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For a few days, there was nothing else to do.

A few days later, the alliance ceremony was held as scheduled. Everyone was very busy this morning. The emperor of Zhou Kingdom personally launched the alliance, and the alliance with the king of Chu State was unprecedented. A very meaningful alliance.

Everyone got up early in the morning and was busy taking a bath and changing clothes. Wu Jiu also got up. The witch Ziqingtang waited on Wu Jiu to take a bath. Qihou also went back to his tent to take a bath. , Sacrifice is the most important.

After Wu Jiu took a bath, everyone hastily adjusted his clothes, tied his head up, and pinned it to the crown.

Wu Jiu's clothes were very cumbersome, he was sitting on the table, Ziqing, Yan, Etang and Wu three people surrounded him, Qihou was already fully dressed, walked in from the outside, said with a smile: "Second brother, are you still not well?"

Wu Jiu was also quite helpless, his whole body was tinkling, very cumbersome and heavy to hang, but today was a grand ceremony, so he had to dress up like this.

Marquis Qi walked in, looked at Wu Jiu from a distance, and didn't bother to make trouble. Wu Jiao was dressed very grandly today, with a black belt binding his slender and tall waist. Although Wu Jiao's slender waist was slender, it looked thin and very flexible. a feeling of.

Looking at Wu Jiu's clothes, Qi Hou couldn't help but have some aftertaste. He planned to let the second brother wear this clothes to be stubborn after tonight, otherwise it would be a pity.

Wu Jiu didn't know what Qihou was thinking of, so he stood up after getting dressed, Qihou walked over, and said with a smile: "Second brother, don't forget this, I'll put it on for you alone."

Wu Jiu looked down and saw that Marquis Qi had hung the Heshibi brand steamed bun pendant on his waist, but Wu Jiu almost forgot that he still had this treasure handed down from generation to generation, and he kept it on his waist all the time. Just changed clothes and put them aside, almost didn't wear them.

Qihou handed him the steamed buns and fastened them carefully, and wiped them lightly with his hands twice, then said with a smile, "Okay, Second Brother looks so pretty."

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Duke Qi is not bad either."

Qi Hou was quite confident, he dusted off his black robe, and said with a smile: "That's natural, otherwise how could you make the king of Chu fascinated?"

Wu Jiao saw that he was so shameless, but what he said was true, only Qihou could fascinate him, after all, Wu Jiao was only interested in Qihou.

The two tidied up and prepared to come out. When they came out of the camp, the envoys of Chu and Qi were ready, and they were all very solemn. Seeing the two of them, they saluted quickly and said, "Meet my king, and I have seen Qi." male!"

Wu Jiu waved his hand and said, "There's no need to be too polite, let's go."

Wu Jiu and his party walked to the square where the altar was set up. The place where the banquet had been turned into an altar a few days ago, there were many seats set up on both sides. After preparing for the sacrifice, they will discuss various rituals of the alliance here. The theme has been decided, but specific matters still need to be agreed, such as how to maintain friendly relations, how to communicate with each other, and so on.

Along the two rows of seats, all the way to the head, you can see the tall altar, which is connected by long steps, and blankets are laid beside it.

There is already a crowd of people beside the altar, and many princes have come over, chatting with each other.

Because King Xing is located in the northern border, he didn't leave the capital just because he wanted to. This time it was not easy for him to come here. During the banquet two days ago, Marquis Xing didn't catch up. He just arrived yesterday, and this morning He got up early, put on a black court robe, and was already in the crowd, talking with Cao Ke.

While the two were talking, they saw Wu Jiu and the others coming, Xing Hou saw Yan E who was following Wu Jiu at a glance, and Yan E naturally saw Xing Hou too, but she was a little embarrassed and quickly lowered her head.

Xing Hou quickly stepped forward to salute, cupped his hands and said, "King Chu, Duke Qi."

As he spoke, he smiled at Yan'e behind him and said, "Miss Yan'e, long time no see."

Yan'e's face turned red, and she hid behind Wu Jiu. Cao Ke was not only about Xinghou and Yan'e, his eyes rolled around, as if he had discovered a new continent.

Seeing that it was rare for Xing Hou to leave the capital and come here once, Wu Jiu smiled and said: "It is rare for Xing Hou to come here, I don't know when we will see you again, Yan'e, just chat with Xing Hou."

Yan'e heard Wu Jiu's joke on her, and quickly said: "Your Majesty..."

She said, still grabbing Wu Jiu's robe, don't go out, how could Marquis Qi let Yan'e grab Wu Jiao's robe, and quickly pushed Yan'e to Xing Hou, Xing Hou said very happily: "After I left, I have always missed Miss Yan'e in my heart, but because Xing Country is located in the northern border, it is always necessary to resist the invasion of the Di people, so I haven't been able to see Miss Yan'e for such a long time."

Xing Hou was polite, but what he said was very affectionate, which made Yan E's face turn red, and he really didn't know what to say.

Wu Jiu asked Xinghou and Yan'e to go to the side to reminisce about the past, while everyone chatted with other princes.

A grand alliance meeting is going to be held today. Chu and Zhou have not had such a peaceful alliance for a long time. Both Chu and Zhou have just changed their kings and are in a period of waiting for prosperity. All countries benefit.

Soon Ji Lang came out, Prince Zheng followed behind Ji Lang, it could be seen that Ji Lang was also in a good mood today, the two of them walked out, while bowing their heads and whispering, Ji Lang said something with a smile, Prince Zheng It was nodding behind.

When Ji Lang came over, Wu Jiu went up to meet him. Ji Lang said with a smile, "Today, the alliance between Zhou State and Chu State is a golden age that has never happened in a hundred years. It is my luck to be favored by the King of Chu."

Wu Jiu cupped his hands and said: "The emperor's words are serious. Chu and Zhou have the same roots. Now that the two countries can make an oath of alliance, they have not forgotten the training. It is a matter of mutual joy."

Wu Jiu exchanged pleasantries with Ji Lang, while Juzi Zipifu and Guo Gongchou stood aside, the two of them looked at each other, they didn't know what they were thinking about, anyway, their eyes were twinkling with deep meaning.

Before the alliance meeting, first worship the heaven, the earth and the ancestors. When the time comes, the sacrifice will begin. Wu Jiu and Ji Lang are both the protagonists of this time. The two walked up to the altar hand in hand, as if they were old friends for many years. It's like a very close relationship.

Because this is the alliance between Chu State and Zhou State, Qi Hou is actually the witness and presider, so he can only watch from the sidelines, and cannot go to hold hands. When Qi Hou saw his second brother holding Ji Lang's hand, he felt like It's the same as fermented, but vinegar is not good, but we still have to focus on the overall situation.

As the presiding officer, Marquis Qi is going to let someone take the lead. It stands to reason that Zhou State is the Son of Heaven. Although Chu State is self-proclaimed king, it cannot be called the Son of Heaven. Therefore, Zhou State is still bigger than Chu State. The Son of Heaven was right, but Ji Lang wanted to be modest.

So humbly smiled and said: "If the king of Chu does not give up, he can be the leader with the widow."

Wu Jiao was a little surprised. It seemed that Ji Lang had spent all his money. After all, Ji Lang had just ascended the throne, and there were many people in the court who were not convinced. If he could reconcile with Chu State and add Qi State, it would be a three-legged rivalry. Now, the external troubles can be regarded as temporarily resolved, and Ji Lang can concentrate on dealing with the disputes within the imperial court.

Therefore, for Ji Lang, this alliance will be of great benefit but not harmful. Naturally, Ji Lang has to spend all her money to make the state of Chu happy.

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "The Son of Heaven is benevolent, righteous and magnanimous. He is a model for me to follow. I am really ashamed of him."

As Wu Jiu said, he and Ji Lang held the cow's ears in their hands, and were ready to make a blood alliance. Zheng Tu, as the host, personally brought the bloody Yudun, held Yudun at eye level with both hands, and walked slowly with his head down. He walked up the steps and handed Yudun to Marquis Qi.

Qihou was also holding the jade ton with both hands, and placed it on the worship case. Seeing that Ji Lang and Wu Jiu were about to drip blood into the jade ton, at this moment he heard the sound of "tattling", which turned out to be the sound of a horse's hoof. sound.

There was the sound of horseshoes coming from a distance. Although the entire shaft was very large, the altar was much higher than the shaft, so everyone standing on the altar could see it clearly.

A soldier of the Zhou Kingdom rode on a horse, holding a command flag, and came rushing from a distance. He rushed over very quickly, because he was holding a command flag, and it was obviously an urgent report, so he didn't need to get off his horse when he reached the gate of Xingyuan. Immediately rushed in, a series of hooves approaching.

At this time, the princes who participated in the alliance saw clearly that a soldier came in a hurry. Judging from the command flag he was holding, it should be an urgent report from the border, and it was a military report.

The soldier rushed over, got off his horse, quickly knelt down on the ground, raised the command flag, and said loudly, "Report to the Son of Heaven! Yang Guo betrayed the emperor! He has already taken refuge in the Yi people!"

As soon as he said this, the princes were in an uproar.

Yang State is one of the feudal states of Zhou State. The surname of Ji is Marquis, which is the prince of the same surname granted by Zhou Tianzi. Yang State is located at the northern end, just to the northwest of Jin State. This position is already a frontier state.

And when Zhou Tianzi canonized the Yang Kingdom, he wanted to establish a country here as a barrier against the Rongdi people at the northern end.

Now Yang Guo suddenly rebelled and took refuge in the Hsiung people. The Hsiung people are actually commonly known as Dog Rong, a tribe of Xirong people. They are very tough and good at fighting. They are active in the northwest of the Zhou Dynasty. The existence of Yang is resistance. At this time, Yang Guo actually betrayed the Zhou Dynasty.

As soon as the news came out, everyone felt it was incredible, and many people made a lot of noise.

Ji Lang frowned, the sacrifice was temporarily interrupted, and Ji Lang's face became even more ugly after asking.

The soldier said that Yang Guo rebelled for a very simple reason, because he was dissatisfied with Ji Lang's rule and felt that Ji Lang was not an orthodox direct bloodline, which confused the blood of the emperor, and that Ji Lang wanted to sign a treaty with Chu State, which was an act of treachery for glory. After all, Zhou State and Chu State have always had grudges, and everyone has fought a lot. The Hanshui battle between Zhou State and Chu State once wiped out Zhou State’s army. rise.

Yang Guo used this as an excuse to rebel against Ji Lang and seek refuge with the Xiangyun people.

Ji Lang's face was very ugly. The news came at a very high time. The state of Zhou and the state of Chu were about to make an alliance, and the news came. is prepared.

Wu Jiu also narrowed his eyes, it seemed that someone did not want Zhou Guo to form an alliance with Chu.

At this time, Juzi Zipifu and Guo Gongchou looked at each other, Zipifu came out first, cupped his hands and said, "Son of Heaven, it seems that this alliance must not be done! Yang Guo is the loyal hero of our Zhou Kingdom." The minister, for so many years, has been loyal and has been helping Zhou Guo to resist the Yi people, but now Yang Guo is rebelling because he is sad. If the emperor insists on going his own way and insists on forming an alliance with Chu, I am afraid that it will make more people in Zhou Guo sad. Cold!"

When Zipifu said this, Guo Gongchou next to him immediately cupped his hands and said, "Yes! Has the Son of Heaven forgotten how our ancestors died in Han River!?"

What Zipifu and Guo Gongchou said, coupled with Yang Guo's rebellion, immediately caused an uproar among the crowd.

Seeing those two people stirring up public opinion, Marquis Qi sneered and said: "Back then, Duke Zhou was entrusted with the land of Lu and revered as duke. Now Duke of Lu would still rebel against the emperor? Although Yang Guo was loyal in the past , but if you take refuge in the Hyun-hyun people today, you are a traitor! Ju Gong and Guo Gong don’t know how to attack the traitors, but instead threaten to say that the emperor is not coming, what is the reason for this?"

When Qi Hou said this, Juzi and Guo Gong looked at each other, as if they didn't expect to be robbed by Qi Hou.

At this time, Cao Ke also stood up and said: "What Duke Qi said is exactly that the rebellion of Yang Guo is a heinous thing. Now we should be united as one to discuss the matter of crusade against Yang Guo and the Yiyun people. It is even more important to form an alliance. It must be done, please let the emperor know!"

People in Juzi and Guogong were a little anxious. Qihou had already spoken. He represented the wind direction of a powerful country, and Cao Ke was "flattering." Yes, now that the enemy and the enemy are clearly defined, we must not put the cart before the horse."

Zheng Bo, the host, has already spoken, and this direction is about to return in an instant, and the people of Juzi and Guogong are really anxious to get angry.

But at this moment, there was a sudden gust of wind, a gust of wind blew over violently, and Wu Jiu's clothes were blown with a "squeaky" sound. Lost.

Wu Jiu hurriedly reached out his hand to cover the jade pendant to avoid being blown away, as a gust of wind hit, followed by the sound of "crackling", it suddenly started to rain.

Suddenly there was a heavy rainstorm, and it was clear that it was still sunny just now. The rainstorm came just as it said, and the blood stains on the cow's ear were all washed out.

No one expected that there would be a heavy rain, but the weather is hot, and showers are common in summer. The weather is bad, so today's sacrifice can only be postponed temporarily.

Ji Lang wanted everyone to go back to the camp first, and wait for the rain to stop before offering sacrifices tomorrow, but he heard someone in the crowd shouting "Ouch!", and then someone yelled "Ouch", followed by The sound of "cracking, crackling" became louder and louder. The sound fell from the sky and hit the sacrificial case directly. With a sound of "gudong!!", it knocked a tripod on the case and rolled down violently.

Qi Hou immediately said in a low voice, "Second brother, be careful!"

Qi Hou rushed over, put his arms around Wu Jiu's waist, pulled him to the side, and at the same time took off the sword on his waist, and quickly tapped the cauldron with the tip of the sword, and the cauldron was touched by the side, and received Li rolled over to the side, and a series of sounds of "Gudong Gudong!" rolled down the altar along the steps.

Everyone was still in shock. Looking carefully, the crackling thing that fell from the sky turned out to be hail!

Hail was called rain hail in ancient times, and it was actually a very common natural disaster. However, people in ancient times were very superstitious. At this time, when rain and hail as big as chicken eggs suddenly fell, everyone felt that it might be the punishment of heaven.

Juzi and Duke Guo didn't expect the sudden rain and hail, so they looked at each other excitedly, and Duke Guo said quickly, "Son, the heaven has issued a warning, please don't be stubborn... Ouch!!"

Guo Gongchou arched his hands, and before he finished speaking, he was hit on the head by a rain hailstone. With a "gudong", the rain hailstone as big as an egg almost smashed Guo Gongchou's head, and Guo Gongchou didn't Get ready, fall to the ground, and the conversation will be cut off.

Just as Wu Jiu dodged the big cauldron that was rolling down, he was still undecided, but when he heard Guo Gongchou's sudden cry, he stopped talking, looked down the stage, couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.

The rain and hail were very heavy, fearing that Wu Jiu would be hurt, Marquis Qi quickly pinned Wu Jiu's head, hugged him in his arms, covered Wu Jiu with his robe, and said, "Second brother, go ahead and set up the tent, don't let him go." Laughed."

Prince Zheng also rushed over, took off his robe, covered Ji Lang, and said, "Father, be careful, go this way."

Everyone quickly got down from the altar and rushed into the tents. Today's sacrificial ceremony was temporarily interrupted by a sudden hailstorm.

It wasn't just the hailstorm, there was a heavy rainstorm after the hailstorm, and the tents would be soaked. If it was a little bigger, they might all have to move to the high ground.

Some people were injured, such as Guo Gongchou, who was hit on the head by hailstones. Because the hailstone had too much gravitational potential energy and was not small, he almost exploded directly, so Guo Gongchou was quickly carried away.

Everyone rushed into the tent, all in a panic. Today's meeting is impossible. Qihou hurriedly took off his wet robe, shook it a little, and actually shook down several hailstones, round and big like chickens. Generally, the small ones are the same size as projectiles.

Qi Hou squinted his eyes, threw the wet clothes aside, and said, "I know that some people definitely don't want the alliance to go on. Today, God is not so discerning, and it rained and hail."

Wu Jiu also took off his wet clothes and threw them aside, and also took off his cumbersome crown, and put them aside, because he was protected by Qihou all the way, nothing serious, just slightly damp, and said: "At this time, Yang Guo Rebellion, Ju Zi and Guo Gong sang together again, it must be inseparable from them."

Qihou nodded, and said: "It's really bad luck, the second brother is weak, so let someone call for hot soup first, and then we can wash up."

The rain and hail outside had stopped, and it started to rain heavily. Marquis Qi asked someone to bring hot soup, and first washed and bathed Wu Jiu, so as not to catch cold, and then asked Ziqing to bring ginger soup for Wu Jiu to drink.

The torrential rain has been falling, from morning to night, and it is still crackling after nightfall.

Over there, Guogong Chou was injured, and Juzi came to visit in the rain, saying that it was a fake visit, but wanted to discuss important matters with Guogong.

Zipifu came over in the middle of the night, with a shameful appearance, Guo Gongchou was lying on the couch because of his injury, his head was wrapped like a big rice dumpling.

Juzi quickly said, "Mr. Guo, how is your injury? Is it in the way?"

Guo Gongchou supported his head and said, "It's really bad luck. Why did the rain and hail hit Gu?"

Juzi quickly said: "Mr. Guo, we still have to thank the rain and hail. Think about it, if it weren't for the rain and hail, our plan to unite with Yang would have been brought down by the Marquis of Qi and the others in a few words." It's over."

Guo Gongchou nodded and said: "Exactly, it was hard to persuade Yang Guo to rebel. If he didn't think about it, the two words of Qihou would incite public opinion! Hmph, those princes are worthless. If you want to say it alone, there are so many princes. They all came here with their troops, so they directly turned against each other, overthrew that bullshit new emperor, and then arrested the king of Chu and chopped them into meat to avenge his humiliation in Luoshi City in the future!"

Juzi smiled and said: "Mr. Guo, it's raining and hailstorming now, it's God's punishment. As long as we work harder, even if the emperor wants to form an alliance, I'm afraid he will have to look at God's face. If we fail to make an alliance with Zhou Guoguo, then we will definitely be enemies, so is it possible that Duke Guo will not be able to take revenge?"

Juzi rubbed his palms and laughed and said: "Speaking of the king of Chu, when he was the prince of Qi, Gu had a crush on him. It's just that the boy is so noble and untouchable. Now he is still with him. Marquis Qi is ambiguous, isn’t he innocent? Hmph, Gu has already seen it, Duke Guo, when the time comes, he must hand over the King of Chu to Fucai, and Fuding can help Duke Guo take revenge.”

After listening to Juzi's nasty words, Duke Guo burst out laughing, and said, "Okay, okay, I will hand it over to you, Duke Ju...just..."

As he spoke, he suddenly had a frowning face, and said, "Although the hailstorm is not small, it has stopped now, and there are no casualties, not even killing people. How can we make things bigger? I'm afraid it will be pushed back by the Qi State again."

Juzi squinted his eyes and smiled, and said: "Mr. Guo, why are you so confused? The rain and hail are not heavy, but we can make the rain and hail bigger? It's just some ice, no casualties. We caused some casualties. Isn't it simple?"

When Guo Gongchou heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "You still have a way, Ju Gong. Well, it's not too late, we have to act quickly."

Juzi nodded and said, "Just in time for it to be dark today."

It rained all night, and the weather did not cool down at all because of the rain. Instead, it was stuffy and humid, and it was indescribably uncomfortable.

Wu Jiu didn't sleep well at night. When he woke up early in the morning, he couldn't hear the sound of rain. It was estimated that the rainstorm had stopped. He didn't smell the fresh smell after the rain, but instead smelled a faintly strange smell. .

Wu Jiu was more sensitive to smells, frowned, turned over and sat up.

As soon as Wu Jiu sat up, Qihou immediately woke up and said, "Second brother, what's wrong?"

It's getting dark outside, I'm afraid everyone hasn't woken up yet, even the eunuchs and palace maids haven't got up yet, and Marquis Qi turned over and sat up.

Wu Jiu frowned and said, "There is a strange smell, it seems to be... the smell of blood?"

Qi Hou didn't smell the strange smell, but when Wu Jiao said it was blood, he immediately pulled the outer robe next to him, put it on his body, and said, "Second brother, don't move, go and have a look alone."

Wu Jiu nodded, and asked Qihou to take a look, but before Qihou put on his belt, he heard a woman's voice outside, and screamed, "Ah—" loud.

Everyone was startled, Wu Jiu didn't dare to let Qihou go out alone, so he quickly got up, put on his clothes, and prepared to go out with Qihou to have a look.

The one screaming outside was a palace lady, the voice of that palace lady was very loud, I'm afraid it woke everyone up, many people all went out of the camp to see what happened.

As soon as Wu Jiu and Qi Hou opened the camp tent, they immediately smelled a strong smell of blood, they took a closer look, good guy, no wonder there was a smell of blood, because there was a mess outside the camp.

Outside the tents, the ground was covered with "hailstones" large and small. The smallest one was as big as an adult's fist, and the biggest one was like a stone.

Not only that, the bloody smell is because there are dead birds all over the ground...

The dead bird's body was smashed to pieces, and its feathers were flying everywhere. It looked like a bloody mess. There were all kinds of birds, like a slaughterhouse.

Everyone was terrified by this scene when they came out. In an instant, many people saw the hailstones and those dead birds, and immediately made up their minds that the hailstorm was too heavy last night, killing all the flying birds, so they fell. The ground, together with the "testimony" of the collapsed tents next to it, was definitely caused by the hail disaster.

Everyone was terrified, and Juzi and Guogong also pretended to hear the screams before running out, looking at the messy scene in "surprise".

Ji Langben was still resting, and immediately came out when he heard the cry, and seeing the blood on the ground, Juzi hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Son of Heaven, this is a bad omen! Yesterday's rain and hail were so heavy that it hit the ground." So many birds have died, look, this rain and hailstone is rare in a hundred years, and it is so big. Fortunately, there was no meeting yesterday. If the emperor insists on holding a meeting, then these birds may not be the only ones killed , but the princes! I am afraid that even the emperor..."

When Ju Zi said this, Guo Gong quickly responded and said: "Yes, yes, Son of Heaven, God has warned that the alliance must not go on any longer, and the Son of Heaven should take it back!"

Wu Jiu watched Ju Zi and Guo Gong sing together, squinted his eyes and looked at the wreckage on the ground, and walked over slowly with the hem of his clothes in his hands.

Seeing Wu Jiao walking over, Qi Hou followed immediately. He knew Wu Jiao liked to be clean, so he helped Wu Jiao pull the hem of his clothes. crushed.

Although there were no aluminum alloy tents in this era, and it was not easy to set up a tent, they were all made of solid wood. Wu Jiao looked at the tent, and found that it was the largest and strongest tent among the collapsed tents.

This kind of solid wood is made of beams. Wu Jiu really does not believe that hailstones can crush the tent. Just this kind of wood will burn for three days and three nights before it can be completely burned. Not to mention hailstones, it is like pebbles hitting rocks. .

But at this time the tent had collapsed, and the couch was in a mess, Wu Jiao stretched out his hand, pulled the collapsed wood, pulled out one of the wood, glanced at the section of the broken wood, and couldn't help but sneered.

Ju Zi and Guo Gong were still lobbying Ji Lang not to form an alliance with Chu, when they heard Wu Jiao sneer, they all turned their heads to look at Wu Jiao, Wu Jiao didn't speak, just continued to squat on the ground, he put the wood "clang" " Throw it out with a sound, and throw it in front of Juzi and Guogong.

The two of them were startled, and hurriedly dodged a step. If they hadn't dodged in time, they would have been almost smashed.

Guogong and Juzi stared at Wu Jiu angrily, and said, "What does the king of Chu mean? Even if we can't form an alliance, it is God's will. Not only our Zhou country should respect God, but your Chu country also respects God. ? Could it be that Chu State doesn’t respect God anymore?”

Wu Jiao ignored him, but continued to lower his head and busy himself. He threw down the wood, took a piece of handkerchief, and picked up a dead bird on the ground with his hands. There were many dead birds on the ground. Wu Jiao simply observed it. Suddenly, in addition to some very common birds, there are even ornamental birds with beautiful feather colors.

Wu Jiu picked up a dead bird, looked around, stood up, smiled and said to Guogong and Juzi, "I'm afraid this has nothing to do with respecting or not respecting heaven."

Juzi said: "What does the King of Chu mean by this? Are you planning to mess around? It rained so much and hurt so many birds, can the King of Chu say that it was not God's punishment?"

Wu Jiu smiled provocatively, and said, "Whether the rain and hailstones are from the sky, or someone did it on purpose, I'm not sure yet."

Guogong and Juzi were a little flustered, looked at each other, and said, "What do you mean by what the King of Chu said?"

Wu Jiu pointed to the rain and hailstones on the ground and said: "Hail is formed by the water vapor in the air rising with the air current. The higher the water vapor rises, the lower the temperature will be, and finally it will condense into ice. The heavier it is, the more it falls from the sky, so the shape of the hailstone should ideally be round, but if you take into account the resistance it receives when it falls, etc., it will be a strange shape at best..."

He said with a smile, pointed to the hailstones on the ground, and said with a smile: "Naturally, it is common sense for Ju Gong and Guo Gong not to understand. After all, the knowledge of astronomy and geography is not something ordinary people can understand. I want to say What’s more, no matter how strange the shape of rain and hail is, it’s impossible to have sharp horns.”

Everyone followed Wu Jiu's pointing and saw that there were a lot of hailstones with sharp corners on the ground. Wu Jiu said with a smile: "The sharp corners are so sharp and smooth, it's definitely not the result of heavy rain and hailstones falling on the ground and cracking them." Jianjiao, you princes are all educated people, can't you see that these are not rain and hailstones, but ordinary icicles that someone deliberately cut out?"

Everyone was in an uproar when they heard this, and Wu Jiu said again: "Son of Heaven and all the lords, please take a look again, how does this wood look like it was broken by rain and hailstones? It was clearly cut by a sharp sword, and... "

Wu Jiao threw the dead bird at the feet of Ju Zi and Guo Gong. The blood almost jumped up and splashed on the two of them. If the emperor and the princes don't believe it, they can ask a medical officer to check their injuries. People who pretend to be gods and ghosts are too irresponsible, and they don't even have the basic quality of troublemaking. These birds are probably killed by arrows. There are also obvious arrow holes and scratches from arrowhead barbs."

When Wu Jiu said this one by one, Ju Zi and Guo Gong's complexions immediately became ugly bit by bit. Wu Jiu smiled and said to Ji Lang, "Son of Heaven, so correct me and say that this is not related to God's punishment." It has nothing to do with it at all, but there are some people with ulterior motives in Xingyuan who intend to disrupt the alliance, these people deserve to be punished, and their crimes are unforgivable, please investigate carefully!"

When Wu Jiu said this, Marquis Qi also cupped his hands and said, "What the king of Chu said is right, Son of Heaven, now is the day of our alliance between Zhou State and Chu State, and there are people who intend to make trouble in Xingyuan, not just ignoring The majesty of the Son of Heaven has completely ruined the face of my country of Zhou, it is really hateful, please the Son of Heaven to investigate strictly, catch those who have ulterior motives, and make an example to others!"

Juzi and Guogong were busy all night last night. Because of the heavy hail yesterday, there were no patrolling soldiers guarding them. Someone had someone cut some slivers of ice and threw them directly on the ground. They didn't know how hailstones were formed, they just threw the ice on the ground and made it very large on purpose.

They also cut down some tents, found many dead birds and threw them on the ground, pretending that the disaster was serious.

In this way, I thought it was safe, and I could use the public opinion punished by heaven to guide the people and force Ji Lang to submit, but neither Ju Zi nor Guo Gong thought that in Wu Jiao's eyes, those two people were no different from "illiterate" Children, and very illiterate, full of loopholes.

Now the two had no choice but to lower their heads and pretend to be stupid. Juzi quickly separated the relationship and said: "This... the emperor, if you care about it, you will be chaotic. I didn't expect that there would be people with ulterior motives who mislead you with the intention of heaven. I'm really ashamed."

Guo Gongchou also quickly said: "Now that the king of Chu said that ugliness is a sudden realization, he is almost ashamed to be misled by an adulterer."

Ji Lang watched the two men sing and sing together, smiled faintly, and said, "It's a good thing that Ju Gong and Guo Gong corrected their mistakes when they realized their mistakes, but it's a heinous thing for someone to make trouble in the camp and try to disrupt the alliance. Things can never be let go..."

He said, and then said: "Qi Gong, Zheng Gong."

Qihou and Zheng Tu hurriedly cupped their hands and said, "Son of Heaven."

Ji Lang said: "The two of you are responsible for arresting these treacherous ministers with ulterior motives. In addition, I deeply feel that there is a problem with Xingyuan's safety. I also ask Qi Gong and Zheng Gong to strengthen the guards of Xingyuan. I will leave the matter of guarding to the two of you." Tired."

"Yes!"

When Ju Zi and Guo Gong heard this, they immediately felt that something was wrong. They wanted to pretend to be a ghost, but who knew that Ji Lang would leave the task of guarding the Xingyuan to Qi Hou as a matter of course. Regretful, they all gave each other a strange look, with the intention of complaining.

Ji Lang said: "Okay, let's go first, tidy up here, wait for two days when the weather gets better, and then hold the alliance ceremony, everyone has worked hard, take advantage of these two days, go back to rest and recuperate. "

Everyone hurriedly bowed their hands and planned to leave. Ju Zi and Guo Gong looked reconciled, but they had no choice but Wu Jiao did not leave, and said with a smile: "Come here, pick up the birds on the ground for me. "

Qihou was a little surprised and said, "Second Brother, what are you doing with these?"

Juzi and Guo Gong were afraid that Wu Jiu would play tricks again, so they turned their heads to look at Wu Jiao, not knowing why Wu Jiu wanted to pick up the dead bird on the ground. If the public's conspiracy is exposed, then he can't eat and walk away.

But in fact, they were worrying too much, and dead birds would not open their mouths. Naturally, they could not testify against Juzi and Guo Gong. Wu Jiao said with a smile: "Someone has hunted so many birds with great pains. It's a pity to throw them away. They can't find them anyway." Master, why don't you take it back for the widow and make a roasted pigeon or something."

When Qihou heard the words "roasted pigeon", his eyes lit up immediately. When he was hunting, he would often eat roasted birds, but because the meat of the birds was too small, it was not enjoyable to eat at all, so Qihou didn't like it. Like to eat this bird, still like to eat large pieces of meat.

But when Wu Jiao cooks roasted squab, it must have an unusual flavor.

Ju Zi and Guo Gong were still thinking about what tricks Wu Jiu would play, but after waiting for a long time, when they saw the words "roasted pigeon", they suddenly felt humiliated, their faces were ugly, as black as the bottom of a pot, then left.

Wu Jiao really asked people to pick up all the birds on the ground, tidy them up and prepare to cook, not to be naughty, he was woken up early in the morning anyway, so he went back to wash up, just in time to wash up After finishing, the cooks also tidied up the birds, and Wu Jiu went into the dining room.

Qihou eagerly waited for Wu Jiao to make roasted pigeon. About half an hour later, the other princes also washed up. Since they had nothing to do, they walked around and made friends, while Wu Jiao walked out of the dining room. out.

A scent burst out directly, not to mention the smell, a roasted aroma, accompanied by an indescribable seasoning, anyway, it is just one word - fragrant.

Not to mention the Marquis of Qi, many princes were attracted here, Zheng Tu, Cao Ke, and Xing Hou all came out of the tent to see what was going on. Ji Langben was eating breakfast, and smelling the fragrance, he suddenly felt that it was too late. The meal was tasteless.

Ji Lang said, "What kind of fragrance is this?"

Prince Zheng happened to come in from outside, and said with a smile, "Father, the King of Chu is making roasted pigeons outside."

Ji Lang smelled this smell, and she was very greedy, so she went out of the camp, and a bonfire was set up in the square outside, surrounded by the princes, Wu Jiao made a lot of roasted pigeons, because there were so many dead birds just now , so everyone has a share, and one is more than enough for each person.

Everyone came out smelling the scent, so they all gathered around the campfire and ate roasted pigeons with sticks.

Squabs are overflowing with burnt aroma,