Laughing at Chang'an

Unknowingly, it seemed to have been said for a long time, and the wall clock on the wall quietly passed for nearly two hours.

... This concludes the peaceful and friendly conversation.Geng Yan put his hands on the table and crossed his fingers. He looked at the adjutant calmly and indifferently, and said: "The human heart is the most fickle thing in the world. I don't like your true ideals that day, but until now, I have Don't care what happens to the Empire..."

After a brief pause, he continued.

"I want you to die."

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On that day four months ago, Geng Yan told Li Shen that the rebellion in the Northern Emirates was his arrangement.

"I made a promise with Hades that I would not use force against the blood race within ten years. But I can't just sit back and watch them develop in the Northland, so I started to arrange the rebellion of these chiefdoms. They have no spare power to interfere in this war between the Empire and Middle Earth."

Some deep voices suddenly echoed in the room, Li Shen's fingers were still on the doorknob, and after a while, he turned his head slowly and looked at Geng Yan.

"After I was assassinated, this plan was naturally shelved, but at that time this dark thread was still in my hands, until the false information happened, someone used you, Li Mubai and others to eradicate my eyes and ears in Chang'an, It also made this dark line buried in the North out of my control... This person is undoubtedly my enemy, and his goal is my life."

Geng Yan's voice was very calm. He sat on the edge of the bed, turned his head slightly, and looked at the morning light coming in from the window.The grass and trees in the courtyard are lush and green, and everything is so vibrant. His side face looks a little pale because of the lack of sunlight, but it is extremely calm and beautiful.

Li Shen couldn't take his eyes off his face.

"I want to go away for a while, to wrap things up."

Geng Yan turned his head while talking, met Li Shen's gaze, he smiled, and said to Li Shen with a gentle smile: "I will come back to you when this matter is resolved, and then, you want me to learn more It’s okay for the cat to meow for you.”

Li Shen stood motionless, like a silent statue, Geng Yan looked at him and raised his hand to beckon.

"come over."

Li Shen didn't move.

Geng Yan sighed and explained: "The Northland is a trap. If you go there rashly, it will only become a bargaining chip he uses to threaten me. This is a war between me and him. No matter what, I promise you, We will do our best to save the lives of Feng He and Liselint."

A strange look appeared on Li Shen's face. He wanted to laugh but couldn't. He said bitterly, "You want to leave?"

"I will come back." Geng Yan promised, "As long as I live, I will definitely come back."

After a moment of silence, Li Shen finally stepped forward, walked back to the bed, and knelt down on one knee in front of Geng Yan.He raised his hand to hold Geng Yan's face, stroked his cheek with his fingers, and looked at those ice blue eyes intently and seriously.

Mysterious and vast, all-inclusive eyes make people addicted and unable to extricate themselves.

Geng Yan's lips overflowed with a doting smile, he lowered his head, and looked at Li Shen with the same concentration.A few golden strands of hair fell on the back of Li Shen's hands, shining brightly in the morning light, like the projection of the sun.

"I love you."

He whispered, for the umpteenth time.

"No one in this world loves you more than me."

………………

The clock on the wall passed four o'clock in the afternoon.

The adjutant played with the half-drunk water bottle in his hand, pouring the liquid inside from one side, to the other, and back again.He repeated such boring and childish actions, until Geng Yan frowned impatiently, and then said slowly——

"I know that you reached an agreement with Bu Shi to rescue Ge Shuhan, and arranged for him to return to the imperial capital secretly with two thousand imperial guards."

"I also know that you arranged for someone to send Feng He and Liselint back to Chang'an. They are now hiding in the Huiguang Guild Hall."

"You met with the emperor, but unfortunately he did not heed your advice and withdraw his troops from Middle-earth."

"You destroyed nearly half of my intelligence network in the empire, and the other half was mostly infiltrated by you and can no longer be used."

"You buried twenty tons of explosives underground in the Great Bright Palace."

Every time the adjutant uttered a sentence, the chill in Geng Yan's eyes deepened, and the room was filled with a cold and chilling atmosphere, but the adjutant laughed.

"I know all these things."

He shrugged, smiling a little helplessly and complacently.

"Don't forget that I am an expert in observing you, and I may be the person who understands you best in the world. I can probably guess what you want to do and the way you will use it." He smiled and pointed In his own head, "Now the advantage is in my hands, and it is not so easy for you to deal with me... The reason why I came here has nothing to do with these."

Facing Geng Yan Senhan's gaze, the adjutant suppressed the smile on his face, and said in an unprecedentedly serious tone——

"I came here just to know, where did you hide the Kongshan Gold?"

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Although Yan Poyuan, which has been baptized by artillery fire many times, has been repaired, it still looks a bit dilapidated. A small transport boat slowly landed on the ground.The logistics personnel at the landing ground trotted over and directed it to move to the predetermined position. When the boat stopped, the gangway was lowered, and the cabin door opened slowly.

The two mercenaries, one behind the other, carried Li Shen's stretcher down neatly.The ambulance from the hospital by the landing field was already waiting, covered with a thick blanket, Li Shen was sent into the carriage, and the needle tube hanging with nutrient solution was stuck into his arm, and the doctor who came with the car was helpless. And obeying the fate, Li Shen's heartbeat and breathing have stopped, and he feels like a dead person at all.

The ambulance drove out of Yan Poyuan with a buzzing sound, and galloped all the way towards the city.Just after passing the South City Gate, it suddenly skidded and slammed into a building on the side of the road.The whole car threw a huge arc and slammed into the hard wall, and the whole carriage was sunken. The doctor who took care of Li Shen in the carriage was hit with a bloody head and lay limp on the upside-down car. On the wall, another mercenary escorted by the car protected Li Shen with his body, covered his head, and jumped out of the car with Li Shen in his arms.He put Li Shen on the ground beside him, and returned to the car to rescue the doctor, but when he jumped out of the car with the doctor in his arms, he saw the ambulance driver, holding a sharp long sword in his hand, and stabbing the doctor viciously. Li Shen's heart.

"What are you doing!?"

The mercenary left the doctor and rushed over, and pulled the driver away from Li Shen. The driver's throat was held, his face was flushed with pain, but his eyes were full of joy and madness. At the moment before he was about to be strangled, The mercenary let go, twisted his arm behind his back, and tied it tightly.

"Ahem...hahaha...hahahahaha..."

Amidst the hoarse and mournful laughter, Li Shen, who had a long sword in his heart, slowly opened his eyes.The mercenary who turned his back to him and questioned who the driver was and who was instructed by whom did not notice, but the driver could see clearly.

The smile on his face froze for a moment, and then he screamed hysterically: "Li Shen! My name is Liu He! Liu Shan is my father! Do you remember!? I will kill you to avenge him! I will definitely kill you! I'll let you go! Even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go!!!"

Li Shen stared at him blankly, and gradually, his eyes finally gained focus.He looked at the young man who was probably not yet in his twenties, looking a little tired, clutching the long sword on his chest, sat up slowly, and pulled it out from his body.

...He has killed so many people, how can he remember every one of them?

Li Shen stood up unsteadily, and took steps forward driven by instinct.The people and voices around him seemed to be in another distant world, and he was the only one walking forward.

This is Chang'an.

Li Shen, wearing rustic clothes, carrying the luggage brought from his hometown, walked on the street with eyes full of curiosity.Seeing mercenaries with sabers and sabers, they would always look more curiously, feeling that they were more majestic than other people looked at, and there was a faint longing in their hearts.But he didn't know that other people were also looking at him, an overly good-looking young man, especially those middle-aged women who still had charm, who liked his crisp, fresh, tender and delicious appearance the most.

This city is so big, and there are wonderful things everywhere, which made him dazzled and dizzy.

He likes it here.

——The 30-year-old Li Shen clutched his heart, walking unsteadily on the road.

Yang Huxing, with his hands on the spear, walked past him, and Li Xifeng, who was chattering with a communicator, also walked by. Yang Baobao, who was holding the hem of his skirt, was bouncing and shaking his ponytail, and smiled and wiped his hair from his side. Passing by, Begonia carrying a lotus lantern walked quietly by, Hades and Bu Shi, who were discussing whether it was better to have big breasts or dove breasts, argued with Bu Shi, and Li Tieyi, who was holding an old wine jar in his arms, stood On the side of the road, watching him quietly, gradually being left behind by him...

Lin Guo under the black umbrella stood at the crossroads, pointing to the fork on the left. Li Shen looked at the dark road in confusion, hesitating whether he should walk up or not.A warm palm patted his shoulder, and then he was pushed forward from behind, and he stepped out involuntarily.

He turned around in astonishment, and saw Gong Yun's smiling face.

The end of the dark road was still pitch black. Xue Bailang, who was sitting on the coffin with his legs crossed, waved his hands impatiently at him, telling him to go back, because there was no way ahead.

Li Shen turned around in a daze.

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"Don't get me wrong, I didn't do anything to Master Zhang." The adjutant said with a sad face, "Master Zhang is not only the treasure of the Geng Army, but also the treasure of all mankind... Uh, I just gave him some aphrodisiacs , and then found two bitches..."

Geng Yan raised his hand to press the center of his eyebrows, not wanting to guess how much Zhang Puqiu's body and mind had been hurt, although he was also curious about what the robot looked like when he was in love... He would not blame Zhang Puqiu for revealing the secret of Kongshan Jin, because it was already It shouldn't be a secret, the advent of the Divine Armor should be known to the world, so as to live up to the name of the Divine Armor.

"You want to find Kong Shanjin and save Li Shen?" Geng Yan asked.

"Yeah." The adjutant nodded, "It's different from the time in Nanhai. I can see that Li Shen's destiny is disappearing...he is no longer loved by heaven and has been abandoned."

"According to my family's records, the so-called man of destiny, after being abandoned by destiny, ended up with a bad ending. Li Sanduo personally killed his own son and died in depression. Xuetu Qi was betrayed by his subordinates and died tragically in Weiyang Palace, after Dong Budong failed to build the Vientiane Pagoda, he became insane..."

"So I think, maybe the destiny is not the favor of the heavens. Fate just chooses its most suitable chess pieces. When these chess pieces fulfill their assigned missions, they will be ruthlessly abandoned by it."

The adjutant looked a little gloomy, staring at the table in front of him, talking in a low voice.Geng Yan tightened his ten fingers slightly, then loosened them again, and said calmly: "Kongshan Gold is naturally in my hands, do you think I will not use it to save Li Shen?"

"I do not know."

The adjutant shook his head and smiled wryly.

"In the beginning, I really thought that you would definitely not let Li Shen die. But after asking Zhang Puqiu, I am not so sure."

He raised his head and looked at Geng Yan.

"Zhang Puqiu said that if Kongshan gold is put into the body, it cannot be taken out again, unless it is death... At the beginning when you fell into the hands of Liselint, you had no choice in that situation, so you hid the empty mountain gold in your body Li...so even though you knew that the only thing that could save Li Shen was Kong Shanjin, you didn't take it out, because once you did, you would die, right?"

Geng Yan was silent for a moment, sighed, and said, "Yes."

"You're not afraid of death." The adjutant also sighed, "You don't want to leave Li Shen to live alone, and you have to drag him with you when you die."

Geng Yan smiled.

"It seems that you really know me very well." He smiled.

"The more I get to know you, the more frightening I feel." The adjutant shook his head and said, "It's been eight lifetimes of bad luck for Li Shen to suffer you..."

Geng Yan lowered his head, staring at his palm indifferently, when faced with such a choice - Li Shen can only live on if he dies, will he let go of this hand?

The adjutant took out a land deed from his pocket, opened it, and pushed it from the table in front of Geng Yan. It said that Li Shen's house on Gubai Road had been transferred to Geng Yan's name. Looking at the date, it was not long ago.

"He knew he was going to die, so he asked me to do this." The adjutant said, "The yard is yours now, it's up to you if you want to keep it or sell it... I'll rearrange Li Shen's things However, I made a list and put it on the desk in the study. If he comes back, you tell him to look for it according to the list. The newly made coat should be delivered to the mansion in two days, and I will also make a suit for you... "

He paused, rolled his throat, and swallowed back the pouring blood, but there were still scarlet blood dripping from the corner of his lips.

"...I admit defeat, so don't hide in this ghostly place anymore, go back...and stay with him again."

The last word was too low to be heard, and the adjutant's head fell limply and hit the table heavily, making a muffled bang.The knocked-down water bottle rolled down the table and fell to the ground with a bang. The transparent bottle body was dented, rolled half a circle again, wobbled, and stopped moving.

After a long silence, Geng Yan raised his arms, closed his eyes, and supported his forehead with crossed fingers.

………………

In the dark road, a white door suddenly opened.A familiar figure stood by the door and waved vigorously at Li Shen.

"Master! This way! This way!"

Li Shen stared at the figure in a daze, and there was burning heat in his eyes. He closed his eyes hard, stepped forward, and walked towards the figure.

"Why are you here?"

"Uh, that's a long story..."

"Fart." Li Shen interrupted angrily, "Who told you to make trouble for Geng Yan when you're full? Are you tired of working? I think you're short of smoking..."

"Don't! Don't! Listen to my explanation... oh! It hurts, my lord... Don't dare, don't dare! Don't dare again, oh!"

"Damn it." Li Shen withdrew his hand resentfully, and said displeasedly, "I enjoyed coaxing me, didn't you? Who is he beeping that he would never lie to me again, crying and begging me to give him another chance? ...Why are you still coming back? I'm annoying to see you, get out! Get out now!"

"Master..." the adjutant looked at him faintly, and said aggrievedly, "I'm getting lost this time, but I won't be able to come back..."

Li Shen's footsteps stopped.

"Hey, look at my mouth!" The adjutant showed annoyance, slapped his face lightly twice, and said to Li Shen with a flattering smile, "Master, don't be sad, I'll go down to the bottom to find the way for you , wait for you to go down... Slot, what am I talking about, I, wait, just pretend you didn't hear..."

"Still following me?" Li Shen glanced at him sideways, "You haven't followed me enough."

"Ah."

The adjutant responded with a smile, and said nonchalantly in a serious manner: "In the next life, in the next life, in the next life...whether it's a human or an animal, just call Ah Bao, and I'll definitely be there."

Li Shen's eye sockets finally couldn't help getting wet.

"Get out of here."

He waved his hand, and the adjutant laughed and rolled away. This time, he really rolled away.

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Li Shen returned to the Li Mansion on Gubai Road.

Six years ago, he bought this courtyard, married Haitang, and really had a home in Chang'an.If there are descendants, this courtyard will be passed down, and the people from generation to generation will be Chang'an people.

He walked up the steps in front of the gate, leaned on the door frame, and slowly sat down on the threshold.Spread your legs and look at the empty street in front of you. The tall ancient cypresses on both sides of the road cast staggered shadows, blocking the sunlight above your head, and it is quiet.

Time seems to be fleeting, people and things are changing, and so is he.

There was nothing to think about in his mind, Li Shen raised his head, looked at the sky that was getting darker a little bit, the cold wind pierced in from his collar and cuffs, and the hole in his heart was chilly.He tilted his head slowly, looked at both sides of the street, then tugged at his collar, and hugged his arms to his chest.

The heavy drowsiness surged up, causing his eyelids to blink continuously, and his head to stop bit by bit. Whenever he was about to fall asleep, he would try his best to open his mouth to take a breath, move his hands and feet, and then go back to sleep. Take a look to the left and right of the street.

... If he doesn't come again, he will really fall asleep.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, there was only one edge left, and Li Shen slowly fell to the side with his frozen arms, leaning against the hard door frame.He put his head against the door frame, and opened his eyes tiredly, the scenery in his sight gradually became blurred, turning into an unreal white shadow.

A figure finally appeared in front of him, squatting down and hugging him into a warm embrace, Geng Yan kissed his frozen cheek, and hugged him tightly.

Li Shen put his unconscious right hand into Geng Yan's collar, pressed his cold fingers against the hot chest inside, groped to the top of the heart, and pressed it hard.The five fingers dug into the flesh above the heart bit by bit, Geng Yan frowned slightly from the pain, but he didn't stop him.

"Uh."

Geng Yan suddenly snorted, but it was Li Shen's fingers that pinched the nipples on his chest. Li Shen pulled his hand from his collar, wrapped it around his neck, and put his chin on his shoulder. on, and laughed.

"How could I be willing to kill you..." Li Shen whispered in Geng Yan's ear, kissed his neck, and then closed his eyes contentedly.

"...Li Shen?"

Geng Yan put his arms around him and called softly.

--He fell asleep.