Xiao Jianchu smiled and said softly: "Well, but it's not in the way, I don't need to do anything to bother with it...... All things come down, and the pros outweigh the disadvantages. ”

The tone was familiar, as if the two of them were still in Qin Anshan, she had nightmares all day long, and he comforted her like this. At this moment, Lan Zhi suddenly didn't want to ask anything, didn't want to say anything.

Xiao Jianchu said that he would stay in Haotian City for a while, and Lan Zhi could guess why. The scattered forces in the Central Plains have been integrated by him, and they are only waiting for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to return to China and ascend to the top. And now Ren Yuanbai is going to escort the prince back to the Central Plains. Once the crown prince returns to China, Xiao Jianchu's role will be limited, and Haotian City will always find someone to lead the overall situation without Ren Yuanbai.

Xiao Jianchu came to replace Ren Yuanbai, after all, Yuyuan Imperial Capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, can get a lot of useful information. He gouged out his eyes in order to obtain the identity of Yuyuan in exchange for convenience.

In the face of such a man who is so ruthless to himself, let Lan Zhi ask what to say? What if he was trying to take advantage of her? What if you don't take advantage of her? It doesn't matter anymore. She cares about the love of her children, and this man has his family and country in mind. He gave up his name, his identity, and even his skin, just for the thought in his heart.

This man may be sorry for her, but he is worthy of the Central Plains country where he was born and raised, and the thousands of people in the Central Plains who are struggling in suffering.

Many thoughts swirled around in Lan Zhi's mind, but in the end, they only turned into a barely audible sigh. Lan Zhi slowly took a step back and made way to enter the pass: "You guys go." She stood silent for a moment, then slowly turned around, and after a few steps, the voice came again: "...... Be careful. ”

Xiao Jianchu faced the direction she left and agreed with a smile.

Lan Zhi walked away, Gongsun Liang snorted softly and walked to Xiao Jianchu's side: "Everyone is gone, are you still laughing?" We're going to hurry up too! Go back to your car and don't get in the way. ”

He didn't say it well, but he gently held Xiao Jianchu's arm. Xiao Jianchu didn't leave. The man's dark brown eyes stared motionlessly ahead, as if he could still see Lan Zhi. The smile seemed to be fixed on his face. Then he asked softly, "Gongsun...... Has she lost weight? ”

Gongsun Liang rolled his eyes: "Thin fart!" Very fat! It's so fat that I can't stand it! ”

Hearing this answer, Xiao Jianchu really laughed: "Really? That's good, that's good......"

Gongsun Liang was really happy to see him, and pouted: "Yes, yes, it's so fat that it's ugly, you can't get married." You don't have to be sad that you couldn't marry her in the first place, if you have the life to return to the Central Plains alive this time, maybe you can still find her to make do. ”

Xiao Jianchu shook his head with a smile, but turned around with his strength: "What nonsense." The man walked towards the carriage, his brown eyes like stagnant water, and there was no light in sight: "I just hope for selfishness...... I've seen her most beautiful. ”

Lan Zhi returned to Haotian City at the beginning of the unitary time (17 o'clock). She did not immediately return to the right guard, but wandered around the streets, grinding until midnight (18 o'clock) before returning to the camp.

At the gate of the right guard, a lieutenant happened to leave the camp, saw Lan Zhi, and greeted her politely. Lan Zhi nodded in response, hesitated for a moment, stopped, and asked with a light cough, "Lord Duan is still in the camp?" ”

The lieutenant shook his head and replied, "Master Duan has already entered the palace on duty." ”

Lan Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked towards the residence with confidence. Although she is very unproductive, she has been hiding from Duan Ling recently. The kiss that night came suddenly, Lan Zhi was at a loss and empty-hearted, and she didn't dare to face her love. Afterwards, Duan Ling made appointments one after another, and she would only find an excuse to desperately refuse. Xu felt her nervousness and cowardice, and Duan Ling was no longer pressing, so he let her escape for more than half a month in the name of patrolling the city.

She thought so, but in fact, Duan Ling never had the slightest mentality to let her escape.

These days, Duan Ling has deeply reflected on himself. He felt that he had become a little different from himself when it came to pursuing Lan Zhi. At the beginning of the collapse of the Nalan family, he changed his name and surname to survive, and finally succeeded in taking revenge, relying on enduring humiliation and making up his mind. After all these years, he thought that he was no longer impulsive, but for Lan Zhi, he seemed to have changed back to the hairy boy who used to be unreliable......

Look, he didn't carefully analyze Lan Zhi's character, didn't formulate a strategy to win with one blow, didn't deduce how to solve the problems he might encounter, and didn't create a favorable environment at the right time, in the right place......

It's just that as soon as his brain is hot, he acts by feeling. Such rashness, failure is not reasonable!

Duan Ling suddenly felt a little disdainful of himself: tsk...... Sure enough, it's Se Lingzhi.

Now that we have realized our mistakes, we naturally have to make amends. Duan Ling thought about it for a while, thinking that it was not because Lan Zhi had no feelings for him. Lan Zhi obviously had intentions on him, otherwise it would be impossible for her not to resist when he kissed her that night. She must have just been too shy to know what to do. Then what he has to do is push her. It happened to be his birthday half a month later, and Duan Ling decided to choose this auspicious day to attack again. This is the reason why he let Lan Zhi go recently.

The day before his birthday, Duan Ling got up early in the morning to pack up, went to the Drunken Immortal Building to buy two jars of good wine, and rode out of the city. After walking for about half an hour, I saw a delicate mansion surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the high hanging plaque had two words: Duan Mansion.

Duan Ling dismounted in front of the mansion gate, and the old servant guarding the door stepped forward with a smile: "The second young master is back." ”

Duan Ling nodded in response, handing the reins to the old servant: "Is the old man awake?" ”

The old servant replied: "I just saw someone bringing tea, and I think I have woken up." ”

Duan Ling took two jars of wine and traveled to the mansion. After only a few steps, a person jumped from the tree next to him and pounced on him! At the same time, a clear children's voice sounded: "Bah! Bastard Duan Ling! Eat me a stick! ”

Duan Ling was familiar with the road and dodged, and the man was empty, and with a sigh, he fell to the ground.

Duan Ling couldn't help but hide a smile on his face. The man raised his head, and it turned out to be a □□-year-old boy, with a tiger head and a round face, and he looked as likable as a boy in a New Year's painting, but his eyes widened and he looked at Duan Ling angrily.

Duan Ling deliberately ignored the boy, bypassing him and continuing to move forward. Seeing this, the boy became more and more annoyed, got up from the ground, dragged the wooden stick in his hand and chased after him a few steps: "Hey! You stop! ”

Duan Ling's footsteps did not stop, and he said leisurely: "Call Second Uncle." ”

The boy ran a few more steps angrily, rushed in front of Duan Ling, and blocked the way with a wave of a wooden stick: "Phew! You betrayed me! Are you embarrassed to be my second uncle?! ”

Duan Ling stood still with a smile: "When did I betray you?" ”

The boy opened his mouth, closed it again, and looked around carefully. Thinking that he hadn't seen any suspicious characters, he stomped his feet with relief: "The day before yesterday!" You tell my mother! Say that I don't study well and cause trouble in the school! ”

Duan Ling's fingers hooked the wine jar and shook it off his shoulder: "Did I say something wrong?" ”

The boy was speechless for a moment. Duan Ling shook his head: "It's not that the second uncle said you, if you want to do evil in the school, you have to settle the master and classmates first." Now that the master is so angry that he comes to me to complain, don't you be ashamed to reflect on it, and you dare to come to me to ask for guilt? ”

When the boy heard this, he became angry again, and waved the wooden stick in his hand indiscriminately: "The eldest husband is alive, he should be swordsman, gallop on the battlefield, and make meritorious contributions!" Who has the patience to learn the epic book of the Narauszi! ”

Duan Ling couldn't help laughing: "Yo, the idiom is a good learner!" He patted the boy on the head: "I know that you want to be a general, but to be a general, you can't just learn kung fu." ”

The boy was unintentionally slapped on the head by him, only to feel that Duan Ling was taken advantage of again, and he jumped a few steps away: "Who allowed you to touch my head!" ”

Duan Ling looked behind him and said, "Sister-in-law." ”

The boy froze immediately, instantly changed his pitiful appearance, turned his head and called, "...... Mother. ”

But there was no one behind him! The boy understood that he had been tricked again, so he turned around angrily and threw the wooden stick at Duan Ling! Unexpectedly, Duan Ling had already bypassed him in a few steps and ran in front of him, and the wooden stick naturally smashed into the air. The boy was crazy and shouted, "Duan Ling, don't be arrogant!" If you don't avenge this revenge, you swear not to be a man! ”

Duan Ling had already picked up his light skills and walked away, leaving a loud laugh: "Xiao Chengxuan, be obedient, don't let your mother worry about it anymore." ”

Duan Ling walked to the back hall before stopping. An old man sat in the hall drinking tea, his facial lines vaguely showed the fortitude of his youth, but he was already full of gray hair, it was Duan Ling's adoptive father Duan Guangrong.

Duan Ling entered and bowed: "Daddy." ”

Duan Guangrong put down the teacup in his hand: "You are here, sit." ”

Duan Ling sat down beside him and put the wine jar aside: "Daddy is okay?" ”

Duan Guangrong glanced at the wine jar: "It's okay." It's all old wounds, take care of them, and they'll be fine. When he saw that Duan Ling didn't hand over the wine jar to him, he finally couldn't hold his face and said greedily: "Is that wine for me?" ”

Duan Ling nodded with a smile, and the old servant standing on the side stepped forward to take over the wine jar. Duan Ling advised: "That's all for this month's share, two cups a day, not a lot to drink." ”

Duan Guangrong let out of his nostrils, but he didn't refute, just snorted softly: "You know that you don't care about my old man, what about your own business?" is so old and not small, but he still hasn't married a wife. Which of the girls that my sister-in-law introduced to you is not a good match for you? She was kind, but you didn't even see her. When your dad was your age, there were several children! I've never cared about you, but I don't have to say a few words about you......"

Duan Ling just smiled and listened. When the old man finally took a breath, he said: "Speaking of which, tomorrow on my birthday, I want to bring a girl back to my house and gather with you." ”

Duan Guangrong was still looking at the wine altar from time to time, but his gaze was fixed on Duan Ling's face: "Girl? Whose girl? ”

said that Lan Zhi washed and slept after returning to the house, secretly glad that she had escaped another day. She actually knew in her heart that it was not a way to hide like this, but before she completed Ren Yuanbai's entrustment, she really couldn't face Duan Ling frankly, so she couldn't think of a solution. She easily fell asleep in the midst of her struggles and troubles, but unexpectedly, at midnight, she heard a knock on the door.

Lan Zhi opened her eyes, and inexplicably had a bad premonition. She was silent for a moment, and finally asked, "Who?" ”

Sure enough, a familiar voice came from the door: "Ah Zhi, it's me, Duan Ling." ”