The person in the distance was tall and straight, with long hair tied high by a crown facing the sky, his hands behind his back, and a pair of cold eyes piercing him.
Li Jing frowned, tapped his fingers on the sword box, and leaned over to pick up the short-handled Tang Dao stuck at his feet.
"It's not appropriate to welcome guests from far away like this..."
"Li Maozhen."
The person who came was still just standing there with his hands behind his back coldly, his blood-red eyes emotionless, and his chin tilted slightly.
"You only need to say who you are, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense..."
Li Maozhen's unfinished words were stuck in her mouth, her cold expression was stunned for a moment, and then she frowned.
"How did you find this?"
"Who allowed you to come?"
"With your identity, can you leave Qi Country?"
Different from the touching encounter scene as imagined, Li Maozhen's momentum suddenly dropped, ignoring Li Jing who was standing in front of the empress, and asked countless questions in an instant.
The intention of questioning arose spontaneously.
Li Jing looked at the empress with a strange look on her face.
"It seems that not only is he still alive, he is also in good spirits."
The empress looked calm as she walked to Li Jing's side, holding her hands behind her as well, staring straight at Li Maozhen with a pair of phoenix eyes.
"I'm here to see if Gu's brother is still alive."
A look of anger appeared on Li Maozhen's face: "Nonsense! Even if I die in a foreign country, what does it have to do with you! Many matters in Qi Country cannot be separated from you? How can I be the leader of a country..."
"Everything in Qi Country is fine under my king's rule. Brother, you are too worried."
The empress lowered her eyes and interrupted Li Maozhen's words with a cold face. Although she did not emphasize the word "my king", the meaning was already clear.
Li Maozhen frowned and glared fiercely: "What do you mean? What does it mean to call yourself a loner in front of your brother?"
After saying this, he pointed at Li Jing with one hand.
"Who is this person? Amei, is there anything going on in Qi Country during my brother's absence?"
Li Jing took off his hand from the sword box with a warm smile on his face.
"I thought it would be a meeting, but Brother Li's words seemed too intense. King Qi traveled thousands of miles to these twelve caves, and what he wanted to see must not be such a brother..."
Li Maozhen's face was as cold as ice, and her eyes were slightly sideways: "You have no right to speak in front of me."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of black mist suddenly broke through the distance between the two people and rushed toward Li Jing's chest.
Li Jing's smile did not diminish as he raised his palm lightly and dispersed the black mist.
"Brother Li seems a little too impatient. Why don't you sit down and have a good chat first?"
Li Maozhen saw the indifferent look on the empress' face and snorted coldly with her hands behind her hands.
"It seems that in the past few years when the king has been away, a lot of chaos has happened in Qi Country..."
"Brother, don't be conceited. Qi Country is very good... Only you don't look like you used to."
Li Maozhen sneered lightly and walked towards the stone house.
"Brother Wei has always been like this. Amei just needs to take care of Qi Country with peace of mind until brother comes back."
The empress shook her head slightly and stepped aside to get out of the way of Li Maozhen.
"Qi Country doesn't need you."
The figure who stepped into the house paused for a moment, then frowned and turned his head.
"What do you mean?"
A palm was placed on Li Maozhen's shoulder, and Li Jing's faint voice sounded in his ears.
"It's not interesting. Let's talk about eating. Your sister made this with her own hands. Don't waste it."
Seeing a Miao girl in the room who was glaring at him fiercely, Li Maozhen frowned, but walked into the room with great pride and sat down at a small table with several dishes of Chinese dishes.
"I can have a good chat, but you must first tell me who he is, who she is, how she found Twelve Cave, and how she was able to see me."
"bass"
The Longquan Sword was pulled out by the hilt, and Li Jing looked directly at Li Maozhen.
"Brother Li, can you recognize this sword?"
Li Maozhen, whose eyes had been fixed on the empress's face, turned his head slightly, and his emotionless eyes fell on the Longquan sword that had been pulled out of the sword case.
"This sword..."
Li Jing had a playful look on his face, and Li Maozhen's blood-red pupils shrank slightly, and he stood up instantly.
"Longquan!"
The empress was dressed in white men's clothing, with her hands on her flat chest and her face expressionless.
Li Maozhen's face was filled with joy, and her figure instantly appeared in front of Longquan Sword. She gently touched it with her palm and made a sound.
"Mei, where did you find this sword? It turns out that you came to Twelve Cave for this reason. I don't blame you as a brother, and I don't blame you as a brother..."
"This is from Xiao Guo Guo, not for you..."
Chi Meng, who had been standing silently beside him, clasped his hands behind his back and muttered softly.
Li Maozhen was stunned for a moment, then turned around and narrowed her eyes: "Who do you think this sword belongs to?"
"Brother Li, please don't misunderstand me."
Li Jing smiled softly and took a step back with his sword in hand.
The empress also said calmly: "The Longquan Sword is the sword of the Li Tang royal family. Brother, do you know who he is now."
Li Maozhen took two steps back with her hands behind her hands and looked at Li Jing with a frown.
"Are you a descendant of Li Tang?"
Li Jing nodded slightly: "The late Emperor Zhaozong's descendant, Li Jing."
"Brother Li has been away from the Central Plains for fifteen years. He must have no idea about the current situation in the world."
Ignoring Li Maozhen, who was slightly stunned, Li Jing spoke calmly again.
"In the first year of Tianyou's reign, the traitor Zhu Wen rebelled and launched a palace coup to murder the late emperor. The ninth emperor, Li Jie, was made a puppet. He was killed the following year, and Zhu Wen became independent."
"And Brother Li had been away from Twelve Cave for many years at that time. Brother Li thinks that the Central Plains is still the Central Plains of your time, and the world is still the world of your time?"
"Times have changed, Brother Li."
Li Maozhen clenched her fists behind her back and looked directly at Li Jing.
"Then the Tang Dynasty has recovered now?"
Li Jing suddenly chuckled: "With the help of bad commanders and the power of bad people spreading all over the world, why did the Tang Dynasty cease to exist?"
"The prosperous age will come, sooner or later."
Li Maozhen's body froze, her face turned extremely ugly, and she turned to look at the empress.
"Has the Qi Kingdom entered the territory of the Tang Dynasty?"
The empress's face did not change and she said calmly: "Qi Country is originally the Qi Country of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Maozhen's left hand with the Twelve Cave totem tattooed suddenly showed veins. He clenched it and then released it, then slumped back on the wooden chair.
"Why would he lie to this king..."
Li Jing and the empress naturally knew who "he" Li Maozhen was talking about, but they still chuckled:
"When Brother Li left Twelve Cave, he avoided the war disaster in time. Now under the rule of Qi State, the people live in peace and prosperity, and everything is in ruins, but it is much stronger than Brother Li back then."
Li Maozhen looked straight at the roof for a long time before looking back with a cold light in her eyes.
"Who is the emperor in this world?"
Li Jing pulled a wooden stool and sat down slowly. The empress and Chi Meng stood next to her, showing her white teeth to Li Maozhen.
"It's not Brother Li anyway."
The Longquan sword inserted in the sword box beside him trembled slightly. Li Jing reached out and pressed it gently, looking directly at Li Maozhen who looked embarrassed.
"I am the emperor, what should Brother Li do?"
