Sima Hongyan could vaguely guess the reason why Zhuge Yu was in a hurry to see him, and sure enough, Shi Jinyan said to her: "Nanyi has tied up the culprits who killed the fourth sister's family to Yanling!" It is said that he has entered the Yanyi Pass, and Zhuge Yu wants to discuss with you again about formulating a peace treaty! ”

Sima Hongyan said: "I haven't seen it yet, and I'm not sure if it's the gang of villains who killed the fourth sister's family back then, how can I talk to him?" Is this Zhuge Yu a little too anxious? ”

Shi Jinyan said: "I just got a piece of news, it can be seen that it is the reason why Zhuge Yu is in a hurry, it seems that Dongning is going to send troops to Nanyi!" ”

This was something that I didn't expect, Sima Hongyan said strangely: "Is the intelligence reliable?" The envoys of the two countries are still in Yanling, why are they secretly going to war? ”

Shi Jinyan said: "I guess Dongning is emulating your methods!" Since you conquered the Western Capital, you have focused on developing the manufacturing and alchemy of the Western Capital, and now all the armaments of our army are made by the Western Capital. In addition, the war horses of the Western Capital have innate advantages, and they are even more powerful when they are added to our army, so Dongning feels that he cannot confront us with the strength of his country, and he has not succeeded in uniting with Nanyi many times. I think Dongning wants to learn from us if we unite and not achieve counter-seizure, merge resources, and strengthen the military. ”

Sima Hongyan said: "But after Dongning sent troops to the south, aren't you afraid that we will take advantage of the weakness to attack them?" When the time comes, if you can't take care of both the beginning and the end, won't Dongning suffer from the enemy on your back? In addition, the southern alien and the original western Yue are two completely different situations, we fight the western more is a defensive counterattack, but Dongning to fight the southern alien is an invasion, which is to cause public anger. Don't talk about our Yanling, I'm afraid Beiling won't sit idly by. If Dong Ning really did something to Nanyi, it would be a very unwise move. ”

Shi Jinyan said: "Having said that, now that the Central Plains Continent has broken the balance, Dongning naturally doesn't want to sit still. The whole world knows that you have a deep grudge against them, and sooner or later you will seek revenge on them, and the longer it drags on, the worse it will be for them. I guess if Dongning sends troops, it will definitely not attack from land, but by sea! ”

Dongning and Nanyi are both near the sea, and the Dongning Navy has some strength, if it really attacks Nanyi from the sea, Nanyi may not be able to stop it.

Then Zhuge Yu was anxious to see Lord Feng, so he was naturally anxious to form an alliance with Yanling, and he would no longer only sign a peace agreement like before, but probably to form a strategic alliance and rely on Yanling to send troops to assist at a critical moment.

No wonder Nan Yi handed over the people Sima Hongyan wanted so quickly, and the courtesy must be asked for by others, it seems that Nan Yi is facing the most troublesome this time, and it is a top priority to make friends with Yan Ling.

Sima Hongyan pondered for a moment and asked Shi Jinyan, "What do you mean?" How do we cope? ”

Shi Jinyan said: "If we ignore them and let them fight with each other, then we can be fishermen and profit, but doing so is against the right path and will have a bad reputation." If we promise to Nanyi, once Dongning makes a move, we will attack Dongning on the grounds of helping Nanyi. But the trouble is that once the alliance is established, if you want to move the southern rebellion again in the future, I am afraid it will not be so easy, after all, tearing up the alliance will break the trust of the world, and some gains outweigh the losses. ”

Both options have pros and cons, and it is not easy to choose.

However, Sima Hongyan thought of another thing, and said to Shi Jinyan: "Among the five countries, the one we know the least is the Southern Alien, they have been closed off from the outside world for so many years, and we know very little about their strength. I'm worried that Nanyi is not as weak as we think, and maybe they are showing weakness on purpose. It's not that they can't do the thing of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. This time I came to see me, maybe I wanted to borrow my hand to deal with Dongning, if we were to fight with Dongning, in case the Nanyi took advantage of the situation, we would also be overwhelmed. After all, Yanling's treasury is not abundant, and there are no reserves to fight two enemies at the same time. ”

Saying this, Shi Jinyan also fell into contemplation, Yanling is now focusing on development, coupled with the support of the Western Capital and the Northern Spirit, there is indeed not much money and food to support the war. It seems that Dongning also took advantage of this opportunity to deliberately embarrass Nanyi, and it depends on how Yanling will respond.

Sima Hongyan couldn't decide for the time being, so he said to Shi Jinyan: "It's just our guess to say so much, why don't we go and meet this Nanyi prince and listen to what he has to say." ”

In the palace hall, Sima Hongyan took Li Siyu, Shi Jinyan, Nan Guying, Guo Zidi, and Ban Lingruo to meet Zhuge Yu, the prince of Nanyi.

The guest and host sat down, and Zhuge Yu said directly to Sima Hongyan: "Lord Feng! According to your request, my father has already tied up the sinners who slaughtered Zhong Li's family back then and sent them to Yanling to hand over to the Feng Lord, as for how the Feng Lord will deal with them, I don't know if the Feng Lord is still satisfied? ”

Sima Hongyan said: "It's hard for His Royal Highness the Prince, since this is the case, please thank your father and the emperor on my behalf." This matter involves my dear relatives and friends, so I made this request to His Royal Highness the Prince, and please don't blame His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

Zhuge Yu hurriedly said: "Lord Feng's words are serious, since these people have done treacherous things to Lord Feng's friends, it is reasonable to capture them and hand them over to Lord Feng to deal with, Lord Feng doesn't need to be polite." ”

Sima Hongyan smiled, raised the teacup and politely said, "Drink tea!" ”

Zhuge Yu thanked him and picked up the teacup and took a sip, seeing that Sima Hongyan had no follow-up, he was worried, and he didn't know what the taste of the tea he drank in his mouth, and he wondered how to speak next.

Sima Hongyan was not in a hurry, calm and relaxed, although the scene was a little embarrassing, she turned a blind eye, pinched a grape from the table, slowly put it in her mouth, and savored it carefully.

This kind of stiffness is not a matter after all, Zhuge Yu had no choice but to speak: "I have fulfilled the requirements of Lord Feng, so I wonder if the signing of the contract between our two countries can continue?" ”

Sima Hongyan didn't answer his question, gently blocked his mouth with his hand, spit out the grape skin and threw it into the plate next to him, every movement was slow, elegant manners, and infinite style everywhere.

Shi Jinyan said at this time: "Your Highness Zhuge , I heard that Dongning frequently deploys troops on the southern border, I don't know if it's true? ”

Zhuge Yu was slightly stunned, then nodded and said, "It turns out that Lord Feng also knows about this!" ”

Shi Jinyan continued: "Now that the border passes in the south are tense, I don't know how your country will deal with it? ”

Zhuge Yu hesitated and said: "The soldiers will block, and the water will cover it." We don't know what Dongning's intentions are, and we can only wait and see what happens. ”

Shi Jinyan smiled and said, "I see! Then your country intends to sign a peace treaty with Yanling, do you know what specific requirements you have? ”

Zhuge Yu said: "I have always had no quarrel with the world, nor do we participate in the contradictions of other countries, we only hope to sign a 20-year non-aggression contract with Yanling, so as to ensure peace between the two countries and no war between them." ”

"Prince Zhuge Zhu!" At this time, Sima Hongyan opened his mouth and said: "I'm afraid what you just said about not fighting with the world is not very detailed, right?" Nanyi has been active outside Yanyi Pass in Yanling many times, and has also put forward a request for the sixteen cities in Yanyi Pass, have you forgotten? ”

Sima Hongyan said that this matter was still during the reign of Emperor Yanzhen, when Yanling was weak, Xiyue and Dongning kept making trouble at the border of Yanling, burning, killing, plundering, and doing many evil things. Later, it may have been to see that Yanling did nothing, and Nanyi also sent troops to harass the border of Yanling several times. Although there was no large-scale killing, the soldiers came to the city to intimidate the Yanling border pass, demanding that the sixteen cities in the pass be seized as the price of pacifying the southern aliens, otherwise the southern aliens would attack the city. Later, Yan Yiguan increased his troops, and Nanyi never came, and the matter of asking for the cession of the city was over.

Unexpectedly, Sima Hongyan actually mentioned this matter at this time, Zhuge Yu's face was a little ugly, that time was a typical robbery while the fire was burning, and it was really a despicable villain to say it.

"Uh......" Zhuge Yu pondered for a moment and said, "I remember what Lord Feng said, it was indeed Nan Yi who did something wrong that time. But it is undeniable that Yanling at that time was cowardly, cowardly, and fearful, and was bullied because of incompetence. And this world is the world of the strong, no one will sympathize with the weak, if Yanling at that time could be so strong under the rule of the Phoenix Lord today, not to mention my Nanyi, I am afraid that Xiyue and Dongning would not dare to offend. ”

His words made Sima Hongyan look at this Nanyi prince with admiration, he first admitted his mistake calmly, and then made the situation clear at that time. Yanling is the biggest piece of fat, and he can't protect himself, so how can he blame being bitten by a wild beast? In the natural law of survival, there is only the law of the jungle, there is no reason at all, and whoever has a hard fist is the truth.

said beautifully, Zhuge Yu gave a reasonable explanation very tactfully, which was not only decent, but also did not offend Sima Hongyan.

However, how could Sima Hongyan let him be confused, she immediately seized the loophole in Zhuge Yu's words and said: "Listen to the meaning of Prince Zhuge Qiang, today Yan Lingqiang, you will sit down and talk to me about the peace contract." If Yanling is weak tomorrow, you will still carry a knife to rob my territory, right? ”

Zhuge Yu was shocked in his heart, and secretly blamed himself for speaking carelessly, and was caught by this woman. I was about to explain, but I couldn't think of any way to explain it, because that's what he had just said. Originally, I wanted to satirize the previous Yanling, and by the way, praise the Yanling under the governance of Sima Hongyan now, but I didn't think that it would backfire when I was caught by the keen Sima Hongyan!

Seeing Zhuge Yu's solemn expression and a look of self-blame, Sima Hongyan was secretly amused, and she said gently: "Your Highness Zhuge don't bother, you are telling the truth, I don't mean to blame." This is the way things are in the world, everyone knows it, so there is no need to hide it from each other. I really appreciate His Highness's honesty! ”

Zhuge Yu broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, he was worried that Sima Hongyan was talking the other way now, if this caused Yanling to make things worse for Nanyi, it would be a catastrophe.

However, seeing that Sima Hongyan said seriously, he really didn't want to mind, and his panicked heart calmed down. Thinking about it, Sima Hongyan is cautious, even if this disaster is broken, Zhuge Yu will not know how to go back to explain to his father.

Sima Hongyan said at this time: "I want to ask Prince Zhuge a word, even if I sign an alliance with Nanyi, how much do you think the binding force of this piece of paper can have on me?" ”

The calm heart was raised again at this moment, and Zhuge Yu asked in a panic: "What does Lord Feng mean by this?" ”