"Sir, I'm here to visit you in Qingyang." Zhou Tinggui looked at Sun Yuanliang, Chengshou lying on the hospital bed with some concern. Looking at his thin face, he felt sad in his heart. He worked day and night, and was caught between the two major forces. As he grew older, the physical condition of Chengshou was far worse than before. Now that he fell ill, almost no one in the city guard's mansion could help a little except himself.

"Oh?" Opening his somewhat unsightly eyes, a flash of flush appeared on Sun Yuanliang's face. With the support of the maid beside him, Sun Yuanliang sat up hard, "Tinggui, thank you for your hard work these days. I think my body will probably find it difficult to survive this year."

"Why did you say this? You just feel the cold and cold occasionally. After a little rest, you will be able to recover from your health." Zhou Tinggui frowned, "If you really want to go back to your hometown to recuperate, you can also apply to the imperial court." Zhou Tinggui deeply understood his feelings as the city guard, who was eager to return to his hometown to recuperate. The ups and downs of decades have made him exhausted, and his sharp edges when he was young have been worn down by the ruthless reality.

"Apply? Then Situ Mingyue must not peel my skin?" After a little regained his spirit, Sun Yuanliang showed a bitter smile on his lips, "He has been waiting for this day."

Zhou Tinggui was speechless for a moment. Sun Yuanliang and he were both the main parties involved in the Yinchuan Incident twenty years ago. The tense situation that was about to break out was still vivid in my mind. Although they avoided meeting each other and gained enough autonomy, they inevitably took the blame for treason and seeking honor. This has always been the eternal pain in the heart of the Chengshou, who regarded himself as a traditional Tang tribe, and it was also a huge rock that weighed on his heart.

"It's been twenty years since the matter happened, why should you care so much? Besides, Situ Mingyue has not been able to do anything to us in the past twenty years?" Zhou Tinggui intended to arouse Sun Yuanliang's ambitions.

"Yes, even if Situ Mingyue owns the entire empire, he can't do anything to Sun. Sun still lives freely in Yinchuan Mansion." Sun Yuanliang's eyes lit up, but then it became dim, "But so what? I'm old and just want to return to my hometown and live a quiet life in a plain way."

Zhou Tinggui sighed in his heart that Lord Chengshou no longer had the passion of the past. The passage of time has turned a famous general of the empire that once was once glorious into an ordinary old man. He couldn't do anything to persuade him, so he had to say again: "Sir, Li Wufeng from Qingyang has sent someone to visit you."

"Well, I know, everyone who should come will come." Sun Yuanliang's face was plain, but his eyes were extremely far-reaching. "I think the Sisro people will also send people here?"

"Sir, General Kidman's special envoy from Nuremberg has also arrived in Yinchuan City, and now he has gone to General Yuanhui's place." Zhou Tinggui replied with great pains.

"Hmph, it seems that the Sisro people saw the situation very clearly!" Sun Yuanliang had regained his usual majesty. Although he looked a little haggard, his mental state had improved a lot. It was obviously these uninvited guests who aroused his fighting spirit.

"Go to invite Lord Li's envoy, and I will say that I will see him in the study room." Sun Yuanliang put on his clothes and got out of bed, signaling the maid next to him to wear clothes for him.

"Sir, your body is ``````? " Zhou Tinggui only asked for a moment and saw that Lord Cheng Shou had frowned, so he stopped talking and left.

"It's a dead end. It's been twenty years. I, Sun Yuanliang, have been blessed with this reputation of selling the country and seeking honor for twenty years, and I have been blessed with enough." Looking at Zhou Tinggui's back as he went out, Sun Yuanliang murmured to himself.

When he stepped into the gate of the city guard gate, Su Qin felt a different taste. All of this seemed so old. Everything was the original Tang architectural style. Many places were even a little damaged, but it was still visible the building's charm decades ago.

"Please." The middle-aged man raised his hand politely and pointed it out.

Su Qin nodded. He knew that this middle-aged man with a not-stunning appearance was Sun Yuanliang's number one think tank in Yinchuan Mansion. Sun Yuanliang's ability to survive successfully among the two major forces of the Sithro Empire and the Tanghe Empire without being swallowed up was indestructible.

When he walked into the hall, the old man with his back facing the door suddenly rose and turned around. The only pair of eyes on his face that had been through vicissitudes showed the extraordinary spirit of this person, but his slightly bent back also showed that the old man was already a little overwhelmed.

"Su Qin, the military and political governor of the Northwest County, met Lord Sun." Su Qin was neither humble nor arrogant.

"Sir Su, please sit down." Sun Yuanliang's face looked particularly calm, as if he was entertaining an old friend, the guest and the guest took the seat after the ceremony.

"Just as soon as Lord Li returned to the northwest, he heard that Lord Sun was sick and specially entrusted Su Qin to come and visit him." Su Qin showed a sincere smile on his face, while presenting the things he brought, "This is a golden shell produced in the green sea swamp. It has a good effect on the adult's illness. It was brought by Lord Li specially asked Su Qin to."

"Medical medicine is not a disease, but Buddha is destined to be a destined person. I thanked Lord Li for his concern on behalf of Sun." Sun Yuanliang shook his head and replied with a deep meaning.

"Why did you say this? You are in your prime now and it is a good time to use your skills to make achievements. How could you have this idea?" Su Qin also asked in a hypocritical manner.

"Mr. Su laughed. Sun is over fifty-four years old. Recently, his health is getting better and worse. His energy is no longer as good as before. He has wanted to retire to Lord Li and return home. He has gone to spend his old age. It is just a trivial matter and has never had time to have leisure. I don't know if Lord Li can allow Sun to retire and return home?" Sun Yuanliang glanced at Su Qin, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Mr. Sun is so serious. Lord Li has always admired Lord Sun for his integrity in the past few decades. In such a harsh environment, he has always admired Yinchuan, the inherent territory of my Tanghe Empire, and praised you many times." Su Qin nodded and said.

"Oh?" Sun Yuanliang was very surprised. He didn't expect that Li Wufeng would have such an evaluation of himself.

"There is no false words. Lord Li has said many times that Yinchuan Prefecture was in a complex and harsh environment at that time. As long as he could try his best to maintain his territory, it would be a great achievement. As for outsiders who do not understand the inside story, the views of those who do not understand the details of the court cannot be considered as a historical conclusion." Su Qin said word by word, his tone was very serious. He knew that Sun Yuanliang was very sensitive to what everyone thought about this matter, especially how Li Wufeng looked at this matter twenty years ago.

Sun Yuanliang was shocked. He did not expect that Li Wufeng had such a courage to comment on the scene twenty years ago in front of his subordinates. This was the conclusion made by His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire himself. For this reason, he had to bear tremendous mental pressure over the past twenty years, which is also one of the main reasons for his mental ineffectiveness and premature aging.

"Does Lord Li not think that Sun is colluding with foreign enemies and treason for the enemy and separatist?" Sun Yuanliang asked again after calming down.

"This is a bad word. First of all, look at its essence, not its form." Su Qin smiled and said, "Collaborating with foreign enemies and treason? Yinchuan Prefecture neither became a part of the Sithro Empire nor fell into the clutches of the nomadic peoples. How could it be treasonable to surrender to the enemy? Yinchuan Prefecture is still part of the northwest county of the Tanghe Empire. The government orders of the Tanghe Empire are still passed. You, Lord Sun, are not called a lonely man, so how can you be the master of separatist power?"

Su Qin's words made Sun Yuanliang, whose face was always gloomy and calm, suddenly felt enlightened, and his mood suddenly improved a lot. Even Zhou Tinggui, who was sitting aside, had to sigh inwardly that Su Qin's eloquence was so good.

"I am old and I don't want to be buried in the land with the name of a traitor and rebel minister. Now I can get a teacher to enlighten me, which can be considered a 20-year grievance. I remember that I managed the Yinchuan Prefecture in a good manner and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. But the court issued an appointment and removal order to remove me. It would be fine if I was dismissed. The one who succeeded me was an official who was removed from my post for embezzlement of public funds. Moreover, that man had a shameful deal with the Sithro people. I wrote a petition, but no one paid attention to it. Seeing that the land I had worked hard to build would be occupied by the evil ones, I was really unwilling to accept this, so I expelled the villain, but unexpectedly it would bring about a huge disaster."

Speaking of this, Sun Yuanliang let out a long sigh, looking into the distance of the door, as if he was remembering the glory and pain of that day. After a long time, he said: "No need to say what happens in the future, everyone knows. Lord Su, since you represent Lord Li today, I will formally propose to you to retire and return home. All the Yinchuan Mansion will naturally be handled by Lord Li, but I want to make a last suggestion."

Seeing the firm look in the other party's eyes, Su Qin said politely: "Please say it."

"At present, the Sisluo people are eyeing each other, and my incompetent brother has always been in a relationship with them. I am very worried that they will do something ruthless during my sick days. I want to ask Lord Li to send troops to Yinchuan immediately to temporarily take over the defense of Yinchuan Prefecture, so as not to be unexpected. In addition, I also want to recommend to Lord Li that the city guard of Yinchuan Prefecture will be succeeded by Zhou Tinggui to ensure the stability of Yinchuan." Sun Yuanliang's tone was very firm and peaceful.

"Sir!" Zhou Tinggui stood up in surprise.

"Tinggui, Lord Li is a wise master who can be entrusted. I am old and this world belongs to young people. Follow Lord Li well." Sun Yuanliang patted Zhou Tinggui on the shoulder and smiled.

Su Qin also spoke with ease: "We have heard of Lord Zhou's talent for a long time. I will bring my cousin to Lord Zhou Tinggui to take on the new Yinchuan Prefecture City."

"Very good, Mr. Su, then I'll ask you to convey to Lord Li immediately and ask him to send a large army to Yinchuan as soon as possible. I'm worried that I may not be able to control my younger brother now. He is the commander of the First Security Division. If the Sithro people intervene, the situation will be difficult to control." Sun Yuanliang said seriously and somewhat regretfully.
Chapter completed!