Liu Ling jumped on the eaves of the Lu Mansion with a slight jump, Liu Ling was still young, and naturally he was not as light as an adult man, and his voice on the tiles was softer and not easy to detect. Ascending to the heights, Luochuan's Lu Mansion is located in a good place, the mountains and rivers are suitable, the courtyard is very particular about the nine bends and eighteen bends, this kind of courtyard is generally the owner's bedroom is in the middle of the back, Liu Ling probably figured out the location and touched all the way over.

In the courtyard beside the pond, there was a soft deck chair, on which lay a man in white, and some fruit was placed on the mahogany table next to the soft collapse.

Liu Ling jumped down and said to the person in front of him: "Coincidentally, I met General Lu again, I just heard that General Lu went out to travel, but I didn't expect to come back so soon, it seems that I came at the right time this time." ”

Lu Changfeng couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at the person who suddenly appeared.

Liu Ling? How did he end up here?

Lu Changfeng put down the scroll in his hand, and immediately sat up after seeing the person who came, but he didn't blame Liu Ling much for coming uninvited today, Li Hanning also knew about leading troops south for the commander of the three armies, according to common sense, Liu Ling should have been in southern Xinjiang at this time, how did he get to Luochuan.

However, Lu Changfeng just heard him say that he had come to the door, this was what he taught those guards, in order to perfunctory the lobbyists of those princes from Luoyang, but he didn't want those guards to misunderstand that Liu Ling was also one of them.

Lu Changfeng didn't explain, but looked at Liu Ling in front of him and asked straight to the point:

"Did your master ask you to come to me?"

After all, Lu Changfeng once had the grace of giving Liu Ling a military book, and he could be regarded as half of his master, although Liu Ling was dissatisfied with his previous avoidance, but he came to Luochuan because of something important, and he would not forget the most important thing about himself.

Liu Ling took out the tiger talisman that had been hidden close to him from his body, and the letter that Li Hanning asked him to bring to Lu Changfeng:

"Back to General Lu's words, it is true that my master asked me to come to you, there is some trouble in Chang'an, she has now left southern Xinjiang and gone to Chang'an, this is my master's three military talismans, she asked me to hand over the letter and talisman to the general, saying that the general can understand everything when he opens this letter."

Lu Changfeng did not take the talisman in his hand, but took Li Hanning's letter first, Lu Changfeng saw the letter and knew that this was indeed her handwriting, among their generals, Li Hanning was the most recognizable because of the worst handwriting.

Li Hanning's letter is probably written simply, Chang'an epidemic, Luoyang led the troops not only sealed Chang'an City, but also blocked the news of the epidemic, now Xiao Ce is trapped in Chang'an City, there is no one available around her, she has to go back to Chang'an, but the soldiers and horses on the southern side of Xinjiang are confronting Yanyun Shizhou, and they can't be without generals.

Being able to let her go back to Chang'an at this time means that the epidemic situation there is already very serious, but he doesn't know the situation in Chang'an when he is far away in Luochuan, and the news is naturally blocked by someone with a heart.

That's it.

Xiao Ce first had the grace to save his life, and then entrusted him with an important task, he originally thought that the situation in Chang'an City was stable, and he no longer needed generals like them to leave, but now Xiao Ce and Li Hanning need it, he naturally wants to go back, but at that time Li Kai also told Li Hanning that he was in Luochuan, what he was afraid of was that there would be a situation like today, but a similar situation still occurred.

Lu Changfeng was finally willing to take the talisman in Liu Ling's hand: "Without further ado, I will go to Southern Xinjiang immediately, as for you, you have come from Southern Xinjiang at a gallop, and you have been tired all the way, so you can rest here for a few days and then go back." ”

Before Lu Changfeng finished speaking, Liu Ling interrupted him and said:

"Thank you for your kindness, but I would like to return to southern Xinjiang with you."

Lu Changfeng didn't say anything after persuading him to rest for a few days, he looked at the kid in front of him and thought that Li Hanning had really accepted a good apprentice, which made him really a little envious.

*

The sky is gradually brightening up in Chang'an, but this once prosperous city, even if it is lit up during the day, is still desolate and silent, almost every household is closed, and there are few people on the street, most of them are because they have less and less strength because of the epidemic, or the few people who have not yet contracted the epidemic are also afraid that others will infect him, so they dare not go out at all.

Li Hanning didn't go back to her room last night, now Xiao Ce is weak, and she often coughs unconsciously at night, she stayed in Xiao Ce's room originally thinking that if he was thirsty, she could pour him a glass of water, if he encountered the same situation as Meng Liang, at least with her, Xiao Ce would not have an accident here.

At dawn, Xiao Ce on the bed woke up first, he slowly opened his eyes and raised his eyes to see Li Hanning lying on the side of the bed still asleep, she pressed a corner of the quilt, and the bottom of her eyes was somewhat blue, Xiao Ce wanted to reach out to help her comb the broken hair on her forehead, but he knew that she slept late last night, afraid that such a small move would wake her up.

rushed to Chang'an all the way, presumably there was no good rest on the way, and now I saw that Li Hanning finally fell asleep. He really couldn't bear to wake her up at this time, and he couldn't help but suppress the sound of his own coughing.

But Li Hanning slept lightly even when he was very tired, and he still opened his eyes and woke up.

Seeing that Xiao Ce had woken up, he helped him sit up, and Xiao Ce's face was much better today than yesterday, but the rash between his neck seemed to be more serious.

Li Hanning just brought him a cup of hot tea, and while watching him drink it, he thought to himself that it would be good if Meng Liang was still there at this time.

Li Hanning remembered the parsnip that she had put away, if the medicinal herbs were really useful, in fact, whether it was useful or not, it was the only way now, and she had to try it anyway.

Li Hanning naturally knew the severity of this epidemic, if it was expected, she was so close to Xiao Ce, she should also have the epidemic, but the epidemic had not yet reached the time of attack, so there were no symptoms such as rash and cough.

If she tried the medicine at this time, and there was really no problem with drinking it, it would naturally be the best, and it would prove that this medicine was useful, even if there were some side effects, it would be better than letting Xiao Ce, who was now weak, drink it first.

Li Hanning was still thinking about something else in his heart, and took the empty teacup in Xiao Ce's hand.

"By the way, Your Highness, I haven't had time to ask, why did this epidemic suddenly come to Chang'an?"

Obviously, after two years during this period, everyone thought that the epidemic had passed, because the people who got this epidemic at that time had almost died, according to common sense, how could they get sick at this time.

Xiao Ce thought back to what happened before, and now more than ten days have passed, but he still remembers it vividly: "About ten days ago, people in Chang'an City fell ill one after another, and someone's song was sent to me, saying that the hospitals in Chang'an City were overcrowded, and everyone's symptoms were the same, and it was possible that it was an epidemic. ”

At first, no one thought about the epidemic two years ago, until they found out, the epidemic had spread to every corner of the city, and at that time, it was too late for the first people to get sick.

But at that time, Xiao Ce also knew that there was no one outside Chang'an City, so in order to prevent this epidemic from flowing out, he had to order the closure of the city, and the initial decision to close the city was made by Xiao Ce.

Li Hanning was afraid that he would feel guilty in his heart, so he hurriedly reached out and held Xiao Ce's hand:

"Actually, His Highness did the right thing at that time."

Otherwise, not only Chang'an, but also the entire Central Plains region will not be spared.

Just like the epidemic two years ago, it was originally just a village, and it spread in just a few days.

"Later, the medicine in the hospital could not cure the epidemic at all, and most people would die after about two weeks of getting sick."

In other words, if a cure for it has not been found now, then in a while, Chang'an City will only be full of corpses, but it is indeed difficult to find a cure for the epidemic in this short period of time.

Before, all the skilled medical officers in Daliang were sent to study the epidemic, and they all returned in vain two years ago, and now Meng Liang is gone, and the people in Luoyang will only fall into the well, and it will take a few days to travel to and from Chang'an from other places, and many people don't even know the situation here in Chang'an, compared to two years ago, there will be no doctors now.

This is why Xiao Ce didn't plan to tell her, in fact, Li Hanning had already made a plan, if she couldn't find a solution to the epidemic, she was willing to stay in Chang'an and wait for Xiao Ce to die.

Xiao Ce looked at her seriously and said, "You really shouldn't come back, at least you can still live if you are in southern Xinjiang." ”

Even if he's gone.

Li Hanning shook her head, and also said to the person in front of her what she had always wanted to say in her heart, maybe in the eyes of others, she was acting rashly this time, but there was another truth behind this, even if she liked Xiao Ce again, she would not return to Chang'an just because she liked it.

Li Hanning said: "I went to Southern Xinjiang this time, and I saw Yan Wang Weixing and his general Liang Zhou on the road, and I knew at that moment——"

It's like seeing Xiao Ce and Lu Changfeng in the past.

"If His Highness is not there one day, even if we take the Ten Prefectures of Yanyun in the Great Zhou, will we be able to defend those cities? People like Wei Xing will not surrender to other Xiao clans at all, even if we capture the Central Plains, if His Highness is gone, the other people in Luoyang City will not be able to hold so many cities, and sooner or later the Central Plains region will fall apart like the Great Liang at that time. ”

At the moment, Xiao Ce is the most suitable person, he must live, the situation that has just stabilized now will not fall apart, if he really dies in Chang'an, the war will come again, then all the efforts and sacrifices they have made before, those battles will be almost in vain.