Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 660 His Royal Highness the Prince
Li Canghai hesitated for a moment. He had seen the belt badge in the strong man's hand, which was obviously a royal belt badge, so he followed them.

But he thought for a long time along the way, but he never figured out who wanted to see him.

He didn't know many members of the royal family, if it was Li Tan, if Li Yu wanted to see him, all he had to do was call directly, there was no need for such trouble.

But besides them, who else wants to see him?
If you can't figure this out, you will naturally be unable to guess the opponent's purpose.

However, Li Canghai has never been afraid of life and death.

He hesitated for a moment, then pushed the door open and entered.

There is a table in this room with a chess board and a jug of wine on the table.

Sitting next to the table was a luxurious man in a brocade robe.

This person is about 40 years old, his sword eyebrows are slightly raised, and there are two long beards under his chin, giving people a sense of grace and luxury.

When Li Canghai came in, the man was twisting a black chess piece, staring at the board thinking.

"This gentleman, I don't know why you called Cang Hai to come here?" Li Canghai clasped his fists at the man and saluted.

The man stared at the chessboard, and said to himself: "How can I break this game of chess?"

Li Canghai walked over. He glanced at the chessboard and couldn't help being surprised.

He could tell at a glance that this game of chess was a dead end.

The black pieces occupy the main star position on the chessboard, no matter where the white pieces are placed, the result is inevitable death.

The man frowned, as if he was trying to figure out what to do.

After half an hour, the chess piece in the man's hand still did not fall.

Li Canghai frowned slightly, he didn't have so much time to play chess with a stranger here.

After thinking for a while, he walked directly to the chessboard, cupped his fists at the man and said, "Sir, it's actually not difficult to break this game."

Hearing this, the man suddenly moved his shoulders, looked at Li Canghai in surprise, and said, "Can you solve this situation?"

Li Canghai nodded, looked at the chessboard, and said, "If you believe me, sir, let me give it a go."

The man sized him up carefully, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes.

After thinking for a while, the man nodded.

Li Canghai cupped his hands at the man, said he was offended, and then secretly used his internal strength to slap the chessboard with his palm.

With a bang, the chessboard was smashed into pieces.

The chess pieces on the chessboard also turned into powder one after another.

The man was startled suddenly, he stared at Li Canghai in disbelief, and said in surprise, "What are you doing?"

Li Canghai clapped his palms, and said calmly: "With the chessboard gone, there will naturally be no more dead games. As the saying goes, if you don't break, you can stand. If you break, you can stand. You will win or lose if you make a choice."

The man looked at him in surprise, then looked down at the shattered chessboard, and laughed involuntarily.

"Okay, okay, okay!" The man said yes three times in a row, and said approvingly: "It is said that Mr. Li is smart and smart. When I saw him today, he really lived up to his reputation."

Li Canghai bowed slightly, and said, "Sir, I'm over-reputed, but I don't know why Mr. Li came here?"

The man smiled, asked Li Canghai to sit down, then poured a glass of wine for Li Canghai, and said, "Do you know who I am?"

Li Canghai said calmly: "If I guess correctly, the identity of Mr. should be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

The man was slightly taken aback, and asked suspiciously, "How do you know?"

"First of all, the badge in the hands of Mr.'s attendants is the order to enter and leave the court. Secondly, although Mr. is dressed in common clothes, the jade dragon hairpin used to bind the hair has not been removed. In the entire Tang Dynasty, people who are eligible to use There are only two people with this kind of jade dragon hairpin, one is the present sage, and the other is His Highness the Crown Prince." Li Canghai said.

Hearing this, the man touched the jade dragon hairpin on his head, and said with a smile, "Master Li really has good eyesight, and he can observe such subtleties so carefully. Yes, I am the current crown prince, Li Heng."

Li Canghai hurriedly knelt down to Li Heng, and said: "Li Canghai saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he offended you so much, please punish him!"

Li Heng stroked his beard, smiled slightly, and said: "Master Li, please get up. This chess game has troubled me for a long time, and I don't want to be broken by Master Li. Speaking of which, I have to thank you."

"I don't dare. Your Highness, I don't know why you asked me to come here this time?" Li Canghai asked curiously.

He just came to Chang'an, and Prince Li Heng lived in the East Palace, so he had never seen him.

He really couldn't figure out what kind of intersection would happen between himself and the prince.

"Master Li, please sit down and talk." Li Heng pointed to the stool opposite the round table.

Li Canghai hesitated, then sat down opposite him.

"I heard that Mr. Li is not only good at reasoning and judging cases, but also the art of war. Seeing him today, he really deserves his reputation!" Li Heng said with narrowed eyes.

"His Royal Highness is over-reputed. Those are just rumors and cannot be believed. Whatever orders His Royal Highness has, no matter what he says, as long as he can do his best, he will definitely go all out." Li Canghai said calmly.

"Okay! This king is waiting for your words!" Li Heng didn't seem to intend to hide anything, he looked at Li Canghai, and said solemnly: "Master Li, this king asks you, what do you think of the current Tang Dynasty?"

Li Canghai glanced at him, and immediately frowned.

After thinking for a while, Li Canghai said, "Today's Tang Dynasty has internal and external troubles."

Li Heng sighed, and said: "That's right, internal and external troubles, that's true. The great Tang Dynasty is gone forever, but my father didn't notice it. As the prince of the dynasty, I can only watch the treacherous ministers cause trouble." , but powerless, alas!"

Li Canghai narrowed his eyes slightly, he heard the meaning of Li Heng's words.

He said calmly, "I don't know who the traitor His Royal Highness is talking about?"

Li Heng didn't speak, but looked around, dipped his right hand into the drink, and wrote a word on the table.

Li Canghai stared at Li Heng's fingers, first wrote a character 'wood' on the table, and then wrote a character 'Yi'.

Although these two characters are written separately, they are one character.

The combination of 'wood' and 'yi' is the word 'Yang'.

Li Canghai stared at the word 'Yang', and suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he instantly remembered the words on the ancient map.

"So that's it! So that's what those words mean!" Li Canghai stood up abruptly, talking to himself quite excitedly.

Li Canghai's move immediately startled Li Heng.

He looked at Li Canghai in surprise, and asked, "Master Li, what's wrong with you?"

Li Canghai calmed down his excited mood, and saluted Li Heng: "I just thought of something when I got down as an official, and I was rude for a while, please don't blame me, Your Highness."

(End of this chapter)