Blade of Wind

Back at Falcon Palace, Yuexi and Mo Yekong brought someone to pick me up on the terrace.

As I walked into the palace, I asked, "What's going on?"

Mo Yekong explained the matter concisely.

Before I went out, I told him to keep an eye on Ah Deng, and he sent people to watch day and night.Nothing unusual at first.Apart from studying and reading with Yichun and the others every day, Ah Deng is the lamb that was rescued before releasing me on the hillside behind.After staring at him for several months, even the secret whistle staring at him is boring to death.As a result, one day, when A Deng went to herd the sheep, An Shao followed and took a nap at the bottom of the hillside.When I was half asleep and half awake, I heard a roar, like some wild animal.He turned over in a jerk, and Ah Deng had disappeared, leaving only the sheep on the hillside, which had been torn in two.

Afterwards, they searched around but couldn't find Ah Deng, and sent pictures and graphics to various state capitals to search and arrest, but there was no news until I came back.

Not long after A Deng disappeared, he received news that demons appeared again everywhere.Fortunately, I have been recuperating for a while, and the army has long had experience in dealing with demons. I reminded me before I went out that all places responded in a timely manner, and there was not much loss.

When I heard this, I frowned and asked, "Wait, did Ah Deng disappear first, or did the monster appear first?"

Mo Yekong was stunned, "What does the Lord think there is any relationship between the two?"

"Obviously? That kid, Deng, must be a demon."

Only at this moment did Yuexi interject: "The report goes up layer by layer. There may be some discrepancies in the time, but I have compared the dates of the memorials from various places, and it should be before Ah Deng disappeared."

It is also impossible to come here and try to accurately time the occurrence of events in different places to a certain day and time.Governments in various places have different attitudes towards monsters. Some may want to rely on their own local forces to solve the problem, and some may not take it seriously. Not many will directly report it as soon as they find it.I'd like to know the exact time, unless I go to the local area and find out first.Thinking about it... is not realistic.

After all, it's because I don't have enough people on hand.There is no such developed information transmission tool as the telephone network.

I was a little discouraged, and turned my head, only to find that Mo Yekong and Yuexi were talking to me, while the others in the company were all quietly looking at Ao.

I grinned, "It looks like you've been away for so long, you seem to miss Master Taifu even more."

The ministers who were able to come to pick us up were relatively close ministers, and most of them are used to me talking like this, and they are not very panicked, just a little embarrassed.

Someone coughed a few times, hesitated for a while before saying: "...Recently, there have been some discussions among the people in the court."

"Oh?" I raised my eyebrows, "Is it related to Taifu?"

The ministers looked at each other for a few moments, and finally said: "They said that after half a year of silence, monsters appeared again, I wonder if Taifu is... not feeling well?"

I froze.

I hadn't thought of that.We know that the monsters at that time were not killed, but just hid, but ordinary people didn't know this. For them... the disappearing monsters appeared again, and that was the prelude to the loss of justice, right?

Or... it's me and Ao... Really...

I reached out and grabbed Yuexi, and asked eagerly, "Which day is the monster appearing?"

"At the beginning of last month, on a specific day..." Yuexi frowned a little bit embarrassedly.

I was relieved to hear that early last month.

fine.It was before I had skin-to-skin relationship with Ao.It shouldn't have anything to do with that.

But... It seems that after I burned down the garden of the prefect of the Liu Kingdom?

Could it be that this matter has nothing to do with Ah Deng, it is really a warning from the Emperor of Heaven?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but looked at Ao nervously, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Ao shook his head, "What are you thinking about? I'm fine."

Yep, the kid couldn't have looked better.Her skin was shiny and her complexion was rosy, and she hadn't even sneezed on the way back.

Yuexi also said: "It's just some rumors, after the Lord and Taifu go to court tomorrow, it will naturally be self-defeating."

Even though he said so, sending a letter to call us back may not mean that he is not worried about this situation.But now Aao and I are fine, so naturally there is nothing wrong.

After returning to the palace, the foreign officials resigned, and Yichun brought a few female officials to welcome us and help us settle down.

At present, Fangguo's finances are still a little tight, so they didn't hold any welcome banquet, and just had dinner as usual.

A Deng is missing, only Ao and Xiu Huang eat with me, it seems to be the same as outside, but... I still feel that there seems to be something different.

Ao and Xiu Huang didn't know if they had the same idea, anyway, no one spoke after the meal.

After dinner, Xiu Huang went to see his little medicine garden.

I think it's just an excuse.It's dark and cold here, no matter how important the medicine garden is, you don't have to go to see it so late.It's just that the atmosphere is so strange that he doesn't want to stay.

But Ah Ao was not so self-conscious, and drank tea in my room after dinner.

I squinted at him and rushed him away: "You should go back and rest."

Ah Ao glared at me unhappily, then reached out and took my hand.

"Hey……"

"I know." Before I could say anything, he interrupted me, paused, and repeated softly, "I know."

I just shut up.

"Even if I thought that Xiuhuang was just taking advantage of the opportunity... I should understand the expressions of those ministers when I come back." Ao played with my fingers and sighed, "If we want them to know us... they will definitely think that those demons It’s because we lost our way that we reappear. Even if I’m really healthy and there’s nothing wrong with me, but as long as they all agree, it’s not easy to deal with.”

"In the current situation, one thing more is worse than one thing less. After a few years, Fangguo will improve..."

"I know." Ao said again, with a muffled voice, "I'm just not happy."

He took my hand, pressed his thumb on the pulp of my index finger, and then touched it knuckle by knuckle. He lowered his head and said in a lower voice, "We ended up going home, but we still sneaked around..."

"Who wants to sneak around with you." My palms were itchy from his scratching, so I withdrew my hand and glared at him angrily.

"Could it be that you're going to be chaotic and give up?" Ao looked up at me with a sad expression on his face.

I was stunned there.

The word "beginning chaotically and finally abandoning" is like a stone thrown into my memory, and it aroused circle after circle of ripples in an instant.

A joke from the first time the man showed his true feelings to me.

The decisiveness of that person when he wanted to send us away when the army was defeated.

The mood suddenly became tangled.

Ao looked at me quietly for a long time, his face changed, and finally he just pulled out a bitter smile, "Sorry, I said the wrong thing."

He was also there when I asked Luo Yantar if he wanted to give up.

As a result... here we are.

What could be more thorough than this abandonment?

Ah Ao turned his eyes away and sighed, not knowing if he was talking to me or to himself. "It's my fault. Once my long-cherished wish came true...I was too eager...just in time...it's okay to take it slow..."

I pursed my lips, and he stood up and walked out, "I'm going back."

"Yeah." I answered, and stood up to see him off.

But when he came to the door, he stopped suddenly, turned his head to look at me, and said in a low voice, "I don't want you to forget him, but... you should learn to let go."

I was taken aback again.

Ao has gone out.

The author has something to say: Hey, it’s time for another year’s college entrance examination...

This year's college entrance examination students also have to work hard~