Chapter 127 Elite spy Sang Wen! Li Changan shows off his talent! (33)
Kyoto, inside Baoyue Tower.
In the shopkeeper's room, Sang Wen was threatening Yuan Meng.
"Mr. Yuan, you must be very careful in handling the affairs of our building."
"The Second Prince wanted to set a trap for the illegitimate prince Fan Xian, so he dragged in Fan Sizhe from the Fan Mansion, and in order to avoid punishing everyone, he also dragged in the Third Prince."
"On the surface, you are His Royal Highness Prince Jing's man. The owners of the building are Fan Sizhe and the Third Prince. You have nothing to do with the Second Prince."
"If you're too ruthless and someone dies, you'll be the only one to be brought to justice!"
Although Yuan Meng fascinated Li Hongcheng, she did not understand the real struggle among the upper class.
I thought that I was favored by the second prince and my fate had taken a turn, but I unexpectedly fell into a big pit.
It turns out that Sang Wen, the courtesan who was forcibly bought from Miaoyinfang, had sung for Dean Chen before. She is really knowledgeable and experienced.
Sang Wen continued, "The people of Kyoto are in a panic right now. Fan Xian, the inspector of the Inspection Bureau, is about to return to Kyoto, and this matter is about to be exposed."
"When Fan Xian finds out that the Second Prince is setting a trap for him, he will definitely use the power of the Inspection Institute to seal off the building, and the Second Prince will push all the responsibility onto you!"
"Just like when you were imprisoned in the Dali Temple Prison, did anyone save you? Did Prince Jing rescue you?"
"The prince will never be imprisoned. You are the only one who will be punished!"
"You better be more careful!"
Speaking of the fact that the prince would never be imprisoned, Yuan Meng instantly thought of what Si Lili had done against Li Changan six years ago.
As an eyewitness to the incident, she is still frightened.
"Thanks to my sister for reminding me!"
"Now that you mention it, I remember that Fan Sizhe is the future brother-in-law of His Royal Highness Prince Yong!"
"If that devil finds out, he may kill his nephew, but he will definitely kill me!"
Thinking about how Li Changan had beaten him for no reason, Yuan Meng became even more panicked.
"You often go to sing for Dean Chen, how about giving your sister some advice?"
Sang Wen pretended to have something to do at home and went to Langya Mountain for training for half a year. He hadn't sung for Chen Pingping for a long time.
However, this sign is still very effective in fooling people.
"What can you do? You've already entered the game. If you want to save your life, at least don't kill anyone!"
"If someone suggests that you kill someone, don't do it!"
"In this way, even if I fall into the hands of Fan Xian or Prince Yong in the future, I might still be able to survive!"
a few days later.
As soon as Fan Xian arrived at the gate of Kyoto, he received a big gift from Li Yunrui.
The Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and the Third Prince were waiting anxiously at the city gate, because the First Prince Li Chengru was coming back today, and Fan Xian's delegation was also coming back.
After assassinations and road obstructions along the way, Li Yunrui successfully made Fan Xian and Li Chengru face off at the door.
The delegation led by Fan Xian was sent out by Emperor Qing himself, and now they have completed the mission of bringing Yan Bingyun back.
The Black Cavalry had dispersed by the time they reached the vicinity of Kyoto, and the inner court guards had also returned to the palace.
Li Chengru led his border troops, all of whom were arrogant and brave, and were even less willing to let Fan Xian enter the city first.
Fan Xian got off the carriage himself and bowed to Li Chengru on the ground.
"Your Highness, I am Fan Xian's humble servant. I greet His Majesty!"
The eldest prince rode his warhorse and circled around Fan Xian, "I have heard of you, the young martial arts champion!"
"You have the guts to compete with the prince for the road!"
This sentence was said deliberately. The rumors about Fan Xian's background have long been known to everyone.
It was precisely because of this that Li Chengru refused to let Fan Xian enter first.
No matter how favored you are, you are just an illegitimate child, while Li Chengru is the eldest prince who has made great military achievements and has been crowned king.
Fan Xian refused to give way because he was angry about Li Yunrui's assassination.
Moreover, according to etiquette, the delegation sent by His Majesty to represent the Kingdom of Qing should naturally be given priority.
As the chief envoy, if Fan Xian gave way now, he would only appear weak.
"Your Highness, the people behind me are the Daqing envoys, sent by His Majesty's decree, representing the majesty of the Qing Kingdom!"
The eldest prince also responded, "What a coincidence, the border has won a great victory, and I am also returning to Kyoto by imperial decree!"
Fan Xian said calmly, "But Your Highness cannot represent the Kingdom of Qing!"
As soon as the eldest prince gave an order, the war horses neighed and the soldiers drew their swords one after another!
"The dignity of Daqing was won by the soldiers under my command!"
"What have you, Fan Xian, ever done to become the chief envoy of the diplomatic corps just by participating in the negotiations between the two countries to gain some experience?"
"Fan Xian, ask yourself if you are worthy of this position!"
The eldest prince's side is on the verge of a fight, and the Gundam Tiger Guards and the masters of the Inspection Institute are not pushovers either.
Both sides glared at each other, as if a gunfire was about to fire.
Inside the city gate, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked up at the sky and listened to the quarrel outside the city gate.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was in a very good mood at this time.
One reason was that his syphilis was completely cured, and the other was that he persuaded the Queen not to seek revenge on Fan Xian.
The Queen originally wanted to kill Ye Qingmei's son just like Li Yunrui did.
However, Li Chengqian analyzed the benefits of making friends with Fan Xian from the perspective of maintaining his own position as crown prince.
Although the queen was very sad about Li Chengqian's cruelty, she had to accept reality.
With these two things, even though Li Changan's reputation was growing and putting a lot of pressure on Li Chengqian, the prince was still in a good mood.
After all, whether or not one can participate in the fight for the throne is up to His Majesty.
Since ancient times, no emperor would voluntarily pass the throne to his brother.
Based on the prince's understanding of Emperor Qing, this father is definitely not such a magnanimous person!
Li Chengze squatted barefoot on the mat, listening to the quarrel outside the city comfortably.
Only the young third prince was walking back and forth anxiously.
"Prince, Second Brother, aren't you going to try to persuade them?"
Li Chengze said lazily, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, so it's not my turn to come forward."
The prince raised his eyes to look at the sun and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't you hear what big brother and Fan Xian are discussing?"
"Maybe we can work out a charter before long."
"If I go out now, they will both be embarrassed!"
The third prince scratched his head and felt that what the prince said made sense, but something seemed to be wrong.
Li Chengze sneered. "Wait until both sides are about to fight before you show up. Only then can you show the prince's majesty and status!"
At this moment, a huge sandstorm suddenly blew up outside the city gate!
The howling of the hurricane could be heard clearly even by the people waiting inside the city gate!
The diplomatic corps and the Crown Prince's men, who were in a stalemate, were thrown into chaos!
From time to time someone would shout, "The horse is frightened, the horse is frightened!"
When the wind and sand cleared, several war horses fell on each side.
The situation was chaotic just now, with sand and wind blinding the eyes. The horse was frightened and someone slashed the horse with a knife. There is nothing wrong with that.
At this time, Li Chengru stood on his horse with his sword drawn, glaring angrily!
"Fan Xian! You are so brave!"
"When you return from the battle, kill my horse!" "I have led the army abroad for many years, and I never thought the court would welcome us home like this!"
The prince straightened his collar at the city gate. It was time for the prince to make his grand appearance!
Li Chengqian put on a kind smile and said that as long as this prince stepped forward, Li Chengru and Fan Xian would give him face and reconcile!
At that time, he would have an envoy on his left hand and a prince on his right hand, and the whole family would enter the city in harmony.
At this moment, an angry shout suddenly came from outside the city gate.
"Li Chengru! You've become more capable!"
"What do you mean? The court treated you unfairly, so you want to rebel?"
When the prince heard this sound, he knew something bad was going to happen!
Uncle Yong Wang is back, and I am one step slower again!
Sure enough, after the wind and sand cleared, Li Changan's convoy slowly drove over.
The convoy stopped several dozen feet away from the city gate. Li Changan rode his horse forward and came in front of Li Chengru and Fan Xian.
Name: Li Chengru
Age: 22 years old
Realm: Peak of the Eighth Level
Talents: Command (eighth rank), Martial Arts (seventh rank), Military Strategy (fifth rank)
Abilities: Commander (8th rank), Military Strategy (7th rank)
Emotion: 80
Li Chengru, who was originally stern in tone, became much more timid when he heard Li Changan's voice.
Li Changan was the first to be crowned king, and he had a bad reputation since childhood, so he had some blood repression on these nephews.
Even though Li Chengru was three years older than him and they hadn't seen each other for many years, he still felt a little nervous when he saw Li Changan.
Seeing Li Changan's unfriendly expression, Li Chengru immediately dismounted.
"My nephew greets Uncle Yong! I pay my respects to Uncle Yong!"
"What I said just now was just a moment of anger, not dissatisfaction, please don't blame me, Uncle Yong."
Seeing that Li Chengru was so tactful, Li Changan also dismounted and slowly walked in front of Li Chengru.
"Fan Xian is on behalf of Qing Kingdom as an envoy, not Qing Kingdom to receive you. Why are you arguing with him?"
When Fan Xian saw Li Changan, he also bowed and said, "I greet His Royal Highness Prince Yong!"
Li Changan said, "I thought you were going to call Prince Yong Uncle, too."
Fan Xian quickly explained, "Those are unconfirmed rumors, so don't take them for granted."
As long as His Majesty does not publicly admit this matter, Fan Xian is not a prince.
Li Changan glanced at Fan Xian and said, "It's just a rumor. I think you are quite arrogant, but it turns out that it has not been confirmed yet."
Fan Xian said hurriedly, "Your Highness, I am very grateful. It was just a coincidence that I happened to meet Your Highness at the city gate today."
Li Changan shouted towards the city gate, "Li Chengqian, you have become more capable!"
"You watch your brothers quarreling and don't come out to mediate. Do you want to watch the show?"
Li Changan's shout stunned both Li Chengru and Fan Xian!
The crown prince is the heir apparent to a country!
Even if he is a prince, he should bow and call him "Your Highness the Crown Prince"!
Li Changan called him by his name and yelled at him!
This is the first time Li Changan has done such a thing in all these years.
Ever since he broke through to become a grandmaster, Li Changan has been too lazy to pretend. He can even bow to Emperor Qing when he meets him, after all, Emperor Qing is also a grandmaster.
As for Li Chengqian, if you give face to him, he is the prince; if you don't, he is just a nephew.
The three people inside the city gate also widened their eyes, especially Crown Prince Li Chengqian, who didn't know whether he should agree or not.
Apart from his father, the Emperor, and his mother, the Empress, no one in the world of Qing dared to call him that!
At this moment, Li Chengqian really wanted to shout, please call me Prince!
But in the end, he didn't dare.
Because Li Changan shouted again, "Li Chengqian, if you are not dead, come out quickly!"
"Uncle Prince Yong, I'm here! Hehehe!"
The prince came out from the city gate with a silly smile on his face.
With Li Changan's influence in Qing Kingdom today, Li Chengqian really didn't have the courage to argue with him.
It was really unpleasant, and it was reported to His Majesty, who would give us both fifty lashes at most.
His dignity as the crown prince would be greatly reduced.
After the prince happily left, Li Chengze squatted on the futon and talked to Li Chengping.
Li Chengping asked doubtfully, "Second brother, are we going out?"
Li Chengze said casually, "We are here to pick someone up, not to stop the fight..."
At this moment, Li Changan's voice came again.
"Li Chengze, Li Chengping!"
Li Chengze jumped up immediately after hearing the sound, put on his shoes and trotted out.
Li Chengping hurriedly caught up, shouting as he ran, "Second brother, aren't you not going out?"
Li Chengze turned around and said, "If I don't go out now, I'll be kicked in the ass by Uncle Yongwang in public, and that won't be a good look."
Not long after, the four nephews and Fan Xian stood in front of Li Changan.
Li Changan frowned and said, "That's right, a family should be together!"
"Li Chengqian, you will lead the boss and Fan Xian into the city later."
"We must not treat the country's heroes and dignity unfairly!"
After Li Changan finished speaking, he mounted his horse again and led the convoy slowly into the city.
Li Chengqian felt very unhappy because Li Changan never saluted him as the prince from beginning to end.
Could it be that the rumors are true, and Uncle Yong is really interested in the position of crown prince?
This person is a literary giant, a master of heavenly veins, and the master of the Shadow Secret Guard!
I heard that the downfall of Shen Zhong and Uesugi Tora of Northern Qi, and the burning of the Zhenfusi Yamen, were all his doing!
Li Chengqian suddenly felt that compared to Li Changan, except for his father above him and his aunt below him, he had no advantages!
The Crown Prince and the Eldest Prince stood together, waiting respectfully for Li Changan's motorcade to enter the city.
The eldest prince suddenly said, "Uncle Yong's carriage is very brightly colored!"
The prince pointed at the carriage and said, "This is the carriage of the Princess of Northern Qi, and the concubine of Uncle Prince Yong from now on!"
The eldest prince then remembered that he seemed to be one of the candidates for marriage.
Li Chengping, who was on the other side, whispered to Li Chengze, "Uncle Yong seems very different today than before!"
"He didn't even show up to see the Crown Prince. He gives people the impression of being sharp and arrogant. So cool!"
Li Chengze said enviously, "If this prince could write so many famous articles, he would not even bother to look at Li Chengqian when he entered the city!"
After welcoming Li Changan, Li Chengru and Fan Xian, Li Chengze returned to his mansion bored.
At this time, Xie Bian brought him a piece of news that almost scared him to death.
"Your Highness! The second son of the Cui family in Shijia Town and the accountants of several big shops have mysteriously disappeared!"
With just a few words, Li Chengze instantly lost his composure!
“Shijia Town! These people are of great importance, how could they disappear for no reason? Who did this?!”
Shijia Town is the hub of land smuggling, its location is very hidden, and the local officials are all his followers.
Xie Bian frowned and said, "It's hard to say now!"
"Northern Qi Jinyiwei, the prince's personal guards, Fan Xian and the Inspection Bureau are all possible!"
Li Chengze said anxiously, "Hurry up and order people to move the goods from Shijia Town and destroy all evidence!"
(End of this chapter)