General Qin

The flames gradually died down.

The State Guest House caught fire, and the scene was so chaotic that the lieutenant in charge of the capital was even invited to inspect it himself.

Fortunately, there were no major problems. Except for a few buildings that were burned to ashes, there was no accident with the envoys from Yan.

If it is a loss, it may be that the driver of the mission died in the chaos.

Zhao Tuo came back with Qi Yang's head.

After Jing Ke talked with Meng Yu, seeing Zhao Tuo came back, his tense heart relaxed.

"I tracked him all the way and found that he was running near a certain government office. The situation was urgent. I didn't have time to ask, so I had to kill him first."

Zhao Tuo explained in a low voice.

Jing Ke nodded, it doesn't matter what Qi Yang knows, what matters is that he is dead and Zhao Tuo is back.

"Tomorrow will continue as planned."

"only."

Zhao Tuo agreed.

The date chosen by the King of Qin cannot be changed. The Yan envoy’s visit has already been announced to the world. As long as the Yan envoy and the treasures are safe, even if all the buildings of the Pedestrian Office are burned down, the date will not be changed.

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The king of Qin wants to annex the world. Although Han and Zhao have been destroyed, the strong Chu and rich Qi are still there, and there are still many difficulties in the road to unification.

Therefore, the king of Qin publicized Yan's peace offering this time, intending to show the majesty of Qin and the kindness towards the vassal state, so as to divide Qi and Chu.

Sometimes appropriate gentle diplomacy can play a much greater role than blind war. If it can be used to make a big country surrender willingly, it is more useful than a million troops.

Therefore, Qin State prepared the most solemn etiquette in the diplomatic relations between the two countries, the ceremony of nine guests.

The nine guests are Gong, Hou, Bo, Zi, Nan, Gu, Qing, Dafu, and Shi.

It can also be seen from the titles of the first four ranks that this is the etiquette that only the emperor can use. It was originally the highest etiquette for the emperor of Zhou to meet the princes of the world during the great court meeting.

If it was in the Spring and Autumn Period, although many princes and overlords had the heart of arrogance, they would still be more or less scrupulous, and would not be so arrogant to give the Zhou royal family a face.

It's a pity that it's the end of the Warring States Period, and the Emperor Zhou has been wiped out, so there will be no scruples about using such etiquette.

When the king of Qin used the nine-guest etiquette when meeting the envoys of Yan, he was actually announcing that he was about to become the co-lord of the world, so that the kings of Yan, Wei, Chu, and Qi could clearly understand the current situation.

Today's Great Qin is no longer the country of Rongdi that was despised by the princes.

In the early morning, the bells of Xianyang Palace rang loudly.

The fifth doctor, Meng Yu, led the guard of honor to the building, and solemnly greeted the two envoys of Yan State.

"Huh... finally started."

Zhao Tuo took a deep breath, and seeing Jing Ke boarding the envoy's chariot without changing his face, he also adjusted the luxurious deep clothes on his body, adjusted the gold hook belt around his waist, stepped on the envoy's auxiliary chariot that belonged to him, and immediately Under the eight-foot canopy.

A guard of honor of 500 people surrounded the Yan State Mission, drove out of the embassy and entered Xianyang Avenue.

The common people of Xianyang who had already heard about the gift from the Yan Kingdom all waited on both sides of the street early to see the rare excitement.

"Emissary Yan, look at the envoy Yan!"

"Look, the Deputy Envoy of Yan State in the back car, how can he be so young?"

"Yes, judging by his appearance, he is only five or six out of ten. To be able to be a deputy envoy of a country at this age, I think he must be a child of a certain rich family in Yan Kingdom."

There were bursts of noise and discussions in his ears, and Zhao Tuo closed his eyes.

Take a deep breath.

When he opened his eyes again, he had a calm expression, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

The convoy traveled all the way, crossed the cross bridge, entered the north bank of the Weishui River, and arrived at the south gate of the palace city of Xianyang Palace.

"Shangqing, deputy envoy, please get out of the car."

Meng Yu was smiling, he was wearing a high crown today, and there was a faint scent of fragrance on his body, and he was very solemn.

Zhao Tuo followed Jing Ke out of the car, and walked to the palace gate under Meng Yu's guidance.

Here they surrender their swords.

The Prime Minister of the Right, Mr. Changping, has been waiting here with a group of civil servants.

Mr. Changping has a typical appearance of Chu people. He is about 40 years old, with a white face and short beard. He is about seven feet five inches tall. He looks quite delicate.

As a staunch supporter of King Qin today, he is also a blood relative.

After the death of Lu Buwei, Lord Changping has been in the position of the right prime minister of the state of Qin.

Generally speaking, there is no need for someone of the prime minister's level to welcome the princes' envoys.

However, since the king of Qin used the ceremony of nine guests, he naturally tried to use the highest standard in everything, so as to show the solemnity of receiving the envoys of Yan State this time.

After the handover between the two parties was completed, after a little salute and greetings, Lord Changping stretched out his hand to invite: "Your Majesty and the ministers have long wanted to see Shangqing's demeanor, please Shangqing first."

Jing Ke smiled faintly, and also cupped his hands and said, "Prime Minister please first."

Lord Changping said again: "Shangqing is an envoy of the Yan State. Those who come are guests, and they dare to go first."

"The prime minister will go first."

Jing Ke declined again.

Zhao Tuo looked at them with a strange face and turned away from each other. They didn't move forward until after the two gave three words and three concessions in accordance with the ancient etiquette.

Zhao Tuo recalled the scene in his previous life, when he was still young, his relatives gave out the New Year's money, and he had to follow his parents' will and decline several times before he could accept it.

"Take it."

"No, no, no."

"Hurry up and take it."

The gift of resignation is indeed a Chinese tradition, which has been passed down for thousands of years.

Zhao Tuo followed Jing Ke, and in front of him was the majestic Xianyang Palace, which was majestic and majestic, and indeed looked like a king.

Especially His Majesty, the group of warriors all dressed in black armor and heavy helmets.

They are almost the same height of eight feet, holding halberds, axes, and daggers around their waists, standing on both sides of Danchi, like a black forest, with awe-inspiring majesty.

These are Langwei's attendants under the command of Lang Zhongling, all of whom are high-ranking bureaucrats or descendants of noble families, and their quality is very high.

Zhao Tuo was speechless secretly, thankfully these guards could only stand guard outside the hall, if King Qin in the hall also had such guards, let alone assassination, as long as they dared to do something, they would be looking for death.

The so-called assassins, in front of these well-equipped armored warriors, are just paper dolls who can die if they are hacked.

"Two envoys, please bring your national gifts and follow me to meet the king."

Mr. Changping smiled slightly, and led the two of them up the stone steps in front of the hall.

Before stepping on the stone steps, Jing Ke turned to look at Zhao Tuo with a faint smile on his face.

When you come here, you can't chat casually

He could only signal with his eyes to comfort Zhao Tuo, don't be nervous.

Zhao Tuo smiled and followed Jing Ke up the stone steps.

The high stone steps in front of the hall are also called Bi, or Dan Bi.

The so-called "Your Majesty" means this.

Historically, Qin Wuyang came to Dan Bi's place, and because he was afraid of the majesty of the Qin Palace, his face changed instantly, which aroused the awareness of the officials standing in front of the palace, and finally stopped here, without helping Jing Ke complete the feat of assassinating Qin.

Now, Zhao Tuo has arrived at the place where Qin Wuyang changed color.

With a faint smile on his face, he walked past calmly and followed Jing Ke to the main hall.

There, the high king is waiting for them.

About the Prime Minister of Qin.

According to the unearthed "Prime Minister Qi and Zhuangge in the Seventeenth Year", it can be known that the prime minister in the seventeenth year of King Qin was Qi (suspected to be Lord Changping) and Kui Xiang.

"Langya Stone Carved in Twenty-six Years" records Prime Minister Kai Lin (shape) and Prime Minister Wang Wan.

It is now twenty years since the King of Qin, and Lord Changping has not gone, so the seventeen-year prime minister's configuration is still used. After Mr. Changping left, Kui was promoted to the right prime minister, and Wang Wan was the left prime minister.