Luo Jian took Liniang and rushed to the room where the female clerk lived in the backyard, and put Liniang on her stomach on the bed to see that Liniang had passed out.

Luo Jian was shocked, and he couldn't care about any men and women, so he tore open the placket of Liniang's back, and saw that black blood was oozing out of the wound, obviously the assassin's knife was poisonous.

"Go get a doctor!" Luo Jian roared loudly, and the guards guarding the door rushed towards the street.

"Li Niang, wake up!" Liu Lan shouted anxiously beside her, but Li Niang didn't answer.

After a while, two doctors rushed over with a medicine box, and an older doctor came to the bedside, first carefully looked at the wound on Liniang's back, and then picked up Liniang's wrist to check the pulse seriously.

After a while, the doctor raised his head and said regretfully: "This is a huge poison that has sealed the throat with blood, and it has pierced the lungs in the center, and the old man can't do anything about it." ”

When Luo Jian heard this, his eyes immediately turned red, and he yelled outside: "Zhao Quan, have you caught the assassin?" ”

"The Grand Duke, one is dead, and two are still alive." Zhao Quan hurriedly stepped forward and replied.

"Drag it in!"

After a while, the guards dragged two assassins into the courtyard, their hands already tied, and the other was shot in the shoulder by Zhao Quan, seeing that his eyes were still open, obviously missing the point.

"Say, Who sent you?" Luo Jian asked the two assassins with a calm face.

Both assassins stared at Luo Jian and did not speak.

Luo Jian pulled out his pistol from his waist, and without saying a word, shot the assassin in the leg who was wounded in the shoulder.

"Say!"

Seeing that the two assassins gritted their teeth and didn't speak, Luo Jian put away his pistol and said to the doctor who had just walked out of the room, "Bandage the wounds of the two of them, I want them to live rather than die!" ”

When the two assassins heard Luo Jian say this, their faces showed frightened expressions.

The assassin who had been shot in the thigh finally spoke, "I said, can you give me a good time?" ”

"Speak quickly!" Zhao Quan stepped forward and kicked him.

"It was Prince Yu who sent us." Just finished speaking, he was kicked by Zhao Quan and fainted.

As soon as the assassin finished speaking, several people ran in from the back door of the store, and the first person was Ruan Dacheng, who hurried over after hearing the news.

Luo Jian followed Ruan Dacheng into the house, Liu Lan sat at the head of the bed and held Liniang in her arms, still shouting Liniang in her mouth.

Ruan Dacheng threw himself in front of the bed, saw that Li Niang's eyes were closed, and hurriedly stepped forward and shouted Li Niang.

"Doctor, Liniang has woken up, come and see!" Liu Lan suddenly saw Li Niang's eyes open, and hurriedly shouted loudly for the doctor to come over.

The old doctor stepped forward to take Li Niang's hand and carefully checked the pulse, and after a long time, he shook his head and did not speak, and stepped aside.

Li Niang's eyes still opened slowly, and she shook her head gently, as if she was looking for something.

"Li Niang, what are you looking for?" Liu Lan asked softly.

"Grandpa Guo..."As soon as Luo Jian heard that he was looking for him, he hurriedly walked to Liu Lan's side and looked at Li Niang.

"Grandpa Guo, can Li Niang call you Brother Luo?" Li Niang's voice was faint, but she could still hear it clearly.

Seeing Luo Jian nodding vigorously, a smile appeared on Liniang's face, and her voice became weaker and weaker.

"Li Niang can die for Brother Luo, Li Niang is very happy. Sister, don't cry, you have to take care of Brother Luo, Liniang is blessed, and you can't wait for Brother Luo. ”

Liu Lan cried and said: "My silly girl, Brother Luo doesn't want anyone to wait, Brother Luo only needs you to live well!" ”

The room was extremely quiet, although Li Niang's voice was small, everyone heard it, and everyone had a sad look on their faces.

"Daddy, you have to take care of yourself, Li Niang can't be filial..."Li Niang's voice became smaller and smaller, and it was gradually inaudible.

Liu Lan felt that her arm sank, and Li Niang's head had hung down, and when Liu Lan saw it, she immediately cried loudly.

Ruan Dacheng shed two lines of tears on his face, and muttered in his mouth: "Li Niang, it's all your father who hurt you!" ”

The two assassins were asked by Ruan Dacheng to go, and they were slashed by a thousand knives in front of Li Niang's spirit, and Luo Jian, who has always opposed torture, did not object this time.

When he came back from Ruan's mansion to attend Liniang's funeral, Luo Jian and the others were in a very heavy mood.

Liu Lan kept blaming herself all the way, and her mouth was nervously muttering, "Why am I always harming people?" ”

Luo Jian saw that Liu Lan's state was not right, and when he returned to the house, he pulled Liu Lan to the back garden and asked her to sit down on the stone bench.

"Liu Lan, you're not in the right state! Everyone is sad that Liniang was killed, how can you take the responsibility on yourself? ”

"If I hadn't opened this shop, she wouldn't—" Liu Lan said, her eyes red again.

"That's it! It's none of your business, it seems that the Manchus are going to get rid of me soon! If you want to blame me, I can only blame it, I was too careless! Speaking of this, Luo Jian also blamed himself a little.

Liu Lan pulled Luo Jian to the stone bench and sat down, leaned on his arms and said softly: "Brother Luo, I used to only be a Liniang like a little sister, and I didn't care when I saw her so cute, who would have thought that she would have you in her heart." ”

When Luo Jian heard this, he thought of the pretty little girl who was shrinking behind Liu Lan and peeking at him, and his heart ached, and he was silent.

Liu Lan said hatefully: "It's not to blame her snobbish father, seeing that we now have some power, they want to convince us to find a backer, and even their only daughter has to use it." ”

Luo Jian gently hugged Liu Lan and said: "Our road is still very long, don't blame this monster, this account must be calculated on the head of the Manchu Tartars, tomorrow we will go back to Yangzhou, and hurry up to plan the next battle, this is urgent!" ”

Liu Lan turned around and snuggled into Luo Jian's arms, and said softly: "I used to just want to help you do more, thinking of Liniang's appearance that day, I think I should still accompany you more, in case one day..."

Liu Lan said and patted her mouth gently, "Look at my mouth, there is no one to cover it, don't you mind." ”

Luo Jian smiled lightly and was about to stand up, but Liu Lan grabbed him and said softly, "Let me lean on for a while, okay?" ”

The two snuggled together and didn't speak, I don't know how long it took, the sound of talking from the front yard woke up the two, and the two realized that there was not much time for the two of them to talk to me.

Luo Jian helped Liu Lan to stand up and said, "Forget the past, let's start fighting!" ”

When he walked into the house, he saw that Shi Kefa was here, and when he saw that Liu Lan was still red-eyed, he asked, "Liu Lan, are you okay?" ”

"I'm fine, Brother Shi, why are you here?"

"I'm not here to see you, Liniang is a good girl, it's a pity..."Shi Kefa sighed, looked at Steward Li who was standing behind Luo Jian, didn't continue, turned to Luo Jian and said:

"Xinghua, you are also too careless, I have already scolded Wang Sicheng severely, how did you act as a guard?"

"Don't blame them, it's me who was too careless, Brother Xian, let's go back tomorrow."

"I'm ready, it's up to you." Shi Kefa said.

"You just take your aunt and sister-in-law to Yangzhou together." Luo Jian said to Shi Kefa.

"Forget it, if you really have to take them away, someone in the court will be uneasy." Shi Kefa said with a sigh.

Luo Jian was silent when he heard this.

"Xinghua, let's go into the palace and bid farewell to the emperor." Shi Kefa was also bored for a long time before he spoke.

Remembering that he hadn't gone to say goodbye to the emperor yet, Luo Jian hurriedly got up and went out of the mansion with Shi Kefa.

After waiting outside the noon gate for a long time, the eunuch came out and led the two into the Cixi Palace.

Zhu Youxiang was watching the opera, and when he looked up, he saw Luo Jian and Shi Kefa walking into the hall, and without waiting for the two of them to salute, he beckoned: "Sit down quickly, there is no need to salute." ”

Shi Kefa was still about to kneel down and kowtow, when Luo Jian gently grabbed him beside him.

"Your Majesty, we are here today to resign, and we are going to return to Yangzhou tomorrow, what else does the emperor have to order?" Luo Jian said.

Zhu Youxiang saw that only two people came, and he didn't see Liu Lan, his face was a little regretful, and he said: "When the two Aiqing return to Yangzhou, they must beat the Tartars hard, and if there is anything that needs to be done, someone will come and say it." ”

The two of them answered, clasped their fists and bowed their hands and retreated.

Back in the mansion, Luo Jian asked people to go and inform Gu Yanwu and Zheng Chenggong, so that they could come to the Guogong Mansion early tomorrow morning and set off together.

The next morning, the weather was gloomy, and before five o'clock, all the people got up, and Steward Li had already prepared breakfast.

On the way back, Wang Sicheng was extremely cautious, and the two rows of cavalry surrounded the warrior chariots in the middle and ran to the river.

When they arrived at the Guazhou ferry, Luo Jian called Shi Kefa and Yan Yingyuan to go ashore, and asked Liu Lan and Wang Qiang to take the boat and others back to Yangzhou directly.

Now Guazhou is heavily guarded everywhere, and there are open and secret sentinels everywhere, and it is obvious that Huang Degong regards this place as a military industrial stronghold.

Hurried to the steel mill, Luo Jian saw that the construction speed was really fast, the workers' dormitories had been built, black smoke was coming from the tall chimneys, and most of the workers who came in and out were shirtless and busy.

Someone inquired about Liu Weimin's office, and Luo Jian and the three walked towards the office.

"Inspector, Xinghua, are you here?" Luo Jian saw that Chen Zilong walked out of the house wearing a thin shirt.

"Brother Mao, is Xiao Liu here?" Luo Jian asked.

"Here, we're discussing, please come in." Chen Zilong led the three of them into the house, looked at Yan Yingyuan, and looked at him curiously.

"Chief, Inspector, have you returned from Nanjing? Who is this? Liu Weimin, who was lying on the table looking at the drawings, stood up when he saw a few people coming in.

"Xiao Liu, come here, I'll introduce you, this is Yan Yingyuan Yan Liheng, you can call Brother Liheng."

"Yan Yingyuan... Yes? It's you, welcome! Liu Weimin was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, obviously he already knew about Yan Yingyuan's deeds.

Yan Yingyuan looked at Xiao Liu's short hair and realized that he was also one of the several angels, so he hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute.

Luo Jian looked up at the office, although it was still very simple, it already looked like an office, and nodded secretly in his heart.

"What are you discussing?" Luo Jian asked.

"We are discussing the matter of the machine tool, this grinder has been made, but the power problem is not easy to solve, Brother Mao said to use water power, I see that there is no river near here, and I am worried."

"If there is no river, dig one, tomorrow I will let Shi Ze organize people to come and excavate, you choose the route well, this can not be delayed at all."

Shi Kefa knew that everything they were getting now was for the purpose of making artillery, and he was extremely familiar with the area around Guazhou, and knew that there was a river above the steel mill that could bring water over.

"That's the best, so that the water that the steel mill needs will be solved." Liu Weimin said happily.

"Chief, the direction machine and the high and low machine of this artillery still can't be solved, the quality of the steel can't pass the test, and even if it is made, it can't withstand the impact of firing at all."

Hearing Liu Weimin say this, Shi Kefa suddenly became anxious, "Xiao Liu, are you saying that this artillery can't be used?" ”