Li Jue and Guo Si exchanged a glance. Like the Xia Hou brothers, they had mastered an extremely sophisticated form of eye contact.
"Cough, cough. One last question." Guo Si gave a light cough before saying, "Even if we join forces, our strength is still a little lacking, isn't it? Also, you just said that even if we lost, at worst we could retreat to Liang Province. But the two of us have no territory in Liang Province!"
"That's two questions!" Han Sui expressed some concern over Guo Si's mathematical ability, then continued indifferently, "You both know that Ma Teng and I are brothers. I came here this time representing both Ma Teng and myself. In other words, if you two agree to an alliance, then there will be four of us. And that won't be the end of it. The stronger Liu Bei becomes, the more enemies he will attract. No one will be willing to easily give up their current status and position."
"As for territory, that's easy to settle as well. Brother Ma Teng and I will give up two commanderies to you both." Han Sui waved his hand grandly. In his eyes, two commanderies were like cabbages, not worth caring about at all.
"Good, then there's no problem!" Li Jue and Guo Si rose to their feet and spoke with excitement.
Once the terms were settled, everything proceeded smoothly. After signing the alliance agreement, Han Sui quietly disappeared from Chang'an again without alerting anyone.
After leaving Chang'an, Han Sui and his son-in-law Yan Xing finally let out a heavy sigh of relief. Yet on the surface, there was no sign at all of Han Sui's nervousness.
"Give up two commanderies to Li Jue and Guo Si!?" On the road, when they discussed the treaty with the