Li Jing prepared at home for two days before heading to Xianyang with Yuchi Jingde on the third day.
Along the way, Yuchi Jingde showered Li Jue with praise, which annoyed Li Jing.
"He's just an eight-year-old child, how could it be as strange as you say?"
"He can learn it at a glance. In my opinion, His Majesty must have secretly taught this child. This child has probably been practicing in secret for several months!"
"No!"
"Absolutely not!"
"I asked His Majesty, and he said he has never taught this child to wield a lance!"
Li Jing curled his lip in disdain upon hearing this.
"You dare to believe His Majesty's words?"
Upon hearing this, Yuchi Jingde scratched his head in confusion.
"What's wrong? Can't you believe me?"
"It's not that we can't believe it, but that we can't believe it completely..."
Li Jing sighed leisurely as he finished speaking.
"His Majesty has long regretted deposing the Crown Prince. Now, having the two of us teach his eldest grandson is probably just compensation to Li Chengqian!"
Upon hearing this, Yuchi Jingde nodded.
"Um!"
"That possibility cannot be ruled out, but this child is really remarkable. He is only eight years old, but he is incredibly broad-shouldered and strong, comparable in height to an eleven or twelve-year-old!"
This is the unique way the Yuchi family praises people: as long as someone is tall and strong, they are definitely a handsome man.
Hearing this, Li Jing closed his eyes helplessly, not wanting to bother with this idiot who had no brains at all.
After two hours of bumpy travel, the two finally arrived at Sanglin Village in Xianyang.
But when Yuchi Jingde knocked on the courtyard gate with great anticipation, he immediately received news that shocked him.
"Oh, it's Master Yu! My young master has been summoned to the county government for questioning!"
"ah?"
"And what about his aunt?"
"His aunt naturally went with him too!"
"Holy crap..."
Upon hearing this, Yuchi Jingde felt a headache coming on. He never expected that there would be anyone so fearless as to interrogate this aunt and niece!
Princess Jinyang is His Majesty's Achilles' heel. Anyone who dares to offend Princess Jinyang is practically asking for death!
As for Li Jue, the eldest grandson, he was His Majesty's only legitimate son and grandson, and was treasured beyond measure.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have sent two great dukes to teach this child!
"Old Li, are you going to wait here, or come with me to the Xianyang County Government Office?"
Li Jing smiled upon hearing this.
"What's the point of waiting here? We should go to the county government office to see what's going on!"
When the two arrived at the county government office, it was already surrounded by layers of onlookers.
If Yuchi Jingde hadn't been tall and strong, he might not have been able to squeeze in.
As soon as the two squeezed in, they saw Si Zi and Li Jue standing arrogantly in the hall. A steward-like person was kneeling next to them, and a dead person was lying on the ground behind the steward. For a moment, it was impossible to tell who the victim was and who the plaintiff was.
Upon seeing this, Li Jing couldn't help but inquire with the people on both sides.
"Gentlemen, what's the deal with these people in the hall?"
"Your Excellency may not know this, but the Princess of Changsha's family has taken a liking to this young nobleman's land and intends to use their status as imperial relatives to force a sale!"
"ah?"
Upon hearing this, Li Jing tugged at Yuchi Jingde and asked.
"Wasn't Princess Changsha the daughter of Emperor Gaozu?"
"I think so?"
"You know me, I can't even remember His Majesty's children, how could I possibly remember Emperor Gaozu's children?"
"Hmph!"
"You almost became a prince consort, wouldn't it kill you to pay more attention to this?"
Upon hearing this, Yuchi Jingde immediately became enraged and grabbed Li Jing by the collar, issuing a warning.
"Don't mention this again!"
"If you dare bring this up again, I'll snap your head off!"
Li Jing knew he couldn't beat this guy, so he had no choice but to admit defeat.
"Okay, okay!"
"I will never mention it again!"
Although Li Jing said he wouldn't mention it, he always had a mocking smile on his face, which made Yuchi Jingde feel extremely annoyed.
This whole affair is to blame Li Shimin. After Li Shimin came to power in the Xuanwu Gate Incident, he felt that Yuchi Jingde had made too many contributions, so he had the audacious idea of marrying his daughter to him.
Fortunately, Wei Zheng argued with reason and cited various examples to inform Li Shimin that this confused the generational order, which finally made Li Shimin give up.
However, from then on, Yuchi Jingde had another nickname—the fake imperial son-in-law!
If anyone dared to ridicule him to his face, he would have snapped their head off long ago!
He simply couldn't do anything about people like Li Jing, so he could only express his dissatisfaction verbally.
The argument between the two immediately attracted the attention of the people in the hall. When Si Zi saw Yuchi Jingde and Li Jing, he immediately skipped over.
"Uncle Yu, Uncle Li!"
"Young lady, what exactly is going on?"
Si Zi glanced at Li Jue, who was about to be interrogated, and pulled the two of them aside to whisper to each other.
“Uncles, didn’t my father bestow an estate upon my eldest nephew as his fiefdom?”
"That's true!"
Yuchi Jingde thought to himself, "It's not just that. When I first heard about it, I racked my brains but couldn't figure out who Li Dechong and Li Zhong were!"
"What's wrong? Someone dares to covet the estate bestowed upon us by His Majesty?"
"No, it's not..."
"Well, to put it simply, Sanglin Village used to suffer from water shortages, leaving many plots of land lying fallow, practically worthless even if given away for free. Now, my nephew led the villagers to dig an irrigation canal, bringing water to the village, and the people of Princess Changsha have their eyes on it, insisting that the land belongs to them..."
After listening for a while, the two understood immediately. It turned out that the estate of Lu Huaiyuan, the consort of Princess Changsha, bordered Sanglin Village. Now that all the dry fields in Sanglin Village had been turned into irrigated fields, they had become covetous of it.
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