"Wei Ting, if you want to kill me, just do it. What's wrong with these people?"
"Let them go, I will stand here and let you do whatever you want." The emperor leaned against the big tree and said to Wei Ting.
After Zhao Chen and others got out, there was no trace.
The emperor himself didn't know where Zhao Chen and the others had gone.
"Your Majesty, where are Zhao Chen and the others? Let them come out and die too."
"Otherwise, Li Yuanji will be dead." Wei Ting took the subordinate's long knife and put it on Li Yuanji's neck.
Li Chengqian was hung on the tree, his eyes full of panic.
Even though he didn't do anything, he was caught and tied up here by Wei Ting's people.
Looking at the long knife placed on Li Yuanji's neck, Li Chengqian's heart twisted into a ball.
If Li Yuanji is killed, it will be his turn next.
Who would be willing to die if they could live?
"Zhao Chen and the others have left long ago and returned to Chang'an."
"Wei Ting, no matter what, your plan will never succeed."
"Either kill me, or let them all go, and I can spare your life." The emperor looked at Wei Ting with a cold expression.
Naturally, it is possible to spare Wei Ting's life.
But the emperor also had thousands of ways to make Wei Ting's life worse than death.
"Spare my life?"
"It seems that Your Majesty doesn't want to cry without seeing the coffin. In that case..."
"I will send His Highness Prince Qi on his way." Wei Ting's face turned cold.
The long knife in his hand was suddenly raised, and then slashed towards Li Yuanji's neck.
Li Chengqian was so frightened that his heart and liver trembled, and he closed his eyes tightly.
Wei Zheng stood on the side of the emperor, looking at the long knife swung at Li Yuanji's neck. He couldn't even speak at this moment.
The emperor looked ahead and felt a surge of anger in his chest.
"Clang-"
The sound of a stone striking was heard, and everyone saw sparks flying in the darkness.
"ah--"
A cry of pain sounded, and Wei Ting fell to the ground holding his right hand.
Everyone looked to the side and saw crossbow arrows shooting towards them.
"It's a crossbow——"
"Get cover quickly."
"I've been hit by an arrow."
Sounds of panic and cries of pain arose from everywhere.
Wei Ting only felt the bone-piercing pain in his right arm. When he looked up his arm, he saw that a bright crossbow arrow had penetrated his arm bone.
Blood gurgled down the wound.
"Zhao...Zhao Chen!" Wei Ting looked at the figure in front of him, his expression gloomy to the extreme.
Wei Ting could never imagine where Zhao Chen and the others got the crossbow.
He only beat the soldiers he brought with them until they ran away with their heads in their hands.
"Sir, there is news that the captain of Dingzhou Zhechong Prefecture is coming towards us with a large group of troops." Wei Ting was about to organize his men to fight back, but he didn't want his subordinates to bring him such news.
"Withdraw." Wei Ting couldn't care about anything else at the moment.
Dingzhou Zhechong Mansion has nothing to do with Wei Ting.
The troops coming this time must be reinforcements sent by the emperor and others.
If he stays here any longer, Wei Ting will definitely die here.
Wei Ting ran away, taking the beaten men with him and fleeing.
On the official road, there were many Zhechong Mansion soldiers who had been shot to death by arrows.
"Ma De, you didn't pay attention and you gave that kid a cut." Cheng Chumo came over cursing.
A wound on the arm was still bleeding.
"Who let them have more people? I almost chopped off that bastard's head." Qin Huaiyu touched his half-cut hair and muttered.
Even if they attack suddenly, they still have crossbows in their hands.
Wei Ting and the others were caught off guard.
But the number of people is really very different.
No one was hurt, so lucky.
"Stop scolding, if the bleeding doesn't stop, you're going to lose your life." Zhao Chen pulled Cheng Chumo aside.
"How is it? Is the injury serious?" The emperor came down and asked Zhao Chen
Zhao Chen thought that Old Li Tou would visit Li Yuanji immediately.
It does feel a little surprising.
"No bones were injured, but I can't use my arm temporarily." Zhao Chen applied the medicine he brought with him to Cheng Chumo's arm and wrapped it with a cloth strip.
"Aren't you going to see them?" Zhao Chen looked at Li Chengqian who was put down and Li Yuanji who was sitting on the ground without speaking, and asked the emperor.
The emperor glanced at the two people and sat next to Zhao Chen.
"There's nothing wrong with them, there's no need to look at them." The emperor said, his eyes falling on Zhao Chen.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Chen glanced at the emperor and frowned slightly.
Zhao Chen was worried that the emperor would do something wrong for him.
After we agreed that this matter was over, we immediately returned to Chang'an.
But we can't cause trouble for him anymore.
Moreover, even if Old Li Tou gets into trouble again, Zhao Chen will never help him.
"I've been glad that I entered your tavern and met this guy like you." The emperor looked at Zhao Chen with a strange look on his face.
Zhao Chen glanced at Old Li Tou.
I secretly thought that this guy Lao Litou would only say these useless words.
When he arouses himself, he is not polite at all.
"I regret it so much. I shouldn't have been so greedy for your money in the first place. Wouldn't it be better for me to lie in the tavern and quietly do my own little business?"
"How many people have you offended with this exhausting work?" Zhao Chen complained and sat down against a big tree.
If I hadn't thought that Old Li Tou was a wealthy businessman and had a good relationship with him, the business of this tavern would have been better.
Who knew that this guy was actually the emperor.
I had been calculating carefully for so long, but I still fell into a trap.
Now it is completely impossible to escape.
"Hey, Old Li Tou, let me ask you something." Zhao Chen suddenly became interested.
"Ah, you ask." Lao Li was stunned, but nodded.
"You lied to me before, saying that you were a businessman from Shu. Now that this matter is over, let's forget it."
"Let me ask you, is there anything else you have been lying to me about?" Zhao Chen looked into the emperor's eyes and asked slowly.
Wei Zheng heard the sound and looked at it, his eyes a little nervous.
He was worried that the emperor would reveal Zhao Chen's identity at this moment.
By then the situation may not necessarily develop in what direction.
"Of course not. I am the emperor and I am aboveboard. How could I keep deceiving you?" The emperor also looked into Zhao Chen's eyes and said with a smile.
"That's it." Zhao Chen nodded and looked away.
Just when Wei Zheng was about to let out a long sigh of relief, he heard Zhao Chen say again: "It's okay if you don't, but if I find out, Lao Litou, don't blame me for falling out with you."
"When the time comes, your status as emperor will not stop me."
Wei Zheng's face turned dark at that time.
Is this what a normal person should say to the emperor?
But that's right.
Zhao Chen, when did this kid become a normal person?
"Your kid has always had some problems with his brain. I won't argue with you."
"If someone else had said this to me, I would have had to take off his head." The emperor smiled.
Although he was smiling on his face, the emperor was slightly worried in his heart.
When Zhao Chen suddenly told himself this, he might have begun to suspect something.
Zhao Chen smiled, closed his eyes and rested against the tree trunk.
"Second brother, I will go back to Chang'an with you." Li Yuanji's voice suddenly came from behind.?