Chapter 63: The Hongmen Banquet
"Get ready for war with the Three Dynasties!" After Song Qinglian's words, everything turned like a roller coaster, and everyone was surprisingly unanimous, vowing to compete with the Three Dynasties, to be precise, the traverser behind the Three Dynasties, and the Xingchen Company that mastered the core technology, except for Xiao Zhen, who was hiding on the side and shivering.
"Either you die, or they die." Song Qinglian shook the stunned Xiao Zhi vigorously, wanting him to understand the seriousness of the matter, so he almost went up and slapped him twice, "With your new policy that imitates the parliamentary system and the banking system, fools know that you are related to the traverser, and while they don't know about your soul traversal, strike first." ”
"Uncle Song is right," Zhou Chen couldn't help nodding in agreement, the beast that was clamoring to fight just now became a cheerleader at this time, waving flags and cheering on the side, dancing with his hands, "In fact, you have long been the object of our company's close attention, I didn't expect you to have this layer of identity, so the winning rate is higher." ”
"Hesitation is the biggest taboo, take the opportunity to kill them!"
"That's right, kill them!"
The like-minded idea made the two quickly form an alliance, and the unpleasantness just now was written off, no, and Wu Haoze, the warlike lone wolf was looking at Xiao Zhi with fire-like eyes at this time, and Xiao Zhi had goosebumps falling to the ground.
"This matter has to be done step by step, don't push Brother Xiao too quickly." Seeing Xiao Zhen's uneasiness, Bai Chenxuan hurriedly said, "It's a big matter, don't worry." ”
"He's more anxious than anyone else!" Song Qinglian was unceremonious, his whole face was wrinkled together because of overexcitement, and he didn't look like a good person at first glance, and said with a sly smile, "Aren't you going to see the children of the Three Dynasties in two days, you also want to kill the Three Dynasties to avoid future troubles." ”
"Eh, don't debunk it if you see through it...... "Nothing can escape the eyes of this old man."
"What a vision, a vision, boy!" Zhou Chen hung Xiao Zhen's shoulder, "Do a good job." ”
I also want to work hard and support my ambitions, but it's just that things are so simple!
"Huh! It's really...."Xiao Zhen, who was standing at the door of the Taihe Palace, sighed heavily, and his preoccupied appearance made Xie Lan, Luo He and the other guards on the side a little worried.
I don't blame the king for worrying, he obviously summoned the children of the three dynasties to enter the palace together, only Xu Zhong's eldest son Xu Qiguang and Huang Jingzhong's nephew Huang Zhan came, as for the three kings Bai Chenyi, there was no news like a stone sinking into the sea, and he only asked someone to bring a letter. This is to give Qi Guo a dismount, which is not a good sign.
Worry is worry, and serious things have to be done. After the sixteenth day of the first month, Xiao Zhi issued an edict to Xuan Xu Zhong's eldest son Xu Qiguang and Huang Jingzhong's nephew Huang Zhan to enter the palace and meet in the main hall of the Taihe Palace. When the licensed sedan chair passed by the Qianqing Gate, Xu Qiguang lifted the curtain of bright yellow soft satin and looked out, starting from the noon gate, two lines of pro-soldiers, standing in a row like nails, wearing a wide-brimmed broadsword on his waist dragging a long tassel. The imperial guards were like statues of gods cast in iron, standing upright with their swords pressed and not blinking. On both sides of the huge palace knelt dozens of important officials of the court with serious expressions and neatly dressed clothes, and they couldn't even hear a sound. In front of the hall, the bronze crane and the golden ao spewed out cigarettes in their mouths, showing a solemn and solemn atmosphere. Xiao Zhi, who was standing at the forefront, was wearing a new dark yellow black coat and a flower coat, standing at the door with a straight body, surrounded by all the ministers and imperial guards, his expression was still unhurried, and he thought of the rumors about Xiao Zhen, and couldn't help but sigh softly, this is the monarch's style!
Watching the sedan chair fall to the ground, Xiao Zhi smiled and said loudly: "The two of you came from afar, don't be polite!" Saying that, he calmly stepped forward, held one under the Danqi, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to come so early." Are you still used to living in the capital? The weather here is not as good as in the south, so you need to add more clothes to make it......" said while walking slowly along the Yongdao towards the Zhengda Guangming Temple, with a tone and expression full of affection.
In the study, the ministers Sima Ni, Xue Bilong, Xiao Jie, the king of the council, and Wu Haoze, the general, led the ministers of the ministry and the court, and they were already waiting at the entrance of the palace.
"Where do you live?"
Xiao Zhi ordered Geng Xu Qiguang, Huang Zhan sat down, took a sip of the tea on the imperial case, and then carefully looked at the two people in front of him. Although the two of them were officials in the Qi State, they were just idle officials in name, and when Cao Ze Xiaoyan rebelled, he transferred them out of the capital of the Qi State early to avoid trouble, and after careful calculation, it has been a full six years since they parted. Huang Zhan has seen great aging, his eyes have lost their former brilliance, his head is constantly trembling when he looks forward to it, and his hands and feet are a little sluggish. Xu Zhong's eldest son, Xu Qiguang, was in his prime, with his chest and belly straight, sitting upright, looking at Xiao Zhi with blazing eyes, and when he heard the question, he hurriedly leaned over from the chair, and said with a smile: "Both of us are now living in the palace of the Three Dynasties, and everything is going well." ”
The palace of the Three Dynasties is a mansion specially ordered by the first king Xiao Li since the friendship between the Qi State and the Three Dynasties, and the officials and envoys from the Three Dynasties all live here.
Xiao Zhi nodded, and slowly recalled the information about Xu Qiguang and Huang Zhan that Yin Wei and Shen Lian had investigated. Huang Zhan and Huang Jingzhong are close in age, a lot of age, but he is a swinger who makes the wind and the moon, although he is a hostage in the Qi country, his heart is very big, and he does not ask about political affairs except poetry and wine, in Shen Lian's words, "he has a little Jin demeanor, and there is no clan authority". is not as good as Xu Qiguang, he is honest on the surface, but behind his back, he has a wide range of friends with the big people from all over the world, and he exchanges letters with the three dynasties once in three or two days, and he is a very powerful character in the city.
After listening to Xu Qiguang's words, Xiao Zhi pondered for a moment, then turned his face and instructed Li Hui, the chief eunuch standing beside him: "Send a message to the Internal Affairs Office, and give the two adults 1,000 taels of silver for each family as travel expenses." ”
Again to Xu Qiguang, Huang Zhan and the others smiled: "I know you have a big hand, don't think I'm stingy." It's just that Cao Ze and Xiao Yan's rebellion made the Qi country miserable, and it also frightened the two of you, I heard people say that the two of them are top-notch in character and talent, and you will have to worry more about the affairs of the court and the affairs of the three dynasties in the future......" said and smiled again. These two "good", of course, mean Bai Chenyi's "bad" who has no expression about this.
Huang Zhan saw that Xu Qiguang didn't say anything, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "Even if we have 10 million taels of silver, we can't compare to this 1,000 taels." When I came to the capital this time, I heard that the king was very diligent in government, and he often paid private visits, observed the people's feelings, and said that he didn't know how to go up and down, the king is young now, and he doesn't know how to take care of his body, and he only knows when he is the age of the old minister! The king is tied to so many people in the Qi country, and he has to work harder! ”
"Why don't I want to be blessed? There are so many things that I have to do this! Xiao Zhi looked at the snow-capped palace outside with flickering eyes, thinking that my departure from the palace was really famous, so he had to pretend to be sad on his face, and said, "The momentum of the rebel army in the Yan Kingdom is very fierce, and recently it has sneaked into the territory of the Qi State and killed more than 1,000 of my people. They also used the corpses of dead people to build a rack and burn children to eat! The affairs of the Northwest and Later Han are even more ......chaotic," he took a long breath, and then said, "There are also the Yellow River and the Huai River, which broke thirty-four places last autumn, and more than 200,000 people fled the famine...... Xiao Zhi shook his head and did not say any more.
Xu Qiguang and Huang Zhan thought that this sudden summoning was a Hongmen banquet, and it was not impossible to tell the three dynasties not to act rashly through them, and it was not impossible to directly arrest them as bargaining chips. After the result came, it was just the direct homely words of the monarch and the ministers, or rather, it was more Xiao Zhi who complained to them to himself.
Looking at Xiao Zhi's face full of resentment and endless complaints, the person sitting in front of him was not like a king but more like a chattering old lady, the two of them were a little inexplicable, this King of Qi called himself here to complain?
The ministers were accustomed to it—most of the kings were nervous when dealing with government affairs, talking about a lot of irrelevant topics, and then making decisions, and over time, they were all used to it.
"So the winter in the north is so cold, I get up from the bed in the morning, and I don't have the motivation to think about the cold outside. There are some dead branches and leaves outside, which is very boring, it is still good in the south, evergreen all year round, I really want to go to the south......." Looking at the drowsy appearance of the two, Xiao Zhi suddenly changed his words, "Speaking of which, why didn't the third Wang Bai Chenyi send someone here, is it too cold and inconvenient?" ”
"Maybe I knew you were so chattering, so I didn't send anyone......." Huang Zhan yawned and said casually.
"How can this be, it's too unsophisticated." Xiao Zhi took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, "Even if it is for the peaceful coexistence of the Three Dynasties and the Qi State, I should find someone to chat with me, it's really not good, it's okay to find a trust!" ”
"Don't be too careful," Xu Qiguang couldn't wait to slap Huang Zhan aside - how could this idiot be robbed of his head so easily? So he hurriedly stood up and replied respectfully, "Before the servant came, he went to visit the three kings. Xu Qiguang smiled bitterly and defended, "The third king, Bai Chenyi, originally wanted to come to see the king in person—after all, you two are the same age, and you can talk better." It's just that he does have a disease of his eyes, and he had a serious illness a few years ago, and he hasn't been in court for a long time. Then he asked the slave to bring a handwritten letter, saying that the king had read it and understood it. With that, he handed over the envelope with both hands.
Xiao Zhi opened the envelope, and he did understand it when he read it - a handwritten letter written with a pen.
Dear King Qi,
Hello! Forgive me for taking the plunge, I don't know your exact name, what was your name before the crossing? But such a blatant copy of the parliamentary system and the national banking system shows that you are not too smart - then I don't need to know your name, I'm not used to talking to fools on an equal footing, you know, it lowers my IQ.
When you can read my letter, I believe you should have seen my stupid brother Bai Chenxuan. I have to remind you that his body is very weak, so let those dogs of you, even Song Qinglian, take good care of him, don't freeze to death. Because of his health, he personally participated in the most human experiments, which is a rare and precious experimental object for our company. I hope that when we hit your capital, we can see Bai Chenxuan jumping around, otherwise, we will screw your head off." understand?
Cherish your last free time, come on!
In order to prevent irrelevant people from seeing, all modern words are used. wrote a large film freely, and the various disdain and ridicule revealed between the lines made Xiao Zhi very unhappy.
This time, he is completely on the side of Song Qinglian and Zhou Chen, such a guy, he will be angry when he thinks about it.
After pacing back and forth for a while, Xiao Zhi also wrote a letter, inserting three chicken feathers in the envelope and handing it to the anxious Xu Qiguang.
"Please give this letter to Bai Chenyi." Xiao Zhi tried his best to keep smiling, "There is another sentence, please bring it to him as well, just say that I said it myself." ”
"You SB." Xiao Zhi raised his middle finger, "Please bring this gesture to him as it is." ”