Chapter 245 - 243. I Am Home I (1/2)

Third-person POV   Di Shang was leisurely walking around Xi An while looking

around the hustle bustle night market in the middle of the city. After the

victory in claiming Xi An as a part of Da Qi, the citizens finally crawled out

of their house and decided to celebrate the victorious moment.   (A/N: Xi An is where Xu residence was located at.)   Although Di Shang was a new face in Xi An, the citizens

welcomed him with open arms and gave him a few gifts to express their

gratitude. When Di Shang first arrived at the border between Da Qi and Xi An,

he was extremely perplexed by the citizens' actions.   Thousands of soldiers marched towards the border with Da

Qi's banner in their hands, the citizens happily opened their gate to let the

soldiers enter the city. At that time, Di Shang was going to halt the soldiers

from entering the city in fear that it was one of the traps from Da Chu.   Fortunately, there was Ah Gu and Ah Ren who combined forces

with Di Shang in the meeting point. They explained to Di Shang that Xi An had

long been taken care of by Xu family, therefore, the Xi An citizens leaned more on

Xu family rather than the Long royal family.   (A/N: if you guys remember, Ah Gu is the one who uses war

drum in the previous battle against Dong Fang and Ah Ren is the noisy one, also

Ah Ren is Meiyun's junior.)   There was once when the citizens demanded the Xu family to

separate themselves from Da Chu and declared as a dependent country. Even

though the Xu family's military strength at that time wasn't as strong as the

current generation's, nevertheless, they couldn't be looked down upon.   However, at the time the demand was requested, the

relationship between the Long royal family and the Xu family wasn't as strained as

now. Therefore, the Xu family dismissed the citizens' demand and kept being

loyal to the Long royal family.   Di Shang indeed heard the rumors about Xu family being

extremely loved by the citizens that the citizens dared to go against the

Imperial Army when they came to bother the Xu family. Then he looked at the

pure happiness on the citizens' face and truly impressed by Xu family's power

in grabbing people's hearts.   ”Impressive,” Di Shang complimented with a genuine smile on

his face.   Which lead to the current circ.u.mstances, the citizens knew

Di Shang's name because he originally famous among the commoners as Dong Fang

and Xi An was only separated by a wall border. And they heard a piece of news

about Di Shang and Meiyun's marriage which made the citizens closer to Di

Shang.   (A/N: Sorry, so many author notes. Xi An is very expansive

and the border wall is very long. In the past, the Xu family had to protect Xi An

against Dong Fang and Da Qi at once which leads to the Xu family grow in military

strength.)   ”Ah! General Di!” An owner of a candy shop called out to Di

Shang who coincidentally passed his shop.   Di Shang and Ah Gu turned around to see the owner fiercely waving

his hand at them. Di Shang stood unmoving as he didn't know how he supposed to

respond to the owner. Seeing Di Shang was in a difficult position, Ah Gu decided

to step up and help Di Shang get out of the awkward situation.   Ah Gu raised his hand to greet the owner, ”Uncle, long time

no see.”   ”Aiyo! Ah Gu is here too. Sorry~ Sorry~ Didn't see you

there. How is it going?” The owner smacked Ah Gu's wide shoulder and laughed

loudly.   ”Everything is fine now, uncle. General Di, this is the

owner of the most famous candy shop in Xi An and he is a very friendly person.”

Ah Gu introduced the owner to Di Shang.   ”Aiyaya~ I forgot that General Di and I didn't know each

other. I apologize.” The owner bowed his head to Di Shang.   Di Shang cupped his fist to give his respect to the owner and