After Zhao Min asked the ministers to retreat, he left Jing Yu alone.

"What is he going to do here?" Zhao Min asked with a frown.

Jing Yu pondered for a moment and said, "I guess he saw through our procrastination plan and was really anxious, so he came here in person so carelessly." ”

Zhao Min nodded, worried: "I think so too, this person's behavior is really unexpected, I can be perfunctory to those messengers at will, but I can't do it with him, this person is too difficult, I have a headache when I think about it." ”

Jing Yu smiled and said, "This headache has to be borne by the king alone, and the ministers can't share the worries." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Min asked with a smile.

"I don't think it's appropriate for the king to meet him with a hundred officials, this person is known for his sharp words, if he squeezes the king in front of a hundred officials, the king will not be able to shirk it, it is better to talk in private, what does the king think?"

Zhao Min smiled bitterly: "That's true, but you have to think through the words of the answer for me, and you can't let him run out of rational words for me to ask." ”

Jing Yu smiled, and the two of them immediately discussed it carefully.

He Ran was received beyond the etiquette specifications, the celebrant official went out of the city thirty miles to greet him, Dazai greeted him outside the city gate, beat gongs and drums to take him into Dingyang, not to live in a post house but to prepare a clean and luxurious mansion for him on the edge of the palace. What made him especially happy was to see his eldest brother Jin Dian, the two brothers couldn't say anything in this situation, but they couldn't suppress each other's excitement.

After a short rest, He Ran immediately asked to meet King Zhao.

The celebrant said with a smile: "The military division is tired from a long journey, so I have to take a good rest, and it is not too late to enter the palace tomorrow." ”

He Ran smiled faintly and said, "You just have to report to the king." ”

"It's past noon this ......, isn't it too late to go and see the king now? According to the courtesy......"

"I know the etiquette of an envoy." He Ran interrupted him, glanced at him and stopped talking.

The official's heart jumped, the shadow of the famous tree of the person, in the face of this magical military advisor with all kinds of mysterious legends, he didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, he promised to go, and soon turned back, and said with a smile: "The king is approved, let the villain respectfully invite the military advisor to see." ”

He Ran only nodded, and walked out step by step. The celebrant official looked at the back of this lord, and secretly grinned, the king had instructed him before, he could delay as much as possible, when he went to the palace to report just now, he saw the king frowning, but he still agreed, and anyone could see the helplessness.

When he came to the palace, he was led directly to the inner hall, and Zhao Min greeted him with a smile on his face.

He Ran hurriedly stepped forward to salute, but Zhao Min stretched out his hand to stop him, and said with a pretended displeasure on his face: "If the military advisor is such a widow, I will blame you." ”

He Ran made a gesture of gratitude and said: "The king treats him so kindly, how can the foreign minister take responsibility." ”

Zhao Min glanced at him with a smile and didn't look at him angrily, shook his head, and then said to the celebrant officer: "The military advisor is no better than other envoys, it is not enough to treat him with the courtesy of the guests, all the actions of the military advisor during the Dingyang period are not restricted, what the military advisor wants to do, you can serve according to the order, you don't need to ask the widow, all the envoys are taboo here in the military advisor, even if you meet with the minister or even inspect the city defense and military camp, you can do it at will, remember?" ”

The celebrant bowed down to receive the order, and secretly said in his heart, yes, I will serve this as an ancestor.

He Ran was flattered and said: "The king's special favor to the foreign ministers can make the foreign ministers panic. ”

Zhao Min laughed and said: "This widow still doesn't think it's enough, if it's not for the fear of too much discussion from outsiders, the widow wants to go out of the city to meet you." Then he took him by the hand and walked into the inner sanctum.

After entering the table, Zhao Min instructed the deacon in the palace: "The widow regards the military advisor as a brother, all etiquette is exempt, and there is no need for anything else, just prepare refreshments." "Before, it was to increase He Ran's freedom, but now it is to reduce the treatment of entertaining him, but this decrease is more graceful than that increase.

Although He Ran knew that he was using the emperor's technique, Zhao Min did it too well, and that look and tone seemed to be from the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't help but be secretly impressed in his heart. Of course, he also understands that the reason why Zhao Min shows this excessive kindness and grace is that on the one hand, he is to envelop himself, and on the other hand, he is embarrassed to say too many "outside" words.

After the fragrant tea was served, Zhao Min smiled enthusiastically and said: "It's really unexpected that the military advisor can come here, and it has given the widow a great surprise. ”

He Ran sighed with emotion: "The king's generous ministers really don't know how to repay it. ”

Zhao Min said with a sincere face: "The military advisor is kind to me Zhao Guo, such a great kindness is a widow who can't repay it, if it weren't for the fact that the matter of the side attack on Xiping must be strictly kept secret, the widow should really issue an edict all over the territory, so that the people of the whole country know the great kindness of the military advisor to my Zhao country, and I can't feel guilty in my heart." ”

"The king has said it, the foreign ministers are just doing a little service on the orders of my king, fortunately not dishonoring their lives, although some merits are really insignificant, and it is not worth the king's obsession."

Zhao Min waved his hand and said: "The military advisor's conduct can be a model for the world's courtiers, and the military advisor is unwilling to take credit, but the widow must be remembered." ”

He Ran smiled humbly, thinking that it was not a way to accompany him to talk like this, and after a while, he could send himself back, so he said: "The king is benevolent and kind, and does not forget the benefits of others, it is really a blessing for us to be courtiers, and the ministers are deeply gracious, and it will be difficult for the ministers to bear the praise of the king. ”

Hearing that he turned the topic to business so quickly, Zhao Min knew that he might not be able to be confused, and said with a smile: "What is there to do with the military division to run in person, even if it is a big thing to send someone here, as long as it is a widow who can do it, it is rare for the military advisor to come to Dingyang, since the widow has to be entertained, all the affairs are left to the subordinates to do, although the military division has lived in Zhao for a period of time in the past, I think I must not have enjoyed the song and dance of Zhao Guo, I heard that the military division is coming, The widow deliberately let them make careful preparations, the song and dance of Zhao Guo is recognized by the world, and the song and dance in the widow's palace is the first of Zhao Guo, the first of the first, the military division must not be observed. Speaking of this, without waiting for He Ran to speak, he instructed the chamberlain: "Come singing and dancing, serve wine to the military advisor." Before the words could be spoken, a group of graceful dancers danced in, and the string bells and drums rang out.

He Ran laughed secretly in his heart, this Zhao Min really didn't bother to deal with himself, if there was really an emergency, he would naturally think of a way to stop singing and dancing first, but he was just here to act for Zhao Min, Zhao Min wanted to delay him, he was also to delay Zhao Min, the later he spoke, the better, let Zhao Min spend all his thoughts on delaying his own opening, then it would just achieve the purpose of disturbing his mind. So he frowned, made a little anxious but helpless, opened his mouth and finally endured it, reluctantly smiled at Zhao Min, and said, "Thank you, King." ”

Zhao Min saw that he didn't let him say it, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, raised the wine bottle, and after He Ran also lifted the bottle, he drank the bottle of wine comfortably.