Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Le Zhengming had a strong personal charm, and he was able to stabilize the military spirit and boost morale with just a few words.
But that night, he did something that made him feel guilty. He let Xiao Curly sleep in his tent, and in the middle of the night, he wrapped him in a blanket, bypassed the patrolling soldiers, and rode his horse to the dense forest five miles away.
“See this road? Follow it for another seven or eight miles and you will see a small village. Rest well in a farm for half a night, and after daybreak hire a driver to take you to Guancheng, and then take a detour to Kaifeng, which will be safer. There are often wars in Guandu, and the beasts in the forest have all run away, so you don’t have to worry about encountering danger. This package contains a few gold ingots, a few silver ingots, a bag of pearls, and a bag of gems. If you spend frugally, it will be enough for you to live for a lifetime.”
Le Zhengming carried the sleepy little curly-haired boy onto the horse’s back, wrapped him in a blanket, and urged him, “Go quickly and live well.”
Zhuang Li, who originally thought that his lover had brought him out of the tent just to play with the gun: “…”
7480 was filled with righteous indignation: “F**k you! I want to report Le Zhengming! He actually abused his power for personal gain! What do you mean by holding on to your guns? Pah!”
Zhuang Li was also disappointed and annoyed. He asked with a half-smile on his lips, “You want me to escape alone?”
“You are still young, it’s not worth it for you to die here.” Le Zhengming slapped the horse’s butt hard as soon as he finished speaking.
The well-trained war horse immediately rushed into the dense forest.
Zhuang Li was carried away with a backwards momentum, but once they rushed out four or five meters, he let go of the reins without hesitation and fell down. Fortunately, there were thick weeds on both sides of the road, and the soft blanket also played a certain role in cushioning, so he was not injured.
Le Zhengming was startled and ran over quickly, hugged the little curly-haired boy in his arms, and asked hurriedly: “Are you hurt? Where does it hurt? Be sure to tell me if it hurts!” He carefully but quickly checked the boy’s vital parts, a layer of cold sweat of fear appearing on his forehead.
Zhuang Li grabbed his collar tightly and said through gritted teeth: “Don’t even think about leaving me!”
“Aren’t you afraid? So I’ll give you a way out.” Le Zhengming held his delicate hand.
“Yes, I am afraid of death.” Zhuang Li wanted to be angry and laugh at the same time. He paused for a long time before saying, “But if I die with you, I don’t think it’s bad.”
“What do you mean?” Le Zhengming was stunned, his heart beating wildly.
Zhuang Li pushed him aside, climbed up, threw himself on his back, and ordered, “It means you must take me back! I will be wherever you are.”
Le Zhengming was still squatting on the ground motionless. A vague idea flashed through his mind, making him ecstatic but also terrified.
Zhuang Li strangled his neck and urged him impatiently: “Are you going to take me back or not? Look at me, am I handsome? There are wars everywhere now, and you are giving me so much gold and silver. Are you so sure that I won’t meet bad people?”
Le Zhengming’s body stiffened, and he immediately woke up. Yes, now the world was in chaos, rituals and laws had collapsed, and foreign tribes outside the Great Wei had invaded the Central Plains in large numbers. They were a group of wild beasts, killing and chopping anyone they saw, and beautiful men and women would be captured and raised like livestock by them.
The little curly-haired boy was extremely handsome. What would happen if he met those barbarians?
Le Zhengming didn’t dare to think too deeply, but he didn’t stand up immediately with the little curly-haired boy on his back. Instead, he said patiently, “Get off my back first.”
“I won’t.” Zhuang Li tightened his lover’s neck.
Le Zhengming almost couldn’t breathe, but he wasn’t angry at all, and even laughed softly. He could only hold Xiao Curly’s butt with one hand and fumble around on the ground with the other hand, until he finally found the blanket, threw it behind his back, wrapped it around Xiao Curly, and then stood up and walked forward.
It was chilly at night and he was afraid that the little curly-haired boy would catch a cold.
He didn’t dare to speak the whole way, fearing that his previous guess was just his own delusion.
Zhuang Li tilted his head to look at him, then blew gently on his hot ears.
Le Zhengming’s ears trembled and he almost fell down, but he didn’t say a word to stop him. So be it, let the little curly do whatever he wanted, he couldn’t control it anyway.
The warhorse ran in the woods for a while and then circled back, but Le Zhengming did not ride it. He liked to carry Xiao Curly on his back so he walked on the road that was swallowed by the darkness and seemed to have no end. In this way, time might be stretched very, very long…
However, as he was used to long-distance raids, he still returned to the camp within two quarters of an hour even while walking slowly.
The two of them lay back down on the couch.
Zhuang Li rolled into Le Zhengming’s arms naturally and said dazedly, “Go to sleep.”
In the first half of the night, Le Zhengming placed a quilt between the two of them, and slept straight, not daring to move. But now, he couldn’t control his hands that wanted to hug the little curly-haired boy, nor could he control his heart that was beating rapidly for this person.
He frowned tightly for a while, then raised the corners of his lips, and thought about it for a long time before falling into a light sleep.
At the same time, Zhuang Li was having a dream with dim light and black and white tones.
In his dream, he looked through a thin crack in a door into a dim room. A woman with long hair was being pinned to the ground by a tall and strong man. A piece of white silk was quickly put on her and then tightened.
The woman’s slender neck was pulled backward by the white silk, making a creepy breaking sound.
Her eyes, opened wide in despair, met the eyes of Zhuang Li behind the door, and she shed two lines of red tears, then shouted silently: “Li’er, run!”
The man strangled the woman’s fragile neck fiercely, the veins on his forehead throbbing, muscles on the sides of his cheeks tensing, and his face twisted with murderous intent was as ferocious as a demon. If he could, he would have wanted to break the woman’s head.
Zhuang Li was clearly a bystander, and had never met the woman, but a hatred enough to destroy the world and a chilling fear surged in his heart. He wanted to obey the woman and escape from this terrible nightmare, but he was kicked hard in the back.
This forced him to slam into the dim murder scene.
The man was not surprised to see him, but the woman died in despair and unwillingness. Her cracked eye sockets continued to ooze blood and tears, until her eyeballs almost fell out. She died with her eyes open.
Zhuang Li slumped on the ground, his heart aching as if it were being cut by a thousand knives.
A tall young man came out from behind him and said with a smile, “Dad, he was peeking from outside.”
The man let go of the white silk and threw the woman’s body with a broken neck aside casually, saying in a light tone: “Send him to join the army, so that he can at least die with dignity.”
“I understand, Dad.” The young man bowed and turned around, revealing a face that was 70% similar to Zhuang Li’s.
He raised the corners of his lips and smiled gently, but in Zhuang Li’s eyes he looked like a giant python with its bloody mouth wide open and its forked tongue spitting out, almost capable of eating people.
Boundless fear exploded in Zhuang Li’s heart. The next second, he opened his eyes, only to find that he was tightly held in his lover’s arms, and his cold and trembling back was being patted by the other person over and over again.
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