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Chapter 123 Stealing Dreams
Zhuo Ran frowned, she really had no strength, so Li Yuchuan hugged her, put her chin on his shoulder, and kept hugging her like this.

Zhuo Ran smiled slightly and said, "Brother..."

Li Xunchuan asked softly, "Did you dream about him just now?"

"Can't I dream of you?" Zhuo Ran was a little slow in responding, and only said a word after a while.

Li Xunchuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Can I scare you like this?"

Zhuo Ran curled the corners of her lips slightly, gathered up some strength, and said, "Brother...can you pat me on the back?"

Hearing this, Li Xunchuan stretched out his hand and patted her gently, like coaxing a child, Zhuo Ran liked it very much.

"Actually..." Zhuo Ran closed her eyes, knowing that Li Yuchuan was terrified, so she explained: "I just dreamed about my brother, and he carried me to the study to find a book, but I felt a little uncomfortable so he carried me to rest. I just saw my father... I haven't dreamed of my father for a long time..."

Li Xunchuan said "Yes", and Zhuo Ran continued, with a helpless tone: "But my father looked at me fiercely, and I was frightened."

"What book are you reading?" Li Yanchuan realized that asking was unnecessary after asking. Zhuo Ran must be reading poetry books, so he added: "I can fall asleep while reading."

Zhuo Ran licked the corners of her lips, and said harshly, "I just fell asleep..."

"Want to drink water?" Hearing her hoarse voice, Li Yanchuan reached out to take a glass of water from the small table beside the bed, thought for a while and took a mouthful.

Some ice.

Li Xunchuan let go of Zhuo Ran, and kissed her lightly, the warm water slid down his throat, with some sweet taste, Zhuo Ran's lips were moistened by the kiss, and it seemed that he was no longer thirsty.

Zhuo Ran hugged him again, Li Yanchuan sighed, and said, "Sleep, okay, I'll pat you when you sleep."

"Hmm..." Zhuo Ran nodded slightly.

Li Yanchuan pulled the quilt to Zhuo Ran's shoulder, the wind sound was not as strong as before, Zhuo Ran's consciousness was rather vague, but listening to the sound was not very comfortable, Li Yanchuan brushed away the sweaty hair from her temples, thinking that she would definitely kill her in the morning. Take a shower.

He has never taken care of a person like this.In the past in Beili, as a champion, he would not care about everything, he would carelessly deal with his own injuries, and the same with his soldiers, because he felt that it was unnecessary. Not to the countertop.

When he was young, Li Junyi would take care of him, but he matured too early, he didn't like to be taken care of, and he didn't like to take care of others. Even though Li Junyi was seriously ill once, he just went to see him.He didn't understand why Xiao Qijing was so nervous at that time, he almost never left the big tent, even the medicine had to be watched by Li Junyi to drink it himself to feel at ease, he thought it was hypocritical.

But he didn't dare to say it, because he was a man, and a man shouldn't ask such childish questions.Li Xunchuan tried to avoid it as much as possible, no matter who was injured or sick, he would only verbally express his condolences, his temper was cold and strange.

The sudden departure of his parents formed a thick layer of ice in his heart, which he used to protect himself. As long as the layer of ice is still there, he will never be afraid of getting hurt.

But who knows, he will meet Zhuo Ran later, and he will meet this person who is six years younger than him, who needs a big brother to take care of him like a little sister, but it seems inappropriate to think this way, Zhuo Ran is not a little sister, but her daughter-in-law .

Is this what the heart feels like?

As long as Zhuo Ran has something wrong, he will be frightened, paranoid, jealous and mad, angry and remorseful, but when he looks at her, his heart will soften.

He is changing, becoming more human.

But Zhuo Ran is obviously more impersonal than him.

Li Xunchuan chuckled when he thought of this, and Zhuo Ran felt that his hand that was patting his back was not moving, so he reached out and grabbed the clothes on his chest.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhuo Ran didn't even want to open his mouth, and spoke vaguely.

Li Xunchuan heard it clearly, Zhuo Ran buried her face in the quilt before he could answer, and kept rubbing against his arms, Li Xunchuan pulled the quilt down a little, and Zhuo Ran exposed her head.

"You look like a little rabbit." Li Yanchuan moved down a little, Zhuo Ran's face was right in front of his shoulder, he stretched out his hand to rub Zhuo Ran's hair, and moved to his back to pat lightly.

Zhuo Ran was tossed and sleepy, Li Yuchuan covered her ear with his other hand, blocking the sudden violent wind, and called her name softly.

"Zhuo Xiaqiu..."

It is his alone.

***
In the early morning of the next day, before Zhuo Ran woke up, Li Yanchuan carried her into the bathroom.

Zhuo Ran was pressed into the hot water. The long-lost relief and relaxation made Zhuo Ran even more sleepy. She rested her head on the edge of the tub. Li Yanchuan was afraid that someone would slip in, so he hooked a chair and sat on the side.

"Change your hand." Li Xunchuan massaged her right hand so that it turned red and pink from the steam, Zhuo Ran raised his left hand, and Li Xunchuan held it firmly in his palm.

Zhuo Ran's arms are slender, with protruding wrist bones. She was born white. Li Yanchuan can leave traces with a little force. He has never touched porcelain in his life. I don't know how experts will react when they see fine white jade porcelain, but he can Feeling the change in my mood, I was afraid of bumping Zhuo Ran.

This man is a treasure.

"When is it?"

Li Xunchuan wiped off the water on Zhuo Ran's ankles, wrapped her feet to warm them up, and then stretched out his arms to take Zhuo Ran's clothes.

"It's getting late." Li Yuchuan helped her to stand up, tied the belt around the waist of the obscene clothes for her, put on her underwear, carried her to the bed and began to put on socks.

Zhuo Ran narrowed her eyes comfortably, and said: "When I was a child, my brother also dressed me like this, but he always pulled my hair when he combed it, and he pulled it a lot."

Li Xunchuan smiled when he heard this, and said, "Is it okay when I comb it?"

"Almost." Zhuo Ran blurted out, thought for a moment and felt that it was inappropriate, and then added: "Actually, it's not bad."

Li Xunchuan pinched her ankle, the bones protruded clearly, he looked up at Zhuo Ran, saw her smiling at him, and thought it was actually quite good.Although he needed to take care of him all the time, it was really good, because this person relied on and trusted him unconditionally, and Li Xunchuan was Zhuo Ran's layer of protection.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhuo Ran bent down, reached out to reach for Li Xunchuan's braid hanging on his shoulder, and twirled it around his fingertips.

Li Xunchuan came back to his senses, Zhuo Ran kissed his forehead, but he frowned slightly: "Zhuo Xiaqiu, why do you like kissing me so much?"

Zhuo Ran raised her eyebrows, and said with a smile: "In a few years, Li Yanchuan will become a white-haired grandfather, and he will hate me if he kisses me again at that time."

"Oh," Li Yuchuan helped her put on her shoes, got up and walked to the table, and handed her a glass of warm water: "Yes, we are still young, and I am dying of old age."

Zhuo Ran poured a glass of water down, and it became much warmer. She signaled that she wanted another glass, but Li Xunchuan went behind the screen, hearing the sound that she was going to take a bath.

She poured a glass of water on her own, remembering that Li Yuchuan told her that when she arrived in Luzhou, she would go to Gu Zhao's aunt's house for a few days and secretly find out who the person who kidnapped Wang Cheng was. It was still early for them to arrive in Luzhou, but Li Yunchuan had no intention of looking for Aunt Gu Zhao.

Holding the water glass, Zhuo Ran walked to the screen and said, "Chi Yue, shall we go to Aunt Gu Zhao's place today?"

Li Xunchuan replied after a while: "Not going yet."

"Why?" Zhuo Ran poked his head out to look at Li Yuchuan, but he retracted into the bathtub, only showing his nose and eyes.

Zhuo Ran walked in, with a confused expression on his face, and said, "What are you doing?"

Li Xunchuan moved up and down and leaned back slightly, sighed and said, "You don't want to think about what you did last night, I have no energy now."

Zhuo Ran raised her eyebrows, finished drinking the water, and chuckled lightly: "Shall I wash it for you?"

Li Xunchuan opened his eyes, it was foggy with water vapor, Zhuo Ran saw a few drops of water falling from the tip of his nose, and his eyelashes seemed to be foggy, so he put down his water glass and took a closer look.

"My aunt is not old at all." Zhuo Ran squeezed his chin and shook it a few times. The word "old" is indeed not suitable to describe the current Li Yanchuan. She has learned poetry and songs, and it is also reliable, but she is unwilling to use it. No matter what words to describe him, these illusory magnificences are real and tragic, and none of them can survive in Li Yuchuan's eyes.

What Li Yuchuan wanted was never these things.

"Go and put on your coat." Li Xunchuan didn't touch her with wet hands, but just nodded to remind her to put on clothes so as not to catch the cold.

Zhuo Ran shook his head, then changed the topic and said, "Do you think there is a problem here in Luzhou, so you don't want to go?"

Li Xunchuan flicked the water and said, "Aunt Gu Zhao's house is in the city, and it's a little close to Daxihou's mansion. I'm thinking that we'll go there when there are many people at the market at noon today."

"Don't you trust Da Xihou?" Zhuo Ran tilted his head to look at him, and said, "Do you suspect that he was also bribed?"

Li Xunchuan nodded, and said: "He doesn't have much contact with Gaodu, I don't know what he is like, Luzhou is no better than Yidong, so it's better to be careful."

Zhuo Ran stood a little tired, sitting on the chair happened to be able to touch Li Xunchuan, she imitated Li Xunchuan and rubbed his shoulders for him, and said, "Actually, I heard Liu Jijiu talk about Da Xihou before."

"Ok?"

It was at the banquet hosted by Emperor Chongwen. At that time, she proposed to marry Ji Yuyan to the governor, so she remembered Ji Yuyan's name.I don't know what went wrong, Zhuo Ran was very resistant to these three words, even though Li Yuchuan refused.

When he returned to the Imperial College that day, Liu Yulin saw Zhuo Ran was puzzled, so he told her a relatively unknown rumor - Marquis Daxi and Ji Yuyan were in love with each other.

Zhuo Ran frowned slightly, but Liu Yulin told her not to be confused. Few people knew about this matter, and few people dared to spread it. He heard Jiang Rulan tell the news.Jiang Rulan often runs outside, and these rumors have long been commonplace, but bringing him into Gaodu is considered a shocking secret.

"Are they cousins?" Li Yuchuan said interrogative sentences, but he was stating the fact.

Zhuo Ran gave a "hmm" and said, "I don't think it's strange, there is no rule about liking, it depends on who the object is."

Li Xunchuan smiled and said, "You think the same as I do."

"But having said that," Zhuo Ran slid her fingertips across the scar on Li Xunchuan's back, leaving an itchy feeling, she said, "I don't know how much the right minister knows about Da Xi Ye."

"If he wants to do bad things, the right minister can't stop him if he has the heart." When Li Yanchuan said this, he thought of Xu Zheng and Yan Chengxuan. Before, he always thought that they were rivals, because they fought openly and secretly in many places and neither would give up. After something happened to Shi Yu, they naturally stood together.

This is very similar to some of the situations he encountered in Beili.There are always one or two generals who disagree. When the enemy is approaching, they will really drop everything and fight the enemy together. This seems to be a kind of fun.

If Da Xiye really did something unforgivable, Xu Zheng didn't know what would happen.

"Over there in Luocheng..." Zhuo Ran thought for a while, and said, "Let Ruofei go and see the situation, we are in Luzhou, if you want to go to Luocheng, it will be soon."

Li Xunchuan smiled helplessly: "You are really active."

Zhuo Ran snorted softly, Luocheng was full of his confidantes, his serious trouble, if something happened, Li Yanchuan would not be helpless.

"Wu Song is over there. It's safe to meet Xiong Zhenghao. We're not in a hurry to go there after we've dealt with the matter here." Li Yanchuan frowned slightly, and Zhuo Ran pressed his back, sometimes lightly and sometimes heavily, he He looked back at Zhuo Ran.

It seemed that the paleness of last night was still left, Li Yanchuan sighed slightly, and he would take Zhuo Ran back to Beili in the future, what if she couldn't stand the environment there and often fell ill, what should I do, I had to find a good place to pick her up, Li Yanchuan like this think.

"...Xiaqiu" Li Yanchuan called out.

Zhuo Ran looked at him.

"Listen to me, take medicine well, and take care of your body." Li Yanchuan seemed to have seen the day he was looking forward to, he smiled, and said, "I want to grow old with you, and enjoy the rest of my life..."

Live a life that he often fantasizes about, just him and Zhuo Ran, they will travel across thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, taste all the delicacies in the world, hold each other's life and happiness in their own hands, string them into a thread, tie them on their wrists, and tie them together. lifetime.

It is selfish and equally humble.

It was the first time that Zhuo Ran had the thought of rejecting it, and it came out directly without careful consideration.At that moment, she realized that her brain would react faster than her body, and she really wanted to leave Li Yuchuan deep in her consciousness so as not to delay him.

But she couldn't say it out, she wanted to forget such irresponsible words, but the more she wanted to forget, the clearer she remembered.She didn't dare to tell Li Yanchuan, she didn't let Li Yanchuan feel at ease for a few days, and she didn't want to disturb him at all at this time.

Li Xunchuan is the champion, and Li Chiyue is her alone. He has to take care of everything around him first, so that Zhuo Ran can love him without any scruples. This is an awkward but reasonable thing.

***
The dark clouds dissipated the remaining temperature, leaving behind a cool breeze, and I felt cold even if I didn't wear more clothes.

Seeing Wu Song shivering in the wind, Xiong Zhenghao took off his cloak and wrapped it around Wu Song's body. It was quite warm, but it was a bit long, and most of it was dragged on the ground.Wu Song reached out and hugged the cloak in his arms.

Xiong Zhengmo frowned, and said: "The governor makes you run every day, why do you still grow so tall, you just don't want to jump up."

"I don't go to the battlefield." Wu Song stared at him and said, "I'm just a guard."

"Look at your prospects." Xiong Zhengmo snorted lightly.

Just as he was talking, Jiang Rulan followed Tan Zhen into the door, followed by two guards, their footsteps were in a hurry, and Xiong Zhenghao rushed to meet him.

"Don't ask, if you ask, there is no." Tan Zhen said it first, and Xiong Zhenghao froze in place.

These people have been investigating for the past few days. Although they know the looks of Li Chengru and Yuan Lu, finding them is like finding a needle in a haystack. Besides, if these Los Angeles bandits pretend to be ordinary people, they will not be able to find them. After all, there is no definite situation.

Xiong Zhenghao looked at Jiang Rulan, who also shook her head, pointed at Tan Zhen behind her, and said silently, "I'm angry."

Xiong Zhenghao didn't give him face, saying: "If you don't have the ability to investigate, don't stop. If you keep investigating, I don't believe that these two people can disappear out of thin air!"

"Go and investigate if you have the ability!" Tan Zhen flicked his sleeves and said, "Anyway, His Majesty didn't make the order for me alone!"

After finishing speaking, he pushed Xiong Zhenghao away and entered the room, and slammed the door shut with a "bang".

"Heh..." Xiong Zhenghao rolled his eyes and said, "The state capital is amazing. If you don't have the skills, you don't let people tell you what's wrong."

Jiang Rulan took his arm and said in a low voice, "Master Tan has worked hard all day, and he didn't realize that he was in a bad mood, so don't act like this."

"Which side are you from?" Xiong Zhenghao looked at him and said, "You're still talking to him after all this time! With his useless appearance, do you think you can find someone? Don't let the duck fly away, Hide under the blanket and cry! His Majesty doesn't know if he will be spared or not."

"Oh, you..." Jiang Rulan wanted to say something more, but felt that what he said was right, so she stopped talking.

Wu Song sniffed, Xiong Zhenghao glanced at him, and said, "If he wants to nest here and lay eggs, go, Song Nut, let's check."

"Ah?" Wu Song nodded and said, "...Oh."

Jiang Rulan thought for a while, and said, "Why don't I go with you again, and I don't want to stay here..."

Xiong Zhenghao looked out the door and said, "Where's Liu Yulin? Didn't he go out with you?"

Jiang Rulan just remembered, and said, "Jijiu, he went to the north side of the city. We checked there late yesterday, and he didn't come back because he was afraid of revealing something."

Wu Song raised his head and said, "Let's go to Liu Ji Bar. Mr. Tan doesn't seem to want to investigate the matter with us very much, but...do you want to tell him, after all, it's still on his territory."

"Say what!" Xiong Zhenghao strode out.

Jiang Rulan didn't stop them, so she had to walk slowly to the door of Tan Zhen's room, whispered an explanation, and followed Xiong Zhenghao out.

Seeing Jiang Rulan follow, Xiong Zhenghao couldn't help but want to scold him, Tan Zhen really has nothing to say, the imperial decree is in front of him, he can still be so leisurely, Li Chengru has become a wanted criminal , Tan Zhen still looked indifferent, I really don't know what this person thinks, it's always like this.

He can't stand this kind of person.I've been with Li Yuchuan for a long time, and I just want to do things as quickly as possible and with high efficiency. Any bit of procrastination and irresponsibility is like sand, which can't get into his eyes at all.

"Annoying." Xiong Zhenghao quickened his pace.

(End of this chapter)