On March 17, a light rain fell in Linzi, the capital of Qi State, and the raindrops were all so, making the newly renovated road outside Yongmen muddy again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But in those shallow yellow muddy waters, a not-so-large, but gorgeous, procession lined up outside the door, looking forward to the rainy and misty West.

The guards and the temple were drenched, but they had to hold up the tall canopy umbrella without saying a word, shielding their master from the rain.

The little fat man who sat on the court, and not a drop of rain touched his satin dress, complained: "It's just a proton from Zhao Guolai, in such weather, my father and mother still want me to greet him, is it too much?" ”

He turned his head and asked the young nobleman who was as thin as a bamboo pole and had a smile on his face: "Uncle, has the Zhao people always been like this?" ”

"Yes." Gokatsu, who was slightly older than him, did not hesitate to lash out at the upcoming guests with words.

"The Zhao people have always been arrogant, thinking that they are stronger than the Qi State, this time the Qin State attacked Zhao, it was Zhao Youyou who asked for Qi, then the Zhao State proton should fly to Zi and ask the king for help, but he still has to be so big, he actually wants my Qi country's noble prince to welcome him, I really don't know what to do!"

He sighed with emotion: "I think that back then, when my Qi country was at its peak, I raised Chu and Huai in the south, merged the Giant Song Dynasty in the north, and destroyed the Twelve Kingdoms in the north, and destroyed the Three Jin Dynasty in the west, but I forced Qin, the guests of the five countries, the kings of Zou and Lu, and the princes of Sishang were all ministers. At that time, the king of Zhao also had to be worshipped, and all the countries of Linzi came to the court, what a majesty! It's a pity that it was later harmed by the Five Kingdoms, and the princes underestimated the Qi State...... But that's all in the past, and now under the governance of the king, the country of Qi has been governed, and the country and the people are safe. ”

The fifteen-year-old Prince Jian of the Qi State nodded, and waved his fist into the air in high spirits: "It seems that the Zhao people still regard the Qi State as a weak and bullying country more than ten years ago, but I don't know that today's Qi State has already been revived, and later, I will make the Zhao people look good!" ”

Hou Sheng hurriedly said: "Prince, this matter is not urgent, it is the will of the king and the queen to welcome him today, do not insult the proton of Zhao Guo, let the prince be charged with destroying the relationship between the two countries, and when he settles down in Linzi, there is an opportunity to make it difficult for him!" ”

Prince Qi has always been obedient to his maternal uncle Hou Sheng, and his chin agreed, but he frowned and pointed to the guard holding the canopy under the car and reprimanded: "Lift it higher, Hugh will drench my beloved horses, their manes are wet!" ”

The Qi Palace guards shuddered for a moment, and raised their hands in the yellow muddy water, and today the prince Jian came to greet the proton of Zhao State, and he dressed up with his heart, all white horses, pulling wide and gorgeous chariots, and also clothed them with rhinoceros skin, which is rare in the north, and dyed them into a conspicuous fiery red......

It's a pity that God doesn't have long eyes, and it actually rains, which is really unlucky.

At this moment, there was a neighing of horses and the sound of footsteps stamping on muddy water on the western road.

Under the leadership of the secretary of Qi, the envoy of Zhao finally arrived outside the Yongmen Gate of Linzi......

Hou Sheng stopped smiling, squinting his eyes to observe the comer, what he cared more about was the plain gentleman who was known as "the richest son in the world". Prince Jian's eyes couldn't help but widen, looking for the proton of Zhao Guo who was the same age as him in the team......

Soon, they all found their purpose.

……

Pingyuanjun, like the crown prince, was gorgeously dressed, shrunk under a canopy, and complained about the ghost weather.

Behind Pingyuanjun, Mingyue looked up at Linzi City in the rain. The city wall as high as eight zhang is like a mountain, blocking his sight, the eaves of the city tower are dangdang, squatting pottery auspicious beasts, because of the difference in Qi and Zhao culture, Mingyue can no longer call out their names one by one, only know that some are like turtles, and some are like tigers.

From Gongsun Long, he learned that the pattern of the world's most populous city was similar to that of Handan, with the palace in the southwest and the city in the northwest.

Pointing to the Yongmen in front of him, Gongsun Long sighed.

"Why does the gentleman sigh?" Mingyue asked.

"Without him, I remembered a past incident when I was in Qi State."

Under Mingyue's questioning, Gongsun Longcai said: "More than 20 years ago, there were still a few places outside Yongmen, and there was a priest named Zizhou who lived here, he was good at piano skills, so our corporal Ji often came to visit. Once, even Meng Weijun came, and the piano and drum around the sub were introduced, Xu moved the palace signs, waved the feather horns slightly, and cut the final song. After the song, Meng Weijun burst into tears when he heard it, saying that he heard the sadness of the people who broke the country and died from the sound of Zizhou's piano. ”

Gongsun Long sighed again: "Although the people present at the time praised Zi Zhou's superb piano skills, no one took it seriously, but now that I think about it, Zi Zhou may be reminding Meng Weijun." Sure enough, within a few years, King Min of Qi and Meng Weijun turned against each other, which led to the invasion of the Five Kingdoms, under the siege of the Yan army, the inside of the Yongmen Gate in Linzi became a sea of fire, Zizhou and his Qin were nowhere to be found, and the Qi people also lived for several years to break the country and destroy the people...... The old man is also a person who sees things, and I don't know if Zizhou is still in Linzi? Can I still hear the sound of the piano? ”

Mingyue smiled optimistically: "When the mission is over, I will accompany my husband to Linzi 300 Lu to find it, and also go to Jixia School Palace to take a walk." ”

According to the process arranged by the Qi people, Mingyue and Pingyuan Jun will enter from the Yongmen on the west side of the palace with Pingyuan Jun to meet the King of Qi.

As for Gongsun Long's entourage, as well as the one hundred Zhao pawns and ten rangers with swords led by Zhao Kuo, they naturally could not enter the forbidden land of the Qi Palace, but turned to the south gate of Linzi, and went to the temporary camp under the guidance of the Qi people.

"Bracket, you have an impulsive personality, you must be cautious and patient later, and you will have to make trouble!"

Mingyue solemnly warned Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo also led the order, these days, he has become accustomed to Chang'an Jun giving orders to himself, Mingyue is gradually relieved to let him be alone, at least these hundreds of people, Zhao Kuo still has a good appearance along the way.

Wiping a handful of rain on his face, Zhao Kuo was about to leave on horseback, but Mingyue called Lu Jujian, who lived at the end of the team, to get out of the car and take off the coat and hat on his body, and handed it to him: "Jujian, put it on, don't get sick with a cold." ”

Lu Jujian has always called himself "after Goujian, the king of Yue", and is the descendant of the prince of Yue who migrated to Handan after the Yue Kingdom was destroyed by King Chuwei a hundred years ago. So he is also like the remnants of the Yue people in the land of Wu Yue, often galloping barefoot, not sheltering from the wind and rain, and was about to refuse, but Chang Anjun said: "If you fall ill first, what else will you talk about protecting me?" ”

Lu Jujian was helpless, took the coat and hat and put it on, he was very moved, stood in the muddy water and thanked Mingyue, and then took the rangers to go with Zhao Kuo and Linzi Chuansheren......

After arranging all this, Mingyue asked Li Tan to continue driving forward, following behind Pingyuan Jun, and saluting the prince of Qi who was waiting for them outside the city gate.

As everyone knows, his actions of stripping and giving clothes were all in the eyes of Prince Jian and Hou Sheng of Qi State, Hou Sheng was surprised, but Prince Jian was disdainful.

Although he was born in a turbulent era, since he can remember, he has been pampered, clothed and fed, and he doesn't know what the corporal is.

Looking Mingyue up and down, especially on his shoes and bottoms that were wet with mud and water, Prince Jian asked, "You are Chang'anjun, the prince of Zhao State, who has entered Qi as a hostage?" ”

His tone couldn't hide his contempt, but Mingyue was not ashamed at all, and said without humility or arrogance: "However, Zhao Guang has seen Prince Qi......"

His gaze turned to the other person who was in the same car with the crown prince of Qi State, who was smiling all over his face, and when he met Pingyuanjun for the first time, he greeted him as usual as if he were an old acquaintance, and his eyes glanced at Mingyue from time to time. But Mingyue always felt that there was a sharp knife hidden under his smile.

"In the next post, the winner of the Qi Palace, on the order of the king, and the prince came here to greet the king of Pingyuan, the king of Chang'an......"

"Hou Sheng?"

Mingyue was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but think of a ballad of Qidi that she saw when she was reading history books in her previous life.

"Sad, sad, the dead are victorious!"

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, and he said secretly: "Tian Jian, Hou Sheng, who should I be, it turned out to be this pair of monarchs and ministers of the dead country who let the Qi State die in Qin without a fight......"