"Like to look at the stars?"

Xie Ze looked at Li Ran, who had his chin against his knees and looked up at the starry sky.

"Well, when I was a kid, I didn't have anything to see, just look at the stars." Li Ran looked at Xie Ze from the starry sky.

She didn't have a TV to watch as a child...... Well, even if there is a TV to watch, she also likes to watch the starry sky.

Sitting alone, imagining that every shining light is a world, how magical that world is, as if the whole starry sky is hers alone, it is very enjoyable and interesting.

"Is Mr. Huang good to you?" Xie Ze was silent for a moment, looked at Li Ran and asked.

Li Ran was stunned for a moment before she reacted, this Mr. Huang was the one who took care of the deaf woman before.

"It's good, it taught me a lot."

Li Ran looked at her small and tender hands, at least, they took good care of her in life.

"Well, she taught you very well, Mr. Huang moved away from you and passed away half a year later.

Tao Zhong entrusted her in a nunnery, gave her enough money, diet, medicine, and daily care, and was very dedicated.

Several bhikshunis who had taken care of her said that she was peaceful when she left.

It's also about peace of mind, and your heart is well raised. ”

Li Ran listened intently, was silent for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "Have you seen Tao Zhong?" What kind of person is he? ”

"Well, Tao Zhong went to the capital, and after the Marquis of Chang'an saw him, he handed him over to me.

He was already very ill and died three days later. In accordance with his last wishes, after being cremated, his ashes were scattered into the Bianhe River. ”

Xie Ze looked at Li Ran.

"Tao Zhong said that your mother was also cremated, and he said that your mother's will lifted the ashes into the wind and turned them into heaven and earth."

Li Ran didn't speak, and after a while, he sighed lowly.

"Tao Zhong has been waiting by Renzong's side since he was a child, and he became a young eunuch in his twenties, he is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable." Xie Ze continued.

"Princess Leping's glass of wine, what's going on? Who changed it? Li Ran looked at Xie Ze and asked.

"The emperor also wants to know, I asked Tao Zhong, and he kept silent."

Xie Ze met Li Ran's gaze, and after a moment, his voice fell.

"Tao Zhong thinks very highly of himself, concise and sharp, he is the one who calls himself the eldest prince of He to you, I am afraid that Tao Zhong will not be instructed, he is not in Tao Zhong's eyes at all."

"Could it be, Tao Zhong?" Li Ran asked this sentence very carefully.

"I don't think so." Xie Ze looked at Li Ran and was silent for a moment before answering, "Tao Zhong is extremely strict in self-discipline and loyal to Renzong, he is very indifferent to life and death. ”

After a pause, Xie Ze continued: "The emperor said that back then, when Rong'an City was broken, he was very indifferent to life and death, and the emperor respected him very much. ”

"Then," Li Ran sighed lowly, "It can only be, Leping ......"

"It's all gone." Xie Ze interrupted Li Ran's words.

"Hmm." Li Ran hummed lowly, tilted her head on her knees, and sighed again.

If it was because Princess Leping was afraid of death, then she would have paid enough price for her cowardice. Indeed, it's all in the past.

When the fish belly was faintly white in the distance, the torch in front stopped, and Xiqing, who was walking in the front, pulled his horse back and reported to him: "General, the car in front can't pass." ”

"Well, get out of the car." Xie Ze commanded.

The white tiger let out a low roar and stood up without waiting for the car's board to be set up.

Xie Ze hurriedly stretched out his arm, wrapped it around the white tiger's neck, and comforted it in a low voice, "Don't worry, wait for them to put it away, it's almost there, don't worry." ”

Li Ran jumped out of the car first, watched a few tiger attendants set up the board, and the white tiger got out of the car, took a few steps forward, and roared.

Xie Ze looked back at Li Ran, and without waiting for him to speak, Li Ran took a few steps over and came to his side, "I'm with you!" ”

Xie Ze hesitated and hummed lowly.

Xie Ze followed the white tiger and put his hand on the white tiger's head, Li Ran walked on the other side of Xie Ze, looking at the aging white tiger from Xie Ze's side, looking at the aging white tiger, he couldn't say what he felt in his heart.

The attendants led the horses and stayed where they were, watching the two tigers walking slowly.

Shi Nan took the small servants and tiger attendants, as well as the outer guards, and scattered around.

"Since I arrived in the capital, I have walked with it all over the surrounding mountains and forests, and it likes this area the most, this area, is its place."

Xie Ze caressed the white tiger, and in the still somewhat gray dawn, he looked around, as if he was talking to Li Ran, and as if he was talking to the white tiger.

"When she was seven years old, just in front of her, we met a tigress who was so fierce that it bit her shoulder and bleed, but she wouldn't let me help."

Xie Ze patted the white tiger on the head, and the white tiger let out a low roar.

"That time, we were delayed here for almost a month, and she followed the tigress and refused to go back, so I accompanied her and walked everywhere, inside, and walked far in.

At that time, I thought, if it wants to stay here and don't want to go back to people's places, then let it stay here.

But then, I stopped following it, and it stopped following the tigress.

Alas. ”

Xie Ze sighed lowly.

"I left some people to take care of the tigress, and when I came again, I took it to find the tigress, and every time I came, I could find it, and she was very happy."

Xie Ze gently stroked the white tiger.

"The tigress later gave birth to four cubs, and then three more, but unfortunately there were no white tigers.

In this area, it has been thousands of miles in, and these tigers are its family. We're home, aren't we? ”

Xie Ze looked at the white tiger and scratched it on the white tiger's head, and the white tiger roared, as if in response to Xie Ze, and then, standing still, raised his head and roared.

In the distance, there was a roar in response, and after that, another sound, from all directions, echoed one after another.

Li Ran subconsciously approached Xie Ze and reached out to grab his sleeve.

"It's fine." Xie Ze comforted Li Ran and looked down at the white tiger.

The white tiger stopped, tilted his head, gasped slowly, and enjoyed smelling something.

It was already very bright.

The white tiger turned his head, yelled at Xie Ze, and turned forward.

Xie Ze motioned to Li Ran not to follow anymore, Li Ran stopped, watching Xie Ze just follow two steps, the white tiger stopped, turned around and bared his teeth at Xie Ze, and roared, obviously not letting Xie Ze follow it anymore.

Xie Ze stood straight and watched the white tiger slowly move forward.

The white tiger walked a foot or two away, suddenly stopped, turned around, looked at Xie Ze, and walked back.

Xie Ze rushed forward, knelt on the ground, and reached out to hug the white tiger.

The white tiger held his head high, broke away from Xie Ze's arm, circled around him, stretched out his tongue, licked Xie Ze's face gently, turned forward, and never looked back.

Xie Ze put his hands on the ground and cried bitterly.

Li Ran walked behind Xie Ze and sat down next to Xie Ze, looking at the white tiger that was getting farther and farther away, and watching it disappear into the mountains and forests.

I don't know how long it took, through the gaps in the leaves, the sunlight was speckled and fell straight to the ground, falling on Li Ran and Xie Ze.

"It's cold on the ground, get up." Xie Ze turned his head stiffly and looked at Li Ran, who was sitting next to him and sitting on the ground.

"Hmm." Li Ran patted her legs and supported the ground with her hands, but she couldn't stand up.

Xie Ze stood up stiffly, bent down, and reached out to pull Li Ran up.

The two stood for a while, and when the blood in the numb legs was unblocked, Xie Ze raised his feet and walked forward, walked a few steps, stopped, turned around, and looked extremely dazed, just looking for a direction at random, walking forward, but walking extremely fast.

Li Ran ran away, caught up with Xie Ze, and reached out to grab Xie Ze's sleeve.

Wherever he goes, she goes!

Li Ran followed Xie Ze, in the inaccessible mountain forest, all the way forward, until the sun set in the west, and went up to a hill, in front of which was a cliff, Xie Ze stopped, facing the mountain wind, and stood with his hands down.

Li Ran squinted at the falling sunset, and the golden mountains stretched under the afterglow of the sunset, and took a deep breath.

A gust of mountain wind blew, and Li Ran shuddered.

On this day, she walked and ran, and her body was wet with sweat I don't know how many times, and later, her mouth was dry, the sun set, and it gradually got colder, and the sweat was no longer out, but her clothes were already stained with sweat alkali, and they couldn't dry out.

Xie Ze looked back at Li Ran, frowned slightly, and for a moment, he stretched out his hand, shook Li Ran's cold hand, hung his head, stayed for a while, and sighed, "Go back, you're going to get frostbite." ”

Li Ran snorted.

Xie Ze turned around, took two steps back, raised his hand, looked at the sleeve that was tightly held in his hand by Li Ran, patted Li Ran's hand, and motioned for her to let go.

Li Ran let go, Xie Ze raised his hand, looked at the sleeves that were pulled by Li Ran, couldn't be loosened, stayed for a moment, and sighed again.

The two walked forward, and not far from the cliff, they saw Shi Nan and Zhou E standing under an ancient and huge locust tree.

Xie Ze paused slightly, stared at Shi Nan, and ordered, "Go back." ”

"Yes!" Shi Nan immediately complied, blew a sharp whistle, and told everyone to retract.

Zhou E took two steps forward, looked at Li Ran, took two steps back, put her hands behind her back, and followed behind.

The road out of the mountains and forests is not the road they came from, of course, what is the road they came from, Li Ran doesn't remember at all, she walked this day, she didn't look at the road at all, she just grabbed Xie Ze, just looked at him, anyway, where he went, she went.

When it got dark, Li Ran and Xie Ze lit torches one by one, and after walking a short distance, they met a torch, and more than a dozen guards led their horses to meet them.

Xie Ze watched Li Ran get on the horse and urged the horse to approach, "They didn't bring clothes, we have to hurry." ”

"Hmm." Li Ran responded, shook the reins, and followed closely behind Xie Zema.

As soon as the torches slipped away, they were very fast and quiet, and in half an hour, the torches in front of them spread out on both sides, and they came out of the mountain forest.

Shi Nan jumped off the horse and ran over to get Xie Ze's long shirt first, and when Li Ran got off the horse, Shi Nan had already held the long shirt into Xie Ze's hands.

Xie Ze shook off his robe and wrapped it around Li Ran.

"Boil some water, let her wash it, and find some clothes." Xie Ze instructed Shi Nan.

Li Ran's riding skills are not very good, such a dark night, galloping in the barren mountains and forests, running down in this small half an hour, she is already sweating again, at this time, she doesn't feel cold, but she is very thirsty.

"Is there water? Very thirsty. Li Ran only felt that the dry tongue in her mouth had shrunk.

The little guy next to him moved very fast, poured a bowl of warm soup, Li Ran took it, drank it in one go, stretched out the bowl and asked for it again, drank three bowls in a row, Xie Ze raised his hand to stop, "Okay, take a break and drink again." ”

Li Ran was extremely reluctant to hand the bowl to the little guy and licked her lips.

"Thirsty like this, why didn't you say it earlier?" Xie Ze frowned and looked at Li Ran.

"I just felt thirsty, I just ......," Li Ran said vaguely.

If she was a nuisance, maybe he wouldn't let her follow him anymore.

"Alas!" Xie Ze let out a long sigh of annoyance.

It should be not far from the town, the guards set up tents, build bonfires, and Shi Nan directs the small servants, boiling water for cooking, and putting up curtains.

Li Ran had just washed her hair, and Zhou E shouted and handed her a suit of clothes from the top of the curtain.

The clothes didn't fit well, but this was enough for Li Ran to admire.

Xie Ze also changed his clothes, sat on a bamboo chair, and when he saw Li Ran coming over, he beckoned to a chair next to her.

Li Ran sat down and exhaled comfortably, still clean and comfortable.

Huaizhi took a few small servants, carried a small table, and set up the food.

Li Ran only drank porridge, she was really thirsty.

Xie Ze didn't eat much, watched Li Ran drink two bowls of porridge in a row, hesitated for a long time, put down the bowl, and sighed again.

Watching the little guy clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Xie Ze looked at Shi Nan

Facing Xie Ze's cold gaze, Shi Nan took a step forward and knelt in front of Xie Ze.

Li Ran looked at Xie Ze with a cold expression inexplicably, and Shi Nan who knelt down with his head down, what did this Shi Nan do wrong? Because her dress doesn't fit? But it's already rare!

"Even if the prince orders, you can get past me and arrange for me?" Xie Ze stared at Shi Nan for a moment and said coldly.

Heather leaned down and touched the ground with her head.

Li Ran was stunned for a moment and looked at Zhou E, who was standing far away, watching from afar, so far away that she couldn't see or hear clearly.

"You think about what I mean, I think this is something you can know, this one, I don't blame you, I think about what I mean, it's your duty, this can't be your fault. But the prince has instructed, you shouldn't hide this from you.

When I got back, I went and got twenty boards for myself. ”

Xie Ze continued.

"General Xie!" Shi Nan was obviously overjoyed, kowtowed a few times, stood up, and lowered his hands and retreated.

Li Ran's eyes widened, Xie Ze looked at her obliquely, Li Ran looked at Xie Ze from Shi Nan, met Xie Ze's gaze, and suddenly asked, "Shi Nan, they, these, are all from the Xie family?" ”

Xie Ze's eyebrows were raised suddenly, obviously extremely surprised, and for a moment, a slight smile oozed from the corner of his mouth, looking at Li Ran, he hummed very affirmatively.

Her cleverness often surprises him.

Li Ran took a breath lightly, her eyes narrowed slightly, and for a moment, she sighed and exclaimed, "Family! ”