Concubine Ben Duojiao [Powerful Nation System]

Liu Che and his party left the capital, but they brought ten guards with them for protection, and only one servant, Dong Feng, served beside them.

The two of them naturally pretended to be a couple of young merchants, and they only said that they were going home to visit the old man, and they left Chang'an City at dusk.

Liu Qi did not disclose the whereabouts of the two of them during his mission to Liang, but there were quite a few interested people.Just pay attention, and you can find that the prince has not been in court for many days.The door of the palace is closed.Even Liu, the princess of Guantao, who prostituted into the palace, only stayed in Changle Palace.After such comprehensive consideration, a smart person can guess that most of the prince and princess are no longer in the palace.

But if not, where would he go?But it's up for debate.

Both Liu Qi and Queen Mother Dou are the best of the best, and they have already thought of what others can think of.Just like this, they didn't think about helping the prince to cover up anything.

At this time, a person dressed as a guard hurried into the palace: "I would like to inform the Queen Mother, Your Majesty, that the prince and princess will stay in Dongyao tonight."

Dongyao is a suburb of Chang'an, only forty or fifty miles away from the city gate of Chang'an.It took only two hours to go out of the city at dusk, and he had already settled in Dongyao, but the journey was not enough.

Empress Dowager Dou nodded: "It's hard work for Jiaojiao and Yi'er, where do they stay? A folk house? Or an inn?"

"It's a private house." The guard said, "The Crown Princess and the Crown Prince discussed that the goal of staying in an inn is too big, so it's better to break it up and stay in a private house. Firstly, it saves expenses, and secondly, it can be done cheaply."

Liu Qi nodded: "Jiaojiao is careful, I've heard that decent merchants like to stay at private houses when they travel, but it's to save some money, and even more so to inquire about the real prices of some special products with private houses, so as not to be cheated."

"All in all, the folk house is no better than the palace. Jiaojiao and Xi'er have suffered a lot this time." Empress Dowager Dou sighed.

"Is the journey going smoothly? Has anyone found out the identities of the prince and his party?" Liu Qi asked again.

"It's not mentioned in Feige's handbook," said the guard.

"Don't be impatient, Jiaojiao and Shi'er came out not long ago, and those sneaky guys won't act rashly so quickly. Besides, if there is any unexpected situation, I will agree with you and me Zhuoyu's thoughts?" Queen Dowager Dou said, "Your son is intelligent, delicate and careful, and he must try his best to make things happen. Besides, Bowen didn't follow? His martial arts are all passed down by his father."

"I hope so," Liu Qidao, "Although the jade is not cut and can't be used as a tool, it's really scary to peck. I'm afraid that if the pecking is not good, the jade will be gone."

"Ah Qi is too worried, it must not be like this," although Empress Dowager Dou also had such worries in her heart, but she would never say it at this time, she changed the subject, "By the way, how about the daughter of the Jin family in Jiaofang Palace? "

"Grandmother didn't know, Wang Zhi heard that the daughter of the Jin family had already been assigned to a butcher in the market, and she had already given birth to a two-year-old son. So she cried and asked me to divorce her daughter and marry her to another clan. "Liu Qi shook his head bitterly, "The butcher has no faults, how can he divorce without reason? She wants her face to look good, but she doesn't want her daughter to be willing to give up her husband and son?"

"How do you know that Jin's daughter is reluctant?" Empress Dowager Dou said with a smile, "Didn't she also be willing back then, that's how she is now?"

"Her daughter was reluctant, and she had a lot of quarrels, until the Jiaofang Palace was like a lower Liba people's workshop." Liu Qi's head turned big when he thought of yesterday's scene, "Then Wang Zhi changed his tricks again. All kinds of questions asked me that I hated the official position, saying that it was to make up for the daughter of the Kim family."

"It's nice to say, but it's just a good-looking face," Empress Dowager Dou sneered, "How can my royal family have the ethics of prohibiting people? If she really cherished her daughter, she should have intervened when she got married. And what she wants to do, then It's her business, Jin's daughter has nothing to do with my Liu family."

Liu Qi also said: "Now that she's making a fuss about it, even if there's nothing, it's nothing. The daughter of the Jin family is also the eldest sister of the crown prince..."

"Hmph, she deserves it too!" Empress Dowager Dou snorted coldly, "I don't have any prejudice against her, but when I think of her grandmother, I feel panic. She also has a daughter and a son. You are so cruel! You used to always Said that I was too harsh on her, she can take care of the overall situation. Willing to send her daughter as a married princess outside the Great Wall will solve your urgent needs. But now I still want to say. If I were her, I would never marry my daughter To the Huns. Knowing that marriage is a dead end, but still sending her daughter away. Knowing that the crown prince is childless, but on the second day of her wedding, she can give the crown prince the medicine to kill her. What is she so happy about? Whose queen is it?"

Seeing what Empress Dowager Dou said was getting further and further away, Liu Qi could only stare at the guard and signaled him to go out immediately.The guard was also obedient, and immediately pretended to be watching his nose, pretending that he didn't know anything, and slowly backed away.

"Mum, that Wang is just a piece of meat that can be discarded at any time, but it's worthless to be angry for her." Liu Qi then comforted her.

"It sounds good. After all, mother and child are heart-to-heart. If it really comes to that point in the future and she can't be abandoned, I'm afraid that the pig's heart will be chilled first. Ah Qi, when you want a relative, mother is I understand. Among other things, my Dou family has only one Dou Ying who is enthusiastic about his official career, and now he is suppressed and can’t get back up. Your elder sister’s family, you ask yourself, Chen Wu and Chen Xu, can their tempers become dominant? A smart A Rong, who doesn't stay at home for two days, even delays his marriage. A Qi, I'm old, and I don't understand what you're thinking. Just to say, if you want to guard against your relatives, you should guard against them most. It's your good queen."

Liu Qi was startled, and at first he was a little unnatural: "Mum, where did you go? What is there to guard against? If you are a family, how can you speak two languages?"

Then Fang was enlightened: Wang Zhi had pretended so well before, so good that he almost ignored this seemingly timid queen.Think about it now, don't you?On the second day after the prince's wedding, she gave medicine to the princess; half a month after the prince's wedding, she brought her niece from her natal family into the palace to try to match the prince to accomplish good things with him; Begging him to give her the daughter of her ex-husband a title of lord, choose a clan for her, or make her illiterate husband a marquis...

This is not only to meddle in the prince's backyard, but also to meddle with the Liu family clan, and even to control the political situation!

How big is this ambition!

Liu Qi slowly clenched his fists: It seems that he was thinking wrong, he always wanted to keep Wang Zhi to deal with the Chen family and the Dou family, but he didn't think he had put the wrong person...

"By the way," Empress Dowager Dou heard his breathing became heavier, and she understood a little bit, "This queen's mother is also a remarkable person. First she married Huaili Wang Zhong as his wife, and gave birth to Wang Xin and Wang Zhi. And Wang Hao. After Wang Zhong died, she remarried to the Changling Tian family and gave birth to two sons, one named Tian Fu and the other named Tian Sheng. The most admirable thing is that her two daughters were all born In the blood of our Liu family, all three sons have embarked on official careers. Oh, that Tian Fu was promoted by you yourself before the empress seal."

On one side is the Dou family, who is studying Huang Lao's art behind closed doors, and the Chen family, which has produced two nerds, and on the other side is the Wang family who is good at planning and everyone is obsessed with official career.Even if Liu Qi's heart is partial to Wang Zhi, he can't say unfairly at this time: Compared with the Dou and Chen families, the Wang family needs to be more careful.What's more, not only did Liu Qi not favor Wang Zhi, but he even hated her a little bit!

"Filial piety is beyond heaven," Empress Dowager Dou sighed, "I'm tired, Aqi, you should go back and rest too. I feel sad when I think that Jiaojiao and Yu'er will be staying in such a poor family home tonight."

Empress Dowager Dou had issued the order to drive away the guests, so Liu Qi could only bow and retreat.But in his heart, he remembered all the words of Queen Mother Dou in his heart.

Empress Dowager Dou heard the door being closed with a squeak, and a smile appeared on her face: "Wang Zhi, Wang Zhi, you have bewitched my son, killed my granddaughter, and tried to meddle in the Han Dynasty. How can I let you go?" ? The taste of betrayal, you will be able to taste it one by one in the future..."

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Dong Kiln at this time.

September is the season of late autumn.Liu Che, who was used to seeing the scenery in the palace, was still excited.Even the couch in that folk house, he could keep his eyes on it.

"Sister Gillian, it's amazing. The fur on this bed is so prickly, how could they sleep on it?" Liu Che stroked the fur stitched by the hare that was laid on the ground as a sleeping bed because of the cold weather.

In fact, the fur is not very irritating, it is just used in the palace, autumn and winter, the fur is all stuffed in the very tightly stitched embroidered satin, the human body does not need to touch the fur.Now this fur not only has to be in direct contact with people, but also has some stains and the smell of sweat on it. Liu Che touched it, raised his hand to smell it, and frowned.

"We don't need that," Chen Ajiao didn't dare to touch those sleepers. "When I left the palace, I asked the imperial doctor's order that there might be a kind of small bug called fleas on it. If something goes wrong, it will be attracted to the body. In the future Itching."

Liu Che was startled, and withdrew his hand.Chen Ajiao had already called people in, took out some herbal powder brought from the palace, and asked the guards to distribute it, then Fang frowned and put away the dirty fur couch, put it aside, and sprinkled it on it again. some powder.Only then did he carefully dry the place where the couch had been placed with a sweat towel.Take out the folded couch from the box and place it in the past.

There were not many people on their trip, so even though Dong Feng was supposed to take care of them, she couldn't rely on others for everything.This road is low-key, and there will be a lot of trouble with the maid.Before leaving the palace, she asked Wenyin to learn how to fold the quilt. Although she was still not familiar with it, she still managed to look good.

It's just that she didn't know how to wash the sweat towel, so she had to wait for Dong Feng to finish.

"Sister Ajiao, you should have brought a maid here at that time." Liu Che saw that she was sweating profusely, but he couldn't help him, so he could only say, "How can you do these trivial things yourself?"

"I thought about it, but I don't have much skill. If I encounter something along the way, it will only be a burden. If I bring a maid, let's not talk about anything else. The lodging alone will be a trouble. You might as well learn by yourself." Chen Ajiao said, "It's only after doing it this time that I know it's not easy to be a maid. What do you think my shop looks like? It can't be done properly."

Liu Che was thoughtful: "It's already very good. Sister Gillian is right. These things should be done. I'm afraid this journey is really inappropriate. After all, Father never officially announced that I will go to Liang with you as an envoy." The country is gone. I'm afraid some people will take the opportunity to make trouble."

"It's not appropriate to say it. If I say it, I'm afraid someone will be more unscrupulous. After all, what happened can be pushed to Liang Guo and cause trouble." Chen Ajiao said, "Father and mother are testing you Woolen cloth."

Liu Che's face became serious, and he took out a golden token from his pocket: "My father gave me this before leaving. Seeing the token is like seeing the emperor. There is only one token in the whole country. No matter what, you can't let people That's it. Sister Gillian, I want to put this token with you."

Chen Ajiao glanced at it, and took out a dagger from her bosom: "I have a dagger given by my aunt, which cuts iron like mud."

Liu Che took it and took a closer look: "It's a good thing. Sister Gillian keeps it close to her body. I also have one. It's not as good as yours."

"It's enough to have a dagger for self-defense, but you don't need much good things. I'll give you this one, and we'll change it." Chen Ajiao said.

Liu Che squatted down, took out the dagger from the side of his leg, and handed the token to Chen Ajiao.

"The goal of our group is a bit big. After all, we all came out of the palace, so we can't escape the eyes of those who care about us." Liu Che said.

"I think so too. In fact, we only need to take three people with us." Chen Ajiao said.

Liu Che understood what she meant: "I just thought about it, I should also learn some things from Dong Feng, and then do it myself, so as to save another person."

"Which two do you want to bring?" Chen Ajiao asked.

"Didn't Sister Gillian think of two of them too? Why don't we write them on paper and see if they are the same?" Liu Che laughed.

Chen Ajiao thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

Find the bamboo slips and the knife from the box, and the two of them turned their backs on their backs and carved the name of the person they wanted.

In an instant, they turned around at the same time, each exchanging that bamboo stick...

"Sister Gillian is exactly what I thought!" Liu Che exclaimed in surprise.

Chen Ajiao was also a little surprised: "What do you think?"

Liu Che is very familiar with this kind of exquisiteness, so he said right away: "This Zhou Bowen is the parent and son of General Zhou Yafu. He has practiced martial arts since childhood, and he is very refined. One, naturally needs to stay. And Yan Qing, he was given by the aunt, so I think there must be something good about it."

"I don't care about Yan Qing's martial arts for the time being," Chen Ajiao said, "There is only one thing. We stayed behind Dongyao, and I saw him release a pigeon. It looks like a pigeon raised by the carrier pigeon house in the palace."

"But we didn't bring pigeons this time!" Liu Che said in surprise.

"He whistled, and pigeons flew over and landed on his shoulders," Chen Ajiao said, "I guess he must have something to do with the pigeon office in the palace."

"With him here, our information can be passed on to the mother and the emperor at all times," Liu Che said, "But sister Gillian, this is a double-edged sword. What if the pigeon is intercepted?" ?”

"Just talk to him, let him postpone writing for two days every time what we are doing." Chen Ajiao said.

"It's a good way. The rest can only be covered by soldiers." Liu Che said. Where is it appropriate to divide into two roads?"

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On the topographic map, there are two roads.

One: from Dongyao to Weinan, heading west to Zhongmu, passing through Luoyang, crossing Lankao obliquely, and finally arriving at Suiyang, the capital of the state of Liang.Apart from Weinan, there is no need to enter other counties on this road, just pass by. If you travel in a hurry, you can reach Suiyang in half a month.

Second: From Dongyao to Weinan, via Lingbao, Sanmenxia, ​​into Luoyang, into Zhengzhou, through Zhongmou, Kaifeng, into Lankao, and finally to Suiyang.It will take at least one and a half months to walk through these counties.

And Liu Qi told them that they had to arrive in Suiyang before December to deliver the belated congratulations.

The two looked at each other, and both understood Liu Qi's meaning. Liu Che pointed to the second path and said, "Let's go here."

In this way, it is not difficult to find the opportunity to divide into two routes: naturally it is in Weinan.

Immediately, Liu Che spread out the silk, rubbed a copy of the first road, and then put away the topographic map: "It's so late, Sister Gillian. Although I am very tired today, I don't want to fall asleep so quickly. Do you have any advice?" Not interested, go for a walk with me?"

It was also the first time for Chen Ajiao to see the scenery of the farmhouse, so the freshness was naturally no less than that of Liu Che. When she agreed, the two of them added a pair of outer clothes.After the topographical map on the scroll was dry, I put it away carefully, and then we left the low thatched hut together.

"I never thought that there is such a roof in the world. Wouldn't such a house leak when it rains?" Liu Che sighed.

"I didn't expect it either. I once heard my second brother say 'the sky is the cover and the earth is the hut' when he came back from his travels. I always felt a little unbelievable, but now I seem to understand a little bit." Chen Ajiao raised her head and looked at the sky full of stars.

She has read a lot of history books and knows that they are just passing through this long river of history.The long river called history will never stop for anyone.Just like the stars in the sky, when you look up, you always feel that they are all yours.But in fact, they are always there, never belonged to anyone.

By the water, there is the sound of insects.

It's the time of the child.In this village, only they are still wandering around.

"It's very quiet here, and it seems to be very beautiful to work at sunrise and rest at sunset," Liu Che said.

"Yeah, but pig, first you have to know how to dig the ground, otherwise it's just a dream." Chen Ajiao said, "There is a twinkle by the water? What is that?"

Liu Che didn't know either: "I've never seen it before. It's very beautiful, but it seems to be able to fly. I don't know if there is something wrong. It's better not to get close."

At this moment, Chen Ajiao remembered that this might be the so-called Liuying.But out of prudence, she also nodded her head: "It's good to watch from a distance, don't come up close, if something goes wrong, it will be troublesome."

Tonight, the night wind is slightly cool, the night is like water, the moonlight is intoxicating, the stars are dazzling, there are insects and frogs singing by the creek, and a group of fireflies are flying.This is a brand new world completely different from the palace...

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The next morning.

When Chen Ajiao woke up, Liu Che was no longer there.

When she got up to tidy up, Fang remembered a very important thing: she doesn't know how to comb her hair.You can't just go out with your hair disheveled like this?

There was a lot of noise in the courtyard, and she glanced through the crack of the door, only to see that Liu Che was competing with the guards at the door.After watching for a while, seeing that Liu Che was coming towards the bedroom, she immediately called out, "Hey."

Liu Che was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't care to wash his hands first, and pushed open the door.

At this moment, the sun was shining, and Chen Ajiao stood in that ray of sunshine with her hair loose, her whole body was so dazzling that people couldn't take their eyes off it.

"Sister Gillian," Liu Che pinched himself, "what's wrong?"

Chen Ajiao was still holding an ivory comb in her hand, and looked at him: "Ask Dong Feng if he knows how to comb his hair. I can't get out like this."

What does it mean for a wise man to worry about something?She thought of everything, but forgot to comb her hair!

Liu Che was taken aback: "My hair is also combed by Dong Feng, maybe he will? I'll ask him."

He turned around, a little regretful: Yes, if they didn't bring Dong Feng, they wouldn't even know how to comb their hair, it seems that they should learn this by themselves!

But after he asked Dong Feng, he was dumbfounded: Dong Feng didn't know how to comb women's hair.

In desperation, I had to ask the housewives to help, but most of the hairstyles that the housewives can comb are very simple, and they are very tight in order not to use too many hair accessories.Chen Ajiao has never felt that her entire scalp has been lifted in her two lifetimes.Now that I have tasted this taste, I can't wait to cry out in pain immediately.

When it was time to eat it, I was surprised again: folks only eat it twice a day.They were used to eating in the palace three times.What's more, the vegetables in the folk houses are not exquisite, they are just boiled in water, and they don't even want to put salt.

Fortunately, none of them are willful and reckless people, so they swallowed the court food with force, and settled the money with the people's family.Fang left in a hurry, but both of them felt a sense of crisis in their hearts: perhaps, they thought too easily about the difficulties they would encounter along the way.

Among other things, combing hair is a difficult task.

The next stop after leaving Dongyao was Cuihua Mountain. As soon as they entered the market, the two of them got busy.When he was in the car, Liu Che tried to comb his hair by himself, but unexpectedly it was very difficult.And Chen Ajiao, who couldn't wait to loosen her hair as soon as she got on the carriage, made his test product. After trying it out, Liu Che felt that combing other people's hair was easier than combing his own.So it was Chen Ajiao who learned how to comb men's hairstyles.After studying all the way, I finally achieved a little success.When he arrived at the market, Liu Che first went to Dibao to find a better advocate, and found a woman to teach him how to comb women's hairstyles.

And Chen Ajiao went to find someone to learn the easiest way to cook food.

Even though it was so difficult, the two of them never thought of bringing more people to serve them, so they had to learn to do everything by themselves.

Fortunately, both of them are extremely intelligent.After mastering the simple method, he ordered people to buy the clothes worn by the common people. After tidying up, he quickly left Cuihua Mountain.

----

Because it was already late when they left, they didn't find a place to stay that night, so they could only pick up a Taoist temple that seemed to be in disrepair.

This group of people, not to mention the prince and princess, even Dong Feng, the servant, has never experienced such hardship.

The quilts that Chen Ajiao brought were limited, and the broken Taoist temple was ventilated from all sides, so no matter how she lived, she couldn't stay warm.Fortunately, Zhou Bowen had heard the story of Zhou Yafu's early military service, and knew that he could light a fire to keep warm.Immediately, they searched for dry firewood everywhere, burned it into a pile, and everyone sat around.

Maybe it's because they are full of food and drink and have no other discomfort except the cold. This kind of experience staying in the Taoist temple is too novel, and everyone is full of energy.Liu Che took out the topographic map at this moment, gave some instructions, and didn't say what they were going to do, only that they would meet in Lankao two months later.

On the side of the guards, a commander named Liu Fang took the first step to escort the congratulatory gifts to King Liang when they were in Weinan.On Liu Che's side, besides Chen Ajiao, only Yan Qing and Zhou Bowen were brought along.

As soon as this decision was made, everyone naturally couldn't agree, and it was another remonstrance.

Unexpectedly, Liu Che has made up his mind, and he refuses to change it no matter what.

It was still Chen Ajiao who couldn't stand it and said: "Actually speaking, you are the most dangerous. The prince's departure from Beijing is not a top secret, and those who are interested will naturally think that most of you will go first with carriages and gifts. If you have the intention Unruly people will definitely stare at you. In this way, although there are few people on our side, it is safe enough, and if you are not careful, it may be difficult."

As soon as these words came out, the guards suddenly realized, they praised Liu Che's good plan, and their fighting spirit was high for a while.

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The flames licked the firewood, making a cheerful sound of stinging, stinging.

In the Taoist temple, everyone could only huddle in one place to keep warm because they had no bedding.Chen Ajiao and Liu Che were tightly huddled together in a corner under the quilt.Unlike Liu Che's good sleep, Chen Ajiao couldn't sleep: the white dragon fish suit has caused many troubles since ancient times.She is not afraid of anything, but what she is most afraid of is if something goes wrong.This world...

She sighed softly: You must be careful at all times, for example, at this time, someone should be on duty at night.But they feel that there is no one inhabited here, and there must be nothing wrong.

She couldn't say too much, so she could only pull herself together and guard the Taoist temple all night. If someone came, although she couldn't meet the enemy.Anyway, it can wake them up...

In the distance, there were one or two barking dogs.What's more, it's very quiet here...