last time

Chapter 156
Walking to the official road, Li Yunchuan was afraid that Zhuo Ran would not be able to hold on, so he changed to a carriage.Walking in a hurry along the way, Zhuo Ran didn't say a few words, and just listened to Li Xunchuan's orders.

Li Xunchuan applied medicine to Zhuo Ran's arm, and changed her into a thicker piece of clothing.Zhuo Ran was still teasing Chu Yun, Li Yanchuan lowered his head and tied her a belt, touched her belly and smiled.

Zhuo Ran pressed his hand.Li Xunchuan raised his eyes, and Zhuo Ran touched the back of his hand. Li Xunchuan's clothes hadn't been changed yet, and the only thing he had done was his hand, which was covered with warmth, and he was really happy.

"You like children very much, Ah Yu." Zhuo Ran followed him with a smile, lowered her head and said, "Do you want little girls or..."

Li Xunchuan held her cheeks and said, "I want them all."

Zhuo Ran stretched out her arms to hug Li Yanchuan, and Li Yanchuan patted her back, and said softly, "But Zhuo Xiaqiu, you still owe me an explanation."

Zhuo Ran said "Mm" lightly, and Li Yuchuan wrapped around her waist, rubbed it lightly through the fabric, and said, "You are very courageous, if you tell me, can I not let you go? Take the medicine, do you know how worried I was when I woke up and didn't find you."

"You won't let me go even if you say so." Zhuo Ran buried her head in his neck and said, "I want to know if I am Nanxiang. Wei Xun can protect me, and I won't be afraid. When we arrive in Yongzhou , although I found that thing, I didn’t feel that shocked at all, but it made me want to know what happened in the Battle of Luxi even more.”

"When you were in Yongzhou, did you know that Li Chengru had come to the border?" Li Yanchuan asked.

Zhuo Ran said: "It's fine for him to go to Tuzhou, but I became suspicious when he went to the border. Li Chengru's purpose is for me, and he is on the throne. He must have some plans when he comes to the border. I guessed correctly. He wants to be with you." The group of people pursued by General Peng will join forces, the greatest possibility is that they will join forces with the ancient Qiang people."

From the time she knew Liao He, she knew that the ancient Qiang people would never stay out of it.So she needs to chase after her, and she needs to cut off this possibility.Zhou Yu guessed what Li Chengru was thinking, but not Zhuo Ran's plan.

He thought that Zhuo Ran was going to lure people to Yongzhou, and watched Nie Hanshan fight Li Chengru, but Zhuo Ran took Wei Xun and ran away first. By the time they realized, Zhuo Ran had already left for a few days.Of course, this is all for later.

Li Xunchuan knew that Zhuo Ran was smart, and the time for him to come to the border might not be ripe, otherwise Zhuo Ran would definitely follow him, no matter whether he was angry or not.Zhuo Ran was waiting for Li Chengru and Peng Ge to arrive at the border together, so she could kill Li Chengru by taking a surprise attack.However, what Zhuo Ran did made him break out in a cold sweat. If it had been later, he might never see her again.He was worried, but the person in front of him didn't seem to be afraid at all. He couldn't tell if it was real or just pretending.

But Li Xunchuan couldn't ask.If Zhuo Ran wants to answer such a question, he will try his best to prevaricate, and he also knows that Zhuo Ran can only express it with actions.

"Xiaqiu, give me a kiss." Li Yuchuan whispered in her ear.

Zhuo Ran tilted her head and kissed his neck.Li Xunchuan smiled and said, "The situation is not as good as you and I imagined. Yan Chengxuan will definitely worry about Gaodu's affairs, and he will not be able to control this side for the time being. If you want to investigate the matter, or gather people's hearts to overthrow Yan Chengxuan, now You have to think about what to do. But it’s inconvenient for you to run around now, and speaking of this, you can’t run around on horseback anymore.”

He let go of Zhuo Ran, and said: "Your stomachache is probably caused by riding a horse. Listen to me, and you must be careful in what you do in the future, so as not to hurt yourself."

Although Zhuo Ran was a little puzzled as to why Li Yunchuan knew so much, he still nodded as he said.The wound on Li Xunchuan's arm was wrapped in gauze, Zhuo Ran touched his knuckles, and said in a low voice: "I heard Wu Song say that Yan Qingyao was brought back to Xiqi by Ye Ji, Yan Chengxuan must attack Xiqi, why? Zhonglang will not go with us, won't he go back?"

Li Xunchuan shook his head and said, "Jun'an originally wanted to go back. But as you have seen, Zhe Shicuo came to fight every two days, and Jun'an couldn't do without. Of course, now that Emperor Chongwen died, this Zhonglang general also It’s the end. But after all, the border cannot be left unattended, if Jun’an leaves, the ancient Qiang people will be even more unscrupulous.”

"Actually, I want to say," Zhuo Ran looked at Li Yuchuan, "There was no General Zhonglang before, and the garrison could naturally protect the border. I guess he doesn't really want to go back to Xiqi."

Li Xunchuan smiled: "You can figure out everything."

"Then... what about General Peng?" Zhuo Ran said, "He has been chasing the bandits in Luocheng before, but now that he has caught them, will he stay at the border with General Zhonglang?"

"Xiaqiu, now Dayu is not what it used to be. General Peng and I don't have a deep friendship, but like Jun'an, he doesn't want to see the ancient Qiang people attack Dayu, so they stay there. It's not following orders, but what they want. Yan Chengxuan can't be distracted for the time being because of Gaodu's affairs. It's certain that I want to go back to Beili, and it's certain that I want to accompany you to do what you want to do. It's just us be quick."

Zhuo Ran nodded and said, "Chi Yue, you should know Nie Hanshan."

Li Xunchuan nodded.Zhuo Ran said: "Actually, the reason why I want to use Nie Hanshan is not just to kill Li Chengru. Over the years, he has made a name for himself in Yongzhou. Xinzhou is close to Xiqi, and Tuzhou is close to Dingbeiguan. Most of the ancient Qiang people gathered in Yongzhou, so I want to start from Yongzhou first, and then push up step by step. Once I take the north of Yongzhou, then Beili will no longer have to worry about Gaoting Mountain."

"The premise is that you know Nie Hanshan well enough." Li Yanchuan grabbed her hand and said, "I have heard about this person too. He is a rich man, and we need to talk about things with money. We have no money now, so you have to work hard." gone."

Zhuo Ran thought for a long time before opening his mouth: "Chi Yue, don't worry about Yinzi. Zishatang knows where father's previous bank is. To be honest, father's bank is not as good as Yan's, but it is enough for us to do things. .”

"Didn't you get a lot of silver in Gaodu before?" Li Yanchuan said, "It's just that it should be difficult to get it back now."

Zhuo Ran was touched by this sentence, looked at Li Yuchuan with a smile, and said, "Chi Yue, I have something to tell you."

"Hmm." Li Yanchuan stroked her chin, and Zhuo Ran said, "You still remember when we were in Yidong, Wen Rongxi said that the records in the Yan family's treasury were wrong, and it was always impossible to find out what was missing."

Li Xunchuan nodded, Zhuo Ran smiled even more, and said, "Actually, it was made by Zishatang."

"Huh?" Li Yanchuan's eyes widened, Zhuo Ran's eyes showed white teeth, and he said, "After all, the Yan family is rich. I was surprised when Wei Xun told me about it, but now that I think about it, I don't think the Yan family has lost money." Now that Yan Chengxuan is the emperor, he is not short of money. Also, at that time, a lot of relief in Lianhua Lane also relied on the Yan family's bank. At that time, Master Jiang and I went to investigate the matter together, and I knew where the keys were."

Zhuo Ran smiled when he saw Li Yanchuan's shocked and secretly refreshed expression.

Li Xunchuan said in a low voice, "How much did you get?"

"I can't tell you that." Zhuo Ran shook his head and said, "This is the secret of Zisha Hall."

"Yo," Li Yanchuan tilted his head and said with a smile, "Is there something you are hiding from me now? I can't wait for you to make it clear with Zhou Yu, and I will take you back to Beili to get married. If that's the case, what's your secret? But it’s all mine.”

Zhuo Ran put her arms around Li Yanchuan's neck: "Marry me, marry me now."

Li Xunchuan grinned, tilted his head and kissed him.Zhuo Ran couldn't hide in time, since she hadn't seen her for a long time, she felt a little nostalgic, so she straightened up and was held firmly in Li Xunchuan's arms.

"You still have to think about it," Li Yuchuan rubbed her earlobe, put his palm on Zhuo Ran's waist, and whispered, "What's the name of this little guy?"

Zhuo Ran shrank her shoulders, Li Yanchuan patted her on the back, Zhuo Ran smiled: "Give me the dowry first, otherwise it will be born after a long time, and I will make trouble in Beili, ruining your reputation."

Li Xunchuan smiled lowly, Zhuo Ran lay in his arms for a while, and suddenly felt something was wrong, but she didn't say anything.Zhuo Ran hugged Li Yanchuan's waist, and it was still very comfortable to hug him after taking off his armor. Li Yanchuan stretched out his fingers and pulled up Chuyun's small quilt, seeing him sleeping soundly beside him, he half embraced Zhuo Ran, and leaned against the back for a cushion Soft pillow on the car wall.

"Chi Yue," Zhuo Ran endured in his arms for a while, and finally couldn't help raising his eyes and said softly, "I'm in a little pain..."

Li Xunchuan took her hand, knocked on the car wall twice, and said in a deep voice, "Where are you?"

Xiong Zhenghao knew that the two of them were going to talk about something, so they stayed away from each other, and when he heard the sound, he quickly moved to him and replied: "Still on the official road, we will soon arrive in Yongzhou."

There was no reply.Xiong Zhengwei frowned slightly: "What orders does Lord Hou have?"

"Go quickly."

Xiong Zheng nodded, walked to the front of the team and ordered to speed up.Li Xunchuan held Zhuo Ran's hand, sweating from it, he pressed on her lower abdomen with great force, Zhuo Ran clutched his fingers and buried them in the hollow of his shoulder.

"I ran too fast just now." Li Xunchuan said with a little self-blame, "Don't be afraid, we are almost at Yongzhou."

He helped Ye Baiqi first, but he didn't see Zhe Shicuo, Ye Baiqi didn't want them to see Li Xunchuan, fearing that there would be trouble again, so he had to stand in front of Li Xunchuan.Although Zhe Shicuo withdrew, he wondered if it was just for show. When Ye Baiqi saw Peng Ge, he immediately wanted to drive Li Xunchuan back.Li Yunchuan didn't want Zhuo Ran to be seen, so he didn't stop once he got out of the border.

Zhuo Ran shook her head, leaned against Li Yanchuan's arms, her breathing was messed up.She raised her eyes: "Chi Yue, talk to me."

Li Xunchuan smiled wryly, what did he want to say.He asked Zhuo Ran to find a less uncomfortable position to lie in his arms, and said softly, "Let me tell you about my father and mother."

Zhuo Ran put her chin on Li Yuchuan's shoulder and clenched her teeth.Listening to Zhuo Ran's forbearing breathing, Li Yuchuan frowned slightly, kissed the side of her neck, and said in a low voice: "Father and mother met on the grassland. Mother is beautiful and has a good personality. Father went to battle to kill the enemy." She always waited silently at home. Later, her mother wanted to be with her father all the time, so she asked her father to teach her how to fight. The father said that she would give her something in exchange for her mother, and her mother had to teach him the same. My mother was a very A reserved and trustworthy woman, she taught my father to weave bracelets."

Zhuo Ran leaned on his shoulder and smiled. Li Yanchuan felt that this could divert Zhuo Ran's attention, so he continued: "Mother finally learned how to ride a horse and shoot an arrow, but my father couldn't learn how to weave a hand rope. After I was born, he couldn't Yes. Later, when I grew up, my father forced me to join him, saying on the surface that he was learning a trick to attract a future wife, but in fact he just wanted to secretly watch how I made it up."

"You are very smart..." Zhuo Ran's grip on Li Yanchuan's hand eased, and Li Yanchuan said with a half-suspended heart, "That's natural, I have always been very smart. Later, I also started to go to the battlefield, and started to leave My father is getting farther and farther away. There were very few peaceful days in Beili at that time, and I remember them very clearly because they were rare. My sister is very gentle, and she will often help me when I am scolded by my father. I like it very much. My sister. Later, when my sister got married, I suddenly realized that I can no longer go to my sister for everything like before, because she has become someone else's wife, so she has to keep a distance from me and can't be too close. "

"why?"

Li Xunchuan said: "Xiaqiu, think about it, if your brother marries another woman, you won't want to get close to him anymore. Because he has his own family, he can't protect you and help you all the time. That's why I didn't like my brother-in-law before. I think he ruined the relationship between me and my sister. I was young and ignorant. I wanted to drive my brother-in-law out of Beili many times, but my sister caught me. Although I didn't scold him Me, but I still feel ashamed."

"Then..." Zhuo Ran said softly, "Did your father learn it in the end?"

Li Xunchuan shook his head: "I don't know either. It's been too long, and I don't remember many things..."

Before she finished speaking, Zhuo Ran slammed her face on Li Xunchuan's shoulder, and her hand was blocked by Li Xunchuan's, so she could only grab him and groan in pain.I can't tell where it hurts, just like the feeling of being gouged out with a knife in the prison that night, strangling her throat and making her unable to breathe.

"Xiaqiu..." Li Yanchuan held Zhuo Ran's hand, saw her clenched her clothes tightly, raised her head uncomfortably, and Li Yanchuan hugged her tightly.

Zhuo Ran took a few breaths: "I...I want to sleep."

How can I fall asleep.Although Li Xunchuan thought so, he still patted her on the back lightly, kissed her forehead, and said softly, "I'll sleep with you in my arms, and it will be fine when you wake up."

Zhuo Ran bit Li Yanchuan's clothes, and buried her face in Li Yanchuan's chest.

***
Wu Xiuting felt very angry, these days Wu Lianyi and Yanzhi stayed together every day.Although he himself didn't think much about Yan Zhi, but at least Yan Zhi is his person, and there is his flesh and blood in his stomach, so he treats him clearly and acts affectionate in front of him, so as not to make him angry no.

However, Yan Chengxuan still has a lot of things to order, and he is very busy these days.The affairs in the court hall are miscellaneous, and they can't be called trivial matters.There are still many people around Yan Chengxuan whose ambitions have not been fulfilled. He is now a new official in a small way, and many things need to be done first from the hearts of the people.

He is also slowly fulfilling the promise he made to the six major cities earlier.The rearrangement of the six ministries, whether to extend the previous system is also a question.Except for Wu Xiuting and Jiang Rulan, the remaining vacancies need to be carefully considered.Today, Emperor Taiping promoted Wu Xiuting to be Minister of the Ministry of War, Yang Huan, Wang Jitong, Luo Rui, and Pan Wenlei became ministers of the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Households, Ministry of Industry, and Ministry of Officials respectively, and He Xiyao entered Dali Temple.Speaking of which, these people all had a little friendship with Yan Chengxuan, and he included all the people from the six major cities under these people, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that Yan Chengxuan wanted to cultivate his confidants.

Jiang Rulan and Liu Yulin wished they could leave Gaodu directly, but because of many things, they could only hold back their edge for the time being.But as soon as the people who arranged the six departments, the six major cities continued to put pressure on Yan Chengxuan. After all, none of these foundations belonged to them. It's not that he has no chance of winning.

Of course, these things only happened when the people in the six major cities disobeyed Yan Chengxuan's arrangement, Yan Chengxuan was not worried about this now.It is not particularly safe to have these people just now, because he has no one to advise him, just like people like the left and right.

It was impossible for Yan Yingzhen and Xu Zheng.Yan Chengxuan understood that no matter who came to help him, it was impossible for the two of them to sit on the left and right sides again, Yan Chengxuan never thought about it from the beginning.He has only one candidate, and that is Wen Rongxi.Wen Rongxi is Yan Yingzhen's student. Although he is not very shrewd in strategizing, he is more than enough to deal with these wolf-like foreign ministers.

In Yan Chengxuan's eyes, Wen Rongxi is even more scheming than the left and right ministers, and he may be smarter than Zhuo Ran.Yan Chengxuan just wanted Wen Rongxi to help him, but now might not be a good time.While he was hesitating, a person suddenly appeared above the pilgrimage hall.

Wu Lianyi.

No one thought that Wu Lianyi would suddenly appear there.Although Marquis Wu is also from the Six Great Cities, he doesn't have so many ideas, he just wants a certain status so that he and his family can live a good life, and when he sees Wu Lianyi standing up in a grand manner, he immediately becomes confused.

Wu Lianyi seems to be very soft-tempered, he is not suitable for someone who makes up his mind.Wu Xiuting knocked around, but found it was useless.Wu Lianyi recommended himself and wanted to become a counselor.

Emperor Taiping couldn't help laughing.He stared at Wu Lianyi with lowered eyes, and felt that such an idea was humble and ridiculous, but it was admirable.Yan Chengxuan told him that when he figured out the general situation of the world, it would not be too late to talk about counselors, but now he is not qualified.

Wu Xiuting has been thinking about this since he came back.Although he released Wu Lianyi and Yan Zhi's confinement, but it would not make everyone unaware that Wu Lianyi entered the pilgrimage hall like this, how did he do it.

Wu Lianyi lowered his head and fanned the medicine stove with a cattail fan, staring at the flames of the fire, and did not answer when he heard Wu Xiuting's words, but only let out a deep "hmm".

"What are you?" Wu Xiuting frowned and said, "Although I don't care about your magnanimity, you can't do that either."

"Did I hinder you?" Wu Lianyi raised his eyes.

Not at all.But that's not the point.Wu Xiuting patted the table and said in a deep voice, "Let me ask you, are you hiding something from me?"

(End of this chapter)