Chapter 51: Stirring up a pool of water
The young man in white still retained his posture of hanging his head, letting his hair rise wantonly, and gradually the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more wanton, and there was a trace of ghost hidden in it, and the hem of his clothes moved with the wind, making him even more uninhibited.
The young man in white finally couldn't help it, leaned over and smiled, waited for enough laughter, combed the flying green silk with his hand, and then raised his head.
But except for the Empress Dowager Xun, these palace people only saw Yi Xue when she appeared in the main hall, and everyone heard that Yu Xue called the Empress Dowager Xun "Queen Mother", so they all knew the identity of Yi Xue, how could a mere subordinate dare to face the future of the Son of Heaven. In addition, after that, Yi Xue has been staying in the Queen Mother's meditation room, never going out, but after going out, she hides her face and does not see her face, the shape of the horse is indistinguishable, and the memory of the voice has been blurred, so for them, the person on the horse, who keeps calling the Empress Dowager Xun "Queen Mother", and is not angry, is only Sima Ji who appeared in the Buddha's light that day.
But there are still some old people in the palace who know the appearance of Tao Guifei, and there are also some sharp-eyed people who remember the appearance of Yi Xue just by looking at it.
"This ...... This is not Sima Yun...... His Highness Yun? ”
The person who spoke was Gonggong Song, Gonggong Song was shocked, and when he saw Sima Yun, he only felt that his legs were weak, and he knelt on the ground with a "plop", raising his arms and shouting:
"See—"
Before he could finish the rest of the sentence, the young man in white put his finger to his mouth with interest and made a "shhhhhhh
Gonggong Song was dumbfounded, his mouth was still open and closed, and he didn't know what he was doing, but he couldn't take back the movements on his body, and leaned over to make a big salute.
Everyone in the palace came back to their senses, saw that Song Gonggong had made a big salute, looked at each other, and finally hurriedly knelt down and saluted the young man in white.
The young man in white waved his hand, turned over and dismounted with a deft movement, found the arrow that had just been shot in the grass, looked at it from a distance in the direction of the arrow's tail, and then pulled out the arrow, looked at it carefully, and finally inserted it into the leather bag of the saddle. Then he calmly picked up the fallen hat, shook off the dust on it, and put it back on.
Some of the Assassins had seen the scene around the carriage from a distance, and at the same time, they had been forced to retreat by the soldiers, and the Assassins exchanged glances, and several of them swept up the sand and gravel on the ground with their swords, kicking up dust, and the soldiers in front of them were instantly blinded, and the Assassins took the opportunity to flee.
At the same time, a figure in the distance disappeared into the dazzling sunlight.
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A hundred miles away, above the city tower, several people looked in the direction where the convoy was located from a distance.
"Lord Wang, the people below have come to report that they have successfully saved the Queen Mother and her party, but those black-clothed assassins have not been caught alive, and their subordinates have not done their jobs well, so please ask the prince to surrender."
Yang Wei knelt on one knee, Sima Jing bowed his head, his expression did not change, and he seemed to have expected it.
"General Yang, get up, I've worked hard for you this time, those people are weird, it's normal if you can't catch them, our purpose this time is just to let the Queen Mother and Ji'er and her party successfully return to Beijing." As he spoke, he glanced at Yi Xue and Sima Cheng next to him, paused, and then said, "Now, since the goal has been achieved, there is nothing to be careless. ”
Yang Xuan got up and stood behind the three of them, Yi Xue had already changed into the same clothes as the young man in white, and Sima Cheng was still wearing a dark martial robe, standing behind Yi Xue, seeing that the convoy had slowly walked to the foot of the city gate, the four of them were ready to go down to the city to greet them.
The stairs in the city wall are relatively steep, Yi Xue has some worries, one is not careful, his feet slip, and he is about to be planted, Sima Cheng behind the evil girl is quick, and he grabbed Yi Xue's wrist and held her like a kitten.
Yi Xue felt more and more awkward, panicked and broke free of his wrist, took a few steps back, while rubbing her wrist that had just been pinched by Sima Cheng, her face was instantly like a soldering iron, hot and bad, fortunately, the light in the corridor was dim, and the changes on her face were not noticed by anyone.
And Yi Xue's heart is not because of this Sima Cheng!
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That night, Yi Xue and Sima Cheng left the White Horse Temple while they were unprepared, and Yi Xue was puzzled, not long ago, didn't Sima Cheng let her honestly follow the Queen Mother back to the palace? Why did she say that she was going to leave directly tonight, she didn't know how she was going to explain to the Queen Mother, but Sima Cheng said lightly, "The subordinates have been arranged." "I just blocked all the questions about Xue Xue.
The partition wall has ears, Sima Cheng didn't explain much, and Yi Xue followed him out of the White Horse Temple.
Yi Xue also learned to ride a horse in the palace, but after riding for a day, the next day she was in pain between her legs, and her walking posture became a problem.
As a result, when Sima Cheng led the horse out, Yi Xue found that there was only one horse, and she could only ride one horse with Sima Cheng!
Sima Cheng helped Yi Xue get on the horse, and then sat in the back by himself. Sima Cheng's shoulders were broad, and Xue Xue was thin, so she was properly wrapped in the crook of his arm, and along the way, the horse riding was inevitably bumpy, and the two of them pressed their chests to their backs from time to time, although they couldn't see each other's faces, they could feel each other's heartbeats.
Yi Xue was afraid that Sima Cheng would feel her wrap or a slightly faster heartbeat because of this, so she had to lean forward as much as possible to avoid this meaningless touch.
There are no lights and candles along the way, and the moon is faint tonight, and the surrounding scenery is full of shadows, and the snow is inarticulate, and together with the dark horse, the two are also well hidden in this night, which is not easy to detect.
Soon the horses of the two stopped at the door of a high-rise building, and Sima Cheng helped Yi Xue get off the horse and said to Yi Xue:
"I hope Your Highness will forgive me for being embroidered at night, and the Queen Mother will ask you to stay here temporarily before returning to the palace."
Yi Xue had no objection, she believed that Sima Cheng would not harm her, so she asked, "Where is this?" ”
"Can I explain the specific matters in detail to His Highness tonight?"
Sima Cheng didn't answer directly, and I don't know if it was intentional, indeed, if he answered, Yi Xue would definitely throw out a series of questions next, sneaking in the middle of the night must have some scruples, Yi Xue nodded, and stopped going down.
Yi Xue saw that the wooden door in front of him was not big, it was estimated that this was just a partial door, after all, even if it was just by this dim moonlight, looking at it, this high-rise building looked like a painting pavilion golden gate, and the gold was still faintly shining with dark light, not the jade building golden palace was also a treasure house.
The small door was hidden, Sima Cheng pushed open the door, motioned for Xue Xue to go in, he led the horse to follow behind Xue Xue, Xue Xue walked in, she looked around, and found that this was a wide courtyard, although the night was thick, but faintly you could see a row of low houses under the tall buildings, Xue Xue thought: If this is an inn, then there are these low houses are not the places where people like shopkeepers or cooks live, so many people, you can imagine the scene of the market here during the day.
Yi Xue didn't expect Sima Cheng to find such a magnificent residence for her, could it be that she could experience the life of the palace in advance? Yi Xue couldn't help but be a little worried.
After Sima Cheng tied his horse, Yi Xue saw a woman coming out of the low house.