In the 26th year of Daoguang, in 1846 AD, Pu Zixuan was two years old and Pu Weihai was twenty-five years old. Pu Zixuan's mother Xu Mengtao was still in the world.

That year, Pu Weihai's weapons business was already very prosperous. In addition, he was kind and had good neighborhood relationships. He also had prestige in the minds of the officials and people of Lijiang. The family of three wanted money and fame, and enjoyed family happiness in Lijiang's mansion. It was simply a perfect family that envied the world.

It was also that year that the 24-year-old British man Jerome Daniel had been in China intermittently for three years. Because of his love for Chinese culture, he not only rarely returned to the UK, but because of his passionate fight with Pu Weihai, he simply rented a small house next to the Pu family's mansion. He said he was renting a house to settle down, but in fact he often came to Pu Weihai's home to have a meal and have fun. Sometimes he simply lived in Pu Weihai's mansion for many days and was unwilling to return.

Pu Weihai knew at that time that he was a descendant of Pu Songling, and he also knew that there were monsters and purifying messengers in the world. Now, a foreign brother, who was proficient in Western learning and loved Sinology, came to his family. He was like a treasure and would never be kept away. He had a relationship with Pu Zixuan and Zhu Yuanliang, who later had a childhood friend.

The room at home is enough. Although the chubby Jerome advocates freedom but does not lose his etiquette, is honest but does not lose his wisdom, and can also bring her husband a lot of new horizons and help. Xu Mengtao is also very welcome to this foreign guest.

At night, after Xu Mengtao coaxed Pu Zixuan to fall asleep, they chatted in the study until midnight while the night was quiet. The topics included ghosts and monsters and Western science, so they often sparked thoughts. The two also learned each other's languages. Over time, Pu Weihai's English and Jerome's Chinese level improved to a certain extent.

Interestingly, Jerome always insisted that those supernatural beings born from nature's essence should not be called "monster", because there is no vocabulary corresponding to "monster", such as monsters, demons, and demons, and if they must be translated, they can only be called spirit. Therefore, Jerome also called monsters "elves" when speaking Chinese. Pu Weihai is just the opposite, and believes that China has not had elves since ancient times.

In Chinese, words such as "elves" and "ghost elves" are all called love names. Even if he has to use the word spirit when speaking English, in Chinese, he must be called "monster" to be comfortable. As for the titles of "purification messenger" and "magic", the two are even more enthusiastic and say they are unwilling to accept each other no matter what. In the end, the two still talk about their own words and can convey their meaning. This not only did not affect their relationship, but instead made them find the fun of cross-cultural communication.

The most gratifying thing is that at the turn of summer and autumn that year, Xu Mengtao found out that she was pregnant again, and Pu Weihai was extremely happy. Influenced by Western culture, Pu Weihai did not have the idea that it would be a blessing like a traditional Chinese, nor did he value boys over girls. He often said to Xu Mengtao and Jerome: "If you have a child, you are not a lot of spirit. If you have another daughter, I, Pu Weihai, will be perfect in this life."

In order to pray that God could give him a daughter this time, Pu Weihai even bought a small cotton jacket for baby girls in advance without knowing the gender of the fetus, and asked Jerome to ask someone to bring back some girls toys such as dolls from the UK. His little thought of longing for the perfection of children is well known, and as a father, he is also very cute.

However, happiness is always so short. That autumn, an unexpected visit from an uninvited guest brought this originally harmonious family to an abyss that would never be restored.

Pu Weihai will never forget that day. It was the ninth day of the eighth month of the 26th year of Daoguang. After dinner, a gorgeous rainbow appeared in the clear sky after rain. Xu Mengtao took the two-year-old Pu Zixuan to the street to see the rainbow. Jerome had not yet arrived at the mansion. Pu Weihai was left alone in his study and was learning English.

A knock on the door evoked the dedicated Pu Weihai. When he looked up, he saw a beautiful woman standing at the entrance of the study.

The door was not closed at that time, and such a beautiful girl was visiting her. Pu Weihai was stunned and asked, "What's the point of doing girls?"

This woman was Nie Xiaoqian, who was sent to the Pu family by Hong Yasha to seize half of the "Huanyue Jue".

When Nie Xiaoqian first appeared, he had no malice and said, "I came to your house just to get something. If I gave it to me, I will leave immediately and I will not disturb the Dandelion too much."

"Oh? What do the girl want?"

Nie Xiaoqian glanced at the long bookcase and said, "That secret book called "Huanyue Jue" is in this study, right?"

Pu Weihai suddenly became alert and refused friendly, "If I ask for some money and goods to donate, I, Pu Weihai, will not be stingy, but the "Huanyue Jue" is my ancestor's object, and there is no possibility of giving it to others. I hope the girl can understand it."

"But I have been entrusted and I have to get the secret book. Since the young master doesn't give it, it's okay. I'll just take it from here. Later, the young master may be in a daze for a while, but after taking the secret book, I will restore the young master and will not hurt you and your family." Nie Xiaoqian had already expected that the secret book would not be easily obtained, so she was too lazy to talk too much. However, she was respectful to Pu Songling's writing as a good demon and was unwilling to hurt Pu Weihai.

Pu Weihai suddenly realized that the visitor was not a good person. He was about to get up, but found that his body had been stationary and motionless.

"Young Master, do you think I'm beautiful?" Pu Weihai could not see the demonic power. In fact, Nie Xiaoqian was already shining red, and she also covered Pu Weihai with the demonic power.

Although Pu Weihai could hear the other person's words, he felt that his mind was as if he was in a dream and blurted out: "You are so beautiful!"

"Then, am I the most beautiful woman in the world?"

"Yes, you are the most beautiful woman in the world."

"Then, the young master's heart is no longer tolerant of others, no matter his lover, parents, brothers, or friends?"

"Yes, I can no longer tolerate others in my heart."

A vine suddenly stretched out from Nie Xiaoqian's forehead, wrapped Pu Weihai's chest, and asked, "If someone else breaks into your heart again, how will you treat it?"

"Then I should exclude him in my heart, and I will show my ambitions by death."

At the beginning of this conversation, Nie Xiaoqian was already rummaging through boxes and cabinets in that row of study rooms.

Nie Xiaoqian had not found the "Hunyue Jue", but Jerome was coming to Pu Weihai to find Pu Weihai at this time. As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the study, Pu Weihai, who was shocked and focused, suddenly appeared, but when he saw the red light emitted from the house, he was puzzled.

When he entered the door again, a woman was quickly flipping through the bookcase and throwing unwanted books on the ground. Pu Weihai, who was beside him, was surrounded by demonic energy and vines. He stood with a dull look on his face, and immediately used the power of purification and shouted: "What are you, the elf?"

Nie Xiaoqian turned around in panic, looked at Jerome's style, and asked in confusion: "Purification Messenger? Or a foreigner?" She immediately showed a fierce look, her fingernails became extremely sharp, and she grabbed Jerome.

"wonderland!" Jerome summoned the beautiful rivers and mountains, and the umbrella head and tail stretched out sharp weapons, and played with Nie Xiaoqian.

At that time, Jerome's purification power was mediocre, but Nie Xiaoqian, as a superpower monster, had extremely poor combat ability. After less than ten rounds of fighting, Nie Xiaoqian's abdomen and shoulders were scratched by Jinxiuheshan.

Nie Xiaoqian knew that she could not stand against her opponent, so she launched the wall-piercing technique. It happened that Pu Mansion was a wooden house and easily escaped with injuries, but left Pu Weihai, whose curse was unsolved.

Pu Weihai escaped from control and came back to his senses, saying in a panic: "I didn't expect that my Pu family will finally be targeted by monsters! Thanks to you appearing in time, otherwise, my family's ancestral objects will be taken away!"

"The elf must have sensed the magic power in the magic book. I heard that Xiaoye Hongdou or Xiaoye Red Sandalwood can isolate the magic power, you can give it a try."

That night, Pu Weihai put the bamboo slips of "Huanyue Jue" in a small-leaf red sandalwood box and hid them in the dark room under his bed. He discussed with Jerome not to tell his wife what happened today, so as not to cause panic. But neither of them expected that although Jerome's appearance protected "Huanyue Jue", it brought an irreversible tragedy to the Pu family.

That night, in order to protect Pu Weihai's safety, Jerome stayed in Pu Mansion, while Pu Weihai's family of three went to bed in the master bedroom next door.

That night, Pu Weihai felt a split headache, but Xu Mengtao felt itchy all over. At that time, of course they could not understand the principle of Nie Xiaoqian's magic. Xu Mengtao just thought that Pu Weihai suffered from severe cold. His wife and mother, who was pregnant for six months, endured the itch in her body and worked diligently to provide personal care for her husband.

So, after growing up, Pu Zixuan had a memory of his mother for a moment, that is, at a certain moment, his mother suddenly grew a pair of black wings, and her appearance became extremely ferocious. She pressed Pu Weihai on the bedding and stuck her neck.

Pu Weihai was already critically ill and unable to resist. Looking at Xu Mengtao who had become a monster, tears of despair were shed. Aside, the two-year-old Pu Zixuan had already woken up and burst into tears at a loss.

The crying alarmed Jerome in the next room. Jerome turned over and got out of bed, activated the power of purification to go straight to Pu Weihai's room, slapped the door at the door and shouted: "Pu Weihai, open the door! Hey, open the door, Pu Weihai!"

Seeing that no one opened the door, Pu Zixuan kept crying. Jerome knew that the situation was critical, so he didn't care about etiquette and kicked the door open. Seeing Pu Weihai being pressed to the ground by a "monster", his life was in danger, and immediately transformed into beautiful rivers and mountains.

Pu Weihai had mold spots on his body at this time, and he weakly shouted in Chinese: "Jerome, show mercy..."

At that time, although Jerome knew some Chinese, he was quite unfamiliar with difficult words such as "showing mercy on his subordinates". Before he could think about it, he had already used the spikes at the tail of the umbrella to prick Xu Mengtao on the head three times.

Xu Mengtao fell on the bedding with a wailing sound, returning to his original form. The sky blue blood instantly soaked the bedding.

Almost at the same time, Pu Weihai, who was cursed in his body, stopped excluding Xu Mengtao. The mold spots and symptoms disappeared, and he recovered as before. Then he sat up and stared at Xu Mengtao's bulging belly, feeling in pain.

After a little stability, Jerome was informed of what had just happened.

Because everything came so suddenly, Pu Weihai did not blame Jerome and silently endured all this.
Chapter completed!