Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 394
The capital of Qi State, Linzi.

In the palace, Qi Hou Lv Chujiu was receiving the envoys of Wu Kingdom Kong Qiu and Bo Tong who came from afar with his officials.

Confucius immediately handed over Qingji's handwritten letter, and asked Lu Chujiu to read Qingji's sincere apology.

At the same time, Confucius took another gift list and read aloud: "To express my apology, my monarch should present a gift to the Marquis of Qi to congratulate Qi on defeating the Jin people and defeating the allied forces of the princes!"

"The congratulatory gifts are as follows: ten thousand taels of gold, ten pairs of jade discs, a pair of fine jade, one hundred thousand stones of rice, a pair of rhinoceros horns, one agate stone, and a pair of coral..."

Hearing this, including Qi Hou Lu Chujiu, the monarchs and ministers of the Qi Kingdom could not help but salivate.

greedy!

Although Qi State is rich, there is no shortage of gold and jade in Lu Chujiu's treasury, but things such as rhinoceros horn and agate belong to the native products of Wu State, which are not available in Qi State.

As the saying goes, rarity is the most precious thing, so Lu Chujiu can naturally see its value.

"cough!"

Lu Chujiu coughed lightly immediately, and said, "Good! I already know the sincerity of Marquis Wu, please tell Confucius to Marquis Wu on behalf of me."

"When Qi was in danger, Wu sent troops to the south, but it was difficult to help the war. It is understandable."

"Thank you Qihou for your understanding!"

Kong Qiu hurriedly bowed and said.

His mission has been completed.

After all, Wu Guo had a lot of blood this time!

Fortunately, Qingji doesn't care about these extraneous things.

The country of Wu's economy has been thriving and prosperous in recent years, and its treasury is rich, so a mere congratulatory gift can still be given.

"Confucius, Yanzi did not enter Qi with you. Dare I ask, where is Yanzi?"

Lu Chujiu frowned.

"Reporting to the Marquis of Qi, when the foreign ministers came, Yan Zi said that the mountains, rivers and rivers in the State of Wu were pleasant, and he wanted to see them quickly, so he lingered and forgot to return."

Kong Qiu replied with a smile.

"I see."

Lu Chujiu didn't take it seriously.

Because envoys to other countries have great authority, after completing their missions, they can travel around in other countries.

This is commonplace.

After Confucius and Bo Tong retreated, Lu Chujiu left the court and was about to leave the hall, but Xiang Guotian begged to stop him.

"Xiangguo, what's the matter?"

Lu Chujiu asked puzzledly.

Tian Qi seemed to have something to hide, he hesitated to say: "My lord, I have something to do, I wonder if I should report it to the king?"

"But it doesn't matter."

Hearing this, Tian Qi immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that if Yan Zi doesn't return to Qi for a long time, he will throw himself into Wu's heart."

"Xiangguo is joking."

Lu Chujiu waved his hand, laughed it off, and said, "Xiangguo, to be honest, among all the ministers of our state of Qi, anyone is likely to betray Qi and go to another country."

"However, only Yan Zi, I think it is absolutely impossible!"

Seeing Lu Chujiu's swearing, Tian Qi didn't panic in the slightest, and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know something. About Yan Ying's betrayal of Qi and defection to Wu, it is not groundless."

"I have a witness who is a servant of Yan Ying's mansion. He accompanied Yan Ying as envoy to Wu. Because he couldn't bear to see Yan Ying's rebellious behavior, he fled all the way to Linzi. He was taken in by the minister yesterday."

"Where is that man?"

Lu Chujiu frowned and asked.

"It's outside the palace right now."

"Xuan!"

Following Lu Chujiu's order, a young man in civilian clothes with bruises all over his body and lack of energy entered the hall with a low eyebrow.

"Little man Zhongli, see the king, see the prime minister!"

The commoner youth named Zhongli quickly knelt down and shouted.

"Are you really Yan Zi's servant?"

"Don't dare to lie to the monarch!"

Zhong Li hurriedly kowtowed and said, "The villain is Yan Zi's servant, and he envoys Wu with his master. Unexpectedly, Yan Zi will show his kindness to Marquis Wu by a strange mistake. He will also give the Wu people a map of the defense of our country's mountains and rivers!"

"what?"

Hearing this, Lu Chujiu was startled immediately.

Mountain and river defense map, this is no joke.

The map may indicate the troops stationed by the Qi State at each of the city gate fortresses, which is extremely important!

Yan Ying actually gave such confidential things to Qing Ji?

Lu Chujiu is really unbelievable!

At this moment, Tian Qi, who was standing under the majesty's platform, couldn't help lowering his head and secretly laughing.

Naturally, Tian Qi knew exactly what was going on.

"Is it true that Yan Ying has defected from Qi to Wu?"

Until this time, Lu Chujiu was still skeptical.

After all, Yan Ying was already very old, and most of his body was buried in the coffin. What good would it do Yan Ying if he betrayed Qi and voted for Wu at this time?
Could it be that he humiliated Yan Ying's reputation for the rest of his life?
……

Prime Minister.

In the side hall, Tian Qi was sitting across from Wu Ting Wei Bo Tong.

The flickering lights reflected the sinister faces of the two.

"Tingwei, I have followed Wu Wang's order to create a rift between the monarch and Yan Ying."

Tian Qi shook his head and said: "Just, with all due respect, although the monarch is suspicious by nature, he is not a stupid person. He must not do anything to expel a respected old minister."

In the huge court of Qi State, almost no one knew Lu Chujiu better than Tian Qi.

Therefore, Tian Qi's opinion has certain reference value.

"If Mrs. Yan fled to Wu by herself, I'm afraid the Marquis of Qi will not have to be suspicious, and the matter will be settled."

Bo Tong smiled mysteriously.

"What did Ting Wei say?"

"When I came here, I ordered someone to forge a letter from Yan Ying's family using Yan Ying's handwriting. If Yan Ying ordered his son Yan Yu and his family to move to the state of Wu, Xiangguo thinks that this will be possible?"

"hiss!"

Tian Qi couldn't help taking a deep breath.

According to his understanding of Yan Yu, this person only knows how to stick to the rules and agrees with his father Yan Ying's teachings very much.

I'm afraid that after hearing the news that Yan Ying betrayed Qi and voted for Wu, and seeing his father's family letter, he would really do such a stupid thing!
What a poisonous plan!
Tian Qi cast a secretive look at Bo Tong.

"Tian Xiang, there is one more thing. I hope to get Tian Xiang's full support."

"What's the matter?"

"My king wants to win Tian Rangju."

"what?"

Tian Qi couldn't help staring and said: "Tingwei, King Wu's appetite is too big. Whether it is Yan Ying or Tian Rangju, they are all the ministers of our Qi State. King Wu will all go, and Qi State will..."

"Tian Xiang, this doesn't seem to be something you should consider, Tian Xiang."

Bo Tong sneered and said, "Besides, getting rid of Yan Ying is a great thing for Xiang Tian."

"As for Tian Rangju, I heard that although Tian Rangju and Tian Xiang belong to the same clan, but they are only a partial branch and have a distant relationship. Are Tian Rangju and Tian Xiang close?"

Tian Qi was immediately stopped by the question.

The relationship between him and Tian Rangju can be described as lukewarm.

Although there is a certain relationship, but Tian Rangju, in order to avoid staying with Tian Qi's Tian family for too long and make the monarch suspicious, so he always distances himself from Tian Qi...

"Tingwei, I know what to do. Please rest assured, Tingwei!"

"good!"

(End of this chapter)