A fleet of dozens of large ships formed a fleet of sailing on the Luoshui River, hundreds of boatmen pulled on the shore, and 20,000 Shence cavalry guarded the way.

On a huge dragon boat of nearly 10,000 stones, Li Longji stood at the bow of the boat with his hands on his back, his eyes slightly anxious.

What he was worried about was not whether the princess had been found, but about Chen Xuanli's side. If Chen Xuanli surrendered to the Regent, then Luoyang would be controlled by the Regent, which would greatly weaken his control over the Central Plains and Jianghuai.

Judging from the situation he had learned before, Chen Xuanli had more contact with the Regent, and it was very likely that he would turn to the Regent. I wonder if Pei Kuan and Li Sheng could win Chen Xuanli over for him.

"Your Majesty, the wind is strong on the river, go back to the cabin!" Gao Lishi whispered from the side.

"Gao Aiqing, how much chance do you think we have to fight for Chen Xuanli?"

"This... I can't say."

"It's okay to tell the truth, I know it in my heart."

"Weichen thinks there is no hope at all."

"So low?"

"Your Majesty, Chen Xuanli and the Regent have been in a row for a long time. Once a decision is made, such a major event will not be changed easily. How can a small Li Sheng recover? Your Majesty should not place too high hopes on him. He will not be able to understand him."

Li Longji sighed, "Where is the princess? It should be retrieved!"

Gao Lishi was helpless and didn't know how to answer, "Weichen... I don't know either."

Li Longji shook his head and returned to the cabin in a low mood.

.........

Li Xiu followed Daoji, abbot of Baoguo Temple, to a room where dozens of soldiers were guarding him. Li Xiu brought Chen Xuanli's token, and the soldiers evacuated.

"Please, your Highness!"

Li Xiu pushed the door and went in. For the first time, he saw Princess Xianyi sitting in front of the window. Not far behind her was her personal maid.

Princess Xianyi's face is clearly angular, and she looks like a very strong woman. Her phoenix eyes are not showing her own power and a strong aura. This is the real princess.

"How could it be you?"

Princess Xianyi's eyes were shocked when she saw Li Xiu coming in.

"It's not easy to find you, Chen Xuanli's question is not easy to do."

Princess Xianyi showed a sarcastic smile on her face, "I never thought that it would be the first one to find me, and Thirty-Balang is actually promising."

Li Xiu was stern, "Is this the attitude of speaking to his brother?"

Princess Xianyi raised her head and laughed loudly, her voice was sharp and extremely penetrating.

She stopped laughing and said coldly: "You saw me before, but you were like a mouse and a cat. If I hadn't remembered you, I really suspected you were fake."

Li Xiu was shocked. This emperor girl was indeed amazing.

His face was calm and he pretended to be profound: "You know my situation, everything was forced out."

Princess Xianyi looked at Li Xiu for a while, lowered her head slowly, and her voice became low, "You are right, they are all forced. If my father hadn't wanted me to marry that fake lady, I wouldn't have left my glory and wealth and glory behind and elope."

"So I told Yang Zhao that you didn't meet me earlier, and you met me earlier, and all your worries were solved."

A bright color flashed in Princess Xianyi's eyes, "He is still alive?"

Li Xiu nodded, "Chen Xuanli hopes that I will kill him, but I don't want to offend you, so I still let him go."

"If you let him go, will Chen Xuanli agree?"

"Since Chen Xuanli promised you, he would not break his promise, otherwise I would not find you."

"Where is the evidence?"

Princess Xianyi didn't believe what Li Xiu said, she wanted evidence.

“He said he likes papaya the most.”

Princess Xianyi's face turned red, "Stop talking, thank you brother for letting him go."

Princess Xianyi walked to the window and sighed, "Brother, I really don't want to marry Yang Hui!"

At this moment, Li Xiu transformed into a spiritual mentor and induced this powerful and independent emperor girl step by step.

"In fact, marriage is just a form for you. It cannot stop your freedom. The prince-consort also told me in person that he knew you were elopement, but he still hopes that you can go back to attend the wedding in time. For him, marriage is also a form."

Although Li Xiu had never even had a relationship for 46 years in his two lives and had never had a blind date, it could not stop his profound insights into marriage.

"When you get married, will you be loyal to each other? It's impossible! He will still spend money outside, and you won't be a grudge in the deep boudoir.

Do you really want to marry that Yang Zhao? Even if you want, will your father agree? Will your mother agree? So you can only be a lover relationship forever.

If that's the case, what's the matter with your husband's wife? Nothing will change anyway."

So it doesn’t matter whether Li Xiu understands marriage or not, what’s important is that he needs to know how to fool.

"But it's completely different if you run away from marriage and elope. Fortunately, there is a monster that serves as a shield. Otherwise, the father will definitely deprive your princess of the title and throw you into the cold palace and never turn over.

And your lover will definitely die, and you will really have nothing at that time."

Princess Xianyi was unable to argue from beginning to end. She became increasingly frustrated and weaker, and eventually succumbed to the fooling of the emperor and spiritual mentor.

She lowered her head and thought for a moment, then sighed and asked, "Will he come back to find me?"

"You promised to give him ten thousand stale money. With his greed for money, I think he will definitely come back to find you."

Li Xiu admired himself so much. If the Tang Dynasty had the marriage tutor's career, he really wanted to change his career.

Li Xiu forgot that the Tang Dynasty actually had a marriage tutor, such as a matchmaker.

………

"Your Highness, we have to leave quickly!" Pei Min urged outside the door.

Li Xiu nodded and said to the princess: "The Goguryeo is coming, let's go quickly."

Li Xiu and his subordinates have repeatedly considered the way back, and there are two ways to go back to Luoyang.

First, go west, go to Gong County, detour south to Yique County, and then go north to Luoyang. This line is basically by land.

The second line is the North Line. Take a boat to the Yellow River, get ashore in Mengjin, and then go south to go around Beimang Mountain and return to Luoyang. This line is mainly waterways.

It is easy to meet Goguryeo people when walking west, and Li Xiu decided to take the water route.

It was already dawn, and Li Xiu and his team's ships were more than ten miles away from Baoguo Temple. If you walk more than ten miles, the ships would enter the Yellow River.

"Young master, something is wrong!"

Zhong Kui came to the bow of the boat and said to Li Xiu: "Why didn't you encounter a single boat? The river channel is too quiet."

Li Xiu stared ahead, and a thin layer of white mist floated on the river surface, making it appear in front of him.

"Stop the boat!" Li Xiu shouted.

The boatman was stunned and didn't understand what it meant?

"Come on your turn!!"

Pei Min also saw four ships lined up on the water half inside and outside, obviously intercepting them.

Several boatmen hurriedly turned the boat and rowed desperately. The four ships behind also accelerated their speed and chased them closely behind.

The ship ran for more than ten miles and gradually returned to where they boarded the boat.

Li Xiu found that the ship behind him was following them slowly, and was not in a hurry to catch up with them. He thought and immediately realized that there must be ships in front of him intercepting them.

"Go ashore and go back to Baoguo Temple!" Li Xiu made a decision immediately.

Everyone ran through the woods and headed northeast...

The four ships that intercepted them also docked one after another. Dozens of Goguryeo warriors jumped ashore. Gao Xunwu shouted: "Catch up with them!"

………

Princess Xianyi ran with her long skirt and followed Li Xiu, "Brother, who is the other party?"

"Goguryeo!"

Princess Xianyi was puzzled, "Isn't King Xue's person?"

"The Goguryeo people were sent by King Xue. Let's save our lives first, and I'll tell you slowly when we look back!"

"Dong--"

The bells of the temple came from the front, and a high wall of the temple with yellow walls and black tiles appeared in front of them, and they returned to Baoguo Temple.

………….

When Abbot Daoji heard that the princess was back, he hurried out to greet her.

"Abbot, there are Goguryeo people chasing us behind us. Can there be a hiding place in the temple?"

"There are many houses in the temple, but it may be difficult to hide. Otherwise, you will feel wronged and hide in the cellar?"

Dodging is to put yourself to death, and this is not Li Xiu's choice.

"What kind of tower is that?" Li Xiu asked, pointing to a six or seven-story stone tower.

"That is the Lanka Stone Pagoda of this temple, also known as the Buddha Pagoda, with a total of seven floors. It was built by Emperor Wen of Sui and repaired by Wu Zetian. It was originally used to store scriptures, but now it is an empty pagoda."

"Let's go up the tower!" Li Xiu said immediately.

He also asked the abbot to send someone to Gong County and inform Zi Linfeng to come to rescue immediately.

"Since Your Highness insists on going up the tower, I don't object. It just so happens that this temple has some defensive weapons that can be provided to Your Highness!"
Chapter completed!