"Yes, my lord, the minister will go and inform the general Zhaohua." Chen Zhen said, bowed, turned around and walked out.

Before he went out, he saw Jing Yang, who had become the general of the King of Chu again and served as the general of the city gate, walked into the hall quickly, and then bowed his hand: "King, the envoy of the Yue Kingdom is visiting Juyu." ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "It seems that King Yue has received the news that the widow has stopped here, so he specially sent someone to inquire." ”

As he spoke, he said to Chen Zhen, who was still in the hall: "Chen Qing, you have to go to welcome the Yue envoy into the city, and the widow wants to summon him." ”

Chen Zhen turned around and saluted, "Only." ”

After a short time, Chen Zhen walked in with the Yue envoy.

After Yue Juyu entered the hall, he saw the king of Chu sitting above with his head down, and the corners of his eyebrows were faintly worried, not only suspicious.

He is a Yue person, and the two countries of Chu and Yue have been friendly over the years, and under the intentional promotion of the Chu State, the nobles of Chu and Yue have frequently married each other.

And this sentence is one of them, with a good impression of Chu State.

At this moment, when Ju Yu saw the King of Chu like this, he immediately suppressed the doubts in his heart and saluted: "Foreign minister Ju Yu pays a visit to the Chu people." ”

Xiong Huai nodded, and asked in a weak voice, "Excuse me, I don't know what advice the envoy has here?" ”

Ju Yu's lowered eyes did not dare to look directly at the King of Chu, but the afterglow of his eyes never left the face of the King of Chu, and while paying attention to the King of Chu, he responded: "King, your country and our country have made an appointment, your country has surrounded Tancheng, and our soldiers have surrounded Langya, so as to contain the Qi army, so as not to let the Qi army go to Wei for reinforcements."

However, now the more than 200,000 Chu troops led by the king, since they conquered this city 20 days ago, have been stranded in the land of more than 100 miles of projectiles in Tancheng here, and there is no sign of advancing at all. The widow was very worried about this, and he didn't know what had happened, so that this happened. ”

The words before the sentence are very direct, without the slightest euphemism.

But in the end, he still didn't ask directly, and still wanted to listen to Chu Guo's explanation, which was quite inward-looking.

First, the decision of Chu and Yue was only to contain the Qi State, rather than directly attacking the Qi State.

If Chu and Yue had decided to attack Qi at the beginning, but as a result, Chu had stayed in Pingcheng for twenty days, I am afraid that the king of Yue would have been suspicious.

Second, the state of Chu is the most powerful country today, and Yu Yu really has no confidence to ask the king of Chu as the overlord of the world.

Xiong Huai heard Ju Yu's seemingly tough but weak inquiry, raised his head, looked at Ju Yu intently, opened his mouth, wanted to speak and stopped, then shook his head, turned into a long sigh, and finally said nothing.

Ju Yu was stunned when he saw this, and then his face showed embarrassment.

Now he is the envoy of the Yue Kingdom and asks questions to the king of Chu, but as a result, the king of Chu has no intention of explaining.

This is very rude.

It's just that now that Chu and Yue are still on good terms, let him leave without his sleeves, and he won't dare.

Therefore, for a while, the sentence was frozen in place, neither advancing nor retreating. Staying in place, his face kept changing, and the three points of favor he originally had for Chu State in his heart suddenly dissipated without a trace.

On the other side, Chen Zhen's expression changed when he saw the sentence, and he immediately arched his hand and said, "Envoy, there is a reason why our country has stayed here for so long. ”

Seeing Chen Zhen explain, Ju Yu's face softened slightly, and then asked Chen Zhen, "Sir, dare to ask why?" ”

Chen Zhen glanced at the King of Chu who was worried on the throne, and also opened his mouth, but did not say the reason, but walked into the side of Ju Yu, and said in his ear: "Messenger, I can't hide it, not long ago, the news came from the capital of Yingdu, the son of the widow and the queen, and the youngest son of the widow, Gongzi, suddenly fell seriously ill. The widow was far away in the Qi country, worried about the illness of his son, but he could not return to Yingdu, and he was anxious, so he delayed the siege of Tancheng. ”

Ju Yu was stunned for a moment, looked at Chen Zhen in surprise, and asked, "Is this true?" ”

Chen Zhen ignored the skeptical expression on Ju Yu's face, and nodded with certainty: "It's true!" ”

Yu Yu was speechless when he heard this.

He didn't doubt that Chu Gongzi was really sick.

Now in this world, all countries are the same, and the people with the highest mortality rate are either hard-fought soldiers or young children. Whether it is the son of a slave or the son of a king, if he really gets sick, it will be a hurdle.

But Ju Yu thought that the king of Chu would definitely not stop marching because of this, which was too.

Whether it is the king of Chu or the king of Yue, the children who died of illness are not one or two, how could the king of Chu stop advancing for the sake of a young son.

So, it's just an excuse.

This is not only fooling him, but also fooling King Yue.

Thinking of this, Ju Yu was about to resign and go back to report to King Yue about the rudeness of the Chu State.

As a result, at this time, Jingyang suddenly walked in from outside with a pale face, completely ignoring the Yue envoy on his side, and bowed in a panic: "King, it's not good, Sikong Zhao Yuyu." ”

As soon as these words came out, the three people in the hall were taken aback.

Xiong Huai glanced at Jingyang in surprise, and found for the first time that Jingyang, a kid, could not only act, but also add drama to himself.

And Chen Zhen looked at Jing Yang hesitantly, he knew that Jing and Zhao were fighting openly and secretly, and he also knew that Jing Yang was very smart, but he didn't believe that Jing Yang dared to joke with Sikong Zhaoyu.

As for Yue Yu, he secretly guessed in his heart at this moment: Could it be that this is the reason for the stagnation of the Chu army, and the king of Chu got the news that Zhao Yu was seriously ill and about to die before, so he stopped the army?

On the other side, Jingyang lay on the ground, did not hear the voice of the King of Chu, and immediately straightened up, but found that the King of Chu handed over an encouraging look, and immediately with a cry in his voice, he quickly explained: "King, when the minister returned to the city wall to inspect, he met Zhaoye, the grandson of Sikong Zhaoyu, who was wearing plain clothes and asked to see the king outside the city. As soon as the minister heard that Sikong Xue had arrived, he immediately rushed to report to the king. At this moment, Zhao Ye had already entered the city and was rushing over to meet the king. ”

"Zhaoye? Plain clothes? Xiong Huai's face changed, and he saw that Jingyang was really about to cry.

Suddenly shocked, could it be that Zhao Yuxue is gone?

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai jumped up from his seat, and while walking out quickly, he hurriedly said, "Zhaoye is coming from that direction, don't lead the way quickly." ”

When Jingyang heard this, he immediately stood up with his support, and walked forward quickly to lead the way: "King, it's the South Gate." ”

Xiong Huai nodded, and then hurried out.

Seeing this, Chen Zhen and Ju Yu glanced at each other, and then they all followed the King of Chu with complicated expressions.

Xiong Huai didn't go far from the big tent, only walked more than ten steps, and saw Zhao Ye wearing plain clothes, hurriedly running over, came to the front, and immediately wept and bowed: "King, my ancestor died half a month ago. ”