In the blink of an eye, Wuliting is already in sight.
After passing the Wuli Pavilion, we turned into the mountain path, and after twists and turns, we saw several thatched houses standing in front of us.
The leader of Black Ice Terrace was already waiting in front of the hut.
After some greetings, Qin Yiren was quickly taken to change his clothes. In just a moment, a young man with handsome eyebrows and starry eyes appeared in front of everyone.
"Your Highness, please wait for the carriage." The leader stood beside a prepared carriage and saluted Qin Yiren.
"Did Zhao Guo notice any abnormalities?" Qin Yiren did not wait for the carriage directly. Instead, he stopped in front of the carriage and asked.
"So far, we haven't found any." The leader was slightly startled, but still replied.
"In other words, is it clear to go here?" Qin Yiren continued to ask.
"It's all right," the leader continued.
"In that case, why do you need a carriage? Let's use war horses instead." Qin Yiren immediately waved his hand.
"This?" The leader was a little embarrassed.
It was not that he was afraid of being discovered in the Zhao Kingdom. After all, it was almost impossible to meet a person who knew the king and grandson of the Qin Kingdom outside Handan City, even though he was still above the official level.
But the problem is that the mountain road is rugged, and the king and grandson have been under Zhao for many years. If something goes wrong, he cannot bear the responsibility!
"Don't worry, leader, my riding skills are pretty good." Of course Qin Yiren understood what the leader was worried about, and he immediately said with a smile: "How can I, the great grandson of Qin, live in a single room?"
"That's it." Qin Yiren's eyes widened as he said that, and he looked straight at the leader.
In a daze, the leader seemed to have returned to the court in Xianyang, and what he was facing was not a grandson who was holding hostage to Zhao, but the King of Qin himself.
"Yes." The somewhat shaken leader immediately clasped his fists and accepted the order.
With a wave of his hand, someone behind him gave up a horse to Wang Sunyiren.
Soon, Qin Yiren mounted a tall horse and followed the leader. In the galloping hooves, the autumn wind kept blowing in his ears, and Qin Yiren's mood became extremely happy.
However, if you think that Qin Yiren's sudden request is just to get rid of the addiction of horse riding, then you think of Qin Yiren too simply.
Although there are only a few words about him in history, and his light was taken away by Lu Buwei, who was a "rare thing to live in", and his eldest son, the First Emperor.
However, if you think about it carefully: He who can stand out from the many grandsons of King Qin Zhaoxiang, who can be regarded as a "curious item" by Lu Buwei, who can give birth to an emperor throughout the ages, how can he be a simple person.
The reason why Qin Yiren made such a seemingly inexplicable request at this time was not that simple.
The first thing is to leave a deep impression on the leader from Black Ice Platform.
After going to the country for several years, the acquaintances he once knew have become strangers. What's more, he has no foundation in the first place. The leader in front of him may be his only hope of contacting the higher-ups. If he wants to escape from such a fate, the person in front of him is one of his few hopes.
He must leave a deep impression on this leader, so that when the leader of the Black Ice Platform or even the King of Qin asks about it, he can tell the superiors through his mouth: Even though he has been in hostage for several years, he, Qin Yiren, is still in his heart. Facing Qin, I still don't change my original intention, and I still yearn to ride on the battlefield.
On the other hand, Qin Yiren knew very well that this trip was not to return to his country, but to go to another unknown country to continue his hostage.
Although when you arrive in another country, your life should not be in danger as in Zhao State, and perhaps the treatment will be better, but this is not enough.
After finally arriving in another country, whether it was intelligence or a guest, he had to make some achievements as much as possible, so that he could have hope of being recalled.
To do these things, Hei Bingtai's cooperation is indispensable, so from now on, he must subtly take the initiative in his hands.
War horses or carriages are actually the least important part.
Obviously, Qin Yiren got everything he wanted easily. This was not only a crushing blow to his identity, but also a sign of his standing.
The crushing of position and intelligence.
Just when Qin Yiren was happily embarking on the road, the envoy of the State of Qin also brought the documents of King Qin to the palace to see King Zhao.
After the greetings, the Qin envoy quickly explained his intention.
"Your Majesty, King Zhao, my king's son An Guojun is seriously ill. He would like to recall his hostage from Zhao, named Yiren, to serve him in his illness and fulfill his filial piety. I hope King Zhao will approve." The Qin envoy handed over the letter of credence. He said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone.
Hearing this, Zhao Kuo was slightly startled, and then he took the letter of credence, but hesitated a little.
Zhao Kuo didn't believe even a single punctuation mark of what the messenger and the credentials said, but it didn't matter if he didn't believe it. In today's universal values, filial piety is an extremely important part.
No matter what Qin's ultimate goal was, Zhao Kuo had no choice but to agree to take back the proton for such a reason. Especially since the two countries are actually at war, if they don't want to have a decisive battle with the Qin army, it would be appropriate to release the protons.
If it were someone else, Zhao Kuo would have let him go, but the problem was that this proton, his name was Yiren.
Qin Yiren, later changed his name to Zi Chu, and later became King Zhuangxiang of Qin.
None of this matters, what matters is that he is the father of the First Emperor!
It's not important to release him. What's important is that after releasing him, if a First Emperor is born, it will be really troublesome. Although it is impossible for Lu Buwei to like him as a rare commodity now, he will naturally not give his Zhao Ji to someone else.
But the problem is, Zhao Ji is gone, and there are still Han Ji and Yan Ji...
Zhao Kuo really didn't want to face a figure like the First Emperor in his twilight years. Even Zhao Kuo, a time traveler, was a little frightened when facing the only emperor through the ages!
There is no way, the First Emperor's influence on the Chinese nation is too great.
"Mr. An Guo?" Zhao Kuo shook his head slightly, then looked at the envoy of Qin and said, "How many heirs are there under the knee of Mr. An Guo? Do you still need a proton to return home to take care of him? Are the other heirs dead?".z.
"Your Majesty, King Zhao." The Qin envoy immediately replied: "It's not that the remaining heirs are not serving them wholeheartedly, but it's because the foreigner has been away from the country for a long time. Lord An's illness is probably caused by longing for him, so I'm sending you this invitation. I also ask the King of Zhao to consider me." In my deepest concern for my father, I honor your request."
With that said, the Qin envoy clasped his fists and bowed again.
Zhao Kuo, who was sitting on top, laughed out loud and said: "If you miss me, how can you keep Zhao Guo as a pledge? Forget it, it seems that An Guojun has never asked about this son in the past few years."
"This?" Ambassador Qin was stunned for a moment by the question.
This question is really difficult to answer. If you say you have cared about him, then you have met in private, which is against the laws of the State of Zhao. If you say you have never met, how can you fulfill the lie of missing my father?
Zhao Kuo's seemingly simple question actually dug a hole for the Qin envoy.
Fortunately, the first condition for being able to serve as an envoy in the Qin State is to be thick-skinned. Faced with such dilemma teasing from King Zhao, the Qin envoy turned a deaf ear and turned his head and replied: "It is precisely because we have not seen each other for several years that I miss An Guojun even more."
Zhao Kuo, who frowned slightly, was quite helpless at the Qin envoy's shamelessness.
Then he looked at the envoy of Qin and asked, "Who and what will Qin give in exchange for the foreigner returning?"
"This." The Qin envoy hesitated again, and then said calmly: "Now that Qin and Zhao are at war, there seems to be no need for protons."
This is completely unreasonable and is a scam.
Although a proton is nothing in the eyes of the king, he is still a member of the royal family. Not to mention exchanging a proton, at least a large amount of property must be used to redeem the person.
It is really rare for King Qin to take back the proton with bare hands.
But you still can't do anything to him.
In other words, Qin has long been accustomed to such arrogant practices. If it were another country and the hostage returned to the country, would the property be used to redeem the person? It would be a good thing if I no longer ask for money from you.
But the envoy of Qin apparently forgot that the place he was in now was the State of Zhao!
Zhao Kuo was still worried that he could not find a good reason to reject him.
Hearing his rogue request, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth: "Go back and tell the King of Qin that you can exchange 500,000 shi of grain for a hostage to return to the country."
As he spoke, he ignored the envoy Qin who was stunned on the spot, turned around and walked towards the inner hall.
"King Zhao, King Zhao..." The Qin envoy stretched his neck and shouted to Zhao Kuo as soon as he realized what he was doing.
Five hundred thousand stones of grain in exchange for a proton? How can there be such a price? Who can afford such a price? !
"Okay, the Qin envoy should report to the King of Qin quickly." Although Pingyuan Jun on the side was also surprised by Zhao Kuo's open mouth, he still stopped the Qin envoy and said calmly.
Obviously, not only Zhao Kuo, but also Lord Pingyuan was a little angry at the Qin envoy's rudeness: Do you still think that the State of Zhao is the State of Zhao five years ago?
Then Lord Pingyuan waved his hand, and the guards on the left and right carried the Qin envoy out of the political affairs hall.
Even though he was being held up, the Qin envoy still struggled to talk to Zhao Kuo again. Apparently, the Qin envoy did not know the news that Qin Yiren had been picked up.
This is not surprising, what he wants to do is to stabilize the Zhao Dynasty.
As for Qin Yiren's whereabouts, naturally the fewer people know about it, the better.
Seeing that the Qin envoy was carried out, Lord Pingyuan followed him to the inner hall. Sure enough, Zhao Kuo was sitting on the main seat, waiting for Lord Pingyuan's arrival.
"My king." Mr. Pingyuan greeted him quickly.
"Jun Pingyuan, sit down." Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, and then continued: "In view of Pingyuan Jun, what is the intention of the Qin people to suddenly take back their hostages?"
"What's so special about this stranger?" Lord Pingyuan asked immediately.
Zhao Kuo shook his head. He couldn't tell Lord Pingyuan that his son was very powerful, right?
"If there is anything good about it, it shouldn't be left in Handan for several years without anyone paying attention." Zhao Kuo said helplessly.
"In this case, I don't know what King Qin is doing." Lord Pingyuan also said helplessly: "Is it because Qin wants to have a decisive battle with our country, so he is looking for an excuse?"
"It doesn't seem necessary!" Before Zhao Kuo could speak, Pingyuan Jun rejected his idea.
"Huh." Zhao Kuo sighed lightly, and then said: "No matter what Qin wants to do, even if he wants to go back to pay his birthday to his old man, we can't let him succeed."
Hearing this, Mr. Pingyuan nodded unconsciously.
"Send the order to the Yulin Guards." Zhao Kuo immediately ordered: "Give me a thorough inspection of Qin's hostage Yiren's mansion."
"Yes." Lord Pingyuan immediately agreed with his hands raised.
"That's all we can do." Zhao Kuo sighed and said, "Besides, I'm afraid the Northern Xinjiang army will speed up its action."
"Yes." Mr. Pingyuan nodded. Although he didn't know what Qin Guo's next move would be, it was obvious that Qin Guo would not just make such a move.
The only thing Zhao can do now is to remain unchanged in response to all changes.
Immediately, Mr. Pingyuan continued to take orders: "I will ask the Ministry of War to issue a document to ask Li Mu to speed up the progress."
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