The two of them could only keep silent, there was nothing they could do, the other party's strength was there, the two of them were no match for the other party. And the Crown Prince had a bad taste, every time he played chess with the two of them, he would eat all the pieces, leaving only one old general for the other party.
Naturally, neither of them was allowed to regret their moves, so every time after playing chess with Li Hong, they always felt a chill on their heads. The feeling of having their heads shaved made them extremely depressed.
"Why aren't you talking? Do you believe that what I've done will make you two question your lives?" Li Hong asked provocatively.
"Your Highness, you are so powerful. I admire you so much. Ever since you ate all my particles for the first time, I have started to doubt my life." Yuan Tiangang said with a bow, begging for mercy.
He was seventy years old, and was bullied by a kid every day. Not only was it shameful, but he would also be laughed at if the news got out. His reputation as a hero would be ruined in an instant.
"Master, Wufa and Wutan are back." Xia Zhi whispered beside him.
"Are they back? Where's Bai Chun? Why hasn't Bai Chun come back?" Li Hong turned around and prepared to leave. Accidentally, his foot touched the chessboard that was higher than his knee, and naturally he ruined other people's chess game.
"Your Highness..." Yuan Tiangang looked at Li Hong's back as he left nonchalantly, his dark face reflecting the light. In two more steps, Li Chunfeng would be completely killed.
Li Chunfeng looked at Yuan Tiangang's angry face with ease, and said calmly: "This game doesn't count, the chessboard is overturned, let's fight again."
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"No, no, no, I remember the position of every chess piece just now, and put them back..."
"There's no way to do it. Just start over. Brother, can't you afford to lose?"
"Who can't afford to lose? In two more moves I will completely checkmate you."
"How is that possible? Didn't you see that my horse was already lying on the ground..."
Li Hong walked leisurely towards the bedroom accompanied by Xia Zhi. The noise behind him sounded more pleasant to him than the singing of birds in the mountains in the morning.
Wufa and Wutan both looked exhausted and had not slept for a long time. In order to track down the identities and purposes of the assassins, they, together with "Jingwei", did not dare to rest for a moment in the past few days.
"What happened? Tell me." Li Hong sat down in the main hall, looked at the two tired people, and motioned them to sit down and talk.
"Your Highness, we have found out. A small number of assassins who escaped that day disguised themselves as businessmen and were intercepted on the road. They are now surrounded in the back mountain." Wu Neng picked up the water cup handed to him by the maid, took a sip and said.
Li Hong pouted, his eyes full of solemnity. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Who is the mastermind? Why are you here?"
Wufa and Wutan looked at each other, both looking a little uncomfortable. They stood up at the same time. Wutan said, "Master, Bai Chun is now blocking them in the back mountain, and all the rest of the people are inside..."
"Bang!" The teacup in Li Hong's hand flew onto Wu Fa's head, and blood immediately gushed out from Wu Fa's forehead.
Xia Zhi and Xiao Xue were startled by Li Hong's sudden action and almost cried out involuntarily. After waking up the next day after the assassination, the prince behaved no differently than usual.
But they had followed the prince for many years and knew his temperament very well. They knew that the prince had been suppressing a rage in his heart and had not vented it, so they had been very careful in doing everything in the past few days, fearing that they would anger the prince, whose injuries had not yet healed.
Hua Meng and the others were also startled. They stood respectfully on both sides of him, and bowed with Xia Zhi, Wu Fa and Wu Tian, saying, "Master, please calm down."
He couldn't let the warm blood on his forehead flow down his eyes, down the bridge of his nose into his mouth, and then to his chin and neck.
"Don't you understand what I'm saying? What did I ask you?" Blood was oozing out of Li Hong's shoulder at this time.
Just now he picked up the cup with his left hand and smashed it. He originally wanted to hit Wujitian who was speaking, but his aim was far off and hit Wujitian on the forehead.
"Plop." Wufa and Wutan fell to their knees.
When Xia Zhi and the others saw this, they also knelt down at the same time, lowered their heads and said nothing, waiting for Li Hong to get angry.
There was only one person who did not kneel on the spot, and that was Xiaoxue. She was standing trembling beside Li Hong, gently unbuttoning his clothes. She saw that the wound on Li Hong's white shoulder, which had just had the stitches removed, had cracked a little again and was now bleeding.
"What are you all doing kneeling on the ground? Can Bailu and Xiaohan survive like this? Get up!" Li Hong pushed Xiaoxue's hand away and shouted angrily.
Looking at everyone who stood still, Li Hong angrily shook off Xiaoxue's arm again, walked up to each person, and kicked them one by one. When he came to Xia Zhi, he just raised his foot, snorted, put it down again, and then returned to his seat.
"Tell me, was this assassination aimed at my mother? Who did it?" Li Hong's tone was flat, but everyone could feel the murderous intent and coldness between his words.
"Yes, sir. I did come here for the queen. I arrived at Taiyi City that day and happened to see you and the queen going out. So I hurriedly set up a killing plan ahead of you."
"Is there someone in the court? Or does Taiyi City have a spy? Or does the royal manor have a spy?" Li Hong asked in a deep voice.
Li Hong's guess was actually correct. When Wu Mei came to Taiyi City, these people had already received the news. However, in order to hide, they did not pass through Chang'an City or Taiyi City, but took a detour from Lantian County. Every day at night, they did not stay in the city, but chose to camp in the wild.
"To answer your question, the specific situation is still unclear. Bai Chun has learned about the movements of this group of people from the side. If we want to know the whole story, we need to find out the people trapped in the back mountain..."
"Take the left and right clearing forces with you and set off." Li Honghuo stood up from his chair, his wound having just been bandaged by Xiaoxue.
“Master…”
"Anyone who disobeys the order will be beheaded." Li Hong walked out without looking back. Xia Zhi and others hurriedly got up from the ground and followed closely behind him.
After exiting the door, Hua Meng hurried out. In about a cup of tea time, a team of about 2,000 road clearers had been assembled and were ready to set off at any time.
The three people who were still playing chess in the pavilion saw two thousand people suddenly rushing out, all fully armed, with swords, lances, bows and crossbows flashing with terrifying murderous intent. They couldn't help but look at each other, wondering what was wrong with the prince.
"Uncle Sun, why don't you go over and ask? If anything happens to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it will be blamed on the Zongsheng Palace." Li Chunfeng looked at Li Hong who had a cold face, and then looked at Sun Simiao who had a thoughtful expression on his face and said.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not an ordinary person. Tiangang, didn't you deliberately touch his hand when you were playing chess with him? How sure are you about your fortune-telling by touching his bones?" Sun Simiao asked Yuan Tiangang, who was playing with a chess piece in his hand, with his head lowered.
Yuan Tiangang closed his eyes in deep thought, and from time to time he looked at Li Hong, whose sight was blocked by Sun Simiao, and said slowly: "This trip should be safe and sound. Besides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is definitely not an ordinary person. The emperor is just missing a few small roles now, and he will be successful soon."
Sun Simiao nodded silently, thought for a while and then walked over quickly. Although he was over a hundred years old, he didn't look old at all when he walked.
As they walked, he asked the Taoist boy to go to the pharmacy to get some high-quality trauma medicine. Then, after walking to Li Hong's side, he asked with a smile, "Your Highness, are you going on a trip? Or are you going back to Taiyi City?"
"Old immortal, we will not go back to Taiyi City. We have some clues about the assassin that day. I am worried about them going, so I decided to go and take a look myself." Li Hong said with a smile.
"Oh, well, Your Highness, why don't you wait for a moment? I have prepared some excellent trauma medicine. Why don't you take some with you, just in case?"
"Thank you so much, old immortal." Li Hong looked at the Taoist boy who came hurriedly and motioned Jingzhe to take it.
Mangzhong had already brought over a pure-colored horse that had always been used to pull the prince's carriage.
Li Hong patted the horse's mouth and stroked its neck. The horse seemed to understand human nature and knew that this was its master. It rubbed its head against Li Hong's arms twice in a coquettish manner.
With the help of Xia Zhi and Xiao Xue, Li Hong rode up with some effort. Xiao Xue and Xia Zhi also hurriedly led their mounts and floated onto the horse's back like two blooming flowers, protecting the prince's mount on the left and right.
Mount Zhongnan is very large, stretching from Chencang County in the west to Lantian County in the east. The back mountain that Wufawutian mentioned refers to the back of Chencang County, which is almost out of Mount Zhongnan. It is so close to Zongsheng Palace that if you ride at full speed, you can reach it in about an hour.
Li Hong knew that Chencang County would be named Baoji by his descendant, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, in a few decades.
It is said that Li Longji fled westwards to Chencang to avoid the rebellion led by Jiedushi An Lushan. When he was besieged and isolated by the rebels, two pheasants suddenly flew over, circled around, and took Li Longji south to a temple on the top of Chencang Mountain.
But when the rebels caught up, the sky and the earth suddenly lost color, a strong wind started to blow, and soon hailstorms began to fall, crushing the rebels. When Li Longji looked for the two pheasants again, he saw that they had turned into stone chickens, standing tall with their heads held high.
Li Longji blurted out: "Chencang is a precious land; the mountain bird is a divine chicken. So Chencang was named Baoji."
The section of Zhongnan Mountain located in Chencang County was also renamed from Chencang Mountain to Jifeng Mountain.
The Chencang Mountain at this time was very different from when Li Hong came here in his previous life. There were many strange rocks and the road was rugged. As soon as you reached the foot of the mountain, it felt like you had walked into a primeval forest.
Li Hong had long forgotten the instructions from his mother and father, who warned him not to leave Chang'an without permission at any time.
The Qinglue in front led the way, and the Qinglue in the back naturally covered the rear. At this time, the cavalry could only move slowly at the foot of the mountain, following some faint goat paths, or the messy paths left by the herbalists.
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