Under One Person: Starting from the Inheritance of Gods

Chapter 336: The throne must be seized by oneself! [Please subscribe and vote for me.]

"I am ~ the Son of Heaven!"

"Hahaha!"

The fake Li's face was half crying, half smiling, half crazy, and half sad, and he covered his forehead with his blood-stained hands.

Suddenly, he looked at Yuan Tiangang, as if he saw the only glimmer of hope. He walked forward with his hands and feet, grabbed Yuan Tiangang's arm, and asked in an almost pleading tone:
"Marshal, I have finally come this far. All of this is the road you paved for me to get to where I am today, right?"

Unexpectedly, Yuan Tiangang kicked him away without mercy.

The fake Li fell to the ground, holding his chest, and stood up again with perseverance, grabbing Yuan Tiangang's ankle as if grabbing the last straw when drowning.

He raised his head and looked at the high and mighty Yuan Tiangang with hope and expectation: "Marshal, you said that as long as I can restore the Tang Dynasty, I will be the Son of Heaven!"

But what he got in return was still Yuan Tiangang's cold-bloodedness and he was kicked away once again, like a poor creature who was humble to the core.

The fake Li stood up tremblingly, turned to look at the surviving princes, patted his chest frantically, and was eager to prove himself: "I am the one who opened the Longquan treasure, and it was my blood that opened the Longquan treasure!"

"You were all there that day. I won the bet between him and me, so I am the emperor, right?"

"Speak up!!!"

The fake Li roared and went crazy, ignoring the blood on his body.

But all he got in return was silence from the princes.

The fake Li staggered around, looked at Yuan Tiangang's back, took two steps forward, wanting to get closer to Yuan Tiangang again, the man he once called boss, the man he followed without regrets, the god-like figure in his mind.

"Boss, what I said... is it right?"

But before the fake Li could get close, he was blown away by the sudden burst of Tiangang Jue Qi from Yuan Tiangang.

Yuan Tiangang walked up to Li Xingyun, not caring about the fake Li's life or death, and knelt on one knee with the Longquan Sword in his hand, saying respectfully: "Your Highness, the Longquan Sword has appeared, please!"

As he said this, he was about to hand over the Longquan Sword.

"Do not!!!"

The fake Li looked at this scene with tears in his eyes. All his efforts, all the pain he had experienced, and all his expectations, at this moment, turned into a dream.

Like an abandoned dog, it kept wailing on the spot.

Yuan Tiangang never had any regard for him in his heart, so naturally he would not care about the wailing of the family dog.

Li Xingyun frowned and looked at the fake Li, and asked in a deep voice: "Yuan Tiangang, who is he?"

Yuan Tiangang did not answer.

At this time, the fake Li Fen climbed up without hesitation and roared at Yuan Tiangang: "Yuan Tiangang, I want you to kneel in front of me and admit that I am the Son of Heaven, I am Li Xingyun!!!"

"Noisy!"

Yuan Tiangang's low and hoarse voice was heard, and he held the Longquan sword in his backhand. Before anyone could react, he was about to stab the fake Li with the sword.

However, when the tip of the sword was less than an inch away from the fake Li, the sword's momentum was abruptly stopped.

In the astonished eyes of the fake Li, a figure appeared. The figure stretched out a hand and grasped Yuan Tiangang's wrist, preventing him from moving forward even an inch.

"Your Highness!"

Yuan Tiangang slowly put away the Longquan Sword and bowed to Meng Fan.

Meng Fan turned around and did not look directly at Yuan Tiangang, but looked at the crazy fake Li. He could not help but shook his head and sighed.

"Ugh!"

But under the gazes of the crowd, the fake Li seemed to have just reacted, and took a few steps back in fear, but then he raised his head again and asked in a puzzled tone:
"Boss, I did it. I did it~ It was obviously very good. But why did you want to kill me?"

Yuan Tiangang chuckled and replied in a hoarse voice: "You did it, and you did it very well. Without you, Li Xingyun would not have come out of the mountains. Without you, Li Xingyun would not have traveled to various countries and won the hearts of the people."

"Although there are many variables, fortunately, I have achieved my ultimate goal."

Yuan Tiangang sighed and glanced at Li Xingyun, but finally stopped his gaze on Meng Fan. "Everything I do is to clear obstacles for the new Tang Dynasty, and you will be a stumbling block and hidden danger for the new emperor to ascend the throne. Sharing the worries of my emperor is the duty of a minister."

When Meng Fan heard this, how could he not understand the implication of Yuan Tiangang's words? He wanted to get rid of this troublesome person, the fake Li, before he rebuilt the world.

After all, the fake Li and himself are biological brothers. If he doesn't die, he will inevitably become disloyal after Meng Fan ascends the throne, which will cause turmoil in the Tang Dynasty and Meng Fan will be branded as a man who killed his brother. Yuan Tiangang decides to eliminate the fake Li first.

As for Li Xingyun, he was different in Yuan Tiangang's heart after all, and he couldn't bring himself to do that.

Meng Fan's eyes became fierce, and he shouted, "Yuan Tiangang!"

"Chen is here!"

Yuan Tiangang bowed and became more humble.

Meng Fan narrowed his eyes and warned, "You passed!"

Unexpectedly, Yuan Tiangang said with a resolute expression: "For the sake of the long-term plan of the Tang Dynasty, I will never regret dying."

"I have served as the Bad Commander for more than 200 years, and have always been a sharp blade in the hands of successive emperors. I don't know how much blood and dirt I have experienced. This is nothing more than a little notoriety and hardships. I am willing to bear it all."

"And these things have already happened to me to such an extent that it is impossible to add any more."

There is no doubt that Yuan Tiangang deserves the word "loyalty", but Yuan Tiangang's tyranny only makes him stick to his ideals and rarely make concessions.

But Meng Fan is exactly the person who can make Yuan Tiangang give in.

Meng Fan looked at the fake Li and said slowly: "Just leave him to me, and you can do whatever you want with the rest!"

"Your Highness...are you soft-hearted?"

Meng Fan shook his head, then walked forward and patted the fake Li on the shoulder, as if to comfort him.

Afterwards, Meng Fan knocked the fake Li unconscious and put him into his devouring bag.

Meng Fan looked at the sac in his hand and sighed, "His life was too hard."

Yuan Tiangang's tone did not fluctuate at all: "Your Majesty, I know!"

"But you should also know that his last name is Li after all, and he has the blood of our Li family running through his veins. How can you humiliate him too much?"

"My lord, you are guilty!"

Meng Fan raised his head and looked at Yuan Tiangang, and suddenly smiled and said, "If I had fallen into your hands at the beginning, would I have had the same fate as him?"

"My lord, I don't dare!"

Faced with Yuan Tiangang's thriftiness with words, Meng Fan sneered and asked, "Is there anything in the world that you, Yuan Tiangang, dare not do?"

"Have!"

"I dare not kill the king!"

Meng Fan looked at Li Xingyun and said in an ambiguous tone, "No one is destined to be a monarch when they are born. In the end, one has to fight for the position of a monarch by oneself."

Yuan Tiangang nodded in agreement: "The facts prove that what Your Highness said is true, just like Emperor Taizong, who finally ascended the throne with his own abilities."

Afterwards, Yuan Tiangang said to Li Xingyun and Meng Fan: "Your Highnesses, the Longquan treasure is right in front of you, please!"

"I will lead the way for your Highnesses."

Yuan Tiangang was the first to enter the passage, followed closely by Meng Fan and Li Xingyun, and finally the various princes and their personal guards.

Inside the Longquan Underground Palace, everyone followed Yuan Tiangang up the long stone steps. The further they went down, the larger the space became. Finally, what appeared before everyone was a huge underground palace.

It is even comparable to the Qianling Underground Palace and the Changshengdian Underground Palace that Li Xingyun had visited before. The former two were built during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, while the Longquan Treasure was built in the late Tang Dynasty.

The amount of money, materials, and labor consumed can be seen from this.

(End of this chapter)