Li Hanning didn't want to argue with Xue Rui at this time, seeing that he had finally calmed down at this time, she naturally planned to turn around and leave first.

Walking through the originally quiet alley, Li Hanning arrived at the back door of the Ming Palace, although there was no one guarding here, she still stepped forward and knocked on the door, but after a while, the door was opened with a creak.

The one who opened the door happened to be the maid of the Ming Palace, she also knew Li Hanning, seeing the blood stains on her body now, she thought she was injured, and hurriedly pushed open the door and took her in:

"Come in, General, it's—"

Li Hanning followed her gaze, looked down and saw the blood stains on his body, and suddenly remembered the scene where he opened the corpse on the dock just now, and shook his head:

"It's okay, I'm not hurt, I'm covered in someone else's blood."

It's good that she wasn't injured, otherwise I'm afraid that their Highness will be worried when they see it, the maid breathed a sigh of relief, originally she planned to call someone to find a doctor to come over, and the maid said to Li Hanning behind her while leading the way:

"Since the general left, the things in the room have not been touched, and the clothes in the cabinet are also the same, the general should go in first and change his clothes."

After all, this is Luoyang, and it is at the feet of their Son of Heaven in the Great Zhou, so as not to cause criticism if Li Hanning goes out like this now.

The maid led her to the room and lit the candle on the table, and for a moment the familiar room was brightly lit, and since they had left Luoyang two years ago, it had been cleaned and everything was kept neat and tidy.

The maid glanced at her, then silently withdrew, closing the door as well.

Li Hanning changed her clothes, and there were only women's clothes in the wardrobe, so when she changed back into her own women's clothes, she neatly tied her hair with the hosta in the dresser box on the side.

Not long after, I heard that there seemed to be movement in the backyard again, Li Hanning opened the door, and the maid stood at the door and looked at her and explained:

"General, it's His Royal Highness King Ming who has returned home tonight."

As soon as the words fell, Li Hanning raised his eyes and saw Xiao Ce coming from a distance, he was dressed in white, with a dark yellow tiger-striped gold belt tied around his waist, sideburns like clouds, a pair of eyes that looked forward to shining, and his face was like a crown of jade.

Xiao Ce stopped a few steps away from her, looked over from afar, and Li Hanning heard the voice she was most familiar with: "I'm back." ”

The maid on the side glanced at Li Hanning, followed by a sneaky glance at Xiao Ce, and retreated with interest.

Li Hanning was naturally happy to see Xiao Ce according to common sense, but a lot of things had happened today, so when he saw him for a while, he couldn't help but feel a little mixed in his heart.

But it's good to come back.

Li Hanning nodded and said, "It's good that Your Highness is back, I just returned home." ”

It was indeed only less than an hour earlier than Xiao Ce.

As soon as Xiao Ce entered the mansion, he heard the report from his subordinates, in fact, the ship was originally docked this afternoon, he calculated the time and knew that Li Hanning should have returned to the mansion tonight, for him, it was the same to come back a few days earlier and a few days later, but Xiao Ce still wanted to come back to accompany her for the holiday.

The pilgrimage festival can be big or small in Luoyang, but these days have just been peaceful, even if it is a few small days, it has become a reason for the people in the city to celebrate, not to mention that there is no curfew tonight, Luoyang city is lively tonight, and both sides of the street are brightly lit all night.

Xiao Ce looked at Li Hanning's clothes, but it was rare to see her dressed in women's clothes, although she only neatly tied her hair with a hosta, but it made people look a little unaccustomed to it, and it was inevitable that she would be a little dizzy for a while.

Xiao Ce said to Li Hanning after a while: "It's still early, can you go out for a walk with me now?" ”

It's still early for them to rest, the streets outside are so lively, people come and go, traffic, endlessly, speaking of which, they haven't been shopping on the streets like ordinary people for a long time, and have seen the scenery on the streets, and the last time they were rewarded they were only in Luoyang for more than ten days before going to war, Xiao Ce's stay in Luoyang City was originally short, not to mention the days when he had to go out to fight during this period.

Li Hanning didn't want to go out, if she could, she just wanted to be alone at this time, but she glanced at Xiao Ce, but she couldn't bear to brush Xiao Ce's rare interest, Li Hanning knew that Xiao Ce had been very busy, and he also had rare time to go out for a walk with her.

Maybe it's good for her to go out for a walk at this time.

What's more, she actually has one thing that she promised Chuzhou that has not been completed.

Li Hanning agreed: "Okay." ”

Xiao Ce didn't bring a secret guard when he went out, naturally no one in Luoyang City dared to treat him unfavorably on the surface, even if he did, it was enough for Li Hanning to stay by his side alone.

When they walked through the streets, it seemed that some people recognized Xiao Ce, it can be seen that he was followed by a girl but he was not sure, firstly, according to common sense, Xiao Ce should not be in Luoyang at this time, and secondly, even if he was in Luoyang, how could he not be hugging back and forth with his identity, how could he take a girl to the street so casually.

Li Hanning was talking to Xiao Ce, and suddenly stopped in front of a small vendor, Xiao Ce followed her gaze and saw that this house was selling Kong Ming lanterns, which was originally the custom of the Luoyang Pilgrimage Festival.

Li Hanning remembered that she promised Chuzhou when she was on the boat, and she would put a lantern for him here, and even Li Hanning clearly remembered what Chu Zhoutuo's wish was that she wanted to write on it, and the past was vivid, and she recalled it almost clearly.

But what Xiao Ce, who didn't know about it, saw - it turned out that she was interested in this, Xiao Ce still rarely saw something that really interested her here, so naturally she wouldn't miss it, this kind of lights were originally forbidden around Luoyang City, and Kong Ming lanterns were only allowed to be put on these days during the festival.

Xiao Ce immediately stepped forward to pay the silver and glanced at the lantern-like thing in front of him: "I want two of these lamps." ”

The peddler naturally brightened his eyes when he saw the silver in his hand, and while looking for the broken silver, he looked at him and Li Hanning and said: "That is the wife of this son, the two of them are really talented and beautiful, and they are a match made in heaven." ”

Xiao Ce glanced sideways at Li Hanning, and said in his heart that although they have not yet become married, it is almost over, wait until the matter here in Luoyang is over, and wait until he takes care of the current things one by one.

Xiao Ce took the Kong Ming lantern from the vendor's hand, and handed him the ink-stained brush: "Borrow your auspicious words, and you don't need to look for the rest of the silver." ”

The peddler was a little surprised, and the person was stunned for a while before he reacted: "Oh, how embarrassing is that, the son is so kind-hearted, there will definitely be a good reward for good people." ”

Here, Xiao Ce and Li Hanning had already walked to the river, and there were some lights scattered in the sky, like a little spark in the dark night, drifting to a farther place with the hazy moonlight.

Xiao Ce picked up the pen and wrote a sentence on his lamp, then turned to hand the pen to Li Hanning, who was standing on the side, and Li Hanning wrote down what Chu Zhou said to her at that time:

"I want to think about the past, and I want everyone I know to be safe and sound, and I want to have a worry-free life."

By the way, and those family members he can't remember.

Li Hanning slowly looked at the light floating in mid-air, watching it rise little by little, and said in his heart that if people can really have a spirit in the sky, she still has Chu Zhou's purse here, she will definitely not be the mastermind behind it, and she will definitely do her best to help him find his family.

Xiao Ce looked at her and looked at Kong Ming's lantern in the distance, and inevitably felt a little sad, so he looked at her and comforted, "What's wrong?" Since I saw you at night, I thought you had something on your mind, but what happened in the past few days that made you unhappy? ”

From the first time he saw her when he returned home at night, Xiao Ce felt that something was wrong with her, so he guessed if something had happened in the past few days since she left.

Li Hanning glanced at Xiao Ce, who was close at hand, for some reason they had only not seen each other for a few days, but Li Hanning felt that it seemed that a long time had passed, she had only been on that ship for a few days, but it seemed that half a month had passed.

She didn't want to hide Xiao Ce in front of her, and Li Hanning didn't have anything that she couldn't let him know, and she was going to pick a suitable time to tell Xiao Ce about the affairs of Chuzhou:

"I met a friend on the ship, a very good friend, he is really the person in charge of the ship, although he has amnesia and his memory is not very good, but he is very kind and sincere."

It's a rare place to be.

Since it was a friend that Li Hanning knew, Xiao Ce said: "Since it is your friend, I will say hello to the salt transport envoy, and when the matter here is over, let him come to us to find an errand." ”

As far as Xiao Ce knew, the ship had already been seized, and it should take some time to get out of the ship again, and the boatmen on it were either still on board, or they were in Luoyang City now, and everything was in time.

After all, the messenger on the ship is unstable, not often in Luoyang, it is somewhat dangerous, and the ship is the official ship of the Luoyang government, and he will have an accident on it sooner or later, but if he is just a steward on the ship, it is just a matter of Xiao Ce's words to transfer him there as an errand.

Li Hanning said in a deep voice: "Thank you Your Highness for your kindness, but he is no longer here, and what I wrote on Kong Minglan just now is exactly what he told me." ”

Xiao Ce was a little surprised, but just a few days had passed, since they had met on that ship, how could people be so fast-he had just rushed over from the official road outside Luoyang City tonight, and naturally he didn't know what happened on the dock during the day.

But some things are as smart as him, although he doesn't know the ins and outs of things, but now he can guess a few points.

Xiao Ce said to Li Hanning: "Don't worry, if there are any grievances involved, I have already returned to Luoyang, and I will definitely find out." ”