Chapter 22: I think highly of this young man

  In ancient times, the houses were spacious and their structures were quite large, with a height of over one zhang (about 3.3 meters) for each floor. The distance from the ground to the fourth floor was nearly twelve meters.

  Du He jumped out of the window and scared the middle-aged man and his guards stupid.

  One of them was highly skilled in martial arts, and the other had seen countless grand scenes, yet they were both stunned into silence by this scene.

  Knowing that one is anxious to save people, but saving people is not like this!

  The middle-aged man rushed to the window and looked down, even more shocked.

  Du He jumped from such a high altitude, according to common sense, he should have fallen rapidly, and if not hit his head on the ground, he would have died on the spot, or at least broken his arms and legs. But his falling speed was unexpectedly not as fast as imagined, but rather like a thin paper, a leaf, lightly floating down.

  But when he reached the top of the first floor, Du He's falling speed suddenly accelerated.

  At the peak of Du He's light skill, a slight jump could be like Chu Liuxiang, jumping seven feet. But now that I've only been learning martial arts for two months, it's far from what it used to be.

  Du He encountered the situation without being startled, calmly using the shoulders of the onlooking civilians as a stepping stone, shedding the downward force, leaping over the human wall, and joining the battle circle.

  Du He's legs rose into the air, and before he even landed, he had kicked two thugs who were sneaking up behind Luo Tong flying. As soon as his left foot touched the ground, his right foot swept out in a smooth motion, and he stood firmly behind Luo Tong, forcing back two more men while laughing: "Not bad!"

  Luo Tong saw the reinforcements arrive, and his spirits were greatly lifted. That cold face unexpectedly revealed a hint of a smile, nodding: "It's okay, I won't die, just got hit by those people's sneak attack, hurt my foot."

  Du He suddenly felt something was strange, which he had sensed earlier.

  Lu Tong's martial arts skills are extremely high, so how could he easily fall into a bitter battle.

  Lu Tong said so, and immediately understood.

  Lu Tong's deepest impression of Du He was his legs, which were like "bullets", fast and powerful. However, if one foot is injured, there is no way to recover. This is also the biggest shortcoming of those who specialize in legwork.

  If you only hurt one arm, at least there is still another one, but if you hurt one foot, it's equivalent to having no feet.

  After all, people need one foot to support their own strength.

  Lu Tong's leg strength was extremely strong, and his leg technique was also extremely high. Losing both legs would be like a tiger losing its sharp teeth, and naturally, he wouldn't be as good as before.

  "Be careful!" Du He said as he attacked the nearby thug.

  The martial arts of the Iron Blood Great Flag Gate were originally on a path of boldness and ferocity, with big movements that opened up and closed in unison. Adding to this was Du He's sudden emergence from the crowd, which gave him an even more imposing aura at this moment.

  The robbers who attacked Luo Tong were originally just taking people's money and goods, but when they saw someone intervene and the newcomer was quite fierce, they couldn't help but feel timid and had the idea of retreating.

  "It's not that easy to leave!"

  Du He's keen perception allowed him to read their thoughts, and his counterattack was heavier, faster, and more ruthless. In an instant, he knocked down eight people.

  Originally, if they had gone all out, Du He wanted to use the few to defeat the many, it wouldn't have been easy. But now they were all born with fear and had concerns, their moves were naturally affected.

  Du He was originally endowed with the advantages of Chu Liuxiang, his martial arts were fast and agile, using lightness as the main focus, making him like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, defeating his enemies in just three or two moves.

  Another person had squeezed into the crowd, Du Hehe smiled and quickly overtook him. Even Liu Xiang, known as the "Flying Man", could only watch his back and sigh. With a flash of movement, he covered the 100-meter distance in just 10 seconds. With one hand grabbing the man's neck, he flung him to Luo Tong's feet.

  "Who told you to do this?" Du He pressed his foot on someone's chest.

  That person was still unwilling to speak, but in just a moment, his face turned crimson, his eyes wide with shock, and a pleading expression appeared in his eyes.

  Du He's foot heavily stomped on his chest, right at the center where the trachea connects to the lungs. Not only could it immobilize him, but also block his airway, making him unable to breathe or speak.

  The feeling of being unable to breathe, unable to speak, and slowly suffocating to death is the most terrifying.

  "I don't know, we just took the money and didn't know who was behind it! Really!" He shrunk his body, panting heavily, with a pleading face, clearly afraid of being made to taste that again by Du He.

  "It seems you've offended someone who's not to be trifled with!" Du He said with a smile, the law and order of the Great Tang Dynasty was strict. From the time the incident occurred until now, some time had passed. Yet, not a single soldier responsible for maintaining law and order had appeared, there must be something fishy going on here.

  Lu Tong nodded, "Not only is he a formidable opponent, but also someone who's familiar with me." The other party had targeted his feet from the start, clearly aware of the ferocity of his legs, rendering him unable to use them to defend against the enemy.

  "Let's go!" Du He supported Luo Tong and shouted loudly at the fourth floor: "Uncle, drink next time, leave the rest to you. It seems that the security of my great Tang is just like this!" He said with a hint of something.

  The middle-aged man listened to Du He's words, and his tiger eyes suddenly burst out with a sharp aura. Du He's words were like a steel knife stabbing into his chest, making him extremely uncomfortable.

  "Your Majesty, this Du Erlang is indeed arrogant, daring to provoke Your Majesty like this." The guard was somewhat indignant.

  The middle-aged man was none other than Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin himself.

  Stolen idleness for half a day, Li Shimin held himself as an enlightened ruler, usually residing in the imperial palace, putting his mind on handling government affairs. Today, he had rare free time and called out his guards to take a stroll.

  Didn't want to see Du He walk into the wine building.

  Li Shimin had met Du Hu once and had some impression of him, so he invited him to come up and have a conversation, planning to ask this master of calligraphy about the writing method of Du's script.

  But unexpectedly this quarrel became uncontrollable, if it weren't for the occurrence of Luo Tong's matter, they might have really fought to the death.

  Li Shimin said calmly, "I'm not angry with him. I just can't believe that such a thing would happen in the capital of my great Tang Dynasty. I really want to know who is so bold and arbitrary. Not only did he instigate others to cause trouble in public, but also mobilized the city patrol troops on his own. Guo Hong, go back and investigate, find out who mobilized the city patrol troops."

  Li Shimin said with a sudden loud laugh, his laughter was extremely bright and full of joy.

  "I am truly delighted today, I have found another talent for the great Tang! Du He, you are worthy of being the son of Duke Du, indeed a true case of 'tiger father begets tiger son'." Li Shimin said with excitement, his hands and feet moving about.

  Li Shimin's most trusted sword-bearing bodyguard, Li Guohong, curled his lip in disdain, unable to see what was so special about Du He.

  His move happened to be seen by Li Shimin, who narrowed his eyes and said: "Guo Hong, do you think that Du He still hasn't figured out my identity? Perhaps he couldn't confirm at first that I am the current emperor, but when he later mentioned my shortsightedness, he must have already known my identity. It's just that he pretended not to know all along."

  Li Guohong showed an unmistakable expression, knowing that the person sitting in front of him was the Emperor of the Great Tang Dynasty, yet daring to say that the Emperor of the Great Tang Dynasty was short-sighted and self-loving?

  "I want officials who can speak justly and straightforwardly, not those who only nod in agreement. Du He's words may be unpleasant to hear, but they are pearls of wisdom! Not just I, but the entire court has been shortsighted. As Du He said, our Great Tang is too powerful, so we don't care about the transmission of some techniques. Even if they learn our techniques and have sharp weapons like ours, they won't be a match for us. So, the whole court has taken an attitude of not caring about the loss of these techniques. Du He may be young, but he sees things clearly. This is him speaking to me again, saying out loud in front of me the biggest flaw in our Great Tang's exchanges with other tribes."

  "This young Du is seemingly nonsensical, but actually wise beyond his years. Just you wait and see, this young man will become just like his father, a cornerstone of our great Tang Dynasty, I have high hopes for him."

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