There were about forty or fifty people in this group of people who suddenly appeared, each of them was dressed in ordinary civilian attire and looked like ordinary people, but the bloody aura that inadvertently emanated from his body couldn't hide the nose of a person like Zhao Fan who had experienced battlefield fighting.

The old man at the head had a dusty air on his body, his clothes were neat, and ordinary people only looked like Mr. Teaching. However, people with vision will not think so, especially Zhao Fan, who knows at a glance that this old man is like a sword hidden in the scabbard, and will only draw the sword out of the sheath when necessary, and kill with one blow.

Zhao Fan and the old man looked at each other for a long time, and then they both smiled at the same time.

"Fake appearance, long time no see!" Zhao Fan greeted him with a smile on his face. This old man is Su Qin, I haven't seen him for more than a month, the former seems to be no different from before, only one point, that is, I feel more restrained, if I don't see it with my own eyes, even if he is by your side, you won't notice it.

"Master Zhao is handsome and heroic, compared to when he was in Linzi, his sharpness seems to be even greater." Su Qin smiled, always in a calm and unusual tone.

Su Qin's eyes were so vicious, and he could see at a glance that Zhao Fan's current aura was much sharper than at the beginning. In this regard, he is also very satisfied, in this case, he really has to show his edge, otherwise, he is afraid that Li Dui will be more unscrupulous and do whatever he wants.

Judging from the current situation, King Huiwen and Zhao Fan must show a tough posture, after all, now that Lian Po is no longer there, they don't have too many troops, at this time, they need to deter Li Dui, and they can't let the former think that they are afraid, otherwise they are afraid that they will immediately launch a rebellion.

For this most famous columnist in the Warring States Period, Zhao Fan has always maintained a respectful attitude towards him, and immediately smiled: "The fake appearance has won the award, compared to you, what is the sail?" ”

The two of them talked about the old days, leaving the others completely aside, and at this time, the girl also said angrily: "Okay, you guys are not finished, take us to the Plains Monarch's Mansion quickly, we are tired after driving for so long." ”

She has a noble status, a collection of thousands of favors, has always been the focus of the crowd, the first time she was exposed to the side, the eldest lady's temper suddenly surged, and immediately there was a touch of coquettishness in her expression, which looked very tasteful.

At this time, Zhao Fan and Su Qin reacted, and immediately Su Qin also smiled slightly, and said, "Hehe, I was excited for a while, and the old man confessed." ”

Seeing Su Qin's posture, Zhao Fan also nodded secretly, even the character who has to lower his posture so much, at such a young age of this girl, her identity is already about to come out.

Although he had already guessed it, he didn't break it, and walked out of the restaurant with a group of dozens of people, heading towards the Plains Monarch's Mansion.

There were people surging on the streets, and when they saw such a large group of people, people also deliberately avoided them, for fear of getting into any trouble, as for Li Ran and Wei Liang, who had already disappeared, they had suffered a big loss, and they obviously would not give up.

However, Zhao Fan is not a person who is afraid of things, and he does not take this matter to heart.

The girl was very curious about everything around her, and jumped up and down all the way, as if she had never seen anything, even the goose feather snow falling from the sky.

Qi country is located in the south of the Yangtze River, although it will snow in winter, but it is far less than the wind and snow in the north, there is a white expanse everywhere, especially to the plains and mountains and rivers, it is called spectacular, at a glance, the world of snow everywhere is all white, as if entering a white country.

After walking for a long time, the group came to the Plains Monarch's Mansion.

They had just come to the front of the house, but they saw Zhao Sheng and others wearing cloaks and were about to go out, and when they saw Zhao Fan returning, their faces were also full of joy. At this time, Zhao Fan knew that he had not returned for a long time, and they were afraid that something would happen to them, so they were about to find themselves.

"Who are these people?" Zhao Sheng and the others looked at Su Qin and the others behind Zhao Fan, and they were also full of doubts.

"Let's go inside." Zhao Fan waved his hand and did not answer, hearing this, Zhao Sheng also nodded, and entered the hall with Su Qin and the others.

Su Qin, who was walking in the crowd, moved his eyes slightly, his eyes turned on Zhao Sheng and Zhao Fan, and the suspicious look in his heart was even stronger. Zhao Shenggui is a feudal monarch, and judging by his words and deeds, it seems that Zhao Fan is the leader of this group of people.

There were several reddish copper stoves burning in the hall, and when everyone entered the hall, a wave of warmth greeted them.

In several fires, two of them were set up with iron frames, one was hot wine, and the other was roasted mutton, and the smell of wine and mutton wafted in the hall, which suddenly aroused people's appetite, especially the group of maiden entourage, who had been in a hurry for a long time, and had long been hungry, where could they endure it at this moment.

Due to the large number of them, there were not enough seats in the hall, and immediately, Zhao Sheng also ordered the servants to set up a copper stove outside the courtyard, and gave hot wine and mutton to the soldiers of the Qi State to eat.

After dealing with these things, Zhao Fan, Zhao Sheng and the others also sat down in the hall, and Zhao Fan first got up and introduced: "Fengjun, this is the fake appearance of the Qi State, Lord Su Qin." ”

Although Zhao Sheng had never seen Su Qin, he had also heard of Su Qin's deeds, and knew that he was a man of insight, so he immediately stood in awe, and said: "It turned out to be Su Qin's fake appearance, why don't you notify me when you come to Zhao Guo, and this gentleman will greet him personally." ”

Seeing this, Su Qin also nodded secretly, this Pingyuan Jun is still a corporal of Lixian, the former is a feudal monarch, and he is so humble to himself, he naturally can't be rude, he immediately got up and saluted, and said with a smile: "Lord Fengjun is really a good man, the old man admires it." ”

A good scholar, a scholar is a scholar, a scholar, a learned person, which means that he praises Pingyuan Jun for loving learned people, and is a corporal of Lixian.

Hearing this, Zhao Sheng was also quite happy in his heart, although he was a teenager, but he was extremely famous, seeing Su Qin say this, he was naturally very excited, he turned his eyes, and suddenly glanced at the girl beside him, and immediately wondered: "This is?" ”

Zhao Fan shook his head, until now, he had only guessed the identity of this woman, and he had not yet determined it, so he immediately looked at Su Qin.

Seeing this, Su Qin also smiled slightly and introduced: "This is Her Royal Highness the princess of our Qi Kingdom, the king's beloved daughter." The reason why the old man came to your country this time was because of the alliance with the King of Zhao, Her Royal Highness the princess had never left Linzi, so she wanted to come to see the scenery outside, and with the consent of the king, the old man took her to set off. ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Fan also breathed a sigh of relief, sure enough, it was the princess of Qi Kingdom, the same as his guess, but I didn't know which princess it was.

"It turned out to be Her Royal Highness the Princess, disrespectful and disrespectful." At this time, Zhao Fan also got up with a smile and looked at Her Royal Highness the princess with a smile. Seeing his smile, Her Royal Highness the princess also made a grimace, and her expression was very cute.

At this time, Zhao Sheng also got up and said: "Zhao Pingyuanjun, Her Royal Highness the princess came to Zhao from afar, and it was a long journey all the way. ”

Although she is a woman, she is the princess of Qi after all, so it is not surprising that Zhao Sheng is more respectful to her. However, the most important point is that Zhao is now in civil strife, and he must leave a good impression on this princess, lest the king of Qi give up his plan to join Zhao and attack Qin.

"The plain feudal monarch is too modest, and my father gave the slave family Princess Huiwei." Zhao Sheng is a dignified king, the youngest son of King Zhao Wuling, like her, is the son of the princes, seeing Zhao Sheng so polite, Princess Huiwei also got up and saluted.

"Princess Huiwei?" Hearing this, Zhao Sheng also bit the word and said with a smile: "Very good name." ”

Compared with the calmness of others, Zhao Fan was surprised, he looked at the girl not far away in a daze, and he didn't ease up in his heart, Princess Huiwei, isn't it Queen Zhao Wei?

Zhao Fan smiled bitterly, this Princess Huiwei is the princess of Qi State, married King Zhao Huiwen at the age of sixteen, became the queen of Zhao State, and gave birth to Zhao Dan, that is, King Zhao Xiaocheng later.

Empress Zhao Wei was a famous queen during the Warring States Period, and after King Zhao Xiaocheng succeeded to the throne, because King Xiaocheng was young, he was ruled by Queen Zhao Wei. Zhao Weihou attaches great importance to the people's livelihood and his prestige has increased greatly because of his compassion for the people. She has the most simple understanding of the clarity of national politics, and she has pointed out many ways of governing the country and being a person just from the praise and disapproval of individual talents by the state. Even in the history of later generations, Zhao Weihou is quite famous.

The more famous events are, Zhao Wei asked the envoy of Qi, and the dragon said that the Empress Dowager Zhao.

Feeling that Zhao Fan's gaze was focused on herself, Princess Huiwei also stuck out her tongue, clenched her pink fists, and wanted to fight, Zhao Fan looked at her in a daze, this is the wise Queen Zhao in history?

"Today in the restaurant, that Li Ran is so bold, Zhao Shishuai, is it true that your Zhao State is now ruled by Li Dui?" Princess Huiwei glanced at Zhao Fan and said suddenly.

Hearing this, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly froze, Zhao Sheng and the others had already heard about the restaurant, and immediately Zhao Fan and Zhao Sheng were also embarrassed.

This kind of thing is extremely sensitive, and ordinary people don't dare to say it at all, but she is the princess of Qi and represents the king of Qi, so it means something different when you ask. After all, now that Qi and Zhao are in a cooperative relationship, and they are still in the Shang Council's alliance to attack Qin, Qi has the right to know the situation of the allies.

"Hehe, Princess Huiwei said with a smile, my king is wise and martial, and he is at the age of great energy, how can he let a dying old Xiangguo rule?" After a moment of silence, Zhao Fan suddenly smiled.

Inside the Zhao Kingdom, although the wind and waves are calm on the surface, this is just the calm before the storm, but in fact, the wind and clouds are surging. Once the King of Qi knew that the Zhao State was about to have civil strife now, then the Qi-Zhao Alliance, which was so hard to convince, was likely to collapse, and it was very likely that the King of Qi would take advantage of the civil strife in Zhao to launch a war of aggression against Zhao.

After all, there are no permanent friends, and there are no permanent enemies, and in the face of sufficiently large interests, friends can become enemies in an instant.

Zhao Fan naturally couldn't reveal the situation of Zhao Guo to Princess Huiwei now.

At this time, Su Qin also nodded, and said with a smile: "Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't need to worry about it, the alliance and related matters will be handled by the ministers, Your Highness will go to Handan City for a while, and when you return to Qi Kingdom, you may not have such a good opportunity." ”

Su Qin didn't want to see the Zhao State be destroyed and the Qi State was strong, so he naturally helped Zhao Fan and the others to speak.

Hearing this, Princess Huiwei also pouted, and said dissatisfiedly: "It's really troublesome to fake your appearance, neither Princess Ben is allowed to reveal her identity, nor Princess Ben is allowed to ask about these matters, so how can Princess Ben help her father share his worries." ”

Before coming to Zhao again, Su Qin was originally reluctant to bring Princess Huiwei over, but he couldn't bear her insistence, and King Qi also agreed, so he had no choice but to bring this little princess over. However, on the way back, he told her not to reveal her identity as a princess, and she also got a piece of Fu from nowhere and handed it to her, saying that she wanted to hide her identity, otherwise it would be fun for others to know that she was a princess.

Poor Princess Huiwei is just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, and it is difficult to compare with Su Qin, an old fox who is about to become a sperm, and she was deceived after three times and five divided by two.

Su Qin smiled slightly, and said: "The matter of the alliance is very important, just have the old minister to do it, Your Highness will have fun." ”

Before leaving, King Qi instructed himself to listen to Su Qin's words, and when he said this, Princess Huiwei was helpless and had to nod.

The banquet was still going on, and during the banquet, Zhao Fan also asked Su Qin a lot of knowledge about politics, war, and the art of war, the former traveled around the world when he was young, and knew a lot of things.

"On my way to Handan, I heard that Zhao Shishuai said that he was going to fight with Wei Liang, the son of General Wei Biao." Su Qin took a sip of wine and suddenly asked. At this time, Princess Huiwei had already been taken to bathe and change clothes, and during this time, they were going to live in the Plains Monarch's Mansion, so Su Qin didn't have so many scruples when he spoke at this time.

Zhao Fan nodded, he put down the wine bottle, and said slowly: "Well, my purpose is to destroy the reputation of the sword hall opened by Li Dui, and to strengthen the support of some ministers in the court for the king, and to bear back and retreat, I am afraid that more and more ministers will stand on Li Dui's side." ”

This is indeed Zhao Fan's purpose, but there is one more important reason he did not say, that is, he is also ready to use this appointment to make his own reputation, and then open a sword hall by himself to secretly accumulate strength.

"Hmm." Hearing this, Su Qin also nodded, and he agreed, but the focus of his concern was not on this matter, but whether Zhao Fan and the others had thought of a way to deal with Li Dui, and immediately asked, "I don't know how you are going to deal with Li Dui?" ”

Zhao Fan tilted his head and smiled, and said indifferently: "We already have a more thorough plan for this matter, it is better to have a good time in Zhao Guo during this time, I believe that it will not be long before a brand new Zhao Kingdom will appear in front of everyone." ”

Zhao Fan raised his eyebrows and smiled, looking confident, seeing that the former was reluctant to say more, Su Qin didn't ask more, and nodded with a smile. For Zhao Fan's ability, he is still very relieved, even if the former said so, then he must be sure.

In the Pingyuan Monarch's Mansion, when Zhao Fan and the others were drinking happily, in a quiet room in the backyard of Xiangguo Mansion, Li Ran was holding a sharp sword in both hands, with a hideous look in his eyes, and beside him, Wei Liang was also angry, mixed with a touch of nervousness.

"Brother Li Ran, do you want to tell Lord Xiangguo about today's matter, let Lord Xiangguo come forward, and ask Zhao Fan to give an explanation." Wei Liang rolled his eyes and suggested.

Hearing this, Li Ran also saw the scene of being defeated by Zhao Fan in public, holding a short knife against his throat, and immediately a touch of murder flashed in his eyes, he suddenly roared, raised his sword high with both hands, and concentrated on his arm, Huo Di slashed out with a sword, and split a wooden dummy in front of him into two pieces with one sword.

"No, do you want me to go and scold? Telling my father about this would only make him look down on me. Li Ran exhaled, he couldn't understand in his heart that although Zhao Fan's actions were a bit excessive, it didn't make him anything, not to mention, if his father knew about being defeated by Zhao Fan, it would only make him even more disappointed.

Hearing this, Wei Liang was also silent, in fact, he was also extremely nervous at the moment, and he was going to fight with Zhao Fan tomorrow, this matter had already been in a uproar, and the whole city knew about it, so he only allowed to win, not to lose, otherwise, the consequences would be extremely serious.

Wei Liang also had a wooden figure in front of him, which was a prop for practicing swordsmanship, at this time, he only felt that his hands trembled slightly, and the hand holding the sword couldn't cut down.

"What's wrong with you?" At this moment, Li Ran also discovered Wei Liang's strange appearance, and immediately asked.

Wei Liang smiled bitterly, waved his hand, and signaled that he was fine, seeing this, Li Ran didn't take it to heart, but gritted his teeth and said: "Your swordsmanship is better than mine, Ming, you must teach Zhao Fan a good lesson for me." ”

Hearing this, Wei Liang's nervousness was even worse, although his swordsmanship was a little higher than Li Ran's, but the height was extremely limited, he said that he had seen Zhao Fan's clean and ruthless skills, so his heart was also quite bottomless.

"Don't worry, Brother Li Ran." Although Wei Liang was nervous, it was not the time to say frustrating words at this moment, so he immediately nodded.

Seeing this, Li Ran also nodded with satisfaction, he raised his long sword, and said in a calm tone: "No matter what, today's revenge, Ben Shuai must avenge it, and that little girl, I also want to get her." ”

Li Rangui is the son of Xiangguo, and there are countless people who befriend him, and if he wants beautiful women, he doesn't grab a handful. However, people, the more difficult things to get, the more interested they are, and this is the case for Li Ran now.

The night is deep, the crescent moon is like a hook, Handan City, which has been lively for a day, is also quiet at this moment, everyone is looking forward to tomorrow's competition, under the deliberate propaganda of King Huiwen and Zhao Sheng, almost the entire city knows about this competition.

Especially the ministers above the court, they were both excited and nervous, after all, this was the first time that King Huiwen had resisted Li Dui for many years, and a small competition represented extremely significant significance, related to the first duel of Zhao State. (To be continued.) )