Li Xiaofei and the three returned to Jingzhao Mansion from Hu Jian's Mansion, Cui Ju had already fallen asleep, and the waiting servants led the three of them back to their rooms.

The three of them woke up the next day, Cui Ju had been waiting in the living room for a long time, Li Xiaofei saluted Cui with sleepy eyes, and Qin Shun and Xie Tan greeted him in front. Cui Ju only greeted him politely, and did not ask a word about the banquet at Hu Jian's mansion last night.

Qin Shun felt curious and asked, "Master Cui, why don't you seem to care about our banquet last night."

Cui Ju straightened out his official uniform: "There is no deep hatred between Cui and them, and besides, the things that their generals talk about will not do us much damage, the so-called iron-clad family, the general of flowing water." They only look at what is in front of them, and only they can do the tax on the clothes of the children and grandchildren who are reviled by others. A group of reckless people is not to be feared. However, the good idea of going east to the sea and trading with other countries mentioned by Deputy Envoy Li last night is also very interesting below, and in my opinion, it is already a miracle that my generals of Great Qin can open up the Western Regions, and it is almost impossible to expect them to go to sea. Because they are not accustomed to water warfare, and they do not know how to build ships. The three of us can talk to my cousin Cui Hong and Yang Hongzu Li Zhong about going to sea today, if our three great families can open up a trade route from Qingzhou to Jiaozhou or even Zhancheng, our wealth will be thousands of times that of now. ”

These words scared Li Xiaofei and them, after all, Hu Jian had retired his entourage and maids at that time, and only Hu Jian, Li Xiaofei, Qin Shun, and Xie Tan talked about these situations, but Cui Ju knew everything about it, thinking that Cui Ju's strength in Chang'an City was really the strongest. Even a figure like Hu Jian, who seems to be coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, can't escape Cui Ju's surveillance with every move. If such a person is an enemy of him, most of them don't know how he died.

Li Xiaofei suddenly fell asleep, and took all the energy to look at this polite Cui Julai: "Fortunately, Lord Cui treats us as friends, I don't want to be an enemy of a character like Lord Cui in my life, otherwise even if I have nine lives, it will not be enough."

Cui Ju laughed: "Qinghe Cui's family is rich and rivals the country, the family property and fields are across the state and county, the clansmen are all over Guanzhong, and the safety of the whole clan is tied to me and my cousin, so we must collect any information, because we only have one life."

Xie Tan Qin Shun Li Xiaofei bowed to Cui Ju: "In Lord Cui, I really benefited a lot, and I also asked Lord Cui to help guide me for the itinerary today and in the next few days."

Cui Ju also returned the salute and bowed his hand: "I can't talk about pointing, it's just that my cousin doesn't smile and talks very little, while Lord Yang Hongzu talks more than me, and likes to talk about the past and the present, Lord Li Zhong, he may prefer money and treasures, so the three of them have to be willing to spend money." By the way, my cousin goes to bed early every day, only deals with foreign affairs during the day, and invites the three of them to the banquet earlier. ”

The three of them thanked Cui Ju again, and then went to Cui Hong's mansion together. The things given to Cui Hong were a few plaques given to them by Chen Hongyi when passing through Yingchuan, and he instructed Li Xiaofei to hand them over to the head of the Cui family at that time.

After the three of them saw Cui Hong, Cui Hong just gestured with his hand to let the three of them sit down, and the rest of the wine and food were all servants who were busy working, Li Xiaofei saw that the atmosphere was too cold, so he pulled Qin Shun's clothes and pretended to go to the toilet.

Li Xiaofei told Qin Shun outside the door that it would definitely be useful for Lord Chen to ask them to bring the plaque over. So the two carried the plaque into the living room together, and Cui Hong just glanced at it and continued to eat.

When Li Xiaofei and Qin Shun each held up a plaque, Cui Hong stood up and pointed to the plaque tremblingly: "How can you have the plaque given by Emperor Wen of the previous dynasty when your ancestors were officials?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Cui Hong had already gone to the side of the plaque and watched: "It's true, it's true, red sandalwood, one is a model of famous people inscribed by Emperor Wen of the previous dynasty, one is a model of the official eunuch inscribed by the prime minister of the year, and one is a national warrior Wushuang carved out by the general with a knife of the year." Come on, quickly, quickly, give me these three plaques in the study first, I want to choose a good day and auspicious day, and gather the clansmen to re-build the three fast plaques to worship. Be careful, don't break it, if anyone breaks the plaque, don't blame me for killing people without blinking"

Cui Hong, who has always been unsmiling, just popped out of his mouth with so many words, and the servants in the house were also amazed, and hurriedly hugged the plaque and went to the study. Cui Hong held Li Xiaofei and Qin Shun's hands tightly: "Thank you for the friendship, I am grateful to the Qinghe Cui family, I have been slacking off before, please also honor the envoy Haihan"

Li Xiaofei and Qin Shun are also respectful, such as the ancestor of the Cui family, who is loyal to the country, and his merits are comparable to Xiao He and Zhang Liang, both civil and military. Li Xiaofei said later: "In fact, the ancestor of the Cui family just did his duty as a minister, and these other ministers can also do it." The most remarkable thing about the ancestors of the Cui family is that they have cultivated generations of famous ministers and civil officials, and the descendants of later generations are proud of the world, the leaders of the gentry, and the cradle of officials."

Cui Hong actually laughed: "The envoy has held our unscrupulous descendants too high, and even I, the head of the Cui family, sound uncomfortable with these words. But I like what the Envoy said. Come, let's raise a glass together to celebrate the imminent peace between the envoys and Daqin."

As soon as they heard this, Xie Tan, Qin Shun, and Li Xiaofei suddenly relaxed, and the head of the Cui family and Hu Jian, who held military power, both agreed to negotiate peace, and this envoy could be regarded as achieving the goal.

Unexpectedly, Cui Hong's next words made them unable to believe their ears.

Cui Hong was in high spirits at this time, and said with a wine glass: "My family has been a prince for many generations, isn't it more noble than those reckless, if your country and our country reach a peace agreement, send troops and horses to help my Cui clan become the emperor, and the Cui family will cut the land of Han and your country."

Xie Tan's cup fell to the ground all of a sudden, he was also from a big family, even if the head of the family had the idea of becoming the emperor, he would definitely not openly say it at the banquet with the envoys of other countries. Whether this Cui Hong spits out the truth after drinking or comes to test them, no matter which one it is, it is not easy to deal with.

Qin Shun's eyes widened and he stammered: "Master Cui, this joke is too big, this, this, we haven't heard anything, let's talk about this Fenjiu, I still want to drink a few more glasses"

Cui Hong laughed: "My cousin thinks he is smart, but in fact he has no ambitions, what to trade at sea, no matter how rich my Cui family will be in the future, he will still be just a minister and kneel in the next generation, now with my Cui family's reputation and strength, as long as there is foreign aid, why not be the emperor?" ”

Li Xiaofei also became nervous, since Cui Hong dared to make his words clear at the banquet, then he didn't worry about Li Xiaofei and them going out to tell the truth, because they didn't agree with Cui Hong's conditions, and Cui Hong would definitely not keep them in the world. What's more, after killing the envoy, Liang Guoxing's troops took revenge, and it was the military generals who attacked it, and Yu Cui's had no loss at all.

Xie Tan and Qin Shun also broke out in a cold sweat, and they were still patting Cui Hong's ass with a smiling face. Cui Hong gradually lost his patience and slapped the table: "If the three envoys can't deliver the information on my behalf, then I will send an envoy to talk to Chen Hongyi myself." Yingchuan and Jinling also have people from my Cui family, and it is not impossible for me to do great things without you! ”

Li Xiaofei laughed: "Lord Cui is angry, when I first came to your mansion, I thought that Lord Cui was tempting, if we agreed, Lord Cui tied us up and handed us over to General Hu and the Heavenly King of Qin, wouldn't we be sent to death in vain." I am General Chen's personal entourage, and this plaque was brought by General Chen, presumably General Chen and Master Cui are also old friends. Even if we look at General Chen's face, we can also deliver the news to Lord Cui, and whether or not it will be fulfilled depends on the friendship between Lord Cui and General Chen. ”

This remark kicked the problem to Cui Hong, and Cui Hong's attitude eased: "When I was a child, I studied with Chen Hongyi in Luoyang Guozijian, at that time I was young and frivolous, and I often fought with the children of the family in Luoyang, which Chen Hongyi helped me a lot. I'm ashamed to say that I haven't thanked him properly. Later, the world fell apart, and he returned to Lingnan to lead the troops to fight, but he didn't expect that now the soldiers were already coming to the city to ask me for compensation."

Li Xiaofei took the opportunity to answer: "Since Lord Cui and my General Chen have been friends for many years, and they are good brothers who have shared life and death tribulations, Master Cui only needs to send someone to bring tokens to visit General Chen with us, and the big event can be decided." But the Yang family, the Li family and the Cui family were originally officials in the same dynasty, and the Cui family suddenly became lonely in the south, but they wanted to kneel down and call them ministers, is Lord Cui sure to settle them down? ”

Cui Hong waved his hand: "The Yang family and the Li family have long been in the same breath as the Cui family, the in-laws of several generations, and they also approve of the old man calling the emperor to replace the Hou family." The only trouble now is Hu Jian's tens of thousands of Hou family troops. As long as General Chen helps us solve the Hou family's army, there will be no more obstacles. ”

Xie Tan also reacted at this time and answered: "My Xie family can also help the Cui family, Liang Guo Sikong Xie Rui is my own nephew, and my eldest brother Xie Qian is also recruiting displaced people in the Huainan area, and at that time, my Xie family can also directly send troops to Qingzhou, so that the Hou family army can't care about each other." What does Master Cui think? ”

Cui Hong lifted the wine jug with his right hand and personally got up to pour wine for Xie Tan, Li Xiaofei and Qin Shun: "Of the four major families in the south of the Yangtze River, two have supported the old man, and the old man has thanked him in advance." When the time comes, the Chen family will take the Korean land, and the Xie family will take the Qi land, which is just right. ”

Qin Shun also took advantage of the situation to talk: "It's still Lord Cui's foresight, I expect that my emperor will also thank Lord Cui, and he will be able to recover Han Land and Qi Land at once, which is a result that several Northern Expeditions have failed to achieve in the past few decades." ”