"You actually want my son to bow his head to that Ji Run Xiao'er and talk lightly about making peace?!"

In the case of anger, Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, couldn't care about the identity of the yellow arsenic in front of him, and asked angrily with his eyes wide.

Fortunately, Huang Arsen's cultivation is not bad, although he was stared at by Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, he did not have the slightest sense of annoyance, walked past the latter with a smile, knelt down on a mattress in the hall, and straightened his clothes as if nothing had happened.

『……』

As the saying goes, a slap doesn't make a sound, and Huang Arsenic has no meaning to pick up the stubble, so although Xiong Tuo is angry in his heart, he is not easy to attack, after all, etiquette is especially particular among the nobles, Xiong Tuo doesn't want his rude behavior to be passed on by this Huang Arsenic to his father Xiong Xu.

Therefore, Xiong Tuo let out a long breath and forced himself to calm down, and then walked to Huang Arsenic and sat down, and ordered the house slaves in the house to serve tea.

After a while, the house slave served tea, and Xiong Tuo, who was kneeling on the mattress, knelt up straight, took the delicate porcelain teapot, and poured a cup for Huang Arsenic and himself.

After all, he is the master of the local area, and he should do his best to be a landlord.

During this period, Huang Arsenic sat upright, respectfully took the tea handed by Xiong Tuo with both hands, took a sip, and then put down the teacup, and then he said with emotion: "Although Tuo Gongzi is still vigorous, it is indeed much better than ten years ago." …… It seems that over the years, Tuo Gongzi has not slackened off in self-cultivation. ”

The great nobles of the Chu State are very good at "Hug Puzi", especially for the "Qi Cultivation" chapter in the book.

Because the more noble the aristocracy, the more they want to be different from what they call "commoners", and this distinction is not limited to material conditions, they also advocate the improvement of the spiritual level.

The improvement of this spiritual level does not mean to improve the quality of individuals. Instead, I practice something that is similar to "aristocratic temperament", such as speaking in a slow and calm tone, etc., which can be summed up in two words, pretending to be forced.

But later, as more and more nobles of the Chu State practiced this kind of "aristocratic temperament" of unknown things, let alone it. The people of Chu really studied towards the level of Taoist self-cultivation, making "qi cultivation" and "cultivation" successively become very important practices for the nobles of Chu to improve their own quality.

This is the same reason that Zhao Hongrun was forced to sit quietly in the small black house in the sect's mansion.

It is undeniable that the nobles of the Chu State in public are often well-dressed and elegantly spoken, such as the yellow arsenic in front of Xiong Tuo, who was rudely questioned by Xiong Tuo, and his heart can be described as firm.

"Ten years ago?" Xiong Tuo couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Huang Arsenic's words, because if you want to say that ten years ago it was a big event worthy of his anger, only he was pitted by King Ji of Wei. Obviously, the two families said that they would divide the Song Kingdom equally, but as a result, he Xiong Tuo lost his troops and spent a lot of money, but he didn't get anything.

At that time, Xiong Tuo hatefully pleaded with the royal capital Shouying, imploring the Chu State to send troops to attack the Wei State as a retaliation, but at that time, his father Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, still intended to win over the Wei State, so he did not agree, so the indignant Xiong Tuo once again formed an army on his own. Thus began the decade-long attack on the Wei State Fen Fortress.

I remember that at that time, Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, once sent a scholar doctor to come to Xuancheng. hoped that his son would stop this stupid move, but he didn't expect that Xiong Tuo, who was young and vigorous at the time, was stunned and asked someone to throw the scholar out of the house.

"It wasn't you, was it?" Xiong Tuo glanced at Huang Arsenic a few times and muttered in surprise.

Huang Arsenic smiled slightly. said: "It's Uncle Jia." …… At that time, he was just a casual follower. ”

Xiong Tuo frowned when he heard this, in fact, he also regretted it at the time, after all, the Huang clan was from the Ji Lian clan, and he was not inferior to the Xiong clan in terms of bloodline dignity, and he could be called a solid ally of their Xiong clan. is not like the big nobles like the Qu clan who compete with them for status, so his rude behavior at that time was like giving the support of the Huang clan to his other brothers in vain.

But helplessly, Xiong Tuo at that time was such a hot temper.

"Go back, prepare a generous gift, and ask Lord Huang Arsenic to send it to Uncle Ling Huang Cheng on his behalf."

Huang Arsenic smiled when he heard this: "It's been ten years, and my uncle has already seen it...... Having said that, if it weren't for the incident back then, Uncle Jia would have been very optimistic about Tuo Gongzi. ”

"Yes." Xiong Tuo sighed helplessly, in fact, he also knew very well how many nobles he had offended over the years who had no grudge against him.

"Okay, let's put this matter aside, let's talk about the purpose of Huang's trip first."

"Ask for peace with that Ji Run'er?" may have been infected by Huang Arsenic's calm cultivation, Xiong Tuo was no longer so angry when he mentioned this matter again at this time, but his words were still mixed with a bit of ridicule and self-deprecation.

"It's peace with Wei Guoyan." Huang Arsenic corrected solemnly: "Although Tuo Gongzi was defeated, it did not affect my Da Chu, and Ji Run did not dare to use this matter to mock Gongzi, Gongzi can rest assured." …… In fact, I'm afraid that Ji Run can't wait to make peace with me as soon as possible at this moment. ”

Xiong Tuo was silent when he heard this, and after thinking for a long time, he asked, "Is this what my father meant?" Why did my father make peace with Wei? ”

"Because Qi Guo intervened." Huang Arsenic's extremely serious words made Xiong Tuo's face stunned.

"Qi Guo? Qi Wangxi? Xiong Tuo asked with some surprise, as the king of Qi Lu Xu, as his Xiong Tuo's father Xiong Xu's lifelong enemy, it is impossible for Xiong Tuo not to know this person.

"Not bad." Huang Arsenic nodded and said: "According to the detailed report hidden in the Qi State, the King of Qi ordered Pi County to repair the city, as you know, Pi County is on the west side of Liyang Junsheng Gongzi, and not far to the south is my Great Chu's Fu Lisai, Qi Wang Xi is in Pi County to repair the city, its intention is self-evident. ”

Xiong Tuo was not a scheming person, and he didn't speak when he heard this, because he also understood that if the Qi State intervened in this battle, the battle situation would not be beneficial to their Chu State.

After all, Qi and Chu have a long-standing feud for more than a hundred years, and they are eager to destroy each other, compared to this hatred, the hatred between Wei Wang Ji Si and Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, is insignificant.

"Qi and Wei have formed an alliance?"

Huang Arsenic smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Ji Zhao, the sixth son of King Wei, arrived in Linzi of Qi State a while ago and was summoned by King Xi of Qi...... Although the details did not probe into the specifics. But this kind of thing is better to believe in it than to believe in it. ”

"Father is scared?" Xiong Tuo said with a sneer.

In fact, he has always wondered, obviously the combat effectiveness of the elite army of his Chu State is not inferior, but whenever the Qi State is mentioned, those big nobles in Shouying are like talking about tigers, and they are afraid. As if the Wei State was broken by the Korean battle in the north in Shangdang, the Chu people were also frightened by the national war led by the allied forces of Qi, Lu and Song led by the King of Qi and almost forced the King of Chu to move the capital.

Huang Arsenic frowned slightly when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "It's not that I don't dare to fight, it's that I can't fight." As he spoke, he saw Xiong Tuo's puzzled face, so he looked left and right, and when he saw that there was no one around, he knelt up straight. The upper body leaned towards Xiong Tuo and whispered: "South, southeast, those people are making a lot of noise......"

"Southside? Southeast? He's talking ......

Xiong Tuo's face was slightly shocked when he heard this, and he asked in amazement: "Haven't you suppressed it?" ”

Huang Arsenic sighed and shook his head, and said regretfully: "The army has been sent over, but for the time being, it seems that it cannot be suppressed in the short term......"

Hearing this, Xiong Tuo already understood a little in his heart. But to ask him to make peace with that fourteen-year-old Wei boy, and it was in this situation of his fiasco. He couldn't help but be unwilling.

may have seen the scruples in Xiong Tuo's heart, Huang Arsenic said with a smile: "I believe that when this matter spreads, the most unwilling is Xiong Wu Gongzi." ”

Xiong Tuo was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly realized.

Think about it, if his side reaches an agreement with Wei, shake hands and make peace. Then Ji Run of Wei will inevitably have to lead his army to withdraw from the territory of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, and conversely, Xiong Wu, the Guling monarch who has conquered most of the Song land, he will also have to spit out the Song land he has conquered and return it to Wei.

Think about it this way. Xiong Tuo was much happier, and what was even more ingenious was that he could still negotiate with Wei after being defeated, but Xiong Wu, who was obviously the victor, didn't even have a chance to negotiate.

This made Xiong Tuo very happy.

However, when he was happy, he had to ask, "Why did you choose me?" ”

It can be seen that Huang Arsenic is also a thoughtful and quick-thinking person, and he can understand Xiong Tuo's brainless question, and he shook his head and corrected when he heard this: "It's not that I picked the son of Tuo, but the one who is in Zhengyang County at the moment." ”

"Ji Run?" Xiong Tuo frowned, and immediately, he burst out laughing.

What is he laughing at?

He was laughing at his brother, Guling Jun Xiongwu.

What's the use of laying down so many Song cities, and in the end, there is not even a chance to negotiate with Wei?

And he Xiong Tuo, although he was beaten so miserably by Ji Run of Wei State, it is incredible that he was able to negotiate with Na Ji Run as a representative of Chu State.

What's even more incredible is that he can even use the Wei city captured by his brother Guling Jun Xiong Wu in the Song Dynasty as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Ji Run.

And Guling Jun Xiong Wu is very likely to get nothing.

I have to say that this is very ironic, but the so-called impermanence of the world, sometimes, a one-in-a-million opponent has more weight than the meritorious deeds established!

"It's just that it's not very good-looking on the face......"

After laughing, Xiong Wu said with some whims.

Hearing this, Huang Arsenic asked tentatively, "Tuo Gongzi agreed?" ”

I saw Xiong Tuo let out a long breath, and said with a somewhat complicated expression: "Remove the prejudice, that Ji Run is indeed a hero, me and him, it is really like my father and the king of Qi are ......" Speaking of this, he muttered to himself: "This account, this son will ask him for it sooner or later!" ”

Huang Arsenic nodded secretly when he heard this, and he said in his heart, when it is broken, it will be broken, this Xiong Tuo is indeed much more mature than ten years ago.

"Without further ado, please write a letter to Na Ji Run. …… It's better to reach an agreement before the beginning of spring, otherwise the Qi side will ......"

"I see." Xiong Tuo nodded, then frowned and said, "But there is no need to write a letter." ”

Obviously, Xiong Tuo remembered that he had written to Ji Run twice, but as a result, Ji Run only replied with the word "stupid" every time, and he could roughly guess the meaning of this word, so he didn't want to write a letter to scold him unless it was necessary.

"The two of us, go straight to Zhengyang County!"

"Huh?" Huang Arsenic's eyes widened in surprise. (To be continued.) )