Chapter 113: The Temple of the Middle Princes of Yedu (3)
Xiao Zhengde, the king of Linhe County, has been completely confused these days. Not long ago, Cui Xian, who served as the general's advisor to the opening of the palace, took people to the county pavilion to pay respects, saying that he was ordered by the general to ask the Liang envoy to move out of the simple house in the alley of the county pavilion, and then warmly invited the Liang envoy Linhe and his party to move to the luxury pavilion "Lin Quanshe" in Yecheng.
Lin Quanshe is quiet in the most prosperous place in Yedu, and it is actually a huge garden. Lin Quanshe lives up to the name of Lin Quan, and the garden has the victory of mountains and rivers. Since Xiao Zhengde, the king of Linhe County, and others moved in, there have been no idlers in the park.
Cui Xian arranged everything properly, the etiquette was very thorough, and he was extremely courteous. Cui Xian opened his mouth and closed his mouth, "General", and Liang Envoy and his entourage naturally knew that the general was treating him with this solemn courtesy. Cui Xian is full of miscellaneous differences with the surname of Gaomen, which shows that the general regards Liang very highly. It's just that Cui Xian never said who this "great general" was. And the "general" never showed up.
Xiao Zhengde, the king of Linhe County, was ordered by the emperor to send an envoy to continue the reign of He Wei, but in fact, he also had the intention of watching secretly. And Xiao Zhengde's own thoughts are even more profound. I didn't expect Lord Wei to be so polite, which made Xiao Zhengde dare not act rashly for the time being. I am even more curious about when the "great general" will show his true face.
Xiao Zhengde is calm, but the people who come with him may not be calm.
A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and the snow had melted clean, and Yecheng had returned to its former appearance. No matter how good the scenery in the Lin Quan House is, it is inevitable to be lonely, let alone for people who have something in their hearts. One evening, before the sun set and the moon had not risen, Xiao Qiongju, the princess of Liang who had followed Xiao Zhengde, the king of Linhe County, sneaked out of the pavilion while Yang Shunhua, who was guarding her, without paying attention. Her eldest uncle Xiao Zhengde's mind was not on her at all, and naturally he would not pay attention to her actions.
Mixed into the Yecheng market, everyone just said that he was a boy who had not grown up, but he was just born beautiful. Xiao Qiongju was already extremely smart, and asked a few passers-by on the side, and he found the door of Gao Cheng's mansion by touching the vine.
Gao Cheng Mansion is actually not far from Lin Quan She, but the lintel is tall and open, which is more luxurious than Lin Quan House, and extremely majestic and majestic. The front door of the mansion is heavily guarded, and it seems that it is not easy to blend in again under any circumstances. Besides, Xiao Qiongju is not a person who is out of proportion, and he is neither willing to take this risk, nor willing to joke about the dignity of the princess of Liang Kingdom. It's just that she didn't see Gao Cheng when she came to Yecheng this time, and she didn't know what his attitude was.
Fortunately, the front of the house gate was not too secluded, and pedestrians passed by from time to time, so she was not very conspicuous when she stood under a privet tree a little further away from the house gate. Thinking in his heart, I don't know if Gao Cheng is in the mansion at the moment, what he is doing in Yecheng every day. Seeing that the sky was dark, after all, she was a guest in a foreign land, and she was thinking about going back to the inn, when an ox cart attracted her attention.
Although the ox cart was not very gorgeous, it drove straight into the gate of the mansion slowly and steadily, and no one dared to stop it. I saw a few house slaves immediately coming out of the mansion, obviously waiting here. One of the older men didn't know what to say to the soldier in front of the door, and the guards all retreated one after another, as if they were afraid of bumping into something important.
Xiao Qiongju immediately became curious. At this time, a few more people walked out of the gate of the mansion, it was a young man, followed by a few servants. That young man was actually the son of the Great Wei Prime Minister that Xiao Qiongju thought about day and night, Gao Cheng, the son of the King of Bohai, this was the only identity she knew about him.
Gao Cheng walked straight towards the ox cart without squinting. At this time, there was already a double ten years old on the ox cart, looking at some decent housekeepers and slaves, I don't know what to say to Gao Cheng, the lord of the Lang. Gao Cheng seemed to be extremely concerned and asked for a long time.
Xiao Qiongju suddenly understood something in her heart, but she didn't want to confirm her guess, she just looked at the ox cart very intently, completely forgetting her own situation.
The ox cart had already been helped down by the slave and maid again. Xiao Qiongju looked at a very young girl from a distance, wrapped in a pale gold brocade fox fur, and seemed to be a little sick. Although I can't see the appearance carefully, the silhouette in the haze is extremely beautiful, and the posture seems to be soft and boneless, which is very cute. Next, I saw Gao Cheng hugging the girl horizontally without saying anything, completely ignoring the presence of so many domestic slaves, servants, and soldiers.
Xiao Qiongju looked at him very gently, and took great care of the girl, as if he was the only one in his eyes, and he couldn't see anyone else. Suddenly felt heartache, and wanted to ask in person. But before she could think about it, she suddenly heard a voice beside her call, "Your Highness asked me to find it." ”
Xiao Qiongju was startled, and turned her head to see that a person in the dark shadow was very close to her. It turned out to be Lan Jing, the general who accompanied the envoy of the king of Linhe County and his party. Lan Jing is the sister-in-law of Lan Qin, the general of Liang State, and he is also a very brave general, who has the side skills of destroying cities and pulling out blocks, and is also quite famous in the Wei army. It was her father, the crown prince Xiao Gang, who ordered Lan Jing to escort her all the way.
"General Lan, how did you know I was here?" Xiao Qiongju was a little uncomfortable, and her tone was quite unhappy.
Lan Jing had already noticed that her expression was wrong, so he replied, "I don't know, but I don't know, but I don't know, Your Highness is anxious, and I found it one by one." Lan Jing looked at the princess in the dim night, not knowing whether she was angry or angry, and said carefully, "Your Highness, this is not Jiankang......
Hearing him say that he came one by one, Xiao Qiongju seemed to feel something in his heart, and looked up at the door of the mansion opposite. The door was empty, and Gao Cheng had already carried the girl in, and even the ox cart didn't know where it went.
At this time, I heard someone shouting and asking, "Who is it?" How dare you spy on the prince and the princess here? ”
Xiao Qiongju's heart trembled, sure enough, the girl was his wife, no wonder he loved him so much, and his heart suddenly began to ache faintly again. It was so difficult for her to see him, but there was someone with whom she could stay with him day in and day out. Thinking about it, I was already stupid, and the soldiers who still cared about asking had already come.
"Your Highness, go away!" Lan Jing took her hand and ran up.
"There are assassins! There are assassins! The soldiers came to their conclusions without saying anything, shouted out, and immediately sought after them.
Lan Jing pulled Xiao Qiongju to run fast, and he was extremely alert and went around an alley. "Your Highness, Lan Jing is rude." After confessing the crime, Lan Jing couldn't help but lean over the princess on his shoulder, and then jumped up the wall with light skills and ran again. Between the cornices and walls, they quickly returned to the door of Lin Quanshe.
As soon as Lan Jing approached the door of the pavilion, he saw a man in black standing in the door, and the usual guards and attendants who were arranged by Wei Chen Cui Xian were all gone, and he suddenly felt a tense in his heart, thinking that if this person was not an important person, he would have trouble in the next life.
Lan Jing took a closer look at the man in black, he saw that his face was extremely young, and he was only wearing a thin hakama in this extremely cold weather, but this man was so beautiful that he almost made him dumbfounded, he had never seen such a beautiful man. But those beautiful eyes that shone with cold light looked at him coldly. Although this man looks young, he looks like a city government, not impatient, and even old.
While guessing who he was, Lan Jing put down the princess on his shoulder, and whispered to Xiao Qiongju, "Your Highness be careful." Then he saw the beautiful man walking briskly towards them. Lan Jing was in front of Xiao Qiongju, ready to fight at any time.
Xiao Qiongju stood firm and took a look, only to see that Gao Cheng was actually at the door of Lin Quanshe, and his heart was shocked. He obviously went back to the house with his princess in his arms just now, why did he get here so quickly?
Lan Jing only felt that he was unsteady on his feet and stumbled on his feet when he was toyed with by this person very casually. But when he saw that he was going straight to the princess, he immediately stabilized his center of gravity and stretched out his arm to the man, and grabbed his clothes by the back, trying to stop him.
Gao Cheng didn't pay attention to Lan Jing behind him at all, and took Xiao Qiongju's waist into his arms very casually, and then he didn't see him take a wrong step and already flashed to the side and left Lan Jing far away.
"Your Highness has already found me in the house, why don't you wait for me to come out to meet you?" Gao Cheng didn't look at Lan Jing at all, only stared at Xiao Qiongju, who was dressed in men's clothes in his arms, "You serve your husband with this courtesy?" He grimaced a tense face, without a hint of a smile.
"If the son of the world has already entered, why should he go and return? What my husband asks for is not what I want? Xiao Qiongju is innocent in nature, and she also looked up at Gao Cheng proudly, refusing to bow down.
Gao Cheng didn't speak, stared down at her, and suddenly lowered his head and kissed her fiercely.
Lan Jing was stunned, only to see that Xiao Qiongju was desperately refusing, and then suddenly woke up and no longer hesitated to attack Gao Cheng. Gao Cheng heard the movement behind him, he temporarily let go of Xiao Qiongju, suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist, and turned around with a sword as fast as lightning. The sword hit Lan Jing's left arm, and the sound of the cloth tearing was heard.
Lan Jing also drew his sword and pointed it at Gao Cheng.
"General Lan, don't hurt him, he is the son of the prime minister of Wei and the son of the king of Bohai." Xiao Qiongju blurted out.
"Your Royal Highness......" Lan Jing stepped forward with a sword, but after all, he did not move with his sword, after all, he was also regarded as an envoy of the Liang State, and he also knew the status of this prince in the Northern Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, if he made a move against him, it would not only be a matter for the two of them.
Gao Cheng watched Lan Jing also fight against each other, but he didn't make any more moves.
Suddenly, a white shadow flashed, so fast, a person seemed to fly out of the door of Lin Quanshe. Then a crisp and cold voice was heard, "General Lan sent the princess back." ”
All eyes were on them. Yang Shunhua was already standing at the door of Lin Quanshe with a sword, and his white clothes fluttered in the night wind.
Xiao Qiongju looked at the scene at this time and said to Gao Cheng, "I am the envoy of the state, and the prince of Bohai does not need to come here to meet in private." After speaking, he walked towards the door of Lin Quanshe.
Lan Jing also glanced at Gao Cheng, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart, and followed the princess silently in.
Gao Cheng and Yang Shunhua looked at each other with swords.
Gao Cheng saw that Yang Shunhua was holding her bun at the top, and the slanted side wanted to fall but not fall, which was both simple and clean, but also chic. There is no jewelry in the hair, only a few pearls scattered like stars. There is a little broken hair on the forehead and sideburns. She was still dressed in white, and her actions were fluttering, like a fairy in the moon descending into the world.
Gao Cheng didn't look at it, and threw the sword in his hand aside. He walked straight towards Yang Shunhua, and Yang Shunhua had no intention of retreating, until her cold sword edge touched his chest, she still held her sword against him without retreating.
Gao Cheng's eyes were full of coldness and anger just now, and he had already melted away without a trace, and said with a little sadness, "You are really as cold as ice, even if you exchange your life, you will not be moved." "When he was in Chang'an, he was seriously injured and endangered her life, was she really not tempted at all?
"Nature is remembered in my heart, and I dare not forget it." Yang Shunhua's voice was as cold as iron, word by word.
Gao Cheng looked at her puzzled, his brows slightly locked, and his heart fluctuated.
"But if it's useless to think, it's better to throw away the ...... from now on," Yang Shunhua still looked at him expressionlessly.
"Have you been to my house?" Gao Cheng was surprised and delighted.
Yang Shunhua was still unmoved and refused to speak again. She refused to take away her sword.
"It's my fault, but you heard it." Gao Cheng's voice was low, extremely gentle. If she really didn't have him in her heart, how could she visit each other in the middle of the night, and how could she care about this. "Willing to be punished, as long as there is no obstacle in your heart."
Yang Shunhua was silent, but her heart instantly surged with emotion, and she tried her best to suppress it. She is the daughter of Liang Fuyang's family, and now she is an envoy, and he is an important minister of Wei......
"It doesn't matter whose fault it is...... Meeting is only a matter of a few days...... "She always has to go back, and her days in Yecheng are minimal." Besides, she knew the nature of this humble son, how could she be held in his heart forever? It's better than never starting with everything.
"How many days?" Gao Cheng was stunned and muttered to himself. turned to ask lightly, "What if I stay in Yecheng?" ”
"Liang Fu Yang's affairs Liang Zhisheji, I will not dare to mislead the king and the country." Yang Shunhua's tone was still cold.
"I'll keep you here." Gao Cheng is also categorical.
Neither of them spoke again, silently looking at each other.
Gao Cheng turned and left.
The Duke of Puyang County and Hou Jing of Yuzhou Assassin Shi were still hot figures in the New Emperor's Dynasty. He has been operating in the Yuzhou area for many years, and he is quite a powerful prince. What's more, Prime Minister Gao Huan gave "Situ", the selection of officials, the people, the war, and the construction, as Situ, Hou Jing can almost meddle in the management.
It was actually the first time to go to the new capital Yecheng to meet the new emperor Yuan Shanjian. For several months, Hou Jing stayed in Runan, the treatment center, on the grounds of recuperation, and refused to come to Yecheng. But during this period, he and Gao Huan, the prime minister of Yecheng, maintained a rhythm of correspondence that was not secret.
It was not until this time that the Liang State of the Southern Dynasty sent envoys to Yedu to get through, and Hou Jing clearly said that he had recovered from his illness, and under the urging of the great prime minister, he set off from Runan to Yecheng, the new capital. As soon as he arrived in Yecheng, he didn't have time to meet the Son of Heaven, but he caught up with the edict of the Son of Heaven to treat the envoy of the Great Liang State, so the momentum of the Puyang County Gong Dynasty to see the Son of Heaven was covered by the momentum of the Great Wei and the good north-south of the Great Liang.
Hou Jing, along with the new emperor Yuan Shanjian and the hundred officials in the court, met the Liang envoy, Xiao Zhengde, the king of Linhe County, and others in the Taiji Hall of the palace.