The Meng sisters spread their bodies and tried their best to cooperate with King Qi's dance moves, and King Qi suddenly felt that he was a master of dancing.

He saw that Su Qin was not unconventional, and he was as prodigal as him, so he looked at Su Qin and smiled happily.

In the next two hours, the lobby of Tianfu became the exclusive stage of King Qi, and after a pause, he got up again and invited to dance until he was in love.

He was very happy, so he said to Su Qin and the Meng sisters later: "Tomorrow evening, the widow will be invited to a banquet to invite the Zhao delegation to the banquet to talk about the widow's heart. ”

After hearing this, Su Qin was overjoyed, knowing that he had greatly narrowed the distance between himself and Qi Wangtian Pijiang, and the chances of convincing him had greatly increased. He hurriedly left the table to thank him. King Qi tidied up his clothes, instructed the eunuchs accompanying him in the palace to prepare their chariots and go back to the palace.

Su Qin and the others also gave King Qi a ride, and then turned back to the Tianfu hall. Su Qin and Ning Jun said goodbye to Tian Tong's father and son with the Meng sisters and returned to their residence. Su Qin went to the Meng sisters' room that night and gave them gold and jade again to express his gratitude.

Because the two sisters were very hard, he couldn't bother him any more, so he turned and left.

Su Qin was very excited that night, thinking that as long as he could successfully win the King of Qi, he would completely clear the way to lobby the princes of the East.

At that time, the three kingdoms of Zhao, Qi, and Yan had already reached an agreement on the joint alliance, and the other princes, even if they did not consider the factors of resistance to Qin, would be afraid of the joint strength of the three kingdoms and join the ranks of the joint column. How could this not make Su Qin very excited.

Su Qin couldn't sleep, tossing and turning on the bed, having some headaches, and later, he remembered the recent meditation method. So he got up and sat down at a few tables, slowly adjusting his breathing, and slowly felt that his mind had calmed down.

After about an hour like this, Su Qin felt sleepiness coming, and was about to get up and go to the bed, and seize the time to sleep for a while. Unexpectedly, at this time, he heard a sharp whistling sound coming towards him.

Su Qin was shocked that something was wrong, he hurriedly turned sideways to the right, but he still didn't dodge the object that came to attack, and the thing grazed the top of his shoulder blades, making him suffer from unbearable pain.

Su Qin shouted: "Who is so vicious and vicious, making this three indiscriminate methods!" ”

He screamed loudly, startling the incoming people so that he did not dare to strike again. At the same time, he rushed to the door of the house with an arrow, ready to fight with the comer.

Outside the room, the attacker opened the thin veil of the window and cast a cold arrow inside, he heard Su Qin's shouting, he was frightened, and he didn't know how to escape in a hurry, when Su Qin chased to the door, the attacker ran away from the window to the east courtyard wall.

Ning Jun woke up Su Qin's shout, and rushed out of the door with his clothes on, he and Su Qin saw that the man jumped onto the courtyard wall and was about to escape, Su Qin's shoulder blade was injured and bleeding nonstop, so he asked Ning Jun to chase after him and take a look. Ning Jun also jumped onto the courtyard wall and chased after the attacker.

The Meng sisters were also awakened by Su Qin's shouting and came out to watch the movement, Su Qin hurriedly explained to them: "Just now, there was a person who cast a hidden weapon and attacked me, but he was already scared away by me, you don't need to panic." ”

Seeing that Su Qin's blood was flowing, her sister Meng Ting hurriedly went to find a special cloth strap and herbs to bandage the wound, and wrapped Su Qin's wound tightly.

Sister Meng Di was also helping on the side, she accidentally saw a bright thing in front of the window of the main house, which was very eye-catching in the moonlight, so she stepped forward to pick it up, and after she looked at it, she exclaimed.

Meng Di handed over the item she had picked up to Su Qin, who carefully examined it and found that it was a palm-sized jade pendant, with high purity and a green brilliance. Moreover, the jade pendant is engraved with a very conspicuous seal script of the word "Cheng", and Su Qin couldn't solve the mystery for a while.

Meng Di guessed: "It must have been dropped by the assassin just now, otherwise how could he have found the jade pendant at the location where he attacked?" ”

Su Qin nodded, feeling that things were a little strange, but with such a large jade pendant, it was impossible for no one to notice it during the day, ruling out the option of someone unintentionally dropping it, so there was only one possibility left for the assassin to fall in a panic.

Su Qin returned to his house, lit the lamp and candle, and he and the Meng sisters searched the house for the hidden weapon that cut Su Qin. Meng Ting found it on the wall of the back wall, it turned out to be a sharp short arrow, the attack was very powerful, and the short arrow actually cut Su Qin's shoulder and nailed it to the wall.

Su Qin carefully looked at the short arrow again and again, and found that there was nothing particularly unusual, it was slightly different from the arrows he had seen, that is, the arrow handle was a tough bamboo pole, and the tip of the arrow was slightly half an inch larger, if this kind of arrow was used on the battlefield, the power should be greater.

The three of them, you look at the jade pendant, I look at the short arrow, each talking about their own speculation, Meng Di felt that the assassin might be the work of the ministers of the Qi State who were dissatisfied with the alliance between Zhao and Qi, and Meng Ting also echoed her sister's opinion.

Su Qin also felt that Meng Di's analysis made some sense, but he was not sure for a while.

They chatted and waited for Ning Jun to come back, but they waited left and right, but they couldn't see Ning Jun. Su Qin asked the Meng sisters to go to rest first, and they said, "After all this fright, I don't dare to leave Su Qin. Su Qin had no choice but to leave them in his room.

The next morning, Su Qin got up first, got dressed, washed up in a hurry, and rushed to Tian Tong's residence. When he arrived at Tian Tong's residence, he found that Tian Tong was already wearing court clothes and was about to go out. Su Qin hurried over and blocked Tian Tong at the door.

Tian Tong looked very surprised and asked, "Prime Minister Su Cheng came to me so early, could it be that he encountered something urgent?" ”

Su Qin was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself: "Could it be that he looked flustered and was seen by Tian Tong, otherwise why did he suddenly know that he had encountered something urgent?" ”

Su Qin then took out a short arrow and a jade pendant, and told him about the assassin sneak attack that happened in his residence last night, and he asked Tian Tongdao: "Tian Qing is in a high-ranking position in the Qi State and has a lot of knowledge, can you judge from these two items, who is going to sneak attack me?" ”

Tian Tong's face was solemn and said, "There is nothing unusual about this short arrow, it is one of the common arrows in our Qi army. But this jade pendant is not ordinary, and the word 'Cheng' engraved on it is not to indicate its source? ”

"What source? Are there any people in Qi who use the word 'cheng' as a mark? Su Qin asked eagerly.

"Yes, yes, but I don't dare to talk nonsense. My younger brother, Tian Cheng, the general who is now in charge of the soldiers and horses of the Qi State, is marked with the word 'Cheng'. Tian Tong said with some embarrassment.

When Su Qin heard Tian Cheng's name, he was immediately taken aback, he knew that this person was a rare brave general in the Qi army, and he fought in the north and south in the era of Tian Pijiang's father, King Qi Wei, and made great achievements.

But he has not had any dealings with him, so why should he harm himself?

Su Qin then raised his questions to Tian Tong. Tian Tong was even more unable to answer clearly, and he said cautiously: "Tian Cheng has always opposed the alliance between the Qi State and the surrounding neighbors, could it be that he heard that the envoys of the Zhao State came to the Qi State to sue for peace, so he was dissatisfied?" ”

When Su Qin heard this, he felt that Tian Tong's reason was very sufficient, and he couldn't help but admire Tian Tong's fairness even more, that Tian Cheng was his younger brother, he could not be partial, and he had to have a lot of courage to do it.

Tian Tong said again: "I don't dare to conclude that this jade pendant is from Tian Cheng now, or you give me the short arrow and jade pendant, and I will help you listen and investigate inside and out, and I will tell you the results immediately." ”

Tian Tong sighed again and said: "If it is really Tian Cheng's doing, I will definitely be impartial, I will not spare him, and give Prime Minister Su an explanation." ”

Su Qin respectfully handed the short arrow and jade pendant to Tian Tong, and said gratefully: "Then Su Qin will rely on Tian Qing's authority to help me find out, thank you very much for Tianqing's kindness, you are really an admirable true gentleman!" ”

Tian Tong waved his hand and said modestly: "Where, where, I'm just doing my duty." Prime Minister Su Cheng should not be taken to heart. ”

Tian Tong said, moved forward, said goodbye to Su Qin, and went to the court. Su Qin looked at Tian Tong's back and was very impressed by his bearing.

At sunset in the afternoon, the King of Qi sent the eunuchs in the palace to invite Su Qin and the Meng sisters to the palace for a banquet and watch his band perform, as promised last night. Su Qin and the Meng sisters hurriedly packed up their clothes, got into the prime minister's car of the Zhao State Mission, and went to the palace with the eunuchs.

Su Qin was not worried about Ning Jun's movements, seeing that he had not come back, he was worried that Ning Jun would return at night and would not see his figure, so he specially instructed Zhou Shao and Wu Jing, who were left behind, to let them pay attention to Ning Jun's traces.

Su Qin re-entered the Linzi Palace this time, and the previous time with Tian Tong came is very different, he is a distinguished guest invited by the King of Qi, so before he arrived at the palace gate, he was greeted and escorted by a team of neat guards from the palace, Su Qin's carriage galloped straight into the square in the palace, and then got off the car and walked to the main hall of the Linzi Palace.

The main hall is huge, the pedestal is high, the stone pillar is towering, the hall is more than three zhang high, the majestic and uneven. The high wall Cui Wei, Feiyu Chengni, the eaves fluttering.

Incense and candles were lit on the pedestal, two rows of samurai in bright armor were lined up on the marble-paved three-story majestic steps, and the vermilion lacquer door was open.

Su Qin walked along the steps, accompanied by the two beauties of the Meng sisters, and ascended to the main hall step by step, and entered the main hall under the leadership of the eunuch waiting at the door.

Su Qin saw that the main hall of Linzi Palace was more than 30 zhang wide and about 20 zhang deep, and if it was arranged in an orderly manner, it was enough to accommodate three or four thousand people. Dozens of pillars in the hall are arranged squarely, and the decoration in the hall is splendid, the brilliance is dazzling, and it is very terrifying.

In the middle of the main hall, a little back, there is the king's golden luan royal platform, which is also two zhang wide, and two seats are placed on it.