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Chapter 2289 Robbed
Li Shen looked anxious.
"But it seems to have been robbed." The soldier said with gritted teeth.
"What did you say?" Li Shen was surprised and stood up.
"Tell me what you know." Li Shen asked anxiously.
"Yes, when we were coming back, we passed by Yanqi and were stopped by a Tang man who said he was from Prince Ji's palace.
Guarding a private property of His Royal Highness Prince Ji in Yanqi.
That person said that after the Tang army entered the city, some officers and soldiers came to the door and wanted to rob property. He reported the identity of the Ji Wang Mansion.
The other party actually said it was fake, not only robbed things, but also killed two people. Only he escaped by chance.
He hid in a place to avoid being hunted and recuperate from his injuries. He stayed there for more than a month before coming out and wanting to walk back.
He met us on the road and wanted us to help deliver a letter to His Royal Highness Prince Ji."
The two of them told each other everything, and Li Shen's face had become extremely gloomy.
"Where is that person?" Li Shen asked.
The palace soldier immediately replied:
"Your Highness, we didn't bring him along because we had official business to attend to. It will probably take him another seven or eight days to walk back with the corvées.
We originally went to Xizhou to inform the resident personnel of Prince Ji's Mansion, but we didn't expect His Royal Highness Prince Ji to come to Jiaohe City."
"Come, summon Wang Xuance, Xue Rengui, and Zhou Daowu immediately, and gather the troops for me. I will suppress the rebellion."
Li Shen went crazy and shouted to the outside world.
The two palace soldiers were scared to death. Could Prince Ji be crazy?
"Your Highness, please calm down. Don't get yourself hurt by getting angry." Shi Tou quickly poured tea to comfort him.
He knew that Prince Ji was really angry this time, and if things went wrong, he might start a massacre in Yanqi. This was not acceptable.
The soldiers at the front go to war for the country and to serve the court. If King Ji kills the soldiers at the front, the crime will be very serious and it will easily cause a mutiny in the army.
"Calm down, you dare to steal my treasure? You don't take me seriously."
Li Shen roared.
Soon Wang Xuance and the other two arrived at Li Shen's study and heard Li Shen shouting outside.
The three of them looked at each other and wondered who had offended Prince Ji, or whether Prince Ji had a brain disease.
After the three of them came in, they saluted first, and then Wang Xuance asked:
"Your Highness, what happened? Who made you angry?"
"Hurry up and gather the troops and follow me to Yanqi to suppress the rebellion." Li Shen said to the three people.
"Huh?" The three were shocked. Hadn't they heard that Yanqi had been conquered? Why was there still rebellion? Could it be that the local people had rebelled?
"Chapter Wang, one of Prince Ji's properties in Yanqi was robbed, resulting in a large loss of property."
Shi Tou beside him quickly explained.
The three of them suddenly realized what was going on. No wonder Prince Ji was so furious. It turned out that someone had robbed Prince Ji's mansion.
"Your Highness, we should take a long-term view this time. After all, those are the soldiers at the front, fighting bravely for the court. If Your Highness were to attack them, it would probably invite criticism."
Wang Xuance dissuaded him.
"What's wrong with fighting? They knew it was my property, yet they still went to rob it. They're looking down on me.
The one standing behind me is His Majesty. If they look down on me, they are actually looking down on His Majesty.
Looking down on Your Majesty is a great disrespect to Your Majesty, the first of the ten unforgivable sins, and it is a capital crime.
As a son, how can I stand by and watch them look down on my father? I must punish them."
Li Shen's twisted theories left everyone baffled. How did he become an unforgivable heinous criminal?
After a long while, Wang Xuance continued to dissuade him:
"Your Highness, it's better to investigate this matter thoroughly. I heard that there weren't many Tang people in this Western Expedition, and that they mobilized over 100,000 cavalry from the Tiele, Turkic, and Tuyuhun tribes.
Perhaps this was done by these foreign soldiers."
"I don't care whether he is a foreign soldier or not. He must pay the price for stealing my things." Li Shen was already overwhelmed by the excitement.
"Your Highness, don't we still need to mobilize food and supplies to the front line?" Shitou reminded.
"Why mobilize food and supplies? These bastards will starve to death. They even dare to steal my things." Li Shen roared.
"Your Highness, please do not act on impulse. The food and fodder at the front are related to the lives of a hundred thousand soldiers. Only a few people are stealing your property.
In my opinion, we should investigate thoroughly and then return them." Wang Xuance suggested calmly.
"Yes, Your Highness, you must not act on impulse at this time. It is better to investigate." Zhou Daowu also advised from the side.
Li Shen thought for a moment and then gave the order:
"Pass the order down. This king will not return to Xizhou. Tomorrow he will leave the border and go to Yanqi."
"Your Majesty, Yanqi is in great danger. Why don't we..."
"Alright." Li Shen interrupted Wang Xuance's dissuasion and said, "I have made up my mind to leave. You don't need to say anything more.
You two will go with me. I will have someone at the border pass send a message back to Xizhou to prepare food and fodder for the front."
"Well...Prince, let's go and deliver the letter." Although there are benefits to relying on Prince Ji.
But they were afraid that others would know even if they leaked the information.
Li Shen naturally understood what they meant, so he didn't force it:
"Well, I won't make things difficult for you today. If you report this matter meritorious, I will reward you handsomely.
Stone, reward them all with a hundred strings of cash."
For such a big thing, Li Shen was naturally generous in giving rewards.
Shitou immediately ordered someone to bring them twenty gold bars.
"Thank you, Your Highness Prince Ji, thank you, Your Highness Prince Ji." The two men's eyes lit up as they looked at the ten gold bars in their hands.
They bowed and thanked repeatedly, thinking that their bet was right this time.
One hundred strings of cash was not a small sum for them. They were government soldiers and did not need to pay taxes. Their annual income was only three or four strings of cash.
This time they received 100 strings of cash, which was equivalent to their income for several decades, and they were able to escape poverty and become well-off immediately.
"You guys go down. After you've rested, go to Xizhou and inform them that I'm on an inspection tour."
Li Shen waved his hand.
The two men bowed again and then left.
"Your Highness, are you really going to Yanqi?" Wang Xuance still wanted to dissuade him. Prince Ji was now going further and further away, and was thousands of miles away from Chang'an.
"Xuan Ce, there's no need to persuade me anymore. I'm going, and I'm going. Rengui, Daowu, get ready immediately. We'll set off tomorrow."
Li Shen stopped Wang Xuance from giving orders to Zhou Daowu and Xue Rengui.
"But Your Majesty, it's already the end of the month and winter is coming soon. I'm afraid we'll encounter snow and wind when we get to Yanqi.
We haven’t prepared any supplies to keep out the cold, so why not…”
Wang Xuance hit the point. They came here in the summer and did not bring any warm clothes.
Li Shen frowned upon hearing this. This was indeed a problem. If there was heavy snow, the soldiers might not be able to withstand it.
Especially those palace soldiers.