Chapter 40: Walking on the water
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In Gu Changming's sentence, he couldn't go to the next post station in a day's work, so he sent the family team to find a sheltered mountain and pull up a tent. When everything was ready, the third princess slowly walked out of the carriage with the support of Liu Zhuxue.
Xiao Zheng bowed his head and told his entourage to set up their tent next to them, so that they didn't have to get too close to the princess, just take care of each other. As soon as he looked up, he saw Liu Zhuxue's quiet gaze, which seemed to sense him, and did not avoid it, but waited without the slightest mood swing to follow the third princess into the tent after a while.
The weather was getting colder, the stove was raised in the tent, and the third princess had just sat down, and the hot water was brought in outside. She lowered her head and took two sips: "That Liao envoy has seen you?" ”
"Yes, when I was in Kaifeng Mansion." Liu Zhuxue didn't want to mention this person, but when the third princess asked, she brushed it off.
"No wonder he ran to us with nothing to do, didn't he see Changming Gongzi and thought that you would be nearby, so he was looking for someone?" The third princess wanted to understand a lot of truths in the past two days, and read the booklet about the preferences of the emperor of Liao collected by Gu Changming himself.
A Xiao Zheng is unwilling to tell the truth, and the envoy team is not alone, Gu Changming has the means to get out the other party's words, and after three or four people, his words are conclusive.
I'm afraid that the preferences of men are similar, and the third princess has seen it a few times to make sure that this is not much different from her father. In addition to the sharp decrease in the number of people in the harem, it is a good thing for her, there are few opponents and there is no need to spend so much effort to deal with it.
"Third princess, don't mention this person." Liu Zhuxue didn't finish a hard word, Xiao Zheng's shadow flickered outside the tent, obviously prepared.
"Princess, the next post station is in the territory of Liao, and I will be wronged by the princess in the past two days." Xiao Zheng said in a deep voice, "The emperor is flying eagle to pass the book, and there is a cycling team starting from Shangjing, which will meet us soon." At that time, the freshest melons, fruits and meat, as well as precious clothes and ornaments, will be sent to show the emperor's heart for the princess. ”
There were four people guarding outside the third princess's tent, and Xiao Zheng was the envoy to welcome relatives. Now that he is not in a formal setting, the third princess can invite him into the tent and speak with a screen.
So Xiao Zheng picked a very suitable time, and after saying these words, he waited for a stick of incense before the third princess said softly: "Then thank the emperor for his kindness." ”
Xiao Zheng blinked in disbelief, stared at the tent and looked at it again, and it was clear that there were two figures projected on it, and Liu Zhuxue was in the tent, deliberately silent, reducing the sense of existence.
If she didn't want to be seen by him, she could have stayed out of the way, or covered her face with a hood veil. The maid beside Princess Da Song, he couldn't come to him to take a closer look. If she was especially showing her figure in front of him, and provoked him again, why did she avoid it?
Liu Zhuxue's identity background, Xiao Zheng investigated it clearly in the morning, and it had nothing to do with the palace at all. How did you become the maid of the third princess in a blink of an eye? What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd, he is really a little unsure.
Xiao Zheng was sure that Princess Da Song would not have a second sentence, and when he saw Pei Yonglun and Gu Changming coming over one after the other, he pinched his nose, turned around and left. Pei Yonglun is not easy to mess with, and Gu Changming is even more difficult to get along with. The two have one thing in common, they don't take him, the envoy of the Great Liao, in their eyes, they can count it if they want to, and they can do it if they want to, but they can't hide if they can't beat it!
"Xiao Zheng was standing here just now?" Pei Yonglun obviously saw the figure, he didn't greet him, he just left, he didn't take people seriously.
Gu Changming naturally understood who Xiao Zheng's target was, and it didn't seem to have succeeded, and the third princess became Liu Zhuxue's best shield: "I just saw a flying eagle that passed the book falling, presumably there is news from the Liao Kingdom, and he can't wait to come back and forth." ”
Pei Yonglun didn't care much, came over to ask how the third princess was okay, and carefully placed his cronies in front and back of the tent. Back then, he led a small detachment of more than 100 people to rush into the enemy's 5,000-strong army to fight and scatter the formation, which was not as careful as the one in front of him. He had already made a decision to deliver the third princess safely, and he immediately asked the emperor for his life and returned to General Yujing's side.
I'm used to it in the border gates, and I really can't live such a life of walking on thin ice.
Fortunately, the next family sending team successfully crossed the border between the two countries and stayed in the post station of Liao. Pei Yonglun took care of it again, there are still three or four days away from Beijing at most, and he can't give up his efforts.
Gu Changming lay down quietly in the guest room, all of them were single rooms, but the problem of how to divide the room was saved. As soon as he closed his eyes, he heard the sound of stones beating outside the window, so he turned over and pushed the window to look out. It happened that the little phoenix next door was particularly alert, and also poked its head out.
Gu Changming saw the familiar figure of the person below, and had the illusion of being in a different world, "Phoenix, I'll go down and take a look." ”
"If there is no danger, I will be with me." The little phoenix didn't give him a chance to stop him, jumped out of the window, and fell lightly from the second floor. Gu Changming's movements were one step slower than hers.
The little phoenix's body was light, and it barely made the slightest sound when it fell to the ground, and a pair of eyes quietly looked at the person in front of him.
"It's a light effort." The senior brother couldn't help but praise, "It's the first time I've seen a young girl use the kung fu of the cloud ladder so skillfully and fluently, where is the girl's teacher?" ”
Gu Changming didn't give Little Phoenix a chance to answer, intentionally or unintentionally blocked her in front of her, and explained to her first: "This is my senior brother Qi Sheng, I mentioned it to you." ”
Little Phoenix pursed his lips and smiled, how could he not remember, because this person left letters several times, leading Gu Changming all the way to Quyang County and back to Kaifeng Mansion, only to find out the unjust case of murder later. I wanted to find out the trace of this person again, but it seemed to have disappeared completely, but I was reunited in the Liao country thousands of miles away.
"Changming, after I piggyback on you several times, I was assigned by the master to do a difficult task that took several months. One of them can't send messages to the outside at all, can't contact you, does it make you anxious? Qi Sheng's voice was very gentle, considering that the little phoenix would be shy, and did not ask her identity. This junior brother has a good idea, when he doesn't want to say it, he can't pry his mouth, and when he is willing to speak, no one can stop him.
"Senior brother is fine, how did you know I was here?" Gu Changming was very happy when he saw the old man who had been absent for a long time, but he was still cautious.
"The post station where you lived before, I also lived there, and I was blasted out with a quilt overnight, saying that there was a family sending team from the Great Song Dynasty who wanted to settle in overnight. I was curious to see what the princess looked like this time, but I stayed and saw you. During the day, I don't know if your identity is convenient at this moment, so I come to meet you at night. Qi Sheng patted Gu Changming's shoulder vigorously, "When I mentioned you to Master Gu that day, he sighed that he hadn't seen you for a long time." ”
Gu Changming paused for a moment, the habit of calling senior brothers, he knew very well that the Lord Gu in his mouth was his father Gu Wuduo: "You met my father, when did it happen?" ”
"Last month, in Shangjing." Qi Sheng reacted, even Gu Changming didn't know that his father had arrived in Liaoguo, "It's also a coincidence, sit down and have a cup of tea, and immediately go separately." ”
"Did Father say anything crucial?" Gu Changming heard the news of his father's presence in Liao, but the details given by the Queen Mother were always strange and unbelievable. What he couldn't find for a long time was inadvertently seen by the senior brother.
Qi Sheng retold all the conversations between the two that day, and the little phoenix was dumbfounded when he heard it. It's not that I said last month, how do you remember such a long word?
Gu Changming heard her inhalation, turned around and said, "Senior brother has never forgotten it since he was a child, and those secrets of the master will also be kept by him in the future, and all of them will be recorded in his mind. ”
"Changming, I didn't know that Master Gu had been away from home for a long time, and he didn't say a word. Otherwise, I must ask clearly, what is he doing in Beijing, and when will he be able to go back? Qi Sheng saw that Gu Changming still maintained the same expression, and was even more remorseful, "Master Gu looks very good, he should stay in Shangjing if he has something to do, his martial arts are high, and his mind is good, you don't have to worry about him." ”
Gu Changming saw that Qi Sheng's face turned pale, and hurriedly nodded: "Yes, my father is on a secret mission, at least I know that he is all right." ”
Qi Sheng's eyes were sharp, and he saw that the little phoenix's right palm was quietly sticking to Gu Changming's back. Just now, it was clearly gently soothed along his back for a while that Gu Changming's mood stabilized.
Qi Sheng was surprised by this change, this junior disciple seemed to be very different from the past in some places. In the past, Gu Changming had an indifferent face that no one should enter, but now there is a warm breeze flowing between his eyebrows and eyes, especially the light under his eyes is more attractive, could it be that the girl behind him has changed him?
Gu Changming just wanted to ask Qi Sheng if he would return to the Great Song Dynasty next, or stay, when he smelled a faint smell of sulfur on the tip of his nose. He was also vigilant at all times, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, someone was going to set it on fire!
Without any extra words, the little phoenix jumped out from behind him and ran quickly towards the room where the third princess lived.
Gu Changming picked up the stones on the ground and smashed them towards a window upstairs. Instantly heard Dai Guozi's exclamation, Huo Da pushed open the window and was about to scold angrily, but when he saw that it was Gu Changming standing there, he swallowed all the foul words on the side of his mouth.
"What does it smell like?" Dai Guozi rubbed his nose and asked.
"Brimstone." Gu Changming made a gesture and asked him to get out of the house quickly, slam open all the doors on the second floor, and wake up the sleeping people. He asked Qi Sheng to go to the ground floor to do the same thing, and chased after the sulfur smell all the way.
When he turned to the main entrance of the inn, someone threw torches into the door, and with a bang, the flames soared to the height of most people, and the heat wave rolled in.
Gu Changming looked fixedly, there were four or five people on the other side, with unfamiliar faces in black clothes and black pants, so he didn't have time to think about it, so he shot directly.
The men had not expected someone to come back from outside, and they heard the sound of voices in the post station one after another. People who were all asleep at the time of the pinch are afraid that they will wake up at this time.
Gu Changming's lightning and flint were already put down, and the other party returned when he was frightened, and his martial arts were still not weak. Although Gu Changming will not fall behind with one enemy and four enemies, it is not easy to catch people easily.
Someone is shouting that it's water, it's water. The people who fled for their lives did not form a mess, but were divided into several batches in an orderly manner, some stopped at the door to guard, some found a way to find a water tank to put out the fire, and some people moved out the princess's dowry wooden box.