Chapter 1803 The traitor who conspired with the Japanese country

"I'll stop him." As he spoke, Cheng Chumo ran over.

Soon, Li Ke appeared in front of Zhao Chen with an excited face.

"Brother Emperor, you miss me so much." Li Ke hugged Zhao Chen and looked at Wu Xu in a daze.

"You are covered in dust." Zhao Chen pushed Li Ke away in disgust: "Why are you here? Aren't you resting in Chang'an?"

"Chang'an is not fun at all. I don't have anyone to talk to there."

"Aren't you Fang Yizhi and the others here?" Zhao Chen asked again.

"Huh, they all have business to do now, so how can they have time to play out." Li Ke said goodbye.

He was not wrong.

After leaving the academy, everyone went their separate ways.

Everyone has their own things to do.

After all, we can't be as carefree and casual as before.

It is normal for Li Ke to not be able to find anyone.

"Miss Wu Xu, you should be happy now." Li Ke saw Wu Xu and pointedly smiled.

"It's none of your business." Wu Xu was not polite to Li Ke at all, and glanced at Zhao Chen secretly.

Li Ke didn't care either, he was naturally used to this.

"Brother Emperor, why are you here outside the city? If Cheng Er hadn't stopped me, I would have gone into the city." Li Ke curiously asked why Zhao Chen appeared here.

He also heard on the way that the Silla Kingdom was occupied by their Tang border troops, and the Goguryeo army went south, probably to join the Japanese allied forces.

As a result, Datang's border troops would have to fight with them sooner or later.

Then Zhao Chen shouldn't be so leisurely.

"You don't have any other news?" Zhao Chen looked at Li Ke, but did not answer Li Ke's question.

Wu Xu and Cheng Chumo also looked at Li Ke at the same time.

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized that the two of them must have thought that they were serving

He obeyed the emperor's order to deal with Zhao Chen.

So he quickly waved his hand and said: "Brother, you misunderstood. It was not me who brought the decree, but Mr. Wei."

"Wei Zheng?" Wu Xu looked confused.

"Yes, it's Mr. Wei. I had already left before the emperor's matter reached Chang'an. I also found out about it on the way."

"Mr. Wei was about ten days later than me, but the imperial decree came out quickly."

"Brother, my father seems to be really angry this time. He asked Mr. Wei to come here in person. With Mr. Wei's straight temper, he will definitely not show favoritism to you."

"The purpose is probably to strip your royal brother of your title and demote you to a commoner..."

"I knew it was disgusting to be promoted to an official position and become a noble when you have something to do, with a smiling face, but to kick people away when nothing happens!" When Wu Xu heard that the emperor's order was to demote Zhao Chen to a commoner, he felt angry in his heart. meaning.

Staring at Li Ke, he made no secret of his dissatisfaction with the emperor.

Li Ke looked at Zhao Chen awkwardly. He knew that the emperor definitely didn't mean this, but once the decree came down, everyone would only pay attention to the content of the decree.

As for what the emperor really thought, they didn't care.

"Wu Xu, don't talk nonsense." Zhao Chen frowned and signaled Wu Xu not to talk nonsense.

No matter how dissatisfied Wu Xu was with the emperor, it was always not good to say that the emperor was disgusting in front of Li Ke.

Moreover, this matter is based on his own selfishness, and it is actually normal for the emperor to deal with himself.

"Huh!" Wu Xu glared at Li Ke dissatisfiedly, but said nothing more.

"Brother Emperor, I actually brought my father's secret decree." Li Ke put away his smile and whispered to Zhao Chen.

"Secret decree?"

"

Yes, it's just a verbal edict with no clear purpose. "Li Ke nodded.

Wu Xu stared at Li Ke, and Cheng Chumo also looked at Li Ke, making Li Ke feel uncomfortable.

"Just say it." Zhao Chen nodded.

"My father asked you to find an excuse to defeat Goguryeo and the Japanese state. My father said that there are people in the Tang Dynasty who seem to be colluding with the Japanese state. My father asked you to be careful."

"If there is really no other way, protect yourself first." Li Ke said the emperor's oral instructions. ??

"He has some conscience." Wu Xu muttered from the side.

"What's the matter with you?" Zhao Chen frowned.

After being scolded by Zhao Chen, Wu Xu immediately became unhappy. He walked to the side and stomped on the grass on the ground.

Cheng Chumo looked on and almost didn't laugh.

"Is there an official in Chang'an who conspired with the Japanese state?" Zhao Chen and Li Ke confirmed the news that the emperor asked him to tell them.

"Yes, that's what my father said, but it probably hasn't been found out yet." Li Ke nodded.

It's no surprise that it wasn't found out.

If it were that easy to find out, it wouldn't be a big deal.

"The grain depot at the rear of the border army was burned down. This person should have ordered others to do it." Zhao Chen immediately thought of the grain depot at the rear of Shacheng that was burned down by kerosene.

Li Ke didn't speak, just nodded.

It was already obvious that there were officials in Chang'an who conspired with the Japanese state, and the Japanese state had long been prepared to launch an attack on Silla and Baekje.

It's just that the Tang border troops were so fast in supporting that they didn't realize it.

In other words, they did not expect that Wangyou Bookstore would prepare enough food and fodder very early for the Tang Dynasty's border troops to go on an expedition.

"Go back." Zhao Chen suddenly said.

At this moment, he had no interest in playing at all.

Compared to enemies, Zhao Chen hates traitors more.

The enemy will never have the chance to set you up, but your own people can.

If this traitor is not found, there will definitely be more trouble in the future.

Wu Xu originally thought that Zhao Chen would come over to comfort him, but he didn't expect to turn around and go back.

"Annoying." When Wu Xu walked to Li Ke's side, he said another dissatisfied accusation.

"Don't pay attention to her, this guy has a bad temper lately."

"She doesn't like anyone except Zhao Da!" Cheng Chumo comforted Li Ke.

"Oh, I'm used to it. After all, there seems to be no good news as I said." Li Ke didn't care.

He is just a carrier of news, and he says whatever he knows.

There was nothing else he could do.

"Come on, there are many merchants in the city, and they have a lot of wine from our Datang. I'll bring it to you." Cheng Chumo put his hand on Li Ke's shoulder and said with a smile.

"ah?"

"That's okay!" Li Ke raised the corners of his mouth slightly, looking forward to it.

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"Zhao Chen, are you still angry?"

"It's okay that I was wrong. I shouldn't have said that to the emperor in front of Li Ke, and I didn't mean it."

When he returned to his residence, Wu Xu saw Zhao Chen with a gloomy face and said nothing, thinking that he was still blaming himself for speaking to Li Ke like that.

He immediately began to apologize to Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen looked up and saw Wu Xu standing in front of him with an aggrieved look on his face. A smile appeared on his face and he said, "I'm not upset because of your matter."

"I just hate those traitors who betrayed their country for glory and conspired with the Japanese country."

"Traitor?" Wu Xu was confused, but he smiled knowing that Zhao Chen was not angry because of him.