Laughing at Chang'an

Its daybreak.

The martial law of the guild has not been lifted. The mercenaries wearing the uniforms of the major mercenary regiments are patrolling and setting up defenses on the roads. Curious idlers stick their heads out of the windows and look out. The guild has not issued a notice until now. Please explain What exactly happened, and what was the origin of those fleets last night.

As the wind blew, a pure white flag appeared at the end of the road. The golden sun-shining emblem on the flag stretched its wings of light, showing its majesty.One after another, solemn figures in white robes followed behind the banner, with their hands folded in front of their chests, their eyes lowered and their faces restrained, and they stepped silently.

The white line meanders without end.

Every ten steps they advance, they have to kneel down and kowtow, then get up, and advance another ten steps.The mercenaries on the street and the people in the upstairs window looked at this strange team with curious eyes, and gradually, some people rushed from upstairs to the street, knelt down on the ground facing them, deeply Kowtow deeply.

Immediately behind the white-robed cultivator in front was the huge holy chariot carried by the six paladins of the Great Bright Palace. There was no one behind the translucent veil on the chariot.Behind the holy chariot, the paladins, who had taken off their armor, raised their swords over their shoulders, lined up in a neat square formation, and marched majestically with undisturbed steps.

This team entered from the west gate of Chang'an and headed straight to the east.

The luxurious and huge holy chariot stopped on Gubai Road, in front of the Li Mansion.The ancient cypress trees on both sides of the road quietly rustled with the wind, and countless pairs of eyes quietly watched the vermilion lacquered gate, waiting quietly.

Waiting for the moment it opens.

Li Shen once joked with Yang Xingxing, saying that if the door of his house is opened, nothing good will happen.Unexpectedly, an unintentional joke back then became true many years later.

The wooden door creaked and opened slowly.

Someone is standing behind the door.

The sound of the wind stopped suddenly.

The moment she appeared, there was light on the quiet and dark Cooper Road.Gathering all the words of praise in this world together is not enough to describe her peerless appearance. Standing there, no one can look away.

The six holy knights kowtowed to the ground, and countless people bowed their heads deeply in front of her.

She was expressionless.

The six holy knights bowed their heads and said, "I respectfully invite the saint to return to the palace."

The monks in white robes and the paladins also kowtowed: "Respectfully invite the saint to return to the palace!!!"

She seemed to have never heard of it.

She looked at the corner of the street, many years ago, Li Shen took her hand and walked from there.

He said, from here on out, it will be our home.

"Respectfully invite the saint to return to the palace!" The six paladins kowtowed again.

"Respectfully invite the saint to return to the palace!!!" The white-robed monk and the paladins also kowtowed.

——The sound shook Chang'an.

She withdrew her gaze and looked at them.The figures kneeling on the ground couldn't see their faces, and they didn't know what their expressions were. After getting along with Li Shen for a long time, she was used to the other's sincerity, but she was not used to such hypocrisy.

It was impossible for her to ask them to raise their heads, even if she did, it would only be a hypocritical mask.

... boring.

Putting on the mask called the Holy Maiden of Light, she raised her feet and walked towards the holy chariot that was waiting quietly.

To her own, boring life.

………………

There were crowds of people, the snow-white flags fluttered, and the mysterious and honorable figures on the holy chariot floated past the long street amidst the attention of everyone.

The streets were crowded with kneeling people.

Half a kilometer away, on the top floor of the Imperial Capital Hotel, in the VIP suite facing Baihu Avenue, two people stood and sat one at a time, watching the long and winding procession in the distance through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

"Use the lives of the six paladins in exchange for a useless saint." Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Earl Wei Su of Tushan narrowed his eyes and said, "That one is really crazy...unreasonable."

The person hiding in the shadow behind did not answer, but raised his head slightly, revealing a mocking smile unabashedly.

"I'm very sad." He whispered, "Since when did the light we pursue become something we need to bow down to?"

Wei Su froze for a moment, then lowered his head in silence.He took off the glasses on his face, and pressed the center of his brow tiredly.

"This is an inevitable thing, Your Excellency." He said to the people sitting, "Light without substance cannot be worshiped by people, nor can it become a tool in the hands of rulers. Fools don't need to explore what light is, they only need to believe blindly ..."

"So the light became certain people, and became so-called gods."

The sitting person stood up and walked to the window step by step. He stretched out his hand and pressed it against the cold window.

"What's the use of such light?"

………………

From Yingdu of Chu Kingdom in the Eastern Wasteland to Chang'an City, it would take three days at the fastest to travel by airship without interruption.

Li Shen received the news on the third day after Haitang left.

He returned to Chang'an, it was the sixth day after Haitang left.

——Even if you spread your wings and chase after him, it will be too late.

The Li Mansion on Cooper Road was still deserted and unpopular.Li Shen who pushed open the door was also in a daze for a moment.He walked through the silent courtyard, along the veranda that echoed with the sound of footsteps, and came to the small courtyard in the backyard.

He was outside the courtyard and called Haitang.

Naturally, no one should respond.

……she left.

On the day he returned to Chang'an from Nanhai, he was like this, standing outside the courtyard and calling her name.Then the small courtyard door opened, and she appeared behind the door, watching him quietly.

At that time, he was actually a little happy.

The purpose of getting married was to avoid people's eyes and ears, and to hide her identity for her. The relationship between them was originally a transaction and had nothing to do with love.However, I do not know since when, they are used to each other's company.

He thought about it, all his life.

Li Shen pushed open the courtyard door, walked past a courtyard of crabapples in full bloom, and walked into the room that belonged to her.Nothing changed inside, everything was still in the same place, he picked up the embroidery hoop on the table case, the half-embroidered mandarin ducks on it slightly hurt his eyes.

He couldn't figure out what she was thinking.

In the beginning, Li Shen felt that she hated him, because every time he saw him, the expression on his face couldn't make people happy.Gradually he realized that it wasn't disgust. Maybe she just didn't know what kind of expression to show him.

But then, he discovered that she was keeping a cautious distance from him.This discovery was like a basin of cold water to him, it completely extinguished his thoughts that he shouldn't have, and made him remember once again the original identities of the two of them.

They shouldn't be from the same world.

At that time, he knew that she would leave sooner or later.After learning that he was going to die, he also thought about whether to send her away first... But in short, she was going to leave, and it didn't matter if it was sooner or later.

Li Shen put down the embroidery hoop, his eyes fell on the snow-white cloak folded on the bed, he walked over, stretched out his hand, and touched it.

The tentacles are warm and soft.

He shook off the dusty overcoat on his body, picked it up, and put it on his body with his hands. The soft fur lightly brushed against his cheeks, making the gloomy expression on it a little calmer.Li Shen put on his clothes and walked to the mirror, looked at himself in the mirror, grinning silently.

It fits great and, also, looks great.

——she always knew what he looked good in.

A folded envelope fell from the bed to the ground, Li Shen bent down, picked it up, and opened it.The purpose of entry is her beautiful handwriting——

[My husband, seeing a letter is like a face. 】

[The weather is getting colder, you are not in good health, remember to add clothes. 】

【I'm leaving. 】

Li Shen raised his eyebrows slightly, the woman was still so cold in the end, he didn't know what expression to make.He threw the short letter on the bed, and pulled off the snow fur on his body in displeasure. He was about to throw it away, but suddenly stopped.

He brought the fur coat to his eyes, staring at the dense needlework inside it.

【Fu, Le, An, Kang...】

【Love, love, love, love...】

He twisted his neck stiffly, looking at the spell-like words of love embroidered on his clothes.

... How crazy is it to go crazy and embroider this countless love?

He really doesn't understand.

………………

Night fell silently.

Carrying the vegetarian noodles in red soup specially packed while it was hot, the adjutant hurried back to Li's mansion, first went to Haitang's small courtyard, but unexpectedly missed it.He called Lord Shen a few times in a daze, but no one answered, so he searched around the mansion. Finally, in Li Shen's study, he found Li Shen who was sitting at the table and flipping through the monthly report of Mars Academy.

"Hey, my lord, why don't you say anything?"

The adjutant came over complaining, put the noodle bowl in his hand on the table, lifted the lid of the bowl, and handed over the chopsticks.

Li Shen didn't answer.

The adjutant froze for a moment, and called out softly.

"Forget it." Li Shen raised his head, watching the adjutant quietly with his dark one-eyed eyes, "I can't afford to be your master."

The adjutant stood there in astonishment, holding the broken chopsticks in his hand, his mouth opened, but no sound came out.He stared blankly at Li Shen, his face trembling, both wronged and bewildered, his eyes turned red when he saw it.

"You, you..."

"I know, you don't like Haitang." Li Shen closed the report in front of him, his tone was flat, "She is cold-tempered, treats people not peacefully, and treats you as a servant..."

"You don't like her, and it's reasonable to want her to go."

The adjutant's eyes widened silently. In his sight, Li Shen showed a tired look, and stretched out his hand to support his forehead.

"But you can't make the decision for me Whether she should go or not is my business."

"I'm in Donghuang, and I haven't waited for a word from you."

The adjutant opened his mouth to argue, but was stopped by Li Shen raising his hand.

"It's not the first time. I know you won't hurt me, but if you cheat like this more times, it will eventually hurt our relationship...I can't trust you like before."

"So, let's call it a day."

Li Shen put down his hands, calmly and indifferently said to the adjutant——

"Take what you deserve and let's go."