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

"What is this brat planning to do?!" - In the imperial study, His Majesty Li II looked at his eldest son's handwriting, his brows almost twisted into the shape of a "川" character: "What do you mean it's not too late for me to regret now?"

"Your Majesty...this...I don't know..." The person responsible for delivering the message to Lingnan this time was a captain in the imperial army named Wu Wei.

"Have you seen that brat?" Upon hearing this, His Majesty Li II put down the letter and looked at Wu Wei: "How is he doing in Qiongzhou?"

"Uh..." Wu Wei was stunned at first, then a look of embarrassment appeared on his face: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu..."

"Answer truthfully!" Seeing Wu Wei's reaction, Emperor Li II thought that Li Kuan was not doing well in Lingnan: "Lingnan is hot and humid, that kid...isn't sick?"

"Well... Your Majesty..." Wu Wei felt that His Majesty could put away his fatherly heart, because the happiness of His Royal Highness the King of Chu was something he could not imagine before he saw it with his own eyes: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu is very good. I met His Royal Highness the King of Chu in Yazhou. It was at the seaside. His Royal Highness the King of Chu was preparing to go fishing with two... daughters of the Duke who looked like fairies from heaven. After I explained my purpose to him, he asked me to rest in Yazhou for two days, and then sent someone to give me the letter, and then... asked me to take five hundred men in black to return to Chang'an..."

"The two daughters of the dukes you mentioned..." His Majesty Li II felt very uncomfortable now.

"One is the fourth daughter of Duke Ying, and the other is the youngest daughter of Duke Geng." Upon hearing this, Wu Wei answered honestly, "In order to get this information, I specially invited a general under His Royal Highness the King of Chu named Hegan Chengji to dinner, and he told me all this after he got drunk.

"You are quite clever..." His Majesty Li Er sighed helplessly after hearing this, and then asked: "Who is the leader of those five hundred men in black?"

"It's a young Taoist priest." Wu Wei scratched his head when he heard this: "The Taoist priest looks kind and always seems to be easy to talk to."

"Young Taoist priest?" His Majesty Li Er twitched his eyebrows upon hearing this. He suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem: "Your surname is Zhang?"

"Your Majesty, his surname is Zhang." Wu Wei nodded when he heard it.

"Where are they now?" His Majesty Li Er felt that things seemed to be getting more and more wrong: This little bastard, I asked you to solve a case, why did you send the priest? !

"Most of those men in black dispersed on their own after entering Chang'an City. Only Taoist Priest Zhang, who led a dozen men in black, followed me into the palace. Now, they are all waiting in the square outside."

"You can go down." Emperor Li II knew that Wu Wei had basically explained everything that could be explained.

"Yes." Wu Wei took the order and retreated.

"Zhang Nan, let Zhang Zhenxuan come in to see me!" His Majesty Li II felt it necessary to call him in to ask him about his plans to resolve this family affair.

"Yes." Zhang Nan, who was guarding outside the hall, responded and then walked down the stairs.

But soon, he turned back and said bitterly: "Your Majesty... Taoist Zhang said he can't come in..."

"What?" His Majesty Li Er realized that the kind of family head really supports the kind of servants: "He dares to disobey the order?!"

"Well... cough cough..." Zhang Nan pretended to cough twice before whispering, "Master Zhang said that before he came here, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu told him not to get within a hundred steps of His Majesty. His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu is worried that he might harm you..."

"Huh?!" His Majesty Li II found that the world was getting more and more crazy: "So... if I understand correctly, that guy is afraid that I will be assassinated by his retainers. If so... then why did he send this person to Chang'an?!"

"..." Zhang Nan didn't know why the young Taoist priest was so fierce in his words and deeds, but thinking of the previous statement of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, "Seeing him is like seeing me in person", Zhang Nan thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, this question...I will ask it for you?"

"Let him go!" His Majesty Li II was very annoyed at this moment: "I want to see how he plans to end this matter!"

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After Zhang Nan walked out of the imperial study, he first breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly walked to Zhang Zhenxuan, with a sad face and a bitter tone, he said: "Little Heavenly Master, just now... you were a little too arrogant..."

"If my humbleness can win your majesty's trust in your Majesty, I can return to the Suzaku Gate now, and kowtow three times in one step until I reach your majesty's study." Zhang Zhenxuan smiled when he heard this, and when he saw Zhang Nan didn't say anything, he asked again, "Can I start now?"

"Your Majesty means that if everything is the will of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, he will not interfere." After saying this, Zhang Nan suddenly pursed his lips again, and could not help but remind the other party: "But little Taoist priest... you also know that the relationship between His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu and His Majesty is... different now, so you must not be impulsive..."

"I understand. It's just a big test." Zhang Zhenxuan smiled when he heard it, then took out a cloth bag from his pocket and stuffed it into Zhang Nan's hand: "When I came here, His Royal Highness the King of Chu personally told me to give this to you. Rice is expensive in Chang'an, so this is a token of my appreciation."

"This..." Zhang Nan looked at the cloth bag in his hand and was about to say something to refuse, but Zhang Zhenxuan had already turned around and was ready to leave: "Manager Zhang, please arrange a young eunuch who knows the way for me. I need to go to the Zongzheng Temple to pick someone up."

"Okay, I'll do it right away..." Zhang Nan subconsciously planned to arrange manpower after hearing this.

"No need!" Unexpectedly, a man in black standing not far away suddenly said, "Zongzheng Temple... I know it well!"

"Uh..." Zhang Nan looked at this person after hearing this, and always felt that the other person gave him a strange feeling...

"Then we won't bother Mr. Zhang." Upon seeing this, Zhang Zhenxuan immediately waved his hand, signaling the man in black to lead the way.

Zhang Nan was still standing there, trying hard to recall why he felt so familiar with the other person's words as soon as he heard them.

Could it be that... there is an old friend of mine among this group of assassins?