Ji Che sent two guards to take Zhang Ting all the way to the outside of the Son of Heaven's bedroom, and soon after the transmission, the inner attendant notified the envoy to enter to see the driver. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Ting held the talisman in both hands, held his head high, and walked slowly into the hall without squinting, and found that in addition to the Son of Heaven who was on the throne in the hall, there were five or six people sitting on both sides, most of them were old men with white hair, and it was estimated that they should be figures such as the Three Princes and Six Qings.

He came to the center of the main hall, respectfully knelt down and bowed, and then said in a loud voice: "Zhang Ting, the envoy of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, meet the king!" ”

"Hmmm! Your name is Zhang Ting. Ji Yan nodded slightly: "Flat!" ”

Zhang Ting stood up, looked around calmly, and finally looked at the Son of Heaven in front of him, and found that he was as young as rumored, but his face was calm and calm, and there was no frivolity as rumored.

"You say you are an envoy, but you don't know who you represent and what state you represent? Why did you come to my Great Zhou King City? Yan Shu, who was closest to the throne, asked.

Zhang Ting looked at this thin and gray-haired old man, and said in a deep voice: "Since ancient times, the etiquette of diplomatic relations, if you ask a question, you must first make an introduction, and it is rude for the old man to ask a question without an introduction!" This is the hospitality of the Sect Master of the World? This is the hospitality of the Minister of Zhou? ”

Yan Shu didn't expect this guy's words to be so sharp, and he couldn't help but blush slightly: "It's the old man's negligence." The old man was strict and reckless, and he was the prime minister of Zhou State. ”

Zhang Ting's expression immediately became respectful, and he arched his hand to Yan Shu: "I have heard for a long time that Prime Minister Yan is a veteran of the three dynasties, he should be strong and strong, and he governs the country well. He bent down in respect.

"Your envoy hasn't answered the old man's question yet!"

"On behalf of Ji Dan, the Duke of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, he sent an envoy to the Zhou State to meet with the Son of Heaven to discuss important matters."

"Eastern Zhou Gong Ji Dan?" Ding Tong, who started with Yan Yuan, frowned and said: "The old man has heard of this person, isn't he a doctor in Zhonglu, when did he become the Duke of Eastern Zhou?" Can there be an edict from the Son of Heaven canonizing? ”

Zhang Ting said unhurriedly: "I don't know who this old man is?" ”

"The old man is too Fu Dingtong."

"It turned out to be Mrs. Ding." Zhang Ting bowed his hands to everyone in the hall, and finally looked at Ji Yan and said loudly: "As the saying goes: The country cannot be without a king for a day, since the former Duke of Zhou has died, the ministers of the hundred officials unanimously elected Ji Dan to succeed him as the Duke of Eastern Zhou, this is really a matter of course, what is the problem?" Asking for the canonization edict from the Zhou room is one of the purposes of this trip, hoping that the king will be fulfilled! ”

"Who said that the Duke of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty has died?" Ji Yong, who was sitting on the other side, asked with a dark face, then remembered something, and added: "Old man Zongbo Ji Yong." ”

"I've seen Zongbo." Zhang Ting turned to Ji Yong and arched his hand: "I have to ask you about this matter!" Isn't it rumored that Ji Gen, the former Duke of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, intended to be unfavorable to the Son of Heaven, and was arrested by the Son of Heaven and executed for the crime of rebellion? ”

"Nonsense!" Ji Yong slapped the desk with a "bang" as he spoke, and a fierce look appeared on his face: "When the son is a merciful lord today, how can he summarily execute the king of a country?" This is a complete slander against the Son of Heaven. You tell the old man, whose mouth did this come from? The old man immediately arrested him and sentenced him to cutting out his tongue. ”

Zhang Ting turned a blind eye to Ji Yong's aggressive momentum, and said unhurriedly: "I have long heard that Ji Gen has bad intentions, and there is an actual move to surround the Son of Heaven with a large army, even if the Son of Heaven is merciful, how can the ministers tolerate such a great rebellion?" ”

He didn't wait for a few old ministers to speak, and then arched his hand to the Son of Heaven and said, "Your Majesty, the envoy has a word to offer." ”

Ji Yan looked at Zhang Ting, who was talking eloquently, he could be regarded as having comprehended the power of lobbyists in this era, and nodded secretly in his heart, this person seems to be a talent! "Your envoy, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

"The Zhou room is already in trouble, I don't know if Your Majesty knows? I wonder if the ministers know? ”

Ji Yan smiled secretly in his heart, he had seen lobbyists in ancient times in various film and television literary works before, and knew that they were good at using alarmist words and exaggerations to attract the attention of the other party, and then unknowingly fell into his trap. It seems that this Zhang Ting is also quite good at this.

Seeing that everyone in the hall looked at him with a little surprise, Zhang Ting continued: "The root of the bane is this former Eastern Zhou Gong Ji Gen, if you don't deal with it early, the Zhou family will die!" ”

"Bane? I don't know where you start? Ji Yan frowned slightly, and said coldly: "If you can't say that you are ugly, this king will dispose of you first." ”

Zhang Ting pondered for a moment and then said: "First, he has acted unfavorably against His Majesty, if he does not deal with it, it will definitely make other people with bad intentions feel lucky, and maybe they will take risks, which is the so-called wealth and danger." If he is punished as a criminal tyrant, he will be able to deter Xiaoxiao, subdue the miserly, and smash his luck to pieces, so, the king can be safe, the Zhou country can be safe, does Your Majesty think so? ”

"Kind of makes sense." Ji Yan nodded.

Zhang Ting was secretly happy in his heart, it seems that the Son of Heaven is a reasonable person, as long as he explains the truth clearly, he can let him fall into the middle of the road, reasoning is my strength!

"Second, now that Ji Dan has ascended the throne of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, if His Majesty does not dispose of Ji Gen, he will be let go back one day, how should the two Eastern Zhou Princes meet? Therefore, Ji Dan will never allow this to happen. At this time, he was encamping ten miles outside the royal city with an army of 70,000 troops, and if he heard that Ji Gen was still alive, he would be angry and angry, and he would have attacked the royal city at all costs. May I ask Your Majesty, with more than 10,000 troops in the Zhou Chamber, can you block the attack of 70,000 troops? ”

Ji Yan shook his head: "I'm afraid not!" What to do? ”

Zhang Ting raised his head, his eyes were shining, and he said slowly: "For the sake of the king, for the sake of the Zhou Society, kill Ji Gen immediately." If Your Majesty really does this, the court is willing to go back to persuade His Majesty to retreat Ji Dan's 70,000 army and relieve the siege of the royal city. ”

"As long as you kill Ji Gen, you can let Ji Dan withdraw from the army and resolve a big war?" Ji Yan confirmed to Zhang Ting.

"Yes!" Zhang Ting said angrily.

"Good!" Ji Yan made up his mind and said loudly: "Please come out of the two Zhou Gongs!" ”

Zhang Ting turned his head and looked around, and saw two people coming out of a small room next to the main hall, it was Ji Gen and Ji Chao. The two of them turned pale, and when they walked to the hall, they glared at him fiercely, as if they were going to eat him alive on the spot.

Zhang Ting was not afraid, he looked at the two dukes calmly, there was a slight pity in his eyes, he knew that these two people would be executed by the Son of Heaven soon.

The two of them came to the hall and knelt down: "King, don't listen to this person's rumors, fall for Ji Dan's tricks!" ”

"It seems that the two dukes have heard the words of the envoy of the Eastern Zhou State clearly." Ji Yan looked at the two of them and said coldly: "You didn't agree to this king's proposal last time, and at that time, this king had no basis and couldn't convince you. Now that the Messenger has appeared, what else do you have to say? Still not agree? ”

Ji Gen said with a sad face: "The king's conditions are too ruthless! ”

Ji Chao followed: "Yes, it's too ruthless!" ”

Ji Yan looked at the two of them with a slight mockery: "It seems that this king has no choice but to accept the messenger's method and borrow your two heads to eliminate the military disaster." Come on, drag it down, cut it! ”

When some of the guards entered the temple, they were to take them down.

"No, King!" The two dukes howled at the same time: "Let's promise, promise!" ”

"Promise what? Please make it clear to the two dukes, and then sign and draw a pledge, so as not to admit it when you get it. As he spoke, Ji Yan asked people to take bamboo slips and knives, and asked them to engrave the words of the two princes as evidence. It's a pity that there is no pen and paper, it is so inconvenient! He secretly said in his heart, when he has time, he must teach people to produce these two things.