Section 12: Smoke of the Beacon (8)

Zheng Pi was in charge of major events in South Korea, General Cheng had military power, and the two helped each other and took care of each other. No one in Korea could match the limelight.

Zheng Pi was humiliated by the generals of Zheng State and entered the official career, so he hated Zheng State very much. In terms of political philosophy, he always advocated breaking away from Zheng State's control to achieve self-improvement, in order to become the overlord country beyond Zheng State. Therefore, he actively established diplomatic relations with the Black Wolf tribe, and even took risks to join the military alliance to attack Zheng.

However, the military operation against Zheng ended in failure, and Zheng Pi was under tremendous pressure.

South Korea invested a lot in war. After the war, the poor were in vain. Many Zheng Pi's political enemies took the opportunity to attack him and put all the blame for the defeat on him. The King of Korea almost neglected him for this.

Now that the war has been long, the situation of national strength regression after the war has been eased and improved by Zheng Pi. The stability of the situation has made the King of Han no longer angry about the defeated war, and his reliance and trust in Zheng Pi has returned to its original state.

But Zheng Pi did not rest assured, and the shadow of defeat was always in his heart. It was his political proposition to surpass Zheng State and defeat Zheng State, and he would never give up on this.

However, Zheng State's national strength is growing increasingly, and now it has destroyed Wei State, and its strength has increased even more than in the past.

After thinking about it, Chen State had no way to rely on it, and Qi State was not worth considering. The only thing that could be counted was Zhou State in the north. If South Korea could form an alliance with Zhou State, this matter would be very likely to be caused by the relationship between the Divine Soul Army and Zheng State.

If the Divine Soul Army is unable to protect the land of Wei, it will inevitably have resentment towards Zheng.

However, Zheng Pi's idea was opposed and questioned by many people in the court. All of them believed that South Korea is now unable to protect itself, and forming an alliance with Zhou is tantamount to seeking a skin with a tiger.

Zheng Pi was very upset recently. He ordered three slaves in his mansion and felt a little better after lying on the stage of the Nine-Death Death.

One day someone came to report that an envoy who claimed to be from Zhou State, named Zhao Tian, ​​asked for a visit.

Zheng Pi was overjoyed and knew that Zhao Tian was the General of Zhendong of Zhou State, and was highly regarded by the Princess of the Bai family. He was also one of the capable generals of the Beijun Zuoban.

"Please go to the main hall!"

Zheng Pi quickly changed his clothes, fearing that he would be rude and make the envoys of Zhou State think they were negligent.

Zhao Tian waited for a while in the main hall to drink tea and finally saw Zheng Pi come out.

It was the first time the two met, and they couldn't help but look at each other. Without exception, they were surprised at each other's youth.

‘At a young age, he became a general of Zhou State!’

‘At such an age, he is bound to be an extraordinary person. The responsibility for this trip is heavy, so you must be more careful to deal with it.’

Zheng Pi asked Zhao Tian to sit down and talk, and the two of them took their seats separately.

Zhao Tian clasped his fists and said, "I brought a meeting gift to Zheng Xiang this time. I don't respect him. I hope Zheng Xiang likes him."

"Oh?" Zheng Pi thought it was just some jewelry. Although he didn't agree with it, he also liked Zhou Guo so kind and thoughtful, and pretended to be expecting and smiled.

I saw someone coming in from outside.

With just one glance, Zheng Pi stood up in shock!

Even after many years, even if the woman who came in was no longer as young and beautiful as she used to be, her figure was no longer so graceful and charming. However, he recognized it at a glance.

The nine phoenix heads on that face are hard to find and repeat in the world!

"Feng'er!"

When Miss Feng saw that it was Zheng Pi, she immediately shivered in fear. She knelt on the ground without any strength, trembling and wanted to beg for mercy, but her excessive fright made her unable to say a word!

Zhao Tian stood up and folded his fists and said, "Your Majesty heard that Zheng Xiang had been looking for such a woman, so he was worried about it and sent people to investigate it from multiple sources. Finally, he met him in Beihuang Mountain a few days ago. I don't know if it was the person Zheng Xiang asked for."

"Bei Jun is so dedicated to finding this person for me. I remember this love and righteousness in my heart. I would like to ask General Zhao to thank Bei Jun on my behalf! - Come and take her down and guard her carefully. If you accidentally let it go - Humph!"

"Sir, sir--" Miss Feng shouted in fear at this time until she was dragged away by the guards of the Zheng Mansion.

Zheng Pi calmed down his emotions a little and sat down again.

"Baijun is so loving, I wonder what kind of service is there?"

"Zheng Xiang's words are so serious! The king has always known that Zheng Xiang is loyal to the country and is the only important official in South Korea who has long-term plans and great ambitions. This time the faction came here for state affairs. It is better to meet Zheng Xiang first for state affairs related to South Korea."

Zheng Pi was quite surprised and said, "God of General Zhao. Zhou's power is as strong as the peak, and sooner or later it will surpass Zheng. South Korea is just a weak country, and it really makes people unable to guess General Zhao's purpose--"

"If Zheng Xiang knew that Zhou State had two must-win enemies, he would have thought he would understand the purpose of this."

"I would like to hear it carefully." Zheng Pi actually guessed what Zhao Tian pointed out, but wanted to hear what he said.

"The Wanxia tribe was persecuted by the unjust King Chen in the past, and this hatred will be avenged; Zheng State is arrogant and domineering. If the king did not help the king, the Zheng army would not even break the remote city. Afterwards, Zheng State revenged the hatred, and the army was overwhelming, bullying Zhou State could not supply supplies and soldiers, forcing the king to abandon the huge Wei land in exchange for a small land of the old capital of Zhou State. This hatred will be avenged."

Zheng Pi deeply agreed with these interests. He had already taken the school entrance exam, so he trusted Zhao Tian’s intention here.

"Zheng country has great power. If even Zhou country can do anything, what can it be with South Korea's national strength?"

"Why did Zheng Xiang say this? South Korea was dragged down by the previous war, which led to lack of money and food. In fact, South Korea's military and civilians were brave, and the top and the bottom were united, and no one dared to underestimate it." After Zhao Tian said that, he observed Zheng Pi's face slightly, and then continued, "The difficulty of South Korea is also the difficulty of Zhou. Zhou's large-scale increase in troops in a short period of time, and its momentum is amazing, but the money and food are not enough to support the long-term use of troops. Zheng Guo's national strength is extraordinary, and it is difficult to achieve a quick battle. Therefore, the emperor decided to attack Chen Guo first and use Chen Guo's money and food as a reliance on the attack of Zheng. South Korea used troops to Zheng Guo, but now Zheng Guo is busy assisting Chu to attack Yan, but sooner or later it will point the finger at South Korea. Zheng Guo is the great enemy of Zhou and the great enemy of South Korea. In this case, Zhou and Han Li should work together to fight against the strong enemy."

Zheng Pi was very happy, but he never expected that Zhou State would send envoys to form an alliance.

But he was not a fool, and he was also afraid that Zhou State would design it and take a fake way to destroy Guo.

"So what Zhou State means?"

"If our army wants to take Chen, it will definitely pass through the territory of Guizhou. I hope South Korea can use the road. In return, the money and food obtained after the Chen Dynasty will be given to your country by 10%."

Zheng Pi felt even more worried when he heard this. As the saying goes, there will be no pie falling from the sky. So he deliberately spoke and tentatively said, "Nothing is really..."

Zhao Tian said when he heard this, "Zheng Zheng's words are not bad, and your country's feelings for using Taoism are of course not ordinary. However, the battle against Chen was the lives of our soldiers, and 10% of the gains were determined. If there were too many, it would not be that the emperor was stingy, but it was difficult to convince the people of Zhou. If Zheng Xiang thought it was not enough, as long as your country was willing to send troops to attack Chen, the benefits would naturally be discussed again."

Zheng Pi felt relieved a little, but still didn't dare to believe it easily. So, as for "the current situation in South Korea is powerless to do anything about sending troops. But the number of 10 is too small, and it is probably difficult to convince the emperor. If there are 30% of 10%, I believe that it will definitely be able to convince the emperor!"

Zhao Tian remembered Bu Jingxian's explanation, pretending to be angry but forced to suppress himself, holding his fist and said, "Our army really cannot accept the number of 30%. Please understand Zheng Xiang."

"This..." Zheng Pi knocked on the table, so it was difficult to ponder. After a while, he said, "It must be at least 20%, otherwise the true nature will not be able to speak to you."

Zhao Tian pretended to be angry and stood up and fisted, saying, "Since that's the case, please forgive me and disturb me! Goodbye."

Zheng Pi did not stand up and allowed Zhao Tian to step out of the mansion.

Finally, he summoned his confidant to tell him, "Follow General Zhao, be careful not to let him discover. If they really don't stay away, they will go south, stop them immediately and invite them back to the mansion to speak."

The man hurriedly asked carefully and said, "What if he was not on the south road?"

"If Zhou State had really borrowed the way, it would have been prepared for both. If we refused to borrow, this person would definitely not dare to waste time. He would enter Zheng from the east gate through the South Gate and ask Zheng State to borrow the way. If they did not go south, then this would be a trick. If they could not deceive the original person, they would immediately return to the north to report their lives. Of course, there would be no need to stop and keep them, and let them leave."

Zheng Pi had an idea in his mind, and then he said that, and his confidant was so impressed that he quickly took the order to chase Zhao Tian.

Zheng Pi was waiting for news in the mansion, thinking that he was so foolproof, but he didn't expect Bu Jingxian to have paid attention to his past and analyzed his temperament and style of conduct. Therefore, his tentative methods were not beyond Bu Jingxian's expectations. After leaving Zheng Pi's mansion, Zhao Tian rushed out of the south city gate in anger.

Not long after walking, he was stopped by Zheng Pi's confidant and invited him back with kind words.

Seeing that Zhao Tian was indeed back, Zheng Pi could only believe that Zhou Guo was indeed trying to attack Chen with his intention. He quickly treated Zhao Tian with more politeness and tried to live in the mansion. He brought the prepared memorial into the palace early the next morning.

Zhao Tian was idle in Zheng Pi's mansion, walking around, just waiting for Zheng Pi to bring back good news.

Zheng Pi's mansion occupied the entire street, and Zhao Tian had not seen it all for half a day.

While having a meal, Zhao Tian simply stayed in the garden.

After eating and resting, I suddenly saw several women coming from the direction of the way. The one in a pink dress. Although she was just in a hurry, Zhao Tian did not forget her beauty at all. He immediately recognized that it was the woman in white who was rescued on the way that day.

The woman was joking with someone, but suddenly looked back and saw Zhao Tian sitting upright in the courtyard. She was stunned. She was surprised and suspected that she was an illusion. She stared at Zhao Tian for a while before she could believe it.

"General!"

While she was happy, she couldn't help but scream. Xuan blushed and explained to the woman who was walking with her side and left, "He was the general who saved my life that day."

"Oh?" One of the two women was Zheng Pi's eldest daughter and the other was General Cheng's daughter.
Chapter completed!