My older brother said I'm invincible.

Chapter 292 Madman
The golden mace stopped in front of Yang Jian's nose.

Yang Jian's body stiffened. He wanted to dodge, but he couldn't muster any strength at all. He was frozen in place, unable to move.

The next moment, Li Xuanba put away the golden melon hammer, reached out and grabbed Yang Jian's arm.

Yang Jian met Li Xuanba's gaze again.

At this moment, Yang Jian could hardly recognize Li Xuanba in front of him.

The usually harmless and seemingly harmless Li Xuanba had completely transformed. His eyes widened, filled with murderous intent, and were exceptionally fierce, as if he wished he could devour him alive.

Yang Jian suddenly remembered that when they were at the gate of the Imperial Academy, someone said that the third son of the Duke of Tang's family seemed to have some kind of epilepsy. He seemed normal on ordinary days, but when his illness flared up, he would become extremely ferocious and kill anyone he saw. The Duke of Tang had previously consulted many famous doctors and treated him for many years, but none of them had been effective.

So the rumor was true!

This guy is insane!
Yang Jian's eyes instantly became very clear, and he forced a smile, "My lord, what are you doing?"

Yang Jian was proud and arrogant, and had never been afraid of anyone. Even if someone pointed a sword at his neck, he wouldn't be afraid. He didn't believe that a normal person would risk the extermination of their entire clan to attack him. But the madman was different. If he was provoked and hit him with a hammer, who would he complain to?
Li Xuanba spoke up, "Your Highness, Lu Yuan's daughter Lu Aqing, Wang Changsheng's daughter Wang Ling, and Zhou Xingseng's daughter Zhou Guanyin were all kidnapped by Qiao Lingze yesterday. I've come to take them away."

Yang Jian's face darkened, and he looked up at Qiao Lingze in the distance.

"Qiao Lingze! Get over here!"

Qiao Ling scrambled to Yang Jian's side, pleading, "General Li! Please spare His Highness! If you want to kill or fight, come at me! Don't hurt His Highness!"

Yang Jian got even angrier. Are you afraid this madman won't beat me to death?

"Shut up!"

"Tell me, do you know those three women that General Li mentioned earlier?"

Qiao Lingze was taken aback and looked at Yang Jian. Yang Jian frowned and scolded, "If you know, then quickly return it to the General! Let the General take it away!"

"Your Highness! I deserve to die! I deserve to die! I brought these traitors into the manor for interrogation without informing Your Highness. I will have them brought out immediately!"

"what?!"

Yang Jian was furious. "You beast! How dare you do such a thing behind my back? How could I tolerate you?!"

Li Xuanba interrupted him, "Your Highness, you can deal with the servants later, but I have to take those three people with me."

"well."

"Qiao Lingze! What are you standing there for?!"

Qiao Lingze realized what was happening and hurriedly ran to the backyard. After a while, he saw several warriors carrying three disheveled and unconscious women. They arrived there and, under Li Xuanba's orders, walked out to the gate and handed the women over to the soldiers brought by Li Xuanba.

Li Xuanba released Yang Jian's hand and strode outside.

Qiao Ling rushed forward, helped Yang Jian up, and shouted, "Close the door!! Close the door!!"

The crowd closed the courtyard gate, and Yang Jian almost collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

Qiao Ling sat down beside him with concern, "Your Highness."

Yang Jian looked up at Qiao Lingze and said, "Summon troops."

"Summon the soldiers and guards to capture Li Xuanba."

"Your Highness, please do not be impatient!"

Qiao Lingze hurriedly said, "Such a major incident has occurred in the manor, and it cannot be hidden from His Majesty. Now is not the time to seek revenge on Li Xuanba. If His Majesty finds out that Li Xuanba caused a disturbance in the manor, he will surely punish him. We must think carefully about how to deal with this!"

Thinking of Yang Guang, Yang Jian had no choice but to suppress his anger towards Li Xuanba. He narrowed his eyes, remained silent for a moment, and then asked, "In your opinion, how should I deal with this?"

“I am willing to bear all the blame. Your Highness, just insist that you know nothing about this matter. As for those women, Your Highness, don’t worry. I will send people to verify this now. They will say that we acted under false orders and did it in private, and that Your Highness knew nothing about it. When you see His Majesty, you can push us all out, produce the evidence, and order our execution. In this way, His Majesty will certainly not blame Your Highness.”

Yang Jian looked at Qiao Lingze for a moment, his anger subsided slightly, and then he grabbed Qiao Lingze's hand. "I think it's not necessary to do that."

"what?"

“This isn’t necessarily a bad thing.” Yang Jian narrowed his eyes and said calmly, “Think about it, His Majesty has been so fond of the Prince of Dai recently because he’s unhappy that there are too many people close to me. If he knew that I was indulging in women and that someone had come to beat me up, do you think he would still be wary of me in the future?”

"No! No! Absolutely not!"

Qiao Lingze shook his head frantically, "Your Highness, this is no way to tarnish your own reputation! If you were an ordinary minister, this method might be acceptable, but you are destined to be the Crown Prince! This method of tarnishing your reputation is extremely detrimental to your status as heir apparent! Even if His Majesty doesn't punish you, will he dare to appoint you as Crown Prince in the future? This is absolutely unacceptable!"

Yang Jian hesitated for a moment, "Is it really not going to work?"

"No! Your Highness, civil and military officials may not care about their reputation, but how can a crown prince not care about his reputation? Moreover, if Your Highness leaves an image in front of the Emperor as someone who is infatuated with women and is being humiliated by ministers, how could the Emperor dare to entrust important matters to Your Highness?"

Yang Jian slapped his forehead. "I was careless!"

"But how can I bear to punish you?"

"Your Highness, we have received your great kindness. What is there to fear if we are to die? We only ask that Your Highness take care of our children."

"Rest assured, if any of you suffer misfortune because of me, I will take your children into my care and raise them as my own!"

As Li Xuanba and his soldiers walked out of the alley, they were met by Li Jiancheng and his men riding towards them.

Li Jiancheng and Wei Zheng quickly dismounted and walked a few steps to Li Xuanba, then looked at the women carried on the backs of the soldiers.

"How is this going?"

“Brother, I just broke into the Qi King’s mansion and rescued these three people. They were tortured terribly.”

Li Jiancheng looked at the women, his eyes burning with anger, but Wei Zheng asked urgently, "Your Excellency did not harm the King of Qi, did you?"

"No, I only knocked his sword away and injured his confidant; I didn't lay a hand on him."

"However, I really want to beat this beast to death."

Wei Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that they didn't directly attack the Prince of Qi. In this way, there is still a chance for things to turn around."

"My lord, do not hesitate. Take your men to the capital now to pay homage to the Emperor and inform him of the King of Qi's actions!"

Li Jiancheng, standing to the side, said, "His Majesty is very concerned about his reputation. If we were to submit a memorial directly, wouldn't that be..."

"Absolutely not."

Wei Zheng smiled and said confidently, "First of all, Your Excellency is His Majesty's close attendant, and your status is different from that of other ministers. Secondly, the Prince of Qi's influence has indeed been too great recently. I have heard that people have been blocking the roads for many days to visit him, and there are tens of thousands of officials and soldiers willing to obey his orders. The generals of the Twelve Guards all have dealings with him and can even directly mobilize the imperial guards to work for him."

"Perhaps the sage has been looking forward to this day for a long time!"

"My lord! Do not hesitate! Advance immediately!"

"Leave these women to us for now, I'll go find a doctor."

"it is good."

Li Xuanba handed the women over to his elder brother's men, then looked at Li Jiancheng and said with a hint of helplessness, "Brother, I've gotten you into trouble again."

"What are you saying! You were trying to save someone; even if you had broken into the Prince's mansion, or even killed someone, you wouldn't have done it."

"Cough cough!"

Wei Zheng interrupted Li Jiancheng with a cough, and Li Jiancheng then told Li Xuanba to hurry to the palace and not to delay.

Li Xuanba bid them farewell and hurriedly led his men towards the palace.

Being a guard in the palace is probably the most tiring job. There are very few holidays and a lot of work. However, it is not without its advantages. The only advantage is that you can enter the palace at any time and it is easy to see the emperor.

Li Xuanba went directly to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, where the emperor held banquets, and then asked the Imperial Guards there to report to him.

Soon, Li Xuanba entered the hall and arrived before the emperor without any hindrance.

(End of this chapter)