Crown Tang emperor

A middle-aged man with a square face, eight-character eyebrows, and a long beard reaching to his chest, looks like he is full of official authority. It is Lai Junchen who is now feared by everyone in the world.He was only used in the years of Tianshou, and now in just over two years, he has been appointed as Youtaizhong Cheng by a grassroots high-ranking official, and the rapid advancement of his ranks is astounding.

Of course, it was also because people at the time did not know that there was also an old man named Fu Youyi who was supposed to be a celebrity, but before he had time to ignite the fire, the wax had already been pulled out.

Lai Junchen smiled as he walked, "Just now, I heard many people talking about Yueyan in the west of the city. What's going on there today?"

Someone laughed and said after hearing the words: "It is a nobleman of the clan who returns to the capital today. He is King Baoyu of Hedong. He is the youngest son of King Yong. Before the ceremony, he went west to pay his respects, but now that he returns, the crowd will naturally welcome him."

"The King of Hedong? The man who was teased by Xingzao in Xijing a few days ago? Tell me carefully, is he the son of King Yong?"

When Lai Junchen heard this, he couldn't help being excited.Although he is in a high position now, he doesn't know much about the stories of the court and the public. After all, he is still young, and since he joined the army, he has been keeping a close eye on those targets in the court. Or have heard, but do not know the details.

As soon as he asked the question, people around him naturally talked about things about King Yong's family, especially King Hedong. A fun guy who can say, hey, it's fun, fun!"

While speaking, he raised his hand to summon an attendant, whispered a few words in his ear, and then said to everyone: "Such a famous king returns to the capital, naturally he cannot be owed a courtesy, and let this great king know from the beginning of his entry into the capital." Now the city has a new look at personnel affairs.”

His so-called courtesy, thinking about it, he knows that there is no kindness. When the people around him heard this, they realized that the young king who had returned to the capital was afraid of trouble, and those who had good things to do had already applauded for Lai Junchen.

Chapter 0303 killing slaves in the street, whipping cruel officials

In Yueyan in the west of the city, the excitement continued. Li Tong and his party were not only unable to advance an inch, but had to retreat a certain distance because of too many people rushing up.

Princess Taiping waited for the young king in the tent for a long time, and when she heard the slaves report the outside situation, she was a little surprised for a while, and she couldn't help but click her tongue: "Could it be that the gods have no sons, why are the reactions of each family so exaggerated?"

The enthusiasm of the crowd was unexpected even by her, the instigator. After thinking about it, Princess Taiping raised her hand and said: "Hurry up and lure the servants out to protect the king. If this continues, I'm afraid this kid will be forced Return to Xijing."

In many cases, the noise of human relations is often due to the infection of the atmosphere.Although it is said that the young king is outstanding in style, rich in talent, and the holy family competes for it, but it is a bit exaggerated to say that the rich and powerful in the capital of God can compete for it regardless of decency.

Many people came here to welcome them, and it was not ruled out that they just wanted to have a look. After all, from all aspects, the young king was a rare and good choice in this world.

But when they came here and saw this state of affairs with their own eyes, their sense of normality inevitably fell, and they felt that once they missed this good match, they would always have regrets.In particular, some daughters had seen the young king's demeanor, so they couldn't help urging their family members even more urgently, which made the scene more and more lively and chaotic.

Zhang Shuo and the others were still joking around, but seeing the crowd getting more and more turbulent, they couldn't help feeling a little panicked, worried that they would disturb the king and his family, so they also escorted the Wang family back several miles, widening the distance.

After seeing this scene, Dugu Qiong, who returned to the capital together, couldn't help feeling a little bit dry. She turned her head to look at Li Shouli, who was still clapping and laughing, and smacked her lips, leaning forward and whispering, "Your Majesty, if the previous agreement is void, Can you understand? Although there are more than one daughter in my family, it is not good to be a family of the king alone. Now that the crowd is vying for the king of Hedong, it is inevitable that my family will be a bit out of line..."

"What did you say?"

Li Shouli was still clapping his hands and yelling strangely at the crowd. He didn't hear Dugu Qiong's words clearly. He turned around and asked casually, and then clicked his tongue: "Look, how popular is my younger brother? Fortunately, your wife promised me first. Otherwise, it would be difficult to get married to my family!"

Lonely Qiong grimaced after hearing the words, how dare you say the word "fortunately"?

Although the palace was covered by the king's body, the crowd kept rushing forward. At this time, a slave in fresh clothes said loudly: "I am a member of Zhongcheng's family from Youtai. I was ordered by Zhongcheng to present a gift to the king. Who would dare to stop me?" I!"

In the shadow of a famous tree, the slave yelled several times, and when everyone around him heard it clearly, the discussion immediately fell back down like a brazier being poured with ice water.But at this time, someone in the crowd sneered and said, "Lai, I'm also partnering with King Xingming!"

The crowd burst into laughter again, and the servant of the Lai family stared and roared angrily: "Who is talking? Have the guts to do it!"

He looked around angrily, and the crowd around him backed away. After a while, he walked up to the place where the young king was driving alone, somewhat complacently.

Li Tong saw this scene in his eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It seems that in the past two years or so, Lai Junchen has become popular. .At the same time, he was also secretly vigilant, knowing that Lai Junchen must have little kindness towards him, and he was already thinking about how to deal with it.

Zhang said that the faces of the others also became a little serious at the moment, worried that the young king would not know who Junchen was, so he hurried forward and made a quick statement about Junchen and his affairs in a low voice.

At this time, the servant of the Lai family had already walked down to the front of the car under the guidance of the guards of the palace. He first made a brief salute with crossed hands, then took out a scroll from his arms, shook it and handed it to the guards of the palace, and said: "My family Zhongcheng knows that the King of Hedong is returning to the capital today, and he has a special gift to cleanse the dust, please accept it with a smile."

Wang Fuzhang presented the gift list, Li Tong casually glanced at it, but was startled by the number, he saw that the money was in the millions, and the silk was in the thousands, and he was even more suspicious. Handed it back to the guard, and said: "Although I and your lord are ministers of the same dynasty, they have no personal friendship. When I return today, I only see the old good. Such a generous gift, it is inconvenient to accept."

The slave of the Lai family was not surprised when he heard the words, raised his hand to take back the gift list and smiled again: "Since the king is not polite, the little people will lead the gift back and return to Zhongcheng. I don't know when the king delivered it at this time. Or choose a day to pick it up at the mansion?"

After Li Tong heard the words, he couldn't help but stare slightly, then became happy again, you bastard blackmailed me?

Next to Zhang said that others were waiting to come forward to speak, but Li Tong waved his hand to stop him, turned around and smiled again: "Whether the gift is accepted or not, I accept the friendship from Zhongcheng. Where is your master now? Look at him Come and see, I can also see him."

While speaking, he signaled Yang Sixuan to raise his hand to take down the slave of the Lai family. The man was about to resist, but was punched in the head by Yang Sixuan, and he was bound into the guard team in a daze.

Li Tong was not worried that no one would notify Lai Junchen if he took this guy down, so he turned to the worried people around him and said with a smile: "Taking advantage of this deserted situation, hurry up and enter the city as soon as possible."

This time the team continued to move forward, and the crowd did not have the turbulence before, and consciously branched out. At the same time, when the king was passing by, there were still voices in the crowd reminding: "Lai Junchen is a wolf, bloodthirsty and greedy!" Fat. The body of the king's daughter really doesn't need to be entangled with this kind of lowly and filthy..."

For these kind reminders, Li Tong also smiled and nodded in response. While walking, he called Zhang Shuo, Li Siwen and others, including Dugu Qiong, and whispered to them: "You don't have to go together anymore, go ahead, who There are acquaintances staying at Chongguang Gate of the Eastern Palace, go and see them quickly, let them wait for me to approach, don't stop me..."

"Your Majesty wants to..."

After hearing the words, Li Tong smiled and said, "It's not a big deal, but it's just to shave off this rampant minion! Hurry up, don't need to persuade me too much, I have my own measure!"

Several people were ordered to leave separately. At the same time, the family members of Princess Taiping's mansion also walked up through the crowd. Princess Taiping was driving freely. Wei Tuan'er was in a hurry to cry.

"Sanlang, I heard that murderous man Lai Junchen is after you? Don't be impulsive, I..."

Princess Taiping lay on the carriage, admonishing her seriously.

Li Tong didn't answer this, stepped forward and got off his horse, cupped his hands in salute, and said, "It's been a long time since I've seen you, my aunt is even more beautiful than Xi. And Miss Wei, how are you!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

When Wei Tuan'er heard this, tears rolled down immediately, and he couldn't cry.

At this moment, there was already a commotion from behind, and a group of people in fresh clothes and angry horses rushed towards it, and the leader was Lai Junchen.

Although Li Tong didn't know Lai Junchen, he seemed to have guessed his posture, a stern look flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled at Princess Taiping in the car: "We meet again after a long absence, and we are waiting for a long-term relationship, but there are mad dogs disturbing people. Auntie, please stay away temporarily, don't be disturbed, and escort the family back to the residence for me later?"

"San Lang, what are you going to do?"

Princess Taiping asked in surprise when she heard this.

But Li Tong stopped answering, turned around and mounted his horse, and led the Wangfu up.

"I heard that someone killed my family in the street? Where is the person?"

Lai Junchen led the crowd forward, looked around, and stayed on the young king for a moment, turned and moved away, looked at the crowd and roared angrily, with a defiant attitude.

Seeing that this guy didn't look at him directly, Li Tong couldn't help being happier.

At this time, the surrounding crowd dispersed to make room for an open space. Dozens of Wangfu followed behind, and there were 30 to [-] people behind Lai Junchen. It's just that the momentum is not as strong as the powerful soldiers of the Wangfu, but an unscrupulous chatter , and pointing at the crowd, the posture is very willful.

"Ah Jiu, throw him to death!"

Li Tong took a look at Lai Junchen, then looked away, and turned to Yang Sixuan and said.

Not to mention the unbelievable expression on Lai Junchen's face after hearing the words, Yang Sixuan grabbed the Lai family slave who was captured just now with both hands, put his head down, and slammed it on the ground, only heard a click, The slave of the Lai family didn't even have time to scream, his neck was broken and his seven orifices were bleeding.

Seeing this shocking change, the people around immediately exclaimed in an uproar and dispersed further.

"Hedong King, you are so brave! Do you know..."

When Lai Junchen saw this scene, his face was filled with shock and anger, and he pointed at Li Tong and roared again and again.

"Take him!"

Li Tong pointed at Lai Junchen with the whip in his hand, and said to the guards of the palace.

"Hedong King, how dare you... I am Youtaizhong Cheng, His Majesty the Holy Emperor..."

Seeing the guards of the palace rushing forward, Lai Junchen also panicked. He roared loudly and turned his horse back, but there was no way he could escape. When the guards of the palace attacked, they naturally left in shock, leaving Junchen alone in the same place.

Lai Junchen was directly torn off his horse, Li Tong also turned back and got off the horse, and with the whip in hand, he pointed at him and said, "Take off his cap, don't tarnish Chaoyi's dignity."

The royal guards stepped forward and directly removed Junchen's head and outer shirt.Lai Junchen was born in the city, and he was a bit ruthless. Although he was frightened, he stared at the young king with wide eyes, and said sharply, "You don't know me, King Hedong? If I humiliate you today, if I don't...ah !"

Snapped!

Li Tong raised his hand and whipped it directly on Lai Junchen's chest. The silk cloth on Lai Junchen's body showed blood-stained whip marks, and then the whip fell down like raindrops, and his clothes were quickly torn to pieces. Expose the bloody chest.

Li Tong whipped more than a dozen whips one after another, looked down at the blood splashed on his robe, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Turn around and face me with your back."

At the beginning of Lai Junchen, he was still yelling fiercely, but after hearing this, he became a little bit timid, his tone was no longer hard and cold, and he turned a bit begging: "It's a humble job that made a mistake... a lowly job shouldn't, ah! Please, my lord... ah!"

Li Tong practiced drums all the year round, and began to practice polo again. One can imagine the strength of his arms. After more than a dozen whips, Lai Junchen had become a bloody man. The person then collapsed on the ground.

Li Tong shook the blood on the whip in his hand, leaned closer and asked with a smile, "How is it? Do you want to take those gifts back?"

"No, no, I dare not, dare not..."

"You don't dare, but I want to accept it, what should I do?"

"The humble job must be sent to the mansion, and this will be sent to the mansion..."

When Lai Junchen saw the whip in Young King's hand raised again, he hurriedly said.

After Li Tong heard the words, he grinned at Lai Junchen, then straightened up suddenly, pointed at Lai Junchen and roared angrily: "The dog thief not only traps me, but also insults my late father! You want to kill me all over the house. I will finish you first!"

"I, I didn't..."

Lai Junchen exclaimed when he heard the sound, but before he finished speaking, he felt his neck tighten. The young king's whip was already wrapped around his neck, tightly strangled!

Chapter 0304

Li Tong tightly grasped the handle of the horsewhip with both hands. Although Lai Junchen was still struggling, his neck was still tightly strangled.

Gradually, the strength of Lai Junchen's struggle weakened, his feet kicked out of deep holes in the ground, his body gradually became stiff, his face turned purple, the veins on his forehead popped up, his tongue popped out of his mouth, and he looked like he was about to It looked like it was dying.

"Your Majesty, be merciful..."

"Think twice, Your Majesty!"

Seeing this scene, everyone around them kept urging them, even Yang Sixuan came up and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty shouldn't be dirty because of this thief, let the servant come..."

Li Tong rolled his eyelids, gave him a blank look, and felt that Lai Junchen's state was really on fire, so he let go of his hand, and his tense body suddenly went limp, lying flat on the ground motionless.

Yang Sixu hurried forward, put his finger on his nose to test for a moment, then raised his head and said, "There is still a faint breath."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jun Chen's body suddenly trembled when he came up on the ground, and then his bloody chest heaved sharply, with numerous scars and new blood oozing out.He was still in a dazed state at the moment, panting for a while, then turned over suddenly, covered his throat with his hands and retched, and soon there was a pool of bloody vomit on the ground.

At this moment, the street disciples of the Jinwu Guard also rushed over after hearing the news, and a leader of the team held his sword in his hand and shouted from a distance: "Please restrain the soldiers, your majesty, and don't take any more dangerous actions!"

Li Tong looked at the Jinwu Guards who were slowly approaching with swords and shields in front of them, and he couldn't help but feel that the past and the present are the same. When something happens, the police can't be there just right. He raised his hand and said to the guards of the palace: "Put away the staff, don't Clashed with street gangsters."

Lai Junchen had been lying on the ground and retching, but suddenly he jumped out diagonally and rushed towards those Jinwuwei street disciples, his tone was even more stern and hoarse: "Help, save me... King Hedong committed murder in the street, murdering ministers..."

Li Tong was even more amused to see this guy's movements were nimble. It looked like he had been trained in street fights in the city.He was worried that he would not be able to grasp the heat, but now it seems that he was too worried.

Since Lai Junchen was escorted and protected by the Jinwu Guard, those street disciples did not retreat just yet, they still gathered opposite, waiting for the command from the tangled-faced soldier whether to advance or retreat.

"Sanlang, come here quickly!"

Princess Taiping's car had already been lured away by her family, but now she came back again. She leaned out of the car window and waved to Li Tong again and again. When Li Tong came close, she said with a worried expression: "You are so impulsive! Now, even if Junchen is crazy, but he is the official of Xiantai after all, you..."

"The dog thief is really damned. I can't hold back for a while, provoking for no reason, and criticizing my heart with evil words. That's why..."

Now Li Tong changed into an indignant expression again, as if he wasn't the one who almost killed Lai Junchen just now.

"Hey, things have already happened. It's useless to talk too much. We should hurry up and think about how to deal with the aftermath."

Princess Taiping sighed, then turned around and said in a low voice: "Since it has already been done, it is better to kill it directly, leaving this trouble behind is also troublesome."

After Li Tong heard the words, he sighed again in his heart. Sure enough, this aunt was from their family.

It's not that he didn't have the guts to kill Lai Junchen, but he never thought about killing this guy directly.Although it is said that long before this Lai Junchen made his fortune, he wanted to dig out this guy and kill him, but after all, this moment and that moment.

If Lai Junchen was still a commoner, he would die if he died, and there would be no major disturbances. However, he has now entered the officialdom and has become a constitutional official. Whether such a prominent political figure lives or dies does not matter. That's a lot.

No one lacks the courage to bury the two of them in a fit of anger.But how to end after the outbreak is a big problem.

The reason why Li Tong didn't kill Lai Junchen was very simple. He didn't have enough reasons and motives. In other words, the risks and troubles far outweighed the rewards.

If Lai Junchen dies, who will benefit the most?Of course, those big officials in the court, after the death of such an unscrupulous mad dog, they will be much more calm in doing things for officials.But none of these people was from Li Tong.

Of course, for the sake of everyone's public interest and safety, Li Tong is not afraid of taking risks. It is precisely because of this idea that he wanted to kill Junchen before he made a fortune.

But now, I have a brain cramp to take risks and benefit you all by myself!

In Xijing City, Xue Jichang didn't care at all whether the Dou family had assassinated the young king, but was just busy with his own affairs.Wei Yuanzhong deliberately avoided the young king and did not have any direct contact.

If these people are willing to show some kindness and discuss things with each other, then Li Tong can really not care about personal gains and losses, and everyone will work together to tide over the difficulties.But now it is clear that everyone is playing their own way, why am I so addicted to solving a mad dog for you?

Of course, if he really solved Lai Junchen, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty should also be grateful to him.

But the way they repay is very likely to keep this gratitude silently in their hearts, and then attack them together to drive the young king out of the court completely. You stay cool and don't get in the way here anymore!

It's not that Li Tong thinks people are dirty, but that's the truth.A strong official like Li Zhaode killed the cruel official Hou Sizhi on the front foot, and was kicked out of the court hall on the back foot. Everyone didn't think well of him, crying and shouting that Li Xiang could not leave.Li Tong really killed Lai Junchen in the street, this is clearly to make himself a target of public criticism.

Today's Li Tong is not powerful in the court at all. It may not be life-threatening to kill Lai Junchen, but it will definitely make his grandma feel uncomfortable. Without the most important protection, he will be driven away. Don't even think about coming back.

But now Lai Junchen is not dead, but the young king finally gave everyone a sigh of relief, so he has to think about whether to learn from Mr. Dong Guo and attack the young king.Even if he does not support the young king, he should remain silent, at least there will not be too many voices in the court to pursue the young king, and it is possible to use this to get Junchen away.

As for offending Lai Junchen because of this, there will be endless troubles?

None of the people who came to Junchen to kill had any real grudges against him.Including in front of him, Li Tong had never met him before, so he dared to make things difficult for him.This guy belongs to the type who doesn't have anything to do, so if you don't offend him, it has nothing to do with whether he targets you or not.

Besides, Li Tong's life and death are not on the mind of cruel officials.His grandma really wanted to get rid of him, it didn't matter whether Junchen came or not.If he can still maintain his holy family, it will not be easy for Lai Junchen to slander him.This guy is crazy, but Wu Zetian will not be crazy with him, so he was killed in the end because of it.

Now Li Tong has indeed offended Lai Junchen, clearly and clearly, one of the consequences of this is that if Lai Junchen submits any criminal evidence related to him in the future, he has to consider whether this guy is taking revenge?

If his grandma wanted to keep him, she would never let Lai Junchen take charge of the case related to him. If she sent Junchen to investigate him, then it was basically certain that if there was any life-saving trick, use it quickly, and it would be useless if it was too late.