After Li Ke took Duan Cui, he ordered the Prince's Mansion Guard to deal with the endgame and found a secluded yard outside the city to detain Duan Cui and his soldiers. While he took Xiao Yuexian, Wen Qing'er and a group of Prince's Mansion Guards to lead him back to Yangzhou overnight.

The next afternoon, the inner courtyard of Linjiang Palace and the back garden.

The warmth in the mid-spring afternoon became stronger and the soft and gentle sunshine spread on my face, and I became lazy.

The climate is so pleasant, and yesterday I learned about the place where the batch of weapons was going from Duan Cui. The urgent problem was resolved, and Li Ke's mood became much more relaxed and he felt more leisurely.

In the back garden, with a long and crisp sound of the pipa sound, Xiao Yuexian wore a light-colored wide-sleeved flowing cloud dress, dancing gracefully in the garden where flowers were gradually blooming, like colorful swallows, flying among the flowers, lively and elegantly.

Xiao Yuexian is still ten years old. In Li Ke's eyes, this is the best age for a woman. At this time, Xiao Yuexian is not inferior to the flowers in this garden, and is even more pretty.

"I used to know that Xian'er had excellent piano skills and was unparalleled in the world. I never thought that Xian'er's dance posture was so great." After the dance, Li Ke sat in the garden, looking at Xiao Yuexian, who was standing in front of him with a slightly red face, and praised him.

Xiao Yuexian wiped the sweat beads on his forehead, took a little breath, walked to Li Ke, and said with a knee: "Your Highness, I'm sorry, Xian'er used to be a brothel woman, who used her beauty to entertain others, and her dancing skills were more versatile."

Li Ke said: "Xian'er has recently lost his troops and can still offer dances for me. Thank you for your hard work."

After hearing Li Ke's words, he remembered Zuo Youxian. Xiao Yuexian's eyes showed a little sadness. Xiao Yuexian replied to Li Ke: "Your Highness is willing to spare Qing'er this time and return it to Zuo Master. Yu Xian'er has kindness, and Xian'er is powerless to repay him. Don't dislike him."

Li Ke naturally knew the current situation of Xiao Yuexian. The situation in the world is like this, and no matter how Xiao Yuexian is, it is not enough to be an enemy. Li Ke looked at Xiao Yuexian's pretty and impotence-like appearance, as if he saw a kitten curled up in the corner of the wall under heavy rain, and couldn't help feeling pity in his heart.

Now Zuo Youxian is dead, and Xiao Yuexian has something to say first. From then on, Xiao Yuexian is no longer Li Ke's enemy, and Xiao Yuexian is Li Ke's first woman in the Tang Dynasty. Li Ke couldn't help but feel moved when he looked at Xiao Yuexian.

Li Ke asked Xiao Yuexian: "What are Xian'er's plans after this matter?"

Xiao Yuexian replied truthfully: "When your highness finds the weapons, Xian'er will kill Duan Cui with his own hands to avenge the left master."

Li Ke shook his head and said, "This is just a temporary plan. I am asking you in the future."

Li Ke asked suddenly, Xiao Yuexian never thought about this matter carefully. Xiao Yuexian thought about it now, but he didn't know how to reply to Li Ke's words. After thinking about it for a while, he had no idea.

Li Ke looked at Xiao Yuexian's look of bowing his head and thinking hard, but he never urged her to sit and wait like this.

After a while, Xiao Yuexian had not figured it out, but was sent out by Li Ke and went to Hengshan overnight to find the weapons, Xi Junmai, who had already returned.

"The last general Xi Junmai pays homage to Your Highness." Xi Junmai was Li Ke's confidant and the commander of the guards. He didn't have to communicate with him. Xi Junmai went straight into the garden and said to Li Ke.

Li Ke raised his hand, bought Xi Jun and asked, "How?"

Xi Jun bought it back and said, "Report to Your Highness, all the lost weapons in the Yangzhou Grand Governor's Office have been retrieved in Hengshan this time, a lot of them are."

When Li Ke heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and said with satisfaction: "Okay, that's great. You can order someone to take care of the custody here first. The King of Japanese Ming personally led his army to retrieve it."

"No." Xi Junmai didn't know why Li Ke wanted to go to retrieve the weapons in person, but he still responded.

Xi Jun Maidu was about to go down to do so, but Xi Jun Maidu remembered something again, so he asked again: "Your Highness, the brothers from Linhuai are still waiting for Your Highness's orders. I wonder what Duan Cui and his group should do?"

The weapons have been found, and Li Ke has no longer cared about how to deal with Duan Cui. Li Ke waved his hand immediately and said coldly: "Except for bringing Duan Cui back, killing others, and then setting a fire to burn them all."

"No." Xi Junmai responded again and went down.

After Xi Jun bought it, Li Ke looked back at Xiao Yuexian. Seeing that Xiao Yuexian had not replied to his words, he asked: "Xian'er, do you know why I want to kill Duan Cui's command?"

Xiao Yuexian thought for a while and replied, "Your Highness is to protect Xian'er. If they don't die, the one who dies is Xian'er."

Li Ke was not afraid of Duan Cui, and Duan Cui could not move him. Li Ke wanted to kill Duan Cui all in order to seal their mouths and let them completely rot some secrets in their stomachs.

Li Ke smiled and said, "Yes, I will write to my father and report Duan Cui about Duan Cui. What do you think I will say?"

Xiao Yuexian had a light brow and shook her head and said, "Immortal doesn't know."

Li Ke said: "Duan Cui was ordered by my king to go north. On the one hand, he came to escort the criminal Wen Qing'er, and on the other hand, he submitted a secret letter searched from Zuo Youxian. Unexpectedly, his journey was known to Xiao Yuexian, who set up an ambush in Linhuai, Sizhou, attacked Duan Cui, and robbed Wen Qing'er. Duan Cui was defeated and his entire army was wiped out. This king general wrote a letter to Duan Cui for his merits, and added the fourth-rank Right Guard General to repay his merits."

Li Ke wrote a letter and Xiao Yuexian was also very clear about the purpose of asking for merit for Duan Cui. It was nothing more than to cover up the truth behind Duan Cui's death. After all, some things should not be placed on the surface now. Moreover, Li Ke himself had to withdraw from it, not wanting to be deeply trapped in the quagmire for Duan Cui. It was the best way to make Duan Cui die in the line of duty.

However, what Li Ke said just now was only mentioning Duan Cui, and not mentioning the batch of weapons. Xiao Yuexian knew that Li Ke's words must have some later.

Sure enough, Li Ke paused and continued: "After Duan Cui's death, I personally led my troops to Sizhou, chasing the south all the way to Hengshan, and then found the traces of the rebels and searched the mountains in large numbers. Although I failed to capture the rebels as I wish, I found the robbed armies on the mountain. How about it?"

When Xiao Yuexian listened to Li Ke's words, he nodded slowly, and then thought about it, but then realized something was wrong.

Li Ke said this, although he concealed Duan Cui's death and found the armor of Yuanhui, this would mean that he would let King Li Tai of Wei go and lose the opportunity to suppress King Wei this time.

Xiao Yuexian asked, "Did Your Highness let King Wei go?"

Li Ke shook his head and said, "Of course not, but now the King of Wei is in full swing, and he is willing to be the exploring forest bird. Why should I force him to retreat? What's more, with his father's favor for the King of Wei, how can he move him with Duan Cui's one-sided words? I will either not kill this sword, and if I want to kill it, I will kill the King of Wei in one fell swoop."

Li Ke's words make sense. Li Tai is favored by Li Shimin. Duan Cui will naturally not be able to move him by just one person. Instead, he will be alert and he will become more cautious in his future. Now that Li Ke will suppress this matter for the time being, the greatest deterrent to Li Tai.

Li Kezhi was in the throne, so he naturally had to consider these issues more. But if Li Ke said this to Wang Xuance, it would be a waste of time, but what is the reason for him to say these words to Xiao Yuexian?

Xiao Yuexian felt that Li Ke seemed to have other intentions, so he asked: "Why do your highness tell me about these with Xian'er?"

Li Ke smiled and looked at Xiao Yuexian and said, "Because I still lack someone around me who is trustworthy and smart enough to manage the king's side."
Chapter completed!