Chapter 311 In This Round, I Bet You Win

It was raining lightly in Chang'an today.

The rain fell on the bluestone paved road. It could not converge with the stream, but it was so wet that it caused people to feel annoyed.

Without an umbrella, Ran Qingyi hurried back to her Swallow House alone.

The usually calm White Phoenix Division Imperial Envoy rarely panicked like this.

She pushed open the courtyard door of the Swallow House. It was an exquisite courtyard. The servants who were in charge of cleaning the courtyard naturally bowed when they saw the Patriarch return. Ran Qingyi did not pay any attention to them. She walked through the courtyard in the rain and arrived at the door that no one else could enter except her.

Her hurried footsteps stopped at that moment, and she stood in silence in front of the door.

The expression on her beautiful and moving face changed. After a long time, she took a deep breath and pushed open the door.

The room, which had never been opened by outsiders, was empty, except for the wooden table in the middle.

There were three candlesticks placed on the wooden table. In front of the candlesticks were three taboos written on wooden plates.

One was Mu Yushan, the other was Lin Shou, and the third was Gui Long.

All three candlesticks had once been lit with bright candlelight, and the candlelight on the three candlesticks had now been extinguished.

The difference was that the wax lines on the two candles were already cold. Only the candle with the words Yuan Guilong written on it was still emitting some green smoke. It probably wouldn't be long before it was extinguished.

After seeing this situation clearly, Ran Qingyi's face turned pale. Her body softened and she collapsed to the ground at that time.

"Chu Chouli … do you really want to die?" She murmured to herself, her face deathly pale.

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"Xiao Han, we've been staying here for three days." In the small courtyard that Xu Han had just purchased, Chu Chouli looked at the youth in front of him with a sad expression.

The youth was hugging the sleeping black cat in his arms. At this moment, he was not in a hurry to clean up the muddy hair on the black cat.

"You, don't go out and run around in the rain. Your clothes are dirty." His mouth was still chanting nonstop.

At this moment, the black cat was enjoying the youth's "service" with narrowed eyes. This person and cat turned a blind eye to the anxious man beside them.

"Xiao Han, Zhu Xian is eyeing us covetously now. This is not the time to play with things." Seeing that the youth ignored him, the middle-aged man became even more anxious. He said this again. The black cat sitting in the arms of the youth gave him a dissatisfied look. The big man was stunned and quickly changed his words, "No, it's not the time to play with cats."

Hearing this, the youth finally raised his head. He looked at the middle-aged man with interest and asked, "Didn't Brother Chu enjoy his hangover a few days ago? Why did he come here today and urge me like someone else?"

"This" Chu Chouli was immediately stupefied. He stammered for a long time before saying, "Didn't I regret it?"

"Look, we're on the same side now. We can't continue like this."

Hearing this, the youth nodded and said in agreement, "En, Big Brother Chu is right. This is indeed not a solution. Does Big Brother Chu have any good plans?"

Hearing this, Chu Chouli was immediately dumbfounded.

"Look, since Big Brother Chu has no other choice, I have no other choice. Why do you think so much? Why don't you have some wine today and get drunk today? If Big Brother Chu is free, why don't you buy some more wine? We'll get drunk tonight." As the youth spoke, he was about to stand up and turn around to leave.

Xu Han's actions immediately made Chu Chouli panic.

He hurriedly took a step forward and grabbed Xu Han. With a bitter expression, he said, "Brother Xu, don't be like this. You're a smart person. You're not like me. I know you definitely have a way."

"Big Brother Chu wants to know what to do?" Xu Han asked with narrowed eyes.

"Mm-hmm! Tell me, as long as I, Chu, can help you, I will not blink my brows even if I go up the Saber Mountain or down the Sea of Fire." Chu Chouli patted his chest and promised.

Seeing him like this, Xu Han's face immediately revealed a happy expression.

He sat back beside Chu Chouli and said with a smile, "Big Brother Chu said. He placed a bet on me and said that he was a grasshopper on the same boat as me."

"Then I think that since we are on the same boat and surrounded by enemies on all sides, shouldn't we be honest?"

Hearing this, Chu Chouli's expression changed slightly. Immediately, he said with a bitter expression, "But I am a drunkard. What can I know?"

"That's truly regrettable. It seems that Big Brother Chu still doesn't treat me as one of his own." Xu Han shook his head regretfully and was about to stand up again.

This caused Chu Chouli's expression to change greatly. He hurriedly reached out to stop Xu Han again and said, "Don't! Don't! Don't! Brother Xu, tell me what you want to know. Someone from Chu must know everything and speak endlessly."

Seeing him like this, Xu Han immediately revealed a satisfied smile. He took out a note from his bosom and handed it to Chu Chouli.

When the man took the note, Xu Han asked in a deep voice, "Mr. Lu and Commander Hou said that they were going to camp in Big Yellow City to supervise the reconstruction, but someone sent me a letter. A month ago, the soldiers and horses in Big Yellow City stopped rebuilding the city. On the contrary, the soldiers and horses seemed to be going somewhere, and Mr. Lu and Commander Hou disappeared without a trace in the past month." Does Big Brother Chu know what they are going to do? "

Hearing this, Chu Chouli's expression instantly changed. Obviously, he also realized the various variables behind this matter.

"I really don't know about this." He said with utmost sincerity.

However, Xu Han narrowed his eyes and looked at him without saying anything.

"Xiao Han, you don't believe me?" Chu Chouli's expression became even uglier.

"If it was Big Brother Chu, would Big Brother Chu be able to trust me if it was the current Xu?" Xu Han smiled and asked. From the expression on his face, it was hard to tell what the youth was thinking.

Hearing this, Chu Chouli fell silent again.

"Xiao Han…"

He tried to say something in a low voice, but was interrupted by Xu Han's voice.

"I don't have any ambitions. I just want to find a place to live and live for a hundred years."

"Everyone forced me to come here, so I sat down as the Tian Ce Mansion Master from a beggar in a daze."

'"I was wondering why I wouldn't fight if I could live for a lifetime. So, whether it was the Immortal Seeking Inquiry in the Exquisite Pavilion, the defense against foreign enemies in Big Yellow City, or the cunning in Chang'an City at this moment, I thought I had done my best. I didn't say that I would use up everything, but at least I didn't spare any effort."

"But even so, I discovered that this Chang'an City is far more terrifying than I imagined."

"Everyone has their own secrets. Everyone has their own goals. In order to achieve this goal, it seems that everyone can put down anything. Even I, Xu, am ashamed of being inferior."

At this point, Xu Han's expression darkened.

'"I want to leave this place and stay away from these schemes that I can't compare to. However, I have a Heavenly Punishment Sword in my hand. My background has also become blurry. In the blink of an eye, I have become the true son of heaven with the bloodline of the royal family and the fate of the Great Zhou Empire. I am destined to be unable to leave this place because there are some people who do not want me to leave."

"Of course I want to understand all of this, but all of this is too coincidental, coincidental since I was born until now, everything seems to be deliberately arranged, coincidentally I do not dare to think about. "Because if you think about it carefully, from the old beggar who picked me up to the Canghai River to the Headmaster, even Big Brother Chu, Ye Hongjian, Qin Keqing, Fang Ziyu, all of you have become accomplices to the current Xu Han."

"If I deny you, then I also deny the current me. Then who am I? Is it Xu Han? Or is it the prince of Great Zhou? Or is it just a person who has achieved me for some purpose. He can be anyone, but I am not the only one."

Hearing this, Chu Chouli lowered his head. The expression on his face was sad and lonely, as if he was feeling a little guilty, but also as if he was feeling a little sad.

Xu Hanqu seemed to ignore his expression as he continued, "So Big Brother Chu, ask me if I have a way. I really don't have a way, because I don't know if that so-called method is something that someone has already planned. I don't want to be that chess piece, I just want to be Xu."

In Chu Chouli's impression, he had never seen this youth say so much since he knew Xu Han. He could roughly imagine what had prompted this conversation today. It was the endless conspiracy, the layers of trapped nets, and the disappearing netizens. It was Chang'an, and it was also the world.

Xu Han always showed an extraordinary calm and rationality, or perhaps it was this calm and rationality that caused people to inadvertently forget that this youth in front of them was only 19 years old today. When he inadvertently revealed the confusion and softness in his heart, this confusion and softness were also so fragile that it made people's hearts ache.

Chu Chouli finally raised his head as he thought about this. He used all the courage in his body to dare to look at the gaze that the youth had given him. The sincerity and questioning in that gaze made his heart tremble. He gritted his teeth and said, "I am just a gambler, a gambler who has almost lost his fortune. I bet my last bargaining chip on you and want to rely on you to turn around."

"This is indeed a matter that I am a little embarrassed to say. However, it was only after placing a bet that I discovered that Brother Xu's trap. You are in the trap, and I am in the trap."

"But gamblers? Especially gamblers like me. There's no reason for them to go back on their word."

"Someone from Chu doesn't believe in evil. Even if I do it again, I will bet mine on you."

"I don't care whether it's the Underworld or the trap set by the Heavenly Prince."

"But this round, someone from Chu will bet on you winning!"

At this point, the middle-aged man looked straight at the youth in front of him. There was no longer a hazy alcohol intent in his eyes, but a ferocious light like a hungry wolf.

"Because we are the same kind of people, we have long lost nothing but this life."

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