Chapter 690

Zhangsun Wuji's feeling was very bad!

"Tai'er, tell me, what exactly is going on?"

Li Tai then recounted everything that had happened at the Prince of Wei's residence earlier.

He was also worried that the matter had been exposed.

He asked with concern.

"Uncle, what should we do now? Should we quickly call back the assassins who went to kill Li Ke?"

Call back my foot!

Zhangsun Wuji was so angry he felt like his seven orifices were smoking.

He had originally thought Li Tai was quite clever and treated him as a person to cooperate with.

Who would have thought he would commit such a low-level error.

Letting a Daoist priest extract so many secrets in just a few words!

"Tai'er, your intelligence is worrying; in the future, you must never make decisions on your own again. Listen to my command for everything!"

Li Tai was, after all, the Prince of Wei.

His noble rank was two major levels higher than Zhangsun Wuji's Duke of Zhao.

Being polite to Zhangsun Wuji was out of courtesy.

Hearing Zhangsun Wuji say his intelligence was lacking, he immediately became angry.

"Zhangsun Wuji, what are you saying? You haven't done stupid things yourself?"

"You colluded with pirates, and as a result, they killed a Tang Dynasty County Magistrate directly. Did I ever say you were stupid?"

Once Li Tai flared up, Zhangsun Wuji's arrogance immediately deflated.

He could not fall out with Li Tai in this place.

Otherwise, he would be the one to suffer.

"Tai'er, Uncle spoke wrongly. My meaning is that the assassins can no longer be withdrawn. We must think of a way to clean up the mess."

"We cannot let Li Ke's death have any connection to us."

Li Tai still had an angry look on his face.

However, he could not do without Zhangsun Wuji.

To sit on the throne of the Crown Prince, he could not rely on fighting alone. To win over court officials, the first person he could not avoid was Zhangsun Wuji.

To prioritize the big picture, Li Tai still chose to forgive him.

"How do we clean up the mess? The assassination took place within Great Qin's territory..."

Halfway through speaking, Li Tai suddenly realized.

"Could it be... Uncle, you want me to go to Great Qin?"

Zhangsun Wuji was startled.

How could he dare to go?

He had done so many bad things against Great Qin and plotted so many conspiracies.

If he went to Great Qin, he guaranteed Qin Mu would not let him return alive.

"Not me, it's you!"

"I go to Great Qin?"

Li Tai could not control his voice, which became sharp.

He did not dare to go either!

"Uncle, how can I go to Great Qin? If I am detained in Changancheng, I will never think of returning in this lifetime."

Li Tai was not stupid.

Currently, in the absence of a Crown Prince, he was the first in line to inherit the Tang throne.

The throne was within reach.

To Great Qin, he was also a hostage of special value.

He was truly afraid of being detained by Great Qin as a hostage.

Zhangsun Wuji carefully deliberated.

Li Ke encountered an assassination on his return journey.

Great Qin, having already known that Li Ke would be assassinated, would definitely send people to protect him.

Those assassins would, nine times out of ten, be captured and then confess everything!

By then, if the assassins were sent to Great Tang, he, Zhangsun Wuji, would be finished.

The assassins had already infiltrated Great Qin, and they could not be contacted at this time.

The only way was to first send someone to impersonate Li Ke and lure the assassins into acting.

Then, kill all these assassins within Great Qin's territory.

In this way, the matter would be covered up.

"Tai'er, listen to Uncle, if we do this, we will both be fine. If you don't go, sooner or later you will take a blade."

"Think about it, isn't it even more dangerous not to go?"

Li Tai was, after all, only a teenager, lacking experience and perspective.

After hearing Zhangsun Wuji's analysis, he felt it made a lot of sense.

The two of them were indeed already in a dangerous situation.

Going as an envoy to Great Qin, although dangerous, was already the safest choice!

"Alright, Uncle, what reason should I use to go?"

Zhangsun Wuji, as the head of all officials in Great Tang, had enough vision.

With a turn of his brain, he thought of a way.

"Tai'er, you go find His Majesty and say you miss your mother and sister, and want to send them some local specialties from Jiangnan on His Majesty's behalf to express family affection." Empress Zhangsun was Li Tai's biological mother.

Princess Changle was Li Tai's biological sister.

If not for Zhangsun Wuji's reminder, Li Tai would have almost forgotten this.

Visiting his mother and sister to show his humanity.

This would not only win the Emperor's favor but also win him some good reputation throughout the court and the public.

It was also very beneficial for competing for the Crown Prince position!

A smile finally appeared on Li Tai's face.

"Uncle is right. Mother and sister have always been in Great Qin, and they will definitely find a way to protect me!"

....... Begging for flowers... 0

Pfft...

Zhangsun Wuji almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

This little guy didn't care at all about his mother and sister's situation? His first reaction was actually to think his mother would protect him?

How could there be such an inhumane beast of a nephew?

"Hmm... your mother will definitely protect you. Go ahead boldly!"

The cunning Zhangsun Wuji naturally would not speak his inner thoughts.