Yi Yin and Zhou Fan followed Zhao Liang to the Zhao Mansion. The pen "fun" pavilion www.biquge.info Zhao Mansion is very large, the periphery is surrounded by a wall, there are wings in the east and west, and the living room is in the middle. Zhao Liang led them along the stone road, and after a while, they arrived at the living room, where he instructed his subordinates to make tea for guests. Zhao Liang stood in the center as the master, and Zhou Fan and Yi Yin sat down on the left and right.

Yi Yin got up and offered the jade toad, and said with a smile: "This pair of jade toads is carved from the finest Hetian jade in the Western Regions - mutton fat jade, which is small and expensive. Lord Zhao must not be underestimated. ”

"Oh, I really don't have much research on jade, but I've heard of Hetian jade in the Western Regions, which is the best jade in the world, and the mutton fat jade is so valuable that someone will call me." Zhao Liang said.

"Yes, the little one will call right away." The waiter is a pony road.

As soon as Zhou Fan heard Zeng Ji, was it the jade craftsman Zeng Ji that he knew in Sanmiao? Anyway, you'll know when you come. He looked at the jade toad and said: "The toad not only represents wealth, but also represents the literati, Yi Xiang sent the toad to Lord Zhao has his meaning, which means that Lord Zhao is not only a generation of military generals of the Xia Dynasty, but also a generation of civil servants of the Xia Dynasty." ”

"Haha, Commander Zhou is really good at talking, I didn't expect Yi Xiang to send me this pair of toads with this kind of intention, it's really admirable."

"Lord Zhao has talked about it, Yi Yin doesn't dare to be it."

"It's here." The waiter shouted from the pony.

"I have already met Lord Zhao." Zeng was already dressed as a craftsman, and as soon as he entered the living room, he knelt down and bowed.

Zhou Fan's eyes glanced at it, and he knew that it was the Zeng he knew.

"Get up. I have found you from Sanmiao to carve palaces, Yaotai, etc. for the Xia Dynasty, how have you been completed? ”

"The villain is more than half complete, and there is still a small half that has not been completed."

"That's good. It is said that you are also a famous jade carver, and you have a pair of jade toads, do you know them? Zhao Liang picked up the jade toad as he spoke, and gestured.

Zeng had come to Zhao Liang in a slow step, picked up the pair of jade toads, looked left and right, and kept making a "tsk" sound in his mouth, and finally said: "This jade toad is made of the finest Hetian sheep fat jade, this carving is fine, the lines are clear, and the lubrication is like grease, it is indeed a pair of priceless treasures." ”

"Oh, what a priceless pair. Yi Xiang, I, Zhao, am immoral and incompetent, how can I accept such a valuable gift from you, you should take it back. Zhao Liang said deliberately.

"Alas, we came to the summer capital from the Shang Kingdom, and we may have to stay in the palace for many days, and on the day of the court, we still hope that Lord Zhao will take care of it, and we must accept it as a small gift." Yi Yin said.

At this time, a shout came from outside the house: "The emperor has arrived at the palace, please take over Lord Zhao." The waiter received the message from the pony and immediately ran in.

Zhao Liang hurriedly packed up the jade toad, led Yi Yin, Zhou Fan and others, and went to see the driver outside the palace gate together.

On both sides of the palace gate, there are princes and ministers. The emperor's luxury car has slowly arrived.

"Please forgive the emperor, it's too late." Zhao Liang knelt down anxiously.

"Zhao Liang, you can be even, how did you do if the widow wanted to build a palace in the valley?"

"Return to the emperor, receive the emperor's will, have pardoned the death penalty of Heli, and are sending them to visit the site of the valley, and they will be able to return soon."

"The construction of the valley must not be sloppy, and the wizard must be the master of divination."

"Yes, we have asked a sorcerer to divinate the valley of Huashan in the central part of the country."

"That's good. Recently, the widow is in poor health, and wants to build this palace of the long night to rush to rejoice. I hope that the construction can start as soon as possible, and it can also make the widow happy again. ”

"The emperor's dragon body is important, Weichen will speed up and build the Long Night Palace as soon as possible, so that the emperor can reunite and the dragon body recovers!"

"You enter the palace with the widow, and you will be entrusted with all the court affairs, and the widow will rest for a while."

"Obey and respect!"

Zhao Liang went to the palace with the emperor's men.

The next day, Zhou Fan went out of the room early to practice, a set of gossip long fists down, sweating slightly, sitting on the stone bench next to him to rest, he heard a strange sound in the distance, he looked for it along the sound, only to see Yaotai, there are a few palace maids, surrounded by a noble woman. He approached Yaotai curiously, and looked at it intently, several palace maids were holding exquisite cloth in their hands, which were being torn into pieces, and the strange sound came from here. He wondered what kind of colorful flowers were going to be made in the palace, to tear this exquisite cloth into strips? There were not a few torn cloths on the ground, piles and bundles.

"I listened to the sound of your tearing cloth today, how is it different from the past, after I listened to it, why can't I be happy at all?" The lady said angrily.

"Xi Niangniang, the sound of tearing cloth is actually the same as before, the reason why you listen to it is different, is it because you have heard too much of the sound of tearing cloth? Or is it because you're in a bad mood? You see that these hundreds of cloths are almost torn, and the slaves and maids have been torn for a long time, and their hands are torn. One of the palace maids was a little older.

"You still dare to talk back, the imperial dragon is not in good health, I was in a bad mood, so I came to Yaotai, and I wanted you to fight with the sound of tearing cloth, but I didn't expect this sound of tearing cloth to have no fun, and it was always disappointing."

"It's the slave who deserves to die, and she didn't tear this cloth out of a nice sound, which made Xi Niangniang happy." The palace ladies said in unison.

When Zhou Fan heard it, he understood that tearing the cloth into strips was not to do any colorful flowers, but to listen to the sound of tearing the cloth, this Xia Wang Palace is too luxurious, this exquisite cloth is quite expensive in the Xia Dynasty, and it condenses the sweat of many craftsmen.

Is the Xi Niangniang called by the palace maids the sister Xi? Zhou Fan approached again and took a closer look, yes, it was Meixi. He stepped up to Yaotai and bowed to his sister: "Zhou Fan, the commander of the Shang Kingdom, pays a visit to Xi Niangniang. ”

As soon as Meixi heard that it was Zhou Fan who came to see her, she ordered: "This matter of tearing the cloth is stopped, you all let me go down, no one is allowed to come to Yaotai without my permission." ”

"Yes!" The slaves and maids walked down the yaotai one after another.

"It's been four years since Yi Cheng was separated, so don't come back to the senior brother, right?" My sister said happily.

"Thanks to the blessing of my sister, my brother has a big life, and he is not dead." Zhou Fan said.

My sister was happy to see Zhou Fan's words, so she said: "It seems that you came to the summer palace this time for a purpose, is it the murder of Xia Wang on behalf of the king of Shang?" You're here to ask me for your help? ”

"No, the king of Shang is kind-hearted, and he sent us here to assist him in governing the country and persuade him to reform his ways."

After all, after so many years, is Meixi still the original Meixi? Has the privileged life of the summer palace changed her? Zhou Fan didn't dare to tell the truth.

"Have you forgotten your master's dying instructions?" My sister said happily.

"Senior brother hasn't forgotten, but has senior sister forgotten?"

"I haven't forgotten, how long will I stay here? To outsiders, I am the happiest person in the world, rich, powerful, and almost as long as I can think of it. Actually, no, I'm the most miserable person in the world. Sister Xi said bitterly.

"What do you mean by that?" Zhou Fan asked tentatively.

"Others don't understand me, I'm excusable, do you still understand me, senior brother? At the beginning, in order not to marry my mother's enemy, King Xia, I betrayed my family with my stamina and died nine times, but you saved me. Later, it was you and the master who persuaded me, thought for the sake of the common people in the world, asked me to marry the king of Xia, confuse the king of Xia, and make the Xia dynasty perish as soon as possible. For so many years, I have been following your original teachings all the time, leading the Xia King to do evil, making him waste government affairs, and now the Xia Dynasty is getting poor, you are good, but you have come to assist him in governing the country, and you have to help him reform himself! What kind of reasoning is this, are you playing with me? Although I have countless jewelry toys, I always wonder when I will be able to leave Xia Wangji and live a peaceful life. Meixi cried bitterly.

"Senior sister does have some truth in what she said. However, the most virtuous Ming Jun of contemporary times is none other than the King of Shang, and only the King of Shang can undertake the historical mission of overthrowing the Xia Dynasty, and we can only obey the orders of the King of Shang in order to complete the instructions of the master. The king of Shang must have a reason for telling us to do this, and this is indeed to make you wronged. Oh, by the way, you gave me a boost, and I brought his relics. Zhou Fan was still a little uneasy, and didn't tell her the real purpose of their coming to the Xia Dynasty to act as spies. He interrupted the topic and took out the handkerchief from his breast pocket and handed it to Meixi.

"You saw the stamina, he fell off the cliff and didn't die? How did he die later? Sister Xi saw the handkerchief, on which there were flowers that she had repaired with her own hands, and the past was like smoke, and it poured into her mind, and she was heartbroken, and tears flowed down drop by drop.

"It's a long story, the stamina died to save me, he is a real man." Zhou Fan said.

"Now I realize that I have been so obsessed with it from beginning to end. This handkerchief has his blood, and I want to keep it as a memento. Meixi folded the handkerchief and put it in her pocket.

"Is King Xia okay with you?" Zhou Fan asked again.

"He's been very nice to me, and he's obedient." Meixi replied

"Then why are you still in such pain?"

"Don't you really know? Or is it self-pretending? ”

Zhou Fan heard her hoarse question, but didn't dare to say it again, could he understand her?

Then she said, "Although I have the name of husband and wife with King Xia, I have nothing to do with husband and wife, he is old, no matter how good the aphrodisiac elixir is, it will not help him." He only used me as a plaything, and I used his power to make some excessive demands on him in order to vent my inner pain and anger. ”

"But your excessive demand is only for your personal selfish desires, but it has hurt how many people in the world. Look at this exquisite cloth, but you tear so many cloths to shreds in order to listen to the sound of tearing cloth, how many people in the world have no clothes and quilts! In my opinion, what you have done is too much, and you have not considered the common people in the world at all, and this matter is also our fault for not making it clear to you in the first place. Zhou Fan Zhenzhen said.

"Look at it, even you say this about me, no wonder people all over the world say that my sister is a red face and a disaster, people in the world say this about me, I don't blame them, I can understand them, but you say this, I can't understand it. You say that, then you tell me what to do? I think that only by doing this can the Xia Dynasty perish as soon as possible. Although this was a bit miserable for the people, it made the Xia King lose the hearts of the people, and the Shang King won the hearts of the people, didn't this promote the Xia Dynasty to come to an end as soon as possible? Meixi cried out again bitterly.

Zhou Fan was also very sad when he heard her aggrieved voice from the bottom of his heart, thinking that what she said was not unreasonable, and he was silent.

Seeing that Zhou Fan didn't speak again, he must have understood her, so she further said: "Senior brother, I don't want to be a spy anymore, I really can't stand it, you take me away, I don't want to stay in this summer palace anymore." After that, she desperately approached Zhou Fan, and grabbed Zhou Fan's neck with both hands, at this time she completely lost the dignity of her mother, more like a little girl who had been greatly wronged.

Zhou Fan quickly removed her hands, flashed to the side, and said, "You want to kill me, you are a mother, you behave like this, so that people can see it, I will die without a place to bury." ”

"You don't have to be afraid, now this palace is almost an empty palace, except for the emperor who is sick and bedridden, all the princes and ministers have been sent to the princes to destroy the grain, it is said that there is a country, there is no tribute for several years, and the king of Xia will send troops to fight them. In this way, not only did the royal palace become an empty palace, but even the summer capital became an empty city. Sister Xi said.

Zhou Fan thought that Youyi was a neighbor of the Shang State, and now it had been submitted to the Shang State, if the Xia army started a war against the Shang State, it would definitely be unfavorable to the Shang State, and it was necessary to bring this news back to the Shang State as soon as possible. Zhou Fan replied: "In addition to the princes and ministers in this palace, there are also palace maids and their miscellaneous servants, if they see it, it will be terrible." ”

"You don't have to say any more, I'd rather go back to the way before and come back to you. If you don't want to keep me, I will even go back to the country where you used to be a slave. I don't want to have any big ambitions, I just want to live a peaceful and stable life. I don't care about anything now, you take me away, I don't want to bear the charge of this disaster to the country and the people in my life. "My sister cried constantly.

Zhou Fan only now fully understood Meixi's heart, and it seemed that she was really wronged. In the world, people can not only be satisfied with material wealth, but sometimes spiritual wealth exceeds the need for material wealth. Meixi is materially the most satisfied, but her inner world is extremely painful, so she said that, all of which was unexpected by him. He wanted to reproach her hatefully for ignoring the suffering of the people in the world, but he didn't expect her to be so unwilling to live this kind of life. Therefore, he had to persuade: "You think about it rationally, if you go with me now, what will be the consequences, you and I will not only not be able to go, but we may both be killed, and now we have come to this point, only to go on, the so-called bow without turning back, this is the truth." To be negotiable...... When a new dynasty is established, we will be reunited. In these years and the years to come, even if you have suffered for the people of the world, for the country, for your mother, for your stamina, and for me, will you suffer for a few more years? Zhou Fan casually talked about the establishment of the Shang Dynasty, and immediately felt that something was wrong, so he changed his mouth to the new dynasty.

Meixi listened to Zhou Fan's words, dispelled the original desperate impulse, she thought about it for a while, Zhou Fan said that it does make sense, and only by going on can there be a good result. She put away her tears and said: "If the new dynasty is established, you must tell all people that you have my share of credit, and publish all my truths to the public, and do not make me suffer the grievances of the whole world, and bear the infamy of the world, my sister will die even if she dies." ”

"Please rest assured at this point, after the establishment of the new dynasty, even if I Zhou Fan dies, I must entrust all the truth about you to the new king, announce it to the world, and clear your grievances."

"You are not allowed to say such unlucky words, after the new dynasty is built, you and I will be reunited."

After the above conversation, he felt that Meixi was completely trustworthy, so he said: "From this point of view, your Meixi is still the previous Meixi, the original intention has not changed, please forgive what I just said, I have something to hide from you, now I can tell you frankly, in fact, this time we were entrusted by the King of Shang to come to the Xia Dynasty, nominally the Shang State is to send Yi Xiang and me to explain to the emperor the annexation of the Ge Kingdom, and to assist the Xia Dynasty, in fact, to probe the reality of the Xia Dynasty." The current Shang State does not yet have the ability to openly compete with the Xia Dynasty, so you have to provide us with more real information about the Xia Dynasty, and what we have to do is to help the Shang State gradually become stronger. Is the news that you just said that the Xia army is going to fight the country of Youyi accurately? ”

"Exactly."

At this time, a woman came running and said, "The emperor called Niangniang over." ”

Meixi originally wanted to teach her why she came in, but as soon as she heard that it was the emperor who called her, she immediately said goodbye to Zhou Fan.

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