Facing Li Kuan's sudden confession, everyone in the lobby had a strange feeling that their eyes went dark and their minds went blank.
For a long time, Xiao Cong, the head of the Xiao family, looked at Li Kuan with a pale face and said with difficulty: "Are you... Shan... Ling?!"
"Not bad." Li Kuan admitted openly, and the reason why he did this was because the biggest enemy of the Tang Dynasty was still the Turks. If the Tang Dynasty wanted to be strong, in addition to winning the war with the Turks, In addition to this battle, it is also necessary to destroy that "person who is a small country but is humble in his position, has little power, is not afraid of being strong and rude, and insults his big neighbors, is greedy and clumsy" - that person who has always opposed the Central Plains Dynasty in all dynasties and is shameless Want to compete for "Chinese orthodoxy" Goguryeo.
Therefore, under such a general premise, Li Kuan felt that he could tolerate the Guanlong family, which was deeply entangled in domestic forces.
When Datang dealt with the two evil wolves in the north that needed to be dealt with the most, Li Kuan thought to himself that by then, these aristocratic families in the country would be more obedient than domestic dogs.
And this is also the main reason why Li Kuan chose to use the "Fool's Promotion" to deceive them when dealing with the heads of these aristocratic families, instead of directly letting his shadow assassins come to confront them.
Of course, the most important point is: Li Kuan believes that the current national power of the Tang Dynasty should not be wasted on internal consumption.
Let’s kill the surrounding jackals, tigers and leopards first, and then we can discuss how to divide the meat in the pot, okay?
Of course, when the time comes, everyone will have an idea of who will be the swordsman and who will be the fish.
It's just that now everyone is in trouble, who can't think of such a distant thing?
Therefore, Li Kuan's "werewolf self-killing" is destined to be extremely lethal and have far-reaching consequences...
"Crack! Bang!" Pei Ji collapsed on the chair and casually knocked over the teacup on the table.
"Boom!" Yang Zhen, who at first thought Li Kuan was here to show off his power, fell directly to the ground.
"Ahem! Haha..." Dou Wei, who originally thought that His Royal Highness the King of Chu was half a junior in his family, was just an "ignorant junior", now after a cough, a mouthful of thick phlegm stuck in his throat, making him almost breathless. go.
As for Cui Yun, the head of the Boling Cui family, he fainted...
The entire lobby was in chaos.
"Well..." Li Kuan looked at the heads of the aristocratic families who were suddenly in chaos. He couldn't help but cross his chest with his hands and said with pride in his heart: I am indeed a cute and charming villain...
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When Li Kuan returned to the palace, it was still early. Yu Shinan, who had been waiting in the hall where he was teaching his disciples, was always restless. He often breathed a sigh of relief the first moment he saw his disciples.
Then, he looked at Yun Qi, who was following Li Kuan without saying a word, and asked cautiously: "Are you okay?"
"..." Yun Qi glanced at His Royal Highness King Chu, who had been in a state of excitement since he left Pei Mansion, then shook his head and said: "I have learned a lot today. It turns out there is someone who can speak as sharply as a sword and kill people." Invisibly..."
Yun Qi can't forget the scene where the heads of the five surnames and seven families, at the expense of Xiao Cong, were pinched hard by the servants of the Pei family and hurriedly rescued.
how to say.
Yun Qi felt that the reason why His Majesty is still in good health today is not only related to his practicing martial arts in his early years and being now in his prime, but the rest depends entirely on the filial piety of His Highness the King of Chu...
"As long as it's okay... As long as it's okay..." After Yu Shinan finished speaking, he sighed, and then said sternly to Li Kuan: "Your Highness, after this time, please don't do anything random."
"Why? Master Yu, you don't even know how relieved and energetic I am today!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who was in high spirits and wanted to dance for joy after defeating his opponents, didn't even see anyone coming in behind him. .
"Oh? Are you excited?"
"It's exciting! It's... it's... it's... ah..." Li Kuan's voice gradually lowered, and he already noticed that something was wrong. His Royal Highness the King of Chu suddenly turned his head... and then he was on the spot. He froze in place.
His Majesty Li Er was standing at the door of the palace calmly and calmly, looking at his son who had worried him for a long time.
By the way, there is another person half a step behind His Majesty Li Er.
The head of the Cui family in Qinghe, Cui Chan.
And this person was the reason why Li Kuan was completely petrified.
Li Kuan looked at Cui Chan, who was standing next to Li Er with a smile and a very humble attitude. There was a piece of green grassland in his heart, and suddenly there were thousands of horses racing...
You were a fucking invisible person in the Pei Mansion before!
When I poked my head out, it seemed that you were among the others!
Why, just by turning around, he jumped into the palace?
Wait... Li Kuan remembered his opening remarks at the Pei Mansion...
No... is there really a traitor among you? !
I was just talking about it for fun at the time! ! !
"This... this, this, this..." His Highness King Chu seemed to be choked by fate.
For a moment, he even felt as if he was in a dream.
——If life is an absurd comedy, our King Chu must have a red nose now.
"Are you excited?" His Majesty Li Er, who finally felt proud in front of his son, became a little childish.
"..."
After a long silence.
Li Kuan suddenly looked at his father with some grievance: "Dad, you told me there was someone below you..."
"Ha..." His Majesty Li Er suddenly let out a sneer and said with a pun: "There are too many people under Dad. Do you want to report them all? My Qilin'er, His Royal Highness the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty."
"..." It was the first time that his father praised him like this. Logically speaking, Li Kuan should be very happy.
But in fact, his mood at this time was indeed very complicated.
His Majesty Li Er seemed to have noticed his son's thoughts. He waved his hand, and Yu Shinan, Cui Chan and the bodyguard Yun Qi silently withdrew.
After a while, the father and son sat opposite each other.
"Um...Dad..." Li Kuan scratched his head and said in an awkward tone: "Did I cause trouble for you?"
"It's something that has never happened before." Unexpectedly, His Majesty Li Er just shook his head slightly after hearing this, and then suddenly raised his arm, stretched out a big hand, and gently touched his son's head: "In fact, Kuan Son, I have never truly believed in Cui Chan's surrender.
Ever since the locust plague occurred, I had no intention of getting so much food from Wu Xing Qi Wang.
Therefore, if you had not been clever and clever, and not only obtained three million stones of food through some tricks, then many people in Guanzhong were destined to die from this locust plague.
Not only that, you also took the opportunity to deal with Pei Ji and those old officials for me with the tacit consent of the Supreme Emperor.
Because of this, I can reluctantly accept Cui Chan's surrender now.
Of course this man is also a smart man.
But what makes this smart man fully understand the situation at hand is because of you. "
"No..." Li Kuan, who learned the truth from his father, immediately slapped away the big hand placed on his head by His Majesty Li Er, who was bursting with fatherly heart: "I said, Dad, don't do it to me. Now, I, Li Kuan, am a man like an eagle, and I will never be fooled by your gentle offensive!"
Today's gentle father makes the rebellious boy feel awkward.
"Really?" His Majesty Li Er raised his eyebrows slightly.
The next moment, the eagle-like man was pressed down on the table like a chicken by His Majesty Li Er.
"Ah...ah...it hurts, it hurts..." The eagle-like man began to beg for mercy.
"Little bastard, how many colors can I give you and you dare to open a dyeing workshop, right?" After silently removing some of the strength from his hands, His Majesty Li Er became angry. He was "annoyed" at first, and then angry. He straightened up. , took off his belt and slapped it on the table in front of Li Kuan: "Tell me, who gave you the courage to run to Pei Mansion alone?
Just in case someone wants to fight to the death, you plan to rely on my long list of names to shock the public?
The son of a rich man cannot sit down in court, so whoever has nothing to do will risk his own life? "
"Then when you were at Hulao Pass..." The eagle-like man still wanted to continue speaking harshly.
"Ha!" His Majesty Li Er saw that his son dared to speak harshly. He immediately became cruel and slapped his son's buttocks with a belt.
"Ouch——" The heroic man began to scream.
Knowing that at this moment, His Majesty Li Er was a little distracted and angry when he reluctantly went down, he explained slowly and slowly: "When I worked so hard, apart from being young and arrogant and ambitious, it was not for you and yours. Brothers, you don’t have to be like me anymore?!
Do you think that the turmoil in the late Sui Dynasty can be overcome safely because the Li family in Longyou, whose ancestors came from the Eight Pillars Kingdom? "
He looked at his son who was leaning over the desk, saying nothing, just struggling silently.
His Majesty Li Er's mood at the moment was far from as calm as he seemed on the surface.
Don't laugh when you are lying drunk on the battlefield, one general will accomplish the feat and ten thousand bones will be withered!
The Sui Dynasty lost its deer, and the whole world chased it away!
How passionate the nine characters were back then, how dangerous the process of competing in the Central Plains was!
Son... my father joined the army when he was young, went through many hardships and dangers, and lost a lot... finally he is where he is today...
So you think that your father, a ninety-five-year-old man who was killed from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, is the most heroic person in the world! Can't I still protect you and your brothers?
Son... whether you are naughty or willful, even if you make trouble all the time and make dad angry... dad is actually not that angry...
These are all gone, it doesn't matter.
However, you must never...don't put your life on the line like you did today.
Don't let dad always think of you as a "straight boy" and always feel that he owes you more...
Okay?
