coobybook Chapter 211: Envoys from Qi and Liang Arrive
Chapter 211: Envoys from Qi and Liang Arrive
Three days later, at the people's request, the officers and soldiers from the Supreme Court and the Security Army pushed Xu Ke and a group of Kun State guards in a prison cart and arrived in front of Xishikou, where the execution platform had been set up long ago.
Xu Ke was naturally executed by slow slicing, and the other Kun State guards were all beheaded.
Two days later, the envoys from Qi and Liang arrived outside Yanjing together.
They came here in secret so as not to be discovered by Kun Kingdom.
The first was to protect the personal safety of the envoy, and the second was for the three parties to secretly send troops to catch Kun Kingdom off guard.
Therefore, this matter could not be discussed in the court of Yan State. After all, who could guarantee whether there were any spies from Kun State among the civil and military officials in the court?
The State of Yan could bribe officials from the State of Kun. Since the State of Kun was so rich, it was normal for it to bribe a few officials from the State of Yan.
This time, the envoys from the two countries came to discuss the specific matters of sending troops with the Emperor of Yan.
The envoys from Qi and Liang stopped twenty miles away from the capital.
There were ten carriages in the long line, carrying both people and goods.
After the carriages stopped, the curtain of the front carriage was lifted, and two middle-aged men in official robes walked down.
A man with a big belly and a sweet smile, like a Maitreya Buddha.
A tall and strong man, he doesn't look like an official, but rather like a warrior.
The two looked forward and frowned when they saw only a carriage and two people.
The Yan State was too negligent. Why did they greet them like they were welcoming envoys from the Kun State? They only sent two people?
But soon, when they saw the black python robe of the man opposite them, they felt relieved.
Because Lanling King Shen Changgong came out to greet him personally.
An inconspicuous carriage was parked beside the official road. Shen Changgong, wearing a royal robe, stood beside the carriage, with only Tu Queling beside him.
As everyone knows, almost all the kings of Dayan have been killed, and there is only one young prince in the entire Dayan.
Looking at the other person's handsome face, they guessed who it was.
The chubby official took the lead and bowed,
"Envoy Liu Fugui from Qi pays homage to Prince Lanling of Great Yan."
"Zhao Biao, the envoy of Liang, pays homage to Prince Lanling of Great Yan!"
The burly man said with a serious expression and clasped his hands.
Shen Changgong smiled and said,
"You two have come from afar, traveling thousands of miles. You must have endured great hardship. On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of Great Yan, I express my deepest apologies to you both."
The chubby Liu Fugui laughed and said,
"No, no, the fact that His Majesty personally came out of the city twenty miles away to greet me without any guards is enough to show His Majesty's sincerity and trust.
This is the first time I've met Your Majesty, and I've already been deeply impressed by your demeanor."
Zhao Biao, the envoy from Liang State, snorted coldly.
"Flatterers, cunning and deceitful people, bah!"
"You're talking nonsense! You're so high-minded and proud! Prince Lanling has come to greet you personally. What else do you want? Are you going to ask the Emperor to come and greet you?"
"I didn't say it, you said it."
"Bah, a barbarian from Xiliang."
"Bah, Qi is so sour and pedantic."
The two of them exchanged insults for a while, but since they looked so familiar with each other, it seemed that they had communicated a lot along the way.
Liu Fugui looked at Shen Changgong with a smile and said
"Your Highness, please forgive me for laughing. This humble official and I have had many arguments along the way."
"Haha, it's okay. I'm really envious of your strong friendship.
The two envoys, please get on the carriage first. We will talk while we walk. His Majesty is already waiting for you."
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, please."
The two of them got into Shen Changgong's carriage directly without any guards.
Only after entering the carriage did they realize that although the carriage looked ordinary from the outside, it was a different world inside.
The decoration is luxurious and magnificent, with tea tables, soft couches, incense burners and everything else.
Shen Changgong sat in the main seat, two envoys sat on both sides, and Tu Queling drove the carriage outside.
Looking at Zhao Biao's tough and arrogant appearance, Shen Changgong asked,
"Is Lord Zhao a soldier?"
Zhao Biao nodded seriously and said,
"I am the commander-in-chief of the White Horse Army of Liang State. I have been ordered to visit Great Yan. Originally, I wanted to send a civilian, but my emperor said that this alliance with Great Yan would involve war, and fighting is the job of generals. So, I sent a military officer like me to negotiate with Yan State."
"I see. It seems that His Majesty the Liang Emperor is also a warlike monarch."
"Of course. Although we in Liang Country are poor and uneducated, the harsh environment and grasslands and deserts have cultivated the Xiliang people's character of being good at fighting.
After my emperor ascended the throne, he almost wiped out the barbaric grassland peoples and small countries in the west. Those peoples either surrendered or fled, and the western border was completely stabilized.
These are all the great achievements of our emperor."
After hearing what Zhao Biao said, Shen Changgong nodded and said,
"Your Majesty, the Emperor of Liang, is a wise ruler with great talent and strategy. After stabilizing the west, it is natural for him to advance eastward. The Qin State to the south is eyeing Liang covetously, and the Kun State is weak. Liang State also needs to share Kun State's land to strengthen its own strength."
Zhao Biao said,
"Yes, although Qin is weak, it is also a very powerful country. I heard that they are also carrying out reforms. If our Liang Kingdom cannot expand, we will be left behind and wait for destruction.
The only arable land in Liang State is the Yinchuan Plain surrounding the capital Xingqing Prefecture. We have long coveted the vast and fertile land of Kun State."
Hearing this, Shen Changgong smiled and said,
"Hahaha, yes, Kun Country dominates the north, and a large area of fertile land is occupied by those rats. It's really a waste of natural resources.
After we destroy Kun State and divide up its land, the power of our three countries will be stronger than ever before.
By then, our alliance will be unbreakable. Qi can focus on dealing with Wei, and Liang can march south to destroy Qin. It will be a win-win for all three of us."
Liu Fugui also laughed and said,
"Lanling Wang is right. This opportunity is unprecedented. We must destroy Kun Kingdom. Our three-nation alliance will surely dominate the entire north."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
All three of them laughed.
Suddenly, Zhao Biao said,
"Prince Shen, we heard on the way here that the rats of Kun Country sent envoys disguised as assassins to plot a series of venomous schemes to kill you and His Majesty the Emperor of Yan."
"It is true. That fellow was executed by slow slicing the day before yesterday. If you had come two days earlier, you could have seen a better show."
Liu Fugui smiled and put on a reproachful expression, saying,
"That's your fault. Why didn't you kill him two days later? We also want to see the miserable death of the Kun Kingdom envoy.
For many years, the envoys from Kun Kingdom have been showing off their military might and arrogance when they visited our country, as if they were looking up to the sky.
Now, there will also be a day when their Kun country's envoy will be killed, hahahaha..."