The talks between the three countries began on the second day after the envoys from Jin and Xia arrived. It was already the fifth day of the talks. Zhao Lingwu, who was sitting in the venue set up by the Ministry of Rites, had not spoken since the talks began.
For the past few days, my face has looked ugly, as if I had eaten
Like a big lump of cake. According to Zhao Lingyun's instructions, the talks in the past few days have been just a show, and they will eventually agree to the conditions of Jin and Xia. And Zhao Lingwu himself also knows that the agreement in this meeting will be signed and confirmed by himself, which is quite
So he took the blame for Zhao Lingyun.
Even though Zhao Lingwu felt a lot of unwillingness in his heart, he had no choice but to obey the order. Moreover, he deliberately leaked the matter of the spiritual mine to Jin and Xia according to Zhao Lingyun's order. Over the years, Zhao Lingyun had allowed himself and the Jin and Xia countries to
He has been in constant contact with the top management of Zhao Xin's family, and occasionally deliberately betrays some interests that will not damage the foundation of Zhao Xin's country. He knows that Zhao Lingyun regards himself as a person.
A three-faced spy is in use. The talks have been proceeding according to the rhythm designed by Zhao Lingyun and others. According to the plan, the talks should end today, and Zhao Lingwu has secretly transferred the data of the second inspection report that Zhao Lingyun gave him to Jin
, Xia countries, in order to further gain the trust of Jin and Xia countries. And he has also explored the bottom lines of Jin and Xia countries, and is better than Zhao Ling.
Yun and others estimated that it would be a little higher. And he followed Zhao Lingyun's instructions and took the opportunity to put forward conditions. He hoped that in two years, Jin and Xia could send troops to the north and south at the same time to hold off Yue Qianming and Qin Kongyu. If
It would be better to kill these two people on the battlefield. The Jin and Xia countries suffered heavy losses in the battle to attack Zhao eight years ago, but they were a little hesitant.
Finally, Zhao Lingwu promised that after he successfully ascended the throne, he would be willing to use all the output of these two spiritual mines in return, and explained that only if Jin and Xia agreed to his conditions, he would be included in the agreement of this meeting.
Sign. Then Zang Lijue and Jin Zhengxiong had no choice but to send a letter back to their home country. Unexpectedly, they received a reply very quickly, asking them to agree to Zhao Lingwu's conditions.
Zhao Lingwu was fascinated as he watched the extremely exaggerated performance of his cousin Zhao Pu at this moment, quarreling with the envoys of Jin and Xia with foaming at the mouth. At the beginning of the talks, this kid opened his mouth loudly, and the style of the Three Kingdoms talks was completely
Being led astray by him, it was like a trade between merchants, demanding high prices and paying back the money on the spot. Not to mention, this kid showed his rogue nature to the fullest, making the two countries angry.
The envoy blushed and had a rough neck. There was another person in the room who, like Zhao Lingwu, had not spoken to each other since the beginning of the meeting. That person was Jin Zhengxiong. Jin Zhengxiong was also looking at Zhao Pu at this moment, with a cold look in his eyes. Zhao Pu
At this moment, Cheng Zang was exporting, and he was arguing with an envoy from the Jin Kingdom. The argument was whether the Jin Kingdom's border settlement market should fully liberalize the export of items prohibited by the Zhao Xin Kingdom, which was a bit messy.
The officials from the Ministry of Rites who participated in the meeting were dumbfounded. They had never seen such a meeting between countries. One of the officials from the Ministry of Rites also seemed to be on drugs, excitedly supporting Zhao Pu. This person
It was Qian Mingshi, the Minister of Rites, who received the envoys from the two countries at Shiliting Post Station that day.
It was not until noon that Zhao Lingwu knew that it was time for him to step forward and found a reason to scold Zhao Pu from the venue. Then the two had a fierce quarrel. Na Jin and Xia were happy to watch their internal strife, and then Zhao Pu left the venue angrily. After Zhao Pu left,
The venue finally quieted down, and Zhao Lingwu turned to the envoys from Jin and Xia.
The minister glanced at him, and Zang Lijue and the deputy envoy of the Kingdom of Jin understood it and reiterated the conditions between the two countries. Zhao Lingwu pretended to think for a while, looked at the officials of Zhao Xin's country and said: "Since your Majesty, the Three Kingdoms will talk about it,
The matter is left to the sole responsibility of the lonely king, so what I mean is what your Majesty means, and you may have any objections."
All the officials from Zhao Xin's National Rites Department who participated in the talks nodded in agreement. Only Qian Mingshi looked at Zhao Lingwu calmly, and Zhao Lingwu glanced at him. This Qian Mingshi turned out to be a member of the "History Society" that Zhao Lingyun had established. A member of the commune, although not famous, had no personal relationship with Yue Qianming and others, but he was an eloquent person and very talented. After Zhao Lingwu glanced at him, he asked: "What objections does Qian Shilang have? Qian Mingshi said: "Since it is your Majesty's will, how dare your subordinates have any objections? It all depends on you, King Jing, to make the decision."
After hearing what Qian Mingshi said, Zhao Lingwu was about to end the meeting by pretending to argue with Zang Lijue and others. Qian Mingshi said again: "However, if King Jing does something that harms the interests of our country, then Mr. Qian will inevitably come to visit you, and I hope you will be considerate when the time comes. This is the duty of a humble minister."
Zhao Lingwu heard that Qian Mingshi dared to threaten him. He had seldom appeared in front of people in recent years, and his dignity was not as good as before, but it was not something that a small Qian Mingshi could offend. His anger rose in his heart, and he said sternly: "I What the king is not afraid of most is threats. I am waiting for you to join me." Not bothering to argue anymore, he said directly to the envoys of Jin and Xia: "I agree to all the conditions between the two countries, and we can draw up a formal treaty. .”
Qian Mingshi stood up angrily and said: "Zhao Lingwu, you traitor and seek glory, I am really ashamed to be in the same room with you, just wait to be raped!" Zhao Lingwu became even more angry and shouted: "Qian Mingshi , I will punish you for the crime of disrespect now. Come here!" The door was opened and two Forbidden Army guards came in. Zhao Lingwu immediately said: "Take this Qian Mingshi down and imprison him." Those two Forbidden Army guards. After looking at each other and feeling a little hesitant, Zhao Lingwu shouted sharply: "Are you waiting for me to do it myself?"
The two guards had no choice but to come to Qian Mingshi's side and said: "Please! Mr. Qian, don't embarrass us two." Qian Mingshi looked at Zhao Lingwu angrily, but didn't say anything more, and followed the two guards out. After entering the meeting place, the other officials of the Zhao Xin Family's National Ceremony Department did not dare to say anything. They allowed Zhao Lingwu to sign and seal the drafted agreement in triplicate, and everyone looked happy when they were sent away. The envoys of the two countries, Zhao Lingwu, went to reply with the signed agreement.
After the envoys from Jin and Xia left the meeting place, Zang Lijue stopped his smile and asked Jin Zhengxiong: "General Jin, don't you realize that everything that happened today is a little weird? Then Zhao Lingyun has always been at odds with Zhao Lingwu, why? Will Zhao Lingwu be allowed to lead the talks between the three countries? But Yue Qianming and others have no objections? The Zhao Xin family's court is also strangely quiet?"
Jin Zhengxiong did not answer Zang Lijue's question, but asked Zang Lijue sadly: "Have you ever heard of the 'Soul Control Pill'?" Zang Lijue looked confused and looked at him half a step away. The deputy envoy of the Xia Geng family who followed him also shook his head and expressed ignorance. Jin Zhengxiong said in a low voice: "I am not afraid to tell you that our country's spies lurking in Zhao Lingwu's house reported that Zhao Lingwu was in a A few months ago, he got a bottle of extremely mysterious elixir called "Soul Control Pill". This elixir can control people's soul and consciousness. He also witnessed Zhao Lingwu integrating his essence, blood and aura into a pill. After taking the elixir to an extremely violent demonic beast, the demonic beast became extremely docile about an hour after taking the elixir, and only obeyed Zhao Lingwu's orders. Before I came here, I received another piece of information saying that Zhao Lingwu Lingwu secretly sent the elixir to the palace. It seems that he used the elixir on Zhao Lingyun. You must have heard that Zhao Lingyun has not missed a face for about ten days and has gone to court. Even so. Even if Yue Qianming and others want to object, they should not be able to see Zhao Lingyun!"
Zang Lijue looked shocked when he heard what Jin Zhengxiong said, but he heard Jin Zhengxiong ask: "I just can't understand why Zhao Lingwu didn't just let Zhao Lingyun give him the Zen throne?" Zang Lijue laughed and said: "Political struggle is better than fighting on the battlefield. It's more complicated." Without saying anything more, he said goodbye to Jin Zhengxiong. As for whether what Jin Zhengxiong said was true or false, we can get a glimpse of it during the banquet tonight, otherwise he would really feel uneasy. He couldn't understand this Zhao What kind of medicine is sold in Xin's country gourd, or is there any conspiracy behind the whole thing?
It had just fallen at night, and the entire imperial city was already brightly lit. The Qianxin Palace was illuminated by night pearls as if it were daytime. Palace maids and eunuchs were shuttled back and forth, busy decorating the Qianxin Palace, and making final preparations for the night banquet that was about to begin. , a light rain was falling from the sky, but it still did not disrupt the rhythm of these people's work. All processes were being prepared in an orderly manner according to the plan.
At eight o'clock in the morning, officials from the three provinces and six ministries of high rank came to the night banquet hall one after another. After the talks of the Three Kingdoms today, Na Jin and Xia proposed that the youths of the Three Kingdoms use force to make friends, so as to promote the young people. The martial arts training of his generation. The reasons used were high-sounding, and the excerpts were extremely beautiful. They were obviously prepared. The Zhao Xin Family’s National Rites Department had to prepare in a hurry, and finally Jiang Chen and Yu Chide were also selected to participate. Among the competing teams, it was Zhao Lingyun who personally named Jiang Chen to participate and sent officials from the Ministry of Etiquette to Fengluo Villa to invite him. Zhao Qiner had already rejected the officials sent by the Ministry of Etiquette on behalf of Jiang Chen, but Zhao Lingyun personally sent Zhao to take the invitation. Coming with the imperial edict, Zhao Qin'er had to give face to her brother no matter what, so she had no choice but to agree. Before Jiang Chen and Yuchi De left, Haosheng warned them not to get involved. Jiang Chen and Yuchi De Zhao Qin'er was angry, but she was too angry and ignored Zhao Qin'er's instructions. Zhao Qin'er was so angry that she wanted to beat her own son.
Jiang Chen and Yu Chide were sitting at attention at the entrance of the palace. It was the first time for them to participate in this kind of banquet. Jiang Chen was wearing a black arrow uniform, as if he had completely hidden himself in the dark corner at the edge. Looking at the crowd around him calmly, he was constantly analyzing the character traits of the officials around him, as well as the young people sitting with him. Zhao Rong was also selected to compete with the other young people from the two countries, and saw Jiang Chen looking at him , gave a light "hum" and turned his head away. Jiang Chen ignored him and continued to look at the other three unknown teenagers. He heard from Yu Chide that those three teenagers were all ranked highest in cultivation among their peers in the Spiritual Academy. The people in the front are Xiao Si, the son of the Minister of Rites, Xin Zuguang, the grandson of General Mo Zheng of the Military Department, and a descendant of the Zhao clan named Zhao Xiu. Among them, Xin Zuguang, who is wearing a green arrow uniform, keeps his head lowered. What was he thinking? Hearing Yu Chide say that this 16-year-old boy was the one with the highest cultivation level among all the people, Jiang Chen couldn't see anything, but he could see that Xin Zuguang didn't seem to be very familiar with the boys around him. Sitting silently in his seat, not talking to anyone. These six young people are all between 14 and 16 years old. This is the same age selected by the officials of the Ministry of Rites based on the ages of the young people accompanying Jin and Xia. The recognized outstanding ones among them originally had the same number of young people as those from Jin and Jin, five of them. However, Jiang Chen stopped studying at the Spiritual Academy a long time ago and was not on the candidate list of the Ministry of Rites from the beginning, but he was selected. Zhao Lingyun named those who participated in the competition, or Zhao Lingyun just wanted Jiang Chen to see the world, and did not necessarily need him to end.
Jiang Chen looked at the seats in the first few rows and saw Yue Qianming, Qin Kongyu and Zhao Pu talking in low voices, but Xin Zheng and Chen Qiyuan were not there. It seemed that these two people were not in the capital. To the emperor's family. Enjoy the glory in this life, but no freedom in this body.
The person sitting in charge of the Zhao Xin clan was King Jing Zhao Lingwu. He was in a trance at the moment, thinking about Zhao Lingyun's joking words, "Just show your true self tonight and show off your pride in achieving your long-cherished wish."
But in recent years, Zhao Lingwu has no longer wanted to compete with Zhao Lingyun. When he participated in Zhao Lingyun's plan, he discovered that Zhao Lingyun's political wisdom was beyond his reach. Think about it, after Zhao Lingyun's plan was successful, Zhao Xin If the clan unites Jiunao Prefecture, then his name will surely be recorded in the history of Jiunao Prefecture and become famous for future generations. At that time, when it comes to rewards for merit, his fiefdom and rights will be further enhanced. He still has great confidence in Zhao Lingyun's ambition. That's why he has been willing to act as Zhao Lingyun's chess piece in secret affairs with the Jin and Xia countries in recent years. Moreover, Zhao Lingyun also delegated power to himself, and the intelligence department of Zhao Xin's country has been He secretly handed it over to himself. Although he also knew that Zhao Lingyun must have other sources of information, he now had some real power and was no longer a false prince.
Waiting until three o'clock in the morning, the official of the Zhao Xin Kingdom who was greeting the eunuch shouting "Xia Geng Kingdom, Jin Hai Kingdom's envoy has arrived" and chatting in a low voice in the venue instantly fell silent and looked at Qian Xin. At the entrance of the palace, the envoys of Jin and Xia entered the Qianganxin Palace in parallel. The envoys of the Jinhai Kingdom were dressed in blue and white official uniforms, and the envoys of the Xia Geng Kingdom were dressed in black official uniforms. Behind the chief and deputy envoys were ten young men and women, followed by other officials from Jin and Xia who participated in the talks. After the personnel from the two countries' missions sat down, they waited for a while and heard a high-pitched voice. There was a sound and he shouted: "Your Majesty is here."