Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

"Kill me! Kill me!" - To Li Kuan's surprise, this old Turkic man was actually a tough guy.

"Jiang Sheng, take the man out and behead him!" As everyone knows, when facing enemies, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has always been accustomed to fighting violence with violence.

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, Yuwen Qing dragged the old man away without saying a word. Then a scream was heard outside the tent, and then there was silence.

"Ah... What a damn bad luck!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu scratched his head and said, "Please welcome the next person..."

"Your Highness, that's not necessary." Wang Xuance suddenly walked in from outside the tent and said, "I think you are obsessed."

“Ah?! I haven’t practiced the art of meditation either…” His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu admitted that he was overwhelmed by the opponent’s attack.

“Your Highness…” Wang Xuance had long been accustomed to his master’s nonsense, so he didn’t care: “I just went outside for a walk and found that there are actually adult men in this tribe.”

“Huh?!” His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu stood up upon hearing this: “There are actually people hiding? Well, well, well… Jiang Sheng!”

"I'm here!" Jiang Sheng, who knew that there was another job to do, was delighted.

"Your Highness, please wait a moment." Wang Xuance sometimes really felt that he was incompatible with this group of reckless men.

"What's going on? Didn't you say there were still adult men?" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu squinted at Wang Xuance and said, "What on earth do you want to do, kid?!"

"Your Highness, I have a plan... that can... that can help you get rid of this problem once and for all!" Wang Xuance's expression was firm at this moment, and his tone was unquestionable: "Throughout the dynasties, the barbarians in the northwest have been causing trouble. Why don't you put an end to it!"

After Wang Xuance said this, Jiang Sheng, who was about to interrupt him, immediately quieted down.

"Xuan Ce...you want to..." Li Kuan knew that Wang Xuance was a man who always planned before acting. Since he had opened his mouth, he must have made careful arrangements.

"Your Highness, I just went to see those adult men who did not participate in the battle. Most of them were Turks who were displaced in the previous war and were captured by the powerful Uighur cavalry to be used as horse slaves." Wang Xuance's voice was not loud, but it was extremely calm: "Although I was not able to accompany you when you came to the northwest last time, I still understand what you did in the northwest..."

"What do you think happened to His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu?!" Just as Wang Xuance was about to get to the point, Yuwen Qing, covered in blood, walked in. Behind him, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, who had just finished measuring the surrounding Feng Shui, followed.

"Shut up!" Seeing that Yuwen Qing was about to interrupt again, His Royal Highness the King of Chu had to scold him, then turned to look at Wang Xuance: "Go on."

"Your Highness, this is what happened..." Wang Xuance glanced at Yuwen Qing silently. After the latter showed an awkward smile, he continued slowly: "During the war against the Eastern Turks when you were on the carriage, those Turkic horse bandits followed you and attacked women and children for the cattle, sheep and property that we could not take away temporarily. After you killed the strong men of the grassland tribes, they followed you and attacked women and children. Do you remember?"

"Of course I remember..." His Royal Highness Prince Chu nodded after hearing this: "That was originally part of the plan."

"Hatred and conflict need to be diverted." Wang Xuance suddenly laughed. "Your Highness, what if the Turkic people on the grasslands one day discovered the 'truth of the matter' and found out that it was not the Tang army that brought them great suffering, but the tribal leaders who were dissatisfied with Jie Li Khan and secretly colluded with the Turkic bandits, causing them to be in dire straits?"

"Ah?!" At this moment, not to mention His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the other four retainers were also stunned by Wang Xuance's words.

“Xuan Ce…” For the first time, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu felt that he was an honest man: “I will not hide it from you… From the beginning, I had the intention of killing someone with a borrowed knife…”

"You could use a knife to kill someone in the past, so why can't you continue to use a knife to kill someone now? Your Highness, you are really obsessed..." Wang Xuance sighed when he heard this.

"I have not practiced the art of meditation and oblivion!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu's final stubbornness was so weak and powerless.

"What Taoism?" Li Chunfeng frowned upon hearing this: "Does Taoism have a 'Zuowang Taoism'?" (Note 1)

"It's none of your business, just keep listening!" Yuan Tiangang glanced at Li Chunfeng silently. He felt that this junior brother was really stupid. How come he never knew what to focus on?

"Your Highness, I am talking to you about something serious!" Wang Xuance was also anxious at this moment.

"You tell me, you tell me..." His Royal Highness Prince Chu had already started to use his brain, which had not been used for a long time, trying to keep up with the other party's rhythm: "How do you want to kill someone with a borrowed knife?"

"You are blaming the tribal leaders for the tacit cooperation between the Turkic horse bandits and you." Wang Xuance's answer was firm: "As for how to prove it... humph... Your Highness, do you think that there were no people secretly sent by the Turkic nobles among those Turkic horse bandits? This time, we only need to kill people, recover the stolen goods, and distribute the seized cattle, sheep and property to the tribal people. In this way, we can prove this matter!"

"Destroy all the Turkic nobles?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu frowned when he heard this: "This is more difficult to do... Mainly because I still want to 'speed is of the essence'. After all, little Sizi is so cute, I can't bear to let her miss me all the time..."

"Your Highness, it is better to proceed step by step." Wang Xuance looked at His Highness the Prince of Chu who was missing his sister, and said helplessly: "In order to show the kindness of the Tang Dynasty, we will only punish the main culprits this time. Those tribal leaders must be killed. As for the remaining Turkic nobles... we can make them pay money to atone for their sins - that is, Your Highness can confiscate their property and only leave them a small part, and abolish their noble titles."

"But this great war with the Huihe tribe..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu suddenly realized that he seemed to be reckless...

“Your Highness, you can only control your subordinates by using both kindness and force.” Wang Xuance had already thought everything through in his mind. “Your action just tells the Turkic people how serious the consequences are if they do not obey the king’s orders. Moreover, today, I am almost certain that the reason why Yima, the leader of the Huihe tribe, dared to offer you the conditions for marriage was that in addition to the secret instigation of Lu Dongzan and others, he must have received the support of other leaders of the 18 tribes of the grassland. In this way, the Huihe’s crime is easier to be determined - secretly contacting the leaders of the 18 tribes of the grassland to intend to rebel, but for this case, it is not excessive to kill all nine generations of his clan!”

“Hahahaha…Xuan Ce, I understand what you mean.” His Highness the Prince of Chu, the head of the family, could hardly be unhappy when his retainers were so strategic. “Horse bandits…Horse bandits…Who could have thought that my casual move at the beginning could have such a wonderful effect?! As for how to deal with the Huihe tribe…You are right! This is treason! Treason should be punished by death! I spared the elderly, the weak, women and children because I have always been kind. On the grassland, when have I ever killed the elderly, the weak, women and children with my own hands?!”

"That's right!" Wang Xuance nodded, "Your Highness, you have never hurt civilians in the Western Regions, so the rulers of those Western Regions countries can stand up and testify for you - the army of the Tang Dynasty is a virtuous king's army. As for those rumors in the past, such as 'Yeruli Ilik' and the so-called 'Demon King', these are all malicious slanders against you by the leaders and nobles of the eighteen tribes of the grassland!

Because they are the real murderers of the elderly, the weak, women and children!"