Long Sword and Jun Wu

Chapter 2
Datang Xiantian two years
The long night covered the sky, the silver moon was picturesque, and the mid-autumn night was cool and cool. In the Daming Palace, a troop of ten thousand cavalry was ready to go. They were dressed in black and silver armor, and wore silver helmets. All of them had solemn faces and did not say a word.

Longwu General Chen Xuanli rode on a horse, holding a military talisman, and ordered: "Take it."
In the silence, Daming Palace suddenly burst into flames.

Li Longfan and Li Longye led the left and right Wanqi Battalion soldiers, divided into two groups, attacked from the Nine Immortals Gate and the Taihe Gate respectively, and beheaded the left and right Yulin Army.

The shouts of killing rang out, and the Daming Palace tonight was doomed to bleed like a river.

But in the Zichen Palace, there was a person holding a candlelight and holding a white jade brush, looking down as if he was writing something.

When I took a closer look, I found that it was not a letter at all, but a dense sheet of music.

The person who wrote the pen was calm and calm, as if the life and death outside the palace gate had nothing to do with him.

After a while, a Sheren holding a whisk came in at the door, and said to him: "Everyone, Wang Maozhong has finished dressing up."
The writer said "hmm", then threw the white jade brush in his hand on the table, and walked out.

"Let's go!"

Concise and concise, the person holding the whisk hurriedly followed.

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On the main street of Chang'an City, two fast horses and a carriage galloped, and the dust was flying, piercing the silence.

Passing Zhuque Street, three people, two horses and one cart approached a secluded alleyway in Yongyangfang. They stopped in front of a house. Immediately, an older middle-aged man dismounted quickly, opened the door and hurried away. go in.

The younger man on the other horse quickly dismounted and followed, only the man in the carriage stood still.

"Zhilan, Zhilan!" The older man shouted as he entered the door, looking eager.

"I'm here." The woman named Zhilan came out of the inner room with a worried face.

The woman has a very beautiful face and a graceful figure. She looks about 23 or [-] years old. She is carrying a burden on her shoulders and holding a girl about [-] or [-] years old in her arms. The girl is sleeping soundly with her eyes closed.

"What's going on? Chenglan, why did you send someone to tell me to pack my bags? What happened? Where are we going?" The woman named Zhilan asked eagerly while patting the baby girl in her arms.

The man named Chenglan is exactly the official secretary of the court - Cui Shi, whose name is Chenglan.

"I don't have time to explain so much. The sage is going to do it tonight. You and Heng'er will go in the carriage. Your elder brother Zhang Song will be waiting for you in the carriage outside." Cui Shi finished speaking quickly, and pulled Zhang Zhilan out the door. .

"My brother? What about you? Aren't you going with us?" Zhang Zhilan was clearly frightened and asked in panic.

"I can't go yet, you take good care of our daughter, Zhang Song will take you to a safe place, and Gongsun Yin will accompany you all the way." He said and glanced at the young man waiting by the door.

It was only then that Zhang Zhilan noticed Gongsun Yin who had been silent by the door, "Mr. Gongsun? You don't need to be on duty at the Imperial Medical Office?"

Gongsun Yin looked at Zhang Zhilan with a burning gaze, with a shy face on his clear and handsome face, he replied to her: "Miss Zhilan, don't worry, I will accompany you all the way."
Zhang Zhilan wanted to ask again, but Cui Shi quickly took them outside and let them get into the carriage.

Cui Shi was still not at ease, followed the carriage, rummaged around the collar of the little girl's skirt for a while, and found a scimitar-shaped jade pendant with a small hole in the edge, hanging from the girl's neck with a red string On the top, a fiery red phoenix is ​​engraved on the jade, and the surrounding area is wrapped in gold.

"Keep this phoenix (xī) well." Cui Shi looked at the phoenix jade pendant and explained to Zhang Zhilan carefully.

Zhang Zhilan glanced at Feng Xi, then frowned at Cui Shi, "Cui Chenglan, what are you planning? This jade coffin looks unusual, why did you give it to our mother and daughter for safekeeping?"
Cui Shi looked at Zhang Zhilan with tenderness in his eyebrows and eyes: "Don't ask so many questions, you just need to know that this thing is very important to me, you have to keep it safe, and don't lose it, okay?"
Cui Shi's words were full of affection. His face was already extremely handsome, but at this time he showed the gentleness and warmth of a man. Even if he was over forty, he could still make a woman's heart melt into him.

Zhang Zhilan was no exception, she looked at Cui Shi, with tears in her eyes, nodded: "Okay, I will, don't worry!"
Cui Shi said with satisfaction: "Let's go!" After speaking, he got out of the carriage.

"When will you come to see us?" Zhang Zhilan still did not give up, she put down Cui Heng, opened the curtain of the car to look at Cui Shi's back, and stubbornly wanted to ask the answer.

Cui Shi didn't answer, looked at Gongsun Yin who was standing beside him, and said meaningfully: "Xunfeng, leave it to you."
Gongsun Yin bowed to him: "Lord Cui, don't worry, I will do my best to escort their mother and daughter to arrive safely."
Cui Shi gave a "hmm", patted him on the shoulder again, and said softly: "I know what you think about Zhilan, if I can't pass this hurdle this time, you can take good care of them for me, okay?"
Gongsun Yin's expression was solemn when he heard this, knowing that the situation was serious, he bowed deeply to Cui Shi, "I take orders from a lowly position."
Cui Shi nodded, stopped talking, and glanced at Zhang Song in front of the carriage, Zhang Song understood, nodded to him to bid farewell, said "drive", and urged the carriage to move forward.

Gongsun Yin turned around and stepped on the horse, urging the horse to follow.

"Chenglan." Zhang Zhilan murmured softly, still lifting the curtain of the car, looking back at Cui Shi reluctantly, with inexplicable panic in her heart, fearing that they would be separated forever.

Cui Shi watched the carriage drift away, rolling up a cloud of silver dust.

After watching quietly for a while, Cui Shi sighed softly, turned around, and walked into the courtyard again.

Looking at the familiar rooms and furnishings, Cui Shi only thought in his heart, "I hope I made the right bet this time."

After waiting in silence for a while, Cui Shi was about to step away when he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes and neat steps outside the courtyard. It was heard that there were at least 300 people in this battle.

Cui Shi was startled, and quickly walked to the door to check.

I saw the flames bursting into the sky outside the door, and dozens of people held up the torches, illuminating the secluded alleyway as bright as day.Then a group of princess guards of honor slowly approached, and a luxurious carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley, and a beautiful middle-aged woman stepped down from the carriage.

The clothes on the woman's body are extremely luxurious, and she is about fifty years old, but she is well-maintained, and she is still beautiful and moving, bright and incomparable.

With an arrogant expression, she was surrounded by dozens of servants and walked towards the gate of the house.

Cui Shi was shocked when he saw her, and hurriedly saluted, "Your Highness."
This woman is the mighty Princess Taiping.

Princess Taiping only glanced at him, then passed him and walked into the courtyard.

Cui Shi hurriedly followed in.

Princess Taiping walked in, and the servants stopped outside the door, bowing their heads and waiting quietly.

"Princess, princess, didn't Weichen send a letter to tell you to stay away for a while and not come back for a while? What about you?" Cui Shi asked eagerly from behind.

Princess Taiping turned to look at Cui Shi, and interrupted him, "Cui Chenglan, don't think I don't know what you're planning!" After that, she looked around the back room, and finally looked back at Cui Shi with sharp eyes, "Then Where's the bitch?"
　"觿" (Yinxi), 觿 is an awl for untying knots in ancient times

　　
　
(End of this chapter)