The group of people and horses set out again, and soon came to the garrison of the Chu army. At this time, the king of Chu and the ministers of Chu had already received a notice from Tian Kezang, knowing that the Han and Qi armies had been attacked by the Qin assassins, although the people who came explained that the attack had been stopped by the Han and Qi armies, and that Gao Yuan and Tian Kezang were safe, but the monarchs and ministers of Chu were still very worried, and it was not until Gao Yuan and Tian Kezang came to the Chu army's garrison that they were relieved.

The king of Chu led the ministers of Chu out of the village to greet the plateau and Tian Kezang and his party. When everyone saw each other, the king of Chu was about forty years old, born with big ears and a slight beard under his chin, and first saluted the plateau, saying: "The king of Han has always been good, and the widow has heard the name of the king of Han in Chu for a long time. ”

Gao Yuan also returned the salute and said: "The king of Chu is too polite, this time the king of Chu was able to come to Taoyi in person and participate in the Three Kingdoms Alliance, which shows the intention of the state of Chu, and it is also a blessing for this cooperation." ”

The king of Chu said with a smile: "My Chu country has always been bullied by the Qin state, and now Yan, Zhao, Wei and Han are all dead, and the Qin country is powerful, only by uniting and working together can we keep the national temple alive. ”

Gao Yuan also nodded and said, "As long as our three kingdoms of Chu, Han and Qi can work together and unite as one, we will definitely be able to defeat the Qin State." ”

At this time, Tian Kezhang also came over to give the king of Chu a salute, and the two were polite again, and the king of Chu ordered the ministers of Chu to salute the plateau, this time the ministers brought by the king of Chu were mainly Xiang Dong and Xiang Liang brothers, and the father of Xiang Dong and Xiang Liang brothers, the ministers of the three families of Yin Xiangyan and Zhaojingqu of Chu State stayed in Chu State. And this time, Xiang Yu really came with his father and uncle again, and under the leadership of Xiang Dong, he gave a gift to the plateau.

Everyone saw each other and greeted each other politely, and then the king of Chu gave the order and led the army into the city. So the three armies of Han, Qi and Chu converged and marched towards Taoyi City together.

On the way back to Taoyi City this time, because Gao Yuan and the King of Chu were both kings, the two could naturally go side by side, while Tian Kezang could only follow behind, and Xiang Dong and Xiang Liang brothers could accompany them.

Although it was the first time that the plateau and the king of Chu met for the first time, the king of Chu had great respect for the plateau, because everyone knew that this time the three kingdoms were united and the Han was the core, so although the power of the Han kingdom was the smallest, the king of Chu did not dare to be disrespectful to the plateau, but the plateau was not arrogant because of this, and he also respected the king of Chu, which made the king of Chu very comfortable, and the bearing of the plateau was really not comparable to that of ordinary kings.

The two talked all the way, and the king of Chu naturally asked about the assassination when he came to the trip, and the plateau would also tell the king of Chu in detail, only to hear the king of Chu's heart beating, and at the same time, the secret sentinel of the Qin State penetrated widely in the Qi State, and this time the plan of the assassination of Tian Kezang was meticulous, and the ingenuity of the action was shocking, but the final result ended in the defeat of the Qin State, and it was because of the arrangement of the plateau that the assassination of the Qin State was defeated. Therefore, this also increased the confidence of the king of Chu in the plateau, and it seems that this time he has the command of the plateau, which is indeed very promising.

Talking all the way, I didn't feel that I had arrived at Taoyi City, at this time Qi Wang Jianji was waiting at the city gate to greet the King of Chu and his party, at this time Qi Wangjian naturally also knew about the assassination of Gao Yuan and Tian Kezhang on the way, so he also greeted the plateau for peace, but anyone can see that Qi Wangjian's attitude is very perfunctory, but it is a routine behavior.

Gao Yuan naturally replied that he was safe and sound, but he thought in his heart, if from Qi Wangjian's point of view, did he want Tian Kezhang to be assassinated?

The three monarchs greeted each other again, and then Tian Kezhang accompanied the monarchs and ministers of Chu to the manor to rest, and Gao Yuan also said goodbye to Qi Wangjian and returned to his manor.

After returning to the manor, Hong Zhong, Qu Xian, and the dog butcher and others who had returned to the manor in advance came to see Gao Yuan and report the situation to Gao Yuan. The corpses of the fallen soldiers have found a place to be placed, and people have been sent to Taoyi City to buy coffins and prepare them for burial; And the wounded soldiers were also treated, because this time they accompanied the trip, they also brought twenty women and children of the Bai Ling clan, so the seriously injured soldiers have received extremely timely treatment and have fully healed, while the lightly injured soldiers can wait for slow treatment, or wait for the treatment of the Bai Ling people.

Gao Yuan said again: "What about the people we caught, and the corpses of the Jiuli people?" ”

Hong Zhongdao: "Back to the lord, they have also been settled, and the nine Jiuli people who were caught have all been imprisoned, and the four younger brothers and daughters have been guarded, so that nothing goes wrong, and the corpses of the Jiuli people have also been placed in a large room, waiting for the king's disposal." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Very good, Qu Xian, you take ten girls from the Bailing Clan to Tian Kezang's side and treat the seriously injured Qi soldiers." Well, let Luo Huan bring 200 soldiers to protect you. ”

Qu Xian immediately said, "Honorable Order." With that, he turned and left.

Gao Yuan said again: "Hong Zhong, you bring those two masters of the Jiuli clan to see me first." ”

Hong Zhong also agreed and went to pick up someone.

Gao Yuan said to the dog butcher again: "Brother Dog Butcher, you have indeed helped a lot in this operation. ”

Brother Dog Butcher said with a smile: "King Han, there is no need to say thank you, I help you because you take my dog butcher as a friend, not because you are the King of Han, so I never thought of asking you to thank me for anything, as long as King Han asked me to open a dog meat shop in Lingshou, I would be satisfied, and if the King of Han still wants me to help in the future, please ask King Han to speak, as long as I can do it as a dog butcher, I will never refuse." ”

Gao Yuan also smiled and said: "Okay, since Brother Dog Tu said so, then I won't be polite to Brother Dog Tu, opening a dog meat shop in Lingshou is a trivial matter, and when we return to Lingshou, we will immediately arrange for Brother Dog Tu, but during this time, I can only ask Brother Dog Tu to temporarily exist in the manor." ”

The dog butcher smiled: "There is something wrong with living here to eat and drink." ”

Gao Yuan said: "I don't know if there is anything that needs to be taken out in the store by Brother Dog Tu, I will arrange for people to go with Brother Dog Tu to pick it up." ”

The dog butcher shook his head and said, "I spend money when I have it, so I don't have anything left, and now there is nothing else in the store except a dozen dogs." ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "It's not bad to have more than a dozen dogs, if Brother Dog Butcher is idle, it's better to make your dog broth in the manor, after I ate it in Brother Dog's shop a few days ago, it is really an aftertaste, and I want to eat it a few more times, and let us all pay for Brother Dog's craftsmanship." ”

When the dog butcher heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Since King Han wants to eat dog broth, isn't it easy?" I'll go back to the store, bring the dog and the condiments for the soup, and I'll make sure that King Han can have a good meal tonight. ”

Gao Yuan nodded, and immediately arranged for another hundred soldiers to live with the dog butcher.

At this time, Hong Zhong came in and reported: "King, the captives have been brought up." Gao Yuan immediately said, "Okay, bring them in." ”

After a while, the four Guigu brothers pushed the two people into the house, but these two people were also very tough, although the Guigu brothers wanted to press them to their knees, but they resisted desperately and struggled not to kneel. Several Guigu disciples couldn't do anything about them for a while.

Fortunately, Gao Yuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Forget it, let them stand." ”

Several Guigu disciples listened, and then let go of the two. And when these two people saw that Gao Yuan didn't let them kneel, they were a little proud, and they actually stood up with their chests and belly, twisted their faces and didn't look at Gao Yuan, and put on an arrogant demeanor, which had the meaning of seeing what you could do to me.

The ages of these two people are different, one is a young man of about thirty years old, and the other is a middle-aged man of about forty-four or five, and Gao Yuan also recognizes that this middle-aged man is one of the two people who entangled him at the beginning, and he almost succeeded, and he is also the most powerful person among the eight masters of the Jiuli clan.

Gao Yuan smiled: "What are the names of the two of you, can you tell me?" ”

The middle-aged man still twisted his face and ignored Gao Yuan, but the young man turned his face, glared at Gao Yuan fiercely, and said, "If you want to kill, kill it, what is there to ask." As he spoke, he opened his mouth and spat at the plateau. He is also a rare master, so this spit is quite powerful, and it splashes straight towards the plateau. It also caused a burst of exclamation from everyone around Gao Yuan frowned slightly, and with a wave of his left hand, he brought out a strong wind, and reversed the spit, which hit the young man's face, and at the same time his right hand was raised continuously, throwing out four flying knives, which happened to shoot on the flexion joints of the young man's left and right legs, although the young man was very tough, but he couldn't resist the normal physiological reaction, and immediately knelt on the ground involuntarily, which immediately caused a burst of ridicule from the surrounding people.

The young man was embarrassed and annoyed, and his knees ached, and he screamed and struggled to get up again, but the two Guigumen men immediately caught up, one left and one right, holding his shoulder, and at the same time hitting and kicking, so that he could not stand up at all.

Gao Yuan's right hand played with three flying knives, and said coldly: "I don't let you kneel, because you are also a master, and it is not easy to practice for many years, so I don't want to insult you, and I kindly ask your name, but if you give a shame, then don't blame me for being unkind, I have a way to deal with people like you." ”

The young man couldn't stand up even a few times, couldn't stand up, and was beaten a few times in a row, so he was much more honest, no longer shouting and resisting, he was pressed and panting, and the middle-aged man was also a little shocked, and his attitude suddenly improved a lot, not only facing the plateau, but also looking much more respectful.

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "This is what it looks like, let's say, what are the names of the two of you, the people of the Jiuli clan, you won't even dare to report your name." ”