The smile on the corner of Lord Lin's mouth was gentle, but his lowered eyes were full of mockery. Best friend? Oh, what a joke.

But what he said was, "Yes, I, Dongxuanguo, have always wanted to be friendly with Fanbang, but the distance is too far, and now I finally have a chance, and Xia Guan is also very happy." ”

After some back and forth, all of them are satisfied.

After returning to the residence arranged by Fanbang, another adult of the envoy group couldn't help but ask, "Lord Lin, does Your Majesty really want to send Shanglin Kingdom to Fanbang?" ”

"This is the will of the above, you and I just have to do it." Lord Lin glanced at him lightly, the reason why he won the favor of the King of Chu was also because he knew how to observe words and feelings.

Don't do what you shouldn't do, don't say what you shouldn't say, this is the way to be an official.

The man was thoughtful, but still muttered quietly, "But in this way, Fanbang's appetite will also be raised, they have benefited, and they don't give us a good face, I just can't get used to them." ”

"Nonsense, although Fanbang has no integrity, in the face of such big interests, as long as they are not stupid, they know what to do."

I don't know if I persuaded the other party in this conversation, but Lord Lin didn't pay attention to it anymore, anyway, his goal had been achieved. Next, it's up to Fanbang to do it.

On the other side, Xie Yutang and the Nine Princes didn't know anything about it, and they still sent people to contact Fanbang's side.

"We already have a lot of horses, enough to form a cavalry battalion." On this day, when Xie Yutang and the Nine Princes were inspecting, they talked about their recent training.

"Well, these horses in Fanbang are all quite good breeds, it seems that this move is the right move."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the Nine Princes twisted their fingers lightly, "Counting the messenger who set off last time, it's almost time to come back, and this time the war horses come back with this number, and then you can replace those horses that are not too good." ”

Thinking of this, the mood that has been bothered by trivial matters can't help but become clear.

But to their surprise, the messengers had already passed the appointed date, but they had not returned for a long time, and there were no letters. Nothing like this has ever happened before. Could it be that something happened to the messenger?

Indeed, something happened to the messenger.

This time, the Nine Princes sent out, or the subordinate who often deals with Fanbang and is very eloquent, because he has made several transactions with Fanbang, he is also familiar with finding the person in charge of the other party, but this time, the other party is not ready for horses, so let the messenger wait a few more days.

There had been a similar situation before, but the envoy didn't take it to heart, and after waiting for three days, he was afraid that he would miss the matter of the Nine Princes, so he went to urge it.

As a result, the face of the person in charge suddenly changed, "What are you urging, we are still preparing horses here." ”

The envoy felt that something was wrong, the two families were fair trade, and they were very polite to each other, and today's attitude did not allow him to think too much.

After another two days, the messenger couldn't wait any longer, and was about to go out to inquire again, but this time before he could find someone, a group of people rushed in and arrested him indiscriminately.

"What are you going to do, I was sent by the Nine Princes to do business with you." There was an imperceptible hint of panic in the messenger's voice.

The person who rushed in laughed, "Business? No need. ”

"What do you mean?"

Hearing the envoy's questioning, the leader suddenly changed his face and snorted coldly, "As a native of Dongxuanguo, but walking around in Fanbang, who knows if you are a spy or not, is it really easy to bully us in Fanbang?" ”

"I'm not a spy, I want to see the king!" The messenger shouted, but he had no chance, a cold glittering knife fell from the sky, and he only felt a chill in his neck, a bright red liquid gushed out, and a head rolled to the ground, above which were terrified eyes.

The leader wiped the knife without changing his face, and instructed the people behind him, "Hang his head on the high platform, inform him, if there are any more spies, the end will be with him!" ”

The news of the killing of the envoy of the Nine Princes soon spread to Lord Lin and them. After they went to see it, they went to the palace on purpose.

"Yesterday we caught a spy, and now it's hanging on the high platform, I don't know if Lord Lin went to see it?" What everybody knows, the king prefers to say.

Lord Lin arched his hand without changing his face, "The lower official heard about it, Wang Yingming is martial arts, and the lower official really admires it." ”

The king looked up to the sky and laughed, "I don't know this sincerity, can you King Chu be satisfied?" ”

When he came, he didn't give Lord Lin a warning to them, you see, we are not easy to mess with, if you want to make a deal with us, you have to follow the rules, otherwise, the corpse on the high platform will be the end.

Lord Lin said respectfully, "Our Majesty is sincere, and the king is also sincere, and the cooperation will definitely be very smooth." ”

"Haha, okay, Lord Lin can talk, Lone likes it very much, come, serve wine, Lone and Lord Lin have a good drink." The king waved his hand heroically, and then, a group of maids rushed in and brought a jar of wine, Lord Lin, a civil official, in order not to lose face, he drank with the king for most of the day, and when he came out, he couldn't even walk steadily.

"These people are truly barbaric." After coming out of the palace, a messenger couldn't help but sigh.

"I think the king is a good fellowship for his simple work." Lord Lin glanced back at the brightly lit palace, with a deep meaning in his eyes.

Hearing this, the others stopped talking, for the king was indeed credible to those who were good friends, but for those who had enmity with him, the end would be too miserable. I only hope that their friendship will last a little longer.

Otherwise...... Everyone shuddered at the thought of the messenger's death.

Here, after Lord Lin returned to his room, he immediately wrote a letter and sent it back to Dongxuanguo.

When the king of Chu saw it, he was overjoyed and showed the letter to everyone at the court meeting.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty." The ministers knelt on the ground, and the king of Chu liked to see the picture of everyone surrendering to him the most, and he showed a satisfied look at the moment.

Lao Jiu, Xie Yutang, I see what else you can do in the future? I can't spare anyone who betrays me!

"Lord Wang, it's not good!"

The Ninth Prince was reading a book in the house, and when he saw the person who stumbled in, he couldn't help frowning, "What's the matter, it's frizzy." ”

The man who rushed in fell to his knees, and his voice was full of tears, "Your Excellency was killed by the king of Fanbang, and the body is still hanging on the high platform. ”

With a bang, the Nine Princes stood up in a gaffe, not caring about the overturned chair behind him, staring at the person on the ground tightly, "You say it again." ”

"When the adult arrived in Fanbang, he wanted to discuss the transaction with others, but the other party repeatedly shirked it, and the adult felt that he was going to miss the prince's business, so he wanted to take the initiative to urge him, who knows...... Who knew that they suddenly broke in, and killed the adult without saying a word, and their subordinates happened to be outside, so they escaped by luck, and they didn't dare to delay, so they hurried back to inform the prince. ”

The Nine Princes looked at him with deep eyes, only to see that he was in a mess, knowing that he had suffered a lot on the road, he didn't say anything for a while, only sighed and said, "You go to wash up first, and then go with this king to see General Xie later." ”

The attendant agreed and withdrew.

Xie Yutang was also shocked when he heard the news, "How can this be? ”

The king of Fanbang was not a man of rebellion, and their deal had always been smooth, so why did he suddenly kill the envoy without warning? The other party is not a fool, and he will not know how serious the end will be if he does this.

The Nine Princes also had a dignified face.

The attendant had already washed up, stepped forward at this moment, and said respectfully, "General Xie, Lord Wang, my subordinates heard a sentence in a trance over there, it seems that Dongxuanguo also sent an envoy over." ”

The Nine Princes and Xie Yutang glanced at each other, and at the same time realized that the problem might appear here.

"Do you know what the envoy of the King of Chu went there for?"

"My subordinates don't know."

The fingertips of the Nine Princes tapped lightly on the tabletop, and the sound of Da Da seemed to hit the human heart, making people feel a little irritated for no reason, "He naturally doesn't know about this, this king estimates, it should be the king of Chu who knows that we have trade contacts with Fanbang, and he also wants to intervene in it." ”

Xie Yutang felt that it was probably the same, the king of Chu would not sit idly by, and the reason why he kept ignoring them was because the land in the north was very desolate, and he wanted them to fend for themselves, and secondly, there was a problem within the Dongxuan Kingdom, and the king of Chu was in a hurry to appease the people, and he had no time or energy to pay attention to them. But that doesn't mean he just let them go.

If Xie Yutang and them are living a miserable life now, it doesn't matter if the day is not safe, but under the leadership of the two, this army has a tendency to become stronger and stronger, so that the king of Chu will inevitably not be able to tolerate them.

"Let's find out what is going on first." Xie Yutang thought about it and made a decision.

The Nine Princes also agreed with his approach, and after they discussed it, they felt that they still had to start with familiar people, so they asked people to go directly to Nina. But the person who sent it brought back the news that Nina could not be contacted at all.

The Ninth Prince couldn't help but be a little irritable, "Didn't this king tell you, how to contact her?" He thought that the people he sent were greedy for life and afraid of death, and he was not satisfied.

The person who sent there was full of helplessness, "Lord Wang, my subordinates have already contacted you according to your method, but the other party has been imprisoned by the king of Fanbang, and my subordinates have inquired for a long time, but they still haven't been able to find her whereabouts, so they came back." ”

Hearing this, the Nine Princes and Xie Yutang were shocked again, Nina was imprisoned?

The Nine Princes were in a hurry, he had spent more time dealing with that girl, although the other party's boldness and straightforwardness bothered him a little, but he didn't really hate her.