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

"I think..." Li Huairen looked at Miao Manqing below him. His potential as a son of a general was fully revealed at this moment: "Not a big deal!"

"Boss, what do you mean?" Miao Manqing didn't expect that the other party would not buy into his plan, so he thought for a while and said, "It's my fault that I didn't make it clear before. When you lead your men to retreat into the depths of Taihang Mountain, we will definitely send money and food to ensure that you have nothing to worry about."

"This is just one of the reasons, but not the most important one." Li Huairen shook his head when he heard it, then exchanged glances with Li Kuan beside him, and then said: "My father... No, my big brother with lofty ambitions taught me since I was a child: It is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix, so I refuse to cooperate with you. Besides..." After slandering his cheap big brother Li Chongyi, Li Huairen once again showed his rare wisdom: "Even if we reach a cooperation now, it is just a few verbal agreements.

This thing, without any evidence, can it really count? "When Li Huairen said this, Miao Manqing's face changed.

"Don't rush to explain," Li Huairen said with a cold smile, "Mr. Miao, think about it carefully. We were able to gain a foothold in Taihang Mountain so quickly. Is it really just because of our good skills?"

"That's right!" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu added after Li Huairen finished speaking: "Our military advisor is very smart!"

"..." At this moment, Wang Xuance could not help but sigh once again at his master's ability to keep things balanced: he was so impartial and fair...

"Then... the boss is not going to accept the kindness of my governor?" Miao Manqing began to lose his patience at this time: "In this case... I will take my leave now."

"Wait!" - At the critical moment, Wang Xuance was the one who really helped: "Mr. Miao, since you want to cooperate, there is no reason for us to refuse you, but you can't have the final say on this matter from beginning to end, right?"

"This... military advisor," Miao Manqing suppressed his anger and looked at Wang Xuance, who was confident, with a puzzled look on his face: "May I ask what advice you have?"

"Mr. Miao, you may rest in the village for a few days first. I will send someone with valuable gifts to Xingzhou later to express our Yangshou Mountain's respect to the prefect." Wang Xuance's words were well-detailed and slightly threatening, which made Miao Manqing feel that a disaster was imminent.

"You want to send someone to meet the governor?!" Miao Manqing thought it was ridiculous: "The governor will not meet with your people!"

"So we need Mr. Miao's help." Wang Xuance smiled and said, "Please write a letter and introduce us to each other."

"Who are you?" Miao Manqing seemed to have sensed the danger at this moment.

"We are just a group of young bandits who were almost desperate but unexpectedly found a way out in Taihang Mountain." Li Huairen took over the conversation after hearing this: "Mr. Miao, didn't you ask around before you came here?"

"..." When Miao Manqing heard Li Huairen say this, he immediately felt his breath suffocate.

Damn it... I have walked into a wolf's den...

"I can write the letter, and of course, I will stay in the village, but the time... there should be a limit." Miao Manqing began to give in.

But at this moment, Wang Xuance suddenly felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

"What deadline?" Li Huairen knew that bandits were not a profession that could be negotiated, so he put on a sour face and said, "Once the deal is done and the brothers I sent out come back, you can leave. If the deal is not done... you will be the bargaining chip for me to exchange hostages with the Xingzhou governor. You have no choice! Do you understand?"

"I understand." Miao Manqing nodded and said, "I will follow the boss's instructions and write a letter to my governor to inform him of the situation here."

"Someone, please ask Mr. Miao to go down and have a rest!" Wang Xuance suddenly shouted loudly to the outside.

"Military Advisor, I'm coming!" Tang Guan had received Wang Xuance's instructions long ago. He had been guarding outside the door just now, so he was well aware of everything that happened in the hall: "Mr. Miao, please come this way."

"Okay..." Miao Manqing nodded when he saw this: "Thank you."

After Miao Manqing was taken away by Tang Guan.

“Your Highness, this man has probably guessed our identities.” Wang Xuance looked at the King of Chu: “So the letter he wrote to Wang Dayong must be watertight. If we want to keep it and use it as evidence of Wang Dayong’s intention to rebel, it will be very difficult…”

"Xuan Ce, you figured it out too." Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu gave Wang Xuance a thumbs up with satisfaction: "As expected of this King's Li Si!"

"No, Brother Kuan, why didn't I see this?" Li Huairen couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and silently gave up his seat: "Logically speaking... I am considered to be very shrewd today..."

"Don't waste good words..." After His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu sat back in his main seat, he glanced at Li Huairen who had quietly retreated to the corner, "Do you know why Miao Manqing asked us for a deadline? Because he knew that if his guess was correct, we would not give an accurate deadline - after all, there is only one person who can give an accurate deadline, and that is me."

"Brother Kuan... haven't we been exposed? Then why are we still sending people to give gifts to Wang Dayong?" Li Huairen felt that something was wrong when he heard this: "I said you can't let me be the king of this mountain..."

"What level is Wang Dayong? Is he worthy of accepting this king's gift?" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu sneered at first, and then said to Li Huairen seriously: "You have performed very well before, well... otherwise you would have been beaten now."

"Your praise is the same as no praise at all..." Li Huairen became even more depressed.

“Your Highness, Miao Manqing is also a wonderful person.” Wang Xuance thought of Miao Manqing’s performance just now, and couldn’t help but say with some fear: “Although he has guessed our identity, he cleverly chose to play dumb and even showed an attitude of cooperating with us…”

"Whether this man is very wise or just clever, we have to see how he performs in the future." His Royal Highness the King of Chu waved his hand, signaling Xuan Ce not to continue. "Let's do as you said. We still have to keep his letters. Even if they can't be used as evidence in the future, they will still be useful when I use them to threaten the Wang family. In addition, give those people brought by Miao Manqing a full meal and some dry food, and then let them get out of here. We don't keep idle people in Yangshou Mountain."

"Your Highness, what you did... is there any hidden meaning behind it?" Even someone as smart as Wang Xuance could not understand the master's actions at this moment.

"We are now bandits, but we are the kind of rookies with little experience. So we have to give people the illusion of 'being righteous, but not so righteous', 'having rules, but not so rules' - only in this way can we confuse those old foxes who try to see something from it." His Royal Highness the King of Chu said this, and suddenly raised his hand and stretched: "Ha~~Okay Xuan Ce, let's do it this way. What we have to consider next is how to take down Xiong Wushuang and Shan Tianchang. We can talk about the rest later~~"

"Brother Kuan...the two kinds of illusions you mentioned earlier...is he an illusion?" At this time, Li Huairen on the side began to lose his temper.

"What do you think?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu rolled up his sleeves and began to show off his muscular arms.

"It's an illusion... It's an illusion..." Li Huairen, who was madly testing the edge of death today, immediately gave in when he saw this situation.

Without any hesitation.