I turned to the door with my hands behind my back, and looked at Chen Xuanli through the door: "If I don't kill the imperial concubine, do you still want to kill me?"
Chen Xuanli clasped his fists and said solemnly: "If your Majesty cannot bear it, I will do anything difficult for you."
I smiled lightly and said: "I, the only thing that is extremely difficult is to kill all the rebels. Are you, Chen Xuanli, willing to help me?"
When Chen Xuanli suddenly raised his head, I also stared at him: "Whether or not to kill you is not up to the imperial concubine, but to me. If you are afraid of death, you might as well mutiny immediately, cut me into pieces, and then support your own army." Maybe there will still be one like you, Chen Xuanli, in this world."
Chen Xuanli hurriedly knelt on the ground: "I don't dare."
"Don't you dare? I think you are very brave?" I sneered: "Do you want me to teach you how to do it? Now you might as well lead the troops to retreat and camp three miles away, and then send a group of knights pretending to be rebels against An Lushan and rush into Maweiyi. Kill me. Then enter Shu in the name of revenge for me, support whoever you want to become a puppet, and use the danger of Shu to cede the land and become king. What do you think?"
"I don't dare!" Chen Xuanli touched his forehead to the ground, but I snorted coldly while walking to the inn.
Gao Lishi, who was so frightened that his legs were weak, followed me step by step: "Your Majesty, we are now... now..."
"Shut up!" I scolded the other person and then walked back into the room and sat down, with cold sweat dripping from my forehead.
When I said those words to Chen Xuanli just now, I had already experienced a battle between heaven and man in my mind. What was confronting me in my mind was Li Longji's emotions.
Li Longji wanted more of the Tang Dynasty and returned to Chang'an.
But I can also feel the pain in Li Longji's heart, as if he was being torn apart. If this emotion didn't conflict with the so-called Tang Dynasty, I might not be able to force Chen Xuanli away temporarily.
What on earth do the Fox clan plan to do in creating such an illusion
Is it just to let me experience the Mawei mutiny
Definitely not, the Fox Clan has other purposes.
While my mind was running rapidly, Gao Lishi once again exclaimed: "Your Majesty, it's bad, the Forbidden Army... the Forbidden Army mutinied."
I just raised my head and heard the sound of arrows breaking through the wind, like a violent storm rushing towards the roof of the inn. In the blink of an eye, countless arrows penetrated the roof and nailed into the ground. The servants in the palace guarding the outside of the inn They all fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, and the bloody atmosphere filled the air instantly.
The two long swords were still buzzing and trembling less than half a foot away from me. Chen Xuanli's roar had already reached the air: "Stop it, stop it all. Your Majesty will not kill meritorious ministers. But you will hesitate when you are confused for a moment, give your majesty some time to think... put down all your arrows."
Chen Xuanli began to force the palace.
Gao Lishi trembled: "Your Majesty..."
I lightly dusted off the dust on my shoulders and said, "Clean up the corpses outside. I'm not used to sitting with the dead."
"Yes, yes..." Gao Lishi led the people to drag everything out, but there was no water source to clean the blood stains in the inn. He could only let the blood stay on the ground to slowly solidify and dry up.
However, the lack of blood on the corpse made people feel even more horrified. The waiters in the corridor were all trembling, and some were even covering their mouths and crying. They didn't know when Chen Xuanli's next wave of arrows would arrive, let alone He knew whether he would become a corpse dumped outside Maweiyi. The corpses they had just dragged out still hadn't closed their eyes until now.
I could even feel the corpses lying in a pool of blood outside, staring at the sky with pairs of eyes that were hard to close.
I said in a deep voice: "Gao Lishi, do you think I am a good emperor?"
This sentence is not asked by me, but by Li Longji. Li Longji's emotions took over in my body, and he had begun to struggle...
Gao Lishi knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, you..."
I didn't hear what Gao Lishi said clearly at all, and I had no time to listen. The only thing I was doing was trying my best to suppress Li Longji's emotions.
After a long while, I waved my hand and said, "Go out and tell Chen Xuanli that I have to think about it carefully."
Gao Lishi was overjoyed and ran out the door quickly, then stumbled back: "Your Majesty, Chen Xuanli said that he can only suppress the imperial army for one stick of incense, so please make an early decision."
"I know!" I stood up, took Xia Qingqing's hand and walked slowly towards the backyard of the inn. If I remember correctly, there should be a Buddhist temple there, which is where the legend goes that Concubine Yang hanged herself.
I took Xia Qingqing and walked slowly like a lover, and walked into the Buddhist hall in the bloody and murderous silence: "Give me the knife, close the door, no one or anything, please don't disturb me and the concubine. I will go out after burning incense.”
"Yes!" Gao Lishi handed me a long knife used by the guards, and carefully closed the door.
I locked the door bolt with my backhand and started walking quickly in the Buddhist hall. Soon after, I heard the sound of stepping on the hollow floor under my feet.
I got it right! There really was a place for people to hide under the Buddhist temple. If the legend that Concubine Yang Guifei Maweipo faked her death and escaped overseas is true, then there should be a place for people to hide in Maweipo. The location is in the Buddhist hall.
I squatted down, grabbed the board with both hands, and lifted it up. Unexpectedly, there was a crisp sound on my arms. It was like my arms were torn apart. The muscles were in sharp pain, and big beads of sweat suddenly fell from my body. It was dripping down my face.
Oops!
In the illusion, I not only inherited Li Longji's body, but also inherited his age. My physique was so weak that I couldn't even lift a wooden board.
Between gritted teeth, I knelt on the ground and pushed my whole body against the ground. I moved several times in a row and finally managed to open a gap on the floor that was big enough for one person to get in and out.
Just such a simple action almost made me unable to get up. I sat on the ground and panted for a while, then supported my body with a knife and stood up. I put my hands on Xia Qingqing's shoulders and looked straight into his eyes and said, "You are Xia Qingqing?"
Xia Qingqing nodded slightly, and then I said again: "Can you believe me?"
When Xia Qingqing nodded again, my voice dropped: "Just trust me. I will leave my life to you. It will be up to you later. Get under the floor."
After I knelt on the ground and fastened the wooden board again, more than half of the time for burning the incense had passed. Gao Lishi couldn't help shouting outside: "Your Majesty, the imperial army outside can't suppress it anymore."
"Go away!" I shouted angrily in a deep voice: "I said that a stick of incense is a stick of incense. Before the time is up, no one can disturb me!"
"Yes..." Gao Lishi backed away, and I quickly stood up. There was not much time left for me.
After looking around the room twice, I quickly walked towards the candlestick in the Buddhist hall, grabbed the lamp oil on it and lit all the places that could be lit quickly. After a while, flames were already rising around the Buddhist hall, and there were streaks of flames. The flames climbed up the walls of the temple and reached the roof.
I walked calmly to the center of the Buddhist hall, put the long knife in front of my eyes, and sat down cross-legged.
Most of the buildings in the Tang Dynasty were made of wood. Once a fire broke out, it was impossible to control it. In less than a while, the flames dancing with thick smoke rushed out of the house from the cracks in the walls around the Buddhist hall.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Gao Lishi frantically slapped the door that was locked by me: "Your Majesty, you must put the country, the country and the country first! Your Majesty... Your Majesty... The country of the Tang Dynasty cannot be ruined like this!"
The Tang Dynasty!
When these four words shook my mind, I almost stood up.
Li Longji's emotions took over again. It's not that Li Longji didn't love Yang Yuhuan, otherwise there would be no "Song of Colorful Feathers" in later generations, but he was an emperor after all. When faced with the final choice, he still chose to give up Yang Yuhuan. Yuhuan, go and protect the country of Tang Dynasty. His emotions were forcing me to stand up and open the door.
While I was still desperately trying to suppress Li Longji's emotions, the footsteps of the imperial army could be heard outside the door of the Buddhist hall.
Chen Xuanli roared outside: "Yang Yuhuan is rebellious and wants to murder your majesty... protect your majesty and rescue your majesty."
I stretched out my hand and grabbed the long knife in front of me: "The imperial concubine did not plot against me. The person who wanted to murder me was you, Chen Xuanli. Today, I and the imperial concubine were buried in the sea of fire, and it was you, Chen Xuanli, who did it."
Chen Xuanli roared: "Gao Lishi, what did Yang Yuhuan just do?"
Gao Lishi pulled his neck and shouted: "Yang Yuhuan kidnapped His Majesty. She must have forced His Majesty to say what she just said. His Majesty once said that Mr. Chen is a rare loyal minister and good general."
While I was holding the sword in my hand and sneering, Chen Xuanli roared angrily: "Your Majesty, have you been kidnapped by Yang Yuhuan? As long as you say a word, I will immediately lead the imperial army to rescue you!"
"I..." After only one word came out of my mouth, it was like someone had blocked my throat, and I could no longer make any other statement.
Li Longji
It's him who doesn't let me talk.
After I was silent for a few seconds, Chen Xuanli said loudly: "Your Majesty, he was indeed kidnapped. Otherwise, why would he be unable to make a sound? All the soldiers followed me to break down the door to rescue him, and prepared to hit the wood."
"No, no... wait..." Gao Lishi shouted: "Wait a minute, I'm trying to persuade His Majesty... No, I'm trying to persuade Yang Yuhuan. If you go in now, His Majesty's life will be at risk!"
Chen Xuanli said solemnly: "I will give you another half cup of tea. When the time comes, I will lead the imperial army to rescue you."
Gao Lishi cried: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten how many hardships you went through to regain the country of Li Tang? Your Majesty, your Majesty, the country and the country cannot be ruined casually like this! Your Majesty, the country and the country are more important, Your Majesty..."
Oops!
Li Longji's mood gradually gained the upper hand under Gao Lishi's cry.