"What?" Xiong Huai's face changed instantly.

The relationship between Yue and Qi has always been bad, and this time Yue intends to sell grain to Qi, which is obviously showing goodwill to Qi.

If the Yue State throws itself to the Qi State, plus the Wei State that has been co-opted by the Qi State, the countries around Qi and Chu will only be the Song State.

Thinking about it, a cold light appeared in Xiong Huai's eyes, and he said sharply: "What does King Yue want to do?" ”

"Do you think that the Qi State has won over Zhao and Wei, and it will be stronger than my Chu State, and I want to turn my back on Chu Lianqi. Not to mention that the Sanjin has not betrayed the Chu State, even if the Sanjin Dynasty betrays the Chu State, can't the widows defeat the Qi State, and they can't clean up the Yue State? ”

As he spoke, he snorted coldly again, and said hatefully: "Let the Yue Kingdom be arrogant for two years, and sooner or later the widow will invite the King of Yue to come to Yingdu to sit." ”

Chen Zhen was also dissatisfied with the behavior of Yue Guo knowing that the relationship between Qi and Chu was not good, and planned to sell grain to Qi State, and responded: "The king is wise, Yue Guo has shown a tendency to befriend Qi State, and it must be suppressed." Otherwise, once Chu and Yue are at war, the State of Qi will intervene, which will be very unfavorable to the State of Chu. ”

"Moreover, the Yue State is slow to sell grain to the Qi State, and Zhao Slip will obstruct it with all its might, which will definitely make the Qi State hate the Chu State, which is obviously creating an incident between the two countries of Qi and Chu, and it must be guarded against."

Xiong Huai nodded and said, "Send a message to Gongziyu, and let him go all out to stop Yue Guo from selling grain." ”

"Yui!"

After Chen Zhen left, Xiong Huai sighed silently.

Qi borrowing grain is like a touchstone, and it instantly tries out all the thoughts of all countries.

Although Yan and Zhao had the intention of making friends with the Qi State, they were still very wary of the Qi State.

Wei had already made up his mind to befriend Qi and Qi Chu at the same time; The Song State was still on the side of the Chu State; And Yue Guo, at present, I am afraid that he has a different mind.

The situation of the Chu family being the dominant family is gone forever.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai couldn't help but feel a little irritable in his heart, paused, and commanded: "Sikong, notify Wei Meiren, and say that the widow wants to listen to the piano!" ”

······

Two days later, in the afternoon, when Xiong Huai was busy reading Taoist classics, Li Qiu came over and reported: "King, Ling Yin asks to see!" ”

Xiong Huai nodded, his gaze did not take off Mu Jian, and responded: "Please Ling Yin come in." ”

"No."

After a while, Jing Lili walked over slowly, and when he saw that the King of Chu was reading, he slowed down, walked to the side and stopped, and waited quietly.

It wasn't until the King of Chu finished reading this scroll of wooden tablets and put down the wooden tablets that Jing Li opened his mouth and saluted: "Great King." ”

Xiong Huai asked, "What happened to Ling Yin?" ”

Jing Li responded: "The king, the secret envoy of the Yue Kingdom came to visit and asked the king to summon him. ”

"The secret envoy of the Yue Kingdom?" Xiong Huai was stunned, only two days ago that he knew that Yue Guo planned to lend grain to Qi State, intending to make good friends with Qi State, but he didn't want to, but now there is a secret envoy from Yue State to Chu.

Xiong Huai's eyes froze, could it be that Yue Guo was secretly calculating something.

After hesitating, Xiong Huai asked: "Ling Yin, who is the envoy of the Yue Kingdom, and what is the matter of the secret envoy of the Yue Kingdom?" ”

Jing Liying said: "King, this time the envoy to the Chu State is the important minister of the Yue State, and as for the purpose of the Yue State, it seems to be related to the Qi State. ”

"It's related to the Qi Kingdom!" When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately spoke: "Please enter the palace secretly for a while." ”

"No." Jing Li answered, then turned to leave.

Soon, Jing Carp came over with a person dressed in Chu costume, who was the important minister of the Yue Kingdom.

When he got closer, the princess saluted and said, "The foreign minister and the princess pay a visit to the king of Chu." ”

"Excuse me!"

After the master sat down, Xiong Huai asked curiously, "I don't know what advice Mr. Yue sent to Chu State?" ”

"Don't dare!" Gongshi Yu responded: "The king, the widow sent his ministers to Chu just to ask, I don't know what the king thinks about the burning of the grain and grass in the country." ”

"What do you think!" Xiong Huai glanced at Gongshiyu, although he longed for King Qi to die now, but in front of outsiders, he was dignified King Chu, naturally not the kind of person who gloated when disasters occurred in other countries.

So, Xiong Huai said solemnly: "For the misfortune suffered by the Qi State, the widow deeply mourns, but the strength of the Chu State is insufficient, so he can only mourn silently in his heart, but cannot help." ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai said intentionally or unintentionally: "I heard that the king of Qi sent an envoy to Yue to ask for help, and Yue Guo plans to support Qi food!" ”

After that, Xiong Huai sighed: "King Yue is really the king of benevolence and righteousness!" ”

Gongshiyu listened to the words of the king of Chu with a gun and a stick, and immediately explained: "King, misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding between the Chu State and our country!" ”

"Qi is the enemy of Chu, Yue is an ally of Chu, but the widow has always remembered the alliance between Chu and Yue, and he keeps it in mind every day, and he dare not forget it. Therefore, how could the widow monarch leave aside the Chu State, intersect with the Qi State alone, and sell grain to the Qi State when the Qi State was in urgent need of grain and grass! ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately asked in surprise: "Messenger, what do you mean?" ”

Regarding Gongshiyu's words, Xiong Huai only believed half of it.

You must know that the news that has come back from Yue Guo in the past two days, whether it is the spies Nei Ma or Zhao Hua's side, is all saying that Yue Guo intends to sell grain to Qi State.

Seeing the suspicious gaze of the King of Chu, Gongshiyu looked left and right, but did not speak.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai immediately understood, and retreated left and right, leaving only Jing Carp and Li Qiu, and asked: "Although the envoy said bluntly, the people in this palace now are all the henchmen of my Chu State. ”

Gongshiyu nodded and said, "Does the king already know that the Kingdom of Qi is negotiating with the State of Qi about borrowing grain?" ”

Xiong Huai nodded.

Seeing that the King of Chu nodded, Gongshiyu continued: "Great King, this is the strategy of our country, the purpose is to paralyze the Qi country, so as to take the opportunity to attack the Qi country!" ”

"Now that the country of Qi is suffering from this catastrophe, and the domestic food is insufficient, it is a good opportunity to crusade against the country of Qi."

"Therefore, the widow ordered his ministers to come to Chu just to ask if the king intended to attack Qi."

Xiong Huai was stunned, and couldn't help but look at the corner of the public master, and when he saw his expectant look, he was speechless.

Could it be that the Yue State had tasted the sweetness in the process of crusading against the Qi State three times in a row before, and now he actually took the initiative to deceive the Qi State and instigated the Chu State to attack Qi!

Thinking about it, the first three wars of Qi have yielded a lot of gains from the Yue Kingdom.

And the current territory in the south of Qi State, such as Tancheng Langya and other cities, was also the land of Yue State before, especially Langya City, but it has been the capital of Yue State for decades.

Now that Yue Guo is obsessed with fighting Qi, it seems to be a matter of course.

It's just that what is the benefit of attacking Qi for Chu?

Even if the Qi State is defeated, it is only to gain a little population and land, if it is the same as last time, it will undoubtedly delay the time of the Chu State's invasion, which is a great mistake for the overall strategy of the Chu State.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai shook his head and said, "Although the Qi country is in trouble now, it seems that something is wrong to take advantage of the danger of others. ”

Seeing that the King of Chu didn't seem to have the intention of attacking the Qi State, Gongshi Yu immediately spoke: "King, the opportunity must not be lost and will not come again, and now that the Qi State is suffering from a shortage of food, isn't it a God-given opportunity?" ”

"As long as our Chu-Yue coalition army attacks the Qi country on a large scale, it will definitely attract the Qi army to come to confront it. At that time, there is no need for us to take the initiative to attack, as long as we hold on to the Qi State for a few months, then the Qi State will inevitably be defeated due to the lack of food available, and this is the easy way to defeat the Qi State. ”

"Otherwise, it will be difficult to wait for the Qi State to survive this catastrophe and defeat the Qi State."