Li Kai set off for Chang'an in the early morning of the second day.

Pei Jing didn't go out of the city to see him off because he was still angry, only Xie Xuan and Chen Yao came.

Yesterday evening, Chen Yao had received a message from the Duke of Chu Guo, saying that he would arrive in Fanyang tomorrow.

It seems that he should have deliberately wanted to avoid Li Kai and refused to meet.

As soon as the Duke of Chu arrived, Chen Yao was about to leave Fanyang and leave Yunzhou.

Nowadays, the Turkic tribes on the border of Yunzhou have been ready to move, and they have repeatedly invaded and plundered villages, and the people are miserable.

Chen Yan stayed in Yunzhou and could still restrain himself, and as soon as Chen Yan left, I was afraid that the old Chen family, who only stayed in Yunzhou, would not be able to cope with it at all. Therefore, for today's plan, it can only be insured if Chen Yao guards the border for his father.

Looking at Li Kai, who had been with him for two years, Chen Yao was a little reluctant in his heart.

Although this little prince always behaves stupidly and squeamishly, he has a pure heart that is rare among the descendants of the royal family.

Chen Yao took a step forward, stood in front of Li Kai, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said from the bottom of his heart, "Take care." ”

Li Kai's mouth was deflated, and his eyes turned red in an instant.

He is actually the same age as Chen Yao, and even grew up with Chen Yao for a few months, but in the past two years, Fan Yang has always relied on Chen Yao to help deal with government affairs, and he has long trusted and relied on Chen Yao as a brother.

All the decisions he made in the past two years were implemented after Chen Yao nodded and agreed.

Chen Yao has outstanding ability, and he really lives up to expectations to help him take care of Fanyang City in an orderly manner, so that he can live a comfortable life in the north for two years after leaving the blessing of his father.

He had expected such a life to last a lifetime. Since they started their businesses at about the same time, they may also be able to start a family, marry and have children at the same time.

Li Kai even thought about having a family with Chen Yao in the future.

It's just that he didn't expect the separation to come so quickly, so fast that he was a little caught off guard.

Now that he has been dismissed from the post of governor, he is about to be pressed to Chang'an for trial, while Chen Yao is going to Daizhou to fight with the Turkic barbarians.

They are going to be separated, but they don't know when the next time they will meet after this parting, and they don't know if they will really have the opportunity to meet again in this life.

Li Kai suddenly felt a little sad, and couldn't help but sigh, "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty." As a prince, sibling centrifugation and court strife will always be two fates that I can't escape. Brother Chen, if I really encounter an accident when I go to Chang'an, I don't ask you to redress my grievances, I just ask not to forget me during the Double Ninth Festival every year, and to toast me with a glass of wine when I ascend to worship my ancestors, even if I am content with death. ”

Li Kai couldn't help but raise his sleeves to wipe away his tears as he spoke.

It's not that he loves to cry, it's just that he's been pampered since he was a child. After all, even the most noble person in the world is reluctant to say anything to him or reprimand, who dares to bully him?

So now that such a big change is suddenly happening, it is really unbearable for him. In recent days, he has been washing his face with tears, and his despair is overflowing.

Chen Yao looked at him silently for a long time, and said calmly, "Don't think about it, you won't die." ”

"If you die, I will definitely let the person who hurt you bury you."

Hearing his promise, Li Kai was a little relieved and smiled slightly, but he didn't take it to heart.

With this sentence, he was already satisfied.

After all, the person who wants to harm him must be one of the princes, and with Chen Yao's identity alone, I am afraid that he will not be able to avenge him in this life.

But with Chen Yao's words, Li Kai felt that he didn't make this friend in vain.

Xie Xuan, who had been standing by the side and silent for a long time, saw that they were almost done, and at this time Fang took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Li Kai, "This is the letter that Rong and the county lord entrusted me to transfer to the prince." ”

Previously, the time was urgent, and he had not been able to find a suitable time to hand over the letter to Li Kai, and he was afraid that Pei Jing would find out, so he kept hiding the letter until now.

Li Kai took the letter, a little puzzled, "Li Ronghe?" ”

Xie Xuanying didn't explain too much, but said, "This letter may be able to save the prince's life again." ”

Chen Yao heard the word "again" in Xie Xuan's words, and thought for a while, "Brother Xie helped the prince get rid of Pei Jing's frame before, isn't it because of this county lord?" ”

Xie Xuan nodded and admitted, "Of course, I also want to thank General Chen for his cooperation." ”

Chen Yao smiled and moved his gaze to Li Kai, "It seems that with such a smart niece to help you, the prince can relax and go back to Chang'an." ”

Li Kaihu pinched the thickness of the letter suspiciously, noncommittal.

The worry on his face was still there, and it didn't lessen when he heard that his niece was trying to save him.

It's not that he doesn't believe in Xie Xuan, he doesn't believe in his eldest brother.

His eldest brother is afraid that he is still a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, if he can really help him, how can he only send the county lord out of the horse?

Li Kai looked up at the sky.

The sun was gradually climbing upward, and it slowly slipped to the time when Li Kai had to set off on the road. No matter how reluctant he is at the moment, he can't stay like this forever. I had no choice but to quickly put the letter into my arms, said "goodbye" to Chen Yao and Xie Xuan, turned around and boarded the carriage to Chang'an.

In the morning light, Chen Yao and Xie Xuan were still watching Li Kai leave in the same place, but the rolling carriage finally failed to take anything away, leaving only a piece of dust.

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It doesn't seem that Chang'an City has changed much recently, but there are still changes, but the progress is very slow, and everything is moving in the shadows, not being checked.

The first is Li Jin. His illness seemed to be menacing, but in fact, it was only seven or eight days old, and it began to improve little by little.

By now, it's all right.

Emperor Yongping's body is still a little weak, but under the careful care of Empress Changle, the overall condition is also developing in a good direction.

The only one who is a little miserable is Li Yong.

Because he was lazy and asked his daughter to help deal with state affairs and ask someone to receive hair, he was scolded by Emperor Yongping on the sickbed with his ears, and finally simply punished him to go to the Changji Hall to kneel the ancestor of the Li family, and he was not allowed to return to the East Palace without kneeling for three hours.

This really made Li Yong a little miserable.

After all, he is already thirty-five years old, although the enthusiasm for going to the street to find something to do is not diminished, but the youth of the soul still can't stand the aging of the body.

When I was young, I didn't feel anything even if I knelt for four or five hours, but anyway, I was a good man when I got out of the Changji Palace. Not now, now he only knelt for an hour, he began to have back pain, and after kneeling for three hours, he was carried back to the East Palace by Yuanshou Yuanyi, and half of his life was gone.

After learning the lesson, Li Yong really didn't dare to be lazy anymore, and obediently moved all the folds back to his study, but he still played a little more trick: he brought Li Ronghe over with him - it's just a criticism, it's not that he has to use his daughter to write it, and he can dictate it to him.

In Chang'an City, the long and leisurely time passed bit by bit in the days and nights when the father and daughter were up and down.

At this time, Chang'an City finally ushered in another news that caused a sensation in the city since Xie Xuan left: the envoys of Liang Guo and his relatives have arrived.