In the middle of the carriage, the carriage was frequently opened, revealing Shen Zhu's delicate cheeks, greedily enjoying the beautiful scenery along the plug. Li Li on his side, thinking that it was difficult to help the pain of bumps along the way, and closed his eyes and took a break. Shen Pearl took the futon lovingly, Fang carefully covered him, he had woken up, hugged her into his arms, and said with half-open eyes: "Why are you not tired, and you can rest for a while." She was in his arms, shook her head with a smile, he also chuckled, and whispered: "It's true, although the road is hard, it is rare and quiet, just the two of us, it couldn't be better." ”

At the end of last month, we set off from Chang'an, passed through Longxi, and traveled for nearly half a month, and finally arrived at Jincheng County, the destination of this trip. The little Jincheng county guard was stabbed to death, and he didn't need to work Li Jiao, the prince and secretary of the criminal department, to personally review it, but he insisted on going before the saint, and took the princess with him, and the saint was approved. For this reason, Shen Pearl blamed Li Jiao a lot, Li Linfu had already killed him, and he was not successful in the black pine forest last time, how could he stay away from Gyeonggi and take advantage of it with others! Li Li didn't think so, saying that under the bright sun, Li Linfu didn't have the guts, and Shen Pearl was anxious and thought that Li Li had a plan for everything, and he was not a reckless and dull person, so he let go of his mind somewhat.

The two of them snuggled up to each other and didn't speak again, only hearing the wheels rolling, although it was the height of summer, it was cool.

"Your Highness," one person lightly buttoned the window, Li Jiao said "um", Shen Pearl woke up and sat up straight, the corner of the window curtain was opened, revealing a dark and thin face, and reported: "Your Highness, only two miles to Jincheng County, the deputy guard of Jincheng County led a group of officials to wait at the city gate to greet you." Li Jiao nodded in understanding, and the man turned his horse's head and walked forward. This person is Feng Yu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, but Shen Pearl was told by Li Li that his real name is Feng Shengyi, and he was raised as a dead soldier by Li Li five years ago. This time he went to Jincheng County, and Feng Shengsheng was secretly responsible for protecting the two.

In less than half an hour, the car battle has come to the wide official road, only to see a majestic pass in front, on both sides of a mountain and rock, the wall stands thousands of miles, a big river is surging, the water is full of city walls, the city tower is towering, the suspension bridge is dangerously suspended, the book "Jincheng Pass" three big characters, Shen Pearl sincerely praised: "What a solid Jincheng Pass!" ”

Chen Zhou, the deputy guard of Jincheng County, was about forty years old, in moderate shape, with six rooms, six hall officials, staff, and clerks and yakulala at the gate of the city for a long time.

Li Jiao and him did not mince words, and said straightly: "Where was Taishou Kujun killed, take me to the scene quickly!" ”

Chen Zhou snorted and said: "Your Highness has worked hard all the way, and the lower officials have prepared a family banquet, and they have to use the meal." ”

Li Jiao lowered his hand and said, "No need! Walking straight towards the city gate, Chen Zhou had no choice but to follow behind and hurriedly tell the story of Ku Jun's murder.

It turns out that although this Jincheng County is located in the border hammer, it is an important town in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty, adjacent to Tubo, and is mostly a nuisance of Tubo, but the county guard Kujun is an elegant person. In addition to routine official duties, I often like to travel in micro-clothes, looking for folk elegance, there are many Qiang, Gaochang, and Goryeo people in Jincheng County, and strange makeup and clothes are mixed in the small county city of less than three or four hundred steps in the north and south, and only seven or eight hundred steps in the east and west.

The incident happened 20 days ago, Ku Jun left the government early in the morning, and said to the miscellaneous servants that he would be an old friend, and no one cared very much. By the end of the night, he hadn't returned home. Mrs. Ku Jun died of illness the year before last, only one side of the Wang family was in charge, Fang hurriedly sent someone to look for it, and at dawn on the second day, Ku Jun's body was found in the guest room of a wine shop in the east of the city. Under examination, he was stabbed in the heart with a sharp knife and died, and the liquor store has now been seized. Ku Jun's body has been buried first due to the current heat.

Li Li sneered: "What a Kujun, he took the imperial court, he didn't want to make progress, and he finally died." Look at your county sergeant, morale is low, and I want to see that you are unable to govern the county. Chen Zhou's face was gray, and he replied again and again, and asked him again: "Can the suspect get it?" Chen Zhou said: "A suspect has been arrested, just waiting for His Highness to review and convict." Only then did Li Jiao nod and get on the soft sedan chair and go towards the yamen of the county government. Shen Pearl was divided into another way, and was surrounded by officials of all sizes and went to the post house next to the yamen to rest.

The inn has long been furnished to luxury. Shen Pearl waited for washing by plain porcelain and red stamen, used some special snacks, and waited until it was getting dark before Li Jiao came back. After eating together, I hurriedly asked him how the case was going.

Li Jiao knew that she had always been interested in prison cases, and if it was not a big deal, she would always talk to her, so she smiled and said, "It's just a small affair crime." Na Kujun hooked up with an orchid who sold wine in a wine shop, and often came to the wine shop to hang out with her. Who knew that the orchid was originally a lover, but he was only out all the time, and when he came back that day, he happened to run into it, and the evil was born from the guts, and he assassinated Ku Jun on the spot. The murderer has pleaded guilty and the case is closed. ”

Shen Pearl thought that the case was complicated, but it turned out to be so simple, and she was a little disappointed. Li Li squeezed her hand and said, "What?" Shouldn't we take the opportunity to be lazy and stay here for a few more days in the name of investigating the case? It's a hard journey, so let's go to bed early! ”

Shen Pearl was indeed a little tired, and the two of them talked for a while, then went to bed to rest, and Li Jiao didn't bother her, she closed her eyes and fell asleep after a while.

She sleeps very well and is therefore energetic during the day. This night, I should have woken up to the East Dabai, but for some reason I dreamed all night, tossed and turned, and only held Li Li's hand in the haze, so as to feel at ease. Woke up in the middle of the night, her hands were empty, and Li Jiao was not seen on the bed next to her, she was stunned for a while by leaning on the bedpost, and walked to the outer room with her coat.

Through the door panel, she heard the extremely low voices of the three people in the outer room, and there was Li Li's voice inside, she was stable in her heart, and walked back, but she heard the voice of one of them half a degree higher, mixed with the word "princess", and couldn't help but stop and listen carefully.

Listening to the man's deep voice, he seemed to be persuading Li Jiao: "Although Shen Liangzhi is imprisoned, he may not be in danger for a while. His Royal Highness ......" Shen Pearl heard the words "Shen Liangzhi", his whole body was cold, and he couldn't move.

"No", Li Jiao was categorical: "We have to do it in advance, Li Linfu is the best at killing people and destroying mouths." Now that Shengcong has been blinded, he has repeated his old tricks, and the situation is changing rapidly. ”

"Your Highness, we are not fully deployed." The other person's voice was very familiar, and Shen Pearl saved half a moment, and then remembered that it was Feng Shengyi. Involuntarily stood on tiptoe and looked inward through a gap in the window lattice: Li Li, Feng Shengyi...... The person next to her was shocked-Chen Zhou! Jincheng County Deputy Shou Chen Zhou! It's not the flattery I saw before, his face is rigorous and solemn, and he looks bright. Li Li, Li Li, how many secrets do you have?

Li Jiao snorted slightly and said, "This time we don't need to use knives and guns, Lord Chen has made great contributions, so have you settled down Orchid?"

Chen Zhou replied: "Except for Xia Guan, no one knows her whereabouts. Hmph, I can't imagine that the Tibetan general Absi is really a seed of infatuation. Xia Guan is also used to seeing Hu Yi people in Jincheng County, either they are absolutely ruthless, or they are born with a love word, which is really strange. For the sake of the demon orchid, he actually agreed to go to Beijing to accuse Li Linfu of colluding with him and rebelling, and clear up Li Linfu's grievances of colluding with Lord Shen Liangzhi. Ho, Xia Guan originally pointed out that Li Linfu was brought down by this matter, but it was not a coincidence, and it actually served two purposes. ”

Li Jiao said: "That's good, you immediately offer a plan with Yang Guozhong, he is worried that there is no incident, he will think about it, we will allocate thousands of pounds in four or two, just wait and see." However, the princess's father ...... Feng Shengyi, you quickly pass the book Muwei, don't look carefully! Feng Shengyi replied in a low voice.

"Wait," Li Jiao suddenly changed his mind and said, "Tell Mu Wei to bring a few good hands, and the idea is to rob Lord Shen from prison." The rest of the contract Shen Mansion and others all found a safe place to hide, just waiting for the matter to be over. ”

Feng Shengyi hesitated for a moment: "This, Lord Shen's reputation for innocence ......" robbed the prison, and Shen Liangzhi became a fugitive.

"What reputation," Li Jiao interrupted, "If you don't die, what reputation does it matter." As long as Muwei doesn't leave traces, Li Linfu is removed, are you afraid that your reputation will not return? "Feng Shengyi should be ready to go.

"Wait!" The door connecting the inner and outer rooms was wide open, and Shen Pearl stood at the threshold, the wind blew the clothes, fluttering like a fairy. Feng Shengyi was at a loss for a while, and glanced at Li Li nervously, but Chen Zhou was calm and calm, and he didn't look at it.

"When robbing prison, please bring a sentence to my father: Life and karma, fiber must be repaid." Shen Zhuzhu's eyes looked at Feng Shengyi firmly, and he spoke softly, word by word, clearly and clearly. His father was upright, and he would rather suffer the pain of prison and the disaster of blood and light than escape from prison, and only by telling him that if he was not innocent, it would affect the king of Quang Binh, could he be persuaded to flee with the robbers.

"Just do what the princess says!" Li Jiao's expression remained unchanged, and after speaking, he waved his hand, and Feng Shengyi and Chen Erren retreated respectfully.

"Pearl," he approached, and she sighed inwardly, slowly leaning her head against his chest, closing her eyes silently. He stood like this, hugged her in his arms for a long time, and asked for a long time: "Pearl, I am the one who tired my father, do you blame me?" ”

He called her father "father", how could she blame him, she should have expected that there would be this day, the emperor's favor, Li Jiao has become the biggest barrier for the prince, and Li Linfu must want to get rid of the prince. And to get rid of Li Jiao, the assassination will be fruitless, and the open killing will not be courageous, and the errand of the criminal department will not be able to catch the sore feet, so he can only start from the princess of Guangping. After all, there is no place of tranquility in this world, even if people don't offend me, I don't offend people It's wishful thinking, the prince had this idea back then, and even the most beloved Concubine Wei couldn't keep it, Li Jiao was different from the prince in the end.

"It's just that we have to stay in Jincheng County for a little longer," Li Jiao straightened her body, stared at her like jade, her eyes were like pearls and glowing like smoke, and said softly: "Wait until Li Linfu's incident happens." If you return early, you will be detained. A gentle kiss was placed on her forehead, and she continued, "I don't want you to suffer the slightest. Don't worry, Li Linfu, he will not survive this month. Jincheng County is all our people, and it is our ...... of the world" When it comes to the word "world", he is calm, as if the whole world is in his hands.

She thought about the killing of Kujun, killing two birds with one stone, how wonderful. Deduced one by one, Chen Zhou was already a corporal under Li Jiao, Jincheng County could be defended and attacked, and Li Jiao wanted to include Jincheng County in his pocket in addition to raising a large number of dead soldiers. Ku Jun is lustful, Chen Zhou Guangbu eyeliner will make his whereabouts and preferences clear one by one, and he knows that General Absi loves a beautiful orchid, so he plans to let Ku Jun and the orchid get acquainted, maybe the entire orchid wine shop is set up by Chen Zhou. Later, the East Window Incident occurred, Ku Jun was killed, and according to the custom, Chen Zhou should succeed him as the county guard; Absi was captured on the spot, killing the officials of the Tang Dynasty is already a capital crime, not to mention that the jade man was detained, Chen Zhou used both soft and hard, Absi went to the capital to confess his guilt regardless of his own life, this move Li Li may not have wanted to use it immediately, after all, Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong are in the middle of the fight, and they always have to make the best killer when they are both defeated, who knows that Li Linfu will strike first, and Li Li's side has to send. In other words, the first carving of these two carvings is still good, and the second carving is not for Li Jiao, Chen Zhou and others who can grasp the mind of Absi, and change it to a ruthless general, it will also be a failure. is such a loving and affectionate Hu man, thinking about it, his heart actually jumped.

I didn't want to jump over, although I felt that some things had not been fully sorted out, I finally put my mind at ease, leaned on his solid chest, and slowly fell asleep unconsciously.

These ten days are unusually short and unusually long. During the day, Li Li would always accompany her to visit and enjoy the county. She once stood in Jincheng Guancheng Tower, watched the mighty side city, the weather was thousands, and also climbed the Wuquan Mountain in the south of the county, passed the Chongqing Temple, the Thousand Buddha Pavilion, the thousand-year-old temple, elegant and quiet. Only at night, after Li Jiao went out to discuss matters, she lay alone in bed, calculating the journey back to Beijing with Feng Shengyi's secret escort, waiting for Li Jiao's return, it was extremely tormenting, and she couldn't even complain about Hongrui and Su Porcelain. Li Jiao was already very sympathetic, afraid of disturbing her, so he changed the place to discuss with Chen Zhou and others, and knew that she was waiting for him to return every night, always trying to simplify and shorten the time, and hurried back to sleep with her. If you have this husband, what more can you ask for.

"Su Porcelain, let's go to sleep first, don't wait." Shen Pearl smiled and shook the plain porcelain who was napping on the bed. Su Ci rubbed his eyes and looked around, "Why hasn't His Highness come back yet?" ”

Shen Pearl said: "Your Highness will come back later today, look at you, although it is summer now, this Jincheng County is cool in the morning and evening, your hands and feet are cold, go to sleep, don't worry about me." ”

Su Ci rubbed his hands slightly, hesitated and walked out, Fang walked to the door and turned back and said to Shen Pearl hesitantly: "Miss, I know that now is different from the past, there are some things that should not be asked, and it should not be asked." But I see that Miss has been worried and haggard lately, and Miss should be careful of her body. Shen Zhuzhu's heart was hot, and she replied: "Good plain porcelain, it's fine." Su Ci listened and poured a cup of hot tea for Shen Zhu, and waited for her to drink before leaving.

Shen Pearl blew out the candle flame and lay down in his clothes, he just couldn't sleep because he had something in his heart, and finally fell asleep for less than a quarter of an hour, when he heard the faint sound of the "card" of the door, he opened his eyes and got up and said softly: "Yu, you are back." But she didn't hear Li Li's usual answer, "Check", the fire flashed in front of her, her eyes were not adapted to the sudden light, and she could hardly open her eyes. When the pupils of her eyes adjusted to the light, a soft shout overflowed from her mouth: "Ah, Second Brother An! ”

The person who came was An Qingxu, he blew out the fire in his hand and squatted on the side of the bed.

"Second Brother An, why did you come here?" Such a night, such a moment, boldly broke into the post house full of attendants, this An Qingxu was confused, and came to Jincheng County from afar, don't bother her for the sake of imitating Rong Linzhi, she can't help.

He suddenly grabbed her hand, "Follow me!" She froze, and tried to pull her hand out, but his wrist didn't move like an iron hoop. She was anxious and angry, and scolded in a deep voice: "What are the nerves, what is the matter to talk about tomorrow during the day, where can I go with you now?" I'm coming back. ”

"Pearl, I want you!" An Qingxu waited for her to finish scolding, and said firmly, three words like lightning and thunder, thunderbolt in the clear sky, which shocked Shen Pearl dizzy, although the night was deep and there was no moonlight, it could still be seen that An Qingxu's eyes seemed to be burning with a flame, wild and uninhibited, and her heart was beating uncontrollably.

"Pearl, I only want you in this life. I thought about it for more than a month, and I contradicted it for more than a month. From the capital, follow you to Jincheng County. When you climb the mountain and visit the temple, I will follow and watch from afar. Today I finally figured it out, the person I really like is not Murong Linzhi, but you! I've missed it once, and I can't afford to miss it a second time! Come with me, don't be this Laoshizi Princess Guangping, in that Li Li's heart, the imperial power is far more important than you; Come with me, we will wander the world, and I will only pretend to be you wholeheartedly in my heart, and nothing else! ”

While talking, he dragged Shen Pearl's hand to the door, Shen Pearl followed him in a daze, An Qingxu was happy in his heart, and was saying "We can't go through the main door, just jump out of the window", Shen Pearl suddenly shook his hand away, and heard her say in a deep voice, "No!" The eyes that looked at her were resolute and calm.

An Qingxu felt pain in his heart, but he still had a glimmer of hope and asked, "What?!" ”

She shook her head and said, "I can't, I'm my wife." ”

An Qingxu caught her language and was happy: "You said 'can't', not 'unwilling'." ”

Indeed, these are two concepts. Shen Pearl didn't expect him to ask a little bit.

"Can't" or "Don't want to"?

"Can't" or "Don't want to"?

"Can't" or "Don't want to"?

But in an instant, she thought about it over and over again, her head was dizzy, and in an instant, the Lingtai was clear: Of course, these are two concepts, but what is the difference between An Qingxu at this time, she will not follow him left and right. He said, "I'm wrong, I'm 'unwilling'!" ”

"Yo, when a distant guest comes to visit, why don't you ask the waiter to serve tea?" At this moment, the door suddenly opened, Li Jiaoyu walked in with a sneer, opened his arms to hug Shen Pearl into his arms, turned his head to An Qingxu and said: "What kind of tea does Deputy Envoy An like to use, Jincheng County Tea and Horse Market, the world's good tea and famous tea, this king has some of them, speaking of which, this king has never played tea with Deputy Envoy An, and today is an opportunity." ”

An Qingxu's face was already pale, and he replied: "Your Highness is kind to An Mou's heart, An Mou is a rough person, he doesn't know what tea and chess, and he is a dignified man, all of them are superior to Kendo, I don't know if His Highness can deliberately discuss swords with An?" Shen Zhu's complexion changed, she knew that An Qingxu's swordsmanship was strong, and Li Jiao was not an opponent, so she was busy pulling Li Jiao's sleeve. Li Jiao replied briskly: "This is exactly what this king wants, how about tomorrow at noon?" ”

An Qingxu snorted and smiled: "Your Highness, the golden jade leaf, An doesn't want to take advantage." In my opinion, there is no need to rush this competition, let's take it for a year, and His Royal Highness can also visit famous teachers all over the world to intensify their hard training, so as not to lose this competition. Hum. ”

"Well, today next year, this king is waiting for Your Excellency in Chang'an!"

An Qingxu clenched his fists when he heard this, his eyes swept over Shen Pearl like a cone, and his body jumped away from the back window like an ape.

"Li, I-" Shen Pearl was about to say something, but was interrupted by Li Li's "shhh With a slight smile on his face, he gently hugged her across the bed, warmed her cold arms with his own hands, and said, "Look, how cold is the whole body, what is wrong if you are sick." ”