The adult laughed. The man's words fell, and before Huai Yanqing could speak, Qin Shuyao took over the topic, "How noble is the status of the prince, why should you care about a little bit of small profits." ”

"Besides, the prince's contribution this time is visible to everyone, and in one fell swoop to pacify the Zhou Kingdom and create peace between the two countries, such a credit is not something that anyone can take if they want to."

Qin Shuyao's meaning is also obvious, that is, he is telling that person that the things you care about are not worth mentioning to Huai Yanqing, and Huai Yanqing's credit is not something they can take.

A sentence silenced people speechless.

"You!"

The man was angry at what Qin Shuyao said, but he was powerless to refute it, and Huai Yanqing was only watching the play on the side, and by the way, he also grabbed a chopstick and pork ribs and slowly began to gnaw.

An official who was sitting next to him and came with the man also noticed that the situation on the field was wrong, and reached out and pulled the man's sleeve to stop him from continuing to say some bad things, "Master Cui, dissipate your anger." ”

After this person appeased the adult surnamed Cui, he stood up again and apologized to Huai Yanqing, "Lord Cui, Lord Cui has just come to the border city, and it is the first time I saw some different situations here from the capital, and I am a little uncomfortable, and I said some bad words, and I ask the prince to forgive me." ”

"What this adult said is that this king really doesn't take such a small matter to heart, as long as he doesn't do it again in the future, this king won't hold on to it." Huai Yanqing didn't say anything because he seemed to be very good-tempered, but he didn't even remember the person's name, "Eat quickly, it's not good if it's cold for a while." ”

That person obviously heard what Huai Yanqing meant, but he was a nobody, and the main purpose of coming with him this time was for all forces to send, and he could also be thrown out as cannon fodder when necessary.

Such a character that everyone can bully, and he doesn't have much confidence to dare to talk to Huai Yanqing more, he just wants to complete this task safely and steadily, and go back to the capital alive and well. ”

"It's just some humble meals in the barracks, and it's not worth mentioning." Huai Yanqing put down the ribs he was gnawing on in his hand, took the handkerchief prepared on the side and wiped his mouth before speaking.

No matter what kind of attitude Huai Yanqing has towards others, he has never made a mistake in etiquette, which is his upbringing since childhood, and it has become a habit of gestures.

Seeing that the atmosphere was gradually stiffening, some officials who really wanted to promote peace talks hurriedly took over the topic with a smile, "The prince said that I laughed, although these meals I eat are not as exquisite as those in the capital, but they also have a different flavor." ”

"It's still this lord who has a vision." Qin Shuyao glanced at Huai Yanqing and asked him to concentrate on eating, and deal with these people by himself, "Since the adults like it, they will eat more, and it is hard to come from the capital this time." ”

"How can you work hard." While speaking, the man also stood up and spoke with the cup in front of him, "The prince has gone down to the seven cities this time to raise the prestige of my Dayan country, and the lower official is here to give the prince a cup." ”

"It's all for the people of Yan Kingdom, adults don't have to be like this."

After a few words, the atmosphere on the field that was stiffened by the adult surnamed Cui was alive again, but unfortunately even so, few people were thinking about eating.

A reception banquet ended in such an undercurrent surge.

After it was over, Huai Yanqing asked a few adults to go down to rest, and he planned to go back to the city.

Because this reception banquet didn't have those bells and whistles, it was really just a meal, so the end time was quite early, when Huai Yanqing went back, Qin Shuyao also followed, and the last few people met at Lin Jinxiu's residence.

They are still living in Zhu Hongyu's general's mansion, and at this time they are still in the guest house where Lin Jinxiu lived before, Qin Shuyao sat down on the stone bench under the apricot tree unceremoniously as soon as he entered, poured himself a cup of tea, and slowly began to drink.

"How's the situation at the reception banquet, is it going well?" Lin Jinxiu asked Huai Yanqing with concern, pulled someone to sit down, and poured him a glass of water and stuffed it into Huai Yanqing's hand.

"It's still the usual one in the court, it's all kinds of temptations." Huai Yanqing obviously didn't want to say more, so Lin Jinxiu didn't ask anymore.

However, Qin Shuyao had no scruples, put down the teacup in his hand and spoke, "Among the officials who came this time, there is a surname Cui, who is the youngest son of the Cui family in the capital, named Cui Zhe, when he went out of Beijing, I heard that he was on an errand in the privy council, but I didn't expect him to come with him, and he also made trouble in public at the banquet, maybe it is related to Cui Hao, who was under house arrest by the prince. ”

"How could they know about Yanqing's house arrest of Cui Hao?"

"Huh."

A word of ridicule.

Lin Jinxiu only subconsciously asked, thinking of Qin Shuyao's injury at the beginning, what else did he not understand, so he frowned and muttered at this time.

"These people are really haunted."

Although he hated these people, Lin Jinxiu still restrained his emotions and began to think about the problem as soon as possible, "He won't deliberately make trouble during the peace talks, right?" ”

Lin Jinxiu is still more worried about this, but those people in the Cui family did not leave a good impression on her, for the sake of the end, unscrupulous means, they can't help but guard against it.

"Probably not." Saying this, Qin Shuyao was also very unconfident.

"Tell a few people to spy on them in a moment." Huai Yanqing listened to Lin Jinxiu's words, thought about it for a while, and felt that it was better to be safe, so he said to Qin Shuyao next to him.

"Got it, I'll arrange it right away."

After saying a few words, Qin Shuyao left to arrange the surveillance, leaving Huai Yanqing and Lin Jinxiu to continue to sit here.

Because Zhu Hongyu was in charge of the barracks, Huai Yanqing was very relieved, and he did not rush back at night, but stayed in the general's mansion to accompany Lin Jinxiu.

It's a pity that this kind of companionship is also short-lived, and since the next day, Huai Yanqing has been really busy.

Although they and Zhou Qi are already very familiar, matters involving the two countries still need to be negotiated little by little.

At this time, Zhou Qi had already arrived in Yuecheng and Ning Ye to join them.

The place of the peace talks was set at the place where the two countries handed over, and a tent had been erected in the originally barren place here, and the negotiations would be held here.

In the first interview, the conditions of the Zhou State were very clear, and the Yan State must return the seven cities that were attacked by Huai Yanqing.

"This is natural, when we sign a peace treaty, we will be a brother country, and then we will naturally not occupy the city on your side anymore." He Heng heard the request of the representative on Zhou Qi's side, and Si Siwenwen agreed to it, and then without waiting for the people over there to show their joy, his voice changed, with an embarrassed expression on his face, "It's just that as the saying goes, brothers settle accounts." ”

Hearing He Heng say this, Ning Ye and the others had a bad premonition, and sure enough, they listened to He Heng and then spoke unhurriedly, "How come these seven cities are also the result of our prince's hard work, and now he has sent his own henchmen to help you manage the city, so that the people inside will not suffer from the war, I don't know what kind of thank you gifts you have prepared for us?" ”

In a word, to put it bluntly, it is how many things you have prepared to redeem your country, and if we are not satisfied, the people arranged by Huai Yanqing in these cities can cause a turmoil at any time.

Ning Ye naturally understood it, but they were also prepared for this point, and they would not panic at this time.

"Lord He is right, it is indeed troublesome Lord Yan, and we have indeed prepared a lot of thank-you gifts, please take a look." After the man finished speaking, he handed a piece of paper in his hand to the soldier waiting next to him, and asked him to circulate it to He Heng and the others on the other side.

The soldier knew the current situation, did not dare to be careless, carefully took the paperwork, respectfully walked over and handed the document to Huai Yanqing, who was sitting in the first place, and waited for Huai Yanqing to take it before retreating back to them, continuing to stand aside and wait.

Huai Yanqing took the document and quickly browsed it, what was recorded on it was nothing more than the compensation of some gold and silver treasures, and after reading it, he handed it to He Heng on the side, without any expression on his face, so that people could not tell whether they were satisfied or dissatisfied.

After He Heng read it, he handed over the document to the officials around him to circulate, in fact, they had already held a meeting to discuss it before the peace talks began, and there was already a mental price for the compensation of these seven cities, and there were still some discrepancies with what this document gave.

But this is all to be expected, no one will give their low price as soon as they first play, they will only bargain.

When He Heng and other officials read the documents, they continued to raise other questions to be confirmed, "This time, we came to sign the peace treaty on behalf of our emperor, we want to promote a hundred years of peace between the two countries and save the people of the two countries from the war, I don't know what Emperor Zhou means?" ”

"Of course, that's what we want." When Zhou Qi heard the question, Zhengse replied, although he has not officially ascended the throne yet, everyone has already decided that he is the new emperor of Zhou.

"That's good, when Emperor Zhou ascends the throne, His Majesty will send an envoy to watch the ceremony."

He Heng said this is to show goodwill, Zhou Qi only controlled the various forces in the capital before, but at that time, the time was urgent, and the enthronement ceremony was not held, and after the peace talks, it was necessary to hold a formal enthronement ceremony when he returned to the imperial city, and now He Heng said this, which is to recognize Zhou Qi's identity.

"Then I will wait for your arrival in the Imperial City." At this time, Zhou Qi used the identity of the new emperor of Zhou to inherit He Heng's words.

"That's natural, we must respect Emperor Zhou, but we still have some objections to what is recorded in this document, and we need to discuss it again."

The day ended in such a wrangling, and it was only determined which aspects of the peace treaty were involved, and everything else needed to be negotiated later.

During the second interview, the terms for opening the border market were determined.

In the third interview, the compensation for the seven cities was determined, and the time for Huai Yanqing's withdrawal had also been determined.

In the fourth interview, the necessity of intermarriage was determined.

Fifth.

Sixth.

……

There will be new problems every day, and every interview is a war that can't see the smoke of gunpowder, even if Huai Yanqing has discussed it with Zhou Yan before, the questions about some details at this time are still very time-consuming, and when it is finally decided, everyone is obviously relieved.