Chapter 8 The Emperor of the People

Although some clues have already been found, but the death of a son and powerless, in the end I understand that I have been extinct, the white-haired man sent the black-haired man, and the blows again and again continue to destroy the will of the old Ming monarch, the palace coup is in the case of this old man who has been hit again and again, and has no intention of taking care of the government, step by step, to the end, when everything breaks out, even if it is the founding king who once swept the eight wildernesses and established the great Li Tang Dynasty, there is a feeling of powerlessness.

However, what made him even more heartbroken was that the culprit who caused all this was the woman he trusted the most! The pain of losing a child and being betrayed by the most trusted person made the nearly 100-year-old man almost mentally broken.

Looking at Wu Meiniang's gentle and virtuous gaze that changed from the past and became indifferent and ruthless at this moment, the elderly Li Shimin suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahaha~ Okay, what a Wu Meiniang, such a vicious heart!" ”

At this time, Li Shimin, who had recovered his clarity, had already seen that since Wu Meiniang was trying to see the dagger, she would not leave herself, in the end, she was ambitious, but at the last moment, she had restored the imperial momentum that originally belonged to him, and between the opening and closing of his eyes, the momentum that swept the world in the past was displayed, so that even those Wenchen generals who had already rebelled against Wu Meiniang, looking at the elderly emperor at this moment, couldn't help but feel a sense of fear.

But now, from the moment he stepped into this palace, it is impossible for things to maneuver, and today, only one of the two sides can walk out of this hall alive, which is known to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs who followed Wu Meiniang, and Li Shimin is also clear.

Wu Meiniang looked at Li Shimin's eyes with a touch of tenderness, and gently groped Li Shimin's old cheeks, the years have left too many marks on this eternal king. The delicate cherry lips opened lightly, and the words that spit out were heart-wrenching!

"It's useless, Your Majesty." The soft voice is like the heartfelt murmur between lovers, but the tone. But there was a bitter coldness: "This matter has been planned since ten years ago, your Buddhist rescuers, as early as five years ago when Li Zhi died, had reached an agreement with Mei Niang, promising to help me seize the throne, the palace forbidden army, the Chang'an garrison, and now only Mei Niang is dispatched, and your henchmen." Over the years, he has been assassinated or transferred to the border area, even if he has received the news at this moment, if he wants to return to Chang'an, it will take ten days, ten days, and ten days is enough for Mei Niang to solve all the things. ”

"Ten years. Hehe! Li Shimin's cloudy eyes showed a complicated light and looked at the woman in front of him: "Ten years ago." Someone once told me that you are the face of the country, but I never expected that you, a woman, would have such ambitions. ”

"Is it Yuan Tiangang?" The corners of her mouth curled slightly, and Wu Meiniang nodded and said, "Although Datang is full of talents. But this person, back then, even the teacher was full of praise, Your Majesty, do you know that my teacher rarely praises people. Although he has a modest and carefree appearance, Mei Niang can feel that under that modest appearance, there is that sky-high arrogance, and it is not easy for you and Yuan Tiangang to get his praise. ”

Outside the palace, shouts of killing sounded, but inside the palace, the two of them didn't seem to be moved or changed in the slightest.

Li Shimin looked at Wu Meiniang's gaze: "The lord of Yunxuan Zhai was also very prosperous back then, but I am very curious, who would teach you such a heart?" ”

The shouting and killing outside, the sound of weapons colliding intensified, but at this moment, Wu Meiniang did not have any anxious emotions, and when she heard the words, she seemed to mention sex, and said with some chatter: "He is very powerful, he seems to know everything, governing the country, military strategy, the art of war, martial arts, astrology, no matter which one, I am afraid that he will not be able to reach his height in the life of a mortal, do you know?" The people who started with me this time, the talents I recruited, were all registered disciples he taught back then, and they were only registered disciples, but each of them, in terms of talent, was not under your group of courtiers. ”

"Is there such a strange person in the world?" A look of surprise flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and then he looked at Wu Meiniang's gaze, and after a moment of silence, he said, "So, you like him?" ”

As if she was a shy girl who was told to be in her heart, Wu Meiniang's face flushed with a shy flush, even if she had been together for so many years, Li Shimin had never seen such a moving side of her, even if she had reached such a situation at the moment, she still couldn't help but feel a touch of sourness in her heart.

"yes, it's a pity that the teacher doesn't seem to like me." Shaking his head, a look of grievance flashed in his eyes, his left hand slightly held his heart, and murmured: "For him, I haven't let any man touch him all these years." ”

"What!?" Li Shimin's eyes widened, and he looked at Wu Meiniang incredulously, all these years, as his favorite concubine, but he has maintained a virgin body, what a ridiculous joke, but looking at Wu Meiniang's expression at this moment, he couldn't laugh.

"Weird?" The sound of the fight outside gradually weakened, and it seemed that the winner had been decided, but Wu Meiniang didn't care, looked at Li Shimin's wide eyes, smiled slightly, and stretched out her hand: "Then let Your Majesty feel it again." ”

Li Shimin only felt slightly dizzy in his mind, and the next moment, the surrounding environment seemed to have changed, and he returned to his dormitory.

As soon as the scene in front of him was clear, the picture returned to reality, Li Shimin looked at Wu Meiniang with intact pockets, his lips trembled, what a ridiculous irony, more than ten years of husband and wife wishes, but it is just his own wishful thinking, every inch of skin that he thinks is familiar with is just a dream of Nan Ke, which is a great blow to any man.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, the rebels have been purged, and there is no need to worry about the inside and outside of the palace!" A middle-aged man walked in with a sword, ignored Li Shimin, knelt down on one knee beside Wu Zetian, and said in a deep voice.

"I know, I declare to the outside world that there are rebels who have rebelled and plotted to kill Your Majesty, and Your Majesty and the crown prince have unfortunately died, and they will be temporarily imprisoned by the queen!" Wu Meiniang nodded lightly, but her eyes looked at the sluggish Li Shimin, gently rubbed his chest, and sighed lightly: "Your Majesty, don't blame, for the sake of this country, this body was originally given to Your Majesty, and it should be, if you can give birth to Lin'er for Your Majesty." Today's matter may be better solved. ”

shook his head and sighed lightly: "It's just that Mei Niang's heart is difficult to tolerate a second man, and she happens to be proficient in some small means, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me." ”

Slender and crystalline fingers, at a certain moment when the voice fell. Suddenly, a flash of crystal luster, like five steel needles, pierced Li Shimin's chest and crushed his heart.

"Heh~" Li Shimin's gaze gradually dispersed, watching the beauty in front of him being infected by his own blood, but he didn't dodge it in the slightest, and the originally beautiful smiling face became a little hideous after being infected by blood.

"Puff~" The corpse that had lost its support was pulled out with the slender jade hand. Falling to the ground softly, on Li Shimin's body, faintly, a little golden light that only Wu Meiniang could see flashed, stayed for a long time, and shot away into the sky.

"Whew~" Out of thin air, a huge fox phantom appeared, greedily looking at the phantom that represented the emperor's dragon energy, and opened his mouth to swallow the golden light. Hidden in Wu Meiniang's body, she disappeared.

The last step, you're done!

Feel the inexplicable power in your body. Under the effect of this force, his Heavenly Demon Skill seems to have undergone some kind of unknown transformation.

Leaning over, the jade hand gently closed Li Shimin's dead eyes, and said indifferently: "Prepare for the state funeral." ”

A few days later, Tang Taizong Li Shimin was assassinated and unfortunately fell. The whole country mourns, and at the same time, because Li Shimin's princes have encountered accidents one after another before, and now. The Li family is almost extinct, the imperial power is ownerless, the side children began to compete for the imperial power, the situation is gradually chaotic, the Empress Dowager Wu can't bear to see the great country die because of this, under the support of the ministers, the temporary regent, although there is no name of the emperor, but has grasped the real power of the emperor.

In this world, there is naturally no shortage of people of insight who find it greasy, but now the Wu family is already in power, the Tang Dynasty military power, the Wu family accounts for ninety percent, and under the governance of Wu Meiniang, the country not only does not decline, but there is a sign of prosperity, although there are also ministers who are loyal to Li Tang to rebel, but they are unpopular, and they are soon pacified.

A year later, Wu Meiniang, who pacified the internal troubles, changed her name to Wu Cong, called herself Wu Zetian, officially took over Jiuxi, and ascended to the throne.

In the sky above Chang'an City, the endless dragon qi belonging to the Tang Dynasty gathered, and under the sun, Wu Zetian, who was dressed in a red dragon robe, condensed an illusory altar under his feet.

"The Human Emperor Altar?" In the sky above Chang'an City, Li Xuan looked at Wu Zetian, who was worshiped by thousands of people, with a playful smile on his face: "Even what Li Shimin couldn't condense, but she was able to condense the human emperor altar just after taking over Li Tang, it seems that your master is not competent." ”

Behind him, a tall and beautiful woman in a black palace dress looked at the clouds with complicated eyes, and under the clouds, Wu Zetian, who was already the supreme of the mortal world.

"But one thing is right, her talent in Heavenly Demon Skill is still above Wanwan." Li Xuan said in a deep voice: "It's just that even I didn't expect that after the Heavenly Demon Gong broke through the eighteenth layer, it would give birth to such a change, and it would not be rejected by the dragon qi. ”

Originally, the two were incompatible, once they collided, they could not coexist like water and fire, but the heavenly demon skills in Wu Meiniang's body had been cultivated to the realm of yin and yang, in fact, they had been out of the original cage of the heavenly demon skills, not only would they not be rejected by the dragon qi, but they could enjoy the dragon qi bonus like Li Xuan.

"Mei Niang is indeed a genius of Tianzhong, and the Heavenly Demon Skill has come to her hands, and there have been many changes, and a group of people have gathered to specialize in studying martial arts, and they are constantly supplemented and improved." Zhu Yuyan said, but there was a bit of complexity in her eyes.

"Your Majesty, in fact, Mei Niang is ...... I admire you very much, all these years, I have kept my body, although she doesn't say it, but I know that she has been waiting for you in her heart......" After a moment of silence, Zhu Yuyan finally couldn't help but say.

"I know." Li Xuan nodded, looked down, the proud figure, and sighed: "But there are some things that can be solved without liking, you have also seen that her desire to control is too strong, not to mention whether she will give up her position for me, but she may not be willing to share a man with others, if I really accept him, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have a peaceful day in the future." ”

"That's one reason she's hostile to you." Li Xuan turned his head, looked at Zhu Yuyan and said with a smile: "I think you will know this better than me." ”

Zhu Yuyan couldn't help but be silent when she heard this, a little bitter and a little distressed.

Shaking his head, Li Xuan didn't quite understand why this former fierce and famous queen of yin would reveal this maternal side, and he didn't want to really experience it, at this moment he was more concerned about the changes in Wu Cong.

The altar of the human emperor is not so easy to condense, and it was a coincidence that he had no external pressure back then, so he condensed the altar of the human emperor, and at this moment, Wu Cong has just succeeded in usurping the throne, and he can condense the altar of the human emperor, this is a flood of wilderness, even if the Heavenly Dao has no ability to restrict the human emperor at this moment, but with the dragon qi of the Tang Dynasty, he has just usurped the throne, and he wants to condense the altar of the human emperor, then in this process, the dragon qi can not be wasted at all, if no one points out, Wu Cong is even a genius, It can't be condensed so easily.

Buddhism? Heaven? Or Taoism?

If it's Buddhism, it's beautiful.

Soon after Wu Cong ascended the throne, he began to suppress Buddhism, religion is different countries, and Wu Cong can have today, and it is inseparable from the help of Buddhism, but she obviously does not recognize the set of Buddhism, especially Buddhism can help her subvert the Li Tang Dynasty, I don't know if I will help others subvert my dynasty one day in the future.

The emperor's throne is unstable, Wu Cong naturally can't send troops to destroy the Buddhist temple, the emperor has his own imperial means, since he can't force it, but the use of public opinion and other means to fundamentally put an end to the people's heart to the Buddha is not difficult for Wu Cong.

In the territory of Datang, scandals began to break out in Buddhism, and under the secret manipulation of Wu Cong, they even bought some scum of Buddhism to constantly smear the face of Buddhism.

This is not the oppression of the real knife and real gun on the surface, but for Buddhism, it is a hundred times more vicious than the brutal oppression of the real knife and real gun, in just one year, many people who believe in Buddhism are persecuted by Buddhism, their families are ruined, and even the phenomenon of Buddhist disciples raping and killing believers, although Buddhism tries its best to clarify, but it can not withstand the frequent occurrence of such things, in just one year, there are hundreds of Buddhist temples destroyed by angry people.

"This is the benefit of power, a powerful emperor can control people's hearts through public opinion, and I was able to do this just by talking casually! It's really ......" Li Xuan put down the information in hand, shook his head and sighed: "Born emperor, it's a pity that the wrong baby was cast!" ”

In the same year, the Tang monks and apprentices who obtained the true scriptures from Lingshan, also began to embark on the way back after the eighty-one difficulties of Buddhism, soaring through the clouds and driving the fog, and walked for more than ten years when they came, but the return journey only took two days, but although Chang'an is still the same, the situation is beyond everyone's expectations. (To be continued.) )