Laughing at Chang'an

Li Shen's consciousness was floating in a white ocean, and there were vague voices in his ears, but he couldn't hear them clearly.Only that hand, which never let go at any time, has been holding him firmly, with a nostalgic temperature in the palm, and a kind of reassuring power.

He tried hard to open his eyes, tried his best, and wanted to open his eyes and look at the other party.

"His body has gone beyond the scope of common sense, and the alien energy has completely replaced Yuanmai, and his state is very unstable now." Zhang Puqiu put away the testing equipment, turned his head and looked at Geng Yan who was sitting by the bed, "This situation is different from before. Somewhat similar, if you want to control the violent alien energy in his body, you need Kongshan Gold."

Geng Yan nodded as if he had expected it long ago, without showing any surprise, he looked down at Li Shen who was sleeping, and clenched his left hand hanging by his side.

Zhang Puqiu quickly left and left. After a while, the adjutant came in and asked Geng Yan if he wanted something to eat. It was already late at night. In the evening, Geng Yan brought the unconscious Li Shen back to the Li Mansion, busy taking care of him. Very tired.

"No." Geng Yan shook his head and said, "Go and rest, I'll watch over here."

The adjutant looked worriedly at Li Shen on the bed, and bowed out of the room.When the door was closed again, Geng Yan exhaled lightly, leaned wearily against the bedpost, and closed his eyes.

Many things flew through his mind, in his last life, in this life, one after another... It was he who changed the original trajectory of his fate, which made Li Shen fall into such a situation, starting from the death of Yun Xiangkong, Everything has been foreshadowed... This alien energy did not appear out of thin air. In the huge network of fate, everything is inextricably linked and intertwined, and the divine armor that should not have appeared in this world Kongshan Gold also has an inevitable cause and effect with all of this.

Even for him, it was difficult to understand the real context of this. Geng Yan closed his eyes, and felt a biting chill in his heart... After a long time, he bent down and pressed his forehead to the center of Li Shen's brow.

anyway--

The next morning, Li Shen woke up.

………………

Chang'an was defended, but the war continued.

It took a whole night to calculate the number of casualties, which was shocking. Bu Shi and Li Mubai agreed to open a place in the cemetery in the north of the city, specially used to bury the dead in this battle of defending the city, and set a special date for this day. Memorial day.There is still a lot of work to be done to deal with the aftermath. More importantly, the imperial army is still entrenched in the middle land, and more than half of the Tang Dynasty's territory is still occupied by the other party.

"In any case, we must take back Feijia City first."

On the morning of the second day after the battle to defend the city, Bu Shi summoned the leaders of the mercenary regiments to hold a military meeting in the west of the city staff headquarters to decide on the next step.Including Li Shen, who had just regained consciousness, and even Wang Ziyun, who was sitting in a wheelchair, also attended. In front of everyone, Bu Shi expressed his thoughts.

"After the first battle of Penglai City, the total number of warships in the empire was less than [-], and in yesterday's siege, they used a large number of civilian airships for self-destruct... This will be the focus of our next breakthrough, there are no air battleships The empire's huge supply line is their weakness, but the premise is that we must first regain the several airship production bases headed by Feijia City, or in other words, we would rather destroy them than let them give blood to the empire .”

"Who to send?" Li Mubai asked the key to the problem in one sentence. It is not an easy task to go deep into the occupied area of ​​the empire to carry out the retake operation, or the destruction operation, even with the support of warships.It was easy to say in the past, but now that the city is full of disabled people, where can we find such a strong soldier?

Bu Shi was silent and looked at Huang Sha who was sitting on the left. In this Chang'an crisis, it was undoubtedly Huang Sha's desert mercenary group that had contributed the most and suffered the most damage.In the fierce attack and defense for several consecutive days, Huang Sha and the desert mercenary group he led acted as firefighters. They really rushed where there was no danger, and if others couldn't stand them, it didn't matter if it was Bu Shi. People with a conscience must also admit that without Huangsha and the desert mercenary group, Chang'an would not be able to survive for three days.

Everyone followed his gaze to Huang Sha, to this silent and low-key man.They are also rare altar powerhouses in the world, but Huang Sha and Li Shen give people completely different feelings. If Li Shen is a miracle that can turn the impossible into possible, like a mad dragon soaring in the sky, then Huang Sha It is a giant cauldron suppressed on this earth, peaceful and steady, unshakable.

In the sight of everyone, Huang Sha frowned slightly, and asked Bu Shi: "You mean saving people by taking it back? Or?"

Among Feijia City and other occupied airship manufacturing bases, the most valuable are the craftsmen, followed by the production equipment, but with the size of the latter, it is unrealistic to bring them back, so everyone took it for granted that Bu Shi said that the recapture means His goal is to save people, but at the moment Huang Sha asked, he must have sensed something...for example, Bu Shi's true meaning.

Sure enough, Bu Shi shook his head and said, "No, what I mean is, take these dominions back from the empire and send troops to defend them." He stood up and unfolded the map on the desktop, Pointing to the marked red dots, he explained, "With the advantage of air battleships, we can support these autonomous dominions at any time, and use them as a base to gradually recover the surrounding territories..."

"But we only have such a small force, and we still have to spread out. How can we defend? We can't defend at all." A regiment leader interjected, his tone was not polite, obviously thinking that Bu Shi was whimsical.

Bu Shi was not worried about being interrupted, and smiled confidently: "Strength is not a problem. I just received a message from the South China Sea Elf King Court this morning. They have sent [-] Silver Moon Knights to support Chang'an. Already on the move."

This remark made everyone in the room look surprised. The head of the group who spoke just now muttered "3000 people are worth the shit", but he didn't argue with Bu Shi again.In fact, as Bu Shi said, troop strength is indeed not a problem. As long as the wounded of each family recover, what they need is a buffer time. The problem is basically solved.

The meeting finally decided that Huang Sha would be the commander-in-chief, and he would lead the battle forces that can still be used in the city to set off immediately, and cooperate with [-] warships to take down Feijia City first.The others seized the time to rest and reorganize, in order to restore their combat power to support Huang Sha as soon as possible.After the meeting, Bu Shi asked Li Shen to stay, in the name of discussing with him about the military reinforcements of the Elf Royal Court, but in fact he was talking about Geng Yan.

After closing the door, there were only the two of them left in the room. Bu Shi got up and made a pot of black tea, and walked back with it to pour a cup for Li Shen and himself.

"Geng Yan's identity, apart from you, me, and Li Mubai, there is no fourth person in this city who knows." He paused, took a sip from his teacup, and smiled with emotion, "I'm afraid it's too late to tell." No one will believe that His Majesty, the Emperor of the Bright Empire, came to Chang'an as a mercenary...Let me be honest, I can't trust him."

The tea cup was put back on the base with a thud, Bu Shi suppressed the smile on his face, and said to Li Shen seriously: "You know what kind of person Geng Yan is, and I really admire him no matter what else... It’s not to question the relationship between you, but I really can’t believe that a person like him would give up his identity and status for the sake of feelings. This is really unrealistic, because people like him are born for power Yes, do you understand?"

Li Shen remained expressionless and remained silent.

Bu Shi spread his hands helplessly, leaned back in the chair, and rubbed his forehead with a headache.After a while, he opened his mouth and said, "Anyway, before the end of this war, I hope you can properly restrain him. At least, don't let things get out of hand."

"Yes, I promise you." Li Shen nodded, with a tired look in his eyes, "But I have one condition."

Under Bu Shi's slightly surprised gaze, Li Shen slowly opened his mouth and said——

"I want you to promise me, don't tell anyone about Geng Yan's identity again, you yourself, you'd better forget about it."

………………

Li Shen, who left the barracks in the west of the city and was about to go home, accidentally ran into Huang Sha in the parking lot who was supposed to be preparing for departure.I have to say that he appeared at a very bad time, because Huang Sha Huang, who has always been known for his prudence, is doing a very unsteady thing at this moment...

He was kissing Wang Ziyun forcefully.

The reason why it could be seen that it was a forced kiss was because Wang Ziyun, who was kissed, obviously resisted, but she was firmly trapped in the wheelchair by Huang Sha's arm, unable to struggle with her head clasped.This scene was slightly embarrassing, Li Shen was stunned for a moment before reacting, turned around and left without saying a word.

It's a pity that it was too late... He was seen by Wang Ziyun, who desperately broke free from Huangsha's shackles and called his name.

Li Shen rubbed his nose in embarrassment, turned around slowly, and looked at the two people who were looking over.Huang Sha's face was still holding up, and he didn't show any abnormality, but Wang Ziyun, who called him to stop, was a little ashamed and scolded his mother very unladylike.

"Uh, that..." Li Shen rubbed his nose and said, "It's okay, I'll go first?"

"No, come here." Wang Ziyun waved at him, pointed to the yellow sand beside him, and said impatiently, "Take this mad dog away, quickly, thank you."

Li Shen looked at Huang Sha, then at Wang Ziyun, then slapped his head: "Oh, I remembered something..."

Facing the piercing eyes of those two people, he ran as fast as he could, and fell down after running two steps.Wang Ziyun hammered the wheelchair and laughed wildly, but he lost his breath from laughing and coughed. Huang Sha hurriedly patted his back to relieve him. After a while, the two realized that something was wrong.

——Li Shen lying on the ground remained silent.

"It's the self-protection of the body, just like the hibernation of animals. When the energy is insufficient, it will automatically enter a dormant state to reduce consumption."

Li Shen, who fell into a coma again, was sent back to the Li Mansion on Gubai Road. Geng Yan called Zhang Puqiu, who came to the above conclusion after checking Li Shen's situation.

"Insufficient energy?" Geng Yan keenly noticed the key words in these words, and asked, "You mean the alien energy in his body?"

Zhang Puqiu pushed his eyes, and explained patiently: "Li Shen's current situation is very special. The source veins in his body have been replaced by different kinds of energy, and this kind of different energy needs to absorb source energy as nutrients to maintain its own consumption. The lack of energy refers to that the source energy Li Shen ingested from the outside world is not enough to supply the consumption of the foreign energy in his body."

"There should be many ways to replenish the source energy." Geng Yan said, "Just provide him with enough source energy, right?"

"Well, in theory, but the alien energy in his body is quite unstable. I don't recommend infusing him with source energy by forcibly instilling it. It's best to wait for him to wake up and let him absorb it consciously."

Zhang Puqiu showed a hint of hesitation while he was talking, and paused and said, "The root of the problem is still the riot of alien energy in his body. It is best to hand over Kongshan Jin to him before the situation worsens."

Geng Yan was stunned for a moment, then hummed in a low voice.

In the evening, Li Shen finally woke up.He blinked in a daze, then realized where it was, and turned his head to look at Geng Yan who was hugging him beside him.Perhaps it was because he hadn't been able to rest well, Geng Yan's eyes had obvious gray shadows, he was lying sideways beside Li Shen, with one arm around Li Shen's waist, breathing very lightly, and was in a light sleep.

Li Shen moved his neck, leaned over and kissed the tip of his nose, and Geng Yan opened his eyes without warning.The undisguised ice blue pupils fixedly stared at Li Shen in front of him, and the coldness in the depths of the pupils melted away little by little, turning into a warm and doting smile.

"……woke up?"

"Ah."

Li Shen put his hand under Geng Yan's waist, and embraced him, arms folded behind him.Geng Yan propped himself up slightly, smiled and asked him if he wanted to eat, Li Shen shook his head and said that two bites would be enough for me.

Geng Yan looked at this guy silently, and after a while, put his lips together for someone to bite.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you something." Li Shen suddenly said to Geng Yan seriously, "Yesterday I saw a golden clover outside Penglai City."

"Yeah." Geng Yan nodded, "I saw it too."

"what?"

"Many people have seen it, it's on the city wall of Chang'an."

Li Shen showed disbelief in his eyes, with a shocked expression. Obviously, he thought that he was the only one who saw the legendary golden clover.According to legend, the golden clover is a symbol of luck, and those who see it will be protected by the goddess of luck, and it is also the symbol of the mercenary guild. It is printed on the cover of every mercenary license, and it is the most familiar luck to Chang'an people. pattern.

"I still want to catch a piece, bring it back for you to see..." Li Shen muttered dejectedly, rolled on the bed with Geng Yan in his arms, Geng Yan held down his hand that was about to untie his belt, and smiled He said in an uncompromising tone: "Get up, go eat."

With four eyes facing each other, after a while, Li Shen raised the white flag to surrender, got up from Geng Yan resentfully, and got out of bed to eat.The adjutant came to deliver the meal in person with tears in his eyes, but Li Shen slapped his words back, and was treated as a light bulb in the way, so he had to go away aggrieved.

After dinner, when the bowls and chopsticks were taken away, Li Shen sat at the table, propped his head, and asked Geng Yan for his knife.

Geng Yan was stunned.

"Bu Shi talked to me about it." Li Shen said calmly, "It's reasonable for him not to trust you at this time of year. I promise him that I will restrict your actions until the end of this war... If you don't want to , I’ll go talk to him again.”

Geng Yan was silent for a moment, and asked, "What do you want me to do?"

A quiet and slightly depressing atmosphere spread in the room. Li Shen and Geng Yan sat at the table and stood in the middle of the room. The distance between them was less than two meters, but it seemed to be far away.Li Shen lowered his arms resting on the table, leaned back in the chair a little tiredly, lowered his head and said, "My mind is a little messed up."

Geng Yan watched Li Shen quietly. After a while, he turned around and walked to the clothes hanger, picked up the long black knife, returned to Li Shen, and put the knife on the table.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they are difficult to remove from his heart. Geng Yan knows that everything he has done has made it difficult for Li Shen to trust him. When Shen left him the box and this knife, he was really happy.

"It doesn't matter what other people think." Geng Yan stretched out his hand, stroked Li Shen's cheek, and said calmly, "The only one who can make me care is you."

"Heh." Li Shen chuckled with his head down, then raised his head and looked at Geng Yan standing in front of him.

"You make me feel like a jerk even more when you say that."

Sighing, he stretched out his arms, pulled Geng Yan into his arms, and blocked the silently raised lips without any explanation.

………………

In the name of recovering from his injuries, Li Shen began to absent from work openly, and stayed at home for three consecutive days with Geng Yan.The adjutant once happened to see two people feeding each other peaches in the courtyard, you bite me, I bite you, two big men, don't mention how disgusting it is... Anyway, the person involved didn't feel it at all, and was completely enjoying it.

On the morning of the fourth day, there was an unexpected visitor at the gate of Li's residence.

This man slammed the door loudly early in the morning, and his voice was so loud that it could be heard from the front door to the backyard. Even the adjutant was startled from the bed, and got up in a jerk, and hurriedly went to the front to ask someone to keep their voices down, so as not to make a noise. The two masters behind his house.As a result, when he ran to the gate and looked out, he immediately turned around and walked back without saying a word, but he was quickly grabbed by the man with sharp eyes and hands.

"Master Geng, good morning." The adjutant greeted people with a forced smile, and uncomfortably wanted to break away from the person who was pulling his arm, "Well, what do you want to do?"

Geng Liancheng's five fingers were like iron hoops, gripping him tightly, and said with a fake smile: "Morning, Mr. Liu, is your Master Shen up yet? Can you please ask him for Geng, Where did he hide us Geng Shuai?"

The adjutant's face was about to burst into tears, and he hesitated: "This, this... you are embarrassing me, Mr. Geng..."

"Sure, I won't make things difficult for you." Geng Liancheng nodded, pulled him back, and stepped into the door with his feet up, "I'll ask him myself."

The adjutant was thrown three meters away by him, staggered and stood still, raised his eyes to see that the person had disappeared, and was so frightened that he lost his soul and hurried to chase inside.But he couldn't keep up with Geng Liancheng's speed. When he rushed into the front yard door, he had already passed the back yard door, shouting at the top of his voice——

"Li Shen! Come out, Li Shen! Li Shen!—"

"Hey, Lord Geng, please don't..." The adjutant rushed over, desperately trying to make people shut up, but in the end he heard the door knocking not far away, wearing only a pair of shirtless clothes Li Shen, who was in single pants, came out of the door yawning, with a lustful aura all over his body, and looked at Geng Liancheng.

"It's early in the morning, you are sick." Li Shen said impatiently, "What do you want from me?"

Geng Liancheng stared at him with wide eyes, pursed his lips tightly, and asked coldly after a while, "Where is the commander? What did you do to him?"

Li Shen was stunned for a moment, and then showed an expression of sarcasm, turned his head to the room and said, "I'm looking for you." After speaking, he didn't talk to Geng Liancheng again, turned around and walked back.

After a while, Geng Yan, who was wearing a nightgown, came out of the room, with rather suspicious bite marks on his lips, and nodded at Geng Liancheng calmly.

"What's up?"

Geng Liancheng shook his head stiffly, he didn't know where to put his eyes, and said dumbly, "No more."

Li Shen, who had been at home for five full days, was finally dragged out of Wenrouxiang by Bu Shi. The Silver Moon Knights from the South China Sea Elf Royal Court arrived in Chang'an smoothly. Her Royal Highness the third princess returning.For this, Li Shen can only admire those high-ranking members of the royal court who dared to release her. It is quite hearty to leave this living treasure outside to let it fend for itself.

Going to recapture Feijia City, the Huangsha Division accidentally captured Ge Shuhan, the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards, and is now sending people to escort him back to Chang'an for interrogation.Another piece of good news also came from the west: the Argonaut Knights, who were sent out, landed yesterday from Bailu Bay in the south of the Guangming Empire. They won their first battle and successfully captured Bailu City.

There is no doubt that the balance of victory is tilting towards Chang'an.

In addition to the good news that followed, there were also discordant voices. In the north, the six orc chiefdoms that had originally surrendered to the new blood empire tore up their oath and announced that they would no longer be loyal to the blood empire.The Blood Empire was forced to call back the army to support the Middle Earth to suppress the domestic rebellion, and as an ally, Chang'an was currently overwhelmed and had no spare energy to help.

After receiving the news, Li Shen decided to go to the Northland.

However, Geng Yan stopped him.

"You can't go." Geng Yan said in a natural tone, "Unless I die."