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Looking at the back of the madman walking away, the prince of Yanguo was unhappy, and asked Xiang Lu, who went to pick him up outside the city, "Who is this?" ”

Xiang Lu smiled slightly: "The envoy from Zhongshan is said to be Zhongshanzi's most trusted Dazai......"

"Zhongshan Country!?"

His gentle words cast a huge wave in the heart of the prince of Yan Kingdom.

The founding monarch of the Yan Kingdom was Zhao Gongzao, as a small sect surnamed Ji Yuanzhi, he occupied a place among the many brothers of King Wu because of his outstanding talent. After the battle of Muye, King Wu of Zhou entered the court song, Zhou Gongdan held a big Yue, Zhao Gongzheng held a small Yue, and assisted King Wu of Zhou to hold a sacrificial ceremony, announcing the guilt of Emperor Xin to Heaven and the people of the Shang Dynasty.

After the fall of Dayi Shang, Zhou Gongdan and his descendants were sealed in the Eastern Kingdom, responsible for the conquest of Dongyi, and Zhao Gong was sealed in Yun (Yan) in Northern Xinjiang, chasing the remnants of Yin Shang to the north and defending Rongdi. Zhao Gong himself did not take the title, he stayed in Zongzhou to assist King Kang, and his son Ke became the first generation of Yan Hou, whose country was called "Northern Yan", approaching Shanrong, Donghu, and Sushen......

In this way, hundreds of years have passed, and after Chidi Baidi occupied the central part of Hebei, the Yan State and the princes of the Central Plains cut off contact, and only had occasional contacts with Jin and Qi, so there was no sense of existence. The more famous incident, except for the time when he was invaded by Shan Rong and asked Duke Qi Huan for help, was that more than forty years ago, Duke Yan Hui fled.

In 539 BC (the sixth year of Yan Huigong), Yan Huigong wanted to get rid of the doctors and reuse his henchmen, but the matter was revealed, and he was expelled by the doctors and fled to the state of Qi. Where would the Marquis of Qi let go of this opportunity, he asked the Jin State to let the Qi State attack the Yan State and escort Yan Huigong back to China. The hegemony of Jin Ping has declined, and he is powerless to interfere, so he can only express his approval, which is equivalent to acquiescing to Qi State to include Yan State in his sphere of influence. Since then, Yan has become the country of Qi, and Yan Huigong married his daughter Yan Ji to the Marquis of Qi as his wife, but whenever the alliance and expedition of the Qi State are liked, they like to pull the Yan State to act together.

However, this intimate relationship between Yan and Qi was once cooled after the death of the Marquis of Qi, and when Zhao Wuxian conquered the Dai State and let the cavalry show off their might on the border of the Yan Dynasty, it came to an end completely.

In the past, the Jin State had no direct threat to the Yan State, and it was only through the Xianyu Bai Di in Hengduan Hebei that it could be contacted, and now it is different, the more than 1,000 iron horsemen of the Zhao family can go out of Hanquan, and the military capital is directly approaching the Juyong Fortress of the Yan State, threatening the safety of the capital Ji.

So Yan Guo was suddenly anxious, and after Zhao Wuxian asked Yu Xi to pass the word, saying that he was "not malicious" and hoped to meet Yan Hou, Yan Guo immediately sent someone to meet him.

It was supposed to be Yan Hou himself, but perhaps because of being in the cold land of the north, the life of Yan Hou in the past dynasties was not long, and the first monarch Yan Hou Ke died of typhoid fever within a few years of being in the north, and now this bad news has come to Yan again. As if under a curse, Yan Huigong died as soon as he returned to Yan Kingdom, and Yan Guo supported the new monarch Yan Mourning Gong, but Yan Mourning Gong died within a few years, and the next Yan Gonggong and Yan Pinggong were all weak crowns to succeed to the throne, but no one could live past the age of forty.

Now that Yan Pinggong is dead, another generation has passed, and now it is Yan Hou Zai who is in power, although he is only thirty-six or seventeen, his health is very bad, and he coughs more than once he arrives in autumn and winter, and he almost wants to die, so he can only send the prince of Yan who has just reached the crown to meet Zhao Wuxian.

Prince Ke is a hairy guy, and he has no experience in participating in major recruitment, and he was late for heavy snow on the road, so he was already nervous, but who expected that at the door, he also met someone from Zhongshan Kingdom, and he was even more nervous......

Because of the relationship between Yan Guo and Zhongshan, it is very bad.

Before he could think much about how to deal with it, the door inside opened again, and Zhao Wuxian's personal entourage invited the prince to enter.

The crown prince Ke hurriedly took off his coat stained with snowflakes and mud spots, and entered only in deep clothes, and when he entered, he saw Zhao Wuxian sitting behind the desk, with a solemn appearance and dignified clothes, more dignified than his own monarch father, and suddenly became even more panicked, and stammered a greeting nonsense that had been taught to him. Roughly speaking, Yan Guo lived in the north, the transportation was difficult, and the news was blocked, so he missed Zhao Shangqing's inauguration and wedding, and specially asked the prince to make amends, and congratulated the Zhao family on eliminating Dai Rong and going out for Yan Guo.

After stumbling and finishing, the prince was about to bow down.

"The prince is exempt." Zhao Wuxian helped him up with a smile and looked him up and down, perhaps because he was in the north, the prince was fair-skinned, tall, and handsome, but it was a pity that he was too immature, and he was a little reluctant to let such a half-old child take responsibility.

He is like a little lamb who does not rhyme with the world, and will be chewed and eaten whole by Zhao Wuxian, a sophisticated politician who eats people and does not spit out bones!

"Prince, have you seen the envoy of Zhongshan Kingdom who went out just now?"

The prince said nervously: "I saw it, I didn't know if I would meet it here in Shangqing." ”

"Do you know what he came here to say to me?"

"I don't know, boy." Prince Ke said honestly.

Zhao Wuxian laughed: "That Zhai Li said that since the Zhao family has been wiped out, it will send more than 10,000 elite soldiers, and if it comes out of the country, it will be advisable to break the Yongsai along the military capital road." Zhongshan out of the left, the middle, the bitter Yi, then the next can be taken! Zhao and Zhongshan work together, then Yan Guo can die! ”

……

"Ahh The prince of Yan Guo was shocked, and the chopsticks in his hand fell directly into the ding, which was holding the wine.

Two hundred years ago, Zong Zhou fell, King Ping moved east, and Yan also cut off contact with the Central Plains and fell into the siege of Rong Di. His ancestor Yan Huan Marquis was afraid of the disaster of the mountain, so he migrated to the south of Linyi for refuge, until Qi Huan Gong felled the mountain, cut the lonely bamboo and then moved back to the thistle, but the palace of Linyi is still retained, so Linyi called it "Xiadu", and Jiji called it "Shangdu".

After the rise of Zhongshan in the middle of Hebei, the lower capital of Yan began to directly face their threat, and on the North China Plain, where there is no danger to defend, Zhongshan's invasion may occur at any time, after all, in the eyes of Yan State, this is a barbaric and hateful alien race like Shanrong, although they are far away from the Central Plains, and the culture is not necessarily much higher than Zhongshan.

But Yan Guo came from a prominent background! This alone is enough for the Yan people to despise Zhongshan.

In the past, the Yan State mainly relied on the protection of the Qi State, and now the Qi State is surrounded by the allies of the Zhao family, and it is difficult to protect itself, once Zhongshan convinces the Zhao family to jointly attack the south and the north, then even the young prince Ke knows the situation: This is simply a disaster for the country!

He hurriedly bowed down again, gritted his teeth and said: "Xianyu Baidi ugly, coveting my heart will not die!" Shangqing must not listen! ”

Zhao Wuxian knocked on the case and said: "Prince, you should understand one thing first, a few years ago, the six secretaries of the Jin State fought chaotically, and the Qi State tried to intervene and enter the Koulu State. In that battle, Zhongshan was on the side of the Zhao family, a friendly state of the Zhao family, and the Yan country, if I remember correctly, was on the side of the Qi family, which was the enemy country of the Zhao family, not to mention ......"

He pointed to the pile of agate sent by Zhongshan, and the wrong silver two-winged beast pressed on the mat and said: "In order to persuade me to attack Yan together, the gift sent by Zhongshan is indeed very precious......

Prince Ke's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "Yan Kingdom also has treasures!" The swallow land is vast, deer antlers, gold and silver, famous horses, everything, can be dedicated to Shangqing! ”

Wuxian smiled: "The horses of Yan Country are indeed good things, but I already have a generation, and there is no shortage of horses." In addition, although I am interested in fish, salt, dates, chestnuts, mulberry, thistle, iron and other things in Yan Kingdom, but the trade between Jin and Yan is separated by Zhongshan, and the transportation is not easy, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to get hold of it, and it will be out of reach. ”

"This ...... This ......"

Seeing that the crown prince Ke had already begun to square up, Zhao Wuxian stopped teasing him, leaned forward and said, "But these are not what I want the most, what I want is the guarantee of Yan Guo." ”

The prince seemed to grasp a straw, and hurriedly asked, "What guarantee?" Yan Guo will definitely do it! ”

"I know that Yan Ji, the daughter of Yan Huigong, is the mother of Qi State, and Yan Guo has a great friendship with the Chen family. But now, I want Yan Guo to immediately sever all relations with Qi and Chen, and completely return to the Jin Alliance, how did Yan people serve Qi before and how they will serve Zhao in the future, but what!? (To be continued.) )