The Year of Lihua: She Was Reborn

"When we were in the mountains, I told you to study magic properly, but you ignored me and spent the whole day playing and joking around with your fellow apprentices. Now you realize how much you regret not having learned enough!"

Chen Le tilted his head slightly, and his originally reserved eyes were now flashing with a glimmer of disappointment as he stared closely at the person in front of him.

"This... Senior Brother Chen Le is absolutely right! Now that things have come to this, it's too late to regret! But after all, I am the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple appointed by the Emperor of Western Chu. You should at least give me some face and not lecture me like you did in Qingshan Sect."

Zuo Yun tensed up and quickly moved away from Chen Le, while keeping some distance between them.

"Hmph! How can you still have the dignity to face the eldest brother? This is the bitter fruit of your daily lack of effort. If you can practice diligently, you can save more people..."

Seeing Chen Le acting like a superior senior brother, Zuo Yun suddenly felt that something was wrong. He thought to himself, "I have been a disciple for more than five years. Why are you still scolding me like a junior brother?"

"Brother Chen Le, there are still some matters in our army that have not been properly handled. I will be back soon and ask you for some advice..."

Before Zuo Yun could finish his words, Zuo Nian just walked out of the inn. He heard some of their conversation and interrupted them.

"Zuo Shaoqing, we still need to go to the City Lord's Mansion and ask the City Lord to open Qicheng's reserve granary. The food we moved from the rice shop last time is almost gone!"

Zuo Nian slowly walked up to them, clasped his hands together and bowed to Chen Le, then continued, "Time is tight, I hope Senior Brother will not blame Zuo Shaoqing for being impolite."

When Chen Le saw Zuo Nian, who was dressed in military uniform and looked heroic, and the extremely sharp crescent-shaped sword worn at his waist, he couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart.

He stopped trying to persuade him to stay and let him go first: "In that case, you have something important to do, so go and take care of it first!"

Hearing this, Zuo Yun seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and felt a lot more relaxed.

He saluted Chen Le again, then turned and followed Zuo Nian's natural figure away, muttering to himself, "Finally, I can get rid of this guy for a while..."

Zuo Nian saw Chen Le behind him turn around and enter the inn, so he asked with a hint of sarcasm: "I didn't expect that big brother is afraid of someone? Is he big brother's senior brother?"

Upon hearing this, Zuo Yun couldn't help but curl his lips, with a hint of helplessness and confusion in his tone.

"Would I be afraid of him? I just don't like his serious, nagging manner. Every time I see him so serious, it's like I'm being cursed and my head hurts so badly..."

As he spoke, he pretended to raise his right hand and rub his temple, frowning as if he really had a splitting headache.

This action made Zuo Nian burst out laughing. He said with a smile, "Apart from that Miss Hua who left you helpless, this is the first time I've seen you so helpless..."

When he heard the name "Miss Hua", a hint of imperceptible tenderness flashed in Zuo Yun's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.

He sighed softly and muttered to himself, "Speaking of Miss Hua, I wonder how she's doing now. I haven't seen her since that day. She even asked her master to set up a barrier for Qicheng. I really need to thank her for this kindness..."

As the words fell, Zuo Yun's voice gradually became weaker, as if he was talking to himself, or as if he was talking to Zuo Nian.

However, the voice became increasingly quiet, so much so that Zuo Nian had to move closer to barely hear his words: "Brother, why are you speaking so softly? I can't hear you clearly!"

"Let's not talk about that for now, let's go to the City Lord's Mansion first!"

The two men led a team of imperial guards and surrounded the city lord's mansion aggressively. They decided to politely inform the other party first and then take tough measures.

So they ordered their men to inform the city lord that they wanted to pay him a visit.

"Please ask the butler to inform City Lord Xu that the Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple is here to visit and, exercising his authority as an imperial envoy, ask him to open the granaries and release the grain immediately." One of them said loudly.

The elderly butler who opened the magnificent gate of the City Lord's Mansion was trembling with fear at the scene before him.

His legs softened, his back bent even further, and he answered tremblingly:

"This old servant... will report to the city lord immediately. Please wait here for a moment, my two envoys."

After saying that, the old man turned around and hurriedly trotted into the inner room without even closing the door.

He passed through countless doors in the lobby and finally arrived at the city lord's study.

"Transmit, enter immediately..."

After a while, the old man came out of the study, shouting at the top of his lungs. Immediately afterwards, doormen came trotting towards the main door one after another.

Judging from this situation, this City Lord's Mansion is probably tightly wrapped inside and outside...