Chapter 48: Escape
The originally very quiet hall of the assassin was roared by Li Qing, and the Tang Dynasty soldiers who had originally retreated in the distance knelt together, although they obeyed the orders of the old man, but they were always loyal to the Tang Dynasty in their hearts. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
They have no complaints or regrets about the horse leather shroud, but if they disobey the emperor's orders and make a move against the Li Tang royal family, the sense of justice in their hearts does not allow them to do so.
It is precisely because of this that when Li Qing took out the holy decree before, they chose to retreat, but now in the face of Li Qing's questioning, coupled with the disobedience to the holy decree and the rebellion against the imperial court, the big hat is buttoned down, not to mention only them, I am afraid that even their superiors can't afford it, not to mention whether they can withstand the sanctions of the imperial court, just the spitting of all the people in the world is enough to drown them.
Therefore, at this moment, they chose to obey the holy order and stood on the side of the country, and therefore went against the wishes of their immediate boss the old man, and the assassin who was surrounding the front saw that the sergeant behind him chose to obey the holy decree, and immediately knelt down one after another, without looking at their top boss (in fact, you don't need to look to know that the old man's face must be very ugly at this moment!). ļ¼
"No way, no one can afford to disobey the emperor's orders and rebel against the court", even if they really didn't mean to disobey the court, but the mouth was on the face of the young man in Xuanyi in front of him, and it wasn't that people could say whatever they wanted, and if they made someone unhappy, it was estimated that he would make his whole family unhappy, and everyone didn't have the slightest doubt about this.
went against the old man's wishes, at most he could not get through the official luck, and it was a big deal to go home and farm at that time, at least he had a small life; But if it contradicts the opinion of the young man in front of him, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as the official luck is not working, and when the time comes, a charge of "rebellion" will be deducted, which is a big crime for the destruction of the nine clans, not only that, but also end up with a stinking end for 10,000 years.
No one wants to put the life of the whole family in the hands of their immediate bosses, although they do things for the elderly, but they do not have the responsibility to live and die for the elderly.
Seeing that he was about to succeed in an instant, who would have thought that the young man in Xuanyi in front of him didn't know where to take out a scroll of holy decrees, and suddenly the wind and clouds suddenly changed, and the original upper hand disappeared in a moment, seeing the people kneeling in front of him, the old man knew that this confrontation was completely planted, planted in the hands of a young man in his early twenties.
But the old man did not admit defeat, and still asked with a fluke mentality: "This matter is not trivial, since Your Excellency claims to be His Royal Highness King Shou, but there is no basis for your words, if Your Excellency wants to convince everyone, you naturally have to come up with evidence, and you can't just talk nonsense, just want to convince everyone that you are not right?" This time, the old man's attitude was very tactful, and now the old man is seven or eight points sure, and he can be sure that the young man in front of him is His Royal Highness the eighteenth son of Emperor Xuanzong, because of this, the old man did not dare to be as decisive as just now.
With the vicious eyes of the old man, he naturally found that the holy decree held by the young man just now was exactly the same as the holy decree of Emperor Xuanzong who decreed that he should be the assassin of Qizhou.
At this moment, the old man only hopes that the young man in front of him is not King Shou, even if he knows that this possibility is very low, the old man originally suspected that even if he looked at the five top gate valves in Chang'an, it would be difficult to have such an elite army to escort the children of the family.
Knowing that the old man did not give up, Li Qing quickly took out the prince's gold medal from his arms to prove his identity, which was exactly the same as the token that was "displayed" at the Chang'an City Gate last time, the front of the token was engraved with the word "Mao", and under the hat was a fire-breathing unicorn, lifelike, and the back was engraved with two big characters of "eighteen", the token was not big, only accounting for one-half of the palm area.
At this moment, Li Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the old man did not doubt the authenticity of the holy decree, but doubted his identity, if it were not for this, the old man's Li Qing was really not easy to fool.
Seeing the token in Li Qing's hand, the last trace of luck in the old man's heart was also annihilated, until this moment, the old man was finally defeated, defeated and had no power to fight back, seeing the gold medal in Li Qing's hand, the old man was stunned for a long time, after a while, a light sigh, and finally recognized the situation in front of him, the old man knelt down on Li Qing's knees, and said slowly: "Xiaguan see His Royal Highness King Shou, King Shou's request, Xiaguan will definitely meet, but three thousand taels of silver, the amount is extraordinary, please Your Highness grace for three days, three days later, The lower official must personally send three thousand taels of silver to His Highness. ā
The old man's concession did not make Li Qing's heart soften, and the flat voice lingered in the ears of everyone present: "Before noon tomorrow, if you don't raise three thousand taels of silver, this king will definitely punish the prince on the spot, I believe that this king, with the respect of a king, and the right to observe the power to deal with an ordinary person who robbed the people on the street and besieged the court officials, is still easy!" There was no negotiating tone in the words.
Don't pretend to be pitiful to this king, it's okay to deceive others with these tricks of yours, but if you use it on this king, then I don't know if you're stupid or I'm stupid? Others say what "a year to stab Shi Ren, 100,000 snowflakes of silver", and some people say "Assassin Shi Yamen opens to the south, don't come in if you have no money".
The old man, who was originally still bitter, saw Li Qing speak like this, and the old man's face finally changed, I really don't know where the young prince in front of him heard so many things that shouldn't be heard, when did such a "demonic" prince appear in the court, why didn't he know? ā
I thought that since the other party was a prince, no matter how deep the city government was, it must be the lord who didn't know the suffering of the people, and was coaxed by himself to divide five by two, and in the end, even if it was a big thing, it was not the result that it couldn't be solved.
Who could have known that the person in front of him was not only very deep in the city, but also so "down-to-earth", even if he was ashamed of his understanding of the common people and the darkness of officialdom. At this moment, the only word that can describe the young man in front of him can only be appropriate with the two words "demon".
Helpless, the old man had no choice but to say helplessly: "At noon tomorrow, the lower official will definitely personally send three thousand taels of silver to the prince!" "To be honest, although the amount of three thousand taels is huge, it is still not a problem for the old man, and the old man can still take it, although the process may be very painful!
In fact, Li Qing didn't want to give the old man time, but if Li Qing really waited in Qizhou City for three days for three thousand taels of silver, I am afraid that after three days, Li Qing and the others would not have to leave, because by that time, the prince's pursuers had already arrived, and then he would not only face the prince's pursuers but also the soldiers of Qizhou City.
Although the status of the prince is noble, but after all, it is not as high and powerful as the crown prince, and when the time comes, the embarrassed and angry Qizhou assassin will definitely do his best to assist the prince and his party to intercept and kill him, and take the opportunity to lean on the big tree of the prince, how could Li Qing put his party in such a dangerous situation? It is precisely because of this that Li Qing will be so unyielding.
The old man gave in, and Li Qing finally knew that he had finally won this confrontation. Afraid that the old man would see some flaws, Li Qing was also anxious to get out of this place of right and wrong, so he opened his mouth and said slowly to the old man: "The matter has come to this, I don't know if this king can leave now?" ā
Seeing Li Qing ask like this, the old man hurriedly replied: "Of course, of course, King Shou is good!" At this moment, the old man is eager for the "demon" in front of him to leave early, for fear that the other party will change his mind and suddenly change the original three thousand taels to five thousand taels or eight thousand taels, and the old man will not be able to find a place to cry at that time...
The old man had already replied, Li Qing naturally did not hesitate to take the hand of the beautiful woman behind him and walked out of the hall, and said as he walked: "That king and Ling Gongzi "hit it off at first sight, and they knew each other late", tonight this king planned to have a long talk with Ling Gongzi, so Ling Gongzi and this king took it away together! ā
After the words fell, Li Qing and the two had already walked out of the hall under the escort of the Qinglong Guard, looking at the sunset outside that dyed half of the sky red, Li Qing smiled easily, very sunny, and there was no longer the gloomy cunning of the old man who had just faced!
Regarding Li Qing's words, the old man smiled numbly, and could only scold secretly in his heart: "The bullshit hit it off at first sight, it's not that I want to keep a hostage, I want Lao Tzu to send money quickly!" ā