Su Qin couldn't help but secretly complain about Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi was repeatedly frustrated in the camp and was tortured in the Chu State, but it was Su Qin who secretly gave him financial support and survived the difficulties. Judging from the situation at this moment, Zhang Yi didn't seem to have the slightest gratitude for his favor.

"Could it be that Brother Su Dai has never made it clear to Senior Brother Zhang Yi?" Su Qin thought, "If Zhang Yi clearly knew what he had done to him, but he still pushed himself so fiercely, wouldn't he have gone too far?" ”

When Su Qin thought of this, his heart beat faster, his throat was sweet, and he faintly felt that he was almost about to vomit blood in the combination of sorrow, resentment, and hatred.

Su Qin stared at Zhang Yi's junior brother who was talking and laughing on the other side, his heart was mixed, and his various feelings were simply indescribable. His complicated expression was seen by Sun Ling beside him.

Sun Ling looked at Zhang Yi for a while, then turned his head to look at Su Qin, and found that Su Qin's face was pale with anger for a while, and his face was flushed with excitement for a while. Sun Ling and Guiguzi, Sun Bin and Su Qin and Zhang Yi all intersected, he looked at Su and Zhang as juniors, and saw this scene where relatives and friends were transformed into enemies, how could he not sigh.

Sun Ling quietly approached Su Qin's ear and said, "Ji Zi is relieved, don't think too much, you are an important master tonight, if you can't hold on, everything will be over." Cheer up, focus only on the banquet, and don't think about anything else. ”

Sun Ling said, reaching out and gently patting the back of Su Qin's hand, reminding him to concentrate on the banquet hall. Su Qin was shocked by Sun Ling's actions and words, turned his head and saw Sun Ling's concerned gaze, and immediately realized his gaffe just now.

Su Qin hurriedly took his gaze back, he looked at Zhao Rong, the host of the banquet at this time, and saw that he had returned to his seat with a big belly, his seat was on the right side of the crown prince Zhao Yong, and in the entire banquet hall, only the two of them were sitting on the throne on the west side as hosts, facing the east.

Su Qin inspected the scene of the banquet hall again, and found that he took Sun Ling, Chen Xu, the prime minister of Wei, and Tian Cheng, the Zhengqing of Qi, to sit on the north seat, and on the south seat sat Chen Zhi and his two entourages, including Zhang Yi in disguise, and on the south side, there were also the envoy of Yan State, Le Xuan, and the envoy of Korea, Shen Zhi.

Everyone was already seated in their seats, and the whole banquet hall was filled with the sound of greetings between old acquaintances and new acquaintances.

Zhao Rong turned sideways to the crown prince Zhao Yong beside him, and asked, "Your Royal Highness the prince, is tonight's banquet starting?" Why don't it be announced by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? ”

Prince Zhao Yong thought for a while and said, "This is very good, you are the host, I will announce the start, and I will cooperate with my uncle." ”

Zhao Rong then sat up straight, he coughed loudly a few times, and his voice was extremely loud, as if the roof tiles could be shaken. The envoys who were still chattering just now were all attracted when they heard this loud coughing sound, and everyone couldn't help but stop talking and looked at Zhao Rong.

Zhao Rong was full of smiles at this time, he bowed his hands to the south and north of the banquet hall once, and then said: "Heaven blesses, give my Zhao country a chance, to be able to gather the distinguished envoys of the six countries in Handan, isn't it the honor of my Zhao country, an unprecedented event!" ”

Zhao Rong spoke loudly, with a lot of confidence, and seemed very solemn, all the envoys echoed in unison, and everyone said: "Participate in the grand event, fortunately, fortunately!" ”

Zhao Rong looked around solemnly, and then said: "We, the Zhao State, attach great importance to this Huanshui Conference of the Hezong Alliance, and our monarch has already sent the crown prince to Huo Taishan to worship the ancestors and inform the ancestors of the Zhao State about this grand event. Thanks to the five big countries in the East, Zhao has today's grand event, and our Zhao family is also honorable. Therefore, today we will hold a banquet in Zongzheng Mansion to feast on all our distinguished guests. ”

Su Qin listened to Zhao Rong's cliché casually, and felt that he was very articulate, although he was often talking, but he also had a lot of trouble, he nodded lightly, and was also willing to see Zhao Rong successfully hold this banquet. "The glory of Zhao is the glory of my Su Qin, after all, I am the actual prime minister here." Su Qin thought.

However, his eyes remained vigilant, and he kept an eye on the doors and windows, roof beams, and corners of the banquet hall, lest someone emerge from there and suddenly attack the crown prince Zhao Yong.

According to the enough clues he had before, it was shown that Zongzheng Zhao Rong was going to assassinate the prince tonight, and the assassins should be Jiang He and Bai Yong, whom Zhao Rong had raised for a long time.

These two have extraordinary martial arts, especially good at secret assassination, he himself was almost plotted by Bai Yong, and Jiang He also appeared in the peach garden to assassinate Liang Yue'er, he has a deep understanding of Jiang and Bai's skills.

With the skills of the two of them, coupled with Zhao Rong's secret arrangement, accidents may happen at any time, because this is in Zhao Rong's mansion after all, how did he Zhao Rong arrange it, and how could Su Qin know?

Su Qin didn't even let go of the wall behind the prince, and before the banquet began, he specially arranged for twenty school guards to stand behind the prince, precisely to prevent someone from suddenly attacking from behind the prince.

Su Qin still remembered that when he was in Qi three years ago, Tian Tong had built a mezzanine in the wall of the banquet hall in an attempt to do evil. Fortunately, Tian Tong's original wife, Sun Yao, Sun Yao, destroyed the secret passage, otherwise Qi Wang Tian would not be able to escape the attack from the wall behind him.

Su Qin himself sat next to the crown prince Zhao Yong and sat on his right hand, which was also an arrangement he deliberately made, with Su Qin on the right hand, the northern flank of the prince would be safeguarded, and Su Qin could observe the south at any time and be alert to the dangerous situation in the direction of the prince's left hand.

Through his own careful arrangement, Su Qin had already protected the prince's perimeter like an iron bucket, leaving the assassins with no chance to take advantage of it. However, even so, he was still worried that there might be factors that he hadn't thought of, so Su Qin would never dare to be careless.

"If the prince is safe tonight, it is the greatest victory, no matter what, we must ensure that the prince is safe!" Su Qin secretly reminded himself again and again.

Zhao Rong spoke earnestly and generously, and then he invited the crown prince and said: "My brother, that is, the current Zhao Guojun, originally intended to attend tonight's banquet, but because the meeting will be held the day after tomorrow, he is busy with preparations, so he can't come, and I regret that I can't come. ”

"However, the monarch specially sent the prince of Zhao State, the crown prince Zhao Yong, to visit you, and now we will ask His Royal Highness the prince to announce the beginning of the banquet."

The prince just listened to his uncle Zhao Rong's big talk, and he was unhappy in his heart, thinking, "Aren't you just presiding over the banquet?" Why are you talking so much at length, you're done, what am I going to talk about next! ”

When Zhao Rong introduced himself solemnly, the crown prince was even more angry, because Zhao Rong only assigned him a task to announce the beginning, and did not even say anything about asking him to speak.

In such a formal banquet occasion, in front of the princes and envoys, he is not just a decoration, and he will be over with a word. It is important to know that every envoy is the mouthpiece of a country, and after they return to China, when they report to their respective princes, they let Zongzheng Zhao Rong take the limelight, and the crown prince of Zhao State left an image of weakness and incompetence.

Zhao Yong thought unconvinced: "Although I am your Zhao Rong's junior, I am the prince of a country after all, even in the clan, I am also the future 'big sect', and although my uncle Zhao Rong's official position is Zongzheng, it is also a 'small sect', according to the clan etiquette, the small sect must obey the big sect." I, Zhao Yong, am not below you at all! ”

Zhao Yong thought of this, and was indignant in his heart, he straightened up suddenly, and tried to use his voice as loudly as possible, and said to the princes and envoys in front of him:

"Just now, my uncle, Zongzheng Zhao Rong, warmly welcomed the envoys. On behalf of our Emperor Zhao and all the people, I would like to formally welcome you to the Conference. Friends come from afar, our Zhao country is very happy and gratified, the princes work together to eliminate suspicion and share peace, this is the blessing of Zhao country, the blessing of the princes, the blessing of the world! ”

"It's hard to come all the way here. Although we Zhao do not dare to call ourselves a great power, we are also willing to do our best to entertain you. Please open your minds, drink to your heart's content, and join in the grand event tonight! ……”

Su Qin sensed that the prince's words implied some ridicule of his uncle Zhao Rong, and it was revealed everywhere that his crown prince Zhao Yong could truly represent Zhao and the people of Zhao State, and Zhao Rong was at most a representative of some people.

Sure enough, Su Qin found that Zhao Rong had listened to the prince's speech, his face was slightly gloomy, he fiddled with the wine glass in front of him unhappily, and squinted at the prince from time to time, his eyes seemed to reveal a trace of disdain and a little fierceness. Seeing this, Su Qin thought to himself: "Zhao Rong, you still can't hide the fox's tail, can't I see your wolf ambition from your eyes?" ”

However, Zhao Rong's fierce eyes only flashed for a moment, and soon he restrained his heart and continued to play with the wine glass as if he was bored.

The crown prince Zhao Yong wanted to show his ability in front of the princes and envoys, and he muttered a long sentence, which made the princes and envoys a little impatient, and Su Qin saw that Chen Zhi whispered to Zhang Yi. Su Qin was anxious for the prince, glanced at the prince, and motioned for him to stop and stop talking. But the prince spoke vigorously and talked endlessly.

Su Qin thought to himself that he couldn't stand up to interrupt the prince's speech, so he simply adopted a deaf attitude and watched Chen Zhi and Zhang Yi closely, guessing their intentions and possible moves to attend the banquet together tonight.