After Li Siye drove the ox cart across the opposite bank, he looked around and found no one crossing the river, so he hid the wine in the grass one by one with the jars, and hurried back.

Xiao Si was still leading the horse and standing in place, Li Siye jumped down from the wheel, looked at him with a smile and asked, "Aren't you curious why the wine jar is so heavy?"

Yan Xiaosi nodded and shook his head again.

He couldn't see any thoughts in Yan Xiaosi's eyes, and said again: "You can open it and see what's inside."

Xiao Si lowered his head and glanced at these jars again, and shook his head decisively: "I still don't look at it."

The two worked together to carry the jar to the ox cart, Yan Xiaosi drove the horse towards the bridge first, he carried the whip and looked at the thin figure of Xiaosi riding on the horse, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile: "It's a little interesting."

He has always had a sense of superiority, and as a soul from the modern age, he thinks that he is far superior to the ancients in terms of moral level and way of thinking. But today, seeing what Yan Xiaosi did, he felt that he was missing something, except for the pattern vision of those unpredictable prophets, those slightly rich knowledge reserves, if he didn't have these things, he would have nothing to be proud of.

They stopped and stopped all the way, and after sixteen days crossed the Wei River and finally returned to Chang'an City.

Li Siye drove the ox cart into the city from Jinguang Gate, followed by Yan Xiaosi, who was riding a horse behind him, his eyes were full of novel and dazzling brilliance, his eyes were like a kaleidoscope, reflecting the prosperity in front of him, novel and excited. Li Siye can understand this feeling, and when he opened his eyes and came to Chang'an, he was also excited.

They crossed half of Chang'an City, passing Xishi and Ximing Temple in Yankangfang, and the afterglow of the setting sun fell on the green tile roof of the temple. The streets are bustling with people, men wearing hats and women in Luo skirts, children playing in the streets with candy, merchants carrying burdens, and Lingyou wearing masks who have just finished joining the army.

"There are so many people, I can't see so many people in Anxi in a year."

Li Siye drove the ox cart with a smile on his face, and left Chang'an for more than three years, and that familiar feeling returned, whether it was in this life or in the previous life, the city seemed to have been integrated into his soul. Even in my sleep, I dreamed of the Daming Palace on the dragon's head, with thousands of bucket arches, hundreds of millions of megawatts, and the sunset sprinkled like dragon scales. The beast spine lying in the sky, the wind chimes hanging under the bucket arch, and the vermilion palace wall are arranged layer upon layer. He once had the honor to follow the prince into the palace and see the Xuanyuan Hall of the Nine Heavens at close range.

Yan Xiaosi muttered beside him and said, "We have been in the city all day long saying that we want to defend the Tang Dynasty and protect Chang'an, it turns out that this is the Chang'an we want to protect."

Li Siye whipped the cow expressionlessly, but was touched by Yan Xiaosi's words, Chang'an is no longer a city that exists as a physical existence in the hearts of these soldiers, but a symbol of the spiritual level, and the Daming Palace on the Dragon Head Plain is the totem pole of this spiritual symbol. Ordinary people will not be able to approach it for the rest of their lives, but that does not prevent them from looking up. The first thing the generals and merchants who returned from the distant frontiers of the empire saw was the wonders of the millennium.

"Turn around from the fangmen, go to my home in Xinchangfang first, and place these wines."

"The captain still has a home in Chang'an City."

"It's just a rented house, but I think I already have the strength to buy it."

He suddenly stopped the ox cart, and saw the small courtyard where he had lived for a long time, and the leaves of the plane tree outside the door were thick and textured, and he was a little afraid to go in at the moment, and closed his eyes to imagine what he might see next. Mei'er knelt under the corridor in front of the hall with the desk, holding the scroll in her hand and reading crisply. Gao Shi paced behind her with her hands behind her and listened, discerning the omissions in her pronunciation. Zhang Xiaojing stood aside with a wood-splitting axe, stepping on a stake under his feet, grinning at his scarred face and nodding secretly, in fact, he didn't understand any fart. The two old maids hugged the wooden basin and washboard around the edge of the well platform, and they didn't dare to make too much noise when washing clothes......

"Captain, captain." Yan Xiaosi poked his head out of his horse and asked twice, "Why didn't the captain go forward?" ”

Li Siye opened his eyes and smiled without saying a word, drove the ox cart on, and stopped in front of the courtyard gate. He turned around and jumped out of the carriage, and the courtyard door was open in his sight, but he didn't see the delicate and lively figure, nor did he hear Lang Lang's scholar.

He entered the courtyard alone, looked left and right, and saw that the mulberry trees in the courtyard were much taller than four years ago, and the leaves were tender and green, as if they could catch water. The house, though old, has not changed much from when he left.

It's just that where did Li Mei'er go? Gao Shi and Zhang Xiaojing are not here, didn't the girl say that she would come over to take care of her often? And where did the two old mothers he hired run away?

Yan Xiaosi led the horse outside, looking at Li Siye in a trance in the courtyard, not knowing whether to go in or not.

Li Siye suddenly saw the stable, and the green horse that once belonged to King Shou was tied inside, he put his hand in and stroked the horse's face, and asked quite emotionally: "Old man, can you still know me?" ”

Qing Qi stretched out his tongue and licked his hand, his huge eyes were meek, and then closed his eyes and let Li Siye stroke the horsehair on his body.

A girl's crisp voice sounded outside the door: "Why is the guest standing outside my door and not entering?" ”

Li Siye suddenly let go of the green horse, walked quickly to the center of the courtyard, and saw two girls standing outside the door, Wen Ran was dressed in goose yellow full-breasted skirts, her hair was pulled up high and inserted horizontally with copper hairpins, and she was holding a basket in her hands. Mei'er was dressed in a pale pink gauze skirt, with a pair of girls tied on top of her head, and her hands were raised to ask Yan Xiaosi with a gesture.

Li Siye couldn't help but have a sour nose, and said to himself with a reassuring smile: "This girl followed Gao Shi to learn poetry, and she still understands etiquette after all." ”

Yan Xiaosi's face was shy, he didn't know what to do, he grew up in the township, and later served as a soldier in Anxi, and he had never seen a little lady dressed so delicately and so brightly, this may be the difference between Chang'an people and him, a poor country boy.

Li Siye shouted: "Mei'er! ”

Li Mei'er turned around, her lowered eyes were full of brilliance for a moment, and she ran towards Li Siye with a sweet smile.

Li Siye thought that she would happily throw herself into her arms, and then said loudly: "Brother Mei'er misses you to death, you haven't gone home for four years." ”

Who knew that Li Mei'er ran in front of him, stopped her steps, blinked her eyes and seemed to be thinking about something, and then she suddenly sighed, lowered her waist and crossed her little hands delicately, and said: "Little sister Li Mei'er visited her brother, and now I heard that my brother has returned from Anxi, and Mei'er is overjoyed." It's a pity that I can't go to the city gate to greet my brother in person, and I feel guilty under my thoughts, and I ask my brother to forgive me. ”

Li Siye looked up and thought about it in amazement, then lowered his head and asked her, "This is all taught by Mr. Gao?" ”

Li Mei'er squatted again: "Exactly." ”

"Not bad, not bad." Li Siye stroked the short beard on his chin and said: "Mei'er is knowledgeable, which makes my brother very pleased. But ......"

Wen Ran stood aside and watched the brother and sister pour sour texts, and laughed out loud.

"Brother, nothing but what."

"However, we are brothers and sisters, why should the family follow any false etiquette, naturally how comfortable it is, and red tape is used to receive outsiders."

"My brother's words are bad, poetry, books, etiquette, and teaching, there is no distinction between high and low, relatives and relatives. Oh......, haha, hehe. Li Mei'er covered her mouth and laughed, she really couldn't take it anymore.

Wen Ran took the initiative to come forward and saluted Li Siye, but there was a faint thorn in his words: "Brother Li went to Anxi to serve for four years, and now he is famous, and he will come back after asking for a Zhonglang?" Or what kind of general did you ask for? ”

Li Siye didn't care, and said with a smile: "How can the career be so smooth, you, Brother Li, and I, are just a captain now." ”