Chapter 48 Goodbye

"Your Highness, you must save me. I don't want to die." Thinking of the consequences he might face in the future, Fang Yiai's anxious white-haired sweat came out. As for the joy of victory, he was thrown out of the Ninth Heaven by him. The loss was so heavy, how could there be any joy? He had no face to celebrate. It's more important to save his life now.

"It's okay, you don't have to worry. After all, this matter is my fault. When facing the court's accountability, you only need to push the problem to me." Li Zhen was very loyal and planned to take the blame for Fang Yiai.

"Don't... forget it, this matter has nothing to do with Your Highness. After all, you have been sleeping during the war. You will report this matter to the court and ask for punishment." Fang Yiai smiled bitterly and took the blame. However, this time he was willing to take the blame. As I said before, not everyone in this world is qualified to take the blame for Li Zhen, but Fang Yiai can take the blame for Li Zhen twice, which is enough to prove his extraordinaryness. At least Du He and the other two are Li Zhen's confidants, but they have never taken the blame for him once. This has proved his position in Li Zhen's heart.

"No, what I said is true. You can really push things to me." Li Zhen was a little helpless. Why can't I explain it clearly? There is also Fang Yiai, a person who is usually very smart, but why hasn't he reacted now?

"No, Your Highness, this matter is ultimately the responsibility of his subordinates. It is not a gentleman to shirk responsibility to others." Fang Yiai Dayi said, but he was very thorough in his heart. This matter must not be done according to Li Zhen's wishes.

Of course, he guessed that Li Zhen must have other plans for this move, but he could not agree to this matter. He could only bear the blame. Otherwise, if he really threw the matter to Li Zhen, not only would he feel uneasy, but he would not be good for his future development. Although taking the blame for Li Zhen would lead to being scolded by the court, he would only be scolded by one, and at most he would be beaten (and this beating is still a family law, and the court would not beat him up because of this little thing. After all, Fang Yiai handled this matter well), and the court would not have dismissed himself because of this matter.

But if the matter is pushed to Li Zhen, everything will be done. In this way, he can indeed be exempted from this punishment, but what about the consequences of doing so? Not only will others laugh at him and look down on him, but Li Zhen may also be hated by Li Zhen - although at present, Li Zhen should not do this. But people will change, what about the future? Li Zhen is still the crown prince now, and the future will still be long. Who knows what Li Zhen will become in the future? What if he is not favored in the future? Li Zhen remembers what happened today again, will he still remember that he took the initiative to ask for his own account? It is hard to guarantee that he will settle the score later.

Therefore, for the sake of my future, today's affairs must not be fulfilled by Li Zhen's will. The blame is my Fang Yiai...

"Why are you?" Li Zhen also roughly understood Fang Yiai's plan and couldn't help but shake her head helplessly: "Forget it, since that's the case, then let's do it."

Although Fang Yiai had his own little thoughts, he was taking the blame for himself. Seeing that he was so determined, Li Zhen could only fulfill his wishes. As for his own fault, the inspection of the world has just begun, and there are opportunities to find them in the future.

"By the way, after this war, a lot of gangsters escaped, right?" Li Zhen remembered another incident. When Zhongli City rebelled, it was a mess of his arrangements. The defenders who were originally guarding each exit were also arrested or killed. Without the defenders at the exit, the terrified gangsters who had been killed by him had to escape, right?

"This is exactly what my subordinates want to tell His Highness." Fang Yiai suddenly smiled on her face: "Although the betrayal of Zhongli City caused the loss of major exits, what we lost was the rest of the No. 4, and those who were guarding other areas still remained motionless - this also led to the loss of the door, but few of those scumbags escaped."

"So that's it, I understand." Li Zhen just thought about it for a moment and understood the reason.

The reason is simple, because the rebels started attacking from the No. 4 area. Although their attack caused all exits to be lost, don't forget that there are still wars here, guns and cannons are heard and bullets are flying around. Even if those scumbags have great courage, they dare not cross the battlefield at this time. Moreover, those gangsters are unruly and do not live together. If they are allowed to flee in all directions, the actions of the rebels will inevitably affect the operations of the rebels during the escape. Even if Zhongli City does not know the rules of the battlefield, it is impossible to allow these scumbags to pass through their own battlefield at this time. This is not only irresponsible for the lives of their soldiers, but those scumbags may also affect their battlefield layout, resulting in the failure of the entire battle.

So even if Zhongli City was willing to let these scumbags go, it would definitely not be now, but after winning the war and capturing Li Zhen alive. Of course, if Li Zhen was captured by that time, it would be meaningless whether they would escape or not.

"Okay, you go out." After getting what he wanted, Li Zhen waved his hand and started to drive people away.

"Yes, your highness should rest, and I will leave." Fang Yiai did not rely on this place. At this time, the war had just ended. As the highest commander of Luzon, he still had a lot of things to deal with. Now that he could come to see Li Zhen, he had already squeezed out time. Seeing that Li Zhen was fine, he stood up and left.

However, Li Zhen did not rest for long, because just as he closed his eyes, Cheng Chuliang walked in again: "I have seen Your Highness, and I have something to report to you."

Li Zhen had to open her eyes again: "What's the matter?"

"Several people want to see you and say they are your acquaintances."

"Well, it's indeed an acquaintance of my palace. You can let them in." Li Zhen smiled in a meaningful smile on her face: I haven't seen each other for more than ten years, are you okay?

"Yes." Although he was very curious, Cheng Chuliang didn't ask much - he didn't ask what he shouldn't ask, this is a necessary criterion for a subordinate.

Cheng Chuliang came in again soon, this time he followed three people behind him.

"Plop!"

Benin and Clivi immediately knelt down when they saw Li Zhen: "Your Highness, I have seen Your Highness, I haven't seen you for more than ten years, so your Highness is still fine..."

Halfway through the talk, the two of them were already crying.

At this time, Li Zhen also wanted to cry, but his current identity did not allow him to cry, so he could only hold back his tears and said in a move: "I am very good, but you - Benyin, Clivi, for me, you have been deep into the desert for more than ten years, wind, swords, frost, swords, swords, iron horses, and life-threatening. You have made great contributions, thank you for your hard work."

"I don't feel miserable when I serve Your Highness." Benyin and Clivi have never regarded themselves as Li Zhen's subordinates, but regard themselves as his servants, so they only call themselves slaves. Even if they haven't seen each other for more than ten years, there has been no change at all.

"Your Highness saved this life of Clivi. If it weren't for your Highness, I would have died twenty years ago and would never have the glory of today. It's the right to die for your Highness." Clivi raised his head and said, "On the contrary, you were only a few years old when I left your Highness, but now you have grown up like this and have done so many big things. After fighting in the south and north, after hearing about your Highness's deeds, I was also happy for your Highness in my heart."

"Get up quickly." Li Zhen helped the three of them up and asked in disappointment: "Where is Aya? Why didn't she follow her?"

The third person was not Aya, but Luo Lin, the second generation of the Tingfeng Mercenary Corps designated by Li Zhen. He had previously wiped out all his official positions by Li Zhen because of a big mistake, and then threw them into Tingfeng, intending to use the cruel mercenary battlefield to hone him.

He did not disappoint Li Zhen. Through his own efforts, he reached this point today. From this we can see that Li Zhen still has a strong vision of people. At least the people he promoted are very loyal to him, and rarely have bullshit things such as betrayal or betrayal. Even if he was exiled, he basically did not hold a grudge against him. Even Zhongli City rebelled just to protect himself, and did not think about seeking refuge in other people's forces.

"Before coming, Princess Aya suddenly received a message and left in a hurry. We couldn't stop it." Benyin knew the relationship between Li Zhen and Aya, but Li Zhen was the master, so he couldn't say anything about such a thing, so he could only report it truthfully.

"Forget it, let's talk about your experience over the years." Although Li Zhen was a little disappointed, it was difficult to express his opinion at this time, so he could only change to a more relaxed topic.

"Yes, I have been with Clivier since I accepted His Highness's orders..."

Benyin began to tell his experience over the years, and they encountered various difficulties, including illness, disability, bullying by locals, betrayal and sacrifice, etc. Of course, there were some relaxed things interspersed with them - in fact, Li Zhen had already understood these things very clearly through Tingfeng. After all, Tingfeng was an intelligence organization of Tingfeng mercenaries, and the head of this organization was directly responsible to Li Zhen. Li Zhen was actually aware of Tingfeng's understanding of Tingfeng.

But intelligence is only intelligence after all, it is cold words and numbers. It is far from the detailed and emotional explanations of the person involved. If you want to truly understand everything about listening to the wind, you still need to tell it yourself.

After Benyin finished telling, it was already dark, and he was just choosing important things to report. After all, it was more than ten years of experience. If you had to say everything in detail, it would probably take three days and three nights to finish it.

"Thank you all these years." After hearing this, Li Zhen was greatly moved: "You are old, so don't be mercenaries in the future. Just follow me - as for your contributions, I can't promise anything to you now, but I promise that at most one year, I will give you a satisfactory answer."

Benyin and Clivi did not understand what Li Zhen said, and Luo Lin next to him felt a lingering heart: If according to Benyin and Clivi's credit, if they were working for the country, these credits alone would be enough to win them title.

Unfortunately, they worked for Li Zhen. Although Li Zhen was the crown prince, he also controlled the territory of the Tang Dynasty south of Lingnan and could appoint and remove officials at will. However, the title was different from the official position. Many officials in the Tang Dynasty were officials, but not many people actually had titles. Most of them were meritorious ministers who followed Emperor Gaozu and the current emperor to conquer the world. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, few people have been able to make exceptions and be awarded titles, with less than a few dozen people.

In other words, although Li Zhen is qualified to appoint and remove an official position, it is the emperor's right to be granted titles. Even if he is the crown prince, he does not have this qualification unless he rebels or ascends the throne to become emperor.

Li Zhen’s situation is very good now, and rebellion is impossible, so there is only the only way to ascend the throne...

Just why it was one year?

Could it be...

Rollin dared not think about it anymore.

Hearing Li Zhen’s promise, Benyin smiled and shook his head and said, “I have never expected any extravagant to serve Your Highness. To be honest, with the support of Your Highness, I can establish such a big sign of Tingfeng mercenaries as a big fast, and I am already satisfied and have no other extravagant desires. As long as Your Highness can use Tingfeng well, I will have no regrets.”

"What about you? Clivi? Do you have any requirements?" Li Zhen did not say anything about Benyin's statement, but turned his attention to Clivi.

"I am the same as Benyin, but I don't need material rewards anymore. Your Highness should keep the money to train the warriors... But if I want to ask for it, I really have one." To everyone's expectations, they thought Clivie would give up the rewards like Benyin, but who thought he would really make a request.

"Clivi, you are too presumptuous." Ben was furious and the prince asked you to make a request. You really dare to climb along the pole? You are too serious, right?

"It's okay." Li Zhen quickly stopped Benyin: "Since I asked you to make a request, I'm naturally sincere. Since Clivi has a need, let's talk about it."

"Yes, you dare not ask for your highness to reward me, but I do have a small request." Clivi said this, a trace of pain and hatred flashed across his face: "The origin of me should be told to you."

"Of course." Li Zhen nodded. He had investigated the details of the three slaves he bought at the beginning in detail. Even if Li Zhen did not investigate, as a father, Li Shimin would investigate the people around his son clearly, especially those who are unknown from Benin Aya Clivi, who have to investigate thoroughly to make people feel at ease. The final result also made Li Zhen and Li Shimin very satisfied. Although these three people are not innocent, their origins are still very clear, and they are not the introvert sent by the enemy to Li Zhen.
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