The next day, Lu Dongzan and Sang Xiong and their group went to visit Li Ke.

Because Lu Dongzan knew that since he and his group entered Liangzhou City, Li Ke was in Liangzhou City. He was the Northern King of the Tang Dynasty, and his group would go to see him no matter how hard he was. Besides, Li Ke invited their delegation to the banquet to the evening, and he politely rejected Li Ke's kindness. He thought Li Ke must be uncomfortable. He could not anger the prince who holds real power in the Tang Dynasty, so he should have visited him in person.

However, Lu Dongzan and Sang Xiong arrived at the general's mansion early in the morning and heard the black-clad Eagle Guard outside the mansion say that His Highness Beiwang has gone out of the city to hunt and is not at the mansion, so they will come again in the afternoon.

Lu Dongzan and Sang Xiong were both very clear. This was because they did not attend the banquet last night, so Li Ke intended to make things difficult for him. However, although they were angry, they had no choice but to leave in disappointment. However, when Sang Xiong left the general's mansion, he couldn't help but look at the Eagle Guards a few more times. As the general on the battlefield, he knew very well that the four Eagle Guards guarding outside the gate seemed very ordinary, but their temperament and the faint murderous aura emitted were definitely something that veterans of hundreds of wars could have. Moreover, he saw clearly that the swords and armor on the four Eagle Guards were of first-class workmanship. Such armor could only be worthy of being in Tubo.

Lu Dongzan and Sang Xiong were walking back to the inn by car. Lu Dongzan thought about what Li Ke meant, what was his intention and purpose of doing so. Sang Xiong was still thinking about the matter of the Eagle Guard, and Sang Xiong felt depressed. Thinking of the Eagle Guard's armor and sword, only the ten thousand men's captains were worn by among the Tubo elite cavalry, but in Li Ke, he became the soldier who guarded the gate for him. Sang Xiong felt depressed when he thought of this. Another point was that a elite cavalry like the Eagle Guard was also the candidate for the Thousand Mars and the ten thousand men's captains in Tubo, but in Li Ke's eyes, he dominated himself to guard the gate.

Sang Xiong suddenly became confused!

Because, it really is difficult for him to see through Li Ke!

When he returned to the inn, Lu Dongzan discussed with Sang Xiong and decided to visit Li Ke in the afternoon or evening in order not to cause trouble, and to say goodbye to Li Ke, and continue on the way to Chang'an the next day.

However, when the two of them came to the general's mansion again in the afternoon and evening, the answer they received was that His Highness Beiwang had not returned to the mansion yet.

Lu Dongzan and Sang Xiong had no choice but to return to Guanshi in anger.

The next day, early in the morning, before dawn, Lu Dongzan and Sang Xiong came to the General's Mansion to meet Li Ke.

However, when the two were in a bad mood, the guards said that the Northern King did not return to the city last night.

Lu Dongzan and Sang Xiong's faces flushed and they were very angry.

However, what can I do if I am angry? Li Ke is not in the mansion, who will give you anger? You won’t be with the Eagle Guard who is guarding the gate?

So, the two of them discussed for a while on the road and decided to go to the military camp to meet Xu Jingzong, say goodbye to him, and continue to head towards Chang'an.

The two came all the way to the big tent of Xu Jingzong, a military camp in Liangzhou. When they heard the guards at the gate say that the military service Sima was busy handling military affairs, they asked the two to wait. The two waited at the gate for an hour.

Just as the two were impatient to wait, the guards led the two of them to the tent of Xu Jingzong in the military camp. Seeing Xu Jingzong chatting with Sun Erlang, they were having a happy chat, and they didn't look like they had any military affairs at all.

At that time, Sang Xiong was angry and wanted to come forward to question Xu Jingzong what this meant.

Then, Lu Dongzan quickly grabbed him and stopped him from his impulse.

Lu Dongzan knew very well that without Li Ke, the number of Xu Jingzong here is the most powerful. Although he is just a military Sima, his confidant Li Ke's secrets must be handled by him!

Therefore, Lu Dongzan politely saluted Xu Jingzong.

"Oh - Da Xiang, I just discussed military affairs with General Sun, and I have been waiting for you for a long time! Please sit down!" Xu Jingzong said with a faint smile.

Lu Dongzan and Sang Xiong sat down.

"There is no good tea in the military camp, don't be polite, you two!" Xu Jingzong said when he saw the guards serve tea.

"Xu Sima, I don't know when His Highness Bei Wang can return to the city when he can shoot hunting?" Lu Dongzan asked.

"Master, Your Highness has never had a certain return date for hunting, and it depends entirely on his own interests. Moreover, in addition to Your Highness Bei, there are His Highness Xiwang and his cousin Rencheng Prince Li Zong. I guess it will be difficult for them to return to the city in a short time." Xu Jingzong said seriously.

"When His Highness Beiwang was not in Liangzhou City, who was in charge of Liangzhou City?" Lu Dongzan continued to ask.

"I was lucky enough to be trusted by Your Highness to handle military affairs in Liangzhou!" Xu Jingzong said lightly.

"Xu Sima, you know that we have to go to Chang'an and can't stay in Liangzhou City for a long time. The date of His Highness Beiwang's return has not been clear, but we cannot delay it for too long. Therefore, we wanted to say goodbye to Xu Sima and ask Xu Sima to tell His Highness, saying that when Lu Dongzan returned to Tubo, he passed by Liangzhou and apologized to His Highness." Lu Dongzan's tone was very tactful.

"Da Xiang, if you want to leave Liangzhou City, I can understand your current mood, and I don't want to stop you. But you really can't leave." Xu Jingzong said in embarrassment.

"Why is this?" Lu Dongzan asked in surprise.

"Because, you know that the Eagle Guards and Wolf Cavalry Camp in Liangzhou City only listen to the order of His Highness, and they are ordered to be responsible for the safety of your group. Without His Highness's order, they will not let you go!" Xu Jingzong said embarrassedly.

"What does Xu Sima mean?" Sang Xiong asked in an unhappy tone.

Seeing Lu Dongzan frowning, he clearly realized that he had encountered difficulties as soon as he was released.

"General Sangxiong, my words are very clear, that is, I do not have the right to mobilize the Eagle Guards and the Wolf Cavalry Camp, and I do not have the right to issue their orders to let them let you go." Xu Jingzong said in an unkind tone, "General Sangxiong has been in the military for a long time, so he should naturally be clear about the military orders! As the chief general of the Northwest marching and the commander of the Northwest Army, how could his orders be changed by me without authorization?"

"Xu Sima calms down, Xu Sima, General Sangxiong doesn't mean that, then do you see if you can be harmonious!" Lu Dongzan said in a kind tone.

"Master, I am just a military Sima, and I have no right to mobilize troops!" Xu Jingzong said in embarrassment, "You know that even if Your Highness comes out of the city and hand over Liangzhou to me, General Sun is responsible for the city defense. I am only responsible for government and military affairs, and I have no right to mobilize troops at all, let alone ordering his Highness's personal guards?"

In fact, Lu Dongzan also knew that if there was no Li Ke's order, Xu Jingzong would really not have the right to mobilize troops.

However, he was unwilling to let Xu Jingzong be compatible.

But in the end, it still doesn't work!

After leaving the Liangzhou military camp, Sang Xiong said angrily to Xu Jingzong, "Master, this clearly Li Ke is trying to make things difficult for us. When he won't take off hunting, he went out to hunting when we came to Liangzhou City."

"General Sangxiong, it's all my fault!" Lu Dongzan said lightly, "If Li Ke had invited us to the banquet that day and we would have gone to the banquet that night, maybe there would be no such trouble in the past few days!"

"Hmph——" Sang Xiong still said angrily, "This is not your fault, it is clearly Li Ke's fault!"

However, what could they do when the two were angry? Li Ke from Liangzhou City had the final say. Without his orders, how could Lu Dongzan and his party leave the city?

On other people's territory, if you don't have the strength, you can only pretend to be a grandson!

In this way, Lu Dongzan and Sang Xiong went to the General's Mansion to visit Li Ke every day in the next few days, but the answer they got was the same, that is, His Highness Bei Wang had not returned from hunting.


Chapter completed!