The other side.

South Korea's Xinzheng, Han Prime Minister Han Chen is reporting to King Han.

"Great King, the news sent back by Daliang, the day before yesterday, the King of Wei received the envoy of our country, and the King of Wei has agreed to borrow grain in principle for our country's request for borrowing grain. However, the matter of borrowing grain was questioned by some ministers, who doubted our country's determination to deal with the matter of destroying Chu.

Some ministers even said that because of our weakness in the attack on Chencheng, the five-nation coalition army attacked the city for more than half a year, but did not achieve any results.

Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of Wei said that Wei could borrow grain, but they needed the king to go to the border of Han and Wei to swear an oath with the king of Wei, so that our Han army would attack Chencheng with all its might. ”

"Huh." When King Han heard the news from the Wei State, he immediately sneered.

"My South Korea sent troops to attack Chencheng, but this was at the request of Qi and Wei, and I went to help. Now that the Korean army has stormed Chencheng for more than half a year, it has consumed all the food in our South Korea, and it has not flinched at all, and the widow can be said to have done his best to the Wei State.

As a result, now Wei is not only unwilling to borrow grain immediately, but also complains about the passivity of our South Korean army.

Could it be that the king of Wei was not afraid of the outnumbered people to withdraw the Korean army? ”

As soon as Han Chen heard King Han's angry words, he hurriedly persuaded: "The king also asks to calm his anger, Qi and Wei are powerful, we have just been weakened by various countries and fell out with the Chu State, now we must not offend the Wei State, so as not to suffer another military disaster." ”

"Hmph." King Han snorted coldly and complained: "You can't offend the Wei State, isn't it enough to let the widow help the Wei State fight, and I personally went to beg the King of Wei in a low voice." ”

Han Chen saw that King Han's face was not at odds, and immediately comforted: "The king naturally doesn't have to be like this, we attack Chencheng to help the Wei State, as long as we send a messenger to explain to the King of Wei, I think the King of Wei understands things." The reason why King Wei didn't agree immediately before must be because of the death of the crown prince, and King Wei has not recovered from the pain of losing his son. ”

When King Han heard that Han Chen had asked him to send a messenger to beg King Wei, a wave of anger suddenly appeared in his heart. However, when he heard Han Chen talk about the death of the crown prince of Wei, he also understood the king of Wei a little, so he responded unhappily: "Okay, leave this matter to Xiangguo." ”

"Yui."

Then, King Han asked again: "Xiangguo, can Qin Guo and the two weeks send back news?" ”

"Back to the king, Xianyang of Qin State is far away, and our envoy who asked for grain should not have arrived yet, as for the two weeks, the Western Zhou Jun has already agreed to our request, and the first batch of grain sent by the Western Zhou State has already set off.

As for the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, the messenger who replied should return between today and tomorrow. ”

Speaking of this, Han Chen was about to tell King Han that the envoy who went to the Western Zhou Kingdom reported that the Western Zhou Jun was very unhappy because of Korea's two successive requests, but as soon as he saw that King Han's face was not at this time, he rotted this matter in his stomach, and did not dare to report this matter to King Han, lest King Han be even more unhappy.

Anyway... The Western Zhou State was only a vassal state of Korea, and it had no strength to resist Korea at all.

At this time, King Han listened to Han Chen's words and nodded: "Okay, Xiangguo will pay attention to the matter of borrowing grain first, and as soon as there is news from the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, he will immediately report to the widow." ”

"Yui."

Ten days later, Xian Yin Fan Huan was the first to rush to Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea.

"The two kingdoms and the Wei kingdoms have agreed to borrow grain, and there is no news from the Qin kingdom yet."

"Although some ministers persuaded the King of Wei not to borrow grain unconditionally, it only dragged on for five days, and as soon as the second wave of Korean envoys arrived, the King of Wei still agreed to borrow grain."

After Fan Huan arrived in Xinzheng, his heart sank slightly when he heard that South Korea had received food from the three countries. He hurried slowly in the past ten days, galloping all the way to Xinzheng, but he was still one step slower.

Now that South Korea has received enough food to tide over the food shortage, there is little hope that he will persuade South Korea to withdraw from the army.

However, the king's destiny is here, and even if there is little hope, he still has to try.

Han Chen's mansion.

"Fan Huan, the envoy of the State of Chu, asks to see?" Han Chen was stunned at first, and then sneered: "Fan Huan is here, he must have heard that I Korea was short of food not long ago, so he came to persuade the prime minister to let South Korea withdraw its troops."

It's a pity... Now there is no shortage of food in South Korea. ”

Saying that, Han Chen smiled and ordered: "Let Fan Huan come to see the original appearance, the original appearance wants to see how this Fan Huan intends to convince me." ”

Soon, Fan Huan came to the hall and saw Han Chen sitting on the main seat with a cold face, his heart was cold, and he immediately walked forward to greet him.

"I've seen Xiangguo."

"No courtesy." Han Chen said in a distant and indifferent tone: "Now that Chu and Han are at war, Mr. has come all the way from Yingdu to Xinzheng, I don't know if there is any advice?" ”

Seeing this, Fan Huan was very unhappy in his heart.

Although the state of Chu is now besieged by the five countries, and Chu and Han are enemy countries, when Han Chen saw him coming, he neither stood up to greet him, nor did he let people serve tea and wine, which was really not hospitality.

You must know, not to mention that when the uncle was the minister of Han before, it was when the prince was the minister of the Han Dynasty, and when the two countries of Chu and Han did not deal with each other, the prince was also treated as a guest in the face of the envoy of the state of Chu.

And Han Chen, as if he thought that he had sat in the position of Han Xiang, was the prime minister of a great country, and he could be superior to others when facing the envoy of Chu State.

Although he was very unhappy in his heart, Fan Huan remembered King Chu's entrustment, and still smiled at him.

"Xiangguo, the widow heard that you were the new prime minister of Han, and he came to congratulate him. Present a four-color stone, a pair of jade, 100 glass beads, 100 gold and 100 Yi as congratulations, hoping to make friends with Xiangguo. ”

When Han Chen heard this, he immediately swallowed and said.

Great gift, this is definitely a big gift.

He has heard of the reputation of the five-color stone for a long time, but it is a pity that the five-color stone is too precious and even the Chu people are difficult to see. Even if it is a second-grade four-color stone, it is priceless, and I have never heard of anyone outside the Chu State obtaining it.

The only thing that appears outside of the countries is the tricolor stone, which is also a precious anomaly. It's like the piece he collected himself, which he bought from the state of Chu for five hundred gold trustees.

A four-color stone is enough to become the most precious treasure in his burial.

Not to mention a pair of jade, 100 glass beads, 100 gold and 100 jade, jade glass beads are also common, for him it is just an ordinary thing, but the gold 100 Yi is a real lot of wealth.

One eridium gold is twenty catties, and one hundred eridium is two thousand catties, and he has never made so much money in his life.

Thinking about it, Han Chen's breathing couldn't help but become a little heavy and disordered.

After a long time, Han Chen suppressed the greed in his heart, and became indifferent again: "No merit, no friendship, no friendship with the King of Chu, the King of Chu suddenly sent this generous gift, it must be very much, please forgive me for being powerless." ”

"Alas!" When Fan Huan heard this, he immediately persuaded: "Xiangguo is too worried, just a small gift, just a congratulatory gift from the widow, congratulating Xiangguo on taking office, and asking for nothing." ”

Han Chen glanced at Fan Huan deeply and said with a smile: "Sir, you don't need to say much, the King of Chu's heart is in his heart, but the gift, forget it." ”

After that, Han Chen directly closed his eyes and waved his hand: "The heart of the King of Chu has been understood, sir, please go back." ”

Fan Huan saw Han Chen rushing away, his whole body stiffened, and then he left unhappily.

After Fan Huan left, it was a long time before Han Chen opened his eyes and sighed, "It's a pity..."

On the other side, after Fan Huan left Han Chen's mansion, he glanced back at the gate of Han Chen's mansion and snorted coldly: "Toast and don't eat and drink." ”

With that, Fan Huan immediately walked towards Gong Zhong's mansion.

Not long after, Han Chen received a report from the doorman, and couldn't help frowning deeply: "Fan Huan went to the Gongzhong Mansion and received extremely high courtesy, could it be that the King of Chu plans to let the Gongzhong return to China?" ”

Speaking of this, Han Chen was shocked in vain, Gong Zhong was a confidant of King Han, and his status in King Han's heart was far above him, and Gong Zhong still went to Chu State as a hostage for the sake of Korea. If the public is to return to China, his position as the prime minister...

Thinking of this, Han Chen suddenly regretted a little, he had refused too simply just now. It's just that he just drove Fan Huan away, so he hurriedly pasted it, which didn't seem appropriate.

Just when Han Chen was nervous, a few days later, Gongsun Ze, the grandson of Gongsun Yan and the eldest grandson of Linhai Jun of Chu State, who succeeded him, rushed to the Great Liang of Wei State. 8)