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Chapter 105 Arrows
Ye Lanyi took off the token hidden in her back waist, handed it to Tian Wuruo, and said seriously: "Tianshi, you send them out of the palace first, I go to see the situation in the palace."

"Your Majesty is not allowed," Tian Wuruo raised his hand to block the waist badge Ye Lanyi handed over, and said, "Your Majesty's purpose is obvious, if you go at this time, I'm afraid you will hurt your empress... I will go."

"Right now, only I can enter the pilgrimage hall. As long as you save Taifu Han, Zhuo Siye will naturally be able to save the day." Ye Lanyi shook her head, but then she seemed to think of something, and said, "No... Habayashi Guard..."

Chang Yinyu dragged Zhou Yu onto his back, raised his eyes and said, "Lady Lan, you can't take any risks, Xiqi has to make sure that your mother is safe, so you should go with us."

Tian Wuruo boldly stretched out his hand and pulled Ye Lanyi to Chang Yinyu's side, and said, "Don't worry, Empress Lan, I will find a solution."

After the words fell, he turned and left resolutely.

Chang Yinyu glanced sideways at Zhou Yu, then said softly to Ye Lanyi: "Lady Concubine Lan, just before I went to find my mother, I dared to take the master's jade pendant to look for Concubine Yan. She has arranged a carriage for the palace Foreign Minister, if His Majesty blames it..."

Ye Lanyi signaled him to go outside the palace gate, and said: "I will find a way, let's send you out first."

"Lord Si Ye!" Tian Wuruo almost grabbed Zhuo Ran who wanted to rush out immediately, presumptuously pressed Zhuo Ran's shoulder, and the two of them ducked down and hid.

Zhuo Ran clenched the hilt of Gu Songyin's sword, looked around, and said softly: "Tianshi, Sister Fu probably hasn't entered the palace yet, you go to Sister Fu and Uncle Zhou to leave together."

Tian Wuruo was stunned for a moment, Fu Sisi must have not told Zhuo Ran the news of letting her leave, but what happened, he shook his head, put all his expectations behind him, and said: "It's still early, and the ministers haven't heard the news yet. Entering the palace, Zhuo Siye must not mess around."

"It's too late. We know what His Majesty means. Master Tianshi has helped us a lot behind the scenes. Zhuo Ran is very grateful." Zhuo Ran turned to look at the majestic pilgrimage hall, and said softly: " If Zhuo Ran dies innocently this time, these will be enough."

Tian Wuruo clenched his fingers, and when he raised his head again, Zhuo Ran had already stepped out with his sword in hand.It was when Zhuo Ran stepped up the steps, the Habayashi guards ambushing in the turret suddenly attacked, Yu arrows rushed from the left and right sides, but Zhuo Ran didn't dodge, all the Yu Lin guards fell to Zhuo Ran's side.Tian Wuruo raised his heart to his throat, and was relieved to see that Zhuo Ran was not injured.

Zhuo Ran raised her lips and smiled, which meant to capture him alive.Sure enough, Habayashi quickly retreated from the turret and surrounded Zhuo Ran.The sword and crossbow are just intimidating in advance, and the next one is the most difficult.Gu Songyin unsheathed suddenly, and the Habayashi guards rushed up, Zhuo Ran leaned back to avoid the long sword lying in front of him, and kicked down the person standing in front of him.

Tian Wuruo observed for a moment, then simply gritted his teeth and rushed out in Zhuo Ran's direction.

Zhuo Ran turned her head to look, and had no choice but to throw out Gu Songyin, grabbed the sword and handed it to Tian Wuruo.The latter held the hilt of the sword, and couldn't help but looked blank. Zhuo Ran saw his expression, and Habayashi Wei saw that Tian Wuruo was here, so he didn't dare to go forward for a while.

"What do you give me a sword for? I don't know martial arts." Tian Wuruo said in a low voice.

Zhuo Ran gave a soft "tsk" and said, "Tianshi use it for self-defense, protect yourself."

Tian Wuruo coughed twice, slowly raised the sword, and said, "It's easy to say, are you sure you're alive?"

"It doesn't matter whether you live or die." Zhuo Ran pushed Tian Wuruo away, and made a bloody path towards the temple.

The clash of the sword and the clang made Tian Wuruo go straight back, and followed with difficulty on the road Zhuo Ran had opened.Zhuo Ran didn't let Gu Songyin kill people, and the Habayashi Guards were Li Xunchuan's painstaking efforts, even if they followed Chu Shiyu's order, but in order to make it easier for Li Xunchuan to come back in the future, after all, he had to show mercy.These Habayashi guards had also heard of Zhuo Ran, but they didn't have any chance to know other things. Zhuo Ran's soft heart and Tian Wuruo's unknown position made them confused.

Not long after, the shady rain brought a cold wind blowing towards our face.

Zhuo Ran used Gu Song Yin to block the blade of the sword, then stepped back abruptly, just in time to bump into Tian Wuruo.

"Protect Master Tianshi!" The leading Habayashi guard shouted upon seeing this, causing all the Habayashi guards to take a few steps back.

Zhuo Ran curled his lips slightly, and knocked down the sword in Tian Wuruo's hand with his backhand, and the ancient pine fell on Tian Wuruo's neck. The strong smell of blood made Tian Wuruo feel sick.Zhuo Ran squeezed Tian Wuruo's wrist tightly with the other hand, and said softly, "I offended Master Tianshi."

Tian Wuruo frowned tightly, grasped Zhuo Ran's wrist with both hands, and lifted the ancient pine shade up a bit, the rain was cold and gradually turned into rain pillars, Zhuo Ran closed his eyes slowly, and endured After a burst of dizziness, he raised his eyes and said, "It seems that the celestial master is also very important, and it is okay to be buried with him."

"Don't worry about me, kill her quickly!" Tian Wuruo said with a look of pain, "Don't delay any longer, do it!"

On the pavilion not far away.

"I will give you this chance." Chu Shiyu handed the longbow to the man, and said, "Zhuo Ran and Tian Wuruo, you choose one to survive."

The longbow is a royal item, and holding it in your hand at this moment is too heavy to lift.With trembling hands, she tried to persuade the person in front of her with the weakest words, but before she could say anything, she saw Han Congzhong, who seemed to have fainted, being held by Li Chengru in the opposite pavilion.

"This person is also very important, isn't it?" Chu Shiyu motioned her to look up.

"I..." She squeezed the longbow tightly, but she couldn't say anything when the words came to her lips.

Chu Shiyu raised an eyebrow and said, "Choose."

"As long as you choose, I can forgive you for having an affair with Tian Wuruo."

Yuan Lu smiled and handed the feather arrow, and didn't let go until she was holding it firmly.

The feather arrow was on the string, and Chu Shiyu saw that she couldn't pull the long bow round, so he squinted and said with a smile: "Look, my heart is really being taken as a hostage."

"Just one moment..." Chu Shiyu whispered in her ear: "His life, just one moment..."

An arrow is aimed at a direction, or even a point.Chu Shiyu slowly pursed his lips, and heard the sound of strings tensing, and the feather arrow shot through the rain column, and went straight to kill him.

Zhuo Ran's back suddenly hurt, and before he could groan, his whole body was thrown directly on Tian Wuruo's back by the arrow. Before Tian Wuruo realized what happened, he fell with Zhuo Ran. On the ground, just before falling to the ground, Zhuo Ran subconsciously let go of Gu Songyin.

The guards of the Yubayashi looked at the direction where the feather arrow was shot, and Tian Wuruo hurriedly supported Zhuo Ran. The moment the two turned their heads, they saw a very familiar face. The man didn't even have time to retract his movements. I couldn't see the man's expression clearly.

Zhuo Ran suddenly coughed up blood, Tian Wuruo endured the shock and panic, and broke the feather arrow that sank into Zhuo Ran's flesh and blood.I don't know if it's because of the severe pain or because I want to be more awake, Zhuo Ran clenches her hands tightly, and even trembles all over her body.

Fu Sisi held back tears, thought it was over, but Chu Shiyu said the next sentence in dissatisfaction: "It was agreed to save my life, but you seem to have failed to do so."

***
"Your Majesty only cares about the palace. Keep these tokens away. Go westward and don't look back." Ye Lanyi handed the things to Chang Yinyu and said, "Zhuo Siye, we will also find a way, you can go on your way with peace of mind."

Chang Yinyu looked back at Zhou Yu and said, "Thank you two ladies."

Yan Qingyao returned the jade pendant to Chang Yinyu, and said, "Put the jade pendant away, and remember to give it to her when you meet up with your master."

The carriage went around the palace gate, Ye Lanyi sighed slowly, and said, "Go back to the palace quickly, and leave the rest to me."

Yan Qingyao took Ye Lanyi's hand and said, "I'm afraid it's not enough for you. Don't worry, I've also arranged for the guard next to the governor. We just need to put on a show."

"What show?" Ye Lanyi frowned and looked at Yan Qingyao, but she just shook her head with a smile, and pulled Ye Lanyi into the palace gate.

High-rise buildings leak rain, and wallflowers make soft walls.

Chu Shiyu raised his hand and patted Fu Sisi's shoulder, and said quite understandingly: "Forget it, if you don't want to do anything, then I will help you."

After speaking, he signaled Li Chengru to take Han Congzhong down the turret, and braved the rain to come to Zhuo Ran.Zhuo Ran stretched out his hand to push Tian Wuruo away, endured the pain and moved to Han Congzhong's side, Li Chengru glanced at Zhuo Ran, and threw Han Congzhong in front of Zhuo Ran.

"Master..." Zhuo Ran blocked the rain, but nothing could wake him up.

Li Chengru heaved a long sigh, and took Tian Wuruo back with someone's support, looked down at Zhuo Ran from a high position, and said, "Teacher Han has committed suicide by taking poison, Zhuo Siye mourns."

Zhuo Ran's eyes widened when he heard the words. Who is Han Congzhong? If he didn't see what he wanted to see, he would not choose to take this road.Zhuo Ran shook her head, but still did not give up waking up Han Congzhong.

"Speaking of which, it's not my fault," Chu Shiyu pinched the bridge of his nose lightly, and said innocently, "If he had agreed to my conditions, he wouldn't have come to this point."

"It's not so uncomfortable to do it now."

Fu Sisi lowered her head.

"Your Majesty!" Yuan Lu hurriedly trotted up to Chu Shiyu, and said, "The imperial concubine and the Lan concubine are fighting, and the little prince is unconscious now, and his pulse is not obvious."

Chu Shiyu frowned, and said softly, "No hurry, just watch her do it first."

"His Majesty!"

Chu Shiyu turned his head abruptly, but his eyes suddenly went dark, and he fell back unconscious.

***
"Master, Mr. Wen, let's have a cup of hot tea." After Xi Yu boiled the hot water, he made another pot of tea, and brought it into the tent of Li Yanchuan and Wen Rongxi.

Li Xunchuan took the teacup, put it on the small table again, and said, "Go and rest, and check it carefully. If there is a leak in the tent, it must be resolved as soon as possible, and keep warm at night."

"Remember the master." After Xiyu listened carefully to these few words, he bowed and retreated.

Li Xunchuan sighed for a long time, and he took a long time to let go of his hand on his chest, always feeling that there was something that made him unable to even breathe.

Wen Rongxi saw that Li Yanchuan's face was not looking good, so he returned the cloak to him and said, "The Governor is not feeling well, please put on the clothes."

Li Xunchuan raised his hand to block it back, then picked up the umbrella beside him, and said, "I'm fine, I'll go outside to catch my breath."

The rain was not very heavy, Li Yuchuan held his inexplicably painful chest, tried his best to restrain himself from thinking about Zhuo Ran, if there was no abnormal movement in Ruofei, it meant that Zhuo Ran was safe.He could only comfort himself like this, looking at the red string on his wrist for a long time without moving his eyes away.

What should Zhuo Ran do if she secretly cried tonight?

"Master, why did you come out?" Gu Zhao held up an umbrella, and seeing how worried Li Yanchuan looked, he bowed his head and said, "Master, go back to the tent to rest."

Li Xunchuan shook his head and said, "It's nothing. I said last time that your aunt is in Luzhou, can you send me a letter?"

Gu Zhao was slightly taken aback, and said, "Master, do you want to contact your aunt now? But aren't we going to Yidong?"

Li Xunchuan lowered his voice and said, "This is another task of mine. Go to Yidong to check the accounts. Huo Jie and Wen Yanshu have their own ideas. Then I can get away to deal with Luzhou affairs."

"This subordinate thought His Majesty would send ministers there." Gu Zhao nodded slightly and said, "Master, don't worry, I will write a letter when the weather clears."

"Thank you very much." Li Yanchuan forced a smile.

***
The rain continued continuously, but there was no intention of stopping at all.

When Chu Shiyu opened his eyes again, it was already three days later.

Ye Lanyi and Yan Qingyao took turns guarding him, all affairs of the court were handed over to the left and right ministers, and the guards in Gaodu were temporarily in charge of the forbidden army led by Yu Linwei and Xiong Zhenghao. At the same time, Feng Zuoxiang and Li Yushi He ordered Zhuo Ran to be arrested.

Ye Lanyi followed Chu Shiyu's back and forcibly poured down the bitter medicine. Yan Qingyao took the medicine bowl and wiped away the remaining medicine stains at the corners of his mouth.

"Where's Zhuo Ran?" Chu Shiyu couldn't open his eyes, so he could only lower his voice and ask.

Yan Qingyao said softly: "Your Majesty calm down. After His Majesty fainted that day, all the focus was shifted to His Majesty, so Zhuo Ran was temporarily put in prison. Who knows that she was kidnapped and her whereabouts are still unknown."

Chu Shiyu clenched Ye Lanyi's hand, and when he wanted to say something, he listened to Yan Qingyao continue.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. Prime Minister Zuo and Li Yushi have expanded the search area. If they catch Zhuo Ran, they will be eliminated immediately."

Chu Shiyu shook his head, without any other instructions, and said, "Bury Mrs. Han generously, and ask You Xiang to resign as an official to explain to all the ministers..."

Ye Lanyi lightly rubbed his temples, and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry about it any longer. The imperial doctor said that Your Majesty has been poisoned and needs to give birth for a while."

"...Poisoned?" Chu Shiyu slowly opened his eyes, pulled the corners of his pale lips into a smile, and sighed secretly.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the concubine will definitely find out the poisoner and will not tolerate it." Ye Lanyi supported Chu Shiyu and waited for him to close his eyes completely before getting up.

Yan Qingyao frowned and said, "Just woke up for a while?"

Ye Lanyi sighed for a long time, and said: "It was also my carelessness. You have also heard from the imperial doctor that the poison is severe. If it wasn't for the fact that his mood fluctuated too much these days, I'm afraid it would be too late for us to find out."

"Don't blame yourself too much." Yan Qingyao put down the bed curtain, pulled Ye Lanyi to sit down again, and said, "With the imperial doctor here, His Majesty will be fine. By the way, where is Boye?"

Ye Lanyi smiled a little when she heard Yan Qingyao mentioning Chu Yun, and said, "Xia Qiong is taking it with him. I'll go and see him later."

Yan Qingyao nodded, looked around the hall again, and said, "It's impossible for you and me to poison. Who would dare to do such a thing of losing his head?"

Ye Lanyi held the hem of her clothes and said, "I... I actually suspect..."

"Imperial Concubine, Empress Lan, please see Li Yushi." Yuan Lu called out.

Ye Lanyi sighed and said, "Forget it, I'll go back to him."

Yan Qingyao grabbed Yan Qingyao and said, "You're tired too, take a rest, I'll go."

***
"Father," Yan Chengxuan handed the notebook in front of Yan Yingzhen, and said, "This matter was half a month ago, why was it suppressed until now?"

Yan Yingzhen frowned. He took the booklet and looked at it carefully, and said, "This... someone deliberately suppressed this booklet."

"Father was talking about Li..." Yan Chengxuan hurriedly fell silent, thought for a moment, looked at Yan Yingzhen's serious face, and said softly, "Father was worried about him before..."

Yan Yingzhen put the notebook on the table, and slowly closed her eyes.

"Xuan'er..." Yan Yingzhen called out.

Yan Chengxuan nodded: "Father."

Yan Yingzhen bit her lip and said, "You stay here to read the rest of the scriptures, and my father goes to see the Prime Minister."

Xu Zheng's body was also unable to enter the palace, so he had to stay in his own mansion to do his best.Hearing that Prime Minister Zuo came to visit, he immediately got up and went out of the mansion to meet him.

"You don't have to be like this." Yan Yingzhen supported Xu Zheng's arms with both hands, supported the weight he was pressing on, and said, "I haven't seen the right minister for a long time, and I want to hear the right minister's opinion on something."

Xu Zheng tried his best to smile and said, "You should try your best."

The maid bowed and stepped back after serving the tea. Yan Yingzhen got straight to the point and said, "Just now I saw a folded book that was handed over from Beili."

"Beili?" Xu Zheng hadn't heard about Beili recently, and motioned Yan Yingzhen to continue.

"The scriptures say that the ten tribes of the ancient Qiang want to attack the border eastward in batches, and attack Beili northward. I want His Majesty to let the champion return to Beili, or Xiqi Yeji to help in preparation for the war."

Xu Zheng thought for a moment, and said, "Is it... the brochure that Xiao Qijing handed over?"

Yan Yingzhen nodded, and said, "That's right. This document was handed over half a month ago, but it has been dragged up to now by the Yushitai. Your Majesty can't be distracted from presiding over the political affairs right now. I'm afraid this matter will still be left to the right minister to make a decision."

Xu Zheng was silent.

Yan Yingzhen didn't quite understand the meaning of his silence.Although His Majesty is divided into right and left, in fact, he respects Xu Zheng more than himself, and listens to Xu Zheng's opinions on many things, but at this time he seems to not want to care about this matter.

"Is there any embarrassment for the right minister?"

Xu Zheng shook his head lightly when he heard the words, and said: "Actually... I didn't intend to overstep, nor did I intend to shirk. It's just that your majesty's dragon body was damaged, and the story of the former princess's escape spread throughout Gaodu, and people's hearts were unstable. The catastrophe, I just don't know, whether I have to rely on Dayu to get through it by myself?"

Yan Yingzhen frowned.

"The two of us rarely have the opportunity to chat like this." Xu Zheng smiled lightly and said: "At that time, I thought that as long as I assisted the monarch patiently and wisely, Dayu Guozuo would run for a hundred years. His Majesty is still young, and he can't help but act Extremely persistent, I have a teacher-student relationship with His Majesty, and His Majesty has given me face and accommodated everything, I am very satisfied."

Yan Yingzhen took a sip of tea and said: "Your Prime Minister has good intentions, and all the ministers can see it."

"And I just do all this to hope that Dayu will be safe, that the people will live and work in peace and contentment, and that the monarch and ministers will be obedient," Xu Zheng said, "Naturally, this should depend on Dayu and His Majesty. I thought it would go well, but it turned out..."

"That guy Li Chengru..." Yan Yingzhen pointed at the table and said, "If we drive him out, Dayu will be much more peaceful..."

Xu Zheng didn't answer his words, and said: "I heard that Zhuo Ran escaped from Gaodu..."

Yan Yingzhen said softly: "Escaping from Gaodu means escaping from birth. This girl will make great achievements in the future."

"I still say that, leave everything to His Majesty."

It seemed like a long time before Xu Zheng opened his mouth slowly.

(End of this chapter)