On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, late at night, Pei Shiju summoned Li Fengyun. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Li Fengyun saw Pei Shiju, the memory hidden in the depths of his mind exploded, his heart trembled for a while, he couldn't help himself, he couldn't keep calm anymore, his true self and the illusory imprint were one, and he was lost in it and couldn't extricate himself.

Pei Shiju looked at Li Fengyun's white head and was sentimental. Time flies, the master and apprentice parted from Yulin, seven years in the blink of an eye, and now he is nearly seventy years old, getting old, and no longer the courage of the year, and although Li Pingyuan has fought a bloody road from a desperate situation and re-emerged, but time has passed, things are wrong, and he will no longer sacrifice himself to die for the so-called loyalty as he did back then, on the contrary, Li Pingyuan has embarked on a completely different road, a hopeless road of no return in Pei Shiju's view.

Li Fengyun's disciples knelt down.

Pei Shiju accepted it calmly, and while being gratified, he stroked his beard and smiled. After Yulin, he also thought that if Li Pingyuan escaped the catastrophe, the master and apprentice would definitely meet each other, but he didn't expect that the master and apprentice would meet in Anzhou seven years later, but the creation made people make Pei Shiju regret that today Li Pingyuan is famous all over the world as a white thief, Li Pingyuan is dead, and even if they meet, they can't recognize each other.

Pei Shiju said a few words of comfort, and then stretched out his hand to ask.

Li Fengyun stood up, bowed deeply, and then stood up, expressionless, not a word, seemingly respectful, but the arrogance in his bones was unobstructed.

Pei Xuanji, as well as two of Pei Shiju's cronies, served on the side, and they were all emotionally moved when they saw this scene. Time will not go back, and the existing grievances will not dissipate, Li Pingyuan is dead, the master-apprentice relationship is over, and all that remains is hatred.

"So-and-so is coming." Pei Shiju said calmly, "The series of crises you are facing have been alleviated because of the arrival of so-and-so, and your goal has been achieved, so should you fulfill your promise?" ”

"Ming Gong is not coming, the crisis in Anton is serious, and he is too busy to take care of himself, of course he is unable to fulfill his promise." Li Fengyun said indifferently, "Now that Ming Gong is here, Anton Xun is moving towards stability, of course Anton will fulfill his promise, but ......" Li Fengyun looked at Pei Shiju and said tentatively, "Anton stability not only needs time, but also needs appropriate governance strategies, so whether Anton can fulfill his promise is not the guarantee of a certain one, but the development of Anton's situation." ”

Pei Shiju frowned slightly, groaned slightly, and said bluntly, "If you have any requirements, you can put them forward." ”

Li Fengyun hesitated for a moment and asked, "Dare to ask Ming Gong, as far as the opening of Andong is concerned, do we have any merit in Middle-earth?" ”

Pei Shiju nodded without thinking, "Of course." ”

Li Fengyun asked, "Compared with Ming Gong's westward journey, which is more important?" ”

Pei Xuanji's face changed slightly, and his eyes showed annoyance. Pei Shiju's two cronies are also very dissatisfied, Li Fengyun is too rude, aside from the grievances between master and apprentice, just in terms of the disparity in the status of the two sides, Li Fengyun's doubts are disrespectful, and they are arrogant and vulgar, which is very different from the Li Pingyuan in their memory.

Pei Shiju didn't think so, he noticed that Li Fengyun's questioning was very mysterious. Thinking carefully about Li Fengyun's "independent special action" since the Eastern Capital Mutiny, it cannot be explained simply by "taking risks", and Li Fengyun's choice of the timing of going north to the fortress is very good, this is not luck, but an accurate analysis and inference of the general trend of the world, seeing the development trend of north-south relations, and making the decision to attack Anton based on this trend.

In fact, Pei Shiju also had a similar prediction about the future trend of the general trend, but he was too pessimistic about the relations between the north and the south, and seriously underestimated Li Fengyun, so on the bank of the Yishui River in August last year, Pei Shiju not only refused Li Fengyun's request to meet, but also played the holy lord and the center, and resolutely did not allow Li Fengyun to go out of the fortress, so as not to accelerate the deterioration of north-south relations and the arrival of the civil war. However, contrary to people's wishes, Li Fengyun still got out of the fortress, and successfully achieved the expected goal of exiting the fortress, reversing the passive situation of China and Turkey in the confrontation between the north and the south in one fell swoop.

Of course, Li Fengyun's success is largely due to the major impact of the two Eastern Crusades of Goguryeo on the situation in Northeast Xinjiang, as well as the huge impact on the prisoners in the Northeast and the Far East. This is the difference, the reason for Li Fengyun's success, and the mystery that Pei Shiju sees.

Pei Shiju knows Li Pingyuan very well. Before the Yulin storm, Li Pingyuan was outstanding in literature and martial arts, but his analysis and judgment of the general trend of the world was not good, and his grasp of the future trend was not accurate. At the beginning of the Yulin storm, if Li Pingyuan had not put the Yuwen brothers to death and had not directly aimed the spearhead at the "banners" of the two reformers, the Holy Lord and Yuwenshu, the storm would not have gotten out of control, the reformers and conservatives would not have fought bloodily, the political struggle between the two capitals would not have intensified and become out of control, and the great cause of national independence and reunification would not have been seriously harmed. This just proves that Li Pingyuan, the initiator of the storm, seriously lacks strategic vision, and Pei Shiju is also extremely disappointed with him, which causes Pei Shiju to have no hope for his strategy of going north to the city in August last year.

It turns out that Pei Shiju is wrong, but what is wrong? Pei Shiju suddenly woke up to the fact that the person in front of him was Li Fengyun, not Li Pingyuan, Li Pingyuan was dead, and Li Fengyun, who was born in Nirvana, was reborn, and he had to re-examine Li Fengyun's value, and he couldn't make mistakes twice in the same matter.

Pei Shiju pondered for a long time and said slowly, "Traveling west is in vain. ”

As soon as these words came out, the lobby was silent, the atmosphere suddenly froze, Pei Xuanji and the others were as heavy as water, and Li Fengyun also had a serious face.

The westward journey was indeed in vain. There was an alliance between Middle-earth and the Western Turks before, and if there was no covenant, how could Middle-earth dare to go east? But what is the result? The Western Turks had a black hand behind their backs, secretly helping Tuyuhun to recover the country, using the power of Tuyuhun to contain the Northwest Army, and on the other hand, under the pretense of attacking the Tiele people, they raised a large army and swept through the Western Regions. As a result, the situation in the western frontier took a sharp turn for the worse, and there were many crises, and the Middle Earth suffered a dumb loss, but the eastern capital was mired in the predicament of internal and external troubles, and was unable to conquer the west again, so it could only knock out its teeth and swallow blood, on the condition of recognizing the control of the Western Turks over the Western Regions and the restoration of Tuyuhun to the country, and using the Western Turks to attack the desert as a trap, trying every means to delay the outbreak of the Civil War and buying themselves precious respite, but how could the Western Turks be fooled? Besides, even if the Western Turks swore to it, how could Middle-earth believe its promise? If the promises of the Western Turks can be believed, where did the crisis in Western Xinjiang come from?

This is the sorrow of Middle-earth, its own strength is not good, so it can only swallow its anger, knowing that it is futile to seek the skin of the tiger, and it has to force a smile and a snake to see if it can catch the slightest luck that may exist. It's just that no one will say this kind of shameful thing, but now that Pei Shiju has admitted it himself, it is enough to show that Pei Shiju is very pessimistic about the future development of North-South relations, and has no confidence in delaying the outbreak of the Civil War, so he has to pin his last hope on Anton and seek full cooperation with Li Fengyun.

"Since Andong has made great contributions to opening up Xinjiang, why are you stingy with rewards?" Li Fengyun continued to ask.

Pei Shiju smiled, "What kind of reward do you want?" ”

Li Fengyun hesitated for a moment and said, "It depends on Ming Gong's trust in so-and-so. ”

Pei Xuanji and the others looked at each other, feeling that Li Fengyun had something to say, and they were suspected of digging a pit for Pei Shiju.

Pei Shiju smiled slightly, thought solemnly for a moment, and then looked at Li Fengyun, his eyes were very complicated, and he stopped talking, and finally, he said vaguely, "Now, how much trust can I give you?" ”

Before the Yulin storm, Pei Shiju unconditionally trusted Li Pingyuan and granted him the power to act cheaply, but as a result, he didn't notice that the storm was out of control and almost disappeared. Now, Li Pingyuan is back as a white thief and needs Pei Shiju's trust and support again, but Pei Shiju hesitates. Perhaps Li Pingyuan is still loyal to Middle-earth and is willing to shed blood for Middle-earth, but time has passed, things are not people, Li Pingyuan has become Li Fengyun, everything has changed, is the righteousness of the past? Pei Shiju did not dare to take risks and did not dare to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Li Fengyun's eyes showed a cold light, patted his chest, and asked sharply, "Ming Gong doubts a certain loyalty to Middle Earth?" ”

Pei Shiju sighed and shook his head, "I have never doubted your loyalty to Middle-earth, but you are unruly, reckless, and act without leaving a way back. ”

The Yulin storm gave Pei Shiju a bloody lesson, eat a trench and grow wise, this time Pei Shiju did not dare to trust Li Fengyun no matter what, did not dare to make the same mistake, and was planted in the same pit.

Li Fengyun sneered, "The Civil War is about to break out, the Great War between the North and the South is about to begin, and countless lives on both sides of the North and the South will die in this war." Do you think that if you don't trust someone, you think that if you have complete control of Anton, you will be able to win the Civil War, you will be able to save Middle-earth, and you will be able to save countless living beings from destruction? ”

Pei Shiju was silent.

"Anton cannot decide the outcome of this war, and Anton is not capable of turning the tide and saving thousands of innocent lives, but Anton is an opportunity, and if Middle-earth seizes this opportunity, it will inevitably increase the chances of winning this war. This is the crux of the matter, the reason why Ming Gong went to Anton recklessly, and why Ming Gong went to Anton recklessly. ”

Li Fengyun looked at the thoughtful Pei Shiju and gave a deep salute, "Ming Gong, Anton is not important, the important thing is that we must seize the opportunity to defeat the Turks, only by winning the war can we have a chance to save the great cause of the unification of Middle-earth, and it is possible to save thousands of innocent lives in Middle-earth." ”

Pei Shiju was finally moved. He saw the future, Li Fengyun also saw it, he did his best to save, Li Fengyun is also putting it into action, but he lives in a temple, is constrained, can't help himself, and it is difficult to make a difference, and although Li Fengyun is in the rivers and lakes, he has found another way, and Anton has broken the situation and tried to change the direction of history, but his strength is too small, and it is also difficult to see results.

However, this is an opportunity after all, if the two work together, one from the top down, the other from the bottom up, maybe God favors it, and the impossible can be made possible.

"What kind of trust do you need?" Pei Shiju asked solemnly.

"To a certain army of 100,000."

Pei Shiju was incredulous and laughed dumbly, while Pei Xuanji and the others were even more unbelievable, and they were dumbfounded.

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