Zhao Yong and Zhao Guang returned to the post house with doubts, and then told Zhao Jue what happened today. Zhao Jue didn't expect that so many things had happened after he and Zhao Yong had only left for half a day.

"The literary style of Qi is prevalent, and the people are open, but as far as Si is concerned, it seems that I am really lonely." Zhao Jue shook his head and said.

"Yes, the biggest gain of this trip may not be to draw a picture of the mountains and rivers of Qi along the way, nor to bribe Tian Ying to help us turn against Zhongshan, but to understand that at least for now, Qi is rich and strong, and Tian has completely controlled the hearts and minds of the people of Qi. Such a country cannot be plotted. Therefore, for a long time, we will have good relations with the Qi country. Zhao Yong opened the book, while looking for the part that had not been read in the car.

"The king's words are reasonable, Wu Wangfu died in a belligerent manner, and King Xu Yan was destroyed without martial arts, which became a lesson." Zhao Jue nodded and said.

"Though the kingdom be great, the warlike will perish; Although the world is safe, forgetting the war will be dangerous. Zhao Yong couldn't help but say.

"This word of the Lord should be a warning to the world." Zhao Jue didn't forget to pat himself on the back.

"This is not what I said, but what Sima Sui Tho of Qi said. Let's get down to business. Zhao Yong pinched his forehead, fortunately, he had no intention of being an enemy of the Qi State, at least for now, he was still a very powerful country. He will definitely not make enemies on all sides like Zhao Suhou. "How's the matter at Tianying's house?"

"This afternoon, I have bowed to the post, and after the tea, his youngest son came out and came, agreeing to meet tomorrow." The confession post that Zhao Jue said is actually the business card of the Warring States Period, and the later worship post, the name thorn is the same thing. Use a small piece of bamboo, with the surname and name written on it, and then hand it over to the porter, if it is an important confidential matter, but also solemnly present a number of knife coins, and tell the porter how important it is. Under normal circumstances, this kind of confidential matter is reported by the owner's personal person, and will not be transferred to the concierge.

"The youngest son? It seems that this gentleman has a lot of sons. Zhao Yong teased inadvertently.

Tian Ying has more than 40 sons, and some of them are estimated to be indistinct. But this little son, I heard that it is really unusual. It is said that back then, Tian Ying was almost thrown away. Zhao Jue said wittily.

"Oh? It's strange, but what's going on? Zhao Yong became interested, put down the book, and looked at Zhao Jue. Zhao Jue saw that Zhao Yong liked to hear this story very much, so he told the story he heard.

It turned out that this son named Tian Wen had just been born, and Tian Ying asked the concubine to throw away this son, because this son was born on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, which was unlucky. However, Tian Wen's mother did not listen to Tian Ying's words, and later this child grew up a little and finally saw Tian Ying, Tian Ying saw that it was still the child, and was furious, and reprimanded: "I asked you to throw him away, why don't you do it?" ”

"And then?" Zhao Yong said with a little interest.

"Later, Tian Wen replied on behalf of his mother, 'Why did you abandon me because of my birthday?' He replied: 'On the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month, he is long in the door, unknown, and harmful to his parents. ’。 Wen said: 'The life of man is subject to heaven? Door to the door? ’。 The baby didn't answer, and the text said, 'Heaven suffers, why worry?' The door is accepted, and its strengths can be increased, Hu Neng and Qi Gaoye? The infant rebuked him angrily. Zhao Jue said the conversation between the two playfully, which was really interesting.

Zhao Yong laughed after hearing this, he didn't expect that this kid was really a witty person, but from here, it can also be seen that Tian Ying's strength is not estimated to be large, otherwise, he would not have scolded Tian Wen in the end.

Gossip is not mentioned, at dawn on the second day, Zhao Jue took Zhao Yong and Zhao Guang to get into the carriage, put away the gifts, and drove to the door of Tian Ying's house. Zhao Jue handed over the post, waited for a while, saw the porter come back, opened the side door, and led the three of them to the backyard.

I have to say that as the prime minister of Qi State, Tian Ying's mansion is so luxurious that even Zhao Yong, the monarch of Zhao State, feels that it is too extravagant. Not to mention the winding corridors, dotted flowers and plants, and cobblestone paths, just looking at the tall houses, the maids dressed in gorgeous clothes, and the expensive ornaments on the maidservants, it is enough to show that the living conditions of the owner of this house are very good. Yesterday, he thought that Tian Ying must have more than 40 concubines, but when he looked at it today, I am afraid that there are only a lot more, thinking that this old man's body can really bear it!

Just when he was still worried about Tian Ying's body, the porter had already taken Zhao Jue and him into a main room. In the main room, a purple-black felt is spread on the ground, which just separates the cases on both sides from the space for people to walk. There is a row of lacquerware on each side of several cases, simple and clumsy, wiped clean, obviously the owner is very clean.

Above the main room, a kneeling person, wearing a dark coat intersecting red and black, with a serious face, looked at the three people with a faint look, and was silent.

Knowing that the other party was on the shelf, he could only bow low and be small, Zhao Jue took the lead, and Zhao Yong and Zhao Guang saluted him in turn: "Zhao Jue, the envoy of Zhao State, took Zhao Wei and Zhao Guang to salute Xiangbang. "Zhao Wei, naturally, is Zhao Yong's pseudonym.

"The messenger turned out to be tired of traveling, please sit down." The words are faint and insincere. Zhao Jue turned around and glanced at Zhao Yong, and the three of them sat down in turn. Zhao Jue is the first messenger, so naturally he has to speak first, "Thanks to Xiangbang, Zhao Jue is deeply honored. Coming here today, first, it is natural that the new monarch takes office, and I will convey my respect to you and His Royal Highness King Qi on my behalf. ”

In fact, the two countries of Zhao and Qi, since the fourth year of King Yuan of Zhou, have always had a gap, the Zhi family, which was in power in the Jin State at that time, together with the Wei family, the Han style and the Zhao family, attacked the Qi State, and defeated the Qi State in Liqiu. Since then, the grievances of the Qi State in the Three Jin Dynasty have been unveiled.

In the twenty-second year of King Weilie of Zhou, the three Jin coalition forces attacked the Great Wall of Qi, and the Wei State, which had just been established, was greatly shocked under the leadership of Wei Wenhou, and brought the then Qi Kanggong to visit Zhou Tianzi, Zhou Tianzi had to divide the three families into princes, and this time, it led to the fall of the Lu Qi State, which affected the situation of the entire Spring and Autumn Period. And the Tian family also stepped onto the stage of history, replacing the Lu family, taking charge of the Qi country, known as the "Tian family generation of Qi" in history.

In the twenty-first year of King An of Zhou, Duke Huan of Zhongshan led the Zhongshan tribe who were forced into the mountains by Wei, expelled the Wei people, successfully restored the country, and received the support of Qi. Since then, Qi has planted the most successful chess piece in the Three Jin Dynasty, especially in the hinterland of Zhao State, and has become the most important helper to contain Zhao State.

Of course, it was not that there was no time for the two countries to reconcile, but it was only a wartime alliance formed because of local interests, and once the crisis was resolved, the two countries were antagonistic again. Plainly. If Qi wants to develop westward, the most direct opponents are Zhao and Wei. The State of Wei dominated the Central Plains with the Wu pawn of Wei, and the State of Qi did not dare to provoke, so it could only find the bad luck of the State of Zhao. It is really difficult to say that there is any deep friendship between Zhao Qi.

"The first Zhao Hou died, the king was deeply saddened, so he sent someone to attend the funeral, but unexpectedly, your country thought that my escort was regarded as a soldier of war, and refused to let my guards enter the country. Fortunately, peace is precious in our country, and I also remember the old feelings of the first Zhao Hou, so I endured it. But the king himself was really angry for a while. Tian Ying even negotiated the way of the five congresses, starting with the funeral of the five parliaments, and said that an act of war was a misunderstanding, and sure enough, politicians never knew what their faces were.

"I also know about this matter, and I am willing to break down one or two for Xiangbang." Since Zhao Jue came, of course he knew that the other party would talk about the funeral of the Five Kingdoms, so he had prepared for it: "When the time came, Zhao Guozheng was preparing for the funeral of the ancestors, and later got reliable news, saying that Zhongshan Tun was in the army's house, intending to attack Zhao in the south." So the king ordered that the whole country mobilize troops and horses, strengthen defenses, and prepare to fight against Zhongshan. ”

"Then, the funeral of the Five Nations, just as I strengthened my defenses, was very sensitive to the movement of troops. That's why such a problem arises. If the King of Qi was disgusted with Zhao Xin because of this, it would be just the wish of Zhongshan Kingdom. Zhao Jue's words were half hard but not soft, and all the funerals of the five kingdoms were blamed on Zhongshan State, which not only solved the embarrassment of Zhao State, but also gave Qi State the step down, which shows that he does have some ability.

Tian Ying didn't know that this was planned by Zhongshan and the Five Kingdoms, and since Zhao Guo had put the blame on Zhongshan, it was meaningless for him to pursue it. Then he said, "In this case, why is Zhao Envoy here today?" Could it be that you want to return my hometown of Gaotang? Tian Ying said with a sneer.

In the twenty-fifth year of King Xian of Zhou, that is, the sixth year of Zhao Suhou and the thirteenth year of King Qi Wei, Zhao Suhou captured the Gaotang Dynasty of Qi and occupied it to this day. Since then, Gaotang has become the bridgehead of Zhao's eastward advance, here, Zhao can go south to Linzi through Gaotang, attack Qi, go north to the northeast to attack Yan, and even more through here, block the back road of Zhongshan, which is very important to geographical location.

And the State of Qi, because of the loss of Gao Tang, did not dare to let go of his hands and feet to invade the Zhao realm. This is the "Battle of Pingyi" mentioned above, Han Ju's army defeated Sanqiu, and Pang Cong would rather give up Pingyi and return to Gaotang. To put it bluntly, with the Gao Tang Dynasty, Pingyi will become an ornament, and once there is no Gao Tang, Zhao Guo's eastward expansion strategy will be a complete failure.

It is because Gaotang is too important for Qi State! Not to mention, it is also the family temple of the Tian family's Qi country!

"This..."Zhao Jue subconsciously glanced at Zhao Yong behind him, thinking that this question was too difficult to answer, because this already involved military affairs, and it was not something that could be decided by a small clan of his own.

"Since Zhao Guo is not sincere, what is there to talk about? Say goodbye. So saying, he wanted to drive them away, and he himself had already gotten up and was ready to leave.

"What about the land of Gaotang? If the Qi State wants, even if it is given to the Qi State with Guanze and Pingyi to the Gaotang line, that is, the land of Zhao east of the Great River, it will not matter! At this time, a voice sounded behind Tian Ying, he heard the content, turned around in surprise, and sat behind Zhao Jue, a young messenger was standing up and saluting himself, and the sentence just now was what he said.

Who is he?