Zong Yu had been observing Gongsun Yuan's expression, and when he saw Gongsun Yuan showing such an expression, he secretly said something bad in his heart, knowing that Wu Qiu Xiu's words had aroused Gongsun Yuan's ambitions.

Zong Yu stood up and said with a smile: "Since ancient times, there have been reasons for alliances, I don't know if you pseudo-Wei are good, why do you want to form an alliance with Liaodong?" ”

Wu Qiu Xiu frowned when he heard this, Zong Yu wanted to step on him again.

"This is my Great Wei state affair, what does it have to do with you?" Wuqiu Xiu replied to Zong Yuan, and then said to Gongsun Yuan: "I don't know what Gongsun Taishou thinks about the alliance?" ”

"I still need to think about it." Gongsun Yuan glanced at Zong Yu and responded.

Although Gongsun Yuan was moved, he didn't agree immediately.

Here Zong Yu laughed and said: "Hahaha, Gongsun Taishou, you can't promise them, this Wuqiu Xiu represents not the pseudo-Wei, but Tian Yu, if you agree, it is not an alliance with Wei, but an alliance with Youzhou, and you can't do it." ”

Gongsun Yuan frowned when he heard this: "Sect envoy, how do you say this?" ”

What does it mean that once you agree to Wuqiu Xiu, you will form an alliance with Youzhou instead of an alliance with Wei?

Couldn't Qiu Xiu represent the Wei State?

Wu Qiu Xiu was also anxious, he knew what Zong Yu wanted to say, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Gongsun Taishou wants to listen to his nonsense." ”

"Huh?" Gongsun Yuan waved his hand and motioned to Wuqiu Xiu not to interfere with Zong Yu's words.

Zong saw this, and hurriedly said: "Gongsun Taishou, you must know that if you come from the Han Dynasty, you will inevitably pass through Youzhou of Wei, right?" ”

Hearing this, Gongsun Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, unless you take the sea route, you have to pass through Youzhou no matter what." ”

Zong Pre continued: "We pretended to be Hu Shang, and originally wanted to arrive in Liaodong unnoticed, but we didn't want to act secretly, which led to the leakage of news and was discovered by the Wei State. ”

Gongsun Yuan suddenly realized when he heard this, and he also wondered why the envoys of the Han Dynasty and the envoys of the Wei State came together. It turned out that the envoy of the Han Dynasty was not secretive, which led to the exposure of his identity, and Wei sent Wuqiu Xiu to chase after him.

"However......" Zong Yu changed his tone and said: "We didn't stay in Youzhou for a long time, and although our identities were exposed, we were only exposed after we left.

And a few days after we arrived in Liaodong, Wei sent Wuqiu Xiu over, now it is snowing heavily in the north, it is very difficult to hurry, Yecheng is also twenty days away from Youzhou back and forth. I arrived in Liaodong only a few days before Cao Rui got the news that he sent an envoy to Liaodong, didn't Gongsun Taishou feel strange? ”

Gongsun Yuan said with a calm face: "Are you saying that Cao Rui doesn't know, Wuqiu Xiu was not sent by Cao Rui, but by Tian Yu?" ”

Zong Yu smiled and said: "Whether Qiu Xiu can represent the Wei State or not, I believe that Gongsun Taishou has already calculated in his heart." ”

Gongsun Yuan looked at Wuqiu Xiu and said coldly: "Wuqiu Xiu, what do you say about this?" ”

If Qiu Xiu was really the envoy sent by Cao Rui, Gongsun Yuan would naturally treat him politely, but if he was the envoy sent by Youzhou, he would not need to be polite at all.

Wu Qiuxiu hurriedly said: "Gongsun Taishou Xiu wants to listen to his words, and it is indeed appointed by His Majesty. As for what they say about the disclosure of their identities, we don't know at all.

If their identities were really exposed, how could our Great Wei let them come to Liaodong alive? The reason why he came to Liaodong with the Shu envoy was just a coincidence. ”

Gongsun Yuan is a person who has no opinions, and after listening to Wu Qiuxiu's words, he believed it a little.

Zong Yu sneered: "It's ridiculous, how can there be such a coincidental thing in the world? We came to see Gongsun Taishou on the front foot, and you arrived on the back foot? You said that you were a messenger sent by Cao Rui, but you have a seal to prove your identity? ”

"This ......" Wu Qiu Xiu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he was sent by Tian Yu, how could there be a seal letter sent by the imperial court?

When Gongsun Yuan heard this, he also asked Wu Qiuxiu, "Is there a seal?" ”

Wu Qiu Xiu was embarrassed when he heard this: "This, it is true that the seal letter was lost after arriving in Liaodong." I understood that it must have been the Shu envoy who stole my seal letter, and he knew that I couldn't get the seal letter, so he slandered my identity, please keep the Ming Jian too much. ”

Wu Qiu Xiu is also a shrewd person, not only did he not admit that he did not have a seal, but he also soiled Zong Pre's hand.

Zong Yu sneered: "The identity seal has always been carried with you, but I would like to know how we stole the seal letter from you without knowing it.

What's more, you said that you wanted to form an alliance with Gongsun Taishou, but if you didn't have a seal, how could you sign the alliance? ”

Wu Qiuxiu hurriedly said to Gongsun Yuan: "Gongsun Taishou, although I lost the seal letter, I have already sent someone back to Great Wei to inform Your Majesty."

At that time, the seal letter will arrive, not only can it prove the identity of my Great Wei envoy, but it will not be too late to sign the alliance at that time. Taishou might as well wait a few days. ”

Wu Qiu Xiu knew that Tian Yu had already informed Cao Rui of the matter, and if nothing went wrong, Cao Rui would definitely send someone to deliver the Yin letter.

Gongsun Yuan originally didn't believe in Wuqiu Xiu, he thought that Wuqiu Xiu was not sent by Cao Rui, but by Tian Yu, but after hearing this, he believed it again, and muttered: "Let's not mention the alliance for the time being, now we have to prove your identity first." You said that you had already sent someone back to Wei to get the letter, and in that case, I would wait for a while.

If you can't get the seal letter at that time, you can blame me for being polite. ”

Wu Qiu Xiu arched his hand and said: "At most two months, the seal letter will be delivered." ”

After talking about Wuqiu Xiu's side, Gongsun Yuan turned his attention to Zong Pre and asked, "But I don't know why the Sect envoy came to Liaodong this time?" ”

Zong Yuyan looked at Gongsun Yuan and asked, "I don't know what Gongsun Taishou thinks of the form of the world?" ”

"This ......" Gongsun Yuan muttered when he heard this: "Now that the Wei State has retreated to the north of the Yellow River, the situation in the world has once again fallen into a stalemate, in my opinion, I am afraid that if nothing major happens, this situation will have to be maintained for tens or hundreds of years." ”

Gongsun Yuan is not nonsense, this is indeed his view of the current situation.

"Gongsun is too stubborn." Zong Yu shook his head and said: "Although the Wei State has now retreated to Hebei, the defense line is not stable, and my Han soldiers and horses are three times that of Wei, just waiting for the newly acquired land south of the Yellow River to resume production, within three years, the Wei State will be destroyed." ”

"Huh!" Wu Qiu Xiu sneered when he heard this: "It's really nonsense, destroy my Wei State within three years?" But I don't know what you are doing in Liaodong? Isn't it to win over Gongsun Taishou to deal with my Wei State? ”

Zong Pre muttered: "When I came to Liaodong here, I was ordered by the Son of Heaven to read the holy decree and appoint Gongsun Taishou as the assassin of Youzhou. ”

As he spoke, he took out the holy decree he had brought with him.