Chapter 6: The Princess of Yaochi (Third Update, Seeking Votes)

  "Impossible!" Du He's three words, as sharp as a knife, made Li Chengqian's face, which was already cold, turn thoroughly green.

  As the crown prince, he thought that his previous words had already shown weakness, but Du He didn't know when to stop and didn't give him any face at all.

  "Do you really want to be an enemy of mine?" Li Chengqian said, gritting his teeth, and even though they were dozens of feet apart, one could still hear the sound of his teeth grinding.

  "I, Du He, do not want to be an enemy of anyone, but they are the people of my fiefdom. They have encountered difficulties, and I, Du He, cannot ignore it. This matter will stop here, I don't have time to inquire about the prince's private life, but I also hope that the prince can show mercy and spare them. After all, right and wrong are clear in one's heart! Du He said calmly, this was his greatest concession, because Li Chengqian had already crossed the bottom line of his principles as a person, Du He had always hated evil people who bullied innocent civilians. As the crown prince, Li Chengqian naturally did not know the position of a humble farmer in the hearts of the people."

  Losing one head of draft cattle can even lead to a family's downfall.

  If it weren't for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, he wouldn't have considered giving up at this point, and even less would he care whether Li Chengqian was the crown prince or not.

  At this time, Li Chengqian still wants to force him to hand over the person, which Du He absolutely cannot do.

  "Good! Very good!" Li Chengqian burst out laughing loudly: "Even you don't put Luguang in your eyes!" He was about to turn his horse around and leave, but a sly-looking scholar beside him whispered in his ear: "Your Highness, if you back down now, how can you save face? Besides, if you don't teach this little brat a lesson today, he'll surely expose what happened last night, which would be very disadvantageous to you!"

  That cunning scholar spoke in a low voice, but Du He's ears and eyes were sharp, and he heard it clearly.

  Li Chengqian hesitated for a moment, thinking to himself that he was the crown prince, the future ruler of the country, and that one person's power was above that of ten thousand people. Du He had dared to openly defy him for the sake of three lowly commoners... The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he couldn't help but shout: "Guards, Du He has shown disrespect to the crown prince and contempt for the imperial family; take him away!"

  "Good one, prince! Good one, 'disrespecting the prince and looking down on the imperial family'! I, Du He, am right here. Let's see how you can deal with me!" He drew out his Panlong sword, and under the morning sun's rays, the sword light shot out in all directions, emitting a cold aura that sent shivers down one's spine. With an unyielding gaze, he stared at the dozen or so East Palace guards who were approaching him with large strides.

  Du He made the first move, his long sword stabbing out and charging forward strongly against the guards. A strong and powerful guard danced with his knife in front of Du He.

  Du He exchanged several moves with him, feeling that his opponent's moves were precise and powerful, worthy of being an Eastern Palace Guard, far surpassing ordinary people. The long sword flashed, forcing the opponent to retreat, but before the second sword was out, he suddenly felt a strong gust of wind behind him, with a blade attacking from behind.

  Du He knew that being injured in a group fight was not as good as cutting off one of the enemy's fingers. He dodged to the side and didn't bother with the incoming enemy, instead going straight for the retreating person to attack.

  But little did they know that these East Palace guards were not ordinary, with every move and countermove having a rhythm and formation, each one's skills were extraordinary. Fighting against the ten of them was like fighting against thirty or forty people.

  The sword had not yet been drawn, and three more men came in batches to surround him.

  Du He could only abandon his attack and defend, wielding his sword to block and parry, the two swords clashing, sparks flying everywhere.

  His heart skipped a beat, these East Palace guards' martial arts were not weak, and their advances and retreats had specific formations and arrays. One-on-one he was not afraid, and with his own lightness skill, he was also fearless. But now this set of formations they used was extremely ingenious, clearly fighting against ten people, yet it was like being surrounded by fifty skilled fighters, making him unable to use his hands or feet, only able to use his lightness skill to dodge.

  Du He's heart was shocked, and Li Chengqian was even more frightened. He had long known that Du He's martial arts were strong, so the guards he brought with him were all elite warriors from the Eastern Palace. They used the improved formation created by Li Jing based on the Six Flower Formation as their foundation. The ten of them worked together in coordination, and anyone who entered the formation would be surrounded by multiple opponents, like being attacked by several times more good hands than oneself. This was a special tactic used to deal with those powerful assassins.

  In the past, whenever facing a good hand, this formation would inevitably lead to the opponent being tied up, but Du He was able to come and go freely within the formation, fighting fiercely for over twenty rounds, yet emerging without a single hair out of place - this was truly an unprecedented event.

  Du He's footwork was light and agile, as he secretly thought of a way to break through the enemy lines. Suddenly, a loud shout came from behind, "Bullying the few with many, what kind of hero is that? Don't be afraid, young master, I'm here to help you!"

  Du He was startled and looked up, but a green-shirted girl rode a green horse, galloping quickly, and came lightly.

  That woman showed a beautiful and elegant demeanor, with a heroic spirit shining through. Her face was as smooth as goose fat, her lips were like cherry blossoms, her eyebrows were like ink paintings, and her eyes were like autumn water. She leaped into the air, jumping off the horse's back, vaulting over the crowd, and while still in mid-air, she flicked her wrist, and with a whip that seemed to have grown eyes, lashed out at a guard's ankle, catching him off guard and pulling him down to the ground, where he collided with another guard.

  Du He saw that the enemy's formation had been broken, and with a long whistle, his sword danced, continuously giving thirty-six swords. He was angry at Li Chengqian for being unreasonable, and hated these Donggong guards for harming the people, and was also worried that they would reorganize their formation, so this move was a strange and clever quick and ruthless move.

  The situation suddenly reversed, Du He kicked two people and fainted them with a sword.

  The woman also showed off her impressive skills, whipping two guards more than a dozen times, beating them until their skin split open.

  She stood beside Du He, raised the long whip in her hand, and let out a crisp whip sound, laughing: "This young man's kung fu is not bad!" She spoke in Chinese, but with an unusual accent.

  Du He saw the young woman reveal such a beautiful hand, took another look, and couldn't help but be stunned. What a beauty! She was tall and statuesque, with a slender skeleton, long legs, and a head of shiny brown hair. About 19 or 20 years old, under her brown bangs was a face like white jade, high nose bridge and a pair of big bright eyes, long and straight shoulders, wearing a green shirt, with a small golden embroidered hat on her head, looking at her attire it wasn't the usual Tang Dynasty style, but rather had some resemblance to the Tibetan region's attire, and the clothing style was quite luxurious.

  Du He Xin said: "Could it be that they are guests from a foreign country who have come to visit the Tang Dynasty?" Looking far away, he indeed saw a large group of people and horses rushing over from afar, among whom were not a few soldiers holding spears and swords. His heart was filled with surprise and uncertainty, and he hastily put away the Panlong Sword, thinking that he must not let foreigners laugh at him.

  Li Chengqian was not a fool either, seeing this situation, he also ordered the withdrawal of the East Palace guards, and put on a smiling face, dismounting and advancing to say: "I am Li Chengqian, the Crown Prince of the Great Tang Dynasty. I have met this young lady, but I don't know which country's envoy you are!"

  The girl in the green dress was slightly stunned and whispered: "You are the Crown Prince of the Great Tang Dynasty!"

  Li Chengqian felt extremely pleased and looked deeply at the woman in green clothes, saying: "It's really me!"

  The girl in the green dress looked again and again, muttering softly: "How can it be that it doesn't look like him at all!"

  Li Chengqian, this prince in name and reality, twitched at the corner of his mouth, with a face full of embarrassment!

  Du He couldn't help but let out a "heh" and burst out laughing.

  Li Chengqian glared at him with a mixture of anger and embarrassment, but Du He just smiled innocently, his expression saying "what's it to you".

  The blue-shirted girl also reacted and hastily composed herself, bowing to say: "I am Princess Yáo Chí of the Xiang Xióng Kingdom. I have met the Crown Prince of the Heavenly Dynasty before. Please forgive my previous offense!"

  Du He worried that Li Chengqian would lose the face of the Tang Dynasty, and hastily said: "It turned out to be Princess Yaochi. I, Du He, had previously sparred with the Crown Prince's guards, but didn't expect to disturb Your Highness. I truly apologize!"

  Li Chengqian nodded in agreement.

  The princess's eyes lit up, and she exclaimed: "You're the Du He who killed the Tibetan general Nanzan Yandian? I've heard of you, you're really something!"

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