bastard seizes tang

Chapter 139 Mu Xiu Yu Lin
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu stays, His Royal Highness the King of Chu stays."

Li Ke just came out of Liangyi Hall, walked on the cloud steps, and was about to leave the palace, but suddenly heard a call from behind.

When Li Ke heard someone calling him from behind, he stopped and turned around to look, only to see an old man who staggered slightly behind him, holding the stone steps next to the cloud steps and leaning towards him.

Li Ke took a closer look, and found that the person who came was Wen Yanbo, the imperial historian.

Wen Yanbo is a senior official in the imperial court, he is nearly sixty years old, it is a little inconvenient for him to go down this layer of clouds by himself, and it seems a bit difficult.

Seeing this, Li Ke hurriedly turned back, stretched out his hand to support Wen Yanbo who was descending the steps, and the two walked down slowly together.

"Did Prime Minister Wen call Li Ke just now?" Li Ke asked while supporting Wen Yanbo.

Li Kegui is the prince, between the two of them Li Ke is the king and Wen Yanbo is the minister, when Wen Yanbo saw that Li Ke was supporting him, his hands were messed up, and he hurriedly said to Li Ke: "Your Highness is the current prince, how dare an old minister ask His Highness to help him. "

As Wen Yanbo spoke, he wanted to shake off Li Ke's hand and walk by himself.

But Li Ke smiled, continued to hold Wen Yanbo's arm and said: "There is no one else here, how can there be so many distinctions between monarchs and ministers, in Li Ke's eyes, Prime Minister Wen is Li Ke's old acquaintance elder, Nothing else."

Li Ke treated others with modesty and courtesy, even Wen Yanbo, an old courtier, cared a lot, but it was completely different from his public appearance just now in the hall, as if they were two people.

Wen Yanbo and Li Ke are not new acquaintances, they met in Yinshan when Li Ke went north as a hostage, but Li Ke was still a hostage at that time, and Wen Yanbo was a courtier who had just been sent back to the Tang Dynasty.

An old acquaintance, Wen Yanbo heard Li Ke's words, and couldn't help thinking of the humble young man who asked to go north to exchange him from Turkic four years ago. At that time, Li Ke was so respectful and polite. , Li Ke still looks like this.

Wen Yanbo said to Li Ke with a smile: "I haven't seen you in four years, Your Highness is still a young man with a heroic spirit."

Hearing Wen Yanbo's words, Li Ke also smiled and said: "It's the same for Prime Minister Wen, he is energetic and healthy."

Hearing this, Wen Yanbo waved his hands and said, "It's nothing compared to the past. Back then, the root of the disease fell in Yinshan Mountain. Now it's better. When it's deep winter, the old minister's legs are so sore and unbearable."

In the eighth year of Wude, Wen Yanbo was the commander-in-chief of the Bingzhou Road, and sent troops with Zhang Jin, the general manager of the Bingzhou Road. He was defeated and captured in Taigu. Although he was tortured by Xieli to ask the Tang army about the truth, he still didn't speak half a word, so he became angry from embarrassment. Xieli was imprisoned in the bitter cold of the Yin Mountains for a year, and he did not return to Chang'an until Li Ke went north.

At that time, Wen Yanbo was already in his fifties, so how could he bear the severe cold, so that the root of the disease was left behind, and his legs would be excruciatingly painful every time it was cold.

The Tang Dynasty cannot exist today without these veteran ministers who are full of vigor. Li Ke said solemnly: "President Wen's leg disease is caused by my Tang Dynasty. Li Ke will never forget it."

Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "How dare this little injury of the old minister be compared with what His Highness suffered in Turkic? Apart from other things, even the life of the old minister was given by His Highness."

While talking, Wen Yanbo walked down the steps with the support of Li Ke. Li Ke walked very slowly, very carefully, without the slightest impatience.

Although Li Ke was a prince, he never had the slightest airs in front of him and treated him sincerely.

Wen Yanbo walked on the stone steps, looked sideways at Li Ke, and suddenly seemed to see the appearance of his young grandson Wen Wenggui. In an instant, Wen Yanbo's eyes looked at Li Ke with a strange look. The gentleness and love of my own children.

Wen Yanbo looked at Li Ke beside him, and suddenly said: "The old minister Nada, because he is several tens of years older than His Highness, has a sentence to send to His Highness, I wonder if His Highness would like to listen to it?"

Li Ke nodded when he heard the words, and said to Wen Yanbo: "Mr. Wen, but please, Li Ke will listen carefully."

Wen Yanbo said to Li Ke: "The so-called 'Old trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them; when they are piled on the shore, the current will be turbulent; if their behavior is higher than that of people, the crowd will be against them.' Your Highness Cao Wei and Li Kang have heard the words."

As soon as Wen Yanbo's words came out, Li Ke immediately understood what Wen Yanbo meant. What Wen Yanbo said must be about the matter of the main hall just now.

Li Ke asked: "Master Wen must have felt that what Li Ke just said in the hall was wrong."

Wen Yanbo said: "This is not the old minister's intention. The golden words and jade words spoken by His Highness just now are exactly what the old minister thinks."

Li Ke then asked: "What does Prime Minister Wen mean?"

Wen Yanbo said: "What your Highness said is not bad, but what you did was a bit lacklustre. If His Highness just said something, I'm afraid it's inevitable that the ministers in the court will be suspicious. Your Highness needs to be very careful."

Wen Yanbo spoke to Li Ke, as if he was an old man who was full of worldly affairs, teaching his younger generation carefully.

Listening to Wen Yanbo's words, Li Ke naturally knew what he meant.

Li Kefei is the prince, but today he is too conspicuous in the hall today, overshadowing the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, including the prince. Although he has gained the limelight for a while, it has offended the prince's party, especially the prince. Changsun Wuji and others, I'm afraid the loss outweighs the gain.

Li Ke said with a faint smile: "President Wen is worried about Li Ke's safety."

Wen Yanbo said: "Your Highness is young and doesn't know the depth of the court. His Highness's words may be dedicated to the country and have no intention of saying it, but it has other flavors in the ears of others, and it is easy to be envied."

An old man in his sixties came here to talk to him after leaving court. Li Ke was moved when he saw Wen Yanbo's earnest expression.

He has kindness to Wen Yanbo, but he didn't do it on purpose, but Wen Yanbo kept his kindness in his heart and looked after him as a junior.

Just now at the top of the main hall, even for a moment, Li Ke didn't know what he was trying to achieve, whether he wanted fame and wealth, the emperor's favor, or just for the safety of the Tang and Turkic soldiers and people, or a combination of them, Li Ke couldn't tell. .

However, Li Ke never regretted what he did to the Talent Hall. What should come will always come, and he will not retreat because of his temporary dormancy.

Li Ke paused and said: "If I don't talk about the matter of the Great Hall just now, who will say it? It concerns the country of the Tang Dynasty and the safety of the northern border. Even though he knows the danger, Li Ke has no regrets."

After Li Ke finished speaking, a gust of cool wind blew over Li Ke's temple hair, and raised the corners of his fluttering clothes.

Although Wen Yanbo was not in Chang'an four years ago, he seemed to be able to see Li Ke's appearance when he asked himself to be a hostage and went north to Turkic.

"Your Highness, Gao Yi." Wen Yanbo praised Li Ke. l
Li Ke said with a smile: "Wen Xiang is absurd. How can I be so righteous? It's just that no matter how difficult things are in this world, someone must do them, and I will be the one who does them. The road ahead is difficult. Ten thousand people, I will go."

Wen Yanbo's heart was shaken when he heard Li Ke's words.

Compared with Li Ke's young and heroic appearance, even the prince Li Chengqian, who was considered brilliant at first, seemed mediocre.

Wen Yanbo suddenly had a strange thought in his heart: If he becomes emperor in the future, what will Tang Dynasty look like?

(End of this chapter)