How did he get here?

The familiar voice made Qin Shaojun can't help but raise his head, and his eyes are a little complicated to look at Zhao Hongrun who broke in. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But when he saw Zhao Hongrun following behind him, his eyes suddenly dimmed, and he turned a blind eye to Zhao Hongrun who broke in.

At this time, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zhao Sheng, the prince of the court, and several scribes next to him stood up and greeted each other: "His Royal Highness King Su." ”

Fang Cai Du You was still a little surprised and displeased, I don't know who made a noise in his Ministry of Rites, and even trespassed on the meeting to receive the Qin envoy, but when he saw Zhao Hongrun, his heart was suddenly relieved - the six departments and twenty-four departments of the imperial court, and the places where His Royal Highness King Su could not enter and exit?

However, Qin Envoy Gan Xu, who was in front of the low table, saw Zhao Hongrun trespassing in without permission, but his face showed a look of surprise.

However, he didn't ask rashly, after all, just with Zhao Hongrun's dress and indifferent attitude, he didn't look like an unknown person.

Seeing that everyone in the side hall was looking at him, Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said with a smile: "Everyone, please continue, this king is just coming over to take a look at random." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Qin Shaojun, who was sitting next to the right hand of Qin Lord Gan Xu, and saw that his eyes were cold and he didn't say a word, and he didn't bother to greet him, so he sat down directly opposite him, and Zhao Sheng, who was about to give up his seat, was a little embarrassed.

……

It may be that seeing that Zhao Hongrun actually ignored himself, Qin Shaojun frowned slightly, and was about to speak, but saw Qi Jiang Shi Ran kneeling down on the mattress next to Zhao Hongrun's left hand, staring at him expressionlessly.

Qin Shaojun: "......"

Mi Jiang: "......"

What's going on with this guy? Why are you staring at me?

Qin Shaojun couldn't help but feel a little restrained, because he felt that the eyes of the woman opposite him were particularly sharp, as if they could see through his thoughts, which made him feel an inexplicable panic for no reason.

However, the stubbornness in his heart made Qin Shaojun not have the slightest intention of flinching, and glared back at Qi Jiang's gaze.

The two stared at each other intently, making the atmosphere slightly awkward.

…… What's the situation?

Zhao Hongrun, Du You, Zhao Sheng, and Qin's envoy Gan Xu immediately noticed the staring between Qin Shaojun and Mi Jiang, and they were a little confused for a while.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Hongrun quietly pulled the sleeve of Mi Jiang's shirt, and his face was a little unpleasant.

He said in his heart: This woman can't be in love with each other, right?

Although he once said that he would not have any relationship with Mi Jiang, with the current relationship between the two, if Mi Jiang thought differently, he would also be furious.

Even if the other party is the former friend opposite, it can't be!

It may be some kind of magical induction, which made Mi Jiang feel the inexplicable emotions in Zhao Hongrun's heart, Mi Jiang turned his head slightly and glanced at Zhao Hongrun, I don't know why, Zhao Hongrun felt that her eyes were full of malicious ridicule and contempt.

This woman ...... Is she laughing at me? Sick?

Through some kind of magical induction, Zhao Hongrun can also feel the inner mood fluctuations of Mi Jiang, and suddenly feel inexplicable.

At first, he thought that it was Mi Jiang who had fallen in love with the Qin Shaojun opposite, but when he looked closely, it was not the case at all.

At the same time, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zhao Sheng, the lord of Qin, and Gan Xu, the envoy of Qin, obviously also noticed the embarrassing atmosphere, and the three pairs of eyes turned around on Qin Shaojun and Mi Jiang.

The...... It should be the rumored "Princess Su candidate", right? Xiong Tuo, the Jun of Xucheng of Chu State, is regarded as a cousin like a younger sister, and the eldest daughter of Xiong Hao, Jun of Runan...... And the teenager ...... Fang Cai's Qin envoy Gan Xu did not introduce it specifically, only said that he was accompanying him, but he was qualified to sit next to him, who was he? …… Isn't there a grudge between the two?

Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stroked a small handful of beard on his chin and did not speak.

If he were to be someone else and "provoke" the Qin envoy like this, I am afraid that Du You would have been reprimanded and expelled a long time ago, but for the woman who is likely to become Princess Su in the future, he thinks it is better not to offend rashly.

Shaojun ...... Does this woman recognize Shaojun? Or did she see something?

At the same time, Qin Envoy Gan Xu was also looking at Qi Jiang and Qin Shaojun with strange eyes.

And at this moment, I suddenly saw Zhao Hongrun coughing, breaking the strange atmosphere in the side hall: "Why don't you speak?" …… Oh, by the way, what did Lord Zhao Sheng say was too deceitful, why did he say this? ”

Zhao Hongrun's interruption made Zhao Sheng, the monarch of the Emperor, immediately remember the matter of Fang Cai, pointed to the national letter in his hand and said to Zhao Hongrun and Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites: "His Royal Highness King Su, and Lord Du You, this national letter ...... The Qin State is really too deceitful! ”

Seeing that Zhao Sheng's face showed anger when he spoke, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, had no time to pay attention to Qin Shaojun and Qi Jiang anymore, and frowned and asked, "Why did Lord Zhao Sheng say this?" ”

I saw that Zhao Sheng, the lord of Qin, glanced at Gan Xu, the chief envoy of Qin, lightly swiped his index finger on the words in the national letter, and said in a deep voice: "Qin, I want my Great Wei to recognize their rule over Longxi, and I want Great Wei to compensate." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun and Du You's faces suddenly sank, and they all looked at Qin Envoy Ganxu with unkind eyes.

"Dare to ask the envoy, what Lord Zhao Sheng said is true?" Du You looked directly at Gan Xu and asked in a deep voice.

Qin envoy Gan Xu stroked his beard and said slowly: "Lord Zhao Sheng's remarks are too extreme. …… This time, I Daqin is an envoy to your country in the spirit of peace between the two countries. It's just that Lord Du You must also know that the Wei clan in Longxi provoked my Great Qin first, and also invaded the land of my Great Qin, how can he invade me, and I can't violate his country? ”

The language used by this son is the dialect of Longxi, which is somewhat different from today's Wei dialect, but it can still be roughly understood.

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun was also silent.

After all, Gan Xu is indeed right, the Wei clan in Longxi has lost the ancestral foundation, it is the Wei clan's incompetence, who is to blame? This world is the law of the jungle. What's more, it was Longxi who first provoked the Qin State, and now that the Qin State has destroyed the country, and still expects the other party to return the land?

Do you really think that Qin Guo is just trying to get a breath back? Just because some nationals on the border were killed by the Wei clan in Longxi, they launched a war against Longxi for twenty years?

Joke!

At least Zhao Hongrun will not believe this kind of "righteous and awe-inspiring" explanation.

In a word, the land in Longxi, don't expect the Qin State to take the initiative to return it to the Wei State.

"So...... What about compensation? Du You asked expressionlessly, "Why do you want me to compensate Dawei?" ”

Hearing this, Gan Xufeng smiled lightly: "The evil deeds of the Wei clan in Longxi against the people of Great Qin are too numerous to mention, and now although the country is dead, it is still not enough to calm the people's anger...... However, your country has contained the Wei clan, and I, Great Qin, respect your country and do not want to have trouble with your country, but my king also needs to give an explanation to the people. ”

Du You frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "I don't know what you want to explain?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Gan Xu take out a map from his arms and spread it on the low table, and after Zhao Hongrun, Du You, and Zhao Sheng looked at the map a few times, Gan Xu stretched out his right hand and pressed it on the ground, and then made a gesture to his side.

"No way!" Du You immediately shouted, with a little anger in his eyes.

You must know that Gan Xufang's package includes the northwest of Sanchuan County and the west of Hedong County on the map, and the two together are no less than a Longxi, how could it be ceded to Qin as compensation?

Wish for the moon!

Seeing Du You's angry face, Qin made Gan Xu's face unchanged, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Then what if that's the case?" As he spoke, he drew a circle on the map with his finger, enclosing about half of Longxi in the western part of Sanchuan County.

Du You sneered twice and didn't say a word.

Seeing this, Qin envoy Gan Xu spoke: "Lord Du You, as far as I know from Great Qin, although the land of Sanchuan once belonged to your country, now, your country has lost its grasp of Sanchuan, in other words, this land is not actually owned by your country. …… In that case, why bother with this lost land? What harm will it do to your country in exchange for my friendship with Great Qin? ”

Hearing this, Du You sneered again and again.

It is undeniable that after the Battle of Sanchuan, although Sanchuan County nominally returned to the rule of Wei, in fact, Wei was only able to influence the Sichuan area, which was only about a quarter of the entire Sanchuan area.

The remaining three-quarters were still in fact under the rule of the Great Tribe and the Wusu Court.

It seems that it is not a big deal for Wei to abandon this place, but in fact, it is not, because Wei has already signed different covenants with the Qian, Qian, and Qing.

For example, the Qiang people, who still occupy the western and central parts of Sanchuan County, agreed that there would be no more war between Wei and the Qiang, and that Wei would provide food to the Qiang and support the Qiang people in waging war against Ba. The Qian, on the other hand, gave back a large number of slaves to the Sichuan Alliance or the Wei State, as well as rare goods such as ores in the Bashu area.

Therefore, it can be said that although the vast majority of the Qiang people were not as subordinate to the Wei State as the Sichuan Alliance, they also had a cooperative relationship with the Wei State, so how could they acquiesce in ceding the territory of the Qiang people to the Qin State?

First, the Qiang people would not agree at all, and second, once the Wei State acquiesced to this matter, the Qiang people would inevitably turn their faces and not talk about it for the time being, and it would also affect the submission of the Sichuan Alliance to the Wei State.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as Wei Guo dares to nod and acquiesce in this matter, the relationship between Sanchuan and Wei will immediately return to the same as it was three years ago, and Wei Guo is in the Sichuan Alliance, it is definitely a betrayal.

This kind of stake, how could Du You, who is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, not see it?

Shaking his head, Du You said in a deep voice without being humble or arrogant: "I, Great Wei, will never agree to such an unreasonable request!" ”

Hearing this, Qin envoy Gan Xu was not in a hurry, and said quietly: "Your Majesty the King of Wei of your country has not yet read the national letter, and Lord Du You categorically rejected my request for Great Qin...... That's not a good fit, is it? ”

"There's no need." Du You rolled up the letter of state with one hand, then threw it back to the Qin envoy, and said coldly: "My lord has all the opportunities, and he has no time to pay attention to such unreasonable requests. ”

Qin envoy Gan Xu caught the national letter thrown into his arms, squinted his eyes, and said in a gloomy tone: "This time, we are here with my Great Qin, why is Lord Du You so insulted?" …… Is it bad to deceive me into the Great Qin Soldiers? (To be continued.) )