"Who are you? This is my territory in Huang County, Datang. I will pull out weapons at will from the pipeline. Do you still have the royal laws of the Tang Dynasty in your eyes?"

Li Qing was sleeping in the carriage, but suddenly he was awakened by such a sound. He was quite familiar with the sound, so before the imperial guards could reply, he opened the window of the carriage.

When he saw the man who was rushing towards the imperial guards, wasn’t that the county magistrate Hong Yuan of Huang County? No wonder, they are now on the territory of Huang County, and they are so arrogant and casually wielding their swords, so it’s okay for him to take charge of the county magistrate.

"Hong Yuan, I haven't seen you for a while, why are you getting angry? Besides, you don't look like a county magistrate!"

Li Qing could tell at a glance that Hong Yuan must have encountered something urgent, but he still joked about it.

It doesn't matter if he joked. When Hong Yuan saw that it was Li Yan's voice, he didn't care about anything else. He hurriedly stepped in front of Li Yan's carriage, and even forgot about salute. Then he said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have been looking for Your Majesty with Henan Road for several days. The Japanese have planned to assassinate Your Majesty. Please follow me to the county center quickly!"

When Li Qing heard this, he knew the cause and effect of this matter. Obviously, Hong Yuan knew that he had left Chang'an City, but he didn't know which way he was going. He didn't know where he learned that the Japanese were going to assassinate him, but he was afraid that it would be leaked, so he rode alone on a horse to find Li Qing.

"Okay, get up and talk to the carriage!"

It is obviously not the time for assassination in the pipeline, and the reason why Li Yan and his group were not recognized was entirely because they had nothing to indicate their identity.

Hong Yuan, covered in dust, came to the carriage. When he saw that the imperial concubine was there, he subconsciously leaned towards the car door, which made Feng Yi curled his lips, thinking that Hong Yuan was young and behaved similarly to an old man like Xu Yuan.

"Your Majesty, this matter was personally told by the Japanese envoy of Tang Kogoro Yamamoto. It was taken out of his mouth by Muto Ichiro Muto. They wanted to poison my Tang navy before, but in fact they were just to lead Your Majesty out of Chang'an City. After I sent someone to Chang'an City, the news I got was that Your Majesty had already left Chang'an and was heading for Henan Road. I only started looking for it. Today I finally found Your Majesty here!"

"So that's the case, Hong Yuan, I am quite moved by your feelings. Even if the assassin's affairs are gone."

Li Neng said this lightly, which made Hong Yuan a little confused and asked directly: "How has it been gone, please let Your Majesty make it clear."

"Just when we arrived in Henan Road, the assassin had attacked us. Although several imperial guards were damaged, it was safe to arrive in Huang County. For details, I will talk about it later in the county."

Hong Yuan is a smart man. Since Li Yan has resolved this assassination, he naturally doesn't have to talk much, and immediately went back to Huang County with Li Yan.

No one except the county magistrate knew about the emperor's big deal when he arrived in Huang County. Li Neng and Feng Yi were arranged in a mansion by Hong Yuan, while others were arranged in an inn.

When he arrived at the county, many things began to be talked about. Li Qing took Xu Yuan and got together with Hong Yuan after eating some wine and food, mainly discussing how to deal with the affairs of the Japanese.

"Hong Yuan, I have to see him at first sight. Since this matter was said from his mouth, it means that he is still a little loyal to the Tang Dynasty. Many things about Yamamoto Kogoro must be confirmed with him. If you send some reliable people, you can't let Yamamoto Kogoro and other Japanese envoys out of our sight from now on. After some things are confirmed, you will control them all!"

"Why don't you control them now? I'm afraid that none of these Tang-sending envoys are innocent!"

"I suspect that they still have people in secret. The Japanese have some vengeful personality. If they cannot achieve their merits in one battle, such assassination will occur. They cannot assassinate me, but can assassinate people like you. If things develop to that point, it will be ugly!"

Hong Yuan nodded, understood what Li Neng meant, and stopped asking questions because he found that Li Neng knew a lot about Japan and was definitely not the one who had just learned about Japan's plan for the Tang Dynasty. This made his admiration for Li Neng several levels.

Moreover, he remembered that Li Yi's purpose of developing the navy here should have more or less related to the unhonest nature of Japan. Li Yi's defense towards Japan was even earlier than he knew. As for how early it was, he still didn't know.

After resting in Huang County for a night, Li Neng met Ichiro Muto.

This time, the imperial guards went directly to Muto Ichiro's village and invited him over. All the ronin from Japan had been caught, so it was no longer a dangerous thing to let Muto Ichiro leave his village.

"What you want to meet this time is our Emperor of Tang. He knows much more about your Japan than you think. If you can get through this hurdle, you will be a real Tang Dynasty person!"

This was Hong Yuan's only advice to Muto Ichiro before he went. In fact, Muto Ichiro was a little confused. The things that the Japanese people were jumping around should not be considered a big deal for the entire Tang Dynasty. But just such a thing actually made the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty come in person, and he had to see himself a Japanese spy, but he had only seen the Emperor of the Japanese once.

After entering the house where Li Yi was, all the imperial guards were waiting outside the door, which showed that Li Yi was confident about himself. He didn't believe that Muto Ichiro could pose any threat to his life safety.

"You are Ichiro Muto. I heard that your ronin assassination of me was what you learned from Yamamoto Kogoro's mouth?"

"I have agreed to Hong Yuan that since that day, I have regarded myself as a Tang Dynasty man. As long as I can finally get the peace of my wife and daughter, even if His Majesty kills me now, I will have no regrets."

Because Hong Yuan had never said he could spare him before, but if he regarded himself as a Tang Dynasty man, his wife and daughter might not have to die. So now when he came to Li Qing, he naturally had to make sure of this matter first.
Chapter completed!