Chapter 143: The Magnificent Tang Dynasty
Auspicious snow and good harvest in a good year, indeed.
The war did not affect the people's harvest, and it even increased a little. The simple farmers attributed this to the prince who was favored by the goddess. They believed that the current harvest was all obtained by the prince who took pity on them, the poor people, and specially asked the goddess for it.
People who had been farmers for generations had nothing good to offer, so they could only carry wheat ears and vegetables harvested from their own fields and enter Chang'an City together. They were afraid that the prince would not accept them, so they hurriedly placed the filled bamboo baskets in front of the prince's door, bowed sincerely several times, and then hurried away.
The doorman of the prince's mansion didn't even have time to shout, and could only carry the thank-you gifts weighing more than a thousand pounds to find the prince.
Li Shimin was accompanying his wife and watching the children play.
His eldest son is only four years old now. What can a few little radishes play with? Each of them has a small wooden bow and can play with it for a whole day.
After becoming the crown prince, Li Shimin was not as busy as before and had more time to enjoy the long-awaited leisurely life.
After all, he is the prince, and he has a powerful backer like the goddess. Those who used to set traps for him don't dare to do that anymore. He can be said to be able to hit anyone he wants.
He assigned the tasks at hand to others, big and small. Those who received the orders would certainly do their best. Even if they wanted to scold him, they could only do it in their hearts and did not dare to do it in private, for fear that their words would be heard by the goddess. They did not want to be like the eldest son, who vomited blood and turned pale for more than a month.
As for Li Jiancheng, he was busy dealing with his mess. He had to get himself out of this vortex as soon as possible while the cooperation with the Demon Sect was not yet deep enough.
The goddess is under the control of Li Shimin, let alone the Demon Sect, even if the three great masters come together it will be useless!
He also had to keep an eye on Li Yuanji, his stupid brother who knew that Li Shimin was favored by the goddess but still wanted to do something behind his back.
Li Jiancheng knew that Li Yuanji had never seen the power of the goddess, so he dared to speak so arrogantly in front of him.
But he has seen it!
I don't want to suffer this a second time!
As for Li Yuan, he was thinking about when to take power.
But now is not a good time. Li Da has just unified the north, and the south of the Yangtze River has not yet been recovered. The Turks are also very difficult to deal with, and there is also Lingnan...
From this perspective, the time for him to take power seems to be a long time away!
He looked at Li Shimin several times, wanting to say something but stopping himself, but Li Shimin pretended not to see him.
How could Li Shimin not know what he meant? It was precisely because he knew that he pretended not to see it.
Ask the goddess to help Li Ye unify the Central Plains?
Li Shimin just wanted to say to his father: Go to bed, you can dream of anything.
It was already a great blessing that the goddess was willing to give Li Ye a mountain to sit on. Any further demands would only make the goddess disgusted.
Besides, unification was something that they, the Li family, should have done themselves. Whether it was the Turks or Lingnan, it couldn't be a reason for them to ask the goddess for help without thinking.
As long as the goddess is there, destiny is there, and the influence is there, this is a reward that they can never get no matter how they set up the scheme.
That's enough.
Li Shimin was very confident that he would be able to unify the Central Plains and drive out the Turks soon!
At this time, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, located south of the Yangtze River, had stumbled into forming an army called the Shaoshuai Army.
The two men who came from nothing successfully entered Song Que's sight. Under the persuasion of his children and his own considerations, Song Que decided to support Kou Zhong and help them in the name of Song Da.
But before that, they still need to pass his test.
However, before Song Que could test Kou and Xu, news came from Chang'an that a goddess had descended from the sky.
After Song Zhi confirmed the authenticity of the news again and again, he hurried to report to his brother.
Song Que listened and decided to go to Chang'an in person.
The same decision was made by the Turkic martial arts master, Grandmaster Bi Xuan.
He knew clearly the agreement between the Turks and the Li Clan. Not to mention what Li Yuan did, the only one among the Li Clan that made him feel jealous was Li Yuan's second son.
At this level of Grand Master, his perception of heaven and earth naturally far exceeds that of ordinary people. When Bi Xuan first met Li Shimin, he felt that this boy was completely different from others, with a strong aura and luck that far surpassed that of his father and brother.
However, Li Shimin was only a child at that time, and Bi Xuan had no intention of killing him. Who would have thought that after just a few years, his great fortune would have been revealed to this extent.
The goddess descended from the sky, and Li Shimin, the prince of Li Clan, was the one destined by heaven.
Within a month, the news had spread all over the country.
The man who is destined to be the king...he will definitely unify the Central Plains, and anyone who stands in his way will be defeated as an obstacle.
The same is true for the Turks.
The agreement between them was a well-known calculation by both parties. No one would be surprised if the chessboard was suddenly overturned.
It is not necessarily true that Bixuan had deep feelings for the Turks, but it is also impossible for him to sit back and do nothing.
Then Bixuan came.
He wanted to see whether this goddess was real, and more importantly, he wanted to see how Li Shimin would fulfill his destiny.
On the other hand, Shi Feixuan and Wanwan, who were originally going to look for Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, also changed their routes temporarily. They both received letters from their master, asking them to go to Chang'an to find out what was going on.
Compared with the goddess, the "Eternal Life Secret" is nothing.
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Wanwan was the first to arrive, as she was closest to Chang'an.
She had already obtained Kou Zhong's whereabouts and chased him, but she was deceived. She only saw Ba Fenghan pretending to be Kou Zhong. The real Kou Zhong had already run away more than 800 miles away with Xu Ziling.
Knowing that she was deceived, Wanwan didn't get angry. She just exchanged two moves with Ba Fenghan and left.
Apart from Shi Feixuan, Wanwan is not that hostile towards others, but not everyone can make her take action.
After receiving the secret letter from her master, Wanwan set off immediately, traveling day and night, and entered Chang'an City before the two great masters and others.
She originally did not take this legendary goddess seriously. People in the world also called the women in Cihang Jingzhai goddesses, so she thought that this goddess was another hypocritical person like Cihang Jingzhai. At most, she would be more vigilant and adopt the attitude she would use when facing a master like her master.
She thought so.
It was not until she sneaked into the prince's mansion at night that she saw the silver-haired woman hanging in the air with a river of stars and moonlight spreading beneath her.
Wanwan was almost crazy.
She had never seen anyone so beautiful.
There is no shortage of beauties in the Demon Sect, and the group of women in Cihang Jingzhai do have good looks, but even if they were put together, they are no match for this man.
There can't be such a beauty in the world; she must have come from heaven.
The goddess, she is indeed a goddess.
Tarona, who was listening to the gossip of the stars in the sky, sensed Wanwan's arrival early. The daylight obscured the human eyes, and the stars were always hanging in the clouds in the sky.
As she had said before, under the stars, she knew everything.
...Except for the carefully hidden [Destiny Loom] and the person who obtained it.
If it were in the past, waiting like this without any news, even if Tarona could wait, he would probably feel a little annoyed.
But now it is different. Under the influence of the [Golden Witch], she is very comfortable.
[The Rich Witch] Her life is eternal, just like the billions of stars in the universe. She can endure loneliness and does not know what loneliness is.
The stars in the sky are all alive. They have their own voices, which can only be heard by their own kind. With their long lives, they know a lot of gossip and interesting things.
So, how can stars be tired?
They have tea parties every day.
With the help of his temporary partner's simultaneous interpretation, Seth also listened with great interest. He took notes while listening, preparing to share them with his partner later.
After another civilization anecdote was told, the stars entered a brief time of sages. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tarona lowered his eyes and looked at the person who was looking at him foolishly, with a faint smile in his starry eyes.
If a man looked at her like that, she would definitely give him a thunderous and powerful health treatment.
If a woman looks at her like this, she will just let her look at her with a smile. Who doesn't like a beautiful girl?
She likes it very much.
What's more, since she can withstand the passive buff of [Golden Witch] without being attacked, the person who is looking at her foolishly is naturally qualified to look at her.
Appreciating beauty and coveting beauty are two completely different things.
"Wan Wan."
The silver-haired witch opened her lips slowly, and two syllables came out of her mouth, which were better than thousands of sweet love words in the world.
Wanwan actually blushed a little and was very happy in her heart.
'She knows my name!'
She thought so excitedly.
Wanwan, who practices the Heavenly Demonic Art, has always been the one who makes others obsessed with her. How could she have imagined that one day she would be so moved by a single word from someone else?
But this person is a goddess from heaven. No poem or song on earth can describe her. Her beauty is beyond human imagination.
Thinking of this, Wanwan's face became even redder.
She stood barefoot on the glazed tiles and bowed to the goddess who was suspended in the air: "Wanwan from the Demon Sect, I have seen the goddess."
She spoke her origins and her name openly without showing any fear or hesitation in her beautiful eyes.
The goddess is different from those hypocritical people in the righteous path.
God loves all living beings. Good or bad, they are all human.
Tarona raised her eyebrows. She was not wrong to think so. After all... [The Thousand-Gold Witch] was not a real god. She was an Outer God.
The great witch moved her body, from leaning to half-lying, the rippled starlight surged under her, the moonlight was not to be outdone, it flashed a bright white light, giving the "recliner" a layer of silver edge.
She half closed her eyes and asked, "So, what is Wanwan from the Demon Sect doing here?"
This courtyard was larger than the courtyards of Li Shimin and Changsunshi combined. All kinds of rare treasures, exotic flowers and plants were moved into the courtyard. The people who arranged these things were trembling with fear, fearing that these inanimate objects would not catch the eye of the goddess.
The goddess doesn't care. She can sleep under any tree.
But seeing Li Shimin happily introducing to her how comfortable and exquisite this courtyard was, the goddess smacked her lips and swallowed the word "casual" that was on the tip of her tongue, and decided it was okay.
She didn't have any requests, her only request was that she didn't need to send anyone to serve her.
Li Shimin neither asked nor insisted, and immediately arranged the servants who were originally arranged to serve the goddess to go somewhere else. Now there was no one to breathe in the huge courtyard.
The only ones who dared to come here and were able to come here were Li Shimin, Zhangsunshi, and Li Lizhi, who was brought by Sissi along with her bed to be seen by the master.
Li Shimin, who was "passing by" the gate of the courtyard, was so frightened that his heart almost stopped.
Li Lizhi smiled brightly at her father, who was so scared that he was almost in trouble, and clapped her hands happily.
Ever since they knew that the Second Young Master, no, the Crown Prince, ever since they knew that the stuffed bear that the Crown Prince brought back was actually a messenger from the goddess' seat, everyone in the Crown Prince's mansion wanted to spread a silk blanket on the ground for the messenger to pass by.
Xixi ignored the passionate looks around her and would lift her gurgling baby up in bed to show her master every morning.
The master is a demigod. The baby will be in good health after staying with the master for a long time!
Over time, Li Shimin got used to it, Zhangsunshi got used to it, and all the servants in the mansion got used to it.
Thinking of Li Shimin, who was so frightened that his body moved faster than his brain and rushed to Sissi to hug the child, Tarona couldn't help laughing out loud.
Just like Seth said, it was like a cat whose beloved Abebe was stolen, panicked and shocked.
After the goddess asked, she suddenly smiled, and Wanwan couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.
She was here to find out the truth on the orders of her master.
Also, there is one more thing...she wants to go before Li Jiancheng.
There was no other reason. Because of his previous cooperation with the Demon Sect, the Demon Sect had not received any benefits, so he unilaterally announced that the cooperation would end.
Li Jiancheng was very aware of the current affairs. The day after Li Shimin became the crown prince, he was willing to sacrifice his own interests to cut off all transactions with the Demon Sect.
The Demon Sect is indeed not easy to deal with, but compared with the Goddess, the Demon Sect is nothing. Of course, he would choose to offend the least serious one.
This made Zhu Yuyan very angry, and the secret letter sent to Wanwan also told her to teach Li Jiancheng a lesson he would never forget.
If Li Jiancheng was not still of use, she would have asked Wanwan to kill him directly.
Wanwan felt that as a mortal, she would not be able to hide the truth from the goddess, so she told the truth honestly, being even more obedient than she had been in front of Zhu Yuyan.
Furthermore, the goddess obviously prefers Li Shimin. As for who Li Jiancheng is, the goddess must not be very concerned about him.
Sure enough, after hearing what she said, the goddess hummed lazily and said no more.
Wanwan finally let go of the anxiety that had been lifting up in her heart.
After a while, she heard the goddess ask again: "Now that you have seen it, why don't you leave?"
Wanwan didn't want to leave.
Logically speaking, she should have left. The second son of the Li family had never associated with the Demon Sect in the past, and now the eldest son of the Li family is even more hostile to the Demon Sect. He also has a true goddess in charge, so even Shi Zhixuan would not attack him again. The Demon Sect can't get any benefits from him, let alone cooperate with him.
Wanwan didn't want to leave, she wanted to stay.
She saw a fatal attraction in the goddess.
The attraction that gods have for mortals is naturally strong and unreasonable. The highest level of the Heavenly Demonic Law is slightly similar to this unreasonable and strong attraction, and she saw an opportunity in it.
There is no one who practices martial arts who does not desire to reach the pinnacle of martial arts, and there is no one who does not want to break through the void.
The same goes for Wanwan.
She set her goal to surpass her master. Her master was very satisfied and had high hopes for her.
However, at this moment, her goal changed.
She is a genius, and she wants to become a genius that is hard for the world to reach!
She wants to become the best expert in the Demon Sect and become a grandmaster!
Wanwan is ambitious, and her ambition is as frank and straightforward as her words. Even if she doesn't say anything, you can see her wildly growing ambition by looking into her eyes.
People need to dream, so that they can go far and fly high.
Wanwan looked at the silver-haired goddess in the sky with such eyes, and said: "The goddess has a fairy-like appearance and a divine look. Wanwan fell in love with her at first sight!"
The people of the Demon Sect always follow their own will, and they say whatever she wants.
She took a step forward and said, "Wanwan wants to stay by the goddess' side and serve her. I hope the goddess will grant my wish."
Before she finished her words, she looked into a vast sea of stars. The stars were high in the sky, shining brightly. There were vague whispers coming from the sky, loud music was playing from all directions, and countless pictures flashed by as far as she could see.
She heard a lot, but it seemed like she heard nothing. She saw a lot, but it seemed like she saw nothing. The overload and confusing information made her want to vomit.
Her body became small, her soul trembled in the whispers and music, and her brain and thoughts issued an unbearable buzzing.
Wanwan understood that this was a test from the goddess.
Even though she had never faced such vast, illusory, and mysterious sounds before, she was determined to withstand this test!
After an unknown amount of time, Wanwan knelt down on the glazed tiles, her whole body drenched with sweat, dripping wet as if she had just been pulled out of the river.
Her eyes were empty and her face was pale. She stared blankly at the goddess who remained in the air. At this moment, she had deeply experienced the gap between mortals and gods.
The sky and the earth, the vastness and the smallness, are nothing more than this.
——Her state of mind was loosened.
The goddess's calm gaze finally fell on this human.
She said: "If you want to stay, then stay."
When she was flipping through the information just now, she saw a person who was also from the Demon Sect and was Wanwan's disciple. Her name was Mingkong.
Under the greater ideal, all other ideals should be crushed. Now Wanwan only wants to become a grand master and be able to break the void one day.
Time flies, and time can change everything. The Demon Sect may become the enemy of the Tang Dynasty, or it may become a helper of the Tang Dynasty in the future, or they may live in peace.
Tarona is interested in Li Shimin, not his descendants. As long as the Demon Sect does not cause trouble while Li Shimin is alive, it will be fine.
After Zhu Yuyan's death, Wanwan became the leader of the Yingui Sect. With her talent and understanding, she will soon become the number one in the Demon Sect. With the fate of the goddess, she will not be bent on subverting the Tang Dynasty as she did before. The Demon Sect will no longer be in a tit-for-tat relationship, and Li Shimin will be able to spend less energy.
Maybe you can live longer.
"Thank you, Goddess!"
Wanwan thanked him in surprise, her eyes brightening three points.
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Shi Feixuan was the second to arrive.
She did not sneak in at night like Wanwan did, but came to the door in a formal manner to pay her respects.
The doorman led her into the palace, and the first person she met was the gentle and generous Crown Prince's wife, Changsun.
Li Shimin went to the battlefield, and the most important person in the Prince's Mansion was the Prince's Consort. When a distinguished guest came to visit, the host had to welcome her.
When the two met, they were both polite and respectful, one performing the palace greeting and the other the street greeting.
After knowing what Master Feixuan was doing, Changsun felt a little embarrassed: "Master, the fairy doesn't know that the goddess doesn't see other people, and I don't dare to disturb the goddess's peace."
Before Li Shimin went to see the goddess, and told her that he was going to lead the troops to fight. His purpose was not to ask the goddess to protect him and ensure victory in every battle, as he could do that by himself. His purpose was for his wife and children who stayed in the mansion.
Sometimes even the gods cannot control human nature.
After worshipping the goddess, Li Shimin specifically instructed Zhangsunshi that no matter who came to see the goddess, she should say that he had no say in the matter, including Aye and the others.
Zhangsun agreed seriously, and a few days later, Li Yuan, who was unwilling to give up, came.
Hearing his daughter-in-law say this, Li Yuan sighed, put his hands behind his back and walked away.
After a few days, the fairy master came.
Although Changsun refused verbally, she was thinking in her heart that yesterday when she brought her children to pay respects to the goddess, she unexpectedly saw a beauty who was so beautiful that she could overthrow a country and a city beside the goddess. The goddess even called this beauty Wanwan.
Changsun recognized the name Wanwan, and since the beauty was dressed boldly and casually, she was certain that this person was the Wanwan from the Demon Sect.
Today, another righteous saint came. This is really...
Shi Feixuan got the answer, nodded, and said: "I am sorry to bother you, the Crown Prince's Consort."
Having said that, she stood up and was about to leave.
"Oh."
Suddenly, a faint laugh came from outside the door.
Shi Feixuan's face immediately turned cold, and the look she gave outside the door seemed to conceal a stern and fierce intent.
Changsun stood up leisurely, not afraid.
With the goddess around, even if the Saint Maiden of the Demon Sect and the Saint Maiden of Cihang Jingzhai meet face to face, they won't be able to fight.
Wanwan seemed to be floating in the air, like a petal, and flew lightly into the reception room.
She smiled and exchanged greetings with Changsun first, then looked at Shi Feixuan who was looking at her coldly, with a warm look as if welcoming a guest: "What a distinguished guest, the famous Saintess of Cihang Jingzhai, why are you here instead of going to look for your destined person?"
Shi Feixuan's eyes narrowed. After just a dozen days of not seeing each other, Wanwan's martial arts skills were already better than hers.
Shi Feixuan had heard how difficult it was to practice the Heavenly Demonic Law, so she was so surprised.
Wanwan saw what she was thinking and flirted in front of her as if to show off: "Master, are you jealous?"
Shi Feixuan held the sword and did not respond.
Wanwan was not annoyed. She smiled at Changsun and said, "The goddess is calling you to take the child back."
Changsun smiled and nodded, looked at Shi Feixuan, said a few polite words, and then went to the goddess's courtyard with the cloth.
The Crown Prince's Consort had been gone for quite a while, and Shi Feixuan, whose aura was about to lock onto the person in front of her, finally heard Wanwan say, "Let's go, Master Fairy, the Goddess wants to see you."
Shi Feixuan's heart suddenly sank.
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