In fact, Sui He and Lu Jia inadvertently did Mr. Shusun a great favor, if they hadn't personally assassinated Mr. Shusun, Qi Wangtian, who had never had direct contact with the Han army, would probably not meet with Mr. Shusun, and it was even very likely that he would fulfill his promise to Lu Jia and Sui He, and cook Mr. Shusun directly to death with Ding without saying a word, so as to show his loyalty to Xiang Yu.

However, Lu Jia and Sui He's assassination had the opposite effect, after Mr. Shusun, who had rich experience in escaping, got rid of their pursuit, he immediately realized that if he couldn't see Tian Jiao quickly, even if he could run again, he would never be able to escape from Linzi City, and no matter where he hid, as long as Lu Jia and others found out, they would definitely dare to kill themselves directly without Tian Jiao's consent, so they gritted their teeth and simply fled to the gate of King Qi's palace to ask for a meeting, and directly sought the protection of Tian Jiao himself.

was expected by Mr. Uncle Sun, and after the situation was reported to Tian Jiao, Tian Jiao was really furious immediately, and said angrily: "What a big guts! The envoys of the Western Chu army don't take this king seriously, and without the permission of this king, they even dare to kill the envoys of the Han thieves in the capital of the widowed country, which is simply rampant to the extreme! ”

The clay man also has a three-point temperament, of course, not to mention that Tian Fake is still a prince? Therefore, in extreme anger, Tian Jiao not only ordered the guards to immediately bring Mr. Shusun into the palace to protect him, but also shouted: "Send someone to bring the envoys of the Western Chu army to this king immediately!" This king wants to ask them face to face, is this Qi country up to them, or is this king up to the final say?! ”

It's not bad for Lu Jia and Sui He, after finally entering the palace of King Qi, although Mr. Uncle Sun immediately asked Tian Jia to meet, Tian Jia didn't rush to meet him, otherwise, if Mr. Uncle Sun was the first to say that he had saved his life for Sui He, then Tian Jia would definitely have a worse impression of Lu Jia and Sui He. And when the guards of the Qi Palace finally found Lu Jia and Sui He, who were searching for Mr. Uncle Sun all over the city, they learned that Mr. Uncle Sun had fled directly to the palace of King Qi, Lu Jia and Sui He also immediately secretly shouted that it was not good, so they could only hurry to the palace with the guards to meet Tian Jiao.

Luck was on the side of Lu Jia and Sui He this time, when they entered the palace, the Han army envoy who happened to receive the news sent Mr. Shusun clothes, seals and a letter from Uncle Zhou to Tian Jiao, and Mr. Uncle Sun, who had just washed off the charcoal ash on his body, was changing his clothes, so they also came first, and met Tian Jiao one step faster than Mr. Shusun.

"Today's matter, do the two gentlemen want to give an explanation to the widow?"

Of course, this is Tian Jiao's first sentence when he sees Lu Jia and Sui He, Lu Jia and Sui He, who have already discussed on the road, immediately pulled the tiger skin to make a big banner, saluted Tian Jiao and said: "The king of Qi forgives the sin, and the foreign ministers and others also know that today's matter is too presumptuous, but the foreign ministers have no way to immediately execute the envoy sent by the Han thieves to Linzi, which is the order of General Zuo Sima Xiang Zhuang Xiang of our Western Chu Army, and the foreign ministers and others are also acting on orders." The ministers and others knew that this would be too offensive to the Shengwei of King Qi, so they didn't dare to say more, so they only asked the king to send it at will. ”

After that, Lu Jia and Sui He really pleaded guilty to Tian Jiao, pretending to be frightened by Tian Jiao's slaughter, and then Lu Jia did not expect it, no matter how angry Tian Jiao, who did not dare to offend the Western Chu Army, no matter how angry he was, he really didn't dare to give them anything, so he could only roar with a blue face: "Then why don't you report to the widow first?" The thief is also the enemy of the widow, if you want to kill the thief's messenger, can the widow not agree? ”

"If you would say yes, we wouldn't do it." Lu Jia and Sui He snorted coldly in their hearts, and then Lu Jia replied first: "The king blames it, and the ministers are too impulsive. But this is also for a reason, the reason is that General Zuo Sima Xiangzhuang of our Western Chu Army has an order, and second, the king, you also know that the foreign ministers and other family members and children in Nanyang have all been poisoned by the Han thieves, and the deep hatred and hatred of the Han thieves are not in the same place, so on the spur of the moment, they drove out such a thing. ”

"King, please issue an edict to deal with the two foreign ministers." Sui He also hurriedly said: "The foreign ministers and others did such a ridiculous thing on the spur of the moment, and they really regretted it, so the foreign ministers and others did not dare to say anything, so they could only ask the king to deal with it at will, and the foreign ministers and others would never dare to have any complaints." ”

If Lu Jia and Sui He do not have the background of the Western Chu Army, then needless to say, Tian Jiao will definitely immediately order the guards to push them out and behead them immediately, but there is no way, Tian Jia does not dare to offend the Western Chu Army no matter what, so he can only force himself to calm down with his chest rising and turning, and he has to find a way to find himself under the stairs. It turned out to be a coincidence, just at this time, there was a report from Mr. Shusun outside the hall, and Tian Jiao also took the opportunity to go down the steps and shouted: "Get up, I'll talk about your affairs later, and bring the Han thief messenger first." ”

"King Xie." Lu Jia and Sui He hurriedly thanked them, and then when they got up, Lu Jia and Sui He quickly exchanged a look, and they were all ready to wait for Mr. Shusun to open his mouth and scold them for being ungrateful, and they would take revenge, so they immediately reversed black and white, and insisted that the Han army had killed their family members in Nanyang!

Lu Jia and Sui He were surprised, and after being led to the main hall of Qi Palace, Mr. Shusun not only did not have red eyebrows and green eyes when he saw them, but on the contrary, he saluted Tian Fake respectfully as usual, and said loudly: "The servants under the command of the King of Han shoot the uncle and grandson Tong, and thank the King of Qi for saving his life." ”

"Sir, don't be busy, thank you." Tian Jiao's attitude towards Mr. Uncle Sun was not very good, and he sneered and said: "The widow just left you alive temporarily, how to send you down, I will talk about it later." ”

"It doesn't matter, since the foreign minister has come to the Qi country, he is naturally ready to let the king of Qi fall." Mr. Shusun seemed to have suddenly changed into a person, not only did he no longer have his trademark greedy life and fear of death flattery on his face, but on the contrary, he became calm and confident, and said to Tian Jiao: "However, before the king of Qi disposes of the foreign ministers, he also asks the king of Qi to be gracious and allows the foreign ministers to ask the envoy of the Western Chu army a question." ”

"A question for the envoy of the Western Chu Army?" Tian Fake paused, then subconsciously nodded and said, "Okay, you ask." ”

"King Xie Qi." Mr. Uncle Sun thanked him in a very chic manner, and then got up even more chic and turned to Sui He and Lu Jia, and said loudly: "Mr. Suihe, Mr. Lu Jia, as the so-called master of each is his master, you don't remember the old man's life-saving grace back then, and poison the old man, the old man doesn't blame you." The old man only asks you one question now, what happened to the people of Qi who sacrificed their lives to save the old man? Did it hurt them? ”

"Such a cunning old horseman, obviously scolding us for being ungrateful, and we will take revenge, but we can still say it so beautifully."

Sui He and Lu Jia were secretly angry in their hearts, so they didn't answer Mr. Shusun's question, and Mr. Shusun immediately looked angry and shouted, "Why don't you speak?" Did you harm that Qi family? The old man told you that you will take revenge on me, and the old man can not care about you, but if you really kill the people of Qi who rescued the old man, you will die! Even if our Han soldiers catch you in the future, they will never accept your surrender, but will only cut your car in half, and avenge the innocent people of Qi State! ”

After that, Mr. Shusun quickly turned to Tian Jiao again, and said again: "King Qi, it seems that the people of the Qi country have really been poisoned by these two puppets, and the foreign ministers have always received the grace of dripping water, and they will definitely repay them with a spring, and ask the king of Qi to allow the foreign ministers to take out a sum of money to thank the living relatives of the people of the Qi country, so as to show the foreign ministers' gratitude to them." ”

Of course, Tian Jiao understood that Mr. Uncle Sun was knocking on the side, telling himself how Lu Jia and Sui He were rampant and domineering in Linzi City, and how they didn't take themselves as the King of Qi in their eyes, but he still couldn't help but be angry and reborn, turned to Lu Jia and Sui He and asked with a sneer: "Two gentlemen, why don't you speak?" What has happened to the people of your kingdom? ”

"The king is at ease." Lu Jia replied stubbornly: "The foreign ministers didn't do anything to them, they just asked them a few words about the whereabouts of the messenger of the Han thief, and then let them go." ”

"Mr. He, I hope you didn't lie to the old man again." Mr. Shusun immediately said: "When King Han Shenyang wanted to use the Ding to cook you to death, it was the old man who begged King Han to be extrajudicial and spare your life, I hope you don't use the method of thanking the old man to thank the innocent people of Qi State." ”

"Old Puff!" Sui He suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly shouted: "This official killed you because of ......." ”

"That's it!" Mr. Shusun immediately interrupted Sui He and said, "The old man has already said that you don't care about your kindness and revenge, and you don't need to say more." The old man saved you back then, even if the old man was blind and saved a white-eyed wolf! ”

"Old Puff!"

Sui He was so angry that he was insulted by Mr. Shusun, and subconsciously grabbed the hilt of the sword on his waist again, Mr. Shusun laughed when he saw it, and said, "Mr. Suihe, what's the matter?" In front of King Qi, what else do you want to do? ”

Lu Jia hurriedly held down Sui He, Tian Jiao was full of anger, and snorted coldly: "Mr. Sui He, do you really want to remind the widow to know that this is the palace of the king of Qi of this king, not your Western Chu military camp?" ”

Sui He had no choice but to let go of the hilt of the sword, and obediently apologized to Tian Jiao again, and Mr. Shusun took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, saying: "King Qi, with all due respect to the foreign minister's bluntness, Mr. Lu Jia and Mr. Sui He not only want the life of the foreign minister this time, but also want your life!" If they kill the old man, it will be equivalent to indirectly killing you, King of Qi! ”

"Alarmist!" Tian Fake said proudly: "What kind of thing are you, and you deserve to be compared to a widow?" ”

"The foreign minister is a humble Confucian student, of course, he is not worthy of being compared with the king of Qi." Mr. Shusun hit the snake with the stick, and immediately continued: "But the foreign ministers are definitely not alarmist, because once they kill the foreign ministers, it is equivalent to forcing the king of Qi to a dead end that cannot be turned back, from now on, the king you can only be at their mercy, such as sending slaves, do not dare to disobey at all, and have to be buried for the Western Chu thief army." ”

"Old horseman, shut up! Hugh has to talk about it here! Lu Jia was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed his hand to Tian Jiao and said: "King Qi, this old puppet uncle Sun Tong is clearly provoking slander and vainly trying to drive a wedge between your country and our Western Chu army, please King Qi immediately issue an order to push this old puppet out and behead him in public!" ”

"King Qi, please see, Mr. Lu Jia is really in a hurry, isn't he?"

Mr. Shusun laughed and said, "Mr. Lu Jia, it's useless for you to be anxious, how wise and wise King Qi is, can you understand your malicious intentions?" As long as you kill the old man, the two countries of Han and Qi will completely turn against each other, and there is no possibility of reconciliation, and then the King of Qi has no choice but to let your fox and fake tiger power at the mercy of the banner of the Western Chu Army, and you can only let you run rampant in the Qi country, bullying and domineering, do you really think that the King of Qi knows nothing? King Qi, he is just holding up for the time being, and watching you clowns jump off the beam for the time being. ”

"Old horseman, you are talking nonsense!" Lu Jia was even more anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly turned to Tian Jiao and said: "King Qi, please don't listen to the instigation of this old horseman, the foreign ministers and others have great courage, and they don't dare to have such thoughts." ”

"If you didn't have such courage, you wouldn't have directly killed people and bullied the people of the widow in Linzi City today." Tian Jiao snorted coldly in his heart, but he didn't say a word.

"King Qi, please allow the foreign ministers to get straight to the point." Mr. Shusun arched his hand and said: "Although the foreign minister only arrived in Linzi today, he didn't have time to inquire about any news, but he also guessed that Lu Jia and Sui He were coming, it was nothing more than to persuade the king to send troops to reinforce the battlefield of Licheng, so that the soldiers of Qi would throw their heads and spill their blood, and help them win the battle of Licheng with the Western Chu army. The foreign minister dared to ask the king of Qi to make it clear, did the foreign minister's words guess right? ”

"What if you guessed right?" Tian Jiao still didn't have a good face towards Mr. Uncle Sun, and snorted coldly: "Is there anything wrong with their words?" ”

"Of course that's right!"

Mr. Shusun's unexpected answer made Tian Bao stunned, and also made Lu Jia and Sui He's eyes widen, and then Mr. Shusun was even more astonishing, and said: "Assuming that the foreign minister is in the position of the King of Qi, he will definitely choose so, the reason is also very simple, only by keeping Jibei can we stop the footsteps of our Han army from entering the Qi country, and only by helping the Western Chu army and the Jibei army win the battle of Licheng at any cost, King Qi, you can free up your hands and concentrate on dealing with other enemies in the rear." If not, even if you leave more troops in Qi State, once the Jibei Army is destroyed, you will still not be able to stop our Han army from entering Qi State! ”

I didn't expect Mr. Shusun to help Xi Chujun speak, of course, Tian Jiao could only look Mr. Shusun up and down suspiciously, and then said suspiciously: "What else do you want to say, sir?" ”

"The minister just wants to remind King Qi that although this is the right choice, it is too risky, and it is tantamount to gambling on the national fortune of Qi and the life of King Qi." Mr. Shusun smiled and said: "It's easy to say that if you win this bet, any problem can be solved, but once you lose the bet, not only will the Qi country die, but the king of Qi will not protect your throne, and your life and head will not be saved!" ”

"Bold old horseman, how dare you threaten King Qi like this?!" Lu Jia hurriedly shouted: "King Qi, this old horseman is so rude to you, why don't you behead him?" ”

Sui He also hurriedly followed the help, shouting and shouting at Mr. Uncle Sun, but Mr. Shusun, who was known for being greedy for life and afraid of death, was rare and fearless, and smiled at Tian Fake and said: "King Qi, the foreign minister doesn't understand, since you are betting on the national fortune of Qi and your net worth, why don't you bet on the winning side?" Do you want to bet on a side that you don't have a sure chance of winning? Is it destined to win the gamble reluctantly, and it will only be a big loss of vitality, and the gains outweigh the losses? ”

Lu Jia and Sui He's faces all changed, and they hurriedly questioned Mr. Shusun, "The one who will win?" Do you thieves dare to say that you have a good chance of winning? ”

"Of course, I don't dare to say that the odds are safe." Mr. Shusun's answer once again stunned everyone present, and he said more directly: "If the king of Qi refuses to listen to the good words and persuasion of his ministers, insists on cutting the ministers' cars in half, and insists on sending troops to Licheng, our Han army may not be sure to take Licheng and Jibei." The old man never likes to lie to people, so naturally he will not deceive the king of Qi, saying that even if the king of Qi sends troops to Licheng, our Han army will have a good chance of winning. ”

Speaking of this, Mr. Shusun paused, then smiled again and said, "But King Qi, have you considered this issue?" Even if you help the Western Chu Thief Army barely win the Battle of Licheng, what can you get? Even if our Han army loses in Licheng, we can also retreat to Zhao Di to regroup, and then make a comeback in the future, now Guanzhong Shudi, Sanjin Yanbei, and Nanyang Jingchu, all have been owned by our Han King, even if we fail to conquer Qi once or twice, or even three or four times, we can recruit the army to come again, no matter how many times we lose, we are not afraid, but what about you, King Qi? Do you dare to lose the last time? ”

Tian Jiao was completely silent, and Lu Jia and Sui He were even more anxious when they heard it, and immediately said: "King, please don't listen to this old puppet alarmist, as long as we kill the Han thief Zhou Shu's department, we will immediately counterattack, recapture Zhao Di Sanjin, and then march into Guanzhong Bashu!" ”

"King Qi, do you believe that this is possible?" Mr. Shusun laughed again and said: "At the beginning, our Han King was only about the land of Zhongbashu, and the King of Western Chu attacked our Han King with the power of the Six Kingdoms outside the Guan, what has become of the war now?" At that time, our Han army was not afraid of the crazy attack of the Western Chu thief army, let alone now? ”

"King Qi, don't listen to this old horseman's nonsense!" Sui He and Lu Jia almost roared.

"King Qi, with your wisdom and wisdom, you must be very clear." Mr. Shusun continued: "Yes, you have raised troops to reinforce Licheng at any cost, and you do have the hope of helping the Western Chu thief army win the decisive battle of Jibei, but correspondingly, your army will definitely pay a heavy price!" In addition, taking advantage of the opportunity of the emptiness in your country, after the Qi royal family similar to Tian Heng and his ilk, he will definitely take the opportunity to make waves and rebel, and even if you win in Jibei, you will definitely be greatly injured and your strength will be greatly damaged, and the gains outweigh the losses! ”

"Since there is no certainty of victory, and it is destined to be a big loss of vitality even if you win, King Qi, why don't you bet on the winning side?"

Mr. Shusun suddenly raised his voice and said: "If King Qi, you abandon Chu and return to Han now, you don't even need to risk sending your main force to enter Licheng, as long as you let your army in Licheng defect, then it will definitely win, and all problems can be solved!" ”

"At that time, our Han army will not only no longer march to attack Qi and take away your throne, but will also immediately go to Ling Tianheng and order him to lead the army to withdraw from Qi, if he doesn't listen, our Han army will not only not help him, but will also send troops to help you conquer him!"

"At that time, do you still have to worry about the hidden dangers in the rear, and you still have to worry about the rebels and thieves like Tian Hengzhi rebelling? Your throne as the king of Qi and your country of Qi are not as hard as iron beating copper, and it is not easy for ten thousand years? Wouldn't it be far better than betting a thousand times on the side of the Western Chu thief army? 10,000 times?! ”

"Old horseman! Shut up! Shut up! I'll kill you! ”

Lu Jia and Sui He were completely exhausted, and they couldn't bear it anymore, so they could only draw their swords and come up to fight with Mr. Shusun, but in their anger, they forgot that this was the palace of the King of Qi, and their swords had just come out of the sheath, and the palace guards had already rushed up, holding up their weapons and pointing at them, forcing them to dare not move. Mr. Uncle Sun looked as usual, and only then did he present the letter of persuasion written by Uncle Zhou to Tian Jiao with both hands, and said: "King Qi, the foreign ministers are all said here, how to decide, please let the King of Qi decide for himself." ”

Of course, the letter was quickly presented to Tian Jiao, and when Tian Jiao took the letter and read it carefully, the fear in Lu Jia and Sui He's hearts had reached an indescribable level, and they hurriedly shouted loudly surrounded by guards: "King Qi, King Qi, don't listen to this old man's nonsense, don't forget, it was the King of Western Chu who made you the King of Qi, and the King of Western Chu has a great favor to you!" ”

"The King of Western Chu has a great favor to the King of Qi?" Mr. Shusun laughed out loud and said: "Mr. He, have you forgotten this question, the old man told King Han Shenyang the answer a long time ago, the throne of King Qi was fought by him when he led the soldiers of Qi to fight on the battlefield of the crusade against the tyrannical Qin, and it was the reward that the King of Qi deserved, why did the King of Qi thank him?" ”

"Also, if the king of Western Chu is really kind to the king of Qi, then when he sent troops to attack Tian Shi and Tian Rong, why did he kill people and set fire everywhere in Qi, kill prisoners, loot people's property, and rob women? Why don't you consider King Qi's feelings? If he had the slightest benevolence and righteousness in his Western Chu back then, and treated the people of Qi a little kindly, why would Tian Heng respond to the call in Chengyang, Jiaodong, and quickly raise tens of thousands of troops to embarrass the King of Qi? ”

"Old horseman, you stop!" Lu Jia pointed his sword at Mr. Shusun and roared: "If you dare to say more, Nai Weng will kill you now!" ”

"Shut up the widow!"

After interrupting Lu Jia with a shout, Tian Jiao, who had already read Uncle Zhou's letter, first raised his head and stared at Mr. Uncle Sun, and said slowly after a while: "The widow was born in the army, and he likes to gamble, but the widow only likes to win and never like to lose. ”

After speaking, Tian Jiao suddenly shouted: "Take down Lu Jia and Sui He, the two puppets, to the widow!" Then send someone to the post house, and take down all their entourage to the widow, and not a single one of them will be allowed to escape! ”

When the palace guards sang the promise, Mr. Shusun turned to Sui He, who was already dead, and said: "Mr. Suihe, the old man learned from Confucianism, and he paid attention to repaying grievances with virtue, but the old man's ancestor Confucius also said that only the benevolent can be good and evil. The old man remembered the teachings of his ancestors, for people like you who repay grievances with virtue, the old man will never repeat the mistakes of the past this time, and beg the king of Qi to spare you from dying. ”