Laughing at Chang'an

"that……"

Li Shen got stuck, he really couldn't remember her name, but fortunately, she had already followed her reputation, so he simply omitted her name and said directly: "Fushan Town is ahead, I will send you to the gate of the town, Are you okay going home by yourself?"

The woman who was still unsatisfied after eating three grilled fish blinked her eyes and said in astonishment, "My family isn't there."

She bent her eyes and looked at Li Shen, who was sitting in the passenger seat with his head turned in a daze. She seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly became agitated. She leaned forward and asked, "Do you have a place to stay? If you are undecided, go to my house." , I asked Sister Teng to make Wu Zi Tang for you. You must try Wu Zi Tang when you come to Yanguo. Li Shen, you haven’t eaten Wu Zi Tang for many years. Speaking of which, the Wu Zi Tang made by Aunt Yun is delicious Unforgettable...uh."

Li Shen's expression darkened when she mentioned his mother, and the woman who noticed this also hurriedly covered her mouth, and retracted her body in the back seat in embarrassment.The two were silent for a moment, and it was Li Shen who took the initiative to say: "No need, you are a girl who has not left the court, and it is not ridiculous to bring two big men home. Where does your family live? I will take you back."

"In Yancheng." The woman raised her face with a narrow smile, "I'll show you the way."

Yan Country is really a small country, even the capital Yancheng is less than a district of Chang'an.When the car drove outside the city gate, the gate was tightly closed. Mu Xiaobai got out of the car to call the gate, and showed his mercenary license to the guard who guarded the gate. The latter hesitated to go back and report, but when he looked up, he saw the The woman poking her head out of the car window beckoned her companions to open the door without saying a word.

Mu Xiaobai narrowed his eyes.

After entering the city, under the guidance of the other party, the car went straight all the way, until it came to the Yanwang Palace with a towering wall.Li Shen turned his head to look at the woman in the back seat with a half-smile, and the latter sat up straight for him calmly.

"Princess?"

"Well, I can't think of it."

"It's unexpected." Li Shen rubbed his forehead and complained, "Which princess would make herself look like a mud monkey, messing around outside every day?"

"Cough." She coughed dryly, and stretched out her hand to push the car door open, "Anyway, you're all here, come in with me obediently...I didn't think of anything else, I just wanted to treat you well, can't I?"

She turned her face to look at Li Shen, with an indescribable gleam in her eyes, and a bright smile.

"Don't worry, I'm past the age of dreaming."

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Princess Lu Zheng of Yan Kingdom.

Nearly [-] years old and still unmarried, in addition to her status as a princess, she also oversees the internal affairs of this little wild goose country, so she also has the nickname "princess of the prison".Li Shen was a little surprised, but this kind of thing was not enough to shock him, unless she suddenly took off her clothes and told him that she was actually a man, then his eyeballs would probably be out of frame in fright.

He and Mu Xiaobai were following each other through the palace, receiving curious looks from countless palace people along the way. Li Shen was already used to such gazes, but Mu Xiaobai next to him lowered his head with an uncomfortable expression on his face.

He patted the other person's shoulder a little funny, and asked him to raise his head.

"There will be more scenes like this in the future." Li Shen said to Mu Xiaobai with a smile, "Sooner or later, you will have to be on your own. Remember my words, no matter what others think of you, the key is how you think of yourself."

Lu Zheng, who was walking in front, turned around upon hearing the words, and asked Li Shen curiously, "You seem to be very experienced?"

"I've also experienced all kinds of things." Li Shen shrugged at her, "It's you, where are you going to take us?"

"Go to see my father." Lu Zheng stared at him meaningfully, smiling a little maliciously, "He has wanted to see you for a long time."

So I saw the king of geese.

When Lu Zheng led Li Shen and Mu Xiaobai into the palace, King Yan was furious.

"It's so deceitful to ask Gu to give Zheng Niang to that beast as a concubine! There is no need to mention this matter again! Bring the sword! Gu will cut off the envoy's head!"

"Her Majesty calm down! Absolutely not! This matter still needs a long-term plan..."

Lu Zheng's right foot stopped in the air, and the smile on her face disappeared in an instant. She stood there for a while, then stepped forward again, and said loudly with a smile, "Father! My daughter is here to see you!"

The conversation in the inner room stopped immediately, Lu Zheng led Li Shen and Mu Xiaobai in, and saw King Yan in royal clothes sitting on a chair, with a kind smile on his face, his daughter who rushed in waved .

"Why did you come here suddenly? Oh? Who are these two?"

His eyes slowly sized up the faces of Li Shen and Mu Xiaobai. In terms of appearance alone, Yan Wang and Lu Zheng are not very similar. His brows are deep, his cheeks are high, his face is long and narrow, giving people the impression of a sinister and unhappy look. When the slender eyes looked at people, it was like a snake licking its face, which made people very uncomfortable.

Li Shen took a step forward, bowed his hands together, and introduced himself: "I, Li Shen, come from Middle Earth. I met the princess in the old days, and I have seen the king."

Mu Xiaobai also stepped forward and introduced himself.

Yan Wang narrowed his eyes and laughed.

"So it was you."

He looked at his daughter while talking, but saw her shaking her head, and said with a smile: "Li Shen and the others are passing by here, and they asked their daughter to meet them on the road, so they wanted to invite her back to the palace to entertain her, father. Don't scare people away, Wang."

Yan Wang laughed.

"How could it be?" He smiled and nodded at Li Shen, ordered the palace servants to set up seats for the two, and said to Li Shen, "I have heard your name so many times that my ears are almost callused... Now a See, he is indeed a good-looking talent."

The talented Li Shen pushed his blindfold silently, and smiled without showing his teeth.

King Yan ordered someone to set up a banquet to entertain Li Shen and Mu Xiaobai. After a glass of wine, he asked Li Shen, "Where is your home now? What do you do for a living?"

Faced with this question, which was like an account check, Li Shen didn't change his face, and replied with a smile: "Chang'an is a mercenary."

King Yan's expression froze slightly.

In the eyes of the kings of Donghuang, Chang'an mercenaries will always be the most disliked and most helpless type of people.Many people even believe that as long as the Chang'an mercenaries don't disappear, the deer in Donghuang will not die for a day, and they blame the Chang'an mercenaries for the endless chaos of war.

This is not completely unreasonable.

At least for Chang'an mercenaries, a unified and peaceful Eastern Wasteland is not what they want to see.Huiguang, which has been operating in Donghuang for thousands of years, has played the role of the mastermind countless times, making this chaotic situation even more muddy.

Seeing that the atmosphere became a bit cold, Lu Zheng smiled and smoothed things over, pretending to be coquettish and coquettish with King Yan, asking the other party to ask the side concubine to make Wu Zitang to entertain Li Shen.Yan Wang agreed with a smile, and waved her hand to let her go to the harem to invite someone.

So Lu Zheng was sent out of the hall.

Yan Wang holds a cup to look at Li Shen.

The latter stared at him calmly with his dark one-eyed eyes open.

The quietness in the hall can drop needles.

"Chang'an mercenaries." Yan Wang's cold voice spread quietly in the hall, "I just have something to trouble you Chang'an mercenaries."

Li Shen smiled and said, "Please speak, Your Majesty."

"Gu's daughter, Lu Yan, married to the state of Chu the year before last and became a side concubine to the king of Chu." King Yan said quietly, "At the beginning of the year, she died suddenly of illness, so Gu was very heartbroken. They actually sent envoys to send Lu Zheng to Chu to replace the dead Lu Yan..."

With a crisp click, it was King Yan who crushed the wine glass in his hand.

Li Shen silently sighed in his heart.

While such things are not commonplace, they are not uncommon either.It's called a marriage, but it's actually a hostage. The State of Yan is a vassal of the State of Chu. Apart from paying tribute every year, they can only obey such requests.Li Shen, the King of Chu of this generation, has seen it before. He has an arrogant temperament and is not a virtuous master. It is not surprising that he would make such a request to Yan Guo.

"Gu, I will never agree to this matter." King Yan said in a cold tone, "However, he threatened to raise his troops, so Gu can't sit still and wait for death."

"Would you like to lend a helping hand to the Chang'an mercenaries?"

Li Shen was thinking.

If he didn't know Lu Zheng, then he probably wouldn't bother with this matter... Losing a marriage with a princess, fighting against anger, would choose the second option if he had the brains, to be the king, and the burden is not only his own family, but also It is the life of the people of a country.So what if he wins the fight?In order to keep a daughter, it is too irrational to fight against the monarchy and be retaliated by it at any time.

"Chang'an Geng Army, has Your Majesty heard of it?"

Li Shen opened his mouth to ask, took off the golden emblem of the chain sword from his collar, and lightly clasped it on the table.

"I have an old relationship with Lu Zheng, so I took over this matter on behalf of the Geng Army."

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Mu Xiaobai held the sand urn, and slowly ate the Wuzi soup in it spoon by spoon.This soup is made from aquatic products and wild vegetables in the lake, and it tastes very fresh. He was identifying all the ingredients in it, and concentrated on it, completely ignoring the conversations of the people next to him.

Until Li Shen called his name.

"Tomorrow you will escort the envoy of the Yan Kingdom to Yingdu to meet the King of Chu, and go to the guild to complete the task." Li Shen ordered.

Mu Xiaobai nodded obediently and quietly. King Yan looked at his too young face, a trace of distrust flashed in his eyes, frowned and said, "Guyi will arrange guards to escort him."

Li Shen nodded noncommittally.

A notification suddenly sounded outside the hall, and then the excited Lu Zheng walked in first, followed by an armored old general behind her.

"Father! Uncle Yu is back!"

After the old general entered the hall, he knelt down and saluted King Yan, but he repeatedly called out to invite him to get up. King Yan stood up excitedly and walked into the hall, took his hand and laughed loudly.

Li Shen held the cup and looked at people with a good appearance.

Four eyes facing each other.

The wine glass slipped from his palm and fell to the ground with a thud.