Linzi, east of the city.
In a house, in a study.
Tuobatai is reading a book. He has a burly physique, a chin, a tiger's beard, slightly sunken eye sockets, and a hooked nose, which gives people a feeling of indifference.
Although he is of a certain age, he is full of energy and does not look old at all.
Tuoba Tai is a descendant of most of the Tuoba clan in the Yan Kingdom, and he is also a master of the Yan Kingdom. Because he yearned for the culture of the Central Plains, he studied in the Xia Kingdom when he was young. At that time, the Xia Kingdom had not yet begun to decline, so Tuobatai saw the prosperity of the Xia Kingdom, and yearned for everything in the Xia Kingdom, and eagerly learned about the Xia Kingdom's system.
Tuobatai returned to Yan State and suggested to Emperor Liu Yuan of Yan State that he should learn from the system of Xia State in the Central Plains, learn from the official structure of Xia State, and carry out reforms according to Xia State.
This suggestion was like a stone sinking into the ocean.
After the news came out, many people even ridiculed Tuobatai, thinking that Tuobatai had forgotten his ancestors after studying in the Xia Kingdom, forgot the ancestors of the tribes on the grassland, and wanted to abandon the rules of the grassland tribes. In the end, Tuoba Tai was left idle, and all his ambitions turned into water.
After Tuobatai had been silent for many years, he was sent to Qi State to take charge of the intelligence operations of the entire Qi State because Qi State needed hidden stakes operations.
Tuobatai's external identity is that of a Hu merchant, engaged in business such as silks, satins, and many grassland wild products. Secretly, he arranged for people to infiltrate to find out information and win over people in Qi.
It's a pity that for the time being, the people he has won over are ordinary petty officials. Tuobatai has not yet had the opportunity to get involved with the real senior officials of Qi State, and he does not dare to contact them for the time being.
Qi is not like Xia.
The Xia Kingdom began to practice Taoism as the emperor began to practice Taoism. After the government was corrupted, officials at the top and bottom were acting independently and grabbing profits like crazy, regardless of the life and death of the people. It is easy to win over such officials of Xia State and find out information, but it is not easy for Qi State.
Fortunately, Tuobatai was patient. He didn't have much to do in Linzi anyway, so he just had to work slowly.
At home, he struggled to realize his ambitions.
In Qi, out of sight, out of mind, you can do what you like.
While Tuoba Tai was reading, there was a rush of footsteps, and a warrior in black bowed and said, "Master Tuoba, we have the latest news from Qi and Qin."
As he spoke, the black warrior handed over the letter.
Tuobatai took it and looked at it carefully. He was a little surprised. He thought about it carefully and said, "Inform Liu Hong to come."
Not long after, Liu Hong entered.
Liu Hong is relatively young, in his thirties, with a beard, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a rough appearance.
Liu Hong was from the royal family of the Yan Kingdom, but he was just a branch of the royal family, which was relatively far away.
He came to Qi State with Tuobatai to plan and obey Tuobatai's command.
Tuobatai said directly: "I just received news that Lin Feng, the envoy of Qin State, has arrived in Linzi to accept negotiations with Qi State to carve up Xia State's territory. Our people even found out that Tian He will summon Lin Feng tomorrow. It may have been negotiated.”
"Xia was destroyed by Qin. According to previous news, Qin arranged for Lin Feng to go to Jin, while Chang Taining was in charge of negotiations in Qi. Now that Lin Feng has come to Zi, it means that Jin has reached an agreement. If Lin Feng Here, if we can reach an agreement with Qi State again, what benefits will we have to Yan State?"
"Nothing good is gone."
"Qin, Qi and Jin have unified opinions, and we are the ones who suffer the most."
Tuoba Tai stood up and put his hands behind his back.
His eyes gradually became sharper.
There was more murderous intent on his body.
Liu Hong frowned and said: "Lord Tuoba, Your Majesty has always intended to go south, but he just couldn't find the opportunity. Now that the Xia Kingdom has been destroyed, this is an excellent opportunity to attack the Xia Kingdom. Once the three countries agree, it will not be good for us. So it must be destroyed, is that what you mean?”
"Yes, that's what it means."
Tuobatai waved his hand and said forcefully: "If the Three Kingdoms don't fight, the Yan Kingdom will have no chance. Therefore, we must provoke a fight between them."
Liu Hong said: "This is more difficult."
"It's not difficult."
Tuoba Tai shook his head.
His eyes were shining, and he looked confident.
Liu Hong was nearly twenty years younger than Tuobatai. He knew that Tuobatai was not as reckless and barbaric as the other Yan people, but Tuobatai was more intelligent.
Therefore, Liu Hong has been studying with Tuobatai.
Liu Hong said respectfully: "Master Tuoba, what are you going to do?"
Tuobatai stroked his gray beard under his chin, his shining eyes showed deep confidence, and he said firmly: "Liu Hong, who do you think is the key to the negotiations between Qin State, Qi State, and Jin State this time? ?”
Liu Hong did not answer in a hurry.
He thought for a moment.
"It's Lin Feng!"
Liu Hong gave the answer and explained: "Lin Feng contributed to the union of Jin and Qin, and then to the union of Qi and Qin. Once anything goes wrong with Lin Feng, the outcome of the negotiations may not be counted. Again. "Lin Feng is a key figure in the Qin State. If something goes wrong with Lin Feng, the Qin State will not give up and will most likely send troops to fight."
"Yes!"
Tuobatai nodded with satisfaction and said: "The key is Lin Feng. With Lin Feng here, the relationship between the three countries will continue to be maintained. If Lin Feng dies, the three countries will immediately conflict. As long as the three countries fight, our Yan country will have an opportunity to take advantage of it." If we have the opportunity, we can take advantage of the situation and send troops south to seize territory."
"Without this step, the three countries unite, and our Yan State sends troops southward, we will encounter joint resistance and attack from the three countries, which is extremely disadvantageous."
Liu Hong had an expression of admiration on his face and said: "Master Tuoba's wisdom is unfathomable, and Liu Hong admires it. If our Yan State has Master Tuoba in power, then the Yan State will definitely rise in strength, and even go south to take over the Central Plains."
Tuobatai laughed at himself and said: "Everyone resists me in the country. You are from a royal family, learn more and see more, and strive to govern in the future. Many people in the Yan State look down on the Xia State and others, but these Central Plains people are very smart, and their The system is better than ours. If we want to go south, we must learn from them. Unfortunately, many people are stuck in their ways and are unwilling to reform."
Liu Hong comforted: "We will definitely get better and better in the future."
"hope so."
Tuobatai nodded slightly.
Tuobatai's slightly irritable mood was suppressed in a blink of an eye, and he said in a deep voice: "We don't have to worry about the affairs of the court. Your Majesty is the one to worry about. What we have to do now is to deal with Lin Feng and kill Lin Feng once and for all. "
Liu Hongdao: "How to kill him? According to the information obtained, Lin Feng is the grand master. In the past, he killed the grand master in the Xia Kingdom, and also killed Xu Gaoyang and others. It will not be easy for us to kill him. Even Lin Feng has extremely strong people around him. Maybe, there are people from Qin State’s Black Ice Platform protecting us.”
Tuoba Tai confidently said: "Lin Feng is very powerful, so it is not easy to kill him in the city. Once there is a conflict in the city, troops will come soon. If we cannot kill Lin Feng then, we will be entangled and unable to escape."
"We chose to take action outside the city. We mobilized more than a hundred of our cavalry and charged them all. Even if Lin Feng is a grandmaster, it is useless. Because I am also a master in the grandmaster realm."
"Not long ago, I reached the peak of the Grandmaster realm. It would be easy to kill Lin Feng."
Tuobatai said confidently: "The reason why I brought more than a hundred riders is to ensure that nothing goes wrong and to ensure the completion of the mission."
"Congratulations, Lord Tuoba."
Liu Hong looked delighted and said: "Your martial arts are among the best on the grassland. I guess that besides the great master, you deserve to be number one."
"That's not the case."
Tuobatai shook his head and said: "I don't care much about rankings and don't think about it. This time, we will kill Lin Feng. As long as we succeed in the first battle and frame this matter to Qi State, then Qi State will It is difficult for the state to explain clearly. The state of Qin was furious and directly raised troops to attack the state of Qi. Then we, the state of Yan, can make plans."
Liu Hong said excitedly: "Master Tuoba is a master of calculation, I admire him."
Tuobatai said: "You arrange this matter and have people keep an eye on Lin Feng carefully. We will leave the city early tomorrow morning and find a place to wait early."
"clear!"
Liu Hong got up and went to make arrangements.
Killing Lin Feng and provoking a dispute between Qin and Qi is the best thing to do.
Tuobatai looked at Liu Hong's leaving figure and sighed in his heart. He hoped that Lin Feng was dead and that when Qi and Qin went to war, the Yan court could react and use this incident to completely break the deadlock in the south.
