On the sixth day of the sixth month of the nineteenth year of Hongde of the Great Wei Dynasty, Qu Yang, a son of the Qu family from the Chu State, was recommended by Qu Cheng, the chief general of the Yanling Army of the Wei State, and threw the worship post to the Su Wangfu of Daliang. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After some consideration, Zhao Hongrun met with the second son of the Qu family of Chu State in the study of the palace.

The impression of the first meeting was that this Qu Yang was about twenty-six years old, well-dressed, dignified, and had the demeanor of being born in a big noble, but his face seemed a little gloomy, thinking that it was caused by the fatigue accumulated from the long journey.

And when Zhao Hongrun secretly looked at Qu Yang, the latter was also secretly looking at the prince of Wei in front of him, who rose to prominence two years ago and gradually became one of the world's most influential figures.

At this moment, the prince of Wei who appeared in Qu Yang's eyes was dressed as if he was an ordinary rich scholar in his palace, except for the well-textured and exquisite handmade robes, he did not wear any jade ornaments on his body to show his status. Because he is not as old as a weak crown, this son does not wear a crown on his head, only a vermilion hairband is tied vertically, and he still holds a scroll in his right hand, so he looks like a polite Confucian scholar, and it is difficult to imagine that this son was a Wei army commander who could not even be defeated by Shouling Jun Jingshe a while ago.

The only fly in the ointment is that this Royal Highness King Su is not as tall and burly as most Wei people of the same age, thin and weak, coupled with that somewhat neutral and handsome face, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a commander who has commanded more than 200,000 soldiers and horses.

Only those eyes made Qu Yang faintly feel some kind of pressure, as if his intention had already been seen through by the other party, and it was exposed.

This son is Ji Run, the son of Wei who even Shouling Jun Jingshe could not defeat......

While bowing his hand, Qu Yang felt a dark feeling in his heart, because he felt that the other party's momentum was a little incredible.

is obviously just a teenager, but the compelling momentum makes Qu Yang have the illusion that he is meeting the lord of a certain country.

The coercion of the superior.

Taking a deep breath, he spoke a fairly fluent Wei dialect, bowed down and said, "In Xia Quyang, meet King Su." ”

Hearing this, His Royal Highness King Su in front of him raised his eyebrows, and said with a little praise: "It really surprised this king, there are really few people among the Chu people who can speak Wei dialect fluently. ”

As His Royal Highness King Su spoke, Qu Yang suddenly felt that the oppressive force around him seemed to have receded a lot, so that he could finally take a long and deep breath.

He said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Su has said it, Ji's surname is Zhao, and my surname is a rare ancient surname in the world, my Qu family has always admired and respected the Zun clan for a long time, maybe there are not many people in my Chu people who understand Wei Yan, but I have always hoped to live in harmony with your country, and most of the children in the clan know Wei Yan, which is not surprising." At this point, he deliberately added: "If you don't understand the language, how can you convey the kindness in your heart?" ”

This guy is kind of interesting......

"Hehehe." Zhao Hongrun laughed twice noncommittally.

Although he knew very well that most of the Qu disciples who said what the other party said understood that Wei Yan was mostly a nonsense, it was undeniable that the other party's words were very decent, so as not to make people feel disgusted.

"Serve tea." He turned his head and instructed the sect guard to guard the chief.

Wei Jiao nodded, summoned the two Su Wang Wei outside the door of the study, and asked the latter to make tea for the people in the house.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun welcomed Qu Yang to the two rows of seats in the living room of the outer room of the study and beckoned the latter to take a seat.

After Qu Yang knelt down on the seat on the east side, Zhao Hongrun did not go straight to the main seat in the hall, but went straight to the seat on the west side, picked a seat facing Qu Yang, and sat down.

This move made Qu Yang's expression slightly uneasy.

Because it stands to reason that there is nothing wrong with him sitting in the seat on the east side as a guest. But who would have thought that Zhao Hongrun did not sit in the main seat, but sat down in the seat on the west side, doesn't this seem that his "status" is higher than that of the other party?

For a while, Qu Yang couldn't help but feel an inexplicable nervousness.

And his expression, Zhao Hongrun saw it in his eyes.

In fact, Zhao Hongrun didn't care which side he was sitting on, and the reason why he sat opposite Qu Yang was just to observe the other party's expression during the conversation with him.

However, this small move made Zhao Hongrun discover a thing: the second son of the Qu family of Chu State in front of him seems to be able to talk decently, but in fact, he is probably not a lobbyist who is used to lobbying and negotiating.

What does this mean?

Zhao Hongrun didn't believe that the dignified Chu Guoqu clan would not even be able to find a lobbyist who was good at lobbying and negotiating.

Obviously, the Qu family sent Qu Yang, the second son, to show sincerity, but it also meant that the other party did not have much time.

In other words, the Qu clan has not been in a good situation recently, so they hope to get the support of Wei with the greatest sincerity.

To put it bluntly, this means that Zhao Hongrun can knock the other party hard.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but have a few treacherous smiles on his face, and Qu Yang, who was already a little panicked, changed his face slightly.

At this time, two Su Wang Wei entered and served tea.

"Second son, please use tea." Zhao Hongrun said with a smile, at this moment he looked at Qu Yang's gaze, as if he had seen a fat sheep to be slaughtered.

"Thank you, thank you, King Su." Qu Yang looked a little unnatural under Zhao Hongrun's gaze, and while holding up the teacup and drinking tea to hide the tension in his heart, he secretly said in his heart: Obviously the other party's age is ten years behind him, why is he so strong?

And at this moment, Zhao Hongrun asked coldly: "Second son, I don't know what price your clan is willing to pay in exchange for my Great Wei to support your clan to seize the royal power of your country?" ”

At this time, Qu Yang was taking a sip of tea, and when he heard this sentence, he was shocked, and he was choked by the hot tea and coughed repeatedly.

"Su ...... Your Royal Highness, you ......"

"Isn't that right?" Looking at Qu Yang with a frightened expression, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "If this king is not bad, the current situation of the Zun clan is probably not very good, there should not be too much time to go around in circles with this king, and this king doesn't like to beat around the bush, why don't you and I say straight to the point." …… What price are you willing to pay? ”

"......" just relieved his cough Qu Yang, and looked at Zhao Hongrun with a strange expression, and couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.

Maybe he was wondering, the Wei Gongzi in front of him obviously looked gentle and elegant, and his aristocratic temperament was quite strong, but his mouth was a rude tone that seemed to be a robber sitting on the ground and sharing the spoils.

I have to say that this kind of tone is equivalent to being uneducated in the eyes of the aristocracy, in fact, the urine of the vast majority of nobles is like this: even if they are talking about murder and bullshit, they must be said in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner, and they can't wait to use the most exquisite words in the world to decorate it.

However, at this time, Qu Yang didn't care about evaluating the other party's aristocratic cultivation, in fact, Zhao Hongrun's proposal was more in line with his current mind. After all, as Zhao Hongrun said, the recent situation of his Qu clan is indeed not good.

After thinking about it, Qu Yang arched his hand with a serious face and said, "Since this is the case, I won't hide it too much." …… If your country is willing to help, after my Qu clan seizes the royal power, my Great Chu is willing to submit to your country. ”

"Hey." Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, and his disdain was on the surface.

It is undeniable that this is an era that pays attention to integrity, and a person who does not abide by integrity is unable to move an inch no matter where he is; But at the same time, it is also an era of the weak and the strong, and the covenant between countries is sometimes actually a piece of non-binding waste paper.

Submission, that is a weak country against a strong country.

For example, Wei's younger brother, Weiguo, is subordinate to Wei, even if it is called a vassal state.

The reason why Wei kept Wei was that Wei did not want its territory to border more areas with the territory of Korea, and secondly, it also wanted Wei to become a buffer zone between Han and Wei.

After all, if two countries go to war on a bordering territory, many of the indigenous facilities are often destroyed after the war.

For example, two or three years ago, Xiong Tuo, the king of Chu Xuancheng, attacked Wei, and later, for example, Zhao Hongrun led the army to counterattack Xiong Tuo's fiefdom of Xuancheng Jun, which was a battle that was difficult to recover from disadvantage once defeated.

But if there was a buffer between the two countries, the situation would be much better, because it was not a home war, and no matter how many buildings were destroyed, there was no need to worry too much.

Therefore, Wei obviously has the strength to destroy Wei Guo, but he has never had the intention of annexing the latter, on the contrary, he has assisted Wei Guo several times to avoid Wei Guo being bullied by Song State.

And if one day, Wei Guo is unwilling to follow Wei as a big brother, then Wei can also destroy Wei Guo in a short period of time.

Why?

Because for Wei Guo, Wei is strong enough!

However, the state of Chu is not a patriotic state.

Taking a step back, even if the Qu clan really defeated the Xiong clan and took over the royal power of the Chu State with the assistance of the Wei State, would they really keep their promise and bow down to the Wei State?

No kidding!

Perhaps in the first few years, the Qu clan will temporarily submit to the Wei state without submitting to the domestic resistance forces. But once the Qu clan truly replaces the Xiong clan and truly controls the entire Chu State, at that time, they will inevitably tear up the agreement.

Why?

Because the unified and stable state of Chu is stronger than the state of Wei!

The strong will never surrender to the weak!

As for the so-called state-to-state agreements, they can be torn up under a spurious pretext without interference from vital interests. Note: For example, King Wu of Zhou attacked Shang, was he really forced to be helpless because of the cruelty of King Shang? No, it's because King Wu feels that he has the strength to replace the Shang Dynasty. Otherwise, when King Wu succeeded to the throne with his father Ji Changchu, why did he continue to submit to Shang? Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and the king's cruelty is not a matter of one or two days. At the end of the day, the fist isn't big enough.

Therefore, such ridiculous remarks are pure jokes in Zhao Hongrun's view.

"Second son, are you playing this king? Believe it or not, this king asked someone to tie you up and send you to Xiong Xu, the king of Chu? ”

Looking at Qu Yang, Zhao Hongrun's face suddenly became gloomy.

Looking at the looming anger on the face of His Royal Highness King Su in front of him, Qu Yang only felt that his scalp was a little hot.

He instinctively felt: this kind of thing, the other party did it. (To be continued.) )