Chapter 992 Encountering the Rebels

During this time, Li Taihang had not had much contact with the princess. Although she had confessed her identity to him, Li Taihang was not interested in it.

In his opinion, he and the princess were just casual acquaintances.

However, the princess obviously fell in love with him.

Li Taihang felt it, but they were destined to be apart.

So, when Li Taihang saw the jade pendant she gave him, he did not accept it, but shook his head and said, "The princess is thoughtful. This jade pendant looks very valuable. I dare not take it."

After that, Li Taihang turned and left without giving them a chance to talk again.

This made Zhang Pozi relieved. After all, this jade pendant was very important to the girl.

When Li Taihang left, the girl seemed to have lost something she had been looking forward to. She felt empty in her heart and had an inexplicable sadness.

Li Taihang went all the way and traveled for more than half a month.

During this period, he also heard about the princess. One was that she had returned to the capital safely, recognized the emperor, and became the eldest daughter of the emperor.

Second, the Third Prince was punished by the Emperor for wanting to harm the eldest daughter of the Emperor, and was exiled, becoming a prince in name only.

However, Li Taihang did not expect that the Third Prince would take all his anger out on Li Taihang.

But Li Taihang was not aware of this for the time being.

Li Taihang walked for another month, and one day, he came to a teahouse in the wild and stopped.

When he saw this teahouse, Li Taihang was a little surprised.

Because he rarely saw teahouses opened outside the city, but it was just right to go there for a rest.

When he arrived at the teahouse, the waiter came up to serve enthusiastically.

"Hello, guest, do you need anything?"

"Give me something casually." Li Taihang thought for a while: "It would be better if there is food."

"Yes, yes, please wait."

Then, he went to arrange food for Li Taihang, and Li Taihang sat quietly at the tea seat.

At this time, a few tea guests came to the table next to him.

After the tea guests sat down, one of them shouted inside.

"Waiter, serve us some good tea."

As he was speaking, the waiter's voice came out.

"Okay."

After a while, the waiter came out with a teapot full of tea.

He poured tea for the guests, left the teapot, and said, "Dear guests, enjoy."

"Okay."

One of them waved his hand, signaling the waiter to leave.

And they started chatting.

"It's not safe here on Shangdao recently."

"Yes, since your majesty fell ill, several princes have caused internal friction in order to compete for the throne. And your majesty is very worried about the abilities of the princes and is even more disappointed with them."

"I heard that he also found his eldest daughter who was lost among the people, that is, the eldest daughter of the emperor now, and it seems that he also intends to let her inherit the throne."

"Haha, that's just right, our country will have a female emperor in the future."

They obviously seemed to be very optimistic about the girl.

After all, compared to those princes, they felt that this eldest daughter from the people would definitely treat them better.

Especially recently, the third prince lost the qualification of succession. In order to show their merits, the first prince and the second prince increased taxes on the people and merchants respectively.

This made both the people and the merchants live very miserable.

Only the eldest daughter suggested that the emperor restore people's livelihood and economy, not to be high-pressure on the people, and at the same time select talents, appoint virtuous people, and govern the local areas. Eliminate redundant personnel, incompetent and corrupt officials to make the administration more clear.

The old emperor was obviously more interested in her proposal.

Because this, combined with the current situation of the kingdom, will ease the relationship between the royal family and the people.

In comparison, the first prince and the second prince did not take the people of the world seriously at all, even the third prince who was removed from the list.

Li Taihang looked at the dishes served and started to eat.

While he ate, he listened to the chats of the tea drinkers.

And then, he heard about the rebels appearing nearby.

"Those rebels are so terrible, like locusts passing through the border."

"Yes, I heard that many places have fallen, and those people who can't make a living, and even some merchants, have joined the rebellion."

"Oh, it's really a sin. Since the affairs of the country were handed over to several princes to manage together, our entire kingdom has been in chaos."

"I really hope that the eldest daughter of the emperor can manage our country."

"I think your majesty has the same idea, but..."

"Oh..."

They all shook their heads.

In their opinion, the eldest daughter of the emperor is weak and can never be a match for the eldest and second princes.

Li Taihang thought that after parting with her, he would no longer have any connection with her, and there would be no news about her.

But compared to the state machine, he is really nothing.

In the kingdom where news circulates, especially the dispute over the crown prince, it has spread all over the world.

So, it's hard for him not to know.

But at this moment, a sound of horse hooves came from a distance.

Everyone looked up and saw a lot of cavalry coming from a distance.

After seeing this, the tea drinkers here were a little panicked and hurriedly stood up.

Li Taihang ignored these people and was still eating when they approached him.

The person who came was dressed as a general, with thousands of cavalrymen behind him.

He glanced at Li Taihang and other tea drinkers around him.

Especially Li Taihang was still as steady as a rock, sitting there eating, while others were hiding in fear or standing aside.

This formed a sharp contrast, which naturally attracted the attention of the leading general.

The general's face was awe-inspiring, and he looked very difficult to mess with. Some tea drinkers couldn't help but tremble when they saw him.

"Listen, get out of here immediately, this place has been requisitioned."

A cavalryman stepped forward and shouted loudly. After hearing the order, the tea drinkers turned around and ran away, and dared not stay any longer.

Only Li Taihang was still as steady as a rock, sitting there.

The waiter was also startled by the movement outside at this time, and quickly notified the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper actually heard the sound a long time ago, but he was not panicked.

When he heard that the general had driven away all his tea drinkers and requisitioned this place, he frowned immediately.

"Let's go and take a look." The shopkeeper was obviously unhappy.

He brought the waiter to the door of the inn and saw that the leading general had dismounted and was walking towards them.

As for Li Taihang, he took a look and a personal soldier came forward to drive Li Taihang away.

Li Taihang frowned when he saw someone disturbing his meal.

"What do you want to do?"

"The general has ordered that irrelevant personnel leave immediately. This place has been requisitioned by us. No one is allowed to approach without our order."

After the personal soldier came up, he spoke to Li Taihang.

"I will leave after I finish eating. Besides, I am outside and it will not affect you to eat inside."

"No."

Li Taihang never took these people seriously. When they refused, Li Taihang was not happy.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Why are you blocking this place?"

"It's your business. Get out of here quickly. Otherwise, don't blame us for being violent."

In fact, they are pretty good. If they were replaced by unreasonable soldiers, they would have overturned Li Taihang's table long ago.

But Li Taihang smiled: "Interesting, you can give it a try."

"You."

Then, the personal soldier was about to draw his sword.

At this time, the general spoke: "Okay, he is alone, let him eat, and leave quickly after eating."

The general seemed to see that Li Taihang was quite powerful, so he did not dare to offend Li Taihang too much.

"Yes!"

The personal soldier stopped pestering him.

And the general also talked to the waiter and the shopkeeper. It turned out that the purpose of their coming here was to ask for some food and drink.

They were very tired after rushing all the way here.

Unexpectedly, there was a teahouse here, which made them very happy.

"Shopkeeper, prepare some tea and food for me and my brothers, and send it over later."

There are thousands of people here, how can they prepare it? ?

But after seeing them, the shopkeeper laughed again: "No problem, general, please wait, I will ask the kitchen to prepare it."

However, no one noticed that a strange light flashed in the shopkeeper's eyes, but it was not discovered by others.

Then, the shopkeeper and the waiter went to work.

It was not an easy task to deal with an army of three thousand people.

However, the shopkeeper seemed to have been prepared for a long time. Facing the scene of thousands of people, he was particularly calm.

And the general took several generals to go inside to eat.

The shopkeeper and the waiter of the teahouse also began to make arrangements. After preparing buckets of tea and porridge, they sent them out to the soldiers.

Of course, before the army ate, they tested it with silver needles. After seeing that there was no poison, they distributed it to the soldiers.

Including the generals, they verified it one by one before sending it over.

However, there was indeed no poison in it, but something they didn't know.

After Li Taihang finished his meal, he paid and rode away.

The cavalry didn't make things difficult for him.

He walked along the official road. According to the rumors he heard on the road, he would encounter the area where the rebels were rampant next.

He estimated that the three thousand cavalry came to deal with these rebels.

When he came to a small forest, he encountered a small group of rebels.

They didn't look like they were out to rob, but more like they were out to scout the situation.

When they saw Li Taihang, they surrounded him without hesitation.

"Stop."

"..." Li Taihang looked at these rebels who were dressed in different clothes and holding various weapons, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Yes, where are you from?"

"I'm from the north."

"North?"

They were slightly stunned. This is the west of the kingdom. So, Li Taihang is not from the capital.

"Is that so? Have you seen the kingdom's army?" a rebel soldier asked.