he quickly climbed down from the bed. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he looked at the white little feet and was so shocked that he looked around the room for a mirror.

"Little girl, why are you looking for a mirror? I don't have that thing here, but there is a stream in front of the house." Luo Wuchen asked the woman who was looking for a mirror in panic.

When Lan Rufeng heard that there was a stream outside the house, he rushed out without even caring about his bare feet. When he got out, he looked at the stream at the door, and hurriedly ran down holding the railing in front of the door.