The Bad Guys: Everyone, let’s revive the Tang Dynasty together!

Chapter 325 Really Charming

Li Maozhen suddenly headed north and no one stopped him. As long as he was not going to the camp in the east of the city, Xiao Yan didn't care where he went.

Moreover, at this time, the King of Qi was probably in a state of despair and it would be difficult for him to turn the situation around.

There was no chance for him to turn the tables.

After the empress entered the Qi army camp, the military governors of all armies had already known about the invasion of Dingnan and Shuofang towns, and it was probably difficult for them to have the will to advance into Guanzhong.

Among the troops gathered in Fengxiang, many of the soldiers' families settled down in their respective garrisons. The Baoda and Yisheng armies were stationed in the north, so it was good that the soldiers were not informed at this time. If they knew that their families were on fire and they insisted on sending troops to Guanzhong, I am afraid that the soldiers would riot first.

Xiao Yan didn't care to think too much about what Li Maozhen was thinking. The situation was settled the moment the empress took charge of Fengxiang camp. In fact, the process of the coup was much smoother than expected.

With the full support of the empress, the legitimate King of Qi, and the cooperation of several holy ladies from Huanyinfang, Li Maozhen's reliance on the King of Qi's guards that supervised Fengxiang was disrupted by Xiao Yan in advance. Even the leader of the King of Qi's guards, the fake Li, was captured by Gong Yang Zuo at the first opportunity specially arranged by Xiao Yan.

As Li Maozhen had lost control of the city and the support of the army, it would have been difficult for this coup to fail successfully.

However, the ultimate goal of a coup is to change power with the least loss. The only requirement is that the process does not involve the use of the military, does not cause too many bloody incidents, and does not affect too large a range of areas. The smoother the better. However, it is easy to give people who do not know the inside story a sense of absurdity and confusion.

If people didn't know how much preparation Xiao Yan had made in the past twenty days, and how he had his subordinates spend so much effort to make all kinds of coincidences appear at a certain moment, they might think that defeating Li Maozhen would mean a victory for the coup. With this illusion, bystanders would naturally feel confused.

However, even if it went so smoothly, there would still be hidden dangers. When Li Maozhen left Fengxiang again, many officials of Qi State had guessed the secret that had been concealed for more than ten years.

It was fine before we didn’t know, as everyone thought the empress was Li Maozhen. But now we have glimpsed a corner of the hidden story, and Li Maozhen is not dead. I’m afraid that many people will feel resentful about a woman in power.

These are all things that the empress will have to worry about in the future, but at least no one will rush up tonight to bring bad luck. During the years that the empress has been in charge of Qi, her prestige in the army is not weak, and the group of confidants she has cultivated are also loyal. It's just that these people didn't know in advance that the King of Qi had replaced him.

If we want to blame someone, we can only say that there is not much difference between the empress and Li Maozhen when they wear men's clothes. Even if someone would be suspicious of some differences in details, it is unlikely that they would think in this direction.

The military power is in the hands of the empress. Now there are more than 40,000 soldiers from five towns gathered in Fengxiang, so there will not be any trouble in the short term.

These were not things that Xiao Yan needed to worry about, but from now on, Qi State was finally and completely tied to his chariot. It would be best if there were no mistakes, so he quickly went over them in his mind.

However, the empress has been "playing" the role of King Qi for many years, so her political skills are not weak. Xiao Yan believes that he does not need to interfere too much in these matters.

Xiao Yan's side finally had a smooth journey, but on a roof somewhere in the north of the city, the fake Li's heart was in his throat.

When the fake Li had fought with Gong Yang Zuo on the street before, he had thought about escaping at the risk of his life, but Gong Yang Zuo's strength was much higher than his. Even though the fake Li had the Tiangang Jue to support him, he was unable to win.

In addition to Gong Yang Zuo, there were three other bad guys under Xiao Yan's command who cooperated to capture him. The two bad guys' followers of the fake Li tried their best to stop them, one died and the other was seriously injured. The fake Li was beaten half to death, but was finally captured by Gong Yang Zuo, who then tied him up and took him to a high place to watch the fight.

When he first saw Xiao Yan actively pestering Li Maozhen, the fake Li thought that tonight's events would turn around. Although he knew that Xiao Yan was very powerful and had become one of the best in the world at the age of twenty, and he also knew that he had practiced the complete version of the Xuanming Sect's magical skill, Jiuyou Xuantian, but he always regarded him as just a person of the Underworld Emperor, or maybe even slightly inferior to him.

But the fake Li ignored the rapid progress Xiao Yan had made in the year since he returned to the Central Plains from Hebei. He only knew that Li Maozhen was a figure in the world who could be compared to Li Keyong and those old monsters from the Twelve Caves. Of course, he believed that Xiao Yan could not pose any threat to Li Maozhen.

From his perspective, Li Maozhen had already been alerted to the possibility that the camp outside the city might be in danger, and Xiao Yan could not stop Li Maozhen. Xiao Yan and the empress would not be able to accomplish anything tonight, and even if he, the fake Li, was captured, he would still have a chance to escape.

But after seeing the power of Xiao Yan's sword, the fake Li's mind was shaken. For nearly half an hour afterwards, he just watched the battle with a pale face, and he did not listen even to Gong Yang Zuo's occasional sarcasm.

This was the first time that fake Li saw with his own eyes the strength, arrogance and dominance displayed by Xiao Yan. Before this, Li Maozhen was the most arrogant person he had ever met. Who would have thought that Xiao Yan would be even more arrogant than Li Maozhen!
From the beginning to the end, Xiao Yan did not actively show any arrogance, but it was precisely in this restrained temperament that the fake Li sensed the confidence and confidence that Xiao Yan seemed to have since birth...

These are the things that Fake Li desires the most, and they are what he has never stopped pursuing for more than ten years.

So the fake Li suddenly despaired at a certain moment. It was not because of Xiao Yan's unparalleled strength that made him retreat. If that were the case, the fake Li might not have suffered too much psychological gap.

But it was the aura that Xiao Yan exuded from the bottom of his heart, as if he wanted to look down on the world, that instantly shattered the Taoist faith of the fake Li.

He is the crown prince, the legitimate heir, the heir to the empire whom the late Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had entrusted with great hopes by Yuan Tiangang, and he is the dragon son who is supported and trusted by countless people!

Even a hero like Li Maozhen, people have the confidence to look down on him and openly call him "Song Wentong"!
It can be said that in today's world, Xiao Yan is the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty is Xiao Yan.

Even the kid from Qingcheng Mountain is far from qualified.

The fake Li felt desperate and lonely, and then at a certain moment, he was filled with hatred and jealousy from the bottom of his heart.

If he had the same background as Xiao Yan, how could he have fallen to this point?

How dare Gong Yangzuo, an old bad guy, mock him?
How could Yuan Tiangang only have high hopes for that kid from Qingcheng Mountain?
If he had the same background as Xiao Yan, then he would be the one that the whole world would support! If he was also the prince, then he would also have everything that Xiao Yan has now!

Those people who seek trust and cling to people like the Empress, Ji Ruxue, the surrendered minister, Shulido, the Saint Lady, the Oiran, etc., can only be him!
I just lack such an origin!
As Fake Li thought about this, all kinds of humiliation and resentment surged in his heart.

This desire for a good background had never filled his mind so madly before.

It was not until the lonely and destitute Li Maozhen, who passed by the fake Li less than two streets away without even glancing at him, rushed north that the fake Li suddenly became desperate again.

Li Maozhen, this waste, actually handed over such a foundation of Qi country to the empress and Xiao Yan without even struggling.

Of course, what the fake Li resented even more was that Li Maozhen left without caring about him at all!
Although he had no direct grudges with Xiao Yan, Ji Ruxue, who was said to be Xiao Yan's favorite, was almost murdered by the fake Li outside the city of Bianjing half a year ago. How could the fake Li not think that Xiao Yan would punish him severely?
With this thought in mind, the fake Li Qie endured the freezing cold for another half an hour in hatred and fear before he was carried to Huanyinfang by Gong Yangzuo.

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Although what happened tonight was very loud and it seemed like a lot of things had happened, it was actually only midnight.

Things went smoothly. The ones who suffered the most and suffered the heaviest losses were probably the major tea merchants in Fengxiang. They inexplicably became the driving force behind the coup, and many of them were killed by the furious Li Maozhen.

Xiao Yan felt quite ashamed of this. The biggest bloodshed in this coup was caused by a group of unrelated people. He was afraid that if he told others about it, he, the mastermind behind it, would be condemned by thousands of people.

No matter how evil those tea merchants were in secret, whether they were colluding with officials and businessmen, harming tea farmers, or bullying the people.

Xiao Yan always has to put things in perspective. Later on, he will arrange for Anle Pavilion to help these tea merchants open up the market in the Central Plains. Of course, Fengxiang will also compensate them. However, it is likely that Qi Country will find it difficult to have large-scale business such as tea entering the country in the next few years, so Anle Pavilion will have to be responsible for filling this market gap.

The south side of the city suffered heavy losses, with half of the city wall destroyed. Craftsmen will be sent to repair it at dawn, and that area will be sealed off during this period.

In addition, the empress has issued strict orders regarding what happened tonight, prohibiting any officials, guards, etc. who know the inside story from leaking any information to the outside.

As for the news, it was naturally that one of the two people fighting was Qi Wang Li Maozhen. Even until now, no one except the empress and a few others knew Xiao Yan's true identity.

As long as the officials who knew the inside story were controlled, Li Maozhen's affairs would not be widely circulated in Qi State or even the world for the time being, and the common people and ordinary soldiers would not know the secrets. At this time, there was already a rumor in Fengxiang that the Dark Emperor or the Ghost King of the Xuanming Sect had harassed Fengxiang.

I wonder how many people will feel resentment towards the evil Underworld Emperor Zhu Yougui after this night.

Xiao Yan was invited to Huanyinfang. The empress was busy and couldn't get away. Fanyintian and other women all had important matters to arrange. Instead, it was Duowentian, who was unfamiliar with him, who was entertaining him. Yang Yantian was in charge of supervising Huanyinfang and eliminating the hidden dangers left by Li Maozhen.

At this point, Duo Wentian's admiration for Xiao Yan was beyond words. Not to mention that she was the Saint Princess of Huanyinfang, even if the waitresses below really expressed surprise, she would just run around like a maid, fearing that she would be negligent in the slightest. If she had no other choice, she would just wish to sleep with Xiao Yan.

Duo Wentian is one of the saints with the best melee ability among the saints, and she highly respects martial arts. Xiao Yan was able to fight Li Maozhen to a standstill and even had a tendency to suppress him, and he had been imprisoned by Li Maozhen for the past six months. How could Duo Wentian not have a great liking for Xiao Yan, whom he had only met once?

Moreover, it was Xiao Yan who personally rescued them at that time. Although it was more likely that he personally rescued the bad guys who were imprisoned there, at that moment, Duo Wentian would not care about these details. When he thought of this, he remembered Xiao Yan's words with a warm smile at that time: "The Empress asked me to pick you up..."

Not to mention that Xiao Yan looked ordinary with the mask on at that time, even if this Champion Marquis really looked like that, Duo Wentian was willing to devote himself to him just for this matter, not to mention that Xiao Yan's handsome face after taking off the mask was enough to make people fascinated.

Xiao Yan couldn't resist Duo Wentian's enthusiasm, so he had to ask tactfully for a room to stay in temporarily.

Duo Wentian naturally subconsciously wanted to lead Xiao Yan to the empress's attic, but that was the empress's boudoir. Duo Wentian was still unsure of the relationship between Xiao Yan and the empress, so he did not dare to make a decision on his own and only arranged him in another pavilion or waterside room of decent specifications.

After a while, Gong Yangzuo brought the fake Li to ask for a meeting.

Duo Wentian had no good feelings towards the fake Li. She and Yang Yantian were secretly imprisoned because of the fake Li. Otherwise, they would not have stayed in that prison for more than half a year.

The fake Li Wuxin cared about such an idler as Duo Wentian. He had calmed down by now, no longer in the panic of a prisoner. His face was calm. When he entered the room where Xiao Yan was meeting them, he just stood proudly with a sneer on his lips, and he was quite disdainful of Xiao Yan.

“This guy.”

Gong Yangzuo smiled, pulled his handsome short beard, and casually placed it on the handle of his knife, with a bit of coldness in his old eyes. If it comes to torturing people, Gong Yangzuo, who came from the Yingzhou branch, has hundreds of different ways to make the fake Li want to live but not die.

"No problem."

Xiao Yan had his back to Gong Yangzuo and the other man, and was looking at the documents on the table that Duo Wentian had just collected. He seemed to guess what Gong Yangzuo was thinking, and he said something casually, then sat down with a document in his hand, looked the fake Li up and down, and paused for a moment on the latter's handsome face.

The fake Li Yi looked at him coldly, wanting to make himself more imposing, but he was annoyed by Xiao Yan's indifferent look, so he sneered and said what he had prepared on the way: "Why, the dignified Crown Prince Li Tang would run around for a woman? He even resorted to deception to deceive the world and took risks himself? Aren't you afraid of lowering your status!"

As he spoke, he sneered again and said, "Oh, it's not surprising that such a reputation as the Empress of Huanyinfang has made you pay so much."

Xiao Yan laughed casually. It was impossible for the fake Li to really think that he came here just for a female emperor. With the fake Li's brain, he probably could see that Xiao Yan's move was to plot against the entire Qi country, or in other words, to tie Qi country to the warship of Xiao Yan's group.

When the fake Li said this, it sounded more sarcastic and mocking, but to Xiao Yan, it really didn't hurt at all.

He then narrowed his eyes and smiled, and asked, "So what?"

Gongyang Zuoben was watching the fun with his hands in his pockets. When he heard the sound, he hissed in his heart and smacked his lips. Thinking of the female confidantes around his lord, he thought that it was not a bad thing for his lord to abduct a empress and bring her back.

Duo Wentian had been waiting at the door, and Xiao Yan did not ask her to go out. Duo Wentian thought that he also needed to know some inside information on behalf of the empress. He was very angry when he heard the fake Li's conversation just now, and he really wanted to go up and slap this guy twice. When he heard what Xiao Yan said, he was stunned at first, and then he suddenly realized.

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Well, she said that it is impossible for the Marquis of Champion to have no relationship with the Empress. Our Empress is as beautiful as a fairy, with a stunning appearance that even women can hardly help but admire her. After all, the Marquis of Champion is a man.

Duo Wentian regretted not taking Xiao Yan to the empress's attic. It really backfired.

The fake Li was stunned and didn't know how to answer.

He had never seen the empress's appearance with his own eyes, but had only heard of her great reputation in the world. There were probably not many men in the world who could see the empress's beauty, but the fact that the empress ranked first in the rouge review and no one objected was a testament to this.

For a moment, the fake Li Zhen thought that Xiao Yan was a person who loved beauty more than the throne and was even willing to take risks for himself.

Fortunately, he was not an idiot. He suppressed this thought immediately and just sneered at Xiao Yan: "If Your Highness is really like this, how about this, you give me this world, and I will collect beauties from all over the world for you? Don't talk about the empress. I heard that there is a queen in the Western Regions. I will also capture her and give her to the prince. How about it?"

Xiao Yan couldn't help but laugh. He had to admit that fake Li was a talent. He didn't argue with him. He didn't have the heart to do so. He just took a sip of tea and said casually, "Are you worthy?"

The fake Li was furious, veins bulging on his bound hands. He didn't even care about the severe pain in his internal organs from being beaten half to death by Gong Yang Zuo, and was about to pounce on Xiao Yan.

Gong Yang kicked him back to the door with his left foot. He didn't even bother to ridicule this shameless guy. He picked his ears and stood aside again.

"You son of a bitch! Why do you look down on me? Why do you!?"

The fake Li's face was distorted. He couldn't get up from the ground and stared at Xiao Yan viciously: "You just have a good family background! If it were me, I would do no worse than you!"

Duo Wentian hid aside, frowning.

Gong Yang curled his lips. This guy is only interested in your background. When has your background ever been used in your actions? You didn't even mention the danger of your stepping on a tightrope to fight against 800 cavalrymen in front of Zhu Wen. In this world, there are probably few people who dare to take risks in front of Zhu Wen with the face of the deposed emperor, not to mention the subsequent battles in Hebei with a small risk for a big gain and thousands of miles away.

Among the military leaders in this world, how many care about your background?

Xiao Yan smiled faintly, just looked at the fake Li and said: "If you only have the ability to insult me ​​today, I will be very disappointed."

He looked back at the pile of documents on the table, looking somewhat dejected, as if he was considering whether to kill the fake Li Sheng for his noise.

The fake Li was startled. He heard something else in this sentence. He lay on the ground in a panic and asked, "What do you mean? If you want to kill me, just come and chop me up. There's no need to humiliate me!"

"You didn't waste your time with Yuan Tiangang."

Xiao Yan pointed at the pile of documents and said, "You have done a good job in the Qi Wang Guard. The rules and regulations are quite eye-catching, but the details are too rough. I am afraid it will take another year or so for you to gradually improve them."

The fake Li was stunned. Of course he didn't expect that Xiao Yan met him just to say that he, the King of Qi, was doing a good job.

Even someone as shameless as him felt ashamed. He attached great importance to honor and cared even more about other people's opinions of him. Naturally, he was quite proud to receive Xiao Yan's praise.

"How about this."

Xiao Yan said casually: "I'll give you two choices. The first one is to stay here and be imprisoned for the rest of your life. Who knows, one day when I'm in a good mood, I might allow you to be free."

You'd be crazy to choose this.
Fake Li sneered.

"Second, take some of the Qi Wangwei you trust to look for Li Maozhen. I believe you can find him. He is not someone who would be content to be inferior to others, but I believe you are not either. I don't want to know what happens between you two, but I really want to see how it ends."

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "By the way, please give him a message for me."

The fake Li was already in a state of panic, his face was uncertain, he couldn't believe that Xiao Yan would say this, but he hesitated for a while, and asked first: "You really didn't lie to me?"

Xiao Yan didn't answer. He was too disdainful to make any promises to the fake Li.

Fake Li stared at Xiao Yan for a moment before finally gritting his teeth and saying, "Okay! What message do you want me to give him?"

"The Holy Child of Raojiang is with me."

Xiao Yan said: "Li Maozhen is no longer of any value to Yuan Tiangang."

There was a loud bang, and the fake Li was stunned and stood there.

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On the eve of dawn, the empress finally had some time to rest. She wanted to see Xiao Yan first, but she heard from Duowentian that Xiao Yan had gone to bed at night. She was not sure whether he had woken up yet, so she did not disturb him.

Duowentian then told the empress and the others what happened in the middle of the night.

The empress would not interfere in the affairs of the fake Li and the Qi Wangwei. Although she was a little puzzled, she believed that Xiao Yan would not set a trap for himself.

However, the girls of Fanyintian were attracted by other things and laughed sweetly: "Did the prince really answer like this?"

Everyone calls Xiao Yan differently. It seems that people like Duowentian who are not very familiar with Xiao Yan call him "Junhou". People like Fanyintian who are slightly familiar with Xiao Yan and know some inside information always call him "Prince". There is no other reason, just because it sounds noble enough.

Duo Wentian covered his mouth and quietly observed the expressionless beautiful face of the empress. He just whispered: "Really, at that time, you only said 'so what' and that guy was speechless. In my opinion, your expression was really not fake."

Fanyintian and others seemed to have eaten a huge melon, and they all covered their mouths and laughed foolishly.

The empress frowned and said angrily, "Why are you talking about these things? Have you finished your work in the city?"

The women did not leave. Instead, Fan Yintian said quietly, "There is no part of the prince's body that is not attractive. I don't know what kind of woman can enjoy such a top-notch man... Ji Ruxue is really lucky."

Having said that, the ladies suddenly relaxed after this incident and became bolder, all of them secretly observing the empress.

If their master could take a closer look at Xiao Yan, wouldn't that be perfect for them?

The empress was in a state of confusion, her earlobes felt strangely hot, and she just lost her temper out of shame and anger.

"roll roll roll!"

The girls giggled, finally stopped being so unruly, and dispersed.

The empress was left alone in the room. Thinking of what Duo Wentian had just said about almost leading Xiao Yan to her boudoir, she felt quite embarrassed. She subconsciously supported her delicate chin, and unstoppable ripples arose in her heart.

That little man who was much younger than her seemed really charming.

(End of this chapter)