It was quiet outside the tent, and the sentries and patrolling soldiers everywhere did not disrupt order because the commander returned to camp late at night.
But Meng Lie still felt that the noise in his ears was extremely noisy. The sound of wind, torches, distant vegetation, the land under his feet, and even the surging night seemed to have shapes and lives. They were intermingled with turbulent sounds, and they could not help but explain.
The rush of earth invaded his senses.
Meng Lie relied on his memory from the day to determine the direction and walked quickly towards the camp gate.
When he was about to reach the camp gate, two guards blocked his way with long guns in their hands: "Your Excellency is leaving the camp late at night. Do you have any military orders?"
Meng Lie subconsciously stretched out his hand to grasp the barrel of a spear. He looked forward and saw the sentry guards outside the camp saluting one after another, and a group of people returning from the night gradually slowed down.
"Coach!"
"Congratulations to the coach to return to camp!"
The firelight was swaying on both sides of the camp gate, and the leading girl, wearing a green robe, came on horseback.
Meng Lie clutched the barrel of his gun for a moment, looking steadily at the approaching man and horse.
Chang Suining took a closer look by the firelight, and there was some surprise and uncertainty in his eyes.
Immediately, she changed to holding the reins with one hand and raised the other hand to signal.
The two soldiers understood, immediately retracted their spears, moved to both sides, and saluted Chang Suining.
There were no soldiers to stop him, but Meng Lie did not move. He stood there and watched the tall and strong brown horse approaching with its owner.
The noisy sounds in Meng Lie's ears disappeared, the world fell into silence, and instead, endless turbulent memories of the old days came towards him.
Thanks to the darkness of the night, he could not clearly see the face of the girl on the horseback in front of him. Her facial features were blurred by the night, but the aura around her became increasingly invisible.
The aura with a strong personal soul background gradually made the girl and the old master in Meng Lie's mind overlap.
Meng Lie felt the heaven and earth turning upside down in a trance. He tried his best to stabilize his body, so he looked stiff and solemn.
Seeing that he was blocking the road and motionless, Chang Suining dismounted in front of him.
Behind her, shepherd's purse, He Wuhu, Tang Xing and others also dismounted.
"...Suining is back!" At this time, Chang Kuo, wearing a coat, came after hearing the news.
Chang Suining glanced at Meng Lie, who was standing still, and then looked at Chang Kuo, with questions in his eyes.
Chang Kuo hurriedly approached, stood between the two of them, and explained with a voice that the three of them could hear: "...Meng Dong's family just arrived yesterday. They went to the Governor's Mansion first, and then came to the camp!"
As he spoke, he looked at His Royal Highness with a look that said, "I didn't say anything."
"I didn't expect that Meng Dong's family would come here in person." Chang Sui Ning said, "Please go in and talk."
Meng Lie tightly controlled the turmoil in his heart and nodded slightly.
Chang Suining handed over the reins of his return to Ah Zhi.
Chang Kuo followed Chang Sui Ning and said as he walked: "I originally thought that it would take at least three to five days for you to come back. But is it worthwhile to come back so quickly?"
"Let's talk after we go in." Chang Suining answered and turned around subconsciously, only to see Meng Lie still standing in the same place, seemingly unable to recover.
Chang Kuo looked over, shouted, and waved to Meng Lie. Meng Lie then took steps and slowly followed.
Chang Suining asked Tang Xing and the others to go down and have a rest, and they would discuss things in the morning. Everyone agreed, bowed and left.
Inside the tent, Xi'er had already lit the lamp and was busy making tea.
Chang Kuo happened to have a dry mouth and took the tea cup from Xi'er.
Xi'er was just about to give another cup to his girl when she heard the girl say: "You can go and guard outside the tent for now."
Xi'er agreed and retreated with the other two women's soldiers in the tent.
Seeing Chang Kuo standing and drinking tea without moving, Chang Suining added another word: "Dad, please go back and rest first."
Chang Kuo suddenly said "Oh" and said hurriedly: "Okay."
He glanced at Meng Lie and walked out.
After leaving the tent, Chang Kuo realized that he was still holding a teacup in his hand. He looked back at the military tent behind him, but he didn't go in again, so he left the place while drinking tea.
In the tent, Chang Suining took off the sword from his waist, hung it up casually, and walked to the back of the table where the chief was sitting, while saying: "Dong Meng, please sit down and talk. There is no need to be restrained."
Meng Lie didn't seem to hear her words. He quietly looked at the sword hanging above the orchids.
That was Sunday.
His Highness's sun appeared in the hands of "others". He should have felt offended for His Highness, but at this moment, he had no such feelings at all. Instead...
His Highness once said that both horses and swords have spirituality. They just cannot speak, but that does not prevent them from establishing a deep bond with their masters.
At this moment, Meng Lie looked at the sun and seemed to be able to feel the sense of belonging around him.
This sense of belonging seemed to have some kind of inspirational power, and it was also conveyed to him silently, allowing him to touch a long-lost sense of home.
Meng Lie's eyes moistened at some point. He moved his gaze away from Yaori and looked at the girl who had sat down behind the tables. She was sitting cross-legged, with an upright posture and a calm demeanor.
While looking at each other, Meng Lie opened his mouth. It took a while before he could make a sound.
He does not need to test him, and if His Highness is not Chang Kuo and His Highness is not A Dian, he cannot test His Highness...
So at this moment, he could only make the voice that most followed his heart. The voice sounded hoarse and trembling, without any sound of crying, but it seemed like he was sobbing——
"Your Highness, it's you... right?"
Monlena asked in the simplest and most straightforward words.
Chang Suining looked at him and said nothing for a moment.
She wrote to Meng Lie with the intention of testing him. She thought about many possibilities. Meng Lie would come to Jiangdu in person, which was one of the many possibilities.
Because there were too many uncertainties and unknowns, she had not originally thought about whether to recognize Meng Lie, but at this moment...
Chang Suining looked at Meng Lie's tearful questioning eyes, and then at his pale temples.
It's not just the blade that can cut people, but also the tears and gray hair of old friends.
For a moment, Chang Suining's eyes finally fell silent, and she stared at Meng Lie quietly, just like before.
The tears in Meng Lie's eyes instantly turned into raging tears.
The night wind shuttled back and forth outside the camp, and seemed to penetrate his body, taking away the last trace of dust in his heart that concealed the truth.
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Put your hands on the ground, lower your upper body tremblingly, and crawl down step by step until your forehead touches the ground.
He was speechless, but there was no need to say anything more, only tears welling up silently.
Chang Suining looked at Meng Lie, his mood was complicated for a moment.
She had an experience that ordinary people could not imagine. When she returned to this world, she was once at a loss. Yuchi's betrayal and Yu Zeng's suspicion made her even more aware of the unpredictable nature of the human heart.
In addition to being on guard, she has always believed that after being dead for more than ten years, she should not selfishly disrupt everyone's existing life once she comes back.
So at first she didn't intend to get to know anyone.
He confessed to Wujue because of the formation in the Heavenly Lady Tower and the Empress's temptation.
She recognized Chang Kuo because she was determined to return to the battlefield at that time, and in such a familiar environment, she was destined to not be able to hide it from Chang Kuo for too long. Moreover, she and Chang Kuo were in a dangerous situation, so they should go together.
OK.
As for Meng Lie, she had never had the opportunity to contact him since he came back, and her understanding of Meng Lie was limited to endless reports.
She was very grateful to learn that Meng Lie had retrieved the secret technique for her, but after all, it was an old move more than ten years ago. She could not blindly claim to be her old master and self-righteously believed that Meng Lie should be waiting for her where he was.
This time she only showed the half of the token without saying anything directly, just to test Meng Lie's reaction and then act on her own initiative.
She now needed to get back the private property she had left in Dengtai Tower. Because she was not sure of Meng Lie's attitude, she was originally prepared to use the half token to get only half of it, and she thought of many countermeasures.
…
But now...
Seeing Meng Lie like this, Chang Sui Ning suddenly felt ashamed in his heart.
Her vigilance and planning, in the face of such pure loyalty, seemed...she seemed like a very different person.
Chang Suining, who felt that he was nothing, stood up from behind the table, walked over, bent slightly, took one of Meng Lie's arms, and helped him up.
Meng Lie's face was full of tears, and his forehead was stained with dust, mixed with tears, and looked a bit messy.
When he raised his head in such embarrassment and shed tears, when he looked into the bright eyes above his head, he suddenly seemed to have returned to that night more than twenty years ago.
That night, the moonlight was clear, the wind was blowing and the insects were chirping, and he was reborn...and this night, how could it be the same?
Chang Suining helped him stand up and said warmly: "Come, sit down with me and talk."
Meng Lie wiped his tears and showed a dazed smile: "No, I can just stand... I have sat too much in the past few years. It is difficult for me to stand and talk today..."
In recent years, as the boss of Dengtai Tower in the capital, he has always been treated with courtesy. There are very few people who can let him stand and talk, and there are no more people who can make him stand and talk willingly.
Chang Sui Ning also showed a smile: "So, you have lived a good life these years?"
"Yes..." A more genuine smile appeared on Meng Lie's face: "Your Majesty, I am sorry that I have lived a good life these years."
Chang Suining's smile did not diminish, her eyes fell on his temples, and her voice lowered: "That's good."
Sensing his old master's gaze, Meng Lie said in surprise: "This subordinate is just old."
"You are only in your early forties, you are a round younger than Lao Chang. How old are you?" Chang Suining roughly guessed the reason for his gray hair, so he said with shame: "It's my fault that I have to talk to you today."
See you."
Meng Lie was flattered and said quickly: "Your Highness's words are serious, how could it be wrong for Your Highness -"
Chang Suining twitched the corner of his mouth in self-disgust and smiled bitterly: "The more you act like this, the more I feel that I am really nothing."
Meng Lie hurriedly took a step back, bent down and saluted: "Your Majesty, if you disgrace yourself, your ministers should die! Your Highness, please don't disgrace yourself!"
Chang Suining looked at him, still looking the same.
Meng Dongjia, who was running an intelligence building for her outside, was always so stubborn that he refused to change when in front of her.
Meng Lie lowered his figure lower and said seriously: "It is a great blessing that His Highness can come back safely. His Highness has not summoned his subordinates before, so he must have had his own thoughts."
"Even if Your Highness was suspicious of his subordinates, it was just as it should be. Your Highness is still on guard. This is good."
Speaking of this, Meng Lie's voice contained a hint of uncontrollable choking, and he was even more pleased: "If Your Highness can be more vigilant, my subordinates will feel more at ease..."
Having had such an experience, he knows better than anyone the importance of always being alert. Being alert is for self-protection. Those who are alert will not be harmed easily, and he does not want His Highness to fall into any dangerous situations again.
Who is His Highness? His Highness is admired by all the people, and he relies on more than just two words of benevolence. Without edge and armor, there is no way for His Highness to ascend to the position of crown prince, let alone achieve the world-famous Xuance
Army general.
If His Highness can be easily emotional and do risky things when unnecessary, then he is not Your Highness.
This is what Your Highness should be like. This is what makes His Highness different from ordinary people, not a fault.
He could sense His Highness's guilt at the moment, and he felt honored and terrified, but——
Meng Lie still maintained his posture of bowing and saluting: "Loyalty to my subordinates is the responsibility, and what is within the scope of my duties is what makes Your Highness worthy of our loyal following. But loyalty is not a soft knife to force Your Highness to treat each other with guilt. If so,
Then, this subordinate shall die."
Chang Suining took a step forward, held his elbow, and sighed helplessly: "In these few sentences, you have mentioned the word "death" so many times. You don't think it's unlucky, I don't think so."
"Yes, my subordinates should..." Meng Lie's words came to his lips and he swallowed them.
Seeing his thin appearance and the lines at the corners of his eyes, Chang Sui Ning said: "Okay, just sit down when I ask you to sit down. Just follow my orders."
Meng Lie hesitated for a moment and then agreed. Just when he was about to take his seat, he suddenly thought of something and said, "Your Highness, please wait a moment. I have something in the tent. Please go back and get it!"
Seeing that he seemed very nervous about this, Chang Suining's eyes brightened slightly and he nodded: "Okay, then go quickly."
"yes!"
Meng Lie quickly exited, and soon returned with something in his arms.
Meng Lie held it up with both hands and handed it to Chang Suining.
Chang Suining took it. It was heavy and wrapped in black cloth, like a box.
"What is this?" Chang Suining asked "knowingly."
Meng Lie lowered his voice: "These are your bones."
Chang Suining: "?"
Not a banknote or a key to a vault?
And this thing...
Holding her own remains, she must be the first person in the world, right?
Chang Suining, who was overjoyed for nothing, subconsciously asked: "...the piece that was enshrined in the Goddess Tower before?"
"Exactly, Your Highness has already entered the Tower of the Goddess?"
Chang Suining said "hmm" and asked doubtfully: "Did you steal it? Why do you carry this with you?"
"After Wu Jue's death, my subordinates did not know that His Highness had returned, so they dared to steal His Highness's remains and wanted to go to the Western Regions to seek new secret techniques." Meng Lie explained: "Now that His Highness is back, it is time to return them to His Highness. Already."
Chang Sui would rather throw it away or hold it, so he can only put it aside temporarily.
Speaking of the secret technique, she thanked Meng Lie: "Without you and Wu Jue, I wouldn't be able to stand here right now."
Mentioning Wujue again at this moment, Meng Lie only felt gratitude and admiration in his heart: "My subordinates didn't do anything, they just went to the Western Regions. His Highness was able to come back only because Wujue risked his life to start the battle and sacrificed his life. "
Now that he mentioned this, Chang Sui Ning told him truthfully: "Wu Jue is still alive."
