The scouts sent to the north kept sending back the news, and the Zhao army had withdrawn to the southwest, and the Kang army seemed to be attacking at the tail end. Immediately afterwards, it was reported that the Kang army was coming towards Jingqu City. Soon, Mo Ju's envoy arrived, and explained to He Ran the place where the Kang army was camped and the number of soldiers and horses, and the etiquette of the allied army.

He Ran sent a messenger to pay homage, and brought wine, food, and property to reward Kang Jun, and invited Mo Ju into the city for a while.

Early in the morning of the second day, He Ran took a group of subordinates out of the city for thirty miles to greet him, Mo Ju also brought six or seven generals, but there were only two hundred guards.

In public, they could not talk about brotherly gifts, and the two bowed their hands to each other.

Mo Ju said with a smile: "Yi Jun is really mighty, after all, he still entered Jingqu one step ahead of us. ”

He Ran said humbly: "Where, where, it is thanks to your army that most of the Zhao army has been held by us, and we have been able to drive straight in." ”

After talking for a while, everyone got on their horses and returned to the city, and when they came to the mansion, the two entered hand in hand, looking very affectionate.

Waiting for tea in the hall, there was another round of greetings, and several of the generals brought by Mo Ju were acquaintances with He Ran, and at this time, a military advisor called him very cordially. After the tea was finished, He Ran instructed his subordinates to entertain the Kangguo guests, and then transferred to the side hall with Mo Ju.

There were no outsiders, the two met again as brothers, and after sitting opposite each other, He Ran said with a grin: "Farewell to the capital, it's been almost three years, I want to mess with my little brother, my brother has always been good?" ”

Mo Ju looked at him with a kind gaze and said: "Fortunately, the foolish brother can't compare to you, in just three years, you are the destruction of the Shun State, the Dingfan State, and now you have seized more than a thousand miles of Zhao State, and the speed of the rise of the Virtuous Brother to help the Yi State is astonishing in the world, which can be described as ancient and unprecedented." ”

He Ran knew that he was leading the topic to the new policy, and said busily: "Shunguo was greatly injured by our joint efforts with Zhao Guo before, and it was destroyed with the help of Fanbang, which is nothing, as for the Dingfanbang that my brother said, hahaha, my brother is too elevated to me, I just sent troops to help a little, and went to the grassland for a turn, mainly because King Fan eliminated the rebellion by himself, as for the Zhao Kingdom, the younger brother did not dare to take credit, it was the elder brother and the Son of Heaven who sent troops to lead most of the Zhao army, and we found a big bargain, hehe, the younger brother did not dare to be greedy, Half of Zhao Mintun's belongings gathered here were sealed and dedicated to his brother. ”

Mo Ju waved his hand and said: "This is not necessary, it is easy to say anything between you and me, but the official business is still good, and the contribution of the country to defeat Zhao is not small, especially the capture of Jingqu has caused the Zhao army to lose its fighting spirit, otherwise it will be really difficult for us to fight, just according to the previous agreement, whoever gets it counts who, and we have gained a lot, so we will thank you and accept it." ”

He Ran insisted: "Even if you and I don't mention the brotherly relationship, Kang and Yi share weal and woe, and this time you have contributed a lot, we should give some gifts, brother doesn't have to shirk, this is a piece of our king's heart." ”

Mo Ju said: "Since the virtuous brother said so, then I don't dare to be self-dictated, and I will reply to the virtuous brother after playing the queen mother." ”

"Hey, why bother, then I'll take care of it for you first, the list has already been written." He said as he handed over a booklet.

Mo Ju flipped through it casually, and couldn't help but be moved: "There are so many? ”

He Ran said with disdain: "Searching all the people's fat and people's ointment, it is strange that such a Zhao country is not dead, even if these are all looted by his father and brother when he was in power, Zhao Min should also go out of the treasury to feed the three armies and provide disaster relief to the victims when the national disaster is at the moment, but he did not hesitate to spend labor to transport so many things from Dingyang, it can be seen that he is no different from his father and brother, what a Mingjun, bullshit!" ”

Mo Ju smiled slightly and said, "He doesn't care about a thousand mistakes, and the most fatal mistake is that he thinks he has seen through you, and letting Commander Jin guard Dingyang is the biggest defeat." ”

He Ran shook his head and said: "Brother is wrong, he didn't missee me but misunderstood Commander Jin, he didn't expect Commander Jin to withdraw from the call in the end, let alone kill himself." ”

"Oh? It turns out that there is such a hidden secret, I don't know it well, but after hearing that Commander Jin was martyred, I knew that Zhao Min's time was short. ”

He Ran looked up to the sky and sighed, and said with a sad expression: "My righteous brother died for the people, and he knew that he had become a barrier for me to make up my mind to defeat Zhao, so in order for the people to enjoy the blessings as soon as possible, he resolutely sacrificed his life, which made me ...... Alas......"

Mo Ju's lips moved, and he said, "Commander Jin's compassion is really admirable, people can't be resurrected after death, so don't be too sad." He said this, but he understood in his heart that He Ran was blocking his mouth, and made it clear that the golden code was to die so that the people could get the blessings of the new policy, so that he could not open his mouth to persuade him to take back the new policy.

He Ran stared at him and said, "In order to avenge my brother's revenge, I want to pursue Zhao Min after I find out where Zhao Min is going, and my brother may help me?" ”

Mo Ju frowned and said: "You and I have fought for more than a thousand miles, and we are all exhausted, in the opinion of a foolish brother, it is better to temporarily recuperate, Zhao Min only has a corner of the land, where else can he escape?" I think it's better not to be in a hurry, that side is close to the border between Liuguo and Xiping, at least after confirming that these two countries will not send troops to disturb before they can pursue.

"What my brother said is that I am revengeful, okay, I will send envoys to Liuguo and Xiping to find out what is going on on both sides."

Mo Ju nodded and said: "Brother Fool also sent envoys to lobby to prevent a little stay in the country, they have been allied with Zhao for generations." ”

"With Qiao Hai's strong advice, there shouldn't be any trouble."

"Well," Mo Ju leaned over and lowered his voice, "You don't want to go anywhere recently, the Queen Mother may have to come." ”

"Is she really here?" He Ran's heart pounded.

"When I set out on the expedition, the Queen Mother specially told me that when I captured Jingqu City, I would immediately report the victory, and she would come to redefine the border with you in person, and negotiate a joint plan to level the world. So think for yourself. ”

He Ran blinked and said, "If she wants to say that, then do I still have to invite our king over?" ”

Mo Ju said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "I'm not talking on behalf of the Queen Mother, it's just a leak between brothers, you'd better not be too troublesome, please don't invite King Yi to come here to meet, you shouldn't make your own opinion, if the Queen Mother has this intention, she will definitely send envoys to Mingzhong City to invite." ”

"Yes, yes, what my brother said, I'm a little confused."

"It's no wonder that you don't make mistakes, you have caused so many things, and you don't distinguish between public and private, there is no one like you."

He Ran smiled, and Mo Ju said with a straight face: "The matter of demarcating the boundary requires us as subordinates to discuss it first. ”

He Ran said with a big grin: "It's all up to the elder brother's orders, and the younger brother has nothing to say." ”

"It's better to discuss with each other, needless to say, there are a lot of areas that neither of us has set foot in, according to the principle of half of each, let's consider dividing it, and the deployment of the allocation, so as not to make them entangled in the future."

The "they" in Mo Ju's mouth naturally refer to their respective subject countries, so much land at once, it is difficult for both countries to swallow it all, and it is a common practice to support the establishment of subject countries, first, it can quickly stabilize the situation, and secondly, this is also in line with the rules handed down by the ancient sages: "Obey the edict to cut down the crime and not take the land", showing that he is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and now it is impossible to "not take his land", this rule has long been broken, but it is still necessary to symbolically leave a little land for the other party, and it is still necessary to make a show, and this is the reason that Yi Guo did not occupy all of its land.