But the person who went quickly came back and said that he had asked, but at the moment, the master was not in Zhongnan Mountain.

The emperor was a little disappointed, and hurriedly asked, "Can you ask where the master goes?" ”

The waiter said, "Back to Your Majesty, the second lady of the Gao Mansion we asked ......"

The emperor said, "What two, two! A very elegant person, he calls everyone two, but you are really 'two'. You should call her 'Mrs. Xie' to show respect." ”

The waiter said, "Yes, Your Majesty, Mrs. Liu is not here, Mrs. Xie is in charge of the Gao Mansion, and it is Mrs. Xie who we are asking." Listening to Mrs. Xie, Master Gao's master went to Qianzhou. I heard that Qing Ruoying, the wife of Lord Qianzhou Thorn Shi Gao, suffered from eye disease as soon as she arrived in Qianzhou, and she could not see, and the local doctors could not treat it. So he wrote a letter back and asked his family to hire a famous doctor in Chang'an. Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Li personally went to Zhongnan Mountain to ask the master to leave, and I am afraid that they are already halfway at this time. ”

When the emperor heard this, he regretted that he had neglected this matter. It turned out that Gao Jun's master was not only all-powerful in literature and martial arts, but also proficient in medicine.

I have been in a trance for more than a year, and I clearly remember that Mrs. Gao Shenxing's surname is Cui, how did she become Qingyi? Especially recently, if you move a little, you will be tired, and you will sweat at night.

He was afraid that he would forget about it, so he made a note on the cuffs of his yellow robe, "Master". He instructed, "Go to the high mansion every few days and ask, and report to me as soon as there is news." ”

After only a while, the emperor was a little tired again, and finally ordered Chu Suiliang to let him ...... No, it's not good for Lord Chu to go in person, Cheng Zhijie and Tang Jian are still in Yingzhou and have not returned, and when they see Lord Chu, they will definitely be afraid that their children's affairs will be exposed, which will inevitably make them uneasy.

He asked Lord Chu to arrange a person-it is better to have no important identity and inquire about the details of Yingzhou.

After that, on the second day of April, the emperor Xingcui Wei Palace.

The main entrance of Cuiwei Palace faces the north, the name is "Yunxia Palace", the court hall is called "Cuiwei Palace", the dormitory is called "Hanfeng Palace", because the mountain is cool, the emperor intends to take refuge in the summer after the hot weather, and manage the government and government.

There is the prince's palace next to Cuiwei Palace, the main gate is open to the west, named Jinhua Gate, and the palace is called "Anxi Palace". When the emperor arrives, the prince will come, and he will live in the prince's palace.

Because of serving the emperor who was seriously ill and decent, His Majesty recovered quickly, and the talented Wu Meiniang deserved it, and also lived with a few concubines with the emperor to Cuiwei Palace.

She also came when Cuiwei Palace was completed last time, and the emperor has not spoiled her once, and she is not needed to sleep, which inevitably makes her a little disappointed.

The only thing the emperor said to her the last time he came, "You are still young, you don't have to be stuffy in the palace every day, and it is not bad to go to the valley to walk and relax." That's a compliment to her.

So, Wu Meiniang took a few palace maids to Taihe Valley.

The mountain flowers are splendid, and there is a peach forest as soon as you enter the valley, and the little red flowers are particularly eye-catching. In the distance, a clear waterfall cascades down from the top of the valley, attracting them to pass. There are also small patches of white jujube and pear blossoms on the banks of the stream below, looming among the green weeping willows on the bank.

They were happy and forgot to return, and slowly went into the depths of the valley, and then some palace maids found that there was a large patch of red and white flowers growing on the trees not far away, and the white was red and small, and they had never seen it.

When people got closer, they saw that instead of a flower, it was a young country woman.

She was held by a large flexible branch, and she thought that she had fallen from above, and she could not wake up at this time. The white is her skirt, and the red is her exposed red belly pocket.

People are trying to do everything they can to no avail. In a hurry, another group of people walked into the valley. The palace maid nervously said to Wu Meiniang, "It's His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

They hurriedly stepped forward to greet the prince, and he arrived with only a few internal eunuchs.

The prince smiled and asked Wu Meiniang, "Who threw her into a tree?" ”

She said, "Your Highness, we didn't throw her up, you can tell by looking at her clothes that it's not mine!" "The prince knew Wu Mei, and to be honest, he just came out when he saw them leave the palace.

Listening to her words, the prince really looked at the tree first, and then looked at Wu Meiniang's clothes seriously, as if comparing the clothes of the two on the tree and under the tree.

Wu Mei knew that the prince was deliberate, even if he wanted to see it, he should only look at the palace maids around him. It is impossible for any of these people to dress like a talented man.

But the prince just took a deep look at her and stayed on her face for a moment. At this time, the prince thinks that she is one of the few beauties in the world. Then he said to himself, "You should have moved her down first." ”

Wu Mei's worried face turned a little red, and she asked, "But Your Highness...... Is she in danger? ”

"I guess not," said the prince, "for I see that her limbs are still soft—the valley is so deep that it will take us some time to walk in, and no one has seen her fall, but I hope she is all right, but faints." ”

Some of the chamberlains brought by the prince wanted to come to the rescue, but the prince came up with an idea out of nowhere, so he stopped them and said, "You stand back." Then he walked under the tree.

The trees are not very tall, and the trees in the mountains are not pruned, and they have branches and branches, and the branches at the bottom are easy to climb, and there is always a place to climb up.

Wu Mei didn't dare to stop it, but said nervously, "Your Highness! Be careful! ”

Of course, the prince wants to show a heroic feat of saving beauty in front of martial talents, although he has never done this kind of thing, but he is still more than half sure.

Wu Meiniang watched him climb steadily step by step, his legs did not tremble at all, he climbed extremely carefully, and after three or four strokes, he reached the woman on the tree.

He reached out and carefully pulled her arms apart, but the slightest movement immediately touched the original balance on the tree, and the woman was about to fall off as soon as she leaned over.

Wu Meiniang snorted under the tree, showing that she was extremely worried, and the prince's chamberlains hula-la-hula gathered under the tree to prevent accidents. But the prince's hand was quick and his body was down, and he was catching the woman half-carrying and half-hugging.

Then, it was inconvenient to look at the feet, and according to the impression when I came up, I groped my feet step by step. The last step was no longer bothersome, and the prince jumped down lightly and landed firmly on the ground.

Wu Meiniang cheered, "Your Highness, you are so powerful! ”

The chamberlains quickly picked soft grass and spread it on the flat ground, and the prince put the woman on it, and then they retreated to the distance, thinking that the prince would come to the rescue himself.

As soon as Li Zhi carried her, he sensed that this woman's body was still hot, and he had a bottom in his heart. The palace maids were signaled by Wu Meiniang to take a few steps back, and only she squatted beside the woman.

The crown prince Li Zhi showed fearlessness, and at this time he wanted to show respect for the woman in front of the martial talents, so he said to Wu Meiniang in a low voice, "You can find out if she has a heartbeat." ”

Of course, Wu Meiniang knew where her heart was, so she reached into her arms without thinking, and then raised her eyes to Li Zhi and said, "Her heart is still beating ......"

But she noticed that the prince was looking straight at her, and then said as if in a whisper, "Feel her wrist as much as you like." Wu Mei's face burned to the root of her ears.

Li Zhi said, "You let them go and get some stream water,"

She didn't get up, just lowered her head and beckoned behind her. A palace maid came over, and the blush on the face of the martial artist did not subside, and said to her in a low voice, "Go get some water." ”

Li Zhi looked at the woman lying on the ground, and muttered again, "Wen Shui...... The middle concubine, Liu Xun, is also a Wenshui person. ”

Wu Meiniang is also a Wenshui person, the last time the emperor fell ill, she was on the opposite side of the sickbed, in the palm of her hand to the prince to compare her ancestral home, I can't imagine that he still remembers.

The palace maid quickly brought the water, and the person retreated, and the martial artist personally fed the water to the woman. Then, slowly, she opened her eyes and saw a beautiful woman in palace costume holding a pot to feed herself.

Li Zhi said, "You still don't thank the talented people for saving their lives." ”

The woman wanted to move, but she couldn't move because of the pain all over her body. Wu Meiniang said to the prince with a slight resentment, "You are not strong...... she realized that she did not call him "Your Highness", and she was a little nervous, so she said softly to the woman, "Don't listen to his nonsense...... Say, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who saved you. ”

They had been out for too long, and it was time to go back, but the woman said nothing about where she was from or why she had fallen into the valley.

Wu Meiniang said, "Your Highness, what should I do?" If you can't still get off her, it's better for you to save people and save them to the end, send the Buddha to the west, and place her in your other palace first. ”

So the attendants quickly tied up a stretcher, helped the woman up and lay down, and carried her into Jinhua Gate. But Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang heard at this time that the emperor had suddenly driven back to Chang'an.

Li Zhi must follow back, he broke up with Wu Meiniang outside the palace gate, and said to her, "This woman is still weak, and she must be taken care of by a careful person." You can't go back when I'm gone, you have to come and see her from time to time. ”

Wu Meiniang nodded and agreed. In Cuiwei Palace, between the main palace and the prince's palace, there is a convenient door hidden under a row of green trees, Wu Meiniang came back only to find that several concubines who came with the emperor also followed back to Chang'an, leaving only herself and a few palace maids.

When Ban Wenzhi said in the court that he had not found the woman who fell into the valley, Li Zhi was sitting next to the emperor. But he didn't even think about it, and he didn't even say a word about it.

……

Chu Suiliang is still very satisfied with this Ma Wei, he is clever and quick to see things, Chu Suiliang wants to take anything, just raise his hand, Ma Wei ran over and brought it.

Lord Chu has always wanted to arrange an errand for Ma Wei, and this time the addition of the Ma Yamen by the Ministry of War is an opportunity. Because Lord Chu heard Ma Xun say more than once that when he was in Qianzhou, how Lord Shi Gao supported him, and he looked grateful.

If this is the case, then wouldn't it be good to leave him in the Ma Ministry, and it can be regarded as putting a line of communication between himself, the military department, and Qianzhou. A man who has a good impression of both sides will undoubtedly do a lot of good to improve his relationship with Gaofu.

It's just that Gao Jun has been absent, and the last time he wrote to Xizhou because of Ma Xun's matter, Chu Suiliang thought that Gao Jun was just negligent. Because Gao Jun has not indirectly mentioned this matter since he arrived in Chang'an, he has long forgotten it.

It was Cui Yuanli and Han Ying who handled this matter, and it happened that His Majesty asked Lord Chu to send someone with no identity to Yingzhou this time, so wouldn't it be appropriate for Ma Xun to do so?

For this reason, Master Chu made a special trip to the military department, found Cui Shilang, recommended Ma Xun to him, told him about his resume in Qianzhou, and said that there was no need to have a few products, and it was always appropriate to give a first-class Ma Bu Lingshi.

Cui Shilang arranged a small position stuffed by Master Chu was still not a problem, and the matter was decided immediately.

Then Chu Suiliang instructed Ma Xun to say, "Master Ma, you go to Yingzhou to have a look, don't pull the banner as a tiger skin, you have to know the intention of the official to let you go, and don't say that the official asked you to go, so as to save the princes from guessing." ”

Ma Xun was really a little nervous, because Gao Jun, the secretary of the military department, was still there.

In order to show that he was familiar with Gao Jun, Master Chu said to him with a smile, "What, what are you nervous about?" The tall man of the military department is very easy-going and open-minded. Don't talk about anything else, just say that Wang Da, the assassin of Tingzhou, wrote a black letter to slander Lord Gao before, but in the end, it was Lord Gao who recommended Wang Da! and his brother Wang Yunda......"

Ma Xun thought along the way, so it sees, it seems that Master Gao likes people with some temper, that is, people who have some ability...... Where does the temper come from without the ability?

When he arrived at Youzhou Ranch, Ma Xun met Tang Jiqing, the pastoral supervisor, who had just driven the horses back from Yingzhou when he ushered in the officials of the military department.

This time, Tang Mu Jian added twelve points of caution to the people from the military department, although he was a first-class outman, he did not dare to slack off at all, first entertained with good wine and food, and then told Ma Xun about the incident a few days ago with palpitations.

This time, looking at the thin noodles of his brother and Tang Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, coupled with the nod of the prince of Jiangxia and the plea of the three ladies in the tall family, Tang Jiqing finally came back with all his tails.

In order to show his relationship with Gaofu, Ma Xun learned Chu Suiliang's tone and said to Tang Mu Supervisor, "Lord Tang, what are you nervous about?" The tall man of the military department is very easy-going and open-minded. Don't talk about anything else...... Just say that Tingzhou Thorn History ......"

When he arrived in Yingzhou, the heart of Cheng Chuli, the chief pastor of Yingzhou Ranch, had just been placed in his stomach, and the prince and the military department went to Liaodong to inspect the local horse administration.

Since Cheng Zhijie and Tang Jian came once, they can't just do their own private affairs, otherwise it's not easy to say when they go back. Therefore, the two did not return to Chang'an, but went north with Li Daozong and Gao Jun.

Cheng Chuli bit by bit, and then told Ma Xun about the last violation of the order, and repeatedly said that the military department Shangshu Gao was magnanimous, which further confirmed Lord Chu's evaluation of Gao Jun. Ma Yun Lingshi has nothing to be afraid of.

Judging from the information collected so far, Ma Xun can also go back to deal with Lord Chu, but he changed his mind and decided to chase down Liaodong again, to meet the high master of the military department, and not to mention the prince and the princes.

Where is the opportunity for people who have no guts?! Ma Xun didn't want to be just a tree for Master Chu......

The territory of the Tang Dynasty is vast, 9,511 miles from east to west, and 16,918 miles from north to south. In order to meet the needs of internal and external transportation, on the main transportation line from Chang'an to all parts of the country, a pavilion post is set up every 30 miles to transmit official documents and welcome officials.

There are 1,297 pavilion posts, 260 water posts, and 86 water and land posts in the whole territory. Each Jingshi Pavilion is equipped with seventy-five horses. The state and county inns are divided into six classes, with sixty horses in the first class and forty-five horses in the second class...... Until the end, the post house was equipped with eight horses.

However, Gao Jun and the two princes of Jiangxia, Li Daozong, Cheng, and Tang, traveled all the way down and found that there were nearly six or more horses in the ten post houses, and there were only two horses in some small post houses. [.]