Chapter 454

"Moreover, why do you have to go personally for this kind of thing?"

"You must know, this is the Qin Guo!"

"Whether to see or not, whether to help or not, we have to try to know. There is one thing I forgot to tell you. In fact, a long time ago, Lord Changping had sent someone to contact me, expressing his determination to care about the State of Chu. This is also the reason why I insisted on coming to the Qin Guo to visit him this time."

Xiang Yan inadvertently said a secret matter.

After hearing his father's words, Xiang Chao, who was on the side, was stunned. He did not expect that there was such a hidden situation.

On the day his father proposed to go to the Qin Guo to meet Lord Changping, several of them as sons strongly opposed it. After all, his father had never been to the Qin Guo, and the Qin people were like wolves and tigers. If the Qin people knew his father's identity, the State of Chu would basically be finished without his father, the Grand General.

But Xiang Yan seemed to have blind confidence in Lord Changping. To be precise, he was very disappointed with Li Yuan and the current King of Chu, and pinned his hope on Lord Changping. He was determined to go to the Qin Guo.

Seeing that his father was determined, Xiang Chao, Xiang Liang, and Xiang Bo could not persuade him. In the end, Xiang Chao made a decision: he was determined to follow his father to the Qin Guo, so that they could look after each other.

Xiang Yan did not refuse his son's kindness. The two of them brought a basket of the best oranges from the Huainan region and came to the Qin Guo.

On the way, Xiang Chao also persuaded Xiang Yan many times, not understanding why Xiang Yan would make such a decision. Until they arrived before Lord Changping's mansion, Xiang Yan finally said the reason.

The two waited for a while, and saw the gate of Lord Changping's mansion open again.

A noble middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes walked out from it.

Xiang Yan and Xiang Chao did not know who this was at first, until the voice of the person beside them sounded, and they knew that this person was Lord Changping, Xiong Qi.

After learning that a distinguished guest from the State of Chu had arrived, Lord Changping chose to greet them personally.

In the mansion, after Lord Changping received the gift brought by Xiang Yan and Xiang Chao, he did not care much about whether the gift was valuable or not. What was important was the intention. He directly picked up an orange and ate it.

The oranges from Huainan tasted very sweet. Even though the distance from the State of Chu to the Qin Guo was far, the moisture inside had not been lost.

Lord Changping closed his eyes and savored its taste carefully. This was still the taste in his memory.

In the past, when his father was a hostage in the Qin Guo, the relationship between the Qin Guo and the State of Chu was very good. Sometimes, oranges from the State of Chu would be sold to the Qin Guo. His father would buy some, peel them, hand them to him, and tell him that these were oranges from Huainan in the State of Chu.

Even though his father later abandoned him and fled back to the State of Chu to fight for the throne with the help of Lord Chunshen, Huang Xie, Lord Changping, Xiong Qi, had always remembered his father's words and remembered the State of Chu mentioned in his father's words.

Later, Empress Dowager Huayang and Lord Changwen, who was also in the Qin Guo, all had a great influence on him.

It could be said that although Lord Changping grew up in the Qin Guo, in his bones, he had always regarded himself as a person of the State of Chu.

After Lord Changping finished eating an orange, Xiang Yan finally told Lord Changping his intention.

After hearing Xiang Yan's words, Lord Changping's expression remained unchanged, and he fell silent.

Seeing this, Xiang Chao could not help but sigh.

Sure enough, although Lord Changping was a Chu person, he was even more of a high-level official in the Qin Guo. How could he help the State of Chu?

His father had guessed wrong this time.

Just as he was thinking this, he heard Lord Changping say: "Don't worry, I will help you. No, it should be said that I am helping myself. After all, I am also a person of the State of Chu!"

Regardless of whether Lord Changping's words were true or false, it indeed stunned Xiang Chao and Xiang Yan.

Because Xiang Yan was the Grand General of the State of Chu, this trip to the Qin Guo was a secret trip. But if the time was long, it would still be discovered. Therefore, after visiting Lord Changping, they did not intend to stay here for long. After staying in Lord Changping's mansion for two days, they left Xianyang, preparing to return to the State of Chu.

Leaving Xianyang City, the father and son walked on a mountain road, with no one around.

At this moment, a calm voice entered their ears: "The two of you, where are you preparing to go?"

"Don't you plan to stay in the Qin Guo for a while longer?"

"You must know, we Qin people are exceptionally hospitable!"