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After the Song State conquered Xiapi and other five Qi cities, when the 100,000 army was repaired, Jing Xuan left Chaoge again and returned to the Song realm. At the time of Daiyan's eastern expedition to Qi and the five cities, Jing Xuanfeng personally arrived, he left his chariot in Suiyang City, and rode a war horse with his accompanying servants to the east, and went out of Suiyang in one day and one night, and now the Song army's big tent is already in sight.

Approaching the camp of the Song army It was already the evening sunset, Jing Xuan saw the most gorgeous tent in the camp and immediately rode his horse and ran away, it was the king's tent, the Song army camp was surrounded by chariots into a gate, and outside the door stood an armored soldier holding a spear and wearing a heavy city made of the defense of the country. This is the king's tent, get off the horse quickly! ”

Jing Xuan glanced at it and said lightly: "Little centurion, how dare you stop the envoy of the Central Plains Patriotic Envoy?" I am Jing Xuan, and now as a special envoy of Wei, I have important matters to discuss with the King of Song, and I can't afford to delay the country's major affairs! Why don't you report it soon? ”

The centurion heard that it was the envoy of the country, his heart was shocked, and he was immediately suppressed, but he heard that his king regarded the country as a brotherly country, and the envoys of various countries were the envoys of the country who were most treated by the king, which was really a person who could not be provoked, so he trotted up to meet him, and immediately smiled and said: "The villain has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, Mr. forgiveness, the villain will uphold it, Mr. please wait!! ”

After finishing speaking, he ran into the king's tent, and it didn't take long for him to appear in front of Jing Xuan again, and he immediately stood upright and proclaimed: "Wei Special Envoy Jin Jian!" ”

Jing Xuan immediately dismounted, threw the reins to the centurion, and then entered the king's tent proudly, and had to enter the king's tent. ”

"After a long time, I met my husband again! Oh, hurry up! Dai Yan is in a good mood, since the army to crusade against the Qi country, even the battle has been victorious, naturally in a good mood, and then said: "Come on, immediately prepare a banquet, this king wants to wash the dust for Mr." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jing Xuan arched his hand and said. King Song then gave the seat and stretched out his hand to signal, Jing Xuan then bowed his hand and calmly sat down, and after a while, several maids brought wine and food with light and slight steps.

Dai Yan held a bottle of the Grand Lord's invitation, and immediately drank it all, at this time, a lightning smile flashed across King Song's face, and his eyes were fixed on Jing Xuan's face: "Mr. went to the barracks to see King Lonely, but what is the matter?" ”

"The foreign minister dares to ask the king, what should the next step of the Song army be?" Jing Xuan asked rhetorically without hurrying. Dai Yan said without concealment: "The three armies repaired for ten days and went north to crusade against the Qi State, and achieved the hegemony of the Great Song Dynasty in one fell swoop." ”

Dai Yan looked proud, but Jing Xuan sneered in his heart when he heard it, this Song King was afraid that he was not carried away by the benefits in front of him, but he destroyed a Teng country that had no power to parry, and took the five cities of Qi in the east, but Jing Xuan knew that the Song State was able to capture the five cities and was indeed a strong Qi At the moment, the focus was on the Yan State, and he almost never lost a few cities to the Song Dynasty.

Jing Xuan asked the second question quietly: "Dare to ask the king, now that the Song State has raised 100,000 troops to invade the Eastern Expedition to the Qi State, how good can it be?" ”

King Song Kang's face flashed suddenly: "The country of Qi is the enemy country of my Great Song Dynasty, and it has occupied the Taoyi of the lonely king for a long time, and it has even hidden the rebels of the old party, and wants to put my Great Song Sheji in danger of hanging upside down and being tired. It is incumbent on us to fight Qi, which can not only boost the prestige of our country, but also expand the territory and create immortal martial arts. This is the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, how can it be said with the word good? ”

When Dai Yan said something vibrant, Jing Xuan did suddenly shake his head and laughed, and looked at King Song with a look of disdain: "What does Mr. mean by shaking his head and laughing like this?" ”

"Have you heard of the allusion of the Chu people carving boats and seeking swords?" Jing Xuan asked.

"Oh? Carving a boat for a sword? King Song was amazed and asked with great interest: "Sir, let's talk to the Lone King!" ”

Jing Xuan suddenly said: "According to legend, there is a Chu merchant who bought a famous sword in Yue with a lot of money, and when the Chu people returned to their home country and crossed the river by boat, they took out the famous sword and watched it repeatedly, but the boat shook, and the merchant accidentally dropped the famous sword in his hand into the river. The boatmen all felt sorry for the merchant. ”

Dai Yan listened with relish, Jing Xuan paused, and then said: "Unexpectedly, the Chu people were not in a hurry, and the boatman saw that he took out another dagger and carved a mark on the side of the boat. When the boat docked at the river, the Chu people were about to jump into the river when they stripped off their clothes, and the boatman was shocked and grabbed the Chu people and asked why they jumped into the river. The Chu people pointed to the imprints carved on the side of the boat and said: The sword fell into the river from this place, and I have already marked the record, and I can fish out the sword from here. The boatman shook his head and laughed when he heard this, and called the Chu people stupid! ”

At the end, Jing Xuan arched his hand towards Dai Yan and said with a smile: "Dare to ask the king, where is this businessman's stupidity?" Why did the boatman laugh at him for being stupid? ”

"What's so hard about that?" Dai Yan grinned and said: "It must be that the Chu people are not accustomed to water, if it was the lonely king, he would have fished up the sword a long time ago." As soon as these words came out, Jing Xuan's face twitched, and he couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly surrendered his hand: "The king is indeed smarter than that Chu Shang!" ”

"That's it!" King Song arrogantly stretched his tone, but unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, there was a snickering laugh from the king's tent, and several maids hurriedly brushed their faces with long sleeves, and they couldn't hold back their backs and snickered. Dai Yan also found that something was not quite right in the king's tent, and when he saw the appearance of several maids, he suddenly shouted with a black face: "Laughing bird? What's ridiculous? Be quiet for this king, and listen to what the gentleman has to say! ”

The laughter of the maids in the king's tent suddenly stopped, Jing Xuan saw that Dai Yan not only did not know the height of the sky, but also was honest and simple and lovely, and my king was exactly the same as the heart of King Song, and he threw himself into the ground for Wei Zheng's five bodies that he already admired. Jing Xuan also knew that it was better to lobby and King Song directly, so he said in a straight voice: "The king is good." This Chu Shang carved a boat to seek a sword, but it has nothing to do with whether he is accustomed to water or not, the boat on the river has not changed, but the flowing water has passed, the sword has been a hundred miles away, even if he is proficient in water, he can't find the famous sword when he jumps into the river. Engraved in the boat in order to seek the momentum of flowing water, it is the stupidity of Chu Shang, and the boatman laughs, as it should be. ”

"I see, the Chu people are really stupid!" Dai Yan suddenly laughed heartily, and the color of King Song's laughter suddenly converged, and his eyes suddenly stared at Jing Xuan like a torch: "What does the Chu people carve a boat to ask for a sword have to do with my hegemony of the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"Although the two are not related, the philosophy is indeed the same." Jing Xuanfu said eloquently: "The territory of the Song State is between the Three Jins, Chu and Qi, and it is really a place where soldiers must fight, but the king is immersed in the dream of Xianggong ("benevolence" Song Xianggong) hegemony, but he does not know that the Central Plains Warring States has been turned upside down today, and the situation of the Spring and Autumn Period and dominating the world has long been like flowing water, and it will not return. ”

Jing Xuan paused, looked at Dai Yan, and said: "Fang is the Warring States today, no one is the overlord, the king intends to go north to the Qi country to fight for hegemony in the Central Plains, just like the people of Chu Shang carved a boat to seek a sword after the boat escaped for a hundred miles." ”

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