This actually provides a lot of convenience for people on the road.
A total of twenty students in the academy came over, and Luo Tong was not among the crowd.
Including Zhao Chen and Li Ruoshuang, there are twenty-one people in total.
Along the way, it was not that boring.
Li Ke rode his horse and followed closely behind Zhao Chen.
It seemed like he wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it.
After holding back for two days and walking two hundred miles, Li Ke came to Zhao Chen's side while he was resting.
"Tell me, from now on, should I call you Prince, Imperial Brother, or Sir?" Li Ke said in a low voice.
"What do you think?" Zhao Chen glanced at Li Ke and handed the mutton in his hand to Li Ruoshuang who was standing aside.
"I think, no matter who you are, I will call you sir from now on." Li Ke said cautiously.
In fact, he just wanted to test out what Zhao Chen's identity was.
In other words, does Zhao Chen have any special thoughts about the identity in the rumors.
"Okay." Zhao Chen looked back, looked at Li Ke with a smile, and said: "As a gentleman, you should listen to me, right."
"ah?"
"Now, go feed the horse." Zhao Chen and Li Ke said.
"I-" Li Ke didn't want to.
How can he, the majestic King of Shu, do the things of a horseherd?
No, absolutely not!
"Young man, I advise you to use rats for juice." Zhao Chen patted Li Ke's shoulder and signaled to him.
Li Ke turned around and saw Cheng Chumo and others standing behind him at some point.
Looking at himself eagerly.
"I——" Li Ke got up with a look of grievance.
"Zhao Da, actually we also want to ask, do you know your identity?" Cheng Chumo squatted aside and looked at Zhao Chen curiously.
"My identity? You don't really think that I have anything to do with the emperor, do you?" Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment.
He didn't expect these grown men to be so gossipy.
He has emphasized his identity many times.
But these people still ask such meaningless questions.
Even if he has a relationship with the emperor, what will happen?
Will Li Chengqian give up the position of prince he has held for 17 years?
impossible.
Besides, what is the meaning of the position of a prince?
If we do, we will be the emperor, right?
If Lao Li Tou hadn't treated him well, Zhao Chen would have wanted to have a fight with Lao Li Tou.
After all, we either don’t do it, or if we do, we can make it a big one. If it’s too small, we won’t like it.
"My old man said that now he has some doubts that you are really related to His Majesty." Cheng Chumo added.
"Yes, my father said so too." Qin Huaiyu also nodded and agreed.
"Sir, my father didn't say anything. He just asked me to follow you well."
"Do you think this is a hint?" Fang Yizhi whispered.
"According to your father's intention, can it be understood that I, Zhao Chen, am actually incapable of teaching you all because of my uncertain identity, so..."
"Hey, sir, that's not what I meant. My father never said such things." Fang Yizhi quickly explained.
Everyone dispersed, and Zhao Chen lay on the grass, looking at the stars in the sky.
He always feels that life here is like a dream.
Otherwise, why would such nonsense happen?
But everything is real, even the pain is extremely real.
Everything here is not a dream.
I have been involved in matters regarding my identity many times.
Even Zhao Chen had to start doubting this matter.
But Uncle Fu still lives in Chang'an, so no one else knows about these things except him.
But Uncle Fu didn't even know Li Shimin's identity, so how could he tell him such a thing?
Or is it that Li Shimin asked Uncle Fu something and then guessed it?
"Still thinking about that!" Li Ruoshuang and Zhao Chen asked.
"Lao Litou actually mentioned this matter before. At that time, I just thought he was taking advantage of me and didn't take it seriously."
"But this matter keeps happening again and again, and I can't pretend to be nonchalant."
"When the Songzhou incident comes to an end, I will go back to Chang'an and ask Uncle Fu," Zhao Chen said.
"Don't worry, everything will be solved in the end." Li Ruoshuang comforted her.
…
On the Songzhou border.
Niu Jinda set up the Chinese army's camp here.
Not far away is a small town built on the border between the two countries.
This town is where the two countries trade with each other.
Tang merchants transported goods here and placed them in the town to exchange resources with the Tubo people.
On the other side of the town, the Tang army sent free supplies to the Tibetans in accordance with the emperor's orders.
There are not many of these supplies, and proof of identity is required to receive them.
This identity certificate is the official identity certificate in Tubo.
Official status certificate is limited to officials and nobles.
Ordinary people don't have that.
In other words, the supplies here are actually prepared for Tibetan officials and nobles.
As for other ordinary Tubo people, they can choose to trade with merchants from the Tang Dynasty.
But this transaction is not that simple.
A pound of grain was sold for three or four cents in Tang Dynasty, but here, it cost thirty or forty cents.
A full ten times price difference.
Even so, people still need to eat. As long as the Tubo people can barely afford it, they will come to trade with Tang merchants.
More people starved to death outside the town.
The corpse collection team does not know how many corpses of starved ghosts they have to transport every day.
The merchants of the Tang Dynasty were protected by the army, and ordinary Tubo people did not dare to act rashly.
So they set their sights on those Tibetan officials and nobles who could get grain and salt for free.
Trading has been going on for more than a month, but nothing happened in the past few days.
But later, ordinary people often attacked and killed Tibetan officials and nobles' troops in Tubo territory.
It's the same today.
Niu Jinda, a man with a golden sword, was sitting in the central military tent, looking at the news coming back from the front with a joking look on his face.
"Brother Jinda, why is he so happy?" Liu Lan walked into the camp and asked curiously when she saw Niu Jinda's expression.
"Brother Liu Lan, news came today that hundreds of Tubo people attacked and killed a Tibetan army ten miles away."
"Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and Mr. Xiao Qian's team was wiped out." Niu Jinda shared the good news with Liu Lan.
Liu Lan looked shocked as she and Niu Jinda took the secret letter in their hands.
"This..." Liu Lan only uttered one word and looked at Niu Jinda blankly.
In the past, conflicts within Tubo were limited to Tibetan officials and the common people.
But today's news actually involves the military.
Mr. Xiao Qian, who was equivalent to a partial general in the Tang Dynasty, was actually killed by the Tubo people.
"I didn't expect that boy at such a young age could come up with such a vicious plan." Niu Jinda looked at Liu Lan with a smile on his face.??