Originally, the city guard planned to have the whole city celebrate that night, but Princess Onian felt that the Tingxiao people might take the opportunity to launch a night attack, so she stopped them.
"In this battle, they lost more than 15,000 people on the other side, which really dampened their morale. But tonight they are celebrating. What if the people of Tingxiao are guessing? What if there are so many people in their army? One or two smart people will lead the troops to attack at night, what will we do to defend the city then?" Onian looked at the city guard and said calmly, his tone was quite embarrassing to the city guard.
When the city guard was asked this question, his face turned red and white. He originally had good intentions to please the princess, but now he can only secretly blame himself for not thinking carefully.
In fact, Lai Wu and Alvin also knew that they should be more prepared at night, but it was not up to them to say this. After all, they are real generals, and they are just the leaders of the miscellaneous mercenary group. They were brought along to give the princess face. How could they not know this and point at the city guard.
"That's the truth. It's just that the mountain road has been destroyed by your highness. Even if the Tingxiao people want to attack at night, they will have to re-pave the road." Lai Wu said with a smile, easing the embarrassment. atmosphere of.
The city guard immediately expressed gratitude to Lai Wu.
"Let's do this. At night, I will raise the airship. The airship can see much farther. Even if the Tingxiao people move, they will be able to detect it immediately." Alvin said. At this time, the appearance of the deputy leader of the mercenary group had returned to its original state, and the expiration date of the scaly melon pulp had finally arrived.
"That's a good idea." Chen Zhu nodded and said, "Let's leave a team of people to watch up there, and we'll change them down to rest tomorrow morning."
Then everyone discussed the city defense arrangements. In fact, Onian and the city guard Feng Yu were confirming the city defense arrangements, while Alvin and others were listening.
Originally, Feng Yuan wanted to let the princess and her party rest in the city lord's palace. Of course, this was mainly for the princess, and the "four young masters" were just taking advantage of it. However, Onian politely declined, saying that it was very convenient to live in an airship and there was no need to trouble the city lord to make arrangements.
Feng Yu was defeated again. He himself doubted whether his appearance was unpleasant and therefore made the princess dislike him.
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"Then the City Lord's Mansion is more comfortable than living on an airship, right?" Alvin asked curiously. At this time, he and Onian had already walked on the stone road on the streets of Siduo City, "Or is that Feng Yuan Did I say something I shouldn’t have said to offend you?”
It was two or three o'clock in the afternoon. The sun had not yet set, and the warmth in the sun was still quite full. After the upheaval just now, the red sun was finally let out to breathe. It seemed to be making up for the time it had been covered up, radiating heat wantonly. It's not yet early spring, but it feels a little too warm. Fortunately, the cool wind from the distant sea blows by in time, which relieves the slight heat.
"These are the people under Prince Reza. Now is the time of war. I'm not sure what they think. How can they sleep peacefully in the city lord's palace. It's better to live in that empty boat." Onian said calmly.
"That's right." Alvin sighed softly, thinking that the princess was very busy and thoughtful.
"How is your arm? Why do I feel like you can't even hold that piece of fruit?" Onian said, looking at the wounds on Alvin's arm.
"It feels like the tendon has been injured, and it's not easy to use force." Alvin also took a look at it himself.
"Well, originally this kind of injury would be cured by just applying some magic medicine, but you took almost all of the magic medicine I had there last time, so I have no choice but to make it your own fault." Onian smiled lightly, and the sea breeze stirred her up. Snow-covered hair, the warm afternoon sunshine filtering through, there is a fragrance that makes people sleep, and there is also an indescribable sadness.
"What's wrong with you? Are you looking gloomy?" Alvin stopped and asked. He felt that she might have something else in mind.
"Is there any?" Onian also stopped and looked at him strangely.
"I always feel that you often have that kind of compassionate feeling." Alvin looked at her quietly and said, "But people, it's best to have less of this kind of feeling, it can easily kill people."
"Pfft" O'Nian suddenly laughed out loud after hearing this, looked at him with interest and said, "Where did you get this from? Or were you just making up nonsense?"
"It seems that it was said by a master who has not yet become a master." Alvin thought about it and said.
"Then just think of it as your random nonsense." Onian joked.
"Just take it as such." Alvin said lightly, and the two of them started walking again.
People from Xituo City and the princess passing by would often salute, and she nodded in response to them all.
"I didn't think you would become sentimental because you killed more than 10,000 Tingxiao people." Alvin continued.
"Indeed, not really." She pondered for a moment and said.
"What's that for?" he couldn't help asking.
"What? Isn't it okay for me, the princess, to just be sentimental? Do you still have to accept your in-depth cross-examination?"
"No, I just feel that this kind of little daughter mentality will not appear in you."
At this time, the two of them had reached the city wall on the sea side.
"I just feel a little sorry for these people." Onian said, bending her index finger and stroking her messy temples.
"This kind of topic about temples being high and rivers and lakes being far away is not suitable for me." Alvin sighed as he looked at the ebb and flow of the sea in the distance. His ragged clothes shrank when the sea breeze blew him away, and he was still complaining just now. The sky is slightly warm, and now I miss it again, but the sun has already set in the west.
Onian glanced at him, took off her light robe and gave it to him. Alvin hesitated for a moment but decided to put it on himself.
"Oh, that's right. It's rare to see pure ambition like yours." Onian lazily looked at the ups and downs of the coastline in the distance, the setting sun cast a dim yellow on her bewildered cheeks, and she Behind him, someone's body temperature came as expected.
"It sounds like I have some plot against you." Alvin said softly.
"No?" O'Nian turned around, raised her face and looked at him with deep meaning.
"It's just for beauty, nothing else." Alvin said coldly, "However, I remembered something else."
"What?"
"People are bitter insects, born to suffer." Alvin sighed and said, "If you don't finish suffering while you are alive, you will have to atone for your sins after you die and go to hell."
"Do you still believe in such a thing as hell?" Aonian said with a smile.
"So I only believed the first half of the sentence. Then I saw the way you looked just now, so I added the second half to it."
"Um?"
"People are bitter insects and are born to suffer. If you take advantage of your looks, there will be more suffering elsewhere." Alvin joked.
Onian was stunned when he heard this, then smiled and said, "Are you praising me or cursing me?"
Alvin was momentarily lost in the intoxicating vortex of the beauty in his arms, and he didn't know how to answer. O'Nian looked at his innocent and confused look, and turned around with a smile, looking out over the ocean.
"The sky is long and the setting sun is far away. I am worried about the late spring in the city." Alvin looked at her thoughtful look and chanted this sentence, and then naturally put his hand around the girl's waist.
"Bah, how could there be such bitterness and hatred? Besides, it's the severe winter, are you too fond of spring?" O'Nian came back to his senses and spat at him with a smile, and placed her delicate hand on someone's shoulder. He squeezed hard on the back of his hand, "Or are you thinking of a girl with red hair like flames?"
This time, Alvin's expression froze, "No, no."
"Oh, I wasn't very eloquent just now, so why is my tongue tied now?" Onian asked narrowly.
Alvin was completely honest now and stopped talking. He hugged her and listened quietly to the rising tide and the rising wind.
Ever since, on this mottled city wall, the two people with their own thoughts stretched out their silhouettes stacked together in the setting sun, sharing their body temperature in the cool sea breeze, and their silent glances at each other were in their respective directions. Ridicule. She didn't know that when she was smiling behind his back, he was also laughing behind her back.
With mountains and seas in my eyes, I can't think of anything far away. Who can earn the envy of time?
