paranoianovel Chapter 2219: The Arrival of the Xizhou Army
Chapter 2219: The Arrival of the Xizhou Army
As the saying goes, live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water; it is good to enjoy the shade under a big tree; it is easy to be an official if you have someone in the court.
Li Shen was leaning against a towering tree, which not only provided him with shade, but also bore fruit that could quench his thirst.
Wang Xuance was speechless for a moment after hearing what Li Shen said.
Prince Ji is indeed a little arrogant because of his favor, and he has every reason to say this.
But this matter may not be that simple, right?
"Your Majesty, if His Majesty knew about this serious matter, I'm afraid he would punish you." Wang Xuance had to remind him.
"Do you think His Majesty doesn't know? Believe it or not, within seven days, His Majesty will know everything that happened here.
Maybe it's faster than the 600-mile express. " Li Shenyun said calmly.
Small matters might not be reported so quickly, but this was no small matter. Hundreds of noble officials were looted, which was a big deal.
If things go wrong, the court officials may even cause a big commotion in the court.
"Does Your Majesty have any solution to this problem?" Wang Xuance asked hurriedly.
Li Shen shook his head:
"Not yet. Once you reach the mountain, there will be a way. Once you reach the bridge, there will be a way. We will take it one step at a time.
This time, I am here to take revenge again, to let those people with ulterior motives see that I am not so easy to mess with.
If you want to see me perform miracles, you must be prepared to be retaliated against by me.
After this incident, I think our Prince Ji’s Mansion will be peaceful for a long time.
Xuan Ce, although it is not a chaotic time now, people's hearts are hard to predict, so we must be on guard against others.
I am not a cruel person, but if I want to survive well in this world, I must be cruel.
If I don't scare them, tens of thousands of people in Prince Ji's mansion will be eaten by them until not even a bone is left.
There are many things that this king does not want to do, and people in the arena cannot decide for themselves. "
Li Shen suddenly sighed. He didn't want to do anything bad. He just wanted to settle down in the Tang Dynasty and live a luxurious life.
Just be a third generation emperor who lives a life of idleness and waits for death.
But many things go against one's wishes. If he wants a good life, he cannot avoid competing with others for interests.
There will be people who want to harm him and put him to death.
He had never experienced such intrigue and deception in his previous life, where he could lose his life at any time.
The greatest evil he encountered in his previous life was nothing more than malicious reporting.
But now that he's here, he needs to make himself strong and ruthless enough to live longer.
Wang Xuance didn't say anything else. He could understand Prince Ji's situation very well. If he took a wrong step, he would be doomed.
A ten-year-old child took on the responsibility of supporting such a huge family business and had to deal with various forces.
Now that I am 20 years old and have grown up with a successful family business, the hardships involved cannot be described in a few words.
There are great risks and great wisdom involved.
Just like Wang Wencheng's case, if he was convicted, the lighter punishment would be demoted to a commoner and exiled to Lingnan, while the heavier punishment would be execution and the entire family exiled.
Outsiders cannot tell how dangerous it is.
Li Shen looked towards the horizon and saw the sun rising slowly.
"Xuan Ce, the Ji Palace is now like a boat sailing against the current. If we don't move forward, we will fall behind. There are also various forces outside who are eyeing us covetously.
They regarded the Prince Ji's Mansion as a piece of fat meat, and everyone wanted to take a bite.
This king must scare away these wolves, tigers and leopards."
"Thank you for your teachings, Your Majesty. I will come up with a foolproof plan to ensure Your Majesty's safety."
Wang Xuance bowed in the end.
“No need to do that. In fact, I have already thought of a countermeasure, but I don’t know if Your Majesty will think of it.
Forget it, don’t think too much. Anyway, we have His Majesty and the Crown Prince in front of us.
It's a pity that I have to bleed this time. I just hope that my father didn't stab too deep."
Li Shen felt distressed when he thought of this, and in the end he could only comfort himself by saying that spending money would avoid disaster.
"Report~His Royal Highness Prince Ji, a large number of soldiers and officers have arrived outside and are heading towards the workshop area."
Just then, a guard ran in to report.
"They came quite quickly." Li Shen said with a smile.
"Perhaps someone went to Xizhou to report to the police last night, which is why they arrived so quickly," Wang Xuance analyzed.
“It’s definitely not those craftsmen, they ran away a long time ago, and I don’t know how many casualties there were among the people this time.
Those troops died and that was it."
Li Shen actually didn't want to hurt innocent people.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. There aren't many casualties. I checked at night and found that most of them were soldiers and servants of the nobles.
Almost all of the craftsmen have escaped, and the rest should be following Captain Zhao and his men to transport supplies."
Wang Xuance comforted him, but what he said was not a lie. He did take a look and found that there were indeed not many bodies of ordinary people.
This is mainly because these people are needed to transport goods.
"That's good, otherwise I will be uneasy. Let's go and take a look at the situation."
Li Shen climbed up to the platform again and looked at the workshop area with a telescope. He saw a large group of people rushing towards the workshop area.
"It seems that there are at least five thousand soldiers and horses." Wang Xuance took a look through the telescope.
“Humph, when we asked them to leave the city to suppress the rebels, they said that Xizhou Prefecture did not have enough troops and they were afraid that the rebels would take advantage of the situation and invade.
Now he has dispatched 5,000 troops at once, so he is not afraid of the rebels attacking the city."
Putting down the telescope, Li Shen snorted coldly. This is the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty. They never care about the lives of the people.
Upon hearing that something had happened to the family business, he immediately sent a large army over.
The people from Xizhou entered the workshop area, and not long after, a small group of people came towards Li Shen's villa.
Li Shen immediately followed Wang Xuance down from the platform.
"Your Highness, Pei Changshi of Xizhou and General Li are outside seeking to see you." Soon a guard came in to report.
"Xuan Ce, go meet them. I'm going to have dinner first." Li Shen was ready to leave these two people alone.
Wang Xuance agreed and came to the front yard. Pei Ziyu and the other two were also invited to the front hall.
"Meet Mr. Wang."
"Meet Pei Changshi, General Li."
After the two sides exchanged greetings, Wang Xuance asked them to sit down.
"Wang Changshi, I wonder if His Royal Highness Prince Ji is free? The two of us have come here specially to pay our respects to His Royal Highness Prince Ji."
After sitting down, Pei Ziyu spoke first.
“You two, His Royal Highness Prince Ji was frightened last night and just fell asleep at dawn. It will probably take a while for him to wake up.
If you two want to see His Highness, please wait a moment." Wang Xuance found an excuse.
"We are guilty of scaring His Royal Highness Prince Ji. I didn't expect such a big thing to happen in Xizhou."
Hearing that Prince Ji was frightened, the two men quickly apologized.
If anything happened to Prince Ji, they would also be to blame.
"Gentlemen, I wonder what the situation is over there?" Wang Xuance did not delve into it further, but asked instead.
"Ah, it's a horrible sight, almost all the supplies have been looted, and there's not a single person left alive in the workshop.
These rebels are simply too rampant, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil."
Pei Ziyu sighed. He just went to take a look and it was very miserable.
(Sorry about this, I finished writing it but forgot to upload it. I thought I uploaded it.
I just saw it and didn’t upload it, sorry.)