If I let you stay in Lingnan, how could you become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty?

Chapter 71 The gap between your wisdom and mine is feet
While Li An was speaking, Feng Lang was standing aside with one of his arms still in a sling, apparently injured.

Jingzhao Yin turned to look at Feng Lang and hurried over to express his condolences.

"Thanks to General Feng. Is the general's injury serious?"

Just as Feng Lang was about to speak, Li An continued:

"Xiao Feng's injury is not serious, he was just slashed by the thief, luckily no bones were broken!"

"Many of my guards were injured. These thieves are not only very vicious and bold, but also have extremely strong martial arts skills. They come and go like the wind!"

"My guards fought desperately and killed these thieves. The rest of the thieves fled!"

Hearing this, the Six Generals of the Central Army and the Jingzhao Yin could not help but feel a little disappointed.

Who are these thieves and who is behind them?

There is not a single clue. If we investigate, we will be left with no clue at all!

Li An glanced at them and said with a smile:

"Fortunately, my Xiao Feng caught a thief despite the risk of injuring his arm!"

"He admitted that he belonged to an organization called Thirteen Crows, but he refused to reveal the mastermind behind it!"

Upon hearing this, Jingzhao Yin and Zhonglang Jiang couldn't help but get excited.

The two of them said loudly almost in unison:

"Where are the people! (X2)"

"Hand him over to me! (x 2)"

The two looked at each other, both showing a hint of dissatisfaction in their eyes.

As long as we get this witness and follow the clues to find the mastermind behind the assassination, the crime of poor public security that led to the assassination of the prince will become a success.

Therefore, both of them rushed to ask Li An to hand over this person as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, Li An shook his head and sighed:
"Unfortunately, this person refused to reveal who was behind the scenes and has already bitten his tongue and committed suicide!"

"what……"

Both Jingzhao Yin and Zhonglang Jiang had undisguised deep disappointment on their faces.

Now, he cannot escape the blame for the prince's stabbing due to poor public security!

Li An sighed again at this time:
"Chang'an City is so big that it is not easy to fully defend it. I know how hard you two have worked!"

After hearing this, the General of the Central Army and the Prefect of Jingzhao could not help but sigh.

"Who says it's not..."

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness!"

Li An then changed the subject:
"This happened suddenly. If you two just drag these dozen corpses to report to the emperor, you will probably be reprimanded or even fired for this!"

When they heard this, they immediately started to look worried.

At this time, Li An smiled slightly, walked between the two of them and whispered:
"Then you two can say that it was you who discovered the assassin and worked with my guards to strangle him, thus preventing me from being assassinated!"

"These dozen corpses are proof that you killed the assassin!"

Upon hearing this, the General of the Central Army and the Prefect of Jingzhao could not help but look at Li An in surprise and delight.

It’s different with this sentence!

Discovering the assassin first and then killing him after a fierce battle is a merit, not a fault!

The Sixth Prince...

It’s really good!

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Jingzhao Yin was so excited that he almost bowed down in front of him:
"If that's the case, then your majesty will naturally not punish us for our mistakes!" The Zhonglang General was also surprised and grateful:

"Your Highness, I will repay you for your kindness today!"

Li An waved his hand generously:
"Talking about repaying or not repaying is too polite!"

"I am in Chang'an and I cannot do without your care! Besides, the assassination was very sudden and I am not responsible for it. How can I watch you fall into the fire pit without helping you?"

Hearing his words, the General of the Central Army and the Prefect of Jingzhao were so excited that they were speechless.

The two men's initial fear turned into joy, and they excitedly walked towards the palace, carrying a dozen corpses of night crows.

Looking at their backs, Li An couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

Here, Feng Lang looked at him and said depressedly:

"Your Highness, I don't understand..."

Li An smiled and said:
"Xiao Feng, I think there are a lot of things you don't understand, right?"

Feng Lang nodded.

"You don't understand why I secretly locked up all those captured night crows, but only left a dozen corpses at the entrance of Hua'e Xianghui Tower. You also don't understand why I asked Jingzhao Yin and Zhonglang Jiang to bring these corpses and the information about the Thirteen Crows Killing to the emperor, but didn't directly identify Zhangsun Wuji, right?"

Feng Lang was slightly stunned after hearing this, and after a long time he nodded vigorously.

Li An looked at Feng Lang with a smile:

"Zhang Sun Wuji is an old minister who founded the country. He is extremely powerful, but his words are law. Do you think I can overthrow him in one go?"

Feng Lang thought for a while and shook his head silently.

"He was very cautious in his actions. There was no evidence of him left in the farm where Thirteen Crows killed people. Many night crows only knew the old crow and had no idea who the owner behind it was!"

"Even if there are a few people who know the inside story, do you think I can make the old thief Changsun confess his guilt based on the confessions of these few people?"

Feng Lang shook his head again.

"The Emperor has long known about the assassination attempt by the Thirteen Crows of Lingnan. Do you think he doesn't know who is behind the Thirteen Crows?"

"The old thief Changsun is the uncle of my ninth brother and the brother of Empress Changsun. The emperor and Empress Changsun have a very close relationship, so he loves her and her family. Do you think that even if the emperor believes that the old thief is trying to harm me this time, will he have the heart to kill him directly?"

Feng Lang thought for a long time, and finally shook his head slowly.

Li An looked at Feng Lang with the eyes of a wise man:

"So, what I want is not to bring down the old villain, but to give him a warning!"

"I sent you to kill all the night crows in the farm in one night. This is not only to cut off the old thief's arm, but also to warn my father and let him know that the old thief has always wanted to harm me. The emperor may keep the old thief away from the Turkic expedition!"

"Also, I secretly imprisoned Night Crow, but did not identify the old thief, so that the old thief would know that I had a backup plan. From then on, he would be afraid of me and would not dare to deal with me rashly!"

At this point, Li An raised three fingers:
"This is killing three birds with one stone. Do you understand?"

Feng Lang seemed to understand a little after hearing this, and clapped his hands in praise:
"Your Majesty, this is a great idea! I understand!"

Li An glanced at him and sighed:

"Xiao Feng, let me tell you a story!"

"At that time, Cao Mengde and Yang Xiu passed by the Cao'e Monument and saw eight characters written on the back of the monument: Huang Juan, young woman, grandson, garlic mortar. Cao Mengde was puzzled and asked Yang Xiu if he knew. Yang Xiu said I know. Cao Mengde said, "Don't tell me yet, let me think about it."

"After walking thirty miles, Cao Mengde finally figured it out. Huang Juan is the color of silk, which means absolutely, while young woman is a young girl, which means wonderful, grandson is the son of a daughter, which means good, and garlic is spicy, which means the tongue feels the spicy taste, which means ci. Putting them together, it means absolutely wonderful and good!"

"Yang Xiu figured out something in front of the Cao'e Monument, but Cao Cao figured it out thirty miles later, so later generations say that there is a difference of thirty miles between the wise and the foolish."

"so……"

At this point, Li An looked at Feng Lang with a smile:

"The difference in intelligence between you and me is thirty miles, or forty-five thousand feet, as high as many floors!"

(End of this chapter)