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Chapter 111 Reunion

The mountains are empty and shadows fall, the buildings are misty and rainy, and the dawn is clear.

Before Zhuo Ran could break free from sleep, she was awakened by a feeling of suffocation. She gripped the soft pillow with her fingers and breathed rapidly. Cold sweat trickled down her forehead, hiding in the pillow without a trace.

"Xiaqiu..." Mu Heng pinched her wrist and kept calling her name.

Zhuo Ran opened her eyes and saw Mu Heng, and wanted to say something, but couldn't make a sound.

"Don't think about anything else, relax..." Mu Heng frowned, lifted her up to face him, and patted her back with his hands around her shoulders. She was relieved when Zhuo Ran's breathing gradually stabilized. .

"You...have you never rested?" Zhuo Ran asked slowly in her ear.

Mu Heng smiled and said, "I'm not a fool, I just spent some time looking for medicinal materials, and I just met you when I came back."

Deceiving.

Zhuo Ran closed her eyes, Mu Heng helped her cover the quilt, and said, "Wait for me, I will definitely have a way to save you."

***
The official road is spacious and flat, and soon a few people arrived in Suicheng.

"This is Suicheng..." Liu Yulin tightened the reins, looked around, and said, "I haven't been here before."

Xiong Zheng didn't say a word, frowned, and said, "How do you find out, would Li Chengru really hide in such a place?"

Jiang Rulan got off the horse and said, "Don't be in a hurry, don't startle the snake, you will only alarm the government here, and it will be very troublesome then."

Xiong Zhengmo glanced at Jiang Rulan and said, "Then what does your lord mean, find a place to recuperate first, and then wait for Li Chengru to deliver it to you personally?"

"Not really..." Jiang Rulan shook her head.

Liu Yulin leaned forward and patted the horse's mane, and said, "You can't rest, Li Chengru has a prince in his hands, so I can narrow down the scope by asking if there is anyone looking for a wet nurse?"

Xiong Zhenghao clamped his legs on the horse's belly and said, "I'll go to the north of the city to see the situation first, and we'll meet up here in an hour."

Jiang Rulan raised her head incomprehensibly, and said, "Don't be in a hurry, don't make such a big noise when you just came to Suicheng, can't you act at night?"

Xiong Zheng didn't say anything, he followed Liu Yulin with winks and rushed out together. Jiang Rulan was stunned for a long time, and had to go to another place to check the situation.

***
Just as Mu Heng pulled out the silver needle from Zhuo Ran's arm, before he could give a few words, Wu Song rushed into the room.

"Sister is not well, I saw... I saw!" Wu Song was frightened, his voice was a little choked, and he couldn't speak completely.

Zhuo Ran half-dressed and said, "What's wrong?"

Wu Song took a deep breath and said, "I saw Li Chengru, he is still holding the little prince in his arms!"

Mu Heng didn't know why, so he said, "Why are you nervous? Didn't Your Majesty say he wouldn't kill you? Who is that Li Chengru who still hugs the prince?"

Zhuo Ran immediately turned over from the couch, Mu Heng pressed her shoulders, and said seriously, "What are you doing?"

Then she seemed to realize something, turned her head to look at Wu Song, and said, "That Li is your enemy, right?"

Wu Song froze in place.

"Where did you see him?" Zhuo Ran gently brushed Mu Heng's hand away, and said, "Who is there around him?"

Wu Song lowered his head and said, "I just saw a shadow from a distance on the street, but he went to the north of the city. I recognize the baby in his arms. It belongs to the prince."

"North of the city?" Zhuo Ran thought for a moment and smiled, and immediately guessed what Li Chengru meant.

Most of the time he came to Suicheng to escape for his life. He was safe if he held the prince hostage.Just why he chose Suicheng, Zhuo Ran couldn't help thinking of the bandits in Luocheng.Li Chengru must have connections with these people, and is plotting a bigger plan. As for why he didn't choose Luocheng, it was because he knew he was in Suicheng.

Bringing the prince over, Zhuo Ran couldn't think of anything else except that they would die together.

Sure enough, Li Chengru treated himself as a former princess.

Mu Heng couldn't understand Zhuo Ran's smile.

Zhuo Ran picked up the outer shirt and put it on, and said, "Mu Heng, please take care of my brother, I'll go out for a while."

"Where are you going?" Mu Heng frowned when he saw her bending over to put on her shoes, and said, "He won't find this place if he goes to the north of the city, I can take you to hide!"

Zhuo Ran shook her head and said, "You can't hide. We don't know whether he has a helper or not. You can't let your parents take risks. As long as I'm really not around, they won't hurt you."

"Am I afraid of him?" Mu Heng grabbed Zhuo Ran's arm and said, "I will help you!"

Zhuo Ran took a look at Wu Song and said, "But I'm afraid...he hasn't met my younger brother, so just take care of him."

Wu Song wanted to stop him, but he couldn't move half a step.Li Chengru had seen him clearly, but why did Zhuo Ran say he hadn't? Although he believed from the bottom of his heart that Zhuo Ran would not harm him, he still looked at Zhuo Ran suspiciously.

"Up to three hours, I will definitely be back before dark." Zhuo Ran squeezed Mu Heng's fingers to express comfort, and removed the small bell on the red string on his wrist and handed it to Wu Song.

Zhuo Ran smiled and said, "Help me keep it."

Wu Song took the small bell with trembling hands, frowning slightly.

Zhuo Ran lowered her eyes to look at the red rope with the smell of Li Yanchuan, suddenly raised her head, turned around and said, "Forget it, Mu Heng, I would like to ask you to do me a favor."

***
Chuyun was rested on a cold stone.

There are few people here, and it looks like a withered place.

"No wonder the master wants us to come here..." Li Chengru's subordinates who had been following Li Chengru pretended to be him before they took off their robes and put on light clothes, saying: "If the dead branches and leaves are burnt out, no one will die." Can't save him."

"Brother..." The visitor saluted hastily, and said, "Our brother found out that people from Gaodu are coming here, it seems that the forbidden army is called Xiong..."

The man frowned slightly and said, "Then... what about Zhuo Ran?"

"Zhuo Ran also left the inn, but went directly to the east after coming out."

At this time, Zhuo Ran had already arrived at the official post in Suicheng, and many people gathered in front of the gate. Zhuo Ran originally wanted to go in and make a false report and take people to the north of the city to confuse the public, but now it seems that it is really too difficult.

A slightly chilly wind came towards him, Zhuo Ran coughed twice, lowered his head and put on the hood, covering half of his face.

As soon as he looked up, he saw a very familiar figure coming out of the official post.

Zhuo Ran bit the corner of her lips and smiled, sure enough, Gao didn't dare to make a big move, but just sent someone to visit unannounced.

Jiang Rulan stayed in the official post for a while, but it was useless. He wanted to take his time, but Xiong Zhenghao and Liu Yulin were unwilling, and the timing was not good, so he could only plan to go out to find them, and then discuss what to do. How to do it.

The rein was held in his hand, Jiang Rulan sighed deeply, and was about to get on the horse when someone snatched the rein suddenly.

"Hey... you're a prick!" Jiang Rulan was so frightened that she took a step back unconsciously.

Zhuo Ran tilted her head to look at him, and said softly, "Master Jiang, don't you remember me?"

Jiang Rulan regained her composure when she heard a familiar voice, turned her head to look for a long time, and then suddenly realized: "Zhuo Si..."

"Hush." ​​Zhuo Ran hurriedly put her finger on her lips and said, "Master Jiang, don't say anything, there are so many people."

"You... are you really not dead?" Jiang Rulan's eyes lit up, and he said, "Why are you here?"

Zhuo Ran shook her head and said, "It's hard to explain in one word, I'll explain it to you when I have a chance in the future."

Only then did Jiang Rulan remember what she was going to do, and quickly took the rein from Zhuo Ran's hand, and said, "Zhuo Siye take care, I still have some things to deal with, so excuse me."

Zhuo Ran paused, then frowned and said, "Ah! Master Jiang, why is your badge missing?"

Jiang Rulan hurriedly lowered her head to check when she heard the words, suddenly felt a pain in the back of her neck, and then lost consciousness.

Wu Song and Mu Heng grabbed the fainted Jiang Rulan with one arm. Zhuo Ran smiled lightly, took the badge from Jiang Rulan's waist, and said, "Mu Heng, go back quickly, and leave the rest to me and you." Wu Song."

Mu Heng raised his eyebrows and said, "Then what should he do?"

"Tie it up." Zhuo Ran raised his head and said, "If you throw it anywhere and hide for a while, you will be wronging Mr. Jiang."

Wu Song took the badge and heard Zhuo Ran say: "I think there are still people following Mr. Jiang, you can pass the badge to them on horseback, but don't let them see you."

Wu Song nodded.

Mu Heng frowned and said, "What about you? You won't go back with me?"

Zhuo Ran looked to the north and said, "There are still people waiting for me over there. I'll go back naturally after the solution is over."

"Okay, be careful." Mu Heng grabbed Jiang Rulan's shoulder and moved towards the alley.

Seeing that Wu Song had ridden away, Zhuo Ran turned around and jumped into the crowd.

Liu Yulin asked people along the way, but no one had ever seen anyone looking for a wet nurse.Xiong Zhenghao shook his head helplessly when he met Liu Yulin's gaze, indicating that he had found nothing, and the two walked aimlessly, only then remembered Jiang Rulan.

"Master Zhaojiang will definitely go to the official post first because of his temperament." Xiong Zhenghao sighed and said, "If we slow down, won't Li Chengru come in vain if he leaves?"

Liu Yulin shook his head and said, "Then we're not sure he must be here. We're just guessing. We just think Suicheng is more likely."

Xiong Zheng didn't bother to talk to him, so he turned his head and stopped talking.

"When are we going to look for him?" Liu Yulin sighed, and said, "Where we go, there will be no one there."

Xiong Zhenghao turned his head and said, "Let's go then, go to the official post to find someone."

Liu Yulin grabbed the reins and turned the horse's direction. Before he could respond, Xiong Zheng blocked him with his arm, and he reached out to catch the object thrown from a distance.

Liu Yulin frowned, looked around, and said, "Why is this still a sneak attack?"

Xiong Zhenghao grabbed the waist badge and glanced at it, his eyes widened in an instant, and said, "This is Mr. Jiang's..."

"Caught by Li Chengru?" Liu Yulin looked at Xiong Zhenghao, and suddenly there was a horse neighing from behind, and he rampaged on the street.

"That's Mr. Jiang's horse!" Xiong Zhenghao immediately signaled Liu Yulin to get on the horse, and rushed out after him.

***
"Brother, Xiong Zhenghao left the north of the city suddenly. It seems that there is something urgent. Right now, only Zhuo Ran is here."

The man looked at Chu Yun, who was flailing his hands, and said, "Light it up, let's retreat!"

"But if Zhuo Ran is not killed, the master will blame him. There are so many of us, it is not impossible to take down Zhuo Ran."

"Protecting the master is the right thing right now, just leave a few people here to watch, and we have to rush to Los Angeles." After saying that, he hugged Chuyun to comfort him, and put him on the haystack ruthlessly .

This place is relatively far away, if there is enough time, if Zhuo Ran is really willing to save him, he can survive.

The stumps were dyed with sparks, instantly filled with fiery red, and the raging red wind rose from the place where the flames had been licked, which was quite a show of strength.

"Hey...do you see something is wrong there?"

The woman lowered her head and counted the vegetables in the hand basket, and then she looked up in the direction of her friend, only to see thick smoke billowing, and the fire gradually intensified with the wind.

"This is the direction of the ruined temple..." The woman frowned slightly and said, "How could this happen?"

"Hurry up and put out the fire!" The strong man beside him ran towards the ruined temple with a large group of people, still holding buckets in his hand.

"Go to the official post to find someone!" The woman dropped the food in her hand, and spread the news with her friends.

Zhuo Ran ran all the way to the ruined temple, the flames devoured the broken walls, and the outline of the ruined temple was no longer visible.Zhuo Ran covered her lips and coughed for a while, covered her nose and mouth with a handkerchief and hid aside.

Those people had been prepared for a long time, and they left quickly one by one.Zhuo Ran looked carefully, but did not find any trace of the prince, thick smoke puffed into his mouth and nostrils, Zhuo Ran originally wanted to get up and leave, but suddenly heard a faint cry.

The voice was very weak, only one sound.

It's like meowing.

Zhuo Ran frowned, inside the fire scene was the prince!
She reacted quickly, but as soon as she took a step, Zhuo Ran stopped.Do you really want to save him?Do you really want to save?
Rescuing him will only attract more people. At present, there is no news about Zhou Yu, and Li Yuchuan has not come to find her. Is it really necessary to drag this burden?

Zhuo Ran looked at the fire scene.

Her whole body was scorching hot, and the sparks flying out from time to time burned her dress, and the suffocating smoke made her unable to see clearly what was going on inside. She just groped forward following the more and more obvious cries.

Zhuo Ran raised her hand to wipe her sweat, the fire spread, she didn't dare to delay, and kept walking inside.

The haystack beside Chuyun was already being targeted by the flames, and it expanded little by little, approaching him.Zhuo Ran ran to his side in two or three steps, Chu Yun wept and wrinkled his face, his voice became weaker and weaker due to the thick smoke.

Zhuo Ran stretched out her hand to hold him in her arms, wrapped the cloak around Zhi'er's body, Zhuo Ran saw the red string on his wrist, and confirmed that this was the real and fake prince.

However, there is a problem.

As soon as she got up and took a step, the only way out was cut off - the group didn't go far, but took advantage of her to come in to save people, and completely locked the door from the outside!

Zhuo Ran's hand holding the baby tightened in vain. Sure enough, the fire was set off to kill her.

There are many haystacks left unused in the temple, and the smoke from the burning is clogged and choking. Zhuo Ran looked down at Chu Yun, and said in a dark voice, "If I knew it earlier, I shouldn't have come in..."

Chu Yun was very peaceful in her arms, Zhuo Ran pulled out his hood to cover his face, and said: "If you can go out today, you will become the emperor in the future, you have to thank me very much!"

Zhuo Ran put Chuyun on the stone bed, ran to the door and kicked it hard twice, the wooden door has not been repaired for a long time, it is easy to kick open, Zhuo Ran couldn't help wondering from the moment they locked the door, what's the point of doing this effect.

Zhuo Ran slapped the thick gray in front of him, and a silver light flashed in front of him.Zhuo Ran's eyes widened, and he immediately turned around and grabbed the man's wrist, grabbing the sword.

A palm came towards her vest, Zhuo Ran cursed secretly, lowered his waist and hid, and took advantage of the situation to throw out the sword, forcing the person back.

"Where is Li Chengru!" Zhuo Ran shouted angrily, "Call him out!"

"Zhuo Siye should be worried about himself." A group of people rushed out from all directions, Zhuo Ran raised his eyes to see the beams that were about to collapse, and raised his lips to smile.

Zhuo Ran didn't have the strength to fight them, the hand holding the sword trembled slowly, those people seemed to see that something was wrong with Zhuo Ran, and they attacked Zhuo Ran together.

"It's really..." Zhuo Ran hated why she would persuade herself to come in to save this person, but in desperation, she had no choice but to lead those people to the door.

The elbow suddenly poked Zhuo Ran's back, and before they could do anything, they saw that Zhuo Ran was kneeling there and couldn't get up.

Mu Heng's medicine is effective, but the sudden feeling of suffocation will not disappear because of her medicine. Zhuo Ran tightly grasped the clothes in front of her chest, unable to breathe for a long time.

The sword body was wrapped in flames and stabbed at Zhuo Ran's face, but stopped in mid-air in vain.

But in an instant, several people fell to the ground.

Zhuo Ran couldn't feel the burning sensation that was getting closer, someone grabbed her by the waist and rolled to the side, narrowly dodging the falling wood that hid the flames.

Zhuo Ran subconsciously tightened the lapel of the person who was pressing on her, and took a few quick breaths.

"Xiaqiu, look at me..."

Zhuo Ran couldn't breathe, and only a slit was visible in her eyes when she tried to open them, but she could see who that person was, very clearly.

"..." Zhuo Ran opened his mouth, but couldn't make any sound, frowning tightly, the man bowed his head and kissed her forehead.

"Don't be afraid... I'll take you away..."

With a light body, Zhuo Ran was hugged horizontally, Zhuo Ran was very familiar with the warmth conveyed by that firm arm, and all the tears hanging from the corners of his eyes fell on his heart.

If it was later...

Li Xunchuan strode forward, but Zhuo Ran clenched his front with all his strength.

Li Xunchuan bowed his head next to her mouth, listening to her intermittently say: "... child..."

Only then did Li Xunchuan turn around and see the child on the stone bed, frowning, he stepped over in two or three steps, and picked up the cloak wrapped around the child.

"Master...Master..." Wu Song was still helping put out the fire, but when he looked up, he saw Li Xunchuan coming out with Zhuo Ran in his arms.

"Who is that person?" Mu Heng frowned, seeing Wu Song hurried forward to hug Chuyun, and followed to see Zhuo Ran's situation.

Li Xunchuan stared at Mu Heng, Wu Song pulled the hood off Chu Yun's face and explained, "Master, she is a good friend of my sister and a doctor."

Mu Heng stretched out his hand to Zhuo Ran's forehead, and said, "My name is Mu Heng. I'm eighteen years old. My parents and I are the only ones in my family. Our backgrounds are clean and harmless to humans and animals."

Zhuo Ran slowly opened her eyes, her breathing gradually became steady, and she could see people clearly.

"Xiaqiu..." Li Yuchuan hurriedly called out.

Zhuo Ran heard it, and she put her arms around Li Yanchuan's neck, buried her head in Li Yanchuan's shoulder, and said nothing.

She was still thinking about whether Li Yanchuan would really come to her side to protect her, but when she opened her eyes, he really came.

If Li Xunchuan didn't want her anymore, she wouldn't want him either.

(End of this chapter)