rebirth [rebirth]

Rong Jingxuan's voice was so familiar, even if Xie Mingze only heard a sigh, he could immediately guess it was him.

But the gray figure in the grass was still standing there, Xie Mingze didn't dare to relax, and asked coldly, "Who is it?"

It stands to reason that even if they are all asleep at night, there will be soldiers watching the night, but today I don’t know why everyone is sleeping so deeply, and the soldiers watching the night don’t know where they are, and no one is here.

The figure seemed a little scared, he took two steps forward, his whole body trembling.

"I..." He stumbled over the word "I" and managed to say it.

Xie Mingze's eyes turned cold, he clenched the dagger tightly, stepped on the ground with his right foot, and flew towards the shadow.

Hearing a "bang", he slammed the man to the ground, locked his hands neatly with his left hand, and pressed the knife against the man's neck with his right hand.

All this happened too fast, in just a moment, Xie Mingze restrained the man, and Rong Jingxuan flew down from the carriage.

The moon showed a shy face from the thick clouds, and the moonlight like silver sand enveloped the earth again.

Holding the long sword in his hand, Rong Jingxuan walked up to them in one stride, and looked down at the man captured by Xie Mingze.

The man was wearing a light gray dress, with a slightly darker belt around his waist, and a long sword on the belt.

This outfit looks familiar.

Xie Mingze seemed to be aware of this too. He retracted his dagger, frowned and asked again: "Which team are you from? Why don't you answer?"

The man seemed to finally come to his senses: "The little one... the little one is following Lu, Lu Shichang..."

When Xie Mingze heard this, he let go of his hand immediately.

The moon finally came out from the clouds, illuminating the dark city wall. Xie Mingze saw the man's appearance clearly, and heard him stammering his answer. Then he remembered that there was indeed a soldier under Lu Shichang. People are a bit timid and stuttering.

He stood up, and even helped him up: "It's you watching the night?"

The little soldier pinched the hem of his clothes in embarrassment, and stammered: "Yes, it's my subordinate. Just now, my subordinate, my subordinate...is going to urinate, urinate."

Being so timid and stuttering, he is really not a soldier, but everyone followed them out. Xie Mingze couldn't say anything else, so he just frowned and nodded: "In the future, when the officer asks questions, answer directly, do you know?"

The little soldier nodded abruptly, and then carefully returned to his position of vigil.

Xie Mingze turned his back to Rong Jingxuan, without turning his head.

Rong Jingxuan narrowed his eyes to see his tall and thin back, his eyes slid from his long hair draped over his shoulders to his waist, and coughed softly: "Can't sleep?"

Xie Mingze said "um" softly, and said softly: "It's a bit hot, you should go back to sleep first."

Rong Jingxuan didn't listen to him, but took two steps forward and stood in front of him.

Xie Mingze lowered his head and didn't look at him.

Rong Jingxuan neither urged him nor forced him, but suddenly laughed lowly: "Okay, I'll go back to sleep first, don't stay too late, you will be sleepy during the day."

Xie Mingze nodded silently, but did not answer.

Rong Jingxuan didn't say anything, and went back to the carriage directly.

He woke up the moment Xie Mingze got up just now, maybe Xie Mingze was really hot, or maybe he just had a bad dream, but Rong Jingxuan never forced him to do things he didn't want to do.

He didn't want to tell what happened, and Rong Jingxuan didn't ask.

Anyway, one day he will confess to himself to the end, and he will always have the opportunity to ask all the questions in his heart clearly.

At the first moment of the hour, Chongning City finally opened its gates.

Rong Jingxuan's escort team was just waiting at the gate of the city, and entered the city as soon as the gate opened.

At this time, the city is empty, only the early morning stalls on the roadside are ready to open in twos and threes, bringing a little popularity.

In the summer of the 36th year of Yongyan, the rebel army went north and passed by here, and fought against the Da Chu army defending the city for three days and three nights, finally forcing the Chongning army with few soldiers and weak horses to defeat and attack the city.

After a year, Chongning City still doesn't seem to have regained its former prosperity.

The shops and dwellings facing the street looked a bit dilapidated, and the tables and chairs that had been put out earlier were not very neat, and even the bluestone roads under your feet were full of potholes, making it extremely difficult to walk.

The people who get up early to make ends meet are also busy. They wear layers of patched clothes, which look thin and decayed.

I don't know how many years it will take to return it to the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

Rong Jingxuan sighed sadly.Both he and Xie Mingze got out of the carriage and followed the team to the inn on foot.

Chongli is considered the largest county capital north of the Jiulian River. The reason why Rong Jingxuan and the others entered the city this time was mainly to supply military supplies and horses.

The horses were not prepared for their team, but for Uncle Wang's old troops in Hongdu.

A group of people walked quickly to the inn.

The sentinel who came out two days earlier had already arranged an inn in Chongli, and was waiting at the gate of the city yesterday to join them and enter the city.

After arriving at the inn and settling down, a group of people finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Hurrying along this journey, they haven't had a good rest for more than ten days, and even hard-working people will be exhausted.So today they have to rest at the inn overnight, and open the city gate tomorrow morning before going on the road.

Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze lived in the same room, both in Tianzi No. [-] room.

As soon as he arrived in the house, Rong Jingxuan told Xiao Er: "Shangshui, we all have to take a bath."

Xiao Er quickly ordered to go.

From last night until now, Xie Mingze hardly dared to look into Rong Jingxuan's eyes, he was afraid that Rong Jingxuan would see something in his eyes, and he was afraid that he would despise his filthiness.

After hearing Rong Jingxuan's words, Xie Mingze hurriedly unpacked the baggage, found out the change of clothes they brought, and placed them neatly on the bed.

After finding his clothes, he went to make tea at the table, anyway, just to make himself look busy and not so strange.

Rong Jingxuan walked to him and sat on the chair.

"Ace, what's wrong with you?"

If he didn't say anything, Rong Jingxuan would have noticed his strangeness long ago.

Xie Mingze shook his head, he raised his head in panic, his eyes quickly swept over Rong Jingxuan's handsome face, and then quickly looked away.

"No...no problem."

He kept his hands still, first washed the tea with the hot water boiled in the room, and then filled it with water.

Rong Jingxuan stretched out his hand and grabbed his.

"Look at me, Aze, look at me." Rong Jingxuan said.

His mellow voice lingered in Xie Mingze's ears, making his earlobes turn red.

Xie Mingze didn't look up.

It's rare that he didn't listen to Rong Jingxuan's words.

Except for the time he died in his place in memory, this was probably the first time he went against his will.

Rong Jingxuan frowned, feeling a little uneasy.

"Aze...you..." He was about to say something, but unexpectedly, the waiter outside the door interrupted their embarrassment.

"You two are objective, the water is ready."

Rong Jingxuan sighed, and let go of Xie Mingze's hand: "If you don't want to say it now, then don't say it, but you must tell me tomorrow, and I will worry about you."

I will worry about you, feel sorry for you, and will be afraid that you will die where I can't see you.

He got up and opened the door, and let Xiao Er carry the bathtub in.

Soon, the compartment was filled with smoke.

Xiaoer was clever, and put two bathtubs for them. After Rong Jingxuan asked everyone to go out, he came back and asked Xie Mingze who was still making tea with his head down: "Ah Ze, let's wash together, the water will be cold later. .”

He didn't wait for Xie Mingze to refuse after he finished speaking, he took the clothes of the two of them and walked into the cubicle.

"Oh, the water is very good." Xie Mingze sat there stiffly, listening to Rong Jingxuan's exaggerated voice in the cubicle.

He only felt that his face was going to burn, and he couldn't think of that absurd dream and Rong Jingxuan's broad chest in the dream.

But this time he really couldn't refuse anymore, Xie Mingze stood up abruptly, and took off his coat directly in the room.

Anyway, they grew up together, and the days when they were young were playing with their buttocks in the bathtub, so why bother with this moment?

You are fine, you can do it, Xie Mingze said to himself.

He took a deep breath, pushed the door open and entered the compartment.

Rong Jingxuan was sitting against the wall, washing his body in the small basin next to him.

The tub blocked his body, only the top of his slightly wet hair was exposed, which made Xie Mingze heave a sigh of relief.

Hearing the voice, Rong Jingxuan raised his head and smiled when he saw him.

"Hurry up and wash well, and then take a comfortable bath." He greeted Xie Mingze with a smile.

"En." Xie Mingze's face became hot all of a sudden, he knew that his face must be very red at the moment, he nodded hurriedly, walked over and hid on the other side of the tub on his side.

He quickly washed his hair and body, and quickly got into the barrel when Rong Jingxuan was not paying attention.

The warm water suddenly warmed his whole body, Xie Mingze couldn't help sighing, feeling his whole body relaxed.

He raised his head and closed his eyes, letting the water flow across his cheeks.

The tangled and complicated mood from last night to now seemed to be relieved all of a sudden, and he exhaled a few long breaths, exhaling all the depression in his heart.

At this time, the sound of water suddenly sounded beside him, and the heat on Xie Mingze's face remained undiminished, but he did not reach out to cover it.

Anyway, it is normal for him to blush when he is soaked in hot water.

Beside, Rong Jingxuan also sighed comfortably.

"It's been a long time since I've been so relaxed." Rong Jingxuan said with a smile.

Because he didn't need to look at him, Xie Mingze felt a little more relaxed, so he also replied: "Well, have a good time today, and I don't know when the next time will be."

Rong Jingxuan laughed softly, he stretched out his hand to Xie Mingze, and said, "Ah Ze, give me your hand."

Xie Mingze opened his eyes slightly, and it took him a long time to turn his head to look at Rong Jingxuan.

In the dense water vapor, a handsome young man who makes your heart beat endlessly is smiling, with a pair of dark eyes like stars, looking at him intently and seriously.

Xie Mingze stretched out his hand involuntarily, and shook hands with Rong Jingxuan.

Rong Jingxuan seemed very satisfied with Xie Mingze's response, he lay back on his back, and said lightly: "Ah Ze, we will come here again when we are free, okay?"

"En? Okay." Xie Mingze agreed without asking why.

Rong Jingxuan laughed again.

Today, he seems to have become the former highness of the prince again, calm and indifferent, bright and gentle.

"In the future, when we get older, we will drive a horse-drawn carriage all over the Dachu River and Mountains. We will take Chongning's sweet-scented osmanthus chicken, Fengcheng's flavored fish, Guangqing's thousand-layer oil cake, Lishui's Yikouxiang, and Hongdu's peony. Eat all the water seats, okay?"

Listening to his gentle and low-pitched voice, Xie Mingze felt that his heart was about to melt.

OK, how could it be bad?

I've been with you for so long, I've come back from the dead, I've been a human for two lifetimes, and I still don't want to leave you.

Xie Mingze was a little choked up, he tried his best to suppress his voice, and answered him firmly: "Okay."