bastard seizes tang

Chapter 386 Duan Cui's Martyrdom
After Li Ke captured Duan Cui, he ordered the royal guards to deal with the mess, and found a secluded courtyard outside the city to imprison Duan Cui and his soldiers. I went back to Yangzhou overnight.

In the afternoon of the next day, the inner courtyard and back garden of Linjiang Palace.

The warmth of the mid-spring afternoon is getting stronger, and the soft and gentle sunshine is shining on the face, and the whole person becomes lazy.

The weather is so pleasant, and in addition to knowing the whereabouts of the batch of ordnance from Duan Cui yesterday, the urgent need has been resolved, and Li Ke's mood is much more relaxed, and he is more leisurely.

In the back garden, with a long and clear sound of konghou, Xiao Yuexian was wearing a light-colored long skirt with wide sleeves and flowing clouds, dancing lightly in the garden where the flowers were gradually blooming, like a colorful swallow, shuttling among the flowers, with agility grace.

Xiao Yuexian was only ten years old, and in Li Ke's eyes, this was the best age for a girl. At this time, Xiao Yuexian in this garden was not inferior to all the flowers in this garden, and even a little more beautiful.

"In the past, this king only knew that Xian'er's piano skills are outstanding and unparalleled in the world. I never thought that Xian'er's dancing posture is so good." , clapping his hands in praise.

Xiao Yuexian gently wiped the sweat from the forehead, breathed a little, walked up to Li Ke, knelt down and said: "Your Highness is absurd, Xian'er used to be a brothel girl, and she used to entertain people with her beauty, but her dancing skills are also rough. "

Li Ke said: "Xian'er recently lost her teacher, and she can still perform dances for this king, thank you for your hard work."

Hearing Li Kezhi's words, thinking of Zuo Youxian, Xiao Yuexian's eyes showed a little sadness, Xiao Yuexian replied to Li Ke: "His Royal Highness would like to spare Qing'er this time, and return Master Zuo. You are kind to Xianer, Xianer My son is powerless to repay, so please don't dislike him, Your Highness."

Li Ke is naturally aware of Xiao Yuexian's current situation. The general trend of the world is such that no matter what Xiao Yuexian does, he is not enough to be an enemy.Li Ke looked at Xiao Yuexian's pretty and pitiful appearance, as if he saw a kitten curled up in the corner of the wall under the heavy rain, and couldn't help feeling pity in his heart.

Now that Zuo Youxian is dead, Xiao Yuexian also has something to say, from now on Xiao Yuexian is no longer Li Ke's enemy, and Xiao Yuexian is Li Ke's first woman in the Tang Dynasty, Li Ke looked at Xiao Yuexian, and his heart couldn't help but move.

Li Ke asked Xiao Yuexian: "After this incident, what is Xian'er's plan?"

Xiao Yuexian replied truthfully: "After His Highness retrieved the weapons, Xian'er personally killed Duan Cui to avenge Master Zuo."

Hearing this, Li Ke shook his head and said, "This is just a temporary plan. What the king is asking about is your future."

Li Ke asked suddenly, Xiao Yuexian had never thought about this matter carefully, Xiao Yuexian wanted to come now, but he didn't know how to answer Li Ke's words, he thought for a while, but he didn't have a clue.

Li Ke looked at Xiao Yuexian's pensive look with his head bowed, but he never urged her, just sat and waited like this.

After a while, Xiao Yuexian hadn't figured it out, but was sent out by Li Ke, and Xi Junmai, who went to Hengshan overnight to retrieve the ordnance, had already returned.

"The last general, Xi Junmai, pays homage to Your Highness." Xi Junmai is Li Ke's confidant, the commander of the guards, so there is no need to pass it on. Xi Junmai went straight into the garden by himself and said to Li Ke.

Li Ke raised his hand, watched Mr. Xi stand up, and asked, "How?"

Xi Jun bought it back and said: "Your Highness, all the ordnance lost by the Governor's Mansion in Yangzhou have been recovered in Hengshan, not a single one."

Li Ke finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, nodded, and said with satisfaction: "Okay, that's good, you should order people to guard here first, and tomorrow the king will personally lead the army to retrieve it."

"No." Xi Junmai didn't know why Li Ke went to retrieve the ordnance in person, but he still agreed.

Xi Junmai got the order and was about to go down to do it, but Xi Junmai remembered something again, so he asked again: "Your Highness, the brothers at Linhuai are still waiting for His Highness's order, I don't know what to do with Duan Cui and the others. disposal?"

The ordnance has been found, and Li Ke has no scruples about how to deal with Duan Cui anymore. Li Ke immediately waved his hand and said coldly: "Except for bringing Duan Cui back, the other kills will not be left alive, and then let go again." Fire, burn them all."

"No." Xi Junmai agreed again, and went down.

After Mr. Xi bought it, Li Ke looked back at Xiao Yuexian and saw that Xiao Yuexian hadn't answered his words, so he asked, "Xian'er, do you know why this king wants to kill Duan Cui's subordinates?"

Xiao Yuexian thought for a while, then replied: "Your Highness is here to protect Xian'er, if they don't die, it will be Xian'er who dies."

Li Ke is not afraid of Duan Cui, and Duan Cui can't move him. Li Ke wants to kill Duan Cui and the others in order to seal their mouths and let them keep some secrets in their stomachs.

Li Ke laughed, and said: "That's right, I'm going to write a letter to my father about Duan Cui, what do you think I'll say?"

Xiao Yuexian frowned lightly, shook his head and said: "Xian'er doesn't know."

Li Ke said: "Duan Cui was ordered by the king to go north. First, he escorted the important criminal Wen Qing'er, and second, he delivered the secret letter found from Zuo Youxian. Unexpectedly, his itinerary was known to Xiao Yuexian, the remnant of Liang Liang. He went to Linhuai in Sizhou. Set up an ambush, attack and kill Duan Cui, rob Wen Qing'er, Duan Cui was defeated and the whole army was wiped out. This king will write a letter to ask for merit for Duan Cui, and add a fourth-rank right Xiaowei Zhonglang general to reward him for his meritorious service."

Li Ke wrote the letter, and Xiao Yuexian also knew the purpose of asking for credit for Duan Cui. It was nothing more than to cover up the truth behind Duan Cui's death. After all, some things should not be put on the bright side now.Moreover, Li Ke himself has to withdraw himself, he doesn't want to get stuck in the quagmire for Duan Cui, and it is the best way for Duan Cui to die in line of duty.

However, what Li Ke said just now only mentioned Duan Cui, and did not mention the batch of ordnance. Xiao Yuexian knew that Li Ke's words must have something to say.

Sure enough, Li Ke paused, and continued: "After Duan Cui's death, the king personally led the troops to Sizhou, followed all the way south until Hengshan, and then found traces of the rebellious party, searched the mountain extensively, although he failed to capture him as he wished. How about rebelling against the party, but finding the robbed ordnance on the mountain?"

Xiao Yuexian listened to Li Ke's words, first nodded slowly, then thought about it, but felt something was wrong.

Li Ke said that, although he covered up Duan Cui's death and recalled how he found the ordnance, it was tantamount to letting Wei Wang Li Tai go, and losing the opportunity to suppress Wei Wang this time.

Xiao Yuexian asked: "Did Your Highness just let King Wei go?"

Li Ke shook his head and said: "Of course not, it's just that the king of Wei is in full swing now, and he is willing to be the forest bird that explores the way. Why should the king force him to retreat. What's more, relying on his father to treat Wei The king's favor, how can Duan Cui's one-sided words move him, this sword will either not kill the king, or kill the king of Wei in one fell swoop."

Li Kezhi's words are indeed reasonable, Li Tai is favored by Li Shimin, and Duan Cui alone can't move him, but it will make him alert and act more cautiously in the future.Now that Li Ke temporarily suppresses this matter, it is the biggest deterrent to Li Tai.

Li Kezhi was in reserve, so he would naturally have to think more about these issues, but if Li Ke said these words to Wang Xuance, it would be reasonable, but what reason did he say these words to Xiao Yuexian.

Xiao Yuexian faintly felt that Li Ke seemed to have other intentions, so he asked, "Why did Your Highness tell Xian'er these things?"

Li Ke smiled, looked at Xiao Yuexian and said, "Because this king still lacks someone who is trustworthy and smart enough to take care of this king outside the court."

(End of this chapter)