Chapter 108 The End of Xu Shide
Xu Shide appeared in front of the door with a knife in his hand. His face was murderous and his eyes were full of desire to kill someone. He could not hide it.

"Li Gui, I underestimated you. How dare you lie to me? Tell me, where is the last Blue Shirt Notes?" Xu Shide shouted angrily.

Li Gui frowned upon hearing this, and was very surprised: "You didn't find the Blue Shirt Note?"

"I'm asking you, where is the blue shirt?" Xu Shide asked again with gritted teeth.

Li Gui suddenly laughed like crazy: "It is God's will. A sinister villain like you is doomed to fail!"

Xu Shide was angered by Li Gui's laughter. He strode up to Li Xian and put the knife on Li Xian's neck.

He threatened: "Tell me quickly, or I will kill the prince!"

Seeing this scene, Li Gui's heart sank instantly. Although he was reckless and brainless, he was very determined to restore the Tang Dynasty and would not watch Li Xian being killed.

"I didn't lie to you. I did hide the Blue Shirt Note there. If you didn't find it, it only means that someone took it away in advance."

Upon hearing this, Xu Shide closed his eyes in pain and sat down weakly on the chair.

After working hard for more than a year, it was all in vain.

But Xu Shide suddenly stood up again.

He was still unwilling to give up and wanted to find the last possibility: "Who was it? Who took it away? Who else knows about the Blue Shirt Note?"

"How do I know who took the book away?" Li Gui said disdainfully.

"Hurry up and tell me!" Xu Shide threatened again.

"I really don't know who took it." Li Gui said helplessly.

At this moment, a voice came to Xu Shide's ear: "Don't ask, I took the Blue Shirt Note."

Speed ​​is of the essence in war. Zhao Ji has already led his elite guards to launch a surprise attack on Xu Shide's lair.

The nearby internal guards were quietly subdued, and Xu Shide was left alone.

"Who? Who is talking? Come out!" Xu Shide looked around and screamed.

Zhao Ji suddenly appeared in front of the door, his eyes were like torches, his voice was like thunder: "Xu Shide, your conspiracy has been exposed, your doom has come!"

Although Xu Shide was shocked, he quickly came to his senses and subconsciously wanted to grab Crown Prince Li Xian as a talisman.

Zhao Ji saw through Xu Shide's intention, and he quickly rushed towards Li Xian.

At the critical moment, Li Gui stepped forward and rushed towards Xu Shide without hesitation, buying precious time for Zhao Ji.

Taking this opportunity, Zhao Ji grabbed Li Xian and quickly took him away from the danger zone and away from Xu Shide's threat.

But Li Gui still held Xu Shide tightly, and Xu Shide became furious and chopped him to the ground with his knife.

Li Xian escaped from the scene, still in shock: "General Zhao, it's you!"

Zhao Ji glanced at Li Gui and he seemed to be dead.

Xu Shide recognized Zhao Ji's Qianniuwei uniform and said in surprise, "You are a Qianniuwei under Di Renjie. How dare you attack the inner guards? Do you know that this is treason?"

Zhao Ji slowly said, "It is true that I am a Qianniu Guard, but I am the Qianniu Guard beside His Majesty."

"So what if there are Thousand Bull Guards around Your Majesty? They cannot interfere with the internal guards' investigation!" Xu Shide was still very tough.

Zhao Ji snorted coldly: "I was sent by His Majesty to investigate you. I have been monitoring you since you were pretending to be a proofreader. Do you think you can hide your plot to steal the treasure of the King of Yue from His Majesty?"

Xu Shide was secretly shocked, but refused to show weakness: "Who knows whether what you said is true or false, I only know that I am following the order of His Majesty to investigate the conspiracy between the Crown Prince and Li Gui."

"You must have been instructed by Di Renjie to plot something bad, to kidnap the prince, to kill Li Gui and silence him, and then to deceive His Majesty!"

Zhao Ji glanced at Li Gui who was lying on the ground, and was stunned by Xu Shide's shamelessness for a moment.

"I have finally opened my eyes today. As expected of the Internal Guards, they are good at confusing right and wrong and talking nonsense."

Xu Shide lied to himself and said, "When I get before His Majesty, I will know who is the one who is confusing right and wrong and talking nonsense."

Zhao Ji heard Xu Shide's words and just laughed: "You are so brave. I want to see how His Majesty will reward you."

Xu Shide's face froze, and he obviously thought of the outcome of his meeting the emperor.

His original intention was to scare Zhao Ji and then get away with it, but Zhao Ji didn't fall for it. Xu Shide had no other choice but to rush towards Zhao Ji with a knife, intending to kill him before making any plans.

Zhao Ji dodged the knife slightly and grabbed Xu Shide's arm to take the knife away.

Xu Shide lost his weapon and turned to escape, but Zhao Ji kicked him back into the room.

Zhao Ji walked forward and squatted in front of Xu Shide: "Aren't you going to argue in front of His Majesty? Why are you running away?"

Xu Shide struggled to get up, trying his best to seduce: "General Zhao, please let me go. You just said that the blue shirt in Li Gui's hand is in your hands, and I have the remaining two."

"Let's add two and one to make five. If we take out the King of Yue's treasure, you'll get six and I'll get four. No, you'll get seven and I'll get three. That's enough wealth and splendor for us to enjoy for several lifetimes."

When death was imminent, Xu Shide, like Liu Chali, said the words that divided the "June 4th" and "July 3rd" incidents.

When Zhao heard this condition, he made the same mocking sound as Xu Shide did when he laughed at Liu Chali.

The boomerang came so quickly that it was unexpected.

Of course, Zhao Ji would never agree: "Xu Shide, Xu Shide, do you think everyone is as greedy for money as you are? I still want to live a few more years!"

"General Zhao, please, I'll give you all the treasures of the King of Yue, please let me go." Seeing that bribery didn't work, Xu Shide turned to begging.

Zhao was unmoved and waved his hand to signal the guards to take Xu Shide away.

Before being dragged away, Xu Shide was still shouting: "Give me a quick death, kill me, I don't want to see His Majesty! I don't want to see His Majesty!"

At this moment, Di Renjie and Zeng Tai arrived late with a large group of people.

The two walked into the room, and Di Renjie knelt before the prince: "Your Highness, I am sorry that I came late to save you. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

Crown Prince Li Xian quickly helped Di Renjie up: "Please stand up quickly, Lord. Go and take a look at Li Gui, he..."

Only then did Di Renjie notice Li Gui, who was lying in a pool of blood beside the prince.

"Your Highness said that he is Li Gui? Chengyuan, what's going on?" Di Renjie asked.

Zhao Ji bowed his head and replied, "Xu Shide killed him. At that time, Xu Shide wanted to hurt the prince, and Li Gui blocked the knife for the prince. I only wanted to save the prince, so I had no choice."

Di Renjie looked at Zhao Ji deeply and sighed: "His Highness Li Gui died a worthy death. The trouble he caused was also ended by him."

Zhao Ji looked around and found that Shangguan Wan'er was not there, so he asked, "Where is Shangguan Cairen? Why can't I see her?"

Di Renjie said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty will soon arrive in Changcheng County, and Shangguan Cairen has gone to greet you."

"So fast?" Zhao Ji was a little surprised.

Di Renjie turned to the prince and said gently, "Your Highness, you are frightened. Please take a good rest. Perhaps His Majesty will summon you again today."

The prince looked horrified and asked in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, has she arrived in Huzhou? Has she known that I left the capital without permission?"

Di Renjie said helplessly, "Yes, I will explain to your majesty that I found out Xu Shide's conspiracy against the prince, so I wrote to invite you to Huzhou. You must remember it."

Li Xian was filled with gratitude and knelt on the ground: "Thank you so much, Lord!"

Di Renjie quickly helped Li Xian up and said, "Your Highness, please do not act so rashly in the future. Leaving the capital without permission is a serious crime!"

"Li Xian will follow the elder's teachings and think twice before doing anything in the future." The prince replied respectfully.

Di Renjie ordered Zeng Tai: "Zeng Tai, send His Royal Highness the Crown Prince down to rest."

"Yes, Your Highness, please follow me." Zeng Tai led the prince away.

After the crown prince and Zeng Tai left, Zhao Ji said, "Sir, your excuse is ridiculous. Chang'an is thousands of miles away from Huzhou. How long does it take to go back and forth? How can you deceive His Majesty?"

"It's okay. I know what I'm doing." Di Renjie said confidently.

"What should we do with Xu Shide? Should we get rid of him here to prevent him from doing harm to the prince when he goes to His Majesty?" Zhao Ji said again.

Di Renjie waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No! Xu Shide is an inner guard after all. His Majesty only asked you to arrest people, not to kill people. Killing an inner guard without authorization is a taboo."

"Leave everything to your majesty to decide. I don't think Xu Shide can speak anymore." Di Renjie said meaningfully.

(End of this chapter)