He recited the word "home" several times in his mind, sat down slowly, and went to see Lin Qiao. Seeing her raising her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes, she also sat down. The expression on his face looked a little unbelievable and a little confused.
Li Boxen thought to himself, is it so unimaginable to her that I marry her? Am I so important to her? He felt moved, and those unspeakable sweet words finally blurted out: "Xiaoman, from now on... I don't have any bad habits. I don't like drinking, I don't like gambling, and I don't hit women."
When he said this, he couldn't help but smile: "There is still a little money. We can find a place you like, buy or rent a house, and live a good life for a few years, so that you can be happy."
Lin Qiao bit her lip and said quietly: "Ah Chen, but your surname is Li."
She looked at Li Boxen blankly: "Will one day, you will... go to the battlefield again?"
Li Bochen thought for a while, sighed, and said: "I also know myself. It's hard to say what will happen in the future. You know, everyone has his own destiny. If one day I have to go there, I can't help it if I don't want to. But - "
He held one of Lin Qiao's hands: "I promise you, since I have you, I will be careful in everything I do in the future. Li Guo, formerly the Li Guo with the surname Li, but now there is a Linxi Lord. If he really is Lord Ming, I will never put you or me in danger because of my own selfish desires."
But having said that, he also knew that this possibility was not very high. It's not that he has no confidence in Linxi Jun, but because of Ye Lu's words in Jinghui Tower. Ye Lu said that if Beichen's luck is not with Linxi Lord, he will not be able to subdue Li Di's spiritual god in the future. In this way, even if he becomes the king, his foundation will not be stable.
If one day Lord Linxi realizes that he is blessed with luck...will he have other thoughts?
Li Bochen sighed in his heart, only hoping that Lord Linxi was a true gentleman... If so, he could do something for him. If the two of them cooperate secretly and sincerely, they can avoid catastrophe.
Lin Qiao hummed, but then asked: "What if one day Lord Linxi is no longer here?"
Li Bochen was stunned. She really hit the mark. But this also means that she does care about herself and is seriously thinking about their future. He then smiled and said: "In that case, if there is another capable person who can help the people of Li Di live a peaceful life, then I won't have anything to do."
Lin Qiao thought for a while, then finally laughed and said, "Then, you swear to Beichen."
Li Bochen thought to himself, swear to myself? Haha...then what's the use of this oath? But he still kept a straight face and said solemnly: "Okay, I swear to Beichen. If the world is peaceful and the people are safe, I, Li Bochen, will never put my little man in danger because of my selfish desires."
After he said this, he finally couldn't help but laugh, thinking, now that I am in a state of nourishing energy, I am swearing for the world. I am afraid that if people hear me, they will think that I am either a delusional person or that there is something wrong with my head.
After hearing what he said, Lin Qiao smiled and poured him a glass of wine and said: "Okay, Ah Chen, I know that a man has ambitions in all directions, and I don't have to ask you to stay with me all the time. I'm just... worried about you. .”
Li Bochen drank the wine, took a breath and said, "I understand. We will leave in the afternoon for Fengzhou. I will deal with the affairs of the Chang family and settle down first."
Lin Qiao seemed to finally be happy and said, "Then I wish we could fly there."
Li Bochen laughed: "Then eat more so that you will have enough strength to go on the road."
He usually has a good appetite, but today he was so happy that he didn't eat much and drank all the pot of wine. Lin Qiao also ate four cups with her, her face flushed and her eyes blurred. After eating, I looked at him smiling for a while, and wiped my eyes for a while, which was very embarrassing. Li Bochen knew that she was losing her temper because she was happy in her heart, and he was moved for a while.
After asking the waiters to remove the food and wine, he ordered them to deliver the soup buckets. Lin Qiao went back to the house to take a bath. He took the knife, put it on his back, took the horse and went to the town to buy something. There were two large bags of various seasonings, dry food, a change of clothes, cloth belts, and medicinal powder needed for the picnic.
When the two set out, the sun was still high and the weather was warm. They rode their horses side by side on the road, looking at the greenery on both sides and the spring breeze blowing on their faces, but they didn't feel tired.
They had only known each other for a few days, but now Li Bochen felt that they had been together for a long time, and there was no barrier at all. Lin Qiao should also think so and asked him about his past. Li Bochen picked up some interesting things about Beiyuan and told her about them.
Although he tried to avoid talking about those dangerous battles, many of the details could remind people of how sad Beiyuan was. Lin Qiao listened to what he said silently, sometimes covering her mouth and laughing, and sometimes sighing.
After he finished talking about the few embarrassments he had when he first joined the army, Lin Qiao asked: "Achen, what about before? Were you also a soldier?"
Li Bochen smiled and said, "No."
Lin Qiao said: "Ah, when I heard you talk about what happened in Beiyuan, I think you are not afraid of hardship or tiredness at all. Then, what did you do before going to Beiyuan?"
Before? Li Bochen thought for a while. It turns out that that person started eating Baijia food after Chang Tingwei passed away. When I grow up, I will go to town to work as a handyman. Chang Tingwei came from a well-known family. Although he didn't practice much, he still knew a little about some Qi refining methods, and the original one also learned some.
You must not be considered a practitioner, but you must be physically stronger. He is very strong, so he doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking. When you are old enough, you may want to be a handyman rather than a soldier, with armor to wear and a sword to carry. After that, he was transferred to Beiyuan.
He then said: "Before, I was actually..."
Having said this, he paused again and turned to look at Lin Qiao. At this time, the sun was slightly setting in the west, shining from the treetops in the forest on both sides and falling on the two of them. Lin Qiao was smiling and listening under the sunlight, while her hair was fluttering in the breeze. Some birds are about to return to their nests, and the forest is singing very lively.
Li Bochen suddenly felt that the two of them were not walking in the old land of Li Kingdom, on this road full of crises and approaching the devil's kingdom, but they were really on a spring outing together.
A senseless feeling emerged from his heart. He took a long breath and said with a smile: "I used to be an investigator."
Lin Qiao was stunned: "Investigator? Ah Chen, were you an official before?"
Li Bochen hesitated for a moment and whispered: "For example, there was a place where people were originally alive. But one day, most of the people got sick, went crazy, and started cannibalism. There were still some people who didn't get sick, so they just started eating people. Come together and live together.”
"In a place like that, everything like the government was gone, and people couldn't do business or produce. Those who gathered together had to protect themselves, so they selected some strong people and asked them to go out and find some Things to eat and use. These people are the investigators."
Lin Qiao frowned slightly: "Cannibalistic disease? Ah... I heard that after someone was bitten by a mad dog, he would bite others. Ah Chen, are there many mad dogs in the place you mentioned?"
Li Bochen smiled, raised his head and squinted at the setting sun for a while, and said, "It's similar, but it's not the same disease."
Lin Qiao tilted her head and thought for a while: "Where is that?"
Li Boxen said: "It's quite a far away place, you probably haven't heard of it."
He sighed inwardly, feeling a little regretful for a moment. But he really didn't want to tell Lin Qiao about his "former self". It wasn't him, it was him. She was his, how could he say anything about himself to her?
Fortunately, Lin Qiao probably never left Sanguan City. There are six countries in the south, three demonic countries in the north, and many inaccessible places further away. There should even be large areas of land beyond the ocean. There is nothing surprising in the different customs and customs in these places.
Lin Qiao thought for a while and said softly: "Then it was really hard for you in the past. After you left there, you went to Beiyuan again."
Li Bochen laughed: "It's not a bad thing. In fact, how can I put it? It's because of what happened in the past that I don't feel it's hard to deal with it when I get to Beiyuan. Although the monsters in Beiyuan are scary, they don't look like humans at least, and they are a little bit... It's rational. And if you exit Beiyuan, you will be in Wuliang City. You will have food and clothing, and you don't have to worry about the people around you getting sick and starting to eat people when you wake up one day, so I feel much more comfortable."
Lin Qiao said softly: "Achen, you are so kind-hearted, right? It's because of where you are? When you were there, no one loved you, but they all looked to you to do things. If you do well, you may not be praised. If you do badly, you won't be praised. , you have to suffer... After such a day, when you meet someone who is really good to you, you will also want to be really good to him."
In fact, where he came from may not be so bad. But as Li Bochen listened, he gradually felt that Lin Qiao was talking about herself. When she fell silent, Li Bochen said: "Don't be afraid, you already have me."
Lin Qiao hummed and smiled. Li Boxen sighed inwardly, secretly thinking that she had suffered so much in the past that it would be difficult to resolve it for a while. But there will be a long time to come, and there will always be a day when the knot will be resolved.
When it got dark, the two dismounted and camped in the forest beside the road. Most of the trees growing in this forest are cedars and firs, all of which are very tall, like giant pillars standing in the sky. Therefore, there are not many shrubs in the forest, and there is a thick layer of pine needles, which smells good.
Li Bochen bought some thick linen in the market town. At this time, he cut a few wooden stakes and dug them deeply into the soil. He then made three wooden frames to support them, and tied the linen to make a tent. He had never made this before, but now he was following the same pattern, pouring it several times, which made Lin Qiao laugh non-stop.
After propping this thing up, Lin Qiao also picked up some stones and put it on the pot.
This pot is one of a kind in that world. It is shining brightly at this time, as if it had just been made. Li Bochen poured the stew packed from the restaurant out of the cowhide bag, added some water, and put it on the fire.
Lin Qiao leaned against him, and the two of them sat by the stove, watching the last trace of red clouds slowly recede from the sky, and the stars and full moon gradually became brighter.
