There are gaps in the road

Chapter 124 The Whereabouts of the Treasure
"What do I need to do?" the Chu State envoy asked.

This matter is risky for him, but the risk is not high. Compared with the possible rewards and benefits in the end, this effort is not worth mentioning.

Of course, if Ye Chuxiao's request is too much, then he may choose to be hypocritical, and the point is to deceive the credential into his hands.

From the perspective of the envoy of Chu State, he is almost guaranteed to make money without losing money.

"It's very simple. During your mission to Beiqin, just show your high appreciation and support to me in public many times." Ye Chuxiao gave an answer that sounded easy to do.

The Chu State envoy was taken aback for a moment, and then asked: "Is it just a verbal support? Or does it need to be fulfilled in detail?"

The fact that he asked this question already showed his guilty conscience.

Although he is a messenger, it is obvious that he is not a person who is good at maneuvering.

This is also normal. To the mighty state of Chu, Northern Qin is just a small and remote country that is weak and caught in frequent internal strife. The envoys sent by such a small country are unlikely to be truly capable ministers or rising stars.

Just arrange a few people to deal with it, as long as you don't lose the generosity of a big country.

Ye Chuxiao nodded and said, "That's all."

Ye Chuxiao is very clear about the truth that too much is too much.

The envoy of the Chu State in front of him is not a powerful minister in the Chu State, he is just wearing the skin of an envoy of a great country.

Excessive consumption of the false prestige borrowed from him will only lead to a more violent change in the situation.

But if the envoy of Chu State only expressed verbal support to Ye Chuxiao without any real action, then in the eyes of Ming Da and other Northern Qin officials, this is the envoy of Chu State coaxing their puppet emperor in order to get some benefits Play.

For the sake of the envoy of the Chu Kingdom, and to let him have a good time, they may slow down a little bit, because of the frequent change of monarchs due to power games and private ghost tricks.

And with these spaces, Ye Chuxiao has the leverage to go to the elders of the Beiqin royal family and ask about the location of the Beiqin treasure house and how to open it.

The envoy of Chu State looked at the young Northern Qin Emperor suspiciously, and tried hard to think whether there was any hidden message behind this.

It's a pity that Ye Chuxiao's expression was always the same, so he couldn't see the slightest trace.

"Okay! You give the book to our country first!" the envoy of Chu State said.

Ye Chuxiao turned around and walked to the desk, wrote down the four characters "I invite you to be my minister" with a big stroke of a pen, and handed it to the envoy of Chu State.

"I will stamp the seal on the envoy before he leaves Beiqin." Ye Chuxiao painted the big cake without changing his face.

In fact, Bei Qin's national treasure seal was not in his hands at all.

"Isn't this... a bit brief?" The envoy of Chu State looked at the four big characters fluttering in his hand. For some reason, he always felt that the lines between the lines seemed to be full of energy, which was different from the young emperor in front of him, the environment he was in, and the What is being done, is totally out of sync.

"Four words are enough!" Ye Chuxiao said.

"Okay! Don't worry, I can still deceive you?"

"Isn't my life and death determined by your words?" Ye Chuxiao continued to comfort her.

In the end, the envoy of Chu State left the Beiqin Imperial Palace with the four big characters given by Ye Chuxiao in his arms, and with good expectations for the future.

Clicking on the personal panel, Ye Chuxiao looked at the life value that was constantly beating and decreasing, and felt a toothache.

Even the 'short-lived' emperor of a small country is still an emperor, and his existence needs to distort the perception of many people.

When fate conflicts with fate, if Ye Chuxiao stays in the position of Emperor Beiqin for a moment longer, his fate will continue to decrease.

When the life value returns to zero, Ye Chuxiao will also encounter a real catastrophe of death in this world.

Of course, he can also use the convenience of his status to cause some troubles and increase his life points.

One increase and one decrease, it depends on which one runs faster.

After the envoy of Chu State left the palace, he began to frequently attend some so-called noble banquets as Ye Chuxiao instructed.

And during the banquet, he was never stingy with his compliments to Ye Chuxiao, the new ruler of the Northern Qin Dynasty.

At first, the attitude of the envoy of Chu made many nobles wary.

But as the envoy of the Chu State continued to fire the cannon, but never saw the slightest spark, everyone understood.

It's just a faux pas at all.

Their puppet emperors will not receive strong support, and they can still enjoy the happiness after deposing the monarch, drinking as much as they want, singing as much as singing, and dancing as much as they want.

And Ye Chuxiao, in the middle of the night a few days later, quietly used the technique of metamorphosis and illusion to become a wild cat, left the palace, and headed towards the old mansion of the oldest clan of the Li family in the capital of Northern Qin at this time. go.

Since the fall of power, the days of the Beiqin royal family have not been easy.

Even the elders of the royal family, Li Shangcheng's mansion is close to the edge of the city, only two streets away from the city.

The area is not large, there are only three courtyards in the front and back.

The Ming family's ancestral house on the right side of the palace, if you pick any yard at random, it is larger and more luxurious than Li Shangcheng's house.

Although it is not big, the house still looks very empty, except for some servants, there is no fireworks of family reunion.

Li Shangcheng was leaning on the rattan chair, listening to the music with his eyes closed. The actor who had already faded, was skillfully babbling and singing a lingering ditty, with a very moving demeanor.

It's just that although she sings skillfully, she doesn't dare to be careless.

After years of dealing with each other, this actor knew very well what a cruel and vicious person this old man in front of him was.

And with the decline of power, the brutality originally bred by domineering has transformed into the ferocity after losing power.

"Ruyi! It's better for you to sing the song Wantingchun. The apprentices you taught don't have your charm." Li Shangcheng beat the beat on his knees and said with half-closed eyes.

The elderly actor smiled shyly and didn't answer, but continued to sing, but his voice dropped twice.

Didn't all her apprentices... were ruined to death by this old guy?

A dead person, of course, has no chance to sing the little song proficiently.

"Once you get old! It's easy to miss the past!"

"Tell me what it was like when we first met in Xiuchun Pavilion decades ago!" Li Shangcheng sighed.

Picking up the warm wine at the side, he took a small sip, and Li Shangcheng sighed.

His eyes were blurred, apparently lost in thought.

"Are you missing the former youth, or the rich clothes, fine food, high officials and rich salary?" A voice woke up Li Shangcheng who was recalling.

Then Li Shangcheng saw a cat, which gradually turned into a person in front of his eyes.

"Li Zishan!?" Li Shangcheng was startled.

Immediately afterwards, he changed his words: "The old minister has seen His Majesty!"

Even so, he didn't get up.

It's just saying things like that.

The actor on the side was still singing a ditty, and didn't have the slightest feeling about Ye Chuxiao's arrival.

With Ye Chuxiao's ability, it is easy to deceive an actor with illusion.

In a certain sense, monks and ordinary people in Huangdou Realm are completely different from each other.

There is no one like Tang Sutong who spreads the knowledge of practice to the common people and spreads it to the common people. Casual repairs for small households.

Occasionally, there are those who get the opportunity and then become talents by self-study.

It's just that such lucky ones are rare and have no universal value.

"The carved railings and jade bricks should still be there, but Zhu Yan has changed... this is not a good feeling!" Ye Chuxiao asked Li Shangcheng.

Li Shangcheng remained silent. He didn't have much respect for the suddenly visiting monarch in front of him. If it wasn't for Ye Chuxiao's strange appearance and seemingly perfect illusion, he would even dare to rely on his clan With his old identity, he scolded the young emperor in front of him.

The so-called prestige comes from power.

Power comes first, prestige comes later.

A powerless emperor, even if he has the name of the Son of Heaven, can only be used to frighten the ignorant people.

"Jiangshan was lost by you, and I plan to get it back, what can the clan elders teach me?" Ye Chuxiao asked Li Shangcheng.

The tone was full of sarcasm.

When Li Shangcheng heard the words, his face turned red, and he was rather annoyed: "Your Majesty is serious! The country is still my family's country, why do you lose it?"

"Oh! Deceiving yourself?"

"Then why do you want to send the whole family to other countries?"

"Aren't you worried that one day, the Ming and Qu clans will lead troops to rebel, and the whole family will be destroyed?" Ye Chuxiao asked with a sneer.

According to Ye Chuqi, the royal family of the Li family who escaped from Northern Qin did not end well.

Before the Beiqin royal treasure incident broke out, some of them were tracked down by killers arranged by the Ming and Qu clans and killed in other countries.

Another part, local snakes in the place where they were relocated found that they were lonely and exiled abroad, but they carried a lot of wealth and knowledge, so they used the name of bandits to wipe them out and took away the wealth accumulated by the Li family for many years.

The very few members of the Li clan who escaped the catastrophe and successfully concealed their identities were basically scraped out by various forces because of the treasure.

Faced with Ye Chuxiao's accusation, Li Shangcheng's complexion turned from red to green, and his face bounced back and forth between red and green.

In the end, it turned into a long breath of depression and spit it out.

He is already a prodigal dog, how can he still have so much heart?

"If your support is the envoy of Chu State, then take advantage of the time and enjoy it!"

"This is my only advice to you as an elder of the clan." Li Shangcheng said.

Ye Chuxiao said: "He's just a pawn to delay time. It's the so-called plank road openly, and Chen Cang secretly! I use Chu State envoys to attract the attention of the clan, but secretly I can use a lot of money to recruit a group of desperadoes abroad. "

"Since we have reached the end of the mountain, why not burn the boat?"

Li Shangcheng may not know the origin of some of Ye Chuxiao's words, but it does not prevent him from understanding the meaning.

"Heavy gold?"

"Where does the money come from?" Li Shangcheng asked.

Ye Chuxiao said: "I know, we still have a hidden treasure, but I'm not sure where it is and how to open it."

Li Shangcheng's face remained unchanged when he heard this, but his eyes lowered subconsciously: "Don't be delusional! If it really existed, we would have opened the treasure house a long time ago, took out the treasure, and used it to deal with those rebels."

Ye Chuxiao caught Li Shangcheng's flashing eyes, and her heart became more settled.

"It seems that the clan always wants to leave this wealth to their children who are away!"

"However, clan elders, have you ever thought about whether they can hold on to their homeland after losing the Northern Qin?"

"Having no power but holding a lot of wealth, is this a good thing?" Ye Chuxiao asked.

Li Shangcheng said with a sullen face, "Your Majesty! It's late at night, hurry back to the palace!"

"Otherwise, if you are found to have left the palace without authorization, I'm afraid that the envoy from the Chu Kingdom will not be able to protect you."

This is threatening Ye Chuxiao!
Continuing the chat, he doesn't mind revealing Ye Chuxiao's whereabouts at this time, and let the Ming family deal with Ye Chuxiao.

Ye Chuxiao looked at the stubborn Li Shangcheng, and sighed helplessly.

This old guy seems determined to embezzle the treasure and leave it to his descendants.

That being the case, there is nothing to say.

Ye Chuxiao shot directly.

He didn't bother to draw the knife at all, but just made a knife with his hand, and it fell on Li Shangcheng's forehead.

Li Shangcheng was on guard against Ye Chuxiao early on, and when Ye Chuxiao made his move, he turned into four shadows like a ghost, fleeing in four directions respectively.

From the perspective of cultivation, Li Shangcheng is in the same wonderful realm, and has been operating in this realm for many years, but he has long lost his courage and never fights against Ye Chuxiao.

For a moment, all I could think of was to escape first.

But, is it really so easy to dodge the knife that Ye Chuxiao swung with his hand like a knife?

"wind!"

Ye Chuxiao used the first sword 'wind' in the chapter of the master of swordsman's nine perfect moves.

This knife is fast like the wind, and it is a move that is the culmination of the quick knife.

Even if Ye Chuxiao didn't really understand it, but just took pictures of cats and tigers, when he used this knife, he still seemed to be transformed into the wind.

Before the knife fell, whether it was a strong wind or a storm, whether it was a breeze or a fine wind, it was all in Ye Chuxiao's mind.

And the difference in this thought will affect the specific direction of this sword technique.

It can be said that there are thousands of ways to use this knife alone, but in the final analysis, there is only one tendency.

The blade of the wind fell, and the four shadows of Li Shangcheng were cut off by Ye Chuxiao at the same time.

And Li Shangcheng's real body was pulled out by Ye Chuxiao from the wardrobe that was split aside.

Using force with his fingers, five talisman shadows spread from the fingertips and branded on the old guy's body, temporarily imprisoning all his mobility.

Ye Chuxiao took out a dao rhyme and stuffed it directly into Li Shangcheng's forehead.

"It's cheaper for you!"

Dao rhyme enters the body, and Li Shangcheng absorbs and digests it unconsciously.

Feeling amazed, the vitality gushing out of the body continuously, and the cultivation base that has not loosened for many years, it seems that there is also the possibility of growth.

The next moment, Ye Chuxiao's knife really swung down, cutting off his breath directly.

Wind is the movement of air.

If it is controlled in a subtle way, it can block a person's breath, and the person whose breath is cut off will die naturally.

As if just in a deep sleep, quietly slipping away the last vitality.

Accompanied by a little bit of unwillingness, Li Shangcheng's last thoughts disappeared in the darkness.

The used Dao Yun was re-absorbed by Ye Chuxiao into the golden clock.

Then quietly disintegrated.

Ye Chuxiao didn't pay much attention to the practice experience transformed into Dao Yun after it was shattered.

But Ye Chuxiao looked through some of the memories recorded in it carefully.

It took a while to find the content related to the treasure.

"Hiding the treasure in a neighboring country is a novelty."

"But the key to unlock the treasure is the National Treasure Seal... This is a bit old-fashioned!"

"It's no wonder that the royal family of the Li family who had already given up on Northern Qin did not choose to open the treasure. Although they knew the whereabouts of the treasure, they did not pass on the national treasure seal." Ye Chuxiao let go of Li Shangcheng's body and put it back on the wicker chair.

(End of this chapter)