Hearing Qingyuan shouting out his identity, the burly man Li Shenzong suddenly changed his expression: "Who are you?"

"Didn't you tell you? My name is Tao Qingyuan!" Qingyuan shook his head slightly and said casually: "Don't ask so much! If you know too much, it may not be a good thing, right?"

Li Shenzong frowned when he heard this, and then his figure moved and prepared to leave.

The next moment, Qingyuan's figure appeared in front of him, and he paused as he looked at Li Shenzong, who looked at him with a shock and said, "Isn't it good to chat with me here? You, King Dingjiang, have always been very low-key, as if you are not in a fight with the world. Why should you be too high-profile this time?"

"You don't think about it. If the emperor hadn't suggested that Cheng Yaojin and the others would be so brave to become the prince?" Qingyuan shook his head and said again.

When Li Shenzong heard this, his face turned gloomy and cold, he said, "Impossible, the emperor cannot kill my elder brother."

"The emperor may really not want to kill him, but sometimes the emperor is helpless! If his death is good for the country and country of the Tang Dynasty, would you tell me that the emperor would let him die?" Qingyuan shrugged without comment and asked.

Upon hearing this, Li Shenzong, whose face changed, couldn't help but shake his head and said, "No! I don't believe it! Boy, don't stop me, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shenzong was standing in front of him, and a golden sword suddenly appeared in his hand and slashed towards Qingyuan.

"Keng" took out the spear with his hand, and held the golden sword and exerted force. He forced Li Shenzong to look a little embarrassed and took a few steps back. Then he gritted his teeth and killed him again.

"Hey! Why bother?" Qingyuan, who shook his head slightly, also became serious. The spear in his hand looked like a dragon from water, and he met the golden sword in Li Shenzong's hand with a tricky and sharp sound. With the sound of gold and iron attacks, the energy spread out, making the ground seem like a rift plowed out of ravines.

The fight here soon alarmed the guards in the palace. Seeing that Li Shenzong was suppressed by Qingyuan, he could only have the defensive power and no offensive power, the guards couldn't help but go forward to guard one by one.

However, before they could touch Qingyuan's clothes, they were swept away by an invisible strong wind, and they all vomited blood and flew backwards like sandbags.

On the other side, I heard the movement. Zhang Meiren, who was panicked because Prince Cheng was captured, walked anxiously in the pavilion in the mansion. Only a faint sound of the knife being sheathed was heard, and she couldn't help but turn her head to look.

At one end of the pavilion, Zhaoyang, holding a scimitar, had already drawn his sword out of the sheath. The cold light reflected from the blade made Meiren unable to help but feel excited. She hurriedly ran to the other side quickly.

However, before she could escape from the other side, Xue Jinlian, wearing a light golden silk skirt, had already blocked her with her hands wrapped around her, staring at her coldly with beautiful eyes.

The beauty Zhang stopped, and her eyes flashed slightly with despair, and she was about to jump from the side over the railing and jump into the lake.

However, before she could jump out of the lake, Zhaoyang, who caught up from behind, had already pulled her back.

Zhaoyang, who was holding Zhang Meiren with one hand, took the wine pot with the lid from Xue Jinlian with the other hand, and directly poured the wine into Zhang Meiren's mouth.

"No...um...cough cough..." Zhang Meiren, who was panicked and shaking her head to dodge, was soon filled with most of the pot of wine by Zhaoyang. She turned and fell to the ground with her slightly letting her hands down. Her face turned pale and her whole body trembled. Soon, black blood overflowed from her mouth and nose, and her eyes lost their spirit.

"Let's go!" Seeing this, he sighed lightly with a slightly complicated expression. Zhaoyang greeted Xue Jinlian, and turned around and left with the scimitar that had already been put into the scabbard.

Xue Jinlian and Zhaoyang quickly left Prince Cheng's Mansion quietly.

Several ghostly figures also quickly came to the dead beauty Zhang. They were all dressed in black and exuded a cold and evil aura. The thin man in the lead was the Lord You who wanted to intercept Xue Rengui and his party on the way but was stopped by Qingzhu.

"Sir, what should we do? Do we need to catch those two women?" The other man in black who followed him couldn't help but ask, his voice cold and indifferent.

Squinted his eyes and looked at the direction where Zhaoyang and Xue Jinlian left, but Lord You shook his head slightly and said, "Let's go! Let's help the prince! He is in trouble!"

After saying that, the few people left again, and their figures soon came to the yard like ghosts, gathering many guards in the royal palace, one by one, and they were cautious and did not dare to step forward. There were also many guards who fell on the ground and groaned.

A 'boom' sound broke out, and with one move forced Qingyuan from Dingjiang King Li Shenzong to retreat. He glanced at Lord You and others who came to the mansion, and then left with a laugh: "Haha, Dingjiang King, there is no need to send it away!"

"Bastard!" Li Shenzong, who was in a mess, looked at the direction of Qingyuan's departure, gritted his teeth and hated him secretly.

"Prince, are you okay?" Lord You and others walked quickly and asked Li Shenzong slightly.

Li Shenzong, who turned to Lord You, shouted with a somewhat ugly expression: "Where is my elder brother? Where is my elder brother Prince Cheng Li Daozong?"

"This..." Lord You, who was slightly stunned, couldn't help but say, "Prince, we have just arrived, I don't know..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Shenzong roared with a ferocious expression: "Bastard! A bunch of waste! Get out of here!"

"Yes!" His expression changed slightly, and Lord You, who had a hint of resentment and gloom in his eyes, hurriedly took his men and several others away.

Standing in place, Li Shenzong was so angry that his whole body was trembling, his eyes were red, and his hands were clenched and his teeth were gritted: "Cheng Yaojin! You old thing! I, Li Shenzong, swear, I, must tear you apart!"

"Luo Tong! Qin Huaiyu! Xue Rengui!... You and other juniors are too bullying! I will make you all pay the price. The battlefield of the expedition to the west is your grave!" Then Li Shenzong spoke gloomy again, his eyes full of murderous intent and cold and violent expressions, like a crazy revenge hungry wolf.

...

This day was the auspicious day when Xue Rengui was appointed as the commander to go to the expedition. When the generals were on the stage, there were many generals, and all officials followed Li Zhi to send the army to the expedition.

"Brother! Li Daozong is dead!" Zhou Qing hurried forward and reported softly to Xue Rengui, who was wearing armor and handsome robe.

When Xue Rengui heard this, he couldn't help but breathe a light and nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Duke Xu Mao, the British Duke who was beside Li Zhi, couldn't help but speak: "Your Majesty, the auspicious time has come, and you can issue the general seal! Don't miss the auspicious time for the army to go to war."

"Yes!" Li Zhi, who nodded slightly, stood up and signaled to the eunuch holding the handsome seal beside him.

The eunuch holding the handsome seal hurriedly stepped forward and stood in front of Li Zhi.

"Xue Aiqing!" Li Zhi, who had stepped forward to take the handsome seal, couldn't help but smile and look at Xue Rengui, "Please take the seal!"

Xue Rengui, who came forward and knelt down on one knee, hurriedly stretched out his hands to take the seal respectfully: "Thank you, the emperor! I will never let down Long's kindness, and will not survive until I defeat Xiliang!"

"My dear! I really believe in you, I will definitely quell the rebellion of Xiliang and kill Su Baotong!" Li Zhi was also moved.

Xue Rengui, who slowly stood up, looked at Li Zhi, then nodded and turned to look at the soldiers of the three armies, held up the commander's seal and shouted loudly: "The army will set off, and the troops will be sent to Xiliang!"

Listening to Xue Rengui's shocking shout, the soldiers of the three armies immediately raised their weapons and arms and shouted loudly.

"Okay! Xue Aiqing is in charge, and his morale is indeed like a rainbow!" Li Zhi was also infected by the momentum of the three armies. His face turned slightly red and excitedly shouted.

With Xue Rengui's order, the soldiers of the three armies immediately started like a large machine and rushed out of the city like a torrent. Xue Rengui and the generals also got off the generals. They turned over and rode on tall war horses, and ran forward with the sound of low horse hooves. Soon they passed through the torrent of soldiers and arrived at the front of the entire team.

At the same time, the red flag representing the Tang Dynasty and the handsome flag of Xue Rengui were also raised high and fluttered in the wind.

In front of the crowd not far from the dot-sing platform, Liu Yinhuan, Zhaoyang, Xue Jinlian and Xue Chuyu were all watching Xue Rengui and others leave under the protection of some guards.

Aside, there were Qin Huaiyu, Luo Tong, Yuchi Baolin, Cheng Tieniu and others, all of them were all young and old, watching their backs leave with fear and anxiety.

"What?" Li Zhi, who watched the army leave, breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news that Cheng Yaojin was going to kill Prince Cheng. He couldn't help but leave in a hurry, and saw the officials and the people were confused.

Seeing Li Zhi leave, Zhaoyang and Xue Jinlian, who were looking at each other, couldn't help but smile happily.

When Li Zhi arrived at the corridor where the incident occurred, Prince Cheng had already been burned to death, leaving only the burnt corpse.

Li Zhi, who was shocked and angry, wanted to cure Cheng Yaojin's crime, but Cheng Yaojin made some quibbling to resolve the crime. Xu Maogong, who came later, made suggestions, which saved Cheng Yaojin from trouble.

In desperation, Li Zhi had to order the emperor's uncle to be buried, and turned around and left in a little disappointed manner.

Afterwards, Cheng Yaojin was sent by Li Zhi to become a grain escort officer, preparing for the consumption of food and grass for the entire Western Expedition army.

After Li Zhi handled the affairs of the court, he also decided to personally lead the imperial army to protect the imperial guards, and took Xu Maogong as his military advisor to chase the imperial army to the northwest to chase the imperial guards to the west.

As a result, Xue Rengui arrived in the northwest and had just settled everything and was about to march into Xiliang. When he received the news that the sage driver was coming, he had to temporarily stop the prepared military action to welcome the sage driver.

Li Zhi's arrival undoubtedly restricted Xue Rengui's use of troops. After all, with the emperor here, he was destined to be unable to use troops at will according to his own ideas, which led to the subsequent trap of Suoyang City.

...

Besides, in the northwest border, in the desolate valley, Jiang Hu and Xiao Si have been practicing here for two or three months.

On the evening of the day, under the reflection of the setting sun, a figure in the valley moved around, and a fierce and fierce energy spread out, causing the air to fluctuate and the smoke and dust to fly.

"Okay! Senior brother, your boxing skills are getting more and more powerful," Xiao Si clapped his hands and walked over with a laugh.

Looking back at Xiao Si, Jiang Hu, whose fist had turned, couldn't help but grin and shouted, "Xiao Si, take my move!"

"Wow! Are you really here?" Xiao Si screamed strangely, and his figure flew back away. Then, his hand shadow appeared and a hazy water mist sword aura appeared, covering Jiang Hu.

Facing the dense sword energy, Jiang Hu did not retreat but advanced, his fist shadow flashed, and he faced the dense water mist sword energy.

A sneering sound of qi fighting sounded, and Jiang Hu and Xiao Si were fighting fiercely together and could not decide the outcome for a while.

Slowly, the two people who were so excited that they took out their respective weapons. A dark red metal trap with dense spikes appeared on Jiang Hu's hands. The trap seemed soft on Jiang Hu's hands, but when they hit it, it was as sharp as an iron fist, causing a dull sound of breaking through the air.

What Xiao Si took out was a sharp long sword like autumn water. There was a slight mist around the sword body, and the sword shadows were psychedelic when they waved, like a poisonous snake hidden in the fog.

The strength exerted by the two men using weapons is much more terrifying. Wherever they pass, the rocks shatter and the earth cracks. The terrifying energy even brings out a fierce and powerful wind.

The "Keng" iron fist and the long sword collided violently, and an energy explosion sounded. Jiang Hu and Xiao Si were both shocked and flew backwards.

"Haha, Xiao Si, your swordsmanship is getting more and more powerful! You were no match for me before, and now you are no worse than me." Jiang Hu, who fell to the ground in a mess, couldn't help but jump forward to Xiao Si.

Xiao Si, who was standing with his sword, shook his head and said, "Senior Brother, your boxing technique is too powerful. I still suffer a loss when I collided head-on. Cough, it made my qi and blood tumbling, and I almost vomited blood."

"That's because your health is still a bit bad." Jiang Hu patted Xiao Si's shoulder and smiled.

Xiao Si shrugged and smiled helplessly, and couldn't help but say, "My sword technique is not as good as yours. By the way, senior brother, I went out. I heard that the army of the court has arrived."

"Oh?" Jiang Hu, whose eyes lit up, couldn't help but say surprise: "Really? That's great! We finally have a place to use our skills! Let's talk to the Immortal Lord and go and join the army!"

"Yeah!" Xiao Si nodded and said, "I've been waiting for this day! Xiliang dog thieves killed so many of my brothers, so I must make them pay back their blood debts."

As soon as the two of them finished speaking, a calm and gentle voice rang in their ears: "Jiang Hu, Xiao Si, don't tell me, you can join the army!"

"Immortal Lord!" He looked up at Chen Hua, who was standing with his hands behind his back at the entrance of the cave on the hillside, and the two couldn't help but salute respectfully.

Chen Hua, who flew in front of the two, looked at the respectful two people in front of him, and said with a smile: "Yes, you two are doing well in cultivation. However, it is difficult for you to achieve great success just by practicing hard. In the battle formation in the army, you will have the opportunity to improve your cultivation faster."

"But! You'd better not expose your strength easily," Chen Hua said again.

The two were slightly stunned when they heard this, but they still responded respectfully.

"These are two jade talismans that protect you, but you can save your life at the critical moment. Take it!" Chen Hua turned his hand and took out two small gray-white jade tiles and handed them to the two: "Please hold it in close proximity, don't let people discover the jade talismans on your body."

The two people who took it with surprise and respectfully thanked Chen Hua, and then left under Chen Hua's sight.

"Why, are you caring about them now?" A gentle and pleasant voice sounded. Hu Ling'er, who appeared beside Chen Hua at some point, couldn't help but smile with a hint when he saw Chen Hua's appearance, and said, "You still can't bear to part with them?"

He turned his head and looked at Chen Hua who was Hu Ling'er, and curled his lips in anger, "I can't bear to part with them two bad guys? I'm afraid they are too nasty and will lose my face when the time comes."
To be continued...