Volume 2 The Name of the Handan War Dragon Zhen Zhao Wei Chapter 124 The Meeting of the Princes (II)
This is the second time Lu Yu has set foot in the Zhao Palace. m.
Suddenly there was a very strange feeling, he also went to the Wei Palace twice, and one of them was also a sword competition. It seems that in this era, all countries are more martial arts, because only the stronger they are, can they gain a foothold and occupy an advantage among the princes of the world.
The dinner was still set at Lu Yu and Wei Mingji, who had come to Zichen Palace.
Unlike the last time I came, it was the envoys of various countries in the palace and the royal ministers of the Zhao family.
The king was particular about sitting in the north and facing the south, because in ancient times, the position of the south was regarded as supreme, and the north side symbolized defeat or submission, so the south side was also called the emperor's throne.
The south side was so honorable that in the past, when the people built houses, no one dared to move the idea of the south direction of the meridian, and basically they were all east or west, so as not to violate the king's taboo and suffer.
Therefore, King Zhao's royal seat was set up in the north of the Zichen Hall facing the gate, and the seats on both sides were those of some royal ministers and envoys from various countries.
Lu Yu and Ximen Hou followed Xinlingjun and Wei Mingji into the main hall, and when they passed some seats, many people greeted him, which shows that Xinlingjun does have some prestige among the princes.
The seat of Wei is the fourth seat on the left, and further ahead, it should be the seat of the important ministers of the Zhao royal family, because Lu Yu has already seen Pingyang Jun in the first seat opposite.
The row of seats behind him seemed to be sitting Chu Heng and Jiao Yunke.
Jiao Yunke and Chu Heng also looked at them at this time.
Naturally, it won't be a good face, Lu Yu guessed that Jiao Yunke must be eager to swallow him alive at this time. It was that Chu Heng, whose face was not wavering, but smiled and nodded to him very gracefully.
The three Jin Dynasty are from the same family, and the relationship is better than that with other countries, so Lu Yu guessed that the envoy from South Korea should be opposite them, and a total of five people came.
Suddenly, he saw an "old friend" Yan Guo's drama scales again. Their seats were set up in the fifth seat on the right, just diagonally opposite Lu Yu. When he saw Xin Lingjun, the drama scale stood up and bowed to him.
Then needless to say, the fifth seat that is connected to his side is the Chu State. However, at this moment, there were three people sitting in the seat that Lu Yu didn't know, and Li Yuan was not in the seat, so he didn't know where he went.
Maybe this will be the grandest palace dinner in King Zhao's palace after the Battle of Changping. Everyone present was talking to each other, although it was lively but not noisy.
After entering the table, Ximen Hou whispered to him: "Pingyang Jun really brought Chu Heng and Jiao Yunke, it seems that General Lu must be against Chu Heng tonight." ”
Hearing his words, Wei Mingji turned around and said in a slightly worried tone: "That Chu Heng's swordsmanship is not a general, Lu Yu, you have to be careful." ”
Lu Yu smiled and said: "Thank you princess for your concern, but the princess seems to have forgotten what I said yesterday, as long as I don't die until death, I am sure to win him." ”
As he spoke, another wave of people entered the hall, and most of their eyes were immediately attracted by them.
It turned out to be a woman dressed in a fancy costume and with a graceful posture, and several men entered the arena at the same time. Behind them, there were also a bunch of generals.
Ximen Hou whispered to Lu Yu: "That man is Wu Xiangjun Lecheng." ”
Wu Xiang Junle has an arrogant face, a mediocre appearance, and should be about forty years old, which does not attract people's attention, but the woman next to him, her eyes are like a pool of clear water, her skin is like a pool of water, her skin is like condensed fat, and she is elegant and refined, and the eyes of the guests present are almost attracted by her light spirit.
Li Yuan was actually among them.
When Nale rode past Xinlingjun's seat, Xinlingjun and Wei Mingji got up at the same time and greeted him.
I only heard Xin Lingjun smile and said: "Don't come to harm!"
Le Cheng laughed, said a few polite words, his eyes fell on Lu Yu, and asked, "Presumably this is Jiaolongxia Lu Yu?" ”
Lu Yu hurriedly got up and saluted.
At this time, someone at the seat of Yan Guo snorted coldly.
Le Cheng looked over dissatisfied, and saw a young man beside the drama scale, who was staring at him angrily. Le Cheng didn't get angry, but laughed and said, "It turned out to be Gongzi Dan, Le Cheng is polite." ”
He didn't pay attention to it at the moment, leaned over to Xinlingjun's ear, and whispered: "I hope that General Lu can suppress the arrogance of the two people under Pingyang Jun for Benjun tonight." ”
Lu Yu sighed in his heart, it turned out that the relationship between this Lecheng and Pingyang Jun did not seem to be very good.
"Bell!"
A bell rang, and everyone knew that King Zhao was about to arrive, and immediately entered the table, and the audience slowly quieted down, waiting for him to enter.
Ximen Hou whispered in Lu Yu's ear: "The beautiful woman who entered the palace with Le Cheng is none other than Princess Zhao of Zhao Kingdom. ”
Lu Yu glanced in the direction of the princess, and suddenly lit up.
Because his attention just now was on the envoys of various countries, observing the people who might go into battle to compete with the sword, and because Li Si had ordered the Hua Gu named by Lecheng to accompany him, he would be blasted out of Jinfeng Tower, so when Ximen Hou talked about him, his attention shifted to Lecheng, and he completely ignored the princess of Zhao Kingdom.
Sure enough, the eyebrows are like ink paintings, and the gods are like autumn water. Lu Yu guessed that she was only fifteen or sixteen years old at most, but she was already slim and beautiful, which was really a beautiful scenery in this Zichen Hall at this time.
However, Yu Xin was not seen.
Another bell rang.
The pomp and circumstance of the king entering the palace, Lu Yu had seen it earlier than the Wei State, and this King Zhao was also surrounded by concubines, appeared at the gate of the Zichen Palace, and then strode into the palace.
A graceful, elegant, and dignified lady accompanies King Zhao, presumably Queen Zhao.
Yu Xin also followed behind King Zhao and entered the palace at this time.
Behind them, more than 100 armed guards, after entering the temple, divided into two rows, stood behind the crowd, and a dozen others stood guard on both sides of the throne.
There is no need to see what others do, Lu Yu already has experience, and when King Zhao appeared at the door of the palace, he was already kneeling on the ground like everyone else, waiting for the monarch of Zhao State.
"Secretaries, please."
Everyone present then got up and sat back in the seats.
At the same time, the wine and delicacies were already in the hands of several palace maids, serving them to each table and pouring wine for everyone.
Lu Yu found that he had guessed correctly, the noble lady was the second seat on the right, the same seat as the princess of Zhao Kingdom.
I saw King Zhao glance at the queen, then looked around at everyone, and said loudly: "King Chu of Qin doesn't remember the old feelings, and now he is still forcing my Da Zhao to return the proton by force, and bullying me Da Zhao has no one." This matter has been strongly rejected by the widow a few days ago, teaching him to know that Da Zhao is not easy to bully! ”
Immediately there was a cheer.
King Zhao said: "The Qin people are the generation of wolves and tigers, constantly threatening the princes of the world, and their ambitions have long been known to the people of the world. For a long time, the widows and the princes of various countries have been discussing plans to resist Qin, and now they have finally reached an agreement with Wei, Han, Yan, and Chu to join forces to resist Qin! ”
After saying that, he raised his wine glass and said loudly: "Come, this cup first congratulates me on the alliance between Da Zhao and other countries!" ”
Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all.
King Zhao smiled again: "All the ministers who came on behalf of various countries, now that the five countries have finally come together, it is not in vain that you have come all the way to Handan, so let the widow toast you again." ”
Wei, Han, Chu,
Yan Sixi's people also stood up at the same time and raised their glasses to drink.
In the next link, naturally Lu Yu does not need to guess, and he knows that it is singing and dancing time.
Sure enough, after King Zhao high-fived, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded, accompanied by the melody of the chime, dozens of plump and graceful beauties flew in from outside the hall.
It is said to be flying, because they dance lightly, and with colorful feather coats, they are like fairies flying in.
The singing is tactful and melodious, and the dancing posture is feathered. Even Lu Yu, who is not good at music, thinks it is very beautiful.
Just like the situation in the palace of King Wei last time, the feather coats and gowns on these singers are almost transparent, and the breasts are faintly visible, setting off the figure infinitely graceful, with a fairy-like dance, so that everyone present is immersed in that beautiful fairyland.
When they left the stage, everyone couldn't extricate themselves for a long time.
King Zhao laughed, stood up, and said: "In order to congratulate the five nations on forming a line, the widow has specially prepared a swordsmanship competition for tonight's banquet, and Pingyang Jun will send three swordsmanship masters to learn from everyone present, carry forward the martial spirit, and help the resistance to Qin!" ”
Everyone present also applauded.
King Zhao was very satisfied with everyone's reaction, and then glanced at Pingyang Jun and motioned for him to preside over the sword competition.
I saw Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao stand up, and after looking around at everyone, he laughed and said: "Tonight's swordsmanship competition, as the king said, is purely just to carry forward the spirit of martial arts, not to compete for fame and fortune, so please stop at the point, don't hurt the harmony." ”
Then his gaze swept over the seats of the four countries and clasped his palms together.
A man stepped out from behind his seat and knelt in front of King Zhao.
Pingyang Jun said: "This person Long Fei once defeated ten swordsmanship masters with one person, and his swordsmanship was fierce, so he accepted the challenge first." Everyone present is qualified to fight Long Fei, but remember, the sword has no eyes, and the point stops. ”
After that, he looked at Lu Yu with a very proud face.
King Zhao smiled: "What a dragon flying!" Let the widow see if you really have the ability to fight against ten! ”
At this time, I saw that Long Fei stood up and turned to face everyone.
This Long Fei is dressed in a tight-fitting samurai suit, with broad shoulders and a tall figure, although he is not handsome, he is also a very masculine person.
From his calm expression, Lu Yu guessed that this person should be at least a master of Jiao Yunke's level.
It turns out that the rules of sword competition are like this. It seems to be fair, but it's just that the people at the Wei State table know the inside story, and the finale must be the person who Pingyang Jun feels the most stable and the most able to win, and when that person plays, Lu Yu must also take the initiative to ask to play, otherwise if he gives others the first opportunity, he will not have the opportunity to see Qin Proton Mansion.
The hall was silent, I don't know if it was because this was the first one, so everyone was maintaining a wait-and-see attitude.
I only heard Pingyang Jun laugh again: "Doesn't anyone dare to come out and challenge Long Fei?" ”
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, it's still just a whisper, and no one stands up to sign up.
"South Korea's Feng Ye is willing to give it a try."
A person walked out of the Korean seat, and his figure was similar to that of Long Fei, but this person had a long scar on his face, so compared to Long Fei's appearance, it was more eye-catching.
King Zhao laughed: "Okay! The widow couldn't wait, so he asked the two of them to show their own housekeeping skills, so that everyone present could see your peerless swordsmanship! ”
"The widow announced the first sword competition, which will be played by Long Fei against South Korea's Feng Ye, and it will officially begin!"