Chapter 135 It's so late, who is knocking on the door?
Qi State, in the Qi Palace in Linzi.
Qu Ding, an old minister of Chu State, was making an impassioned speech, but he was wailing like a cuckoo crying for blood.
"His Royal Highness King Qi! Your lips are dead and your teeth are cold!
In the Battle of Huai River, almost all of Chu's 400,000-strong army was wiped out. The Qin Dynasty was coming fiercely. If Qi did not send troops to help, Chu would probably perish!
If Chu dies, Qi will not be spared either!"
On the throne, a middle-aged man with a simple and honest face was sitting there with a calm expression.
This is the king of Da Qi, the famous bastard, Ma Baonan, King Qi Jian.
Sitting next to him was a gorgeously dressed old woman, full of majesty.
She is the real master of Daqi, the queen!
King Qi pondered for a long time and said respectfully:
"Queen mother, what do you think?"
The Queen said in a deep voice:
"Qu Ding, you said that Chu's 400,000-strong army held a stalemate with the Qin army for more than half a year, only to be destroyed in an instant?
So the Qin army's combat power is so terrifying?"
Qu Ding knew that Qi State was cowardly.
After all, an army of 400,000 people smashed down and didn't even see a splash.
However, Qi has been at peace for a hundred years and its armaments are lax, so it is not certain that Chu will be able to fight.
If you are frightened by this, then you probably won’t send troops!
Qu Ding immediately felt sad and said:
"Your Majesty! Your Highness the King of Qi! It's not that the Qin army is so powerful, but that the violent Qin generals are full of conspiracies!
Especially the jester around King Qin Yingzheng, Qin Feng!
He had no moral bottom line and used all possible conspiracies to turn the nobles of Da Chu into enemies. The Xiang family and the Jing family attacked each other. This led to the defeat of Da Chu!
If it were not for Qin Feng, we, the great Chu, would be united and share the same hatred against the enemy, and we would have another great victory over Chen Ying without any hesitation!
Now the government of Da Qi is unified, the country is rich and the people are strong, and there is no problem with Da Chu, but it still has millions of armors! It can fight against the violent Qin!"
The Queen was noncommittal, turned to look at a young man behind Qu Ding, and asked lightly:
"Zhang Qing, in your travels around the world, have you ever heard of Qin Feng?"
If Qin Feng were here, he would definitely scold Zhang San for being such a good guy! Now wearing a purple robe, he actually became a high official in Qi State!
Of course, this is all done with money!
Thanks to Hou Sheng, this young man, as the prime minister of a country, can actually be bribed.
I am also grateful to Chun Yuyue for using his life to establish authority for Zhang San.
Old God Zhang San stood up, shook his head and sighed:
"Master Qu Ding has some personal emotions mixed into it.
When I was traveling around various countries, I met Qin Feng in Xinzheng."
Hou Sheng also stood up and said very cooperatively:
"Oh? Mr. Zhang, can you tell me, how is this person?"
Zhang San recalled it and said sincerely:
"Qin Feng is a gentle and elegant person. He studied under Confucianism. He speaks the words of a sage and is civilized and polite.
He loves to speak truth, and as the saying goes, if he hears the truth in the morning, he will die in the evening, which is extremely admirable."
Hou Sheng couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He remembered that Zhang San said the same thing when he killed Chun Yuyue.
He also shouted that if he found out the way to your house in the morning, he would kill you in the evening.
The people in Qu Ding were all dumbfounded, the rumors were not like this!
He said hurriedly:
"How is it possible! Qin Feng has a bad reputation! He is in cahoots with Ying Zheng! Everyone will find him and punish him!"
Zhang San sighed:
"Master Qu, let's not talk about character issues first, let's talk about other things.
Qi and Qin had been friends for decades and had never had any conflicts.
The King of Qin even promised that he would coexist with the King of Qi as the two emperors of the East and West.
So by doing this, you want to divert trouble to the east, right?
Do you want Qi to send troops and make Qi and Qin turn against each other so that Chu can have a chance to breathe?"
Qu Ding shouted:
"No! I didn't! Da Chu and Da Qi have a close relationship! We should fight side by side against Qin!"
Hou Sheng rolled up his sleeves and the old god said calmly:
"Fight against the violent Qin? Da Qin is a friendly country to Da Qi, and there has never been a war in decades.
On the contrary, the State of Chu has invaded our borders many times! We have to fight every year to make the people miserable!
What's more, the Qin army is a tiger and wolf army with the most powerful fighting force in the world. Why should we provoke them if nothing happens?"
Qu Ding's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.
The great Prime Minister of Qi is so short-sighted! How can he say such words!
Moreover, the Qi State was full of civil and military officials, and there were very few people who supported him!
After a hundred years of peace, the people of Qi have lost their bloody courage!
Rather than saying that under the leadership of the Queen, the people of Qi lived and worked in peace and contentment, it would be better to say that she destroyed Da Qi herself!
Just when Qu Ding was about to persuade, the queen suddenly said:
"Let's discuss this matter tomorrow. The king is tired and will withdraw from the court."
"promise!"
As the queen and the king of Qi left, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not stay much. Some people even pointed at Qu Ding, which seemed like a joke.
"There is nothing more than a plan!"
Qu Ding was filled with grief and anger and left angrily.
Zhang San looked at his back and said with a smile:
"Master Hou Sheng, please help me find out where he lives.
This news is worth ten gold bars."
Hou Sheng closed his eyes to rest his mind and muttered:
"Handle it cleanly and don't expose the truth."
Zhang San smiled and said:
"No, no, over the past year or so, it has become more and more pleasant to work with Mr. Hou Sheng.
We have eradicated many warlike sycophants in Da Qi! Mr. Hou Sheng is a great contributor!"
Hou Sheng snorted and left quickly.
Seeing Hou Sheng leave, a playful smile appeared on Zhang San's face.
At that time, Guo Kai, the Prime Minister of the State of Zhao, single-handedly killed Lian Po and Li Mu, and his subsequent victory was no less impressive. His achievements can be compared with Guo Kai's.
Erhu came up and whispered:
"Third brother, Dr. Jimo has already taken care of it. He died of food poisoning and jumped away. It's flawless and has no flaws."
Zhang San nodded and murmured:
"I don't know how much enmity Boss Qin has with Dr. Jimo. How much hatred he has to let us kill him."
Erhu scratched his head:
"Boss Qin seems to have said in the letter that Dr. Jimo is one of the few loyal ministers and capable officials in Qi State. If he is not killed, Boss Qin will not dare to send envoys to Qi State to show off."
Zhang San sighed:
"Boss Qin is so clever and clever. He managed to find out everything about the Qi State's court even though he was thousands of miles away. He is truly a man of genius!
Over the past year or so, with the help of Hou Sheng, we have eliminated many militant factions through frame-ups, assassinations, bribes, and kidnappings.
The state of Qi is basically half ruined!"
Late at night, Qu Ding tossed and turned and had difficulty falling asleep.
He knew very well that if he couldn't bring in reinforcements, Da Chu would really be doomed!
Thinking of his ancestor Qu Yuan's loyalty to Chu, he couldn't help but make up his mind to go to Qi Palace tomorrow to remonstrate!
If Qi State does not agree to send troops, then he will be killed on a pillar!
Just when he was making up his mind for the next time, there was a knock on the door.
Qu Ding couldn't help but look puzzled. Who could it be at such a late hour? Could it be that King Qi changed his mind?
Qu Ding put on his clothes, came to the door, and asked cautiously: