bastard seizes tang

Chapter 173 The Official You Xiaowei

"Your Majesty, I searched along the Kunming Lake for a week, but I didn't see His Highness." A soldier of the Imperial Army knelt in front of Li Shimin and replied respectfully.

Just now, the sound of a tiger roaring came from the direction of Kunming Lake, and Li Shimin also got the news, and suddenly felt something was wrong.Concerned about the safety of his beloved son, Li Shimin hastily sent several waves of people to look for him, but he could not find any trace of Li Ke.

But Kunming Lake is forty miles around, and the wild forest around Kunming Lake is nearly a hundred miles. It is not easy to find someone in such a big place.

This is already the second wave of people who came back to report. Li Shimin frowned and said, "Is there no trace?"

The soldier of the imperial army who reported back was full of bitterness, and replied: "The villain did not find the trace of His Highness the King of Chu, but found a pool of blood by the lake. I don't know who it is."

Hearing this, Li Shimin's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly asked, "Apart from the blood, what else is there?"

A tiger appeared in the hunting ground, and a pool of blood appeared at the same time. No matter how hard everyone searched, they couldn't find Li Ke. Li Shimin didn't even dare to think about what this meant.

However, what the soldier said next finally made him calm down a bit, and the soldier replied: "There is nothing but blood."

No matter how strong a tiger is, it is still an animal after all. If a fierce tiger eats people, it will definitely not be so clean, so the pool of blood should not belong to Li Ke.

But Li Shimin already had this kind of worry, so he couldn't stand it anymore. He immediately ordered all the troops to assemble and search extensively.

But just when Li Shimin ordered the three armies to assemble, and more than ten thousand people gathered in one place, someone from the front of the army suddenly rushed to Li Shimin's horse. gone."

"Is King Chu all right?" Li Shimin asked hastily upon hearing this.

The soldier replied, "Your Highness is safe and sound."

"That's good." Li Shimin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Ke was loved by Li Shimin very much. Hearing that Li Ke was fine, Li Shimin was relieved.

As the soldiers were talking, Li Ke's figure appeared in the distance before everyone's eyes. Under the sun, Li Ke was riding a horse and returning slowly.

Li Ke's speed was not fast. As time went by, Li Ke's figure finally gradually became clear in everyone's sight.

"Your Highness can hunt a tiger! Your Highness can hunt a tiger!"

Who knows who has sharp eyes, saw the tiger carcass carried on the horse behind Li Ke first, and suddenly shouted out.

In the past hunting, most of them were deer, deer, hares and the like, and the bigger ones were nothing more than leopards. It was rare for someone to hunt a fierce tiger, let alone a young man like Li Ke.

Li Shimin heard the words of the people behind him, and looked intently. Sure enough, right behind Li Ke, wasn't the horse carrying a dead tiger on its back?

Li Shimin looked at it, and couldn't help showing a hint of color on his face. A fierce tiger was enough for Li Ke to overwhelm the spot and win the first prize. Li Shimin's face was naturally very good-looking.

"My son, Li Ke, pay my respects to my father." Li Ke walked up to Li Shimin, leading a horse with a hunchback of a tiger, and bowed.

"Haha."

Li Shimin laughed loudly, got off his horse, helped Li Ke up, and asked excitedly, "Did you hunt this tiger?"

Li Ke said: "My son and others worked together to hunt him by luck. It was not my son's efforts alone, which made my father laugh."

Li Shimin looked at the tiger carcass on horseback, patted Li Ke on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "My son is already good at hunting tigers, how can ordinary people do it, why do you laugh and say, my son is strong!"

Since the Lantern Festival, the name of Li Ke's good shooting has been spread all over Chang'an. Li Ke's good shooting may be true, but there are many people who say that he can hunt and kill tigers, but there are many people who don't believe it.

However, Li Ke had already said that he was not the only one who killed the tiger, so there was no way to criticize his words. Moreover, in this situation, who would stand up to question Li Ke?
At this time, Li Ke also handed over the reins to the guards behind him, and said to Li Shimin: "I would like to dedicate this tiger to my father, and I wish my father a healthy body and a thousand years of great Tang Dynasty."

"Okay, well said!" What Li Ke said on such occasions always put Li Shimin in a good mood, Li Shimin clapped heavily and praised.

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin waved and told Chang Tu behind him: "This is the filial piety of the King of Chu. You immediately order someone to accept the tiger that the King of Chu presented. I will make it into a cushion and put it in the study. Watch it."

These words could have been ordered privately, but Li Shimin was born to say them in front of everyone, just because the tiger Li Ke hunted really gave him a big face.

Those sons of the Founding General's family are all known for their outstanding martial arts skills, and they often make troubles in Beijing, but who among them can hunt a fierce tiger?In the end, it was not his son Li Shimin who won the first prize.

"Promise." Chang Tu got Li Shimin's order and immediately responded.

After Chang Tu responded, Li Shimin paused, and continued: "Where is my son Li Ke!"

"My son is here." Li Ke looked at Li Shimin's appearance with a serious look on his face, thinking that Li Shimin must be rewarded.

Today's hunting, the first name has a lot of rewards, but Li Ke still doesn't know what the reward is?
Just as Li Ke was thinking, Li Shimin had already opened his mouth and said: "The king of Chu, Li Ke, is brave enough to kill the fierce tiger. He is the crown of hunting today. I am very relieved, and he deserves to be rewarded. He is specially awarded the title of General of You Xiaowei, the king of Chu. Ya, please work hard and encourage me, don’t let me down.”

The government office!

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Ke's heart was shocked, and an unconcealable smile appeared on his face.

In fact, before this, Li Ke had already served as the governor of Yangzhou, and his rank was not lower than that of General You Xiaowei. However, Yangzhou is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and Li Ke was young and had not yet been released, so the post of governor of Yangzhou was only held remotely. , Not an official, let alone real power.

But now it's different, Li Ke added General You Xiaowei, Li Shimin allowed him to be in the government office, and General You Xiaowei was Li Ke's actual position.

"Thank you, Father, the sons and servants must fulfill their duties and not let Father down." Li Ke bowed down and bowed.

You Xiaowei is one of the sixteen guards of the Tang Dynasty. He led the soldiers of Yi Mansion and Zhuzhe Chong Mansion. He was named Leopard Rider. The third grade is also a member of the dynasty, with a high position and weight.

If someone else won the first place, naturally there would not be such a heavy reward. However, Li Ke is the son of Li Shimin, and it is not wrong to treat him as a prince and General You Xiaowei. Be honored.

However, Li Shimin's reward was not over yet. After Li Ke thanked him, Li Shimin ordered himself to fetch a wooden box and handed it to Li Ke himself.

Li Shimin said: "This is the famous general of the Sui Dynasty. My father-in-law of the Tang Dynasty, Sun Shenggong, once used the Luodiao bow. I will present the Luodiao bow to you on behalf of the queen. I hope you will not slack off, practice hard and never make it a treasure. dusty."

Empress Changsun will use the hands of Li Shimin to present the fallen carving bow in public during this spring hunt. Li Ke has already guessed that, upon hearing this, Li Ke stepped forward to take the wooden box from Li Shimin's hands, and thanked him: "My son, thank you, father, emperor!" After thanking the mother, the son and minister will definitely use this bow to open up the territory for the father and expand the land in the lifetime of the son, and show off the frontier desert."

Remarks:

According to the palace regulations of the Tang Dynasty, in the harem, the princes who were concubines had to call the queen mother, and instead called their biological mother aunt. However, Li Ke's birth mother, Concubine Yang, was a noble concubine, not those concubines with insufficient status, so there was no strict distinction.

(End of this chapter)