72. I will pay you back what she owes you
The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was time to set off, and Emperor Daqian gave her a lot of dowry, which was full of twelve carriages, which looked spectacular.
Everyone said that the emperor really loved this daughter, and for her, he not only had to break the centuries-old tradition of Daqian, but also prepared such a rich dowry for her, which was envious of others.
Of course, there are some people who despise her very much, and a princess who was sent to kiss is really a shame for Daqian.
In short, there are different opinions, but only she knows that she is just a bright chess piece on the surface, and the emperor really has not invested any emotion in her.
After Tang Xi performed a father-daughter relationship with the emperor in front of the imperial city gate, he got into the carriage without looking back.
She had never been far away in her previous life, but she had made up for it all in this life, and she had only been reborn for a year, but most of the time she was on the journey, and she felt fresh before, but now she only felt uncomfortable shaking when she sat in the carriage.
The people who traveled with her, one of them was her brother, the third prince Yan Ning, after all, in addition to sending her to Fengyuan, there was also a matter of congratulating Feng Lie on his birthday, and no man who could come forward for such a thing was really not good.
When he was in the palace, Tang Xi had nothing to do with the third prince, he had only seen him a few times from afar, and his appearance was still in the past, but his personality seemed to be a little gloomy, and Tang Xi didn't want to deal with him, but fortunately, the other party didn't pay attention to her, and the two were okay.
At night, they were stationed in the suburbs, she went back to the tent after eating, and when she left, the emperor gave her two big maids, one named Qingshuang and the other named Bailu, when she went in, the two were cleaning up the bed for her, and when she came in, she hurriedly said, "Princess, the bed has been cleaned up, and the princess can rest at any time, but now in the wilderness, the equipment is not complete, and the princess is a little wronged." ”
Tang Xi sighed slightly in his heart, he was really tired, he thought that he didn't have to bother acting without Daqian, but he was followed by such two people, saying that he was her maid, but she was not stupid, she understood that this was the person sent by the emperor of Daqian to monitor him, if he didn't continue to act at this time, it was difficult to guarantee that they would reveal her affairs to Emperor Daqian, Emperor Daqian was suspicious and cautious by nature, if he knew that she had deceived him, he would definitely arrest her back again, and then he would be miserable, let alone a year, I am afraid that he will not be able to live a day.
So before she arrived at Fengyuan, she still had to maintain her arrogant and ambitious appearance.
So she walked to the bed and snorted in disgust, "What is this bunk?" As soon as I left Yanjing, you used these things to fool me? Do you think I'm a bully? ”
The two immediately knelt down, "The princess forgives her sins, when she goes out, those good things are really not suitable for display, and please ask the princess to do some." ”
Saying the words of forgiveness, there was no fear on her face, Tang Xi knew that they had the support of the emperor, and she was expected to dare not do anything to them, so her face was a little heavier, and she smiled coldly, "You'd better figure out what the situation will be in the future, I know who is behind you, and I really won't deal with you easily, but don't provoke my patience...... After all, even if I really kill you, someone else will immediately replace you, and no one will embarrass me for you to be the master, in the end I am the master and you are the servant - understand? ”
The two of them turned pale when they heard this, and immediately understood that although this princess was found from the people, it was obviously not the weakness they imagined, and they were naturally extremely smart people who could be selected to walk with her, so they quickly put themselves in the right position, and gave Tang Xi a salute in a proper manner, and their attitude was obviously much more respectful than before, "The slave understands." ”
Tang Xi tugged at the corners of his mouth, "It's good to understand, why don't you replace these broken things for me now?" ”
The two glanced at each other, and could only step forward and replace the ordinary fabric on the bed with the most comfortable brocade, before this they wanted to use these brocades for themselves, after all, this princess is not a golden branch and jade leaf, and may not find anything, but now it is obvious that Tang Xi is not something they can fool casually, so they can only be honest.
Tang Xi watched them change things, and then said lightly, "Let's all go down, I'm going to rest." ”
When the people left, Tang Xi breathed a sigh of relief, pouted and sat on the bed, how could he fight for acting skills everywhere? It's really tiring.
She raised her hand and was about to untie her clothes to rest, but suddenly heard a slight sound, her face suddenly turned pale, and she was about to call someone, but the other party appeared in front of her faster, and the shout that had reached her throat was suddenly swallowed back by her.
She looked at the person who appeared in front of her in surprise, and said in a low voice, "Cheng Nan? How did you end up here? ”
And Cheng Nan looked at her with a surprised expression, "Tang Xi? How are you? ”
"......" Tang Xi looked at his clothes of officers and soldiers, and couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, "You came in to find Shangguanyu?" ”
Cheng Nan nodded and said with a little embarrassment, "I want to take her away...... But why are you here? And your clothes......" said his face changed, "you...... You're the one who shouldn't be going to get along, right? ”
Tang Xi raised his forehead, rolled his eyes and said, "What do you say?" ”
Cheng Nan was at a loss, "This ...... What the hell is going on? ”
So Tang Xi explained what happened before, and finally she was curious, "What's the matter with you?" The whole Qianqian should know about this, and you haven't heard any news? ”
Cheng Nan suddenly had a bitter face after hearing this, "I accidentally heard a few days ago that soldiers are being selected, and those with good martial arts can go to Fengyuan with the team of envoys, I know that this so-called team of envoys must be together with the team of sending relatives, so I went to participate in the election, my martial arts were naturally selected without accident, and then I was locked up in the barracks for special training, and I was not brought to the team until today, our team is in the last position, where to see who the princess is who is in front of me, and I heard what people say about the princess, I was also the Emperor of Daqian at that time to give Shangguan Yu a position, how did I know that such a big thing happened in the middle! ”
After listening to his explanation, Tang Xi suddenly cried and laughed, "You are really a fool, come on, Shangguan Yu should have arrived in Fengyuan at this time, you can go with us all the way, and when the time comes, I will find a reason and let you go to Shangguan Yu." ”
Cheng Nan couldn't help frowning after hearing this, "Then what should you do?" ”
Tang Xi smiled indifferently, "What should I do, I'm going to kiss and not to die, what's there to worry about?" ”
But Cheng Nan still frowned, "...... Are you for Shangguan Yu? ”
"I'm here for glory and riches."
"Can you make a sincere excuse? Do you believe this? ”
Tang Xi pursed his lips, "Those who want to believe will naturally believe it, and if you don't want to believe it, I won't believe it if I find any excuse." ”
Cheng Nan was speechless, thought for a while, and then said to her, "Why don't I take you away?" ”
Tang Xi leaned on the cushion behind him, "Don't go, I have to go and kiss." ”
Cheng Nan frowned, "Why?" One or two of you are clearly unwilling, but you don't want to leave, Shangguan Yu is worried about her family, so what are you for? ”
Tang Xi paused, still insincere, and said, "It's all said that it's for glory and wealth." ”
Cheng Nan naturally wouldn't believe this reason, but he also understood that Tang Xi didn't want to say it, so he didn't ask anymore, and was silent for a while, Fang Dao, "It's my business to save Shangguan Yu, but now that you've done it, I can't accept your love in vain, originally I just didn't want to see Shangguan Yu reluctantly marry Feng Yuan, now that she's free, then I don't care if I don't see her again, now that you refuse to go with me, then I'll always follow you, I can't do anything else, after all, martial arts are good, and I can probably help later." ”
Tang Xi couldn't help frowning when he heard this, "It doesn't matter if you see her or not?" Do you believe this yourself? It's clear that he likes Shangguan Yu, and now he's still pretending to be here with me? ”
Cheng Nan pursed his lips, his face with a hint of bitterness, "How can a person like me be worthy of her?" Moreover...... She probably won't like me either. ”
"I don't like you chasing you for so long? Are you stupid? Besides, no matter how you say it, you are also a person who has worshiped the church and become a relative, so you can't give up like this! ”
Cheng Nan's face immediately turned red, "I didn't give up at the beginning, I just ...... I'm just ......" paused, fortunately he didn't explain anymore, only broke the jar and said, "Whatever you want, but Tang Xi, no matter what you say, I won't leave, I will help her pay it back if she owes you, and if I can see her in the capital, I will make it clear to her." ”
"......" Tang Xi looked at him with a determined look and was really helpless, rubbing his eyebrows with a little headache and said, "Why are you two so shafted?" So what's the point of me doing this? Instead, it put us all in there! ”
Cheng Nan still shook his head, "I'm not going anyway." ”
“……”
After a stalemate for a long time, Tang Xi finally rolled his eyes and compromised, "Come on, I can't control you, right?" Let's wait until we get to the capital. ”
Having said that, in fact, Tang Xi was thinking in his heart, anyway, he probably won't live long, and when he dies, Cheng Nan can't help but follow her, he and Shangguan Yu will probably feel guilty and sad for her death for a long time, but it won't be a lifetime, and they will forget it after a long time.
Early the next morning, Tang Xi continued to be a demon, "What the hell is this thing for me to eat?" ”
Qingshuang frowned, this time she and Bai Lu didn't have a ghost, if Tang Xi was not satisfied, he couldn't change it if he wanted to, so he could only say stubbornly, "Princess, we are on the road, and the amount of food and clothing is naturally not as good as usual, so you can just do it." ”
Tang Xi was still dissatisfied, and put down his chopsticks heavily, "I can't eat without meat." ”
Bai Lu was also helpless, "But there is really no meat in the team, and it can only be made up if you get it from the town." ”
Tang Xi raised his neck, "This is the suburbs, why don't you just ask someone to go hunting?" After speaking, she pushed Bai Lu away, "Get out of the way, I'll call someone myself." ”
With that, she walked out of the tent, and then said to the soldiers who were eating breakfast, "Which of you can hunt?" Go and hit me a rabbit back! ”
However, her identity was already embarrassing, and she was sent out again not long after she returned to Daqian, they were all soldiers of Daqian, and they would still answer Daqian later, Tang Xi couldn't give them anything at that time, they naturally didn't want to bother to please, not to mention such a rude and willful request.
So hundreds of people, but no one paid attention to her, and some people said directly, "Princess, we are in a hurry, we can't delay this kind of thing, you better bear with it!" ”
Tang Xi's face turned blue with anger, and he said indignantly, "You guys...... Is there a princess like me in your eyes, it's too presumptuous! ”
However, no one paid attention to her even if she was angry, but at this time, someone suddenly stood up, "Princess, I'll go." ”
As he spoke, everyone looked at the man with the eyes of a fool, and some muttered, "Sycophant, what's the use of stammering with the princess?" ”
Tang Xi was happy, "You can hunt?" Then go and get me a rabbit back! ”
After a while, the man really brought a rabbit back and offered it, and Tang Xi happily let Qingshuang take it, "Qingshuang, you take it, add a dish to me at noon, I won't eat this breakfast." ”
Qingshuang endured the anger in her heart and took it, and there was a slight warning in her words, "The princess should not be too willful in the future, if you know that the princess is like this, the emperor will definitely be disappointed." ”
The smile on Tang Xi's face suddenly faded a little, "You threaten me? ”
"The slave didn't dare, she just reminded the princess, for fear that the princess would forget."
Tang Xi snorted coldly, "Don't worry, I'm not stupid, I naturally know that those people didn't take me seriously, and this move was just to test it...... After all, if you don't even have a working guard around, that's really not good. ”
After saying that, she raised her chin at the man in front of her, "What's your name?" ”
When the man heard this, he immediately said respectfully, "Back to the princess, I belong to Cheng Nan." ”
Tang Xi nodded and said with satisfaction, "You are very good, how about following me in the future?" ”
A trace of hesitation flashed on Cheng Nan's face, "But the subordinates are the people of the third prince." ”
"It's okay, it's just one person, I'll go and say it, and I won't be reluctant to come to the third brother, when the time comes, you can stay in the capital with me, and I won't treat you badly."
Cheng Nan was silent, and finally arched his hand and said, "So, thank you princess for lifting up!" ”
Tang Xi nodded with satisfaction, and then raised his chin at Qingshuang, "Did you see it?" This princess is not one of those people who has no brains and only knows how to fool around! ”
Qingshuang was dumbfounded, and finally could only purse her lips and say, "It's the slave who said more." "In the past two days, I only think she is too domineering, but now it seems that she is not a brainless person, the city government still has it, no wonder the emperor will choose her.
After that, Tang Xi went to Yan Ning, "Third brother, one of your guards is very good, and I don't have a personal guard under my command who can be used, this person wants to ask the third brother, what does the third brother think?" ”
Yan Ning glanced at her very coldly, "Which person?" ”
"It's not important, it's a recruit named Cheng Nan."
Yan Ning frowned and thought about it, but she really didn't have any impression, so she also nodded in agreement, "Imperial sister, don't worry, when you leave the capital, I will choose a team for you to stay." ”
Tang Xi smiled, "I naturally believe in the third brother, and now the dignitaries are just afraid of something on the road, and they want to keep a guard by their side." ”
Yan Ning nodded, "Okay, it's not too early, get ready to go." ”
Tang Xi returned to the carriage, and then saw that Cheng Nan was already riding a horse and standing on the left and right of her carriage, seeing familiar people, she smiled with some relief, and then said to Cheng Nan with a shelf, "I have already asked you from the third brother, you only need to follow me in the future, as long as you do your best, I will not treat you badly." ”
Cheng Nan also said with a solemn gaze that was very cooperative, "Don't worry, princess, your subordinates remember." ”
In this way, Cheng Nan became Tang Xi's personal guard, and he finally didn't have to sneak over to meet her in the future.
And Huo Jinyan had just set off for about half a month, and news came from Daqian's side, and the team of Heqin had already set off.
Huo Jinyan listened, and the worry in his eyes was even better, "Have you seen Tang Xi himself?" What is her status? ”
Ying Er's head hung lower, "The spy saw it from a distance, Miss Tang smiled and smiled, not like she was coerced, but like ...... Voluntary. ”
As soon as the words fell, she immediately felt the coldness from Huo Jinyan, if she was Feng Xi, she would never voluntarily marry Feng Lie, so she could only pretend, but why pretend? It's probably to save her life, so she's not doing well.
"How long have they been gone?"
"Counting the days, it should have been more than ten days."
Huo Jinyan frowned slightly, "From the capital to Yancheng, the carriage will travel for more than a month, calculate the time, if our route is the same, it will be met in less than ten days." ”
Shadow Er nodded, thinking of a certain possibility in his heart, and suddenly couldn't help but remind with a bitter face, "But...... Master, we are going to Daqian this time on business......"
Huo Jinyan spit out four words with a faint face, "Hurry up and obey the power." ”
Ying Er suddenly wilted, and he knew that as soon as he encountered Tang Xi's matter, the master would dare to do anything! It's just that even if you are in a hurry, there should always be something urgent, right? Everyone is fine, where is the urgency?
It seems that in the end, he will have to run around as a hard-working person......
Tang Xi's team, although at a glance he knew that there must be a lot of treasures, but this time the emperor attached great importance to it, so there were many officers and soldiers with him, and the whole team added up to five hundred people.
On this day, Tang Xi was bored sitting in the carriage eating pastries, but the carriage suddenly braked suddenly, almost shaking her whole person out, in view of her arrogant personality, she suddenly lifted the curtain and said angrily, "How did you catch the car?" ”
The coachman was yelled at by her, his face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly apologized, "The princess forgives her sins, it was the person in front of me who suddenly stopped, and I hurriedly reined in the horse!" ”
Tang Xi frowned when she heard this, and looked ahead, in front of her was Yan Ning's carriage, at this moment she looked up and saw Yan Ning getting out of the carriage, she immediately understood that something was probably going on, but no matter what happened, it was not her turn, so she rolled her eyes at the coachman and retracted into the carriage.
After a while, seeing that she didn't mean to leave, she couldn't help but be curious, so she lifted the curtain again and asked Cheng Nan, "What's going on?" ”
Cheng Nan frowned slightly and said, "I just took a look, it seems that there are some bandits in front of me who are robbing the house, the third prince has brought a large number of people over to help at this time, and we are waiting in place." ”
Tang Xi suddenly felt bad when he heard this, "How many people are left on our side?" ”
Cheng Nan saw that her face was wrong, and he immediately reacted, and said with an ugly face, "There are less than a hundred people left......
Tang Xi suddenly scolded secretly, she didn't believe that Yan Ning couldn't even see such a simple transfer of the tiger from the mountain, and she also brought so many people away, which was obviously deliberately trying to borrow someone else's hand except for her! I really don't know what kind of grudge this is, and a princess is about to marry far away, what threat will there be to him?
Thinking about her, she immediately said, "Cheng Nan, quickly gather everyone to my side, and leave those treasure chests alone!" ”
However, it was a step too late, and as soon as the words fell, I heard someone panic, "Not good! There is an ambush! ”
Cheng Nan's face changed, and he hurriedly drew his sword to protect the carriage, "Don't worry, princess, your subordinates will protect the princess!" ”
Tang Xi looked at the large number of people pouring out, and hurriedly shouted, "Don't care about anything else!" Lives matter! ”
However, as soon as she finished shouting, someone immediately came towards her, Cheng Nan's face was solemn and he immediately drew his sword to resist, but the other party didn't know what the origin was, the martial arts were all top-notch, and the four of them besieged Cheng Nan together, Cheng Nan was not an opponent at all!
And although Qingshuang and Bai Lu are also good at martial arts, they are also entangled at this time, and then Tang Xi saw that someone kicked the coachman off the carriage with one kick, and then ran away with the carriage, Tang Xi's face changed and she wanted to jump out of the carriage, but the carriage suddenly shook and threw her back, and then the horse was already galloping, and she had no chance to jump again.
Cheng Nan watched Tang Xi being taken away, he was in a hurry, but he was entangled and couldn't get out, and after a while, the carriage disappeared, and at the same time, the carriage of the boxes of treasures was also driven away.
It took a while for Yan Ning to lead the team late, and as soon as the other party saw that the person was back, he fled immediately without a fight, and in the end, he didn't leave a single person alive.
Seeing that Tang Xi's carriage was gone, Yan Ning's eyes flashed, and then asked knowingly, "What about the princess?" ”
Qingshuang looked anxious, "The third prince is going to save people!" The princess has been robbed! ”
"What? Where did the bandit come from, what a daring! Come on, chase me! ”
However, the other party has been running for too long, and he has long disappeared, and he can only return helplessly before he can find out how far.
Qingshuang's face was very unsightly, "The third prince, the emperor attaches great importance to the princess, if something happens to the princess, all of us will not escape the blame, fortunately, there is no land here that has a big dry land, we will immediately contact the government, and we will be able to find the whereabouts of the princess soon!" ”
Yan Ning squinted her eyes and glanced at Qingshuang with a dissatisfied expression, "Are you teaching me to do things?" ”
"Qingshuang doesn't dare! It's just that...... It's just that if you don't find the princess, it's really difficult for the emperor to explain! ”
Yan Ning looked at her gloomily for a long time, and finally ordered, "Go and contact the local prefect." ”