Su Qin's convoy crossed the border of Zhao State, and as soon as he entered Qi State, he met the ministers sent by Qi State to greet him, and they were waiting in the first post station in Qi State, and saw the convoy of Zhao State missions coming from afar.

Zhou Shao, who was walking at the front of the mission convoy, got the news and immediately rushed to Su Qin's carriage, he stood on his horse and reported loudly to Su Qin: "Prime Minister, Qi sent a minister to greet him, I don't know how to deal with it, please show the Prime Minister." ”

Su Qin sat in the car, heard Zhou Shaoyu's report, and lifted the curtain. Xin said: "It seems that I have made a big fanfare, not only shocking the Wei State, but also the Qi State. ”

He immediately got out of the carriage, and not long after, the ministers of Qi had already arrived in front of the carriage. Su Qin fixed his eyes and saw that the person who came was Tian Ming, who came to Yunmeng Mountain with Sun Bin as a guest.

The two met very cordially, and after clasping their fists and saluting, they warmly asked about each other's situation. Tian Ming is now appointed as the middle doctor of the Qi State, in charge of the protocol affairs of the Qi State.

Tian Ming reported loudly to Su Qin: "I am ordered by the King of Qi to specially greet Su Cheng, the envoy of Zhao, at the border of Qi, and ask Su Cheng, Prime Minister Su, to go with me to Linzi, the capital of our country. ”

Su Qin heard Tian Ming's words call the current monarch of Qi as king, and understood that the monarch of Qi had also been changed from "Hou" to "king" within the Qi State.

About two years before Su Qin's Izumo Dream Mountain, Qi Hou Tian Bijiang and Wei Hou Ji met in Xuzhou, recognized each other as kings, and then changed the year. It seems that the whole country of Qi has completely adopted the new name.

"You also have to be careful about this, otherwise it will really make Tian Bijiang unhappy and add obstacles out of thin air." Su Qin kept an eye on it.

After all, Zhao is a big country, and the relationship with Qi has always been good, and the envoy of the mission is the prime minister of Zhao today, who is also an important reason why King Qi treats Su Qin as a state guest.

Tian Ming was embarrassed and admired when he saw Su Qin so majestic today. Although Tian Ming left Su Qin's brothers and ran away at a critical time, so that Su Qin still retains a trace of vigilance, he is the doctor of Qi State, and he has official dealings with him, and Su Qin is reluctant to mention the troubles of the year.

Tian Ming himself seems to have forgotten that there was such a thing, he chatted with Su Qin on the road, as if the two were confidants who had been separated for many years, Su Qin was really a little uncomfortable for a while, but he also politely echoed Tian Ming.

Tian Ming's courtesy convoy led the way in front, and the team was unhindered along the way, marching quite fast, and arrived at Linzi City at night that day.

Tian Ming warmly invited Su Qin to his own mansion to rest, Su Qin repeatedly refused, but Tian Ming still persuaded him to Tian Mansion.

Su Qin's carriage arrived at the door of Tianfu and found an old man in his fifties, with a dignified face and an extraordinary atmosphere, who was greeting him at the door.

After Su Qin got out of the car, the old man greeted him, and Tian Ming hurriedly came over to introduce Su Qin: "This is my father, the Zhengqing of Qi State." ”

When Su Qin heard this, he was shocked, he knew that the current Zhengqing of the Qi State, that is, the person equivalent to the prime minister of the Zhao State, was named Tian Tong, but he didn't expect it to be Tian Ming's father. There was no prime minister in the Qi State, and the system of the previous dynasty was still used, and Zhengqing was regarded as the head of the hundred officials.

"No wonder Tian Ming sometimes looks arrogant unintentionally, it turns out that he has such a background." Su Qin immediately realized the origin of Tian Ming's arrogance that he didn't take others seriously.

"Thank you Tian Zhengqing for waiting here, Su Qin doesn't know, I hope you will forgive me." When Su Qin heard the introduction, he hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed forward, showing his respect for the elder.

Tian Tong also returned the salute, he then stepped forward to hold Su Qin's hand, and said, "Prime Minister Su, why be polite, it is the old man's honor for you to come to the old man's mansion." Come, come, come to the house and rest. ”

Su Qin saw that Tian Tong was not tall, his face was round, and his face looked a little pale, but he was very enthusiastic, and he kept holding Su Qin's hand, and kept saying some kind words such as "Distinguished guests have come from afar" and "Hard work".

Su Qin's first impression of this Zhengqing of Qi was very good, and he felt that as the Zhengqing of a big country like Qi, he was enthusiastic and solemn, very decent, and he was also very approachable, so that people who came into contact for the first time had a sense of intimacy.

Tian Tong took Su Qin's hand and came to the main hall of Tianfu, Su Qin saw that this hall was seven or eight zhang wide and about five zhang deep, which seemed very wide, but the furnishings in the hall were very simple.

There were fine straw mats on the ground, and there were no soft mats made of fur or brocade on the mats like ordinary rich and noble families, and several cases on the mats were also solid wood products, like common things in commoners' homes.

Tian Tong sat down in the master's seat and let Su Qin to the guest seat very close to him, Tian Ming was opposite Tian Tong, there was still a certain distance from the two of them, with an obvious sense of accompanying and serving.

Su Qin asked Tian Ming to come closer, but Tian Ming resolutely refused. Su Qin's respectful expression when he looked at him now was obviously different from the high-spirited young man he had seen back then.

Su Qin was secretly surprised, feeling that after years of training, he was much more mature and stable.

Tian Tong slapped his face, and a person dressed as a housekeeper came in from outside the hall, Tian Tong instructed him to serve food and wine, and the man took the order and left, and after a while, the wine and food were all served, four small dishes, plus two small bowls of rice, and some clear wine.

Tian Tong raised his glass to Su Qin to toast, as a gift to the host, even if the banquet began, Su Qin tasted the wine and food, and felt that the taste was delicious and very refreshing, and he liked it very much.

From the decoration of the Tian family and the wine and food used, he saw Tian Tong's frugality, and felt that it was not easy for him, as a Zhengqing above 10,000 people under one person in the Qi country, to be simple to such a point, and he couldn't help but secretly praise Tian Tong's character.

Su Qin also immediately gave Tian Tong a glass of wine in return with the courtesy of a guest, and after drinking it all, he then asked the maid serving at the banquet to sift a glass of wine, he raised his glass and toasted Tian Ming with the gift of a friend.

Tian Ming was about to raise a glass together, Tian Tong said: "Mr. Su is the prime minister of Zhao State, although he is younger than the old man, but he is the same generation as the old man, Tian Ming, as my son-in-law, is still a generation later." ”

Tian Ming listened to his father's words, hurriedly put down his wine glass, got up and knelt on the side of several cases, and saluted Su Qin before raising his glass to drink.

This is obviously treating Su Qin as a junior, and he embarrassed Su Qin for a while, because when he and Tian Ming first met, the two were friends, but today there is a sudden difference between elders and juniors, and it is difficult to adapt to this change all at once.