"I don't object to you wanting to kill Cao Lu, but why take advantage of the big event of the alliance between the two countries, and write it is my meaning!" Yan Linglong didn't want to fight, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt that this pot was too dark, and it was not good for her to carry it.

Xiao Rui blew dry the ink on the treaty, glanced at Yan Linglong, and said, "What is the relationship between the two of us, are they still so fine?" ”

Yan Linglong's eyes widened suddenly, and she shouted, "You say this clearly!" Luckily, there's no one else in the house. ”

"Oh, then I'll call someone, and say it again." Xiao Rui got up and wanted to leave.

Yan Linglong said angrily: "Xiao Rui! You don't have to be a bummer! ”

"This is the true nature of a man, you have never seen me look like a scoundrel." Xiao Rui squeezed his eyebrows.

Yan Linglong gritted her teeth in anger and said, "You wrote this request on the treaty, how does the world think of me?" Say I'm a killer? Will you be repaid? Small-bellied chicken intestines? ”

"You're scolding me in disguise, aren't you? Hey, actually, I also have a hard time. Xiao Rui sighed.

Yan Linglong looked at her with suspicion, I believe you are a ghost!

"That's it, we have experienced life and death, and we can be regarded as good buddies." Xiao Rui is familiar with her, so he can naturally joke.

Yan Linglong said with a smile: "Okay, then you can raise the price of buying my Great Yan Country ore by another point!" ”

Xiao Rui said righteously: "When brothers talk about money, it hurts feelings. ”

"Get out! Who has feelings for you. Please pay attention to the tone of your speech, this palace is the princess of Dayan, if you speak lightly, don't blame me for the Emperor of Ming Xia, and treat you for the crime of disrespect. Yan Linglong resisted.

Xiao Rui pursed his lips and said, "Frivolous? You've never seen a frivolous body. Cao Lu must die, I can't explain it to you, but it's really hard. In this way, I can't increase the value of the ore, but if I lower the price of the goods sold to Dayan Kingdom by one point, even if it is used as a thank you gift and reparation, how about it? ”

Yan Linglong nodded with satisfaction.

Don't underestimate this point, the trade between the two countries, the amount of a small point is also very large, and it is still a pure profit.

With the agreed alliance treaty in hand, Xiao Rui hurried into the palace.

Today is the time of rest, Emperor Xia fed the golden dragon koi in the imperial garden, and heard that Xiao Rui was coming, so he set up a pavilion.

Xiao Rui entered the pavilion and bowed his hand and said, "The son greets his father, there is something to do!" The alliance with the envoys of the Great Yan Kingdom has been basically completed, and the son-in-law has drafted an alliance treaty for his father to review. ”

Emperor Xia waved his hand and asked him to sit down, and Hai Dafu on the side also took over the alliance treaty.

"Yo, what is this Gonggong Hai?" Looking at Hai Dafu's injured braincase, Xiao Rui was quick to ask for a while, and only reacted after asking, his face was embarrassed, and he wanted to slap himself in the mouth.

Hai Dafu's hand stiffened, and he looked resentful, but he didn't dare to say much.

The corners of Emperor Xia's mouth raised a slight arc, and then asked, "Are you cured?" ”

Xiao Rui said gratefully: "It's the son's life, otherwise I will never see my father again, this is God's gift to my son, it's my father..."

"When did you learn to dive?" Xia Huang asked suddenly.

"Ahem..."Xiao Rui was just about to praise Emperor Xia, but he was blocked by Emperor Xia's words and doubted his life.

Is there such a father? Give me some face.

Xiao Rui looked depressed: "I said it would happen suddenly, do you believe it?" ”

"Faith!" Emperor Xia said, Xiao Rui was about to be happy, thinking that his father was still quite reasonable, who would have thought, Emperor Xia came again: "You said that you can fly, I also believe it." ”

Xiao Rui could only say honestly: "After opening the mansion, I took the time to learn, as a prince, I don't have a lot of skills." ”

Emperor Xia agreed this time: "That's right, as a prince, you should have a lot of skills, you know everything, but you don't have to know it very well." Understand everything, but don't necessarily do it yourself. You all have big responsibilities, and it's good to learn more. ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Xia seemed to think of something and asked, "Has your martial arts broken through the second-grade realm?" ”

Xiao Rui said: "Yes, father, thanks to Zhuge Yuanba's senior, if it weren't for him actively letting me participate in the death battle of the Iron Dragon Rider, I would still be struggling in the Yipin Realm." ”

Even now, Xiao Rui is still complaining and almost dying there, how can he not complain.

"Recently, I intend to restore Zhuge Yuanba's position as the commander of the Iron Dragoon, but I am still hesitating." Unexpectedly, Emperor Xia suddenly talked about it.

Xiao Rui didn't quite understand what Emperor Xia meant, so he didn't dare to speak out.

Emperor Xia said again: "Do you know why Zhuge Yuanba was suspended by me? ”

Xiao Rui shook his head.

"You, you also need to know more about the major events in the capital." Emperor Xia reminded, and then he took the alliance treaty handed by Hai Dafu and reviewed it.

After Xiao Rui decided to leave the palace, he immediately went to investigate, and Emperor Xia pointed to himself, which must have a deep meaning.

After Emperor Xia browsed the treaty, he put it down and said: "It's a good job, buy ore at a price lower than 12% of the market price of Dayan Kingdom, weighing no less than 10 million catties per year, and increasing by 10% every year!" If it is a good ore, according to the calculation of forty percent of the refining, it will also cost four or five million catties, and the quantity is very objective. A few days ago, the Ministry of Industry also made an excerpt, saying that the existing amount of iron in the inner warehouse is more than 27.43 million catties, which is the result of several years of mining by the whole country. Nowadays, minerals are scarce in Daxia, and the amount of mining is getting less and less. Now that the ore that has joined the Great Yan Kingdom has solved the trouble. ”

Xiao Rui said with a smile: "Father, since he has formed a brotherly alliance with Dayan, Erchen feels that he can build a large-scale refining workshop in a military town close to Dayan, and after refining the ore directly, it will be transported back to Beijing to avoid a long journey."

Xia Huang said: "That's right, this matter will be transferred to the Ministry of Industry at that time, and let them do it according to this idea." However, I saw that Princess Linglong of Dayan put forward a condition to kill Cao Lu, but I didn't expect that this Princess Linglong still has a character who will take revenge, what do you think? ”

Xiao Rui glanced at Emperor Xia, saw his expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and quickly got up to ask for guilt: "Returning to Your Majesty, it is the common idea of Erchen and Princess Linglong, Cao Lu intends to sabotage the great plan of the two countries, and his sins are unforgivable, so I implore my father for approval." ”

Emperor Xia smiled: "Since you want to kill him, you are allowed." ”

"Thank you, Father." Xiao Rui was overjoyed.

Who knows, Emperor Xia said again: "However, since you want to kill him, then you can do it yourself." Hai Dafu, inform the East Factory. ”

"Yes!" Hai Dafu responded.

Xiao Rui was a little dumbfounded, let yourself do it? What do you mean? He couldn't guess Emperor Xia's intentions, but for the sake of the advent value, kill it!

"The retainers obey." Xiao Rui could only take orders.

Emperor Xia pushed the treaty on the stone table with his finger and said: "You can send the treaty to the cabinet, and then officially form a brotherly alliance with the Great Yan Kingdom, and from then on there will be no aggression against each other, trade exchanges, and one side will be in trouble to support!" ”

Xiao Rui got up and said, "This is what Erchen is doing, Erchen is leaving." ”

Emperor Xia nodded, and Xiao Rui quickly retreated.

Leaving the palace and returning to the courtyard, Xiao Rui informed everyone of Emperor Xia's order, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially the envoys of the Great Yan Kingdom, who were even more overjoyed.

Once an alliance was formed with Great Xia, the territorial crisis in the northern part of Great Yan was completely resolved, because the Great Zhao State did not dare to invade Great Yan because it was afraid that Great Xia would attack him. Therefore, the Great Yan Kingdom only needs to gather troops in the south and deal with the Great Wei Kingdom! Although the Great Yan State was poor and weak, it gathered heavy troops on the southern border, and the Great Wei State did not dare to attack on a large scale, unless it was forced or unbearable.

Subsequently, Xiao Rui ordered people to draft a formal alliance treaty, submit it to the cabinet, and began to go through the court procedures. Naturally, the Cabinet did not dare to neglect the alliance treaty agreed to by His Majesty and adopted it quickly.

Tomorrow, Xiao Rui, on behalf of the Great Xia Kingdom, and Yan Linglong exchanged the letters stamped with the national seal, and the alliance was officially finalized. And Xiao Rui dreamed a lot for the long night, so he went to the East Factory that night.

Grandpa Wei, the steward of the East Factory, personally came out to greet him.

"His Royal Highness King Xian, Lord Palm Seal Hai has explained to the villain, you must cooperate with Your Highness, Cao Lu is on death row, what weapon does Your Highness want the villain to prepare?" Wei Gong is fair.

Xiao Rui couldn't help but want to complain, he didn't come to abuse people, what kind of weapon did he want!

"Is there a mace?" Xiao Rui asked.

Father-in-law Wei admired: "Your Highness is really smart, the villain admires, there is naturally a mace in the East Factory, the villain quickly ordered someone to get it, Your Highness, please rest assured, each of the spikes on the mace is finely polished, sharp and sharp, waving on the human body, to ensure a sour wail." ”

Xiao Rui nodded and asked, "Take me to death row." Oh, by the way, did you get anything out of the mouth of the king of assassination? ”

"I didn't ask, Gonggong Hai didn't let me ask, so he was locked up directly." Grandpa Wei said regretfully.

Xiao Rui's footsteps paused, and he suddenly understood Emperor Xia's intentions.

It seems that Emperor Xia knew that Xiao Rui knew that Xiao Yuan was colluding with Cao Lu, so he didn't let the people from Dongchang interrogate. Although Father-in-law Wei is in charge, he must not know that the five princes colluded with Cao Lu, so he did not let the people in the East Factory interrogate.

The prince colluded with the assassins, the face of the royal family still can't be lost, let Xiao Rui do it, it can be regarded as a blade enemy, and don't kill his own brother.

In addition, he also asked Xiao Rui to ask Cao Lu which one of the Great Zhao Kingdom sent him, and that was the enemy who wanted to be killed.

However, Emperor Xia just pointed at Xiao Rui, and did not say it explicitly, whether he could understand and look at him, and whether he listened or not.

"Respect the Emperor, the fifth is too much, I have bypassed him a few times." Although Xiao Rui understood Emperor Xia's intentions, he decided to pretend not to know this time.

"Grandpa Wei, please lead the way." Xiao Rui said with a smile.

Gonggong Wei personally led Xiao Rui to death row and met Cao Lu.

Cao Lu is a man in his forties, his appearance is not good, and he is chained at this time, which makes him even more sloppy, and he can't see the identity of the king of assassination at all.

"Do you know who I am?" Xiao Rui asked.

Cao Lu nodded and said with a smile: "You are Xiao Rui, the seventh prince of the Xia Kingdom. ”

"Then you should also guess the purpose of this king's coming." Xiao Rui asked.

Cao Lu continued: "Your Highness is here to ask about something. ”

Xiao Rui shook his head and said, "You guessed wrong, you think I would ask you the people behind the scenes?" You're wrong. ”

After speaking, Xiao Rui suddenly pulled out the dagger on his waist and directly cut his neck under Cao Lu's horror.

Goo-goo...

In an instant, blood spurted.

Cao Lu's eyes widened, his locked body trembled continuously, a large amount of blood gushed out, his eyes were frightened and then fearful, as if he couldn't understand, why didn't Xiao Rui ask himself, who was the murderer behind the scenes?

For a moment, Cao Lu pawned.

Xiao Rui threw away the dagger, took out a towel and wiped his hands.

Grandpa Wei beside him had a smile on his face and was even more flattering.

"Let's go." Xiao Rui said with a smile.

Grandpa Wei escorted him out of death row, just in time to meet the subordinate who brought the mace. Father-in-law Wei's little temper, that's called a gas, he kicked and kicked when he went up, and scolded: "You thing, swallow so slowly, the daylily is cold." ”

Xiao Rui smiled and left the East Factory with Wei Guang.

Half an hour later, what happened on death row reached the ears of Emperor Xia.