When Zhao's mother came to Xu Li's mansion, Mrs. Sikong hurriedly went out to greet her, the two met when they were young, Mrs. Sikong always regarded Zhao's mother as a sister, so when the two met, they were no longer subtle, and directly began to talk about the marriage between Sikong Yi and Zhao Kuo.

Weddings are not easy to complete, as long as everything involves a ceremony, it seems to become troublesome, and this is especially true of marriage. It was originally two men and women who loved each other and agreed to spend their lives together, but I don't know when it began, it became a huge face project, and the affairs of men and women gradually spread to their parents, families, clans, and villagers.

The marriage ceremony is for the six rites, including Nacai, Najib, Najib, Nazheng, Invitation, and Welcome. Of course, the marriage of the common people is very simple, and it is also the least troublesome, not only because the common people do not deserve to have a gift, but because the common people are the private property of the superior for a long time, similar to the cattle and sheep in the family, the cattle and sheep are married, and it is good to have more children, so do you want to encourage the cattle and sheep to organize any wedding?

Therefore, in many countries, there is a compulsory marriage for the common people, as well as a series of systems such as remarriage, if you don't get married, you will be punished, and if you don't get married, you will be officially found a wife, and the beloved person is not allowed to observe the festival after the death of the war, and you must remarry immediately, do not engage in cumbersome weddings, marry directly, and give birth to a few healthy children to increase the number of soldiers in the country.

Of course, the country is still different from country to country, and in the Zhao country, the wedding of the common people is not prohibited. The more prominent the person, the more cumbersome the wedding, such as the first item of Nacai, which is to ask a matchmaker to propose marriage, but ordinary people only need to bring meat and the like, and give it to the woman. However, a person of Zhao Kuo's level probably has to prepare thirty kinds of auspicious gifts to give to the woman.

If King Zhao is married... Well... That could be more.

Because of this, it takes a long time, it only takes a few days for the common people to complete these rituals, but it takes months or even years for the nobles, I heard that the wedding of the Qi country is the most cumbersome, and it takes more than a year for the nobles to get married, and I don't know whether it is true or not. But Zhao Kuo is a little different here, first of all, now is a period of collapse and happiness, and there are few nobles who pay attention to etiquette, not to mention, Zhao's mother can't wait to let Zhao Kuo become a family.

Xu Li is the same here, most of the people who are the same age as Sikong Yi have children at the moment, and of course they are also very anxious, so the two parties agreed to make every effort to reduce the cumbersome etiquette and let the two children get married as soon as possible.

At this time, King Zhao was holding Zheng Anping's hand and opening a banquet to entertain Zheng Anping. In the palace, the lights were bright, the dancers were dancing enthusiastically, the musicians played music, the ministers sat around, Lian Po sat at the top, this time, he made a great contribution, forced Zheng Anping, Zhao Wang was very happy, in this night, Zhao Wang said to Lian Po has been more than usual in a few months.

Everyone is praising General Lian Po's exploits, Lian Po raised his head high, Lian Po is arrogant, and likes to show off his exploits, but such a person does not make others feel disgusted, and no one despises his behavior, a real person like him is obviously much more lovely than those colleagues around him who are full of smiles. Zheng Anping sat on his knees cautiously, looking at King Zhao gratefully, and often looked at the people around him seriously.

Seeing that he was always looking around, King Zhao asked, "What are you looking at?" ”

Zheng Anping hurriedly said: "The minister heard that there are countless talents in Zhao, and there are many talents, and when I saw the sages in the palace today, I realized that others are not exaggerating, Zhao is like a river, and the sages swim in the river like carp, and the ministers have the heart to make friends with them, and they are worried because they don't have that kind of qualifications." King Zhao stroked his beard and laughed out loud.

Zheng Anping quickly figured out the character of King Zhao, and he was specifically looking for the talents of Zhao to praise, from Xinling Jun to Ma Fujun, and then praise Lian Po, Tian Dan, Lejian, Tian Yue, even the young Sima Shang, he did not let go, King Zhao laughed, the more he looked at Zheng Anping, the happier he was, and the ministers who were praised were also very happy, and everyone here didn't even dare to say, and only Yushi Zhao Hui looked a little sullen.

On weekdays, he praised King Zhao like this and made King Zhao happy, usually he did it, but now seeing that his things were done by Zheng Anping, he naturally couldn't be happy, and there were a few important ministers who didn't come, Yu Qing, Dong Chengzi, and Xu Li didn't come to the banquet, they were still busy with their own things. The banquet continued, and King Zhao staggered to his feet and looked at Lian Po.

He said seriously: "General Lian Po has once again defeated a strong enemy for the widows!" Such a merit cannot be unrewarded! What do you think? Hearing King Zhao's words, the banquet suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at Lian Po. Lian Po trembled a little all over, his heart was indescribably excited, he grinned, and the time he dreamed of seemed to have come.

A long time ago, he had made an agreement with Lin Xiangru that whoever became the feudal king first would toast him.

In the past, it was not easy to get a feudal monarch, only those clans, which had such qualifications, and now that this King Zhao ascended the throne, the feudal monarchs of Zhao suddenly increased, and the city was exchanged for Tiandan, and King Zhao directly named him Dupingjun. Le Yi came, without any merit, directly Wangzhujun, as well as Zhao Kuo's Ma Fujun, Wei Wuji was directly rewarded as a food yi, because the king of Wei did not take back the Xinling, so he did not seal it again, but he had Zhao Shiyi, which was already the king of Zhao State.

It was the music room that came to serve recently, and after returning from South Korea, King Zhao was stunned to inherit the position of Wang Zhujun on the grounds that he had made outstanding contributions to helping neighboring countries.

Lian Po is not greedy for status, what he cares about is just to prove that he is not worse than Tian Dan, Le Yi, Zhao Kuo, and Wei Wuji! He can also fight and govern the country! If King Zhao can give them such respect, he should give him the same courtesy. Lian Po straightened up and looked at everyone proudly. King Zhao smiled and said: "The widow wants to reward Weiwen to General Lian Po as a food and seal a letter to Pingjun, how about this matter?" ”

When King Zhao asked, everyone catered to him, and Zhao Hui said: "General Lian Po's merits, it is okay to receive such a reward." ”

After getting the approval of everyone, King Zhao made a decision, Lian Po, no, Xin Pingjun, his face turned red at the moment, and he bowed down to King Zhao, and the feeling of achieving his ambition was really exciting, the only regret was that his old friend had not seen this scene with his own eyes, and saw that he had become a feudal monarch, Lian Po did not think that the day of the feudal monarch would come so quickly, so that he did not think about what to say.

Should I thank the Emperor for his reward, or should I express my ambition to continue to fight for Zhao in the future?

Lian Po was conceiving words.

Zheng Anping said just right: "General Lian Po's bravery, I have seen it, like a tiger on the battlefield, no one can stop it, and now I have been rewarded by the king, this is exactly the virtuous minister who met the lord of Ming...", King Zhao laughed again, his expression became solemn again, looked at Zheng Anping, and he said seriously: "Even if General Zheng Anping understands his mistakes, gives up his wealth in the Qin State, and comes to serve, the widow wants to give him Wuyang and seal Wuyang Jun, what do you think?" ”

"Huh?" , Zheng Anping was stunned.

Fengjun??

Not only Zheng Anping, everyone present was a little stunned, including Lian Po, who was thinking about words, everyone looked at Zheng Anping in surprise, but no one opened their mouths to dissuade them, Zheng Anping's eyes widened, looking at King Zhao, King Zhao didn't look like he was joking, Zheng Anping hurriedly said: "Shangjun, I am just a defeated general, and I have not made any contributions, and I do not deserve your reward." ”

"Hahaha, if it weren't for your righteousness... General Lian Po may not be able to calm the war situation so quickly, so please don't shirk. King Zhao said, and kindly asked Zheng Anping to sit down, and drank with everyone again, Zheng Anping was restless, facing King Zhao's enthusiasm, but only expressed his feelings. In the crowd, General Lian Po drank wine quietly, one after another.

I don't know why, the excitement of the feudal monarch and the relief that the ambition can be realized are all gone at this moment, and even the wine has become a little bitter.

The banquet continued, King Zhao let the livestock be slaughtered again, saying that he was going to entertain his heroes, General Lian Po left the palace, he was alone, staggered out of the palace gate, in the main hall, the ministers were still carnival, the lights in the hall shone on the back of General Lian Po, illuminating his back, and his face was hidden in the dark, he left the banquet like this, King Zhao probably did not notice that the hero he wanted to reward had left here.

Standing in a corner outside the hall, the drunken and hazy General Lian Po faced the palace wall, untied his clothes, and the water column rushed down, solving his own affairs, and General Lian Po smiled and put on his clothes, and staggered out of the palace.

At the end of the banquet, Zheng Anping worshiped King Zhao again, he was almost excited to cry, thanked King Zhao for his kindness, he left the banquet, returned to the courtyard given to him by King Zhao, this courtyard is not far from the palace, Zheng Anping said goodbye to the ministers warmly, walked into the courtyard, the whole person instantly sobered up, and there was no longer a drunken state, he frowned, his eyes were full of worry.

The guests hurriedly stepped forward and asked about the affairs in the palace, and Zheng Anping said: "The king has registered me as Wuyang Jun." ”

The doormen were overjoyed, these doormen followed him all the way from Wei to Qin, and then rushed to Zhao, they were also trustworthy, they called Wuyangjun, and they all said that they wanted to celebrate, but Zheng Anping sighed, looked around, and then returned to the inner room with everyone, Zheng Anping sat down, looked at everyone, and said seriously: "Zhao is not a suitable place for us to live." ”

Everyone was shocked, but they didn't rush to speak.

Zheng Anping continued: "I am in the Wei State, unknown, because of the marquis, I have been appreciated in the Qin State, but I often have to do more than I can do on my own. But even so, the Qin State is also regarded as a clear reward and punishment, and in the Zhao State, the King of Zhao does not reward Lian Po, who has made great contributions, but is extremely enthusiastic about me, and the ministers know that such a thing is wrong, but no one comes to dissuade it, such a country will definitely perish. ”

The doormen were thoughtful and asked, "Then what should we do?" ”

"You must be cautious, don't provoke right and wrong, try not to get involved in anything...", Zheng Anping said seriously, everyone just nodded, and soon, everyone also left the inner room, Zheng Anping sat alone in the inner room, shaking his head, he is just an ordinary person who wants to live a good life, an ordinary person who spares his life, he does not have the same strategy as Yinghou, let alone lead troops to fight like Bai Qi.

In fact, he had long had the idea of leaving the Qin State, because in the Qin State, no matter what official position he held, he had to lead troops to fight, which was a good thing for others to be promoted, but for Zheng Anping, who spared his life, it was not. Unless you go into the palace and become an important minister of the country, then you don't have to go to war... However, Zheng Anping himself did not have such great talent, this time he fought with Lian Po, as early as when Lian Po was defeated and retreated, he already knew that this was Lian Po's strategy, he saw it, but he had no way to stop it.

Everyone wants to get military merit, he has no prestige, no ability, and he can't control the Qin people who are like tigers and wolves, because of Qin Law, no one dares to persecute him, it's just that he comes to him every day, asks to fight, and doesn't give him the opportunity to close his door, military merit will eat people, and Zheng Anping can only watch in despair as he walked into the ambush.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered the lonely back, General Lian Po who left alone.

Suddenly, he was a little angry, maybe also regretful, Zhao Guo is so heroic... It's a pity that there is a lack of a master who can reuse them, who just gathers the sages around him, but does not know how to appoint them, what is the difference between this and holding the golden silk and not taking them to buy food and starving to death?

At this moment, the angry Yu Qing sat in front of King Zhao.

Yu Qing's eyes widened, his eyes were full of anger, this was not the first time he had treated King Zhao like this, King Zhao was still a little drunk, rubbing his forehead, dizzy, Yu Qing asked loudly: "I heard that Zheng Anping was named a monarch by the emperor, what is the reason for this?!" ”

"Zheng Anping was the first minister to turn his back on the Qin State and serve the Zhao State, and the widow rewarded him, just like the widow rewarded the music room, so that the people of the world knew that the Zhao State valued the virtuous, so that more people would come to serve the Zhao State." , Zhao Wang said seriously.

"Your Excellency... You despise a minister with great martial arts like General Lian Po, but you value a villain like Zheng Anping who surrendered in battle, do you want to recruit more such villains? Such a person, driving a chariot, fighting for you, and encountering a powerful enemy like General Lian Po, will not lay down his arms and surrender again? ”

"No!"

King Zhao said categorically.