184.Xia Ji's Troubled Times (24)
Xun Kingdom, in the Sheep Tongue Mansion, the current head of the Sheep Tongue family is warmly entertaining a man who can't hide his handsome and dusty temperament.
"Brother Qu, you didn't come to Xun Kingdom to poach people from me, right?"
"Now that Brother Sheeptongue knows, I don't have to beat around the bush. As you said, I want some young men from you to help my apprentice. The Sheep Tongue family is flourishing and the descendants are prosperous, Brother Sheep Tongue will not be stingy with these people, right?" Qu Wu unceremoniously put forward his own request and handed a bamboo slip in his hand to the other party.
"Brother Qu is not kind. My eldest son, Shu Xiang, was originally the most promising one of his generation, and he was determined to inherit our family business early on, but you abducted him to Chen Guo to help your apprentice. It's so bad that I have to raise a new son now. Are you embarrassed to bring someone up again?"
As soon as Yang Yuzhi saw the name on the bamboo slip, his eyes widened, and when he talked about the eldest son, he immediately felt depressed, and took a big sip of the pear blossom white next to him, regardless of the spicy entrance of the spirit.
He promised Mrs. Xia that she could not go to the Jin Kingdom as an official, but the prince of Xun had just passed away, and the monarch was already old. When the time comes, will all of Uncle Xiang's ambitions be wasted? Although Chen Guo can only be regarded as a medium-sized country, he is very close to my disciple, and it is not impossible for him to do something. ”
The sheep tongue has nothing to say when he listens. This matter was indeed caused by Xia Ji, even if it was him, he had to agree to whatever Xia Ji asked at that time. From this point of view, the other party is still very kind, and did not ask for the sheep snake family to be difficult to do or bleed.
"You said that Mrs. Xia, why did you make that kind of request to Uncle Xiang?" said Yang Tongue Job, puzzled. For a long time, whenever he thought about it, he felt very puzzled.
Since it is her request, it must have a deep meaning. Whatever the reason, I think he is very fond of Shuxiang, and he cares a little bit about the younger generation. So don't worry about it!Back to my question just now, you have to give me a few people, and you have to be talented, don't think about changing the topic and fooling the past!" Qu Wu looked at the sheep tongue and said.
The skin of the sheep tongue is slightly hot. He originally knew that his old friend had come to visit specially, and he must have come prepared, and he couldn't shirk the request, so he did have a little bit of a mind to fish in troubled waters. But now that he has been exposed by the other party, he really doesn't want several good seedlings in the family to be picked up by the other party, so he has to persuade him to eat vigorously.
"Today we will talk about wine, not about business! Come, you see this honey-stuffed cockle, is the Xun country's unique pike crab with salt water slightly boiled, just the color change then scooped up, broken, the chelae meat picked out, the strands chopped into small pieces, arranged in the shell, with a little honey into the egg stirred evenly, poured again, and then steamed on the egg with paste. As soon as the eggs were dry, they were served on a plate. The smell is full of fragrance, the entrance is tender and soft, and it is guaranteed that after you eat it, you will not know the taste of meat for at least three days!"
The sheep tongue job enthusiastically introduced the special food of Xunguo.
Qu Wu did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and slowly tasted the delicious food in front of him. What I want is not an unknown person, and I can't force the other party to agree at once. Taking his time, he was ready to fight a protracted battle until the other party promised him.
The moon is in the sky, and the cool breeze is slow. Qu Wu was dressed in white, holding a bottle of peach blossom brew in his hand, standing by a pavilion, looking at the bright moonlight. What was she doing? Was she already resting, or was she thinking about someone like herself, looking at the moonlight? Has she ever thought of herself during this time?
Qu Wu took a sip of the peach blossom brew in his hand and shook his head slightly. He has traveled to so many countries, and only this peach blossom brew made by her has faded away from the bitterness, and it is full of clear and sweet taste. The thoughts in Qu Wu's heart stretched into a line, finely intertwined, and filled his heart.
A white dove flew from afar. Qu Wu stretched out his hand and let it rest on his right arm, turned back to the pavilion, took a piece of pastry from the table with his left hand, crumpled it finely and sprinkled it on the edge of the table, and let the white dove bow his head and eat it. Then he took a piece of silk silk the size of a thumb from the white dove's feet, unfolded it layer by layer under the moonlight, and took the lantern by the pavilion and looked at it carefully.
Looking at it, Qu Wu's sword eyebrows furrowed. Who are these people, who dare to pursue Xia Ji? Dead three wives, spoiled concubines and killed wives, had evil mothers-in-law at home, raised several outer rooms, and had a bad illness...... Qu Wu really wanted to run to the forest and beat them all away.
A woman like Xia Ji, there are few men in this world who are worthy of it, let alone these people?
Qu Wu originally wanted to help Xia Nan build a prosperous country, and proposed to Xia Ji as an employee, but in the current situation, he really had to hesitate whether to go to Chen Guo first and trample all the rotten peach blossoms staring at Xia Ji into mud.
At the same time, the sheep tongue who lived in the guest room of Zhulin was secretly thinking, Qu Bo received the information from him, would he run back directly in worry?
He specifically singled out the people who were full of these problems from among the suitors of Madame Xia and sued Qu Bo. If he is indifferent, next time he will pick up some particularly good conditions to sue him, so that he has a sense of crisis!
Lamb Tongue was thinking as he drank the authentic peach blossom brew produced in the forest. Mrs. Xia handed over the practice of peach blossom brewing to a reliable subordinate, and now the yield of peach blossom brewing in the forest has increased significantly, and he can already drink it as water, as much as he wants.
"Your Excellency!" a figure trotted all the way to the sheep's tongue.
The sheep's tongue looked fixedly, isn't this the auspiciousness of Xia Nan's personal inner prison!
"Jixiang, why don't you serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince well, what are you doing here with me?" asked with a raised eyebrow.
"My lord, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who asked me to invite you. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was furious just now and threw a lot of things, so hurry up and take a look!" Ji Xiang said anxiously.
"What's going on?" Sheep's instinct was a little unpleasant. Xia Nan's temperament has always been kind, how can he be so angry that he still has something?
"I don't know. Originally, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as usual, brought the recital back for review. But when I saw a silk book, I suddenly got angry, my face turned red, and then I threw a lot of things. Jixiang replied. He had never seen his master so angry.
Silk scripts?In these days, the general chapters were written in simple books, and only the texts of the diplomatic relations of various countries and the will of the king were used in silk books. Could it be that there is something wrong with the border? The sheep tongue has gone through the recent border between Chen and other countries in his mind, and there are no territorial disputes!
"I know, let's go, I'll take a look!" Sheep Tongue added a dark coat and got up and walked out.
When the sheep tongue rushed to the Lingshuang Pavilion where Xia Nan lived, Xia Nan still had residual anger on his face.
Lingshuang Pavilion is a new attic that Xia Ji asked a craftsman to give him after Xia Nan returned to China. Because the prince has the prince's room system, even if he only comes back for a few days a month, he has to follow the etiquette system, and he can't be as casual as before. Otherwise, those Yanchen would stare at Xia Nan and talk about it until he was tired of listening to them.
"Why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looking for Weichen so late?" asked as he bowed and saluted.
"You don't have to be so polite in front of me. You all go down!" Xia Nan dismissed the crowd, then picked up a silk book embroidered with silver satin and gold rimmed from the table that was piled up like a hill of chapters, handed it to the sheep's tongue and said, "Uncle Xiang, take a look!"
Yang Yudi took the silk book, opened it, and immediately understood why Xia Nan was so angry.
It turned out that the monarch of Chu didn't know who he heard about Xia Ji's beauty, and probably related to her previous prophecy, and he didn't know who instigated him, so he wrote a letter to Chen Linggong, asking him to send Xia Ji to Chu State, and the king of Chu was "willing to treat her as a concubine". If Chen Linggong didn't send Xia Ji within a month, he would hit Chen Guolai and rob it himself.
Chen Linggong was too lazy to deal with political affairs every day, and all the recitals were sent directly to Xia Nan. When Xia Nan saw the letter, he was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. Can anyone think about his mother? King Chu is lustful**, and everyone knows it, how could he let his mother fall into the hands of that kind of person?
Sheep tongue is Xia Nan's most trusted person, so after Xia Nan calmed down, he called him over to discuss how to solve this matter.
After Chen Linggong's devastation over the years, Chen Guo's current national strength is really a gap between an egg and a stone compared to Chu State. Fight, definitely can't beat. Of course, Xia Nan didn't want Chen Guo to be destroyed, and he didn't want his mother to suffer. So it's actually quite difficult to do.
He thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a suitable solution. The idea of the king of Chu not being able to fulfill his wish to attack the state of Chen is probably true, because the concubine he loves the most now is the one who fought with other countries and grabbed it. It's possible to do it again.
Unless there is some chaos in the Chu State, the King of Chu can't care about this matter...... The sheep's tongue suddenly blessed the soul, and the eyes brightened. If the Chu State wants to make a mess, it must be done by the Chu State's own people! The Qu family has a deep foundation in the Chu State, and it will definitely be able to make some trouble!
Sheep Tongue immediately began to write letters to Qu Wu.
Before Qu Wu left Xun State, he received another letter from Yang Yu. After reading it, he became angry and hurriedly mobilized the Qu family's people in Chu to investigate this matter, and at the same time he himself began to rush in the direction of Chu State.
Three days later, Qu Wu knew what had happened. It turned out that it was Sima Zi of Chu who instigated the king of Chu to do this. It's a good one, the relationship between the King of Chu and the Qu family was just a matter of dividing the relationship before, and now he dares to coerce his beloved woman! Qu Wu decided to give him a powerful taste.
The king of Chu was waiting for Chen Linggong to send the beautiful woman who was alluring to the country and the city that Zizhong said, and suddenly received a joint report letter from several courtiers who had been missing for several days, reporting that Zizhong's Sima Mansion had a large number of armor hidden in it, as well as the royal robe.
Those courtiers said that Zizhong wanted to win them over, so they showed them those things, wanting to increase their confidence in the success of the rebellion. But they were unwilling to betray the king of Chu, so they were chased and killed by Zizhong.
Zizhong is the cousin of the king of Chu, and the two grew up together, but those courtiers did disappear for several days, and when they appeared in front of the king of Chu, they were still wounded, and one of their arms was about to be cut off. Besides, these courtiers are not petty officials, and one of them is even ranked in Jiuqing!
So although he didn't believe it so much, the king of Chu still asked him to check Sima's mansion. I didn't know if I didn't check it, but I was shocked that what those courtiers said turned out to be true! In addition to the armor and royal robes, Sima also found a lot of letters in Sima Mansion about colluding with others and attempting to rebel.
Something like this happened in the state of Chu, and the high-level officials of the state of Chu carried out a major reshuffle. The King of Chu didn't have the heart to think about any more beauties in the short term. Natsuhime is finally safe again.