Qin Shi: Beginning as the first emperor's younger brother

Chapter 153 Only the strong say it

Ying Yuan doesn't know now that Jing Ke has already rushed to Qin from the border of Yan.

Somewhere, he has already been inextricably linked with the vast majority of people in this world.

The matter of the 'October Major Case' was finally brought to the fore by Ying Zheng, and that was the end of it.

Otherwise, more people will die.

Among them are many business travelers from the six countries in Shandong, which greatly restricted the development of Xianyang's economy and shaken its stability.

After much deliberation, it was still decided that the matter of arresting spies from various countries could not be continued to expand.

The impact of this matter is too great, and many people are paying attention, including Guo Kai.

He felt that he couldn't delay any longer, the peace talks must have a result.

So, today when Li Si came to the post station to visit the delegation of the State of Zhao, Guo Kai showed his impatient side, "Lord Changshi, I am the prime minister of the State of Zhao. If I stay in Qin State all day, I will be ridiculed by the people of the world. So, take a look, can you let me meet the King of Qin?"

Li Si didn't mean to underestimate him in any way. After all, how could a person who can hold the position of prime minister of a country be what the world calls mediocre?

The traitor may be true, but Li Si would not believe that he has no ability at all.

He hesitated for a moment, showing difficulty, "Master Zhao, you don't know something. The king's health is indeed not good recently, but the king said that when he is in good health, he will definitely consider carefully the matter of the alliance between Qin and Zhao."

Hearing this, Guo Kai was upset, and immediately lost his face, "If this matter is delayed again and again, it will not be good for both of us. We should talk about it as soon as possible and make a decision as soon as possible."

Li Si smiled slightly as a response.

In fact, he didn't know what to say.

Just yesterday, after Ying Zheng intervened in the 'October Major Case', he thought it was time to negotiate with the Zhao Guo Mission.

After all, there is already a war ahead, and talking while fighting is a strategy that was set early in the morning.

After leaving the post station, Li Si didn't go directly to Zhangtai Palace to report the matter to Qin Wangzheng, but instead went to Champion Hou's mansion halfway, saying that he wanted to visit Ying Yuan.

I'm an official in the same dynasty, but I don't see him when I look up. What's there to visit?
But I just wanted to ask how things are going in the frontier.

Regarding the battle ahead, apart from the current lieutenant and the king, only Da Sima Yingyuan can get the latest news.

Not knowing the current situation ahead, he really didn't know how to talk to Zhao Guo.

He really wanted to know what kind of attitude Champion Hou had towards the battle ahead.

After entering the Hou Mansion, Li Si followed a guard to the courtyard where Ying Yuan was.

Along the way, he saw many masters and soldiers in the army, and he was particularly surprised.

He calculated that there should be four to five thousand masters in the entire Champion Hou's Mansion.

This is already a scary number.

We must know that Wei Wuji, the Lord of Xinling back then, had only a few thousand guests.

But those three or four thousand diners were once able to compete with Luo Wang, and even repeatedly sabotaged Luo Wang's plan.

But now, let alone the number of people in the Hou's Mansion, let alone the number of people in the Hou's Mansion, in the entire Xianyang City, except for the Forbidden Army in the palace, there is no one more than the masters in the Hou's Mansion.

Even the former Lu Buwei was far from reaching this level at his peak.

Although Li Si was shocked, he still pretended to be calm on the surface.

In fact, someone reported to Yingzheng about the fact that there were many disciples and guards in the Hou's mansion, but the latter obviously didn't care about it. Lord Chunshen, Lord Pingyuan and others should be strong.

Seeing Ying Yuan, he hurriedly came to him, bowed in a humble manner and said: "I've seen Lord Hou before."

At this time, the former was wearing a commoner garment and was sitting in front of a scale, wiping the sword in his hand with a large deerskin.

After hearing Li Si's voice, he responded lightly, "Sit."

Li Si nodded, and immediately sat on the stone bench, without disturbing the other party's next actions.

Ying Yuan had nothing to do, so he simply took care of the Seven Star Dragon Yuan Sword himself.

Using deerskin to maintain a sharp sword is a very extravagant act. First, pour anti-rust oil on the sword body, and then carefully wipe it slowly with deerskin.

After finishing all this, he handed the sword to Suzaku beside him, and asked her to go aside to complete the next step.

In addition to wiping the body of the sword, it is also necessary to coil the sword.

The so-called pan sword can be vividly understood as pan skewers.

The first is to use a cotton towel soaked in hot water, and use the flat side to rub it back and forth on the blade surface to make it slightly warm, and then there are various steps.

In short, it is more cumbersome.

It can also be seen from this that Ying Yuan cherishes Longyuan Sword far more than Fang Tianyou Longji.

Although the former and the latter are both weapons of killing and cutting, they are somewhat different. He doesn't often use the Long Yuan Sword to fight against the enemy.

But Youlonghalberd is different. For that greathalberd, the best way to maintain it is to irrigate it with fresh blood.

So there is absolutely no need to cherish Youlongji like you cherish Longyuanjian.

"I don't know what you are talking about today when you came to see Benhou?"

Ying Yuan personally poured Li Sizhan tea.

The latter was overwhelmed with flattery, and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty has lost his lowly position. I heard that His Majesty was assassinated. I don't know if I let that thief hurt me?"

Ying Yuan smiled, and said indifferently: "People like me have been assassinated at least a hundred times in a year, and they have all kinds of methods, such as poisoning food and pretending to be a personal servant to assassinate." , but most of them are doomed to fail before they start their actions. Therefore, a small assassination is nothing more than that."

Hearing this, Li Si admired him from the bottom of his heart, "The person who can make every country try to kill him by all means, I think, in Qin State, besides the king, there is only Lord Hou."

"You don't seem like a sycophant. Tell me, why are you here?"

Ying Yuan cut to the chase.

He didn't believe it, the other party came here, really just wanted to ask if he was okay.

Li Si smiled wryly, "I still can't hide it from Lord Hou. I went to visit Guo Kai at the inn today. He has been entangled with him for a long time. Now, he is a little impatient. Some people in the Zhao State Mission even said that if we Qin State did not They left Xianyang and planned to return to the country because they were not interested in peace talks."

Ying Yuan stood up, facing the big scale, picked a leaf at random, threw it into the air, and let it blow away with the wind.The autumn wind was refreshing, but no matter what, that leaf was still unable to fly out of the Champion Hou's Mansion. After finally flying to the top of the wall, it suddenly turned back down again.

Seeing this, he expressed his feelings, "It is up to us Qin to talk about it or not. Since they have come to Xianyang, it is impossible to let them leave at will. The world says that my Qin State is a state of tigers and wolves. , just let them see what a real tiger and wolf is.

The prey got into the mouth, as to whether or not to spit out the bones, they said it didn't matter. "

Ying Yuan's meaning was already very clear.

Li Si also got up suddenly, came behind him, clasped his fists and said with a smile: "With Lord Hou's words, I feel safe in my heart."

As long as Champion Hou intervenes in this matter, it is impossible for those Zhao missions to leave Qin.

"Don't worry, there are watchmen, they can't even get out of the station." Ying Yuan murmured.

Li Si nodded, "I'm here, but there is actually one more thing to ask. I don't know how far the battle ahead has gone?"

Ying Yuan was curious and looked at Li Si, "You don't ask the king, why do you ask me?"

Immediately, he frowned and said: "If you ask the king everything, Si's long history is too incompetent."

In fact, Li Si is also in a difficult situation now.

Qin Wangzheng gave him full power to handle the negotiation, and also said that as soon as the war broke out, he could contact and negotiate with them.

However, to what extent it is closely related to the war ahead.

Ying Yuan understood this in an instant, and said, "They don't know anything about the battle between Qin and Zhao now. You can decide for yourself. How far you say the battle ahead is, that's how far it is."

Hearing the sound, Li Si suddenly realized, "I think, I know what to do."

Ying Yuan nodded lightly, and said meaningfully: "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. In a world of great strife, countries are fighting each other frequently. Only the real overlord and strong can say it."

(End of this chapter)