From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 1233

"You... you are Zhou Yuan!"

As if someone had suddenly grabbed his throat, Ziya's face flushed red and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Then, he rushed into the house and shouted, "Stop him!"

There were not many people left. There were only a dozen or so Black Mountain Sect warriors with decent skills, all of whom rushed towards Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan took a step forward, and his powerful internal force was released in all directions. The strong wind made the people around him unable to open their eyes.

He smiled and said, "Master, do you choose to talk to me directly, or do you choose to come in and talk to me after you have sacrificed a dozen lives?"

"You don't think that these scumbags can stop a peerless master like me!"

The last sentence really made Zhou Yuan happy, so much so that he could hardly suppress his smile.

Ziya looked at Zhou Yuan deeply, gestured to the people around him, and then took a breath and said, "You are so brave that you dare to come to me alone. Aren't you afraid of an ambush?"

Zhou Yuan said, "You have invested all your resources in other places. How could you have thought that I would come to you?"

"To be honest, in this struggle inside and outside the Dharma Assembly, my target has never been the White Mountain Sect and other neutral forces, but you."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan laughed and said softly, "My biggest opponent here is your Black Mountain Sect. Wouldn't it be more efficient for me to go directly to you?"

Ziya said in a deep voice, "You are right, but you also know that the Black Mountain Sect is your mortal enemy and it is impossible to be bribed."

Zhou Yuan said, "There is no deal in the world that cannot be negotiated, as long as the price is right."

He walked over slowly and lay on the chair where Ziya had been lying before, and said leisurely, "Let's talk about how to go to the Western Regions and talk about the Black Mountain Sect's demands."

Ziya was silent for a long time, trying to calm himself down, and then said solemnly: "Since the prince of Wei has come to the door in person, and since the words have come to this point, I will not play any tricks or tricks."

"Our request is very simple. We can pay a price, but we must live."

"We can pay tribute, gold and silver, cattle, sheep and horses, we can give anything, but we must live."

Zhou Yuan smiled, slowly looked at Ziya, and said: "This is a good ending, why don't you dare to tell me directly?"

Ziya said: "Because we know that you Zhou Yuan will never let us pay such a price. You wish we would die."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said: "So, when you say this now, you should have the answer in your heart."

Ziya raised his head and said angrily: "What else do you want! We have already knelt down! We are ready to cramp and bleed! Isn't it enough! Do you have to let us die!"

Zhou Yuan said softly: "Yes, we must die."

Ziya was silent.

Zhou Yuan continued, "Taking advantage of the crisis of the Great Jin, attacking Xihai and Gansu, killing my Han children and slaughtering my Great Jin people, can kneeling down relieve you? Can giving some money eliminate the disaster?"

"The elder should know very well that the moment you sent troops, it was doomed. There are only two outcomes - either the Great Jin collapses or you destroy the country."

"Unfortunately, the Great Jin has held on, and now you can only destroy the country."

Ziya stood up and grinned, "Then come! Zhou Yuan! You want to recover the Western Regions without a single soldier and destroy my Khanate? It's pure wishful thinking!"

"Even if I die here, I can't become your hostage and betray the Khanate."

Zhou Yuan said lightly, "Don't be excited, elder Ziya, I have a question I really want to ask you."

Ziya frowned and said, "Whatever conspiracy you have, use it all."

Zhou Yuan said, "You said... Is the Black Mountain Sect really equivalent to the Yarkand Khanate?"

This sentence made Ziya silent directly.

Zhou Yuan continued: "More than 70% of the royal family and ministers of the Yarkand Khanate agree with the doctrines of the Black Mountain Sect, and even the followers of the Black Mountain Sect... But you don't think that the Yarkand Khanate belongs to your Black Mountain Sect, right?"

"Power and faith, if you have to choose between the two, which one do you think those princes and nobles will choose?"

Ziya growled: "What do you want to say!"

Zhou Yuan said: "Yerqiang is about to fall, where will the Black Mountain Sect go? As the head of the school and the leader of the Black Mountain Sect, you should find a way out for the Black Mountain Sect!"

"Look at the White Mountain Sect, they are doing very well. They are moving closer to the Great Jin. In the future, when Yarkand falls, they will not be implicated, but can thrive with opportunities."

"In the future, relying on the Great Jin, they can continue to grasp the power of the Western Regions and increase their influence in the Western Regions."

"Through this influence, they can continue to feed back to the Great Jin, so that the Great Jin will continue to give them power., thus forming a virtuous circle. "

"What should you do with the Black Mountain Sect?"

Ziya sneered: "Yerqiang is about to fall? Ha, I don't think it's that easy."

Zhou Yuan said: "It seems that you have great confidence in this struggle, but have you ever thought that even if I, Zhou Yuan, lose this time, at most three or four years, I will lead more than 100,000 troops to the Western Regions and completely flatten this place."

Ziya's face was stiff.

Zhou Yuan sighed lightly: "Many things are complementary. Under the general trend of history, no place can stay out of it."

"If Dajin wants to rise, it must fight for hegemony in the sea. To fight for hegemony in the sea, it must first make the land a solid block. The recovery of the Western Regions has become a must. "

"This is the general trend. Even if I can't recover peacefully this time, when Dajin recovers, the next time will be to recover by force. "

"Great elder, can't you see clearly that we would rather the Western Regions be a ruin than tolerate the existence of Yarkand."

"Because the ruins are not a threat and will not affect our maritime hegemony."

Ziya felt cold all over when he heard this, and there was a sense of despair and sadness in his heart, because he knew that what Zhou Yuan said was the truth.

If the Great Jin was determined to destroy Yarkand, then Yarkand would not be able to struggle.

The gap in strength is too big. If the Great Jin slowed down for a few years and the army pressed on, the outcome would not change much, but would make this place worse and more broken.

Thinking of this, Ziya couldn't help but raise his head and said in a trembling voice: "Is there really no possibility of peace talks?"

"We know we are wrong. We are willing to be vassal and willing to build this place better."

"The Great Jin has a lot of waste to rebuild. There is no need to spend so many resources in the Western Regions. If Yarkand is obedient, you will save a lot of effort!"

Zhou Yuan said: "There is also the possibility of peace talks, that is, to capture me alive. "

"For Dajin, my value is higher than the value of destroying Yarkand, but unfortunately, you can't capture me alive."

"You have no hope of peace talks, Elder Ziya, please find a way for the Black Mountain Sect."

"You should know that the most important thing for a belief is not the prosperity at its peak, but the persistence of a longer period of time."

"Only by passing it on, everything will make sense."

Ziya snorted coldly: "You keep saying that you are considering me and the Black Mountain Sect. If you don't know, you will think we are allies."

"But in fact, you and the White Mountain Sect have already reached a tacit understanding!"

Zhou Yuan glanced at him and said calmly: "For Dajin, there is no difference between the White Mountain Sect and the Black Mountain Sect. We don't want any one to dominate, so I appeared here."

"If you don't seize this opportunity, the Black Mountain Sect may really be dead. "