When the crown prince Mi Huai listened to Qu Mu's analysis, a cold sweat suddenly flowed down, and he woke up at this time. He repeatedly, "Is that really the case? Then I'm so grateful to you, Dr. Qu. ”

Qu Mu continued: "The king originally had nine sons, and all the princes were staring at the position of the crown prince, and if you were not careful, you might cause gossip. finally survived to this day, why bother to offend the king because of his willfulness, so that the crown prince's position is not guaranteed. ”

The crown prince Mi Huai replied repeatedly: "Thank you Dr. Qu for reminding me, if it weren't for your wit and temporarily pretending to be dead, I might not have offended my father today." Oops, it's dangerous. ”

Qu Mu heard the prince say that he was "pretending to be dead", and felt that this word was very harsh, but the prince Mi Huai was a master who always felt that there were shortcomings in his head, and he didn't care about him. Anyway, the two of them are now in the same boat, advancing and retreating together, and he is desperate to protect the interests of the prince.

Qu Mu thought for a while, and then reminded the prince: "This time Su Qin entered Chu, I know that the prince of Lu Dao will be very reluctant to befriend him, but because of the king, you can't deliberately snub Su Qin, that will make the king very unhappy, and it will be very unfavorable for you to ascend the throne." ”

Prince Mi Huai remembered that his proposition could not be adopted, and he was angry, and suddenly blushed in anxiety. However, after all, he still cared about the position of the crown prince, so he scratched his ears and cheeks and thought about it for a long time, and finally accepted Qu Mu's suggestion.

He said: "According to my temperament, I will simply clean up Zhang Yi and take Su Qin together, so that he can also learn some lessons and return." But the king flattered him everywhere, alas, he was really embarrassed by the dead. ”

Qu Mu persuaded: "The king has his own ideas, and he doesn't think that others are good when he woos Su Qin, he must use the alliance to strengthen the prestige of my Chu State." Naturally, we have to cooperate with the king, otherwise, wouldn't we let Su Qin see our jokes. ”

Qu Mu understands the heart of the prince Mihuai, he bites one thing or one person one by one, and he easily does not let go of his teeth. But Su Qin's entry into Chu is related to the image of Chu, and he expected that the king of Chu would not tolerate the behavior of a fire in the backyard, so he earnestly warned the prince Mi Huai.

Moreover, Qu Mu also thought that Su Qin and Zhang Yi were brothers, Zhang Yi was humiliated in the Chu State, and if Su Qin came out for Zhang Yi, then he would not have to settle accounts with the prince.

However, the crown prince and himself pretended to be smiling and humble, didn't they also confuse Su Qin and make him have no idea what to do?

Qu Mu considered this meaning, but he didn't dare to say it to the prince, for fear of arousing the prince's disgust and adding fuel to the fire, making him even more rebellious. Therefore, Qu Mu grasped the psychology of Mi Huai's reluctance to become the crown prince and persuaded him.

Although Qu Mu helped the prince do a lot of ugly things that he despised, he was not stupid, on the contrary, he had a lot of eyes, so he could always see the wind and rudder, and the left and right sides were the source. He had already calculated, with the wisdom of the crown prince Mihuai, he would not be played with by himself in the future, so no one hoped that the crown prince Mihuai would ascend the throne smoothly than Qu Mu.

Qi Huai was grateful to Qu Mu for pretending to be dizzy to save him, and specially ordered his entourage to take a piece of jade pendant from the prince's mansion and give it to Qu Mu. The two of them set a strategy to fool Su Qin, rather than deliberately opposing him.

Su Qin waited for the national letters and entourage of Qi, Yan, and Wei in Handan, and with a delegation of nearly 1,000 people from the four countries, he set off from the south gate of Handan and headed for Chu, which attracted many onlookers along the way. People heard that it was the most powerful people of the day who passed by, and they came out to watch, and the lively scene continued all the way.

The number of envoys of the four countries was very large, and it was inevitable that it would be slow to walk, and it was not until the fourth day that they arrived at the border of Chu, and Su Qin did not take Wancheng when he entered Chu, but took the road between Song and Cai, and came along the dry road all the way.

When he saw Jing Chi in the Chu realm, Jing Chi stood at the intersection and greeted him solemnly, more respectful to him, because the king of Chu ordered to treat Su Qin well, of course Jing Chi did not dare to slack off.

After a few pleasantries, the two got into their respective carriages and came all the way to Yingdu. When he arrived outside the east gate of Yingdu, it was late in the afternoon, and Su Qin received a report from Ning Jun, the pioneer of the road ahead, saying that Yin Zhaoyang, the order of the Chu State, came to the east gate to greet him in person.

When Su Qin heard the report, he said in his heart: "Chu State attaches great importance to the situation of the Hezong Alliance, why did Senior Brother Zhang suffer a setback before?" ”

With doubts, Su Qin ordered the carriage to drive straight forward, walked half a mile, and went to meet Yin Zhaoyang, the commander of the state of Chu. got out of the car at the east gate, he saw Zhaoyang, and his first impression was that this person was an old fox, quiet on the surface, but in fact, there was a hidden scheming inside.

Su Qin has been dealing with this kind of person for more than a day or two, and the Qin Jun Yingsi, Zhao Cheng, Fengyang Jun Zhao Cheng, and Zhengqing Tian of Qi that he saw in Qin, Zhao, and Qi are all old rivers and lakes in the officialdom.

Su Qin also showed the strength to fight Ha Luha, and Zhaoyang seemed to be acquaintances at first sight, and the two bowed down and hugged their fists to salute, admired and praised each other, and behaved eagerly.

Zhaoyang was unusually enthusiastic about Su Qin, personally led the way for him, and welcomed Su Qin into the upper house in the west of Yingdu City. Su Qin specially found a large room in the upper house to use as a hall, and invited Zhaoyang Yan there to talk.

Su Qin didn't know what to do at this time, just more than 20 days ago, his junior brother Zhang Yi and his wife also stayed here. In the room where he lived, the blood stains in the room had not been completely washed away.

Zhaoyang told Su Qin that Xiong Shang, the king of Chu, was going to arrange a banquet in the palace in the evening, and invited important members of the four countries' missions to drink for pleasure, and Su Qin nodded and agreed. Zhaoyang felt that Su Qin and the others had been properly settled, so he said goodbye to Su Qin and said that he would prepare for the dinner.

Su Qin has always wanted to ask Zhaoyang about Zhang Yi, but he didn't get a vacancy, if he didn't ask, he would have to wait until I don't know when? Therefore, Su Qin didn't care whether it was suitable or not, and asked about it.

He said, "Where is my junior brother Zhang Yi now? Why don't you see his figure? What happened to him after he came to the state of Chu? ”

Su Qin asked three times in a row, his tone was very eager, and Zhaoyang pondered: "It's time to come, it's still here, you can't hide." He had done his homework before and thought about how to reply to Su Qin, but when he really arrived at the scene, he still seemed to be stuttered.

Zhaoyang thought for a while, sighed, and replied, "What do I say about this?" I kindly invited your junior brother to participate in the summer banquet of the courtiers of my country's Chu State, but something extremely unpleasant happened at the banquet. ”

Su Qin looked at Zhaoyang's expression of wanting to speak and stopped, listening to his words, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked, "Ah! How unpleasant it is, I would like to hear more. ”