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Yu Tonglian said hastily: "let your Majesty's holy heart be arbitrary. I have no opinion."

Emperor Yan nodded with satisfaction, "well, I will call Zhang Qiling into the Palace tomorrow to sign the alliance."

"In my opinion, it's not urgent to make a covenant." Wang Qian's words surprised Emperor Yan. "Isn't the prime minister in favor of my alliance with the Northern Zhou Dynasty? Why..."

"The alliance must be established, but there is no need to rush for a while." Wang Qian said with a smile: "the more urgent we are, the more passive we are. So we might as well put it off for a few days and let them be in a hurry, or fight for more interests when signing the alliance."

"Not bad, not bad." Yandi nodded and praised: "the prime minister is considerate." After a pause, he said, "in the prime minister's opinion, it would be better to wait a few days."

Wang Qian pondered for a moment and said, "the longer it is, the better. It will be delayed until he can't stand it. If your majesty can believe it, I'll leave it to you."

Emperor Yan laughed and said, "the prime minister is a pillar of the imperial court. I can't believe it. OK, I'll leave it to you."

"I will do it." Wang Qian arched his hand and agreed, and a ray of light passed quietly through his eyes.

Zhang Qiling didn't know about the dialogue between their monarchs and ministers. He thought that he would wait for a day or two at most. He didn't know that it would be five or six days, but there was no news at all.

Seeing the sun outside the window moving a little bit to the west, Zhang Yuan couldn't help saying: "Zhang Xiang, it's the sixth day. Why hasn't there been any news yet? Is it difficult that Emperor Yan doesn't plan to form an alliance? But even so, there should be news. "

Zhang Qiling pondered for a moment, got up and said: "go, follow me into the palace to see Emperor Yan."

As soon as they got to the gate of the post station, an old man with half white hair came face to face and said with a smile, "this must be Zhang Xiang, isn't he?"

Zhang Qiling frowned slightly. "I dare not. My father-in-law is..."

"My master's surname is Wang, but he is the Prime Minister of the dynasty," said a young man

"It turned out to be Prime Minister Wang. I've been looking up to you for a long time." If we say who is the most famous in the state of Yan, it is not the emperor of Yan, but the present Wang Qian.

After some politeness, Wang Qian said with a smile, "is Zhang Xiang planning to enter the palace?"

"Not bad." Zhang Qiling did not hide, "the prime minister should know about the alliance."

Wang Qian nodded and said, "of course, I'm here for this. Let's go in and talk."

When he came to Zhang Qiling's room, Wang Qian said: "on that day, as soon as Zhang Xiang left, his majesty called me and others to the palace to discuss. They all agreed that the alliance with the Northern Zhou Dynasty was the best for Yan. Originally, Zhang Xiang should have been invited to the Palace yesterday, but who knows that someone went to the palace to assassinate."

Zhang Qiling was surprised and said, "is there such a thing? What's the matter with Yandi? "

"Your Majesty was injured. Fortunately, he didn't worry about his life. Unfortunately, he was escaped by the assassin. I have sent someone to strengthen the guard in the palace." After a pause, Wang Qian said in a deep voice: "Jicheng has always been peaceful. Suddenly this kind of thing happened. I wonder if the alliance has leaked the news?"

Zhang Qiling eyes in a round, "prime minister said Chu emperor?"

"Yes, I can't think of a second person except him, so I want to ask who knows about the alliance?"

Zhang Qiling pointed to Zhang Yuan beside him, "in addition to Zhang and his majesty, only he and Qian Ming know."

"That's really strange. What's wrong?" Wang Qian had no solution for a long time, so he had to put it aside and said, "I'm here. There's one more thing. Your majesty is injured and can't sign the Alliance for the time being, so I have to bother Zhang Xiang to wait here for a few more days."

"We..." After Zhang Yuangang said a few words, he was immediately interrupted by Zhang Qiling, "it's right. I'll sign the alliance after Emperor Yan's injury gets better. I'm not in a hurry because I'm here."

Wang Qian happily said: "Zhang Xiang can understand the best, this time is really unexpected

"Is there someone after the assassin?"

"Of course, I have ordered Jingzhao mansion to search for the assassins. The four gates are all closed. It's hard to fly even if you measure them." With that, Wang Qian said, "I've sent more people to the post station. Zhang Xiang just lives in peace of mind."

"Thank you, Prime Minister Wang." After seeing Wang Qian off, Zhang Qiling called Zhang Jin, "go outside and ask if it's true as Wang Qian said."

Zhang Yuan's mind moved and whispered: "Zhang Xiang suspects that he is lying?"

Zhang Qiling stared at Wang Qian's untouched tea. He didn't know what he was thinking. "I can't tell you. It's always right to find out. Let's go."

It was almost half a day after he left. When Zhang Yuan came back, it was in the middle of the night. He took a breath and said what he had inquired about.

Early this morning, Ji City sealed off the gate of the city, and the soldiers in the city were several times more than usual. They were searching assassins from door to door, and the incident of assassinating was very popular in the city.

Zhang Yuan took the steamed bread on the table and ate it with tea. After running for most of the day, he was really hungry. As he ate, he said: "it seems that Prime Minister Wang didn't lie. There are assassins sneaking into the palace."

Zhang Qiling fingers "Dudu" knock on the heavy table, for a long time, he said: "when did the gate start to close?""Early this morning."

Zhang Qiling's eyes narrowed slightly and coldly spat out four words, "he's lying!"

"Cough!" Zhang Yuan choked on the steamed bread and his face turned red. It took him a long time to cough up the steamed bread stuck in his throat. Regardless of breathing, he asked, "why?"

"Remember the first thing he said about the assassination?"

"He said," I should have invited Zhang Xiang into the palace yesterday, but who knows that someone went into the palace to assassinate. " Zhang Yuan had a good memory and repeated it word for word.

"The key is yesterday." Zhang Qi Ling slightly narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice, "if you want to invite me to the palace, it must be in the daytime, but the assassination is in the night. It's just a contradiction."

Zhang Yuan thought: "maybe it's the assassination in the daytime, but he didn't say the exact time."

"If it's a daytime assassination, it's time to block the gate yesterday. How can it wait until today. And... " Zhang Qiling went to the window with a negative hand. The shadow of the trees outside the window was shaking. It looked like he was waving his teeth and claws. "If there were any assassins in the Western Chu Dynasty, they should be more anxious to sign an alliance and find a backer, but they didn't. on the contrary, when I promised to stay a few more days, Prime Minister Wang was obviously relieved."

Zhang Yuan nodded his head and said, "it's really strange to say that, but why did he lie like this? If he didn't tell such a lie, it would make the whole Jicheng people panic."

"It should be to delay time, as for the reason I haven't thought of it yet. "

Zhang Yuan was at a loss and said, "what should we do now?"

"Bang! Bang In the distance came the sound of the watchman. It was the second watch. Zhang Qiling pushed the window slightly. The soldiers sent by Wang Qian were outside. They had been guarding for several floors from the door of the house to the gate of the post station.

It's not like protection, it's like a jail sentence.

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