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Chapter 214 Going to Huayin
The officials sent by the prince, especially the favored prince like Li Ke, naturally gained a lot of limelight along the way.

Li Ke set out from Chang'an to the east and passed Xinfeng, Lantian, and Weinan counties. The passing local officials held banquets one after another, and Li Ke was inconvenient to force him to refuse. Li Ke and his party actually walked for three days during the short journey of more than a hundred miles. , has not yet passed Tongguan, and left the border of Guanzhong.

"Your Highness, if we go on like this, we don't know if we will be able to reach Yangzhou within a month." Leaving Weinan County, Dan'er next to Li Ke was also tirelessly left behind by the banquets that came for days, and it took three days before he left. Dan'er feels that the trip to Yangzhou is far away.

Li Ke counted the days and replied: "If we go on like this, I'm afraid it will take more than a month to reach Yangzhou."

After hearing Li Ke's words, Dan'er couldn't help frowning and muttering: "I stopped and stopped all the way, I really don't know when I will be tall?"

Dan'er has heard of the beautiful spring scenery in Yangzhou for a long time, and thought that he would start from Chang'an in late January and arrive in Yangzhou in February, but now he is going south and stops, and he really doesn't know when it will be due.

Ma Zhou, who was following Li Ke together with Dan'er, said with a smile, "Your Highness will go out of Beijing on festivals. Wherever you go, if His Majesty comes in person, the local officials would dare to neglect, and they will naturally come out of the city to welcome you. But you don't have to worry about it. After your highness arrives in Luoyang, you can abandon your horse and take the boat, and go south by water to Yangzhou, it will be much more convenient."

Li Ke was ordered by the emperor to hold the festival and patrol the hunting places on behalf of the sky. Wherever he went, officials from all over the country naturally came out to show respect. However, after Li Ke arrived in Luoyang, the eastern capital, he no longer had to travel by land, but by water. , taking the Grand Canal southward, along the way, except for food and grass supplies, there is no need to stop at the shore, and it is naturally much faster.

Li Ke's idea is certainly good, but how could everything go as he wished? Li Ke set off from Weinan and traveled for only two hours. When he was just approaching Zheng County, there was a brisk sound of horseshoes coming from him. It came from my ear.

Hearing the sound of horseshoes behind him, Li Ke could not help frowning slightly when he thought it was an official from Zheng County who ordered someone to come.

In fact, Dan'er was not the only one who was disturbed by the stop-and-go socializing in the past few days, and Li Ke was also the same.

Hearing the sound of horseshoes getting closer, Li Ke was already thinking about how to turn off today's entertainment and rush to Huayin earlier, because he still had business to do in Huayin.

Before Li Ke left Chang'an, Concubine Yang called him into the palace on a special trip and told him to go to Yang's mansion when he was passing Luhuayin, offer a stick of incense for her, and meet the elders of the Yang clan along the way.

As early as yesterday evening, Li Ke had ordered someone to send a letter to Hongnong Yang's mansion, informing him that he would pay a visit to the mansion this afternoon. If he changed to Zheng County now, his appointment would definitely be delayed.

Compared with the famous Hongnong Yang family, what is a mere Xinfeng county magistrate?Li Ke can naturally weigh the pros and cons.

Just when Li Ke had made up his mind to reject the invitation, Li Ke heard a familiar voice.

"Your Highness, wait a moment, little brother." It was a young boy's voice, and there was a bit of laughter in the words.

Li Ke listened to the voice behind him, with a smile on his face.

Li Ke doesn't need to look, he can know who is coming behind him, who can call himself a younger brother in front of Li Ke, and laugh so much besides his little Qin Huaidao?
Li Ke turned his head to look, sure enough, it wasn't Qin Huaidao who was patting his horse not far behind him.

"Little brother Qin Huaidao pays homage to Your Highness." Qin Huaidao rode his horse to Li Ke's side, sat on the horse and bowed his hands to Li Ke.

Li Ke looked at Qin Huaidao's out of breath appearance, obviously he came all the way quickly, so he said with a smile: "Huai Dao, you are not staying in Yiguo Duke's mansion, why are you here?"

Qin Huai said: "Your Highness is going out of Beijing, how can such a good thing not take me along."

Li Ke asked: "What's the matter? Did Shuai Qin allow you to go south with me?"

As early as when the news that Li Ke was about to be released came out, Qin Huaidao had come to look for Li Ke, and also asked his father Qin Shubao to go south with Li Ke to Yangzhou, but Qin Shubao did not agree, and instead reprimanded Qin Huaidao After a meal, he was ordered not to leave Beijing.

But now that Qin Huaidao actually appeared in front of Li Ke, Li Ke was naturally surprised.

After hearing Li Ke's words, Qin Huaidao resentfully replied: "Father didn't allow me to go out of Beijing, I slipped out when Father was unprepared."

Earlier, because Qin Huaidao wanted to leave the capital from Li Ke, he was ordered by Qin Shubao to be imprisoned in the mansion, and even Li Ke was unable to come to see him off in person from the capital.

But Li Ke had already left Beijing a few days ago, Qin Shubao's control over Qin Huaidao was loosened a lot, Qin Huaidao was able to sneak out of the Duke of Yi's mansion and escaped alone.

Li Ke asked in surprise, "Did you leave Beijing without telling Shuai Qin?"

"That's natural. If Dad knows, how can I get out with Dad's temper?" Qin Huaidao replied.

When Li Ke heard this, his face showed embarrassment, and he said to Qin Huai: "You left the capital without telling Qin Shuai, if Qin Shuai found out and chased him out of Beijing, what should you do?"

Qin Huaidao waved his hand, and replied indifferently: "What's the matter, we just need to go faster, and when Dad knows we have already left the pass, how can he catch me? What's more, His Highness is here , as long as His Highness approves me, I don't believe that Dad can still snatch someone from His Highness."

Li Ke looked at Qin Huaidao's appearance, as if he had made up his mind to go with him, and wondered: "Qin Shuai and this king have the kindness of saving lives and teaching careers. If I disobey Qin Shuai's intentions, I will force you to leave." Jing, I don’t know if it’s right or not.”

The relationship between Li Ke and Qin Shubao is naturally not an ordinary monarch and minister. Qin Shubao once saved Li Ke's life in Xuanwumen, and later taught him martial arts, and even gave him the tiger-headed golden gun that he had carried with him for many years. Qin Shubao treated Li Ke with great kindness and righteousness.

And if Li Ke disobeyed his wishes and took his eldest son away from the capital thousands of miles away, so that his father and son could not see each other every day, Li Ke couldn't bear it.

When Qin Huaidao heard Li Ke's words, he became very anxious and hurriedly said: "Yangzhou has been a place of excellent fireworks since ancient times. Sanlang went to Yangzhou to be happy. How could he have the heart to leave my younger brother alone in Chang'an."

Qin Huaidao was so impatient that he even called out their private names in the past.

Qin Shubao has kindness to Li Ke, but Qin Huaidao and him are like brothers, Li Ke is caught between the two, and it is very embarrassing for a while.

On the other hand, Wang Xuance, who was at the side, saw that Li Ke was in a dilemma, and said to Li Ke: "Your Highness, there is no need to be in a dilemma. According to my minister, the young master can sneak out of the Duke of Yi's mansion with his own strength, which is probably not the general's intention."

After listening to Wang Xuance's words, Li Ke suddenly thought of something, looked down at the horse Qin Huaidao was riding on, and sure enough, on both sides of the horse were hanging the golden mace passed down by his Qin family ancestor.

If Qin Shubao really didn't want Qin Huaidao to go south with Li Ke, how could Qin Huaidao have the opportunity to bring out the golden mace from the Duke of Yi's mansion?
Perhaps Qin Shubao apparently forbade Qin Huaidao to go south with Li Ke, but secretly allowed Qin Huaidao to sneak out of the mansion, perhaps in order to silence the officials in the court, so as not to make suspicious people.

Li Ke thought for a while, and said: "This king should trust Qin Shuai in private, and tell Qin Shuai about this first, so as not to worry Qin Shuai. We will wait to see what Qin Shuai thinks about the rest of the matter."

(End of this chapter)