Linzi, the palace of Qi State is a partial hall.

Zheng Zhu, a pedestrian from Zhao Guoda, sat quietly in the hall, his whole face was not sad or happy, his eyes were slightly closed, and he looked like he was closing his eyes to recuperate.

It's just that Zheng Zhu seems to be calm, but he is actually quite nervous.

Almost three months have passed since the Six Nations Expedition, and in the past three months, Zhao has sent seasons to all six countries, hoping to break up the Six Nations Alliance this time from a diplomatic level.

But the high-level leaders of the six countries obviously seemed to have made up their minds to destroy Zhao State, and all Zhao Guo were all refused to summon them, except for Zheng Zhu this time.

A sound of footsteps came from outside the hall, and soon, Hou Sheng's chubby face appeared in front of Zheng Zhu.

If he could, Zheng Zhu really wanted to punch the damn fat face of the money-greedy Hou Sheng in front of him and smash it directly.

The reason why he was able to see Qi Wangjian this time was that it was necessary to impress Hou Sheng, and in order to impress Hou Sheng, a guy who was greedy for money, Zhao Guo paid a very big price this time, and there were dozens of carriages of money and treasures given to Hou Sheng, so extravagant that Zheng Zhu, a guy who was used to seeing gold, silver and jewelry, was very distressed.

Not to mention anything else, just one of the treasures, that is a green jade dragon pattern phoenix brought by Han Wan, the queen of Zhao, from South Korea, which is priceless.

And now, the blue jade dragon pattern phoenix has been sent into the palace of Qi State, and it is inserted in the head of a newly favored lady of Qi Wangjian.

It was under the help of inside and outside here that Zheng Zhu got such an opportunity to meet.

Zheng Zhu knew very well in his heart that he had to seize this opportunity.

The situation in Dong'e City is already precarious, and once Dong'e loses the Qi army and moves south, then the entire battle situation will immediately deteriorate.

Perhaps it was because he had received so many benefits that when Hou Sheng looked at Zheng Zhu, the smile on his fat face was still very strong: "Zheng Qing, the king summoned you to see you." ”

Zheng Zhu stood up, smiled and said to Hou Sheng in front of him, "I'm tired of Hou Qing." ”

After a while, the two came to the main hall and saw Qi Wangjian, who was sitting alone there.

Although this hall was empty at this moment, Zheng Zhu could still tell from the slightest smell of wine that had not completely dissipated in the air, as well as Qi Wangjian's obviously ruddy face, that this Qi King had definitely been looking for some fun here just now.

This also made Zheng Zhu's heart can't help but feel a little emotional, and he said in his heart, when is this now, Qi Wangjian still has the heart to drink and have fun, compared to the king of his own family on the frontline battlefield, it is simply a superior judgment.

Zheng Zhu complained in his heart, but on the surface, he saluted the Qi King in front of him very respectfully, and said, "Zhao Chen Zheng Zhu has seen the king. ”

Qi Wangjian glanced at Zheng Zhu with a smile, and said slowly: "Zheng Qing came here this time, could it be that he wanted to be a lobbyist?" The widow said it directly, the widow will not change his mind about the Six Kingdoms attacking Zhao, Zheng Qing should not waste his efforts on this. ”

Unlike all the previous meetings, this time Qi Wang Jian came up and directly blocked all of Zheng Zhu's words.

To put it bluntly, although the people of Qi have taken so many benefits from Zhao State, all Qi Wangjian promised was to see Zheng Zhu, but there was no guarantee that they would agree to Zhao Guo and Zheng Zhu's conditions.

Judging from Qi Wangjian's obviously impatient look and his attitude of yawning repeatedly, this Qi Wang obviously wanted to send Zheng Zhu away immediately, and then go back to sleep well.

Zheng Zhu's face did not change in the slightest after hearing Qi Wangjian's refusal, and he still said to Qi Wangjian very calmly: "The king has misunderstood, Zheng Zhu did not come this time to persuade Qi to withdraw from the Six Kingdoms Attack Zhao Alliance. ”

When Qi Wangjian heard this, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he said to Zheng Zhu with some amusement: "You didn't come to stop the Six Nations Alliance, so why did you come?" Could it be that you want to defect to the Qi Kingdom and fail to serve under the command of this king? ”

Saying that, Qi Wangjian couldn't help but laugh out loud.

But it is obvious that for Zheng Zhu, the joke that Qi Wangjian said is really not funny at all.

I saw Zheng Zhu say to Qi Wangjian with a straight face: "The king said that he laughed, since Zheng Zhu is a courtier of King Zhao, he should have done his best for King Zhao and Zhao Guo, how could he betray Zhao State and throw himself into the enemy's command when Zhao State was in such a crisis?" ”

Zheng Zhu's words were righteous and righteous, but Qi Wangjian was slightly surprised, and coughed and said: "Just now, it was a widow who was abrupt, and I asked Zheng Qing to explain his intention." ”

After a pause, Qi Wangjian said again: "The widow reminds again, if Zheng Qing wants to persuade the widow not to be hostile to Zhao State, then don't speak." ”

The reason why Qi Wangjian said this, of course, was confident, after all, judging from the current battlefield, the Six Nations Alliance undoubtedly had an advantage.

Although the advantage of the Six-Nation Alliance is not too big now, but in time, this advantage will turn into a victory sooner or later, so Qi Wangjian is not worried at all that he will lose in this war.

Since he was not worried about losing, Qi Wangjian was naturally not so polite to Zheng Zhu, the envoy of the "defeated country", when he spoke.

Zheng Zhu's face turned grim and said, "The king has misunderstood. Zheng Zhu came this time, in fact, for the future of the Qi Kingdom. Did the king ever think about what would happen to the Qi Kingdom if he won this battle? ”

Qi Wangjian's eyebrows raised slightly, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and said, "Of course it will become stronger!" ”

The answer to this question Qi Wangjian has actually thought about it many times on his own, in Qi Wangjian's opinion, only if Zhao is defeated, then Qi can take back all the Hejian land that was taken away by Zhao in the previous decades.

Not only that, the State of Qi also hopes to get all the places such as Qufu in the Ancient Lu State and the Huaibei Land in the Zhao State in their hands, and restore the style of the overlord Qi State during the total victory of the year.

But Qi Wangjian didn't say these words to Zheng Zhu, because he felt that there was no need to say them at all.

Zheng Zhu continued: "Think about it, if Zhao really loses, then all the other countries will enter the ranks of the hegemony in the future, which country does the king think will become the biggest beneficiary?" ”

Qi Wangjian's mouth opened for a moment, but he didn't speak.

Although Qi Wangjian himself is very willing to admit that his Qi State will once again become the powerful eastern overlord of the year, Qi Wangjian is also very clear in his heart that the hope of Qi is actually not the greatest.

Hou Sheng saw that the scene was a little cold, so he said: "So who does Zheng Qing think is the biggest beneficiary?" ”

Zheng Zhu wanted this question, so he glanced at Hou Sheng very gratefully, and then said: "The current situation is actually very simple, if the Zhao State fails, then Hedong County and the Cuihan Passage will return to the hands of the Qin State, and the Qin State will instantly regain strength and return to the ranks of the Central Plains for hegemony, so the Qin State is the biggest beneficiary." ”

"In addition to the Qin State, the fact that the Wei State was able to restore the country successfully is undoubtedly a huge victory for the Wei State, so the Wei State is undoubtedly the second among the beneficiaries."

"South Korea was able to recapture Shangdang County, and in the south, Korea has also seized a lot of land in Qin and Chu over the years, and the defeat of Zhao has eliminated a strong enemy in the north for South Korea, so South Korea is also a great beneficiary. It's just that because South Korea still has to face the pressure of Qin going east, South Korea is ranked third here. ”

"Next is the ...... of the State of Chu"

When Qi Wangjian heard this, he finally couldn't bear to interrupt Zheng Zhu's words: "Could it be that Zheng Qing thinks that the benefits obtained by the outnumbered Qi State after defeating the Zhao State are not as good as those of the above countries?" ”

Zheng Zhu arched his hand towards Qi Wang Jian and said, "If the Zhao State fails, then all the countries involved in this attack on Zhao will definitely benefit." What the minister wants to say is that the benefits obtained by the Qi State are the lowest among the countries, so even if the defeat of Zhao is successful this time, the Qi State still faces many obstacles if it wants to become the hegemon. ”

Zheng Zhu paused deliberately again when he said this, and said, "The king, the minister came here this time to find a safe path to hegemony for the king. As long as the king is willing to suspend the attack on Dong'a, so that the king can have a decisive battle with the four-nation alliance army with peace of mind, then no matter what the victory or defeat of the decisive battle, Qi is the beneficiary. ”

"If Zhao wins, then Zhao is willing to return Gaotang City to Qi and form an alliance with Qi to ensure that Zhao will never take the initiative to attack Qi within ten years. If Zhao loses in this decisive battle, then Qi will be able to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so that the main force of the Four Nations Alliance will be exhausted in the confrontation with the Zhao army, and strive for favorable conditions for Qi to dominate the world after the war. I wonder what the king thinks? ”

Zheng Zhu's words came out, and Qi Wang Jiancai finally understood Zheng Zhu's purpose this time.

Indeed, Ru Zheng Zhu said that he was not here to persuade Qi Wangjian to betray the Six Nations Alliance, he actually hoped that Qi State could open up a little bit to Zhao State at this time, so that Zhao State would not be under so much pressure.

Qi Wangjian, who understood the cause and effect, couldn't help but show a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Zheng Qing, don't hide it from you, your words seem to sound quite reasonable, but what the widow wants to say is ......"

At this time, a hurried report from outside the main hall suddenly interrupted Qi Wangjian's words: "King, urgent military situation!" ”

Qi Wangjian was stunned for a moment, subconsciously glanced at Zheng Zhu, and then said, "Present it." ”

A moment later, an urgent secret message symbolizing the urgency of the Qi State reached Qi Wangjian.

Qi Wangjian opened the secret report and read it, and then his body suddenly burst, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

After a long time, Qi Wang Jiancai let out a long breath, the original arrogant expression on his face suddenly disappeared in an instant, and slowly said to Zheng Zhu in front of him with a rather friendly attitude: "Zheng Qing, you will reply to Handan, just say that King Zhao's proposal, the widow agreed." ”

Zheng Zhu was naturally overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately got up and saluted: "Thank you, King!" ”

Since he got Qi Wangjian's consent, Zheng Zhu naturally said goodbye happily and hurried out of the palace, after all, he still had to hurry up and report the good news to Handan.

After the excited Zheng Zhu left the palace, Hou Sheng finally couldn't help but speak: "Why did the king agree to Zhao Guoren's request? This is obviously just a delaying tactic by the Zhao people. ”

In fact, from the very beginning, the monarchs and ministers of the Qi State made up their minds to collect money and not do anything, just to pit a wave of money from the people of Zhao and then not agree to anything, and continue to beat Zhao Guo.

Anyway, after this battle, the overlord Zhao State collapsed, and at this time, when would Zhao Guo not go to death?

It was precisely because of this that Hou Sheng couldn't understand why Qi Wangjian had such a change.

Qi Wangjian glanced at Hou Sheng, couldn't help but sigh, and said: "Of course, the widow knows that this is a delaying tactic by the Zhao people, but the problem is ......"

When Qi Wangjian said this, he picked up the secret report in his hand and gestured to Hou Sheng, and then said helplessly: "Xianyang City was already broken by Li Mu six days ago, and all the high-level leaders of the Qin State, including Qin Wang Chu and Qin State Prime Minister Lu Buwei, all fell into Li Mu's hands. ”

"What?" Hou Sheng's body also shook violently, and his whole face suddenly turned pale.