Li Yuan looked at Li Xu's seat and slowly walked over to sit down.
The entire tiger skin was covered with no damage at all. The armrest was even made of top-grade suet white jade. He smiled and said,"Li Jiu, you sure know how to enjoy yourself.”
"It is the same everywhere in my palace.”
Li Jiu kneeled there and said through gritted teeth,""Your Majesty, you must be joking.
Li Xunfeng was also trembling in fear.
As for Ashina, he looked at Li Yuan in disbelief and said,""Li Yuan? The Emperor of the Great Tang?"
Kacha--
Eunuch Lin kicked Ashina He's knee with a gentle force. Ashina He immediately knelt on the ground. Eunuch Lin then said,""How can you call His Majesty by his name?”
Ashina's face turned pale from the pain.
However, he also understood that he was doomed.
Li Yuan sat there and looked around. He said indifferently,"Zhen heard that Jie Li Khan gave you a letter of pardon, but Zhen has never seen it before.”
"I came today to broaden my horizons."
"I wonder where it is?"
Hearing this, Li Jiu placed his hands on his knees and said with a trembling voice,""Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please listen to my explanation. We and Jie Li Khagan were just pretending to be polite.”
"It's all to obtain information for you.”
"Don't believe those rumors. We have no connection with Jie Li Khan.”
"Xunfeng, don't you think so?"
Li Xunfeng hurriedly said,""Yes, Your Majesty, you are perceptive. You are the Emperor of the Great Tang and have the surname Li.”
"As a direct descendant clan, how can we have any connection with the bandits of the grasslands?”
"Your Majesty, please show mercy."
Ashina was kneeling at the side. He was already a little dumbfounded by the change in their expressions.
He was just drinking with him and toasting to Jie Li Khan.
He was cutting ties now?
However, he also knew that if he revealed his identity now, he would definitely die. He hurriedly said,"Your Majesty, I am just a merchant.”
Li Yuan narrowed his eyes. He felt that their words were a little clumsy.
He looked at Eunuch Lin and said,"Bring him to the pardon letter. I'll take a look."”
Bang, bang, bang.
Hearing Li Yuan's words, Li Jiu kept kowtowing to the ground and said tearfully,"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is really no pardon.”
"What rumors did you hear?”
"This lowly official was killed by someone. This lowly official is also an official of the imperial court. Your Majesty, please investigate this matter thoroughly.”
As the patriarch of Longxi's Li Clan, Li Xu had a title in the imperial court, so there was nothing wrong with addressing him as a lowly official.
He kowtowed to the ground.
These few hits were very solid, and blood also came out of his forehead.
Li Yuan looked at him and his eyes suddenly became sharp."Zhen said that you are guilty, then you are guilty. If it wasn't for Zhen wanting to see this Jie Li kid's pardon letter.”
"Your head has already fallen to the ground."
"Get lost. If you can't take it out, you can be executed.”
Li Jiu still wanted to speak.
Eunuch Lin grabbed him by the neck and pulled him out. Li Xu was so greedy that he could not fight back against Eunuch Lin.
His hair was disheveled, making him look extremely disheveled.
However, his eyes, which were covered by his hair, were filled with humiliation. Blood seeped out of the corner of his mouth as he said in his heart,"Li Yuan, if you're heartless, then don't blame me for being unjust.”
"My Li family has been around for thousands of years.”
Li Jiu wished he could kill Li Yuan.
"The things are in the study. I'll take you there."”
Eunuch Lin heard Li Jiu's words and casually threw him aside. Li Jiu slowly got up, but his hands were covered in blood.
When he took a look, he realized that there were corpses lying all over the residence.
Li Jiu's hands were trembling as he slowly walked towards the study. His mind was spinning rapidly as he thought about how to lure the family's men of sacrifice and private soldiers over.
They arrived in front of the study.
Li Jiu wanted to say that he would go in by himself and then shoot a whistling arrow.
However, he did not say anything.
"Go in yourself," said Eunuch Lin."Take out the things quickly and report to His Majesty.”
Li Jiu felt a sudden joy. He was afraid that Eunuch Lin would go back on his word, so he quickly said,""Okay, okay. I'll go in and get it now.”
Li Jiu couldn't wait to enter the study.
However, he did not notice that Eunuch Lin, who was in the shadows, had a cruel smile on his face.
He was the Head of the Imperial Household and trained the Embroidered Uniform Guards. How could he make such a low-level mistake? His goal was to make Li Jiu reveal all his trump cards.
In the study room.
Li Jiu turned on the lighter and lit the lamp. Then, he pretended to look for something. He ignored the pardon letter and opened a secret compartment in the study.
He looked at the three whistling arrows inside, and his eyes revealed the hope of survival.
Creak--
The mechanism in the study room was opened by him, and a hole appeared on the wall. He stretched his hand out.
Chirp--
Chirp--
Chirp--
Three whistling arrows were fired at the same time, sounding in the sky.
There were no signal flares in the Great Tang, but this special whistling arrow was the best way to send a message. A whistling arrow represented that the Patriarch had a mission and needed manpower.
Two representatives, the family was in danger.
Three whistling arrows had never appeared in the past thousand years because it represented the destruction of the family. All the men of sacrifice and private soldiers had to rush to the main family!
The moment the whistling arrow was fired.
The door was pushed open by Eunuch Lin from the outside. Eunuch Lin pretended not to know and said,""What's that sound? Did you hear it? Did you get the pardon?"
Li Jiu pretended to be confused and shook his head.""What's that sound? I don't know. The pardon is here. Let's go see His Majesty.”
"I'm really innocent. I was only trying to deceive the Turks.”
"I am loyal to the Great Tang, and I am also loyal to His Majesty.”
Eunuch Lin did not say anything in the face of Li Jiu's clumsy acting.
He picked up the pardon letter and brought him back to the banquet hall.
Li Jiu returned to his seat and knelt down.
Eunuch Lin walked forward and gave the pardon letter to Li Yuan."Your Majesty, this is the pardon letter. Please take a look.”
Li Xu kneeled there, but when Li Yuan looked away, he whispered,"Xunfeng, I just took the opportunity to gather my men of sacrifice and private soldiers.”
"In the chaos later, you and I must remember to keep our lives.”
Li Xunfeng's expression did not change, and his heart also relaxed.
He didn't know how many guards Li Jiu's family had.
However, the Li Family of Zhao County had 3,000 private soldiers and 800 men of sacrifice. This power was the source of their family's confidence that had existed for thousands of years.
Longxi's Li clan was much wealthier than their Zhao County's Li clan, so it was likely that they had more people.
As for Ashina.
The two of them looked at each other. They had already sentenced Ashina to death. If they could take down Li Yuan, there would be no need for Ashina to be in the middle this time.
As long as he brought Li Yuan's head to meet Jie Li Khan.
No matter what, they had made a contribution. There was absolutely no problem in protecting the family.
Li Yuan sat there as if he had no idea what they were planning.
He looked at Jie Li Khan's pardon letter. The words on it were not in Turkic but in the language of the Great Tang. As for the jade seals that replaced them, there were two.
One was the mark of Jie Li Khan, and the other was the golden mark of the wolf head.
Li Yuan smiled slightly and threw the pardon letter onto the charcoal fire beside him. Looking at the rising flames of the pardon letter, he narrowed his eyes and gently tapped his fingers on the table.
Li Xu and Li Xunfeng looked at Li Yuan's calm expression and stared at the tapping fingers.
He didn't know why.
They were originally confident, but at this moment, they were a little flustered.
Finally-
Li Yuan's fingers stopped and his gaze fell on them. It was as if he had placed a heavy burden on their shoulders, making them unable to straighten their bodies. They could only use their hands to support themselves on the ground.
At the same time.
Li Yuan's voice rang in their ears.""I've waited for you for almost an hour. I hope the trump cards in your hands don't disappoint me.”
As Li Yuan spoke, he smiled and walked out step by step.
He looked at Li Jiu and said,"Let me guess. Are they men of sacrifice trained since they were young, or are they private soldiers that you secretly raise?"”
Li Yuan's words were like a heavy hammer smashing into Li Xu's heart.
He panted heavily. He just wanted to ask why.
How did Li Yuan know?
And why hadn't Li Yuan fled? Could it be that Li Yuan had brought an army with him?
That was impossible.
Their family had 1,000 men of sacrifice, 5,000 private soldiers, as well as the City Defense Army and Yamen soldiers under their secret control. They wanted to take them down.
Without ten thousand soldiers, it was impossible.
However, in Longxi County, even if there were 1,000 of them, they would not be able to hide from their eyes, let alone 10,000.
Li Xun's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He tried his best to raise his head and look at Li Yuan."Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you brought an army here.”
"Do you want to destroy the Li family?"
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