Li Hong returned to the East Palace and came to the Tang Garden. A table has been set up in the Tang Garden, with a plate of pickles and a pot of warm rice wine on top of the table. Li Hong eats a mouthful of pickles, drinks a sip of wine, leisurely, everything that happened in the court today seems to have nothing to do with him, but only he knows that he drinks with pickles because he misses Zhou Juan, he thinks that Zhou Juan can't go out of the city to see her, so he can only taste her pickles one bite at a time.

Thoughts are like a flood beast, you don't lock it up, once it floods, you are finished, you can only be at its mercy... For the current Li Hong, Zhou Juan is like this, he didn't control the love for Zhou Juan in his heart, and he couldn't take it back if he released it this time...

"Your Highness is really leisurely, aren't you worried about tomorrow's negotiations?" At this moment, Princess Gesang suddenly walked up to Li Hong and said. She looked at Li Hong condescendingly, with a bit of arrogance in her indifference, and when Li Hong looked up at her, she found that the woman's eyes revealed contempt when she looked at her.

Li Hong smiled, he put down the wine glass in his hand and said, "Wouldn't it be better for the princess if Datang agreed to Tubo's request?" Why did the princess worry so much about lonely things? ”

"I'm just curious." Princess Gesang said.

"This is not something you women should be curious about, princess, you better go back!" Li Hong said lightly. His Yaxing was disturbed by Princess Gesang, and he was a little unhappy in his heart.

Whoever is disturbed when a person is quietly thinking about his beloved will feel unhappy.

Princess Gesang ignored Li Hong's words, but looked at Li Hong and asked, "Your Highness won't invite me to sit down and have a drink?" ”

"This dish is not suitable for the princess, and this wine is even more unsuitable for the princess, so why should the princess be strong?" Li Hong said with a double light.

He didn't know the purpose of Princess Gesang's coming to the East Palace, but he wanted to tell Princess Gesang through this sentence that the East Palace didn't have what she needed, and the East Palace didn't have the benefits she wanted, so let her leave early.

Princess Gesang understood Li Hong's words, but she was unmoved, but sat opposite Li Hong. If Li Hong said such a sentence, she would have to leave the East Palace obediently, then she would not be a person who dared to risk her life to come to Datang for the sake of her brother's great cause.

Li Hong saw Princess Gesang sitting opposite him, he frowned, but after all, he still didn't speak again, because he knew that once a woman was persistent, it would be terrible.

"Your Highness, Ambassador An has won the battle in the Xuanzheng Hall today, do you think it is necessary to continue the negotiations tomorrow?" Princess Gesang still asked without giving up.

She pressed the treasure on Li Hong, if Li Hong was really defeated by An Lai like this, then she should also think about her own way out and find another way.

Li Hong knew that Princess Gesang would not give up until she got an answer, and he was not afraid that she would reveal her words to An Lai, so he said lightly, "It is necessary, because An Lai will lose tomorrow's negotiations." ”

Princess Gesang asked a little incredulously, "Your Highness is so confident?" ”

"Of course." Li Hong said, poured another glass of wine, and began to drink slowly.

"Then why didn't Your Highness fight back today? To behave so powerlessly? Princess Gesang stared at Li Hong and asked.

Li Hong replied without hesitation, "Because, Lone likes to be passive—"

"This-" Princess Gesang was choked by Li Hong's answer, what kind of answer is this? But at this time, she suddenly saw Li Hong's eyes roaming on her chest, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she immediately understood the meaning of Li Hong's answer to her, and a faint flush appeared on her fair face.

"Hehe-"

Li Hong couldn't help but smile when he saw Princess Gesang showing the shyness of her little daughter in front of her. When Li Hong smiled like this, Princess Gesang didn't dare to look at her even more, and her pretty face became even more flushed.

After half a moment, Princess Gesang returned to her appearance just now, and asked Li Hong again, "I, can I ask His Highness another question?" ”

"Say it!" Li Hong said.

"Your Highness, how did your earth dog win our mastiff?" Princess Gesang said with a serious expression, "No matter whether you drugged the mastiff or did anything to the earth dog, but that earth dog is already more than ten years old at first glance, no matter how you think about countermeasures, it will not be able to win the mastiff!" ”

In fact, Li Hong is also very strange about this question, he believes in Yan Zhuang very much, and also thinks that Zhang Shun is not bold enough to lie to him, and what the two of them said to him is true. But he still doubts that a soil dog that has been more than ten years old, no matter how hard he uses it, it is very difficult to win the mastiff! Today, Princess Gesang asked the doubts in his heart, and he could only frown, because he didn't know either.

After half a sound, Li Hongcai said, "This, Lone doesn't know." ”

Li Hong's answer hurt Princess Gesang very much, you don't know the inside story, are you despising my IQ?

"Your Highness, do you think I will believe it when you say that?" Princess Gesang sneered.

Li Hong said with an innocent face, "Gu Zhen doesn't know. ”

Princess Gesang still shook her head in disbelief. Li Hong didn't bother to take care of her, believe it or not, would I explain so much to you?

Princess Gesang saw that Li Hong ignored her, so she proposed, "Why don't we go and ask the dog fighter?" ”

Li Hong also wanted to relieve the doubts in his heart, so he nodded slightly, "Since you are so persistent, I will accompany you on a trip!" ”

The two of them immediately got up and came to a small courtyard specially opened up by the East Palace to raise dogs. This is specially prepared by Li Hong for earth dogs and puppies, as well as Zhang Shun. The earth dog has made a contribution to the Tang Dynasty, sacrificing his four children for this, and Li Hong decides to raise it, and will give it the best treatment.

Zhang Shun was feeding the dog, and when he saw Li Hong and Princess Gesang, he was startled, and he was busy bowing down, but he was stopped by Li Hong.

"Are the puppies and alright?" Li Hong asked.

Zhang Shun replied with a nervous expression, "Your Highness, Your Highness, they are all fine." ”

"Zhang Shun, what's wrong with you today, talking so much?" Li Hong was surprised, wasn't Zhang Shun like this before? However, with Zhang Shun's direction, when Li Hong saw that there were seven or eight dogs in the distance, he knew why Zhang Shun was so nervous. He handed over this small yard to Zhang Shun before, and also gave him silver money, so that he could feed the dogs and puppies, but now that he has so many dogs, he is naturally afraid of himself. Thinking of this, Li Hong smiled and said, "You raised this dog?" Well, it looks good, and Lone likes it very much. ”

Zhang Shun saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not only did not blame himself, but also liked his own dogs, so he no longer wanted to be as nervous as before, and spoke a lot more neatly, plus when he talked about dogs, he had endless words, so he began to introduce the dogs he raised with Li Hong.

After half a day, Zhang Shuncai introduced the eight dogs he raised one by one.

"According to what you say, dog fighting is popular in Chang'an City now?" Li Hong asked in surprise.

"That's right!" Zhang Shun said with a smile, "Since the last time His Royal Highness fought dogs with Tubo Ambassador An Lai, there has been a popular saying in Chang'an City, saying that cockfighting is also a game played by girls, and you should fight dogs." So now many rich children of dog fighting have begun to change to dog fighting, and I have heard that many princes and nobles have stopped fighting cocks and changed to dog fighting. Now the price of dogs in Chang'an City has risen sharply, no one wanted a dog before, and now a good dog can be sold for thousands of copper coins. ”

"This is outrageous!" Li Hong said with emotion. In the past, the sons of Chang'an Chengxun were popular in cockfighting, and his two younger brothers Li Xian and Li Zhe liked cockfighting, so Wang Bo also wrote an article for Li Xian "Yingwang Chicken", because of this article he almost lost his life. Now I didn't expect that the cockfighting, which has been popular among the nobles for a long time, would decline because of a dog fight between himself and Anlai, and it was said to be a game played by girls? Li Hong was a little crying and laughing, because he found that his actions had changed Datang's entertainment projects...

Princess Gesang saw that Li Hong and Zhang Shun were chatting happily, and she forgot what the purpose of the two of them coming here was, so she couldn't help but ask, "Zhang Shun, why can your dog win the mastiff?" Isn't there anything special about it? ”

"This..."Zhang Shun moved his gaze to Li Hong.

Li Hong knew what Zhang Shun was worried about, so he smiled and said, "You say, it just so happens that Lone also wants to hear the difference between this dog, so you can explain it to us!" ”

"No!" Zhang Shun bowed down and replied, he took a deep breath, brewed his emotions and said, "Your Highness, when I was a child, I heard my grandfather say a sentence, he said that the beast that the tiger in the mountains and forests of Youzhou is most feared is not a black blind man with rough skin and thick flesh, nor a wild boar king weighing six hundred stones, but a mountain guard dog who goes up the mountain. ”

"Mountain Dogs?" Li Hong was surprised, and he also knew a lot about the rumors about the "mountain dog", "Could it be that this earth dog is a mountain dog?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Shun nodded and said, "This is a mountain guard dog that grandpa raised when he was still alive." ”

According to legend, the mountain dog used to be used to guard the village in the cottage, all of which are left by dozens of large dog fighting beasts, respectively guarding the front and back doors of the cottage, they have an extremely irritable temper, and quite strong aggression, definitely the first loyal dog in the canine!

Therefore, it was determined that this earth dog was a mountain guard dog, and coupled with the hands and feet that Yan Zhuang and Zhang Shun made for the mastiff during the dog fight, Li Hong's doubts in his heart were also resolved. Because the mountain guard dog is definitely qualified to fight with the mastiff, let alone a mountain guard dog that has lost its own child, no matter how old it is, it is still qualified to fight with the mastiff...

Although Princess Gesang didn't know what kind of dog the mountain guard dog was, she heard Zhang Shun say this, and then looked at Li Hong's expression, it seemed to be very powerful. Therefore, she also believed in the fact that this dog was a mountain guard dog and was definitely qualified to fight with the mastiff...