The prince was released from the outside, especially the prince who was very favored like Li Ke, and naturally had a lot of popularity along the way.

Li Ke went east from Chang'an, passed Xinfeng, Lantian, and Weinan counties. Local officials passed by were holding banquets, but Li Ke was not inconvenient to refuse. In just over a hundred miles, Li Ke and his party walked for three days. Before passing Tongguan, they left Guanzhong territory.

"Your Highness, if you continue like this, I don't know if you can arrive in Yangzhou within the month." After leaving Weinan County, Dan'er, who was beside Li Ke, was also troubled by the banquets that had been coming for several days. Calculated the little road that he took three days to walk, Dan'er felt that the trip to Yangzhou was nowhere to be achieved.

Li Ke calculated the days and replied: "If you continue like this, you may have to go to Yangzhou for more than a month."

After hearing Li Ke's words, Dan'er couldn't help but frown and muttered: "I'm going all the way, I really don't know when it will be the only one?"

Dan'er has long heard that the spring scenery of Yangzhou is so beautiful. He thought of starting from Chang'an in late January and then heading to Yangzhou in February, but now he is walking south and stopping, and I really don't know when it will expire.

Ma Zhou, who followed Li Ke with Dan'er, heard this and said, "Your Highness will leave the capital with integrity. Wherever you go, if Your Majesty comes, how dare you be negligent, so you will naturally go out of the city to greet you. But the girl doesn't have to worry. After your Highness arrives in Luoyang, you can abandon your horse and go to the boat, go south from the waterway, and go straight to Yangzhou. It will be much more convenient at that time."

Li Ke was ordered by the emperor to hold the rituals and patrol the places on behalf of the emperor. Wherever he went, officials from all over the country naturally came out to greet him to show respect. However, after Li Ke arrived at the eastern capital Luoyang, he no longer had to take the land route, but instead took the water route and went south by the Grand Canal. Along the way, he did not have to stop at the shore, so he naturally became much faster.

Li Ke's idea was good, but how could everything go as he wished? Li Ke set out from Weinan for only two hours. When he was approaching Zheng County, another brisk sound of horse hooves came from his ears.

Li Ke heard the sound of horse hooves behind him and thought it was the Zheng County officials who ordered someone to come, and he couldn't help but frown.

In fact, there have been more than Dan'er and Li Ke's social engagements in recent days.

Listening to the sound of horse hooves getting closer, Li Ke was already thinking about how to turn off today's social engagements and rushed to Huayin earlier because he had some serious business to go to Huayin.

Before Li Ke left Chang'an, Concubine Yang made a special trip to call him into the palace and told him to go to the Yang Mansion when he passed by Huayin, lit a stick of incense on her, and then met with the elder of the Yang clan.

As early as last night, Li Ke had ordered someone to send a message to Hongnong Yang Mansion, telling him that he would visit the mansion in the afternoon. If he turned to Zheng County, his appointment would be delayed.

Compared with the famous Hongnong Yang family, what is the only magistrate of Xinfeng County? Li Ke can naturally weigh the importance.

Just as Li Ke had made up his mind to turn off the invitation, Li Ke heard a familiar voice.

"Your Highness, wait for me." This was the voice of a boy, and there was a bit of laughter in his words.

Li Ke listened to the voice behind him and a smile appeared on his face.

Li Ke didn't have to look at it to know who was coming from behind him. Who else could call himself a younger brother in front of Li Ke and besides his young master Qin Huaidao?

Li Ke turned his head and looked, sure enough, it was Qin Huaidao who came not far behind him.

"My little brother Qin Huaidao pays homage to Your Highness." Qin Huaidao rode his horse to Li Ke, sat on the horse and bowed to Li Ke.

Li Ke looked at Qin Huaidao's unhurried look, and obviously he was walking all the way, so he smiled and said, "Huaidao, why did you get here if you are not staying in the Duke of Yiguo's Mansion?"

Qin Huaidao said: "Your Highness comes out of the capital, how can you not bring me such a good thing?"

Li Ke asked, "What? Is it true that Mr. Qin is going to follow me to the south?"

As early as when the news of Li Ke's upcoming release came out, Qin Huaidao had come to look for Li Ke and asked his father Qin Shubao to go south to Yangzhou with Li Ke, but Qin Shubao did not allow it. Instead, he scolded Qin Huaidao and ordered him not to leave the capital.

But now that Qin Huaidao appeared in front of Li Ke, Li Ke was naturally surprised.

After hearing Li Ke's words, Qin Huaidao replied angrily: "My father did not allow me to leave the capital. I sneaked out while my father was unprepared."

Before, because Qin Huaidao wanted to leave Li Ke, he was ordered to be detained in the mansion by Qin Shubao. Even if Li Ke left Kyoto, he could not come to see him off in person.

But Li Ke had already left the capital a few days ago, and Qin Shubao's control over Qin Huaidao became much more relaxed. Qin Huaidao was able to sneak out of the Duke of Yiguo's Mansion and escape alone.

Li Ke asked in surprise: "Did you leave Beijing without telling it?"

"That's natural. If my father knew, with my father's temper, how could I get out?" Qin Huaidai replied.

Li Ke looked embarrassed when he heard this and said to Qin Huai: "You left the capital without hiding it. If Qin Shuai knows it and chases out of the capital, what should you do?"

Qin Huaidao waved his hand and replied indifferently: "What's the matter? We just need to go faster. When my father knows, we have already left Guanzhong. How can he capture me? What's more, your highness is here. As long as your highness is approved of me, I don't believe that my father can still steal people from your highness."

Li Ke looked at Qin Huaidao's appearance and said that he was determined to go with him, saying: "Mr. Qin has a life-saving relationship with me and is kind to teach me. If I disobey Mr. Qin's will, I will force you out of the capital, or I don't know if it is right or wrong."

The relationship between Li Ke and Qin Shubao is naturally not an ordinary monarch and minister. Qin Shubao once saved Li Ke's life, and later taught him his martial arts skills. He even gave him the tiger-headed golden spear that he had been with him for many years. Qin Shubao treated Li Ke with great kindness.

If Li Ke disobeyed his wishes and took his eldest son away from the capital for thousands of miles, so that his father and son could not meet each other every day, Li Ke would not bear it.

Qin Huaidao listened to Li Ke's words and said anxiously: "Since ancient times, Yangzhou has been a place of great fireworks. Sanlang went to Yangzhou to have fun, how can he bear to leave me alone in Chang'an?"

Qin Huaidao was anxious and even called out their private titles in the past.

Qin Shubao was kind to Li Ke, but Qin Huaidao was like brothers and sisters with him. Li Ke was caught between the two of them, and he was embarrassed for a moment.

However, Wang Xuance, who was standing aside, saw Li Ke in a dilemma and said to Li Ke: "Your Highness, don't make things difficult for you. According to me, it is not that the general's intention is to sneak out of the Duke of Yiguo's Mansion with his own strength."

After hearing Wang Xuance's words, Li Ke suddenly thought of something and looked down at the horse that Qin Huaidao was riding. Sure enough, there was a gold-clothed mace passed down from the Qin family's ancestors on both sides of the horse.

If Qin Shubao really didn't want Qin Huaidao to follow Li Ke south, how could Qin Huaidao have the chance to bring out the gold-suited mace from Duke Yiguo's Mansion?

Perhaps Qin Shubao did not allow Qin Huaidao to follow Li Ke south on the surface, but secretly allowed Qin Huaidao to sneak out of the mansion, perhaps to block the mouths of the officials in the court, so as not to make those who are interested suspicious.
Chapter completed!