After being forced into a marriage with a wealthy family, the virtuous wife caused a huge uproar.

"You don't understand, do you? The young Taoist priest said that everything will go smoothly for me from now on, so you don't need to worry about it." Li Xuanye gave Rong Yingluo a look.

Rong Yingluo pointed to herself, wanting to argue that she had never said that, but Li Xuanye's gaze silenced her.

Seeing the interaction between the two, Yuwen Zhang felt a little uneasy.

This guy is actually flirting with the fairy maiden. Does he think she's some kind of object?

"By the way, Fourth Prince, how come you have so many people under your command?" Li Xuanye had wanted to ask this for a long time.

That night, the group discussed how to take down the Heaven and Earth Gambling House in one fell swoop. With the few people he and Gu Ce had, it was impossible to do so. But the young Taoist priest said she could find manpower, at least a hundred people.

However, the people she found did not have any weapons, so Gu Ce said he would find a way to get weapons.

When asked where she got the manpower, she kept him in suspense and refused to tell him, only saying that he would find out in time.

It turned out that she had persuaded the fourth prince.

Yuwen Zhang glanced at Rong Yingluo, and seeing her nod slightly, he spoke: "They are all remnants of soldiers who retreated from the battlefield. This prince gathered them to form a caravan."

Li Xuanye's eyes widened in shock. He suddenly stood up, stepped to Yuwen Zhang's side, and put his arm around his shoulder: "Fourth Prince, you..." He choked up as he said this.

"Well done." He finally managed to squeeze out three words, his eyes reddening. "I've decided to be your friend. If you ever need my help in the future, just ask, and I won't refuse."

Every year, a group of soldiers who were wounded in battle are discharged from the military camp.

Few of these people live a good life.

After returning home, due to physical defects or loss of labor capacity, they are not welcomed by their families, matchmakers refuse to visit, and they live a lonely and helpless life, while being called useless by those around them.

Once the meager compensation they received was gone, they had nothing left. They struggled to survive with their disabled bodies, and some even became beggars.

However, the Liao Prince's Palace had limited resources and could not offer much help.

The Fourth Prince's actions greatly helped these people.

By gathering the remnants together, they can help each other, and their combined strength will be greater. Last night's battle is proof of that, and no one will dare to call them useless anymore.

This was the first time Rong Yingluo had seen such a sentimental side of Li Xuanye, and at that moment, her understanding of Li Xuanye reached a new level.

As expected of the heir of the Liao Prince's Mansion, he understands and cares deeply for his soldiers.

"It was my sworn sister who suggested it, and she also provided the initial capital." Yuwen Zhang dared not take credit.

"The advice the young Taoist priest gave you?" Li Xuanye felt that he had wasted nineteen years of his life, only knowing how to learn military strategy, practice martial arts, fight on the battlefield, and wait to take over his father's responsibilities.

Yuwen Zhang nodded.

Li Xuanye straightened up and bowed deeply to Rong Yingluo without saying a word; everything was understood without being spoken.

"Alright, stop being so touched, sit down," Rong Yingluo said with a smile.

Li Xuanye sat down again, but a plan was forming in his mind: "Fourth Prince, are you still recruiting?"

"Let's take it one step at a time. Our escort team has only just been established, and we don't know what the future holds. We'll talk about it once we've established a foothold." Yuwen Zhang couldn't bring too many people at once. The current number of over three hundred was already quite large, and the daily expenses were considerable. Moreover, they hadn't even started making money yet.

"I will also invest. From now on, leave the task of finding people to me," Li Xuanye decided immediately.

Yuwen Zhang was stunned. So that was what he was planning.

"What does my sworn sister think?" Yuwen Zhang did not immediately agree.

"Sure, the Liao Prince's Palace has an easier time finding people than you do; they have records. I think this can be rolled out across the country, not just in the capital."

Escort teams can be found in every prefecture. If there aren't enough men, you can hire some martial arts masters from the common people.

"Treat this as a business, not just a way to solve the livelihood problem of the wounded soldiers," Rong Yingluo said, expressing her opinion.

"As expected of the Rong family's daughter, she has a long-term vision." Li Xuanye's eyes showed admiration.

The three reached an agreement to expand their escort agency throughout the entire Southern Xia region.

After discussing this matter, the three then talked about how to make things difficult for the crown prince in the future.

Meanwhile, the crown prince, whom the three of them were discussing, was currently wreaking havoc.

The Eastern Palace Study.

Yuwen Yi had just finished listening to the report from the Grand Tutor Du Liangyu.

"Who is it?" Yuwen Yi's eyes were bloodshot.

His two most profitable businesses disappeared in a short period of time.

The entire 800,000 taels of silver circulating in the gambling den were gone just like that.

The eighty guards he had secretly trained were also gone.

The gambling god he recruited is gone too.

Damn it, who is it? He'll have to skin him alive.

"Your Highness, our people have learned that several key figures are wearing masks, and we don't know their identities."

Du Liangyu received news that Tiandi Casino had been raided overnight as soon as he got up in the morning.

He immediately sent people to investigate, but no one escaped from the gambling den. The prostitutes knew nothing, only that several armed men, like well-trained soldiers, suddenly broke in last night, surrounded the entire gambling den, and arrested everyone there that night, sending them out of the capital.

He sent men to chase after them, but they were beaten and injured on the ground, and dared not continue the pursuit.

"I don't want to hear your nonsense. After all this morning, is this all the information you've found?" Yuwen Yi had never been so angry.

"The courtesans said that those who besieged the gambling den were all disabled people. Strangely, they were all carrying military weapons." This was the part that Du Liangyu couldn't understand the most.

The military weapons of Nanxia could never be allowed to leave the country. They were all under the control of the Ministry of War. Without official documents from the Ministry of War, the weapons could not be taken out at all.

Those people were all disabled and could not possibly be imperial guards or city defenders.

The Fourth Prince gathered some remnants of the army from the battlefield, a fact known to both him and the Crown Prince.

In the end, he learned that the fourth prince only wanted to form a caravan, and he thought they were just a bunch of useless people, so he didn't pay much attention to the matter.

Moreover, those crippled people didn't have many weapons; most of them used sticks and clubs, while the people from last night had pistols and bows and arrows, and bows and arrows were the least likely to have been lost.

He then ruled out that it was the fourth prince, Qian.

No, the person in charge was in a wheelchair, and the fourth prince had just broken his leg.

"Your Highness, could it be the Fourth Prince?" Du Liangyu's eyes widened.

"You suspect it's the fourth brother? That's impossible. He's a good-for-nothing who doesn't want to live anymore. How could he possibly have that ability?" Yuwen Yi didn't believe that good-for-nothing had such skill.

"Your Highness, the Fourth Prince has gathered a group of remnants from the battlefield and formed a caravan."

The fact that all the men who attacked the gambling den last night were disabled is no coincidence. What's strange is that these men had weapons that are only found in the military. This is what Du Liangyu couldn't understand the most.

"It can't be him." Yuwen Yi had always looked down on Yuwen Zhang, who didn't even have a decent teacher.

The martial arts instructors arranged by the royal family were only to teach the princes some basic physical fitness skills. The fourth prince actually left the capital, wanting to make a name for himself, but ended up returning with crippled legs.

He later found out that he had joined the army for those three years.

I thought he was so capable, but he just came back with crippled legs and just loafs around, unable to even marry a concubine.

"What if he's on good terms with some general on the border and they lend him weapons?" Du Liangyu thought of this possibility.