Xuanzong finally understood, of course Li Mao did not come to visit him today, he came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, he came to force himself to open his mouth to kill Li Heng and these people, he didn't want to leave an infamy by himself, so he wanted to kill his brother through his own mouth.

And he confirmed what Li Mao just said, Li Heng and their rebellion was to promote themselves to the throne. Then you will surely die. But if he gave this order to kill, he would have carried a big black cauldron. What's more, these people are their own sons and daughters, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, grandsons and grandchildren. Although he had also ordered the killing of his own son and the relatives of the royal family, it was really difficult to ask him to speak now.

"Father, you don't have to worry about it. I said it, as long as the father decides. My father said they were innocent, and I spared them. My father said that they had sinned heinously, and I would do the same. Father is about to decide, I will go back to Chang'an tonight, I still have a lot to do. Li Mao said coldly.

Xuanzong's gaze slowly swept over the faces of Li Hui and the others who were kneeling under His Royal Highness, Li Heng, Li Xuan, Li Pu and others all looked up at Xuanzong without saying a word, their eyes were full of begging, full of expectation, and full of desire to live.

Xuanzong's mouth moved, and he muttered dreamily.

"What? What did the Emperor say? Erchen didn't hear clearly. Li Mao said coldly.

The muscles on Xuanzong's face trembled, and wrinkles twisted. Suddenly, he got up from his chair, shook his head, and said loudly, "I don't make this decision, I can't." If you want to kill them, you can do it yourself, why do you want to clean up your name? What you do is your business, I don't say, I don't say. Mao'er, can't you just spare them? They are all flesh and blood, so why do they have to kill each other? You can't do this. ”

Li Mao was stunned, he didn't expect Xuanzong to say this, the muscles on his face began to stiffen, and the gloom was covered with a layer of frost.

"Father, do you know how to maintain your name at this time? Do you want to cherish your flesh and bones? What did you do in the first place? What you said was a crown, and now you are a good person and a king, but you didn't do that at the beginning. ”

"Mao'er, what do you mean by that? Isn't your father good enough for you? My father even passed the throne to you, how can you say such a thing? Xuanzong shouted with shaking hands.

"Passing the throne? Hahaha. Father, why are you embarrassed to mention this? There's nothing you can do. If I don't take decisive measures, the Jiangshan Sheji of the Tang Dynasty will be cut off in your hands, won't you pass on the throne? You have lost your reputation, and the people of the world have been completely disappointed in you, won't you abdicate? I took great risks to save the Tang Dynasty from danger, and now you say that it is your gift? Father, father, what did you do when the Tang Dynasty was in turmoil? How did Datang get to where it is today? Whose fault is it? Have you thought about it? Li Mao shouted.

Xuanzong swallowed and spat and stretched his neck and shouted, "Do you mean, I ruined the Tang Dynasty? Did I ruin the Tang Dynasty? ”

"Not you or who?" Li Mao said angrily: "It's not that you reuse Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong and them, it's not that you let An Lushan do anything wrong, it's not that you only care about pleasure and ignore political affairs, Datang will suffer this catastrophe?" So who raised the tiger in Wang Yuan? Didn't you connive at Yang Guozhong and let Yang Guozhong raise Wang Yuan, a vicious wolf? It's all your fault, don't you admit it? ”

"Shut up, stop talking, how dare you speak to me like that? I am your father, how dare you be so rebellious? Xuanzong was completely enraged and scolded loudly.

Li Mao sneered, not only did he not retreat, but instead took a few steps closer to Xuanzong. Showing Sensen's white teeth, he smiled at Xuanzong. He said coldly: "Father, what a father." What a big day, what a big temper. My son is going to be scared to death by you. Put away this set of yours, it's not what it used to be, you are no longer the emperor of my Tang Dynasty, in my eyes, you are just an old thing on the verge of death. ”

Xuanzong shook his body and his expression was extremely angry. But listening to Li Mao, she continued to sneer: "You say I'm not filial, right? But what about you? As my father, you have done your dignity as a father. What did you do? You even snatched your own daughter-in-law as a concubine, is this what you did as a dignified emperor of the Tang Dynasty? What did you just say, why are you embarrassed to say this word? Your reputation has been tainted since the time you snatched the jade ring from me and carried you to your dragon bed. For the father is not respectful, for the son is naturally unfilial. Why don't you want to think about how I feel when you bring me shame and pain you bring me? Now you have to say these high-sounding words to me, are you worthy? Do you have the face to say? ”

Xuanzong's face was as white as paper, his body was shaky, and suddenly his mouth opened, and a small mouthful of blood gushed out of the corner of his mouth. Seeing this, Zhang Dequan hurriedly stepped forward in surprise, supported Xuanzong and shouted in a trembling voice: "Emperor Taishang, Emperor Taishang, are you okay?" Are you okay? ”

Xuanzong waved his hand, struggled to sit on the chair, and looked at the son in front of him who was once silent as if he didn't exist, and was once as well-behaved as a puppy begging for mercy. watched him go from a small insect to a beast with teeth and claws like today. In front of so many people, he tore his dignity to shreds and allowed himself to stand in front of everyone as if he had been stripped naked.

Li Mao's heart was full of happiness, after so many years, the pain and anger he had held in his heart could finally be vented, and his heart was extremely comfortable. Seeing Xuanzong vomiting blood angrily, looking like an old dragon bell trembling and in danger, he didn't have the slightest sympathy.

"Father, I ascended the throne as the emperor and turned the tide to protect the foundation of my Tang Dynasty, you don't come to thank me, but to accuse me. These sons of yours, and these people, those people. What did they do? They followed Wang Yuan to seize my throne, followed outsiders to crusade against me, I only need you to tell you whether they should die or not, but you come to push back, talk about the east and the west. Should you do that? They want to rebel and ruin the Tang Dynasty, don't you understand? ”

Xuanzong made a strange snort in his throat, and looked at Li Mao in a daze, with blood flowing from the corners of his mouth, and stared at Li Mao without saying a word. Seeing Li Mao foaming and talking in front of him, he didn't say a word.

"You just said that I want to deceive you into carrying the black pot and tarnish your name, right? Okay, I will complete your name as a holy monarch, I will leave you a clear name, so that your father and emperor will become a Ming monarch praised by generations of young history, a Ming monarch comparable to Yao Shun through the ages, okay? I came to be this faint king, I came to let Qingshi scold and scold for 10,000 years, and I have all the sage of my father, okay? I'm always filial when I do this, and you'll never say I'm unfilial again. Hehe, father, you see. ”

Li Mao's feet were like the wind, he walked quickly to the side of the degree, stretched out his hand, and pulled out the long knife on the waist of the degree. Before everyone could react, Li Mao walked a few steps to Li Heng, who was kneeling on the ground, and raised his knife in his hand. There was a 'click' sound, and Li Heng's head rolled to the ground, and the blood in his neck poured out like a flash flood.

The screams of the temple erupted after a few breaths. The palace full of princes, princesses, princesses, princesses, and a large number of ministers screamed loudly, no one believed that Li Mao suddenly slashed Li Hui's head with a knife, which was like a nightmare. But Li Heng's headless corpse was in a pool of blood, and his head was still rolling, and even the expression on the head was a shocked expression, which showed that even the dead Li Heng felt sudden.

"You...... You...... How dare you...... You ......" Xuanzong pointed at Li Mao in shock, his fingers trembling and speechless.

"What am I afraid of? For the sake of the Tang Dynasty, for the sake of the ancestors and ancestors, I will kill these unfilial descendants of the Li family, and protect my Tang Dynasty. The fathers and fathers will not blame me, but will praise me. ”

Li Mao carried the blood-dripping knife and walked a few steps away to Li Pu, who was scared half to death. Li Pu's hands and feet were tied, squirming on the ground like a silkworm chrysalis, and while escaping from Li Mao's approach, he cried loudly: "Eighteen brothers, eighteen brothers, I was wrong, I don't dare anymore." From now on, I will listen to you in everything, and I will do whatever you want me to do...... Ah......h

In the scream, the long knife slashed down, and Li Pu's top door was split open by the long knife, and blood gushed out. Instead of splitting his skull in half, the long knife got stuck in the skull. Li Mao pulled out the knife with difficulty, and even raised his foot to kick Li Pu's body, which was twitching and struggling. Blood spurted onto his feet, hands and face, but he didn't care, pulling the knife hard.

This situation has scared everyone in the palace stupidly, the women are so frightened that they faint, and some of the royal nobles who are usually pampered have already and urine. The ministers had already fainted a few times in fright.

"Brute, you brute, you brute." Blood surged from Xuanzong's mouth, and he shouted hoarsely. The whole body trembled.

However, Li Mao didn't even look at him, pulled out the knife from Li Pu's head, and walked towards Li Ji with the knife covered in blood. Li Jian did not dodge like Li Pu, because he knew that there was no way to survive today, and he could not escape at all. So he sat quietly on the ground and didn't move, his eyes staring at Li Mao tightly, and his lips were biting tightly.

"It's your turn, Brother Thirteen. You're pretty good to me on weekdays, at least you didn't taunt me like they did. Originally, I planned to entrust you with a heavy responsibility after ascending the throne, so that you and I could do something great together. It's a pity that you also rebelled with them and brought troops to fight me, and I could only kill you. Li Mao stood beside Li Zhen and said softly.

"I know that the day I started my army, I thought of today. The twenty-seventh brother still saw it clearly, he hanged himself in Pizhou and saved himself from the disaster of decapitation. Hey, let's do it, it's useless to talk about it. Li Jin's face turned pale and said softly.

"Well, the twenty-seventh brother is very pitiful, he is just a Taoist priest, why are you pulling him to rebel? Isn't that harming him? That's it, Brother Thirteen, I will leave you a whole corpse, do you have any last words to say to me? Or rather, the last request. ”

Li Jian thought for a while and said, "The last request?" I'm afraid Your Majesty won't agree. ”

"Tell me, maybe I'll answer you." Li Mao tilted her head and smiled.

"You killed the twelve brothers, the twenty-sixth brothers and me, we have nothing to say, we have rebelled, and we deserve to die. However, these people are all innocent, our wives and concubines, children, and relatives of the emperor, they are all innocent. I implore the eighteenth brother to ...... Your Majesty can remember the love of flesh and blood, the love of the blood of your compatriots, and spare their lives. You're not going to kill them all, are you? ”

Li Mao thought for a moment, and his eyes swept to the relatives of the three princes who were trembling in the back, as well as the princess and the princess. Wherever his gaze looked, people shrank down and lowered their heads to avoid his gaze, as if his gaze were a sharp blade that would kill.

Li Mao laughed: "You guessed right, I can't promise you, these people must die." They are not innocent at all, because they all follow you in rebellion. Rebellion and rebellion are to be copied and beheaded, which is stipulated by the laws of the Tang Dynasty. I can't break the law. ”

Li Jian sneered, closed his eyes and lowered his head, and did not say a word.

Li Mao swung down with a knife, and Li Di's head fell to the ground. He didn't even keep his promise to Li Jian's whole corpse.

After killing three people in a row, Li Mao seemed to be a little tired, dropped the steel knife and walked to the chair and sat down. The chamberlain Huang An hurriedly stepped forward and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, go bathe and change your clothes." Your Majesty's body...... It's all blood...... It's all blood. ”

Li Mao waved his hand, took a sip of the teacup, and after putting the blood-stained teacup back on the table, Li Mao beckoned to the degree.

"Your Majesty. What is the will? The degree leaned over.

"Kill them all, not one of them, all of them, kill them all." Li Mao said in a hoarse voice.

The degree was half-open, as if he was about to ask, but after seeing Li Mao's fierce eyes, he closed his mouth. Turning around, with a wave of his hand, hundreds of guards inside and outside the hall poured out. The next moment, the hall was like a fried pot, the sound of crying was earth-shattering, and the sound of screams soared into the sky. The sword rises and falls, the blood bursts, the heads of people roll, and the blood flows like a river. In the short tea time, the unarmed royal family members in the palace and dozens of officials who had returned from Chengdu with Xuanzong were already strewn with corpses, and blood spread along the smooth marble floor of the main hall, flowing towards the stone steps at the entrance of the hall.

Xuanzong couldn't move anymore, he could only sit stiffly on the chair, his face was as white as paper, and his body shook sharply. Zhang Dequan was next to him to wipe his chest and smooth his breath, and Zhang Dequan's own crotch was already wet.

"Beasts, evil obstacles, beasts, evil obstacles." Xuanzong scolded these two words back and forth in his mouth.

"Father, the child has done what you should have done, are you satisfied?" Li Mao said coldly.

"Brute, obstacle. Kill me, kill me. ”

"Father, where did you think of it, how could I kill my father? My father is so good to me, my son should honor you well. You can rest assured, the son will not kill you, and the son will also ask the imperial doctor to take care of his father's body, and the son wants his father to live and live well. In this way, the father can see how his sons pacified the world and how they worked hard to revitalize the Tang Dynasty. Your father will know how your sons are superior to you. Erchen not only wants to surpass the heights you have reached, but also to include all the Western Regions of Tubo and Khitan into my Tang Dynasty. Erchen wants to establish a Tang Empire that has no predecessors and no one since. Father, you must live, you must see it with your own eyes, and you must be a witness. ”

Li Mao burst out laughing, stood up, stepped on the corpses and blood all over the ground, and walked out of the hall.

Xuanzong's whole body was stiff and weak, like a piece of dead wood slumped on the chair, his eyes stunned and silent. He's still alive, but how is he different from being dead? He's a living dead.

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On the evening of 17 July, Li Guangbi's army arrived at the city of Ningzhou. After easily capturing Gyeongju, the morale of the whole army was greatly boosted, and Li Guangbi decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue, taking the opportunity to attack the city continuously and advance towards Chengdu. Although he did not know the outcome of the battle in the north, he believed to Li Guangbi that even if the battle with the Hui people ended in Wang Yuan's victory, Wang Yuan's soldiers and horses would suffer heavy losses, and he might not dare to return to fight with him.

Li Guangbi's mentality has changed subtly during this time, in the past few years, every time he thinks of Wang Yuan, Li Guangbi has a heavy feeling of depression, and every time he thinks of fighting Wang Yuan, Li Guangbi always feels that he lacks confidence. But now, Lee feels that he has shaken off this psychological shadow. He was even a little eager to fight Wang Yuan, eager to break this barrier that had been hanging in his heart for so long. The day he defeated Wang Yuan was the time when he achieved a breakthrough in sublimation, and Li Guangbi felt that he was ready.

In Li Guangbi's opinion, there will not be too many soldiers and horses in Ningzhou City. In just a few days, there were only seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses who retreated from Gyeongju to Ningzhou, and the original defenders in Ningzhou City were only more than 10,000 people. This is simply not enough to hold Ningzhou.

After the army set up camp, according to the usual practice, Li Guangbi had to survey the city defense of Ningzhou and observe the enemy's situation. Although Lee Guangbi is now full of self-confidence, he has always been a cautious person and never does those reckless things. What's more, the city defense of Ningzhou is stronger than that of Gyeongju, and the rugged terrain near Ningzhou is not conducive to the attack of the army. Therefore, Li Guangbi still had to seriously formulate a plan to attack the city.

That night, when they climbed to overlook the city of Ningzhou, they saw that the dense defenders occupied the city. The torches were bright and the figures were shaking, and the number of soldiers and horses on the city exceeded the estimate in advance. If you look at the scale of soldiers and horses at the head of the city and the torches passing through the city, Xiaoxiao Ningzhou is afraid that there are thirty or forty thousand soldiers and horses among them.

But because of the lesson of Gyeongju's deception, Lee Kwang-pil expressed great doubts about it