Li Zhong watched Li Hong draw out the bright horizontal knife, stroke the sharp blade with one hand, and looked at the man named Guan Wei and said: "Let He Lan Minyue go, it's almost enough for acting."
The guard hesitated a little. Just as the hand holding Helan Minyue's shoulder was about to leave Helan Minyue's shoulder, he heard Li Zhong coughing in his ears, and immediately grabbed the clothes on Helan Minyue's shoulder.
"Huh? Don't let go? Then I'll help you let go." As soon as Li Hong finished speaking, a cold light flashed in front of everyone's eyes. The guard felt his arm go numb, but Li Hong had already put away the knife and was leaning on the ground with the tip of the knife. .
The expression on Li Hong's face was very relaxed, and he even had a relaxed smile. He quietly looked at Guan Wei's forearm holding Helan Minyue, and then suddenly it seemed to be broken, and fell to the ground with a snap. superior.
The guard looked at the little arm on the ground, and then at the hand he originally stretched out. Suddenly it was shorter.
A heartbreaking pain went straight into his heart, and as soon as the screams started, blood spurted out from the broken arm, splashing on half of Helan Minyue's snow-white cheeks.
"Ah..." Helan Minyue felt her cheeks heat up, as if something was sticking to her face, and then a fishy smell rushed into her nose.
"Li Hong, you...?" Li Zhong was shocked. Unexpectedly, in the tense situation, Li Hong still looked at the guard's arm fearlessly.
"So irritating!" Li Hong ignored Li Zhong's words and looked at the guard who was holding his broken arm and squatting down to scream. Then he raised the knife and dropped the guard's head. Suddenly, the guard's head rolled to Li Zhong's feet.
The screams stopped abruptly at this moment, and a stream of blood spurted out from the neck, spraying on Helan Minyue's feet again. The clothes below the knees were suddenly soaked with blood.
"Ah...!" Helan Minyue screamed again and hid behind Li Zhong instantly.
At this time, she looked at Li Hong and suddenly remembered the scene when Li Hong chopped off He Lanmin's head with a knife.
All this seemed to be very long, but in fact it happened in the blink of an eye. Not only did the soldiers behind Li Hong not react, but even all the more nervous soldiers behind Li Zhong did not react.
In just a few breaths, Li Hong was not afraid of the black crossbow and the cold light on the arrows, and simply killed the guard next to Li Zhong to prove his arrogance and domineering to Li Zhong.
He had black hair scattered around his head, a tall figure, a stern expression, and cold eyes. His white clothes swung away from Li Hong's chest due to two consecutive swings of the knife. The chest was covered with various scars and arrow marks. The naked chest, illuminated by the firelight, exuded a silent sense of oppression.
Anyone who sees that scarred chest can't help but be shocked. How many tragic wars have gone through to achieve such a feat!
"Where is the king's name?" Li Hong ignored the night wind passing through his chest and looked at the first row of crossbowmen behind Li Zhong with fearless and arrogant eyes.
Ignoring Li Zhong and Helan Minyue who were standing not far in front of him, they walked towards the soldiers step by step.
"Everyone, listen to me! Put down your weapons now, and I, Li Hong, will no longer hold you responsible for your crimes. If you are still stubborn and want to rebel and kill the nine tribes!" Li Hong's powerful momentum seemed to intimidate a group of Tang Dynasty people. soldier.
The soldiers listened to Li Hong's words and looked at the scars on his chest, which seemed to be glowing with golden light, forcing them to involuntarily take a step back every time Li Hong took a step forward.
As Li Hong's words fell, Wang Ming immediately hurried to Li Hong and shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always been kind and filial. He couldn't bear to see me, the strong men of the Tang Dynasty, fighting each other, so you stopped me from Lanzhou." Governor Wang Ming, lead the troops outside to annihilate you. His Highness the Prince loves soldiers as much as his sons. All the soldiers who have followed him in the Western Regions in the past few years have great love for His Highness. Now, as long as you listen to His Highness the Prince, put down your hands. Weapons, I guarantee that you will not be punished in any way, let alone be sent to the frontier to become slaves. Think about your family, your wife and children. They never want you to die because of rebellion. They would rather you work for me, the Tang Dynasty. Even if they die in a foreign country while resisting foreign enemies, they will never be able to raise their heads among their neighbors because of your rebellion..."
Li Zhong rarely stopped shouting the king's name, nor did he order the soldiers behind him to shoot Li Hong immediately, and then let himself and Li Hong die together.
Outside the walled courtyard, bursts of neat footsteps came from a distance, and the roaring sound seemed to make the ground beneath their feet tremble.
Following the king's words, some soldiers began to waver. They began to lower their crossbows slowly, and their eyes began to look left and right to see if there was any companion who had put down the crossbow first.
"Li Zhong, what do you think?" Li Hong turned to look at Li Zhong's back and asked inexplicably.
"Okay, I listen to you. Since it is a grudge between you and my brothers, we will resolve it ourselves." Li Zhong said without looking back.
Li Hong nodded and signaled Wang Ming to prepare to receive these soldiers. After temporarily appeasing them, he obeyed.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that as long as you put down your weapons, I guarantee that no one will be convicted of what happened tonight." Wang Ming continued to bewitch.
Among the rebel soldiers, some soldiers looked at each other in pairs. They followed out this time. In fact, they always thought that they were going to attack some rioters, and they did not expect to assassinate His Highness the Crown Prince.
And this is also the reason why these soldiers were indifferent when Li Hong struck the guard to death just now.
Furthermore, Liu Jiakang had just taken control of Zhechong Mansion not long ago, and these soldiers were not like Li Hong's troops, but were recruited. These were all government soldiers in the traditional sense, and they ranged in age, old and young, which naturally restricted their determination to follow in the rebellion.
What's more, many people on the opposite side also faced each other with crossbows, which also played a certain role in checking and balancing their psychology.
When one person puts down the crossbow or sword in his hand, the second person will put down the weapon in his hand. As the first person puts down the weapon, soon everyone will put their weapons at their feet.
Wang Ming gave the order, and many more soldiers poured in from outside. Together with the soldiers in the corner of the courtyard, they were all taken into custody and temporarily placed in Li Hong's barracks outside the city.
As the rebel soldiers left, the soldiers behind Wang Fangyi slowly put down their weapons. After Li Hong waved, Wang Fangyi also led everyone out of the courtyard, leaving only Li Hong's two hundred personal guards. Still here to protect you.
"Do you think you won, Li Hong." Li Zhong turned around slowly at this time, with a simple and honest smile on his face, and put an arm around Helan Minyue's waist.
"What is your purpose?" Li Hong looked solemnly, handed the horizontal knife in his hand to Bai Chun, and looked at Li Zhong and asked.
"You always claim to be smart, can't you guess it?" Li Zhong seemed to be joking, hehe said: "Oh, by the way, when did you start doubting me? Was it when I went to Taiyi City? , you started to doubt me?"
Li Hong looked at the honest face quietly, and he found that this honest face was a "fake face"! Li Zhong's honesty and honesty were deliberately put on to hide himself.
Because I have been pretending for more than ten years, this "fake face" is more like the real face.
"Yes, I have been suspicious of you since you came to Taiyi City uninvited." Li Hong said.
"So I dismissed all the servants, leaving only about twenty cronies around me, so that you have no chance to plant spies around me. In this way, you don't know what I want to do, and you don't know my purpose. But you only have one condition for doubting me. Considering your character, you will think this is enough, not to mention you have the omnipotent Jingwei."
"So you first wanted to alienate me and Bai Chun, and since you met Helan Minyue, you have started to do this?"
"Why not? My father could like Grandpa Huang's woman, why can't I like my father's woman? Besides, once Mrs. Rongguo died, Helan Minyue didn't even have the last straw to protect her life. When you return to Chang'an, kill Isn't it easy for her? Then she might as well come with me to avenge her mother, Mrs. Wu Shun, and her brother He Lan Minzhi." The smile on Li Zhong's face was still so dull, completely out of proportion to what he said.
"How are you so sure that your father will not blame you?" Li Hong asked casually.
"Haha..." Li Zhong suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed. The two hundred personal guards around him were a little confused. Even Bai Chun and Hua Meng didn't know why he was laughing.
"Li Hong, you are really smart. Fortunately, I didn't expect to survive tonight, so it's impossible for you to trick me. I won't tell you why my father will not blame me. You will probably never think that we are together secretly." Li Zhong was very proud, he knew that Li Hong could not guess it.
But he is really too smart. If he tells him the reason why his father does not blame him, I am afraid that the entire plan will be dug up by him and then buried in the wilderness!
Li Hongcai would not be so easy to get rid of, and the fate of those captured soldiers would not be as Wang Ming said just now. It is very likely that after being mobilized by Li Hong to Anxi, they would only die of old age, disease, or death in battle. But go.
Li Hong smiled indifferently. He really wanted to find out his true purpose by deceiving Li Zhong and who else was secretly helping him, but obviously, Li Zhong still discovered his motives. .
"Then your ultimate goal, oh, no, what is your ultimate goal? You can always tell me this. This will not reveal your flaws and betray the people who secretly helped you, right?" Li Hong retreated and asked for the next best thing. Seeing Li Zhong's proud look, he continued to ask.
(End of chapter)