On the second day after the arrival of the envoys of Jin and Xia, the talks between the three countries began, and it was already the fifth day of the talks. Zhao Lingwu, who was sitting in the meeting room set up by the Ministry of Rites, had not spoken since the talks began, and his face had been ugly for several days, as if he had eaten a big lump of poop. According to Zhao Lingyun's instructions, the talks in the past few days are just for show, and they will eventually agree to the conditions of Kim and Xia. And Zhao Lingwu himself knows that the agreement of this meeting will be signed and confirmed by himself, which is equivalent to taking the blame for Zhao Lingyun.

Even though Zhao Lingwu was unwilling in his heart, he had to obey the order, and this time the matter of the spirit mine was deliberately leaked to Jin and Xia in accordance with Zhao Lingyun's orders, Zhao Lingyun had kept himself in touch with the high-level leaders of the Jin and Xia countries over the years, and occasionally deliberately betrayed some interests that did not damage the foundation of Zhao Xin's country, he knew that Zhao Lingyun was using himself as a three-sided agent. The talks have been going on according to the rhythm designed by Zhao Lingyun and others, and according to the plan, the talks should end today, and Zhao Lingwu has secretly transferred the data of the second inquest report handed over to him by Zhao Lingyun to Jin and Xia, so as to further gain the trust of Jin and Xia. And he has also explored the bottom line of Jin and Xia, which is a little higher than the estimate of Zhao Lingyun and others. And he followed Zhao Lingyun's instructions and took the opportunity to put forward conditions, hoping that after two years, Jin and Xia could send troops to the north and south at the same time, dragging Yue Qianming and Qin Kongyu, and it would be better if they could kill these two people on the battlefield. The Jin and Xia suffered heavy losses in the battle against Zhao eight years ago, but they were a little hesitant, and finally Zhao Lingwu promised to wait until he successfully ascended the throne, and was willing to return all the output of these two spiritual mines, and explained that only when Jin and Xia agreed to their own conditions, he would sign the agreement of this meeting. Na Zang Lijue and Kim Zhengxiong had to send a letter back to their homeland, but they didn't expect that the two would quickly receive a reply, asking them to agree to Zhao Lingwu's conditions.

Zhao Lingwu watched his cousin Zhao Pu's extremely exaggerated performance at the moment, and he was foaming at the mouth and arguing with the envoys of Jin and Xia. At the beginning of the talks, this kid opened his mouth, and the style of the three-country talks was completely deviated by him, just like a trade between businessmen, asking for a price and paying back the money on the spot. That's not all, this kid gave full play to his rogue temperament, and the envoys of the two countries were blushing and thick-necked. There was another person in the audience who had not spoken since the beginning of the talks, like Zhao Lingwu, and that person was Kim Jong-woong. Kim Jong-woong was also looking at Zhao Pu at the moment, with a cold look in his eyes. Zhao Pu was in a dirty position at the moment, arguing with an envoy of the Jin State, and the question of the quarrel was whether the border field of the Jin State should fully release the items prohibited from being exported to the Zhao Xin State, which was a bit nonsense.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites who participated in the meeting were dumbfounded, and they had never seen such a meeting between countries before. And one of the officials of the Ministry of Rites was also like taking drugs, excited and inexplicably helping Zhao Pu, this person was Qian Mingshi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites who received the envoys of the two countries at the Shiliting Post Station that day.

Until noon, Zhao Lingwu knew that he should come forward, and found a reason to reprimand Zhao Pu out of the venue, and then the two had a fierce quarrel, Najin and Xia were happy to see their infighting, and then Zhao Pu left the scene angrily. After Zhao Pu left, the venue finally quieted down, Zhao Lingwu handed a look to the envoys of the two countries of Jin and Xia, and the deputy envoys of Zang Lijue and the Jin State understood and reiterated the conditions of the two countries, Zhao Lingwu pretended to think about it, looked at the officials of Zhao Xin's country and said: "Since the king handed over the matter of the talks between the three kingdoms to the lone king, then what I mean is the king's will, you can have objections." ”

Those officials of the Zhao Xin Clan's Ministry of National Rites who participated in the talks all nodded in agreement, only Qian Mingshi looked at Zhao Lingwu without moving, and Zhao Lingwu glanced at him. This Qian Mingshi turned out to be a member of the "Khan Qing Society" once established by Zhao Lingyun, although his reputation was not obvious, and he had no personal relationship with Yue Qianming and others, but he was a person who could speak well and was very talented. Zhao Lingwu glanced at him and asked, "What objections does Qian Shilang have?" Qian Mingshi said: "Since it is the will of the king, how dare the lower officials have objections, it is all up to you, King Jing, to decide." ”

Zhao Lingwu heard Qian Mingshi say this, and was about to pretend to have another fight with Zang Lijue and others, so he ended this meeting. I only heard that Qian Mingshi said again: "However, if King Jing does something that harms the interests of our country, then Qian Mou will have to go to this book to join you, and I hope you will be considerate at that time, this is the duty of Weichen." ”

Zhao Lingwu heard that Qian Mingshi dared to threaten himself, he had rarely appeared in front of people over the years, and his majesty was not as good as before, but it was not something that a small Qian Mingshi could offend. Anger rose in his heart, and he said sharply: "The last thing this king is afraid of is threats, I am waiting for you to join me." He didn't bother to talk about it anymore, and said directly to the envoys of Najin and Xia: "This king agrees to all the conditions of your two countries, and you can draw up a formal treaty." ”

I saw Qian Mingshi get up angrily and said: "Zhao Lingwu, you traitor to the country and seeking glory, Lao Tzu is really ashamed to be in the same room with you, you just wait to be sensitive!" Zhao Lingwu was even more angry, and shouted: "Qian Mingshi, this king will treat you for a big crime of disrespect now." Someone!" I saw that the door was opened and two forbidden army guards came in, and Zhao Lingwu immediately said: "Take this money down and detain it." The two guards of the forbidden army glanced at each other, a little hesitant, and Zhao Lingwu shouted: "Waiting for this king to do it himself?"

The two guards had no choice but to come to Qian Mingshi's side and say, "Please, Qian Shilang, don't embarrass the two of us. Qian Mingshi looked at Zhao Lingwu angrily, but he didn't say anything, and followed the two guards out of the venue. The rest of the officials of the Zhao Xin Clan's Ministry of National Rites didn't dare to say anything, and Zhao Lingwu signed the prepared agreement with a seal, and after all the triplicates had been signed, they were all happy. After sending away the envoys of the two countries, Zhao Lingwu went to reply with the signed agreement.

After the envoys of Najin and Xia left the venue. Zang Lijue restrained his smile and asked Jin Zhengxiong: "General Jin, don't you think that everything that happened today is a little weird? Then Zhao Lingyun has always been at odds with Zhao Lingwu, why did Zhao Lingwu lead the talks between the three kingdoms? And Yue Qianming and the others did not have any objections? This Zhao Xin's court is also strangely quiet?"

Jin Zhengxiong did not answer Zang Lijue's question, but asked Zang Lijue with compassion: "Have you ever heard of the 'Soul Control Pill'?" Zang Lijue looked confused, and he didn't know why, he looked at the deputy envoy of the Xia Geng clan who walked half a step behind him, and the deputy envoy also shook his head, indicating that he didn't know. Jin Zhengxiong said in a low voice: "I'm not afraid to tell you that the spies in my country's potential Zhao Lingwu Mansion reported that Zhao Lingwu got a bottle of mysterious pill a month ago, and the name was "Soul Control Pill". This elixir can control people's souls and consciousness, and he also saw Zhao Lingwu integrate his essence and blood aura into a pill, and after giving it to a violent demon beast, the demon beast became extremely docile after taking the pill for about an hour, and only obeyed Zhao Lingwu's orders. Before I came, I received another piece of information, saying that Zhao Lingwu secretly sent the pill into the palace, and it seems that the pill was used on Zhao Lingyun's body. You should have also heard that Zhao Lingyun has not missed a meeting for about ten days, and he has been to the court. Even if Yue Qianming and the others want to oppose it, they shouldn't be able to see Zhao Lingyun!"

Zang Lijue was shocked when he heard Kim Zhengxiong say this, but he heard Kim Zhengxiong ask: "It's just that I don't understand, why didn't Zhao Lingwu directly let Zhao Lingyun give him the Zen position?" Zang Lijue smiled and said: "Political struggle is more complicated than battlefield fighting. Without saying anything more, he said goodbye to Kim Jong-woong. As for whether what Kim Jong-woong said is true or not, he can get a glimpse of it at the banquet tonight, otherwise he really can't rest assured. I don't understand what kind of medicine is sold in this Zhao Xin's national gourd, or what conspiracy is there in the whole thing?

Just at night, the whole imperial city is already brightly lit, the Qianxin Palace is set off by the night pearls as if it is day, the palace maids, eunuchs shuttle back and forth, busy arranging the Qianxin Palace, making the final preparations for the night banquet that will be opened, a light rain is falling from the sky, still has not disrupted the rhythm of these people's work, all the processes are being prepared in an orderly manner according to the plan.

At eight o'clock, the officials of the three provinces and six ministries who were up to the grade had already come to the night banquet hall one after another. After today's talks between the three countries, Najin and Xia proposed that the young people of the three countries meet friends with martial arts to promote the martial arts cultivation of the younger generation. The reasons used are high-sounding, and the excerpts on the words are extremely beautiful, and it is obvious that they are prepared. The National Rite Department of the Zhao Xin clan had to prepare in a hurry, and finally Jiang Chen and Wei Chide were also selected into the team to participate in the competition, but Zhao Lingyun personally named Jiang Chen to participate, and sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to Fengluo Villa to invite. Zhao Qin'er had already rejected the officials sent by the Ministry of Rites on behalf of Jiang Chen, but Zhao Lingyun personally issued a decree and came with a holy decree, Zhao Qin'er had to give his brother this face, so he had no choice but to agree. Before Jiang Chen and Wei Chide left, Haosheng told him not to split up, Jiang Chen was angry with Zhao Qin'er, but he didn't pay attention to Zhao Qin'er's instructions, and Zhao Qin'er was so angry that he wanted to beat his son.

Jiang Chen and Wei Chide were sitting at the entrance of the hall at this time, it was the first time to participate in this kind of banquet, Jiang Chen was wearing a black arrow suit, as if he had completely hidden himself in the dark corner on the edge, calmly looking at the crowd around him, and constantly analyzing the character traits of these officials around him, as well as these young people sitting with him. That Zhao Rong was also selected to compete with the other teenagers of the two countries, and when he saw Jiang Chen looking at him, he snorted lightly and turned his head away. Jiang Chen didn't pay attention to him, and continued to look at the other three teenagers he didn't know, and heard Wei Chi De say that those three young people were all the people with the highest cultivation rank among their peers in the Spirit Academy. They are Xiao Si, the son of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Xin Zuguang, the grandson of Mo Zhengshen General of the Military Department, and a child of the Zhao clan named Zhao Xiu, among them, Xin Zuguang, who was wearing a cyan arrow suit, kept his head down, not knowing what to think, and heard Wei Chide say that this 16-year-old boy was the highest cultivator among the people, but Jiang Chen couldn't see anything, but he saw that Xin Zuguang didn't seem to be very familiar with these teenagers around him, and sat in his seat silently, not talking to anyone. The six young men were all 14–16 years old, which was the recognized leader of the same age selected by the officials of the Ministry of Rites with reference to the ages of the young people accompanying Jin and Xia, and the original number was the same as that of the young people of Jin and Xia, all of them were five. And Jiang Chen didn't go to school in the Spirit Academy for a long time, and he was not on the candidate list of the Ministry of Rites at the beginning, but he was named by Zhao Lingyun to participate in the competition, or Zhao Lingyun just wanted Jiang Chen to see the world, and he didn't necessarily need to be killed.

Jiang Chen looked at the seats in the previous rows again, and saw that Yue Qianming, Qin Kongyu and Zhao Pu were talking in a low voice, but they didn't see Xin Zheng and Chen Qiyuan, these two people didn't seem to be in the capital. Learn to write and martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family. There is glory in this life, but there is no freedom in this body.

And sitting on the side of Zhao Xin's country, the chief is Zhao Lingwu, the king of Jing, who is looking at Zhao Lingyun at the moment, thinking about Zhao Lingyun's joking words and saying, "It's good for you to play in your true colors tonight, and take out the long-cherished wish that has been achieved for many years."

But over the years, Zhao Lingwu has long lost the mind to compete with Zhao Lingyun, and when he participated in Zhao Lingyun's plan, he found that Zhao Lingyun's political wisdom was not within his reach. Think about it, when Zhao Lingyun's plan is successful, and Zhao Xin's country will unify Jiunao Prefecture, then his name will definitely be recorded in the history of Jiunao Prefecture and be famous for future generations. And at that time, if you talk about meritorious deeds, your fiefdom and rights will go further, and he is still very confident in Zhao Lingyun's mind. So over the years, he has been willing to be in front of Zhao Lingyun's chess pieces, and secretly communicate with Jin and Xia, and Zhao Lingyun has also delegated power to himself, and the spy department of Zhao Xin's country has long been secretly handed over to himself, although he also knows that Zhao Lingyun must have other sources of intelligence, but he now has some real power, and he is no longer a fictitious title.

waited until three o'clock in the morning, only to hear the eunuch shouting "Xia Geng's country, Jinhai country's envoys are here" The officials of the Zhao Xin clan who were talking in a low voice in the venue instantly quieted down and looked at the door of the Qianxin Palace. I saw that the envoys of Jin and Xia entered the Qian Qianxin Hall in parallel, the envoys of the Jinhai clan were dressed in blue and white official uniforms, and the envoys of the Xia Geng clan were dressed in black official uniforms, followed by ten young men and women from the principal and deputy envoys of the two countries, followed by the rest of the officials of the Jin and Xia countries who participated in the talks. After the personnel of the two missions sat down, they waited for a while, only to hear a shrill voice shouting, "Your Excellency has arrived." ”