Su Qin's carriage arrived at the palace and stopped in a small square with Lu Li's carriage. Then, the three of them got out of the carriage, with Lu Li leading the way. Su Qin and Ning Jun followed him straight to a side hall.

When he arrived at the door of the side hall, Lu Li waved his hand to Su Qin and Ning Jun to stop and wait aside while he walked forward and whispered a few words to a eunuch on duty.

The eunuch understood the situation and took a step forward to lead the way. Lu Li waved to Su Qin and Ning Jun. Su and Ning hurriedly followed them and arrived at the door of the side hall together.

The eunuch entered the side hall, asked the Marquis of Yan for instructions, and led Su Qin and Ning Jun into the hall.

Su Qin saw that Yanhou Jisheng was in her twenties, a little pale and weak, and he was reading a letter behind a few cases.

The eunuch signaled Su Qin and Ning Jun to kneel down and salute. Su Qin saluted and said at the same time: "Little citizen Su Qin pays homage to the king of Yan. Your Majesty may live forever."

Su Qin knew that according to Zhou rites, Marquis Yan could not enjoy the blessing of "long life without borders", but at this time the world was in chaos, and all the princes still paid no attention to Zhou rites.

So for the sake of safety, he promoted the Marquis of Yan, but he still used this slightly excessive rhetoric on the Marquis of Yan.

Sure enough, Marquis Yan raised his eyes and looked at Su Qin and Ning Jun. He was obviously very pleased. However, his speech habit was rather procrastinating and he said lazily: "You can excuse yourself. I heard that you two have recovered Chong.

Si Yan, I wonder if it’s true or false?”

Su Qin replied: "This is absolutely true. We have brought the inkstone and presented it to your Majesty for your inspection." With that, he handed the inkstone to the eunuch, who took it and forwarded it to Yanhou Ji Sheng.

Yan Hou Ji Sheng took the inkstone, played with it and admired it for a while, and said with joy on his face: "It is really the Chongsi inkstone that I have lost. How did it get into your hands?"

Su Qin said: "The common people passed by Yashan and encountered the village king Thief Xin who robbed them, so they wiped them out. At Thief Xin's residence, they accidentally found the treasure inkstone. When I came to Jidu, I heard that the king cherished this inkstone very much, so

It was brought in for you."

After hearing this, Marquis Yan looked a little surprised and asked: "Who are you? It seems that you are very skilled. The thief Xin Guan's family has been arrested several times, but he has escaped, and you have killed him. It's really

rare."

In fact, what Yan Hou Ji Sheng said was not true. When the officials of Yan State went to catch Thief Xin, they were all driven back.

Pirate Xin took advantage of the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain of the village, got away with it, and openly confronted the officials. The Yan State had no way to deal with him.

Therefore, Marquis Yan was surprised that Su Qin and Ning Jun defeated the bandit Xin. However, although he was surprised, what appeared from Marquis Yan's tepid character was only a very dull surprise.

Su Qin quickly introduced himself and Ning Jun's identities to Yanhou. Yanhou had heard of Su Qin's name, so he said lightly: "You are Su Qin, the disciple of Guiguzi. You seem to be delving into some kind of synergy."

It’s the art of connecting horizontally.”

When Su Qin heard that Marquis Yan took the initiative to mention the art of combining vertical and horizontal movements, he felt that this was a good opportunity, so he cleared his throat slightly and said clearly:

"I have indeed studied the strategy of vertical and horizontal with Mr. Guigu, and in recent years I have specially studied the strategy of combined vertical and horizontal. I believe that the Yan State is a big country surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is at the corner of seven powerful countries and can be attacked.

If you can retreat and defend, you can do a lot, and you can completely dominate the world."

"If the princes can join forces with other powerful countries in the east to fight against Qin, then the powerful Qin country will not be a problem..."

Su Qin was talking about his plan to unite the two verticals. Unexpectedly, Yan Hou Ji Sheng was not very interested. He interrupted Su Qin's words and said:

"The strategy of unification and verticalization you mentioned is indeed a good thing, but after all, Yan State is a bit remote and does not have the innate conditions for hegemony; even if it is to resist Qin, Qin State is more than five thousand miles away from us, and is also separated by Wei

, Zhao and other countries have no business with us."

When Su Qin heard this, he immediately understood that Yan Hou's interest was not in dominating and resisting Qin. According to Su Qin's "speculation thoughts" formed by studying hard, he also wanted to test Yan Hou's ambitions and interests. However, Yan Hou

He started talking about rewards.

Marquis Yan said: "I once issued a notice. Someone took back the Chongsi Inkstone for me, and I rewarded you with a hundred gold. Even though you are from another country, I will treat you the same."

Su Qin hurriedly declined and said: "Your Majesty, please don't worry about what the notice announced. We really sincerely returned the Chongsi Bao Inkstone to Your Majesty. We don't want the hundred gold reward."

Marquis Yan said "Oh", a little moved, and said: "Thanks to the two of you, I got the Chongsi Inkstone back. You two are not natives, and it is even more rare. Since you don't want the hundred gold reward,

, then how should I thank you?"

Su Qin had just proposed a joint strategy to the Marquis of Yan, but the Marquis of Yan was not interested. He only talked about Chongsi Inkstone. Su Qin still did not give up. He decided to act according to the original plan and stabilize the Yan Kingdom first before looking for opportunities.

Therefore, Su Qin said sincerely: "Since I entered the country of Yan, I have heard from the people all the way that you are a wise king who has never been seen before. We are very admired and moved. We want to find a job in such a country.

It's easy to learn some skills even if you're a part-time official."

Su Qin's words were obviously exaggerated. How could Ji Sheng, the Marquis of Yan, be a wise king? If he was a wise king, could Thief Xin still be entrenched in Yashan and do evil?

However, Su Qin had already experienced too many failures. In the past few years, failure had always been with him. In order to avoid another failure, Su Qin could only put in good words in order to impress Marquis Yan.

Sure enough, Marquis Yan nodded slightly after hearing this. He said "Hmm" softly and said, "You want to stay in the Yan Kingdom. I just want it, and the Yan Kingdom is also looking for people."

He pondered for a moment and gave Su Qin and Ning Jun a reward: "You two can annihilate Pi Xin's group of bandits, which shows that you are outstanding in kung fu. Why not stay in the palace? I will make Su Qin the official of the middle palace and Ning Jun the emperor."

Lieutenant Lin, you will lead the five hundred royal guards and be responsible for the security and theft prevention of the palace."

Su Qin and Ning Jun kowtowed and thanked them for their appointment. The Marquis of Yan wrote an edict on the appointment of officials and ordered the eunuch on duty to hand it over to the Prime Minister, who asked him to arrange Su Qin and Ning Jun's official affairs and salaries according to the edict.

Su Qin and Ning Jun bid farewell to Yan Hou Ji Sheng, and followed the eunuch outside the side hall. The eunuch asked them to report to the Prime Minister's Mansion tomorrow to claim their errands, clothes, and salary.
Chapter completed!