On the terrace, Lu Ming felt both angry and amused as he looked at Erika standing in front of him with her little head drooping. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's me, look!" As he spoke, he had already transformed into the form of "Governor Zhang", and the voice came out in the shape of Governor Zhang's vocal cords, throat, etc.
Erika's little body shook violently, she looked up at Lu Ming, and suddenly burst into tears.
Lu Ming said helplessly: "Now, have we turned the corner?"
Erika ran up and threw herself into Lu Ming's arms, tears unstoppable, "I missed you, Erika missed you!" She hugged Lu Ming tightly, very hard, as if she was afraid that he would disappear again.
Lu Ming was helpless, but the little girl's sadness made him gradually stop thinking it was funny. He hugged her gently and said, "I've always been here, always here..."
"I saw grandpa, I was so happy and wanted to tell you, but you were gone..." Erika cried out of breath.
"I know, I know..." Lu Ming sighed softly, "Silly child, such a silly child..."
"I, I know it was you, but... but..." Erika cried breathlessly.
Lu Ming patted her back gently, "I know, I know, blame me, blame me..."
Erika cried even louder, as if all the grievances and uneasiness she had experienced during this period could only be released in this familiar warm embrace.
Lu Ming hugged her, comforted her in a low voice, and said some doting and cheesy words that he never thought he would say.
Huh? Lu Ming was suddenly startled. Erika's little head was resting on his chest, as if she had no support at all. She curled up softly in his arms. She must have been tired from crying, and she must have been at peace and happy in her heart. She had actually fallen asleep.
Lu Ming sighed softly in his heart, hugged her little body, didn't say anything, and didn't want to move, for fear of waking her up. It must have been a long time since she had slept so soundly.
Listening to the little girl crying and telling me her true feelings, I felt a special feeling in my heart, full of tenderness.
The sun gradually moved to the west and slowly sank. The light around it gradually dimmed and night was about to fall.
Lu Ming felt a little uncomfortable at this time. Although his heart was full of tenderness, the postures of the two of them were too ambiguous.
Erika threw herself over and cried in his arms. He carried her to the sofa and hugged her gently. In fact, he was sitting on the sofa, and Erika was sitting astride him. Her slender legs in snow-white school socks were kneeling on the sofa on both sides, and her small body was leaning tightly on him. In front of him was her beautiful and lovely pink hairpin, which was really stimulating to his heart.
"Hmm..." Erika seemed to have noticed something. She slowly opened her big, crystal clear eyes. She suddenly felt uneasy. She looked up and saw that Lu Ming was still there. She breathed a sigh of relief, probably thinking that it was just a dream. At this moment, she immediately hugged Lu Ming tightly again, her little face pressed tightly against Lu Ming's chest, murmuring something, and her little body moved more comfortably. She was very happy.
Lu Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Seeing that Erika was about to trace the origin, he quickly stretched out his hands, gently held her little face, and whispered: "Erika, today, let's be real husband and wife, okay?" Looking at this beautiful and delicate little face held in his big hands, and feeling the truly delicate touch of his palms, Lu Ming's heart was beating wildly. He felt infinite tenderness and love, but also a sense of guilt for desecrating a pure work of art. He felt like his whole body was about to explode.
Erika was shy and surprised. She slowly closed her eyes and said in a mosquito-like voice: "Master, Erika will work hard..."
Lu Ming's head buzzed and he suddenly stood up and walked towards the bedroom holding Erika.
"Plop", a small and cute sapphire blue lace-up loli leather shoe fell from Erika's white socks...
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Without turning on the lights in the living room, Lu Ming opened the refrigerator, took out a can of iced drink and started drinking.
I just took a cold shower.
You have to be extra caring towards this little girl.
Extremely tired and relaxed after the pain, the little girl shyly and sweetly fell asleep in his arms, but to him, it was just a brief experience.
Even though the problem could be solved by using another body, such as looking for Liuli, she would not refuse no matter what.
But that would be disrespectful to Erika and Ruri. Besides, I'm feeling so affectionate right now that I don't want to do that.
Thinking about it, Lu Ming walked towards the bedroom. At this moment, the door on the porch creaked slightly, as if it was pushed open by someone.
The porch light also turned on automatically.
Lu Ming was startled and asked, "Who?"
Suddenly there was a scream, and a black shadow rushed towards him, with both hands seeming to hold a knife.
With the help of the light from the porch, Lu Ming could see that the black shadow was Papada, and she reeked of alcohol.
With no other choice, he pushed Papada aside, and she fell to the side, as if she had lost all her strength, crying, "Go to hell! Go to hell!"
"What are you doing?!" Lu Ming frowned.
"You bastards, bastards! Uncle Zhang has done so many things for you..." Sitting on the ground, Papada cried and shouted, holding the knife in both hands and facing Lu Ming's direction, but she suddenly froze and stared at Lu Ming in a daze.
Lu Ming also suddenly realized that he was now in the form of a "dead man".
"You, you..." Papada wanted to say something, but suddenly collapsed to the ground. It seemed that she drank too much, and the sudden stimulation made her drunk and passed out.
"Granny Long, what are you doing?!" Lu Ming was helpless.
Granny Long must be by my side, how could she allow the assassin to get close to her
I think she thought it was her own private matter and posed no threat to herself, so she just watched from the side.
"Send her back to her room, it's a mess." Lu Ming frowned, but then he knew why she came to find him with a knife.
Looking at Papada who had been picked up by Granny Long, he nodded in his heart. She was indeed a good girl, nostalgic and grateful.
I turned around and went into the bedroom. Fortunately, despite the noise outside, Erika was sleeping very soundly.
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Aoyue Residence No. 3 Youyi Road.
In the tea room, Lu Ming and Prime Minister Ashikaga sat opposite each other.
Lu Ming was reading the statement that Prime Minister Ashikaga was about to release.
It was a statement declaring the Yamamoto Osamu Cabinet an illegal regime of a coup, and calling on all Japanese lords to unite and overthrow its tyranny.
The signature was from Prime Minister Ashikaga, important ministers of his cabinet, and the lords of the four domains.
Prime Minister Ashikaga has already assembled a team to form a cabinet, but of course, it would be more appropriate to call it a cabinet in exile.
There were many lords who had secret dealings with Prime Minister Ashikaga, but only four of them were willing to issue such a joint statement.
Moreover, they are all territories close to Xianquan, including the new lord of Okuetsu Territory, Kawamoto Shigeyoshi, and the new lord of Yoshida Territory, Yoshida Abe.
As well as Nakamura Masa, the lord of Echigo Domain, which is adjacent to Okuetsu Domain and has always been the base of the Ashikaga family, and Toritsu Hiroshi, the lord of Shishima Domain, a nearby island domain with a very small population.
Excluding the Kyoto area, there are a total of 28 autonomous territories in Japan, and the population of each territory varies. There are small territories like the Four Islands with a population of hundreds of thousands, and there are also large territories like the Gyeonggi Territory with a population of over ten million.
Overall, the average population of the twenty-eight territories is over three million, and the total population of Japan is over ninety million.
There are twelve territories in the Kansai region, but it is a barren land with a population of mostly over a million. The largest territory has a population of four to five million. The twelve territories combined have a population of less than 20 million, which is almost a quarter of the population of Japan.
But precisely because of the barrenness of the land, the people of Guanxi have always been brave and aggressive and like to provoke wars. Guanxi soldiers are also famous for their strength.
Conflicts among the various territories in the Kansai region have never ceased since the beginning of historical records until more than a hundred years ago.
Yamamoto Yu was indeed a man of great talent and strategy. He was one of the few powerful politicians in Japanese history who was able to unite the Kansai region.
And nowadays, the Kansai Group also controls the three territories in the capital, which are the three richest and most populous territories in Japan.
That is, Gyeonggi-ryeong, Gyeong-saseo-ryeong and Gyeong-right-ryeong.
These three territories have a population of approximately ten million each, and the population of these three territories accounts for one-third of the population of Japan.
The total population of the four territories signed in Prime Minister Ashikaga's statement was less than 10 million. What's more, small territories such as the Four Islands were completely unqualified, and the Yoshida territory was even more in name only. Most Yoshida people, in terms of conservative tradition, were closer to Kansai culture and had always been at odds with the Okuetsu and Echigo people.
But no matter what, this statement by Prime Minister Ashikaga will be a new beginning.
Looking at his "statement", Lu Ming smiled slightly: "Prime Minister Ashikaga, at this stage, we cannot clearly agree with you to declare that Yamamoto Yu is an illegal regime. Instead, we will first mediate between the two of you. Your cabinet government must first stand firm and become an established fact of existence. From this point of view, if we do not make our position clear, we will be able to do more."
Prime Minister Ashikaga smiled: "I completely understand."
For the Yamamoto regime, the exiled cabinet is just a small spark. If they start to confront each other head-on, or even the Principality of Montenegro declares the Yamamoto regime illegal, then the Principality of Montenegro's diplomacy will have less room for maneuver and the situation will become uncontrollable.
The Principality of Montenegro will use the method of compromise and partiality to help the exiled cabinet gain a foothold.
Not to mention, there are still many agreements that need to be settled between the Principality of Montenegro and the Yamamoto regime.