After a while, some people still questioned: "Your Majesty, we used to be close to Qi and used the strategy of Xiangguo, but now we are sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight and fear that both sides will be offended, if the Qin State comes to attack, we will not get the help of the Qi State, nor the support of the Chu State, how can this be good?"

After hearing this, the ministers of the court also began to waver, this Qi and Chu are fighting, and the Wei State must choose the side to rely on.

At this time, he was still at the head of the Wei State: "Why don't we make friends with Qi on the surface, and also win over the Chu State behind the scenes?" The two kingdoms are kings, and the war between Qi and Chu is about to break out. If Chu wins and Qi loses, we can take the opportunity to recover the land that was taken away by Qi; If the State of Qi wins, then this time the State of Chu will let us depose the prince under the guise of the prince, and we can be regarded as avenging the evil anger of the prince."

Hui Shi continued to persuade the King of Wei to stand still and watch the fire from the other side: "King Qi Wei's boasting, the king can only claim to be true. In this way, King Qi Wei's vanity was greatly satisfied. All countries are dissatisfied, and they will not come to the aid of Qi, and maybe they will be able to recover the lost territory after the war."

(And the reaction of other countries has not been so pretty.) The Qin State ignored the two small states of Qi and Wei, which unilaterally did not have the strength to respect each other as kings, and did not participate in it themselves. Zhou Tianzi said that they were all anti-thieves, and he had no strength and interest in other kings, and Zhao Guo said that he was too numb and had no eyes. ）

King Wei thought and hesitated for a moment, since he was already close to the Qi State, he must not tear his face with them.

Hui Shi also thought of this: "It's better to fight like this, Qi Chu will fight us first and then decide the next move according to the battle situation."

King Qi Wei agreed: "Goodness"

So he began to order: "Xiangguo will go to meet the Chu envoy first, and the widow will summon the Chu envoy a day later." ”

Hui Shi responded: "The minister receives the order"

It is also a coincidence, Hui Shi went out of the palace and returned to the house to pack up and prepare to go to the post house, and happened to meet Zhuangzi, which was a surprise and the two of them reminisced.

chatted positively, but had to complete the things the king explained first. Hui Shi and Zhuangzi hurriedly said goodbye after a while of greetings, and made an appointment to catch up in a few days.

And waiting for the King of Wei to see him at the Wei envoy's post house, Qu Yi and his party were there that day

Hui Shi was ordered by the King of Wei to receive him at the post house first.

In the post house, Qu Yi and his party were entertained with delicious food and drink, waiting for the summons of King Wei. The summons did not wait, and when the time came, the Lord Xiangguo of the Wei State came.

The temple people of the post house saluted: "Lord Xiangguo"

(Hui Shi Ren Wei Xiang, the founder and main representative of the famous school, and also a close friend of Zhuangzi.) During the Warring States Period, the main organizer and supporter of the Six Kingdoms united against Qin, advocating that Wei, Qi, and Chu unite against Qin, and suggested that Qi and Wei should respect each other as kings. ）

Hui Shi did not respond and entered the hall directly, and the little tear in the museum saw that Hui Shi also saluted.

At this time, Qu Yi, Xiong Huai, Qu Yuan, and Jin Shang all looked at the door when they heard the voice, and the person who came was dressed as a Confucian in cloth clothes, not angry and arrogant, and when he heard Xiao Tear's report, he already knew the identity of the person who came, and Qu Yi and the others also got up to express their polite greetings.

Qu Yihuishi bowed to each other.

Qu Yi: "This is Keiko, I have admired the name for a long time"

Hui Shi eased the atmosphere: "Doctor Qu is polite, I am here to wash the dust for the envoys of Chu State on the order of the king, and the king will summon you in less than two days." ”

Hearing that Hui Shi brought good news, Qu Yuan and the others suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, at first they thought that they would not be hung for a long time, and the king would summon them again, and whether Qi Guo would be the first to come first.

Qu Yi didn't go around in circles and went straight to the topic: "I want to come to Huizi and know our intentions, this battle between Qi and Chu is a foregone conclusion, and now Wei has decided the victory or defeat of Qi and Chu, and Wei is sandwiched between Qi and Qin There is no certainty, if Chu can help one or two, then Wei will no longer have to bow down to Qi and no longer be afraid of Qin, how does Huizi think"

Hui Shi vaguely said: "Doctor Qu represents the kindness of the Chu State, we are very pleased, if the Wei State can remain neutral in this battle, and the Chu State is strong, how can the Wei State be protected, and the Chu State can come to the aid in time when the Wei State faces the attack of the Qin State or the attack of the Qi State." ”

Xiong Huai came forward to explain the mission: "Doctor Xiangguo, I am Xiong Huai, the prince of Chu, what Xiangguo was worried about just now is that we can understand that I can make a promise to the king of Wei yesterday for the prince of Chu."

Qu Yuan also followed Xiong Huai and Qu Yi's thoughts: "Lord Xiangguo, in the lower Qu Yuan, what the prince said is actually more than just a promise, now the army strength of the Qin State is in full swing after the law change, and the Qin State will definitely use the Wei State as a breakthrough when it goes east, which can be seen from the war between Qin and Wei for so many years, and after the Qin and Wei wars, the State of Qi took advantage of the danger of people to seize the Guiling of the State of Wei, Ma Ling can see from this that the villain behavior of the State of Qi, if the State of Qi is allowed to be respected as the overlord, it cannot guarantee that the State of Wei will receive his assistance in the future"

Hui Shi could not make a promise, only that he would discuss the matter with the king.

Later, in the lip and tongue game of several people, you and I chatted for a long time.

In the end, Qu Yi sent Hui Shi out of the post house, a few people walked on the street, and met Zhuangzi, Hui Shi invited him to go to Haoliang to gather after meeting the King of Wei, and then wanted Qu Yuan and others to introduce: "This is my friend, and he is also the wise man of Chu State, Zhuang Zhou."

Qu Yuan was instantly pleasantly surprised when he heard that the king of Chu sent someone to invite Zhuangzi to Lantai a few years ago, but he was rejected, and now he sees Zhuangzi himself

On the second day, the post house came, and the king's summons and envoys were ordered to enter the palace.

In the dark palace, King Wei sat in the middle. Seeing Qu Yi walking with a jingjie in his hand, he followed the three people behind him.

"Chu envoy to meet the king of Wei" Qu Yi's voice was neither humble nor arrogant, but also revealed majesty.

The king of Wei raised his hand to signal for exemption: "The envoy of Chu came from afar, and the Wei State welcomed it, and no one has heard of Xianqing's coming."

This surprised Qu Yi, Xiong Huai, Qu Yuan, and Jin Shang.

Soon Qu Yi regained his composure, "That being the case, then the King of Wei can be interested in helping the State of Chu, and through this matter, it can be regarded as reaching friendly relations with the State of Chu, and if there is a need in the future, His Majesty will definitely persuade the King of Chu to help one or two."

The King of Wei passed vaguely: "Xianqing's intention is very good with the Wei State, and the widow has not said much, and he has given Han Wei two strong bows built by the highest technician, and this bow is also a weapon used by my Wei Wushu, and it is given to the King of Chu and the Prince of Chu, showing sincerity with the sincerity of the Wei State."

(The technology of the Korean man-made bow was the best in the countries at that time, there was a saying that "the strong bows in the world are out of Korea", the ironclad infantry of the Wei State, the domination of the Seven Kingdoms, the Wei State is good at casting swordsmanship, and the common common ones are carving, hollowing, welding, gilding, inlay, gold and silver mistakes and other craft technologies are close to modern, the ceramics of the Qi State, the lacquerware of the Chu State, and the musical instrument chime...... ）

When Qu Yi heard this, he bowed to King Wei and looked at Xiong Huai.

Xiong Huai understood and exchanged the future relations between the two countries on behalf of King Chu Wei and King Wei.

King Wei was overjoyed when he heard this.

It may be that Wei was really beaten by Qi and Qin, or it may be that King Wei Hui has done everything to get revenge.

Therefore, he was also very polite to the state of Chu, and did not immediately sever relations with Qi, but he also did not refuse the friendship of the state of Chu.

Qu Yi Qu Yuan, Xiong Huai, and Jin Shang who came out of Wei Ting arrived a little easier, but at this time, Qu Yi's nerves were still very nervous, because of King Wei's vague words.

Qu Yuan noticed his father's expression, in fact, Qu Yuan also knew that he did not promise anything when he met the King of Wei this time, nor did he express the attitude of Qi and Chu to fight against Wei......

According to the calculation of days, the army of Chu should reach the border of Qi and Chu in another five or six days.

Since Hui Shi made an appointment a few days ago, they will not brush off Wei Xiang's kindness.

(Feeling the failure of Hui Shi's strategy of uniting Qi and Chu against Qin, King Wei Hui had to adopt the strategy of Qin Prime Minister Zhang Yi's "wanting to use the momentum of Qin, Han and Wei to defeat Qi and Jing (Chu)", and use Zhang Yi as the prime minister. And Zhang Yi's real purpose was "to make Wei Xian Qin and the princes follow suit", that is, his strategy of connecting horizontally. In 319 BC, King Hui of Wei, with the support of the five kingdoms of Qi, Chu, Yan, Zhao, and Han, pursued Zhang Yi and used Gongsun Yan, who advocated harmony, as his prime minister. King Wei Hui was flickering and arrogant to the outside world, and made too many enemies militarily, and the country became weaker and weaker after that. ）