Crown Prince Manor.
Li Chengqian returned from morning court in a rage. The sound of things being smashed came from the study.
Then, Wei Zheng went to the Crown Prince's residence.
Seeing the mess on the ground, he could not help but criticize sternly,"Crown Prince! As the Crown Prince, he had to abide by his words and deeds. What was wrong with him now?”
Li Chengqian sat on the chair and panted heavily, extremely angry.
" Teacher," he said unwillingly," I lost a Lieutenant General and several hundred personal guards yesterday, but Father didn't even mention it today. He even let that useless trash Li Rui deal with Vermillion Bird Street!"”
"Don't talk nonsense!" Wei Zheng shouted sternly.”
"Why is Your Highness the Crown Prince like this? No matter what, the position of the Crown Prince is still yours. Perhaps His Majesty just sent an insignificant matter to Prince Ning.”
At this moment, a servant came to report that Du Ruhui had come to visit.
As soon as they met, Du Ruhui said in panic,"Your Highness, something bad has happened. The sons of the three Great Dukes have all defected to Prince Ning!”
"What did you say? Qin Huaiyu and the others have sided with Prince Ning?" Li Chengqian suddenly stood up, clearly in disbelief.
" Just now, they went to Zhuque Street with Prince Ning," Du Ruhui explained." After investigating, we found out that Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, and Yuchi Jingde brought their sons to Prince Ning's residence a few days ago!”
This was definitely something that Li Chengqian had not expected.
Yesterday, he was still thinking of taking Qin Huaiyu and the others under his wing. But today, he was suddenly told that Yuchi Baolin and the others had all sided with Prince Ning. How could he tolerate this?
"Li Tai is coveting the position of the Crown Prince, and Li Ke is also eyeing it covetously. Now, even Li Rui dares to compete with this Prince!"”
……
Prince Ning's residence.
After Li Rui returned to the residence, he changed his clothes.
As soon as he left, he met four generals." Where are you going, Your Highness?”
"Your Highness, is there anything important today?"
Li Rui looked at the four of them and smiled."Isn't there ready-made labor?”
Then, he ordered,"Listen to my orders. This king has been ordered to supervise the construction of Vermilion Bird Street. You are specially ordered to follow this king!"”
The four of them accepted the order excitedly.
There was nothing wrong with following Ning Wang. It was only the third day and there was already a mission.
Arriving at Zhuque Street, Li Rui looked at the ravine he had personally created and could not help but feel a wave of regret.
After letting Qin Huaiyu and the others command, he directly slacked off.
After walking two streets, they met an old Taoist priest in a shabby Taoist robe.
It was the Taoist priest who had run away after eating near Zhuque Street in the morning.
At first, Li Rui didn't care and wanted to go over. After all, the Great Tang supported Taoism, so it wasn't strange to see a Taoist priest.
However, the other party blocked his way.
"Heavenly Venerate Immeasurable, I see that young master has a delicate face and an imposing appearance. He must have an extraordinary fate and might achieve great things in the future!”
"This poor Daoist is not talented, but I know some small techniques. Young Master, are you interested in measuring it?”
The old Taoist priest said with a smile, looking like a master.
Li Rui pursed his lips and said with a smile,"Taoist priest, I advise you to change into a more decent outfit.”
Now, the imperial court of the Tang Empire was building Taoist temples and supporting Taoism.
How could there be a real Taoist priest who couldn't even wear a decent Taoist robe?
Unless he was a real swindler.
The old Taoist priest said shamelessly,"Young Master, you must be joking. This Penniless Priest doesn't pay attention to such mundane matters. If Young Master doesn't believe me, please allow me to calculate. If I'm right, I hope Young Master can reward me with more silver.”
Even when it came to silver, the old Taoist priest was extremely calm, as if silver was just a common thing.
"Xu Chu."
Li Rui stretched out his hand and Dian Wei placed two gold ingots in his hand.
"If my guess is correct, is this what you want?”
Seeing the two big gold ingots, the old Taoist priest could not help but swallow his saliva. This was definitely attractive enough for him.
"What do you want to calculate, Young Master?" the old Taoist priest asked, pretending to be calm. Wealth and official luck?"
His heart was already blossoming with joy.
Before he came, he had asked around and found out that Li Rui was a playboy prince who spent a lot of money.
He had learned from experience that if he wanted to earn money, he had to earn money from high officials and nobles.
Two days ago, he had just earned three thousand taels of silver from a general surnamed Luo.
Casually fiddling with the gold ingot, Li Rui smiled and said,""Then please guess my identity first.”
Hearing this, the old Taoist priest was overjoyed.
Identity? Was this even a calculation?
However, he still took out his turtle shell and pretended to say,"Young Master's identity should be Li, his name…"
Halfway through his sentence, the old Taoist priest was suddenly stunned.
What kind of divination was this? Why was it so different from his identity as a prince?
Moreover, it was a refuted divination, full of variables!
"Surnamed Li?" Li Rui asked with interest. Then, why didn't he continue?”
The old Taoist priest realized that something was wrong. There was a problem with his divination.
He immediately wanted to snatch the treasure and run away.
But when he reached out, Li Rui actually dodged it.
He was even more shocked in his heart. How could this silkpants prince escape his means?
The smile on Li Rui's face didn't fade as he said lightly,""Xu Chu."
"I'm here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Zhu, who was behind him, threw a punch with a ferocious aura.
Seeing that something was wrong, the old Taoist priest could not care less about the gold ingot and retreated in a flash.
Xu Chu's punch missed. The old Taoist priest had already arrived at the end of the street and turned around to disappear.
"What a handsome qinggong." Li Rui praised and then ordered,"Xuan Jian, don't let him escape."
A figure slowly disappeared from the dark.
……
Thousand Water Tower.
One of Chang 'an's song and dance studios.
"Good!" Li Rui applauded.
In front of him, the courtesan of the Thousand Water Pavilion was leading the dance. Her graceful dance was intoxicating.
However, Li Rui's eyes were clear, as if he was enjoying the dance music.
Suddenly, a soft voice sounded out from behind him." Master, Xuan Jian is useless and let him escape.”
After taking a big gulp of wine, Li Rui sighed comfortably,"" There are four great powers in the martial world that I can't offend, but I have to encounter one of them. Interesting…"
Hua Kui looked at Li Rui in surprise, not understanding what he meant.
"Continue."
Li Rui threw out a gold ingot and ordered as if nothing had happened.
……
Outside Chang 'an City, in an abandoned temple.
A young Taoist priest in clean clothes was making a fire and roasting sweet potatoes.
The old Taoist priest, who had failed to trick Li Rui, was using his lightness skill and was approaching the temple. He muttered,
"It's all thanks to this poor priest's good qinggong, or else I would have fallen in the hands of this Ning Prince.”
"Wasn't it rumored that he wandered around the brothels and wasn't skilled in martial arts? How did he escape from This Penniless Priest's Cloud Changing Palm?”
"The person who chased after us was a powerful fellow. Could he be one of this prince's men?”
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