One person, one city, guarding the border for 30 years

Chapter 209
ten days later.

Lu Qingfan drove the carriage into Lin'an City.

This is the capital city of Dongping Prefecture.

Fuyue Inn.

Lu Qingfan parked the carriage in the courtyard, and walked into the inn with Li Zhuowan.

The inn is still the same, with little change.

A woman was sitting at the counter.

The charming young woman back then has become the middle-aged mistress of today, but her charm still remains.

"Miss Boss, stay at the shop."

Lu Qingfan and Li Zhuowan approached the counter.

"Oh."

The proprietress stood up, looked at Lu Qingfan and Li Zhuowan a few times, and suddenly froze.

Deja Vu.

The proprietress looked at Lu Qingfan and Li Zhuowan carefully again, her expression changed.

"Is it you?"

She recognized these two young men as the brother and sister from back then.

It's just because these two young people left a deep impression on her back then.

Although the appearance of these two people has changed, their attire has not changed at all.

Especially that dusty temperament, even worse than before!
"Boss, do you have a room?"

Seeing the proprietress in a daze, Li Zhuowan reminded her.

"There are some."

Only then did the proprietress come to her senses, and she repeatedly agreed, "I have the best room here, and I'll take you there now."

While talking, the proprietress picked up the key and walked ahead to lead the way.

The three of them came to the third floor, and the proprietress opened the easternmost room.

Coincidentally, this is exactly the room that Lu Qingfan and Li Zhuowan lived in seven years ago.

The furnishings inside are the same as before.

This is a suite, but there is only one bedroom.

The bedroom has a queen bed and a small bed.

Lu Qingfan entered the room and snatched the big bed first, "I sleep in the big bed."

"Well, I sleep in a cot."

Li Zhuowan didn't have any objection, she still had a smile on her face.

"You will go down and ask for some dishes in a while."

Lu Qingfan lay down on the bed and ordered.

"it is good."

Li Zhuowan tidied up a bit, then went downstairs.

She came to the lobby on the first floor. At this time, there were not many guests on the first floor, only two or three people were eating.

The proprietress was sitting at the counter in a daze.

She was thinking about Lu Qingfan and Li Zhuowan, and always felt that their identities were not simple.

Moreover, she vaguely remembered that a major event that happened in Lin'an City a few years ago was related to these two people.

correct!

She remembered.

It's the Sun family!
And the City Lord's Mansion!
It was the Governor himself who took the people there.

Thinking of this, her expression changed instantly.

Li Zhuowan walked over and knocked on the counter, "Miss Boss, prepare some dishes and a jug of wine for me."

"Oh."

Only then did the proprietress come to her senses, she looked at Li Zhuowan with fear, and changed her address.

"What would you like to eat?"

"It's just the specialty dishes in your shop, you can figure it out."

Li Zhuowan noticed the change in the proprietress' expression, but she didn't pay much attention to it.

"Okay, wait a minute."

The proprietress turned around and went into the back room.

At this time, the door curtain was lifted, and a young woman came in from the outside.

She looks 25 or [-] years old, with a delicate figure and a handsome appearance.

White clothes and white skirts, the temperament is dusty.

A long sword hung from his waist, and one hand was on the hilt.

She walked lightly, walking with the wind, and shouted as soon as she entered the door.

"Miss Boss, stay at the shop."

"what?"

When she approached the counter, she didn't see the proprietress, but she saw Li Zhuowan.

Taking a careful look at Li Zhuowan, her expression changed instantly.

"It's you?"

She exclaimed, suddenly realized something was wrong, and was about to kneel down to salute.

"no."

Li Zhuowan stopped her and whispered: "Keep quiet."

"Yes."

She agreed and asked tentatively, "Why are you here?"

"I came here to take a look."

Li Zhuowan smiled and said, "Find the feeling from back then."

"then?"

She was lost in memory.

Back then, she was still a young girl, she had just stepped out of the teacher's school, she had almost no strength, but she dared to do something.

Now, her strength has grown, but her courage is much smaller.

She was Liu Xinran who dared to complain for Li Zhuowan back then.

Just as she was thinking, the proprietress came out, her eyes lit up when she saw Liu Xinran, "Commander Liu, are you here?"

"Ah."

Only then did Liu Xinran come back to her senses, and said, "Miss Boss, I'm staying in the same room."

"it is good."

The proprietress took out the key and glanced at Li Zhuowan, "Why don't you go back to your room first? After the dishes are ready, I'll send them over to you?"

"also."

Li Zhuowan nodded and walked ahead.

"Commander Liu, please."

The proprietress greeted Liu Xinran to go upstairs together.

The three of them came to the third floor together, and Li Zhuowan went back to the room first.

Liu Xinran's room is next door.

With the sound of the door opening and closing, the proprietress went downstairs.

"Guess who I met?"

Li Zhuowan glanced at Lu Qingfan on the bed, and decided to share the news with him.

"Liu Xinran?"

Lu Qingfan smiled, he naturally knew.

"It seems that there is nothing to hide from you."

Li Zhuowan felt a little helpless and shook her head.

Just then, there was a knock on the door outside.

"Boom boom boom!"

"coming!"

Li Zhuowan opened the door and saw Liu Xinran was standing outside the door with a slightly awkward expression.

"come in."

Li Zhuowan moved away, she could see that Liu Xinran should have something to say to her.

"it is good."

Without hesitation, Liu Xinran stepped into the room.

After walking a few steps forward, she saw Lu Qingfan and exclaimed, "Mr. Lu, are you there?"

"sit down."

Lu Qingfan got up and nodded at her.

"Yes."

Liu Xinran agreed, but didn't sit down immediately.

After Li Zhuowan sat down, she greeted her again, "Come and sit down."

"it is good."

Liu Xinran sat opposite Li Zhuowan, a little cautious.

"You came here to tell me something?"

Li Zhuowan didn't beat around the bush and asked directly.

"You also know that I am serving under Prince Wu."

Liu Xinran sighed while talking, "At first I didn't reject this matter, but in the past few years, I discovered some things, and I suddenly became confused. I don't know what to do, let alone how to do it. That's right."

"Oh?"

Li Zhuowan's heart moved, and she asked, "What did you find?"

Liu Xinran hesitated for a moment, his gaze became firm, and he said, "There are letters between King Wu and King Qin, and they are very frequent."

"King Qin is an anti-king. King Wu has correspondence with him. Is he plotting something?"

Liu Xinran shook her head, "I'm not sure, but I'm afraid, I don't hope that one day, I will help the evildoers and become an accomplice against the king, so I have lived through a lot of suffering for the past two years, but I don't know who to turn to." Said, since I have the honor to meet you today, I must seize this opportunity and tell this matter."

"Well, you're doing well."

Li Zhuowan glanced at Liu Xinran appreciatively, "What else do you know?"

"I'm not very strong, so I can't know too much information, and I don't dare to investigate casually."

Liu Xinran shook her head again, "So I can only guess, but I can't be sure, let alone any evidence."

"If I have evidence in my hand, I will definitely venture to Kyoto to find you."

Liu Xinran continued: "But without evidence, I just rely on guesswork, so I don't have the confidence to come to you."

"Okay, then let me ask you, are you willing to help me?"

Li Zhuowan stared into Liu Xinran's eyes and asked, "If you are willing to help me, how much can you help me?"

"Of course I would like to help you."

Liu Xinran resolutely said: "Even if I pay my life for this, I am willing to help you!"

"That's not necessary."

Li Zhuowan smiled, "As long as you are willing to help me, I will naturally guarantee your safety."

"Your Majesty, just tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Liu Xinran got the guarantee from Li Zhuowan, and she became more confident.

"Help me secretly investigate King Wu and Prince Wu's son, and find evidence of their rebellion."

Li Zhuowan said: "Actually, I have suspected them for a long time, but I didn't touch them because I didn't have any evidence."

"Okay, I see."

Liu Xinran nodded.

"You must act carefully. Even if you can't find anything, don't expose yourself, let alone take the slightest risk. Everything is based on your safety, you know?"

Li Zhuowan instructed: "And you have to leave yourself a way out, in case you are exposed one day in the future, you can also escape safely through this way out."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Liu Xinran was a little moved.

"I will arrange a few experts to go to Wuzhou City, and they will help you when the time comes."

Li Zhuowan continued: "Even if something happens to you in the future, they will still rescue you."

"it is good."

Liu Xinran knew that her strength was only a sixth rank, and she was nothing at all in Wu Wangfu, where there were so many masters.

If she is really exposed in the future, it will be impossible for her to escape based on her own strength alone.

But with the master arranged by Li Zhuowan, it will be different.

Her safety is guaranteed.

"Okay, let's go, it's best not to let people see that we have been in contact."

Li Zhuowan said: "You don't need to do anything these days, wait until the person I sent arrives."

"Yes."

Liu Xinran stood up and bowed to Li Zhuowan, "Your Majesty, I'm leaving."

"Mr. Lu, I'm leaving."

Liu Xinran saluted Lu Qingfan again.

"Boom boom boom!"

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

"coming."

Li Zhuowan went to open the door, only to see the proprietress standing outside the door.

"Your food and drink have arrived."

The proprietress carried the food box into the house, saw Liu Xinran, was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Tell me about the old days."

Liu Xinran smiled and said, "Okay, I'm leaving."

"Let's eat together here."

Li Zhuowan stayed for a while.

"No, eat slowly."

Liu Xinran went out and returned to her room.

"Two slow use."

The proprietress put down the food and drink, took the food box and left.

"Let's eat."

Li Zhuowan poured two glasses of wine and greeted Lu Qingfan for dinner.

Then she tore a roast chicken piece by piece with her hands and repacked it on a plate.

After washing her hands, Li Zhuowan came back and sat down again, raised her glass, "Come, drink."

"cheers!"

The two clinked glasses and sipped wine.

"Eat chicken."

Li Zhuowan took a piece of chicken and placed it on Lu Qingfan's plate.

"it is good."

Lu Qingfan put the chicken into his mouth, chewed it slowly, savoring the tenderness of the chicken.

"Do you think the person who wanted to kill you back then was King Wu?"

"Well, I've always had this feeling in my heart, but I'm not sure."

Li Zhuowan nodded, "This matter can't be delayed any longer, I must find out the truth, otherwise there will always be a thorn in my heart, making my Dao heart unstable."

"Okay, you can handle it yourself."

Lu Qingfan smiled and said, "I don't think you need me for such a trivial matter, right?"

"Of course not."

Li Zhuowan also laughed, "How can I rely on you for everything? I am an emperor too badly."

……

……

the next day.

Lu Qingfan and Li Zhuowan left Fuyue Inn and drove to the pier in a carriage.

"drive!"

The carriage shuttled through the crowd and soon came to a boat shop.

Lu Qingfan and Li Zhuowan got out of the carriage and shouted.

"boss."

"coming."

A middle-aged man came out of the house with a smile on his face.

Lu Qingfan and Li Zhuowan recognized him immediately.

Yu Wanting.

"You two want to buy a boat?"

He approached, and looked at Lu Qingfan and Li Zhuowan carefully.

After just a few glances, his expression changed.

"His Majesty!"

"Mr. Lu!"

Yu Wanting was about to kneel down as he spoke.

"Don't be too polite."

Li Zhuowan stopped him.

"Yes."

Yu Wanting agreed and asked, "Are you going to Jinling?"

"Yes, you can help me choose a ship."

Li Zhuowan walked towards the river, where there were several boats parked.

"it is good."

Yu Wanting ran a few steps, leading the way.

He jumped into a big boat and said, "Just this boat, it's not too big or too small."

It was a three-story boat, similar in appearance to the one a few years ago.

Li Zhuowan and Lu Qingfan also jumped into the boat and walked back and forth on the boat several times.

"Okay, let's do it."

Li Zhuowan took out a few ingots of gold, handed them to Yu Wanting, and asked, "Is it enough?"

"enough."

Yu Wanting took the gold, packed it up, and said, "I'll go get the carriage up."

Afterwards, he got out of bed, drove the carriage to the boat, untied the cable, jumped off the boat, and bowed his hands to Lu Qingfan and Li Zhuowan on board.

"Two walk slowly."

"Ah."

Lu Qingfan nodded, and with a thought, the boat flew out like a sharp arrow.

Today, he is more calm in manipulating the ship.

It's faster too!
It took only half an hour for the boat to arrive at Jinling City.

Lu Qingfan and Li Zhuowan got off the boat, fixed the boat on the shore, and drove the carriage to the shore.

The two got into the carriage and drove towards Wu Wangfu.

"drive!"

The carriage shuttled through the crowd, very fast, but surprisingly stable.

Pedestrians were a little surprised when they saw the carriage passing by them quickly.

It didn't take long for the carriage to arrive at the gate of King Wu's Mansion.

The gate of Prince Wu's Mansion was open, and four soldiers stood guard in front of the gate.

"drive!"

Lu Qingfan parked the carriage at the gate of Prince Wu's Mansion, but did not get out of the carriage.

"Ok?"

The four soldiers guarding the gate were stunned when they saw Lu Qingfan's carriage parked at the gate.

Who is so brave?
How dare you block the door of Prince Wu's Mansion?
I'm afraid it's boring, right?
However, they didn't dare to get angry when they saw Lu Qingfan's demeanor, but asked cautiously, "Who are you looking for?"

Lu Qingfan said: "I'm looking for Li Changzhi, please go and report."

"you are?"

The four soldiers still have questions.

"You don't need to worry about who I am, just say that an old man is visiting, and he will naturally know."

Lu Qingfan waved his hand.

(End of this chapter)