"That's a ...... Thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west of the river......

Zhao Hongrun sighed secretly.

He didn't expect that he, who had only negotiated with Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, and Huang Arsenic, a scholar from Chu State, a few days ago, ushered in another negotiation today, and this negotiation was a matter of life and death for him.

The bad feeling of being held by others, Zhao Hongrun can be regarded as a taste.

『……』

Looking at the two witches who were kneeling in front of him to negotiate with him, Zhao Hongrun let out a long breath and forced himself to calm down.

"The purpose of the two hostages is already clear to the king."

Since the other party has long been clear about his identity, Zhao Hongrun is too lazy to make any more excuses, instead of lying about others, it is better to think about how to persuade the other party to escape.

"But there is one thing that this king wants to remind the two of them, as ordinary civilians, they interfere in the military affairs of Chu and Wei, which is not what smart people should do."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" The small witch snorted coldly when she heard this: "As long as you return the cities that captured my Great Chu, my sisters will let you live, otherwise......"

"Ahhh......h It's a cute little girl, but if you match her, it's all ruined, but it's a pity that ......

"How else?" Zhao Hongrun secretly said that he was sorry, and said lightly: "Do you really plan to kill this king?" …… This king is the son of the king of Wei, if he dies in your Chu land, I believe that Chu and Wei will continue to fight each other, and they will not die......"

"Humph!" The little witch pursed her lips and snorted coldly: "I am very powerful, how can I be afraid of you being a weak Wei State?" ”

"Ahh......h

Zhao Hongrun shook his head speechlessly, and said lightly: "Oh? But it's really strange that such a powerful and powerful Chu State was defeated by an army from the "weak Wei State" led by this king. Eighteen cities have fallen......"

"You!"

In terms of verbal fighting, where is the little witch Zhao Hongrun's opponent, a few faint mockery with a stick and a stick made her puff out of her mouth angrily.

After a long time, she said angrily: "You must have done a trick! ”

"Hmm......

For this, Zhao Hongrun is really hard to refute. After all, the reason why he was able to achieve such a prominent feat in just one month was because of Qu Cheng, Yan Mo, Zuo Qiumu and other generals of the Pingxuan Army who surrendered to him. If it is really a head-on fight, under such a cold winter, he Zhao Hongrun has not conquered Runan so far, so he will not say two things for the time being.

Of course, this kind of thing is naturally difficult for him to admit in person, so as not to boost the arrogance of the other party.

So he let out a breath from his nose and responded to the little witch with a contemptuous snort.

"You guy, you guy......"

As Zhao Hongrun expected. The little witch was almost mad by him, as if she was going to reach over and grab Zhao Hongrun's hair, but fortunately, the cold witch reached out in time to stop him.

"Hmm...... Do you get angry to this point with a little mockery? Doesn't look like some smart guy......

Glancing at the angry little witch on her face, Zhao Hongrun turned her gaze to her sister, the witch who looked very cold.

"In comparison, this "sister" is the kind of person who is calm......

"Let this king go back at this moment, this king can act as if this incident has not happened." Looking at the cold witch, Zhao Hongrun said in a deep voice: "A civilian. It is better not to interfere in the military affairs of the two great powers without authorization...... You think that you have done this to make the king vomit out the cities. Do you Chu State decision-makers really dare to accept it? ”

Just kidding, the "Wei Chu Armistice Zhengyang Peace Treaty" has been signed, and at this time, the two Chu people used this way of hijacking and threatening to coerce Zhao Hongrun to return those cities, and the Chu State dared to accept it?

If Chu really dares to accept it. Then he, Zhao Hongrun, will never give up!

Of course, it is impossible for the state of Chu to be stupid enough to accept the city that was snatched back in that way, after all, that means that the state of Chu is treacherous and ignores the "Wei-Chu Armistice Zhengyang Peace Treaty", then. The faith of the state of Chu was lost, and in the future, no country would sign any form of peace treaty and treaty with the state of Chu.

In other words, the means of diplomatic relations between Chu and Chu will be completely frozen, and I believe that neither the king of Chu nor the magnates and officials of Chu will dare to joke about this kind of thing.

But the problem is that the two witches on the other side are just ordinary civilians of the Chu State, and they naively think that they are using this means to threaten him Zhao Hongrun to return the eighteen cities, which is to help the Chu State, and they are convinced of this idea, which is a bit fatal.

Some people may think that since the "Wei-Chu Armistice Zhengyang Peace Treaty" has been signed, Zhao Hongrun thinks about his life and pretends to agree to the sisters' request to return the city to Chu in advance, which is not a big deal, and I believe that Chu will still keep its promise.

In fact, this conclusion is very taken for granted.

First of all, Zhao Hongrun negotiated with Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, that after the beginning of spring, after the Chu State handed over the pearls, jade, lacquerware and other trading items to compensate for the compensation, Zhao Hongrun would return those cities to the Chu State, and slowly lead the army to withdraw from the Chu State.

What is the reason?

The reason is that Zhao Hongrun also needed time to move the civilians of Chu in this land to Wei.

Those two or three hundred thousand Chu people, or even more Chu civilians than this number, are the "vested interests" that Zhao Hongrun values the most, and they are far more important than the compensation worth of "more than three million" in total.

You must know that 300,000 Chu people, which is equivalent to one-twentieth of the national population of their Wei State, is quite remarkable.

And now, because of the cold winter weather, the road is closed by heavy snow, and the vast majority of the local Chu people have not yet left for Runan, or go directly to Wei, at this time, let Zhao Hongrun return the city to Chu, wouldn't this make Zhao Hongrun's biggest plan fail?

Think how much effort did it take him to get Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, to say the sentence 'You have the ability to kill them all'?

In the case that Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, and the others did not take into account that he Zhao Hongrun planned to move the civilians of the Chu State to the Wei State, they tried to block Xiong Tuo's future rhetoric about this matter in advance, and now you want him Zhao Hongrun to return those Chu State cities in advance?

Delusion!

To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the 300,000 people of the Chu State, Zhao Hongrun would not have agreed to Huang Arsenic's war reparations of "1.4 million" at all.

One more point.

That is, although now the "Weichu Armistice Zhengyang Peace Treaty" has been signed. But it is undeniable that Zhao Hongrun and Xiong Tuo still retain a certain degree of vigilance against each other.

Although they knew very well that the other side would never dare to do anything to break the peace treaty at such a time, it could not be denied that this period of peace was quite sensitive.

To put it simply, Zhao Hongrun can't mobilize troops for no reason, for example. Withdrawing troops or something to return a certain city.

At this time, any wind and grass may stimulate the tense nerves of Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, once the latter catches the handle and puts forward the excuse that "the Wei people are not greedy enough and still try to use troops in vain", then at that time, the treacherous one will be the Wei State.

Therefore, whether it is Chu or Wei, it is best to maintain the original situation during this time. It was not until after the beginning of spring that Chu and Wei began to fulfill the matters agreed in the "Wei-Chu Armistice Zhengyang Peace Treaty".

As the so-called heart of defense is indispensable, Zhao Hongrun doesn't want to be caught by Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, in such a good situation, and take the lead in countermeasures.

Thinking of this, he persuaded the sisters: "It is a pity that this king has signed a peace treaty with your country's scholar Huang Arsenic, and your country has agreed to redeem those eighteen cities. …… It's not as simple as you sisters think. If you must force the king to return the city, then the king can assert it. You're not helping your country, you're doing it harm! ”

"......" Gao Lengwu's eyes showed a little surprise, and then she lowered her head slightly and was silent, as if thinking about the truth of Zhao Hongrun's words.

And just when Zhao Hongrun thought that he was about to move the other party, the little witch said angrily: "Liar! I, Da Chu, am so powerful, how can I use the ransom to redeem the city that you have captured? What a doctor. Our Great Chu King will send a scholar to negotiate with you? ”

"Huh?"

Zhao Hongrun was stunned when he heard this, but he wasn't thinking about anything else, but thinking about the identity of the scholar Huang Arsenic.

In all fairness, this little witch is not wrong, it seems like such a big thing. The king of Chu would not have sent a scholar to discuss this matter.

Unless, unless that yellow arsenic's identity is quite unbelievable......

However, it is a pity that Zhao Hongrun only knows the name of the other party for that yellow arsenic, and does not know anything else.

"Wait......

Suddenly, Zhao Hongrun seemed to think of something, and added: "With that yellow arsenic, there is also the Yijun here, Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng!" ”

"......" The shrine maiden sisters were stunned when they heard this.

Immediately, the little witch laughed, pointed at Zhao Hongrun and said, "Lu, right?" Lord Xiong Tuo hated the Wei people to the core, how could he sign a truce and peace treaty with you Wei people...... It can be seen that what you say is a lie! ”

"This self-righteous little imp!!"

Zhao Hongrun gritted his teeth with hatred.

Yes, that's what he's most worried about!

Ordinary civilians of Chu State only know that Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, hates the Wei people because he was killed by the king of Wei ten years ago, how can they understand that Xiong Tuo had to sign this peace treaty because the king of Qi intervened in the war between Chu and Wei this time?

Since the ordinary civilians of Chu are limited to their lack of information, even if it is true, they will mistakenly judge it as a false lie, which is the key to Zhao Hongrun's belief that today's events are very tricky.

Seeing that the cold witch's eyes also showed a little suspicion, Zhao Hongrun secretly made a mistake.

I thought that proposing Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, would increase the persuasiveness, but I didn't want it to be counterproductive.

"Sister, I see, if you don't give him a little color, he won't be honest!" The little witch instigated.

"......" The cold witch glanced at Zhao Hongrun lightly, and suddenly got up and walked towards the fire.

"I'm going to see how the meat is roasted......"

"Okay." The little witch replied with a grin.

Seeing the glimmer of danger in the eyes of the little witch, Zhao Hongrun secretly said that it was not good. (To be continued.) )