"Take off the scarf, put down the weapons in your hands, and put your hands behind your head." Fang Feng warned coldly as he looked at the only five people left in the encirclement.
Seeing that several people were motionless and unable to take the crossbow in the hands of a soldier on the side, he aimed at a masked man in black and shot an arrow. The arrow left only an afterimage in everyone's eyes. The man in black reacted and the arrow hit his shoulder.
"Ah..." The masked man in black who was shot cried out involuntarily.
He didn't even see clearly how the arrow flew in front of him. He only felt as if his shoulder had been punched hard, and then he felt a numbness and pain all over his body.
"This is the last warning." Unable to finish his words, the arrow shot out, and the man in black was instantly hit by an arrow in the other shoulder.
He couldn't always speak in a calm tone, and no matter what he did, it seemed to be an extremely normal thing. Although his tone was calm at the moment, it was filled with an icy chill that made several people get goosebumps.
Li Hong looked at it from a distance for a few times, then looked back at the endless, winding and rugged road ahead. After thinking about it for a while, he finally decided to step forward to see if those people were the Wang Kang and the Wang family of Jinyang Wang family that he had guessed. Wang Jing.
Surrounded by a crowd of people, just as he walked to the encirclement, there were rapid footsteps behind him. When Li Hong looked just now, he had already seen Yangwu and the others on the way.
He sighed silently in his heart, and then Yangwu appeared in front of him and said to him respectfully: "Your Highness, Your Majesty has a decree to ask the servants to take them back for trial."
Li Hong shook his head, looked at Yang Wu and said, "Are you hiding somewhere? Just waiting for my people to subdue them, and then you can come out and rob them?"
"I don't dare. I am following His Majesty's order." Yang Wu said as he carefully took out a crystal pendant from his arms. It was the first crystal dragon pendant that Li Hong gave to Li Zhi. .
Li Zhi treasures this pendant very much, although he doesn't wear it often anymore, and he also knows that the price of this crystal has begun to be slightly lower than the price of the jade pendant, and it is no longer as precious as it was at the beginning.
But Li Zhi cherished the piece that Li Hong gave him to his bones. He would take it out and look through it from time to time, with a look of satisfaction and pride on his face. He would never let anyone touch it at will. Even Wu Mei rarely could. Hold it and turn it over.
As time went on, Li Zhi unknowingly turned this crystal pendant into an extremely important token that could represent himself.
So slowly, an unwritten rule was formed in the court. Seeing this crystal pendant was equivalent to receiving the emperor's order.
Among the officials in the court, naturally some people used this crystal pendant, and vague rumors have begun to spread. This is the emperor's firm support for Li Hong as the crown prince. Some even say that His Majesty attaches great importance to this crystal pendant. In fact, It was a signal to delegate power to the prince.
Li Hong had naturally heard of these rumors. At this moment, he looked at Yang Wu taking out the crystal pendant. He curled his lips angrily. He was still a step too late. It seemed that his father and mother already knew. Inside information.
Impatiently, he waved his hand to Yang Wu to put away the crystal pendant. He looked at the five people in the circle who had untied their scarves and put their hands behind their heads. They were squatting on the ground. As expected, they were Wang Kang, Wang Jing and Wei Ying. .
The other two were Turks, whom Li Hong did not know. He turned around and asked, "Who are they?"
A troubled expression flashed across Yang Wu's face. Among the instructions His Majesty gave him was to try not to let the little brat ask more questions about the identities of the two people. If you ask, you don't have to answer.
When they were talking about it, Wu Mei curled her lips and poured cold water on her: "Ask Yang Wu if he has the guts to reject that little brat?"
"His Royal Highness, Your Majesty and the Queen are in Zongsheng Palace now. They already know that you left Chang'an city without permission..." Yang Wu reluctantly changed the subject, hinting to Li Hong not to ask.
"Haha, Yang Wu, you are so capable. They already know that I have gone beyond the boundaries of Chang'an City. Do you think I can escape this beating when I go back? I can't escape. Why don't I let you have fun now if I can't escape? Son? Hurry up and tell me what you know, or I'll beat you up! No, I'll kill you now!" Li Hong threatened.
"Your Highness, I forgive you. I know I was wrong. Your Highness, please don't embarrass me. I won't tell you even if I die. These two people are Ashinat, the son of Ashina Hubo, the former Khan of the East Turks." Le's two cronies, Mu Kun and Ge Luo Lu, looked like they were sacrificing themselves for justice, which made Li Hong despise him for a while.
"Well, since you don't want to say it and I won't force you, who asked you to carry the will of the father? Forget it, then I..." Li Hong slowly walked into the encirclement and saw that the five people had been surrounded. Lots of flowers tied up.
"Your Highness, you give your orders." Yang Wu immediately followed beside him and said.
"Then can I beat them to vent my anger? Look at my arm that they chopped off." Li Hong asked.
Yang Wu was about to cry, his expression was more bitter than a bitter gourd. He knew that His Highness the Crown Prince must not be so easy to talk to. If he was easy to talk to, he would not be His Highness the Crown Prince!
But he had already disobeyed His Majesty's will. Any further disobedience would be disloyal and unfilial as a slave, so he firmly shook his head without fear of death and said: "No, Your Highness. Your Majesty said that you must bring it back intact. As long as you don't Slap in the face as you wish.”
"Haha..." Li Hong smiled and said to Wang Kang and Wang Jing: "Let's just live a good life. If you have to do what the rebels did, you deserve it. It's lawless, just take a breath. By the way, those arms are all Remove it and let them experience the feeling of not being able to move their shoulders.”
"You can't touch me? Even if you are the Crown Prince, you can't. If you dare to hit me, when I go back, our people will prepare to break away from the rule of the Tang Dynasty..."
"Your uncle! I've given you face, do you have the right to speak!" Li Hong suddenly pulled out the horizontal knife in Bi Wutian's hand, and a cold light with murderous intent flashed, and the horizontal knife cut into the man in the shoulders.
"Ah..." Mu Kun immediately howled in pain.
"Stop his mouth! I've given you the face. You really treat yourself as a human being. Go back and tell you what Teller is. Sooner or later, I will make him submissive." Li Hong let go of the horizontal knife, and everyone did not dare to care about it. With the horizontal knife stuck in the seam of Mu Kun's shoulder, he could only watch His Highness vent his anger.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you, let's go." Li Hong clapped his hands and said helplessly: This is the overall situation. He can't do anything, his father can't do anything, and his mother can't do anything either.
In order to make the people of the East Turks completely surrender at the feet of the Tang Dynasty, in order to obtain temporary peace in the east of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty could only suffer the loss of silence in the face of the pleas of the East Turks people.
But Li Hong didn't think so. This time the East Turks dared to assassinate the queen mother with the Jinyang Wang family, so he couldn't just let it go. Otherwise, who knows whether these gangsters would get worse!
As soon as he took two steps, Yang Wu ran over with a shy face and said with a dry smile: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty and the Queen have an order to ask the servants to take Bai Chun... Bai Chun... with them..."
"Yang Wu, I think you are going crazy! What does Bai Chun have to do with them? We haven't contacted them for many years. What do you mean by being like this now?" Li Hong glared and asked protectively.
"Your Highness, you have misunderstood. In fact, Bai Chun was asked to go back to accept the Ministry of Punishment and others..." Yang Wu said in panic.
"Go, go, go, it's impossible. If you dare to touch Bai Chun, I'll chop off one of your hands, not just one of your fingers like before. People are riding on you, so if you don't take it out on others, just take advantage of your own ability. ? Get out!" Li Hong couldn't stand this cowardice and was very dissatisfied.
But now, he still has to obey the will of his father and mother, and he also needs to understand the difficulties of his father and mother.
There is no way, this is the helplessness of being the emperor and empress of the Tang Dynasty, and even more the helplessness of myself as the son of a man. And this is the difficulty of the entire royal family, and the sadness that the royal family has to compromise.
The emperor who seems to be aloof and dominates all living beings actually often has all kinds of helplessness and regrets. His power and tactics are, to put it bluntly, an upgraded version of how to deal with and treat others.
When dealing with these barbarians who are not yet very civilized, it is completely impossible to use reason and emotion. Although Datang is very powerful now, it does not yet have absolute influence and deterrence. This is why there are still wars continuing in the surrounding areas.
After Tubo destroyed Tuyuhun, the East Turks and others who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty would naturally see the weakness of the Tang Dynasty, which would give them a glimmer of light in their ambitions, and let them use their tricks to test the bottom line of the Tang Dynasty. in principle.
Therefore, Li Hong now not only has to leave this matter to his father and mother, but also has to act in sync with the emperor and empress on the surface.
But he believed that this assassination incident would be a big blow to the Wang family in Jinyang. After all, Jinyang was Li Tang's base camp when he was conquering the country. Neither his father nor his mother would allow unrest and discord to arise there.
The sun was gradually setting in the west, and the screams of tears and tears streaming from the pain after being removed from behind by Noble and Wutian could no longer be heard. Everyone's mouths were tightly stuffed with thick cotton.
Zongsheng Palace was already in sight. After arriving at the foot of the mountain, not only did Li Hong's least favorite dusk arrive, but the entire foot of the mountain was already surrounded by Qianniu Guard and Jinwu Guard. Needless to say, his father and mother were definitely here. In Zongsheng Palace, just wait to beat yourself up.
It was naturally impossible for Li Hong's left and right Qingdao and Bai Chun's two thousand people to go any higher, so under the leadership of their respective officers, they slowly headed towards the military camp in the restricted area of Taiyi City.
As soon as he stepped into the mountain gate, Li Hong involuntarily shrank his neck, looked at the soldiers guarding the door, and casually waved and asked: "Um... where are my father and mother now?"
(End of chapter)