Chapter 130 The King of Jiangxia
The two of them returned to the military village.
Li Ke's eyes were covered with blood. He hasn't slept since last night. He was overjoyed to see Qin Mubai and Chen Yan coming together.
"Chen Yan, you..." Li Ke looked at Chen Yan and didn't know how to ask for a moment.
"Your Highness, you don't have to ask me. Anyway, he knows it." Chen Yan raised her chin to signal Qin Mubai and said faintly.
"This woman is really as cold as frost..." Li Ke sighed in his heart and didn't want to be funny to her, so he went to ask Qin Mubai.
Qin Mubai explained the whole story to Li Ke, and showed him the account book.
"Sure enough, it's really the king of Jiangxia! ..." Li Ke was stunned for a long time in surprise, and suddenly woke up and said, "Mu Bai, the emperor's reply should be coming soon, right?"
"Not bad!" Qin Mubai said, "My secret play has been sent out for four days, and it's enough to go back and forth for three days. If Your Majesty decides to cut the mess quickly, it should have been approved by this time. Maybe the imperial messenger is on the way."
"Then you can't wait any longer!" Li Ke immediately said, "Go and see the King of Jiangxia immediately!"
"Does Your Highness want to inform King Jiangxia of this matter in advance?" Qin Mubai said, "Jinzhou is about a hundred miles away from here, and it will arrive in the afternoon. But what's the lack of hosting the overall situation now?
"Then you go! You go with Chen Yan!" Li Ke waved his hand and said decisively, "You know the twists and turns of things better than me! Seeing the king of Jiangxia, he only said that I invited you to go, and asked him to take the initiative to admit this matter to his father and go to plead guilty! Only in this way can we turn big things into small things! Otherwise, if the father is angry and investigates... This crime can be big or small, it's hard to say!"
"I know. I'm going to leave right away!" Qin Mubai hugged his fist and bowed, "Your Highness, if an imperial messenger comes, you have to find a way to delay them and give us at least three days!"
"Don't worry! It's not too late. I have to work hard for you. Li Ke said, "Let's go to Jinzhou now. Here in Jishan, everything is with me!"
"Okay, goodbye!"
Qin Mubai and Chen Yan both left the king's tent, called a few elite hundred horsemen, and immediately set off for Jinzhou.
Riding on the horse, Qin Mubai felt a little sleepy. I've been really tired in the past few days, and I haven't slept for a long time.
Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, is the number one person in the northern capital of the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, his house is easy to find.
In the afternoon of the same day, Qin Mubai and his party rushed to Jinzhou City. They didn't have time to rest for a while. They dragged their tired bodies with empty stomachs and stood in front of the gate of Jiangxia Wangfu.
"Finally here!" Qin Mubai breathed a sigh of relief. He knows in his heart that time is everything now, and he must race against time. If the emperor's imperial decree is issued first, it will be completely passive. If the King of Jiangxia is implicated because of this, it must be a big case that shocked the government and the opposition, and it will become more and more unmanageable.
In a small Jishan County, a seemingly ordinary flood involved the prince and the king of Jiangxia, which was really beyond Qin Mubai's expectation. At first, he just thought that Li Shimin wanted to investigate not many corrupt officials, but he didn't expect it to be such a big case.
Qin Mubai asked the pawns to wait in the inn, and he and Chen Yan went to the meeting. After announcing their names, the two were directly invited in and did not stand outside and wait for a moment.
Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, as the prince of the clan and the founding father of the Tang Dynasty, he has always been approachable and never put on airs. The door of his mansion is the best to enter. Even if the civilians have any request, they can go straight inside, which is a good story in the Jin Dynasty.
Good luck, the king of Jiangxia is still in the house. Under the sycamore tree in the back garden, he is dancing his sword alone.
The two were led here by the housekeeper in the house. From afar, they saw a vigorous figure flying and dancing between the flowers and leaves in the autumn wind. The sword light was hidden and killing. Between each move, there was a domineering spirit of thousands of troops!
This is the invincible king of Jiangxia in those years!
He is only about forty years old, dressed in simple gray, and his hair is simply tied up with wooden hairpins. If he hadn't known that he was Li Daozong, no one would believe that he would be the famous king of Jiangxia.
The two stopped to watch Li Daozong's sword dance, and were not in a hurry to disturb them.
"How is the swordsmanship of King Jiangxia better than you?" Qin Mubai asked Chen Yan.
"Incomparable." Chen Yan said, "The sword of the King of Jiangxia is the sword of the overlord. It is important but not heavy. It does not seek to compare with people with the length of a skill for a while, but it is difficult to find out the mystery. The sword moves are exquisite and long. There seem to be countless back moves. It's not clear. And my swordsmanship is simply to win, and there is nothing else. In contrast, the King of Jiangxia is like a pool of unfathomable water, and I can see the stream by the pool at a glance.
"Your statement coincides with me." Qin Mubai said, "I don't think the king of Jiangxia is practicing swords, but more like he is planning to command thousands of troops and horses to fight. His swordsmanship is full of very practical killing methods on the battlefield. He began to work in Rongwu in his early years, and often fought in blood. Zhan Bike, Ke Bic. With him, it is like a flag in the army, which can excite all the soldiers to move forward bravely and never flinch. His swordsmanship is like a totem, which melts his spirit and temperament. Thousands of troops will always move forward, and the invincible power shocked the enemy!"
At this time, Li Daozong finished practicing his sword, and the servant came forward to report that a guest came to visit. Li Daozong casually inserted the sword into the sheath and walked towards the two of them. He laughed from afar: "I haven't seen any distinguished guests in my palace for many days. Where did you two come from?"
"Qin met the King of Jiangxia!" Qin Mubai hugged his hand. Chen Yan also saluted a little but didn't say anything.
Li Daozong, with an extraordinary face like Zitang, is burly and straight. His first impression gives people a feeling of unrestrained and heroic, but his facial features are a little handsome and elegant, not like that kind of reckless man.
No wonder Li Daozong, the young king of Rencheng, was not popular enough. In addition to his great achievements and many legends, he was also a handsome and handsome man. Nowadays, when he is about 40 years old, a man's maturity, restraint and wisdom are perfectly integrated into him, forming a unique charm.
"Li Daozong really gives people the feeling of Li Shimin. The charm of the two is full and unfathomable..." Qin Mubai couldn't help but be secretly surprised, "The difference is that Li Shimin has the prestige of the king of the world, and Li Daozong is even more approachable."
"Qin?" When Li Daozong heard Qin Mubai's special self-proclaim, he knew that he did not want to openly expose his identity, so he must have some scruples. He couldn't help smiling, "Okay, let's talk inside."
Qin Mubai and Chen Yan followed the king of Jiangxia to a quiet room in his royal palace, retreated the servants, and the three sat down separately.
"What do you two have to teach? Can you talk about it now?" Li Daozong asked with a smile on his face.
"Please forgive the previous rudeness." Qin Mubai held his fist and saluted, "The humble position is the emperor's hundred knights, Qin Mubai."
"What, are you Qin Mubai?" Li Daozong frowned in surprise and stared at Qin Mubai up and down, "Shubao's third son, Qin Liang, Qin Mubai?"
"It's a humble job!"
"That's right, it's you!" Li Daozong nodded repeatedly as if he was a little surprised and said, "I saw you several times when you were a child. I didn't expect you to grow up after many years and become the hottest hundred riders at present! I've heard the name of Qin Mubai for a long time, but I haven't seen you in the capital in the past two years. I saw it with my own eyes this time. Come on, what's the matter with me?"
Qin Mubai frowned slightly, took out the account book from his arms and walked forward: "Please take a look at such a thing first."
"Good." Li Daozong reached out and picked up and turned a few pages casually. With a mysterious smile on his face, he casually threw the account book on the table and said, "So why did you come here today?"
"Your Majesty, there was a flood in Jishan. His Majesty sent a humble position to assist the King of Wu to help the people, and secretly investigated the context of the embankment." Qin Mubai said, "This account book is an important evidence left by Zhu Chengwen, the magistrate of Jishan County, before his death. Among them, several income and expenditure related to the prince are recorded.
"So you judged that I was embezzled and bribed and came to take people?" Li Daozong still smiled like chatting, and said leisurely.
"No." Qin Mubai said, "If you want to take people, you won't appear in front of the prince with such a face."
"I understand." Li Daozong stood up with the account book, slowly walked to Qin Mubai and said to him, "So you are here to inform me?"
After saying that, Li Daozong threw the account book on the table in front of Qin Mubai.Qin Mubai frowned slightly: "If the prince wants to say so, it's the same."
"Why is it so? Did Li Ke call you to come here, or was it your idea alone?
"All of them. We all think that the prince was innocent and was tricked by Zhang Tianci's group of villains. Qin Mubai said, "What King Wu means is to ask the prince to take the initiative to confess this matter to the emperor for forgiveness. Otherwise, if people with ulterior motives do something here, it will become more and more uncontrollable... The prince who is interested in the middle is naturally clearer than the humble position, and there is no need to elaborate on the inferior position.
"Absurd! I and His Majesty are brothers. Your Majesty trusts me the most, and I have done my best to die. There is no interest between our monarchs and ministers. Li Daozong suddenly said angrily, "Qin Mubai, I have received the kindness of you and Li Ke. But I'm sure I'll be fine. You can do what you want. There is no need to break the laws and regulations because of me. If I really commit adultery and violate the law, you can come to investigate or catch the emperor directly. Although you are kind, I can't appreciate it. You go!"
"..." Qin Mubai was stunned and looked up at Li Daozong blankly and confusedly.
Li Daozong turned around and walked slowly with his hands on his back, as if he were walking leisurely in his chest.
How could he have such a reaction?
Qin Mubai was really a little embarrassed for a while!
"Are you leaving yet?" Li Daozong showed a slight sternity.
"Farewell!" Qin Mubai couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he had to get up and bow.
"Take the account book away!" Li Daozong seemed to say casually.
Qin Mubai couldn't help but light up his heart and asked tentatively, "Don't you want to see more clearly?"
"I'm already familiar with it, so why do I have to look at it again?"
Li Daozong threw down this sentence, which surprised Qin Mubai!