At that time, the territory of Wu was roughly centered on the area south of the Yangtze River in today's Jiangsu, with the southernmost boundary to the north of the Qiantang River and the northernmost boundary to the south of the abandoned Yellow River in northern Jiangsu and the surrounding areas.

Nowadays, in the territory of the Tang Empire, in addition to being called Wu Land, it also has another important name, that is, the Jiangnan East Road of the Tang Empire!

However, if we were to be more precise, and read it more officially and officially, it should be called the 'Jiangnan Dongdao' of the 'Great Zhou Empire'?

Anyway, it's pretty much the same thing, the left and right are just different names on the same place name, and it doesn't really matter what it's called!

And the important thing is that it took more than a month before and after, and Li Bai finally rode all the way east from the Yizhou area of Shudi, and rode his horse all the way, and he also 'escaped' here like a refugee day and night.

Actually......

This can't be blamed on Li Bai for being too cowardly, after all, he killed the four 'heavenly soldiers' with his own hands, if it's just the cannibalistic 'mountain god', it doesn't matter, if you kill it, you will kill it, it doesn't seem to be a big deal.

But you can't 'mistakenly kill' the heavenly soldiers!

He didn't dare to guarantee that the other party's organization, such as the Heavenly Court or the owner of the evil beast, would suddenly go crazy and go directly to the Nether to find trouble for him, so he ran away gorgeously after leaving the word that one person was doing things and one person was responsible.

Fortunately, no one or any god or anything has come to trouble him again for a period of time, so that his heart, which had been nervous, has finally become a little more settled.

"Alas......"

Looking at the dilapidated palace walls and temples on West Lake Mountain in the distance, and then thinking about the fickle personnel that happened to him, Li Bai couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart.

"The old garden is barren and the willows are new, and the Lingge is singing in spring."

"Only now there is only Xijiangyue, who has been ...... in the palace of King Wu"

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed.

To be honest, although it has been so long, now that he thinks about it, Li Bai is still a little embarrassed......

A month ago, after killing the evil animal and killing those heavenly soldiers in a lively way to complete the 'five kills', he returned to the village at night, and then did not alarm anyone, quickly packed up some clothes and belongings, and then rode his 'borrowed' white horse, and fled directly overnight, no longer daring to stay in Changgan Village, or even near Yizhou and Jiannan Road, all the way to the east, and after the tenth month, safely arrived at the West Lake of Hangzhou, which is in the extreme east of the Tang Dynasty.

As for how he came all the way here without a qualified 'public inspection' and a 'passing place' without the official seal, he doesn't really want to remember it, anyway, it's not a very beautiful thing.

This is also something that can't be helped, Li Bai has to run so fast!

After all, in addition to his grief and indignation, he was still a little afraid of the attack and retaliation of those heavenly soldiers in his heart, no matter how he said that he Li Bai was not surnamed 'Sun', let alone jumped out of the stone, I am afraid that he didn't need 100,000 heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals, just a thousand and eight hundred, he was afraid that he would only be killed, so could he not run faster?

Although after completing the 'Five Kills', he has a deeper insight into his own ability, and his self-confidence has become slightly stronger, but no matter what, his strength is very limited, and he doesn't know how much one person and one sword can do, and he doesn't have a bottom, within that, in addition to obscene development at the moment, what else can he do?

But that's all in the past......

Now Li Bai is basically certain that he should be safe for the time being.

Because, more than a month has passed before and after, and since the organizations to which those heavenly soldiers belong have not come to him again, they should not come again in a short time, so he stopped, and he didn't plan to run anymore for the time being, so he was ready to stay here in Hangzhou West Lake for a while.

Of course, even if he wants to run, he doesn't know where else to run, he has fled from Shu in the west of the Tang Empire to the east to Hangzhou, and then to the east is a vast ocean, he himself can't fly, and he doesn't have a big ship that can go to sea, where can he go?

“……”

After thinking about it for a while, gradually, Li Bai put away his thoughts, stopped thinking more, and turned to enjoy the beautiful scenery of West Lake in this world.

The water is shining and sunny, and the mountains are empty and rainy.

If you want to compare West Lake to Xizi, light makeup is always appropriate.

"Whew!"

"Sure enough, there is heaven above, there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below, the environment here is indeed excellent, countless times better than the West Lake that was polluted by smog and industry in later generations, and there are not too many traces of artificial axe chisels, if Mei'er can see it, she will be happy to stay here and never leave again, right?"

"It's a pity ......"

Shaking his head, looking at the thin West Lake like Xizi in front of him, pulling the reins of the horse, Li Bai, who looked like a dusty man, sighed unconsciously, and once again touched the letter in his arms, and then reached out and took it out before slowly opening it.

There is no doubt that this letter was written and placed at home by Mei'er's girl before she was sent up the mountain, and he will never admit that he is wrong about the beautiful calligraphy in one hand:

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Brother Li Bai's personal revelation:

Hey~ ♡

Brother Li Bai!

In the morning, they saw the big fat guy running out, and he said that he was going to look for you in the county, you should have met him, right? Presumably, they should have told you all the things that should be said and those that should not be said, so people won't be verbose here, right?

No matter what, Brother Li Bai, don't blame Grandpa Muramasa for them, originally they had always disagreed with others to go, but people saw that Liuya was so pitiful, she was only a few years old, I was afraid that I hadn't even been able to eat a few chicken thighs, it was really pitiful, so they decided to replace her on the mountain!

Their strength is not as great as others, and they can't resist or beat, so this matter is so given.

But......

People don't really want to die, who wants to die if they can live, and people are not stupid! You don't know yet, people have decided: secretly bring our wood-chopping axe, and see if you can find an opportunity to kill that hateful mountain god with an axe?

If not......

If it doesn't work, then it's cheap Brother Li Bai, and in the future, you can go to find those vixens or other little ladies who will seduce people's hearts, and I don't want you from now on!

That's right!

Brother Li Bai, over the years, people have actually secretly hidden a lot of copper coins, and they are in the bad jar under the bed...... Because you are always spending money indiscriminately, so people hide some of them, maybe hundreds, and that should be the kind of 'private money' you said before, right?

If people can't come back, you can take the flowers, but remember, you are not allowed to take it to the kind of Goulan Qinglou, if you dare to go, you will die, Mei'er will not let you go!!

In the future, you have to remember to feed the chickens on time every day, don't know how to eat all day long, if you don't feed them, how can they lay eggs and eat meat for you?

Also, don't be lazy in the future, you have to pay more attention to the village school, which grandson of the fourth uncle's family has great potential, he learns things quickly, you have to teach him well! There is also Liuya, she can write hundreds of words now, and she is a little smarter than others back then, which is really annoying!

People are going to put on new clothes today, and I was going to wear them for you to see during the Chinese New Year......

Never mind!

Just write so much, don't waste your paper, people may not be able to polish ink and cook supper for you in the future, you have to remember, when it's cold, you should cover more quilts, don't eat cold rice at night......

And also!

Don't be sad and sad, you must live well, happily, people are now allowed to marry those three wives and four concubines, it is better to have ten more sons and eight daughters?

Anyway, let's do it first!

- Your sister Qingmei.

(^_−)☆

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“……”

There is no doubt that this must be the last letter that Qingmei left him, because he only taught her that kind of punctuation, and she is the only one who can draw that kind of mischievous emoji on paper.

However.....

Li Bai couldn't laugh at all.

Although it was not the first time he had seen it, after reading it at this moment, he still only felt that his nose was sore, his eyes were red, and his heart was like a boulder blocked, and even his breathing became not smooth.

"Alas......"

Sighing heavily, he looked up at the West Lake in the distance for a while, and then Li Bai, who had regained his mood, slowly folded it along those creases and put it in his arms to put it away properly.

Judging from the creases of the letter paper with raw edges, Li Bai obviously didn't open it once or twice. At this time, looking at the slender West Lake in front of him, holding the position of the chest holding the other party's suicide note, Li Bai's thoughts couldn't help but gradually diverge.

……

Does he hate those villagers and the old man of the village Zhenglin?

Hate!

Because they were the ones who sent Li Bai's most important relative, his sister Mei'er, to the mouth of that demon, causing him to become a lonely person in this world again!

But if you think about it seriously, it seems that they have nothing to hate?

Because......

Those people are just poor fellows!

They don't have the ability to change the fate that was imposed on them, and that matter is indeed Qingmei's own choice, she is a kind-hearted girl, she could not go, but she wants to be strong, and would rather exchange her own life for the life of that Liuya, what can he do?

Maybe if you really should hate someone, then you should hate him Li Bai himself, right?

If he hadn't followed Third Uncle Lin and them to the county at that time, and he hadn't gone for three whole days, if he could have gone back a day earlier......

"Huh!"

"Li Bai, Li Bai......"

"You have the ability to do nothing, even if you can practice peerless swordsmanship, but what's the use?!"

Laughing miserably, Li Bai, who was talking to himself here like this, slowly raised his head and closed his eyes.

Some things happen that are destined to be irreparable, so one last glance at the Slender West Lake in front of him, and then at the tall and prosperous city hidden in the foothills of the tree-lined mountains in the distance, Li Bai's thoughts and helplessness all turned into a sigh of regret.

"That's it!"

He knows that he has a lot of responsibility for Mei'er's affairs, so the current situation is also his own fault, and he can't complain about others!

Although he has successfully avenged Mei'er, what about after the revenge?

All that was left for him was the endless emptiness.

Without relatives and care, he has no way to move forward, like a walking corpse, and the whole person seems to be only a shell...... Therefore, he doesn't know what he wants to do in the future, so he can only take one step at a time.

'Hey! ’

'Li Langjun! Come back, the yard you rented has been cleaned up for you, you can come and have a look! ’

'Hello?! ’

'Li Langjun, did you hear that? ’

“！！”

After hearing someone shouting to himself and hurriedly cleaning up his mood, Li Bai exhaled again, put away the sad look on his face, and then pulled his somewhat thin white horse and walked towards the strong man in the distance who was waving to him outside the fence of a farmhouse's yard.

"Hey, I heard it, I got it, I'll come here!"

That's right, that place is the new residence that Li Bai got in.

Although he still has the notarization when he first entered the county, it has expired, and the specifications do not allow Li Bai'an to live in Hangzhou City, because his household registration is from Yizhou Shu County, and a man like him who is about to become an adult has the responsibility of paying taxes and serving in the county, and he must not wander around without permission from the place of household registration, and the local government will not issue him the kind of legal 'passing place' that can be cleared normally and can travel!

Therefore, he can only be outside the city of Hangzhou, in this kind of city and village adjacent to the place (no village in front of the village?). In this kind of place, which should have given a temporary rest to the passing merchants, but was not suitable for long-term habitation and was slightly dangerous, such a house with a small courtyard and a few thatched houses was rented, even if it was a temporary settlement here.

"Li Langjun!"

"Seeing that you are young, you don't look like that kind of strongman villain, and you don't think you're an ordinary person, so I won't ask you more."

"But there are some things I still have to explain to you."

"That's ......"

"The money you give is only enough to rent for half a year, and this uninhabited house will be yours for the time being, as long as you don't burn or smash it, and the rest is up to you!"

"However, Wang wants to warn you, although no one here comes to check, but it's best for you not to be too public, and don't make trouble, you understand?"

If it weren't for seeing Li Bai with a long sword hanging from his waist and pulling a good horse, this strong man who called himself 'Wang' wouldn't have said so much to Li Bai.

He is the 'landlord' of this house, surnamed Wang Mingren, nicknamed 'Zhenhudong', and I am afraid that only he dares to do things like this to rent the house to Li Bai, a young Xiaolangjun with incomplete procedures.

He obviously knew that Li Bai didn't have that kind of 'passing', 'sueping' or other valid legal documents, just an unknown 'public inspection' of entering the city, and if a floating household like this was caught by the government, it would obviously be a big trouble!

However, seeing that the other party can come to Hangzhou safely from such a distance, and there is a long sword pinned to his waist, plus he is tall and looks magnificent, plus he is now outside the city and not inside the city, and he will not be too strict if he wants to come to the government, plus he is still a little bit around here, so he dares to take the risk of renting the house to the other party, and by the way, mix up a little money.

And whether he Wang Ren has any other plans, it is not enough for outsiders for the time being.

"That's nature!"

"Thank you very much!"

Li Bai arched his hand to the other party.

Although this house does not look good, it is a little dilapidated and seems to have been uninhabited for a long time, but it is good to find a quiet place to live near the West Lake for a long time.

"It's not worth it!"

"Anyway, you are so self-conscious, if something happens, the government will track it down, and Wang will not admit it! Also, if you come to you to collect rent after half a year, if you don't pay the money, you will have to roll up and get out! ”

"But ......"

"If you die here, I'll still come and collect your body!"

Speaking of this, this Wang Ren's face changed suddenly, and then he hurriedly closed his mouth. Obviously, his house is likely to have had a tenant death, so it has been vacant, and it has been rented to Li Bai at a relatively low price.

“……”

Li Bai was a little speechless.

He himself had guessed that this kind of independent dwelling away from residential areas and city walls might not be too good, but he didn't care, after all, for him, a mortal who had probably been hunted down by the Heavenly Soldiers, this kind of remote and quiet dwelling was just what he wanted, and there was no more suitable one!

As for whether there will be other dangers or something, where can he care?

"I almost forgot!"

"Wang Mou wants to remind you again: it's best not to go out at night, quickly lock it and sleep, don't get up even if anyone knocks on the door, and don't care about other people's affairs!"

Wang Ren, who didn't plan to have too much intersection with Li Bai, suddenly stopped when he said this, then looked left and right, and shuddered violently for some reason, as if he was afraid of something?

"That's all there is to it, it's up to you to listen or not, if you have any trouble, you can go to the tea shop near the city gate to find me!"

"Farewell!"

After finally telling such a sentence, he didn't dare to linger any longer, and directly arched his hand to Li Bai casually, and walked quickly without looking back.

"This ......"

"Okay......"

Originally, Li Bai wanted to ask the other party who lived in the residence not far from his house, but seeing that the other party was walking so fast, he had to give up after thinking about it.

"Come on, man!"

"It's been really hard for you for more than a month, let's live here next, and it's just right for you to nourish your fat!"

After setting up his horse in an empty house that he couldn't use and putting some forage beans on it, Li Bai was stunned to find that not far away, there was a very beautiful woman in white clothes strolling towards him?

However, fortunately, the other party did not come straight to him, but just passed by the path outside the fence of his family yard and glanced at him, a dusty and handsome little Langjun who did not look handsome at all, and then walked directly towards the willow forest in front of him.

"Huh?"

"The man ......."

However, as the man walked in front of the fence of his yard in a charming manner and a fragrant wind blew, he couldn't help frowning just by smelling Li Bai, and then his eyes couldn't help but lock on the other party's back.

“！！”

"Dengzi, what do you see?!"

Soon, as if feeling Li Bai's substantive-like gaze and gaze, the little lady in white suddenly turned back vigilantly, and then raised her eyebrows and asked directly towards Li Baijiao.

“！！”

"Hah! What a monster, the sky is bright and the sky is bright, and he dares to come out to walk? ”

After more than a month of fugitive life, what kind of things has Li Bai never seen in the open air?

Therefore, after confirming it again, after thinking about the 'fishy wind' that only had on youkai just now, he didn't hesitate, and directly unsheathed his sword and pointed at the other party from afar.

Although the other party used incense powder or flowers to cover up a little bit of that 'smell', but his nose and other facial features were extremely sensitive under the increase of sword qi, and he had also fought with the 'mountain god' beast and a lot of dirty things he encountered along the way, he would definitely not admit his mistake easily.

Ahead, that beautiful little lady in white, the other party must be a monster!!

"You!!"

"What's wrong with the monsters, the monsters provoked you?!"

Hearing Li Bai's words, the young and beautiful little lady was startled at first, and then after seeing Li Bai draw his sword out of the sheath and point at her, and firmly locked her with sword qi, she was shocked like a kitten and stretched out her hand, and summoned a beautiful sword with a silver handle on the spot and danced a sword flower, and at the same time did not forget to scold Li Bai angrily.

"Demons are demons, and it's useless to talk about them!"

After Mei'er's incident, the current Li Bai has a serious persecution paranoia, he thinks that the other party is not a good thing, where does he care if the other party is a god or a demon?

"Humph!"

Therefore, when he encounters such a goblin who dares to haunt in broad daylight here, where will he be polite to the other party?

"Look at the move!!"

After saying that, he jumped up, and after gently crossing the fence of his yard, he stretched out his long sword, and stabbed the wine straight into the throat of the other party with one move.

Clang!!

After a piercing sound of metal colliding, he and the other party were shocked back several steps by the huge force.

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