When he returned to the palace, Yang En came up to greet him, "Your Highness is back. The dinner is ready, so please have a meal."

"Yeah, I'm really hungry." Li Ke smiled and handed the horses to the servants in the mansion and came to the front hall of Juyi Hall.

There was already a table of dishes on the table, which was the standard for Li Ke to make after thrift. But even so, the delicacies on the table were a luxury for Li Ke. After he sat down, he saw Chen Qi and Yang En beside him and greeted, "Old Yang, Chen Qi, you sit down, and eat together."

"Your Highness, you can use it. I have already used dinner." Yang En refused.

"Your Highness, I will wait until your highness finishes dinner before eating." Chen Qi also refused.

Li Ke knew that Yang En didn't eat because he knew that the people in the mansion would not dare to eat without permission before he ate. So he got up and pushed Yang En to his seat, "Old Yang, how can I eat so many foods alone? Let's eat together."

Yang En had no choice but to follow Li Ke. Then, Li Ke ordered Chen Qi, "Chen Qi, sit down and have a meal."

"Your Highness, the last general..." Chen Qi said naively.

"I told you to sit down and eat. Where did you come from so much nonsense?" Li Ke showed an unhappy look.

Chen Qi had to sit down, but he did not sit as smoothly as Yang En, but just sat two-thirds of the stool. Li Ke ignored his actions and began to move his chopsticks because he was indeed hungry. After eating a few bites of the dishes, Li Ke suddenly shouted as if he was enlightened: "Wu Hu, Mengshan."

Hou Hu and Mengshan, who were guarding outside the door, heard Li Ke's summons and pushed the door in and said, "What are your orders?"

Li Ke pointed to the empty seat in front of him and said, "You two will sit down together to have dinner with me."

The two were shocked and refused. Li Ke was furious, "Let you sit down and eat, why is the food in my king so much poisonous?"

After Li Ke said this, the two of them did not dare to refuse and sat down obediently. After all, they were humble and rarely valued. Today, Li Ke suddenly let the two of them eat together. The two seemed trembling, just caring about eating with their heads and not daring to pick up food.

Li Ke was amused and felt that the two of them were too respectful to him, so he personally put the chicken legs into their bowls, "You are all my Huwei, how can you just eat rice and not vegetables? Eat these two chicken legs."

The Tang Dynasty focused on aristocratic families, and the children of aristocratic families often had a smooth career and achieved success. However, poor families were despised by the children of aristocratic families and were not open enough in their careers. The dream of poor children like Hou Hu and Mengshan for a lifetime was to be able to stay in a small school to support their families. Now that Li Ke is so respected, he has long been moved to no avail. Two seven-foot-foot men almost shed tears. This is the first time they have been cared for and valued so much, and they are still the dignified prince of the Tang Dynasty.

Then, Li Ke saw Chen Qi looking at him straight, wondering what was wrong with Chen Qi and why he looked at him like this, and couldn't help but ask, "Do you want me to pick up a chicken leg for you?"

"Ah? No, no, I will do it myself." Chen Qi was so confused that he was not sure what to say by Li Ke's words, which made everyone laugh and the atmosphere suddenly became much more lively.

Seeing that Li Ke didn't say anything, Chen Qi quickly clamped two chicken legs and put them in his bowl, for fear that Li Ke would ask him again like he had just happened. This made Yang En, who was sitting next to him, feel the cuteness of this man, so he spoke, "You don't have to be restrained. You have never seen you nervous when you are following His Highness all day. Why are you so restrained when you have a meal with His Highness?"

The three of them also knew about the relationship between Yang En and Li Ke and nodded repeatedly.

Li Ke ignored the three of them and said to Yang En with a smile, "Old Yang, I may want to bother you."

Yang En bowed, "Your Highness, please tell me, I will do my best."

Li Ke glanced at Hou Hu and Mengshan, "Hou Hu and Mengshan are of good qualifications, I hope Mr. Yang can give more advice to them."

As soon as Li Ke said that, the three of them who were still eating with their heads covering their heads suddenly looked at him in unison, especially in Hou Hu and Meng Shan's eyes, there seemed to be tears.

In the early Tang Dynasty, only the children of aristocratic families were able to learn how to shoot the volleys of the lords. Apart from accumulating experience on the battlefield, it was almost impossible for the children of poor families to get such an opportunity. Although Hou Hu and Meng Shan were also good people in the army, who was Yang En? Li Ke’s gun skills teacher asked him to give him some advice. What does this mean? How could the two of them not know? So they were so excited, and Li Ke didn’t find it strange, “What are you two doing while standing? Why don’t you thank Mr. Yang quickly?”

When the two heard Li Ke say this, they thanked Yang En. Yang En generously accepted it and said they could give them guidance. Chen Qi just looked at Li Ke so eagerly. Li Ke knew what he thought and hoped to get Yang En's guidance.

"What are you looking at? You don't need Mr. Yang's advice to eat. I will deal with you well." Li Ke said angrily, "Look at your unpromising look."

Chen Qi was still very excited and said hurriedly, "Thank you, your highness, I will have dinner, I will have dinner."

After dinner, Li Ke and Yang En came to the study. Li Ke asked Yang En to sit down and asked, "Does Mr. Yang have any questions about Ke's arrangement today?"

"I really have this meaning. Please give me some advice," said Yang En.

"Old Yang first help Ke see what this is, and then let's talk about what happened just now." Li Ke said as he took out a waist sign he picked up from his arms on the official road where Chen Qi and the woman in black were fighting.

Yang En took the waist card and asked with a serious expression, "Your Highness, please tell me the truth, where did you find this waist card?"

When Li Ke saw Yang En's serious expression, he knew that he was not unfamiliar with such a waist card, so he told Yang En in detail about the encounter with a woman in black. After hearing this, Yang En was obviously relieved and asked, "Did your Highness know that the emperor has two guards who are not organized by the Tang Dynasty?"

"Please also ask Mr. Yang to inform Ke." Li Ke said modestly.

"Before the Emperor followed the Emperor Taiyuan to raise an army, he had secretly formed a department in charge of intelligence." Yang En said, "Now this department has become a secret investigation department for the Tang Dynasty to treat neighboring countries. It is now under the jurisdiction of the General Changsun Wuji of Zuowuhou, and is called the 'Tang'."

Li Ke suddenly asked, "Does Yang say that this waist card belongs to this member of the 'Tang'?"

"That's right." Yang En said affirmatively, "and looking at the inscriptions and patterns of the waist card, this person is of a very high level."

Li Ke did not expect that the woman in black was actually a person in the intelligence system of the Tang Dynasty and had something to do with Changsun Wuji. He said, "Where is the father who Mr. Yang mentioned that he has a guard?"

"In fact, it cannot be regarded as an escort. The real escort is the hundred cavalry around the emperor." Yang En said.

"Hundreds of horses?" Li Ke asked.

"Yes, it's a hundred cavalry, with less than 500 cavalry." Yang En said, "The emperor formed a cavalry that had been 5,000 people, and the battles between the south and the north were invincible. The five thousand cavalry continued to die in the war, and after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were only 500 people left. In order to commemorate the subordinates who had been through life and death with him, the emperor used them as his own guards and did not allow any newcomers to replenish them. It can be said that if there are real cavalry in the world, the hundreds of cavalry are the kings of cavalry. Each of them came out step by step in the war. Whether it is experience or hard work, they are not comparable to ordinary cavalry."

After hearing Yang En's words, Li Ke had another understanding of the strength of the Tang Dynasty. It turned out that Li Shimin had such two powerful forces. In fact, he knew that Changsun Wuji was in charge of the intelligence department of the Tang Dynasty very early. However, hearing Yang En's words today was beyond his expectations. He did not expect that the power of the intelligence department "Tang" under Changsun Wuji was so powerful.

Seeing that Li Ke didn't say anything, Yang En comforted him, "Actually, your highness doesn't have to worry. The Tang Dynasty is mainly responsible for the information of Turkic Tuyuhun and other surrounding areas. The hundreds of cavalry are just guarding the emperor."

However, Li Ke was not worried about this, but Changsun Wuji, who mastered the "Tang". He always felt that his assassination was related to Changsun Wuji. Although it was hard to explain whether he was involved in it or not. However, this was his intuition. He would rather believe it than neglect it, which would lead to his life in the future.

"Old Yang, today I asked you to give guidance to Hou Hu and Meng Shan to build an intelligence system like "Tang". Today, among so many people, only Chen Qi and the two of them can find this waist card when they are most likely to be neglected, which shows their caution and care for unfamiliar environments. Therefore, I want you to give some advice on martial arts so that they can stand alone in the future."

"Don't worry, your highness, I will definitely live up to your entrustedness." Yang En said, "However, if you set up such a department that is contrary to the imperial system, you still hope to be able to act cautiously so as not to be framed by others and say that you are planning to be ill-intentioned."

"What Mr. Yang taught me is that Ke also thinks so, so I want to ask Mr. Yang to be in charge of this department." After saying that, Li Ke bowed, "I hope Mr. Yang will not refuse."

When Yang En saw Li Ke begging him so much, he thought that if he didn't agree, he would let him do it himself, for fear that something would happen accidentally. After thinking for a moment, he still agreed to Li Ke's request, "I will temporarily agree to your highness's request, but after your highness finds a suitable candidate, don't let your old slave take on this important task anymore."

"It must be certain." Li Ke said happily when he saw Yang En agreeing to his request, he didn't care whether he was temporarily or permanently in charge.
Chapter completed!