Qufu, the capital of the Lu Kingdom, finally arrived, Qingji opened the curtains, and a gust of wind blew in his face, he let out a long breath of turbidity, and looked at this ancient city that had a history of hundreds of years with interest.

After more than 500 years of operation of the Lu State, this capital city is magnificent and majestic. Although Paint City is also a prosperous place, it is a world of difference compared to here.

The ten-zhang wide moat, the white waves of the river drift slowly, looking like a picture that stretches endlessly. On the inner side of the moat, on the 10-meter-high city wall made of earth and stone, soldiers in bright armor patrol back and forth, and banners painted with patterns such as flying tigers, flying dragons, flying bears, and flying leopards hunt in the wind.

There are eleven city gates in Qufu of Lucheng, there are three gates on the east, west and north sides, there are two gates in the south, there are pheasant gates outside each city gate, the city gate is more than ten meters wide, there are three zhang high, neither Wu nor Wei Guo has a tall building of this scale.

Qingji's army was left outside the city, and Ji Sun Yiru arranged a place outside the city for Qingji's pro-army for them to set up camp, and Qingji left Liang Huzi and Dong Gou to guard the camp, and brought Yingtao, Aqiu, Zaiqiu and more than 30 tiger guards as relatives to accompany him into the city.

Passing through the pheasant gate, entering Qufu from the south city gate, facing a wide and magnificent avenue, the road is wide and five zhang. There are five east-west and north-south avenues in the city, and there are countless alleys. Qingji They walked on the most prosperous street. Because the inner city of Lu is in the north of the capital, Yanghu, Zhan Shu and Qingji take the horse and high carriage to cross this avenue that runs through the north and south.

In the streets and alleys, there are all kinds of people who play the flute and drums, play the piano, fight cocks and dogs, gamble and bow, there are many dignitaries and nobles on the road, the car covers are like clouds, and the people with crowns are rubbing shoulders one after another. Yang Hu's home will open the way in front of him, driving others to dodge and give way, which will cause a lot of chaos.

At that time, the axles of the vehicles were all sticking out of a long section, in order to avoid the convoy of Yang Hu, those cars and horses avoided the side, the cars were crowded, the small merchants and hawkers who occupied the road and the pedestrians wandered everywhere, and the five-zhang wide avenue was actually too narrow, and from time to time the wheels scraped, and it was difficult to move an inch with each other. Some of the grumpy drivers couldn't help but accuse and curse each other, and Qing Ji couldn't help but laugh when he watched those people with long robes and big sleeves and high crowns sweeping the floor and rolling up their sleeves to fight.

Yang Hu didn't know if he was used to this kind of scene, or he paid special attention to maintaining his prestige in front of the public, but at this time, he sat in the car without smiling and looking away, like a clay puppet.

Walking in the crowd, the girls who walked arm-in-arm saw a handsome young man in the car, with a pink-faced face and starry eyes, and clear eyebrows. The bold girl plucked the flowers from her bun, or the seasonal fruits in the basket, and threw them on Qingji's clothes shyly and timidly.

"Ahh In the end, it's a big city, this woman's openness is far from being comparable to a small village town. Qingji sighed, picked up the flowers and sniffed at the end of his nose, a pair of bright eyes glanced at the car, the girl blushed and laughed, the sisters around the left and right made fun, pushed her forward to talk, the girl pretended to be reserved, and couldn't come, and Qingji was also itchy to see, he finally saw how bold and enthusiastic the Chinese girl was before being taught to castrate her surname.

When I arrived in the inner city, the scenery changed again, the pedestrians on the street suddenly became sparse, there were rammed earth walls everywhere, and the courtyards of the wealthy families could only see the cornices and corners, and the houses in the walls were tall and the eaves were connected, and I don't know which princes' mansions were.

The inner city came to the end, it was the city of King Lu, the three of them dismounted, left the guards, crossed the Skylark Bridge, walked up the thirty-two stone steps step by step, and went straight to the Feiyun platform. After a while, the two little chamberlains ran out with their robes and robes, and when they approached, they saluted Yang Hu and Zhan Huo, and said in a voice like a little hen: "Lord Yang Hu, Lord Zhan Huo, the ruling lord and the two adults of Uncle Sun and Mengsun are in the 'Zhi Auditorium', please accompany Wu Guoqing and his son to see him." ”

"Okay, lead the way!" Yang Hu commanded, bowed his hand to Qingji, and said with a smile: "Childe, please." ”

"Two adults, please." Qingji also smiled, and the three of them walked in side by side, and the two little eunuchs shrank their necks and led the way, and from time to time they turned back frequently like two quails, for fear that the adults would go the wrong way. They crossed three gates, turned to the right, and walked along a waterfront corridor to the end, and entered a large hall.

This palace is all wooden structure, carved beams and painted buildings, extremely luxurious, the main hall is twenty zhang long, fifteen zhang wide, there are corridors all around, the wooden frame on both sides of the main hall hangs a large chime of eight in a group, there is no high platform at the end of the main hall, there are only three several cases, the case is decorated with a screen, behind the screen is the huge Lu Manman cloth that hangs down from the horizontal pillar of the top of the hall, fluttering with the wind, the momentum is high-spirited.

The hall is ventilated on all sides, and the smell of pond water, reeds and flowers wafts in the wind, which makes people feel refreshed and not feel depressed at all. As soon as he entered the hall, Qingji lifted all his spirit, he didn't look around, and looked directly at the end of the hall.

There are three people sitting there, it is these three people who share the power of the Lu country, and they are the heads of the Sanhuan family who ruled the Lu country for two hundred years on behalf of the Lu monarch.

"Prince Qingji, this is Lord Jisun, the ruling of my Lu State."

As soon as they entered the hall, Yang Hu and Zhan Yu bowed their hands to the three people sitting on the top of the hall, and then divided left and right, Qing Ji looked at Yang Hu, thinking that he would introduce the three ministers of Lu in the hall to the court, but after Yang Hu shook it, he took three steps back with his big sleeves and quietly stood aside, but Zhan Shu took a step forward, and the sleeves of his robe were displayed, and he introduced the three Huan ministers sitting in the hall to Qingji with a spring breeze.

"The one on the right is Lord Shusun, and the one on the left is Lord Mengsun. Three adults, this is Wu Guoqing's son! ”

Zhan was introduced by standing in the hall, Yang Hu stood on the side without squinting, his hands were arched, his big sleeves hung down, and he looked very calm and natural, humble and courteous, which was completely different from his tiger-like momentum between his ordinary expectations. Qingji glanced at him quickly, and he could catch a deep trace of resentment and humiliation in his eyes.

No matter how much you have the ability, when you arrive in this knowledge hall, you will inevitably show your original form: the Ji family's slave ear. His father and grandfather were domestic slaves, and he was also a domestic slave, and his children and grandchildren were the lives of his lackeys. Standing outside this palace city, the yang tiger is majestic, but when he arrives here, he has changed from a tiger to a dog, and the dog is favored by the owner, and the master will not want it to be a guest.

When Qingji thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little sad for him;