After entering the cave, Wu Chengsi immediately felt relieved.
There are some simple wooden furniture inside the cave, and some iron wire clips are hung on the walls. It is obviously a temporary residence for Orion.
Li Zhiying was sitting on a big stone by the wall, her face facing inward. Although she didn't shed tears, she still looked angry.
Wu Chengsi came to her, squatted in front of her, took her hand, put it in his palm, stroked it gently, and said with a smile: "Zhiying, your nails are long, they look really good."
Li Zhiying snorted and pulled her hand back.
Wu Chengsi smiled, leaned back, sat directly on the ground, and said with a smile: "Zhiying, I didn't expect your riding skills to be so good."
Li Zhiying still didn't speak.
Wu Chengsi sighed and smiled bitterly: "Zhiying, I'm so sorry. It's rare for you to come all the way here, but I still made you angry."
Li Zhiying finally turned her head, stared at Wu Chengsi for a while, and said softly: "Husband, do you know why I am so angry?"
Wu Chengsi shook his head honestly.
Li Zhiying said quietly: "Do you know how happy I was when I received your letter in Chang'an asking me to come to Yangzhou? Who knew that after I came, I realized that you asked me to come for another woman."
Wu Chengsi blamed himself: "I was too sloppy and didn't consider this aspect. I should explain a few more words to you."
Li Zhiying bit her lip and said, "Although I felt uncomfortable at the time, I thought it was important to cure the disease and save people, so I didn't think much about it. Who would have thought that I heard you say those words to that woman again."
Wu Chengsi sat up a little straighter and said, "Zhiying, the situation at that time was..."
Li Zhiying reached out to cover his mouth and said, "I don't want to hear your explanation now."
Wu Chengsi blinked, took her hand off, and said with a smile: "Then how about we just sit here and chat?"
"Not good."
Wu Chengsi was stunned and smiled: "Then whatever you want to do, I will do whatever you want."
"That's what you said." Li Zhiying suddenly smiled, pushed Wu Chengsi to the ground, and rode on Wu Chengsi.
Wu Chengsi was surprised and said: "Zhiying, what are you..."
Li Zhiying lowered her head, facing Wu Chengsi's ear, and exhaled like a blue breath: "I want to get something from my husband, and I want to be on top today." Her voice was charming and charming.
Wu Chengsi couldn't bear it anymore, he held Li Zhiying's back with both hands, rolled it gently, and the two of them changed positions.
"Madam, it's better to be on top for your husband."
Li Zhiying's face was not only red, but even the roots of her ears were red. She hugged Wu Chengsi and rolled over, pressing Wu Chengsi underneath again.
Only then did Wu Chengsi realize that his wife's strength was not inferior to his, but she just didn't use it on weekdays.
He was unwilling to admit defeat and immediately started to fight back, and the two of them immediately fought together.
When the two of them came out of the cave after the battle, there was a team of personal guards outside the door, and Han Cheng personally led the team.
Although Han Cheng didn't ask anything, Li Zhiying was still so embarrassed that she couldn't even raise her head.
Wu Chengsi was also a little embarrassed. Without saying a word, he got on his horse and returned to the Governor's Mansion with Li Zhiying.
On the way back to the city, the two of them rode together.
Li Zhiying, who was sitting in the front, suddenly said: "Husband, do you still remember Miss Gu?"
"Which Miss Gu?"
"That's the girl who came to report the day you were crowned king."
Wu Chengsi immediately understood that she was talking about Gu Luoer, a well-known prostitute in the brothel, and said: "Of course I remember, why did she suddenly mention her?"
"She eloped with an elegiac singer!" Li Zhiying turned around and said.
Wu Chengsi was slightly stunned. Singing an elegy meant singing for the dead, which was a very humble profession.
How could Gu Luoer run away with such a person?
Li Zhiying turned her head back and said: "The elegy singer is called Liu Chichi. It is said that the elegy he sang was very sad and beautiful. After Gu Luoer heard it for the first time, she wrote him a letter."
"Later, the two wrote more and more letters to each other, and their relationship became more and more intimate."
Wu Chengsi listened quietly, knowing that things would take a turn.
Sure enough, Li Zhiying sighed and continued: "It's a pity that this matter was still known by others. Those scholars who admired Gu Luoer were not happy and put pressure on Gu Luoer together."
Wu Chengsi was slightly moved and asked, "Did they elope later?"
"Not so fast. Gu Luo'er has a strong character and has not succumbed to the pressure of those scholars, but Liu Chichi has backed down."
Wu Chengsi nodded and sighed: "I can understand his mood."
Li Zhiying was slightly surprised, turned around and said: "Husband, if you were Liu Chichi, would you also shrink back?"
"Liu Chichi was worried that his career was low and he would not be able to bring happiness to Gu Luoer, so he backed down." Wu Chengsi did not answer directly.
Li Zhiying refused to let him go, and asked: "Then will you shrink back when encountering such a situation?"
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "If it were me, I would definitely snatch Gu Luoer and run away, no matter what others think or say!"
Li Zhiying smiled and said, "I knew you wouldn't just back down."
After a pause, he continued: "If I were Gu Luo'er, I wouldn't give up just because Liu Chichi chickened out."
Wu Chengsi was stunned and said: "According to what you said, Liu Chichi backed down and Gu Luoer gave up. How could they elope?"
Li Zhiying smiled sweetly and said: "Of course someone will help them!"
"who is it?"
Li Zhiying turned around again and said with a smile: "Your wife helped them. How about it? Did they do the right thing?"
Seeing her beaming expression, Wu Chengsi realized that she said so much just because he wanted to praise her.
He immediately kissed her on the fat cheek and said with a smile: "My wife is doing the right thing."
Li Zhiying pushed him gently and said shyly: "Don't be like this, there is someone else next to you."
Wu Chengsi just scratched the surface and asked immediately: "How did you help them?"
Li Zhiying put her hand on Wu Chengsi's hand holding her waist, and said softly: "I will have them all called to the palace, and ask them what they think face to face. After the two understand each other's feelings, naturally they will no longer have any feelings for each other.
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Wu Chengsi was secretly frightened. Li Zhiying was a very smart woman. By saying this, could she be insinuating that the two of them lacked communication and did not understand each other's thoughts well?
Li Zhiying added: "I sent people to send them to Liaodong, and also sent people to ask your old subordinate General Liu Shenli to take care of them. I think they should be able to live a peaceful life."
Wu Chengsi nodded, Gu Luoer's appearance might bring trouble to the two of them, and the two of them lacked the power to solve the trouble.
There are not many Tang people in the Liaodong area and their status is very high. Coupled with Liu Shenli's care, there should be no problem for the two of them to go there.
After a long silence, Wu Chengsi was hesitating whether to explain Xu Wenqing's matter again, when he suddenly heard Li Zhiying say: "By the way, husband, your cousin Wu Sansi is missing."
"Missing?" Wu Chengsi was startled.
Li Zhiying nodded and said: "Yes, my aunt was very angry and ordered Di Renjie to investigate in person."
"How is the result?"
"It only took Di Renjie two days to solve the case. It was Yongle Hou and a Japanese woman who deceived him out of the city, and then let the Japanese capture him."
She left Chang'an two days later than Princess Taiping, just to wait for news about Wu Sansi so that she could inform her husband.
Like others, Li Zhiying also felt that although the relationship between Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi was now a little less intense, they were so close before and they must still be concerned about his safety.
But she didn't know that Wu Chengsi was no longer the same Wu Chengsi as before. He was only surprised and not worried at all about Wu Sansi.
"Why did the Japanese arrest him?"
Li Zhiying frowned and said, "I thought about it for a long time along the way, and I think they probably want to use the third brother to blackmail you."
Wu Chengsi almost laughed out loud, nodded and said: "So that's it."
Li Zhiying was quite perceptive and asked doubtfully: "Husband, why do you seem to not care much about your third brother?"
Wu Chengsi hurriedly said: "Don't think too much, I just think that if the Japanese want to use him to threaten me, they should not hurt him. He is not in danger for the time being."
Li Zhiying nodded, seeming to accept this statement.
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Dengzhou, a pier near the sea.
Wu Sansi was woken up by someone dousing him with cold sea water. He shook his head vigorously and tried to wipe the water off his face, but found that he could not move his hands.
When the water drops stopped flowing into his eyes, he opened his eyes, and a group of men shorter than him appeared in his field of vision.
Wu Sansi looked down and found that he was tied to a wooden stick, surrounded by what seemed to be a dilapidated warehouse. It seemed that he had been kidnapped.
After realizing his situation, Wu Sansi said angrily: "Ugh! Woohoo!" As soon as he opened his mouth, he realized that his mouth was blocked.
A short man in the most gorgeous black clothes lifted Wu Sansi's chin with his hand, frowned and said: "You have arrested the wrong person, right? The one the Dahairen Prince asked us to arrest is Wu Chengsi's brother, not a woman!"
A Huishan man said respectfully: "Your Excellency Fujiwara, this man is Wu Chengsi's younger brother, but many aristocratic men in the Tang Dynasty looked like women."
Hearing their chirping sounds, Wu Sansi was startled and realized that he had fallen into the hands of the barbarians.
The dwarf in gorgeous clothes laughed loudly and said: "Very good, such a weak nation is by no means our opponent."
The gray fir man smiled and said: "They just occupy a good place and their lives are better than ours."
The dwarf in gorgeous clothes said coldly: "Only the strongest can occupy the best land. Under the leadership of the wise prince of the sea people, sooner or later this place will be ours."
The gray shank man echoed repeatedly.
At this time, a man in black said: "Your Excellency Fujiwara, the fact that Yingzi and Wang Wei helped us kidnap this person has been known to the Tang people, and they have all been arrested by the Tang people."
There seemed to be some reproach in his tone.
The Huishan man raised his eyebrows and said: "Da Dao, if you can capture a Tang Dynasty noble, what does it mean to sacrifice a spy and informant?"
Oshima, the man in black, said coldly: "Wang Wei is a Marquis of the Tang Dynasty, and he is by no means an ordinary informant. It took us a lot of effort to convince him."
The Huishan man hummed: "There is no disadvantage if a senior informant is replaced by a relative of the emperor. Moreover, he is the nephew of the queen and the younger brother of Wu Chengsi."
Oshima said angrily: "This time the matter can obviously be planned more carefully, so there is no need to sacrifice Wang Wei. It's all Futian that you are too impatient!"
Huishan man Futian said loudly: "Why am I too impatient? Now that the eldest brother, the prince, is dead and the prince of Dahairen is in control, as long as the situation stabilizes, we can launch a large-scale attack on the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, we need to move faster!"
"It's at least half a year until that day. Why are you so anxious to catch this person?"
"Bastard, do you think this person is so easy to catch? If you miss this opportunity, you might not have a chance to catch this person again in the next six months."
Just as the two people were arguing more and more fiercely, the dwarf in Chinese clothes shouted: "Stop arguing, Futian did the right thing, the sooner the better for everything, for the benefit of the Japanese country, a little sacrifice is nothing."
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Oshima, however, was not afraid of Fujiwara and snorted coldly: "Your Excellency Fujiwara, I think Wang Wei's role is no less important than that of Wu Sansi."
Fujiwara stared at him and said: "Now that Wu Sansi has been arrested and Wang Wei has been exposed, what's the use of you saying such things again?"
Odao was silent for a long time, sighed, and said: "Wang Wei knows that our stronghold in Dengzhou is no longer safe to stay here. Let's return to Japan as soon as possible."
Fujiwara was about to speak when suddenly, a Japanese man entered the warehouse in a panic and said: "Your Excellency Fujiwara, it's not good, the Tang Dynasty officials are here to search."
Fujiwara made a decisive decision: "Oshima, take your generals with you to stop them. The others will immediately take a boat to retreat with me."
Oshima's eyes flickered and he did not agree immediately.
Fujiwara roared: "Go quickly, if this person is taken back by the Tang people, you Oshima family will be sinners, and the Prince of Hairen will never let you go!"
Da Dao gritted his teeth, pulled out his waist knife, and led the people to turn towards the pier entrance.
Fujiwara and others took the opportunity to escort Wu Sansi onto a large ship, left the dock and sailed towards the vast sea.
…
On October 20th, the King of Han and the King of Yue took the lead to go to Yanzhou. They had already chosen the time and deliberately rushed ahead of Wu Chengsi.
Two days later, Wu Chengsi took his wife Li Zhiying, Zhuge and his son Xu Yuanju, and a team of personal guards, and set out for Yanzhou.
The ceremony was held on November 11. According to the news from Wu Youji, a large group of people led by Li Zhi and Wu Mei would arrive at the Taishan Palace at the end of the month.
On the morning of October 29th, Wu Chengsi finally arrived in Yanzhou after seven days of traveling.
Fifteen miles away from Mount Tai, there is a checkpoint on the official road, preventing ordinary people from entering.
After passing the checkpoint and proceeding a few miles, a huge sacrificial altar suddenly appeared next to the official road ahead. There was a lot of excitement under the sacrificial altar, and many eunuchs and maidens were moving things up there.
In the carriage, Wu Chengsi stared at the sacrificial altar for a while and found five-color soil placed on the sacrificial altar. He asked his wife in his arms: "Zhiying, do you know what that is?"
Li Zhiying supported Wu Chengsi's shoulders, raised his head, glanced up, and said with a smile: "Husband, that should be the Yuanqiu Sacrificial Altar, also known as the "Fengsu Sacrificial Altar". On the day of the consecration, His Majesty was the first to offer sacrifices here."
Wu Chengsi said: "What is the process of offering sacrifices? Please tell me quickly."
Li Zhiying lay in his arms without getting up, and said softly: "I'm thirsty."
The two were tired of being together every day, and Li Zhiying became more and more coquettish. Wu Chengsi had no choice but to get a kettle, pour a glass of water into the cup, and feed her a drink.
Li Zhiying then said:
"The Feng Chan lasts for three days. On the first day, Your Majesty went to the "Feng Feng Altar" to worship heaven. On the second day, he climbed to the top of Mount Tai and Feng Yuce went to the "Deng Feng Altar".
On the third day, we went to the "Jiangchan Altar" on Sheshou Mountain to worship the Earth God, and then received worship from civil and military officials and envoys from various countries."
Wu Chengsi nodded, his eyes flickering, as if he was thinking about something.
After walking forward for a while, Zhugenan's voice came from outside the carriage: "Your Highness, Your Highness the Princess, the palace has arrived."
Wu Chengsi helped Li Zhiying get out of the carriage and looked around.
In front of the field of vision, there is a row of upward stone steps. At the end of the stone steps is a gate with "Taishan Palace" written in large gilt characters on the lintel.
Looking over the wall and towards the mountain, you can see many splendid buildings nestled in the lush mountain forest.
Compared with Daming Palace, this palace is more like a resort.
After entering the palace, there were already officials from the palace waiting here. They arranged everyone in different areas according to their official positions.
Wu Chengsi and Li Zhiying were arranged in a small hall not far from Wu Mei's Kunfeng Hall.
As soon as Wu Chengsi sat down to rest, a guard came to report that Li Ji and Su Dingfang were visiting.
Li Zhiying immediately went to the back house, and Wu Chengsi ordered someone to ask the two of them to wait in the lobby, then changed their clothes and washed their faces.
When they arrived at the lobby, two old men had been waiting there for a long time. Both of them had bright faces and seemed to be in good spirits.
"Your Highness, is Yangzhou's "hidden arrow" comparable to Liaodong's "open spear"?" Su Dingfang joked as soon as they met.
"Of course it's incomparable." Wu Chengsi smiled and said, "Grandpa Su, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you two still in good health?"
Su Dingfang said with a smile: "I am getting younger and younger as I live, but Lao Li is not good anymore, and he doesn't dare to compete with me anymore."
Li Ji smiled half-heartedly and said, "Yes, I don't know who fell off the horse half a month ago. I really can't compare to you in this regard."
Su Dingfang snorted and said, "The horse ate the wrong thing and had diarrhea. It's not my problem."
Li Ji was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore and asked: "Chengsi, where is Zhiying? Didn't she come with you?"
"She is taking a shower in the back. She needs to take a shower as soon as she enters the house."
Su Dingfang smiled and said: "Old Li, how come your granddaughter is like an ordinary girl? Unlike my granddaughter, she has never been in so many troubles."
When Li Ji saw him praising his granddaughter in front of Wu Chengsi again, he said angrily: "Is it possible that your granddaughter is like you and doesn't take a bath for half a month?"
Su Dingfang said angrily: "Fart, my granddaughter's appearance is no worse than yours, and she does things neatly and without being verbose, so she can be called a tiger girl!"
Wu Chengsi smiled bitterly and said: "I tell you two, you didn't come here just to quarrel, right?"
Su Dingfang snorted: "He was the first to criticize my granddaughter."
Li Ji was too lazy to talk to Su Dingfang anymore and said solemnly: "Chengsi, let's find a place where we can talk."
Wu Chengsi nodded in agreement, led the two of them to the study, and ordered his personal guards to guard the door.