Chapter 485: Union and Alliance (Thirteen)

Lou Jing was drinking in the study room. In recent days, he had almost never left home. There was no way. He was too sensitive during this period. Bi Shu was inciting the noble families of Qi to put pressure on the King of Qi. In order to avoid angering the sensitive and fragile Han He, Lou Jing no longer dared to contact Bi Shu easily. (--net.)

The old housekeeper suddenly came in and reported: "Head of the family, Bai Mo, the Prime Minister of Han, has just submitted a message to you, and I want to see you."

"Bai Mo has arrived in Linzi? The situation is even more complicated now." Lou Jing murmured a few times and then ordered the old housekeeper, "Just say that I am sick and is in a serious condition and cannot meet guests."

"Here." The old butler responded and bowed and left the study.

Watching the old butler's figure go away, Lou Jing sighed and said, "Oh, since Bai Mo has arrived in Linzi, it seems that it will not be possible to hide like this. It should be a choice." Lou Jing is definitely a wise politician. He knows very well that if he wants to please both sides between Chu and Han, the final result will be abandoned by both sides.

Therefore, Lou Jing must make a decision.

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At the same time, King Han He of Qi was frowning at the memorials all over the table.

These memorials were all from the noble families of Qi. They were either fierce in words, tactful in tone, or straightforward in the clouds or fog. However, all memorials only expressed one meaning, that is, Qi should join the Union Alliance of Chu, and must not join the Lianheng Alliance of Han, otherwise it would cause disaster to Qi.

The sound of rapid footsteps came, and Zhao Xi's figure had entered the side hall.

In the Battle of Sishui, the entire 150,000 Qi army was destroyed, and Xue Ou, Cheng Hei, Lu Qing, Xu Zhang and other important generals were almost all killed. As the only remaining veteran on the battlefield, Zhao Xi became the best candidate for the general of Qi.

When the emperor and his ministers saw the etiquette, Han He said, "General, the Han envoy Bai Mo has arrived in Linzi. I am worried that the Chu envoy Bi Shuhui will collude with the country and will not be beneficial to him, so you have to send someone to closely monitor the Chu camp and the Prime Minister's Mansion. The standing troops inside and outside the city must also be prepared at any time in case of emergency."

Zhao Xi was shocked and said, "Bi Hui really dares to assassinate Bai Mo in Linzi?"

Han He groaned and said, "General, if Bai Mo died in Linzi, then our Qi State would have to follow the Chu State to the end. Is this the reason? As for whether the Prime Minister would collude with Bi Shu, this is just my guess. As for the saying that if you are not afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of one thing. Only if you are prepared can you be free of trouble. You can go."

"Here, I'll go back and prepare." Zhao Xi bowed and took the order.

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A chessboard was already arranged in the Sanli Pavilion east of Linzi City. Bi Shu sat on the left head of the chessboard in white clothes. He was looking at the 19 chessboards in each other and didn't know what he was thinking, but Hu Yan was wandering around the pavilion, constantly giving instructions to the Tianlang Wei Xiaozhao who was accompanying him.

Taking advantage of the moment when Hu Yan walked into the pavilion, Bi Shu advised: "Hu Yan, don't let that happen. The Sanli Pavilion is surrounded by a vast wilderness for several miles, and it is useless to let the Tianlang Guard bring a crossbow. Zhou Guanfu and the Han Army Cavalry will not let your people approach the pavilion. In short, it is impossible to assassinate Bai Mo here."

Hu Yan said: "No matter what, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I will have to try it."

Bi Shu said: "If you want to try it, then try it, but I have to remind you not to have too much hope."

Hu Yan turned around and came out of the pavilion, and asked someone to dig out ten pits not far from around the pavilion, then buried the crossbow, and asked the Tianlang Guard to move the grass from a distance to disguise the traces. Then he returned to the pavilion with a grim smile. With these ten crossbows, if Bai Mo dared to come, he would not want to go back alive. (--net.)

Bi Shu could only smile bitterly. Hu Yan thought that it was too naive to kill Bai Mo with a few crossbows. However, this guy said something right. No matter what, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Since his senior brother is here, don’t think about going back to Guanzhong alive. The successor of Guigu should decide the outcome.

Hu Yan was just ready when the Tianlang Guard came to report that Bai Mo was here!

Bi Shu and Hu Yan looked up when he heard this. Sure enough, he saw more than a hundred Han cavalry gushing out like wind and clouds in the east gate of Linzi. The leader of the Han army general with full suits and two halberds on his back was the champion Hou Zhou Guanfu. Seeing Zhou Guanfu, two faint flames suddenly rose in Hu Yan's eyes, and the fighting spirit in his chest burned.

Facing the surging Han cavalry, Hu Yan waved his hand suddenly, and the Tianlang Guard guarding outside the pavilion flashed out a passage like waves. The Han cavalry rode straight in. Zhou Guanfu did not snatch the reins until under the stone steps of the pavilion. The red dragon horse under his crotch suddenly neighed sadly, and the front hooves rose up in the air.

After slamming the red dragon horse and blocking the cavalry behind him, Zhou Guanfu's eagle-like gaze fell viciously on Bi Shu, who was sitting on the left side of the chessboard. Under Zhou Guanfu's gaze with strong hatred, Bi Shu instantly felt like falling into an ice cave, and actually shivered with a chill. An inexplicable chill rose sharply from his heart.

Of course Hu Yan would not watch Zhou Guanfu threaten Bi Shu, and immediately stepped forward and blocked Zhou Guanfu's vision halfway and said with a grin: "Zhou Guanfu, damn it, you are pretending to be garlic in front of me, are you big eyes or what? Humph, a few months ago, you ran fast under Hulao Pass, but this time, you may not be so lucky."

Zhou Guanfu was not willing to show his weakness, so he immediately turned his back and said, "If it weren't for that stupid tiger under Hulao Pass, you, the thin wolf, would like to win me? Dreaming!" Although Zhou Guanfu really wanted to kill Bi Shu to avenge his father, he knew very well that as long as Hu Yan's evil wolf was there, he would not get what he wanted.

Hu Yan smiled and said, "I'm too lazy to talk nonsense to you, where is your prime minister?"

"The Prime Minister is behind." Zhou Guanfu turned over and dismounted and said coldly, "But before the Prime Minister comes to the appointment, I have to check the pavilion and the grassland around me first, but don't take the words of some villains, hum!"

Hu Yan pretended to be confident and said, "Since you can't trust me, please."

Zhou Guanfu immediately took a dozen Han cavalry to carefully inspect the pavilion and the grasslands around the pavilion. Hu Yan was used to trapping the grassland and disguised the ten earth pits with crossbows without any trace. Zhou Guanfu checked for a long time but did not find any of the earth pits. Seeing Zhou Guanfu returning in vain, a grim smile appeared on the corner of Hu Yan's mouth.

However, what Zhou Guanfu said next immediately made Hu Yan angry. Zhou Guanfu said: "Skinny wolf, let your people and my people retreat to a hundred steps. Apart from the prime minister and your general, you can only leave you and me here!"

Hu Yan said angrily: "Why should I listen to you?" Retreat the Tianlang Guards a hundred steps away, and the crossbow buried in the pit was of no use? He Hu Yan was so angry that he had no chance to get the crossbow, not to mention that for him, the crossbow was obviously not as good as the Dumb Moon Sword.

Zhou Guanfu sneered: "Why, you are afraid of me, skinny wolf, right?"

"I'm afraid of you? A joke!" Hu Yan was furious when he heard this. He drew out the Mute Moon Sword and forced Zhou Guanfu over. Zhou Guanfu also took off his two iron halberds from his shoulders and back, and then he was arrogant and hit each other at the extreme, making a "bang" explosion.

"Hu Yan!" Seeing that the two of them were about to get angry again, Bi Shu had no choice but to drink and stop him.

Hu Yan had no choice but to put away his sword and return to Bi Shu's sheath. When Zhou Guanfu led the Han army cavalry to retreat a hundred steps away, Hu Yan also ordered the Tianlang Guard to retreat a hundred steps away. Until only Bi Shu and Hu Yan were left in the pavilion, Bai Mo finally appeared, and then walked into the pavilion under Zhou Guanfu's escort.

"Senior brother, are you okay?" Bi Shu knelt down and stood up, smiled and bowed.

"Junior brother, it's always good?" Bai Mo knelt down and bowed to the table.

The two looked at each other for a moment, then burst into laughter at the same time. Although they were their own masters, and although they might decide a victory or death in the future, at least at this moment, they only had the joy of reunion after a long separation. When they were still learning skills in their masters, their relationship was not very good.

When Bai Mo got into the table, Bi Shu laughed loudly and said, "I said I was going to invite my senior brother, but I only prepared a chess chess chess, without wine or meat. Isn't the senior brother blamed me for being stingy?"

Bai Mo smiled and said, "Wine and meat are so good, there is enough chess."

Then Bai Mo discovered that the chessboard in front of him was a little abnormal. After a closer look, there were nineteen grooves across the board. He was stunned and said, "Junior brother, this chessboard seems to be a little different?"

Bi Shu smiled slightly and said in a hint: "Senior Brother doesn't know, but this is my king's first creation. My king once said that the chessboard is as full as the world, with only seventeen troughs. The pattern is too small, so two troughs each have become nineteen troughs each. With this change, endless changes will be added to the chessboard. Do you think it is much more magnificent?"

Bai Mo's heart was slightly slight, but Bi Shu's words were invisible to refer to the extraordinary aura of King Chu, but Bai Mo naturally would not weaken his aura in his words. He smiled and shook his head, and said, "As Junior Brother said, the chessboard is like the world's all-encompassing. The so-called everything has certain rules. The King of Chu is a little arrogant when he makes changes."

"Hey." Bi Shu waved his hand and said, "The so-called rules are used to break. In the past, Wuwei Yang's reform, how could the powerful Qin soldiers swallow up the six kingdoms? Now, Wuyi's reform, how could the powerful Chu sweep away all the princes? The senior brother is practicing reforms in Guanzhong, and he is afraid that he will not be able to stop moving forward because of the old bad rules, right?"

"My junior brother's poems are still so sharp, I'm willing to give in." Bai Mo smiled slightly and said, "Well, let's play chessboard with nineteen troughs. My younger brother is the senior brother, and etiquette should take the lead." As soon as the words fell, Bai Mo moved the chess basket containing Baizi to his side, and according to the rules at this time, he took Bai first.

"Hey, as a senior brother, you should be courteous." Bi Shu knew the importance of holding Bai first, and now he took back the chess basket that was packed with Baizi without hesitation.
Chapter completed!