last time

Chapter 130 Reality
Xiong Zhenghao chased him to the entrance of the alley that was blocked yesterday, and he saw Tan Zhen bent down looking for a way out, but he couldn't escape, so he knelt on the ground and cried loudly.

Xiong Zhenghao has seen this kind of thing a lot. In the past, there were deserters crying and clamoring to leave, and only by leaving could they survive.In fact, some people were released after they were truly pardoned, but they almost all ended up dead.He wanted to tell everyone that such a method would fail, but he couldn't bear to pour cold water on it. Only those who have really suffered can remember the lesson.

He has no compassion for Tan Zhen, because he never thought about fighting for a way out from the beginning.He had a fluke mentality, thinking that Li Chengru would be found if he strictly inspected it, but the result was not satisfactory. Not only did he not be seen, but he was bombed so badly that if he made a slight move, he might be buried in Los Angeles.

Tan Zhen didn't want to die, and he didn't understand why those people chose Los Angeles. He just wanted to live in peace as the state capital, and those people who didn't know how to live or die didn't like him.

Xiong Zhenghao cursed inwardly, this man is really useless.Holding Gu Songyin's sword, he walked up to him and said, "Don't look, you can't get out."

Tan Zhen burst into tears, before wiping his nose in time, choked up and said, "I don't want to die..."

"The more you don't want to die, the faster you will die!" Xiong Zhengmo leaned against his shoulder with the sword, and said, "What time is this, don't you come up with ideas with us and just do these useless things! "

Tan Zhen shook his head, reluctantly pawing at the ruins in front of him, but it was of no use.To him, it was a big mountain that he couldn't climb over, just like the single-plank bridge at the end of a dead end, it was obvious that stepping on it was the way to life, but he suddenly discovered that he had no feet at all.

Xiong Zheng couldn't help mocking: "The majestic state capital is such a coward, what do you tell the people of Los Angeles to think of you? Now you are not only the state capital, but also an official appointed by His Majesty. Even if you die, you will die worthy of death!"

"You deserve to die!" Tan Zhen suddenly looked up at him, and shouted sharply: "Your whole family is dead, so you can die as soon as you want, but I am not! I still have a wife and children..."

"What the hell is I left in my family!" Xiong Zhenghao was irritated. He hated others mentioning his family because he was afraid that the fact would be presented to him again. After staying in Gaodu for so many years, he thought he would control it, but he overestimated himself.

"My family members died on the battlefield!" Xiong Zhenghao leaned over and grabbed Tan Zhen's collar, as if he could drag Tan Zhen up from the ground with a little more force. He stared firmly into Tan Zhen's eyes, Said: "They died honorably! But what about you, you are a coward and a deserter! Don't be a bitch to touch me here. If you want to die, I can fulfill you now!"

Tan Zhen tightly held onto his arm, and said, "Do it if you have the ability. If I die, I will care about Los Angeles. I'll be waiting for you on Huangquan Road!"

Xiong Zhenghao thought he would beg for mercy, but Xiong Zhenghao was shocked by his performance. He pushed Tan Zhen away forcefully, drew out his sword and put it on Tan Zhen's neck.

Tan Zhen's mouth was stiff, but he was already trembling with fear. He turned his head to look at the silver-white sword reflecting his own face, and suddenly thought that the appearance of this sword stained with his blood was too frightening.

"Wait..." Tan Zhen shrank his neck, feeling a chill, he lowered his eyes and stretched his fingers away from the sword, but Xiong Zheng ignored his movements and still placed the blade across his neck superior.

"I just need to use a little bit of force," Xiong Zhenghao raised the corners of his lips without a smile on his face, and said, "You can get what you want, but you have to think carefully, if you die, your wife and children will find out if you die. What would they think?"

Tan Zhen lowered his head, and Xiong Zhenghao leaned over and said, "It is said that you were killed because you wanted to be a deserter. Do you think they will still miss you and admire you? They will only think you are a coward!"

"Is it still useful for you to provoke me with words?" Tan Zhen said coldly: "In this situation, everyone is in danger. Do you think you are the savior, can you save the people in Los Angeles? Naive! Stupid!"

Xiong Zheng frowned, and said: "Why are you so stubborn when you have a chance to escape? Am I willing to be trapped here to die? Are we willing? If you don't want to die, are we willing?"

Tan Zhen said with a smile: "If that's the case, why don't you try to escape? Since the disaster is imminent, why bother to look forward and backward, whoever survives is his ability!"

"Then you go!" Xiong Zhenghao yanked back the blade of the sword, while Tan Zhen sat on the ground panting.

"I'd like to see what Master Zhou is capable of!" Xiong Zhenghao put the sword back into the scabbard, threw it to him coldly, then turned and left.

Before he had gone a few steps, the sound of breaking wind suddenly started in his ears. Xiong Zhenghao reacted quickly, and hurriedly bent over to avoid the incoming arrows. to a safe place.

"You..." Tan Zhen trembled, Xiong Zhenghao gave him a look to signal him to keep quiet, if it wasn't for the sake of explaining to Gao Du in the future, why would he risk his life to save him.

There is really nothing to say.If it wasn't for chasing him out, how could he be targeted?Xiong Zhenghao really wanted to kill Tan Zhen, but suddenly many people appeared outside.

They are poorly trained, and the whole is loose, but such a loose separation is an excellent strength, and there is always a way to fight against the imperial army when they are put together.This is the Los Angeles bandits.

Xiong Zheng couldn't help frowning slightly, these people seemed to be less than a hundred, how could they really become a hidden danger?Looking at the weapons they use, they are all kinds of knives and swords, and the feather arrows just now are not very good iron weapons. These people are not like what the rumors say at all.

When he was in Suicheng, he did not meet the bandits in Luocheng.The people Zhuo Ran described were very similar to these people. Li Yuchuan also said that they should not be underestimated, and they needed to be found out, otherwise they would be caught off guard.

"There were people here just now." The leader looked around, and the people behind him echoed, saying that they saw two people here.

Xiong Zhenghao tilted his head and stared at Tan Zhen, he held Gu Songyin tightly, and was thinking about how to escape.It is impossible to get out alone with this burden, but he has no other way but to fight.

"Listen well," Xiong Zhenghao held onto Tan Zhen's collar tightly, and said, "Stay here well. I'll tell you to come out before you come out, otherwise you won't even know how you died."

Tan Zhen didn't know if he understood, but just looked at him blankly, and when he realized it, Xiong Zhenghao had already rushed out.

The two of them were hiding in a space built up of small ruins. As soon as Xiong Zhenghao rushed out, his side basically collapsed, and the gap where there was still a little light was blocked by darkness, and Tan Zhen clenched it tightly. Hands dripping with cold sweat.

Xiong Zhenghao has followed Li Yuchuan for a long time and knows how to deal with this situation.Gu Songyin was Zhuo Ran's sword, he was a bit uncomfortable with it, but fortunately, Gu Songyin was sharp and could hurt people with a little effort, he only cared about seriously injuring the Luo City bandits, and didn't care about the rest.

Tan Zhen heard the sound of swords colliding outside, he wanted to run away quickly, he wanted to go back to his mansion, where there are many people who can protect him, as long as he is still alive, there must be a way to escape.

He stretched out his hand to push away the things beside him, and when he was completely struggling out of the ruins, he saw someone chopping at him with a knife before he could stand still.

When Xiong Zhenghao heard Tan Zhen's scream, he turned his head and saw Tan Zhen rolling twice on the ground, just avoiding the cut sword.

"Fuck!" Xiong Zhenghao knew that he had done more than fail, Gu Songyin's sword deflected, and slid directly onto someone's neck, and blood gushed out onto Xiong Zhenghao's face.

He was still worried about Tan Zhen, and he had already been slashed on his arm without paying attention. He frowned and kicked him away, using his strength to step over to Tan Zhen's side.

"Are you fucking sick!" Xiong Zhenghao looked at Tan Zhen and cursed, "If you want to die, you should die farther away!"

After speaking, he picked up his collar and threw it out.

Tan Zhen's back hit the wooden board, and he felt dizzy for a moment. He was so shocked that he almost vomited blood, but when he looked up, he saw that Xiong Zhenghao restrained the person who was cutting towards him again.Xiong Zheng didn't want to fight them hard at all. After a long time, they would have reinforcements, so he had no choice but to kill them all.

He is sure to get rid of these people, because they would not have been injured in the first place.He watched the last man fall, and wiped the blood from his face with his fingers.

Tan Zhen supported himself with both hands so that his legs would not tremble and he could not stand still. Xiong Zhenghao was aggressive and approaching him. It was time to give him the illusion that Xiong Zhenghao wanted to punch him to death.

"I...I..." Tan Zhen put his head in his hands, and Xiong Zhenghao pulled his collar and threw it out.

"Let's go!" Xiong Zhenghao held Gu Songyin's sword hilt and said, "Stay here and continue to be a target?"

The two ran back to the state mansion almost desperately. When they came back, Wu Song was wandering outside the door. Seeing the two coming back, he went to notify Liu Yulin and Jiang Rulan directly.

The military doctor brought by Jiang Rulan took a closer look at Xiong Zhenghao's wound, and then retreated to decoct the medicine after it was bandaged.Tan Zhen didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he huddled on the chair in a daze. Xiong Zhenghao suddenly regretted saving him. What's the use of saving such a person?

Wu Song took the hot handkerchief and handed it to Xiong Zhenghao. He became a little sober with the stuffy face on his face, and raised his eyes a little more impatiently.

"Don't go out these few days." Xiong Zhenghao said: "We have to find a way to lure them out, otherwise we can only be very passive, like today."

Jiang Rulan sighed, and said, "They must be very anxious if they can't get out of the city. Why don't we say that we have found a way out, so as to lure them out, and then lay in ambush and wipe them out?"

Liu Yulin smiled helplessly, and said: "It's not easy to pretend, and it's even more difficult to convince them that we have found a way out. Besides, Li Chengru is not that stupid, he will believe what we say."

Xiong Zhenghao closed his eyes and muttered, "I want to convince them that there is a way out..."

"But we really didn't look carefully, what if there is." Wu Song blinked and said, "They found it first, so..."

Xiong Zhenghao pursed the corners of his lips and said, "Forget it, let's send someone out to look for it first."

***
When Li Xunchuan put Zhuo Ran's clothes on, Zhuo Ran was still looking down at the red string on her wrist. Li Xunchuan motioned her to look up and button it up, and she saw the red mark on Zhuo Ran's neck with his sideways eyes.

"It's a mark just by touching it lightly." Li Yuchuan frowned, Zhuo Ran was pressed under him and slept all night, and now he regained his energy, but he was really too tired, so he didn't speak for a long time.

Zhuo Ran blinked, and Li Yuchuan reached out to touch her eyelashes, and said with a smile, "What are you thinking?"

"It's nothing." Zhuo Ran held Li Yanchuan's hand, and kissed the back of his hand. Li Yanchuan found that Zhuo Ran had become very clingy recently, so he could only lower his head and smile, leaning forward to kiss her.

The door of the room was knocked suddenly, Li Yuchuan bit Zhuo Ran's lower lip lightly, then let go of her and stood up to open the door.

"Young Master, Master Hou and Miss invite you and Miss Li to go over."

Marquis Da Xi didn't disclose Li Xunchuan's real identity, but just claimed that this person was Wang Cheng's relative, and thus fooled him.

Li Xunchuan nodded slightly and said, "We'll go there now."

Zhuo Ran came over and took Li Yanchuan's hand, Li Yanchuan smiled slightly and said, "Let's go."

Da Xiye asked someone to prepare some food for the two of them to eat together, and Ji Yuyan prepared some good tea as well.When Li Xunchuan and Zhuo Ran walked in, Ji Yuyan stood up to greet them.

"I've bothered you two lately." Zhuo Ran's face was still haggard, but her words were all reasonable, she leaned slightly and said, "It's better now, I hope you can forgive me."

Ji Yuyan shook her head and said, "Miss Li, as long as you have nothing to do, please sit down and eat something."

Li Xunchuan and Da Xiye nodded to each other, and they went to Han Cheng's place together after finishing their meal.Ji Yuyan took Zhuo Ran to wander around the mansion, seeing that Zhuo Ran was really tired, she brought him into the study.

Ji Yuyan is also a lover of poetry and literature, and Zhuo Ran has read all of these books. There is also a picture on Ji Yuyan's desk, which looks like a poem.

Zhuo Ran was attracted by it, so she bowed her head and took a closer look. Ji Yuyan smiled and said, "It's just something I write casually when I have nothing to do. Miss Li laughed at me."

"No." Zhuo Ran shook her head and said, "I like Miss's fonts very much. I have read some poems and books before, but they are definitely not as good as Miss."

Ji Yuyan supported Zhuo Ran to sit down, and put away all the calligraphy and paintings that had been unfolded before. Zhuo Ran wanted to help, but Ji Yuyan refused.

"I've read a few poems with broken characters before." Ji Yuyan didn't stop her movements, and said, "I think it's very interesting. I wonder if Miss Li has studied it?"

Zhuo Ran thought for a while, captured something in his memory, and said: "When I was young, my father showed me Quan Deyu's "Poetry of Li and He for the Elder Zhang Jiange". This is the first poem with broken characters."

Ji Yuyan nodded, and said with a smile: "This was the first time I came into contact with the poem of splitting characters. I didn't expect that we just hit it off."

Zhuo Ran also lowered her eyes and smiled, and heard Ji Yuyan say: "Actually, I think poetry is also a good choice for conveying information. Some people don't understand poetry and prose, so they don't understand the meaning, but if they are like-minded people, this is a good choice." It’s the perfect way.”

"Yeah." Zhuo Ran couldn't help but think of the days in Gaodu. She had taught Kang Shengan's poems in Kaizi at that time, but it wasn't this one. If she knew it, she should have taught him more, so that she learned how to pass messages. , maybe none of them will die.

Why do you think of this again?Zhuo Ran closed her eyes, and found that there were still many things she hadn't done, and there were many, many more...

"Miss Li?" Ji Yuyan saw Zhuo Ran running away as she spoke, and she didn't know what she was thinking, but her complexion became more and more strange.

Zhuo Ran raised her head and said, "I'm fine, Miss, don't worry."

"Have you ever written a poem with split characters?" Ji Yuyan asked casually.

Zhuo Ran shook her head slightly, and said, "No. But my father likes it very much. I can guess it every time, but it takes some time."

"Your father?" Ji Yuyan raised her eyebrows and said, "It seems that you studied when you were young."

Zhuo Ran nodded.But just now when Ji Yuyan mentioned the poem of splitting characters, she immediately thought of the poem left by Han Congzhong. How could she have forgotten that there is also the word splitting characters?

Previously, she wanted to know the meaning of Han Congzhong's poems, so she pondered over the meaning of the words, but now she seems to have found another way.What if Han Congzhong really wanted Zhuo Ran to tear down his characters?
She lowered her head and carefully recalled the poem.Zhuo Ran raised her eyes and said, "Miss, can I borrow a pen and ink?"

Ji Yuyan nodded, and said, "Of course. Did you remember something?"

Zhuo Ran wrote down Han Congzhong's poem. Ji Yuyan had never seen this poem before, so it was not surprising just looking at the literal meaning. Zhuo Ran raised her eyes to look at Ji Yuyan and said, "Miss, this was left by my father at that time. Poetry, I really want to think about it, but I have never had the chance.”

Ji Yuyan nodded, watching Zhuo Ran lower her head, staring at the words, and wrote a few words on another piece of paper.

"Yongzhou... Nanxiang..." Ji Yuyan murmured.

Zhuo Ran blinked and said, "Yongzhou? Why don't I remember that there is Nanxiang in Yongzhou?"

"Could this be a person's name?" Ji Yuyan asked.

Zhuo Ran bit her lips, Han Congzhong had never been to Yongzhou, how could he know that there is Nanxiang in Yongzhou?Nanxiang is either a place or a person, but why has he never mentioned it.

Ji Yuyan frowned, and said, "You only took the back one apart, why didn't you write the front one?"

Fan paintings have been carried on for nine years, picking chrysanthemums and falling to greet each other.Sitting on the boat with the word worry, autumn is wrapped around the vines.

Zhuo Ran took a closer look and wrote a word: "Thinking."

Ji Yuyan frowned even tighter, and said, "Two lines of poetry are just for one word?"

Zhuo Ran shook her head and said, "I don't know either. It's just that I think this should be a person's name, Fan...chou..."

"The surname Fan is really not very common." Ji Yuyan pointed at the table with her fingertips and said, "I have never heard of anyone with the surname Fan. Could it be a mistake? Or did you write the poem wrong?"

Zhuo Ran lowered her eyes, Wu Song's writing is almost infallible, but if one or two words are wrong, the words cannot be dismantled.She ruled out the possibility that Wu Song wrote it wrong. Since Han Congzhong wrote it down, he must have wanted to tell Zhuo Ran something.

Such an important thing, presumably Zhou Yu also knows.It's just that I have lost contact with Chang Yinyu now, and it is nowhere in sight to find them.Zhuo Ran sighed slightly, and put down the pen.

"Could it be... Miss Li is from Yongzhou?"

Zhuo Ran looked at Ji Yuyan.

(End of this chapter)