I run a newspaper in ancient times

In the early morning of the second day, Li Li, dressed in strong clothes, rode on a snow-white Wuwan horse, and brought his guards to meet the second prince of Da Xia.

Zhao Yu is in a similar attire. He holds a longbow in his hand, a finger puller in his hand, and a quiver full of arrows hanging on the side of his horse. He looks quite decent, as if he is about to show his skills on the hunting ground. .

In comparison, Li Li's imperial bow and quiver were hung on the back of the horse, and he was still holding the folding fan in his hand, as if he was here for a spring outing.

"My lord is really carefree." The second prince laughed.

"The king is not feeling well. If it wasn't for the emperor's order, he should lie down and rest in the camp right now, so there won't be so much trouble." Li Li opened the folding fan with a smile, and shook it once and for all.

"It's a pity that the tree wants to stop and the wind doesn't stop. It's not easy for the prince to stay out of the matter." The second prince said.

Li Li nodded: "That's right, the chessboard is bigger and there are more pieces, anyone can be the prey. The second prince has to be careful when hunting later. If you are in a foreign country, it's better to go back as soon as possible."

"Xiao Wang has exactly this intention."

Li Li glanced at Wang Xin behind Zhao Yu, and said with a smile, "General Wang seems to be recovering well, is the internal injury healed?"

Wang Xin cupped his hands with a cold face: "Your Royal Highness, the left and right generals can still do it, but the prince, on the contrary, you have to be careful. No matter how good some people are in martial arts, if they can't appear in time, it will be in vain."

In front, Emperor Yan had already mounted his horse, received the bow and arrow from the guards, and was ready to enter the mountain surrounded by the crowd.Beside him, Fan Zhiyuan was also dressed in the same attire. He had to protect Emperor Yan throughout the whole process today, and he really couldn't get away.

However, his gaze was looking this way, and it fell on Li Li, showing concern. The latter returned with a big smile. The affection in this was unusual.

As if feeling his gaze, Emperor Yan also looked over, turned his gaze around Li Li, paused on the guards following him, and then asked with a smile: "Are you ready? Li, Second prince, do you want to go with me?"

Li Li spread his hands and said: "I think, but unfortunately, if I follow the emperor's side, I'm afraid I won't be able to hunt any wild animals. The second prince probably won't agree."

Wu Ninghou's subordinates, as well as the imperial guards, such a mighty group of people went in, even if the prey was not scared away, it had already become the target of others, and they couldn't even catch it.

"What the prince said is true, please forgive me." The second prince raised his hand apologetically, pointed in one direction and said, "Let's go there, there are few people."

There are already many companions who have entered the mountain forest, and they have the same idea as them.

The emperor came to experience the joy of hunting, and most of the animals encountered on the road were arranged in advance, which was not interesting.

If you want to compete for the top spot, you have to go into the mountains to find it yourself.

Naturally, the second prince would not rashly find a direction and go in. He is not familiar with the Linshan paddock, so he must find a local guard to lead the way.

Li Li just glanced at the guide, and followed him in with not a small number of guards.

Fan Zhiyuan had tried his hand at these guards before staying with Li Li at ease. They were all masters, including his younger brother, so he was not afraid of any poison traps along the way.

Along the road, the second prince has already caught several pheasants and hares, and a fox, which looks like a wild deer, but the other party is clever and has already run away. The second prince and his guards chased it for a while, but still failed to catch it. Instead, he watched it run through the woods next to Li Li.

The second prince looked sideways at Li Li, who was holding his hands, and couldn't help but helplessly said: "My lord, are you really here for a spring outing? Are you not interested in the emperor's jackpot at all?"

Li Li blinked her eyes, and said innocently: "This king is not short of money, so it is useless to wait for the lord. Besides... this is counted as food, this king is a supervisor and jury, not including favoritism, second prince, you You have to work hard and be safe."

After Li Li finished speaking, he took out a pear from the pouch on the horse's back and gnawed it leisurely, perfectly explaining what wild travel is.

He taunted him a bit, looking at people really itchy and helpless.

Before they knew it, they had already entered a relatively deep mountain forest, and the sounds of people around them had gradually faded away, leaving only the quiet chirping of insects and birds.

The second prince looked at him, and suddenly laughed twice: "My lord, you brought these guards into the mountain with Xiao Wang in such a careless manner, aren't you afraid of traps? As far as Xiao Wang knows, Dayan wants the life of the prince. There are quite a few."

Hearing this, the guards beside Li Li immediately set up their bows and arrows, and looked around warily.

Yunxi rode his horse directly and walked side by side with Li Li, holding the sword at his waist with one hand, and looked at the second prince coldly.

Only Li Li spat out the peel and nodded as if nothing had happened: "Indeed, but..." He looked around, and the smile on his face suddenly deepened, "It's not sure who hunts who."

He patted Yunxi's shoulder casually: "It's still early, don't worry."

Yunxi nodded, but still did not relax.

As expected, he came prepared, the second prince turned his head to look at Wang Xin, and found that he was staring at a small guard beside Li Li, and he seemed a little apprehensive.

Li Li threw away the fruit core in his hand, and then said: "Second Prince, if you think it's enough, you can go back as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary trouble."

"That's all, I'm afraid it won't be enough for the gap between the teeth, please be more patient, the prince, let's go forward..."

As soon as the words were finished, a guard beside the second prince suddenly shot an arrow in one direction. The arrow startled a figure and galloped away in an instant. It was not small, at least it was an adult wild deer.

"Your Highness, there is blood, it must have been shot!" The guard who went to investigate immediately shouted.

The second prince said as he pinched the horse's belly, and hurriedly led his men to chase after him.

Li Li didn't move for the time being, but just glanced sideways at Yunxi and asked, "Based on your experience, is there a high chance of the killer ambush ahead?"

Before Yunxi could answer, all the guards nodded in unison.

"Eldest brother, are you still following?" Yunxi had disapproval in his eyes.

Knowing the danger, but still moving forward, isn't that a fool?

"But the emperor's order is hard to disobey." Li Li said helplessly.

Yunxi rolled her eyes to the sky.

so what?Now the emperor, Yunxi really thinks that there is nothing wrong with his senior brother replacing him, even if it doesn't work, if he is a little scared, he probably will be scared.

Thinking about how many things Zuo Xiang had done before, did Emperor Yan have the guts to settle accounts with him?It's obvious that Li Li is soft-hearted, so he's sure he won't care.

"I heard that a group of masters from the rivers and lakes have been gathered, and each of them is one against ten. We only have such a small number of people... It doesn't matter if the second senior brother is here, but you are still so weak, senior senior brother, we are not sure to protect you well." Yunxi deliberately made the matter more serious, so that Li Li could dispel his thoughts.

Li Li sneered, and didn't care about Yunxi's little thought.

He said leisurely: "I asked the general brother to secretly gather [-] imperial troops nearby, and another [-] are ten miles away."

Hey!

Yunxi's eyes suddenly widened.

Forty thousand forbidden troops?

so much?

What are you going to do?

Palace change?

Yunxi was a little confused, he was just a little knight in the rivers and lakes, why was he so excited all of a sudden?

Li Li held the rein, with a faint smile on his face, he said with a little carelessness and a little indifference: "Once the assassin is found in the forest, let the imperial army surround the entire Linshan paddock in the name of escort, and then let the imperial army surround the entire paddock near the mountain. Do you think it’s a good idea to catch the assassin and stop anyone from going out?”

Since it was in the name of escort, the emperor had to be protected layer by layer, monitoring every move around him, isolating unnecessary audiences, and quietly waiting for the assassins to catch him.

This is called protection, but it is actually imprisonment!

Yunxi was still lamenting that his elder brother was too soft-hearted before, and now a big one will come.

"...Very good." He nodded numbly, "All powerful ministers do this, which is extremely intimidating. Senior brother, you are becoming more and more domineering."

Li Li smiled helplessly, but said nothing.

He thought about it for a long time and hesitated for a long time, but in the end he decided to do it.

Emperor Yan would not directly hurt Li Li, he could not be cruel, nor did he have the guts to tear his face apart.But because of this, when Li Li became stronger and more threatening, he secretly hoped in his heart to use other people to restrict Li Li and cause threats.

It doesn't matter who it is, even the left prime minister who is usually the most hated, because this is just an expedient measure for him, as long as Li Li has to compromise with him, the emperor, and be controlled by him.

Therefore, for this hunt, Emperor Yan handed over the main power to Marquis Wu Ning, and also directly to Prime Minister Zuo.

When two tigers were fighting, he just had to watch from the sidelines. If Li Li wanted to settle the score afterwards, he wouldn't be able to blame him. After all, he didn't ambush the killer. It is unavoidable for people to be deceived, and all excuses have been found.

And based on his understanding of Li Li, he subconsciously felt that his younger brother would not care about these things and would tolerate this willfulness.

Li Li could see Emperor Yan's mind clearly, if it was a peaceful and prosperous world, he would not care about it if he didn't care about it, but now Dayan just had a glimmer of hope and was developing in a good direction, so he really didn't have the energy to deal with such endless dark schemes.

He had to beat once, and it was a hard knock. Since Emperor Yan couldn't get rid of his fear of him, he should be completely afraid.

Li Li was not ashamed of Zuoxiang's method before, but now he suddenly finds that it is really useful. After intimidating once, his brother should be honest.

So Li Li and Fan Zhiyuan dispatched troops to let Emperor Yan know that what he feared most had happened!

And Zuo Xiang and Marquis Wu Ning, even if they can't defeat him, they still have to pay a price by breaking their bones!

"Let's go, follow." After Li Li finished speaking, he clamped his horse's belly and went in the direction of the second prince.

However, before seeing the figure, the sound of sword clashing and shouting came first.

"There are assassins - to protect His Highness -"

Li Li was surprised, he didn't expect the second prince to be attacked first.

Yunxi raised his hand to stop the guards behind him, and drew his sword to protect Li Li.

The assassins were masked and there were a large number of them. Wang Xin and the guards protected the second prince while fighting against them.

The second prince was protected in the middle, glanced at Li Li and the others, and immediately shouted eagerly: "My lord, there are assassins! Help!"

As soon as the words fell, a guard was hacked to death by two assassins on the ground, and then rushed towards the second prince fiercely. If Wang Xin hadn't turned around quickly to fight, the latter would have been injured.

Judging from the skills of the assassins, they were indeed the group of martial arts masters. The number of guards on Daxia's side was small, and they were all wounded after a while. This assassination did not seem to be a play on the spot.

And the second prince saw Li Li still standing beside him indifferently, he couldn't help becoming anxious, his face paled and he shouted: "My lord, Xiao Wang has been cheated! This is not for you, but for Xiao Wang!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Li's expression changed suddenly.

However, Yunxi beside him said: "That's not very good, you deserve to be betrayed if you are in trouble."

It seemed to confirm Yunxi's words, those assassins seemed to have never seen Li Li, they just stared at the second prince and wanted his life.

Even though the second prince was protected by Wang Xin, he still hid in a panic, and the guards around him were also falling down one by one.

He couldn't help shouting: "My lord, if Xiao Wang dies in Dayan, the two countries will have to go to war! Regardless of the suffering of the people, even General Fan has to go to the frontier! Please take care of the overall situation and save Xiao Wang's life." !"

Those eyes were full of anxiety and fear, but with this distraction, at the moment when Wang Xin's guards were too late, an assassin finally found a chance and swung his sword at him...

The galloping arrow made a piercing sound, piercing the assassin's throat in an instant, and the sword on his face finally stopped powerlessly.

As soon as the second prince opened his eyes, he saw Li Li riding on a horse, holding a longbow in one hand, slowly lowering the other hand, commanding heroically, "Save me!"