"Thank you, Your Highness."
Yan Sui saluted, neither humble nor arrogant. After a few words of his own, he unfolded his sleeves and sat down on the ground.
When he sat down, a minister of the Ling Kingdom also sneered and said in a bad tone: "The spirit has a phoenix tree, waiting for the phoenix to come and perch. It can be seen that the gentleman is like a jackdaw. How can he talk about a phoenix?"
"No." Yan Sui said seriously: "I represent my king, and I represent King Xuanhui. Isn't he a phoenix?"
"Hmph!" The minister waved his sleeves and said, "You are using strong words to make sense."
"Okay, this is all a joke, don't take it seriously." The Spirit King smoothed things over, held the cup and said, "Come, let's all drink together."
"Let's respect the king together -" the ministers of Lingguo said in unison, and Yan Sui also picked up the wine glass.
After finishing the first glass of wine, King Ling also looked at him and said with a smile: "Lingxuan and Lingxuan have been on very good terms recently. Originally, I had prepared to send an envoy to express my friendly intentions. I didn't expect the envoy to come first. I don't know. What's the matter?"
Hearing this, Yan Sui raised his eyebrows and immediately said bluntly: "We have a very good relationship? Your Highness, King Ling, are you sure you are not joking?"
"How can the king of a country with only a few people know how to joke?" King Ling was a little confused.
"Then I dare to ask Your Highness why he invaded our borders with light cavalry several times, burning, killing, looting, and destroying villages." Yan Sui asked directly.
"What!?" King Ling thought there was something wrong with his ears, but seeing Yan Sui's serious expression, he frowned again and began to think secretly.
Seeing this, Yan Sui continued to ask: "Your Highness, don't you need to give our country an explanation? Or, this is something your country has planned for a long time. If so, I won't say more."
"No!" The Spirit King's frown deepened and he said in a solemn voice: "This matter is not trivial. In front of such people, the envoy should understand and not talk nonsense!"
"What are you saying, Your Highness? I've come all this way just to make trouble unreasonably? If there is no solid evidence, how dare you make such remarks." Yan Sui said.
"The envoy said that the evidence is conclusive, but has anyone seen our Lingguo cavalry entering the Xuanguo territory?" King Ling's face was filled with doubts.
"Of course!" Yan Sui said unceremoniously: "More than 230 villagers in our border villages, as well as the local county magistrate, all saw it with their own eyes!"
"What?" The Spirit King became even more confused and couldn't help but glance at the ministers.
All the Lingguo ministers were also a little confused and looked at each other one after another.
After a moment, Cheng Ping cupped his hands towards Yan Sui and said: "The envoy is so sure that the Lingguo cavalry did it, but my king does not know about this matter, and we still need to find out the situation."
After hearing what he said, Yan Sui thought for a while and said immediately: "Okay, I will wait for Lingguo to give you a reply. If His Highness is perfunctory and prevaricating, Xuanguo will never agree!"
At this time, King Ling's face also calmed down, "Don't worry, messenger, this matter is of great importance and cannot be settled in one word. I will question the generals of the border army to find out whether it is true."
"In that case, I'll wait quietly."
During this banquet, King Ling originally thought that Yan Sui had nothing to do and was just going through the motions, but he didn't expect that something like this would happen.
He felt a little unsure. After the banquet, he immediately said to Cheng Ping:
"Immediately send a letter to ask Fan Que. If he really dares to invade Xuanguo territory privately, I will not spare him!"
Fan Que was the garrison general at the Xuanling border. Due to the urgency of the matter, he galloped 600 miles away and the letter was quickly delivered to the latter.
The letter was written by King Ling himself, and the content contained a reprimand and stern inquiry. After reading it, Fan Que felt wronged and immediately wrote back, sincerely telling King Ling that he had been ordered to garrison at the border. Without the king's order, Fan Que would How dare you mobilize your troops privately, and reiterate emphatically that in the past year, our troops have all been in the camp, and there has never been a situation where soldiers left the camp privately. I hope your Majesty will see clearly.
Fan Que was also a powerful person in the Ling Kingdom and was very loyal. Considering the content of his letter, King Ling frowned again after receiving the reply.
Compared with what Xuan Guo said, he certainly believed Fan Que and had every reason to believe that his side could not invade the situation for no reason.
Therefore, when he met Yan Sui again, he also said straightforwardly: "I have written to ask, General Fan Que has always been strict with himself and runs the army very strictly. It is impossible for soldiers to go out privately. This matter is definitely not the case." It’s what Lingguo did.”
Yan Sui could not be satisfied with such words, and immediately said: "His Royal Highness Ling King, the facts have been established. From what I see below, is it possible that Your Highness wants to protect the generals of your country, or is it that the Ling Kingdom simply dares to do it and dare not admit it? He only knows how to do it. The rat theft thing.”
"Bold!" Ling Wang also lost his temper and said in a bad tone: "Messengers should pay attention to their words! Our Ling Kingdom has never done this at all, so why do we dare to do it and dare not admit it!"
"Hmph! I thought His Highness was the king of a great country, but I didn't expect him to be so unreasonable." Yan Sui couldn't help but mock.
"Presumptuous!" At this moment, the Spirit King couldn't bear it any longer and jumped up directly. It was not pleasant to be wrongly accused.
Seeing his anger, no matter how bold Yan Sui was, he couldn't help but swallow in front of the king, and then he boldly said: "Since your highness is shirking responsibility like this, then I will report this matter to my king truthfully." of."
"You!" King Ling was angered and tried his best to calm down his anger and said: "This matter is extremely strange. I hope that King Xuan will consider it seriously."
"I'll take my leave first." Yan Sui had nothing more to say. After saluting, he left directly.
Next, there were several more talks, but Lingguo refused to acknowledge the matter. In the end, Yan Sui walked away angrily.
At the same time, Xuan Guo, the palace study.
Yang Zhao had come back and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, after a secret investigation by the ministers, we did find a suspicious Qin caravan that had stopped near Qingtian County. It was very consistent with the time of the incident, and this caravan was The team had... an extraordinary customs clearance warrant, and no one was questioned along the way."
After hearing this, King Xuan's beautiful eyes were a little angry, and he couldn't help but cursed: "Traitor!"
Her voice was so low that Yang Zhao didn't hear it clearly and subconsciously asked: "Your Majesty just..."
"Ah?" King Xuan came back to his senses, looked at him and said, "It's nothing. This matter ends here. No information is allowed to be revealed."
"Yes!" Yang Zhao didn't ask any further questions. At King Xuan's signal, he bowed and left.
After he left, King Xuan couldn't help but sigh.
A few days later, Yan Sui returned to Xuandu and told the story in detail in the court hall. He could not help but say with some indignation:
"Your Majesty, I have presented the facts and argued with reason, but the Ling Kingdom refuses to admit it and is trying to prevaricate. I really have no choice but to report back to the capital."
"How unreasonable!" King Xuan was furious: "Does King Ling really think that I, the Kingdom of Xuan, are easy to bully? Such behavior is unbearable! Immediately send an order to Yan Qi! Order him to move his troops eastward and station in Qingtian!"
