Chapter 59: Help!
Chapter 59: Help!
"Your Excellency, you're out. ”
On the edge of the palace, the coachman of the prince's mansion saw Li Yiqi come out, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his head to salute.
"Hmm. ”
Li Yiqi bowed slightly, turned his eyes, and found that the carriages of various houses were leaving the palace one after another, and it seemed that the banquet had ended, so he couldn't help asking, "Where is the prince?"
"This ...... The little one has been staying here, and he hasn't seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince yet. The driver who was driving the car hurriedly bowed his head and replied.
"Hasn't the prince come out yet?"
Li Yiqi's brows furrowed slightly, and he looked back.
For some reason, he always had a strange feeling in his heart, as if there was an unusual loneliness under the brightly lit exterior of this lively night.
"It's so cold, isn't it really about to snow......"
......
The time of the night passed quickly, and when the last official carriage with the name of the state capital passed in front of Li Yiqi, even the coachman who was driving the car felt abnormal, stepped forward, and asked in a small voice, "My lord...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not ...... It's going to happen. ”
"What could happen?" Li Yiqi glanced at him coldly and asked rhetorically.
"This ...... After a few more incense sticks, the gates of Miyagi will be closed. The coachman smiled wryly.
"Wait a little longer...... Li Yiqi said expressionlessly, his eyes still staring straight ahead.
After a while, the forbidden army on night patrol had already walked back and forth twice in this square, looking at the lonely luxurious carriage in the center of the square, everyone knew that this was the prince's royal car, although they did not come forward to interrogate, but they also kept throwing strange eyes.
"Forget it, it is estimated that the crown prince was retained by Emperor Xia, let's go back. ”
Li Yiqi sighed lightly, boarded the carriage, and seeing this, the coachman who was driving the carriage nodded again and again, and also hurriedly sat on the wheel, raised the horsewhip, and drove the carriage to the outside of the palace.
......
The night was deep, and by this time it was close to midnight, most people were already asleep. In the East Palace, as soon as Li Yiqi returned to his room, he locked the doors and windows, and then took out an object from the bookcase.
"What's the secret of this book of war?"
Under the light of the candlelight, Li Yiqi's slender and white fingers slowly swiped across the paper of "Twelve Strategies", carefully thinking about every place that might hide information, word by word, but found nothing.
"Isn't that how you see it?!"
Li Yiqi's eyes flickered slightly, and his mind moved, and he hurriedly spread out the scroll, overlapping a certain line or a few words on a page to form a new sentence.
Cross method, overlapping method, six laws......
He tried several methods of delivering hidden messages to scouts when marching, but all they came up with were incoherent sentences, and it was clear that the hidden information was not covered up by these methods.
"Is the secret not in the words, but in the ......"
Li Yiqi's mind recalled some fragments in another world, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on a celadon teacup next to the bookcase.
Delicate porcelain flowers, smooth cups, and more importantly tea in them.
"There are some special potions that require a special method to show the handwriting...... Give it a try. Li Yiqi's heart moved slightly, picked up the teacup, and was about to splash the tea on the military book.
"Bang bang, sir, are you resting?"
At this moment, there was a sudden 'bang' knock on the door.
Li Yiqi raised his eyebrows, couldn't help but put down the teacup, and shouted outside the door: "Who?!"
"My lord, it's me, someone is asking to see my lord!" A voice came from outside, it was the voice of Han Li, the general of the temple.
"Huh?"
Li Yiqi frowned, got up and left his seat, and pushed open the door with a puzzled expression, only to see Han Li's tall and burly body standing outside the door like a door god.
"What time is it, who wants to see me?" asked Li Yiqi with a slightly unhappy face.
"Back to my lord, now that the time has passed, the person I want to see is Tang Qi, the son of the Tang family, who is waiting for my lord in the side hall. Han Li replied respectfully.
"Tang Qi...... Come to me now?"
Li Yiqi glanced up at the jet-black night sky, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, pondered for a while, and nodded: "I know." ”
After a while, Li Yiqi came down to the side hall of the East Palace under Han Li's guidance, and here, he saw Tang Qi's round figure.
What surprised him was that Tang Qi, who hadn't seen him for many days, didn't know what had happened recently, his hair was messy, his eye sockets were deep, and his eyes were full of bloodshots, as if he hadn't slept for days and nights.
"Brother Li, you're here, help!"
At this time, Tang Qi's face was extremely ugly, and an anxious storm was brewing between his eyebrows, and when he saw Li Yiqi coming, his pale face instantly turned red, and he jumped up from the chair. directly stepped forward and grabbed the corner of Li Yiqi's clothes, with that look, like a person who was about to drown grasping the last straw.
"Slow, Tang Qi, what's going on in a panic. ”
Being disturbed at this time, Li Yiqi was not in a good mood, but when he saw Tang Qi's appearance, he felt a funny feeling in his heart.
The two met at a young age, and for a long time, Tang Qi often provoked Tang Dingtian, the old man of the Tang family, to be angry, and he was beaten as soon as he returned home, and at that time, Tang Qi would most likely choose to take refuge in the Li Mansion, and the two also formed a deep friendship at that time.
Since I was a child, I don't know how many times I have helped Tang Qi deal with such things, but now that he has stepped into the court from the East Palace, he has participated in the seizure of the heir, and Tang Qi is still the same as before, he will come to him whenever he has trouble. Thinking of this, a smile flashed in Li Yiqi's eyes.
"Brother Tang, have you made Old Man Tang angry again?" he sighed slowly, shook his head helplessly, and sat down directly on the chair, ready to hear what trouble Tang Qi had caused this time, and actually came to the East Palace in the middle of the night to ask for help.
Seeing Li Yiqi so leisurely and unaware of the seriousness of the matter, Tang Qi's face sank, and he said in an extremely solemn tone: "Brother Li, I really came to you to save my life, you hurry up and follow me!"
"Oh?"
When Li Yiqi heard this, he glanced at Tang Qi in surprise. It had been more than ten years, and he had never seen Tang Qi's expression so serious and serious, which made him slightly surprised.
"What's the matter, don't worry, make it clear. Li Yiqi restrained the leisurely smile on his face, straightened up, and asked in a deep voice.
"It's too late, you hurry up and follow me!" Tang Qi was sweating, and his fat big hand grabbed Li Yiqi's sleeve and was about to run out. Normally, Li Yiqi would inevitably get to the bottom of the matter first and make a decision after clarifying the matter, but this time, he didn't say anything, he blinked, looked at Tang Qi straight for a while, and nodded: "Let's go." ”
Out of the East Palace, Li Yiqi was directly dragged by Tang Qi into a carriage, and the carriage ran wildly all the way, and it turned out to be in the direction of 'Phantom Paradise'.
......
On the carriage, Li Yiqi stared at Tang Qi and said calmly: "Now you can say it, what is the matter, I will go back and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will have an explanation." ”
Tang Qi wiped the greasy beads of sweat on his forehead, grinned, and said with a wry smile: "It's still ...... Remember that princess?"
"Who?" asked Li Yiqi with a puzzled expression.
"Princess Loulan, I invited you to the Phantom Mansion. Tang Qi raised his voice, the corners of his mouth grinned, and he looked at Li Yiqi with embarrassed eyes.
"Oh, it's her......"
Li Yiqi touched the tip of his nose, his face showed a sudden expression, and he bowed slightly: "Remember, what's wrong with that princess?"
"I ...... I don't know, anyway...... Alas, you'll know when you see it!" Tang Qi gestured twice with his hand, and then let out a long sigh, a wry smile on his face.
Seeing this scene, Li Yiqi smiled dumbly in his heart, the corners of his mouth hooked a trace of imperceptible arc, his narrow eyes narrowed slightly, and he joked playfully: "Brother Tang, but that princess is going to get married, and you are looking for me to help you rob your relatives in the middle of the night?"
"Li Yiqi, if you're joking again, I'm in a hurry with you!" Tang Qi's fat body couldn't help but tremble, and a hysterical roar came out of his mouth.
Tang Qi's sudden roar startled Li Yiqi, he looked at Tang Qi in front of him with a flushed face in a daze, and suddenly felt angry and funny in his heart. I have been serving the prince in the East Palace for so many days, and this bastard has not come to see him, what is the situation now?
Syllable!
Li Yiqi slapped Tang Qi's face lightly or heavily, his dark eyes flashed with cold light, glaring at him directly, and shouted coldly: "You are evil again! What kind of wind are you smoking? A princess of a small foreign country can rush you like this, it is worth you and me to turn their faces?!"
"Ahh
He shook his head suddenly, his fat cheeks turned red, the angry look in his eyes disappeared, he touched his fleshy cheeks, and said with a low wry smile: "Brother....... Don't be angry...... I...... Aren't I in a hurry! Human life is at stake!"
"Cut-" Li Yiqi pursed his lips and tilted his head to the side, too lazy to bother with this guy.
Seeing this, Tang Qi's eyelids jumped, his face instantly turned bitter melon color, and he said, "Good brother, I really came to ask you for help this time, that princess is really dying!"
Hearing this, Li Yiqi showed a slight look of surprise on his face, and suddenly turned his head: "What do you mean?"
"She's dying, ...... day"
Under Li Yiqi's questioning, Tang Qi finally explained the original story of the matter.
Li Yiqi listened silently, and the color on his face suddenly became more and more obvious, but his brows became deeper and deeper: "You mean that princess has a disease?"
"That's right, a disease that kills people. ”
"The doctor can't cure it?"
"I can't be cured, I've been running seventeen or eighteen medical centers in the capital in the past few days, so I'm going to ask for a doctor. Tang Qi smiled bitterly and shook his head again and again.
"You should really go directly to the Imperial Doctor, I won't heal the disease. Li Yiqi secretly rolled his eyes in his heart, crying and laughing.
"It's useless to find a doctor, the princess's retinue said that only you can save her. Tang Qi's face changed, and he looked at Li Yiqi with a strange expression.
"Me. ”
Li Yiqi raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand and pointed at the tip of his nose, almost laughing.
......
In the inner courtyard of the Phantom Paradise Mansion, outside a wing room, two people who looked like Hu Shang from the Western Regions looked anxious, pacing back and forth in the corridor.
"Balu, why haven't the people come yet?" a dark-skinned, lean-skinned bearded man kept looking at the end of the corridor, muttering the language of the Western Regions.
"I don't know, it should be soon, Lord God bless, Lord God bless!" the other Hu man muttered with a look of piety.
"It's coming, it's coming!"
At this moment, the dark-skinned, lean Hu man suddenly danced happily.