"Your Highness, news from Suzhou." Wang Xuance said to Li Ke as soon as he entered the side hall.

"Tell me." Li Ke looked at Wang Xuance's expression with a bit of seriousness. It was obvious that something big happened.

Seeing that several officials were also in the hall, Wang Xuance leaned over, leaned against Li Ke's ear, and whispered: "This morning, the government troops escorted to Gusu Prefecture were attacked. More than half of the government troops were killed or injured, and all the weapons were robbed."

When Li Ke heard this, his face suddenly sank. The ordnance sent to the Gusu Army Office was the letter he personally approved and sent before entering the capital at the end of last year. Now that this batch of ordnance has been robbed, Li Ke is the chief responsibility as the governor of Yangzhou.

Li Ke hurriedly asked, "Who might be found out that it was robbed?"

More than a thousand pieces of weapons are not a small number. If this matter is spread to the court, it will be a huge joke, and there will be no shortage of complaints to impeach Li Ke by then.

Wang Xuance said: "The robbers claim to be from Liang, perhaps the remnants of Nanliang who abducted His Highness last year."

Li Ke couldn't help frowning when he heard Wang Xuance's words.

Li Ke had dealt with the remnants of the Southern Liang Dynasty. Although they knew some fists, kicks, knives and sticks, they were just a little stronger than ordinary people and were not brave enough. However, the person responsible for escorting the armies this time was also the army of the Yangzhou Grand Governor's Office. Although they were not as good as the imperial guards and the elite troops of the border army, they were not worth the money. Why did they make the raid successful and rob the armies?

When Li Ke heard about the people from Nanliang who claimed to have robbed the armies, he was naturally a little surprised. But after thinking about it carefully, there were few bandits in this southeastern land. Who else had the courage to rob the things of the Yangzhou Grand Governor?

Li Ke asked, "Can you know where the thing was robbed?"

Wang Xuance replied: "Su, Chang's friend, has not yet entered the foot of Hengshan Mountain in Suzhou."

"Have you sent people to chase after me?" Li Ke continued.

Wang Xuance said: "As soon as the military armed forces were robbed, Li Guo, the deputy escort in charge of this escort, had sent people to inform the Jinling Army Office in Changzhou and the Gusu Army Office in Suzhou. Those who wanted to pursue had been sent out."

When Li Ke heard this, he nodded and felt a sense of responsibility in his heart.

If Li Guo, the deputy lieutenant escorted by the chief officer, did not inform the local area as soon as possible after the armed forces were robbed, he would have no chance of colluding with the robbers, but since he had informed the local area and asked them to send troops to help, it would probably have nothing to do with him.

Li Ke asked, "Where is Li Guo now?"

Wang Xuance said: "Li Guo was injured. Now he is going back. Does Your Highness want to see him? He only hurts his left arm, so there should be no serious damage. If Your Highness wants to see him, I will order someone to pass on him and he will arrive tomorrow."

Li Ke thought for a while and shook his head, "No need, wait for the King of Japan in Ming to go to the camp in person and see the injured brothers. Also, you can find the best doctor in Yangzhou City first and go with me tomorrow."

"I'll make arrangements now." Wang Xuan responded and retreated first.

After Wang Xuance left, except for Li Ke, only the three chief officials of the Caochuan who were sitting in the hall waiting for Li Ke to speak.

They could see that Li Ke had important things, but before Li Ke could speak, they did not dare to act rashly. They just sat in the hall, looking at each other for a moment.

Li Ke looked at the three people in the hall and remembered something, so he ordered: "From today, within half a month, all ferries in Yangzhou will not be departed at night. In addition, you must be more careful when sailing in the near future. You must inspect every ship, no matter how big or small, every box of goods shipped out, and do not be lazy. Once you find swords, report them to me immediately."

"No." Although the three of them didn't know what happened, they looked at Li Ke's face, which was obviously not a trivial matter. Li Ke ordered, and the three of them immediately responded.

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As the night approached, the night became darker. In addition to Li Ke, there was another person in Yangzhou City full of thoughts and it was also difficult to fall asleep. This person was Xiao Yuexian.

Under the bright white moonlight, Xiao Yuexian leaned against the window, smelling the fragrance of flowers brought into his nose by the night breeze, but he did not have the leisure to enjoy the beautiful scenery in his heart.

Half a month ago, Xiao Yuexian's master Zuo Youxian had already gone south to Suzhou for more than a thousand pieces of arms from Gusu Prefecture.

More than a thousand pieces of weapons can be enough to equip hundreds of people if you carefully calculate it. It is indeed a big number, but what are these things?

If hundreds of soldiers were in a chaotic era like the end of the Sui Dynasty, they might have occupied a county and thought they were the foundation, but now they are not the chaotic era of the end of the Sui Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty has been established for more than ten years, and the country is stable, the four barbarians surrender, and the people live and work in peace. Not to mention rebelling against the king, even bandits who robbed their families are rare. At this time, what kind of climate can a mere hundreds of soldiers become?

The Tang Dynasty won millions of soldiers, regardless of the Chang'an Imperial Army and the Northern Front Army, the Yangzhou Grand Governor's Office, which is southeast of An, alone is in charge of the military affairs of 16 prefectures, and under its command, the 18 military commanders of Yangzhou Li Ke, waved his arm and summoned more than 40,000 troops. If he was in a hurry to fight, he would gather 100,000 troops in an instant. This is not counting the new Yue, Wu, Quan, Jian, Tai and six prefectures that Li Ke added to the first of this year.

The people of the world are at ease. With their only hundreds of people, even if Sun Wu is alive and Wu Qi is reborn, he will not cause any trouble, let alone her a woman.

Since Xiao Yuexian became sensible, she has never been as depressed as she is now. On the one hand, there is national hatred and family hatred, Zuo Youxian's ambition and urging Xiao Yuexian all the time, and on the other hand, there is powerlessness and fatigue in front of her. Everything in front of her seems to be beyond her control.

With her thin shoulders, she almost couldn't breathe when she added this dream of revenge and restoration to her country.

But things in the world are like this, and she has no choice but to hold it all with her eyes closed.

Even recently, she always dreamed of her life in Linjiang Palace, Yangzhou last year, and that period was the best time she had spent.

At that time, there was no urging by Zuo Youxian or suppression by national hatred. She was in Linjiang Palace and stayed by Li Ke every day. Li Ke treated her very well. She just played the piano every day and did what she liked to do freely. In just three months, she had already won too much.

She often thinks that if she is really just a Qin Ji in Yanyu Tower and was given to Li Ke after an accidental encounter, she should be much happier than she is now.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong..."

Xiao Yuexian was still thinking in her heart, but at this moment, a sudden knock on the door suddenly occurred outside the door.

"My little girl, I have something important to tell you." After a knock on the door, Qing'er's voice came from outside the door.

"What's the matter?" Qing'er knocked on the door in the middle of the night, and there must be something important, Xiao Yuexian asked immediately.
Chapter completed!