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On the second day, Shi Yu got up lightly, carefully passed Liu Ran who was sleeping beside him, and after getting dressed, he suddenly felt something in his arms.Shi Yu took it out to look, only to find that it was a black porcelain bottle with two characters written in small script on it - detoxification.Shi Yu smiled, presumably it was stuffed when he was lying on his body restless yesterday.

Putting the porcelain bottle back, she stared at Liu Ran's face for a while, and finally, she kissed him on the forehead, "Wait for me to come back." She turned around and left, leaving only Liu Ran who was still dreaming in the room.

Liu Ran moved her waist, looked at the empty place beside her, and looked at the spring scenery in the outer courtyard. There was still a trace of Ningshen fragrance in the room, so she sighed "I lit the Ningshen fragrance and thought I couldn't smell it." Are you coming out..." Suddenly, he patted the quilt beside him, and said with a smile, "Waiting for you to come back."

During breakfast, A Que looked at Liu Ran with a tired face, hesitant to speak.

"Ah Que, if you have something to say to me, just say it." Liu Ran put down her chopsticks and said.

"..." A Que had a heroic expression on his face, "My lord, I was in the yard last night..."

"Ahem..." Liu Ran choked on the porridge just as she drank it, "...what...what? You...?"

"My lord, I don't want to offend you. A Que apologized to you, but there are some things that A Que has to say." A Que looked up at Liu Ran. The general passed away suddenly, and the general lost his father overnight. The Shi family has been a general for several generations. I thought that a general who loves freedom and freedom will definitely resist. But when the imperial decree came, the general was silent He readily accepted it. Since then, the general has become taciturn and almost lost interest in everything except the barracks.

In fact, after thinking about it, I know that the military camp is something that the old general has spent his whole life shaping and protecting. As a descendant of the Shi family, the general naturally has this responsibility.

Do you know, my lord, in fact, the one who ascended the throne was not the current Holy One..."

He knows this, it is said that the second prince is in the dark, and the third prince Qi Jin is in the open, wanting to compete with the emperor for the throne.

"The general forced them back with the army, and the second prince died of illness. The emperor thought of his brotherhood, but sent the third prince Qi Jin to the southwest.

Originally the general didn't need to get involved in this matter, it was because the emperor saved his life when he was a child that the general devoted himself to the emperor. "

"The emperor saved the general?" Liu Ran's curiosity arose, and she completely forgot the purpose of Ah Que who wanted to tell him this in the first place.

"...the general's name has a 'Yu', which is the same as the 'Yu' in the emperor's name. When the general was young, he was bullied by the second prince and pushed him into the lake. Now the emperor saw it. Immediately, he jumped into the lake to rescue the general, and told the first emperor to let the general's "Yu" become an imperial bestowed character.

Seeing that both of them were suffering from typhoid fever, the first emperor agreed angrily and amusingly.The general values ​​both love and righteousness. If you want the general to give up his position as a general and stay at home every day with nothing to do, isn't this just letting the general lose his love and justice? "A Que pointed out something.

"When will I..." Liu Ran wanted to say, but suddenly remembered that he had joked about resigning to Shi Yu last night, and couldn't help but feel a little guilty, "Ahem...I've finished eating, so I'm going back first. "Turning to get up, I suddenly remembered something, "The general is not here these days, and it's pretty deserted for you to live alone in the mansion, why don't you go to my place first to make do with it?"

A Que felt much more at ease after speaking, and saw that Liu Ran was not angry but a little guilty, so he said embarrassedly, "Forget it, I..."

Liu Ran walked out with a flick of her sleeves, leaving only a fluffy sentence - "That's it."

When Liu Ran returned home, she saw Sanyan pacing up and down in the yard, and Chen Jin sat frowning on a stone bench.Hearing the sound of the door opening, he immediately said excitedly, "Master! You are back!"

Chen Jin also stood up in response, and made a slight salute, "Lord Liu."

"It's okay, it's okay, Vice General Chen doesn't need to salute," Liu Ran said with a smile, and asked three words, "What's the matter, what happened? Are you so restless?"

Sanyan cried quickly, "Master, Honglian, she..."

As soon as Liu Ran heard about Hong Lian, she felt a little uneasy. Hong Lian hadn't come back safely for so many days, unlike Hong Lian's hot-tempered personality.

Chen Jin stepped forward and said, "It's like this. Miss Honglian and I came back together after dealing with the affairs of Prince Xiu's mansion. Miss Honglian didn't go through the south of the Yangtze River, but passed Qingcang Mountain in a straight line. After arriving at Qingcang Mountain, Honglian Miss Lian seemed to notice something strange in the mountain, so she went into the mountain, and told me that if I didn't come out in three days, I should hurry back to the capital. Three days later, when I saw that Miss Honglian hadn't come out, I sent a team into the mountain to search , As a result, no one came out, I felt something was wrong, so I rushed back immediately."

"Qingcang Mountain?" Liu Ran murmured, as if thinking about something.

"Master, let's look for Honglian! What if something happens to me?" Sanyan said anxiously.

"I will definitely look for Hong Lian. Now let's figure out the situation and think about the countermeasures." Liu Ran said patiently.

"Yes, don't worry." A pleasant male voice came from outside the door, and the three of them looked out together, only to see Qi Yu in brocade robe leaning on the door.

Chen Jin was the first to react, and saluted, "See the emperor." Afterwards, Sanyan and Liu Ran also saluted to Qi Yu—"The grass people see the emperor!"

"My minister sees the emperor."

Qi Yu closed the door officer, waved his hand and said, "There is no need to be polite. I came today to discuss Honglian's matter with Liu Qing. By the way, I want to talk about Qingcang Mountain. Come and sit!" After finishing speaking, he sat down on his own down.

"Sanyan, go make tea." Liu Ran ordered, and sat opposite Qi Yu.

Chen Jin felt that he was a little redundant, so he said, "Your Majesty, I must have known everything. If there is nothing else, I will retire."

"Okay," Qi Yu said seriously, "Chen Qing, step down."

After Chen Jin left, Liu Ran couldn't wait to ask, "What's the matter with Qingcang Mountain?"

"I said don't worry," Qi Yu said, "Before I ascended the throne, Qi Jin ran to Qingcang Mountain from time to time. I suspect that there are Qi Jin's people there too. If it wasn't for Hong Lian, I would have given this matter to him a long time ago." forget."

After being silent for a while, Liu Ran made a decision and said, "I want to check it out."

"Okay, I can't wait for you to help me solve this matter. In this way, I will let Chen Jin go with you, and he will understand the situation." Qi Yu said with a smile and then jokingly said, "Why, don't feel at ease Waiting for your little lover to come back? I heard that I don’t know who sleeps in his house every day.” After speaking, he lowered his voice and asked curiously, “To be honest, I didn’t expect you to progress so fast. What’s the matter? method?"

"Whether it is equal or not, the general is the lover of a humble minister, unlike you, the emperor," Liu Ran glanced at it without changing his face, and continued to say without blushing, "Your Majesty, you have been together with Master Qin for so many years. Together, and Weichen and the general have already become a couple in less than two years, which means, Your Majesty, you...?"

"..." Qi Yu felt hurt.

Sanyan finished the tea, poured a cup for both of them, and then left the teapot to retreat automatically.

"Okay, okay, I will help you if I say I will help you." Liu Ran picked up the cup and blew on it before drinking, "You have to tie the bell to untie it."

On the second day, Qi Yu issued an order, ordering Liu Ran to take Chen Jin and a group of people to Qingcang Mountain to investigate. In order to save time, the two set off on the afternoon of the day the imperial order came down.

Suizhou border.

The border army was very happy with Shi Yu's arrival at the beginning. After all, Shi Yu had changed them a lot, especially Zhang Wei, but Zhang Wei didn't see Liu Ran coming from left and right. Yes, Liu Ran returned to the capital before he could repay his favor.

However, after hearing Shi Yu's intention, all the emotions turned into seriousness.

"General, are you really going to the desert?" Zhang Wei asked tentatively.

"Brother Zhang, do you have a solution?" Li Shui, who came with Shi Yu, asked hurriedly.

"Yes, but it's too dangerous to go deep into the desert. I still advise the general not to go in person." Zhang Wei frowned.

"It's okay," Shi Yu said, "Let's talk about the method first."

"You don't need any way to enter the desert, just go in directly. It's just that there is a place in the desert that is a little bit evil," Zhang Wei said, "To be honest, General, my family was doing business before I joined the army. I walked through this sea of ​​clouds desert once before. Because it was too evil, we didn't finish it."

"Oh?" Shi Yu raised his eyebrows, motioning for Zhang Wei to continue.

"In the desert, there will be fog at noon every day, and then the strong wind will blow away the yellow sand. All those who enter it will be sent back to their original place after a while if they are lucky, and they will disappear forever if they are unlucky. It's inside. We call this 'touching ghost's nest'. It's very evil and dangerous, so don't go there, General," Zhang Wei advised.

Shi Yu didn't speak, just thinking about something to himself.If the guess is correct, that wind is the key to entering the underground palace.

Tilting his head slightly, Shi Yu asked Li Shuidao, "Do you know when Ba Zhe will go to the underground palace?"

Li Shui shook his head, "Ba Zhe was still in Daqi when I went to Yuesang, and then he was arrested, followed by a coup, so I didn't have time to contact Ba Zhe at all."

Shi Yu murmured, "Then we have to try our luck, Zhang Wei!"

"Subordinates are here!"

"Pick five trustworthy people who are willing to go to the desert with me, and set off in two days." Shi Yu said.

"...Yes." Zhang Wei knew that no matter how much he tried to persuade him, it would be of no avail, so he led the order out of the tent.When he got outside, Zhang Wei took out the creed sent by Liu Ran from his bosom, and there were only a few words on it—"I hope Brother Zhang will try his best not to let the general take any risks, if so, please let me know as soon as possible."

My lord, he has done his best.

Zhang Wei put the creed back into his arms, sighed, and immediately went back to his tent, wrote a note, and stuffed it into the mailbox of the white pigeon who was still eating.

Liu Ran here has already arrived at Qingcang Town at the foot of Qingcang Mountain, and is currently resting in the Qingcang Inn, preparing to enter the mountain in two days, but suddenly saw a familiar white pigeon flying over.

There was a bamboo carved on Baige's letter box, and Liu Ran knew it when he saw it. It was what he wanted from Feihua Pavilion at that time. Feihua Pavilion specially carved a bamboo for Liu Ran in order not to confuse himself.Liu Ran knew that Shi Yu must have done it herself.

Sure enough, the note inside was written in not-so-pretty words - "The general went into the desert himself."

Liu Ran sighed and burned the note.