Xiong Jing thought about refractive light, and refractive light set off from Muling Pass a few days later, and walked for ten days before arriving in Linzi. It's not that he doesn't want to be faster, but that people are wise, and if they are wise, they will play a lot of cleverness, and the trip will be delayed. He also understood why the Qi people were like this, but he just wanted to delay the time and wait for the rescue of the Qin State. When they arrived in Linzi City, Qi Guo was extremely enthusiastic, and the country was greeted by the prime minister, and the post house was also prepared, and the food, music and dance were excellent.

"The king has been sick recently, so he ordered the old minister to greet Doctor Qu in person." Hou Sheng is slightly fat, and what impresses Refractive the most is his crown. Nobles all have crowns, and crowns vary from country to country. The state of Chu likes the high crown, but the state of Qi likes the giant crown. Hou Shengguo's respect, wearing a huge crown, refractive when he first saw it, was startled, and thought he had a dustpan on his head. "Dare to ask Doctor Qu, ...... Qu Zi?"

Seeing that Chu Envoy was always staring at his giant crown intentionally or unintentionally, and Hou Sheng was very proud, he liked this feeling.

Qu Guang solemnly said: "It is the ancestor." ”

"Ahh It's actually after Qu Zi?! Hou Sheng looked very surprised, he got up and said, "Qu Zi has been to Qi many times, which has caused the alliance between Qi and Chu, and I respect him!" ”

The Chu State sent a refractive envoy to Qi, so naturally there was a consideration of his identity as Qu Yuan's grandson. When he won the victory, he also returned the salute and said: "This time I went to Qi to come for the alliance between the two countries." Last year, your country took advantage of the danger of the people and pulled out the throne, and the widow was furious, and he sent Mr. Taifu Yuguan into Zhao, wanting to destroy Qi with Zhao, with Wenshui as the boundary, and divide the ...... of Qi equally."

"Ah——!h Hou Shengzhen was frightened, he knew that Crane Guanzi was a Zhao person, and he also knew that Crane Guanzi was the Taifu of Chu State. What he didn't expect was that Chu Zhao actually wanted to conspire to carve up the Qi Kingdom.

"It is true." Refraction is not lying. "I wanted to use the boat master to land from Anling and attack the back of Muling Pass, but because there was a stone throwing weapon, the boat master had to go to Daliang to fight with the Qin people, so he failed to send the boat division. Within this month, if the Qi State does not ally with our Chu State, and I don't know the Zhao State, the army of our Chu State will come out of Muling to Linzi. I look at Linzi City is only six editions high, and the stone throwing vessel can be broken in three days. ”

"Qi Chu, Qi Chu ......" Hou Sheng is indeed inferior to his sister Queen Jun, if the Queen has to fight back when she hears this, he can only mumble.

"Prime Minister?" Qu Guang shouted to him, and raised the lord and said, "We should be the peace of Chu Qi and drink a lord." ”

"Yes, yes." Hou Sheng is already in the soul, although the wine is good, this is as light as water.

"Chu Zhao and Chu Zhao really want to join forces to attack me?!" On that day, the palace was sleeping, and King Qi was uneasy. When the five countries invaded Qi, the Qi country was lucky not to die, if Chu and Zhao were one south and one north, especially the Muling Pass had been broken, and the south had nothing to do with it, the two countries really came to attack, and then they had no effort to escape.

"What if so?" No one answered, and King Qi was immediately annoyed. "Who is it! Who wanted to be outnumbered in the first place? Chu Zhao joined forces to attack me, and Qin couldn't save me, what if so? What if so? ”

"The minister......" Tian Luo, the general who originally suggested that Chu be attacked, stood up hard, "Tell the king, the Qin State is attacking Chu, and the Chu army will never attack my troops on a large scale......"

"Miao!" Hou Sheng reprimanded: "The minister heard that the Qin State has withdrawn, and I am afraid that he has already left the Wei realm at this time." ”

"Great King, the Qin army is only retreating thirty miles......" Hou Sheng knew that the Qin army was withdrawing, Tian Luo also knew, and his news was more accurate.

"What did the envoy of Chu say? What did Chu make say? "Loving mothers have many defeated children, and fierce mothers and sons are cowardly. King Qi, who has lived in the shadow of his mother all his life, no longer wants to expand his territory, he just wants to be safe and peaceful.

"Tell the king, Chu envoy said, I am willing to make peace with my Qi alliance, and the soldiers will stop fighting......" Hou Sheng announced.

"Good! Good! He made peace with the Chu State and stopped fighting. Before Hou Sheng finished speaking, Qi Wangjian agreed loudly.

"Dare to ask the Minister of State, how is Mu Lingguan?" The Yan Dynasty discussed not only Tian Luo and Hou Sheng, but also Tian Jiao, the younger brother of the King of Qi. In the end, he is more reasonable than his brother, and he knows that Yi and Mu Lingguan are the key.

"Yes, how is Mu Lingguan?" King Qi asked anxiously, "If the widow and the king of Chu will make an alliance, can Mu Lingguan return it to me?" ”

"Yes." Several people all looked at Hou Sheng, and as soon as Hou Sheng said yes, all the stones in everyone's hearts fell to the ground. He said again: "However, the envoy of Chu said that Mu Ling's outer pass will not be handed over to my Qi State, so as not to attack Chu again." ”

"Waiguan?" The general Tian Luo was most familiar with Mu Lingguan. Muling Pass is a closed city, and there are two city defenses.

"It's the outer gate." Hou Sheng nodded and said, "Neiguan also wants my Qi State to spend money to redeem it, so as to pay for the cost of Chu State's troops." ”

"Ransom?" There has never been a precedent for redemption in the disputes of the nations, and if the problem can be solved with money, it will be extremely beneficial to the Qi country.

"Exactly." Hou Sheng's smile was a little uncontrollable. "Third, I should trade with the country."

"Commerce." Qi Wangjian asked two more words. These are also the three points proposed by Refraction: one is the separation. That is, if the two countries do not want to conquer in the future, then they will live separately and defend according to the danger. This is beneficial to the state of Chu, and it will be enough to break a wall in the next attack.

The second is redemption. Later victory, this person's greed is known to all nations. It was impossible for Yingdu's gold to be transported to Mulingguan and then transferred to Linzi in a short period of time, so Qu Guang quoted Qi Guo a ransom price of 30,000 gold, of which 10,000 gold was for Hou Sheng.

Finally, there is trade. There was a war last year, another war this year, and if there is a war the year after, then it is necessary to buy grain from Qi and horses from Zhao. Qi and Zhao were also separated by the Yellow River, and it was difficult for Qin to blockade it, so Qi was asked to agree to trade.

Whether it's ransom or trade, the real problem is the separation. What if the State of Chu breaks its promise and really fights with the State of Zhao?

"King, the battle between Qin and Chu is not over, and at this time, I am in a hurry to negotiate peace with me, so I should slow down." Tian Luo instinctively felt that the envoy of the State of Chu was too anxious and could not easily ally with him. "And the armies of the counties are being recruited, and the 300,000 troops will inevitably be defeated in a battle with the Chu people."

"Great King, Qin and Chu are not at war, so what is the end?" Hou Sheng was thinking about the 10,000 gold, and nothing else. "Although there are 300,000 troops, if Zhao also sends troops to attack me, what can I do about it? Pang Nuan, the general of Zhao State, is a Chu person, and a few years ago, he failed to attack Qin, and the Zhao people were angry with me, and immediately pulled out Rao An. This time, the Chu army broke through the Muling Pass, and I am afraid that the army of Zhao State is already on the way. ”

"Brother Chen has a word, dare to sue Brother Wang." When Qi Wang Tian Jian was about to agree, Tian Jiao opened his mouth to tell him.

"Words." Tian Jian looked at him and didn't like his words very much.

"Please ask the king to answer the envoy of Chu," Tian Jiao's words were unexpected. However, the day of the alliance will be elected in the following month. If the Qin State does not attack Chu next month, I will ally with it; If the Qin State invades Chu next month, I will not ally with it. ”

"What about the ransom?" Tian Jiao's plan is also a delaying strategy, but it is a relatively clever delaying strategy. It's June, and there's nothing wrong with choosing to meet the alliance next month, but Housheng still cares about money.

"This time, let the Chu envoy return to Chu with 30,000 gold, and our army will redeem Neiguan. If the Qin State invades Chu, it will not be too late for me to recapture Muling Waiguan. Tian Jiao's suggestion finally made Hou Sheng breathe a sigh of relief, this delaying tactic can not only stop Chu Zhao from destroying Qi, but also recover half of Mu Ling Pass, the situation will change in the future, the only thing to lose is money, and Qian Qi is a lot.

"Oh, King Qi agreed?" In the post house, Qu Guang was a little surprised that Menghe went so smoothly, and he thought that he would have to wait for ten days and half a month.

"Exactly." Hou Sheng smiled, still wearing a big dustpan on his head. "Don't forget ...... Dr. Qu"

Qu Guang knew that he was thinking about the 10,000 gold, and said: "Please rest assured, the 10,000 gold will be transported to Muling Pass, quickly transferred back to Qi State, and sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

"You don't have to transport it to Muling Pass, 30,000 gold will be handed over to you in Linzi City, and if you leave Linzi, you will send someone to my house, how about it?" Hou Sheng didn't want the money to be shipped to the Chu State, so just now in the Yan Dynasty, he suggested that 30,000 gold be counted and handed over in Linzi. "As for Mu Ling's Neiguan, please return your country to our country this month, and the king will ally with the king of Chu on the day of Wushen next month."

The location of the alliance is in the city of Mulingguan, and it is impossible for the Qi people to take back the inner pass before the alliance, even if they pay the ransom. Qu Guang smiled: "Why wait until next month Wushen, this month is an auspicious day." ”

Wushen and Xin Chou, the difference was almost twenty days, and Hou Sheng shook his head: "Xin Chou is too anxious, can the king of your country rush to Mu Ling?" ”

"There are still sixteen days before Xin Chou, and my Chu country has flying news, and the widow will be able to leave in five days." Refractive tract.

"Why is Dr. Qu so anxious?" Hou Sheng laughed as if he was nothing. He knew that the people of the King of Chu were still in Chen Ying, and Chen Ying was more than 1,000 miles away from Mu Ling Pass, and he had to travel more than 1,000 miles in 11 days, which was too urgent and urgent.

"If it's not so urgent, why don't I, the Chu State, divide the Qi State equally with the Zhao State? How can the prime minister get this ten thousand gold? Refractive was not worried that Hou Sheng could see the intention, Hou Sheng's greed for money was really beyond his original imagination, and he didn't even feel like he was in the same room as this big dustpan.

"That's fine. So I persuaded the king to join forces this month. "Hou Sheng is serious," but this matter needs to add another five thousand gold. ”

"Five thousand gold?" Refractive lips shook head. "This is the reward of our soldiers, how can it be ......?"

"Four thousand gold!" Hou Sheng took a step back, "I will make the Great King meet this month. ”

"Three thousand gold at most." Refractive said a number, it's not that he can't give it, but he doesn't want to give it, and Hou Sheng is too greedy.

"Three thousand gold is too little." His concession was not respected by Refractor, and he was displeased, so he said, "Farewell." ”

Refractive didn't say a word, only saluted him, and then watched him walk out of the courtyard, just when he thought he had messed things up, Hou Sheng actually turned back, "Three thousand gold is three thousand gold, I hope that Doctor Qu will fulfill his promise." ”

"This makes nature fulfill its promises. If tomorrow the Qi Dynasty agrees to make an alliance with our widow this month, he will send 13,000 gold to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Qu Guang looked at Hou Sheng with great disgust, the villain is in the position of the prime minister, and the country of Qi will perish.

After he left, he hurriedly wrote a secret letter, and then summoned the horseman who came with him. "This letter will be sent to Mu Lingguan as soon as possible, and it will be sent to Yingdu and Chen Ying, if there is no Thaksin the next day, the matter of peace will be settled."