Lu Xing looked anxious: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Wu Da's kung fu is not as good as mine, let me accompany you down the mountain, no matter what, even if I fight for my life, I will definitely send His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to Tongcheng safely." ”

The prince shook his head: "No, after I leave, I need a person in charge here, you have always been steady, and you have won my heart, I am most relieved to leave it to you here." ”

Gu Zhirong sighed suddenly: "Actually, I think it's a pity that someone didn't come, if he is here, then we don't have to worry so much." ”

Lu Xing couldn't help but ask, "Miss Gu Wu, you seem to be worshipping that person tightly, who is that person?"

Gu Zhirong smiled: "It's nothing, I just miss my brother a little." ”

In this world, she has only one brother, and that is the young master of Baojian Hall. His martial arts are unfathomable, resourceful, and have many capable men, and if he were there, he might not have to worry so much.

"At this time, you are still thinking about your brother?" The prince's face became gloomy, and there was a faint anger in his tone, "Who is he?"

Gu Zhirong glanced at him angrily: "He is a person who looks very similar to you, but although his face is ruined and he wears a silver mask all day long, he is much stronger than you." People are upright, have the world in their hearts, and are high-spirited, which is like you, you ......"

She suddenly couldn't speak. In fact, the prince doesn't seem to be too bad, except for being indifferent, temperamental, and high-minded. Aside from the large shelf, there doesn't seem to be any fatal flaw.

Besides, a future king. From now on, establish his own prestige and make the surrounding ministers afraid of him, this is the style of a king. If you laugh all day long and fight with your ministers, can you still be the emperor?

I'm afraid that the people of the world will not agree.

Gu Zhirong exhaled: "Forget it, you are going to go on an expedition soon, and I won't fight with you." so as not to disturb your mood. This trip is full of dangers, with Wu Da by your side and the lantern. You will go from the back mountain, and by the time they find out, you will be far away. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's status is noble, and there is no room for mistakes. In my opinion, let's take a few more people with you. There is also a good response on the road. ”

Although Gu Zhirong heard the words "noble status" a little harshly, but on the whole, he still heard Gu Zhirong's real concern, so his face was a little pale, and he didn't dwell on the topic of Gu Zhirong's "brother" anymore, but looked at her deeply.

Lu Xing finally reacted at this time: "Wait a minute, Miss Gu Wu, you always mention that lantern." What's that lantern for?"

The young master glanced at Gu Zhirong with a smile and motioned for her to say.

Gu Zhirong said: "Brother Lu." Now the bandits at the bottom of the mountain are stepping up their offensive, and the temple is being attacked by shells all around, even the kitchen. But have you noticed that now that I have hung up the lantern, the artillery attack around here has become much weaker?"

Lu Xing was stunned for a moment, he didn't pay much attention to this. He listened attentively for a while, and sure enough, the sound of artillery fire was far away, and it was indeed much quieter than before.

Gu Zhirong smiled and said, "This is the magic of that octagonal glass lantern. ”

"What's the explanation?" Lu Xing wondered.

Gu Zhirong said: "This lantern must be a signal, where this kind of lantern is hung, the bandits under the mountain will not throw cannonballs there." I'm going to do what I want and hang the lantern here, so the enemy's artillery won't come this way. ”

Lu Xing was very interested after hearing this: "Miss Gu Wu, how did you find out that this lantern has the wonderful effect of preventing thieves?"

Gu Zhirong smiled and said: "It's only winter now, and it's still a long time before the New Year, who will hang up the octagonal glass lantern at this time?"

Lu Xing suddenly realized, and secretly admired the observation of this Miss Gu Wu in front of him.

In the villages around the capital, there has always been such a custom, lanterns, especially octagonal glass lanterns, cannot be hung casually, and can only be hung after the New Year or on Chinese New Year's Eve. If it hangs early, it is unlucky.

Therefore, when Gu Zhirong was in the backyard, he was very surprised when he saw the octagonal glass lantern. Generally speaking, pilgrims who live in the backyard are also guests of Urochaiji Temple, and because they donate money for sesame oil, novices come to take care of their daily lives every day, bringing them tea, water, and food. Generally speaking, if the novices saw it, they would persuade the pilgrims to take the lantern down.

In the past, the backyard was a place where novices frequented, and it was impossible not to see such a large lantern. If no one really saw it, it means that the lantern was hung up when the bandits were attacking the mountain.

In this way, the meaning of this lantern is extraordinary.

Gu Zhirong figured this out, so she made a small attempt at the rockery, and as a result, as she expected, the sound of cannonballs was much less.

If Wu Da brought this lantern with him when he escorted the prince down the mountain, at least it could confuse the sight of those bandits, thinking that it was his own. , Wu Da and they took advantage of their unpreparedness and rushed to kill the past, so that a breakthrough could be expected.

Lu Xing thought that he had been in the backyard several times, but he didn't notice the strangeness of this lantern, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed.

And Gu Zhirong set his eyes on the prince with approval. She knew that the prince had lived in the capital for a long time, but she really didn't expect that the prince was also very familiar with the customs around the capital, so she could see the flaws in this lantern at a glance.

The prince quickly said: "Without further ado, after dinner, I will let the brothers recuperate and break through and go down the mountain in the middle of the night!"

Gu Zhirong nodded: "I'll go to the kitchen as soon as possible to make arrangements, let the brothers eat as soon as possible, and let the brothers eat as soon as possible." ”

Lu Xing thought for a moment: "I'm going to feed the horses some hay, it's all up to them tonight." ”

Lu Xing hurried away after speaking, Gu Zhirong just turned around to leave, and the prince suddenly stopped her: "Wait a minute." ”

Gu Zhi turned his head to look at him in confusion.

The prince didn't seem to be in a good mood, so he only said, "Walk with me." ”

Gu Zhirong looked at him a little inexplicably.

What time is it now, not to mention that the situation is critical, those thieves under the mountain are about to attack the mountain, let's just say that it is close, this problem of food and clothing should be solved, and she has to rush to the kitchen to help.

She was hesitating how to refuse the prince's invitation, and the prince had already walked out the back door towards a nearby maple forest.

Gu Zhirong sighed, she had always known that the prince was domineering, and she would not listen to other people's opinions at all. But this time is different from the past, in a few hours, the prince will take several of his brothers to have a bloody battle with the thieves under the mountain. No matter what, at this time, she shouldn't anger him and affect his mood before the expedition, right?

She followed him to the maple forest.

Here, it is very quiet, the sky is already dusk, the maple forest in early winter, the fiery red of a tree, is very beautiful.

The two stood one after the other, without speaking, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little stagnant.

Gu Zhirong felt that this was not the way, and was thinking about what kind of excuse to go out, the kitchen was in full swing, she was the deputy team leader, it was impossible to be lazy for no reason, right?

At this time, I suddenly heard the prince's deep words coming from the front: "The brother you said just now, but the young master of Baojian Hall?" )