Chapter 1: Looking at the Sword (4 times)

"Are you Princess Yihe?" Suddenly, a flash of white lightning flashed in his heart, and the words of questioning blurted out. After asking, Wang Xun came to his senses and shook the ground at the female Taoist priest in the shadows, "Xiaguan Wang Xun, I have seen Her Royal Highness the princess!" ”

"What a princess, Your Highness? That's just a title for fools. In the shadows, the female Taoist girl smiled and turned sideways, squatted slightly, and returned the favor with the courtesy of her peers, "Your Majesty doesn't have my daughter, adults better don't fold my yang longevity!" ”

"This ......." and "This ......." For a while, Wang Xun was a little speechless. Using ordinary palace maids to pretend to be princesses and give them to the surrounding small vassal kings and relatives is a consistent means for the Tang Dynasty court to win over the surrounding forces. The vassal kings knew this, too. However, after all, the woman who is close to her has the title of princess, which can mean that he has the support of the Tang Dynasty, and most of them are young and beautiful. So I pretended to be confused.

But in case the Tang Dynasty had a bad relationship with the state, the woman who was sent in the name of the princess became the first victim. Her husband wants to take her blood to show that he is inseparable from Datang from now on. And on the side of the homeland, because she has no royal blood at all, she will not take her life or death seriously.

If it had been three years ago, Wang Xun would have felt that it was a very cost-effective way to use an irrelevant woman to calm the conflict between the two countries. However, now he can understand how much helplessness and sorrow there is in the heart of the woman who was given away as goods. Therefore, my lips twitched for a long time, but I didn't find half a suitable sentence. I had to smile wryly, and once again reached the ground.

The female Taoist priest didn't dodge this time, and stood in the distance and accepted Wang Xun's bow completely. Then he shook his head and smiled, and said in a low voice: "You Qincha, your face is really thin." Come in with me, this courtyard was specially given to me by the Great Khan, and no outsiders will disturb me at this time. ”

"Chincha-sama, please!" Without waiting for Wang Xun to hesitate, Humpty Dumpty Liushun'er had already taken the lead and grabbed his arm, "My master just wants to ask you a few words of gossip, and it has nothing to do with national affairs." So don't worry! ”

I'm afraid that Asiranda will misunderstand! Wang Xun muttered quietly in his heart, but he couldn't pronounce it. I had to smile and follow Humpty Dumpty.

The courtyard is not big, but it is really a Taoist temple. Left corridor and right compartment, clean**. There is a small pool at the back of the main hall, and there are a few remnants of lotus floating on the water. Contrasting with the remnants of the lotus is a small old wooden bridge that sways across the pond and leads to a small compartment next to it.

The female Taoist priest led Wang Xun across the wooden bridge and lowered her head into the low compartment door. The guests and hosts sat down, and then ordered Liushun to drop a few wax tears into the copper basin placed in the center of the room, and rekindled the charcoal fire inside.

The quality of the charcoal is very average, with a smell of pine wood that has not been burned through. The female Taoist priest was unaware of this, so she took a copper kettle with her own hands and rinsed it several times with water in front of Wang Xun. Then he ordered Liushun'er to refill it and put it on top of the charcoal basin. "Lord Chincha waited a moment. It's been a long time since I've fiddled with this, so it's going to take a little more time to prepare! ”

"Being able to see the tea art of the old country thousands of miles away, Wang is already terrified, how dare he pick and choose again!" Wang Xun really couldn't guess the other party's purpose, so he smiled and gently arched his hand.

If they were in the Central Plains, it would have been rude for them to come to see a married young woman so late. And the other party obviously invited guests to drink tea, but he really didn't prepare for it first, and it was extremely undeserved. But tonight's tea must have been just a cover, and the young woman must have something important to say, or some important information, that needs to be told to him in person. So he didn't have to care about the red tape.

Princess Yihe nodded slightly, the expression on her face was like a smile. Then he waved his hand and ordered Liu Shun'er to stand back, stood up again, took out a clay pot from the locked cabinet, opened it slowly, and slowly sat down again.

At this moment, the copper kettle on the charcoal fire was already faintly sounding. Princess Yihe walked over with the clay jar in her arms, squatted with half of her skirt and feet, and then straightened the jar a little far away from the charcoal pot. Then he slowly stood up, took a very clean silver spoon from the cabinet, scooped out a small half spoonful of refined salt as white as a snowflake in one of the two magnetic bottles, opened the lid of the copper kettle, and gently put it into the water.

This is an authentic Central Plains tea ceremony. Cook it in front of the guests, and every move is like a shock. Wang Xun is not a junior brother who has never seen a beautiful woman, but then his eyes are a little straight by Princess Yihe's actions. After losing his mind for a long time, he suddenly remembered that he was in a foreign land at the moment, not in Chang'an City. The person who burns the tea is not Ziluo, but a princess of Fanbang who may bring big trouble to herself at any time.

The female Taoist priest took his every move in her eyes, but she didn't think it was strange. He smiled, made a gesture of peace and quietness, and then put his mind on the copper kettle again. Skimming water, putting tea, nourishing flavor, and warming the cup, the movements are becoming more and more smooth, and the charm of the Central Plains is becoming clearer and clearer.

When the water in the pot made a faint bubble sound again, the female Taoist priest slowly got up, lifted the copper kettle, poured half a cup for Wang Xun, and also poured half a cup for herself, gently put the copper kettle down, and raised it between her eyebrows to invite.

"Thank you!" With a smile, Wang Xun raised the teacup and returned the courtesy. A faint nostalgia came out of the teacup at the same time, and the corners of the eyes and eyebrows were floating in a flash.

It's been a year and a half, and I don't know what the situation is at home. I think how easy it was to talk to Aunt Yun and Bai Jingzhi and others about Haikou to make contributions. And now, even if there is a holiday, I don't dare to go back to Chang'an. In the Western Regions, with the big tree of Feng Changqing, he can still make others have scruples. If you return to Chang'an, I am afraid that your family will be implicated because of yourself.

"It's still the tea from the year before last. Don't be surprised. The only ones that the vendors brought here were tea bricks, and it was rare to see new tea in Bahanna! Seeing that Wang Xun's expression was different, the female Taoist priest thought that he was picky about the taste of tea, so she quickly apologized in a low voice.

"I'm not picky about tea." Wang Xun responded with a smile. Later, he found that his words were very sick, and he quickly added, "I usually only drink plain water, or drink alcohol." Very little dabbling in tea. Therefore, even if Her Royal Highness the Princess entertains me with the Little Dragon Group at this moment, he will be blind in vain. I can't drink it at all! ”

This sentence is purely made up, but it caused the beauty to laugh. "Could it be that the atmosphere in the Central Plains has changed again, and the literati don't like to drink tea anymore? Or is it Lord Qincha, who was not originally a literati? ”

Wang Xun was taken aback, and he didn't spill the tea in his hand on the placket after stabilizing his mind. When she was hesitating whether to repeat the lies she told to Da Xiang Zhang Guigui, Princess Yihe smiled and continued to add: "If it weren't for the men in the army, I guess I wouldn't have said that every Datang people, there is a Datang behind them!" If you change to an unscrupulous literati, you won't care about the life or death of a few vendors! ”

What does she mean by that? For a while, thousands of thoughts flashed through Wang Xun's heart. When he negotiated with Bakhanatu King Asiranda, he didn't even notice if there was such a face as Princess Xiang Yihe around him. Now the other party is taking the opportunity to invite him over for tea, and is constantly digging into his true identity, is he looking for an opportunity to invite Asilanda to pet? Or do you want to take the opportunity to take revenge on the Tang Emperor for marrying her as a princess?

When I went out, there were so many pairs of eyes watching. Even if Wang Xun wants to kill people now, it is impossible for him to get out of the way. Seeing that he was reluctant to respond, Princess Yihe smiled and explained in a low voice, "Your envoy can rest assured. What Poor Dao said to you today, no third person will hear it. Whether you come from the army or the imperial court, it's all for the Tang Dynasty. And Poor Dao, the daughter who got married, is dissatisfied with this marriage in a thousand ways. If you want to have a status in your in-law's family in the future, the more powerful the family behind you, the better. Otherwise, once you are old and decrepit, you will not be bullied by your husband's family to the point that life is worse than death?!

Hearing this, Wang Xun's heart, which had already mentioned his throat, finally fell back into his stomach again. put down the teacup, smiled and arched his hand at the other party, "In this way, the last general will not hide it from Her Royal Highness the Princess." The last general did come from the army, but the matter of the envoy was approved by Lord Feng Changqing and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Anxi Jiedu, and all the promises made could represent the imperial court. ”

"So, the matter of the Anxi Army's westward expedition is already a certainty?" Princess Yihe's eyebrows jumped, and the expression on her face was a little impatient.

Wang Xun thought about it for a while, and responded truthfully and falsely, "The 30,000 soldiers are strong, but it is only because the weather has turned cold that they have to stop in Xiaobolu Country first." In the spring of next year, no matter whether anyone here responds, it will also come over the ridge. Re-integrate all parts of the river into the territory of the Tang Dynasty! ”

This was originally the established plan of the Anxi Army, and even if it spread, it would not have any bad effects. The Great Cannibal Crusade has been crippled, and the nine surnamed Zhuhu are all defeated generals, and they are elbowing each other, and they cannot act in unison at all. Looking at the entire river, the only one who has the strength to pull the back leg of the Anxi army is Ge Lulu, who completely fell to the big food a few years ago. And no matter whether Qarlu surrenders or dies, in the plan of Feng Changqing and others, this capricious tribe will be completely wiped out. Otherwise, the Tang Dynasty soldiers who died on the banks of the Talas River would not have been able to close their eyes at all.

"That's good. That's good! Princess Yihe clasped her hands together and muttered a prayer in the direction of the main hall, "Emperor Zhenwu blesses, let the soldiers and horses of Fengjiedu come over as soon as possible." Poor Dao is willing to burn incense sooner or later, and will always be grateful for the kindness of the emperor! ”

"Could it be that the princess has other enemies here? Do you need the help of the Anxi Army to eradicate it? Wang Xun saw that she was pious, and couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Zhezhi City!" Princess Yihe, who was still gentle and kind before, suddenly became full of hatred, and responded through gritted teeth, "If the Anxi army arrives, please pray for the sealing of the festival on my behalf." In the entire Zhezhi City, don't leave a single living thing behind! ”