I Broke Through Again

   Chapter 173 Battle Screen

   Near noon, the warm winter sun poured into Xianyang Hall from the huge hall door nearly two feet high and the windows with square wooden lattice.

   Zhao Huaizhong was sitting on the throne deep in the hall, watching Prince Yan and several Yan ministers walk in from outside the door.

  Prince Dan wore a dark blue robe, with a silver inlaid blue jade belt around his waist, and he walked steadily.

   He walked in from outside the hall, stopped under the steps in front of the throne, and bowed deeply to greet him.

   "Give a seat."

  Prince Dan, led by his servants, sat in the lower right hand position of Zhao Huaizhong with the officials of the Yan people.

Opposite to    are Lu Buwei and other ministers of the Great Qin Dynasty.

   "It's been less than two years since we last met, and Jun has become the co-lord of Daqin. Dan can't help but think of the first acquaintance with the king, as if in front of him."

  Prince Dan first made a sensational wave, and then turned to the topic:

   "Your Majesty killed Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng a few years ago, exposed Jun Pingyuan's alliance with the demon clan, slaughtered the sinister face of my Yandi Yucheng, and helped Yucheng clear the demons, Dan is very grateful.

   On behalf of Dayan, I came to thank the king. "

   Zhao Huaizhong said lightly: "I heard that Zhao Ren has been moving a lot recently. I wonder if Zhao Ren has contacted the prince?"

   Prince Dan was clearly prepared, and said calmly: "Zhao Ren really came to contact me Dayan and mentioned the matter of reunion again."

   actually admitted that, um, he wanted to use the five countries to join forces again to increase the pressure and give himself a bargaining chip, and in the following conversation, strive for more favorable conditions for Yan... Zhao Huai's thoughts flickered.

   He gave Lu Buwei a look.

   Lu Buwei immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to announce.

This minister thinks that the Yan people are repeatedly untrustworthy. Previously, the five countries joined together, and Yan joined other countries to attack our Daqin. Thanks to the great king's kindness and kindness, he did not remember the old evil. in water and fire.

   Now the Yan people want to attack Zhao, and they want to join me in Daqin, but the ministers are against it. "

  What Prince Dan wanted to say was not only disrupted, but also Lu Buwei directly exposed the fact that the Yan people had attacked Qin before.

   made Prince Dan a little embarrassed, and his momentum plummeted.

This is what Lu Buwei intended.

  When the two countries meet, they must fight for the initiative everywhere, press the other side, and accumulate step by step to form a general trend.

  Prince Dan slowed down before continuing:

   "The brief note that King Zhao gave to my father said that Zhao and Yan were neighbors, and although there were occasional disagreements, the two countries had the same interests in Qin, and Qin had ambitions to annex the world, but Zhao did not.

  So King Zhao proposed to contact all countries again to fight against Qin. "

   "But King Zhao's proposal was categorically rejected by my father, King Yan. Dan came to Qin this time, in addition to thanking the king, the second purpose was to discuss the alliance between Yan and Qin and the attack on Zhao.

  What does the king think? "

  Prince Dan finished speaking, his eyes fixed on Zhao Huaizhong, waiting for a reply.

   Zhao Huai calmly said: "The prince's words are quite in line with many people's wishes, if Qin and Yan are united, they can attack from the front and back and defeat Zhao in one fell swoop.

   Does the Prince have any plans? "

   Prince Dan nodded: "Naturally there is."

   The two sides agreed, and then they had an in-depth conversation on the matter of union.

  Prince Dan proposed several favorable conditions for Yan, Zhao Huaizhong kept his mouth shut, while Lu Buwei and other ministers took turns to go into battle and saw each other.

  Although we had discussed it before, we wanted to give the Yan people some advantages to win over their attack on Zhao.

   But when it is actually implemented, it cannot allow the Yan people to easily achieve their goals.

   This is a diplomatic strategy.

   At this moment, Lu Buwei and the other Qin officials were just following the strategy.

   and other parties reached a preliminary cooperation intention, and the time has passed noon.

  Zhao Huaizhong left Prince Dan to have a meal in Xianyang Palace, and the two sides came to the side hall for lunch.

   During the banquet, Prince Dan suddenly said: "Your Majesty knows what Zhao Sheng, the king of Pingyuan, has done, and the King of Zhao knows everything.

  If Zhao Sheng succeeds, Zhao Wang will also be the beneficiary. "

   "The meaning of the prince is that Zhao Sheng conspired with the demon clan, and King Zhao also participated." Zhao Huaizhong tilted his head.

   "Exactly."

   Prince Dan nodded: "A few months ago, Qin destroyed Han with thunder, and Wei and Zhao were terrified.

   At this moment, if Qin attacked Zhao with Yan again, it would be a disaster for Zhao.

  At this juncture, King Zhao can do anything, so the king should be careful. "

   "It's okay for the prince to speak directly." Zhao Huaizhong said.

"The door-to-door visitors from Zhao Sheng's house joined the demon clan to attack my Yandi Jade City. After I asked the survivors in the city, they all said that I had seen a pair of armors appear. It was the armor that released black energy and devoured the souls of all the people in the city. ."

   Prince Dan said slowly:

   "Decades ago, the Yinshang Secret Palace appeared once in Zhao, and the people of Zhao made a lot of money from it.

  The method of sacrificing and refining the armor was also obtained by Zhao people from the secret palace of Yin and Shang. "

   Zhao Huaizhong said calmly:

   "The prince wants to talk about the method of sacrificing the armor that destroys the Jade City. The Zhao people have obtained it for decades.

   And for such a long period of time, it is impossible for them to only sacrifice a pair of armor? "

   "Exactly."

   Prince Dan said: "In recent years, Zhao people have rarely attacked Qin, but they often deceived me in Yan land, and every time Zhao people violated the border, my Yan land will have border villages and towns afterwards, the county town will be destroyed, and the population will disappear.

   At first we thought that the people of Zhao had captured us and moved us to Zhaojing, but then we gradually discovered the problem. "

   Lu Buwei asked: "The prince means, is that Zhao Ren has a strange armor that absorbs souls to enhance his power?

   And the Zhao people took advantage of the opportunity to invade Yan, and used this armor to absorb the souls of the Yan people and secretly sacrifice? "

  Prince Dan nodded: "Since King Zhao Xiaocheng, they have tried every means to cultivate this kind of soul armor, and the two generations of Zhao kings have done the same.

   It is not only the Yan people who harmed them, but even the Zhao people themselves have many missing persons. "

   Lu Buwei narrowed his eyes and said, "If this kind of thing is true, Zhao people must be careful and try to keep it secret.

  How did you Yan people know about it? "

   Prince Dan said sternly: "We can know that it is because a descendant of the craftsman who built the Yinshang Secret Palace had a descendant who fell into our Yan land and passed down some things in the Yinshang Secret Palace.

   We corroborated the situation of the attacked counties and counties after the Zhao people invaded Yan. It was not until this time that there were survivors in Yucheng, and it was confirmed that there was such a kind of soul armor. We woke up and deduced the conspiracy of the Zhao people in turn.

  It is said that that kind of soul armor absorbs living souls, and if the final sacrifice is completed, it can nourish the wearer's soul to prolong life and pursue longevity. "

   It is longevity again, but almost all emperors want to pursue longevity... Zhao Huaizhong has been silent, but he is quite shocked.

  If what Prince Dan said is true.

  The two generations of Zhao kings are conspiring to sacrifice the kind of soul armor that absorbs life and soul, and they are simply crazy.

For the emperor, without the shackles of the rules of etiquette, law, etc., all actions are based on the heart. If you really become a devil in one step, you will be completely corrupted by absolute power if you are not careful, and treat everything as his tools. Private, lawless.

   regards human life as a mustard.

  After the luncheon, Prince Dan returned to the hotel to rest.

   Zhao Huaizhong asked Ye Yufu to send a series of files to check the records of the two countries of Yan and Zhao. The war records over the years were filled with ups and downs:

   "From the old age of King Zhao Xiaocheng, to Zhao Yan becoming Queen Zhao, it became more and more serious. Zhao people attacked Yan almost every year..."

  ——

   The land of the extreme west, the demon market.

   The demon master sat in the room with a bronze mirror in front of him, looking at his beautiful appearance, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

   "...Arrange the Charm Monster to hibernate beside King Zhao, and was deliberately discovered by him to lure him into the ambush, and the cooperation with my Monster Race has been completed." A waitress helped the Demon Lord to arrange his hair while reporting.

   "Yes." The demon master agreed casually.

  The waitress said again: "Actually, why does the demon master have to spend so much effort, wouldn't it be more convenient if he transformed into a demonic energy and directly took over the body of the king of Zhao and lost his mind?"

   The demon master chuckled and said, "Directly occupying King Zhao's body?

  You underestimate the human race today.

   Nowadays, there are many practitioners of the human race, and it is not so easy to occupy the body of the lord of a country. Even if it succeeds, can the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty be able to find an abnormality?

   Let the little demon approach King Zhao and induce him to discover that it is the best policy to take the initiative to propose to cooperate with my demon clan.

   In this way, he thought that everything was under his control, and it would be more dedicated to cooperate with my demon clan. "

   Another voice sounded immediately: "What is the demon master going to do next?"

   With the sound, a man walked in from outside the hall.

   He was dressed in a scarlet robe, his face was handsome, his eyebrows were long and straight, flying diagonally into his temples, he had an invisible murderous aura, and his eyes were deep.

   This demon is the newly awakened demon king Motian, one of the most famous commanders of the demon clan in ancient times.

  " Zhao, Chu, Wei and other countries are preparing to attack Qin, which is a good opportunity for our family.

   The awakened group of demons will be commanded by you, Motian, and go east from the demon market, waiting for an opportunity. "

  Motian calmly agreed: "In addition to cooperating with Zhao Ren, can the demon master have other arrangements?"

The    Demon Lord smiled and said, "I don't need to arrange it, the king of Zhao is at stake, and he is actively running.

   He not only contacted my demon clan, but also had other plans. King Zhao wanted to use the forces of all parties to join forces to destroy Qin. "

  ——

  Time flies, days are fleeting.

  In early January, the weather was getting colder.

   When the night fell, Zhao Huaizhong was about to return to the Wuying Hall after finishing the work at hand. Fan Qingzhou asked to see him after receiving a notification from the servant.

   After a while, Fan Qingzhou entered the hall under the guidance of the inner servant, and said:

   "After leaving Xianyang, Prince Dan was attacked on the way back to Yandi along our Daqin border.

  Fortunately, my Ye Yufu escorted Yin Wugou, the general who left the country. Not long after Yu Yu separated from her, she noticed the abnormal return and rescued her, and the person was not dead. "

   Zhao Huai said, "What did Zhao people do?"

   "The perpetrator was masked to hide his identity, but from the point of view of motive, it should be someone from Zhao." Fan Qingzhou said.

   "What else?"

   "North of Daqin, there has been a change in the Quanrong Department recently.

  A secret agent sent back the news and found that the secret envoy of Zhao Chen Guo Kai's mansion had left Zhaojing, went deep into the northwest direction, and then disappeared. Wei Chen suspected that Zhao Ren secretly contacted the Quanrong Department. "

  Fan Qingzhou: "The troops and horses under the command of King Quanrong have also changed and gathered in secret."

   To the north of the Zhaojing are the Huns, and to the north of the Qinjing are the Quanrongs.

  The Inu Rongbu has been the old enemy of the Central Plains countries since ancient times, and has done many evil deeds.

   When King You of Zhou fell to his country and his favorite concubine Bao Si was robbed, it was the work of the Quanrong Department.

  These tribes outside of Middle-earth will attack the border whenever they have the chance, burn, kill and loot, whistling like the wind.

   However, in recent years, Da Qin has become strong, and they have beaten all the troops of the Quan Rong, and forced the Quan Rong to dare not enter the range of a hundred miles north of the Qin realm.

   For several years, Quanrong hid in the north of Qinjing, recuperating, and there was no movement.

   Zhao Huaizhong said with a sneer: "The people of the Quanrong also want to join in the fun, so brave!"

   "If Zhao Guo can't solve this crisis, he is afraid that the country will be destroyed. King Zhao wants to connect all the forces that can be connected to fight against me, Da Qin."

  Fan Qingzhou said: "The Quan Rong people are preparing now, and they will spend the cold winter in two months. They are afraid that they want to take action after the spring."

   "After spring..."

   Zhao Huaizhong's expression darkened slightly: "That can't be done by them. How can they come to the land of my Daqin if they want."

   (end of this chapter)