Chapter 38: Letting Loose on the Jianghu and the Beauty Scheme

  King Yang Lin left the pass without startling anyone, came to Li Yi's territory, negotiated for a night, and left with a disappointed expression.

  In September, the nine old men of the Yang family and others successively left their seclusion. However, the joy of being promoted after leaving seclusion was no match for the shock of the new dynasty replacing the old! At this time, they received a summons from Yang Lin and left the place where they had been in seclusion to gather at Yang Lin's mansion.

  Yang Lin's mansion was located within the city of Chang'an. After Li Yuan occupied Chang'an, he didn't dare to confiscate Yang Lin's mansion, and his family members didn't dare to disturb him either. They treated him with courtesy all along! It should be known that these several people were top-notch experts before they went into seclusion, and their reputation was extremely high. Even if the previous dynasty had been overthrown, they weren't someone who could be bullied at will. Before confirming their death, no force would dare to take the risk of killing them first and then being retaliated against!

  Yang Lin came out of the pass and arrived at his own mansion. Li Yuan had already learned about the news and had been sending people to keep a distant watch.

  Other old men came to Chang'an one after another, Li Yuan was nervous! Six gods, openly and brazenly killing Li Yuan, Li Yuan could only stretch his neck and wait for death. At this time, Li Yuan remembered the kindness of Li Yuanba, if he were in Chang'an, at least the first person to deal with would not be him...

  What about Li Yuanba? Nothing's wrong, he's just advancing towards Chang'an at a snail's pace! He won't be able to return before the end of the year. The people sent by Li Yuan urged Li Yuanba to return, but it had the opposite effect. The more they urged him, the slower he went...

  Everyone has arrived, Yang Lin said calmly to the others: "My great Sui is already an old dynasty, I don't care about identity, let's just follow the Jianghu rules and address each other accordingly. This world can be said to be stirred up by one of the three sons of the Li family! Gao Jiong, you were once the Grand Marshal of my dynasty, what do you think?"

  Gao Jiong fell into deep thought for a moment before speaking, "Alright, after I leave the pass, I'll investigate the current situation. The royal bloodline of our great Sui dynasty has basically fallen! Now it's just you, King Rang, who carries on this line of blood. Based on the current situation, I think it's impossible for our great Sui to rise again! Li Yuan established the Tang dynasty and has basically pacified the world, an unstoppable force! Even if we use our prestige to raise a flag against the Tang... Ah! The Li family produced such a freak, truly the downfall of our great Sui! I also observed the battlefield of Chu Guogong, Yu Qulu and Su Wei. From the remaining aura, I deduced that at least one of them used an ultimate technique in a desperate situation... Their nods of agreement followed. They all realized that their ultimate techniques could only be used in a life-or-death situation! Gao Jiong continued, "However, I found out that those three Li brothers are completely ineffective against him! This is what I gathered from the time he pursued and killed Liu Heita and crushed Yeli Qaghan among 150,000 Turkic cavalrymen! The crushing force that ignored everything shows that his defense has surpassed our understanding. The death of Yang Su and others demonstrates the magnitude of his attack power and speed, both of which are beyond us gods! I also found out that he rushed to rescue his sister from Chang'an on foot without a treasured horse and arrived at Zuowei River by noon the same day, an unthinkable feat! In summary, I believe that even if we join forces against him, our chances of winning wouldn't be more than 10%!"

  One of the nine elders, Ding Yanping, couldn't help but say: "Can we bypass this child?"

  Yang Lin shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't work! Considering all the known information, this son is deeply emotional and righteous. Once someone provokes him, he will pursue them for a thousand miles and slaughter their entire family! We are all from large families with great businesses, we can't afford to pay such a price! But letting this son go like this is really unbearable!"

  He Ruobi nodded and replied: "Yes! This child has no one to kill, the Li family's unification of the world is already a foregone conclusion! However..."

  Others immediately asked: "But what?"

  He Ruobi murmured, "This child also has a weakness! His two greatest killings were both because of women. We can see that his resistance to feminine charm is very low! What if we use the beauty trap?"

  Wu Jianzhang shook his head and said, "The beauty trap? I'm afraid it won't work! According to the information, this son is not afraid of a hundred poisons. Using the beauty trap would be like sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth, with no way out."

  He Ruobi said, "Using the beauty trick is not to kill him, but to understand a person, the best way is to become his closest person! And I learned from Su Wei's family that there is a secret, Li Jia Sanzi is not resistant to all things. For example, he can't resist the immune-enhancing attack!"

  Yang Lin couldn't help but smile: "This world really doesn't have such a person! But what's the use of this to him?"

  "Heh heh, I think the same thing has no resistance to him either! For example, what about aphrodisiacs? That won't work, how about Cong Qi Dan then?" He Ruobi said leisurely.

  "Qingqi Dan?!" The others exchanged a glance and fell into deep thought!

  "Right! Condensing Qi Pill! It can help people condense their true energy at a hundred times the speed, and when they do, their true energy will shrink into their dantian, leaving them temporarily defenseless against external attacks! It's an enhancing pill, so even if this kid's defenses are strong, he won't be able to escape the protection of his true energy!" He Yufei's gloomy face looked terrifying...

  "But this kind of elixir is hard to come by and can't be sought after, it's all naturally condensed by heaven and earth, where can we find it in a short time?" Several old men asked in unison with concern.

  "Heh heh, I have one here. It was obtained by chance in a mountain stream in Medicine King Valley! I've been reluctant to use it, but the hardest part is finding someone close to Li Yuanba? This is risking being killed by the entire Li family!" Ge Ruo Bi said worriedly.

  "Hehe, I know a woman who can take on this heavy responsibility!" said Changping King Qiurui with a smile, finally breaking his silence.

  "Who?"

  "Do you still remember that red-clad songstress from Yang Su's mansion?"

  "Is she the daughter of Chen Zhao's great general Chen Zhongsu? The songstress who changed her name to Zhang Chuchun? What does this have to do with her?" Yang Lin asked in confusion.

  "This singing girl is actually the wife of Li Jing, who was killed by Li Yuanba back then! What's more, I heard that this woman looks very similar to someone, and her personality is also quite similar!" Qiu Rui said with a mysterious face.

  "Hmm? Is there a connection with Li Yuanba? I've also seen this song girl, she's got a strong personality and is quite clever... Du Fuwei's daughter! Could it be that coincidental? As Li Jing is the general of his household, he comes and goes frequently, has Li Yuanba really not met her before? And didn't Li Shimin and his subordinates mention anything about these two similar people? Hmm, according to the intel, it seems that this Li family's three sons might actually have such a possibility! It's really strange how there can be such a person!" Yang Lin thought of Li Yuanba's weird sleep schedule and was speechless.

  Yang Lin said with a sullen expression, "However, these two are now sworn enemies. How can this woman get close to Li Yuanba? If in the future this woman fails to hand us over, what will we do?"

  "Don't worry, King Wang! I'll just give this pill to the second son of the Li family and we're done. We only need to pay attention in secret, and within these two days, I'll go visit King Qin once, and as a senior, bestow this pill upon his son. We'll retire from the Jianghu world, and if successful, that's for the best; if not, we can still live out our years in leisure!" He Zhongyi said lightly. Living out their years? At least they had another hundred years to live, which meant they too were tired of the days of fighting for power and profit, and yearned for peace and quiet!

  "There are two sons in the Li family, with a strong aura that I have sensed for some time. There is someone in the mansion with an even stronger presence than us. In short, we are outsiders to this matter. Now that things have been exposed, can it be pinned on us just because of this elixir that increases true energy? Please everyone, rest assured."

  The previous day, He Ruo Bi, the Minister of State, went to the Qin Wang Fu and caught Li Yuan's attention! After learning that they just chatted for a while, and these several myth-level figures all left Chang'an with their families, letting loose in Jianghu... Li Yuan didn't pay much more attention to it.

  "Third brother, third brother! Since you have no righteousness, don't blame second brother for being ruthless! How do you view this matter?" Li Shimin gathered his family generals, among whom a woman was particularly eye-catching! She wore a bright red dress, held a duster in her hand, and had a face filled with sorrow and resentment, yet it did not affect her beauty. In his heart, Li Shimin secretly sighed: "For the sake of the great cause, I can only temporarily put up with third brother's behavior!"

  At this time, Li Yuan wrote to the King of Goguryeo, Jianwu, to discuss the mutual return of war prisoners. At the same time, he ordered the officials of the states and counties to find the people of Goguryeo within China's borders and allow them to return to their homeland. The King of Goguryeo released tens of thousands of Chinese civilians after receiving Emperor Gaozu of Tang's letter. This was all due to Emperor Yang of Sui's repeated military campaigns against Goguryeo, which resulted in many Chinese soldiers and civilians being captured or detained by Goguryeo, and Li Yuan took advantage of this!