Chastity Layman

  Chapter 974 Prince ran away

  It's raining.

  The Duni River swelled, and Qin Lang was marching westward with the army on this big river called the Hongshui River in later generations. I stayed in Rongzhou for almost a month in July, destroyed more than a dozen villages, and subdued hundreds of large and small villages. After a combination of grace and power, Rongzhou was temporarily straightened out.

  So at the end of July, Qin Lang went down the Qianjiang River, turned into the Hongshui River in Xiangzhou, and went up the river to enter Yizhou.

In the vast area on the north bank of the Hongshui River, the imperial court originally set up dozens of Jumi prefectures to divide the barbarians, and Qin Lang took advantage of the Pingman's victory last time to merge these Jumi prefectures. , to the north of the Hongshui River is Yizhou, and to the south is Chengzhou.

   "Mr. Wei, Xincheng is in front of it. During the reign of Wude, Wenquan Prefecture was established and Wenquan County was established. Previously, the prefectures and counties were merged, and Wenquan Prefecture was merged into Yizhou."

  Secretary Liu Rengui pointed in the direction of Jiangbei.

   "It seems that your complexion is not very good, what's the matter?"

  Liu Rengui moved closer to Qin Lang, and whispered, just received a post-horse express letter from Chang'an, something happened to the crown prince.

  Qin Lang raised his brows, and there was no one around, "Go to the cabin and talk."

  The two of them entered the cabin with heavy steps. Qin Lang called Cunyi and asked him to guard outside and not allow anyone to approach.

   "Old Liu, what happened?"

   As Qin Lang's secretary, Liu Rengui is in charge of the confidentiality and writing work, and the letters from Chang'an are all written by him first, he sighed.

   "The prince has escaped."

   What does it mean that the prince has run away, Qin Lang was stunned.

   "The letter was sent by Duke Gao, and it is very confidential. The news that the prince has escaped is still being blocked..."

After Chengqian angered the emperor earlier, Li Shimin severely reprimanded Chengqian, and directly dismissed him from the post of Yongzhou Mu. He even made a cabinet proposal in Chang'an. The power of Taiwan was completely handed over to the left-behind ministers, and Chengqian, the prince who originally had the power to know the military country, had no power at all.

  Prince Order cannot leave the East Palace now.

  After what happened last time, all the left-behind ministers are now not polite to Cheng Qian, and ignore some unreasonable demands. The crown prince used to make great fanfare to save people into Taoism, to restore Buddhist temples, to print scriptures, and to welcome Buddha bones, etc., and now they are all withdrawn.

  Chengqian felt that it was very embarrassing.

If you stay in Xijing, you can't do anything. Anyway, these old gentlemen from the three provinces of Taiwan sit in the cabinet and come up with a decision, and then hand it over to the East Palace, and then these few concurrent East Palace The old relatives of the governor of Fufang agreed on behalf of Zhu.

  This way of playing without Chengqian at all really annoyed Chengqian.

   These years have been smooth and smooth, when have you been treated like this?

  Especially Xiao Yu, Yang Gongren, Chai Shao and others were not from the East Palace, so they were not at all polite and accommodating towards Cheng Qian.

  Chang'an in midsummer is very hot, Chengqian has nothing to do in the East Palace, even the beloved second daughter of Marquis Pei was taken to Luoyang by the queen.

   And some young female prostitutes and dancers in the East Palace were also moved away by Prince Zhan Shi Gao Shilian, who believed that the prince was still in mourning for Gao Zu.

  You can’t drink alcohol, listen to songs, or watch dances.

  Staying in the East Palace is like going to jail.

   Then suddenly one day, Chengqian took Helan Chushi and other guards and said that he was going to Sanyuan Xianling to worship the ancestors, but he disappeared after crossing the Wei Bridge.

   There was no arrival of the crown prince at Sanyuan Xianling.

   It was already the third day when the prince was found missing.

  Gao Shilian didn't care about the crown prince at first, anyway, now he can't leave the East Palace under the order of the crown prince.

  The left-behind princes hurriedly sent people to search everywhere, only to find out at last that once the prince crossed the Wei Bridge, they sent a team to pretend to be him to go to Xianling, and then deliberately dawdled on the road.

  He changed clothes with Helan Chushi and others, pretended to be a Turkic caravan, and headed westward. They even prepared fake customs clearance documents, merchant lists, etc. early on.

   "No one expected that our prince would actually go to Longyou."

   "Longyou?"

   "To be precise, it is very likely that he went to Qinghai Hou Junji." Liu Rengui couldn't help but marvel, why is the Crown Prince so troublesome now? Could it be that the virtuous names in the past were all fake?

   "Are you gentlemen not stopping?"

   "The prince ran away for three days before he found out, and waited for the ministers to issue orders to intercept, but the effect was not good."

   At first, it was the prince and his party who had prepared for it and disguised themselves as a Turkic caravan, which Chang'an did not expect at the beginning. Finally found out later, but the crown prince was messing around. As the crown prince, he insisted on breaking through the barrier. He said he wanted to patrol the west, moved out his title of knowing the military and state affairs, and stayed in Xijing. The generals guarding the gate on the way did not dare to force him ah.

  So, the prince didn't care about it, and after he entered Longyou, he blatantly played the prince's banner, passed the barrier, and no one dared to stop him.

  He even dispatched some soldiers from Zhechong Prefecture along the way to accompany him, pretending to follow the order of the saint, and went to Qinghai to supervise the war and comfort the army.

   No one dares to doubt.

   After all, no one would doubt what the majestic Crown Prince said himself, when he stood there.

  Although the official documents of the ministers of Chang'an Xingtai chased after him, but on the one hand, the ministers of Chang'an Xingtai stayed behind, and on the other hand, the living prince was in front of him.

  The local officials and generals in Longyou, who were finally in trouble, had no choice but to send troops to accompany the guards after a few words of persuasion to no avail.

   It’s not like the prince’s order from the prince, everyone can follow the words of staying behind and ignore it, this is the prince himself.

   "So the prince should have arrived in Qinghai now?"

"Gao Gong said that the crown prince has passed Longdi and entered Qinzhou. This is the news when the letter was sent from Chang'an. It has been half a month since the letter was sent from Chang'an to Guangzhou, and then from Guangzhou to Yizhou. Now the prince may have reached the edge of Qinghai Lake."

  Qin Lang's face was ugly, and he almost wanted to scold his mother.

   This Chengqian really wanted to come out again and again. He had been so sternly warned by the emperor that he played too much before, but in the end, not only did he not repent at all, he even intensified it.

   Actually ran directly to Qinghai.

  The crown prince who stayed behind in Xijing quietly ran to Qinghai, what's the matter?

   "It is estimated that Hou Junji cannot be separated from this matter. Without Hou Junji's help, I don't believe the crown prince would dare to go to Qinghai alone."

  Qin Lang shook his head.

   "Hou Junji doesn't have the guts to lure the prince to go to Qinghai privately. He is not afraid that the saint will cut off his head? I guess this is the prince's own idea."

   Originally thought that if he was asked to toss a few times, the emperor would naturally beat him. Qin Lang felt that he should learn some lessons from what happened last time, but who would have thought that he could do more outrageous things.

  He dared to run to Longyou privately with a team of guards, not to mention anything else, even if something happened along the way, no one would be able to resist.

   This journey is thousands of miles, but it is not safe.

  Who can guarantee that the title of Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty is so easy to use?

  Furthermore, even if they arrive safely all the way, but Qinghai is currently in civil strife, which is a battlefield, so are you afraid of a mistake?

  Even if everything is safe, but your majestic prince ran to the border battlefield in private like this, what is the nature of this?

  Neither asked the emperor, nor asked the stay-at-home ministers, not even the generals of the Luben Army in the East Palace.

  Fortunately, Su Dingfang has been transferred from the Luben army and transferred to Jiannan Weizhou as the governor, otherwise Su Dingfang would have been mistreated by Chengqian?

  If you can't even look down on a prince, you will definitely be blacklisted by Li Shimin and you will not be able to stand up.

   "How to reply to Duke Gao?" Liu Rengui asked.

  Gao Shilian probably regretted it now. If he had known this, he definitely would not have agreed to stay in Chang'an to assist the crown prince.

  I was thinking about my grandson, but who would have thought that even my uncle would be cheated.

  Qin Lang heaved a long sigh.

  The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, a river of rain and fog.

   "There is no need to reply anything, this will not be mixed in advance."

  There was a lot of rain outside, and Liu Rengui couldn't hear clearly for a while.

   asked again.

  Qin Lang had no choice but to get closer, "Don't reply for now."

   "Just ignore it?"

Listening to the sound of rain outside, Qin Lang said in a disappointed tone, "So what can we do now? Besides, we are thousands of miles away in southern Xinjiang, and the crown prince went to Qinghai. We are thousands of miles away. The tube is beyond reach."

   "Not in charge of politics, not seeking a job, let the old gentlemen of Chang'an go have a headache."

   "Duke Wei is not afraid that the crown prince will make a mistake?"

   "If not, if Hou Junji can't even protect the prince's safety, then he has spent so many years in vain."

  The wind is getting faster and faster, and the rain is getting heavier and heavier.

  The fleet docked temporarily, lowered the sails and lowered anchor.

  Depressed in his heart, Qin Lang drank a few cups of mulled wine, and simply fell asleep amidst the sound of heavy rain.

  Maybe I caught a cold when I slept on the boat in the heavy rain.

  That night, Qin Lang developed a fever, which persisted, and even started talking nonsense, which was very scary. The military doctors accompanying the army were also frightened by this emergency.

  The doctors are in a hurry.

  Qin Lang's illness came and went like a mountain. For several days in a row, the high fever came and went, and the whole person was always half-conscious.

  In the next few days, Jia Wuben, Liu Rengui and others also sent people around to seek medical treatment. Fortunately, on the fifth day, Qin Lang's fever finally subsided completely, and he began to wake up.

   "Hungry."

  Lao Jia's hair has turned gray a lot these days, and he heaved a sigh of relief seeing Qin Lang regain his clarity.

"I heard from Secretary Liu Zhang about that. In fact, why are you so depressed now? I know that you have an unusual relationship with him. You have put a lot of effort into it, and even put the future of the entire family on it. But there are some things that hit you Destined, cannot be forced."

   "Relax your mind, and besides, even if something like this happens, it's not really bad in the end. After all, it's just young people messing around, and it's not a big mistake."

   "I'll ask someone to make you a bowl of porridge. You should have a good rest and don't think too much about it."

  Qin Lang let out a long sigh.

   "I just want to have a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge. As for other nonsense things, I don't want to think about him."

  Old Jia laughed loudly, "That's right!"

  (end of this chapter)