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Chapter 587 The Crown Prince Establishes His Authority
Well.
Changsun Wuji was startled, looking at Li Yan's calm and harmless smile, which seemed to be extremely sunny and warm. However, he was saying extremely bloody and cruel words, and he opened his mouth stammeringly, wanting to remind Li Yan to catch him alive, but he couldn't say it anyway.

The guards behind him, listening to Li Yan's words of concern for the soldiers, all looked at Li Yan with respect. From the moment they became the six leaders of the Eastern Palace, their future and destiny were linked to Li Yan.

One glory and one glory.

Li Yan was so considerate to his subordinates that they were naturally grateful. So they took off the strong bows on their backs, bent the bows and drew arrows, with the arrow tips pointing at the figure in the distance who was showing off his strong power by knocking down several guards to the ground like a lion hunting a rabbit.

"Fire arrows!"

The longer the night, the more troubles we may have. If we keep Sun Da, we won't be able to win forever. Aren't we coming here today just for this person?

Seeing that the venue was cleared, Li Yanhao ordered to shoot without hesitation.

Under Li Yan's command, more than a hundred guards, with bows like full moons and arrows like meteors, rushed towards Sun Da like lightning.

Sun Da quickly fell to the ground, rolled over, and dodged behind a tree, but he was still a step too slow, and one of the arrows hit Sun Da's right leg.

Seeing this, Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief. In this royal forbidden garden, the grass was thick and the forest was dense. Sun Dazhen relied on his extraordinary skills to hide in the forest. Even hundreds of people would find it difficult to catch him. But his leg was injured, and facing more than 200 East Palace guards, he was basically dead.

At this time, the guards fired a round of arrows. Sun Da hid behind a tree that three people could hug. The dense arrows on the tree were like thorns.

The guards left half of them behind to protect the prince, and the other half went to encircle the prince from both sides behind the tree. Among them, Heng Lian looked at Li Yan and Changsun Wuji, asking with his eyes whether they should capture Sun Da alive since he was already injured.

Li Yan sighed: "Although Sun Da is a traitor, he is loyal to Prince Yin. If he is caught, he will be humiliated in prison and tortured until his body is bruised and battered. In the end, he will be executed."

"This is not the way for a warrior to die. Such a warrior should die on the battlefield, wrapped in his horsehide. This is the final courtesy for him. Henglian, kill him, and then dig a pit next to Prince Yin's tomb to bury him. Let the master and servant continue their friendship in the underworld!"

Changsun Wuji's eyes moved, but he didn't say anything in the end. However, when he looked at Li Yan again, there was a hint of caution in his eyes, and he didn't speak as casually as before, and he began to think about his words!

He is indeed a born dragon. At the critical moment, he kills ruthlessly and without mercy.

Faced with Sun Da, a wanted criminal that even the emperor was keeping an eye on, he actually dared to deal with him on his own. Even though he could have captured him alive, he killed him and buried him on his own initiative next to Prince Yin's tomb. Wasn't he worried that the emperor would have an opinion about this?
The aura of a superior that Li Yan revealed at this moment even suppressed Changsun Wuji, a veteran official with many years of experience.

But Changsun Wuji's eyes lit up, and he secretly praised him. He had always been afraid that this prince was too weak and incompetent. Now it seemed that perhaps he still had the courage to take on responsibilities and make decisions on the spot. Moreover, this domineering attitude of deciding Sun Da's fate in a casual conversation was something Changsun Wuji had never seen in Li Yan before.

"Uncle, do you think it's appropriate for your nephew to do this?" After giving the order, Li Yan turned to look at Changsun Wuji and asked with a smile.

Shit, you’ve already made up your mind, and you’re still asking me?
At this time, Changsun Wuji no longer had the earnest instructions of an elder at the beginning. He smiled bitterly, nodded, and began to make excuses for Li Yan: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince's handling of this matter is very appropriate. This person is guilty of a heinous crime and deserves death. Moreover, he knows a lot of secrets about the Crown Prince's past."

"If I go back to the capital and say something nonsense, it will offend His Majesty, which will be bad."

"Let him die here and be buried with Crown Prince Yin. I think this is the best solution for everyone. Even Sun Da will be able to rest in peace. If he is really taken to the capital, his body will probably be thrown into the execution ground and he won't even be able to keep his dignity."

"what"

A shrill scream was heard, and then the dense forest fell into silence.

After a while, Heng Lian commanded his men to drag the beheaded body of Sun Da over and dump it in front of the tomb. Then he commanded his men to find tools and find a place next to Li Jiancheng's tomb to start digging a hole.

Li Yan didn't even look at Sun Da lying on the ground, and ordered the officials of the Taichang Temple to start setting up the offerings. After everyone was busy for a while, several guards carried Sun Da into the dug pit and began to fill it with soil. Li Yan straightened his clothes and picked up the prepared incense and candles to light them.

Following the guidance of the Taichang Temple officials, we began to worship!
Just like that, in front of a large tomb surrounded by tall trees and dense forests, Changsun Wuji and Changsun Chong stood aside, and under the protection of officials from the Taichang Temple and more than a hundred guards from the Sixth Army of the Eastern Palace, Li Yan bowed and saluted, burning incense and offering sacrifices as if no one was around. For some reason, the crowd that had been noisy before was now silent, and there was no longer the lively atmosphere before.

Everyone was silent, only the sound of digging to fill a hole not far away could be heard.

With such a background, everyone looked at the young man standing in front of the tomb wearing a green robe, with his eyes closed and a pious look on his face. Everyone felt a sense of awe that they had not felt before when facing the prince.

Including Zhangsun Wuji and his son, and Henglian.

From this moment on, no one dared to underestimate Li Yan.
Among them, Changsun Wuji, who put all his thoughts on Li Yan, felt even deeper. Just now when Li Yan ordered the killing of Sun Da, Changsun Wuji clearly saw that Li Yan's expression did not change at all, as calm as water, and there was no panic or forced calmness in his eyes, as if he had just done something insignificant.

Is he a natural born king who regards human life as worthless, or is he just a fool who has no idea what orders he has given?
Changsun Wuji suddenly felt that he didn’t really know this nephew. Was he really the cowardly nephew who was afraid to kill a chicken and fainted at the sight of blood?
Thinking back to what happened just now on the road, after the prince said that he would never harm his brothers, he talked to him about Princess Changle's marriage issue.

Thinking about it now, it seems that my feeling at that time was not wrong. The prince asked me to help him deal with Li Ke, and the subsequent events of Princess Changle and Chang Sun Chong were not just a gesture of goodwill, but perhaps there were some other intentions of gaining merit.

As expected, none of these children of the royal family are easy to deal with.

Maybe Li Yan's character was indeed weak in the past, but he showed weakness more often later on. Now that he is getting older, Li Ke is vying to stand out. The prince is afraid that the court officials will look down on him, so he occasionally shows his brilliance. I believe that after today's Sun Da incident was reported back to Chang'an City.

No one will ever say that the prince is weak and unable to shoulder the heavy responsibility of governing the country.

After offering sacrifices to Li Jiancheng, Li Yan led everyone to offer sacrifices to Li Yuanji, and then they worshipped the princes, dukes and princesses that everyone had cleaned out one by one. As long as there were records in the Taichang Temple, no one was left out, and each one was worshipped carefully and meticulously.

This trip took a full two hours, which was several times longer than the originally planned half an hour, but no one dared to complain and everyone accompanied Li Yan in the sacrifice.

Li Yan's patience made Changsun Wuji admire him. In fact, whether it was Li Jiancheng or those royal relatives without descendants who had picked up a bargain, they only needed to let the people from the Taichang Temple clean up and set out some offerings.

Li Yan doesn't need to be so comprehensive and formal.

However, Li Yan's action was not for Li Shimin in Chang'an to see, but more to establish his prestige and set rules in front of Changsun Wuji, Henglian and other Eastern Palace guards, and pass it on to the ministers in the court through the officials of the Taichang Temple.

In the early Western Zhou Dynasty, Duke Zhou established rituals to rule the world!
The ritual system is a powerful tool for ruling the world. Li Yan strictly abides by the rules during sacrifices, which will make people dare not slack off. If anyone dares to play around casually, Li Yan will not hesitate to charge them with a crime of great respect, and take advantage of the situation to deal with them on the spot. In fact, Li Yan really wants to take the opportunity to intimidate them.

It was just that the killing of Sun Da was too bloody, so that both the guards he brought with him and the staff of the Taichang Temple, including Changsun Wuji and his son, were respectful. According to Li Yan's way, they performed sacrifices one by one honestly, and no one showed an impatient expression, so Li Yan couldn't catch any tail.

This made Li Yan feel a little bit regretful.
In fact, what Li Yan didn’t know was that in this era, murder and arson were not uncommon things, so killing a Sun Da was nothing?
But in this secret forest where few people go, accompanied by the occasional cries of crows, Li Yan's nonchalant attitude buried Sun Da, who was covered in blood and shot like a sting, in a pit.

However, he was calm and solemn as he worshipped Li Jiancheng without any worldly concern, which created a strange and terrifying scene.

When everyone looked at Li Yan's gentle young face again, a terrifying fear arose deep in their hearts, so much so that many people who saw this scene with their own eyes would never forget it for the rest of their lives.

In just a moment, Li Yan's prestige was invisibly established, and no one dared to underestimate him.

After the sacrifice was over, Zhang Sun Wuji asked, "Your Highness, the sacrifice has been completed. I believe the spirits of the royal family will also feel comforted. It's getting late. Shall we set off and return?"

"Well, I'm sorry to have troubled my uncle today!" Li Yan said politely and ordered everyone to pack up their carriages and return.

It was not until the end that Changsun Wuji vaguely understood the deep meaning of Li Yan. He couldn't help but secretly smack his lips. The look he gave Li Yan was no longer as casual and confident as when he came.

As a result, the attitude became much more respectful.
(End of this chapter)