Hearing the king's strict order, the ministers did not dare to have any objections, and hurriedly replied in unison, although I don't know how many people in their hearts disagree with the king's order, but at least on the surface, everyone still listens to the king's words. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, there is no point in the court meeting anymore, those who have a task to go up to the city wall to arm, and those who do not have a task to stabilize people's hearts in the city.

However, Zhou Bian left the Taishi alone, and the two walked in the inner palace at will.

"Taishi, what Dr. Tian said, this king actually thought of it, indeed, judging from the Han army's hurried retreat, it is likely that the Wei army came under the banner of Kuang Fu my royal family, otherwise it would not be so coincidental. However, this king always has a bad premonition in his heart, Wei Jun will still be unfavorable to my royal family this time, but this king can't think of where it will be. Please also teach me. ”

"The king is too worried!" The Taishi arched his hand.

"The king, the old man also thinks that Wei Jun is mostly here to help my royal family, and to use this merit to coerce my royal family to make him Uncle Fang, if this is the case, what does it matter if he is named Uncle Fang? The Wei army has nominally gained, and my royal family really has nothing to lose, so why not do it? As for the king's fear that the Wei army will be detrimental to my royal family, what should he do, does he also want to learn from the Han army to attack my Luoyang? ”

"King, these old men also figured it out, the reason why the Korean army is so determined to attack my Luoyang is most likely because he feels the crisis from my royal family, you must know that Luoyang is adjacent to South Korea on all sides, not to mention that my royal family will inevitably conflict with South Korea if it wants to develop, just a lot of his Korean land is won by my royal family, so as soon as he feels that my royal family has become stronger, Han Hou is willing to risk the world's disapproval, brazenly attack my royal family, and want to force my royal family to submit."

"And Wei State will not be like this, because Wei State is not adjacent to my Luoyang, and Wei Hou is conceited, and if he wants to dominate the world, he naturally cherishes his reputation, and it is useless for Wei Hou to occupy my Wangji land, after all, there is a Han border in between. Therefore, the old man thought that the king could rest assured, no matter how he looked at it, the Wei army would not be detrimental to my royal family. ”

Hearing Taishi's words, Zhou Bian let out a sigh of relief and nodded, "Maybe that's the case, I hope it's as Taishi said." This king also figured it out, if I can get a prince to protect my Luoyang, why should my royal family cherish the gift of a mere uncle? This time, if the Marquis of Wei asks for the title of Uncle Fang, the king will agree, and he will no longer ask him to contribute money and efforts to help repair the Luoyang city wall, and my royal family will naturally have its own ability in the future. ”

Taishi also nodded, "King, that's it, if the King can figure this out, he won't be afraid that he won't be able to send the Wei army." It's just that there is another point, the old man only thought of it yesterday after listening to what the Taishi said, the king is now ten years old, right? ”

Zhou Bian nodded subconsciously, but he had already guessed what the Taishi meant.

"The king is now only ten years old, and he can lead my royal family to recapture Luoyang, defeat the Korean army, behead a total of 50,000, and the king can invent soju, refined salt, four-wheeled carriages, and catapults before the weak crown, which can no longer be explained by what he sees in the sky. The old man thinks that it is naturally a good thing for young people to be too smart, but they must know how to hide the edge. In the past, the old man and other ministers were also wrong, not only did they not cover up for the king, but they publicized the king's gods in the city and in the army, and now it seems that they are only afraid that they will harm the king. ”

Therefore, the old man thought that the king should make as few remarks as possible, and that all the things invented by the king should be named after his courtiers, and as for the things that were made for the king in the past, they would all release the words in the future, saying that it was to make a name for the king, and that it was made by the king. The king, the old man said bluntly, or he was offended, but the old man has always been loyal to my royal family, and I hope the king will consider one or two. ”

Saying that, the Taishi bent down and couldn't bow down.

After a while, only to hear a light sigh, Zhou Bian stretched out his hand to help the Taishi up, "Master Taishi's heartfelt words, this king has been taught." Also, if it weren't for the Taishi, this king would not have been aware of these problems. In the future, this king will pay attention, and this king also knows that I am still young, and there will be time in the future, maybe this king is really a little anxious. Just follow the words of the master. ”

Speaking of this, the Taishi just looked over, the two looked at each other, nodded to each other, and everything was clear.

Yes, I have always wanted to revive the royal family, and I am bent on speeding up and going faster, although sometimes I can realize that I am a demon who does not meet the age, but after all, the authorities are confused, and today I have to wake up a little bit, Zhou Bian realized that if he continues like this, he is afraid that today Korea will be tomorrow Wei State, and the royal family will never have a peaceful day.

It's true, two days ago, he proudly said to Su Rui that the catapult was made by himself, and now that he thinks about it, he really doesn't know the word Zangfeng, and he forgot the old saying that the gun shoots the first bird, Zhou Bian couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. But thinking about it now, I realized that it was not too late, and it was less than two years since I ascended the throne, and some deeds should not have spread far away, and the Taishi also came up with a remedy, that is, to release rumors, saying that it was made by the king in order to make a name for the king. Although this method has a certain amount of harm to one's reputation, it is much better than attracting the attention of the nations.

Thinking of this, Zhou Bian bent down and bowed to the Taishi, "If it weren't for the Taishi, this king really wouldn't have realized it." Fortunately, the state-owned ministers are there! ”

In a blink of an eye, it was noon, and it was just lunch time, so Zhou Bian left the Taishi in the palace and had lunch together, and then sent the Taishi out of the palace.

After lunch, it is naturally a lunch break, this is a habit that Zhou Bian has developed in his previous life, there will be nothing to do at noon, and Jiang Ping has not sent any more news, so Zhou Bian has been sleeping for more than half an hour.

When he woke up, his mind was extremely clear, and after thinking about the intention of Wei Jun and the words of the Taishi before lunch, Zhou Bian called the maid and got dressed and got out of bed.

Thinking that he should go to the city gate and wait for news, if the Wei army has any moves, it is good to react quickly, so Zhou Bian put on his robe and ordered Fan Yu to prepare for the trip.

didn't think that Fan Yu had to go out but turned back, and a person flashed behind him, it was Jiang Ping.

"Report to the king, the number of Wei troops crossing the river is no less than 70,000, of which 50,000 have gone straight south, and it should be the Han camp. The Wei army also played a big banner, with the word Qin Wang on it, and the Wei army also divided a few carriages and went straight to my Luoyang City. Also, the king, the spies from Hebei also arrived, it turned out that after the Wei army came out of Anyi, it first went east, and after a day of marching, it suddenly turned south, and went straight to my Luoyang, its speed was so fast that our spies didn't have time to rush back first, so it was a few hours later than the Wei army. ”

It turned out that King Qin was really here, and Tian Yi's guess was confirmed. Zhou Bian suddenly sounded more than a month ago, Wei Hou suddenly released words to attack Handan, but he didn't think that it was a disguise, and it was the Han army who wanted to deceive. Judging from the fact that Wei first went east and then turned to march south, it was obvious that he wanted to kill the Han army under Luoyang City, but unfortunately he still let the Han army know first, and he withdrew without waiting for dawn, no wonder the Han army retreated so resolutely, and also cleaned up the surrounding royal spies, it turned out that he was afraid of being dragged by the army of the Zhou royal family, and was surrounded by the Wei army.

From this point of view, Han Jun is only afraid that his footsteps have not stopped, maybe now they have crossed Songshan Mountain or are about to reach the city, and Wei Jun is still a little miscalculated after all.

But it's not too much of a failure, after all, as soon as the Han army left today, the Wei army came, and the people of Luoyang would still think that the Wei army scared the Han army away, and the Wei army did not die a single soldier, so that the purpose of the royal family's gratitude was also achieved, in this regard, the Wei army was successful. But it's okay, Han Jun was scared away by Wei Jun, and now no one in the world will think that my Luoyang soldiers are strong, thinking of this, Zhou Bian also smiled at the corner of his mouth.

Now that he knows the intention of the Wei army, and the Wei army has also sent an envoy, then he doesn't have to go out of the palace anymore, just wait in the palace, and after sending Jiang Ping away, Zhou Bian went back to the palace and sat down, and ordered the Taishi and other ministers to enter the palace to discuss matters.

However, thinking about it, he still didn't feel at ease, Zhou Bian called his personal guards again, and asked him to pass on the four city walls, and he must not relax, and he must not let a single Wei soldier enter the city without the royal order. After completing these, Zhou Bian settled down and quietly waited for the arrival of the Wei envoy.

Soon the Taishi came first, followed by the young master and a doctor, and it didn't take long for the people to arrive, after listening to the news from Jiang Ping, all the ministers were overjoyed, after all, the Wei army did not attack Luoyang like the Han army, which made many hanging hearts relaxed. And what the Wei army will ask for in return, and what the royal family will pay, but not many people can think of this.

After waiting for a while, I heard that Zhao Biao from Nancheng had sent an envoy to report that there was a Wei State Sima who claimed to be the king and asked to see him outside the gate.

Hearing this, Zhou Bian couldn't help but be a little confused, wasn't Wei Jun in Mengjin, northeast of Luoyang, why did he ask to see him in the depression due south?

At this time, I suddenly heard the Taishi get up and say congratulations, "King, Wei made Sima Coo deliberately bend to the south to ask for a meeting, so that you can see the sincerity of the Wei army!" Since the decline of my royal family, it has been many years since the envoys of the princes have not asked for a meeting from the south according to the rules, even if the princes of the four countries came to envoys last year, and they only entered the city through the east and west gates. ”

Only then did Zhou Bian react, this era has paid attention to the respect of facing the south, according to the ancient etiquette, the princes should indeed go through the south gate when they ask to see. It seems that Wei Hou still gave enough face.

"Then let it enter the city and enter the palace."

The king's voice sounded, and the messenger stood up and was about to retreat, but he was stopped by the master when he didn't want to.

"The king, then King Sima of Wei is wrong in the high position of Wei State, and after the meritorious service, the king might as well let Zhao Biao and Doctor Zhao accompany him into the city, which can also show that my royal family is not snubbing people."

"Okay, just do what the master says." Zhou Bian waved his hand, and the person who reported the news immediately ran back to deliver the message.

The ministers didn't wait long, and soon, accompanied by Zhao Biao, a black-faced middle-aged man dressed in a gorgeous robe walked steadily into the main hall, knelt ten steps away in front of Zhou Bian on his knees, and arched his hand.

"Long live the King! The foreign minister, King Sima of Wei State, mistakenly visited my king on behalf of my lord Marquis Wei. ”

"Flat, give a seat!"

"The minister thanks me for the king's kindness."

Soon two small temple men brought the cushions, and they were placed in the middle of the main hall, facing the king.

After the king sat down in a proper manner, he said, "King, after my lord heard that Luoyang was besieged, as soon as it was confirmed, he immediately led an army of 100,000 people, rushed day and night, and crossed the river in the south, lest it be a little slower, so that the evil Han hurt the king, but fortunately, it was not too late, until today, our army spies came to report, Luoyang City is still in the hands of the Zhou Chamber, and my lord is relieved." It's just a pity that the Koreans escaped and failed to annihilate the Korean soldiers under Luoyang City, which is really rare for my lord, please forgive me! ”

At this time, when they heard with their own ears that the Wei army was not coming, but really King Qin was coming, many ministers present were completely relieved. Even Zhou Bian also sighed.

"Wrong Qing, this king has thanked your master here. The lord of your house actually came in person, in the army outside the city? "It's really a competition to call this king wrong, but after thinking about it, Zhou Bian still calls it wrong Qing according to the habit of this era, although it is a little awkward.

"My lord, the ministers are here to say this. It is true that the lord of my house is in the army outside the city, but it is past noon at this time, and it is not suitable to meet my king, so my lord sent a certain person to meet the king first, and my lord will come again early tomorrow morning to formally meet my king, and I hope that my king will allow him to see him. Sima Cuo said loudly.

When the royal ministers in the palace heard this, they all became happy, and when they heard this Wei Hou giving face like this, they suddenly felt that their own face came up again.

Zhou Bian also nodded rarely, this Wei Hou first ascended the throne, although he didn't know what kind of heart he had, but this surface was really good.

"It's rare that the Marquis of Wei has a heart, how can this king not allow it. The king of Ming Japan ascended to the Ming Hall and summoned me to fill the hall with a full room, and the great court would welcome the Marquis of Wei. ”

"The minister is here to thank the king for my lord! In addition, my lord has a reluctant request, but my Wei army has 100,000 laborers, and I have traveled thousands of miles away, can I ask my king to go out of the city to the army to comfort me, so that my Wei soldiers can feel the king's grace? ”

"Bold!" Before the king Zhou Bian could react, he saw the Taishi jump out all of a sudden.

"Sima Cuo, only the courtiers have ever met the king, but I have never heard of the courtiers asking the king to go out of the city to comfort the army, you call yourself a foreign minister, but you do this unsubordinate thing, what is your intention?"

Hearing that the Taishi suddenly attacked, but the ministers and the king present were frightened, and many ministers couldn't help but scold in their hearts, such a powerful Wei army just wants our king to go out of the city to condole, what's so difficult about this, it's not long before you go, why make a fuss about it? However, for the sake of face, no one immediately said these words on the spot.

Sima Cuo seemed to have thought of what he would encounter in advance, and quickly replied, "Has Master Taishi forgotten King Xiang's trip to Heyang?" There is a precedent here, and my Wei army is on an expedition, but it is just to see the Son of Heaven, it is really to respect my royal family, and the master is serious! ”

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, it was Tian Yi who played a round, "Master Taishi, Lord Sima Cuo, the Wei army is from afar, as the lord of the people, it is okay to comfort him, but my king's status is noble, how to comfort the Wei army, it is worth discussing." I wonder what the king thinks? ”

In fact, Zhou Bian didn't have any opinions in his heart, and he always felt that it was not a bad thing to go out of the city to meet Wei Jun, but what Taishi said always made people feel that something was wrong, seeing that the ball was pushed to himself, Zhou Bian couldn't make up his mind, lowered his head and pondered for a while and said, "Wrong Qing, this matter is important, why don't you let my monarch and ministers discuss it and make a decision?" ”