It turns out that I too have been robbed.

There is a soft sandy ground outside Zhoulan Pass, and Pei Ruzhou can even feel the sand under his feet being warmed by the sun.

Not far away was clearly a scene he was familiar with and couldn't be more familiar with, but after seeing the city wall and the slightly taller buildings inside the city wall, Pei Ruzhou's heart still beat faster.

He found that he was nervous, and at the same time, he also developed an emotion called timidity of going to the countryside.

Just when Pei Ruzhou was hesitating, not knowing whether he should go forward, he suddenly felt someone tug on his wrist gently.The strength of the other party was not too great, but Pei Ruzhou followed the other party in such a mysterious way and walked not far away.

The person who pulls Pei Ruzhou is of course Qi Baili.

When he was in the Netherworld just now, Qi Baili always had a smile on his face, looking no different from when he was in the Human World.But I don't know why, it's obviously the same expression, but Pei Ruzhou feels that Qi Baili's aura is much calmer at this time, and he looks very relaxed.

It's even... a little bit pleasant.

Why is Pei Ruzhou himself not like this?

He found that after arriving at the familiar Zhoulan Pass, his mood also improved.

Just when Pei Ruzhou was thinking about this, Qi Baili, who was walking forward side by side with him, said, "Ruzhou, you haven't been to Day Orchid Pass for a long time, right? Today's Day Orchid Pass is a little different from what it was back then."

"What's the difference?" Hearing Qi Baili's words, Pei Ruzhou couldn't help asking curiously at the first moment, but this time Qi Baili played tricks.He smiled rather mysteriously, and did not speak again.

But at this time, the two had already walked outside the city gate of Zhou Languan.

At least here, Pei Ruzhou felt that the picture in front of him was no different from the Zhoulan Pass in his impression.

As a natural god, Pei Ruzhou has long been used to relying on divine power no matter what he does.Normally, even from the place where the two of them appeared just now, to the gate of Zhoulan Pass, Pei Ruzhou would use his spiritual power to come over in an instant.

But this time, Qi Baili held his hand tightly, and the two stepped on the soft and warm sand together, walking over step by step.

Finally came here, stood still, looked up and saw the familiar three words on the city gate plaque, Qi Baili couldn't help being in a daze - the time seemed to have returned to decades ago.

Standing here, in a trance, he thought that he was really just an ordinary pedestrian in the world, not some fairy in the Nine Heavens or the Netherworld.

Pei Ruzhou and Qi Baili didn't stop at the gate of the city this time, they walked straight over.

The moment he entered the city, Pei Ruzhou's ears suddenly became noisy, and he couldn't help thinking—even if he was in his previous life, if he entered and exited Zhoulan Pass when he was young, he would be guarded here by the guards. Cross-examine.

But this time it was different, Pei Ruzhou, Qi Baili and merchants and visitors from all over just walked in like this, no one stopped them.

——Marquis Guangce has already recovered the Western Regions, and the vast land outside the pass is no longer a foreign country, but has been incorporated into the territory of Dayi.

Speaking of which, when the countries in the Western Regions were recovered, Pei Ruzhou had already become a general, so he really never walked in on sand and stone slabs like ordinary people.

Pei Ruzhou also thinks this feeling of blending into the crowd is very good.

At this time Qi Baili was still whispering in his ear.

This time Qi Baili's tone became a little nervous. He paused for a while, as if he was thinking, and finally said to Pei Ruzhou after a while: "I know what you meant at the beginning, you want me to take care of you." guarding the day orchid pass..."

Speaking of this, Qi Baili, who has been walking side by side with Pei Ruzhou and looking at the front, finally couldn't help but look back at Pei Ruzhou, and said the second half of the sentence: "I don't know how it is now—"

Can Ru Zhou be satisfied?

From the perspective of those who are familiar with Qi Baili, emotions such as nervousness and apprehension never seem to appear on him.

But not now.

Qi Baili only said half of this sentence, because he was nervous, he swallowed the next sentence in his stomach.

Coincidentally, at the time of saying this, Pei Ruzhou and Qi Baili came out from the shadow of the city gate of Zhou Languan.The warm sunshine shone on the two of them again, and they seemed to have passed from one world to another in an instant.

Part of what is written in "Heavenly Prophecy" is the doom set by the Dao of Heaven, and the other part is not completely made up by the gods.

Based on what had happened at that time, the character of the person who experienced the calamity, and several catastrophes, the immortal calculated the future in sevens and eighties.In other words, the things that Qi Baili did - such as not caring about the people in the world, being extremely extravagant, and becoming a faint king are not fake, but another possibility of life.

Without Pei Ruzhou and Pei Ruzhou's advice, Qi Baili would really become the tyrant written in that book.

Although he possessed supreme power and ruled an incomparably vast territory, Qi Baili didn't have any feelings for the land he ruled, let alone his sense of responsibility as an emperor.

If he was here in the past, he would never ask other people such things as whether they are satisfied.

In his opinion at that time, it was enough for him to have power, as for the people under this power and what the world he ruled had nothing to do with him.

But Pei Ruzhou's appearance completely changed Qi Baili.

Leaving aside the world, at least Qi Baili wanted Pei Ruzhou to like the present day orchid pass.

"Ok?"

Maybe it was because Qi Baili only spoke half of what he said, or maybe it was because Pei Ruzhou's attention had already fallen into the city, and he didn't realize what Qi Baili's half-sentence meant.

Just following the other party's words, Pei Ruzhou subconsciously said: "This place seems to be more beautiful than before... Is there a Populus euphratica planted there?"

Qi Baili also followed Pei Ruzhou's gaze to look not far away.

It turned out that there were populus euphratica growing in all the gaps in the streets and alleys of Zhoulan Pass.It is only spring now, and the Populus euphratica has not yet reached its most beautiful time, it is just a dark green that cannot be melted.

But now, when Pei Ruzhou closes his eyes, he can already think of the autumn scene.

It must be a brilliant golden glow.

"Yes, it's Populus euphratica." Qi Baili nodded.

Seeing this, Pei Ruzhou turned around and walked towards a big tree not far away.

As he walked, he muttered softly: "I remember seeing this tree outside the city, but Populus euphratica is not suitable for planting in Rilan Pass. So when I lived here, Rilan Pass was mostly It's bare, I didn't expect there to be a hint of greenness now. This is...you planted it?"

"Yes." Hearing this, Qi Baili nodded lightly.

really.

While summarizing the changes in front of him, Pei Ruzhou thought silently in his heart——Qi Baili in the last life is indeed the one who can finally rule the world, and he is indeed a very capable ruler.

Pei Ruzhou remembered that when he was young, his father, General Pei, had thought about planting trees on a large scale in the Zhoulan Pass.But just like what he said just now, the water and soil of the Rilan Pass is quite special. It is located in the very center of the desert, and it is not suitable for human habitation.

There is no natural river channel at Day Lan Pass, and the water diversion is also snow-capped mountains, which has a strong seasonality.The most important thing is that the soil here is all soft sand, which is completely unsuitable for the growth of any plants.If it weren't for the relatively flat terrain and the developed commerce and trade in the place where Day Lan Pass is located, there would be no towns here at all, let alone people living here.

It can be said that all the people who have governed the Day Languan have thought about it and tried to plant some trees here, but no one has ever succeeded.

Pei Ru really didn't expect that Qi Baili would really accomplish this.

He did take good care of Zhoulan Pass and poured his heart and soul into it.

Seeing that Pei Ruzhou was particularly interested in this place, Qi Baili paused for a moment, and actually introduced how he did research and planted a large area of ​​Populus euphratica here.

While walking forward at the same time, Pei Ruzhou saw that there seemed to be more barbarians on the street than when he was here.But what was a little different from back then was that most of what these barbarians spoke was the Mandarin of the Central Plains that he was familiar with.

The countries of the Western Regions that were at odds with the Great Yi at the beginning have now merged with this place.

Pei Ruzhou and the two hadn't walked into the center of Yulan Pass yet, there was more open space near the city wall, and some of the trees seemed to have been moved from other places, and they were much taller than the other trees on both sides of the road.

At this time, warm yellow sunlight penetrated the leaves, which were cut into pieces and fell to the ground one by one, like gold leaf.

Just now Qi Baili had introduced this tree, but now he took a look at the green canopy, then suddenly lowered his head and said to Pei Ruzhou, "Ru Zhou, it's spring now, and it's not yet the most beautiful time of day orchid pass."

Qi Baili was taller than Pei Ruzhou, and at this moment he was looking down at Pei Ruzhou with extremely affectionate eyes.

Probably because the emotion contained in this gaze was too strong, Pei Ruzhou couldn't help but want to avert his gaze, but he couldn't move under the gaze of the other party.

Pei Ruzhou heard Qi Baili ask: "If it's possible, can Ruzhou stay with me at Yulan Pass. Stay until... autumn, and watch the city turn red and yellow?" In his tone at this time, There is actually a bit of caution and nervousness.

In the day of Languan in September, the towering city walls block the billowing yellow sand outside the city. In the distance is the endless sea city, while the city is full of bright yellow.

As bright as the sun.

This was the last gift that Qi Baili, who was a mortal in his previous life, left for Pei Ruzhou with his mortal body.

Now, he finally sent this gift.