Zhou Yuan knew that playing tricks was not Ouyang Chun's opponent, not to mention that it was useless to take advantage of it, now that Huaguo had the advantage, the purpose of this trip was to seek peace, and it was meaningless to keep fighting each other.

Thinking of this, he said to Ouyang Chun: "Although your army is strong, our side is not without combat power. The reason why General Ben came here was not to show weakness. If you really want to fight, our Zhou country, up to the imperial brother, down to the common people to resist wholeheartedly, if you fall into a quagmire, it will be difficult to extricate yourself! If you really fight, it will only fall deeper and deeper, and it will affect your strategy against Liang and Nancheng!"

Ouyang Chun looked at Zhou Yuan carefully, and said in his heart that no wonder the prince values him, this guy is so smart at a young age, and his overall view is amazing! Fortunately, the Emperor of Zhou is Tang Niu's idiot, if he is replaced, it will be very troublesome!

Knowing that Zhou Yuan was not easy to fool, Ouyang Chun naturally had to pay attention to his rhetoric to avoid being seen by him what he really thought: "The general's eloquence is good, who in this world wants to fight hard for years in a row? Just for the sake of the common people in the world, even if we understand that this is a huge quagmire, it is impossible to stagnate!

Ouyang Chun didn't leak, Zhou Yuan felt a headache, but he couldn't choke on the other party, and lost the possibility of a peace truce: "The two countries are all living together, and it is unclear who is right and who is wrong." General Ben is here not to talk to you about this. Yes, now your country has the upper hand, and the troops are under the city. It's just that from the overall situation, King Danyang's scruples about Liang and Nancheng are far greater than ours. If this war continues, and the northern army of your country falls into the Puzhou battlefield on all fronts, our country will also dispatch all the troops of Puzhou and Bianzhou, and even mobilize the people to resist. This means that your country must continuously throw troops and materials into this side, and you have to abandon the Liang and Nancheng fronts. When the time comes, the south may be out of control......"

Not to mention that Zhou Yuan and Ouyang Chun were at loggerheads, fighting for peace, the eunuchs who were bribed within the Liang State, because they got enough benefits, carefully thought about ways to get close to the emperor and make him recall Sima Fa without being suspected.

The eunuch's name is Qiu Yan, not that he hates people with the surname Yan. When Qiu is used as a surname, it is pronounced as qiu, the second tone.

Because of the early death of his parents, he was alone when he was very young, and when he was desperate, he could only be a eunuch in order to survive.

It's just that he was very unlucky, there was endless war at the end of Dacheng, and the emperor was destroyed just after a little way.

Later, Zhou Xuan occupied the imperial city, and Qiu Yan tried his best to use all the money to make points, just hoping to get ahead and be taken seriously.

Unexpectedly, just a little hopeful, Zhou Hydroxy's forces were driven away and replaced by Lu Cong.

The power of the palace has changed dramatically, everything before is all wild, and even all the savings have been lost, and in the end he is still an inconspicuous low-level eunuch in the palace.

Instead of extinguishing his desire to get ahead, the setbacks made him more persistent.

It's just that I have no connections, no money, and I have no chance at all on my current self.

At this time, he met the intelligence officers of Huaguo.

The Chinese intelligence officers concealed their identities and claimed to be members of the Chamber of Commerce, and spent a lot of money to ask for help on the grounds that the trade routes were impassable due to the war between the two countries, which seriously affected trade, hoping that someone would persuade the Emperor of Liang that no matter what he could do, he only needed to recall Sima Fa's army. The reward is a huge amount of gold and silver, and at the same time, you can share the connections of the Chamber of Commerce in Liang State.

Qiu Yan's status is not high, and it seems that there is not much opportunity, but the "Chamber of Commerce" has not been able to find anyone willing to help, and he now needs these gold, silver and connections to help him gain status in the Liang Palace and get rid of the status quo. Therefore, he took the initiative to find the other party and showed that he was willing to help with all his might, provided that the chamber of commerce provided gold, silver and contacts first.

On the one hand, there is an urgent need for help, and on the other hand, there is an urgent need for resources, and the two hit it off.

Qiu Yan got the funds and connections, so he began to invite colleagues in the palace to spread gold and silver to make friends. He has had two big ups and downs, and he has long been familiar with the road.

Although the Chamber's connections are outside the palace, it is important to make proper use of them.

With hard work, Qiu Yan finally got the opportunity and successfully mixed with Lu Cong.

Although he was only responsible for cleaning up the garden outside the emperor's bedroom, the small role of no importance was already a big opportunity for Qiu Yan.

As long as you stay here, you can often meet Lu Cong. The greater the chance of encountering the Emperor of Liang, the greater the chance of getting attention, if you are trusted, you may also be transferred to the emperor's side to serve, and then you will soar!

But now it is with the help of the Chamber of Commerce that he can get to this position. In order to continue to receive funding from the Chamber of Commerce, he had to find a way to fulfill the other party's commission to persuade the emperor to withdraw Sima Fa's army and stop fighting on the border with Hua.

The problem is that his current identity is not qualified to speak to the emperor, and if he stupidly steps forward to persuade him after encountering it, he will definitely be dragged down and beheaded.

Thinking about it, I had an idea.

He has been in the palace for a long time and has seen many things.

Of course, what I have seen the most is mutual suspicion and intrigue between monarchs and ministers.

I've seen a lot, of course, I think about this for the first time. He wants to deceive more funds from the "Chamber of Commerce", but also deceive the future from the palace, and do everything for this.

Although he did not have the status that the Chinese intelligence officers initially thought, he successfully deceived the funding, and successfully obtained the identity of meeting the emperor often, and now he does not have to run to the emperor to talk nonsense with a murderous mouth, and it can be achieved in a roundabout way.

Qiu Yan was quite smart and quickly thought of a way.

He first took care of the surroundings, got along with the eunuchs, palace maids, and janissaries around him, and understood Emperor Lu Cong's daily itinerary clearly. When the emperor went to court, when he went down, when he returned, when he passed by the garden, all of them were recorded.

On this day, when all the foreshadowing was completed and it was determined that the emperor was about to arrive in the garden, Qiu Yan deliberately whispered gossip with several other eunuchs in the corner while cleaning the garden, chatting about Sima Fa.

Lu Cong's head was dizzy after he dispersed, and he was about to go back to the hall to rest for a while, and when he passed here, he happened to hear a few eunuchs talking about Sima Fa, and he didn't think about it at first, and he didn't plan to pay attention to it, and he was ready to go directly. It's just that these eunuchs said that Sima Fa was so old that he married a princess, which was very unworthy. Touching the pain in his heart.

To be honest, as a father, of course he doesn't want his baby daughter to marry Sima Fa, and the other party is even older than his father-in-law.

But Sima Fa is needed, and without him, he would not have today's status.

This is a very contradictory psychology, on the one hand, he needs Sima Fa, on the other hand, it is difficult to accept an old son-in-law like Sima Fa who is older than himself. Even after so many years, my grandson can walk, and the pimple in my heart still exists.

Therefore, when he heard the eunuch talk about this matter in private, he felt that it was very worthless for the princess to marry Sima Fa, and he was unhappy for the emperor, which made him feel something.

Of course, he also knew the importance of Sima Fa, and even if he was uncomfortable, he had to endure it in his heart. It's been so long, and things can't be undone.

Just as he was about to enter the garden to reprimand a few words, so that these eunuchs should not continue to discuss, Qiu Yan whispered to his colleagues: "A few days ago, I happened to see something, and I feel unhappy when I think about it!"

"What's the matter?" asked the colleague curiously.

"It's still related to the Grand Duke, I don't know if it's right to say it. Qiu Yan pretended to hesitate.

Lu Cong, who wanted to enter the garden, subconsciously stopped and raised his hand to stop the guards around him.

"What's the matter?" the colleagues asked with curiosity.

Qiu Yan whispered: "A few days ago, I went out to buy and took a break in the teahouse. I happened to hear the people on the street talking about the current situation, and those foolish people did not leave the Metropolitan Governor for every word, as if everything in the Liang Kingdom was brought down by the Metropolitan Governor, and they did not mention His Majesty at all, which was really annoying! Without Your Majesty, how could there be a Metropolitan Governor today? Without Your Majesty, how could there be a Liang Kingdom today? It really annoys me!"

"A foolish people are foolish people, why bother?" said the eunuch next to him, "Besides, the Metropolitan Governor has indeed made great contributions to the Liang State." It can be said that without the Grand Governor, it would be difficult for the Liang State to be established. Now it is also the capital governor who protects the country, otherwise it would have been invaded by Huaguo a long time ago!"

"Look, look! Even you say that. Qiu Yan deliberately said in a hurry, "If this continues, the people of the country only know the Metropolitan Governor, but they don't know Your Majesty, how can this be reasonable!"

"Shhh~ Don't say that!" The colleague next to him was startled and hurriedly stopped him, "If this word spreads and is known by the Metropolitan Governor, do you still want your head?"

"Hmph! What if he knows? I only know Your Majesty, but I don't know what the Metropolitan Governor is! All this belongs to Your Majesty, what does it have to do with him? I just can't see his arrogant and domineering appearance, as if Liang Guo is the one who is in charge! I suspect that he is constantly consolidating his military power while fighting everywhere, and sooner or later he will rebel and cause chaos! If this battle is won, the civil and military officials in the country and the common people will not know Your Majesty!"

"Shh~ Don't talk nonsense! Our identity is talking about the Metropolitan Governor, and the consequences of being found out are unimaginable!"

"That's it, let's not talk about him. ”

"You are afraid, I am not afraid!" Qiu Yan said, "We are serving Your Majesty, what's wrong with saying a few words about this kind of thing? Even in front of the Grand Duke, I will say, what is the intention of such a high meritorious?"

Outside, Lu Cong heard that it was sinking like water, and strode into the garden.

"See Your Majesty!!" The guards guarding the entrance to the garden immediately knelt down, and Lu Cong walked inside without saying a word.

"See Your Majesty!!" Qiu Yan and several other fellow eunuchs heard the voice and hurriedly ran over and knelt down to pick it up.

Lu Cong passed by them, judging by the voice, glanced at Qiu Yan, and continued to walk forward with the guards without saying a word, as if nothing had happened.

Qiu Yan lowered his head, but he could clearly feel Lu Cong's gaze, his heart was beating extremely fast, and he was also very scared. When Lu Cong left directly, he found that several eunuchs around him were also frightened.

After making sure that Lu Cong was gone, they asked in a low voice, "What we just said won't be heard by His Majesty, right?"

"Probably not, right?"

His Majesty walked over like this, presumably without hearing. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, if Your Majesty hears it, we'll be miserable when we get angry. ”

"In the future, I will still do things seriously and talk less about what I don't have. ”

......

The colleagues were uneasy, but Qiu Yan glanced at the direction Lu Cong left and thought thoughtfully.

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