Zhao Rong's mansion is located in the east city of Handan, close to the city wall, with flowing water lakes and pavilions in the house, which is not magnificent and luxurious. Su Qin had heard that Zhao Rong's mansion was a wonderful place in Dongcheng, but because Su Qin had little contact with Zhao Rong, he had never entered his mansion.

Starting from the peach garden, in less than half an hour, Su Qin led the military academy through half of Handan City and came outside the gate of Zhao Rong's mansion. I saw that the entrance of Zhao Rongfu was more than three zhang wide, and there were three gates, and the middle one was more than two zhang wide, which was enough to accommodate two carriages side by side.

When Su Qin arrived there, the family member who was in charge of welcoming the guests at the gate of the mansion quickly reported to the mansion, and soon Zhao Rong came out of the mansion. Su Qin got out of the carriage and bowed to Zhao Rong and exchanged greetings.

Sun Ling was arrogant by nature, he didn't even get down from the carriage, opened the curtain of the carriage, and looked at Zhao Rong coldly. Seeing that he was a burly man, seven feet tall, wearing a crown on his head, with a round front and a back, indicating that he was the son of the clan.

This person's appearance is a little rough, the beard on his face is open in all directions, like a wire, a pair of leopard eyes that are somewhat prominent, and he sometimes looks a little scary when he laughs. He was dressed in a deep coat made of brocade, which tightly wrapped his slightly fat body, slightly bloated, and even more protruding from his large size, like an iron tower.

Zhao Rong's voice was particularly loud, and when he greeted Su Qin, it seemed that his greeting could be heard two miles away. Sun Ling saw Zhao Rong's rough appearance on the carriage, and secretly doubted in his heart: "Can this kind of coarse person arrange such a delicate assassination action?" Could it be that Su Qin's guess was wrong? ”

Sun Ling had this suspicion, but he didn't dare to relax his vigilance, because after all, he had promised Su Qin to take full precautions, and secretly reminded himself: "People can't look good, it's better to be careful." ”

Su Qin and Zhao Rong had only met a few times in the last dynasty, and the two were not familiar with each other at all, but today it was the banquet where Zhao was the master and invited the envoys of various countries, one of them was the prime minister, and the other was Zongzheng, both of whom were officials in the court, so naturally they could not give each other a cold face and ignore each other, so they would undoubtedly lose the face of Zhao in the other vassal states in the east.

Su Qin was reluctant to do this, and Zhao Rong didn't seem to want to lose face, so he not only went out of the mansion to greet him personally, but also was courteous and polite, talking and laughing at Su Qin, as if the two of them usually had a very close relationship. Zhao Rong's courtesy, in Su Qin's opinion, this is a more dangerous signal, because the deeper the conspiracy is hidden, the more it seems to be nothing on the surface.

Su Qin said politely: "There are a lot of affairs to deal with in my prime minister's mansion, so I am a step late, please Zhao Zongzheng Haihan." ”

Zhao Rong grabbed Su Qin's hand and replied: "The prime minister is the busiest person in Zhao country, where do I dare to expect the prime minister to come early, you can come to our mansion, it is the honor of our mansion, and it gives me Zhao Rong face." I thank you that it's too late! ”

Zhao Rong said, Ha Luha laughed a few times, and his attitude was very bold. The two of them walked towards the mansion hand in hand, and Su Qin asked, "I wonder if all the guests attending tonight's banquet have arrived?" ”

Zhao Rong replied: "There is still more than a quarter of an hour before the start of the dinner, and now only the crown prince Zhao Yong and the senior doctor Zhao Xi have arrived first, and the envoys of the other princes have not seen it yet." I figured they were going to arrive on time for the banquet. So, I'm getting ready to stand outside the gate to greet you. ”

Su Qin saw that Zhao Rong seemed very busy, and said, "Since Zhao Zongzheng still has to welcome the princes and envoys, I won't bother you." You can go about your business, I don't need you to accompany me here. ”

Su Qin said, taking advantage of the situation to shake off Zhao Rong's hand, he felt very awkward when Zhao Rong held his hand affectionately just now. Because, Su Qin had insight into Zhao Rong's conspiracy in advance, so it was difficult for him to pretend that he was completely innocent.

He was worried that his uneasiness and awkwardness would be noticed by Zhao Rong, so he wanted to stay away from Zhao Rong for a long time, but now he finally had the opportunity not to disturb Zhao Rong to greet the guests, and opened the distance between the two.

Su Qin's inner activities Zhao Rong didn't seem to notice it at all, he also followed Su Qin's excuse, took the opportunity to stop, said goodbye to Su Qin, and said: "Then I will be respectful, it is better to obey my orders, and I will not personally send Prime Minister Su into the house." ”

Su Qin also arched his hand, returned the salute, and said, "Don't work Zhao Zongzheng, I can go to the banquet hall in the mansion by myself." ”

He observed Zhao Rong's reaction, and said as calmly as possible: "I brought two hundred elite soldiers from the Prime Minister's Mansion to ensure the safety of tonight's banquet." After all, tonight is a big banquet for guests and friends from all over the world, and there are many people, so you should be careful. ”

Su Qin deliberately stared at Zhao Rong, wanting to see his reaction and notice his weak side, but he didn't see a trace of change in Zhao Rong's face after hearing the news.

Su Qin said that he led the troops to the banquet, his tone was non-negotiable, with a strong attitude of arranging tasks with the dignity of the prime minister, and he was afraid that if he discussed it in his tone, Zhao Rong would refuse his arrangement.

Zhao Rong seemed to have expected it, and still said politely: "Although tonight's banquet is held in my mansion, I am a civilian official after all, and I have no power to mobilize the army. The prime minister bothered to worry about the safety of the banquet and brought the troops here, and I just obeyed the prime minister's instructions. Please, please! ”

Su Qin heard a sour taste in Zhao Rong's tone, but Zhao Rong didn't refuse, and he didn't get angry, so Su Qin was naturally a lot more relieved.

He thought to himself: "I brought troops to Zhao Rong's mansion for a banquet, as an ordinary person, I will definitely feel uncomfortable, and as the son of his clan, it is understandable that he has a little dissatisfaction in his heart." ”

At the moment when Zhao Rong happily agreed, Su Qin was even in a trance, feeling as if Zhao Rong had no malicious arrangements tonight. "Am I overthinking?" Su Qin was puzzled.

He beckoned the captain who led the troops and led the school guards into Zhao Rong's mansion, while Sun Ling himself did not get out of the carriage at all, and Su Qin led the way for him in front of the carriage. This group of more than 200 people, under the guidance of the housekeeper of Zhao Rong's mansion, went straight to the venue of the dinner - a two-story building.

The banquet hall on Zhao Rong's mansion was also built next to a lake, and the lake was much larger than the lake in the peach garden, but it was still much inferior to the Mingjian Lake in Su Qin's Mingjian Garden in Luoyang City.

That banquet hall is also slightly weaker than his Tingfeng Xuan, but with Zhao Rong's identity, he is an official in the court, and he feeds on Yulu, and he can have such a magnificent mansion and garden in Handan City, where land is expensive, and it can be regarded as a wealthy family.

As for what means he relied on to win so much wealth, Su Qin couldn't guess these inside information. The old nobles of these clan relatives are naturally more accessible than ordinary people and make a fortune, but there are also many down-and-out nobles who have fallen into beggars.

Su Qin also paid a little attention to the layout of Zhao Rong's mansion along the way, not because he was envious of the wealth in his family, but because he paid attention to whether there were any places where he could secretly set up organs. Once Zhao Rong was exposed tonight, the East Window incident occurred, and a mutiny broke out that night, it is not known, so Su Qin did not dare to be careless, he has always been a caring person who does not fight unprepared battles.

Su Qin walked very slowly, slowly walked towards the banquet hall, the butler of the Zhao Mansion kindly asked Su Qin to re-board the carriage, Su Qin politely declined, and said: "Zhao Zongzheng's mansion is extraordinary, the scenery is pleasant, I can take a walk." The butler didn't force it.

When he arrived at the door of the banquet hall, Su Qin ordered the captain he was carrying: "You first arrange the school guards you brought into the banquet hall, remember, you must list them around the hall, control all key points, and never leave dead ends." ”

The lieutenant bowed and replied, "Obey the Prime Minister's orders!" He nervously commanded the guards to enter the lobby. Su Qin himself went to open the curtain for Sun Ling and helped him out of the car.

The butler of the Zhao Mansion was very surprised to see Su Qin serving someone so respectfully, and thought: "What is the identity of the person in this car, so that Su Qin, who is the minister of the Six Kingdoms, can personally lift the curtain to greet him." ”

When Sun Ling in the car came down, the housekeeper saw that he was just a dry and thin old man, with white hair and fluttering, but there was a bit of a fairy wind. But Rao is a master of Taoism, and he can make Su Qin so respectful, but he is also worth an extraordinary value.

Sun Ling is not modest, he is dozens of years older than Su Qin, and he has always had an arrogant temperament, so he doesn't care what official position Su Qin has, he just treats him as a junior.

After Sun Ling got out of the car, he followed Su Qin closely and stepped into the banquet hall. This banquet hall is about 30 zhang wide, boxy, very wide, the windows are bright and clean, refreshing and transparent.

Su Qin went in to take a look, and saw that the crown prince Zhao Yong was already sitting on the seat on the west side, facing east and west, this seat was undoubtedly the most exclusive seat for tonight's banquet, and next to him, there was also an empty seat, and at first glance, it was the place left by Zongzheng Zhao Rong for himself.

Zhao Xi sat on the south side of the banquet hall, facing north and facing south, Su Qin bowed to the prince and said, "Say hello to the prince." Zhao Yong waved his hand, his face expressionless. He had some quarrels with Su Qinda the day before yesterday, and he is still a little unhappy.

Zhao Xi's official position was one level lower than Su Qin's, and he should have greeted Su Qin first, but when he saw Su Qin, he turned a blind eye, as if he hadn't seen Su Qin, and still talked to the prince. Su Qin glanced at Zhao Xi and thought, "He has such a stinky virtue, so don't worry about him." Everything is for the sake of the day after tomorrow, and tolerate him this time. ”

Su Qin didn't salute Zhao Xi, he sat on the north side with his own big horn, facing south and facing north, and beckoned Sun Ling to sit with him.