The situation was urgent now, and Li Xiang didn't have the time to beat around the bush. If they were to test each other for a while, half an hour would probably have passed. Moreover, according to Li Xiang's understanding, Princess Yongping had no other way out. Since she dared to follow him to Chang'an, it meant that she was ready to surrender to him, and now he was just using her in advance.
Princess Yongping never thought that Li Xiang would ask this question. This was a great disrespect to their royal family. However, it can also be seen from this that Li Xiang is a very practical person and will not do those empty things at critical moments.
"It could be those monks. Apart from them, all the power in Nanzhao is in the hands of my father and uncle. My grandmother's family is also powerful, but if we talk about taking down His Highness's over a hundred men, it could be only those three parties."
Princess Yongping could tell from Li Xiang's anxious face that this matter must be very important, so Princess Yongping did not hesitate and told everything she knew.
monk?
Li Xiang thought of Master Jinghong, who was smiling that day. Could this matter have anything to do with him? Wasn't he on the side of the King of Nanzhao?
If this was really done by Master Jinghong, then they should leave Nanzhao as soon as possible. Once the people from the temple get the news of the collusion between Prince Zhennan and Changsun Wuji, the King of Nanzhao may also know about this matter and may do something risky.
At that time, as long as we find a few people to analyze it, we may find some clues that Li Xiang is a double-dealer. Once we find this, even if the King of Nanzhao is very timid, he may react.
However, at this moment, they are less than 30 miles away from the border line, and they can cross it with a quick charge. Moreover, Xiao Yu's men are already ready near the border line. Li Xiang just sent someone to send a letter, asking them to be ready to respond at any time.
Although Xiao Yu didn't know what was going on, he guessed that Nanzhao didn't have the courage to attack His Highness. But since His Highness's order had arrived, we just had to be prepared. As long as His Highness's safety was not in question, what was wrong with us preparing for a battle?
"Is the relationship between the temple and your father true or false?"
Li Xiang pondered another question. If the temple could become a third power, why would it be dependent on the Nanzhao king? Given the sect's influence within Nanzhao, it could easily rise on its own, without needing to rely on any single individual. This would actually benefit Li Xiang. Originally, it was a two-party struggle, but now, if there were three, the country would fall even faster.
When Li Xiang asked the question just now, Princess Yongping could have answered it directly, but now this question involves the state secrets of Nanzhao. If there is nothing to be traded, I am afraid Princess Yongping will not say it casually.
When Li Xiang asked this question, he also felt that this question was of different weight from the previous one.
"If the princess is willing to tell me the truth, I will owe her a favor."
Li Xiang didn't know what Princess Yongping wanted, but a favor from him was priceless. In today's society, it was worth millions of coins.
"Your Highness is a man who values his promises. I will remember this today. If I need help from Your Highness in the future, I hope you will remember what I said today."
Princess Yongping couldn't think of anything for a moment, so she took Li Xiang's promise, which could at least save the lives of mother and son in the future.
"On the surface, my father and Master Jinghong have a good relationship, but the temple also has its own ideas. No one wants to have another person above them. At this stage, it is just forced by the situation."
Just a few short sentences have revealed the true situation. If this is really the case, Li Xiang is not too worried. If the temple really has ambitions, they will not hand over everything they have obtained to the King of Nanzhao. Instead, they will use these things to threaten the King of Zhennan in order to achieve their goals.
"Thank you, Princess."
After learning the news, Li Xiang made a bold guess. Perhaps there was a big hand secretly controlling the entire Nanzhao Royal City, but his people did not discover it. After entering, they focused all their attention on the palace and the Prince of Zhennan, and as a result, the people in the temple took advantage of it.
Chang Sun Ze may be a little immature in his work, but the people around him are extremely reliable. Even if an attack occurs, they will leave some signals for Li Xiang and others. We just have to find them ourselves. Now Su Dingfang's people have already set off, and there will be results within half an hour.
Princess Yongning hasn't returned from the town yet, but Su Dingfang's men have already returned. On a small road 35 miles away from here, they found the mark left by our men. This kind of mark is unique to system soldiers. Even if other people see it, they probably won't recognize what it is.
Li Xiang asked the system soldiers to use capital English letters as marks. If someone could recognize them in this day and age, that would be really weird!
"As expected, Your Highness. The second battle should have taken place not far from us. As for the first battle, we haven't found it yet. We found a large-scale mechanism there. Our men should have been beaten to the ground in an instant."
Long Jiu personally led his men there, and he was extremely confident in his brothers. Chang Sunze returned with more than a hundred brothers, equipped with various weapons in a place like the wild. If they did not have five times the strength, they might have encountered a trap.
Although their weapons and equipment were the best, they were indeed a little careless in such a place.
The goodwill shown by the entire Nanzhao made Changsun Ze and his men less vigilant. In addition, in such a remote place, no one believed that anyone would attack them. Moreover, it was less than a hundred miles away from the Sichuan border. They only needed to kick the horse's belly slightly and the horse would cross the border.
But even in this most unlikely place, something really happened to them. Their whereabouts are currently unknown. Only a dozen bodies were found at the scene of the accident, most of which were ours. No enemy bodies were found. Now the enemy is unknown...
