wait for another year

After resting for two days, the group set off again in the morning dew.

"My lord, it will take ten days to get from Qizhou to Longzhou. There are fewer and fewer big towns along the way. Do you need to prepare more dry food?" Suan Ni asked in a low voice.

Xuanyuan Hui shook his head, "Go to Qinzhou."

From Chang'an to the Western Regions, one must pass through Qizhou. Most envoys and business travelers will choose the straight road of Longzhou and Lanzhou. Not only is the official road smooth, but it also passes through several big cities. It is very convenient for food, lodging and supplies.

Xuanyuanhui left Longzhou to go west, did he have a long-planned plan, or was it just a whim?

"Yes." Although Suan Ni was surprised, she still complied.

Zhao Xu didn't say much, took the legend again and read it with relish.

This legend is called "The Legend of Hui Niang", and it tells that a certain lady named Hui Niang married a scholar according to the orders of her parents and the words of the matchmaker, and helped him revitalize his family business and obtain fame.Unexpectedly, the scholar went crazy when he was successful. He insisted on divorcing his wife and remarrying on the pretext of not having any children after three years of marriage.At this time, Hui Niang knew that the scholar had already attached himself to the dignitaries in the court, and he wanted to marry his daughter with shamelessness, and he also fell in love with a young man in a brothel. Let the Bieyuan out of the Golden House, Cangjiao...

In grief and indignation, Hui Niang killed the Qingguan and the scholar together, and repaired the book to tell the daughter of the powerful and powerful, and finally threw herself into the river. Come clean.

"Princess...Princess?" Zhao Xu turned his head and saw Xuanyuan Hui looking at him with great displeasure.

Zhao Xu quietly hid the story book in his sleeve, "What is your order?"

Xuanyuan Huiben guessed that this book was brought out from the Taixue Zangshu Pavilion, and seeing him evasively, he couldn't help being even more curious. He didn't know what kind of profound and mysterious art of war it was that kept him mesmerized all the way.It can be seen that Zhao Xu kept a secret, so he didn't mention it, but said: "How is the princess's martial arts?"

Zhao Xu said truthfully: "A gentleman has six skills, riding and archery is fair, he can barely get on a horse, and he can open a stone bow."

Xuanyuan Hui rubbed his forehead and heart, "Then you follow me closely, and don't be afraid no matter what happens along the way."

With a white and tender face, pretending to be an upright and great husband, no matter how you look at it, she finds it very funny, Zhao Xu pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Then I will trouble the lord to take care of me."

Xuanyuan Hui nodded very seriously.

All the way to Qinzhou, their footsteps were significantly faster, and they were no longer as leisurely and leisurely as before, and they really looked like they were hurrying.

The night was as dark as ink, Suan Ni walked lightly on the tiles of the eaves without making a sound.

"pain!"

When he walked to the prince's room, he could clearly hear the man's cry of pain. The young man's clear voice was tainted with an unknown flavor, which made him look particularly seductive.

Suan Ni blushed, but remembering the urgency of the situation, she still leaped in from the window.

"Xuan Ni, is that you?" Xuanyuan Hui had a very good ear.

Suan Ni watched the prince's white jade-like arm lift the curtain, and for some reason shrank back. The princess also sat up, and the scarlet veil dimly reflected two shadows, as if they were intertwined. one place.

Suan Ni hurriedly lowered her head and said in a low voice: "The guards that the prince sent ahead were attacked when they were twenty miles away from Longzhou. No. 50 people were killed except for three."

Xuanyuan Hui was also taken aback, "They are all guards sent from the palace, all of them are super martial arts masters, no matter what... How will this king explain to the imperial grandmother!"

"Then, my lord...what to do!"

Xuanyuan Hui was also flustered, "I met an assassin before I even arrived in Suzhou, isn't this an insult to the court? You go now and ask Mr. Shen Mishen to write a note and submit it, and ask Father to let me The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple will investigate this matter strictly, and must give this king justice!"

Suan Ni went away in a panic, and the moment she closed the door, she seemed to see the princess hugging the prince's neck from behind, and both of them fell down...

My lord, this can be regarded as the harmony of the piano...

"He probably thinks too much." Xuanyuan Hui lay on the couch, his black hair scattered all over the bed.

Zhao Xu scraped him behind him, and the technique was quite skillful and sophisticated, "The adulterer sees adultery, but the prince's trick is good for killing people with a knife."

Xuanyuan Hui frowned, enduring bursts of burning pain in his body.

"My lord has practiced martial arts since childhood, why is his body so cold?" Zhao Xu put the bamboo board in his hand aside, and wiped Xuanyuan Hui's back with plain silk.

Xuanyuan Hui got up and put on his undershirt, casually said: "Five years ago, I accidentally fell into the Taiye Pond and got cold, it doesn't matter much."

Knowing that the privacy in the palace is unspeakable, Zhao Xu didn't ask further, "When I arrive in Suzhou, I will give the prince a prescription. People who practice martial arts don't know whether they will go to the battlefield in the future, and they always have no choice but to recuperate while they are young." wrong."

Xuanyuan Hui suddenly laughed, "I heard that talented people from Yingchuan not only have deep chests, but also have the ability to govern the country and stabilize the country. They are also skilled in art and skills, and have the virtue of hanging pots to help the world. I didn't believe it at first, but I believe it today."

Zhao Xu said slowly: "When a person is sick, as long as there is an apricot grove master, and he adds the elixir tonifying soup, he can always be cured; but if a country is sick, it is not so simple. If you use the wrong prescription, I am afraid it will be Tianshan Mountain Snow lotus, thousand-year-old ginseng, and red and purple ganoderma can't be saved."

"Then do you think Qi Dynasty can still be governed?" Xuanyuan Hui smiled wryly.

Zhao Xu was silent.

Xuanyuan Hui lay back on the couch, resting on his elbows, "I was favored by my father when I was young, and I often accompanied him in the Zichen Palace. When I was sleepy, I would rest on the soft couch beside me. Every time I woke up in the middle of the night, I could see my father Still reviewing memorials, and even editing books to recruit ministers. Later, when I got older, I also knew that those Zhu criticisms were probably just empty papers. With the imperial dragon body, he stepped forward to advise, how do you think the father replied?"

Zhao Xu shook her head.

Xuanyuan Hui smiled slightly, his eyes glowed with nostalgia, "Father said at the time, 'What if? What if a loyal subject sees it and is willing to contribute to the society?' In case, I am able to become a feudal clan this time, it is because of the blessing of Wu Ge, who has already retired. If he is not Deng Yan's mentor, even if it is the third brother's reserve position, Deng Dang will not be able to let go so easily. The government and the people all say that the father is incompetent, cowardly and incompetent, but who knows his diligence and the pain in his heart?"

Foreign relatives, cronies, power officials, natural disasters...

The government is unclear, the treasury is not rich, the people's hearts are unstable, and the clan is weak...

It's really the seeds of subjugation, all in one place.

Zhao Xu lay down beside Xuanyuan Hui, and covered the two of them with brocade quilts, "Just now the lord asked me if Qi Chao's illness can be cured, I think there is a theory of people returning from the dead, and Jiang Shan may be the same."