Chapter 289

In a place where no one was around, Liu Tong sniffed a few times and then got up to work.

Tangtang heard Liu Tong say that Xu Ran fainted. After washing his face and Baozi’s, he rushed to Xu Ran’s room with Baozi and saw that  Gao Quan was wiping Xu Ran’s sweat.

Tangtang went to get a cattail leaf fan and asked Baozi to fan for Xu Ran. He was about to ask for a doctor himself, but when he reached the door, he was stopped by Gao Quan. “Tangtang, your uncle Shao Yu had gone for the doctor. Just go and take a look at the door. They should be back soon.”

Tangtang nodded and ran out of the door.

Baozi asked Gao Quan while fanning for Xu Ran with the cattail leaf fan, “Uncle Gao Quan, what’s wrong with Dad? Why did he faint?”

Gao Quan shook his head and said. “I don’t know either. He was in the yard when we came back. Did anything happen today?”

Baozi thought about it seriously and then said to Gao Quan, “I don’t know either. I only know that my two brothers went out to ride in the morning. Dad went to pick them up in the afternoon, but only the eldest brother came back and the second brother did not. Dad said that the second brother went out to work and would have to come back in a few days. Uncle Gao Quan, what do you think my second brother is going to do?”

Gao Quan was silent after hearing Baozi’s words. He knew that Tangtang and Guoguo would go out for at least a few laps every month,all around themilitary camp. Baozi said that Tangtang was brought back by Xu Ran, and that he was the only one who came back. When he thought about Xu Ran and Liu Tong’s abnormal today, Gao Quan instantly understood what was going on.

Gao Quan said to Baozi, “I don’t know what he’s doing there.”

Baozi pouted unhappily, “All right then! I’ll ask him myself when he comes back.”

“Okay,” Gao Quan said.

After the two of them said this, Shao Yu came with the doctor and Tangtang followed behind them. Baozi’ grabbed Tangtang’s shirt tightly with his small hands and stared at the bed nervously.

Tangtang patted him and said, “Baozi, why don’t you go see Daddy in the kitchen? I’ll keep an eye on here. It’ll be fine.”

Baozi looked at Tangtang, then at the bed, nodded and walked out of the room.

The doctor was quite experienced. He pinched Xu Ran’s philtrum to wake him up, then he gave Xu Ran some medcine and asked them to boil it for himto drink. He said that there was probably nothing wrong with Xu Ran, except that he had been exposed to the sun for too long. After all, Xu Ran was in good health.

Gao Quan sent the doctor away after paying him. Liu Tong had already made the meal and called them to eat. He went to prepare medicine for Xu Ran himself.

Gao Quan was going to ask Liu Tongwhat had happened, but didn’t get the chance.

The night passed in confusion.

Although Xu Ran had woken up a few times, he had always felt dizzy. Besides, it was dark outside . So after taking the medicine, he did not wake up until midnight.

However, he found that Liu Tong was still wake and was sitting by the table in a daze.

Xu Ran got out of bed and walked over to him to pull him to the bedside. “Tongtong, it’s time for bed. Or do you want to be sick like me? You still have to take care of the two children. Tangtang must be very sad and we can’t let Baozi know about this.”

Liu Tong pushed Xu Ran’s hand away and asked him, “Ran, why did they take Guoguo away? Why would they do to him? When can we find Guoguo?”

Xu Ran could not answer a single question.

He could only hold him tightly in his arms. This was just an accident, but this accident might let Guoguo lose his life, let them lose a son, let this family incomplete.

It took Liu Tong a long time to go to bed. The person who couldn’t sleep this time was Xu Ran. He spent most of the night staring up at the roof.

Xu Ran got up at dawn, and his sunstroke were almost cured by the medicine. Xu Ran made his own breakfast and told Gao Quan and Shao Yu to shut down the Red Tower recently and just stay at home. And he took Tangtang to the military camp.

Xu Ran knew that what happened yesterday was just the beginning. These barbarians would unleash their armies to attack Yanzhou sooner or later, so they could not give them a chance.

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As for Lu Qi, he had been busy too. Since yesterday’s incident was discovered, he began to call people to patrol around, and to guard against the enemy sneaking into Yanzhou, especially in some remote places. They had to check it very carefully.

He didn’t expect them to find some problems when they first checked. Some paths and holes have been found in some of the more remote places, and it was obviously artificial.

After Lu Qi found it out, he  immediately asked someone to fill the holes and cut off the road, and let all those who wanted to sneak in from these places return with nothing.

At the same time, he also began to let the soldiers practice, so Xu Ran and the others heard bursts of shouts today.

Tangtang explained to Xu Ran, “This is the soldiers training. Vice General Luo said before that he would train the soldiers like this when war is about to begin. This is the habit of Yanzhou.”

Xu Ran nodded and didn’t speak again. They were stopped when they reached the entrance of the camp.

Fortunately, this person knew Tangtang, then he asked someone to report it after Tangtang explained his purpose directly. The man came out to let them in soon.

Lu Qi was now in the main tent of the military camp, which King Yan usually used to use it, but  King Yan was not here now, plus there were many things in the tent, so Lu Qi used it without permission.

When Xu Ran and the others arrived, Lu Qi was frowning at a yellow map. It was estimated that he had encountered something difficult.

Xu Ran no longer had the time to joke around, so he went over and asked him what was wrong.

Lu Qi said, “I found something yesterday, and I’m trying to figure out how to fix it.”

Hear Lu Qi unclear words, Xu Ran frowned and asked him, “What problem? Tell me. ”

Lu Qi said, “We found some trails in the mountains, which were made by people. We guess they were made by barbarians. I’m thinking about ways to cut off these paths and put an end to future trouble.”

Xu Ran shook his head disapprovingly, “It’s better to cut them off temporarily. We can also use these roads to set up traps in there and put some thorns on the road. This can delay a lot of time. Or you can arrange an ambush there, and catch all who want to come along the path.”

“Thorns,” Lu Qi muttered softly, then gave the table a sudden clap. “It reminds me. There is a special thorn tree in Yanzhou. The thorns on it are very big, and people will be scratched when they touch it. If I get some poison on these thorns, I don’t believe that I can’t handle these people.”

Lu Qi seemed to be surprised by his quick-witted thoughts, and his mouth was about to turn into a gully.

Xu Ran didn’t say that he couldn’t do it because he was quite confident in Lu Qi’s poison. However, this was a huge project that needed to be deployed as soon as possible.

Lu Qi immediately called Vice General Luo over and asked him to arrange this thing.

After he finished his instructions, Lu Qi asked Xu Ran about their intentions.

Xu Ran found a seat to sit down and let Tangtang sit down as well. Then he answered Lu Qi, “Here is the thing. I hope you can send some people to guard over the grass. First, they can help find Guoguo, second, you should be wary of barbarians sneaking in. Third, you can also find out the situation of the enemy.”

Lu Qi nodded. “I know all this. Do you have anything else to say?”

Xu Ran said, “The third thing is to prepare for the war. The barbarians slipped in not long after King Yan left, which shows that they want to take over the Yanzhou when King Yan is not around. All of them should come to attack the Yanzhou soon.”

Lu Qi said, “I know all these things too and I’m also dealing with it.”

Xu Ran nodded and said. “Since you’ve already known about it, then I have nothing to say. Remember to ask someone to call me when the war starts. Although I can’t fight, I can still think and give some advice. As the saying goes, two heads are better than one. All together, we can make a difference.”

Lu Qi went behind him and patted him on the shoulder. “Of course, I won’t forget. It is a severe situation this time. Yanzhou really can only rely on you and I.”

Lu Qi sighed. Apart from going to find Liu Tong, it was the first time he had taken on such a heavy responsibility.

Xu Ran didn’t think much of it. Things hadn’t happened yet. Everything is just a precaution  Other than worrying about Guoguo, he didn’t worry much anything else.

Xu Ran left Tangtang in the camp and asked him to get trained with the soldiers.

He knew that Tangtang had some thoughts in his heart, mostly guilt . When the barbarian came over, he must have wanted to go to the battlefield. Xu Ran didn’t want to stop him, as long as he could come back safely.

Tangtang was very moved by Xu Ran’s actions. Even if he didn’t say anything, Dad knew what he was thinking. Tangtang stayed in the camp because of Xu Ran’s words.

After leaving the military camp, Xu Ran didn’t go home directly. Instead, he went to the mansion to pick up someone.

Right now, there were only Xiao Qingyun and his two children, and Du Xin in the mansion. Xu Ran planned to take them to his own home to ensure their safety.

Xiao Qingyun didn’t object because even if he didn’t do it for himself, he would agree to it for the sake of his two children and the King Yan residence.

Only Du Xin did not agree, and he gave a very good reason that someone must stay here to make the decision.

Du Xin’s words were quite reasonable. It certainly wouldn’t work if there was no master in such a large mansion., but even if Du Xin was left alone in the mansion, Xu Ran was still worried. It could be a disaster if he was not able to perform at crunch time.

After thinking about it, Xu Ran decided to stay in the mansion himself until the thing was over.

With Gao Quan at home, plus King Yan’s secret guards, it should be OK.

Xu Ran told them his thoughts and no one else objected. In this situation, as a man, he naturally had to take on more responsibilities.

Liu Tong repeatedly said one thing, that is to be safe.

Xu Ran knew that Liu Tong was frightened. He naturally agreed to this request, and no one would want to get hurt.

So Xu Ran stayed in King Yan’s residence.