Thank you to the book friend Niu Weiwei, the reward of wandering in the dream!

On the day of the winter solstice, just after the rooster crowed, the sky was slightly bright, and it rained in Xinjiang, and thunder was roaring in the clouds in the distance, as if indicating that there were bigger showers coming.

But this rain could not stop the great court meeting, which was extremely important for both the Zhao family and the Le family. Zhao Ying, the Jin Qing who was in charge of today's reception affairs, had already greeted Le Qi, a guest of the Song Kingdom, in the pavilion with the Hou people, and set off for the Yuqi Palace together.

Zhao Ying and Le Qi rode together in a horse chariot covered by Qinghua, and the post was not for the imperial Rong, marching in the Xinjiang city with a light drizzle.

After more than ten days of operation and planning, this is the result today, the two secretaries are in a good mood, holding on to the carved paint rails and talking and laughing softly. After chatting for a while about the time of the two children's matchmakers, Zhao Ying pointed out the various scenery along the way.

"Xinjiang, also known as Xintian, is a brand-new national capital, seventy years ago, the first monarch Jinggong only moved from dozens of miles away from Jiujiang, this city was planned by Han Xianzi, martingale's grandfather Wenzi also participated." For Xinjiang, which is very graceful and neat and shows the style of a hegemon, Zhao Ying is still very complacent.

Le Qi looked around, at this moment it was the beginning of the shower, the morning sun broke through the clouds and rose, red light sprinkled all over the city, there were elm trees and locust trees planted on both sides of the road, floating with orange and bright red winter leaves. After the rain, the cool breeze blows, he looks at the palace like a cloud, and the city gate is majestic, and the squares, miles, and cities on both sides are uneven, and it is also a spectacular and beautiful scenery.

It didn't take long for them to enter the central axis road to welcome the foreign guests, which was divided into three, and in the middle was a bin road paved with bluestone slabs, and there were female walls on both sides, each more than three feet high. In addition to the Jin Marquis royal driving trip, as well as to welcome the foreign guests of various countries, this Bin Road is usually only the secretary doctor can walk in court clothes, and the scholars and the countrymen and savages can only detour the loess road on both sides.

Zhao Ying couldn't help but sigh and said: "I think that back then, when the Jin Kingdom was at the peak of the hegemony of the mourning duke, there would even be thirty or forty large and small princes in a year to come to the court. Now, it is deserted, and only Lebo is welcomed. ”

Le Qi was silent, Jin had lost hegemony, and only Lu, Song and others were still dealing with it, and Lu had already sent one of the three Huan, Mengsun clan, to pay tribute in June. In addition, at both ends of the Wei State, Qi State and Zheng State started from scratch and became their own system, while the small princes in the south, such as Chen and Cai, were either from Chu or Wu, and did not listen to the orders of the Jin State.

After marching on the Bin Road for half a moment, the majestic Yuqi Palace is already in sight, beyond the tall palace wall, the pavilion with heavy buildings in it can be faintly seen.

When it comes to the palaces of the nations, they are the Qi and Tong Qi of the Jin Kingdom in the north, and the Zhanghua and Zhu Palaces of the Chu State in the south.

Zhao Ying said that this Qiqi Palace was built during the Jin Ping Dynasty, and its original intention was to compete with the Zhanghuatai built by the King of Chu Ling in the south to see who was more magnificent. This move was criticized by many virtuous doctors such as Jin Shikuang and Zheng Zichan, and the two hegemonic monarchs of Jin and Chu fought for wealth and face, but it made the people of the country, as well as small and medium-sized countries such as Song Zhenglu and Chen Cai suffer a lot, and the annual tribute was doubled.

Le Qi couldn't help but rejoice, fortunately, after the Song Kingdom, the head of the two kings and the three kes, and the only remaining dukedom, Zhou Tianzi still treated him like a guest rather than a vassal. Therefore, the tribute that the Marquis of Jin asked the Song State to provide was not too harsh, and he came once a year to express his obedience to the overlord Jin State, not to mention that there were two vassals of the Song Dynasty, Xiao Bangteng and Xue, to help share the pressure.

Now, the Zhu Palace and Zhang Hua of the Chu State have been burned down by the Wu Shi of Yingying more than a year ago, so Yu Qi and Tong Qi look at the Central Plains, and they have a tendency to look forward to self-pride, and the specifications even exceed that of Chengzhou Wangcheng.

However, Le Qi knew that the prestige of the Marquis of Jin could only be displayed in these two palaces, and his orders could not leave Xinjiang City for a long time, not to mention the more than 60 counties of the Jin Kingdom, as well as the scholars, were already the private subordinates of Liuqing.

The palace is near, and Le Qi can see it even more clearly: the high-pitched rammed earth pedestal, the auspicious beasts of pottery and stone squatting on the eaves of the city tower, and the guards holding the armor are seen on the gate gate, the watchtower and the palace walls on both sides.

The main entrance of the Qiqi Palace, flanked by two stone statues with teeth and claws, is a kind of tiger-like beast with horns on its head, which silently guards the tightly closed vermilion palace gate.

When Zhao Ying and Le Qi arrived, there were already three chariots waiting here, waiting for their arrival.

All three chariots had canopies, richly decorated, and were driven by horses of the same color. The three owners of the car were all in the prime of their forties and fifties, dressed as scholars: crowned and dressed in court clothes, black and red, holding jade gui, hanging a long sword at the waist, and a dazzling array of jade group pendants on the bottom.

Seeing Zhao and Le approaching, the three of them put their hands in the wide sleeves of their deep clothes in the car, nodded slightly, and bowed their hands to them.

Le Qi and Zhao Ying returned the salute one by one, and when he looked around, he saw that two of them had been photographed by him.

One is the general Han Buxin, the head of the Han family talks and behaves without losing the temperament of a humble gentleman, which is also the family style inherited by the Han family since Han Xianzi.

The other is Shangjun Zuo Zhong Xingyin, Zhong Xingyin's face is slightly fat, and under the majestic high crown that looks unsuitable for action, the dark tassel strangled the double-layered chin. This person completely lost the bravery and incorruptibility of his father, Zhongxing Muzi (Zhongxing Wu), and those greedy little eyes were constantly glancing towards the precious jade on Le Qi's waist.

Le Qi heard that this person likes to collect jade pendants and jade rings and other things, and the degree of greed is the highest among the six Qings, and it is indeed the case when he sees it today.

Zhong Xingyin is nominally a direct subordinate of the general Zhao Ying, but Le Qi knows that the relationship between the two is extremely bad, and when they meet, they just arch their hands casually, too lazy to say hello too much.

The contradiction between the two ten years ago in that Punishment Ding incident has not yet been resolved. And two years ago, since the reign of Duke Qi Huan, the largest alliance in the history of Zhuxia, the "Summoning Tomb Meeting", went bankrupt because of Zhongxingyin's greed.

When he failed to bribe Cai Guo, he even slandered the ruling Fan Ying, preventing Zhuxia from cooperating with Cai and Tang to attack Chu, and stirred up the grand event of the Jin State's most promising domination of the Central Plains. forced Cai to turn to Wu and led Wu Shi into Chu, and the Chu army was crushed for thousands of miles in the Battle of Baiju and almost perished.

For this reason, Zhao Ying, who was ambitious and hoped to make the Jin Kingdom regain hegemony, felt that he had missed a great opportunity, and had a violent quarrel with Zhong Xingyin afterwards, and since then he has been grudging.

But this person is not only the secretary of the Qiangzong, but also close to the ruling Fan Ying, so Le Qi does not dare to offend easily.

The last one is a fresh face, and I think he is also one of the six Qings, who was introduced to Le Qi by Zhao Ying. It turned out to be the newly appointed subordinate army in recent years, Zuo Wei Mando, who ranked last among the six secretaries. With a smile on his face, his figure was as majestic and tall as the previous sect masters of the Wei clan, and he was worthy of the family that originally specialized in martial arts and invented the Wei Shu phalanx.

Le Qi and his predecessor Jin were in power, and the relationship between Wei Shu and Wei Shu was not bad, but when he saw the son of the old man at this time, he couldn't help but sigh Wei Xianzi again.

After a few words of greeting, Zhong Xingyin suddenly pointed to the jade hanging with a weft belt on Le Qi's waist and asked: "I heard that the beauty of the West has as many pearls and jade as Kunshan. Lebo's jade is meticulous and heavy, brilliant and crystalline, and its white as a rainbow is the jade of Kunshan, right? How precious, so that Yin is envious, I don't know where I got it? ”

Zhong Xingyin's words attracted the attention of several secretaries, and while waiting, Le Qi simply untied the jade jue and held it in the palm of his hand for everyone to watch and comment.

He explained: "This jade jue is a legacy left by Qi's ancestors......

Le Qi's grandfather, the famous Sicheng Zihan, also known as Le Xi, created a prosperous era at home and abroad during the period when he and the right division Xiang Rong jointly ruled the Song State. At that time, the Song State was lenient and peaceful, and also presided over the meeting between the princes, allowing the old rival Jin Chu to sit down and shake hands and make peace, bringing more than 40 years of precious peace to the Central Plains.

Zihan also has a famous elegant thing, that is, "not being greedy is a treasure".

A Jia man in the Song State got a piece of jade and offered it to Sicheng Zihan, but Zihan refused to accept it.

The person offering the jade said that it was a treasure, but Zihan said: "Treasure? That's just a treasure in your eyes. I treasure the virtue of not being greedy, and you treasure this piece of jade. If you give me this piece of jade, then we will all lose our treasures, so you can go, so that we can continue to have our own treasures!" ”

The person who offered the jade cried and said: "The so-called husband is not guilty, and he is responsible, and the villain is pregnant with this jade and does not dare to go out." Zihan put this piece of jade in the township, and asked the jade worker to carve it for him, so that this person sold the jade jue for a good price before sending someone to escort him away.

This matter is very famous, and several Jin secretaries are familiar with it, and they all nodded in admiration, only Zhong Xingyin's eyes flashed, and he asked hurriedly: "This jade Jue of Lebo, could it be the jade offered by that person, but why did it come to your hands again?" ”

Le Qi replied: "Yes, the jade seller later became a big merchant in Zheng Weijian, ten years ago, he knew that he was going to die, so he actually redeemed this jade Jue and sent it back, saying that he wanted to repay his grandfather's Deze. Qi refused three times, he sent it three times, and the last time he let people run away at the door, which made me helpless. ”

"In the end, it was my concubine who persuaded me that it was better to leave the jade as a thought to my grandfather. So I used ten pieces of gold, plus countless coins and silks, in exchange for this jade. The beauty of jade is priceless, and the quality and virtue of the ancestor are even more priceless, Qi De is thin, and he only dared to wear this thing when he met the Marquis of Jin. ”

The secretaries sighed and praised Si Cheng Zihan again.

Only Zhong Xingyin said in public: "I see, in this way, Yu Jue is even more valuable, Lebo, I love this thing very much, like a gentleman and a lady, can you sell it to me?" ”

Le Qi's face froze when he heard this, Han Buxin and Wei Man looked at each other with many faces, but because their status was lower than that of Zhong Xingyin, it was difficult to say anything.

Zhongxing Yin thought that he was reluctant, and said: "Yin is willing to pay ten times the price!" ”

At this time, Zhao Ying on the side couldn't help it, he lowered his voice and scolded angrily: "Uncle Zhongxing! Don't go too far! ”

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