The middle-aged man laughed and turned to leave, and the others also walked out of the front room, and the king of the East Sea was stunned on the spot, for some reason, there were curtains everywhere in the tent, and when he was a little distracted, he couldn't even tell where the door was. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Soon, another man walked in, wearing a long, narrow-sleeved robe, a pointed hat, and a mustache on his lips, looking like a Chu person, and when he entered, he first snuffed out a few candles, leaving only three to maintain the lighting.

"The tent is full of flammable materials, so you have to be careful." The man approached the King of the East Sea and looked up at him.

"Are you from Chu?" The King of the East Sea frowned.

"What are Chu people?" The man asked rhetorically and laughed, "It is the Chu people who are under the rule of the Chu State and are ruled by the emperor, I was born in the Western Regions, grew up in a more western country, can speak multiple languages, do business with princes and nobles, and no one can say that I am my master." With the exception of Zhengtianzi, he showed me what real power is, so I volunteered to be a slave and work for Zhengtianzi. By the way, I have a Chu name, Qiu Hong. ”

The King of the East Sea smiled: "You don't need to explain to me the reason for being a minion, your appearance and attire already speak for themselves." ”

Qiu Hong was not annoyed, "Over the years of following the Son of Heaven, I have seen the arrogance of countless people, and I have also seen the same number of fiascos and begging. ”

"I'm here to negotiate with the gods and ghosts." The King of the East Sea said coldly.

"The name you said was called by the Huns, it's better not to say it again."

"'The best' is often an extravagant hope, such as your country, which thinks that it has invaded the realm of Great Chu, but you don't know that the rear is in danger, and you don't even have a way home." The King of the East Sea was eager to find out what the nobles were laughing at.

Qiu Hong sighed, "No wonder everyone laughs, it turns out that it's for this matter." He walked to a couch and sat down on it, but did not invite the king of the East Sea to sit down.

"Why don't you let a minion negotiate for him?"

"I'm not here to negotiate." Qiu Hong said flatly, pausing for a moment, "I'm here to see how sincere the envoy of the Chu State is, and then make a suggestion to the Son of Heaven." ”

"Da Chu is very sincere, you can ignore the rude invasion of your country, as long as you withdraw from the Chu realm, Da Chu will also recall all Chu troops in your country."

Qiu Hong laughed again, "You really haven't forgotten this matter, it seems that you don't know, no wonder, from here to the west, all paths are under our control, and the news can't reach the Chu State." ”

"Don't know what?" The king of the East China Sea was worried in his heart, but his face was silent.

"You have a general named Deng Cui, who entered our country with a small number of people, and fought a few small victories at the beginning, but the whole army was wiped out in Shenye City."

Dong Shaowang's face changed slightly.

Qiu Hong continued: "Your country once sent an envoy named Han Xi, who claimed to be a relative of the imperial family. ”

"He is indeed a child of the clan." The king of the East China Sea vaguely remembered that the emperor had sent an envoy a few years ago, who should have been called Han Xi.

"He has been in Shenye City for a long time, and this time he was also killed, and the Son of Heaven has issued an order that all Chu people who travel west will be killed, so you see, I am not a Chu person, but I inherited a Chu face from my ancestors."

"You are indeed not a Chu person, and the real Chu people will not forget their ancestors."

"Haha. You also have an army, which departed from the sea, and the general also claimed to be a relative of the emperor, saying that he was the emperor's uncle. ”

The King of the East China Sea was stunned, "Who are you talking about?" ”

"It seems that the state of Chu is not well-informed, maybe that person is lying, but he does claim to be the emperor's uncle, seized an island in the country of Java, established himself as the emperor, and does not plan to leave again. Didn't the maritime countries inform the Chu State of the news? It's weird, we got it very early. ”

Qiu Hong looked at the King of the East Sea with a smile.

The king of the East China Sea became more and more confused, if Huang Pugong led a group of pirates to set himself up as king, he believed it, but he called himself the emperor's uncle and set himself up as the emperor, which greatly surprised him.

"Of course, you can choose not to believe it, it doesn't matter, I'm just telling you that you can't use these two Chu armies to negotiate with us again."

The king of the East China Sea was speechless for a long time, regardless of whether the news was true or not, the emperor's goal of using these two pieces of news to frighten the enemy army seemed to be unattainable.

But he didn't have the heart to give up, he suddenly laughed, quietly observed the other party's reaction, and saw that Qiu Hong was a little impatient, he said: "You can also choose to believe that I just came to tell the gods and ghosts that this is his last chance to return home safely." ”

Qiu Hong put away his smile and got up to leave.

Soon two slaves walked in from the other direction and motioned for the King of the East Sea to follow them out.

The King of the East Sea wanted to rush into the depths of the tent, or stand here and shout a few times, but he didn't dare, and honestly followed the slave back to his original residence, flustered, if what Qiu Hong said was true......

"Your Majesty certainly won't be as panicked as I am." The King of the East Sea muttered to himself, comforting himself a little, "I'm not here to argue about the truth of the news, but to make the enemy hesitate. ”

The King of the East China Sea was very dissatisfied with the reaction just now, and made up his mind that if he had the opportunity to see Qiu Hong again, he must act confident.

The servant brought wine and meat, and the king of the East Sea was really hungry, but he had no appetite, "What? Don't I need to see the gods and ghosts on an empty stomach? ”

The servant probably couldn't understand the Chu language, so he didn't even raise his head, put down the food and turned away.

The king of the East China Sea devoured half of the meal, and suddenly thought that this might be a severed head meal, and he was going to die here, and he lost his appetite again.

The servants came in to collect the leftovers, and the king of the East China Sea sat on the bed in a daze, wanting to talk to Zhao Ruosu, but there were guards at the door and did not allow him to go out.

The King of the East China Sea kept cheering himself up, but as long as he stopped and thought about it, he felt that it was completely impossible, the gods and ghosts Da Dan Yu must keep in touch with the extreme west, and the news was much smoother than that of Da Chu, how could he be easily deceived?

Early the next morning, the king of the East China Sea was called out again, this time there was no soft sedan chair, and the four guards took him to a clearing like an escort, where he saw Zhao Ruosu and others, and was shocked, thinking that the Chu envoy was going to be executed.

"The two countries are not fighting each other, it seems that the gods and ghosts don't understand this truth." The King of the East China Sea said loudly to Zhao Ruosu.

Zhao Ruosu didn't squeak, her hands were clasped in her sleeves, as if she was watching the scenery.

The king of the East China Sea was in admiration, he also closed his mouth, looked around for a while, and found that it was not right, this was not the execution ground, and the surrounding soldiers were transferred in batches, as if they were rushing to the battlefield.

It didn't take long for someone to bring Chu Envoy's mount.

The king of the East China Sea breathed a sigh of relief, and soon became nervous again, and took advantage of the time to get on the horse, and said to Zhao Ruosu beside him: "This is about to start a war?" What shall we do? ”

"Act on the opportunist." Zhao Ruosu is still these four words.

"What's the opportunity?" The King of the East Sea was a little annoyed, "I can't see the gods and ghosts at all, I only see a cousin and a minion. ”

Zhao Ruosu nodded, jumped on the horse, didn't say anything, and still stood straight.

The king of the East China Sea also got on the horse, thinking that he still had to make his own decision.

The envoy of Chu followed the army south, the enemy army could not see the head of the front and back, the king of the East China Sea wanted to find someone to talk to, there were many soldiers around, but no one could speak Chu, so he had to say to Zhao Ruosu, who was on a par with him: "Is this going to attack the capital, or Hangu Pass?" ”

"The capital."

"Hey, you've heard the news?"

Zhao Ruosu shook his head, "The gods and ghosts are strong and unyielding, there is no retreat, the last time the enemy army failed to capture the capital, and was frightened by His Majesty with thousands of soldiers, he must be very dissatisfied, so he wants to storm the capital to calm the army." ”

The King of the East Sea felt that it made sense, "Guess again, will the gods and ghosts meet me at the end?" ”

"If the capital is breached, he may meet the king of the East China Sea with Yu Wei, if the capital is not broken - it is difficult to say, a person like him can do anything in a fit of anger."

The King of the East China Sea could not have imagined that his fate would be linked to the survival of the capital, "That...... Will the capital be breached? ”

"I only guess people, not things."

The king of the East China Sea suffers from gains and losses, hoping that the capital can be saved, and he also hopes that he can leave alive, and it is not so important to pass on the news.

The army walked for a day, camped behind a mountain, and could not see the capital, and the enemy soldiers were even more numerous, and at a glance, it looked like an endless ocean.

Chu envoys were scattered into various tents again, the king of the East China Sea still had one alone, but there was no charcoal and other heating things, after nightfall, the cold wind outside was howling, and the tent was so cold that people couldn't sleep, the king of the East China Sea shivered all night, and cursed in his heart that the enemy army could be frozen to death.

Early the next morning, the Chu envoy was brought out again, this time riding for only an hour, stopping on a high ground, and could see the capital from a distance.

A huge high platform was also built on the high ground, which was extremely ornately decorated, surrounded by a large number of soldiers, and the Chu envoy stood under the high platform, with soldiers watching, and no one was allowed to raise his head, in fact, even if he looked up, he could not see anything.

"The gods and ghosts are on it." The King of the East Sea whispered.

Zhao Ruosu snorted and looked at the capital, like a statue.

Qiu Hong didn't know when he came, standing behind Chu Envoy, and suddenly spoke, "You can go home today." ”

Zhao Ruosu didn't move, and the King of the East China Sea turned around and looked at Qiu Hong coldly, "You are giving up the opportunity to go home." ”

"The four seas are home, and the son of heaven is home everywhere he goes, and if you are lucky, you will be able to see the son of heaven in the palace tonight. It is said that the palace of the state of Chu is very gorgeous, and I have always wanted to see it with my own eyes. ”

The King of the East Sea turned around, angry in his heart, but he had nothing to say.

A group of soldiers escorted a person to the front of the high platform, and the king of the East Sea was surprised to see that the detainee turned out to be the cousin of the god and ghost Da Shan Yu.

The cousin fell limp to his knees, trembling, and seemed to be crying.

Qiu Hong explained in a low voice: "He commanded the siege before, he was too timid, in the face of thousands of Chu troops, he didn't dare to attack, besieged the city for a month, and made no progress, this kind of person is the son of heaven will not stay." ”

A gong sounded on the platform, and the soldiers stepped back, leaving only the cousin on his knees, shouting in strange language, as if he were pleading, as if praying to the gods.

An arrow was shot from the high platform, hitting the cousin's head, followed by more arrows, and the cousin fell to the ground as a hedgehog.

The sound of the gong sounded again, and the enemy army shouted and shouted, passing outward layer by layer, farther and farther away, more and more people joined, and the sound did not weaken.

In the distance, strangely shaped siege engines began to fire huge stone projectiles, and groups of soldiers carried ladders like ants towards the city walls.

"Either climb to the top of the city or die under the city, this is the order they received." Qiu Hong sighed lightly, "I regret even more that this legendary capital of Chu will be unrecognizable after today." (To be continued.) )