Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

"It's the sound of horseshoes, it seems like a large group of cavalry is coming towards the governor's mansion." A young general in the governor's mansion couldn't help the depression in his heart, stood up and shouted, breaking the silence in the hall.

"What? How could it be cavalry?" Someone from the Governor's Mansion said with a trembling voice.

"Why are the cavalry rushing towards the Governor's Mansion?" Another person from the Governor's Mansion exclaimed.

"It seems that Sima must be Sun Sima's cavalry," the young general of the Dudu Mansion couldn't help shouting.

When everyone in the Governor's Mansion heard the young general's words, except for Guo Xiaoke who was sitting and Li Mengchang who were still kneeling, everyone else stood up in unison at this time regardless of Li Ke's order.The people in the Governor's Mansion were a little pale. Li Yan glanced at Li Ke nervously. Seeing that Li Ke and Di Zhixun were calm and composed, he secretly felt ashamed and sat on the chair.

"Crack! Crack!" The sound of hooves came from far to near.The hearts of everyone in the hall trembled with the sound of horseshoes.Li Ke raised his wine glass in his hand and said to the people in the Governor's Mansion beside him, "Don't panic, everyone, let's have another drink." After speaking, the glass was dry.Everyone in the governor's residence reluctantly raised their wine glasses, but drank them without filling them.

The sound of horseshoes stopped abruptly outside the gate of the governor's mansion, and then the cries of soldiers and the clash of weapons were heard.Everyone in the governor's mansion seemed to be confused at this time, and even Li Yan didn't know what to do except to look at Li Ke and Di Zhixun from time to time.On the contrary, it was the people in the Dudu Mansion, and Li Ke saw the look of expectation on their faces.

The noise outside the gate of the Governor's Mansion was getting closer and closer, and he saw a Fei Tang Jun of the Governor's Mansion collapsed in a panic in the hall, "report the governor" before he finished speaking, he heard hundreds of guards in black and black Generals in black clothes and black armor Zhonglang general uniforms and officials in seventh-rank court uniforms poured into the hall.When General Heijia stepped into the hall, he shouted, "Take down the rebels!"

"Nuo" black armored guards poured into the hall like wolves. They didn't care who was standing there. As long as you stand in the hall, they will meet you with their swords drawn.Several generals of the Dudu Mansion were just about to fight against the black armored guards with their own arrogance, but they were beaten up by the black armored guards who rushed up, and then put the knife on their necks. The meaning is self-evident. As long as you dare to move, I will dare to kill you. The general of the Dudu Mansion glanced at the wolves-like eyes of the black-clothed guards in front of him, and finally compromised.For the black armor guards, they don't care if you are a general or a governor, they only obey the orders of their superiors.The standing Dudu Mansion was driven to the corner of the hall by the black-armored guards like prisoners and squatted down.However, at this moment they glanced at Li Mengchang, who was kneeling on the spot, and Guo Xiaoke, who was sitting still on the table, and then they suddenly realized how stupid they were. Li Ke has eight thousand cavalry in his hand, no matter how arrogant you are Kill you.

After General Heijia gave the order, he and the seventh-rank officials walked up to Li Ke at the same time and saluted, "Minister General, I am too late to save you, and I hope Your Highness will make amends."

It turned out that it was not Sun Erlang's troops that came, but Su Dingfang and the Wolf Cavalry Battalion.No wonder the actions just now were as ferocious as a pack of wolves, and the bloody fighting generals of the two capital governor's mansions were restrained by their ferocity.

"Dingfang and the Yan family don't need to be polite." Li Ke smiled slightly and introduced to Li Yan beside him, "Brother, let me introduce you. These two are Qianniuwei Zhonglang General Su Dingfang and Hanwangfu who were not invited to attend." Master Xu Jingzong." Xu Jingzong was appointed by Li Shimin as Li Ke's master after Ma Zhou entered Yushitai.Li Ke's words were very plain, but it was harsh to Li Yan's ears. The Governor's Mansion did not invite the two of them to attend the banquet. He knew that Li Ke had already understood that this was the arrangement of the Governor's Mansion, and now he said it on behalf of the Governor's Mansion. show an attitude.

"General Su and Mr. Xu are very polite. The Governor's Mansion hosted a banquet for His Highness today. It is only because the two are busy with military affairs that they did not disturb them. I am very happy that you two can come to the banquet at this time." Li Yan said a few words politely Turning his gaze to Li Ke, Li Ke remained unmoved.Su Dinghe and Xu Jingzong also bowed their hands and saluted and did not reply to Li Yan.Li Ke smiled awkwardly and sat down. He could tell from the fierceness of the black guards just now that if anyone in the hall dared to disrespect Li Ke, they would definitely kill him.

Li Ke glanced at Guo Xiaoke who was sitting next to him and ignored him. Instead, he stepped forward to help Li Mengchang who was kneeling on the ground, picked up the wine glass on the table and said, "General Li is happy, I respect you."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Li Mengchang said neither humble nor overbearing, he took Li Ke's wine and drank it down.

Li Ke sighed in his heart. Li Mengchang is a real soldier. Not because of Ke's majesty, but because of Li Ke's governor of Bingzhou, his general of the governor's mansion.

Li Ke finished his respect and Li Mengchang cupped his hands to Li Yan who was sitting on the chair and said, "This king is too drunk and feels a little unwell, so I will leave first, and I will go to the mansion to visit my brother in the evening."

"Please leave, Your Highness, please leave, Your Highness!" Li Ke and everyone in the Governor's Mansion hurriedly got up and said, "Brother, I will wait for Your Highness's presence at the mansion tonight."

Li Ke ignored Guo Xiaoke and everyone in the Dudu's Mansion striding out of the hall, and when he had just stepped out of the threshold, he suddenly turned around and said to Guo Xiaoke, "Tomorrow, at this time, the Dudu will be in the barracks, so all the generals of the Dudu's Mansion will be there. Please Guo Changshi tell Sun Sima, so as not to delay the time of military law disposal." Li Ke pressed the words "military law disposal" very heavily, which made Guo Xiaoke and everyone in the Dudu Mansion feel cold. Could it be that His Highness the King of Han really wants to deal with it? Sun Sima?Li Ke didn't pay attention to everyone's expressions after listening. He stepped out of the governor's mansion calmly. Chen Qi, Su Dingfang and Xu Jingzong followed closely behind him. Xu exited the hall of the Governor's Mansion.

The people in the hall were no longer interested in drinking, they bid farewell to each other and dispersed one after another, only the people in the Dudu’s Mansion remained in the hall. Surrounded in front of Guo Xiaoke wanted to hear what Guo Xiaoke had to say, but Guo Xiaoke, who disappointed them, sat on the chair in silence without saying a word, and only after a while did he utter a word with difficulty, "Let's go to Sun's Mansion to see first." Let’s talk about Sun Sima’s injury.”

Li Ke and his party returned to the study of the Governor's Mansion, and Li Ke said to Chen Qi beside him, "The black clothes closely monitor everyone at today's banquet, and they will report to me immediately if there is any movement."

"No," Chen Qi responded.

"Ding Fang, send three thousand cavalry into the city tonight." Li Ke said seriously.

"No." Su Dingfang didn't ask why, but replied respectfully.

After Li Ke ordered the task, he said to the three of them, "There's nothing else to do, you all go down." The three of them saluted respectfully and exited the study.

Li Ke in the study silently recalled the scene of today's banquet in his heart, and he felt that many things were very strange.Although the conflict between the generals of the Dudu Mansion and the Governor's Mansion exists, it is not too great, and it is not to the point of incompatibility.Therefore, it is not necessary for him to be close to Li Yan to cause the generals in the governor's mansion to be so neglectful and indifferent to him.If it is said that all the generals in the Dudu Mansion are hostile to him, Li Ke feels that maybe it is because he is too close to Li Yan that everyone in the Dudu Mansion has enemies of their own.Li Mengchang's respectful attitude towards himself made Li Ke laugh at this speculation. Through his understanding of Li Mengchang's background, Li Ke knew that he was one of the pioneers of Li Shimin's Xuanwumen coup, and he was a loyal confidant of Li Shimin who was born in the Qin Palace. Ai Jiang, his respect for him can only show that he is the person standing behind Li Shimin.Then Li Ke thought of Sun Erlang's background. Sun Erlang was a general who was born and died with Li Ji.

"So that's it!" Li Ke sighed, he finally understood that the hostility of the governors towards him was for the purpose of explaining, "I really want to go to Li Yan's mansion tonight!"

Li Mansion, Li Yan's study.

Li Yan, Governor of the Governor's House, Shi Yuan Deqian, Sima Yu Kailun, and three middle-aged men in their 40s sat silently.Just now Li Yan told everyone Li Ke's words and deeds in the hall of the governor's mansion, and they became silent.The three middle-aged people are none other than the Yuanxin family, the Yu Jin family, and the Li Bi family of the Guanlong Group, who are the patriarchs.Like Li Yan, they are all strong men who have a place in the Guanlong Group. The reason why they came to Li Yan's mansion today is to see Li Ke's attitude through the observation of the banquet.

They all represent their own families, and they speak and act based on the interests of their respective families.This time Li Shimin sent Li Ke to control the vassal and state, they could not sit idly by, and they knew Li Ke's talent quite well, so they attached great importance to Li Ke's every move.Today's banquet was planned by them. The omission of Su Ding and Xu Jingzong at the banquet was also deliberately arranged by them. The purpose was to see Li Ke's reaction, but they didn't expect that the governor's mansion was also targeting Li Ke, and even Sun Er Lang slandered the court's appointment of officials, but he didn't expect Li Ke's attitude to be so tough.

"Since" the patriarch of Li Bi's family said, "the emperor sent King Han to suppress the vassal and Bingzhou and wants him to rectify the civil affairs and military affairs of Bingzhou, then it's not too late for us to see how powerful he is and then make a decision!"

"En!" The patriarch of Yu Jin's family nodded and said, "Isn't the Dudu Mansion hostile to him? Then let us see how capable he is, and whether he can eat the fat of Taiyuan Mansion."

"I have no objection!" The patriarch of the Yuanxin family said after looking at Li Yan and the two foreigners.

"Since the three of you have no objections, what this old man means is that you neither support him nor oppose him. As for the governor's mansion, it depends on his own ability!" Li Yan said.

"Good!" The three agreed at the same time.