Tang Dynasty: Starting at Xuanwu Gate, this prince is better off not being one.

As the saying goes, "Spring's affections are expressed through the willow's green, and birdsong emerges from the plum blossoms."

Therefore, spring is a season of overflowing desires.

Especially in the third month of the lunar calendar, the weather begins to warm up, animals begin to mate, and plants begin to sow seeds. As for a lecher like Li Chengzong, he naturally stays in brothels and is unwilling to come out.

This gave Li Yu ample time to make arrangements.

Li Yu took the wooden box from the servant and opened it amidst everyone's curiosity.

Before anyone could see what was inside, a spicy aroma similar to mugwort wafted over, causing them to cough a few times.

"Little Fish, what are all these?"

Seeing the several round balls with tails lying quietly in the box, Cheng Chumo curiously took one out and held it in his hands to examine it.

Li Chengqian was equally curious. He picked one up, put it under his nose, and sniffed it. He was immediately choked and coughed.

"This is called a smoke bomb. We'll use it against Li Chengzong in a bit."

After checking and finding no damage, Li Yu explained to the group.

He only remembered this thing when he accidentally saw Sun Simiao burning mugwort.

These are all old methods: mix mugwort with a small amount of Atractylodes lancea, coat it with a layer of pine resin, and then burn it to produce a lot of smoke.

I remember when I was a child in the countryside, I often used this stuff with a few other kids to smoke out rabbit holes, and it always hit them.

Moreover, Li Yu creatively added some soapberry crumbs and tinder, and thus a simple smoke bomb was born...

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After demonstrating the effect to the group, Li Yu proceeded with his plan.

"All of you together, just hold off Li Chengzong's guards. I, Chengqian, and Xiaoke, we'll deal with Li Chengzong."

"Let's do it this way first, the three of us will... then you guys do this..."

After arranging his plans for everyone, Li Yu began to teach Li Chengqian and Li Ke how to use smoke bombs.

They waited until noon before finally seeing a man leading a group of servants out of the brothel.

"Is he Li Chengzong?" Li Yu asked Li Chengqian, pointing to the man.

"Yes! It's him!" Li Chengqian's eyes instantly reddened when he saw the man come out.

Li Chengzong was a burly man with a full beard, and he looked even bigger than Cheng Chumo. He was leering and reminiscing with his servants about how he had been with a certain dancer.

This was completely different from the composed and steady Crown Prince that Li Yu had seen in the Taiji Hall, which explained why Li Chengqian and the other two couldn't defeat him.

"Is he really your uncle's biological son?"

Li Yu's words froze Li Chengqian, who was about to rush forward, in place. He carefully examined Li Chengzong, who was walking towards him, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"What are you laughing at? Didn't I beat you hard enough last time?"

Li Chengzong, who resembled a giant bear, strode towards the group, arrogantly pointing at Li Yu and saying to Li Chengqian, "Oh ho! My good brother, you've brought reinforcements?"

After saying that, he looked Li Yu up and down and said sarcastically, "If you're going to find a helper, you should at least find someone like an older brother. What can a little chick accomplish?"

Upon hearing Li Chengzong's mockery, Li Chengqian was about to lash out when Li Yu stopped him.

Li Chengqian glanced at Li Yu, who showed no anger but feigned surprise, saying, "You're Li Chengzong? How come you look nothing like the talented and elegant Crown Prince I met?"

"My father is naturally very elegant, he doesn't need you..."

Li Chengzong, who was about to make a sarcastic remark, carefully considered Li Yu's words and suddenly realized what he meant, glaring at him angrily: "Are you saying I'm ugly!?"

"I never said you were ugly!" Li Yu shrugged, looking completely innocent. "I just said you don't look very human. Haven't you ever considered whether you're even His Highness the Crown Prince's biological son?"

This single sentence completely enraged Li Chengzong, who pointed at Li Yu and said, "I am my father's eldest son, a prince personally appointed by His Majesty! Who are you, you brat? I'll chop you down and kill your whole family while I'm at it!"

"Ha! Go ahead and cut me! If you're a brother, come and cut me! I'm also a prince personally appointed by His Majesty. If you don't cut me, you'll be this!" After saying that, Li Yu even stretched out a middle finger and waved it in front of him.

Just as Li Chengzong was about to rush over, he suddenly stopped after hearing Li Yu's words and asked, "You're that boy from Third Uncle's family?"

"That's right! You wanted to kill my whole family? Why don't you slit your own throat and show me first?"

"I...you...alright, alright, today I'll teach you a lesson on behalf of your third uncle!"

Enraged and incoherent, Li Chengzong uttered a harsh threat and made as if to charge forward again. Then he saw Li Yu, Li Chengqian, and Li Ke all raising their middle fingers at him.

"Come on!" The three of them waved their fingers in front of his eyes in unison.

Although Li Chengzong didn't know what it meant, it looked extremely insulting.

Without further hesitation, he roared and charged forward.

"run!"

Having succeeded in his scheme, Li Yu shouted to the Li brothers, then turned and ran away.

Seeing that the three of them had run away, the frenzied Li Chengzong quickly chased after them.

As for Li Chengzong's retainers, seeing their young master running further and further away, they prepared to follow him, only to be stopped by a group of people who appeared out of nowhere.

"Still want to help?"

Cheng Chumo, who was standing at the front, cracked his knuckles and rushed forward, kicking one of his servants to the ground.

Seeing that Cheng Chumo had started to make a move, the others also rushed out.

They were all descendants of military families.

After kicking one of the guards to the ground, Cheng Chumo punched another guard in the nose, holding off both guards by himself.

Yu Chi Baolin went even further, carrying one in each hand and starting to spin around in circles.

The most shocking thing was Wenren An. This little brat, who was only nine years old, actually defeated three men who had served in the military, and even then, he still had time to glance at Li Yu and the others to see if they had gone far.

Seeing that their three teenagers were able to hold off seven enemy soldiers, they gave the others the opportunity to gang up on the remaining retainers...

They're all amazing people!

As he ran, Li Yu kept looking back and saw Li Chengzong getting closer and closer, so he shouted, "Stop!"

Li Chengzong, who was rushing forward, was a little confused by the sudden stop. He thought it was a trap, so he stopped and looked around.

After finding nothing unusual, they were about to continue the chase when they saw the three people in front of them stop and each of them throw a black lump at them.

Before I could figure out what the black lump was, thick smoke suddenly rose from beneath my feet, and within seconds, everything in front of me went blurry.

He was about to curse a few words when he inhaled a large mouthful of white smoke, which made him cough violently.

Having finally recovered somewhat, Li Chengzong was about to rush forward again, covering his nose, when the next moment, he was struck heavily on the head with a blunt object...

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