nucmednet Chapter 865: The King of Chu Gives Birth to a Dragon
Chapter 865: The King of Chu Gives Birth to a Dragon
“Lord Tang, what are you doing?” His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not expect that someone would dare to lead a wolf into the sheepfold: “I’ll make a promise first. If I see that dog later, and I can’t control myself…”
"My Highness the King of Chu!" After Tang Jian pulled Li Kuan into the courtyard again, he closed the gate as quickly as possible, and at the end, he did not forget to bolt it.
"No..." Seeing the old man lock the door so neatly, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu could not help but swallow his saliva silently: "Lord Tang... why do I feel... something is wrong?"
"Of course it's not right." Tang Jian couldn't help but said angrily: "Your Highness, this is a trap!"
"Ah?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu felt that he was indeed being looked down upon. "Lord Tang, do you also think that I am stupid? - Of course I know this is a trap, but I will use thundering means to intimidate all the villains hiding in the darkness!"
"..." After listening to the inspiring speech by His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, Tang Jian was not shocked. Instead, he looked at him with a caring look and said, "Then do you want me to get him out of the prison of the Dali Temple now?"
"What?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu keenly sensed something unusual in Tang Jian's words: "The Goguryeo envoy was imprisoned?"
"According to Tang law, if an official of our Great Tang is falsely accused of defamation, the accuser must pay a huge fine and endure caning." Tang Jian said as he led Li Kuan to sit down at the stone table in the courtyard: "Your Highness, if you allow the Goguryeo envoy to do it on the first day of the month, you must allow us to do it on the fifteenth..."
"No...wait...Duke Tang..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu now had a feeling of...how should I put it...the absurdity of Jia Xu offering a plan to Liu Bei: "What on earth did you do?"
"Didn't the Goguryeo envoy say that he would present gold to you and Your Majesty?" Tang Jian smiled slightly upon hearing this, and then said, "Yesterday, I, along with my friends Mr. Dai Zhou, Mr. Chai Shao, and General Guo Xiaoke, hosted a banquet for the Goguryeo envoy. Everyone drank a few more glasses at the banquet, so some people were curious about why the Goguryeo envoy would present such a gift. The Goguryeo envoy immediately smiled and replied, 'The King of Chu has the appearance of a dragon!' Look, with just this one sentence, the Goguryeo envoy, a distinguished guest, became a prisoner in the blink of an eye... Alas... Too much talk leads to mistakes..."
"I...you..." His Royal Highness Prince Chu finally resisted the urge to swear. He looked at Tang Jian, who was still pretending to be sorry, with a complicated expression on his face: "Lord Tang...you are so bad!"
"That's just the beginning." Tang Jia smiled slightly when he heard this: "You are the Junior Secretary of the Honglu Temple, and you are also the King of Chu. According to your official position and title, you should start with a hundred strokes of the cane. Anyway, Dai Zhou is in the Dali Temple, so there is no way that the Goguryeo envoy can get out alive..."
"..." After listening to Tang Jian's words, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was silent for a long time, and then he said: "Lord Tang, I can understand that you asked Dai Zhou and my uncle to attend the banquet, but Guo Xiaoke... I don't seem to have much friendship with him..."
"General Guo is a die-hard loyalist to your majesty." Tang Jian narrowed his eyes and smiled when he heard this: "I invited him just for this reason!"
"My father acquiesced?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He felt that it was very considerate of the tyrant king to just watch the show.
"Even you think that it was His Majesty's idea for Guo Xiaoke to attend the banquet, then what about other people in the court?" Tang Jian laughed when he heard this: "Your Highness, I have put a lot of thought into it... This is what I want..."
"..." As Tang Jian's voice fell, in an instant, His Royal Highness the King of Chu's mind suddenly became clear.
Tang Jian invited Guo Xiaoke to attend the banquet, and then he, Dai Zhou and Chai Shao confirmed that the Goguryeo envoy had "spoken out of turn after drinking". In this way, Guo Xiaoke, who had originally been a non-confrontationalist, would be forced to "blend in with the world" - if he insisted that the Goguryeo envoy did not say anything, then he would not only offend His Royal Highness the King of Chu and the three ministers, but in the military, generals such as Li Jing, Li Ji and Yuchi Jingde were all partial to His Royal Highness the King of Chu.
Moreover, it was Goguryeo who was the first to do bad things, so why not do a favor? Even if His Majesty asked him, he insisted that the Goguryeo envoy had indeed said this, then what could His Majesty do?
"Guo Xiaoke will follow you to the Western Regions this time, so he naturally hopes that you are safe." Tang Jian saw that His Royal Highness the King of Chu was looking at him at this moment, and he naturally knew that there were some truths that needed to be explained: "But you have to be aware of this, don't let him be the vanguard just because he is your Majesty's man."
"Is it his turn to be the vanguard?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Am I just a decoration?"
"Well..." Tang Jian felt like he should slap himself: "How could I have forgotten about you, a reckless man..."
"Lord Tang... please don't be like this..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu's mood at the moment was really indescribable: "You are so good to me... I always feel a little uncomfortable, how about... I beat Tang Guan for you?"
"That's not necessary!" Tang Jian waved his hand to refuse: "That brat has improved a lot now, and I am very satisfied. Speaking of which... I should thank you, Your Highness the King of Chu..."
"It's something that happens easily..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu laughed when he heard this. It was unclear whether he was talking about beating Tang Guan or helping his brothers become successful.
"The only trouble right now is Zhangsun Wuji." Tang Jian did not want to ruin the relaxed atmosphere at the moment, but he saw that His Royal Highness the King of Chu was a little worried, so he could not help but whispered: "His son Zhangsun Chong married the daughter of the Zhaojun Li family. With this relationship, it is not surprising that the Zhangsun family is now in a hot relationship with the Five Surnames and Seven Families. But Your Highness, I remind you that although Zhangsun Wuji is your uncle, he is..."
"——I understand." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu did not want to embarrass Tang Jian, so he said, "He is quite a piece of shit..."
"You said that..." Tang Jian stopped talking at the right time: "It has nothing to do with me!"
"Lord Tang, let's not talk about this unlucky... um... let's not talk about this." His Royal Highness the King of Chu also felt that the New Year was approaching, so he should be polite: "Now we are the only two here, so you have to tell the truth when I ask you - Lord Tang, do you think I have the dragon aspect?"
"What?" Hearing this, Tang Jian stared blankly at His Royal Highness the King of Chu. After a long time, he turned his head away: Ha~te!
"Ah, you old man!" Longyou Qilin was completely defeated: "Who did you learn this from? Did Li Jing teach you this?!"
"Your Highness... Your Highness..." Tang Jian, whose neck was strangled by His Highness the King of Chu, began to call for help with difficulty: "Come... someone come..."
Just as the two were in a stalemate.
"Bang!" - As a bright sword shadow outside the courtyard cut through the sky, the originally tightly closed gate of the courtyard collapsed with a loud bang as if it was made of paper.
"Your Highness?" When Zhang Zhenxuan, who had previously scared away countless guards with a single swipe of his sword, stepped on the Cloud Step, he rushed into the courtyard with murderous intent...
Tang Jian and His Royal Highness the King of Chu were still performing the "bandit boss beating his own white paper fan" scene beside the stone table, and at this time the three of them looked at each other, and for a moment, they didn't know what to say...