After the lord of Buyeo went in to discuss the matter with Xiong Qu, the commander of the guards, the main hall did not know what to do for a while, because the first cup of wine had to be ordered by the most honorable person at the banquet. So, the Empress of Buyeo asked the master of ceremonies to offer another round of fruits, roughly including apples, large white apricots, perfumed pears, water plums, sand fruits, hawthorns, grapes, and so on.

While eating fruits, everyone listened to the pipa and admired the vigorous dancing of the dancing girl, for Wang Zizhao and the other three entourages, this long-lost feeling was like a world away.

About three quarters of an hour later, Gao Tanli finally stepped out of the apse, looking red and happy, and raised his glass to invite: "The lonely king has delayed everyone's time because of a little trivial matter, and I also invite you to drink heartily, not drunk and homeless." So the hall began to stagger, the guests and hosts were happy, smiling and smiling, and a peaceful place.

After about half an hour, everyone suddenly remembered that Zhu Meng and Yun Shu had been out to change their clothes for a long time, so Gao Tanli glanced at Xiong Qu and asked Xiong Qu to find out. Xiong Qu led the guards to search left and right, but they almost overturned the entire palace, and they still didn't see the two of them. So, Xiong Qu immediately realized that Zhu Meng might have come out of his shell, and hurriedly ran back to the main hall to have a few words with Gao Tan, and then led his troops to chase him out.

After Gao Tanli received the secret report, he remained silent on the surface, and continued to invite everyone present to drink. Wang Zizhao and they were not easy to shirk and were not strong enough to drink, so they all fell drunk on the main hall.

When the next day's sunlight had already penetrated through the cloister and reached the window grilles on the windows of the state guesthouse, Wang Zizhao and the others were still hungover. Suddenly, there was a commotion, and it turned out that the official in charge of the arrest had come to the state guesthouse, and the celebrant hurriedly stepped forward.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: After the banquet was completed yesterday, when the chief chef counted the gold and silver utensils this morning, he found that a gold cup was missing, and he suspected that someone had taken it out of the palace privately. This cup has always been cherished by me, so I specially ordered the people of the arrest department to come and search it. Do not disturb idle people. Gifted, the Ministry of Rites kneeled in peace. ”

Wang Zizhao and the others didn't have time to put on their coats, and they were taken to the reception hall of the state guesthouse in a daze, and then they saw a small official who was arrested and didn't know from which room to hold a gold cup, Wang Zizhao fixed his eyes, and sure enough, it was the gold cup style used by the lord of Fuyu at the banquet last night.

"Say, our Majesty treats you as honored guests, why do you collude to hide the golden cup that our Majesty likes to use." Xiong Qu called Wang Zizhao and the other seven people in turn one by one to inquire.

"Wronged! My lord. The villain was really drunk last night, and he didn't know about the golden cup. I have asked four in a row, and all I get is this sentence. Then, of course, there was inevitably torture to extract confessions, the sound of whipping, and the shouts continued to reach the front hall through the fence.

When the fifth suspect was brought in, before he had time to interrogate, he suddenly knelt down towards Xiong Qutong and said, "The only son of the Empress of Yunmengguo is in my hands."

Xiong Qu signaled to step back left and right, and looked at the person in front of him, he was still handsome, more than seven feet tall, and he didn't panic when he met his majestic gaze.

The suspect walked straight to the table, and at this time the knife and pencil officer had already gone out, he dipped his hand in ink, and wrote on the confession, "The only son of the Empress of Yunmengguo is in my hands." Eleven words.

Xiong Qu took out a piece of cloth that he picked up in front of Chonghua Palace during the patrol of the Guards last night, and the handwriting on it seemed to be handwritten with blood, although it was already a little blurry, but after comparing the handwriting, Xiong Qu showed a smug smile on his face.

Besides, the four people who were interrogated in front of them and the rest of Wang Zizhao and Zhou Jin, who had not yet been interrogated, were still kneeling in the lobby, but Tian Xi and the others were a little skinny because they had been beaten dozens of whips, and they suddenly didn't hear the shouts inside at this time, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

After Xiong Qu came out, he directly ordered Wang Zizhao to be searched, and then the soldier took out a sachet from Wang Zizhao's waist and handed it to Xiong Qu. Wang Zizhao stretched out his hand to snatch it back, but was stopped by Zhou Jin.

Xiong Qu fixed his eyes and saw that this was really an ingenious sachet, the body of the bag was made of golden brocade, embroidered with five common poisons such as centipedes, poisonous snakes, scorpions, geckos and toads. Although the sachet is small, but the materials are exquisite, the workmanship is exquisite, the image of the five poisons is lifelike, look carefully again, the inconspicuous place on the sachet is also embroidered with the word "phoenix" of a phoenix.

So, Xiong Qu didn't dare to slack off, and took Wang Zizhao and the other six people into separate custody, and then took the sachet to meet the lord Gao Tanli. Poor Prince Zhao, yesterday's high-ranking guest, today's prisoner, I don't know that an earth-shattering change is slowly brewing for his own reasons.

But said that in the blink of an eye, the Qianqiu Festival of Yunmeng Country is close at hand, and Wang Chang, the lord of Yunmeng Country, at the suggestion of Shuguifei, decided to set up his birthday on the fifth day of September every year as a festival. On the fifth day of September every year, Wang Chang and the queen, the concubine and others also have to climb the calyx tower in the Xingqing Palace of Beijing to hold a grand banquet and music and dance performances, and enjoy with the civil and military officials and the common people. After the event, the ministers will present a variety of exquisite bronze mirrors to the emperor, Wang Chang also awarded bronze mirrors to ministers above the fourth grade, in order to imply beauty, Wang Chang decided to use the word "Qianqiu" as the name of the bronze mirror, and the bronze mirror made by Yunmengguo during this period is also called "Qianqiu Mirror".

This year, because Yunmengguo swept away the Changrong tribes, all the countries in the Western Regions sent envoys to celebrate his birthday, and as a thank you for Yunmengguo's donation of 100,000 stone of grain last time, Taibai Kingdom also sent an envoy to congratulate him on his birthday, and by the way to discuss the marriage of the seventh princess (at this time, the news of Wang Zizhao's disappearance has been kept tight-lipped, so the outside world does not know). At the same time, Yue Guoguo also wanted to take this opportunity to visit the eldest princess who was married far away, so he also sent an envoy to come. It's just that I didn't expect that Buyeo State, which has not been in contact for more than 30 years, also sent envoys to congratulate the birthday, and it seems that this year is destined to be a lively Qianqiu Festival.

Because of the holiday, the common people will also hold various celebrations during these three days, so the Beijing division is full of lights and joy. Wang Ziqian also didn't need to read and learn calligraphy during the Qingqiu Festival, so he took Fei Xiang to the street to join in the fun.

I saw a crowd in front of a stall in the East Market, and it turned out that someone was shooting. Shooting is an extremely popular guessing game similar to divination in the upper class society of Yunmeng Kingdom. Covering an object under a pot, bowl, or other utensils makes people guess what is inside. Generally, most of the items hidden in the shooting are some daily necessities, such as hand towels, fans, pen and ink, boxes and jars, etc. The prince was always quick-witted, so he squeezed in.