What's going on?
Aren't you here to catch spies?
Why does it seem like the royal family is going to confront the Cui family?
At this moment, everyone had forgotten what Li Xiang was here for, and everyone held their breath.
What the young prince said seems to make sense. We subconsciously put the Cui family and the royal family on the same level, but the Cui family has such power but not such status. Their children can only be called young masters, and even if they become officials, they are still Lord Cui.
But the little prince is different. He can indeed call himself the solitary prince, which is a right only members of the Tang Dynasty royal family can have.
The emperor did sit with the head of the Cui family and did not ask them to kneel, but he did not tell them not to kneel in the future. We just thought that the emperor did not ask them to kneel.
"You...I..."
Cui Yuncheng didn't know what to say at this moment, because what Li Xiang said made sense. When this guy was talking just now, he thought Li Xiang was just a reckless man and it was impossible for him to debate with him. As a result, he talked for such a long time, and Li Xiang made him speechless with just a few words.
The Cui family has indeed become powerful in recent years, and they have been trying hard to publicize their influence everywhere, but these words can be said by others, but not by core members like him, otherwise it would be a crime of treason. Although Li Shimin cannot convict them now, if the family goes downhill in the future, some things will be hard to say, and reckoning will happen from time to time.
"If you kneel today, this matter will be over. If you don't kneel, what will happen according to the law?"
Li Xiang was still as calm as ever, but Cui Yuncheng's face was full of anxiety. In this aspect of the test of his character, Cui Yuncheng also lost.
"Your Highness, according to the law, the first level of disrespect is immediate death by beheading, the second level is cleavage of both legs, and the third level is cleavage of the left hand."
Zhao Yunhui said loudly.
Everyone around was scared. Our little prince is serious!
Originally everyone thought they were here to catch spies, but now everyone can see clearly that catching spies was just a cover, and the real purpose was to bring trouble to the Cui family.
"What rank is our Master Cui?"
Li Xiang said slowly.
"In reply to Your Highness, Your Highness has repeatedly warned that if Master Cui does not kneel, it would be extremely disrespectful."
After Zhao Yunhui finished speaking, the knife was already half unsheathed. Cui Yuncheng took a step back in fear, and was at a disadvantage in front of everyone. "Weren't you so awesome just now? Don't be afraid now!"
"If you dare to move, it will be considered as murdering His Highness. Have you forgotten how Zat'elk's guards died?"
The people behind Cui Yuncheng also put their hands on the hilt of the knife, but before they could pull out the knife, Zhao Yunhui's voice came.
If it were in the past, these people might have drawn their swords long ago, but now they were a little hesitant. Zatlk was a foreign prince, and even if his people made mistakes, the Dali Temple would not make it too entangled, and would often make a big thing small and a small thing nothing.
But Li Xiang directly killed the guard and broke the hands of other guards. Such a thing has never happened since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.
"I don't believe you dare to kill me."
Cui Yuncheng forced himself to remain calm.
"Then you try and see which is harder, your knee or my blade!"
Li Xiang finally jumped off the horse, put it on the hilt of his sword, and walked towards Cui Yuncheng step by step.
"ah……"
The Cui family is a large family that has existed for thousands of years, so naturally they have central guards. Two guards drew their swords and rushed towards Li Xiang.
Both of them have the combat strength of eight people, which can be considered as masters, but when facing Li San and Li Si, they have no chance of winning at all. After one round, both of them were captured.
Everyone knows that it is easy to kill someone in a fight, but it is extremely difficult to capture him alive.
"You are relying on them only. Anyone who comes to me with a knife and intends to assassinate me will be captured."
Li Xiang pointed at the guards behind Cui Yuncheng and said.
These people were in hesitation, but Li Xiang had already given them no chance. If you had put down your knives just now, I would have spared you today. But if you haven't figured it out now, don't blame me for being unkind.
Led by Li San and Li Si, eight guards rushed out from behind them. The guards of the Cui family were also first-class, but unfortunately the gap in combat power between the two sides was too large, just like that between a child and an adult. However, within a few breaths, the eight guards brought by Cui Yuncheng were all captured alive.
"Kneel or not kneel?"
The topic returned to the original point. Li Xiang stood with a knife in his hand. Cui Yuncheng unconsciously took two steps back until he bumped into Li Liu. Only then did he realize that there were no guards around him anymore. They had all been captured alive by the guards of the East Palace.
What on earth was going on? They knew that the East Palace guards were quite capable, but they couldn't possibly be this powerful. The sudden appearance of so many experts was a mistake in their intelligence.
"If you have the guts, kill me. I will never kneel to you. If you have the guts, kill all my Cui family members and see how many people kneel to you."
The guy took a deep breath and looked very tough on the surface, but Li Xiang could already see his trembling calves.
"Killing you is only worth a million strings of cash. I have plenty of money. I can settle Zat'erke's affairs with money, and I can settle Hou Junji's affairs with money. How can you be more valuable than them?"
Li Xiang said with a smile that the Cui family is indeed the number one civil war family in the world, but you, Cui Yuncheng, may not be as important as those two people. You are just an employee of the Cui family and have not even entered the two highest levels of power institutions.
The people of Chang'an had heard that Li Xiang had been fined one million strings of cash. Cui Yuncheng naturally knew about it as well. At the time, he thought the punishment was not light; it was one million strings of cash!
I didn't expect that after just one day, I would be bullied...
"Kneel or not?"
Li Xiang asked again.
"I……"
Cui Yuncheng wanted to say something, but when he uttered this word, one of his men next to him had his left hand chopped off. These people were all powerful slaves of the Cui family. Li Xiang had investigated them very clearly and found that they had done a lot of bullying to men and women, so Li Xiang had no psychological burden in dealing with them.
Cui Yuncheng's words were abruptly interrupted. His eight guards were no ordinary people. They were always there to protect his safety. It cost at least a thousand strings of cash every year to train them. If they were to be wasted like this...