If you don't return to your hometown, you are like a night walk in brocade, and Xiang Ji's plan is very good, but it's a pity that reality didn't give him this opportunity.

Just when the cemetery officially broke ground, the Great Chu army ushered in two uninvited guests.

These two people, one is Li Shiqi, who came from Pei County to contact the Chu army, and the other is very strange, Chen Yu, the envoy who came from Chen County to ask the Chu army to recognize Chen Sheng's throne.

Yu Zhou didn't have much interest in the latter's second goods who came to pick up the tiger's whiskers, but the arrival of Li Shiqi made him a little interested.

Flipping through the merit book of the Han Dynasty, you will find that Liu Bang once had two "eaters", this name is a bit interesting, some people say that this name comes from "those who eat their food do not avoid it", "those who eat it die of it", and some people say that this is an imitation of admiring the sage Sima Shiqi, anyway, these two themselves are more interesting.

Judging him, he was born in Pei County, when Liu Bang led the troops outside, he entrusted his old father and wife and children to this person to take care of him, and entrusted his wife and children to him, he trusted him enough, right?

Then the plot that I like to see appeared, because I got along day and night, and the relationship between him and Lu Pheasant became closer and closer, and in the end, this fellow villager of Liu Bang turned out to be Lu Pheasant's close confidant, and the two even spread a quite credible affair that was widely known, and it was very secretive, and it was very secret......

As for the Li Shiqi who visited this time, he is known as the crazy self-proclaimed Gaoyang drunkard, the one who Liu Bang almost peed in his hat, listening to his words and watching his deeds, this person is quite kind!

How can there be a kind? When the Han army came to Chenliu, it was he who broke through the city with all his wits and made Liu Bangbai get a large amount of military rations; When the Chu army fought against Julu, it was he who persuaded the Wuguan Qin army to surrender without a fight, so that the Han army effortlessly Chen Bing Xianyang; When Chu and Han were at a stalemate, it was he who alone persuaded the King of Qi to lead more than 70 cities to return to Han, which greatly increased the strength of Liu Bang's command......

It's just that something went wrong in the end......

Mr. Li persuaded King Qi to surrender, and I don't know what Han Xin, the soldier at that time, thought that he had to start a battle to count, didn't this become a treacherous pit man?

Then Li Shiqi was cooked by the King of Qi, and then the King of Qi was destroyed by Han Xin, and turned his head, this soldier not only did not feel sorry for killing Liu Bang's number one lobbyist, but asked the latter for the name of the King of Qi, which can be regarded as a deep-rooted bane for himself......

Without further ado, all in all, if Zhang Yi and Su Qin were the top lobbyists in the Warring States Period, then this Li Shiqi can be regarded as the last epoch-making glory of the lobbyists.

Mr. Li is more than fifty years old this year, his gray hair is combed and shiny, his beard and eyebrows are a little messy, unruly and unruly, the only difference from the current situation also makes Yu Zhou pay special attention to the fact that the old man's head is neither Qin-style crown nor Chu-style cloud cutting, or even a scholar's extensive cloth crown, but a different style made of bamboo, which is unique.

Bamboo skin crown, or Liu's crown, Liu Bang was ridiculed for not wearing the crown is a pariah of Qianshou, and he simply invented a new way to wear it.

At this time, this thing should be so high and low that no one can look at it, right? Li Shiqi sent the Chu army to wear a bamboo skin crown, which is enough to see that he is desperate for Liu Bang!

When Yu Zhou observed the old man Li, the other party was also looking at him, and after the old and the young greetings, they stared at each other for a while, and drank tea for a long time, and no one refused to be the first to speak.

Li Shiqi's age is there, what about Yu Zhou? It didn't take long for his mind to slip away.

Because I was really worried that the items in the other military tent would cook Chen Yu......

"Ahem... The old man heard that it was all Captain Yu's idea to help Pei Gong and his subordinates before? ”

When he came back to his senses, Yu Zhou frowned, he didn't expect that little to end up with an unhappy ending, so he didn't expect Pei Ren to be grateful for this, but Li Shiqi now said it in a tone of relying on the old and selling the old without any feelings, which is too uncomfortable, right?

"Exactly."

Li Shiqi's face brightened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his smile was full of folds: "Du Wei Gaoyi, Duke Pei ordered the old man to thank you."

I heard that there is a general in your army who is a fellow villager of Pei Gong, and before he came, Pei Gong specially ordered the old man to bring a letter, and asked the lieutenant to hand it over. ”

Looking at the bamboo slip that Li Shiqi held in front of him, Yu Zhou didn't take it, but glanced at the old man playfully, and replied: "Brother Fan is on standby in the army, why didn't the old gentleman give him the letter in person?" ”

"This ...... Isn't that right? ”

"What's wrong?"

"Well, the old man turned around and handed it over to General Fan personally, I didn't expect that the lieutenant was young, but he had such a broad mind, so Li's mission was not up to his mission!"

Big-minded? The old guy doesn't know how to curse in his heart, right?

There is neither a rope nor a mud seal to make a broken bamboo slip, can you still explain it if you have to take it over?

How did Chen Gong get cheated in front of Lu Bu?

How did Lu Xun cheat and die?

There have been so many schemes used in this thing of letters! An unsealed letter contains countless possibilities!

So, the best way is not to take this stubble, just let Fan Hao read the letters and deal with it by himself, if he can't be trusted after so many years, it will be too much of a failure!

The one in front of him, or the one behind him, which one is easy to get along with?

Yu Zhou was very glad that it was himself and not others who received Li Shiqi at this time, otherwise, although Pei Jun's careful thinking hidden in it was not fatal, it was a soft thorn attached to trust, and the diaphragm was very good, especially for Xiang Ji's easy-to-provoke temperament, it was a good try.

Listening to Yan Heng's return, Liu Ji now has only a few thousand soldiers, and he only has such a small amount of manpower to dare to provoke and test the Chu army, and his ambition is not small!

"Mr. Li is polite, I heard that Pei Gong cut a white snake when he got into trouble, and he once appointed himself the son of the Red Emperor, I don't know if there is such a thing?"

The old man put away the letter, stroked his beard as if he had not been affected by the little thing just now, and said comfortably: "This is a folk rumor, and the old man has also heard it, so I can't believe it, I can't believe it!" ”

Looking at the old guy's appearance, he would never say this in a different place, Yu Zhou didn't plan to reveal it lightly: "The Son of Heaven is the supreme and invincible in the world." Since Pei Gong dares to call himself the son of the Red Emperor, he will inevitably win the throne and take the world in the future. ”

Li Shiqi said in his heart, I have explained that it is a folk rumor, why are you still clinging to it?

But to say a thousand things and ten thousand, strength is the most important, in the Chu camp, it is not appropriate to set up a strong enemy for Pei Gong in the future, so the old man shook his head and said: "The future things, only the sky knows the result, Pei Gong sent the old man here, not to idle those meaningless ghosts and gods, if Du Wei asks like this again, then the old man has to leave!" ”

Is there no point in ghosts and gods? Understand, people! In this era when the Chu people worship witches and the Qin people believe in divination, the old man Li is still very courageous, and it can also be seen that his wisdom is not good, and it is not easy to deal with it.

"Looking at it below, this matter is not meaningless, you must know that there are no two heavens and no two lords in the country, and now there is a Xiang clan who has been served as the king of Chu, I don't know where Pei Gong plans to go?"

Li Shiqi squinted his eyes and looked at Yu Zhou for a while, and replied: "The old man heard that Major General Xiang is willing to divide the seal, and with the ability of my lord, there should be a seat after the overthrow of Qin!" ”

Yu Zhou felt uncomfortable in his heart after hearing this, and secretly planned to let Yan Heng pay more attention to the situation in Peixian, because judging from the tone of the old man, Liu Ji and Pei Jun under his command had a different kind of confidence in it, which did not match the impression at all.

To be reasonable, how did a group of fugitives who needed help a few months ago make such a change in such a short period of time? An old fritter who has the impression of following the overlord's ass for a long time before turning over as a younger brother, why did he have such a mysterious confidence at the beginning of the army?

If it was someone else, Yu Zhou would only treat him as a bluff, but this matter fell on Liu Ji, and that kind of fate alone would not dare to make people careless.

After staring at Li Shiqi for a moment, he suddenly realized a little, smiled, and replied with the same stubbornness: "Whether it is a feudal seal or a county, if Pei Gong wants to occupy a seat, he must make great contributions, dare to ask Mr., what virtue does he have now?!" ”

Li Shiqi said loudly: "After my main strategy is abundant, the three chapters of the law are about the law, so that the local border army will be supported by the head of the Qian, save the people from fire and water, and solve the situation in the upside down, isn't it a great merit to do this!?" ”

Yu Zhou's guess in his heart was even more certain, and while he smiled secretly in his heart, he asked, "What else is the matter with that gentleman coming here besides sending letters?" Do you want our army to recognize Pei Gong's actions? ”

Li Shiqi listened to his tone soften, and then said: "What Pei Gong has done can show the sun and the moon, although it is not as good as the young general, it is not far behind, according to my lord's will, your two armies should become brothers, and serve the king of Chu to crusade against the tyrannical Qin!" ”

It is a good thing to conquer Great Qin, and it is also natural to serve the king of Chu together, but just three or two sentences completely ignore the strength of the two armies in a vain attempt to sit on an equal footing, what do these two people think? How thick does it take to be cheeky to speak?

Thinking of this, Yu Zhou began to play the white face again: "Will our army be able to gain any benefits from forming an alliance with Pei Gong?" ”

Li Shiqi's eyes widened: "What other benefits do you need from this?" Don't your army want to destroy the tyrannical Qin? Otherwise, why do you make things so difficult for our army? It is necessary to know that there is no accumulation of steps, no thousands of miles, no accumulation of small streams, no rivers and seas......"

Having said this, Yu Zhou's interest is getting higher and higher, because this old man is really a good lobbyist, he is hard, he is false and wrong, and he is soft, he beats the snake and goes up with the stick, and he draws on Xunzi's words to scare him, and he comes back with Xunzi's words, wonderful people!

It's a pity that judging from his actions, there doesn't seem to be the slightest possibility of poaching, but it's a pity, it's a pity......

After coming back to his senses, Yu Zhou began to refute the old man's divine logic of "If you want to destroy Qin, you must accept me, and if you don't accept it, your heart is insincere and has other plans", this time it was straightforward and laipi: "Of course it will be beneficial, who will do anything that is not beneficial?" Sir, you might as well think about it, if it weren't for our army's previous assistance, what would Pei Gong be in now?

Helped him once, how did he reciprocate? Colluding with the Qin people to hurt my subordinates and robbing me of money and food, there is a previous lesson, we are still villains first and then gentlemen, and we have broken the good business of Lishi, not to mention those false ones! ”

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Obviously, Li Shiqi didn't expect Yu Zhou to put on such a face, his beard shook several times, and the old man gasped and said: "Pei Gong was not there at that time, and it has nothing to do with him to bind your soldiers......

"Then hand over the heads, my subordinates are still having nightmares and need something to make up for their trauma."

The old man didn't understand the trauma or something, but the meaning of "don't see the rabbit and don't scatter the eagle" on that hateful face was very strong, the old Jianghu met the little scoundrel, he pointed at Yu Zhou with two fingers, and his mouth was "you ......" and "you ......", and his whole body trembled.

Yu Zhou looked at him with a smile as if he hadn't seen him.

Li Shiqi saw that it was not good to be soft or hard, and even his own rude behavior could not make the other party move in the slightest, knowing that he had met a resolute person, he was surprised that Yu Zhou was old at the same time, he quickly calmed down.

"After the alliance between the two armies, our army is willing to give 100,000 stones of grain and grass to the king of Chu to conspire to destroy the great cause of Qin!"

Yu Zhou was completely disappointed in his heart, but his face was not revealed, and he pretended to be a little surprised and asked, "Pei Gong has any other requirements?" ”

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What do you mean by this annoyance? This guy on the other side is Pixiu? This didn't work before, it didn't work, but now that I see the benefits, I am immediately very attentive, this person used to be a businessman before joining the army, right? The face of the philistine at the end!

"Yu Duwei knows how to do business?!"

"I know a little, and the business at home has not stopped now."

Li Shiqi's expression was much lighter, this light, there was lightness and contempt: "I see, Pei Gong did say that if you want to pay 100,000 stone grain and grass, unless you agree to me to meet the king of Chu, you can do a little bit of the way of a minister." ”

Yu Zhou smiled: "Okay!" But I don't count such a big thing alone, let's discuss it later, how about it?! ”

Li Shiqi was unhurried: "It's okay, anyway, the old man has to stay for a while, and it doesn't hurt to think about it in the long run, I have offended a lot before, and I also ask Captain Yu to say a few more kind words in front of the young general......"

"Definitely, definitely...... Mr. Li, please. ”

Generally, people who hear the phrase "a lot of good words" are either the favorites of the principal or the concubines, Yu Zhou didn't expect that he could still mix to such a point, and his heart was very awkward.

However, he didn't believe a word about Mr. Li's proposal, and was even ready to tell Zhang Liang and Fan Zeng about this discussion when he came back, so that they could prepare as soon as possible.

100,000 stones of grain and grass, it sounds good to pay tribute to the king of Chu, but in fact, it is given to the Chu army as a gift to seek protection and safety.

But there are several big problems in this, such as Li Shiqi, a lobbyist, why can he be such a big master without blinking? That must be Liu Ji's explanation!

From the lobbyist's point of view, the old man is a well-deserved negotiator, but there is a trap hidden in it, Feng and Pei are two small counties, which are neither granaries nor important towns, where to get 100,000 stone grain and grass? !

Thinking about the sentence that Liu Bang shouted when he entered the door of Lu Gong's house, "Pei County Liu Ji congratulates 10,000 yuan", I still don't understand that this is an empty glove white wolf, Yu Zhou can go home and hold the child.

What a master, what a person! Including at the beginning, I was forced by Li Shiqi's momentum, and now I look back, why not because I attached too much importance to Liu Bang, and I didn't notice it for a while with the mentality of believing that he didn't believe in it, and fell into the lobbyist's "first shocked and then touched" set?

In the end, I have to say, what if the Chu army insists on letting them hand over 100,000 stones of grain and grass?! That's easy to do! Didn't people still ask to meet the king of Chu, if you want to meet you, don't you have to go south, and when all the Pei people come to the territory of the Chu army, what can you do with a group of hob meat?

The old one above is almost playing with Xiang Jitao, and the small one below sells miserably everywhere and sells righteousness, this kind of thing, Liu Bang "was" very skilled, and his third grandson Liu Bei was even more skilled, within half a month, according to Xiang Ji's temper, he didn't give Liu Ji a fief, and Yu Zhou screwed his head off!

So, there are at least three traps hidden in the invisible 100,000 stone grains and grass, and he can only have a ghost if he can agree!

When sending Li Shiqi out, the fun came, because Xiang Ji happened to end the meeting and was sending Chen Yu out together.

It may be that the result of their discussion is not very good, Chen Yu's face is full of fear, his two feet are firmly pressed on the pillar of Yuanmen, and the green tendons on his neck are bulging.

"The two countries are fighting each other, don't kill the envoys, General Xiang, you can't kill me—you can't kill me——!"

Yu Zhou followed his line of sight and saw that there was firewood under a big ding, just waiting for the roast duck to enter the oven, what?! Boiling oil? It's all on TV! Who is willing to use oil to cook people, pouring some water is considered benevolent, it is generally dry burned, similar to cannon branding, and the punishment of the copper ox is similar......

Damn, why do you feel that Xiang Ji is getting more and more violent?

It doesn't matter if you kill a messenger sent by Chen Sheng to die, how can you eat barbecue at night after seeing this scene? No, you have to persuade.

"You guys add some water, don't boil it, it's not easy to clean up the skin and flesh on the ding, isn't it disgusting?

No need to do it, just add some cold water, cook it slowly, so that the pain can be prolonged. ”

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"Yu Duwei is smart!"

"Captain?! Captain Yu save me——! I didn't mean to offend General Xiang, King Chen...... Uh, no, the thief insisted on going his own way, and it was useless for me and my father-in-law to persuade him......"

The smoke was billowing and the fire was raging, and it would take a long time for the thick copper tripod to really heat up, Chen Yu didn't think so when he was in it, since the moment his body was wet, he felt that he had been burned.

What's even worse is that he actually saw the guy who was known as Captain Yu start to sprinkle salt slowly......

It's going to be eaten by yourself?!?!

"Captain Yu, isn't there a doctor in your army?! My wife's surname is also Gongcheng, save me, save me, for my wife's sake, save my life......"

"Your stepfather is Zhang Er?!"

Chen Yu nodded quickly, splashing water: "Exactly, Du Wei recognizes it?!" ”

"I don't know...... Isn't your wife a member of the Kucheng Gongcheng clan? What's the matter with Langya Gongcheng?! ”

"The same sect in the world is one family, Duwei, the water is hot, save me, let me go......"

"How long have you been in Chen She's army?!"

"Less than a month!"

"Let's talk about it, what is Chen Jun's recent movements, if there is no deviation from what I know, then it doesn't hurt to save you, if there is a ...... that is not right"

Chen Yu stopped talking, don't look at him not long after he entered Chen Sheng's army, but there is still a little bit of discipline that should be there, this kind of thing is called ingratitude when it sounds good, and it is called a slave who betrays his master when it is ugly! !

Once it spreads, not to mention that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang can't tolerate him, even people in the world will spit on him when they mention his name, and even his father-in-law Zhang Er will cut off his robe and break his righteousness, how can he be worthy of a neck-to-neck friend? !

If you don't say it...... The soles of your feet are so hot!

"Captain... Captain ...... This ......"

"Yan Heng!"

"Captain!"

"Send Mr. Li back for me, no one is allowed to come here."

"Whoa!"

The body is getting hotter and hotter, Chen Yu's face is already red like a cooked shrimp, and he doesn't know if it's hot or embarrassed, after a while, there is finally no one around Dading, and the guards who dragged him out are gone.

It was this kind of scene that made Chen Yu conclude that the person in front of him could really save himself: "Duwei, the day before yesterday, King Chen ordered Wu Guang to be a fake king and led his troops to attack Xingyang in the west......

Oh yes, the general Ge Ying is forcing Jiujiang, Zhou City is attacking Weidi, and under the command of King Chen, there are 100,000 soldiers......"

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