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