Noisy and lively sounds continued behind them, but the street they had just entered, which they had been walking on for nearly a month, was surprisingly calm today, which was a huge difference from the bustle of people in the past.
There was even a solemn and strange atmosphere on the street, as if there were murderous intentions hidden everywhere. The whole street was silent, and only the noise next to it continued to work hard to bring the bustling crowd here.
Li Hong sat on the horseback, guarded vigilantly by the four men from Hua and Meng. He looked at the clean and tidy front. Except for the vigilance of Yu Tuqi and others, the whole street was empty, even the streets that he usually thought were quite far away. The end of the road seems to be much shorter now that there are less things blocking the line of sight. You can even clearly see the faces of pedestrians passing by at the end of the road.
"Get out of the way." Li Hong's legs lightly hit the horse's belly, and the horse obediently carried him to the front.
"Your Highness, please don't..." Hua and Meng reminded them quietly from behind, and then quickly followed Li Hong forward.
Wei Tuqi looked back at Li Hong riding his horse to the front, still holding the crossbow firmly in one hand, and calmly said to Li Hong: "Your Highness, I feel that something is wrong ahead, so it is better for me to go first..."
"No need, since some people like to pretend to be mysterious, let's not lose our hospitality." Li Hong slowly looked at a corner not far ahead and said, then stretched out his hand to take the bow in Yu Tuqi's hand. crossbow.
Before Wei Tuqi, who had just handed over the crossbow, could react, he heard a bang in his ears. The crossbow shot out an arrow in an instant, accurately hitting the corner where Li Hong had been looking.
"Good archery skills!" A stiff voice in Tang dialect slowly came out from around the corner, and then the magnetic voice continued to speak in stiff Tang dialect: "We are friends, not enemies. I have always been here. Waiting for you, it’s just that the sun is too hot in Dashi, so I’m hiding in the shade here, and I don’t mean any harm.”
As the magnetic sound disappeared, only the sound of hurried footsteps came from the corner of the street. A group of about 20 to 30 cannibals in black clothes slowly stood opposite Li Hong. not far away.
The men in black surrounded by these men in black also have obvious characteristics of the cannibals, but their clothes are not the white that is unique to the cannibals, but all black clothes, as if they are deliberately trying to match the cannibals. The food royal family adored white for doing the same.
The man clustered in the middle is about forty years old, with a slender figure and elegant temperament. His fair cheek lines are extremely soft, with deep blue eyes, a high nose bridge, and a look that seems to have some laziness. The curly hair gave Hassan, who was already extremely handsome, an extremely charming and seductive temperament.
Such a man will undoubtedly be very popular with women. Li Hong believes that any woman who sees such a man will involuntarily take a second look at him. If he had walked on the road in his previous life, he would definitely have attracted attention. The scream of a nympho girl.
Hassan, who was forced out by Li Hong with a crossbow, showed no trace of embarrassment on his handsome face. In his opinion, the gradually setting sun could still be used as an excellent excuse for him to be forced out by Li Hong just now.
Looking at Hassan standing in the middle of the street in front of a group of men in black, Li Hong had vaguely guessed from the beginning that the great food was about to enter the turbulent period, and the nobles were busy mobilizing troops. Ma, when he is always prepared to deal with the suppression of the royal army, he is probably the only one who still has the leisure to appear in the banned city of Great Food.
He had never met Hassan, but he was sure that the handsome man standing not far in front of him at this moment was Hassan.
As if to give Hassan a blow, Li Hong did not dismount, but sat on the horse and rode slowly to Hassan.
As Li Hong rode forward, both Wei Tuqi and the others behind Li Hong, as well as the man in black behind Hassan, suddenly pulled out the weapons in their hands and watched the horses coming with vigilance. Li Hong.
Li Hong looked condescendingly at Hassan in front of him, his signature smile appearing on the corner of his mouth: "I have thought of many scenarios for us to meet, but this one is not in my imagination."
"Hassan, the patriarch of the Khawalij family, has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. The way he waited made His Royal Highness laugh." Hassan looked up at the smiling Li Hong, and was impressed by Li Hong's condescending and arrogant attitude. There was no trace of disgust or dissatisfaction on his face, as if he was used to talking to others with his head raised, he calmly said hello to Li Hong.
Li Hong didn't seem to think that this was rude to the leader of the Hawalij family. He still sat on the horse, looking at the deep blue eyes and the handsome appearance that made him a little jealous, and asked with raised eyebrows : "As far as I know, your big food city has implemented a city ban. How did you get in?"
"Of course I walked in. The city ban does not exist for me." Hassan said gently, as if he was talking about an extremely ordinary thing. With a bright smile on his face, it was difficult to see his arrogance and arrogance. expression.
But everyone knows that the city's city ban is the most stringent, and this time it is the city ban ordered by the great food king Aviyeh. This city ban is used to deal with who, whether it is Li Hong or Hassan, it should be Well aware.
But Hassan was obviously not nervous, and was still gentle and calm. It was as if the tense overt and covert fighting among the nobles in the country and the frequent troop movements had nothing to do with him. He looked like a complete outsider. .
"Then it seems that under Aviya's nose, you, Khawalij, are not the only noble clan leader. Are you here to seek peace from Aviya? Do you want me to be your lobbyist?" Li Hong Still sitting on the horse, he didn't feel at all how impolite his current attitude was for a noble whose wealth was second only to the royal family.
Hassan still showed a bright smile, and the row of white teeth were like white jade, neat and beautiful, and he was not bothered by Li Hong's behavior of still sitting upright and unable to dismount.
He looked at Li Hong with deep eyes, stroked the horse's head very close to his chest with one hand, and said slowly: "I'm here to find you. I think you must have a solution, or... you need me to help you. What should I do? After all, I have already killed two branch clan leaders, and there is a lot of pressure on my shoulders."
"But you killed Aviye's second son, isn't it evened out between you?" Li Hong patted the horse's belly with one leg, preparing to continue walking into the tenement building.
Hassan was not surprised by Li Hong's behavior. He signaled the man in black behind him to withdraw his weapons and make way for Li Hong. When the man in black was dumbfounded, he actually held the reins of Li Hong's horse and accompanied the Tang Dynasty. His Royal Highness the Prince walked towards the tenement building.
"Maybe it's even, but we're already in a fight to the death." Hassan's expressions and movements were very natural. Even the way he led the horse forward gave people a sense of urgency. A sense of elegance and calmness.
Li Hong didn't care about the angry looks cast by Hassan and his men, and allowed Hassan to lead the horse for him as he should, and slowly walked towards the tenement building.
"With such sincerity, it seems that you really have something important to ask of me, but I can't guarantee that I can help you." Li Hong looked at the door of the Tanglou, Fang Zhan, who rushed back before the city was banned in the food capital, Hengqiao, who was about to rush for help, waved them away and rushed out of the tenement building.
"You will definitely be able to help me. Isn't the current situation in Dashi what you want? What's more... my two branch clan leaders did not die at the hands of Aviye. It is said that you killed them , and then put the blame on Aviye." Hassan seemed to be talking about something about other nobles, his tone was still very gentle, and there was no sign of blaming Li Hong.
"Is there any evidence?" Li Hong asked calmly, neither denying nor admitting.
"No, so I came. Husse is too young and tried to use wealth to ask you to help our Khawalij family. This move really offended Your Highness, and I am sorry. But since Your Highness, you can pass the small The means have made the tense relationship between us nobles become more tense overnight, and even started to become tense. Civil war is about to break out. I believe you should have a follow-up plan before implementing it. I want to know your final purpose What is it?" Hassan's white and strong left hand held the horse's rein firmly, and he said gently as he watched Li Hong get off the horse.
"Then what is your purpose?" Li Hong still neither denied nor admitted. After dismounting, he patted Hassan on the shoulder and motioned for him to move forward with him.
Hassan's always elegant and calm expression when Li Hong turned around and walked forward finally changed to another expression when Li Hong patted him on the shoulder.
He frowned and glanced at the place where Li Hong had patted his shoulder, and then instantly returned to his elegant and calm look, and followed Li Hong towards the small garden in the courtyard.
"There is a saying in your country: 'Know yourself and your enemy and you will never be in danger of a hundred battles.' It seems that the turmoil of Dashi is unavoidable. For their own interests, every noble will do their best to protect their own interests from losses, and take the opportunity to plunder and weaken others. The interests and status of the nobles. Great turmoil is not a good thing for Aviya. Smaller turmoil is in his interest, but great turmoil is not in line with your country's interests, because the chaos of the Great Eclipse will make your country's influence in Anxi There will be less pressure, or we can get back the part of the land that belonged to your country. My family can protect our own interests. Even if we have a head-on conflict with Aviya, I am not sure of winning, but I will never do it immediately. As for the other minor nobles, it won’t be a problem for me to annex one or two. But there is an old saying in your country: The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows. "Hassan and Li Hong stood on the bank of the water. , looking at those free fish and said
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