And Xiong Huai's actions made the people of Chu Palace panic for a while, and rumors spread everywhere.

The behavior of the king of Chu for many days has caused many people to be dissatisfied, and on the third day, Yin Zhaoyang asked to see the king of Chu.

As a result, he was rejected by the king of Chu on the grounds that he was still sick.

But what's wrong with the King of Chu, what are you doing these days, who doesn't know these ministers, aren't they just waiting stupidly in Wei Meiren's palace!

It's just that the king of Chu was reluctant to come out, so Zhaoyang and the others had no choice but to give up and leave angrily.

On the fourth day, Zhaoyang reported his illness and announced that he was recuperating at home.

After the king of Chu recovered from his illness, he did not go to the court for five consecutive days, and suddenly the people of Yingdu talked about it and rumors.

"Did you hear that? Our king is now fallen, and after a serious illness, he realizes that life is too short and begins to have fun in time. I heard that a wine pond meat forest has been built in the Chu Palace, and I soaked in the wine pool all day long, ignoring the government and politics. ”

"No, I heard that it was the beauty from Wei who seduced the king, and the king frolicked with Wei beauty all day long, ignoring the government and politics."

"Hey, didn't Wei Meiren's nose be cut off, how can an unrecognizable person charm the king?"

"This... This is why Wei Meiren is powerful, I think this Wei Meiren is Daji and the like, who came specifically to harm our Chu State. ”

"Yes, Wei Meiren is a scourge that must be removed."

"What you said is not right, where did I know from the palace that I have never seen Wei Meiren since the king came to Wei Meiren not long ago, and the reason why I have no intention of ruling in the past few days is because I am trying to please Wei Meiren and let Wei Meiren see the king again."

"Nonsense, I heard from the nobles that Wei Meiren was ashamed of himself because of the punishment, and he had no shame to see the king again, no matter how the king summoned him, he avoided it."

"Yes, I also heard that the king has become ill because he can't see Wei Meiren these days, and he has fallen ill again."

"You're wrong, not because you can't see Wei Meiren, but because the king regrets it, regrets that when he was young, he cut off Wei Meiren's nose, and now he regrets it, and he is sad and sad, so he fell ill again."

"I heard from the grapevine that in order to please Wei Meiren, the King of Chu decided to cut off the noses of all the beauties in the Chu Palace, so that everyone is all the same, and there is no heart to compare."

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Regarding the various rumors circulating among the Chinese people, Xiong Huai is in the deep palace, so he naturally can't know. And most of the nobles, for the gossip news of the King of Chu, they only used it as a joke after cooking, and did not take it to heart.

The real questions that the nobles are really concerned about now are, first, what is the King of Chu thinking, he has not met with everyone for five days, and he can't figure out the thoughts of the King of Chu for a while.

The second is the special grand court meeting held five days later, what important things does the king of Chu have to announce?

The third is that the general Qu Kuo led more than 3,000 people (another 1,000 people joined on the way...) He had already reached the front line and began to assist the Zhu State Jingcui in organizing the main force of the Chu State to retreat and retreat from the Yuzhong region of the Qin State to the territory of the Chu State.

At this time, Zhang Yi took the envoy of Chu to Qin, and hurried all the way to Xianyang of Qin.

After Zhang Yi settled the envoy of Chu in Qin, he immediately rushed to the Qin palace to report the results of the envoy to Chu.

Zhang Yi came to the palace of the Qin State, and King Qin Huiwen was already waiting with the chief Wei Zhang, the younger brother of the King of Qin, Yougenli Ji, Keqing Gan Mao and others.

"King Qiqi, Weichen went to Chu State this time..."

Regarding the matter of Chu not to negotiate with the land and ask for Ba, the King of Qin had already gotten the news from the people sent back by Zhang Yi first, but because Zhang Yi did not come back, he did not know the details, and Sima Cuo was still in Pakistan to prepare for the attack of Chu, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

After listening to Zhang Yi's introduction at this moment, King Qin Huiwen immediately asked Zhang Yi's thoughts.

"I wonder what Xiangguo thinks?"

Zhang Yi replied: "Great King, the minister thought that he could agree to the request of the Chu State. ”

"Ba is close to Chu and far from Qin. Moreover, the people of Pakistan do not accept indoctrination, it is difficult to control, and it is not a matter of decades of work to obtain the manpower of the remnants of Pakistan. ”

"The land of Pakistan is barren and difficult to cultivate, and the wealth of Pakistan is in the salt ponds, but the three major salt ponds of Pakistan have now all fallen into the hands of the Chu State, and the Chu State has set up Wu County. Before our Qin State destroyed Ba State, Wu County was an important defense line of Chu State to defend Ba State to recapture Yanchi, and since my Qin State occupied Ba State, Chu State once again strengthened the defense of Wu County. ”

"Moreover, when Weichen was in the Chu State, he saw many Ba people haunting Yingdu, and the disobedience of the people of Bashu and Shu has been revealed."

"If our Qin State attacks Qi State, we will inevitably transfer back most of the troops that suppressed the two countries of Bashu. At this time, the two countries of Bashu are far from being attached, and when they see the transfer of our Qin army, they must have been lucky and wait for the opportunity to restore the country. ”

"My lord, Pakistan is too far away for the whip to reach. If we want to send troops to attack Qi and re-establish Yan, we will inevitably take care of one and lose the other, and it is difficult to take care of everything. ”

Hearing this, he said: "The king, the minister thinks that the argument of Xiangguo is exaggerated, the army of Qin State swept Bashu, and the people of Bashu were terrified, and Keqing Sima Cuo is a person who knows soldiers and is good at fighting, as long as Keqing is still stationed in Baguo, the people of Bashu dare to have two hearts." ”

"The king, when the former guest secretary Sima was wrong about the land of Bashu, he once said: To get Shu is to get Chu, and to get Chu is to get the world. Going down the Han River and the river, it is easy to attack the Chu State, if the Ba State is ceded, the Chu State will inevitably threaten the South Zheng of the Shu State, and the minister thinks that it is impossible to give up the Ba State. ”

Zhang Yi heard the words and said: "King, the words of the right watch are very reasonable. To get Shu is to get Chu, and to get Chu is to get the world, not only can we see it in the Qin State, but also the ministers of the Chu State can see it. ”

"After the Chu State attacked the Qudi of our Qin State in order to relieve the rear concerns of Chu and Hanzhong, the Chu State deployed 100,000 elite soldiers in Hanzhong in order to seize the Nanzheng of our Qin State, and the capture of Nanzheng was to cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Bashu of my Qin State, it is really because the threat of Bashu to Chu is too serious, and Chu State is bound to win for Ba State."

"Now there are troubles of the people of Pakistan in Pakistan and worries of Chu State outside. The state of Chu wants to go all out to seize the country of Ba, but I, the state of Qin, cannot go all out to defend the country of Ba. ”

"Besides, even if my Qin State does its best to defend the Ba Kingdom, under the rugged and remote situation of the road, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it after all."

"King Mingjian, now Pakistan is a scourge to Qin. It's like if a tree is not planted in a place, others will inevitably harm it; and just as there is an unseemly property in the house, it must be damaged. Now the state of Pakistan is where the interests of the state of Chu lie, which is the worry of the state of Qin. ”