Chapter 693

As Li Beifeng slowly spoke out, the expression on Emperor Zhao's face gradually became thicker.

He quietly stared at the appearance of Li Beifeng in front of him, a handsome young man!

His temperament and appearance were all very familiar, so familiar that Emperor Zhao felt a little confused for a moment.

"It's really you!"

Emperor Zhao spoke in a deep voice.

From Li Beifeng's face, he saw the heroic appearance of the former Northern Qi Emperor.

No wonder his eyes are so familiar... His eyes are so similar to that of the Queen of Northern Qi!

"Surprised?!"

Li Beifeng looked at him and asked.

"Kind of!"

Emperor Zhao spoke slowly, his eyes slightly complicated. He never imagined that the young man in front of him would be the orphan of Northern Qi.

Prince of Northern Qi? !

His biggest enemy!

However, right now, he is being saved by his own worst enemy!

This has to be said to be a kind of irony!

"I knew about your existence back then, and I ordered the massacre of the Northern Qi royal family. Unexpectedly, I still left you as a fish that slipped through the net!" Emperor Zhao said solemnly.

In order to prevent the resurgence of the Northern Qi Dynasty, no one in the Northern Qi royal family was spared.

But unexpectedly, Li Beifeng survived!

"Yeah, maybe this is fate!"

Li Beifeng also felt a little emotional: "God won't let me die, let me live... Of course, this is probably your fate in Dazhao, right?"

Emperor Zhao was silent!

Life?

Is all of this really life?

"Northern Qi has been subjugated for more than ten years, and now it no longer exists!"

Emperor Zhao was silent for a long time, then slowly said: "It shouldn't exist anymore!"

Li Beifeng sneered: "It doesn't seem like you have the final say whether Northern Qi should exist? Could it be that when you killed Northern Qi, you were also a righteous master?"

Emperor Zhao said in a deep voice: "Back then, you, the Northern Qi Dynasty, were located in the north of Jozhao and were eyeing our border with Jozhao. Naturally, I couldn't just sit idly by and ignore it!"

"So, this is why you killed me, Northern Qi?"

"I gave you Bei Qi a chance!"

Emperor Zhao said coldly: "Your Northern Qi will merge with us, Da Zhao. This is the general trend!"

"Is this the general trend?"

Li Beifeng seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "What is the general trend? For your own selfish desires, you have displaced countless people in the world. Is this the general trend for you?"

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"For your benefit, hundreds of thousands of our people in Northern Qi have become homeless. Is this also your general trend?"

Emperor Zhao said coldly: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. This is the eternal truth!"

"And now that I, Northern Qi, have made a comeback, is it also a general trend?"

Emperor Zhao was silent!

Now that Beizhou was in chaos and the restoration of Northern Qi was an established fact, he was powerless to change it.

Li Beifeng pulled up a chair and sat down, looking a little lazy: "You can't stop it, and you can't change anything. Now you are no longer the emperor of Jozhao. Don't forget, it was me who saved you!"

His words seemed to remind Emperor Zhao, who stared at Li Beifeng complicatedly, and said after a long time: "I regret not eradicating you completely back then!"

"No, you already did it, you just didn't do it!"

Li Beifeng had an expressionless face: "When Sunset City was destroyed, how many people did you kill and how many evils did you do in Dazhao? The people of Northern Qi still remember these blood debts!"

Emperor Zhao was silent.

"So, it is all your fault that Dazhao has reached this stage."

Li Beifeng shook his head gently: "You are the initiator of all this!"

Emperor Zhao said in a cold voice: "I opened up the territory and expanded the territory and unified the Zhao Dynasty. The great achievements I have done are as great as those of Taizu. What does it have to do with me that the Zhao Dynasty has fallen into the current situation?"

"Great achievements?"

Li Beifeng sneered, with a sarcastic smile on his face: "I heard that you regard the annexation of Northern Qi as your achievement and the thing you are most proud of in your life. But are you sure you are doing the right thing?"

Emperor Zhao stared at Li Beifeng and said nothing.

"In the eighteen years since Beizhou was annexed by you, Dazhao, have the people of Beizhou had a good life? As the emperor of Dazhao, have you ever cared about the lives of the people of Beizhou?"

"You didn't!"

Li Beifeng looked at him and sneered: "Last winter when it snowed heavily, do you know how many people froze to death in Beizhou? Do you really care about how many people were displaced and how many people froze to death on the streets? Is this what you call merit? Using the lives of innocent people Use your life to build up your life experience, and then the historian will praise you as an emperor through the ages? "

"I'm afraid, this is your true purpose. As for the unruly people in your eyes, their life and death has nothing to do with you. What's more, they are not technically your people?!"

Facing Li Beifeng's burning eyes, Emperor Zhao was completely silent!

Not another word was said.

"So, you don't have to tell me how great and righteous you are. I don't want to hear it, and I can't listen. What's more, you are no longer Emperor Zhaozhao!"

Li Beifeng looked at Emperor Zhao quietly and sneered: "If you weren't still useful, I wouldn't have saved you!"

silence!

A long silence!

Li Beifeng's words seemed to completely shock Emperor Zhao. He looked at Li Beifeng, and his deep eyes fell into silence at this moment.

The temperament and methods of the young man in front of him were beyond his expectations.

Is this the orphan of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the crown prince of the Northern Qi Dynasty? !

The current leader of Northern Qi is also his enemy of Zhao?

Such a powerful enemy made Emperor Zhao uneasy!

It wasn't until a long time later that he raised his head again and stared at Li Beifeng: "I know your purpose. Are you keeping me here to deal with my traitor?"

"That's right!"

Li Beifeng admitted it simply.

"I can cooperate with you!"

Emperor Zhao stared at Li Beifeng with his deep eyes.

"cooperate?"

Li Beifeng glanced at him: "What qualifications do you have to cooperate with me?"

Emperor Zhao was silent for a while and said: "With your ability, even if I am in your hands, it will be difficult to deal with Zhao Jing. But with my help, there is no chance!"

Li Beifeng said nothing, but looked at Emperor Zhao in front of him playfully.

Does he think he is a fool?

Now that Emperor Zhao is in his hands, why should he cooperate with him if he keeps Emperor Zhao's life?

Emperor Zhao looked at Li Beifeng calmly and said in a deep voice: "Now that Dazhao has fallen to such an extent in the hands of my traitorous son, and is in danger, my younger brother is eyeing the throne of the capital. If the throne of Dazhao falls into his hands, I’m afraid it won’t be that easy for you, Northern Qi, to restore your country!”

"Whether it is Nizi or Zhao Qi, they are not the most suitable successors to our Dazhao. Once the world is decided, there will be no possibility of peace between them and you, Northern Qi. Can you, Northern Qi, stop me?"

Li Beifeng's eyes were cold.

Of course he knew this.

Both Zhao Jing and Zhao Qi hated Beiqi to the core, and it was absolutely impossible for them to tolerate the existence of Beiqi.

To be precise, no matter who is the ruler of Dazhao, they will never allow Northern Qi to recover.

In the eyes of the people of Jozhao, Beizhou is already Jozhao's territory. Once the Northern Qi Dynasty was restored and Beizhou was ceded, and the people were angry, no ruler would be able to withstand popular opinion.

Therefore, don't look at the happy cooperation between Li Beifeng and Zhao Jing now. Once the Jokhang civil strife ends and the Jokhang court finds time, the first one to deal with will be Northern Qi.

There is no solution to this problem!

Li Beifeng naturally knew this, so his ultimate purpose in coming to the capital of Jokhang this time was to continue the civil strife in Jokhang.

The longer the better!

The best thing is to... split the Jokhang!

"Then what do you think I should do?"

Li Beifeng glanced at him and asked.

Emperor Zhao looked at Li Beifeng, his eyes gradually calming down, and he said: "There is actually no deep hatred between my Dazhao and your Northern Qi. Even eighteen years ago, Dazhao destroyed your world in Northern Qi. But for more than ten years, I have always been We are working hard to integrate the Northern Qi people into the Zhao Dynasty, intermarrying, relocating the population, and unifying the language and currency..."

"Nowadays, the land of Beizhou is full of my people of Jozhao, and the territory of my Jozhao is also full of your people of Northern Qi. In fact, the two countries have already exchanged supplies and become one family..."

Li Beifeng said nothing, but there was a slight sneer in his eyes.

What Emperor Zhao said is true. Over the past eighteen years, the people of Da Zhao and the people of Northern Qi have indeed communicated with each other. They have gradually integrated due to intermarriage and population migration.

But the problem is, the time is too short!

If this continues for a hundred or so years...even fifty years, two generations may be enough to gradually eliminate the national hatred.

But eighteen years is too short and absolutely impossible!

Did Da Zhao and Bei Qi become a family?

It’s a bit fanciful!

"Now that I am gone, why can't you and I sit down and talk about cooperation?!"

Emperor Zhao looked at Li Beifeng calmly.

"Do you think it's possible?"

Li Beifeng said calmly.

"Why not?"

Li Beifeng said coldly: "How many people of our Northern Qi royal family did you massacre in Da Zhao? This blood feud means that our people in Northern Qi and you, Da Zhao, are at odds with each other!"

"There are no eternal enemies in the world, only eternal interests!"

Emperor Zhao sighed softly: "If Northern Qi really wants to restore the country and gain a firm foothold, do you think you can get around Da Zhao?"

"Or? Are you confident that Northern Qi can rival Dazhao?"

Li Beifeng remained silent and stared coldly at Emperor Zhao in front of him.

"What exactly do you want to say?"

Of course he knew very well that even though Beiqi's wings were gradually becoming more mature, it was almost impossible to compete with Da Zhao.

Even though Jokhang is now in civil strife, as a unified country, its strength cannot be underestimated.

Northern Qi's attempt to compete with Dazhao was completely wishful thinking.

Right now, for Northern Qi's rapid rise, the person who needs to be thanked the most is probably Zhao Qi!

"I plan to hand over this kingdom of Dazhao to Ying'er!"

Emperor Zhao spoke calmly.

Li Beifeng was shocked and stared at him in disbelief: "What do you mean?"

"Ying'er is the most suitable person to lead Dazhao. Apart from being a daughter, she is my favorite heir! But now, none of this is important..."

Emperor Zhao looked at Li Beifeng calmly: "I want to support her to rise to power!"

Hearing the news, Li Beifeng's heart trembled, still a little unbelievable.

Zhao Ying takes over?

Will she inherit the Jokhang throne?

Queen Jokhang? !

If it had been anyone else, this news might have been a bit shocking, but Li Beifeng was only briefly shocked and quickly calmed down.

He stared at Emperor Zhao and said, "What does this have to do with me?"

How does the change of imperial power in Dazhao have anything to do with the crown prince of Northern Qi?

Why did Emperor Zhao mention this to him? !

"Ying'er is the most suitable and the only person who can lead Dazhao. She is different from Zhao Jing and Zhao Qi. Only if she takes the position can we peacefully coexist with you, Northern Qi!"

Emperor Zhao paused for a moment and said, "Perhaps, we can let go of the grievances between our two countries and turn hostility into friendship!"

He looked at Li Beifeng quietly. From Ying'er's reaction just now, Emperor Zhao keenly noticed that the relationship between Ying'er and Li Beifeng was unusual.

Since he was the crown prince of Northern Qi, why was Ying'er familiar with him?

Why could he call Ying'er here?

Emperor Zhao already had some guesses in his mind!

Li Beifeng just sneered: "Do you think I believe it?"

Resolve the grievances between the two countries?

It sounds good, but how to resolve the blood feud between the two countries?

"Marriage!"

Emperor Zhao looked at Li Beifeng and slowly said: "I can betroth Ying'er to you!"

At this moment, Li Beifeng, who was originally full of sneers, was stunned for a moment.

...

The cold wind in the evening blew in the deep palace.

The autumn of the Great Zhao Palace added a bit of desolation.

Perhaps it was the news of the successive defeats in the war in the front that spread to the capital and the palace.

Countless people in the palace were uneasy about their fate!

Dazhao Forbidden Land.

For a few months, the forbidden land was desolate inside and outside.

The imperial guards who used to guard this place disappeared.

A white figure appeared outside the forbidden land, her long snow-white skirt swayed in the wind, and the green gauze draped behind her fluttered gently.

Behind her soft and slender hands, her dignified and noble temperament was instantly revealed.

Three thousand black hair was combed and scattered behind her with a bamboo hairpin, and a pair of sword eyes were as clear as water, with stars twinkling in them. She was not wearing any makeup, but she was still as beautiful as an immortal.

Her soft footsteps stepped on the fallen leaves, making a rustling sound.

Not long after, she stopped in the yard and looked into the room with cold eyes.

The dusty door was slightly closed, as if no one had been there for a long time.

But she could feel that there was a breath moving inside the wall.

She raised her hand gently and waved her sleeves sideways.

In an instant, a sharp wind came out of her sleeves.

"Bang!"

The tightly closed door was instantly torn into pieces.

Dust filled the air, and a thin figure could be seen sitting cross-legged on a mat.

He was skinny, as if he had no flesh on his body. He lowered his head, and his dry white hair was messy, as if he had not taken care of it for several years.

The violent sound seemed to disturb the old man on the mat.

He moved slightly and slowly raised his head.

Under the dry white hair was an old face with deep eye sockets, like two black holes, which looked shocking.

"It's you again!"

The hoarse voice, like an old man who was about to die, had no strength.

"What are you doing here?!"

Outside the door, the woman in white said in a cold tone: "I came here to get an answer!"

Silence!

The old man said: "You haven't found the answer yet?"

She remained silent.

After a long time, she said in a cold voice: "Now my Dazhao Mansion is about to collapse and is in crisis. As the guardian of my Dazhao, why do you live here?!"

"What does the life and death of Dazhao have to do with me?"

"Why?"

The old man did not answer this question.

Her voice was particularly cold: "Are you Zhao Jing's?!"

The old man shook his head: "I don't belong to anyone!"

"I will kill him!"

Her eyes were cold and murderous.

The old man still didn't say anything, but after a long silence, he glanced at her, and there seemed to be a hint of surprise in his expression.

"Your strength seems to have improved a lot since the last time we met. I guess you are not far from that step, right?"

However, he shook his head soon.

"Your strength is good, but you are still not my opponent now!"

"..."