When Li Xin'an rushed to the Huangsun Mansion, Li Chu was discussing political affairs with the ministers of the DPRK.
Although Li Xin'an has the privilege of entering the Emperor's Sun Palace without being blocked, Li Chu is dealing with important matters in the court at the moment, and several important ministers are accompanying him, so Li Xin'an cannot let them go.
Therefore, Li Xin'an was still stopped.
Under the corridor less than a hundred steps away from Li Chu's study, the man in black who had led Li Xin'an into the Imperial Sun Mansion held Li Xin'an's shoulders, making it difficult for him to take another step forward.
"Xie Liya, let me go!" Li Xin'an gritted his teeth and said, "I have something urgent to do and I want to see Your Highness!"
The man in black said expressionlessly: "It is the duty of all heaven to protect His Highness from being disturbed. His Highness is dealing with important matters at the moment, and I cannot let you in."
"Bah!" Li Xin'an said angrily, "You are just a deputy leader of Tianzhong. How can you control me? The only one who wants to stop me is your boss Su Heduo. Get out of my way!"
The man in black did not answer, but instead extended a palm, hitting Li Xin'an in the chest. The latter's body flew out and hit a pillar.
"Captain Li, I think you should know very well that even if my status is not as good as yours, my strength is still not comparable to yours. According to the rules of your Central Plains martial arts world, the strong are respected, so I will let you now -"
He spat and said contemptuously: "Get out!"
Li Xin'an had a gloomy look on his face. This Tianzhu man was Li Chu's most trusted "Celestial Being", and his second-grade high-ranking strength was beyond even his own.
If he wants to stop himself, he really has no choice.
It was past noon, and Li Chu would often rest at this time. Li Xin'an never expected that anyone would stop him.
If you delay here for one more minute, Murong Bai staying at Iron Flag Gate will be in more danger.
A sneer appeared on Li Xin'an's lips: "Oh? Xie Liya, do you want to make a bet? I bet His Highness will be eager to see me."
The Tianzhu man tilted his head, "What are you betting on?"
"Bet on which one of us will get out of here!"
"Interesting, okay, I want to see how His Highness came to find you suddenly. Don't think I don't know, His Highness never sent you a mission before."
Li Xin'an took a breath and shouted loudly: "Yang Guozhong intends to rebel!"
The sound was deafening and spread far away, to the ears of the surrounding soldiers, to the ears of Xie Liya, and to those invisible corners.
"You're crazy!" Xie Liya was stunned.
The door of Li Chu's study opened with a bang, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rushed out, looking at Li Xin'an from afar, gritting his teeth and saying, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
A little old man poked his head out of the door of the study and said, "Your Highness, we will leave first."
A smile emerged from Li Chu's stiff face. He turned around, cupped his hands and said, "Master Zhang, I will arrange carriages and horses to take you back to your house."
"Your Highness, Mr. Zhang with a gray beard walked out of the study tremblingly. "It's too troublesome to go to the front door. This is close to the back door, so let's go there."
Seeing that several important officials in the court looked frightened, Li Chu had no choice but to arrange for someone to send them to the back door.
After watching the figures of several people disappear, Li Chu finally turned his gaze back to Li Xin'an.
After a long moment of silence, His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun shouted: "Get out of here!"
Xie Liya left Li Xin'an, and Li Xin'an glanced at him, as if to say: "You lost!"
After all, it's you who wants to get out.
There were only two people left in the yard, and the autumn wind blew their clothes.
Li Chu waved and motioned for Li Xin'an to come over.
He walked over and was about to speak when Li Chu slapped him hard on the face.
"Li Xin'an, what on earth are you going to do!"
He stroked his burning cheek and said sadly: "Your Highness, I really have something important to tell you."
"Oh?" Li Chu sneered, "Then you'd better hope that the important things you said can really arouse my interest. You have caused me a lot of trouble in the past two days, not small. Don't think that Xueyitang
It’s really important in my eyes, I can kill you at any time!”
A smile suddenly broke out on Li Xin'an's face, "Of course, I know that Xueyitang is nothing in His Highness's eyes. We are just bed bugs living in the stinking ditch."
"Since you are self-aware, you shouldn't say such things. Do you know what scaring away those old men means to me and to His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"But the news Li Xin'an consciously brought is no less important than those adults."
Li Chu turned his back and said coldly: "Speak!"
"Half a month ago, there was a fight between the Chang'an Iron Flag Gate and the Yi Fist Gang. The Yi Fist Gang was wiped out, and the Iron Flag Gate annexed the Yi Fist Gang's territory and business."
"Three days ago, Murong Bai and I met Song Hui, a young lady from the Iron Flag Gate. Song Hui fell in love with Murong Bai at first sight and invited the two of us to a banquet at the Iron Flag Gate. I think the role of the Blood Clothes Hall is to monitor the Jianghu forces in Chang'an.
It was really strange that the Yi Fist Gang was wiped out this time, so I took Murong Bai to Iron Flag Gate."
"At the banquet, I discovered
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Yang Guozhong’s concierge, and forty-five bags of private salt in the backyard!”
Li Chu originally heard the foreshadowing that Li Xin'an said was really boring, and he was just about to get angry and scold him, but then he heard such important news, and was shocked for a moment.
"You mean... Yang Guozhong... sells private salt?"
"good!"
Li Chu turned around in surprise, looked at Li Xin'an, and slapped him on the shoulders, "Xin'an, are you serious about this?"
"How dare you speak nonsense? Murong Bai was drugged by Song Hui and is still staying at Iron Flag Gate. If it weren't for an emergency, Xie Liya wouldn't allow him to go in. How dare you shout out that Yang Guozhong is treasonous?"
To attract His Highness’s attention?”
Li Chu laughed loudly and said crazily: "Hahahaha, wow! The imperial court strictly prohibits the sale of illegal salt. Once an ordinary person commits it, it will be a capital crime. If Yang Guozhong dares to do this, he will have his home confiscated and exiled!"
His father, Prince Li Heng's position is now in jeopardy, and a large part of the reason is Yang Guozhong and his sister Yang Guifei. Today's saint wants to have a son with Yang Guifei and establish him as the prince. Yang Guozhong has been planning this for an unknown period of time, and he is even more interested in the prince.
His Highness secretly framed Li Heng many times in order to let the saint take away the title of prince from Li Heng as soon as possible.
But now, he has caught such a big deal with Yang Guozhong...
Li Chu said sternly: "Xin'an, you have done a great job this time! I will immediately send people under your command to rush to the Iron Flag Gate, arrest all the people from the Iron Flag Gate, and take the forty-five
Bags of private salt, I will take them into the palace to meet the Holy Spirit!"
He took off a golden waistband from his waist and said, "This is the order from the prince's right guard. You lead them and make sure to do it as soon as possible, otherwise things will change if you wait too long!"
"Don't worry, I'm more anxious than you!" Li Xin'an secretly cursed, reaching out to take the golden waist badge.
Li Chu hesitated again, holding his waist badge, and looked at Li Xin'an suspiciously: "Just now you said that Murong Bai was drugged, why was that?"
Li Xin'an coughed in embarrassment, "Miss Song Hui of Iron Flag Gate fell in love with him, drugged him, and wanted to rape him."
Li Chu did not show any expression of gloating, but solemnly said: "In this case, his identity has been exposed?"
"That's not true, at least not before I left." Li Xin'an said, "I handed Bai Hong to him and told him to reveal his identity if anything happened. If that didn't work, he would kill him with a sword."
"That would be terrible." Li Chu's face turned gloomy, "If the Iron Flag Sect knew Murong Bai's identity, they would definitely be on guard, and their personal connections would probably be transferred. I'm afraid I won't find anything when I go to the Iron Flag Sect now.
And once Yang Guozhong knows about this, as Murong Bai is my swordsmanship teacher, he will also think that the prince wants to attack him first...then the situation will only be worse!"
"No." Li Xin'an saw Li Chu's hesitation and said: "I have already prepared a backup plan. I found three witnesses among the Iron Flag Sect disciples who were guarding the private salt, and poisoned them to fake their death. Now they
It should be buried in a mass grave in the northwest of Chang'an. It can be dug out in an hour and it will be fine. Moreover, I threw a bag of illegal salt into the water and hung it under the pier. This way, I have all the witnesses and physical evidence, and they can't escape!"
Li Chu looked at him in surprise. In his impression, Li Xin'an was not such a delicate person.
"To eliminate thieves in the country, there is no room for carelessness."
Li Xin'an saw Li Chu's thoughts and smiled slightly.
In this way, Li Chu no longer had any worries. He threw the right guard's waist to Li Xin'an and said: "Go quickly! Come back quickly!"
Li Xin'an took the badge and disappeared into the yard in the blink of an eye.
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Song Yuanfeng paced back and forth in the room, as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
The two deputy leaders gathered around him, also looking anxious.
"What should we do? Murong Bai is here with us. Is this a blessing in disguise? Or... a disaster is imminent!"
"If it were normal, we wouldn't be happy in time! But now... alas!"
"The secret was discovered. Could it be that he really did it?"
"People say they are not familiar with that person anymore. What can you do? Are you going to kill him? Murong Villa and the Prince of the East Palace, what can our little Iron Flag Sect afford to offend?"
"But... we can't do nothing. Murong Bai has made it clear that he has something to do with this matter. We can't really do nothing!"
"Master, what do you think we should do?"
songs
, there is no evidence at this moment.”
A deputy sect leader tentatively said: "It's not safe to transport smuggled salt. After all, they took away a bag, so why not just throw it into the river and let it melt?"
"Fart!" Song Yuanfeng said fiercely, "How much have we spent, how much manpower and material resources have been spent, and how much time have been spent on these private salts! I originally thought that the big heads belong to the Prime Minister, but they are ours, ours! So...
It's such a huge windfall, but you actually want to throw it into the river, is your brain caught in the door?"
"But no matter how much money you have, it's not as important as your life." The deputy sect leader said aggrievedly, "After all, he
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They took away a bag, and the physical evidence is in their hands, so we can't defend ourselves."
"Stupid! The remaining private salt is not with us. Even if he comes to the door with the bag of private salt, why should he say it is ours? Physical evidence is nothing, the most important thing is that there is no evidence!"
Song Yuanfeng paused and then said: "I have already revised a letter and sent someone to inform the prime minister. He will help us solve the matter. You two should be smart. If the government really comes to visit, don't give me any clues.
!”
The two deputy sect masters looked at each other in disbelief, and felt a chill in their hearts at the same time. They wanted to clean them up!
"Then...what should Murong Bai do?"
"What else can we do!" Song Yuanfeng glared, "If he wants to stay, we will serve him well and eat well. If he wants to leave, we won't stop him."
"Can't let him go!"
Song Hui, who had been sitting silently on the chair, was like a madman at this time, holding Song Yuanfeng's arm tightly, "Dad, don't let him go, okay? Let's keep him, keep him forever!"
Song Yuanfeng gritted his teeth and pried Song Hui's fingers apart one by one. Regardless of his daughter's wailing, he cursed angrily: "Why did I give birth to such a thing like you!"
"Then if you let him go, I will go with him!" Song Hui covered her broken finger with a malicious light in her eyes.
"You——" Song Yuanfeng was so angry that he raised his palm to hit his daughter.
Suddenly a person ran in from outside, panting heavily and saying out of breath: "It's not good, master... outside... there are a lot of soldiers coming outside!"
"What did you say!" Song Yuanfeng said in shock.
"How could it be so fast!"
Song Yuanfeng glanced at his unsatisfied daughter and shouted: "Stay here honestly and don't go out and cause trouble for me!"
After that, he walked out and rushed to the Iron Flag Gate with the two deputy gate masters.
There was a huge crowd in front of the gate, and many civilians gathered around to watch the excitement.
A group of black heavily armored soldiers riding tall horses surrounded the Iron Flag Gate.
The gate of the Iron Flag Gate was closed tightly. The disciples of the Iron Flag Gate who climbed up the courtyard wall were holding long swords and spears, not knowing what to do.
In front of the black heavy-armored soldiers, the pioneer said loudly: "Iron-armored gate smuggled salt, armed behind closed doors, do you want to fight against the government?"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar, and the onlookers started talking like crazy.
"How could Tieqimen sell smuggled salt? This is a crime of beheading!"
"How is it impossible! Don't forget the former Yi Fist Gang. They always performed good deeds and did good deeds, but they were destroyed by their Iron Flag Sect! Such a group of villains can't accomplish anything!"
The discussion was so loud that even through the thick courtyard wall, Song Yuanfeng inside the Iron Flag Gate could hear it clearly.
Not far away, Murong Bai, who had recovered his internal strength, was holding "Bai Hong" and looking at him, "My people are here to pick me up. Master Song had better open the door and let me out."
"The door will open sooner or later, Mr. Murong, don't be anxious." Song Yuanfeng said with a smile.
He jumped up, came to the courtyard wall, looked at the mighty heavy-armored soldiers below, looked at the young man in front of him who he had just met not long ago, and said: "I know who it is, it turns out to be Mr. Li. I just don't know.
Should I call you Master Li now, or General Li?"
Li Xin'an, who was wearing heavy armor, sneered and said: "Song Master, don't fight with me. Your Iron Flag Sect is selling smuggled salt and you should be punished for your crime. If you don't open the door, I will attack!"
Song Yuanfeng's eyes flashed and he chuckled: "Who do I think that person is? It turns out to be Mr. Li. Let's not talk about your nonsense that our Iron Flag Gate sells private salt. Are you going to sneak into the Iron Flag Gate to commit murder?
Give me an explanation?"
A murder? The onlookers who were originally calm were in a rage again.
"Fellows and fellow villagers!" Song Yuanfeng opened his arms and shouted loudly: "Everyone can see the virtues of our Iron Flag Sect. Although we have annexed the Yiquan Gang here, that is the grudge between our two families. We have nothing to do with the people."
Qiu has done nothing wrong! Moreover, we have exempted the surrounding shops from paying tribute and lowered the price of shipping. We really care about the people!"
Seeing Song Yuanfeng's upright and awe-inspiring look, Li Xin'an didn't bother to talk nonsense with him. He raised his horse high and then slapped Li Chu's favorite "turning snow" on the buttocks of the sitting one.
After the horse gave a high-pitched cry, it led Li Xin'an, who was wearing heavy armor, and slammed into the iron flag gate.
The right guards of the East Palace behind him charged with him, waving their war hammers and rushing forward. In an instant, like thunder on the ground, the wall of the Iron Flag Gate collapsed under the collision of hundreds of war horses.
Countless Iron Flag Sect disciples wailed and fell from the wall. Li Xin'an rushed into the courtyard first, riding "Pan Xue" and spinning around, looking at the stunned Iron Flag Sect disciples in a joking manner.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Song Yuanfeng had already retreated to the courtyard. He never expected that this young man would actually disagree with each other, no! Without saying a word, he directly smashed their door.
Simply a lunatic.
The last remaining orange-red sunlight of the setting sun shone on the young man's black heavy armor, illuminating his face. Li Xin'an's eyebrows curved:
"Bai Mumu, this hall master is here to pick you up!"