Seeing that Jane, Chen, and Zhao conspired to fool Princess Luoyang into marrying Xu Zhilan, he also said that Xu Zhilan would use this matter to fool Jingyang Kingdom. Xu Zhao was so angry that he couldn't do it, but he was helpless, because Xu Zhilan had already set off.

When he came to Lingyun Pass, General Sun came to greet him, and Xu Zhilan heard the military experts say that Lingyun Pass was peaceful, and he put down his hanging heart.

War may break out between the two countries at any time, and General Song did not dare to let Xu Zhilan casually walk out of Lingyun Pass to meet General Gilgrad, he insisted that Xu Zhilan write a letter to General Gilgrad first, and the two sides agreed on a fixed point, send equal forces to each other, and then sit down to talk.

The only communication tools available now are letters, and the four treasures of the study room are ready at any time, and Xu Zhilan vaguely wrote a letter to General Gilgrad, which was sent by General Song's cronies.

Yangtao City is more than 100 miles away from here, and wait for General Gilgrad's reply to get ready, it is estimated that the official meeting should be the next day, Xu Zhilan turned around and went to the General's Mansion.

Xu Zhiyuan waited at the door of the General's Mansion early, and when he saw Xu Zhilan coming, he greeted him politely.

After the greetings, Xu Zhiyuan whispered to Xu Zhilan: "This king has something to discuss with King Yangtao, can you take a step to speak?" ”

The situation is delicate, the more you know, the better, and the more conducive to assessing the current situation, Xu Zhilan nodded in agreement.

General Sun personally opened the door of the secret room for Xu Zhiyuan and Xu Zhilan, Xu Zhilan walked in and saw Alice and Alendi present, and after a closer look, the faces of the two brothers and sisters were not very good.

After greeting each other, General Sun personally made tea for everyone, and in order to avoid suspicion, he left first.

Xu Zhilan sat on the throne, picked up the teacup, and blew gently, waiting for Xu Zhiyuan or Alice brother and sister to speak.

"General Gilgrad should be a close confidant of the eighth prince, right?"

Xu Zhilan didn't know what Xu Zhiyuan meant by this question, he nodded and said, "Princess Mei and the eighth prince have been in Yangtao City for nearly two years, and it seems normal to be closer to the border guards, right?" ”

"Do you think you can let General Gilgrad let King Gui go? The king has something else to offer. ”

Hearing the meaning of this, Xu Zhilan knew that General Gilgrad should have found a "legitimate reason" to send troops to attack the border of the Western Regions for the sake of iron ore, trying to capture Luo Yuzhu. At the same time, Xu Zhilan also understands that Xu Zhiyuan pleaded in front of Alice's brothers and sisters, and it should also be a show, indicating that Xu Zhiyuan will not give up his friends, and only God knows how sincere he is.

"This king doesn't know why General Gil and King Gui are in conflict, so it's not easy to intervene. Let's not mention this matter for the time being. This king has more important things and wants to discuss with King Qin, Princess Alice and Prince Elendi are close friends of King Qin, so it doesn't hurt to listen to it. ”

Without waiting for the Alice brothers and sisters to avoid suspicion and leave, Xu Zhilan immediately said: "King Qin, General Sun is your cronie, the reason why the third prince is willing to cooperate with you is that you must have agreed to provide the third prince with military supplies such as iron ore in violation of the law through General Sun's support, right?" ”

"King Yangtao shouldn't directly harm this king, besides, presumably King Yangtao plans to transfer General Sun?"

"Don't hide it from King Qin, this king did have this plan. But the eighth prince's cronies Wanyan arrived in Jinling one step ahead of the king, and told Princess Mei about the eighth prince, for two considerations, Princess Mei felt: First, the identity of the king as the queen of orchids has been suspected by Xu Zhao, and the longer he stays in Jinling, the greater the danger! Naturally, the more chance Princess Mei will be affected by this king. Second, Princess Mei has only one brother, and she is ready to use the reason of transferring General Sun to force the Iron Cavalry Khan, and ask the Khan to let her brother the eighth prince live. ”

The first point is that Liu Mei is for self-preservation; The second point is that Liu Meier wants to save her brother, which is reasonable on the surface. But Xu Zhiyuan was suspicious and asked: "As far as this king knows, Princess Mei had already returned to China on a fast horse through Lingyun Pass the day before yesterday, isn't she afraid that the Iron Khan will arrest her for the sake of national interests?" ”

Xu Zhilan said with a smile: "The so-called tiger poison does not eat children, even if the eighth prince really killed the two brothers, but people cannot be resurrected after death, what is the use of the iron horse Khan killing the eighth prince?" Mei'er returned to China, that is, to find a reason, so that the Khan had a step not to kill the eighth prince. ”

"This reason seems very good, but what benefit do you get after you help Princess Mei?"

Sighing, Xu Zhilan took a sip of tea, and did not answer directly, but said: "To govern the world, you need cronies!" Even if this king gets the world, it is difficult to move an inch without cronies! And who are the king's cronies? Where is it at this time? ”

"Most of the people of Hualan Country should be in the grassland of Jingyang Country." Xu Zhiyuan blurted out.

"Because of the King of Qin, for the sake of the lives of Bao Lan Keqing and others, this king asked them to surrender to Xu Zhao. Xu Zhao still needs this king to confuse the people of the world, so he accepted the surrender of Lan Keqing and others, but placed Lan Keqing and these people outside Jinling City, very close to the forbidden army camp to accept the surveillance of the forbidden army, as soon as the wind blows, these people will be finished! ”

Xu Zhiyuan nodded and said, "I'm afraid that King Yangtao wants to reuse them, and it's also very inconvenient!" ”

Xu Zhilan pretended to be angry and said: "It's not thanks to King Qin!" After a pause, Xu Zhilan said: "The 20,000 orchid people who lived in Yangtao City are now living in Jingyang Kingdom, in other words, these orchid people are under the surveillance of Jingyang Kingdom, as long as this king does not cooperate, their lives will not be guaranteed!" ”

"So, King Yangtao can't stop this king from giving benefits to Jingyang Kingdom, is that so?" Xu Zhiyuan said proudly.

Xu Zhilan drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, and then said: "In order to protect the princess, to protect the eighth prince, and for the future of this king, this king also told Princess Luoyang about Luo Yuzhu." ”

Xu Zhiyuan stood up angrily, regardless of etiquette, pointed at Xu Zhilan and said loudly: "What good is this for you?" ”

Xu Zhilan said lightly: "This king bribed Princess Luoyang with 200,000 taels of silver, and Princess Luoyang agreed to cooperate with this king and sell iron ore to Jingyang Kingdom openly." ”

Xu Zhiyuan sat back paralyzed, the iron ore can be traded normally, the third prince can directly cooperate with Princess Luoyang and Xu Zhilan, there is no need to sneak around and tell the truth.

After half a ring, Xu Zhiyuan said, "You told Princess Luoyang everything, what good is it for you?" ”

"This king has handed over the power to deal with the country to Princess Luoyang, and when this king lets Jingyang get enough benefits and establish his prestige in Jingyang country, when the time comes, this king will come to Jingyang as a concubine and take the orchid people of this king to be the soil emperor. Although there is less territory, at least there is no need to worry about life and life, what does King Qin think? ”