Li Yuanji nodded and said coldly: "I do have some backbone, but not much."
Zhao Chengyong raised his head and looked at Li Yuanji in shock.
Li Yuanji said coldly: "When you took the first blow from me, you should have realized that you are no match for me, and it would be futile to continue fighting. But you did not stop decisively, but instead stalked me again and again.
I had a few fights with you.
In your opinion, this may be a refusal to admit defeat.
But in my opinion, this is overestimating one's capabilities and acting rogue."
Zhao Chengyong hurriedly explained: "I am not playing rogue, I just want to fight with His Highness a few more times, and I want to understand the gap between me and His Highness."
Li Yuanji leaned down again and sneered: "Then do you understand clearly now?"
Zhao Chengyong opened his mouth, but said nothing, with a bitter look on his face.
He understood clearly.
The gap between him and Li Yuanji has gone beyond the category of skills and belongs to the category of strength.
There is a huge gap between him and Li Yuanji in terms of strength, and this gap can no longer be bridged through hard work.
This is natural.
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't make up for it.
No matter how proficient he was in his skills and how powerful he was, he still couldn't defeat Li Yuanji for ten times at a time.
"If you don't answer, I will assume that you understand clearly, and then I will leave first."
Li Yuanji slowly straightened up, dropped these words, and walked out of the middle of the school field.
When he walked to the edge of the school field, he gave Li Xiaogong a look.
Li Xiaogong smiled knowingly and rushed to the center of the school grounds enthusiastically.
"I've told you a long time ago that no matter what weapon you use, it will be the same against him. You still don't believe it. Do you believe it now?"
Li Xiaogong rushed to the middle of the school ground, squatted next to Zhao Chengyong, and said jokingly while observing Zhao Chengyong's injury.
Zhao Chengyong gritted his teeth and endured the pain in his body and said: "I am too arrogant..."
Li Xiaogong patted Zhao Chengyong on the back. When Zhao Chengyong hissed in pain, he said angrily: "What am I? What qualifications do you have to call me in front of me?
Be a vassal!"
Zhao Chengyong was stunned for a moment, and quickly corrected himself by taking in the air-conditioning: "Yes, it's my minister..."
Only then did Li Xiaogong say with satisfaction: "You are already doing very well. You must know that before you, no one has been able to walk away from him intact."
Zhao Chengyong stared at Li Xiaogong blankly.
Li Xiaogong curled his lips and said, "What? You don't believe me?"
Before Zhao Chengyong could speak, Li Xiaogong shouted: "You should have inquired about his past, you should know who he has taught a lesson, and you should also know the fate of those people.
Among those people, some were beaten to death on the spot, others were beaten so hard that they couldn't get out of bed for more than half a year, and some were beaten to death.
You just suffered some skin trauma. After seven or eight days of recovery, drinking a few decoctions and applying a few plasters, you will be able to move around again.
Do you think you are the first person to get out of his hands intact?"
After Li Xiaogong finished speaking, Zhao Chengyong found the opportunity to interrupt, and hurriedly said: "I know His Highness King Qi's past, and I also know that His Highness King Qi showed mercy to me..."
Li Xiaogong didn't wait for Zhao Chengyong to finish what he said, and nodded with satisfaction and said: "It's good that you know, but don't touch his brow in the future, otherwise he won't be merciful if he takes action again.
You will either die or be disabled."
As he spoke, he pointed to his arm hanging around his neck and said, "Did you see that? This is the result of his inadvertent slap in the face."
Zhao Chengyong's pupils shrank slightly and he said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness King Qi... to his own people..."
Li Xiaogong patted Zhao Chengyong on the shoulder and said angrily: "What are you thinking about? Although Yuan Ji is a bit arrogant, he treats his own people very well and is very protective of his shortcomings.
You know about Xue Wanshu, right?
In Zhaozhou, someone threw a cup of tea away, and a big gash was cut on his face.
He didn't want Yuan Ji to offend the giant Zhaozhou Li family, so he didn't tell Yuan Ji.
After Yuanji found out about this, he sent people to block the main roads leading to all parts of Zhaozhou without saying a word, so that the Li family of Zhaozhou must give him an explanation."
Speaking of this, Li Xiaogong raised his eyebrows at Zhao Chengyong and said, "You must know what a behemoth the Zhaozhou Li family is, right?"
Zhao Chengyong nodded stiffly.
Zhaozhou belongs to Hebei Province and theoretically belongs to the same province as Youzhou.
Previously, when his former lord Li Yi was conquering Liu Heitai, he also ordered him to conquer Liu Ni who had conquered Zhaozhou, so he knew Zhaozhou very well and what a behemoth the Li family in Zhaozhou was.
It is no exaggeration to say that his former master Li Yi was just an equal in the eyes of the head of the Li family in Zhaozhou.
Even when there is no contact or interest exchange, there is still a slight disdain for him.
Li Yuanji was able to directly challenge the Zhaozhou Li family for one of his subordinates.
This shows that Li Yuanji is indeed a very protective person.
Being able to follow such a lord is a great blessing for a warrior.
This kind of lord who is angry with his subordinates may lose his dominance or even his life due to impulsiveness and irrationality.
But all warriors who believe in benevolence and righteousness are still willing to follow him.
Even if I know that following him will lead to no glory or wealth, even if I know that following him will lead to death, even if I die for him, I have no regrets.
If you treat me with sincerity, I will reciprocate with sincerity. This is the attitude shared by all benevolent and righteous warriors.
Although there is a trace of Jianghu spirit, after leaving the official title, aren't warriors just Jianghu people?
"Then what are you..."
Zhao Chengyong had already believed Li Xiaogong's words. After all, this kind of thing was not a trivial matter, nor was it a cover-up. If he wanted to check it out, he could easily find it out. There was no need for Li Xiaogong to lie to him.
But he still wanted to know why Li Yuanji slapped Li Xiaogong.
If Li Xiaogong brought the blame on himself, then Li Yuanji should be the kind of person Li Xiaogong said.
If Li Yuanji vented his anger on Li Xiaogong, or expressed his anger for no reason, then Li Xiaogong was helping Li Yuanji whitewash it.
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Li Xiaogong slightly raised his injured arm and said with an embarrassed smile: "I asked for it."
Zhao Chengyong stared at Li Xiaogong, said nothing, and waited quietly for the next sentence.
Li Xiaogong smiled dryly and said: "I took him out of bed by his collar when he was sleeping. He thought someone was going to do something rough to him, so he gave me a blow in a daze.
"
Zhao Chengyong opened his mouth in a daze, not knowing what to say.
After a long time of fuss, this is how the injury on Li Xiaogong's arm came about.
It's really funny.
"Okay, no more nonsense. I'll find someone to take you to Xinglu, Chang'an for treatment."
Li Xiaogong stood up slowly and called the eunuch guarding the garden to send someone to carry Zhao Chengyong.
Zhao Chengyong hurriedly said: "No, no, just send me to the East Palace."
Li Xiaogong shouted carelessly: "Why don't you use it? There are no good doctors in the East Palace. The good doctors are all in Xinglu, Chang'an. As for your skin injury, they can cure it for you in less than three days."
Zhao Chengyong had heard some news about Chang'an Xinglu, and knew that there were a group of doctors with superb medical skills in Chang'an Xinglu, but he still refused and said: "Thank you for your kindness, His Highness King Hejian, but no need. You still have to do it."
Send someone to take me back to the East Palace."
Li Xiaogong was stunned for a moment and said suspiciously: "Is it because Yuanji made sarcastic remarks to you when he was sparring with you? You thought Yuanji was dissatisfied with you, so you didn't dare to stay in Jiulongtan Mountain."
Zhao Chengyong shook his head without hesitation: "I definitely don't mean this."
Li Xiaogong said doubtfully: "It's fine if you don't mean it. He thinks that someone is good and wants to give advice to someone. That's how it is.
It’s not that I’m deliberately targeting people, I just feel that if I don’t point out people with this attitude, others won’t remember what I said.”
Zhao Chengyong nodded thoughtfully.
Li Xiaogong smiled again and said, "Think about how he was smiling when he first saw you?"
Zhao Chengyong was stunned for a moment and nodded again.
Li Xiaogong continued to smile and said: "That's right. When he faces people he doesn't care about, he always has a smile on his face."
Zhao Chengyong thought about it and said: "So, what His Highness King Qi said to me today was to instruct me, and it was also because he wanted to instruct me that he spoke coldly to me?"
Li Xiaogong nodded happily.
Zhao Chengyong said with a complicated expression: "Thanks to His Highness the King of Qi for his attention, but I failed to live up to my expectations and made His Highness the King of Qi laugh."
Li Xiaogong said funnyly: "He won't laugh at you. He even praised you before, saying that you were very courageous and dared to fight with him. Others would shy away when they heard his name, let alone fight with him.
"
Zhao Chengyong solemnly nodded without saying another word.
After Li Xiaogong was summoned by the eunuchs of Guanyuan, he ordered people to carry Zhao Chengyong to Xinglu in Chang'an.
But Zhao Chengyong insisted on returning to the East Palace, but Li Xiaogong couldn't resist him, so he obeyed his wish.
He also ordered people to pack his armor and take it back with him.
After sending Zhao Chengyong down the mountain, Li Xiaogong found Li Yuanji in the corridor pavilion just now.
Li Yuanji was making tea. After seeing Li Xiaogong, he asked: "How?"
Li Xiaogong happily returned to sit on the couch where he had just sat, and angrily asked Li Yuanji to pour him a cup of tea. After taking a sip, he said: "The seeds have been planted, they are just waiting to take root and sprout."
Li Yuanji nodded and said nothing more.
Li Xiaogong couldn't help but said: "Aren't you afraid that I will misunderstand your intentions and think you want to kill him?"
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Xiaogong and said speechlessly: "Are you that stupid?"
Li Xiaogong smiled awkwardly and said, "That's true."
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at Li Xiaogong and didn't want to talk anymore.
But Li Xiaogong said resolutely: "This horse not only has its origins, but is now in the hands of someone you don't want to be hostile to. It may not be that easy to take it for your own use."
Li Yuanji poured himself a cup of tea and said, neither salty nor light: "I just made a casual move, and I don't expect immediate results, so there's nothing to worry about."
At this point, Li Yuanji looked at Li Xiaogong and said: "Besides, even if we can't use it for our own use, if we leave a good impression, when people come to kill us in the future, they will be more relaxed and won't torture us."
Chapter completed!