Setting up camp at night, Li Zhi deliberately chose a place with soft soil. He wanted to take dinner to the tent and then started digging a hole, but Xiao Wu suddenly ran over and pulled him to Lin Yi's tent.
Er and Su Yaner were also there, but Lin Yi was not.
"We had dinner together today. My brother said that he would eat with the craftsmen and teach them how to make wall clocks." Xiao Wu said happily.
Because of Su Yan'er's presence, Lin Yi could not eat at the same table with them. He usually had his own meal, which made Xiao Wu, who had been busy for many days, very uncomfortable.
Li Zhi was extremely anxious. He was about to find some tools, but was pulled away by Xiao Wu. Is it intentional or not? Li Zhi looked at their expressions carefully.
"Lord Squirrel, what are you planning?" Xiao Wu endured it for a long time, but still couldn't stand Li Zhi's expression. This guy looked like a thief, looking at this and that.[
"Hey, there's no such thing." Li Zhi stopped looking around and started to eat obediently.
During the entire meal, he only said a few words, which were asked by others. Bing'er, who knew the inside story, wanted to laugh, but had to hold it back, so she tried her best to keep a straight face and not speak.
Xiao Wu was very depressed. When they gathered together for a meal, all these people looked like Meng Hulu. Even Su Yan'er had an absent-minded expression. It was really interesting.
Li Zhi finally survived the meal and ran back to his tent as fast as he could. As expected, Liu Shun and Xiao Yuan did not prepare the tools to dig the ground. It seemed that they did not agree with his escape at all.
However, this was within his expectation. As long as these two guys could obey and not betray him, Li Zhi would be satisfied.
Li Zhi glared at them, walked out of the tent and walked around to see if he could find any useful tools.
Xiao Yang was a little impatient, so he found a short spade and placed it not far from Li Zhi.
And this interesting idiot prince in his eyes lived up to his expectations. He finally saw the short shovel, then picked it up and stuffed it into his robe. Although it was a short shovel, it was only shorter than his height.
That's all, so Li Zhi could only move back to the tent with stiff steps.
The twisting steps and Li Zhi's painful, frightened, and troubled expression made Xiao Yang laugh until his stomach hurt.
He has protected three people in total, and this is the first time he feels that going on a mission is such a fun thing.
Xiao Yuan and Liu Shun walked in circles in the tent. They couldn't think of a way to stop Li Zhi, but they couldn't tell Lin Yi because it was betrayal. Naked betrayal.
In fact, if they told them, the emperor might still approve of them. But in the future, no one would use them to serve the emperor. After all, everyone has some secrets and everyone wants to do things that are unreasonable or illegal.
With such a servant around, who can trust him?
So the two struggled for a long time, just thinking about how to keep Li Zhi.
"Hey, look what I found?" Li Zhi became excited as soon as he returned to the tent. The frightened feeling of stealing a short shovel completely disappeared. But he didn't know. His appearance made the soldiers turn a blind eye.
, but it took a lot of effort.
Where Li Zhi passed by, the soldiers guarding had tangled expressions.
Xiao Yuan and Liu Shun looked dumbfounded as Li Zhi took out a short shovel from his robe. They looked at each other and knew that everything was over. The prince had made up his mind to escape. He even found the tools.
Well, what else can they say.
"Come to work. Dig quickly. You take turns. You have to work hard and don't be lazy." Li Zhi handed the short shovel to Xiao Yuan and signaled him to start digging.
Xiao Yuan sighed, took the short shovel and started digging with his head down.
Lin Yi left after explaining to the craftsmen for a long time. After leaving the tent and seeing the stars in the sky, he suddenly remembered what Xiao Yang told him, that Li Zhi planned to dig a hole to hide himself tonight.[
Suddenly curiosity arose, so he secretly approached Li Zhi's tent, stopped the soldiers who wanted to report, and stood outside the tent and closed his eyes.
The mental energy dispersed, and I saw Li Zhi in the tent, sitting on a chair with his eyes closed and dozing off. There was another person digging a hole with a short shovel. The digging was pretty good. There was no problem hiding at least one person, but
They are still expanding the hole because they all want to hide with Li Zhi to protect his safety.
Lin Yi smiled. It seemed that they were going well, so he went back to his tent to rest. Anyway, just call Li Zhi out of the pit when he leaves tomorrow morning. Let them work now!
The next morning, Li Zhi woke up very early because he was excited. After the army started, he would be free!
Lin Yi got up to wash up, practice martial arts, and then eat breakfast. Li Zhi was hanging around in front of him. He was laughing secretly in his heart. A child is a child. This was too obvious, as if he was afraid that others would know that he was not here.
It wasn't until the army finished their breakfast and started packing their things that Li Zhi disappeared.
At this time, he and Xiao Yuan were huddled in the hole dug yesterday. Because they didn't prepare wooden boards, they had to spread a sheet on it and then sprinkle it with soil. The soldiers almost frightened Liu Shun when they packed up their things.
Death, they were walking around dangerously around the cave. He was really afraid that any soldier would step on the prince's head accidentally.
Of course, he was also disappointed. In order to let the soldiers discover the prince, he deliberately did not lay a lawn on that layer of floating soil. However, in such a large and special place, no soldier raised any questions.
After the things were put away, the army set off, and Liu Shun followed him depressed. Only Lin Yi and the magic team stayed. They didn't speak, they just sat on the grass next to them, waiting for Li Zhi to climb out on his own.
Li Zhi listened carefully to the sound of the motorcade going away, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He finally passed the test. Now he just needs to run back to Dingxiang and it should be fine.
"Your Majesty, we should go out, otherwise they will definitely come back to look for you when they find out you are not here soon." Xiao Yuan was the opposite of Li Zhi. He was so worried now that he was about to cry.
"Okay, let's go out." Li Zhi grabbed the bed sheet above his head and pulled it down. As a result, the layer of loose soil also fell down, covering both of them with dust.
"Bah, bah... damn it." Li Zhi spat out the sand that entered his mouth, and then found in depression that he had almost turned into a clay figure.
"Your Majesty, my servant will carry you up." Xiao Yuan squatted down.
The hole was about the same height as him, and he could easily put Li Zhi on his neck and carry him up, but he forgot to think about how he was going to get up.
Li Zhi sat on his shoulders, and Xiao Yuan stood up. As soon as Li Zhi's head came out of the hole, he saw Lin Yi's face, which was only one foot away from him.
"Ah..." Li Zhi was frightened, struggled instinctively, and fell down with Xiao Yuan.
Lin Yi burst out laughing. He did it on purpose. He deliberately lay down by the hole and stared at Li Zhi with a smile as he was about to come out, trying to see what kind of expression he would have. The result made him very satisfied!
Lin Yi could laugh, but the people in the magic team did not dare to laugh. They just stepped forward to help pull Li Zhi and Xiao Yuan out, and then patted the dirt on their bodies.
"Okay, enough fun, let's go." Lin Yi was in a good mood, which was rare in such a boring journey. Li Zhi would also give him some spice.
Li Zhi's mind went blank and he hasn't recovered yet. It wasn't until he was carried on the horse that he came back to his senses and asked Lin Yi: "How did you know where I was hiding?"
"Oh, there are so many clues, I'm embarrassed to say too many." Lin Yi rode forward slowly on his horse. Anyway, he had already asked the army to stop and wait for them after walking 500 meters, so he was not in a hurry at all.[
"Talk about it." Li Zhi said with a dark face and gritted teeth. He had to know where his flaws were. Otherwise, how could he improve next time?
"Well, first of all, your sly look clearly told everyone that I was going to do something bad. Secondly, you deliberately hung out in front of me for so long this morning, which was really abnormal. Also, after you dug the hole, you exposed
The ground is all new soil, and there is not a single blade of grass on it. Everyone can see it at a glance. It’s just that I didn’t let them tell me." Lin Yi explained to him with a smile.
Only now did Li Zhi realize that he had made so many mistakes, and Lin Yi had known for a long time that he was making up his mind. Just not stopping him and just watching from the sidelines was too much.
In fact, Lin Yi hasn't told him that the most important thing is the existence of secret guards, otherwise he will be even more depressed.
Taking Li Zhi to catch up with the army, Liu Shun breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the prince was captured, otherwise he would not be able to deliver business when he returned to the palace.
"I heard that the emperor rejected Tubo's marriage request?" Queen Changsun had just heard the news and came over to gossip with Li Shimin.
"Yes, that guy is not worthy of the princess of the Tang Dynasty." Li Shimin said matter-of-factly.
"Really? It's because the emperor doesn't like his attitude." Queen Changsun heard that Tubo's attitude was very tough, and she had already angered many civil servants who valued honor more than their lives.
The Tang Dynasty is so powerful now, how can this be done by a clown? With the unanimous approval of the Tang emperors and ministers, a stern letter of credence was sent to the Tufan envoy, and then
He was driven out of Chang'an.
"This is one, and the other is that I think of what Xiao Yi said about selling girls for glory. Although it sounds harsh, and I have countless reasons to refute what he said, but deep down in my heart I have to admit that he
To be honest. In fact, when marrying foreigners, what our Tang Dynasty considers every time is how many years of border peace can be exchanged. To put it bluntly, it is giving away women in exchange for peace. Although this is not the same as selling women for glory as Xiao Yi said,
But the essence is the same." Li Shimin was a little sad, he had never thought about this before.
I don’t know if I ignored it or simply didn’t dare to think about it.
Empress Changsun stretched out her hand to hold Li Shimin's hand, giving him some support and warmth.
"The Tang Dynasty is now powerful and there is no need to do such things anymore. Why should the emperor be sad?"
"What makes me sad is that for so many years, I have been covered up by those vanities and the various beautiful hats I have put on myself, and I don't even think about peeling off all the beautiful clothes.
What is the essence of the matter? Xiaoyi has always spoken very straightforwardly and realistically. In the past few years, I have sometimes been correct in my words, but I have gradually seen the essence of the matter. No matter how many nice words are used to disguise it,
It's all useless." Li Shimin suddenly felt emotional.
"This is a good thing. The emperor woke up when he found out. We, the Tang Dynasty, are blessed." Not liking such a depressing feeling, Empress Changsun deliberately teased Li Shimin playfully.
"You!" Li Shimin twisted the queen's nose in a fit of laughter and laughter. He was feeling very emotional here, but he suddenly ruined the atmosphere. Really!