Princess Changle glared at Fang Jun, thinking it was already this time, are you still in the mood to eat?
But when his eyes touched Fang Jun's warm smile, his heart suddenly trembled. It seemed that all the tension and fear were instantly relieved, and the tight heartstrings were relieved. No matter how big the matter was, this man knew it well and could handle it properly. Disposal...
Then he glanced at Fang Jun without any trace, turned around and told the maid: "Did you hear that? Go quickly and prepare a midnight snack for Duke Yue, lest you look back and say that you don't know how to serve others."
The maid lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, feeling amused. Does her dignified and rigorous His Highness also tease others like this?
He hurriedly came down, turned around and left in a hurry.
Fang Jun said aggrievedly: "Why do you need to slander others like this? Your highness is usually a courteous and virtuous corporal with great reputation. But when you say this, your image is completely ruined."
Princess Changle was a little amused. She glanced sideways at him and raised the corners of her lips: "When everyone in the government and the public says you are a stick, why don't you care about your image?"
After saying that, he ignored Fang Jun and said softly to Gao Kan: "It's rainy and cold at night. General, please go and wash your hands. Let's have a meal together."
How could Gao Kan dare to stay? Looking at his handsome man with stars in his eyes, he knew that he wanted to kick all the irrelevant people away. If he stayed and was an eyesore... the consequences would be disastrous.
He said hurriedly: "The general doesn't dare! Your Highness and the commander can just have a meal. The general is guarding the door, waiting for the news from outside to come back, and then come in and report!"
After saying that, he saluted Princess Changle, then turned around and walked out of the door. He picked up the bamboo hat and put it on his head. He straightened his back and held the knife in his hand. He stood on one side of the door like a door god, not squinting.
Princess Changle naturally knew Gao Kan's intention to avoid suspicion, and was a little shy. She glanced at Fang Jun and complained: "I have always been pure and self-possessed, but now I seem to have a ghost in my heart and can't see others. I'm really annoyed."
Fang Jun chuckled: "Your Highness, don't worry about it. This guy is just a rough guy. I'm afraid that I will show my timidity in front of Your Highness, so I can stay outside and feel more comfortable. Besides, the military is strictly disciplined, and they are still performing military duties at the moment." , how dare you ignore military law and eat in private? Your Highness doesn't need to pay attention."
Princess Changle did not comment, walked to the coffee table, saw the book on the table, said "Huh", picked it up and looked at it, then looked at Fang Jun in surprise and asked: "Do you understand?"
Fang Jun did not pretend to be pretentious, and said honestly: "Although I am a beautiful man with unparalleled literary talent, I am not familiar with Taoist doctrine. I can see it, but I really don't understand it."
Princess Changle rolled her eyes at him charmingly and ignored his nonsense. She pursed her lips and said: "You are honest. Fortunately, you said you don't understand. Otherwise, I would randomly ask you a few questions from the book. If you can answer If you don't come up, you will be embarrassed."
This book can be regarded as the essence of Taoism. The author Yan Junping was a famous Taoist official in the late Western Han Dynasty. He loved Huang Lao and never became an official throughout his life. His real name was Zhuang Zun, and his courtesy name was Junping. In order to avoid the name taboo of Liu Zhuang, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, he called himself Yan Junping.
Since the middle of the Han Dynasty, it has been a period of transformation for Taoist thought. Taoism, which has lost its dominant position in the ideological field, is no longer used by rulers as a governing technique, but if it is replaced by Confucianism, its existence and development can only take two steps. There are two main forms, one is as academic thought, and the other is as the way to immortality.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the main form of research on Taoist thought has also changed from writing books to commenting on "Laozi". It is difficult to make a breakthrough.
Yan Junping's "Laozi Zhigui" is considered to be the best among this kind of commentaries. It is quite insightful. However, his cultivation is too sophisticated. The diction in the book is ancient and the sentence patterns are parallel, which makes it very obscure and difficult to understand.
If the reader is not proficient in Taoist mysteries, it will naturally be difficult to understand this book.
However, from this, Princess Changle discovered another advantage of Fang Jun, that is, although this man is famous all over the world, he never pretends to understand, he is very straightforward and candid, and he has an upright spirit.
Unexpectedly, Fang Jun answered: "Your Highness praised Wei Chen for being 'sincere', but he also thought that Wei Chen was a jade tree standing in the wind and had unparalleled literary talent? Haha, Your Highness has a good eye!"
Princess Changle: "..."
Well, there is nothing like being upright and magnanimous. It’s just that I lost my mind. I didn’t have it originally...
Putting the scroll on the table, she knelt down, raised her eyes and looked at Fang Jun, and asked worriedly: "The thief has not been caught yet. If he retreats this time, he will be alert. If he attacks next time, he will be even more fierce and fierce. You
You still have to be more careful and don’t be careless.”
Fang Jun also sat down. The two of them faced each other, audibly, looking at each other calmly, and said warmly: "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness, but there is no need to worry. Although the thieves were alerted and escaped this time, they did not kill the main force to act as a deterrent, but
Since the thief left a loophole, it is impossible to trace all the traces. As long as you find the thief's lair and know his identity, it will be a huge trouble. Your Majesty will go on a personal expedition tomorrow, but what happened before leaving Beijing
For such a big matter, even if you take the overall situation into consideration, you will definitely get angry. How can you not give those thieves a hard beating to set a warning for others?"
In the eyes of His Majesty Li Er, he will go on an expedition tomorrow, and those people made such a big move tonight, which simply means they do not take him as an emperor seriously.
Even if he is an emperor who is good at suspicion, he will think that those people don't want to watch him personally conquer and make unparalleled achievements...
After all, on the night before the emperor's expedition, the important ministers of the court were killed in the capital. How could the emperor dare to leave the capital and lead troops to Liaodong with confidence?
That is to say, His Majesty Li Er always cherishes his feathers and cherishes his reputation extremely. If it were Emperor Sui Yang, I am afraid that the whole of Chang'an will flow into a river of blood tonight, and I don't know how many heads will fall to the ground, and how many families will be annihilated...
While the two were talking, the maid had already brought a prepared meal, which was just a few simple side dishes, porridge and steamed buns, so it went very quickly.
The two of them started eating.
As a result, Fang Jun had just finished a bowl of porridge and two small steamed buns when he heard Gao Kan outside saying in a deep voice: "Commander, the scout is back."
Fang Jun put down his bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth with the handkerchief, and said to Princess Changle: "Your Highness, please wait and enjoy. I'll come as soon as I can."
He didn't want to disturb Princess Changle. Who knew who appointed these people? If they were important officials in the court, Princess Changle would be worried again.
Unexpectedly, Princess Changle quickly put down her bowls and chopsticks, wiped her hands with a handkerchief, and said in a clear voice: "I have finished eating. Let them come in and talk. I also want to listen."
Fang Jun looked at the rice bowl and saw that there was still half a bowl of porridge. He looked at Princess Changle's pretty face and was speechless.
"Come in and talk!"
"Here!"
After receiving the order, Gao Kan entered the door, followed by a soldier who was soaked all over.
Fang Jun glanced at it and said, "Go ahead."
"Here!"
The soldier responded, took a breath, calmed his irritable breathing, and then said: "Under the orders of General Gao, I traced the thief's whereabouts, and finally found the thief's traces in the valley near Ziwu Road.
"
Fang Jun frowned: "Ziwu Road?"
The soldier said: "Exactly."
"How many are the thieves?"
"No less than three hundred people."
Fang Jun frowned in confusion.
Ziwu Road is an important passage from Chang'an, the capital, to Hanzhong, Bashu and other places in the south. Because it passes through Ziwu Valley, one of the "Seventy-two Valleys in the Qinling Mountains" at the northern foot of Zhongnan Mountain, and the direction of the road starting from Chang'an south is in the right direction.
It was named after its north-south orientation. Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, it has only been important.
However, Ziwu Road has another name, called "Ziwu Plank Road". As the name suggests, a long section of this road is an ancient plank road built on cliffs. It is narrow and dangerous. Although it has always been an important road in the war between Guanzhong and the outside world,
But it has never been suitable for many people to pass, especially on rainy days.
If you are not careful, you will lose your footing and fall into a deep ravine, shattering your body to pieces.
Fang Jun asked again: "Can you confirm the identity of the thief?"
The soldier said: "My subordinates dare not get too close, so they cannot clearly see the thief's appearance and attire. However, from a distance, we can see that the thief advances and retreats in a measured manner, in a hurry and not in a disorderly manner. He must be a well-trained soldier who follows orders and prohibitions."
Youtunwei followed Fang Jun and defeated Xue Yantuo in northern Xinjiang. They fought fiercely and fought several fierce battles. The scouts in the army were all tempered by the flames of war and were highly skilled and experienced. Since they were sure that the opponent was a brigade of soldiers,
Then there is no need to doubt.
Since he is a soldier of a brigade, and he took advantage of the darkness and rain to pass through the extremely dangerous Ziwu Road, there is only one answer: the bandit's station is to the north of Zhongnan Mountain, and he has to return to the station as soon as possible through Ziwu Road, otherwise he will be captured once dawn
If people find out, disaster will come.
However, Zhongnan Mountain stretches endlessly, with crisscrossing mountains and ridges, but there are not many passes through which people can walk. If you don't take the Ziwu Road, you will have to go around in a big circle, and you might not be able to get back to your base for ten and a half days.
The most important point is that to the north of Zhongnan Mountain is Chang'an City.
And as His Majesty Li Er is about to march eastward, the troops stationed in Chang'an City after being mobilized to Guanzhong now number more than a dozen...