Soon, the few people who had escaped were chased up with steel knives.
"Xiao Langjun, why is this?"
A middle-aged dignitary asked Li Chongyi with a puzzled look.
"Hmph, you are insulting me, Master. Why do you think I came here with so many personal guards?"
After saying that, Li Chongyi sneered, "Master, His Highness the King of Jin has made great contributions to the world. Now he only uses the purification paper he made, but he is being humiliated and distorted by you every day. This is a serious crime of falsely accusing the prince. You
You still have the nerve to ask me?"
"Your Highness, Dalang, this matter is indeed a misunderstanding!"
"Exactly, those who wantonly accuse the King of Jin of being extravagant are just the opinions of these Imperial College students and have nothing to do with us!"
Immediately, some people began to shirk their responsibilities with fear on their faces.
These people are just outsiders. When they see whichever side has a strong voice, they will fall to that side.
Of course, there are many people with secret minds among them. Seeing that Li Chongyi and others are coming with bad intentions, they subconsciously seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
However, there were still some hard-headed people who directly scolded Li Chongyi with righteous faces.
"Paper is such a sacred thing and has been used for writing since ancient times. His Highness, Prince Jin, actually used it to go to the toilet and did such dirty things. Such a heinous crime should be punished!"
"Exactly, paper is so precious that not many people in the world can afford to buy it. His Highness, Prince Jin, has ruined it so badly. Why can't we blame him?"
"I can't help but want to accuse and write to Your Majesty..."
Hearing these shameless words, Li Chongyi and others were immediately laughed out of anger.
"Bah! A bunch of shameless people!"
"Mouse, what does the clean paper used by Master have to do with you? You can't afford paper. It's because your family is poor and you can't make money, so you can't afford paper. Or maybe those merchants have raised the price of paper.
It's so expensive that you can't afford it.
I didn’t expect that you didn’t complain about those merchants, but now you come to complain about us, the masters. It’s really shameless. Also, you are all scholars and have read the books of sages, but now you are so ignorant. That can only mean that,
You think it is better to insult my master than to insult those merchants!
It seems that Master and I have been staying in Lijiazhuang, making you feel that the majestic King Jin is weak and easy to bully, allowing you to bully you at will, tsk tsk..."
"You are so bold and short-sighted that you really deserve to be beaten!"
As he said that, Li Chongyi's eyes widened and he roared, "Hit me hard!"
"yes!"
Then, there was another brutal howl.
However, with Li Chongyi and Li Chengqian by their side, these people did not dare to curse.
"Hey, everyone, if anyone else has insulted my wife during this period, please come forward!"
Li Chongyi grinned and said with a smile, "If you let me find out, don't blame the guards for being so angry that they didn't take action seriously!"
"As for you, if you want to reason with me, then start quickly. Anyway, I have been hanging out in various streets of Chang'an City since I was a child, so you should be somewhat familiar with me."
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel shocked and glanced at Li Chongyi with some horror.
Only then did I recall the unreasonable aspects of these disasters in Chang'an in the past.
With a mournful face, he quickly raised his hands to Li Chengqian and saluted: "Your Highness, we have not falsely accused or humiliated His Highness the Prince of Jin. His Highness the Prince of Jin used clean paper to defecate in the toilet. It is really a taboo for all literati in the world. Why don't you please Your Highness the Prince?"
Mingjian!"
"Hey, His Highness the Crown Prince, you see, these rats are bullies and shy of the strong. The Master and His Royal Highness are usually easy-going. However, as a result, these rats have become more arrogant and domineering, and even slapped His Highness in the face.
I am so good that I don’t have to give face to such rats. Instead, they respect me and won’t bully me!”
Li Chongyi smiled sinisterly, "Come here, drag out these people who are talking so much, and give each of them twenty slaps, including the price for insulting the prince!"
"Your Highness, please spare your life!"
"Your Highness, we are all nobles. Scholars cannot be killed but cannot be humiliated. Please give me some mercy, Your Highness!"
Suddenly, everyone was shocked.
However, at this moment, Li Chengqian also looked angry and stared at these rats gloomily.
The guards on the side went up directly and slapped some people.
Seeing this, Li Chongyi couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
"You don't have to worry, this is just a punishment for insulting His Highness the Crown Prince. If you insult the King of Jin, you will be slapped twenty times..."
Then, regardless of the resentment on the faces of those who were slapped, they looked at the onlookers around them with smiles on their faces.
"All of you in Chang'an City are all respectable people, so you shouldn't dare to do anything you don't dare to do. Then you are not even as good as a barbarian hozen!"
"Don't tell me now, but wait until later and let me find out that the place of punishment is not a teahouse, but in your house or on the street!"
No matter what Li Chongyi said, no one stood up.
"Okay, since you don't want to admit it, then you are all just rats who bullied and framed our master!"
"Come here, these rats gathered in the teahouse to make false accusations and humiliate His Highness the King of Jin. They should all be slapped!"
"yes!"
As Li Chongyi finished speaking, a group of personal guards rushed in from downstairs, and rushed towards the remaining people.
Now, everyone was panicking.
They originally thought that with so many wealthy businessmen and dignitaries, not even His Highness the Crown Prince would dare to offend them too much.
But he didn't expect that Li Chongyi, the eldest son of the Hejian County Prince, would dare to do this?
It's simply a gangster act!
"Your Highness, we are all innocent people and we have never participated in humiliating His Highness King Jin!"
"Exactly, Your Highness the Crown Prince, we are here just to drink tea and talk, and we have no intention of humiliating His Highness the King of Jin!"
"Your Majesty, please be aware that I am the uncle of the Minister of Rites!"
"I am the manager of the Pei family..."
"We are waiting for..."
However, what makes these people despair is that no matter how they explain, Li Chengqian always looks solemn.
Obviously, he didn't want to pay attention to them at all.
Then, everyone looked at Li Chongyi.
"Dalang, I am a member of the Zhang family in Anyefang. I just talked with Brother Liu today, and I definitely did not discuss His Highness the King of Jin. However, those of us in the private room next door have been talking and abusing Jin since we sat down.
Your Highness!"
"Zhang Silang, how dare you speak such nonsense and slander us?"
"It should have been so much better!"
Li Chongyi chuckled lightly and signaled to the guards to put down Zhang Wulang and others.
Seeing this, the faces of everyone around him couldn't help but light up, and they quickly started to report him one after another.
At this moment, they no longer care about the friendship between people.
Under the identification of the teahouse owner on the side, all those who framed and insulted Li Xuan were reported.
Those who simply came to talk and drink tea were squeezed aside.
Suddenly, the whole teahouse was filled with insults and screams one after another.
It took a long while before it calmed down.
"Shopkeeper, please quickly send me pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Write down the family background and names of these rats and present them to Master!"
After finishing, Li Chongyi said again.
"No!"
"This is an absolute must!"
Everyone's face was filled with fear.
If they were really registered, they would have to be on guard against the King Jin's revenge day and night.
However, Li Chongyi ignored these and signaled to his bodyguard to give him a slap in the face if he screamed fiercely.
Under such brutal suppression, these people just let Li Chongyi do what he did with sad faces.
I felt extremely regretful in my heart. If I had known this, I shouldn't have listened to those people's deceptions and spread the word to humiliate King Jin!