last time

Chapter 200
After sleeping like this, Zhou Yu had already filled out the food, and after waiting for a long while, Li Xunchuan and Zhuo Ran did not come.Chang Yinyu watched the fire in the medicine stove gradually getting smaller, wondering if he should add more fire, so he looked at Mu Heng: "Continue to boil now or fill it out?"

Mu Heng shook his head: "How long is this? Let's wait for a while, at least until we finish eating."

"Why hasn't Ran'er come yet?" Zhou Yu was wondering, when Xiyu and Wu Song had already returned from outside.

With Nie Hanshan here, Yongzhou is considered safe. Xiyu arranged all the imperial troops brought over, and followed Li Xunchuan's instructions to take a closer look at Yongzhou's city defense. Although it is better than Yuzhou's, it is still not strong.He originally wanted to rush back to tell Li Yuchuan, but he ran into Wu Song on the way.

Still a half-grown child, Wu Song's playfulness persisted, and he ran to play with other children in a blink of an eye.Fearing that Li Yuchuan would be angry if he found out, Xiyu pulled Wu Song back by his collar, just in time for dinner.

Zhou Yu frowned: "Why didn't Lord Hou come?"

Mu Heng paused, and said: "Uncle Zhou, sit down first, I'll go up to see Xiaqiu, and call Lord Hou by the way."

"it is good."

Li Xunchuan woke up after squinting for a while, Zhuo Ran was buried in his chest and fell into a deep sleep, Li Xunchuan didn't have the heart to wake her up, so he moved a little away, raised his hand and touched the back of Zhuo Ran's neck, the temperature was still scorching.Li Xunchuan sighed, pulled up the quilt a little, and then heard Mu Heng calling him outside the door.

Li Xunchuan got off the bed carefully, and Mu Heng knew that Zhuo Ran hadn't woken up from the look on his face, so she said, "Master Hou, Uncle Zhou wants you to go down to eat, so you can wake Xiaqiu up."

"She's still having a fever." Li Yuchuan said, "I guess I can't eat the food, so I won't."

"Aren't you afraid that Uncle Zhou will find out?" Mu Heng frowned, "Xiaqiu told me that Uncle Zhou didn't know about the two of you yet. When are you going to tell me? I don't think you can keep it a secret."

Li Xunchuan shook his head: "Let's see again. Is Xiaqiu's medicine ready?"

"Nope," Mu Heng sighed, "Okay, you guys go on to sleep, and I'll bring the medicine up when it's ready."

"Well, thank you, Mu Heng." Li Yanchuan nodded slightly, watched Mu Heng walk away before closing the door, got back on the couch, and hugged Zhuo Ran into his arms.Zhuo Ran grabbed Li Yanchuan's fingers while half asleep and half awake, and Li Yanchuan lowered his head and rubbed against her ear, whispering, "It's always there."

Mu Heng walked down very comfortably, but Zhou Yu didn't see anyone coming down, so Mu Heng said: "Xiaqiu fell asleep, and I'll bring her the food up later. Lord Hou said that he has some things to deal with at the moment, and when he's done working Come down."

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "That's fine, then let's eat."

Chang Yin hung his head on the food in depression, and soon after eating, he went to see how the medicine was cooking. Mu Heng looked at it and signaled that it was ready, and Chang Yinyu went upstairs with the food and the medicine bowl.

"Why does Yike feel a little strange, who is he venting his anger on?" Zhou Yu frowned, "What happened when you went to Xinzhou?"

Mu Heng shook his head and said, "I don't know. It's nothing to do with us when we go to Xinzhou. It's Xiaqiu talking to General Ye Ji. It doesn't make sense for him to behave like this."

Zhou Yu sighed helplessly. He looked at Xiyu and said, "Is it okay to go to the border Marquis this time? Agamula is not easy to deal with. You have to tell Marquis to rest well and stop worrying, otherwise you will go to the border. It’s easy to be injured on the battlefield. By the way, you didn’t get hurt this time, did you? If there’s something uncomfortable, Mu Heng is just here, let her take a look for you.”

"Senior, don't worry, we're all fine. Agamula was beaten back by the master, and he shouldn't attack again in a short time." Xiyu said, "When I came back this time, the master was also worried that Bayer would come to Yongzhou."

"You can just call me Uncle Zhou. Seniors, I don't sound very comfortable." Zhou Yu said, "Anyway, as long as you come back safely, you can also send some meals to Lord Hou, that's all, I'll go up and deliver them later."

"No, no, no," Mu Heng said hastily, "Chang Yinyu brought two meals up just now, so don't bother sending one back."

Zhou Yu nodded: "That's good."

Chang Yinyu looked at the food on the table and began to frown, Li Yanchuan looked at him sideways: "What's the matter, did you poison the food?"

"Do you dare to eat it after I've been poisoned?" Chang Yinyu looked at Zhuo Ran, "Aren't you going to wake up the little master? If Uncle Zhou insists on coming up to see her, it's..."

Li Xunchuan wiped off the sweat on Zhuo Ran's neck, and said softly, "Let her sleep for a while. I have something to say to you."

Chang Yinyu sat down, Li Yanchuan put down the bed curtain, turned around and walked to Chang Yinyu's side, and said, "Is Ye Ji still in Xinzhou now?"

"Well." Chang Yinyu said, "I don't know what the little junior sister said to her. Anyway, General Ye Ji is still in Xinzhou, and she doesn't plan to return to Xiqi for the time being. The specific junior sister fell ill before she had time to talk about it. But I guess it's mostly because of Xiqi."

Li Xunchuan said: "If Ye Wei knew about it, he would naturally not agree. Ye Ji's staying in Xinzhou actually gave Xiaqiu a chance and gave Ye Wei a reassurance. Xinzhou and Xiqi are close, as long as Xinzhou If there is nothing wrong with the state, Xiqi will be safe."

"I heard that you met Agmula this time?"

"Yes." Li Yanchuan sighed, "But only Agamula, Bayer never showed his face from when I went to when I left, so I felt something was wrong, and I was worried that Bayer would attack Yongxin Tu Sanzhou , so I rushed back temporarily."

"Aren't you afraid that Bayer will go to Beili?" Chang Yinyu frowned, "Little junior sister said that the prince is seriously injured, so don't you really feel relieved that you are not in Beili?"

"Brother-in-law's injury is almost healed, and Xiong Zhenghao has gradually gained experience. Besides, Beili has not made no progress at all over the years," Li Yuchuan said, "I'm not very worried about Beili. I always feel a little flustered, and I feel that there will be something happened."

"Master Hou still believes in the sixth sense?" Chang Yinyu raised his eyebrows.

Li Xunchuan shook his head: "It's not that I believe in the sixth sense, it's that the current situation is really not very optimistic. The news on Gaodu has been updated since we came to Yongzhou, and I don't know what the situation there is. That's what worries me the most."

"I'll try to get some news about Gaodu, and I'll tell you as soon as there's a situation." Chang Yinyu said, "But you have to take care of yourself and your junior sister. Mu Heng and I along the way She was very careful, and almost didn't expose her to the wind, who would have thought that she would be so seriously ill, I looked at her as if she was in a coma rather than sleeping."

"With Mu Heng here, don't worry." Li Yanchuan looked back at Zhuo Ran, "I will watch her take good care of her health, and no one can hurt her."

Chang Yinyu nodded and said, "Okay, you feed her some food and then drink medicine, I'll go down and stop Uncle Zhou."

Li Xunchuan nodded, stood up and put the food on the small table in front of the couch, then bent down and scooped up Zhuo Ran.Zhuo Ran leaned in his arms, opened her mouth to say something in a daze, but Li Xunchuan didn't hear clearly, and just said softly: "Wake up Xiaqiu, eat something."

Zhuo Ran opened her eyes, and Li Yanchuan looked down at her: "Are you awake?"

"Yeah." Zhuo Ran blinked, Li Yanchuan fed her a spoonful of porridge, and picked up some vegetables, Zhuo Ran was about to fall asleep after eating two mouthfuls, Li Yanchuan shook her lightly, "I can't sleep in Xiaqiu, just a while Still need to drink medicine."

Zhuo Ran felt that she was soft into a puddle of mud, and she didn't even have the strength to raise her hands. She could only eat whatever Li Yanchuan fed, Zhuo Ran shook her head lightly: "I won't eat."

"Okay." Li Yuchuan didn't force her, just sat there with his arms in his arms. He held Zhuo Ran's hand in his palm and said softly, "Is there any other discomfort, dizziness?"

Zhuo Ran nodded: "You can talk to me for a while."

"Okay." Li Yanchuan said in a low voice, "Chang Yinyu came here just now, and he said he didn't know what you did in Xinzhou, and you didn't tell him anything, he was very unhappy."

"I didn't tell him," Zhuo Ran said, "I just haven't had time yet. Besides, he must know what General Ye Ji and I are going to say and do, and why is he unhappy?"

Li Xunchuan raised his lips and smiled, and said, "If you said that just now, Chang Yinyu would definitely slam the door and leave."

"That's how it is," Zhuo Ran moved his body, "He just likes to sulk, so don't worry about him."

Li Xunchuan touched her forehead and said, "Why did you suddenly have a fever? He said that you didn't catch wind or catch a cold on the road. What happened?"

Zhuo Ran closed her eyes and said, "I don't know, but it's not as uncomfortable as before. It's just a little dizzy. Just sleep and it will be fine."

Li Xunchuan freed up one hand to hold the medicine bowl, and Zhuo Ran took a few sips from the medicine spoon. Li Xunchuan smiled and said, "You finally know how to love me, and you know how to take medicine by yourself."

Zhuo Ran finished drinking the medicine with a blank face. He was really used to Mu Heng's medicine these days, no matter how hard it was, he could swallow it without spitting it out. Li Xunchuan put the medicine bowl on the small table and handed the handkerchief to Zhuo Ran.

"General Ye also wants to help the border, but there has been no chance." Zhuo Ran leaned on him, "It's not that King Xiao Feng stopped her. General Ye Ji's team is suitable for street fighting, and it can't stand up to Gu Qiang on the battlefield. Therefore, General Ye Ji is powerless and can only temporarily defend Xinzhou and Xiqi."

Li Xunchuan nodded: "Yes, so now there is a big problem, which is to find a way to arrange here in Yongzhou. Nie Hanshan is in Yongzhou, saying it is very safe, but it is not safe enough. Tuzhou now has Saijin and me. I'm not afraid, Yongzhou...Yongzhou needs to be properly deployed."

"This matter needs to be discussed with Nie Hanshan face-to-face," Zhuo Ran said. "The last time I said those words, I think Nie Hanshan will no longer be what he was before, and he may become even crazier."

"He became like this because of that sweetheart," Li Yanchuan shook his head, "so I don't think this person is anything to worry about, and he can be killed if necessary."

"No." Zhuo Ran grabbed Li Yuchuan's arm, "Nie Hanshan can't die. There are so many lives in Nie Hanshan's hands, and besides, he still holds the surrounding business lines in his hands these years. Once Nie Hanshan dies, chaos will continue. Yongzhou is gone, so we have to find out his details, and after everything is settled, we will see if this person can stay."

Li Xunchuan frowned: "But this person will be a disaster in the end."

Zhuo Ran said: "When Wei Xun just told me about Nie Hanshan, I thought so too, because this person has too many lifelines, not only what we need, but also related to the livelihood of the people in the three prefectures. I thought he really It has nothing to do with He Xi, but now it seems that it is not the case. Nie Hanshan regards He Xi as his eyeliner. Although the two are friends, this does not affect Nie Hanshan's use of him. When I was in Xinzhou, General Ye once Take me to meet a few people, those people are in charge of finance and household registration in Xinzhou. I heard them talk about what Nie Hanshan and He Xi have done in recent years, although he does seem to be incompatible with He Xi on the surface, But in fact, they did many things together. Didn’t I tell you about the money bank of the Yan family before, and I discovered that some money banks were actually related to them. Nie Hanshan and He Xi I've been eyeing the Yan family's treasury early in the morning. It's just that I'm much faster than them. Before they took action, the silver has already reached Zishatang, and now some people have sent it to Beili in your name. ..."

Li Xunchuan blinked his eyes: "It's so complicated?"

"That's why I said, even if we don't have time to talk about it, we can never finish talking about it for a while." Zhuo Ran smiled and said, "But Wen Rongxi is so shrewd that he didn't find these loopholes. Now that the money is gone, in fact Speaking of it, it has no side effect on the Yan family, after all, now that Emperor Taiping has the treasury, the money is not worth mentioning."

"There is always a gap in every secret, even Yan Shu can't be like a saint." Li Yuchuan shook his head, "It seems that Ye Ji has done a lot in Xinzhou, I thought she only cared about her life in Xinzhou. Domineering."

Zhuo Ran said: "Ye Ji is a general after all, how can you be so out of tune? These problems are easy to solve. I didn't bother to ask you just now. Is Agamula easy to deal with?"

"You see, I'm not injured, how can I be difficult to deal with?" Li Xunchuan raised his eyebrows, "You have to have confidence in me, don't always think that I am incompetent."

Zhuo Ran lowered her eyes and smiled: "Okay, I remember, in the future Chi Yue will only win and never lose!"

Li Xunchuan rubbed Zhuo Ran's vest, lowered his head and kissed the top of her hair, and said softly, "Are you still going to sleep? I'll accompany you?"

"If you have something to do, you can deal with it. You don't have to accompany me. I can sleep by myself." Zhuo Ran turned around and touched Li Yuchuan's side cheek, "But you will come back when I wake up. I want to see it as soon as I open my eyes." your turn."

Li Xunchuan nodded heavily: "I promise, when you wake up, the first person you see will be me."

"En." Zhuo Ran put his arms around Li Yanchuan's neck and kissed him lightly. Li Yanchuan helped him to lie down, put on his shoes and went out.

***
"Master, this is what we found."

Xiyu showed Li Xunchuan the big jar in the warehouse.This place is hidden, and Xiyu deliberately took a lot of time to bring Li Xunchuan here, for fear that someone would follow him.Li Xunchuan frowned irritated by these smells. He looked at the big jars carefully, but still shook his head incomprehensibly.

Li Xunchuan said: "The ancient Qiang people used firearms before, and I wondered how they did it. Now it seems that everything can be traced."

Xiyu shook his head and said, "It's not accidental that our people found this place. We have been secretly investigating where gunpowder is sold, even kerosene, after the master ordered us to, but we have no clue. Not long ago, suddenly There were some people sneaking around in Yongzhou City, saying they came from Los Angeles, and there were still some treasures in their hands that had not been sold, so the subordinates sent people to watch these people, and after several days of staring at them, they found this place. "

"L.A. City?"

Xiyu nodded: "Yes, it's Luocheng. Didn't the master mention it before, did you find out that they used kerosene when they fought with Li Chengru in Luocheng, so the subordinates think that the kerosene may have been transported from Luocheng Yes, or in other words, the fire oil for Los Angeles is supplied from here."

"It should be taken from here to Los Angeles." Li Yuchuan sighed, "Tan Zhen searched Los Angeles for a long time and found no trace of gunpowder or kerosene. It turned out that they all came from outside. But such a long journey Isn't it more dangerous to transport these? Li Chengru was trapped in Los Angeles at the time, how did he pass the news?"

Xi Yu shook his head, he said: "By the way, master, isn't that Yuan Lu still there? My subordinates will ask him."

"Yeah." Li Yanchuan nodded, "By the way, what are you staring at these people?"

"It's strange to say that they were all lost." Xi Yu said helplessly, "They were fine at first, but suddenly they disappeared, and no matter how hard the subordinates looked for them, there was no news."

"Disappeared?" Li Yanchuan frowned, "It is impossible to disappear, there must be clues. If these people are not Li Chengru's remnant party, then they must have something to do with Nie Hanshan. After all, it is not enough to be able to make such a big difference in Yongzhou. Let people know that apart from Nie Hanshan, I will not be the second choice."

Xi Yu nodded: "This subordinate will check carefully."

Li Xunchuan walked around the kerosene twice, Xiyu saw him in deep thought, and asked, "What is the master thinking? If you want to destroy these things, your subordinates will do it immediately."

"No." Li Yanchuan shook his head, "Do you still remember that when we were in Gaodu, we were always thinking about providing firearms to the Beili army, but there was no source of fire oil. Isn't this ready-made?"

"Master, do you want to use these things?" Xi Yu raised his eyes, "It would be great if he could help Beili, but master, I'm afraid it will be difficult to transport the oil back to Beili, after all, it's not safe now."

Li Xunchuan thought for a moment, and said, "Actually, I'm not in a hurry to transport to Beili. What I'm worried about now is the source of these fire oil, and those people you mentioned. We need to investigate carefully, so that our people cannot be put in danger. As for As for the firearms I mentioned earlier, I will tell Xiaqiu later, isn’t that very powerful military strategist about to be found, and it won’t be too late to talk about these things after he finds it.”

Xiyu nodded slightly: "Yes."

(End of this chapter)