My father, Li Shimin, requests Your Majesty to become the Retired Emperor.

Upon hearing Inugami Mitako's words, Li Chenggan smiled slightly: "General, I think you may have made a mistake."

Last night, I slept soundly in this inn. When did I go to your king's palace?

When did they assassinate your king?

This is utter nonsense.

Besides, I had no motive to assassinate your king.

Inugami Mitaku pulled on the horse's reins and sneered, "Li Chenggan, you look respectable, but you're actually full of bad intentions."

You're biased towards Buyeo Pungjang and Queen Seondeok; you feel our king is at odds with them.

They may become enemies with the Tang Dynasty in the future.

So, you want to kill our king, don't you?"

at this time,

Songtsen Gampo, Buyeo Phongzhang, Buyeo Phongmei, Yakushi Keiko, and Yakushi Eiri also emerged from the inn.

When the pharmacist Hui Ri saw it, he was terrified.

He rushed to Inugami Mitaku and grabbed the horse's reins: "General, what's wrong with you? Why are you leading so many soldiers to surround the Tang Crown Prince's residence? What are you trying to do?"

"Yakushi Ebisu, what are you doing here?" Inugami Odenkuchi asked in return.

"I have come here for another reason."

"The Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty is a distinguished guest of our Wa (Japanese) Kingdom. Isn't it only right that I come to visit him?"

"Really? Didn't I just make that very clear?"

Li Chengan attempted to assassinate our king, and I have come to apprehend him on the queen's orders!

"Oh dear, General, you mustn't!"

Why?

"That's impossible. I can testify that the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty has always been in this inn."

How could he possibly assassinate our king?

Inugami Odenku's eyes were fixed on Yakushi Ebisu, a forced smile on his face: "Did you secretly collude with the Tang Dynasty and betray our Wa nation?"

Were you misled by Li Chengqian, and therefore wholeheartedly devoted to the Li Tang dynasty?

You have lost your way and can no longer distinguish between inside and outside.

"You step aside for now, and I'll settle accounts with you after I've captured Li Chenggan."

Yakushi Ehi wanted to say something more, but Inugami Oda-kumi didn't give him the chance and ordered his men to drag him away.

"General, you can't do this! It's inappropriate for you to do this!" Yakushi Eri cried out.

"Drag it away, drag it away quickly!"

After his men dragged Yakushi Eri away, Inugami Oda Kuchi's face darkened, and his eyes were fixed on Li Chenggan: "Why don't you surrender now? When are you going to do it?"

Do you really want me to order the arrows to be fired?

There's a saying: "A great general fears not a thousand soldiers, but only an inch of iron."

"Inch of iron" refers to bows and arrows. So many archers drew their bows, nocked their arrows, and aimed their dark arrowheads at Li Chenggan.

To say that Li Chengqian wasn't nervous at all would be a lie.

but,

at this point,

Fear is useless.

Li Chengan, head held high and chest puffed out, declared loudly: "Inu-gami Mita-kusa, before I even decided to come here, I had already planned to risk my 100-plus-pound body."

If I were afraid, I wouldn't have come. Now that I'm here, I'm not afraid anymore.

However, there is one thing I must make clear to you: I truly did not assassinate your king.

"If I were truly willing to do that, you would probably never see your king again."

Inugami Odenkuya also expressed his belief in Li Chengqian's words.

Having experienced Li Chengqian's prowess firsthand through several encounters, Inugami Mitaku knew he was no ordinary person.

Whether it's martial arts or strategy, they are all superior to me.