Li Hong stood on the bank of Luoshui, quietly watching the civilian ship in the middle of the river. The rows of willow trees on the bank had long lost their charm and charm in the warm sun. Under the dim light of the fire, it had completely turned into a bare black dead branch, revealing the most ugly side of the year, like a dying old man, standing weakly and crookedly on the bank of Luoshui River.
The only candle on the boat was still not extinguished. The entire boat swayed slightly in the middle of the river. The candle also swayed slowly in Li Hong's sight as the boat swayed.
Li Hong's voice was very soft: "This is the first and last time to warn you, no matter who you are, no matter what interest groups are behind you, no matter how ambitious you are, but please remember that there are some Things belong to whomever they belong, and you cannot take them away no matter what method or method you use. If you continue to act secretly, the arrow will not miss the target, but will hit the target. : Take care of yourself.”
He believed that the people in the cabin could completely hear what you said. The breeze passed by behind him, carrying his own voice, slowly drifting into the cabin from the window that was pierced by arrows.
"Plop."
Li Xian sat down on the ground and pushed Fang Muqing behind him against the cabin wall, making a muffled sound.
"It's Li Hong." Li Xian tried his best to relax his voice. Although he said four words continuously and completely, the short four words made his tone full of tremors.
"Don't say anything. Let's listen first to what else he will say?" Fang Xianzhong glanced at Fang Muqing with some worry. Fang Muqing was struggling to hold himself up.
But Li Xian, who still didn't realize that he was leaning on Fang Muqing, was now a young man. Even if he was not heavy, pressing on Fang Muqing's side would make it difficult for her to get up.
"King Pei, I'll help you get up." Fang Xianzhong reached out and took Li Xian's cold hand and pulled him upright.
Fang Muqing, who was next to him, sat upright with great effort at this time. While rubbing the sore spot on his calf, he looked at Li Xian with some worry and said softly: "I probably didn't realize it was you. If I knew it was you, Prince This is somewhat unreasonable.”
"When did he do things according to rules and common sense? I'm sure he must have known that I was on the boat. Otherwise, how could he shoot this arrow at me specifically? He is crazy! He is a madman! "Li Xian lowered his head, and his mind was filled with Li Hong's tall, scary and hateful figure, and he said bitterly.
"That's not entirely true. King Pei doesn't need to make any assumptions. If he knew you were on the ship and wanted to warn you, he could have boarded the ship or killed the minister and others. But why didn't he do this? There must be a reason. , Now we don’t know exactly what happened in Prince Ji’s Mansion today. If we can know, we can probably guess what the prince did just now.”
"Could it be that after being reprimanded by the Queen in the palace, His Royal Highness came to the river to vent his anger, and happened to run into our boat?" Xu Shuya really hoped that his guess was right, although he didn't really believe it himself.
But that doesn't mean he doesn't believe what he said. Fang Xianzhong pondered for a moment, stroking his beard that had been trembling when Li Hong spoke just now, and said firmly: "It's possible!"
Early the next morning, Li Xian was on the second floor of a shop in Luoyang City, watching the prince Li Hong. Two hundred prince guards and two carriages slowly drove out of Luoyang City.
Li Xian wanted to send someone to assassinate Li Hong on the way, but he was afraid that this was a trap deliberately set by Li Hong for himself by taking advantage of last night on Luoshui. In the end, Li Xian carried the strong man with a cold face behind him and He shook his head silently and gave up on assassinating Li Hong on his way back to Chang'an.
Hua Meng, Jingzhe, Cheetah, and Mang Zhong, after the convoy left Luoyang City, they suddenly ran behind the withered yellow jungle on both sides of the road.
Li Hong was sitting in the carriage, looking at the smoke and dust raised by the four riders in the field, with a faint smile on his lips. Yang Wu and Lian Tie were too cautious and insisted on letting the four of them stand behind. Will King Pei take action
At this moment, Hai Dongqing was also released from Yang Wu's arm. There was a rapid flapping of wings, and Hai Dongqing flew high into the sky, turning into a small black dot in people's eyes. .
"You are wasting your efforts. Li Xian is ambitious, but it does not mean that he is a reckless person. The warning in Luoshui last night was enough to make him think about it for several days. He will think it is a trap set by me. , I won’t send anyone to assassinate him,” Li Hong said in a funny tone as he watched Lian Tie looking around nervously while sitting in the carriage.
"Your Highness, you'd better be careful. Even if King Pei won't give the order, I'm afraid that he won't be able to control his men. If something goes wrong, I and the others will be in trouble." Lian Tie looked wary and said solemnly. said.
"Then it's up to you. Tell Yu Tuqi to protect the carriage. If something goes wrong, I will have to follow him in misfortune." Li Hong found a comfortable seat in the carriage and sat down. The maid who was brought to the Luoyang East Palace, as a slave to serve her all the way, is carefully starting to make tea.
For four days and five nights, they traveled and stayed at a normal pace. Along the way, whether it was Lian Tie and the others, or Wei Tuqi and others, they all made their hearts even more tense than when they were on the battlefield.
Among the people, only Li Hong looked relaxed and at ease from the moment he set out on the road. Even while rushing on the road, he occasionally teased Hua Meng and others who were catching up for being too nervous.
Li Hong hoped that Li Xian would dare to send someone to assassinate him. In this way, he would not have to deal with him too much, and he would not have to guard against him secretly harming him in the future.
After all, on the carriage behind him were two women from his father. If he dared to assassinate him, he could even kill Zhang Lushui and Jin Rongqi to frame him.
It wasn't until everyone saw Baqiao that Hua Meng and the others' tense heartstrings truly relaxed, and they even looked at the road behind them with lingering fear.
"Chang'an, I'm finally back." Li Hong stepped out of the carriage and stood at the front of the carriage, looking at the many tourists visiting Baqiao in the cold weather, and shouted loudly.
Facing many literati and ordinary people, Li Hong still ignored their surprised looks and stood on the carriage waving hello to people on both sides, causing waves of eye rolls to fly towards him.
Someone didn't care and continued to go his own way. Regardless of the fact that Hua Meng and others were already blushing and embarrassed, he continued his erratic behavior.
Passing by Baqiao, I just saw the gate of Chang'an City. I saw a white carriage waiting at the door for a long time. As expected, the fairy Bai Chun must be waiting for me in the carriage.
As Li Hong expected, before the prince's personal guards approached the carriage, the door on the side of the carriage slowly opened, and a woman dressed in white like snow, with hair like a waterfall, and a fairy-like appearance slowly stepped out of the carriage, like a descendant. With bright and charming eyes like a mortal fairy, she looked quietly at His Royal Highness, who was standing on the carriage opposite and behaving erratically.
When the carriage arrived in front of Bai Chun, Li Hong jumped out of the carriage first and said to Hua Meng behind him: "Go and send those two people to the house of Li Ke, the then King of Wu, to settle down peacefully, uh uh uh... Hua Meng and Jingzhe Stay and serve, and someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs should come over. If you need anything, just ask the internal affairs officer to be your supervisor."
"Your Highness, how about... your servant and the mandarin duck accompanying you?"
"Didn't we all agree on the way? I want to be alone for a while, and I don't need any of you to accompany me. This is Chang'an City, not Liujing City. What could happen?" Li Hong waved to them impatiently, Tell them to get out of here.
"Your Highness, isn't this appropriate?" Bai Chun took two steps forward quietly. Unexpectedly, His Highness the Crown Prince asked him to pick him up at the city gate, but he was the only one picked up, not even Hua Meng and others. He had just come back. We haven’t entered the city yet, so what are we going to do
"What? I haven't seen you for more than half a year. Don't you want to be alone with me for a while?" Li Hong took Bai Chun's little hand and held it in his, looking at the beautiful woman in front of him who seemed to have nothing to do with her.
After so many years, she still hasn't changed at all. Her beautiful cheeks, charming eyes, ethereal smell as light as dust, cold temperament, and tall and perfect figure are simply stunning to look at. Not coming out.
"But... your safety..."
"You can swagger around Chang'an City, why can't I? It's not that much. But, today you will accompany me and help me wash away the dust." Li Hong said as he took Bai Chun's hand and hurriedly got into the carriage. , the people behind him didn’t even look at him.
After the noisy sounds such as the sound of horse hooves outside gradually faded away, Bai Chun ordered the carriage to go to Chang'an City. As for where to go, someone still doesn't know, but he just asked her to go to the city first.
"Your Highness, what's wrong with you today?" Bai Chun only showed her priceless smile when facing Li Hong.
It would be a complete lie for her to say that she didn't like to be alone with Li Hong, but she knew better than anyone else that His Highness the Crown Prince would not belong to her alone, not even to her at all.
"It's nothing, I just miss you." In the carriage, Li Hong gently held Bai Chun in his arms, caressed the soft body in his arms, and murmured.
"My slave, I have been thinking about you very much these days." Bai Chun gently grabbed Li Hong's hand caressing her cheek, closed her eyes, and said softly, enjoying the rare opportunity to be alone.
"I want to be alone with you like ordinary people. Although I know it is a luxury, I might as well give it a try first. I don't have to think about the mess in the court, and I don't have to deal with the welcome and delivery of the ministers. Ignore it. For the government affairs of the East Palace and the Sixth Ministries, don’t think about yourself as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, just treat us as a pair of ordinary people of the Tang Dynasty and live our lives for such a long time." Li Hong kissed Bai Chun's alluring red lips. After a while, he whispered.
"Your Highness, are you worried?"
"Maybe." Li Hong looked out the car window at the familiar Chang'an street scene, thinking how wonderful it would be if he didn't grow up.
(End of chapter)