After Li Hong stretched out his hand to signal several times, and Bai Chun gently pulled and tugged several times, Chen Qinghan respectfully saluted Li Hong again and sat down on the other side of the table.
Princess Dalai on the side was reading the letter, saying hello to Bai Chun and Chen Qinghan, and then focused on the letter again.
Li Hong looked at the three women in front of him. They all had stunning looks, but they also had completely different styles of beauty.
Needless to say, Bai Chunzi still has an indifferent and cold temperament revealed from his bones, giving people a feeling of being unattainable.
Chen Qinghan, on the other hand, is gentle, graceful, and charming. When people look at her, they often seem to see the gentleness of a woman from a Jiangnan water town because of her delicate face.
Princess Dalai is more cute and ignorant, perhaps because she first arrived in the Tang Dynasty. Under her beautiful appearance, there is a lovely and deep heart. In short, she is like the poison of beauty.
Li Hong silently commented on the three of them in his heart, and even felt relaxed and happy when he returned to Chang'an and faced Pei Wanying, Yan Lingbin, and Xiaoxue. These days, Bai Chun has been taking care of him, which made him feel at ease at the same time. I couldn't help but think of those women in Chang'an.
"Your Highness, Li Siwen, has met." Li Hong, who was still in a daze, was awakened by Li Siwen's voice.
After looking at Li Siwen, accompanied by Cheetah, he had changed into dry clothes. After washing away the fatigue from traveling for days, he became much more energetic.
"Sit down." Li Hong said to Li Siwen.
Li Siwen looked at Bai Chun, Chen Qinghan, and Princess Dalai who stood up. He respectfully saluted Bai Chun among the three girls and said, "Your Majesty, Li Siwen has met Miss Bai."
Bai Chun looked at Li Siwen and nodded silently, then took Chen Qinghan and Princess Dalai, packed up all the letters on the desk, and left the gallery.
According to Li Hong's order, now she has to arrange a place for Chen Qinghan, Yang Yue and Yang Lan'er to live.
When Princess Dalai heard about the arrangements for Yang Lan'er and others to live, she immediately took Bai Chun's hand, hoping to let Yang Lan'er live with her so that she could have company. During this period, she didn't even have anyone to talk to, and she was almost going to die. Suffocated.
She was the one who took Yang Lan'er to freshen up and change clothes just now, so Princess Dalai began to beg Bai Chun.
Li Hong stared blankly at the back of Princess Dalai. He didn't know what this little girl was planning, but Yang Laner didn't want her to take advantage of her, right
After recovering his thoughts, he looked at Li Siwen, who looked slightly anxious, and then slowly said: "Li Jingye won you over. As his uncle, you never thought of helping him?"
Li Siwen smiled bitterly and said: "I helped him hide some things at first, but... when his ambition became bigger and bigger, I was afraid. Now under your majesty's wise rule, the Tang Dynasty It has shown its prosperity, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and are prosperous and healthy. Whether it is Yangzhou or other places in the south of the Yangtze River, it is an important place in the Tang Dynasty. If the war is caused by Li Jingye, only the people everywhere will be devastated by the war. What's more, whether it is His Majesty Even the late emperor has taken care of us, I don’t dare to think about it.”
"In Yangzhou, after the British Duke Li Ji became the governor of Yangzhou, the officials have always been clean and honest. After Li Jingye became the governor, Yangzhou changed a bit. Places such as Runzhou, Changzhou and even Jinling have always been wanted by Li Jingye. The Ministry of Civil Affairs has considered taking over the post of Governor, but you should also know what happened in the court later. Pei Yan secretly colluded with Li Jingye to bring the chaos in Jiangnan to the surface." Li Hong nodded. Agreed with Li Siwen's explanation.
"So Your Highness, I request you to send troops to support Runzhou. Most of the Zhechong Mansion in Runzhou has been bribed by Li Jingye. I am afraid that I will not be able to defend Runzhou alone for a long time. My death is a small matter, but if it affects the people, Even if I die in battle, I won't be able to face my father's loyalty to the Tang Dynasty." Li Siwen stood up and saluted Li Hong.
Li Hong nodded again and did not answer immediately. Instead, he continued to ask: "Where are Li Jingyou and Li Jingzhen now? Is there really King Pei in Yangzhou?"
Li Siwen pondered for a moment and said: "Back to your highness, Li Jingyou and Li Jingzhen are hidden very deeply by Li Jingye. I am not sure where they are now, but I speculate that these two people should be the people that Li Jingye really relies on. Now he should be commanding the troops to Zhechong Mansion. As for King Pei, I heard about it, but the people sent to Yangzhou failed to see King Pei, but King Cao and King Yue did show up. "
"Runzhou and Changzhou bear the brunt of the cities that Li Jingye wants to take first, followed by Jinling. Hasn't he thought about going north?" Li Hong looked at Li Siwen and asked again.
"Wei Siwen once suggested to him that he should go north to attack the Fufu several times east of Xiaoshan. Many of them were generals who were under his father's command at that time. Therefore, Wei Siwen suggested that he should go north to collect his troops first, and then directly plot against Luoyang."
"Xue Zhongzhang hoped that he would capture Jinling and capture Ruizhou and Changzhou. In this way, relying on the natural danger of the Yangtze River, he would be able to hold on. Li Zongchen would take the lead in attacking Changzhou because Li Jingye promised him the post of governor of Runzhou." Li Hong He took the secret letter Bai Chun handed him just now and slowly unfolded it and read.
All this information is exactly the same as what Li Siwen said, which is enough to prove that Li Siwen is indeed unwilling to conspire with Li Jingye. However, because Li Jingye bought most of the Runzhou Zichong Mansion in the past two years, Runzhou's defense is relatively weak. weak.
This forced Li Siwen to leave the chief officials and Sima behind and go to Hangzhou alone to ask for Li Hong's help.
"Yes, this is still a secret among Li Jingye's confidants in Yangzhou. I only got some information after making excuses. In fact... more is that Li Jingye now claims to have a hundred thousand strong soldiers, threatening me. I know a little bit." Li Siwen looked at Li Hong and said with some concern about Runzhou's defense.
"Don't worry about Runzhou's defense. Although King Xu Li Sujie has never led an army, Jinling has a captain named Li Xiaoyi who is assisting him. Now... he should have set off from Jinling to Runzhou." Li Hong smiled, It still gave Li Siwen a reassurance.
"Liang Jungong Li Xiaoyi?" Li Siwen was in high spirits, stood up and said excitedly.
"Yes, he is the son of Huai'an King Li Shentong and the younger brother of Jiaodong King Li Daoyan. This man is good at attacking and defending. With him assisting you in guarding Runzhou, what do you have to worry about?"
"I have no worries. On behalf of the people of Runzhou, I would like to thank Your Highness..." Li Siwen said excitedly with an uplifted and moved expression.
"Okay, just put your mind in your stomach. The only thing that worries me is the whereabouts of Li Jingyou and Li Jingzhen. So after you return to Runzhou, it's best if you can find out the movements of these two people. Rest for the night and set off tomorrow. Go back to Runzhou." Li Hong also stood up and looked at Li Siwen.
"Your Highness, I... I want to rush back to Runzhou immediately. If I'm not here, I'm afraid that Captain Li won't be able to enter the city after arriving in Runzhou, so I'd better rush back before Captain Li to feel more at ease." Li Siwen was at this moment. After hearing Li Hong's promise, his mind flew back to Runzhou.
Li Hong didn't try to persuade him to stay. Seeing how eager he was, he just smiled and walked along the corridor with him. After walking slowly to the courtyard, he signaled the cheetah to prepare some food for him on the road. After changing to two horses, , and asked Li Siwen to leave.
"Let Lawless go to Zhechong Mansion immediately and assemble the Futu camp to go to Yangzhou." Li Hong said softly to Mang Zhong next to him.
Three days later, Li Chongyi followed Li Hong's arrangement and successfully deployed troops between Jiangnan East Road and Jiangnan West Road to prevent Zheng Jingxuan from crossing the border. He joined forces with Ze Wang Li Shangjin to watch Zheng Jingxuan eagerly.
Li Xiaoyi, Duke of Liang, also led 30,000 troops into Runzhou at night as soon as he returned to Runzhou as the governor of Runzhou four days later.
Lawless led three thousand soldiers from the Pagoda Battalion, who had secretly stopped in a village not far from Yangzhou after five days of night march.
Just when the three roads south of the Yangtze River seemed to be calm, Li Jingye had already begun to order Li Jingyou and Li Jingzhen to get ready. However, just as they were preparing to go south to attack Runzhou, on the official road from Hangzhou to Yangzhou, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his party lost their whereabouts. It was as if the world had disappeared. No matter how careful the search was, there was no news about Li Hong and his party.
In the Yangzhou Mansion, Li Jingye looked solemn. Pei Wang Li Xian, Cao Wang Li Ming, Yue Wang Li Zhen, Langya King Li Chong and their sons also had serious expressions. For Li Hong's sudden disappearance from officialdom, they felt a strong sense of conspiracy for a moment. .
"King Cao, you have dealt with him a lot. From your point of view, why did the prince suddenly disappear now? Will he... come to Yangzhou again?" Li Jingye bowed his hands and saluted King Cao Li Ming and asked.
King Cao Li Ming is the fourteenth son of the late Emperor Taizong Li Shimin. He is just forty years old now. Although he is not as wise and virtuous as King Li Zhen of Yue, he looks like a prince, with a carefully trimmed chin. Beard, after hearing Li Jingye's inquiry, he couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
No one can tell clearly what Li Hong is thinking. Even in Chang'an, I have known him secretly for so many years, but until now, I find that he doesn't seem to be the real Li Hong!
Even the former prince Li Zhong studied Li Hong with great concentration for more than ten years. In the end, he was tricked by Li Hong into Jincheng, Liangzhou, and was imprisoned in Loulan City until he committed suicide.
Li Ming shook his head slightly, and sighed in the silent hall: "I can't guess, I don't know, I can't figure out what he is going to do. He always acts unconstrainedly. No one knows where he is except the people he trusts the most." What to think."
Li Jingye did not expect Cao King Li Ming to give such an answer, so he looked at Yue King Li Zhen and Langya King Li Chong and his son without saying a word.
(End of chapter)