Abandoned by the best children? I just take out the space

When Chen Changli heard the words "die without a burial place", his brows jumped.

He quickly raised his eyes and stared at the man, and saw that his face was full of worry, as if after seeing the Ninth Prince's army, he no longer had any hope for Yongzhou City.

"Xiang Ling, what do you think?" Chen Changli asked after a long silence.

"I want some capable people to leave first." Xiang Ling didn't have any idea, but if some capable people left through the secret passage, they would be safe and would not be trapped to death in Yongzhou City.

"What you can think of, the Ninth Prince can also think of. So if I'm not mistaken, when Li Keyi retreated and returned, Yongzhou City became an isolated city." Chen Changli hinted.

When Xiang Ling heard this, her eyes turned red unconsciously, and her voice was choked with sobs: "Then can we only wait to die here?"

Chen Changli poured him a cup of tea, motioning him to calm down first, but his mind was in a turmoil.

After a while he said, "I will go meet Li Keyong. Maybe I can take this opportunity to find out what he and the Ninth Prince are really planning."

"General..." Xiang Ling's face turned pale unconsciously when he heard Chen Changli's words.

"Don't worry. This test is just for exchange of ideas. We will not fight to the death with Li Keyong." After Chen Changli made the decision, he immediately arranged everything and then mobilized some people to go to Mingyue Mountain through the secret passage.

At this time, Li Keyong, who was staying in Mingyue Mountain, was on high alert because the whereabouts of Xiang Ling and others were discovered. After he knew it, he was sure that they were Chen Changli's men.

In order to prevent Chen Changli from sending people to launch a sneak attack, he also brought some people to the mountain road leading to the iron mine to make some arrangements.

As soon as Chen Changli arrived with his men, he received the news and immediately brought people to stop him.

"General Li, I have long heard of your great name. Seeing you today, I can see that you are indeed worthy of your reputation!"

Hearing the noise coming from the mountains, Chen Changli quickly ordered his men to deploy their troops and prepare for battle.

As soon as Li Keyong and his men came out of the mountains, Chen Changli immediately locked onto him.

After looking at him carefully for a few seconds, Chen Changli showed admiration on his face, and then continued talking without waiting for him to speak.

"Where is Wen Baicao?"

Li Keyong originally thought that Chen Changli was coming to attack Mingyue Mountain, but he did not expect that he would question Wen Baicao calmly.

Glancing at Chen Changli with an ambiguous look, he saw that he was tall and handsome, and under the sunlight, he looked like an ethereal being ascending to heaven. Li Keyong stroked his beard and smiled, "I have also heard of your great name for a long time. Now that I have seen you, I know that the rumors are not to be believed."

"Are you talking about the rumor that I have three heads and six arms?" Chen Changli knew from Li Keyong's tone that he was only on guard against him at the moment and had no intention of fighting with him. He felt a little relieved, but did not show any expression on his face.

"Since you performed great deeds on the battlefield, this rumor has become a household name. I also thought you were a rough hero because you looked big and strong. But when I found out that you were the grandson of the Xu family, I knew the rumor was not credible."

Li Keyong smiled happily, as if he had solved a problem, and he felt much more relaxed.

"It's just that other people said it so confidently that I didn't want to believe it anymore. So I also imagined what you looked like based on those rumors."

"Now that I see you in person, I'm glad I didn't take my imagination seriously, otherwise I would have made a fool of myself in front of you today."

After hearing what he said, Chen Changli smiled and said, "If the rumors were credible, there wouldn't be such a thing as gossip."

"But I am really surprised that General Li would say such a thing. After all, you are the uncle of the Ninth Prince. I thought you would do everything you can to discredit me for the Ninth Prince and make the people of Yongzhou City not believe me."

His words were suggestive and tentative.

Li Keyong knew it well, his eyes darkened and he smiled and said, "Yongzhou City is the place chosen by His Majesty, so His Highness the Ninth Prince and I think Yongzhou City is a good place and we can't let the Eighth Prince get away with it."

"My brother attacked Yongzhou City this time with the intention of taking it down in one fell swoop, so as to prevent the Eighth Prince from continuing to annoy His Highness the Ninth Prince."

"I never thought that the Eighth Prince would persuade you to defend the city, and you did defend Yongzhou City."

After Li Keyong said this, his expression became a little strange, as if he was dissatisfied with Chen Changli's behavior, but had to suppress his dissatisfaction.

"Chen Changli, I have never underestimated you, because I know that a person who survives the battle is more ruthless and has more ruthless means than ordinary people, but I never thought you would go this far."

Li Keyong deliberately dragged out the last syllable of his voice, his eyes locked on Chen Changli like a knife, not missing the slightest change on his face.

"Not only will I be extremely vigilant against someone like you, I will also do everything I can to kill you and eliminate future troubles for His Highness the Ninth Prince."

"It's a pity that when I was trying to find a way to get rid of you, you discovered me and appeared in front of me now."

When the words were said in an inexplicable tone, a trace of helplessness appeared on Li Keyong's face.

"The first time I saw you, I wanted to kill you even more, but I didn't dare to act rashly because the things in this mountain are very important to us."

"If I fight you to the death, won't this thing be given to others?"

"I guess you have the same idea as me, otherwise why would you appear in front of me with such fanfare?"

Li Keyong made it clear on purpose, but Chen Changli was not embarrassed or angry.

He came here just to test the waters and had no intention of doing anything else.

If Li Keyong had other ideas, he would also be happy to fight with him and test his strength.

"As expected of General Li, your ability to understand people's hearts is unmatched by ordinary people."

"I am a rather timid person. I don't want to fight you to the death unless I am 90% sure."

"It's just that neither you nor I want to do this. Some people might have wild ideas and do something behind the scenes, forcing you and me to decide the winner."

"Are you talking about Wen Baicao?" Li Keyong seemed to be asking a question, but in fact he was sure.

Chen Changli nodded: "Wen Baicao hates the royal family, so he can't really help the princes. So the biggest possibility is that he will instigate a fight between the princes and benefit himself."

"Of course he is a businessman, and many people look down on businessmen, so even if someone guessed his intentions, they didn't think he would cause any harm, so they ignored him."

"But I think that a person who relies on his identity as a businessman to get along well with several princes cannot be ignored by you, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

Li Keyong heard what he meant, his eyes suddenly turned deep, and he sighed softly: "He is also a pitiful man, perhaps too pitiful. We all have some sympathy for him, so we accepted him, but we didn't expect that we would end up raising a tiger to cause trouble."

Chen Changli was stunned, then shook his head and said, "Li Keyi might be fooled, and the Ninth Prince might turn a blind eye because of the benefits given by Wen Baicao, but you won't."

"So what kind of deal did Wen Baicao make with you? Why did he give all the iron ore to you?"