On the other hand, Fan Huan has been waiting for Han Chen's news since he heard the news of the betrayal of the Eastern Zhou Kingdom.

Not long after Han Chen served as Han Xiang, he needed to get through this special period smoothly, but the betrayal of the Eastern Zhou Kingdom was undoubtedly a serious blow to him, the Han Xiang.

If Han Chen could hold on to him when he saw him and Gong Zhong's family before, then now, he must not want Gong Zhong to return to South Korea at this time.

Sure enough, Fan Huan didn't wait a few days, and Han Chen took the initiative to find him.

"I don't know that Xiangguo is visiting, I have missed the distance, forgive my sins."

"There, there, it's uninvited, rude."

When Han Chen came to the hotel, he was relieved to see that Fan Huan did not avoid it, but took the initiative to greet him.

On the other side, Fan Huan saw that Han Chen was no longer arrogant as before, but his words and expressions revealed closeness everywhere, and he smiled slightly on his face, and gestured to the hotel: "Xiangguo, please." ”

"Sir, please."

The two entered the room and sat down.

Fan Huan asked with a smile: "I don't know if Xiangguo deigned to come to see him this time, but what advice do you have?" ”

"Don't dare." Han Chen shook his head and said, "Mr. has been busy with state affairs for many days in Han, and he has been scornful of Mr. Therefore, I have a free time in the next day, and I have come to apologize to Mr. Haihan, and please Mr. Haihan. ”

Fan Huan immediately arched his hand and said: "Xiangguo is busy with state affairs, and he has no time to take care of it, so he admires it." ”

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The two exchanged for a while, and Han Chen saw that Fan Huan was always smiling, chatting with him like a river, but he never got to the point, not only did he not ask him for help, but he also did not take the initiative to express his closeness. The five-color stones, jade, and gold that he promised to give him before did not mention half a word.

Seeing this, the worry in Han Chen's heart deepened.

Could it be that the state of Chu has already negotiated the conditions with the Gongzhong, and the king of Chu wants to send the Gongzhong back to China?

But... Luckily, I came here prepared today.

Thinking about it, Han Chen suddenly laughed: "I had a lot of fun with Mr. today, and I hate to make friends with Mr. as soon as possible, and I apologize for my rudeness before." Therefore, in order to express my apologies, I am willing to offer me a Korean refined sword, a pair of jade, two pairs of jade buckets, and 500 gold gold, and I am willing to make friends with Mr. ”

Fan Huan waited for a long time, and when he saw Han Chen taking the initiative to speak, he naturally wouldn't refuse.

After all, from the side of the Chu State, Han Chen is a pro-Qin faction, and Gongzhong is also a pro-Qin faction, but Han Chen's talent is weaker than that of Gongzhong. If Chu Guo chooses Han Xiang, of course, he is the uncle who first recommends the pro-Chu faction, and if he must choose a pro-Qin faction, then naturally the weaker the ability, the better.

What's more, let Han Chen be the prime minister of Han, Chu State can also use Gongzhong as a hole card to contain him a little, and Gongzhong, Chu Guo can not help it.

Thinking about it, Fan Huan laughed: "Xiangguo, I want to make friends with you a long time ago, but because my status is not as good as Xiangguo, I didn't dare to take the initiative to speak, and now Xiangguo doesn't think that my status is low, I am willing to be friends with Xia, and I am honored to be honored to be here." ”

Han Chen saw that Fan Huan agreed with his mouth and accepted the gift he gave without hesitation, his heart suddenly relaxed, and then he glanced at Fan Huan and laughed together.

Laughing.

"Ahh

Seeing this, Fan Huan realized that he was about to get to the point, and immediately asked, "Why did Xiangguo sigh?" ”

Han Chen looked at Fan Huan, shook his head and said: "I am even happy to be friends with Mr., an important minister of the Chu State, but I suddenly remembered my Korean Gongzhong, remembered that he is now a hostage thousands of miles away, and I don't know if he will be like me in Yingdu, and have an important minister of the Chu State like Mr. as a friend." If not, then Gongzhong would be too lonely in the Chu State. ”

Fan Huan heard the song and knew the meaning of elegance, and said with a smile: "Xiangguo rest assured, the public bell has a very happy relationship with the widow in our country, and in the past few years, the public bell has been serving the widow, how can he be lonely?" ”

As soon as Han Chen heard that the King of Chu was very strict with the Gong Zhong, and that the Gong Zhong should not have the possibility of fleeing and returning to China without permission, the stone in his heart suddenly fell to the ground, and said with a smile: "If this is the case, then I will rest assured." ”

At this time, Fan Huan reminded: "But it's a pity that Gongzhong has been in Chu for several years, and although he often travels with the widow, he is still homesick. ”

Saying that, Fan Huan looked at Han Chen and said meaningfully: "The main purpose of this visit to South Korea is to bring back a letter to the public from the state of Chu on the order of the widow, and bring some good news back from South Korea, hoping that the good news from South Korea can make the public Zhong feel at ease and let the public Zhong stay in Chu safely." ”

The smile on Han Chen's face suddenly froze.

He knew that this was a condition offered by the king of Chu, and if the king of Chu was not satisfied and did not get enough good news, then the king of Chu would definitely send Gongzhong back to Han.

At the same time, he also knew that if he wanted to satisfy the King of Chu, he only needed to withdraw his troops from Chendi, and the King of Chu would definitely be very satisfied.

However, if he persuaded King Han to withdraw his troops, the King of Chu was satisfied, but he himself was finished.

Because the reason why King Han appointed him as Xiangguo was not because he was close to Chu, but because he was close to Qin, if he betrayed Qin and surrendered to Chu now, then without Gongzhong returning to China, King Han would immediately depose him.

Thinking about it, Han Chen hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "I don't know what Mr. means?" ”

When Fan Huan heard this, he smiled and said: "The widow let me go down to Han this time, and brought some gifts to Xiangguo, including a four-color stone, a pair of jade, a hundred glass beads, and a hundred gold, and the widow hopes to be friends with Xiangguo." ”

When Han Chen heard this, he didn't dare to refuse again.

The last time he rejected the king of Chu, the Eastern Zhou State betrayed after that, if he still refused this time, God knows if the Western Zhou Kingdom would also betray.

Even, Han Chen secretly guessed at this moment, could this betrayal of the Eastern Zhou Kingdom be instigated by the King of Chu behind his back?

It's just that how could the Eastern Zhou Kingdom believe the words of the King of Chu thousands of miles away?

Thinking about it, Han Chen couldn't help but feel shocked by King Chu's methods, and hurriedly responded: "It's an honor to be able to be friendly with King Chu." ”

"It's just..." Han Chen looked at Fan Huan and asked cautiously, "I don't know if there is anything I can do for the King of Chu?" ”

When Fan Huan heard this, he shook his head and smiled: "Xiangguo is too worried, the widow makes friends with people, he never asks for help from others, and needs the help of friends, on the contrary, the widow makes friends with people, and his favorite thing to do is to solve problems for his friends and eliminate disasters and take refuge." ”

Han Chen was stunned, he didn't need my service to give such a heavy gift.

Han Chen smiled, he didn't believe it in his heart, if the king of Chu didn't want to help himself, that is, he wanted to do a big favor himself, and the king of Chu didn't want South Korea to withdraw his troops, then the king of Chu might just want the whole of Korea.

Thinking about it, Han Chen asked again, "I don't know what Mr. means." ”

Fan Huan saw Han Chen's vigilance from Han Chen's face, so he didn't sell Guanzi, and said directly:

"The widow knows that Xiangguo is worried about the Han army's attack on Chu, and the widow knows that Qi and Wei instigated the Eastern Zhou State to rebel against South Korea in order to force Korea to go all out to attack Chu."

When Han Chen heard this, he was shocked, the betrayal of Korea by the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, he had only just learned about it, how could the King of Chu know?

Could it be that the matter of the Eastern Zhou Kingdom was really done by the King of Chu? The purpose is to force me to trade with the King of Chu?

At this time, Fan Huan didn't pay attention to what Han Chen was thinking, and continued to take care of himself: "In order not to embarrass his friends, I hope that Xiangguo can not care about Xiangguo's friendship with the widow, and wholeheartedly assist King Han, so that the Han army can attack Chen Cheng with all his might." ”

"This... Let the Korean army attack Chencheng with all its might? Han Chen looked at Fan Huan hesitantly, are you sure you didn't say anything back, or this is a temptation.

Thinking about it, Han Chen immediately responded: "Don't dare, don't dare, please rest assured that the king of Chu will summon the general Storm Kite in the next place, reprimand him severely, and let him continue to preserve his strength, the casualties between Han and Chu have been a little high recently." ”

When Fan Huan heard this, he shook his head and said: "Why should Xiangguo be suspicious, the meaning of the widow is that he hopes that Xiangguo can attack Chen Cheng with all his might." Solving problems for friends, this is the widow's favorite thing to do, as long as the king of Han is happy, the widow will be happy, as long as Xiangguo is happy, the widow will be even happier.

Please also ask Xiangguo not to doubt it, and go all out to move the king of Han and let the Han army attack Chencheng with all his might. ”

When Han Chen heard this, he still asked in disbelief, "Really? ”

Fan Huan assured: "There is no falsehood, please don't let the widow down!" ”8)