Prince Qin is older than Xinlingjun, and with very strict tempering, he is much more vicissitudes than Xinlingjun, and he seems to be the same age as Wei Qi, Jin Contempt and other old ministers. When the second drum sounded, the ministers were led by Xinling Jun and the crown prince, and went to the palace vestibule. Longyang Jun stood on the steps in front of the palace, and King Wei may be seated in the palace.

After the routine salute, Long Yangjun announced the beginning of the proceedings. Wei Qi first reported the visit of the Qin envoys, and then several ministers reported on other matters. Long Yangjun wrote them down one by one, went into the palace to report, and came out and said: "I will report the decision between Xinling Jun and the ministers!" "There is nothing else, and the court meeting is over, less than half an hour in total.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Xinling Jun announced the reception of the Qin envoys, which was in charge of Duan Zigan and Dr. Xu Jia, and presided over by the Prince of Qin! Prince Qin said very much: "The ministers are good! May I serve the prince! ”

Xinling Jun said: "The ministers led the army to the imperial Qin, and it was inconvenient to see it!" May the prince take his place! Then he ignored Prince Qin's retention and left directly. Wei Qi and Jin Qi also left.

The prince said: "The minister is Qin's quality, and he has to be the host to treat Qin's envoy!" “

Duan Zigan and Xu Jia said: "The prince is hostage to Wei, and he is the king of Wei." The king's trust is in line with the righteousness of the host. May not quit! The prince thinks about it, the king of Wei and the king of Xinling are difficult to sit in the east, and the king's guests are only the prince, Ning Chen and others are in the east? ”

Now the prince is in a dilemma. The king of Wei would definitely not come out to receive him in person, and Xinlingjun did not want to face the Qin envoy because he had fought with Qin; As a guest of King Wei, he is almost the only person who is qualified to attend on behalf of King Wei. If you don't show up, then the level of reception is lowered; If you come forward yourself...... The Prince of Qin received the Qin envoy on behalf of the Wei State, and he didn't think it was weird.

However, the prince couldn't think about it, and all the seats had been arranged here, in a side hall next to it, and the Qin envoy was already waiting outside the Daliang Gate.

The honorable and the lord are all ready, the band dancers are also in place, Duan Zigan and Xu Jia invited the prince to sit down, gave a few instructions, and Xu Jia went straight out of the beam door to greet him. The Qin envoys who had been waiting in front of the door greeted Su Jia and entered in turn under the concession and came to the side hall. The music sounded, and the dancers who stood in line danced in front of the courtroom. Duan Zigan stood in front of the steps and sang loudly: "Prince Qin welcomes the Qin envoy!" ”

This singing stunned the Qin envoy, and Bin Xiang immediately came out to object: "Why do you welcome the Qin envoy with the prince of Qin?" ”

Duan Zigan said: "Prince Qin, Wang Keye, Su is close to Qin, and they are the host." ”

The matter was rushed and everyone did not have time to discuss, but it seemed that the etiquette could not be interrupted because of this. Duan Zigan continued to sing: "Bong Bin to the table! "Take a deep look. A group of Qin envoys entered the hall, and when they looked up, it was indeed the Prince of Qin sitting in the master's position. The guest of honor was more clever, and took the initiative to salute upwards and said: "The courtiers are in the middle of the courtesy, and I would like to serve the prince!" ”

The crown prince replied in the seat: "Yu Wei has to see Zhonglang, dare to serve Wang An!" ”

Duan Zi said: "The prince is now under the king's order, and he dares to invite Qin Bin to the throne." ”

According to etiquette, the seat of the guest of honor is next to the host, as a sign of equality. But in the face of Prince Qin, the Qin envoy did not dare to sit on the guest of honor. The prince sat up and said, "Please take the table!" ”

The Qin envoy realized that this might be a conspiracy of the Wei State to let the crown prince act as the master, and if the Qin envoy treated him with the courtesy of the crown prince, it could be understood that the status of the Qin State would be lowered below the Wei State, which was obviously unacceptable. With the encouragement of the crown prince, after the Qin envoy returned the salute, he sat down on the guest of honor, and the other envoys sat down in turn.

According to the usual practice, the chief minister Duan Zigan came forward to give a speech, praising the friendly relations between Wei and Qin in gorgeous language.

The guests of the Qin State also gave a gorgeous speech to express their friendly feelings for the Wei State. Then the conversation changed and said: "The minister recently heard that the Wei army was out of Anyi. Anyi has been blessed by the great power for more than ten years, and the people of our country rely on it. Suddenly the army is coming, dare to ask the reason! ”

Su Jia avoided talking about it, and asked rhetorically: "The minister heard that the army entered Anyang and stationed in several provinces, why not?" ”

Bin Xiang replied: "Qin and Wei attacked Zhao together, Qin attacked Zhao to Handan, retreated in a few days, and went to Anyang and went to Nanyang, which was blocked by Wei and entered Yus. May Wei Nian the feelings of the alliance, open the way of Anyang, and make Qin return. ”

Xu Jia said: "Qin and Wei fought together against Zhao, Qin went out of Handan, and Wei lived in Taixing." Qin into a few, want to get out of Anyang; Wei entered the Tang Dynasty and covered the road to Anyi. It's the same thing. Wei will not stop Qin, Qin will not stop Wei! ”

The prince suddenly said in a loud voice: "Gai Wen Tang, Han Yi also; Few, the old Weiyi, now Zhaoyi also. Yes, yes? ”

The prince suddenly asked, which caused Wei to be very embarrassed, but since the prince was invited by himself, at least respect should be there, Duan Zigan replied: "What the prince said is yes, a few Wei Yi, two years ago for Zhao to attack, Wei can't bear to fight with each other, repeatedly sent envoys to ask for return, Zhao wants to return for a long time, but it is worth it." ”

The prince nodded, and said to the joke: "I want to understand!" ”

Qin Bin said: "What the doctor said is true. Wei does not end Qin, Qin does not stop Wei. May Wei pass the road of Nanyang, and Qin should prepare for the east road to Anyi. ”

The three people of the Wei State, including the Prince of Qin, did not expect the Qin envoy to speak so well. The two saluted together: "The benefits of a big country, the blessing of a small country!" ”

The first round of negotiations went very well. Duan Zigan and Xu Jia, in the name of the crown prince, invited the Qin envoy to a banquet. Everyone's happy.

After the banquet, the prince and the Qin envoy went to the south of the city together. The prince asked, "Why is it in a hurry, and Yun Weizhi invites you?" ”

Qin envoy said: "The matter is urgent, and the Qin army must be dispatched urgently, and it will be difficult to protect it!" ”

Hearing what the Qin envoy said, Prince Qin was also a little anxious, and asked, "It's time now, what can I do about it?" ”

The Qin envoy said: "Invite the Wei envoy to join a few and pull out the Qin army." ”

Prince Qin said: "What is the army of several people? ”

Qin envoy said: "The ministers are also unknown, but they know that Wei covers his way and does not pass through Nanyang, so he orders the ministers and others to do it." Now Wei Yun has passed his way, and Luoyang should be reported urgently. ”

Prince Qin said: "What is Luoyang? ”

Qin envoy said: "The prince doesn't know. In order to pull out a few Qin, Anyi, Daliang, Puyang, and Tao moved together, and Zhang Lu, the guest secretary, lived in Luoyang to mobilize it. The minister's envoy is also enshrined in Luoyang. ”

The prince was a little resentful in his heart, as the prince, not only could he not preside over such a major event, but he could not even hear about it, but let a guest who had just entered Qin preside over it, and he could only watch from the sidelines! Thinking of this, the prince said: "In this case, you should report to Luoyang quickly!" ”

So a boat carrying a messenger along the chasm went straight to Luoyang.

The next day, the prince heard in Liang Xiyi that the Qin envoy had met with Duan Zigan and Xu Jia again, this time it was a transactional meeting, there was no difference between the host and the guest, only to talk about things. In the past two days, the result of the negotiation finally came: Wei sent a son to Qin, and Wei sent an envoy to Qin Zhao to make peace. When the prince heard this, he was quite desperate: he was about to live in Wei for a long time.

The King of Qin issued an order, and the crown prince represented the King of Qin and the Wei Alliance. The messenger of the king of Qin finally introduced Hu Yang's situation to the crown prince in detail: since the Zhao army was not far from Handan, the losses of the Zhao army could be replenished at any time, while the Qin army could only fight less and less, and finally would not be immune from defeat. Chen Si brought back the geographical map of the mountains and rivers of the Qin State, which was remade by the painters sent by the Marquis, and this time the messenger brought out one. Looking at the situation of each province marked on the map, the prince can also appreciate the seriousness of the situation.

In order to mediate the dispute between Qin and Zhao as soon as possible, the king of Wei sent an envoy to several and Handan without waiting for the alliance. By the time the alliance met five days later, the Wei envoy had already reported the result of the envoy from Handan: Zhao must obtain a few towns before he could make peace. In the spirit of the alliance, Wei generously announced that he would give up a few yi and give it to Zhao. And the prince of Qin also announced that in order to repay the favor of the king of Wei, Anyi would do his best to host the righteousness.

After the alliance between Qin and Wei, the danger of the Qin army was basically lifted, and the Qin army withdrew from several provinces, passed through Nanyang, crossed the Yellow River, and returned to China through Luoyang. The Qin army withdrew on the front foot, and Lian Po rushed into several towns on the back foot, almost encountering the rearguard of the Qin army. The two armies guarded each other for a while, and there was no clash.

Although Huang Xie was not very satisfied with this result, it was also expected. Wei took advantage of the opportunity of peace talks with Qin to put the prince together, leaving an imperceptible gap between the prince and Zhang Lu, if the time is ripe, a little temptation may be the trigger to detonate the turmoil in the Qin State! Although Qin and Zhao negotiated peace on the surface, the attitude of the Zhao people was very clear, and they must not be subservient to others, so the few towns lost from Qin must be recaptured, and they cannot even be left to Wei. Hu Yang's harassment outside Handan City obviously aroused the great anger of Zhao Guo. Therefore, Huang Xie did his best to facilitate the reconciliation between the two countries, so that Hu Yang could return to Qin, and Hu Yang's anger would also burn to Zhao.

Zhang Lu and Huang Xie remained in Luoyang to deal with the aftermath: the Qin army returned to China, the Wei army entered and exited Anyi, and the Wei prince entered the hostage. According to the agreed procedure, after the Wei State had mediated the dispute between Qin and Zhao, it sent people to Tang City with the Qin envoy to get in touch with the Wei army.

A few days ago, the messenger sent by Si Mang and the guest of Xinling Jun also arrived. Si Mang reported the entire incident to Xinlingjun in detail, explaining his situation: although there were 10,000 soldiers, there were only 35,000 victors; The heavy grain and grass were exhausted, and they could only collect grain and straw in Hanyi by bluffing; The surrounding Han Yi is not friendly to him, but because of the scale of the force of 10,000 people, he does not know the truth for the time being, and he does not dare to act rashly; But if you find out the truth, you can't avoid two minds.

When Xinlingjun received this notification, the matter of forming an alliance with Qin had been basically implemented. Xinlingjun asked the messenger to return to Si Mang, and Wei Gongzi must ensure that the people of Xinlingyi are safe and sound, so there is no need to worry. Now, as soon as he got the news that the Qin army had withdrawn from Jiyi, he immediately urged to send people into Anyi to contact Qin.

The messenger sent to Anyi was the thin Liang Wei Gongzi. Liang Weifu maintained a good relationship with Xinling Jun, and he was a confidant of King Wei, so both sides could rest assured. Moreover, the Wei army that withdrew from Tang City involved a lot of military affairs, and ordinary people really couldn't do it; Only Liang Wei Gongzi led a group of retainers from Liang Wei Mansion to have such professional knowledge and ability.

Liang Wei Gongzi took a dozen retainers and Qin envoys to leave Liang, and went to Liangxiyi to bid farewell to the prince, and then came to Luoyang.