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Chapter 132 Fishing
Li Chengru had just finished talking about his plans for the past few days when he saw Yuan Lu rushing back with a slight smile on his face.

He raised his hand to signal people to step back, Yuan Lu quickly helped him back to the seat, and carefully refilled the tea.

Such an appearance was not seen on Yuan Lu's face recently, he stretched out his hand to take the teacup, lowered his eyes slightly and said, "Why are you so happy?"

Yuan Lu bowed and said with a smile: "Godfather, the spies have sent news that the city gate was opened for a while today, and it seems that someone has left the city. But our people suspected fraud, so they didn't dare to act rashly."

"Out of the city?" The tea in Li Chengru's hand was suspended in mid-air. He looked up at Yuan Lu, and seeing his surprise, he said in a deep voice, "There is really no way out in the city. They are going out of the city gate, probably to find a way out." Rescue."

"There are also our people outside the city," Yuan Lu recalled what Li Chengru had told him before, and said, "We can take the opportunity to cooperate with the outside world and force them to death in front of the city gate."

However, Li Chengru shook his head and said, "Don't worry. We spend with them in the city. The gunpowder is enough for them to eat for a few days. It won't be too late when their will is exhausted."

Yuan Lu nodded and said, "Then we..."

"Stand still." Li Chengru put down the teacup and said, "It's not them I want to catch."

Yuan Lu frowned slightly.

"But godfather, Xiong Zhenghao and Tan Zhen seem to have reconciled, will it affect our plan?" Yuan Lu heard people say that Xiong Zhenghao and Tan Zhen will always go to the city together these few days Patrolling in front of the door, it seems that the relationship has eased a lot.After all, Tan Zhen is the imperial state capital, so he still has a certain majesty. He is afraid that someone will send a message to other cities to transfer more people, and it will be impossible to escape at that time.

Li Chengru didn't have these concerns.He hadn't been staring at Luocheng for a while. Luocheng was a remote place and not very rich, and Tan Zhen didn't associate with other people, and he talked with Gao Duli directly about everything.Now that the city is closed, in order to prevent the news from being intercepted by them, they simply say nothing, and secretly letting people out of the city gate is probably a cover-up. .

He's not that stupid, he can't even guess what a kid like this is thinking.As long as they are willing to play, he will accompany them to the end.

Xiong Zhenghao had followed Li Yuchuan for a long time, how could he not know that marching and fighting requires strategy, how could he bring all the people into Los Angeles without leaving a way out?
Li Chengru's voice was hoarse, and the laughter trapped in his throat was very scary. Yuan Lu didn't know why he was laughing, but just buried his head beside him, quietly waiting for him to give orders.

"The account books should be burned." Li Chengru said: "Presumably Li Yanchuan already knows the situation here, as long as he dares to come, Los Angeles will be the place where he will be buried."

Yuan Lu didn't quite understand, so he asked a few words.

Li Chengru seemed to be very interested, and he didn't care to say a few more words, so he stretched his arms on the chair and said, "To be honest, I don't care whether Zhuo Ran is dead or not, but if you want to take her life, you can only use Li Xunchuan as bait." .”

"Didn't it mean that Zhuo Ran and the little prince were burned to death together?" Yuan Lu heard that this was the case, he was a little bit sorry, but he never dared to say it.

Li Chengru shook his head and said, "I don't believe it. If you live, you will see people and die. Since they left the prince there, there must be no way out. As for Zhuo Ran, her life is decided by me."

Yuan Lu's pupils dilated and said, "Could it be that she is..."

Li Chengru didn't respond, but the killing intent in his eyes had already begun to overflow. He was sure that Zhuo Ran was the princess of the former court. As long as she was pushed to the throne step by step, why would he not realize his long-cherished wish.

But the premise is that Zhuo Ran is half dead.

"Dare to ask godfather, is this news accurate?" Yuan Lu asked boldly.

Li Chengru smiled coldly and said: "Emperor Nanhuan really saved his hand. The matter of Yu Jing's birth was kept a secret, and Han Congzhong didn't even know where he was sent out of the palace. But... there is no impenetrable wall in this world... "

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Wu Song looked around in the yard, hoping that Ruofei would fly back again, even if it was just him, at least he wouldn't be very scared.

Liu Yulin and Jiang Rulan just took a good look at the terrain around the city gate, and stepped out of the door to find Xiong Zhenghao. Seeing the little man squatting on the ground with his head buried very low, they went up and grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up.

"What's wrong?" Liu Yulin smiled and said, "Who do you miss?"

Wu Song raised his head to look at him, and said, "We got the news out yesterday, why there is still no news now, maybe they guessed our plan."

"You can't think of something good." Liu Yulin glared at him.

Jiang Rulan also frowned, and said, "Actually, I'm also very worried. If this show goes to waste, isn't it really a waste of time? We still have a large group of people here. If we drag it on for a few more days, we will have no water or food. There’s no need to fight them anymore.”

Hearing what he said, Liu Yulin also stopped smiling.

"Why didn't Ruofei come?" Wu Song lowered his head and kicked the small stone, Liu Yulin patted his head and said, "Don't be afraid, I think we will definitely go out."

Jiang Rulan looked at him: "I accept your good words."

Just as Tan Zhen and Xiong Zhenghao walked to the edge of the city gate, the layered dark clouds were suddenly torn apart, revealing a ray of golden light, which spread on the hill not far away.The mist is hazy, covering the gray mountain top, and there is another layer of golden light, which is the only scenery I have seen after coming to Los Angeles.

Tan Zhen stepped onto the city wall, and Xiong Zhenghao followed him. Outside the city was a wasteland, with withered and yellow weeds lying on the muddy ground, and the highlands on both sides were also extremely barren. Some tall trees blocked the view, but there was really nothing to see.

"They really seem to see that something is wrong." Tan Zhen put his hands on the city wall and said, "If you continue to consume it, you really have no chance."

Xiong Zhenghao shook his head and said, "Wait a minute. It's not surprising that Li Chengru guessed what we were thinking. I just thought that since he knew, he would have a way to deal with it. At worst, he would fight to the death. Why should he spend so much time?" Now, is he waiting for something?"

"What are you waiting for?" Tan Zhen frowned, and said, "We'll kill him together when the reinforcements arrive? He's not that stupid."

"We're not that stupid." Xiong Zhenghao said, "In the current situation, if it takes one more day, the place will be more dangerous. I just hope that Ruofei can bring the governor here."

Tan Zhen raised his eyebrows: "The governor is coming? The governor is coming. We will be saved when the governor comes. I heard that he can kill dozens of strong men by himself. If he comes, we will definitely win!"

Xiong Zhenghao hissed, thinking that he shouldn't have mentioned this matter to Tan Zhen.Li Xunchuan is not a god, how could he save the whole city by himself.He didn't want Li Yanchuan to come, he would be annoyed to death when he met someone like Tan Zhen.

"Hey, why are there still people here?" Tan Zhen squinted his eyes, poked Xiong Zhenghao's arm, and said, "Look! Is that a traitor? Quick, come and prepare a bow and arrow!"

Xiong Zheng didn't have time to react, he only heard Tan Zhen shouting in his ear, he frowned, stretched out his arms to grab Tan Zhen, and said sharply: "Stop!"

The person coming was like the wind, Xiong Zhenghao froze on the spot, the sand mist flying on the ground was left behind, and rushed towards this side.

"Drive!" Li Yanchuan wrapped Zhuo Ran in his arms. From a distance, he was the only one galloping forward. Xiong Zheng blinked his eyes in disbelief until he heard Ruofei's cry. Come.

Surprised and delighted, he said, "Open the city gate!"

Tan Zhen didn't realize that it was Li Yuchuan until he stopped at the gate of the city. He followed behind Xiong Zhenghao, and walked around behind Xiong Zhenghao after seeing that the gate was completely closed.

Li Xunchuan lifted the cloak, Zhuo Ran looked up at him, Li Xunchuan smiled, hugged the man and got off the horse.

"Governor..." Xiong Zhenghao bent down.

Li Xunchuan raised his arm to catch his hand, and said, "There's no need to be polite. We rushed all the way here and didn't see if there was an ambush around us. It's not safe right now. Is there anything we can talk about?"

Tan Zhen immediately leaned down and said, "Governor... the humble government is safe and you can talk about things."

"Master Tan." Li Yanchuan nodded slightly, and said, "Then please ask Master Tan to lead the way."

Tan Zhen bowed his head and walked to the front first.

Li Xunchuan led Zhuo Ran, Xiong Zheng didn't know where he should go, but silently followed behind him and led Zhushi.If Fei could find the way, he flew directly towards the courtyard after greeting Xiong Zhenghao.

"Is it cold?" Li Yanchuan asked softly, Zhuo Ran shook his head, his palms were warmed by Li Yanchuan.

Li Xunchuan turned his head slightly and said, "Tell me what's going on first."

Xiong Zhenghao straightened his words and said, "We thought that Li Chengru was hiding in a certain pawn shop in the city. Ruofei led the way that day and we went to have a look. As a result, they buried gunpowder in the city, and many places were blown up. Only a part of the people were sent out in the alleyway, and after being bombed and collapsed, the rest of the people could only be gathered near the state mansion for unified arrangements, and Li Chengru has not been seen in the past few days."

"I saw a lot of people on the city wall just now," Li Yanchuan said, "Are you trying to lure them to the gate of the city and encircle and suppress them?"

"Yes." Xiong Zheng nodded and said, "But they probably already guessed our thoughts. But he didn't make any moves, as if he was just trying to waste us."

Li Xunchuan snorted softly, and said, "How long does he think the energy consumption will be? You have blocked the news, and you can't even send out your own calls for help. Don't they still have a granary in Los Angeles?"

Xiong Zheng didn't answer at all.

Zhuo Ran touched the back of Li Yanchuan's hand, and said: "Li Chengru thought he could burn me to death in Suicheng, but he couldn't do it. This time it's a head-to-head battle again. He won't die so quickly."

Li Xunchuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll vent your anger on you."

"..." Xiong Zhenghao forgot what he was going to say for a moment, just buried his head and sighed, walked for a while, and arrived at the mansion.

"Master!" Wu Song rushed out a long time ago, and when he saw Li Yanchuan, he ran out like crazy, and when he arrived in front of Li Yanchuan, he behaved well. Liu Yulin and Jiang Rulan looked at Wu Song and could only smile.

Li Xunchuan looked down at Wu Song: "Have you grown taller?"

Wu Song nodded: "But master, why did you come here suddenly? Here..."

"Okay, okay," Xiong Zhenghao led the bamboo stone down, and said, "Let's go in and talk about things."

Li Xunchuan told them about Yidong Luzhou. Originally, he did not doubt that Li Chengru was the one who kidnapped Wang Cheng and changed the account book, but now he suddenly thought that Li Chengru had eyeliners in both Luzhou and Yidong.

Perhaps it was Li Chengru's purpose that he came to Los Angeles.

It's just that he didn't say the second half of the sentence, since he came, he won't regret it.Xiong Zheng frowned, and said: "Governor, what should we do now, they hide in the dark and can't come out, and we have nothing to do."

Li Xunchuan said: "They must know the news of my coming, don't worry, they will come out soon."

"Then... I'll send some people to follow the governor." Tan Zhen folded his hands and said, "... just in case."

"No need." Li Yanchuan shook his head and said, "Let's save these people and protect them. Since you are determined to fight, then put them in a good place."

Xiong Zheng nodded.

"Is the girl better?" Jiang Rulan looked at Zhuo Ran. Although Zhuo Ran was thrown into the woodshed by Zhuo Ran for a long time in Suicheng that day, they were still friends after all. He didn't care too much. His complexion has improved a lot.

Zhuo Ran smiled and said, "Lord Lao is concerned, it's all right."

Liu Yulin looked at Zhuo Ran with raised eyebrows, and Zhuo Ran frowned slightly. This feeling was very strange. A person who was no longer a manager saw his immediate boss again, and he just wanted to sneer.

Li Xunchuan watched the two winking for a long time, and finally couldn't help stretching out his hand. Zhuo Ran thought he wanted to hold her, but Li Xunchuan just pushed his hot water over to her, and then sat carefully as if he didn't see Zhuo Ran's movements. alright.

Xiong Zhenghao originally wanted to talk to Li Yunchuan about the subsequent deployment, but was interrupted by Jiang Rulan.He said he wanted Li Yanchuan to recuperate for a while, but in fact he definitely wanted to ask about the situation in Gaodu.

Li Xunchuan hadn't heard from Gaodu for a long time. He was busy with Yidong and Luzhou's affairs these few days, and it happened that Zhuo Ran fell ill again, so he put Gaodu aside for the time being.Anyway, the Wuxiu Pavilion is still there, and the Tianzhou garrison is capable of protecting Gaodu, so he is not too worried.

Liu Yulin frowned and said, "Master Jiang doesn't want to stay in Luzhou so much? He said before that he wants to live and die together."

"Shut up." Jiang Rulan stared at him, and said, "That's a lot to talk about."

"Eh? You talk a lot, you haven't forgotten Fan Siqiu..." Liu Yulin mentioned that Jiang Rulan was the most annoying talking to him, it was endless.

Li Xunchuan turned his head to look at Zhuo Ran, and when he saw Zhuo Ran staring at Liu Yulin, he knew that there must be something wrong with her.

"Master Jiang recognizes that person?" Li Yuchuan said.

Jiang Rulan was a little surprised, and said, "The governor has heard of him too? But Fan Siqiu is someone close to Emperor Nanhuan, so the governor was still young at that time, right?"

Li Xun Chuan looked at him.

"Actually, it's not a strange thing." Liu Yulin explained: "Fan Siqiu is the father-in-law in the palace. He talks a lot but every sentence is to the point, and the same sentence has different meanings. At that time, everyone I like him a lot."

Zhuo Ran finally figured out who the four lines of the poem were referring to.Fan Siqiu was a member of Emperor Nanhuan, so Han Congzhong would recognize him, maybe he knew who Nanxiang was?Nanxiang... Could it be the name of the princess?

I see.Presumably the master knew the whereabouts of the princess, so he sent a letter to himself, hoping that he could find her and protect her.As long as Fan Siqiu is found, Nanxiang can be found.

"Then where is Fan Siqiu now?" Zhuo Ran looked at Jiang Rulan and asked.

Jiang Rulan shook her head and said, "I heard that he was buried in the palace when the palace changed..."

Zhuo Ran's hanging heart fell to the bottom of the abyss again, she sighed deeply, Li Yuchuan looked at Zhuo Ran, and said softly, "What's wrong?"

If Han Congzhong knew it, then Li Chengru must also know that since Li Chengru is now in Los Angeles, he cannot be allowed to leave alive. She wants to find Nanxiang and complete the tasks assigned by her master.

But Fan Siqiu is dead, so what should she do.

"It's nothing." Zhuo Ran lowered his eyes. Li Yanchuan wanted to grab her hand, but he didn't move. He had heard Zhuo Ran ask someone whose surname was Fan. He didn't expect to have the answer today, but he could guess it. This person has a relationship with the former princess.

Li Xunchuan didn't know what Han Congzhong meant by leaving Zhuo Ran a letter, but if Zhuo Ran was hurt because of this matter, he would definitely put an end to this possibility before he found the princess.

Li Yunchuan thought about talking to Zhuo Ran later, but the most important thing right now is Li Chengru.He turned his head to look at Zhuo Ran, and said softly: "The news will reach their ears soon, how about this, I will stay at the city gate and lead them out."

"Chi Yue..." Zhuo Ran called out, Li Yanchuan patted her hand to comfort her, and shook his head.

Jiang Rulan frowned and said, "It's dangerous for the governor to do this."

"It's not a question of whether it's dangerous or not." Li Yuchuan said, "Time is running out. They need it because they can't afford it. We are different. There is no news about Los Angeles. We can only take them down as soon as possible. .”

Xiong Zhenghao said, "I will go with the governor."

Zhuo Ran looked at Li Yanchuan, Li Yanchuan suppressed a smile, and said, "You all lie in ambush, it's good that Xiaqiu and I are there, there are too many people, but it will be too conspicuous."

Zhuo Ran lowered his eyes and smiled.

Wu Song suddenly remembered something, took out something from the house and handed it to Zhuo Ran.Li Yunchuan looked at Gu Songyin and frowned slightly.

"This..." Li Yuchuan said, "Didn't the sun set in Gaodu that day?"

Zhuo Ran took Gu Songyin with both hands, Wu Song bowed his head and said: "Prisoner Fu gave it to me. After that day, she kept Gu Songyin with her, and then told me to hand it over to Miss Zhuo.... "

Li Xunchuan snorted disdainfully, and said, "Why, now she knows how to repay favors?"

Wu Song didn't dare to speak.

Some people present knew that some people were still kept in the dark, but they didn't dare to say anything.Although Tan Zhen didn't know the origin of the woman next to Li Yuchuan, but seeing how respectful the few people were to her, he also understood Zhuo Ran's status a little bit, so he didn't say a word, just immersed himself in arranging affairs.

Zhuo Ran held Gu Songyin's scabbard and thought of Yan Shuihan.It was said that day that they would only support each other, but they never expected it to become like this.

She didn't blame Fu Sisi, she just felt a little regretful.

She was both repressed and tender during the days in Gaodu, and she is very gratified to miss her now.Zhuo Ran looked at Li Yuchuan, and he knew what Zhuo Ran was thinking, and he held her hand without moving.

(End of this chapter)