As soon as he turned his head, he saw Li Duan walking from an alley behind him.

Lu Guanlan's expression was slightly surprised, remembering that when he saw Wen'anfang last time, he also appeared from the alley.

Thinking like this, she came back to her senses when Li Duan walked to her side.

"The general has a soft spot for alleys," Lu Guanlan couldn't help but tease.

Li Duan didn't reply like before, but he suddenly looked right.

Said: "I have a soft spot for you. ”

When the words fell, Lu Guanlan was immediately stunned on the spot.

Li Duan turned his head to look at Ah Li on the side, "Don't you retreat?" ”

Ah Li was stunned when she heard this, and then looked at the young lady on the side, but saw that her young lady was still stunned.

"Go to the shop in the West Market and wait, I will bring your young lady back," Li Duan didn't hesitate any longer, reached out and grabbed Lu Guanlan's hand, took the person into his arms, jumped over, and disappeared.

Seeing this, a figure not far away immediately hurried back.

Lu Guanlan was still half stunned until he got on horseback.

It was only when Li Duan straddled the horse and hugged her from behind that she finally came back to her senses.

But before she could speak, Li Duan rode away at a gallop.

At this time, the neon light filled the sky, and the distant glow swept by the fluttering birds.

The good horse galloped through the downtown and all the way out of the city.

Lu Guanlan didn't speak again, turned his head, and caught a glimpse of Li Duan's chin resting on his shoulder.

The sunset is beautiful, and the wind is beautiful at the moment.

It wasn't until he left the city that Lu Guanlan couldn't help but ask, "Where is the general taking me?" ”

Li Duan curled his lips, just smiled lightly, and did not reply.

When I came out of the city and bypassed the two farmlands, I saw a stone road and a mountain road.

"When I was a child, I either followed my grandfather in the frontier military camp, or I was alone in Beijing. Actually, I wasn't alone, at first, I still had my father," Li Duan suddenly spoke.

"Later, my father was imprisoned and died inexplicably in prison, and my aunt was in the cold deep palace, although she could often visit the palace, but she was not by her side, so in this capital, I became a person."

Lu Guanlan was silent, and only listened to him quietly.

"Before my father died, he used to bring me here to teach me to drink and tell me the truths of this world. Then he was gone, and I came often, often alone. ”

"Drink too."

As they spoke, the two of them had reached the top of the mountain on horseback.

At the top of the mountain, there is only one pavilion, and there is a cluster of small bamboos planted next to the pavilion, and there is a pond next to the small bamboo.

In the pond, the small lotus only shows its sharp horns, and there are two carps under the leaves, swimming happily.

The mountain breeze blows, and it suddenly makes people feel refreshed.

Li Duan turned over and dismounted, helped Lu Guanlan down, pointed to the pavilion and said with a smile: "You sit down first." ”

Lu Guanlan hesitated a little, and saw Li Duan tie the horse to the small bamboo on the side, and went around to the back of the pavilion, picked up a branch, and squatted down as if digging something.

After a while, I saw him come back from the back of the pavilion, but there was an extra jar of wine in his hand.

Lu Guanlan was stunned.

As soon as he wanted to speak, he heard Li Duan say: "Would you like to drink with me today?" ”

She raised her eyes and looked at Li Duan with a smile on her face, and her originally cold face was warm at the moment.

She nodded, smiling slightly, "Okay." ”

After the two sat down in the pavilion, Li Duan took out two more bowls from his arms, poured wine, handed one bowl to Lu Guanlan, and drank the bowl himself.

Seeing this, Lu Guanlan also took the bowl, raised his head and drank it to the sky.

When the wine enters the throat, it is sweet and mellow, and it makes people tremble.

"This pavilion was built by my father with me," Li Duan smiled and poured himself a second bowl.

Lu Guanlan said with a smile: "Then this wine was also buried by the general and Ling Zun together?" ”

Li Duan shook his head, "This wine is not, but it was buried at the beginning." My father said that on the day I marry my daughter-in-law, he will dig up the wine and drink it at my wedding feast. ”

Lu Guanlan was stunned, and the hand holding the bowl suddenly trembled.

"Later, when I returned to Beijing for the first time in victory, I came here to dig up the wine and drink it," Li Jian said this, chuckling.

"Later, I felt sorry for his old man, drank his wine, and simply buried another jar."

"But you know, I'm not invincible, so every time I come back, I dig up the wine I buried for the first time and drink it."

"This altar was also buried last time," he said, and Li Duan drank the second bowl as well.

Lu Guanlan didn't speak, just looked at Li Duan like this, watching him bowl after bowl.

Seeing that the wine altar was bottoming out, I also heard him talk about many things in the past.

He said the first time he got blood on his hands was when he was eight years old.

That year, he followed his grandfather to practice martial arts on the frontier, and when someone attacked him at night, his grandfather blocked a knife for him.

Seeing another blow, he mustered up his courage, lifted his grandfather's sword, and pierced the man's chest.

He said his first victory was a tough one.

At that time, there was a shortage of food and grass, and the soldiers besieged Yuliang Pass, and some old people, women and children in the city could not escape.

Seeing that there was nothing to eat, the enemy army began to attack the city, countless arrows fell, and many people fell around him.

At that time, he was not a general, and he was surrounded by brothers who were born and died like him.

Later, seeing that the enemy army was pressing the city, he was ruthless, rushed out with his brothers, fought a bloody way, and kept the people in the city out.

Fortunately, there was one person in the reinforcements at that time, who is now Deputy Lieutenant Zhang, who saw the dereliction of duty of the reinforcement generals, so he simply risked the crime of returning to Beijing to cut off his head, killed the dereliction of duty with the generals, and finally came in time with people.

This battle was finally won.

After returning to Beijing, he played the leader of the reinforcements for a long time and pleaded for Deputy Lieutenant Zhang.

The emperor refused to give up, and in order to appease the family of the reinforcement general, he wanted to put Deputy Lieutenant Zhang Ling Chi to death.

In the end, it was my grandfather who knelt outside the temple for a day and a night, kowtowing countless times until there was blood on his forehead.

The emperor was afraid of chilling the veteran's heart, so he exempted Deputy Lieutenant Zhang from the death penalty.

Speaking of this, Li Duan suddenly changed his conversation and asked, "By the way, does the servant girl next to you have a family?" ”

Lu Guanlan was slightly stunned, shook his head and said, "I have never promised to be married." ”

Li Duan suddenly smiled, "That's right, I see, it's quite a match for my lieutenant." ”

Lu Guanlan was stunned again, and then frowned, "No, if Ah Li is unwilling, I will definitely not allow her out at will." ”

Li Jian smiled again when he heard this, "You haven't asked her, how do you know that she doesn't want to?" ”

Lu Guanlan suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Li Duan.

Why did she feel that there was something in his words?

Sure enough, I saw Li Duan looking straight at her in a blink of an eye, his eyes were deep, but they were extremely solemn.

"So, I also want to ask, if you marry me, would you be willing?"

The words fell, and the last rays of afterglow did not enter the sky.

She thought of Cangyu again, and remembered how lonely she was under the sky when she was on the top of the mountain.

Later, Cang Yu met a loved one, Lingzhi.

And she seems to have also met her Lingzhi.

When Lu Guanlan returned to the city, it was already nightfall.

When I arrived at the West Market, I saw Ah Li waiting at the door of the ready-to-wear shop.

The shop was closed, and Ah Li sat on the steps of the shop.

Seeing that Li Duan finally brought the young lady back, Ah Li hurriedly stood up, looking worried, but he didn't dare to say half a word about Li Duan.

I had to step forward to help the young lady off the horse and ask, "Miss, where have you been?" Let the slave and maid be worried. ”

Lu Guanlan smiled slightly and said, "It's okay," and then, he looked back at Li Duan on the horse, and bowed slightly, "General, please go back." ”

Li Duan also smiled, turned the horse's head, and turned back and said, "Remember to think about it." ”

Lu Guanlan didn't answer, just watched him ride away.

Seeing this, Ah Li hurried forward and asked, "Miss, what is General Li asking you to consider?" ”

Lu Guanlan shook his head, "It's nothing." ”

Then he looked up at the sky, looked at the ready-to-wear shop on the side, and said to Ah Li: "Let's go to the Second Prince's Courtyard again." ”

Cheng Mo sat in the study for a long time, so long that Chu Ling called several times but no one answered.

All that echoed in his mind was in the evening, and Ziyuan came back to report that Li Duan had taken Lu Guanlan away.

"Your Highness," outside the door, Chu Ling's shout came again.

The study was still quiet, as if there was no sound of panting.

Chu Ling sighed, turned her head and shook her head at Ziyuan who came with her.

Walking away from the outside of the study and arriving in the courtyard, Chu Ling asked, "You tell me the truth, what's wrong with Your Highness?" ”

In all these years, she had never seen His Highness like this.

Ziyuan hesitated for a long time, and he didn't know what to say.

Today, when Miss Lu left the house, His Royal Highness asked him to follow behind, so as not to have any accidents with Miss Lu.

Who knows, as soon as I arrived at Fangkou, I saw General Li suddenly appear and abduct Miss Lu away.

He hurriedly came back to report, and when he made the report, he also said it as tactfully as possible.

But His Royal Highness asked carefully, and he was helpless, so he told His Highness about General Li taking Miss Lu away.

After that, His Highness explained that he could not tell anyone about this matter, and went to sit in the study.

This sitting, sitting until now.

Chu Ling saw that Ziyuan couldn't say a word for a long time, so as soon as she stomped her feet, she simply turned her head and went to the Lu Mansion to ask Miss Lu for clarification.

Chu Ling is not stupid, she knows that her Royal Highness has never been so attentive to a woman since she was a child, but now she is like this to Miss Lu, she must be sincere.

Not to mention that Miss Lu's mother helped Concubine Xian Niangniang at the beginning, even if Miss Lu has a temperament, and a kind person like Concubine Xian Niangniang will definitely agree.

If His Royal Highness is like this, then something must have happened to Miss Lu.

As soon as I arrived at the gate, I heard a knock at the door.

Then, I heard Ah Li's voice, "Please also ask the little brother to open the door, my son-in-law still has something to ask His Royal Highness for help." ”

Chu Ling was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly opened the door.

Lu Guanlan smiled, "Miss Chu Ling, is Your Highness still there?" ”

Chu Ling nodded stunned.

immediately reacted, and quickly turned around and ran to the study.

"Your Highness! Miss Lu is here! ”

In the study, Cheng Mo trembled when he heard this, and then stood up without hesitation.

As soon as the door opened, Cheng Mo asked, "Where are the people?" ”

Chu Ling pointed outside, "I guess, I haven't come in at the door." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Cheng Mo walking out quickly.

The look was full of urgency.

Seeing this, Chu Ling couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile, it was the first time she had seen His Highness walk so fast.

Cheng Mo's mind was full of Lu Guanlan's face at this time.

She frowned, she smiled, her resolute and resolute determination, her weakness when she lost her loved ones.

Now, he just wants to see her soon, he just wants to see her.