This matter is risky for him, but the risk is not high. Compared with the possible rewards in the end, this effort is not worth mentioning.
Of course, if Ye Chuxiao's request is too excessive, then he may choose to compromise. The key is to deceive the credentials.
From the perspective of an envoy from Chu State, he is almost guaranteed to make a profit without losing any money.
"It's very simple. During your mission to Northern Qin, you just need to show your high appreciation and support for me in public many times." Ye Chuxiao gave an answer that sounded easy to do.
The Chu State envoy was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Is it just verbal support? Or does it need to be concretely fulfilled?"
The fact that he asked this question already showed his guilty conscience.
Although he is an envoy, it is obvious that he is not a man who is good at maneuvering.
This is normal. To the powerful Chu State, Northern Qin is just a small, weak and remote country that is prone to frequent internal strife. It is unlikely that the envoys sent by such a small country will be truly capable ministers or rising stars.
Just arrange a few people to deal with it, as long as it doesn't lose the magnanimity of the country.
Ye Chuxiao nodded and said, "That's enough."
Ye Chuxiao knew very well the principle that going too far is not enough.
The Chu State envoy in front of me is not a powerful official in the Chu State, he just wears the skin of an envoy from a great country.
Excessive consumption of the false prestige borrowed from him will only lead to a more serious deterioration of the situation.
But if the Chu envoy only expressed verbal support for Ye Chuxiao without actually taking any real actions, then in the eyes of Mingda and other Northern Qin officials, this was the Chu envoy coaxing their puppet emperor to gain some benefits.
Play.
For the sake of the Chu envoy and letting him have a good time, they may slow down a little because of the frequent changes in kings due to power games and secret tricks in private.
With these spaces, Ye Chuxiao had leverage to go to the elders of the Northern Qin royal family and ask about the location of the Northern Qin treasure house and how to open it.
The Chu envoy looked at the young Emperor of Northern Qin in front of him with confusion, thinking hard whether there was any hidden message behind this.
It's a pity that Ye Chuxiao's expression remains unchanged, so that he can't see the slightest trace.
"Okay! You give me the certificate of nationality first!" said the Chu State envoy.
Ye Chuxiao turned around and walked to the desk, wrote the four characters "I invite you to be a minister" with a big stroke of a pen, and handed it to the Chu State envoy.
"I will stamp the envoy before he leaves Northern Qin." Ye Chuxiao painted the cake without changing his expression.
In fact, Northern Qin's national treasure seal was not in his hands at all.
"Isn't this... a little simpler?" The Chu State envoy looked at the four big characters in his hand. For some reason, he always felt that the words seemed to be full of energy, which was related to the young emperor in front of him, the environment he was in, and
What I'm doing is totally out of tune.
"Four words are enough!" Ye Chuxiao said.
"Okay! Don't worry, can I still deceive you?"
"My life and death, doesn't it depend on your words?" Ye Chuxiao then comforted him.
In the end, the Chu State envoy left the Northern Qin Palace with the four characters given by Ye Chuxiao and 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 a 'short-lived' emperor of a small country is still an emperor, and his existence needs to distort many people's perceptions.
When there is a conflict between destiny and destiny, if Ye Chuxiao stays in the position of Emperor of Northern Qin for a moment longer, his destiny value will continue to decrease.
When the life value reaches zero, Ye Chuxiao will encounter a real death disaster in this world.
Of course, he can also use the convenience of his identity to cause some troubles and increase his destiny points.
One increases and one decreases, it depends on which one runs faster.
After the Chu State envoy left the palace, he began to frequently attend some so-called noble banquets as instructed by Ye Chuxiao.
And during the banquet, he never hesitated to praise Ye Chuxiao, the new king of Northern Qin.
At first, the attitude of the Chu envoy made many nobles wary.
But as the Chu envoy kept firing cannons, but no sparks were seen, everyone came to understand.
This is just a pretense.
Their puppet emperor will not receive strong reinforcements, and they can still enjoy the happiness of taking advantage of the king, drinking, singing, and dancing.
And Ye Chuxiao, late at night a few days later, quietly transformed into a wild cat using the art of metamorphosis, left the palace, and headed towards the mansion of the eldest elder of the Li family in the capital of Northern Qin.
Go.
Since the fall of power, the lives of the Northern Qin royal family have not been easy.
Even for the royal family, Li Shangcheng's mansion is close to the edge of the city, only two streets away from the city.
The area it covers is not large, there are just three courtyards at the front and back.
The Ming family's ancestral residence on the right side of the palace, any courtyard chosen at random, is larger and more luxurious than Li Shangcheng's entire residence.
Although it is not big, the house still looks very empty. Except for some servants, there is no trace of family gatherings.
Li Shangcheng was leaning on a wicker chair and was listening to music with his eyes closed. The actor, who was already a little faded, was babbling skillfully and singing a pathos and lingering ditty. His grace was quite moving.
It's just that although she sang skillfully, she didn't dare to be careless in the slightest.
After many years of dealing with each other, the actor knew how cruel and vicious the old man in front of him actually was.
And with the decline of power, the brutality originally bred from domineering has transformed into the ferocity after losing power.
"Ruyi! You can sing this song Wan Ting Chun very well. None of the disciples you taught have the charm you have." Li Shangcheng beat the beat on his knees and said with half-squinted eyes.
The elderly actor smiled shyly and did not answer. He just continued singing, but his voice dropped twice.
Her apprentices... weren't they all ruined to death by this old guy?
Of course, a dead person has no chance to sing a ditty skillfully.
"When you get older, it's easy to miss the past!"
"Tell me, decades ago, when we first met at Xiuchun Pavilion, what was it like?" Li Shangcheng sighed.
Li Shangcheng picked up the warm wine on the side, took a sip, and sighed.
His eyes were blurred, obviously lost in reminiscence.
"Are you nostalgic for your former youth, or your former splendid clothes, good food, high official and good salary?" A voice woke up Li Shangcheng who was reminiscing.
Then Li Shangcheng saw a cat, which gradually turned into a person in front of his eyes.
"Li Zishan!?" Li Shangcheng was shocked.
Then he changed his words and said: "I have seen your Majesty!"
Even so, he did not get up.
It's just words like this.
The actor on the side was still singing a ditty, not feeling the slightest sign of Ye Chuxiao's arrival.
With Ye Chuxiao's ability, it is easy to deceive an actor with illusions.
In a sense, monks and ordinary people in Huang Dou Realm are distinct from each other.
There is no fire stealer like Tang Sutong who spreads the knowledge of cultivation to the people and spreads it to the common people. The monks in Huangdou Realm are all from aristocratic families. There are only three or five people in the sect.
A small-scale casual cultivator.
Occasionally, there are people who get the chance and become talented by self-taught.
It's just that such lucky people are very few and have no universal value.
"The jade railings should still be there, but the beauty has changed... doesn't it feel good?" Ye Chuxiao asked Li Shangcheng.
Li Shangcheng was silent. He didn't have much respect for the sudden visit of the monarch in front of him. If it weren't for the strange appearance of Ye Chuxiao and his seemingly good illusion skills, he would even dare to rely on his clan to
As an old man, he scolded the young emperor in front of him.
The so-called prestige all comes from power.
Power is in the front and authority is in the back.
A powerless emperor, even if he has the title of emperor, can only be used to scare the ignorant people.
"You have lost my country, and I plan to get it back. What do the clan elders have to teach me?" Ye Chuxiao asked Li Shangcheng.
The tone was full of sarcasm.
When Li Shangcheng heard this, his face turned red and he was quite angry: "Your Majesty, you are serious! The country is still my Li family's country, why should I lose it?"
"Ha! Are you deceiving yourself?"
"Then why do you want to send your whole family away to other countries?"
"Aren't you worried that one day, the Ming and Qu families will lead troops to rebel, and the whole family will be destroyed?" Ye Chuxiao asked with a sneer.
According to Ye Chuqi, the fate of the Li royal family who scattered and escaped from Northern Qin was not good.
Before the Northern Qin royal treasure incident broke out, some of them were tracked down by assassins arranged by the Ming and Qu families and killed in other countries.
There are also some local snakes in the relocated areas who found that they were alone and exiled abroad, but they brought a lot of wealth and knowledge with them, so they used the name of gangsters to annihilate them all and took away the wealth that the Li family had accumulated for many years.
The very few Li clan members who escaped the disaster and succeeded in hiding their names were basically scrapped out by various forces because of the treasure.
Facing Ye Chuxiao's accusation, Li Shangcheng's face turned from red to blue, and his face jumped back and forth between red and blue.
Finally, it turned into a long breath of depression and was exhaled.
He is already a prodigal dog, how can he still have so much energy?
"If you rely on that Chu State envoy, then take advantage of the time and have more fun!"
"This is the only advice I, the clan elder, have for you." Li Shangcheng said.
Ye Chuxiao said: "He is just a weight used to delay time. As the saying goes, build the plank road openly and use it secretly! I use Chu State envoys to attract the attention of the clan, but secretly I can use heavy money to recruit a group of desperadoes abroad.
"
“Since we have reached the end of our rope, why not burn the boat?”
Li Shangcheng may not necessarily know the origin of some of Ye Chuxiao's words, but it does not prevent him from understanding the meaning.
"A lot of money?"
"Where does the wealth come from?" Li Shangcheng asked.
Ye Chuxiao said: "I know that we still have a hidden treasure, but I'm not sure about the location or how to open it."
When Li Shangcheng heard this, his expression remained unchanged, but his eyes lowered subconsciously: "Stop wishing for anything! If it really existed, we would have opened the treasure house a long time ago, taken out the treasure, and used it to deal with those traitors."
Ye Chuxiao caught Li Shangcheng's flashing eyes and became more confident.
"It seems that the clan always wants to leave this wealth to their children outside of home!"
"But clan elder, have you ever thought about whether they can hold on to their homeland of Northern Qin if they lose it?"
"Is it a good thing to have a lot of wealth despite having no power?" Ye Chuxiao asked.
When Li Shangcheng heard this, he said solemnly: "Your Majesty! It's late at night, please return to the palace quickly!"
"Otherwise, if you are found to have left the palace without authorization, I'm afraid that the Chu State envoy will not be able to protect you."
This is threatening Ye Chuxiao!
If the conversation continues, he doesn't mind leaking Ye Chuxiao's whereabouts at this time and letting Mingshi deal with Ye Chuxiao.
Ye Chuxiao looked at the stubborn Li Shangcheng and sighed helplessly.
This old guy seems determined to keep the treasure for himself and leave it to his descendants.
In this case, there is nothing to say.
Ye Chuxiao took action directly.
He didn't even bother to actually draw the knife, he just used his hand as a knife and struck Li Shangcheng's forehead with the knife.
Li Shangcheng had been on guard against Ye Chuxiao for a long time. The moment Ye Chuxiao made his move, he turned into four shadows like a ghost and fled in four directions.
In terms of cultivation, Li Shangcheng is in the same wonderful realm and has been operating in this realm for many years, but he has long since lost his courage and does not want to fight with Ye Chuxiao at all.
The only thing I could think of for a moment was to run away.
But, is it really that easy to dodge the knife that Ye Chuxiao made with his hand?
"wind!"
Ye Chuxiao used the first sword 'Wind' in the Nine Perfect Sword Master's Chapter.
This sword is all about being as fast as the wind, and it is a culmination of quick sword moves.
Even if Ye Chuxiao didn't really understand it, he was just imitating the cat and imitating the tiger. When he used this knife, he still seemed to be transformed into the wind.
Before the sword fell, whether it was a strong wind or a storm, a gentle breeze or a gentle breeze, all depended on Ye Chuxiao's thoughts.
And the difference in this thought will affect the specific direction of this sword technique.
It can be said that this sword alone can be used in thousands of ways, but in the final analysis, there is only one tendency.
The sword of wind fell, and Li Shangcheng's four shadows were cut down by Ye Chuxiao at the same time.
As for Li Shangcheng's true body, he was pulled out of the wardrobe by Ye Chuxiao.
Using his fingers hard, five talisman shadows spread from his fingertips and were imprinted on the old guy's body, temporarily imprisoning all his mobility.
Ye Chuxiao took out a string of rhymes and stuffed them directly into Li Shangcheng's forehead.
"You're getting an advantage!"
Taoist rhyme enters the body, and Li Shangcheng absorbs and digests it unconsciously.
The feeling of surprise, the vitality that is constantly flowing out of the body, and the cultivation that has not slackened for many years, seem to have the possibility of growth.
The next moment, Ye Chuxiao's sword really swung down, directly cutting off his breath.
Wind is the movement of air.
If controlled to the smallest detail, 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, the last vitality slipped away quietly.
With a little bit of unwillingness, Li Shangcheng's last thoughts disappeared into the darkness.
The used Dao Yun was reabsorbed into the golden clock by Ye Chuxiao.
Then it quietly disintegrated.
Ye Chuxiao did not pay much attention to the cultivation experience that was gained after the Tao Yun was broken.
But Ye Chuxiao looked through some of the memories recorded in it carefully.
It didn't take long to find content related to the treasure.
"Hiding treasure in a neighboring country is a novel idea."
"But the key to unlocking the treasure is the national treasure seal... This is a bit cliche!"
"No wonder 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.