Yuan River

"Brother, ah, no, Patriarch, I'm sorry, I offended you," Li Che hurriedly explained, "I didn't know your father had..."

"Li Che, he is our father," Li Bin said firmly, "We are true brothers. When the old patriarch was dying, he clarified the facts."

"what?"

"You and I are both his and Xiang's sons."

"What about Xiang Lin?"

"Xiang Lin is the son of the Xiang family. As for his father, doubt it."

"Xiang Lin said he has no father."

"Hey, let's not discuss this for now. I came here to take you home to attend the funeral of the old patriarch."

"But he persecuted me almost to the point of desperation during his lifetime."

"The dead are the greatest. He is your father after all."

"Brother, after the funeral, can you come and stay with me for a while? Mrs. Xiang and I are here, so our family can be reunited."

"Just do as you say. You go back to the funeral with me now."

"It's a deal, I'll go to Xiang Lin to say goodbye." Li Che said and stood up.

"Wait," Li Bin hurriedly pulled Li Che back, "If you find him, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave. He can have 1 reasons to keep you."

"That's true. Then, you continue to hide in the warehouse first, and I will come to you at night, and we will sneak away in the dark."

Li Bin nodded in agreement.

According to what he said to Xiang Lin earlier, Li Che took a basket of mulberry leaves from the warehouse, came out unhurriedly, and went straight to Xiang Lin who was playing with the silkworm baby.

"Brother, why have you been away for so long?" Seeing Li Che's return, Xiang Lin frowned displeasedly, took the mulberry leaves, and dumped nothing left into the sieve.All of a sudden, the silkworms were ready to move and eat.

"The pig is hungry, maybe Mrs. Xiang forgot to feed it this morning, so I gave it another meal." Li Che lied lightly without changing his face.

"It's fine, I'm worried."

"worry about what?"

"I'm worried that you'll just walk away."

"Ah? Why?" Li Che was taken aback, and was about to tell the whole story, but he held back in the end.

"The person you miss the most is still far downstream." Xiang Lin smiled meaningfully.

"I forgot about him long ago."

"I haven't said who he is yet."

For Li Che, a day has never been as difficult as it is today.He casually fed the pigs and sheep, picked mulberry leaves, and applied fertilizer, until the sun set.

It was getting dark, so Li Che couldn't wait to get into the warehouse immediately.

"Brother, let's go." Li Che blurted out expectantly.

"Brother, why don't you bring me a meal. I'm not a silkworm. Do I want to eat mulberry leaves here?" Li Bin said depressingly.

"Xiang Lin is very careful, so I dare not steal livestock and food for you, lest he find out and cause trouble. I have wronged you, brother."

"Well, then you have to give me some compensation."

"What compensation?"

"Brother, have you ever heard of the fact that beauty is delicious?" Li Bin deliberately dragged out his tone, then raised his head to see Li Che's fair face blush with satisfaction.

"Fuck you, I'm still in the mood to joke around at this juncture, be careful not to get caught when you run away."

"By the way, speaking of it," Li Bin immediately became serious when he heard the words, and the determination in his eyes made him look completely different from the hippie smiling face just now, "When I sneaked into this tribe last night, I found that the camp was guarded by only one man and one wolf. .”

"That's a dog, not a wolf." Li Che explained helplessly.

"Yesterday, I threw a piece of raw meat and tried to attract the wolf—oh no, the dog—and it went straight to the raw meat overjoyed. The owner of the dog saw it and followed it, so I was able to avoid their surveillance. Sneak into the camp quietly. But as the saying goes, 'Once raw, twice cooked, three times and four times cooked casually.' Today, we can no longer use the previous method."

"Since the dog will find out as long as there is any abnormality, then we simply use our tactics to make the movement bigger."

While speaking, Li Che immediately took out all the dry firewood in the warehouse, and then did a well-known thing - rubbing flint to start a fire.The autumn is dry, and the firewood burns quickly in the west wind, with the sound of crackling.

"It's not good! It's on fire! Come on!" Li Che shouted loudly, then grabbed Li Bin's hand and ran out.

For a while, all the people and dogs in the tribe were extremely anxious, and went straight to the fire, trying to prevent the fire from spreading.

"Hey, we ran backwards, we should go back downstream!" Li Bin just realized that a thin layer of sweat hung on his forehead, and he didn't know whether it was due to excitement or running.

"Do you believe that Xiang Li is waiting for us right now?" Li Che responded indifferently.

"No, this is too..."

"From the moment the fire started, he knew we were going to flee."

"Then what do we do now?"

"It may take two more days to travel a long way back."

"But, brother, in this way, don't you mind offending Xiang Lin?"

This question immediately stopped Li Che.Over the years, no matter how much trouble he encountered, that clever brother always appeared in time to help him settle everything.He was used to Xiang Lin's pampering, but he never considered repaying him.He always thought that Xiang Lin's wholehearted devotion was a matter of course.

Li Bin and Li Che held hands and ran all the way, passing through stretches of rice fields in the dark night, and directly entering the shady and overgrown woods.

In the thick black sky in the distance, a few pairs of pale green eyes were shadowy, staring at them coldly.

"Dog?" Li Bin guessed uncertainly.

"This time it's a wolf, a wild one." Li Che was so nervous that his palms were covered with sweat, but tried his best to pretend to be calm on the surface, "We have to inform Xiang Lin to find someone to rescue him."

"Huh? What?"

"Well, if not, the two of us will have to serve as dinner for the wolves tonight." Li Che quickly lit the fire on his own, burning the surrounding vegetation red, "After he comes over, you pretend to hold him I threatened him and said: If he doesn’t let us go, you will kill me. After he agrees to let us go, we will leave together from the lower reaches of the Yuan River.”

"..."

Several bright flames gradually approached, and there was also the sound of stone tools beating.A group of people came to the two, and Xiang Lin was the leader.The wolves glared at them a few times, and then scattered unwillingly.

"Brother, are you okay?" Xiang Lin asked eagerly.

"Haha, Xiang Lin, don't come here without any problems." It was Li Bin who responded, and he laughed heartily.

"Hey, I didn't have time to find out. There is a distinguished guest here, so please forgive me for my lack of hospitality. Tonight, you have to taste our newly collected tea leaves." Xiang Lin looked enthusiastic and generous.

"Don't bother," Li Bin waved his hands casually, "I came this time to bring Li Che back."

"This is absolutely impossible, because my brother is very important to me and my mother."

"It's just going back temporarily. If he wants to come back in the future, he can come back anytime."

"There is no room for negotiation on this matter." Xiang Lin paused every word, and several people behind him showed their weapons and spears in due course.The atmosphere was suddenly suppressed to freezing point.

Li Bin pulled out the dagger at his waist with lightning speed, and quickly pressed it against Li Che's throat, restraining Li Che: "Everyone, I'm sorry, I have to offend you. If you don't let us go, I will kill you right now." he."

"Haha, you have worked so hard to find him, is it just to let him die here?"

"It's fine if he's dead, no one can compete with me anymore. Xiang Lin, have you tasted the taste of power?"

"You don't have power, your father has power. You mean, the patriarch..."

"Yes, he's dead. Now. I can't allow the only psychic guy in the Li clan to wander outside. This is a threat to me." Li Bin said, his hand was so hard that the dagger was cut Bright red blood gush out of Li Che's tender neck.

Xiang Lin's heart tightened, and he couldn't distinguish the truth of Li Bin's words for a moment—maybe he just didn't want to distinguish anymore—he handed over the torch in his hand to Li Bin and Li Che, and his tone returned to his usual calm: "Let's go. There are rafts by the river, which is more convenient."

"There will be a time later." Li Che's lips trembled slightly, and he read these four words to Xiang Lin very seriously.

Xiang Lin turned his face away and gritted his teeth, not wanting others to see the tears in the corners of his eyes.

Li Bin and Li Che untied the raft, boarded it and went down the river.The quiet Yuan River reflects the full moon, and the river water seems to flow from the Xinghan.

"Tonight, when is the middle stream in Weizhou.

When will I be in the same boat with the prince today?

Humiliated and shamed by good people.

I was so annoyed that I learned about the prince.

The mountains are woody and woody.

The heart says you don't know. "

"Li Che, what are you doing looking at me?" Li Bin asked dully.

"In your eyes, there are stars in the sky." Li Che let his fingers cover Li Bin's eyebrows and eyes.

Li Bin pulled hard, causing Li Che to fall into his arms.Li Che lay comfortably between Li Bin's thick and warm arms, enjoying the long-lost tranquility and peace, and fell into layers of sleep.Some people just think they let it go.

Before sunrise, Li Che finally returned to his birth place - the Li clan.However, times have changed and things have changed.Today, the people here are poorly clothed and hungry.

"Brother, what's going on in the tribe?" Li Che asked in surprise.

"Lack of water. The livestock have all migrated away, and the prey caught is decreasing year by year." Li Bin frowned habitually.

"Is it because of ... over-irrigation upstream?"

"Anyway, everyone doesn't think so. They think that the lack of water is because the wizard has left." Li Bin spread his hands helplessly.

"Then what do you think, big brother?"

"That year, after you left, the mountains and rivers in my world faded away, there was no sound when beating the pot, and there was nothing to trust."

"I...I don't mean this," Li Che's cheeks burned, "I'm asking what do you think of the drought in the past few years?"

"I thought the same as everyone else, but after I went to the upper reaches of the tribe these days, I realized where the water went."

"When I go back, I must stop them from over-irrigating."

"It's difficult. They live on rice, just as we live on game.

"What should I do?"

"The only effective method today is to start a war and grab it directly!"

"what?"

"Our tribe has a lot of people, what are we afraid of!"

"Aren't you afraid that Mrs. Xiang will be angry?"

"Two evils are the lesser of two evils. After the matter is done, I will take over Mrs. Xiang. She can have a baby with me and take care of her grandchildren for the rest of her life."

Li Che hesitated to speak, his heart was heavy, as if a boulder had been crushed.