Xiang Dong also said: "Yes, Taishi, since ancient times, our Chu State and other countries are dependent on each other, and it is not the time to investigate those things in the past." ”

Jingtai glared at Xiang Dong and said, "What do you know, they want to roast Chu on the fire." In fact, everyone knows it in their hearts. Saying that, Jingtai raised his wine goblet, took a big sip, and pointed at Wei Zeng: "Now that Zhao Han has been destroyed, everyone knows that the next target of the Qin State is the Wei State, and your Wei State can't defeat the Qin State, so I want to push out our Chu State as a shield to block arrows, and once our Chu State takes the lead, then the goal of the Qin State will be transferred to our Chu State, so that the Wei State can not be preserved?" When the army of Qin attacks our Chu State, will your Wei State send troops to rescue Chu State? ”

Wei Zeng was stunned for a moment, unable to speak for a while. In fact, before he sent an envoy to Qi, he did have such a plan in Wei, saying that Qi or Chu would take the lead in resisting Qin, so that he could divert Qin's troops and protect Wei. Therefore, after being told by Jingtai, Wei Zeng was also very embarrassed and couldn't find an explanation.

Seeing that Wei Zeng couldn't answer, Jingtai became even more energetic, and said to Xiang Dong again: "Do you think I'm against the alliance?" How many times have the nations organized and how many times have they succeeded in organizing alliances among the nations over the past hundred years. At that time, the countries did not have their own ghosts, and they all wanted others to fight to the death with the Qin army and preserve their own strength, that is, when Xinling Jun was there, he was able to make all countries work together, and he only killed the Qin State a few times. It's a pity that Wei can't even tolerate Xinlingjun, self-destructing the pillars, if Wei could give the political commissar to Xinlingjun at that time, and he came forward to organize a joint attack on Qin, I'm afraid that Qin would have perished long ago. Now that Wei Wei is difficult to protect, who is to blame? If you want to push our Chu State out and cause trouble to flow downward, is it to deceive me and no one in Chu? Therefore, there is no need to mention the matter of indulgence. ”

Although the purpose of Jingtai's remarks was to refuse to join the joint column, but what he said was not entirely unreasonable, in the thirtieth year of the reign of King Wei Anji (247 BC), the Qin State sent troops to attack Wei, and the king of Wei Anjiao worshiped Lingjun as a general and sent envoys to ask for help from various countries, and all countries learned that Wei Wuji had served as a general, and they all sent troops to rescue Wei. Wei Wuji led the Five Kingdoms Alliance to defeat the Qin army south of the Yellow River, causing the Qin general Meng Fu to flee in defeat. The coalition forces took advantage of the victory to attack Hangu Pass, and the Qin army closed the gate tightly and did not dare to go out of the pass again.

And the victory of this joint attack on Qin shook the world with the prestige of Xinling Jun. However, it aroused the suspicion of King Wei Anjiao, and Qin sent people to Wei to divide the country, so King Wei Anjiao withdrew the military power of Xinling Jun, and finally made the plan of the Five Kingdoms to attack Qin fail. After returning to Wei, he no longer went to the court, indulged in wine every day, and died in the 34th year of King Anjiao of Wei (243 BC), which was not only the pillar of Wei losing its last support, but also the last opportunity for the countries to join forces to conquer Qin.

Therefore, Jingtai cited the example of Xinlingjun, which really made Wei Zeng speechless to answer correctly, and even Xiang Dong couldn't say anything.

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Jingtai poured himself another wine, drank it all, and said with a smile: "So what? This time, we came to the country of Qi, originally just to celebrate the birthday of the king of Qi, and there is no need to mention the matter of Hezong. ”

Gao Yuan also sighed in his heart, although he didn't have much confidence in Hezong, but after hearing Jingtai say this, he was also quite impressed, in another time and space, it was not an accidental event that the Qin State could finally complete the unification.

Although Wei Zeng had no words to refute Jingtai's words, he couldn't just stop like that, if he couldn't talk about it, Wei would undoubtedly perish, so no matter what, he had to work harder, fortunately, before this time he sent to Qi, Wei also did his homework, designed a number of plans, and said: "Taishi, what you said is reasonable, but the Wei State is destroyed, and the Chu State is difficult to preserve, so saving Wei is saving Chu, if Chu State does not want to be the head of this joint column, then it will be led by our Wei State, what do you think?" ”

The others were muttering and did not answer, and at this moment, they only heard a woman at the door say: "Ladies and gentlemen, the queen Xiangguo asks to see your lords." ”

Everyone was also stunned, Hou Sheng had been sick for several days, how could he come here at this time, of course they all knew that Hou Sheng was the most determined minister of Qi to advocate relations with Qin, and he was talking about the matter of coercion, so he would definitely not have anything good when he came to see them. However, after all, Hou Sheng is still the prime minister of Qi State, and he has won the trust of Qi Wangjian, so he can't refuse Hou Sheng's request to see.

Wei Zeng nodded and said, "Please invite Lord Xiang." ”

Listening to a shrill laugh, the two old men walked into the cottage one after the other. The first ** in front is about seventy years old, with white hair and a thin body, but his eyes are shining, showing shrewdness and cunning, while the person in the back is about fifty-five or sixteen years old, with a medium build, three bridles and a long beard, and Wei Zeng saw it, and his face suddenly changed greatly. I forgot to say hello to them for a while.

The old man in front let out another shrill laugh, arched his hand to everyone, and said, "The old man is victorious, I have seen all the envoys, but the old man has disturbed your elegance by coming uninvited." He pointed to the person beside him and said, "This is the envoy from the Qin State, Shangqing Yao Jia, who has just arrived in Qi, and I heard that the envoys are drinking here, so I also want to come and have a good time." ”

Yao Jia also took a step forward, arched his hand to everyone, and said, "In Xia Yao Jia, I have seen all the envoys. ”

Only then did everyone come back to their senses, and they hurriedly returned the salute, Jingtai smiled: "When did Shangqing arrive in the Qi Kingdom?" ”

Yao Jia said with a smile: "I just arrived in Linzi, I heard that you are drinking in Gemen, and when you are in Qi, you have heard the name of Gemen, so I asked Lord Xiangguo to guide me, and I came to meet you, so I don't want to be busy, please forgive me." ”

Gao Yuan was also a little surprised, but he didn't expect that as soon as the envoys of the Qin State arrived in Linzi, they rushed to the place where they were drinking, and they were personally accompanied by Hou Sheng, so it seems that the back will be interesting. Therefore, Gao Yuan also plans to wait and see what kind of performances Hou Sheng and Yao Jia have.

Jingtai smiled and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, in fact, this time the drink was invited by An Chengjun." We are all guests, and Shangqing still complains to An Chengjun. ”

Yao Jia didn't look at Wei Zeng at all, he snorted lightly, and said, "If it's An Chengjun, then it's not necessary, because my Qin State won't confess to the enemy." ”

In fact, Yao Jia has been serving as an envoy of the Qin State for more than ten years, and has been an envoy to various countries, so he basically knows the ministers of various countries, only Gao Yuan and Jing Ke are fresh faces, but as soon as he came, he pointed the finger at Wei Yan, which was indeed a bit unexpected by everyone. And Wei Zeng was not to be outdone, he immediately got up and said: "I, Wei State, will not drink with the enemy, this small house is booked in the next place, so please forgive me for not being able to receive Yao Shangqing." ”

Yao Jiadao didn't get angry, just smiled and said: "Actually, I didn't come down to participate in An Chengjun's banquet, but because all the envoys of Zhengmu are here, together with Hou Xiangguo, I have already booked a place in this Shangge Gate tomorrow, and invite the envoys of Chu State, Yan State, and Daijun to the banquet, so please don't refuse." ”

Hou Sheng also smiled: "Yes, the old man has occasionally contracted a small illness in the past few days, so he has slowed down the envoys, and it just so happens that the envoys of the Qin State have also arrived, and the old man should naturally do his best to be a landlord, so please come." ”

Jingtai immediately said: "Shangqing and Hou Xiangguo are invited, how dare you not come, and you will definitely go to the appointment on time tomorrow." ”

And Wei Zeng's face turned pale with anger, because they only invited the envoys of Chu, Yan, and Daijun, and deliberately omitted themselves, if it was just Yao Jia's invitation, it would be willing, but Hou Sheng also added it, and obviously stood on Yao Jia's side, helping Yao Jia deliberately cut Wei Zeng's face, of course, Wei Zeng was very dissatisfied, and Jingtai immediately responded to Hou Sheng and Yao Jia's invitation, and he was obviously not optimistic about Wei Yuan.

At this time, Gao Yuan said: "We all came to Qi to participate in the birthday of King Qi, and then the prime minister of Qi is the prime minister of Qi, so I only invite us to wait, and not to invite the envoys of Wei, I'm afraid it's not very appropriate." ”

Wei Zeng listened and knew that Gao Yuan was talking for himself, so he glanced at Gao Yuan very gratefully, turned to Hou Sheng and said: "Since Hou Xiangguo despises my Wei State so much, then it is not interesting to stay in Qi State in Xia, and I will say goodbye to King Qi tomorrow and return to Wei State." ”

Hou Sheng's face also changed, because after Wei Zeng came to Qi State, he said that Qi State joined Hezong upstream and downstream, although the effect was not great, but it also caused Hou Sheng's dissatisfaction, so he also wanted to help Qin State give Wei State a little color, but he didn't expect that Wei Zeng was not a good type, and he actually used to leave Qi State to threaten.

Originally, Huang Jingyuan's robbery of the Daidu mission made Qi Wangjian quite dissatisfied, and now there are only three or four days before Qi Wangjian's birthday, if at this time, the Wei envoy leaves Qi, Qi Wangjian will definitely be furious, and Tian Kezhang will never let go of this opportunity to hit himself. It's just that the words have been spoken, and they can't be taken back, so they can't invite Wei Zeng more at this time. Therefore, Hou Sheng is also very embarrassed.

At this time, Yao Jia let out a long laugh, arched his hand to the plateau, and said, "I don't know if this lord is the envoy of that country?" ”

Gao Yuan also returned the salute and said, "Below is Li Yi, the envoy of the acting county." ”

Hou Sheng's eyes flashed, and he snorted: "It turns out that you are the envoy of Daijun." ”

Now Hou Sheng has found out clearly that the failure of the caravan that robbed Tian Kezang this time was entirely because the Daijun delegation helped Tian Kezang's caravan, but not only did he not catch Tian Kezang's sore feet and dismantle Huang Jingyuan's comrade, but he also had to pretend to be sick to avoid Tian Kezang's edge. Therefore, Hou Sheng also hated the plateau to the core, but only now did he meet the plateau.