Second possibility

Chu Zhao sat in the center, and Qi and Lu were on the two sides. After a trial and confrontation, Lu Xiang took the lead in breaking the peace.

"Wei Guo invited me and Prime Minister Qi to come here, presumably not just to say these polite words."

Chu Zhao clapped his hands, and the servant standing behind Qi Xiang and Lu Xiang presented a different bamboo slip,

"Nowadays there are conflicts in the world, and the common people have ten rooms and nine empty spaces. The purpose of Wei's alliance this time is to revise the alliance with the two countries and stop fighting forever."

Lu Xiang showed disdain after hearing this,

"Who in the world does not know that General Chu has just attacked our country of Lu, and now that it is repaired, who knows if he will directly attack our capital of Lu in the next moment?"

Chu Zhao turned over the bamboo slips on the desk little by little with his fingers,

"President Lu, don't be impatient, why don't you read the alliance letter before making a decision?"

"To show sincerity, my king is willing to return all the [-] soldiers captured in Jingzhou to the State of Lu."

"Furthermore, half of the city will be returned. The covenant must be guaranteed, and the Wei State will immediately withdraw its troops."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Xiang was also a little unguarded and startled.

Wei Guo is so generous.

The flames crackled in the basin, and the room was a little quiet. Xun Ren laughed,

"The Wei army has won a great victory all the way, but now they are about to retreat. The monarch of your country—is he afraid?"

Chu Zhao looked very interested,

"Oh? What's so scary about my country Wei?"

Xun Ren stared at him closely,

"The army is exhausted, and there are no soldiers to recruit."

Chu Zhao clapped his hands and sighed,

"What the general said is right, I, Wei Guo, are afraid."

Seeing him admitting, Xun Ren still didn't relax his expression, then saw Chu Zhao change the subject,

"It's just that in Wei State, what I'm afraid of is not the lack of food and grass, but the fear that I will fall into a trap without knowing it. Presumably Prime Minister Lu also has such concerns?"

Lu Xiang looked at the bamboo slips on the table, but did not answer, Chu Zhao continued,

"The State of Wei used the name of Wei Jian to frighten the world, but it has always been open and upright, and never did anything that contradicted itself."

"It's Prime Minister Qi. I once heard that you persuaded the former king of Lu State with just one word in order to withdraw from the three Jin Dynasties and conquered Qi.

After saying this, Chu Zhao smiled and squinted his eyes, then looked at Lu Xiang again,

"King Lu is young, so it is understandable that he didn't know about this matter. Prime Minister Lu is old, but he still dared to seek skin from a tiger after knowing about it. I really admire, admire."

The words inside and outside were all meant to provoke Qi Lu, Xun Ren also turned cold, and slowly sneered,

When the Wei State ceased troops, he had already guessed. How could he not see that the Wei State had already guessed the Qilu alliance.It's just that I don't know where the wind has gone, and how much it has gone.

"In the past, I heard that General Chu was a young hero, and one person alone could make the soldiers of Lu State fearful. I thought about how heroic the general should be, but now I don't see the heroic appearance. I only see the woman's yelling and shouting. a mouth."

Chu Zhao didn't seem to understand the mockery of his appearance in the words, he was still smiling, but his eyes looked a little more disdainful,

"Concession, concession, the benefit of word of mouth is incomparable."

Xun Ren snorted coldly and looked away, looking at the bamboo slips on the table,

"Where is the sincerity of the state of Qi?"

Chu Zhao's voice was careless,

"The state of Qi has always kept aloof from the world, so never fighting with swords and swords, isn't it in line with the wishes of your king?

You are clamoring every day to make friends and make friends, world peace, why now that we are going to cease the war, you still have to take some benefits so that you don't send troops?

The sarcasm in these words meant that even though Xun Ren was well-bred, his expression changed.

"It's unheard of for Wei to have such diplomatic relations. I will leave."

He got up and shook his sleeves, turned around and left.

Chu Zhao hurriedly chased after him pretending to be flustered.

"Hey, Qi Xiang really has a big temper. The matter of diplomatic relations is like this. Since Qi Xiang is not satisfied, we can talk again."

Xun Ren looked back at him,

"What is the reason for this alliance, General Chu, you and I know it well."

After finishing speaking, he didn't turn his head back, and Chu Zhao didn't chase after him any more. He only looked at his back and bowed in a good-tempered manner.

After Qi Xiang disappeared, he turned to look at Lu Xiang.

"Master Lu, would you like to continue talking?"

Lu Xiang looked at him and said meaningfully,

"Wei country can fight?"

Chu Zhao put away the smile just now, and said lightly,

"The monarch of our country Wei is wise, the people are united as one, and the soldiers are brave and not afraid of death. Even if it is really in a desperate situation, the whole country can be an army. So, why not?"

Lu Xiang also stood up and bowed to Chu Zhao.

"This matter is important, and I hope that I will truthfully report the sincerity of King Wei to my queen before discussing it."

Chu Zhao didn't say any more, and also returned a normal salute,

"There's Laurence."

The Fuling League broke up unhappy, but the result was not so bad.After all, Qi Rang didn't expect that a meeting of the alliance would really stop the three kingdoms from fighting each other, but he just wanted to use this to delay some time.

One is to let the state of Lu see that the state of Wei is not afraid of Qi even though it knows the plans of the two countries; the other is to provoke the already weak alliance between Qi and Lu; alright.

It's just that Qi Rang didn't expect that the monarch of Qi State, who has always been forbearing, would still be so determined even though he was not sure of victory this time.

It was only three months after the alliance ended, and the Qi army, which was only two months later than the previous life, invaded the border again.

Qi Rang looked at the battle report sent by the front line on the table, and tightly clenched his sleeves under the table.

Chu Zhao, who was standing below, noticed that his complexion was wrong, and asked,

"What does the letter say?"

Qi Rang replied concisely,

"Qi soldiers attacked Wei."

Chu Zhao was silent for a few moments, then knelt down

"My lord, please lead your troops to fight."

From Qi Rang's point of view, all he could see was the boy's hair tied high on top of his head with a hosta, and his calm and straight back.

Just like the young man when he stood beside him, he stood in front of him reassuringly with a bit of arrogance but never refuting.

The big rock that Qi Rang had been pressing on his heart suddenly loosened.

Chu Zhao is still alive, Qi Lian is still alive, and they are still by his side at this moment.

Instead of waking up in the middle of the night like the last life, only the loneliness that weighs people down and out of breath.

So Qi Rang loosened his eyebrows and invited with a smile,

"The widow still owes the general a drink, how about going to practice as a general tonight?"

Chu Zhao raised his head to look at him, relaxed his brows and said with a smile,

"good."

***

Although in troubled times, Yanyang, as the capital of Wei State, was rarely affected by the war.

Merchants come and go here for trade, and celebrities travel here to make friends with wine and talk about current affairs in the world.Walking on the street, there are laughter and laughter everywhere, a scene of prosperity in the world.

Qi Rang and Chu Zhao changed into ordinary clothes, followed by palace guards in plain clothes scattered in the crowd.

Walking around in the crowd and changing the environment, Qi Rang's expression also relaxed.

Chu Zhao was beside him, using his scabbard to separate the crowd to prevent him from being bumped into, while scanning his expression from the corner of his eye. Seeing his brows and eyes relaxed at this moment, his tightly raised heart in the crowd also slightly relaxed.

"There is a restaurant in Yanyang City, named Yipin Pavilion, which is the main restaurant opened by the world's richest man in Wei State. Many celebrities and lofty ideals would like to taste wine and play chess here. Is Your Majesty interested?"

Hearing the words "the richest man in the world", Qi Rang paused slightly, then nodded,

"Just go there."

After stepping into Yipin Pavilion, everyone saw Chu Zhao's face was silent for a moment, and then the boss greeted him personally,

"Are the two distinguished guests tasting wine and playing chess or... the private room upstairs?"

Chu Zhao looked at Qi Rang, and after Qi Rang looked around on the first floor, he smiled at the boss,

"Private room upstairs."

"Hey, okay, please come upstairs, two distinguished guests."

After ordering a few pots of Wei wine, a pot of Qi wine and some side dishes, Chu Zhao picked up the jug and poured a glass of Qi wine for Qi Rangzhan after the door of the private room was closed.

"Qijiu is clear and transparent in color, pure in taste and mellow in stamina. I don't know your Majesty, what do you think?"

Qi Rang said angrily,

"The widow thinks that it would be the best if Mr. Qi can be seen at a glance like this wine."

It is rare to see such a childish side of Qi Rang, Chu Zhao shook his hand holding the wine glass with laughter.

"Your Majesty has no confidence in your subjects?"

The chatter and laughter of the scholars downstairs came upstairs through the wooden window, Qi Rang picked up the wine glass and took a sip,

"The general thinks, what if this time the widows conquer in person?"

Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, Chu Zhao also slowly restrained his smile,

"Why does Qi make the King so afraid?"

Qi Rang rubbed the mouth of the cup, listening to the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras from around, sighed,

"That's all."

Then he looked up at Chu Zhao again,

"Qi Yuan gave the widow a one-year period, and now four months have passed, you must bear in mind that the goal of this campaign is not to win, but to delay until Qi Yuan has a reply."

Chu Zhao stood up and half knelt on the ground

"The minister takes orders."

In the end, the two of them did not have a relaxing drink. Chu Zhao saw Qi Rang indulgently but still sipping Wei wine in a small sip, feeling a dull pain in his heart.

He knew the ambition to rule the world in his heart, and knew that he carried the entire empire on his shoulders. He was secretly happy to understand the hidden thoughts behind his calm, but now, he couldn't see through him, and he couldn't share it for him.

At night, the two of them were walking back to the Wei Palace, and when they were about to enter the palace gate, Chu Zhao hesitated a few times and still wanted to ask him: What is he afraid of in his heart.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw the monarch standing at the gate of the Qin Palace turned his head,

The last time we parted was when the tent was warm in the spring night, but this time he saw him turning his head in the dark, and said to him slowly and hesitantly,

"Azhao, I am sorry for you."

What Qi Rang said was that Chu Zhao died for him in the previous life.

Chu Zhao thought that he had sensed his own thoughts and told him not to think too much.

He felt the blood on his body cool down inch by inch, and the thoughts he wanted to explore just now seemed a little ridiculous, and then he pretended to be relaxed, and smiled as usual,

"Your Majesty is drunk, how could your Majesty ever feel sorry for your minister?"

Everything is just the minister's willingness.

Qi Rang wanted to say something more, but finally turned his head and waved at him.

Chu Zhao watched his back go away and then disappeared into the night. He spent his whole life following his footsteps, thinking of a chance to stand by his side.

Suddenly stopped at this moment, only to realize that the two are so far apart.

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Woohoo why haven't I had to comment recently, the rhythm of this story is very slow, everyone can criticize, I'm a little flustered