last time

Chapter 50
Xiyu froze in place, Wu Song followed Zhuo Ran, gnawed on candied haws, and smiled and shook his hand at Xiyu.

Xi Yu hurriedly saluted and said, "Zhuo Siye."

Zhuo Ran nodded and said: "I have something to ask the governor, is he still asleep?"

Xi Yu nodded and said, "My master's fever hasn't subsided yet, I..."

"Let's go to the kitchen to cook!" Wu Song grabbed Xiyu's arm and said, "Brother Yu, let's go."

Xiyu was still holding the handkerchief, and he couldn't put it down in time, so he could only hold it in his hand, and was dragged to the kitchen by Wu Song.

Zhuo Ran closed the door, the wind that sneaked in at night shook the candlelight, Zhuo Ran raised his hand and closed the window, and kept blowing the wind to catch the cold, no wonder the fever couldn't go away.Li Xunchuan breathed steadily, with sweat dripping from his forehead and neck, Zhuo Ran sighed, took out his handkerchief, wet it with water, and covered Li Xunchuan's forehead.

He had a dream.

The grassland in Beili stretches as far as the eye can see, when the grass is growing and the warbler is flying, Li Yangchuan gallops past with bamboo and stone, Ruofei hovers in the blue and deep sky, making a long cry from time to time, and the bamboo and stone will respond, Li Yanchuan likes this sound the most Yes, he found his own freedom in those cries.

"Ah!"

He looked up, it was his father.

"Ah!"

He turned sideways, and it was his mother.

"Ah!"

He looked back, it was Master.

Li Xunchuan laughed dumbfounded. He watched the three elders standing in front of him and smiling at him. Li Xunchuan slowly stretched out his hand, but felt a piercing pain.Looking down, he found that there was an arrow in his palm.

When he looked up again, he saw his father and mother hanged alive on the high platform. Their expressions were in agony, their eyes were red from being strangled. Li Xunchuan yelled at the two words. He rushed to the high platform like crazy, but was blocked by something. He couldn't move, and he watched those people light the fire. After entering the body of their parents, they were burned little by little.

"father!"

"mother!"

Li Xunchuan knelt on the ground, watching the fire getting bigger and bigger, but he couldn't exert any strength. It was clear that the snow was flying, the cold wind was raging, and it was so cold that he was so hot that he panicked and angry to the point of madness.

He picked up the evil that was buried in the heavy snow, and slashed towards the outside with all his might, but it was useless. He heard the screams of thousands of people mixed with the sound of swords and guns, whizzing past his ears, and blood flowed along His cheeks dripped down, but he couldn't wipe them clean.

"Ah!"

Li Xunchuan looked back with difficulty.

"Come here, come to Master."

Shang Luoqiu was calling him.

Li Xunchuan shook his head frantically and shouted: "I want revenge! I want revenge!"

"Ah!"

Li Xunchuan couldn't bear it anymore, he threw out the evil with force, the blade passed through Shang Luoqiu's chest, and fell down.

Li Xunchuan woke up suddenly: "Master!"

Zhuo Ran was about to take off the handkerchief, when suddenly Li Xunchuan grabbed her wrist and yanked her back heavily on the couch. Li Xunchuan strangled her neck tightly and said in a hateful voice, "I want revenge!"

Zhuo Ran pressed his hands against Li Yanchuan's chest, frowned and said, "...Li Chiyue!"

Li Xunchuan panted rapidly, he slowly regained his senses, let go of his hand, closed his eyes and rolled on the couch.

Zhuo Ran got up, she patted Li Yanchuan's face, and said, "Li Chiyue, wake up, Li Chiyue!"

Li Xunchuan slowly opened his eyes, he calmed his breathing, raised his hand and pressed it on his forehead and did not speak for a while, Zhuo Ran put the quilt back on Li Xunchuan, and said: "If you want revenge, tell me early, at least I have to prepare for it." , the governor is really invincible."

Li Xunchuan hoarsely said, "Why are you here?"

Zhuo Ran threw the handkerchief back into the cold water basin, held the medicine bowl, and said, "If you are poisoned to death, I will be able to take Chang Yinyu away."

Li Xunchuan raised his arms and said, "Then try."

Zhuo Ran's eyes fell on the porridge, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, she bypassed the porridge and handed over the medicine, saying, "Yesterday, I looked like I was going to be fine, why can't I get up today."

Li Xunchuan's hands trembling slightly when he took the bowl, Zhuo Ran sighed, took the pillow and placed it behind him, dropping the spoon one by one, Zhuo Ran lowered his eyes and smiled lightly, and said: "Your Excellency is delicate and weak, you can use it in the future." Find a sweet girl."

Li Xunchuan swallowed the medicine and said, "Have you met Chang Yinyu?"

Zhuo Ran nodded, and said, "I'm the one who sees him in an upright manner, the Governor, don't think about it."

"Chang Yinyu agreed to you so easily because of fellowship, right?" Li Xunchuan blocked Zhuo Ran's hand, and he felt nauseated after drinking the medicine. Li Xunchuan frowned and said, "Who is your master?"

Zhuo Ran put down the medicine bowl, stirred it with a spoon for a while, and said with downcast eyes: "I don't want to tell you, this matter has nothing to do with the governor."

Li Xunchuan's face was pale, and he didn't want to ask any more questions. Seeing that he didn't ask any more questions, Zhuo Ran continued to feed the medicine and said, "Do you have anything else you want to ask me?"

Li Xunchuan raised his eyes and said, "You killed Liao Ze, and he told you about the Battle of Paixi, right?"

Zhuo Ran fed the medicine to the bottom, then handed him a glass of water, and said, "Yes, but what he said is not very useful."

Li Xunchuan said, "You can explain it carefully."

Zhuo Ran put his legs up and said: "Liao Ze's younger brother Liao He hid in the Zhuo family's army, and his father found out about his affair with Gu Qiang, and he asked Liao Ze to make a plan together. Take your father away."

Li Xunchuan raised his lips and smiled, and said: "You are so poor at making up lies. Liao He has been out of contact for many years, how could he suddenly appear in Zhuo's army? Besides, where will they take your father away? Anyway, they don't know If you dare to kill the Great General Protecting the Nation, your father will definitely escape with his skills. Zhuo Xiaqiu, what you said is unreasonable."

Zhuo Ran helplessly spread her palms and said, "Look, you don't believe me when I tell you."

Li Xunchuan changed into a comfortable posture and said, "Okay, let's assume that what you said is true, so how do you explain those letters and military defense maps?"

Zhuo Ran said: "The governor doesn't even think about it. Letters and defense maps are very easy to forge. It's different if there is more or less. How can the governor be sure that it is my father's handwriting?"

Li Xunchuan opened his eyes wide, and said, "You also saw your father's private seal that day, is there still a fake?"

Zhuo Ran sighed, and said, "Governor, Yiye Blind Eyes has heard about it. I found out that besides Liao He, there are other insiders in Zhuo's army. In order not to startle the snake, my father had to edit a book by himself and send it back to Yongzhou overnight. It turned out to be used by someone with a heart.”

Li Xunchuan frowned at her, Zhuo Ran raised his eyebrows, and said, "I know you don't believe it, but this is the truth. Governor, there are many doubts in the battle of Pianxi, which involves too many people."

Li Xunchuan said: "You have climbed all the way to where you are today, just to find out this matter so as to clear your father's name, but Xiaqiu, this will be very difficult."

Zhuo Ran smiled and said: "It's all about human effort. The governor has always wanted to know the ins and outs of this matter, after all, so many soldiers in Beili can't die in vain, right?"

Li Xunchuan leaned forward, leaned closer, looked into Zhuo Ran's eyes, and said softly, "You climbed into Yan's house, but you were suppressed everywhere, it's not a good feeling."

Zhuo Ran took the water glass from his hand, did not hide, and said in this posture: "It feels pretty good."

Li Xunchuan took the opportunity to pinch her wrist, with her smell on his fingertips, and slowly climbed onto Zhuo Ran's shoulder. Li Xunchuan blinked and said, "Do me a favor, go to the study and find some books."

Zhuo Ran wanted to lean back, but Li Yanchuan secretly fixed the person there, Zhuo Ran held her breath, she raised her eyes and said, "Governor speak well."

Li Xunchuan distanced himself from the people a little, and said: "The cowhide volumes on the fifth shelf on the left side of the bookshelf by the window, there are six volumes in total, be careful when handling them, so as not to get them dirty."

Zhuo Ran put the water glass on the table and hurried to get it.

Li Xunchuan closed his eyes, leaned on the pillow to relax his drowsy head, he was really dizzy.Zhuo Ran came in with the books, she raised her foot and closed the door, put the books on Li Yanchuan's couch, and said, "Are these?"

Li Xunchuan nodded and said, "Smart."

He opened the first scroll, motioned Zhuo Ran to sit down, felt that the person was too far away from him, so he simply pulled him into his arms, Zhuo Ran leaned against Li Yuchuan, surrounded by him, Zhuo Ran looked up at him , Said: "Governor, let's talk about business, what is this for?"

Li Xunchuan nodded his fingers and said, "Look, are you familiar with this place?"

Zhuo Ran lowered his eyes, this is a partial map of the Luxi Mountain Stream and the Three States of Zhongqu.The Luxi mountain stream is located in the southwest, and further west is the domain of the ten ancient Qiang tribes. Originally, during the period of Emperor Nanhuan, the ten ancient Qiang tribes had not yet grown, but since the palace change, the ten ancient Qiang tribes began to rise and became the largest in the west. The wolves swallowed the area west of the Pingxi mountain stream in one go.

Luxi mountain stream is a natural mountain stream, surrounded by mountains, with high terrain. When it rains and snows in winter, those who walk there will be in disaster. All belonged to Zhuo Ting's command, Zhuo Ting became famous all over the world, and the ancient Qiang people talked about it, and the balance was maintained for many years.

Until Emperor Chongwen succeeded to the throne, the ancient Qiang people seemed to have some goals and began to provoke Dayu crazily, so that the war became tense, and the three states of Zhongqu were often caught in dire straits.

However, Xiqi and Nanjiang are separated by Nanshan. Xiqi is close to Xinzhou and Yongzhou, and it is only a few mountains away.

Li Xunchuan took Zhuo Ran's hand and said, "Look, if the ancient Qiang people walked from here, it would be easier to capture Zhongqu, but they just wanted to be locked in the Pingxi mountain stream. There must be something wrong here."

Zhuo Ran didn't break free, and could only let him pinch, she said: "The ancient Qiang people were not sensitive to the terrain, maybe they just didn't find this gap."

Li Xunchuan shook his head and said, "You're wrong. It's not that the ancient Qiang people didn't realize it, but some people said that the Pingxi mountain stream is the right path they should take."

Zhuo Ran frowned slightly, and said, "You mean, someone deliberately lured the ancient Qiang people there?"

Li Xunchuan thought for a while and said, "At that time your father was only in charge of the military defense of the three prefectures, and he couldn't get along with Xiqi. If the ancient Qiang people really made that gap, it would only be Xiqi and Xinzhou people who would suffer. Their purpose is not to expand the territory, but to your father."

"This is just the governor's guess." Zhuo Ran was silent for a while, then said, "It's groundless, but I can't figure it out."

"You can figure it out." Li Xunchuan rubbed against her ear, and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "This is a premeditated conspiracy, and it really depends on whether you want to figure it out."

Zhuo Ran said: "I think, of course I think."

(End of this chapter)