Hearing Hu Li's roar, Li Yan, Yan Bei and others immediately turned their heads and looked, but found that Wang Dulong, who had just sneered, was now gray, with black blood flowing out from the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were dissipated, obviously no longer able to do it.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Long quickly walked up and touched the other party's pulse. At the same time, he opened the other party's mouth and smelled it. He immediately shook his head with disappointment and said, "Your Highness, we are too negligent. The other party's mouth has long been hidden in its extremely poisonous poison. It is wrapped in sheep intestines. When using it, just bite the sheep intestines and can kill people within a few breaths and cannot be rescued at all."

"Bastard!" Li Yan slapped the table in anger, but his palms were numb because of the pain. He couldn't lose face in front of everyone, so he had to endure it. At the same time, the anger in his heart became even more intense. Just as he thought of the Dead Soldier, the other party gave him this. Isn't that a fucking coincidence?

However, no matter how angry he is, the matter in front of him still needs to be dealt with. Li Yan pulled Yan Bei aside and asked softly: "Brother Yan, who is the backstage of the Yellow River Gang?"

Yan Bei smiled bitterly when he heard this, "Liulang, the Yellow River Gang has many backers, but their biggest backers are Hegan Chengji."

"Hegan Chengji?" Li Yan repeated the name that was obviously not a Han person. He always felt that he had heard of it, but he couldn't think of it for a while.

"This Hegan Chengji is actually not a big shot. He is just a military officer of the sixth rank, but his identity is very special. Many high-ranking officials and nobles have to give him some face because he is the personal guard around the prince. In other words, the person behind the Yellow River Gang is actually the prince!" Yan Bei was also in pain when he spoke. According to this clue, this matter is already very clear. There is probably no one behind the prince.

However, after hearing this, Li Yan did not show any anger, and even showed no strangeness. He just squinted his eyes and thought for a while. Then he looked at the water monkey who was still crawling on the ground and kowtowed and begging for mercy.

"Liulang, what are you going to deal with this?" Although Yan Bei did not want to be involved in the dispute over the throne between the two princes, things have happened now, and he is also one of the parties involved. It would be too late to hide.

"What else can I do? Of course, I will try my best to keep this matter under control and wait until it reaches Chang'an!" Li Yan said angrily. After suffering such a huge loss, he could not make it public. Otherwise, if the troubles are known to everyone in the world, not only will Li Chengqian be embarrassed, but the entire royal family will be embarrassed. What's more, there is a great possibility that this matter was not done by Li Chengqian.

When Yan Bei heard that Li Yan wanted to make things worse, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. There was still room for maneuver. It seemed that Liulang had not been burned by anger. Knowing the severity of the matter, as long as he arrived in Chang'an, everything would be ruled. What he liked to deal with was not his business.

"Liulang, since this matter is to be kept secret, I will go to the surrounding ships to issue a ban order. As for the people I caught, I can't keep them anymore. I might as well deal with them all, right?" Although Yan Bei was a literati, he was more cruel than anyone else when he was ruthless. He decided the fate of the Shui Monkey and others in one sentence. This time, in addition to these leaders, there were seven or eight hundred prisoners. He even killed him as soon as he said he could kill him, and he didn't even frown.

The two were talking in a low voice. The monkey didn't hear it, and still knelt on the ground and kowtowed constantly. However, Li Yan was not soft-hearted. Speaking of which, the Yellow River gang was just a business of killing people and robbing goods. On weekdays, he should have been punished as much as he deserved. However, if he was killed with one knife, Li Yan felt a pity. Now the Tang Dynasty is short of people everywhere, and there are not enough slaves. If he killed seven or eight hundred powerful laborers, wouldn't it be a bit too wasteful?

Thinking of this, Li Yan's eyes rolled and said with a smile: "No matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still flesh. It's a pity to kill them. Just before coming, I asked Lu Qing to go to a place to do business. His subordinates were short of labor, so I just sent them there without worrying that they would run back!"

Yan Bei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then thought of what Li Yan asked Lu Qing to do. He laughed and said convincedly to him: "Liulang, your mind is really fast. It is indeed a good place. Not only can you have more labor, but without your permission, I'm afraid they will never come back in their lifetime!"

After discussing the handling of the prisoners, Yan Bei immediately took action, and Zhou Long and Hu helped, and soon finished the matter. When the merchant ships that were attacked were all banished, the local prefecture received some news and sent people to check it out, they were bombarded by Yan Bei. At the same time, they warned the local government that no one should discuss the matter again, nor should they report the matter. It was frightened by the reputation of the Prince of Qi's mansion, and the local officials naturally followed it.

After this attack, not only did Li Yan's ship be damaged, but many guards of the royal palace were also injured. Therefore, Li Yan rested here for a few days before he set off again. As for this attack, because of his deliberate suppression, not many people knew about it. Although there were occasional rumors among the people, they were all vague and no one knew what happened that night.

However, although Li Yan tried his best to conceal it, it was not difficult for some people to know about this. Li Yan was also very clear about this, but he did not intend to hide it from those people, such as Li Shimin in Chang'an City.

"Bastard!" Li Shimin in Tai Chi Palace smashed the information in his hand on the table. The blue veins on his forehead leaped straight, and his eyes were bloody and red, as if he wanted to choose someone to eat. He seemed to be very angry.

"Your Majesty, although all the evidence in this matter points to the prince, it seems not that simple from the perspective of subordinates!" A shadow in black stood in front of the desk, and there were only him and Li Shimin in the entire study.

"Hmph, I know things are not that simple, but in my Tang Dynasty, someone dares to attack my son, and he is simply ignorant of life and death!" Li Shimin said murderously. He was originally a protective character, and he was particularly fond of Li Yan, so after knowing that someone attacked his fleet, he wanted to find the murderer behind the scenes immediately, and then kill the other party and vent his anger for his son.

"All the forces of the Shadow Guard should be used to detect this matter. No matter how deeply involved, I will never tolerate it!" Li Shimin ordered Shadow viciously again.

"Don't worry, your Majesty, I'm already doing this. The key to this matter is Wang Dulong's true identity. However, this person is obviously a chess piece that had been buried many years ago. We only found some things about the other party after he was twenty years old. As for before he was twenty, this person's experience was blank, as if it had appeared out of thin air. If he could slam such a chess piece more than ten years ago, it can be seen that the other party's strength is definitely not weak. In this way, the object we have to doubt will be much more!" Shadow said in an extremely plain tone.

"Okay, go and do it! I want you to give me an answer as quickly as possible!" Li Shimin waved his hand and said domineeringly. Now he is not only an emperor, but also a father who wants to avenge his son. Apart from finding the real murderer, nothing can calm his anger.

After receiving the order, Shadow immediately retreated silently. Li Shimin walked back and forth several times behind the desk, and finally sat down angrily, grabbed the information just now and looked carefully, and finally sighed softly: "Liulang, my good son! Fortunately, you encountered this. If it were Qingque and others, it would be another storm that could not be calmed down!"

Li Yan didn't know that he had been praised by the emperor's father again. After resting in Weizhou, he immediately took a boat all the way west as before, passing through Kaifeng, which was the Bianzhou of the Tang Dynasty, and then arrived in Zhengzhou. The last time he went to Dengzhou, he got on the boat from here, but this time he did not get off the boat, but took a circle and drove northwest. When he was about to reach Jinzhou, he got off the boat and changed to a car, heading north along the cement avenue, and began to head towards Taiyuan, because he had already made an appointment with Wang Kuang and Cui Yu to meet the person who offered advice for him.

Originally, Li Yan only planned to take some of the guards to Taiyuan, so that the speed was faster and could run back and forth in three days at most. However, after the attack in Weizhou that night, Wen Xin and Xijun were worried about their husband's safety and insisted on going together. Li Yan considered that they were women and rarely went out, and Taiyuan was the place where their old Li family would be in the long journey, so it was good to take them to have a tour. Anyway, in this weather, it was also hot to go to Chang'an, so it would be better to go to Taiyuan to avoid the heat.

For this reason, Li Yan parked the ship in Jinzhou and sent only Zhou Long and 200 guards to guard. In addition, Yan Bei took dozens of people to Chang'an first because he had to deal with some things. At the same time, he had to report to Li Shimin that night. As for Li Yan, he brought Wen Xin and the others' families, and more than 900 guards to Taiyuan in a vast array of ways. Of course, Wang Kuang and Cui Yu also accompanied him.

Taiyuan is also known as Jinyang. During the Former Sui Dynasty, it was known as the three major cities in the country, along with Chang'an and Luoyang. Li Yuan was stationed in Taiyuan and Li Shimin spent his youth here. At that time, he also had a title called Taiyuan Prince. In addition, the father and son of Li raised an army from here to seize the world, so they all had a deep relationship with the city of Taiyuan. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Taiyuan City was expanded many times. It is also worth mentioning that the most beloved little silly son was named Princess Jinyang, and Li Zhi's title was King of Jin. Both of these titles came from Taiyuan City.

Taiyuan was originally the hub of the northern trade route, but with the opening of the Western Regions by the Tang Dynasty, the Silk Road in history began to rise, which greatly affected the northern trade routes, and Taiyuan City also began to decline. However, this situation improved quickly, and this is thanks to Li Yan's help, although he was also unintentional.
Chapter completed!