A Romantic Story of a Girl from the Qin Dynasty

"Is this possible?"

Li Mu looked at the butcher and was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.

"General Li, spare your life! General Li, spare your life! I'm sorry for my mistakes, I'm sorry for my mistakes!!"

Seeing him kowtow like pounding garlic, Shimi said disdainfully

"You were so arrogant before, but you are not this coward!"

Yan Dan pulled Shimi's hand, hinting her not to say any more words.

Li Mu let go of the butcher's arm and did not dare to resist when he saw him. He just knelt down and knocked his head on the ground several times.

"Now that the situation is turbulent and men are needed to march and fight, if you have the skills, you might as well follow the army and make some contributions to the State of Zhao. It will be better than what you are doing now."

Li Mu's tone was cold, but his majesty did not diminish. How could the butcher dare to say no?

"Yes, yes, General Li is right! I'm going to join the army now, I'm going!"

He looked at the butcher with disdain

"I will report to the camp today. If I don't see you, do you know the consequences..."

"Yes, yes! The little one knows, the little one knows! The little one will go immediately!"

Before the butcher could finish his words, he stood up in a hurry, thanked Li Mu for sparing him, and hurried out of the teahouse.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Li Mu didn't speak to Shimi, he just glanced at Yan Dan and planned to leave.

"Wait a minute, General Li."

Shimi called out to him.

"Anything else?"

Shikiya hesitated for a moment and asked cautiously.

"General Li, do you have any silver with you?"

Yan Dan saw her asking Li Mu for money and quickly stopped her.

"Don't lose your rules. General Li has an important position, so don't disturb him."

Although Li Mu didn't understand why Shimi asked this, he still put his hand into the armor on his chest.

"I went out in a hurry today and didn't bring much with me."

After saying that, he put some broken silver into Shimi's hand.

Li Mu thought Shimi was short of money, but he didn't expect that she would hand over all the broken silver in her hand to the weeping kaiko.

"Take it, it's not much, but it's probably enough for you to go back to your hometown. Let's go quickly."

The singer took the money and kowtowed repeatedly in thanks, and the farce ended.

"General Li, thank you for your generosity. When I earn back this money in the future, I will definitely pay it back to you!"

Li Mu glanced at the crowd watching the theater, his face was quite serious. When these crowds saw that General Zhao had a strong aura and was not angry and intimidating, they immediately dispersed as they dared to watch the fun.

"No need to pay it back, it's just a trivial matter."

His tone was cold, and he seemed to be quite distant. Although he helped many times, Shimiya had never seen him smile.

Several people also left the teahouse. Yan Dan saw that Li Mu was wearing a suit of armor today and was walking in a hurry, as if something big was about to happen.

"I wonder, General Li, is there something urgent today? Is it...which country is Zhao going to go to war with again?"

Li Mu got on his horse and saw that Yan Dan was worried, so he explained

"The king wants me to enter the palace, not to fight."

After that, he rode away.

Seeing Li Mu walking away, Shimi smiled and said

"General Li Mu has a cold face and a kind heart. He may be a good friend."

The two of them walked home. When Yan Dan saw Shimi praising Li Mu, he even wanted to make friends with him, so he hurriedly reminded him

"Although he has helped us many times, he is a famous general of the Zhao Kingdom after all, and he is so many years older than you. How can he treat a girl like you as a friend?"

Yan Dan joked with a smile

"If I treat you as an ignorant child, there is still some possibility."

"What does the age difference have to do with it? We are just friends."

The two walked some distance before Yan Dan remembered that he had gone out to look for Shimi.

"You ran out early in the morning, and it's almost noon and you haven't returned yet. What did you go for? Could it be that you went to the market to watch the excitement?"

"certainly not."

Shiya quickly objected, but he seemed a little hard to speak. After hesitating for a long time, he finally said:

"I'm alone in the Kingdom of Zhao now. I have to rely on you for everything. Now I have to take care of my food and accommodation. I feel a little bit sorry. I just want to find a job on the street to earn some money and support my family."

Seeing that she was outside, Yan Dan quickly comforted her and said

"Ah Zheng entrusted you to me. You are also my relative. As an elder brother, why shouldn't I take care of my sister? You are out of touch with this."

Although he knew Yan Dan had good intentions, he couldn't do nothing like this.

"I have nothing to do all day long, but I have wasted a lot of time. If I am asked to wait for Ying Zheng to come and take me back to Qin, I will really not be able to rest."

"Then what do you want to do?"

Yan Dan said with a smile

"All soldiers and traders are men, and women spin and weave at home. Do you understand this?"

Shikiya shook his head.

Seeing that she was disappointed, Yan Dan said again

"You can stay here with peace of mind. Although I can't entertain you with good food and wine, I will never let you go without food or clothing."

Yan Dan looked at her cabin in the distance and sighed, as if talking to herself, lamenting the difficulty of life.

"I wonder when my father will take me back to the Kingdom of Yan? I have been in the Kingdom of Zhao for so long that I have almost forgotten the scenery of the Kingdom of Yan, the sky and mountains of the Kingdom of Yan, the crowds in the streets of the Kingdom of Yan... all It seems to be getting further and further away from me..."

He turned to look at Shikiya, his tone was gentle

"If Azheng doesn't come to pick you up, you can follow me to live in the Yan Kingdom. It's better than staying helpless in the Zhao Kingdom."

After that, he walked away with a smile.

"Ying Zheng is not someone who doesn't keep his word! He said he would pick me up at that time, and that's the time! It won't be a minute or a second late!"

Shimi pouted and quickly caught up with Yan Dan.

The two of them were laughing and playing like brothers and sisters

"You have known him for a few months, but you trust him very much!"

"That's right! I will never misjudge the person!"

Compared with the relaxed and happy atmosphere of these two people, the atmosphere in Zhao Wang Palace was much duller.

Since Ying Zheng returned to Qin, Prince Zhao Yan did not look for Yan Dan Shi to avoid trouble as expected. Instead, he spent several days in the Prince's Mansion learning to practice swordsmanship. The servants felt it was extremely strange.

This prince is seventeen years old, and he has never been so well-behaved.

At this time, there were only King Zhao and the Crown Prince, as well as Li Mu, in the main hall of King Zhao's palace. The atmosphere was dull and depressing. King Zhao had not spoken yet, and Li Mu did not know what he meant by being summoned today.

Although Prince Zhao was silent, he already knew the reason why he was summoned by his father today. It turned out that a few days after sending Ying Zheng back to Qin, he received a secret report from the palace informant. The powerful Qin general Li Mu assigned him to teach him personally how to lead an army in war and how to govern the country. If the prince was diligent and studious, he even wanted Guo Kai to teach him personally.

After receiving the news, although Zhao Yan is already the prince, he is still far away from the throne, and there will naturally be variables. Zhao Yan naturally has to pretend to be studious and diligent, and he will not dare to go out and do evil.

"Li Mu, I asked you to come into the palace today because I have something to ask of you."

King Zhao was in a very good mood today. He had been feeling anxious and uneasy all day long when he saw the country was getting dilapidated. This was probably because Prince Zhao had not caused any trouble in the past few days, and he thought he had the idea of ​​reforming his ways.