Night.

The capital of Northern Qi, Xiao Mansion.

Under the corridor, Xiao Wenzan helped Xiao Zongren back to the house to rest.

"Has the Chu State made any moves recently?"

"Father, the medical officer told you to rest in peace and recuperate, and you don't have to worry about it anymore."

cough cough cough ......

"The army of Chu is pressing, but we are still fighting infighting because of the throne, alas, ......"

Xiao Wenzan pushed open the door and was about to help Xiao Zongren into the house, but found that a young man was sitting in the room.

"Who are you?"

Xiao Wenzan immediately questioned, and at the same time planned to call someone to guard.

However, before he could speak again, a finger-long flying sword was already aimed at his throat.

Feeling the slightest coldness, the words stuck in my throat swallowed back raw.

Xiao Zongren was much calmer, he patted his son's hand and motioned to help him into the house.

After taking his seat, he glanced up and down at the young man in front of him.

"I didn't expect that Da Chu Zaifu really dared to enter the Northern Qi alone."

Hearing this, Xiao Wenzan was shocked.

"You are Li Yunsheng!"

Li Yunsheng looked at the old man in front of him, Xiao Zongren, the privy envoy of the Northern Court and the patriarch of the B Chamber.

The Northern Qi differed from the Great Chu official positions in that two bureaucrats were set up under the emperor.

The first is the North Courtyard, which is in charge of the affairs of the imperial court and the headquarters of the four major tribes.

The other is the Southern Yuan, which has the same official position as Da Chu, and is in charge of the prefectures and counties in the land of Yanbei, which originally belonged to the Central Plains.

The North Court has a North and South Privy Council, with a Privy Envoy and a Privy Councillor as the presiding officer.

The Northern Privy Council is in charge of the military and political affairs of the country, and the Southern Privy Council is in charge of the election and Ding Fu.

Under the Privy Council, there are also northern and southern prime ministers' offices, and the prime ministers are controlled by the Yelu and Xiao clans.

This time, Li Yunsheng came to Northern Qi to find the person in front of him.

"The privy envoy is unwell, so I can't let you run to Da Chu to see me."

Ahem......

Xiao Zongren covered it with a handkerchief and coughed lightly.

"I don't know what happened when Li Xiang came?"

"As a result of the medical officer's diagnosis and treatment of the privy envoy, the cough was so severe that it had entered the lungs and became tuberculosis, and the remaining life was not more than three or four months."

With Da Chu and the secret agents originally planted by Wei Guo in Northern Qi, it was not difficult for Li Yunsheng to know this news.

This kind of disease can be saved in the modern world, but it is basically a terminal disease at the moment.

Yu Guang glanced at Duan Yun who was standing aside, and the wrinkles on Xiao Zongren's face twitched.

"Li Xiang is in the Chu State, so he knows what is going on in the world."

Li Yunsheng took out a brocade box, put it on the table and pushed it forward.

"I'm here to make a deal with the Privy Envoy."

Staring at the brocade box, Xiao Zongren's eyes flashed with a glimmer of hope, but he didn't take it immediately.

"I each hold the military and political affairs of a country, so if Li Xiang has anything to say, just say it."

In fact, after Li Yunsheng mentioned his illness, he had a hope in his heart.

Perhaps, what was in that box was a miracle cure.

Li Yunsheng opened the brocade box, revealing a pill inside.

Seeing the pill in the box, Xiao Zongren was even more sure of the guess in his heart.

So much so that he did not refuse the other party's unreasonable request at the first time, but opened his mouth to ask.

"What kind of elixir is this?"

"This Dan can make people a year younger.

It's the equivalent of reversing time and getting your body back to what it was a year ago. ”

Li Yunsheng's next words, as if there was magic power, drilled into Xiao Zongren's mind.

"In other words, it can give you an extra year."

Live one more year, live one year, live one year......

A year may not be a long time for a young person.

However, for Xiao Zongren, who was sentenced to death and only had three months to live, that was the most precious.

He stared at the elixir, couldn't take his eyes off it anymore, and even spoke a little hurriedly.

"What do you want?"

"The land of Yanbei."

Just four words made Xiao Zongren gradually sober up.

"The land of Yanbei is the gateway to the Central Plains, and Li Xiang thinks that a year's life will make me give it up?"

Li Yunsheng smiled, then put away the pill and got up directly.

However, before he could take a step, Xiao Zongren immediately said.

"How do I know if this pill is really effective?"

To be honest, if others said that there was such an elixir in the world, Xiao Zongren would definitely not believe it.

But Li Yunsheng, who can cause the vision of heaven and earth, is different, which makes him believe a little in his heart.

Li Yunsheng lowered his head and looked down at Xiao Zongren's somewhat cloudy eyes.

"You've got one thing wrong, I'm not begging you, I'm giving you a chance."

Xiao Zongren's eyelids drooped slightly, indeed, he had no choice at all now.

Even if there was a glimmer of hope, he had to desperately grasp it.

It is only when death comes to the head that a person realizes how much he desires to live.

"It's not up to me to have the final say in this matter."

Seeing that Xiao Zongren was relieved, Li Yunsheng sat back again.

"The four major tribes of Northern Qi, Yelu Yuan and Yelu Jinlou are dead, and there is no principal in the Heng Tent Department for the time being.

No one in the Nine Accounts Department can stand in the way of your decision. ”

"Since Li Xiang knows everything, he should know that Xiao Tzuli will not agree."

Xiao Tzuli is now fighting with him in the dark because of the battle for the storage position.

Even if he agreed, Xiao Tzuli would not agree.

Don't look at him in charge of the military and politics of the Northern Qi Dynasty, but Xiao Tzuli also has military power in his hands.

What's more, the horizontal account department just has no principal, but it is not that there is no one, and they will definitely not agree.

Li Yunsheng put the box back on the table.

"You just need to talk to me with Xiao Tzuli, and I naturally have a way to get him to agree.

When the time comes, Yelu has no choice but to disagree. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Zongren was really moved, and he stretched out his hand towards the brocade box.

Li Yunsheng didn't stop it until Xiao Zongren took the pill in his hand.

"Father!"

On the side, Xiao Wenzan, who was shocked by the conversation between the two just now, reacted.

"If he poisoned this medicine, wouldn't my father be accused by others."

Xiao Zongren didn't pay attention to his son's words, since the other party was able to enter the mansion quietly.

Not to mention poisoning, even if you kill him now, it's easy to kill him.

He knew that what Li Yunsheng wanted was not only the land of Yanbei, but also to control him and the Northern Qi court.

But knowing this, he had to eat it.

Because before being alive, everything is nothing.

With a bang, the pill entered the abdomen.

Not only Xiao Wenzan was staring at Xiao Zongren closely, but Li Yunsheng and Duanyun were also observing his changes.

Duanyun knew that the original pill could make people thirty years younger.

As a result, Shengsheng was ground into powder by Li Yunsheng.

Then, let him refine thirty pills.

To put it simply, it is to divide an elixir into thirty parts.

With his years of experience in alchemy, each pill can now reverse the age of one year.

However, whether this is really the case, Xiao Zongren was the first experimenter.

succeeded, and he lost another piece of luck that he owed Li Yunsheng.

If it fails, then it adds to debt.

Li Yunsheng began to have natural skills, and he was always observing Xiao Zongren's emotional changes.

People's hearts are fickle, and thirty years is too long.

If it was given directly to Xiao Zongren, it would not be easy for him to control.

A year is not a long time, but it is not a short time.

Hanging Xiao Zongren like this, he can't be disobedient in the future.

In fact, Duanyun also said that he could add some poison to the elixir, but he refused.

Desire is the most poisonous poison in the world, and there is no cure.

Xiao Zongren sat on the stool and did not move for a long time.

Xiao Wenzan on the side couldn't help but ask.

"Father, how do you feel?"

At this time, Xiao Wenzan was conflicted, he hoped that this pill could save his father.

But I am afraid that the B Department will be manipulated by Li Yunsheng and become a puppet.

Xiao Zongren took a few deep breaths, then stood up.

He could clearly feel that his body was much better.

Because of the excitement, my breathing was a little short, and my heartbeat was getting faster and faster.

Seeing him like this, Li Yunsheng knew that he was right.

Of course, if it weren't for Duanyun, an alchemy master, he wouldn't dare to do this.

"Father?"

Xiao Zongren commanded excitedly.

"Go get the medic!"

"What?" Xiao Wenzan didn't reflect it at once.

Xiao Zongren repeated it again.

"Go get the medic!"

He could feel the changes in his body, but he still needed the confirmation of the medical officer to feel at ease.

"Father, it's getting late now."

Xiao Wenzan didn't want to go now, but he was a little worried about Li Yunsheng and the others who hadn't left yet.

"Go!"

"Yes, father."

After Xiao Wenzan left, Li Yunsheng spoke.

"I'm waiting for the news of your peace talks in Shuozhou City, and you can decide the location."

At this time, Xiao Zongren didn't have any peace talks in his mind at all, he just wanted to ask if there was any such elixir.

Li Yunsheng knew why he wanted to.

"Just cooperate with me, and I'll keep you alive.

In the future, you control Northern Qi, I control Great Chu, and the world is peaceful. ”

Without waiting for Xiao Zongren to speak, a figure jumped down from the beam of the room.

Bang.

The hilt of Cold Moon's knife struck Xiao Zongren on the back of his neck, knocking him unconscious.

This sudden change made Li Yunsheng look at Wei Xiang with wide eyes, his eyes full of incomprehension.

Wei Xiang's eyes were red, and he clenched his fists and asked.

"Why?"

Li Yunsheng glanced at Xiao Zongren on the ground.

"What, why?"

"Why don't you save him?"

"Didn't I already save him!"

Seeing that he didn't understand what he meant, Wei Xiang pointed to the sky.

"Save him!"

Li Yunsheng was stunned for a moment, and after three seconds, he realized who Wei Xiang was referring to - Li Ling.

"I hadn't found this elixir at that time."

Hearing this answer, Wei Xiang, who was still questioning aggressively just now, instantly became dumbfounded.

"Oh."

Li Yunsheng didn't ask Wei Xiang how he followed, and turned around and left directly.

"Dao Chief, let's go."

Inside the house, Wei Xiang glanced at Xiao Zongren, who was knocked unconscious by her on the ground, and bent down to salute.

"I'm sorry."

Then he closed the door and ran out with a puff of smoke.

After hearing the conversation between Li Yunsheng and Duanyun in Shuozhou, she left early and hurried around the clock.

After Duanyun secretly killed the second-grade master of Xiao Mansion, she led the way to Xiao Zongren's room after waiting for a long time.

She just wanted to know if there was really an elixir in this world that could reverse the body's time.

Seeing Xiao Zongren's appearance of joy outside, she naturally knew that the pill had an effect.

But Li Yunsheng's answer also made her helpless.

On the way back to Shuozhou, she was alone, crying while hurrying.

"Why?"

"Why didn't you find that elixir earlier?"

"That way, he won't have to die......"

……

Binzhou.

One of the thirteen states in the land of Yanbei, but the one who is stationed in this city is the Yelu clan.

Therefore, even if three states have surrendered to Great Chu, the remaining ten cities garrisoned by the people of the four tribes of Northern Qi will not surrender easily.

Under Xiao Zongren's operation, the venue for this peace talk was set in Binzhou.

Li Yunsheng was alone, sitting opposite Xiao Tzuli and accompanied by three people from the four major tribes.

Of course, there are two first-class masters standing behind these people.

One of the old men who cowered and stood at the back was the catalogue that escaped under Duanzhang and Gao Zhan last time.

Even on the other party's turf, in the face of two first-class masters, Li Yunsheng is still calm.

Xiao Tzuli was the first to speak.

"Li Yunsheng, what do you want to talk about?"

Li Yunsheng did not answer his question immediately, but clicked on the mall and bought a hypnotic card for 100,000 emotional points.

After crushing the card, he glanced at Xiao Tzuli.

"First, Northern Qi withdrew from the land of Yanbei and handed it over to my Great Chu."

"Yes."

Ahem.

Seeing Xiao Tzuli nodding so simply in agreement, Xiao Xiliang, the prime minister of the south on the side, almost couldn't help but squirt out the tea in his mouth.

"Your Majesty, no!"

Someone on the side immediately chimed in.

"The land of Yanbei is the only gateway to the south, how can it be easily given to others."

Li Yunsheng continued.

"I can sign an alliance on behalf of Great Chu, if the Northern Qi withdraws from the land of Yanbei, the two countries will strike the war from now on and will not invade each other.

In addition, I Dachu is willing to carry out mutual trade with Northern Qi. ”

This sentence shocked Xiao Xiliang's heart again-mutual market!

Da Chu now has an advantage, and he actually wants to strike the war and exchange markets?

He thought that Da Chu wanted to return to the land of Yanbei, and the next step was to find a way to go north.

But he never expected that Li Yunsheng really wanted peace talks.

Li Yunsheng's next words made Xiao Xiliang fall into deep thought.

"The Northern Qi Dynasty invaded the south for many years, but in fact, the little things that were robbed did not take much advantage compared with the military expenses and casualties of the soldiers.

The mutual market between the two countries is beneficial to both sides. ”

For Li Yunsheng, the Northern Qi at this time was chaotic, but it was not chaotic enough.

At this time, if you want to swallow Northern Qi in one bite, even if you can succeed, Da Chu will have to pay a heavy price.

At this time, Xiao Xiliang asked.

"Is it true that our majesty will die in vain!"

Li Yunsheng's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Yeluyuan led the army south to attack my Dachu, I am talking to you for peace, are you settling old accounts with me?"

"It's okay to interact with each other, but just give up the land of Yanbei-"

At that moment, a voice was heard from outside the hall.

"Give up the land of Yanbei, and Northern Qi has no hope of going south!"

Everyone followed the sound and saw a man holding a scepter in the dust, who was stopped by the guards.

Mi Tan pushed the guard away and shouted.

"Northern Qi and my Liang have an alliance first, do you want to break the alliance?"

He finally rushed to the capital of Northern Qi, only to be told that Xiao Tzuli and Xiao Zongren had gone to Binzhou to negotiate peace with Li Yunsheng.

Therefore, he didn't dare to stop at all, and immediately chased after Binzhou.

Finally, before the two countries signed the alliance, they arrived.

Xiao Tzuli turned his head to look at Mi Tan outside the hall.

"Your Liang State first reneged on the alliance with the Chu State, what qualifications do you have to stand here and say the word "betrayal?"

Just as Xiao Tzuli wanted to sign the covenant, Mi Tan continued to shout.

"If you give up the land of Yanbei, he will definitely go north to invade Northern Qi."

At this time, a Northern Qi general ran in and whispered in Xiao Tzuli's ear.

Xiao Tzu leaned back in his chair.

"I can't hear you."

The general raised his voice slightly, and Xiao Tzuli turned his head to look at him.

"I can't hear you!"

"The Empress of Chu ordered to cut down Liang, Tuoba Yong was defeated, and Liang has sent an envoy to Chu to ask for peace!"

(End of chapter)