The next day, when Zhao Jie woke up, his bed was already empty, and the quilt on the bed was folded well. Zhao Jie pushed open the door and walked out of the room, and at this time, Xingyi was walking in the direction of the room with a basin of water.

"Sister Yi, I'll take it!" Zhao Jie stepped forward and brought the basin over.

"Thank you, big brother." Xingyi said to Zhao Jie with a red face, I don't know whether to thank Zhao Jie for helping him carry the washing water, or thank him for carrying him to bed and sleeping last night.

After washing their faces, Zhao Jie and Xingyi came to Fengyue Tower for breakfast, Li Min, Lian Zheng, Xu Yang, Zhao Ying, Fei Jin, and Lin Ruyi also came, and everyone gathered together and ate breakfast happily. After the meal, everyone decided to continue to set off and go to the next stop, Jicheng.

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The carriage continued to drive north, and Zhao Jie and his entourage finally arrived at Jicheng, the capital of Yan, after more than ten days of trekking through mountains and rivers.

"I've seen the young master, and the young master has worked hard all the way." When Zhao Jie arrived at the gate of the city, more than a dozen people came up to him and saluted Zhao Jie.

"Uncle, have we met? I don't know who you are, if you recognize the wrong person. Zhao Jie looked at the visitor and asked suspiciously.

"We are the internal guards of the prince of Zhao State, and the members of the branch stationed in Jicheng, the capital of Yan State, not long ago, the prince sent an order, saying that the young master is coming here soon, let me wait here."

"Since that's the case, then it's better to be respectful, and ask the uncle to lead the way."

Zhao Jie and his entourage followed the internal guards into the city, settled down in an inn, and then everyone separated to visit Yandu, and Zhao Jie also began to visit Jicheng under the leadership of a member of the internal guard.

Jicheng is the capital of Yan State, its geographical location is roughly located in today's Beijing, Li Daoyuan's "Water Jing Note" said: "In the past, King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty sealed Yao after the Ji, there is Jiqiu in the northwest corner of the city today, because the hill is named after the city, the Qufu of Yulu, the camp of Qi. "Its floor plan is roughly similar to that of Yanxiadu, but the degree of prosperity is much greater than that of Yanxiadu. There are all kinds of people in dress, behavior, and behavior in the city, including the rugged and open-minded Donghu people, the approachable Yanguo people, the Koreans who are well-dressed and classical, and the strong and powerful Liaodong people; On both sides of the road, all kinds of commodities are sold, cattle and sheep in the north, fishing salt in Liaodong, jewelry in the south, and iron tools in the west fill the market. Zhao Jie and his entourage couldn't help but sigh when they walked on the street: "What a rich and powerful Yan country." ”

Unknowingly, Zhao Jie arrived at the destination of this trip, the mansion of Yan General Ju Xin.

Ju Xin, now the general of Yan State, the original Zhao Wuling King, since the Zhao State Dune Rebellion, Zhao State Lord is weak and strong, and the state affairs are mastered by Gongzi Cheng and Li Dui, and the two of them control the government and government, appoint private individuals, and squeeze out the capable men and sages of the original Wuling King's line, Ju Xin, Le Yi and others are depressed. So after hearing that King Yanzhao was thirsty for sages and built a golden platform to recruit people, they went to assist together, and for a while, Ju Xin was as famous as Guo Kui and Zou Yan. In Yan State, Ju Xin assisted Le Yi to change the law, which greatly increased the national strength of Yan State. On the eve of the invasion of the five kingdoms of Yan, Qin, Han, Zhao, and Wei, Ju Xin, as an envoy of Yan, traveled around various countries with Zou Yan and reached an encirclement network against the Qi countries. After the defeat of the Qi army by the Five Kingdoms Alliance, Ju Xin once argued with Le Yi about whether to further invade the hinterland of Qi, and he advocated forcing Qi to cede land and obtain actual benefits, but King Yan Zhao did not accept it. Later, King Yan Zhao died, and the crown prince King Yan Hui ascended the throne. When King Yan Hui was the crown prince, he was at odds with Le Yi, who implemented the law change. Qi Guo Ji Ji Shou General Tian Dan knew that the monarchs and ministers of Yan State were suspicious, and took advantage of this to use a counter-plot, and Yan Hui Wang planned to replace Le Yi with a robbery, and Le Yi was worried about being killed, so he fled to Zhao State. The departure of Le Yi, the leader of the reform faction, dealt a heavy blow to the reform faction in Yan Kingdom, and the courtiers who participated in the reform lost their position one after another, and Ji Xin was no exception. Within a few years, there was an internal struggle among the ruling group of the Yan State, and the government was in chaos, and the drama gradually disappeared from the world's vision. It wasn't until recently that King Yanxiao ascended the throne and the prince liked to be in charge, and the drama was reactivated and appeared in the eyes of the world again. But at this time, he was already about seventy years old.

After some briefing, Zhao Jie finally saw the drama Xin who was already gray-haired and about to become a dry bone in the mound, Zhao Jie handed him Guo Huai's recital, and then retired after a few words of shallow chat.

After going out, Zhao Jie saw a teahouse, and a pair of Spring Festival couplets were pasted on the door of the teahouse:

Fame and fortune are empty, and there is no distinction between you and me for a while

All friends in the world, eat a lamp and go to their own things

Side-by-side: Feel at home

Zhao Jie felt something, saw that there was nothing to do, so he entered the teahouse, and walked to the second floor, the business of the teahouse looked good, the seven or eight tables on the top floor were full of guests, Zhao Jie sat down on a window seat, while enjoying the scenery, while began to slowly taste tea.

Just as Zhao Jie was about to indulge in the prosperity of Jicheng and reach the point where there was nothing outside his body, a voice suddenly remembered in his ears: "Little brother, my master invites you to have a drink, can you move." Zhao Jie raised his head and saw a person who looked like a scholar looking at him, and one of his hands was pointing at a noble boy at the next table. The noble son wore a purple and gold crown, his face was smooth and fair, his eyes were dark and deep, he was dressed in white, and his whole person was dignified, jade trees in the wind, heroic and graceful. Zhao Jie followed the scholar's hand and looked at the noble son, who was smiling at him, and at the same time beckoned his hand to let him pass. Zhao Jie saw that it was difficult to resist, so he stepped forward. Zhao Jie introduced himself first: "My name is Zhao Zhao, I am from Handan, Zhao State, what about you?" ”

"In Xia Yanxi, Yanguo Ji is all people." The noble prince replied. "There is an inscription in the teahouse here, I look at Brother Zhao's face and know that Brother Zhao will be extraordinary in the future, Brother Zhao is a Zhao person, leave a ink treasure in Yan, isn't it beautiful?"

"Thanks to Brother Yan's kindness, it is better to be respectful than to obey my fate, so I will compose a poem and leave it for Yan." Zhao Jie said with a smile.

"Little Er, bring pen and ink." Zhao Jie shouted loudly, and after a while, Xiao Er took the pen and ink.

Zhao Jie picked up the pen and dipped it in a stroke of ink, and walked towards the white wall of the teahouse, Zhao Jie's position in the wall was only ten steps away, Zhao Jie walked towards the wall step by step, in this ten steps of time, Zhao Jie quickly searched for suitable poems in his mind, when Zhao Jie walked ten steps, Zhao Jie had already walked to the wall, and he wrote the poems he chose in his mind:

The ancients have not been seen before

I didn't see the comer afterward

Thinking of heaven and earth

Alone and weeping

In a moment, a good poem, a good hand, a good word was displayed on the white wall, Zhao Jie signed his name and felt a depression in his chest was released, and his mood suddenly became comfortable.

"Good words, good poems, good writing." Yan Xi stroked his palms and exclaimed.

"Brother Yan, we'll see you in the future, he'll meet on a later day." Zhao Jie, who was in a good mood, still opened the pen in his hand, and said to Yan Xi, and then left the teahouse without waiting for Yan Xi to answer.

"Prince, this man is so rampant, do you want us to arrest him and beat him." After Zhao Jie left the teahouse, the scholar said to the noble son.

"No need, I have a hunch that I will meet this person again." The noble boy smiled slightly, and there was a hint of weirdness in that smile.

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Back at the inn, Zhao Jie found that there was an invitation card on his table, which read: "Specially invite Zhao Zhao's children to Fengyue Lou Qunxian Banquet tomorrow", and the inscription: drama Xin. Zhao Jie took a look at it and threw it on the table, and then looked for the star meter. When Zhao Jie found Xingyi, Xingyi was working as a female worker with the fellow maids, several little girls were chattering, praising each other's embroidery skills, Zhao Jie deliberately cleared his throat and coughed a few times, all the girls raised their heads and looked at Zhao Jie, Zhao Jie was a little embarrassed and said: "Xingyi, you accompany me to the market to buy something!" After speaking, under the gaze of the girls, Zhao Jie's face couldn't help but turn red, Zhao Jie found his embarrassment in time, and walked away quickly, Xingyi and Zhao Jie were the same, blushing like an apple, and hurriedly fled from here, following Zhao Jie closely.

Walking on the road again, Jicheng gave Zhao Jie another feeling, all the people walked fast, as if they were chasing something, there were almost no merchants shouting and selling in the shops on both sides of the road, and there was a solemn atmosphere in the air, Zhao Jie suddenly understood why he felt depressed after entering the city. Zhao Jie thought to himself: Maybe it's the reason for the political turmoil! When Zhao Jie and his party had just set off from Zhao State, he heard the news of the death of King Yan Wucheng and the accession of King Yan Xiao.

King Yan Wucheng ascended the throne after King Yan Hui was killed, and his accession to the throne caused dissatisfaction among various countries, and countries broke off diplomatic relations with Yan State one after another, and the national strength was declining day by day. In the seventh year of his reign, Tian Dan, the minister of Qi State, attacked Zhongyang, an important town of Yan State, the Yan army was defeated and retreated, Zhongyang fell, the Qi army continued to advance, and after the resistance of the Yan people as if they were at home, the Qi army finally stopped advancing, but the national strength of Yan State was greatly injured, and he lost thousands of miles, until not long ago, he died, and King Yan Xiao ascended the throne. He reigned for 14 years, and he could not select talents and use energy, which did not make Yan rich and strong, but became more and more declining, and the people's lives were getting worse and worse, so he was not loved by the people.

The information about King Yan Wucheng appeared in Zhao Zaijie's mind like a movie, thinking about Zhao Jie and coming to the bazaar, Zhao Jie and Xingyi bought a batch of raw materials that could guarantee absolute loyalty to slaves and paper, and then bought a workshop like in Zhao State, arranged for slaves to work in it, and let them make paper. So Zhao Jie's paper mill in Yan was also secretly established.