The Prince of the Tang Dynasty was built

The dense branches and leaves covered the sunlight, and mottled light spots fell from the gaps. Li Jiancheng was like a bird with a wounded wing, shuttling through the forest, and behind him, the eagle-like eyes were always like shadows accompanying.

Not far away, the familiar sound of rushing water came rolling in like the roar of a mountain god. Li Jiancheng was gasping for breath, feeling a pain in his chest as if it was being torn apart.Behind him, the sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer. He knew that he would not be able to run for long, but it didn't matter, this was enough.

The sound of weapons breaking through the air came from behind with the force of thunder. Li Jian instinctively turned sideways, narrowly avoiding the vital point, and the point of the sword pierced his shoulder.He only felt an internal force rushing straight into his body from the sword, it was as hot as fire, it pierced his meridians with severe pain, and he spit out a mouthful of blood.

"The Secret of Longevity really deserves its reputation." Li Jiancheng said lightly, wiping off the blood from the corner of his mouth.Behind him was the rolling river, and the majestic scene was too beautiful to behold. It was not a bad place to bury his bones here.He couldn't help thinking in his heart.

"It's really powerful." Li Shimin replied, but he didn't relax at all, "What's the use of dying, but I still promise you, I will give you and Yuanji a whole body."

"Killing brothers and brothers, will you have nightmares at night?" Li Jiancheng sneered.

"That's natural. When I dream back in the middle of the night, my heart is always guilty." Li Shimin seemed to have remembered something, and his eyes showed a look of melancholy. "It's just that one day, when I woke up and saw my elder brother by my side, I felt a little happy."

"But it won't happen in the future." Li Jiancheng murmured vaguely, with a hint of inexplicable arrogance in his voice.

Li Shimin only thought that he was saying that the two brothers would never sleep together again, and there was a trace of regret in his eyes, "If it wasn't for what happened today, I didn't want to hurt my elder brother's life again, but the situation forced it... It's only fate that tricks people..." With a soft sigh, Li Shimin's sword pierced Li Jiancheng's waist, piercing straight through. squirt.

The next moment, Li Jiancheng spread his arms and embraced Li Shimin. Li Shimin was wearing armor, which was a little bulky, and it was even more difficult to move at this moment.Li Shimin subconsciously drew his sword, but he couldn't draw it out no matter what.

"You..." There was a momentary stunned expression on the boy's face.

"Come on, Shimin, big brother will take you to hell..." Li Jiancheng hugged Li Shimin tightly, and whispered softly in his ear, as gentle as a lover, and then the two fell into the rolling river together.

After being hit by the cold water, Li Jiancheng gradually regained consciousness from his dazed mind. The bottom of the river was full of mud and sand, mixed with his blood, making the water more turbid, and Li Shimin could still be vaguely seen struggling.He desperately increased his strength to prevent Li Shimin from getting out of the water. The opponent struggled even harder and pushed the sword inserted into his body a little further, only a small section of the hilt was exposed.Blood gushed out of Li Jiancheng's mouth, uncontrollably, and stained the surrounding water red, but no matter what kind of pain it was, Li Jiancheng would not let go of his hands, just hugging his own tightly like this younger brother.

Slowly stretching out his hand, he slammed his remaining internal energy into Li Shimin's body. Li Shimin trembled all over, spit out a string of bubbles, and twisted his expression in pain.

The Longevity Jue has the magical effect of holding one's breath underwater, but what if the skill is forcibly reversed by an external force?

If you are determined to kill a person, even if you have already risked your life, you have to think carefully. Feeling the strong resistance and rebound of the Longevity Art, Li Jiancheng ignored it and just tried to use his internal strength to go against the direction of the Longevity Art.

He didn't know how long he persisted, his consciousness quickly blurred, water surrounded him, and a faint bloody smell poured into his mouth and nose, and then soon entered his lungs, suffocating him until the last breath Consciousness, Li Jiancheng hugged Li Shimin tightly, that's all.

When he woke up again, it was night, and the surroundings were dark. Li Jiancheng thought he had returned to the underworld again. He wanted to sit up, but his body was so painful that it almost split open.

His vision gradually recovered, and the sky was full of stars, and Li Jiancheng realized in a daze that he didn't seem to be dead yet.

After resting for an unknown amount of time, he felt that his body was gradually able to move a little bit. His cold fingers, soaked in the river water, trembled, and he lifted them up gently to touch his upper abdomen.The hilt of the sword was still inserted there, presumably the part behind it was broken off by the bottom of the river during the struggle.With light force, he pulled out the hilt of the sword, his numb body felt a sharp throbbing pain, and there was a sound that could barely be called a moan from his hoarse throat.

He was still soaking in the river at the moment, but the water flow was extremely shallow, presumably it was the lower reaches of that river.

At the moment when Li Shimin inserted the long sword, Li Jiancheng exerted force on his abdomen and stuck the sword in his abdomen with his flesh. Then they fell down the mountain stream. He kept his strength instinctively, so although the wound was still struggling It was torn a little bit, but at any rate, it didn't disembowel itself.Thinking of the chaotic situation just now, Li Jiancheng tried his best secretly, but his dantian was empty, without any internal energy.

He was still very weak now, he couldn't move at all, so he had to lie like this, and soon passed out in a daze.

When I woke up again, it was daytime.

Everything was quiet except for the gurgling sound of the river flowing from his ears. Li Jiancheng felt that he had regained some strength and was able to support himself to sit up. Not far away, a small piece of copper metal shone in the sunlight, as if Fragments of what armor.

Thinking of Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng's pupils shrank slightly, and he staggered to his feet.

As soon as his eyes widened, he found a man lying not far away, so he stumbled over.

From the outside, Li Shimin's condition is actually better than him. Except for some scratches, there are almost no wounds to be seen. It stands to reason that if this is the case, and he has the longevity formula to protect him, he will never remain unconscious. His complexion was extremely ugly, like a layer of white paper.

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng showed a trace of suspicion, slowly squatted down, and pulled Li Shimin's wrist to feel his pulse.In Li Shimin's body, the true qi flowed against the flow, and it was chaotic everywhere between the meridians.

Is it possible that my indiscriminate loss of true energy caused the internal energy of the Longevity Art in Li Shimin's body to become unbalanced, so that he went crazy?And the inner strength of the Longevity Jue used this to flow into his body and healed his internal injuries instead?

Thinking of this level, Li Jiancheng recalled in a daze, what was mentioned in The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty, that when the inner strength of the Longevity Art is cultivated to a certain level, it will become obsessed due to the imbalance of yin and yang. Go up a floor.At the beginning, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling escaped this catastrophe because they unintentionally caused the internal forces of water and fire to switch between the two when he was healing his wounds.

"Is it really retribution?" Li Jiancheng laughed lowly, coughed lightly, stood up, returned to the place where he fainted just now, and picked up the broken sword.

The sword is a good sword. It is made of Turkic people's private iron-smelting technology. It is sharp and hard, and it is not easy to rust. At this moment, the cut-off sword has been washed away by the blood, and it shows a cold light again.Just use this sword to touch Li Shimin's neck lightly... Li Jiancheng thought to himself, and returned to Li Shimin's side with the sword in hand.

Li Shimin was still lying on the ground, his face was pale, his lips were purple, and he was motionless.The armor on his body was washed away by the river, revealing the black armor inside, which was attached to his body with a thin layer.He is seventeen years old this year, and his stature is square and long. He still has the youthful and thin appearance of a teenager. Without his armor, he looks even thinner.

"You should be responsible for your sins..." Li Jiancheng murmured, holding the sword in his hand against Li Shimin's slender neck. With a little force, this defenseless man would die.

But I didn't want Li Shimin to wake up leisurely at this moment.

The boy's black eyes were dazed, and his curled eyelashes fluttered and closed like butterflies.

"You won this time. If you want to kill me, you can do it." In just a short moment, Li Shimin understood the situation at this time, and said almost indifferently with his black pupils without any fluctuation.His voice was so hoarse that he couldn't hear the clarity that a man of this age should have at all.

Li Jiancheng looked at the young man in front of him quietly.

To be exact, that was not a young man. Like him, there was an ancient soul dormant in this young body. He had experienced the cruelest wars, trampled on countless corpses under horseshoes, and stained his sword. The heads of countless people.

The broken sword drew a bloodstain on Li Shimin's neck, and the blood flowed down, but Li Shimin's face was calm and expressionless.

Not only does this person not care about other people's lives, he also doesn't care about his own life.

"No, I can't kill you. If you kill your closest relatives, what's the difference between me and you?" Li Jiancheng took a breath, slowly put down the broken sword, his mind gradually became clear, and he looked at Li Shimin coldly, "Since ancient times Wang Baikou, from your point of view, brotherly killing each other, in our situation back then, was just forced by the situation, although you feel ashamed, you have no regrets, right?"

"Yes. I don't think I'm a good person, but I'm a good emperor. I've been in power for 23 years. From the beginning to the end, I have worked hard to create the rule of Zhenguan and let the people live and work in peace and contentment. I am ashamed of you and my fourth brother, but I am ashamed of the people of the world. Yu Datang."

"Yes, you feel that you are a wise emperor through the ages. You have left a name in history and are admired by all ages. I can also tell you that the next hundred years since the Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous year in the entire Central Plains. , I can see it clearly, I think that if I ascended to the throne back then, I might not be able to achieve what you have achieved." Li Jiancheng said, with an inexplicable sarcasm on the corner of his mouth.

"But you naturally don't know what happened behind you." The memory gradually became clear, and Li Jiancheng recalled with a sneer: "Your sons, Li Chengqian and Li Tai, were all abolished because of conspiracy. , but there are some more interesting things that you may not know. After you died, Li Zhi succeeded to the throne. Your son-in-law and daughter Fang Yiai conspired against Princess Gaoyang and supported your sixth son Li Yuanjing as emperor. After the defeat, Was sentenced to death. This case involved a lot, including the husband-in-law of Princess Danyang, the fifteenth daughter of the emperor, the son of Chai Shao, and Li Ke were all implicated in this, and were all given death. Changsun Wuji was sentenced to After being exiled, he hanged himself to death. Li Zhi reigned for 34 years, but his queen was in charge of the affairs of state for most of the time. Later, when Li Zhi died, Wu Zhao poisoned the prince and proclaimed himself emperor. The name of the country was changed to Zhou, Known as Wu Zhou in history. She appointed cruel officials and condoned them to kill officials who opposed her. The ruling and opposition parties have been turbulent for decades. After Wu Zhao's death, Li Zhi's son Li Zhe was succeeded. He and his daughter, Princess Anle, were poisoned and killed. Webster wanted to follow Wu Zhao's ascension to the throne, but Li Zhi's grandson Li Longji and his daughter Princess Taiping staged a coup, killing Webster and Princess Anle together. Afterwards, Li Zhi's son Li Dan ascended the throne , made Li Longji the crown prince. After Li Longji succeeded to the throne, he gave to death his powerful aunt, Princess Taiping. So far, the battle for the throne in our Tang Empire has gradually come to an end. Shimin, you open Got a bad head."

Haohao's thousands of years of emperor's mind is a blood road paved with blood and bones all over the ground. Li Jiancheng's words and sentences are all Li Shimin's heirs and daughters who died. They are the descendants of the generals who helped him open up the world. .Brothers and brothers were killed, ethics collapsed, and kinship with flesh and blood was nothing but empty talk.

The four words of success and defeat are easy to say, but it's my turn, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

"Every time I think, Shimin, do you think this is retribution?"