Chapter 44 The Roar of Bones

Chapter 44 The Roar of Bones

Shan Nan was like a poor little animal whose neck was strangled. His eyes were round and he looked at Lu Ji in front of him. His mouth was open. He swallowed hard and the tip of his tongue curled up uncontrollably.

Even if Shannan didn't breathe deliberately, Lu Ji could smell what the other party drank tonight. Shannan was right - the rich aroma of roses, the sourness of passion fruit, the refreshing sweetness of green grapes, mixed together.Being together is the taste of enjoying the south now.

Lu Ji came closer to Shang Nan, and Shang Nan could only watch the other person approaching. He looked into Lu Ji's eyes and looked deep into them. He always felt that he saw hot eyes in the empty sockets. He even thought that Lu Ji wasWant to kiss myself.

Fortunately, Mrs. Xiang, who was far behind them, caught up and pulled Shang Nan out from under Lu Ji's hands. She held Shang Nan's face in her hands and rubbed it, saying with pity, "There are still marks."

Lu Zhi pressed his finger bones between his eyebrows, "I'm sorry."

Mrs. Xiang hugged Shang Nan, "He is just a child!"

Mrs. Xiang: "How could you treat him so hard?"

1.73 meters tall, the seventeen-year-old boy admired Nan: "..."

This was just a small episode in Shan Nan's mind, and he didn't even take it to heart because he didn't resist physical contact with Lu Ji.

Mrs. Xiang walked in front with Shang Nan, while Lu Ji was a few steps behind. Shang Nan frequently looked back.Mrs. Xiang put her cold palm against the side of Shannan's face and asked him to turn around, "You are so courageous. You should keep an appropriate distance from the young master now."

Shan Nan didn't quite understand, "Because he will show his true colors after drinking?"

"The young master is not a snake spirit," Mrs. Xiang laughed. "It's just that he likes you very much. I'm worried that he will do something bad to you."

Shan Nan pondered, thought, and wondered about the logic between the two "like it, so it is possible to do something bad to yourself."

Although Mrs. Xiang saw Shan Nan's doubts, she did not answer his doubts. Solving the doubts was not her business, but belonged to Lu Ji.

Her palms slid along Shannan's face to the side of her neck, then to her shoulders, and finally along her sleeves, and her fingers hooked the white corner exposed from Shannan's coat pocket.

"What's this?"

"Whose handkerchief is it?"

It looks like just a pure white handkerchief on the outside, but it is embroidered on the inside, with a few maple leaves embroidered on it.

Shang Nan: "I don't know, this is not mine."

"I know it's not yours." Mrs. Xiang said.

Luji handkerchiefs are rarely used, and there is no maple leaf type. Xiaonan usually doesn't even bother to bring tissues, let alone such a handkerchief.

What's more, when Shang Nan went out, Mrs. Xiang had arranged his hair up and down, inside and out, so that nothing else could appear on him.

Someone had stuffed it into him.

Mrs. Xiang moved her fingers and was about to mash the handkerchief into a ball and throw it out. Lu Ji's hand reached out from behind the two of them and took away the handkerchief. "I'll return the second uncle's things to him tomorrow."

"A prodigal son who used true love as an excuse to play in the flowers, set his sights on Xiaonan, really..." Lu Ji laughed. He folded the handkerchief again and did not say the next words, but Mrs. Shangnan and Xiang understood.He, so even if Lu Ji didn't say it completely, they could guess what it was.

Lawless, unreasonable, wishful thinking... In short, in Lu Shen's eyes, Lu Huan is just a junior who cannot stand up to the stage and has no responsibility or ambition.

Lu Shen did not believe in the concept of direct concubines. According to the family rules he set, the Lu family has always followed the rule that even side branches have the qualifications to participate in the fight for inheritance rights.So even though Lu Er, a branch of the family, had always spent the most time on eating, drinking and having fun, the family rules had not treated them harshly.

This is not the first time Lu Er and the others have attacked people close to Lu Shen.

When Lu Xiang followed Lu Shen to Lu's house, she was as wet as a little bird with its wings attached to its body. Standing behind Lu Shen, the cousin who had just returned from the wine shop saw Lu Xiang, and his eyes immediately lit up.

Fortunately, Lu Xiang was sent to a girls' school and the two never met again.Lu Xiang only studied for three years. She is smart, hardworking and willing to learn, and she learns faster than her peers.

The eldest girl who was following Lu Ji kept calling her sister, and was spotted by her cousin again.

Later, something bad almost happened, and it was the first time that Lu Shen took action against one of his own. Aunt Ren pointed at the sky painting outside and scolded Lu Shen for not even recognizing his brother for the sake of outsiders.

That's why Lu Shen said that Lu Er's side branch couldn't get on the stage. Even now, hundreds of years have passed, and he still can't change the greedy gene in his bones.

Mrs. Xiang hugged Shang Nan. She still remembered the feeling when she was a child and was dragged to the study by the young master's cousin. It was pouring rain outside. The quality of clothes at that time was actually average, but the materials of wealthy people were not torn. A few libertinesHer face and voice are still lingering in her mind, and she still has lingering fears.

She looked down at Shang Nan, her heart almost beating out of her chest. She was afraid that Shang Nan would encounter the same thing as herself.

"I have no intention of falling in love," said Mrs. Shang Nan Hexiang, let alone having any contact with Lu Huan.It doesn't happen now and it won't happen in the future.

Lu Jiwu's heavy gaze fell on Shang Nan's face like drizzle, with a chill.

Shang Nan thought he didn't believe it and continued: "I really don't plan to fall in love. I plan to stay with my brother all the time. I don't like anyone."

Mrs. Xiang glanced at Lu Ji, laughed dryly, and said, "If you meet someone you like, you can still give it a try. If it's Lu Huan, forget it."

"I'm not interested in anyone, why should I fall in love? Isn't it nice to be alone?" Shang Nan spread his hands, "Mrs. Xiang, aren't you always single?"

"How old are you? How are I the same as you?"

Shang Nan really didn't want to like anyone. His heart was filled with missions, and his mission was Lu Ji. Apart from that, he couldn't hold other things or people.

It was impossible for him to bring his whole family to complete the mission, and he had no problem with his brain. Should he have a family in every world?And then leaving a litter of children in every world is outrageous.

Therefore, he only needs to save Lu Ji.

The next day, Shang Nan was awakened by the barking of dogs downstairs. The three dogs barked together, making Shang Nan unable to even sleep.

He saw Mrs. Lu Xiao and Youxiang leading the way by the window and walked in. The screwdrivers and the others barked at Lu Xiao like crazy, with saliva spitting out of their mouths. They were even more excited than seeing those pheasants and rabbits in Miwu Mountain..

Shang Nan put on a coat over his pajamas and tiptoed from the corridor to the corner of the first floor. From this position, he could just see several sofas in the living room. Lu Xiao sat on the middle sofa with his back to him, and Lu Ji sat on the sofa in the middle.side.From where they were sitting, Shang Nan could not be seen.

Lu Xiao placed the two music books in his hands on the table, "Your mother asked me to bring these to you."

"Please help me thank my mother." Lu Ji's eyes only stayed on the music score for a few seconds, "Is she in good health?"

Lu Xiao: "She's fine. I'm just worried about you. If the doctor hadn't said that staying at the old house would be good for your recovery, your mother and I would still have wanted to take you away."

Lu Ji's face seemed to have returned to its original state, and his smile was pale. "I know my own body well. It's the same everywhere. It's just the end of my strength now." After he finished speaking, he coughed a few times, only this time.After a few strokes, he looked like he was about to collapse, and his good energy from last night was completely lost.

Lu Xiao's face tightened, "What nonsense is this? You are still young, and medicine is so advanced now. Is there any disease that cannot be cured? Besides, what you have is not a terminal disease, so why can't it be cured?"

Shang Nan could hear the conversation between the two, and only listened to what Lu Xiao said. In fact, he looked like a qualified father. But when Lu Ji said that he couldn't get better, Shang Nan clearly saw Lu Xiao's tense back relax——Lu Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

When Lu Ji heard Lu Xiao's words, he just smiled. He smiled for a while and raised his eyelids, "Father, this is nothing. Everything is fate."

Lu Xiao did not respond to Lu Ji's words. Don't you have to earn your own life if you don't live?

He also felt sorry for Lu Ji very much, but he shouldered the great responsibility of making the family prosperous, and his children and wives could all be discarded. As Lu Ji said, these are all fate.

Lu Xiao showed a sad expression, "By the way, the child next to you, Shannan, it's better not to be too spoiled. He will be an adult next year. I heard from Butler Meng that he doesn't want to go to class, and you help him ask for leave. How is that amazing??How can we be independent in the future?" He frowned, disapproving of his son's doting education.

Fortunately, Lu Ji will not have the opportunity to raise his own offspring. The boy named Shannan is just an orphan, just like the dogs in the yard.

If raising such a little pet can make Lu Ji live a happier life in the last year of his life, then it can be considered a blessing for the child.

Mrs. Xiang suddenly appeared from behind Shang Nan, "Xiao Nan, it's not a good boy to eavesdrop on others." She bent down and took Shang Nan's hand, walked upstairs, and took Shang Nan to the study on the second floor.She was not very glamorous today, and her white turtleneck sweater looked particularly elegant. She straightened her long hair and was gnawing on a pear in her hand.

Shan Nan listened attentively, but after being startled by Mrs. Xiang's sudden appearance, he suppressed his doubts in his stomach. He didn't say hello until he followed Mrs. Xiang into the study, "Good morning, Mrs. Xiang."

"Mr. Lu is talking to the young master downstairs. I am not suitable to stay there, but there seems to be no other place to go." Her lonely expression was mixed with some sinisterness, and she took a bite of pear meat, and the juice splashed everywhere.

Shang Nan asked softly: "Mrs. Xiang, do you hate Mr. Lu?"

"Of course," Mrs. Xiang turned to look at Shannan, "Did the young master tell you that he is Lu Shen?"

"As I said, I know he is Lu Shen. He said he died in a fire. Did you do the same?"

Mrs. Xiang's eyes remained motionless, and she sneered, "Then do you know who set this fire?"

Shang Nan shook his head.

Although he pretended not to know, he could tentatively guess, "They are from the Lu family. Are they jealous of my brother?"

"It's not that I'm jealous." Mrs. Xiang moved her gaze away and focused on the oil painting on the opposite wall, a sunflower garden in full bloom. Their flower disks were all facing the direction of the sun that had appeared. "Do you think the Lu familyWhy are they prospering to this day? Is it because they are blessed by God and because they are good at management?"

"No, none of them. It was the young master who protected them, that is, Lu Shen." Mrs. Xiang curled her lips, "It was the young master who made the Lu family become an imperial merchant. It was the young master who discovered several unique dyes, allowing the Lu family toThe young master is a household name. Fame and fortune confused the hearts of the Lu family. They wanted more, and in order to seek endless wealth, they sacrificed the young master."

"Xiao Nan, do you understand what sacrifice means? It is to nourish the big tree of the Lu family with the flesh and blood of the young master, so that it will always stand tall and flourish."

"Since then, the young master has been trapped here with resentment. I have been by his side for six consecutive sacrifices, and the seventh time is coming soon."

Mrs. Xiang's tears fell down, "Fire, flooding, cutting the flesh, taking the bones, crushing, beheading...what will it be this time?"

Shang Nan was a little stunned. His palms were cold. Is the information on 14 wrong?

It wasn't that Lu Ji was unwilling to leave, it was just that he himself was cursed and he was trapped in this situation.

As long as the Lu family survives, Lu Shen will be trapped in this old house for the rest of his life. He will be sacrificed by the Lu family again and again, and each time he dies in a different way.

There was never a second person who died. The third person was always Lu Shen.

Shannan Hui recalled the first time the two met. The young man sitting behind the desk was gentle and weak. When he coughed, his internal organs seemed to be broken together.

With great difficulty, Lu Ji finally agreed to live a good life. Will he make the same mistake again this time?

No, he doesn't want tragedy to happen again.

[14: It’s not that the information is wrong, the information I get can only follow the plot, so sometimes under the influence of the plot, the information I get will deviate from the truth to a certain extent.]

[14: Lu Shen is indeed trapped here by resentment. The more sacrifices he makes, the heavier the resentment will be, and the higher the blackening value will be. When the blackening value reaches 100, the entire Meize City may be affected.Even the whole world will collapse.]

[14: He can resist and make their sacrifice fail, but he is almost allowing his descendants to do whatever they want. This is no different from the information I provided you before. He allows his resentment to become more and more serious and gentle.Waiting for the end of this world to come.]

[14: Fortunately you are here. Now, the blackening value has dropped by 20.Nannan, don't worry.]

In order to prove that he was right, Mrs. Qiaxiang provided 14 with plot keywords, and 14 obtained all the previous six sacrifice scenes.

It was played directly in Shannan's mind for Shannan to watch.

Lu Shen's first sacrifice was nearly six hundred years ago. The candles in the room were flickering, and there was silence outside. However, the increasingly scorching fire reminded the people inside that a fire was quietly approaching.

A girl with pigtails pulled the door in hard, her face turned red with such force. When she found that it couldn't be opened, she pushed against it with her body. Half of her body was numb from the impact. She turned around and looked at the person sitting on the futon in panic.Lu Shen came up and said, "Master, the door is sealed."

Lu Shen said "hmm". He had not yet changed out of his coat. He had just gone out to open a new shop today. His black hair was tied behind his head, and his side face was mottled under the firelight outside.He turned a page of the book on the table, which he had taken from his father's study, and began to read it.

This was the first time that Shannan had seen Lu Shen so clearly and truly. He was not from the same era at all, but Lu Shen was Lu Ji, and his eyes were exactly the same calm and gentle.

When Shan Nan saw the book, he didn't quite recognize the fonts on the book. They looked a bit like paintings. He had difficulty distinguishing a few words - sacrifice, blood, fire...

Lu Shen and Lu Xiang soon fell into the fire. Shannan could not help but hold his breath. He saw people outside the house again, Lu Ji's father, uncles and aunts. They wanted to put out the fire but were stopped.The servants were weeping in agony on the ground.

The scene switches to after the fire is extinguished, Lu Ji's father is helped away by his servants, and Lu Ji's mother ends her life with a piece of white silk. The Lu family has ushered in the first prosperity point after Lu Shen's death.

And flooded,

Cut the flesh,

Take the bones,

crush,

Behead,

The scene accelerated and changed in Shannan's mind.

They sealed Lu Shen into a wooden box and sank it into the lake. The water flowed in like a waterfall from the gaps between the wooden boards, covering Lu Shen's knees, the back of his hands, and his neck.

They used sharp blades to cut every inch of Lu Shen's body. Lu Shen lowered his head and looked at the executioner expressionlessly.Lu Xiang hit his head against the dungeon wall and died, leaving a bright red blood stain.

Different from what 14 said, Lu Shen did not stay in the Lu house every time after being sacrificed, nor did he choose someone who met the requirements for sacrifice to be resurrected. Lu Shen really disappeared after every sacrifice.in this world.

It's just that the Lu family needs him, constantly needs him, he is constantly being resurrected with his memory, and he is constantly being sacrificed. Once he lives, Lu Xiang will also live once.

In the process of being constantly sacrificed and resurrected, Lu Shen had long lost his essence as a human being. He looked at everyone in Lu House tenderly, waiting for them to perish.

The scene switched to Lu Ji, to the time when he and Lu Ji, that is, Lu Shen, met for the first time.

The timid boy knelt down to say hello to Lu Shen unskillfully. Lu Shen bent down and pinched the back of his neck with a gentle expression. He straightened up and their eyes met.

14 cuts the scene here.

[14: If the seventh sacrifice does not make Lu Ji's blackening value full, the Lu family will sacrifice him for the eighth time. However, they do not know that Lu Shen has been alive, nor do they know that the other party has been killed.They were no longer human, and they thought that the person being sacrificed was not the same person every time.]

"Xiao Nan?" Mrs. Xiang's voice rang in her ears. Shan Nan came back to her senses and looked at Mrs. Xiang blankly. Mrs. Xiang wiped away the tears on Shan Nan's face with her fingers, "Why are you crying?"

I don't know when the tears fell down, and my face was wet.

Shang Nan hugged Lu Xiang and said in a loud voice, "Mrs. Xiang, I can save you."

He really can. Since Lu Ji has promised that he will live well, Lu Xiao's plan this time will definitely come to nothing, and next year's sacrifice will definitely fail.

If the sacrifice fails, both Lu Ji and Lu Xiang will survive.

But Mrs. Xiang didn't know Shannan's true identity, nor did she know that he was not from this world at all. She thought it was just Shannan who was stimulated and said it casually.But even if she said it casually, Mrs. Xiang was very pleased that this child was indeed raised in vain.

"Mrs. Xiang, when is the next sacrifice?" Shonan let go of Mrs. Xiang and asked.

"The young master's twenty-seventh birthday is July 19th next year." Mrs. Xiang replied.

It was now the end of June, and the scorching heat had just arrived. Shannan suddenly realized something, "Then the 19th next month will be Lu Ji's 26th birthday?"

The heavy topic was finally brought to light, and Mrs. Xiang's expression became more relaxed. She nodded, "Yes."

Seeing Shan Nan's silence, Mrs. Xiang joked: "Do you want to prepare a gift for the young master?"

"I feel like my brother lacks everything," Shannan replied while thinking, "There is nothing to give."

Mrs. Xiang said thoughtfully and meaningfully, "No matter what you give, he should like it."

Shang Nan felt that Mrs. Xiang was right, "After all, I am his brother."

Mrs. Xiang choked at Shan Nan's words and remained silent. In fact, she wanted to tell Shan Nan: The young master does not regard you as his younger brother. Maybe he did at first, but he definitely doesn't think of you now.

The dogs in the yard started barking again. Lu Ji sent Lu Xiao outside the yard, and Uncle Meng led Lu Xiao back to the main house.

Shang Nan looked at Lu Xiao's back and said, "He came back this time because he was afraid that my brother would not die, and he was also afraid that my brother would die now, right?"

Mrs. Xiang looked at Lu Xiao's back with Shang Nan, and there was hatred in her eyes, "Otherwise? If you are in good health, wouldn't it be very difficult to offer sacrifices then? If you die now, there will be no sacrifices then.”

Mrs. Xiang touched Shang Nan's head, her eyes softened, "Xiao Nan, if this time... I mean if, the young master and I die in sacrifice again, we will definitely leave you a lot of money. You can take this money with you.", leave here, the yin energy in Lu Zhai is too strong, living here for a long time will not be good for your body and soul."

In this world, besides Lu Shen, there was a second person who worried about Lu Xiang.

After she and Lu Shen left, what would Shannan do? He was so stupid that it made people completely uneasy.

Lu Xiao left the Lu family a week later. He went to inspect factories abroad, while Lu Huan stayed here. Anyway, he didn't hold a senior position in the company and he didn't have a family. He felt that the old house was quite comfortable and could be used as a summer vacation.On vacation.

The children were all in class. The people who saw Lu Xiao off were Lu Ji and Lu Huan. Lu Huan had no intention of paying attention to Lu Xiao's car. He turned around first and prepared to leave.

"Second uncle." Lu Ji stopped him.

Lu Ji stuffed the things in his hand into Lu Huan's palm. Seeing Lu Huan's embarrassed and puzzled expression, Lu Ji smiled and said, "Second uncle, don't give this kind of thing to Xiao Nan casually in the future.He doesn’t understand anything.”

It's too exaggerated for a boy who is almost 17 years old to understand nothing. Lu Huan put the handkerchief away, "Is it because he doesn't understand anything, or do you not want him to understand?"

Lu Ji's expression did not change, "You misunderstood. Xiaonan thought this was some kind of doily in the packaging box."

Hearing Lu Ji belittle his personal belongings like this, his face darkened, "Lu Ji, is this your attitude when talking to your elders?"

It was Lu Huan who was wrong in the first place, but when Lu Ji said it directly without shame, he undoubtedly did not take Lu Huan seriously.

Lu Huan was not angry. With Shang Nan's face in his mind, it was hard to get angry. He calmed down and said to Lu Ji, "He's just an outsider. It's not worth it for an outsider to affect our uncle-nephew relationship."

"Lu Ji, how about we make a deal? You give me the child of Shounan, and you can take whatever you want from me." Of course he could say this without any worries, because their second wife owned everything.There were not many in the first place, and most of them were not in his hands, but in the hands of his parents and sisters.

The sun is bright and gentle in the summer morning, the air is still moist, and even the dew on the green leaves of the flowers has not dried yet.

Mo Yuanyuan leaned against the window. He hated English classes. He listened to the teacher and stared out the window in a daze. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a black shadow flickering outside the iron door. He paid attention and looked carefully, butNothing was seen.

"Mo Yuanyuan, come and tell us in English what the current situation of the international economy is."

Mo Yuanyuan: "..."

A cluster of lush cuckoos outside the iron gate blocked the figures of Lu Ji and Lu Huan.

Lu Ji tilted his head slightly, pinched Lu Huan's face with his palm, and moved his fingertips upward inch by inch along Lu Huan's jaw. Lu Huan felt that his face was about to be crushed.

"Lu Huan, good boy, who taught you to talk to me like this, huh?" It covered Lu Huan's mouth and nose with its palm, looking down at the middle-aged man whose knees were weak.

Lu Huan's eyes widened, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were opened. He looked at Lu He, and suddenly felt that the other person was very strange. His body was as if made of iron and he could not be pushed away. Is this still this gentle and polite nephew?

In the midst of great fear and panic, Lu Huan didn't even pay attention to analyze the content of Lu Ji's words. That was not the tone that a junior should use.

Lu Ji almost suffocated Lu Huan. When Lu Huan was already pushing his legs to the ground in pain, Lu Ji let go of his hand and took two steps back. His face didn't look good enough in the morning. He coughed twice, then lowered his head to look at the person sitting on the ground.Lu Huanshi, who was breathing heavily on the ground, had the same gentle expression as before.

"Second uncle, take care of yourself. I'm going back to drink medicine first."

Lu Ji was walking in the long corridor back to his side, and the sun was shining down. He didn't pay attention to the Lu family. Lu Ji didn't care what Lu Huan thought or what he said to Lu Xiao.

He only needs to drag Lu Xiao from the position of the head of the family and replace him with himself or Xiaonan before July 19th next year.

This drama of sacrificing comedy for skin and tragedy for bones should come to an end.

There were footsteps behind him, and Lu Ji turned around to see the south.

Carrying the new schoolbag that Mrs. Xiang bought for him, the young man strode over from the direction of the main house.

His handsome eyebrows were one of a kind, the golden sunlight fell on his face, and the outline was painted with a faint golden line, like a freshly painted oil painting with bright colors.

Shan Nan got full marks in the teacher's random test just now. He came back to tell Lu Ji and Mrs. Xiang the good news.

But he didn't expect to meet Lu Ji here. This was the first time he saw Lu Ji today and he had to say hello.

Shang Nan's greetings have become more and more perfunctory in the past few months. Sometimes, before his knees touch the ground, he is already preparing to stand up, or he is chewing food while saying hello.

It was the same today, but as soon as Shangnan's knees bent a little, Lu Ji pulled him up by the arm. Shangnan looked confused, and Lu Ji straightened Shangnan's collar, which was blown by the wind and stuck to his neck.He said softly: "Xiaonan, you don't have to kneel to me to say hello from now on."