Chapter 802 Transition Chapter

The lid of the coffin floated up.

A figure sat up from inside.

Then,

a hand reached out and landed on Tian Tian's head.

Tian Tian closed his eyes.

His body swayed slightly, and he fell asleep on the ground, clutching his pillow.

Shatuo Queshi's gaze swept over the fox and the black cat.

The fox and the black cat immediately got up. The fox's tail supported Tian Tian, and the black cat helped from the side. The two demons carried Tian Tian out of the secret room and sent him back to the bedroom to rest.

After they left,

Shatuo Queshi faced the blocked stone door deep inside,

opened his mouth,

and let out a low roar.

Below the stone door,

the iron chains swayed slightly.

After a while,

the swaying sound disappeared.

Shatuo Queshi lay back in the coffin, and the coffin lid flew back and landed steadily.

It was as if nothing had happened tonight.

But not long after,

a dwarf figure walked in, carrying a lantern in his left hand and twirling a dagger in his right hand.

Almost all the Demon Kings had been mobilized for this expedition, except for Xue San, who had been injured earlier.

Recently, Third Master's injuries had also healed.

Xue San bypassed the coffin and walked to the stone door.

After hesitating for a while,

Xue San licked his lips;

"Damn, it's so itchy."

Xue San really wanted to take out the guy suppressed inside and slice him up for research, but everyone was gone. If he messed something up, he wouldn't be able to explain it.

In the end, Xue San held back.

On his way back, he passed the coffin, reached out, and gently knocked on it,

saying;

"The thing below is evil, please take care of it a bit more. We'll clean him up properly when everyone gets back."

After speaking,

Xue San walked back up.

……

"Your Majesty, the envoy from Qian has entered the palace."

"I know."

The Regent, no, the Chu Emperor, nodded.

The Regent had finally officially ascended the throne.

Originally, it should have been a joyous day celebrated by the whole country, but it was ruined by his own brother-in-law.

Du Gu Mu died in battle,

Nian Yao was captured,

After a battle, the Chu army's losses were actually acceptable, but the loss of a Pillar of the State and a Great General was a much more serious blow to the Chu State than the loss of these troops.

The news that followed was that the new Yan Emperor first sent the Crown Prince to Jin Dong, and then even spread the news that he would enfeoff his brother-in-law as a King.

If the loss of the defeat was the first knife, then this news was the second.

This meant that whether it was sincere or false, at least the new Yan Emperor and his brother-in-law were continuing to follow the pattern of the previous generation of Yan.

The emperor and the king who held heavy troops, even if they changed people, seemed destined to start a new cycle of seemingly "estranged" but actually "inseparable" relationship.

The Yan Emperor never seemed to be afraid of the heter姓 king rebelling;

and the Yan heter姓 king never seemed to worry that the emperor would kill the donkey after it had done its work.

How…

How could it be like this,

how could it be like this, and then still be like this!

In front of the Regent, the memorial was the latest one sent from Yingdu by the Phoenix Nest Inner Guard.

The memorial described in detail the movements of the Yan Crown Prince in Yingdu.

It had to be said that whether it was the Silver Armor Guards of Qian or the Phoenix Nest Inner Guard of Chu, they were indeed much better than the Secret Spy Division of Yan in infiltration and intelligence gathering.

At this moment,

the Chu Emperor also felt a little powerless;

because he already knew a lot about the new Yan Emperor's information when he was still a prince. He had the means, the ability, and a broader mind than his father;

It was no exaggeration to say that he was simply another replica of the late Yan Emperor.

Hehe,

He had outlived the late Yan Emperor,

and now he was aiming to continue outliving this Yan Emperor.

Could it be,

that he would have to outlive the Yan Crown Prince as well!

Even though he had great confidence in his own longevity, it was really a kind of torture to have to outlive three generations of someone else's family like this!

Most importantly,

would they give him the chance to outlive them?

The Yan people's intention to sharpen their swords was already obvious;

his brother-in-law was even more determined, completely standing on the side of Yan.

"Your Majesty…"

"I know."

The Chu Emperor waved his hand,

"Let the envoy wait in the side hall for a while, I'll go there now."

The Chu Emperor sat alone for a while longer. He needed to digest some emotions. He was a person who liked to be refined and didn't like to reveal his emotional side.

A quarter of an hour later, the Chu Emperor got up and walked into the side hall led by a eunuch.

Inside the side hall, an old man was sitting and drinking tea.

All the guards, palace maids, eunuchs, etc., around the side hall were dismissed.

The identity of this Qian envoy was extremely unusual, and he truly represented Qian's real attitude. It was no exaggeration to say that this person could even make decisions on behalf of the Qian Emperor.

The Chu Emperor walked in,

The old man didn't get up and continued to drink tea.

The Chu Emperor sat in the chief seat and also began to drink tea.

The tea was good tea, but it wasn't the Great Marsh Fragrant Tongue that the new King of Jin Dong loved the most. No one would drink that tea before talking business.

The emperor and the envoy were silent for a long time.

Finally,

the envoy put down his teacup.

He stood up and bowed solemnly.

The Chu Emperor nodded.

"I should have congratulated His Majesty, the Emperor of Chu, on his ascension to the throne, but these words are not suitable to be said now."

Yao Zizhan went straight to the point with his opening words.

"Master Yao is a straightforward person, and I like Master Yao's character very much. In the current situation, further courtesy and formality are meaningless."

Yao Zizhan nodded and said, "Your Majesty is right, so I am here this time with great sincerity."

"Then let me hear Master Yao's sincerity."

Yao Zizhan, who had just sat down, stood up again and said:

"Your Majesty, ten years ago, among the four great nations of Xia, Qian, Chu, Jin, and Yan, the small countries were actually unable to make much of a splash.

However, while the four great nations checked each other, they also had their own threats.

My Qian had the turmoil of the southwest Tusi, which was quelled and then rebelled, again and again;

Chu had the unrest of the Mountain Yue, Yan had the threat of the barbarians, and Jin had the hidden dangers of the snow plains.

Now,

the situation is very different.

The Yan people have swallowed all of the Three Jins, the barbarian royal court has been destroyed, and the threat of the wild men has been completely blocked by the Snow Sea Pass. I find the Pacification of the West Marquisate's policy of control and restraint absolutely brilliant. Even my Emperor has already used the Pacification of the West Marquisate's policy towards the wild men on the southwest Tusi.

The Yan people,

the disaster of the western barbarians has been quelled, and it will be difficult for the barbarians to pose any threat to the Yan people within sixty years;

the snow plains have been tamed by the Pacification of the West Marquisate. With a single order from the Pacification of the West Marquis, they can almost directly mobilize tens of thousands of wild men troops from the snow plains for their own use.

The land of Yan is barren, and the land of Jin is actually not as rich as my Qian and Chu.

But the land of Yan plus the land of Jin, the entire north, is now all under the control of the Yan people.

The Yan people's exhaustion needs a few breaths, but the Yan people's bones have been honed very well.

Once these few breaths have passed,

my Qian and Chu will be in danger."

Yao Zizhan continued:

"This time the Yan people's attack on Chu is actually a manifestation of their wolfish ambitions, and it also proves that neither my Qian nor Your Majesty's Chu can now independently resist Yan.

The Yan people's internal strife that we have both been expecting has not happened;

the imbalance of the Yan court after the death of the old Yan Emperor that we have both been expecting has also not happened.

The Pacification of the West Marquis has been enfeoffed as a King.

The Yan people didn't give us a chance, and there is no chance anymore.

No matter who wants to fish in troubled waters, they can only wait for a few years, at most ten years, and the Yan people will accumulate enough national strength to unify Xia, which will no longer be a fool's dream.

Although Qian and Chu have their differences, these differences are insignificant in the face of the relationship of interdependence.

Therefore,

I have come this time with the will of my Qian Emperor,

intending to form an alliance with His Majesty, the Emperor of Chu,

to jointly resist Yan!"

The Chu Emperor did not show any surprise on his face,

and even

laughed out loud,

saying;

"Last time, when the Yan people attacked Chu with all their might, did you Qian people take the opportunity to launch a northern expedition in response?"

Yao Zizhan looked embarrassed.

In fact, the Qian people wanted to launch a northern expedition last time, but in the end, they failed to do so for various reasons.

Turning around, the Chu people, who had just suffered a major defeat, immediately launched a surprise attack on the border with Qian, explaining what it meant to say, 'If I can't beat the Yan people, can't I beat you?'

"I admit that the current Chu is running out of talent and its elite troops are in decline. If we want to resist Yan one-on-one again, we can only be at a disadvantage;

After the Yan people have digested the land of the Three Jins, it will be ominous for my Great Chu to resist Yan alone.

But I sincerely believe that

if we form an alliance with Qian,

it will not be as simple as one plus one equals two."

Yao Zizhan opened his mouth and said, "Greater than two?"

"No, it's dying faster."

Yao Zizhan was not angry when he heard this, but nodded instead.

This surprised the Chu Emperor somewhat;

"My Great Qian's troops are being reorganized, but the training of troops takes time."

"So?"

"So, my Emperor's meaning is…" Yao Zizhan paused, and then continued, "He is willing to share resources with Chu in terms of money and food."

"I didn't hear wrong, did I?"

"Chu is rich in weapons and armor, and my Qian is rich in money and food. We can share resources with each other."

The Qian people could actually make weapons and armor themselves. Leaving aside the issue of corruption, the Qian people's smelting technology was actually not bad.

So the implication of this was,

you can look down on my Great Qian's army,

that's okay,

because the Qian Emperor and his ministers themselves have no confidence in their own army. Although Grand Commandant Zu Zhuming has been in charge of the Three Borders for a long time, everyone's hearts are still uncertain.

But my Qian is rich and can send you money and food to help your Chu get through this.

Because the Yan people are tigers and wolves. In the several battles between Qian and Chu and Yan, if the Chu people were beaten down by the Yan people, then the Qian people were scared down by the Yan people.

"Can the Qian Emperor really do this?" the Chu Emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, this is the letter of credence, and there is also a letter written by my Emperor himself.

In the current situation,

if Qian and Chu cannot cooperate sincerely, then they can only wait to follow in the footsteps of Jin.

Only by Qian and Chu forming a true alliance, achieving true mutual assistance, can we resist the tyrannical Yan and protect our respective countries!"

……

After the death of the late Yan Emperor, the late Emperor's reign title had not been changed. According to custom, next year, the new Emperor would change the reign title to "Longping."

At the beginning of the first year of Longping, two events occurred in the Yan Kingdom that shook the city of Yanjing;

First, the Yan Crown Prince went to Jin Dong; second, the Pacification of the West Marquis was enfeoffed as the King of Pacifying the West;

Not long after,

the two countries of Qian and Chu announced to the world that

the Qian Emperor and the Chu Emperor would go to Cloud Pool together to offer sacrifices to the heavens and form an alliance.

In the first year of Longping, the countries of Xia, to be precise, the entire East, entered a new pattern.

To use the words of the storytellers in the teahouse,

it was a transformation from the four countries standing side by side to a tripartite balance of power.

……

This chapter is foreshadowing. I will try to write more tomorrow. Hold on tight to everyone!