Since the beginning of September 20th, there have been nobles and doctors around Wei Hou who have been driving in cars and escorting in all directions, because except for those small monarchs who are attached to Wei have already arrived in advance, the princes of big countries, even if Qi Han was defeated by Wei last year, will not surrender their identities and come to pat Wei Hou earlier. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info then this requires the courtiers of the Marquis of Wei to guard the main transportation routes to welcome the arrival of these princes.

As the organizer, or the self-appointed alliance leader who has been booked in advance, this is also the responsibility of Wei Hou.

The first to arrive was the monarch of the Song State, on the 21st was picked up by the Wei doctor in the east, early in the morning, the honor guard of more than 1,000 people, then waving the banner of the Song character, drove to this camp area, the movement was not small, and naturally it also alarmed Zhou Bian and others to come out to watch.

As one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, as the princes of the duke, and most importantly, the Song State is not like the Wei State and other small countries in Sishang only have two or three Yi territory, at this time the Song State can still have more than a dozen cities, so the Song State did not choose to come many days in advance like those small countries, and the Song State is also a vassal state of the Wei State, so he can't be too upright, so the Song State chose the days between the small country and the big country, of course, he can handle the date so well, and the Song State is next to Fengze, and the road is inseparable recently.

After a few casual discussions, Zhou Bian and the others returned to the palace.

After breakfast, the monarchs and ministers chatted about the current situation as usual and talked about the future plans of the royal family, which is already the daily homework that the monarchs and ministers who are adrift abroad must do, and talk about state affairs.

But today, just after chatting, I overheard a report from the guard, and Gongzi Ang asked to see him.

We were hanging out together the day before yesterday, so this time Childe came over, there must be something. Except for Zhou Bian in the room, the rest of the people immediately stood up and greeted them.

Sure enough, after the guest sat down, Gongzi Ang spoke, "King, in two days it will be the day when the king will be the prince of my family, and he will plan for the royal family. ”

Saying that, Gongzi Ang waved his left hand, and under the dance of his long sleeves, he pointed to a noble old man who followed behind him, "This is Wei Fenzi, the imperial historian of Wei State, and there is Dr. Lao Fenzi to explain to the king. ”

As soon as he heard this, Ning Yuesuo stood up immediately, "Don't bother Wei Hou, although my royal family is poor, there are still some Tonggong Wang Banners and the like, but the number will be less, but its significance is better than reality, I don't think Wei Hou will care much." ”

Hearing Gongzi Ang's words, Zhou Bian was also stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Wei Hou to be in every detail, and even thought about it, but Ning Yue reacted quickly, almost as soon as Gongzi Ang's words fell, he got up and refused.

"No, no!" This time, it was the Fenzi doctor who waved his hand and spoke.

"This is the face of the Son of Heaven, what does it have to do with my lord? In the past, when the alliance of the land was practiced, King Xiang of Zhou gave the Duke of Jin Wen generously, and the items he was rewarded with two kinds of vehicles and related clothing and equipment, a red lacquered bow and a hundred red arrowheads, ten black lacquered bows and a thousand black arrowheads, a fine wine made of black millet and herbs, and three hundred tigers. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Bian's heart trembled, back then, King Zhou Xiang also rewarded the land of the two cities of Duke Wen of Jin, Wei Hou would not also take this as the standard, you must know that the current Son of Heaven's family only has one city and eight yi, and four of them are still Wei Hou helped to ask for back.

Fortunately, the old man changed his tune when he said this.

"This time, my marquis naturally will not ask for the three hundred tigers of the royal family, and the royal family is known for its good brewing of fine wine, so presumably the royal family has already prepared it. The rest of the carts, bows and arrows and other things, thinking that the king left Luoyang in a hurry, and they were not prepared, although it was just a meaning, but if it was missing, the king's face was not good-looking, and the princes laughed, so what my marquis prepared for the king was like this. ”

Among them, there is a Tong bow, a hundred arrows, ten bows, a thousand arrows, a big chariot, a royal flag, a Rong chakra, a royal flag, in addition, there is a sword, ten Ge, ten halberds, ten axes, ten spears, ten red flags, and ten black flags. In other words, except for the wine, the others have been prepared for the king. These will be sent the day after tomorrow, and they will be brought out by the Son of Heaven's guards and given to my lord, how about it? ”

Listening to this is the tone of inquiry, but Zhou Bian knew that Wei Hou's meaning was non-negotiable, so Zhou Bian looked back at Ning Yue, and then at Wang Sun Man, neither of them made a sound, after thinking about it, Zhou Bian nodded, "So, thank you Wei Hou." ”

"It's the foreign minister, thank you to the king, and sympathize with my family's intentions. So much better. The old doctor also thanked him.

"Next, let's talk about the matter of my marquis leading the marquis to meet the Son of Heaven on the day of the alliance."

"The king, after the princes of all parties arrived and sat down in the morning, the marquis of my family read out a text of the sacrifice to the sky, and then respectfully invited the king to take the stage, and the marquis of Wei will lead all the princes to salute the king together, and then the king's close ministers will return the salute to the princes, and the salute will be said."

"No need to go any further!" As soon as the old doctor said this, Ning Yue suddenly stood up again, waved his hand and said, "How to return the courtesies to the princes, how to reward the princes, how to canonize Uncle Fang, the royal classics are all recorded, the following matters, Ning Mou will take care of himself, and there is no need to bother the noble doctor." ”

The Son of Heaven will not speak in person, and everything will be replaced by close ministers, which is an ancient rite.

"No, this time my lord has already arranged it, so I won't bother with you." The old doctor shook his head slowly and said, "Also, when the king returns the salute to the princes and reads out the canonization documents, there will be no Lao Ning doctor, and my lord will choose someone else." ”

Ning Yue was suddenly angry, "Writing for the Son of Heaven, how can this matter be done by outsiders?" At the same time, he squinted at the young man, but saw that the latter was sitting quietly with his eyes, nose, nose and heart.

"Doctor Ning is angry, he is not an outsider," the old doctor still shook his head, "My family's Hou Ye chose Doctor Wang Sun Man, and Doctor Man should be more suitable!" ”

Hearing this, Ning Yue was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Wang Sunman, who was stunned, and then glared at the old doctor of Wei State fiercely, and then turned around and sat down again.

The old doctor didn't care, and continued to shake his head and said, "After returning the salute, it is the zirconium text that comforts the world, then the precept that praises my marquis, and finally the zirconium text that canonizes Fang Bo, followed by the thank you of my marquis, three times it is decided, then it is my marquis's heartfelt recital, and finally it is the covenant between my marquis and the princes, roughly like this, and the rest of the details are as follows." ”

And then there is a long period of verbosity, which no one will question anymore, originally low-key and obedient is the tone of this long trip, and how can people not bow their heads under the eaves, they can only listen.

Half an hour later, the old doctor was still talking about the so-called details, Zhou Bian was already drowsy, anyway, he just went up to put on a show, and it was good for Wang Sunman to listen to them. And just when Zhou Bian thought that the old master was so energetic and didn't feel tired, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and then the guards whispered to stop, but after a few words, the footsteps sounded again, and they came into the house.

The door was pushed open suddenly, interrupting the long speech, the old doctor turned his head with an angry face, it turned out to be a Wei sergeant, and walked straight to Gongzi Ang's side, and the old doctor turned around and continued to speak.

I saw the sergeant leaning down, covering his hand over Gongziang's ear, trying to whisper.

I didn't think that Gongzi Ang didn't do it, and turned his head to glare at the sergeant, "It's all my own people here, why can't I say it out loud?" ”

The sergeant leaned back slightly as he was yelled, but still whispered, "Childe, this is a big deal. ”

"There are no outsiders here, do you want this son to say it a second time?" I don't know which green onion Gongzi Ang ate the wrong green onion today, but he was more energetic.

The sergeant was a scoundrel, so he had to say softly, "Childe, the king asked me to inform you that the scouts in the south had discovered the whereabouts of the Chu army, and under the banner of the king of Chu, it was estimated that there were no less than 200,000, and they came straight to Fengze, and they only got the news in the morning." ”

The Chu army is coming? Frightened, Gongzi Ang's face did not change, his legs straightened, and when he was about to stand up, he bent down again, at this time, the faces of Zhou Bian and the other royal monarchs and ministers also changed, although the Wei sergeant deliberately spoke in a low voice, but this room was not big, everyone heard it, and even the energetic old doctor who was talking paused slightly, but almost after a breath, he coughed lightly and said, "Let's continue." ”

"How far away are they?" I only heard Gongzi Ang turn around and ask.

"It took four days for the scouts to report that they came back, so when the scouts found the Chu army, it was at least ten days away from us." The sergeant replied, and the same was heard by all, but the old doctor ignored it and continued to speak of him.

At this time, Gongzi Ang's face was a little more normal. The scouts of the Wei State are running day and night, and they will definitely be faster than the Chu army, so the Chu army should not have left the Chu realm now. And Marquis Wei had already sent scouts, just to prevent the Chu army from going north, so Gongzi Ang should not be very worried.

So Gongzi Ang Chong Zhou Bian and the others arched their hands, "Let the king laugh, but please rest assured, my lord has long expected it, so there are more than 100,000 troops in Daliang, and the king is safe here." ”

Zhou Bian and the others hurriedly returned the salute and replied, "Since Wei Hou is prepared, it will naturally be fine." "But presumably the courtiers are still apprehensive in their hearts, after all, it is 200,000 Chu soldiers. In fact, Zhou Bian and the others had already thought that there would be princes who would be dissatisfied with the Marquis of Wei, and sure enough, it was the King of Chu who came with the troops.

Nodding, Gongzi Ang asked the sergeant again, "Do you want me to go and discuss immediately?" ”

"I said that I wanted the adults to go to discuss, but mainly a few generals, but I didn't say that I wanted the prince to go immediately."

"Okay, I see, let's go down." Gongzi Ang waved his hand, and the sergeant immediately retreated, and Gongzi Ang sat down again, obviously not ready to leave.

"Let's move on." Childe Ang laughed.

But after a quarter of an hour, he revealed his nervousness, only to see him suddenly turn his head to the old doctor, "Doctor Fenzi, how long will it take?" ”

The old doctor was stunned, "There are still two quarters of an hour." ”

"Alright then, go ahead."

Finally, two quarters of an hour later, Wei Fenzi reluctantly stood up, and after repeatedly confirming to Wang Sunman that he had remembered, he left.

After sending off Gongzi Ang and the others, only the royal family and ministers were left in the house. "King, I don't know what's wrong with this Gongzi Ang today, such a major matter, I actually have to wait for me to know, is it intentional or unintentional?"

"It should be unintentional, then the king observed it, and when he first heard the words brought, Gongzi Ang's face was also nervous." Zhou Bian replied.

"Then why did he want the sergeant to continue?"

"Maybe he forced my royal family today, and he felt a little guilty in his heart." Zhou Bian sighed.

However, Wang Sunman began to get nervous, "The king, Gongzi Ang may not care about us knowing, but the king of Chu is here with troops, this matter is very big, for the safety of the king, should we avoid it?" ”

"Then how do you talk to Wei Hou?" Ning Yue asked. "Also, the Chu army is just pressing the border, is it possible to go north?"

"The 200,000 army of the Chu State is only four or five days away from here, no, maybe this will be only three days away, we are still discussing the possibility here, isn't the safety of the king the most important? Do you believe in Wei Hou so much? If the Chu army really kills all, Wei Hou himself will not be able to protect it. Wang Sunman was obviously advocating retreat, and he was a little afraid.

"Wei Hou must have a way, Wei Hou will not let Chu take Zhou Tianzi away at his alliance ceremony, Wei Hou left tens of thousands of troops in Daliang before, and sent another 30,000 in July, a total of at least 100,000, Wei Hou will not let accidents happen." Ning Yue thought for a while and said, "Moreover, the Chu army went north, only against the Marquis of Wei, not my royal family, even if it interfered with the Marquis of Wei, it would not threaten my royal family." ”

"Yes, it should be Wei Hou who will be nervous, even if the King of Chu wants to take it away, it will only be Wei Hou, don't forget that Da Liang can still be taken by Wei Wu Hou from Chu State, maybe the King of Chu wants to kidnap Wei Hou in exchange for Da Liang." Fan Yu couldn't help but exclaim.

Hearing Fan Yu's whimsy, Zhou Bian couldn't help laughing, if this is the case, wouldn't it be that Wei helped Chu build the first heroic city in the world for free? It's a real anecdote.

"The Marquis of Wei will not let this happen, Wei Wushu is the best soldier in the world, 100,000 Wei soldiers against 200,000 Chu troops belonging to various nobles, who loses and who wins." Ning Yue also smiled.

"Well, in fact, the Chu army is only a quarter of an hour away from the closest to this king, and they don't care about my royal family." Zhou Bian interjected.

Hearing this, Wang Sun Man and Fan Yu's eyes lit up, because they both remembered the boldness of the young son of heaven in front of them, and they had secretly run to see the battle between the two armies of Chu and Han before taking back Luoyang.

Especially Wang Sunman, he was no longer worried in an instant, because for the extent that the Chu army had gone north, it was just a matter of thought that they wanted to set foot in Luoyang, but they had never done this, nor did they show the intention of wanting to do so, and then think about it carefully, the Chu State has always cared very much about my royal family, and they can't do anything to hold my king hostage, because the king of Chu has been called the king, is it possible to demote the prince by one level?

"Right now, it should be Wei Hou who should be nervous, besides, even if we want to do something, it depends on Wei Hou's meaning, doesn't it?" Zhou Bian came to a conclusion and ended the topic.

After chatting about the possible countermeasures of the Marquis of Wei, Fan Yu remembered that the Marquis of Wei had prepared the reward for the royal family, and began to complain, "The Marquis of Wei is so deceitful that he has even prepared the reward of the Son of Heaven, how can my royal family not prepare it himself?" How can anyone deceive me like this into being poor in the royal family? ”

In Fan Yu's eyes, no matter how poor the royal family is, these bows and arrows and other rewards are still out, and Fan Yu knows that in fact, some small items such as weapons and flags are in the royal convoy that came to Fengze this time.

"Wouldn't it be better if someone sent it, wouldn't it be better to save a little?" Zhou Bian said with a smile, in fact, the royal family has prepared a hundred ordinary iron swords.

"The king is open-minded, and the current situation has to be accepted." Ning Yue arched his hand.

"It's just that this Wei Hou is really stingy, what ten Ge, ten halberds, ten axes, ten spears, how many are there in total?" Fan Yu pouted and said.

"It's just a meaning, where do you want so much?" Zhou Bian said.

"Actually," Ning Yue said his opinion, "this is also Wei Hou's thoughts, if it is too little, it is better not to prepare for my royal family, and if it is too much, let the princes see at a glance that it is not prepared by my royal family, and guess that it was Wei Hou himself to give it to himself, it is a joke, so, this number is very important, Your Majesty thinks that this number is just right, just the number that my hundred guards can escort." ”

"Hmm." Zhou Bian nodded, "I only felt awkward before, but now I listen to you, this Wei Hou is equivalent to giving it to himself, only by the hand of my royal family, it's really a joke, Wei Hou is not afraid that the people of my royal family will say it?" ”

"In this way, you really need to be careful, the minister will wait for a while and order to go down, let me not say much up and down, after all, I am still by Wei Hou's side, and it is not good to provoke Wei Hou." Ning Yue's face became serious.

As the monarch spoke, time passed quickly. In the afternoon, Baning brought dozens of Wei soldiers with black cloth and sent them over.

The next day, that is, on the 22nd, the monarch of Lu arrived in the morning, and in the afternoon, the monarch of Korea arrived. According to what they saw and heard outside, the princes were still very stable, and I don't know if they didn't know that the king of Chu was coming with troops, or if they had absolute confidence in the Marquis of Wei.

On the 23rd, the monarch of Qi also came, although it was a big country, but the monarch of Qi came to see Zhou Tianzi first, but it seemed that he came a day in advance to give face to the Son of Heaven, although Wei Hou was displeased, but there was nothing to say, so, accompanied by Wei Hou or as the master, Qi Hou met Zhou Bian in a very official form, of course, he didn't talk much, it was all clichés, and it only took a quarter of an hour in total.

On the evening of the 23rd, the vassal states that were invited by the Marquis of Wei to go to Anyi, except for the Zhao State and the Chu State, had all arrived, and the dense tents were behind the high platform, and there were some brilliant lights at night, but fortunately, the order was still orderly, and sure enough, the higher-level people obeyed the rules.

According to Ning Yue's casual answer to Gongzi Ang, the 100,000 Wei troops plus the 50,000 Han troops temporarily transferred had already set off the day before yesterday, and this should have met with the Chu army.

Finally, it's getting closer and closer to the meeting of Feng Ze.

(I'm really sorry, it's been a month since I updated.) ）