Looking at the smiling husband in front of her, Li Ji hesitated to speak.

Of course, she knew that her husband was the kind of person who followed the principle of "the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water" and always only showed kindness and kindness to others, and never used bribes to induce them. However, she had watched her father, King Lu Xi of Qi, win over people's hearts since she was a child.

, it was always kindness and righteousness, both profit and inducement. In her opinion, her husband was certainly a respectable gentleman, but sometimes he was a little too noble.

Not sure if he had guessed what Yu Ji was thinking, Zhao Zhao shook his head and said: "I know Hongrun better than you do. If you give him a small gift, he will accept it happily, but if you give him a heavy gift, it will not be beautiful...

… He is now the crown prince of the Wei State, and in time he can ascend the throne and become the king, and he will not be lacking anything."

"..." Luo Ji was speechless.

Indeed, for a future king, giving a generous gift would seem worldly. It would be better to choose some exquisite Qi specialties, which would show more sincerity.

Zhui Ji and Tian Wan looked at each other and both felt that this issue was worthy of their careful consideration.

At this moment, a servant of the house came to the study and handed over a greeting card: "Master, Mistress, there is someone from outside the house who came to pay a visit."

Zhao Zhao was not surprised when he heard this. After all, many people came to visit him during his years in Qi, especially after he assisted Prince Bai to quell the rebellion of the princes in the country, and he was respectfully called "Brother Shang" by Prince Bai.

It can be said that the Qi State is very popular among both the government and the public. "Note: Shang means "respectable". Brother Shang means an elder brother who is worthy of respect."

However, after he casually took the greeting card and glanced at it, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, because the signature on the greeting card actually had the word "Song Yun" written on it.

"Song Yun? Isn't that the leader of Song County's Beibo Army? Why is he coming to Linzi?"

After frowning and thinking for a moment, Zhao Zhao ordered: "Bring this person to this study."

Next to them, Zhui Ji and Tian Wan saw that their husbands were going to meet guests in the study, so they excused themselves and left. They just went back to the boudoir to think carefully about the gifts they wanted to send to Daliang.

After a while, the servants of the house led a man with an imposing appearance to Zhao Zhao's study. It was Song Yun, the leader of the Bei Bo Army.

"Song Yun, a small citizen of Song Dynasty, has met Mr. Qi Xiang."

When he saw Zhao Zhao, Song Yun cupped his hands and called him.

Zhao Zhao secretly looked at this uninvited guest, and while inviting the former to sit down in the inner room, he ordered the servants to serve tea. After the two servants serving tea retreated, he finally said tentatively: "What's the matter with you?"

The name seems to have the same name as the leader of the Northern Bo Army in Song Dynasty..."

Song Yun smiled slightly when he heard this and did not hide it. He said truthfully: "Song, it is that Song Yun."

"Oh." Zhao Zhao nodded in relief, and then asked with a smile: "So, I wonder what the purpose of General Song's visit to Linzi is?"

After hearing this, Song Yun pondered for a while and asked seriously: "Master Zuo Xiang, may I ask what you think of Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Zhao frowned slightly, and after taking a deep look at Song Yun, asked: "What does the foot of the step mean?"

"Maybe Song didn't speak clearly enough." With a slight smile, Song Yun repeated: "Song wanted to ask Mr. Left Prime Minister, what do you think of the Song Dynasty that was attacked by Wei State troops a while ago."

"..." Zhao Zhao stared at Song Yun for a moment, took a sip from the tea cup, and said nonchalantly: "Isn't the land of Song the territory of Wei? Where is the idea of ​​"sending troops to attack"?"

After hearing this, Song Yun smiled slightly and said with a smile: "It seems that the person in front of Song is 'Wei Gong Zizhao', not the left prime minister of Qi..."

"Hey!" Hearing Song Yun's hidden sarcasm, Cao Liang shouted angrily, pointed at Song Yun and scolded: "I don't care which Song Yun you are, you'd better speak politely!"

"Cao Liang." Zhao Zhao waved his hand to signal Cao Liang to calm down his anger. Then he turned to look at Song Yun, frowned and said: "General Song, if you have something to do, please tell me frankly. If nothing happens,

I’m sorry that Zhao can’t accompany me anymore.”

After hearing this, Song Yun clasped his fists and said in a neither arrogant nor humble tone: "Forgive me...Song Yun did come here on important matters this time, but what he wanted was to discuss with Qi's left prime minister, not Mr. Wei.

Zhao."

Zhao Zhao took a deep look at Song Yun, nodded and said, "Please speak."

Seeing this, Song Yun clasped his fists and said seriously: "Master Zuo Xiang, I, Song County, are willing to surrender to Qi State."

Zhao Zhao stared at Song Yun intently for a while, and then said calmly: "It seems that General Song came to entertain Zhao with nothing to do..." After saying that, he shook his head and still said politely: "Zhao wants more

I'm sorry that I can't accompany you on important matters."

As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something, and added: "These words were not spoken by Wei Gong Zizhao, but by the Left Prime Minister of Da Qi...Cao Liang, see the guest off!"

After hearing this, Cao Liang took a step forward, glared at Song Yun fiercely, and said coldly: "Please."

"Wait a minute." Song Yun raised his hand, then looked at Zhao Zhao and asked seriously: "Is what I said just now really what the left prime minister of Qi said? I don't believe it!"

"You guy!" Cao Liang was furious when he saw this. He grabbed Song Yun's collar and pulled him up from his seat.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhao immediately stopped Cao Liang, and then said to Song Yun: "Since you don't believe it, Zhao will explain one or two. First of all, the Song Dynasty was destroyed more than 20 years ago. Since then, the Song Dynasty has

The counties are the counties of the Wei State. This is something everyone in the Central Plains knows. Secondly, although you are from the Song Dynasty and are the leader of the Beibo Army, you are not a descendant of the Song royal family. You are not qualified to talk about it.

The ownership of Song County, unless you want to follow Nangong Yao. Third, Wei is an important ally of Da Qi. In the past ten years, the two sides have been harmonious and united, resisting South Korea in the north and reaching Chu in the south. As the left prime minister of Da Qi, I will not

Because of your baseless and one-sided remarks, you caused trouble with the State of Wei and destroyed the friendship between the two countries so far... Are you satisfied with this explanation?"

"..."

Song Yun remained silent.

He had to admit that everything Zhao Zhao said was conclusive, especially the sentence "You are not a descendant of the Song royal family, so you are not qualified to talk about the ownership of Song County." It was even more to the point.

Yes, although the Beibo Army was a local rebel army in Song County and once enjoyed high prestige among the Song people, unfortunately, the Beibo Army did not have the status of "righteousness" - those who have survived to this day

The descendants of the Song royal family are all weak cowards. They would rather live a stable life as rich men in Qi and Lu than risk their lives to lead the people of Song and the Northern Bo army to restore the country.

In this case, neither the Beibo Army nor its leader Song Yun is qualified to dictate the ownership of Song County. After all, in this era, the land and subjects can be regarded as the private property of the king. For example, Song County was previously owned by

The King of Song now belongs to the King of Wei and has nothing to do with the subjects of Song County.

Although this theory sounds ridiculous, it is true.

If Song Yun decides on the ownership of Song County without authorization and uses this matter as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Qi, this behavior is considered treason. In the Central Plains, it is impossible for any king of any country to approve this ridiculous behavior.

The agreement - are you kidding? The king’s game, how can the subjects be allowed to interfere?!

It's okay to support it secretly, but it's absolutely not okay to admit it publicly and support it openly, so there is absolutely no problem for Zhao Zhao to use these words to block Song Yun's mouth.

After being silent for a while, Song Yun stood up and said goodbye: "Song will come to visit again in two days."

Seeing Song Yun leaving under the guidance of the servants, Cao Liang snorted coldly and said to Zhao Zhao: "This guy seems to have some support."

"I can probably guess what he will do." Zhao Zhao took a breath and said in a deep voice: "Looking at his attitude just now, it's not difficult to know that he didn't think I would agree to this, so he didn't say too much.

Care... you know I won't agree, but you are the first to visit me, huh

, he wants to drag me into the water. Just watch, today and tomorrow, the Beibo Army's detailed operations will definitely spread rumors in the city, saying that I, the Young Master of Wei, am using power for personal gain and harming the interests of Daqi for the sake of Wei... By then I will

In order to prove innocence, we can only avoid suspicion. Until then..."

After hearing this, Cao Liang's expression changed drastically, and he said in shock: "This..." After saying that, a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes, and he said angrily: "I'll kill him!"

"It's meaningless." Zhao Zhao stopped Cao Liang in time, shook his head and said: "Since he dares to come, it means that he has arranged everything. Even if you kill him, rumors will still spread in the city today and tomorrow. By then,

, because you killed him, but I can’t explain it. Then everyone will think that we have bad intentions..."

"Then...then you just watch helplessly?"

Zhao Zhao thought for a moment and said calmly: "Those who are clean will be clean by themselves. We will just wait and see what happens."

Having said this, he raised his head and glanced at the dusk sky, feeling vaguely inexplicable melancholy in his heart.

When Wei was weak, he was worried and anxious. But now, Wei is getting stronger and stronger, so powerful that it has replaced Qi as the hegemon of the Central Plains. In fact, Zhao Zhao is also quite worried about this.

The reason is that many people in Qi still think about the "era of King Xi of Qi" and the time when Qi was the most powerful. However, in fact, due to the civil war of "civil war among the princes" in the past few years, Qi's state has

His vitality was severely damaged; on the other hand, because Zhao Run, who was still King Su at the time, suppressed the "Three Kings' Rebellion" in a short period of time, the Wei State was insignificant compared to the Qi State due to the same civil strife.

One is the old overlord who is on the decline, and the other is the new overlord of the Central Plains who has risen faster after Prince Zhao Run came to power. Zhao Zhao is very worried that the people of Qi will not easily recognize the hegemony of Wei, which will affect Qi and Wei.

relations between the two countries.

If something like that really happened, how should he deal with himself as the son of Wei and the son-in-law of King Qi?
Chapter completed!