The phoenix pattern is surging

Li Ran knocked on the table with his fingers, and said, "See you first, it's not too late to hear what he has to say."

Jiang Jue pursed his lips and remained silent, Ding Shun felt a little troubled, looking at this one and then that one, he didn't know who to take orders from, and he didn't wait for a signal from his superiors for a long time, so he secretly raised his head and glanced at Li Ran, He glanced at the man in the bright yellow brocade robe engraved with dragon patterns, and finally beat a thousand, and went out lightly.

After about a stick of incense, Ding Shun led someone into the hall.

The visitor was about fifty, with a long beard and white hair, a slender figure, and an undisguised shrewdness in his eyes. Although he had reached the age of knowing his destiny, he did not look old at all.He walked into the hall calmly, with a leisurely look, as if he was wandering in the market. He saluted Jiang Jue slightly, and then looked at Li Ran with a smile on his face: "Your Highness, you are safe."

Li Ran was taken aback for a moment, the voice was very familiar to his ears, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

At that time, Envoy Ning saw that he had a puzzled look on his face, and smiled silently, without pointing it out. He glanced around, and the meaning behind his words was self-evident.

Jiang Jue waved his hand, and the maids and eunuchs who were serving him retreated one after another. At the same time, the man stretched out his hand and tore off a layer of skin on the surface. Li Ran took a closer look, surprised He sighed unsurprisingly, and said with a smirk: "It really is a disaster that lasts for thousands of years."

"Hehe, this colorful world is full of nostalgia, this king... I really don't want to leave."

Li Ran sneered secretly, and said sarcastically, "It's not a good thing to be too free and unrestrained. If you are too happy, you will turn back. Be careful."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your love."

The guy surnamed Ji smeared a lot of mud, his expression was ambiguous, and his tone was soft, which really aroused suspicion. Li Ran rubbed his brows and eyes, avoiding his sight, and didn't want to have a verbal dispute with this glib guy.

The two were arguing with each other, Jiang Jue asked in a deep voice, "Your Highness has come all the way here, what's the matter?"

Ji Sui cleaned up the jade belt on his clothes, and said solemnly, "I'm actually surrendering to your country..."

"Surrender?" Jiang Jue's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, his face was cloudy and sunny, and Ji Suiqing said again: "Xiao Wang deeply feels that the country will lose the country, and I feel sorry for it."

Jiang Jue glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and sneered silently: "What does this have to do with me?"

Ji Suiqing was choked by him, and the bright smile on his face almost couldn't hold back, then he laughed at himself, and said: "The safety of my country really has nothing to do with your country, but this king also knows that based on your country's current situation, It doesn't seem appropriate to make too many enemies."

Jiang Jue's eyes sharpened, and Li Ran sneered: "Does your family live by the sea?"

"what?"

"I said you're too lenient, Ji Suiqing. Whether to make enemies or not is our own business, and it's not your turn to worry about it."

What kind of character is Ji Suiqing, how could he be easily defeated because of his few words, he smiled gently: "Your Highness really speaks quickly."

Li Ran didn't even joke with him, and asked bluntly, "Tell me, what exactly do you want to do?"

Ji Suiqing curled his lips into a smile: "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you."

These words are already presumptuous, Jiang Jue narrowed his eyes, and said coldly: "Ji Suifeng sent you here?"

"No, Xiao Wang came here this time only for me to reassure the common people, and has nothing to do with others."

"Oh? When will Ji Suifeng abdicate to Xian?"

"It... depends on the sincerity of your country."

Jiang Jue didn't answer, just squinted at him, but Ji Suiqing looked fearless, Li Ran rubbed his temples with his thumb, and asked while rubbing, "You want to rebel?"

Only he would say this so grandly, Ji Suiqing broke into laughter, looked at him deeply, and asked without answering: "What do you think, Your Highness?"

"I don't think it's unimportant, that's your own business." He looked like he had nothing to do with himself, and then pointed his finger, motioning for Ji Suiqing to sit down, but Ji Suiqing was not polite, and sat alone on the sandalwood table under the throne The chair took a seat.

Li Ran raised his eyebrows, and with his trademark half-smile, he asked lightly, "Tell me about your conditions?"

Ji Suiqing smiled silently: "It's simple, as long as your country helps this king, when he ascends the throne, naturally you and I don't need to meet each other again."

"You dare to say it." Jiang Jue snorted coldly, with a disapproving expression on his face, Li Ran narrowed his eyes, and said: "Of course this business only makes money for you, not compensation. What benefits can we have?"

The smile on Ji Suiqing's face did not diminish at all: "Hehe, how does it feel to be bullied by the soldiers and horses of the Three Kingdoms? Your Majesty and His Highness must have a deep understanding of it. There is a strong relationship here, and this king is not long-winded. This time I came here just to show me Sincerity, how to choose is up to your country to decide." Ji Suiqing said calmly, his expression was determined, as if he was sure of everything, and finally looked straight at Li Ran: "Besides, you don't look at the face of the monk or the face of the Buddha. After all, the king has saved you, isn't that the reason, Your Highness?"

Li Ran rubbed his eyebrows, nodded helplessly, Jiang Jue's eyes flashed with a knife, and he asked in a deep voice, "So, don't I have to agree to you?"

Ji Suiqing smiled and cupped his hands, and said: "Your Majesty can consider it carefully before making a conclusion, but Qing can wait, but your country may not have the time."

In this way, the three of them played Tai Chi back and forth, Ji Suiqing put on his mask again, and left.

Jiang Jue paced back and forth in the hall for a few times, Li Ran saw his expression of deep thought, poured a cup of tea and handed it over: "I really didn't expect it to be him."

Jiang Jue took a sip of the tea and said, "I didn't expect that either."

"Ji Suiqing has always been idle, and now he is suddenly interested in Huining's throne. It's a bit mysterious." He said in a deep voice, with a look of shrewdness in his eyes. Jiang Jue had a sombre face before, but when he heard what he said, he chuckled lightly: "When did you become so good at thinking about people's hearts? Naturally, I can't trust him completely, or that sentence, this person can be used."

Seeing that he had already made up his mind, Li Ran nodded reassuringly, picked a grape and threw it into his mouth, chewing and saying, "It's not that I changed, it's that you are always defiant."

In this way, I don't know what I thought of, but I saw a smile in my eyes. Seeing him laughing, Jiang Jue unconsciously relaxed, and approached him and asked in a low voice, "What are you thinking? So funny?"

"I just thought of a word, which is perfect to describe you."

"what?"

"To be honest, rather than saying that you are arrogant, it is better to say that you don't look at people at all."

He was talking and laughing, the corners of his lips were full of curves, and Jiang Jue's eyes were also soaked in a layer of warmth, he curled his lips into a smile, put his hand on his stomach, and said in a low voice: "Then you have to take a good look, I Who is in your eyes?"

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to rub his belly, and said softly: "This time it can be said that God is helping, do you want to celebrate?"

"You're optimistic." Li Ran glanced at the hand covering his stomach disapprovingly: "Don't move, he hasn't been living well these two days."

Jiang Jue paused, stared at him for a while, and seemed to understand something after a while, and looked over with worry and joy: "It seems to be a long time ago, isn't it coming soon?"

Before the question was finished, Li Ran waved his hand impatiently: "I don't know, why ask so many questions, there will always be movement when it's time to come out."

Seeing the laziness in his brows and eyes, Jiang Jue moved his eyes, leaned close to him and flirted softly: "So active, I really look like you." Binding: "I guess it's just a few days. Don't be afraid, with Yi'er's experience, this time it's bound to go much smoother."

Li Ran rubbed his brows and eyes in embarrassment, and said, "You know a lot, why don't you let Li Yuanshan accept you as a closed disciple?"

"Hehe, there's no need. The old man has excellent medical skills. How can he become a teacher in ten or eight years? It doesn't matter to me, I'm afraid I'll neglect you."

"roll!"

Jiang Jue laughed, and lowered his head to peck his lips. At that time, Li Ran's clothes were half off, and his chest was full of spring.Jiang Jue's eyes were getting darker, and his breathing was unconsciously out of order. It must have been hard for the past two months.

He leaned down and met Li Ran's eyes, with a smile on his face, his fingers resting on Li Ran's belly, lingering: "If he really refuses to come out, I have a way."

After finishing speaking, he approached Li Ran and whispered something in Li Ran's ear.

Li Ran was startled suddenly: "What nonsense!"

"No matter what, I don't dare to make nonsense about this matter. Li Yuanshan taught the method and said it has been effective since ancient times. How about trying it tonight?"

"Not interested in."

His expression was indifferent, showing his lack of interest. Jiang Jue is not the one to give up easily, and continued to persuasion: "If it really works, wouldn't it be possible to get out of the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible?"

These words reached Li Ran's heart, Jiang Jue saw the hesitation in his brows and eyes, and simply hit the snake with the stick: "Why not try? Hmm?"

Although it's autumn now, but the summer heat is still there, and because of his body, Li Ran just feels lazy and doesn't even want to move a finger, but in Jiang Jue's eyes, this lazy look will only make his heart itchy and unbearable .

Jiang Jue lowered his head and sucked kisses along Li Ran's eyebrows. Li Ran was about to stop him, but he was caught by Jiang Jue when he stretched out halfway: "Just once, how about a try?" When he had the opportunity to retort, he pulled off the tie of his underwear, "It's hard for me to think about it."

Li Ran's face became hot, and he wanted to give him a kick.

After touching a cup of tea, one of them chuckled lightly and said indistinctly, "I'm refreshed."

Li Ran was both hot and shy, he could only cover his face with his hands to cover up his gaffe, a moan leaked from the corner of his mouth, each sound became more and more unbearable.After he fell comfortably on the couch, Jiang Jue leaned forward, and gently pecked his sweaty eyebrows while taking off his clothes, then picked him up from the couch, and stepped forward one by one.

It's more than ten months now, Jiang Jue didn't dare to be too aggressive with Meng Lang, he moved extremely gently, the two of them met their eyes, kissed deeply for a while, or rubbed their ears and temples together, but the life in the belly didn't move at all.

"Are you there yet?" Jiang Jue gasped and asked softly, Li Ran slightly lifted his eyelids to glance at him, and reprimanded in a low voice, "There's so much nonsense."

Jiang Jue chuckled, lowered his head to bite his lips and tongue, with a fascinated look on his face, Li Ran reached out to hook his head, and opened his mouth to entangle with him.

Both of them were drenched with sweat, but the little guy still didn't move. Jiang Jue looked down at his ups and downs during the movement, and asked softly, "How is it?"

Li Ran shook his head unobtrusively, his forehead hair was wet with sweat and stuck to his face, his obscene clothes were already soaked, half-faded and hanging on his body, looming, under the candlelight, the charm was comparable to poppy.

Unable to restrain himself, Jiang Jue tightly tightened the hands holding his buttocks, making them stick closer to each other, as if he wanted to use this method to feel the existence of the weak life that bound the two of them.

"Slower."

"Okay." Jiang Jue bit his tongue helplessly and helplessly, with a burning □ in his eyes, but fortunately there was still a trace of reason at all, controlling the strength and rhythm of his waist, knowing that enough was enough.

Half an hour later, the room was filled with panting sounds, and the long couch returned to calm after a loud noise. Jiang Jue hugged Li Ran and leaned on the couch panting for a while, and stretched out his hand to cover his lower abdomen: " Why is there still no movement?"

"Is this a good way for you?"

Jiang Jue was at a loss for words, as if he was in a cocoon, and then leaned forward with a flattering face, comforting him, but this time he only got a cold snort, and Li Ran didn't even look at him.

Fortunately, he was never kicked out of bed.

[Yechu capital city Qiong (Qiong second tone) capital]

A man in a bright yellow dragon robe stood on top of the city tower, his sharp-edged face showed no emotion at all, and not far away stood an old man in sixties, short in stature, with a mustache, calm expression, and shrewdness in his eyes: "Ye Chu The jade seal has been obtained, may His Majesty want to have a look at it?"

"No need, since Ye Chu is dead, what's the use of keeping the jade seal?"

The old man nodded and asked again, "How should Chu Yuming deal with it?"

The man in bright yellow pondered for a moment, then opened his thin lips lightly: "Kill!"

The old man frowned slightly, and after thinking for a long time, persuaded: "The world is not yet settled, the old minister thought he wanted to win the hearts of the people, so he can't be killed at this moment."

"It's just a king of subjugation, what kind of people can he win?"

"After all, he was once the king of a country. Even if he is defeated, there will still be people who will follow him, and his orthodox status will not be shaken for a moment. In my opinion, why not keep him for a while, in case of emergencies?"

"It's so useless, yet there are still people following him!" The man in bright yellow snorted coldly, his eyes full of disdain, and the old man secretly sighed: "The world is ignorant, not everyone is so sober, Your Majesty should treat you with a benevolent heart." Tolerance, don't act too hastily."

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

The great country is in front of you, how can you not attract the heroes of the world to bow down?

Yue Hengcheng stood facing the wind, like a cold black iron sword, flaunting domineering and unruly, with raging flames burning in his eyes.There is no need to say too much about how attractive the word "world" is, as long as you stand on a high place and look at the wind and clouds, you can make your blood boil.

Just at this time, a soldier came up to the tower with a secret report in his hands, Yue Hengcheng opened it and a big smile appeared in his eyes.

49

The news that Dongyue's another [-] troops were detouring through Yechu day and night and approaching Linguan reached Linyang almost at the same time.Jiang Jue looked calm on the surface, but Li Ran knew that right now his heart must be full of twists and turns.

Knocking his fingers on the table, Li Ran had a look of determination in his eyes: "There is no time, send troops now."

Jiang Jue pursed his lips and remained silent, Qu Lie took a step forward, bowed and said: "If you don't send troops again, it is inevitable that you will be in trouble at the close. Even Heyang is in danger. Your Majesty, please make a decision early."

Shen Ze followed up: "Panlongju's soldiers and horses can't move, Heyang now has only more than 5 horses, and the enemy has already arrived here." He stretched out his hand and pointed on the sand formation, "Send troops to stop at this time, maybe There is still a chance of survival.”

Liao Wei stroked his sleeves, patted his chest and said in a loud voice: "There are only more than [-] soldiers and horses. If you give some soldiers and horses to the last general, they will surely kill those bastards in Dongyue crying for their fathers and mothers."

Jiang Jue was noncommittal, standing still in front of the leader of the sand formation with his hands behind his back, staring at the sand formation with a glint of worry in his eyes.

Everyone knows that Dongyue's other army is rushing towards Linyang, even if Chen Pei is blocking it in front, Yue Hengping's army is obviously not comparable to Chu Yuming's mob.If Xiping took advantage of the fire to loot, the consequences would be unimaginable, and Xiping's delay in not sending troops was obviously waiting for this good opportunity to attack back and forth.Jiang Jue couldn't guess what Su Mo's idea was.

He thought through the serious relationship here for a moment, gritted his teeth, feeling like a stormy sea in his heart.He is not someone who can't afford to gamble, and he has always dared to gamble, but obviously this time he is a little hesitant.He lowered his eyes to look at Li Ran, then looked at Qu Lie, and said calmly: "This matter still needs to be considered. I will leave it to you to reorganize the armed forces, and wait for my order."

Qu Lie was stunned for a moment, he didn't dare to speak too much under the emperor's order, so he had to retreat out together with the others.

"Why are you still hesitating?"

Jiang Jue sighed secretly, sat down beside him, glanced at his lower abdomen, and there was a deep worry in his eyes: "It's already past the expected time, why is he still not moving at all?"

Li Ran was stunned for three seconds before realizing it, angrily and funny: "That's what you're thinking about?"

Jiang Jue didn't think it was disobedient, and brushed his long hair hanging on his back, with a deep arc on his lips: "I have already made up my mind about sending troops, but our child... I don't know when we will be able to come out?"

"It's really a lot of control." Li Ran laughed, straightened his face, pointed to the place where Linguan is located, and said in a deep voice, "The more than 3 people from Dongyue will arrive in about ten days, and there are only 7 people in Linguan now." At least another [-] people should be added. This is only the minimum number. You and I can’t tell whether Yue Qiheng has an ambush behind him. I hope it’s not so unlucky. It's really difficult."

He looked solemn, and this time it was Jiang Jue's turn to be dumbfounded: "I have my own sense of proportion in this matter, don't worry about it. I think it's more serious to let Li Yuanshan come and see. I have done everything that needs to be done, why is it still not done?" What about the reaction?"

Li Ran raised his eyebrows indifferently, his expression was calm, not as depressed as he was, and he was even a little lethargic. He scanned back and forth on the sand array, rubbed his chin with two fingers and thought for a moment, with a solemn expression on his face. Said, "What are you waiting for, you will bring 10 people over there now."

Jiang Jue couldn't help being startled: "How can I leave you at this time?"

Li Ran stretched out two fingers and shook in front of him, fixed his eyes on the point in Luocheng: "I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. Once Linguan is captured by Dongyue, Dongyue's army can drive straight in. You can go straight Insert Ran Mang, and come to meet Hui Ning." He nodded at Ran Mang's place, "What's worse is that you can drive soldiers and horses here directly." Move two fingers and point to the location of Luocheng, Looking up at Jiang Jue, "If Beiye's hinterland is captured, Ji Suiqing will not reconsider whether to cooperate with us or not, but will choose to attach to Dongyue no matter what. At that time, occupying Danfeng can only Waiting to be eaten away by others, Nanliu and Liuguo will not be spared. Don't tell me that you haven't thought about it. What's more..." He stared at where Luocheng was, and there was a look of worry in his eyes, " Yi'er is in Luocheng, if you can't hold the gate, you can take people back, and defending Luocheng is the key."

"You let me abandon you?"

Jiang Jue was angry, and there was a flickering fire in his eyes.

Li Ran shook his head solemnly, met Jiang Jue's oppressive gaze, and said with a firm expression, "This is just the worst plan. No one can win forever. You should know the truth better than anyone else. Why don't you gamble once, this time?" It’s a crisis, but who’s to say it’s not an opportunity? Huining has Ji Suiqing, who will become a ticking time bomb for Dongyue. Once Xiping makes any moves, Wenyue can take action. If you’re lucky, this time it might be Bei Ye who takes the lead. Great opportunity to go down to Xiping."

His analysis was not wrong, even very reasonable, but Jiang Jue shook his head uncharacteristically, and said in a deep voice: "Crisis or opportunity are secondary, I can't leave you here."

Li Ran was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, and couldn't help shouting angrily: "When the hell did you become such a mother-in-law? The opportunity is fleeting, and there will be no such shop after passing this village, you know?"

Jiang Jue still shook his head: "Zhen will order Qu Lie to lead 7 people back to aid."

"[-] versus more than [-]? Are you going to die?" Li Ran shook his head in disapproval, and made a decision after a while: "Since you won't go, let me go."

Jiang Jue was in a hurry: "How can you travel day and night now? If something goes wrong, how can I stand it? This place is dangerous, not to mention that the child has not moved until now, and you still let me go?"

"Why the hell are you talking so much nonsense? How can such a simple matter become like this? If you don't go, I won't go. Once Linguan is captured, who will return to Luocheng to sit in town? What about Jiang Yi? What about Yuxi? ?”

Jiang Jue sighed helplessly, and said in a deep voice: "Naturally, you can't lose it when you are at the customs, otherwise——"

Li Ran stretched out his hand to stop him: "It's good that you know. No one can guarantee who will win and who will lose now. Apart from other things, we have no advantage in numbers at all. We must take 10 people back, and the problem of impending customs is solved. It won't be too late to come back. There are still more than 5 people here, plus Chen Pei's [-], if Zi Xin returns, it will not be difficult to defend Linyang."

Jiang Jue didn't nod his head immediately, he knew very well that many troubles would inevitably arise in the event of a war, and any small mistake could lead to being trapped on the ground, and once trapped, it would be impossible to escape.

Yue Hengping's strategy of dividing the troops was obviously brilliant, Jiang Jue walked around the house a few times with his hands behind his back, looking embarrassed.

Li Ran couldn't see it anymore, clapped his hands and got up from his seat, and shouted outside the hall, "Sixth! Come in!"

Xiao Liuzi came in without knowing it, and saw that the emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince were confronting each other, and asked cautiously, "What do you want Your Highness to do?"

"Change!"

The six sons were obviously taken aback, looked up at Jiang Jue, and then looked at Li Ran.Li Ran didn't hesitate, he walked towards the inner hall with his feet up, and only signaled him to follow with his eyes.

Jiang Jue was stunned for two or three seconds and chased after him, grabbed Li Ran's sleeve, and said in a low voice, "What are you going to do? Didn't you explain clearly just now?"

Li Ran stopped and met his gaze calmly: "Understood. I really can't take long distances now, so you can only go back."

Jiang Jue was extremely angry, but he couldn't attack, so he could only rub his eyebrows in distress.

Li Ran knew that he was as embarrassed as he was at the moment, so he waved his hand to signal Liu Zi to go down. After hesitating for a moment, he reached out and put his arm around his shoulder: "Don't worry. Nothing will happen to me. Sometimes people have to believe in luck. Heart I can't die even if I get shot by someone, it seems that the old man still takes good care of me."

He said it easily, but Jiang Jue didn't feel relaxed, and said in a low voice, "Let me think about it again."

That night, Jiang Jue led [-] soldiers and horses to Linguan, accompanied by Liao Wei and Shen Ze, and deliberately left Qu Lie behind to protect Li Ran's safety.

This evening, the moon was dark and the wind was high. Li Ran was standing outside the gate of Minghua Palace. Jiang Jue was wearing a black iron armor and a seven-foot long sword was hanging from his waist. Just come back."

The golden crown shone brightly under the firelight, making those eyes as bright as stars. Li Ran nodded: "Take care of yourself. Don't worry too much about me."

Jiang Jue held his hand with his backhand and squeezed him so hard that it almost hurt him. After looking three times, he finally squeezed his horse's belly and left. Li Ran didn't go back until the tall and relaxed figure disappeared into the depth of his vision.

The little six sons were by his side, and said step by step: "Your Highness, don't worry, His Majesty will return triumphantly soon."

Li Ran glanced at him with a faint smile: "Which of your eyes can see that I am worried?"

Xiao Liuzi thought to myself that I saw both eyes, but he didn't dare to say such words to save face, so he picked a nice sentence back and forth: "Your Majesty is the body of a real dragon, and there are two generals guarding him, How can things not be auspicious? Don't worry about it, Your Highness, don't you still have General Pei and Marshal Li? Besides, there is Master Yuan."

Li Ran reached out to knock on his forehead, and the little six cried out in pain, and asked with a puzzled look: "Your Highness? Did the slave say something wrong again?"

"That's right. I didn't expect that you, who are usually rambunctious, can speak decent words at critical times." Li Ran reached out and tapped the sissy again, "Let's go and see if Master Yuan's things are ready. .”

When they came to the smelting room, Yuan Mo was busy.Little Six was about to clear his throat to report, but Li Ran stopped him with his hand: "Don't make noise."

The temperature in the smelting room is extremely high, especially near the furnace.

Little Six worriedly grabbed Li Ran's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, please don't go in."

Li Ran ignored it and stepped in.

Yuan Mo turned around when he heard the sound, and saw Li Ran was slightly taken aback, making a gesture to kneel down to pay his respects. Li Ran stretched out his hand to help him up, glanced at the black saber and long crossbow lying beside the furnace, and smiled. Immediately overflowed from the eyes: "The hands and feet are really neat, Mr. Yuan."

"The war is approaching, and the grass people should be more concerned."

"Okay. I'll keep your mind in mind." He patted Yuan Mo's shoulder, then picked up a saber and waved it, feeling much better than expected, and nodded in satisfaction.He picked up another long crossbow and compared it to the wooden disc on the wall. When he pulled the trigger, the arrow flew out with a whoosh. It was a triangular barbed arrow.

This arrow is quite powerful. The arrow is firmly embedded in the brick wall, and the two ends are connected by a hemp rope as thick as a thumb. The rope is tightly tied. Li Ran buckled the rope to a higher place, and hooked Xiao Liuzi's collar up. After hanging it, and then stretching out his hand to push it, the little Liuzi slid down towards the millstone, the speed was so fast that the little Liuzi screamed in shock.

Li Ran held him back before he kissed Mopan, and Little Six turned pale with fright and said to him, "Your Highness, you scared the servant to death."

"That's enough. I'll also write down your credits." Li Ran patted his head with a smile, and gave Yuan Mo a thumbs up. "Mr. Yuan, the effect is very good, didn't you put a lot of thought into it?"

Yuan Mo bowed modestly: "Caomin just built it according to the picture, and dare not take credit for it."

"You are too modest. With these two samples, it shouldn't take too long for craftsmen to make another four or five hundred sets."

Yuan Mo smiled and nodded.

Dongyue's 14 soldiers and horses traveled day and night, and they have already passed the border of Yechu in a few days, and they are only three or four days away from the border of Danfeng. Down.

Sitting on the round sandalwood stool next to the couch, Li Yuanshan asked for Li Ran's pulse, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, Your Highness, everything is fine. It's just that I still say the same old saying, don't worry about it."

Li Ran put the secret report in his hand on the table, rubbed his troubled brows and eyes: "Don't worry. I know my own body."

As soon as I finished speaking, I felt a kick in my lower abdomen, as if in protest.He subconsciously stretched out his hand and rubbed it, then waved to Li Yuanshan: "Go out, I will let Xiao Liu find you if there is something to do."

"According to the order."

As soon as Li Yuanshan left, Qu Lie was ushered in. When he saw the secret report in Li Ran's hand, he frowned again.

"what's up?"

Qu Lie bowed and replied, "Your Highness, Xiping has dispatched troops."

Sure enough, there will be nothing less that should come.

Fifty

"how many people?"

"20. Come out in full force."

Li Ran got up, walked back and forth in the hall a few times, and made a decisive decision: "Send a message to Zixin, and ask him to come back as soon as possible."

Qu Lie nodded knowingly: "Things can only be like this until now. Xiping and Dongyue are coming aggressively, and Linyang is now empty of soldiers and horses. We have to wait until His Majesty returns to help."

"Let Chen Pei not have to stick to it, and he can give up Linxi when necessary."

"Yes."

"As for Wenyue..." Li Ran nodded at the place where Pan Longju was, "Should we also wait?"

"What do you mean, Your Highness?"

Li Ran took out a quill pen and drew a few strokes on the blueprint: "First of all, we must ensure that Linguan is not lost. If things go against our wishes, Linyang won't last long, and even if we keep it, it's meaningless. What do you think?"

There was a look of approval in Qu Lie's eyes, and he stretched out his hand to draw on the map: "I also have the same opinion. If your Majesty loses, you must withdraw your troops and return to Linguan to guard. If the urgent need of Linguan is resolved, it will naturally be possible to encircle the two roads in the northeast. Take Xiping first, then Dongyue."

Dongyue's ambushes really fought very well, strangling Jiang Jue's throat, making him unable to use all his tricks at this time.

Li Ran stared at the position of Linguan for a moment, with ups and downs of emotions in his heart, victory or defeat is actually only two words, but it is obviously not that simple for Jiang Jue.

If he loses here, the consequences will not be mentioned for the time being, whether Jiang Jue's many years of planning will be cut in half, no one can guess without seeing the end.

After many years of dormancy, Yue Hengping, with the momentum of the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, disrupted Jiang Jue's overall plan with one ruthless move. The depth of the strategy cannot be underestimated.

Su Mo is obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp, otherwise he would not be able to hold back until now, and even unknowingly made friends with Qin and Jin with Dongyue and conspired to attack him.

The timing is just right.

Li Ran rubbed his brows and eyes with a headache, Qu Lie's expression was still calm, without any ups and downs on his face: "The so-called planning is up to people to make things happen, and what we can do now is to be fully prepared. Worrying is useless.”

Only Qu Lie could say such sharp words. Li Ran also knew that the words were true. After standing for a while, he felt sore and backache, so he could only sit back on the couch: "Do you know about Ji Suiqing?"

Qu Lie nodded: "Although this person has a reputation for being a prodigal, he is not an ordinary person."

Li Ran nodded in agreement: "That's right. What he is best at is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. It's just that he will choose to cooperate with Jiang Jue, which has always baffled me."

Qu Lie said sternly: "The battle for the deer has always been aimed at winning the world. Although the Lord of Dongyue can be regarded as the overlord of one party, he has more than enough power and grace, and Ji Suifeng is very incompetent. Hui Ning is under his command. How can the people do it?" Have a good day? Your Highness's handling of the plague is very good, although outsiders don't know much about it, but with Ji Suiqing's ability, he must be able to guess a thing or two, perhaps because of this example, he is willing to take a gamble."

Li Ran was a little confused: "Gamble? What do you mean?"

"Since His Highness is reluctant to part with 8 people, surely he won't be willing to give up tens of thousands of people, right?"

Li Ran was dumbfounded. He had calculated thousands of times, but he didn't expect that Ji Suiqing was betting on his compassionate heart. To be more precise, Li Ran, who had done evil in his previous life, turned out to be a compassionate and kind person in this life. In exchange for chips of trust from others,

Qu Lie seemed to see what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Hui Ning has become a hidden danger to Yue Hengping, which is of course the best. If the battle goes well, His Majesty's plan will not be far away."

Li Ran seldom saw him have such an expression of unrestrained and open talk, and asked with a smile: "How many years have you been with Jiang Jue?"

Qu Lie smiled lightly and said, "It's more than sixteen years."

As soon as he said this, Li Ran was secretly stunned.

"In the early years, I was accompanied by Your Majesty. Your Majesty succeeded to the throne when he was a weak crown. The honor was not easy to come by. I am fortunate to be able to help you a little bit."

Although his expression was indifferent, there was emotion in his eyes combing the past.

Li Ran was slightly startled, and asked: "The honor is not easy to come by? What's going on?"

As soon as he finished asking, Xiao Liu Zi came into the palace to report by coincidence.

After a while, Meng Zhaokun and Qin Yi entered the hall, while Qu Lie had already left the hall through the side door.

The two came into the hall and saluted one after another.

"The minister joins Your Highness."

"See, see, see Your Highness."

"Old Meng, there must be something wrong again?"

Meng Zhaokun took out a report from his sleeve with a light smile and presented it: "Your Highness, don't worry, it's news from Dingcheng that all the potato seedlings have been planted and they are growing well. There should be a good harvest by the end of the year. Well……"

The old man stumbled while smoothing his beard, glanced at the big fat man standing behind him, Qin Yi said: "His Highness, Dingcheng is located in, at, in the north, every... every winter weather, weather , The climate is extremely cold, passing, passing, and passing the winter may be...a difficult problem."

His speech was difficult, but Li Ran understood it, rubbed his chin and thought for a while, and said, "Do you have any suggestions?"

Meng Zhaokun looked puzzled: "Your Highness, the barren land in the north is cold in winter and hot in summer, so it is not suitable for living. Although the houses have been built, the cold wind cannot be kept out under the tiles. It coincides with the war, and food, grass and charcoal are in short supply everywhere. There is no surplus grain, grass and charcoal to be used for relief."

Li Ran didn't make things difficult for him, and asked Qin Yi sideways: "What about you, do you have a good solution?"

Qin Yi glanced at Meng Zhaokun with hesitation.

Li Ran laughed: "Lao Meng, is this kid afraid of you or me?"

Meng Zhaokun bowed and saluted in fear and trepidation. Li Ran was a little disappointed. No one spoke for a while, and then he heard Qin Yi's idiot stammer: "Reporting to the palace, the palace, the highness, in fact, the minister, the minister, the minister was in my childhood. I read a book, note, and note, saying that fire, fire, and kerosene can also be used for heating. The minister also listened, listened, and heard that it was three, three, and thirty miles west of Linyang City. There is a... dry and barren land that produces, produces, produces fire oil, or, or, may be used, used, used."

Kerosene?Isn't it oil?

Li Ran was overjoyed: "Are you sure?"

Qin Yi nodded honestly, and Meng Zhaokun was also overjoyed: "Your Highness, you might as well ask the minister to send someone to inquire. If it is true, you can go to collect it as soon as possible."

"Alright."

After half a day, two tall and mighty guards brought in a black leather jar. When the lid was lifted off, there was a turbid and pungent smell, which was familiar.

Li Ran's eyes were shining, and he praised with a smile: "That's right, Qin Yi, he is worthy of being the number one scholar, and he is indeed well-informed."

Qin Yi smiled honestly, and his face was a little red: "Your Highness is absurd, absurd, absurd, and I just... overheard, listened, and heard it mentioned by an old, old, old man who sells charcoal outside the palace. , flipped, flipped through the notes, and guessed it would be kerosene."

"Very good. Lao Meng, you really brought the right person this time.