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Chapter 129 Ambush
Tan Zhen stared wide-eyed and nodded numbly.

Xiong Zhenghao let go of his hand, and Tan Zhen hurried back.

It was too late to put out the fire, and there was already scorching heat behind him. Xiong Zhengmo knew that it would be too late to care about these things at this moment. The most important thing right now is to gather people together and not disperse them, otherwise, if there is still gunpowder buried in the city, Los Angeles will be destroyed. It is really hopeless.He looked at the mess behind him, with a chill in his eyes, and said, "Master Jiang, you go and follow Tan Zhen, many things in Los Angeles need his face to solve, we must not let him run away."

Jiang Rulan nodded and said, "Okay."

Liu Yulin looked up at Ruofei, this thing is really human, but has it ever seen Li Chengru, if it just wants to remind them that there is gunpowder in the city, then it will be a long way to catch Li Chengru.

Ruofei spun down twice, Xiong Zheng frowned, he stretched out his arms to support the eagle, thanks to Ruofei for being able to get to this point, he looked at Ruofei sideways, and said: "Go back, Tell the governor about the situation in Los Angeles, and ask him to be very careful."

Ruofei tilted his head, then raised his wings and flew towards the distance.

Wu Song was still holding Zhuo Ran's Gu Song Yin in his hand.After Tian Wuruo was handed over to him that day, he kept wearing it close to his body. He thought that he would see Zhuo Ran soon and give it to her, but now he has not seen him and is still trapped in Luo City.

Liu Yulin said: "Could it be that Li Chengru has already escaped from the city? If he dares to bury gunpowder here, it must be because there is no use value here."

"Our people have blocked the dog hole, where else can he escape?" Xiong Zhenghao recalled the people Liu Yulin had just met, and said, "Which direction did they go?"

Liu Yulin pointed to the east and said, "There are not many people, just a few."

Xiong Zheng had no intention of catching up, but looked into the distance and sighed deeply. Liu Yulin knew what Xiong Zhenghao was doing even though he had never been on a battlefield, but it was a bit aggrieved to act so passively.

"They don't know how many people they brought with them," Liu Yulin lowered his eyes and said, "Will we be outnumbered?"

Xiong Zhenghao shook his head and said, "How many people can there be in a bandit den, and how many people are following Li Chengru? Are they comparable to the three thousand forbidden troops brought by Mr. Jiang?"

"Besides..." Xiong Zhenghao said: "Who is willing to work hard with this hopeless man, at least to see the situation clearly, the prince has been taken back by us, and he still has cards?"

"Keep your voice down." Liu Yulin glanced at the people behind and said, "Didn't Master Jiang say that this is a secret? Why are you still so swaggering?"

Xiong Zhenghao turned his eyes away. It was right to think about it carefully. They didn't know whether the prince had returned to the palace. To Li Chengru, this might be the deadliest news.Gaodu and the surrounding state capitals have every reason to join forces to hunt down and kill Li Chengru, but now, if there is a chance to succeed in one fell swoop, we should not place our hopes on the latter.

"I see." Xiong Zhengmo blinked, and walked together with Liu Yulin to Tan Zhen's residence. The security there was heavy, and the surrounding area was considered safe for the time being. He needed to find a way to try to force these people out.

Liu Yulin quickened his pace following him, and said, "You asked Ruofei to find the governor, do you want him to help?"

Xiong Zhenghao said: "He is taking Si Ye to Yidong to investigate the matter now, and he won't be here in a short time. I just want to tell the Governor that the other group of people that General Peng mentioned is hiding in Los Angeles."

***
When Li Xunchuan stepped into the room with the medicine in his hand, he felt that the room was a bit cold, and when he looked up, he found that the window was not closed, and the cold wind blew through the bed curtains, wrinkled them, and brushed the hands hanging by the side of the couch in waves.

Zhuo Ran didn't sleep well, and frowned after vaguely hearing the movement.Just now Ji Yuyan came over and wiped the sweat off her neck, but now she was sweating a lot again, Li Yuchuan closed the window first and did not open the curtain.

The veil that had passed through the hot water was emitting white mist, and Li Yanchuan wrung out the water, wiped off the sweat from her forehead and neck again, and held the slightly cold hands soaked by the wind again.

Zhuo Ran couldn't stop trembling, she opened her mouth and said softly, "...it's cold."

Li Xunchuan pulled down the quilt a little bit, stretched out his arms and dragged Zhuo Ran's back to bring him up, Zhuo Ran reluctantly opened his eyes, grabbed Li Xunchuan's sleeve with his fingers, and frowned tightly as if resisting.

"Drink the medicine before going to bed." Li Yanchuan pressed his chin against her forehead and said softly, "Why is it still so hot?"

Zhuo Ran leaned in his arms and gradually became sober, Li Yanchuan shook the bottom of the bowl with one hand, the strong bitter taste directly drove Zhuo Ran away, she shrank on Li Yanchuan's shoulder before she drank, and her lips were tightly pursed.

Li Xunchuan pinched her shoulder and said, "Open your mouth."

"I...you wait for a while." Zhuo Ran said in a muffled voice, while raising his hand to gently press his chest, feeling that it was burning and painful.

"What's the matter?" Li Yanchuan had no choice but to put down the medicine first, grabbed the back of her hand and touched it lightly twice.

Zhuo Ran didn't have the strength to speak anymore, Li Yuchuan sighed slightly, and said, "Good boy, you'll be fine after drinking the medicine, bear with it."

The medicine bowl was handed to Zhuo Ran's lips, even the edge of the bowl was bitter, she bit the edge of the bowl with her teeth, in a daze to prevent Li Yanchuan from tilting the medicine bowl.

"Xiaqiu..." Li Yanchuan had no patience for coaxing Zhuo Ran to drink the medicine, but now seeing that she was extremely unwilling, he couldn't help feeling worried, and gradually became a little angry.

"Forget it..." Li Yanchuan didn't force her anymore, and said in a cold voice, "It's fine if you don't want to drink, you can continue to sleep."

Zhuo Ran let go of Li Yanchuan, looked up and saw his expression and knew that he was angry, Li Yanchuan didn't touch her again, just sat on the side of the couch with his back to Zhuo Ran and didn't speak.

"Chi Yue..." Zhuo Ran raised his hand and shook Li Xunchuan's arm with great effort, but he ignored his plan, Zhuo Ran sighed softly, reached out to hold the medicine bowl, and drank it with his breath held.

"Ahem..." Zhuo Ran couldn't hold the medicine bowl, covered her lips and coughed without dropping it, but Li Xunchuan reached out and grabbed it and put it back on the small desk beside the couch, and hurriedly patted her on the back to calm her breath.

Li Xunchuan rubbed her vest, Zhuo Ran's face was forced to turn slightly red, and he lost his strength and fell back into Li Xunchuan's arms, forcing himself to open his eyes. Li Xunchuan held her hand, and pulled up the quilt that had slipped from her waist.

"It's very bitter." Li Yanchuan rubbed the top of her hair with some distress, Zhuo Ran raised his head slightly, Li Yanchuan lowered his head and touched her lips, and just turned around slightly, the bitterness spread directly to him up.

Zhuo Ran held Li Yanchuan's hand tightly, he could only leave Zhuo Ran temporarily, tightened his arms slightly, and hugged him even tighter.

"I'll drink the medicine well, don't be angry." Zhuo Ran gasped for breath, she looked at Li Yuchuan, and it took a long time to gather the strength to say a word.

Li Xunchuan lowered his head and said, "I'm not angry... I know it's uncomfortable to drink medicine, but there's nothing I can do about it. You have to be obedient, you know?"

"Hmm..." Zhuo Ran blinked, Li Yuchuan took out a candy from his arms and stuffed it into Zhuo Ran's mouth, and lay down with Zhuo Ran in his arms.

Zhuo Ran couldn't see the outside situation through the bed curtain, and after the sweet smell was full, he regained some clarity, and asked in a low voice: "Is it already late?"

Li Xunchuan held Zhuo Ran's waist, and Zhuo Ran's other hand was pillowed under his head. Looking at the person at the moment, he seemed to be in good spirits. I don't know if it was an illusion.

"It's already dark." Li Yuchuan said, "You slept all day."

"Oh..." Zhuo Ran nodded, she closed her eyes, put her hands on Li Yuchuan's arms habitually, and said, "How did your talk with Marquis Wu go today?"

Li Xunchuan said: "It's very good. You told me that Da Xiye really has a clear understanding of things. He can trust the people he trusts without reservation, and he can also know how to choose between right and wrong. I was really a good person before." I was wrong."

"But this is not good." Zhuo Ran buried himself in Li Yanchuan's arms and coughed a few times, and said, "After all, he is Marquis Daxi, so he can't be so kind-hearted, and sometimes he will make mistakes."

Li Xunchuan nodded and said, "I know."

"You told him to investigate Han Cheng and Nei Ying's affairs, and he agreed only because he didn't want to be what you expected." Zhuo Ran pursed his lips, and said, "He still misses the people of Luzhou... It's just, what method are you going to use to investigate him? These officials are not as easy to investigate as Yi Dong's."

Li Xunchuan smiled and said, "Don't worry about it, go to sleep."

Zhuo Ran shook her head and said, "To be honest, that Han Cheng is really suspicious. When I saw him at the banquet last night, I always felt that he was too clingy to Da Xi Ye. He seemed to want to follow Da Xi Ye wherever he went."

Seeing that Zhuo Ran didn't listen to him at all, Li Xunchuan could only follow her words: "That's his pretentiousness."

"I don't think so." Zhuo Ran looked at Li Yuchuan and said, "Assuming he is the internal agent, he must work with someone who is famous and capable. Only in this way can he gain more people's trust. This is a fake tiger's power." Another meaning, he doesn't want to highlight his ability, he can only cover himself with stronger people. Hiding is the best way..."

Li Yunchuan looked at Zhuo Ran and did not speak.

"But if he is not an internal response." Zhuo Ran said: "Then all this can't be explained. The account book is such an important thing that no one can touch it except for the special management. If they have moved the account books, that's for sure. Unless they're all covering up the insider..."

Li Xunchuan frowned and said, "There are many possibilities, we can't even guess here."

Zhuo Ran blinked her eyes and said, "What exactly are you thinking?"

"Actually, there is no good way." Li Yanchuan's eyes flashed unprecedentedly, and said: "All this is our guesswork, and I don't know what their purpose is to secretly exchange food and wages. Beili and the border Since there is no bad news, it means that there is nothing wrong with it for the time being, and I can only comfort myself in this way, because I don’t know anything.”

"Ah..." Zhuo Ran squeezed Li Yanchuan's chin.

"Actually, I don't know if this kind of blindness is effective." Li Yuchuan said: "How long it will take for Ruofei to come back, and whether my guess will be successful or not are both problems."

Zhuo Ran smiled reassuringly, and Li Yanchuan held her fingers in her arms, and she said, "...you don't have confidence?"

Li Xunchuan said: "...No confidence is important. I'm just wondering if I can go back to Beili as soon as possible. I want to take you home."

"What do you think I am?" Zhuo Ran asked softly.

Li Xunchuan raised his eyebrows: "My wife."

Zhuo Ran lowered his eyes and smiled, Li Yanchuan kept staring at Zhuo Ran, his face turned red all the way to his earlobe. He liked Zhuo Ran's appearance very much, and others couldn't see him like this. It belongs to him alone.

But before the smile was fully revealed, Zhuo Ran collected his expression, stretched out his hand to grab Li Yuchuan's arm, and asked with some guilt: "Did you invite the doctor over today?"

Li Xunchuan didn't expect that she would ask this, his reaction was a bit too slow, but he immediately understood the reason for Zhuo Ran's question.Last night she almost broke down emotionally, saying that there was not enough time, he didn't understand at first, then Zhuo Ran picked up Li Yuchuan in a daze, just to do it once, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Until the doctor said those words.

"You want a child?" Li Yanchuan looked directly at her.

Zhuo Ran's scalp was numb from being stared at, and she didn't say a word for a while.

Li Yanchuan sighed, stroked Zhuo Ran's cheek lightly, and said: "You want to leave me a thought, and then die in a corner without letting me know? Zhuo Ran, will I not be sad then? "

Zhuo Ran buried her head.

"Xiaqiu..." Li Yuchuan called softly, and said, "You forgot that I told you that I will take you to a doctor in Nanjiang, and he will definitely cure you. Why are you so pessimistic? ?”

"But..." Zhuo Ran finally raised her eyes, met Li Yanchuan's eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "But, I'm hopeless, I don't want you to be sad, and I don't want you to be snatched away after I die. The safest way, only in this way, you are my Zhuo Ran alone..."

"Why?" Li Yanchuan asked in a low voice.

Zhuo Ran closed her eyes and shook her head vigorously.

"Because you found that you vomit blood from time to time?" Li Xunchuan grabbed Zhuo Ran's chin to prevent her from moving. Zhuo Ran looked at Li Xunchuan in shock, but found that the other party was unusually calm.

"Silly Xiaqiu..." Li Yanchuan stretched out his arms and hugged the person in his arms. He really couldn't laugh or cry, he could only touch the back of Zhuo Ran's neck, and said softly: "The doctor said, it's blood stasis, spit it out and hurts." Enough."

"Huh?" Zhuo Ran raised her eyes in his arms, some water drops on her eyelashes.

Looking at Zhuo Ran's appearance, Li Xunchuan could only smile helplessly, and said, "In the future, if you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me. If you carry it by yourself like this, what if I am really heartbroken? You are still crying Seriously, the injury hasn't fully healed yet, won't it be hot again?"

Zhuo Ran grabbed Li Yanchuan's skirt and said, "You...you didn't lie to me?"

"I can't wait to be with you for ten lifetimes," Li Yuchuan said, "Will it hurt you or me to lie to you like this?"

Zhuo Ran buried her face and began to cry directly in Li Yanchuan's arms.Li Xunchuan could only pat her on the back, thinking that Zhuo Ran was really a child, she knew how to hide and consider others, but she didn't know how to satisfy her, everything she did was based on her love, that is That kind of love made her retreat a little bit in some things, such as living happily, such as admitting that she is Li Yuchuan's wife.

"Don't cry..." Li Yuchuan rubbed the top of her hair, messing it up in a daze, Zhuo Ran sniffled and looked up at him, her eyes were already completely red, with teardrops that made her look adorable.

Li Xunchuan kissed her forehead and said, "Remember, you must tell me anything, don't carry it yourself, I will always be by your side, as long as you need it."

Zhuo Ran nodded with tears in her eyes.

***
At dawn, Qiongyu didn't show the slightest sign, and hung over the city of Los Angeles in a foggy manner, with a suppressed aura.

Wu Song was still dozing against the wall with Gu Songyin in his arms. It seemed that someone walked by and stepped on the corner of his clothes, but he didn't wake up. .

He tilted his head, almost twisted his neck, found a comfortable position and continued to close his eyes.The weather was bad, suitable for deep sleep, Wu Song nodded his head heavily, waking himself up with fright.

Xiong Zhenghao was still facing him with his eyes closed.It was too ostentatious to transfer so many people out of the city, and for some reason, they continued to explode for a long time when they went out from the special alleyway, directly blocking the way out.Xiong Zhenghao and Jiang Rulan were busy rescuing people, and the remaining unarmed people could only gather temporarily at Tan Zhen's residence. They only rested for less than two hours, and they haven't woken up yet.

Wu Song got up quietly, and originally wanted to help cover Xiong Zhenghao and Jiang Rulan with blankets, but Xiong Zhenghao suddenly woke up, which shocked him.

"You..." Xiong Zhenghao rubbed his face, stood up after waking up for a while, and said, "Why did you wake up so early?"

Wu Song shook his head and said, "I broke my neck in sleep, and I woke up when I saw someone going out in a trance."

Xiong Zhenghao stretched his arms. He walked to the door and found that the latch was open. He frowned but stepped out without thinking much.

Wu Song followed him to the yard, where the imperial guards who had already been on shift were planted straight on the ground. Xiong Zhengmo touched the corner of his mouth, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong.The imperial army followed Li Yuchuan, who was used to being a loyal person, as long as he got the mission, he would not make any mistakes, but he always felt that it was not normal.

"Who went out just now?" Xiong Zhenghao frowned.

"If you go back to the deputy general, it's Lord Tan."

Xiong Zhenghao opened his eyes wide: "...Damn."

He was about to rush out without even thinking about it, but Wu Song called him from behind, Xiong Zhenghao barely stopped, so he had to turn around and strode in front of Wu Song, saying, "Tell Jiang Rulan and Liu Yulin to keep an eye on this place, I'll go and get it Bring that Tan Zhen back!"

Seeing that he didn't have a knife, Wu Song handed Gu Songyin to him: "Don't hit him impulsively, or His Majesty will punish you."

Xiong Zhenghao glared at him, took Gu Songyin directly and rushed out.

Wu Song blinked, and immediately woke up Jiang Rulan and Liu Yulin when he returned to the room.Before they were awake, they heard Wu Song say that Tan Zhen had run away, so they stood up immediately and wanted to go out to help.

"Xiong Zhenghao has already gone." Wu Song stopped them in time, and said, "Don't go yet, he said he wants you to keep an eye on this place, and he will go after Master Tan alone."

"What did Tan Zhen want to do when he ran out?" Liu Yulin turned his neck and said, "He won't be greedy for life and fear death, will he?"

Jiang Rulan sighed, and said, "It looks like it is."

(End of this chapter)