Following the silk brocade and food enjoyment, Zhong Se also gradually disappeared from the Chu Palace. These 'unemployed' servants are still in the palace and have not been driven out of the palace, but they have not heard music during meals. The palace dinner, which was cooked and eaten, became an ordinary dinner for a family of three in later generations, quiet and warm. Xiong Jing can eat, and he eats very quickly, and Concubine Zhao tells him to eat slowly from time to time.

"Mother, I'm full." Xiong Jing hiccuped a few times, and he laughed even when he heard it.

"You are already the king of a country, if you are seen by the historian......" Concubine Zhao also laughed, but she laughed and blamed at the same time. He was glad that his son could eat him, his son was nearly five feet long, not to mention the children of ordinary families, even the children of noble families were not so tall.

"Hiccups are human nature, if you let it go...... How? "Xiong Jing is deliberately naughty. Mi Xuan knew what her brother was going to say, and when she heard the words, she leaned forward and leaned back, dancing with her hands.

"Jing'er!" The temple people and palace maids serving on the side couldn't help laughing, but Concubine Zhao was angry, how could 'fart' be said by the king of a country.

"Mother, I don't say it." Xiong Jing finally stopped laughing. Taking advantage of the joy in the air, he said again: "Queen Mother, this month, my national boat division and Qin national boat division are fighting in Daliang, and the child wants to watch the battle. ”

"No." Concubine Zhao finally understood why her son was so amused today, and her face of feigned anger instantly turned into real anger: "You have been on the throne for less than a year, and your foundation is not stable, how can you leave Yingdu lightly?" The battle of the boat division was just a small battle. I heard that Qin and Wei are two or five couples, if you go to Daliang, in case the king of Wei ignores his faith and leaves you in Daliang, and the country is treacherous and misbehaved......"

"Stand down." Before his mother finished speaking, Xiong Jing ordered the left and right to retreat, and when he saw that his sister Xuan Xuan had not left, he had no choice but to say, "Xuan Xiao went to find Xuan Xiao to play." ”

The family had a good meal, and Mi Xuan didn't want to leave, but when she saw her mother's eyes, she had to leave. After she left, Xiong Jingfang said: "Queen Mother, I'm afraid that the Qin State will attack Chu again." ”

"Vachu?" Concubine Zhao instantly became dazed, her eyes staring at her son.

"Yes." Xiong Jing sighed, a wry smile on his face. He regretted it, he regretted that he had rejected the state of Zhao in the first place, so that the state of Chu was now in an unprecedented state of isolation. At the same time, this is the second time, because of him, this Qin State is the second time to attack Chu.

He opened his mouth, he wanted to say to Concubine Zhao that since last month, the Qin State had mobilized heavy troops to settle in Nanyang; Before the Qin-Zhao alliance last month, the Qin soldiers of Taiyuan County, Shangdang County, Dong County, and Hanoi County gathered on the Qin-Wei border. Looking at this posture, it is obvious that it is to attack Chu through the Wei State, and after the water battle, I am afraid that the Qin-Wei coalition army will attack Chen.

"Jing'er," the son was a little distracted, and Concubine Zhao left the table and walked over. After sitting down, she grabbed her son's shoulder: "Listen to the words of the queen mother, don't go to Daliang, and don't trust others like the first king and the king." ”

Mother and son sat at the same table, Xiong Jing could smell the fragrance of orchid grass on Concubine Zhao's body, and he instantly thought of Mi Xuan, the fragrance on her body was not available on the Chu people.

"Jing'er, listen to the queen mother's words, don't go to Daliang." Concubine Zhao said again, she had to hold her son in her arms.

"The child doesn't go to the beam, the child just goes to Chen Ying." Xiong Jing had to tell the truth. "The queen mother must remember that you must not tell others that I will not go to the beam, and you must make people look like they are worried that I will go to the beam."

"Why?" Concubine Zhao looked at her son and didn't quite understand his words.

"It's not safe in the palace." Xiong Jing looked at her mother, a woman in her thirties was not old, but unfortunately her father was no longer there. "The confidant thinks that there is a Qin marquis in the palace, and it is likely to be a concubine or concubine. If my mother wasn't worried about me going to Daliang, Qin Hou would be able to guess that I wouldn't go to Daliang. Once that's the case, it's a big deal. ”

Pretending that Concubine Zhao understood this kind of thing, Concubine Zhao smiled: "The queen mother remembers it." ”

"No, no, no, you can't laugh." Xiong Jing pretended to go to Daliang to watch the battle, so as to cover up the actions of the king who was about to cut down Qi when he went north to Mu Shui, and the War Department meant that it was best to hide it even from the Queen Mother, because the confidant Division judged that there was a Qin Marquis in the palace, but Xiong Jing still said it. "Today, the queen mother will be furious at night, saying that I am not filial."

"Okay, the queen mother remembers." Concubine Zhao nodded. "As soon as you left your mother, you were furious."

"There is another ......" Xiong Jing thought for a while, and then said: "Brother and Concubine Li, the queen mother must be watched, if the child... If the child does not come back......"

"Jing'er!" Concubine Zhao suddenly hugged Xiong Jing tightly into her arms, as if her son would disappear at this time.

"Queen Mother!" Xiong Jing struggled out of her arms, "Qin Wei is two or five couples, the Qin people will attack Chen Ying, Chen Ying is the gate of my Chu country, so go down the river and reach Yingdu in a few days." Chengyang can't be lost, and Chen Ying can't be lost.

The queen mother said, I am my father's son-in-law, and it is the best thing to revive Dachu, so how can I avoid it by excuse? If everyone is like that, how can a kingdom be a nation? He also said, "What is the reason why the princes and princes are all in the community, they die in battle, and they win the rule of the people?" ’”

Xiong Jing bowed to Concubine Zhao, and finally said: "The Qin people attacked me, as the king of Chu, I died in battle. If I die, please ask the queen mother to make my brother the king, and then reuse Nao Cunning, Zhao Huang and others, they know how to do the state of Chu in order to be immortal......"

"Jing'er!" Seeing Weiyi's son say goodbye to her like a man, Concubine Zhao began to cry, but she didn't dare to cry too loudly so as not to be heard.

"Queen mother, I have secretly ordered Chang Jiang, if I die in Chen Ying, he will hang Concubine Li, and my younger brother will rely on his mother to ascend the throne in the future, and the queen mother will raise him." Xiong Jing made a final explanation in a low voice, which was also the final arrangement.

"Jing'er ——!" It's been less than a year since her husband left, and now her son is leaving, and he has explained what happened to him in person. Concubine Zhao couldn't hold back her crying anymore, her cry was still not loud, and the deliberately suppressed grief Xiong Jing was extremely sad to hear.

This night, Xiong Jing didn't fall asleep at all. He lay on the bed where his father had laid, and his eyes were fixed on the beams of the palace. The fifth month of the Chu calendar is probably the June of the later generations, which is the season of wearing short sleeves, and it is also the season of drinking cold cola and cold beer. The thought of a cold beer made him unable to lie down any longer and jumped out of bed.

×

"The king hasn't changed his clothes yet?" Today, Chang Jiang ordered that he would not go to court, and the doctors and officials all went back, and these important ministers came to the main bed to see why the king did not go to court. According to the plan, after today's breakfast, the king will leave Ying for Wei, and the Wei envoy is already waiting outside.

"King ......" Changjiang was a little helpless. The king was going to drink ice wine in the middle of the night yesterday, and he hasn't gotten up yet. "The king has an order last night, and the king can be lifted on the car and ship today, without delaying the trip."

"This," Nao Qian smelled the wine and heard the snoring.

"Hey! The king is just a child. Chang Jiang sighed, he was the most understanding and considerate of the king.

"I understand." The war plan was completely clear, and he sighed and retreated. He didn't walk for long, and the four-wheeled carriage with the flag slowly drove out of Yingdu surrounded by palace armor and sanitation.

The king led the boat division to Daliang to fight the Qin people, and this matter spread in Yingdu two days ago. It's not rumors, it's newspapers – at the end of last month, with Taifu Song Yu as editor-in-chief, a newspaper called 'Da Chu News' finally launched.

Because it has just been launched, the layout is still very small, and the content is extremely limited, and the popular science article is redundant with real news. But Yingdu is the national capital after all, and the newspapers sold out as soon as they were published. Most of the people who snapped up the purchase were some businessmen: according to experience, whenever something new came out in the Chu State, as long as they could grab it and transport it to the beam, they would always make a lot of money.

Merchants rushed to buy, courtiers, scholars, and countrymen also bought a lot. What is a newspaper? A newspaper is a book, spend a penny to buy a newspaper, as long as you don't read it upside down, then you can immediately improve several grades, literacy is not for everyone. If you can read a piece of news to others, then you will be forced to go higher, this is true literacy, not pretending.

When the king goes out of the city, the people of the country can look around. Throughout the crowd, the lone traveler clutched a new newspaper in his hand, and his face was full of worry as he watched the four-wheeled carriage pass in front of him.

"Sir, is the king really going to Wei?" Carrying spears and drinking together, several men watched the king's car drive away slowly, and did not feel that there was anything wrong, they heard Mr. Duxing read the newspaper and said that the king was going to Wei.

"Yes, yes." The lone traveler nodded unconsciously, "I'm worried about ......"

"What is Sir's concern? The boat is built by the king himself, and he will be able to defeat Qin Kou. A man named Mei grinned, with yellow teeth under his weedy beard.

"False!" The lone traveler was even more worried, "If the king of Wei is instructed by the Qin people to stay with the king, what can I do?" ”

"Huh?" As a nobleman, the lone traveler speaks elegant words under liberal arts education. Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, the written language and the spoken language are two systems, and a few people don't know what the lone traveler is talking about. He could only repeat in Chu: "Do you remember that King Huai was taken captive by the Qin people? ”

"Yes." Now I understood all of them.

"What if the king of Wei also takes the king captive?" The lone traveler said again, and after that, he habitually wailed: "The state of Chu is dead!" ”

"Ahh He froze immediately. Several people's minds turned around a few times, and the smartest one didn't know what to do: "Why don't you tell the king?" Tell the king quickly! ”

"Not in his position, not in his politics. How can a lone man speak to the king? The lone traveler couldn't understand the words again, and if he didn't understand it, the lone traveler turned around and went in the direction of the wine store.

"How could the king be taken captive by the Wei people? How could the king be taken captive by the Wei people? For some reason, as if his father had died, he began to cry as he spoke. Fortunately, his tone was vague, and others didn't understand what he was saying.

×

"Brother Wang is awake." Chang Jiang was not around, and when he opened his eyes, Xiong Jing saw Mi Xuan. The carriage shook a little, and she sat on one side, smiling like a flower.

"Drunk." Xiong Jing suddenly wanted to drink beer in the middle of the night last night, and finally found a cold elixir, and after drinking two more glasses, he got drunk. "Where?"

"I'm out of the capital, I'll be at the dock in a while." Mi Xuan replied. She brought the prepared water, "Wash up." ”

The carriage stopped suddenly, and the footsteps of Gong Jia outside the car were hurried, and the indistinct shouts were getting closer and closer. Xiong Jing could hear that this was Chu language, but he didn't hear what he was shouting.

"Stop!" Looking at a few ordinary people who were hurrying over, the outermost sanitation captain hurriedly pulled out his treasure knife and shouted to stop. It was already hot in May, and the few commoners who came rushing did not carry their blades, or they would have been shot into a sieve.

"Villain," I don't know how to kneel first, and under his pull, Makri and the other person also knelt down.

"The villain wants to see the king!" He shouted.

"You want to see the king?" Rushing to see the king, the chief seemed to understand a little, and said: "If there is a grievance, it should be ......."

"The villain has no grievances," I don't know why he didn't understand how he came with him, but now he can only bite the bullet. He said: "The villain is just worried about the king. ”

"Are you worried about the king?" A few disheveled commoners, unkempt, full of vegetables, and torn pants, actually said that they were worried about the king. Not to mention the pawns, even the pawns laughed.

"Let's go back." The pawn took the knife, took out a string of money from his arms and threw it over. "Go buy a bucket of wine and drink. Remember, it is a capital offense to stop the king without incident. ”

"Villain ......" ant nose money fell in front of him, and he didn't know how to stare at the money, but he jumped up, but he was stupid, and he didn't know what to say when he came to the pass, so he opened his mouth and stomped his feet.

"Nothing." The commander no longer cared about them, turned to the front to send a message, and the palace armor guarding the carriage dispersed, and the carriage began to move forward again, and the dock was already in sight.