Chapter 64: The Killing Begins 10
"Grandmother, my grandson won't accompany you, let's talk about the meal another day!" Li Hong is not stupid, so he naturally does not want to fall into the trap of the Yang family. He has never fought with the Yang family, but a widow of the Yang family can still pull the Wuhou sisters to grow up under the oppression of her uncles and nephews, which is enough to show that she is not described by the words "old woman".
"Your Highness, isn't this..."The Yang family was about to start reprimanding, explaining filial piety to Li Hong, making it difficult for Li Hong to refuse himself, but Li Hong stopped him, "Grandmother, do you really want to do this?" β
Because the secret in Yang's heart is related to Empress Wu, she believes that her daughter will definitely stand on her side, so Yang said fearlessly, "What? Does His Highness also want to put the old body in prison? β
Li Hong smiled, he didn't dare to put the Yang family in prison, but the Yang family wanted to punish himself with the sword of the martial queen so unrelentingly, and he didn't have anything to say, so he sneered, "How can my grandson make such a rebellious move?" β
Seeing that Li Hong was so knowledgeable, the Yang family was secretly happy, so he listened to Li Hong continue, "However, Helan Minzhi embezzled the taxes of the East and West Cities, and the Zhou Duchy's Mansion found stolen silver, and the Guogong as evidence naturally needs to be protected from being damaged, and the people of the Guogong Mansion must also be protected from being harmed. β
Speaking of this, the corners of Li Hong's mouth rose slightly, revealing a faint smile and said, "I'm afraid my grandmother won't be able to enter the palace to meet the queen motherβ"
As soon as his voice fell, before the Yang clan could react, he said to Chen Gong, "Chen Gong, immediately send someone to block the Guogong Mansion, you can't let anyone in the mansion leave, and they are all important witnesses, you have to protect them, don't let them have any mistakes." β
When Yang heard this, he knew what Li Hong was going to do, this was to put himself under house arrest and buy time! Thinking like this, Yang was anxious, and he was about to open his mouth to reprimand loudly. But after Li Hong gave the order, he stopped paying attention to her and strode out of the hall.
Yang was about to chase after Li Hong to argue, but as soon as he stepped out of the door of the main hall, he was stopped by the prince's personal guards.
This time was not like the last time Chen Gong stopped the Yang family, the personal guard put two horizontal knives in front of the Yang family, feeling the cold murderous aura emanating from the knife, Yang's body froze, and she could only watch Li Hong stride out of the Zhou Principality's mansion...
"Minyue, what did you tell the prince?" Yang saw that Helan Minyue was also imprisoned in the mansion, so he asked her. She was very curious about the change in Li Hong's attitude towards He Lanminzhi after He Minyue talked to Li Hong.
Helan Minyue's method of threatening Li Hong is her killer weapon, how can she tell others? He smiled faintly and said, "It's nothing, grandmother, you think too much." β
What is Helan Minyue's identity, the Yang family naturally knows that offending Helan Minyue is to make Gaozong unhappy, so that the Yang family will not be so stupid, seeing that Helan Minyue does not speak, she will no longer ask.
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"Your Highness, do you really want to block the Principality of Zhou's Mansion?" Out of the Guogong Mansion, Chen Gong asked Li Hong.
Li Hong said with a smile, "How can it be, it won't be long before the queen mother's decree will be issued, and it will be rumored that the Yang family still has a lone palace face saint, and we are now sealing the mansion, just to buy time for ourselves." β
Chen Gong nodded slightly, understanding the meaning of Li Hong's words.
"Your Highness, are we going back to the palace now, or are we going to Chang'an County?" Yan Zhuang asked.
"Go back to the palace." Li Hong said, "It's enough for Chang'an County to have Zhang Khan Zhi, Li Qiao and Luo Binwang, let's wait for their news!" β
Since the case was handed over to Zhang Cambodia, Li Qiao, and Luo Binwang, Li Hong was naturally reluctant to intervene, because he believed in the ability of the three of them, and he also believed that he would be able to win the respect of the three of them for him.
It's just that Li Hong suddenly stopped after walking a few steps, he turned back to Zhou Xing who was following behind him and said, "Why, are you so sullen that you have something to say to Gu?" β
"I... Your Highness, my sister is still in the Principality of Zhou's mansion. Zhou Xing said cautiously.
Li Langjun, who used to chat with him and came to their store, became His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. The worlds of difference in Li Hong's identity have made Zhou Xing not slow down until now-
"Rest assured, she's been sent back." Li Hong smiled faintly.
When Li Hong's guards searched Zhou Guogong's mansion, they found Zhou Xing who was tied up by five flowers in the firewood room of Guogong's mansion, and escorted Zhou Xing to Li Hong, who told Li Hong about being kidnapped by Helan Minzhi to blackmail Zhou Juan. After Li Hong arrested Helan Minzhi, he sent someone from the Chang'an County Ya to release Zhou Juan and send her back to the store.
He doesn't want to disclose his identity to Zhou Juan now, so it is the safest way to let the people from Chang'an County to solve Zhou Juan, and then let them send Zhou Juan back.
"Really?" Zhou Xing was overjoyed, and asked cautiously, "Then how should I tell my sister when I go back?" β
"What do you want to say?" Li Hong said with a smile.
The current Zhou Xing has not become a cool official in history, he is still a humble scholar who only wants to lift the lintel and shine again. Therefore, when talking to Li Hong, there are not too many city governments, and they still say whatever they have to say.
"What do you want to say?" Li Hong asked.
"I, I don't know!" Zhou Xing said worriedly.
Zhou Xing is not stupid, he knows that he concealed his identity before, and when he came to their restaurant to eat, he just didn't want people to know his identity. Now that he knows the identity of the prince, telling his sister or not has become a big problem in his heart.
"Lone doesn't want to hide it from you, but if he doesn't hide it from you, can you treat Lone like an ordinary person?" Li Hong asked. Seeing that Zhou Xing didn't dare to talk, he continued, "Naturally, it's impossible. In this case, you can only know the identity of Lone, so why bother to say it? β
Zhou Xing is smart and clever, as soon as Li Hong said this, he knew what to do, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, Zhou Xing knows what to do." β
"Hmm!" Li Hong nodded slightly and said, "Today's imperial examination in July, Gu hopes that you can pass the examination, and then you will come to Gu's side to run errands!" β
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Zhou Xing said overjoyed.
Even if a scholar from a poor family is admitted to the imperial examination, if he wants to get a half-official position, or a good position, he still needs the recommendation of a big man. Even if Zhou Xing was in the imperial examination high school, but without the recommendation of the big man, he could only be awarded the last petty official, and it was difficult to make a difference. But now it's different, he has been appreciated by the prince, and he can still serve the prince. Zhou Xing didn't dare to think about this opportunity, he just knew that as long as he accompanied the prince seriously, when the prince ascended the throne and became the emperor in the future, he would definitely be a great minister.
"Go back quickly, don't let your sister worry!" Li Hong said.
"No!" Zhou Xing said excitedly, and said goodbye to Li Hong and strode away.
"Why does His Highness look at Zhou Xing so differently?" Yan Zhuang asked puzzled.
"His future achievements are limitless!" Li Hong said lightly, and didn't explain more, because as long as he knew that as long as he used Zhou Xing well, this cool official would definitely play a vital role in his battle with Empress Wu in the future.
Li Hong returned to the East Palace, and before he had time to wash, he saw Li Duoqi panting to see him.
"How's your business going?" Li Hong asked when he saw Li Duoqi.
"Back to His Royal Highness, he killed 300 dead soldiers, and the capture of the enemy's leader and martial friends has been handed over to the Chang'an County Ya." Li Duoqi took a deep breath and replied.
Since this investigation is mainly based on the Chang'an County Ya, all the human and material evidence about Helan Minzhi should be handed over to the Chang'an County Ya, so Li Duoqi handed over the captive Wu Youzhi to the Chang'an County Ya for care.
Besides, the county magistrate of the Chang'an County Ya has been arrested, and the master Bo is assisting him in investigating the case, just with a Cui County order, Li Hong also feels that he doesn't dare to do anything under his nose, so he is more at ease to put everything in the Chang'an County Ya.
"How many people did the guards die in battle?" Li Hong asked. That's what he's most concerned about. The Forward Guard and the Xiao Cavalry Guard are the two directly subordinate pro-armies he just formed, and today Li Duoqi killed Helan Minzhi's dead soldiers, and he used a thousand iron horses. One thousand against three hundred, Li Hong really wanted to know how the combat effectiveness of his own personal guard was.
"Eighty killed and one hundred and twenty wounded." Li Duoqi said in a low voice, not daring to face Li Hong.
"Why are there so many losses?" Li Hong asked.
"They defended with bows and arrows on the estate, and we had a lot of resistance when we attacked." Li Duoqi said.
"Bow and arrowβ" Li Hong said in a low voice. He thought of the rain of arrows that the Assassins had shot at him as he was ambushed. This bow and arrow is a powerful weapon for long-range attacks!
"Don't the Strikers and Horsemen practice bows and arrows?" Li Hong asked puzzled. Do you not do anything when the other person shoots you with a bow and arrow, but stands still and lets someone shoot you?
"Practice, it's just that there are no good bow and arrow instructors, and their archery skills are relatively poor!" Li Duoqi said embarrassedly.
"Li Duoqi, Lone's personal guards, they can not only fight on horse, but also on foot, not only with accurate archery, but also with superb knife skills. Do you know what it means to be lonely? Li Hong said in a stern tone.
As his direct personal soldier, his ability in the bow and arrow is too poor, and Li Hongke is very dissatisfied.
"The last general understands!" Li Duoqi commanded.
"You said that there is no good instructor and can't teach them to practice archery, do you have a suitable candidate?" Li Hong asked.
"There is a person, I'm afraid that he won't come to the East Palace to be the head of archery!" Li Duoqi hesitated, and seeing that the prince's face was a little displeased, he immediately replied simply, "Your Highness, Xue Rengui's son Xue Na's archery skills are deep in his father's essence, if he is killed..."
"Him!" Li Hong suddenly realized, before Li Duoqi finished speaking, he smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter, leave it to Lone!" β
"Really?" Li Duoqi didn't expect the prince to invite the son of Xue Rengui, who set the Tianshan Mountain with three arrows, to the East Palace to be the head of the archery of the personal guard iron horseman, so he was overjoyed and didn't know what to say, but he also had a sense of proportion, seeing that the prince's face was pale, he said very interestingly, "Thank you, Your Highness!" β
"If there's nothing else to do, you can go down!" Li Hong said.
"No!" Li Duoqi received the order, bowed and left.
PS: Today, I'm going to say three things here:
The first thing is that I wrote a scene between Yang and Helan Minzhi before, because of the recent inspection, I am not sure whether it will touch the bottom line, and the third child is ready to delete that paragraph.
The second thing is,The unfavorable update in the past two days is the problem of the third child himself.,The code word has been very unsmooth.,And there are problems with feelings.γ I thought about not writing about it, but after thinking about it again, the third child still felt that he should continue to write. At the very least, the book should be written to the end, and it can be done if the website does not require it to be cut in half. Because the third child knows that there is still a group of readers who are silently supporting the third child, you have never left the third child in the most difficult time, and you are still by the third child's side, which is enough!
The third thing is that future updates will be guaranteed, because the third child has broken QQ and won't go back to chat like before. Because hey! Let's not talk about it! I just want to thank you all for not giving up!