Chapter Seventy-Four: The Meeting of the Peak
After the bedridden wizard prayed to God a thousand times, ten thousand times, extremely devoutly, the day finally came, although it had rained a little a few days ago, and the wizard who was not yet well had a fever again, on the 24th, it finally cleared. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
It was a sunny day, the sky had just dawned, and the sleepless old wizard knelt on the ground, thanking God for giving him a sunny day with extremely sincere words, and at the same time swore resolutely in his heart that he would never do this again, it was easy to fool Wei Hou, and it was difficult to fool the heavens!
The sky was clear and cloudless, the autumn was crisp, and Wei Hou's mood was exceptionally smooth. All kinds of flags on the high platform were waving, they were from fourteen different countries, yes, the monarchs of these fourteen vassal states all came in response to the call of his Marquis Wei, and at this moment, Marquis Wei was the leader of the princes of the world.
After trimming the crown on his head, lifting the neckline of the robe, and flicking his long sleeves, Wei Hou stepped forward and raised his legs towards the high platform, this is the time that belongs to him is coming.
The bells and drums rang in unison, and the horns rang out in unison, but at this moment, the glory on the high platform had nothing to do with Zhou Bian, just when the Marquis of Wei raised his legs, a group of royal monarchs and ministers sat in a temporary small tent behind the high platform, waiting for the Marquis of Wei to send someone to call.
The tent is quite gorgeous, there are beautiful maids waiting around, and there are also seasonal fruits and dried fruits, in addition to Zhou Bian Ning Yue and others, there are also Gongzi Ang and the old doctor Wei Fenzi to accompany them, but at this time the tent is quiet, let him outside sometimes the sound of music and color shake the sky, sometimes silent as winter, in this tent, there is no one to talk.
Zhou Bian will not care about the false name of waiting for the first appearance in front of the princes of the world, as well as the deliberate arrangement of Wei Hou, rather than care, rather than being angry, it is better to think more about his own affairs, so, at this time, Zhou Bian is thinking about the reply he received yesterday, one is from Luoyang, Luoyang's messenger followed behind the ass in a big circle before sending it, Luoyang's people's livelihood is stable, economic development is as usual, behind a calm Zhou Bian knows that this is Wei Hou's deterrence, and then it is the contact with Qin and Chu, which has not yet been put on the line, This also made Zhou Bian break the idea that the king of Chu sent troops as a result of his own planning, but originally, calculating the time, the king of Chu must have started to transfer troops immediately after learning that the Marquis of Wei wanted to ally with the world, otherwise the 200,000 army would not be waiting all the time.
This is a good thing, first of all, it shows that in addition to himself, at least there are others who can't see the dominance of Wei State, and once again, it also shows that Chu State is also capable people, sending troops at this moment, the blow to Wei Hou is obviously more intense, it is a snake hit on the seven inches, of course, Zhou Bian actually hopes that the King of Chu can be more ruthless, and then a little more simply, but Ning Yue and others naturally will not think like this, in their hearts, killing Wei Hou is a small matter, and the safety of the Son of Heaven is a big deal.
And then also received a return from Qi yesterday, the messenger also chased from Anyi, the letter is from the Luo, there is nothing big in the letter, it is nothing more than that the first batch of epoch-making paper has been safely transported to Linzi, and has bought a yard, the Luoluo is investigating the market to run the relationship, etc., as for the decision-making of the high-level of the Qi State through business relations, there is no shadow, but Zhou Bian will not be in a hurry, he knows that this is not a matter of a while, and it is correct for the current Luoluo to run the relationship to do business, Because the listing of paper products will inevitably cause a sensation, if there is no backstage, Zhou Bian can't believe that the group will be arrested and tortured in Linzi.
In short, everything is going according to plan, there is no result, but there is no fault, and now all we have to do is to wait.
Quietly closed his eyes and was pondering, unbeknownst to him, Zhou Bian at this time had become drowsy in the eyes of Gongzi Ang and others.
I don't know how long later, there were soft footsteps outside the tent and hurriedly sounded,
Gongzi Ang immediately raised his head, Ning Yue and the others also turned their heads, and the old doctor Wei Fenzi widened his old eyes and looked at the tent door.
Sure enough, it was a Wei army colonel who came in, dressed in bronze armor, wearing a red cloak on his back, and looking particularly energetic, obviously specially prepared for today's events, this person was also the person next to Wei Hou, I saw that after he entered the account, he first rushed to the emperor and then saluted Gongzi Ang, and then said, "My lord, my lord is invited!" ”
Then Doctor Wei Fenzi and Gongzi Ang were immediately excited, Wei Fenzi even had a little trembling lips, he had been planning for so long, wasn't it just for this moment?
On the other hand, the royal family and ministers were much more indifferent, Zhou Bian nodded, and Wang Sunman immediately stood up and saluted back, "Please wait, the king will come immediately." ”
And Wei Fenzi also stood up and stepped forward to explain the last few words to Wang Sunman.
As he spoke, Fan Yu and another royal child acted as a guard to help Zhou Bian up, just because this was a ceremony, so Zhou Bian was wearing a full set of royal clothes, which was a little heavy, and it was still a little difficult to get up. Of course, the royal costume alone is not so heavy, and the heavy weight is that there is a layer of iron soft armor in the royal suit.
A group of people with long sleeves and fluttering, each wearing the Chinese costume used in the ceremony, led by Wang Sunman, the Son of Heaven in the middle, Fan Yu and another guard behind, followed by Dr. Ning Yue, and then Zhou Mi led ten tigers, guarding the Son of Heaven, and after assembling outside the tent, they walked towards the high platform under the leadership of dozens of Wei soldiers and the little colonel.
After walking dozens of steps, Zhou Bian looked back, but saw Gongzi Ang and Dr. Wei Fenzi still standing at the door of the tent, and saw the little king turn around, Gongzi Ang waved his hand, Zhou Bian seemed to see the smile on Gongzi Ang's lips, and the tears in the corners of Wei Fenzi's old doctor's eyes.
After walking a short distance, I arrived at the high earthen platform, at this moment, all around this high platform are soldiers from all countries, each dressed in costume, all kinds of armor and armor are neat and bright, it seems to be a cold weapons exhibition, through the banner like a forest, you can clearly see which vassal states are all. Of course, on both sides of the road leading to Tutai, Zhou Bian easily saw the royal soldiers closest to Gaotai, who were the hundred personal guards, led by a centurion.
Seeing the king coming, thousands of soldiers from all over the world on both sides of the road bowed down one after another, and only the hundred royal soldiers knelt down on one knee, Zhou Bian felt a little indignant, but he only nodded from the centurion on his face.
There is a high platform in front of you.
It is the north side of the high platform, and as the Son of Heaven, he naturally wants to appear in front of the princes from the north.
A bluestone road leads straight to the top, on both sides of the road is a row of uniformed soldiers holding colored flags, the upper and lower layers of the earth platform are also a circle of colored flags, the colored flags and the cloaks of the soldiers are shaking in the autumn wind, the momentum is huge, a good meeting of the Ze, a good princes' grand meeting, a good Fengbo ceremony.
Zhou Bian paused under the high platform, and saw that the junior colonel Wei in front of him turned around, and then stepped onto the bluestone slab.
Layer by layer, I didn't feel anything when I walked last time, but this time I was wearing soft armor, and my steps suddenly sank a lot, but fortunately, after more than 20 levels, Zhou Bian only felt that his body was light, and it turned out that Fan Yu and another guard helped him up.
Looking up, I felt that the top of the high platform was getting closer and closer.
Then halfway through, there was an accident, a gust of wind blew suddenly, a soldier didn't know whether to see the king coming a little nervous, or not full breakfast, the flag in his hand was actually blown down by the wind, just fell in front of Wang Sunman, frightened the doctor jumped up, two steps back, and Zhou Bian behind naturally stopped, Fan Yu brushed out the sword at his waist.
Zhou Bian could see the cold sweat on the Wei soldier's face.
But a little thing, the situation will not get out of control after all, after the soldier reacted and picked up the flag, Fan Yu inserted back the sword, and after the Wei army junior colonel glared at the soldier, the group continued to walk up. However, when Zhou Bian walked past the soldier, he turned his head to take a look, only to see that he was trembling, Zhou Bian knew that according to Wei Hou's temperament, this person had been sentenced to death, so he had to mourn for him for half a second.
Soon, it reached the top of the stage, and the wind also blew the sound of talking on the top, which was still a little lively, but I could also imagine that it was all princes talking, talking about heaven or earth.
When the Wei army colonel was still a layer of bluestone slabs from the top of the platform, he stopped, and a group of Wei soldiers stood on the side of the bluestone slabs, bowed sideways and made a gesture of invitation to the Zhou monarchs, after all, not everyone has the right to climb to the top. And on the top, there was already a Wei doctor waiting at this time.
When the figure of the young son of heaven appeared on the high platform, he saw Wei Hou raise his hands, and the scene suddenly quieted down. What Zhou Bian saw was that the two columns of princes in even crown robes stood up quickly and slowly, looking in his direction, while Wei Hou turned around and led up.
"Come, the king, please, let the widow lead the way for the king!"
Almost held by the Marquis of Wei, Zhou Bian walked to the stone pillar in the middle, Ning Yue and Wang Sunman stood on both sides of his side, and behind him were Fan Yu's two personal guards, looking at the back of Marquis Wei bowing to the princes, listening to his words about introducing the Son of Heaven, Zhou Bian suddenly remembered two people, Zhou Gongdan and Huo Guang, but shook his head and waved away these two figures, which were clearly Cao Cao.
Hold the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes.
Under the leadership of the Marquis of Wei, Zhou Bian raised his hand to accept the bowing of the princes, and sat down peacefully.
First of all, Han Hou led by the right hand, a young man, who met last year, still had a pale face, but he looked much calmer, and when he saw the king looking at him, Han Hou arched his hand.
Zhou Bian nodded in return. Looking back again, there are princes of small countries with different complexions, middle-aged and elderly, Zhou Bian doesn't know him, look to the left, although he doesn't know, Zhou Bian also knows that it is Qi Hou who sits in the first place, thinking that the middle-aged fat man with a paler face than Han Hou, his eyes are a little blurry, and he doesn't seem to be listening to what Wei Hou says. Obviously, Zhao Chu is in the future, and Qi Han is the second and third.
There was another acquaintance in the field, it was actually Qin Gongzi Quliang, who came on behalf of his father, and also bowed.
This is the most powerful group of people in the world, Zhou Bian suddenly had a trace of trance, once upon a time, he didn't want to stand at the top of the class without thinking about crossing a game. Of course, there are still four people who really have power who have not come, namely Zhao Chuyan and Yue Siguo.
Looking at the princes with different expressions, Zhou Bian suddenly sighed, thinking in his heart that the king of Chu had really miscalculated this time, the princes of these countries didn't even look a little nervous, and they clearly didn't take the Chu army north seriously, and the ceremony of the Marquis of Wei was still held smoothly. I thought I would be scared away by one or two by the Chu army, but I would count them, but there were still fourteen.
The strength of Wei really makes these small countries full of confidence.
As soon as he ascended to the high platform, Zhou Bian's mind was on the various princes and lords, so that Wei Hou did not listen to a single word of his speech.
For a long time, I also heard Wei Hou's speech chattering, interspersed with Wang Sunman's long answers, as well as compliments from Qi Hou Han Hou and others from time to time, as if he was reporting to the Son of Heaven on major events in the world, but this Zhou Bian was already distracted, because it was too boring.
After a long time, I suddenly heard a cheer, which pulled back Zhou Bian's thoughts that he didn't know where he had gone.
Only heard the compliments of more than a dozen princes, and turned his head to see the smug face of Marquis Wei, Zhou Bian couldn't help but be a little puzzled, so he turned around and asked Ning Yue behind him, "What happened just now?" ”
In fact, this conference seems to be of a very high standard, but in fact, in this era, or after the collapse of etiquette, the rules are not so strict, and the princes also have each other, so Zhou Bian turned back to talk to the courtiers, and it didn't seem so maverick, and in fact, if the young son of heaven didn't do this, it would also attract the attention of the princes.
I only heard Ning Yue arch his hand and replied, "Back to the king, just now Wei Hou announced that the day before yesterday, 100,000 Wei troops drew with 200,000 Chu troops within 50 miles of the Wei border, forcing the Chu army to return to the Chu border and set up camp. ”
Last year, the Wei army fought two big battles, but he didn't expect it to be so fierce this year, so Zhou Bian once again sighed for the Wei soldiers left by Wu Qi.
Such a grand event, Wang Sunman couldn't help but congratulate Wei Hou a few words, Wei Hou looked even more proud, this time he really learned Qi Huan Jinwen, no, at this moment, Wei Hou suddenly felt that maybe he would be more powerful and famous than Qi Huan Jinwen.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the compliments quieted down, and when Wei Hou began to speak again, suddenly there was a commotion under the high platform, and someone could even be heard shouting, "Ask to see the king!" It provoked all the princes to talk about each other.
Who's going to break in? Wei Hou's face immediately turned cold, and Fan Yu was also nervous, and he took two steps forward, getting closer to the king.
A moment later, as a junior ran up, the platform fell silent.
"Report, it's the envoy of Zhao State, who asked to see the King of Zhou, and they said that they came to meet the King of Zhou."
"Who is Zhao Guo?"
"Back to the king, Zhao Zhuozi, the doctor of Zhao Guoshang."
"Specifically to meet King Zhou?" Wei Hou turned his head to look at Zhou Bian and muttered to himself.
Then he waved his hand, "Let him come up!" ”
"No!"
There was silence on the high platform, and everyone looked to the south, and everyone also wanted to know whether Zhao Ren came to slap his face or succumb.
A moment later, an old man in Chinese clothes, under the guidance of Junior Colonel Wei Jun, walked up with his head held high, followed by ten Zhao soldiers, the black armor was solemn, and the high bird feathers on the helmet shook up and down with the sound of the metal rubbing of the copper armor, and the momentum was really not small.
This group of people walked straight in front of the royal family, and Dr. Zhao Zhuozi knelt down on his knees, made a big salute, and arched his hand, "Minister Zhao Zhuo, meet the king for my family!" ”
"A certain time I came, not for anything else, just to meet the king, my Zhao family since the royal family, the era of the town to guard the northern frontier, to prevent Beidi, An Wangmin, hereby to the king, please the king peace of mind in the north."
followed by a bunch of reports on work, but Zhou Bian knew that Zhao Guo was doing it for Wei Hou to see, and Zhao Hou was going to slap Wei Hou in the face. At this time, the rest of the princes in the audience were already talking again, but they did not interrupt Doctor Zhao's words, because Wei Hou did not signal.
And Zhao Zhuozi's later words, Zhou Bian didn't understand it too much, but the final meaning was understood, that is, there was a sacrifice that wanted to pay tribute.
Zhou Bian hesitated suddenly, in front of Wei Hou, whether to accept Zhao Guo's offer, turned his head to look at Wei Hou, but did not see Wei Hou's expression.
However, Ning Yue behind him stood up all of a sudden, and calmly took their offerings from the hands of the Zhao people - a handful of thatch from the northern Xinjiang, a pot of Zhao wine, and a foal, just about to leave, and was led up by Zhao Bing, these are all things that the princes should offer to the Son of Heaven.
After handing over the things to the guards behind him, Ning Yue helped Zhao Zhuozi to talk to him for a few words, and then sat down again.
Zhou Bian was also a little afraid of angering Wei Hou, but seeing that Wei Hou's expression had not changed, and thinking about it again, maybe Ning Yue's status as a courtier might be right to do these things.
After Zhao Zhuozi saluted again, he claimed that he was leaving, and then he greeted the Marquis of Wei and other princes and said goodbye. Unexpectedly, at this time, Wei Hou spoke.
"Since Dr. Zhao is here, why don't you stay and listen to the king's order?"
Zhao Zhuozi looked around, nodded, and sat under the last stone pillar under the leadership of the Wei people.
Wei Hou was nakedly humiliating Zhao Ren, and put the doctor Zhao Guo, who represented Zhao Hou, at the end, this is Wei Hou's face, but obviously Zhao Zhuozi didn't care, but watched the conference leisurely.
After this episode, the conference continued. Next, on behalf of the royal family, Wang Sunman commended the Marquis of Wei, canonized the Marquis of Wei as the chief of the princes, the Marquis of Wei resigned, the princes persuaded each other, and the Marquis of Wei agreed, and accepted a spear and other things from the royal family.
Finally, the Marquis of Wei will be the princes of the alliance, and the alliance will say, defend the land and the people for the Son of Heaven, fight each other for no reason, and respect the Zhou family together.
At this point, Wei Hou finally completed the height reached by his predecessors, and at this moment, in Wei Hou's heart, he was already standing as tall as Qi Huan Jinwen.
The autumn breeze came slowly, and in the sunset, Wei Hou's figure was extremely tall, but he didn't notice that at this moment, a small teenager quietly clenched his fists.
The meeting of Fengze ended successfully!