Su Qin's eyes showed resoluteness, and he replied: "Don't worry, the reason why Weichen did not completely dismiss the joint forces on the battlefield of Michi is to deter swinging countries like Chu and Wei. ”

"The state of Chu thought that they secretly colluded with the state of Qin and let go of the Qin army trapped in the city of Michi, so they would not cause trouble. However, Weichen is currently observing the reaction of the Chu State, if it dares to disobey, after this joint meeting, we can use the excuse of the Chu State's violation of the covenant to lead a large army to conquer Yu Chu and teach them a lesson. ”

Zhao Hou showed a trace of worry on his face and said: "This alliance is an alliance of peace negotiation between the princes of the East, if it really comes to that point, it will not be beneficial to the countries of the East. ”

Su Qin said: "Of course, the ministers don't want to tear their faces with the Chu State, because it is not beneficial to anyone, but the centrifugal detachment of the Chu State has ruined the battle situation in Michi, and if it is tolerated again and blatantly violates the covenant, then the Hezong Alliance will be swept away and useless." We might as well wait and see the next attitude of Chu State. ”

Zhao Hou saw that Su Qin was very thoughtful, so he nodded and didn't say anything more. He then agreed with Su Qin on the division of labor between each other, and Su Qin was responsible for traveling back and forth between Cishan and Handan, and supervised the training of the 50,000 soldiers of the joint column army in Cishan City. Soldiers are murder weapons, and if these people are not put into intense drills, it is inevitable that they will cause trouble all day long. In Handan, he was responsible for receiving the arrival of the ruling ministers of various countries and interacting with them until the day of the alliance.

The Marquis of Zhao was responsible for the deployment of Zhao State's personnel to participate in the service of the Princes' Alliance, as well as the layout of the venue, the preparation of various conditions, and so on.

Zhao Hou asked about Meng Ting's recent situation with concern, and Su Qin himself hadn't returned to Luoyang to visit her and Wei Jia for a long time, so he only prevaricated. Zhao Hou also saw that he was very worried about the two ladies, but because he was pressed on his shoulders at the same time by military affairs and the alliance, he lacked skills, and it was difficult to take care of it.

Zhao Hou understood Su Qin's hardships and knew Su Qin's dedication, and he also decided in his heart that no matter what others said bad things about Su Qin in the future, he firmly supported Su Qin and trusted Su Qin. This is also the fate between two people, a monarch and a minister, with respect and humility in name, but they are like-minded, have the same views, and are rare to fall into.

For Su Qin, how could it be otherwise! If it weren't for Zhao Hou's trust and letting go of him, how could Su Qin be willing to do his best for the rise of Zhao State, and even sacrifice his family happiness. However, from the deepest part of his heart, Su Qin has not forgotten another dream of his own: that is, he retired after success, and traveled all over the world with his wife and children, enjoying the smoke and haze, in order to entertain his old age.

However, after all, now is not the time to think about these old years, and he still has very important things waiting for him to work hard to complete. The great cause of cooperation is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, whether to climb the glorious peak, or fall into the dark abyss, is the choice at this moment.

When your career has reached a critical juncture, how can you relax? The previous lesson was not profound, just when he returned to Luoyang and thought that the general trend of the business of the alliance had been decided, there was a dangerous situation in which the Qin army attacked Michi and forced Luoyang. And the occurrence of the battle of Michi was also slackening his vigilance, which made Qin Jun Yingsi feel that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, which led to a military disaster.

Imagine that if he had been in full swing to prepare for an alliance of various countries, Qin Guoliang would not have dared to casually launch a war of aggression against Korea.

Su Qin learned the lesson of the last time, so although he missed his wife and the child who was about to be born, he had no choice but to suppress the desire to go back to Luoyang to visit.

After bidding farewell to Zhao Hou, Su Qin first returned to the property he had purchased in Handan, Peach Garden, and he wanted to take care of the affairs there. Since the last time he left the Tao Garden in a hurry on his mission to the Chu State, he had not returned for more than a year.

When he arrived at the gate of the peach garden, he saw two neat groups of people, standing on the side of the road on both sides of the gate of the peach garden. Su Qin thought that something bad had happened, and the boss in his heart was not happy.

When his carriage arrived at the gate of the garden, he stepped down the steps and found that it was Chen Dan who led the large and small servants and kabuki in the peach garden to greet him at the gate.

When Su Qin left Handan, he specially promoted Chen Dan to manage the affairs of the Peach Garden in order to repay her kindness back then, and thanks to her dedication to helping him dig out the assassins of the Liulu Sword Gate, he overthrew Zhao Yun, the king of Xuanyang, and thus gained a firm foothold in the Zhao Kingdom.

When Su Qin led the army back to Zhao this time, the news spread far and wide, and when he returned to Handan City, he brought hundreds of soldiers who had returned from the victory on the Michi battlefield, and the movement was not small, so naturally there were many people who knew about it.

Chen Dan heard the news that Su Qin had returned to Handan, and guessed that he would return to the peach garden to visit, so she was also very cautious, and she gathered the people in the peach garden early to welcome the arrival of the real master.

Su Qin saw that Chen Dan was wearing a precious splendid deep robe, with beads on her head, looking rich and powerful, and thought: "It seems that in the past few years, her identity and status have been different, and she has become much more beautiful than in the past." ”

However, Su Qin was still very satisfied with Chen Dan's ability to take the initiative to find out the news of his return to Handan and arrange a ceremony to welcome his return. I also secretly felt in my heart that in the appointment of Chen Dan, I didn't look away back then.

Su Qin nodded to Chen Dan, said a greeting, and then took the lead and walked straight to the garden. He saw that the arrangement in the peach garden, as it was back then, was probably cleaned by Chen Dan's arranger, and it looked particularly tidy.

Su Qin came to the private rear courtyard in the peach garden, and when he got there, he saw things and thought about people, and immediately remembered Meng Ting. She originally lived here, but when she returned here at this time, Meng Ting was thousands of miles away and stayed in Luoyang.

Su Qin was inevitably a little sad, he sat in the hall where he had been with Meng Tingqing, and he was a little stunned. Chen Dan came in with Su Qin and asked, "When the prime minister returns today, everyone in the garden is happy. It's just that I don't know if Taoyuan is still open today, does it accept foreign guests? ”

Su Qin thought to himself: "I came back this time, hoping to alarm a few people, but unexpectedly, it still caused rumors in the city, if it is closed at night, wouldn't it be even more eye-catching?" ”

He instructed Chen Dan: "Let's stay open at night, I'll send two or three servants here to serve me." ”

Chen Dan agreed: "Obey." She turned around to arrange the opening of the business, Su Qin suddenly stopped her again, and instructed: "This month, Zhao State will hold a meeting of the princes, and there must be a lot of envoys sent to Handan by various countries, maybe many people will come to the peach garden to have fun, you pay attention to the people who come and go, and see if there are any suspicious people and things." If there is, report it to me as soon as possible. ”

Chen Dan smiled quite mysteriously and said, "Don't worry, Prime Minister, I tell those miscellaneous servants and kabuki, if they find out, they won't be able to escape our grasp." Chen Dan had done such a thing of seducing informants and inquiring about news before, and she was still very confident in her heart.

Su Qin was so bored, he was alone in the backyard to drink, he was bored, he wanted to return to Cishan City as soon as possible, it was so boring, it was better to supervise the training of sergeants in the army, which was also a thing worth doing.

He had only drunk three glasses of wine, and he could not drink any more, and lay down on the pillow with his clothes in a sullen manner, closing his eyes and recuperating.

At this time, he remembered the method of "heart fasting" that Master Guigu had taught them, eliminating distracting thoughts, making the state of mind quiet and simple, from listening to the ear, to listening to the heart, and then to listening to the breath, leaving only a trace of intentional or unintentional awareness of breathing, but the consciousness was clear, and entered the state of having nothing to drown in the heart.

In the middle of the night, the backyard was already in a state of silence, and suddenly the door of the backyard creaked open, and Su Qin felt very clear about this strange sound in the state of fasting. But he didn't immediately get up to look at it. Then he heard a quiet sound of footsteps coming towards the hall.

Su Qin was secretly alert in his heart, and his hand involuntarily stretched out to the hilt of the Qingshuang Sword under his waist. The visitor first stayed outside the door for a while, probably in hesitation, and after a while, she called softly twice outside the door: "Prime Minister, Prime Minister Su." ”

As soon as Su Qin heard the shouts of the people, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart that he was overly nervous, and from the voice, he heard that it was Chen Dan who came to the backyard. Su Qin agreed and said, "It's Chen Dan, please come in." ”

Chen Dan pushed open the door, and Su Qin saw that she was covered with thin powder, as fine as fat, and the powder was greasy, but there was a mysterious expression on her face. Su Qin was stunned in his heart and sat up straight. He made a gesture and motioned for Chen Dan to sit down and speak.

But Chen Dan refused to sit down, she stood under the hall and said to Su Qin: "Prime Minister Su told us to pay attention to the suspicious guests in the peach garden in the afternoon, who knew that we met two strange people tonight, I don't know if the prime minister is interested in inquiring about their details." ”

Su Qin was idle, and when he heard this information, he was very interested, so he said, "What kind of person is it, you might as well tell me about the situation." ”

Chen Dan sat down next to Su Qin at this time, and Su Qin smelled the fragrance of fat powder on her body, probably because she was going to entertain guests, so the powder fragrance was particularly strong. As he got closer, Su Qin felt that the inhalation of his nose had become a little uncomfortable.

Chen Dan leaned close to Su Qin's ear, lowered his voice and said, "Those two people have big beards, and the hair on the front of their heads has been cut, and although they have crowns, they can still see the stubble of their hair. ”

When Su Qin heard this, he suddenly became more energetic, and he couldn't help but lean closer to Chen Dan and asked, "Aren't these two people from the Central Plains?" Where do our people in the Central Plains have their hair cut short? ”