Chapter 217: In Chang'an City, I dare to beat anyone (ask for monthly ticket)

Ouch?

Chang'an City is your kingdom?
Hearing this, Li Xiang smiled.

What happened in Chang'an City? Why did such a person show up without knowing whether to live or die?
Is it because the wind has stopped and the rain has cleared up recently, and does anyone feel that they are doing well again?
"What's going on?" Li Xiang asked with a smile.

He was quite happy when someone came to him and asked for a beating, which gave him a good beating.

If you ask him whether he is worried about the identity of the person opposite him, the answer is definitely no.

Just kidding, Li Xiang can say responsibly that in Chang'an City, I dare to deal with anyone - except my grandfather.

"I have already found out everything," Li Jingren said from behind. "Two people from the sanitation department were cleaning the streets when they passed by the residence of Duke Yun. His adopted son Zhang Shenji repeatedly insulted our two sanitation workers and even scattered garbage all over the street. The workers were so angry that they argued with him, but he ended up beating them up with his family soldiers. He even threatened, 'In Chang'an, I am the law.'"

The so-called fake son is a godson.

Zhang Liang has a well-known hobby, which is to adopt a godson.

According to records, he adopted more than 500 adopted sons in total, which is not much different from the number of the later Ming Dynasty general Lan Yu.

There is no difference in the causes of death of the two men - in fact, the real reason was not because of these five hundred godsons, but this is also one of the excuses.

The real reason is that both of them have problems with their positions as crown princes.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill Lan Yu to pave the way for Zhu Yunwen and prevent him from being connected with Zhu Yunhuan; and Li Zhi also wanted to kill Zhang Liang because his people, the King of Wei, and Li Zhi could not get along.

It just so happened that one of the reasons for the choice was to raise five hundred godsons.

"This Zhang Shenji is just Zhang Liang's godson, how dare he be so arrogant?" Li Xiang asked.

"He's not just the adopted son of the Duke of Yun. There are actually some unknown things about him." Li Jingren said this with an expression full of surprise on his face.

Li Xiang also smelled the scent of melon, and he immediately asked: "What is the unknown thing? Tell me quickly!"

Who doesn’t like eating melons?

"In fact, this matter started from the time when the Duke of Yun abandoned his wife and children." Li Jingren began to gossip to Li Xiang: "Everyone in Chang'an knows that Zhang Liang abandoned his original wife in order to marry this Zhaojun Li girl."

"Li was a lecherous woman with an arrogant personality. The Duke of Yun loved her but was also afraid of her. Later, Li got involved with someone else, who was still a young man. The Duke of Yun caught them in bed. But, brother, guess what happened?"

"What? Skin the adulterer?" Li Xiang was also interested.

"Hey, if that's the case, then no one would say anything." Li Jingren said with a smile: "But this Duke of Yun is really capable of doing it. Not only did he not make things difficult for the adulterer, but he adopted him as his adopted son. Yes, it's Zhang Shenji."

"What the hell?" Li Xiang only hated himself for being uneducated and being able to only say "what the hell" to get around.

It’s not that he doesn’t have other adjectives, it’s just that this matter is too shocking to Xiang. This... is something that no man can endure, but how could Zhang Liang endure it?

It seems that the saying is right. Those who have accomplished great things in the past not only have extraordinary talents, but also have perseverance.

Zhang Liang can be said to be the number one Ninja Turtle in the world.

"Not only my brother was shocked, I was shocked too." Li Jingren said with emotion: "After the incident with Duke Yun, everyone looked at him with new eyes. Anyway, my father didn't pay much attention to him anymore."

"Yeah, it's a bit embarrassing to associate with such people..." Li Xiang also sighed.

Li Jingren added: "Perhaps the incident with Lady Yun is also the reason why Zhang Shenji is so arrogant. After all, even the Duke of Yun can't do anything to him."

"This is not surprising. Usually, those pretty boys or concubines who are not clear-headed are like this." Li Xiang said with emotion. Finally, he said, "Take a few people with you and arrest Zhang Shenji. I don't believe that there is anyone that Jingzhao Prefecture cannot arrest."

But Li Jingren hesitated.

"This matter..." He hesitated, "Brother still has to come forward in person. After all, Lady Yun can dispatch the retainers of the Duke of Yun's mansion. If I have to take risks for this pretty boy, or..."

Li Jingren didn't say anything else. After all, Li Xiang was the crown prince. If he showed up in person, with the help of the group of soldiers behind him, there might be fewer unnecessary conflicts.

"Yes." Li Xiang nodded and said, "Pass the order down, everyone gather, I will personally go to the Duke of Yun's Mansion to capture Zhang Shenji!"

Under Li Xiang's order, all the workers in the sanitation department gathered immediately and put on their wartime uniforms again.

According to Li Shimin's regulations, these workers still belonged to the Dengzhou Navy, and the Dengzhou Navy replaced the Six Commanders of the Eastern Palace and became the subordinate troops of the Prince's Mansion.

Hearing that their comrades who had shared life and death with them were being beaten and scolded, these old soldiers were already holding their breath, their eyes red. If Zhang Shenji were here, he would probably have been torn to pieces.

Li Xiang rode a tall horse, took the lead, and led his men to the mansion of the Duke of Yun.

The huge and long procession was already eye-catching, and the soldiers were fully armed, which made the people of Chang'an feel novel.

The last time such a large-scale arrest was made was to capture Hou Junji and Li Yuanchang.

This time... I don't know which duke will be unlucky again...

Those who were curious followed the group closely, intending to go and watch the fun together.

No one cares about them. After all, even if you can control the heavens and the earth, you can’t control people who like to watch the fun, right?

When they arrived at the Duke of Yun's mansion, Li Xiang did not dismount from his horse, but turned around and said, "Knock on the door."

Immediately, two soldiers stepped forward, ignoring the doorman standing at the door, and picked up broken armor bones to knock on the door.

Menzi's legs had already gone weak when he saw this group of fully armed soldiers. How could he dare to step forward to stop them?
These people have all been to the battlefield and are murderous. They will not step forward to stop him unless he doesn't want to live or wants to die.

Not long after, a very faint sound came from inside.

"Who the hell is that?"

The door opened and a pretty boy with unsteady steps walked out.

"Are you Zhang Shenji?" Li Xiang asked.

Zhang Shenji looked up, but didn't see Li Xiang clearly. Instead, he was dazzled by the bright sun and couldn't open his eyes.

"Who the hell are you? I am you!" Zhang Shenji was used to being arrogant, so he didn't care about anything and just opened his mouth with some not very polite words.

Hearing Zhang Shenji's words, a group of fully armed soldiers immediately rushed up and pressed him to the ground without any respect.

The soldier who was holding his head cursed viciously, "How dare you talk to His Royal Highness like that? Are you tired of living?"

When Zhang Shenji heard that it was the Crown Prince, he felt a chill in his tailbone.

Then he thought of the relationship between his godfather Zhang Liang and the King of Wei, and felt a little relieved.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince? So what if he's the Crown Prince? You can't just arrest me without any reason, right?" He asked back with his neck stiff.

Li Xiang didn't intend to waste time talking to him and waved his hand at him. Li Jingren understood and ordered, "Slap him!"

The two soldiers who were originally holding the armor-breaking bone spears came closer after hearing Li Jingren's order. One of them grabbed Zhang Shenji's hair to hold his head still; the other raised the bone spear and hit Zhang Shenji in the mouth.

"Ow—"

Zhang Shenji howled in pain.

His teeth were shattered by the bone, snot and tears flowed down his face, and his originally feminine little face was twisted into a ball. He wanted to roll on the ground, but someone held him down and he couldn't move.

Blood and saliva mixed together and dripped from Zhang Shenji's mouth, dripping onto the ground.

There was not only blood on the ground, but also Zhang Shenji's teeth. Occasionally, you could see some tooth fragments falling from his mouth to the ground along with the blood.

Li Jingren inspected it with satisfaction and ordered, "Take it away."

Before the person was taken away, a voice was heard from inside.

"Let me see who dares?"

"Hey, is there anyone out to stop us?" Li Jingren turned his head and saw a woman with makeup on, her clothes were a little messy.

"I am the Lady of Yun State, and Zhang Shenji is my adopted son. I wonder who dares to take him away today?!" Li's eyes were wide open, and she looked at Li Xiang without giving in.

Li Xiang was not surprised by her attitude. When a woman takes the lead, no matter if you are the crown prince or the emperor, you have to stick your neck out and do it.

Otherwise, how would you dare to get off the car in the tiger park?

"Is this your adopted son?" Li Xiang looked at her with interest. "I will take him away today. What do you think?"

Li's towering chest rose and fell violently, and she shouted loudly: "Someone come!"

Hearing her order, dozens of fully armed men walked out of the back house with weapons in their hands.

"Oh." Li Xiang saw the dozens of people who were on high alert, stretched out his little finger to pick his ear, and flicked it lightly at Li.

Then, he said lightly, "You actually dared to resist arrest with arms. This is no longer an ordinary act. It is tantamount to treason! I did not wrongly accuse you, did I?"

"All soldiers, listen up! Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"

However, after hearing Li Xiang's words, these dozens of people put down their weapons without any hesitation.

Damn, can we afford to offend someone who claims to be the only one in power?
In the Tang Dynasty, the only ones who could claim to be the only ones in power were Crown Prince Li Chengqian and Crown Prince Li Xiang.

Seeing how young this person is, he must be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Dare to fight with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Not to mention their family generals, even if it was Han Wang Yuanchang and Hou Junji, what would happen? Wouldn't it be painful to die?
That crazy woman doesn't care about anything. We have wives and children!
"Your Highness, spare us!" All the family generals knelt down one after another: "We really didn't know the truth. We hope Your Highness will spare our lives for our mothers, wives and children!"

The kneeling was so smooth that not only Li Xiang but even Zhang Liang's wife Li didn't react.

"What are you doing! The Duke of Yun has raised you for so many years, not to let a bunch of good-for-nothings like you escape from the battlefield!" Li, who had reacted, cursed angrily.

"Oh, I dare not say that." Li Jingren said with a smile: "You are seeking death, but you cannot take others with you to be buried. Isn't that right? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ordered: considering that you have strayed and returned to the right path, you will not be held responsible. The main culprit, Li, and Zhang Shenji will be arrested together!"

Two ferocious-looking officers and soldiers stepped forward and pinned Li and Zhang Shenji to the ground.

"Let me go! Let me go!" Li was still struggling and shouting madly.

Zhang Shenji could no longer speak. He could only sob. The pain in his mouth made him unable to say anything else.

"Take them back. I will personally interrogate these two people!" Li Xiang issued the highest order.

The soldiers escorted the two men and Li Xiang to the Jingzhao Prefecture government office.

After they left, the servant of Zhang Liang's house looked as if he had survived a disaster and sat on the ground exhausted.

Damn, luckily I reacted quickly, otherwise I would have been beaten up.

At the main gate of the Duke's Mansion, a head popped out. When he saw the person being taken away, he looked up to the sky and laughed three times.

"Hahaha! God, please be merciful! Let this adulterous couple receive retribution!"

This was none other than Zhang Liang's biological son, Zhang Yi.

Zhang Xi was the son of Zhang Liang's ex-wife. Not only did he have a low status in the family and was disliked by Mrs. Li, he was also often bullied by Zhang Shenji.

Even Zhang Shenji called him a dog every day, and together with Li, he humiliated him and was openly affectionate in front of him.

Zhang Liang didn't care about it and just pretended he didn't see it.

What Zhang Xi couldn't understand the most was why his father could keep this matter to himself and not say anything. Could it be that he really had become a turtle man?
Now that someone has taken away the people who oppressed him, how can he not be happy?
"Young Master." The family generals said one after another, "Quick, write a letter to the young master..."

"What book are you writing? Are you trying to save this adulterous couple?" Zhang Xi raised his eyebrows.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

"Oh, even if I revise the book, it is like distant water cannot quench immediate thirst," Zhang Yi said again: "Rather than adding more trouble to my father, it is better to save him from trouble, so that he will not be implicated by this adulterous couple in the future!"

In fact, what he said was not wrong. Li was fond of witchcraft and made friends with wizards. He introduced Cheng Gongying to Zhang Liang.

This person boasted that Zhang Liang's sleeping shape was like a dragon and that he would become very rich. He also said that he had a concubine who would become a princess.

This also led Zhang Liang into a ditch, which was one of the reasons for executing Zhang Liang later.

The family generals thought about it and agreed that this was the truth.

After all, Li had been ruining Zhang Liang's reputation on a regular basis, and even the news of her having an affair with Zhang Shenji spread throughout Chang'an.

Not only did Li have an affair with Zhang Shenji, she even took advantage of Zhang Liang's absence to recruit a handsome young man as her lover to have fun with her.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhang Liang would meet seven or eight like-minded people on his way to a restaurant.

Now that Li has been arrested, it is not a bad thing for the Duke's Mansion.

At the same time, they were still feeling emotional in their hearts.

It is still His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who is very observant and can distinguish right from wrong. He will definitely not implicate others if it is not our business. If it were someone else... I'm afraid he would have uprooted us and wiped out everything.

After Li Xiang brought the two men back to Jingzhao Prefecture, he ordered the court to proceed without any hesitation.

Anyone who dares to hit my little elephant, today I will let you know what will happen if you anger me!
(End of this chapter)