The day before the canonization ceremony of the prince of Chu, a messenger with a special identity came to the gate of the palace of the king of Chu.

The envoy was dressed in a dark red robe, with a neat crown and a scepter, and he was quite imposing, but the face of the long horse was not very pleasing.

This man claimed to be an envoy of Dongyue, surnamed Guo and named Fengxian, who had come to form an alliance with the king of Chu on the orders of the king of the East China Sea.

When the porter on duty in the palace came to report, the old King of Chu, who was pruning flowers and trees in the garden, was quite surprised, and as soon as the two families extinguished their swords, they sent envoys to form an alliance, which was not like the style of the King of the East China Sea in the past.

In terms of generation, the king of the East China Sea is the cousin of the old king of Chu, but there are several generations between them, and there is not much family affection left.

The old king of Chu paced back and forth in the garden with his hands behind his back a few times, and after thinking about it, he finally prepared to summon the envoy of Dongyue in the Shenfeng Palace.

And asked the people of the palace to immediately invite the old minister and Jinghu, since they didn't know the details of the other party, they could only take a step before making plans.

Guo Fengxian walked into the Shenfeng Hall under the guidance of a palace attendant, his steps were steady, his expression was calm, and he was followed by a middle-aged entourage with a short figure, holding a brocade box in his hand.

Guo Fengxian first bowed to the old King of Chu, and then clasped his fists at the old minister and Jinghu, and then straightened his body and stood still.

The old minister was the first to speak: "The king of the East China Sea sent your Excellency to my Chu country, I don't know what the so-called matter?"

Guo Fengxian glanced at the old minister Zhaoyong, smiled slightly, and said calmly: "Old minister, Guo has already made his intentions clear, and at this time, he is specifically here for the alliance between the Chu State and my Dongyue. ”

After finishing speaking, Guo Fengxian turned sideways to look at the old King of Chu on the throne, and said in a steady tone: "Guo has another mission to come to Chu this time, and my king heard that the king of Chu is going to canonize the prince in the near future, so he specially prepared a gift for the king of Chu to congratulate." ”

He took the brocade box from the hand of the middle-aged attendant, and said: "I heard that the king of Chu likes to collect books from all over the world, and the abundance of books in Yunmeng Pavilion is unparalleled in the world. ”

After Guo Fengxian finished speaking, he bowed forward and handed it out, and an inner servant walked quickly, took the brocade box from Guo Fengxian's handbook, and then bowed his head and sent it to the desk in front of the old minister Zhaoyong.

After Guo Fengxian sent out the brocade box, he stood with his head held high, watching the reaction of the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State with a pair of eyes.

The old minister tried to suppress the excitement in his heart, first stood up, tidied up his clothes, solemnly bowed his hand to the brocade box, and then sat down again, and then reached out to open the brocade box.

During the whole process, the old prime minister's expression was extremely respectful.

If it is really written by Wang Mao, the wine festival of the palace, then the value of this set of "Spring and Autumn" is not something that can be estimated with ordinary values.

A Confucian sage spent all his energy to write a classic, pouring into the sage's bad luck, one is unpredictable, and the other is prosperous.

After the brocade box was opened, when he saw the word "Spring and Autumn" written on the envelope, the eyes of the old minister shone brightly, like a person who has been in drought for a long time meets nectar, and a person who has been absent for a long time meets his partner.

The pen is calm, the handwriting is mellow, and the word "spring and autumn" contains the heaviness of the years and the breadth of the mountains and rivers.

The old minister didn't dare to do it again, he gently covered the brocade box and motioned to the waiter to take the brocade box to the old Chu king.

Then he turned his head to look at Guo Fengxian, who was standing in the center of the main hall, his gaze eased slightly, and said, "The king of the East China Sea gave such a big gift, I don't know what I want from Chu State?"

Guo Fengxian smiled slightly, and said calmly: "Guo Mou came to Chu State on the order of my king this time, firstly, to send congratulatory gifts, and secondly, to promote the alliance between our two families, so that in the next troubled times, the interests are related and we can advance and retreat together." Moreover, by the way, I asked the king of Chu for one more thing. ”

At this time, the general Jing Hu, who had been silent, spoke: "Having said so much, I think the last item is the purpose of your coming here, right?"

Guo Fengxian bowed to Jinghu, smiling without smiling, "The general said that he was joking, Guo's most important mission this time is of course to promote the alliance between our two families." The so-called coming and not reciprocating is also rude, since our two families have formed an alliance, the king of Chu should naturally give back a gift to my king, and the gifts will be exchanged for a long time. ”

The old minister snorted and said mockingly: "Your Excellency's face is very thick, but I don't know what the king of the East China Sea has taken a fancy to my Chu country?"

Guo Fengxian straightened his body, looked at the old King Chu on the throne with his head held high, and said loudly: "Red Dust Territory Map." ”

The old King of Chu, who was reading "Spring and Autumn" with all his heart, suddenly raised his head, his eyes showed a cold light like an old wolf king, and he stared at Guo Fengxian in the center of the main hall, as if he wanted to swallow this person who had violated the taboo in one bite.

Both the old minister and Jing Hu felt that the old King of Chu had a different expression, and they couldn't help but wonder why a map would make the old King of Chu so angry.

They didn't know the true value of the "Red Dust Territory Map", speaking of this map, the two of them had also seen it more than once in Yunmeng Pavilion, but they only regarded it as a rare huge map.

Guo Fengxian felt a huge coercion, which was not caused by the huge gap in cultivation, but by a person's status and experience, which was an invisible psychological pressure.

Guo Fengxian suddenly sweated profusely, and it became difficult to breathe, he gritted his teeth and held on, and his eyes showed a ruthlessness.

The middle-aged entourage stepped out and came to Guo Fengxian's side, and he didn't see what he did, just stood silently, Guo Fengxian felt a sense of relief, and the invisible pressure brought to him by the old King of Chu quickly disappeared.

The old king of Chu suddenly laughed heartily, and it didn't seem to be fake at all, everyone in the palace didn't know why, even Guo Fengxian was puzzled.

"This cousin of mine is really interesting, for a map, he sent troops to attack the city, and he sent people to send gifts, he asked me to give it to him, why bother so much!"

The old king of Chu got up from his seat, paced down, and stood five steps away from Guo Fengxian, and said: "Mr. Guo, you will stay for the time being today, and after attending the canonization ceremony of the prince tomorrow, we will sign a covenant and give you the map, and ask you to go back and tell my cousin that no matter what the relationship between our two families becomes, I will always remember that we are brothers of the same ancestor." ”

Guo Fengxian couldn't see through the old King Chu's thoughts, so he had to give up his hand and said: "Thank you King Chu, the foreign minister will definitely bring the words of the prince to my king." ”

The old Chu king nodded at Guo Fengxian with a smile.

Guo Fengxian saluted again, then turned to leave.

The old minister and Jinghu both stood up and walked to the side of the old king of Chu, and the old minister was puzzled and said, "Lord Wang, what does the king of the East China Sea mean by this?"

The old king of Chu stared at the door of the hall for a while, came back to his senses and sighed, and said with a smile: "In the past, in Los Angeles, I talked to the king of the East China Sea, saying that I drew a map that included the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas of the red dust world, but I didn't expect him to remember. ”

Jing Hu thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "This King of the East China Sea wants this map, does it mean that he really has the ambition to dominate the world?"

The old king of Chu turned his head to look at Jing Hu, and laughed: "You are worthy of being a general, the little caution of the king of the East China Sea will not escape your eyes." Alas, this cousin of mine is not a man who is willing to be a happy prince. ”

The old minister lowered his head and lowered his hands, silent, but there was a glimmer of light in his eyes.

The old king of Chu suddenly thought of something, and turned around to ask the old minister: "Minister of state, how many people did this Guo Fengxian bring?"

"I only brought an entourage, a brocade box, and a piece of paper. The old minister said.

The old king of Chu was stunned for a moment, and then nodded again: "Courageous and knowledgeable, he is a talent." ”

Zhao Yi leaned against a pillar in the corridor, chewing snacks slowly in his mouth, and a pair of eyes stared at the three people walking outside the palace in the distance.

In front of Zhao Yi, Xiao Zhuohua was holding a snack bag in her hand, walking back and forth while eating, and her mouth kept chattering, the snacks in Zhao Yi's hand were from her snack bag.

"Brother Yi, is Los Angeles City University or our Junshan City University?"

"Brother Yi, are you very good at martial arts, can you teach me?"

"Brother Yi, I heard that you brought back a beautiful sister-in-law this time?"

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Xiao Zhuohua saw that Zhao Yi was staring intently, obviously not listening to what she said just now, her little eyes widened, she pursed her mouth and blocked Zhao Yi's face, with her hands on her waist.

"Brother Yi, have you listened to me?"

Zhao Yi stretched out his hand to push Zhuohua away, and said absentmindedly: "Don't stand in my way, you continue." ”

Xiao Zhuohua saw that Zhao Yi had been looking in the direction of the gate, and he didn't listen to her words at all, so he suddenly snorted and said loudly: "Zhao Yi, don't look at it, my sister-in-law won't enter the house until tomorrow!"

Zhao Yi turned his head and looked at Xiao Zhuohua blankly, and said suspiciously: "Little sister, what are you talking about?

Xiao Zhuohua glanced at Zhao Yi, and said angrily: "What kind of garlic to pretend, looking at your longing and soulless appearance, aren't you thinking about what else Lan'er's sister-in-law can think of?"

Zhao Yi looked like he couldn't cry or laugh, he reached out and pinched Xiao Zhuohua's face, gritted his teeth and said, "What are you talking about, what do you know!"

Xiao Zhuohua quickly knocked off the hand that pinched her face, glared at Zhao Yi, and pouted angrily: "You are the little brat, I told the second sister to go, saying that you always bully me." ”

"I bullied you this time, why did you become 'old' again?" Zhao Yi said with a look of grievance.

Xiao Zhuohua didn't listen to his explanation at all, glared at him and snorted, turned his head and left, just took a few steps and turned around and came back, snatched the snack in Zhao Yi's hand, and then walked away without looking back.

Zhao Yi looked at it dumbfounded, "People are not big, and their temper is not small." ”

Zhao Yi shook his head, smiled bitterly, turned his head to look at the gate again, his face had become serious.

He heard from the porter of the palace that the two people who came today claimed to be envoys from Dongyue, and it would not be a good thing for the two families to visit as soon as they extinguished their swords.