Three days later, the group arrived at a manor fifteen miles outside Linzi City, which was Tian Kezang's property, and every time Tian Kezang came to Linzi, the accompanying people and horses were stationed in this manor, and he only brought a few hundred people into the city.

Although it is a manor, it is actually a small city, with walls and moats, and a large amount of food stored in the city, if there are enough troops and furniture to defend the city, it is completely possible to hold on for a few months. Now stationed in the manor is Tian Kezang's eldest son Tian Zhan.

But after Gao Yuan and Tian Kezhang and his entourage entered the manor, Tian Simaung, who had entered Linzi City in advance, also rushed to the manor and told them about an incident that had just happened in Linzi, it turned out that the prime minister Hou Sheng told Qi Wang Jian that he was sick at home, and Tian Pei, the king of Wucheng, was acting as the ruler, so Tian Pei would welcome Tian Kezhang and his party into the city tomorrow.

This news also made Tian Kezang and Gao Yuan feel very surprised, whether the news was revealed, or the vigilance of the victory was far greater than their expectations. But no matter what, not only is the arrangement made in advance in vain, but the problem in front of the two of them is whether they can enter Linzi or not. Because no one dares to guarantee what kind of trap awaits them in Linzi City. Therefore, the two immediately began a detailed discussion.

Gao Yuan was not familiar with the situation in Linzi City, so he could only see what Tian Kezhang said first.

Faced with such an unexpected situation, Tian Kezhang also fell into contemplation. The first thing to confirm is whether the news leaked out from within him, because before that, Canghai Jun discussed the delivery of armor and weapons to Linzi in the name of the caravan, that is, a doorman next to Tian Kezang was bribed and leaked by Hou Sheng. However, this doorman only knew that Tian Kezhang secretly transported armor and weapons into Linzi, but he didn't know what Tian Kezang's plan was. After all, only two or three people around Tian Kezhang knew about such a serious matter, of course, just the matter of transporting weapons was enough for Hou Sheng to bring down Tian Kezang in front of Qi Wangjian.

Moreover, the plan to win after killing in front of the city gate was made temporarily, and the time was urgent, and it was impossible to leak it, and the only suspicious point was Tian Simong, because Tian Simung was arranged by returning to Linzi in advance. But Tian Simung is not only Tian Kezang's clansman, but also the most powerful subordinate, and he has won Tian Kezang's trust, and he personally rushed to the manor and reported the matter to Tian Kezang, which is enough to clear Tian Sizang's suspicions. If it was really Tian Sixiang's secret, he should have thrown himself into Housheng's door now, and would never have rushed to the manor to meet Tian Kezang.

Excluding the possibility of leaks, it was Gokatsu's vigilance that allowed him to escape this catastrophe. Gao Yuan didn't know much about Hou Sheng, but Tian Kezhang knew him well, he was able to run the government of Qi for more than 40 years, and won the trust of Qi Wangjian, and it was definitely not as simple as a courtier who would only welcome King Qi. Moreover, in the past 40 years, although the Qi State has not been at war, the political struggle between the DPRK and the Central Committee has never stopped, and Hou Sheng has defeated many of his political enemies in order to stand for more than 40 years, so Hou Sheng's vigilance can never be ignored.

After listening to Tian Kezang's division, Gao Yuan also nodded, after all, he didn't have much say in this matter, so he asked again: "Then will we enter Linzi tomorrow?" ”

Tian Kezang said: "I still have to enter Linzi." After a pause, he said: "Wucheng Jun Tian Pei is the eldest person in the Qi clan now, and he is the king's uncle, and he is not Hou Sheng**, and he has always been good friends with me, so Hou Sheng is sick, and it is reasonable for him to welcome me into the city instead of Hou Sheng, and it will never be bad for me." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Then will Hou Sheng attack An Pingjun in private without the consent of King Qi?" After all, he can control the city defense army of Linzi. ”

Tian Kezang shook his head and said, "It's impossible, no matter how big the matter is outside, it doesn't matter, but if it's in Linzi City, neither I nor Hou Sheng dare to mess around." Moreover, although Hou Sheng controlled the city defense army of Linzi, these 30,000 troops were not all stationed in Linzi City, but only 10,000 people entered the city every day to garrison, and they were rotated every three days. If all the troops outside the city were to be transferred into the city, they had to be ordered by the king, and even Hou Sheng had no right to transfer troops into the city privately. And the 20,000 troops stationed in the palace are all led by the clan, and Hou Sheng can't intervene, and I have more than 3,000 people in the city, as long as I am careful and vigilant, I don't have to be afraid of Hou Sheng. What's more, now that the king's birthday is approaching, Hou Sheng's courage is great, and he will never dare to do it in the city, in fact, I am the same. ”

After a pause, Tian Kezang said: "And there is another secret, I can tell Shangqing that I have a tunnel in the mansion in Linzi City, which leads to this manor, so even if something happens in Linzi, we can get out lightly, so Shangqing can rest assured." ”

Gao Yuan listened to it, and he was completely relieved, it turned out that Tian Kezhang still had this trick, so there was nothing to worry about when he entered Linzi. However, Tian Kezang told himself all such secret things, which also shows that Tian Kezhang now regards himself as a real ally.

Therefore, Gao Yuan said: "Okay, tomorrow we will go into the city together." But while we can't kill him at the gates, we can still hit him hard. In short, I can't let him get better. ”

Tian Kezang said: "Oh? How do you not let the latter win better? ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "How did An Pingjun forget, don't we still have Huang Jingyuan in our hands now?" If this person makes good use of it, it will not be difficult to give Hou Sheng a heavy blow. ”

Of course, Tian Kezang is an understanding person, and as soon as he heard Gao Yuan's words, he immediately understood, and laughed: "I really almost forgot about him, okay, this matter, just wrap it up on me." ”

Early the next morning, Gao Yuan, Tian Kezhang and others left the manor and headed for Linzi.

Fifteen miles of the road in a blink of an eye, only to see the tall city wall of Linzi City has been in front of you, the city wall is tall and strong, the momentum is majestic, not inferior to the city of Handan in the slightest, and the city tower flying eaves red tile, magnificent, much more gorgeous than Handan City.

At this time, in front of the city gate, there were already people standing to greet them, and on a four-horse high carriage headed by an old man with a high belt of Eguanbo stood. Left and right were richly dressed attachés and armorers.

Tian Kezang ordered the team to wait from afar, and immediately jumped down from the car and took a few steps to meet him, and the old man also got down from the car and also greeted him. After the two met, it was Tian Kezang who first saluted the old man and said, "Wuchengjun, it's always been good." ”

The person who came was the Wucheng Jun Tian Pei who was responsible for welcoming them and his party, although both of them were Tian clans, but the Tian clan has developed to the present, and it has been more than 400 years, and after more than ten generations, it has already given birth to countless branches. And Tian Pei is a close branch of the royal family, and Tian Kezang was originally born in the side branch, but Tian Kezang's grandfather Tian Dan made great contributions to the restoration of the country, so they were able to rise and become the most powerful side branch. However, after all, he is also a Tian clan, and his relationship with the royal family is also closer.

Tian Pei also returned the salute and said, "An Pingjun, you are here, where is the delegation of Daijun?" ”

Tian Kezhang immediately signaled backwards. At this time, Gao Yuan had also come down from the back of the red dragon, and immediately walked over, Tian Kezang said: "Wuchengjun, this is the envoy of Daijun, Li Shangqing." ”

Gao Yuan also bowed to Tian Pei and said, "In the lower generation of the county envoy Li Yi, I have seen Wuchengjun. ”

Tian Pei hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Lord Shangqing, this time Huang Jingyuan robbed the mission halfway, it was definitely not my intention to Qi Guo, it was really Huang Jingyuan who was too bold and reckless, so he was frightened, and I ask Lord Shangqing to forgive me." ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "Actually, it's okay, although I was a little frightened on the road, but fortunately, it was Anping Junji who arrived at the time to resolve the crisis, but fortunately, there was no big loss to the property and personnel." ”

It turned out that Tian Kezhang sent Tian Simung into the city overnight last night and complained to Tian Pei, saying that Huang Jingyuan had robbed Daijun's caravan, but fortunately Tian Kezhang came to relieve the siege and captured Huang Jingyuan. After Tian Pei heard this, he was also taken aback, although in his eyes, Daijun was just a small prince, and Gao Yuan was just a king, but after all, he was invited by Qi to come to Linzi to participate in Qi Wangjian's birthday ceremony. Huang Jingyuan's mind was that the string was wrong, and he wanted to rob the Daijun mission. If this matter is spread and let the envoys of other countries know, wouldn't the Qi State be discredited, and it will be even more embarrassing for the Qi State to be embarrassed by the fact that it is now the birthday of the King of Qi. But something has happened, not only Huang Jingyuan was arrested, but also many soldiers, and the matter is undoubted.

Although Tian Pei knew that Huang Jingyuan was Hou Sheng's henchman, if he really did such a thing, then even Hou Sheng would not be able to keep him, Tian Pei and Hou Sheng did not have a deep relationship, on the contrary, his relationship with Tian Kezang was closer.

Because it was too late at that time, and there was nothing to do with the Daijun mission, Tian Pei did not enter the palace overnight and report the matter to Qi Wangjian, but decided to go out of the city early tomorrow morning to meet Tian Kezang and the envoys of Daijun.

Seeing that Gao Yuan did not use this incident to accuse Qi Guo, it also made Tian Pei feel a lot more relieved, and hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, Lord Shangqing, my Qi State will definitely deal with Huang Jingyuan strictly, and will never spare him." All the losses of the mission are borne by our Qi country, and we must not affect the diplomatic relations between Qi and Daijun because of this trivial matter. ”

Gao Yuan also smiled: "When I was in Daijun, I heard that Qi was still a state of etiquette, acting fairly, and the people were courteous, and I also believed that Huang Jingyuan was stunned for a while, so he did such a thing, and it was definitely not the original intention of Qi County, Daijun has always hoped to get along with Qi State, and he will not be disobedient to Qi Country because of this trivial matter, so please Wuchengjun don't have to take it to heart." ”

Tian Pei listened, and felt quite comfortable in his heart, this envoy from Daijun was really good at talking, and hurriedly said: "This is not the place to talk, please Shangqing into the city." ”