Li Tong stood in the middle of the Imperial Garden, looking up at the cold red moon in the sky.

Since the appearance of this red moon, few people have paid attention to the moon that was originally hanging in the sky.

Because the entire Tang Dynasty knows that this red moon is the incarnation of the master, and that is the place where he opened up to fight with the Heavenly Dao.

Those with a high realm can even see the faint silhouette of a figure in the red moon.

No one could have guessed how long the battle would last, but they were 100% sure that the Master would not return.

Without the master, Datang's deterrent power suddenly dropped a notch.

The master is to the Tang Dynasty what the nuclear weapons of later generations are to the country.

As long as nuclear weapons are held in the hand, they can create a great deterrent effect on the enemy if they are not used.

Now that nuclear weapons are floating in the sky, other countries are naturally not so afraid of Datang.

Of course. If the Tang Dynasty only relies on a master, it is impossible to stand in the Great Wilderness for thousands of years, and the heritage of the Tang Dynasty is incomparable to other countries, and the entire country is from the emperor to the people. All have a very different temperament from other countries.

It is the kind of temperament that no matter what happens, Datang will always be invincible.

So even if the master is gone, Datang is still a very difficult bone to gnaw.

But now, Datang is a hard bone. Shattered from the inside.

Meng Zhulu's death is the most important reason.

As we all know, the Tang military has two Dinghai Shen Needles, one is Zhou Ding, but this general was abolished by the previous emperor of the Tang Dynasty himself.

The other one is Meng Zhulu!

Without the master, Datang still has Meng Zhulu.

Now that even Meng Zhulu is gone, so Datang alone is no longer enough to make other countries feel fearful in terms of military strength.

As for the academy, there were naturally those powerful cultivators to deal with.

So for the Six Kingdoms of the Great Wilderness, the best time for a counteroffensive has arrived!

But for Li Tong, the outbreak of war was too inopportune, and he had not even settled down internally, and he was about to face the attack of external enemies.

Since the outbreak of the war, Li Tong has not slept a single solid night.

He would always wake up inexplicably, and he would always have frequent nightmares, in which the emperor reprimanded him in the most severe tone for stealing the high authority of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Tong now also knows that his position is not justified, and it is the former national teacher who joined forces with his mother to tamper with the edict of the former emperor.

The real emperor should be his sixth brother, Li Xuan, who was taken away by Mr. Big.

Li Tong couldn't figure it out, why was that?

The father would rather hand over Datang to a child than to himself!

What did he do worse than Li Xuan?

Thinking about it, Li Tong became angry, and the flowers and plants around him seemed very eye-catching, so he turned around and returned to the hall, took out a sword, and began to chop indiscriminately.

"I am the emperor, and I am the lord of the Tang Dynasty. Whoever stands in my way must die. Father, look at it. I will make Datang stronger, without the master, without Meng Zhulu, I can also turn the tide!" Li Tong roared as he chopped.

The eunuchs and palace maids inside and outside the garden knelt on the ground in unison. Trembling.

The emperor is now in the stage of incomprehension, since Meng Zhulu died, he has executed double-digit palace maids and eunuchs for various reasons.

Sometimes, they don't even use a reason, and they are directly executed.

So when Li Tong was angry, no slave dared to touch his head, even Li Tong's most trusted personal eunuch, he was far away from him at this moment.

Unlike other minions, as Li Tong's personal eunuch. He knew why Li Tong fell into a manic position after Meng Zhulu died.

Because Meng Zhulu's death is directly related to the emperor!

To put it bluntly, Meng Zhulu was killed by Li Tong.

The emperor betrayed Meng Zhulu and single-handedly destroyed the last patron saint of the Tang Dynasty.

This is in the same vein as his father, one ruined Zhou Ding, and the other ruined Meng Zhulu.

After a stick of incense, Li Tong was so tired that he was out of breath, threw the long sword in his hand to the ground casually, and straightened the crown of his head that had fallen a little. He staggered to the hall.

The palace maids and eunuchs who were kneeling on the ground also began to retreat.

Li Tong's eyes instantly became sharp.

These impudent minions!

These damn minions!

Am I that terrible?

At this moment, Li Tong almost couldn't help but kill again, but fortunately, in the end, the reason in his heart calmed him down.

"Swing, I'm going to the imperial study. Li Tong coldly commanded.

The personal eunuch whispered, "Your Majesty." It's getting late, pay attention to the dragon's body. "

"Do you want to be disobedient too?" Li Tong looked at him coldly.

The personal eunuch was so frightened that he was sweating like rain, and hurriedly said: "The slave doesn't dare, the slave will arrange it." "

Soon the step was ready. Li Tong got on the chariot with the support of the eunuch and walked smoothly towards the imperial study.

Halfway through, he met Ba Yuan, the commander of the imperial guards, who was patrolling.

"The last general will see Your Majesty. Ba Yuan knelt in front of the chariot.

Li Tong said: "It's Ba Yuan, it's just in time, accompany me for a walk." "

Ba Yuan, who lowered his head, flashed a sharp color in his eyes, but because he lowered his head, no one saw the change in his eyes.

"The last general commanded. Ba Yuan replied in a deep voice.

Li Tong got down from the step, told all the others to withdraw, and walked with Ba Yuan in the empty corridor.

"Everything I do is for the sake of Datang, but every step I take seems to be wrong. Li Tong said this as if he was talking to Ba Yuan, but he seemed to be talking to himself: "I don't understand whether I am too stupid, or those people deliberately want to make me ugly." I released the news of Meng Zhulu, but I don't want to kill him. I never wanted to kill him. I just want to make a deal, and once this deal is made, Datang will be directly invincible!"

"And this matter can't be blamed on me, if Meng Zhulu doesn't leave the camp, if he honestly takes the official road, how can he be killed without any warning. This is simply what he asked for, yes, he asked for it. "

Li Tong's emotions suddenly became excited, and then he turned to look at Ba Yuan, who was silently following him, "Ba Yuan, I'm right, right?"

Ba Yuan looked up at him. He said, "How could Your Majesty make a mistake?"

"You still know me. Li Tong was very satisfied with Ba Yuan's answer, "It's all their fault, I'm right." "

Ba Yuan continued: "However, Your Majesty has not made mistakes before, and it does not mean that you will not make mistakes in the future. "

The smile on Li Tong's face disappeared instantly, "Bold!"

Ba Yuan continued: "The previous events may really have little to do with Your Majesty, but as an emperor, you don't even have a basic responsibility, and this is the beginning of making mistakes. Once Your Majesty begins to make excuses for what you have done, and once Your Majesty refuses to face those mistakes, then the mistakes will continue to flow like a great river. "

Li Tong's face turned red, and he raised his hand to point at Ba Yuan, his fingers were trembling: "Ba Yuan, do you know what you're talking about?

Ba Yuan said lightly: "The nine clans of the last general, Your Majesty is afraid that you will not be able to punish them." "

If Li Tong still doesn't understand this, then he is not worthy of being the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

"I didn't expect you to be a chess piece, are you the sixth brother's person?" Li Tong regained the emperor's bearing and asked indifferently.

Ba Yuan said: "Is this important to Your Majesty?"

"It can be said to be important, or it can be said not to be important. Li Tong said: "You were picked up by me, before this I regarded you as my absolute confidant, I think everyone in the world betrayed me, and you will not betray me." So when you say that, I'm really surprised. But at the same time, I also know very well that if you want to get my approval, then your latent will have to go back to more than ten or even twenty years ago, and it is possible to get my approval after such a long period of lurking, so it doesn't matter who you listen to. "

Ba Yuan sighed and said, "Your Majesty, if you use such thoughts elsewhere, how can Datang be reduced to such a state." To be honest, I don't want to hurt Your Majesty, but for the sake of Datang, Your Majesty can only die. "

"Hahaha. Li Tong laughed loudly, "Ba Yuan, you are the commander of the imperial guards, but you have forgotten some basic settings? In the palace, the Li bloodline will not die. No one can kill someone with the Li bloodline here!"

Ba Yuan said: "Your Majesty is mistaken, someone once killed the Li bloodline here. "

"Who?" Li Tong's face turned pale.

Ba Yuan stretched out his hand and pointed to the sky: "Master." "

Li Tong clenched his fists, and his whole body became stiff: "You are not a master, you can't kill me!"

Ba Yuan hugged his fists: "Your Majesty, the last general is offended." "

With that, a punch was thrown out.

As Li Tong himself said, there is a very strong magic circle in the palace, and this magic circle is also from the hands of the master, but later Wangbeilou took over the maintenance responsibility of the magic circle, and the traces of the entire magic circle belonging to the master are basically gone.

This circle only protects those who have the Li bloodline.

When Ba Yuan punched Li Tong, the magic circle was immediately activated.

Above the walls on either side of the hallway, some tiles glow.

These tiles are actually the runes of the magic circle, as long as the life of the Li bloodline is in danger, the rune closest to the Li bloodline will be activated and protect the victim.

Ba Yuan naturally knew this, but he still chose to do it.

The reason is simple.

He felt that he was fully capable of killing Li Tong before the magic circle was fully activated!

It only takes one punch to deal with a weak emperor.

How long does it take to get a punch?

A blink of an eye? or a breath?

No matter how powerful the circle is, it will take time to activate.

However, Ba Yuan's punch was blocked after all.

It wasn't the Illegals who stood in his way, but a man.

National teacher, Zhu Haoyun.