Since the three generations, there is a saying that the east gate welcomes guests, so the pavilion of the Jindu Xinjiang is also located outside the east gate.

In the Jin Dynasty, Zheng Guozi came to pay tribute to the overlord, because the Jin people were sluggish, and treated them with soap, and the son simply demolished the wall and gate of the post house. The Marquis of Jin sent the "Hou Ren" who was in charge of welcoming and sending off the guests to come to accountability angrily, but he was robbed by Zheng Zichan, the first cannon in the Spring and Autumn Period, and he had nothing to say. Zhao Wenzi, the ruler of the Jin State at that time, that is, the "Zhao orphan", had to be good and expand the post house, which also showed the prestige of a great country.

According to the rules set by the Jin State when presiding over the alliance, the countries with the alliance need to send envoys to Jiangdu every year to reiterate the meaning of the alliance.

Come to think of it, the hegemony of the Jin State has withered, and the Qi State and the Zheng State have long betrayed the alliance, not to mention that they have become a series of their own, and they are also vainly trying to win over small countries such as Wei and Beiyan who have always followed the Jin overlord. Now those who are still loyal to the Jin Kingdom are only Song and Lu in Sishang.

Therefore, when the great Sicheng of the Song Kingdom personally entered the Jin Kingdom, the Hou people breathed a sigh of relief, and they were glad that this year would not leave the pavilion empty. But then their hearts were raised again, because at this time there was some turmoil in the Jin court, and the old ruling secretary Fan Ying was seized by the Zhao family because of the power of diplomacy, so he vented his personal grievances on the innocent Song people, and snubbed the Song envoys for three days, did not receive them, and did not lead them to worship the Marquis of Jin.

The Song people were so embarrassed to live in the pavilion, they didn't leave, they didn't stay, they were nervous.

However, today, there is a dark team from the palace of the Zhao family outside the city, greeted outside the pavilion, and the discerning people can recognize that this is the honor guard of the general Zhao Ying.

Probably can't stand the ruling snub of an important ally, right? The people of the country praised one after another, and the Jin Kingdom finally came up with a secretary who did practical things.

The eyeliners of the Qing clan in the crowd are also pondering the political implications of this: Zhao Ying ranked third among the six Qings, but he bypassed the two higher-ranking bosses, and even bypassed the Marquis of Jin, and came directly to hand over the Song people!

At this time, Zhao Ying, standing upright on the gorgeous horse chariot, he was over forty years old, wearing a hunting leather crown, a beautiful beard and chest, a rhino armor uniform, a palm-wide jade soft leather belt, and a bronze sword with tassels. The right side of the car is for him to hold the carved lacquer bow and goose feather arrows given by Zhou Tianzi after the "Rebellion of the Prince Dynasty" in the past.

Zhao Ying was a little sullen, and his mind was still on the quarrel with Yin Duo, the head of the house, this morning.

The power of diplomacy with the princes was originally firmly in the hands of the current Jin State Central Military General and Ruling Secretary Fan Ying. But Fan Ying was dying of old age, so he had to delegate power to Zhao Ying, who was in the prime of life.

So this time the task of receiving Song Guoda Sicheng Le Qi, in Zhao Ying's opinion, has to be governed by him.

However, Yin Duo, the head of the house, doesn't see it that way, he thinks it's not in accordance with the rules, it's better to be cautious.

Zhao Ying was patient and persuaded the old minister bitterly: "Yin Jiazai, Fan Bo has been in power for many years, and together with the Zhongxing clan, he traveled to foreign countries, and even communicated with Liu Gong of Cheng Zhou and Lu Guosanhuan with national letters. If you look at the current situation, if you want to gain a firm foothold in the DPRK, how can you not get foreign aid? What's more, Song Guoda Sicheng is a square person, a gentleman, and I have a friendship for more than ten years, how can I bear to see him being left out in the East Gate Pavilion. ”

"Now the princes are only Song and Lu Shijin, and the Duke of Song knows that the six secretaries of the Jin State are not in harmony, and he must have the intention of sending him as an envoy, just to see which one of the Jin Dynasty has the final say. Even if I, the Zhao family, don't send people to greet me, Fan, Zhi, Bank of China, Han, and Wei will also send people to climb sooner or later. When the time comes, Dr. Le Qi will live in the palaces of other Qing clans, and the Song Kingdom will be friendly with other Qing clans, and my Zhao clan will be isolated and helpless, and it will be too late to regret it! ”

The goateeed Yin Duo was alarmist: "However, the minister also has a word, dare to ask the lord, go to the same Song State Si Chengtian hunting, according to etiquette, is he welcome him to the Jin State Taimiao, or the Zhao family temple?" When he went to another country, he never saw the king, but he entered the private door first; It is rude to have never submitted the credentials, but to befriend the courtiers first! The minister will never dare to trap Dr. Le Qi in this unbelieving and unrighteous place! Please take back this mess! ”

Look at you, this Yin Duo actually said that he was a mess! Zhao Ying is not a good-tempered lord, so he almost got up and blasted Yin Duo to Wendi to guard the ancestral temple.

Fortunately, her daughter Ji Huan happened to appear and interrupted their quarrel, and the ministers broke up unhappily. Zhao Ying has always been vigorous and resolute, and he didn't care what Yin Duo thought, after the morning meal, he took the mighty guard of honor and came to the East Gate Pavilion with a bowing sticker, and made an appointment with the Song State to go to the Zhao family's private town to hunt and drink in winter.

At this moment, the honor guard of the Song Kingdom walked out of the post house and was slowly approaching.

Zhao Ying retracted his thoughts, stroked his beard, and showed a standard aristocratic smile.

"Loeb!"

Song Guoda Sicheng Le Qi was on the opposite side of the car, and after he saw the big battle set up by Zhao Ying, his heart was bitter. lamented that he was not calculated by the staff who was good at divination, and he was still involved in the dispute between the six kings of the Jin Kingdom.

He still didn't change his face, and he also smiled at Zhao Ying.

"Zhao Meng!"

"Dare to ask Lebo, how is Gong Song's health?"

"My gentleman is very good, thank you Zhao Meng for your concern."

The two of them are the ministers of their respective countries, according to the etiquette let the subordinates offer the necessary childish, lamb, and goose to meet, salute, and after asking Hou Guojun to be okay, they stopped in the middle of the road and began to humble each other.

"Lebo is a distinguished guest of the Jin Kingdom, and Martingale dares to ask Lebo to go first."

"Don't dare, Uncle Zang Xuan, the doctor of Lu Guoxian, said that the secretary of the great country is the same as the secretary of the great country, and the Qi position is shallow, please Zhao Meng first."

"Lebo is too modest, you are old and martingale, according to the Zhou etiquette, the elders go first......"

After a period of pushing, the last two cars drove side by side, but Zhao Ying was more than half a horse's head, and the two cars were very close to each other, which was convenient for the two secretaries to talk.

Le Qi looked at the coachman opposite and exclaimed: "Zhao Meng, your Yurong, is it the post doctor Wuzheng who is known as 'Jin Kingdom Bole'?" Sure enough, he is as skilled and flexible as dancing his four fingers, and he can indeed compete with Qin Mugong's Qin Zhibole. ”

Zhao Ying has always liked to accept the world's talents, and he was a little proud of this, and he didn't show any rudeness, and he immediately praised it back.

"There are also a lot of talents in the Le Bo shogunate, and I heard that there is a Gu Bu Ziqing among them, who is good at divination, and when he sees people, he can know his career and family fortune...... Dare to ask Gu Bu Ziqing can be in Lebolie? ”

As he spoke, he turned back to look at the auxiliary car that followed Le Qi's guard of honor, trying to find the famous prince.

Le Qi said: "That Gu Bu Ziqing was originally a madman, and he didn't like to be bound by the etiquette law, so early this morning, he drove out of the post house alone......

"Gone?" Zhao Ying was a little disappointed, "It seems that Martingale is thin, and I didn't have a chance to see it." ”

Le Qi stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "Zhao Meng, don't worry, he left a message before leaving, saying that he was going to Mianshang to visit the tomb of the famous scholar Jie Zitui of your country, so he took the first step, and when we arrived at the hunting place, we might be able to catch up with him." ”

Zhao Ying bowed his head, relieved, he looked ahead, and couldn't help but hope that the convoy could speed up, the issue of the heir of the clan had always been a problem for him.

He is not very satisfied with his sons, that gentle and responsible eldest son Zhao Bolu, can he take on the responsibility of the clan? This is a matter of the rise and fall of the clan, we must be cautious, in the Zhao family's four hundred years of history, every change of the sect leader is the most vulnerable moment for the family.

Even, there was a tragedy called "The Difficulty of the Palace", but fortunately, Zhao Ying's grandfather Zhao Wenzi, the "Zhao orphan" continued the family's bloodline. Otherwise, the Zhao clan would have been like the Fox Clan, the Xian Clan, and the Luan Clan, which were once Qing clans, and they would have completely decayed and perished in the Jin Kingdom.

According to the habits of the people of the pre-Qin period, when it was difficult to choose a matter, he had to ask the turtle and the ghosts, so he wanted to ask the Xiangshi Gu Bu Ziqing to help him see who among the sons was of great use.

Of course, the cheap concubine who was seriously rude at Yan Fang only a few days ago has no sympathy, so there is no need to be in the face, and in Zhao Ying's heart, he has never been included in the candidate for the son.

I only hope that Gubu Ziqing will not strayed into the deep forest of the hunting ground near Mianshang, where there are many fierce birds and beasts, and a sword can't handle it.

Zhao Ying's current priority is to win over Le Qi and tie Song Guo to the chariot of Jin State by the way.

Looking at the situation of hegemony in the Central Plains, it has become a competition between the two great powers of Jin and Qi, and whoever the Song State, which is known as having a thousand chariots, prefers whoever can gain an advantage. Zhao Ying hopes that he can successfully win this diplomatic situation and maintain the century-old hegemony for the Jin State.

He is full of confidence in this, Le Qi is a well-known pro-Jin faction, not long ago he personally responded to the call of the Jin State and sent troops to fight against Zheng Guo, who did not respect Zhou Tianzi, Zhao Ying has been friends with him for many years, and he is very clear about each other's temperament.

Zhao Ying still remembers that Le Qi seems to have a teenage daughter, should you think about letting one of your sons marry her? Strengthen the ties between the Zhao and Le, Jin and Song kingdoms through in-laws.

The hunting site is on Mianshang, not far from the palace of the Zhao family, which was originally the venue for the military parade of the monarch, but now it has almost become the private family of the Zhao family.

Soon, the yellow and green mountains and forests in winter were in sight, and Zhao Ying built a new building here and a high platform building that could be climbed to the distance, and the open space under the high platform was the place where the Zhao family's descendants and retainers' convoy were waiting.

Le Qi looked at it from afar and said with a smile: "The ancients said, Tian hunting is a good way to train the army, and the Jin army has always been known for 'good and tidy', today, Qi is waiting for the Zhao family's division." ”

Zhao Ying was about to say a few words modestly, but at a glance, he found that his convoy was a little noisy and untidy.

This situation was like a slap in the face to Zhao Ying, he reluctantly apologized to Le Qi, and asked the coachman to drive over to see what was going on.

I saw that in Zhao's convoy, there were three more eye-catching single horses than in the past, and one of them was actually his concubine.

At this time, Zhao Wuxian was riding on a horse with his eyes down, holding the reins tightly, and his knuckles turned white due to excessive force, as if he was enduring something. And his two cloth-clothed entourages also looked gloomy, but they didn't dare to attack because of their humble status.

The surrounding people looked playful and pointed at the three horses.

Is this uncompetitive causing something to happen again?

Zhao Ying held the long sword in his hand, and his face became more and more gloomy.