Chapter 68: Li Tang's Rebellion
The space, which is half light and half dark, sustains about five breaths. In this extremely short period of time, not only were the sights of the spectators completely cut off, but their ears could not hear any sound of energetic fighting, and even with their spiritual senses, they could not sense the existence of the two people fighting at all.
Just when everyone's heart was so nervous that their hearts almost jumped out of their chests, the light and shadow converged and cleared, revealing the figure of Meng Xunzhen, who still maintained a straight sword posture, but Ning Daoqi on the other side had disappeared without a trace, and even half of the corner of his clothes could not be seen.
Suddenly, Meng Xunzhen's body shook, and he staggered backwards under his feet. At the same time, the wooden sword in his hand began to disappear little by little from the tip - not broken or shattered, but disappeared out of thin air in plain sight. Every time Meng Xunzhen took a step back, the wooden sword disappeared for a minute, and when he finally stood firm after retreating more than ten steps, the wooden sword also stopped the strange change, but a wooden sword of three feet and four inches and only about a foot and a half was left in the hilt.
"Looking for my true brother!" Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling both snatched out, one left and one right to protect him, and asked in unison, "Are you okay?" ”
"Me? Oh, it's fine. Meng Xunzhen replied casually in a daze, first looking at the location where Ning Daoqi disappeared in front of him, and then looking down at the broken sword in his hand. After a few moments, his eyes returned to a clear color. Immediately put the broken sword into his sleeve with his backhand, but secretly put it in the storage ring. Then he threw his hand deeply towards the void, and said with a long smile: "The morning service is still Dan has no worldly feelings, and the three-fold road of the piano heart has just begun." Seeing the immortals in the clouds, holding the hibiscus towards Yujing. Brother Ning Dao, I hope you and I will have a date in the future! ”
"Brother Xunzhen, how should this competition be calculated? Who won the hell? Kou Zhong was most enthusiastic about the outcome of this battle and couldn't wait to ask.
"In terms of the realm of martial arts, it should be Ning Zhenren who is better than me; But when it comes to the results of the competition, it was I who won by luck. Meng Xun said calmly, and then looked at the other side and asked. What do you say, Lord Brahma? ”
Fan Qinghui was silent for a long time, the expression on his face changed, and finally sighed lightly, put his palms together and said: "I am willing to lose the bet, and I will act according to the previous agreement." ”
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Chang'an, Xuanwu Gate.
Although he was escorted by a large number of brave men selected from the "Changlin Army", Li Jiancheng still couldn't help but feel an inexplicable uneasiness. Looking at the Xuanwu Gate in front of him, the passage was deep and dark, but it was like the mouth of a giant beast that wanted to choose people and devour.
Remembering where you are. Li Jiancheng simply hated the group of brainless women in Cihang Jingzhai to the bone marrow - what if Ning Daoqi was the first person in Middle-earth, he actually pinned the world's great plans on the victory or defeat of a competition with others! Now, with Cihang Jingzhai announcing the closure of the mountain for a hundred years, the martial arts that came to rely on him are as straight as a tree. Overnight, the power of the East Palace family was cut by more than half. If it weren't for his father's timely action out of balance, he would have been ousted from the crown prince by Yuanji, who had fallen into the ground.
Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng made up his mind that when he saw his father and emperor later, he must make a bitter statement to him, so that he could see clearly the wolf ambitions of Yuanji and those demon sect evildoers behind him, and understand that only he was his most reliable heir.
"I heard that Yuanji is desperately trying to work his father. Two days ago, I also presented a beautiful woman named Bai Qing'er, it seems that I have to walk around Zhang Jieyu more, so that she can say a few more good words in her father's ear. Li Jiancheng thought in his heart that the group had already passed the first gate of the Xuanwu Gate.
"Big brother. The little brother has been waiting here for a long time! ”
Li Jiancheng's complexion changed greatly, and when he looked up, he saw the burly figure on the gatehouse of the second gate in front of him, and shouted in a lost voice: "Yuanji." How do you ......"
Before he could finish his sentence, the front and back portals suddenly closed, and countless warriors with bows and arrows appeared on the high walls around them.
Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuanji, who was full of murderous intent above, and asked sharply: "Yuanji." How dare you do such a rebellious thing? Aren't you afraid that your father will punish you? ”
Li Yuanji had an almost crazy smile on his face, and shouted: "My father and emperor returned to heaven last night, and when he was dying, he left a will, passed on the throne to me, and for the sake of social stability, he wanted me to dispose of you before he ascended the throne!" ”
"Father, he ......" Li Jiancheng showed a look of disbelief on his face, and in a flash, he had already guessed what was going on, and pointed at Li Yuanji and scolded, "You beast dare to kill your father!" When I go out of the palace to gather the army of King Qin, I will definitely crush your rebellious traitor to ashes! He immediately turned the horse's head and ordered all the guards to break through together. But the order had been handed down, but the guards remained motionless, only staring at him coldly.
Li Jiancheng was stunned, and suddenly thought that he had come secretly when he entered the palace today, why could Yuanji set up an ambush in advance? His eyes fell on Mei Xun, his absolute confidant, who single-handedly arranged today's trip and was responsible for selecting the guards, surprised and angry, and asked with a trembling body: "Mei Xun, why did you betray me?" ”
Mei Xun's face showed a fleeting look of guilt, and he said lightly: "The general trend is like this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still accepts his fate!" With that, he waved his hand, and the guards slowly retreated, and Li Jiancheng was left alone in the square in the middle of the four high walls.
Li Jiancheng froze in place for a long time, suddenly raised his head to the sky and let out a wild laugh, drew his sword and pointed at Li Yuanji and shouted: "Yuanji, the murderer will always kill him, I will watch your fate with wide eyes!" The sword turned, blood burst out, and the corpse fell off the horse.
After Li Yuanji stepped on the throne of the Tang Emperor on the cold bones of his father and brother, he did not put down the butcher's knife that was still dripping blood, but couldn't wait to carry out a major purge of the Li Tang royal family and the court, eliminating all the forces that refused to belong to him. In just a few days, tens of thousands of heads fell to the ground, and the connection was so wide that it was really appalling.
Because Kou Zhong, who had been supported by Bashu, had already occupied an absolute advantage, Li Yuanji, in order to keep the country that had just arrived, accepted the construction of the Demon Gate, and asked the Turks for help with the three conditions of "offering gold silk, cutting land, and asking for ministers".
When the news came out, the world was in an uproar, but the Han people who had a bit of backbone all scolded Li Yuanji for being incorruptible and shameful. But I have to say that after Li Yuanji sacrificed all his qiē, including Lian Shame, Jieli was really moved by him, and on the one hand, he wrote back to the Tang Dynasty that he should make a covenant, and on the other hand, with the help of the gold silk contributed by Li Tang, he stepped up the action of integrating the people of all ethnic groups in the grassland, and it was possible to go south at any time.
Faced with such a situation, Kou Zhong had a headache, if he waited for Jieli to go south and join forces with Li Yuanji, this battle would have been fought.
was in trouble, Meng Xunzhen suddenly came to the door and said: "I will let the grassland coalition army not set foot in Middle-earth within a month, and you will be responsible for leveling Li Yuanji within a month." Without waiting for Kou Zhong to speak, he turned around and floated away. (To be continued......)