Li Zhao saw the person inside at a glance. It was Li Zhong, with disheveled hair!
Li Zhao's eyes fell angrily on Li Zhong, who was like a dead dog.
His hair was disheveled, his hands were hanging on the shackles, his clothes were stained with blood, his skin was torn, his head was drooped, and the blood lines at the corners of his mouth were long.
The guards accompanying Li Zhong were even worse.
On the other side of the cell is a clean viewing platform.
A fruit plate and fine wine were placed there, as if they were watching a drama.
Li Zhao's eyes fell on the person in the center. He was familiar with that person. He seemed to have seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it.
The middle-aged man wearing the uniform of a county guard sat on the deputy seat next to the young man with a smile, as if he was following the young man's lead.
Even when he saw Li Zhao coming in with so many people, the county guard did not get up. Instead, he respectfully picked up the tea on the table and handed it to the young man with both hands.
The young man took the tea cup from the Hailong County Sheriff. After taking a sip, he looked at Li Zhao with a smile and said, "Your Highness, we meet again."
"Do you recognize this king?"
"His Royal Highness You Wang, is it true that noble people forget things so much?" The young man explained with a smile: "When you snatched someone away from me and whipped me with a whip, you were very fierce and you forgot in the blink of an eye?"
"It's you!" Li Zhao finally remembered.
"It seems that His Highness Prince You remembers Mr. Du." He put down the tea cup, stood up slowly, and walked towards Li Zhong and the two guards.
"Tsk, tsk..." Du Xiu looked at the miserable three people and said with surprise: "I, Du, have always had a clear distinction between grudges and grudges. I will treat others how they treat me. What I pay attention to is fairness!"
He picked up the whip and shook it lightly, pointed at Li Zhong and said: "This bitch dares to steal my young master's money and still refuses to admit it. Your Highness, do you think this young master should beat him?"
Snapped!
He suddenly laughed ferociously and slapped Li Zhong hard.
Li Zhong was already old and had suffered a lot of torture before. Now he was whipped again and he fainted from the pain.
"Ouch, ouch..." Du Xiu said to Li Zhao, "I'm really sorry. I didn't expect that the force was so strong that I accidentally knocked him unconscious... He didn't let His Highness King You enjoy this wonderful scene... Someone, knock him out..." Wake up and I will demonstrate to His Highness Prince You again."
His attitude was extremely arrogant and unscrupulous. Even if Li Zhao came with people, he would be confident.
"If you dare to touch him again, I will destroy your whole family. Do you believe it?"
"Hahaha..." Du Xiu couldn't help laughing and said, "Your Highness King You speaks so scary, I'm so scared..."
The entire cell was filled with his wanton laughter.
County Governor Zhu Ruming couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud. His Highness Prince You didn't think this was Kyoto, right?
He thought no one would dare to touch him here?
It’s really too naive, this is Jiaozhou!
If Li Zhao dares to touch Du Xiu, he will definitely not be able to survive here.
They were all kicked out of Kyoto by Emperor Wu. Where did this loser get the confidence to challenge the majesty of the family here?
Not only the county governor Zhu Ruming felt that King You was playing with fire, but also the thugs and guards felt that Li Zhao was a little unclear about the situation.
"His Royal Highness Youwang, has anyone told you the specific situation in Jiaozhou?" Zhu Ruming, the county governor, picked up the tea cup, blew on the oil flowers on it, and said, "In other words, you may not know yet, what is your situation in Jiaozhou?" The situation?"
Li Zhao turned to look at Zhu Ruming, the governor of Hailong County.
"You are just a useless prince who is not taken seriously and is not favored! I have been an official for many years, and I have read through the classics of all dynasties, but I have not found any prince who was granted the title in advance. You should be the first person since the founding of the country. He is also the only loser in the current dynasty who was driven into a fiefdom before he reached the age of eighteen!"
"Even if you die here, I'm afraid His Majesty won't even look at you. If I were you, I should be thinking about how to build a good relationship with the aristocratic families here, and then survive, instead of showing off as soon as I come here. Your prince is majestic, this will only make you look stupid."
He put down the tea cup and smiled.
When Li Zhao heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
Is this what I am in the eyes of all of them now?
Because he was sealed off as soon as he came without any notice, it was equivalent to being driven out of Kyoto in despair?
Because he came early and was granted the seal, it was tantamount to being rejected by Emperor Wu?
Because the fiefdom is Jiaozhou, it means there is no favor at all? Can anyone be bullied or killed?
Li Zhao couldn't help but want to laugh, and suddenly he understood what these people were thinking.
What goes on in the Imperial Palace in Kyoto is something ordinary people cannot inquire about and don’t know.
Most of what they saw and heard were false versions.
What's more, even if Li Zhao gained the attention of Emperor Wu, he didn't make much noise, and there were only a few people who knew about the bet.
Those royal brothers would not be stupid enough to leak this information, so in the eyes of outsiders, he, Li Zhao, was not only useless and fell out of favor, but was also kicked out early.
Isn't such a powerless prince just at the mercy of others?
Thinking of this, Li Zhao suddenly seemed to understand why they were so unscrupulous and confident.
The aristocratic family has always been arrogant, and even at the beginning of the founding of the country, they did not take the royal family of Wu Kingdom seriously.
They even tried to rule the world with the royal family. If the Taizu of the Wu Kingdom hadn't been so courageous and suppressed them forcefully, the royal family of the Wu Kingdom might have really capsized.
But even so, the nobles who assisted the Taizu of Wu Kingdom in conquering the country were all arrogant.
Relying on their profound knowledge to control the court, their power is beyond imagination.
Even the emperor was not taken seriously by them, let alone a useless prince?
"So... this is who I am in your eyes?" Li Zhao shook his head, stared at Du Xiu with a serious look, and walked over with his sword in hand.
Zhu Ruming's face suddenly darkened, and the tea cup in his hand fell heavily on the table, echoing in the dark underground space.
"Your Highness King You, are you really seeking your own death?"
He felt that he had made it very clear, but anyone with a right mind should know how to choose.
But he never expected that King You would be so ignorant of praise.
Du Xiu, on the other hand, was very calm and waved to his people, telling them not to block Li Zhao and to let Li Zhao come over.
How confident and arrogant this is!
Li Zhao raised his sword and walked not far away from Du Xiu. Du Xiu raised the whip in his hand again: "I have never believed in evil. The more others threaten me, the more I want to test the validity of his words. Believable?"
Du Xiu waved his hand, and the person behind him poured cold water on Li Zhong to wake him up. Li Zhong groaned in pain.
Snapped!
Just when Du Xiu waved his whip again, Li Bin had already taken action and slashed with his sword.
clang--
At the critical moment, the man standing not far from Du Xiu drew his sword decisively.
The blades of the two guards collided, creating dazzling sparks.
Li Bin and the person guarding Du Xiu took two steps back at the same time, their right hands trembling violently.
At this moment, Li Zhao moved.
"you--"
