Liu Zhian sat on the table beside the hall, looking at the chessboard on the tea table and thinking quietly, holding a chess piece in his hand that never fell. https:
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Liu Zhi'an came back to his senses and turned around to look. When he saw the third princess following Young Master Liu, the chess piece in his hand fell on the chessboard with a clang: "Another one?"
"Old man, let me introduce to you. This girl is the girl I rescued from the official road outside the city yesterday. She stayed overnight in the mansion and will send someone to take her home after dinner.
Go in."
Young Master Liu spoke sincerely and looked upright, as if he was really doing good things to help others.
Liu Zhi'an is Young Master Liu's father, so he doesn't know what Young Master Liu's temperament is, and there must be things he doesn't know about it.
However, Liu Zhi'an didn't say anything in front of the third princess. He looked at the third princess deeply for a while, then shook his head and left with his hands behind his back.
As long as his son doesn't get into trouble and brings back a strange girl, he doesn't want to ask more questions. Anyway, he has his daughter-in-law to take care of him, so he can take care of himself.
"Girl, please take a seat. The meal will be ready in a moment."
The third princess looked around Master Liu's living room, picked up her dress, sat on a chair and waited quietly.
"Master, Master, there is a group of officers and soldiers knocking on the door outside." Liu Song ran in panting, looking a little panicked.
You came so quickly? Young Master Liu frowned: "Why are you panicking? We are law-abiding people. We will come as soon as the officers and soldiers come. If others don't know your appearance, they will think that we have done some shameful deeds."
, open the main door wide, please come to the door, brothers of the Imperial Guard."
"Yes." Liu Song saw that his young master was extremely calm and had the aura of not changing his expression even if the mountain collapsed, and he calmed down his panic.
"Girl, sit down for a moment. Liu will go and see what's going on."
The third princess looked at Young Master Liu playfully: "Please."
"You're not that old, but you're as cunning as a little fox."
After saying something bad about the Third Princess, Mr. Liu straightened his expression and prepared to go out to meet the searching officers and soldiers.
It's just that Young Master Liu was disappointed. He had just stepped out of the hall and before walking down the steps, a group of about fifty people, fully equipped and holding guards braving the sharp cold light, walked neatly into the inner courtyard, taking the lead.
It was a young man wearing a python robe, who looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old.
The fifty guardsmen immediately dispersed after entering the mansion and occupied various favorable positions. At first glance, they looked like well-trained elite soldiers. The positions they occupied were obviously both offensive and defensive. It was a kind of military battle formation.
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Young Master Liu glanced at the many guards standing in the courtyard: he gently walked down the steps and looked at the young man in front of him calmly: "My lord, Liu is the Duke of Tongyuan County.
If the fire has not been set, what is the business of bringing so many soldiers to this humble residence?"
"My king, Li Yunlong, has been ordered to search for an important person. Please cooperate with Mr. Liu. If there is any misunderstanding, it will be embarrassing for me."
Li Yunlong looked at Young Master Liu and said calmly, with his status, there is really no need to be polite to Young Master Liu. The third prince, Li Yunlong, has already been granted the title of King of Shu and left the capital. He really
I don't know how famous Liu Bingdao's reputation is in the capital.
"Your Highness, Liu Mingzhi, pays homage to His Highness. Since His Highness has been ordered to search for imperial prisoners, I naturally dare not stop him. His Highness can search at will, but I will never stop him."
"Get up, you are quite sensible."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
The King of Shu did not explain that the important person in the search was the third princess. Young Master Liu also pretended to be confused, saying that he was searching for imperial prisoners and that he just wanted to clean himself up.
King Shu gently glanced at Young Master Liu and waved his right hand: "Search!"
"Third brother, there's no need to search, Ning'an is here."
I don't know when the third princess Ning'an tied her hands on her lower abdomen and stood on the steps handsomely, looking at the King of Shu Li Yunlong with an indifferent expression.
Li Yunlong, the king of Shu, looked at the third princess with a surprise expression: "Third sister, great, I finally found you. Are you okay?"
"Third brother Youlao is worried. Ning'an is fine."
"What's going on? Why are you in Lord Liu's house?" After saying this, the King of Shu glanced coldly at Young Master Liu who was standing below. As long as the third sister said that Young Master Liu had imprisoned the third sister,
He will be immediately detained by the imperial guards and taken back to the palace to be dealt with by his father.
Kidnapping the princess, after a joint trial by the three departments, the crime was confirmed and he will be executed next autumn.
"I don't know that the girl is here as a princess. Please forgive me for being rude." At this moment, Young Master Liu had no choice but to kneel on the ground and be respectful.
If the third princess said some exaggerated words, her life might change in an instant.
The third princess gently glanced at Mr. Liu who was kneeling on the ground: "Third brother, yesterday my little sister planned to go to Fanglan Pavilion to buy some rouge, but the snow was too heavy and she accidentally sprained her ankle. It happened that Mr. Liu came from the palace.
When I came out of the hospital, I saw my little sister injured and sitting in the snow. Mr. Liu kindly took my little sister back and found a doctor to straighten her bones. After a night's rest, she was fine. Third brother doesn't have to worry."
Mr. Liu, who was kneeling on the ground, breathed a sigh of relief. He just didn't understand why the third princess had to find an excuse to say that he had sprained his ankle instead of being unconscious and was brought back by him.
Young Master Liu did not want to think about it. In an era when men and women were not close to each other, if the third princess said that she fainted, it would be obvious how Young Master Liu brought her back. If this spread, the reputation of the two of them would be ruined.
damaged.
What's more important is that if someone finds out that he followed a man and disappeared all night, he will have to die to prove his innocence. Even so, the face of the Li family's royal family will be completely ruined by him.
At that time, the concubines in the palace will criticize their mother and queen for their incompetence in educating their children, so they would do such things that harm the royal family's face. If it gets too big, even the father will not be able to stop it.
The most important thing is that I don't want to die, so no matter what, I have to make this matter a big deal and a trivial matter.
As the saying goes, there is no small matter in the royal family. If it really comes to the fore, it will definitely set off a storm.
"It turns out that Master Liu is the benefactor of Third Sister. I was a little rude just now. I hope Master Liu won't mind."
"Your Highness is joking. If I know that the girl I accidentally rescued is Your Highness the Princess, it would be my honor. It is reasonable for Your Highness to care about the Princess and be anxious. Naturally I will not mind."
"Master Liu really understands justice. I hope that today's matter will remain confidential."
"Your Highness is ridiculous. Even if I die, I won't tell you what happened today."
"Third sister, hurry back to the palace now. Father has been up all night because of your affairs."
"Okay, third brother, wait a moment."
The third princess walked into the living room and came out with the chessboard that Liu Zhian had just played. She looked at Young Master Liu and said, "Master Liu, these chess pieces are really not of high quality. In order to thank you for your kindness, I will send someone to give you a high-quality chess piece."
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After saying that, he dropped the chessboard in his hand to the ground.
The clanging sound continued continuously, and the black and white chess pieces rolled down on the ground and mixed together: "Master Liu, take care."
"Third brother, let's go back to the palace."
"Your Highness, the princess returns to the palace."
After everyone left, Young Master Liu stood up and looked at the chess pieces rolling on the ground in a daze.
"Everything in the world is like a chess game. It's hard to tell right from wrong. Even if Mr. Bao reincarnates, it's hard to tell right from wrong. How wonderful. If I had known that the third princess was so open-minded, why would I have to rack my brains to do such unnecessary things?"