Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 4 Under the Yin Mountain

"Chile River, under the Yin Mountains, the sky is like a dome, covering all the fields. The sky is vast and the fields are vast. The wind blows the grass and sees cattle and sheep."

Li Ke’s only impression of the concept of Yinshan was this Chile song passed down from the Northern Dynasties.

But when Li Ke passed the ancient road of Luyang and really appeared in the north of Yinshan Mountain, there were no cattle and sheep everywhere, no pasture that was half a person high, and no herders coming and going. While everyone was resting, Li Ke looked closely from the carriage, and what caught his eyes was the endless wilderness and a desolate area.

Li Ke had only one feeling, that is, it was cold, and it was cold. Although it was only a hundred miles apart, there seemed to be a world of difference between the north and south of the Yin Mountains.

Not to mention outside, even Li Ke felt the cold wind pricking his face and his hands and feet were as ice as ice while sitting in the carriage.

"Your Highness, this desolate place in Mobei is not as good as Guanzhong. If you only have an outer jacket, you may not be able to wear another one." Dan'er saw Li Ke's pale face and was worried about Li Ke's body, so he took out a fox fur and cloak from the box and said to Li Ke.

Li Ke's hands and feet were really cold. Although he didn't know if it was useful to put on it, it was better than nothing.

Li Ke nodded, took the cloak handed over by Dan'er, and wanted to put it on.

But when Li Ke just took the cloak in Dan'er's hand and looked down, he found that Dan'er's hand was frozen and had even shivered.

Although Li Ke was cold, he was wearing the clothes that Yang Fei specially prepared before Li Ke's departure, which was warmer. However, Dan'er was wearing the regular winter clothes in the palace, which could still keep the cold in Chang'an, but when it came to the bone-cold Mobei, it seemed not enough to look at it.

Li Ke touched Dan'er's cold hand, put the fox fur cloak on Dan'er's shoulder with his back hand, and smiled and said, "Although I am young, I am a man's body, so I am not as afraid of the cold. But you are wearing very thin clothes, don't freeze your body."

Although Dan'er is Li Ke's personal maid and is familiar with Li Ke, Dan'er grew up in the palace since she was a child and has a clear idea of ​​high and low status. How dare she ask Li Ke to put on her clothes? If she calls the manager of Shanggong Bureau in the future, that would be fine.

Li Ke's hand had just happened to Dan'er's shoulder. Dan'er stood up like an electric shock, retreated to the side, and hurriedly refused: "Your Highness is a body of gold, how dare I wear Your Highness's clothes?"

Li Ke didn't expect Dan'er's reaction to be so big. Li Ke was slightly stunned when he looked at Dan'er standing beside him.

Li Ke asked, "There are only one piece of clothes on the left, why bother to care so much?"

Dan'er shook his head repeatedly and said, "Your Highness is the prince, the king, the slave is the palace maid, and the slave, how can one mess up the distinction between high and low because of a piece of clothing?"

Li Ke heard this and said, "This place is Mobei, not the imperial palace. How can there be so many palace rules? Now you and I are here, so we should support each other so that we can go on together. What's more, this time we go north, you are the only one who will serve me. If you are sick, who can still serve me?"

Li Ke's words made Dan'er move a little. Dan'er blinked and rubbed his hands. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should take over the cloak from Li Ke's hand.

Seeing this, Li Ke directly stuffed the cloak into Dan'er's hand and said, "I have the final say at this moment. Just put it on it. I will not only have this cloak."

Li Ke's words have already reached this point. If Dan'er refuses, he will be ungrateful. Dan'er thanks him, put his cloak on his shoulders, and then took another piece of clothes to Li Ke.

The grassland is cold, so the clothes Li Ke brought this time are naturally extremely cold-proof clothes. The cloak on Dan'er was made by Shangyi Bureau overnight with the best materials.

In the past, Dan'er had only seen the nobles in the palace, but at this moment it was really covered with her body. Dan'er wore it on her body, and after a moment, she felt a little conscious of her hands and feet, which was much warmer.

Just as Li Ke's body was a little warmer and the army was about to set off again, someone suddenly came forward outside the carriage to report that Wen Yanbo asked for a meeting.

Li Ke has done his homework when he went north this time, so he naturally knew the name of Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo was the Minister of the Tang Dynasty. In the eighth year of Zhenguan, he was the chief military officer of Bingzhou Road. He accompanied the general manager of the army to send troops to resist the Turks. Unexpectedly, Zhang Jin was defeated and Wen Yanbo was also captured by the Turks in Taigu.

Jie Li knew that Wen Yanbo was a close minister of Li Shimin and forced him to ask about the facts of the Tang army. Wen Yanbo refused to speak out. Then he was exiled to the bitter and cold place of Yinshan Mountain. Once he waited, he had more than a year of time.

This time the Turks and the Tang Dynasty merged, and Wen Yanbo was explicitly asked by Li Shimin in the alliance to go back. However, Jie Li was useless to ask Wen Yanbo to stay and go to the side, so he agreed to allow Wen Yanbo to return to the Tang Dynasty. This time, Wen Yanbo must have been preparing to set off south.

Wen Yanbo was an important official of the Tang Dynasty, and he would become the prime minister sooner or later. Wen Yanbo took the initiative to ask for a meeting with Li Ke, but there was no reason for refusing. Li Ke immediately responded and got off the carriage and met Wen Yanbo himself.

As soon as Li Ke got out of the carriage, he saw a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a winter jacket and wearing a shabby robe. Although the man's face was pale and ugly, he could not hide his Confucian spirit. He must have been Wen Yanbo, who was from the Hedong clan and the Wen clan in Taiyuan.

"The criminal Wen Yanbo pays homage to Your Highness." Wen Yanbo saw Li Ke coming forward in person and hurriedly leaned over and bowed down to worship.

"Mr. Wen is a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty. Please get up quickly." Li Ke helped Wen Yanbo up and said.

Wen Yanbo turned red when he heard this, and he bowed his head and said, "The criminal minister was defeated and the army was destroyed. He was really shameless to return to the capital to meet the saint."

Li Ke looked at Wen Yanbo's shameful look and comforted him: "Mr. Wen is a civil minister, not a military general. The defeat of Taigu is not a fault of Master Wen. Why should Master Wen be too concerned?"

Wen Yanbo looked up at Li Ke and sighed, "If His Highness had not been to the north this time, Wen might not have been able to return south. Wen's life can be regarded as his rescue. Wen came to thank His Highness, and His Highness, please accept Wen's greeting."

Wen Yanbo said, and immediately bowed firmly.

Wen Yanbo is a gentleman with a loyal and upright nature. This time, Li Ke went north to be a polite, but he was able to go south. In Wen Yanbo's eyes, it was naturally Li Ke who changed him back. How could he not be grateful?

Li Ke had the intention to win over Wen Yanbo. Li Ke helped Wen Yanbo up and said to Wen Yanbo: "Mr. Wen thanked me, Li Ke was ashamed of accepting it."

Wen Yanbo stood up, patted Li Ke's back of his hand, and instructed Li Ke with concern: "Although the Turkic Jie Li joined forces with our Tang Dynasty, Wen thought that his thief was undead. Your Highness should be careful in the Turkic place."

Li Ke nodded, with a trace of determination on his face, and said sternly: "Since Li Ke came to the Turks, he came with the heart of dying for his country. Lord Wen can tell his father when he goes back, asking his father not to worry about my life, and there is no need to be afraid of me because I am in the Turks. If I can exchange my body for my Tang Dynasty to promote the northern desert, and the northern border will be stable for a hundred years, I, Li Ke, will be enough to die thousands of times."

As soon as Li Kezhi said, Wen Yanbo's eyes became wet in an instant, and two lines of hot tears fell from the corners of his eyes.

In an instant, Wen Yanbo rested excitedly and bowed: "Your Highness is far superior to Su Wu of the Han Dynasty. Wen Yanbo swears here that he will protect His Highness from returning to the country safely. Your Highness will live, your memory will live; Your Highness will die, and your memory will die!"
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next