Chapter 826: Signing

After more than 10 days of negotiations, the terms of the peace treaty were finally finalized.

When there was no objection from both sides, the tight strings in He Heng's mind finally relaxed a little, and the next thing was Huai Yanqing's matter, He Heng led people to draft a draft according to the terms they had negotiated, and when Huai Yanqing finally confirmed that there was no problem, they were transcribed on a special parchment, and then Huai Yanqing was required to take people and Zhou Qi to sign their respective names on the same parchment and stamp the seals of the two countries.

The date of the formal signing has also been negotiated.

The next day, they were to sign a formal treaty at the junction of the two countries.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, everyone got up early with excitement, but unfortunately it was not yet the agreed time, and it had been said that the treaty would be signed today, and everyone could only hold back their excitement and barely do what they were doing.

After breakfast, the time has slowly come to the hour, and it is almost time to leave.

The troops who were going to follow Huai Yanqing over for a while had already assembled on the playground, and the special forces were indispensable, and the troops of other branches of the armed forces also formed a phalanx, seriously waiting for the time to come.

Huai Yanqing was wearing a silver armor today, because he was not going to the battlefield, so he was not wearing a helmet, and he was wearing a delicately crafted cloak behind him, and the whole person looked even more energetic.

At two o'clock, Huai Yanqing took Qin Shuyao and Zhu Hongyu to officially set off.

Because Lin Jinxiu's current identity has not yet crossed the clear road, it is not easy to follow Huai Yanqing and them together, but for such a grand event, she didn't want to miss it, so she simply wore a military uniform and stayed with the soldiers of the special forces, preparing to participate in this grand event as an instructor.

During the peace talks, Zhou Qi has been taking people to live in Yuecheng, although Huai Yanqing's people have not yet withdrawn from Yuecheng, but it will not affect anything, at this time they are also ready to go, ready to leave at any time.

When Zhou Qi and Ning Ye came over, they saw such a scene, although the country is now stormy, but looking at them, Zhou Qi has infinite confidence.

Today's Zhou Qi is wearing a dark brocade robe on his body looks very solemn, and the brocade robe is embroidered with the same color embroidery thread with delicate dark lines, which is not obvious at first glance, but you can find the exquisite luxury when you look closely.

When it was time to arrive, Zhou Qi also set off with Ning Ye with the army.

Because this time it was to sign a contract, the two sides did not bring a lot of people, only 10,000 people, and the speed was much faster.

Since the two sides set off, they have been moving towards the same destination all the time, and in the end, it was Huai Yanqing and their speed that was faster, and they arrived at the destination at the end of the hour.

"Looks like they haven't come yet."

Qin Shuyao looked around, said a word to Huai Yanqing, and at the same time did not relax his vigilance, it seemed that he opened the folding fan to show it around, but in fact, he had already observed the surroundings and nodded to Huai Yanqing after making sure that there was no problem.

Huai Yanqing received Qin Shuyao's signal, and ordered the troops to disperse and stand by in place, while he called He Heng, a university scholar, to prepare to wait in the tent that had been prepared before.

"Lord He, let's wait here for a while."

"Lord Wang, please."

Although He Heng usually disdains to associate with some powerful people, he is not really ignorant, so he walked towards the tent with Huai Yanqing with a relaxed attitude at this time, and several other people walked behind the two.

As soon as Huai Yanqing and the others reached the entrance of the tent, they heard the sound of horses' hooves, and a black line appeared on the horizon.

When you get closer, you can find that the black is composed of soldiers, and Zhou Qi also brought people to it.

"Lord Yan." When Zhou Qi approached with someone, he saw Huai Yanqing standing at the entrance of the tent, and greeted him with a smile, "General Ning, let everyone wait outside." ”

"Yes."

Ning Ye glanced at the troops of the Yan State on the opposite side, and called the deputy general to ask him to lead people to guard nearby, while he led people to follow Zhou Qi towards Huai Yanqing.

In addition to following He Heng, Huai Yanqing also followed Qin Shuyao and Zhu Hongyu, and Lin Jinxiu was now also standing behind Zhu Hongyu in armor, waiting for Zhou Yan to approach.

"Let's go, let's go in together." Huai Yanqing and the others approached, greeted them, and took the lead in opening the tent and walking in.

Zhou Yan took a step forward when Huai Yanqing opened the curtain and stood side by side with Huai Yanqing, and when he heard Huai Yanqing's greeting, he smiled and followed Huai Yanqing in, leaving Ning Ye and Zhu Hongyu to walk in together.

After the two parties walked in, they sat down on both sides, and they also understood the priorities, so they didn't say any more greetings, and went straight to the topic.

Huai Yanqing gestured, and He Heng took out two identical parchments from the box he brought, one handed to his own prince, and the other was handed to Zhou Yan.

The two looked at it, and after making sure that there was no problem, they each signed their names with cinnabar pens, and then took the treasure seal placed on the side and solemnly printed it.

This treasure seal is the "Son of Heaven Seal", specially used for the stamping of documents such as the development of major national events, and was carefully protected and brought by He Heng, so after Huai Yanqing finished stamping, He Heng took the box on the side and asked Huai Yanqing to carefully put the treasure seal in.

Finally, after reading it carefully again, and after confirming that there was no problem, he handed the signed parchment to the soldiers waiting on the side, and asked people to take it and hand it to Zhou Yan.

Zhou Qi also happened to put down the jade seal in his hand at this time, checked it, and asked people to take the parchment in front of him to Huai Yanqing.

After the two exchanged their signed parchment, they signed their names again in the place where the other party had signed their names, and stamped the treasure seal, and the matter was settled.

It wasn't until the contract signed by the two was carefully put away that everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, Lin Jinxiu had never experienced such a scene before, originally just wanted to come and see it, but he didn't expect that when he watched the two sides exchange parchment just now, he also held his breath, and the atmosphere became tense.

It was only at this time that both sides relaxed, and Lin Jinxiu realized that she had forgotten to breathe just now, and she couldn't help but show a sincere smile while taking a big breath with everyone.

"Okay, now that the contract has been signed, I hope we can have peace for a hundred years." Huai Yanqing stood up and said to Zhou Yan.

"One Hundred Years of Peace."

This is not only Zhou Qi's wish, but also the wish of everyone present, but also the wish of the people of the two countries, who can now imagine what kind of cheers the people should be when the news reaches China.

And they did not live up to this paper contract, the two sides worked together, and really ensured the peace of the border for a hundred years, and even after the end of the contract, because of the long-term intermarriage and trade between the two countries, it was too deeply involved and there was no large-scale war, until five hundred years later, the Zhou State fell apart due to the problem of the heir, and provoked a war again.

It is also the existence of this paper contract that made Yan Kingdom feel at ease to enter a period of rapid development, and the period called "Qianyuan Prosperous Era" was opened in later generations, and Huai Yanqing was also recorded in the history books by later generations, and was studied by historians from various universities.

Interestingly, it was not Huai Yanqing's role in this peace talk that caused controversy in later generations, but his emotional problems.

Everyone felt that Princess Yan was present when the contract was signed, but due to the problems of the times at that time, women could not appear on the battlefield, and it was already an exception to have one Zhu Hongyu, and no one thought that there could be another exception, which is the opinion of orthodox historians.

However, there are records in some wild histories, at that time, Prince Yan had a close relationship with a soldier in uniform, this person had a beautiful face and a petite figure, some people said that this was the pretending of Princess Yan at that time, and some people said that this person was the head of the soldiers at that time.

The things of the future generations are not predicted by Huai Yanqing now, and the main thing now is the current thing.

Now that everything has been completed, Huai Yanqing and they are going to take people back, Zhu Hongyu also stood up with Huai Yanqing and them, and when they were about to say goodbye, they heard Zhou Yanyu say with a smile, "Lord Wang, this time our contract is established, we are a country of brothers, why don't we have a meal together to celebrate." ”

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Zhu Hongyu without a trace, and continued to look at Huai Yanqing with a serious face, waiting for Huai Yanqing's answer.

Huai Yanqing naturally discovered Zhou Yan's small movements, and smiled secretly in his heart, with a serious look on his face, "It's okay, such a big event needs to be celebrated." ”

After speaking, he looked at He Heng and the others.

"Lord He, it's better to go back to Yuecheng with the contract, and this king will take people to Yuecheng with Emperor Zhou, and by the way, take back the troops in Zhou."

When He Heng heard Huai Yanqing's words, he wanted to go with him, but thinking of the contract he had signed just now, he didn't worry about handing it over to others, so he reluctantly agreed to Huai Yanqing's proposal.

"It's okay, then the next official will go back first, please take care of yourself when you go."

"Thank you for your concern, please be careful on the way back."

After agreeing on the follow-up plan, Huai Yanqing asked the troops who came with him to escort He Heng and the others back, leaving only Qin Shuyao, Zhu Hongyu, and a 100-person special forces team, and of course, Lin Jinxiu also stayed.

"Let's go."

After sending He Heng and them away, Huai Yanqing took a few people to Zhou Yan, who was waiting on the side, and stepped on the horse with a greeting, Lin Jinxiu and they also stepped on the horse when they saw Huai Yanqing's movements.

Zhou Qi saw that Zhu Hongyu also stayed, a smile flashed in his eyes, waved his hand to signal Ning Ye, and the people on his side also got on the horse, and then under the leadership of Huai Yanqing and Zhou Qi, they set off towards Yuecheng together.

The people who traveled this time were all good at one in a hundred, and the speed was naturally fast, but in more than an hour, they had already appeared outside the city of Yuecheng.

This is the third time Huai Yanqing has come to Moon City, and the situation is different every time he comes, but looking at Lin Jinxiu, who has been following him, Huai Yanqing's heart is still full of gratitude.

It's good that you're always there.

Don't worry, I'll always be there.

Lin Jinxiu was also looking at the city wall of Yuecheng at this time, and felt Huai Yanqing's gaze, she turned to look at Huai Yanqing and smiled.

"Drive!"

The two of them shouted at the same time, lightly clamped the horse's belly, and ran towards the gate of Moon City.