Wan Qichen is a very good opponent, but he is definitely not a good friend.

Because such a person, except for his position of power, there is nothing to attract him, he will not take the initiative to make friends, and naturally no one is willing to associate with such a person.

"General Lu, the leader's tent has arrived."

The real city of the barbarian is dozens of kilometers away, because they will have to leave for Shangjing in the Eastern Lan Kingdom together in a few days, and Wan Qichen is not a person who is greedy for enjoyment, so he will be stationed here until the day of departure.

Lu Li cut off all kinds of thoughts, and then raised the spirit of 120,000 points, opened the camp tent and entered.

"General Lu is finally here, come on, please take a seat." Although Wan Qichen has always leaned on the tiger skin cushion in the first place, since Lu Li came in, he has ordered people to pour wine and serve food, which is really enthusiastic.

Saying that, Wan Qichen also ordered the singer to lean over and pinch Lu Li's shoulder and leg, but Lu Li coughed lightly and waved his hand to refuse.

"Could it be that all the men in Donglan are so thin-skinned? It's boring! Wan Qichen snorted lightly, his slender eyes were full of disdain, and he picked it slightly, all of which was sarcastic about Lu Li.

After fighting for so many days, Lu Li also figured out the other party's temperament, he knew that the other party was just thinking about the law to provoke himself, so as to find a chance to fight again, so he had no sadness or joy on his face, he just arched his hand, and said lightly: "The men of Donglan Country have always been single-minded, Lu has already married a wife and had children, so it is inconvenient to do so, and I hope that King Wan Qi will forgive me." ”

Wan Qichen was bored with himself, and he didn't bother to continue the topic, he casually dismissed all the singers in the camp, and only after a few people were left to serve closely, he began to talk about business.

He casually poured another glass of wine, and then said casually: "This time I went to Donglan Mountain, fortunately I have General Lu as my company, thank you really for General Lu for staying with us." ”

"Where, this is the duty of the last general." Lu Li's expression was always faint, as if nothing could make him fluctuate in the slightest.

Undoubtedly, this kind of unfazed appearance made Wan Qichen very unhappy.

As he was talking, Wan Qichen snorted suddenly, and there was a little more meaningless smile in his eyes, "General Lu, aren't you afraid that I will do something to you on the road?" ”

was able to successfully end this war in a short period of time, and how much role Lu Li played in it, Wan Qichen naturally knew very well. If Lu Li was gone, then if he wanted to attack Donglan again, it would naturally be easy.

What he knows, how can Lu Li not know?

Once there is no Lu Li, the big Buddha is blocked in the north, and Wan Qichen and others want to go south to attack Shangjing, it will be easy.

But even so, Lu Li still agreed to stay, in fact, he could have flown to the emperor to inform the other party of the danger of this matter, but Lu Li didn't, but waited in the north with a calm face, and came to Wan Qichen's banquet alone.

Seeing that Lu Li had no fluctuations, Wan Qichen couldn't sit still, and asked again: "Do you not understand what I mean or what's going on?" Lu Li, let me ask you again, aren't you afraid that I will kill you? ”

"I'm afraid." Lu Li tugged at the corners of his lips and smiled indifferently: "But so what? I think that since the king of Wan Qi took the initiative to seek peace, it must be with a heart of compassion for the people's livelihood, if you do it to me on the road, won't it be to provoke disputes between the two countries and make the people miserable? You won't, King Wan. ”

God knows, how could Wan Qichen, who has such a ruthless and resolute temperament, not do such a thing!

Lu Lizhi didn't want to deliberately flatter him with such high-sounding words, but he didn't want to anger Wan Qichen because of the truth, he just wanted to return to Shangjing safely.

Soon, Wan Qichen laughed twice and said directly: "General Lu, you are really afraid of death. ”

"Many soldiers of the Donglan Kingdom still have wives and children at home, and there are wives waiting for me at the family of the last general, although I don't know if there is a beloved person waiting for you at the home of King Wan Qi, but I believe that there are many people under your command who are looking forward to returning home after the war. If the two countries provoke a dispute again, even if the king wins, those who have already died will never have a chance to return home. Lu Li said lightly.

Wan Qichen gave Lu Li a rare serious look, but he didn't say anything.

Instead, he raised his hand and agreed that he could go.

Xu is because of today's conversation, from Lu Li's handling of the official affairs at the border to the departure for Shangjing, to speeding up halfway, until the group arrived in Shangjing more than half a month earlier after the group rushed day and night, Wan Qichen did not say anything.

From the beginning, Lu Li and a few soldiers guarded against Wan Qianchen everywhere, for fear that he would take the opportunity to sneak attack Lu Li, but after most of the journey, after the group had arrived at the territory of Shangjing, Wan Qianchen never moved.

Lu Li barely breathed a sigh of relief, but he still didn't dare to completely relax his vigilance, and he was still on guard day and night, until the group finally arrived outside the city gate of Shangjing.

Early in the morning, when there was still some distance from Shangjing, some soldiers went back to tell in advance, saying that they could arrive in Shangjing the next day, and the emperor was excited when he learned of this, and personally ordered that on the day Lu Li returned, everyone should go to the city gate to greet him.

When the news reached the Lu Mansion, Xiao Man was also overjoyed, and even the child in her belly couldn't hide her excitement and kicked her twice.

"Ouch!" Xiaoman couldn't hold back and exhaled.

Xia Wanrou on the side was nervous, "What's wrong, what's wrong, but what's uncomfortable?" ”

Xiao Man "accused" the child in his belly while holding his stomach, "This little guy, Ansheng has been born for so long, but today he kicked me inexplicably, it hurts!" ”

Xia Wanrou smiled, "Xu heard the news that his father was coming back, and he couldn't sit still excitedly. Xiaoman, it's good now, Lu Li will be back tomorrow, not only can I accompany you to give birth to the whole child healthily, but also accompany us to celebrate the New Year! ”

Speaking of which, it is true that there is still more than half a month to go before the New Year.

"However, there will be many people at the gate of the city tomorrow to see the excitement, Xiaoman, you still have peace of mind to recuperate at home, there are too many people in the province, and it is crowded." Xia Wanrou persuaded seriously.

As soon as he heard this, Xiao Man immediately couldn't sit still, "Huh? Will there be many at the gates of the city tomorrow? However, I still want to pick up Lu Li in person. ”

She personally sent Lu Li away, and now she naturally has to pick him up in person, not to mention, she also wants to let Lu Li know the good news that he is going to be a father as soon as possible.

"Can't you really go?" Xiao Man bit his lower lip and looked at Xia Wanrou aggrievedly, trying to make the other party compromise with his pitiful eyes.

But at this time, Xia Wanrou was determined, and she couldn't be persuaded no matter what, "If it doesn't work, it won't work, I can respond to you in other things, but this matter will never work." ”

Tomorrow the emperor and the courtiers will also go, and there will definitely be soldiers to intercept the people so that the road can be cleared. After all, Xiaoman is a female dependent, and the emperor will never allow her to stand with the courtiers, so in this way, Xiaoman can only squeeze in the crowd.

When the time comes, it will be crowded, and if something happens, no one can afford it.

Listening to Xia Wanrou's words, Xiao Man had no choice but to compromise, she drooped her head, extremely helpless: "Okay, then I'll wait for Lu Lu to come back tomorrow in the mansion with peace of mind." ”

The waiting time always passed very slowly, this night, Xiao Man tossed and turned, and from time to time he felt out the letters under the pillow and looked at them, but such a thin piece of paper could not carry Xiao Man's thick lovesickness at all.

Before I knew it, the bangs outside the window had already sounded several times, and it was already in the second half of the night.

But Xiaoman was still very excited, and he didn't want to sleep at all. The night is always exceptionally quiet, as if you can hear the sound of snowflakes falling, Xiaoman got up lightly, ready to stack a few pillows and lean on.

But even so, the slightest movement of her woke Pearl up.

"Madame, what's wrong with you?" Pearl was sleepy-eyed, with a coat draped over her body, and she knew at a glance that she had just woken up.

Xiaoman smiled a little embarrassedly, "I can't sleep, I want to get up and talk to the child for a while, but I didn't expect to wake you up." ”

As she spoke, she leaned on the soft pillow and waved her hand gently, "Go back to sleep, I'm fine." ”

When she woke up unexpectedly, Pearl couldn't sleep anyway, but fortunately, she sat down and chatted with Xiaoman. Xiaoman was very excited tonight, seeing that someone was talking to her, she was even happier, and she talked to Pearl about the past for a long time.

It's nothing more than how he met Lu Li, his experience in the village, and then Jade also woke up, and the three of them surrounded the charcoal basin and whispered and laughed for a long time.

It wasn't until the sound of someone getting up and pouring water in the yard that Xiao Man suddenly realized that she hadn't slept all night, and she stuck out her tongue like a child, "You guys go to sleep for a while, I'll go to sleep quickly." ”

So, the master and servant ended their conversation, and each went back to bed and lay down.

At the same time, Lu Li had already gotten up and rushed to Beijing, and the group was dusty, and the faces of the soldiers of Donglan Kingdom were all overjoyed, and all of them were smiling, and their hearts were about to jump out.

Finally, after climbing over several small mounds, the group successfully arrived at the gate of Shangjing.

At that time, the emperor and the courtiers had been waiting at the gate of the city for a long time, Lu Li rode his horse and ran over, then turned over and dismounted neatly, and stepped forward to bow to the emperor and salute, "Minister Lu Li, please say hello to the emperor." ”

Wei Xiuyuan, who was standing among the courtiers, couldn't wait to rush up and give Lu Li a big hug now, he was so happy and excited to see his friend triumphant!

Listening to the emperor's polite words, he finally got the order to enter Beijing, Lu Li watched the emperor and Wan Qichen leave, and immediately began to search for Xiaoman's figure in the crowd, don't see her for so long, she should miss herself very much, right?

There were many people inside and outside the city gate, but only Xiaoman was nowhere to be seen.