Chapter 12: Bet on escalation
Everyone also looked at Duan Yu, but judging from Duan Yu's performance, Liu Fei should have answered correctly, otherwise Duan Yu would not have this expression.
"Emperor Xinhan, as expected, is erudite and talented, worthy of the name, Dali's national skills are not as good as others. The ministers and others left first. After Duan Yu finished speaking, he was ready to take Duan Zhengchun and the other guards to leave.
"Your Highness Duan, don't be in a hurry, I don't want others to say that I bullied you, you ask me to guess, I won this link accidentally, but you just gave up? It's time for me to ask, if I ask you to answer, you can't win back the city you lost, if you leave like this, then you can't blame me." β
"What, can you really come again?" Duan Yu thought he had misheard, and hurriedly asked.
"Yes, I give you this opportunity to win back the lost city. β
"Okay, bet, I'll bet with you, I'll use those two cities to bet with you. β
"I said Your Highness Duan, are you stupid yourself or do you think I'm stupid? Do you think I'm stupid?"
"Why did Your Majesty say this, the foreign ministers had no intention of belittling His Majesty the Emperor. β
"Tenghe City and Tenghua City are already my Xinhan land, and now His Royal Highness actually used them to bet with me, I said His Royal Highness Duan, you have played this abacus well, wishful thinking is loud, take my city and I bet, you have nothing to lose if you lose, and you can win the four cities that can be won for nothing, do you think Dali Guo is a fool?" Liu Fei slapped on the dragon case after speaking. Even the other highnesses and princes sitting on the seats looked at Duan Yu with an expression of whether you are a fool or not.
"Your Majesty is angry, the foreign minister has no such intention, then I Dali will take two cities again as a bet. Your Majesty, please!"
"No, no, no, no, no, I don't bet with you on two cities, I'm southwest Yizhou, close to your Dali, there are a total of fifteen cities, I will take out fifteen cities, and I hope Your Highness will also take out fifteen cities as a bet." β
It seems that this gamble is a complete victory for Xin Han, no country will take 15 cities as a bet, and Dali will not take 15 cities as a bet, only Liu Fei, the emperor of Xinhan, is simply a madman, and 15 cities will be taken out as a bet without blinking an eye. Even the civil and military officials of Xin Hanguo looked at Liu Fei uncertainly, and Ding Yuan, the right minister, was about to stand up and persuade Liu Fei, but was stopped by Liu Fei with his eyes.
"Your Majesty Emperor Xinhan, are you sure that each side has fifteen cities. β
"Yes, I have set up fifteen cities, it depends on whether His Highness has the courage to gamble?"
Duan Yu glanced at Duan Zhengchun, he didn't dare to call the shots for such a big thing, even Duan Zhengchun had to think deeply, if he won, Dali's land area will increase by three percent, if it fails, Dali's land area will be reduced by half, this is a tangled problem. In the end, Duan Zhengchun still decided to take a gamble, although Emperor Xinhan Xiao'er can solve the riddle, but it does not mean that the riddle he came up with must be difficult, he deliberately used fifteen cities to scare himself, let himself retreat, he didn't have a little strength to get two cities in vain, and he was not ridiculed by the world. Yes, it must be like this, Huangkou Xiaoer, not very old, but not small, this king will never do what you want, let this king win your fifteen cities, and then gradually eat away at you Xinhan, so that Dali will become a medium-sized country. Thinking of this, Duan Zhengchun hurriedly gave Duan Yu a look and asked him to agree. After receiving Duan Zhengchun's eyes, Duan Yu turned around and said to Liu Fei:
"Your Majesty, we agreed. "What! I agreed, I agreed, that's half of the country, if I bet on it, I'm afraid I will be killed directly by the emperor, but these two countries have agreed so happily, it's crazy, it's crazy.
"Oh, Your Highness agreed, but as far as I know, the exchange of more than five cities or the indemnity for land cession must be stamped with the jade seal to take effect, I can't because of His Highness's words, in case I win, without the document stamped by the jade seal, I can't accept the city, according to me, forget it." β
This, it seems that the Eternal Continent has this rule, unless it is a city defeated in a war, the exchange and land cutting need to be covered with a jade seal to take effect, but he is a prince, how can he come to the jade seal. Duan Yu looked at Duan Zhengchun, wanting to see how he could solve the matter. I saw Duan Zhengchun take out a box from his pocket, present it to Duan Yu, and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, have you forgotten that His Majesty was ill some time ago, didn't he hand over the national seal to you for safekeeping, and you put it here in Weichen!" This made Liu Fei more sure that this was Duan Zhengchun, the emperor of the Duan family would not give Duan Yu such an important thing as the jade seal, even if he was the crown prince, it was impossible, but it was possible to hand it over to his younger brother Duan Zhengchun, first, Duan Zhengchun was Duan Yu's father, and Duan Zhengchun was older, so he was more secure. So the most likely thing is to say that the jade seal is handed over to Duan Zhengchun for safekeeping.
Duan Yu took the jade seal and said to Liu Fei: "Your Majesty Emperor Xinhan, then let's officially sign a gambling contract, and we will bet on fifteen cities." So Liu Fei and Duan Yu officially signed the two written national documents, stamped with jade seals, and Xinhan Yizhou demarcated thirteen cities, while Dali excluded the two cities that were lost, and then set aside fifteen cities from the land as a gambling contract.
"Then I'm out of the question, the rules are still set by us before, Your Highness don't regret it. Your Highness, please listen to the question, say that there are three Jin Nianxin, three Mu Niansen, three Shui Nianmiao, three Huo Nianyan, three Tu Nianyao, three Niu Nianben, three hand Nianxuan, three Mu Nianxuan, three Tian Nianxuan, three Ma Nianqiu, three sheep Nianxi, three dog Nianyi, ask, what do the three ghosts read?"
"Three Jin Nianxin, three Mu Niansenγγγγγγ three ghost thoughtsγγγγ" Duan Yu kept whispering there, and Duan Zhengchun was also thinking with his head down, he must think of this word, otherwise the fifteen cities will be separated from his hands.
"Remembering ghosts, no matter how many ghosts there are, it is always a ghost. In the end, Duan Yu gave the answer.
"Your Highness, are you sure?"
"I'm sure, it's just chanting ghosts. β
"His Royal Highness is really a talent, a talent from Dali. β
"Then thank you to His Majesty Emperor Xinhan, then the foreign minister will send someone to receive these fifteen cities. After speaking, Duan Yu also took out the national letter in his hand and shook it.
"I said Your Highness Duan, you should go and take medicine, according to what you said, is it three days and days, and three people are also people, I really don't know who taught your literature, I am really anxious for Your Highness. The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War immediately organized and sent people to receive the fifteen cities that Dali had given to us. β
"Your Ministers obey!"