“If you don’t kill them, they will turn around and shoot you with crossbows, or secretly poison you in the well water, or kill you in various other ways.”
"But if you kill them, your conscience won't allow it; you'll feel like you're indiscriminately killing innocent people..."
"this……"
Li Jue never expected that this seemingly ruthless old man, Li Tou, would have such a complex and unspeakable side.
"Uncle Li, the Tang Dynasty is now at peace, so there's no need for you to go to war!"
"Hehe, let's hope so..."
"Come here, let me rub it for you. Tell me where it hurts, and I'll rub that spot for you..."
Li Jue didn't mince words when he heard this, and immediately responded with a grumbling.
"I feel uncomfortable all over!"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately got up, pressed Li Jue onto the bed, and stretched out his two large, fan-like hands to massage Li Jue's neck all the way down to his calf joints.
But his hands were too strong, and Li Jue cried out in pain repeatedly.
"Bear with it, this is a method to expel blood!"
"You stood in the courtyard for half the night in the cold wind, and then wrote for half the night. Your arms and legs are stiff. We need to massage your meridians to loosen them up before you can feel comfortable!"
"But your rubbing really hurts..."
"Silly child, nothing that doesn't hurt won't relieve your fatigue!"
Li Jue lay on the bed, listening to Old Li's increasingly heavy breathing, and feeling the beads of sweat dripping onto his body from time to time, and stopped complaining of pain.
He wasn't ungrateful; seeing how hard Old Li was working to massage him, even sweating from the effort, his last bit of resentment towards him vanished.
"Uncle Li, considering how hard you worked to massage me, I'll forgive you for hitting me today!"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin slapped his grandson's bottom hard, making the stinky grandson howl loudly.
"Old Li, what are you doing!"
"Hmph!"
"I hit you because you disobeyed me. Who cares if you forgive me?"
"Even if you hate me and resent me, you still deserve a beating, and you won't be spared a single one!"
Li Jue was furious when he heard this.
This old man really treats me like his grandson, hitting me and cursing me whenever he wants?
He doesn't even look in the mirror to see if he's worthy of the title. His grandfather was Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty!
However, he only dared to think such things in his heart, and would never dare to say them out loud in front of outsiders.
After all, he wanted to acknowledge Li Shimin as his grandfather, but Li Shimin didn't want to acknowledge him as his grandson...
Thinking of this, Li Jue felt a wave of frustration and no matter how much Old Li rubbed him, he stopped making a sound.
Li Shimin thought the child was asleep, but when he lay down, he was shocked to find that his grandson was not asleep at all, and his pillow was soaked.
"What's wrong? Did Grandpa hurt you just now?"
"No, I just remembered my grandfather..."
"Your own grandfather?"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin's heart stirred, and he tentatively asked.
Do you miss him a lot?
"In no mood!"
"Why don't you want to? Is it because he treats you badly?"
Upon hearing this, Li Jue could no longer control his emotions and grabbed Old Li's arm, crying out.
"My father and mother were killed by him. The reason I became a fugitive, having all the skills but not daring to use them, is also because of him!"
"Old Li, I hate him, sob sob sob!"
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