Chapter 700

After the court was dismissed.

Qin Mu called Li Ke, and together they rode horses out of the East Gate of Changancheng.

No guards were brought.

Besides Qin Mu and Li Ke, they only brought one Wei Zhongxian.

Li Ke didn't know what Qin Mu's intention was?

Going east out of the city, not far away was the Guan River.

He thought Qin Mu just wanted to take him out to see the scenery.

"Your Majesty, I grew up in this Changancheng, and I've seen almost all the surrounding scenery. Maybe I'm more familiar with this Pu River than you are."

Qin Mu smiled and didn't speak.

When they reached the Guan River, he specifically looked for places where there was no one.

Li Ke was even more puzzled.

"Your Majesty, are you going hunting? There are only some wild rabbits by this river. If you want to hunt bigger prey, you still have to go to a place further away." Qin Mu still didn't speak.

However, he stopped.

Around them, some short vagrants began to appear.

Li Ke hadn't realized what was happening yet?

He looked at Qin Mu in surprise and asked.

"Your Majesty, are these vagrants the attendants you arranged for hunting?"

When the Emperor hunts, he must use some people to drive the prey toward the Emperor.

Li Ke immediately thought of that.

Qin Mu shook his head with a plain expression.

"No, they are here to kill you!"

"Kill me?"

Li Ke subconsciously thought that Qin Mu wanted to kill him. He pulled the reins in terror and retreated two steps.

This retreat brought him closer to those short vagrants.

That group of people didn't say a word and drew their knives to act.

However, on this side, Wei Zhongxian was faster.

With one sword flying out, he fought with those assassins.

There were more than just these seven or eight assassins; more than thirty more jumped out of the woods one after another.

Around Qin Mu, there were also Embroidered Uniform Guards descending from the sky.

Yu Huatian also appeared.

In just a short while, they beheaded all the dozens of assassins.

Until this moment, Li Ke still didn't understand.

Who exactly wanted to kill him?

Qin Mu pointed to the short corpses.

"Can't you see? These people are all Japanese!"

"Japanese?"

Li Ke didn't pay much attention to those things usually.

"Are the Japanese so bold, daring to sneak into Great Qin to cause trouble?"

Qin Mu glared at him.

This sounded as if Great Qin's public security was so bad.

"Li Ke, listen clearly, these people were sent by your brother and Zhangsun Wuji to kill you. Don't you understand yet?"

This sound finally woke Li Ke up.

"Li Tai? Is it him?"

Li Ke only then thought that the reason he came as an envoy to Great Qin to discuss redeeming the noble young ladies was all because Li Tai recommended it in front of his father.

It seemed he had premeditated it long ago!

"No! If Li Tai wants to kill me, what about the noble young ladies? Isn't their safety also not guaranteed?"

Qin Mu shook his head helplessly.

"Are you really that stupid? Besides you, is there anyone else who cares about the life or death of those noble young ladies?"

"I'm afraid Li Er wishes they would all die!"

Li Ke, out of consideration for human nature, was still somewhat unwilling to believe it.

But after thinking about it slightly, he knew that what Qin Mu said was all true.

The noble young ladies being captured was destined to have lost all face for Great Tang.

In this situation, redeeming them could no longer save it.

Only by letting them disappear could the commoners slowly forget this matter.

And Li Tai was precisely using his father's psychology to arrange for assassins to assassinate him.

He even arranged for them all to be Japanese, so even if they were caught, it wouldn't implicate Li Tai!

So ruthless!

"I thought that between us two brothers, we had already stopped fighting. Who knew he still wouldn't let me go!"

Previously, the two had fought for a while.

Later, under Li Er's restraint, the two stopped and made peace.

Who knew that now Li Tai would unexpectedly do this to him?

"Your Majesty, Li Tai is attacking me now, is he trying to fight for the Crown Prince position again?"

"Not too stupid yet."

Qin Mu curled his lips.

"Besides this, is there anything else that could make him attack you?"

Li Ke still couldn't figure it out.

The reason he had no precautions against Li Tai was because he felt that neither of them had a chance to get the Crown Prince position at the moment.

"Didn't Father say long ago that the Crown Prince position wouldn't be given to any of us?"

Speaking of this.

Qin Mu's mouth twitched.

He knew why Li Er didn't want to establish a Crown Prince.

But that was his wishful thinking, thinking he was right!

"It's possible now, because Li Tai wants to use the power of the noble families. Just wait for you to die, and he will have no competitors. The major noble families will blow some wind in front of Li Er, and he will definitely become the new Crown Prince!"

Qin Mu knew that Li Ke must still have many questions he couldn't figure out.

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He simply helped him sort it out.

"Li Tai will go and steal Du Ruhui's exam questions next, and then use them to win over the major noble families."

This reason was enough for the noble families to use their strength to push him onto the Crown Prince position.

Li Ke was silent.

He had always been dedicated to Great Tang.

He always considered what would be most beneficial to Great Tang?

However, what the noble families wanted was not all beneficial to Great Tang, but beneficial to their noble families!

"The Great Tang imperial examination hasn't started yet, I will return to Jin Ling right now to stop Li Tai's conspiracy!"

The more Li Ke thought, the angrier he became, and the more terrified he felt.

He wanted to head straight to Jin Ling on the spot.

However, he was blocked by Yu Huatian.

It was also a statement that on the matter of the imperial examination, Li Tai stood with the noble families.

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Qin Mu smiled slightly.