Chang'an is always hot in June.

The westward it goes, the cooler it becomes.

This provides a lot of convenience for everyone who is rushing to the road.

A total of twenty students in the academy came over, and Luo Tong was not in the crowd.

Including Zhao Chen and Li Ruoshuang, there are a total of twenty-one people.

It wasn't that boring along the way.

Li Ke rode his horse and followed Zhao Chen tightly.

It seems like I want to say something, but I don’t know how to speak.

After two days of holding it in, everyone walked for two hundred miles before Li Ke came to Zhao Chen while he was resting.

"You say, in the future, I will call you the prince, the prince, or the gentleman." Li Ke said in a low voice.

"What do you think?" Zhao Chen glanced at Li Ke and handed the mutton in his hand to Li Ruoshuang beside him.

"I think no matter who you are, I will call you sir in the future." Li Ke said carefully.

In fact, he just wanted to test how Zhao Chen's identity is.

In other words, did Zhao Chen have any special thoughts about his rumored identity?

"Yes." Zhao Chen looked back, looked at Li Ke with a smile, and said, "As a sir, then you should listen to me, right?"

"ah?"

"Now, go and feed the horses." Zhao Chen and Li Ke said.

"I--" Li Ke was unwilling.

He is the king of Shu, how could he do something like a horseherd?

No, absolutely not!

"Young man, I advise you to make a rat." Zhao Chen patted Li Ke on the shoulder and signaled him.

Li Ke turned around, but saw that Cheng Chumo and others had already stood behind him at some point.

Looking at myself with a fierce look.

"I--" Li Ke got up with a grievance.

"Zhao Da, actually we also want to ask, do you know your identity?" Cheng Chumo squatted down from the side and looked at Zhao Chen curiously.

"My identity? You don't really think I have anything to do with the emperor, do you?" Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment.

He didn't expect these big men to be so gossipy.

He has emphasized his identity many times.

But these people still ask this meaningless question.

Even if he has something to do with the emperor, what can he do?

Will Li Chengqian give up his position as crown prince for seventeen years?

Impossible.

Besides, what is the significance of a prince?

If we want to do it, we will be the emperor, right?

If it weren't for the fact that Old Li had a good attitude towards him, Zhao Chen would also want to be with Old Li.

After all, we either don’t do it, just do it, and we don’t like it if it’s too small.

"My old man said that he is a little suspicious now that you really have something to do with Your Majesty." Cheng Chumo added.

"Yes, my father said that too." Qin Huaiyu nodded and agreed.

"Sir, my father didn't say anything, just let me follow you."

"Do you think this is a hint?" Fang Yizhi whispered.

"According to your father's meaning, can you understand this way? I, Zhao Chen, myself, actually, do not have the ability to teach you. It's all because of this uncertain identity, so..."

"Hey hey, sir, that's not what I mean. My father never said this." Fang Yizhi quickly explained.

Everyone dispersed, Zhao Chen lay on the grass, staring at the stars in the sky.

He always felt that life here was like a dream.

Otherwise, why would such a treacherous thing happen?

But everything is real, even the pain is extremely real.

Nothing here is a dream.

I have been involved in my identity many times.

Even Zhao Chen had to start to doubt this matter.

But Uncle Fu is still living in Chang'an, and no one else should know about these things except him.

But Uncle Fu didn’t even know Li Shimin’s identity, so how could he tell him such a thing?

Or did Li Shimin ask Uncle Fu what he did and then infer it?

"I'm still thinking about that!" Li Ruoshuang and Zhao Chen asked.

"Old Mr. Li actually mentioned this before. At that time, I just thought he was taking advantage of me, so I didn't take it to my heart."

"But this matter has happened again and again, and I can't pretend to be nothing."

"When the Songzhou incident happened this time, I will go back to Chang'an to ask Uncle Fu." Zhao Chen said.

"Don't worry, everything will be solved at the end." Li Ruoshuang comforted.

...

On the Songzhou border.

Niu Jinda set up the Central Army camp here.

Not far away is a small town built on the border between the two countries.

This town is a place where the two countries trade together.

The merchants of the Tang Dynasty transported the goods here and placed them in the town to exchange resources with the Tubo people.

On the other side of the town are supplies provided to the Tubo people free of charge according to the emperor's order.

There are not many supplies, and they need proof of identity to be collected.

This identity proof is the official proof in Tubo.

The official certificate is limited to officials and nobles.

Ordinary people don't have it.

In other words, the supplies here are actually prepared for Tubo officials and nobles.

As for other ordinary Tubo people, they can choose to trade with merchants from the Tang Dynasty.

But this transaction is not that simple.

A pound of grain was sold for 30 to 40 cents in the Tang Dynasty, but here I had to buy 30 to 40 cents.

A full ten times the price difference.

Even so, people have to eat. As long as the Tubo people can barely support them, they will come to trade with the Tang Dynasty merchants.

More people starve to death outside the town.

The daily corpse collection team doesn’t know how many corpses of starving ghosts are to be transported.

The merchants of the Tang Dynasty were protected by the army, and ordinary Tubo people did not dare to act rashly.

So they set their sights on the Tubo officials and nobles who could get free food and salt.

The mutual market has been going on for more than a month, and nothing happened a few days ago.

But later, ordinary people often attacked Tubo officials and nobles under their command.

The same is true today.

Niu Jinda sat in the central army tent with a big golden sword, looking at the news coming from the front in his hand, and showing a joking look on his face.

"Brother Jinda, why are you so happy?" Liu Lan walked into the camp and saw Niu Jinda's expression, and couldn't help but say curiously.

"Brother Liu Lan, today we heard news that hundreds of Tubo people attacked and killed a Tubo Xiao Qianzong team ten miles away."

"The two sides suffered heavy casualties, and General Xiao Qian's team was exterminated." Niu Jinda shared this good news with Liu Lan.

Liu Lan showed a look of surprise and took a secret letter with Niu Jinda.

"This..." Liu Lan only spit out a word and stared at Niu Jinda in a daze.

The previous conflicts within Tubo were limited to the small officials and the people in Tubo.

But today's news actually involves the army.

Mr. Xiao Qian, who is equivalent to a partial general in the Tang Dynasty, was actually killed by the Tubo people.
Chapter completed!