After tasting some of the side dishes, Zhou Xuan exclaimed: "The food in Kaifeng Mansion is the best in the world, and it seems that we have to bring two kitchens back from here this time." ”

Suddenly, I heard Lihu downstairs talking to someone, listening to the voice it was Yang Zongbao, Zhou Xuan hurriedly beckoned Yang Zongbao to come up, but he didn't expect Yang Zongbao to be followed by Yuexiu Princess Liu Shouzhen and Ye Feibai, and there were two Southern Han warriors.

Yang Zongbao was slightly embarrassed and said: "My brother went to the pavilion to look for Brother Zhou, and when I met Lord Ye and Miss Yuexiu, I came together." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Sit together, sit together - Yuexiu girl comes to taste the food of Kaifeng, and you will not miss it." ”

walked all the way, and now she is also familiar, before she understands what Liu Shouzhen wants to do, Zhou Xuan still has to treat her with a smile, a smiling tiger.

Yang Zongbao sat down beside the four idiots, and Ye Feibai and the two Southern Han warriors naturally didn't dare to sit down, and stood behind Liu Shouzhen.

Liu Shouzhen is dressed in men's clothes, with a head shirt, jade face and red lips, but he is also a good man, because he is good at the falcon disguise technique, although he does not have a sticky beard rhinoplasty, but compared with her original beautiful appearance, it is a little more male, this kind of change in manners and temperament is the most clever disguise technique, even the four idiots secretly admire it.

Liu Shouzhen also stared at the four idiots a few times, there was no such opportunity to look face-to-face before, which made the four idiots frightened, and thought: "Could it be that she saw that I was disguised?" No, I've been dressed as a man for so many years, and my appearance has been deliberately rough, and my gestures are not even a little fat, if it weren't for the last time I was injured and Zhou Xuan saw it, and saw my chest, he didn't know that I was a woman after more than a year of getting along! ”

So, the four idiots coldly forced their eyes back, and the murderous aura of the assassin was awe-inspiring.

Liu Shouzhen really retracted his gaze, and glanced at Yang Xiaofeng, who was sitting next to Zhou Xuan, and was forced by his beauty, and felt ashamed, and then carried a high neck. Staring at Zhou Xuan proudly, he thought hatefully in his heart: "This guy is really hateful, he sent the marriage halfway to the road, but left the beautiful princess of Tang Guo in Quanzhou, and didn't give it to my imperial brother, I asked the imperial brother." It turned out that the bet was lost, and the princess of the Tang Kingdom belonged to this surnamed Zhou, and the surname Zhou really dared to marry, and within two months of going back, he married the queen who was supposed to be the queen of the Han Kingdom back to his mansion, and he was too deceitful, but my imperial brother didn't blame him, it was really annoying - and since I asked me to marry the Tang State Chu Qian, this bold guy dared to unilaterally break the contract. I really don't take my Han Kingdom in my eyes, it's hateful, it's hateful. Ten thousand pieces of broken corpses are not enough to vent the hatred in my heart! ”

Liu Shouzhen stared at Zhou Xuan, chopsticks kept picking up vegetables, and when she chewed, she thought that Zhou Xuan was the dish in her mouth, and she wanted to chew him, bite him to a pulp, and bite him into a ball...... Gradually, a smile appeared in Liu Shouzhen's eyes, she had thought of a wonderful way to deal with Zhou Xuandi, that is, to marry Zhou Xuan, yes, to marry him. In this way, she will definitely find out whether the death of her father is related to him, whether it has anything to do with him or not, she will not let Zhou Xuan go, but she will not kill him with a knife, she will die too happily to understand her hatred, she wants to follow Zhou Xuan and torture Zhou Xuan for a lifetime, there is a proverb in the Southern Han Dynasty - "If you hate, you will marry him, and abuse him for a lifetime". Is there anything more relieving than torturing people right under their noses until they grow old?

The more Liu Shouzhen thought about it, the more he felt that this plan was brilliant. I said in my heart: "Okay." You won't let me marry you Chu Qian. Then I'll marry you. Scourge you all your life. I'm a strong martial artist. Bullied you to death. This is in the boudoir. You can't tell your men to deal with me, do you? The female power is slowly accumulating. It didn't happen overnight. I have patience. The Falcon Charm will be tried on you one by one. I will always make you afraid of me like a tiger. Those beautiful wives and concubines in your land. None of them can escape the palm of my hand. Torture together. ”

Liu Shouzhen covered it up well. Although my heart thinks viciously. But with a shallow smile on his face. It's quite flattering. Only one action is stranger. It's just eating food when you want to do something. A plate of roasted barley and a plate of shrimp mushrooms on the ground in front of her were eaten by her left chopsticks and right chopsticks. eyes are still staring at Zhou Xuan-

Zhou Xuan was furious by her. thought that Liu Shouzhen wanted to kill people with his eyes. Where did you think that Liu Shouzhen was thinking about marrying him and then harming him for the rest of his life. This hatred of putting one's whole life into it is very frightening, wow!

The two dishes in front of Liu Shouzhen have been emptied. Zhou Xuan quietly pushed the rows of steamed lychees over his waist-

Liu Shouzhen came back to his senses. I feel so full in my belly. Quickly put down the chopsticks. Wipe your mouth with a handkerchief.

Zhou Xuan said very kindly: "If you like to eat, eat more." Glancing at Liu Shouzhen, although he was dressed in men's clothes, he did not hide his plump breasts. I thought, "I deserve to be the sister of the snow pig." Eat it like this. It won't take more than a year and a half. It's a fight with the pig. ”

Liu Shouzhen said: "Don't eat, go to the night market, right?" ”

Zhou Xuan and Yang Zongbao glanced at each other, and they were really uneasy in their hearts, such a person followed them all day long, and they didn't know what she wanted to do, if it was said that prevention was better than prevention, the only way to kill her was to kill her first, but whether it was Zhou Xuan or Yang Zongbao, they all felt that it was not advisable to kill people, it was the next step, and Liu Shouzhen had not shown any malice to them these days, how could he kill the princess of a country for no reason!

Zhou Xuan asked: "Brother Yang, what other fun places are there around here?" ”

Yang Zongbao said: "Three or four miles to the west, there is the temple of Erlang in Guankou, where it is the most prosperous, not only there are many children's toys, but also juggling plays from the afternoon to late at night, the ban has just been lifted in the past two days, and it is even more lively. ”

Everyone went to the Zhouxi Erlang Temple together, and just out of the door of the "Cheese Zhang's Family", the four idiots said: "Master, please look, there is a group of Liao people over there." ”

There are about more than ten Liao people in this group, except for the three people in the center who are wrapped in turbans and wear luxurious round-necked robes, the rest are all with open tops, two sideburns, wearing leather collared and small sleeved robes, wearing gold rings in their ears, and carrying a single knife at their waists, which has a fierce atmosphere.

Yang Zongbao explained in a low voice: "The Liao people are only allowed to wrap turbans in officials above the fifth grade, otherwise even if they are from a noble family, they must have their heads exposed. ”

Yang Zongbao hated the Liao people, his grandfather Yang Jiye led the Northern Expedition with Cao Bin, the Duke of Lu 12 years ago, and was defeated by the Liao army at Qigou Pass, his grandfather Yang Jiye died in battle, and then because Zhao Guangyi was old and injured, and Zhao Defang in the west could not pick it up, and the Liao was mainly guarded, and now that Xinqian is on the throne, perhaps the Northern Expedition will be discussed again, which Yang Zongbao is looking forward to.

Zhou Xuan nodded and looked at Yang Xiaofeng sideways. Yang Xiaofeng shook her head, indicating that she was not from Liao, and she had a vague impression that her parents were dressed as Han Chinese, and there was no such strange type.

Zhou Xuan's personal soldiers and Yu Linwei also gathered at this time, and several of them had seen the banners of the two Liao people, but they didn't know that Zhou Xuan was going to take Yang Xiaofeng north to Liao to find relatives. I didn't know that Yang Xiaofeng was born on the first day of the first month of the first year of the Great Liao Dynasty and the Great Liao Dynasty, so no one reported this to Zhou Xuanyu at all.

Things in the world are wrong, which makes people sigh.

Zhou Xuandao: "Three Liao people with more than five grades appeared together, and they must have come to participate in the enthronement ceremony of Xinqian in the Northern Song Dynasty." ”

Yang Zongbao knew that Zhou Xuan was going to take Yang Xiaofeng to Liao to find relatives, so he asked Zhou Xuan: "Brother Zhou, do you want me to come forward and ask?" ”

Zhou Xuan shook his head and said, "No need, tomorrow the court will naturally meet." ”

Yang Xiaofeng is in the south of the Yangtze River, it is very likely that there has been some major change in the family, and asking these Liao people directly is afraid that it will cause unexpected twists and turns. So it's better to inquire secretly.

The more than ten Liao people and Zhou Xuan and others passed by, tall and tall, with resolute faces and cold expressions. The upper lip was short-haired, and the small eyes were attentive, and he glanced at Zhou Xuan and the others, and when his eyes swept over Yang Xiaofeng's face, a trace of surprise flashed-

Along the way, shocked by the beauty of the sheep and stunned, the sheep lowered his head slightly and pressed the hat down.

The Liao aristocratic man kept carrying his feet, and soon staggered over. After walking for more than ten zhang, I looked back and saw that Zhou Xuan and the others had already turned around the street corner to the west.

This resolute Liao Guonan frowned, and said to a waiter beside him: "Go and check, who are those men and women?" Who is that beautiful woman with a hat and a six-panel skirt? ”

A Liao man on the left of the man who was wrapped in a turban and nearly fifty years old smiled: "Gao Ba, have you taken a fancy to the beauty of the Song Kingdom?" I'm afraid it's not as you would like. ”

The Liao Guo man named Gao Ba smiled faintly: "Uncle said that he laughed, although Gao Ba is lustful, he will not cause trouble in the Song Kingdom, I just inquired about the identity of this woman." Wouldn't it be better if you could buy it with money? ”

Several Liao people laughed, strolling back to the Duting Station, the Duting Station is a special residence for the Liao envoys, more luxurious than the Anzhou Lane Wanguo Pavilion Station where Zhou Xuan lived in them, and the Northern Song Dynasty attached more importance to the Great Liao than the Tang State.

Not long after returning to Dutingyi, the attendant who had been sent out by Gao Ba earlier disguised as a Song man came back and reported: "The subordinates have brought those two back and imprisoned them in the backyard stable. ”

Gao Ba was silent. After a while, he said, "Take me to see it." I'm going to have a good talk with those two. ”

Gao Ba came to the stable, and the two Liao people who were looking for people were tied to a wooden stake. Seeing Gao Ba coming in, he scolded.

Gao Hachi's entourage wanted to step forward to beat people, but Gao Hachi stopped them and ordered them to quit, and he wanted to talk to these two people.

Several attendants withdrew far away from the stable, and after a long time, they saw Gao Ba come out and said, "There is a corpse, clean it up, the other person is hospitable, don't let him leave the pavilion." ”

When the two attendants went in and looked, they saw blood flowing all over the ground, one of the two searchers tied to the stake had died, and the other had no soul and a knotted tongue, and one said vigorously: "The villain is willing to serve the king, and the villain is willing to serve the king——"

Erlang Temple is outside the door of ten thousand surnames, giving God to protect the view, there are many people waiting outside the temple gate overnight, competing to burn tomorrow's head incense, tomorrow is the Qingming Festival.

On the square in front of the temple, there are dozens of logs five zhang high, and each log lantern is hung with a string of lanterns, illuminating the square in a radius of hundreds of steps as bright as day - on the pole, lane, jumping rope, sumo, drum board, singing, cockfighting, telling jokes, miscellaneous dresses, business riddles, Hesheng, Qiao bones, Qiao Xiangpu, Langzai, miscellaneous plays, calling fruit Zai, knives, pretending to be ghosts, drums, card sticks, Taoism, etc., there are colors and colors——

Zhou Xuan's more than 1,000 years of knowledge can be called well-informed, but in front of this Erlang Temple, he is also dizzy, those who pretend to be gods and ghosts, and spit fireworks, look dangerous and terrifying.

Yang Xiaofeng's wonderful eyes widened, her right hand tightly grasped Zhou Xuandi's forearm, and the two of them intimately carried Liu Shouzhen very annoyed, thinking in her heart how to let Zhou Xuan marry her, in terms of appearance, she thought that she was slightly inferior to Yang Xiaofeng, Zhou Xuan had a bad impression of her, she also knew, how could she change all this? Zhou Xuan is a good gambler, he must do what he likes, and approach him step by step-

Liu Shouzhen approached Zhou Xuan and said, "Zhou Xuan." It's sumo wrestling over there, let's go take a look, take a gamble, and see who has good eyesight? ”

Zhou Xuan knew that Liu Shouzhen was so bent on marrying him, thinking that Liu Shouzhen was as good at gambling as his brother Snow Pig Emperor, so he naturally had no reason not to gamble. I went to see it with Yang Xiaofeng, Four Idiots, and Yang Zongbao.

Sumo wrestling, also known as horn wrestling, is said to have originated in the Yellow Emperor, especially popular in the Tang Dynasty, to the Northern Song Dynasty, because Zhao Guangyi was very fond of sumo, it was to sumo wrestling over the juju and polo, becoming the first competition in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Sumo wrestling is very competitive, and there was such a thing in the Jin Dynasty, with Hu'er from the Western Regions. Good at sumo, vigorous and invincible, the Jin people dare not be enemies. Sima Yan was greatly annoyed by this matter, so he posted a list of articles and recruited warriors, and a big man named Yu Dong was recruited to compete with the Hu people, and as a result, he was killed, and Yu Dong was famous all over the world, and was rewarded as an official.

Sumo wrestling tournaments were held throughout the year in the Northern Song Dynasty. Outstanding sumo wrestlers are awarded martial titles, so they are very popular in both the military and the civilian population.

Although there are a lot of spectators in the square in front of the temple at this time, it is still much worse than in the afternoon, and the real high-quality sumo wrestlers will not play here, here are all folk sumo wrestlers, at this time the spectators are sparse, the two drummers on the side of the sumo wrestling stage are also weak to beat the drums, and the two Hanzai on the stage are also swinging their arms and spinning, not for sumo. I'm afraid it's too cold to stand still.

Liu Shouzhen whispered two words to Ye Feibai, and Ye Feibai took out a small silver ingot, about two taels, put it on the side of the stage, and said sharply: "Two, this silver is for you to buy wine for fun, you have to cheer up and fight." ”

The two sumo wrestlers came up with strength, hugged their fists and thanked Ye Feibai, and at the same time tightened their belts. Carrying a short. Stretch your hands forward and start struggling with each other.

Liu Shouzhen said: "Zhou Xuan, who do you think these two will win?" ”

Zhou Xuan saw that Liu Shouzhen was talking to him in a very familiar tone. Secretly vigilant, he said: "You want to bet, right, what is the bet?" ”

Liu Shouzhen said: "You are Wu Guogong, you are in a high position, and you don't lack anything, so let's do it, if you lose, you can help me do one thing-"

Zhou Xuan shook his head and said, "Don't gamble." ”

Liu Shouzhen was not angry, and said: "I know you are afraid of me, so let's do it, if you win, you can ask me to do one thing for you, if I win, you only need to lose one hundred taels of silver to me, this is all right?" ”

Zhou Xuanhu looked at Liu Shouzhen suspiciously, this ridiculous princess of the Southern Han Dynasty had a red face, beautiful lips, a spotless moon-white robe, and her chest was not as deliberately restrained as the fourth child, let it be tall, but it was also very tempting, and said in his heart: "What do you want to do, beauty?" You don't look at who's standing next to me, are you comparable? Said: "Okay, that's it, you say first, which one will win?" ”

Liu Shouzhen said: "You choose first." ”

Zhou Xuan didn't care, anyway, it was one hundred taels of silver, and when he saw that the red belt was stronger, he said: "I bet on the red belt to win." ”

Liu Shouzhen said: "Well, then I'll bet on the black belt to win." ”

The two sumo wrestlers, one red and one black, came and went on the stage, fighting on a par.

Zhou Xuan shouted: "Red belt, I bet on you to win, if you win, I will reward you with five taels of silver, and if you lose, you will not have a point?" ”

Liu Shouzhen glared and said, "Are you cheating like this?" ”

Zhou Xuan spread his hands: "This is not cheating, this is called motivation." ”

Ye Feibai had already shouted sharply: "Black belt, if you win, I will reward you with ten taels of silver, work harder, ah-"

Because Zhou Xuan was motivated first, the red-belted sumo wrestler took the lead, with his head, a concise and powerful hand, and the black-belted sumo wrestler was listening to Ye Feibai's shouting, and was caught off guard and fell to the stage by this violent blow.

Zhou Xuan laughed, and asked Lihu to reward the sumo wrestler with the red belt for five taels of silver, his eyes kept rolling on Liu Shouzhen's face and body, to see what Liu Shouzhen's reaction was?

Liu Shouzhen's face was a little red, but he looked like he was willing to gamble and lose, and said: "Count me if I lose, you say, what do you want me to do for you?" ”

Zhou Xuan originally wanted Liu Shouzhen to go back to the Southern Han Dynasty honestly, but now looking at his face, this Liu Shouzhen is eight or nine and ten is to show him a beauty trick, interesting, interesting, and see how Liu Shouzhen performs, so he said: "I don't want you to do anything, I just need you to earn me a hundred taels of silver, pay attention, you want to earn it yourself, rely on your own ability." ”

Yang Zongbao couldn't help laughing. I also felt in my heart that this Yuexiu princess had a very strange attitude towards Zhou Xuandi.

Liu Shouzhen was a little disappointed with Zhou Xuan's request, frowned and asked, "How can I earn that one hundred taels?" ”

Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "I don't care about this, you can steal or rob." ”

Before the words fell, I heard a person laugh and said: "You don't have to steal or rob, you sing a song and listen to it, and I will reward you with one hundred taels of silver." ”

Liu Shouzhen Huo Ran turned around. I saw a man in a brocade robe and jade belt walking to the front of the stage surrounded by several entourages, playing with a jade ruyi in his hand, looking at Liu Shouzhen with a smile, his eyes immediately moved to Yang Xiaofeng's face, and he was stunned.

Isn't this singing her princess of the Southern Han Dynasty as a green building? Liu Shouzhen's face was flushed, and when he was stunned, a stone shot up, hitting the forehead of the brocade-robed man, and suddenly blood flowed-

Zhou Xuan said: "Where did the stone fly from?" Wow, be careful. ”

The brocade-robed man covered his forehead, blood oozing from between his fingers. He shouted angrily, "You beat people, come people, hit me." ”

Yang Zongbao didn't recognize this brocade robe man, but it was always bad for things to be big, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Let's do it slowly, do you know who she is?" Chao Ye Feibai pointed at him.

The brocade-robed man was furious and shouted, "Whoever he is, call me." ”

Yang Zongbao shouted: "This is the envoy of the Han Kingdom, the Imperial Historian of the Han Kingdom, Lord Ye Fei Baiye. Who of you dares to be rude! ”

The brocade-robed man was stunned for a moment, and saw that Ye Fei's white face was unnecessary, and he really matched the legendary image of the official of the eunuch dynasty, but his momentum did not decrease slightly, and he said angrily: "Can the Southern Han people commit murder at will in my Great Song Kingdom?" Do you know who I am? ”

Several entourages beside him said in unison: "This is the long history of the Chu Wangfu. ”

Zhou Xuan didn't know who the king of Chu was? However, a royal palace chief Shi is also so arrogant, he asked people to sing when he opened his mouth, and he was indifferent when he heard that it was the envoys of the Southern Han Dynasty, obviously the king of Chu was very powerful, so he said: "Then what do you want?" Do you want to arrest Ye Envoy? ”

Then He Changshi knew that it was inappropriate to arrest the envoys of the Han State. Over there, this woman dressed as a man had to be caught, and she pressed her forehead and said, "I only catch this fierce girl!" With a wave of the other hand, several attendants rushed over to catch Liu Shouzhen.

Two Southern Han warriors dodged and stopped in front of Liu Shouzhen and fought with those people.

The Southern Han warriors who singled out to envoy the Song Kingdom would naturally not be weak, but the four retinues of the Chu Palace's palace were actually very strong in martial arts, and the two Southern Han warriors couldn't resist it.

Liu Shouzhen shouted at Zhou Xuan: "You still don't help me!" ”

Zhou Xuan smiled: "Do you need my help?" ”

Liu Shouzhen glared at Zhou Xuan hatefully, as soon as he bit his silver teeth and flicked his fingers, he could hear the screams of the four Chu Wangfu attendants one after another. A moment of effort. All four of them were blinded by the small copper pill in their left eyes, or squatted down, or lay down. Wail loudly.

Zhou Xuan didn't expect Liu Shouzhen to be so ruthless, so He Changshi was also stunned.

Liu Shouzhen said coldly: "I don't know what is dead or alive, dare to provoke me, do you know who I am?" I am a warrior under Zhou Xuan, the envoy of the Tang State, and I am a long history of the Chu Palace, even if the King of Chu is in person, I will not make a mistake. Turning his head and glancing at Zhou Xuan, the corners of his mouth twitched, a smug smile was hooked, and Ye Feibai said, "Let's go." "Took Ye Feibai and the three of them away.

Zhou Xuan and Yang Zongbao looked at each other, this princess of the Southern Han Dynasty blamed others, looking at the entourage of the Chu Wangfu who was rolling on the ground in pain, it was not easy to explain at this time, did you say to He Changshi that I am Zhou Xuan, and that person is not my subordinate?

He Changshi, who had a bloody face on his face, was frightened when he saw these Tang people and Southern Han people so ferocious, he didn't care about the pain in his forehead, turned around and ran, and didn't care about the entourage underground.

Zhou Xuan scratched his head and said, "Let's go back first." ”

Yang Zongbao also hurriedly returned to Anzhou Lane Pavilion with Zhou Xuan, entered the room and sat down, and then said: "Brother Zhou, this trouble is not small, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Chu, is the eldest brother of His Majesty the former emperor, and the eldest brother of Xinqian's father and mother. ”

Zhou Xuan asked: "Why do you want to be young and young?" ”

Yang Zongbao hesitated for a moment and said: "The king of Chu suffers from the disease of losing his heart and madness, and the first emperor set fire to the palace when he was alive, which was disliked by the first emperor, and he was the prince of Lishou two years ago. ”

The four idiots pouted and said: "A crazy load, what are you afraid of him!" ”

Yang Zongbao said: "The King of Chu has not been sick recently-"

As soon as Zhou Xuan heard it, Yang Zongbao had something to say, so he asked: "Could it be that Zhao Yuanzuo wants to seize the throne?" ”

Yang Zongbao's eyes widened, and then he said: "This is not known to my brother, anyway, Kaifeng City is quite unquiet now, and Wang Jien, the defense envoy of Shunzhou Road, and Li Changling, the governor of the political affairs, are both members of the king of Chu. ”

King Shou is the later generation of Song Zhenzong, this emperor has a good reputation, and gave birth to a good son Song Renzong, when Zhao Guangyi established Shou Wang Zhao Heng as Taizai. The people praised Zhao Heng as the lord of the society, and Li Yuanzuo, the king of Chu, no matter how he Zhou Xuan explained, was always difficult to dispel, not to mention that Zhou Xuan didn't want to explain, Liu Shouzhen beat the people of the Chu Palace. Although he was ruthless, there was nothing to blame.

Zhou Xuan said: "After the enthronement ceremony of your country's new thousand, I will go north, and the king of Chu will not detain me." ”

Yang Zongbao said: "Tomorrow is the Qingming Festival, His Majesty Xinqian will lead the civil and military officials to pay homage to the mausoleum of the first emperor, and the envoys of various countries in Beijing should go to worship together, and they will not return to the city until the evening, and then the younger brother will accompany Brother Zhou to see Prime Minister Kou, and by the way, explain that it was done by the Southern Han people, and there is no need to bear the notoriety for Liu Shouzhen." ”

After Yang Zongbao resigned. Liu Shouzhen came again, didn't speak, and looked at Zhou Xuan with a wave of eyes. See what Zhou Xuan says.

Zhou Xuan said: "Have you earned a hundred taels of silver?" ”

Liu Shouzhen frowned and asked, "You don't blame me?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "It's nothing strange, it's really troublesome, isn't it just to hand you over, do the Song people dare to arrest the princess of the Han Kingdom and put her in prison to apologize!" ”

Liu Shouzhen said: "If you just say that I did it, the people of the Chu Wangfu will not believe it, they will only despise you Tang Guo dares to do it, doesn't it seem that you Zhou Xuan is very incompetent?" It should be answered like this, that is, I am Zhou Xuangandi. What do you want? That's how domineering it is. ”

Zhou Xuan said: "I'm just being used by you like this, it's really unpleasant." ”

Liu Shouzhen smiled and said in his heart: "This is not happy, this is just the beginning, I want to make you unhappy for a lifetime." ”

On the sixth day of the first month of March, Qingming Festival.

Zhou Xuan entered the palace from the main gate of Xuande Building accompanied by Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, only to see that the gate was full of gold nails and vermilion lacquer, carved and painted buildings, and the corners were layered. Curved ruler Duolou, Zhu column color sill.

Daqing hall vestibule left and right two floors, the guard is heavy, the momentum is strict, the left and right corners of the palace door, there are four feet with two meters of gold armor giants, this is the so-called "town hall general", what you want is a load, majestic.

Although the enthronement ceremony has not yet been held. But Zhao Heng has actually begun to listen to politics. Otherwise, two months after Zhao Guangyi's death, wouldn't there be no owner in the country.

The envoys of all countries congratulated. The palace is lined with honors, and all the officials are crowned with court clothes, and they are all in a Tang state.

The officials on duty announced the official positions and names of the envoys of various countries one by one, first the Liao State, this time came to the Song State was the king of the Southern Courtyard Yelu Gaoba, the Liao State has the Southern Courtyard and the Northern Courtyard, generally speaking, the Southern Courtyard is in charge of the officials, the Northern Courtyard is in charge of the army, but sometimes there are differences, the Southern Courtyard is also in charge of the army, and the Southern Courtyard King is equivalent to the Tang State Officials and Ministers, but because it is the Khitan royal family, the power of the Southern Courtyard King is much greater than that of the Ministry of Officials.

Zhou Xuan raised his eyes and saw that the Great Liao ambassador Yelu had eight golden crowns, with long eaves at the back, like a big lotus leaf, wearing a purple narrow robe, and a golden robe, followed by a deputy envoy, wrapped in a gold belt, but dressed like a Hanfu.

Zhou Xuan recognized that this Yelu Gaoba was the Liao man he met on Longjin Bridge Snack Street tomorrow, but he didn't expect it to be such a high-ranking official!

The Tang Dynasty has recently improved its international status, ranking behind the Liao State to proclaim its name, the Northern Song Dynasty officials have long heard the name of Zhou Xuan's seven forks into poetry, and its demeanor has the momentum of surpassing the Tang Emperor Li Yu, and its poetry is sung in various parts of the Northern Song Dynasty, "the clothes and belts are gradually widened and do not regret it, and the people are haggard for Yi to disappear", "the tears are silent, and the red flies over the swing", such as the good sentences of this lamp are often recited and admired by the Song Dynasty boudoirs.

Yelu Chongba saw Zhou Xuan, nodded slightly, there was no surprised expression on his face, he learned the news early in the morning, the person he met by chance yesterday was actually the one who almost single-handedly pacified the Qingyuan land Wu Guogong Zhou Xuan, he was taken aback at the time, and now he is not surprised.

Subsequently, the envoys of all countries visited in turn, and the chief and deputy envoys of the Western Xia Kingdom were all golden crowns, short uniforms, crimson robes, golden shackles, hanging backs, and crossed hands to worship.

There are also envoys from Goryeo and Nanfanjiao, and the Hui envoys have long beards and high noses, wrap their heads with silk, and wear white robes; The Khotanese envoys wore small golden felt hats, gold silk robes, and belts, and Zhou Xuan also saw the Khotanese envoys riding camels outside the Xuande Building.

Only Shu Han Zhao Defang did not send envoys, Zhao Defang hated his uncle Zhao Guangyi very much, he thought that his father Zhao Kuangyin was assassinated by his uncle Zhao Guangyi, so Zhao Guangyi's death Zhao Defang was applauded.

The envoys of Wu Yue and the Southern Han Dynasty also met separately, and the envoys of Wu Yue were actually Qian Weiyan, the envoy of Shao Wujun, who was originally stationed in Fuzhou, and the younger brother of King Qian.

Zhou Xuan also smiled and greeted Qian Weiyan, I didn't see it in Fuzhou last time, but this time I saw it, Qian Weiyan was a worm idiot, and he was still collecting crickets everywhere in the suburbs of Fuzhou at that time.

Qian Weiyan was quite embarrassed to see Zhou Xuan, he came to the Northern Song Dynasty to make friends with the Northern Song Dynasty, Wu Yue was unwilling to pay tribute to the Tang State every year, and wanted to use the power of the Northern Song Dynasty to compete with the Tang State, but he did not expect that the Tang State, which had always had a bad relationship with the Northern Song Dynasty, would send the first important minister Zhou Xuan to Kaifeng, which shows that the Tang State attached great importance to the Northern Song Dynasty, and Wu Yue's desire to marry the Northern Song Dynasty was afraid that it would be frustrated.

After the end of the court, Zhao Heng led the clan and hundreds of officials to the temple to worship, and then went out of the new Cao Gate to worship the first emperor Zhao Guangyi, thousands of people are purple shirts and white silk, the carriage is golden, the brocade bead curtain, the embroidered fan is double-covered, and the sarong is leading.

Zhou Xuan, as an ambassador of a country, naturally had to go with him, there were a lot of rituals for those worships, endlessly, I didn't eat lunch, and it was already evening when I returned to the city, I dined first, and then went to see Prime Minister Kou Zhun, but I didn't expect Kou Zhun to visit Zhou Xuan in person.

Kou Zhun is about forty years old, yellow and fat, and the sample is not very elegant, a bit like a monk Zhou Xuan saw in Chengtian Temple in Hongzhou the year before last, it is difficult to associate the Kou Zhun in front of him with the one who wrote "Wave Miao, Liu Yiyi, the lonely village is far away, the apricot blossoms fly in the slanting sun, the spring in the south of the Yangtze River is broken, and the people of Mantingzhou have not returned".

It's not the first time Zhou Xuan has seen a historical celebrity, he is very calm and generous.

Kou Zhun and Zhou Xuan exchanged pleasantries, then talked about poetry, and then Zhou Xuan told the story of the Southern Han envoys beating the people of the Chu Wangfu last night.

Kou Zhun was surprised: "There is such a thing? Why is there no movement in the Chu Palace? The king of Chu is the most protective of his shortcomings, and he should not give up. ”

Zhou Xuan didn't pay attention to which one was Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Chu, when he worshipped in front of Zhao Guangyi's mausoleum today, there were too many people, his heart moved, and he said lightly: "It's a bit abnormal, isn't it, could it be that the king of Chu is planning big, and he doesn't care about these little things?" ”

Kou Zhun supported Zhao Heng, and when he heard Zhou Xuan say this, he was shocked, and quickly got up and said: "Thank you Guogong for reminding me, if you have something important to do, you will leave first, and invite Guogong to the banquet another day." ”

Yang Zongbao stayed with him, and waited for Kou Zhun to leave before he said to Zhou Xuan: "Lord Kou must have remembered something important, I got the news earlier that Wang Jien was coming from Shunzhou to Kaifeng Mansion, saying that he was going to participate in the New Thousand Ceremony, but it is said that he brought tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. ”

Zhou Xuan smiled and said: "With Master Kou's talent, this will definitely be handled, Brother Yang, I'll go to the house to meet Lao Taiqian, you and I are commensurate with each other, and Lao Taiqian is also my grandmother." ”

Zhou Xuan used to read "The Romance of the Yang Family", and admired the beautiful and capable Yang generals very much.

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