Like the Wei state, the Zhao state also built the Great Wall, which roughly zigzagged along the Zhangshui River, one for flood control and the other for attack. Because they are businessmen, they generally choose to take the waterway, go straight down from the Yellow River, and turn into Zhangshui, with a large amount of goods, good speed and low transportation cost. However, the envoys entered Zhao Duo from the avenue by land, waving flags, the momentum was huge, and they could report the past from a distance.

The gifts that Qin prepared for the envoys were three vehicles, including furs, scales, dansha, and jade. The envoys and guests each took one by one, and the rest followed on foot.

The opposite bank of Luoyang is also collectively called Nanyang, in order to distinguish it from the Nanyang where Wan and Deng are located, the Nanyang on the other side of Luoyang is called Jin Nanyang, and the Nanyang where Wan Deng is located is called Chu Nanyang. In addition to these two places, the area south of Mount Tai and north of Wenshui is also a relatively famous Nanyang, called Lunanyang. Later, after the unification of Qin, a county was established, Chu Nanyang was set up as Nanyang County, Jin Nanyang was set up as Hanoi County, and Lu Nanyang was not an independent county due to its small area.

Landing from Nanyang, the Qin envoy and his entourage went north along the foothills of Taihang Mountain, passed through the old capital of the country, Chaoge, and arrived at the shore of Zhangshui. After crossing the Zhangshui, you will enter the famous metropolis of Zhao State. It is less than 100 miles from Ye to Handan.

The guests of the mission entered the pavilion first, showing the festival symbol to explain their identity. Naturally, the pavilion did not dare to stay in trouble, arranged the courtyard for them, and guided them to report to Ye Ling. Ye Ling is the son of the Zhao family, and he has long known that the Qin envoy is coming with great fanfare, but he doesn't know why. Seeing the pedestrian tiger come to declare, that is, with the summons. As soon as they met and inquired, it turned out that Qin Guo had come to ask about the crime, and he was the son of King Qin, so he immediately knew that the matter was not small. Naturally, the negotiations between the two great powers were not something that he, a small man, could intervene in. He could only instruct the pavilion post to receive the Qin envoy according to the specifications of the secretary, and he sent the post official to report the reason for the Qin envoy's visit to Handan.

Since Handan is a separate building between the royal city and the private city, there are no pavilions in the two cities, Ye is actually the last stop outside the city of Handan, although it is still a hundred miles away from Handan. The Qin envoys had to wait for the call of King Zhao at Ye and arrange temporary accommodation for them before they could enter Handan; Otherwise, there is no place to stay in Handan.

Gongzi took the car for days, exposed to the sun and rain, and it was not hard. He was usually weak, but he barely supported Ye, and he was sick in bed with a high fever. Some of the retainers who knew how to treat medicine went to Ye City to purchase some herbs, drank the decoction, sweated, and the fever subsided, and only used medicine to regulate the spleen and stomach. Due to Gongzi's illness, although the mission stayed in Yecheng for several days, no one urged him.

After about five or six days, Gongzi's condition improved, so he asked the pedestrian tiger to go to the county government to ask Handan if there was a text. The pedestrian tiger went, and came back to report when he was young: "The county government has a saying, yesterday Handan Xingwen arrived, saying that Handan was a disaster, and King Zhao was anxious and difficult to control, and the son did not have to go to Handan, just waited in Ye." King Zhao sent the doctor Zheng Zhu to meet him. ”

When the mission heard the news, one was happy and the other was worried. The good thing is that the son's illness has not been cured, and it is naturally good to be free from labor; The worry is that King Zhao did not allow Qin envoys to enter Handan, but sent doctors to negotiate, obviously with a bad attitude, and this mission can be worrying. In any case, since King Zhao has already decided, there is nothing to discuss, just wait for Zhao to arrive.

After another five days, Ye Ling sent someone to inform Gongzi that Dr. Zheng Zhu would visit tomorrow. The pedestrian Tiger greeted the son, saying that he did not dare to come to the door, and the ministers were willing to visit the house. The person who came naturally knew that this was a polite sentence, and said a few words of "how dare you" and "deserve" and left.

In addition to feeling the wind and cold on the way, Gongzi was a little unaccustomed to the water and soil, and when his spleen and stomach were better, he ate some food and began to have diarrhea again. Tomorrow I will see the envoys, and if I have diarrhea, it will be a joke. So he made up his mind to starve himself for a day, only drinking medicine and not eating. I pulled it three or five times in the morning, and at night, I didn't pull it anymore, and I had a good night's sleep.

The next day, I got up early, straightened out my clothes, hung up a jade pendant, put on a long sword, and the emaciated face caused by a few days of fatigue and illness added a bit of vicissitudes to Gongzi. And the five sons also dressed and sat behind him, each with a guard of honor. Yu Lu's fatigue and exposure to the sun and rain also made these children lose their childishness and become old.

The pavilion gave way to the main hall as a place for them to negotiate. Three cars lined up in front of the courtroom, with two pedestrians standing next to each side. Ten swordsmen stood under the steps and eaves. The retainers did not appear, but hid behind the screen, waiting to be called.

Binxiang pedestrian tiger led the remaining four pedestrians to wait at the entrance of the hall to welcome the arrival of Dr. Zheng Zhu.

Although the county government and the pavilion were not far away, Dr. Zheng Zhu still came by car with the county order to show respect. In front of the pavilion, I saw that the pedestrians were already waiting in front of the pavilion, neatly dressed, each holding a wat board, and hurriedly jumped out of the car, the county lieutenant on the right of the car stopped and did not send it, Zheng Zhu and the county order stepped forward, and the county order temporarily acted as a guest minister, and said: "Zhao Dafu Zhu, on the order of King Zhao, I would like to see Qin Gongzi!" ”

The pedestrian tiger replied: "Qin Gongzi, on the orders of King Qin, I would like to worship King Zhao!" ”

Zheng Zhu stepped forward and said: "When King Zhao heard that the prince of Qin was coming, he bathed and fasted. The Nai River is flooded, and the east of Handan is the country. Handan was in turmoil, and he didn't dare to insult his son, but ordered his ministers to welcome his son, condescend to him, and listen to the king's teachings in Yezhong! ”

The pedestrian tiger replied: "Since the prince and others have been ordered by the king, they should go to Handan in person to meet the king, and dare to work as a doctor, and condescend to each other!" ”

Zheng Zhu said: "The minister has the respect of the prince and the face of the king's teaching, how fortunate is it!" ”

The two saluted each other and gave way to the pavilion.

The three wagons, all unloaded the royal oxen, stood in the courtyard, and there were two pedestrians next to each car. There are two sword-wielding warriors on each side of the stairs, one on each side of the stairs, and two under the corridors on each side. Childe held on to the sick body, stiffened his waist, and stood on the steps. Five sons stood behind him. Seeing that someone on both sides of the wall turned out, the son crossed his hands and slowly walked down the stairs. The five sons also descended. Zheng Zhu immediately stepped forward. The pedestrian tiger sang loudly: "Qin Gongzi welcomes the doctor!" ”

Zheng Zhu saluted and said, "Minister Zheng Zhu, on the orders of King Zhao, pay homage to Gongzi Xuan." The son has an order, and the minister does not dare to resign! ”

So after the two of them shook each other, they climbed the stairs, and as for the middle of the hall, they sat down on both sides. It stands to reason that Zhao is the master, but this is a pavilion, and he can't just come in and sit in the host, so he can only let the Qin people sit in the host, Zheng Zhu himself is in the guest position, and the county order is in the lower place. Two other attendants sat in the back. On the side of the Qin State, naturally Gongzi Xuan was the leader, the pedestrian tiger was the bottom, the five sons sat behind Gongzi Xuan, and the four pedestrians sat behind the pedestrian tiger.

The pedestrian tiger was the first to speak: "Qin and Zhao are from the same source, and they are brothers; Qin's family is mostly Zhao's. The king commanded his servants, and he prepared what he had, that he might be employed by the king. Gongzi took out a piece of slip from his arms, and the eldest son behind him hurriedly got up, took it, and walked to Zheng Zhu's seat. Zheng Zhu took it, glanced at it, handed it to the county order, and said to himself: "King Qin is generous, and he will accept it!" ”

The pedestrian tiger continued: "The former, the king sent his son Yu to order in Yiyi, please be the three cities of Taiyuan and the three cities of Yijidong. The king did not dare to resign, that is, he ordered his subordinates to return to the three cities of Taiyuan, Lin, Lishi, and Qi. But when he received the king's gift, the prince was gone. The king feels the virtue of the king, fears the majesty of the king, does not dare to disobey the king's order, and does not dare to say anything about the king's gift. It is ordered that the prince thank the king and say, although the prince is gone, the king's gift, and the emperor does not dare to resign; Dare to ask the king not to send his servants, hold a charm, and return it to the city. The monarchs and ministers of the Yi Yi feel the favor of the king, lead the virtue of the king, and dare not abolish it. ”

Zheng Zhu listened to the words of the pedestrian tiger, pondered for a moment, and replied: "Zhao Zhi and Qin, brothers. Zhao Fengqin went to the kingdom, and from the beginning to the present, he did not dare to arrogance. Qin was called the emperor, and Zhao retreated to live in the king, but he did not dare to be Shangye. Although it is difficult to resign from the will of the people today, he is reluctant to be the king, but he still does not dare to be Qin Xian. This son has a deep taste. What Gongzi said about Gongzi, the ministers have never heard of it; Even Gongzi and his people have heard of his name for the first time, and I don't know who it is! The king sinned against us, and it was really difficult to take it. May the King see it! Childe learns! ”

When they were in Qin, everyone had already foreseen that the Zhao people would use no evidence of death to prevaricate in every possible way, and when they saw that Zheng Zhu really said such a thing, they replied: "The ministers have never heard of the name of Gongzi Yu. However, the son of the Zhao family is rich and prosperous, and Qin is remote, and there are many who have not heard of it, and few people who have heard of it. Seeing that the verse symbols are all correct and correct, it is a matter of faith. Today, the king of Taiyuan returned the three cities to Zhao, and the king of Zhao saw it when he checked it. Is it not the king's order, but the city is dedicated to the king? Although there is no trace of today's son, and the king gives it, there must be a future. May the Doctor see it! ”

The county magistrate sneered on the side: "If you have no evidence, you want to win Zhao Sancheng, is it reasonable?" ”

The pedestrian tiger said: "It's not so-called. Gongzi Yi to Xianyang, the king, Xiang and the ministers did not know it, and they should have been driven away, but Gongzi Yu carried Zhao Zhijie Fu and Zhao Wang documents. The king of the letter of the Yi Yi is also, but the three-foot servant holds a squirrel, and the Yi does not dare to disobey. Therefore, we were in a hurry to obey the king's order and offer three cities. Today's doctor's words are not ordered by the king, although the three cities of Taiyuan are small, they are also made by the efforts of the city, if it is Zhao Ling, may the king give it back! ”

The county decree said: "Your envoy said that there are Zhao's festival symbols and documents, and his sections and books are safe?" ”

The pedestrian tiger sank his face and said: "The doctor is so good, my son can't eat well, he can't lie on the seat, he welcomes him with respect, dare to ask where his festival and the book are?" The friendship between the husband and the country, in faith and righteousness, faith and righteousness do not stand, and draw on the verses and documents, how can it be done by those who tear the soil and seal the territory? ”

Zheng Zhu softened his color and said, "If you don't dare to betray your faith." Among the people, there is no son. This matter is clear, dare to face the day! The son is responsible for himself, and I am afraid that I will not dare to take it! ”

The pedestrian tiger said: "Lin, Lishi and Qi, now Zhao Ling, will be empty." Since the doctor said that the city was deceived by the villain, I hope that the doctor will give the three cities as soon as possible, and the city will not dare to forget the virtue of the king! ”

Faced with the aggressiveness of the pedestrian tiger, Zheng Zhu changed the topic and said: "The first time the son came to Yiyi, it seems that there is no danger!" ”