When Li Ke saw such a situation, he couldn't bear it, for the sake of a little salt, he wouldn't make a big fuss and force a little maid to death.

Li Ke's face softened, and he said: "Get up and talk honestly, this king will spare you from death." ”

The girl who was kneeling on the ground, as if she hadn't heard, was still kneeling on the ground, kowtowing desperately to Li Ke.

Li Ke shouted angrily: "Get up and talk back, this king will spare you from death." ”

At this time, the maid stopped kowtowing, and got up from the ground with difficulty, her eyes were full of timidity, and she looked at Li Ke in fear, without saying a word. Blood was already oozing from her forehead, and the maid didn't dare to wipe it with her hands.

Li Ke asked, "What's your name?" ”

The maid replied honestly: "The maid's name is Xi'er." ”

Xi'er, why is this name so familiar, looking at the expression on Xi'er's face, Li Ke felt as if he was that Huang Shiren.

Li Ke asked again: "Why did you steal the salt of this king?" ”

As soon as Li Ke's voice fell, Xi'er's eyes instantly turned red, and tears fell from her eyes.

Xi'er trembled and replied tremblingly: "The folk girl has never eaten such a good salt, and I want to take a little bit of it home so that the people in the family can also taste it." ”

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly added: "The folk girl only took a little bit." ”

Li Ke looked at the salt particles sprinkled on the ground, and knew that what Xi'er said was all the truth, so he didn't want to blame him too much, so he said to her casually: "Don't take it as an example." ”

Xi'er was overjoyed, knelt on the ground again, and kowtowed to Li Ke three times before saying, "The people's daughter thanks the prince for not killing him." ”

Seeing Xi'er behaving like this, Li Ke opened his mouth and asked, "Xi'er, how much do you pay now?" ”

Xi'er raised her head, looked at Li Ke in astonishment, thought of something, and hurriedly cried and said: "Lord, the people don't dare anymore, beg the prince not to drive the people away." ”

Hearing Xi'er's words, Li Ke couldn't help but hold his head with his hands, and had a little headache, this ancient subordinate was lowly, and when he said something, it was as if he wanted to cut her, so difficult to communicate.

Li Ke tried hard to calm his mood, and squeezed out a smile on his face that he thought was kind.

said: "From now on, what this king asks you, you answer." ”

Xi'er knelt on the ground, her head like a chicken eating rice, and lit it vigorously.

Li Ke asked again: "How much do you pay now?" ”

Xi'er timidly said, "Back to the prince, three hundred dollars." ”

Li Ke said loudly: "From now on, your monthly reward will become five white coins." ”

"Lord, don't, what, five hundred dollars" Xi'er first thought that Li Ke was going to drive him away, and then, as if his ears, he hallucinated.

Li Ke smiled and said: "Yes, five hundred yuan, you have to take good care of these salts for the king, and you can't let other people take the salt in the house out of the house without permission." ”

Only then did Xi'er believe that her ears were not hallucinating, and she kowtowed to Li Ke three more times.

opened his mouth and said: "Lord Wang, you are so good to Xi'er, the folk girl is really unrecompensable." ……”

Before Xi'er could finish speaking, Li Ke hurriedly took a few steps back.

said: "Don't, don't, don't say it, this king has something, go first." ”

Looking at Xi'er, due to malnutrition, her body was as thin as firewood. Not to mention the yellow complexion, there are many freckles on the face, and the teeth are pitted and a little yellowish.

Li Ke was really afraid that she would say it, and later, she would come with words of personal promise.

Li Ke, who was hiding from Xi'er, came to the backyard. Seeing the pro-guards, because they had nothing to do, they also became a little scattered.

Li Ke called the deputy commander Cao Yu and ordered: "The whole army is assembled." ”

"Yes"

Cao Yu took the order and left.

It took about a quarter of an hour for the guards to assemble.

Li Ke was a little angry at the moment, this is his own personal guard!

The people who protect their own safety have gathered in the backyard for so long.

Some of the assembled soldiers were not fully dressed at this time.

Li Ke shouted angrily: "You are the king's personal guards." ”

"Yes".

But this is a word, and the answer is scattered and uneven, which makes Li Ke even more annoyed.

With a blue face, he shouted: "Be louder, be neat." ”

"Yes", the guards almost unanimously answered, and the answer was also sonorous and powerful, and the shouts shook the sky.

Li Ke's face eased slightly, and he asked loudly again: "Are you the elite of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

The guards looked at each other before replying loudly, "Yes." ”

Li Ke said angrily: "No, you are not, you are not as good as the hard-working soldiers of the Sword Gate." ”

The immature little face, I don't know if it was because of anger or force, it was red.

Hearing Li Ke's words, the soldiers of the pro-guard team also had different expressions.

Some of them showed a look of shame on their faces, and some of them were very unconvinced, and their faces were a little red.

Li Ke continued to shout: "This king knows that among you, there are people who are dissatisfied, but this is not the king's fault, it is your fault, it is not that the king looks down on you, it is you who are practicing yourself. ”

Li Kehuan continued to ask, "Do you have the confidence to become stronger?" ”

"Yes"

The soldiers of the pro-guard team, even if they are fools, do not dare to say no at this time.

Li Ke nodded with satisfaction and said: "If you want to be strong, you must practice more, and from tomorrow, this king will practice with you." Seven hours a day, rain or shine. ”

Some of the guards showed yearning on their faces, and some frowned.

Li Ke continued: "Of course, if you want to have a good physique and high-intensity training, you must keep up with the food. Therefore the king has decided that from tomorrow onwards your meals will be like those of the king, with meat. ”

As soon as Li Ke said this, the soldiers of the pro-guard team showed joyful expressions on their faces.

Seeing this, Li Ke shouted loudly: "Don't be too happy, if you can eat this king's meat, you have to give this king a good practice, and in the future, you will take your life to protect this king, do you know?" ”

"Know"

The soldiers of the pro-guard team, this voice knows, what they say is from the bottom of their hearts, and they speak in unison, like thunder, and Li Ke's ears are also buzzing.

Li Ke's expression returned to normal, and his tone became calm.

Normal said: "As the king's personal guard, you and this king share honor and disgrace, life and death together, this king will not treat you badly, if you all have a big promotion, this king will pay out of his own pocket to increase your military salary." ”

Hearing the increase in military salaries, Cao Yu, the deputy pawn, was full of excitement, and his eyes lit up, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

Hurriedly shouted: "Share honor and disgrace, live and die together, and swear to defend the king of Shu to the death." ”

After finishing speaking, Cao Yu raised his right hand and saluted a standard military salute.

Under the leadership of Cao Yu, all the soldiers of the pro-guard team shouted in unison: "Share honor and disgrace, live and die together, and swear to defend the king of Shu to the death." ”

They all followed Cao Yu in the same way and saluted Li Keqiqi.

When Li Ke saw this, his face showed joy.

Li Ke shouted directly: "Now, Li Yanqing, the commander of the army, has something important to do, and my personal guards are also leaderless, and this king has decided to reform the personal guards from today on." ”

Hearing the word reform, all the officers and men of the pro-guard began to whisper, and they didn't know what reform meant.

Li Ke shouted: "Quiet, from now on, the pro-guard team will no longer have the duty of the army, the pro-guard team will be renamed the pro-guard battalion, with a battalion commander and a deputy battalion commander, and the pro-guard battalion is divided into three companies, each company is divided into three platoons, and each platoon is divided into five squads. ”

Hearing Li Ke's words, the soldiers of the guard battalion forcibly endured the curiosity in their hearts and kept silent.

"Deputy Commander Cao Yu, temporarily acting as the commander of the Guards Battalion."

Cao Yu's performance is remarkable, and he is the deputy pawn army, and Li Ke directly entrusted him with important tasks.

"Thank you, Lord Wang."

Cao Yu gave a military salute excitedly. There is a battalion commander in the personal guard battalion, and the king of Shu is going to cut off Li Yanqing's back road.

"If you don't behave well, this king will dismiss you."

Seeing Cao Yu's face full of excitement and radiance, Li Ke struck.

"The last general will live up to the trust of the prince."

Cao Yu said it categorically.

"The positions of deputy battalion commander, company commander, and platoon commander are elected by the whole army and organized by the battalion commander Cao Yu!"

Li Ke said to the whole army.

"Yes"

Cao Yu turned around.

As soon as Li Ke's words fell, many people in the pro-guard army showed eagerness and anticipation in their eyes.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates also want to participate."

Liu Dali, who was on the side, was eager to try.

"That's what you think?"

Li Ke looked at Zhang Sancai, who was shining brightly, and asked.

"It doesn't matter what the official position is, the subordinates just want to compete with the brothers."

Zhang Sancai looked shy and pretended to be forced.

As soon as Zhang Sancai said this, in the personal guard camp, the expression on the face of the soldier with hope in his eyes flashed a little complicated.

Zhang Sancai and Liu Dali's martial arts, they all know well, with the participation of these two people, there is an instant shortage of deputy battalion commanders and a company commander, which can be selected by them.

"The martial arts of the two of you, this king knows in his heart, and he is not allowed to participate in the competition."

The two of them instantly hung their heads.

"Go, move a chair!" Li Ke said to Liu Dali.

"Yes."

Liu Dali left with a tiger face.

"Those who are willing to participate in the election of deputy battalion commander should come forward."

Cao Yu held Li Ke's horn in his hand and shouted loudly.

More than a dozen pro-guards, full of spirits and radiant faces, walked to the front of the team.

Judging from their expressions, these people are full of confidence in their martial arts.

is worthy of being born in the deputy pawn army, and Cao Yu soon made the soldiers compare with the generals.

Li Ke was half lying comfortably on the chair, drinking tea and basking in the sun.

Liu Dali and Zhang Sancai stood behind Li Ke, looking at the competition on the field, they were very greedy, and they only felt itchy all over their bodies.

East City, inside the Yuan Family Hall. More than a dozen people from the Yuan family were arguing fiercely, their expressions heavy.

"The third child! During this time, let your people give me some restraint, if you let this young prince grasp the handle, and don't need the prince to do it, the old man will kill him first! ”

An old man in his sixties, kneeling on the throne, said with an excited expression.

"Big brother, don't worry, since yesterday, I have asked my subordinates to suspend the collection of booth fees."

The half-hundred-year-old man, known as the third elder, replied.