"Yes, this old servant obeys."
Zhao Li said with a solemn expression.
He naturally knew that killing the Second Prince Li Yu was completely different from killing the Seventh Prince Li Xu.
When the Seventh Prince Li Xu came to the Ninth Prince's residence, he did not come openly, so outsiders could not know.
However, the Second Prince Li Yu came from the mainland openly and honestly, which could be easily verified with a little investigation.
More importantly, the maternal grandfather of the Seventh Prince Li Xu was Yuwen Xiao, the military governor of Jingzhou. Yuwen Xiao's influence in Yanjing City was not as great as that of the maternal grandfather of the Second Prince Li Yu.
The maternal grandfather of the second prince, Li Yu, was Jiang Zhenyue, the Minister of Personnel.
This man's influence in the court was second only to Yu Shixiong, the prime minister of Yan, making him arguably the second most powerful civil official.
Li Jing nodded slightly and remained silent.
Zhao Li bowed to Li Jing and then used his lightness skill to leave.
The Imperial Guard Camp.
Guo Jingfei rode his warhorse at breakneck speed and appeared at the gate of the Imperial Guard camp.
"Who goes there!"
A captain of the Imperial Guard pointed his spear and blocked Guo Jingfei's path.
Dozens of Imperial Guards soldiers stared at Guo Jingfei with murderous intent.
Guo Jingfei dismounted, flipped his right hand, and revealed Li Jing's token in his palm. He shouted loudly, "Guo Jingfei, the commander of the Ninth Prince's guards, has come to the Imperial Guard camp by order of the Ninth Prince to select 4,003 soldiers to supplement the Ninth Prince's guards!"
Upon hearing Guo Jingfei's words, the gazes of both the Imperial Guard captain and the dozens of Imperial Guard soldiers softened, losing their previous murderous intent.
After all, the commanders of the guards in the various princes' residences all came from their Imperial Guards. To put it bluntly, they and Guo Jingfei were once colleagues.
More importantly, those who could rise from the Imperial Guard to become commanders of the guards of various princes' residences were at least at the rank of lieutenant general.
His rank was much higher than that of this Imperial Guard captain.
In the Imperial Guard, the rank above Colonel is Captain, and above Captain is Lieutenant General.
A lieutenant general is considered a high-ranking officer within the Imperial Guard.
"Please wait a moment, Commander Guo, I will report to you immediately."
The Imperial Guard captain cupped his hands in greeting to Guo Jingfei and said politely.
"Can."
Guo Jingfei nodded and said.
The Imperial Guard captain moved swiftly, using his lightness skill to disappear into the Imperial Guard camp.
After a while.
A tall, imposing figure clad in black Imperial Guard armor, wielding a heavy black spear in his right hand, appeared before Guo Jingfei and said in a deep, powerful voice, "General Dongfang Yao of the Imperial Guard greets Commander Guo."
"Guo Jingfei pays his respects to General Dongfang."
"When I was in the Imperial Guard, I served under General Dongfang."
Guo Jingfei quickly bowed to Dongfang Yao.
Dongfang Yao was a renowned figure in the Imperial Guard. As one of the four generals of the Imperial Guard, second only to the Grand General Dongfang Ming, he was the strongest person in the Imperial Guard besides Dongfang Ming.
"You're very good; you haven't forgotten your roots."
Dongfang Yao gave Guo Jingfei an approving look and said, "I heard that you, Guo Jingfei, have come."
That's why he personally came out to greet you and took you to choose people.
"Thank you, General Dongfang."
Guo Jingfei thanked Dongfang Yao.
He knew, of course, that such a thing would never allow someone like Dongfang Yao to appear.
Dongfang Yao is not just a former general of the Imperial Guard; he is also the only son of Dongfang Ming, the Grand General of the Imperial Guard. Given time, he will surely become the second-generation Grand General of the Imperial Guard.
Dongfang Yao sent out a deputy general to greet him and take him to select people, which was already quite generous of him.
The reason he came out in person was because he knew that Guo Jingfei was his old subordinate, and he wanted to give his old subordinate face.
"Let's go. If you want to choose people, pick from my vanguard."
After uttering those words, Dongfang Yao walked towards the Imperial Guard camp.
"General Dongfang, could you allow me to select the most elite soldiers from the entire Imperial Guard?"
Guo Jingfei quickly followed and said carefully.
Are you sure?
Dongfang Yao paused, frowned, and said, "If I choose someone from my vanguard, they might give you face because you come from our vanguard."
If you were to choose someone from the entire Imperial Guard, others might not give you that much face.
There are quite a few people you need to choose from.
"It's not certain we can find that many people."
Although each of the nine princes of Yan could command a maximum of five thousand guards, these guards were selected from the elite of the Imperial Guard.
After all, the Imperial Guards were already elite troops, selected from the best of the entire Yan Kingdom.
However, in reality, most of the guards in the princes' residences were just a number of soldiers randomly selected from the Imperial Guards, and it was impossible for them to actually select the most elite soldiers one by one.
General Dongfang Ming of the Imperial Guard is an extremely special existence in the entire Yan Kingdom. Not only has he reached the peak of the Opening Acupoint Realm, but he is also the guardian of the Yan Kingdom's palace and is loyal only to the Yan Emperor.
Even the princes of Yan dared not offend them easily.
"Sure!"
Guo Jingfei said in a firm and powerful voice.
His purpose in coming here this time is to select the most elite soldiers of the Imperial Guard.
Better to have none than something of poor quality!
"Very well! I, the general, will give you this face."
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