Jun Zhantian sneered, his eyes revealing traces of emotions. “Grand Preceptor, are you trying to imply that any high ranking official within the royal court have the right to harbour assassins within their homes? Go search! Anyone who dares obstruct, kill them without mercy!”
Suddenly, hundreds of soldiers marched in from behind, heading towards the Li Residence’s inner areas with the intention of searching. Li Shang’s body trembled in anger and he shouted. “Jun Zhantian, you are acting brazenly, overstepping the bounds of your office! Are you planning to rebel?”
Jun Zhantian laughed out loudly. “Grand Preceptor sure knows how to joke! This senior official is simply trying to root out the assassins who tried to assassinate the Imperial Princess. How is this action of mine overstepping the bounds of my office? How could this be considered brazen? How am I planning to rebel? Grand Preceptor, you have been trying to stop me from searching your residence for quite a while now. Could it be that there is a connection between you and the assassins?” After saying that, Grandpa Jun ignored him and waved his hand, signalling for the soldiers to speed up their searching speed.
It was at this moment that a white robed youngster stepped forth; it was none other than Li Youran. He gave a ceremonious salute of respect to Jun Zhantian before speaking up. “Since Senior Duke Jun wishes to conduct a search, our Li Family’s underlings would certainly not oppose you. However, without His Majesty’s decree, Senior Duke Jun’s action today would be tantamount to a wanton act of trespassing into the home of a high ranked court official. Hehe, even if Senior Duke Jun is not fearful of the consequences, our Li Family still needs to uphold some of our reputation. If this matter were to be spread out, then both our reputation would end up being smeared!”
Jun Zhantian coldly stared at the refined looking youngster standing before him. He could not help but recall his grandson, Moxie. His grandson could have ended up being even more powerful than Li Youran, but had ended up suffering from a sinister attack! When he thought about that, his fury burst out and he coldly asked. “What are you suggesting?”
“This junior only have a simple question to ask of Senior Duke Jun. Senior Duke Jun keeps reiterating that you wanted to conduct a search of my family’s residence to find assassins. It does not matter from where or how Senior Duke received the information that our Li Family is harbouring assassins. However, what will Senior Duke do if you are unable to find the assassins within my family’s residence?” Li Youran gently smiled and took another step forward. “Should that happen, Senior Duke Jun will have to give our Li Family an explanation!”
Grandpa Jun laughed out loudly. Suddenly, he took a step forward and threw out a vicious slap at Li Youran’s face. A “pa” sound rang out, followed by a kick from Grandpa Jun directed at Li Youran’s stomach. After kicking Li Youran to the ground, Grandpa Jun spoke out in anger. “This senior is in the process of searching for assassins! Not even your grandfather dared to fart in front of me, but you? What are you? You dare come out to start a debate and find faults with this senior? You want an explanation? This is my explanation!”
“Pooh!” Jun Zhantian spat out. “What a joke! If we could not find the assassins, that would naturally mean that your Li Family is innocent! If we cannot capture the assassins, then we will obviously have to continue searching! What else is there? I am more interested in asking you this. Your Li Family, from the seniors down to the juniors have been desperately trying to stop me from conducting a search for the assassins. What are you planning? Could it be that your Li Family is planning to rebel? Are you the mastermind behind the Imperial Princess’ assassination attempt? If the assassins were to successfully escape due to your actions of delaying my duties, do your Li Family have enough heads to bear this responsibility?”
These words were directed at Li Shang. Clearly, Grandpa Jun did not view Li Youran as someone with the qualifications to even talk to him.
Even in a confrontation between military forces, rank must be considered. If a bunch of rookie soldiers with no qualification were to be sent to the battlefield, they would only end up being suppressed and massacred. Naturally, Li Youran understood this logic. However, he could not stand the sight of his grandfather being humiliated so. In addition, there were indeed some people that must not be found staying inside their hidden chambers. If those people were to be found, that would be akin to having yellow mud smeared onto their underwear. Even if it is not poop, everyone will still think it is poop. Even if the Li Family is not guilty, everyone will still think the Li Family is guilty! Left with no choice, he had to step forward and hope that Jun Zhantian would consider his status as the number one person within the