Chapter 33: The Banquet of the Palace
Bai Zhen, the king of Qiuci, has just succeeded to the throne for less than two years and is the younger brother of Bai Chun, the king of Qiuci. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
At the beginning, LΓΌ Guang led a large army to conquer the Western Regions, and all the countries where he went surrendered, but only Bai Chun, the king of Qiuci, insisted on not surrendering. As a result, under the siege of LΓΌ Guang's army, Bai Chun, the king of Qiuzi, was defeated and killed, and then Bai Zhen was established as the new king by LΓΌ Guang.
Bai Zhen hated and feared Lu Guang, if it wasn't for Lu Guang to break his country, Qiuci would still be one of the powerful countries in the Western Regions, but now Qiuci's country is not as strong as before, and it will not be at its peak again.
However, even if Bai Zhen and the people of Qiuci hated Lu Guang to the core, they did not dare to provoke the other party easily, and it was really the Qiuci people who were afraid of Lu Guang.
I think that at the beginning, in order to deal with Lu Guang, the former king Bai Chun bribed Hu Hu for help with treasures.
King Hu sent his younger brother Na Long to lead more than 200,000 horsemen, and led a total of 700,000 troops from Wensu, Weitou and other countries to save Qiuzi.
Who knew that hundreds of thousands of Western Regions coalition troops faced the army of less than 100,000 Lu Guang, and they were defeated and fled, losing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
This battle started LΓΌ Guangwei's reputation, and in just a few months, more than 30 kingdoms were surrendered, and all countries near and far came to annex.
Since Bai Zhen became the owner of Qiuzi, he has been working diligently all the time, not only reorganizing the capital damaged by the war, but also trying his best to appease the damage caused by the war to the lives of the people. After two years of hard work, the national strength of Qiuci has been restored, and there are no traces of war on the streets.
Although Bai Zhen has been trying to take revenge, he knows that Guizi is far from being Lu Guang's opponent, so he does not dare to act rashly, so he can only hide his hatred deep in his heart, and secretly continue to accumulate strength and look for opportunities.
On this day, when he suddenly heard that an envoy from Lu Guang had arrived, Bai Zhen did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent the minister of state to welcome Wei Shuo to the palace.
Under the opening of the way, Wei Shuo and the country of Qiuzi drove together, slowly galloping towards the palace.
The crowd stopped outside the palace and turned over and dismounted.
"Envoy, the king is waiting in the palace, please come with the old minister."
Wei Shuo nodded, and slowly walked into the palace hall under the guidance of the prime minister, and both sides were full of Qiuzi civil and military forces. Among them, there was a faint hatred in the eyes of many people who looked at Wei Shuo, and there were also many people with flattering smiles on their faces.
"In Xia Weishuo, meet the lord of the country!"
"Your envoy is exempt, please sit next to you!"
Bai Zhen then said with a smile: "As the host, this king has prepared a grand banquet in the palace, which is specially designed for the envoy to receive the wind and wash the dust. β
Wei Shuo nodded and agreed: "Everything is under the orders of the lord of the country, and Shuo is obedient." β
After a melodious music, the waiters and court maids put plates of delicacies on the table like clouds, and the wine was served in glass bottles, shimmering with alluring brilliance.
Naturally, beautiful women danced at the banquet, and the tune of the banquet suddenly changed, and more than 20 beautiful and delicate-looking Maiko came to the drum, divided into two columns, and danced.
King Qiuzi raised the wine and saluted Wei Shuoyao: "Everyone, today's banquet is for the special envoy to catch the wind and wash the dust!" I think that at the beginning, General Lu was brave, went deep into the Western Regions for more than 1,000 miles, fought in all directions, and became famous! This king proposes to congratulate General Lu! β
The prime minister, who was kneeling at the bottom, hurriedly got up and raised the wine bottle, and said in a loud voice: "Congratulations to General Lu, drink this cup full." β
So, everyone present hurriedly raised their glasses and stood up one after another.
Wei Shuo was thoughtful when he saw this, and all of them were extremely welcoming in front of him, seemingly being bluffed by Lu Guangwei, but who knew if it was a smoke bomb released on purpose?
After the dance, suddenly a young girl carried a four-stringed pipa with a curved neck to the hall, put it horizontally on her lap, and the slender hand gently waved the wonderful sound suddenly, such as a bead walking on the jade plate, such as a neon dress dancing lightly, everyone but heard the sound of the pipa, and could not hear any other sound.
It is said that there is no shortage of pipa masters in modern times, but the modern pipa is straight-necked, and under the four strings, thirteen frets are added to make the vocal range more expanded and gorgeous. The posture of holding the piano is to hold it straight in the arms.
At this moment, the Guizi musician is holding the piano and stroking it, and the four-stringed pipa with a curved neck is even simpler than the modern pipa, and he can't imagine that he can play such a wonderful song.
Wei Shuo was almost so stupid that he almost forgot everything, and when the sound of the piano died down, he still couldn't move for a long time.
At this time, Bai Zhen proudly showed him, "How?"
Wei Shuo let out a long sigh and said, "I don't want to have such a good performance in the Peerless Domain. β
Bai Zhen laughed and said: "The small country in the Western Regions, only this carving insect skill is enough to boast to others, I don't want to meet a bosom friend today, come and come, and wait for this Wang Jing's envoy three cups." β
Then King Qiuzi's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "The best thing in Xiao Wang's life is to make friends with martial arts talents!" To this day, when I recall the majestic posture of General Lu in the Western Regions, I still admire it. The noble envoy is not only under the command of General Lu, but also must be a brave man, I don't know if Your Excellency is willing to show your hand, but also let Xiao Wang open his eyes, Xiao Wang will be overjoyed. β
"I drank the wine of the lord of the country, and I should have played with both hands for you to see, but unfortunately in addition to drinking, I only had a few catties of stupid strength."
King Qiuzi was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Wonderful, it turns out that Your Excellency is actually a wrestler." β
He clapped his hands suddenly, and as soon as the applause began, a bald and hairless man walked out of the purple curtain behind the tent, shirtless, but wearing a pair of gold-sprinkled trousers.
Wei Shuo has seen a lot of big men in his life, and he himself is not small, but compared to this big man, he looks like a child.
Except for the four King Kongs in the temple, or the giant in the picture, he really couldn't think of anyone else who could compete with this big man.
Bai Zhen, the king of Qiuzi, said with a smile: "This is Kang Long, the strong man of our state, although he also has a few catties of stupid strength, but he is naturally clumsy, I just hope that your subordinates will be merciful and let him score three points." β
When Wei Shuo heard that the name of the Han was Kang Long, his heart immediately moved, could this person be the strong man who killed his brother Lu Hong when Lu Su usurped the throne in history? The historical description of Kang Long is not exhaustive, and it only appeared in the assassination of Lu Hong.
Looking at Hercules Kang Long's muscles that seemed to be made of black iron, Wei Shuo gasped and deliberately said loudly: "Does the lord of the country want me to compete with him?"
Seeing Wei Shuo's timidity, King Qiuzi felt a slight pleasure in his heart, and nodded with a smile: "This is natural, if your envoy thinks that he is not an opponent, of course this king will not be reluctant." β
"That's it, that's it, I have to accompany you! However, before the competition, there was something to say, this battle needs to have a lottery, if you win by luck, please the king will give this strong man to me. β
"Okay, it's a deal!"
Bai Zhen said a few words to Kang Long, and the giant grinned at Wei Shuo and walked over like a mountain. Before Wei Shuo could get up, Kang Long's palm, which was bigger than a pu fan, had already stretched out towards him.
Seeing this scene, many of the Qiuzi ministers present couldn't help laughing, as long as they saw Lu Guang's people suffering, they felt extremely happy.
I saw that the giant-like Kang Long pulled Wei Shuo out of his seat like an eagle catching a chicken, and his hands had already boarded his shoulders on both sides, and he was about to press down.
Others only said that even if Wei Shuo's bones were not crushed, at least he would be crushed and cut off by half.
Who knew that I only heard a "bang", followed by a "bang" - "bang", the sound of a person falling to the ground; "Bang la" is the sound of the bowl being crushed.
But it was not Wei Shuo who fell, but the giant Kang Long.
It turned out that when Kang Long's two hands pressed down hard, he didn't press anything, and Wei Shuo's body had already swam behind him and stretched out his hand to push.
It seemed that with just a slight push, the giant's three-hundred-pound body had fallen down, and even the cups and chopsticks on the table next to him were shocked and jumped.
Of course, it was not Wei Shuo who pushed him down, but Kang Long's own strength to push him down, and Wei Shuo just did him a small favor.
This kind of ingenuity seems to be easy, but in the meantime, the body method is not stupid at all, and the time is even more wrong.
If it weren't for Du Jin's careful guidance and his extraordinary talent, Wei Shuo might not have won so easily.
This should be the first time Wei Shuo has faced actual combat since learning martial arts, and the easy victory also made him secretly happy.
Bai Zhen, the king of Qiuzi, and all the ministers of civil and military affairs saw that their eyes were straight, they didn't expect such a result in the end, they originally wanted to see Wei Shuo make a fool of themselves, but they didn't expect to steal chickens and rice.