Half in the river wind, half in the clouds

The long street in summer is scorching hot.

But the most dazzling light in Liangzhou City suddenly went out.

Guan Shanyun was covered in wounds, but he still stayed with Jiang Feng and Gao Hui, refusing to give way or let anyone pass.

One comes up, and I chop him down.

Jiang Feng held Gao Hui in his arms and cried to Guan Shanyun, "Brother! Let's go!"

Guan Shanyun's face was covered in blood and his body was filthy. After killing a man, he turned around and smiled at her, but ignored her words.

Oboi was also shot dead by an arrow and fell beside Gao Hui.

There was actually a look of unwillingness in the raptor's eyes!

What about human beings?

Jiang Feng didn't expect that in such a desperate situation, Dou Ding would suddenly turn towards them.

He was already in the enemy's camp.

But now he rushed out from the enemy camp, roaring and hacking his way through.

Gao Hui and he, as representatives of positive and negative, grew up being compared to each other.

They were once incompatible and would always fight when they met.

Gao Hui hung Dou Ding upside down on a tree in the back mountain for a whole night and he almost froze to death.

Dou Ding made a false accusation and Uncle Gao almost broke Gao Hui's legs.

But they still drank together, hunted together, rode horses together in parades, dressed in fine clothes and riding fine horses.

Of course they are rivals and enemies, but they are also partners and brothers.

Dou Ding called out Gao Hui.

The man who attacked Guan Shanyun was chopped in half.

Also a stupid one.

Jiang Feng put Gao Hui down, carefully wiped the blood off his face, and rejoined the fight.

Let the blood of our enemies serve as a memorial to us!

……

The tragic scene that Li Longye saw when he arrived with Li Longji was still clear to him even many years later.

Bodies piled up.

The smell of blood wafted into my nose.

His bride was thrusting a sword into another's heart.

The fiery red wedding dress was like the scorching sun, making it impossible for people to look directly at it.

The fight lasted for the whole morning.

Blood flowed like a river, dyeing the street red.

At one point, people living nearby were afraid to drink the well water because it smelled of blood.

Hua Xi Tower and Hu Ji Tavern on both sides of the long street, the most famous restaurants in Chang'an City, have since declined.

……

Cui Shi's men scattered everywhere.

Li Longye walked towards Jiang Feng step by step.

The barrier between them was finally no longer the three wives and four concubines, the ambition for the throne, or love or not, but the life that was forever lost and could not be restored, and the unbearable regret.

Li Longye saw Gao Hui's body from just one step away.

At the same time, Jiang Feng raised his sword and pointed the tip at him.

With a hoarse voice, he said, "Don't come over here!"

He paused, then took another step forward.

Jiang Feng's eyes had lost their clarity.

She even suspected that all of this was a play performed by Li Longji and Li Longye. The respect for the emperor's posthumous child and the alliance with Princess Taiping were all for the purpose of paralyzing the enemy so that they could take advantage of the wedding opportunity to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.

And she once again became a pawn.

She herself doesn't care, but Gao Hui, Guan Shanyun, Youran and Qiao Qing don't care either.

Li Longye was not the main culprit, but he indirectly caused Gao Hui's death.

It was he who used her as a threat and made Gao Hui participate in the Tanglong coup.

It was he who transferred Gao Hui from Liangzhou to Chang'an in order to fight against Princess Taiping.

It was he who was determined to seize the throne, which led to this massacre.

It's all him! It's all him!

She felt hatred and also wanted to die.

In that case, let’s destroy them together!

Li Longye continued to walk towards her.

He once said, "I will bear your pain with my own body. From now on, I will bear all your pain again!"

Prince Xue will certainly live up to his promise.

Then let him bear the heart-wrenching pain she is experiencing at this moment.

The sword pierced his chest.

There were exclamations from the back.

Li Longye's face was filled with pain, but he did not take a step back. He held the sword and walked forward.

Jiang Feng screamed in pain and exerted force with his left arm again.

Never meet him again in the next life!

At that moment, Guan Shanyun knocked Jiang Feng unconscious from behind.

The long sword fell to the ground and Jiang Feng fainted in Guan Shanyun's arms.

……

The wheel of history took a sharp turn in June of the first year of Xiantian.

On the seventh day of June, Li Dan issued an edict to adopt Li Longye to Emperor Xiaojing in the name of benevolence and shun, thus forever eliminating the possibility of him competing for the throne.

Immediately afterwards, Prince of Ning Li Chengqi, Prince of Shen Li Xun, and Prince of Qi Li Longfan were appointed as guests of the Crown Prince, and all the princes were relieved of their official posts as ministers of ceremonies, generals, etc.

Although it was proven that Ning Wang Li Chengqi had nothing to do with the rebellion, his two legitimate sons and one daughter were involved. Among them, Ji'an County Princess Jin and Ning Wang's third legitimate son were killed on the spot by Feng and Yun, and the eldest legitimate son was shot and killed in front of the town by the Shenwu Army when the palace was surrounded.

Princess Taiping's party was uprooted.

As soon as the wedding procession left that day, Cui Shi, under the order of Li Longji, massacred all the hundreds of people in Princess Taiping's mansion.

The only one who survived was Xue Chongjian, who helped Jiang Feng get married.

Princess Taiping escaped under escort and wanted to go to the palace to ask Li Dan for help, but found that the palace guards had been replaced by Li Longji's men.

In desperation, Princess Taiping fled to Mount Zhongnan.

The next day, the imperial edict arrived, imprisoning Princess Taiping in Mount Zhongnan, and she was not allowed to leave without an imperial decree.

Her followers Jia Yingfu, Li You and Xiao Zhizhong were arrested, while Dou Huaizheng committed suicide.

Cui Shi was sentenced to exile in Lingnan, and later was executed by Li Dan.

But when the officials caught up with the exile team, they found that Cui Shi had died mysteriously in a tragic and shocking way.

This three-faced jester finally ended his life. No one knew when and why he served the Princess of Ji'an.

All people know is that after Empress Wei fell, he relied on his beauty to quickly attach himself to Princess Taiping and began to frantically seize political resources.

At the same time, he secretly surrendered to Li Longji and reported Princess Taiping's every word and action to Li Longji.

This aunt and nephew both thought that Cui Shi was one of their own.

But in fact, he is only loyal to Ji'an.

He learned from Princess Taiping about her alliance with Li Longye, and from Li Longji about the plan to take action against Princess Taiping and Li Longye on the day of their wedding.

He discussed with Ji'an and decided to take advantage of Li Longji's strategy and get rid of Princess Taiping first.

He was also prepared to clean up the mess and reap the profits after the two brothers Ji and Ye killed each other.

Ji An felt that killing Jiang Feng was just a matter of convenience, which led to the ambush on the long street.

Unfortunately, she underestimated Guan Shanyun's fighting ability, underestimated Gao Hui's bravery, and even underestimated Dou Ding's character and integrity.

At the same time, she did not expect that the two brothers, Jiye and Jin, did not fight each other! Li Longye almost succeeded in seizing the tripod, but he was not Li Longji's brother, so Li Longji would definitely get rid of him as soon as possible.

But I didn't expect this to be the result.

So far, two mysteries remain, but no one has tried to solve them.

One is, did the brothers Ji and Ye really turn against each other, or did they join forces to thwart Princess Taiping's plan?

Another question is, could Prince Ning Li Chengqi really be completely unaware of what his two sons and one daughter were doing and their attempt to seize the throne?

Because all this no longer matters.

Li Dan stripped his other four sons of their power one by one, and personally determined the charges against Princess Taiping. Finally, on August 3, the first year of Xiantian, he officially gave the throne to Li Longji.

The bells and drums of Taiji Palace rang, the new emperor ascended the throne, and all the ministers shouted "Long live the new emperor".