The emperor's daughter Changping

Three days later, the sky finally cleared up, and Ah Jiu's injury was gradually improving. During this period, she almost found out the terrain here, but there was still nothing about the prince and Zhou Xian. Although Li Yan tried her many times, he finally Still left her behind.

That night, Ah Jiu took advantage of the dead of night and when the guards were lax, put on night clothes, quietly got up and hid in the night, for fear of being suspected and revealing her identity, she didn't ask anyone about the prince and Zhou Xian. I only observed the situation here secretly and found the location of the cell.

Looking through the leaves, this place is heavily guarded. Two soldiers and twelve teams are on duty in turn, and they never change. It is almost impossible to enter the cell. Ah Jiu had to go back and think of another way.

Fortunately, the next day, she got a chance to take advantage of it. Li Zicheng was going to hold a big celebration banquet on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year to celebrate the acquisition of Tongguan. The guards on the cell side were also relatively relaxed, from the original two teams of twelve soldiers to two teams of six soldiers. In this way, when everyone was relaxing and happy, the number of guards was reduced again, and Ah Jiu could sneak into the cell save people.

Sure enough, on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, after the third quarter of five o'clock, cheers gradually came from there. Ah Jiu guessed that it was almost the same time, so she painted a ghost face makeup, put on night clothes, and went to the cell.

A few guards were complaining that they couldn't attend the celebration banquet, so they couldn't help getting together to drink, Ah Jiu thought, they gave him a chance, took out the silver needle that had been stained with drugs, and was about to launch it, but he heard what happened. One person said: "I really don't understand what General Li is thinking. It doesn't matter if this officer of the Ming Dynasty doesn't surrender, he can be killed. Why leave him here to eat and drink for our brothers to serve, but they are here Eat and drink over there!"

Another person said: "That's right, they killed the enemy to celebrate the victory, so didn't our brothers do anything to kill the enemy?"

One person said: "Don't say it, don't say it, General Li is coming from there!"

"Come to persuade me again. I think the man in the prison is toasting and not eating fine wine. If he is serving a heavy punishment, let's see if he surrenders or not!"

As he spoke, he saw that Li Yan had already brought a pair of soldiers over, and several guards hurriedly tidied up, "See General Li!"

Li Yan waved his hand, and the people behind him brought out several food boxes and put them on the table. Li Yan said: "These are ordered by the king to send me to reward the brothers. You have worked hard!"

Several people hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you General Li!"

"Brothers, let's enjoy it slowly, let them watch here first!" After speaking, Li Yan walked into the Neilao, and it took nearly half an hour before he came out, with a sad and embarrassing expression.

A cell guard said: "General Li, has that man surrendered yet?"

Li Yan shook his head and said, "Have a good look at it, don't let your guard down!"

Seeing that Li Yan had left for a long time, Ah Jiu shot the needles at those people. After watching them fall down, she jumped from the tree and entered the cell. She kicked them, but seeing no response, He said with a smile: "This Uhak's ecstasy powder is quite effective!"

During the time when she was poisoned by Wudusan, the foreign man named Uhak once healed her wounds and detoxified her. Although it was said that he used poison to fight poison, but in the end, she was cured of Wudusan on her body. She was curious and asked that Uhak asked for some advice, but unexpectedly, it will come in handy tonight!

After searching a few people, he found the medicine key for the cell door, opened the cell door and went in, a musty smell came over his face, Ah Jiu hurriedly covered his mouth and nose with his hands, and even walked a few cells, but no one was seen, Can't help feeling a little impatient, Uhak said that although the Mihun powder is strong, it only lasts for about half an hour, she must hurry up and find Ci Hong and Zhou Xian.

Finally, when he walked to the last cell, he found a person. Ah Jiu saw him facing the wall and meditating. The environment of the cell was not too bad. There was a skylight above his head, and a ray of moonlight came in and shone on him. Mottled shadows were left behind, and there was a clean and tidy little bed in the corner.

Ah Jiu hurriedly took out the medicine key and opened the cell door, but the man said: "Don't waste your time, I will never submit to the intruder!"

Hearing his voice, Ah Jiu said excitedly, "Shixian, it's me!"

As he spoke, he opened the cell door and walked in. Zhou Xian turned around, saw her masked in black, and said, "Who is the girl?"

"Me!" Ajiu pulled down her veil and laughed.

Zhou Xian looked at him hesitantly and said, "You are..."

After thinking for a while, he suddenly said nervously: "Your Highness, why are you here, get out of here quickly!"

Seeing what he was saying, Ah Jiu pushed herself out, stood still and said, "Shixian, don't worry, those people outside are still unable to wake up for the time being, where is the prince, let's go!"

Zhou Xian sighed, shook his head and said, "The prince and I are being held in different cells in different places, so we have no way of knowing where he is!"

"What, you're not together?" Ah Jiu asked in surprise.

"It's not easy to stay here, let's go out first and talk about it!" Ah Jiu saw Zhou Xian nodded heavily and said.

The two came out, evading the patrolling soldiers all the way, and came to a relatively remote corner of Xiyuan. Ah Jiu had carefully observed that this place was originally a mansion, and Xiyuan was in disrepair for a long time due to its age. , after Li Zicheng occupied it, no one was assigned to live here, and no one would come to this remote and dilapidated corner on weekdays. The two pushed open the door of a room, only to see that the inside was covered with cobwebs and dust, and there were a few stools. It was rickety, and several foot rests had been damaged for a long time.

Ah Jiu said: "There are guards everywhere around here, take shelter here first, and we will escape when the night is late!"

Zhou Xian nodded, looked around, helped up two of the stools, wiped them carefully, let Ah Jiu sit down, and suddenly knelt on the ground and said: "The incompetent minister has violated the sacred will, which caused Tongguan to fall. Zhou Xian is ashamed of the emperor, ashamed of the princess!"

Ah Jiu quickly went to help him and said, "Shixian, what are you doing? Get up!"

Zhou Xian closed his eyes, a trace of tears flashed in his eyes, he closed his eyes and said: "Tongguan fell, Zhou Xian should have died to apologize, but because the prince was captured, he survived, looking for a chance to save him!"

"In the battle of Tongguan, most of our troops were newly recruited soldiers, old, weak, sick and disabled, and ran out of ammunition and food, while the enemy's troops were strong and strong. God's will, Shixian, don't blame yourself!" Ah Jiu knelt down and supported Zhou Xian's arm said.

Zhou Xian shook his head and said: "The princess doesn't need to excuse me, Zhou Xian's crime is unforgivable!"

The person in front of him was dejected and expressionless, his handsome face was stained with blood and sweat, and his demeanor was gone. He was no longer the young man with a gentle smile and stretched eyebrows in his memory. Ah Jiu felt a pain in his heart and raised his hand to support his face , Forced his eyes to look at himself and said: "Shixian, I am as guilty as you. If I could find the treasure earlier, get together the military salary earlier, and deliver the food earlier, things would not have developed into what they are today. Shame on you!" I am the one who is against Daming, and I should be the one who is ashamed of the Emperor!"

Tears washed away her makeup, how could the pain in her heart be worth the boundless regret, Zhou Xian's eyes froze, he raised his hand to gently wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, revealing the original white and clean skin, and said softly: "Changping..."

Ah Jiu took a deep breath and said calmly, "No matter what crime we have committed, the most important thing now is to find Ci Hong!"

Zhou Xian sighed and said: "Your Royal Highness is right! It's just that the prince doesn't know where they are being detained. I heard that the soldiers guarding me seem to have mentioned that the burglars will be arrested on the fifteenth day of this month and the prince will be arrested." Take them to Mount Hua, gather martial arts figures from the seven provinces, and share the fortune feast of that year!"

"This bastard!" Ah Jiu gritted his teeth and dropped his fist to the ground, unaware of the pain coming from his palm.

Zhou Xian worried: "Princess..."

Just as I was about to say something, I heard footsteps outside, and someone shouted loudly: "Search carefully for me, don't miss any corner, you must find him!"

Ah Jiu said in shock: "No, they found out so soon!"

Zhou Xian helped her stand up and said, "Princess, get out of here before they find you, and don't expose your identity!"

Ah Jiu shook her head and said, "No, I managed to get you out, how could they catch you back!"

Zhou Xian said anxiously: "Li Yan has been trying to persuade me to surrender to the intruders, and they won't embarrass me for the time being, so go away!"

But Ah Jiu didn't listen to him, and quickly took off his night clothes, Zhou Xian hurriedly turned his back and asked anxiously, "What are you doing?"

Ah Jiu handed him the clothes and said: "Go out from here, there is a forest, you are wearing my clothes, leave quickly!"

"No!" Zhou Xian said in a deep voice. "What do you do if I leave?"

"Cihong is still in their hands, I must stay and inquire about his news, Shixian, you leave quickly, don't worry, I have my own way to escape!" Ah Jiu pulled him to a small path by the back door.

Seeing that Zhou Xian didn't move, she choked up anxiously: "If you don't leave, I will die in front of you. At that time, I can also be with Cihong as a companion, so that he will not be alone!"

"Okay, I'll go, don't do anything stupid!" Zhou Xian said hurriedly, then walked a few steps and turned around: "Chang Ping, please take care, I will definitely come back!"

"Okay, I'll wait for you!" Looking at the disappearing figure, Ah Jiu nodded, tears streaming down her face.

The footsteps of a large number of soldiers who searched were getting closer and closer. Ah Jiu jumped up and came to the front room of Xiyuan, took out the last silver needle, and gently stabbed it between the eyebrows. He fell down on the ground, in a daze, only to hear someone say: "General Liu, this is not the girl Hong Niangzi brought back a few days ago, why did she appear here?"