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Chapter 149 Father (2)
General Lu doesn't need to be polite. "
The man surnamed Lu, named Ji Li, was an aristocrat of Lu Di Kingdom in the past.
Wu Jiu’s father, King Wu of Chu fought in the north and south all his life, conquering the state of Luo and at the same time destroying the state of Ludi. In fact, the state of Ludi and Luo were originally related to the state of Chu by marriage. friction.
At that time, when Chu State was at war with Luo State, Lu Di State chose to send troops to help Luo State and attack Chu State in order to curb the rapid expansion of Chu State.
This battle is very famous, because in this battle, Qu Xia, the ancestor of the Qu family, was on the verge of defeat. Because Wu Yan met the king of Chu, he hanged himself in the barren valley. Before committing suicide, Qu Xia ordered the generals to be imprisoned. Listen to King Wu's instructions.
Finally, when King Wu heard about Qu Xia, he felt very remorseful. He issued an edict of guilt, announcing to the world that it was his fault in command.
In this battle, Chu State suffered a big defeat, which can be said to be the greatest shame of King Wu of Chu in his life, and made King Wu of Chu lose his beloved general.
Later, King Wu of Chu commanded the battle to destroy Luo State and Lu Di State. Lu Jili was an aristocrat of Lu Di State. Because Lu Di State was destroyed, he belonged to Chu State. Although Li is a son of Lu, he also works in the city of Yingdu.
Because Lu Jili was loyal to the state of Chu, and his martial arts skills and strength were astonishing, King Wu valued Lu Jili's talent, named him a general, and pointed out the clan's daughter to Lu Jili.
The lively young man just now is the son of Lu Jili, he is not yet 20 years old, he is about 16 years old, he is the only son of the Lu family.
Lu Jili is a workaholic, he almost lives in the palace all year round, and rarely goes home. He only has one wife in his family, who is the clan woman that King Wu only gave him, but later that woman passed away due to dystocia. Lu Jili didn't seem to have any interest in lust at all, so he didn't go again, he was just busy with official duties.
Lu Jili's son is named Lu Yangchuang, an only son who lost his mother when he was born. Although Lu Jili belongs to King Wu's clan, but because he is an unpopular concubine, he basically has no influence from his mother's family.
In the past 17 years, Lu Yangchuang has seen his father very few times. In addition, he has no maternal love since he was a child. Although he is lively and cheerful, he is actually a bit inferior.
Lu Jili is a declining aristocrat of the Ludi Kingdom. Although he is included in the Chu Kingdom and is highly valued, many Chu people reject outsiders, and there are frequent factional struggles in the Chu Kingdom. Therefore, although Lu Yangchuang is also a nobleman, he is not treated well. See, this also contributed to Lu Yangchuang's inferiority complex.
Another thing that makes Lu Yangchuang feel even more inferior is that Lu Yangchuang is actually "disabled". However, Lu Yangchuang's disability lies in his eyes, which cannot be seen by ordinary people at all. Lu Yangchuang is color-blind, and even panchromatic.
There are very few records about color blindness in ancient times. Double pupils are the obvious representative, but color blindness is disabled, especially for Lu Yangchuang, his eyes are only gray, white and black.
Lu Yangchuang couldn't see his father when he was a child, and he was brought up by servants of the family. He didn't know what was different about his eyes, but he only saw a single color. Later, he played with children from other families. At that time, Lu Yangchuang couldn't tell the red, green and blue balls at all, and was ridiculed by his friends immediately. The children were all from noble families, and they passed it on to each other. The whole court of Chu State knew that Lu Jianli His son Lu Yangchuang is disabled.
In fact, color blindness is not a disease in modern times, but a mutation, but ancient times did not think so. After Lu Yangchuang, he rarely went out, because whenever he went out, he would be treated as a laughing stock, whether it was an adult or a child, and No father to protect, no mother to comfort.
And Lu Jili was born as a general, and his personality is careless. He doesn't know his son's inferiority complex, and he is a workaholic. He always stays in the palace, so naturally he doesn't understand his son's suffering.
Lu Yangchuang was at home when he was a child, nestled in the room, always picked up some stray dogs, and raised horses. Lu Yangchuang liked animals, because animals would not laugh at him, so he was so excited to see Dabai, after all He has raised many dogs, but he has never seen such a big "dog".
Today is a grand celebration banquet, and the children of nobles can enter the palace. Lu Yangchuang didn't want to enter the palace at first, for fear of being ridiculed, he would always lose the face of his father and the Lu family, but he hadn't seen him for a year daddy.
Lu Yangchuang missed Lu Jili very much, and after struggling for a long time, he came out of the house under pressure and came to the banquet.
When Lu Jili pleaded guilty to Wu Jiu, Lu Yangchuang saw his father at a glance, and immediately ran over happily, saying, "Father!"
Lu Jili glanced at Lu Yangchuang, and reprimanded, "Nie Zi, why don't you show respect when you see the king and Duke Qi?"
Although Lu Yangchuang was scolded by his father, he was not unhappy at all, and was still very happy. He hurriedly saluted Wu Jiu and Marquis Qi, saying, "Yang Chuang pays respects to the king and Duke Qi."
Wu Jiu had never met Lu Yangchuang before. He just heard that Lu Zi had a young son, so he began to look at Lu Yangchuang. This Lu Yangchuang looked nothing like his father, Lu Jili, at all. not like.
Lu Jili is tall and majestic, with a Chinese character face and the appearance of a general. Lu Yangchuang is neither tall nor strong, but has a handsome face with a cheerful appeal, crooked eyebrows, a pair of smiling faces, and thin lips. The corners of the mouth are naturally raised, making people look in a good mood even when they are not smiling.
Wu Jiu smiled and said: "There is no need to be too polite, Yang Chuang is lively and cheerful, there is nothing wrong with it."
Lu Jili hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
Lu Yangchuang also imitated that, bowing his hands decently, and seemed to be quite capable of learning.
Soon Lu Jili walked away, and Lu Yangchuang hurriedly chased him, saying, "Father, father!"
Lu Yangchuang yelled and ran away, like a clingy follower, not caring about Lu Jili's indifference at all.
Qi Hou stroked his chin, looked at the father and son, raised his eyebrows, Wu Jiao saw that his face was very strange, and said, "What's wrong?"
Qihou said "tsk tut" twice, and said, "Second brother, don't you think that father and son don't look alike at all? Lu Yangchuang's appearance is at least five points similar to that of second brother."
Wu Jiu has standard Danfeng eyes, Lu Yangchuang has smiling eyes, so Wu Jiu looks cold and noble, while Lu Yangchuang is full of affinity, but this way, apart from the eyes, they really look alike, especially the bridge of the nose and lips.
Wu Jiu said, "It's not surprising. Lu Yangchuang's mother was the ancestor of the late king."
It is said that Wu Jiu and King Wu look very similar. When Baoshen saw Wu Jiu, he said that he and King Wu looked exactly the same, and Lu Jili's first wife was the sister of King Wu's clan. Looks like a mother, and may indeed be similar to Wu Jiu.
Qihou rubbed his chin, narrowed his eyes and said, "Well... I hope so."
Wu Jiu said, "What do you mean?"
Qihou said with a smile: "The clans look so similar? I just feel a little suspicious. Besides, second brother, look at this father's attitude towards his son. He is neither cold nor hot. He just opened his mouth and called Nizi. Although Ziwen is not Second brother's own son, will second brother call him Nizi?"
When Wu Jiu heard this, he suddenly felt that the more Qi Hou said, the more reasonable he said, Qi Hou smiled and said in a low voice: "Gu Huan heard that this Lu Yangchuang seems to have some eye disease, and this eye disease may be a family disease."
Wu Jiu asked suspiciously, "Eye disease?"
Qi Hou talked about Lu Yangchuang's color blindness, but at that time it was not called color blindness, but blind eyesight, which is actually similar to color blindness.
Wu Jiu heard Qi Hou say that Lu Yangchuang had blind eyes, because he was discriminated against, so he couldn't help believing Qi Hou's words. After all, Wu Jiao is a modern person. Color blindness is a genetic disease, and the incidence rate is not high. Or full color blindness, that's even less.
Lu Yang window happens to be achromatopsia, how low is the probability.
The more Wu Jiu thought about it, the more he felt that his head was getting bigger and bigger. After all, he was led astray by Qi Hou. If Lu Jili was actually a pick-up man, a cheap father, then Lu Yangchuang's panchromatic blindness, and his looks, Lu Yangchuang All of Ji Li's attitudes have reasonable explanations, and Lu Jili has no interest in women at all, and he concentrates on his business and never goes home. This kind of thing can be explained even more.
Wu Jiu rubbed the corner of his forehead, but all of this is guesswork, he only hopes that Lu Yangchuang is not his cheap younger brother...
Wu Jiu glanced sideways at Marquis Qi, and said, "How do you know the affairs of my Chu country so clearly?"
At this time, Qi Hou raised his chin very proudly, and said with a smile: "Gu Ke is the man who will be the hero of the King of Chu."
Listening to him, Wu Jiu silently raised his hands and rubbed his cheeks. Marquis Qi's ambition is so lofty and far-reaching, it's not a lofty ambition that ordinary people like Wu Jiu can understand, Qi Guo actually abdicated to himself Son, let alone the king of a country, the princes and overlords do not want to be the overlords, but they came to the Chu country and sharpened their heads to become the queen of Chu. Wu Jiao was also convinced.
Seeing Wu Jiu's helpless look, Qi Hou smiled and said, "Second Brother, are you moved?"
Wu Jiu sighed helplessly and said, "If the widow really seals you, I'm afraid others will laugh at you."
Qihou smiled, and said nonchalantly, "Who dares to laugh at Gu, and Gu will smash a tooth of him. What do you think, second brother?"
Wu Jiao seemed amused by him and couldn't help laughing.
Everyone drank individually, and after drinking for three rounds, Wu Jiu sat back on his seat and was about to speak again, he said with a smile: "Your Excellencies, please listen to my words."
When everyone heard Wu Jiu's words, they immediately fell silent, sat on the seats nearby, and looked at Wu Jiu.
Wu Jiu said with a smile: "Although today is a celebration banquet, our country of Chu should be prepared for danger in times of peace. Although the generals of Yong and Pu were repulsed by our generals of Chu, and the people of Pu have surrendered to Chu, the people of Yong have not surrendered. People are deceiving too much, and our state of Chu cannot swallow this breath. Therefore, the widow proposes that the battle with mediocre people should continue to be fought, and our country of Chu can't sit still, we must take the initiative to attack, and let mediocre people see me Chu Jun is amazing!"
When he said this, everyone drank again and became excited. Immediately, many people raised their glasses and said, "Let mediocre people see how powerful our Chu army is!"
"Let Yongguo know how powerful we are!"
"My country of Chu is not easy to bully!"
Everyone shouted, responding to Wu Jiu's remarks. Pan Chong thought about it at this time, and said respectfully: "My lord, it's just mediocre people hiding in Fangcheng. The country has countless salt springs and rich resources, and the mediocre people claim that the food reserves in Fangcheng are enough to feed them for three years."
What Pan Chong said was right. Pan Chong led his troops to resist the attack of the mediocre people before, and he had a preliminary understanding of the Yong country. They advanced all the way and had already reached the vicinity of Fangcheng.
In addition to being the leader of the barbarians, Yong State also has countless salt springs. In this era, if you have salt, you have money. The reason why Qi State is strong is because they have salt.
The place of Yongguo is located in the ancient Wuxian Kingdom, and the word "Wu" can tell that the salt springs of Yongguo are very rich.
In ancient times, there was Wuxian Kingdom, where witchcraft originated. It was the earliest witchcraft, and it was actually refining salt. In the eyes of the ancients, making salt was a kind of magical witchcraft. The name Wuxian is also inseparable from salt.
Yongguo has countless salt springs, and they are sitting on treasures that will never depreciate. The money is endless, inexhaustible, and inexhaustible, so Yongguo's Fangcheng has such a large amount of food reserves.
Even if you don't mention the salt springs in Yongguo, it is very obstructive to talk about other things.
Everyone fell into deep thought. At this time, Peng Zhongshuang poured cold water on it again, saying: "Your Majesty, the mediocre people not only have a large number of salt springs, but also the hardware of the mediocre country is the best. Skilled soldiers, the weapons of the Yong State are also the most sophisticated, so if we want to completely capture Fangcheng, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve it with the strength of our Chu State alone."
Peng Zhongshuang is indeed a nerd who doesn't know current affairs, pouring a basin of cold water, everyone seems to be sober.
What he said is very correct, mediocre people are skillful, and Yongguo is a mountainous country, including Wuxi and Wushan. Their influence even penetrated into Shennongjia, which was the area of Fushan at that time, which was very rich in mineral resources.
In the cold weapon era in the middle of the Spring and Autumn period, mediocre weapons were the most purified weapons, that is, the strongest and sharpest weapons. Therefore, if the mediocre fought desperately, there would be a gap in their weapons and they would be greatly affected.
They said, Gong Zhiqi also cupped his hands and said: "Besides, the Yong State is the leader of the barbarians. Although the Pu people have surrendered, there are still Rong and Di people. I am afraid that the Yong State will join forces with the Rong and Di to attack our Chu State."
Gong Zhiqi stabbed again, it was so fast and ruthless, all the officials felt that their blood was glistening.
Everyone started talking about it, the enthusiasm and excitement just now had disappeared, and they didn't know how to solve these problems.
Wu Jiu was smiling, not worried at all, and said: "These difficulties are clear to me, but they mediocre people can unite with other countries, so why can't we Chu people unite with other countries?"
When everyone heard this, they looked at Wu Jiu and asked him for advice. Wu Jiu said with a smile, "Yong Guo is between our Chu State and Qin State, and it is the leader of the barbarians. The Rong people in the west always go to worship Yong State. Tell me, can Qin be close to Yong? Isn’t Yong a thorn in Qin’s side, a thorn in his flesh?”
When Wu Jiu said this, everyone suddenly realized that the long-cherished wish of several generations of Qin State over the years was to expand its territory from north to west. The Rong people in the west and the Di people in the north have been harassing Qin State. The country is an irreconcilable relationship.
And Rong Di often came to pay homage to the Yong State. In this way, Qin State and the Yong State were not considered friendly, and they often went to war.
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "It's better for us to unite with Qin and attack from the north and the south."
Everyone agreed, saying: "Good way, good way! I am Wang Yingming."
Wu Jiu looked at Zhao Jia and said, "General Zhao is the son of Qin State, so I will ask General Zhao for help in persuading Qin State as an envoy."
Zhao Jia was a little hesitant, but he quickly handed over his hands and said, "Yes! Jia takes orders!"
As he spoke, Feng Shu cupped his hands and said, "My king, Feng Shu thinks that apart from uniting with Qin to jointly attack mediocrity, we should actually unite with Bashu in the southwest, lest the Pu people be treacherous and turn back on what they say."
Wu Jiu nodded and said, "What Xian Yin said is exactly what I want to do. In this matter, who do you think is suitable to be sent as an envoy?"
Feng Shu wanted to plead for his life, but his neck injury was just a little better, and he was dragged before he could speak, and when he turned his head, he saw Zhao Jia pulling him, not letting him move, and glaring at him .
But at this moment, Baili Xi had already stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Xi would like to ask for an envoy to Bashu."
Wu Jiu smiled and said: "Okay, I will order Gong Zhiqi to lead troops to protect Mr. Baili, and we will go to Bashu together."
"Yes!"
Gong Zhiqi quickly stood up and cupped his hands.
Zhao Jia also stood up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, although Jia is serving in the State of Chu, he is actually from the State of Qin. Jia is very loyal. Now he is going to be an envoy to the State of Qin. He is afraid of being misunderstood, so he wants to apply to the King for a prisoner. military."
When Wu Jiu heard this, he burst out laughing, and said, "General Zhao is really too cautious. General Zhao fought back the Pu people for our state of Chu and ushered in a covenant. Who else would question General Zhao in our state of Chu? But Zhao The general said so, it shows loyalty, so I will accept it, I don't know who General Zhao wants to invite to be the supervisor."
Zhao Jia smiled, and said, "Xianyin Fengshu is a great admonisher. He supervises all officials and dares to speak out. Jia thinks that Xianyin is the best candidate to supervise the army."
When Feng Shu heard this, the hairs on his back immediately stood up, and he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. Why did he break out in such a cold sweat?Because Feng Shu was originally from Chidi, and Luzi Kingdom had often fought with Qin State, Zhao Jia wanted to take him to Qin State, wouldn't he be chopped into meat in an instant?
Feng Shu secretly glared at Zhao Jia, thinking that Zhao Jia had harmed him, but Zhao Jia was smiling.
Who knew that Wu Jiu said, "I'm sure."
Feng Shu almost collapsed on the ground, while Zhao Jia smiled and said, "Lord Xian Yin, thank you soon."
Feng Shu had no choice but to bite the bullet and thank him.
Today is the celebration banquet, so we will discuss here first, and we will discuss the following matters in detail later. The two teams will go out as soon as they are ready.
The banquet ended very late, after the banquet, Feng Shu immediately chased after Zhao Jia, and whispered, "Did you do it on purpose?"
Zhao Jiaming asked knowingly, "Master Xianyin, ah no, what is the Lord Supervisor talking about? Why can't Jia understand?"
Feng Shu was so angry that he wanted to bite someone, he said: "You let me go to Qin State, why are you so peaceful, I was destined to go there, if not, come back!"
Zhao Jia smiled, walked two steps forward, put his arms around Feng Shu suddenly, and said in a low voice, "If you stay by my side every step of the way, I will definitely protect you."
When Feng Shu heard it, he felt inexplicable, but his face felt a little hot, and he didn't know what it was like.
After the banquet was over, Wu Jiu and Qi Hou were about to go back to the small bedroom to rest, but before they had gone far, they were stopped by someone, it turned out to be General Lu Jili.
Lu Jili clasped his hands and said to Wu Jiu, "Ji Li pays homage to my king, and Duke Qi."
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "General Lu, what's the matter?"
Lu Jili quickly said: "Your Majesty, Ji Li just wants to ask for his life. If you really want to fight to the death with Yongguo, then Ji Li asks for a fight!"
Wu Jiu said with a smile: "General Lu is loyal to the country, I will remember that if we go to war with Yongguo, we must invite General Lu to be the vanguard, okay?"
Lu Jili hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, my king!"
Lu Jili didn't stay any longer, and left soon. Wu Jiu and Qihou went back to the small bedroom. The two of them were walking on the road. Wu Jiu drank a little too much and felt a little hot, so he and Qihou stood by the lake. Let the air blow.
The two stood quietly by the water, while Ziqing and Tang Wu stood guard in the distance, not disturbing their time together.
Fearing that Wu Jiu would be cold, Marquis Qi stretched out his arms to hug Wu Jiu, but Marquis Qi was wearing a silk robe, which was even colder, and Wu Jiao shivered from the cold, but most of the wine sobered him up.
Marquis Qi kissed Wu Jiu on the forehead, and said, "I've been at war recently, and I haven't been so free for a long time."
Wu Jiu nodded and said, "That's right, I thought that Qi State was not peaceful, but now that I'm in Chu State, I realize that Chu State is a mess."
Qihou said with a smile: "It's okay, the second brother is so skillful, this bowl of porridge must be delicious."
Wu Jiu couldn't help laughing, the two cuddled together, Wu Jiao was full of energy when he laughed, the cold feeling faded a lot, his face was covered with hazy moonlight, Qi Hou looked a little obsessed, and slowly lowered his eyes He turned his head and kissed Wu Jiu's forehead.
Wu Jiao couldn't take it anymore, he hugged Qi Hou with his back, and said with a smile: "The widow is going to visit the queen tonight."
When Qihou heard this, he smiled and said, "That's really disrespectful."
He said, just as he was about to pick up Wu Jiu, he wished he could rush into the small bedroom, but before he could pick him up, he heard a loud shout, and then someone rushed out and hugged Qihou's ankle, a gust of wind The smell of alcohol rushed up and shouted: "Father..."
Qi Hou was stunned for a moment, although his son was very big, but how could he steal such a big son, he looked down and saw Lu Yangchuang.
Wu Jiu could also see clearly that Lu Yangchuang seemed to be squatting in the grass next to him, like an ambush, but he was drunk, his face was flushed, his eyes were full of tears, he was pitiful, hugging him Touching Qihou's leg, he said: "Father, Yang Chuang thinks that Father doesn't want Yang Chuang anymore."
Wu Jiu and Qi Hou suddenly had headaches, Lu Yangchuang was so drunk, he was as drunk as Wu Jiu, and couldn't recognize anyone at all.
Just now Lu Jili had already left, but he didn't expect that Lu Yangchuang was still in the palace, and he was so drunk that he definitely couldn't leave the palace by himself.
Qihou got a headache from his crying, and quickly frowned and said, "It's not your father alone, you've got the wrong person."
When Lu Yangchuang heard this, he nodded obediently, and let go of Qihou. Qihou heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that no one else could compete with his second brother in terms of drunkenness, although Lu Yangchuang was drunk , but quite obedient, at least understand people.
Who would have thought that Lu Yangchuang let go of Marquis Qi, and immediately hugged Wu Jiu, who was as tall as Wu Jiu, hugged Wu Jiu in his arms, hugged Wu Jiu and cried, "Father!"
Wu Jiu was stunned for a moment, it was quite exciting to be called father by such a big man.
When Qihou saw him hugging Wu Jiu tightly, his forehead twitched wildly, jealous in his heart, and wanted to go over and pull the two of them apart.
Lu Yangchuang hugged him tightly, sobbing, and said, "Father...you...how did you cut down so much? Is it because you are tired from work?"
Wu Jiu couldn't laugh or cry at once, indeed, his body and Lu Jili's figure were incomparable at all, indeed he had lost a lot of weight, this skinny person must be scarier than having diabetes!
Qihou wanted to push Lu Yangchuang away, but Lu Yangchuang had a strange force and was still begging. Poor, he is only a little over 16 years old, less than 17 years old, between a teenager and a young man When she cried, she looked like a little milk dog, her nose was red, and she said aggrievedly: "Don't raise the window, Yang Chuang will be obedient, Daddy..."
When Wu Jiu heard this, he immediately couldn't bear to push Lu Yangchuang away. He suddenly thought of himself in his previous life. After his mother passed away, Wu Jiu felt like this, lonely and helpless, but there was no one around him to rely on .
Wu Jiu sighed for a moment, then put his arms around Lu Yangchuang, patted his back, and said in a low voice: "Okay, okay, don't cry, good boy, how can a man cry?"
Qi Hou saw that Wu Jiu was so gentle, he couldn't be jealous, he stared at Lu Yangchuang with his eyes wide open, maybe Qi Hou's eye knife was too sharp, Lu Yangchuang finally noticed Qi Hou, let go of Wu Jiao, the two of them Thought he was awake.
As a result, when Lu Yangchuang turned his head, he immediately hugged Qihou again. He couldn't hug Qihou like he hugged Wu Jiu. After all, he couldn't wrap his arms around him. He could only wrap his arms around Qihou's waist and lie on his stomach. On Qihou's chest, wiping his tears and snot, he cried and said, "Mother—"
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Wu Jiu almost choked to death in an instant, Qi Hou's shock was no less than Wu Jiu's, he coughed violently, Lu Yangchuang was so drunk that he couldn't even tell his gender.
Lu Yangchuang held Qihou in his arms and said, "Mother, Yang Chuang has never seen you before. Everyone else has mothers, why Yang Chuang didn't have mothers, why didn't I... It must be because Yang Chuangke died of his mother, so father didn't let you go." I like the window…”
Lu Yangchuang looked more and more miserable, and Qi Hou couldn't bear to get up, but this time, with snot and tears, and calling his mother vigorously, both Ziqing and Tang Wu laughed.
Lu Yangchuang drunkenly, called his father and mother, he was also a poor child, Wu Jiao brought him into the small bedroom, Qi Hou managed to win the chance of "being lucky" today, but it was ruined.
Lu Yangchuang was drunk and made a fuss in the small bedroom, and even threw up all over Qi Hou. Wu Jiao has a cleanliness habit, and Qi Hou was immediately disgusted. Qi Hou felt that it was not his fault at all, and he was wronged to death.
In the early morning of the next day, Lu Yangchuang was alive and well again, his eyes were red and swollen from crying, but he was smiling and heartless when he got up together, looking very cheerful and optimistic.
Wu Jiu seemed to see from Lu Yangchuang that he was so desperate when he was young, so he let Lu Yangchuang come into the palace to play hard, and Lu Yangchuang was very smart, so Wu Jiu asked the young master Ji to teach Xiao Ziwen At the same time, he also taught Lu Yangchuang reading and the art of war.
Lu Yangchuang and Xiao Ziwen became classmates, and Dabai was the one who suffered the most. Lu Yangchuang liked dogs very much, so he also liked Dabai very much. He always fed him bones, but Dabai didn’t like bones at all...
Soon, rumors spread among the nobles that Wu Jiao actually loved Lu Yangchuang, a cripple, very much. What an honor it is for a young teacher to teach reading?
It is said that one person ascends to the sky when he attains enlightenment. Although Lu Yangchuang attained enlightenment, Lu Jili still seldom came to see him. Lu Yangchuang was studying with Xiao Ziwen in the palace, and Lu Jili was working in the Zhengshitang. When Ji Li came to see him, when he met him occasionally, Lu Jili just nodded, and Lu Yangchuang excitedly called out to him.
The envoys to Qi State and Ba State set off soon, and Gong Zhiqi and Baili Xi moved the fastest. They went to Ba State, Ba State sent envoys to escort Baili Xi and Gong Zhiqi, and came to communicate with Chu The country discusses the matter of vertical integration in detail.
The envoys of the Ba State brought many delicacies and delicacies, and accompanied the envoys of the Chu State into the State of Chu.
Wu Jiu asked Pan Chong and Peng Zhongshuang to greet him at the gate of the capital city of Ying. The envoy of Ba State got off his horse early and came over on foot. , terrified!"
The people of the Ba Kingdom were very humble, so they stayed at the post house first. Pan Chong said with a smile: "My king has already prepared a banquet in the palace. Please rest the envoys of the Ba Kingdom first, and go to the banquet in the evening."
The Pakistani envoy quickly said, "It must be."
Pan Chong and Peng Zhongshuang came out of the post house and brought the gifts from Ba Guo into the palace. Wu Jiu looked at the gifts and said with a smile: "Ba Guo is quite a bloody man."
After all, when Yong State attacked Chu State before, Ba State still had a share, so at this time, Ba State naturally wanted to curry favor with the King of Chu.
Wu Jiu looked at the presents, and caught sight of a batch of fabrics, which were purple with red patterns on them, exquisite and exquisite, and the collision of red and purple was noble and eye-catching.
Wu Jiu stretched out his hand to touch it with a smile on his face, and said to Ziqing, "Put this away, I'm going to make a dress for Duke Qi."
To be honest, Wu Jiu quite liked Qihou wearing purple, because it looked so sullen.
The banquet for the Ba Kingdom was held in the banquet hall, and the envoys of the Ba Kingdom entered the palace early, greeted Wu Jiu and Marquis Qi with smiles, and bowed deeply: "The foreign ministers pay homage to the King of Chu and the Duke of Qi."
Wu Jiu stretched out his hand to support the envoy of Ba Kingdom, and said with a smile, "Why does the envoy need to perform such a grand ceremony? Please get up quickly."
Then the envoy of Ba Kingdom stood up and said with a smile: "I am honored to meet the King of Chu today, and I am astonished as a heavenly being. Foreign ministers can't help but perform this great gift."
Hearing what he said was very sweet, Wu Jiu just smiled, as if he didn't agree with him.
Wu Jiu invited the envoy to the table and said with a smile, "Please sit down, envoy."
The envoys of the Ba State attended the table, as did Wu Jiu and the Marquis of Qi, and the ministers of the State of Chu sat beside them.
The envoy of Ba State said: "The foreign minister came here this time, it is the order of the widowed monarch, to discuss with the king of Chu about the matter of jointly attacking mediocrity."
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "It's rare that the Ba Kingdom is so far-sighted. I heard that Ba Gong also very much agrees with the He Zong matter?"
The envoy of the Ba Kingdom smiled and said: "Exactly! Exactly! My Ba Kingdom very much agrees with the King of Chu's point of view. The Yongguo deceives people too much. Relying on being the leader of the barbarians, he ordered the Pu people to invade the border of our Ba Kingdom , the widow has borne it many times, but the Pu people and the Yong state have become more and more rampant, and now that the king of Chu is in charge, my country of Ba is naturally willing to follow and attack Yong together!"
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "What the envoy of the Ba Kingdom said is absolutely true."
The envoy of the Ba Kingdom hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile, "This...it's just that I, the Ba Kingdom, have an unfeeling request."
Wu Jiu said "Oh?" and said, "What kind of unfeeling invitation?"
The envoy of the Ba Kingdom smiled and said: "The king of Chu is now in his prime, but he has no harem. My daughter from the Ba Kingdom is just young, well-educated, sensible, and understanding. She is just suitable for the king of Chu. The widow means... If If our Ba Kingdom and Chu Kingdom are good relatives by marriage, then the matter of union will be very proper!"
When he said this, Qi Hou, who was eating with gusto, suddenly stopped, threw the roasted pigeon's bone on the plate, and made a "bang!"
Qi Hou glanced at Qi Hou, there were oily seeds hanging from the corner of his mouth, his face was serious, and it was really not convincing, you are throwing the pigeon leg of the other hand, what kind of bone are you throwing.
Wu Jiu quietly handed Marquis Qi a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, then coughed, raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? According to the envoys of the Ba Kingdom, if our Chu Kingdom and the Ba Kingdom are not close by marriage, Isn't this matter of collusion extremely inappropriate?"
The scholars and bureaucrats of the state of Chu also frowned, as soon as they heard it, they knew that the state of Ba must be sure that the state of Chu was bound to conquer the state of Yong this time, and had to form an alliance with the state of Ba to restrain the Pu people, so they took advantage of the opportunity to rob and rob, and wanted to send A country girl comes over.
The envoy of Ba State was very embarrassed, and said with a smile: "This... If the king of Chu didn't mean it, it's not inappropriate, but the widow needs to think about it, the number of troops to send..."
When he said this, the officials of the Chu Kingdom almost became angry. A mere Ba Kingdom threatened them like this, and even thinking about the number of troops sent, this is clearly coercion!
At this time, Wu Jiu put the wine glass on the case with a "pop!", then smiled coldly and said, "What does Ba Guo think of our Chu country? He doesn't think so much of our Chu country. The state of Chu is a great country, why would it be willing to degenerate and betray the king of the country, the widow, to join forces with the state of Ba?!"
When he said this, Dou Qi was the first to stand up and agree, and when the members of the Dou family saw Dou Qi's response, they also condemned Ba Guo one after another.
The envoy of Ba Kingdom was taken aback, and quickly said, "No, no, that's not what the foreign minister meant."
Wu Jiu sneered, and said, "That's what I think you mean. You deceive me and want to take advantage of the fire to rob you because you want to ask for your Ba Kingdom? But my Chu Kingdom is a tough one, and the envoys of the Ba Kingdom are not sincere. You are not welcome...seeing off."
The envoy of Ba State wanted to blackmail him, but Wu Jiao refused. Dou Qi waved his hand, and soon the black-armored guards rushed in, as if they wanted to drive the envoy of Ba State away.
The envoy of the Ba Kingdom lost face, and quickly said: "This... the foreign minister didn't mean that, the foreign minister meant..."
Wu Jiu said in a cold voice, "No need to say more."
The envoy of Ba Kingdom was thrown out by the black-armored guards without saying a second word, and was thrown out of Yingdu city overnight.
Qi Hou waited for the envoys of the Ba Kingdom to leave, then sat down angrily, bit the pigeon's leg, and said, "I'm so angry, Ba Guo is deceiving people too much."
Wu Jiao saw that he was gnawing on the pigeon's leg while talking, and he was gnawing on the pigeon's leg very quickly, why didn't he see where Qi Hou was angry?
The banquet ended unhappily. In order to appease Qi Hou who was injured and angry, Wu Jiu made him five more roasted pigeons, and then he appeased Qi Hou.
Because the banquet ended early, everyone dispersed early, but Wu Jiao got a good night's sleep. He didn't have to go to court the next day, and it was winter again. It was late at dawn, so Wu Jiao was a little lazy and went to bed for a while.
Just as Wu Jiu and Qi Hou got up, Ziqing came in and said, "Your Majesty, the eunuch came to report just now. It seems that Jiu Mo is sick, and I don't know why."
When Wu Jiu heard this, he got up quickly. Jiu Mo was a horse given to him by the Marquis of Qi, and he just got along with Wu Jiao. He has always been very gentle. Wu Jiao naturally liked Jiu Mo and said, "What's going on, take me to see it." .”
Qihou said: "Don't worry, ask the medical officer to go and have a look."
In this era, in addition to medical officers who treat people, veterinarians have also been developed, and there are also medical officers who specialize in treating horses.
After Wu Jiu and Marquis Qi washed up, the guards rushed back to report, saying, "Your Majesty, something is wrong. The prison horse Yin just came to report that a large number of war horses in the palace suddenly fell ill. I don't know what's wrong!"
When Wu Jiu heard this, he frowned, and wanted to go to see Jiu Mo quickly. When Wu Jiao and Qihou passed by, the medical officer was already there, and Jiu Mo was lying on the ground weakly, not energetic. up.
The medical officer seemed at a loss, and pleaded guilty: "Your servant is still checking, please allow me some time, the king, this BMW and the horses in the stable, somehow, there is something wrong with it, it may be... Might have eaten something."
The medical officer had no choice, but at this time, Wu Jiu had just heard the report from the medical officer, and when he turned around, he found a person squatting in front of Jiu Mo, stroking Jiu Mo's mane with his hand. It turned out to be Lu Yang who was accompanying Xiao Ziwen. window.
Lu Yangchuang squatted on the ground, gently stroking Jiu Mo, his movements were very gentle, seeing Wu Jiu approaching, he quickly said to Wu Jiu: "Your Majesty, this horse is a Chinese horse.
The man surnamed Lu, named Ji Li, was an aristocrat of Lu Di Kingdom in the past.
Wu Jiu’s father, King Wu of Chu fought in the north and south all his life, conquering the state of Luo and at the same time destroying the state of Ludi. In fact, the state of Ludi and Luo were originally related to the state of Chu by marriage. friction.
At that time, when Chu State was at war with Luo State, Lu Di State chose to send troops to help Luo State and attack Chu State in order to curb the rapid expansion of Chu State.
This battle is very famous, because in this battle, Qu Xia, the ancestor of the Qu family, was on the verge of defeat. Because Wu Yan met the king of Chu, he hanged himself in the barren valley. Before committing suicide, Qu Xia ordered the generals to be imprisoned. Listen to King Wu's instructions.
Finally, when King Wu heard about Qu Xia, he felt very remorseful. He issued an edict of guilt, announcing to the world that it was his fault in command.
In this battle, Chu State suffered a big defeat, which can be said to be the greatest shame of King Wu of Chu in his life, and made King Wu of Chu lose his beloved general.
Later, King Wu of Chu commanded the battle to destroy Luo State and Lu Di State. Lu Jili was an aristocrat of Lu Di State. Because Lu Di State was destroyed, he belonged to Chu State. Although Li is a son of Lu, he also works in the city of Yingdu.
Because Lu Jili was loyal to the state of Chu, and his martial arts skills and strength were astonishing, King Wu valued Lu Jili's talent, named him a general, and pointed out the clan's daughter to Lu Jili.
The lively young man just now is the son of Lu Jili, he is not yet 20 years old, he is about 16 years old, he is the only son of the Lu family.
Lu Jili is a workaholic, he almost lives in the palace all year round, and rarely goes home. He only has one wife in his family, who is the clan woman that King Wu only gave him, but later that woman passed away due to dystocia. Lu Jili didn't seem to have any interest in lust at all, so he didn't go again, he was just busy with official duties.
Lu Jili's son is named Lu Yangchuang, an only son who lost his mother when he was born. Although Lu Jili belongs to King Wu's clan, but because he is an unpopular concubine, he basically has no influence from his mother's family.
In the past 17 years, Lu Yangchuang has seen his father very few times. In addition, he has no maternal love since he was a child. Although he is lively and cheerful, he is actually a bit inferior.
Lu Jili is a declining aristocrat of the Ludi Kingdom. Although he is included in the Chu Kingdom and is highly valued, many Chu people reject outsiders, and there are frequent factional struggles in the Chu Kingdom. Therefore, although Lu Yangchuang is also a nobleman, he is not treated well. See, this also contributed to Lu Yangchuang's inferiority complex.
Another thing that makes Lu Yangchuang feel even more inferior is that Lu Yangchuang is actually "disabled". However, Lu Yangchuang's disability lies in his eyes, which cannot be seen by ordinary people at all. Lu Yangchuang is color-blind, and even panchromatic.
There are very few records about color blindness in ancient times. Double pupils are the obvious representative, but color blindness is disabled, especially for Lu Yangchuang, his eyes are only gray, white and black.
Lu Yangchuang couldn't see his father when he was a child, and he was brought up by servants of the family. He didn't know what was different about his eyes, but he only saw a single color. Later, he played with children from other families. At that time, Lu Yangchuang couldn't tell the red, green and blue balls at all, and was ridiculed by his friends immediately. The children were all from noble families, and they passed it on to each other. The whole court of Chu State knew that Lu Jianli His son Lu Yangchuang is disabled.
In fact, color blindness is not a disease in modern times, but a mutation, but ancient times did not think so. After Lu Yangchuang, he rarely went out, because whenever he went out, he would be treated as a laughing stock, whether it was an adult or a child, and No father to protect, no mother to comfort.
And Lu Jili was born as a general, and his personality is careless. He doesn't know his son's inferiority complex, and he is a workaholic. He always stays in the palace, so naturally he doesn't understand his son's suffering.
Lu Yangchuang was at home when he was a child, nestled in the room, always picked up some stray dogs, and raised horses. Lu Yangchuang liked animals, because animals would not laugh at him, so he was so excited to see Dabai, after all He has raised many dogs, but he has never seen such a big "dog".
Today is a grand celebration banquet, and the children of nobles can enter the palace. Lu Yangchuang didn't want to enter the palace at first, for fear of being ridiculed, he would always lose the face of his father and the Lu family, but he hadn't seen him for a year daddy.
Lu Yangchuang missed Lu Jili very much, and after struggling for a long time, he came out of the house under pressure and came to the banquet.
When Lu Jili pleaded guilty to Wu Jiu, Lu Yangchuang saw his father at a glance, and immediately ran over happily, saying, "Father!"
Lu Jili glanced at Lu Yangchuang, and reprimanded, "Nie Zi, why don't you show respect when you see the king and Duke Qi?"
Although Lu Yangchuang was scolded by his father, he was not unhappy at all, and was still very happy. He hurriedly saluted Wu Jiu and Marquis Qi, saying, "Yang Chuang pays respects to the king and Duke Qi."
Wu Jiu had never met Lu Yangchuang before. He just heard that Lu Zi had a young son, so he began to look at Lu Yangchuang. This Lu Yangchuang looked nothing like his father, Lu Jili, at all. not like.
Lu Jili is tall and majestic, with a Chinese character face and the appearance of a general. Lu Yangchuang is neither tall nor strong, but has a handsome face with a cheerful appeal, crooked eyebrows, a pair of smiling faces, and thin lips. The corners of the mouth are naturally raised, making people look in a good mood even when they are not smiling.
Wu Jiu smiled and said: "There is no need to be too polite, Yang Chuang is lively and cheerful, there is nothing wrong with it."
Lu Jili hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
Lu Yangchuang also imitated that, bowing his hands decently, and seemed to be quite capable of learning.
Soon Lu Jili walked away, and Lu Yangchuang hurriedly chased him, saying, "Father, father!"
Lu Yangchuang yelled and ran away, like a clingy follower, not caring about Lu Jili's indifference at all.
Qi Hou stroked his chin, looked at the father and son, raised his eyebrows, Wu Jiao saw that his face was very strange, and said, "What's wrong?"
Qihou said "tsk tut" twice, and said, "Second brother, don't you think that father and son don't look alike at all? Lu Yangchuang's appearance is at least five points similar to that of second brother."
Wu Jiu has standard Danfeng eyes, Lu Yangchuang has smiling eyes, so Wu Jiu looks cold and noble, while Lu Yangchuang is full of affinity, but this way, apart from the eyes, they really look alike, especially the bridge of the nose and lips.
Wu Jiu said, "It's not surprising. Lu Yangchuang's mother was the ancestor of the late king."
It is said that Wu Jiu and King Wu look very similar. When Baoshen saw Wu Jiu, he said that he and King Wu looked exactly the same, and Lu Jili's first wife was the sister of King Wu's clan. Looks like a mother, and may indeed be similar to Wu Jiu.
Qihou rubbed his chin, narrowed his eyes and said, "Well... I hope so."
Wu Jiu said, "What do you mean?"
Qihou said with a smile: "The clans look so similar? I just feel a little suspicious. Besides, second brother, look at this father's attitude towards his son. He is neither cold nor hot. He just opened his mouth and called Nizi. Although Ziwen is not Second brother's own son, will second brother call him Nizi?"
When Wu Jiu heard this, he suddenly felt that the more Qi Hou said, the more reasonable he said, Qi Hou smiled and said in a low voice: "Gu Huan heard that this Lu Yangchuang seems to have some eye disease, and this eye disease may be a family disease."
Wu Jiu asked suspiciously, "Eye disease?"
Qi Hou talked about Lu Yangchuang's color blindness, but at that time it was not called color blindness, but blind eyesight, which is actually similar to color blindness.
Wu Jiu heard Qi Hou say that Lu Yangchuang had blind eyes, because he was discriminated against, so he couldn't help believing Qi Hou's words. After all, Wu Jiao is a modern person. Color blindness is a genetic disease, and the incidence rate is not high. Or full color blindness, that's even less.
Lu Yang window happens to be achromatopsia, how low is the probability.
The more Wu Jiu thought about it, the more he felt that his head was getting bigger and bigger. After all, he was led astray by Qi Hou. If Lu Jili was actually a pick-up man, a cheap father, then Lu Yangchuang's panchromatic blindness, and his looks, Lu Yangchuang All of Ji Li's attitudes have reasonable explanations, and Lu Jili has no interest in women at all, and he concentrates on his business and never goes home. This kind of thing can be explained even more.
Wu Jiu rubbed the corner of his forehead, but all of this is guesswork, he only hopes that Lu Yangchuang is not his cheap younger brother...
Wu Jiu glanced sideways at Marquis Qi, and said, "How do you know the affairs of my Chu country so clearly?"
At this time, Qi Hou raised his chin very proudly, and said with a smile: "Gu Ke is the man who will be the hero of the King of Chu."
Listening to him, Wu Jiu silently raised his hands and rubbed his cheeks. Marquis Qi's ambition is so lofty and far-reaching, it's not a lofty ambition that ordinary people like Wu Jiu can understand, Qi Guo actually abdicated to himself Son, let alone the king of a country, the princes and overlords do not want to be the overlords, but they came to the Chu country and sharpened their heads to become the queen of Chu. Wu Jiao was also convinced.
Seeing Wu Jiu's helpless look, Qi Hou smiled and said, "Second Brother, are you moved?"
Wu Jiu sighed helplessly and said, "If the widow really seals you, I'm afraid others will laugh at you."
Qihou smiled, and said nonchalantly, "Who dares to laugh at Gu, and Gu will smash a tooth of him. What do you think, second brother?"
Wu Jiao seemed amused by him and couldn't help laughing.
Everyone drank individually, and after drinking for three rounds, Wu Jiu sat back on his seat and was about to speak again, he said with a smile: "Your Excellencies, please listen to my words."
When everyone heard Wu Jiu's words, they immediately fell silent, sat on the seats nearby, and looked at Wu Jiu.
Wu Jiu said with a smile: "Although today is a celebration banquet, our country of Chu should be prepared for danger in times of peace. Although the generals of Yong and Pu were repulsed by our generals of Chu, and the people of Pu have surrendered to Chu, the people of Yong have not surrendered. People are deceiving too much, and our state of Chu cannot swallow this breath. Therefore, the widow proposes that the battle with mediocre people should continue to be fought, and our country of Chu can't sit still, we must take the initiative to attack, and let mediocre people see me Chu Jun is amazing!"
When he said this, everyone drank again and became excited. Immediately, many people raised their glasses and said, "Let mediocre people see how powerful our Chu army is!"
"Let Yongguo know how powerful we are!"
"My country of Chu is not easy to bully!"
Everyone shouted, responding to Wu Jiu's remarks. Pan Chong thought about it at this time, and said respectfully: "My lord, it's just mediocre people hiding in Fangcheng. The country has countless salt springs and rich resources, and the mediocre people claim that the food reserves in Fangcheng are enough to feed them for three years."
What Pan Chong said was right. Pan Chong led his troops to resist the attack of the mediocre people before, and he had a preliminary understanding of the Yong country. They advanced all the way and had already reached the vicinity of Fangcheng.
In addition to being the leader of the barbarians, Yong State also has countless salt springs. In this era, if you have salt, you have money. The reason why Qi State is strong is because they have salt.
The place of Yongguo is located in the ancient Wuxian Kingdom, and the word "Wu" can tell that the salt springs of Yongguo are very rich.
In ancient times, there was Wuxian Kingdom, where witchcraft originated. It was the earliest witchcraft, and it was actually refining salt. In the eyes of the ancients, making salt was a kind of magical witchcraft. The name Wuxian is also inseparable from salt.
Yongguo has countless salt springs, and they are sitting on treasures that will never depreciate. The money is endless, inexhaustible, and inexhaustible, so Yongguo's Fangcheng has such a large amount of food reserves.
Even if you don't mention the salt springs in Yongguo, it is very obstructive to talk about other things.
Everyone fell into deep thought. At this time, Peng Zhongshuang poured cold water on it again, saying: "Your Majesty, the mediocre people not only have a large number of salt springs, but also the hardware of the mediocre country is the best. Skilled soldiers, the weapons of the Yong State are also the most sophisticated, so if we want to completely capture Fangcheng, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve it with the strength of our Chu State alone."
Peng Zhongshuang is indeed a nerd who doesn't know current affairs, pouring a basin of cold water, everyone seems to be sober.
What he said is very correct, mediocre people are skillful, and Yongguo is a mountainous country, including Wuxi and Wushan. Their influence even penetrated into Shennongjia, which was the area of Fushan at that time, which was very rich in mineral resources.
In the cold weapon era in the middle of the Spring and Autumn period, mediocre weapons were the most purified weapons, that is, the strongest and sharpest weapons. Therefore, if the mediocre fought desperately, there would be a gap in their weapons and they would be greatly affected.
They said, Gong Zhiqi also cupped his hands and said: "Besides, the Yong State is the leader of the barbarians. Although the Pu people have surrendered, there are still Rong and Di people. I am afraid that the Yong State will join forces with the Rong and Di to attack our Chu State."
Gong Zhiqi stabbed again, it was so fast and ruthless, all the officials felt that their blood was glistening.
Everyone started talking about it, the enthusiasm and excitement just now had disappeared, and they didn't know how to solve these problems.
Wu Jiu was smiling, not worried at all, and said: "These difficulties are clear to me, but they mediocre people can unite with other countries, so why can't we Chu people unite with other countries?"
When everyone heard this, they looked at Wu Jiu and asked him for advice. Wu Jiu said with a smile, "Yong Guo is between our Chu State and Qin State, and it is the leader of the barbarians. The Rong people in the west always go to worship Yong State. Tell me, can Qin be close to Yong? Isn’t Yong a thorn in Qin’s side, a thorn in his flesh?”
When Wu Jiu said this, everyone suddenly realized that the long-cherished wish of several generations of Qin State over the years was to expand its territory from north to west. The Rong people in the west and the Di people in the north have been harassing Qin State. The country is an irreconcilable relationship.
And Rong Di often came to pay homage to the Yong State. In this way, Qin State and the Yong State were not considered friendly, and they often went to war.
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "It's better for us to unite with Qin and attack from the north and the south."
Everyone agreed, saying: "Good way, good way! I am Wang Yingming."
Wu Jiu looked at Zhao Jia and said, "General Zhao is the son of Qin State, so I will ask General Zhao for help in persuading Qin State as an envoy."
Zhao Jia was a little hesitant, but he quickly handed over his hands and said, "Yes! Jia takes orders!"
As he spoke, Feng Shu cupped his hands and said, "My king, Feng Shu thinks that apart from uniting with Qin to jointly attack mediocrity, we should actually unite with Bashu in the southwest, lest the Pu people be treacherous and turn back on what they say."
Wu Jiu nodded and said, "What Xian Yin said is exactly what I want to do. In this matter, who do you think is suitable to be sent as an envoy?"
Feng Shu wanted to plead for his life, but his neck injury was just a little better, and he was dragged before he could speak, and when he turned his head, he saw Zhao Jia pulling him, not letting him move, and glaring at him .
But at this moment, Baili Xi had already stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Xi would like to ask for an envoy to Bashu."
Wu Jiu smiled and said: "Okay, I will order Gong Zhiqi to lead troops to protect Mr. Baili, and we will go to Bashu together."
"Yes!"
Gong Zhiqi quickly stood up and cupped his hands.
Zhao Jia also stood up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, although Jia is serving in the State of Chu, he is actually from the State of Qin. Jia is very loyal. Now he is going to be an envoy to the State of Qin. He is afraid of being misunderstood, so he wants to apply to the King for a prisoner. military."
When Wu Jiu heard this, he burst out laughing, and said, "General Zhao is really too cautious. General Zhao fought back the Pu people for our state of Chu and ushered in a covenant. Who else would question General Zhao in our state of Chu? But Zhao The general said so, it shows loyalty, so I will accept it, I don't know who General Zhao wants to invite to be the supervisor."
Zhao Jia smiled, and said, "Xianyin Fengshu is a great admonisher. He supervises all officials and dares to speak out. Jia thinks that Xianyin is the best candidate to supervise the army."
When Feng Shu heard this, the hairs on his back immediately stood up, and he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. Why did he break out in such a cold sweat?Because Feng Shu was originally from Chidi, and Luzi Kingdom had often fought with Qin State, Zhao Jia wanted to take him to Qin State, wouldn't he be chopped into meat in an instant?
Feng Shu secretly glared at Zhao Jia, thinking that Zhao Jia had harmed him, but Zhao Jia was smiling.
Who knew that Wu Jiu said, "I'm sure."
Feng Shu almost collapsed on the ground, while Zhao Jia smiled and said, "Lord Xian Yin, thank you soon."
Feng Shu had no choice but to bite the bullet and thank him.
Today is the celebration banquet, so we will discuss here first, and we will discuss the following matters in detail later. The two teams will go out as soon as they are ready.
The banquet ended very late, after the banquet, Feng Shu immediately chased after Zhao Jia, and whispered, "Did you do it on purpose?"
Zhao Jiaming asked knowingly, "Master Xianyin, ah no, what is the Lord Supervisor talking about? Why can't Jia understand?"
Feng Shu was so angry that he wanted to bite someone, he said: "You let me go to Qin State, why are you so peaceful, I was destined to go there, if not, come back!"
Zhao Jia smiled, walked two steps forward, put his arms around Feng Shu suddenly, and said in a low voice, "If you stay by my side every step of the way, I will definitely protect you."
When Feng Shu heard it, he felt inexplicable, but his face felt a little hot, and he didn't know what it was like.
After the banquet was over, Wu Jiu and Qi Hou were about to go back to the small bedroom to rest, but before they had gone far, they were stopped by someone, it turned out to be General Lu Jili.
Lu Jili clasped his hands and said to Wu Jiu, "Ji Li pays homage to my king, and Duke Qi."
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "General Lu, what's the matter?"
Lu Jili quickly said: "Your Majesty, Ji Li just wants to ask for his life. If you really want to fight to the death with Yongguo, then Ji Li asks for a fight!"
Wu Jiu said with a smile: "General Lu is loyal to the country, I will remember that if we go to war with Yongguo, we must invite General Lu to be the vanguard, okay?"
Lu Jili hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, my king!"
Lu Jili didn't stay any longer, and left soon. Wu Jiu and Qihou went back to the small bedroom. The two of them were walking on the road. Wu Jiu drank a little too much and felt a little hot, so he and Qihou stood by the lake. Let the air blow.
The two stood quietly by the water, while Ziqing and Tang Wu stood guard in the distance, not disturbing their time together.
Fearing that Wu Jiu would be cold, Marquis Qi stretched out his arms to hug Wu Jiu, but Marquis Qi was wearing a silk robe, which was even colder, and Wu Jiao shivered from the cold, but most of the wine sobered him up.
Marquis Qi kissed Wu Jiu on the forehead, and said, "I've been at war recently, and I haven't been so free for a long time."
Wu Jiu nodded and said, "That's right, I thought that Qi State was not peaceful, but now that I'm in Chu State, I realize that Chu State is a mess."
Qihou said with a smile: "It's okay, the second brother is so skillful, this bowl of porridge must be delicious."
Wu Jiu couldn't help laughing, the two cuddled together, Wu Jiao was full of energy when he laughed, the cold feeling faded a lot, his face was covered with hazy moonlight, Qi Hou looked a little obsessed, and slowly lowered his eyes He turned his head and kissed Wu Jiu's forehead.
Wu Jiao couldn't take it anymore, he hugged Qi Hou with his back, and said with a smile: "The widow is going to visit the queen tonight."
When Qihou heard this, he smiled and said, "That's really disrespectful."
He said, just as he was about to pick up Wu Jiu, he wished he could rush into the small bedroom, but before he could pick him up, he heard a loud shout, and then someone rushed out and hugged Qihou's ankle, a gust of wind The smell of alcohol rushed up and shouted: "Father..."
Qi Hou was stunned for a moment, although his son was very big, but how could he steal such a big son, he looked down and saw Lu Yangchuang.
Wu Jiu could also see clearly that Lu Yangchuang seemed to be squatting in the grass next to him, like an ambush, but he was drunk, his face was flushed, his eyes were full of tears, he was pitiful, hugging him Touching Qihou's leg, he said: "Father, Yang Chuang thinks that Father doesn't want Yang Chuang anymore."
Wu Jiu and Qi Hou suddenly had headaches, Lu Yangchuang was so drunk, he was as drunk as Wu Jiu, and couldn't recognize anyone at all.
Just now Lu Jili had already left, but he didn't expect that Lu Yangchuang was still in the palace, and he was so drunk that he definitely couldn't leave the palace by himself.
Qihou got a headache from his crying, and quickly frowned and said, "It's not your father alone, you've got the wrong person."
When Lu Yangchuang heard this, he nodded obediently, and let go of Qihou. Qihou heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that no one else could compete with his second brother in terms of drunkenness, although Lu Yangchuang was drunk , but quite obedient, at least understand people.
Who would have thought that Lu Yangchuang let go of Marquis Qi, and immediately hugged Wu Jiu, who was as tall as Wu Jiu, hugged Wu Jiu in his arms, hugged Wu Jiu and cried, "Father!"
Wu Jiu was stunned for a moment, it was quite exciting to be called father by such a big man.
When Qihou saw him hugging Wu Jiu tightly, his forehead twitched wildly, jealous in his heart, and wanted to go over and pull the two of them apart.
Lu Yangchuang hugged him tightly, sobbing, and said, "Father...you...how did you cut down so much? Is it because you are tired from work?"
Wu Jiu couldn't laugh or cry at once, indeed, his body and Lu Jili's figure were incomparable at all, indeed he had lost a lot of weight, this skinny person must be scarier than having diabetes!
Qihou wanted to push Lu Yangchuang away, but Lu Yangchuang had a strange force and was still begging. Poor, he is only a little over 16 years old, less than 17 years old, between a teenager and a young man When she cried, she looked like a little milk dog, her nose was red, and she said aggrievedly: "Don't raise the window, Yang Chuang will be obedient, Daddy..."
When Wu Jiu heard this, he immediately couldn't bear to push Lu Yangchuang away. He suddenly thought of himself in his previous life. After his mother passed away, Wu Jiu felt like this, lonely and helpless, but there was no one around him to rely on .
Wu Jiu sighed for a moment, then put his arms around Lu Yangchuang, patted his back, and said in a low voice: "Okay, okay, don't cry, good boy, how can a man cry?"
Qi Hou saw that Wu Jiu was so gentle, he couldn't be jealous, he stared at Lu Yangchuang with his eyes wide open, maybe Qi Hou's eye knife was too sharp, Lu Yangchuang finally noticed Qi Hou, let go of Wu Jiao, the two of them Thought he was awake.
As a result, when Lu Yangchuang turned his head, he immediately hugged Qihou again. He couldn't hug Qihou like he hugged Wu Jiu. After all, he couldn't wrap his arms around him. He could only wrap his arms around Qihou's waist and lie on his stomach. On Qihou's chest, wiping his tears and snot, he cried and said, "Mother—"
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Wu Jiu almost choked to death in an instant, Qi Hou's shock was no less than Wu Jiu's, he coughed violently, Lu Yangchuang was so drunk that he couldn't even tell his gender.
Lu Yangchuang held Qihou in his arms and said, "Mother, Yang Chuang has never seen you before. Everyone else has mothers, why Yang Chuang didn't have mothers, why didn't I... It must be because Yang Chuangke died of his mother, so father didn't let you go." I like the window…”
Lu Yangchuang looked more and more miserable, and Qi Hou couldn't bear to get up, but this time, with snot and tears, and calling his mother vigorously, both Ziqing and Tang Wu laughed.
Lu Yangchuang drunkenly, called his father and mother, he was also a poor child, Wu Jiao brought him into the small bedroom, Qi Hou managed to win the chance of "being lucky" today, but it was ruined.
Lu Yangchuang was drunk and made a fuss in the small bedroom, and even threw up all over Qi Hou. Wu Jiao has a cleanliness habit, and Qi Hou was immediately disgusted. Qi Hou felt that it was not his fault at all, and he was wronged to death.
In the early morning of the next day, Lu Yangchuang was alive and well again, his eyes were red and swollen from crying, but he was smiling and heartless when he got up together, looking very cheerful and optimistic.
Wu Jiu seemed to see from Lu Yangchuang that he was so desperate when he was young, so he let Lu Yangchuang come into the palace to play hard, and Lu Yangchuang was very smart, so Wu Jiu asked the young master Ji to teach Xiao Ziwen At the same time, he also taught Lu Yangchuang reading and the art of war.
Lu Yangchuang and Xiao Ziwen became classmates, and Dabai was the one who suffered the most. Lu Yangchuang liked dogs very much, so he also liked Dabai very much. He always fed him bones, but Dabai didn’t like bones at all...
Soon, rumors spread among the nobles that Wu Jiao actually loved Lu Yangchuang, a cripple, very much. What an honor it is for a young teacher to teach reading?
It is said that one person ascends to the sky when he attains enlightenment. Although Lu Yangchuang attained enlightenment, Lu Jili still seldom came to see him. Lu Yangchuang was studying with Xiao Ziwen in the palace, and Lu Jili was working in the Zhengshitang. When Ji Li came to see him, when he met him occasionally, Lu Jili just nodded, and Lu Yangchuang excitedly called out to him.
The envoys to Qi State and Ba State set off soon, and Gong Zhiqi and Baili Xi moved the fastest. They went to Ba State, Ba State sent envoys to escort Baili Xi and Gong Zhiqi, and came to communicate with Chu The country discusses the matter of vertical integration in detail.
The envoys of the Ba State brought many delicacies and delicacies, and accompanied the envoys of the Chu State into the State of Chu.
Wu Jiu asked Pan Chong and Peng Zhongshuang to greet him at the gate of the capital city of Ying. The envoy of Ba State got off his horse early and came over on foot. , terrified!"
The people of the Ba Kingdom were very humble, so they stayed at the post house first. Pan Chong said with a smile: "My king has already prepared a banquet in the palace. Please rest the envoys of the Ba Kingdom first, and go to the banquet in the evening."
The Pakistani envoy quickly said, "It must be."
Pan Chong and Peng Zhongshuang came out of the post house and brought the gifts from Ba Guo into the palace. Wu Jiu looked at the gifts and said with a smile: "Ba Guo is quite a bloody man."
After all, when Yong State attacked Chu State before, Ba State still had a share, so at this time, Ba State naturally wanted to curry favor with the King of Chu.
Wu Jiu looked at the presents, and caught sight of a batch of fabrics, which were purple with red patterns on them, exquisite and exquisite, and the collision of red and purple was noble and eye-catching.
Wu Jiu stretched out his hand to touch it with a smile on his face, and said to Ziqing, "Put this away, I'm going to make a dress for Duke Qi."
To be honest, Wu Jiu quite liked Qihou wearing purple, because it looked so sullen.
The banquet for the Ba Kingdom was held in the banquet hall, and the envoys of the Ba Kingdom entered the palace early, greeted Wu Jiu and Marquis Qi with smiles, and bowed deeply: "The foreign ministers pay homage to the King of Chu and the Duke of Qi."
Wu Jiu stretched out his hand to support the envoy of Ba Kingdom, and said with a smile, "Why does the envoy need to perform such a grand ceremony? Please get up quickly."
Then the envoy of Ba Kingdom stood up and said with a smile: "I am honored to meet the King of Chu today, and I am astonished as a heavenly being. Foreign ministers can't help but perform this great gift."
Hearing what he said was very sweet, Wu Jiu just smiled, as if he didn't agree with him.
Wu Jiu invited the envoy to the table and said with a smile, "Please sit down, envoy."
The envoys of the Ba State attended the table, as did Wu Jiu and the Marquis of Qi, and the ministers of the State of Chu sat beside them.
The envoy of Ba State said: "The foreign minister came here this time, it is the order of the widowed monarch, to discuss with the king of Chu about the matter of jointly attacking mediocrity."
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "It's rare that the Ba Kingdom is so far-sighted. I heard that Ba Gong also very much agrees with the He Zong matter?"
The envoy of the Ba Kingdom smiled and said: "Exactly! Exactly! My Ba Kingdom very much agrees with the King of Chu's point of view. The Yongguo deceives people too much. Relying on being the leader of the barbarians, he ordered the Pu people to invade the border of our Ba Kingdom , the widow has borne it many times, but the Pu people and the Yong state have become more and more rampant, and now that the king of Chu is in charge, my country of Ba is naturally willing to follow and attack Yong together!"
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "What the envoy of the Ba Kingdom said is absolutely true."
The envoy of the Ba Kingdom hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile, "This...it's just that I, the Ba Kingdom, have an unfeeling request."
Wu Jiu said "Oh?" and said, "What kind of unfeeling invitation?"
The envoy of the Ba Kingdom smiled and said: "The king of Chu is now in his prime, but he has no harem. My daughter from the Ba Kingdom is just young, well-educated, sensible, and understanding. She is just suitable for the king of Chu. The widow means... If If our Ba Kingdom and Chu Kingdom are good relatives by marriage, then the matter of union will be very proper!"
When he said this, Qi Hou, who was eating with gusto, suddenly stopped, threw the roasted pigeon's bone on the plate, and made a "bang!"
Qi Hou glanced at Qi Hou, there were oily seeds hanging from the corner of his mouth, his face was serious, and it was really not convincing, you are throwing the pigeon leg of the other hand, what kind of bone are you throwing.
Wu Jiu quietly handed Marquis Qi a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, then coughed, raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? According to the envoys of the Ba Kingdom, if our Chu Kingdom and the Ba Kingdom are not close by marriage, Isn't this matter of collusion extremely inappropriate?"
The scholars and bureaucrats of the state of Chu also frowned, as soon as they heard it, they knew that the state of Ba must be sure that the state of Chu was bound to conquer the state of Yong this time, and had to form an alliance with the state of Ba to restrain the Pu people, so they took advantage of the opportunity to rob and rob, and wanted to send A country girl comes over.
The envoy of Ba State was very embarrassed, and said with a smile: "This... If the king of Chu didn't mean it, it's not inappropriate, but the widow needs to think about it, the number of troops to send..."
When he said this, the officials of the Chu Kingdom almost became angry. A mere Ba Kingdom threatened them like this, and even thinking about the number of troops sent, this is clearly coercion!
At this time, Wu Jiu put the wine glass on the case with a "pop!", then smiled coldly and said, "What does Ba Guo think of our Chu country? He doesn't think so much of our Chu country. The state of Chu is a great country, why would it be willing to degenerate and betray the king of the country, the widow, to join forces with the state of Ba?!"
When he said this, Dou Qi was the first to stand up and agree, and when the members of the Dou family saw Dou Qi's response, they also condemned Ba Guo one after another.
The envoy of Ba Kingdom was taken aback, and quickly said, "No, no, that's not what the foreign minister meant."
Wu Jiu sneered, and said, "That's what I think you mean. You deceive me and want to take advantage of the fire to rob you because you want to ask for your Ba Kingdom? But my Chu Kingdom is a tough one, and the envoys of the Ba Kingdom are not sincere. You are not welcome...seeing off."
The envoy of Ba State wanted to blackmail him, but Wu Jiao refused. Dou Qi waved his hand, and soon the black-armored guards rushed in, as if they wanted to drive the envoy of Ba State away.
The envoy of the Ba Kingdom lost face, and quickly said: "This... the foreign minister didn't mean that, the foreign minister meant..."
Wu Jiu said in a cold voice, "No need to say more."
The envoy of Ba Kingdom was thrown out by the black-armored guards without saying a second word, and was thrown out of Yingdu city overnight.
Qi Hou waited for the envoys of the Ba Kingdom to leave, then sat down angrily, bit the pigeon's leg, and said, "I'm so angry, Ba Guo is deceiving people too much."
Wu Jiao saw that he was gnawing on the pigeon's leg while talking, and he was gnawing on the pigeon's leg very quickly, why didn't he see where Qi Hou was angry?
The banquet ended unhappily. In order to appease Qi Hou who was injured and angry, Wu Jiu made him five more roasted pigeons, and then he appeased Qi Hou.
Because the banquet ended early, everyone dispersed early, but Wu Jiao got a good night's sleep. He didn't have to go to court the next day, and it was winter again. It was late at dawn, so Wu Jiao was a little lazy and went to bed for a while.
Just as Wu Jiu and Qi Hou got up, Ziqing came in and said, "Your Majesty, the eunuch came to report just now. It seems that Jiu Mo is sick, and I don't know why."
When Wu Jiu heard this, he got up quickly. Jiu Mo was a horse given to him by the Marquis of Qi, and he just got along with Wu Jiao. He has always been very gentle. Wu Jiao naturally liked Jiu Mo and said, "What's going on, take me to see it." .”
Qihou said: "Don't worry, ask the medical officer to go and have a look."
In this era, in addition to medical officers who treat people, veterinarians have also been developed, and there are also medical officers who specialize in treating horses.
After Wu Jiu and Marquis Qi washed up, the guards rushed back to report, saying, "Your Majesty, something is wrong. The prison horse Yin just came to report that a large number of war horses in the palace suddenly fell ill. I don't know what's wrong!"
When Wu Jiu heard this, he frowned, and wanted to go to see Jiu Mo quickly. When Wu Jiao and Qihou passed by, the medical officer was already there, and Jiu Mo was lying on the ground weakly, not energetic. up.
The medical officer seemed at a loss, and pleaded guilty: "Your servant is still checking, please allow me some time, the king, this BMW and the horses in the stable, somehow, there is something wrong with it, it may be... Might have eaten something."
The medical officer had no choice, but at this time, Wu Jiu had just heard the report from the medical officer, and when he turned around, he found a person squatting in front of Jiu Mo, stroking Jiu Mo's mane with his hand. It turned out to be Lu Yang who was accompanying Xiao Ziwen. window.
Lu Yangchuang squatted on the ground, gently stroking Jiu Mo, his movements were very gentle, seeing Wu Jiu approaching, he quickly said to Wu Jiu: "Your Majesty, this horse is a Chinese horse.
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