Chapter 681 Meeting with the Prince

Western Suburbs!

There is a manor located more than 30 miles away from the capital.

The manor covers an area of ​​nearly 100 acres, surrounded by mountains and rivers. In the manor, there is a cliff that towers into the clouds. On the cliff, as if reaching the sky, a waterfall like a silver snake rushes down.

In the early morning, smoke curls around the hillside, almost covering the clouds and the sun.

Under the cliff, birds sing and flowers bloom, and the jungle is green, like a paradise.

This is a beautiful manor with excellent vacation and summer vacation.

No one knows who the owner behind this manor is, but vaguely remembers that this manor has been closed since last year.

And this morning, this manor, which has been closed for a long time, opened quietly.

Along the way outside the manor, many masters can be seen hiding everywhere, and even the air seems to have a little more tension.

In the manor.

The towering waterfall fell from the cliff and hit the Qingshi Lake, splashing water all over the sky.

The rumbling sound enveloped this world. Around the waterfall, weeds grow everywhere, the water is clear, and everything grows.

This scene is extremely spectacular and beautiful.

On the lake not far from the waterfall, there is a three-story attic.

The attic is beautifully decorated and extremely exquisite!

At this time, on the third floor, a figure sat quietly in front of the window, looking at the beautiful scenery not far away, and exclaimed: "It's really beautiful!"

The person who spoke was Li Beifeng.

He stared at the scenery under the waterfall quietly, so spectacular.

In his mind, the magnificent words of a certain poet's "flying down three thousand feet" emerged.

Sure enough, he was not lying!

"Sir, people are coming!"

At this moment, a figure flashed past the attic.

Li Beifeng restrained the relaxed smile in his eyes and squinted his eyes to glance at the lake.

Not far away, several figures came slowly.

"Here!"

Li Beifeng said lightly.

...

In the manor, a young man in brocade clothes walked in.

Next to him, there was another young man. The two followed closely and walked slowly.

The young man behind him glanced at the manor, as if he remembered some long-lost memory, and a trace of haze flashed in his eyes.

The young man in brocade clothes slowly stopped, raised his head, and looked at the attic room on the lake not far away.

Indistinctly, he seemed to see a familiar figure.

"Wait for me here!"

Zhao Jing spoke slowly.

He Jing, who was following him, was stunned: "Your Majesty, you..."

He looked around worriedly. This seemingly peaceful manor was full of murderous intentions. He was worried about the safety of His Majesty.

"Don't worry, I'm fine!!"

Zhao Jing spoke lightly, then shook his sleeves and walked towards the attic.

Not long after, he came to the lake, followed the corridor on the lake to the attic, and went upstairs!

The attic was filled with sandalwood, and a fragrance was everywhere.

When Zhao Jing went up to the third floor, he saw that familiar figure at the window on the third floor.

At this moment, the two looked at each other.

Time seemed to be frozen in silence.

For a long time!

No one spoke.

The picture seemed to be frozen in time forever, and this moment kept going back and forth between the two.

"Brother Li, long time no see!"

Finally, Zhao Jing was the first to break the silence.

A smile appeared on his face.

"Long time no see!"

Li Beifeng also had a smile on his face.

The two were like old friends who had not seen each other for a long time. They met again after a long separation, with sincere smiles on their faces and strong friendship in the air...

Everything seemed so peaceful!

"Brother Zhao, sit down!"

"Brother Li, please!"

"..."

In the attic, a table of wine and food had been set up, with delicious colors and aromas.

The two sat for a long time, and their faces showed a long-lost nostalgic look.

"After we parted in the capital in the past, I have not seen Brother Li for several months. Now I see you again, Brother Li is still as heroic as ever!"

Zhao Jing smiled and sighed.

Li Beifeng smiled and said, "Yes, I didn't expect that after so many years, when I saw Brother Zhao again, everything had changed..."

The two 'old friends' who hadn't seen each other for a long time burst out with an extremely warm friendship at this moment. After a long separation, they toasted each other.

The two of them never mentioned anything else, and reminiscing about the past became the current theme.

"I still vaguely remember the scene when I first met Brother Li in Chaoyang County, and it was also in such an environment!"

When toasting each other, Zhao Jing seemed to be a little more drunk. He looked at Li Beifeng and couldn't help but sighed: "In the blink of an eye, so much time has passed!"

"It's all over. It's not easy to see Brother Zhao again now!"

Li Beifeng glanced at him and chuckled: "It's a rare thing to be able to drink and talk with Brother Zhao again!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Jing seemed to have a mumbling look on his face. He stared at Li Beifeng, and his eyes gradually became complicated.

After a while, he sighed deeply: "I didn't understand until now why Brother Li didn't want to!"

Li Beifeng looked indifferent and didn't speak.

Zhao Jing sighed: "I invited Brother Li to join me many times, but Brother Li refused repeatedly. I thought that Brother Li was in love with the emperor and didn't want to be with me. I didn't expect..."

"I didn't expect that Brother Li was the prince of Northern Qi!"

"Brother Li, you really gave me a big surprise!"

Even if Zhao Jing racked his brains, he probably couldn't think that the truth would be like this.

The Li Beifeng he met in Chaoyang County in the past, this person who shared the same goals with him and even satisfied him extremely, would be the Prince of Northern Qi!

Nothing is permanent!

Life's accidents.

"Yeah, I didn't expect the truth to be like this!"

Li Beifeng said calmly: "I was also surprised when I learned about this!"

"oh?"

Zhao Jing raised his eyebrows: "How do you say this?"

Speaking of this, he added: "I'm a little curious, Brother Li, how do you know your identity?"

"Because of an accident!"

Li Beifeng sighed and slowly talked about the series of things that started with the beggar he met in Chaoyang County.

After Zhao Jing finished listening, a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

"So...that's actually what happened?"

Zhao Jing was in a daze, with a bit of a bitter smile on his face: "After all, I underestimated you, Brother Li. Who would have thought that..."

The atmosphere between the two was extremely peaceful and yet very strange.

The two people in front of me are the current Emperor Zhaozhao and the other is the Prince of Northern Qi.

There is a blood feud between the two countries, and now the two sides are in a war. However, right now, these two people were sitting together so calmly.

Extremely weird!

"I really admire you, Brother Li, and I don't want to be an enemy of Brother Li!"

After three rounds of drinking, Zhao Jing's face became a little drunker. He looked at Li Beifeng and spoke seriously.

There was something indescribably strange in his eyes when he looked at Li Beifeng. From the first time he met Li Beifeng, he admired him very much.

"I know!"

Li Beifeng's eyes were calm: "But there are some things that are not decided by you and me. Because of our identities, we are destined not to be friends!"

"yes!"

Zhao Jing sighed.

They can't be friends, they can only be mortal enemies.

"So……"

Zhao Jing's eyes suddenly became piercing at this moment: "Brother Li, what is your purpose of coming back here this time?"

"Brother Zhao, isn't it already clear what my purpose is?"

Li Beifeng glanced at him and said calmly: "Right now, we all have a common enemy!"

Zhao Jing's eyes gradually darkened little by little.

The smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he looked at Li Beifeng with a serious expression.

"You know very well that you, Northern Qi, are my Dazhao's biggest enemy!"

Zhao Jing said in a deep voice: "I can't tolerate your existence in Northern Qi!"

Li Beifeng raised his eyebrows slightly and said meaningfully: "Then you can tolerate the throne that you finally obtained by killing your father and regicide being taken away by your uncle?"

Zhao Jing's eyes flashed with gloom for a moment: "Uncle Huang is my Zhao family member after all!"

"You, the Zhao family, have nothing to do with me, but..."

Li Beifeng said calmly: "Since you came to see me today, don't you already have the answer in your heart?"

Zhao Jing was silent.

The originally harmonious atmosphere gradually became dull.

Li Beifeng's eyes were relaxed. At the moment, the initiative was in his hands.

Now that Dazhao is facing a crisis, Zhao Jing must make a choice.

Zhao Jing was silent for a long time, looked up at Li Beifeng, and suddenly asked: "What do you want from Beiqi?"

Li Beifeng said calmly: "Take back everything that belongs to us!"

"Just that?"

Zhao Jing frowned. He stared at Li Beifeng's face and said in a deep voice, "You have been preparing for Beiqi for more than ten years, just for Beizhou?"

"What if?"

Zhao Jing didn't say anything, he didn't believe it!

He didn't believe that Beiqi's ambition was just that.

As if he could read Zhao Jing's thoughts, Li Beifeng shook his head: "You, Zhao, have spent more than ten years proving that the invasion was a wrong war. Now, why should I, Northern Qi, make the same mistake again?"

"We just want to get back what belongs to us, that's all!"

Li Beifeng naturally knew that Zhao Jing was worried about something.

If the Northern Qi Dynasty becomes stronger and after taking Beizhou, it will target the Zhongzhou of Dazhao. What will happen to Dazhao then?

Zhao Jing was silent!

Judging from the current situation, the destruction of Northern Qi was once the most proud achievement of my father's life. But now with the chaos in Beizhou, it has been confirmed how wrong the father's original choice was.

"Actually, no matter what you choose, you can no longer prevent the restoration of Northern Qi!"

Seeing Zhao Jing's silence, Li Beifeng shook his head slightly and said calmly: "Now that you have long lost control of the situation in Beizhou, who is the only person you can rely on now? He Wansheng?"

"Don't forget who He Wansheng belongs to!"

Zhao Jing's eyes and pupils shrank, and his face became increasingly ugly.

Why doesn't he know about this?

Almost all the political and military power in Beizhou was in the hands of He Wansheng, and his father trusted him back then. Although Zhao Jing had plans to take back power after he ascended the throne, the emperor's uncle did not give him this time.

At present, Dazhao has long lost control of Beizhou. In addition, the imperial army is now too tired to deal with the rebels and has no time to take care of Beizhou.

Beizhou belongs to Dazhao in name, but in fact it has nothing to do with Dazhao.

And he couldn't stop the restoration of Northern Qi.

Right now, he may not even be able to keep his throne.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jing took a deep breath.

He stared at Li Beifeng for a long time, and finally made up his mind slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Beizhou, originally your territory of Northern Qi, I can cede half of it to you!"

"all!"

Li Beifeng interrupted Zhao Jing and shook his head: "Beizhou was originally the territory of Beiqi in the past. We want to take back everything that belongs to us!"

Zhao Jing had a gloomy face. Cede the entire Beizhou?

Although it was once the territory of Beiqi, it now belongs to Beizhou. If it is ceded from him, how can he face the ancestors of Dazhao!

"I can't promise you!"

Zhao Jing said in a deep voice: "The ancestors of Dazhao will not forgive me!"

Li Beifeng sneered: "Have you thought about this question when you killed your father?"

Zhao Jing was silent.

"That's impossible!"

Zhao Jing refused in a deep voice. He stared at Li Beifeng: "I can promise you that I will not care about Beizhou...but I can't cede Beizhou to you!"

Li Beifeng didn't speak. He heard the subtext of Zhao Jing's words. His attitude and words were vague and unclear.

But it was enough for Li Beifeng.

It was naturally impossible to ask Zhao Jing to cede Beizhou in person, but as long as he could delay, everything would be beneficial to Beiqi.

As long as Beiqi gradually grew stronger, then everything would be out of his control.

"What about you!"

Zhao Jing stared at Li Beifeng again: "What can you give me?"

"I can take care of your worries!"

Li Beifeng said lightly: "I can guarantee that I can help you hold back He Wansheng in Beizhou, so that he has no time to support your uncle!"

Zhao Jing's heart was shocked, and he stared at Li Beifeng with a complicated look.

Li Beifeng's words were like grasping his Achilles' heel.

At the moment, what he feared most was undoubtedly the problem of Beizhou. It was the rising Beiqi, and the troops of He Wansheng who might go south to threaten the capital at any time!

If Beiqi could hold back He Wansheng's troops, so that Dazhao would have no worries, and then reorganize the court army to suppress the rebels, it would not be completely without a chance.

After all, he hadn't played his trump card yet...

Zhao Jing took a deep breath, but there was still some worry in his eyes.

He said in a deep voice: "How can I believe you?"

Li Beifeng said indifferently: "If you don't believe, can we make an alliance?"

Zhao Jing didn't say anything. The so-called alliance was just a piece of waste paper and had no meaning.

"In fact, you really have no choice!"

Seeing Zhao Jing hesitate, Li Beifeng shook his head: "Now Dazhao is in internal and external troubles, and it can't hold on for long... How many people in your court are demoralized? How many people are ready to surrender to your uncle? Don't forget that your uncle still had a lot of power in the court back then..."

As soon as Li Beifeng spoke, Zhao Jing's face became more and more ugly.

"With the current situation of Dazhao's internal troubles, I'm afraid your uncle hasn't fought to the capital yet. Who knows one day you will wake up and be tied up outside the city and presented to your uncle... Do you believe it?"

Zhao Jing's eyes were horrified, as if he realized something.

He didn't doubt the truth of Li Beifeng's words.

The court has long been dispersed. If it weren't for the strong support of Prime Minister Su and his men, it would probably be as he said...

"You win!"

Zhao Jing was silent for a long time, and finally said this sentence through his teeth.

With a bit of deep reluctance, and a bit of relief!

For him, this is a humiliation.

It is also the only choice after weighing many options.

"Win-win!"

Li Beifeng said lightly, raising the wine glass in his hand: "Then I wish us a happy cooperation?"

Zhao Jing had a blank expression. He stared at Li Beifeng for a long time, and finally collapsed on the chair, muttering to himself: "Is this your purpose?"

"My purpose is far more than this!"

Li Beifeng drank a glass of wine, glanced at Zhao Jing, chuckled and shook his head: "In addition, I want someone else!"

As if realizing something, Zhao Jing raised his head.

"Wan'er!"

Li Beifeng said calmly: "I want to take her away!"

"..."