Born in a royal family.

The starting point of Li Mao's life can already be said to be a limit that ordinary people are far beyond reach.

As far as the mortal world is concerned, the background can be better than Li Mao, and it is also the princes in those palaces. But then again, wouldn't those princes have any dissenting intentions when faced with a throne that was only one step away from them?

Not to mention that such a mind has been born, even many princes who do not have that plan are often coerced by the times and reality, and they will involuntarily enter that whirlpool.

From this point of view, the princes seem to be inferior to princes like Li Mao.

Today's world knows that the Tao of seeking immortals is visited, after all, who doesn't want to live forever?

On the contrary, it is the Li royal family like them, because of the restrictions of Ziwei Emperor's qi, it is difficult to make achievements in the path of cultivation.

However, there are no absolutes, there was Liu An, the king of Huainan who had become an immortal during the Han Dynasty, and Li Chengqian, the former prince of this dynasty, and Li Tai, the king of Wei, both of them also worshipped famous teachers, and now although they have not soared into immortals, they have undoubtedly successfully embarked on the road of cultivating their minds.

The difference between the two sides is that the former ascended to immortality with the identity of the Han royal family, and the latter two, both of which cleared the Ziwei Emperor Qi in their own body through secret methods, so that they could practice smoothly.

Although the Li bloodline in their bodies has not changed, if they lose the Ziwei Emperor Qi, they will naturally lose the qualification to become the Son of Heaven.

The situation of the two of them actually provides a good idea for the subsequent emperors, that is, the princes who are qualified to take the heir, but were not selected by the emperor to be the crown prince in the end, can compensate by cleaning up the Ziwei Emperor Qi in their bodies and stepping into the path of cultivation.

In this way, it can also avoid unnecessary suspicion after the crown prince ascends the throne.

But then. Li Shimin thinks that this method is not too appropriate, in front of being an emperor and becoming an immortal, it is not necessarily which one is more tempting, don't go to the end. The capable princes all elected this supreme position, and all of them had to be sent to cultivate immortals and gain immortality, and the last one to ascend the throne was the most incompetent one.

In the long run, it will shake the foundation of the country and will undoubtedly be a disaster.

Fortunately, it is not so easy to clear the Ziwei Emperor Qi of the body, not to mention that even if those princes are county kings like Li Mao, if they can't have any special circumstances, it will be difficult to do this.

After all, in order to practice, Li Mao did not look for resources, and even used his father Li Yuanli's connections, but unfortunately in the end he still got nothing.

Compared with Li Mao, Li Yuanli is very open, instead of dwelling on these things that have nothing to do with them by nature, it is better to exercise the power of his human bloodline, even if he can't live forever, it is also an excellent thing to be able to live for twenty or thirty years, and if he breaks through the limit of his own bloodline, it is not impossible to have a longevity of two or three hundred years.

After all, they are not as harsh as the Son of Heaven in breaking through the power of the human bloodline, let alone going through the death of the Son of Heaven.

It's just that neither of these two things is so easy for the Li royal family to do.

The reason why Li Mao thinks that Zhang Guo is a charlatan is actually that he is too disappointed in the "Taoist masters" he has found before, after all, there is a precedent, a prince like Li Mao, of course, the reason why he is pretentious and makes him examine himself is of course difficult. Therefore, he attributed the problem to these cultivators, because they had no ability and were not really masters, so they could not clear the Ziwei Emperor Qi from their bodies, so that they could also practice and become immortals.

If you have to talk about it from this aspect, then Zhang Guolao can only admit that he is a charlatan who has no Taoism, after all, even he has no way to remove all the purple qi on Li Mao's body.

Oh. It can't be said that there is no trick at all, after all, he can still be sent to reincarnation, just with what he has done in this life, he will definitely have nothing to do with the emperor's relatives in the next life, of course, there is no need to worry about the purple qi on his body. But as for whether he will be reincarnated as an adult, it all depends on his own creation.

Zhang Guolao's temperament has always been gentle and easy-going, although Li Mao is not polite, but in Zhang Guolao's eyes, the other party is just a child, and naturally he will not be as knowledgeable as him.

Li Mao saw that Zhang Guolao was just smiling, and he was not angered by his tone, but was more interested in Zhang Guolao, and said with curiosity on his face: "The old Taoist seems to be really a little unusual. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Guolao also hesitated, and asked with a smile: "Why did the prince say this?" ”

"Because you're not angry."

"The old way is to be a monk, this is a practice." Zhang Guolao said as a matter of course.

"No, no, no." Li Mao waved his hand again and again, "A Dao Master once said before that it is precisely because of his short temper that he must use cultivation to restrain himself. But he often couldn't restrain himself from calling him a charlatan at that time, and as a result, he beat this king. ”

"Interesting." Regarding such a result, Zhang Guolao said that he was not surprised at all.

On the contrary, it is Xu Jingzong, his contact with the way of cultivation is still short, and he is a little unclear. Then I heard Li Mao continue, "The Taoist said, cultivators, if you cultivate a single thought, I have angered him, and if he doesn't beat me out of anger, it will make his thoughts inaccessible, and that will damage his cultivation." ”

Xu Jingzong: !!?

When he first heard such remarks, Xu Jingzong once thought that Li Mao had met a fake Taoist and a real liar, but then he recalled it a little, and it seemed that the vast majority of cultivators were actually very individual.

Especially compared with the same Buddhist monks and Taoist monks in the past, it can be said that there are thousands of postures.

"And then?"

"The king pursued him for three days with men." Li Mao's face suddenly became gloomy, "Because my thoughts are not clear, of course it will hinder my cultivation." ”

"I have to say. He does have a lot of backbone. Li Mao stared at Zhang Guolao and said word by word: "Even before he died, he never let go of his mouth to admit his mistake to this king." ”

"Immeasurable Dao Venerable."

Zhang Guolao clasped his hands together.

Since Li Mao has the intention of cultivating, of course he will also recruit some strange people and strange people in the mansion The hot-tempered Taoist is also limited, and he is not the opponent of the palace, otherwise he will be plotted.

"Thinking about it, even if he is a cultivator, he is also a wild Taoist priest without a teacher, but his tone is a little bigger, and he is just a mortal who beats this king, and he is vulnerable when he meets a real master."

"Or." Li Mao paused, "He is simply a fake Taoist who conjures tricks, and of course the real Masters will not be unable to understand his thoughts because of a joke from this king." ”

"But His Highness shouldn't have killed him." Zhang Guolao still has some opinions on this matter.

"Hehehe." Li Mao said coldly: "He attacked the king of the court on the street, this is to despise the imperial power of the Tang Dynasty, and regard the majesty of the Tang Dynasty as nothing. ”

"Or do they just need to keep a low profile in Chang'an City, and they can see no king's law when they leave Chang'an?"

If you just take Li Mao's narration, the problem is really the hot-tempered Taoist After all, people just said, you are a trickster. Because you didn't understand your thoughts, you beat up other people's princes. Where does this make the face of the Tang Dynasty king?

"If only he could be as breezy as the old Taoist. How can it lead to death? Li Mao looked Zhang Guolao up and down, and asked curiously, "Dao Chief." What would you do if it were you? ”

"Me." Zhang Guo thought for a while, "Poor people are generally reluctant to fight with others. If you have to fight, solve the problem at the root. ”

"At the root?" Xu Jingzong on the side was stunned again, and didn't seem to reflect the deep meaning of Zhang Guolao's words, of course, it was possible that he didn't believe it, such words actually came out of Zhang Guolao's mouth.

After all, people are in the rivers and lakes, and sometimes, a lot of troubles are not something that can be avoided if you want to. And when trouble comes its way, you have to deal with it.

Then the question arises, Zhang Guo has been able to live until now, why haven't I heard of any enemies in him?

The answer, of course, is that all his enemies are dead, and only he is alive.

It's not all, isn't there a bat ancestor who is eager to try, and Zhang Guolao also wants to press this hidden danger to death at the source as always.

"Hahahaha-" Li Mao laughed when he heard this, "Then fortunately, it was not the old Taoist who met that day, and the old Taoist didn't get angry today, otherwise Xiao Wang's life may not be guaranteed." ”

"There, there." Elder Zhang Guo waved his hand again and again, "Your Royal Highness, the royal family and nobles, if Poor Dao makes a move to His Highness, it will be contaminated with great cause and effect. You can't provoke, you can't provoke. ”

"Dare to ask the old Taoist where he is practicing?"

Perhaps seeing that Zhang Guolao was indeed extraordinary, Li Mao had already lost his mind, but now he was active again, and he had already begun to inquire about Zhang Guolao's heels.

"There are only wild people in the mountains, who have no fixed place to live, and wander all over the world. Thanks to His Majesty's affordability, he is now settling down in the Tang Dynasty School Palace and preaching and solving doubts for the students in the palace. ”

"Oops!"

As soon as he heard that this old Taoist was a person from the Tang Academy, Li Mao's expression was immediately different, after all, he was a member of the Li family, and his father Li Yuanli was still serving as Situ in Chang'an, and Li Mao, the third prince of the imperial court, of course knew what level of the lecturers who could open classes in the Tang Academy.

"Xiao Wang has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, so he obviously neglected the division commander." Don't look at Li Mao's bad personality on weekdays, but when it is really about his future and interests, he can also be a good student who respects his teachers.

Otherwise, it can only be regarded as a melon skin, and it cannot be put on the table.

Regarding Li Mao's sudden change, Zhang Guolao was more or less caught off guard this time, but in the subsequent confrontation with Li Mao, Zhang Guolao also keenly found that the other party was just making a show, how sincere he was. Not really.

"Human nature is so bad."

The old demon of Liangshan, who was hiding in the shadows, couldn't help but say, "This is also one of the reasons why I am reluctant to deal with the human race, the world says that the demon race is cunning, but it is far from the treacherous of the human race." ”

In this regard, Bai Ze on the side was powerless to refute.

Even many times, the Terrans will whitewash some treacherous deeds as "smart", and take pride in it.

But what needs to be admitted is that there are also many demon races in the human race, as well as the spirit that the races of the Three Realms will never learn and cannot experience.

One is dedication, the other is sacrifice.

Even foreigners will regard these two spirits as stupid acts, which is the fundamental difference between the two cultures.

Li Mao's repeated behavior, in Zhang Guolao's eyes, is the basic operation of normal people, but most people will hinder their face, and they are not as smooth as him.

Zhang Guolao didn't teach him the intention of cultivating the Tao, so this ceremony. Of course he didn't accept it, Li Mao hadn't bowed down yet, and Zhang Guolao had already dodged his body, leaving Li Mao empty for a week.

Li Mao's figure was stunned, and his eyebrows were slightly raised, obviously. He didn't expect that this old Taoist who seemed to be very good at talking would reject him in such a way, and he was not discouraged, straightened up, looked at Zhang Guolao, and asked, "What does Daoist mean by this?" ”

"Why does Your Highness knowingly ask?"

For a delusional prince like Li Mao, Zhang Guolao is not uncommon. If you can't give a clear signal of rejection, the other party will be like a piece of bullshit plaster, once entangled. Then don't let go easily.

"Don't say it's an old way, in the entire Tang Dynasty, you can have the ability to clear the Ziwei Emperor Qi on His Highness's body and let His Highness embark on the path of cultivation, that is, there are only a few people, or Li Chunfeng, Li Daochang, Yuan Tiangang, Yuan Daochang, Yunzhongzi of Zhongnan Mountain, or the Sanzang Holy Buddha of Daci'en Temple, although the old Tao is conceited and has some Taoism, but when facing the Ziwei Emperor's qi, he is also helpless."

"Therefore, of course, Lao Dao can't stand this gift."

Zhang Guolao's words, those cultivators Li Mao found also mentioned to him, but among these people, which one of them could he invite?

Some people also suggested that he leave the Tang Dynasty, or go to Xizhou or Dongzhou to try his luck, after all, the cultivation environment of these two continents is still stronger than that of Nanzhou, which is just starting.

But Li Mao obviously doesn't want to leave the comfort zone of Datang yet, who knows what kind of danger there will be in Xizhou and Dongzhou, once there is something in case, there is no one to save him, and no one can even say that he died outside.

This is also one of the reasons why his temper is becoming more and more unstable.

Seeing that Zhang Guolao and Xu Jingzong were entangled by a Li Mao, Fahai divided his divine sense and entered Shouchun City, wanting to see what the people in Shouchun City had to say about this Li Mao.

The results were not surprising.

Li Mao's reputation in Shouchun can be said to be extremely bad, and the last one with such a bad reputation in Shouchun seems to be "Yuan Shu".

It doesn't even take Fahai to deliberately collect, the casual chatter of the people, two of the three sentences are scolding Li Mao. I even heard someone say that Emperor Zhenguan is obviously wise and martial, how can he have such descendants?

At this time, someone explained, "Li Mao is the nephew of the Emperor Taishang, his father is the younger brother of the Emperor, and Li Yuanli, the king of Xu, is not the flesh and blood of the Emperor, so don't buckle such a shit basin on the body of the Emperor." ”

"But King Xu Li Yuanli is also a rare virtuous king, how can Situ give birth to such a beast son?"

"It's not clear, but I heard that His Royal Highness King Xu has been in the place for a long time and is often not at home."

"Shhhh

Say this, then everyone will not be sleepy.

Then everyone chatted about the relevant "gossip" with great interest, basically revolving around whether Li Mao is Li Yuanli's biological son.

Someone asked: "Isn't there so much Ziwei Qi now, can you distinguish it, if King Huainan is not the son of King Xu, how can he have Ziwei Qi on his body?" The court won't make him the king of the county, right? ”

I have to say that this person's angle is really tricky, and it seems to be a precise problem, so that everyone's discussion of suitable talents has become empty talk.

But apparently there are still masters here, and according to the other party's words, he gave another conjecture, "What if that person is also from the Li royal family?" ”

"This"

Undoubtedly, a word opened up a new continent and reawakened everyone's vitality, and the scene became lively again, and there was a happy atmosphere everywhere.

What can they do?

After all, this is the high emperor of the sky, if it is in Chang'an City, those royal relatives and nobles do not dare to act recklessly at the feet of the Son of Heaven, but in the place. The princes of the Tang Dynasty often have a lot of real power.

Whether it is in charge of military power or meridian state capital, it is a common thing.

And such a situation is actually because of the existence of Li Shimin, who is completely able to suppress these Li royal families, otherwise, ordinary emperors really dare not let them out.

After all, the joint rebellion of princes and kings seems to be nothing new in all dynasties, especially in the period when the country was first founded, it is the most easy to trigger.

There is even such a conjecture, if it wasn't for the Qin King Li Shimin who made a brazen move in Xuanwumen, but really waited for the crown prince Li Jiancheng to succeed to the throne. Then I'm afraid Datang can't escape this law.

But in fact, it's pretty much the same, the matter of Xuanwumen. In fact, from another point of view, it can be regarded as Li Shimin who launched a rebellion, but he successfully killed his eldest brother Li Jiancheng, and forced his father to abdicate and pass the throne to himself.

He became the victor who wrote history.

If it is the other way around, I am afraid that it will be recorded in the history books, "On the fourth day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Tang Gaozu Wude, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, launched a rebellion at the Xuanwu Gate of the North Palace Gate of Taiji Palace, and wanted to intercept and kill the crown prince Li Jiancheng, but he failed and was killed due to leakage. ”

In this way, it can be regarded as a rebellion of the princes and kings.

There may be another parallel world, which will be like this, but in this world, there is no such situation.

The people in Shouchun City obviously have no way to deal with Li Mao, the king of Huainan, but their lives have indeed been much better in recent years, and they are not as difficult as in the past, otherwise they would not dare to arrange Li Mao's life experience in broad daylight to vent their boredom.

If it was in the past, if Li Mao's dog legs listened to it, the end would not be ordinarily miserable.

The reason why Li Mao has relented recently is, of course, because Li Shimin has just dealt with a group of disobedient and local princes and kings who can even kill their own brothers and younger brothers, and they, the princes, of course, will not believe that they can survive at the hands of Li Shimin if they commit something.

Can you have a brother who is a sibling?

This is also one of the reasons why Li Mao is hiding in Bagong Mountain, he is afraid that he can't help but do something to those people, so he will be caught by the internal guards or bad people who don't know where to hide, just waiting to catch his sore feet, and then I am afraid that he will be able to cut himself down without the emperor doing his own father.

It's just that he didn't expect that when he came to this Bagong Mountain, he really had some chance to meet a Taoist master like Zhang Guolao.

But what is even more surprising is that the other party does not seem to plan to get involved in his own affairs.

Faced with such a situation, Li Mao was of course not happy. If he is not happy, his thoughts will not be accessible, and of course he will have to vent it.

But now he doesn't know Zhang Guolao's strength, and the strange people he recruited are not around, and Li Mao didn't act rashly. However, even if his team is there, Li Mao is unlikely to make a move against Zhang Guolao, after all, the other party is a person from the Tang Academy, and once something happens on his own territory, the court will definitely not give up.

I can't hide from it at all.

However, although you can't shoot directly at the other party, it's still okay to disgust them.

It's like now. Li Mao stood in front of the broken temple of Liu An, the king of Huainan, and his intention was obvious.

Although I don't know what Zhang Guolao and Xu Jingzong are going to do here. But it is not difficult to guess that this Huainan King Liu An Temple is exactly where their destination is.

As the saying goes, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and it is most appropriate for a villain to take revenge from morning to night.

If you dare to refuse me on the front foot, I will make a stumbling block for you on the back foot It is also the inspiration that Zhang Guolao gave him, he is still a member of the Li royal family, not to mention that Zhang Guolao is also a lecturer in the Tang Academy, and he will not dare to make a move on himself no matter what.

The current Li Mao is like a piece of hob meat in front of Zhang Guolao. At this time, he directly played Laipi, but Zhang Guolao really didn't have anything to do.

"Oh yes yes-"

Li Mao saw Xu Jingzong's somewhat impatient expression, and said even more proudly: "Could it be that there is really some treasure hidden in the temple of Liu An, the king of Huainan?" ”

"Someone's coming——!"

Li Mao shouted.

After a while, I heard the rustling sound in the mountains, and then many people and monks appeared by Li Mao's side. After all, he is the king of Huainan, and he has a lot of real power and resources in his hands, so he doesn't have to worry about attracting the people of the rivers and lakes. Some casual cultivators who don't have a teacher are actually willing to accept the solicitation of these generous princes many times.

Even many times, although the princes themselves do not have the ability to practice, there are often some talented little servants in the mansion. Some veterans who are about to end their longevity will also find a successor at this time to pass on their own cultivation, and those who are looking for will find the palaces everywhere.

And the phenomenon that occurs is also because the palace is actually a place where local luck gathers, so naturally it is easier for some geniuses to appear.

It's like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty back then, who went to the mansion of his sister Princess Pingyang and brought back a Wei Zifu, who came with Wei Qing and Huo Quai.

You must know that Wei Qing and Huo Qu's background is not good.

Wei Qing was a shepherd boy since he was a child, and when he became an adult, he was a slave in the palace of Princess Pingyang, and later because his sister Wei Zifu was selected by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to enter the palace, he was also brought into the palace together, and was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so he was reused and promoted all the way. Then, when resisting the invasion of the Xiongnu, the four Han armies were defeated in three ways, and returned with a great victory in the Battle of Longcheng, and had to seal the Neihou of Guan.

became famous in the first battle, and then against the Huns, he won many battles. In the end, he went to illness with his nephew Huo and swept Mobei.

Now Wei Qing's incense god body has been revived in the martial temple, but Huo Qu's illness is still glowing in the chaos and has not received a response. But Wei Qing didn't know about it, so he only saw Huo Quai's divine position, but didn't see his divine body, but fortunately he was worried.

But later he found out that it was not only Huo Quai, but also that the incense and fire bodies of many ancestral generals since the pre-Qin period had not been condensed, which proved that this matter was by no means simple, and there must be unknown secrets behind it.

The incense god body in the martial temple, only the dead can condense, so in other words, are they not dead yet?

For his nephew, Wei Qingke has always regarded the other party as his own son. It's a pity that God was jealous of the talent and died young. When Huo Qu died of illness that year, even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was grief-stricken.

Huo Quzhi was the illegitimate son of Wei Shao'er, a female slave in Pingyang Hou's Mansion, and Huo Zhongru, a small official in Pingyang County, but because Huo Zhongru lost contact with Wei Shao'er later, Huo Quzhi never knew who his father was, and he didn't recognize his father until he became a hussar general.

However, Huo Quzhi is different from Wei Qing, he has not suffered too much.

Because not long after he was born, Wei Zifu was fortunate to be Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, and Wei Zifu's family was lucky.

Huo Quzhi also became a relative, and after he grew up, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made him his close servant and taught him all the time.

Seeing that Li Mao not only did not get out of the way, but also summoned the doormen, intending to completely block them out of the Huainan Wang Temple Xu Jingzong was a little anxious, after all, whether he could get the inheritance left by Liu An, the king of Huainan, was related to his own future cultivation path, if it was really Li Mao's horizontal rod to stir up. That was really hard for him to accept.

But Li Mao's bad nature has been completely exposed in front of them without concealment at this moment, "This king is the king of Huainan, and this Bagong Mountain is also within the scope of this king's fief. Now this king wants to repair the ancient building of the Han Dynasty, if the two want to incense, then wait for the Huainan Wang Temple to be repaired, and then come. ”

"Immeasurable Dao Venerable."

Zhang Guolao recited a little helplessly, if it weren't for the identity of this Li Mao, Zhang Guolao would definitely throw the dust on his face, let him know what the consequences would be if he angered Dao Ye.

But now Li Mao is asserting his identity, and first let Zhang Guolao and Xu Jingzong see what the consequences will be if they don't cooperate with him, the prince of the Tang Dynasty. (End of chapter)