There was good news from the West, and there was also movement in the North. According to General Zhao Yun, the commander of the Dragon and Tiger Army, the emperor of the Rus' State, Yaxiong Fuqiang, was critically ill, and some nearby countries began to take advantage of the attack to cause chaos.

Zhao Yun asked if he would also take advantage of this to seek benefits.

Axiong Fuqiang is already in his fifties, almost sixty years old. At that time, it was definitely a long-lived person, and it was only a matter of time before he died.

Throughout his life, especially when he was young, he swept through the countries of Eastern Europe, and the territory of the Rus' kingdom was less than doubled, but at the same time many powerful enemies were erected.

Those enemies, when Yaxiong Fuqiang was still alive, naturally did not dare to do anything because of fear. But now that this emperor is no longer good, he will be ready to move.

Zhang Chao had expected this, and after receiving Zhao Yun's instructions, his answer was to wait and see what happened, and not move.

The Rus Kingdom is definitely a northern power, even if the current Celestial Empire wants to eat them, I am afraid that it will be greatly damaged.

In the face of such a powerful opponent, Zhang Chao didn't believe it, they were about to finish speaking, besides, whether it was the eldest prince Anatoly or the second prince Ivan, they were all people with some ability, and once the country's power fell to either of these two people, it would be no problem to hold on for a while.

That is the case, Zhang Chao will not do anything to make a debut? Just let them fight first, and when it's almost time, how good is it to be a fisherman?

In the rebellion of Northern Rus, Zhang Chao just ordered Zhao Yun to wait and see what happened, and he didn't pay attention to it. Because he had more important things to do, that is, the envoys of Soochow came.

Previously, because Soochow wanted to take advantage, without greeting him, he suddenly sent troops to Runan in Yuzhou, Haixi Port in Xuzhou and Xiapi City.

At that time, it was indeed a surprise to the Celestial Empire. Fortunately, he reacted in a timely manner, forced back the Eastern Wu army with three battles and three victories, and even once besieged Sun Jian's eldest son Sun Ce in Runan for several months.

Since then, there has been a gap between the Celestial Empire and the Eastern Wu Dynasty, which originally had a good relationship between the two families. Zhang Chao really couldn't imagine how they would send envoys to come, but they came immediately, they should still be seen, but to see what their intentions were.

After calling Guo Jia and Lu Su, Zhang Chao met Lu Fan, the envoy of Eastern Wu, in the palace hall.

Since the last time Lu Fan went to Xishu to ask for reinforcements and succeeded, Sun Jian has paid more attention to him, and from this time he sent this person to the Celestial Empire, you can see the strength of his status.

You must know that the Celestial Empire is much stronger than Eastern Wu, and if the identity of the envoy is not enough to make an envoy to such a country, it will be contemptuous, and it is easy to be criticized.

"Lu Fan, the deputy governor of Eastern Wu, has seen His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, and I wish His Majesty good health and good luck." The body bowed slightly, and Lu Fan held the jingjie in his hand, as if he bowed his head to Zhang Chao very respectfully. But only he knew in his heart how angry he was inside.

According to the regulations of the time, the etiquette of greeting the envoys was to open the middle gate (gate), the courtiers to go out, and the drums to show solemnity.

But Lu Fan came, first handed over the letter of state of Dongwu, and greeted him with only two iron guards, and even a decent official could not see one, as an envoy of a country, the dignified deputy governor of Dongwu, how could he not be angry.

Lu Fan, whose face was already terrifyingly dark, was also thanks to his sufficient cultivation, otherwise, when he saw Zhang Chao in the main hall, he was afraid that he would not be able to help but reprimand him angrily first.

Who are the people in the temple? Whether it is Zhang Chao, Guo Jia or Lu Su, they are all human spirits, how can the reluctance about Lu Fan not be seen?

In this regard, Lu Su still has some opinions. In his opinion, even if Lu Fan represents the envoys of Eastern Wu, then enough attention should be paid to it, at least in terms of etiquette, it should not be so careless, and it should be despised is, judging from the strength of the Celestial Empire, such an approach is somewhat petty.

It's just that Guo Jia, who is also on the side, really doesn't think like this.

What kind of person Zhang Chao is, whether he values etiquette or not, he can't know it. For example, when I usually go to see my brother Zhang Miao, or I go to see my father-in-law, Cai Yong, a scholar, it is all reported layer by layer, and I follow the etiquette, and I don't think I will do whatever I want like the emperor at all.

However, in the matter of Lu Fan's coming, he was so careless that he didn't even send a person with official rank, but only arranged two iron guards, and walked into the palace on the grounds of protecting the other party.

But if you think about it on the other hand, this is indeed in line with the relationship between the Celestial Empire and Eastern Wu. If it weren't for the fact that the strength of the Celestial Empire was strong enough, coupled with the wisdom of the clouds, and all dangers were stifled in time, then what would the current Celestial Empire look like?

For this kind of villain with a knife in the back, Zhang Chao's contempt is really nothing.

Zhang Chao is indeed as Guo Jia thought, and he is still angry about the turf grabbing in Xuzhou and Yuzhou, so he despises Lu Fan. Of course, daring to do this also requires enough confidence, just like the current Celestial Empire, no matter from which aspect, it is much stronger than Eastern Wu, even if it is stronger than you, what can you do if you do something excessive?

Zhang Chao also wanted to tell Lu Fan through such a thing, I was very angry.

Lu Fan is also a human spirit, although he is angry in his heart, he still remembers his mission, and before he says the right thing and gets a positive answer, he has to suppress it even if he is angry. This is called focusing on the big picture.

"You are Lu Fan, Lu Ziheng?" didn't even sit officially on the golden dragon couch, Zhang Chao tilted his body like this, and asked with a casual look.

"The foreign minister is Lu Fan." Feeling the feeling of being slighted, Lu Fan's anger rose again. If it weren't for Soochow, he would want to leave now.

"Huh." A sneer came, and Guo Jia, who was on the side, heard the word foreign minister, and a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and then he said: "Foreign minister? Could it be that Soochow has already established a country? Do you still dare to call yourself a courtier? ”

Cao Cao established the Wei State, Liu Bei established the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Chao established the Heavenly Dynasty, all of which were announced to the world, and even ceremonies were carried out, and other people were invited to watch the ceremony. And Sun Jian's appointment as the king of Wu was a very hasty decision, that is, there was no decent etiquette, and no other people were invited to watch the ceremony. All this is just a measure made to unite the hearts of the people in Jiangdong, and it is intended to tell the people of Jiangdong that they also have their own kings.

To put it bluntly, this King Wu is only the King of Wu in the eyes of Jiangdong people, not the King of Wu recognized by the people of the world, so it is no wonder that Guo Jia has asked this question.

was robbed by Guo Jia, and Lu Fan's face didn't look good. Sun Jian's appointment as King of Wu was not done in a big way, because he was worried that others would not admit it and would come to make trouble. It's just that being a king is being a king, so why do you have to make it known to the world? It's like after Sun insisted on being the king, didn't the Celestial Empire say something about it? Why is this being discussed again?

Even when Guo Jia asked, out of politeness, Lu Fan also wanted to answer, and he said with an unkind face: "I, King Wu, inherit the love of the people of Jiangdong and claim the throne, why not?" Could it be that you have to admit it to the Celestial Empire before you have done it, so are you also a little more domineering? ”

Lu Fan pointed out that Guo Jia was unreasonable and began to fight back.

It's just that he is called a ghost talent, how can Guo Jia be a problem that Lu Fan can be difficult to handle, he smiled and said: "Whether our Celestial Empire is domineering or not, you should know it in your own heart." As for whether we need to admit it, hehe, it's not necessary, but even if you are the king of Wu on your own, you must invite us to watch the ceremony, so that the sneaky one becomes the king, is it because there is a ghost in his heart? ”

On the grounds that he was not invited to watch the ceremony, Guo Jia refuted, and for a while Lu Fan was really speechless.

Does he want to explain that he didn't invite the Celestial Empire because he was afraid that you would come and make trouble?

If you say this, isn't it tantamount to admitting that you are afraid of others?

People insist on saying that they don't invite us to come, do they look down on us in their bones?

Lu Fan didn't dare to admit such a statement, this time he came to the Celestial Empire, but he had to ask for it, and he must not offend people before he said the right thing, if this is the case, then this time the mission has failed.

For the sake of the overall situation, Lu Fan had to endure it again, even if he heard Guo Jia say that King Wu's ascension to the throne was sneaky, he didn't fight back now, but didn't look at others, just stared at Zhang Chao on the top of the hall and said: "Emperor Tianshi, this time the foreign ministers came on the order of King Wu, just to want to rest with the Celestial Empire, so that the two sides can develop together, isn't it beautiful?" ”

Lu Fan said what he meant, to put it bluntly, he came for the alliance, which was a bit unexpected by Zhang Chao.

Looking at the land of China, there are only three strong forces left. One is the Celestial Empire, the second is Western Shu, and the third is Eastern Wu.

In order to fight against the Celestial Empire, Eastern Wu asked Western Shu for help, and the alliance between the two countries has long been known to the world.

Now, Soochow has come to ally with the Celestial Empire again, what is the reason? Could it be that something happened between Eastern Wu and Western Shu?

Thinking of this, Zhang Chao couldn't help but ask: "Are you still allies with Xishu?" ”

"Naturally." When he said the purpose, Lu Fan thought that Zhang Chao was going to ask like this, so he was naturally very happy when he answered. "I, Wu and Xishu, are allies, and the relationship is excellent, how can it change."

"Oh." Hearing that Dongwu and Xishu were still allies, Zhang Chao first nodded, and then sighed and said: "In this way, Dongwu and Xishu first allied with Xishu, and now they are in alliance with our Celestial Empire, do you want to be a peaceful man?" ”

"Yes, extremely. Emperor Shengming of the Celestial Empire. Lu Fan said in passing.