Su Dingfang turned around and saw Zhao Chen riding towards him from behind.
"Your Excellency!" Su Dingfang and Zhao Chen saluted with their hands raised.
"Your Excellency?" The Tubo people who had been clamoring just now suddenly changed their expressions.
There is only one prince near Songzhou, and that is Zhao Chen, the man who tricked them into Tibet to death.
"Are you Zhao Chen?" Some Tubo people looked at Zhao Chen cautiously.
They knew that Zhao Chen was not very old, but they did not expect that he would be so young.
It was such a young boy who forced them to become what they are today.
It can even be said that now we are relying on the Tang Dynasty to live our lives.
"Su Dingfang, kill him!" Zhao Chen and Su Dingfang waved their hands and said lightly.
"Zhao Chen, you dare to kill me. I helped you build roads in the Tang Dynasty, but you dare to kill me?" The Tubo people who had been clamoring earlier looked shocked.
He didn't expect that Zhao Chen would suddenly appear here.
And he asked Su Dingfang to kill him when he came up.
They had made trouble before and were lazy when building roads. Su Dingfang acted like a bad guy. It was Zhao Chen who asked Su Dingfang not to deal with them.
At that time, they felt that Zhao Chen did not want to do anything to them.
But now...
"Zhao Chen, if you let someone kill him, we won't repair this road!"
"Yes, we won't repair it."
"Without us, let's see how you can build the road to Luoche City!"
"You killed our compatriots first and didn't give an explanation. Now you want to kill our people. Have you ever thought about the consequences!"
"You kill him today, and we will go on strike together tomorrow."
There was someone among the Tubo people who stirred up everyone's emotions.
With just a few words, thousands of Tubo people became excited.
"Your Excellency!" Su Dingfang hesitated.
He was just worried that this would happen, so he had been tolerant before.
Now things are getting a little out of control. If pressed again...
"Zhao Chen, it's hard to offend when people are angry. Why don't we detain them first and then find a way to deal with them later!" Niu Jinda glanced at the group of Tibetan people who were being detained in front of him and advised Zhao Chen.
From the moment he stepped here, he felt a sense of crisis.
However, after observing the Tubo people for a long time, I never saw anyone having any problems.
Niu Jinda felt that it was better not to stay here for too long, lest he encounter any dangerous situations.
"Su Dingfang?" Zhao Chen's voice suddenly became cold and harsh.
Su Dingfang was shocked. He immediately drew the sword from his waist and pierced through the Tubo people who were still clamoring in front of him with one sword.
"hiss--"
Su Dingfang's sudden sword attack left everyone unable to react.
The clamoring Tubo people didn't even make a cry. They fell to the ground, and blood slowly flowed to the ground along the wounds.
"You...you..."
Some Tubo people pointed at Zhao Chen and then at Su Dingfang, their eyes full of fear.
How could they have thought that Zhao Chen really asked Su Dingfang to attack their people.
And Su Dingfang actually killed people with one sword.
"Who just killed my Tang soldiers with a hammer? Come out!" Zhao Chen didn't even blink.
Niu Jinda was surprised by his calm attitude.
When Zhao Chen followed him to the battlefield for the first time, he almost squatted on the ground and vomited when he saw the bloody scene.
But at this moment...
No one said anything, and all the Tubo people were clearly shocked by Zhao Chen's harshness.
Who knows if Zhao Chen would have someone kill him if he said something wrong.
"Since no one is talking, that's okay." Zhao Chen nodded, waved his hands to Su Dingfang, and said, "Kill them all."
"Zhao Chen, don't give such an order!" Niu Jinda's expression changed immediately.
Zhao Chen could establish his authority by killing one person, but if he killed all the thousands of Tubo people, it would definitely cause shock in the court.
By then, the memorials criticizing Zhao Chen would be enough to drown Zhao Chen.
For killing thousands of unarmed Tibetan people, Zhao Chen will bear this infamy for the rest of his life.
If the relationship with Tubo improves in the future, Zhao Chen will definitely be pulled out as a scapegoat in order to appease Tubo's anger.
This is definitely a move that does no good at all.
"How dare he give such an order?"
"Is this Zhao Chen a madman? He wants to kill us all?"
"I didn't do anything, and I don't know who killed the soldier."
"What does this have to do with me?"
"Why should you put the responsibility on me?"
The Tubo people were really panicked at this time.
People were talking in low voices, and everyone had a look of surprise on their faces.
In their opinion, Zhao Chen is a madman. If he dares to kill anyone at will, then killing them is just a matter of words.
Even the Tubo assassins who were hiding among the Tubo people were feeling very anxious at this moment.
They also didn't expect that the young Zhao Chen would be so vicious.
You just asked a casual question and got no answer, so you want to kill them all?
This is not how it works!
"The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were ordered to supervise road construction. They worked hard without complaint, but now they were killed by these people."
"Niu Shuai, look at his head. It's so dented. How are you going to write this death note to his parents, wife and children?"
"You said you didn't find the murderer, or that you knew the murderer was right in front of you, but you let him go?"
"Niu Shuai, how do you want to write it?" Zhao Chen turned around and looked at Niu Jinda expressionlessly.
Niu Jinda's face was slightly dull, but he didn't know how to refute Zhao Chen's words.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who sacrificed their lives were required to write death certificates to their families.
It will be written on it when, where and for what reason he died.
How would Niu Jinda write about today's events?
Just like what Zhao Chen said, knowing that the murderer is right in front of you, you just let them go like this?
If they disperse today, the murderer will really not be found.
But if Zhao Chen is really allowed to kill all these people, then Zhao Chen himself...
"I have always firmly believed that people who are not of my race will have different hearts. I have given them a chance."
"I gave them the opportunity, but the price and consequences were borne by my soldiers of the Tang Dynasty."
"It was a mistake I made."
"Today, if no one identifies the murderer, you will all die!" Zhao Chen's voice continued to reach everyone's ears.
The surrounding Tang soldiers looked excited and looked at Zhao Chen with bright eyes.
As warriors who have fought a hundred battles, they have heard too many heroic words, but few people care about what they think in their hearts.
Ultimately, it's because in the eyes of the upper class, they are just dispensable scapegoats.
Dead is dead. A death certificate and some pension can be used to ignore the fact that their bones are exposed in the wild.
Only Zhao Chen dared to say that he wanted to kill these Tibetan people in front of more than 10,000 people.
"Please, Lord Duke, make the decision for us."
"It doesn't matter that the soldiers died for the country, but they clearly wanted to die."
"The murderer is right in front of us. If we let them go, we will die in peace."?