Wang Yanzhao knelt on the ground with a plop and said: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent and failed to convince Zhang Yifeng. Please punish me."
Seeing this, Duguyan helped Wang Yanzhao up, then frowned and asked, "What's going on? Why didn't he agree?"
Wang Yanzhao gave a bitter smile and said: "Your Majesty, he agreed at first, but the request he made was really hard to accept."
"Difficult to accept?"
Duguyan frowned and asked, "What request did he make?"
Wang Yanzhao took a deep breath, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, in order to convince him, I promised him to choose two treasures from the palace treasury as you ordered before, but he was not satisfied and asked for three.
Unreasonable request.”
"What! Three pieces?"
Upon hearing Wang Yanzhao's words, a flash of anger appeared in Duguyan's eyes.
The palace treasury is the treasure of past kings, and it is the foundation of the entire Dali Kingdom. He has paid a huge price to allow Zhang Yifeng to choose two pieces at will.
But he never expected that Zhang Yifeng's appetite would be so big!
Seeing that Duguyan didn't speak for a long time, Wang Yanzhao gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, this Zhang Yifeng is really arrogant. Why don't you leave the task of secretly protecting His Highness to me?"
Duguyan came back to his senses, shook his head, and said: "Although you are good in strength, you are far from Luo Tianshu's opponent. This time, what I want is not as simple as just protecting Little Twenty-two."
Wang Yanzhao was instantly shaken and said solemnly: "Does your Majesty want Luo Tianshu to die in Yong'an City?"
Duguyan nodded, with a cold look in his eyes, and said: "The royal city is the foundation of my Dali Kingdom. As long as I am alive, I will never allow turmoil here. Moreover, if Luo Tianshu is not dead, I will have no peace for a day. Only
If he dies in Yong'an City, we will be able to rest easy."
Wang Yanzhao heard this, took a deep breath, and said: "But Your Majesty, Zhang Yifeng refuses to take action now, who else can we send to deal with Luo Tianshu?"
Duguyan didn't speak, but started pacing back and forth.
After a long time, he stopped, turned around and said to Wang Yanzhao: "Agree to his request."
Hearing Dugu Yan's words, Wang Yanzhao was stunned for a moment, then his face changed drastically and he said: "Your Majesty, how is this possible? If we agree to Zhang Yifeng's request, then wouldn't we let him take away three treasures in vain?"
Duguyan sighed and said, "What else should I do? Do you have a better way?"
Wang Yanzhao opened his mouth, but no words came out.
"Okay, time is running out, you can discuss it with Zhang Yifeng."
Wang Yanzhao nodded and could only leave with a look of helplessness.
Not long after Wang Yanzhao left, the twenty-two princes came to the palace.
"Father, are you looking for me?"
After arriving at Duguyan's study, the Twenty-Two Prince asked respectfully.
Duguyan nodded and said, "Xiao Er Er, my father called you here because he has something to tell you to do."
When the twenty-two prince heard this, he was shocked and said quickly: "Father, please tell me, I am willing to relieve my father's worries."
Duguyan nodded with satisfaction and said: "Do you still have an impression of Qingyi Hou Luo Tianshu?"
Hearing Luo Tianshu's name, Prince Twenty-Two was stunned for a moment, then nodded and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Of course I have an impression. He is a traitor to the Dali Kingdom. How could I forget him."
Having said this, the Twenty-Two Prince paused and continued: "Could it be that your call to me, Father, has something to do with Luo Tianshu?"
Duguyan nodded, took a deep breath, and said: "As far as I know, Luo Tianshu appeared in Yong'an City."
"What!"
The twenty-second prince was shocked and said: "That traitor still dares to come back?"
Duguyan nodded and said: "Luo Tianshu has always been resentful towards me. This time he returned to Dali Kingdom because he came here because of me."
The Twenty-Two Prince snorted coldly and said: "Father, twenty years ago, I failed to take care of your worries, and I have always felt guilty. This time Luo Tianshu appears again, I will definitely not let him escape again."
Already."
"Please allow my father to allow me to lead troops to Yong'an City to capture the traitor Luo Tianshu."
However, Duguyan shook his head when he heard the twenty-second prince's impassioned words.
"No, my father does want to kill Luo Tianshu, but he doesn't want you to kill him."
The Twenty-Two Prince was stunned, a look of unwillingness flashed in his eyes.
Capturing and killing traitors was a great achievement, but he didn't expect that Dugu Yan would directly reject him.
His emotional changes were naturally noticed by Dugu Yan.
Duguyan sighed and said meaningfully: "My father knows that you have cultivated your own power over the years, and your strength is not bad, but compared with Luo Tianshu, your little background is still
There are still some things that are not enough.”
The twenty-second prince's expression changed. His behavior of secretly cultivating power was very secretive. He thought the king didn't know about it.
But now it seems that Duguyan not only knows about his cultivation of power, but also seems to know everything about it.
Thinking of this, the Twenty-Two Prince became anxious.
At this time, Duguyan continued: "Luo Tianshu is not something you can deal with. My father will find someone to deal with him, but before that, my father has one thing for you to do."
The Twenty-Two Prince was originally very uneasy, but after hearing what Duguyan just said, most of the uneasiness in his heart disappeared instantly.
"If your father has something that you need to handle, I will do it without any hesitation!" Prince Twenty-Two said solemnly.
Duguyan pondered for a moment and said: "Luo Tianshu is in Yong'an City at the moment. According to reliable information, he will come to the royal city in three days."
"I want you to set off for Yong'an City immediately. This trip to Yong'an City is not for you to deal with Luo Tianshu. You have only one task, and that is to investigate the details of Luo Tianshu."
"can you do it?"
After hearing Dugu Yan's words, the Twenty-Two Prince nodded solemnly and said, "Father, please rest assured that I will complete the mission successfully."
Duguyan nodded, and then said: "You don't have to worry too much. Your mission to Yong'an City this time is to investigate everything related to Luo Tianshu. Remember, if you encounter Luo Tianshu head-on, don't do anything.
If you love fighting, it’s important to save your life.”
The Twenty-Two Prince nodded and said: "Father, please rest assured, the Qingyi Marquis may be very powerful, but if he wants to kill his son, it will not be an easy task."