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34: Chapter 34 Go settle accounts with the owner of this sword!
Cheng Yaojin came up furiously. At a glance, he saw only familiar faces. Which idiot had done this?
Then, he saw Li Junxian, and his brain stalled for a moment. Was Emperor Taizong of Tang here?
He turned his head to look, but he didn't see Emperor Taizong of Tang.
"Old Li, you're here. Why did you call me over? You could have just handled it yourself."
"Who is this person who died?"
"Someone from the Boling Cui clan."
Li Junxian replied helplessly.
"You killed him? Is your temper so short lately? Why are you bickering with a child!"
"How have you become more immature as you've aged!"
Cheng Yaojin had a look of confusion on his face; he also saw the blood-dripping sword in Li Junxian's hand.
"The real person in charge is right here!"
Li Junxian gestured in Yang Fan's direction.
Cheng Yaojin looked at the person beside Princess Xiangcheng, feeling a bit bewildered. Who was this person?
With a princess accompanying him and a guard like Li Junxian protecting him, even a fool would know that the guy in front of him wasn't simple. Why would he go out of his way to look for trouble?
"How should I address this young brother?"
Cheng Yaojin was an old fox; he knew that the current situation definitely required Emperor Taizong of Tang to make the final decision.
"Yang Fan."
As he spoke, Yang Fan directly took out Emperor Taizong of Tang's personal sword, the Longquan Sword, from his private space.
"Actually, the killing wasn't my intention. Look at this sword; it was directed by the owner of this sword!"
Seeing the sword appear out of thin air, everyone was shocked.
Then Li Junxian, Cheng Yaojin, and Li Tai all shouted out.
"The Longquan Sword!"
Did that mean the killing was the intention of Emperor Taizong of Tang!
They had all forgotten how the sword had appeared out of thin air.
Most importantly, this sword was the personal sword of Emperor Taizong of Tang, and it had another name: the son of heaven sword!
"You are Cheng Yaojin, right? I'll give the sword to you. You go find the owner of this sword; I'm just an accomplice!"
Yang Fan threw the sword over. Yang Fan knew who it was just by hearing the voice of the person speaking, as the characteristics were quite obvious.
Cheng Yaojin hurriedly caught it and looked—it was real!!!
"No, no, no, you keep the sword."
Cheng Yaojin returned the sword to Yang Fan.
"I haven't been here. I'm leaving first."
He didn't want to get involved in this muddy water.
Li Junxian grabbed him.
"Let's go see Emperor Taizong of Tang."
Seeing that everyone had arrived on horseback, Yang Fan asked Princess Xiangcheng.
"Can you ride a horse?"
Princess Xiangcheng nodded. Naturally, she could. After all, her Father was Emperor Taizong of Tang, and her aunt was Princess Pingyang; if she couldn't ride a horse, wouldn't she be useless?
Other people's empires were conquered by others, but her Li family's empire was conquered by her own siblings.
"Then you ride the horse and take me!"
"Li Junxian! Help me get a horse."
Yang Fan didn't care whether Princess Xiangcheng agreed or not and directly told Li Junxian to find a horse.
Cheng Yaojin also heard this. Good heavens, who was this guy? Why did he call everyone by their full names?
He signaled his subordinates to give Yang Fan and the others, including Li Junxian, one horse each.
"How about we ride one each? It's not very appropriate for us to ride one together!"
Princess Xiangcheng's face turned completely red.
"I don't know how!"
"It's fine. Let others talk. What are you afraid of? We won't be living here anyway!"
Yang Fan urged Princess Xiangcheng to get on the horse.
Princess Xiangcheng had no choice but to get on the horse. After all, she would have to follow her husband in the future, so naturally, she had to listen to her husband's family.
Yang Fan stepped on the stirrup, leaped onto the horse, and wrapped his arms around Princess Xiangcheng's waist.
Princess Xiangcheng let out a delicate cry, and the horse galloped away.
Cheng Yaojin asked Li Junxian, who was beside him.
"Who exactly is this person? He can hold the princess, and he has the son of heaven sword in his hand!"
"I don't know. I've only seen him in the last two days, and Emperor Taizong of Tang has married Princess Xiangcheng off to him."
"Anyway, Emperor Taizong of Tang trusts him very much and said that no one is allowed to use force against him when he is seen in the palace."
Li Junxian also looked confused.
"Let's follow. It's estimated that if Emperor Taizong of Tang doesn't give up something, this matter won't be easy to resolve."
Li Junxian naturally knew what it was about; it was probably time to give up one or two official positions.
"Fourth Brother, aren't you going to tell Father about the situation? He treated our royal princess with such contempt!"
"He caused this trouble himself, so why should I help? Besides, he killed my supporter; it's good enough that I'm not adding fuel to the fire."
Li Tai curled his lip and left with his men.
Li Lizhi shook her head in disappointment. With such a mindset, if he became emperor, the imperial power would be even weaker. If her eldest brother were here, he would at least maintain the royal dignity.
Li Lizhi also rode her horse to the palace.
Emperor Taizong of Tang had also received the news by now, but hearing that Cheng Yaojin had gone over, he wasn't worried anymore and was looking into the distance from the palace walls.
After all, given Cheng Yaojin's personality, he definitely wouldn't hurt Yang Fan.
As for that person from the Boling Cui clan, if he died, he died. Now, with the few divine artifacts in his hand, whichever one he released would attract a large number of descendants from the Aristocratic Families.
He now felt like a fish in the sea, refreshed in body and mind.
However, the scene he saw next made Emperor Taizong of Tang's face turn black, and he went down from the city tower.
The two of them had just dismounted when they saw the black-faced Emperor Taizong of Tang.
Princess Xiangcheng looked at the black-faced Emperor Taizong of Tang and hid directly behind Yang Fan.
Yang Fan, however, was not afraid of Emperor Taizong of Tang.
He walked forward and coughed twice.
"That... after killing the person, I took out the son of heaven sword and said it was your intention. You handle it, okay?"
Emperor Taizong of Tang was numb. You killed him, so you killed him—why push it onto me? Would I trouble you just because you killed a wastrel young master from an Aristocratic Family!
"Got it. Isn't it a bad influence for you to be like this with Princess Xiangcheng? It damages the royal dignity!"
"Damages my foot. The Aristocratic Families have already said that your royal princesses are worthless and that even if you gave them away for free, they wouldn't want them!"
"You know this clearly yourself. Why didn't you chop them all up sooner?"
Yang Fan rolled his eyes at Emperor Taizong of Tang; this guy was also a bit of a bully who feared the strong and bullied the weak.
"Alright, hurry up and hold your wedding ceremony with Princess Xiangcheng in the next few days, and get lost."
Originally, Emperor Taizong of Tang intended to choose an auspicious day and so on, but if he let Yang Fan continue like this for a few more days, his daughter's reputation would be ruined.
"Then you hurry up and prepare. I'll stay here for 5 or 6 days."
While they were talking, Li Junxian and Cheng Yaojin also came over.
They had seen from afar that Yang Fan was talking to Emperor Taizong of Tang about something.
The two of them also dismounted from afar and ran over to pay their respects to Emperor Taizong of Tang.
"I already know about the matter. Zhijie, you go and reorganize the military camp. Don't let the Aristocratic Families cause any trouble."
"Do not get involved with the Aristocratic Families. Keep your wife in check."
Cheng Yaojin had just finished paying his respects when Emperor Taizong of Tang assigned him a task and ordered him to keep his distance from the Aristocratic Families.
Cheng Yaojin immediately understood; Emperor Taizong of Tang was about to take action against the Aristocratic Families.
Cheng Yaojin glanced at Yang Fan. Who exactly was this guy? He wasn't even reserved in front of Emperor Taizong of Tang. And he had just killed a person from an Aristocratic Family; why did it feel like Emperor Taizong of Tang was about to make a big move against the Aristocratic Families?
Could it be that he really did have the authorization of Emperor Taizong of Tang?
Cheng Yaojin accepted the order and left; he came quickly and left quickly.
Li Lizhi arrived at this moment, and she also saw that Cheng Yaojin had already left.
She came before Emperor Taizong of Tang and began to explain.
"Father, I was present at the time. That person from the Aristocratic Family did indeed have a habit of often abusing and killing refugees, and he also looked down on our royal family."
"If Fourth Brother associates with such people, he will sooner or later go astray."