Chapter 1744 Tell him not to come back either
After Li Ke's explanation, Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling breathed a sigh of relief.
But the two of them still couldn't help but feel a little worried. If their boys were involved in the black fire incident, they would definitely be involved in the end.
Lao Li was silent for a while, tapping his fingers lightly on the armrest of the chair, making a crisp sound.
But no one spoke in the hall, and this sound seemed to hit their hearts.
Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling both lowered their heads and did not dare to look into the emperor's eyes.
They knew that today's emperor was already furious, and even Wei Zheng did not dare to cause trouble for himself at this time.
Li Ke stood aside. He didn't know why the emperor asked him to come over.
But Li Ke wanted to take advantage of today's opportunity to mention to the emperor about his trip north. .??.
"Father, I have a heartfelt request." Li Ke took a step forward and bowed his hands to the emperor.
How could Lao Litou be in the mood to listen to Li Ke's nonsense here? He didn't bother to pay attention to Li Ke at all.
He was still thinking about how to start with the students of Chang'an Academy to find out who leaked the black fire oil.
"Father, I want to go north." Although the emperor ignored him, Li Ke still had the courage to speak out his thoughts.
"What are you going to the north for?" Old Li Tou's tone was a little cold, and he was noncommittal about Li Ke's request.
"Nothing happens in Chang'an. I want to go out for a walk and gain experience. Brother Huang is in the north again. I also want to visit the north." Li Ke made an excuse, but in fact he was too bored in Chang'an.
It made him not want to stay in Chang'an at all.
"Then let me ask you, what does it mean that Quanzhou is engaged in large-scale shipbuilding?"
"Has this matter been reported to the Ministry of Works?" Old Li felt that Li Ke was a little unusual recently.
Quanzhou built so many ships, but the Ministry of Works didn't even report it to him.
"Brother Huang said that he..."
"Nothing
Let's take Chen boy as an example, what are you going to do in building a ship, or what are you going to do? "Old Li Tou interrupted Li Ke's sophistry.
Li Ke didn't know how to explain his idea of going to sea to the emperor.
But I heard the emperor say: "You are not thinking of using these ships to deal with the Japanese country."
"I told you in advance that this is not allowed. The Japanese country is a vassal state of our Tang Dynasty. If we deal with them, our Tang Dynasty will lose face."
"But if you want to go out and explore, I think that's fine, so as not to stay in Chang'an and do nothing."
"Thank you, father!" Li Ke thanked him hurriedly.
Li Ke exited the hall, and the emperor's eyes fell on Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling again.
There is a traitor within the imperial court, and his status seems obviously not low.
Otherwise, how could the military meritorious officer and his whole family commit suicide?
Will Inoue Ichiro and other Japanese envoys at the post house all die without warning?
These things all confirm that there are people in the Tang Dynasty who are cooperating with other countries and conspiring against the Tang Dynasty.
"What do you think now?" The emperor looked at the two people in front of him and his tone was a little flat.
The anger just now seemed to have almost dissipated at this time.
"Your Majesty, there are boys from our respective families in the academy, so it would be better for me not to get involved."
"What Xuancheng said is, Your Majesty, the two of us need to avoid suspicion in this matter." Fang Xuanling also said.
"avoid arousing suspicion?"
"I think you are getting old and are scared!" Lao Litou's eyes suddenly turned cold.
The two guys who looked at them were trembling all over.
There is nothing they can do. Just from the black fire oil, they can
It can be seen that the people behind this matter are definitely not simple.
If they participate in the investigation, they may not end up with anything good in the end.
On the contrary, it is easy to get burned.
It's not that they are afraid, but actually they are afraid that the emperor will not be able to deal with the person behind the scenes.
"Your Majesty, the person behind this must be of high authority, and he is even an old acquaintance of us."
"If it is really found out, will your Majesty really have the heart to take action?" Wei Zheng showed no fear at this time, and instead asked the emperor.
"Of course I will take action without hesitation." Old Li Tou said immediately.
Burning down granaries and murdering officials, such evil acts have threatened the security of the Tang Dynasty.
Even if he, Li Shimin, could no longer bear to attack those meritorious ministers, he would never tolerate this matter.
Otherwise, if you cut off one city today and another tomorrow, big trouble will happen sooner or later.
"If your Majesty really wants us two to investigate this matter, please write down what you just said into an imperial edict, so..."
"Wei Zheng, you don't believe me?" Old Li Tou was instantly furious.
Wei Zheng said nothing, and Fang Xuanling beside him also lowered his head.
The two silent people had made their attitude very clear.
"Okay, okay." Old Li Tou was angry.
But he knew that if he, the emperor, went to investigate this matter personally, the target would be too big and it would easily arouse that person's vigilance.
So he could only let Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling investigate the matter.
"I'll write it for you, okay." Lao Litou took a deep breath and suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The two of them bowed and bowed.
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"Li Ke."
Outside Chang'an City, Li Ke was preparing to set off. \u003c
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Although he had only been back to Chang'an for a month, he really felt that life here was boring, and he didn't have the joy of wandering outside at all.
That's why he got the emperor's permission yesterday to go north. He was preparing to leave Chang'an early this morning.
But as soon as he arrived at the city gate, he heard someone calling him.
People were coming and going on Chang'an Street. Li Ke looked back, but he didn't see anyone familiar.
I just thought that I had hallucinations at such a young age, and I must have felt that staying in Chang'an was too uncomfortable.
Just as he was about to lead his horse out of the city, he suddenly saw a carriage parked in front of him.
The lantern on the carriage had the word "Zhao" written on it, and Li Ke naturally recognized it.
This is the carriage of the Han Dynasty.
"Sister-in-law!" Li Ke took two steps forward and came to the carriage.
Li Ruoshuang slowly got out of the carriage: "Originally, I wanted to go to your house, but someone came to report that you had left the city. I had no choice but to come here to stop you."
"Good thing I caught up!"
"Sister-in-law, is there anything you want to bring to the emperor?" Of course Li Ke knew that Li Ruoshuang would not come to him for no reason.
The most likely thing is to let him bring something to Zhao Chen.
"I don't have much to bring, I just want you to bring a few words to Zhao Chen." Li Ruoshuang smiled.
"Sister-in-law, tell me." Li Ke nodded.
"The first sentence is to tell him to pay attention to safety outside and come back early. Xiaopingan and I miss him very much."
"In the second sentence, tell him to take Wu Xu with him when he comes back. If Wu Xu doesn't come back with him, then tell him not to come back either."
"Have said that, these are some pastries that my sister-in-law brought for you. Eat them on the way. Have a safe journey." After Li Ruoshuang finished speaking, she stuffed a box of pastries into Li Ke's hand, then got on the carriage and went back to the house.
