Yang Yuhuan's Taoist temple is not far away, just seven or eight miles south of the city, close to Princess Yuzhen's Jade Temple, Zhao Ziliang is easy to find, riding to the door of the Taoist temple, Zhao Ziliang hesitated a little, according to Wang Can's news, now Yang Yuhuan is not really a monk, and he has not divorced Shouwang Li Mao, if now Yang Yuhuan's Taoist temple in this wilderness will be known, it is terrible, this kind of gossip scandal must not be spread all over the sky, not to mention that Shouwang Li Mao will not spare him, Even Emperor Li Longji is afraid and will not let him go.

After hesitating for a while, Bai Xiaode wondered: "General, why don't you go in?" Subordinate knocking on the door? ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "Xiaode, do you say that it is a little inappropriate for me to meet with Princess Shou here?" ”

Bai Xiaode smiled when he heard this: "General, this is not like you, when did you become so timid?" ”

Zhao Ziliang was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "Yes, I'm really a little timid." Alright, you go call the door! ”

"No!"

Bai Xiaode agreed, and stepped forward to call the door, knocked more than a dozen times, the red lacquer door of the Taoist temple opened, and an old female Taoist priest wearing a simple Taoist robe appeared in the door, she looked at Bai Xiaode, and then looked at Zhao Ziliang not far away, and asked, "Is it General Zhao?" Come in".

Zhao Ziliang handed the horse to Bai Xiaode, thanked the old female Taoist priest, and walked into the Taoist temple, Bai Xiaode led two horses to follow behind, and when they entered the Taoist temple, the old female Taoist priest closed the door.

Zhao Ziliang was a little curious, stopped and asked, "Female Taoist, doesn't the Taoist temple open the door for pilgrims to come in and burn incense and pray for blessings?" How did you close the door? ”

The old female Taoist priest raised her palm and said: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, Daoist Yuzhen and General Zhao are both distinguished guests, and Daoist Taizhen is worried that the pilgrims will disturb Daoist Yuzhen and General Zhao, so he ordered Poor Daoist to close the door today." Take a break for the day! ”

"Is the Jade True Dao Elder also there?" Zhao Ziliang asked that his heart was actually much more down-to-earth, if there were no other outsiders, he was still worried that the news of his meeting with Yang Yuhuan alone here would leak out, but it would be different with Princess Yuzhen here.

"Yes, General Zhao please!" The old female Taoist priest made a gesture of please and walked forward side by side with Zhao Ziliang, and Bai Xiaode saw a crooked-necked osmanthus tree in the first courtyard of the Taoist temple. So he tied the two horses to the trunks of the trees, and followed them far behind them with a knife at the waist.

Although this Taoist temple is not very big, but it is complete, come to the Sanqing Palace, just enter the door Zhao Ziliang saw Princess Yuzhen wearing a luxurious Taoist robe sitting cross-legged on a futon on the right, and on a futon near the statue of Sanqing on the left sat Yang Yuhuan, who was also wearing a gorgeous Taoist robe, and there was a young man sitting on the first futon, this man was wearing a golden crown and a brocade robe with gold placket. The face is like a crown of jade.

The three of them were talking, and when they saw Zhao Ziliang next to the old woman, they all stood up, Zhao Ziliang didn't expect that there were male guests here, which made him feel more at ease, and as soon as he stepped into the palace door, he arched his hand and smiled at the three people in the hall: "The Taoist is so quiet here, it is really a good place for cultivation, and I have seen the Yuzhen Daoist and the Taizhen Daoist." Uh, who is this ・・・・・・? ”

Unbeknownst to him, the young man was very thoughtful. It was done extremely standardly, and he bowed to Zhao Ziliang and said: "General Zhao is coming, Li Mao has missed the distance, forgive your sins!" ”

Ah, it turned out to be Shouwang Li Mao? This made Zhao Ziliang even more surprised, it stands to reason that if you want to thank you for the rescue. Li Mao, who should also be the head of the family, sent him an invitation, instead of Yang Yuhuan, a woman, going to invite him in person, this is not logical, could it be that the Shouwang Mansion is Yang Yuhuan's house? It can't be, right?

Zhao Ziliang felt that his thinking was confused, and he was even a little suspicious. Hurriedly gathered his mind, arched his hands and said in a loud voice: "Don't dare, it turns out to be His Royal Highness King Shou, please forgive the last general for not being careful."

Princess Yuzhen smiled on the side: "Okay, you are all young people, so you don't have to be so formal!" ”

Yang Yuhuan took the opportunity to say: "What my aunt said is very true, aunt and General Zhao, please enter the room for tea."

A few people came to the wing room next to the Sanqing Palace, which is a place where the Taoist temple specially entertains guests, and the old female Taoist priest just now brought everyone a cup of tea and left, and never saw her shadow again.

Zhao Ziliang felt a little surprised that Princess Yuzhen came alone today, this Princess Yuzhen usually travels on weekdays with a lot of young monks and young talents, but today is a little different.

Several people were talking while drinking tea, Yang Yuhuan said to Princess Yuzhen: "In the past, General Zhao rescued the grace, and the husband has not been able to find a chance to repay after knowing it, and today I invite General Zhao to drink tea and talk about expressing my heart, so please come over to accompany my aunt, and please don't mind."

Princess Yuzhen Li Zhiying smiled and said, "What does Poor Dao mind? Poor Dao also likes to listen to General Zhao's novelties in the Western Regions! General Zhao, that **** talked about the affairs of the Western Regions in the poor Yuxie Temple, saying that the barbarian tribes in the Western Regions have an open atmosphere, and there is no such thing as a man or a woman giving or receiving kisses, and the marriage is all up to them, but is it true? ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Not all, there are also parents who obstruct it, but there are really no parents who call the shots and matchmakers!" As long as they like each other, they simply perform a ceremony together, so that the heavens can testify that they become husband and wife and have children. The women of the Western Regions, especially the women on the grassland, are mostly fierce, fierce as fire, they dare to love and hate, and their loyalty to their sweethearts is no worse than that of the women of the Central Plains, if someone hurts their man or is not good for their man, they even dare to take a sword and fight with others・・・・・・"

When Zhao Ziliang said this, he remembered Panzhu Junxiu, and his expression was a little gloomy for a while.

Princess Yuzhen and Yang Yuhuan heard Zhao Ziliang talk about the daring, daring to love and hate women in the Western Regions, and their eyes were full of abnormal brilliance, and their hearts yearned for it. But seeing Zhao Ziliang talking and talking, his expression was a little gloomy, and several people were a little surprised, and after glancing at each other, Princess Yuzhen asked: "The general has a favorite woman in the Western Regions who has never come to Chang'an with the general?" Why didn't the general send someone to pick him up? ”

Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, shook his head and said, "She's dead!" ”

"Huh?" The three of them were all surprised, especially the two women, who were very surprised, they knew that there must be a story in this, they didn't have much entertainment on weekdays, and they were also very interested in this kind of gossip. Princess Yuzhen asked, "The general must like her very much, right?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Her name is Panzhu Junxiu, she is the little princess of Shule Kingdom, we met a few times, she found me, and told her loudly that she likes me, you know that the woman took the initiative to confess to a man that she liked him." This is a shocking thing in the Central Plains, but it is common in the Western Regions. At first, I didn't like her very much, just because she was a little rough and liked to mess around, but then the two got along more, and I gradually liked her. In the winter of the previous year, 3,000 elite horsemen of the Turgish had crossed the city of Change, where Bodaring wanted to attack the city where I was stationing, and I learned the news in advance, and set up an ambush on the road near the city, but the Turgish did not expect that their whereabouts had been known to me. Unsuspectingly, they were surrounded and annihilated by us, and the whole army was annihilated, and more than 1,600 people were captured. At that time, she was a guerrilla general in the town guard of Shule Town, and she was ordered to lead her troops to the city of Swap to escort the prisoners back with me, but she did not want us to be ambushed by more than a dozen remnants of the defeated army in a canyon on the way to escort the captives back to the city, and she was killed by a secret arrow, and she was by my side at that time. I also have sheepskin gloves that she sewed by hand! ”

Several people listened quietly to Zhao Ziliang talking about his past. When Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, they couldn't help but sigh, and they all felt sorry for Zhao Ziliang and Panzhu Junxiu.

Li Mao couldn't help but ask, "What happened later?" What happened to you after you were ambushed? ”

Zhao Ziliang glanced up at Li Mao and said, "The ambush is set up by the remnants of the defeated army who have fled, there are only a dozen people, and they are here to take revenge." I was soon strangled by my scouts, who had only 500 escort troops and more than 1,600 prisoners. Seeing that the captives were about to move, he ordered all the captives to be killed in a fit of rage."

When the three of them heard this ending, they were all silent. After a while, it was Princess Yuzhen who said: "General, since Princess Shule has lost her fragrance, you don't have to be sad about it anymore!" ”

Speaking of this, Princess Yuzhen couldn't help but smile bitterly: "General, do you know? In fact, I envy you, you can love freely with the person you like, there are joys and sorrows, ups and downs, everything, but we, the royal women, can not control their own destiny, many times they can't help themselves, in order to avoid getting involved in court battles and harming themselves, many of our princesses have to escape into the empty door. In the past, Poor Dao never made friends with ministers and generals, just because most of them were people from one side of the court, but the general you are different, you have never befriended courtiers since you took office, nor have you corresponded with other military leaders, let alone clinging to the powerful, and you are not afraid of the powerful, loyal and upright, a general like you, Poor Dao and his two nephews and nephews not only want to make friends, but also want to become close friends with you, I don't know if the general can accept it? ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't dare to slack off when he heard this, so he hurriedly got up and bowed down and saluted: "Thanks to the Yuzhen Dao Chief, King Shou and the princess, the last general will be overjoyed and honored."

Zhao Ziliang knows his own family affairs, he has no backer in the court, no foundation, this seems that as long as he does not participate in the fight between the prince Li Heng and the prime minister Li Linfu, it should be fine, but in fact it is very dangerous.

However, he himself also knows that it is the right choice not to find a backer and not stand in line now, because his grade is not high, and he is not qualified to enter the court, as long as he guards the Golden Light Gate and does not make mistakes, there will be no problem, if he joins a certain camp, there will be many variables. And since Li Linfu became the prime minister, the battles in the court have become more frequent and intense, the crown prince Li Heng is walking on thin ice every day, cautious, lest the emperor think that he can't wait to be the emperor, for a long time in the future, the battle in the court will continue, and the emperor Li Longji does not have the slightest intention and idea to stop, Zhao Ziliang believes that if you join Li Linfu's side, the end will undoubtedly be very miserable, because although Li Linfu is cunning, he is old after all, Once he falls or loses power, his henchmen will definitely have no good end, but if he joins the side of the crown prince Li Heng, it is very likely that he will be suspicious of the emperor, and he doesn't know how he will die at that time. (To be continued.) )