"Why did you kill me?! I didn't even know Li Jiancheng! You slaughtered my entire family over something fabricated out of thin air. I refuse to accept this!!"
"Li Shimin, I died so horribly!!!"
"We all died in vain. We can't be reborn! You're so cruel! We contributed to Great Tang while we lived, yet after death, we can't even enter Reincarnation..."
The voices grew more numerous, closer, clearer!
Figures began to emerge from the mist.
One figure stepped out of the fog. It was Li Jiancheng.
He looked even more terrifying than he had at noon. The bloody hole in his chest had grown larger, exposing the bones within. His face was covered in blood, his eyes wide as he stared fixedly at Li Shimin!
"Second Brother!" he said venomously. "You were so heartless."
Another figure emerged. It was Li Yuanji.
His head was nearly falling off his neck, held on by only a little flesh.
He supported his own head with one hand and looked at Li Shimin with his head tilted, grinning hideously. "Second Brother, you were truly ruthless."
The children emerged.
They stood in a row. The youngest was held in Li Yuanji's arms. Their eyes were hollow, with no eyeballs—only two black holes!
"Imperial Uncle..."
"Imperial Uncle..."
They called out in unison. Their voices were childish, yet enough to make one's hair stand on end.
Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's subordinates emerged.
Some had severed hands and feet, some were missing arms and legs, and some had been slashed across the face so deeply their teeth could be seen. Wearing battered armor and holding broken weapons, they walked toward Li Shimin step by step.
"Your Majesty, I was wronged..."
"Your Majesty, I was innocent..."
"Your Majesty, my family was innocent..."
Their voices drew closer and