In the morning of that day, Zhang Yi arrived at the suburban pavilion ten miles outside the north gate of Yingdu, and the plainclothes sergeant of the Qin State, who was in charge of the leading part of the mission, sent back a message: "Jing Chi, the protocol doctor of the Chu State, is waiting for the Qin envoys in the northern suburbs. ”

When Zhang Yi heard Jing Chi's name, she suddenly felt mixed feelings in her heart, not knowing whether it was joy or sorrow, resentment or forgiveness. It was this Jingchi that brought himself to the state of Chu and persuaded Xiong Shang, the king of Chu, to join Hezong. However, Jingchi is still the same Jingchi, but Zhang Yi is not the Zhang Yi who came for Hezhong, he has become the opponent of the Hezong Alliance.

"This change will definitely make him jaw-dropping for Jing Chi." Zhang Yi thought secretly.

Jing Chi was ordered by Yin Zhaoyang to meet the envoy of Qin outside the north gate of Yingdu, and it was reported that this envoy was the new prime minister of Qin, and Dr. Jing Chi attached great importance to it.

Xiong Shang, the old king of Chu, was already terminally ill, sometimes confused, sometimes sober, and unable to preside over state affairs anymore. The crown prince Mi Huai now lives in the palace day and night, nominally to accompany his father through the last journey, but inwardly he is afraid of losing power, and at a critical moment, he wants to hold on to his upcoming power.

The state of Chu is facing the season of alternating between the old and the new, and the people's hearts are fluctuating, and everyone does not know what kind of changes will occur after the new king ascends the throne, so they are all waiting anxiously.

At this time, the prime minister of the Qin State was an envoy and personally went to the capital of Chu to marry Yu Chu, so how dare Yin Zhaoyang slack off? Xiong Shang, the king of Chu, had a deep relationship with the Qin State, so if you look at it from the perspective of the old king, the envoys of the Qin State will not take it seriously even if they are prime ministers. However, now that the crown prince is actually in power, who knows how Lu Dao thinks of his relationship with Qin?

Jing Chi was waiting for the envoys of the Qin State on the side of the road in the northern suburbs, and he was thinking about his thoughts. He is a protocol doctor who specializes in ushering in and sending him, and he is very skilled in etiquette and entertainment, but he is not interested in the country's major foreign decisions, and he is not willing to participate too much, because there is too much risk hidden in it, and he will be killed one day because of his involvement in the struggle of political factions.

When Zhang Yi heard that Jing Chi was being greeted in the suburbs, he did not order the convoy of the Qin State Mission to speed up so that it could be in contact with the Chu State as soon as possible, but still walked forward without hurrying. Captain Zheng Cheng felt a little weird, and thought: "Why is this Prime Minister Zhang Yi not in a hurry, and still stable?" Isn't there a little tension when I see the minister of Chu? ”

Zhang Yi had his own sense of proportion, and when he heard the name of Jing Chi, on the one hand, he felt a little smiling, and on the other hand, he was also sad for the Chu State. They always change the soup but not the medicine, and they stick to the old ways, and a big country in the south does not see a single foreigner as an important minister of the imperial court. Wu Qi had previously implemented reforms in the Chu State, but was soon killed by the old nobles of the Chu State.

Chu Guo is like a sick man who is immersed in his body, it seems that the skeleton is still there, very large, and a little scary, but the inside is actually empty. Zhang Yi entered Chu for the second time, and when she saw an old acquaintance, she would not feel very strange.

If the strength of the Qin State was due to the bold use of wise men from the Six Kingdoms and the open-mindedness of the sea, then the decline of the Chu State was due to conformism and conservatism. Zhang Yi thought of the insult of the whipping he received when he entered Chu for the first time, and he hated the old nobles of Chu even more.

However, at present, the deal with this gang of old nobles still has to be fought, because there are still 60,000 or 70,000 Qin troops trapped in Mianchi, and they also point to the betrayal of the Chu State in order to facilitate the Qin army to retreat back to Hangu Pass.

Zhang Yi suppressed the hatred and disgust in his heart, calmed down, and felt that Chu State was actually the easiest to lobby. Because if you already understand their weakness, grasp it, and do things according to their likes and dislikes, why wake up a "groggy patient"?

Zhang Yi was also thinking about his own thoughts, and he was thinking about the lobbying steps that he would gradually unfold after entering the Yingdu of Chu State. The more I arrived at the destination, the more mature the plan in my heart became.

When there were still two or three hundred zhang away from the place where Jing Chi, the minister of protocol of the Chu State, was standing, Zhang Yi ordered the convoy of the mission to pause, and he dressed up and got off the cart. Zhang Yi understood that Jing Chi should be given the necessary etiquette, so he got off the bus in advance to show respect for the Chu State.

He walked a few hundred steps forward, saw Jing Chi's figure, and found that he was standing in a daze, looking very lonely. Zhang Yi's pace sped up a little, and when he was more than ten feet away from Jingchi, he shouted: "Doctor Jingchi, don't come to harm." ”

Jing Chi also noticed that the envoys of the Qin State were walking towards him, he looked at the figure of the person who came, and he was a little familiar, but because he was a little away, he only saw a blurred face, so he didn't recognize Zhang Yi at once.

It wasn't until Zhang Yi called him that Jing Chi suddenly recognized the person, he was greatly taken aback, and stood in place in a daze. According to etiquette, he should have taken a few steps forward and greeted him, but he was too surprised to react. Jing Chi was shocked, because he never expected that the person who came turned out to be Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi entered Chu for the first time, and was the envoy of the Hezong Alliance, but now he has become the opponent of the Hezong - the envoy of the Qin State, and he is the prime minister of the Qin State, which is greatly unexpected by Jing Chi.

Zhang Yi took a few steps closer and continued: "It's an honor for Dr. Jingchi to come out of the city to greet me. We, the Qin State, have prepared a small courtesy and thanked Dr. Jing for his kindness. ”

Zhang Yi said, without waiting for Jing Chi to speak, he waved his hand, and four plainclothes sergeants flashed out behind him, carrying a large wooden box, and walked to the front of Dr. Jing Chi.

Jing Chi only believed in his eyesight and ear power at this time, he didn't seem to be mistaken, the person who came was indeed Zhang Yi, an old acquaintance from the past. Rao is a veteran like Jingchi who ushered in the send-off, and he also felt panicked, and stammered to Zhang Yi: "Ah, ah, it's Zhang Yi; Ah no, it's Prime Minister Zhang Cheng......"

Zhang Yi enthusiastically stepped forward and grabbed Jing Chi's hand, and replied: "It's me, I'm Zhang Yi, who followed you to Chu more than a year ago." At that time, thanks to Dr. Jing's care, I was very touched in my heart. ”

Jing Chi also clenched Zhang Yi's hand and said, "But, weren't you the messenger of Hezong at that time?" Now, he has been promoted to the prime minister of Qin. ”

Jing Chi hurriedly remembered to congratulate Zhang Yi and said: "Congratulations, Prime Minister Zhang Cheng was honored as the Minister of Qin, and he is in a high position, and he has finally come out on top." ”

Zhang Yi looked at Jing Chi with a smile, he still felt a little nostalgic for Jing Chi in his heart, when he brought his wife Yao Yue into Chu, in the whole process, maybe only this person treated himself normally. The object of Zhang Yi's revenge will definitely not include a good old man like Jing Chi.

In order to envelop the protocol doctor of Chu State, Zhang Yi specially prepared two large boxes of gold silk, he turned around and raised his hand, and asked his subordinates to present the gifts to Jingchi. Zhang Yi said: "This is our Qin State's meeting gift, and it is also a little bit of my Zhang Yi's heart, and Dr. Wanwang Jingchi accepts it." ”

Jing Chi hurriedly said a few polite words, and Zhang Yi couldn't help but say, instructing his subordinates to carry the golden silk to the carriage that Jing Chi was riding. Jing Chi saw an acquaintance and also received a gift, he was naturally very happy in his heart, and did not think deeply about the true purpose of Zhang Yi's trip to Chu State.

After the two met the ceremony, they each returned to the car, and Jing Chi took Zhang Yi into Yingdu and arranged him in the upper house of Chu State, where he stayed last time.

Jing Chi took good care of Zhang Yi, and he arranged Zhang Yi in the best courtyard in the upper house where Su Qin lived last time. This is a correspondence between acquaintances, and of course it is more of a courtesy to the noble prime minister of the Qin State. However, if it is just the identity of the prime minister, Jing Chi may not be so attentive, the key is that Zhang Yi uses his identity to give gifts and sets, so there is no need for Jing Chi to snub him.

Zhang Yi simply instructed his subordinates to clean up the house, and then sat down with Jing Chi, he said: "I haven't seen Doctor Jing for a long time, I miss you very much, I am very happy to see you again today." I'll be the east tonight, please enjoy the light of Dr. Jing, and let's have dinner together. ”

Jing Chi shirked it and said that he wouldn't bother Zhang Yi. But Zhang Yi invited him warmly again, and Jing Chi saw that Zhang Yi was sincere, and that others had given him generous gifts, so he couldn't say anything on his face, so he agreed.

In the evening, Zhang Yi and Jing Chi had a good time, and during the banquet, Zhang Yi made a request to dredge the crown prince of Chu through Jing Chi, Ling Yin Zhaoyang and others. Zhang Yi specially emphasized that he wanted to give them a large amount of gold silk and pearls, and entrusted Jing Chi to present them together.

Zhang Yi spent so much money, and only hoped to accomplish one thing, that is, to invite Mi Huai, Zhaoyang and others to come to the upper house as guests three days later. He said: "At that time, I will have heavier gifts for the crown prince and Ling Yin, and I will ask Dr. Jingchi to convey this to them." ”

Jing Chi listened to Zhang Yi's words, and felt that he was really different from what it used to be, the last time Zhang Yi entered Chu, he looked so shabby, cloth clothes and hats, and it was not very new. But this time in Chu, regardless of the bright clothes on his body, the generosity of this gift alone opened Jingchi's eyes. It seemed that these gold silks and other gifts were like flowing water, flowing out of Zhang Yi's hands in an uproar, and he didn't care at all.

Jing Chi agreed to Zhang Yi's request and said that he would try it as much as possible. He still didn't think deeply about Zhang Yi's intentions, but Zhang Yi spent all this money in vain. He wanted to impress the crown prince Mi Huai and Ling Yin Zhaoyang and others with an absolute amount of money.

Compared with the safety of the 70,000 Qin troops on the Mianchi battlefield, this cost is nothing. Moreover, Qin Jun Yingsi also knew the importance of Zhang Yi's trip, so he deliberately brought him a huge amount of treasure, so much so that Zhang Yi didn't bother to count them.