PNB Chapter 824 There Must Be a Price
Chapter 824 There Must Be a Price
Li Tian frowned and said in a deep voice: "Before I came, I didn't know your condition. If you want to use the mother-child Gu, it would be safer to go back to the Li tribe."
Hearing this, Xiao Tingshan shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "As the son of the emperor, how can the emperor allow me to go to the Li clan? If people knew about this, how could I survive?"
Li Tian fell silent. Indeed, they had heard something about Emperor Qianwu's temperament.
Daqian never used military force against the Li clan. One reason was that the Li clan occupied a very small area and was peaceful, so they posed no threat to Daqian. At the same time, they had mysterious witchcraft, which made people fear them. That was why they had been able to survive peacefully for so many years.
But this does not mean that he can tolerate his son going to the Li tribe secretly.
What's more, if Xiao Tingshan reports to Emperor Qianwu before going to the Li clan, he will definitely send a lot of people to accompany him.
In this case, the saintess and elders of the clan will definitely not agree.
"If it is convenient for you, uncle, please bring the poisonous insect to the capital. Tingshan will be waiting here." Xiao Tingshan did not want to give up this opportunity.
"Okay." Li Tian agreed, and then said: "I will go to meet Mr. Xie on your behalf tonight."
Seeing Li Tian's gloomy face, Xiao Tingshan's heart moved, and he said, "Uncle, Xie Jingchi was ordered to leave the capital some time ago and go to Liangzhou. He is not in the capital now."
"In Liangzhou? That would be the best!" Li Tian's eyes were full of coldness.
Liangzhou is adjacent to the Li clan and Yuanxia, and is far away from the capital. If Li Tian is willing to take action there, perhaps Xie Jingchi will never return!
Thinking of this, Xiao Tingshan couldn't help but feel full of expectations.
If Xie Jingchi couldn't come back, I really don't know how Shen Shuyi would react. How happy!
"But right now, Princess Mingzhu is in the capital. Princess Mingzhu is good at scheming and has countless experts under her. Uncle, please don't go looking for trouble with her." Xiao Tingshan said seriously with a serious face.
Li Tian looked at Xiao Tingshan in front of him, and saw a lot of his sister's shadow on his pale and thin face.
My sister was simple and kind-hearted, but unfortunately, she was chosen as the saint that year.
The saint of the Li clan is replaced every ten years at most, and the replaced saint will inevitably die, so under his persuasion, his sister took the initiative to agree to go to Daqian to marry in the sixth year.
But even so, she couldn't live many more years in Daqian.
After all, those who are not of my race must have different hearts. How could an emperor like Emperor Qianwu trust a woman from another tribe?
"Uncle, you must promise me." Xiao Tingshan spoke again.
"Okay, I promise you." Li Tian agreed, and then said: "I will stay in the capital for a while. Three days later, I will leave for the Li clan. We will communicate through letters at that time."
"If you don't mind, uncle, please stay in the Sixth Prince's Mansion..."
Xiao Tingshan's eyes were full of sincerity.
Li Tian shook his head: "No, I have a weird appearance, and if I stay here, it will definitely bring you a lot of trouble."
"Uncle...I wonder if there is any poisonous insect that can control people?" Xiao Tingshan couldn't help but speak.
"Of course there are. The saint of my Li clan controls her subjects by using this method. Of course, there are many different types, such as love poison, golden silkworm poison, heart-eating poison..."
Li Tian did not hide anything from Xiao Tingshan.
After all, even if you know it, it doesn’t mean you can use it. These things are the secrets of the Li clan.
If his father had not been an elder of the Li clan, he would not have been able to learn these secret techniques.
Xiao Tingshan's mind raced, and he immediately asked tentatively, "Uncle, I wonder if you could lend me these poisonous insects."
"What do you want these for?" Li Tian narrowed his eyes and looked at Xiao Tingshan with scrutiny.
Xiao Tingshan said, "To be honest, half of my illness is due to this Princess Mingzhu, but she has done a lot of good deeds, so her crime is not punishable by death. I just don't know why she is targeting me in every way."
Xiao Tingshan smiled bitterly: "I think her crime does not deserve death. Since my uncle has this ability, he might as well use the poisonous insect to restrain her."
Li Tian pondered for a moment and said, "I will consider this matter. I will prescribe a prescription for you to regulate your body."
"But my medical skills are limited, and they can only do so much for your body, so don't hold out too much hope."
Xiao Tingshan quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, uncle. I can't thank you enough."
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After seeing Li Tian off, Xiao Tingshan looked at the prescription in his hand with more hope in his eyes.
Although this prescription may not be useful, what he is more interested in is Li Tian's skill in witchcraft.
However, he saw that Li Tian was an upright and old-fashioned person, and was afraid that he would not easily allow this technique to be used by him.
But...if you take it step by step, it may not be impossible.
As for Shen Shuyi... Xiao Tingshan went over in his mind what Li Tian had just said about the poisonous insect.
In order to prevent Li Tian from becoming suspicious, he did not ask any further questions.
But after he reminded him, Xiao Tingshan felt that it would be best to use a love poison.
After all, in his dream, she was his concubine. If she loved him wholeheartedly and planned for him, wouldn't he be even more powerful?
If this witchcraft doesn't work, then kill her and Xie Jingchi together.
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After Li Tian left, he went to Xie’s house at night.
The Li clan is indeed fond of witchcraft, but ordinary and simple witchcraft is still okay, while some poisonous or harmful witchcraft insects are not so easy to use.
After all, it is not easy to refine the poisonous insects and they should not be used indiscriminately.
Secondly, the person who casts the poison may easily suffer backlash, which may result in vomiting blood and coma at the very least, or even life-threatening at the worst.
Therefore, there is no secret technique in this world that can easily control people. If it goes against the will of heaven, there will be a price to pay.
Li Tian came to Xie's house this time just to meet the so-called Princess Mingzhu.
After all, Wenren Zong has been cultivated by the elders of the Li clan since he was a child. He has superb martial arts skills and there is a powerful Gu nourishing his body. Over the years, he can be said to be a rare master.
But such a master was easily killed!
He wanted to see who this woman was.
At this moment, Shen Shuyi was reading a letter, yes, reading a letter.
This evening, she received the first letter from Xie Jingchi, which stated that he had arrived safely in Yancheng.
Yuanxia and Daqian are currently at war, but the scale is not large. After asking the defenders of Liangzhou, we learned that the current scale of fighting occurs several times a year.
The difference is that the spies from Liangzhou discovered that Yuanxia had transported a large amount of food and fodder to the border, and at the same time dispatched 20,000 of Yuanxia's most powerful cavalry and 60,000 ordinary soldiers.
Together with the 20,000 garrisons originally stationed on the border of Yuanxia, Yuanxia dispatched a total of 100,000 troops, which can be said to be a huge force.
The people of Daqian were in a panic. After all, a large army approaching was not a good thing.
In the letter, Xie Jingchi particularly mentioned that 20,000 cavalry troops could almost defeat 50,000 to 60,000 ordinary soldiers.
Moreover, Yuanxia had superior war horses, and cavalry was of top priority. Therefore, this seemingly 100,000-strong combat force was by no means an ordinary army of 100,000.