"Stop." Lou Chang looked at Handan City not far away and quickly ordered the driver to stop.
"promise."
After the driver parked the car, Lou Chang walked to the side of the road, used thorn sticks to cut several gaps in his robe, then grabbed a handful of dust from the ground and sprinkled it on his body, then scratched his head to make his hair messy. Then he sprinkled a handful of dust on his face and hair, shook his head, and shook the dust evenly.
Get back in the car.
"Let's go."
…
"Your Majesty, Mr. Lou Chang is back." The eunuch reported.
"Please come in quickly." King Zhao said hurriedly.
Lou Chang stepped into the palace and without waiting for King Zhao to ask, he knelt on the ground with a "pop" sound.
"Your Majesty, I have betrayed my holy hope. The Qi State bullied others too much and threatened to ask the king's son to come to Qi State as a hostage before he would lend grain to me, Zhao State. The young master is two years old, how can I bear it! Besides, this war is It was because of Zhao Kuo and Lian Po that today's results were achieved, how could he be allowed to bear this responsibility as an infant?"
"The relationship between our State of Zhao and the State of Qi has always been bad. The young master has been all alone since he arrived in the State of Qi. If something happens to him, I will have no face to meet my ancestors in the future!"
"I am incompetent and failed to borrow food. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
Lou Chang lay on the ground and cried bitterly, his tears mixed with the dust on his face, and he looked as sad as he could.
"Treacherous minister!"
Yu Xin stood up from his seat angrily, strode up to Lou Chang, kicked him over, and then kicked him hard twice.
"Your Majesty, please punish Lou Chang for his crime." Yu Xin said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, please punish Lou Chang for his crime." Zhao Sheng stood up and said.
"Your Majesty, please punish Lou Chang for his crime." Lin Xiangru and Chu Long said.
"Please, Your Majesty, punish your ministers." Lou Chang lay down on the ground, revealing his ragged robes, and did not defend himself at all.
King Zhao saw Lou Chang running all the way for the State of Zhao, looking dusty, even his clothes were torn, his face was covered with dust, and he had suffered so much on the road, so he really couldn't bear to punish him.
"Forget it."
King Zhao waved his hand helplessly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lou Chang quickly got up from the ground and walked to the seat beside him to sit down.
"Your Majesty, the envoy from the State of Qin is asking for an audience outside the palace." At this time, another eunuch came in to report.
"The envoy of Qin?" King Zhao was a little confused, but he still chose to receive him.
Lou Huan stood at the foot of the steps outside the palace, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar palace, feeling quite emotional in his heart.
He was also a member of this place back then, and assisted King Wuling of Zhao in reforming Hufu, riding and shooting, and revitalizing the State of Zhao.
Later, King Wuling of Zhao sent him to Qin to serve as the prime minister of Qin, to monitor the state of Qin, and to provide help for King Wuling of Zhao to go south to destroy Qin in the future.
However...he could never wait until that day...
When news of the coup in Shaqiu Palace came, Qin quickly dismissed him and appointed Wei Ran as prime minister.
He originally wanted to stay in Qin and provide help to Zhao, but unfortunately, after King Wuling of Zhao, there was no hero in Zhao.
In desperation, Lou Huan could only seek refuge with Qin.
Now that he is old, he never thought he would have the chance to return to his hometown.
"Announce the envoys of Qin State to enter the palace." The eunuch announced.
Lou slowly walked into the hall and looked at King Zhao sitting on it. His eyes were a little blurry, as if he saw the majestic and heroic King Zhao Wuling.
"Qin envoy?" King Zhao was a little confused when he saw Lou Huan staring at him.
Lou Huan was stunned for a moment, and then looked at King Zhao. It turned out that he just inherited the appearance of King Wuling, and had no trace of the heroic spirit of King Zhao Wuling.
He sighed deeply, leaned over and bowed: "The foreign minister Lou slowly pays his respects to King Zhao."
"The envoy of Qin has come to invite you. I wonder why the envoy of Qin came to Zhao?" King Zhao said.
"Your Majesty, I'm here to negotiate peace," Lou Huan said.
"Qin plans to negotiate peace?" King Zhao asked quickly.
"Yes, as long as the king orders the Zhao army of the wild king to be withdrawn and agrees to cede Shangdang to Qin, the king will send an order to Lord Wu'an to bring back Zhao's 400,000 troops." Lou Huan said.
"This is absolutely impossible." Yu Xin immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the people of Qin are cunning. King Huai of Chu was deceived into Qin and died in a foreign country. Once they agree to their terms, not only will Ma Fuzi and the others make All our efforts have been in vain, and our Zhao Kingdom’s 400,000-strong army will no longer exist. Please think again, Your Majesty.”
"Your Majesty, the Chu State is a barbarian, and there is naturally no loyalty to it. However, our two countries, Zhao and Qin, share the same origin, so the Qin State must be trustworthy." Lou Chang stood up and said.
"Your Majesty, Qin cannot be trusted." Lin Xiangru said.
"Haha, it seems that your country's opinions cannot be unified. In this case, the foreign ministers will retire first and wait for the king to make a decision before calling the foreign ministers. But our Qin country can afford to wait, but Zhao's 400,000 soldiers may not be able to wait. ah."
After speaking, Lou Xu walked outside without looking back.
"Your Majesty, Ma Fuzi and others worked hard to establish a nail in the rear of the Qin army. The reason why the Qin State sent envoys to negotiate peace shows that their current situation is not easy. Once our army withdraws the Ye King's soldiers first, there will be no more A means to contain the Qin army. When the time comes, the soldiers of Changping will be like meat on the chopping board and allowed to be slaughtered by the Qin army." Yu Xin said earnestly.
"Your Majesty, what Jun Yu said is true. This is the best time to weaken Qin. Since Qi refuses to borrow food, we should immediately send people to ask for help from Han, Wei and Chu." Zuo Shi said to the dragon.
"Your Majesty, I would like to be an envoy to the State of Wei." Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, the three countries of Han, Wei and Chu have rejected our country's request for help many times. Even sending envoys at this time will not help. Now that Qin is asking for peace, it is better to listen to Qin and let Du Pingjun and others withdraw first. Qin feels that Because of our sincerity, we will naturally order Wu An to release our Zhao soldiers back," Lou Chang said.
"You treacherous villain." Yu Xin kicked Lou Chang to the ground.
"A common man." Lou Chang got up from the ground and started wrestling with Yu Xin.
However, although Lou Chang's martial arts was good, he was far behind Yu Xin, who was proficient in the Six Arts of the Gentleman, and he was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen in a short time.
Yu Xin rode on Lou Chang, punching him to the flesh, and scolding Lou Chang for his traitorous officials.
King Zhao repeatedly signaled to pull the two away. Zhao Sheng and others lowered their eyebrows, suppressing their smiles and pretending not to notice.
Just when King Zhao was about to call the guards in, a eunuch ran in from outside in a panic.
"Your Majesty, it's not good."
Yu Xin and Lou Chang separated and each tidied up their clothes.
"What's the matter?" King Zhao frowned.
"For some reason, the news that Qin came to discuss peace suddenly spread throughout Handan," the eunuch said.
"It's over. If this happens, the people of Zhao State will no longer have the will to fight." Yu Xin shook his head, turned around and walked out of the palace without even saying hello.
…
"That son of a bitch, Yu Xin, is so cruel. Oh, be gentle, be gentle."
In Lou Mansion, Lou Chang was lying on the couch, stroking his concubine's snow-white thighs while cursing Yu Xin.
The concubine on the side carefully helped him apply the medicine.
"My Lord, the envoy from the State of Qin wants to see you." At this time, the steward came in to report.
"I understand." Lou Chang turned around and said to his concubine, "You go down first and apply the medicine later."
After speaking, Lou Chang put on his robe and came to the living room.
"My nephew pays homage to Father Zhong." Seeing Lou Sui, Lou Chang quickly leaned over and saluted.
"Who hit you like this?" Lou Huan was a little confused. Lou Chang was still fine when he left the palace. How could he become like this after only an hour?
"My nephew is fine." Lou Chang twitched the corner of his mouth and asked, "Father Zhong, why are you here in Zhao?"
"Your Majesty asked me to come over and spread the news of peace talks to undermine the fighting spirit of the people of Zhao State. At the same time, I will send a signal to other countries to prevent them from sending troops to help Zhao State. You help me hold off King Zhao and prevent him from sending people to other countries. Just ask for help." Lou Huan said.
"Don't worry, Father Zhong, leave this matter to me."
