I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 331 Must be used to the extreme
It has been the third year that the "Tan" land has been under the control of the Zhi family.

The capital city of Qi State "Linzi" is in the east, and someone going out of "Linzi" to the west would not choose the route to the north bank of Jishui.

Because there are too few cities and towns in the "Tan" land, there are few safe places to rest, and because it is not easy to supply, in fact, Qi people seldom pass through the "Tan" land if they want to go to the west, and most of them will take detours.

In fact it is.The wilderness in the past few years is not safe. While the wild beasts are running around, there are also a lot of savages. The nobles also carry a large number of guards. I will not choose the route of a hundred miles without a city.

Another point, even if there is a sufficient amount of dry food, who wants to see civilization for a long time?

After all, people are social animals, and most people still like to gather in crowded places.

After the "Tan" land fell into the hands of the Zhi family, due to the dispute over the ownership of the sovereignty, the Zhi family did not immigrate to build it.

To talk about any changes in "Tan", Tian Qi saw many barriers on the way, and Zhishi also widened the road.

That kind of widening is to cut down trees and clear away weeds, bushes and other plants.

The current road is basically like this. Don't expect to pave the road surface with something. At most, there is a stream or something to build a bridge.

just what?Building bridges is a luxury nowadays, unless it is a particularly important location, otherwise don't even think about it.

Zhiyao really didn't expect Tian Qi to come over, and when he came, he only brought a hundred guards.

"What is he doing here at this time?" Zhiyao was more confused in her heart.

Of course, Zhiyao didn't go to the gate of the city to greet him, so he would still do what he should have given Tian Qi.

After all, nobles are nobles, even if it is a hostile relationship, how can some face things not be maintained?To put it bluntly, it is not only the face that is maintained, but also the dignity of the nobility.

The greatest courtesy that Zhiyao can give Tian Qi is to go out to greet him before entering the door. When the two parties meet without a cold face, basically forget about the rest.

"Why did Qi Qing come here?" Zhi Yao asked directly after the two parties were seated without extra politeness.

The governing countries under the Zhou royal system called Zhengqing, and outsiders called them with the name of the country as a prefix.

"Come here." Tian Qi replied.

Zhiyao made a dumbfounded move, and then said in astonishment: "The Tian family killed the king."

It was just a Tian family killing the king, which immediately made Tian Qi's face change drastically.

There is no way, this matter is really too big.

The problem now is that various countries have determined that Qi Junren was killed by the Tian family, and it was unanimously certified by the fugitive Duke of Qi. No matter how the Tian family explains it, there will be no rebuttal effect.

"The traitor harmed me." Tian Qi pretended to be confused while pretending to understand.

Zhiyao immediately smiled, a deep smile.

There are some things that can be done, and others can scold, but I have to insist on refusing to admit it, because once I admit it, not only I will be finished, but the whole family may also be wiped out.

Next, Tian Qi began to talk about him, talking about the ownership of the "Tan" land, and the ownership of the upper reaches of Jishui. In short, the signal released was that if Zhiyao was willing to talk, Tian was very willing to betray Qi. sovereignty.

In fact, those things are nothing to talk about.Zhi's strength is sufficient, and he can be defeated by force. The reason why he has not been defeated is nothing more than Zhi's use of troops on multiple fronts.

"If you only come here this time to say this, please leave with one step." Zhiyao didn't have extra time to talk about this impossible thing.

It's not that the Tian family can't hand it over. The monarch of Qi has passed away, and the only remaining public clan has no right to speak. Nobles with different surnames and the Tian family are grasshoppers on the same rope. Conditions, I am afraid that if they ask for the "Tan" land and the upper reaches of Jishui this time, or even more excessive demands, they will agree to it if they can survive.

The most important point is that Qi Jun Renxie had sent people to invite the princes before his death, and Jin, Lu, Chu, and Wu responded one after another. It seems that the Tian family and some party members are doomed.

That was the big pit that Qi Junren dug for the Tian clan before he died. Especially the princes of the Qi State had not yet completely died out. The princes seemed to smell the flying flies. How could they not move on the wind?
Only the Zhi family received the news that Wu and Lu had sent envoys to the "Xintian" of Jin, and other countries must be conducting urgent discussions and would soon join in.

In this way, no matter which direction you look at, the Tian family has fallen into a certain death situation, and there is almost no possibility of escape.

So, can you understand why Tian Qi risked his life to build Zhiyao?

To put it simply, the Tian family has reached a dead end, and what left them with a glimmer of hope is Zhi's acceptance. In order to achieve their goal, they are willing to give everything in exchange for Tian's continued survival. All they do is because they can continue to survive. There is still hope.

This is also the reason why Tian Qi is willing to offer Qi Guo with both hands, because they really have no choice other than this option.

The reason why Tian Qi couldn't help sinking his heart when he knew that Zhishi was gathering an army in "Tan" was not because he planned to use force before seeing this?

Now, no matter how small the hope is, Tian Qi will make 100% efforts to fight for it. What he fears is that there will be no such glimmer of hope.Judging from Zhiyao's reaction, it seems that there is no hope at all.

Since interests alone cannot impress the Zhi family, what Tian Qi needs to think about now is whether to implement Tian Heng's suggestion, that is, to attack Chu, the Zhao family, the Wei family, and others indiscriminately without evidence. , to provide the murderer who assassinated Zhi's father and son to disrupt the situation.

Don't doubt anything a person will do for the survival of the family, but Tian Qi saw Zhiyao smiling all the time, and based on Zhiyao's long-standing behavior, he suddenly found that he seemed to take things for granted.

"He used the excuse of assassinating the murderer to destroy Weiguo. It can be seen that he doesn't care who is the murderer behind the scenes. What he wants is an excuse to do it. I don't have any real evidence. Even if I present real evidence, I'm afraid I will get the end of killing the mouth, no There will be another harvest." Tian Qi was thinking, while cold sweat broke out all over his body, especially the sweat on his forehead was so much that it flowed down his cheeks.

If a person thinks too much, he will become more afraid based on his own guesses.

Logically speaking, Tian Qi is not a person who can't stand strong winds and waves. He has seen the incompetence of Qi Jun, and he has also seen the collapse of the Duke of Qi. He has the courage to count two generations of monarchs again and again. How did he make such a fuss at this point? The end of the road, there is not enough time for him to think.

Fortunately, Zhiyao didn't chase her away immediately, and arranged for Tian Qi to rest after a brief meeting, which meant that there was still a chance to talk about things later, and Tian Qi didn't extinguish all hopes.

Tian Qi just left.

Sun Wu and Sima Rangju came out from behind the screen. Their faces were gloomy, and it seemed that they were completely disappointed with something, and they still had a lot of indignation.

"Zongzi, this Lizi is as shameless as a human being." Sima Rangju said.

To be reasonable, although Sima Rangju came from Qi to work for the Zhi family, he did not follow up until he was captured because the monarch and ministers of Qi did not care about him. After four years of struggle and waiting, he learned that the family had also given up. Zhiyao made contact.Sima Rangju's service to the Zhi family is not a kind of betrayal on the premise that he was first given up by the monarch, ministers and family of the Qi State.

Similar things happened to many nobles. They turned to serve their captors. No one was defined as a traitor. Once these people became famous, they would even fawn on their country and family who had given up on them.

Take Sima Rangju as an example, some of the princes of Qi State came to the "Tan" and regarded Sima Rangju as the key figure in saving Qi State. Control of Qi State.

This group of Dukes of the Qi State also gave examples of what kind of benefits they were willing to pay, including handing over the sovereignty of the "Tan" land and the upper reaches of the Jishui River to the Zhi family, and other greater costs are not impossible to discuss.

Sun Wu said: "The Tian family really has something that can be used, why the eldest son is not willing to make false claims with him."

Still the same sentence, Zhiyao doesn't want what happened to Jiang's Lu family to be engraved on her own.

Of course, Zhiyao can't say that, she can only explain it from her reputation.

Only Zhiyao felt that she was being perfunctory, while Sima Rangju and Sun Wu didn't think there was anything abrupt about it.

Zhiyao said: "Stay in the fields and beg for time, don't despair with them, and wait for the spring to come."

Sun Wu said with a smile: "How can the Tian family sit and wait for death, there must be other strange actions. Wu Guantian begged to come here to die."

This point can be seen not only at noon, but also by Zhiyao and Sima Rangju.

The season has entered the snowy climate, and it is a consensus not to fight in winter. The Tian family and its followers will not care about the ice and snow. There will not be too many people who choose to fight to the end. They need to hurry up and find a way out.

About a month later, envoys from Chu, Wu, Lu, Song and some small vassal states came to the "Tan" land one after another.

Tian Qi, who had been hanged for more than a month, did not leave, and he still begged to see Zhiyao every day, giving people a strange feeling.

The envoys of various countries gathered in the "Tan", of course, how to respond to Qi's invitation.After they came to the "Tan" land, they immediately went to the Zi Palace where Qi Junren was placed to carry out a ritual process.

When waiting to get together, it is time to discuss how to deal with Qi.

Of course Zhiyao would not allow anyone to take a share of the well-known Qi State, but to gain a bigger name, so what about participating in a big show?

During this period, something unreasonable and expected happened, that is, the past of the assassination of Zhi's father and son was brought up again and discussed again.

"Interesting..." Of course Zhiyao was prepared, and she also thought that even if Tian Qi was placed under house arrest to a certain degree, there would still be some moths.

And this is exactly what Zhiyao wants!
(End of this chapter)