Su Qin's carriage arrived in the palace, and with Lu Li's carriage stopped in a small square, and then, the three of them got out of the car, Lu Li led the way, and Su Qin and Ning Jun followed him straight to a side hall.

Outside the door of the side hall, Lu Li waved his hand to signal Su Qin and Ning Jun to stop, and waited on the side, while he stepped forward and whispered a few words to a eunuch on duty.

The eunuch understood, took a step forward to lead the way, Lu Li beckoned to Su Qin and Ning Jun, and Su and Ning hurriedly followed and came to the door of the side hall together.

The eunuch entered the side hall, asked Yan Hou, and walked into the hall with Su Qin and Ning Jun.

Su Qin saw that Yanhou Ji was in his twenties, and he was a little pale and weak, and he was reading a book after a few cases.

The eunuch motioned for Su Qin and Ning Jun to kneel down and salute, and Su Qin said while saluting: "Xiaomin Su Qin pays a visit to the monarch of Yan Kingdom, and the monarch has a long life. ”

Su Qin knew that according to the Zhou ceremony, Yan Hou could not enjoy the greetings of "longevity without borders", but at this time, the world was in chaos, and all the princes still took Zhou Li in their eyes.

So for the sake of safety, he raised Yan Hou, but he still used this set of slightly excessive rhetoric on Yan Hou.

Sure enough, Yan Hou raised his eyes and looked at Su Qin and Ning Jun, obviously very useful in his heart. But he was in the habit of procrastinating, and said lazily, "Excuse me." The widow heard that the two of you recovered Chongsi Yan, I don't know if it's true or not? ”

Su Qin replied: "This matter is absolutely true, we have brought the inkstone and presented it to the king." As he spoke, he handed the inkstone to the eunuch, who took it and forwarded it to Yanhou Jisheng.

Yanhou Jisheng took the inkstone, played with it and admired it, his face was happy, and said: "If it is really the Chongsi inkstone that was lost by the widow, how did it get to your hands?" ”

Su Qin said: "Xiaomin passed by the mountain and encountered the robbery of the cottage king, so he swept them away, and inadvertently found Baoyan in the residence of the thief. When I came to the thistle, I heard that the king cherished this inkstone very much, so he presented it to you. ”

Yan Hou listened, looked a little surprised, and asked: "Who are you, it seems that you are very skilled, that thief Xin official's family has been arrested several times, and he has escaped, and it is really rare for you to be flattened." ”

In fact, what Yanhou Jisheng said was not the truth, and the officials of Yan Guo went to catch the thief Xin, but they all repelled the thief.

Thief Xin took advantage of the terrain of the cottage that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and went unpunished, openly confronting the official family, and Yan Guo had no way to take him.

Therefore, Yan Hou was surprised by Su Qin and Ning Jun's removal of the theft. But despite the surprise, what appeared from Yan Hou's tepid personality was just a very bland hint of surprise.

Su Qin hurriedly introduced his and Ning Jun's identities to Yan Hou, and Yan Hou had heard of Su Qin's name, so he said lightly: "You are Su Qin, the disciple of that Guiguzi, you seem to be studying some kind of vertical and horizontal technique." ”

As soon as Su Qin heard that Yan Hou took the initiative to mention the technique of combining longitudinals, he felt that this was a good opportunity, so he cleared his throat slightly and said clearly:

"I did study the vertical and horizontal strategies with Mr. Guigu, and in recent years I have specialized in exploring the vertical and horizontal strategies. In my opinion, Yan is a big country with mountains and rivers, and it is in the corner of the seven powers. ”

"If the prince can join forces with other powerful countries in the east to resist Qin, then the powerful Qin State will not be a problem. ……”

Su Qin was talking about his own strategy, but he didn't expect Yanhou Jisheng to be not very interested, he interjected and interrupted Su Qin's words, and said:

"The strategy you mentioned is indeed a good thing, but after all, Yan Kingdom is a bit remote, and there is no innate condition for hegemony; Even if it is to resist Qin, but the Qin State is more than 5,000 miles away from us, and it is still separated by Wei, Zhao and other countries, so we can't be nosy. ”

When Su Qin heard this, he immediately understood that Yan Hou's interest was not in hegemony and resistance to Qin, according to the "speculation thoughts" formed by Su Qin's hard reading, he also wanted to test Yan Hou's ambition and interest again, however, Yan Hou opened his mouth to talk about the reward.

Yan Hou said: "The widow once issued a proclamation, someone recaptured the Chongsi Yan for the widow, and the widow rewarded a hundred gold. Even though you are people from other countries, you are treated like widows. ”

Su Qin hurriedly excused himself and said: "Your Excellency, don't worry about what the proclamation proclaimed, we are indeed sincere in returning the Chongsi Treasure Yan to the monarch, and we don't want the reward of 100 gold." ”

Yan Hou let out an "oh", a little moved, and said: "Thanks to the two of you, the widow has taken back the Chongsi inkstone, you two are not natives, and it is even more rare." If you don't want a hundred gold rewards, how shall the widow thank you? ”

Su Qin just said to Yan Hou about the strategy, but Yan Hou was not interested, he only said that he admired the matter of the inkstone, Su Qin still did not give up, he decided to act according to the original plan, first stabilize in Yan Kingdom, and then look for opportunities.

Therefore, Su Qin said sincerely: "Since I entered the border of Yan Kingdom, I have heard from the people all the way that Jun Shang is a Ming Jun who has been seen for a long time, and I am very admired and moved. We want to get a half-official position in such a country, and we can learn some skills. ”

Su Qin's words obviously contain an element of exaggeration, where is this Yanhou Jisheng a Ming Jun, if he is a Ming Jun, then can the thief Xin still entrench himself in the mountain and do evil?

However, Su Qin has already experienced too many failures, and almost a few years ago, he was like a shadow of failure and never gave up. In order to avoid another failure, Su Qin could only say better in order to impress Yan Hou.

Yan Hou nodded slightly after hearing this, he said lightly, "um", and said: "You want to stay in Yan Kingdom, the widow is asking for it, and Yan Country is also employing people." ”

He pondered for a moment and rewarded Su Qin and Ning Jun: "Just the two of you can exterminate the thieves and a group of robbers, which shows that the kung fu is outstanding, so it is better to stay in the palace." The widow named Su Qin as the doctor of the middle palace, and Feng Ningjun as the captain of the imperial forest, you will lead five hundred imperial guards to be responsible for the vigilance and anti-theft of the palace. ”

Su Qin and Ning Jun kowtowed to thank him, and Yan Hou casually wrote an edict to seal the official, ordering the eunuch on duty to hand it over to the minister of state, and let him arrange Su Qin and Ning Jun's official affairs and fortune according to the edict.

Su Qin and Ning Jun said goodbye to Yanhou Jisheng, and as the eunuch arrived outside the side hall, the eunuch asked them to report to the Prime Minister's Mansion tomorrow to claim errands, clothes, and money.

Su Qin and Ning Jun returned to the small square in the palace, and seeing that Lu Li was still waiting there, Su Qin recounted the situation of the two meeting Yan Hou, and Lu Li was also very happy for them.