Lizi took Mingzhu back to where he lived. He lived in a house next to the school grounds. The furnishings in the house were very simple. It looked very similar to Lizi's room when he was in Fangzhai. Mingzhu turned around
, asked:
"Why is this room almost the same as your home? Did you make it like this on purpose?"
"Yes." Li Zi nodded honestly, "The house at home is the best house I have ever lived in. When I lived there, I was the happiest, so I decided to do the same here.
Now that it’s like that, it feels like I’m back home.”
Mingzhu was a little sad when Lizi said that, so she changed the topic. She stretched out her arms and turned around in front of Lizi's eyes, asking:
"Li Zi, do you think I'm more beautiful now than before?"
Lizi looked at Mingzhu:
"You are indeed beautiful, but I am used to seeing you the way you were in the past, and I think you are quite beautiful."
"Aren't you surprised that my appearance has changed so much?" Lizi's reaction was so calm that Mingzhu felt a little uncomfortable.
"Your appearance changes all day long. Grandma is like this, and so are you. I'm used to it."
"You still call Sister Wangyou grandma!" Mingzhu exclaimed.
"Why don't you call me grandma? She doesn't allow me to call her sister."
"Why aren't you allowed to call her sister? I always call her sister."
"How do I know? She is so fierce and I dare not ask her." Li Zi said a little aggrievedly.
Mingzhu became more and more puzzled:
"Then, won't she get angry if you call her grandma?"
"It's like this," Li Zi explained seriously, "Every time I talk to her, I just talk directly without calling her. But as you know, I'm not used to talking to people without calling them names, so every time I talk to her
When she speaks, she calls out to grandma in her heart, and then speaks..."
Before Lizi finished speaking, Mingzhu burst into laughter. She pictured the scene of Lizi and Wangyounu being together in her mind, and she thought it was so funny.
At this moment, a sergeant came in and reported the matter to Lizi. After listening to Lizi, he issued a few more orders and sent the sergeant away. Just when he wanted to talk to Mingzhu, he saw Mingzhu looking at him with an expression on his face.
Extraordinarily focused.
"Mingzhu, what's wrong with you?" Li Zi asked.
Mingzhu shook her head slightly:
"Lizi, do you know? When I saw you in the school field, I couldn't even recognize you. You are completely different from the past. You really looked like a great general, so majestic.
Yes. But after we came back here, you became the same chestnut again, so I thought it must be because of that armor. But when I saw you handling military affairs just now, you actually turned into a general again.
So, I finally understand that you have become a real general now. It is only when you are with me that you turn back into a chestnut."
Li Zi smiled:
"Looking at what you've been saying for so long, there's no point in being so particular. I'm just me. But you're right about one thing. When I'm with you, it's indeed different from when I'm with others, but this is normal.
Ah, didn't we agree a long time ago that you are my sister and we will always be relatives."
"Yes," Mingzhu nodded vigorously, "Yes, we will always be relatives."
Lizi seemed to suddenly remember something, and took Mingzhu to sit at the table:
"Mingzhu, the prince has told me everything about the Western Region..."
"Prince Shouchun?" Mingzhu interrupted Lizi and asked.
"Yes, it's Prince Shouchun." After Li Zi explained, he continued, "When we first met, we agreed that I would help you save your mother. Now the opportunity has finally come. Don't worry, I will help you."
I will go to the Western Regions with you. Although I will not go with you in order to cover up others' eyes, I will always pay attention to your whereabouts. Once you are in danger, I will rescue you immediately. After arriving in the Western Regions, I will go with you.
You unite your forces and go together to slay those demons."
When Lizi said these words, he was full of pride. Looking at Lizi, Mingzhu felt sincerely that now Lizi was a man who could truly be relied on and trusted.
Hongge and Yan finally arrived in the Western Regions. The real Western Regions are far less romantic and beautiful than what Yan saw in Marco Polo's travel notes. Here is more of an endless stretch of Gobi, with city-states far apart on the Gobi.
Sometimes it would take several days to travel from one city-state to the next.
On this day, Hongge and Yan came to a very small city-state. There were only two narrow streets in this city-state. The streets were filled with dust, and there was only one small inn. The inn was crowded with business travelers passing by, so there was only one left.
Checked out a guest room.
"Is it okay for the two of us to sleep together?" Hong Ge asked deliberately.
"Okay, no problem." Yan replied happily. Yan really felt that if circumstances forced it, it would not be a big deal for men and women to be in the same room, but he did not expect that his attitude would make Hong Ge feel happy.
Extremely. She thought that Yan was acquiescing to her, and two red clouds appeared on her face.
Hongge lowered her eyes slightly, covering her spring-filled eyes, and said softly:
"Then I'll go find something to eat. After we have dinner, we'll rest." After that, without waiting for Yan's reply, he went straight out.
But now, Yan was thinking about something, thinking about when he could see Mingzhu, so he didn't notice anything unusual about Hong Ge.
After a short effort, Hongge came back, holding a wooden tray in his hand. On the wooden tray were placed a large piece of roast beef, a stack of bread, two pots of wine and two wine glasses.
Hongge put the tray on the table and said:
"I can't find anything to eat in this small place, so I'll just make do tonight."
Yan didn't care what he ate. He cut a piece of beef with a knife and started chewing it. Hongge poured him another glass of wine:
"Drink some wine to relieve fatigue."
Yan did not refuse. He took the wine glass and drank it in one gulp. As soon as the wine entered his throat, Yan discovered that the wine was so strong that it rushed straight into his stomach like a flame. At this time, Hong Ge gave him another
He poured a glass slowly:
"Drink more."
"No, this wine is too strong. I'm not used to it." Yan put down the cup.
"I found this wine specially for you. You can't let me down." Hong Ge said softly.
Hong Ge thought that a man as heroic as Yan would never make a woman sad, but she didn't expect that Yan wouldn't even look at her.