In any case, Li Chengqian is still the crown prince, the prince, and he was ordered to stay in the capital to supervise the country. Xu Qilin was whipped, holding a grudge in his heart, but he didn't want to be caught because of etiquette.

Don't look at the fun today, beware of pulling the list in the future. Xu Qilin jumped off the horse and gritted his teeth secretly: Do it, do it, from the prince of a country to a prisoner, this is your end.

Xu Qilin didn't want to have a seizure, but there was a cheap guy in this team, and he had to come to provoke him.

The prince Du Lieutenant and Du He, the prince of Xiangyang County, accompanied the prince, and His Majesty Li Er went to Jiucheng Palace, which was the largest Li Chengqian in the capital, and even Du He, the dog-headed military advisor, was also complacent.

If Li Chengqian succeeds to the throne as emperor, then he Duhe will be the zaifu under one person and above ten thousand people. In Du He's heart, this is the kind of calculation.

Riding on a horse, Du He looked forward to Shenfei, and he also felt a little proud of the world. Under his gaze, he suddenly found Xu Qilin standing on the side of the road. is not very old, wearing a five-grade scarlet suit, which is really conspicuous.

Du He's heart moved, and he roughly guessed who this young man was, turned his horse's head, and he left the team and came to Xu Qilin.

Arching his hand slightly, Du He asked with a smile: "Your Excellency is Xu Qilin, the Great Ying Ku Cheng?" ”

Xu Qilin also saluted: "It is Xu Qilin, dare to ask you who you are——"

"A certain is the Duke of Xiangyang County." Du He said: "Xu Cheng's name, I have heard of it a long time ago, but I didn't expect to see it here today. ”

Duhe? What a cheat!

Xu Qilin sneered secretly, but a smile appeared on his face, and he arched his hand again: "Xiaguan has seen the county prince." ”

Du He nodded, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has finished handling political affairs and wants to travel loosely, so he was ordered to accompany him. If Xu Cheng has time, he can recommend it to His Royal Highness, and he can play it together. ”

Xu Qilin smiled bitterly with a little regret and said, "Today, the lower officials are entangled in important matters, and they are in a hurry to go back to the house to deal with it. The county prince is kind, and the official understands it, so he can only ask the county prince to recommend him in front of His Royal Highness next time. ”

Du He was not reluctant, nodded, and said: "Xu Cheng will deal with the urgent matters at home first, and he will come by himself when he needs a recommendation." ”

Xu Qilin arched his hand and said: "Then the lower official will thank the county prince first." ”

Du He arched his hand and said, "It's important to accompany the driver, and I will say goodbye first." ”

"The county magistrate, please." Xu Qilin smiled and gave him away.

Seeing Li Chengqian and the others' cars driving away, Xu Qilin put away his smiling face, snorted coldly, and got on his horse and galloped.

With this oily and powdery virtue, I am afraid that I still want to surpass my father Du Ruhui, and I don't pee and take pictures.

and Li Chengqian, just continue to die, this whip, Lao Tzu wrote it down.

Xu Qilin was whipped, and the injury was not serious, but it dispelled his idea of reporting the assassination to the government. If nothing else, if this matter is to be poked out, it will definitely alarm Li Chengqian, the prince of the prison state. As far as the Turks around him are concerned, who knows if there is anything involved?

Back at home, Xu Qilin immediately ordered Wu Xiang to prepare horses, at least six, and he wanted to take Wu Xiang straight to Jiucheng Palace to warn and rescue.

Chang'an is about 300 miles away from Jiucheng Palace, His Majesty Li Er took his concubines, princesses and Jin kings, and drove a lot of cars, and he definitely couldn't go fast, and he was fifty or sixty miles a day. Calculate the time, it may still be on the way, or it may be just arrived at the Jiucheng Palace.

And he and Wu Siong rode lightly, changed horses and galloped, and they could almost arrive in a day or a little more than a day. It's probably quicker than reporting to the government and tossing around before making a decision!

Xu Qilin doesn't know very well whether there is an assassination incident in Jiucheng Palace in history, but since it is not very famous, it means that this matter is not big, and there is little hope of success.

So, this is a good opportunity. What is the merit greater than the rescue, and he runs alone at night, and he still doesn't seem loyal?

"Let the servants fill the water bladder with water, and I'll take it with me and set off soon." Xu Qilin ran into the courtyard and commanded repeatedly, "Bring me in civilian clothes, as well as a treasure knife." Quick, don't ask too much. ”

Seeing that Ah Lang was so anxious, Scarlett hurriedly asked Adjani to find someone to prepare, she found clothes for Xu Qilin, as well as a waist knife that Xu Qilin specially built and was not often carried.

"Why is Ah Lang so anxious?" While helping Xu Qilin get dressed, Scarlett asked with concern: "Is it to bring a knife to fight, bring more guards with you!" ”

Xu Qilin shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry, it's just a long way, and you should be fine just in case you bring a knife." ”

Then, Xu Qilin hurriedly undressed again and shouted, "No, let's bring my green overalls quickly." ”

Scarlett doesn't know why, but she is just good-natured, and she will do whatever her own Ah Lang says. was busy taking out Qianniu's official uniform, and was busy helping Xu Qilin get dressed neatly.

Stepping back and looking at Xu Qilin, Scarlett said with some unease: "Then Ah Lang takes Xiao Qi and Xixi, and if it's okay, let them fly back to report a message, and the slave family can rest assured." ”

"At most, they are only familiar with Chang'an City, and this time they go far, I'm afraid it's enough." Xu Qilin was not sure, and always felt unsure.

Scarlett said, "Let's take it with you, what if you can fly back?" ”

Xu Qilin didn't want to be entangled in this matter, nodded and said, "Okay, you go and summon them to see if you can summon them." ”

Xiao Qi and Xi Xi have already settled in Xufu, but they are free-range, or lazy in the nest in the tree, or flying around in the garden, sometimes flying really far, hungry or late to come back.

Xu Qilin also specially made a whistle for Scarlett to summon them.

Scarlett came out of the house and blew her whistle in the courtyard. The two birds really didn't fly far. There was not much time, so he fluttered his wings and fell.

They also mingled with Scarlett, and landed on the stone table in the courtyard, chirping at Scarlett.

Xu Qilin had already packed up, walked out, gave an order, stretched out his hand, and two birds flew over and landed on his shoulders.

Adjani trotted back, holding two skins filled with water.

Xu Qilin took the water bladder, grinned at Scarlett, turned around and strode out.

Wu Xiang and a few subordinates had already led the horse out of the door, and the saddle pedals were all placed, just waiting for Xu Qilin to come out.

"You take good care of the home nursing home, I'll go out and come back in three or five days." Xu Qilin commanded, beckoned Wu Xiang to get on his horse, and galloped away.

After buying more than a dozen Hu Biscuits as dry food at the Hu Biscuit Shop on the side of the road, Xu Qilin and Wu Xiang left Jing'an Fang and went straight to Yanping Gate in the west.

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The construction of the palace in ancient China can be traced back to the Yin Shang era and the Qin Dynasty, when the annex of the palace was built outside the capital, and gradually formed a system.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the construction of the Chinese palace reached a peak. According to statistics, there were 73 famous palaces in the Sui and Tang dynasties, 19 palaces in Guanzhong in the Tang Dynasty, and 27 palaces outside Guanzhong.

From the late Northern Dynasties to the early Northern Song Dynasty, China's climate entered the third warm period, and the Guanzhong region was already a northern subtropical climate, with unbearable summer heat. Therefore, during the Sui and Tang dynasties, many palace annexes were built around Guanzhong and Liangjing as a summer retreat.

Among the many summer palaces, among them, the Jiucheng Palace of the Tang Dynasty (called Renshou Palace in Sui) is the most prestigious.

Generally speaking, the purpose of the summer palace is to relieve heat and relieve fever, so its location is mostly in the valley area where the mountains and rivers are close to the water, cool and pleasant, and the forests and springs are interdependent.

Jiucheng Palace is located in Tiantai Mountain in the west of Linyou County, Shaanxi Province, about 160 kilometers away from Chang'an.

During the period of Emperor Wen of Sui, there were 12 palaces between Jingshi and Renshou Palace. When His Majesty Li Er rebuilt Renshou Palace and renamed it Jiucheng Palace, he also restored these twelve palaces at the same time.

From the west of Chang'an out of Xianyang, through Wugong, Haochou, Linyou County to Jiucheng Palace, about ten days, along the way usually have to pass through twelve palaces.

It takes ten days to walk in 300 miles, which is really slow enough. However, considering the large number of drivers, concubines, and servants, the emperor's honor guard formation was barely acceptable.

Xu Qilin and Wu Xiang each brought three horses, changed horses without changing people, and went all the way west after leaving Chang'an. When you are hungry, you will eat Hu Biscuits, and when you are thirsty, you will drink two sips of water in your skin, and the villages and towns along the way will basically stop to rest.

While urging the horse to chase closely, Xu Qilin pondered his rhetoric. In the end, he found that it was actually not that complicated, who could still find out if he made up a whistleblower to submit a book, or made up a reason from the dead ghost of Ashid Heiwu?

The reason has been thought of, but Xu Qilin's body can't stand it a little! It's not that I barely sleep for a day and a night, it's not that I don't eat bread or drink cold water, it's not that I don't have enough physical strength, it's that I've never ridden a horse for such a long time.

At first, I only felt a little hot in my inner thighs, and then there was a hot pain, and the thick cushion on the saddle did not relieve much. In addition, the weather was hot, and the sweat stained made him grin even more painfully, and his speed also slowed down.

What's more, just thinking about the safety of the old lady, just thinking about saving the driver and making meritorious contributions, who would have thought that he would suffer this crime!

"Ah Lang, get off the horse and take a break!" Wu Xiang saw Xu Qilin's uncomfortable appearance, and also guessed the roughly, and suggested with concern, "Why don't you find a village or town or something, and get some medicine for injuries." ”

Xu Qilin shook his head and waved his hand, and said, "It's already past Wangyuan Station, and it's not far away." In two hours at most, we will be able to catch up. Hold on, hold on a little more. ”

Wu Xiang didn't know why Xu Qilin was so anxious, but Xu Qilin had repeatedly explained that he would obey his orders, let him do it, let him kill people, and don't care who the other party is.

Although rude, Wu Xiang could also guess that this matter was not trivial, it should be related to the Holy Driver, or to Ah Lang's sister Xu Chongrong. Otherwise, when will my own Ah Lang be able to endure hardships so hard and work so hard?

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It was dark, the palace was brightly lit, and the destination would be reached tomorrow, and everyone who was rushing in a row couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The nature of the palace is almost the same as that of the main palace, with the outer camp gate, the secondary camp gate, the inner camp tent gate and the imperial curtain gate.

The guards who accompanied the car were guarded in layers from the palace to the outside of the palace according to their own duties, and they were heavily guarded.

But the fortified fortress was often breached from within, and no one could have imagined that a handful of Turkic restorers were ready to assassinate the Holy Driver tonight.

After His Majesty Li Er destroyed the Eastern Turks, he moved a large number of Turkic households to Chang'an. For many Turkic chieftains, they were placed in Chang'an, and given to generals, Zhonglang generals and other officials, named Suwei, as hostages, so that they could break away from their tribes.

His Majesty Li Er also has a defensive mentality against these Turkic guards, and they are all arranged on the periphery, that is, outside the five-fold curtain. The security of the five-fold curtain is served by the "flying horse"; The guards of the Imperial Curtain Gate are the most trusted "hundred horses" of His Majesty Li Er.

The so-called "flying horse" is the left and right camps guarding the Xuanwu Gate; The "Hundred Horsemen" are composed of talented and strong shooters selected from the "Flying Horses".

Therefore, although Ashina Du Sheshe is a lieutenant general, he is in charge of the guards outside the palace, and it is usually difficult to enter the five-fold curtain.

However, Ashina Dushe led the escort for a few days, and still found an opportunity and made a plan to assassinate tonight.

He found that every day when the four drums, Li Zhi, the king of Jin, had to go out of the palace and direct the work of opening the door and opening the battle. The so-called battle is that the guards are driving left and right, stopping pedestrians, and Chen Bing clears the road and then travels.

Undoubtedly, this is a good opportunity to storm the palace gate and raid the royal car, and it may be the last chance. When you get to the Jiucheng Palace, do you still need to put out a guard of honor and clear the road?

Moreover, tonight it was his turn to take people to inspect the north gate, that is, the palace gate where he was going to Jiucheng Palace to leave.

Now, the Turkic guards he contacted, as well as the tribesmen he had secretly recruited, were ready to stop, lying at the north gate of the palace, waiting for a surprise attack into the palace.

Looking at the palace, Ashina Dushe's eyes narrowed, feeling that although there were few people, they were all fierce and brave. Surprise, surprise attack, will be successful.

"There won't be any surprises in the plan, right?" He Luohu was a little worried, after all, this was a major event of killing heads and exterminating the clan, and there were only forty or fifty participants, although Ashina Du Sherate was very sure and seemed to be absolutely sure.

Du Sherate looked down on this nephew very much, but he still had to use him as a banner to call on the clansmen, so he had to suppress the contempt in his heart and said: "You have also been driving for many days, and the king of Jin has crowed out of the palace, can there be any changes?" As soon as the palace gate opened, we shot arrows and slashed at the imperial tent. The guards were caught off guard, how could they resist? There is a great opportunity to make a difference, so don't hesitate. ”

He Luohu thought about it, and felt that the plan of the capital society rate was indeed very thorough, and even the route of retreat and escape was set, and there were people to answer at the river crossing, so he put aside his worries for the time being.

To tell the truth, although He Luohu is bewitched, who does not yearn for power, who does not yearn for freedom. It's good to live in Chang'an City, but in the end, it's the people of the dead country, like hostages.

If he could go to the steppe and be called Khan, it would of course be the dream of Heluohu. To achieve this, it is worth taking some risks.

Seeing that He Luohu's vacillation was basically stopped, the capital society arranged for his cronies to patrol outside the palace in different shifts at different times and in a serious manner.

But Du Sherate and his henchmen never expected that Xu Qilin and Wu Xiang had already rushed to the south gate of the palace, and no matter how careful their assassination plan was, they could not avoid failure.

(End of chapter)