Chapter 255: Criticizing Sang and Huai
Changsun Shanzheng was carefully inspecting his tent with his hands behind his back to see if it was properly set up. Suddenly there was a scolding voice behind him. He didn't pay attention to it, he just thought it was the master of some house on the road who was scolding his slaves.
But soon his servants came to him and whispered reminders. Changsun Shancai came back to his senses and saw that the servants were constantly winking at him. After realizing it, he turned his head and looked behind him. On the road, I found a handsome and eye-catching young man sitting astride a horse, looking at him with a frivolous and arrogant face, and his brows immediately furrowed.
It's not that this young man has a bad demeanor. His face alone is enough to cause physical and psychological discomfort to Changsun Shan and his family.
"What are you looking at?"
Li Tai asked again in a bad voice, but his emotions were not as full as the first one. His dry tone seemed to be really curious about what Changsun Shan was looking at rather than provocative.
"What do you want?"
Changsun Shan frowned even deeper, replied coldly, then turned around with a puff of sleeves.
"He's looking at the tent, Ah Pan, the east curtain is indeed a bit slanted..."
Li Licheng rode forward, looked at it for a moment, and then said to Li Tai.
After hearing this, Li Tai rolled his eyes at Li Licheng and motioned for him to go aside. Being a domineering playboy was quite unfamiliar to him, but this guy was trying to interfere with his performance.
He drew out his saber, picked it up casually, and cut a long gap in the Changsun family's tent beside the road, and looked at the Changsun family members who were glaring over with provocation.
"Li Boshan, don't go too far!"
Changsun Shan was furious when he saw this. He drew out his sword and held it in his hand. The tip of the sword pointed at Li Tai from a distance and shouted angrily.
Li Tai was delighted when he saw his reaction. He pointed at Changsun Shan, who was much older than him, and sneered: "I don't bully the young. Where are your parents? Last year, your family relied on its own reputation and controlled public opinion. , ruining my reputation, do you think that’s the end of it?”
"Last year's story, my family has been tolerant, but Zhu Zi still wants to pester me. Could it be that he thinks there is no one in our family!"
Hearing what Li Tai said, Changsun Shan suddenly lost control of his emotions. He waved the sword in his hand and roared towards Li Tai. The other slaves were also ashamed and formed a formation and rushed into the road.
"Well done..."
Li Tai intended to provoke, and was not afraid of the fierce reaction of the Changsun family. Just as he was about to order his troops to line up to disperse the other party, his eyes caught a glimpse of another group of people rushing out from the other side of the road, also led by members of the Changsun clan. Added up, the number of people was several times more than his.
There's an ambush!
Li Tai cursed in his heart. Seeing that his troops still carried many former prisoners and were not in a suitable state for fighting, he led more than thirty riders out of here and formed a formation on the road more than ten feet away. .
But when he was about to lead the crowd to rush back, he found that the two groups of Changsun's slaves were actually at odds with each other, glaring at each other and even scolding each other. Even Li Tai and the others who took the initiative to provoke were ignored. aside.
"A gentleman's revenge takes ten years..."
After Li Tai saw this, he pinched the horse's belly again and shouted loudly, but the two families of the Changsun family were already fighting each other, and his provocation only picked Loneliness.
"What's happening here?"
Seeing the two people from Changsun's family fighting, Li Tai had a black question mark on his head, and Li Licheng, who was still nervous at first, was even more suspicious now: "Apan, what on earth is going on?"
Li Tai didn't know why. Seeing more and more people gathered around him, he found Lu Tong who had joined the imperial court among the crowd of onlookers, so he stepped forward to ask.
It turns out that due to a turmoil last year, the Changsun family's reputation and status were greatly damaged, and the popularity of the family was also severely reduced. The eldest brother Sun Ziyan and the eldest brother Sun Shaoyuan established separate houses, and not only did they no longer have any contact with each other, they were almost incompatible with each other.
Looking at today's situation, Li Tai took the initiative to provoke, but the two families didn't even care about Li Tai and started fighting with each other, which shows the depth of their grudges.
When Li Tai saw this scene, he felt very unhappy.
Although the relationship between the brothers of the Changsun family was so-so, they could still maintain a certain face before, but now they have no scruples in breaking up and fighting in public, which makes people feel sad.
Li Tai is really to blame for such a human tragedy. The eldest son's family didn't take the initiative to provoke him, but he robbed others of their private escape and left such an emotional rift that was difficult to heal. They were really ashamed of themselves!
He was sighing secretly while watching the excitement, but he soon realized another problem, that is, the brothers of the Changsun family split up, and their relationship took up two places to set up accounts today. It is really unreasonable!
The two families were not completely irrational. They saw more and more onlookers around them. Although they were still angry, they were restraining themselves and were about to disperse.
"Let me say something fair!"
Seeing that they were about to extinguish the flames, Li Tai rode out fearing that the world would be in chaos. He pointed at the two families and said earnestly: "Evil relationships in the world are tricky in many ways, but as long as the relationship belongs to the same family, it will be unbreakable by thunder." , the dearest relatives of Wang Fa'en, no matter what kind of disputes and conflicts..."
"Shut up! Li Boshan, what's going on with my family, how long will it take for you to comment? We are neither relatives nor friends. If you dare to say inappropriate words again, I will share your life and death in this way!"
Changsun Shan originally forgot about Li Tai's previous provocation, but when he saw him making sarcastic remarks again, his thoughts came back, he pointed at Li Tai and stamped his feet and roared, completely losing the elegance and calmness that everyone praised in the past.
In front of everyone, Li Tai was a little ashamed of being scolded by Changsun Shan, but he also knew in his heart that this was not entirely his fault. It was indeed a bit inappropriate for him to come out and make sarcastic remarks at this moment.
However, even if he wanted to provoke and cause trouble, he did not choose his target randomly. Changsun Shan had to bear some responsibility.
He was just waiting to continue shouting when someone from the crowd of spectators in front of the city gate suddenly called out, "Wait a minute, Governor Li. May I ask whose soldiers your subordinates are escorting? What's the matter with the criminal?"
Li Tai almost forgot about this matter and followed the call, only to find that the person asking the question was Yuchi Jiong.
Those prisoners who were relatively peaceful at first were overjoyed when they heard that Yuchi Jiong noticed them and asked questions. They all shouted: "Prince-in-law, help me, Prince-in-law, help me... We are all soldiers of Liufang. They were attacked by this fierce general." The soldiers oppressed and tortured!”
We are here near the gate of Chang'an City, and there are many Liufang soldiers among the spectators. Before, their attention was only on the Changsun clan members who were fighting with each other. But when Yuchi Jiong shouted and asked, the crowd's attention naturally fell on Li Tai and others. When Bu Qu heard the prisoners shouting this again, the crowd was so angry that they surrounded Li Tai and Bu Qu.
Seeing this scene, Li Tai secretly thought that something was not good, and gave Yuchi a somewhat unhappy look. This guy had been in charge of the Forbidden Army for a long time, and he must have recognized the origins of his detainees, so he made this call to deliberately create trouble for himself.
"Boshan, there must be some misunderstanding here. If you still don't let go of these Liufang Benshi, please explain..."
Lu Tong knew that the Liufang soldiers were far more arrogant than other troops, and if Li Tairuo offended them, it would not end well, so he quickly reminded him and made peace.
"I have learned a lot from what Mr. Changsun said. The ugliness in the world has its origins, and it is really not appropriate to speak freely if it is not the right thing to do. Although I am not a close friend of your family, I have always been a minister of this unified dynasty. Mr. Changsun, you Although he is a subject of the East Palace, he has no talents or elegant gifts to present to His Highness the Crown Prince. If the family's shortcomings in love and kindness are exposed to the public, can the audience not doubt the decline of the virtues of the East Palace?"
However, Li Tai ignored Yu Chijiong's questions and the shouts of the people around him. He drew the knife in his hand and pointed it at Changsun Shan from a distance and shouted loudly.
After Changsun Shan heard this shouting, his expression changed suddenly, and he didn't know how to respond for a while. When the people around him heard that Li Tai's topic had been brought to the East Palace, they all fell silent, and those in the Sixth Floor did not dare to hold him accountable.
Li Tai chose Changsun Shan to provoke him. Because he was an official in the East Palace, he used to criticize this guy to vent his unhappy mood caused by the prince in the past few days. The prince is still pretending to be a big-tailed wolf every day, look at what kind of crap you choose in the East Palace!
As for Yu Chijiong's mischief by watching, Li Tai did not expect it, but he would not let this guy go. Then he pointed at him and said: "I have my own reasons for detaining these soldiers, and I will report them to you. Yuchi's concubine stood up and asked why he wanted to cover up the situation! "