The Ministry of Central Affairs.
Di Renjie, Cui Xuanwei and Yuan Shu gathered in Zhang Jian's official residence.
After returning to the palace, the conversation between Wu Zetian and Li Xian spread through various channels.
Everyone was speculating about Wu Zetian's motive.
After a long silence, Yuan Shuji took the lead and suggested,""Why don't we each write down our thoughts and see if our thoughts are the same?”
"Agreed."
"Good!"
The few of them nodded.
After writing, they looked at each other and pushed the paper to the center of the table.
"Saber, kill!"
"Use, kill!"
"Only, kill!"
……
The few of them sighed and shook their heads regretfully.
Although the content was slightly different, the meaning was the same.
Before this, they had been hoping for a sliver of luck.
He felt that even the Sage Emperor had not been ruthless when he had wreaked havoc in the Imperial Palace. It was not because he cherished talent.
Perhaps they were mediating.
He ordered the Prince of Shouchun to ease the relationship with the kings of the Wu family.
To win the trust of the holy emperor.
You can support the king of Shouchun.
The determination and ability that Li Xian had displayed was something that could be seen in the entire Li Imperial Family, especially the direct descendants of the Sage Emperor.
He was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.
However, today's conversation in the Great Ming Palace had undoubtedly extinguished their fantasies.
The Sage Emperor was just short of saying, I won't kill you, but you still have value. I have to make the best use of you!
They were even suspicious.
The Sage Emperor was not just warning the Prince of Shouchun.
It was also an opportunity to warn them to throw away their fantasies and not harm others and themselves!
Sigh!
Cui Xuanwei sighed." Since that's the case, let's not struggle in vain and harm others and ourselves.”
"Choose a weak direct descendant that the Sage Emperor can rest assured of.”
Yuan Wuji shook his head." That's not right. Can such a direct descendant suppress the Wu family's kings in the future?”
"Will we be loyal and die without a burial?”
They were silent.
They all understood what Yuan Shuji meant.
If the new army they supported was weak and colluded with the Wu Clan, what were they, the officials who blocked the Wu Clan's path to power?
Don't ruin the Wu family.
Would he be able to ensure that the Wu Clan would not seek revenge in the future?
This was a political struggle!
The Sage Emperor used his talent to eradicate the Prince of Shouchun!
That was his grandson!
The blood of the Holy Emperor flowed in his body!
Moreover, they were not on good terms with the Wu clan's kings.
The official room fell silent.
……
In the forest.
As he was running, Li Xian abandoned his horse and entered the forest.
When he heard the rustling footsteps approaching, he quickly stuffed a handful of pebbles into three iron pipes.
Three-Eyed Musket!
The length of the forearm.
Three rough iron pipes were firmly nailed to a wooden handle that could be easily gripped with one hand.
This was something that he had secretly asked the craftsman to help him make during the process of making the waterwheel.
Making a waterwheel required forging some iron pipes, so it did not arouse anyone's suspicion.
He had never dared to underestimate this era, where the rich and powerful were unscrupulous and ruthless.
He was also very clear that his actions had caused many people to hate him to the core.
Therefore, he had always been prepared.
He quickly used the fire pleats to ignite the fire line made of hemp rope and stood up from the tree trunk he was hiding in.
"This king is here.”
The five assassins who had entered the forest with their sabers were a dozen steps away.
He looked at Li Xian.
"Is the mastermind surnamed Li or Wu?"”
The killer saw the three-eyed musket in Li Xian's hand.
Obviously, the killer didn't know him. Moreover, Li Xian used his hand to block the hemp rope that ignited the fire, so the killer couldn't see any clues.
Moreover, the iron pipe had no edge.
Therefore, the killer was not alerted.
One of them sneered." You can ask the King of Hell yourself when you're underground. Kill him!"”
"This is a real villain. He doesn't talk much.”Li Xian muttered to himself when the killer rushed over.
At the same time, he quickly aimed the burning fire rope at the small hole in the medicine pool.
Bang!
Flames and thick black smoke spewed out, followed by a dull explosion.
Li Xian only felt his hand holding the wooden handle go numb.
Dense rocks shot out and enveloped the five assassins.
Ah!
Screams rang out.
The distance between them was only a dozen steps, and when the killer rushed over, the distance was even shorter.
Even though they used firecrackers and gunpowder.
The pellets were also some gravel.
However, when the stones hit the assassins 'faces, they instantly lost their fighting strength.
Two of them were hit in their vitals and instantly fell to the ground and died.
Clang!
Li Xian threw away his three-eyed musket, drew his sword, and rushed over.
The sword pierced through a killer who was screaming in pain and had one eye uninjured.
He stabbed in and pulled out his sword in one go.
Then, he held the sword with both hands and slashed at the killer on the left who was covering his eyes and waving his sword randomly.
Within a few breaths, there was only one killer left.
The remaining killer had a bloody face and a stone in one eye.
The upper eyelid of his remaining eye was also torn apart and rolled outwards.
It was ferocious and terrifying.
However, it seemed that he still had a certain degree of vision." Li Xian, I'm going to tear you into pieces!”
The killer gritted his teeth and swung his saber.
Li Xian raised his sword to block.
Although Li Xian's real archery and riding techniques were not even third-rate, he still had some foundation.
These were inherited by Li Xian.
The killer was seriously injured, and Li Xian had a hard time dealing with him when he first went berserk.
After more than ten moves, the other party's remaining eye seemed to be seriously affected by the blood blocking. He wiped it with his hand and screamed in pain.
Li Xian took advantage of the opponent's weakness and seized the opportunity. He held his sword with both hands and pushed forward.
Piercing through the heart.
Thud!
The killer fell to the ground.
Ta, ta, ta…
The sound of hurried horse hooves could be heard, followed by a shout." The forest, Imperial Brother's horse is by the forest. Quick!”
"This kid still has a conscience and is quite smart.”
Li Xian's face was stained with blood as he smiled and muttered. He quickly picked up the three-eyed musket.
He rolled up his sleeves and fixed the three-eyed blunderbuss on his forearm again.
Just as he put down his wide sleeves, Li Longfan and Qiao Junbei led the bailiffs over.
"Imperial Brother, are you alright?" Li Longfan asked anxiously.”
He only realized that something was wrong when he returned to the old city.
Especially when his big brother asked him to leave his sword behind.
Li Xian shook his head." It's fine. I'm not injured. Let's search these corpses."”
Qiao Junbei looked at Li Xian and felt his heart pounding.
He didn't know how this prince killed five assassins by himself.
One had to know that since the other party had sent someone to kill him.
Then he must be an expert!
But he knew that it had begun!
The bloody battle began from this moment!
As someone who was involved, if he was not careful, he might be smashed into pieces!
"Big brother." Li Longfan's expression was as calm as water as he returned with five tokens.
Peace, Prime Minister.
Qiao Junbei swept a glance over and felt a chill run down his spine!
Was it really Princess Taiping and the Prince of Xiang?
He looked at Li Xian carefully.
Li Xian took the token and glanced at it, then sneered,""Drag the five corpses behind two warhorses with ropes. You have nothing to do here.”
"Big Brother, I'll go back to the capital with you!" Li Longfan said angrily.
Even if Qiao Junbei was here, he was not prepared to hide it.
The token of the Prince of Xiang's estate sent a chill down Li Longfan's spine.
He was even more furious.
If Big Brother hadn't sent him away in advance, would he have killed him as well?
Even a vicious tiger wouldn't eat its cubs!
He knew that his big brother was definitely going back to the capital!
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