Li Ke lay on a bed made of wooden planks and marching bedding, looking at the broken roof with his arms crossed, feeling a little lonely and sleepless.

"Are these two people planning to sit outside for the night?" Li Ke glanced outside and muttered to himself. couldn't help but smile and said secretly: "No matter how smart Qin Mubai is, he can't escape from Gao Yang's little palm. What man can refuse a young girl who is just beginning to fall in love? This girl has been flying since she was a child, except for her father and her mother, no one pays attention to her, but she didn't expect that once she was emotional, she was also a very little woman, quite cute. ”

Time passed minute by minute, and it was midnight in the blink of an eye. Li Ke finally felt a little sleepy, and looked outside, Qin Mubai and Princess Gaoyang were still sitting there next to each other, and they didn't mean to get up at all.

"These two people are stupid." Li Ke got up and walked to the door, and groaned, "Although the flower moon is good, the cold is already thick. When do you two little mandarin ducks plan to return home? ”

"Yike...... Third brother, didn't you sleep? Dislike! Princess Gaoyang shouted angrily a few times, her face was still red, and she was indeed a little embarrassed. After all, it's late at night, and it's inappropriate for lonely men and widows to stay together, and they always have to be separated, so it's hard to ......

"Let's go back and rest." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "You must be tired after a day of traveling, and you have to rush back to Puzhou tomorrow." Have a good rest, and you will have the energy to go tomorrow. ”

"Okay...... Princess Gao Yang nodded reluctantly, and said sheepishly, "Then will you come to see me off tomorrow?" ”

"Tomorrow I will arrange for you to leave early because of the drive, early morning is my busiest time, and I have to deal with many things in the army." Qin Mubai smiled slightly apologetically, "So, I can't come to see you off." ”

"I hate it, why are you stinky men always so busy? Nothing is interesting when you're busy. Princess Gaoyang was quite displeased and knocked Qin Mubai's elbow with her little pink fist and said, "Then you have to go back to Chang'an quickly!" I'm waiting for you in Chang'an! ”

"yes, it will." Qin Mubai smiled.

"Remember! Go back to Chang'an early, I'll wait for you in Chang'an! ”

"At a young age, I learned from my mother-in-law and mother-in-law. Go back to the house, King Wu is waiting for you! ”

"I want it! I'm going to talk to you, don't hate it, don't hate my mother-in-law! Princess Gaoyang finally got up, walked backwards towards the edge of the house, and looked at Qin Mubai reluctantly, her eyes unblinking.

"Go ahead!" Qin Mubai nodded and smiled, "It's better to go, don't fall down again." ”

"Ouch-"

Before the words fell, Princess Gao Yang stepped on the long cloak and fell to the ground.

Qin Mubai shook his head and smiled bitterly, helped her up, and said, "It's cold in the morning, the cloak will be given to you, and you wear it all the way." But remember not to fall under your feet again, you know? ”

"Got it! Hee-hee! Princess Gaoyang patted her ass happily and said with a smile, "I'm leaving!" Go back too, rest early, and don't miss me! ”

"I don't want to."

"You dare!"

……

Li Ke's face kept twitching, and he finally couldn't help it: "Are you finished numb?" Let's go back and rest! ”

……

Qin Mubai left the grove, and several hundred cavalry guards were still waiting for him to return to the camp together.

"General, Fang Cai Sui Liang sent someone to deliver a letter, and asked the general to go to the Jiangxia King's Mansion for a banquet three days later." A pawn said.

"Got it." Qin Mubai thought to himself, it seems that Li Daozong really invited a lot of people, even Yu Suiliang. I and Yu Suiliang are both close ministers of the emperor, and he "put on a show" like this this time, and he also intended to show the emperor, right?

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there has never been a case of "flying birds and good bows" to suppress the founding fathers, which is better than many dynasties. But this does not mean that the emperor is really not afraid of those meritorious veterans. It's not that Li Shimin's merits, ability and courage, it's not that he is afraid of being pressed down, as an emperor, he thinks more about letting his children and grandchildren inherit his foundation.

If there is a meritorious family whose reputation among the people is comparable to that of the emperor, it is a great thing. Who can say whether their descendants will take their place?

Therefore, because the emperor wants to prevent the slightest deterioration, there is such a thing as a meritorious and high shocking master. In this Jiangzhou case, Li Shimin's intentions are very vague, but there are some meanings aimed at Li Daozong. Because since Li Yuan raised his army, Li Daozong has been active in Li Tang's camp, and in terms of merit and limelight, he is not much worse than Li Shimin. Except for a small money-loving problem, he is almost perfect. In contrast, Li Shimin has a big stain on killing his brother and forcing his father to abdicate, and he is greedy for women to accept wives and take away his brother and daughter-in-law, and he is not as good as Li Daozong in terms of personal morality.

Perhaps in Li Shimin's heart, this too perfect hero has always been a piece of his heart. But the two of them have always had a very good relationship, and Li Daozong has always been the only one who is Li Shimin's leader, and he is hard-working, low-key and cautious, without the slightest pride in his achievements.

But the more he was like this, the more uneasy Li Shimin felt uneasy.

Because he is so perfect, far more respected than the emperor.

finally found out that he was greedy for money, so Li Shimin made a move to investigate. It's just that I don't know how these two compete in private, Qin Mubai is very interested.

At dawn the next day, Li Ke and Princess Gaoyang set off in an inconspicuous old carriage. Before the carriage left the official road and turned a big bend to leave the territory of Jishan County, Princess Gao Yang had been holding the curtain of the rear carriage with her small hands and staring blankly.

"Don't look at it, he's the busiest in the morning and won't come to see you off." Li Ke persuaded her, "Look at you, your hands are frozen red." ”

"I know he won't come, but I just want to see it......" Princess Gao Yang bit her lip and muttered in a low voice, "Third brother, I'm really reluctant to leave here!" Although it was my first time here, I felt that it was very intimate and left my best memories. If it were possible, I would come here in the future to build a house and live here for the rest of my life! ”

"Don't talk stupid, sit back and see what you've frozen!" Li Ke hurriedly came to pull her.

"I don't! I'm going to look at it like this, look at ......."

……

Three days later, early in the morning.

After finishing the military affairs, Qin Mubai returned to the back tent and changed into a neat Yuanyou brocade suit, with a long sword, a haoyu, a golden crown and a jade hanging from his waist, and turned into a handsome boy.

"General, Mr. Yu is here." The pawn came to report.

Qin Mubai greeted him out, and Yu Suiliang smiled from afar: "General Qin, you will be more prosperous in a few days!" Such a beautiful gentleman has the style of the Confucian generals of Zhou Gongjin of the Three Kingdoms back then! ”

"Haha, Mr. Yu is really good at laughing! It's hard to have leisure after a busy day, so let's hurry up and go to Jinju! Get in the carriage and expect to arrive at noon. Qin Mubai said with a smile.

"Okay, let's go! I'm so busy these days, it's easy to go to the palace for a banquet! Yu Suiliang also smiled, and boarded the carriage with Qin Mubai.

The carriage headed towards Jinzhou, and Qin Mubai and Yu Suiliang had a chat on the car.

Yu Suiliang was born in an authentic scholarly family, elegant and knowledgeable, erudite and talented, and talking with him is like drinking a bottle of alcohol, not feeling intoxicated.

After chatting about some poems and songs, Yu Suiliang said casually: "Yesterday I was in the Jiangzhou Mansion, and I suddenly received a secret envoy from Chang'an. ”

"Emissary?" Qin Mubai asked curiously, "Where did the secret envoy come from?" ”

"In the palace." Yu Suiliang smiled mysteriously and only said two words.

Qin Mubai frowned slightly and asked, "Does the emperor have a will?" ”

"Nope. Not sent by the emperor. Yu Suiliang smiled even more mysteriously.

"Who else could it be?"

In fact, Qin Mubai had already suddenly flashed out of his heart - Concubine Yin De!

It must be Princess Gaoyang who is missing, she sent someone out to find it! If it was someone sent by the emperor, he wouldn't be so low-key and careful, maybe he would be aggressive and take people directly!

"Princess Gaoyang is missing." Yu Suiliang said, "Her mother was in a hurry to send someone to find her, of course, she secretly sent someone to find her, and she didn't dare to make a big fuss. She was worried that Princess Gaoyang would go north to her hometown in Bingzhou and hide in her uncle's house. Therefore, I sent someone to ask me if there was news that Princess Gaoyang had passed through Jiangzhou. ”

"I see...... Qin Mubai nodded slightly, thinking: It seems that Concubine Yin De is quite cautious, she must have suspected that Princess Gaoyang came to me directly, but she only went to Yu Suiliang first to spy on the news. She wasn't worried that Princess Gaoyang would meet me, but she was worried that the matter would be discovered by Yu Suiliang and inform the emperor...... This Yin Defei is smart!

"Brother Mu Bai has been busy with military affairs, so he must have never seen Princess Gaoyang, right?" Yu Suiliang asked.

Qin Mubai couldn't help but smile in his heart, Yu Suiliang's words were interesting. The word "also" was added to the middle of the sentence. It was clearly to show me that he had not "seen" Princess Gaoyang. Perhaps he suspected in his heart that Princess Gaoyang had indeed come to see me, and he might even have solid evidence in his hand, knowing that he had already met the princess, but he intended to tell me like this, but he had the meaning of "coincidentally" not telling the emperor.

"Naturally, I haven't seen it." Qin Mubai said with a smile, "Princess Gaoyang, how could she run to a barbarium full of barbaric men?" ”

"That's right. I didn't hear any news of the princess in Jiangzhou, so I replied to the secret envoy yesterday, and the secret envoy continued to look for it in the north direction and the state. Yu Suiliang said casually, and didn't mention why Princess Gaoyang disappeared.

The two tacitly did not mention the matter anymore.

Qin Mubai vaguely felt that Yu Suiliang was deliberately "showing goodwill" to himself, or there was a little bit of "I caught your handle, but I didn't betray you, this time you owe me a favor".

"Officials, it's like this! If you can not offend people, try not to offend. Yu Suiliang didn't want to offend me, nor did he want to offend Concubine Yin De, and he didn't want to get involved in any internal disputes in the royal family. Just think that I owe him a favor, and find a chance to pay him back in the future. Wouldn't you have one more friend if you go back and forth like this? Qin Mubai said secretly in his heart.