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Chapter 52
He went in to report, and soon heard a "buzz—" and all the middle doors of the small dormitory opened. First, the eunuchs came out in a line, and then a middle-aged man in a black robe came out. He was smiling, looking Unusually friendly, while walking, he said: "Qi Gong, the widow is looking forward to Qi Gong!"
That man didn't need to open his mouth, Wu Jiu guessed it out, after all he was dressed in a gorgeous black court robe and a crown on his head, one could tell at a glance that he was Hu Qi, the new emperor of Zhou.
Seeing the emperor of Zhou coming out, Qihou bowed down and bowed down. Wu Jiu hurriedly bowed down too. Before Qihou could salute, Hu Qi had already helped Qihou up with his own hands. I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you very much, but seeing you now, if Duke Qi is too polite, it will really hurt the widow's heart."
Wu Jiu heard that Zhou Tianzi was so sticky, and he was afraid that the princes could make the emperor show his favor, that is, Qihou.
Qihou said with a smile: "The emperor loves you."
Hu Qi took Qihou's hand and said: "Come on, Duke Qi, please come in. I have been looking forward to it for a long time since I heard that Duke Qi is going to attend the funeral for the late king in person. I finally hoped for Duke Qi to come, but now I am not drunk." If you don’t return, Duke Qi will definitely not play tricks.”
Qihou smiled and said, "It's hard to turn down the emperor's kindness."
Hu Qi pulled Marquis Qi into the seat, and Wu Jiu sat next to him. Today, Hu Qi specially invited Qi Hou and Wu Jiu to a banquet. Although the scale of the banquet was not large, it was very extravagant. There were so many banquets on the table, it was too much to handle, every piece of tableware was extraordinarily exquisite and luxurious, only now did Wu Jiu know that Marquis Qi was a very frugal person.
After everyone was seated and the banquet was arranged neatly, Hu Qi smiled and said, "Come, I respect Qi Gong."
As he spoke, he raised his wine glass, and Qi Hou also raised his wine glass, saying repeatedly: "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it."
Wu Jiao saw them push the cups, and because it was the emperor toasting, Wu Jiao wanted to drink too, but he knew he didn't have much capacity for alcohol, and he was afraid of offending the emperor, so he just took a few sips and didn't drink much.
Every time the female wine drinker came to refill the wine, Wu Jiu's glass was almost full, and he only needed to tap the wine lightly.
Those two drank three cups in a flash, Wu Jiao didn't drink half of the cup, but Wu Jiao still felt sensitively that the wine seemed to be very strong, higher than ordinary wine, and Zhou Tianzi poured the wine so quickly, he was afraid It was intentional to make Qi Hou drunk.
Qihou is very good at drinking. He drank three cups in a row, his face didn't change color, he was still smiling, he didn't look drunk, and he spoke in a reasonable manner. Don't think he is very majestic in front of others, but in front of Zhou Tianzi, he just Began to pretend to be good, just like a good courtier.
Zhou Tianzi made a toast, and the two of them drank a total of five cups, and the whole jug of wine was drunk. Hu Qi seemed to be a little bit out of control, so he stopped toasting, but said with a smile: "Today, we will have a banquet with Duke Qi and the young master. In fact, there is one more thing, I want to chat with the two of you."
Hu Qi spoke so euphemistically and sweetly, but Wu Jiu had already thought of what was going on, and it must be Wang Ji's business.
Wang Ji was married to Qi State before, and she was supposed to marry Prince Wu Kui as his wife, but it turned out to be a big joke, Wang Ji actually broke the flesh and blood of an eunuch, but it made the princes amused. Big laugh.
In this incident, it is obvious that Qi State is the victim, Zhou State is wronged, and Qi State is not that kind of small country, it will be over after a while, so Hu Qi wants to invite Qi Hou to come over and secretly reconcile, if not in advance For reconciliation, it will be embarrassing if this matter is brought up again when the special envoys of various countries are invited to a banquet.
Sure enough, Hu Qi finally said what he was talking about this time, and said, "What does Duke Qi think about this matter?"
Qi Hou laughed, put the wine glass on the table, and made a light "da" sound. As soon as the wine glass was put down, Qi Hou's attitude seemed to be a different person. He was still polite just now, like a humble man. A good courtier, but now Qihou suddenly showed an expression of unyielding expression.
Qihou said with a smile: "Since the emperor mentioned this matter, then Xiaobai has to say a few words."
When Wu Jiu heard Qihou's name when he was obviously very serious, he almost laughed again, coughed, and quickly covered his face with the wine glass.
Hu Qi said: "Please speak, Duke Qi, please speak."
Qi Hou said: "This marriage was originally a good one, and everyone in Qi State was looking forward to the arrival of the princess. Who would have thought that such a big joke would be made when they got married, and Qi State would become countless people. The laughing stock of the princes..."
Hu Qi thought to himself, why Qi State has become a laughing stock, obviously Zhou State has become a laughing stock, Qi Hou has been complaining, and what he said is really like a victim.
Qihou continued: "But when you think about it carefully, in the final analysis, it is not a simple matter of a princess and eunuchs disrupting the palace. Please think carefully, the emperor. The result is that the princess is pure and simple, and she made a big mistake only after being tricked by that rude Lu."
Qihou blamed the mistake on the head of Lu State with a stick. In this way, Hu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and said repeatedly: "That's right, you're right, it's all Nalu people who are really rude. Thinking about the Duke of Zhou's Zhou ceremony, The state of Lu is also a state of etiquette, how did it become such an impolite vassal state!"
As he spoke, he sighed and shook his head pretendingly, Wu Jiao watched the two of them detour, bowed their heads silently and went to drink and eat.
I heard Qi Hou continue to say: "So because of these, Xiaobai has been careful. If the princes continue to be so rude, today is Wang Ji, and tomorrow the problem may lie in other things."
After laying the groundwork so much, Marquis Qi said with a smile: "Xiaobai is bold, please allow the emperor to convene a meeting of princes, support the emperor, specify etiquette, and jointly covenant, so as to strengthen the respectful status of the emperor."
What Qihou said was really sweet, Hu Quanquan was full of suspicion, Qihou said it all for his own sake, didn't he agree to ask the lion to open his mouth?
Wu Jiu also felt that Marquis Qi had something to say. Sure enough, what he said was better than what he sang, but the key point was at the end. He said with a smile: "Xiaobai is not talented, but I am willing to ask for orders to preside over this meeting of princes as the son of heaven." Union."
When Wu Jiao heard this, he was taken aback. The identity of acting emperor?Isn't that the start of Duke Huan of Qi's hegemony, the famous Beixinghuimeng?
The reason why Duke Huan of Qi is the overlord is because he created a precedent for the princes, and he was the first person to preside over the alliance as the son of the emperor. What he said was the words of the emperor. Respect the emperor, although Duke Huan of Qi has not been able to be king all his life, his identity is actually already an emperor.
Wu Jiu thought for a while, the Northern Apricot League should be held a few years later, and now that Marquis Qi has brought it up, I'm afraid it will be rejected.
Wu Jiu didn't know that Marquis Qi was reborn all his life, in fact Marquis Qi just wanted to advance this alliance, he couldn't wait so long, he wanted to start his grand plan and hegemony early.
Hu Qi is the new king ascending the throne, and his position itself is not secure. Qi Hou opened his mouth to replace the emperor, and Hu Qi was so frightened that his face was covered with cold sweat.
In the past, it wasn't that there were no alliances, Qi Guo often served as the leader of the alliance, but no one had ever replaced the emperor, which made Hu Qi, who had just ascended the throne, feel precarious.
Hu Qi drank too much wine and was already sweating, coupled with this scare, he laughed dryly and sweated even more, even raised his hand and wiped his sweat with his sleeve, and said, "This...it's a big deal, Let the widow think about it, but... but Qigong's original intention is very good, and the widow thinks it is very good."
Wu Jiu thought to himself, as expected, he was rejected.
But Qihou didn't show any displeasure, instead he smiled and said, "Thank you, Son of Heaven, for your appreciation."
Wu Jiao was very surprised, how come the matter of meeting the alliance did not succeed, and Qihou was not in a hurry?
I heard Qi Hou say again: "The emperor can think carefully about the alliance, but there is another matter. Please ask the emperor to be the master of Qi."
When Hu Qi heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he said with a dry smile, "What's the matter?"
Qi Hou said: "Naturally, it is a matter of the disrespectful Lu State. The Lu State sent the prince Qingfu to seduce our Qi State daughter as a secret work, and the wolf's ambition to use the eunuch to seduce the princess. His heart is vicious and must be punished."
Hu Qi had refuted the matter of Huimeng before, so it was not good to reject Marquis Qi again, and Hu Qi did not want to be responsible for the matter of Wang Ji. Then he said to the donkey on the slope: "Exactly, Duke Qi thinks, how should Lu be punished?"
Qihou smiled faintly and said: "Duke Lu is not strict in discipline, but because he thought it was his first crime, why don't the emperor cut off a small town in the state of Lu as a gift of compensation to the state of Qi?"
When Hu Qi heard this, he wiped off his cold sweat again, wondering what Xiaoyi is, could it be Qufu City?Hu Qi was afraid that Marquis Qi would open his mouth again and cut off his capital as a small town. How could Hu Qi agree?
Hu Qi bit the bullet and said, "I wonder if it's He Xiaoyi?"
Qihou didn't mean to be a lion. He had previously thrown out the idea of an alliance on behalf of the son of heaven. Hu Qi said that after thinking about it, he clearly refused. Qihou knew that he would definitely not agree. After all, there was still one opportunity missing, so Qihou Hou just threw out a request that Hu Qi would definitely not agree to first, and then threw out another request that Hu Qi might not agree to.
Hu Qi rejected the first one, but after comparison, he was embarrassed to reject the second one.
Qihou said with a smile: "It's just a remote town in the state of Lu, named Suiyi."
Hu Qi breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be a remote town on the frontier, so he smiled and said: "This is what should be done, what should be done, and it should be regarded as an apology from the State of Lu to the Duke of Qi. This matter is worthless." So let’s make the decision, wait for the envoy of the Lu Kingdom to enter the palace, and the widow will explain this matter clearly to him.”
Qihou smiled and said, "Thank you, Son of Heaven, for your kindness."
Hu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, but Wu Jiu thought to himself, Qi Hou is really good at it.
When Wu Jiu was in Linzi City, he would study maps and look at the distribution of vassal states when he had nothing to do. Wu Jiu knew about the small town of Suiyi. Although it was an inconspicuous town on the border of Lu State, But location is very important.
Suiyi was not rich, but it was an important place for the Lu State to garrison troops.
Because although the land area of Lu State is not small, it is not square, but an irregular "sugar triangle", and each side of the triangle is sunken inward. Although Qufu City is in the middle, it is actually far from the Bianyi is not very far away.
Suiyi is sandwiched between the three countries of Lu, Tan, and Yi. If Qi gets Suiyi, it will further exaggerate its land area into Lu, like a dagger, although it is small, But it was also inserted into this piece of Lu Guo's flesh, how could it not hurt?
Suiyi is also like a springboard. As long as Qi State stands on this land, it can form a power storage point, just like pointing a dagger at Qufu of Lu State at any time, and stabbing it at any time, the sugar triangle candy It will flow out.
Therefore, although Suiyi is small, not rich, and inconspicuous, it is very important to the State of Lu. If the State of Lu loses this corner, it will bring a lot of trouble, but to the Emperor Zhou, it is dispensable. Yes, the state of Lu is weak, and the emperor of Zhou is still happy. After all, the state of Lu is the most powerful country among the princes surnamed Ji, which makes the emperor of Zhou very afraid.
Hu Qi happily agreed, fearing that Marquis Qi would have any more conditions, he hurriedly persuaded him to drink, then turned his head to look at Wu Jiu who had been eating hard, and said with a smile: "Young Master Qi, I also respect you."
Wu Jiu quickly raised his glass and said, "Jiao dare not, but Jiu respects the Son of Heaven."
Hu Qi let go of his worries, he was relieved, his expression gradually improved, and he toasted Wu Jiu with two glasses of wine, Wu Jiao almost fainted, and suddenly felt a little bad.
Fortunately, Hu Qi had already diverted his attention at this time, and said with a smile: "Yes, how can there be no dancing to cheer up the wine, come on."
As he said, a group of dancers entered the hall gracefully, dancing to the sound of silk and bamboo. The woman in the lead was beautiful and gentle, with gorgeous clothes and exuded a kind of nobility. Wu Jiu could tell at a glance that it must be nothing The dancer, she didn't dare to look any further, she lowered her eyes.
After a song, Hu Qi smiled and said, "Come on, sister Wang."
The woman leading the dance gave a charming smile, stepped back from the stage, Jiao Didi walked up to Hu Qi, and said rather embarrassedly: "Brother Wang."
Hu Qi smiled and recommended to Marquis Qi, saying: "Qi Gong laughed at me. This is my younger sister. My younger sister is 20 years old and hasn't married yet. Because of her good vision, no one would like her. But this little girl, my widow, On the contrary, Duke Qi is a great hero in the present age, and no one else can catch up with him. You must see Duke Qi with your own eyes. The widow said she was messing around. Be obedient, if you are tired of dying, you want to meet the hero Qi Gong, isn’t it, you have to come.”
When Sister Wang heard this, she covered her cheeks in embarrassment and said, "Brother Wang is joking at me."
Wu Jiao shook off goose bumps all over his body, whether it was Hu Qi or that Wang Mei, their speech was sticky, and it looked like they wanted to marry Qi Hou.
I don't know if it's because Miss Wang isn't stunning enough, anyway, Qihou didn't move after drinking, he just smiled and said: "The emperor praised me absurdly."
Seeing that Marquis Qi was unmoved, Sister Wang simply picked up the jug, smiled and knelt in front of Marquis Qi, and said, "Duke Qi, please drink."
Wang Mei poured a glass of wine, and lifted the glass affectionately. The wine glass was so big, if Marquis Qi took the wine glass, he would definitely touch Wang Mei's hand.
Sister Wang smiled coquettishly, and looked at Qi Hou with eyes like autumn water. Qi Hou was really calm, and just smiled and said, "Thank you, princess."
He didn't pick it up while he was talking, so Sister Wang had no choice but to put the cup on the table, and said shyly, "Duke Qi, you are really a gentleman."
Only then did Marquis Qi pick up the wine glass, drank it all in one gulp, and said, "Prince and daughter's praise."
As soon as the princess came out, a new round of pushing the cups and cups started, Wu Jiu couldn't take it anymore, the wine was not only on the top, but also heartburn, and the stomach was very uncomfortable.
Wu Jiu simply pleaded guilty and left the hall to get some fresh air outside, really wanting to find a place to vomit a few times to be comfortable.
Wu Jiu came out of the main hall and took a few mouthfuls of fresh air. The winter wind was a bit cold, and Wu Jiu was jolted by the wind. Only then did he feel better from the dryness and heat, but his head was still dizzy.
At this moment, Wu Jiao heard the sound of someone crying, the sound spread far away, today is the day when Zhou Tianzi entertained Qihou, he did not expect someone to cry, like mourning, Wu Jiao was a little strange, so he went to Take a few steps forward.
Sure enough, I saw that there were indeed people crying, several people were kneeling on the ground, they looked like a cook, standing in front of them was an eleven or twelve-year-old boy, only a little older than Young Master Zhao, but this little boy Boys are not as cute as son Zhao.
The little boy's face was full of cold hatred, he stared at the cooks kneeling on the ground, and didn't care about the cooks crying and pleading, he just waved his hand and said, "Hit, beat hard."
He spoke so coldly that Wu Jiu woke up most of his drunkenness, and saw the tall soldiers beside him grabbed one of the cooks, picked up his whip and began to beat him.
Wu Jiu took a closer look, he actually knew the cook, he was the riding slave who sent them into the palace.
Because the riding slave was quite eye-catching at that time, Wu Jiu thought that Master Luo was different, and even the riding slave was a tall and handsome guy, so he took a second look, and coupled with Qi Hou's joke, Wu Jiu's memory became even stronger. is profound.
At this moment, he was kneeling on the ground, without saying a word, with his head slightly lowered, the whip fell on his back, once and for all, each time the clothes were ripped apart, the skin was ripped open, five or six whips were beaten down in a flash, Blood was dripping all of a sudden, but the little boy's face didn't change color, his expression was still cold.
The little boy didn't know who it was, but at such a young age, he was so cruel and merciless. The cooks next to him couldn't stand it, they knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy, but after saying a few words, he was kicked away by the little boy. Kicking him to the ground, the nosebleed of the butler kicked immediately, and he hit his head on the stone steps next to him, blood was also flowing, but the little boy didn't stop, followed up and continued to kick the butler.
The cook who was kneeling on the ground and being whipped hurriedly stopped the little boy and said: "Prince, the fishbone incident was done by one of the servants, please punish the prince only one of the servants."
The little boy said coldly, "Whom do I want to hit and who am I willing to kill? Are you in control?"
As he spoke, he lifted his foot violently, and kicked it on the butcher's bruised rear wound.
Wu Jiu was terrified to see it. Compared with the few princes of Qi, even the prince Yuan was not enough to compare with this little boy. He was clearly in his teens. The elementary school student was so ruthless, the scene was extremely bloody, and the little boy's white shoes were instantly covered with blood.
The cook turned out to be a tough guy, being stepped on his back, he didn't say a word, didn't make a sound.
Maybe Wu Jiu had drunk too much wine, smelled of alcohol, maybe he really couldn't stand the bloody scene, so he finally walked over, pretending to pass by casually, then looked at the little boy in surprise, smiled and said: " This is the prince?"
The little boy suddenly saw a stranger approaching, but he seemed to know that the Emperor of Zhou would be entertaining Qihou and Wu Jiu today, so he glanced up and down at the official uniform Wu Jiu was wearing, and said, "That's right, I'm the next prince."
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Qi Guo's special envoy, Lu Jiu, pays his respects to the prince."
Wang Zitui's name was like a thunderbolt, just now when he heard those cooks calling him Prince, Wu Jiu thought it was some son of Emperor Zhou, but it turned out that he was not a son, but a younger brother.
With the same father and half mother, Prince Tui is Hu Qi's concubine younger brother. There is a big difference in age, and he is much younger than Hu Qi's son. He doted on Wang Zitui, and asked the powerful senior official Su Guo to be Wang Zitui's teacher and teach him how to learn.
The prince is clever and clever, but his birth is not good. When the first king passed away, he was only 11 years old, and he was a concubine. No, the eldest son Hu Qi was the last to succeed.
At present, Hu Qi, the emperor of Zhou, is a short-lived ghost. He reigned for less than five years, and then passed the throne to his son. At that time, the prince was already full-fledged. Then he offended the very powerful but very narrow-minded official Qingguo at that time, who was also the teacher of Wang Zidui, so the Zidui Rebellion broke out, and the power of Zhou Tianzi began to weaken sharply from here.
Although the Zidao Rebellion ended in failure, it was a heavy blow to the Zhou royal family.
Wu Jiao did not expect that the little prince in front of him was one of the protagonists of the Zidui chaos. Sure enough, some people said that seeing the old man since he was a child, Wang Zidui has a very gloomy personality. Use such bloody means to deal with people.
Anyway, for Wu Jiu, as a person with modern ideology, he absolutely cannot accept the concept of slavery that disregards human life and treats slaves as inappropriate.
With a smile on his face, Wu Jiao stepped forward, seemingly wanting to talk to Wang Zitui, but actually he wanted to distract Wang Zitui.
That prince Tui seemed to look down on Wu Jiu, so he just glanced at him indifferently, said "Yes" arrogantly, and didn't return the salute. Logically speaking, the Zhou Dynasty was regarded as a country of etiquette, even if a person with a lower rank took the initiative to do something to a person with a higher rank. Rituals also need to be returned, but the system of returning gifts shows the difference in level.
Wang Zitui looked very arrogant, and he didn't take Wu Jiao seriously. Wu Jiao smiled lightly and was not angry, but said in surprise, "What's wrong with the prince? Are you angry with a group of servants? Just now, you are in the palace. Hearing the sound, the Son of Heaven and the Widowed Monarch sent out to take a look."
Wu Jiu's words were really ingenious, and he brought out the emperor and Marquis Qi. Although the prince was not reconciled, he was really afraid of disturbing the emperor Zhou's banquet for Marquis Qi.
Although Wang Zidui looked down on Wu Jiu and thought he was a fallen bandit, he still wanted to have a relationship with the monarch of Qi, so he said with an ugly face: "It's just a lesson to a few slaves who don't have eyes. Disturb the holy driver, let's go."
He said, sneered, turned his head and walked away.
As soon as he left, all the cooks next to him breathed a sigh of relief. The cook who was kneeling on the ground and being whipped did not speak. on the ground.
Wu Jiao was startled, he felt something leaning against his leg, it was very heavy, and he heard the butcher's exclamation, and looked down, it turned out that the butler who had been whipped had fainted , fell to his legs.
Wu Jiu hurriedly helped him up. Although the cook was tall, his back was ripped apart, and the ground was covered with dirt and sand. His forehead was covered in cold sweat and his lips were bitten. He looked very forbearing.
The hem and sleeves of Wu Jiu's clothes were covered with blood in an instant, and the cook next to him quickly knelt down and kowtowed and said, "My lord, Shi Su didn't do it on purpose. I'm pleading guilty to you on behalf of Shi Su. My lord's clothes, my servant Be sure to wash it clean."
He kowtowed repeatedly while saying "dongdong", which frightened Wu Jiu.
Wu Jiao didn't know if those cooks were afraid of him because they were so afraid of the prince, although the cook had indeed stained his clothes with blood, but Wu Jiao didn't feel the blood stains when facing these wounds. What does it mean to blame.
When Wu Jiu heard the servant's words, he said in surprise, "What did you say his name was?"
The cook didn't understand Wu Jiu's meaning, so he just said tremblingly, "Master Hui, this... this man is the cook of the kitchen, his name is... his name is Shi Su."
Wu Jiu heard it, my good fellow, there were quite a lot of celebrities in the Spring and Autumn Period, it seems that you can meet famous people every step of the way, if you get an autograph booklet, I'm afraid it will be full.
Who is Shi Suu? Maybe no one has heard of his name, but Shi Sui was actually a well-known general in the Zhou Dynasty. He was brave and good at fighting. , some are tigers or beasts, and some are simply strange ghosts. In fact, Shi Su is the prototype of this "Shi Gandang".
Because General Shi Su is famous for his bravery, just like the door gods, Qin Shubao and Yu Chigong are also used as door gods, because they are jealous of evil and can kill all bad people. People think that such people can protect themselves, so they can also kill demons Eliminating demons, over time, there is such a thing as Shi Gandang.
Wu Jiu has also seen a little bit in unofficial history. It is said that Shi Su came from a very humble background. He may have been a cook, or he may have been a riding slave. In short, he was born as a slave.
On the one hand, Wu Jiu was surprised, but on the other hand he was worried that the wound on Shi Su's back would be infected and suppurated. At this moment, he saw a man in black clothes coming out from a distance, and the man yelled, "Two Brother? What's wrong?"
Wu Jiu looked back, and it turned out to be Marquis Qi. Seeing that Wu Jiu had gone out for a long time and hadn't come back, Qi Hou saw that this was the Palace of King Zhou. He was afraid that something might happen to Wu Jiu, so he found an excuse to come out to take a look. He didn't expect to see Wu Jiu when he came out. Something happened. From a distance, he was covered in blood, which was shocking.
Qi Hou almost ran over, and when he got closer, he saw clearly that it wasn't the blood on Wu Jiu's body, but a person lying in Wu Jiu's arms. The skin was torn apart and bloody, and Wu Jiu was covered in blood.
Qihou recognized that person at a glance. He was the slave riding for them on the road. Because that person was extraordinary in appearance, tall, burly and indifferent, so Qihou also paid attention to it. In addition, when he was on the road, Wu Jiu watched more. After a few glances at that person, Qi Hou naturally paid more attention, so the memory is very deep.
Qihou said, "What's the matter?"
As he spoke, he took out a bottle of wound medicine from his pocket and handed it to the cook next to him. Since the last time Qihou got hurt on his cheek, he had always kept the medicine close to him, but he didn't expect to use it today.
The cooks took the medicine, knelt down and kowtowed in gratitude, and quickly sprinkled the medicine on the wound on Shi Su's back.
Qihou's wound medicine is very good, once sprinkled on it, the bleeding stopped very quickly, Shi Su's health is in good condition, and he gradually regained consciousness.
Wu Jiu inquired about the situation, and it turned out that the reason why Wang Zitui was so angry just now was entirely because of a fishbone.
All the cooks in the palace knew that Wang Zitui had a bad temper and was very irritable, so everyone carefully cooked for the prince. Today Shi Su was supposed to cook, but because Shi Su was chosen, he was said to be tall. , and asked him to be a horse slave to drive a chariot, and went to the posthouse to meet Qihou and Young Master Jiu, so Shi Su entrusted others to help, and came out by himself.
Shi quickly drove back to the car, it happened to be meal time, who knew that Wang Zitui came murderously as soon as he was free, and several cooks were caught by Wang Zitui, and Wang Zitui was very angry, because during the prince's meal, Wang Zitui came. , There is actually a fishbone that has not been pulled out, and it is not that kind of big thorn, but a burr.
Prince Tui wanted to beat the fish cook because of a fishbone. This cook was not Shi Su, but the cook who begged for mercy, because today Shi Su had something to do temporarily, but Shi Su didn't refute, and didn't say a word. The beatings were all over. If Wu Jiao hadn't come in time, a cow would have been beaten to death by Prince Tui.
Qi Hou listened, but looked at Shi Su with interest, Shi Su had already woken up, Qi Hou said: "It's not your fault, why did you agree?"
Shi Su stopped listening, his face was still very indifferent, as if it was really a stone, and said: "He has an old mother in his family who needs to be taken care of, but Su doesn't have one. How can Su let the white-haired man die for the black-haired man."
Qi Hou just listened, laughed, and said, "You are a tough guy."
Wu Jiu also admired Shi Su very much, those cooks gave Shi Su medicine, and kowtowed to thank Qi Hou and Wu Jiu, just when the eunuch came to look for Qi Hou and Wu Jiu, Qi Hou said: "Second brother, go back. .”
Wu Jiu nodded his head, watching those cooks supporting Shi Su and preparing to leave, Shi Su suddenly knelt on the ground and said: "Duke Qi and Young Master are Su's benefactors, if there is anything that Su can do for you, you will definitely repay it with all your heart. "
Qihou said with a smile: "Okay, I'll make a note of it, you can go back to recuperate."
Only then did the cooks support the stone and left quickly. Marquis Qi took Wu Jiu back to the main hall. When they entered the main hall, Hu Qi's sister-in-law had already greeted them graciously, and said with a smile: "Duke Qi, please take a seat quickly, my little one." My sister pours wine for Duke Qi."
Wu Jiu almost couldn't hold back his laughter, maybe Qihou ran out just now not to get some air, but to avoid this attentive Wang Sister.
I don't know if it's because Sister Wang really likes the weather, or because Hu Qi wants to win over Qihou and get married with him, anyway, Sister Wang is extremely attentive to her service, which makes people overwhelmed.
Several people began to push the cups again, Wu Jiao really couldn't drink, and Hu Qi's purpose was to make everyone drunk so that they could talk, Wu Jiao was afraid that he would say the wrong thing after getting drunk, which was really embarrassing.
Qi Hou knew his wine quality, and always took the initiative to block wine for Wu Jiu, no matter how good Qi Hou's wine was, it would soon be on his face, and he felt a little dizzy in his head.
Hu Qi said with a smile: "Qi Gong is drunk, it's not like this, he rests in the side hall in the afternoon, and the widow asks someone to wait on him."
At this time, Miss Wang laughed, seeing Wu Jiu's back covered with goosebumps, why did she feel that she was going to take advantage of Qi Hou's drunkenness to snatch Qi Hou by force.
Qi Hou drank with a headache, frowned, his reaction was a little slow, Wu Jiao hurriedly clasped his fists respectfully and said: "The emperor is kind, although he is disrespectful, but the widow and Jiu are mere courtiers, and I really dare not rest in the emperor's bedroom." , I would like to express my gratitude to the emperor for his kindness.”
Sister Wang seemed displeased when she heard this, and glanced at Hu Qi, but there was nothing Hu Qi could do about it. Wu Jiu had already talked about this, saying that courtiers cannot sleep in the emperor's palace, if Hu Qi insists on letting Marquis Qi sleep with the emperor Isn't this messy?
Hu Qi smiled and said, "Well, let me send a few quick-witted people to send Duke Qi and Young Master out of the palace and go back to the posthouse to rest."
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Thank you, Son of Heaven."
As Hu Qi spoke, he waved and said, "Come here."
As he spoke, he saw several court ladies and eunuchs rushing in, each more beautiful than the other, no matter whether it was a court lady or an eunuch, it was really a woman who was enchanting, and the eunuch was even more enchanting...
This is not a man with quick hands and feet, he clearly wants to put people around Qihou, Wu Jiao never thought that he would have his own role.
Hu Qi said generously: "The Duke of Qi and the young master lived in the post house for a while, and the widow was afraid of not taking good care of him, so I specially found some neat people, which can be regarded as a way of expressing my heart. Several of them are from the country of Qi. It’s nice to be ordered by the Lord and the Young Master.”
As he spoke, he waved his hands, and several maids and eunuchs bowed to him, helped Qihou up, and walked out slowly.
Wu Jiu also stood up, and several court ladies and eunuchs surrounded him, almost frightening Wu Jiu, and quickly waved his hands, saying, "It's okay, I'll do it myself."
When everyone walked to the place where the carriages and horses were, the black carriage was already waiting, it was still the big carriage, the difference was that the slave driving the carriage had changed.
Qi Hou was helped into the car first, Wu Jiu was not too drunk, so he got into the car by himself, and an eunuch who waited on Qi Hou got into the car at the same time.
The eunuch has red lips and white teeth, and is very young and beautiful. It is indeed necessary to use the word beautiful to describe him. He is watery and slender. He is half a person thinner than Wu Jiao, and the kind that will break when the wind blows. slim.
The eunuch knelt beside him, showing no intention of leaving. In fact, there should be someone serving on the monarch's carriage on weekdays, but Qihou and Wu Jiao are not used to being served by others.
Now there are three people sitting in a black car, Wu Jiu is a little uncomfortable, so he sits in the corner and looks out from the car curtain.
Qihou was a little drunk, and after getting into the car, he stretched out his hand to support his forehead and fell asleep in the car, frowning, as if he was not feeling well.
The car was a little bumpy, and accidentally hit a stone, and with a "gudong", Wu Jiu, who was about to fall asleep, was jolted awake, and Qihou, who was drunk, was also jolted, and he fell to the side at once, just on the ground. In the arms of the eunuch.
The eunuch hurriedly helped Marquis Qi up, and said softly, "Your Majesty..."
Qihou frowned, looking like he was having a headache. Because he was drunk, he didn't seem to recognize who it was. After all, Wu Jiao was the only person in the car on weekdays, Ziqing and Yan'e were not there to wait, and Qihou's The eunuch was also disposed of because it was a secret work.
Qihou leaned on the eunuch, and put his arms around the eunuch's waist, and turned the eunuch down on the carriage. The eunuch immediately said "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" With a half-evasive look, she said softly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please don't do this..."
Wu Jiu's drunkenness was completely awakened by fright, he leaned back to the side again, thinking that his eyes are really hot, he is still in the car, Qi Hou is really unscrupulous.
Qi Hou didn't save the wine, he thought it was Wu Jiu who was hugging him, he chuckled lightly, his voice became hoarse after drinking, revealing a kind of mature sexiness, he squinted and said with a smile: "Second brother, how come you don't like me?" Are you thin? You should eat more."
When Wu Jiu heard this, he was dumbfounded. Qi Hou flirted with the eunuch, why did he call his name?
That man didn't need to open his mouth, Wu Jiu guessed it out, after all he was dressed in a gorgeous black court robe and a crown on his head, one could tell at a glance that he was Hu Qi, the new emperor of Zhou.
Seeing the emperor of Zhou coming out, Qihou bowed down and bowed down. Wu Jiu hurriedly bowed down too. Before Qihou could salute, Hu Qi had already helped Qihou up with his own hands. I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you very much, but seeing you now, if Duke Qi is too polite, it will really hurt the widow's heart."
Wu Jiu heard that Zhou Tianzi was so sticky, and he was afraid that the princes could make the emperor show his favor, that is, Qihou.
Qihou said with a smile: "The emperor loves you."
Hu Qi took Qihou's hand and said: "Come on, Duke Qi, please come in. I have been looking forward to it for a long time since I heard that Duke Qi is going to attend the funeral for the late king in person. I finally hoped for Duke Qi to come, but now I am not drunk." If you don’t return, Duke Qi will definitely not play tricks.”
Qihou smiled and said, "It's hard to turn down the emperor's kindness."
Hu Qi pulled Marquis Qi into the seat, and Wu Jiu sat next to him. Today, Hu Qi specially invited Qi Hou and Wu Jiu to a banquet. Although the scale of the banquet was not large, it was very extravagant. There were so many banquets on the table, it was too much to handle, every piece of tableware was extraordinarily exquisite and luxurious, only now did Wu Jiu know that Marquis Qi was a very frugal person.
After everyone was seated and the banquet was arranged neatly, Hu Qi smiled and said, "Come, I respect Qi Gong."
As he spoke, he raised his wine glass, and Qi Hou also raised his wine glass, saying repeatedly: "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it."
Wu Jiao saw them push the cups, and because it was the emperor toasting, Wu Jiao wanted to drink too, but he knew he didn't have much capacity for alcohol, and he was afraid of offending the emperor, so he just took a few sips and didn't drink much.
Every time the female wine drinker came to refill the wine, Wu Jiu's glass was almost full, and he only needed to tap the wine lightly.
Those two drank three cups in a flash, Wu Jiao didn't drink half of the cup, but Wu Jiao still felt sensitively that the wine seemed to be very strong, higher than ordinary wine, and Zhou Tianzi poured the wine so quickly, he was afraid It was intentional to make Qi Hou drunk.
Qihou is very good at drinking. He drank three cups in a row, his face didn't change color, he was still smiling, he didn't look drunk, and he spoke in a reasonable manner. Don't think he is very majestic in front of others, but in front of Zhou Tianzi, he just Began to pretend to be good, just like a good courtier.
Zhou Tianzi made a toast, and the two of them drank a total of five cups, and the whole jug of wine was drunk. Hu Qi seemed to be a little bit out of control, so he stopped toasting, but said with a smile: "Today, we will have a banquet with Duke Qi and the young master. In fact, there is one more thing, I want to chat with the two of you."
Hu Qi spoke so euphemistically and sweetly, but Wu Jiu had already thought of what was going on, and it must be Wang Ji's business.
Wang Ji was married to Qi State before, and she was supposed to marry Prince Wu Kui as his wife, but it turned out to be a big joke, Wang Ji actually broke the flesh and blood of an eunuch, but it made the princes amused. Big laugh.
In this incident, it is obvious that Qi State is the victim, Zhou State is wronged, and Qi State is not that kind of small country, it will be over after a while, so Hu Qi wants to invite Qi Hou to come over and secretly reconcile, if not in advance For reconciliation, it will be embarrassing if this matter is brought up again when the special envoys of various countries are invited to a banquet.
Sure enough, Hu Qi finally said what he was talking about this time, and said, "What does Duke Qi think about this matter?"
Qi Hou laughed, put the wine glass on the table, and made a light "da" sound. As soon as the wine glass was put down, Qi Hou's attitude seemed to be a different person. He was still polite just now, like a humble man. A good courtier, but now Qihou suddenly showed an expression of unyielding expression.
Qihou said with a smile: "Since the emperor mentioned this matter, then Xiaobai has to say a few words."
When Wu Jiu heard Qihou's name when he was obviously very serious, he almost laughed again, coughed, and quickly covered his face with the wine glass.
Hu Qi said: "Please speak, Duke Qi, please speak."
Qi Hou said: "This marriage was originally a good one, and everyone in Qi State was looking forward to the arrival of the princess. Who would have thought that such a big joke would be made when they got married, and Qi State would become countless people. The laughing stock of the princes..."
Hu Qi thought to himself, why Qi State has become a laughing stock, obviously Zhou State has become a laughing stock, Qi Hou has been complaining, and what he said is really like a victim.
Qihou continued: "But when you think about it carefully, in the final analysis, it is not a simple matter of a princess and eunuchs disrupting the palace. Please think carefully, the emperor. The result is that the princess is pure and simple, and she made a big mistake only after being tricked by that rude Lu."
Qihou blamed the mistake on the head of Lu State with a stick. In this way, Hu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and said repeatedly: "That's right, you're right, it's all Nalu people who are really rude. Thinking about the Duke of Zhou's Zhou ceremony, The state of Lu is also a state of etiquette, how did it become such an impolite vassal state!"
As he spoke, he sighed and shook his head pretendingly, Wu Jiao watched the two of them detour, bowed their heads silently and went to drink and eat.
I heard Qi Hou continue to say: "So because of these, Xiaobai has been careful. If the princes continue to be so rude, today is Wang Ji, and tomorrow the problem may lie in other things."
After laying the groundwork so much, Marquis Qi said with a smile: "Xiaobai is bold, please allow the emperor to convene a meeting of princes, support the emperor, specify etiquette, and jointly covenant, so as to strengthen the respectful status of the emperor."
What Qihou said was really sweet, Hu Quanquan was full of suspicion, Qihou said it all for his own sake, didn't he agree to ask the lion to open his mouth?
Wu Jiu also felt that Marquis Qi had something to say. Sure enough, what he said was better than what he sang, but the key point was at the end. He said with a smile: "Xiaobai is not talented, but I am willing to ask for orders to preside over this meeting of princes as the son of heaven." Union."
When Wu Jiao heard this, he was taken aback. The identity of acting emperor?Isn't that the start of Duke Huan of Qi's hegemony, the famous Beixinghuimeng?
The reason why Duke Huan of Qi is the overlord is because he created a precedent for the princes, and he was the first person to preside over the alliance as the son of the emperor. What he said was the words of the emperor. Respect the emperor, although Duke Huan of Qi has not been able to be king all his life, his identity is actually already an emperor.
Wu Jiu thought for a while, the Northern Apricot League should be held a few years later, and now that Marquis Qi has brought it up, I'm afraid it will be rejected.
Wu Jiu didn't know that Marquis Qi was reborn all his life, in fact Marquis Qi just wanted to advance this alliance, he couldn't wait so long, he wanted to start his grand plan and hegemony early.
Hu Qi is the new king ascending the throne, and his position itself is not secure. Qi Hou opened his mouth to replace the emperor, and Hu Qi was so frightened that his face was covered with cold sweat.
In the past, it wasn't that there were no alliances, Qi Guo often served as the leader of the alliance, but no one had ever replaced the emperor, which made Hu Qi, who had just ascended the throne, feel precarious.
Hu Qi drank too much wine and was already sweating, coupled with this scare, he laughed dryly and sweated even more, even raised his hand and wiped his sweat with his sleeve, and said, "This...it's a big deal, Let the widow think about it, but... but Qigong's original intention is very good, and the widow thinks it is very good."
Wu Jiu thought to himself, as expected, he was rejected.
But Qihou didn't show any displeasure, instead he smiled and said, "Thank you, Son of Heaven, for your appreciation."
Wu Jiao was very surprised, how come the matter of meeting the alliance did not succeed, and Qihou was not in a hurry?
I heard Qi Hou say again: "The emperor can think carefully about the alliance, but there is another matter. Please ask the emperor to be the master of Qi."
When Hu Qi heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he said with a dry smile, "What's the matter?"
Qi Hou said: "Naturally, it is a matter of the disrespectful Lu State. The Lu State sent the prince Qingfu to seduce our Qi State daughter as a secret work, and the wolf's ambition to use the eunuch to seduce the princess. His heart is vicious and must be punished."
Hu Qi had refuted the matter of Huimeng before, so it was not good to reject Marquis Qi again, and Hu Qi did not want to be responsible for the matter of Wang Ji. Then he said to the donkey on the slope: "Exactly, Duke Qi thinks, how should Lu be punished?"
Qihou smiled faintly and said: "Duke Lu is not strict in discipline, but because he thought it was his first crime, why don't the emperor cut off a small town in the state of Lu as a gift of compensation to the state of Qi?"
When Hu Qi heard this, he wiped off his cold sweat again, wondering what Xiaoyi is, could it be Qufu City?Hu Qi was afraid that Marquis Qi would open his mouth again and cut off his capital as a small town. How could Hu Qi agree?
Hu Qi bit the bullet and said, "I wonder if it's He Xiaoyi?"
Qihou didn't mean to be a lion. He had previously thrown out the idea of an alliance on behalf of the son of heaven. Hu Qi said that after thinking about it, he clearly refused. Qihou knew that he would definitely not agree. After all, there was still one opportunity missing, so Qihou Hou just threw out a request that Hu Qi would definitely not agree to first, and then threw out another request that Hu Qi might not agree to.
Hu Qi rejected the first one, but after comparison, he was embarrassed to reject the second one.
Qihou said with a smile: "It's just a remote town in the state of Lu, named Suiyi."
Hu Qi breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be a remote town on the frontier, so he smiled and said: "This is what should be done, what should be done, and it should be regarded as an apology from the State of Lu to the Duke of Qi. This matter is worthless." So let’s make the decision, wait for the envoy of the Lu Kingdom to enter the palace, and the widow will explain this matter clearly to him.”
Qihou smiled and said, "Thank you, Son of Heaven, for your kindness."
Hu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, but Wu Jiu thought to himself, Qi Hou is really good at it.
When Wu Jiu was in Linzi City, he would study maps and look at the distribution of vassal states when he had nothing to do. Wu Jiu knew about the small town of Suiyi. Although it was an inconspicuous town on the border of Lu State, But location is very important.
Suiyi was not rich, but it was an important place for the Lu State to garrison troops.
Because although the land area of Lu State is not small, it is not square, but an irregular "sugar triangle", and each side of the triangle is sunken inward. Although Qufu City is in the middle, it is actually far from the Bianyi is not very far away.
Suiyi is sandwiched between the three countries of Lu, Tan, and Yi. If Qi gets Suiyi, it will further exaggerate its land area into Lu, like a dagger, although it is small, But it was also inserted into this piece of Lu Guo's flesh, how could it not hurt?
Suiyi is also like a springboard. As long as Qi State stands on this land, it can form a power storage point, just like pointing a dagger at Qufu of Lu State at any time, and stabbing it at any time, the sugar triangle candy It will flow out.
Therefore, although Suiyi is small, not rich, and inconspicuous, it is very important to the State of Lu. If the State of Lu loses this corner, it will bring a lot of trouble, but to the Emperor Zhou, it is dispensable. Yes, the state of Lu is weak, and the emperor of Zhou is still happy. After all, the state of Lu is the most powerful country among the princes surnamed Ji, which makes the emperor of Zhou very afraid.
Hu Qi happily agreed, fearing that Marquis Qi would have any more conditions, he hurriedly persuaded him to drink, then turned his head to look at Wu Jiu who had been eating hard, and said with a smile: "Young Master Qi, I also respect you."
Wu Jiu quickly raised his glass and said, "Jiao dare not, but Jiu respects the Son of Heaven."
Hu Qi let go of his worries, he was relieved, his expression gradually improved, and he toasted Wu Jiu with two glasses of wine, Wu Jiao almost fainted, and suddenly felt a little bad.
Fortunately, Hu Qi had already diverted his attention at this time, and said with a smile: "Yes, how can there be no dancing to cheer up the wine, come on."
As he said, a group of dancers entered the hall gracefully, dancing to the sound of silk and bamboo. The woman in the lead was beautiful and gentle, with gorgeous clothes and exuded a kind of nobility. Wu Jiu could tell at a glance that it must be nothing The dancer, she didn't dare to look any further, she lowered her eyes.
After a song, Hu Qi smiled and said, "Come on, sister Wang."
The woman leading the dance gave a charming smile, stepped back from the stage, Jiao Didi walked up to Hu Qi, and said rather embarrassedly: "Brother Wang."
Hu Qi smiled and recommended to Marquis Qi, saying: "Qi Gong laughed at me. This is my younger sister. My younger sister is 20 years old and hasn't married yet. Because of her good vision, no one would like her. But this little girl, my widow, On the contrary, Duke Qi is a great hero in the present age, and no one else can catch up with him. You must see Duke Qi with your own eyes. The widow said she was messing around. Be obedient, if you are tired of dying, you want to meet the hero Qi Gong, isn’t it, you have to come.”
When Sister Wang heard this, she covered her cheeks in embarrassment and said, "Brother Wang is joking at me."
Wu Jiao shook off goose bumps all over his body, whether it was Hu Qi or that Wang Mei, their speech was sticky, and it looked like they wanted to marry Qi Hou.
I don't know if it's because Miss Wang isn't stunning enough, anyway, Qihou didn't move after drinking, he just smiled and said: "The emperor praised me absurdly."
Seeing that Marquis Qi was unmoved, Sister Wang simply picked up the jug, smiled and knelt in front of Marquis Qi, and said, "Duke Qi, please drink."
Wang Mei poured a glass of wine, and lifted the glass affectionately. The wine glass was so big, if Marquis Qi took the wine glass, he would definitely touch Wang Mei's hand.
Sister Wang smiled coquettishly, and looked at Qi Hou with eyes like autumn water. Qi Hou was really calm, and just smiled and said, "Thank you, princess."
He didn't pick it up while he was talking, so Sister Wang had no choice but to put the cup on the table, and said shyly, "Duke Qi, you are really a gentleman."
Only then did Marquis Qi pick up the wine glass, drank it all in one gulp, and said, "Prince and daughter's praise."
As soon as the princess came out, a new round of pushing the cups and cups started, Wu Jiu couldn't take it anymore, the wine was not only on the top, but also heartburn, and the stomach was very uncomfortable.
Wu Jiu simply pleaded guilty and left the hall to get some fresh air outside, really wanting to find a place to vomit a few times to be comfortable.
Wu Jiu came out of the main hall and took a few mouthfuls of fresh air. The winter wind was a bit cold, and Wu Jiu was jolted by the wind. Only then did he feel better from the dryness and heat, but his head was still dizzy.
At this moment, Wu Jiao heard the sound of someone crying, the sound spread far away, today is the day when Zhou Tianzi entertained Qihou, he did not expect someone to cry, like mourning, Wu Jiao was a little strange, so he went to Take a few steps forward.
Sure enough, I saw that there were indeed people crying, several people were kneeling on the ground, they looked like a cook, standing in front of them was an eleven or twelve-year-old boy, only a little older than Young Master Zhao, but this little boy Boys are not as cute as son Zhao.
The little boy's face was full of cold hatred, he stared at the cooks kneeling on the ground, and didn't care about the cooks crying and pleading, he just waved his hand and said, "Hit, beat hard."
He spoke so coldly that Wu Jiu woke up most of his drunkenness, and saw the tall soldiers beside him grabbed one of the cooks, picked up his whip and began to beat him.
Wu Jiu took a closer look, he actually knew the cook, he was the riding slave who sent them into the palace.
Because the riding slave was quite eye-catching at that time, Wu Jiu thought that Master Luo was different, and even the riding slave was a tall and handsome guy, so he took a second look, and coupled with Qi Hou's joke, Wu Jiu's memory became even stronger. is profound.
At this moment, he was kneeling on the ground, without saying a word, with his head slightly lowered, the whip fell on his back, once and for all, each time the clothes were ripped apart, the skin was ripped open, five or six whips were beaten down in a flash, Blood was dripping all of a sudden, but the little boy's face didn't change color, his expression was still cold.
The little boy didn't know who it was, but at such a young age, he was so cruel and merciless. The cooks next to him couldn't stand it, they knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy, but after saying a few words, he was kicked away by the little boy. Kicking him to the ground, the nosebleed of the butler kicked immediately, and he hit his head on the stone steps next to him, blood was also flowing, but the little boy didn't stop, followed up and continued to kick the butler.
The cook who was kneeling on the ground and being whipped hurriedly stopped the little boy and said: "Prince, the fishbone incident was done by one of the servants, please punish the prince only one of the servants."
The little boy said coldly, "Whom do I want to hit and who am I willing to kill? Are you in control?"
As he spoke, he lifted his foot violently, and kicked it on the butcher's bruised rear wound.
Wu Jiu was terrified to see it. Compared with the few princes of Qi, even the prince Yuan was not enough to compare with this little boy. He was clearly in his teens. The elementary school student was so ruthless, the scene was extremely bloody, and the little boy's white shoes were instantly covered with blood.
The cook turned out to be a tough guy, being stepped on his back, he didn't say a word, didn't make a sound.
Maybe Wu Jiu had drunk too much wine, smelled of alcohol, maybe he really couldn't stand the bloody scene, so he finally walked over, pretending to pass by casually, then looked at the little boy in surprise, smiled and said: " This is the prince?"
The little boy suddenly saw a stranger approaching, but he seemed to know that the Emperor of Zhou would be entertaining Qihou and Wu Jiu today, so he glanced up and down at the official uniform Wu Jiu was wearing, and said, "That's right, I'm the next prince."
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Qi Guo's special envoy, Lu Jiu, pays his respects to the prince."
Wang Zitui's name was like a thunderbolt, just now when he heard those cooks calling him Prince, Wu Jiu thought it was some son of Emperor Zhou, but it turned out that he was not a son, but a younger brother.
With the same father and half mother, Prince Tui is Hu Qi's concubine younger brother. There is a big difference in age, and he is much younger than Hu Qi's son. He doted on Wang Zitui, and asked the powerful senior official Su Guo to be Wang Zitui's teacher and teach him how to learn.
The prince is clever and clever, but his birth is not good. When the first king passed away, he was only 11 years old, and he was a concubine. No, the eldest son Hu Qi was the last to succeed.
At present, Hu Qi, the emperor of Zhou, is a short-lived ghost. He reigned for less than five years, and then passed the throne to his son. At that time, the prince was already full-fledged. Then he offended the very powerful but very narrow-minded official Qingguo at that time, who was also the teacher of Wang Zidui, so the Zidui Rebellion broke out, and the power of Zhou Tianzi began to weaken sharply from here.
Although the Zidao Rebellion ended in failure, it was a heavy blow to the Zhou royal family.
Wu Jiao did not expect that the little prince in front of him was one of the protagonists of the Zidui chaos. Sure enough, some people said that seeing the old man since he was a child, Wang Zidui has a very gloomy personality. Use such bloody means to deal with people.
Anyway, for Wu Jiu, as a person with modern ideology, he absolutely cannot accept the concept of slavery that disregards human life and treats slaves as inappropriate.
With a smile on his face, Wu Jiao stepped forward, seemingly wanting to talk to Wang Zitui, but actually he wanted to distract Wang Zitui.
That prince Tui seemed to look down on Wu Jiu, so he just glanced at him indifferently, said "Yes" arrogantly, and didn't return the salute. Logically speaking, the Zhou Dynasty was regarded as a country of etiquette, even if a person with a lower rank took the initiative to do something to a person with a higher rank. Rituals also need to be returned, but the system of returning gifts shows the difference in level.
Wang Zitui looked very arrogant, and he didn't take Wu Jiao seriously. Wu Jiao smiled lightly and was not angry, but said in surprise, "What's wrong with the prince? Are you angry with a group of servants? Just now, you are in the palace. Hearing the sound, the Son of Heaven and the Widowed Monarch sent out to take a look."
Wu Jiu's words were really ingenious, and he brought out the emperor and Marquis Qi. Although the prince was not reconciled, he was really afraid of disturbing the emperor Zhou's banquet for Marquis Qi.
Although Wang Zidui looked down on Wu Jiu and thought he was a fallen bandit, he still wanted to have a relationship with the monarch of Qi, so he said with an ugly face: "It's just a lesson to a few slaves who don't have eyes. Disturb the holy driver, let's go."
He said, sneered, turned his head and walked away.
As soon as he left, all the cooks next to him breathed a sigh of relief. The cook who was kneeling on the ground and being whipped did not speak. on the ground.
Wu Jiao was startled, he felt something leaning against his leg, it was very heavy, and he heard the butcher's exclamation, and looked down, it turned out that the butler who had been whipped had fainted , fell to his legs.
Wu Jiu hurriedly helped him up. Although the cook was tall, his back was ripped apart, and the ground was covered with dirt and sand. His forehead was covered in cold sweat and his lips were bitten. He looked very forbearing.
The hem and sleeves of Wu Jiu's clothes were covered with blood in an instant, and the cook next to him quickly knelt down and kowtowed and said, "My lord, Shi Su didn't do it on purpose. I'm pleading guilty to you on behalf of Shi Su. My lord's clothes, my servant Be sure to wash it clean."
He kowtowed repeatedly while saying "dongdong", which frightened Wu Jiu.
Wu Jiao didn't know if those cooks were afraid of him because they were so afraid of the prince, although the cook had indeed stained his clothes with blood, but Wu Jiao didn't feel the blood stains when facing these wounds. What does it mean to blame.
When Wu Jiu heard the servant's words, he said in surprise, "What did you say his name was?"
The cook didn't understand Wu Jiu's meaning, so he just said tremblingly, "Master Hui, this... this man is the cook of the kitchen, his name is... his name is Shi Su."
Wu Jiu heard it, my good fellow, there were quite a lot of celebrities in the Spring and Autumn Period, it seems that you can meet famous people every step of the way, if you get an autograph booklet, I'm afraid it will be full.
Who is Shi Suu? Maybe no one has heard of his name, but Shi Sui was actually a well-known general in the Zhou Dynasty. He was brave and good at fighting. , some are tigers or beasts, and some are simply strange ghosts. In fact, Shi Su is the prototype of this "Shi Gandang".
Because General Shi Su is famous for his bravery, just like the door gods, Qin Shubao and Yu Chigong are also used as door gods, because they are jealous of evil and can kill all bad people. People think that such people can protect themselves, so they can also kill demons Eliminating demons, over time, there is such a thing as Shi Gandang.
Wu Jiu has also seen a little bit in unofficial history. It is said that Shi Su came from a very humble background. He may have been a cook, or he may have been a riding slave. In short, he was born as a slave.
On the one hand, Wu Jiu was surprised, but on the other hand he was worried that the wound on Shi Su's back would be infected and suppurated. At this moment, he saw a man in black clothes coming out from a distance, and the man yelled, "Two Brother? What's wrong?"
Wu Jiu looked back, and it turned out to be Marquis Qi. Seeing that Wu Jiu had gone out for a long time and hadn't come back, Qi Hou saw that this was the Palace of King Zhou. He was afraid that something might happen to Wu Jiu, so he found an excuse to come out to take a look. He didn't expect to see Wu Jiu when he came out. Something happened. From a distance, he was covered in blood, which was shocking.
Qi Hou almost ran over, and when he got closer, he saw clearly that it wasn't the blood on Wu Jiu's body, but a person lying in Wu Jiu's arms. The skin was torn apart and bloody, and Wu Jiu was covered in blood.
Qihou recognized that person at a glance. He was the slave riding for them on the road. Because that person was extraordinary in appearance, tall, burly and indifferent, so Qihou also paid attention to it. In addition, when he was on the road, Wu Jiu watched more. After a few glances at that person, Qi Hou naturally paid more attention, so the memory is very deep.
Qihou said, "What's the matter?"
As he spoke, he took out a bottle of wound medicine from his pocket and handed it to the cook next to him. Since the last time Qihou got hurt on his cheek, he had always kept the medicine close to him, but he didn't expect to use it today.
The cooks took the medicine, knelt down and kowtowed in gratitude, and quickly sprinkled the medicine on the wound on Shi Su's back.
Qihou's wound medicine is very good, once sprinkled on it, the bleeding stopped very quickly, Shi Su's health is in good condition, and he gradually regained consciousness.
Wu Jiu inquired about the situation, and it turned out that the reason why Wang Zitui was so angry just now was entirely because of a fishbone.
All the cooks in the palace knew that Wang Zitui had a bad temper and was very irritable, so everyone carefully cooked for the prince. Today Shi Su was supposed to cook, but because Shi Su was chosen, he was said to be tall. , and asked him to be a horse slave to drive a chariot, and went to the posthouse to meet Qihou and Young Master Jiu, so Shi Su entrusted others to help, and came out by himself.
Shi quickly drove back to the car, it happened to be meal time, who knew that Wang Zitui came murderously as soon as he was free, and several cooks were caught by Wang Zitui, and Wang Zitui was very angry, because during the prince's meal, Wang Zitui came. , There is actually a fishbone that has not been pulled out, and it is not that kind of big thorn, but a burr.
Prince Tui wanted to beat the fish cook because of a fishbone. This cook was not Shi Su, but the cook who begged for mercy, because today Shi Su had something to do temporarily, but Shi Su didn't refute, and didn't say a word. The beatings were all over. If Wu Jiao hadn't come in time, a cow would have been beaten to death by Prince Tui.
Qi Hou listened, but looked at Shi Su with interest, Shi Su had already woken up, Qi Hou said: "It's not your fault, why did you agree?"
Shi Su stopped listening, his face was still very indifferent, as if it was really a stone, and said: "He has an old mother in his family who needs to be taken care of, but Su doesn't have one. How can Su let the white-haired man die for the black-haired man."
Qi Hou just listened, laughed, and said, "You are a tough guy."
Wu Jiu also admired Shi Su very much, those cooks gave Shi Su medicine, and kowtowed to thank Qi Hou and Wu Jiu, just when the eunuch came to look for Qi Hou and Wu Jiu, Qi Hou said: "Second brother, go back. .”
Wu Jiu nodded his head, watching those cooks supporting Shi Su and preparing to leave, Shi Su suddenly knelt on the ground and said: "Duke Qi and Young Master are Su's benefactors, if there is anything that Su can do for you, you will definitely repay it with all your heart. "
Qihou said with a smile: "Okay, I'll make a note of it, you can go back to recuperate."
Only then did the cooks support the stone and left quickly. Marquis Qi took Wu Jiu back to the main hall. When they entered the main hall, Hu Qi's sister-in-law had already greeted them graciously, and said with a smile: "Duke Qi, please take a seat quickly, my little one." My sister pours wine for Duke Qi."
Wu Jiu almost couldn't hold back his laughter, maybe Qihou ran out just now not to get some air, but to avoid this attentive Wang Sister.
I don't know if it's because Sister Wang really likes the weather, or because Hu Qi wants to win over Qihou and get married with him, anyway, Sister Wang is extremely attentive to her service, which makes people overwhelmed.
Several people began to push the cups again, Wu Jiao really couldn't drink, and Hu Qi's purpose was to make everyone drunk so that they could talk, Wu Jiao was afraid that he would say the wrong thing after getting drunk, which was really embarrassing.
Qi Hou knew his wine quality, and always took the initiative to block wine for Wu Jiu, no matter how good Qi Hou's wine was, it would soon be on his face, and he felt a little dizzy in his head.
Hu Qi said with a smile: "Qi Gong is drunk, it's not like this, he rests in the side hall in the afternoon, and the widow asks someone to wait on him."
At this time, Miss Wang laughed, seeing Wu Jiu's back covered with goosebumps, why did she feel that she was going to take advantage of Qi Hou's drunkenness to snatch Qi Hou by force.
Qi Hou drank with a headache, frowned, his reaction was a little slow, Wu Jiao hurriedly clasped his fists respectfully and said: "The emperor is kind, although he is disrespectful, but the widow and Jiu are mere courtiers, and I really dare not rest in the emperor's bedroom." , I would like to express my gratitude to the emperor for his kindness.”
Sister Wang seemed displeased when she heard this, and glanced at Hu Qi, but there was nothing Hu Qi could do about it. Wu Jiu had already talked about this, saying that courtiers cannot sleep in the emperor's palace, if Hu Qi insists on letting Marquis Qi sleep with the emperor Isn't this messy?
Hu Qi smiled and said, "Well, let me send a few quick-witted people to send Duke Qi and Young Master out of the palace and go back to the posthouse to rest."
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Thank you, Son of Heaven."
As Hu Qi spoke, he waved and said, "Come here."
As he spoke, he saw several court ladies and eunuchs rushing in, each more beautiful than the other, no matter whether it was a court lady or an eunuch, it was really a woman who was enchanting, and the eunuch was even more enchanting...
This is not a man with quick hands and feet, he clearly wants to put people around Qihou, Wu Jiao never thought that he would have his own role.
Hu Qi said generously: "The Duke of Qi and the young master lived in the post house for a while, and the widow was afraid of not taking good care of him, so I specially found some neat people, which can be regarded as a way of expressing my heart. Several of them are from the country of Qi. It’s nice to be ordered by the Lord and the Young Master.”
As he spoke, he waved his hands, and several maids and eunuchs bowed to him, helped Qihou up, and walked out slowly.
Wu Jiu also stood up, and several court ladies and eunuchs surrounded him, almost frightening Wu Jiu, and quickly waved his hands, saying, "It's okay, I'll do it myself."
When everyone walked to the place where the carriages and horses were, the black carriage was already waiting, it was still the big carriage, the difference was that the slave driving the carriage had changed.
Qi Hou was helped into the car first, Wu Jiu was not too drunk, so he got into the car by himself, and an eunuch who waited on Qi Hou got into the car at the same time.
The eunuch has red lips and white teeth, and is very young and beautiful. It is indeed necessary to use the word beautiful to describe him. He is watery and slender. He is half a person thinner than Wu Jiao, and the kind that will break when the wind blows. slim.
The eunuch knelt beside him, showing no intention of leaving. In fact, there should be someone serving on the monarch's carriage on weekdays, but Qihou and Wu Jiao are not used to being served by others.
Now there are three people sitting in a black car, Wu Jiu is a little uncomfortable, so he sits in the corner and looks out from the car curtain.
Qihou was a little drunk, and after getting into the car, he stretched out his hand to support his forehead and fell asleep in the car, frowning, as if he was not feeling well.
The car was a little bumpy, and accidentally hit a stone, and with a "gudong", Wu Jiu, who was about to fall asleep, was jolted awake, and Qihou, who was drunk, was also jolted, and he fell to the side at once, just on the ground. In the arms of the eunuch.
The eunuch hurriedly helped Marquis Qi up, and said softly, "Your Majesty..."
Qihou frowned, looking like he was having a headache. Because he was drunk, he didn't seem to recognize who it was. After all, Wu Jiao was the only person in the car on weekdays, Ziqing and Yan'e were not there to wait, and Qihou's The eunuch was also disposed of because it was a secret work.
Qihou leaned on the eunuch, and put his arms around the eunuch's waist, and turned the eunuch down on the carriage. The eunuch immediately said "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" With a half-evasive look, she said softly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please don't do this..."
Wu Jiu's drunkenness was completely awakened by fright, he leaned back to the side again, thinking that his eyes are really hot, he is still in the car, Qi Hou is really unscrupulous.
Qi Hou didn't save the wine, he thought it was Wu Jiu who was hugging him, he chuckled lightly, his voice became hoarse after drinking, revealing a kind of mature sexiness, he squinted and said with a smile: "Second brother, how come you don't like me?" Are you thin? You should eat more."
When Wu Jiu heard this, he was dumbfounded. Qi Hou flirted with the eunuch, why did he call his name?
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