Chapter 446: Confrontation

Dark clouds accompany the moon, the night is dim, and the lights are bright in the palace. Guests and friends sit high, drinking and drinking, mellow wine and delicacies, dazzling array of palace maids, and waiters are like clouds...

The banquet had just begun, and this was the first time Emperor Jingtai, who had just recovered from a serious illness, made his appearance. Congratulations to His Majesty for his holy longevity and health naturally became the main theme, but Emperor Jingtai could not drink alcohol, but he just touched his lips slightly and then put it down. The dignitaries turned to Qin Lei and wanted to toast him a glass of "celebration wine". Even the King of Qi and King Zhou personally served him wine. For a moment, the attending doctor of Emperor Jingtai also became the focus of everyone's attention. As for the original protagonist... members of the Dongqi delegation had to be cooled aside for the time being.

The envoy of Qi, who was stolen from the limelight, had already recognized the hot newcomer, which was the inconspicuous little proton back then, and his heart was naturally filled with sourness. This person was like this. He couldn't bear to see someone who was worse than him turning over. That feeling... it was even more uncomfortable than being ruined by me.

Seeing that those idiots who were tempted by the Chu State who had become tempted by the power of the power came to an end, the envoy of Qi State stood up at the table, held up a golden cup and said, "I am here to represent the delegation of Qi State, and I respect His Highness Zengshou with a cup."

This brother is a famous person in Qi State and is known as the "second son of ten thousand years". He is said to be Zhao Wujiu's second brother, deputy commander of the Baisheng Army, left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and even the title is the second-class Wu Yinghou, who is the second-class among the "gong, marquis, and Bozinan". He deserves this nickname. I don't know if Prime Minister Shangguan had a humorous attack, but this time he actually arranged for him as the deputy envoy of the mission, which seemed to allow him to keep the glorious tradition to the end.

Seeing Zhao Laoer toasting, Qin Lei nodded and smiled, "How dare you?" He then clinked a glass with Wu Yinghou.

Wu Yinghou handed the golden jar to his mouth, but suddenly stopped moving and laughed: "I'm sorry, why do you think your highness is so kind? Could it be that there has been somewhere?" As he said that, he grimaced his yellow teeth and said with a strange smile: "I'm the first time I'm here to come to your country." The word "Your Country" is pronounced very heavily.

Qin Lei had known that he had been bad at the visitor, so he put down the golden cup and said calmly: "I have saved the world by hanging my pot. There are more than tens of millions of patients who have been diagnosed and treated. Maybe it is unknown if I have seen the marquis..."

Wu Yinghou is worthy of being a warrior. He is very simple in character. Qin Lei immediately brought his thoughts to the gutter. He shook his head firmly and said, "It is absolutely impossible. I am very healthy and I eat it all the time. How can I get sick?"

Qin Lei smiled at him apologetically and said, "That's what I'm accusing the wrong person... Last time there was a man who came to see the menstruation department, who looked very similar to the Marquis. But Wu Yinghou said no, then he must have recognized the wrong person. The King of Orphans will apologize to you." This was extremely insidious. Although it was equivalent to saying nothing, it made people hear that it was just that.

There were continuous laughter in the hall. The Chu nobles themselves were not interested in this rude Marquis Wu Yinghou, so they heard someone laughing strangely: "King Zengshou must have recognized the wrong person, and Marquis Wu Yinghou must have not been sick."

The person next to him asked strangely: "You are not the follower of King Zengshou, why are you so sure?"

The man blinked his eyes and said cleverly: "Do you know the name of Lord Wu Yinghou Gao?"

"Zhao Wubing...oh," the questioner laughed: "Yeah, people have written the statement into their names. Can't they be guilty of being thief?"

Listening to these crazy words, Zhao Wubing's face turned into a pig's liver. He relied on his younger brother, the world's number one general, was always domineering and arrogant. Unexpectedly, he was ridiculed by a group of southern barbarians and was about to attack!

However, the commander next to him grabbed his sleeve and whispered in a hurry: "Don't get into a trick!" Although Zhao Wubing was a little confused, he was not a fool. After his leader reminded him, he suddenly realized... Yes, in the past ten years, the relationship between Qi and Chu has been harmonious, and Chu's attitude towards Qi envoys was quite polite. He has never been so contemptuous and rude.

‘Somewhat abnormal!’ The two envoys looked at each other, and Zhao Wubing sat down, which disappointed Qin Lei, who had been watching coldly, wanted to use his fine tradition of making trouble three points, and directly disturbed the banquet. Unexpectedly, Zhao Wubing looked so generous that he could suppress his anger.

But Qi was arrogant in the past two years... The war in Zhaowu for the 16th year gave them courage. Through reforms, the treasury suddenly had money and added a lot of confidence to the Qi people. It can be said that they are both heartful and courageous. How can they not be arrogant?

So they couldn't swallow this! As the saying goes, my brother flew over to the big brother and comforted the deputy envoy who was like a firecracker. The envoy slowly stood up and glanced at the King of Qi opposite him. Then he held the wine bottle and said, "I'm just now, it's my turn to the emperor," and said with a respectful look on Qin Lei, "I'll ask you, and I'll do it first!"

Before Qin Lei could speak, King Qi suddenly interrupted, "Mr. Meng, why do you call King Zengshou? Zhi Gong Gong?"

The deputy envoy was Meng Yannian, the Minister of Rites of Qi. He heard this and bowed to Chu Guiyi and smiled, "Prince, this Duke Zhi Ge is another title of King Zengshou."

The King of Qi said with confusion: "No, isn't King Zengshou's title in Qin State the King of Longwei County?"

Meng Yannian said with a pedantic look: "The prince doesn't know anything. His Highness Zengshou has a title of Duke Zhi Ge in my country."

"Oh, King Zengshou still has such a rich resume?" King Qi said with envy: "The three kingdoms of Chu, Qi and Qin occupy all, what's this called?" He also scratched his head pretending to be fine.

Zhao Wubing finally got the opportunity and said, "A slave from the three surnames!"

If it was just a joke, then this was a naked humiliation, which was tolerant, but who was intolerable? Suddenly, many people changed their faces and looked at the protagonist of the topic in unison. Seeing what reaction would they do, the hall suddenly became quiet.

Qin Lei was really angry and burst into tears. When did Qin Yutian be insulted so much? He pressed his right hand towards the plate on the table. It was pure copper.

"Everything is for the Qin Dynasty!" Le Buyi's low voice came from his ears. Qin Lei woke up from his dream, suppressed his anger, and said coldly: "According to Wu Yinghou, Su Qin Pei's six kingdoms sealed the seal of the six kingdoms, wouldn't he be a one-wife and a husband, and he can do the best husband?"

This made people applaud the hall, and people were impressed by the urgent wisdom of King Zengshou. You should know that Qi State has always praised this former Qi Wu'an Jun, who is known as "Su Qin of Qi", so Qin Lei took out the most glorious thing in Su Qin's life to attack, forcing his opponent to defend him.

Wu's population was awkward, and Zhao Wubing immediately didn't know how to deal with it. Meng Yannian quickly said, "How is Zhi Ge's words absurd? You must know that Qin was ambitious at that time and the countries were unable to resist alone. At this time, Wu'an Lord came out to join the six countries to fight against the violent Qin together. Only then did he serve as the chief of the He Zong and embraced the six countries. "He looked at Qin Lei contemptuously and said, "There is no comparison with Zhi Ge's blessings everywhere."

After saying this, he simply left the table, walked to the hall, bowed to Emperor Jingtai who had been resting with his eyes closed and shouted: "Your Majesty, the Western Qin is now violent, with military force and armed forces, and a million cavalry are standing on the borders of the two countries, eyeing them coveting Qi and Chu. The wolf's heart is obvious! Although Yannian is not talented, he is still willing to follow the example of Wu'an in the past, join forces with Qi and Chu, and fight against the violent Qin together!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the King of Qi stood up with a group of generals and echoed loudly: "Group with Qi and Chu, and kill the violent Qin together!" The sound was so loud that it could overturn the roof.

However, more civil officials and nobles stared at Emperor Jingtai and silently expressed their opposition.

When things got to this point, everything was obvious... This was not a struggle of intention or a decent issue, but a naked political struggle. The people of Qi wanted Chu to stay away from Qin and attack Qin, so they attacked Qin Lei at will. The Chu general system represented by King Qi also hoped to get involved in the battle between Qi and Qin. For the generals, only by fighting can they earn meritorious service, be rewarded, and be promoted, and can be legitimately embezzled food and pay. For the King of Qi, meeting the needs of the generals is his greatest happiness.

But as long as we are not facing the crisis of national destruction, there will definitely be peacemakers. The reason is very simple. The country's resources are limited. Once a war starts, you martial artists have to ask for it. Then, we peaceful people will drink the northwest wind? Therefore, all the civil servants and nobles represented by the King of Zhou do not want to fight.

But all this still needs to be decided by His Majesty the Supreme Emperor.

The whole room looked at Emperor Jingtai, hoping that he could make a decision that would be beneficial to his side. However, His Majesty the Emperor still closed his eyes tightly and even snores came out. The hall was very quiet, so everyone heard... His Majesty was already asleep.

However, at this moment, a clear voice sounded: "Who can tell Xiao Wang, how Su Qin died?" Everyone's eyes were attracted, and it was His Highness Zengshou who made the sound.

Qin Lei looked at the King of Zhou opposite the King of Qi meaningfully. Chu Guixi understood and said, "According to historical records, was he killed by the King of Qi's chariot?"

"The car breaks? Isn't it just that the five horses are dismembered?" Qin Lei exclaimed: "Why did Lord Meng's idol end up like this?"

Chu Gui's extremely intelligent person, and immediately understood Qin Lei's meaning, and smiled gently, "Because he is a spy himself! The so-called unity of all countries is just for the sake of Yan State. It is really interesting that such a traitor can still be admired by Qi State." Although his smile was gentle, his words were cold. Moreover, deliberately confusing one and the other states made Meng Yannian unable to grasp the truth.

As soon as this said, Meng Yannian immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and then he realized that he had fallen into a trap... Qin Yutian, who seemed simple, had already dug a big hole for himself since he said the word "Su Qin", and he fell down without any awareness!

He looked at Qin Lei angrily. Lord Meng, who was still aggressive just now, sat down and stopped talking.

Let me explain it a little bit. During the Warring States Period, it was the most brilliant starry sky in Chinese history. A large number of these and those companies emerged, known as the hundreds of schools of thought. Among them, one of them was not the best and strongest, but was definitely the most fooled man. This man was named Su Qin, a Korean, of course, Han from Zhao Weihan, not Han from Goryeo. This man was once humiliated by his parents, daughter-in-law and sister-in-law in turn, and then he was angry and stabbed his thigh with a cone. With this madness, he petitioned everywhere with a broken sword on his back. After being repatriated by the Qin government, he was finally taken in by the Yan government.

At that time, Yan State was bullied by the neighbor Qi in the east and cried and called her mother. She was not as good as a maid. Su Qin volunteered to go to Qi to make trouble. While fooling the Qi people to return the land of Yan, he still gained the trust of the honest Shandong Han. He worked diligently for more than ten years and worked hard to ruin Qi... In order to divert Qi's attention, he deceived the King of Qi to attack Song; in order to consume the strength of Qi, he deceived the six countries to attack Qin. However, other countries were all intentions, only the honest and straightforward Qi people were trustworthy, hundreds of thousands of troops were sent to the expedition, but the national strength was greatly damaged. Su Qin secretly joined forces with the five countries to attack Qi, and finally ruined a mountain of declining the east and west as the powerful Qin. A few years later, he was knocked to only one county-level city, and almost destroyed the country.

This is Comrade Su Qin's glorious history. The reason why he was said in detail was just to prove that he was a 25-year-old. Although this word was named after his death [Note], he was the strongest 25-year-old in history.

The reason why the people of Qi now admire him is because of his ultimate deception skills, rather than his strongest 25-year-old identity in history. What's more, this Qi is not the same Qi. The current Qi emperor's surname is Qi, and the king of Qi during the Warring States Period was named Tian. The old Qi family was not prepared to recognize the Laotian family as their ancestor, so naturally they did not have the consciousness to avenge their shame for their ancestors.

So even if Qin Lei and King Zhou scolded Su Qin for "Two Wuzi" ten thousand times, the people of Qi would not feel too embarrassed.

However, if Meng Yannian talked about Su Qin and persuaded Chu to He Zong, it would be outrageous. You should know that this Lord Wu'an Jun was unhappy in his good intentions. He was not to resist Qin, but to be his second-five-child... He would never give up until he was completely ruined by Qi!

So the people of Chu really wanted to ask, is your Lord Meng going to destroy your own country, or is your Chu going to destroy our country? Mostly it is Chu...

Seeing that the State of Qi was silent, the peaceful people of Chu would naturally not miss this opportunity to beat the dogs in the water. For a moment, the people were excited, striving for the group of demons, and ants broke into the dike, and attacked them in groups, making the envoys of Qi completely defeated and were ashamed.

Seeing this situation in the field, the group of King Qi dared not speak out. They bowed their heads and drank, pretending to be deaf and dumb.

"Okay..." Just as the saliva flew everywhere in the hall and swearing in swear words, the majestic and low voice of Emperor Jingtai came from the high jade steps. The noise came to an abrupt end, and the final decision came.

Looking at the Qi envoy who was full of anxiety, Emperor Jingtai said slowly: "Our Chu has always cherished the friendly relations with Qi and will definitely help your country."

Meng Yannian and Zhao Wubing were overjoyed when they heard this, and Meng Yannian said happily: "It's great. With your country's naval army joining, you can at least drag down half of the Qin army!"

Emperor Jingtai shook his head and smiled: "Our Chu State only provides food and grass for your army, and does not send troops!"

He cursed the old fox secretly, and Meng Yannian had to ask: "How many thousand stones of food and grass will it be?" It is acceptable to have no soldiers and have food... Qi State is mainly infantry, which is low in cost, and the biggest restriction on military strength is the issue of food and grass.

Emperor Jingtai stretched out a finger.

"One million stones?" Meng Yannian covered his mouth and spitted.

But for him, today was destined to be a disappointing day. I saw Emperor Jingtai shook his head and smiled and said, "One Thousand Stones."

What about sending the beggar?

[Note] Erwuziyi's story comes from the story of the Warring States Period. Su Qin, a great fool, deceived many people, and naturally formed many enemies. Later, he was finally killed in Qi. The King of Qi was very angry and wanted to avenge Su Qin. But he couldn't get the murderer for a while, so he thought of a plan, and someone broke Su Tai's car, and then hung his head on the city gate, next to it, a list of words said: "Su Qin is a traitor. He killed him a thousand taels of gold. I hope he will receive the reward."
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