We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

Chapter 345 If I trust you Jinyiwei again, I will be a dog!

"Sixth brother, the Marquis of Dongping is also a veteran general in the army and can be trusted."

After hearing this, Li Che breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Lin's meaning was very clear. This Marquis of Dongping should also be a member of the Yan Wang faction, that is, his own party member.

"If you don't speak up, don't blame me for being blind!"

The sounds of several bowstrings being pulled were heard.

"I am Li Lin, the Prince of Yan, and this is Prince Feng!" Li Lin shouted hurriedly, "Zhao Xi, can't you even recognize my voice?"

Zhao Xi was slightly startled when he heard the familiar voice, and quickly reached out to stop it: "Don't shoot the arrow."

Seeing this, Li Che finally relaxed his nerves.

They should be one of his own. If they were a group of assassins, he would just order the archers to shoot.

There was no way to avoid this distance. Even if Li Lin and I were protected by soft armor, we would be pierced by thousands of arrows and die.

Zhao Xi walked forward with several soldiers. He first looked at Li Che, but did not dare to recognize him.

He then looked at Li Lin behind Li Che, and suddenly his body shook, and he knelt on one knee: "I, Zhao Xi, pay my respects to His Majesty the Prince of Yan, and to His Majesty the Prince of Feng!"

The surrounding soldiers also knelt down quickly.

Li Lin said, "Let's skip these formalities! Take me to the palace to see my father!"

Zhao Xi asked in confusion, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

"I met an assassin."

Zhao Xi was shocked. "Assassin? Who is so bold as to assassinate the prince in the imperial capital?"

"How would I know!" Li Lin said angrily, "Who is the Jingzhao Yin now? I will report him for dereliction of duty!"

"It's that old scholar Zeng Yi. This official only knows how to recite poetry and enjoy himself, occupying a position without doing anything. I will definitely report him tomorrow!"

As Zhao Xi spoke, he took Li Lin from Li Che and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness Prince Feng is also tired. Let me carry you on my back, okay?"

Li Lin waved his hand: "No need, I've recovered a bit and can walk on my own."

Seeing that Li Lin insisted, Zhao Xi didn't dare to persuade him anymore, but just supported him carefully from the side.

"I don't know where these assassins came from. There are hundreds of them, and they are quite skilled..."

Zhao Xi smiled and complimented, "Your Highnesses are both incredibly brave and invincible. Let alone a mere assassin, if you two joined forces, you could carve a bloody path through even a massive army."

Li Che frowned slightly when he heard this.

How did he know that the two of them had fought their way out, rather than being desperately protected by the personal guards?

Of course, this is just a compliment, maybe people didn't think that much about it.

Li Che showed no doubt, but just looked at Zhao Xi carefully from the side.

This man has a handsome appearance and is not too old, around thirty years old. He should have inherited the title from his father.

Looking at the soldiers on the side, the armor on them also belongs to the city guards, and these cannot be fake.

Li Che just felt that he was being suspicious and was about to look away.

Suddenly, his eyes swept across the soles of the feet of the soldier next to him, and his pupils suddenly shrank!

It is true that this person is wearing military boots, but they are not the cloth boots of the city guards, but the leather boots of the border troops!

The capital's army is different from the border army. The climate in the imperial capital is warm and the winter is not that cold, so the soldiers all wear cloth boots.

The border areas are either extremely cold or desolate mountainous areas, which place higher demands on boots, so people wear sturdier leather boots.

There would naturally be no border troops in the imperial capital, unless they were veterans who had retired from the border troops.

Second-generation military men like Zhao Xi like to recruit veterans from the border army as their own soldiers and use them as personal guards in times of war.

In other words, at least these soldiers nearby were not the city defense forces, but the family soldiers of his Zhao family!

Thinking of this, Li Che asked Zhao Xi calmly:

"General Zhao, the Duke of Wei and the uncles just welcomed me at Heming Tower. Why didn't you come?"

Zhao Xi was stunned for a moment, then said earnestly, "It's not that I won't go, I just have responsibilities to attend to and I really can't spare the time."

"Oh." Li Che nodded and looked at Li Lin beside him. "So, General Zhao is in charge of guarding the West Market?"

Although Li Lin didn't understand what Li Che meant, out of trust in Li Che, he silently broke free from Zhao Xi's support.

Zhao Xi nodded: "Exactly."

Li Che narrowed his eyes and asked, "General, you are in charge of guarding the West Market. My fourth brother and I have been fighting over there for so long, and the noise is so loud, didn't you hear it?"

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I really didn't hear it."

Zhao Xi's eyes flashed, and as he spoke, he reached out to support Li Lin's arm.

Li Lin frowned and dodged.

A flash of panic flashed across Zhao Xi's eyes, and then turned into a fierce look.

He suddenly took a step back, drew his sword, pointed at Li Che and shouted:

"How dare you impersonate the prince? Come, arrest these two thieves!"

The soldiers in the distance were obviously confused by Zhao Xi's sudden attack, but the soldiers closer were different. After Zhao Xi gave the order, they immediately drew their weapons and attacked together.

Li Lin was shocked, but Li Che was mentally prepared.

He kicked Zhao Xi away, drew the sword from his waist, and threw the short blade in his hand towards Li Lin.

Li Lin raised his hand to catch it, endured the pain, and raised his arm to block the weapon that was coming towards him.

"Zhao Xi! The king has treated you well, and the Duke of Wei saved your life. How dare you harm me?!"

Zhao Xi said nothing, but just sneered, his handsome face full of ferocity.

As Zhao Xi's personal soldiers continued to besiege them, the other city guards outside also came to their senses.

People tend to follow the crowd. When they saw Zhao Xi's personal soldiers attack Li Che and the other two without hesitation, the other city guards also had a preconceived notion and believed that the two were really fake princes.

As more and more soldiers gathered, Li Lin behind him became weaker and weaker, and he was about to fall down at any time.

Li Che was unable to handle it all by himself, and beads of sweat the size of beans fell from his face.

I'm afraid... I'm going to fail here today.

At this moment, a voice suddenly rang out from the sky: "Stop! The Jinyiwei are here!"

Li Che and Li Lin were delighted and looked up.

But then I saw black shadows jumping down from the surrounding houses. They were people wearing green brocade clothes and holding swords in their hands, rushing towards me.

The bravery he exudes makes people feel at ease.

It’s the Jinyiwei, we are saved!

Zhao Xi just looked up and was immediately startled. He quickly raised his hand and pointed at the Jinyiwei and shouted:

"Archers, shoot!"

Whoosh whoosh—

Sharp arrows flew out, blocking the Jinyiwei's landing point.

Before the Jinyiwei group landed on the ground, a large number of them were shot down by arrows, and miserable howls rang out one after another.

Li Che: . . .

No... that's all you have, why are you pretending to be so skilled? Couldn't you just walk over here quietly? Why did you have to jump off the building?

If I trust you Jinyiwei again, I will be a dog!

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