"Your Highness, we all have the Emperor's orders..."
A huge guy said very arrogantly that this person was not an ordinary person, but a nephew of Li Shimin, born to Li Shimin's cousin. There was no shortage of such relatives in the capital.
"Your Highness, the two people at the door have been beaten to death."
The rest of the people were still eager to try, and they didn't take Li Xiang seriously. Isn't this guy just a little brat?
But after hearing these words, they were all dumbfounded. This kid really dared to kill people. No wonder they didn’t see the two gatekeepers when they came out just now. It turned out that they had been killed by Li Xiang. Those two were also guards of Prince Jin’s Mansion and held eighth-rank official positions. Were they killed like this?
"If you're dead, you're dead. I'm enforcing the laws of the court. Anyone who dares to stop me will be beaten without hesitation. Arrest them."
Li Xiang waved his hand, and more than 20 guards behind him rushed out instantly.
"Who of you dares?"
Seeing more than twenty of Li Xiang's men coming over, they all drew their swords. These guys knew what the consequence would be if they were beaten, which would be that they would definitely lose their lives, so they had to fight, maybe they could survive.
"The king is showing his sword and has evil intentions. Brothers, kill him."
After receiving Li Xiang's gaze, Li Si was the first to draw his sword. The people behind him were also not afraid. They all had a combat strength of more than ten people. The strongest of these people in front of him had a combat strength of five people. Although a few people had a combat strength of eight people, they had just drunk alcohol, so they could not exert more than 30% of their strength.
"No, some of them are my second brother's people. If you don't give me face, you have to give my second brother some face!"
Li Zhi crawled to Li Xiang's side. The fighting behind him had already begun. The moment he ran over, two lives were already gone.
"If my second uncle is talking about face, he doesn't have as much face as you."
Li Xiang was too lazy to look at this guy. He closed his eyes and waited for the fight to end.
The people around were so scared that they dared not speak. They thought that if they could just compensate them with some money, everything would be fine. If they met an honest official, he would compensate them for some medical expenses, and the whole village would be very happy. They didn't expect that they would have to do things according to the law.
They had just warned this group of people that killing oxen without authorization would be a capital crime in the court, but this group of people said that they were guards in the prince's palace and the court's laws did not apply to them. At that time, many people accepted it, thinking that they would only suffer a loss this time and there would be no surprises. They did not expect that someone would die now.
"oops……"
A streak of blood appeared from nowhere and landed on Li Zhi's shoes, frightening him so much that he stepped back repeatedly. He was truly regretting why he had wanted to drink beef soup just now. He didn't know which of his subordinates had come up with this idea, but now that he had been caught by this guy, he was actually thinking of catching him all in one fell swoop.
Li Zhi had not been out of the palace for long, and he did not have many people under his command. This time, he brought most of them with him to the front line. These were all his hard work, and now they were all killed.
In addition, there were thirty people borrowed from Li Tai, the King of Wei. This second brother has always been stingy in doing things. If he knew that all his men had been killed, I don’t know how he would blame himself.
The most important thing is that all his subordinates were killed. After arriving at the front line, he could not do anything. Even if there was something he wanted to do, he could not do it alone. A prince would be too conspicuous.
"Put away the knife."
Li Xiang's men checked and found that there were indeed no living people at the scene, so they put away their knives one by one.
"Your Highness, all the rebels have been killed."
After hearing this report, Li Zhi really didn't know what to say. When did my men become traitors? Isn't this a bit too much?
"Uncle Jiu, don't be suspicious. These people just drew their swords in front of me without permission. It's clear that they are planning to harm me. Uncle Jiu probably doesn't know them very well. I guess they must be spies from Tuyuhun who have infiltrated. I couldn't ask them in detail in that situation, so I could only respond to their moves. Fortunately, my men are quite capable, otherwise we, uncle and nephew, would be in trouble today."
Li Xiang's explanation made Li Zhi so angry that he trembled all over, but Li Zhi had no way to refute it. After all, all his men had been killed, leaving only the two maids he had brought secretly.
"Get rid of the bodies and pay the compensation to the owner. My uncle will pay for it. If you don't have the money, you can lend it to him. The interest is 3% per month."
After hearing what Li Xiang said, Li Zhi almost fell off his horse. Of course, he no longer cared about the money. What he cared about most were the people who had fallen. All their years of hard work were gone today.
After doing these things, Li Xiang took Li Zhi away. As for the dead people, Li Xiang had no intention of hiding it and was ready to report everything.
Later that day, Li Xiang and Li Zhi caught up with them. As for the sedan chair he brought out from Chang'an City, since there was no one to carry it, they had to give it to the local villagers.
The two maids were not brought back, and were all left in the local village. Li Xiang wanted to let this guy be a commander without troops so that he would not affect him in the future war.
After the two generals finished listening to Li Xiang's report, they felt a chill in their hearts. Is this still a teenager? He is so decisive and ruthless in doing things. Even when they were young, they probably didn't have this mentality.
Of course, no one felt sorry for Prince Jin Li Zhi. Both of them cared very much about the common people, but you were so cruel to them that you beat up half of the young people in the village. I heard that several of them were left disabled. The two generals despised Li Zhi even more.
"Send His Highness the Prince of Jin to rest. I will assign thirty men from my barracks to protect His Highness the Prince of Jin."
Qin Qiong said with a frown, and when he saw that Li Zhi still had something to say, he immediately asked his men to send him back. You may feel a little wronged in this matter, but this is your own business as uncle and nephew. You can submit a memorial to your father when you go back, but don't say anything to me. I can't make the decision for you. If you want to blame someone, blame your own men for not being strong enough.