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

"Ah?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu felt that Xie Minlin was somewhat exaggerating: "Not really... My Uncle Dou is still a retainer, but he doesn't seem to be that afraid of the old Heavenly Master..."

"Dou Shilun was originally supposed to be the Dou family's servant." Xie Minlin was stunned at first, then whispered, "But after he took over that heavy responsibility, he took the initiative to resign from the position of servant, in order to show all the Dou family's servants his determination to protect you, and also to dispel the concerns of those who were worried about the great power in his hands."

"This..." It was the first time for His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu to hear these secrets: "Uncle Dou... has never told me these..."

"Your Highness, Dou Shilun never likes to say nice things, but he will do something practical." Although Xie Minlin and Dou Shilun were in competition, when it came to loyalty to His Highness the King of Chu, he didn't think Dou Shilun would lose to him.

"I knew it..." After Xie Minlin finished speaking, His Royal Highness the King of Chu suddenly sniffed: "My uncle Dou... treats me very well... He doesn't dislike me as much as he says..."

"That's not necessarily the case..." Xie Minlin couldn't help but add his knife after hearing this: "Your Highness, although I... Hey? Your Highness?! I am a counselor, not good at killing! Not good at killing! You tyrant king, put down the stool!"

"Wow..." It was the first time that His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was called a "tyrant". He sighed, "Mr. Xie, have you always had a bad brain since you were a kid... and then suddenly you got smart again?"

Otherwise, how do you explain your natural abstract holy body?

"Your Highness..." Xie Minlin was too lazy to pretend: "Stop making trouble, let's go back, okay? Right now, the entire Dou family's retainers are waiting for your choice. Don't worry, no one is forcing you to fight for that position. We just don't want you to continue fighting and killing outside. It's meaningless..."

"Why is it meaningless?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu stiffened his neck when he heard this: "I promised to kill the Japanese pirates..."

"That's all?" Xie Minlin said disdainfully, "Your Highness, have you underestimated the family assets and manpower that the old lady left for you? Alas... it's Dou Shilun's fault for hiding everything..."

"Well, it's fine if you insult me, but you are not allowed to say bad things about my uncle Dou!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu sat back on the commander's seat and was now ready to start a formal negotiation with Xie Minlin: "Well... Mr. Xie, no, Lord Xie! Just give me a favor and let me fight the enemy for once... Okay? Just once... My sword——"

"——Your Highness, no." Xie Minlin refused immediately after hearing this: "A son of a wealthy family should understand the principle of not sitting in the hall——and you are more than just a son of a wealthy family..."

"Hey... you stubborn scholar..." Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu stood up again and rolled up his sleeves: "Today, I must make you understand the great truth behind this..."

"Your Highness, stop making trouble." - The one who said this was not Xie Minlin, but Zhang Zhenxuan who had just entered the tent: "Mr. Xie's advice is all for your own good..."

“Zhenxuan, you don’t understand…” His Royal Highness the King of Chu knew how to sow discord: “Mr. Xie’s meaning is that he is afraid that you are not good enough and can’t protect me on the battlefield.”

"Huh?!" Xie Minlin discovered that the young people during the Zhenguan period really had no moral principles: "Your Highness, you can't play like this..."

"Humph," His Royal Highness the King of Chu said with his hands on his hips, "How can this king not follow martial ethics? You lousy fellow - from the time you received the money until now, you haven't even called me 'master of the family'!"

"Master, I was negligent." Xie Minlin was indeed Wang Xuance's teacher - he was obviously more adaptable to the sloppy painting style of His Royal Highness the King of Chu than his own student. "Please don't blame me for not knowing the rules, Master."

"..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu's punch was like hitting cotton.

"Your Highness, I just heard it from outside." Zhang Zhenxuan now admired his own Highness more and more: "Don't worry, as long as I am here, there is no place in this world that you cannot go. Of course, no one will hinder your decision."

"Look." Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu could not help but step forward and hook Zhang Zhenxuan's neck, and said to Xie Minlin with his teeth bared: "This is called love as deep as the sea, love stronger than gold, deep love and heavy righteousness--"

"——Longyang Duanxiu?" Xie Minlin really didn't want to listen to His Royal Highness the King of Chu showing off his poor idiom library.

"Zhenxuan, can you tolerate this?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu could not tolerate it at all.

"Alas, Your Highness, Mr. Xie is also a tribute of the Dou family after all..." Zhang Zhenxuan himself is also a tribute - although his great-grandfather gave him the seat of tribute and said that he had "retired" - but the entire Dou family knew that the prefix "chief" was not currently attached to him, Zhang Zhenxuan.

So some rules are still rules.

"Zhang family kid, you're on to something." Xie Minlin smiled and gave the other party a thumbs up. Then he fumbled in his arms for a while and threw a four or five-inch long black object to the other party: "Take it, it's my gift to you."

"Thank you." Zhang Zhenxuan took it and found that it was a carving knife.

"Why did you give this to Zhenxuan? He doesn't carve." His Royal Highness the King of Chu curled his lips when he saw this, and then suddenly realized something: "Wait a minute, where is the gift from the King?"

"Your Highness, isn't my disciple the best gift for meeting you?" Xie Minlin was also a quick-witted man. He didn't want to admit that he had never thought about preparing any gift for the young and reckless head of the family.

“Ya…” His Highness the Prince of Chu, whose defense was broken again, almost shouted “Exile to Lingnan”: “Do you think I’m stupid?!”

"I just think that Your Highness is easy to fool..." Xie Minlin is a man who loves to tell the truth.

"Zhenxuan... please go out for a while. I'm afraid that you'll be covered in blood later." His Royal Highness the King of Chu couldn't bear it any longer.

"Your Highness, that's not necessary." Zhang Zhenxuan wasn't "unworthy of taking advantage of others", he just knew that it was impossible for His Highness the Prince of Chu to use violence against Xie Minlin - because if it was Yuwen Qing, the other party would have been lying on the ground long ago.

"Brother Kuan, come out quickly!" - Just as His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu continued to intimidate Xie Minlin, Li Huairen's voice came from outside.

"What's wrong?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu walked out of the tent upon hearing the voice, and then he saw an incredible scene: in the open space in front of his tent, there were about a hundred Japanese pirates kneeling in front and behind, and in the front was a young Japanese nobleman in gorgeous clothes, behind him was a row of wooden boxes, and behind the wooden boxes were a large number of Japanese pirates with bare upper bodies and sharp blades in front of them.

Judging from the posture, he has obviously come to apologize to His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

"Brother Kuan..." Pei Chengxian, who had come to Li Kuan's side at some point, whispered in a low voice, "I've seen it... the wooden box contains... all human heads... and according to the leader, the owner of the heads... seems to be the leader of the major Japanese pirate forces that invaded Silla this time!"

"..." After listening to Pei Chengxian's words, His Royal Highness the King of Chu's first reaction was not to look at the heads and the Japanese pirates who were apologizing, but to turn around and look at Xie Minlin who had just walked out of the tent.

"Master, why are you so surprised?" Xie Minlin saw the master's suspicious look and couldn't help but smile helplessly: "If I can't even handle such a small matter, how can I have the nerve to come to see you."