Duan Zigan never expected that the King of Qin not only rejected the suggestion to return Yuan and Yi, but also labeled the King of Wei as "immoral", and cited the example of the expulsion of the royal envoy as evidence. The joke is dry and stammering, and it is difficult to answer. The marquis didn't wait for him to react, and sang praise: "For the feast." “

The music turned again, and it became Yale again, and the female musicians sang "Jiayu in the South": "There is Jiayu in the south, and it is covered with a cover." The gentleman has wine, and the guest swallow is happy. There are Jiayu in the south, and Shanshan is blazing. The gentleman has wine, and the guest swallows the wine. There is a tree in the south, and the sweet gourd is tired. The gentleman has wine, and the guest is Yan Suizhi. The fluttering person is a bird, and he thinks about it. The gentleman has wine, and the guest thinks about it. “

The marquis said: "The envoy asks questions, sings and dances and feasts, but continues the friendship of the alliance and relieves the troubled things!" Duan Zigan had to return to his own banquet and drink with his lordship, and he would never have a chance to say anything about returning the second city, let alone talk about the prince. - Even if you say it, it will not lead to results, it will only worsen the atmosphere.

When the banquet came out, Duan Zigan felt deeply frustrated, and he couldn't let go of it for a long time while sitting in the post house! The entourage knew that Duan Zigan's mission had failed, and they wanted to comfort him but had no way to comfort him, so they all tacitly avoided him and left him alone.

According to the arrangement, the next day, Duan Zigan visited Jingyangjun and Gao Lingjun again. Duan Zigan knew that the mission had failed, but he still routinely put forward his demands and threats, and the two of them refuted and counter-threatened them as routinely. To put it bluntly, everyone put it aside, still talking about pleasant topics, saying that although there are some disputes, we still stick to the righteousness of the alliance!

The last day was to visit An Guojun.

Unlike the people I saw before who were the prince's parents or even grandparents, An Guojun was the prince's younger brother. This may be the last chance to be seized.

An Guojun has just been crowned king, and his mansion is located in the suburbs. Although he still kept a residence in Xianyang City, and usually lived there to facilitate the handling of court affairs, he had to receive foreign guests in his own mansion.

When he was still a prince before he was crowned, An Guojun showed excellent ability to create people, but he was only in his thirties, and he already had twelve sons and nine daughters under his knees; After living in seclusion in Handan for a while, it was considered an interval, and less than a year after returning, several more concubines became pregnant. Unlike King Qin's children, many of whom died young, and not many survived, although An Guojun's children also died young, but among the more than 20 people, except for the three younger ones, all of them had pox.

When the Wei envoy's car drove for about an hour and arrived at An Guojun's mansion, there were already many people lined up in front of the mansion to greet him.

Duan Zigan stopped the car a hundred steps away as usual, got out of the car and walked over, with Bin Xiang and his entourage following behind. On the opposite side, five half-stumped children greeted them, followed by several apparent retainers.

The two groups of people walked ten paces away and stopped. Wei Guobin took two steps forward and saluted: "Wei envoy Duan Zigan, I would like to follow the king's order to meet An Guojun!" ”

A retainer behind the child also took two steps forward and saluted: "An Guojun respectfully sends all the sons to welcome the Wei envoy!" ”

The top of the group of children saluted and said, "Father is careful to drink, for Wei Wangshou, for Wei Shou!" ”

Duan Zigan saw that this son was not the oldest of the five, and he thought that he was the son-in-law born to his wife, but he was not sure and did not dare to call the prince, so he had to say vaguely: "The ministers are obscene, and they dare to work hard to welcome the princes!" ”

There was not much to say there, only to say deeply: "Honorable envoy, please enter the cold house!" ”

The five sons and their accompanying retainers all stepped aside and said deeply: "Welcome the envoy!" ”

The two guest ministers led the way at the front, Duan Zigan and the sister-in-law took the lead, and the others followed, and came to the gate of the mansion.

The door of the house is wide open. In the middle of the day, although the winter sun is not very violent, it is also warm and warm; When Duan Zigan and his party climbed the steps and came to the front of the mansion, the female musicians who had already been arranged in the courtyard began to sing in the sound of the order: "The leaves are pale, and the white dew is frost." The so-called Iraqi people are on the water side. Tracing back to it, the road is obstructive and long. Tracing from it, it is like being in the middle of the water. ……”

Duan Zigan was surprised to see that An Guojun did not use Yale, but used such a song Qin Feng to greet him; But when I think about it, there is an endless aftertaste, and it seems that there are many words that are not spoken.

An Guojun greeted each other in front of the steps, and in the singing and praising of the guests on both sides, the two completed the ceremony. The entourage and the princes all stayed at the bottom of the stairs, and only An Guojun and Duan Zigan entered the room.

After the two sat down, the joke said: "The minister He An Guojun has to be crowned the prince!" ”

An Guojun said: "It is really difficult to be crowned a king with a small merit!" ”

The joke said: "The ministers should congratulate the prince and the marquis again for the rank of knight!" ”

An Guojun said: "I was stupid, but the feudal monarch is already in an accident, how dare I go to Jin!" ”

The joke said: "The minister hears that the prince is only the prince and the king's ear, if the prince is lost, the king will be the king!" ”

An Guojun reprimanded: "Ignorance and nonsense! For the minister, the son and the brother, I should wish my father and brother a birthday, and dare to hope that my father and brother will die early! ”

The joke said: "Don't dare to hope! The king reigned forty years old, and he was sixty years old. The crown prince is hostage to Wei. Now Qin seized Wei City, and An can keep the prince safe. If the prince loses ......"

An Guojun interrupted: "If the prince is lost, although the minister is weak, he is willing to be a pawn in the army to be a Wei blade!" ”

Duan Zi said: "Strong, prince! However, Gong was not satisfied. Who? The king of Qin has a young son, and the only strong man is the prince and the prince. The prince has lost, and he must not lose the prince again. ”

An Guojun said: "You have repeatedly liked the prince, what is your intention? ”

Duan Zi said: "Non-ministers dare to belong to the prince." Qin's seizure of Wei City, and Wei Chen's turbulence, will not be conducive to the crown prince. The king then ordered his ministers to enter Xianyang as soon as possible, in order to repay the king of Qin and his ministers, and to plan quickly. King Nai Qin and his ministers all regard the prince as nothing, and although the queen mother is important, she has no choice. The minister thought that if Qin Dan returned to Wei Yuan and Yi Ercheng, the prince would be like Mount Tai; If he does not return, although the king wants to protect the prince, he will not be among the ministers! ”

An Guojun seemed to be a little moved, was silent for a moment, and asked, "Where is the wall and Yi, and how can Qin take it?" ”

The paragraph avoids the important and trivial, and introduces in detail the location and status of the wall and the road, which are important cities at both ends of the road, and are the gateway to the road.

An Guojun asked, "What is the way?" ”

Duan Zigan said: "Those who are on the road to the Tao are also the way to Nanyang." The southeast of Jin is also mountainous, but it depends on the road to pass. Yicheng Road, Jin Tong Nanyang, and then cross the river and enter Luoyang. ”

An Guojun replied: "Who will take the wall and the Yi?" ”

Duan Zigan replied inadvertently: "Wen Qin Hedong guards Zhang Qing." ”

An Guojun asked again: "I haven't heard that Zhang Qing used soldiers, why did he take it?" ”

The joke said: "It is also clever to be treacherous." ”

An Guojun said: "I want to hear about it." ”

This paragraph has become vigilant, but these details are not clear to him, but as a member of the decision-making level of the Qin State, it is impossible for An Guojun not to know, and he has to explain it to him himself. Duan Zigan replied: "This minister wants to be taught by the prince." ”

An Guojun said: "What do you mean? ”

Duan Zigan said: "If Hedong wins Wei City, he will repay his merits in order to seek his lordship." Do you want to know about it? ”

An Guojun listened to it, and finally smiled: "What is the book of Hedong's meritorious service?" Accumulate to hundreds, how to look at it. The proviso is only 'may'. ”

The joke couldn't cry or laugh, and he couldn't guess whether An Guojun was really stupid or pretending to be stupid, how could this kind of thing be said casually? I had to smile awkwardly and not say a word.

An Guojun said: "Duan Qiyan, why did Hedong take the city? ”

Duan Zigan was about to cry, so he had to reply: "It's insidious and cunning, beyond the reach of words." The prince can read his own papers. ”

An Guojun said: "I heard that the king said, Hedong won the city without a fight, and its merit is particularly high, yes, yes?" ”

The joke said: "Obtaining it by fraud is not a war achievement." ”

An Guojun said: "If you win a war, you can win if you don't fight?" ”

Duan Zi said: "The dignified array, the whole flag, although it is won without a fight, it will be said to be victorious." If the rooster cries and the dog steals, he is cunning and cunning, although he takes it, he does not do it. ”

An Guojun said: "No, no." The king rewarded his pawns and his officials, no less than 10,000 people, and they all received a knight! ”

Duan Zi said: "The king is covered by Zhang Zi." ”

An Guojun said: "It's not a son. The king, the great wise man, who in the world can hide it. The Marquis and Huayang are all discussing their merits, and they are not Zhang Zi's cover. ”

Duan Zi said: "The ministers and princes still don't know the way to take the wall and the way, it is Zhang Zi who must not say it, but he can get the city, and he does not say how to get it, it is to cover it." ”

An Guojun thought for a while and said, "Or as the joke says." ”

Duan Zigan said: "Yu Zi is busy, and the monarch of Du'an can remember brotherhood." If An Guojun can return to the two cities in Wei, then the prince will be in Wei, and An Ruo Taishan. ”

An Guojun said: "Yesterday, the joke saw the king, why not report it?" ”

Duan Zi said: "Yesterday, the marquis met with each other, but with music and dance as a matter, the minister didn't make sense!" ”

An Guojun said: "The joke was not promoted yesterday, and it is difficult for me to say it today." Who? Returning its city to Wei, it is the two cities lost by Qin. If the city is lost, Qin Lu should die. If you don't have any profits, if you say it to the king, you will die! ”

Duan Zi said: "If you can save the prince, don't you have much benefit?" ”

An Guojun said: "The prince is not only for Wei Ye, but not for one day. Seek two cities today, three cities tomorrow, why be tired? ”

The joke said: "It's not as the prince said." The prince was in Liang Fei for a day, and the monarchs and ministers of Wei were all close to him, and they all responded to their needs, and there were no shortcomings. If it weren't for Hedong to seize the city of Yiyi, how would the king of Yiyi have to return? Hedong is in front of the city, and Wei Qiu is behind, why is there no tiredness? ”

An Guojun thought about it very seriously, and then said: "If Wei wants to get two cities, he can gather a large army under the city and besiege it." Zhang Zi's soldiers have little food, and if there is no foreign aid, they will not be able to support it. Wouldn't it be both! ”

Duan Zigan hurriedly cleared up: "Non-yes, non-yes." If the sword is used, the friendship of the alliance will be abolished, not the blessing of the two countries, and the blessing of the world! ”

An Guojun said: "If you don't use the sword soldiers, it won't hinder the righteousness of the alliance?" ”

The joke said: "Yes! ”

An Guojun said: "Then Hedong will seize the second city of Wei, and he will not betray the way of the alliance." The joke ended in a dry mood, and I didn't know how to continue the topic for a while.

An Guojun said: "If you want Qin to return to the two cities, Wei should be reinstated to Qin Ye." The prince is hostage to Liang Ye, and no one in the prince of Wei has entered Xianyang, which is unprofitable. ”