Strictly speaking, Li Shimin and the bearded guest have only met three times before, and the last two times they met here at Li Xiu, but every time they talked happily, Li Xiu couldn't interject at all, the reason for this situation is actually mainly because Li Shimin and the bearded guest are the same kind of people, and they both appreciate each other very much, so every time they meet, they feel that there are endless topics to talk about. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Li Xiu heard that something was wrong from the bearded guest's words, especially thinking of the bearded guest's evaluation of Li Shimin yesterday, in case he really woke up Li Shimin in his words, maybe Li Shimin would launch a coup d'état in advance, and then it would be all chaos.

"Uncle, the eleventh brother is going to get married, I don't know if there is anything else to prepare, if there is anything you command, the little nephew will definitely help you do it!" Thinking of the above, Li Xiu hurriedly changed the topic and said, he was really afraid that the bearded man would really encourage Li Shimin to launch a coup d'état in advance.

"A little thing, you just look at it yourself, it's rare for me to see King Qin, so naturally I want to talk about it!" The bearded guest didn't care, and then continued to chat with Li Shimin.

"Uncle, Qu Yi asked someone to accompany a midwife, do you think there is anything else to order?" Li Xiu said again, since his son can't do it, then let his grandson go, yesterday I saw the appearance of the bearded guest, and I attached great importance to the child in Qu Yi's belly.

"You can just do it yourself, you don't need to ask me about this kind of trivial matter!" Interrupted again, the bearded guest also said a little impatiently at this time, and after speaking, he glanced at Li Xiu quite meaningfully, and seemed to have understood what he meant?

"His Royal Highness King Qin, today's spring is just right, why don't you and I go out for spring together, just enough to talk more!" After looking at Li Xiu, the bearded guest suddenly turned his head to Li Shimin and said.

"Very good, this king also has this intention, Brother Zhang, please!" Li Shimin also felt that Li Xiu was a little strange, and he interrupted his conversation with the bearded guest twice without politeness, and now when he heard the bearded guest invite him to go out for spring, he naturally nodded and agreed.

At that moment, I saw the two of them out of the living room and left Li Xiu here alone, which made him stunned for a long time, and finally shook his head helplessly, he had already worked hard, but unfortunately he couldn't stop it, even if Li Shimin really launched a coup d'état in advance in the future, he could have a clear conscience.

The spring is just right outside, Li Xiu doesn't want to stay at home, today is the tenth day, there is no need to teach Qi Niang and Xiaoya, and Li Xiu thought that he hadn't helped Princess Pingyang move flowers and plants yesterday, so he left home and went to Princess Pingyang, and sure enough, he saw Princess Pingyang who was busy in the garden.

"Hey, Li Xiu, why are you here, don't you have to accompany your uncle?" Princess Pingyang also asked with some surprise when she saw Li Xiu.

"King Qin came today, and as a result, he and the uncle had a very happy chat, I couldn't interject at all, and they went out to play again, so I had nothing to do." Li Xiu smiled and took the flower hoe in Princess Pingyang's hand, and then helped her dig a pit in the ground, while Princess Pingyang planted an orchid in the basket, and carefully sealed the surrounding soil, and finally poured water and stood up.

"Second brother, how is he, is there anything coming to you?" Princess Pingyang asked in a somewhat low tone at this time, and her expression became a little nervous.

Li Xiu secretly screamed when he saw this, how could he forget that he couldn't talk to Li Shimin or Li Jiancheng in front of Princess Pingyang? However, he reacted quickly, and smiled deliberately and lightly at the moment: "King Qin's spirit is very good, and he took the initiative to drink with him after seeing the uncle, but unfortunately the uncle was unwell and couldn't drink, so after the two tasted the tea I made, they went out together, and I don't know if they will come back today?" ”

Li Xiu didn't lie, but just concealed the frustration when Li Shimin saw him at the beginning, Princess Pingyang also believed it when she heard these descriptions, and the whole person was obviously relieved, and the movements in her hands were much more flexible, and she began to concentrate on taking care of her beloved flowers and plants.

All day, Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang were busy moving the flowers and plants out of the greenhouse, and at noon they also accompanied Princess Pingyang to eat, and when it was getting late, Li Xiu said goodbye to Princess Pingyang and left.

When he returned home, Li Xiu immediately asked if the bearded guest had returned, and the answer he got was no, the bearded guest and Li Shimin had never come back since they went out, and they didn't know where they had gone in the spring?

The bearded guest didn't come back, and Li Xiu didn't know what he would talk about with Li Shimin, so he could only shake his head helplessly and return to the inner house, it was dinner time, when Li Xiu came in, Yi Niang and Qi Niang had already sat down, but today in addition to them, there was another person, that is, the Mayan girl Qu Yi.

Qu Yi is a guest, strictly speaking, the two parties are still relatives, and the bearded guest is not there, so it is normal for Yi Niang to invite Qu Yi to eat together, Li Xiu was only stunned for a moment, and then smiled politely at Qu Yi, but he didn't know what to say.

"Fish walk is ...... Sister Yiyang's axe? Li Xiu didn't speak, but he didn't expect Qu Yi to take the initiative to speak at this time, but her pronunciation was simply terrible, Li Xiu was stunned after listening to it, didn't understand what she meant?

"That's right, this is my husband, Qu Yi your husband is my husband's brother, so he should call you sister-in-law!" Seeing that Li Xiu didn't understand, Yi Niang spoke first at this time.

"Cough~, that's right, Brother Eleven is not here, if Li has something that is not taken care of, Qu Yi can just bring it up!" Li Xiu also coughed dryly at this time and said, this Mayan girl is not as shy as ordinary women, but this is also convenient for future communication.

Li Xiu couldn't understand Qu Yi's words, but Qu Yi could understand his words, and saw that Qu Yi was very happy at this time: "The fish are too polite, I have a very heartfelt time here, and the food of the fish is very delicious!" ”

Li Xiu felt hard for her when she heard Qu Yi speak, not only did she speak slowly, but also her hair was not accurate, especially "you" always said "fish", which made Li Xiu feel like her family had become a fish, but it was not easy to correct, I hope she can notice this problem in the future.

At that moment, Li Xiu said a few polite words, and then invited Qu Yi to sit down to eat, it can be seen that this Mayan girl is very satisfied with the food in Li Xiu's house, of course, it may also be because of her pregnancy, almost all the dishes on the table are not refused, and the amount of food for one person can be compared with Li Xiu, a big man.

After eating, Li Xiu chatted with Qu Yi again, although her Chinese is very bad, but she can get used to it after listening to it a few times, and she can barely understand it, and Li Xiu is also very interested in the affairs of the Americas, so he asked Qu Yi about the customs of the Americas.

However, Qu Yi mostly stayed in her own city-state, and was only familiar with her own city-state, and she was not very old, even just sixteen years old, which made Li Xiu can't help but scold Zhang Shiyi in his heart, even such a young girl will not let go, and such a young child in the future may have just entered high school.

Through the conversation with Qu Yi, Li Xiu did have some understanding of the city-state of Ohaktong, speaking of which, in the Mayan city-state, there are mainly two classes, that is, nobles and commoners, of which the nobility is mainly composed of military nobles such as samurai, and administrative nobles such as city-state lords, and above the nobles, there is a more noble sacrifice.

Originally, the sacrifices were not involved in the affairs of the city-state, they were only responsible for communicating with the gods, and the sacrifices also mastered the knowledge of the Mayan people's writing, calendar, etc., so it can be said that the sacrifice was the real inheritor of the Mayan civilization. However, with the development of secular power, the lords of many city-states won the position of sacrifice, or the sacrifice interfered in the world, making them the lords of the city-state, so in many city-states, the lord and the sacrifice are mutually concurrent, such as Qu Yi's father is both a lord and a sacrifice, integrating divine power and royal power, and has absolute power in the city-state of Ohaktong.

In addition to the sacrifice, the rest are ordinary civilians, they are generally engaged in agriculture or handicrafts, sometimes in the event of an emergency war, civilians will also be conscripted as warriors, and the Maya are very cruel to prisoners of war, they have no extra food to feed these prisoners of war, and they do not need these prisoners of war to work for them, plus their religion is popular with a ritual called blood sacrifice, mainly to sacrifice to the gods with blood, so most of the prisoners of war will be sacrificed blood.

Qu Yi described the blood sacrifice, her face flashed with excitement, in her belief, this is a very grand ceremony, but Yi Niang and Qi Niang are frightened little faces are pale, a little unacceptable for a while, only Li Xiu listened to it with relish, in his opinion, this should be a primitive custom left by the Maya, for example, there are similar human sacrifices in the history of the Central Plains, but it seems to have been abolished in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

In addition, through Qu Yi's description, Li Xiu also learned about the complex relationship between the Mayan city-states, because of the different gods of faith, they are easy to clash due to religion, customs and other reasons, and will also form alliances with some city-states with similar beliefs, but this alliance is not very strong, when each other's interests conflict, the original allies are also easy to become enemies, which also leads to constant wars between Mayan city-states, such as the northeast of Ohaktong, there is a sworn enemy similar to them, The two sides have been fighting wars for hundreds of years, with conflicts breaking out almost every year, and a major war breaking out every decade or so.

Listening to Qu Yi's narration, Li Xiu also sketched out some of the internal situation of the Mayans in his mind, but at this moment, he suddenly saw Yuechan come in and report softly, telling him that the bearded guest was back, which made Li Xiu also immediately stand up and say goodbye, he wanted to know what the bearded guest and Li Shimin talked about? (To be continued.) )