Laughing at Chang'an

"It was you who killed Yu Feng and left me that letter in the name of Zhu Tang."

Looking back at this moment, the context of many things became clear, Geng Yan said thoughtfully.At that time, Li Shen had just returned from the South China Sea, and Li Tieyi started to act as expected, but an unplanned Wang Zhen appeared, and Li Tieyi also became suspicious of the housekeeper Su Xing who was his contact person...

"Yu Feng was originally a spy of Zhu Tang, and I didn't wrong him." The adjutant smiled, "But he didn't know that you were the leader of Zhu Tang, otherwise he wouldn't hesitate to arrest Li Shen because of his conscience. Report your physical condition upwards."

"So you don't want me to know about Li Shen's injury?" Geng Yan asked.

The adjutant nodded and said: "On the one hand, on the other hand, because that kid Wang Zhen came out to make trouble, I have to divert your attention. I know you will definitely not let Li Tieyi's plan succeed, but Yang Xingxing you It must be eliminated by the hands of Li Tieyi, I have no intention of stopping you or Li Tieyi, to be precise, before you actually launch a war against Chang'an City, my goal is exactly the same as yours."

"You are very good at changing the subject." Geng Yan rubbed his temples and said a little displeased, "Talking with you is really annoying, you don't want me to know Li Shen's injury, you are worried that I will take the opportunity to tell him in advance Do it?"

The adjutant shrugged and smiled contemptuously.

"I can't just sit and watch him fall into your hands... Even if he is a Man of Destiny, he can't be your opponent when all the opportunities are taken. Now I have to say, you didn't kill him back then. Killing him was the biggest mistake you ever made."

Geng Yan was silent.

"Empire, Tang Dynasty, Geng Army... You hold too many favorable bargaining chips, and I can't compare with you except for the only advantage of hiding in the dark. It is Li Shen's existence that makes me see hope. You don't Killing him, but trying to subdue him, this arrogant mistake has created the biggest variable that can confront you head-on."

The adjutant looked at Geng Yan and said: "He is a Man of Destiny, no matter how much you suppress him, he has been growing rapidly. Unlike you and me, a person like him will naturally attract others to gather around him. Luminous body. Yang Huxing, Feng He, Lin Guo, Yang Baobao, Haiweila Shuen, Mu Xiaobai...and he also has Li Tieyi, the biological father, who is the legitimate heir of the Huiguang Li family. Even if these outside Not to mention other factors, his own talent and mind, and his beast-like intuition, coupled with his one-in-a-million heart and willpower, he is destined to become a terrifying existence."

"And he has an inseparable relationship with this city of Chang'an. For you who want to destroy this city, your positions are inherently contradictory. So I did not block your plan, but watched you for Your ambition has completely pushed him to a situation where you cannot tolerate... What I do is to protect him from being swallowed by you when he is weak, and to help him break free from the pressure you imposed on him at the right time. Only a cage."

"That's all."

………………

Middle Earth, Yumen.

"Hey! Hey Li Shen!"

In the middle of the battle, Li Shen, who was stationed in the Chinese army, suddenly fell into a coma in front of the formation, and Huang Sha hurriedly carried him back to the tent behind the formation.Li Shen's body was as cold and hard as steel, and the accompanying military doctor couldn't figure out what was going on. Huang Sha frowned and thought for a moment, then ordered his subordinates to prepare an airship to take him back to Chang'an.

Others may not be clear, but Huang Sha has seen it with his own eyes, and this is not the first time that such a situation has occurred.Li Shen's body has been in trouble since the first battle in Penglai City. The god-killing crossbow that is said to have shot and killed the elf king finally caused serious damage to him, and his single-handedly destroyed thousands of ships in the empire. Naturally, the feat of the battleship did not come without a price.

Huang Sha vaguely had an ominous premonition in his heart. Li Shen, who seemed normal in front of others in the past few months, seemed to be overdrawing his own life. That kind of calm and indifferent attitude at any time seemed to have foreseen To their own ending in general.

The transport boat carried Li Shen into the sky slowly, its humming engine spinning, and disappeared into the eastern sky.Huang Sha took a deep breath, turned around and walked towards the battlefield where the fierce battle was taking place.

Even without Li Shen, the war will not stop because of this... Just like the sun and the moon turn easily, everything is moving forward according to the proper track.

Middle Earth, Chang'an.

The Tingfeng Pavilion built near the lake in the Huiguang Guild Hall is Li Mubai's residence.Underneath this quaint attic, there is a sealed stone room, in which a monster is tightly bound with a thick chain.

It has blood-red long hair that is dragged to the ground, sharp and narrow claws and sharp canines growing out of the lower jaw, and its eyes are like two pure blood rubies, shining brightly in the dark.And the skin all over its body is constantly festering and regrowing, and its appearance is very leaky.

The heavy beast-like panting echoed in the stone chamber.

The steel gate at the entrance of the stone room slowly rose, and Li Mubai, barefooted and dressed in white, appeared at the door holding a porcelain bowl.He stared deeply at the monster locked in the stone room. After a while, he walked towards him, bent down, and placed the porcelain bowl in his hand in front of him.

The bowl contained a fragrant medicinal soup.

"Drink it."

He ordered to the monster.

The monster curled up tiredly on the ground, motionless, as if it had never heard of it.Li Mubai frowned, bent his knees and squatted down, stretched out his hand to grab its chin and opened its mouth, and then forcefully poured the porcelain bowl of traditional Chinese medicine soup into it.It seemed that even the strength to resist had been lost, the monster let him do what he did, but opened and closed his eyes wearily, and then opened them again.

"Look at your current appearance." Li Mubai put aside the empty bowl in his hand, and said to the monster in a cold and sarcastic tone, "Humans are not like humans, ghosts are not like ghosts, if a woman likes this, then she must be blind. "

Perhaps the medicinal soup started to take effect, the monster's scarlet eyes gradually became brighter, and under Li Mubai's gaze, it smiled wearily like a human.

"……Hold……"

Li Mubai raised his eyebrows and asked, "What did you say?"

The monster laughed, its throat rolled, and slowly and hard, it uttered a few clear syllables.

"...same...fuck you..."

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"Winners and losers, that's all." Geng Yan said calmly, "It was my negligence that I failed to discover your existence in advance. You don't have to belittle yourself. I admit that you have the qualifications to be my opponent."

"Oh." The adjutant chuckled, "Should I say that I'm honored... I really don't like your superior attitude. It's really boring to treat people like ants."

There was a flash of astonishment in Geng Yan's eyes, he watched the adjutant stand up suddenly in astonishment, pointed at his nose like that, and began to curse——

"Is it interesting to see people kneeling at you!? Stepping on other people's heads makes you feel so comfortable!? Is it true that everyone is as obedient as a beast? You are satisfied!? Emperor? You are a shit, the group of people back then What kind of empire can be built only when the brain is pumped. Li Sanduo, that psychopath, has more vision than them... Why are you staring at me? I have wanted to scold you for a long time. I not only want to scold you, but I also want to scold your father, your grandfather, Your ancestors..."

The adjutant swallowed, suppressed his excitement, and said in a calm voice: "I said His Majesty the Emperor, oh no, the former Emperor, have you ever thought about why the empire has no technology, culture or wealth? Can’t be compared with Middle-earth? Have you ever counted how many people have made great achievements in a certain field in the empire over the millennium? Esoteric techniques... will become a tool for brainwashing?"

In the end, he concluded that—

"Because the corrupt system of the empire has bound people's hearts, in order to protect the power in your hands, you domesticate people like animals, make them ignorant, and make them only kneel and prostrate... Once people kneel down, how much do you want to stand up again?" Difficult, you know?"

Geng Yan didn't know, because he had never bowed down to anyone before.

But he probably understood—the idea of ​​the adjutant.

"Are you planning to overthrow the existing system of the empire, overthrow the imperial system, and re-establish a new system?" He frowned, "So you don't object to my launching a war, because you need this war to consume the power of the imperial army...for Prepare for the subsequent rebellion?"

"That's right." The adjutant admitted frankly, and sat back on the chair while pressing the table. "I need the empire and Chang'an to be a loser, and use this war to ignite the flames of opposition to the emperor and the current ruling class within the empire."

"You have already done it." Geng Yan said flatly.

"Yes, I did it." The adjutant smiled slightly, "Although it was difficult, I did it after all, and the next things have been arranged, and there is nothing to worry about... That's why I came to see you you."

"You won, but I didn't lose either."

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So cold.

It felt like sinking into a piece of icy water, his whole body was frozen stiff, even his thinking was frozen, and his consciousness became extremely slow - it took Li Shen a long time to realize his own existence.

Realized he was alive.

Can't move, can't speak, can't open eyes, only consciousness is bound in this body, can't feel anything, confused, panic, restless... Even the sound of the outside world can't be transmitted into this dark body , he doesn't even know if he is dead, what remains here is only the so-called soul after death.

Maybe soon, maybe after a long time, he finally calmed down.

It was not the first time for him to experience this terrible situation. He had already experienced it when he was in the South China Sea after his duel with Yun Xiangkong.He was sure that he wasn't dead, it was just that he couldn't control his body like that at that time... This had been foreshadowed, and he wasn't unprepared.

On the East Extreme Cliff, the cliff guard once told him that if the source energy reserve in his body drops below ten percent, he will fall into a state of suspended animation.The god-destroying crossbow outside Penglai City triggered a riot of different kinds of energy in Li Shen's body. He could no longer maintain the balance between consumption and absorption as before, and the frenzied fighting for several days left countless hidden wounds in his body , the combined effect of the two makes him look like a broken barrel that leaks everywhere. Although he tries his best to add water to it, it is of no avail. Instead, it puts more pressure on the barrel and accelerates its destruction.

Of course he knew his situation, he knew it better than anyone else.

He wanted to take Geng Yan to live in seclusion with him after the war. Although he returned the Geng Army to Geng Yan, if Geng Yan refused to go with him at that time, he made up his mind to knock him out and tie him up... …he didn't want to kill his pride, but he didn't want to let it go either.

Life always has to move forward, obviously determined not to stand still, but this time, there is no way ahead.

Li Shen would not regret saving Liselint at that time, if he did it all over again, he would still make the same choice...but he hesitated, very contradictory and struggling.

He wanted Geng Yan to die with him.

It was a bad idea, a bad idea, and he wanted it to go away, but couldn't.It took root in his heart like crazy and spread... He knew that he was crazy. On that day, Geng Yan told him that the rebellion in the Northland was a plan he laid out early in the morning, and when he prevented him from going to the Northland, In addition to disbelief and anger, Li Shen actually felt uncontrollable joy.

He was delighted to have found a reason to kill Geng Yan, and he could let him die with him as a matter of course.

He turned into an ugly and hateful monster.