Still several miles away, a group of carriages and horses were stopped by the post.

On the top of the hills on both sides of the road, with the terrain, two rows of archers suddenly appeared, each with heavy bows on his arms, facing high ground, ready to go.

A scout appeared on the hill and shouted downwards: "The important place ahead is not forbidden to enter! Who are you waiting for? Sign up!"

Gao Huan yelled: "Is Yicheng in front of you? Governor Li is there? He is my brother-in-law!"

The scout was stunned, his eyes turned from Gao Huan to the carriage on the road, glanced at it, said "Wait", and waved the flag at the foot of the mountain.

I don’t know where, one man and one horse appeared. The man rode his horse and galloped towards the city gate.

After a while, the city gate opened, and a few riders came out from inside. Soon we got closer.

The God of Luo recognized it. The man in blue in front was Jiang Tao.

Knowing that Jiang Tao didn’t know Gao Huan, he poked his head out of the window and said, “Brother Jiang, it’s me here!”

Li Mu came here and followed less than two thousand people.

In addition to the soldiers who voluntarily followed the war in Bajun before, there were also 300 followers from Jingkou.

When we first came, the city was like wilderness, the city walls collapsed, and the roads were almost submerged by weeds. In such a large city, there were only a hundred households left in the city, all of which were old or had nowhere to go.

After arriving, the first priority is to clear the road and clear the land and fortifications, which are the top priority.

In order to strengthen the defense capabilities of the city walls and rebuild the fortifications, it is not just a simple repair of the city walls, but based on the range of the individual crossbow, a rectangular high pier protruding outside the city wall is built on both sides of the four gates every other arrow to build a double urn.

In this way, if you encounter an attack, you can attack the enemy from three faces at the same time to form a cross attack, greatly enhancing your defense capabilities.

During these days, Jiang Tao led the engineers to build the city walls, busy day and night, and finally achieved results.

Because of the report, recently, Jie people and Xianbei spies came nearby and were ambushing and spying. He was just arranged for scouts near the city gate to strengthen night patrols. Suddenly, he heard the report that a man who claimed to be the wife of governor Li had arrived and was stopped in the mountain road several miles away. He was extremely surprised and rushed over immediately. He actually saw the Luo Shen revealing his face from the carriage. He was shocked, and got off his horse and ran closer to greet her.

Luo Shen said: "I know I am coming abruptly. If you have any trouble, I hope I will forgive you."

Jiang Tao hurriedly said, "How did the wife say this? The wife traveled thousands of miles away and never gave up her hardships. She came here in person. This was a great surprise, and the soldiers were even more motivated. I invited the wife to enter the city."

Luo Shen smiled and thanked him, and introduced Gao Huan and team leader Fan Cheng to him.

It was because of this young master of Gao that Li Mu and Gao's daughter later became married. Didn't Jiang Tao know the name of Gao Huan?

Today, I saw that he had handsome eyebrows and handsome appearance, and his skin was not exposed to the scorching sun on the back of his ears and neck collar, but his arms were tanned on the other side, and his neck was even more distinct from black and white, looking a little funny.

However, he obviously didn't care at all. His eyes shone, he greeted him, and kept staring at the front, looking impatient.

Jiang Tao and Fan Cheng greeted each other again, and then led the people to the city.

Li Mu left the city early in the morning to investigate the terrain. Jiang Tao entered the city gate and immediately called someone. He ordered him to inform the governor Li quickly. He also called the God of Luo, and then led her to the governor's mansion in the north of the city.

As soon as I entered the city gate, the majesty feeling that came to me when I saw the city wall at the first glance was gone.

The road leading to the governor's mansion has been rectified, but the road is still uneven. A gust of wind passes and yellow dust rises.

All the houses on both sides of the road were damaged, with doors and windows or walls falling. Traces after wars could be seen everywhere, the corners, eaves, and roadsides were covered with basil that had not yet been removed. Some weeds were densely packed and climbed wildly, almost burying the entire ruins.

Looking into the eyes, there is a dilapidated scene.

The city gate was empty, and there was no sign of half of the residents. It was not until I was about to approach the governor's mansion that I saw some women and children around the road, all of whom were ragged and unkempt. The women were drying clothes, and a few yellow-faced and thin children gathered on the side of the road to grab stones, bursting with loud laughter. Suddenly, I heard a movement behind me. I turned my head and saw a strange carriage rippling, so I quickly dispersed, hiding behind the doors and windows, poking out half of my head, looking at each other timidly, and not daring to get close.

The governor's mansion arrived, just at the end of the road ahead.

More than ten years ago, the place was swept away and the city was destroyed, and there were more than 100,000 residents. This governor's mansion, which was used as the military and political center of the city, was also high and spacious, with extraordinary magnificence.

But now, the place is also dilapidated. The walls are half-collapsed, and the door stones still have traces of burnt blackness. Even a large door was temporarily repaired with a bamboo fence.

Luo Shen got off the car and was led by Jiang Tao.

As I walked in, I saw the house collapsed and the corridor was broken and the pond dried up. Only a lobby was packed out in front of me, which was probably used as Li Mu's daily meeting room.

After passing the front hall and coming to the back hall, my eyes were even more dilapidated.

After passing a hanging flower door that seemed to be burned out by fire, Jiang Tao pointed inside and said that it was Li Mu's residence.

This courtyard should have been considered elegant in the past, but now, the courtyard is full of weeds and rubble. The southwest walls are in ruins. The stone pavilion is covered with tiles and pine trees. There are clusters of half-dead bamboos on the pavilion. The ground is distributed on the ground by wild insects and beasts, and the corners of the door eaves and roofs are flying silk spider webs everywhere.

A ball of black oil-like things suddenly jumped out of a clump of weeds in the corner of the wall. With a squeak, it flew past Aju, who was beside Luo Shen, and quickly drilled into a hole in the corner of the wall. It disappeared in a blink of an eye, which scared Aju.

Jiang Tao quickly stepped up and ran to the door. While waving his sleeves and sweeping a spider web on the door frame, he turned to smile at Luoshen: "After we arrived, Governor Li was only concerned about the affairs of the other side, and he hadn't slept here for a few nights in the past few months. When he was building fortifications, he always slept with the soldiers overnight, so it was a little messy. It was also a bit of a mistake for me. I didn't expect that I didn't ask anyone to clean up the place. Don't blame me. Madam. Be careful."

While speaking, he shouted that he would come with a broom and pick it up in person, and hurriedly swept away the gravel rubble on the trail.

Luo Shen told him not to be busy. He walked to the door, reached out and gently pushed open the dusty door.

With a creaking sound, the door was pushed open.

The house was quite small, but it was empty inside. Apart from a bed, a wardrobe, and a few other beds against the wall, there was nothing left.

The beds are almost old. The floor is stronger than the mud, so they were laid with square bricks at the beginning. But now the brick surface is broken and covered with dust. Moss is lurking between the gaps of the bricks.

On the walls in the corner of the southwest house, there were even yellowed rain stains, with mold spots on them and mushrooms growing.

The person stood at the door, almost nowhere to go, and there was a faint smell of wet mold in his breath.

Jiang Tao was very uneasy and repeatedly apologized to Luo Shen.

Luo Shen withdrew his gaze and smiled and said, "It's okay. If Brother Jiang has something to do, just go there. I'll clean up here myself."

She lifted her skirt and stepped inside.

Aju also directed his followers to move the boxes and cages and other items in.

No matter how much you clean up this place, it will not be good for a while.

Jiang Tao knew that it would be useless to stay. At this moment, he just wanted to call Li Mu back quickly so that he could return the matter to him. He pointed out the direction of the kitchen and other places to Aju, and then hurriedly went.

Gao Huan was there to stay. He asked someone to find an empty house at will, put his things on, and immediately followed him.

As soon as Jiang Tao left, Aju looked around the room again, sighed, and said nothing, and immediately directed the people who followed him to do things.

Boil water to cook, sweep the floor, pull weeds, wipe dust, open windows to breathe, and light up the wormwood fragrance to deworm and remove the smell in the corners of the house.

Together with Qiongshu, he rolled up the bed that was originally covered on the bed and replaced it with the bedding and quilt he brought.

After a lot of busy life, when it got dark, I finally made up my house to be able to live in it.

The kitchen was also prepared and hot water was boiled.

When Jiang Tao left, he asked someone to bring rice, vegetables, fruits and noodles. This is the best food he can produce.

In Aju's opinion, it was extremely crude, but he knew that the conditions here were limited and he didn't dare to complain about anything. Fortunately, when he came out of Jiankang, there were still some of the delicacies he brought. So he asked the cook who was with him to pick them up, and used them to make a meal and deliver them in person.

It was hard to travel during the day. Luo Shen was already hungry at this moment. He ate casually, wiped his body and changed into clean clothes. The person felt a little refreshed and asked everyone to rest. He began to wait for Li Mu to come back.

The night gradually deepened.

It seemed that the sound of the servant next door snoring sounds coming from his ears because of the exhaustion of the day.

Luo Shen was also very tired, but he lay on the strange bed beneath him without any sleepiness.

She finally got up in her clothes, opened the door, and came to the yard.

Looking at the moon tonight, the moon is as bright as water, but there is a black bulb in the distance in the city, and there is no light at all.

The surroundings were as quiet as ghosts.

Fortunately, in the corner of the stone pavilion, a few light crickets crowed, which made people feel a vivid and realistic feeling.

The night became deeper and quieter. Even the sound of crickets gradually stopped quietly, leaving only the rustling sound of the night wind blew across the bamboo bushes in my ears.

Luo Shen sat beside the broken stone railing in the pavilion, hugged his knees, and looked up at the bright moon in the sky.

The moon was getting deeper into the sky, and she was in a daze, and her figure and pavilion shadow merged into one. At this time, outside the hanging flower door she was walking by in the evening, a burst of rapid steps suddenly came from outside the sound of the hanging flower door.

Luo Shen turned his face and saw a figure appear under the moon.

Li Mu returned.

He entered the courtyard without a pause for a moment. He ran straight towards the door with the lights in front of him, and almost ran over to the steps a few steps and took one step. He raised his hand and was about to push the door in, but his hand stopped again.

He seemed to feel something.

When I looked back suddenly, two gazes swept accurately to the direction where the God of Luo was.

At first glance, she was captured.

Li Mu's figure froze, and he looked back like this, heading towards her.

The God of Luo stood up slowly from the stone steps.

As soon as she moved, he suddenly turned around, stepped down the steps, and walked quickly towards her.

The moonlight shone on his face.

His eyes were shining.

Luo Shen saw him grinning at him.

A shadow suddenly appeared in front of me.

Luo Shen was hugged by him.

He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly into his arms.

Through her clothes, her cool and clean skin clearly felt the dampness and heat from his body.
To be continued...