Chapter 604 Lord of Pofeng City? Lan Haiwang!
The more joyful the Pei family was yesterday, the more dejected they are now.
They all looked like wilted eggplants, their heads drooping.
Granny Zhang turned away and wiped her eyes. Granny Zheng went over and teased her, "When did you become so sentimental?"
"Do you really want to make the old lady cry?"
"Stop it! If everyone starts crying, I'll yell at you!"
Granny Zhang shoved her away: "Get out of here!"
"I was just thinking of Deng Xiaoping, wasn't I?"
"We're all getting old."
"Although birth, aging, sickness and death are common occurrences for everyone, you have traveled all over the country with the girl, unlike us who are living a stable life now."
"What if something bad happens to anyone else..."
Li Qingluo heard this and came over to comfort her: "Don't worry, Granny. I won't let Granny Zheng go to the front line. Next time she comes back, I'll tell her to prepare to enjoy her retirement."
"From now on, you can all stay with your grandmother and retire wherever you like, or travel and enjoy life, is that alright?"
Li Qingluo is sincere.
The old women who served my grandmother should all be enjoying their retirement, just like my grandmother.
I couldn't bear to risk my life like this again.
They had spent their entire lives working alongside their grandmother, fighting on the battlefield and battling it out in the business world.
They've all worked hard their whole lives, and it's time for them to enjoy their retirement.
When Zhang Mama heard Li Qingluo say that, she was startled: "Miss, that's not what I meant!"
"This old servant is just a little... oh dear!"
"Granny Zheng, please don't blame me!"
Granny Zheng was already so angry that her face turned green.
She snorted loudly, her nostrils flaring: "You still dare to say that?!"
"If the girl doesn't want me anymore, I'll beat her up!"
"Girl, don't think too much. This old servant is still as strong as ever! I can kill... uh, kill a sheep with one punch, no problem."
"Please don't abandon this old servant. I want to follow you all over the country and accomplish great things together."
"This old servant is not yet ready to retire after achieving his goals; how can I abandon my post now?"
"Granny Zhang is just jealous of me, that's why she said these nonsensical things with a sour look on her face."
"girl……"
Granny Zheng was so angry she almost cried.
Granny Zhang rubbed her fingers together.
She was indeed a bit too sentimental just now, which is why she said a few nonsense things. Who knew the girl would take it seriously?
Li Qingluo was both amused and exasperated: "Fine!"
"How about we talk about this later?"
Let's say goodbye properly first.
However, this actually eased the somewhat somber atmosphere considerably.
Madam Pei smiled and shook her head.
"Luo'er, come back soon."
"Grandma knows you're young and full of energy, but the world isn't safe, so you need to take good care of your life."
"Only by living can we have hope of continuing on."
Did you hear that?
How could Madam Pei not be worried?
She only has this one precious child.
Li Jingchuan is a grandson, but Luo'er is unique, making her a completely different person in Old Madam Pei's heart.
However, she couldn't express her concerns too clearly.
Because young people won't listen.
Li Qingluo hugged Madam Pei tightly: "Grandmother, Luo'er takes her leave."
Take care of yourself.
After she finished speaking, she turned around and nodded to Li Jingchuan, as well as the three remaining disciples, Jin Hua and her master.
“My whereabouts in the Western Regions are uncertain, so you don’t need to read my letter.”
"Whether Alan is carrying a nephew or a niece, I have already prepared a gift for our meeting, which is in the room where I stayed last night."
"Grandfather, grandmother, senior sister, elder brother, sister-in-law and Aduo..."
"And everyone else too!"
"We'll meet again!"
"drive--"
With a sharp crack of the whip, the horse beneath him immediately took the lead and charged forward.
Everyone waved goodbye to them with reluctance, and prayed in their hearts, "Come back soon!"
One month later, in Mando City.
Sparrow pushed open the door and entered.
"Girl, the wind is breaking through."
As she spoke, she stepped aside, revealing the wind-blown hood behind her.
"Your subordinate, Pofeng, greets Your Highness!"
Po Feng knelt respectfully on the ground to pay his respects, and Li Qingluo immediately got up and helped him up personally.
"Bro Wind, it's been almost two years since we last saw each other, hasn't it?"
After Duan Rongshi and I got married in Miao territory, news of the Empress Dowager's death came from Jinling on our wedding night.
Duan Rongshi immediately left Miao territory with his three guards.
Since then, Pofeng has never appeared again.
Duan Rongshi faked his death on the battlefield and later followed Leng Dian and Zhui Yu, but there was no news or trace of Po Feng.
They didn't mention Po Feng's fate, so Li Qingluo always knew that Po Feng must have gone to do other missions.
Sure enough, he had been lurking in Mantuo City all along, and now he had become the city lord of Mantuo City.
According to Zhuiyu, he now has more than 30,000 troops and horses stationed in Mantuo City alone.
Mantuo City is located at the junction of the three kingdoms of Daliang, Chu, and the Western Regions, and has always been a city that has been fought over.
It was once defeated by the Pei family army of Daliang and remained under Daliang's control for twenty years.
The people finally lived in peace for twenty years.
Later, without the Pei family army to hold the fort, the Great Liang was seized twice more by the Western Regions due to deliberate provocations.
Last year, Prince Su recaptured Mantuo City from Daliang.
Unfortunately, due to an internal traitor in the Great Liang Dynasty, who colluded with the Western Regions to set a trap for Prince Su, Prince Su also "died" on the battlefield.
The entire nation of Liang was filled with grief, but also feared that Mantuo City would be captured by the Western Regions once again.
The war between the Great Liang and the Western Regions will then be fully ignited.
Surprisingly, the Western Regions did not launch a full-scale attack to capture Mantuo City.
This was because after King Su's death, Mantuo City was quickly occupied by a new force.
This force came with great force and was powerful in combat.
More importantly, no one knows who is behind him.
All that is known to the world is that he is called the King of Lanhai!
The identity of this Lan Haiwang remains a mystery. No one has ever seen his true face, nor does anyone know where he came from or what his origins are.
All I know is that the current lord of Mantuo City is one of his men!
Therefore, this Mantuo City is now the territory of King Lanhai.
The Western Regions had tried to conquer Mantuo City three times, but each time they were defeated and left in a sorry state, like stray dogs.
The Western Regions then turned their attention to attacking the Great Chu, causing the Great Chu to lose several cities.
However, their ambitions in the Western Regions were soon fully exposed.
Even Li Qingluo discovered that, apart from the territory of the Great Liang, all the cities that the Western Regions had swallowed up were in a circle around Mantuo City.
Today, the Western Regions have been half-circled.
Perhaps next, they will begin to test Daliang and attempt to swallow up the cities that Daliang surrounds Mantuo City.
It wants to completely surround Mando City and then slowly devour it.
This is why, despite the distance being only a few hundred miles, it took Li Qingluo nearly a month to reach Mantuo City.
Aside from the detours, the cities of Great Chu that were occupied by the Western Regions along the way were filled with the miserable plight of the people affected by the war and the invasion of the Western Regions.
Li Qingluo couldn't save them.
However, it is impossible to completely stand idly by.
After doing some work along the way, we finally arrived at Manto City.
She was naturally delighted to see the wind breaking through the air.
"I know you're busy. However, I do need your help with something."
Po Feng: "It is only right that the Princess summons me. If it weren't for Zhui Yu, I wouldn't have known that the Princess had come to Mantuo City."
"Your subordinate truly deserves to die!"
Li Qinglu smiled and shook her head: "From now on, you just need to do your own thing. We will still be two groups of people who don't know each other."
"You came quietly this time, so you should leave quietly too."
"Also, for the sake of convenience, please call me 'Miss' in private from now on."
Po Feng pondered for a long time with some difficulty, "But if something happens to the Princess, I will not be able to explain it to Your Highness."
Li Qingluo: "What could possibly happen to me? Don't you trust Zhuiyu, or my Twenty-Seven Kills?"
"Po Feng, before coming to the Western Regions, I didn't even know you were here. It was His Highness who said that you were in Mantuo City and could be of use to me."
"But my presence might disrupt your plans, so I will not mobilize your forces unless absolutely necessary."
Even now, I still won't ask what your plans are.
"If Your Highness is not speaking, it means the time is not yet right."
"So you just keep doing your thing, and I'll do mine."
Po Feng was deeply moved when he heard how reasonable she was.
"Yes, Your Highness! Pofeng obeys."
Li Qingluo: "I came to Mantuo City to enter the Western Regions. Therefore, I may need you, the city lord of Mantuo City, to lend a small favor."
Po Feng immediately replied, "If you need anything, Miss Wang... just tell me."
Li Qingluo knew that Pofeng was always the most reliable.
So I won't beat around the bush with him.
He immediately said, "My men have gathered information and returned, so I know that the Liang royal procession is almost at Eagle City."
"Eagle City is only ten days' distance from Hala City, the capital of the Western Regions, so I must catch up with the wedding procession before it arrives in Hala City."
"Do you have any way to help me?"
After thinking for a moment, Po Feng replied, "Does the young lady know that the Western Regions have now banned caravans from the Great Liang and Great Chu from entering the Western Regions territory?"
Li Qingluo: "I know, otherwise I wouldn't have summoned you here."
Po Feng: "So, pretending to be a merchant caravan won't work."
"Young lady, please allow me to think about it some more."
Li Qingluo turned around and personally poured a cup of tea for Pofeng.
Po Feng took it with both hands, then remembered something.
"The Western Regions imperial court did not send anyone to welcome the Liang dynasty during this marriage alliance."
"When they passed through Mantuo City, perhaps because they were wary of Mantuo City's reputation, they did not stop in the city. They only camped for one night a hundred miles outside the city before hurrying on their way."
“Miss, if I had taken the initiative to save Princess Nanping back then, you wouldn’t be having this headache now.”
Li Qingluo: "Do you want Mantuo City to become the target of both the Great Liang and the Western Regions?"
"The time is not right yet, there's no need to cause trouble."
"I'll take care of this."
Li Qingluo said, "Moreover, I must go to Eagle City for my master's sake."
Po Feng: "I've also heard that the young lady's trip to the Western Regions is also for Mr. Nangong?"
Li Qingluo: "Yes. Master has been kidnapped by the Queen Dowager of Wusun, one of the thirteen kingdoms of the Western Regions, also known as Princess Anar of the Imperial Court."
"Anar is currently in Eagle City."
"This matter cannot be delayed. I must set off in two days at most!"
Po Feng: "How about we also pretend to be part of the peace-marriage team?"
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