The moonlight was like water, Li Xuan stood at the bow of the boat, his hands behind his back, looking at the mountains and rivers on both sides, the bright moon reflected in the water, and read softly: "King Teng's high pavilion is in the river, and Pei Yu sings and sings. The painting building flies to the south of the clouds, and the bead curtain rolls up in the west mountain rain at dusk.

The shadow of Xianyuntan is long, and the stars change a few degrees of autumn. Where is the emperor in the cabinet now? The Yangtze River is empty and artesian outside the threshold."

The emperor of the pavilion, Li Xuan's twenty-second uncle, the youngest son of Emperor Gaozu, and Li Yuanying, the king of Teng.

In the second year of Longshuo, in the year when Li Xuan was awarded the title of King of Nanchang, Li Yuanying, the king of Teng, was transferred from the Hongzhou Thorn History to the Longzhou Thorn History, and built the Teng Wang Pavilion in Langzhong.

At the funeral of the crown prince Li Hong's death before, Li Xuan also met his uncle Wang, who was just forty years old.

A slight sound of footsteps sounded behind him, and Li Xuan turned around and saw that Yu Ze was already standing behind him.

Li Xuan nodded slightly at Yu Ze and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Yu! But they're all in place?"

"All the ministers have been settled." Yu Zechang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, the officials of the Ministry of Lang are not arrogant, otherwise it would be really difficult to arrange."

They were so anxious that many of them were selected overnight, and they had already boarded the ship before they even said goodbye to their families.

But there is no way, the war on the East Island is urgent, and the sooner reinforcements arrive, the sooner the front line will be easier.

"Now these people are willing to be quiet, that's because they have just left Chang'an, and if anyone is unwilling, it is too late to return to Chang'an." Li Xuan's eyes sharpened, although he, the deputy envoy of the army, did not have much power, he still had the ability to drive a person off the ship and drive him back to Chang'an."

"Speaking of which, I'm really working hard, and I've just finished solving the matter of the Tianyin Sect, and I'm going to prepare to fight on the East Island again." Yu Ze had a wry smile on his face, what happened to Silla was really unexpected for them.

Originally, they planned to return to Wuzhou after Li Xuan'an got married and run Wuzhou well.

Even if it is only half a year, it is enough for Li Xuan to lay a lot of foundation in Wuzhou, but now, it is really unlucky to be inexplicably involved in the affairs of Dongdao.

"When Your Majesty ordered the inspection of the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, I am afraid that he had already calculated, but no one thought that the Tang Dynasty was already about to withdraw its troops, and Silla dared to turn over and pounce on it, which is why there is the current situation." Li Xuan stopped talking at this point.

This time, the truth of the Tang Dynasty's aid to Dongdao was known to no one on the entire ship except for Li Xuan.

Even Yu Ze, Li Xuan didn't tell him.

The emperor has a strict decree on this point, and Li Xuan only told Liu Jinyu the truth of the whole matter.

After arriving, Li Xuan would tell Dou Xuande.

After that, Li Xuan would take the opportunity to tell Yu Ze.

It's not that Li Xuan doesn't trust him, but he is worried that if the news leaks out, Yu Ze will immediately be suspicious, and things in Yangzhou are not so easy.

Raising his head, Li Xuan looked in the direction of the king of Nanchang under the bright moon, and sighed softly, "Mr. Zi'an should have left Nanchang by now and rushed to Jiaozhi."

After all, Wang Bo still caught up with the rebuilt poetry meeting of King Teng's Pavilion, and poor Yan Boyu was originally a feast for his own son-in-law, but in the end he was caught by Wang Bo.

"The subordinates have written to Li Yan, and the Nanchang Royal Mansion will send someone to escort Mr. Zi'an to Guangzhou."

"Let people look at it, when Mr. Zi'an goes to Jiaozhi, his boat must not be tampered with." Li Xuan had to say once again that Wang Bo's death was an eternal mystery.

In history, Wang Bo accidentally fell into the water and died when he returned from Jiaozhi, but no one has ever known where this place of falling into the water is.

But if someone wants to kill Wang Bo, it is easiest to do tricks and feet on the ship.

"Whoa!" Yu Ze immediately gave up his hand, and then he spoke again: "Lord Wang, then what should I do when I arrive in Yangzhou?"

"Recruiting troops, repairing ships, and traveling, these are all things that Dou Changshi does, and what we need to do is to communicate with the Japanese state and attack Silla from the north and south." Li Xuan's eyes were awe-inspiring.

Yu Ze frowned subconsciously

Wrinkled, he always felt that something was wrong, and then asked, "Then how do you march when you get to the East Island?"

"This matter needs to be after arriving in Yangzhou, after seeing the Hanjiang Mansion Zhichong Duwei, after all, we have never been to Dongdao, how to fight on this trip, everything must be subject to the order of Zhichong Duwei, this time the king went to the southeast, although he is the deputy envoy, but more, it is still in the inspection school Honglu Temple Shaoqing's position, the specific rights and responsibilities are not in the hands of this king."

Li Xuan explained the inside story a little.

On this trip to the southeast, Dou Xuande is the supervisor of everything, even Li Xuan has to obey orders.

"This time is different from Wuzhou, Wuzhou has changes from time to time, so we have the opportunity to wait for convenience, this time, the enemy is far away on the other side of the sea, and even after landing on the island, we must obey the orders of the envoy of Anton Zhenfu." Li Xuan looked at Yu Ze and said seriously, "Uncle Yu, this time I can just do my part."

Yu Ze vaguely understood the meaning of Li Xuan's words, and finally nodded and said, "The matter of Tianyin is a trivial matter after all, but fighting against Silla is a national war."

Li Xuan nodded: "Yes, the Tianyin Sect is at most a rebellion involving several states, and in the end, the imperial court mobilized troops, and it was only 3,000 soldiers, but Dongdao is different, now there are more than 30,000 people in our dynasty alone, and Silla has the power of a country to destroy a country, and this king also wants to, but the center will not give this king this opportunity."

Li Xuan's words almost directly said that he would not be on the front line of the battlefield.

Yu Ze fully understands the mystery of this.

Li Xuan is the king of the dynasty after all, no matter how much he does in Wuzhou, it is just to quell the rebellion, and all he has under his command is only 300 soldiers, 700 soldiers, plus a team of Qianniu guards and a team of Nanchang guards.

But now, there are tens of thousands of soldiers at every turn, and in the battle to destroy the country, Li Xuanjun's identity is a help in Wuzhou, but in Dongdao Silla, it is a complete burden.

Seeing Yu Ze nodding, Li Xuan said seriously: "In this matter, in addition to contacting the Wa Kingdom, the key is to dig out the eyeliner of the King of the East China Sea in Yangzhou."

Speaking of the King of the East China Sea, Li Xuan's expression suddenly became serious.

The King of the East China Sea and the Tianyin Sect are two completely different lines, if the power of the Tianyin Sect in Yangzhou is equal to that of the King of the East China Sea, it is completely ignorant of death.

Don't look at the strength of the Tianyin Sect in Yangzhou was almost uprooted by Li Xuan, but the power of the East Sea King in Yangzhou is very likely not damaged at all.

"And that Silla envoy, this time to go to Yangzhou, the most important thing we need to be careful is to let him not be assassinated by the people of the East China Sea King." Li Xuan suddenly glanced at Yu Ze, and there was a meaningful depth in his eyes.

Although Yu Ze didn't fully understand, he also vaguely felt that Li Xuan began to calculate something again.

He must not be assassinated by the people of the King of the East China Sea, so what about someone else?

Yu Ze raised his eyebrows and nodded slightly.

Li Xuan turned around, looked in the direction of Yangzhou, and said softly, "This southward trip, maybe the situation is even worse than we imagined."

Li Xuan's heart was solemn, even he, before returning to Chang'an this time, did not expect that the King of the East China Sea turned out to be the descendant of Prince Yin, and this news changed too many things.

In particular, the hidden princess Zheng Guanyin is still alive, and I don't know how many people will be involved.

On this trip to Yangzhou, it would be good if Li Xuan didn't find anything, but if he really found something, and found evidence, it would be okay if the entire Yangzhou would be killed in a river of blood.

Yu Ze stood behind Li Xuan, he could feel the heaviness of his heart, and he could faintly feel that Li Xuan had something to say to him, but he couldn't tell him.

Yu Ze is also a smart person, and he quickly figured out Li Xuan's implied aftertaste.

Secret decree, Li Xuan carries the emperor's secret decree.

The weather was getting colder, and Li Xuan's fleet did not dare to delay at all, and traveled towards Yangzhou day and night.

Out of Hangu Pass, go straight to Luoyang.

After stopping at Luoyang for resupply, they immediately followed the canal south.

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The last time Aya went south, it was a southeast wind, but now it's a very cold northwest wind.

As soon as Xuzhou passed, the cold was already biting, and few of the people on the boat were willing to move.

Fortunately, everyone from the north brought enough clothes for the winter, but even so, there were several people who caught a cold, including Laisui who had never been to the south.

Fortunately, Yangzhou was the focus of the trip, and when the big ship arrived in Yangzhou, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Three official ships went straight into Yangzhou from the canal, and finally headed for the largest wharf in Yangzhou.

Standing at the bow of the ship, looking at the group of Yangzhou officials waiting on the dock, Li Xuan's expression suddenly became solemn.

Li Xuan looked back, and behind him stood Xue Zhongzhang, Lai Sui and other officials from various ministries, Cui Ding and Zhou Gan each with a team of Jin Wuwei and a team of Qianniu guards on both sides.

Behind everyone, it was the Silla who asked the guilty envoy to do it.

At the beginning, he landed from Dengzhou, and then was ordered to transfer to Yangzhou, and finally wrote a letter of guilt before arriving in Chang'an, but within a few months of arriving in Chang'an, it happened that Silla seduced the old general of Baekje and attacked the Tang Dynasty soldiers.

Now it has been brought back to Yangzhou.

Glancing at a single coat among the crowd, a little trembling Qin blunt horns, the corner of Li Xuan's mouth showed a sneer.

Then, his gaze fell on the people in the distance, and he didn't know who was the king of the East China Sea.

Three official ships docked one after another, Qianniuwei took the lead, and Jin Wuwei fell last.

Li Xuan took Lai Sui and Xue Zhongzhang and others, quickly got off the big ship, and many officials from the six ministries behind him also came down one after another, and in the future, they will all work in Yangzhou, and many people will go to Dongdao after that.

Dou Xuande, who was wearing a vermilion official robe and had white hair, stepped forward steadily, and arched his hand at Li Xuan and said, "Xiaguan Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor History, Yangzhou Thorn History Dou Xuande, I have seen the envoy."

"Li Xuan has seen Dou Weng." Glancing back at Xue Zhongzhang, Li Xuan turned his head and said, "Dou Weng, the world is very cold, let's go back to the government and announce the holy decree."

"Obey." Dou Xuande immediately gave up, and then got out of the way, and then Sima Changyu and others also got out of the way.

Li Xuan's face was mild, and Sima Lu Yuanfang of Yangzhou Thorn Mansion, Wang Zhe of Bing Cao joined the army, Hu Cao joined the army Shen Zhuang, Shen Yuqing of Hubu Langzhong, Xinlin Mansion Zhichong Du Wei Shi Jin, and Hanjiang Mansion Zhichong Du Wei Lan nodded and greeted.

Everyone bowed to Li Xuan.

The last time Li Xuan went to Yangzhou, he just passed by Wuzhou, where Yangzhou worked, and even if it was the four major families in Yangzhou, there were only a few young generations, under the leadership of Lu Yuanfang, who took over the wind for him.

The other family elders did not show up at all, and Li Xuan even had conflicts with the Shen family in Yangzhou.

Now it has only been a few months, and when Li Xuan came back, he was already the deputy envoy of the army in charge of the recruitment of troops in the entire Jiangnan Province, and he had the power to kill the officials of the entire Yangzhou Mansion.

Sitting in the gorgeous carriage, Li Xuan took out a yellow book from his sleeve and handed it to Dou Xuande, and said in a deep voice, "Dou Weng, this is Your Majesty's secret decree."

Dou Xuande took it as if he had expected it, nodded solemnly, took it with both hands, and then read it carefully.