Chapter 169 The Sage bestowed upon him the Whip to Beat the King, and now he holds up half the sky! (asking for monthly tickets)

When receiving the letter, Lao Li, who is half a political person, first thought of Zhang Liang.

He was not deaf or hard of hearing, so he certainly knew that Zhang Liang was not favored by Li Chengqian's Eastern Palace faction, otherwise he would not have been sent out to be a governor in a hurry.

But the problem is that Zhang Liang, who was ostracized and even abandoned by the prince, had only one choice, which was to follow the King of Wei.

He had no other choice, otherwise he would still be in trouble after the prince ascended the throne.

The key issue now is that Zhang Liang has an army of 40,000 to 50,000 in Dengzhou, while Li Xiang has only 20,000 new recruits.

Zhang Liang knew it too well. If one cherishes one's body while doing great things, or forgets one's life when seeing small gains, one will never achieve anything.

Besides, Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin were watching him, so even if he had the courage, he wouldn't dare to do anything.

Thinking of Zhang Liang, Li Shimin also understood to what extent the brothers Li Chengqian and Li Tai had been fighting each other when Li Xiang had not yet emerged.

But the problem is...will there be any conflicts between Li Chengqian and Li Tai, the two enemies, if they are not around?

Without the suppression from their father, they would not even act at all, and their brains would be beaten into dog brains.

If we call them back directly, it would seem like we don't trust them at all.

After much deliberation, Li Shimin came up with a solution that would satisfy both parties.

He summoned people and had them convey two decrees and a letter.

Attached to the letter was a pure gold whip, which reminded him of the story of "Three Heroes and Five Gallants" that Li Xiang had told him.

This letter was sent urgently over a distance of 800 miles, and was specially approved by Hongling as an express messenger.

It would normally take five or six days to travel from Luoyang to Dengzhou, but the messenger arrived in just one and a half days.

Li Xiang's eyelids twitched as he looked at Hong Ling, who was gasping for breath.

"Thank you for your hard work." After Li Xiang encouraged him with a few words, he had someone help him get down to rest.

"Wait, Prince..." Hong Ling pointed to the side and said with a breath, "There...there is also a golden whip on the horse. It was...it was asked by the saint to bring it..."

Fubao did not dare to delay. He ran over, pulled out the heavy golden whip, and held it in front of Li Xiang with both hands.

The whip is one of the ancient weapons in my country and a type of short weapon.

The whip has an early origin and was very popular during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Whips can be soft or hard. Hard whips are mostly made of copper or iron, while soft whips are mostly made of leather.

What ordinary people call a whip usually refers to a hard whip.

In fact, it looks very similar to a mace. At least Li Xiang can't tell the difference.

He walked back to the main hall carrying the golden whip. Seeing that he was struggling, Feng Yingying stood up and walked forward.

"Da Lang, let me help you."

Feng Yingying has become quite familiar with him recently. She herself has a free-spirited personality, so she addresses him in a more intimate way.

Pei Xueqing was still sitting there knitting, but her nose moved slightly.

"Be careful, Sister Baoer, it's a little heavy."

Ever since he knew Feng Yingying's nickname, Li Xiang started calling her that.

"Don't worry, I know." Feng Yingying said, and lifted up the golden whip with one hand, smiling at him: "It's not heavy."

Li Xiang's eyelids twitched and he forgot that she was a woman with super strength.

He sat back in his chair, opened the letter and began to read.

He felt Li Shimin's deep love for his son, and he also said that in Aong's heart, Xiang'er, the eldest grandson, is much more stable than your father and your second uncle.

In order to prevent the two of them from making random comments and destroying the results of your reforms, I have decided to bestow upon you a golden whip with which to beat the king. Seeing the whip is like seeing me, and you can use it to beat the mediocre king and the corrupt ministers!
Li Xiang's eyes lit up. This is a good stuff!

This kind of legendary object is usually a holy relic in various novels, and ordinary people cannot get it.

With this thing, can I...

He continued reading, and at the end was Lao Li's note, which probably said that there were five other letters attached to the letter, one for your aunt Jinyang, one for your aunt Gaoyang, your uncle, your second uncle, and your youngest uncle.

Li Xiang opened the box again and found that it was indeed the one they were for, with the address clearly marked on each box.

"Hey, what is this, an elephant?" When Li Mingda walked over, his eyes kept glancing at the golden whip that Feng Yingying was waving with one hand.

"This is the golden whip given to me by my grandfather, which allows me to command my father and two uncles!" Li Xiang put his hands on his hips and boasted about it.

He now felt like a powerful Sven - the wandering swordsman was now awesome.

Li Mingda chuckled, and she fanned Li Xiang and slapped him lightly, saying angrily, "You little naughty monkey, you dare to make up stories about your grandfather and two uncles?"

"Here, take a look for yourself." Li Xiang took Li Shimin's letter and handed it to Li Mingda.

When Li Mingda received the letter, her first reaction was disbelief.

After a while, he looked at Li Xiang in astonishment: "Is this...really written by Aye?"

"Has the little elephant ever lied to you?" Li Xiang put his hands on his hips, looking very proud.

"Really? How could Yeye be so ridiculous?" Li Mingda frowned, still shocked by the contents of the letter.

How can a son be allowed to manage his father and uncle? Isn't this against the will of Heaven?
"My aunt is not close to me anymore." Li Xiang deliberately lowered his little face and said aggrievedly.

Li Mingda sighed helplessly, looked at Li Xiang and said, "Okay, okay, actually what your grandfather said is not wrong. Xiang'er is indeed more stable than the other three."

"Really?" Li Xiang raised his head.

"Of course it's true." Li Mingda relaxed his eyebrows and said gently.

Li Xiang smiled complacently, patted the golden whip and said: "If we beat the king whip like this, it will have a name."

"Yes, it is not good to call for a whip." Li Mingda looked at Li Xiang with a smile, "After all, Xiang'er is also a little king."

"Hmm..." Li Xiang looked at the golden whip and thought about its function.

If his father Li Chengqian was disobedient, theoretically he could use this golden whip to "show his filial piety".

Such a filial weapon...

"Let's call it Frostmourne." Li Xiang snorted, and suddenly he felt a sense of mission arising in his heart.

My father is a monarch (the crown prince is also a monarch), and my son has Frostmourne. With these factors, I am not only sure to win, I am sure to win, okay?

At the same time, Li Chengqian, who was digging sand on the beach, suddenly felt a chill on his back. He sneezed violently, and with too much force, he fell headfirst to the ground.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Li Tai helped him up with concern.

"It's okay. Maybe the sea breeze is a bit too strong. I feel a chill on my back." Li Chengqian rubbed his nose, picked up the shovel on the ground and said, "Keep digging. I just saw a big clam, but I sneezed and it disappeared."

"Oh, that's such a pity." Li Zhi cried out. Among all the foods he had eaten these days, clams were his favorite.

Early this morning, at daybreak, Li Chengqian brought Li Tai and Li Zhi to the beach to catch seafood. By now, they had already caught a big bucket full of seafood.

In fact, Li Shimin was really overthinking it. Li Chengqian and Li Tai, who were out of Li Shimin's sight and came to such a remote area, were not thinking about fighting at all, but about having a good time.

Running around on the beach, catching some fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs, I also found my long-lost childhood memories.

"Is this enough?" Li Tai panted as he carried two small buckets.

"Enough, enough." Li Chengqian nodded.

Although he didn't eat seafood, it was still interesting to see others eat the seafood he dug out. On the way back to the Governor's Mansion, the three Li Chengqian brothers talked and laughed.

As I walked into the courtyard, I felt that the atmosphere was not right.

Why does it feel so cold in the middle of summer?

Li Xiang in front of him held the golden whip in his right hand and hammered it into the ground, posing like Arthas sitting on the frozen throne.

Li Zhi was sharp-eyed. He saw the golden whip in Li Xiang's hand, put down the bucket in his hand, jumped over and asked, "Hey, Xiang'er, what is this?"

After all, Li Zhi is about the same age as Li Xiang, and his mentality is still very young.

In addition, Li Zhi's relationship with his elder and second brothers has been getting better and better recently, and his mentality is becoming younger and younger.

Li Xiang looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, his gaze as firm as if he was standing in the position of a wandering dragon, his voice was steady, powerful, and bubbly.

"This is the whip bestowed by Aung!"

After hearing what Li Xiang said, the three brothers couldn't help but tremble.

What? Beat the king with a whip?
What an impressive name! It immediately gave the three of them a bad feeling.

But... Li Xiang looks pretty handsome in this pose?
Li Xiang looked aside and the bubbling sound broke out again: "Aunt, show them the letter."

Hearing this, Li Mingda covered his mouth and chuckled, then took Li Shimin's letter from the side and handed it to Li Chengqian.

"Hmm? Aye has a letter here?" He did not dare to neglect it and took the letter quickly.

Li Tai and Li Zhi, who were standing nearby, also came over curiously, wanting to see what Li Shimin had written to make their nephew behave like this.

However, the more the three brothers read the letter, the more upset they felt.

What? In Aye's eyes, the three of us are not even one ten-thousandth as stable as that little bastard Li Xiang?

In order to prevent us from making big news, he actually gave this little rabbit Li Xiang... a whip?
When they read this, the three brothers raised their heads at the same time and looked at Li Xiang, who was still sitting in his seat with a big horse and golden sword, with unfriendly eyes.

Seeing the three brothers looking at him, with faces as if they had eaten two pounds of night-blooming incense, Li Xiang raised the golden whip, slammed it hard on the ground, and called out the name again in a steady bubbling voice.

"The Saint has bestowed upon me the Whip to Beat the King, and now I hold up half the sky! I can protect my master among millions of soldiers, and support the Tang Dynasty for thousands of years!"

"Beat the king with a whip, right?" Li Chengqian rolled up his sleeves with a grim smile, turned his head and looked at Li Tai and Li Zhi: "Qingque, Zhinu, follow me to beat up this ignorant boy!"

Li Mingda smiled softly and asked Li Xiang in a low voice: "Xiang'er, what should you do now?"

"I have my own way." Li Xiang stood up slowly and looked at the three brothers with a deep and solemn look.

Seeing Li Xiang's fearless look, the three brothers were frightened.

Could it be possible that... this guy really dares to fight the three of us? !
Then, Li Xiang threw away the golden whip and ran away.

"Slip away!"

The three brothers roared and pounced on the fleeing Li Xiang.

……

Li Shu stretched out his hand with an evil look and slapped Li Xiang on the butt.

"Ouch!" Li Xiang cried out in pain.

"Ahahaha..." Li Shu laughed with glee.

Li Xiang glared at Li Su fiercely. He was indeed a little regretful now as to why he had provoked three people whom he could not defeat.

Pei Xueqing sat by and carefully changed the medicine for Li Xiang.

"Hiss..." Li Xiang felt pain and took a breath.

"Look at you, you even dare to tease your elders." Li Mingda was sitting not far away, looking at Li Xiang with pity.

"Don't look down on the young and poor!" Li Xiang said gritting his teeth.

"Why, do you still want to go back?" Li Shu teased with a smile.

Li Xiang thought for a moment, then grinned and said, "Humph, I have my own way!"

Of course he couldn't return it, after all, he was his elder.

But as for adding some trouble...of course that's fine.

Filial piety is the tradition of our Tang Dynasty Li family and must never be abandoned.

When Li Xiang was lying in bed for the third day, Old Man Wei and his family had just returned from the sea.

When Feng Qing heard about this, he hurried out without even putting on his clothes.

This is a model. If Old Man Wei has a good harvest at sea, it will bring infinite exemplary power to the fishermen.

"Da Lang——"

Li Xiang looked up drowsily. He had just taken a short nap and was sleeping soundly.

I forced one eye open and it was Feng Yingying.

"It's Sister Baoer." Li Xiang yawned and asked with half-opened eyes, "What's wrong?"

"Old Man Wei and his family have returned from the sea. My old man ran out without even putting on his clothes just now." Feng Yingying said hurriedly.

"What?" Li Xiang jumped up from the bed and hurriedly put on his slippers.

As a result, I sat on the swollen wound on my butt and gasped.

"Slow down, slow down." Feng Yingying stepped forward and helped Li Xiang put on his shoes, saying, "Don't worry, Dalang. The carriage and horses are ready."

"Where is my aunt?" Li Xiang asked.

"Princess Jinyang is taking a nap, and Princess Gaoyang is waiting for you in the car." Feng Yingying said, "As for the Crown Prince, Prince Wei, and Prince Jin, they have already gone to watch the fun..."

Okay, let’s watch the fun.

The positioning is really accurate.

Li Xiang now also figured out the purpose of the three elders coming to Dengzhou.

I just came here to spend some vacation and had no intention of helping him with any work.

Li Xiang didn't care. The three of them had been stuck in Chang'an and Luoyang for so long, it was time for them to relax.

Because Su Yi was pregnant, she didn't go out much.

In the spirit of sisters-in-law adversity, Yan Wan and Wang Qinglan accompanied her to play mahjong in the Governor's Mansion every day.

When we arrived at the dock, it was already surrounded by layers of people.

Not only the common people came to watch the fun, but also people from the Governor's Office, as well as officials from all levels of Dengzhou.

Not many people thought that Old Man Wei would come back, and even if they thought they would come back, they didn’t think they would gain much.

However, to their surprise, Old Man Wei had made a lot of money after this trip.

There is no other reason. Even if you don't look at the boat, just looking at Old Man Wei's face that looks like a wrinkled chrysanthemum when he smiles, you can tell how much he has gained this time.

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