On the thirteenth day of the moon, late at night, Pei Shiju summoned Li Fengyun.

When Li Fengyun saw Pei Shiju, the memory hidden deep in his mind burst out. His mind was trembling for a moment, and he couldn't help himself. He could no longer remain calm. His real self and the illusory mark were combined into one, and he was lost in it and couldn't extricate himself.

Pei Shiju looked at Li Fengyun's white hair and was deeply saddened. Time flies, and the master and apprentice parted in Yulin. Seven years have passed. Now he is nearly seventy years old and is getting older. He no longer has the courage of the past. Although Li Pingyuan has fought a bloody path from the desperate situation and rises again, time has changed and things have changed. He will no longer sacrifice his life for the so-called loyalty like he used to be. On the contrary, Li Pingyuan embarked on a completely different path, a path of no return that seemed hopeless to Pei Shiju.

Li Fengyun knelt down with his disciples.

Pei Shiju took it calmly, and was relieved, and smiled with his beard. After Yulin, he also thought that if Li Pingyuan escaped the catastrophe, the master and disciple would have a day to meet. However, no matter what, the master and disciple met in Anzhou seven years later. However, luck made Pei Shiju regret that Li Pingyuan became famous all over the world today as a white-haired thief. Li Pingyuan was dead, and he could not recognize each other even if he met.

Pei Shiju said a few words of comfort, and then reached out to invite him.

Li Fengyun stood up, gave a deep tribute, then stood up long, expressionless, without saying a word, seemed respectful, but the arrogance in his bones was clearly visible.

Pei Xuanji and two Pei Shiju's close confidants, serving on the side, were all very moved when they saw this scene. Time will not turn back, and the existing grudges will not dissipate. Li Pingyuan is dead, the relationship between master and disciple is gone, and all that is left is hatred.

"Someone is here." Pei Shiju said calmly, "The series of crises you are facing have been alleviated by the arrival of some. Your goal has been achieved. So, should you fulfill your promise?"

"Ming Gong is not here, Anton's crisis is serious. I can't take care of myself, so of course I can't fulfill my promise." Li Fengyun said calmly, "Now that Ming Gong is here, Anton is moving quickly towards stability. Of course, I will fulfill my promise, but..." Li Fengyun looked at Pei Shiju and tentatively said, "Anton's stability not only takes time, but also requires appropriate governance strategies. Therefore, whether a certain person can fulfill his promise is not a guarantee, but a development of the situation in Anton."

Pei Shiju frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and said bluntly, "If you have any requirements, you can ask for it."

Li Fengyun hesitated for a little and asked, "Dare you ask Ming Gong, as far as we open Xinjiang and Andong, are we doing good deeds to Central Earth?"

Pei Shiju nodded without thinking, "Of course."

Li Fengyun asked, "Who is more important than the achievements of Ming Gong going west?"

Pei Xuanji's face changed slightly, his eyes showed annoyed. Pei Shiju's two close friends were also very dissatisfied. Li Fengyun was too rude. Putting aside the grudges of master and apprentice, just in terms of the disparity between the two sides, Li Fengyun's doubts were that he was disrespectful, and he was arrogant and vulgar, which was very different from Li Pingyuan in their memory.

Pei Shiju did not agree with it. He noticed that Li Fengyun's doubts were mysterious. Thinking about Li Fengyun's "independent special operations" since the Dongdu Mutiny, it was impossible to explain it simply by "taking a risky move". Li Fengyun chose the opportunity to go north to the frontier very well. This was not luck, but an accurate analysis and inference of the general trend of the world. He saw the development trend of the north-south relationship, and made a decision to attack Anton based on this trend.

In fact, Pei Shiju also had similar predictions about the future trend, but he was too pessimistic about the relationship between the north and the south and seriously underestimated Li Fengyun. Therefore, on the Yishui River last August, Pei Shiju not only rejected Li Fengyun's request for meeting, but also reported to the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, resolutely refused to allow Li Fengyun to go out of the frontier, so as not to accelerate the deterioration of the relationship between the north and the south and the arrival of the Civil War. However, things went against others' wishes, Li Fengyun still went out of the frontier and successfully achieved the expected goal of going out of the frontier, reversing the passive situation of Zhongtu in the confrontation between the north and the south in one fell swoop.

Of course, Li Fengyun's success is largely attributed to the significant impact of the two eastern expeditions of Goguryeo in the northeast and the huge impact on the Northeast and Far East. In a sense, Li Fengyun picked up the bargain, but the problem is that Li Fengyun not only saw this opportunity to get the bargain, but also seized it at all costs. Even if others saw it, they felt that it was difficult and gave up without thinking. This is the difference, which is the reason for Li Fengyun's success and the mystery that Pei Shiju saw.

Pei Shiju knows Li Pingyuan very well. Before the Yulin Storm, Li Pingyuan was outstanding in literature and martial arts, but he did not analyze and judge the general trend of the world, and his grasp of the future trend was not accurate. To put it bluntly, it was a bad view of the overall situation and had no foresight. At the beginning of the Yulin Storm, if Li Pingyuan had not killed the Yuwen brothers and did not directly target the "big banner" of the two reformists, the Saint Lord and Yuwen Shu, the storm would not have lost control, the reformists and conservatives would not have fought bloody battles, the political struggle between the two capitals would not become more and more intense, and the country's destiny and the great cause of unification would not be seriously hurt. This proves that Li Pingyuan, the initiator of the storm, had seriously lacked strategic vision, and Pei Shiju was also extremely disappointed with him, which led to Pei Shiju not having hope for his plan to go north to the fortress in August last year.

The facts proved that Pei Shiju was wrong, but what was the mistake? Pei Shiju suddenly realized that the person in front of him was Li Fengyun, not Li Pingyuan. Li Pingyuan was dead, and Li Fengyun, who was reborn in Nirvana, had been reborn. He had to re-examine Li Fengyun's value and could not make two mistakes in the same thing.

Pei Shiju pondered for a long time and said slowly, "The journey to the west is in vain."

As soon as these words were spoken, the lobby was silent and the atmosphere suddenly became stagnant. Pei Xuanji and others were as deep as water, and Li Fengyun also had a serious face.

It was indeed futile to go west. Middle-earth and Western Turks had an alliance before. If there was no alliance, how could Zhongtu dare to exert its efforts to fight eastward? But what was the result? Western Turks made a secret move, secretly helping Tuyuhun restore the country, using the power of Tuyuhun to restrain the Northwest Army, while using the power of Tuyuhun to attack Tieler people, and launched a large army and swept the Western Regions. The situation in Western Xinjiang took a sharp turn and was full of crises. Zhongtu suffered a silence, but Dongdu was deeply trapped in the dilemma of internal and external troubles, and was powerless.

When the Western Expedition was again, he could only kill his teeth and blood. On the condition of acknowledging the control of the Western Turks over the Western Regions and the restoration of the Tuyuhun Kingdom, and on joining forces with the Western Turks to attack the desert as a trap, he tried every means to delay the outbreak of the Civil War and gain valuable respite for himself. But how could the Western Turks be deceived? Besides, even if the Western Turks agreed, how could Zhongtu believe its promise? If the Western Turks could be believed, where did the Western Xinjiang crisis come from?

This is the sadness of Middle-earth. If you are not strong enough, you can only swallow your anger. Even though you know that you are futile in your life, you have to smile and make a fuss to see if you can catch the trace of luck that can exist. However, no one will announce this shame, but now Pei Shiju has admitted it personally, which is enough to show that Pei Shiju is very pessimistic about the future development of the North-South relationship and has no confidence to delay the outbreak of the Civil War. Therefore, he has to place his last hope on Anton and seek strong cooperation with Li Fengyun.

"Since you have made great contributions to opening the Xinjiang and Andong, why are you stingy in rewarding me?" Li Fengyun continued to ask.

Pei Shiju smiled, "What reward do you want?"

Li Fengyun hesitated for a moment and said, "It depends on the degree of trust that Ming Gong has in someone."

Pei Xuanji and others looked at each other, feeling that Li Fengyun had something to say, and that he was suspected of digging a hole for Pei Shiju.

Pei Shiju smiled slightly, thought solemnly for a moment, then looked at Li Fengyun, his eyes were complicated, and he wanted to speak but stopped. Finally, he said obscurely, "Now, how trust can you give you?"

Before the Yulin Storm, Pei Shiju unconditionally trusted Li Pingyuan and granted him the power to act cheaply. As a result, a person who did not observe the storm was out of control and almost died out. Now, Li Pingyuan made a comeback as a white-haired thief, and once again needed Pei Shiju's trust and support, but Pei Shiju hesitated. The teacher who learned from the past may have learned the lessons of failure to be far better than the past. Perhaps Li Pingyuan is still loyal to Middle Earth and is willing to sacrifice his life for Middle Earth. However, time has changed, and things have changed. Li Pingyuan has transformed into Li Fengyun. Everything has changed. Is the righteousness still the righteousness of the past? Pei Shiju dared not take risks and dared not repeat the same mistakes.

Li Fengyun's eyes were cold, he patted his chest and asked sternly, "Mr. Ming doubted his loyalty to Middle Earth?"

Pei Shiju sighed and shook his head, "I never doubted your loyalty to Middle Earth, but you are rebellious, act recklessly, and do not leave any way out. Every time you sacrifice yourself to fight, if you fail, you will be able to achieve success and will not care about the consequences. Once you fail, you will lose not only your life, but not only your brothers but also thousands of innocent creatures in Middle Earth."

The Yulin Storm taught Pei Shiju a bloody lesson and learned from his mistakes. This time, Pei Shiju did not dare to trust Li Fengyun no matter what, and did not dare to make the same mistake, and fell into the same pit.

Li Fengyun sneered, "The Civil War is about to break out, the North-South War is about to begin, and countless creatures on both sides will die in this war. Do you think you don't trust someone, do you think that if you completely control Anton, you can win the Civil War, save Middle-earth, and save countless creatures from being damaged?"

Pei Shiju remained silent.

"Anton cannot decide the outcome of this war, and Anton is even less able to turn the tide and save thousands of innocent creatures, but Anton is an opportunity. If Zhongtu seizes this opportunity, it will inevitably increase the chance of winning the war. This is the key to the matter. It is the reason why Ming Gong went to Anton in person regardless of the consequences."

Li Fengyun looked at Pei Shiju who was thinking and gave a deep tribute, "Ming Gong, Anton is not important. What is important is that we must seize the opportunity to defeat the Turks. Only by winning the war can we have the opportunity to save the great cause of unity in Middle Earth and save thousands of innocent creatures in Middle Earth."

Pei Shiju was finally moved. Li Fengyun also saw the future he saw. He tried his best to save it. Li Fengyun was also taking action. However, he was in a high position and was constrained and could not help himself. He could not do anything. Although Li Fengyun was in the world, he took a different approach and broke the deadlock by Andong, trying to change the direction of history, his power was too small, and it was difficult to achieve results when he was shaking a tree.

However, this is an opportunity after all. If the two cooperate, one from top to bottom and the other from bottom to top, perhaps God will be blessed, the impossible can be turned into possibility.

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

"Give some 100,000 troops."

Pei Shiju was unbelievable and laughed silently, while Pei Xuanji and others felt it was even more incredible and were stunned.
Chapter completed!