Laughing at Chang'an

There is a country of geese in the eastern wasteland, and this geese is not the other yan.

Mu Xiaobai misunderstood what Li Shen meant at the beginning, but after he asked someone, he found out that there was such a little-known Yan Kingdom next to the Chu Kingdom.This is a tiny country sandwiched between Chu, Wei, and South Korea. It was originally one of the feudal vassals when the Chu State was founded. Later, during the Wu-Chu War, the Chu State was defeated and almost collapsed. Later, King Yan took the opportunity to send troops to help Chu State repel the Wu army as a bargaining chip, and sent envoys to persuade King Chu Hui to recognize Yan State's self-reliance... The so-called troubled times can be seen.

Li Shen and Mu Xiaobai set off from Yingdu and drove to Yanguo.It's not that there are no empty boats bound for Yan Country, it's just that the number is rare, and it takes ten and a half months to wait for one.However, it is a thousand miles away, and it will take half a day to drive.Mu Xiaobai was driving in front with a tracker, Li Shen was lying on the back seat with his eyes closed, both of them looked tired, Yingdu and his party were not going well.

With the lead of the branch leader, Li Shen met the King of Chu face to face.It can be seen that the other party doesn't like them mercenaries from Chang'an. Seeing him refusing to kneel down and his expression on his face was very ugly. I'm afraid that both of them have given the same definition to each other in their hearts - arrogant and conceited. generation.

In Yingdu, Li Shen stopped by to 'visit' the Huiguang branch who was also here, and thanked them for their 'care' for their branch.

On that day, the house in Yingdu collapsed, and it was very lively.

Leaving aside these troubles, the last time Li Shen returned to his hometown was six years ago.It is said to be his hometown, but he has no relatives or friends there, the only thing he has is his mother's grave.

The older he got, the more he missed his mother.Every time he recalled the other party's voice and smile, he would feel pain in his heart and feel an indelible sadness.Now when he was about to die, he finally mustered up the courage to visit her grave again.

Go tell her how he has been these years, and tell her that he misses her very much.

The off-road vehicle driving fast on the road suddenly slowed down and stopped, Mu Xiaobai who was driving in front turned his head and called out to the boss softly.

Li Shen heard the sound and opened his eyes.

"what happened?"

Mu Xiaobai pointed out the car window in front, Li Shen sat up and looked out, and saw a dark group of people standing under the city wall that was faintly visible in the distance, armed with knives and guns, in chaotic clothes, in the tightly closed city. Shouting and cursing loudly in front of the door, this posture is a bit like bandits attacking the city.

He stared intently for a moment, and saw an old man leaning out from the top of the wall, talking loudly with the people below, and although the group of people below were aggressive, they didn't have much real killing intent, and realized in his heart, he said to Mu Xiaobai: "Let's take a detour."

This place is already within the territory of Yan Kingdom, Mu Xiaobai looked at Li Shen in surprise, and asked in a low voice, "Do you care?"

After all, it is also the hometown of birth and birth. According to Li Shen's temperament, it would be strange to ignore it. Hearing Mu Xiaobai's question, he smiled and did not speak.

Tube?What to do?Those who looked like bandits were probably regular soldiers from other countries. They couldn’t get enough to eat, so they unloaded their armor and went to the neighboring small country to fight the autumn wind. He killed these people, and when he left, their companions would come to retaliate. Problems that could have been solved with money would cost countless lives.

This is the Eastern Wilderness, where wars are endless and human lives are worthless.

The off-road vehicle bypassed the small town, returned to the original route, and continued to travel south.As the evening approached, a corner of the lake reflecting the sunset quietly appeared, and Mu Xiaobai couldn't help but take a few more glances, but he didn't expect the car to turn around the corner in front of him, and an overwhelming water light came oncoming.

The water plants with white velvet are swaying with the wind on the lakeside. Under the sky, the boundless lake water is as calm as a mirror. Geese and birds skim the water surface in groups, causing little ripples.

"Wild Goose Lake."

Li Shen, who was lying in the back seat, sat up at some point, and also stared at the beautiful scenery in front of him. He said softly, and there was a little joy in his voice that he didn't even notice.

"It's where I was born."

………………

The car stopped on the side of the road, Li Shen and Mu Xiaobai built a stone stove by the lake, took off their shoes, rolled up their trousers, and went down to the lake to fish.

Li Shen confidently said that he wanted to show Mu Xiaobai the fish-catching skills he had practiced in childhood, but in the end the two put the results together, and he lost three.

He threw Mu Xiaobai's extra three sticks back into the lake without changing his face, and said calmly, "There are too many, I can't finish them all, just these."

Mu Xiaobai looked at him brightly, and after a while, he reached out and picked up another one from his pile, and threw it back into the lake.

Li Shen finally couldn't hold back anymore, laughed awkwardly, and turned his face away.

The two, who were almost drenched, leaned together by the fire, turning over the washed and peeled fish on the grill. Li Shen once again lost to Mu Xiaobai in the grilled fish category. He took out a knife to sharpen wooden sticks, and the latter directly took out a whole set of cooking utensils from the trunk of the car, as well as a sealed box full of various seasonings.

That's true professionalism.

"It's nothing to me, Master Feng is the real professional." Mu Xiaobai smiled shyly, with longing in his eyes, "He has the legendary Seven Star Knife in his hand, if he has that set of knives, I must go to the South China Sea to take a walk to see what the seven-star sea bream tastes like..."

There seemed to be stars in his eyes... Li Shen silently labeled him a 'foodie'.

Feeling uncomfortable that the shirt was sticking to his body with wetness, Li Shen simply went shirtless, removed the hair crown from his head, shook off his hair and wrung it dry with his hands.He sat sideways by the fire, staring at Yanhu Lake, which was getting darker with the sky, with nostalgia and sadness in his eyes.

——I still remember when I was young, colorful butterflies fluttered by the lake, my mother came and called me back, and I was reluctant to follow.

"Head."

Mu Xiaobai spoke suddenly, and a pair of light black eyes quietly stared at the roadside behind the two of them, where someone was looking curiously at this side.

is a woman.

She looked at the side of the road for a while, as if she had made up her mind, she raised the hem of her skirt with both hands and walked towards the fire.The bright fire light gradually revealed her delicate face, and the extraordinary luxurious skirt on her body. Li Shen frowned slightly, and looked at Mu Xiaobai calmly.

The latter nodded, stood up, and greeted the other party.

"What's the matter with you?" Mu Xiaobai stopped in front of the woman, his tone indifferent, "If there's nothing else, please leave."

The woman in the fancy dress bit her lips, poked her head out to look at Li Shen who was sitting by the fire behind him, and said hesitantly, "Is... is it Li Shen?" ?”

Li Shen was slightly taken aback.

He looked at the woman's face carefully, but he couldn't remember who she was.But the other party could recognize him, obviously they knew him... As if seeing Li Shen's confusion, the woman lowered her head shyly, played with her sleeves, and whispered: "It's me, the one who always followed you when I was young ...Little mud monkey."

When she said that, Li Shen remembered.When he was a child, because of his half-elf blood and his mother's widowhood, he would beat up the children in the town almost as soon as they met. No way... In order to get rid of her, he even gave her an ugly nickname, calling her Mud Monkey every time.

Li Shen laughed.

"So it was you." He said, motioning to Mu Xiaobai to let him come over.It turned out that when the crazy girl grew up, she was an out-and-out beauty, and she couldn't look like a crazy boy anymore.

She sat down with her skirt wrapped around her skirt, and secretly glanced at Li Shen who was sitting on the side.

They haven't seen each other for many years, since Li Shen left Yan Country.Although it was a reunion after a long absence, there was nothing to say when we met. Li Shen picked up a grilled fish from the grill and asked her, "Do you want to eat it?"

She hesitated obviously, nodded, took the grilled fish from his hand, brought it to her mouth and took a gentle bite.

"Are you married?" Li Shen asked suddenly.

She squirted a mouthful of fish into the fire.

"Ahem, I'm sorry." She explained at a loss, covered her mouth and looked at Li Shen in embarrassment, then at Mu Xiaobai who was sitting on the other side, lowered her head in embarrassment, and babbled in a voice like a mosquito. .

"Not yet."

Li Shen blinked in astonishment. He remembered that she was only one or two years younger than him. Anyone who was over 20 years old and unmarried in Donghuang was an old girl. With her appearance, she should have no worries about getting married... Then He was glanced at by the other party with resentment.

Mu Xiaobai who was sitting on the other side suddenly let out a heck.

Li Shen is not stupid.

So he obediently kept his mouth shut.

To be honest, it was embarrassing.After so many years, he is not that brat who doesn't understand anything. The reason why the other party wants to follow him and cannot be driven away is very clear.He didn't understand it at the time, and even if he understood it now, he couldn't give the response the other party wanted.

There was a moment of silence around the fire.

Li Shen picked up a grilled fish, took a bite, and said seemingly unintentionally, "I'm already married."

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly raised her head.

Li Shen just pretended not to see her complicated eyes, and ate the grilled fish without saying anything, this sentence was enough.

—He didn't want to hurt her.

When I was a child, apart from my mother, I didn't have many good memories in this small town, and she was one of them.If he was injured in a fight, she would cry, if she saw him fighting with someone, she would pounce on him to help...

The swaying flames flickered on her pretty face, illuminating the dazedness and pain on her face. She was stunned for a long time, then lowered her head, biting the grilled fish in her hand bit by bit. There were sparkles in her reddened eye sockets. But stubbornly refused to fall.

She ate the whole grilled fish in silence, then raised her head and stretched out her hand to Li Shen.

"I still want."

With tears in her eyes, she smiled at him.