The little village girl dressed as a disaster star led the whole village astray

After breakfast, Zhang Hao began to arrange for people to pack their bags and prepare to set off.

It did rain heavily last night, but fortunately the rain stopped and it was sunny this morning, which was perfect for traveling.

After everything was ready, Zhang Hao went to the second floor to call Li Xi. Li Xi came down from the second floor with him, got on the carriage, and continued their journey home.

They traveled day and night for another three days. During these days, except for eating and going to the toilet, Li Xi stayed in the car all the time.

Finally, when she felt she was going to collapse, they finally stepped into the border area.

Looking at the familiar rugged buildings and the familiar attire of the people passing by, Li Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief, as they had finally arrived.

She was almost torn apart along the way.

Although the road has been repaired and the carriage has been equipped with shock-absorbing measures, they were in a hurry to travel. She lay in the carriage, shaking so much that her eyes were wide open.

"Zhang Hao." Li Xi lifted the curtain and shouted outside.

Zhang Hao heard it and rode in, "Miss, what's wrong?"

Li Xi took a look at the environment outside. Although the environment was familiar, the place was really unfamiliar.

"How long will it take to get to Jiayuguan?"

"If we go at full speed, it will probably only take an hour." Zhang Hao replied.

Upon hearing this, Li Xi squinted his eyes and looked up at the sun in the sky. Well, looking at the sun, it is probably around two o'clock in the afternoon now. An hour is two hours, so it will be around four or five o'clock.

"We'll be there soon. Don't worry. Just go at your normal speed."

Anyway, we can get there today, it doesn't matter if we get there an hour earlier or later. The long journey really made Li Xi uncomfortable.

"Yes."

Zhang Hao did not reject her proposal. The general told him when he left that he should follow Miss Li's instructions on the way back and must not disobey them.

After Zhang Hao left, Li Xi withdrew her hand that was about to open the curtain and let it slide down in front of her eyes, blocking out the light from outside. The carriage became an enclosed environment again.

Li Xi leaned back weakly and collapsed on the "bed" covered with thick mattress and quilt. She turned over and hugged the pillow beside her, frowned as she was rocked, and then fell asleep.

When Li Xi came out of the bumpy ride again, the carriage suddenly stopped.

Li Xi simply tidied up her hair and clothes which had become messy from sleeping, lifted the curtain and looked outside, and the familiar city wall appeared before her.

The gray city wall reinforced with cement looks like a giant beast. In the center of the city gate is a high stone plaque with the inscription - Jiayuguan.

"I'm finally back." Li Xi's lips curled slightly.

It was already dark outside and the sun had already set. Li Xi didn't know that at this time, the gates of Jiayuguan would close at sunset, so the gate of the tower in front of him was tightly closed.

Seeing the closed gate, Li Xi's mouth froze and the smile on his face disappeared instantly. It's over. He forgot about closing the city gate.

The truth is that she has never come back so late before.

Li Xi thought: This city gate should not be opened casually, right? Just like only urgent memorials of 800 miles can be sent in immediately and presented to the emperor, no matter what the emperor is doing, he must wait in line.

"Miss, please be patient. I will go and negotiate." Zhang Hao comforted Li Xi and went to knock on the door.

The knocking on the door was quite loud late at night, so it quickly attracted the attention of the soldiers guarding the city.

The soldier holding a spear looked down from the city wall with a serious face, "The city gate has been locked. If you have any business, please come early tomorrow."

Zhang Hao took two steps back and took out a token from his arms, "Zhang Hao, deputy general of the Zhenbei Army, please open the city gate."

The soldiers recognized the token in Zhang Hao's hand, but they did not immediately open the city gate to let them in. Instead, they rushed down and shouted "Wait", and then trotted to find the captain.

After listening to the report from his men, the captain of the city defense team hurried to the city wall, holding up a lantern and looking down with squinted eyes.

"Zhang Hao?" The captain of the city defense team recognized that the person holding the token was Zhang Hao.

"It's me, Lao Chen?"

Zhang Hao also recognized the captain of the city defense team above. He was a colleague of his before. They were in the same team at that time. However, he was later injured on the battlefield. Although his life was not in danger, after the injury, his body could not keep up with the strength of their team. Later, he came to the city wall as a guard soldier.

"Wait." Old Chen said these two words and hurriedly took people to open the door.

Li Xi leaned back in the carriage and watched the city gate slowly open before her eyes.

Just now, the "Old Chen" was quite far away in the city wall, so she could not see his appearance clearly. But now that she was closer, she could see clearly that the man looked to be about the same age as Zhang Hao, but a little more vicissitudes of life than him, with red and bloodshot eyes and a full beard.

"Why are you returning to the city at this hour? You must be in a hurry. Go quickly."

Lao Chen made way, and the soldiers following him did the same, making way for them to pass.

Old Chen knew that if Zhang Hao didn't have something important to do, he wouldn't have used the token to let him open the door. Something must have happened in the Zhenbei Army.

Well, I have to say, this is a beautiful misunderstanding.

Seeing Lao Chen like this, Zhang Hao knew that he had misunderstood, but he did not explain. He couldn't say that he asked him to come down to open the city gate late at night just to escort people into the city.

If I were to say something, given Lao Chen's personality, he would definitely accuse me of not knowing the difference between the important and the unimportant and of abusing my power for personal gain. He was such a stubborn person, so, he said nothing, just nodded silently, and waved to the team behind him to follow.

Old Chen stood at the back and watched Zhang Hao and his team enter the city gate. Then he asked the soldiers to close the city gate and lock it again.

Li Xi had slept enough in the afternoon and was now without pajamas. She leaned against the window, looking at the night view outside with boredom.

Jiayuguan seemed a little quiet late at night. The surroundings were shrouded in darkness, but because of the bright moon, the light was not too dark.

Li Xi lazily looked at the moon hanging in the sky, and suddenly understood why the moon represented thoughts in the eyes of so many poets.

Who by the river saw the moon for the first time? When did Jiang Yue shine on people? Life is endless from generation to generation, and the moon and river look alike every year.

The moon in the sky has not changed for thousands and tens of thousands of years, but how many people have existed in this world during these thousands and tens of thousands of years.

The moon in the sky remains the same for tens of millions of years, but the people who see it have changed from generation to generation.

Is the moon I see now the same as the moon in another time and space thousands of years later?

Maybe it was because of the special time today. In such an atmosphere, Li Xi was unusually fragile and became a little sentimental.

"Miss, we're here." The carriage stopped.

Li Xi also collected his wandering thoughts, lifted the curtain and was about to get off the carriage, when he saw a tall figure standing in front of his house, holding a lantern in his hand.

The warm red light reflected in Li Xi's eyes, and she smiled.