Three Years Later, Return to Seek Justice!
There were more than a hundred soldiers guarding the city gate, so Li Ke and the others were outnumbered.
However, in a battle, numbers were never the deciding factor.
Firstly, these soldiers were still in a dazed state, and many of them had yet to react.
Secondly, Xue Rengui and the others had attacked very suddenly. They rode on their warhorses and had a commanding advantage. More importantly, Xue Rengui and the others were experts carefully selected by Li Ke. They were existences that could fight against a hundred alone.
In addition to Li Ke's strength that completely surpassed ordinary people, the battle in front of the city gate also became a one-sided massacre.
Therefore, the battle ended in just 15 minutes.
Blood flowed like a river in front of the city gate. The soldiers guarding the gate were lying in pools of blood, and the pungent smell of blood assaulted their noses.
Li Ke thought for a moment and suddenly jumped off his horse. He took a brush from the side, dipped it in some blood, and wrote a line of words on the city wall.
After he finished writing, he directly jumped onto his warhorse and looked at the city that seemed to have been awakened from a dream. His gaze was cold and without any reluctance. He took a deep breath and immediately said,"Let's go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ke drove his horse and took the lead to rush out of the half-opened city gate.
Seeing this, Xue Rengui and the others no longer hesitated. They all rode their horses and rushed out of the city gate. They rushed into the darkness in the opposite direction of Chang 'an and soon disappeared.
Less than 15 minutes after they left, the thundering sound of hooves suddenly came from afar.
Not long after, thousands of cavalry under Li Jing's lead quickly rushed to the city gate.
Looking at the open city gate and the soldiers lying in pools of blood on the ground, Li Jing's face was filled with anger and coldness.
His hands were tightly clenched into fists, and clanging sounds kept coming from them.
"Damn it!"
Li Jing gritted his teeth and growled angrily.
"Sir, look here!"
At this moment, a cry of surprise suddenly sounded.
Li Jing looked in the direction of the voice and saw a soldier pointing at the city wall beside the city gate as he exclaimed.
Li Jing rode his horse over. With the light of the torch, he directly saw the words on the city wall.
"This is…?"
Li Jing's expression suddenly changed.
On the city wall, there was a line of bloody words written in blood.
"I was wronged and had no choice but to leave. Three years later, I will return to Chang 'an to seek justice and return peace to the Tang Empire!”
A line of bloody words appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone who saw these words had a complicated expression in their eyes. Although they had received the order to kill the King of Shu, Li Ke, without mercy.
However, Li Ke's reputation as a virtuous king was still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Some people with brains also knew that Li Ke's so-called rebellion was definitely framed.
Therefore, some of the soldiers seemed to be moved by the word 'wrongful'.
When Li Jing saw the expressions of these soldiers, he could not help but be shocked.
His expression changed drastically and he hurriedly said," Men, remove this line of words immediately. No matter what method you use, you must not let the commoners see it tomorrow morning!"”
In ancient times, everything needed a sense of justice.
Even if it was a rebellion that everyone knew about, they had to put on a righteous hat.
As for why Li Ke left behind such a line of words, it was actually for the sake of righteousness.
He wanted to let everyone know that he was wronged and forced to go. This was not something he was willing to do.
Therefore, even if he led the army to attack Chang 'an in the future, he would still stand on the side of righteousness.
Moreover, with Li Ke's reputation as a sage, his actions in the future might be well received.
This was the role of righteousness.
Li Jing was able to become the Minister of War, so he was naturally not an idiot. Therefore, he quickly understood Li Ke's meaning, which was why he wanted to destroy Li Ke's righteousness and prevent the news of the fishing boats from spreading among the people.
However, Li Jing had forgotten that the thousands of soldiers behind him had seen this line of words. Unless he killed all of them, this news would definitely not be able to be concealed.
Li Jing looked at the bloody words as if he was looking at Li Ke's mocking smile. Veins popped out of his hand that was holding the hilt of his saber.
What did Li Ke mean when he said that he would return to seek justice in three years? How could Li Jing not know?
Li Ke, is this really a rebellion?
This cruel and unscrupulous Li Ke had acted like a prince of the Great Tang!
Li Jing gritted his teeth and said with a gloomy face,""Men, immediately report this news to His Majesty. The rest of you, follow me out of the city.”
"The thief Li Ke has just left the city not long ago. He can't be far away. No matter what, we have to annihilate him!”
After saying that, Li Jing quickly rode his horse and led thousands of elite soldiers toward Chang 'an City.
Because there was only one official road corresponding to the South City Gate, Li Jing was not afraid of losing him. As long as they were fast enough and caught up with Li Ke before he reached the fork, they would definitely be able to kill Li Ke.
A wild chase began.
At the same time.
Prime Minister Fang Xuanling's residence.
Fang Xuanling was woken up in the middle of the night. He quickly put on his official robe and went to see the eunuchs from the palace.
"What exactly happened?" he asked. His Majesty is in such a hurry to summon us overnight?”
The eunuch shook his head and said," Lord Fang, I'm not sure either. It was the steward who summoned us and asked us to immediately summon you into the palace."”
"But…"
The eunuch thought for a moment and then said," However, it seems that His Majesty is extremely angry because of the King of Shu. Now the whole Chang 'an is full of soldiers and horses to capture the King of Shu."”
"King of Shu?"
"Isn't the King of Shu in jail?" Fang Xuanling frowned. Why would he let His Majesty use so many troops to capture the King of Shu?”
"And even if the King of Shu escaped, he wouldn't have alarmed the entire Chang 'an.”
Fang Xuanling shook his head and frowned as he watched the soldiers gallop away.
He had a feeling that things would not be as simple as the eunuch had said.
Perhaps something major had happened that could affect the entire Great Tang. Otherwise, Li Shiming would never have lost his cool like this.
However, what had happened?
What could a King of Shu, who was destined to die, do?
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