Chapter Twenty-Three: Like a Fish in the Throat
Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! With three crisp applause from the ceremonial officer, the musician began to play "Mian".
Most of the poems such as "Deer Song" and "Yuli" played before came from Xiaoya in the Book of Songs, and they were all cheerful and active toasting songs. "Mian" is from Daya, which is a serious song that praises the ancestors of the Zhou Dynasty. As the singer's sonorous voice echoed in the air, everyone seemed to be held by the singing, and began to converge and set the mat in place. Wei Hou, the oldest guy with the most qualifications, also had to work hard to straighten his stiff back as a sign of respect.
Digging Tu Tu faced Wei Jin Erjun, put on a look full of emotion, and said: "It is not easy to think of my ancestor of the Great Zhou, starting from scratch, leading everyone to farm and store grain, have children, build families, and build cities!" ”
Old Man Wei obviously sensed that there was something else in his plan, so he quickly put away his smile and returned to his previous dead appearance with his eyelids drooping.
With a shy face, he asked, "Did you say that?" ”
Wei Hou was reluctant to go to his way, but he didn't want to go back, so he barely grunted in his throat twice, which was considered to be a response. The Marquis of Jin took the lead and echoed the words with everyone, as if he resonated with the dug.
Then the music style changed sharply, and the musicians played Xiao Yali's "Rain Wuzheng", complaining about all kinds of chaos in the court in the past ten years. When the singer sang "Zhou Zong is destroyed, the rebellion is stopped", the Marquis of Jin couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "The Zhou Haojing built by the first king of civil and military affairs was destroyed in one fell swoop, and the three-hundred-year foundation maintained by the ancestors and ancestors was in jeopardy!" ”
"The hatred of the dead country, the widow feels it more than the king!" Di Tu took over the topic, "I want my sovereign father to be dedicated to the public, worrying about the court dispute internally, and busy fighting against Rong Di externally, trembling, walking on thin ice." The result? but ended up with a dead body and a broken country. We had to be displaced and migrated to other places. ”
"yes." The Marquis of Jin sighed, "Zheng Situ is high and bright, and the whole country knows it!" ”
Seeing that it had an effect, he performed even harder, as if tears were about to fall, and everyone present was moved. On the basis of moving out of the authority of his father Zheng Huangong and earning sympathy points, he went one step further and asked the musician to play Xiao Ya's "June", trying to imply that he was like the protagonist in the poem, who could defeat Rong Di and support the royal family.
With this momentum, he said sonorously: "It is precisely because of this reason that the widows and the people of Zheng Guo have gathered the hatred of the country and the family, and they think day and night that they can return to Junzong Zhou, respect the king, and save the country and restore the family!" As the tone became more and more intense, the singing stopped abruptly. The young Zheng Bo straightened his sitting posture and said the words that he had been holding back for a long time: "The widow is willing to take the lead, lead the King of Jiqin in the Kanto region, and hope that the second monarch of Wei Jin will swear an oath with me, and bring the army to help each other in order to achieve a great cause!" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he was about to ask the attendant to take out the pre-prepared alliance book, when the guard, who had been sitting like a dead tree stump, suddenly moved. He mysteriously summoned the musician and leaned in to whisper. The sound of Clarion began again.
He was stunned for a moment, and his plan to sign the alliance in one fell swoop was disrupted. He listened intently for a long time, and it turned out to be Xiao Yali's "Xiao Wan". The poem is okay in the front, and the content of the poem is still in line with the words of Dutu Huai's mourning for his deceased father, but the further he goes, the more it looks like the tone of an elder educating his descendants, warning him to be cautious after losing his parents, respectfully and respectfully not to cause trouble, and not to insult the reputation of his ancestors.
The fool is also famous here, Wei Hou is using this poem to show his old qualifications, and educate this little fart child who has no parental discipline to be honest, don't always think about getting ahead!
Although the old man was quiet on the surface, he easily raised his status above Zheng Guojun, and his methods were old-fashioned without traces. Dutu seemed to have received a sullen punch, very unhappy, and all kinds of links that had been teased by Wei Hou before instantly poured out of his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, like a fish in his throat. In the end, he was young and vigorous, and he couldn't help but lose his manners, and said rudely: "Wei Hou, you are cautious enough, no wonder you can't use the ten-multiply army as a hundred-by-one army to go to King Qin, it turned out that he was afraid that he would make a mistake on the road and insult the reputation of his ancestors." ”
The speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional, and digging out the words is a serious ****. It turned out that the Marquis of Jin on the side had already frowned, feeling that he was also accused of scolding Huai. Originally, he had no position, he didn't bring enough troops before, just because he didn't know much about the young Zheng Bo, and he wanted to wait and see before acting. As a result, he felt humiliated by being injured by mistake and was disappointed in the impulsive monarch.
Wei Hou smiled gloomily, stroked the tiger-shaped salt block in front of him, and said unhurriedly: "King Wu is invincible, what do you rely on?" It is not barbaric force, but the desire of the people of the world. Therefore, the key to the great cause of King Qin is in virtue, not in the army. After speaking, with a slight pinch of his fingers, the tiger's neck was shattered into salt, and the carved tiger head rolled down onto the mat.
His neck tightened, and he was instantly half of his momentum suppressed by the old man's aura. He said indignantly: "When my Zheng father and son were loyal to the country and fought bloodily, you were still enjoying your old age in the national capital. Now the widow is coming to the east for the king of Qin, but he is responded to like this! ”
"It's a good one to come east for King Qin, I'm afraid that he has already planned to abandon the royal family and move east!"
Wei Hou was so little, and he was so stunned, it turned out that Zheng Guo's conspiracy to move eastward was confirmed at once. The guests whispered.
The old man sneered and continued to mend the knife: "In the opinion of the widow, although the state affairs are troublesome, we still don't want to live up to your hospitality. I would like to present a folk tune of our country for you to drink and have fun with your 'no counting, no counting'! Suddenly, the sound of music was loud, completely drowning out the ambition of digging out.
I thought that playing the minor key was Wei Hou's move to relieve the tension, but who knew that the lyrics were about the escape of the nobles. The repeated aria in it is "its hypocrisy and evil? It's urgent! It seems to be describing the scene of Zheng Guoren throwing away his armor and holding his head and running away, which caused outsiders to snicker and make his own people embarrassed!
It is already conceivable that with the spread of rumors after the dispersal of the meeting, the image of a promising new monarch that he tried to create will be reduced to an unbearable dilapidated aristocrat. He didn't know how to fight back at all, only Nai-sama was still playing some poems urging people not to believe rumors, trying to save some face.
Wei Hou's political sophistication doesn't stop there. Seeing that Xiao Zheng Bo, who was trying to get ahead, was "tamed", he changed his strategy and changed suppression to pacification. Although it is impossible for the old man to accept the leadership of the juniors, after all, he knows that King Qin's affairs still have to be done, and he can't forget to unite in addition to the struggle.
"No matter what, the old monarch Zheng Huan was ordered to sacrifice his life for the country in the end, which is really a model for us!" Marquis Wei proposed, "The widow would like to toast you." The so-called tiger father has no dog son, although Zheng Bo is young, in time, he will be able to become a pillar of the royal family! The Marquis of Jin and everyone seconded the proposal.
This first praised and gave him a step down, and then made it clear that he was not qualified to come out at least in the past few years, which is really leaky.
Digging Tu has no intention of fighting, and casually said a few perfunctory words, and then it has been like sleepwalking. He kept thinking about what to do, but he never had a clue, so he had to mechanically gulp the food in front of him. Although there are so many types of food, as someone from the era of advanced cooking, it is actually difficult to swallow at all. When the meeting ended, he was depressed and simply canceled the activities after the banquet such as the shooting salute, and hastily sent the guests away.
As the hall returned to desertion, the patriotic convoy outside the gate floated again: "Bright white horse, eat my field seedlings." Maintain it forever and ...... the present", implying that no matter how much this little white horse jumped, he would never be able to escape the reins tied to his neck by Wei Hou.
The singing mixed with laughter continued to stimulate the nerves of the protrusion, repeating over and over again, and finally, he couldn't hold back the nest in his heart, and kicked the Dingju beans in front of him into a mess, so shocked that people didn't dare to come out.