Chapter 16: Unexpected
The night was as cool as water, there was no wind, and the dark night was like an endless black curtain covering the earth, only the sound of the waves in the distance. Not far from the sea, on top of a low hill, Li Kuan stood here looking at the coastline that was still busy in the distance.
"I didn't expect it to come to this point, this was originally the worst plan!" Behind Li Kuan, two graceful figures were silent behind him, this time they came here, it was not a glorious thing, but they were going to run away. It can be said that this is the craziest decision Li Kuan has made, that is, on this night, he will drift out to sea and stay away from the Tang Empire. This is simply a heart-wrenching decision, when Li Kuan told him his idea to Sù Red Sleeves and Tianxiang, it directly stunned the two, they never thought that Li Kuan would directly give up the prominent identity of the Tang Dynasty, as well as the Qiē here, so that he would go into exile directly. They didn't understand this kind of behavior very much, when they came to Cangzhou, they knew that it was proposed by Li Kuan himself, and they originally thought that they would take root here, who knew that they would come to this point.
"What, don't you understand?" Li Kuan turned around and looked at the two little girls behind him, from the day the holy decree arrived, until now, these two girls have been sullen. Li Kuan knew that his decision made these two girls a little incomprehensible, but he didn't want to do this, but now that he had reached this point, he couldn't help himself! Privately releasing imperial grain to relieve the victims, this crime can be big or small, Li Er just demoted him by half a level, and it seems that he was lightly punished. But what I didn't expect was Li Er's later move, maybe it was not Li Er's own planning, and there must be the credit of the eldest grandson Wuji. Because it was none other than the eldest son of the eldest grandson Wuji who went here to take over his position as the assassin of Cangzhou. The husband of Changle Princess Li Lizhi - Changsun Chong.
When he learned the news, Li Kuan stayed in his room for half an hour before accepting the authenticity of the news. He never expected that it would be the eldest grandson Chong who came here, this guy was proud of the spring breeze during this time, not only the champion of the first imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty, but also married the most favored princess of Changle on the pilgrimage, plus his aunt is the eldest grandson queen, this family can be said to have become the most prominent family in the Tang Dynasty. And the relationship between this eldest grandson Chong and Li Kuan is really not good, because Li Kuan prevented Li Er's marriage once, and according to the character of eldest grandson Chong, he will definitely hold a grudge, so he became Li Kuan's top boss. That's a big deal. Li Kuan hasn't thought about playing any game with the eldest grandson's family, he doesn't have the power to confront such a behemoth as the eldest grandson's family now, of course, if he directly faces those people in the eldest grandson's family, then Li Kuan is really open, slaughtering them is like killing chickens and dogs, but the relationship between the eldest grandson queen and Li Li's feelings are all invisible shackles, so that Li Kuan is tied. But Changsun Chong will not be restrained like this, because this time he came alone and did not bring relatives.
Therefore, Li Kuan has to be bound by feelings, but Changsun Chong plays some small tricks to disgust Li Kuan, but it is under everyone's acquiescence. In this way, Li Kuan can only be beaten passively, this is not his character, maybe he would have endured it before. But now it will definitely not be, because of what kind of result the previous forbearance was exchanged. Li Kuan has already tasted a bitter fruit and will never try it a second time. So he's getting out of here. Even if he gave up the previous qiē, he knew that if he left like this, then those things on the face of Datang Ming would definitely not belong to him anymore, but he didn't care at all now, because he had already seen something, and the tragic scenes he saw back then gave him a goal in his heart This is something that will never change, and this is also the only thing he has found over the years that allows him to work hard all the time, it is a great blueprint.
Therefore, although this time the abandonment of the car was helpless, but it also made him not feel worthless, for those things that seem crazy in the eyes of countless people, he has long been ready to sacrifice some, not to mention that these industries have gradually been transferred by him a lot over the years, hidden in the shadows, and now those on the surface are just a part of it, although they hurt their muscles and bones, but they have not shaken the fundamentals.
"Let's go, let's go! I didn't expect it to be the eldest grandson Chong's guy, really, this guy will definitely contain my actions everywhere when he comes, it seems that the development plan of this sea is also going to run aground, fortunately, the forward base has been established, and the future will start from this sea! Li Kuan walked down the hill and headed towards the seaside, the eldest grandson Chong was going to arrive in the next two days, so Li Kuan, who didn't want to meet him, left in this dark night, and since then he has put aside the Tang Dynasty, maybe some people will think it's not worth it, and even think that she is really a fool to do this, but for Li Kuan now, as long as he wants to do it, then do it, no matter what gains and losses and calculations, his current state of mind is in a word that it is difficult to buy me willingly, as long as his mind is well-understood, no matter what should go, Without a hint of nostalgia. Those ties that have been cutting for a while and a half will be torn off by the distance in space first. Sometimes no one is immune to such evasion, whether you have a lot of money or have a monstrous authority, there are always some people or things you don't want to see.
Set sail, standing at the bow of the ship, Li Kuan looked at the dozens of big ships that followed behind him, this time he left completely, not only taking away the belongings that he brought out from Chang'an all the way, but also the big ships built during this time, as well as the countless slaves. They are about to start a new journey on this vast sea. There are other things that have been hidden under the water, and they will gradually come to the surface.
The sky is getting brighter, and the sun is jumping out of the sea, shining on the cabin, and on the deck, the sea breeze is blowing, which is refreshing. Li Kuan stood at the bow of the boat, standing here like a sculpture all the time. Tianxiang followed behind him and stood with him all night, this stubborn little girl has been following Li Kuan every step since she got on the boat last night, afraid that she would be left behind if she turned around, but the red sleeves did not accompany her, her seasickness was committed again, and the waves on the sea were even more turbulent, so that this delicate maid could only spend this time on the couch again.
The coastline is no longer visible, Li Kuan left without the slightest nostalgia, which made everyone unexpected, when the seaside town woke up in the early morning of this day, he found that everything around him had changed, and after there were no huge ships, the sea suddenly became much empty, in addition, no one went in and out of the shipyard in this early morning, and the whole factory area seemed to have become a ghost in the world overnight, without the slightest trace of people. This made the residents of the town feel a panic, they knew that the owner of the shipyard was His Royal Highness the current King of Chu, and now the prince of the Tang Dynasty had disappeared overnight, and countless speculations were born among them, which made them all panic, and for a while many people had the idea of leaving.
Changsun Chong rode a horse, followed by a team of Xuanjia guards, proudly marching towards Cangzhou, this time he can be said to be extremely proud, because he is about to put that talent at his feet, even if he has won last time, but he knows that it is because of his wife, that person was disheartened at the time, and he didn't really do his best, so although he won and got his long-desired wife, but he still felt a burst of shame, this time he really won, he became that person's top boss, Thinking about the expression that the person was about to appear, he couldn't help but feel dark.
"Report ...... Cangzhou urgent report, Cangzhou Don't drive Li Kuan disappeared last night, and at the same time, his two maids and the dozens of big ships that had been built, as well as the countless shipyard workers, supervisors and their relatives, and even the master craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry who were sent disappeared together! "A knight rode a horse and galloped towards Changsun Chong's team, bringing such a news, which made Changsun Chong, who was originally in a good mood, feel like he was constipated for a while, what is the situation?
"Li Kuan, that guy actually ran away?" The eldest grandson Chong was extremely shocked, this is not the Chu King Li Kuan he knows, the King of Chu who dared to rush to the Jinluan Hall to confront the Shengshang, the one who fought with the two Tang Tiger generals all the way in the year of his wedding, and chased after his own guard of honor, is it that he can't even see his own face? Just ran away like that? Spreading the word would bring him to the ground, how could he do that?
But in the past two years, the eldest Sun Chong has also made a lot of progress, and after the initial shock, he quickly thought of a reason why Li Kuan left directly like this: because his current identity is different, now he is a concubine of the court, and he is the husband of Princess Changle, the most beloved sister of Li Kuan, the king of Chu, so this eldest brother is unwilling to compete with him? Judging from those things in the past, this Chu King Li Kuan cares about Changle very much, which is also reasonable, but this alone is not enough to make him leave like this, there must be some things that he didn't expect.
How could Changsun Chong not think of what Li Kuan's departure would mean this time? Li Er forbade him to leave the area of office without permission, this time Li Kuan resisted and disobeyed the decree again, this is simply a repeated provocation of Li Er's authority, Li Er will definitely not be so indifferent, so this time Li Kuan is equivalent to directly giving up all the qiē things in the Tang Empire, especially in the court, as well as those intangible interests in the army, so in the future, the Tang Dynasty may not have Li Kuan, the prince, and every qiē will be rewritten. The history of the Tang Dynasty has gone further and further, until one day Li Kuan set foot on this land again, and at that time, it was already a different situation. (To be continued......)