Surrounded by strong ministers

"Is there something wrong with the minister's form? The emperor needs to come in person." King Qin said lightly, leaning on his chair.

Xiao Zong didn't speak, just looked at the deep and composed face, and frowned slightly.

"It's been three months since I went to Beijing, and the military affairs and government affairs of the sixteen prefectures in the northwest should have been backlogged like a mountain. Before the emperor ascended the throne, the ministers were unable to pay homage due to legitimate patrols. Now, the minister has expressed his loyalty to the emperor, and the emperor must be satisfied. Foreign ministers often Being stationed in the imperial city will inevitably attract criticism, so I should resign, why should the emperor make a special trip for this matter." After a pause, he raised his eyebrows, "What does the emperor want to talk to me about when he comes here?"

It was his resignation form that King Qin sent someone into the palace today.According to the form, in the morning of the day after tomorrow, King Qin will pay his respects to Xiao Zong at the Daming Hall and return to the northwest.

Xiao Zong was silent for a moment, and said: "What do I want to talk about with King Qin, can King Qin really not guess at all?"

The King of Qin didn't say anything immediately, after waiting for a while, he said mockingly: "The emperor is the Son of Heaven, what the Son of Heaven means, how can a courtier make wild guesses."

"Why does the King of Qin have to pick up the emperor and his ministers at this time?" Xiao Zong got up from his seat and walked a few steps leisurely. In this hotel, he was first trimmed by the whole body of the King of Qin, and then provoked by it. A lot of chatter has been delayed for quite a while, and I can't talk more nonsense, so I cut straight to the point and said: "I came here to ask the King of Qin not to leave in such a hurry, and to stay in the capital for a few more days."

King Qin narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard the words: "Is the emperor telling the truth?" After a moment's pause, he said calmly, "I always thought that the minister and Sima Xian were in the capital together, which would make the emperor feel uneasy. After all, the emperor Last time, it was precisely because of this uneasiness that I went to this dormitory and wronged myself once. Now that you have come to persuade Chen Liu, do you really no longer worry about whether there will be any trouble when Chen and Sima Xian are together? Unhappy, making the situation difficult to clean up?"

Xiao Zong was silent, turned his back, and said: "I have already mentioned what happened that day, but it was only a transaction, why did the King of Qin repeat it over and over again?" His tone was a little cold.He turned his back to the King of Qin, and didn't notice the pair of eyes piercing into his temples behind him, because his words suddenly gave rise to a cold look.

After pausing for a while, Xiao Zong continued: "Whether King Qin and Sima Xian can get along with each other in peace, I really worry a lot about it. I heard that King Qin seldom makes promises to others, but he will keep his promises, so , I hope King Qin will not break his trust in me."

"Since the emperor is afraid that the minister will lose faith, why should he keep the minister? Don't you just rest assured that the minister is gone." The low voice was mixed with a touch of coldness.

Xiao Zong turned around slowly, looked at King Qin's gloomy face, and finally said after a long while, "King Qin said this clearly to embarrass me, even though I don't like seeing trouble between Qin and Chu, can you not Being with Sima Xian is naturally good, but with the current situation, King Qin should know that only if you stay in the imperial city, the Great Zhou will be relatively peaceful, and I can feel at ease."

King Qin looked at Xiao Zong without saying a word.

Xiao Zong also looked at King Qin, but he couldn't keep silent.Sighing slightly, Xiao Zong said indifferently: "When I said this, the King of Qin understood what I meant and was willing to allow me to stay for a few more days? As long as the King of Qin is in Beijing, I treat each other with the courtesy of a vassal king. You What do you think?"

King Qin still didn't say a word for a long time, and after a long time, he said coldly: "What if I don't agree? How will the emperor treat you?"

Xiao Zong looked at the thin light in those long and narrow eyes, remained silent for a while, and couldn't help but smile wryly.

really.

Sure enough, he did not agree.

How is he?What can he do?

Sighing secretly, rubbing his forehead, Xiao Zong was about to speak again, at this moment, there was a faint noise coming from outside the closed door, it seemed to be coming along the long corridor, from far to near, the noise gradually It was clear, but it was the sound of a group of messy footsteps, mixed with the sharp and piercing sound of weapons colliding.

Xiao Zong couldn't help frowning, and turned his head to look at the closed door.

The sound of footsteps approaching, the noise subsided for a moment, and then there was a sharp sound of stabbing, stabbing, and sword being unsheathed, and someone shouted outside the door: "Protect the emperor!" Then all kinds of chaotic voices exploded suddenly.

From the corner of Xiao Zong's eyes, he glanced slightly at King Qin behind him, and finally turned his eyes to look at the door. Across the door, there was a clanging of weapons, and it seemed that a fierce battle was going on outside.

At this time, the King of Qin got up from his seat, straightened the half-open front of the golden-edged Wanfu pattern, and slowly walked to Xiao Zong's side, with a stern and serious face like a knife carving, looking at Xiao Zong with sharp eyes, sharp as a thorn.

The closed door was suddenly knocked open, and a person came in and knelt on one knee at the threshold, but it was Meng He, a close minister of the King of Qin.

"King!" Meng He half-kneeled on the ground, raised his head, looked a little embarrassed, and cast a sharp glance at Xiao Zong with gloomy eyes, "King, the forbidden army has surrounded the hotel! Zhang Gong holds a sword, and there are no less than 3000 subordinates."

"3000 people?" King Qin's eyes did not move away from Xiao Zong's face from the beginning to the end, "There are only 3000 guards in this line of officials, and the emperor brought [-] people here? The emperor is very generous."

Xiao Zong kept his face indifferent and didn't look at King Qin.On that day when the King of Qin came to Beijing, he was accompanied by a thousand guards from Suanteng camp, 300 guards in the residence, and 700 camped outside the imperial city.Now, those 700 people should be almost trapped, and here, he purposely mobilized ten times the number of guards in the hotel, in order to teach people to give up resistance, and he didn't come to kill people, to scare people away That's fine.

"This is the emperor's answer to the minister." King Qin sneered.

Xiao Zong looked away indifferently, he didn't want to do that either.

Today he only came here to keep him, and he must be kept.After receiving such a discount form, he hurriedly made arrangements and rushed to this man, hoping to order as much as possible, and the two were happy.

But the gentle words don't make sense, this man insists on leaving, how can he let him leave Beijing, let him go back to the northwest and continue to watch him with the 20 cavalry around him?

He didn't want to do that either, but being soft doesn't work, what can he do?

Then of course only use the strong one.

"King Qin, if it wasn't for the fact that I have nothing to do, I wouldn't want to treat you like this." Xiao Zong turned his gaze to meet the cold, complex and unpredictable eyes that were as sharp as a knife.

"King! Why don't you wait..."

"Get out." Before Meng He could finish speaking, King Qin said coldly, raised his hand and waved lightly, but saw that Xiao Zong never moved away, his stern face was as hard as a rock.

Meng He hesitated to speak, hesitated for a moment, and withdrew.The fighting outside also gradually subsided.