No matter who came, in fact, Zhou Bian was willing to see it in his heart, and after seeing Taishi and Ning Yue look at each other, they both nodded, so Zhou Bian ordered, "Pass him in!" The squire retreated and hurried away. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After a long while, there was a sound of footsteps, and when the attendant came in to report, he saw a young man of white beard and medium stature walking in with his head bowed and walking in. After walking to the center of the main hall, the young man in his twenties knelt down and bowed, "Foreign Minister Qin Guojingjian, meet my king!" ”

Seeing that his age seems to be younger than Yingquliang, Zhou Bian is also puzzled in his heart, why is there no one in the Qin State, and the chief and deputy envoys are so young. After looking at the Jing Jian for a while, Zhou Bian let him flatten down.

"What is the matter with Deputy Envoy Jing? Why didn't Gongzi Quliang come? ”

"Back to the king, the prison is here for this purpose." Jing Jian bowed and replied respectfully. "My lord, this morning, my Qin State suddenly came to report that the Duke of Qin suddenly had an itch and was bedridden. My son-in-law is the most filial, after hearing about it, he will rush back, and suddenly remember that he has not said goodbye to the king, so he came to the palace, but he heard that the king is enjoying the fun, and it is inconvenient to accept my son-in-law's visit, and the son has no choice but to kowtow to each other outside the palace gate, and then board the car to go west, so that the eunuch stays here to make amends to my king. I also hope that my king will not blame my son for the sake of filial piety! ”

Yingquliang is actually gone? I'm going to keep him! Zhou Bian was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "When did your son-in-law leave?"

"It's been two hours since I returned to the king, and I didn't have time to say goodbye to my king, I was really guilty, and my son-in-law ordered the ministers to report to the king. If the king is to blame, the superintendent is willing to bear it! Jing Jian replied, but knelt down and kowtowed a few more times.

It's just that the main master is gone, who cares about this envoy? After all, it was still a slow beat, Zhou Bian couldn't help but look at Ning Yue regretfully, the latter's face also changed slightly, but he first shook his head slightly at Zhou Bian, probably to say that Zhou Bian should not be nervous and reveal something.

However, Zhou Bian's eyes suddenly tightened, why did this Yingquliang leave suddenly, Qin Gong's illness is probably just an excuse, it can't be so coincidental, could it be that his thoughts leaked out? And his thoughts are only with Ning Yue, is it Ning Yue? Zhou Bian's eyes also turned cold.

Ning Yue, who had been paying attention to the king's face, naturally noticed the coldness, and couldn't help but shudder, the king's meaning, as smart as Ning Yue, didn't know. So Ning Yue hurriedly shook his head again.

Then Yingquliang decided to take the first step by himself, could it be that he felt something? is so cautious, he really deserves to be the hero of the Qin State in the future, and his real age is also close to that Yingquliang, no matter how you look at it, that Yingquliang will definitely become one of his fierce enemies, people are selfish, they are already in this era, how can they not plan for their descendants? Thinking of this, Zhou Bian narrowed his eyes and frowned deeply.

After all, it was still important to get down to business, so Zhou Bian's brows eased, and he turned his head to look at the Jing Jian who was kneeling in the hall, "There is nothing better than filial piety, Gongzi Quliang's filial piety is commendable, and this king will pardon his innocence." It's just that I don't know how Qin Hou's condition is, if there is any news, you have to report it to this king. Last year, the Marquis of Qin personally led the troops to the east, and this king has not been rewarded in person. ”

"It is the responsibility of my old Qin people to serve the king, how dare I bother the king. Before leaving, the prince explained two things and asked the minister to stay here to handle it. Especially the first thing that the prince ordered to do well, that is, the hundred warriors of my Qin State who are filial to the king. There were 300 people who came with Gongzi this time, and Gongzi drove lightly and rode quickly, and did not take it away when he left, and the king could send someone to select 100 people from them as a tribute to my Qin country. The second thing is that my Qin State Office and the royal family have discussed and done business, although the business is not on the table, but my Qin State is poor, and I have to do it, if the royal family still has the intention, discuss the matter of cooperation, the prince appoints the foreign minister to take responsibility, if the royal family blames the son for not saying goodbye, and refuses to continue the previous discussion, my son also said, only the king's order is obeyed, and the son will come to Luoyang in person to apologize in the future. I don't know what my king wants? ”

Looking at the respectful Jing Supervisor, Zhou Bian was speechless for a while, looking at the posture, the so-called one hundred warriors must be, otherwise who will send the royal family filial piety in the future, but whether to cooperate with Qin State in business, Zhou Bian hesitated, since they have already moved their murderous intentions to Yingqu Liang, Qin State is already regarded as the biggest opponent by Zhou Bian, so do you still want to cooperate with them?

Seeing that the king fell into deep thought, the Taishi opened his mouth first, "King, the old man thinks that although Gongzi Quliang has left, there is a reason for it, and the number of rites has arrived, so it is understandable. And if people don't have faith, they can't stand, let alone the royal family? The old man also heard that the requirements of the Qin State were not high, and he just wanted to sell soju and return to Longxi, so the old man also asked my king to follow the previous proposal and cooperate with the Qin State in business. ”

Anyway, since the Taishi has said that this is about the credibility of the royal family, the height has gone up. Zhou Bian is naturally not a person who can't let go, and after a little thought, he figured it out, he is still young, why should he be so afraid of Yingquliang, since he has already left, why should he be less generous. So Zhou Bian nodded and said,

"Just as the Taishi said, I still bother the Taishi to inform you, and the selection of warriors will be arranged by the young master, so as not to ignore the kindness of Qin Hou. And to discuss the matter of cooperation, it is naturally better for Bai Gui, expanding the trade route is what my royal family needs, how can my royal family and the Qin family make a profit, Jing Jian still needs you and Doctor Bai to consider carefully, understand? ”

Seeing that the two things had been approved by the king, Jing Jian was naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you to my king, the foreign minister is my son, on behalf of my prince, thank my king!" ”

After Ren Jingjian kowtowed three times, Zhou Bian waved his hand, "If there is nothing else, you can go down first, and someone will look for you for the two things you said." In addition, Qin Hou Guigui's body is still bothered to report in time. ”

Jing Jian thanked him again and retreated.

After Jing Jian left, Zhou Bian smiled a little helplessly, of course, the real meaning was only known to Ning Yue. However, the Taishi was a little unhappy, "Does the king think that the old man just said something wrong, since the king promised Gongzi Qin, he must keep his word." Besides, although the Qin State is located in the west, it has always been close to my royal family, and it is rare that the two generations of Qin Hou and Qin Gongzi have their hearts for our royal family, and they can be coerced to check and balance Han Wei, so why not? The old man was still a little hesitant when he saw the king, could it be that the king really regretted it? ”

How to explain it, can it be said that I really regretted it? Ning Yue can not ask the reason, but the Taishi has to find out everything, for fear that the young king will make a wrong move, which is also kind. So after thinking about it, Zhou Bian replied, "This king is just thinking that Gongzi Quliang left in such a hurry, and he didn't even bring many guards." You must know that when he came, he was three hundred guards, even if he gave one hundred to the royal family, then there were two hundred, how could he keep himself safe when he went to Qin and passed through Han and Wei? ”

The Taishi was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "It is the old man's fault to guess the king's intentions in vain." But it's true, but when I think about it, Gongzi Quliang must be in a hurry to think about the monarch's father, and I can't take care of it. Since he is fast and fast when he wants to come and go alone, Wei Guo is only afraid that he will not know that he has taken the first step at this time, but now that he knows, he is afraid that he will not be able to catch up. ”

"That's right, Gongzi Quliang can take care of himself, and this king is too busy to take care of himself, so why worry about others."

"That's the benevolence of the king, and this is the blessing of the Great Zhou. The king was tired for a long time, and the old man wanted to pass on the king's order, so he retired. After that, the Taishi turned to Ning Yue and said, "Does Doctor Ning still have something to report to the king?" ”

Although Yingquliang has left, it is useless to say anything now, but Ning Yue still wants to talk to the king alone about the idea he came up with, but since the prince has asked so, it is obvious that he does not want to stay alone with the king, when will he not be able to say his own affairs now, why do he have to make the prince unhappy? So the shrewd Ru Ning Yue immediately shook his head and also retired to the king.

"So there will be no two kings. What Supervisor Jing said just now, let's postpone it for a few days, now that the family affairs are busy, let's talk about it when the New Year's affairs are over. ”

Taishi hurriedly said yes and left with Ning Yue.

After sending off the two important ministers, Zhou Bian also got up and turned back to the inner hall to rest, although he also wanted to know what method Ning Yue had come up with, but the Taishi obviously didn't like Ning Yue, so he had to give up. Fortunately, I am really tired today, and I don't need to know immediately, so I will have a chance to talk to Ning Yue privately in the future.

However, Zhou Bian's eyes still involuntarily looked to the west, where I don't know how far away, there may be an ordinary-looking carriage, desperately rushing to the west. The secret agents of the royal family have not yet reached the Qin State, although I don't know if the Marquis of Qin has fallen ill, but Yingquliang left in a hurry definitely for his own reasons, but the royal family doesn't know.

Yingquliang, we will meet again, Zhou Bian said secretly in his heart.

At this time, a hundred miles west of Luoyang, as Zhou Bian expected, a closed four-wheeled carriage common in Luoyang was disappearing westward, and the horse's hooves were flying, leaving the sound of the horse's hooves far behind. In the carriage, there was a man and a woman, and the man was naturally the Yingqu Liang who left in a hurry, sitting upright, but his left hand was tightly holding the sword at his waist, and his fierce expression was very different from that in the Luoyang royal family.

I only heard Yingquliang speak, "At this time, Jing Jian should see the king, the king of the Zhou family really won't refuse our request?" ”

"Brother, I've told you many times, the king will keep his word. You can rest assured, when did the little sister miss it? It was a little girl, about seven or eight years old, who sat in the carriage so casually, looking comfortable.

Ying Quliang was numb, "My little princess, I don't know where you heard this, every time you call my brother, I feel uncomfortable." ”

"Hehe, but I like it, brother!" The little girl was very happy, but then she restrained her smile, "Brother, if you tell the king what I taught you, does he really have no reaction?" ”

Yingqu Liang nodded hurriedly, "I have said many times for my brother, but the king did not react except for being stunned, and he did not invite me to ask alone as you expected." ”

"Well, that's weird." The little girl sighed, but her face was full of maturity that was extremely disproportionate to her appearance.

"Actually, it's strange to be a brother, is Wei really going to attack me, this is the royal city of Luoyang, they don't care about the royal family so much? I didn't dare to live in the Sifang Palace for many days, and today I left in a hurry, which is really disrespectful to the royal family! ”

"So what, the Wei State is arrogant and has long stopped taking the royal family in its eyes, and now that you are traveling alone, brother, they will naturally not let go of this opportunity, not to mention that the assassination in Luoyang can provoke the relationship between the Qin State and the royal family, why not do it? You have to believe your black clothes, and the news they find out will not be wrong. It's just that we left alone, and I don't know if this journey will go smoothly. The little girl also had a worried look on her face.

"Don't worry, I have someone left in Yiyang, as long as we hurry up and rush to Yiyang, there will be someone to escort you. If you go back the way you came, there will be no danger. Fortunately, this time I came to the east, and everything was almost done, otherwise my father-in-law was afraid that he would really be angry. However, Yingquliang's hand holding the hilt of the sword couldn't help but tighten again.

The brother and sister talked casually, and the carriage went all the way to the west, the sound of hooves was endless, and soon Yiyang was in sight.