"I was no match for you, but you were too conceited, and you were hurt by my luck."
"But, if you lose, you lose."
"Brother Li just said, if I can fight you for ten rounds without losing, I will give up my obsession and live in Twelve Cave, or return to our country..."
"Does it still count?"
Li Jing put her hands on the hilt of the sword, her tone was slightly cold, and she calmly recounted the agreement between the two of them just now.
Directly ahead, in the center of the long sword pit, Li Maozhen spread his hands in front of his eyes in a daze.
A pair of charming red phoenix eyes were now dull due to minimally invasive surgery on the corners of the eyes.
"How could this king lose..."
"I have been practicing martial arts for decades, how could I lose..."
"How could I lose to you!"
The air between the two suddenly crackled, and a palm glowing with purple and black light instantly appeared in front of Li Jing's eyes. Behind it, there was a handsome face that was slightly ferocious due to anger.
"enough."
A figure in white gently held Li Maozhen's wrist, and the palm with a lustful light kept shining on his cold cheek.
"Brother, you have really changed."
Li Maozhen's blood-red eyes slowly moved from Li Jing's face to the empress.
"Step aside……"
The empress' cold expression did not change at all, her phoenix eyes looked directly into her blood-red eyes.
"In the past, my brother was lenient and loving, and he was courteous to the people, just to keep the peace..."
"Look at you now, how can you still be as high-spirited as when you were in Qi Country? All you want is to obtain Longquan, launch a large-scale war, dominate the Kyushu, and unify China..."
"What do you know!"
Li Maozhen's eyes were red and he shouted loudly.
"Isn't everything that Brother Wei did just to end this troubled world! When Brother Wei opens the Longquan Treasure, Qi Country will be the only one!"
"you are wrong."
Li Jing gently pulled away the empress and looked straight at Li Maozhen's slightly ferocious face.
"Bad handsome man is making a fool of himself in the world. Do you really think that if you open the Longquan treasure, it will be yours?"
"The whole world is used as bait, and he is the only one holding the pole. You are just a pawn being used by him..."
"A chess piece to crack the Longquan treasure box."
"He took advantage of the ambition and obsession in your heart to make King Tangtang Qi willing to abandon his people and country, go to these twelve caves with all his efforts, and learn the magic that can unlock the treasure box... You Don’t you have any doubt at all?”
Although the deep voice was not mixed with any other tone, it was loud and sonorous, and each word fell into Li Maozhen's ears.
The empress remained silent and turned away, no longer looking at her brother.
The palm of his hand lowered slowly, and the dark light suddenly dissipated. Li Maozhen's eyes were blank and he murmured to himself.
"I should have thought of it long ago..."
"The chess pieces...are all chess pieces..."
Gently holding the empress's shoulders, Li Jing gave her a reassuring look and continued to speak.
"If my guess is correct, if you leave the cave and return to the Central Plains, you will only die."
"The bad commander will not tolerate an ambitious vassal king who knows the secrets of Longquan to remain in the world. He will not keep you."
Li Maozhen sneered twice and backed away slowly.
"In that case, why do you come to these twelve caves? If I die, won't it be good for you?"
"Since the emperor has conquered the world, why would he pretend to pity me? Since the bad commander is your minister, why do you have to worry?"
Li Jing was stunned for a moment, then coughed awkwardly.
"What was said in the room just now was all to deceive Brother Li. I am not worthy of being called the Emperor..."
A few strands of hair hung between Li Maozhen's eyebrows, and his disheveled hair no longer looked as stern as before. But as soon as Li Jing said these words, he suddenly gained momentum and stared at the empress.
"What does he mean by this? Hasn't the Qi Kingdom already entered the Tang Dynasty?"
The empress nodded slightly: "He is the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty is him, and the Qi country is naturally the Qi country of the Tang Dynasty."
We don’t know what Li Maozhen is thinking at this moment, but if he were called Li Jing, his heart must be filled with the feeling of thousands of horses galloping...
"You mean you gave up Qi Country to him?"
For some reason, Li Maozhen calmed down, and her eyes fell firmly on Li Jing.
"Why does he let you do this? Just because of his blood?"
"Or are you two already committed to life?!"
Li Jing raised her hand slightly and subconsciously wanted to defend herself: "Listen to me..."
"Yes, we have decided to get married, and I just happened to stop by to tell you."
But the voice of the empress beside her had already sounded faintly. She was dressed in white, with her hands behind her back, and she looked heroic.
"This king knows..."
Li Maozhen sneered, slowly wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and looked at the stunned Li Jing over there.
"She has not dealt with me since she was a child. When I say east, she insists on going west..."
"But with you, how can you protect Qi Country and revive the Tang Dynasty!? With that bad handsome man? That thief that no one can control?"
"Do you think you can control him?"
Seeing the empress looking at him, Li Jing turned her head silently and inserted the Longquan Sword beside her.
"This world has never been the world of one person... Emperor Taizong once quoted Xunzi's 'Water can carry a boat but also capsize it' to warn the descendants of Li and Tang that this world has always been the world of the people."
"Brother Li started his career due to the Huangchao disaster. Don't you understand the power of the people in this world... The dynasty fell in a matter of days."
"Qi Country has been fighting hard with the people of the world for a long time. Someone must stand up to calm the world and gather the strength of the people's hearts. Only in this way can we have the ability to unify the nine states."
Li Maozhen was stunned for a long time, and silently picked up the Tang Dao stuck on the ground under the gaze of several people.
"Maybe I am wrong, but I don't think you have this ability..."
"Mei, you must be wrong."
"Brother, I'm waiting for you to come back at Twelve Cave... Then you will understand my brother..."
Li Maozhen's figure gradually faded away, but her strong back was still straight, and her hair was flying in the wind.
In front of Li Jing and the empress, there was only a broken golden crown.
Looking at Li Maozhen's slowly disappearing back, the empress quietly put her hands behind her hands with a calm look on her face.
Li Jing pulled out the Longquan Sword and looked at the empress with a complicated expression.
"What did you just say?"
"It's just a joke, don't take it seriously."
The empress turned around calmly and walked towards Chi Meng on the other side of the stone house.
"We've seen him too. As long as he's not dead, we can go back."
Li Jing felt lost. She inserted the Longquan Sword into the sword case and carried it behind her back. She looked at the golden crown on the ground in the distance and remained silent.
Chi Meng looked at the empress and hesitated.
"Miss, your brother won't go out with us..."
There seemed to be a sparkle in the empress's eyes, but it was fleeting. She said calmly: "He is not the same as us."
"Different road non-phase plan."
…
The golden crown was covered by a big hand and then picked up.
"Just stay alive, uncle."
