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

"He's convinced! He's convinced!" Zhang Baoxiang didn't wait for Wei Zheng to reply, and he stepped out to smooth things over: "Little Heavenly Master, Lord Wei has always been ignorant of his own limitations and doesn't know what's good for him. Please don't be surprised, please don't be surprised..."

"I..." Wei Zheng was about to speak when he saw this.

“Wei Zheng, I told you to shut up!” Dou Du was a retainer of the older generation of the Dou family. He knew too well the value of the title “Heavenly Master” – not every generation of the Zhang family could be called a “Heavenly Master”, but any descendant who was given the title of “Heavenly Master”… were truly giant beasts in the empty mountains and dragons in the sea!

Although Dou Du felt that Zhang Zhenxuan was a talented child back then, only a few years had passed and he was actually working for the King of Chu under the title of "Heavenly Master".

This alone is enough to prove how talented Zhang Zhenxuan is in Taoism.

Once they entered this door, even powerful warriors like Pei Xingjian and Jiang Qu, who were at the top of their time, could only have a chance of survival in front of Zhang Zhenxuan if they had the opportunity to fight him in close combat.

Otherwise, their final outcome will definitely not be very good.

Being able to retreat and escape is a rare honor.

Of course, Wei Zheng obviously didn't know about these secrets.

So he started to feel wronged again: "Mr. Cao..."

"My surname is Dou!" Dou Du yelled at the other party angrily when he heard it.

"Dou...Mr. Dou..." Wei Zheng originally wanted to call the old gentleman "Mr. Dou", but he couldn't say it out loud - because that would make him feel that Dou Shilun was taking advantage of him.

"Wang Dayong, come in with me." At this time, His Royal Highness the King of Chu had figured out many things, so he needed to find a place to have a good chat with this person. Of course, his retainers also had to be present: "Xuan Ce, Zhen Xuan, you two come with me. Zao Aong, you come too."

"Yes," the three people who were given orders by His Royal Highness the King of Chu immediately obeyed the order.

"General Zhang, you stay here. When Huairen and Chumo come in, tell them that the king is fine."

"Yes!" Although Zhang Baoxiang was a military general, he had started to use his brain actively after learning a lesson. Although he couldn't understand why the face of His Royal Highness the King of Chu suddenly became so gloomy, but... he had already sensed that something was wrong.

"Your Highness, what about me? I..." Wei Zheng saw that His Highness the King of Chu was about to leave after giving instructions to Zhang Baoxiang, so he could only ask him awkwardly, what can I... well... it seems that I can't do anything for His Highness the King of Chu...

After all, if he wasn't careful, Wei Zheng might be accused of "following the dragon".

"You just stay in this yard and don't let anyone get close. Of course, the powerful crossbows in the hands of my black-clad warriors are not for show. I'm just trying to save your face." After saying this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu picked up Wang Dayong from the ground, and then dragged him to a small courtyard in the backyard.

"..." At this moment, Wei Zheng looked at the back of His Royal Highness the King of Chu as he walked away. For the first time, he felt that the other party was really a good person - so "considerate", afraid that others would laugh at him...

But it wasn't just Wei Zheng who was made a fool of himself.

"Zao, Weng," a moment later, in the courtyard, His Royal Highness the King of Chu pointed at Wang Dayong, who was thrown to the ground by him, and said to Dou Du, who was standing in front of him without saying a word: "He said you want to kill Wei Zheng, I believe this, after all, that is Wei Zheng, a fool, never liked by anyone. But Zao, Weng, is your motive for killing Wei Zheng really just because he is unpopular?"

"Your Highness...you..." Dou Du was really scared now: "Your Highness..."

"Zao, I'm not stupid." Li Kuan looked at the old man in front of him, and for the first time, a look of determination appeared on his face. "At first, I thought you wanted to kill Wei Zheng to warn certain people not to covet me, but now I don't think so - you want to kill Wei Zheng, in fact, to warn my father, warn him not to stretch his hands too long, the bandits in Taihang Mountain... the Dou family in Hebei Province... and my Uncle Dou and Jiang Qu who came to Hebei Province in person this time... and the county magistrate Gu Lianzhi who I just asked about, and the foreign representative Liu Chendong... all of these, I have connected them all..."

"Your Highness...you..." Dou Du was completely shocked at this time.

"Is my father planning to subdue the Dou family in Hebei Province and use them for his own purposes?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu still remembered that Jiang Qu said he wanted to move the Dou family out of Hebei. Such a big thing really required Uncle Dou and Jiang Qu to work together, but why did it happen to be so coincidental that it had to happen right after he came to Hebei Province to suppress bandits.

"Your Highness..." Dou Du realized at this moment that when Dou Shilun found him earlier and said that Your Highness the King of Chu was sometimes "extremely wise and resourceful", it was not a compliment against his will.

"Zao, I won't embarrass you." Seeing that the other party was not in a position to speak, His Royal Highness the King of Chu simply turned his head and looked at Wang Dayong: "Wang Dayong, why did you plan to subdue the bandit leader Shan Tianchang in Taihang Mountain?"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Wang Dayong was now very afraid of being slapped by His Royal Highness the King of Chu, but he was even more afraid that his family would be implicated.

"Your wife and children are still in my hands. Although I don't want to threaten you with this, can you please be sincere to me before you die just because I will take good care of them in the future?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu held back his last bit of temper and whispered to Wang Dayong, "Are you really going to fight to the end?"

“Your Highness… I…” Wang Dayong also knew why, facing His Highness the King of Chu who was so sincere, he finally let go: “The Five Surnames and Seven Families… have actually been secretly raising private soldiers in various places, but our Wang family… has long been in decline here, so I thought… to use this action to ask for credit and reward from the family, and let the family release my little girl…”

"Have you ever thought that this might be a trap?" After listening to Wang Dayong's heartfelt words, His Royal Highness the King of Chu hid his sympathy and began to persuade him: "Once the matter is exposed, the entire Taiyuan Wang family will not be uprooted, but it is bound to involve many people. In this way, the Taiyuan Wang family will definitely be seriously damaged..."

“Your Highness, I have never thought about becoming rich. I just want to take my daughter back to my side.” Wang Dayong licked his lips slightly at this moment, and said in a hoarse voice: “My wife is from the Qinghe Cui family. Although she is a branch, her status is still noble. It is naturally impossible for the child born to me and her to be sent to the family for care, so... Xuan'er... is the prostitute that I met when I was a teenager..."

"Get lost! I still want to hear about your romantic history, right?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu suddenly interrupted Wang Dayong's narration in an angry tone, "I am not interested in your pink memories at all. But I still have to say one thing..." When His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said this, it was unclear whether he was mocking himself or mocking him, but his spine was still straight, "I don't care whether what you said is true or false, even if I was deceived by you once, but... I will definitely take your daughter away from the hands of the Taiyuan Wang family for you, and this will not change!"

“Your Highness…” Wang Dayong was stunned at first, then he threw his head to the ground and said, “I thank your Highness for your kindness! I thank your Highness for your kindness!”

“Not really. Don’t say anything like ‘I know I can’t repay you, so I plan to give my daughter to you’ next time.’ I’m in Chang’an. No, I’m in the whole Tang Dynasty. The market is on the rise, rising and rising. There’s no need for you to rush to show your kindness.” His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu didn’t like the sudden sadness that came over him at this moment, so he spoke more like usual.

"..." But in fact, in the small courtyard at this moment, except for Wang Dayong who was still moved to tears, the rest of the people, whether it was Wang Xuance who was the trusted retainer of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, or Zhang Zhenxuan who was determined to accompany His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu forever, and Dou Du who regarded His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu as his only descendant, they all knew one thing at this moment.

Even though His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was joking, his trembling lips and the flash of tears in the corners of his eyes when he spoke to him silently told them: This time, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was really sad.