The nine princesses of the East Palace

It was the rainy season at this time, and there were often quicksands on the sand dunes. Therefore, the Anhu Mansion in the Western Territory changed its location to a forest, only a hundred miles away from Tiangen Mountain at the junction of the three countries of Xizhou, Shuobo, and Danchi.

Gao Xian is the head coach of the Anhu Mansion in the Western Territory. When he learned that the prince was on the way, he was already waiting at the door ahead of time.

Li Cheng Yin was riding a horse, and he saw Gao Xian from a distance, Gao Xian was tall and strong, with a dark complexion, a little beard on his chin, a pair of small eyes that were very sharp, he was wearing armor, with a sword on his waist, Standing there straight, standing with him, and several of his lieutenants.

Speaking of which, Li Chengyin and Gao Xian are somewhat related, the adoptive mother, Empress Zhang Meiniang, is the niece of Prime Minister Gao Xian, and Gao Xian is Gao Xian's eldest son, therefore, Li Chengyin should call Gao Xian his cousin.

Li Chengyin drove his horse forward, stopped in front of the gate of Anhu Mansion, got off his horse.

"Welcome Your Highness!" Gao Xian led the people forward and saluted.

Li Chengyin handed over the horse to the servant and said: "Excuse me, generals."

However, Gao Xian suddenly knelt down and said loudly: "The final general was negligent and failed to protect His Highness well, causing His Highness to suffer from unknown attacks and damage countless soldiers. I implore Your Highness to punish him."

Li Chengyin had no choice but to go forward and help him up, "What did General Gao say, it's because the enemy is cunning, they have already set up an ambush."

Gao Xian said: "Your Highness deeply understands righteousness, it is a blessing for the court. However, Gao confessed his guilt, and when the instigator is found out, he will hand over the statement of guilt to the court."

If he hadn't known Gao Xian's character, Li Chengyin would have believed it, but at this moment, he just said: "Biao uncle said too much, Cheng Yin suffered this crime because he was too young to do anything, but the emperor entrusted the post of governor to Cheng Yin, it's the first time to lead an expedition, there may be some inappropriate actions, so I need to ask my uncle for advice."

Hearing this, Gao Xian smiled suddenly, showing his white teeth: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry too much. Gao has been in the western region for many years, and he often dealt with Dan Chi, Shuobo, and people from Xizhou, and he is quite familiar with the terrain of the western region. Your Highness wants to If you know anything, you can ask Gao Mou."

"So, thank you cousin." Li Chengyin smiled at Gao Xian.

For some reason, Gao Xian felt that Li Chengyin's smile was a bit weird.

Everyone entered Anhu Mansion and sat around a long table in the meeting hall, Li Chengyin asked Gao Xian for his opinion after telling about the emperor's intention to attack Dan Chi.

Gao Xian had a lot of contact with Dan Chi these years, benefited a lot from it, he didn't want Dan Chi to collapse, but the emperor made an order and sent Li Chengyin to supervise the battle, he knew that this battle might be unavoidable , then said: "Danchi's terrain is very different from the Central Plains, and they act cautiously. Outsiders entering Danchi's territory have to cover their faces, so no one knows where their king's account is. If your highness wants to take down Danchi, The first thing to bear the brunt is to find the king's account."

Li Chengyin looked at the map hanging on the wall, his eyes moved from Danchi territory to Shuobo territory, he never mentioned Danchi, but asked: "I wonder if General Gao and Shuobo people ever fought or not?"

Gao Xian only said that Li Chengyin was young, disorganized by nature, and he did not distinguish between serious and serious things, he said casually: "There have been a few battles, Shuobo people are arrogant and domineering, they have no reason to attack my camp outside, I took people to arrest them Kill a piece of armor without leaving it."

Li Chengyin thought for a while, and said to Gao Xian: "Before I entered the country, I was attacked by a group of people, and the soldiers accompanying me were all killed and injured. I was protected from death with the golden armor bestowed by the emperor. Out of the siege."

"Your Highness, have you seen the faces of these people?" Gao Xian asked.

Li Cheng Yin shook his head: "It was pitch black at that time, I couldn't see clearly, I just remember that they used axes. Many soldiers were killed by axes."

At this time, Pei Zhao ordered someone to present an ax and said: "The general found this ax at the scene, but there is one thing that is very strange."

Gao Xian glanced at Li Chengyin, seeing that he was silent, he said: "Lieutenant Pei, please tell me."

Pei Zhaodao: "There are only the corpses and horses of the Central Plains soldiers at the scene, and none of the corpses belong to the enemy. The two sides are fighting, and the other party cannot be without casualties. The general feels that the scene has been cleaned up, so he left this ax on purpose."

Li Chengyin took the ax over, glanced at it for a while, then handed it to Gao Xian, and asked: "General Gao, does anyone know who uses an ax as a weapon among the countries in the Western Region?"

Gao Xian held up the ax and looked at it for a long time, Fang said: "Dan Chi people are good at using axes. However, it remains to be investigated whether Dan Chi attacked His Highness."

"Then I will leave this matter to General Gao, please make sure to find out." Li Chengyin said, "As for the matter of looking for King Danchi's account, I have a plan, General Gao will wait for my good news."

When Gao Xian heard it, he didn't want to let go of the ax in his hand, he just felt that there was a hot potato in his hand, and he couldn't throw it away, "Don't worry, Your Highness, we will definitely find out about this matter in the end."

After leaving the meeting hall, Pei Zhao felt that Li Chengyin seemed to be in a good mood, and even asked the soldiers to go hunting together.

They hunted a deer and a boar, lit a fire on the spot, and roasted the meat.

Men can't live without wine when they eat meat, Pei Zhao ordered someone to fetch two jars of wine, Li Cheng Yin took a bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

"This wine is very good." After drinking, Li Cheng Yin praised it.

Pei Zhao also drank the bowl in one gulp, and said: "I bought this wine from a Hu merchant. It is made from millet mixed with grapes. Although it has a refreshing fragrance, it has a strong aftertaste. Your Highness, don't be greedy."

"So it's made from grapes." Li Chengyin said.After all, he poured another bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

Li Chengyin drank three bowls of wine one after another, got slightly tipsy, got up and said: "Eat and eat slowly, I will walk around."

After saying that, he walked out of the forest with some staggering steps.

Pei Zhao was a little worried, put down the bowl in his hand, and followed.I saw Li Chengyin went down the mountain, walked back to Anhu Mansion in the Western Territory, and then took a horse from the stable, but as soon as he reached the gate, he met Gao Xian who came back from outside.

"Your Highness is going out?" Gao Xian asked.

Li Chengyin said with a smile: "It's about marrying a bride, I'll go and see the Nine Princesses of Xizhou."

Gao Xian was taken aback for a moment, and immediately smiled. The prince is always young, romantic in mind, and childish in nature, and he has illusions about the relationship between men and women. As a prince, this is not good, but this is also the father want to see.

Li Cheng Yin walked a few steps, then turned around suddenly, and said: "Biao uncle is not allowed to tell others, otherwise all the soldiers may make fun of me in their hearts."

Gao Xian said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, this is His Highness's private matter, Gao will not tell others."

Li Chengyin seemed relieved, and led the horse away.Gao Xian stood there for a while, then entered Anhu Mansion.

Pei Zhao thought that Li Chengyin was joking with Gao Xian, because they had just gone hunting and they took the horse. If Li Chengyin wanted to go into the city, he could get on the horse and go, but he spared it and went back to the stable to get the horse .

Pei Zhao drove his horse and followed behind Li Chengyin, keeping a distance of 500 meters.As he walked, Pei Zhao realized that Li Chengyin was indeed walking in the direction of Phoenix City, and only then did he realize that he really wanted to see the Ninth Princess.

Li Cheng Yin entered the city, Pei Zhao followed, but in a blink of an eye, Li Cheng Yin was nowhere to be seen.Pei Zhao had no intention of chasing after him, so he found a wine shop, ordered a jug of wine and a plate of appetizers, and sat down to listen to the music.

The royal palace in Xizhou is not compared to the Central Plains, it is not as simple as a royal palace, and the security is quite lax, Li Chengyin jumped over the wall and entered the palace.

In fact, he was also in a trance, and came here without knowing it.Probably because he was really drunk, he couldn't help but want to take a look at her.However, the closer he got to her, the more anxious he became.I just felt that a big stone was pressed against my heart, and I couldn't breathe.

He shouldn't have come, and there are still many unresolved troubles, how can he come to see her?

He turned around and walked back casually. As he walked, he heard the voice of a maid in front of him. He didn't want to be discovered, so he had to jump onto the beam.

The maids got closer and closer, and saw that they were carrying a bucket, and the water in the bucket was still steaming.The maids chatted and laughed all the way, Li Chengyin could speak Xizhou dialect, so naturally he understood them, when he heard them talking about the Ninth Princess, he followed them in a strange way.

The maids carried the bucket into a room, Li Chengyin was still on the beams outside at the moment, but this room had no beams, so naturally he couldn't get in, and was about to jump off the beams, so he I heard the voice of a woman singing inside, the singing was clear and loud, even better than that of the lark.

Li Chengyin just felt like a lifetime away, he was fascinated when he listened to it, as if he would never get tired of listening to it for a lifetime.

Accompanied by the sound of singing, there is also the sound of splashing water.His heart was pounding with the sound of the water.

"Princess Ninth, don't throw your clothes around anymore, the queen knows it, and she has to blame me again." The maid said.

Ninth Princess happily responded, and said, "Got it. Timo, please pick it up for me." After that, she started singing again.

It's that little fox again, she doesn't seem to get tired of singing, she sings very happily, she is still so carefree, there is no other innocent girl like her in the world.

Li Cheng Yin heard footsteps around him, so he jumped down from the beam and walked straight towards the palace wall, he still felt his heart beating abnormally fast when he left the palace.

Di Mo picked up Princess Nine's clothes, opened the door and went out, and suddenly saw a few colored ribbons falling on the ground.Empress Mingyuan said that the Qiqiao Festival in the Central Plains is popular for hanging ribbons. When the princess is happy, she also hangs ribbons on the beams in the palace. But, how could the ribbons fall to the ground?Could it be that another cat came naughty to climb the beam?

Pei Zhao drank a few glasses of wine in the restaurant and ate two dishes of side dishes, only to see Li Cheng Yin passing by on horseback.He settled the bill immediately, led his horse, and followed.

Li Chengyin walked more and more slowly, it seemed that he had already spotted him, and was waiting for him to come forward.Pei Zhao then whipped the horse, and the horse galloped forward.

Li Chengyin glanced at him, but didn't make a sound.

"Your Highness, have you seen Princess Nine?" Pei Zhao asked after being silent for a while.

Li Chengyin shook his head and said: "Never, I only heard voices." After a while, he added, "It's still the same, it's not going to grow up."

Pei Zhao felt that His Highness spoke very strangely tonight, if he didn't know it, after hearing what he said, he might think that he and the nine princesses were old acquaintances.