The sunset in this world seems to be no different from the earth, hanging lazily in the dusky sky, dyeing the whole world a dark red. But the people who watch the sunset have very different emotions.

The team returning to school has grown a lot stronger than before, not only joining Xiao Chen, Luo Ling and Liu Yisheng, but also two more ox carts, and the original flatbed cart is also equipped with a cow, driven by three hired coachmen, loaded with grain, and goes to school.

Luo Ling sat at the back of an ox cart, her back against the grain pile, her arms resting on her head, and her feet swaying with the bumps of the cart.

Dusk always reminds people of home, and when she sees those clouds that want to burn, she can't calm down. Luo Ling wanted to scold, but there seemed to be no object, Luo Ling wanted to cry, but she just didn't have shoulders, some results could not be changed, there was no escape, and a wave of despair surrounded her heart. She told herself that she couldn't sink like this, and that it wasn't the first time she had been trapped in the dark, that she had gritted her teeth and pushed through it, and this time she wanted to smile a little more. Luo Ling propped up her tired body, she wanted to talk to someone who was quite reliable. But I saw Li Jia who was following the car.

The latter was secretly looking at her, and was caught by Luo Ling's gaze, and avoided her gaze in a little panic. Luo Ling thinks it's very interesting, many of such a big boy are old fritters, where did this innocent boy come from.

Luo Ling looked at him for a while, and found that Li Jia was preoccupied, he always stared at the ground in front of him when he walked, and he would be distracted when he walked, and he didn't know what he was thinking. As long as Luo Ling looked at him, the soles of his feet tripped twice.

"Li Jia, Li Jia?"

"Ah, ah, Mr. Luo, you call me. ”

"Don't call me a teacher, today is not as good as yesterday, everything has changed. You still call me Luo Ling. ”

Li Jia smiled a little shyly, as if she didn't know what to answer.

"You and Xiao Chen look so different, they don't look like peers. Luo Ling stared at his face, Li Jia's eyes touched her slightly and saw the ground, as if Luo Ling's eyes were scorching, he scratched his head and replied: "Xiao Chen is older than me, he worked as a reporter for a few years after graduating from his bachelor's degree, and then came to study for a master's degree." ”

"Huh?" Luo Ling covered her mouth with her hand, looking very surprised, "I thought you were older than him, judging from your appearance, you are very serious, very serious, and you can be the director with a briefcase." It's like that guy who often has a hippie smile, like a child. ”

"Cough, cough" Li Jia coughed a few times, "I may be a little old." ”

"However, he speaks quite well, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is in his thirties. It's really unseemly, could it be that he is actually an uncle who can make soy sauce for children?"

"No, no, he's only twenty-eight, and he doesn't even have a girlfriend. ”

"Oh. That's right. What about you?"

"Of course not. Li Jia replied a little frustrated.

"It's not a blessing. ”

"Huh?" Li Jia looked at Luo Ling with some confusion.

"You don't have to go through a sudden parting of life and death, you don't know how lucky it is. When Luo Ling said this, her eyes were looking at the sky, as if she wanted to see the sky at a glance. However, it was useless to talk too much about this topic, so she patted the empty space in the car and said, "Come up and sit for a while." ”

"No, no, I'm doing well. So much grain is heavy enough, so I won't add to the burden on the old cattle. ”

"Speaking of which, we have to thank the Earl for having so much food. Luo Ling picked up a handful of wheat from a bag and said, "Although the farmers here resist taxes, they are actually not short of food. They were ready to deliver food before that Scarface stirred up, that's why they had so much stock. However, the temptation to destroy the earl's attempt to raise taxes was too great. ”

"Well, today is just the first deal, and now that it's been negotiated, we're going to buy all their surplus food later. It's not just the food here, I've heard Zhang Hong ask that there are other villages and towns around it, and they should be included in our food supply plan. Luo Ling found that Li Jia seemed to be a different person when she talked about these plans. Completely threw away the previous shyness and replaced it with an excitement.

However, whether such a plan can be implemented or not, the key lies in what kind of role we will play, Luo Ling thought of this, turned around, and glanced at Xiao Chen, who was walking side by side with Xi Luo, with some concern.

"You want me to protect your town?" Xiao Chen's fingers lightly tapped on the sword hanging from his waist, his spirit was much better than before, except for a little tiredness, he couldn't see a big problem, but Xi Luo's request made him feel his head hurt again.

"Yes, sir. At the instigation of that idiot from Scar Pass, everyone really beat the Count away. But I know that the Earl will be back soon, so I don't know if these ignorant villagers will be able to save their lives. Instead of letting the Count go on a killing spree, seek your protection. ”

"I told you that our experiment had an accident, which is why it's here. Do you think that a magician who suddenly came here can compete with the Earl family, which has ruled here for nearly a hundred years?" Xiao Chen understood their idea of hugging their thighs, but he couldn't protect himself.

"How could you have such a strange idea. You are a magician, and under the sky, who but kings and emperors would dare to claim to be more noble than magicians. I don't know what it's like in other parts of the world, and I don't know how magicians are treated in your hometown. But here, in the Kingdom of Iberia, all true magicians are treated with royal courtesy, and as long as you are willing to serve the kingdom, you become a nobleman, with your own fiefdom. What is there to be afraid of an earl then?" said Ciro eagerly, as if he were the one who had become a nobleman.

"But will the king accept a magician of unknown origin, and so many others?"

"My lord, though I am only a small merchant in the country, I have seen some of the market with my father. When I was a teenager, I went to the royal capital several times with my father. At that time, when His Majesty was still a prince and I had witnessed the ordination ceremony. The mage had been hunted down by his enemies from the territory of the Sea Clan, and the old king had decided to protect him, but had also made him a third-class magic knight and gave him a fief in a place called the Valley of the Birds. You underestimate your own value too much. As for the others, the magician always had a lot of apprentices and servants. ”

Xiao Chen smiled bitterly in his heart, whether he was a magician or not, he knew it himself, "No, no, they are not my apprentices and servants, many of them are my classmates and teachers." ”

"Your teacher?!!and classmates!" Ciro was even more respectful, "no wonder the castle you are in is so huge, so magnificent, more majestic than the palace of the royal capital, there are so many magicians living in it. The earl or something, don't worry about it at all. ”

Xiao Chen: "......"

When it was still about a kilometer away from the school, Wang Jiyuan asked Xiao Chen to invite Xiluo and the coachmen back, and asked Xiao Chen and the others to put away the mage robes, after all, they each had some things that could not be exposed prematurely.

A few hundred meters from the school, he saw a large group of people watching them from the high slope of the school gate. When they got closer, they saw three carts full of grain, and the crowd erupted in cheers! They shouted and shouted on the high slope, and then many of the unwaiting, climbed down the somewhat steep cliffs, and ran to meet them.

It was Ye Zi who rushed to the front, she stretched out her hand to be vigorous, faster than several PLA soldiers, the first one climbed down, shouting while running: "They are back, they are not missing arms or legs, they are all back!"

Soon, Wang Jiyuan and his party were surrounded by people who rushed down from above. Everyone asked them about their visit.

"Okay, let's stop arguing, let's work together to get the grain on the cart before it gets dark. As for the situation of going to trade, I will report to President Guo first, and then ask him to convey it to everyone. Wang Jiyuan asked everyone to be quiet, and then said to the few soldiers who ran down above: "A few of you and Li Zi will work together to do a good job of defense and protect the process of grain delivery." ”

"Senior, did you go this time to fight with the locals?" Ye Zi quickly found Li Jia, grabbed him and asked.

Li Jia saw the excitement of this little girl, and felt that she couldn't cry or laugh, "You just want to fight so much?"

"Don't beat around the bush, do you fight or not?"

"The gun was fired, but it was mainly for warning, and it didn't really hit anyone. Li Jia recalled the critical moment at that time, and still felt a little weak, and didn't want to dwell on this issue, "Aren't you helping them to do the rescue, why did you come to pick us up?"

"Hey, didn't they organize people to act as patrols to guard the school, I signed up. Our team happened to be assigned to assist the instructor in guarding the gate. ”

"Looks like you're all boys, huh?"

"Originally, girls were not accepted, but I proved to the instructor that generally three or five boys are not my opponents. And so it came. ”

"Proof?"

"Well, Instructor Li said that he could deal with three or five boys, and then I dealt with him, doesn't that prove it?"

Li Jia glanced at the instructor who was accepting the task on Wang Jiyuan's edge with a pair of panda eyes, and suddenly realized.

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Xiao Chen and Luo Ling were looking at the campus at this time. Although more than half of the campus was missing, and some of the houses were damaged, the first time they saw it, the two still felt a warm current echoing in their chests.

Luo Ling said with some emotion, "In any case, there are still these people, which is much better than the situation we originally imagined." ”

"Well, we're finally home. ”

"No, it's not home yet. Home is a place where feelings have stayed, and now for me, this is just a place to stay......" Saying this, Luo Ling suddenly held her head and went down crookedly.

Xiao Chen hurriedly helped her and helped her sit on the ground, touching her pulse and breath a little nervously, she seemed to be a little weak, her face was pale, and her lips were purple.

"It's okay...... , just, this day...... It's so tiring. She opened her eyes slightly, but she couldn't resist the exhaustion that came like a tide, and suddenly, she felt like she had fallen into a pitch-black abyss, and her head fell heavily on Xiao Chen's shoulder, and she fainted.