Du Changjun left Handan City and ordered someone to stop the carriage. Du Changjun stepped out of the carriage and looked at Handan, the capital of the country where he had lived for several years and was also his second hometown. Du Changjun had a lot of memories in his mind, which made him have mixed feelings.

A gust of wind blew, blowing the corners of Du Changjun's clothes and long hair. Du Changjun looked at the city tower, but saw Zhao Wangdan giving him a hand. Du Changjun never thought that Zhao Wangdan would send him away.

Du Changjun was grateful to Empress Zhao Wei and Zhao Wangdan for their kindness, bowed to Zhao Wangdan on the city tower, collected the sentimentality in his heart, boarded the carriage, and embarked on the road to the east with the expectations and missions of King Zhao.

Zhao Wangdan stood on the tower of Handan City, witnessed Du Changjun leaving, and asked, "Pingyang Jun, why don't we personally send Du Changjun out of Handan." ”

Pingyang Jun said: "Du Changjun doesn't like parting, and he doesn't want the king to send him off." ”

Zhao Wangdan looked at him, didn't know what he meant, and asked, "Why." ”

"Going to Qi Country here is also the wish of Du Changjun for many years." Pingyang Jun watched the carriage go farther and farther, and said: "Du Changjun went to Qi State, whether it can promote the alliance between the two countries is still unknown." The king personally sent him off, and if the alliance could not be successful, the governor would definitely blame himself. The elder is old, so let's not add invisible pressure to him. ”

Zhao Wangdan saw that Du Changjun was ill, and he was indeed much older, and asked: "Du Changjun went to Qi State, can he contribute to Qi Zhaozhi's goodness?" ”

"Although Du Changjun is in my country, he is concerned about the Qi country. For many reasons, he couldn't return to Qi again. Pingyang Jun's words stopped just right, and said: "Your Majesty, you still remember." At the beginning, Du Changjun chose to stay, and the two conditions he put forward? ”

"Of course the widow remembers." Zhao Wangdan recalled the scene a few years ago, as well as the words that Du Changjun said, "First, Du Changjun is willing to accept the widow's feudal lord and worship the prime minister, but he is also from the Qi country. He would not do anything that harmed the Qi Kingdom. He is willing to follow the example of Wangzhu and run for the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Second, the state of Qi is in danger, and he will return. and a widow shall not hinder him from returning to his country. ”

"The king remembers these things!" Pingyang Jun saw that several years had passed since this incident, and King Zhao still remembered it clearly.

"The talent of the capital is long, and the country is stable. What he said, how can a widow forget. Zhao Wangdan remembered that although Du Changjun was let down by King Qi Xiang, he still had a Dan heart, and he was even more admired, "I chose to keep him, first, I cherish his talent." Second, I was deeply moved by his sincere heart for the country. ”

Pingyang Jun also knew that Zhao Wangdan cherished talents and was not weaker than the previous king, and praised: "Congratulations, the king got what he wanted and kept Du Changjun." ”

"The widow kept his people, but he couldn't keep his heart!" Zhao Wangdan took a breath of change and said, "Yu Qing, I propose to let Du Changjun go to Qi State, hide your selfish intentions!" ”

Pingyang Jun was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "The king can also see it." ”

Zhao Wangdan looked into the distance and said lightly: "Yu Qing's intentions, how can I not understand." While Yu Qing admired Du Changjun, she felt a little more pity! ”

Pingyang Jun also knew what happened to Du Changjun's life, and in order to test Zhao Wangdan, he didn't choose to answer, and asked: "The king knows what Yu Qing's intentions are." ”

"One is for the public, and the other is for the private." Zhao Wangdan took another breath and continued, "For the public, as Yu Qing said, Du Changjun is not only the capital of our country, but also the Anping Jun of Qi State. He has two identities, and the envoy to Qi is the best candidate. For personal gain, it was because Du Changjun hadn't returned to Qi for many years. For an old man who suffers from illness, what he wants is not great achievements and fame in history, but what he wants is to return to his roots. ”

Pingyang Jun didn't expect Zhao Wangdan to say this, he was deeply surprised, and agreed: "The king's compassion, minister, is very moved. What the king said is good, for both public and private purposes, all the princes should send envoys to the Qi country. ”

Zhao Wangdan remembered the words he asked Yu Qing in private, and said: "I also learned these things after listening to Yu Qing's words. Yu Qing saw his father three times and was worshiped as Shangqing, and his deeds and strategies lived up to his talent. ”

Pingyang Jun knew that how could Zhao Wangdan see so far-reaching, it turned out that Yu Qing said it. At first, Pingyang Jun looked down on people like Yu Qing. Thinking of the state with Qin, between war and peace, he opposed peace and advocated war. Between offense and defense, choose to defend. When the peace negotiations failed, he offered a strategy to deal with the Qin State. After listening to what Zhao Wangdan said, at the moment, he also looked at Yu Qing differently.

Zhao Wangdan asked, "Du Changjun went to Qi State, will he come back?" ”

Seeing that Zhao Wangdan was a little more suspicious, Pingyang Jun didn't think about it, and blurted out: "Don't worry, the king, Du Changjun will come back." ”

Zhao Wangdan was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Why are you so sure that he will come back." ”

Pingyang Jun said: "The king treats Du Changjun as a national soldier, and Du Changjun will definitely repay him with a national soldier." ”

Zhao Wangdan thought about it, and also dispelled the doubts in his heart, and asked: "Du Changjun is going to Qi Country to conclude an alliance, and there is a chance of winning." ”

Pingyangjun shook his head and said, "It's hard to say!" ”

Zhao Wangdan was anxious to know the answer, "That's what you say." Only when the widow has the bottom in his heart can he feel at ease. ”

Pingyang Jun thought for a while, and said slowly: "If King Qi Xiang is still there, we will form an alliance, and we may be able to succeed." King Qi Xiang died, the new king was young, and the queen mother was in charge. The monarchs and ministers of the state of Qi are content with the status quo and love peace. Du Changjun went to the alliance, and he couldn't change the status quo. The minister estimated that the odds of victory were less than 30%. ”

"Sancheng?" Zhao Wangdan was not satisfied with this answer, and raised his tone and said, "I believe that Du Changjun will definitely be able to promote the friendship between the two countries. ”

Du Changjun traveled eastward, and because he was unwell, he could not overwork. After walking for half a month, Zhao Guo's convoy arrived in Jishui. After Jishui, I traveled for two hours and arrived at the city of Linzi.

Xu Shen stopped the carriage and shouted, "Du Changjun, we have arrived." ”

Du Changjun was tired, arrived at Jishui, walked a long distance, and fell asleep. Suddenly, I heard these two words, and opened my eyes. Du Changjun's tired voice came out of the car and asked, "Where have we been?" ”

Xu Shen saw that Du Changjun couldn't keep his spirits up, so he hurriedly said, "We've arrived in Linzi City." ”

"We're in Linzi?" An Pingjun suppressed his breathing, stepped out of the car, and looked at the majestic, tall, and wide city in front of him, standing in the most prosperous city in the East. Suddenly, mixed feelings.

This was the starting point for him to break the Yan and restore Qi, Kuang Fu Sheji, make meritorious achievements, and become famous princes. It was also he who was supported by the monarch and ministers, and was forced to be helpless and exiled in the Zhao country. Cheng, is here; Defeat, too.

There were kings and people he knew well, as well as lingering pain. As time passed, the pain only increased. Du Changjun trembled and took a few steps forward, bent down, stretched out his hands to pick up the soil, sent it to his nose and smelled it, and said excitedly: "Qi Guo, I'm back." ”

Xu Shen and the others thought that Du Changjun would be very happy when he returned to his homeland after a long absence, but they didn't expect him to cry like rain. When everyone saw it, they were also embarrassed. Who would have thought that the people of the two countries would land so much.

Du Changjun threw the soil out of his hand. At this moment, there was more joy in his heart than sorrow. It's been five years, and he's finally back. At the thought of returning to his homeland after a long absence, his tears couldn't help but flow down again.

Xu Shen was afraid that he would be too sad and hurt his body, so he persuaded: "Du Changjun should be happy to return to Qi State." ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Du Changjun's lips and said, "I'm crying with joy!" ”

Xu Shen asked, "Du Changjun, are we going to enter the city?" ”

"I'm going somewhere." Du Changjun looked towards the burial place of King Qi Xiang, "I'm going to visit the first king." ”

Du Changjun came to the mausoleum of King Qixiang and got off the car to worship, but was stopped by the soldiers guarding the mausoleum. Du Changjun was about to leave, but he heard a voice from behind, "An Pingjun, you're back." ”

Du Changjun turned around, but he didn't expect to meet his friend Tian Yu here, and said with a smile: "I'm back." Can it be convenient for me, I want to worship the first king. ”

"That's how it should be." Tian Yu didn't expect that when he said goodbye, Tian Dan was already dying, and he was no longer the man who was heroic and proud of the princes.

Accompanied by Tian Yu, Du Changjun came to the tomb of King Qixiang, bowed down to worship, and burst into tears, "Minister, Tian Dan, come back to see the first king." ”

Tian Yu didn't want anyone to disturb the gathering of their monarchs and ministers, so he sent everyone back.

Tian Dan leaned on the tomb of King Qi Xiang and said a lot. These words make people sad to listen to and cry around. King Qi Xiang failed Du Changjun for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji. Du Changjun was useless, so he hated the Qi country, and he didn't use troops against the Qi country.

Tian Yu saw that the hour was not early, and hurriedly said: "An Pingjun, the deceased has gone, please mourn." ”

Du Changjun wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and thanked: "I can talk to the former king, and I am in a much better mood." ”

Tian Yu hadn't seen Tian Dan for several years, but he didn't expect to meet him here, and seeing that his love for the former king was true, he asked, "What is An Pingjun coming back for?" ”

Tian Dan did not hide it from him, and told the truth, "If the peace negotiations between Qin and Zhao fail, there will be a protracted war of attrition." I was ordered by King Zhao to send an envoy to the country of Qi, on the one hand, enough to buy grain and grass to support the war; On the other hand, Qi and Zhao joined forces to resist Qin. ”

Tian Yu showed embarrassment, shook his head and said, "After the first king goes, the new king is young. The government of our country is in charge of the Queen Mother. The whole country of Qi implemented the policy of the first king, and would not get involved in the war in the Central Plains. It is almost impossible for the two countries to join forces to resist Qin. ”

After the five kingdoms invaded Qi, the Qi country went through great disasters and longed for peace. In addition to passive defense, he rarely took the initiative to participate in the war in the Central Plains. Although Tian Dan knew that the conclusion of the two countries to jointly resist Qin, it was difficult. However, when he came, he had to give it a try.

Tian Yu couldn't say anything about Tian Dan, so he had to say, "I'll arrange it." ”

Tian Dan returned to Linzi and did not stay in the former mansion, but chose to stay in Zhao's pavilion in Qi. There are not many people who know the inside story of him and King Qi Xiang. The people of Qi even thought that it was him, abandoned the Qi State, betrayed the Qi State, and defected to the Zhao State.

The next day, Tian Yu entered the palace and came to Qi with an envoy from Zhao to meet Qi Wangjian. King Qi built Tian Yu as an envoy and came to the Zhao State Pavilion to announce that Zhao envoy entered the palace.

Tian Dan dragged his heavy steps, and with a heavy heart, he came to the once familiar palace and stepped on the main hall. When the ministers of Qi saw that it was An Pingjun's return, they were full of discussions. They never thought that the envoy of Zhao would be the famous An Pingjun.

When Tian Dan left the Qi Kingdom, King Qi was still a teenager, but when he said goodbye, he was already a grown teenager. Tian Dan looked towards the king of Qi and saluted: "Foreign minister, meet the king of Qi." ”

Qi Wangjian also recognized that the person who came was An Pingjun, and said with a little emotion: "Why did you come back?" ”

"Foreign minister, on the order of King Zhao, come to Qi State. Invite the king of Qi to attack Qin and maintain order in the world. Tian Dan saw that King Qi recognized him, but his tone was full of unwelcome.

The anger in Qi Wangjian's heart broke out instantly, and he asked: "Your father treats you like a mountain, but you betray your father and the country of Qi." You left the country of Qi, what face do you have to come back. ”

Tian Dan knew that King Qi was full of hatred for him, and he could bear all the infamy, and he didn't explain.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Qi Wangjian was even more angry, and asked, "Should the widow call you An Pingjun, or the capital of Zhao State." ”