bastard seizes tang

Chapter 31

"Chilechuan, under the Yin Mountain, the sky is like a dome, covering the four fields. The sky is blue, the fields are vast, and the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep are low."

For the concept of Yinshan, Li Ke's only impression is this Chile song handed down from the Northern Dynasties.

But when Li Ke crossed the ancient Xiyang Road and really appeared in the north of Yinshan Mountain, there were no cattle and sheep everywhere, no pastures half a person's height, and no herdsmen coming and going to graze. Looking intently from inside the carriage, what comes into my eyes is only the endless wilderness and a piece of desolation.

And Li Ke has only one feeling, that is cold, bone-piercing cold, although it is only a hundred miles away, there seems to be a world of difference between the north and the south of Yinshan Mountain.

Not to mention the outside, even Li Ke felt the cold wind biting his face while sitting in the carriage, and his hands and feet were like ice.

"Your Highness, the desolate place in Mobei is no better than Guanzhong. I'm afraid it won't work if you only have a coat, so let's put on another one." Seeing Li Ke's pale face, Dan'er was worried about Li Ke's body, and took out a coat from the box. Put on a fox fur cloak and said to Li Ke.

Li Ke's hands and feet were really cold, although I don't know if it would be useful to wear it, but it's better than nothing.

Li Ke nodded, took the cloak that Dan'er handed over, and wanted to put it on.

But when Li Ke just took the cloak in Dan'er's hand and looked down, he found that Dan'er's hands were already purple from the cold, and even trembling a little.

Although Li Ke was cold, he was wearing the clothes specially prepared by Concubine Yang before Li Ke left, which was warmer, but Dan'er was wearing the normal winter clothes in the palace, which could still keep out the cold in Chang'an, but In this bone-chilling Mobei, it doesn't look good enough.

Li Ke touched Dan'er's cold hand, and put the fox fur cloak on Dan'er's shoulders with his backhand, and said with a smile: "Although this king is young, he has a man's body. How could he be so afraid of the cold? It's you, The clothes on your body are very thin, so don't freeze your body."

Although Dan'er is Li Ke's personal maid in the palace, and she is considered acquainted with Li Ke, but Dan'er grew up in the palace since she was a child, and she has a clear sense of high and low, so how dare she ask Li Ke to put on clothes for her? It's okay if the steward of the Palace Bureau finds out.

Li Ke's hand was on Dan'er's shoulder just now, Dan'er stood up like an electric shock, retreated to the side, and hurriedly declined: "Your Highness is a body of ten thousand gold, how dare slaves wear His Highness's clothes."

Li Ke didn't expect Dan'er's reaction to be so big, Li Ke looked at Dan'er standing aside, and was also slightly taken aback.

Li Ke asked: "The left and right are just a piece of clothing, why should you care so much?"

Dan'er shook her head again and again and said: "Your Highness is the prince and the emperor, and the slaves are the palace maids and slaves. How can one piece of clothing mess up the distinction between high and low?"

Li Ke heard the words and said: "This is Mobei, not the imperial palace. How can there be so many palace rules. Now that you and I are here together, we should support each other so that we can go on together. What's more, this time going north, this You are the only one serving the king, if you are sick, who can serve the king?"

Li Ke's words made Dan'er a little moved, Dan'er blinked, rubbed his hands, and didn't know whether to take the cloak in Li Ke's hand for a while.

Seeing this, Li Ke directly stuffed the cloak into Dan'er's hand and said, "At this moment, the king has the final say, so you can wear it, this cloak is not the only one left or right by the king."

Li Ke's words have already reached this point, if Dan'er is refusing, it is ignorant of flattery, Dan'er thanked, put the cloak on his shoulders, and then took another piece of clothing to Li Ke Ke.

The prairie was extremely cold, so the clothes Li Ke brought this time were naturally extremely cold-proof clothes, and the cloak on Dan'er was made overnight by the Shangyi Bureau with the best materials.

In the past, Dan'er had only seen it on the nobles in the palace, but at this moment it was actually put on her body. Dan'er wore it on her body, and after a while, she felt that her hands and feet felt a little warmer. .

Just when Li Ke's body was getting warmer and the army was about to set off again, someone outside the carriage suddenly stepped forward to report that Wen Yanbo begged to see him.

Li Ke also did his homework when he went north this time, so he naturally knew about Wen Yanbo's name.

Wen Yanbo, the king of the Tang Dynasty, was the Minister of Zhongshu in the Tang Dynasty. In the eighth year of Zhenguan, he was the commander of the Bingzhou Road Marching Army. Zhang Jin, the commander of the marching army, sent troops to resist the Turks. Unexpectedly, Zhang Jin was defeated and Wen Yanbo was also captured by the Turks in Taigu.

Knowing that Wen Yanbo was Li Shimin's close minister, Jieli forced him to question Tang Jun about the truth, but Wen Yanbo refused to say anything until his death, so he was exiled to the bitter cold of the Yin Mountains, where he stayed for more than a year.

This time the Turkic alliance with the Tang Dynasty, Wen Yanbo was clearly asked by Li Shimin in the covenant, and Jieli wanted Wen Yanbo to be useless, so he agreed to Li Shimin's request and agreed to allow Wen Yanbo to return to the Tang Dynasty. This time Wen Yanbo must be preparing Set off south.

Wen Yanbo was originally an important minister of the Tang Dynasty, and sooner or later he returned to the Tang Dynasty to pay homage to the prime minister. Wen Yanbo had no reason to refuse Li Ke's initiative to see him. Li Ke immediately agreed, and got off the carriage to meet Wen Yanbo himself.

As soon as Li Ke got out of the carriage, he saw a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a winter jacket and a shabby robe outside. Although this man had a sallow complexion, he could not hide his Confucianism. , Wen Yanbo from the Wen family in Taiyuan.

"Criminal Wen Yanbo pays homage to Your Highness." Seeing Li Ke approaching in person, Wen Yanbo hurriedly bowed down.

"Master Wen is unswerving, he is my loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, please get up quickly." Li Ke helped Wen Yanbo up and said.

When Wen Yanbo heard the words, his face turned red, and he bowed his head and said: "The guilty minister was defeated, lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and he really has no face to return to Beijing to face the saint."

Li Ke looked at Wen Yanbo's ashamed look, and comforted him: "Master Wen is a civil servant, not a general, and the defeat of Taigu was not the fault of Mr. Wen. Why should Mr. Wen be so concerned?"

Wen Yanbo looked up at Li Ke, and sighed: "If His Highness hadn't gone north this time as a hostage, I'm afraid Wen would still not be able to return south. Wen's life was saved by His Highness. Wen Te came to thank His Highness, Your Highness Please be greeted by Wen Mou."

As Wen Yanbo spoke, he bowed down immediately.

Wen Yanbo is a gentleman with a loyal and straightforward disposition. This time Li Ke went north as a hostage, but he was able to go south. In Wen Yanbo's eyes, it was naturally Li Ke who replaced him. How could he not be grateful.

Li Ke also had the intention of wooing Wen Yanbo, Li Ke helped Wen Yanbo up, and said to Wen Yanbo: "Thank you, Mr. Wen, Li Ke is ashamed to accept it."

Wen Yanbo got up, patted the back of Li Ke's hand, and said to Li Ke with concern: "Although Turkic Jieli has formed an alliance with us, Tang Dynasty, but Wen knows that his evil intentions will not die. Your Highness must be very careful in Turkic."

Li Ke nodded, with a trace of determination on his face, and said awe-inspiringly: "Since Li Ke came to Turkic, he came with the heart of martyrdom. When Mr. Wen returns, he can tell his father. My life is a concern, and I don’t need to be afraid just because I am in Turkic. If I can exchange my body alone for my Great Tang to prosper in Mobei, and the northern border will be stable for a hundred years, I, Li Kezong, will be enough to die ten thousand times.”

As soon as Li Kezhi's words came out, Wen Yanbo's eyes became moist instantly, and two lines of hot tears dropped from the corners of his eyes.

In an instant, Wen Yanbo bowed to the ground excitedly: "Your Highness is far superior to Su Wu of the Han Dynasty. Wen Yanbo swears hereby that he will protect His Highness to return home safely. Your Highness lives, and your minister lives; when your Highness dies, your minister dies!"

But in just a short moment, Wen Yanbo at the foot of the Yin Mountain had bowed three times, but each time he bowed, he became more sincere and deeply rooted in his heart.

(End of this chapter)