Laughing at Chang'an

In the gazebo, a pot of fragrant black tea soon appeared on the stone table.The red-haired maid with big breasts brought freshly baked cookies. In addition to the sea-blue teapot and teacups, there was also a small pot of milk and a plate of sugar cubes on the table.

Hades added six cubes of sugar to the glass, stirring them slowly with a teaspoon.This drinking method emerged in the Western Continent. In addition to milk and sugar cubes, there are also wine, lemon, spices, etc. It was brought back to Middle Earth by merchants, and it was unexpectedly loved by big figures like Hades. Gradually became popular in the upper class.

Li Shen expressed that he couldn't accept this way of drinking. He poured himself a cup of black tea without any additives, took a sip, and said, "I'm here this time mainly for Wang Zhen's business."

"I've never heard of Wang Zhen." The old man winked mischievously at him, and his voice was full of jokes, "Didn't you come to have afternoon tea with me?"

Li Shenqiang suppressed the desire to slap this man's face, and he didn't believe that there was anything in Chang'an City that the other party didn't know... He took a deep breath, silently picked up a biscuit, put his elbows on the table, Turn your head to look at the Yuanyang Lake on the side.

The turquoise mandarin duck lake is like a huge mirror, calm and windless, without waves or waves.

"Master Hei, we've known each other long enough, what kind of person do you think I am?" He asked a little abruptly.

The old man looked at him quite playfully, and smiled: "I think you are very good, in every sense. If you want to marry a baby, I personally support it."

Li Shen was a little embarrassed. Although he knew that the other party was deliberately misinterpreting his meaning, he still explained: "I didn't mean that... I'm already married."

The old man spread his hands, his expression full of regret, and let out an exaggerated drawl.

"Next year at the latest, I will revoke my mercenary qualifications." Li Shen no longer tried to play tricks on him, and said bluntly, "Wang Zhen, I will also take him away. I hope you will be merciful and let him live."

The old man paused with the hand holding the teacup by his mouth. He slowly put the teacup back on the table, raised his head, and gave Li Shen a questioning look suspiciously.

Li Shen sat with a blank expression on his face, with his shirt still draped over his shoulders and a few strands of wet hair hanging down his chest, looking rather bleak and unruly.He met the old man's gaze, and added lightly: "I guarantee that he will not join the Geng Army, neither now nor in the future."

"I'm really not interested in that king." The old man waved his hand impatiently, and asked with a frown, "You just said... revoked mercenary qualification?"

Li Shen nodded and said, "Yes, I'm going to change my career and do something else."

The old man's eyes widened in disbelief, and then he burst out laughing. He slapped the table and laughed out of shape, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"Li Shen, Li Shen, what do you tell me? Quit it? Oh, the mercenary business is not something you can quit just by saying you don't do it. Let's put it this way, you count on your fingers, until now So far, how many people have you killed, how many enemies want to kill you, and how many people follow you to eat and hang their future on you... Have you counted it?"

Li Shen didn't answer.

"In broad daylight, what are you talking about in your sleep." The old man held up his teacup and blew it with a look of absurdity, "I understand why you came here, it's not difficult, since you gave me a promise, then I promise you... …Isn't it just that everyone who is obsessed with knives treats everyone who has no experience as a treasure, and you fight for it, it is a joke in my eyes."

"Genius? On the road of life, it's not about who can walk faster, but who can go to the end and go the farthest."

The old man reached out and poured tea for Li Shen. The warm tea was shaking slightly in the cup, and the color was a very beautiful reddish brown.He added some milk, picked up a cube of sugar, put it into Li Shen's cup, then put another one, and mixed it with a teaspoon.

"Try it." He raised his head and said to Li Shen, "I didn't think it was acceptable at first, but there is always a process of trying."

Li Shen took a sip from the teacup according to his words, first frowned, then slowly relaxed his brows.

"Is it okay?" the old man asked with a smile.

Li Shen nodded.

"If you like, you can come often." The old man said, "I usually have nothing to do, just drink tea, play chess, and it would be nice to have someone to talk with... I have lived so long, and there are some things that I can see It’s better than you, if you have something you don’t understand, feel free to ask.”

Whether this kindness is true or not, Li Shen doesn't know.But thinking about it carefully, except for using Baobao to trick him, Hades has always been kind to him.In the earliest days, if Xuetu came to pick up the baby by someone else, Li Shen would have to be charged with kidnapping the little princess, and then there would be a bloody drama of life and death.

Fortunately, it was Hades who came at that time. He personally came to the door, regardless of his status, sat down with Li Shen, who was just an unknown little mercenary at the time, and had a good talk.He didn't belittle or threaten, he just gave Li Shen a serious list of the reasons for taking the baby away, and then overturned these reasons in one sentence.

He said that in this world, the fist is the truth.If your fist is big, reasoning is useful; if your fist is not big enough, you can only listen to other people's reasoning.This is the only truth, regardless of high or low, race or gender, everyone is like this, everything is like this.

Li Shen very much agrees with this truth.

So sitting here today, he is still listening to people reasoning.But in any case, the purpose of his coming has been successfully achieved, and the credibility of what Hades personally promised is relatively high.Sitting here, he felt a little bit of Geng Yan's mood of wiping his ass everywhere because of him, and by the way, he also understood the other party's feeling of being extremely strict with him-because at this moment, he really wanted to hang up that kid Wang Zhen Dun, tell the other party that next time there is something that is obsessed with knives, just have fun secretly, don't have to show it off, it's courting death, isn't it...

In the same city, Wang Zhen, whom Li Shen was talking about, was drying clothes in the yard right now.

Wang Zhen has a small problem, that is, he loves to be clean.

He didn't have time last night, and he was too tired this morning. When he got up at noon, the first thing he did was to take a shower and change his clothes, and then wiped all the places in the room that could be wiped clean, and cleaned the sheets, sheets, clothes, curtains, etc. After washing everything, he took a shower and changed his clothes.

Wiping his sweat with his hips crossed, Wang Zhen looked at the clothes and sheets fluttering in the wind on the clothesline, feeling an indescribable sense of satisfaction in his heart.He stood and rested for a while, and was about to go back to his room to see if there was anything missing, so that he could go home and get his luggage, when he turned around, he suddenly froze.

Not far away, a woman in a plain blue sarong was struggling to carry two buckets of water towards the osmanthus tree in full bloom in the courtyard.

For a moment, the boy thought he saw the legendary fairy in the sky.

He quickly came back to his senses, hurriedly withdrew his overly direct and hot gaze, and realized that this was probably the wife Haitang that Li Shen was talking about.As soon as he thought of the other party's identity, his heart suddenly cleared up, and there was no thought of what he shouldn't have.He remembered that Li Shen said that she didn't like to talk to people, and she had a shy temperament...Wang Zhen hesitated for a moment, and then walked towards Haitang. He would definitely live in this house for a long time. A bucket or something is perfectly normal, but if you avoid it on purpose, you will appear to have a ghost in your heart.

Wang Zhen walked closer and looked at her again. Although she was not as stunning as when she first saw her, she was still so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off her.The young man swayed again unconsciously, and immediately felt ashamed of his vacillation. He lamented the beauty of the other party and laughed at himself for his lack of concentration.

In fact, he has done a very good job. You must know that the first time Li Shen saw Haitang, it was still on the battlefield of life and death, and he was in a trance for several minutes.

Wang Zhen collected himself, walked to Haitang, bent down and stretched out his hand to help her carry the bucket, and said, "Let me help you."

Haitang stood where she was, and turned her head to look at him.

only one glance.

The boy couldn't describe the feeling at that moment, nor did he want to describe it.He stared blankly at her walking away from him, carrying the bucket and leaving the courtyard, still in an indescribable state.To be honest, it's like being slapped a dozen times on the spot by someone for no reason, but can't slap back, that kind of aggrieved, uncomfortable, confused, and incomprehensible mood.

He had no idea what he did wrong, but her look... contempt?Or ignore?Still look down on?Or is it disgust?It feels like everything is there, and nothing seems right.

A hand patted his shoulder, jolting him out of his thoughts.

The adjutant arrived behind Wang Zhen at some point, smiled and looked at the direction Haitang left with him, and said to him in a tone of complete understanding: "Don't worry, Madam doesn't hate you, she just doesn't treat you as a human being. "

"Brother Bao." The boy said, his tone was usually calm, but he couldn't hide the subtle grievance inside, "Are you comforting me?"

The adjutant laughed loudly, and patted him hard on the shoulder.

"Madam was born noble, and she was instilled with the concept of distinctions from childhood. In her eyes, you and I are just dust on the ground, not considered human beings. What do you think, would you talk to dust on the ground? Here In the family, the only one who can talk to her normally is our grandfather."

The adjutant sighed faintly, and comforted Wang Zhendao: "It's okay, just ignore her, just pretend you can't see her. Is the house okay to live in? Tell me what is missing, oh yes, there is no business in this courtyard, You have to go out to eat, do you have any money? Let me get you a card, and you give me your mercenary license... Hey, why don't we go together and have a meal?"

Wang Zhen was a little dazed when he heard this continuous cannonball, until the last sentence, he finally came to his senses, nodded and said yes.

So the adjutant reached out to grab him, smiled and pulled him outside, asking him what he likes to eat, where he wants to eat later, and whether he wants to buy some clothes after eating... When Wang Zhen came to his senses, he was already sitting. to the car.

He looked at the adjutant beside him who was talking nonstop while driving, and felt that this was another kind of horror from the bottom of his heart.

The young man couldn't help feeling deeply worried about his future life in Li Shen's house.