The immortal of the Tang Dynasty, but the game starts at Xuanwu Gate?

"Ouch!!!"

Zhou Keji's mouth was full of blood from being slapped, his face was contorted, and the fat on his face jiggled, it looked painful.

With his previous experience and continuous practice, Chen Huai'an was able to control his strength well, ensuring that the person being hit would feel pain but not be unable to speak.

Before Zhou Keji could react, Chen Huai'an kicked him again, and Li Chengqian followed up immediately, his face flushed red, not knowing what was wrong.

They vividly recreated the scene of Emperor Chengqian's spring outing for Chen Huai'an.

"Injustice! Your Highness, Minister, I'm innocent!" Zhou Keji cried out anxiously, the pain was unbearable. "What have I done to deserve this?"

"What did you do? We'll talk about it after the beating!"

Chen Huai'an was certain that Zhou Keji was no longer capable of resisting, and even if he were, he wouldn't dare to resist Li Chengqian, so he turned around to help Wang Bai and grabbed him to slap him.

For a time, the sounds of whipping and screams filled the county government office.

The county government office was located in a crowded place, and this incident quickly attracted a large crowd of onlookers, but most of them did not dare to go in and just peeked out from the outside.

Of course, some were bold enough to ride on their companions' shoulders to see.

"What happened?"

"I don't know. It seems that Minister Chen, along with His Highness the Crown Prince and three others, went in and started beating everyone they saw. They didn't spare anyone, and they even attacked His Highness the Crown Prince."

"What? Minister Chen and His Highness the Crown Prince beat someone up? They deserved it!"

Just then, the three young brothers, who had perfectly learned the essence of street thugs from Chen Huai'an, passed by and happened to see a crowd gathered in front of the county government office. They immediately came over out of curiosity.

Then I stuck my head out to look inside.

"Hey, ma'am, what's going on inside? I feel like someone's hitting someone, they're screaming so hard. Who is it that dares to hit someone from Wannian County?" Li Zhen asked the woman next to him, looking on with amusement.

Without hesitation, the auntie casually explained, "I don't know either, but I heard that Minister Chen and His Highness the Crown Prince were beating people. For Minister Chen and His Highness to be so angry and completely disregard their civilized manners, the people in this county government must have done something particularly outrageous..."

Before she could finish speaking, Li Zhen hurriedly asked, "The Minister Chen you mentioned... is it the Minister Chen from the Ministry of Revenue?"

The woman looked at him strangely, thinking to herself, "Is this child perhaps a bit dim-witted? There's only one Minister Chen in the world, isn't there?"

Li Zhen also realized that he had asked a stupid question. There were only five ministers in the Tang Dynasty, and only Chen Huai'an had the surname Chen. In addition, he also had the crown prince with him. Did he need to think about who it was?

"Damn it!" Tang He clapped his hands. "They didn't even call us when they got into a fight. No loyalty!"

Cheng Chumo said with a serious expression, "It seems we haven't disciplined Xiao An in a long time. He's gotten a little confused about who's boss. If they dare to fight without calling us today, they'll dare to do bad things without us tomorrow!"

"Can you tolerate this?"

"Elbow!" The three brothers exchanged a glance, and Li Zhen stepped inside.

Upon entering, I saw Chang Wei beating... oops, Li Chengqian beating Zhou Keji, and Chen Huai'an leading Wang Bai to harass people everywhere, causing chaos in the county government office.

The three brothers looked at it and thought, "This won't do!"

"Sir, let me help you!"

Cheng Chumo roared, picked up a chair from beside his feet, and smashed it all the way. Li Zhen and Tang Heshang were not to be outdone, and charged forward with a roar.

Chen Huai'an glanced at the three of them with surprise, but didn't pay much attention. Let them fight. The harder they hit, the bigger the commotion. The higher the status of the assailant and the more complicated their background, the more attention they would attract.

As for whether there are any innocent people involved...

Haha, when an avalanche occurs, no snowflake is innocent.

Even if some people weren't involved, they couldn't have worked together for so long without noticing anything. Concealing such a thing is a serious crime.

You dare to do such things around Chang'an, right under the emperor's nose. What about other places?

Therefore, Chen Huai'an acted without hesitation.

If Li Shimin knew, he would probably be far angrier than Li Shimin.

"..."

Meanwhile, on the other side, Li Shimin was completely unaware of this matter.

He was standing beside Empress Zhangsun.

The latter was about to give birth, and Li Shimin had previously reprimanded Empress Zhangsun for the matter of the palace maids, so he felt a little guilty. Therefore, Li Shimin spent as much time as possible with his wife during this period.

"Guanyinbi, what happened last time was my fault. I hope you won't blame me," Li Shimin said apologetically, holding Empress Zhangsun's hand.

Empress Zhangsun did not take the matter to heart, and said with a smile, "Last time, Mr. Chen and Wei Zheng were both present, and the palace maids made mistake after mistake. It was my dereliction of duty. What mistake has Erlang made?"

"Speaking of which... what about Father Emperor..."

Li Shimin also felt a headache when Li Yuan was mentioned. Even though he governed the country very well, the natural disasters were a fact, and Li Yuan must have had some thoughts in his mind.

Like many people in the public, they probably believe that he was unjustly appointed to his position, which is why he was punished by heaven.

Of course, that wasn't the main reason; the main reason was that Li Yuan was still angry.

You can tell from the fact that he still refuses to move out of the palace and give up his place.

The reason he agreed so quickly to Chen Huai'an's proposal to reduce the number of palace maids last time was also due to consideration of Li Yuan's reasons.

"As for Father... Guanyinbi, you should do your best. Father is only nice to you right now, so I'd better not go and provoke him."

"Very well." Empress Zhangsun nodded gently, sighed, and then, as if remembering something, looked up at the sky. "Speaking of which, you sent Chengqian out of Chang'an with Mr. Chen; shouldn't he be back by now?"

Li Shimin could tell at a glance what Empress Zhangsun was thinking, and comforted her, "Guanyinbi, don't worry, Huai'an is no ordinary person. Besides what happened last time, no one dares to touch Huai'an now."

"Chengqian, there's no need to worry about your safety if you go out with him."

Recalling how six assassins had ambushed Chen Huai'an and yet he had emerged unscathed, Empress Zhangsun felt relieved and said with a smile, "That's true. When I go out with Mr. Chen, I certainly don't need to worry about my safety."

"I hope that Chengqian can follow Mr. Chen and truly understand the people's plight, and see with his own eyes just how devastating the locust plague is, so that he can better handle government affairs in the future."

"That's what I think too." Li Shimin nodded slightly. "Chengqian is not young anymore. It's time for him to take on the responsibilities that belong to the Crown Prince."

"I think, I'll wait for Chengqian..."

"His Majesty!"

Before Li Shimin could finish speaking, Zhang Anan rushed over, his face full of anxiety.

A sense of foreboding welled up in Li Shimin's heart: "Is it related to Chen Huai'an?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Anan almost cried.

Empress Zhangsun and Li Shimin were both speechless. The latter asked, "What? He's dead again?"

"Not really..."

"So what exactly happened?"

Zhang Anan was on the verge of tears and quickly explained, "Mr. Chen led His Highness the Crown Prince into the Wannian County Government Office. I heard that he beat people indiscriminately, even slapping dogs three times, and even cutting down the evergreen tree in front of the gate."

Li Shimin: "..."

Empress Zhangsun: "..."

"..."