Chapter 24: Shock
"Stop! ~~" Just when Li Chengming was about to make a move, suddenly there was a loud shout from among the bushes, not only Li Chengming, but also those guards and the dozens of people besieging them.
Everyone forgot about it, and saw a figure appear in the woods, who was it not Luo Ning?
However, Li Chengming stood on the tree and saw more than these people, and he saw that behind Luo Ning, there were ten guards who came out together this time, all of whom were hiding behind the tree.
Seeing this scene, Li Chengming raised his eyebrows, and the action of throwing out the detonation charm in his hand also paused.
"Whoever comes, report the name to Ben!" Seeing the clothes Luo Ning was wearing, a look of suspicion flashed on the general's face, and he turned around and walked directly to the front of the crowd, greeted Luo Ning, and then shouted.
Luo Ning took a careful look at the general in front of him, and then suddenly hugged his fists and said, "The one in front is Xue Wanche, the deputy commander of the Qi King's Protector Army, and the Xue commander?" ”
Hearing Luo Ning's words, Xue Wanche couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then nodded, "Yes, this general is Xue Wanche, who are you?" ”
"It turns out that it is really Commander Xue, the last general of the East Palace is preparing for Luo Ning, and he has seen Commander Xue?" Seeing that he didn't recognize the wrong person, Luo Ning couldn't help but feel happy on his face, and hurriedly hugged his fists.
The reason why Luo Ning showed joy on his face was because in Luo Ning's concept, the relationship between the Prince's Mansion and the Qi Wangfu has always been very good, and Li Yuanji, the King of Qi, has always supported the Crown Prince Li Jiancheng, and the two are natural allies.
And Li Chengming, who was hidden in the tree, heard the conversation between Luo Ning and Xue Wanche below, and his eyes couldn't help but flash a gleam.
Xue Wanche knew this, after all, he had read some materials in the Zhenguan period, this Xue Wanche was the son of Xue Shixiong, a general of the Sui Dynasty, and later followed Luo Yi, the commander of Zhuo County, to raise troops against Sui, and later returned to the Tang Dynasty.
During the "Xuanwu Gate Change", Xue Wanche united the soldiers and horses of the East Palace to storm the Xuanwu Gate after learning the news. However, the Xuanwu Gate had been captured by Li Shimin, and it could not be attacked for a while, so Xue Wanche led the army to attack Li Shimin's old nest, the Qin Palace.
It's a pity that Li Shimin is old and treacherous, there is a garrison in the palace of the king of Qin, and he did not take it down for a while, and then Wei Chigong came with the heads of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and the soldiers of the East Palace and the palace of Qi broke up at once, and Xue Wanche also saw that he could not do anything, so he led dozens of cronies to flee into the Nanshan.
Recalling some of Xue Wanche's information, Li Chengming also understood why Xue Wanche was here now.
"You're not the East Palace Reserve? So they are the guards of the East Palace? Hearing Luo Ning's words, a gleam flashed in Xue Wanche's eyes, and then he said.
"Exactly!" Luo Ning nodded and said, "I don't know why Commander Xue is here, could it be that General Xue is also ......?"
"Yes, the King of Qin suddenly rebelled yesterday, and the general originally led the soldiers and horses of the Qi Palace's Mansion and the soldiers and horses of the East Palace to rescue him, but unfortunately His Royal Highness the Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Qi have been poisoned by the King of Qin, and the General was outnumbered, so he could only escape into the mountains while leaving Chang'an." After a pause, Xue Wanche said, "Since you are the guards of the East Palace, will you be here?" Could it be that King Qin rebelled yesterday, and there were nobles in the prince's mansion who escaped? ”
"This ......"
"Yes, they fled here with the protection of this king." Just when Luo Ning was thinking about how to answer, suddenly a light and immature voice came from above everyone's heads.
"Who?" Hearing this voice, Xue Wanche and his cronies were startled, and looked for a voice, and then their pupils shrank suddenly, and a look of disbelief appeared on their faces.
In their eyes, they saw a child dressed in a gorgeous costume who looked like he was only about five or six years old, and he didn't know when he appeared on a big tree not far away.
Of course, this was not the reason for their shock, but they were shocked that the child, who looked to be only five or six years old, was sitting directly on the trunk of the tree, at an angle of 90 degrees to the trunk, as if an ordinary person was standing on the ground.
"See Your Highness!" Seeing Li Chengming who suddenly appeared, Luo Ning and the others were first shocked, and then they were happy, and directly knelt on the ground and said.
"Your Highness?!" Hearing Luo Ning's words, Xue Wan came back to his senses, and then looked at Li Chengming who was standing on the tree suspiciously.
"Why, doesn't General Xue know this king?" Li Chengming put his hands behind his back, and then suddenly walked to the ground step by step, with a smile on his face.
Xue Wanche naturally knows Li Chengming, after all, this is the son-in-law of the crown prince Li Jiancheng, although he is not the eldest son, but if Li Jiancheng succeeds to the throne in the future, this is the prince of the Tang Dynasty.
It's just that, seeing Li Chengming walking down from a high place step by step on the trunk of a tree like walking on the ground, Xue Wanche was secretly shocked in his heart, his eyes flashed, and then he suddenly knelt on the ground like Luo Ning, and bowed, "The last general, Xue Wanche, has seen the king of Runan County!" ”
"Meet the !! of the King of Runan County" Seeing that even Xue Wanche was kneeling, dozens of cronies behind Xue Wanche looked at each other, and then they all knelt down and shouted loudly.
Walking down from the trunk step by step, looking at Xue Wanche and dozens of other people who were bowing down below, the corners of Li Chengming's mouth couldn't help but raise a smile.
Naturally, he just appeared like this to pretend to be forced, although he was indeed pretending, but his original intention was not to be so.
His original intention was to deter, to deter Xue Wanche and dozens of other people below, so that they would feel unfathomable at the first sight of him.
And the reason why this is the case is naturally not to pretend to be forced, really, he really didn't think about pretending to be forced, but to see if he could subdue Xue Wanche and others.
Now although Xue Wanche and others have fled into Nanshan, Li Chengming has seen a little bit of history about Xue Wanche and knows that after he fled into Nanshan, after Li Shimin came in to recruit him several times, Xue Wanche finally returned to Li Shimin's arms and became Li Shimin's general.
In other words, don't look at Xue Wanche who not only led troops to attack Xuanwumen during the Xuanwu Gate Change, but also led troops to attack Qin Wangfu, which can be regarded as a relatively loyal princeling.
However, when the crown prince and the king of Qi died, the so-called loyalty naturally went down the drain.
Only the living are entitled to the loyalty of others, and the dead, hehe!
Of course, the current Xue Wanche may have plans to change his course after seeing the deaths of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, but he will not switch to Li Shimin so easily when he has not really seen Li Shimin control the entire Tang Dynasty.
It is precisely because of this that when he saw that the general in front of him was the famous Xue Wanche in the future, Li Chengming came up with such a show, in addition to deterring these people, he also had the intention of seeing if he could subdue these people.
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