Chapter 37: Draw the sword
Li Chengze thought that as long as Emperor Qing refused his request, after the crown prince successfully rectified the postal route system, he would return with the general trend, and under the mediation of Emperor Qing, the dispute between him and the prince would naturally have a chance to settle.
However, Emperor Qing's answer was so cold that it chilled him.
The court meeting dispersed, and it was rare that the two brothers Li Chengqian and Li Chengze left the palace together.
They walked side by side, neither spoke.
Li Chengqian actually no longer has the same hostility towards his second brother as he was when he first came to this world.
On the one hand, after half a year, he has become more and more integrated into the world, familiar with his own strength, and has more and more confidence, on the other hand, he found Li Chengze very pitiful.
He knows the approximate future, and Li Chengze can almost be said to be unscrupulous in order to compete with the prince.
But in the final analysis, all this was forced by Emperor Qing.
In the original book, it was said that when Fan Xian saw the second prince for the first time, he felt that he looked tired, which was a kind of exhaustion from the heart.
Everything he planned was like dancing on a tightrope, and if he wasn't careful, he would die without a place to be buried.
How can this not be tiring?
Thinking of this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but think about it, is it possible for them to turn enemies into friends?
Although he doesn't have any feelings for this so-called second brother.
But the four words of flesh and blood still have some weight in his heart.
Moreover, he doesn't want to have someone who is against him all the time, either explicitly or implicitly.
From beginning to end, his goal was clear, to accumulate strength, and force Emperor Qing to abdicate and make way for Xian.
With the existence of the golden finger, it is naturally impossible for him to wait for Emperor Qing to come out to pick peaches after he dies.
So what's the point?
As for the threat of the temple and the great grandmaster, when he completely mastered Li Chungang's sword path and was able to use a sword to open the gate of heaven, he would naturally have the ability to deal with it.
Even, if he can have the strength of Li Chungang's Land Sword Immortal Realm in his heyday, what is the Great Grandmaster?
He has always been in an ideal situation that during the battle of Dadongshan, Emperor Qing retired with peace of mind, he ascended the throne as the emperor, and swept Liuhe with his Wenchen generals and ruled the world.
The second prince was never among the enemies he considered, and his grade was too low.
Of course, in fact, there is a very simple way for the second prince to completely dispel the idea of competing with him for the throne.
That is to expose his own strength comparable to that of a great grandmaster to him.
But the questions that come with it are:
He was sixteen years old, almost seventeen years old, how could he have the strength of the Great Grandmaster realm?
This is a problem that simply cannot be explained.
Or there is only one possibility, today's Li Chengqian is no longer the Li Chengqian he once was.
This is also the reason why he has always been cautious and unwilling to easily expose his strength.
After Emperor Qing knew, he might be surprised, but he would never be happy.
A prince who has obviously been transferred, no matter how strong his strength is, he will only think of ways to find an opportunity to destroy him.
Because only those who are also great grandmasters know how difficult it is to break through to great grandmasters.
Emperor Qing has always said that the Great Grandmaster is a monster that should not exist in the world, but it is not just a simple talk.
However, if you hide your identity and go to the second prince's mansion to scare him, it doesn't seem to be impossible.
After all, if the second prince knew that he had a great grandmaster under him, he would release some kindness a little.
With the wisdom of the second prince, he will definitely make the right choice.
When he was thinking about how he should appear in the Second Prince's Mansion, Li Chengze suddenly spoke: "His Royal Highness the Prince, what are the general regulations for this postal road rectification?" ”
Li Chengqian came back to his senses, thought for a while, and said: "I will write a charter for people to send to you later, and we will go to the Yamen of the Postal Route Transit Division to talk about the specific matters at that time." ”
Li Chengze replied and fell silent.
Li Chengqian didn't say anything more.
When the palace gate was about to separate, Li Chengze looked at him as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say a word in the end, just took a deep look at the tall vermilion palace wall behind him, and turned around and left quietly.
Li Chengqian watched Li Chengqian's figure gradually disappear under the embrace of the guards, and there was a little contemplation in his eyes.
The fighting spirit of his second brother doesn't seem to be very strong.
In that case, being a brother gives you a good enough reason to be relieved.
Why should people be so tired when they live?
Shaking his head with a smile, he turned and got into the carriage that had been waiting for a long time.
Although the twelve sedan chairs are majestic, he always feels awkward, coming and going, like a mascot, far less comfortable than this carriage.
"Go back to the East Palace!"
With a clear voice sounding from the carriage, the coachman and the accompanying guards moved.
……
Twilight is approaching, and in the Xianwang Mansion, Li Chengze is carefully looking at the fold in his hand.
This is the general charter for the rectification of the postal route system sent by Donggong not long ago.
Although there are no specific rules, it can be seen that the ingenuity is unique and quite orderly.
And the most important thing is not how to clean up the thousands of corpses in the mail system, but how to make the mail system profitable.
After a long time, Li Chengze put down the things in his hand and let out a long sigh.
Perhaps because of precautions, the prince did not write in too much detail in it, but even the general regulations now seem extremely feasible.
If there is no chaos, I am afraid that this lifeless mail system can really revive my prince brother.
And when the prince does this, he is afraid that it will be more and more difficult in the future.
He couldn't help but shudder when he remembered that three years ago, when he was crowned king, the prince looked at him with such a vengeful look and the kind of eyes that wanted to kill him.
Even, occasionally, when he caught a glimpse of the queen's gaze looking at him, he couldn't help but feel cold.
Emperor Qing is also unrelenting.
He's really tired.
Picking up the flask next to him, he gulped down half of the jug.
The spicy and fiery feeling spread throughout his body, which made the chill in his heart dissipate a little.
"You say, is the throne important?"
In the corner, a man with a slightly thin figure and a sword in his arms said with a somewhat blank expression: "My subordinates don't know, my subordinates only know, I will kill whoever His Highness wants me to kill." ”
Hearing this, Li Chengze smiled and did not speak, although Xie Bi'an has the title of the first fast sword in Kyoto, but the person he wants to kill, an eight-rank swordsman can't kill it.
At this moment, a slightly old voice quietly sounded, and I don't know where it started, but it seemed that there were voices of each other in all directions.
"It's a big breath, it's better to be in awe of human life."
A pitch-black figure quietly appeared in front of Li Chengze along the twilight, only a few meters away from each other.
Li Chengze and Xie Bi'an were shocked at the same time, and Xie Bi'an had already drawn his sword at the first time.