Outside the city gate of the imperial capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a guard of honor to welcome relatives was slowly walking towards the city gate under the guidance of the Zhou army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the mighty crowd, a double-wheeled carriage tied with red silk was mixed in the middle of the procession, and sitting in the carriage was the princess of Southern Chu sent by the king of Chu to make peace with the king of Jin, Gao Xun, Yuan Xi.

And after this carriage, followed by another relatively elegant carriage, it seems that in addition to the princess, Nanchu also sent other Chu people with status into Beijing together.

Since ancient times, princesses and relatives of other countries have been sent by the mother country to the junction of the two countries, and then handed over to the army of their own country to escort them to the capital, and after arriving in the capital, there will be a greeting envoy arranged by the monarch in advance to receive them.

So at this time, in addition to the Chu people who accompanied the princess as a companion to marry into Zhou, this honor guard was already full of Zhou people, and the general who led the troops was the general of the right guard who had saved Gao Heng in the First Battle of the Western Jin Dynasty, Chen Fu.

Gao Heng, as the prince appointed by Emperor Zhou to greet his relatives, was standing by the city gate with his hands in his hands at the moment, and there were a group of people standing behind him to welcome his relatives.

It's just that among these people, there is clearly one more person who shouldn't have come, that is, Cheng Jinzhi, who has already dressed as a man and is standing next to Gao Heng and stretching his neck and looking around.

Although she kept emphasizing in front of Gao Heng that she came because she remembered the case of Tu Lingsi, in fact, she couldn't suppress her curiosity for a while because she had never seen the greeting formation, and wanted to come and join in the fun.

"Wow, it's the first time I've seen a princess from another country come to us to make peace with me when I'm so big, it seems that King Chu is also a very face-saving person." ”

Cheng Jinzhi stood on tiptoe and landed his eyes on the carriage carrying the princess, looking like he was watching the novelty of juggling in the market.

"I think King Chu wouldn't be happy if he heard your comment. ”

Gao Heng said in a cold tone, just heard Cheng Jinzhi ignore his disgusted attitude without care, blinked his eyes and said excitedly: "Eh, what do you say this Nanchu princess looks like? I really want to run up and open the curtain to see clearly." ”

"Cheng Jinzhi, if you really make such a move in a while, I will definitely pretend that I don't know you. ”

Gao Heng turned his head sideways and glanced at her with a hint of warning when he heard this, then lightly furrowed his eyebrows and returned to his usual solemn expression.

"Oh, don't say that, this is also the future daughter-in-law of His Royal Highness King Jin, I have to take a good look at it for him as a sister-in-law, in case this duke is an ugly monster, I have to tell him as soon as possible, so that he can be mentally prepared." ”

Cheng Jinzhi said very seriously, naturally hoping that this Nanchu princess would be kind, beautiful, gentle and considerate, empathetic, smart and virtuous...... Otherwise, Gao Xun would be too miserable for the rest of his life.

Just as he was thinking expectantly, the carriage and horse of the family were close at hand, and they stopped safely in front of the two.

I saw that Chen Fufei, who was the leader, dismounted, knelt down on one knee and saluted Gao Heng respectfully, and handed over the decree of welcoming relatives granted by Emperor Zhou to Gao Heng.

This is the first time Cheng Jinzhi has seen the life-saving benefactor in Gao Heng's mouth, even if he has never been in contact with him before, but just from this person's resolute and upright face, he knows that he should be a loyal minister and a good general.

"The capital is far away from the road to cross the wind pass, and General Chen escorted the princess all the way to the road, which was hard work. ”

"Thank you Your Highness for your compassion, but Weichen has entrusted your Majesty with the order that it is my duty to deliver the princess safely, not to mention the hard work. ”

Chen Fu and Gao Heng looked at each other, although what they said was a pleasant greeting, they didn't feel stiff and cold, and it didn't seem to be perfunctory in front of people at all.

After Chen Fu explained some matters to Gao Heng, he would be welcomed into the city by Gao Heng's men, enter the palace for a while, and then go to the Taiji Hall to face Emperor Zhou.

"Gao Heng, the prince of Zhou, came to welcome the princess into the city on the order of his father. ”

Gao Heng saluted Princess Nanchu in the carriage, and after a while, he heard a beautiful and sweet female voice coming from the carriage.

"I have admired the name of His Royal Highness King Yan for a long time, and it is really an honor for Xi'er to be personally welcomed into the city by His Royal Highness today. ”

As soon as he heard Princess Yuanxi's words, Cheng Jinzhi, who was standing on the side, immediately jumped between his eyebrows, and pouted his lips with a somewhat strange complexion, always feeling a little awkward.

Gao Heng obviously didn't expect that this princess, who had never met him, would recognize his title, and a look of surprise quickly flashed in his eyes, and then he said indifferently: "Thanks to the princess's praise, my father has been waiting for your country and his party in the Taiji Palace, and after entering the palace, I can go to the Taiji Palace to meet my father." ”

"There's no hurry. The voice in the carriage sounded again, "I heard that His Royal Highness King Yan is brave and good at fighting, and once defeated the Red Feather Army of the Western Jin Dynasty with his own strength, I think you Zhou people will not just talk on paper." Xi'er has been learning martial arts with a master in the Central Plains since she was a child, and since she was able to see His Royal Highness in person today, she wanted to try her hand at it, and asked His Royal Highness King Yan not to be surprised. ”

As soon as Yuan Xi's words fell, as the gauze tent on the carriage flipped for a while, he saw a red figure suddenly flying out of the carriage, Cheng Jinzhi looked at it attentively, this was a beautiful young woman wearing a fiery red wedding dress.

Although she is a Chu person, her appearance is not much different from the Zhou people in the Central Plains, the willow leaves bend her eyebrows, the jade face is Qianqian, and there is a trace of smart and uninhibited arrogance condensed between her eyebrows, and at a glance, she does not seem to belong to the kind of gentle and graceful woman that Cheng Jinzhi thinks.

Although she had a heavy wedding dress and headdress, her skills did not look dull and bulky, but she still held a long whip in her hand, and just got out of the carriage and waved towards Gao Heng mercilessly, which frightened everyone and subconsciously took a few steps back.

"Your Highness!"

"Escort, escort!"

I don't know who in the crowd shouted, and the soldiers around him were about to step forward to stop it, but they heard another slightly flirtatious male voice coming from the carriage behind the princess's car.

"Don't be impatient, it's just that the sister has admired His Royal Highness King Yan for a long time, and on a whim, she wants to take this opportunity to learn a thing or two with His Royal Highness. There are so many of you here, are you still afraid that His Royal Highness King Yan will be injured if he loses to a woman?"

Just now, Cheng Jinzhi only wanted to see the true face of Princess Nanchu, but ignored the existence of this other carriage.

Now when he heard the voice, he subconsciously looked up, only to see a young man in a Chu costume unhurriedly lifted the curtain and walked down from the carriage, with a few strange laugh lines piled up in the corners of his eyes.

"Yuan Peng, the prince of Xia Nan Chu, came to escort Princess Yuan Xi into Zhou together. ”