Ning Que woke up in pain, his pupils were full of horror, he tore off his clothes, his hands groped nervously on his chest, only touched the slippery sweat on one hand, and did not feel the broken heart hanging outside the ruptured sternum, he couldn't help patting his chest in fear, and his rapid breathing took a long time before he became calm again.

He looked at the sleeping Sangsang at his feet, looked at the lovely beads of sweat on the tip of the little girl's black nose, and suddenly felt that it was a very happy thing to be alive.

Regarding the strange dream that brought him great fear, he was not going to sue Sù Sangsang, he was not going to sue Sù anyone, because even if he just remembered a certain scene in the dream, he would feel very uncomfortable, so he decided to forget about it.

The next day, the rudimentary carriage set off with the sound of creaking and rubbing, and as the larger and larger escort cavalry continued southward, about ten o'clock in the morning, the procession stopped at a small town outside Chang'an—the palace envoys, court representatives, and elaborate princess honor guards from the capital had been waiting in this town for several days to await the return of Her Royal Highness.

Ning Que jumped out of the car, stood at the edge of the lively procession, looked out of the town and could faintly see a gray shadow of the city, but the distance was really a little far, even if he pulled the corners of his eyes hard, he couldn't make the gray shadow clearer, he could only guess silently in his heart - it should be Chang'an, right?

The vast and complicated guard of honor slowly restarted, and this time no one called the master and servant duo together.

Ning Que and Sang Sang stood on the side of the road, looking at the magnificent carriage that slowly passed in front of him, looking at the closed window, he thought of the princess and the little prince of the barbarian clan inside, thinking of the fire, he couldn't help touching his face, and then smiled.

When the fourth carriage passed by them, the curtain was lifted in a corner, and the old man Lu Qingchen stroked the gray beard under his chin and smiled at Ning Que, who was standing on the side of the road, and Ning Que returned the salute with a deep sigh.

When the guards and those grassland barbarians passed by Ning Que's side, they did not dismount, they said goodbye on horseback, with an apologetic smile on their faces, the imperial guard of honor was strict, and Peng Guo looked at the head of the guards after returning to Chang'an, thinking that the future would not be bad, but at this time, he did not dare to make a mistake in front of the officials of the DPRK and China. As for the few grassland barbarians, after saying goodbye to Ning Que with their fists, the expressions on their faces obviously became much more relaxed and happy, and there was no shadow of the woodcutter in Sobi Lake around, and the prosperous day of Chang'an they imagined suddenly became vivid and pleasant.

The Gushan County cavalry in charge of the palace looked around with a vigilant face, and walked with the reins in one hand, and their leader, Du Lieutenant Huashan Bing, glanced at Ning Que, and then sped up, as if there was no storage of this person in his eyes, maybe he had really forgotten the storage of this little person.

Ning Que shouldn't care about the other party's attitude - entering Chang'an City, the other party is the son of a high-ranking magnate, the most outstanding figure of the younger generation of the Tang military, and now that he has taken off his military status, he is just a lowest-level commoner, if he is lucky enough to enter the academy, he is just an inconspicuous brick in the imperial bureaucracy. No matter how you look at it, he will no longer have anything to do with this Du Wei Hua Hill, who once exuded hostility and even murderous intent.

But he would be willing to let his life go by like this? He would not be reconciled, so he knew very well that he and the proud young general would meet again, and that day would not be too far away.

After the princess's chariot and the escort cavalry left, the people in the town suddenly decreased by more than half, but it became much more lively than before, and the small merchants and vendors who did not dare to come out to set up their stalls came out of the streets and alleys out of nowhere, and those shops that closed their doors to avoid trouble also reopened their doors and began to hurry up and start their business.

Selling the tattered carriage at a tattered price to a certain shop in the town that even had to be collected in tatters, Ning Que patted Sangsang's thin shoulder to express comfort, the old car and the old horse have followed them in Weicheng for many years, and everyone must be a little reluctant to sell it like this, but Chang'an City is in front of him, and the memories are really not very suitable.

There was no choice of a spacious official road that could accommodate eight carriages running side by side, the two of them walked forward along the ridge next to the official road, the cauliflower in the field beside them was in full bloom, the butterflies were slowly flapping their wings in the spring breeze, the annoying bees were buzzing everywhere, the tears in the corners of the little maid's eyes gradually dried, and her hands tightly held the tie of the package, dragging the package that looked bigger than her person, walking on the ridge and watching, occasionally smiling.

Under the sun, Ning Que took the heavy package, gossiped and joked with the little maid, although he often did not get a response, he was still happy, his eyes were greedily swept over the scenery of the farmland and countryside beside him, and he waved his hand to say hello when he looked at the farmer resting in the field not far away, and when he saw the butterfly flying in front of him, he was about to pounce.

He left Chang'an at a very young age, and has since spent time in the vast Minshan and grassland wastelands and small border towns, surrounded only by treacherous dense forests, boring grasslands and pervasive dangers, and now he has returned to the belly of the empire, and it is difficult to hide his joy and excitement to see these peaceful and beautiful scenery and life.

After about two or three hours, the shadow suddenly spread from the peach forest of the creek in front of them to the top of their heads, Ning Que thought to himself that it was not yet nightfall, and there was no sign of rain in the sky before......

He looked up in confusion, only to see a black city wall suddenly appear in front of him, this city wall is so high that it seems to have no end, covering half of the sky and the sun that has not yet set, looking closely, he can vaguely see three black dots in the air high in the city wall circling and flying.

Looking to the left and not seeing the end of the city wall, looking to the right and not seeing the end of the city wall, this huge city outline can not see how many miles there is in the radius, Huanghuang stood silently between heaven and earth, Sang Sang stared at the majestic city in front of him, looked at the crowded crowd on the official road not far away, and asked: "Is this Chang'an City?"

The three black dots in the sky flew lower, it turned out that two eagles were practicing flying with their children, and at this time they were about to return to the eagle's nest, and their nest was between the mottled city walls, which had been washed and weathered by thousands of years of rain, and the surface looked a little dilapidated, but the inside of the city wall was still impregnable.

The young eagle learned to fly and returned to its nest - Ning Que looked up at the first male city in the world, with a sincere smile on his face, he had traveled for many years, and today he finally came back.

Chang'an City, long time no see.

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