The palace at night was brightly lit, and in the Changle Palace, the Empress Dowager Xu sat on the top, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she didn't know what she was thinking, Xu Yingrong hesitated beside her for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking: "Queen Mother, do you really let go of that girl like this?" "It's too cheap for her to let her go to Yangzhou.

"And what do you want? Reason with the emperor? Since the emperor has made this decision, it is impossible to change it, if he is in a hurry, he doesn't know what else to do, which is not good for the Xu family. Empress Dowager Xu snorted coldly, the emperor took a salary from the bottom of the kettle and sent people out directly, she just wanted to ask for an explanation, and it was too late.

"But... The national teacher said that if the girl is not removed, it will not be good for Jing'er. Xu Yingrong is very anxious, how can she keep someone who is not good for her son? When Empress Dowager Xu heard this, her eyes suddenly opened, and she sneered: "The emperor thinks it's okay to send her to Yangzhou?" Oh, the mourning family knows that bandits are rampant in Yangzhou Mountain, if that girl encounters any accidents on the way, then it is no wonder to others. ”

"What does the queen mean······?" Empress Dowager Xu glanced at Xu Yingrong and said, "Send a message to your father to enter the palace, and the mourning family has something to say to him." "Yes." Thinking that the Queen Mother was going to do something to that girl, Xu Yingrong breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately retreated and asked her father to enter the palace.

Zong Zhengjin and his entourage hurried day and night, walked for nearly half a month, and finally arrived in Yangzhou. According to Yi Chu's investigation, although this Yangzhou is in the south, it is not as rich as Luozhou and Zecheng, on the contrary, it is slightly poor, especially the rampant mountain bandits, which causes businessmen and tourists to dare not come here to do business, and this good mountain and water is wasted.

Zong Zhengjin lifted the curtain, looked at the green mountains and green waters outside, and sighed shallowly, is she going to live in this place in the future?

"Princess, drink some tea, and you can enter the city tomorrow." Zhao Qing thought she was tired, so she brought a glass of water and handed it to her, Zong Zhengjin took the water, looked at Zhao Qing in front of her, who was worried about her, her nose was sour, and said, "Xiaoqing, I'm sorry, let you come and suffer with me." ”

When Zhao Qing heard this, she immediately retorted: "Princess, the slave doesn't feel bitter, grandma has passed away, you are the only relative of the slave and maid, wherever you go, the slave and maid will follow." ”

"Fool." When Zong Zhengjin heard this, her heart was warm, she took Zhao Qing's hand and promised: "Don't worry, one day, I will take you back to the palace again." ”

"Yes." Zhao Qing nodded, no matter what the princess said, she would believe it, she seemed to think of something, and asked, "Princess, why did that national teacher come with us?" ”

When she saw Yi Chu in the team leaving, she was really surprised for a long time, didn't that person disappear two years ago? Why did he appear again, and went to Yangzhou with them. As soon as Yi Chu was mentioned, Zong Zhengjin's mood was a little complicated, it stands to reason that he was a person sent by his father, she should hate it, but I don't know why, for Yi Chu, she has an indescribable good impression and trust.

"He's here to help me, this person is superior in both martial arts and strategy, and with his help, it's good for me to do no harm. Also, let's not call him a national teacher outside, call him Mr. Yi, so that Mr. will not be exposed. ”

"Oh." Although Zhao Qing didn't know why the national teacher wanted to help the princess, she could see that the princess trusted him very much, so she didn't have anything to worry about. The man in white outside the car heard Zong Zhengjin's explanation, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, this Jin princess is really as rumored, alert and intelligent, if she can teach well, she will become a great weapon.

The convoy had reached the outskirts and was about to pass through the dense forest, when he suddenly heard a commotion, the keen Yi Chu suddenly felt bad, and as soon as his hand touched the sword on his waist, a group of black-clothed people ran out of the dense forest, all of them holding sharp swords, and went straight to the convoy. The guards hurriedly responded to the battle, and Yi Chu flew to the side of the carriage and instructed the master and servant of Zongzheng Jin not to come out. Compared with Zhao Qing's fear, Zong Zhengjin was much calmer, she had long known that she would not arrive in Yangzhou safely, but she didn't expect that they would endure until now before making a move. The battle outside was already in full swing, the man in black was menacing, the guards suffered heavy casualties, although Yi Chu's martial arts were strong, but they couldn't beat so many people to besiege him. Just as the men in black were about to surround the carriage, a group of people appeared out of nowhere, looking at their clothes, they looked like mountain bandits.

"His grandfather's, if he dares to fight in front of Lao Tzu's door, he doesn't want to live anymore, does he?" The leader roared.

But the two sides were fighting fiercely, and whoever had time to listen to his nonsense, the man saw that no one paid attention to him, and there was no intention of stopping on either side, and as soon as his temper came up, he slashed into the crowd with a big knife, and his men saw that the boss had gone up, and they also went up one by one to fight.

This time, all three parties fought together, and the scene was even more chaotic. But I don't know if it's a coincidence or deliberate, the group of mountain bandits are all black-clothed people, with their indiscriminate fighting, the black-clothed people quickly weakened, and the black-clothed leader saw that his side had lost his position, so he had to give up the task and run away in embarrassment.

Seeing that everyone had run away, Yi Chu made a gesture, the guards immediately stopped, and the mountain bandits also stopped, Yi Chu walked in front of the leader, saluted respectfully, and said, "Thank you for the rescue, Yi is grateful." ”

"Hey, hey, don't, when did Lao Tzu help you," the middle-aged man in the lead looked disdainful, "Lao Tzu just can't get used to wearing black clothes, it's just easy." As soon as these words came out, the guards were embarrassed, but fortunately they were dressed in brown.

Zong Zhengjin in the car laughed when he heard it, that uncle was really funny, he obviously helped them, and he didn't admit it. Yi Chu knew that he said this on purpose, and he didn't break it, but just bowed his head slightly, turned around and was about to leave. "Wait a minute." As soon as the man spoke, his subordinates immediately stopped Yi Chu, Yi Chu frowned lightly, turned his head to look at him, the man smiled evilly, and said: "You want to leave, Lao Tzu will not stop you, but you fought in front of Lao Tzu's door today, soiled my territory, and did not leave some property, so how can you do it?" ”

Yi Chu's face sank, and he replied coldly: "What if I say no? "Then don't blame me for being rude." With a wave of the man's hand, his brothers immediately surrounded the scene, and the guards were not polite, and quickly drew their swords and prepared for battle.

Just when the two sides were tense, Yi Chu suddenly smiled coldly, only to see his thin lips slightly opened: "I didn't expect Tang Qiming, who is famous in the rivers and lakes, to become a robber, if it spreads, what will everyone think of you?" As soon as the words fell, the surprise in the man's eyes flashed, and then he pretended to be calm and said, "What Tang Qiming?" I haven't heard of it. ”

"Dare to do but not take responsibility, this is the style that Jianghu people should have." Being provoked by Yi Chu like this, the man was finally angry, and he shouted loudly: "That's right, Lao Tzu is Tang Qiming, what, you want to tell the whole world about this, it doesn't matter, Lao Tzu doesn't care about that reputation." ”

Yi Chu heard the words and said with a smile; "I don't have that idea, but I'm curious why you depreciated yourself and became a bandit." In the face of his question, Tang Qiming only replied, "You don't understand at all", and suddenly thought of something and asked, "How do you know that I am Tang Qiming?" ”

"It is rumored that Tang Qiming loves to make a meniscus knife, a set of seven unique sword techniques to dance superbly, I saw your knife technique during the fight just now, so I guessed it."

"Haha, good boy, amazing, but I see that the swordsmanship you made just now is more powerful than mine, you are so good at martial arts at a young age, and you will become a great weapon in the future," Yi Chu didn't care too much about his praise, in order to fulfill his master's last wish, he spent two years to increase his strength three times, almost on par with his master, but these are far from enough.

"By the way, your martial arts are so high, what kind of school is your teacher?"

"Xuanji Pavilion Xuanjizi." He slowly spit out a few words, but Tang Qiming jumped up suddenly, "I said why are your martial arts so high, it turns out that you are the apprentice of the old predecessor of Xuanjizi." His face was excited, who is that mystery? That is the first person in martial arts, almost the entire martial arts is his admirer, when they heard the news of his death two years ago, how many people were saddened, and now that he can see his apprentice, can Tang Qiming not be excited!

"Senior Tang, you haven't told me yet, why do you want to fall into the grass?" Yi Chu asked respectfully.

Hearing this, Tang Qiming's face fell, he stomped back and forth a few steps, and finally said in a deep voice: "Back then, I was recruited and made the county magistrate of Pinghe County, Yangzhou, and I originally wanted to lead the villagers to live a good life with enthusiasm, but ...... The officialdom is dark, the officials protect each other, and they don't care about the life or death of the people at all. I also had no choice, so I brought my fellow villagers here to live, just hoping to live a good life and eat together. Tang Qiming shook his head as he spoke.

For those officials who have backstage, he hates itchy. When Yi Chu heard this, he frowned, he knew that Yangzhou was very chaotic, but he didn't expect that the biggest problem was those officials. He couldn't help but look at the carriage, wondering if the eight-year-old would be able to cope with the next ordeal. "Why don't you tell the court?" Yi Chu was a little puzzled, with his ability, if he wanted to say, who could stop him.

At the mention of this, Tang Qiming's eyes were full of contempt, and he sneered: "Hmph, the imperial court? Now that the relatives of the court are in power, the royal capital is in a miasma, what do you say? The Xu family is dominant, what else can the emperor do, I have long been disappointed in the court. ”

Before the words fell, a cold voice came out of the carriage, "You are presumptuous! Zong Zhengjin angrily walked down from the carriage, Zhao Qing wanted to stop it, but he didn't. See Princess Jinyang! The guards knelt down in unison, and only Yi Chu stood in place and looked at her with a faint gaze.

Tang Qiming was startled by the little girl who suddenly appeared, and after a closer look, the girl was extremely beautiful, with bright eyes and bright teeth, a blue dress, and her black hair was tied with a blue hairband.

I've heard about it for a long time, but I didn't expect to run into it here. Zong Zhengjin walked to Yunchen's side, looked at Tang Qiming angrily, and said, "What is the Xu family's dominance?" When will it be the turn of the Xu family to point fingers at the court, the surname of Beicang is Zongzheng, but the surname is not Xu. ”

Tang Qiming was shocked by this sudden reprimand, he looked at the angry little princess in front of him in a daze, he couldn't believe that the words just now came out of her mouth, it was really surprising.

"Little princess, although you are the emperor's daughter, I won't talk nonsense, it's a fact that the Xu family is dominant," "You ......"

"Ah Jin." Zong Zhengjin still wanted to theorize something, but was stopped by Yi Chu, since he taught her, Yi Chu has been calling her Ah Jin, for such a cordial call, Zong Zhengjin has no objection. Seeing Yi Chu's brows frowning slightly, Zong Zhengjin had no choice but to close his mouth and stop talking.

Yi Chu took a step forward and apologized: "Senior Tang is not strange, the princess is young, and it is inevitable that she will be impulsive. ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Tang Qiming waved his hand, calling the little princess like Yi Chu just now, and then looking at the little princess's reaction, he knew that these two people had a great relationship, where could he blame anything?

Yi Chu looked up at the sky, and said with some embarrassment: "Senior Tang, Yi Chu was ordered to escort Princess Jinyang to Yangzhou, if it is late today, I am afraid that I will not be able to enter the city, I don't know if I can trouble my predecessors so that the princess can have a place to settle down at night." His attitude was very humble, Tang Qiming was embarrassed to refuse, so he could only smile and nodded, and instructed the brothers to invite Zong Zhengjin and his party back to the cottage as guests.