The Taoist temple where Yang Yuhuan practiced was not far away.
It was seven or eight miles south of the city, close to Princess Yuzhen's Jade Pavilion.
Zhao Ziliang found it easily.
When he rode to the door of the Taoist temple, Zhao Ziliang hesitated again.
According to Wang Can According to the information I heard, Yang Yuhuan is not really a monk now, but And he has not divorced the Shou Wang Li Hao.
If the private meeting with Yang Yuhuan in the Taoist temple in the wilderness is known by others, it will be a big deal.
This kind of gossip and scandal cannot be spread all over the world, let alone the Shou Wang.
Li Mao would not let him go, and even Emperor Li Longji would not let him go.
After hesitating for a while, Bai Xiaode asked doubtfully: "General, why don't you go in and knock on the door?"
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Xiao De, do you think it's inappropriate for me to meet Princess Shou here?"
Bai Xiaode smiled and said: "General, this is not like you.
When did you become so timid?"
Zhao Ziliang was startled when he heard this, then smiled and said: "Yeah, I'm really a little timid.
Okay, you go and call the door."
"promise" Bai Xiaode agreed, went up to the door, and knocked more than a dozen times.
The red-painted door of the Taoist temple opened, and an old female Taoist priest wearing simple Taoist robes appeared inside.
She looked at Bai Xiaode, and then looked not far away.
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Is this General Zhao?
Please come in quickly."
Zhao Ziliang handed the horse to Bai Xiaode, thanked the old female Taoist priest, and walked into the Taoist temple.
Bai Xiaode followed behind with two horses.
After they entered the Taoist temple, the old female Taoist priest closed the door.
Zhao Ziliang was a little curious, so he stopped and asked: "Female Taoist Priest, the Taoist temple doesn't open the door for pilgrims to come in to burn incense and pray for blessings.
Why is the door closed?"
The old female Taoist priest raised her palms and said: "Immortal Master, Taoist Priest Yuzhen and General Zhao are all distinguished guests.
Taoist Taoist Taizhen is worried that the pilgrims will disturb Taoist Yuzhen and General Zhao, so he ordered Pindao to close the door tightly today and rest for a day. " "Is Taoist Priest Yuzhen here too?"
Zhao Ziliang asked, feeling much more at ease.
If there were no other outsiders, he would still be worried that the news of his meeting with Yang Yuhuan alone would leak out, but it would be different with Princess Yuzhen here.
"Yes, please, General Zhao."
The old female Taoist priest made a gesture of invitation and walked forward side by side with Zhao Ziliang.
Bai Xiaode saw an osmanthus tree with a crooked neck in the first courtyard of the Taoist temple, so he tied two horses to the trunk. , holding the waist knife and following the two people from a distance.
Although this Taoist temple is not very big, it is well-equipped with everything.
As soon as Zhao Ziliang entered the Sanqing Hall, he saw Princess Yuzhen wearing a luxurious Taoist robe sitting cross-legged on a futon on the right, and one on the left near the statue of Sanqing.
Sitting on the futon was Yang Yuhuan, who was also wearing a gorgeous Taoist robe.
On the next futon, there was actually a young man sitting.
This man wore a golden crown and a brocade robe with a gold skirt, and his face was like a crown jade.
The three of them were talking when they saw Zhao Ziliang beside the old woman.
They all stood up.
Zhao Ziliang didn't expect that there were male guests here.
This made him feel more relieved.
As soon as he stepped into the palace door, he raised his hands to the three people in the palace and said with a smile. : "Taoist Master, it's so quiet here.
It's really a good place to practice Taoism.
I've met Taoist Priest Yuzhen and Taoist Taizhen.
Uh, this is" Little did he know that the young man's etiquette was very considerate and extremely standard.
He bowed his hands to Zhao Ziliang and said, "General Zhao is here.
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Li Hao is not far enough to greet you.
Please forgive me."
Ah, it was actually the longevity king Li Hao.
This made Zhao Ziliang even more surprised.
Logically speaking, if he wanted to thank him for his rescue, Li Hao, who was also the head of the family, should have invited him instead of Yang Yuhuan, a woman who went to invite him in person.
This is not in line with common sense.
Could it be that Yang Yuhuan is the head of Prince Shou Mansion?
Zhao Ziliang felt that his thinking was confused, and he even had some random suspicions.
He quickly calmed down, cupped his hands and said repeatedly: "Don't dare, it turns out to be His Royal Highness King Shou.
Please forgive me for my lack of etiquette."
Princess Yuzhen smiled and said: "Okay, you are all young people, so you don't need to be so formal."
Yang Yuhuan took advantage of the situation and said: "What my aunt said is true.
My aunt and General Zhao, please come to the wing to have tea."
Several people came to the wing next to the Sanqing Hall, which is where the Taoist temple specially entertains guests.
The old female Taoist priest just brought everyone a cup of tea and left, and she was never seen again.
Zhao Ziliang was a little surprised that Princess Yuzhen came alone today.
Princess Yuzhen usually traveled with many young alchemists and young talents, but today was a little different.
The few people were talking and drinking tea.
Yang Yuhuan said to Princess Yuzhen: "My husband has never been able to repay General Zhao for his kindness in rescuing her.
After he found out about it, I invited General Zhao to come and have tea today to express his feelings." , so I asked my aunt to come over and stay with me, and I asked her not to mind."
Princess Yuzhen Li Chiying said with a smile: "What does Pindao mind?
Pindao also likes to listen to General Zhao's novels about the Western Regions.
General Zhao, when Pindao's Yuxie Temple talked about things in the Western Regions, he said that the barbarian tribes in the Western Regions have an open atmosphere. , there is no such thing as a relationship between a man and a woman.
The matter of marriage is entirely up to them, but seriously."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "Not entirely, there are also parents who obstruct it, but it is true that there are no parents to make the decision or matchmaker.
As long as they like each other, they will hold a simple ceremony together and let God witness that they will become husband and wife and have children.
Women from the Western Regions, especially They are women on the grassland.
Most of them have strong temperaments and are as fierce as fire.
They dare to love and hate.
Their loyalty to their sweethearts is no worse than that of women in the Central Plains.
If someone hurts their men or is unfavorable to their men, they even dare to do it themselves.
He took a sword and fought with people to death."
When Zhao Ziliang said this, he thought of Panzhu Junxiu and looked a little sad for a moment.
When Princess Yuzhen and Yang Yuhuan heard Zhao Ziliang talk about the daring, daring to love and hate of women from the Western Regions, their eyes glowed with unusual brilliance, and they longed for her in their hearts.
But when they saw Zhao Ziliang speaking with a somewhat sad expression, several people were a little surprised.
They looked at each other, and Princess Yuzhen asked: "General, there is a girl he likes in the Western Regions who never came to Chang'an with the general.
Why doesn't the general send someone to capture her?"
Pick it up" Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, shook his head and said: "She is already dead."
"Ah" the three of them were all surprised, especially the two women, who were very surprised.
They knew that there must be a story in it.
They didn't have much entertainment on weekdays, and they were also very interested in this kind of gossip.
Princess Yuzhen Asked: "The general must like her very much" Zhao Ziliang said: "Her name is Panzhu Junxiu, she is the little princess of Shule Kingdom.
She came to me after we met a few times and told her loudly that she liked me.
You know that a woman takes the initiative to confess to a man that she likes me."
He, this is such a shocking thing in the Central Plains, but in the West Yu is normal.
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At first, I didn't like her very much because she was a bit unruly and liked to mess around.
But as the two of us got along more, I gradually liked her.
Guo Bo Daring wanted to sneak attack the Diawhuan City where I was stationed, but I was I learned the news in advance and set up an ambush halfway near the city.
The Tuqishi people did not expect that their whereabouts had been known to me.
They were surrounded and annihilated by me without any precautions.
The entire army was annihilated and 1,600 prisoners were taken.
More than a hundred people.
At that time, she was a guerrilla general in the Shule Town garrison and was ordered to do so.
I led the troops to Diawuan City and escorted the captives back with me.
However, on the way to escorting the prisoners back to Diawuan City, we were ambushed by dozens of defeated enemies in a canyon.
She was shot to death by a hidden arrow.
She was with me at that time.
By my side, I was wearing sheepskin gloves that she had sewn by herself.”
Several people listened quietly as Zhao Ziliang talked about his past.
When Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, they couldn't help but sigh, feeling sorry for Zhao Ziliang and Panzhu Junxiu.
Li Hao couldn't help but ask: "What happened to you after you were ambushed?"
Zhao Ziliang raised his head and glanced at Li Hao, and said: "The ambush was laid by the remnants of the defeated army who escaped.
There were only a dozen of them.
They came for revenge.
They were quickly strangled by my scout team.
At that time, our army escorted only 500 troops, and the prisoners But there were more than 1,600 people, and the prisoners were ready to make a move.
I lost my beloved, and when I saw the prisoners were ready to make a move, I ordered all the prisoners to be killed in anger."
The three of them were silent after hearing this ending.
After a while, it was Princess Yuzhen who said: "General, since Princess Shule's beauty has disappeared, you don't have to be sad about it anymore."
At this point, Princess Yuzhen couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "General, do you know that I actually envy you very much?
You can fall in love freely with the person you like, with joy, sadness, ups and downs, everything you want, but we, the royal women, cannot control it."
We often have no control over our own destiny.
In order to avoid getting involved in court battles and harming ourselves, many of us princesses had to escape into Buddhism.
In the past, Pindao never interacted with ministers.
The general makes friends because most of them are from a certain party in the court, but you, general, are different.
Since you took office, you have never made friends with courtiers, nor have you interacted with other military generals, nor have you clung to powerful people, and you have not Afraid of powerful people, loyal and upright, with a general like you, Pindao and his two nephews and nieces not only want to make friends, but also want to become close friends with you.
I don’t know if the general can accept it."
Zhao Ziliang did not dare to be negligent after hearing the words, and quickly stood up and bowed down to salute: "Thanks to Taoist Priest Yuzhen, King Shou and the princess for being so considerate, I will be very happy and honored in the end."
However, Zhao Ziliang knew his own family affairs.
He had no backing or foundation in the court.
It seemed that as long as he did not get involved in the fight between Prince Li Heng and Prime Minister Li Linfu, he should be fine.
But in fact, it was very dangerous.
Once there was someone in the court, If there is any trouble, people like him can easily be affected.
However, he himself also knows that it is the right choice for him not to find a backer or join the team now, because his rank is not high and he is not qualified to enter the court.
As long as he guards the Golden Gate and makes no mistakes, there will be no problem.
If he joins For a certain camp, there are more variables.
Moreover, since Li Linfu became prime minister, the battles in the court have become more frequent and fierce.
Prince Li Heng walks on thin ice every day and is cautious, lest the emperor think that he can't wait to become emperor in the future.
For a long time, the battle in the court will continue, but Emperor Li Longji has no intention or idea to stop it.
Zhao Ziliang believes that if he joins Li Linfu's side, the outcome will undoubtedly be It would be tragic, because although Li Linfu is cunning and cunning, he is old after all.
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Once he falls or loses power, his followers will not end well.
However, if they join Prince Li Heng's side, they will most likely be jealous of the emperor.
I don’t know how they died.
In the future, the emperor’s cronies and frontier generals like Huangfu Weiming and Wang Zhongsi were suspected by the emperor of colluding with the prince, and their fate was not much better.
This is a profound historical lesson
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