The Lone Star of the Tang Dynasty

From historical records, when Li Yuan died, Li Shimin hugged his father's body tightly, buried his cheek in Li Yuan's chest, and cried bitterly. However, even so, Li Shimin still decided not to let Li Yuan come back, because he knew that once the family gate valve was given an opportunity, he was afraid that it would cause many changes.

For that sword, Li Er has a special emotional sustenance. Before he went to see his son Li Changge, who was suspected of being left behind, Empress Changsun had informed him of the news, and although he was very excited, he had no idea of changing the crown prince because he had not yet met. At first, Li Er's vision for Li Changge was just a rich and idle prince, living a leisurely life in Chang'an City, reading poetry and books, and raising children was enough. As everyone knows, Li Changge, a child, has shown extraordinary insight and talent, and his insight into the political situation even makes him, the emperor, admire.

Before going to see Li Changge that day, Li Er looked at the "Instrument of the Son of Heaven" sent by the group of yin and yang weird family gate valves - a high-quality sword, and sneered in his heart. He believes that these so-called "instruments of the Son of Heaven" are just a pawn for them to try to manipulate the royal family. Father Li Yuan lost his sharpness in his later years, and his brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were confused by the small favors of the family, and they actually colluded with them, and even did not hesitate to attack themselves. Therefore, Li Er decided to give this sword to Li Changge, who met for the first time, as a toy, instead of giving it to the crown prince Li Chengqian, to show that he knew the calculations of the family's gate lords well.

At the same time, Li Er also had a deep meaning: since Li Changge was born in Orion, he gave him a sword and gave him the opportunity to enter the army, follow Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong and other famous generals to practice martial arts, and become an iron-clad warrior in the future, so as to fight against those family lords who left and right the court. He knew that these deep-rooted families had huge power in Qinghe, Taiyuan and other places, and could gather tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 private soldiers at any time, and behind their influence was violence, which was their real foundation. If you easily send troops to conscript, there is no absolute advantage, it will only lead to the recurrence of war and chaos in the world, which is a situation that Li Er does not want to see no matter what.

However, what Li Er never expected was that this sword, which was entrusted with multiple meanings, was actually cut off by Li Changge's hunting knife!

Shocked, Li Er began to speculate if this was a deliberate attempt by the Qinghe Cui clan to offer an inferiorly carved sword to test or humiliate himself. But when he heard that Li Changge had studied the iron-smelting process, he realized that this sword might not be extremely rotten, at least not worse than an ordinary sword. For this reason, after returning to the palace, Li Er found a guard, and opened the wooden box sent to Li Changge during the day in front of Du Ruhui and Li Junxian, and took out the broken sword, intending to verify it.

Li Junxian couldn't help but get nervous when he saw Li Er asking the guards for a knife, after all, a companion is like a tiger, and Li Er himself is from a military background, this move is uncertain.

Although Du Ruhui was not afraid, he was also quite curious.

After Li Er took the heavy saber handed by the guard, he flicked it lightly, making a crisp clanging sound, and then asked if the knife was made by the Ministry of Works.

Du Ruhui replied that the knives used by the guards were all made by blacksmiths selected by the Ministry of Works, and the quality was first-class.

Subsequently, Li Er opened the wooden box that gave Li Changge's sword during the day, took out the broken sword, and charged his arms with strength, preparing to try to test the material and forging process of the sword with a saber.

Seeing this, Du Ruhui and Li Junxian couldn't help but get nervous. Although they understood that Li Er's move was to test the sharpness of the sword, they were worried that His Majesty, who had just recovered from typhoid fever, would injure himself because of this, especially the old wound on his shoulder had not yet completely healed.

At this moment, Empress Changsun also heard the news and hurried to the Ganlu Palace, and as soon as she saw the scene of Li Shuangzhong holding a broken sword in one hand and a saber in the other, she immediately exclaimed in surprise and walked quickly to dissuade her.

"What is Your Majesty doing, let go of these two dangerous things!" the Empress Eldest Sun shouted anxiously.

Li Er smiled indifferently, holding the sword for a long time, thinking in his heart that maybe his sword skills were not as good as that mysterious son Li Changge. However, after all, he was strong and healthy, even if his face showed a slight look of difficulty, but his arms were suddenly twisted, and a mighty momentum broke out in an instant, as if the heroic appearance of the former battlefield had reappeared.

A dull and passionate sound of metal crashing echoed in the Manna Hall for a long time.

Du Ruhui, Li Junxian, and Empress Changsun all closed their eyes in unison, and sighed in their hearts: This majesty is indeed worthy of a generation of heroes with great achievements. However, the trio's attention to the sword itself was instead diverted by this shocking scene.

When she opened her eyes, Empress Eldest Sun was still worried, and once again asked Li Er to quickly put down these two sharp weapons.

Du Ruhui and Li Junxian were dumbfounded in shock—although the sword had been broken, it was unscathed, and the custom-made fine saber was cut by the broken sword by nearly two inches!

"This ...... How is this possible?" the two of them said in unison, unable to believe the facts in front of them. The broken sword was originally cut by a hunting knife, but at this moment, it showed such a sharp edge, and the good knife was easily cut, this reversal was really incredible.

Li Er was also full of doubts, and beckoned Du Ruhui to step forward and take a closer look.

"Keming, what do you mean by that?" Li Er looked at Du Ruhui's eyes seriously.

Du Ruhui pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered an important clue: "Your Majesty, has the method of striking iron given by His Royal Highness been properly kept?

Hearing this, Li Er smiled heartily and took out a thin manuscript from his arms. "Keming, you are too worried, even if I, Li Shimin, lose myself, I will not lose this treasure. "That booklet is the wrought iron secret book that Li Changge personally handed over to him.

Du Ruhui finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the manuscript was safe and sound, and his heart was full of mixed feelings. "This is indeed a major matter related to the national army, and His Highness has inadvertently made a great contribution to His Majesty this time. "

Li Er also thought so, and laughed loudly: "With this method of forging iron, every soldier in my Tang Xuanjia Army can be equipped with the best blade armor. ...... then".

"Whether it is the Turkic invasion or the intertwining of the family's gate valves, it will no longer pose a threat!" Li Er's words were loud, revealing his firm belief and incomparable confidence in the future.