Chapter 717 "Subway Station"

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Not long after the two left, Xia Fan suddenly heard a rustling sound outside the window.

Rats? Wild cats?

No... This is much louder. This is the second floor and the core area of ​​the villa. There shouldn't be any strange things.

Xia Fan immediately became alert. He walked to the window sideways, gently opened the bolt, pushed open the window leaf, and the streamer in his hand was ready to go.

Then he saw a pair of big furry ears.

Looking down, Li Zheng was squatting on the window sill, chewing the chopped green onion pancake in his hand. Seeing Xia Fan appear, she was not surprised at all, and raised the pancake, "Do you want to eat?"

Xia Fan was stunned for a moment before he couldn't help laughing, "Why are you here?"

After saying that, he also took a bite of the pancake.

"I sneaked out." Li also had a sly smile on her face. "Although the Venerable asked me to accompany her all the way, he didn't say that I couldn't move freely even if I fell asleep."

"If you don't like to accompany her, you can refuse." Xia Fan said.

In fact, the Venerable Shengtian did not agree to the last request on the spot, but gave the choice to Li himself, saying that "the transaction cannot be based on forcing Li's will." Slightly surprising, the Venerable did not express any dissatisfaction, but looked somewhat appreciative.

"I don't hate that person," Li breathed a sigh of relief. "To be honest, that person seems indifferent, but he is quite caring in his heart. But I haven't seen you for such a long time, and I also want to see you." At this point, she raised her eyebrows, "Don't you want to see me?"

"No, of course I want to see you." Xia Fan said decisively.

"That's it." Li jumped onto the window sill and sat next to Xia Fan with his legs crossed. "Having me accompany you to chat, isn't it more detailed than looking at those scrolls?"

She noticed all this?

"When did you come?"

"I arrived about half an hour ago." Li shook his tail. "I wanted to use illusion to sneak attack you to see if you are still as vigilant as before, but I didn't expect a guest to come."

It's okay... Xia Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

Since Li grew a second tail, the influence of illusion has been more than a little stronger than before, and even he can easily fall into it without precaution. As for those illusions... I don't know if Li was affected by me, the content is more and more realistic, either romantic and erotic, or eerie and terrifying, either of which can easily make him lose his composure.

If Princess Muye happens to visit at this time, it will be embarrassing.

"You sneaked out so early, aren't you worried that Venerable Shengtian will find out?"

"Don't worry," Li smiled proudly, "She won't find out."

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When Li Mengyun passed by Li's room, she noticed that the door was not closed, and the light under the door was very weak, as if only the flame of an oil lamp was swaying.

Has she fallen asleep?

The door was not even closed tightly. This child... really doesn't look like a demon. His vigilance is too low.

Or is it because this is Jinxia that she is so relaxed?

Thinking of this, Li Mengyun couldn't help but stretch out her hand to slightly open the door and take a look inside - there was obviously a figure lying on the bed in the inn's wing room, with the quilt curled up into a ball, only a small part of the tail exposed outside. The oil lamp on the bedside was not extinguished yet, but it was about to dry up. The flame flickered and jumped, indicating that darkness was about to come.

She really fell asleep.

From Jinxia to Ganzhou to explore, and then from Baiyao Mountain all the way back to Shenzhou, she was probably tired. Li Mengyun smiled, leaned against the door frame and looked at the other person for a long time - the scene in front of her made her unconsciously return to more than ten years ago, when Li always asked her to watch over him before he could fall asleep, otherwise he would crawl around looking for her. Now that she has grown up, not only has she not been arrested by the Privy Council, but she has found a safe place to live. It can be said that this result is better than the best case scenario she expected.

This thought also made Li Mengyun feel a little bitter.

Because during this process, Li had no memory of her.

She could do nothing but leave.

Even from a certain perspective, if she insisted on keeping Li by her side, the result would most likely be worse.

"Have a good rest." Li Mengyun whispered and closed the door.

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Three days later, the princess's envoy team quietly left Jinxia City without any publicity. Except for Xia Fan and Ning Wanjun, the main members of the Privy Council of the Affairs Bureau were almost all elite, leaving only Wei Huang, Yu Linglong and Du Ye Long in the city.

Because the Salvation Church also carried a large amount of supplies sold by Jinxia when going to Ganzhou, the journey was much slower than when they came, and it took almost a week to reach Baili Town.

Compared to when I left, this remote town has undergone tremendous changes.

The Jinxia Army took over the governance of the town with almost no effort, and established a small branch of the Affairs Bureau in this area. There are several Jinxia Army camps around the town, and the total number of garrisons has reached more than 2,000, far exceeding the need to guard a small town.

It was the first time for the locals to see such a big battle, and they were afraid to go out at first. However, the Jinxia Army strictly prohibited harassing the locals, and the Affairs Branch hired people to repair roads and smooth traffic with a salary far higher than the local salary level. After several contacts, everyone soon discovered that this army was very different from the previous Ganzhou Army.

So when Venerable Shengtian returned to Baili Town, he found that the residents here had become one with the Jinxia troops. Not only did they no longer flee when they saw the "military master", but they would take the initiative to come up and ask if there was any new work to do.

This is completely different from their attitude towards the Salvation Church.

"Your Highness's way of managing the army is indeed different from others," Venerable Shengtian sighed, "It can only be said that the Ten States Coalition's defeat was not unfair."

Ning Wanjun smiled, "This is actually not my credit. It was Xia Fan who formulated the military discipline and the management regulations of the Affairs Bureau."

"So it's you..." The Venerable was surprised, "How did you do this?"

"It's actually not complicated." Xia Fan told him frankly, "Just treat other people as human beings."

Venerable Shengtian was unable to continue for a while.

Treating people as human beings... This sentence seems to be nonsense, but the experienced Li Mengyun deeply understands how difficult it is to do this.

For most superiors, the people are just medicine for them to pursue great undertakings.

Passing through the mountains and forests of Baili Town, Xia Fan finally saw the rumored secret tunnel.

The moment he stepped into the hall, he couldn't help but shiver.

"What's wrong with you?" Li asked with concern.

"No. Nothing." Xia Fan took a deep breath and calmed his breathing. The scene before him was almost a standard "subway station", except that it did not have bright light tubes and colorful advertising columns, and the rest benches were no longer made of stainless steel and plastic - everything he saw, from the stairs to the platform, was cut from stone.