Back at the post house, Gu Daoyuan came to Zhao Qing'er again.

Although it was getting late, he wanted Zhao Qing'er to know as soon as possible that Xiao Kun would help save Xiao Jin.

Gu Daoyuan believed that after Zhao Qing'er knew about this, it would definitely be beneficial to her physical recovery.

Sure enough, Zhao Qing'er seemed to be obviously relieved when she learned about this.

She didn't know how to thank Gu Daoyuan, so she struggled to kowtow to Gu Daoyuan on the couch.

For Zhao Qing'er's act of making this great gift, although Gu Daoyuan was well-deserved, he was also taken aback.

He hurriedly comforted Zhao Qing'er a few words and left, after all, it was already late at night.

The next day, Gu Daoyuan, Fang Hengxin and others packed their bags and left Tokyo, naturally there were more Zhao Qinger and Xiaoying among the people who accompanied them, but unlike when they came to Tokyo, almost no one paid attention to them, in addition to the guest secretary Xiao Kun, there was also the prince Xiao Zishuo.

The people of Qin supported Xiao Zishuo as the prince, although the motives were not glorious, but objectively speaking, it also helped Xiao Zishuo a lot.

Especially when fighting with the Chu army that day, if there were no 30,000 Qin troops to help, I am afraid that the battle would not have been won so easily.

Shilipu, east of Tokyo, is only half an hour's journey from where the Qin army is stationed, so the farewell ceremony began here.

Uncle Yong summoned him to return to China in advance, and Gu Daoyuan said goodbye to Xiao Zishuo and Xiao Kun one by one on behalf of the Qin State Mission, and Xiao Zishuo also swore to Gu Daoyuan in return that Qi and Qin would work together and live in harmony.

As for Xiao Kun, he didn't mention last night's incident at all, he just said a few reluctant official words to Gu Daoyuan and the others, and then retreated behind Xiao Zishuo.

It was only when he was far away from Xiao Zishuo's field of vision that Yao shook his head slightly at Gu Daoyuan.

Gu Daoyuan naturally understood in his eyes that this was Xiao Kun showing him that he had done his best for Xiao Jin's affairs, but the result was unsatisfactory.

After all the ceremonies were done, Gu Daoyuan and the others just wanted to say goodbye and leave, but Xiao Zishuo suddenly walked towards the carriage of the Qin State Mission.

When he came to the car carrying Zhao Qing'er, he stopped.

Gu Daoyuan, Fang Hengxin and the others glanced at each other, and a hint of discoloration flashed in everyone's eyes.

It seems that the prince of this Qi country has already figured out who is sitting in the carriage.

"Miss Qing'er, are you going back?"

After Xiao Zishuo whispered, he looked up at the window of the car with the curtains down.

"Should I call you Brother Zishuo or Prince Jun?"

Not long after, a voice came from the window of the car that haunted Xiao Zishuo's dreams, and a smile instantly appeared on his face.

Although, the voice sounded cold, and it was full of resentment.

"Naturally, just call me Brother Zishuo, didn't you call that before?"

Xiao Zishuo didn't seem to mind Zhao Qing'er's coldness, and he still had a smile when he spoke.

"In the past, Qing'er called you like this with Xiao Jin, but now that you have arrested him in prison as a prince, Qing'er no longer knows that Xiao Jin's brother Zishuo is still in the world.

If you still remember that Xiao Jin and I called your brother Zishuo not long ago, if you still remember that Xiao Jin saved you when you were in trouble, you can let him go.

Since then, there will be no hibiscus in your world, okay? ”

Zhao Qing'er's tone was full of sadness, Xiao Zishuo could hear it, but he chuckled as if he didn't care, and said to the people in the car:

Qing'er girl, Brother Zishuo has a word of persuasion.

That Xiao Hibiscus is just a cloth coat, and he can't afford the favor of your noble daughter,

This world is the world of our nobles, and the Qing'er girl must not make a mistake about herself. ”

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Zishuo waited for Zhao Qing'er in the car to reply, but he waited for a long time and didn't hear a word from the car.

Xiao Zishuo smiled slightly, looked at the carriage thoughtfully, and wanted to turn around and leave, but suddenly heard the sound in the carriage sound again.

"Brother Zishuo, Qing'er also asks you to remember that the day you kill Xiao Jin, it will be when I, Zhao Qing'er, will make you ruined.

Lang Lang Qiankun, Zhao Zhao Sun and Moon cannot tolerate ungrateful people to live in the world, Brother Zishuo think twice. ”

Although Zhao Qing'er's tone was light when she spoke, the words hit Xiao Zishuo's heart like a boulder.

It's just that to Zhao Qing'er's surprise, although Xiao Zishuo's face changed suddenly after hearing this, he didn't say anything again, just turned around and walked in the direction of Tokyo in the middle of the hug, and didn't say anything more to Gu Daoyuan and the others when he left.

Gu Daoyuan and Fang Hengxin shook their heads with worry on their faces when they saw Xiao Zishuo's arrogant appearance.

"It's really like two people." The two sighed in unison.

When Lian Min led 50,000 Hedong Qi troops south to pursue the fleeing Chu army, he ordered the remaining Qi troops to return to Hedong to defend them, after all, the emptiness of the border fortress is not a joke.

It was only when the Qin army came to Yancheng that they found that among the ships that carried them at the beginning, there was not even one of the ships with the largest capacity.

The ferry was full of small boats that could only take about a dozen people, densely parked on the rough water, which made Fang Heng angry and immediately led the troops to Tokyo to ask for an explanation.

It was not easy to let these small boats swim up the river in the rough yellow water, and the Qi State was clearly unwilling to let them return to the Qin State in peace.

Gu Daoyuan stopped Fang Hengxin's impulse, he knew that Qi Guo must have a purpose in doing this, even if Fang Hengxin led his troops to Tokyo, it would probably be useless, he could only add some diplomatic turmoil.

Besides, even if Qi Guo agreed to send some big ships over, how many hours would it take to go and return.

In desperation, the whole army had to return on foot along the Yellow Water, but it was originally expected that it would only take half a month to travel by water, and it may take another half a month to return to Qin.

Fortunately, Gu Daoyuan was thoughtful, and under his preparation, there was no shortage of military rations for the 30,000 army, but the disgust and anger left in the hearts of everyone remained in their hearts forever.

A day after the army left Yancheng and walked east, Gu Daoyuan suddenly found that Zhao Qing'er was missing.

But she left a letter, and there was a note on the side of the letter, which stated that she asked Gu Daoyuan to give the letter to her father, Zhao Zhihai.

Only then did Gu Daoyuan understand that Zhao Qing'er wanted to go to rescue Xiao Jin in person after knowing that Xiao Kun couldn't convince Xiao Zishuo, and the reason why she would follow her back to Qin was mostly because Zhao Qing'er wanted to cover up her whereabouts.

Although Gu Daoyuan was anxious, he really had no choice, he couldn't transfer the soldiers and horses back to Tokyo for Zhao Qing'er.

After thinking about it, he had no choice but to send some of his own soldiers back to Tokyo City to find Zhao Qing'er, and he continued to return to Qin with the army.

A month later, Gu Daoyuan and his entourage returned to Qin smoothly.

The 10,000 Qin Lan army returned to Suibei under the leadership of Zhong Xu, while the 20,000 Hexi army entered the Xieyu Pass under the leadership of Edo and went directly north to return to Shangdang.

Gu Daoyuan and Fang Hengxin came to Xijing to resume their lives.

This time, it is all in the way

Although the Qin State achieved the goal of supporting Xiao Zishuo as the monarch of Qi, it did not expect that it was full of twists and turns, if there was no Xiao Jin who appeared out of thin air, I am afraid that the Qi State is now Xiao Ziyan as the king.

Therefore, the faces of Gu Daoyuan and the others naturally did not have any brilliance.

Moreover, Xiao Zishuo seems to have changed as a different person, and he has no humility and courtesy when he was hostage in the Qin State, which is unexpected by the people of the Qin State.

However, for the Qin State, the objective goal of making Qi and Chu hostile can be regarded as a perfect achievement.

Not only that, the Ling Yin of the Chu State was arrested, and the 100,000 troops who went deep into the Qi State were afraid that they were all fierce and unlucky.

According to the consistent strength of the Chu State, it is only a matter of time before a big war breaks out between Qi and Chu, and if Xiao Zishuo does not want to lose the country at that time, he will ask for the head of the Qin State.

In a little more than a month, it was the succession ceremony of the new monarch of Qi, and since it was impossible for Chu to send an envoy to congratulate him, Qin decided to send envoys to Xiao Zishuo with heavy gifts to express his support for Qi.

Originally, Yong Shuzhao was the most suitable candidate, among the courtiers, he was the right watch, the highest knight among the hundred officials, and in the office he was the uncle of the current monarch, and he was highly respected, so the funeral of Qi Huaigong was mourned by him on behalf of the Qin State.

But this time the envoy, Zhao Zhihai took the initiative to ask to go to Qi for the first time, although Yong Shuzhao and Fang Yuanheng were a little surprised, but seeing Qin Gong nodding, neither of them said anything more.

Although the three of them usually compete for power, they have no doubts about each other's ability and loyalty to the Qin State.

Zhao Zhihai wants to go to Qi State, naturally he has a reason to go to Qi State, although the two have always felt strange, and they don't know why, but they still give Zhao Zhihai the greatest respect.

This time the envoy will not be able to send troops deep into the Qi country like last time, but the necessary deterrence is still necessary.

Fang Yuanheng promised to transfer all the 80,000 troops from Hexi and the 40,000 troops from Shuofang to the front line of Shangdang, and Chen Bing's 120,000 troops were ready to attack at the Huangtian Ferry.

On the line of Xieyu Pass, which is closer to Tokyo, Yong Shuzhao also drew half of the 100,000 troops guarding Gyeonggi and joined forces with 50,000 defenders to cheer for Zhao Zhihai's envoy.

When it was only one month before Xiao Zishuo ascended the throne, Zhao Zhihai took Gu Daoyuan, Zhao Zhiliang, Zhong Xu, Wang Min and others to lead 5,000 troops, officially went east out of Xieyu Pass and entered the territory of Qi State.

The delegation walked in Qi for more than ten days, and officials from all over the country along the way also received the Qin envoy with the highest standard, but what made Zhao Zhihai a little confused was that the defenders of Hedong County of Qi did not seem to have too many.

Although they had already known in advance that there were 50,000 horses and horses in the defenders of Hedong County who followed Lian Min south, but what they saw along the way, only some quite large prefectures and counties still had a small number of soldiers and horses stationed, and the rest of the small counties actually organized local people to guard the city, which made Zhao Zhihai and others still feel a little surprised.

After some questioning with local officials, Zhao Zhihai and others learned that the whole country of Qi had been chasing and killing the people of Chu in the previous month.

It is said that tens of thousands of people in the two counties of Luyun and Tongnan, which are adjacent to the state of Chu, were killed in a month, and nearly a million people in the two counties fled into the state of Chu and the Son of Heaven in a great terror.

Chu originally planned to send another 200,000 troops to the Northern Expedition, but because the people of Qi fled south, it became the main force to accommodate refugees, and the Northern Expedition could not be implemented in a short period of time.

However, because of the northern border of Chu's Chen army, the Qi State mobilized the whole country's army to the south to confront the Chu State.

Therefore, the soldiers and horses of Hedong and Beichuan counties were also transferred to the second southern county not long ago.