On the way here, the two of them imagined countless scenarios of meeting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, King Pei, and Queen Ying. At the same time, they also made the worst plan in their hearts. However, when they actually faced this evil star, they discovered that... My original estimate was so inadequate.
His Highness the Crown Prince's strength and the murderous aura and domineering faintly exuding from his body put the two of them at a disadvantage and the weak position as soon as they opened their mouths.
Looking at His Highness the Crown Prince's useless expression, "What if you have King Yin as a hostage?" and then looking at the way Prince Li Xian of Pei and Prince Li Zhe of Ying looked at the Crown Prince's lead, Pei Yi suddenly felt for no reason that tonight... he wanted to take the whole body. It is very difficult to give up fear.
"Tell me about your conditions, and remember not to go too far. In this case, maybe I can consider it." Li Hong waved to the tea shop waiter to bring a pot of hot tea, and poured it for himself, Li Xian and Li Zhe. After drinking a glass of wine, he completely ignored Pei Yi and Xue Zhongzhang opposite him.
Li Hongyue looked confident and confident, while the expressions of Pei Yi and Xue Zhongzhang opposite him became more and more solemn. Under the influence of the prince, King Pei and King Ying, who were still a little nervous and solemn at first, also became more serious at this moment. Their expressions relaxed, and the two looked at each other again without speaking.
"Okay, since Your Highness is honest with me and I won't talk nonsense, I can let King Yin go, but... Your Highness, please let my father, Xue Yuanchao, and Gao Zhizhou go." Pei Yi's calmness just now has long since disappeared, and now he speaks Sometimes, the tone of voice is trembling.
"Is there more?" Li Hong took a sip of hot tea and asked.
"Gone."
"You don't need me to take you out of the city? Or do you think that just a few gate guards bought by Xue Zhongzhang can take you out of the city? After you leave the city, aren't you afraid that the Futu Camp stationed outside the city will intercept you halfway?"
"I'm not afraid, haven't your Futu camp already entered the city?" Xue Zhongzhang looked ugly. After all, he was a third-grade prison guard general, one of the sixteen guards. Could it be that in the eyes of the prince, he was so unworthy!
"You have long expected that my pagoda camp will enter the city, so you are not afraid, right? By the way, I want to ask you something, are the maids in the palace one of yours?" Li Hong asked back. Shit, he leaned on the back of his chair and asked.
"Your Highness wants to ask Wei Tuan'er something, right? As the queen's personal maid, why is she being used by us, right?"
"Why are you still talking nonsense to them? Just ask them to hand over the person quickly." Li Xian was also a little angry. After talking for a long time, Li Hong didn't worry about Lao Ba at all, and even told him People started talking about family matters.
"I'm not here, so what's the use of worrying about them?" Li Hong glanced sideways at Li Xian and said angrily.
"Lao Ba is not here? Then what are we doing here?" Li Zhe was stunned and asked blankly.
"If we don't come here, I'm afraid we'll never see Lao Ba again, so we have to come. As for where Lao Ba is, I guess we'll know soon." Li Hong replied to Li Zhe's words, still relaxed and leisurely.
"I wonder what your highness means by these words?" Pei Yi couldn't sit still. Li Hong's words were always true and false, and it was difficult to distinguish. Could it be that he had found out where he kidnapped King Yin
"It's not interesting. Your father is being held in Dali Temple. I can't take him with you. Since you meet me and can't see your father, you won't let me see the eighth son of our family, right. Wei Tuan Did your father recommend me to my mother?" Li Hong finally changed the topic to Wei Tuan'er again.
Pei Yi couldn't guess the meaning of Li Hong's words, so he had to think for a moment and said, "Yes, it was my father who pushed it to the queen."
"Okay, then I'll be fine." Li Hong glanced at the door of the tea shop. He didn't know when, but there was a man covered in snowflakes standing there quietly.
As Li Hong looked at the door, Pei Yi and Xue Zhongzhang also looked at the door in surprise. The waiter in the tea shop was stunned when the man strangled his neck with one hand and pressed against the wall, unable to move.
"Let's go, Pei Yi, take me to find Lao Ba. In this case, I can leave you a complete body." Li Hong stood up and patted the stunned Li Zhe on the shoulder. This guy was still looking at Yu Tuqi at the door. , I don’t know what’s going on.
"Your Highness, stay..." Pei Yi also stood up and said hurriedly when he saw Li Hong was about to walk out.
"Why, do you still have a backup plan? Or are my people looking for the wrong place?" Li Hong turned around and asked in surprise.
The appearance of Yu Tuqi was enough to show that Lao Ba was obviously not in danger. He had obviously been rescued and was in a safe situation.
"Yes, since I dare to wait for His Highness here with General Xue, I will definitely not let His Highness leave so casually." Pei Yi's face darkened, looking at Li Hong's increasingly gloomy face, he said calmly. .
"So, there are naturally a lot of swordsmen ambushing outside?" Li Hong's eyes narrowed, and he felt that he had missed one person.
Since Pei Yi invited him to meet in the Western Market, and since it was impossible for Xue Zhongzhang to mobilize the prison guards, there should be no one else that Pei Yi could use except the remnants of the Turks and Tibetans.
So who can be the person who can get the Turks and Tubo to support Pei Yi
It is impossible for Li Xian, because he is not stupid. Today, he took Liu Xiang's token and his jade pendant to mobilize the pagoda camp, which is enough to prove that Li Xian will not murder himself together with others in this kind of thing.
The only possibility is... Princess Wencheng! Only she can mobilize the Tubo people in Chang'an to help Pei Yi, then kidnap Lao Ba, and then besiege herself!
Thinking of this, Li Hong couldn't help but glance at Li Xian. Seeing this, Li Xian quickly asked Li Hong with the same look, what happened
Li Hong looked at Yu Tuqi at the door and asked in a deep voice, "Have you found the whereabouts of King Yin? Is he safe?"
Yu Tuqi pinched the tea shop boy's hand and twisted it hard. He heard a snapping sound from the tea shop boy's neck. The moment Yu Tu Qi let go, the tea shop boy tilted his neck along the wall silently. He fell softly to the ground.
"Back to Your Highness, we have found the whereabouts of King Yin. No signal has been sent out yet. It seems that we have not succeeded yet." Yutu Qi saluted.
After Wei Tuqi finished speaking, Li Hong turned around, looked at Li Xian's still questioning eyes, and said lightly: "I think Aunt Wencheng is nearby, and she can make Pei Yi feel confident in the West Market. Naturally There are remnants of Tibet and Turks here.”
When Li Xian heard Li Hong's explanation, he lowered his head in embarrassment. He naturally knew how many Tibetans Princess Wencheng had in her hands. Moreover, in order to restore the country, the Turks had also obtained the victory with Princess Wencheng through his help. connect.
So since Li Hong said that there were Tibetans and Turks belonging to Princess Wencheng in the Western Market, Li Xian didn't find it strange at all. To put it bluntly, he was actually the culprit who brought the two parties together to cooperate.
"What should we do now?" Li Xian was a little nervous and embarrassed, looking at Li Hong and asked.
"What else can we do? Could someone else trap us here?" Li Hong looked at Li Xian's embarrassed face. Of course he knew what was going on and said angrily.
"Your Highness, do you think that with the strength of the four of you, you can rush out from here? Your Highness, as long as you give an instruction to Dali Temple to release Master Pei Yan and others, I guarantee that no one here will harm you. "Xue Zhongzhang said seriously as he listened to the chaotic footsteps outside.
As soon as Xue Zhongzhang finished speaking, in the windy and snowy night sky outside, a clear sound of arrows suddenly sounded, like breaking through the clouds and fog, coming from the north direction of Chang'an City, from Andingfang.
The shock on the faces of Pei Yi and Xue Zhongzhang passed in a flash, and they glanced at each other in unison. The sound of arrows was obviously used by His Highness the Crown Prince to convey information. Does it mean that Pei Yanxian and Liu Dewei have lost touch!
"What? Are you two still going to hold on? Even a fool can hear the sound of arrows. King Yin is already safe." Li Zhe felt relieved. He still believed in Lao Wu unconditionally in his heart. After all, Lao Wu was so Over the years, it has never failed.
Li Xian was a little confused. He didn't see what Li Hong was doing. How could he find out the whereabouts of Lao Ba
But Li Hong was too lazy to pay attention to him at this time, but looked at Pei Yi and Xue Zhongzhang and said: "Actually, Lao Ba is your first plan, right? King Pei and King Ying and I are your second plan. So is there a third plan, which is to defeat the enemy?"
"Yes, if King Yin is rescued, then we will use you, King Pei and King Ying as hostages here to force you to release my father." Pei Yi's face changed and he said.
"What a pity. Who else is your second child? Liu Dewei? Isn't that right?" As soon as Li Hong stretched out his hand, a horizontal knife in Yu Tuqi's hand was thrown over, and Li Hong caught it firmly in the air.
"Your Highness, even if you kill both of us, you won't be able to get out of this tea shop. Since you can't save my father, then as sons of men, we will not survive." Pei Yi watched Heng Dao being pulled out by Li Hong. The sheath, the bright sharp blade, shone coldly in the firelight.
"Your Highness, the distance from Andingfang to West Market is five squares. Before your people can get here, this teahouse will be razed to the ground by outsiders. By then, none of us will be able to survive. "My lord, you, King Pei, and King Ying are very valuable. Wouldn't it be a great loss to die together with me and others?"
"You think too much. It's you who will die, not me. Do you want us to give it a try?" Li Hong slowly raised the horizontal knife in his hand, making a gesture of slashing at Pei Yi's neck.
"Li Hong, come out, you have no way out." A woman's voice suddenly sounded outside.
"Princess Wencheng?" Li Xian was startled and hurried to the window. Just as he was about to open the window and look out, Li Hong grabbed her by the neck and pulled her aside.
And almost at the same time, a crossbow arrow shot through the window with a whoosh, coming in from where Li Xian had just opened the window.
(End of chapter)