Chapter XII

"White Horse Temple?" Yijiang was slightly stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered something. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's broken, put that guy's pigeon for so long......

The corners of Yijiang's mouth twitched unconsciously. Anyway, that guy looks like he is also gentle, so he shouldn't do anything to himself, right?

Probably...... Right?

Although the White Horse Temple sounds like a good place to go, it will also make an appointment with Lin Yao for ten days, and there is no way to go out of the city at will. He only wandered around the neighborhood for a few days, and he could be regarded as enjoying a corrupt life in Luoyang.

"No wonder these corrupt officials are now reaching out for thousands of taels at every turn, it turns out that it is not that the purchasing power of money is not enough, but that the price of goods in Luoyang is too high." He also weighed his purse, and only a small half of the five thousand taels of silver he had left for himself were left, but only four of the ten days had passed.

If the General's Mansion didn't care about food, would he starve himself to death? It occurred to him suddenly.

"Yijiang, so you're here." Chen Ping squeaked, pushed open the door of the library and walked in.

"Brother Chen, what a spiritual nose!" Yijiang turned his head to look at him, still holding a piece of osmanthus cake in his mouth, "I just found a place to hide and steal snacks, and you actually found it." Could it be that the General's Mansion is still hungry for Brother Chen, and he wants to grab food from the kid? ”

"You kid, the general didn't treat you harshly, so you hid in the general's library and ate snacks?" Chen Ping was a little helpless.

He also had four days of contact with Yijiang, but he always felt that the other party's thoughts were completely difficult to find resonance with him who were not in the same class. God knows what weird things this guy thinks about every day.

He also swallowed the osmanthus cake in his mouth and licked his fingers. "There are a lot of books in the general's library, and I look at the next meal."

Are the books in the library used for dinner?

Chen Ping walked over and took out the bamboo slip from his hand and glanced at the name. "The Great Chu Region?"

"Well, that's interesting." Yi Jiang tilted his head, "The person who wrote this bamboo slip must be a wonderful person." ”

"How?" Chen Ping himself had seen this thing, and it recorded some customs and geographical information from various states in the Chu State, and he didn't quite understand why he would comment on it like this.

"Because...... Anyone who writes about customs and geography is interested in scenery or human life. But the guy who wrote this thing obviously has neither a love for mountains and rivers, nor is he too lazy to study humanities, but is interested in the terrain and some ancient legends, and has repeatedly researched it. No matter how I look at it, it seems like some people only do the preparation before they are ready to be yin. "If it were him, he would probably only use this information before leading the troops into battle.

I will also frown slightly at this point.

Somebody?

When he blurted out this sentence just now, a picture suddenly flashed through his mind.

It's just that the image faded away so quickly that he didn't remember anything other than a tearing headache.

"The signature is Xiao Yugui." Chen Ping glanced down, not very interested. "I guess the general found it a few years ago."

Xiao Yugui? "A familiar name." will also mumble to himself.

Chen Ping put the book aside and pulled it up. "The princess from the Western Regions has arrived in Luoyang, and the general has ordered us to take charge of protection. Since you're idle, come and help. ”

"No, Brother Chen, I have another important matter." He will also blink and look serious.

"What's the matter?" Chen Ping paused, turned his head nervously and glanced at Yijiang, who was rarely serious. "Need help?"

"I want to finish the osmanthus cake quietly." He glanced at a few pastries on the plate with regretful eyes.

The corners of Chen Ping's mouth twitched.

"Come on, wrap a few pieces of osmanthus cake and take it away!"

Under Chen Ping's strength, before he had time to say hello to Ming Xiang, he was dragged straight to the post house by Chen Ping, who was a strong man.

After arriving at the post house, he will also look up and look at the empty post house a little dumbfounded.

"Didn't you say the princess had arrived?" Could it be that for such a big matter of diplomacy, Da Honglu had to wait until the princess moved in to start arranging guards?

Since the founding of Gaozu, the state of Chu has been following the Qin system, and now there is a system of three princes and nine kings with Sikong, Situ and Da Sima as the three dukes.

I have heard that Da Honglu and the Great General don't deal with each other, but isn't this a bit too mishandled......

"Of course, I didn't start preparing today. Before the princess departed, the guards had already been arranged. Chen Ping smiled.

"That's good," he said, nodding his head. "Now that it's all arranged, what is Brother Chen taking me for?"

"I heard that you once caught more than 20 guards sent by Yang Jing to kill you alone, and I think you are also very experienced. The general means that you are idle and idle, so it is better to see if the guards have missed anything. ”

He also cast a strange gaze at Chen Ping, was silent for a while, and then considered his words.

"Where did Brother Chen hear about it?" It doesn't make sense that Yang Jing will still publicize the things that make him deflated everywhere, right?

Chen Ping knew what he was thinking when he saw Yi Jiangdu's expression, and waved his hand to tell him that he was crooked. "The soldiers in Luoyang, except for the Praetorian Guards, are all under the general's command, who do you think Yang Jing's guards can really hide from when they go to do things with a big grin?"

It's just for the sake of the face of the officials of the same dynasty, turning a blind eye.

Clearly, he pushed open the door and walked in, looking at the layout of the post house.

"Brother Chen has already arranged the whistle post and the secret post, I don't know if it has prevented water and civil strife?"

He climbed the ladder of the post house to the top girder, and could see the guards squatting there and the rope fishing nets prepared, it seemed that Chen Ping was thoughtful and well prepared.

It's just that a princess from the Western Regions needs such a big battle?

Rather than preventing sudden accidents, this is a sure arrangement that accidents will happen.

"Each room has been strictly inspected, there are no flammable materials, and the horse shed is also set up separately from the main body of the post house, so there should be no problems."

Hearing Chen Ping's words, he raised his eyebrows, and just wanted to ask a few words, when a bustling voice suddenly came from the door.

They will also jump off the beams. "There is a woman's voice, and the reception banquet is set up in the inn?"

Chen Ping hesitated slightly.

Although the princess has arrived in Luoyang, according to the itinerary, the Ministry of Rites should set up a banquet in the royal garden, and then greet each other, exchange gifts, and the princess and her party will return to the post house to rest after about half a day of miscellaneous diplomacy. Then after the main banquet on the second day, he was transferred to the White Tiger Palace. This tossing and going has to go on until the evening anyway, why is someone coming now?

"You old man is so rude! Our princess has been on the road for more than two months, and now who has the appetite to eat except sleep. This is Da Chu's hospitality? Or is it that Da Chu can't even afford to invite guests to dinner, so he just wants to save money by opening a meal when our princess has no appetite? The soft but well-organized female voice outside the door grabbed the white, and was so stunned that the officials under Dahonglu, who could speak well in the past and could only play tricks, didn't even dare to say it, so they could only obediently welcome the princess into the post house.

Chen Ping glanced at Yijiang amusedly.

It will also be fun. Chen Ping wants to say that this woman is as tricky as himself, digging a pit for people to jump in?

Chen Ping took a step back and gave up the position of the gate. Just a girl walked in in a hurry, and looked at the usual furnishings with critical eyes.

"Okay." She nodded, and turned back to report back to the people outside the house.

"Don't be rude." A weak female voice scolded. After a while, as if someone had gotten their approval, a girl named Qi Chi walked in with another delicate woman wearing a veil and hat.

You will also see the guards around the woman and a circle of officials with not very good-looking faces, and you will know that this person is obviously a princess from the Western Regions.

"Chen Ping (Yijiang) has seen Her Royal Highness the Princess." A salute for two.

The princess nodded, and before she could look at them, she was surrounded by officials of the Ministry of Rites, blocking her view. She was guided inside by an official of the Ministry of Rites.

He also glanced at Chen Ping, raised his feet and walked out. It just so happened that Qi Chi, who was beside the princess, glanced at him slightly, and saw half of Yijiang's face.

"Second brother?" She exclaimed.