May you live in peace

When October came, everything seemed ordinary, except that autumn completely covered the entire capital, and the scenery of fallen leaves flying all over the streets showed a hint of coolness, and everything else passed peacefully.

Today's Kyoto, the sun is out, and the various places are more or less joyful and harvested. Gao Shan stands in front of the princess's mansion, looking at the whole street in a daze.

"The son-in-law is not in the mansion, what are you doing at the door?"

The long-lost but familiar voice caught Takasugi's attention.

Yin Luo always wears a light yellow skirt, a plain white belt on her head, and a purple jade pendant around her waist. Although she looks more mature than Yin Xi, her brows are more childish.

"Why is the second princess here?"

Gao Shan stepped forward to meet her, but saw a person standing beside her, dressed in white, with a serious expression, just in time.

"Big Prince Consort." Fang Shi saluted.

Gao Shanxu helped him, but she didn't talk to him. She didn't like Fang Shi very much. Although this man wanted to get close to her intentionally or unintentionally, she really couldn't like the way he looked at her.

"Sister Huang is not at the house?" Yin Luo asked, seeing Gao Shan standing at the door, but Yin Xi was not by her side, the two were usually inseparable, now that Sister Huang is not here, could it be possible to go out to do some errands?

"Well, Xi went to see the national teacher."

Yin Luo nodded, expressing his understanding.For the past ten days, Miss Huang has been going to Baihu Pavilion every day. She doesn't know why, but she doesn't tell herself when she asks her.What exactly happened that Huang Jie didn't want to let herself be involved?

"Second princess, go in and sit down."

Seeing a few people standing at the door like this was not good, so Takasugi invited them in.

Yin Luo nodded, thinking that she still needed to see Sister Huang, ignored Fang Shi who was beside her, and raised her foot to enter the door.

"Since the eldest princess is not in the mansion, I will take my leave first." Fang Shi saluted very politely and was about to leave.

Gao Shan was a little puzzled, but he saw Yin Luo's eyes moved slightly, and he smiled and nodded at him, as if he knew it.After waiting for Fang Shi's figure to disappear completely, he signaled to Gao Shan, and the two entered the mansion.

"Second princess?" Gao Shan saw Yin Luo was only walking, and wanted to get her attention.

"Hey, it's been so long. In the mansion, you don't actually have to have such a relationship with me." Yin Luo has always been on good terms with Gao Shan, and since a long time ago, he often loves to play tricks on this stupid thing in her eyes.Later, after knowing the secret of her being a daughter, I couldn't accept it for a while, but thinking about Takasugi's actions for so long, and how much my sister Huang loves her, I readily accepted it.But this person doesn't seem to be able to change his habits. Such a title is always a bit unfamiliar.

Gao Shan's expression changed slightly, but he still let out a sigh of relief, imitating Yin Xi's address and calling her "Luoer".

Yin Luo nodded in satisfaction, walked to the hall very familiarly, sat on a chair, and pouted at Gao Shan.Takasugi poured her a cup of tea, sat next to her, and waited for her to speak.

"Didn't Fang Shi come with Er... Luo Er?"

Seeing the subtle change in Gao Shan's expression when he corrected his address, Yin Luo put down the teacup, looked at the location of the mansion gate, and said softly.

"No, I didn't expect to meet him on the street. Besides, this man took the initiative to find me, and wanted to come with me to the Elder Princess's mansion to find Miss Huang."

Yin Luo touched a strand of hair hanging down his ear, and looked up to the left, as if he was thinking about today's events.

Gao Shan felt strange, if Fang Shi wanted to find Xi, he could just come to the mansion to see him, why did he wait for Yin Luo to come to the mansion with her.Moreover, how did he know that Yin Luo was coming to find Yin Xi today.

"You came to see Xi, what's the matter?"

Yin Luo's expression changed slightly, and when he looked at Gao Shan, his eyes rolled, as if he was thinking about whether to tell her.

Gao Shan saw that she and Yin Xi had a seven-point resemblance face, staring at the way he was sizing up, although he was mature, he still had the feeling of a child, so he couldn't help but said with a smile.

"Forget it, if you can't say it, don't say it. Xi should be back soon. I'll go and prepare something, and I'll have an early lunch later."

Seeing that Gao Shan was about to get up, Yin Luo quickly grabbed her, saw her still smiling, and asked.

"What are you laughing at? It's not impossible to tell you."

Gao Shan looked at her slightly annoyed expression, waved his hands helplessly, looked at her, and waited for her to tell him.

Yin Luo knew that she might be joking again that she was not as stable and mature as Huang Jie, so she pursed her lips, calmed her thoughts a little, and said slowly with a solemn expression.

"Two days ago, the dark guard told me that someone secretly entered the royal father's bedroom, but this person was extremely fast and agile. Even a well-trained person like the dark guard found it by accident the night before, but in the end, he also The person was not found."

Takasugi was startled, looking down at the floor, thinking.

She had seen Yin Ran more than ten days ago, and the day after that, Yin Ran fell into a coma again without any movement.And she has only spent so long in peace, and no one has ever looked for her.

Who is that person who entered Yin Ran's hall?What on earth does he want to do?

"Also, the soldiers and horses in the west of Annan have been secretly mobilized."

"What?" Gao Shan looked at Yin Luo in surprise. She had been with Yin Xi for so long, and Yin Xi didn't shy away from court affairs. She also knew a lot about many situations.

The news that Annan had a change, and that he had close contacts with members of Hao Guo's royal family has been circulating in the court, but no one fully understands it all.Therefore, Xi also spent a lot of time investigating this matter. After all, it is not a matter of a day or two for Annan to point fingers at Hao Guo.Now that Emperor Hao is critically ill, and there is no accurate information to tell the world, it will inevitably lead to the eyes of all countries.Once Annan makes a move, it will inevitably not attract the attention of other countries, even if the countries respect Hao Guo on the surface and want to have friendly exchanges with Hao Guo from generation to generation.But in the face of interests, these are just lies to deceive people.

Yin Luo shook her head lightly, signaling her not to attract other people's attention.Gao Shan got up and looked by the window, and after making sure that there was no one there, he sat down again.

"When did this happen?"

"Half a month ago, but according to the report from the dark guard, I speculate that Annan made some moves, and it should have been more than a month."

Gao Shan lowered his eyebrows slightly. More than a month ago, that is, in September, the royal hunting coincided with the time of Yin Ran's assassination. If An Nan took advantage of this time to mobilize troops, it would be difficult for people to notice.

Seeing that Gao Shan was thinking about something, Yin Luo took a sip of tea before interrupting her.

"Is there any movement in other countries?"

Yin Luo looked at Gao Shan in surprise, she didn't expect that she had grown a lot after seeing her for so long.

"Not yet, but..."

Seeing Yin Luo frowning, Gao Shan narrowed his eyes slightly and asked.

"but what?"

"Annan's actions are not too subtle, otherwise, the secret guards would not have noticed it within a month. I just don't understand, since Annan has made an action, how can other countries remain unmoved? This is too quiet. "

Takasugi nodded, but he didn't know the twists and turns.

"Does this matter have anything to do with him?"

Yin Luo looked at Gao Shan's serious expression, of course she knew who the "he" Gao Shan was referring to.However, even if they all suspect that the royal family member Annan colluded with must be Yin Yao, but there is no evidence, so they can only be more vigilant.

"It should be related to Yin Yao, but he didn't dare to make too much of a move. Besides, once Annan intervenes in Hao Guo's affairs, it will inevitably cause disputes. At that time, if all countries want to get a share of Hao Guo's pie, the war will be chaotic and they will suffer. , it will only be Hao Guo, he won't get any benefits, and he will be called a traitor, he should, he is not so stupid."

Takasugi didn't answer, but listened and analyzed.Many people knew that Yin Yao was restless. In the past few months, Yu Xu, Prime Minister of the Right, got closer to them, and everyone saw it.It seems that Yin Yao does not need foreign intervention to help him, but Gao Shan always feels that something is not right.

Gao Shan's tangled appearance made Yin Luo a little curious, so he couldn't help asking.

"Anything weird?"

Takasugi shook his head.

"It's not weird to say, but I'm curious, what is the purpose of Yin Yao and An Nan hooking up? I always have a feeling that what Yin Yao is doing is not so much what he wants to accomplish, but more like To do it passively, it seems that he has the initiative, but in fact, in many cases, he is more like preparing for another person."

Yin Luo was puzzled and didn't quite understand what Gao Shan said.Gao Shan smacked her lips. In fact, many things were her intuition. After all, she participated in the government affairs and often had contact with Yin Yao.And that intuition, she didn't know how to express it.After organizing his thoughts for a while, he said.

"I can't fully explain why, but if everything Yin Yao did was for his father, and all the risks he took were for his father and Xi to compete for that position, he shouldn't have gone to fight with Annan Connected."

Takasugi wanted to say something about that weird feeling, but he didn't know how to describe it, so he just frowned.

Yin Luo didn't think of anything first, what Gao Shan said about Yin Yao and Yin Yang, in fact, she and Sister Huang already knew about it.Yin Yao and Yin Yang are not very harmonious. It seems that everything Yin Yao does is related to his father, but in fact, both she and Yin Xi know that the father and son have their own ghosts.Yin Luo looked at the residue in the tea bowl, which seemed to be washed away but floating in the same place, and the cut tea leaves swirled around the water.Inadvertently saw the scar on the shoulder of Gaoshan's collar, which was long and deep, but it had already grown new flesh and left a scar. This was the injury she suffered last time in the hunting ground to save Huang Jie.She squinted her eyes, thinking about what had happened recently, suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration, and a terrifying idea shocked her all over, almost making her stand up from her seat.

Gao Shan didn't know, and looked at her suspiciously, but saw that she recovered quickly, gave him a look, stood up, and was about to go out.

Gao Shan followed, seeing her still thinking expression, knowing that she might have guessed something, asked.

"Did you guess what?"

Yin Luo pursed her lips and replied.

"Not sure, but very likely."

Gao Shan saw that she was going to the stable in the backyard, and was about to call the coachman, but Yin Luo stopped her and said that it would be good for the two of them to go.

"Where are we going now?" Sitting on the carriage, Gao Shan acted as a temporary coachman, watching Yin Luo sitting beside her, and did not go in.

"Miss Huang won't be back for a while, so please ask brother-in-law to take me to the residence of Gao Jianping, the high school general."

When Gao Shan heard her call himself 'brother-in-law', he felt a little weird, and his face turned red.Seeing her reaction, Yin Luo changed his serious expression and raised his head slightly, telling her to hurry up.

Gao Shan didn't ask her why she went to Gao Jianping's mansion, waved towards the horse's back, and led the horse out of the princess' mansion.

Gaofu is different from the majesty of ordinary mansion gates. The gate of brown lacquered wood is hung with copper bells. Next to the three-step marble staircase, two winter jasmine trees are planted. What is a little special is that there are two statues standing on both sides of the gate. The stone men, whom Gao Shan had met, were the two most famous academicians in Hao Guo's founding period.On the ebony plaque, it is written in italics, "Keep awe-inspiring spirit and be open to the world." Gao Shan came to Gao Jianping's house for the first time, and most of her impressions of him were that he was one of Xi's most important confidants, and he was also very capable of handling affairs.Unexpectedly, as a military officer, he is a delicate-minded person, with the nobility and pursuit of a literati.

A servant came out of the door, just as Yin Luo got down from the carriage.Seeing Yin Luo's dress and demeanor, he was not an ordinary person at first glance, he just bowed to the two of them, made a gesture of invitation with his right hand, and led them to the living room.

After arriving at the front hall, the servant poured a cup of tea for the two of them, and prepared to enter the door to announce.

"You bring this to Gao Gao Lang Jiang, and ask him to come over as soon as possible."

Yin Luo untied the jade pendant and handed it to the young servant. The young servant saw that the jade pendant was purple all over, and the quality of the jade was very good.Knowing that a distinguished guest is coming, he hastily ran in three steps at a time.

Gao Shan was standing next to Yin Luo, seeing her sometimes squinting her eyes and sometimes frowning, as if she was hoping for something to happen.He didn't bother her or ask, but sat aside and drank tea.

Not long after, a man in a light blue robe ran outside. He was 26 and seven years old, at the age of high spirits. Although he walked quickly, he walked straight.

"Second princess, the eldest son-in-law."

Gao Jianping stepped over the threshold and bowed to the two of them in salute.He didn't expect that it would be an honor to have the two princesses come to his house in person today.

"General Gao, you don't need to be so polite. You and I are considered acquaintances. You don't need to perform such a grand ceremony in front of outsiders." Yin Luoxu helped him up, and seeing his dusty appearance, it seemed that he had just finished his work. , asked.

"Did any guests come just now?"

"The eldest princess came here just now." Gao Jianping replied while inviting Gao Shan and Yin Luo to sit down.

"Miss Huang has come?"

Gao Jianping nodded.Gao Shan was a little curious, this morning he only knew that Xi had gone to the National Teacher's mansion, but he didn't hear that Xi said that he would come to Gao Jianping's mansion.

"Yes, the eldest princess just came here not long ago, she took something, asked me something, and left again."

Yin Luo nodded, she didn't expect that Huang Jie would be one step faster than herself.

"Is it something you found in the hunting ground last time?"

"Yes."

So, it seems that Miss Huang has also started to suspect, but she doesn't know whether this thing belongs to that person or not.If so, it means that Yin Pan has already infiltrated into the center of the capital, and colluded with the people of the court, and it has been a long time.If, let's make another bold assumption, if he was by their side, it would make sense if he was able to sneak into the hunting ground last time, know their arrangements, and set up an ambush.Just, who is this person?Three people flashed through Yin Luo's mind, and only these three people might have something to do with Yin Pan, and even he himself.

"The second princess is also here for this?"

Yin Luo nodded, seeing that the imperial sister had already taken away the things, it meant that the imperial elder sister also had someone to suspect, and she would go to discuss matters with the imperial elder sister later and tell about An Nan and her father.

Yin Luo was about to leave, Gao Jianping thought for a while, and stopped Yin Luo.

"Second Princess, the Eldest Princess is in a hurry today, and she returned to the mansion in a short time. I still have something to report here, but I haven't come to tell the Eldest Princess in a hurry. Not long ago, a suspicious person sneaked in. I don't know who it is, but I only know that there are traces left by iron hooks on the city wall the next day. According to the scratches and depths left by the iron hooks, I speculate that they are spies from the Yue Kingdom. But I don't know how many people there are. It's just a guess, I dare to send someone to investigate this matter first, and I hope the second princess will pass it on for me."

Yin Luo's pupils shrank, and he talked to Gao Shan in the morning that there was no movement from other countries. Now there is news that the Yue Kingdom may have taken action?Yin Luo didn't know if these countries were secretly united. If they just wanted to share a share of the pie, they would be much easier to deal with if they had unreasonable thoughts about Hao Guo alone.

"How long ago?"

"Four days ago."

Yin Luo nodded, "I will tell Sister Huang about this matter, you have already arranged the deployment, just proceed according to your plan, Sister Huang trusts you, so you follow your original steps to search for spies from other countries , but remember, don’t startle the snake.”

Gao Jianping clasped his fists to express his understanding.

Yin Luo stepped out of the door and was about to go back home when he suddenly remembered something.

"Oh, by the way, part of Han Tan's Huben army was mobilized by the emperor, but this matter cannot be known to others. This small part of the army is operating in regular clothes. In order not to be discovered, you will temporarily lead it .”

Gao Jianping was a little shocked, did the eldest princess mobilize the troops without permission?Although he has no opinion to raise, is it a little too bold to do so, after all, King One is still in the court.

"General Gao, don't worry. Miss Huang is also thinking about the safety of the imperial city. After all, there are forces hidden in this seemingly calm sea. They all want to stir up waves. Moreover, the general must have known that the North Gate There are a lot of people in the guard." Yin Luo's expression was a little serious, and there was some secretiveness of a superior, Gao Shan watched Yin Luo's eyes, and he could see the coldness flashing in her eyes when she said about the north gate.She still remembered that when she went to the north gate last time, she felt in a daze for a while, and among the guards at the north gate, many people were not simple.

Gao Jianping nodded knowingly, although he is not directly related to the Habayashi Army like Gao Shan.But his father, Gao Zheng, who was in Fufeng County, knew to some extent that among those guards, there were not only soldiers sent by Yizi Wang Yinyang, but also some of them might be sent by other people.

"Yes."

With Gao Jianping's promise, Yin Luo didn't plan to stay for a long time, and after a few chats with them, they prepared to go back home.Gao Jianping sent the two of them outside the door, and only stared at the sky in a daze for a while until the carriage was far away, then stretched his muscles and bones, and returned to his mansion.

On the street, as always, it is peaceful and peaceful, and the people will only rush to each other for firewood, rice, oil and salt. Even if there is an undercurrent in the court, people's lives only revolve around their own few acres of land. Except for those who are beneficial to themselves and good rulers, they Doesn't seem to care about anything.

Yin Luo lifted the curtain and looked at the street in a trance. Gao Shan drove the carriage very slowly. She looked at Yin Luo's tranced expression, and also looked at the street where she had stayed for nearly half a year. There was no change at all.There is a lot of traffic and noise, and beggars will look at the people in rich clothes and go up to beg. Some throw one or two copper coins, some wave their sleeves, and then leave.

"Should Luoer go back to the residence, or go to see Xi?"

"Let's go back to the mansion. Miss Huang probably didn't go back."

Gao Shan nodded, changed the direction of the carriage, and prepared to go to the Second Princess' Mansion.

The carriage Fang Fang turned his head, and a familiar figure appeared in Gao Shan's eyes.Although the gray hair is carefully taken care of, the hair quality is damaged, and it may still be a bit messy due to malnutrition.The back is straight, but there are some scars and wrinkles left by the years on the legs. Even though his walking posture has changed a little, Gao Shan can still recognize him at a glance. This person is Jiao Lao whom he has been looking for for a long time.

"Luo Er, this place is not far from your house, you go back first, I'm in a hurry, sorry."

Without hearing Yin Luo's shout, he jumped off the carriage and ran towards the old man's place.Yin Luo looked at the figure that was fading away in the crowd, and sighed faintly. Really, it was the first time I saw her so frizzy.

Jumping out of the carriage, she turned her head and looked at the horse, wondering how she would go back.

Just as she was thinking about this question, she heard a familiar voice calling from behind.

"Luoer, why are you here?"

The person who came was Wuma Zongnian, he was carrying a few bags of pastries in his hand, judging from the direction he was walking, it seemed that he was going to her house.

"Gakasugi left me and the horse and ran away."

Yin Luo spread her hands, then took the bag from Wuma's hand, smelling the familiar scent of osmanthus, she couldn't help smiling, she really knew her quite well.

Wuma turned around, looked at the person who had long since disappeared, and realized what had happened.He patted the head of the person in front of him, picked her up and put her on the carriage, ignored Yin Luo's exclamation and punched him, jumped into the carriage automatically, and drove the carriage to the second princess's mansion.