Chapter 144: Attacked on the way
Princess Taiping also has her own study, she imitates her mother's imperial study, set up more than a dozen rooms, full of all kinds of books, and several staff members handle various documents for her, although she does not dare to completely imitate the imperial study, but the second in the world momentum, is difficult for any high-ranking official and magnate to compare with her.
Princess Taiping walked into the study, sat down on her large ivory couch, and said to the maid who was waiting beside her, "Find the high master's book!"
In a moment, a young man with delicate eyebrows walked briskly into the study, bowed and saluted, "See the princess!"
This person's name is Gao Jian, a native of Jingzhao in Chang'an, who is the chief secretary of the secret organization 'Taiping Mansion' established by Princess Taiping, and is also a confidant of Princess Taiping, and Princess Taiping has an inexplicable ambiguous relationship, Gao Jian is extremely talented, and he is also preparing to participate in the imperial examination next month.
Princess Taiping pondered for a moment and instructed him: "Give up all actions against Wei Shifang's case, and in addition, strictly restrict the discipline of the warriors of the Taiping Mansion, and no one is allowed to cause trouble for me outside during this time." ”
"Ignorance, understood!"
After hesitating for a moment, Gao Jian asked in a low voice, "Princess, is something wrong?"
Princess Taiping's eyes showed a frustration that could not be concealed, and she said after a while: "Today, the Holy Lord officially appointed Li Zhen as the deputy commander of the internal guard, and that woman won this game. ”
'Li Zhen?' Gao Jian silently recited the name, and he suddenly reacted, "Isn't this person the Li guard we assassinated in Dengfeng County?"
Princess Taiping nodded and sighed slightly: "I thought she would recommend Wu Jizhi, the son of Wu Sansi, as the deputy commander of the internal guard, but I didn't expect it to be a guard." ”
Gao Jian thought for a while and said: "This person seems to have saved Shangguan Wan'er's life during the winter hunt, and it is reasonable for Shangguan Wan'er to recommend him as the deputy commander of the internal defense in order to repay him for saving his life." ”
"Maybe there is a little bit of this emotional factor, but even if there is, it is only a little, after all, the power of the deputy commander of the internal guard is too important to that woman, and she can't use it to repay the favor. ”
Speaking of this, Princess Taiping laughed unscrupulously, "I think that sleeping with Li Zhen is the best way to repay her kindness!"
Her eyes flashed with excitement after being stimulated, and only when she spoke in front of her lover could Princess Taiping become so vulgar and so unabashedly in her heart.
Princess Taiping's laughter stopped abruptly, she now Gao Jian's expression was a little embarrassed, so she smiled, and took back her exposed vulgarity, she liked Gao Jian very much, because Gao Jian was very much like her deceased ex-husband in many places, including his current hypocrisy.
"What do you think?" Princess Taiping asked softly again.
"I think the princess should consider wooing Li Zhen and pulling him to our side, this is a wonderful plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, Shangguan Wan'er worked hard, but she made a wedding dress for the princess. ”
Princess Taiping was silent in thought, a scheming look in her long, slender eyes flashing with a scheming gaze, and Gao Jian watched at her, her gaze reminding him of the first time she lured her into bed.
"Gao Jian, will you betray me?" Princess Taiping asked coldly.
Gao Jian was suddenly startled, and his head shook like a rattle, "Humble will never!"
"It's because you just got my weight, so you won't, but one day when you are in a high position, maybe you won't be so determined, I'm right!"
Gao Jian wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and said in a tone that he didn't quite believe himself: "Humble will never betray the princess." ”
"Don't say it so surely, if you marry Shangguan Wan'er one day, you won't say that. ”
Gao Jian was anxious to argue that it was impossible to marry Shangguan Wan'er, but Princess Taiping waved her hand and smiled: "I'm just making an analogy, let's not digress, I actually mean Li Zhen, he just was valued by that woman, no matter how hard I try to win him over, he will not betray, but after he gradually grasps the real power, I think there will be a chance." ”
Gao Jian bowed his head and was silent, Princess Taiping's words just now really hurt his self-esteem a little, Princess Taiping realized something, she got up and walked in front of him, stretched out her soft arms around his neck, and looked at him with gentle eyes, "Let me compensate you well! Don't be angry." ”
A fire ignited in Gao Jian's heart, he also hugged Princess Taiping's waist, and the two slowly approached, but at this moment, the maid outside the door whispered: "Princess, Commander Wan is here!"
Although Wan Guojun was called by Princess Taiping, his unfortunate appearance still made Princess Taiping's face look gloomy, Gao Jian turned to leave, but she grabbed her, pointed to the inner room, and whispered: "I'll say a few words to him!"
Gao Jian really didn't like the feeling of a rooster turning into a female, but he didn't dare to ruin her interest, so he had to go into the back room and close the door.
Princess Taiping sat back in her seat and said coldly, "Let him come in!"
After a moment, Wan Guojun walked into the room quickly, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said, "See Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
The men in Princess Taiping's eyes are divided into four categories, one type of people who interact out of political needs, like Wu Sansi, Xue Huaiyi and others, and even her current husband Wu Youji.
The second type is that she really loves and pours out her feelings, so far there are only two people, one is her ex-husband Xue Shao, and the other is Gao Jian, but in fact, she likes Gao Jian because Gao Jian resembles her ex-husband.
The third category is the man who brings her physical pleasure, this kind of man will not last long, and she will not take them to heart and get rid of them when she gets tired of playing.
And the fourth category is the man who serves her and loyally does things for her, and Wan Guojun in front of him belongs to this category.
In terms of attraction to men and women, Princess Taiping really doesn't like Wan Guojun, with such thick eyebrows, such a flat face, such broad shoulders, but her figure is not high, which makes her have a physical disgust.
However, Wan Guojun was willing to serve her, which was enough, Princess Taiping was swept away by Wan Guojun, she was not very happy in her heart, and her tone was not as tolerant as usual, she said coldly: "I came to you to tell you that today the Holy Lord has appointed Li Zhen as the deputy commander of the internal guard." ”
Wan Guojun was shocked, he was still looking forward to the news that Li Zhen was cleaned up, but he didn't expect to wait for the news that Li Zhen was reused, and he was still the deputy commander of the internal security like him, which made him feel a kind of loss of stepping on the air, his head was buried deeper, and an unspeakable bitter taste surged in his heart.
"What should Her Royal Highness the princess do if he wants to be humble?"
"I want you and him to not cross the river, he walks his way, and you cross your bridge!"
Seeing that Wan Guojun didn't say anything, Princess Taiping's voice suddenly became stern, "I warn you, if you dare to provoke without authorization and lose my internal guard, then don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless." ”
"Humble duty. Remember!"
"Go ahead!"
Wan Guojun was really angry, and rushed over, but he was severely reprimanded, so that he couldn't hold face on his face, but he didn't dare to annoy Princess Taiping, so he had to get up and salute and leave angrily.
Wan Guojun's footsteps disappeared, and at this time, there was a gentle knock on the door in the room behind Princess Taiping, and she suddenly had a spring color, her eyes were charming, she got up and untied her belt, and walked towards the back room.
At this moment, there was a rapid sound of running outside, and the housekeeper reported anxiously outside the door: "Mrs. Qiyu, the master is back, he has been injured and covered in blood." ”
Princess Taiping was stunned and asked unhappily, "Who was beaten?"
"It seems to be King Liang. ”
King Liang is Wu Sansi, he organized a gathering of his clansmen today to discuss the New Year's family sacrifice, how could he hurt his husband?
Princess Taiping looked at the room again, on one side her lover was waiting for her, and on the other hand was her injured husband, which made her really embarrassed, and after hesitating for a moment, she had to turn around and walk out of the house.
"Where is he now? Take me for a look. ”
At the same time as there was a conflict within the martial family, Li Zhen also went home to clean up a little, left a note for the eldest sister, and left Chang'an with Zhao Qiuniang and other subordinates, and rushed in the direction of Yanshi.
He brought a total of more than 20 people, they were Zhao Qiuniang's hidden guards, except for the military uniforms that did not wear internal guards, the rest of the equipment was the same, including horizontal swords, war swords and crossbows.
They were all strong in martial arts, riding carefully selected horses, which made them extremely fast, and they left Luoyang City far behind in a short time.
Yanshi County is about 50 miles away from Luoyang, north of Pishan, south of Luoshui, the terrain is dangerous, it is the eastern barrier of Luoyang since ancient times, perhaps because of the fact that Luoyang, the capital of the gods, is too close, there are many people along the way, and villages can be seen everywhere.
Li Zhen led a group of internal guards to gallop all the way, and after a while, night fell, and after running for more than 20 miles, Li Zhen gradually slowed down his horse.
"Childe, what's wrong?" Zhao Qiuniang ran to his side and asked a little worriedly.
Although Li Zhen was already Zhao Qiuniang's top boss at this time, Zhao Qiuniang's name towards him couldn't be changed for a while, and she was very worried that she was temporarily hiding under Yanshi County, would she be found by Princess Taiping and Xue Huaiyi's people?
Li Zhen thought of the warning given to him by Princess Taiping, beware of Xue Huaiyi's Hu monks, Li Zhen knows this group of Hu monks very well, they are Tocharian warriors, there are about 300 people in total, they are ruthless and murderous.
This group of people is good at ambushes, such as the ambush of the Wu family generals in Chang'an, and the ambush of Yu Pinlong two months ago, all of which use short spears and are extremely lethal.
If they rushed to Yanshi in such a hurry, the possibility of being ambushed was extremely high, these people did things recklessly, don't say that he is an internal guard, even if it is the emperor's traveling team, they will kill it.
What's more important is that going to Yanshi to take over the internal guard this time is the first thing he does after taking office, which is related to whether he can make a name for himself in the internal defense.
Li Zhen stared at the official road in the dark night, as if he had seen through the thick night ahead.
"I'm worried about being ambushed by Xue Huaiyi's people, so I'd better be cautious and don't rush at this time!"
Zhao Qiuniang nodded, turned around and shouted: "Everyone be careful, pay attention to the ambush on both sides!"
Everyone became nervous, closely watching the movements on the left and right of the official road, and two brothers rushed to the front, patrolling both sides of the official road.
After walking about seven or eight miles, a shout suddenly came from the front: "Who is it, come out!"
The brothers in front of the situation appeared, all the internal guards drew their long swords, and stepped forward, Li Zhen also took out his bow and arrows, and took the lead in rushing to the place where the situation was present, there was a ditch on the left side of the official road, overgrown with a person-high barren grass, and the two soldiers pointed at the ditch with their crossbows, and shouted: "If you don't come out again, you will release the arrows!"
"Who is it?" asked Li Zhen in a low voice.
"I don't know, a figure just got in. ”
Li Zhen looked at the grass intently, and after a while, he saw a person trembling out of the grass, raising his hand and crying, "Don't." Kill me!"
A soldier rushed down and grabbed the man down the road.
"Commander Qiqi, he seems to be injured. ”
Li Zhen turned over and dismounted, and walked in front of this person, only to see that he was also about twenty years old, with a thin figure, wearing a short shirt and an octagonal soft hat.
Li Zhen saw him kneeling on the ground, his face was full of pain, his hand was covering his right shoulder, he touched this person's shoulder, and now his hands were full of blood, Li Zhen immediately ordered: "Stop the bleeding for him first!"
The two soldiers stepped forward to give the man medicine to stop the bleeding, and the man saw that they didn't seem to want to kill themselves, so he was shocked for a while, kowtowed to Li Zhen, and said with palpitations: "Master Qi, the villain is a guy from the post station in front, just now a group of Hu monks killed people in the post station, and the villain was stabbed in the shoulder and escaped directly." ”
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