Chapter 81(1/2)
"Like to see the stars?"
Xie Ze looked at Li Ran with his chin against his knees and looked up at the starry sky.
"Well, I didn't have anything to see when I was a child, just look at the stars." Li Ran looked at Xie Ze from the starry sky.
When she was a child, she didn't watch TV... Well, even if she had TV, she also liked to watch the stars.
Sitting alone, imagining that every shining is a world, how magical that world is, as if the entire starry sky is her own, it is very enjoyable and interesting.
"Mr. Huang is good to you?" Xie Ze was silent for a moment and asked at Li Ran.
Li Ran was stunned for a moment before she realized that Mr. Huang was the one who took care of the deaf woman before.
"It's great, I taught me a lot."
Li Ran looked at her small and tender hands, at least, they took good care of her in life.
"Well, she taught you very well. Mr. Huang moved away from you and passed away half a year later.
Tao Zhong held her in a nunnery and gave her enough money, and was very dedicated in food, medicine, and daily care.
Several nuns who had taken care of her said that she was very peaceful when she left.
You may be very at ease, and your character is well maintained."
Li Ran listened intently, remained silent for a moment, and asked quietly: "Have you ever met Tao Zhong? What kind of person is he?"
"Well, Tao Zhong arrived in the capital. After the Chang'an Hou saw him, he handed him to me.
He was already very ill and died three days later. Following his last wish, he was cremated and scattered his ashes into the Bian River."
Xie Ze looked at Li Ran.
"Tao Zhong said that your mother was cremated, and he said that your mother's will lift the ashes into the wind and transformed them between heaven and earth."
Li Ran didn't say anything, and after a while, she sighed softly.
"Tao Zhong has been with Renzong since he was a child. He has been in the 20s and has been in the custody department. He is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable." Xie Ze continued.
"What's going on with Princess Leping's glass of wine? Who changed it?" Li Ran asked at Xie Ze.
"The emperor also wants to know. I asked Tao Zhong, but he kept silent."
Xie Ze met Li Ran's gaze and for a moment, his voice fell down.
"Tao Zhong has a very high opinion of himself, Jian Mingrui, is the one who calls you the eldest son He. I am afraid that Tao Zhong will not be able to instruct him. He is not in Tao Zhong's eyes at all."
"Can it be, Tao Zhong?" Li Ran asked very carefully.
"I don't think so." Xie Ze looked at Li Ran and was silent for a moment before answering. "Tao Zhong was extremely self-disciplined and loyal to Renzong. He was very indifferent to life and death."
After a pause, Xie Ze continued: "The Emperor said that when Rong'an City was broken, he was very indifferent to life and death, and the Emperor respected him very much."
"Then," Li Ran sighed softly, "It can only be, Leping..."
"It's all over." Xie Ze interrupted Li Ran.
"Yeah." Li Ran said softly, her head tilted to her knees, and sighed again.
If it was because Princess Leping was afraid of death, she would have paid enough price because of her temporary cowardice. Indeed, it was all over.
When the fish belly turned pale in the distance, the torch in front stopped, Xiqing, who was walking in front, pulled back and bowed to report: "General, the car ahead can't get through."
"Well, get out of the car." Xie Ze ordered.
Baihu roared lowly and stood up before the car board was set up.
Xie Ze quickly stretched out his arm and wrapped it around the white tiger's neck, comforting it with a low voice, "Don't be anxious, wait until they are ready, it's almost here, don't be anxious."
Li Ran jumped out of the car first, watched as several tiger servants set up the board, Baihu got out of the car, walked forward a few steps, and roared.
Xie Ze looked back at Li Ran. Without waiting for him to speak, Li Ran took a few steps and approached him, "I'll be with you!"
Xie Ze hesitated for a moment and nodded softly.
Xie Ze followed the white tiger and put his hands on the white tiger's head. Li Ran walked on the other side of Xie Ze, looking at the aging white tiger from front of Xie Ze, feeling indescribable.
The attendants held the horses and stayed in place, watching the two tigers walking slowly.
Shinan, with the servants, the tiger servants, and the outer guards, scattered around.
"From the time I arrived in the capital, I walked with it and walked through the surrounding mountains and forests. It likes this area the most, and this area is its place."
Xie Ze stroked the white tiger, looking around in the dark dawn, as if he was talking to Li Ran, or as if he was talking to the white tiger.
"When he was seven years old, we met a female tiger right in front of us. The tiger was very fierce and bit his shoulders and bleeding, but it didn't ask me to help."
Xie Ze patted the White Tiger on the head, and the White Tiger growled.
"That time, we were delayed here for nearly a month. It followed the tigress and refused to go back, so I accompanied it, walked everywhere, walked inside, and walked far away.
At that time, I thought, if it wants to stay here and doesn’t want to go back to human places, then let it stay here.
But later, I stopped following it, and it stopped following the tigress.
well."
Xie Ze sighed softly.
"I kept some people to take care of the tigress. When I came again, I took it to find the tigress. I could find it every time I came, and it was very happy."
Xie Ze gently caresses the white tiger.
"The tiger later gave birth to four little tigers, and then three more, but unfortunately there were no white tigers.
This area has been going thousands of miles in, and these tigers are all their families. We are going home, aren’t we?”
Xie Ze looked at the white tiger and scratched the white tiger's head. The white tiger roared, as if responding to Xie Ze, and then stopped and roared.
There was a roar in the distance, and after another, another echoed from all directions.
Li Ran subconsciously approached Xie Ze and reached out to grab his sleeve.
"It's okay." Xie Ze comforted Li Ran and looked down at Baihu.
Baihu stood up, raised his head, slowly sucked something, enjoying himself.
It's already very bright.
Baihu turned his head, roared at Xie Ze, and turned around and moved forward.
Xie Ze signaled Li Ran to stop following. Li Ran stopped. Seeing Xie Ze just followed two steps, Bai Hu stopped and turned around to Xie Ze and showed his teeth. He growled, obviously not allowing Xie Ze to follow it again.
Xie Ze Dai stood up and watched the white tiger slowly walk forward.
The white tiger walked one or two feet away, suddenly stopped, turned around, looked at Xie Ze, and walked back.
Xie Ze rushed forward quickly, knelt on the ground, and reached out to hug the Baihu.
Baihu held his head up, broke away from Xie Ze's arm, turned around him, stuck out his tongue, licked Xie Ze's face gently twice, turned around and never looked back.
Xie Ze supported the ground with both hands and cried bitterly.
Li Ran walked behind Xie Ze, squatted down next to Xie Ze, and watched the white tiger walking further and further away, watching it disappear into the mountains.
I don’t know how long it took, through the gaps between the leaves, the sunlight fell straight to the ground, on Li Ran and Xie Ze.
"It's cold on the ground, get up." Xie Ze turned his head stiffly and looked at Li Ran sitting next to him.
"Yes." Li Ran patted her legs and supported the ground with both hands, but failed to stand up.
Xie Ze stood up stiffly, bent down, and reached out to pull Li Ran up.
The two stood for a while, and when the blood of their numb legs was unblocked, Xie Ze raised his foot forward, walked a few steps, stood and turned around, looking extremely confused, just finding a direction at will, walking forward, but walking very fast.
Li Ran walked away and ran away, caught up with Xie Ze, and reached out to hold Xie Ze's sleeve.
She will go wherever he goes!
Li Ran followed Xie Ze, in the rarely visited mountains and forests, and walked forward until the sun sets westward. He reached a hill with a cliff in front of him. Xie Ze stopped, faced the mountain wind, and stood with his hands down.
Li Ran narrowed her eyes and looked at the falling sunset. Under the afterglow of the sunset, the golden mountains were illuminated, and took a deep breath.
A mountain wind blew, and Li Ran shivered.
On this day, she walked away and ran away, and her sweat was wet for countless times. Later, her mouth and tongue were dry, and the sun set, and she gradually became colder. The sweat no longer came out, but her clothes were already covered with sweat alkali and could no longer dry.
Xie Ze turned around and looked at Li Ran with a frown slightly. After a moment, he stretched out his hand, held Li Ran's cold hand, lowered his head, and stayed for a while, sighed, "Go back, you're going to be frost-sick."
Li Ran nodded.
Xie Ze turned around, took two steps back, raised his hand, looked at the sleeve that was tightly held in his hand by Li Ran, patted Li Ran's hand, and signaled her to let go.
Li Ran let go, Xie Ze raised his hand, looked at the sleeves that were pulled by Li Ran into a loose ball, and was stunned for a moment, and sighed again.
The two of them walked forward and not far from down the cliff, they saw Shinan and Zhou E standing under an ancient and huge locust tree.
Xie Ze paused slightly, stared at Shinan, and ordered: "Go back."
"Yes!" Shinan immediately responded, blew a sharp whistle, and informed everyone to gather.
Zhou E took two steps forward, looked Li Ran, took two steps back, followed behind with her hands behind her back.
The way out of the mountains and forests is not the way they have walked. Of course, Li Ran doesn't remember what the way they have walked is. After she walked this day, she didn't look at the road at all. She grabbed Xie Ze and looked at him. Anyway, she would go wherever he went.
To be continued...