Linzi, the capital of Qi State.

For Qi Wangjian, the free time after the end of the war was definitely a heavenly time that he enjoyed very much.

During this period of time, this monarch of Qi was drunk and dreamed of death every day, except for women and women, almost all the business was handed over to his own Xiangbang Housheng.

To tell the truth, because Qi Wangjian's mother, the queen, had just passed away, according to the ancestral system, Qi Wangjian should keep filial piety for the queen for a year, and in the process of keeping filial piety, there is a very important taboo, that is, not to get close to women.

But the problem is that since the death of the queen, there is no one in the entire Qi country who can make any persuasion and influence on Qi Wangjian's behavior.

Therefore, Qi Wangjian didn't care about any regulations that he couldn't get close to women, and he was extremely happy with the beauties in his palace, and he just enjoyed the wonders of this gentle township.

Until this day, Hou Sheng suddenly appeared in front of Qi Wangjian and told Qi Wangjian something: "King, there is an envoy from Zhao Guo who is asking to see you outside. ”

Qi Wangjian, who was enjoying the beauty beating his shoulders and back, lazily opened the gap in one eye, glanced at Hou Sheng, and then said to Hou Sheng: "Hou Qing, hasn't the widow already said it, this kind of thing will be left to you to do, just report to the widow after the reception." ”

Hou Sheng hesitated for a moment, and said to Qi Wangjian: "Great King, after all, the Zhao State is the overlord of the world, if the Great King does not personally meet the envoy of the Zhao State, in case it angers the people of the Zhao State, it will be more than worth the loss." ”

Qi Wangjian frowned, and muttered two sentences in his mouth, obviously very unhappy with this kind of thing.

But in the end, Qi Wangjian still stood up and said to Hou Sheng: "Since this is the case, then the widow should go and meet this messenger."

A moment later, Qi Wangjian met the envoy from Zhao in the palace.

Qi Wangjian, who was disturbed, was not in a very good mood, so his tone was not too good when he spoke: "Why did King Zhao order you to come?" ”

This envoy of Zhao State is a messenger from the Department of Zhao State, about forty years old, the whole person looks quite calm, after seeing Qi Wangjian, he first bowed, and then said his intention: "Does the King of Qi know about the rebellion of Duan Ganzi of Wei State?" ”

Qi Wangjian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and his face was a little dazed.

To be honest, he has been addicted to wine for a while, and he really hasn't paid attention to the outside world.

The current Qi Wangjian didn't even know that there were small-scale snow disasters in many places in the Qi State, and he had never heard of the Duan Ganzi rebellion in the Wei State.

As soon as Hou Sheng saw Qi Wangjian's appearance, he immediately understood that the time had come to need him.

So Hou Sheng hurriedly opened his mouth and said to Qi Wangjian: "Great King, just a few days ago, Duan Ganzi, the minister of Wei, suddenly rebelled, poisoned the King of Wei in public, and hijacked the crown prince of Wei to succeed him, and now the power in the entire Wei State has fallen into the hands of Duan Ganzi. ”

"What?" Qi Wangjian's face showed a look of surprise, glared at Hou Sheng fiercely, and said to Hou Sheng: "Such a big matter, why didn't you report it to the widow in advance?" ”

Hou Sheng was stunned, the heart has actually been told to you a long time ago, but you only cared about enjoying yourself with women at that time, and you didn't listen to my words at all.

Qi Wangjian looked at Hou Sheng's expression, and suddenly seemed to understand something, so he coughed very embarrassedly, straightened his face, and then said to the envoy of Zhao in front of him: "The widow already knows about this matter, doesn't the king of Zhao want the widow to send troops with him to crusade against Duan Ganzi?" ”

The envoy of Zhao State nodded, and said to King Qi Jianzan: "The king is really wise, this time my king ordered me to come, it is in the hope that the king can send troops to help Zhao State eliminate Duan Ganzi together, and return Wei State to a bright future." ”

Qi Wang Jian raised his eyebrows, looked at the envoy of Zhao in front of him with some ill will, and said, "When did you King Zhao become so kind?" He actually wanted to kill this rebellious courtier for the Wei people? ”

The envoy of Zhao raised his chest, raised his head and replied to Qi Wangjian: "The king doesn't know, since Zhao is the overlord of the world, and my king is the leader of the Seven Kingdoms Alliance, it is natural for him to stand up for this matter. Otherwise, it would not be good news for any blind monarch if the ministers of various countries rose up to emulate such a rebellious act. ”

Qi Wangjian didn't say a word when he heard this, and after pondering for a long time, he turned his gaze to Hou Sheng, and asked Hou Sheng: "How should you deal with this matter?" ”

Hou Sheng hurriedly said: "Back to the king, the minister thinks that Duan Ganzi dares to rebel against the king, it is indeed a great crime, and it must be exterminated by sending troops!" ”

In fact, from Hou Sheng's heart, whether this cadre rebels or not has nothing to do with Hou Sheng's penny at all.

But who is the winner? Hou Sheng has always been known for being good at meeting kings, and figuring out Qi Wangjian's psychology is Hou Sheng's strength.

In Hou Shang's opinion, although Qi Wangjian indulged in enjoyment these days, and did not once reveal in front of Hou Sheng that he did not want to continue to fight foreign wars from now on, and only needed to live a good life in Qi State, but Hou Sheng knew more about Duan Ganzi's rebellion, but it was different from other foreign wars.

The difference in this matter is that Duan Ganzi's identity is a courtier, and this kind of behavior is the following crime.

As we all know, the Tian family where the current Qi Wangjian is located was originally just a big family that came to the Qi State from the Chen State, but after hundreds of years of development, the Tian family finally became powerful and usurped the throne of the original Lu Qi State, which is the so-called Tian Dynasty Qi.

Since the Tian family started with the following rebellion, they were naturally very worried that other courtiers in the territory of Qi would follow suit.

Therefore, Qi Wangjian himself must hate Duan Ganzi's behavior of committing the following crimes of killing the king.

Since Qi Wangjian hated this kind of behavior very much, then Hou Sheng would of course support sending troops to attack Wei.

Sure enough, I saw Qi Wangjian nodding vigorously, and praised Hou Sheng: "Hou Qing still knows what the widow means." When the messenger went back to tell the king of your family, he said that the widow had agreed, and as long as the time came to send troops, it would be regarded as a widow. ”

When the envoy of Zhao received this reply, he naturally left with great satisfaction.

After the envoy of Zhao State left, Qi Wangjian laughed and said to Hou Sheng in front of him: "Hou Qing, how many troops do you think the widow should send this time?" ”

Hou Sheng thought for a moment, and then said to Qi Wangjian: "Great King, this time I heard that Zhao State may send many envoys to unite the countries of the continent to attack Duan Ganzi together. ”

Qi Wang Jian sneered, and suddenly said: "How can the widow think that this King Zhao is a drunkard and does not mean to drink." ”

Hou Sheng nodded, opened his mouth and said to Qi Wangjian: "The king doesn't have to worry, even if the people of Zhao have some kind of intentions, hasn't the king already sent an army?" At that time, it will be impossible for Zhao's every move to escape the surveillance of our army. ”

Qi Wangjian nodded and said, "This is indeed the truth. In this way, let Kuang Liang take 20,000 soldiers on a trip when the time comes. Anyway, now that the snow is covering the mountains, what if it's going to happen next spring, well, if there's nothing to do, don't bother people anymore! ”

After saying this, Qi Wangjian stood up and walked towards his harem with great interest.

There, there are still many delicate and beautiful women waiting for him.

Chu State, Yingdu.

At this moment, the palace of the Yingdu of Chu was full of joyful emotions.

The reason why this is so, of course, is because of the news that has just come from the side of their enemy, the Wei State.

Chu Wangyuan sat at the top, his eyebrows fluttering and he smiled at the many ministers of Chu at the bottom: "Zhuqing, the invader of Wei is really not blessed by God, and there is actually internal strife at such a critical moment!" From this point of view, my Da Chu will definitely win this time! ”

The reason why Chu Wangyuan is so optimistic is, of course, justified.

You must know that the current Chu State and the Wei State are still at war, but because it is winter, the two sides have to temporarily reach a truce under the power of ice and snow.

It is foreseeable that as long as the ice and snow melt in the spring of next year, the war will surely break out again in the battlefield on the front line of the Huai River.

At such a very critical juncture, there was infighting in Wei, and it was also an infighting that led to the direct death of Wei in Wei, the monarch of Wei, Wei Wangyu, how could this not make the people of Chu happy?

What made the people of Chu even happier was still to come, but I saw a palace attendant hurriedly appear in front of Chu Wangyuan, and said to Chu Wangyuan: "King, there is an envoy from Zhao who asks to see you." ”

When Chu Wangyuan heard this, his spirits perked up, and he immediately said, "Where is the envoy of Zhao State?" Come up! ”

The attitude of Chu Wang Yuan towards the envoys of Zhao was very good, because Chu now had a request for Zhao, hoping to help Chu recover those territories occupied by Wei through Zhao's strength.

A moment later, an envoy from the Zhao State appeared in front of Chu Wang Yuan: "The foreign minister has seen the great king. ”

Chu Wangyuan nodded with satisfaction, and asked directly: "Tell me quickly, King Zhao sent you here to see the widows, do you want to join forces with the widows to attack the Wei State?" ”

The envoy was stunned for a moment, and then said to Chu Wangyuan: The king talked well, and my king did have this idea. And not only that, my king has sent envoys to all other countries, hoping to be able to cut down Duan Ganzi together! ”

When Chu Wangyuan heard this, he immediately laughed happily.

The more countries attack Wei, the better it will be for Chu.

Then the messenger spoke, "My king has sent his ministers, and there is another matter for the king to tell. ”

Chu Wangyuan said with some curiosity: "What is the matter?" ”

The envoy paused, and then said, "Please also ask the king to retreat." ”

Chu Wangyuan was curious, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the envoy of Zhao State, so he retired the ministers of the left and right according to what the envoy of Zhao State said, and then asked the envoy a little impatiently: "Tell me quickly, what kind of good news is it?" ”

The envoy smiled slightly, then lowered his voice and said to Chu Wangyuan: "Great King, I can't hide it, although this time my king claims to be going to crusade against Duan Ganzi, but his real purpose is to completely eliminate the Wei State. ”

"What?" Chu Wang Yuan's body shook violently, and his eyes suddenly revealed two fine lights: "Does King Zhao want to destroy the Wei Kingdom?" That's really...... That's great! ”

Chu Wangyuan rubbed his hands excitedly, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and said with some hesitation: "But if that's the case, won't other countries come to the rescue of Wei?" ”

The envoy shook his head and smiled at Chu Wangyuan: "No." Please rest assured, my king has arranged everything, as long as the king can keep it secret, then the destruction of Wei is a sure thing. ”

When Chu Wang Yuan heard this, he slapped the table fiercely, and said to the envoy of Zhao State in front of him: "Okay, since this is the case, then you go back and tell the king of the Ru family that as long as you can return all the land that Wei has taken back from the widow in the past two years, then in this matter, the widow will be the only one!" ”

Yan country, thistle capital.

Empress Dowager Yan sat on the top head, Le Jian sat on the right side of the lower head, and opposite the music room was the envoy of Zhao who was talking endlessly.

I saw the envoy of the Zhao State and said: "That section of the cadre committed the murder of the king, which is really a great crime. As the leader of the alliance in the world, it is naturally impossible for Zhao Guo to sit back and watch this happen and do nothing. Now that the king is ready to invite the princes of the world to jointly attack the traitor Duan Ganzi of the Wei State, he has ordered his ministers to invite the Yan State to join in this counterinsurgency operation, so as to express his determination not to tolerate such a crime. ”

Empress Dowager Yan was silent for a long time, and did not speak immediately, but glanced at the music room first.

I saw Le Jian pondering for a long time, and shook his head slightly at the Empress Dowager Yan.

So Empress Dowager Yan opened her mouth and said to the envoy of Zhao in front of her: "This matter is a big matter, please go back and rest first, and the old woman still needs to discuss with the ministers before making a decision." ”

After sending off the envoy of Zhao State, Empress Dowager Yan opened her mouth and said to Lejian: "Chang Guojun, what do you think about this matter? ”

Le Jian thought for a while and said, "Queen Mother, the minister always feels that there seems to be something strange in this matter. ”

Empress Dowager Yan smiled and said, "The old woman also feels that this matter is not quite right, it seems that the old woman's brother Wang can't hold back anymore, and wants to use the name of attacking Duan Ganzi to expand the Zhao State again." ”

Le Jian thought for a while, nodded and said: "What the Queen Mother said is reasonable, it must be what King Zhao thinks in his heart." ”

Empress Dowager Yan asked Le Jian again: "In that case, then between the monarchs of Yichang and the Yan Kingdom, should they be involved in this matter?" ”

Le Jian thought for a while and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, now Zhao Guo is the overlord of the world, and King Zhao has specially sent an envoy, if he refuses Zhao Guo, I am afraid that King Zhao will be a little dissatisfied." It's better to let the minister lead 10,000 elites to the south and make a show for the people of Zhao Guo. Anyway, when the real main battle is done, it should be completed by Zhao and Chu, and it won't hurt our Yan army at all. ”

Empress Dowager Yan pondered for a long time and agreed with Le Jian's opinion.

"Since this is the case, then this time the Wei operation, Yan Guo will participate in it together."