It was just dawn, and Li Shiqi waited outside the palace early.

Today he is going to negotiate peace with Han Xin on behalf of King Han, so he naturally does not dare to be sloppy in his dress. The clothes were spotless, the hair bun and beard were carefully groomed, and the whole person looked much more energetic. In his hand is the scepter representing the king, which is also a token given to him by Liu Bang to show his identity as an envoy.

As for his own personal safety, he had nothing to worry about. "When the two armies are at war, they don't cut them off", this is a rule that has been handed down since the Yin Shang period, and the Qin people are not barbarians, so this simple and easy-to-understand truth is naturally understood.

The only thing that made him dissatisfied was that Lu Pheasant actually asked to go along, which made him feel like a fish in his throat, and he was very unhappy in his heart. He didn't think of Lu Pheasant's nonsense reasoning, and thought to himself how a woman's family was qualified to participate in military affairs, which was completely a woman's opinion, but the king of Han agreed.

But he was dissatisfied, he still didn't dare to disobey King Han's orders, and besides, he had heard of Lu Pheasant's ruthless methods, and he didn't want to offend her, so he didn't raise objections in court. I only hope that this woman can cooperate with herself, and not bring any adverse influence to her mission.

The sky is getting brighter, the palace gate is finally opened, and a group of cavalry slowly drives out with a carriage, and the first horseman sees Li Shiqi waiting outside the palace gate, so he urges the horse to turn over and dismount, and smiles and arches his hand; "See Dangyanghou, the adults get up early."

This military general Li Shiqi also knows that it is Zhou Qi, the commander of the palace guards, and the younger brother of the general Zhou Cao. He returned the salute with his hand; "General Zhou is polite, but the queen is in the carriage."

Zhou Qi nodded, "The last general is ordered by the King of Han to escort the queen and the adults to the Qin military camp, and the adults are also invited to get in the car." After speaking, he stretched out his hand and sat down with a gesture of please.

Li Shiqi was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the only carriage, and quickly shook his head; "No, the queen is a daughter, I can't wait for the courtiers, how can I share a car with her."

Zhou Qi insisted; "My lord, you are too worried, now there is a shortage of horses in Linzi City, the king has requisitioned all the horses away, I searched all over the palace, and I barely managed to get this car, my lord, you will just get off, the queen she didn't say anything, you have such a big opinion."

Zhou Qi talked for a long time, and his mouth was dry, but he just shook his head and said, "Etiquette cannot be abolished." In the end, Zhou Qi had no choice but to say: "The news we passed on to the Qin army is that we only have one carriage, and the queen's visit is secret and not public. Now that there is suddenly an extra carriage, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of the Qin army and prevent us from entering the camp. So I don't care if you get on the bus or not, there is only one carriage today. ”

After saying that, he turned over and got on the horse, and he was about to leave. Li Shiqi panicked now, he couldn't ride a horse, if he didn't get on the carriage, he could only follow the team on foot. Who has ever seen an envoy on foot with a convoy of envoys? Isn't that a big joke!

In desperation, Li Shiqi had no choice but to shut up and stop talking about etiquette, and honestly climbed into the carriage.

On the carriage, Lu Pheasant was already sitting in formal clothes, and there was a servant girl next to him who was waiting with her head lowered. Seeing Li Shiqi laboriously climb into the carriage, Lu Pheasant smiled slightly, and Li Shiqi hurriedly returned the salute.

Fortunately, the carriage was also spacious, which made Li Shiqi not look too embarrassed, so he sat opposite Lu Pheasant, closing his eyes as the carriage swayed.

The wheels rolled on the bluestone pavement, and the three people in the car also shook their bodies with the shock of the carriage, and it was quiet. Lu Pheasant suddenly spoke; "Mr. Li, I don't know how sure you are of convincing Han Xin on this trip."

Li Shiqi slowly opened his eyes, shook his head, and said; "When I returned to the queen, the ministers didn't know. Lao Chen could only try his best to benefit Han Xinxiao and make him understand that Xiang Yu was his henchman. As for whether he will agree to let us go, it is unknown. ”

Lu Pheasant smiled slightly, his smile was a little strange, and he asked again; "Mr. Li, have you met Han Xin?"

Li Shiqi shook his head, "I haven't seen it." “

"Do you know this person?"

"I know a little bit about it."

Lu Pheasant smiled again, pulled his hair in a bun and said softly: "When Han Xin was young, I had a chance to befriend him, and I also met him a few times when I was hostage to Xianyang, so I have a certain understanding of him, sir, do you want to hear about it?" ”

"I want to hear about it."

Lu Pheasant pondered for a moment and said in a leisurely tone; "This son is a genius, extremely talented, and his temperament and temperament are also first-class, and he has the ambition of 'looking at the world and taking who I will take'."

Li Shiqi said with a smile; "Isn't that the same as Xiang Yu, arrogant and empty-eyed, if that's the case, it's right."

"It's different." Lu Pheasant shook his head, thought about it and said; "Xiang Yu's arrogance is arrogant, self-respecting, and everyone doesn't pay attention to it; Han Xin's arrogance is self-confidence, based on the arrogance generated by strength, he believes that he can overcome everything and create a prosperous world again. ”

Li Shiqi was slightly moved, looked at Lu Pheasant with some strange eyes, and said; "Listening to the queen's evaluation, I have great respect for this Han Xin."

Lu Pheasant smiled, but it was not otherwise, but generously admitted it. "You're right, if you say that the person I admire the most in the world, I think it's this Han Xin. I can't help but want to shout 'good' every time he takes a clever move, but it's a pity that I'm not a man, otherwise I can compete with him, and this world may not be in his Han Xin's pocket. ”

Li Shiqi lowered his head and thought for a long time, and suddenly sighed and said; Hearing the queen say this, Han Xin is such an arrogant person, so naturally he will not be afraid of Xiang Yu. The king's presence is of no importance to him, and it seems that our trip will be in vain. ”

Lu Pheasant turned his face sideways and said faintly; "On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore. If I were Han Xin, I would definitely completely destroy the king without hesitation, and I would never give him a chance to make a comeback. ”

Li Shiqi was stunned, and said with a wry smile: "Then what are we going to do, it is better to die in the city." ”

"Not necessarily. It is up to man to do things and things to be done in heaven, these are just my speculations, and it is not up to us and other laymen to decide what will happen in the end. ”

When Li Shiqi heard this, he had no choice but to smile bitterly and nodded. This is the convoy has also gone out of the city gate, yesterday the Han army has submitted a letter of state to Han Xin to request a meeting, so the Qin army did not attack according to the rules, let this team of chariots and horses pass through the city gate and drive towards the middle.

Lu Bu opened the corner of the car curtain, looked at it and put it down.

"You can think about it for a moment." looked at Li Shiqi and asked.

"Well, I plan to weigh the pros and cons first and persuade Han Xin to withdraw from the army and settle down with us."

Lu Pheasant asked, "What if he doesn't agree?" ”

"What's the matter, I should not be arrogant or humble, and strictly know to him that my Han soldiers and civilians will die with the city, even if he wants to take Linzi, he will have to pay tragic casualties." Li Shiqi said awe-inspiringly, and his words were full of impassionedness. “

Lu Pheasant didn't speak, but just praised his loyalty absentmindedly. Suddenly raised his head, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.

"Mr. Li, before the King of Han left, he had a secret decree for me, asking me to hand it over to you before I arrived at the Qin camp."

"Oh?" Li Shiqi's eyes widened, stunned, and there was a faint excitement in his heart.

Lu Pheasant glanced at the maid beside him, "The maid understood, so she took out a piece of yellow satin from her sleeve and raised her hand above her head.

Li Shiqi reached over suspiciously, but saw the maid's hands flowering, and suddenly a sharp pain came from her chest.

Li Shiqi's eyes widened as he looked at the dagger inserted in his chest, which stretched out from the handmaiden's sleeve and stabbed into it when Li Shiqi was not paying attention.

He couldn't understand why Lu Pheasant wanted to kill him until he died, he was obviously trying to protect the foundation of her husband Liu Bang, but as a wife, instead of helping, she killed herself.

Lu Pheasant watched Li Shiqi's body slowly slide down with a calm face, and reached out to take the scepter and the talisman from his hand. The servant girl placed Li Shiqi's body skillfully, and her technique was skillful, and there was not even a trace of blood oozing out during it, obviously not the first time she had done this kind of thing.

It didn't take long for the carriage to stop, and there was a loud questioning voice from the Qin army and Zhou Qi's humble reply from outside the car, and it was obvious that the camp of the Qin State had arrived.

Lu Pheasant's face was as pale as water, holding the scepter of the King of Han in his hand, and he didn't see anything unusual at all, and stepped out of the carriage with the support of the maidservant. Zhou Qi, who was outside the car, saw her walking out of the carriage with a knot, her face was still as usual, obviously she already knew about it.

Seeing that Liu Bang's envoy was actually a woman, and she was very beautiful, the soldiers of the Qin army couldn't help but look sideways, and their hearts were full of surprise. Lu Pheasant followed behind the leader of the Qin army, and looked at the Qin soldiers around him as he walked, only to see that the Qin army was neat and orderly, and he couldn't help but secretly admire.

"Report to ——, envoy of the Han Kingdom to ask for a meeting."

Han Xin in the tent put down what he was doing, stretched out his hand and beckoned: "The messenger comes in." ”

After seeing that it was Lu Pheasant, Han Xin couldn't help but be taken aback, and said with wide eyes and a face full of astonishment; "Miss Lu, why are you?"

Lu Pheasant was slightly blessed, and said with a faint smile on his face; "Why can't it be me?"

"Little Brother Han, after a few years, you are not what you used to be, and now you have become the master of this world."

Han Xin didn't know thousands of times about this kind of compliment, so he just smiled, and he wasn't at ease.

"Miss Lu, oh no, it's Mrs. Liu, or Her Majesty the Queen, you are the queen of the Han Dynasty, but you sent an envoy to my Qin army camp, is there really no one available in Linzi City?"

Lu Pheasant smiled and replied; "I insisted on coming."

"Aren't you afraid that I will detain you and force Liu Bang to surrender?"

Lu Pheasant smiled softly and said disappreciatively; "If the Han Xin I know is such a character, it will really blind my Lu Pheasant's eyes. Besides, what's the point of you detaining me, don't you know what kind of person my husband is? He can ignore even his father and son, and how can he care about me as a wife. ”

Han Xin frowned, "I don't like to talk around the bend, what do you mean by coming?" Could it be that you think I will be stupid and let Liu Bang go now? ”

Lu Pheasant shook his head. "Of course not, you also underestimate me Lu Pheasant too much."

"I'm here to make a deal with you, a deal that makes sense, and you and I can both get it!"