Tang riddles

Under the night, Xu Jie was holding a secret letter in his hand and hurriedly walking in the corridor of the Princess Mansion.The sparks in Fuchu were flickering, and it was not yet time to go to bed.In the courtyard outside the corridor, a group of mansion guards patrolling here with lanterns happened to see her and stopped to salute her, but she, who was always gentle and courteous, ignored her and just passed by.The leader of the guards was a little strange, but he didn't get to the bottom of it.These guards are the guards of the outer court, belonging to the imperial army. Although they guard the safety of the princess mansion, they are not the princess's people. They are still directly responsible to the emperor himself.For many years, the princess mansion of the Jin Kingdom has never lost the presence of these forbidden troops.

Not long after, Xu Jie walked through the corridors and halls, and finally came to the princess' dormitory in the inner courtyard.At the door, Cheng Yan, the princess' personal bodyguard, was guarding the door.Seeing her coming, she raised a smile and bowed her hands in salute.

"Sister Yujie, please stay safe." She spoke in a very intimate tone.

"Ah Yi, it's been hard work. I have been traveling all the way, and I can't rest after I come back." Xu Jie also seemed very happy to see her.

Cheng Yi, a native of Dong'a, Jeju, is one of the 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion - a descendant of Lu Guogong Cheng Yaojin.With clear features, a resolute face, a tall and straight figure like a poplar, and a neat and clean body, she is one of the rare female military generals in the Tang Dynasty. From the official to the Zuo Dudu of the Gongyue Army, she belongs to the female official system, from the fifth-rank military general.Like Xu Jie, she followed Li Jinyue since she was a child.

At the age of 14, Li Jinyue volunteered to go to the army for training.The sage agreed, but because she was a girl, she had no one to take care of her in the army, so many things were inconvenient.So she picked three female soldiers from the general gate to accompany her.At that time, Cheng Yan, the concubine daughter of Duke Lu's Cheng family, Xu Jie, a distant relative of British Duke Xu's family, and Wei Chiyan, a concubine daughter of Duke Wei Chi's family of E State, were selected. Yin Tao, who was also the same age as Li Jinyue, accompanied Li Jinyue on the expedition together.

The frontier was difficult, and Xu Jie froze his body in the winter of the first year, and suffered from asthma, which would occur after strenuous exercise. Since then, he can no longer practice martial arts, nor can he fight the enemy.But she was very clever, so she studied military strategy and became a military adviser.Cheng Yi and Yu Chiyan have practiced powerful kung fu, and they are also superior in strategy, helping Li Jinyue to win many times.Later, the two women served as the left and right governors of the Gongyue Army.The right governor, Chi Yan, is now staying at the Anbei Protectorate, still controlling the Han Navy for Li Jinyue.Li Jinyue, as the commander-in-chief of the Han Navy, is also the commander-in-chief of the Gongyue Army. The Gongyue Army is the personal guard of the commander-in-chief, so it has a certain degree of supervision and deployment authority over the Han Navy.

The Gongyue Army is an elite guard army of 1000 people that belongs exclusively to the princess of the Jin Kingdom. It has been established for five years and is all composed of women. It is the only female army in the Tang Dynasty.The military title "Gongyue" means Gongwei Princess Li Jinyue of Jin.Gongyue is actually a special unit of the Forbidden Army, and the highest command power on the surface is in the hands of the emperor.However, different from those imperial guards in the outer courtyard of the Princess Mansion, the Gongyue Army was formed by Li Jinyue alone. Even if they were oppressed by the highest imperial power, they would only obey the princess' orders.

The reason why the emperor tolerated the existence of such an uncontrolled army is that they are all women, and they are limited to 1000 people.When the Gongyue Army was first established, the saint felt that it was a compensation for Li Jinyue because of the death of Queen Wang, so he passed the proposal without any obstruction.But after that, the sage seemed to regret it a little. The Gongyue Army had faced the crisis of disarmament and withdrawal countless times. It was Li Jinyue and Xu Jie who had mediated countless times and exchanged various price conditions with the emperor to save them.For example, this time when Li Jinyue returned from Anbei, it was also because the emperor wanted to abolish the Gongyue Army. Li Jinyue had no choice but to exchange her freedom and safety for the continued retention of the Gongyue Army.

It is such a women's army that has suffered many hardships, its performance on the battlefield, and its ability to guard the princess mansion in peacetime are still higher than the general level of the imperial army.Internal and external troubles tested the willpower and unity of this women's army, and trained each of them into iron-blooded female generals.They are the elite of the elite, and they will never lose to men.Just because of the emperor's scruples, although the Gongyue army followed Li Jinyue to Luoyang, they could only set up a separate camp next to the Forbidden Army camp outside the city. Change of defense, Luoyang Princess Mansion is relatively small, so it is reduced to 200 people) Change defense and enter the city to guard the safety of the inner courtyard of the Princess Mansion.

In December last year, the princess was urgently recruited back to Chang'an. Cheng Yan did not go with the large army at that time, but stayed in the Anbei Protectorate to deal with some aftermath after the princess left.She delayed for more than two months before embarking on the journey back to Chang'an.As a result, when they were near Chang'an, news suddenly came that the imperial court had moved away from Luoyang.They had no choice but to turn back to Luoyang halfway, which wasted a lot of time until they arrived in Luoyang two days ago.

"Working for the princess, what's the hard work?" Cheng Yan smiled, and then asked, "Sister Yujie, it's getting late, and you came here in a hurry, but there is something urgent to find the princess?"

"It is indeed an urgent matter, where is the princess?"

"The princess went to the guest courtyard half an hour ago, saying that she was going to see that young lady Yang. She asked me to guard the door in case you came to find something urgent."

"It seems that the princess has expected it a long time ago." Xu Jie said.

"Sister Yujie, the princess also said that if you come, she will take you to the guest house, and she will not come back in a short time."

When Xu Jie heard this, he felt strange, how long would it take to visit Yang Yuhuan, and why didn't he come back in a short time?But she didn't think too much, just let Cheng Yan lead the way, and the two hurried to the guest house again.

Just half an hour ago, Li Jinyue returned home after a long absence. After eating dinner, she was exhausted and asked someone to prepare bath soup to wash away her tired body. She also drank a little wine to relieve fatigue.

After getting out of the bath, changing clothes, exhaling, and sitting on the porch to blow the air, she saw that the moonlight tonight was not bad, and although her mood was gloomy, she was not depressed.After thinking about the Holy Grail for a while, my brain hurts, but I have no clue.She simply didn't think about it, and instead remembered that Shen Sui had told her to go and see the little lady Yang who was raised in her mansion, so she decided to be a good and obedient rabbit.

But then I thought again, it's not good to go to see the little girl empty-handed, she is really not good at dealing with teenagers, how embarrassing it would be to go there empty-handed.Moreover, last time I broke the little girl's incense box, I have to pay her something this time.She rummaged through boxes and cabinets in her own room for a long time before she found a pair of colorful crystal chess pieces that her mother had left her back then.Originally, I wanted to find some toys for the little girl, but she is so boring, she would not be so troublesome if she changed to Akashi.That's all, just give her chess. If she knows how to play chess, they can play chess to relieve boredom, relieve embarrassment, and enhance friendship.If not, I can teach her myself to pass the time.

Well, a good idea, she felt more and more that she had given the right gift this time, and it seemed that the things she gave to the maidservant in the past were not right.In fact, she only gave gifts to these two people. The rest of the gifts from the concierge in the mansion were given by Yujie on her behalf, not her own.

She clamped the chess box and walked out of the courtyard.Thinking that if the chess game delays the time, it would be difficult for Yujie to come to find something urgent, so he told Cheng Yan.After the arrangements were made, she finally took a step, stepping on the sawtooth wooden clogs, and headed for the guest courtyard.

As soon as she stepped into the door of the guest courtyard, she heard a melodious singing.So she immediately slowed down and stopped to listen.The singer sang the melody without words, like a ballad in the mountains of central Sichuan, with a very melodious and light voice, with a bit of lightness and a bit of melancholy mixed in very contradictory.Li Jinyue could also vaguely hear the intermittent and panting of the singing, as well as the sound of trampling on the floor.She suddenly realized that the people in the room seemed to be singing and dancing to entertain themselves.Not long after, a slender figure was projected on the screen window that was shining through the light, apparently following the dance, the people in the room approached the window sill.Although the projection is delicate and young, it is very moving, showing a graceful dancing posture, which verifies Li Jinyue's guess.

Oh, it's really interesting.She thought about it, so she approached the window quietly, opened the window slightly, and peeped in.As soon as she glanced at it, she was stunned. The girl in the room was indeed singing and dancing as she had imagined, and her figure was extremely graceful and agile.It's hard to imagine a girl who is not yet 11 years old can have such good singing and dancing skills.However, what surprised Li Jinyue was, why did this girl wear so little?She was only wearing a lavender tulle dress, and she could even see the underwear she was wearing inside.There is also a long white silk skirt on her arms, and as she dances, it draws a beautiful arc in mid-air.

Don't look at evil, even if the other party is a ten-year-old girl, Li Jinyue still thinks it's not good to look at people like this.So she consciously left the window, came to the door, and knocked on the door.

The sound of singing and dancing inside the door stopped immediately, and Li Jinyue said immediately:

"Miss Yang, Jinyue came to see you, is it convenient to open the door?"

"Princess, wait a moment, wait a moment, the little girl will open the door."

Li Jinyue heard a bustling sound inside, and after waiting for a while, Yang Yuhuan finally opened the door. When she opened her eyes, Li Jinyue saw that she was wearing a robe, so she couldn't help but smiled.

"I don't know the princess is coming, but my daughter is far away from her, please punish her." Yang Yuhuan saluted.

"Hey~~ I don't talk about those empty etiquettes, and you don't have to be so polite with me." Li Jinyue waved her hand indifferently, and then stepped in. Yang Yuhuan was behind her, with a beautiful face flushed with red, and on her forehead The sweat beads left after the exercise, the scent of her body is tangy, and the whole room is filled with her body fragrance, which is refreshing.

She closed the door in a little panic, and then she heard Li Jinyue tease:

"The little lady was practicing singing and dancing in the house just now? It's unfortunate that Jinyue came here, so I'm sorry to bother you."

"No, no, you came just in time. Girl... just practice singing and dancing to pass the time, the princess can come anytime." Yang Yuhuan hurriedly said, but Li Jinyue found that when she mentioned practicing singing and dancing to pass the time, But it seemed a little depressed.

Li Jinyue raised her eyebrows, but didn't answer.Then she raised the chess box in her hand and said:

"Can you play chess?"

Yang Yuhuan was a little surprised when he heard this, but quickly nodded and said:

"My father and my uncle have taught me a little bit, but I only know a little bit."

"It's okay, let's play chess. I'll teach you while I'm playing." Li Jinyue happily chose the desk and sat down, arranged the chess box, and started to arrange the chess pieces.Seeing this, Yang Yuhuan hurried forward to help, Li Jinyue smiled and asked her to help.

"What a beautiful chess game." The little girl couldn't help sighing as she looked at the multicolored crystal chess pieces on the board.

"As long as you like it, this book is for you." Li Jinyue said.

"Send me?" The little girl was taken aback again, and hurriedly said, "I can't do it..."

"What can't be done, last time I caused you to break the incense box, this is to compensate you, don't refuse." Li Jinyue said.

Yang Yuhuan's words were stuck in her throat and she couldn't speak.

"What are you doing in a daze? Sit down and play chess." Li Jinyue raised her hand and pressed down.

Yang Yuhuan sat down obediently, the corners of her lips trembling, as if holding back a smile.

So the two started playing chess. Li Jinyue didn't expect Yang Yuhuan's chess skills to be quite good, and she could fight her a few times back and forth.Unknowingly, the two of them threw themselves into the game of chess and forgot about the outside world.It wasn't until Cheng Yan arrived with Xu Jie that they interrupted the two who had reached the middle of the second round.

"Princess, there is an urgent report from the Shen residence that something may happen to Han Jiacang." Without caring so much, Xu Jie said directly.

Li Jinyue suddenly raised her head:

"What did you say?!"

The author has something to say: Modified

It is still a transitional chapter, and there will be a big plot coming soon.

You can refer to the documentary "Daming Palace" for what the five-color crystal chess looks like, it appears several times in it.It looks very much like pagoda sugar.