bastard seizes tang

Chapter 254
After Yuan Chengfan left, Li Ke ordered Wang Xuance to make preparations. He wanted to go to Chuzhou and supervise the water management in person, while he himself ordered someone to transfer the hydrological records of the Huai River and the canal to compare with Yuan Chengfan's memorabilia. book, study it carefully.

Li Ke is about to go to Chuzhou to preside over the water affairs. Naturally, he must not be ignorant of the hydrology of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, so Li Ke also observed it very carefully. It was just afternoon when Yuan Chengfan left. Li Ke watched and realized that the sky had gradually darkened.

"Young lady, please stay. His Highness is in charge of the study. According to the regulations, no one is allowed to enter without permission." Li Ke buried himself in the book for a long time, and was feeling tired when he heard the voice of the guard of the palace in his ears.

As soon as Wangfu Wei led the words, Li Ke heard Xiao Yuexian's voice again.

"Seeing that His Highness stayed in the study for a day, Xianniang was worried that His Highness was tired, so she specially made tea soup to relieve His Highness, and asked the general to pass it on." Xiao Yuexian said in a harmonious voice to the Wangfu guards guarding the door.

Li Ke listened to Xiao Yuexian's words, and looked up at the sky outside the window, only to realize that the sky was getting darker gradually, and his mouth was also a little dry, so Li Ke said to Xiao Yuexian who was guarding outside the door: "But the fairy is here Outside the door? Come in."

After Li Ke spoke, the guard outside the door naturally stopped obstructing him, and let Xiao Yuexian into the study.

"My concubine pays homage to Your Highness." Xiao Yuexian entered the study with tea soup, bowed his knees and bowed to Li Ke as a palace salute.

Li Ke smiled, and said to Xiao Yuexian: "Xianniang, get up quickly."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Xiao Yuexian stood up and thanked Li Ke.

After getting up, Xiao Yuexian walked to Li Ke's desk with the wooden tray in his hand, lowered down slowly, knelt down beside Li Ke, poured a cup of tea, and handed it to Li Ke, and said to Li Ke: "Your Highness After a hard day, take a break."

Hearing this, Li Ke also put down the book in his hand, looked down at the tea bowl in his hand, and showed a smile on his face.

Li Ke's habit of drinking tea is different from ordinary people. He doesn't like those cooking methods mixed with green onion, ginger and salt, but only drinks clear tea. Xiao Yuexian is a caring person, Li Ke only mentioned it once, and she remembered Li Ke's preferences.

Li Ke picked up the tea bowl and drank half of the cup in one gulp. He suddenly felt much healthier and heaved a long sigh of relief.

Xiao Yuexian looked at Li Ke's appearance, and asked Li Ke: "Your Highness has been lying at the desk for a long time, and his body is always sore and tired. Do you want this concubine to rub your shoulders as His Highness? Beat your back?"

It was fine if Xiao Yuexian didn't say anything, but once she said it, Li Kedun felt so tired, so he nodded and said to Xiao Yuexian: "That's fine, I've worked hard for the fairy lady."

"Your Highness is serious." Xiao Yuexian smiled, walked behind Li Ke, put her hand on Li Ke's shoulder lightly, and pressed it slowly.

Although Xiao Yuexian seemed weak, but I don't know if it was because of practicing the piano every day, she had a lot of strength in her hands, and she was able to hold Li Ke's strong shoulders with ease, without showing any effort.

"Your Highness, is the strength of the concubine's body okay? Do you want the concubine to be heavier?" Xiao Yuexian leaned on Li Ke's ear softly while pressing his shoulders for Li Ke.

Li Ke felt the strength from his shoulders, which was moderate, so he said to Xiao Yuexian: "This kind of strength is very good, there is no need to be heavy."

"No." Xiao Yuexian responded softly.

"Um"

I don't know if it's because Li Ke is really too tired, or because Xiao Yuexian's technique is sophisticated, Li Ke's shoulders were held down by Xiao Yuexian, comfortably nestling in the clouds, and he quietly let out a soft breath, even his eyes slowly moved. closed.

Xiao Yuexian sat kneeling behind Li Ke, watching Li Ke seem to have relaxed his vigilance in front of her, Xiao Yuexian could even see the blue veins on Li Ke's neck, and Xiao Yuexian's fingers were on Li Ke's shoulders, lifted off the ground Very close, if her nails were sharper, they could even pierce the meridians on Li Ke's neck and kill Li Ke on the spot.

But Xiao Yuexian obviously wouldn't do this, because his attention was attracted by another thing in the study, that is the Jieyue that Li Shimin bestowed on Li Ke.

Chijie started from the beginning of the Han Dynasty. At first, the festival was just an eight-foot-long bamboo pole with red feathers on it. It was very simple.But now after thousands of years, the Jieyue bestowed by the court is no longer what it was at the beginning.

The Jieyue given to Li Ke by Li Shimin is a golden ax with the whole body made of brass and gold falling on the blade and handle.This Jie Yue is placed on the low cabinet next to Li Ke's desk, only five steps away from Xiao Yuexian, and it feels very luxurious when you look at it.

This Jieyue is less than three feet long, and it is made of copper, so it cannot be used in battle, but such a Jieyue, the power symbolized behind it is terrifying.

All the gifts given by Jieyue are all local officials and the emperor's confidants.Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have been many generals holding festivals, but only a few people have given festivals. The last time Li Shimin gave festivals was when Xue Ju, Xue Rengao and his son were ordered to go west.

The so-called bestowed by Jieyue, the weight of the country, is probably the case.

Xiao Yuexian looked at the Jieyue on the table, and with a thought in his heart, he asked Li Ke: "Is it comfortable to hold Your Highness on my body?"

Li Ke nodded, and replied: "Well, this king has always only known that Xianniang is very good at playing the piano, but I didn't expect to have such a skill."

Xiao Yuexian replied: "Although the concubine is Qin Ji, as a member of the party, what she does in the Yanyu Tower is also the work of serving, so these Taoist concubines have naturally learned a little bit."

"I see." Li Ke nodded and smiled.

Xiao Yuexian saw that Li Ke seemed to be quite useful for his kneading, so he continued: "I heard from the people in the palace that His Highness will go to Chuzhou to supervise the water tomorrow, and he must be tired every day. Why don't His Highness take the concubine with you?" Let's go together, my concubine can relieve His Highness's fatigue every day, okay?"

After hearing Xiao Yuexian's words, Li Ke didn't expect that she would go with her, so he turned around and said to Xiao Yuexian, "This king is going to Chuzhou because of the urgent water situation, not for traveling in the mountains. If you have Meiji by your side, I'm afraid it's not appropriate."

Xiao Yuexian hurriedly said: "Your Highness, let me tell you that I did not go to Chuzhou for fun, but because my uncle's family was in Xuyi, Chuzhou, and I grew up in Xuyi when I was young. And there is always no family letter to report back, so I am very worried, and I want to find out, and I hope His Highness will approve."

Xianniang's uncle?After hearing Xiao Yuexian's words, Li Ke felt suspicious.

As a prince, Li Ke naturally cannot have suspicious people around him. Therefore, when Xiao Yuexian entered the palace, Li Ke ordered Wang Xuance to investigate Xiao Yuexian's life experience in private. No other clues could be obtained, as if Xiao Yuexian appeared in Yanyu Tower out of thin air more than a year ago, and there was no other trace to follow.

Li Ke is the governor of Yangzhou and the chief official of Huainan. If he is like this, it will be even more difficult for others to find out.

Even if it is a girl from Le Ji, it shouldn't be like this, the result of Xiao Yuexian is absolutely abnormal.

Now Li Ke was a little surprised to hear that Xianniang's uncle was in Chuzhou.

Li Ke became more and more curious about this rather mysterious woman beside him, so he replied, "If that's the case, then you can go with me."

　Regarding the appearance of the festival battle in the Tang Dynasty, I would like to say that I did not find relevant records in the official history. I used the record in "Su Family Romance" by Su E in the late Tang Dynasty: "Golden ax is also a yellow axe. It was used in three generations. The golden ax and the yellow ax are decorations for Cheng Yu. The king of Wu used the yellow ax to behead the head of Zhou, so the king took it as a warning. When the general went out to fight, the one who added the yellow ax was made of copper, and the blade and handle were painted with gold, not pure gold. If you have to give the yellow axe, you will cut off the general who holds the festival."

　　
　
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