(Thanks to the big crape myrtle, the reward of weaving smoke into poetry.) )

Chapter 589: Death is not blind

Li Shimin put the horizontal knife in his hand on the table casually, he pulled the chair that Li Yuanji had sat on just now and sat down, took out a clean handkerchief and carefully wiped the blood on his hands, Li Yuanji had retreated to the corner of the big tent, his face was pale with fright, and he looked at Li Shimin tremblingly, his hands subconsciously touched around him, but he didn't even have a thing that could hurt people.

He was wearing King Qi's royal clothes today instead of armor and no saber, so the despair in his eyes became stronger and stronger.

The blood was fresh and warm. Li Shimin suddenly lowered his head and sniffed the back of his hand, and then sighed softly: "No matter how you wipe it, the smell of blood on this hand will never be wiped off." Yuanji ...... I know you've been trying to kill me, but you've never been able to find the right opportunity. Today you are coming on behalf of your father, or you have the intention of humiliating me, but whether you want to humiliate me or you want to kill me, I will not give you a chance......"

He raised his head and glanced at Li Yuanji and said seriously: "I also know that you persuaded your eldest brother to kill me more than once, and you have always had this idea since I arrived in Taiyuan from the old mansion in Longxi, right?" But now I am no longer the Li Shimin who needs to be cautious everywhere and even be humble, and the growth of you and your eldest brother has not been great, I still pretend to be kind and polite in front of you but the taste is different from the earliest time, in other words, I am willing to be polite to you, I am polite to you, and I don't want to be a passerby. At first, I was not as good as my eldest brother and I was not as good as you, but now my eldest brother is better than me in addition to the status of a prince? You don't need to say anything, do you know why? ”

Li Yuanji looked at Li Shimin, and there was a deep hatred in his despair.

"When you saw me kill Li Mi just now, you looked extremely disgusted by the scene of the separation of the corpse, and said two disgusting words...... That's why you and my big brother are not as good as me. ”

He raised his slender hand and smiled proudly: "You and your eldest brother both want to kill people, but they are disgusted by the smell of blood, obviously they are not good people but they don't want to be stained with blood." The smell of blood on my hands is stronger than you and Big Brother combined, and I don't hate the smell......"

He looked at Li Yuanji and said, "The smell of blood is the most intoxicating, that is, the taste of old wine that has been cellared for twenty years is not as good as what happened. You and Big Brother are both drunk people, and I am a drunk person with blood. Being drunk with alcohol makes people lose their minds, and they are as soft as mud, and drunk with blood makes people more and more calm, cold, and ruthless. That's the difference between you and me, and that's why you can't fight me after all. ”

Li Shimin said: "What I am telling you about is not because I have the pride and pride to deliberately show off because I control your life and death today, but to say a fact." You may think that I am a villain, a poor family who gets rich, but if you really think so, it will be too naïve and boring. The reason why I say this to you is because after all, you are my younger brother, and my eldest brother is my eldest brother after all, and I have to find an excuse to comfort myself when I kill you, not to comfort you. ”

"I said to myself that you are going to kill me too, so I don't have any burden to kill you. In fact...... It's just self-deception, and I don't think I need any excuse to kill you all the time. ”

"I know what Li Xian did, he used me to kill the eldest grandson Shunde to let the eldest brother force me, drive me to a dead end and then be killed or imprisoned by my father, the eldest brother needs this opportunity, Li Xian also needs this opportunity, because I am their opponent, what Li Xian wants is that my Li family is restless, and his Yanyunzhai has a chance to become bigger. What the eldest brother wants is to eradicate me as a threat, and he will inherit the chair so that he will be safe and sound. ”

"But you've taken me too lightly, and you've been pushing me to the ground. But it is undeniable that it forced me to show all my strength in advance, and I didn't want to do it so early. I also want to see my father's attitude, if he is really a cold-hearted person, I don't have to care about any family affection. If he really has the heart to pass that son on to me, it will be okay for me to wait a few more years, and I can still be a filial and well-behaved son. And you can live a little longer, and it's good to live three or five years longer, but now you have to die, at the end of the day...... You are to blame. ”

"Li Xian put pressure on me by asking his father for two heads, and he did this very beautifully. Pity...... He doesn't understand me. ”

Li Shimin threw the blood-stained handkerchief on the ground casually, picked up the horizontal knife on the table again, and walked slowly to Li Yuanji, his face was calm, his eyes were flat, and there was not even a trace of murderous aura.

"Motoyoshi...... After you die, I will give an account to my father on your behalf. I will send someone to the Yanyun army camp to hand over the heads of Li Jing and Li Mi, he will inevitably be afraid after fleeing for a long time, and asking for two heads is not at all atmospheric, not like our Li family doing things. ”

"So I'll send your head back as well, whether Li Xian wants it or not, as long as your head arrives in the Yanyun Army camp, even if it is thrown out by Li Xian immediately, he still can't get out of it...... He would not go with me to be my servant, so I had to force him to do it, first to live, and then to die. ”

"Jiangdong Sun Zhong murdered Yun Chang, but gave the head to Cao Apu...... I'll kill you and give your head to Li Xian......"

Li Shimin said as he walked: "Don't you think it's wonderful? ”

"Don't be afraid, I'm your second brother, how can it make you miserable? I'll be very careful to kill you quickly, you won't feel the pain and die...... Motoyoshi, let me ask you, do you think it's better for me to cut in from the left or from the right? Second brother, listen to you, you said the math. ”

He stared at Li Yuanji's neck as if he were staring at a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

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On the fifteenth day of the first month of the second year of the Tang Dynasty, the capital Chang'an was lit up, the people took to the streets, His Majesty the Emperor personally went to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple to pray for the queen, accompanied by hundreds of civil and military officials, a team of elite warriors passed after His Majesty's jade chariot, and hundreds of officials and military generals all rode horses to follow behind the jade chariot, and then behind it was the elite cavalry of the forbidden army with distinct armor.

Early in the morning, the officials and helpers of Chang'an Mansion poured out of the nest, but they did not dare to expel the people. The emperor's decree was in Chang'an Mansion the day before yesterday, and he was not allowed to disturb the people. Lord Cheng of Chang'an Mansion has hardly slept in the past two days, and has scattered all the people who can be mobilized. At least one of the ten people who kneel down on both sides of the street to worship is a plainclothes official. Chang'an Mansion, the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and even the city defense army have all been transferred, lest there be any mistakes in the first official trip after the Son of Heaven ascended the throne.

Because the queen was seriously ill, she had lost her mind since the New Year, and she vomited every day for the first few days, and there were wriggling live worms among the filth she vomited. The imperial physician was helpless, so the emperor decided to go to the Temple of Ten Thousand Buddhas to pray for the queen.

It's just that Li Yuan didn't expect that what he prayed for was not a blessing by all.

Just when the emperor's Luan drove stopped in front of the gate of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, and Master Mingzhen, the presiding officer of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, led the monks of the whole temple to take over. A galloping war horse ran to the gate of the city with white air, the knight on horseback was so dirty that he could no longer see the original color of his clothes, and his face was covered with a thick layer of dust, except for a pair of eyes with a little anger, it looked like a zombie who had just come out of the ground.

When he reached the gate of the city, the knight reined in his horse, and shouted the bad news, and the horse fell crookedly, and could not stand up again. The soldiers guarding the gate hurriedly rushed over to check, but found that the knight had fainted, and after the war horse let out a few terrible neighs, he foamed at the mouth and struggled a few times before dying, and they didn't know where this person rushed back to Chang'an from was so tired, and what they didn't know was that this was the third war horse that the knight had died of exhaustion.

It took a lot of effort for the officers and soldiers guarding the door to recognize the armor of the Tang Dynasty soldiers on the knight, and from him they turned out the pass document jointly issued by Qu Tutong and Yin Kaishan, the generals of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, which seemed extremely unusual.

Li Yuan put incense on the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and then was invited by the presiding Master Mingzhen to rest in the back meditation room. Master Mingzhen personally made tea, and the water for boiling tea had not yet boiled, when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside the door of the meditation room, and then he heard Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, say in a trembling voice in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty...... There are important state affairs that need to be handled by you, please move your majesty. ”

Li Yuan frowned slightly, glanced at Master Mingzhen apologetically, and said to the door: "It's a big deal, and I'll wait until I finish drinking Master Mingzhen's cup of tea!" ”

"Your Majesty, please."

This time it was Shangshu's left servant Xiao Yu who spoke, he was originally appointed by Li Yuan as a supervisor to go out with Li Mi, but he was temporarily replaced by Li Yuan with Fang Xuanling, this change was even considered by the hundred officials in the court to be a manifestation of His Majesty's desire to change the court situation, and everyone was speculating whether the emperor was going to promote a new person to balance the power of the court.

Li Xiaogong represents the military of the Tang Dynasty, and Xiao Yu represents the civil officials of the Tang Dynasty, and the tone of these two people is very eager and even slightly panicked when they speak outside the door. Li Yuan knew that something big must have happened in the DPRK. But he still felt that he shouldn't be rude in front of Master Mingzhen, so he frowned and said coldly: "I said it, and I will talk about big things until I drink tea!" ”

His voice was cold, clearly angry.

There was silence outside the door for a while, and suddenly there were several muffled sounds, which were the sound of someone kneeling on the ground and their knees hitting the bluestone slab.

Li Xiaogong and Xiao Yu bowed to the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Please move, Your Majesty!" ”

Seeing that Li Yuan's face was getting more and more gloomy, Master Mingzhen hurriedly got up and said, "Your Majesty, you are the king of a country, and you should take care of state affairs first, and I will keep this cup of tea for Your Majesty." ”

He turned around and ordered the little novice to fetch a copper basin, and he actually detained the things that were making tea.

"If Your Majesty doesn't come, this water won't dare to boil."

Mingzhen lowered his head and smiled.

Li Yuan folded his hands and bowed slightly, then sighed and walked over to open the door of the meditation room. The moment the door opened, he saw that there were only two kneeling people outside the meditation room. The other civil and military officials were isolated outside this small courtyard by the forbidden army, and Li Yuan immediately knew that this time something really big had happened.

"Your Majesty...... King Qi ...... Die. ”

Li Yuan didn't hear clearly, and asked loudly: "You say it again!" ”

"Li Yuanji, King of Qi... Didn't fight. ”

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Li Xian looked at the three human heads on the table in front of him, his brows furrowed slightly, and his face was a little solemn. The nearest human head was obviously split into two pieces with a knife and then sewn together, Li Xian looked at this knife mark and stayed for more than ten seconds. Then he came to the conclusion that the knife was fast, and that the one who made the knife was a good hand. The knife split the head in two from the center of Li Mi's eyebrows, which requires not only that the knife is sharp enough, but also that the strength on the wrist must be large enough, but also that it needs a pair of stable hands and a heart that is more stable than hands.

The second head is Li Jing's, which is quite intact, but there are some bruises on the side of the face, which seems to be caused by a heavy fall to the ground before death. The cut on the neck is very smooth, and the blood has been drained, so it looks like a wilted green radish when it looks miserable, and there is no beauty at all. Li Xian's gaze stayed on Li Jing's head for the longest time, but his eyes were extremely calm, and he was not even relieved.

The third head is Li Yuanji's, Li Xian has only seen him three or two times, but he also recognizes this young man who seems to be frivolous but is actually very deep in the city, speaking of which, Li Yuanji is three or four years younger than Li Xian, and the splendid picture of life has not yet been unfolded and was forced to draw a termination charm.

"Li Shimin's trick is a bit poisonous."

Xie Yingdeng stood beside Li Xian and sighed: "He wants to force the lord to his side." ”

"I still underestimate him."

Li Xian stretched out his hand and stroked Li Yuanji's face, making him close his round eyes. But twice in a row, Li Yuanji's eyes just refused to close.

"But why didn't he underestimate me?"

Li Xian looked at Li Yuanji's head and whispered, "You don't want to die...... Do you want to see me avenge you? ”