My older brother said I'm invincible.

Chapter 302 Well behaved
Outside the Prince Qi's residence.

The bustling scene of the past is gone forever; the outside is empty, with no carriages parked on either side.

Inside the mansion, a deathly stillness hung in the air.

Even the servants in the mansion spoke much softer and dared not talk.

Inside the main hall in the backyard, Yang Jian sat in the seat of honor, his face pale and his eyes lifeless.

Pei Yun sat down next to him.

"Your Highness need not worry, but you must be careful in employing people in the future, and ensure that those around you do not commit any more evil deeds."

"Help?"

Yang Jian raised his head, his eyes bloodshot. "All my trusted confidants have been killed! How am I supposed to use people now?"

Pei Yun calmly asked, "Does Your Highness have any objections to His Majesty's decree?"

Yang Jian immediately chickened out and hurriedly shook his head.

"it's not true."

Seeing Yang Jian's terrified expression, Pei Yun secretly scoffed.

He was willing to associate with Husi Zheng, but not with Yang Jian. He defended Yang Jian, and now he came to him not to find allies, nor to get involved in the matter of the crown prince. He came to find a knife for himself.

Regardless of Yang Jian's own abilities, his status alone is far too sensitive. As one of the five most powerful figures in the court, if he were to deliberately try to get close to a prince and even bring along a vice minister of the Ministry of War, it would be as if he wanted to live too long.

Therefore, there is no need for an alliance; just let him work for you and be at the forefront.

However, judging from Yang Jian's current reaction, the knife may be a bit dull, not sharp enough, and lacks power.

Pei Yun could only help him polish it slightly.

"Your Highness, please do not be so afraid!"

"Has Your Highness not yet understood His Majesty's intentions?"

Hearing Pei Yun's words, Yang Jian looked at him with some hesitation. Yang Jian couldn't possibly not understand the emperor's intention. It was simply that the emperor felt that he had been too assertive over the years, so why didn't he just endure it?

But that was clearly not the way to put it, so Yang Jian had no choice but to lower his head and say, "I have been arrogant and domineering these days and have failed His Majesty's high expectations."

"wrong!"

Pei Yun immediately interrupted him, looking at Yang Jian who had a somewhat astonished expression, and said seriously, "Your Highness still hasn't figured it out!"

"What His Majesty is angry about is not Your Highness's arrogance and domineering attitude, but quite the opposite, that Your Highness is too weak and not assertive enough!"

"what?"

Yang Jian was completely bewildered. His eyes widened. "Is Lord Pei here to kill me?"

The reason he's fallen to this state is because his father is wary of him. If he acts too forcefully, it won't just be his own trusted confidants who die, right? You're coming for me, aren't you?

Pei Yun shook his head. "Your Highness still doesn't understand. These days, Your Highness has always been kind to others, not assertive enough. When others are in trouble, you always back down and don't hold a grudge. You are too tolerant!"

"This time, a mere junior officer barged into His Highness's residence, and even so many trusted confidants couldn't stop him!"

"This is exactly what His Majesty is angry about!"

"If Your Highness does not realize this, or even misunderstands His Majesty's intentions, things will not only not improve, but will become even worse."

Yang Jian finally understood. Did this person think he had too many friends and no enemies? Was he being too amiable, avoiding making enemies or tarnishing his own reputation like Yuwen Shu had?

Yang Jian seemed to be deep in thought. He looked around at the empty surroundings and realized that he couldn't find a single person to offer advice. He suddenly felt a surge of grief and indignation and subconsciously asked, "Lord Pei, I have no one by my side right now. What should I do?"

Seeing that the fish had taken the bait, Pei Yun stopped hiding it, and his expression softened considerably. "Those people from before are not trustworthy and are not capable of accomplishing great things. Besides, why does Your Highness always keep an eye on these warriors from Guanzhong? What plans can they possibly devise for Your Highness?"

Why not follow His Majesty's example?

Yang Jian instantly realized, "A scholar?"

Pei Yun said no more, but bowed to Yang Jian, "Your Highness, this matter was caused by your lax discipline. In principle, I should not have been involved, but I couldn't bear to let such a thing affect the relationship between father and son, so I interfered too much. Your Highness should take this as a warning and not help Your Highness a second time." "As for Li Xuanba and Duke Xu, please forgive their rudeness. They were just following orders and had no other choice."

Pei Yun stood up and walked out. Yang Jian hurriedly got up and escorted him to the door, his attitude quite respectful.

Pei Yun walked out the door, got into the car, lowered her head, and had a sinister smile on her face.

Yang Jian walked alone in the courtyard. As he looked around, those horrific images still flashed through his mind: his confidants were being executed in an extremely cruel manner right here, in front of him.

Yang Jian clenched his fists, his face becoming increasingly ferocious.

I've gathered a bunch of warriors, but they can't defeat you scoundrels. So I'll gather a group of scholars and see how I kill you bastards.
Leaving aside Yuwen Shu, Li Xuanba, you are definitely going to die.

Xiaoguo Health School Field.

Batch after batch of soldiers were brought here, and the new army is being actively formed.

Following the emperor's decree, these soldiers were all carefully selected elite soldiers from Guanzhong, each tall and strong. Yuan Li did not dare to assign people haphazardly, and did a very serious job of conducting various assessments before recruiting them.

The new recruits arrived at the drill ground and began their organizational process.

Li Xuanba wasn't good at this kind of thing. Recruiting and organizing personnel was something a young kid like him couldn't handle. Luckily, he had veterans like Yuan Li by his side, so he confidently entrusted the task to them.

These newly recruited soldiers were all fierce warriors, most of them arrogant and unruly. Before entering the training ground, they were already somewhat domineering, but once they entered the training ground, they became more and more obedient and well-behaved.

"Boom~~"

Li Xuanba stood at a distance and suddenly threw the hammer in his hand.

In the distance, the wooden figure's head was smashed to pieces.

Qin Qiong stood beside him, but still shook his head, "My lord, try not to move your feet, just rely on your waist and hands?"

The soldier picked up the golden mace, and Li Xuanba threw it again. This time, he didn't move his feet; he threw it from the spot. Li Xuanba felt that it lacked some power, even though the wooden figure was now only half a body.

Qin Qiong continued to make adjustments to him.

Qin Qiong doesn't use double maces; this fellow uses a horse spear.

His own martial prowess was ridiculously strong. Historical records mention that a certain petty second son couldn't stand the enemy's pretentious posturing. Whenever he saw a fierce general showing off his martial arts and his troops in the enemy's ranks, this second son would order Qin Qiong to rush over and kill them.

Qin Qiong charged into the enemy ranks single-handedly, killed the enemy general, and returned. Moreover, this was not an isolated incident; it happened every time. In addition, this fellow also holds the record of leading ten riders to and from the enemy ranks four times, forcefully defeating the enemy army.

Even among the most formidable individuals recorded in history books, this person was undoubtedly the most formidable of them all.

At this moment, this peerless general began to carefully train Li Xuanba. This general's teaching method was something that ordinary people could not learn, but it was surprisingly suitable for Li Xuanba, after all, this guy focused on a single stat.

To make it easier to teach, Qin Qiong would also hold a hammer and demonstrate to Li Xuanba. Although his hammering wasn't as accurate as Li Xuanba's, the force and the sound of it cutting through the air sent chills down the spines of the surrounding soldiers. Could that hammer blow really pierce through a person?

The fierce soldiers had just entered the drill ground when they saw two people standing in the distance.

One looked to be around ten years old, the other around twenty, and then, from forty or fifty steps away, they smashed a dummy to pieces with a single hammer blow. They didn't even need to rest.

As a result, their expressions became respectful, and the arrogance in their eyes disappeared without a trace. They didn't say much when they were reorganized and were very obedient.

Yuan Li led the new soldiers in, looked at the two men throwing hammers in the distance, took a deep breath, waved his hand, and called over a military officer from afar.

"How long have they been practicing?"

"We've been training all day without stopping."

"Hiss, is this even human?"

"Isn't this a good thing? If there's a war in the future, these two can be at the forefront of the battle."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Li burst out laughing. "You're right. It would be great if there were another one like that, with one in the center and the other two on the left and right. That would be truly invincible."

"You probably couldn't find anyone like them anywhere else in the whole world.

(End of this chapter)