"Then why are you—"

Li Hanning looked at Xiao Ce and said seriously: "Liang Zhou can do many things for the people of southern Xinjiang, and I can naturally do it, when he came to Luoyang, he actually told me about my life experience, although many things happened when I was a child, I can't remember it clearly, but I can indeed remember the houses on fire, and those houses are all in the style of southern Xinjiang, and he arranged an unwarranted sister identity for me according to these." ”

"Today in southern Xinjiang, I think of a lot of things in the past, when I was young, I did have an elder brother, but I killed him with my own hands, at that time there were rampant bandits in southern Xinjiang, they not only killed people in the village, but also set fire to corpses and houses, my brother was two years older than me, but he was just a child at that time."

For her, everything when she was a child gradually became clear, recalling the past, Li Hanning seemed to be able to see the fire behind the two children.

I also remember how her brother trembled in her arms when he was dying.

The nightmares that plagued me when I was a child no longer seem to be nightmares, Li Hanning calmly said the past: "I remember that he was hit by an arrow in the shoulder at that time, and the two of us depended on each other, both in the straw pile, I don't know when the fire will burn over, but Daddy and Auntie told us to stay there and not go out, because there is trouble outside, but my brother was hit by a poisoned arrow, and there is still a long distance from the town, I remember that he kept shouting pain, so I killed him and helped him end the pain." ”

Li Hanning has killed many people since she was a child, but the first person she killed was her brother.

Later, the people of the Li family found the village one step ahead of the government, and she followed the Li family's secret guards.

Li Hanning looked at Xiao Ce and said: "Southern Xinjiang was not as peaceful as it is now, for so many years, if it weren't for Liang Zhou and Wei Xing, I am afraid that this place would be the same as when I was a child, since this is my former home, Ace, I want to stay here for a while." ”

Xiao Ce realized that it was going around and around, and this last sentence was what she wanted to say.

Xiao Ce was silent, of course he didn't want Li Hanning to stay in Southern Xinjiang, he hoped that she could stay by his side, and hoped that she could stay in Luoyang for a long time in the future.

But he couldn't open his mouth, Li Hanning had never been his appendage, he liked her, so he respected all her ideas, even if she wanted to stay here.

Xiao Ce looked at her and was silent for a while before he spoke: "You have lived in the Central Plains for so long, can you adapt to the climate and everything here?" And An'er is still young, if he is more sensible, ask me where his mother has gone? How do I answer. ”

Li Hanning has been waiting for this day for a long time, but when he is about to part, he is always a little reluctant:

"People will always get used to it, and if the child asks in the future, His Majesty will answer truthfully."

Li Hanning looked at the person in front of him and said seriously: "This is also the best solution at the moment, Your Majesty still can't let go of Southern Xinjiang, a large area of land so far away from the Central Plains, if I don't stay here, who will Your Majesty send to guard it?" Liang Zhou is not the most suitable candidate, and neither is Changfeng, Tai is now the general of the imperial court, and the Central Plains will also need him in case there is a case in the future, and I am the most suitable person at the moment. ”

Xiao Ce shook his head, this is not a question of suitability or inappropriateness at all.

"I know Your Majesty is reluctant."

Li Hanning looked at Xiao Ce and said: "I can't bear it, life is just a few decades, and every year now is precious to me, you are my favorite person, this will not change for the rest of my life, and it will not change anywhere." Ace, I won't go back to Luoyang with you this time. ”

In the past, no matter how far they were from Luoyang, Li Hanning would follow him and accompany him back, but this time it was different.

Xiao Ce still couldn't say what he wanted to say in his heart, he couldn't say it anymore. Xiao Ce thought about it carefully and thought that what Li Hanning wanted was freedom, and his every word was a cage.

When Xiao Ce left southern Xinjiang, Li Hanning didn't even go to the shore to see him off.

Xiao Ce stood on the shore, looked at the side of the road and waited for a long time, seeing that the wind and waves on the river were getting stronger, and he had to leave before ordering the boat.

Lu Changfeng couldn't see Li Hanning in private, looked at Xiao Ce with some confusion and asked, "Is Your Majesty waiting for General Li?" ”

He even had a lot of doubts in his heart, why Li Hanning didn't follow him on the boat this time, he thought that she was just staying in southern Xinjiang for a while because of Liang Zhou, or that she had some other tasks.

But I saw that their majesty was still looking at the shore that could no longer be seen:

"She'll probably never go back to Luoyang again."

Lu Changfeng was puzzled when he heard this, and the two didn't look like they had another conflict that day: "Is Your Majesty really willing to let her stay in Southern Xinjiang?" ”

After all, southern Xinjiang is far away from Luoyang, where they live, and in the future, as Xiao Ce, after their majesty returns to Luoyang this time, it is almost impossible for the two of them to intersect again.

Xiao Ce looked at the vast river in front of him and said in a deep voice: "I want her to stay by my side, but this time I can't, Han Ning has her freedom, I let her stay where she wants to stay." ”

When the boat sailed away, Li Hanning still took a look from afar on the shore, she may not stay in southern Xinjiang for a long time, but now she really does not plan to return to Luoyang with Xiao Ce, the previous days have passed, but in the future, she will travel all over the world to increase her knowledge and knowledge Maybe one day she will return to Luoyang to see him, since Xiao Ce also loves him, then a large number of people in the future are her, she will watch him from afar to be a good emperor.

*

Three years later.

In the past few years of the Great Zhou, Xiao Ce came to the national temple outside Luoyang City to pray for blessings, and the surrounding pilgrims were temporarily stopped outside the temple by the guards who traveled with him.

The National Temple in Luoyang is as quiet as ever.

Li Hanning left Southern Xinjiang these days, Liang Zhou and Wei Xing took care of everything in Southern Xinjiang in good order, she no longer had anything to worry about, so she traveled all over the world, went to the north and the town of Beihou to drink a big drink, and also went back to Chang'an, and saw the refugees they rescued at that time, the only pity is that his son is still alone, she didn't see Li Zhao that time, but she heard the old servant of the Li family say that Li Zhao has not been in Chang'an in the past two years, Li Hanning looked at the former Li family and sighed, I stayed in Chang'an for a few days and then came to Luoyang.

The old people she wanted to see but didn't see seemed to be here.

When Li Hanning entered the Buddhist temple, he found that there seemed to be dignitaries and nobles who also came to visit this Buddhist temple today, when there were officials above the third grade who came here to worship in the past, the Buddhist temple would temporarily refuse the incense of outsiders, about half an hour, today's battle looked the same, but it was getting late today, Li Hanning didn't want to add any more trouble, so he took advantage of the place where there were few people to climb over the wall and take a look, the courtyard was empty, but there was a familiar figure under the tree when he walked over.

Li Hanning had already guessed who the person with her back to him was, and she unconsciously slowed down her footsteps.

Xiao Ce visited the host and family of the National Temple today, and he was standing alone in the shade under the tree, which was full of the smell of incense from the Buddhist temple, and it was even more prosperous under the shade.

In fact, it is rare for him to have such idle days, and he locks himself in day after day, either in the imperial bookstore or in the main hall to discuss state affairs, so that day after day passes, time always seems to pass very quickly, but in fact, it is only a short period of two or three years, and he feels that the past has become very far away, such as those days when he was free in the military camp like the wind, for Xiao Ce, it seems that half a lifetime has passed.

Over the past few days, there have been fewer and fewer people around them, Lu Changfeng and Ning Yu have also gone through the rules and regulations that they didn't have before, the only constant change is that he and Li Hanning's children, a few days ago, finally learned to walk against the wall, and in a few days, they can find him a learned gentleman to study hard.

The eyes of the two people met unexpectedly at this moment, and what Xiao Ce saw was that the sunset belonging to Luoyang was falling on her face, just like when they met for the first time, at that moment, everything was light for him from then on.

END.