Follow Wei Hou all the way to the depths, passing through one palace after another, passing through one palace gate after another, along the way, there are constantly eunuchs in gorgeous clothes who come forward and bow, and the rest of the palace guards and palace people, have lined up in two respectful salutes, obviously, although Wei Hou did not alarm the Manchu ministers and the nobles in the city, but in this palace, as the closest person to Wei Hou, or to the return of this master, gave a welcome ceremony. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wei Hou took the lead and walked in a hurry, Zhou Bian and his party didn't know where Wei Hou was going to take him, and they didn't want to come forward to ask each other, so they had to follow silently. However, all the way around, although those palaces are large, they are all relatively new, and it seems that most of them were built by the civil and military dynasties, all of which show people that this is a new power.

In this way, a large number of people walked silently, and I don't know how long they walked, how many squares and palace gates they passed, and finally, Wei Hou stayed outside a small hall, and after a slight pause, he walked inward again, and a group of important ministers hurriedly followed, while more attendants stayed outside the hall.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Bian also raised his heels and went in, and walked to the door of the palace, but saw two sword guards stretching out their hands to stop them, but they just didn't let Zhou Bian's personal guards enter, Zhou Bian didn't think much about it, so he took Ningyue Wang Sun Man and others to go inside, and when Fan Yu entered, the guards also wanted to stop him, but when he saw Fan Yu snorting coldly, he raised his head and broke in, and the guards didn't react more, and stopped Su Rui who followed at the end.

Su Rui was not so bold, and as soon as he stopped him, he waited outside the hall with the rest of the guards.

After passing through the foyer at the entrance of the hall, there was a slightly larger hall, and the Marquis of Wei and several courtiers were standing in the hall at this time, but no one spoke, and it was quiet. The hall is warm, there should be some heating equipment.

Zhou Bian hurriedly walked up and arched his hand, "Wei Hou, this is?" ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw Wei Hou stretching out his hand to block his mouth, and said softly, "Shhhh ”

Zhou Bian immediately closed his mouth, but he was very puzzled by Wei Hou's slightly comical action.

But seeing Wei Hou smiling, he nodded and walked a few steps to the side, walked straight to the front of the door curtain, gently lifted the corner of the door curtain, and looked sideways into the side room.

Zhou Bian also looked in curiously from the corner of the door curtain, and saw a young man in his twenties sitting in front of a sand table, holding a long pen, frowning and writing something. Sometimes he frowned, sometimes he frowned, as if he was thinking about something. Beside him were several young maids kneeling and waiting.

This should be dictation, or practice.

Looking back at Wei Hou's cautious movements, as if he was afraid of making a sound and alarming the man in the room, Wei Hou seemed to have a smile on his face, to be exact, it should be a loving smile, and his eyes were full of hope. Thinking about it carefully, the man sitting in this room should be Wei Hou's son, but I don't know which son it is, it's really a blessing to let Wei Hou wait quietly outside the house.

And at this time, Wei Hou looks like a hero, and he is clearly a loving father.

In an instant, Zhou Bian suddenly envied this young man, his father was not only the strongest man in the world, but also loved him extremely like the most ordinary father.

Suddenly, Wang Sunman's voice sounded softly in his ears, "King, the person sitting in this room is Prince Shen." ”

It turned out to be the prince of Wei, and when he heard this, Zhou Bian couldn't help but look at this short-lived ghost twice, and Zhou Bian clearly remembered that in the history recorded by later generations, this prince died in the famous Maling Road.

After thinking about it, Zhou Bian suddenly asked Wang Sunman softly, "Since he is the crown prince, why do he still use a sand table to write, can't he afford to buy bamboo slips or silk cloth?" ”

Although the two of them spoke in a small voice, in this quiet hall, they still let the rest of the people hear it clearly, Wei Hou's face changed, but he didn't turn around, but the Gongsun stared at him fiercely, his eyes full of warning.

"The king is cautious!" Ning Yue hurriedly whispered.

Silence returned to the room, and only the sound of lacquer brushes scratching the sand could be heard from the side room.

In this way, I don't know how long I waited, and finally heard a crisp man's voice in the side room.

"Put it away, that's all for today. It's time for my father to go back to Anyi in the next few days, and I don't know where I'm going, so I want to go out of the city with Gongsun Acne to greet him, but the queen mother won't let me. ”

How does this crisp voice sound a little childish, or is that what it grew up in the deep palace?

Just as he was thinking about it, Wei Hou's hearty voice rang out, "Child, my father has returned, and it is my father's order not to let you go to meet my father, what do you have to do with your mother!" In these days when the widow is away, can the child grow in school? ”

"Ah, it's true that the father is back, and the child is still writing the war book today!" Hearing Wei Hou's voice, the prince Shen suddenly got up and hurried up to meet him.

While talking, he also said that Wei Hou pulled him in, "Father, come and see, this is a military book written by the child just now." ”

The door curtain shook, only Wei Hou stepped in, and the rest of the ministers such as Gongsun Acne Wang Cuo and other ministers were waiting in this hall, Zhou Bian naturally did not move, but Zhou Bian just paid attention to a detail, that is, the prince Shen did not salute when he saw Wei Hou, which is not in line with the etiquette system, you must know that even if it is a feudal dynasty in later generations, the prince is also very particular about seeing the king, and I don't know if this is the case during the Warring States Period, or Wei Hou is very doting on the prince.

The father and son in the house exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Zhou Bian didn't want to listen, so he had to wait in the hall.

After a while, the father and son walked out holding hands, and Wei Chen hurriedly saluted.

"Your Majesty, it's time to meet your courtiers, and all the adults in the city should have arrived." Gongsun said with a bow.

"Well, wait a minute." Wei Hou snorted.

After that, he walked in front of Zhou Bian with the crown prince Shen, waved his hand and said, "Child, this is the son of the Zhou family, you can call it, King Zhou." ”

"I've seen King Zhou!" Prince Shen bowed slightly.

Zhou Bian hurriedly stretched out his hand to make a gesture of support, "No need to be polite." ”

"King, this is my crown prince, Shen." Wei Hou smiled and introduced, just like every father introduces his son, as if he is introducing the best work in his life.

"Prince Shen, this king is polite." Zhou Bian also bowed slightly.

"My lord, my prince deserves your salute." Wei Hou smiled faintly, but he didn't make any moves, and let Zhou Bian salute.

Prince Shen also smiled slightly, "I have heard that although the new son of heaven of the Zhou family is a child, he can lead the royal family to return to Luoyang Wangcheng by himself, maybe it is the lord of Zhongxing. ”

After listening to the words of the crown prince Shen, Zhou Bian was so frightened that his hair stood up, the national policy set by the royal family now is to maintain obscurity, to develop secretly, to avoid attracting the attention of the princes and powers, Zhou Bian is most afraid of hearing this kind of praise, it seems that this slightly sissy prince of Wei is not as naïve as he showed just now in front of outsiders.

But think about it, a generation of heroes like Wei Hou, how can the successor he chooses, or the successor he cultivates, be bad?

Zhou Bian was stunned for a while, he didn't know how to answer, his adaptability was still a little worse, but maybe this kind of performance was actually in line with Zhou Bian's current age.

Ning Yue on the side opened his mouth.

"The prince laughed, Luoyang is the land of the royal family, and the royal family just moved back, so why talk about Zhongxing? My king may be older than his peers, but the royal family has been weak for many years, and after many wars, most of the classics and inheritances are missing, how can my king's learning be compared to that of the prince? My royal family only wants to survive, and I am about to take refuge under the Marquis of Wei, so what is the use of the king's calm and wise? ”

Sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy, Ning Yue's counterattack this time is not sharp, and he just pushed back Prince Wei's words, so Prince Shen didn't know what to say.

However, Wei Hou smiled, "Zhou Tianzi is the co-lord of the world, just sit and enjoy the filial piety of the princes, and the rest will not have much effect, please rest assured, the king is here, and the Zhou family can continue to honor the world." ”

"Then thank you Marquis Wei!" Ning Yue bowed and said.

"The widow went first, the first time I returned to Anyi, there are many affairs, so I will not accompany you personally, and I will have my own Gongsun Acne to arrange the sleeping palace for the king of your family." After waving his hand, Wei Hou pulled Gongzi Shen and walked out.

The rest of the ministers behind him hurriedly followed, but the Gongsun acne walked up, arched his hand slightly, and said, "Please wait in this palace for a while, wait for me, and I will lead you to the dormitory." ”

After that, Gongsun acne waved his long sleeves and chased after Wei Hou.

A moment later, in this wide hall, there were only Zhou Bian and his subordinates Ning Yue, Wang Sunman and Fan Yu, a total of four people, oh, and the two little maids left in the corner.

Before entering the city, he had lunch outside the city, which would be Shen Shi, that is, the scene of more than three o'clock in the afternoon, was left aside by Wei Hou, it was the people under the eaves, how could they not bow their heads, and the four monarchs and ministers had no choice but to wait here.

called the maid to ask, only to know that Su Rui, who had just been stopped outside the door, and the guards were all led to the side hall to rest, thinking that the Wei people had an arrangement, so they didn't call. The maids also quickly brought small tables and cushions, as well as served hot tea, and the Wei people did not leave behind these basic hospitality. So, the four of them gossiped without a match.

Unexpectedly, nearly an hour passed quickly, and no one in charge came over.

The tea has been changed twice, and I asked the maids, but I still don't know how the adults arranged it, could it be that my group was forgotten by Wei Hou?

"Could it be that Gongsun has forgotten us? Do you want me to go out and ask someone? Fan Yu couldn't help but open his mouth.

"It's better not to do it for the time being, the Wei people invited us and others, and they will definitely not be left here, maybe the Marquis of Wei has just returned, and all the ministers in the court have not dispersed in the court, so I can't estimate our wait." Zhou Bian groaned.

The king has a point. Fan Yu, you can bear with it, fortunately, it is warm in this house, and there is hot water to drink. Ning Yue also said, obviously very satisfied with Zhou Bian's performance.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, Zhou Bian couldn't help it, and suddenly stood up and jumped twice, "I've been kneeling for so long, my legs are numb, and I'm afraid that my legs will break if I sit down again." ”

Knowing that the king never liked to kneel and sit, Ning Yue had long been used to it, so he smiled, "The king is the time to grow his body, and it is good to move more." ”

Then Ning Yue and Wang Sunman were still sitting upright, only Fan Yu was uninhibited, he also stood up, shook his arms and kicked his legs, and shouted, "Wait any longer, it's going to be dark, it's not difficult to find a eunuch to arrange a place for me and others." Let me ask, don't ask, do you have to wait here all the time? ”

Zhou Bian was also impatient and looked at Ning Yue.

The latter pondered for a moment and then raised his head and said, "It's okay, let Doctor Man go out and ask, the attitude of the Wei people is indeed suspicious." ”

This is obviously not trusting himself, Fan Yu was stunned when he heard this, sat down with his ass, and poured a cup of hot water into it.

Zhou Bian smiled angrily, "Doctor Man has been to Wei Palace before, and he knows a lot of people, so naturally it is better for him to ask." ”

Wang Sun Man ordered him to immediately bow down and retreat, but after a while, he came back with a blue face, "The Wei people are too deceitful, and the sword palace guards at the door won't let me go out at all, and they refuse to answer my questions, only saying that it was an order from above, for the safety of the king, they won't let me leave this hall." ”

Unexpectedly, it was this kind of result, Zhou Bian was stunned at first, and then his face was not good, "Wei Hou, is this going to give us a dismissal?" Why do you treat us as prisoners? ”

"The king is cautious!" Ning Yue, who was panicked, hurriedly stood up, walked to Zhou Bian in small steps, glanced at the two maids standing in the corner of the oblique hall, and whispered with his mouth half-covered, "Maybe this is the temptation of the Wei people, and the king should calm his anger, after all, we are in the Wei Palace, so we can let the Wei people know our temper, but we must not conflict with the Wei people." ”

"Hmm." Zhou Bian nodded, sat down cross-legged on the floor mat, if there was no personal maid, Zhou Bian would be leaning on the warm fragrance of nephrite.

"However, we have waited too long here for this king to stand it." Immediately afterwards, Zhou Bian said loudly.

Nodding slightly, Ning Yue also sat down, "Don't worry, it's better to let your subordinates tell the king about your subordinates' youth, so that the king can relieve his boredom." ”

"Then please tell me, although this king has dealt with you for a long time, he has rarely heard you say this." Zhou Bian was immediately attracted to the past.

And Fan Yu and Wang Sunman also sat down and looked at Ning Yue with interest, in this era when there are no novels and stories are scarce, it is an extremely attractive thing to be able to listen to a person's past experience.

Ning Yue smiled slightly, waved his sleeves and said slowly.

"Before I was twenty years old, I farmed on the outskirts of Muyi in the old Zheng Guozhong, and although I could eat my stomach, I could not have enough food and clothing. One day, when I was returning from working in the fields, I passed by a small courtyard in the village, and suddenly I heard the smell of meat wafting from the courtyard, and I couldn't even eat enough millet at that time. Then he put down his farm tools, went up and knocked on the door, and asked, "Why do you eat differently?" ”

"The old man who opened the door was from the side village, so he naturally knew him, and I still remember that he smiled contemptuously at the time, my child is an official in Xinzheng, so my family can eat meat."

"I am dissatisfied in my heart, why can he be an official, but I can't? When I asked, the old man laughed, and after laughing, he said, "My children have been reading the books of the sages since they were ten years old, so when they were thirty years old, my family began to have meat to eat." ”

"I suddenly realized that reading might change my life situation, so I thought about it and looked back and said, then I will also go to study and eat meat in the future."

"The old man laughed even harder, it's still too late for my child to read at the age of ten, you are more than twenty years old, what else are you reading, is it too late?"

Hearing the old man's laughter, I didn't get angry at the time, but after thinking about it again, I looked up and said, your child has been studying for 20 years, and I will also study and study for 20 years from now on. With that, I went home. ”

"That time, I did make up my mind and wanted to start studying hard, but as soon as I got home, I found a very important problem in front of me."

"What's the problem?" Zhou Bian, who was attracted by what Ning Yue said, couldn't help but ask.

"Guess it, the king!" Ning Yue smiled and said nothing.

"What's the problem?" Suddenly, a crisp children's voice sounded from the side room, startling Zhou Bian and the others hurriedly looked at the curtain from which the sound came.

I saw that the curtain of the door was shaking, and from another side room of this hall flashed a little girl like a pink carving. The little girl, dressed in a beautiful dress, ran over in small steps, "Hurry up, what else can you guess?" ”

Ning Yue was stunned there, but overheard the two little maids in the corner of the hall kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, "Servant, meet the princess!" ”