"Die Xi, Die Xi."
By the time Li Chenguang found his old-fashioned bicycle that rang everywhere except the bell, he rushed back to the city and arrived at home, it was already 6 o'clock in the morning.
"Die Xi, wake up, wake up."
In the past, Li Chenguang also went out to pick up corpses and didn't return all night, so Li Diexi got used to it and had no choice but to fall asleep by herself.
Li Diexi rubbed her eyes and looked at Li Chenguang doubtfully, "Brother, you're back."
Li Chenguang, who was all wet, forcibly pulled Li Diexi up, "Good boy, get up."
When he came back, he found that the streets were eerily quiet, and no breakfast shops were open. He didn't know if they had all run away or were hiding at home.
Of course, if the city is really broken, hiding at home is just waiting to die.
The streets are no longer bustling and bustling, and the silence of death lingers in every corner of the city.
Li Chenguang asked Li Diexi to get dressed, carry a small schoolbag, then put on a raincoat, then he also carried a schoolbag and went out.
This is the escape bag that the two of them had prepared long ago.
The city's defenders are all guarding the south gate, so the east gate is very empty and does not have the power of the great city wall. In fact, the city wall is useless to the dragon clan. What is competing is the real military strength of both sides. The other side will attack directly from the front with the whole army, and spreading the strength will be counterproductive. Easily defeated one by one.
Li Chenguang rode a bicycle and took Li Diexi out from the east city gate to the entrance of a cave that he had prepared a long time ago. He led Li Diexi into the cave entrance and said, "This used to be the residence of a bear. Later, the bear If you get eaten by a dragon, the dragon can't get in here, and no one dares to approach the dragon even if it's outside, so it's very safe."
"Brother got a straw mat and a small stool here before, making it easier to sleep here at night."
Li Chenguang said as he put down his schoolbag, then took off Li Diexi's raincoat and let her sit on the rough but clean straw mat on the ground. Some branches were piled around the straw mat to keep warm.
The furnishings in the cave are also very simple, just a mat, a stool, and a few expired biscuits, which Li Chenguang used as a temporary residence.
He took out some biscuits and mineral water from his schoolbag and gave them to Li Diexi, "Xixi, are you afraid?"
Li Diexi shook her head with a smile, her young face filled with an innocent smile, her big eyes full of trust in Li Chenguang, "As long as you are with your brother, Xixi is not afraid of wherever he goes."
"Actually, Xixi, didn't my brother promise you that we would leave here if there was a war? But my brother discovered something, something that might save the people of the city."
Li Chenguang tried his best to choose his words so as not to make Li Diexi nervous and frightened, "Of course, brother can't guarantee that this thing will be useful, but I am a little sure that if it succeeds, everyone in the city can be saved. Once If you fail, my brother will run away without hesitation."
"But, didn't we discuss running away together before? Therefore, brother now has to seek Die Xi's opinion. If Die Xi thinks it's okay to give it a try, then she only needs to wait here for a few hours for brother, and there will be results. If we succeed, we can go home; if we fail, we can run away together."
"If Xixi thinks we shouldn't try, then let's run away now."
The great city wall has not been repaired, and war is inevitable.
Li Chenguang didn't think that he was a great hero who wanted to sacrifice for this. He simply felt that there was a small chance to save the whole city and save his little family, and he wanted to try it.
Li Diexi stared at Li Chenguang in confusion for a while, then pursed her rosy mouth slightly and said with a smile, "If brother wants to do it, go ahead. Xixi will obediently wait here for brother to come back." .”
"Really? That's good. I'll be relieved with Xixi's support."
Li Diexi smiled brightly and said, "Well, Xixi will always support my brother, forever and ever."
"I will seal the hole with branches later, just in case, but I will leave some light. Xixi will stay inside, don't be afraid."
"Well, Xixi is not afraid."
"Brother will be back soon, Xixi, don't be afraid."
"Xixi is not afraid."
There is no time left.
Li Chenguang quickly went out, cut a large piece of branches and leaves, and sealed the hole.
Among the dense leaves, only a faint light penetrated into the hole.
"Xixi is waiting for brother inside. You can have a good sleep. Brother will definitely come back. I promise."
"Xixi knows."
Only then did Li Chenguang get back on the broken black bicycle. Just as he was about to leave, a small hand gently opened the leaves from among the branches at the entrance of the cave behind. He looked at Li Chenguang intently with his big eyes and called softly, smiling. Said, "Brother, Xixi will always love you."
"Well, my brother will always love Xixi. Please cover her with branches and leaves."
Seeing Li Diexi retreating, Li Chenguang rode his bike and ran back.
Li Diexi pushed aside the leaves again and watched Li Chenguang's figure disappearing into the distance while riding a bicycle, and did not move for a long time...
When he went back, Li Chenguang took out his mobile phone and looked at it.
There is a message from Yan Ziyue, "My father sent a hunter to pick me up and insisted on taking me back. My grandma refuses to leave. What should I do?"
Li Chenguang didn't know what to do. He sent a message, which showed that the transmission failed, indicating that the other party had been picked up and left the city.
He sent it to Li Tianming again, but it showed that Li Tianming also failed to send it and the call could not be reached.
Even the son of the city lord was sent away emotionally.
Damn it, the city lord himself doesn’t think much of this human-dragon battle.
Li Chenguang suddenly felt timid.
He is not a hero to begin with, he just wants to fight for the city that gave birth to him because of the youthful spirit in his heart.
I don't want my hometown to be destroyed like this.
I don't want so many people to die in battle because of their race.
We don’t want innocent people to become victims of war.
I just thought about it a lot, but I never expected that the first obstacle I would encounter would be being blocked in the City Lord's Mansion, and I couldn't even get through the door.
"Well, I am Li Tianming's friend. Although he may not be in Yuhai now, I am really his friend."
The soldier replied expressionlessly, "No one is allowed to enter the city lord's mansion now."
"Li Tianming still owes me 1 million and hasn't paid me back."
The soldier replied coldly, "I don't know if he owes you anything. I think you owe him something."
"I have something very important to tell him. Let me see the city lord."
The soldier glared, "If you don't go away, you have to meet the King of Hell first."
No wonder others say that the king of hell is easy to deal with, but the devil is difficult to deal with.
Li Chenguang's heart moved, he held his head high and said, "I have a way to repair the great city wall. The city lord should be looking for this method everywhere now. You didn't let me in, which wasted time. The city lord will blame you. I'm afraid you can't afford it. .”
As soon as he finished speaking, two long spears, one on the left and one on the right, were placed on both sides of Li Chenguang's neck.
"You better have it, or else you'll be put to death for lying and deceiving!"
"..."
Then, the two soldiers reported to their captain, who then took Li Chenguang in to find Li Wenhong.
In the city lord's palace, they were already ready for battle. The soldiers, all dressed in military uniforms, formed a long formation with their heads high and their chests held high, ready to go out of the city to fight at any time.
Li Chenguang was led across the square and watched a group of soldiers waiting there quietly. There were probably tens of thousands of people in the huge square, but there was no sound at all.
He was brought into the meeting hall under the gaze of so many pairs of eyes.
Li Wenhong, who was taking the main seat in the main hall, was already dressed in a white scholar's robe, and he looked elegant and handsome. He had a long tassel sword hanging on his waist and a red cloak hanging on his shoulders, which made him look very majestic.
The team leader bowed to Li Wenhong and said, "Report to the Lord of the City, this man says he can rebuild the great Great Wall."
Li Wenhong was discussing matters with the elders. A pair of sword-like eyes struck Li Chenguang and asked majestically, "Can you rebuild the great Great Wall?"
Li Chenguang answered honestly, "No."
The captain in armor immediately pulled out his long sword with a "clang" sound, pointed it at Li Chenguang's neck and slashed at him, "Forgive me, City Lord, I will behead him now."
"Wait, I'm not done yet."
Li Chenguang quickly stopped the impulsive team leader and looked at Li Wenhong.
The captain also sheathed his sword.
Li Chenguang said loudly, "I am here for this war."
Li Wenhong asked again, "Do you have a way to defeat the enemy?"
Li Chenguang still answered honestly, "No."
The squad leader pulled out his sword with another "clang" sound and swung it at Li Chenguang's neck.
"Wait a minute, I have something else to say."
Li Wenhong asked casually, "You can't rebuild the Great Wall and you can't retreat the enemy, so why are you here?"
"I came here in a hurry. I'm dying of thirst. Can you let me drink a glass of water first?"
The captain once again pulled out his sword with a "clang" sound and aimed it at Li Chenguang's neck and slashed it.
Li Chenguang stretched out his hand to stop the sword, pointed at the squad leader and cursed, "That's enough. I've tolerated you for a long time. Why are you like this? You're always cutting people with your sword. Can you please just listen to me?"
"If you don't give me water, I won't give you water."
Li Chenguang looked at Li Wenhong, "I have a trick that treats a dead horse as a living horse. It may not work, but if it does, it can avoid a war. There will be no war within three years. If we lose, we will continue to fight."
Li Wenhong narrowed his eyes slightly, "What a big statement. We will avoid war within three years."
The elders around were also talking a lot, and they all looked at Li Chenguang in surprise, wondering why he had such a loud voice.
What does he rely on?
Where did you come from, a child with a yellow mouth? He is talking nonsense.
Don't hurt everyone.
It wasn't until Li Wenhong said, "Quiet," that everyone became silent.
"Then come and listen..."
——
Inside the Gao Mansion.
Gao Wenyuan waited outside the door for nearly an hour, and finally waited until his father came out of the study.
He approached nervously and asked, "Father, what did that adult say?"
They had been in contact for a long time and finally got in touch with each other today.
Gao Xueqing's pace when he came out was unsteady, as if he had aged ten years suddenly, "Your Excellency, let us take refuge on our own. If the great city wall is still there and can still be defended, we can send troops to support it. The current situation is just a waste of the empire's talents, so he will not Send troops to support.”
That is to let the Gao family be self-reliant.
"But our foundation and family industry are all here."
Gao Xueqing shook his head, "Forget it, prepare to flee. With the strength of Yuhai City, without a great city wall, there is no way to stop the Black Dragon Army from pressing on the border. Let's go. There is no need to worry about property. It's more important to escape the city now."
"..."
——
Li Shuang's home.
As if nothing happened, Li Chong and Wang Yujing made the soup and braised the noodles as usual.
Although no guests came, the two of them were still used to working so conscientiously.
Until the preparations are made, there is nothing to do.
Li Chong and Wang Yujing were sitting in the shop, leaning on each other and looking into the distance quietly.
Wang Yujing said softly, "Is Shuang'er okay?"
Li Chong smiled bitterly, "We have only been separated for a long time, and I miss her so much. You can go with her."
"I have lived here for decades and I can't walk anymore. I just hope that Shuang'er will be safe and sound." She couldn't bear to leave Li Chong.
Although it is said that husband and wife are birds of the same forest, and they fly apart when disaster strikes, they are also said to live in different quilts and die in the same hole.
Li Chong sighed, "Don't worry, Shuang'er is a thousand-year-old sword, the strongest genius in the history of our family, she will be fine."
"But Shuang'er doesn't like it. She has hated this since she was a child, otherwise she wouldn't have..."
"Is it a dual personality caused by escaping?"
Li Chong said this with a somewhat guilty look, "It's all my fault. I didn't care more about Shuang'er, and I forcibly handed over the clan's mission to her, ignoring her feelings."
Wang Yujing leaned in Li Chong's arms and whispered, "No way, it's because I didn't do a good job as a mother that I realized Shuang'er worked so hard as a child."
"It's all over. She is our pride and she will definitely get better and better in the future."
——
And in Yan Ziyue's villa.
All the hunters and guards who were originally guarding here have also withdrawn.
Today, Yan Ziyue's father in the imperial capital sent a high-level hunter to come directly on a roc and forcefully pick Yan Ziyue away.
Of course, Yan Ziyue cried so hard when she left.
He kept holding He Shucui's hand and refused to let go.
He Shucui just shook his head and said goodbye with a smile.
She looked at the empty room and said softly, "It's been a while since it was so lively."
Now that Yan Ziyue has left, it feels like the whole house has become quiet, as if it has lost its vitality.
Ziyue was here before, and she would make a lot of noise as soon as she came home, telling her all kinds of interesting things about school, happy and unhappy.
He Shucui also felt the warmth and liveliness of home for a long time.
She walked slowly to the bookcase in the living room, first took a pair of glasses from the side and put them on, then picked up the wooden framed photo on the table.
The photo was taken while out for fun. In it, her husband is holding an umbrella tenderly. Under the umbrella are her, her daughter Yan Qinghuan, and Yan Ziyue, who looks to be three or four years old. However, the husband himself got half wet.
"Qing Huan, your daughter is really like you. She is lively, beautiful, and confident. Just like you, she is noisy and full of energy. Hearing her voice every day makes you feel at ease."
He Shucui said, with a somewhat sentimental smile on his kind and kind face.
Then he remembered Yan Ziyue begging her to go home with him before leaving. He Shucui murmured softly, "Go home, but this is our home."
He Shucui's eyes were moist, he shook his head slightly, picked up the photo frame, and walked outside the house.
When passing by the dining table, I looked at Yan Ziyue's favorite small cakes placed on the table. Four cakes were placed in four places.
It was as if she, her husband, daughter, and granddaughter were sitting at the table enjoying cake, and the whole family was happy.
Everyone talked, laughed, and ate cake.
He Shucui walked out of the room tremblingly, came to the yard and sat down on a rocking chair under the eaves. He covered the photo with himself, hugged it gently, closed his eyes and murmured.
"Yueyue, grandma can't stay with you anymore. Yueyue is so cute, there will be angels protecting you."
"The child's father, after all these years, are you still waiting for me on the Naihe Bridge? We agreed that we would still be husband and wife in the next life, but you can't break the agreement."
"Also, Qing Huan,... you always said that you came from a thousand years ago, and you came here to find someone who is extremely important to your world. Have you found him? Are you free... to come back and see Yueyue?"
While he was thinking, he heard a deafening sound in the distance, which caused the ground to shake and the photo on He Shucui to fall to the ground. It shattered with a clang.
The war... has begun!
It’s gone today
(End of chapter)
