The next morning, when Kenmaihime woke up, she found that she was sleeping on the bed of the plateau, and the plateau was gone. Jian Wuji was also slightly stunned, it seemed that she slept soundly last night, and she didn't even know when she was carried to the bed by Gao Yuan.

Somehow, Sword Dance Ji had a strange feeling in her heart, like this, living in the same room with a male child, but nothing happened, and she had never had a situation. After being stunned for a while, Sword Dance Ji got up and dressed, and walked out of the room.

I saw two soldiers standing at the door, and when they saw Jian Maihime coming out, they immediately saluted Jian Maihime and said, "Madam." ”

Jian Wuji was stunned for a moment, and then said, "What about my lord?" ”

The soldier said, "My lord went to the banquet early in the morning at the invitation of the envoys of the Wei State. The lord has instructed, Madame just arrived yesterday, I am afraid that there is a shortage of daily items, Madame has any items needed, please make a list, we will buy for Madame, but please Madame do not leave the pavilion, and the adult will find two maids for Madame to come back in a while. ”

Sword Dancing Ji nodded and said, "Okay, I really need something, so I'll go make a list right away." With that, he turned back to his room.

The location where Wei Zeng, the envoy of the Wei State, invited envoys from other countries to the banquet was located in Shanggemenli on Zhuang Street.

This is the most luxurious female Lu in Qi country, and of course, it is also the most luxurious drinking banquet in Qi country. In fact, most of the guests who come to Shanggemen are not all for fun, but have important things to talk about, so there are exquisite cottages in Shanggemen, which are very private and soundproof, and each small room is divided into two rooms before and after, separated by a screen, the front is the place where the guests negotiate, and behind the screen is the joy of the guests and beauties, because Wei Zheng is a room booked in Shanggemen in the name of the envoys of Wei, so it is also the best room in Shanggemen. In fact, it is said to be a small house, and the actual area is fifty or sixty square meters, not to mention that there are only four or five people sitting, even a big banquet is enough.

And a qiē in the small house, all are extremely luxurious in the world, the screen is painted with the scene of Qi Huan Gong's amusement, along the picture to the surroundings, embedded with jade, seashells, tortoise shells, corals, pearls and other treasures, the reed mat under the screen is spread with precious colored brocade, the pattern is gorgeous, the furniture in the house is made of fine sandalwood, and there are all kinds of bronze casting utensils and jade. The crowd sat in front of a plan carved from a single piece of jade, and placed a tableware made of gold, filled with all kinds of delicacies and wines.

Although this time it was the envoys of the four countries, there were a total of five people present, Wei envoy Wei Zeng, Yan envoy Jing Ke, acting envoy Gao Yuan, only two envoys of Chu State, Zheng envoy Jingtai and deputy envoy Shangdafu Xiang Dong.

Generally speaking, the visits between countries are mainly based on the main envoys, and the deputy envoys can be set up or not, and even if they are set up, it does not matter. But since the envoy of the State of Chu arrived in the State of Qi, the envoy Jingtai only met with the King of Qi, and then he lingered in the female Lu all day long, and the correspondence with officials of other countries and Qi States was handed over to the deputy envoy Xiang Dong to pay the responsibility. Therefore, this time Wei Zheng invited the envoys of the other three countries, and even Xiang Dong was invited.

However, Xiang Dong is also from the family of the Chu State. Originally, there were three major clans in the Chu State in the past, namely the three clans of Li Zhao, Jing and Qu, and there has always been a saying that there are four Zhao, three Jing and two halves, which means that among the ten officials of the Chu State, there are four surnamed Zhao, three surnamed Jing, and two and a half surnamed Qu, and only the remaining half are other famous families.

However, in the twenty-first year of King Xiang of Chu (278 BC), the Qin general Bai Qi broke through the capital of Chu Yingjing, (now Jinan City in the north of Jingzhou, Hubei Province), and set up Nanjun, and Chu was forced to go to Chen (now Huaiyang, Henan), and in the twenty-second year of King Chu Kaolie (241 BC), Chu moved its capital eastward to Shouchun (now west of Shou County, Anhui) in order to avoid the edge of the Qin army.

With the eastward shift of the center of the Chu State, the Zhao, Jing, and Qu clans have also lost a large number of fiefdoms and populations, and their strength is constantly weakened, and some of the original local powers, such as the Xiang clan, the Huang clan, and the Li clan have also taken advantage of the situation to rise, and the Xiang clan is one of the fastest rising clans, and now the Xiang clan's power in the Chu State can be on a par with the Zhao, Jing, and Qu clans, and even override the three clans. Xiang Dong's father, Xiang Yan, is now the Great Sima of Chu and holds the military power of Chu State. Therefore, Xiang Dong's identity is not much worse than Jingtai. And this time, the envoys of the Chu State are composed of new and noble partners, which is also quite intriguing.

After everyone sat down, they chatted with each other, and Gao Yuan carefully observed a few people, Wei Zeng's age was about forty years old, although he was full of smiles, but between his eyebrows, there was a faint trace of unsolvable sorrow. Obviously, he was worried about the situation of Wei, after all, after the destruction of Zhao Hanyun, it was difficult for Wei to survive, so this time to envoy Qi can be said to be the last chance for Wei to Wei.

Jing Tai, the envoy of the State of Chu, was about sixty years old, his body was quite fat, and his eyes were swollen, but his eyes were foggy, and his face was slightly gray and blue, and he knew at a glance that he was overly drunk. And Xiang Dong is in his prime, only thirty-six or seventeen years old, extremely tall, almost about 1.9 meters, with a short beard under his chin, although he is dressed as a scribe, he is still full of might, obviously from a martial arts background, and is a fierce general on the battlefield. Compared with later, although he raised his age by six or seven years after putting on makeup, he was still the youngest of the crowd.

At this time, Wei Zeng raised a golden goblet filled with fine wine and said, "Everyone, this is the best wine in Qi country, please drink this cup to the full." ”

The other four also raised their glasses and drank all the wine in the goblet. And Gao Yuan also smiled bitterly, this is the third day that he came to the Qi country, but the wine banquet is one after another, although the degree of wine in this era is not high, but it is not good to always go on like this.

After drinking a cup of wine, Wei Zhen said: "The current situation does not need to be said, you all know that the Qin State relies on the strength of the army, and has destroyed Zhao and Han, Chu, Qi, Wei, Yan, and Dai countries, everyone is in danger, so if all countries can no longer work together to resist Qin, within five years, all countries may be destroyed by Qin. ”

After finishing speaking, Wei Zeng's eyes also looked at the other four people, seeing that Gao Yuan and Jing Ke both nodded slightly, but Jing Tai closed his eyes slightly, as if he was asleep, as if he hadn't heard what Wei Zeng said just now. Only Xiang Dong nodded and said: "What An Chengjun said is extremely true, now that the Qin State is in power, it is difficult for our five countries to protect themselves alone, and only by working together and gathering the strength of all countries can we resist the Qin State." ”

Although Xiang Dong spoke, Wei Zeng was also a little disappointed in his heart, because this time he sent an envoy to the Qi State, and the greatest hope of the Wei State was to pull the two great powers of Qi and Chu to fight against the Qin State. Therefore, after Wei Zeng arrived in the Qi State, he also focused on the two countries of Qi and Chu. And Yan and Dai were too weak and far away from Wei, even if they pulled these two countries back, it would be difficult to help Wei resist Qin.

But after arriving in the state of Qi, Wei Zeng soon found that the whole state of Qi was full of feelings of reluctance to be enemies of the Qin state and avoid war, and except for a few people who did not have real power, most people were not interested in the construction of the state of Wei at all. And the attitude of Chu State was not much better, Wei Zeng made an appointment with the envoys of Chu State twice, Jingtai ignored them, and only sent the deputy envoy Xiang Dong to deal with it. Now it's hard to ask Jingtai out, but it's such a careless attitude, of course, it's too far from Wei Zeng's expected goal.

Therefore, Wei Zeng's eyes looked at Jing Qing again and said, "What is Yan Guo's attitude?" ”

At this time, Jing Ke said: "Our Yan country is small and weak, and if we resist Qin alone, we will definitely not be defeated, so if all countries can join forces to resist Qin, our Yan country will naturally obey it, but how to join forces, which country will take the lead in doing this, we still have to listen to the opinions of all countries." ”

Gao Yuan also said: "The situation of our Daijun, everyone is also clear, Daijun naturally supports it, but since it is to be combined, someone must take the lead, who will take the lead?" We will be honored by the county. ”

The attitudes of Yan Guo and Dai Jun are very clear, they support Hezhong, but someone needs to take the lead, Yan Guo and Dai Jun will not come to lead this head, of course, everyone knows that Yan Guo and Dai Jun will not come to lead this head.

However, the attitude of Yan Guo and Dai Jun was also a comfort to Wei Zeng, so he turned to Jingtai and said, "What does the Taishi think?" "In the past, when the alliance against Qin was carried out, Chu was the commander, so Wei Zeng's meaning was also very obvious, and he still wanted Chu to take the lead.

Jingtai opened his eyes and said, "The combination is still a big deal, and it has to be considered in the long run, so you can't make a rash decision." ”

Xiang Dong frowned and said, "Taishi, now that Qin is powerful, the only way out is to fight against Qin, what else is there to discuss." ”

Jingtai glanced at Xiang Dong and said, "Doctor Xiang, you are still too young, can you not discuss such a thing in detail?" In the past few decades, my Chu State has been serving as the chief of the joint column, what benefits have I gained? That time to resist Qin, it was the bad luck of the Chu State, and when we were beaten by the Qin State and moved the capital twice, which country came to the rescue of our Chu State? Now that I think of the Chu State again, and I want the Chu State to be the longitudinal chief, I'm afraid it's not so easy. ”

Xiang Dong said: "Taishi, you can't say that, if the countries don't cooperate now, they can only let the Qin State break through one by one, and the other countries will be destroyed, and it will be difficult for our Chu State to preserve, so the joint resistance to Qin is also to protect our Chu State." ”

Wei Zeng's face was also red and white, and he said: "Taishi, there is no need to mention the past again, now everyone can only take the road of working together to resist Qin, so we should still focus on the current overall situation." ”