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So after the two sides said many words of thanks to the Wei army for coming to help, Zhao Biao sent Sima Cuo out of the city again. In fact, Zhou Bian originally wanted to leave Sima Cuo to live in the Sifang Pavilion in Luoyang City, but Sima Cuo insisted on returning to see the lord, so he let it go.

As a representative of the royal family, Zhao Biao also went out of the city and rushed to the Wei army, first met the Marquis of Wei on behalf of the king, and made an appointment to meet the next day, and then Zhao Biao returned to Luoyang. At the same time, he also brought back the latest information about the Wei army, that is, the Wei army has all crossed the river, and there are really as many as 100,000, and then the Wei army is stationed in the Han camp five miles away today, and many camp tents are used to use the ready-made ones left by the Han army, which saves a lot of trouble.

At the same time, in the Luoyang Palace, since Sima left wrongly, there was also a fierce debate in the palace, a few ministers led by Taishi did not approve of the king going out of the city to work the army, and most of the remaining ministers and doctors were in favor of going out of the city to work the army, the reason is very simple, comforting the Wei army is just the king to go around and say a few words, but he can have a good relationship with Qiang Wei, if he can further pull Qiang Wei as a backer, it would be better.

As a result, in front of the powerful Wei State, many people have lost the royal face they have just recovered. Many ministers have calculated this account in their hearts.

In fact, as far as Zhou Bian himself is concerned, he is still very willing to go out of the city to see the strongest army of this era-the Wei army, thinking about the royal family's lack of strength and dignity, and besides, the ancestor King Zhou Xiang was not forced to go to Heyang to comfort the Jin army? It's really nothing if you figure it out, not to mention that it's just on the outskirts of Luoyang.

In the end, the Taishi compromised, but still asked the Wei army to build a high platform outside the city to facilitate the arrival of the Son of Heaven and highlight the status of the royal family. Then these can wait until tomorrow to discuss with the Marquis of Wei, so after deciding on these, the meeting will be dispersed, and the ministers will go back to their respective homes to prepare for tomorrow's court meeting.

The night passed quickly, and when the rising sun showed a little round face again, several carriages were already driving on the plain east of Luoyang, which was the south gate of Luoyang on the edge of Luoshui.

Soon, the carriage drove into the ancient city of Luoyang, and a group of people got out of the carriage, led by another group of people who greeted them in the gate, and went straight north, in the direction of the palace.

This is another time since the Marquis of Qi came to Luoyang, for this the royal family has spent a lot of effort, before dawn to arrange the army to empty the street from the gate to the palace, and when the Marquis of Wei and his party walked on the street, they could only see two columns of soldiers on both sides of the street, spears like a forest, flags flying, all showing the dignity of this ancient dynasty.

Yes, Wei Hou was just walking on the street, and at Wei Hou's own strong request, in order to show respect for the Son of Heaven, Wei Hou actually asked to get out of the car and walk. Although according to the ancient system, the princes are not allowed to take a car when they enter the royal city, but according to the current national strength of the Wei State and the current appearance of the royal family, who would dare to ask the Marquis of Wei? So Wei Hou himself resolutely put it forward, and the Taishi and others did not dare to refuse, so the royal ministers who came to greet him also had to raise their legs together.

Fortunately, Luoyang City is not very big, two or three miles of road will be completed in a while, in front of the palace, Wei Hou once again showed respect for the royal family, that is, he took the initiative to ask to worship the Taimiao first, and now even the most picky Taishi nodded with satisfaction.

The Marquis of Wei came in a hurry, and the ministers of the royal family did not dare to be picky, so the ceremony of worshipping the first king ended quickly, and the Marquis of Wei stepped into the palace.

As soon as you enter the palace gate, you can see neat soldiers in the palace square holding spears lined up on both sides of the royal road, and their formation and momentum are far more than the street outside the palace gate.

Wei Hou smiled slightly when he saw it, and the Taishi beside him hurriedly made a gesture of invitation, Wei Hou turned around and saluted back, and then stepped onto the royal road first, and walked towards the tall palace in front of him-Mingtang.

said that it was the royal way, in fact, this era was far less strict than that of the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations, so the Marquis of Wei was also comfortable walking in the middle, and in fact, even if the royal family wanted to be strict, it could not restrict the Marquis of Wei, who had real power.

At this time, on the high seat in the main hall, Zhou Bian was a little nervous, seeing a man in a fancy dress outside the hall gradually approaching, Zhou Bian couldn't help but clench his hands, and even his palms began to sweat a little.

Seeing that the man was getting closer and closer, and had already stepped on the steps of the Ming Hall, this was the first meeting between the nominally most powerful person and the most powerful person in this era, and the ministers on both sides present began to be a little nervous.

The sound of footsteps sounded, and I saw a middle-aged man in a fancy dress walking slowly into the hall, with a Chinese face, a dark complexion, a beard, and a rather non-angry and self-authoritative appearance.

Except for the sound of footsteps, there was no other sound in the hall, and Wei Hou raised his head and walked straight to the king on the high seat, and did not stop until ten steps away. After looking at the young man, Wei Hou bent down slightly and shouted, "Minister Wei Qi has seen the king!" ”

How to make Wei Hou salute himself, Zhou Bian, who was panicked, immediately stood up and waved his hands around, "Wei Hou is polite, Wei Hou sit down, Wei Hou doesn't need to salute, hurry up!" ”

As soon as this slightly panicked shout came out, I saw that Wei Hou smiled at the corner of his mouth, in fact, Wei Hou was not ready to salute, and his body had not bowed down, so he straightened up again, only to hear Wei Hou laugh and say, "The king is not called Wei Hou, you can call Wei Qing." ”

Zhou Bian suddenly panicked and waved his hand to refuse, but Wei Hou still insisted on it with a smile on his face, and Zhou Bian shouted softly, "Wei Qing, please sit down." ”

When he said this, Zhou Bian pointed to his side, so Wei Hou naturally did not shirk, after arching his hand, he raised his feet and walked up to the high platform, sat down in the place where the king got out of the way, and then like a master, he stretched out his hand to invite the king to sit down, and the two of them sat side by side on the high platform, facing the location of the ministers below.

However, none of His Royal Highness's ministers, including the royal family, as well as the doctors and generals who accompanied the Marquis of Wei, had any objections. The Marquis of Wei sat with the king, this was a symbol of strength, and even the courtiers who valued the face of the royal family the most did not dare to make any other sound at this time.

After glancing at His Royal Highness, Wei Hou turned his head and said to the king, "God bless my Zhou room, as for the king, the house is full of money, which is really a sign of prosperity." ”

Zhou Bian hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Back to Wei Qing, my royal family still owes Wei Qing, if it weren't for the arrival of the Wei army, I am afraid that the Han army is still showing off its power outside Luoyang City at this time." ”

"Haha!" Wei Hou raised his head and laughed a few times.

"The king is serious, for the royal family, it is the responsibility of our feudal marquis, if it is not for the Han military to know that he ran first, today he will definitely ask the king to watch the Wei army defeat the power of the Han army in the city. But please rest assured, when today is over, tomorrow our Wei army will continue to march and approach Xinzheng, and Korea will definitely pay the price. ”

"This, hehe, it doesn't have to be." Zhou Bian didn't expect Wei Hou to be so good, and he actually wanted to teach Han Hou a lesson, but Zhou Bian didn't think that Wei Hou would have any good intentions, so he pretended to be embarrassed and refused.

"Don't worry, the king is going to Xinzheng, don't want a single soldier in the Zhou room, the Zhou room only needs to send people to watch the battle. Well, since my Wei army conquered Xinzheng for the king, I wonder if the king can make my Wei army famous? ”

After a pause, seeing the puzzled look on the king's face, Wei Hou added, "If the king doesn't make Wei his uncle and stabilize the world for the royal family, the king just needs to sit back and enjoy the success, how about it?" ”

"This matter is important, and it is difficult for this king to decide for a while, so how about letting this king discuss it with Zhongqing?" Zhou Bian's voice was a little slurred.

"Is it because the king doesn't know the power of my Wei army? Why don't you take advantage of the fact that it's still early, and let Wei take the king out of the city to see the might of my Wei army? Although Wei Hou's words were inquiry, he did not mean to ask at all, and when he saw Wei Hou say that, he had already stood up and stretched out his hand to the king who had not yet reacted.

"King, would it be good to let Wei help you out of the city?"

Seeing Wei Hou, who seemed to be respectful but actually had no respect at all, Zhou Bian stayed there for a while, not knowing what to do.

Or the Taishi relieved the siege, "As soon as the Marquis of Wei entered my palace, he was about to leave the palace, and those who don't know still think that my royal family was not well entertained, so it is not too late to wait until lunch is over and then go out of the city." ”

Turning his head to look at the Taishi, Wei Hou still nodded, "According to the Taishi's wishes, it is said that there is good wine in the Zhou room, and Wei can also taste the royal food." And my army outside the city is also building a high platform, and it will be almost after lunch. ”

Then Wei Hou slowly sat down, which made the ministers in the hall breathe a sigh of relief, although Wei Hou's voice was not loud, but he still had a special power when he stood up.

Then the atmosphere became much more harmonious, the doctors and generals on both sides met each other, and the young master explained the situation of the city defense in the past month, but he heard Wei Hou below, Sima Cuo and other generals and doctors couldn't help but marvel.

Soon it was time for lunch, and because it was a big court meeting, there were many people, and the luncheon was arranged in the Ming Hall. Today's royal family is no longer the small family of Cheng Zhou in the past, under the command of the prison guard, soon hundreds of temple people interspersed in, brought a few small ones, and then hundreds of maids rushed in, moving Xiaoding and other things.

Then there is the song and dance, there are musicians to bring the chimes, guqin and other musical instruments, a moment later, the melodious phoenix song nine days will sound in the Ming Hall, accompanied by faintly, eight eight sixty-four dancers floated in like butterflies, dancing in the middle of the hall on the field, and one of the petite lead dancers, is the little beauty Tian Qian given by Tian Yi.

The phoenix song nine days is the national music of the Zhou Dynasty, according to legend, there is a phoenix chirping in Qishan when King Wen, this national music is to commemorate the symbol of the Zhou Dynasty will be prosperous Ruizhao, spread for hundreds of years, today's royal family can still play out. This beautiful music and accompanying dance flashed, and the entire hall fell into a state of intoxication, but there was still one exception, and that was Wei Hou.

I saw that Wei Hou was laughing, and seemed to be very energetic, and he clapped his hands from time to time, or pointed with his fingers, obviously admiring the beauty in the audience, and did not care at all that this was the national music of the Zhou Dynasty, but political music.

Seeing this, no one dared to accuse, but Wei Hou's rather ** appearance made Zhou Bian very worried, if this Wei Hou opened his mouth and wanted the little dancing girl Tian Qian, then should he give it or not?

However, Zhou Bian's worries did not come true, and Wei Hou did not open his mouth until after the luncheon.

Under the arrangement of the prison guard, all the tableware for the luncheon was removed in an orderly manner, and the floor was also wiped by the maids on their knees, and the inside of the Ming Hall was as clean as before the luncheon. However, the mood of the ministers in the palace was not calm.

Sure enough, after Wei Hou wiped his mouth, he threw the silk cloth in his hand to the maid behind him, and then spoke, "The wine in the Zhou room is really good, the cart of fine wine brought back by Wei Ang last year was quickly drunk, and it has not been a long time since I drank such a fine wine." This time a relative came to Luoyang, I don't know if the king is willing to drink wine? How about giving away 10 more cars? ”

"This is okay, but it will be later, after all, the Korean army has besieged the city for a month, and many matters of my royal family have stopped."

"Haha, it doesn't matter. King, now that Wei has enjoyed the wine and food of the royal family, can the king appreciate his face and comfort our army from afar? With that, Wei Hou stood up again.

"This." Zhou Bian also stood up, but with a hesitant expression, he secretly looked at the Taishi.

At this time, Taishi hurriedly walked over, "Wei Hou, the sun is high, and the heat is unbearable, so why don't you wait another hour." ”

I didn't think that Wei Hou was good-tempered, so he agreed again.

At last an hour had passed, and the sun had begun to set a little westward, and a great crowd had gone out of the palace, and after boarding the carriage, they went straight to the gate. The three eastern gates are still blocked and have not yet been opened.

In addition to turning east, it soon drove to the east of Luoyang.

Looking at the few thin carriages in front of him, Fan Yu, who accompanied the king as the right side of the car, couldn't help but sigh, "The king, this Wei Hou is really a hero, with only eight chariots and less than thirty people, he actually dares to enter my palace, is he not afraid that my royal family will detain him and threaten the Wei State?" ”

When Zhou Bian heard this, he was immediately startled, and after looking around, he covered Fan Yu's mouth, "Can you say nonsense?" I can't even think about it, you think that Wei Hou entered my Luoyang alone, but in fact, my Luoyang is all under the control of Wei Hou, even this king is pretending to be stupid, serving Wei Hou carefully, and not daring to be careless, how dare you think of this thought, isn't this to kill my royal family? ”

Fan Yu's face turned pale when he heard this, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't make a sound.

"If you don't believe it, you will see for yourself that this Wei army is the strongest army in the world, and it is by no means comparable to the Korean army, and the 100,000 Han army can't capture my Luoyang in a month. Although the revival of my royal family has improved somewhat, we must not underestimate the number one power in the world. ”

Fan Yu nodded at this time, indicating that he was no longer thinking nonsense.

At this time, under the escort of a hundred imperial forest troops, Wang Jia's carriage had already crossed the river and came to the front of the Wei army camp.

A solemn and murderous aura suddenly rushed to the face, 100,000 Wei troops lined up in ten large formations, two rows and five columns, facing the direction of Luoyang, not moving at all, the soldiers who came into view, one by one, as if cast iron, and the Changge or spear in the hand formed a whole, under the light of the banner waving in the wind, it was a good exposition of the concept of the world's strongest soldiers.

Yes, this is the invincible Wei army in this era, not only Zhou Bian was stunned, but Fan Yu also widened his eyes, this momentum, after all, is definitely not at the same level compared to the Han army.

In the car in front, Wei Hou had already jumped out, and the Taishi who accompanied Zhou Bian and Tianyi, Tuping, Zhao Biao and others also got out of the car. I saw that the Marquis of Wei walked straight to the carriage of the king, and said with a smile, "King, can I still take a look at the Wei army?" ”

"Yes, he is really the strongest soldier in the world, and under his fame, there is really no lie." Zhou Bian nodded.

"Then ask Wei to take the king to the high platform." As he spoke, Wei Hou stretched out his hand again.

This time, Zhou Bian consciously got out of the car with Wei Hou's men, and accompanied by Wei Hou, he boarded the earthen platform that was hastily built in front of the Wei camp.

What is surprising is that this three-zhang high earthen platform has a layer of stairs to facilitate climbing. The four sides of the earthen platform are also flat, and it is obviously very solid, it is really hard to imagine how Wei Jun made such a thing in half a day's effort, and cleaned it up so quickly, and he didn't even see a scaffolding or anything like that on the scene.

Soon climbed to the top of the earth platform, which was a square plane, also very flat, and just when Zhou Bian's feet just stepped on the top, someone shook the flag in an inconspicuous place below, and then, suddenly, without warning, a loud noise shouted.

"Long live the King!"

The shouts were as neat as one, and the business of 100,000 people roared together, like a thunder in the sky, startling the royal family and ministers who were on the stage. In particular, the young king was so frightened that he retracted his legs, which had reached the top, and stopped as if he were shivering.

This momentum is by no means comparable to the Han army, although the number of people is not much, but the neatness and momentum are very different, and Fan Yu, who was closely following the king, his face has also changed, and the power of the Wei army can be seen from this.

And Wei Hou, who was walking in the front, turned around and smiled, "Our army is reckless, and it has disturbed the king, forgive your sins!" ”

As he spoke, he stretched out a hand and picked Zhou Bian up.

There are not many people on the top of this earthen platform, except for a dozen or so Wei generals such as Wei Hou Sima Cuo, the royal family also has five or six important ministers such as Zhou Bian Taishi and the guard Fan Yu standing up.

This height has exceeded the Luoyang city wall and even the city gate, looking down in this place, only to see ten large phalanxes vividly, neat and tidy, exceptionally clear, the wind blows the flag, the light flashes, this army really lives up to the title of the world's strongest soldiers.

I only heard Wei Hou say smugly, "King, is my Wei army still worth seeing?" ”

There was a warm wind blowing gently, Zhou Bian seemed to be unable to stand on his legs, and said with a little hesitation, "Live up to the name of a strong army, otherwise you won't be able to scare the Korean army." ”

"But does the king know that when my army moves, what is the daily cost of grain and grass, and what is the daily cost of chariot and horse labor?"

Is this to be rewarded? However, Zhou Bian still shook his head cooperatively.

"Hehe, there aren't many, but our army is full of laborers, can the king say one or two?"

I didn't think that Wei Hou would speak so directly, but Zhou Bian smiled, so why didn't he show a little generosity?

"What reward Wei Qing wants, say it."

"Catapult."

After a pause, Marquis Wei continued, "With the craftsman who knows how to make catapults and me, I will calm the world for the king, and from now on, this marquis guarantees that no one in this world will dare to be disrespectful to the royal family and the king." ”

This deal is not bad, a simple and not very secret technology, can summon the protection of the Wei State, and it is indeed described. However, Zhou Bian still pretended to be nervous, "This king can't make up his mind." ”

"How can the king not make up his mind, Luoyang rumors, this catapult is made by the king, so the craftsman will make it again. If the king can't make up his mind, who can? Wei Hou took a step forward.

Frightened, Zhou Bian couldn't help but take a step back, and then the Taishi hurriedly stepped forward, "Wei Hou, that's just a rumor, Wei Hou doesn't tell lies in front of him, it was my royal family in order to improve the reputation of the king, and deliberately said that it was made by the king." This old man can be the master of the king, if the Wei country protects my royal family, my royal family is willing to give the catapult and the Wei country. ”

Wei Hou's eyes flickered, "Can the Taishi call the shots?" ”

Taishi nodded resolutely, "Before the first king collapsed, he ordered the old man to supervise the country. ”

"Okay, Ben Hou has thanked the Taishi, as mentioned above, Ben Hou will ensure that my Zhou royal family is worry-free."

After arching his hand, the Taishi stepped aside and gave up the throne to the king.

Then it was simple, after the Wei army shouted a few more slogans, they practiced the offensive and defensive formations, and this time the labor army was over. However, although the Wei army practiced simple attack and defense, Zhou Bian saw two points from it, one is discipline, the other is training, and compared with the royal army, but I don't know where it is.

didn't want to get off the high platform, but Wei Hou stopped Zhou Bian and his party again.

"When the king comes to my Wei camp, if this marquis doesn't entertain him, won't he make the world laugh? Ben Hou has already placed a big tent in front of him, please wait a few moments for the king, can you? ”

Although it is a tone of soliciting opinions, it is clearly coercive.

So Zhou Bian looked back at the Taishi, and after seeing that the latter nodded, he agreed, "Wei Qing led the way." ”

It was an unusually tall tent, and it stood out in the gray ordinary tent. The inside of the tent had been paved with wooden planks, and it was obviously freshly cut wood, and it was still very damp, but a small blanket was placed in the place where the people were sitting, and a small table was placed in front of the small blanket.

In the upper position of the big tent, there were two small tables side by side, obviously this was Wei Hou and the king's, and then the Taishi and Sima Cuo sat on both sides of the subordinates.

After the two sides exchanged some good words, Wei Hou suddenly became serious, as if he was a little speechless, but his tone was resolute. "The king, the minister Wei Qi has two things to ask the king for permission."

"Tell me, what's the matter?" In fact, Marquis Wei's attitude has already satisfied the royal family, at least compared to the arrogance of Marquis Qi at the beginning, it is still much stronger.

"King, the first thing, my Wei State is about to move the capital from Anyi to Daliang, and I hope that the king can come to Daliang to celebrate. The second thing is that Benhou wants to learn Qi Huan Jin Wen, and respectfully invites the king to Huangchi to accept the princes' visits, and in front of the princes, he personally professes Benhou as Fang Bo, and disagrees with the expedition on behalf of the Son of Heaven. ”

As soon as these words came out, not only did the entire tent suddenly become quiet, but even the temperature seemed to drop by several degrees.

Including Zhou Bian, all the people in the royal family in the big tent were stunned, and after a while, the Taishi arched his hand and said, "The king is young and not easy to travel long distances. ”

"Huh!" Wei Hou smiled, "Taishi is really joking, although Taishi can supervise the country, but this matter is important, how can Taishi act as the king?" Ben Hou has decided to lead a large army to besiege Xinzheng and seek justice for our king. Besieging Xinzheng, this matter should not be delayed, Ben Hou decided to set off early tomorrow morning, and the king will rest in the camp tonight, so as not to miss the hour. Please rest assured, Benhou has prepared a wide carriage and ice cubes for the king, as well as a well-behaved maid, and the king will never be wronged at all. ”

Saying that, Wei Hou clapped his hands, and immediately rushed into a row of little maids from the back of the big tent, all of them were in their prime, with their pretty faces lowered, and they knelt in front of Zhou Bian obediently.

Unexpectedly, there was a loud bang, bang!

Taishi suddenly stood up, kicked over the small few in front of him, and shouted, "Wei Hou, are you trying to hold the Son of Heaven hostage?" ”