At noon, the people who went to negotiate on behalf of Dongyang and Beiyi were the same as the people last time, and the place was the same.

Seeing that the person named Qian Jingyuan looked confident, Zhang Bin always wanted to rush up and beat him. After restraining his impulsiveness, Zhang Bin maintained a faint smile.

"How about it, the generals of Cloud City, have you discussed it?" Qian Jingyuan spoke first.

Zhang Bin remembered what Shi Guangying taught him before leaving: You must stay calm, and always be calmer than the enemy. The more relaxed the other party, the easier it will be for you, and the stronger the other party, the more you will not give an inch.

"Our general said that it is easy to say that when it comes to business, as long as both sides agree to exchange markets, they will set up documents and agree on rules, and both sides must ensure the safety of each other's merchants. ”

"What about the other one? Who do we want?"

Zhang Bin smiled and said, "Our general said that we may not be able to meet your request." This person is now a soldier of my Cloud City, and he is unwilling to leave his hometown and go to Beiyi, so you can go back and tell you the Great Khan, we can't let this person go. ”

Qian Jingyuan seemed to have expected this result a long time ago, and he was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "We are afraid that you will not be willing to do it, so we will tell me that there is no need to be strong." It's just that General Feng's corpse, I'm afraid I can't return it to you. But rest assured, we will also bury this hero, and we will also erect a monument as a witness to the friendship between Dongyang and Beiyi. ”

Hearing Qian Jingyuan's sarcastic and threatening words, Zhang Bin was already furious in his heart, and when he thought of Feng Sijing's tragic death, he couldn't wait to draw his sword and step forward to fight it out.

But he also knew that there were master guards on his side, and the three people behind Qian Jingyuan were by no means idle.

Zhang Bin restrained his anger and kept smiling: "In this way, your side is a little rude, the old saying is that death is great, and the customs of the Central Plains, fallen leaves must be returned to the roots, not to mention the soldiers of Dongyang Kingdom, even the people of Dongyang Kingdom cannot bear to bury their generals in other places, please go back, please inform the Great Khan, return General Feng's body, all the soldiers of Dongyang will be grateful." “

"The customs of the Central Plains do not apply in Beiyi, what our Great Khan means is that it will be our Beiyi's honor to hold a funeral for a hero who died on the battlefield, so our Great Khan will not agree to your request. ”

"Then you Great Khan are not afraid that this mutual market will be affected?"

Qian Jingyuan sneered and said: "In the past three hundred years, the time for Beiyi and Dongyang to really exchange markets has not exceeded fifty years. Our Great Khan also said that it doesn't matter if you don't exchange markets, but Beiyi is so big, he can't manage everything, and many of his subordinates don't obey discipline, I'm afraid that they will go to Dongyang from time to time to cause trouble, and I ask for your forgiveness when the time comes. ”

"There are a lot of times when the people of Beiyi cause trouble, but most of the time they don't take advantage of it," Zhang Bin did not flinch: "80,000 men in Yunzhong City, 800,000 soldiers in Dongyang Kingdom, have the ability to protect their own people, I hope that next time you come to the border for no reason, prepare for the aftermath first." ”

"Since Dongyang Guo is not sincere, then there is no going to continue the conversation, farewell," Qian Jingyuan turned around and left after speaking, Zhang Bin and the others did not hesitate, and got on the horse and returned to the city.

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Back in Cloud City, after Zhang Bin finished reporting the negotiations, the second prince immediately showed unhappiness on his face, and said in a slightly questioning tone: "General Zhang, why don't you negotiate according to my orders, but make your own opinions?"

Zhang Bin replied with a rhetoric that he had already thought of: "Second prince, don't worry, the reason why I say this is because I don't want the Beiyi people to feel that the negotiation is too easy, so they despise us. General Shi has already guessed that this time Beiyi is still based on peace, and the second prince also wants peace, so it is unlikely that a war will break out between the two countries. I also concluded that the Beiyi people would think twice after they went back and come back to bargain with us. ”

The second prince was still a little unhappy, not that he was dissatisfied with Zhang Bin's words, but that he didn't tell himself these words in advance, and he felt that he had been ignored.

"Between the big powers, righteousness comes first, and the mercenary between businessmen should not be involved in the negotiations, otherwise not only will the enemy not pay attention to it, but will be looked down upon," the second prince said.

"What the second prince said is," Shi Guangying was afraid that Zhang Bin would say something again, so he immediately took over, "The reason why I asked General Zhang to say this is also to test the bottom line of the Beiyi people, and now we know that they are going to exchange General Feng's corpse for Tian Zhiyu, so that we will not be too passive." The only thing we have to wait for now is to see what the Beiyi people do. ”

It is difficult to satisfy the second prince with such a statement, he obviously gave Shi Guangying clear instructions, but they made their own opinions, no matter how the negotiations went, it made him feel very shameless.

"Then General Shi will wait first, see what the Beiyi people have to behave, I and the King of Jin will go back first," said without looking at everyone, got up and left.

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Shi Guangying immediately got up to send him off, and after sending a few people out of the city gate, Shi Guangying had an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth, he beckoned everyone to go back, and then discussed how to deal with it.

The second prince was very unhappy along the way, he knew that his mother's identity was ordinary, and he couldn't compare with the prince's mother, and he was just an ordinary prince, and he was not valued by the wealthy lords. But he has his own killer feature, and that is the current saint.

Maybe it's because his mother is favored by the emperor, or maybe he has been well-behaved and sensible since he was a child, so His Majesty has spent more time by his mother's side over the years, and he has more love for him as a prince.

And from the conversation between his mother and his father, he gradually felt his father's unhappiness, which was largely due to the fact that his power was too restricted, there was a powerful prime minister in the court, there were deep-rooted gate valves in the local area, plus a huge appeal of the Qilin Pavilion, many times the emperor felt that he was redundant.

So over the years, my father has been quietly trying to weaken the power of the gate valve, and Lu Lan, who is the daughter of the Lu family, was first affected.

In recent years, my father has hardly been to the queen's bedroom, and he is also a little distant from the prince. Several times in the princes' schoolwork, the father showed impatience with the crown prince, coupled with the father's consistent love for him, the second prince, who had no idea, became more and more intense in his heart.

Although the crown prince was officially canonized at the age of seventeen at the strong recommendation of his ministers, not long after the canonization, his father sent him to Tongtian City, another important military town in Dongyang, in the name of asking him to learn military knowledge from the border generals, but in fact his father deliberately kept him away from the center, especially from the prince's supporters in the court.

After two years in Tongtian City, the prince's performance was decent, and his father had nothing to say, not long after he returned to the capital, the prince received an invitation from the master of the Qilin Pavilion to let him live in the Qilin Pavilion for a while.

So in the past few years, the prince has only been in the capital for a handful of years, and some of those who were originally staunch supporters of the prince have been shaken.

The second prince took advantage of the fact that the crown prince was not in the capital to constantly enhance his strength.

On the surface, he is a well-behaved and obedient prince who has no desires, and even pleaded with his father many times, hoping that his father would be closer to the queen and recall the prince as soon as possible.

This correspondence is not a blatant friendship, but today to help a minister's relatives arrange a good position, tomorrow to help a minister's relatives seal a decree, and gradually more people in the court say good things about the second prince.

And the second prince also clearly felt that his father was different from other princes, and his words were full of certain expectations.

This can't help but make the second prince, who was already ready to move in his heart, even more restless.

According to Dongyang's historical past, if you want to inherit the unification of the crown prince or the eldest son, it is very important to get the support of the military.

Because the crown prince has the experience of border passes, and the privy envoy is also recommended by the four major families, the second prince can only start from the local military.

This trip to Taiyuan was supposed to have a good relationship with Shi Guangying and Zhu Xiaoping, but after a few days of contact, the second prince found that these two obviously didn't look down on him, so he was also a little annoyed, so he thought about establishing his prestige through negotiations with Beiyi.

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When he returned to the Jin Palace, the second prince asked the King of Jin: "Uncle, what do you think the Beiyi people will do?"

King Jin shook his head and said, "It's hard for me to say now, this Zhang Bin provoked the Beiyi people for no reason, and the Beiyi people have always been unpredictable, I don't know if they will be annoyed and angry and choose to go to war." ”

The second prince sighed and asked Lin Zhaoyang again: "Mr. Lin, you have been following Zhang Bin, have you ever seen what the Beiyi people think?"

"In my opinion, Zhang Bin's choice today is not excessive, if you let those big soldiers compromise with the Beiyi people without fighting, it will make them hold grudges, but it is not a good thing," Lin Zhaoyang said: "And I don't think the Beiyi people should choose to go to war, and it is not a good thing to attack us with the strength of the whole country, whether they win or lose." ”

"Oh, how so?" asked the second prince curiously.

"The Beiyi people have been in turmoil in the past few years, and now they have finally stabilized, if they fight to the death with us at this time, not to mention the victory or defeat, he will have to bear a huge price. Casualties, huge consumption of materials, and the use of weapons, Beiyi is already short of materials, such a large amount of manpower and material resources consumption, it is easy to cause a huge deficit in his country, and Dongyi has been recuperating for many years, and there is no major war, which can be described as a strong army. If Beiyi is void at this time, Dongyi will definitely not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so I don't think the Beiyi people will be stupid enough to start a war with us. ”

When the second prince and the king of Jin heard Lin Zhaoyang's analysis, they instantly felt that it was very reasonable, and the second prince asked again: "What will the Beiyi people do?

Lin Zhaoyang nodded and said, "It's very possible." But when they come back, we have the initiative. ”

At this time, King Jin was a little puzzled and asked, "Then to Tian Zhiyu, we still can't poison it?"

Hearing King Jin ask like this, the second prince felt in his heart that Tian Zhiyu would play the team of the King of Jin by himself, and such a talent would inevitably cause a sensation when he arrived in the capital.

But judging from the current situation, this Tian Zhiyu belongs to Shi Guangying's camp, so it is unlikely that he will submit to himself, and it will probably be a scourge to keep it.

And what Lin Zhaoyang remembered in his mind was that this young man was talented in martial arts, and if time passed, he was likely to be a strong opponent, so it was better to get rid of it as soon as possible.

So both of them nodded, and the second prince said: "No matter what, we still have to prepare for Tian Zhiyu to go to Beiyi, the poison still has to be given, if he doesn't succeed in the end, he can let the poison master detoxify him, if he goes, it will be the destiny of heaven." ”

King Jin originally wanted to say that the poison developed by Yang Jiuling might not be able to be solved by himself, but thinking that he also had more grievances than regrets about Tian Zhiyu, and Tian Zhiyu's death was also more beneficial than disadvantageous to himself, he didn't say it, but changed his words: "Then I will officially give Shi Guangying an invitation to the next banquet, and ask him to bring Tian Zhiyu to my mansion for a banquet tomorrow night." ”

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Receiving the invitation of King Jin, Shi Guangying said to Zhu Xiaoping: "Yesterday, the second prince said that he would take advantage of the opportunity of the banquet to confess to Zhiyu, I think I still need to reveal it to Zhiyu first, so that I can have a response." ”

Zhu Xiaoping nodded and said, "Since this is already the case, it's better to talk about it." ”

Shi Guangying sighed and said, "Although we have completely offended the second prince by taking the Beiyi army today, I am afraid that it will not be too easy in the next few years." ”

"Yes, but it's also a matter of time, in order to avoid civil strife in the royal family, although we are far away from the border, we also need to do our part. “

Shi Guangying found Tian Zhiyu and told him the decision of the second prince, Tian Zhiyu still kept a smile on his face, but he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart. In the original world, he was selected as a guinea pig and was sent to this world for adventure, fortunately the wormhole did not collapse, and this world was not bad, but I didn't expect that more than two months later, I would be an insignificant chess piece again, and I was sent back and forth.

However, he did not show his displeasure, and comforted Shi Guangying in turn: "Since it is the decision of the second prince and it is related to the interests of the country, it is natural for Zhiyu to shirk." ”

In fact, Tian Zhiyu's real thoughts are that since he has come to this world, going anywhere is an experience and adventure, and going to Beiyi is not necessarily more dangerous than Dongyang, and maybe he can also witness the growth of a grassland hero.

And Shi Guangying looked at Tian Zhiyu with a look of pampering and humiliation, in addition to being pleased, he also admired it for the first time in his heart.