This building looks like a city, but it is not a city. It is surrounded by iron armor glowing with cold light, and the flags are waving in the wind at the four corners. Between mountains and rivers.

Cavalry in iron armor lined up around the building, and two guards came up to meet them. Liancha showed them his token, and the two went back, motioning for the people above to open the door.

Tao Mujia looked up from under the wall, and could only see the guards turned into black dots and the "Zhu" flag.Liancha pulled his reins and went in, crossed the city gate and dismounted, handed the horse to the groom, and led Tao Mujia up the city wall alone.

Tao Mujia followed Liancha up the steep stairs of the city wall. He had many questions, but he didn't know where to ask them.Lian Cha sensed his silence and asked, "Do you know what this place is for?"

Tao Mujia turned his head and looked down. Thousands of soldiers were practicing in unison. Countless tall horses were grazing in the stables. Row after row of cavalry were training, and a team of more than a dozen people was training Patrol well.

This place is almost half of Juyang City, and four large barns in the corner are piled up with thousands of stones of grain and grass.

"His Majesty's army?"

Lian Cha smiled, "Teng Luo, you have always understood me."

The two finally stood on the city wall, and the cold wind howled, making people's faces hurt, and the slogans from below also reached their ears with the wind, deafening.Tao Mujia turned his head to look in the direction of Juyang City, and he could just see the Tiange of Sitian Pavilion, and the whole Juyang City could be clearly seen in his eyes.

Lian Cha stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the distant Juyang City together with him.

"From here, you can see the most prosperous place in Lian Kingdom."

"Yes."

"But do you know that from here to the east, there are large tracts of barren land, all of which belong to our Lian country."

"..., I know."

"It's been a long time since our monarchs and ministers have spoken with each other. Gu brought you here today, just to let you have a look, to see the world of Gu."

Tao Mujia was silent.

"Since you came back as a hostage, you have rarely talked to me. I know that you always disapprove of my outward expansion in your heart, but you have to understand that the weak eat the strong. If I don't beat others, others will come to beat me, not me. I insisted on fighting, because they forced me to fight, and Lian Guo has reached the point where it has to expand abroad." Lian Cha said a little excitedly, as if there was a raging war in his eyes, he turned his head and saw the indifferent Tao Mujia choked as if being splashed with cold water.

Lian Cha stared at him for a while, then asked: "Or, what you and I said about the great achievements in Qi State are just empty talk?"

Tao Mujia lowered his eyes, his face was still so calm, but he felt helpless in his heart.

"Your Majesty wants to be the hegemony, so he should start with the people's livelihood. Now that the natural disaster has just subsided, His Majesty should let the people recuperate. It is not suitable for war. Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world, and those who are against them will lose the world. Your Majesty does not understand."

Lian Cha's eyes sharpened instantly, "The person who wins the hearts of the people for me should be you, and I ask the National Teacher to recognize where I am and what to do in that position."

Tao Mujia couldn't help but find it funny, he didn't expect the fact to be like this, Lian Cha really regarded Teng Luo as the spokesperson of God, and asked him to tell the people that Lian Guo is a country blessed by God, and he can just fight the war.

"Since Your Majesty wants me to win the hearts of the people for His Majesty, why don't you want to postpone the time for dispatching troops?"

"Time?" Lian Cha laughed maniacally, "What Gu lacks most now is time, and you still have to waste time alone. The land in Lian country is barren, and if you delay, will you give them food? Gu will tell you that Gu has no time." Yes! You have to fight if you want to, and you have to fight if you don’t want to. Gu told you these things today to give you a warning, don’t say something that can shake people’s hearts, or you will be punished together!”

Tao Mujia looked at him with a layer of frost on his eyelashes, he felt angry, but there was still a trace of heartache hidden in the corner of his feelings.

Thinking about it, Teng Luo and Lian Cha had the same ambition back then, to conquer the world together, unite vertically and horizontally, and establish a hegemony, but now, the two have already parted ways. There is no going back.

He raised his arms, folded them together in a semicircle, folded his hands, and saluted Lian Cha.

"Follow His Majesty's will."

Lian Cha, with the veins throbbing violently on his forehead, froze for a moment. He looked at the person who bowed to him in front of him, clearly saying that he was obeying his will, but he couldn't be happy at all. He never thought that this person's gaze could be like this estranged.

Lian Cha sniffed. The wind was so cold that his eyes and nose were red. He lowered his voice, "Get up, when our army of Zhuzi breaks through the Central Plains, you will be the hero of the Lian Kingdom."

He touched his nose, turned and walked down.

Tao Mujia got up slowly, his eyes fell with Liancha, Liancha's black cloak mixed into the patrol team, the young emperor and his army became a corner of this fortress, his lonely back seemed more and more distant.

Maybe destiny really exists, but it is not watching the stars at night, but the moment you see this person, you can see his doomed end.

Tao Mujia breathed out a sigh of relief. He thought that Lian Cha had some past friendship with Teng Luo, otherwise he would not repeatedly test his attitude on the matter of external expansion.

However, he is not Teng Luo, not to mention that even if Teng Luo is there, he may not be able to tell the truth to Lian Cha, let alone him.

Teng Luo is for destiny, and he is for going home. Neither of them will help Liancha achieve his great success.

He looked at the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in Lianguo. Every inch of land here belonged to Liancha. Liancha said that after he achieved hegemony, these would also belong to him, but Tao Mujia knew very well that none of them would belong to him. This is not his home. Want to go home, want to go home more than anyone.

Tao Mujia: I want to go home.

1551: Will go back.

Tao Mujia: I want to go home.

1551: ...

Tao Mujia: Thinking about it this way, I can't be considered a good person. I pushed Liancha into trouble for my own selfish desires.

1551: That's what he asked for, don't be soft-hearted.

Tao Mujia looked at the bustling Juyang City with red eyes: But he was kind to me after all... I could have helped him too.

1551: So what? He can treat you well now, and he can kill you in the future.

Tao Mujia nodded slightly, stopped looking at Juyang City, and returned the same way.

When they arrived at the gate of the city, the soldiers said that Lian Cha had already gone back first, and asked them to escort him back to Sitian Pavilion.

Tao Mujia is not in the mood to worry too much now, and followed them back to Juyang City.

Si Tiange was having lunch class now, Tao Mujia was so panicked that he didn't eat, and went directly to the top floor.

The top of the Tiange is quiet, Dugu Qiduan sits in front of the table and writes stroke by stroke. He has not yet reached the age of the crown, but only has a ponytail tied behind his head, and his temples hang down, making him look petite and cute. Almost like a girl.

Tao Mujia stood at the stairs and looked at him silently, his congested chest relieved a lot, Dugu Qi was doing well, so he didn't feel so sad.

Dugu Qi raised his head, saw him coming, got up and saluted him, Tao Mujia smiled and asked him to get up.

"My lord doesn't seem very happy today." Dugu Qi sat cross-legged on the couch and looked at him.

Tao Mujia lowered his head, crossing his fingers in front of his abdomen.

"Dugu Qi, do you want to go home?"

Dugu Qi was taken aback for a moment, then his eyes were full of determination, "I think."

Tao Mujia nodded and said, "I think so too."

Dugu Qi was even more stunned, "Where is your lord's home?"

"In a place far, far away." Tao Mujia raised his head and smiled at him, "Do you want to hear something about my hometown?"

"My lord is willing to speak, Qi is naturally willing to listen."

"My hometown..." Tao Mujia recalled, and his eyes reached an unreachable place.

He talked a lot, the noodle soup from the neighbor's house, the spicy radish made by his mother, the gravel road he used to go to and from school, and many other things he couldn't say, one bridge after another across the river, the ethereal and distant siren sound at night, Enough neon lights to illuminate the entire city at night.

His voice gradually became weaker, and there was no voice of his narration in the attic. Dugu Qi watched him fall into deep thought, he had never seen the kind of loneliness and grief brewing in his eyes, and he couldn't know why he had such feelings .

This look was like a sharp knife, hurting his heart.

"grown ups……"

Tao Mujia's eyes stared blankly ahead, the corners of his mouth curled into a half-smile, "I want to go home and find someone."

Dugu Qi's heart trembled, and he felt a sense of bitterness for no reason, "Who?"

Tao Mujia lowered his head and shook his head, no more words.

Dugu Qi looked at him, stood up suddenly, walked to his side and held his hand.

"We can go home, we will all go home."

Hearing what he said, Tao Mujia felt warm in his heart, and touched his head with a smile, "Yes, we can all go home."

But these words did not reach his heart, this is only the third world, there are still seven minutes left, so long, so far away.

Tao Mujia shook his head and didn't mention it anymore. The spring break will start tomorrow, but there will be another sacrifice after the spring break.

"There is still one month until the spring festival, you can't go out, I will let your mother pray for you."

Dugu Qi's eyes revealed a look of worry, "My mother and concubine...you know it well, my lord."

"Don't worry, I've already told her about you. If she does this again, you will be harmed. After all, you are her favorite child. I believe she can tell the difference."

Dugu Qi was still very worried, he knew that his mother and concubine were not so easily persuaded, if he could really be persuaded, the last incident would not have happened.

"Sir, do you know that my mother and concubine are good at witchcraft, you should know how crazy people who are good at witchcraft are, even if it's not for me, you should be more careful."

Tao Mujia was amused by him, "Have you betrayed your mother like this?"

"It's not a sellout, it's the best of both worlds."

Tao Mujia patted his head, "Okay, I know, I'm careful."

Seeing him like this, Dugu Qi didn't say any more, so he had to divert the topic and talk about other interesting things.

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