"Well... okay, General Pei, if you have nothing else to do, just rest for a night and go back to Qiuci tomorrow." Li Hong looked at Pei Xingjian in disbelief, touched his nose, kicked Bai Qi who was asking for a reward from him, and hurried out.

Although Pei Xingjian had been mentally prepared and basically knew that the desert bandit was the Crown Prince's man, those were just guesses.

After knowing the truth, he still felt ashamed and embarrassed. No wonder His Majesty asked him to go back quickly. He was probably afraid of being discovered. The robber in the desert turned out to be the Crown Prince of Tang Dynasty!

If the master humiliates the minister, he will die. But this master is defiled himself. What should I do as a minister?

Looking at the disappearing figures of the man and the wolf, Pei Xingjian was a little surprised. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had already walked out of the mansion, but Hua Meng, Mangzhong, and the palace maids were not accompanied by anyone.

As soon as he turned out of the gate, Li Hong kicked Bai Qi again, cursing, "Are you stupid? Didn't you see Pei Xingjian? How dare you bring a sheep back? Where did you steal it from?"

Li Hong discovered that this wolf, which he had picked up on the grassland, had a very strong personality, and its unique style was becoming more and more bizarre.

Bai Qi inherited all the wolf's cunning, craftiness, intelligence, cold-bloodedness and cruelty. In the city of Loulan, as long as there were families raising livestock, Bai Qi took care of every one of them.

Every time people came to demand an explanation, this idiot seemed to know that people didn't dare to enter the Governor's Mansion at will, or he would stand at the door and threaten people with bared teeth. As a result, the common people didn't dare to enter the Governor's Mansion, and they had to cry out for justice at the door. Everyone in Loulan City knew that the Grand Protector of Anxi helped the wolf to commit atrocities.

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Every time, Xiazhi or Xiaoxue and his companions would go with silver in their hands to speak nicely to the herdsmen, compensate for the chickens and sheep harmed by Bai Qi, and then pull the wolf back by its ears.

But it only worked for half a day. In the second half of the night, Bai Qi started his own activities. No one knew why a lone wolf like him would go out at night.

Li Hong sent Hua Meng and Mang Zhong to track Bai Qi, but finally discovered that this idiot not only ate alone, but had now learned to fight in a group. The pack of wolves on the grassland who were starving to death in the winter somehow reached a consensus with him.

Since prairie wolves cannot enter cities inhabited by humans, they have to wander in the wild. After reaching a consensus with the pack of wolves, this idiot began his traitorous behavior.

It can enter and exit Loulan as easily as walking on flat ground, whether it is day or night. Everyone knows who its master is, so naturally no one can afford to offend it.

Even after the city gates were closed at night, as long as the guards saw it, especially the nameplate made of pure gold on its neck by Li Hong, they would open the gates a crack to let it in.

So this idiot returned to the city at night, held the guard's clothes in his mouth to attract the guard's attention, and let the wolves into the outer city of Loulan. After the guards had a full meal, he sent the people out.

When the herdsmen found out the next day, they ran straight to the Protectorate to complain, saying that there was no other way but to pay compensation for the cubs.

Fortunately, the area near Loulan City is not very suitable for wolf activities. There are only one or two group crimes a year. For most of the rest of the time, Loulan is Bai Qi's hunting ground.

On the bustling streets of Loulan, a man and a wolf, one white and one black, were walking freely. Nowadays, the city of Loulan, except for the merchants coming and going, has long been completely controlled by Li Hong. That's why Mangzhong and others were at ease letting him and his wolf walk on the streets of Loulan City.

Passing by a teahouse, Bai Qi walked in as if he was familiar with the place without waiting for Li Hong to make any move. Just after he took two steps, Li Hong growled from behind, "Bai Qi, come back here. You are not allowed to go over there." After shouting, seeing that Bai Qi didn't respond, Li Hong ignored him and quickly turned around and ran away.

"Stop right there!" A female voice as clear as a silver bell sounded behind me.

"What are you doing?" Li Hong didn't want to be discovered, so he turned around and looked at the woman standing at the door and asked disdainfully.

"Hmph, when will you let my father come back? Didn't you say that he went to Chang'an to do some business?" The tall and slender girl An Xiaohe was staring at Li Hong with her beautiful big eyes.

Her flaxen hair was waist-length, and she had a beautiful face with clear contours. She wore a thin felt hat with two goose feathers on it, which made An Xiaohe look even more beautiful and charming.

"She's getting more and more beautiful. If she continues like this, Bai Chun will have a rival." Li Hong muttered to himself.

But he said lazily: "How do I know why your father hasn't come back yet? Maybe he met a new woman in Chang'an and has already started a family."

"You're talking nonsense, my father would never do that. Tell me quickly, when will my father be able to come back." An Xiaohe continued to stare at Li Hong with her beautiful, bright eyes. She knew that this guy was the Grand Protector of Anxi Protectorate, and he had the final say in the entire Western Regions.

His father was called away on the night he arrived, and was sent to Chang'an by him. It has been more than a year, and he has not returned yet.

"Perhaps the court has someone else to use for your father. You and your mother don't have to wait. Let your mother find someone quickly..."

"Go to hell!" An Xiaohe threw the grape that was prepared for Bai Qi at Li Hong and said, "Don't talk like that in the future. My mother will be sad."

"I'm not your father, why would your mother be hurt by what I said?" Li Hong muttered again.

And the traitor Bai Qi in front of him, the hungry wolf with no bottom line, has now turned into a pervert. His huge head kept rubbing An Xiaohe's hand, signaling An Xiaohe to feed him grapes quickly.

Too lazy to argue with An Xiaohe, Li Hong changed the subject and asked, "How is the business? Is the store doing well?"

"Very good, my mother and I are almost too busy and have no time to play with Bai Qi recently." An Xiaohe answered Li Hong's words, then squatted down and teased Bai Qi.

Li Hong was helpless. Bai Qi never got close to other people, but in the entire Loulan City, whenever facing An Xiaohe, this pervert would lose his dignity as a wolf and completely turn into a pet dog, acting coquettishly and cutely, doing everything he could.

"As long as business is good, I'll leave first. I'll let it go back by itself later. Don't play too late." Li Hong was standing under the scorching sun while others were standing in the shade at the door of the teahouse. He felt like a fool no matter how he looked at them.

After a few perfunctory words, Li Hong was ready to leave.

"You are not allowed to leave." An Xiaohe became more stubborn and walked straight into the sun without paying attention to the merchants coming and going at the door and glancing at her beautiful face.

"What do you want to do?" Li Hong looked at her warily.

An Xiaohe had known for a long time that he was the Grand Protector of Anxi Protectorate, but from the first time they met, this girl was not afraid of him and dared to speak to him so rudely.

"My family has no new tea. Also, tell your subordinates not to collect taxes from my family in the future." An Xiaohe looked at Li Hong and said righteously.

"You are out of new tea, so go ahead and buy it. What does it have to do with me? Also, what do you mean by not collecting taxes from you? Look at the shops on the street. They don't collect taxes from you, but only from other shops. Is that appropriate?" Li Hong stiffened his neck. An Xiaohe was really going too far. He would never stop after tasting a little sweetness.

One time, the government came to collect taxes, but Bai Qi happened to be playing with An Xiaohe here. An Xiaohe looked at the tax collectors with a cold expression, and the perverted Bai Qi immediately understood that An Xiaohe didn't like these people, so he drove the tax collectors away.

For several days in a row, a big black wolf lay at the door of Xiaohe Teahouse every day, ignoring other people coming in and out, but would drive away any officials who wanted to go in.

In the entire Loulan city, everyone knew who this pervert belonged to, so they naturally couldn't afford to offend him and had no choice but to give up that month's taxes.

"My tea was seized by you! Of course I paid taxes, but why should I pay protection fees? If I have to pay, I will not pay it to you, but to Bai Qi! You didn't protect us." An Xiaohe faced Li Hong and said in a tough tone.

Now she is just fifteen years old. No one knows what An Moshenpan fed An Xiaohe, but the fifteen-year-old girl has a model's figure and is only slightly shorter than Li Hong.

"If the tea has been seized, you can go and ask for it back. The protection fee is to protect the merchants' property from loss. This road is rarely traveled, and you don't think about it. The mountains are high and the roads are long. Without our protection, can your property arrive safely? This is not negotiable." Li Hong looked at An Xiaohe speechlessly.

"Okay then, we'll pay the protection fee, but the tea leaves have been confiscated. You have to help me get them back."

"Why should I help you get it back!" Li Hong asked with his eyes wide open, avoiding An Xiaohe's proud figure that was about to get close to him.

"Hehe, for no reason. It's because your subordinates take kickbacks, so you have to go and ask for it." An Xiaohe said complacently as she watched Li Hong avoid her.

Although the Grand Protector did not look like a good person, the way he looked at her was never as dangerous as that of other people. That was why she dared to be so unscrupulous and thrust her proud figure forward, knowing that he would be afraid.

"Is there someone taking kickbacks at the gate of Loulan City?" Li Hong didn't want to stand in the sun. Firstly, it was hot, and secondly, it felt stupid.

She walked into An Xiaohe's teahouse. Her mother was serving a table of guests. When she saw Li Hong coming in, she hurried over and said with a friendly smile, "I'm honored to meet the Grand Protector."

"You're welcome. Bring me a pot of new tea." Li Hong said lightly as he glanced at the teahouse decorated like the ones in the Jiangnan area of ​​the Tang Dynasty.

The old woman glanced behind Li Hong and watched An Xiaohe follow in. She sighed helplessly. This girl just liked to argue with the Grand Protector. She had told her many times, but she just wouldn't listen.

"Xiaohe, go and make tea for the Grand Protector." Mrs. An looked at Xiaohe, who was pouting her seductive red lips and following Li Hong in sullenly, and said hurriedly.