In the city of Chengdu, there is a jubilant and lively scene. The news of Dashuai's pacification of the world made the people of Chengdu elated. In addition, the New Year is approaching, and the people are busy doing New Year's goods for the New Year, and every household is busy. The twenty-third day of the lunar month is a small year, and when the people are busy with the festival, they leave some important things and important people behind. Among them is the fact that Li Mao, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was imprisoned in Chengdu.

On Dongcheng Street in Chengdu, in an inconspicuous carriage, Li Mao sat in the cart with a pale face, his eyes closed, and his body swayed with the carriage. After entering Chengdu City, Li Mao felt the liveliness and noise of this city. He felt the atmosphere from the moment he entered the city, and he couldn't help but look out through the gap between the sealed windows. He saw crowds of brightly dressed and bustling people on the streets. What he saw was a dense crowd of thriving shops on both sides of the street. The smell of the food and snacks wafting from the shop made people drool.

However, the more Li Mao watched these scenes, the more frustrated he became. There is only one carriage board away from the people on the street outside, but outside is a free and prosperous world, and he is a prisoner of the stairs. How he wanted to shout and tell those people outside: I am your emperor! I am your master! How can you laugh at yourselves and have no one come to my rescue? But Li Mao knew that this was just in vain, the people of Chengdu City were no longer his Li Mao's people, and he was no longer the emperor, just a lamb to the slaughter.

Ever since that day in the Qifeng Pavilion, Li Mao has been imprisoned in Xingqing Palace. No one went to see him, and he saw no one. Every day, he could only curse at the empty room one by one, cursing the people he hated. But he soon discovered that there were too many people he had to curse. Xuanzong, Yang Yuhuan, Wang Yuan, Gao Xianzhi, Cui Qiushan...... The list was long, long, and he really couldn't scold it. He wanted to kill himself, but he couldn't make up his mind. Although the house was emptied, there was still a way to kill himself, it was okay to hit the corner of the wall and hang himself, but he really didn't have the courage.

Ten days later, the first person he saw was Wang Yuan. And Wang Yuan's first words when he saw him were: "King Shou, I'm going to take you to Chengdu." ”

Li Mao begged, cried, and even threatened Wang Yuan, begging Wang Yuan to spare him. He gave many preferential conditions, persuading Wang Yuan that as long as he supported him to restore the throne, he would give Wang Yuan supreme power. Wang Yuan just kept looking at himself coldly and didn't say a word. From Wang Yuan's cold expression, Li Mao shut up. He knew that from Wang Yuan, he didn't have any breakthrough. But he still holds on to his last hope, which is to go to Chengdu to see his father. Maybe my father will forgive me, maybe I still have a chance.

Li Mao has completely lost his IQ, people with a little common sense know that Li Mao's life and death are actually doomed, the reason why Wang Yuan wants to take him to Chengdu is Wang Yuan's style as always, he does not want to bear the charge of killing the royal family, Wang Yuan wants Xuanzong to personally order to kill Li Mao.

The carriage was escorted by more than 100 guards and cavalry to the Sanhua Building. The iron bars outside the carriage clicked, the black curtain was pulled open, and the dazzling light shone in through the cracks in the carriage, and the cold and strong light made Li Mao's body curl up and cover her eyes with her hands.

"Come down, what's the grind?" A merciless shout rang in his ears, and an ordinary guard grimacingly scolded the emperor in front of him who had once sat on the throne.

Li Mao wanted to scold angrily: I am the emperor, don't you want to die? But he apparently understands that it is ridiculous and ridiculous to say such things now. He hunched over, like a prisoner accustomed to scolding and scolding, and slowly dismounted from the carriage without expression. The scenery around the foothold is very familiar, this is the scattered flower building, and it used to be the place where he often came and went. My father must have lived here.

"Your Majesty has a decree to send Li Mao to the palace to ask for the crime."

"Your Majesty has a decree, take Li Mao to the palace!"

Li Mao jumped under the sudden shouting, and looked at the voice, on the corridor in front of the hall of the Sanhua Building, several attendants shouted their wills with their strength, and their voices were hoarse and ugly, like the souls of those who asked for their lives.

"Let's go. Your Majesty is waiting for you inside. One of the guards shouted.

Li Mao slowly straightened her clothes and moved her numb legs and feet.

"Hurry up." One of the guards suddenly stretched out his foot and kicked Li Mao in the ass.

Li Mao stumbled forward and almost fell to the ground. Turning around, Li Mao glared angrily.

"How? Do you still dare to stare? I'll give you a big mouth in the glare. The guard also stared at Li Mao with monkey eyes, his palm was already straight, and the posture seemed to be about to slap him.

Li Mao didn't dare to be stubborn, even though he had all kinds of anger in his heart, he could only admit it obediently. Although he was once an emperor, no one dared to have any disrespect in front of him. But now, in front of a small soldier of the Divine Ce Army, he can only admit it, and he can only be kicked in the ass but he doesn't dare to say a word.

The long corridor leads to the front of the hall of the scattered flower building, and the door at the end of the hall is open, and the inside is black and hollow, like a huge mouth that wants to devour people. Li Mao approached step by step, went up the steps, and then entered the giant mouth.

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In the hall on the first floor of the Sanhua Building, the light is dim and obscure, and the atmosphere is empty and cold. There was no bustle of the city full of civil and military affairs, except for the lonely figure of Xuanzong who was sitting quietly on the throne, there were only a few chamberlains standing quietly on the throne.

Li Mao entered the hall, his eyes fixed on the familiar figure sitting on the throne.

"Father!" Li Mao shouted in a trembling voice.

Xuanzong on the throne was silent, looking at Li Mao from a distance, the muscles on his face trembling.

"Father!" Li Mao shouted loudly, stumbled and ran, he ran to the bottom of the throne, suddenly fell to the ground, and crawled up the wooden steps of the throne. Like a wriggling earthworm, desperately crawling to the throne.

The two chamberlains moved, but Xuanzong waved his hand.

Li Mao finally climbed to Xuanzong's feet, reached out and hugged Xuanzong's calf, and cried.

"Father! Father! The son is not filial, the son is guilty, please forgive the father. Father......! ”

Xuanzong's eyebrows moved, looking down at Li Mao, who was crying at his feet, and said, "Mao'er, you're here." ”

"Yes, Mao'er is here, Father, it's Mao'er......" Li Mao had a lot of snot and tears, wetting Xuanzong's underwear piece by piece.

Xuanzong nodded, raised his foot, and kicked Li Mao's head violently, Li Mao was caught off guard, his body was kicked and rolled over on his side, and his bones rolled down the wooden steps.

"You still have the face to come to see me, I gave birth to such a good son as you, and I almost killed me. You still have the face to cry in front of me, bastard. Xuanzong stood up tremblingly, pointed at Li Mao and scolded angrily.

"Father! Sons are not filial. Erchen knew that he was wrong. The sons were confused for a while, and the sons should not be so kind to their fathers. Please forgive your sins, forgive your sins. Li Mao lay on the ground and cried loudly.

Xuanzong stepped down from the throne step by step, stood in front of Li Mao and said in a dumb voice: "Mao'er, you have failed my hard work. I have high hopes for you, but what have you done? You can't even tolerate me, and you have to kill even the people who passed on the throne to you, you have disappointed me so much. You actually issued an edict to frame me, and put me on so many charges. You idiot, what have you done? ”

"Erchen is wrong, Erchen deserves to die." Li Mao muttered.

"You've disappointed me so much, I know you hate me, isn't it just for a woman? I have given you all the thrones, am I not worthy of a woman? And you hold a grudge against your father. It's good now, look at your fate, look at my Datang's fate, it's all your fault. You disobedient and stupid thing, you have ruined the good situation, and you have also harmed yourself to the point where you are now. Bastard, idiot! Xuanzong cursed Li Mao mercilessly, and spat at Li Mao's head and face.

Li Mao only lay there whining and wailing, and kept repeating in his mouth: "Erchen deserves to die, Erchen is guilty." Something like that.

Xuanzong was tired of scolding, took a few steps back, and held the handrail of the wooden steps with his hand and gasped slightly.

Li Mao crawled a few steps to Xuanzong's feet, hugged Xuanzong's leg and said, "Father is angry, the son knows that he is wrong, please spare the son of the son." The sons and daughters must change their minds and be new people. ”

Xuanzong sneered, looked at Li Mao and said, "Spare your life?" Change your mind and be a man? You're beautiful. Do you think you still have a chance to live? ”

Li Mao was shocked: "Father's life, my father can't kill his son, his son is the only son of his father, if his father kills his son, who can succeed him in the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Xuanzong looked at Li Mao coldly and said, "You know this now, but you personally killed several of your imperial brothers and brothers, as well as your nephews. You have personally cut off the bloodline of my Li family. Now that you're alone, do you think I won't be able to kill you? ”

Li Mao hurriedly shouted: "Erchen deserves to die, my father can kill Erchen, but as soon as Erchen dies, the emperor's heir will be cut off, and the Tang Dynasty will be seized by others." That Wang Yuan...... He is eyeing him, and his father must not be kind to him. He wished that his father would kill his son, in that case, after his father, there would be no owner in the world, and the world would become his world. ”

"Smack!" With a sound, Xuanzong slapped Li Mao in the face and scolded angrily: "At this time, you are still arranging Wang Yuan." You don't want to dream of the Spring and Autumn Festival, do you think you alone have the qualifications to inherit the imperial heir? My Li family can inherit the throne, but I don't need to be my son. Wang Yuan is not as insidious as you think, he has already discussed this matter with me. I had agreed to his request. I have issued an edict to all parts of the Tang Dynasty to summon the bloodline of the Li Tang branch that was forced to hide when Emperor Wu was forced to return to the dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Wu, the kings raised troops to seize the throne, but in the end they failed, and the kings were killed. But their blood and blood survived incognito. I know that three of them are still alive, and I have decided to summon them back to Chang'an, and choose those who are of the right character to succeed them. Hehe, without you, my Li Tang can still continue, as long as I have the blood of the ancestor on my body, I Li Tang will not be in danger of breaking the seed. As for you...... I'm afraid I don't have a chance. ”

Li Mao looked up at Xuanzong with his mouth open, and his heart was cold. yes, I forgot about that. During the reign of Emperor Wu, the kings rebelled, and many royal bloodlines fled incognito to avoid the persecution of the Wu clan and hid their identities. Although all these years have passed, there must be some of them still alive. They are also the bloodline of the Li Tang royal family, and they may have been worried that returning to the imperial court would not be tolerated by the imperial court, but now, they will definitely return for the sake of the throne. And his identity as the only heir is just wishful thinking, he is really finished, and the last chance is gone.

"Father...... You can't do that. I am your son, how can you pass on the throne to your sideline? They've been separated from their father for generations. You can't do that. Father, you go and tell Wang Yuan, you have to pass the throne to me, I can't die, I can't die. Father, if you call Wang Yuanlai, the son will tell him personally, and the son will beg him for mercy. Father ...... "Li Mao held Xuanzong's legs and swayed, and Xuanzong's bones were about to be shaken apart by him."

Xuanzong sighed, leaned down, stretched out his hand to stroke Li Mao's face, and said in a low voice: "Mao'er, don't be delusional. To tell you the truth, Wang Yuan won't let you live, even if your father wants you to live, there is nothing you can do. Father can't offend him for you now. You know, he can usurp my Li family at any time. What the father had to do was not provoke him and make him keep his promise. You know what? He made an agreement with me, and soon I will return to Chang'an, while he stays in Shu, and his soldiers and horses will not leave Shu for half a step. As long as I hold on for a few years, I don't annoy him, let the new emperor ascend the throne, and recover my strength well. In the future, they will give Wang Yuan a good look, and they will get rid of this confidant. And you have to die, I can't intercede for you, if you die, you can be regarded as doing your best for the Jiangshan Society of the Tang Dynasty. I can only exchange your life for Wang Yuan to keep his promise. Do you understand? ”

"......" Li Mao's face was like ashes, lying on the ground in a daze. He had to admit that what his father said made sense. In order to let the Tang Dynasty still be passed on in the hands of the Li family, his father could only choose not to annoy Wang Yuan, and could only choose to tolerate it to the greatest extent, how could he provoke Wang Yuan for himself at this time.

"Mao'er, don't worry, I will leave you a whole corpse, and I will give you a thick burial. I don't really have long to live, but I have to do these things before I die. It's part of the deal, and you can't ruin it just because you're there. The country is big, do you understand? How can individual lives be compared to the bigger picture? I've taken many wrong steps, and the situation has become so sinister that I can't afford to take any more wrong steps. So, you have to understand all this, you have to be brave to face it, and you have to be brave enough to die. You know what? Xuanzong's low voice was like a dream in Li Mao's ear, and his voice was full of fatherly warmth, which Li Mao had never experienced.

"No!" Li Mao shouted, "No! Why? Why do I have to die? Why? I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Yuan, a traitor, usurped the throne, you are confused, you also believe his words. I don't want to die, I can't die, I can't die. ”

Xuanzong looked at Li Mao's crazy appearance in a daze, sighed, and waved his hand.

Seven or eight chamberlains slowly stepped forward by the side curtain, and one of the leading chamberlains held a tray in his hand, on which a celadon wine jug and a wine cup were placed on the red silk cloth.

"Lord Shou, the slave Xiaoshanzi is waiting for you on your way." The chamberlain screamed.

Li Mao jumped up as if she had been stung by a scorpion, and waved her hand again and again: "I don't drink, you are bold." Go away, go away. I don't drink. Xiaoshanzi, you are so bold, I want to peel you and cramp and chop you alive. ”

Xiao Shanzi stepped forward slowly and said, "King Shou, even if you kill the slave and maid alive, you have to drink this pot of wine first." ”

Li Mao rushed out and rushed towards the door of the hall, shouting: "If I don't drink, who dares to force me to drink?" I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and I am the lord of the world. Whoever forces me, I will kill him. ”

Xiao Shanzi waved his hand coldly, and several attendants flew over, Li Mao only stumbled and escaped a dozen steps, and was grabbed by the arms of several attendants and escorted back.

"Hold on, pinch your nose." Xiao Shanzi shouted.

Li Mao yelled and struggled violently. But several chamberlains clamped his arms and body to death, and one of them reached out and pinched his nose. Li Mao's breathing was blocked, so she had to open her mouth and inhale.

Xiao Shanzi stretched out his hand to pick up the wine jug, and he didn't need to pour the wine from the wine cup, so he directly poured the spout of the wine jug into Li Mao's mouth.

"Wait!" Xuanzong shouted.

Xiao Shanzi was stunned and turned his head to look at Xuanzong.

"Your Majesty?"

Xuanzong was stunned for a moment, sighed and waved his hand, and closed his eyes at the same time.

Xiao Shanzi understood what he meant, turned his head with a cruel smile on his face, and poured out the poisonous wine in the jug. Li Mao whimpered, gulping of poisonous wine into his throat and flowing down the corners of his mouth into his neck. When the flask was empty, Xiao Shanzi was satisfied. With a wave of his hand, several attendants let go of Li Mao's body, Li Mao coughed loudly, gasped violently, and collapsed on the ground as if he had twitched his backbone.

After a while, a sharp pain rose from her abdomen, and Li Mao screamed loudly, holding her stomach and coughing. At first, he coughed up alcohol, but after a while, every time he coughed, black blood splattered out of his mouth and nose, so that the entire nose and mouth were covered in blood, and his face turned dark and purple.

"Father...... Emperor! Ahem! you