"Ah, it's already so late, so let's just give up, don't dare to bother Bai Langzhong." I feigned surprise and gave up.

Bai Zhi didn't say anything, and continued to drive towards the inn.

When I returned to the inn, I sat alone in front of the bookcase in the room and meditated quietly for a night, until the early morning light broke through the sky, and I lay on the desk and fell asleep for a while.

I originally thought that at this birthday banquet, since Emperor Qi took the initiative to pick his head, then there should be arrangements next, but I didn't expect that in the next half a month, I was almost imprisoned in the inn, not to mention going to see Emperor Qi, even if I couldn't take a step out of the door of the guest house.

Those Qi officials who gave gifts diligently are gone, and the reception waiters of the Ministry of Rites have disappeared without a trace, as for Wei Shangshu, it is even more unheard, in the entire inn, in addition to our own envoy team, only the maids who serve are left, oh, by the way, there are also hundreds of dancing girls rewarded by Emperor Qi and the Qi army that surrounded the inn.

I reached out and poured a pot of tea that I had brewed myself into the delicate and beautiful white jade tea cup opposite, with a slight smile on my face, and I raised my eyes to look at the person sitting across from me.

"General Chen, we haven't talked about the past yet."

General Chen Kun, who was invited by me to stalk, looked at the fragrant blue tea in front of him, and frowned: "It seems that there is no old thing to talk about with Shen Xiang in Xia, right?" ”

I didn't expect Chen Kun to give me such a face, his face stiffened, and then I poured a cup of tea for myself as if nothing happened.

"How can there be no old stories to tell? Last time I didn't say goodbye, I have to apologize to the general, right? I smiled and picked up the jade cup in my hand, "This is my very famous green leaf hazy moon tea in Qinguo, I think the general has also heard of it, although my tea making skills are not good, but I still want to be cheeky and ask the general to taste." ”

Chen Kun looked at me smiling and refused to move.

"General Chen?" I saw that he didn't drink tea or speak, so I couldn't help but look at him suspiciously, "Could it be that the general really dislikes my craft?" If that's the case, the general doesn't have to worry about my face, I'll just let the general make a new drink. ”

"Not necessarily." Chen Kun spoke out to stop me who was about to call people, picked up the teacup and said, "I'm tired." After speaking, he raised his head and drank all the tea in the cup.

"The general is really massive." I praised him with a smile, put down the jade cup, picked up the teapot and filled him with a cup, "Such a bold temperament, when it was the big husband's doing, come, the general please." ”

Chen Kun listened to my praise, but there was no happy expression on his face, but a lot heavier, he picked up the teacup, looked at me, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

However, this time he did not immediately put down the jade cup, but held it in his hand, as if he was feeling the residual warmth of the tea cup.

I didn't speak, just smiled and looked at him quietly.

Chen Kun was a little embarrassed by me, and couldn't help but say, "I don't dare to work in the next year, Lord Shen Xiang apologizes, what happened last time was harmless, and it will be left behind a long time ago." ”

"General Chen is so open-minded, he deserves to be a generation of famous generals." I picked up the jade cup and held it up to him, "I must give the general a glass today to show my admiration for the general." ”

Seeing this, Chen Kun immediately put down the teacup and poured himself a cup, and then replied to me, "Lord Shen Xiang praised falsely, and he didn't dare to be ashamed." ”

I raised my eyebrows to see that he had drunk the tea in the cup again, so I didn't pretend to show off, and took a sip.

"Lord Shen Xiang." As soon as Chen Kun put down the teacup, he took the first step to speak out when I spoke, "If you don't have anything else important, you will step back first, after all, where the responsibility lies, you don't dare to ignore it." ”

I didn't force it to stay, but one of my hands accidentally threw the jade cup to the ground, the jade cup "bang" and shattered, and the tea inside also splashed in all directions, and the hot heat filled the air, which did not dissipate for a long time.

Chen Kun was startled, and hurriedly came forward to investigate my situation, I got up and brushed my clothes, staggered the tea on the ground, and took a step back.

"Are you hot?" Chen Kun asked urgently.

I waved my hand and comforted him, "It's okay, it's just a pity that this good tea is a tael." ”

Chen Kun, who was still very anxious, heard me say this, and came to his senses, and said to me helplessly, "Lord Shen Xiang, if you have anything to say, you will definitely listen to it." ”

I looked up at him with a smile, then turned around and sat down behind the bookcase by the window, raised my hand and said, "General Chen, please sit down first, don't be too nervous, this is not a fierce and evil person." ”120

Chen Kun didn't dare to take my words seriously, but at the moment, he couldn't save my face, so he could only sit down according to my words.

"Presumably General Chen also knows that the Prime Minister's envoy to your country this time is for the sake of friendship and peace between the two countries." I smiled and said, "But the prime minister has been stranded in your country for more than two months, but His Majesty Emperor Qi has been reluctant to summon the prime minister, I don't know if General Chen knows the reason?" ”

After a little contemplation, he said, "Everything Your Majesty has to say, I can't wait for a small official, how can I guess Your Majesty's thoughts?" Wan Wang Shen Xiang is relieved, don't blame. ”

There was no annoyance on my face, and I still looked kind and kind, "General Chen is too worried, how can I blame you?" You must know that your country and our country are not only neighbors, but also have a common enemy, and now that the national strength of the unattainable countries is getting stronger and stronger, and the intrusion on us is increasing year by year, if our two countries do not unite, how can we deter these barbarians? ”

Chen Kun listened to my words in his ears, kept them in his heart, and thought about it a little, but there was nothing to refute, but after all, he was only a military general, and he should not consider such political facts.

"My lord thinks far-reachingly, for the country and the people, and he really does not lose the style of the country, but there is still only that sentence in the next, and he is just a military general, and these things you say should be said to Lord Gu Xiang, and he is really unable to help you in the next."

What he said was not unreasonable, I originally wanted to find Gu Yuancheng at first, but as soon as the palace banquet was parted that day, he never came to me again, and I am now limited in my movements, and I can't go to him, so I made this decision to replace Chen Kun.

Chen Kun's current official position is not very high, and he is a military general, I shouldn't have said these things to him, but his father is Chen Xu, the official of the Qi State, the most favored person by Emperor Qi except Gu Yuancheng, if I can persuade Chen Kun to help me speak in front of his father today, then the day when Emperor Qi will summon me is not far off.

But if I can't convince him, I'll have to do something else.

"General Chen." I got up and walked to the broken jade cup, bent down and picked up a fragment, "Do you know why this green leaf hazy moon needs to be filled with this carved white jade cup?" ”

Chen Kun stood up, looked at the fragments in my hand, and then looked at the water trails on the ground, but did not answer.

I let go of the fragment in my hand, picked up the teapot and filled it with the jade cup that belonged to him, and then walked up to him.

"Did you see that?" I pointed to the teacup, "Isn't it smoky, water and moon?" ”

Chen Kun was surprised, "This tea is obviously ......"

"Obviously blue?" I smiled and put the jade cup in his hand, "This is the secret, the green leaf hazy moon in the ordinary porcelain cup, showing the emerald like the clear color, but if it is boiled in the white jade cup, its color will show the color of the bright moon in the misty smoke, this tea, it will also have a taste." ”

"General Chen, do you think the emerald leaves in this carved white jade cup can be the best in tea?"

Chen Kun's eyes gradually widened, and the look of shock on his face could not be concealed.

He had also heard of this green leaf haoyue, because this tea was a tribute of the Qin Kingdom, so he had never seen it with his own eyes, but he also knew the preciousness of this kind of tea, so when Shen Xiang took out this tea to entertain him today, he was already suspicious, and now he completely understood.

She wasn't just hinting at him, she was intimidating him.

He has been growing up since he was a child, he can eat any bitterness, and he doesn't care about any coarse tea and light rice, but only the tea he drinks and wants to vomit, which is why he didn't choose to go to Wenshi like his father, although he didn't have anything to cover up, but there are not many people who know about it, and it can even be said that only his parents and a few little maidservants who serve him know, but this Lord Shen Xiang, who is thousands of miles away from him, knows so clearly, what a terrible thing it is.

Moreover, she used the blend of jade tea and blue tea as a medium, hinting at the prosperity of the intersection between the two countries, which is actually telling him what to do. Judging by how well she knew him, even if he had never revealed his family background, she already knew it.

Shen Xiang of Qinguo is really the person who can make me jealous.

"Lord Shen Xiang." Chen Kun put down the jade cup and hugged his fists and said, "What is in your heart, you will definitely do your best, but the home remedies are not as good as the serious ones, if the adults can guess His Majesty's hidden thoughts on this matter, wouldn't they be able to cure the disease?" ”

I raised my eyebrows, and I was interested, "Oh? Is there any basis for General Chen to say this? ”

"The lord also said that it is not up to barbarianism, and it is true that in recent years, because of the turmoil in the court, the border passes have been lax, and the people have been looted and their families have been ruined. Now that the emperor of your country has ascended to the throne for the first time, intimidating the four seas, my majesty is diligent and loves the people, and does not dare to be tired, if the two countries can really succeed in forming an alliance, will your lord be only satisfied with defense and deterrence? Chen Kun looked up at me.

"What do you mean......"

I was shocked, but I already agreed with Chen Kun's speculation.