The young man from the Jiang tribe, no, I should say the young man from the Qin tribe, was obviously very nervous and stared at Zhao Hongrun intently.`
Perhaps because of fear, a layer of mist appeared in the young man's eyes.
Hey, hey, aren't you ready to cry? Don't you say that all Qin people are very stubborn?
Zhao Hongrun was shocked and quickly put away the dagger and said, "Don't worry, I don't mean to harm you... This is just self-defense." He pointed to the dagger in his hand.
During the explanation, Zhao Hongrun looked at the young man in front of him who was suspected to be from the Qin State. It was difficult to imagine that the young man was actually from that clan with fierce folk customs.
This fierce folk custom is not what Zhao Hongrun heard from hearsay. This is the description of the people of Qinling in palace studies and Wei history records.
I don’t know if it was the Qinling people at that time who gave Ji’s Zhao family a lot of help, so much so that in the Wei history of Ji’s Zhao family, the Qinling people were praised as rare in the sky and rare on the earth, and they were respected as a clan alongside Ji.
The Wei people, who are proud at heart, rarely respect a clan like this, even if it is Korea in the north, which defeated the Wei State. Although the Wei people are afraid of the Koreans, they always want to one day wash away the Shangdang's disastrous defeat. As for the Chu State, then
Needless to say.
"Are you really from Qin?"
Zhao Hongrun muttered in a low voice.
"..." The young man seemed to understand the deep meaning of Zhao Hongrun's words. He glared at him hatefully, and then stretched out his hand towards Zhao Hongrun, as if he wanted to take back the sword.
"This won't work." Patting the sword on his left side, Zhao Hongrun shook his head, shrugged and said: "You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others. You were just about to draw your sword and strike.
As for me... I'll keep this sword for the time being."
"..." The young man was silent for a moment, and slowly withdrew his hand in an attempt to retrieve the sword, but could not take his eyes off the dagger in Zhao Hongrun's hand.
The implication is self-evident.
And this made Zhao Hongrun somewhat embarrassed.
To be honest, he was still a little scared when he was asked to put the dagger back into his boot. After all, he didn't know whether the opponent could subdue him with fists and kicks alone.
So, under the astonished gaze of the young man, he reached out and pinched the other man's arm.
Well, just like me, it's soft and soft, and it doesn't look like it has been exercised for a long time.
After thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun pretended to be cheerful and said: "Okay. To be fair, I will also take back the weapon." After that, he put the dagger back into his boot.
However, when he looked up, he found the young man staring at him with an angry expression.
What did I do? Do you need to stare at me like this?
Zhao Hongrun was quite baffled.
Seemingly noticing Zhao Hongrun's baffled expression, the young man calmed down the sullen expression on his face, which was replaced by a look of disdain. He said lightly: "I didn't expect that King Su, who defeated Chu State, turned out to be such a cautious person.
.”
He deliberately emphasized the word "caution" with a full tone of sarcasm. It was obvious that he had realized Zhao Hongrun's intention of reaching out to pinch his arm muscles.
"Haha, no prizes, no prizes...I never thought that I could meet people from Qin here." After saying that, Zhao Hongrun touched his chin and guessed with great interest: "You are here to destroy our great Wei and Liang.
, Jie, and the three clans are talking about the matter?"
The young man stared at Zhao Hongrun solemnly for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "If I say yes, will you kill me?"
"Of course not." Zhao Hongrun shrugged.
"That's right." The young man replied calmly. Immediately, he glanced at Zhao Hongrun: "You won't go back on your word and kill me for this, right?"
...This guy has a worse character than Mi Jiang!
Zhao Hong grinded his teeth angrily and forced a smile: "Of course."
Looking at Zhao Hongrun's weird expression, the young man couldn't help laughing. Then, he looked at Zhao Hongrun and asked calmly: "How did you guess that I was from Qin?"
"Guess." Zhao Hongrun said casually.
"You can make a casual guess, but you can guess it right?" The young man's face was full of doubts.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun shrugged helplessly and explained: "Of course it cannot be a casual guess. It must be combined with various evidences... The so-called residence of the Jiang tribe in your mouth is actually on the east side of the Qinling Mountains.
Right? In my opinion, there are two reasons why you pretended to be the small tribe of the Jiang tribe: First, if you pretended to be the Yi, Jie, and Yi tribes in the land of Sanchuan, since these three tribes are familiar with each other, you are very likely to
exposed.”
"..." The young man remained silent, and after a moment he asked in a low voice: "What about the second one?"
"Secondly, I think you may also have guessed that you will meet people who doubt your true identity on the way, so you have made preparations in advance, such as the answers I gave you when I asked you those questions...Choose a place near your Qinling Mountains, you
A familiar small tribe is always more convincing than pretending to be a non-existent tribe, right?"
"..." The young man took a deep look at Zhao Hongrun and asked in an inexplicable tone: "Based on these two points alone, you conclude that I am from Qin?"
Zhao Hongrun shrugged and said without any concealment: "Yes, the rest is just speculation... I don't think you just happened to appear here, you must have something to do to come here, but you are not
People from the three tribes of Yi, Jie, and Yi..."
"Why are you so sure that I am not from the Yi, Jie, or Yi tribes?"
"It's very simple. As far as I know, the Jie people have strong resistance to Wei people setting foot in Sanchuan. If you are a Jie people, you will most likely not let go easily after learning that I am a Wei person."
If you pass me, at least you have to threaten me. So, you cannot be a Jie tribe member."
"What about the Yi and Yi tribes?"
"The Yi tribe, I have just come into contact with the Yi tribe. They are quite warm and hospitable people. They have almost no resistance to me, Wei. Being so cold like you is not like the Yi tribe..." He said
Here, Zhao Hongrun changed his subject, scratched his face and said humbly: "I really can't make it up anymore. To tell you the truth, I just had a guess in my mind, and I just deceived you casually. I didn't expect you to react like this."
big."
It has to be said that Zhao Hongrun did not lie. Just now, after combining various evidences, he seemed to have a strange guess that the other party was from Qin.
And this is intuition. To be precise, it is an intuitive guess based on the basis of things. For example, the generals in ancient times could intuitively judge that there were ferocious creatures in the forest based on the birds hovering over the forest.
Wild beasts still ambush a large number of enemy troops. This is the same reason.
Rich experience and excellent intuition can improve the accuracy of intuitive judgment.
Zhao Hongrun obviously belongs to the latter, which is why his third uncle, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, thinks that he has "extraordinary talent".
However, this explanation did not convince the Qin boy in front of him. He frowned and scrutinized Zhao Hongrun's expression carefully, as if he was trying to find traces of lying on the latter's face.
But unfortunately, he failed to find it in the end.
"Forget it, let's just treat it like that."
"Hey, hey, what I said is the truth. What do you mean by taking it as such?" Zhao Hongrun said dissatisfied.
The young man chuckled a few times, and the indifference in his eyes faded a little. He said in a somewhat incredible tone: "You Wei people are different from the Wei people I know."
The Wei people he knew?
Zhao Hongrun was stunned and asked tentatively: "Are you referring to the Ji family in Longxi whose surname is Wei?"
As soon as Longxi was mentioned, the face of this Qin boy seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun asked curiously: "Is your Qin State really at war with the Ji Wei family in Longxi?"
"Yeah." The young man's tone instantly became cold, and his eyes glanced at Zhao Hongrun beside him from time to time. But to his surprise, Zhao Hongrun did not have any extreme reaction after hearing his admission.
So, he asked in confusion: "Don't you care?"
"What do you care about?"
The Qin boy pointed at himself and said in a deep voice: "The people in front of you are the Qin people who are attacking your Longxi concubine Wei people."
"At the same time, he is also a person from the Qinling Mountains who gave us great help when the Wei people of the Ji Zhao clan moved eastward, isn't it?" Zhao Hongrun said with a smile.
"..." The young man looked at Zhao Hongrun in surprise, and after a while he murmured: "Your surname is Zhao... still remember it?"
"Yes." Zhao Hongrun shrugged: "I teach at the Imperial Palace School."
"..." The young man observed Zhao Hongrun's expression carefully and saw that his expression did not seem to be hypocritical, so he said with emotion: "I didn't expect that your Ji family, surnamed Zhao, still remembers the kindness you had with me from Qinling hundreds of years ago.
In this regard, you are much friendlier than the Wei people with the surname Wei in Longxi."
Perhaps it was because he mentioned the deep friendship between the Zhao family of Ji and the people of Qinling hundreds of years ago that the attitude of this Qin boy immediately improved a lot, and his eyes were not as cold as before.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun asked curiously: "Why are you at war with the Ji Wei family in Longxi? If you don't mind, can you tell me?"
The young man stared at Zhao Hongrun for a long time and said in a low voice: "Ji from Longxi, surnamed Wei, is trying to defeat the Qiang people with the help of my Qinling people."
Isn’t this normal diplomacy?
Zhao Hongrun glanced at the other party in confusion.
The Qin boy seemed to understand the confusion on Zhao Hongrun's face, gritted his teeth and said: "Their methods are despicable. They did not ask for help from our Qin people through diplomatic relations. They pretended to be Qiang people and killed several of our Qin people.
We, the Qin people, are trying to make us, the Qin people, fight with the snipe and clams of the Qiang people in our villages, while we, the people of Longxi, are going to be fishermen.”
Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth and scratched his face in embarrassment.
From a strategic point of view, this move is called driving away tigers and devouring wolves, using the power of the Qin people to deal with the Qiang people, while the Longxi side can just watch the fire from a distance and reap the benefits of the fishermen. It is a clever strategy.
But from a moral perspective, doing something like this is indeed despicable, not a glorious thing at all.
If it were Zhao Hongrun, he would never do this, because once this matter is leaked, Longxi will definitely offend the people of Qin and push itself into a more dangerous situation.