bastard seizes tang

Chapter 281 Water Bandits
"Although Chang'an is good, even though it is surrounded by wealth and honor, it is dangerous every step of the way. It may not be as good as Jiangling City." Xiao Yuexian sighed with emotion after hearing Li Ke's words.

Li Ke didn't expect that in Xiao Yuexian's capacity, she would say such a sentence suddenly, first he was slightly taken aback, and looked back at Xiao Yuexian for a moment, as if he couldn't see any clues from her face, so he replied with a smile: "My king's title is Chu, and Jiangling City is the capital of the ancient Chu Kingdom, so it's a fate to have a secret relationship with this king's title."

Xiao Yuexian heard the words, and asked: "In this way, this Jiangling can be regarded as the home of His Highness, why don't you just stay in this Jiangling City with peace of mind, you and I are colluding in big things, so you don't have to think about escaping anymore, okay?"

Li Ke raised his head and looked at the Jiangling City hidden in the depths of the clouds and smoke. He shook his head at Xiao Yuexian and said, "Jiangling has been the key to Lingnan since ancient times. It is a place where military strategists must contend. However, although Jiangling City Well, but it lacks a bit of imperial air, which is not the foundation of great things."

How could Xiao Yuexian not know the meaning of Li Ke's words.Li Kefei is an ordinary prince, and he is unwilling to be subordinated to others, let alone the prince Li Chengqian in Chang'an City who is inferior to him in terms of fame, achievements, literary skills and military strategy.

Xiao Yuexian asked Li Ke: "From this point of view, although His Highness is a prisoner of his rank, he still has ambitions in his heart?"

Some things, such as Li Ke's ambition, Xiao Yuexian may be able to see, but Xiao Yuexian is now an enemy and not a friend with him, and Li Ke does not want to talk too deeply about some things with her.

Li Ke didn't directly answer Xiao Yuexian's question, but looked at Xiao Yuexian, and asked back: "You intended to take advantage of this king's danger to seize the imperial ax and disturb Huainan, but you were known by King Bin and Huai Dao. So, why do you insist on foresight and only care about embarrassing this king?"

Xiao Yuexian asked puzzledly: "What do you mean?"

Li Ke replied: "My king is young, and I was still a toddler at the time of the Jiangling battle. It would be far-fetched to blame the grievances between the two countries on me. That being the case, Why do you hold on to this king and fight to the death, wouldn't it be better for you and me to exchange each other and get what we need?"

"Extracting each other's needs? You are already a prisoner, what can you give me?" Xiao Yuexian asked with a chuckle, not knowing what bargaining chips Li Ke had on him that could be exchanged with her.

Li Ke replied: "My king once heard Mr. Cen mention that when Duke Xiao brought his city back to the Tang Dynasty, he was a surrendered minister. Then the king can promise you that one day you will be rebelled by Xiao Gong, you will be crowned King of Liang, and you will enjoy the incense of the people of Jiangling, how about it?"

Li Ke's words made Xiao Yuexian a little stunned, she never thought that Li Ke would say such words to her before.

Xiao Xian's fault was decided by Tang Taishang Emperor Li Yuan, if it is common sense, there is no possibility of it being easier.But Xiao Yuexian also knew what Li Ke meant. Right now Li Ke is still the prince, so it is impossible to restore Xiao Xian's peace. Li Ke said that one day will be the day when Li Ke proclaims himself emperor.

Although Xiao Xian's name was determined by Li Yuan, if Li Ke really proclaimed himself emperor, it is not impossible for Li Ke to find a reason to restore Xiao Xian's reputation in the future.

Xiao Yuexian himself is also very clear that the Tang Dynasty has already won the hearts of the world, and they failed to do their best in the Huainan flood, which is once in a century, and it will be impossible to achieve it in the future. Compared with Li Ke, who is more useful, the conditions Li Ke said became a good choice.

It's just that the premise of all this is that Li Ke can become emperor, but Li Ke is a concubine, neither a direct wife nor an eldest son, and there is no help from his mother's family in the court who has power over the court like the eldest grandson Wuji. one day.

Li Ke is also a hero, Xiao Yuexian believed in this since he met Li Ke, but how can the battle for the throne be decided by one person, no matter how talented Li Ke is, in Xiao Yuexian's view, Li Ke It is absolutely impossible to shake Li Chengqian's position as prince.

Just when Xiao Yuexian looked at Li Ke's serious face, as if he was sure of everything, and laughed in his heart, the hull of the boat they were on suddenly shook violently, making Xiao Yuexian unable to stand steadily, and his expression also changed.

Suddenly, Li Ke, who was standing on the deck and leaning against the railing, was almost thrown out of the boat.

"Come on, hurry up and see what happened?" Xiao Yuexian grew up by Honghu Lake since she was a child, and she is very familiar with the water conditions of Honghu Lake. There should be fluctuations in the ordinary lake water, so I hurriedly sent people to check it.

Sure enough, just as Xiao Yuexian was worried, the boatman she sent to investigate came back in a short while, and said to Xiao Yuexian while walking quickly: "My lady, it's not good, the bottom of our boat was caught by the water of Honghu Lake." The ghost chiseled a hole the size of a foot, and if it can't be plugged in for a while, the boat won't be able to last for too long."

The Honghu water ghost that the boatman said was a water bandit secretly walking in Honghu.

These Honghu water bandits have always made a living by plundering merchant ships. In order to avoid the pursuit of the government, although they are not many in number, they are very well-versed.

Whenever these water bandits encounter a merchant ship, they must first send someone with excellent water skills to dive into the bottom of the water, and use nail chisels to cut through the bottom of the ship, causing the merchant ship to sink into the water. Kill people and get money.

The boat that Li Ke was on did not have much wealth, but this boat not only carried people, but also horses needed for the journey, so the big boat had a very deep draft, and was regarded by the water bandits as a fat sheep passing by. It fell into the eyes of the water bandits.

Li Ke was startled when he heard the boatman's words, but then he knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time had finally come.

Nothing had happened before, so they kept Li Ke under strict supervision along the way, and Li Ke couldn't find a good opportunity to escape.

When he was on the water, Li Ke also thought about the possibility of jumping into the lake to escape, but Li Ke's water skills were very loose. If he jumped into the water to escape, any boatman could catch him back in the water.

Xiao Yuexian also knew that Li Ke was not good at water.This is also the reason why Xiao Yuexian was relieved that Li Ke came out on the deck to let the wind go.

It's just that the current situation is different. Now that the water bandits are raiding and the big ship is about to sink, if Li Ke has an opening at this time, he may escape.

"Come on, take Li Ke down immediately, and resettle him after the water bandits are defeated." Xiao Yuexian saw that the situation was urgent, and he was afraid that Li Ke would escape in the chaos, so he immediately ordered the boatman beside him.

But Li Ke shook his head after listening to Xiao Yuexian's words, but took a step back.

Li Ke looked at Xiao Yuexian and said: "The water bandits are attacking, and the people on board are busy saving water and fighting the enemy in the back cabin. Do you think these three or five people can take me down?"

The big ship began to sink, and many boatmen on board were busy saving the water, while most of the remaining people were dealing with the water bandits attacking from behind, but there were far fewer people guarding Li Ke.

Li Ke's skills are not weak at all, usually more than a dozen people can't beat him, let alone just a few people in front of him.

While talking, Li Ke snatched the oar that was hitting him from the boatman's hand, and knocked the boatman to the ground with just three or two strokes.

"Water bandits are attacking, the ship is about to sink, you and I can't protect ourselves, why come here to get entangled, it's better to run for our own lives. If you don't embarrass me about this matter, I promise you, what I said just now, It still counts." After Li Ke finished speaking, he jumped into the lake without waiting for Xiao Yuexian to reply.

　Li Ke is going to Jiangling soon, and will meet an old friend in Jiangling soon, can any book friends guess who it is?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)