Zhang Yi and Sima Cuo secretly discussed Shu.

In Sima Cuo's eyes, the biggest obstacle in front of him is not the Shu people, but the Shu Dao. Sima Coo found a map of Bashan Shushui made by Bashu traders, and pointed to the map: "Brother Zhang, please see, this is the 800-mile Qinchuan, and this is the Baohanchuan, that is, the Hanzhong Valley, from the Qinchuan to the Hanzhong Valley, it is the Zhongnan Mountain with a width of about 600 miles. Don't say it's Shu Road, just crossing Zhongnan Mountain is a big problem. Although the mountain people and merchants said that they walked out of a few small roads, they were used to march and fight and transport baggage, but they were not allowed. ”

Zhang Yi pointed to a few winding thin lines in the picture and said with a smile: "Brother Sima, these thin lines lead to Hanzhong?" ”

"Exactly." Sima wrongly pointed to the lines and explained one by one, "From west to east, the westernmost one is Chencang Road, next to it is Baochuan Road, then there is Fu Luo Road, and the easternmost is Meridian Road." Among these four, Chencang Road is the easiest to walk, but the distance is also the farthest, up to more than 1,000 miles, the nearest is the Bao Slope Road, which is about 700 miles long, but to cross the main vein of Zhongnan Mountain is too white, people can walk, and it is difficult to walk horses. As for the two on the east side, the road is long and obstructive, and there are many curves, except for the mountain people, most of the merchants do not go. ”

"In that case, let's take Chencang Road."

"Chen Cangdao is now in the hands of the Shu people."

"Hey, didn't you hear that Hanzhong Land is already in our hands?" Zhang Yi was stunned.

"Alas, it's hard to say anything about it." Sima Cuo sighed lightly, and then talked about the centuries-old struggle between Qin, Shu, and Ba around Hanzhong.

According to Sima Cuo, because the Qin people did not have a smooth road from Hanzhong and did not have enough energy, Hanzhong has always been owned by Ba and Shu. The Ba people are strong, the Ba people are occupied, the Shu people are strong, and the Shu people are occupied. After the Qin people were defeated by Wei in the east, Xiaogong sent sharp soldiers out of Taicang to attack Hanzhong and capture several fortresses, but they were soon taken away by the Shu people. The Shu people learned a lesson and set up several checkpoints in Chencang Road, which increased the difficulty of advancing from then on. Besides, even if Hanzhong is captured, the south is even more dangerous. To the south of Hanzhong is the endless Bashu Mountains, the water veins are blocked, the peaks and peaks are continuous, and there is almost no road to pass. Every time the Ba people and the Shu people make Qin, it takes several months to make a round trip. Many dangerous passes are even more one-man passes, and it is almost impossible to send troops on a large scale.

The two discussed for several hours, but there was no solution to how to conquer. Sima Cuo was a little frustrated, but Zhang Yi was unwilling, and asked Sima Cuo to find a few businessmen who were familiar with the situation in Ba and Shu, closed the house, and listened to them tell what they had seen and heard in Ba and Shu every day. Ba people according to the mountainous area of eastern Sichuan, rich in salt and iron, brave and good at fighting, brute force, can bear weight, good at walking mountain roads, no writing, superstitious gods and witches, happy to know fate. The biggest enemy of the Ba people is the Chu people, in the past hundred years, the Chu people in order to gain the advantage of the water, along the river encroaching attack, the Ba people can not resist the enemy, the strength is greatly reduced, had to give up the downstream river, to defend Fuling, with the favorable terrain and the Chu people. The Shu people are based in Pingchuan, western Sichuan, rich in rice and grain, good at irrigation, and live on farming, and their biggest opponents are the Ba people. Although the Shu people have no interest in the mountainous land of the Ba people, they covet the Hanzhong River in the north of the Ba Mountain, and have the intention to turn it into a land of fish and rice like the blessed land of western Sichuan, in order to solve the growing population crisis. In order to achieve this goal, the Shu people waged wars against the Ba people for many years, and gradually seized the diving source, not only infiltrating the power into Hanzhong, but also defeating the Qin people, occupying an advantage in Hanzhong. The Ba people were frustrated by Chu in the east and Shu in the west, and they were in a dilemma under the pressure of the two powers, so they had to retreat to several large salt springs, desperately trying to protect the last foundation on which they depended.

If the expedition is carried out, the Ba people are not afraid, and there is only one opponent, that is, the Shu people. Zhang Yi's gaze fell on Shu on the map, and he drew a large circle with a pen.

Ba people like mountains do not like Pingchuan, but also not good at farming, with salt in their hands, Shu people do not dare not give food, so they are not interested in Shu agriculture, has never been the enemy of Shu people. Shu is surrounded by congestion, coupled with the large number of people, not afraid of the Ba people, so there is almost no city defense. Shu pursues slavery, and the Shu people are only divided into two categories, one is born nobles, and the other is born slaves. The nobility is hereditary and obeys the king of Shu. The king of Shu was ordered by the sky, since the Xia Qi, through the five dynasties of cypress irrigation, silkworm cong, fish, Du Yu and turtle spirit, nearly 2,000 years old. The last two dynasties of Shu were Du Yu and Turtle Ling. Du Yu is also known as Emperor Wang, the turtle spirit is his virtuous minister, because of the merit of water control, Emperor Wangdi let the country to him, and returned to the mountains and forests. Turtle Ling called himself Emperor Cong, changed the name of the country to Enlightened, and changed the emperor to the king in the tenth century, called Enlightened Shang King. The son of King Shang succeeded to the throne, called the queen king, and the son of the queen is the current king of Shu, named Luzi, the twelfth grandson of Emperor Ling. The queen died early, and Luzi was still young when he succeeded to the throne, and the queen mother listened to the government. The queen mother favored the second son, so that Luzi named his younger brother Weizi as the marquis of Tho and ruled over the land of Tho. Hou Hou possessed the source of diving and the Hanzhong River, and his power was growing, and he was secretly gearing up to win the ancestral land. Luzi is not an idle person, and he took the lead in attacking Tho. The reed could not resist the enemy, so he asked the Ba people for help. The Ba people suffered from the Chu troubles and also wanted to expand westward, so they joined forces with the Hou Hou to fight against Shu. After several years of fighting, the Shu people had the upper hand, and the Tho people were defeated, but they still resisted desperately with the support of the terrain and the Ba people. Seeing that the situation was tense, Hou Hou proposed for peace. Seeing that he could not force the plot, the king of Shu allowed the invitation of the Marquis of Tho and led his troops to retreat.

Zhang Yi got these feelings, and her heart gradually became clear. The disputes between Tho, Shu, Ba and Chu are all over the place, which is a good opportunity to plot. As far as the immediate situation is concerned, the only difficulty is Shu Dao. If you want to conquer Bashu, you must open up the Shu Road, and the difficulty lies in how to open up. It is almost impossible to open up by yourself, first, it costs the people and money, and second, Ba and Shu will not sit idly by. The only possibility is to try to convince the Shu and Tho people to open up a path on their own.

It seems impossible, but Zhang Yi decided it. Zhang Yi thought hard for several days and devised many plans, but he rejected them one by one. was worried about themselves, Xiao Shun'er and Xiao Cui'er came from Zhangyi with their two children. When the master and servant meet, it is lively. Zhang Yi asked Zhang Yi about his family affairs, and when he saw that he had arranged it, he was very happy, and immediately gathered all the servants and announced Xiao Shun'er as the head of the family. Xiao Shun'er was ordered and immediately went to work.

Xiangnu has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and she practiced a unique death sword, which is estimated to have hurt her palace qi, and she has been married to Zhang Yi for several years, but she has never been pregnant. Out of nature, fragrant girls love children. The two children were familiar with her when they were in Zhangyi, especially the big one, and before he could sit down firmly, he entangled the fragrant girl and wanted her to tell a story.

When Xiangnu saw Zhang Yi coming, she pointed at him and smiled: "If you want to listen to the story, you should go to the master." The story in the belly of the old man is guaranteed to be told for three years. ”

The two children looked at Zhang Yi, but they didn't dare to come over, and they still pestered the fragrant girl.

Xiang Nu was helpless, learned to tell a story, cleared her throat, pulled up a long voice, and said eloquently: "A long, long time ago, in a far, far away, there was an old grandfather who depended on his wife and lived on a few acres of paddy fields. The old couple was old and childless, and in the early hours of one morning, they suddenly heard a cry, and when they went out, they saw that there was a newborn child at the door. The old couple couldn't help but be overjoyed, prayed to the heavens and the earth, and raised the child to become an adult and become a beautiful boy. The beautiful boy went out hunting and saw a beautiful girl. The boy fell in love at first sight, and when he came back, he didn't think about tea and dinner, and the old man asked again and again, and the boy turned out to be in love. The old man looked around and learned that the girl was a young lady from a rich family. Seeing that the young man was suffering from lovesickness, the old man had no choice but to come to the door and ask for marriage on behalf of his son. The girl's father, a greedy man, knew that the old man was poor, so he picked up a stone and said, 'The toad also wants to eat swan meat!' Well, if you want to marry my daughter, you can take such a big piece of gold! Then he threw the stone to the old man. The old man's house is surrounded by walls, where did he get such a big gold, think about it sadly, hug the stone, and cry all the way back. ”

"And then?" The two children's eyes widened.

Zhang Yi also heard it, and stood there motionless.

"Later," continued the maiden, "the young man's lovesickness grew worse and worse, and he was about to die, when the old bullock of his family suddenly neighed, and poured out a pile of gold, exactly the size of the stone. When the old man saw it, he knew that God was helping his family, so he hurriedly rushed to the girl's house with the gold and the stone, and married the girl back as he wished. That teenager's illness is naturally cured! ”

Zhang Yi's heart moved, and she took a step forward: "Madam, where did you hear that?" ”

Xiangnu smiled: "When I was a child, when Xiangnu made trouble, Uncle Jing said it. I heard that it is a legend of the land, coaxing children. ”

Zhang Yi turned around and left, went straight to the study, sat down, and thought carefully about what the fragrant girl said and the Ba and Shu customs that she had heard about recently from beginning to end, and slapped her head: "There is!" ”

Zhang Yi summoned Xiao Shun'er and gave such and such an order. When it got dark, Xiao Shun'er led in an old stonemason and whispered: "Lord, the villain has inquired, this person is the most outstanding stonemason in Xianyang City, specially carved tomb beasts for the rich and noble, the villain has seen his carving, just like the living." ”

Zhang Yi looked at the stonemason and asked, "Can you carve a cow?" ”

The stonemason smiled: "The villain can even carve a unicorn, let alone a cow?" ”

"Can you carve a cow that can?"

"Cow with?" The stonemason was stunned, "Is it real, or fake?" ”

"Of course the stone cow doesn't really." Zhang Yi said with a smile.

"If it's fake shit, it's easy, the villain just needs to make a mechanism on the cow's butt, put the shit in in advance, pat the tail, and let the shit come out."

"Good!" Zhang Yi clapped his hands and shouted, "This is what the mansion wants!" Say, how much does it cost to carve a head? ”

"It's a delicate job, and it costs five stones of corn."

Zhang Yi instructed Xiao Shun'er to go to the warehouse and take out the five-stone millet material, pointed to the sack and said, "This is five-stone corn." If the carving is good, the house will reward a stone. ”

The stonemason thanked him and asked, "What kind of stone do the officials use?" ”

Zhang Yi asked, "What stone do you have?" ”

The stonemason said: "There are bluestone, there are jieshi, there are black stones, there are colored stones, there are greenstones, there are red stones, there are white stones..."

"Stop!" Zhang Yi asked, "What is a colored stone?" ”

"There are red, white, black, blue and purple, just like the clouds at sunrise, also called Caixia stone."

"Where does this stone come from?"

"In the mountains of the end of the south."

"Anywhere else?"

The stonemason shook his head.

"Good!" Zhang Yi slapped the case, "Just use this stone!" You go back to carving right away, the sooner the better! Remember, don't tell anyone, if there is a leak, according to the Qin law! ”

The stonemason should pass, say goodbye to his family after going back, take his two sons and three beloved disciples to Zhongnan Mountain, work day and night, and carve a vivid image of a five-colored cow in 20 days.

Zhang Yi inspected it, patted his tail lightly, and only heard a "snap" sound, and a pile of cow shit came out of the cow's buttocks.

Zhang Yi was straightforward, asked Xiao Shun'er to appreciate a stone, and instructed the stonemason to make one male, four females and five heads in the same way.

After seeing Shi Niu, Zhang Yi went straight to the Governor's Mansion, smiled at Sima and said: "Great news, Shu Dao is there!" ”

Sima Cuo asked in surprise: "Where is Shu Dao?" ”

"Immediately open it up."

"Alas," Sima Cuo smiled bitterly and shook his head again and again, "Zhang Ziyi laughed again. The matter of opening the way has been considered many times, and it is absolutely not feasible. ”

"We can't do it, but some people can."

"Who?"

"Shu people."

Sima Cuo was stunned at first, and then laughed and said: "The Shu people opened the mountain and opened the road, and then let you attack them along the road, isn't this a plot with the tiger?" I said Zhangzi, don't be dizzy thinking about the road! ”

Zhang Yi also laughed: "If Brother Sima doesn't believe it, how about betting hundreds of taels of gold with you?" ”

"Hahahaha," Sima Coo laughed a few times, "If you say so, you are willing to bet a thousand taels." ”

"A hundred taels is enough." Zhang Yi smiled, "You can't take it out if you have more." However, if this matter is successful, it will have to be helped by Brother Sima. ”

"How can I help in the future?"

"I heard Brother Sima say that you have a very close relationship with the prince of Tongguo, the Marquis of Shu, can you invite him to Xianyang."

"Don't try, this person has arrived."

"Oh?" Zhang Yi narrowed her eyes, "When did you come?" ”

"Just yesterday," Sima Cuo replied, "the Marquis of Tho sent the prince to greet the king through the country, bringing a lot of tribute!" ”

"God help me." Zhang Yixi said, "Where is the prince now?" ”

"In the inn. In the next plan, I will cold him for a few days, and then lead him to the king. What's the matter, Zhang Zixun has something to do with him? ”

"Hehehehe," Zhang Yi was overjoyed, "Brother Sima, your one hundred taels of gold are sure to win!" As he spoke, he took a step forward and muttered a few words in Sima Cuo's ear, asking him to do this.

Sima was misty and skeptical, nodding his head in agreement.

Coming out of Sima Cuo's mansion, Zhang Yi rushed to the palace and reported the matter of Shiniu to Duke Huiwen in detail.

"Hahahaha, what a child's play!" Hui Wengong laughed, "If Aiqing succeeds, it should be a wonder for the ages!" He turned his head and instructed his ministers to assign special personnel to obey Zhang Yi's orders, and go all out to deal with the prince of Tho State.

Zhang Yi called the Le Fang Ling and the Treasury Order, and told them to do this and this, and the two of them should go separately and prepare to go.

Three days later, Sima Cuo led the prince of Tongguo on a pilgrimage. Tongguo offered tribute, Huiwen Gong gave back 1,000 gold cakes, and gave two beauties, and ordered Zhang Yi, the head of the right house, to be fully responsible for the prince's affairs in Qin.

Zhang Yi led Tongguo to Lefang to select beautiful women. The music square is divided into the inner square and the outer square, the singers and musicians of the inner square are used in the palace for their own use, and the ministers supervise, and all the gifts of the outer square are given to the countries, and the black carving platform is responsible for training, and Gongzihua supervises.

Tongguo followed Zhang Yi to Waifang.

The outer square is close to the palace city, closed on all sides, and about hundreds of young girls from all over the world, ranging from 12 to 16 years old, are taught here, or dance and music, or play, or paint, or ride and archery, or singing, there is movement and stillness, and it is very neat. The dress is also different, colorful and dazzling.

As soon as Zhang Yi and the others arrived, the music fang order came up. Zhang Yi asked the prince of Tongguo to choose by himself. There is no shortage of beauties in Shu, but the women of Shu are not transformed, unlike the beauties here who are all knowledgeable and versatile. The prince was dazzled, but the Duke of Qin only allowed him to choose two, so he had to walk around and choose two eye-catching, and the music fang ordered someone to lead them to bathe and change their clothes.

Zhang Yi saw that Tongguo's gaze was still scanning the other girls, and said with a smile: "Prince, it's time to go to the vault." ”

Hearing the vault, Tongguo suddenly thought of the Qianyi gold rewarded by King Qin, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly pulled Zhang Yi to see. In the eyes of Tongguo, Qianyi gold is a huge number, more than all the gold in the treasury of Ta Tho.

Outside the palace, the vault was a few rows of brick houses, without any martial law, and even looked a little shabby, except for two lazy middle-aged men guarding a small house, apparently in charge of the keys.

When Tongguo saw it, he exclaimed, "Why is your vault so dilapidated and unguarded?" ”

Zhang Yi smiled, ignored him, and ordered to open the door.

A gatekeeper came over, opened the door, and Zhang Yi led Tongguo in.

As soon as he entered the warehouse door, Tongguo opened his eyes and was stunned. There is a huge warehouse, and the yellow and clear are all gold. There was also a pile of gold next to it, with a strange shape, like cow that had just been pulled out.

Tongguo exclaimed, "Oh my God, so much gold! ”

The prince laughed. Zhang Yi smiled faintly, "What is this, there are dozens of warehouses like this in our Qin State." ”

Tongguo realized: "No wonder you don't value gold! ”

"Hahahaha," Zhang Yichang laughed a few times, "Gold is valuable?" With us, there is only one thing that is valuable, corn! No one likes gold, because gold is dung. The reason why the king collects this dung is because someone likes it, and we can exchange it for food. ”

"Oh my God," said Tongguo, "in our country, grain is dung, and gold is treasure." As he spoke, he glanced at the gold nugget like cow next to him, thinking of the dung that Zhang Yi had just said, and he was very puzzled, "May I ask the right chief, why is your gold shaped like this?" ”

"Oh, well," Zhang Yi responded, "if the prince is interested, I can take you to see a baby." When you see it, you understand. He also pointed to the gold in the treasury, "The thousand eridium gold given by the king, will the prince receive it in this Chenguang, or..."

Tongguo responded: "Don't be in a hurry, go see the baby first." ”

Prince Tongguo called the officials who came with him, Zhang Yi also called Sima Cuo, and everyone took several horse carts, walked out of Xianyang, traveled south along Fengshui, galloped for half a day, and came to a ravine adjacent to Zhongnan Mountain and the Black Carving Platform.

Everyone abandoned the car and climbed the mountain, walked for a long time, and walked to a mountain col.

The grass was green, and a colorful cow stood in the grass, and next to it sat a young child, apparently a shepherd boy.

The prince is curious, looking at it closely, it is actually a stone cow, colorful, the whole body is like a glow, if you don't look closely, it is the same as a live cow that is grazing.

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "This is a treasure, which our king prayed for from God." ”

"Divine cow!" The prince had never seen such a colored stone, so he sighed in admiration, stroked it up and down, left and right for a while, and then raised his head and asked, "Can this cow be related to gold?" ”

"Exactly." Zhang Yi pointed to the cow's buttocks, "This cow absorbs the aura of heaven and earth at night, and it is golden during the day." All the gold in the treasury that the prince saw was plucked out of them. ”

The prince didn't believe it, and asked Zhang Yi: "Can you get a gold?" ”

Zhang Yi turned his head and asked the shepherd boy next to him: "Is today's gold enough?" ”

The shepherd boy replied, "I have not yet come out, my lord." ”

"When's the time?" Zhang Yi asked.

The shepherd boy looked up at the sky and nodded: "Well, look at the hour, it's time for money." ”

Zhang Yi smiled at Tongguo and said: "The prince is blessed, this cow has just arrived at the time of Benjin." Then he turned to the shepherd boy, "Now that the hour has come, let it be a gold." ”

The shepherd boy answered, walked to the head of the ox, whispered a few words to the cow, as if to appease the cow, as if to say a spell, and then walked to the tail of the ox and patted the tail. At the beginning, the patting became heavier and heavier, and until the last sound, I only heard a "pop" sound, and a piece of gold cake fell from the cow's buttocks.

The prince and his entourage were very surprised, picked up the golden cake, took a closer look, it was wet, and when he touched it, it was a little warm.

Tho people are amazing.

The prince also walked to the head of the ox like a shepherd boy, whispered for a while, and then walked to the tail of the ox, and patted it a few times, but there was no gold.

The prince was stunned: "Why doesn't it?" ”

The shepherd boy replied: "Adults don't know, the sacred cow is convenient once a day, and if it rains, it can be convenient for two or three days." Today has been convenient, so I can't get out. ”

The prince was very upset.

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "If the prince wants to inspect it himself, how about coming back tomorrow?" ”

Tongguo nodded in agreement.

The next day was a good day, at the same time after tomorrow, Zhang Yi and the prince came to the mountain col again, and patted the oxtail in person, and the sacred cow really had another gold.

The prince made his subordinates inspect it, and it was pure gold.

The prince was served, and sighed: "Alas, in our Bashu, alchemy does not know how much hardship it has suffered, and it is precious to gold. You have this sacred cow, you don't need to work hard, you can produce a lot in one day, what a treasure! Dare to ask the chief, is your country a bull? ”

Zhang Yi smiled but did not speak.

The crown prince turned to Sima Cuo.

Sima Cuo pulled him to the side and whispered, "This is a secret, the prince can't ask more." ”

Thinking of the amount of gold in the treasury, the crown prince decided that the Qin State would definitely not have only one sacred cow.

I knew it in my heart, and the prince didn't say much, so he went back to the post house, prepared a generous gift, and went to Sima Cuo's house at night. Only then did Sima Cuo tell him that the Qin State had a total of 100 sacred cows, all of which were raised in Zhongnan Mountain and were supervised by the right chief.

The prince pleaded with Shi Niu, but Sima made a helpless appearance and asked him to beg the right chief.

The prince prepared a generous gift again and invited Sima Cuo to ask Zhang Yi together.

"Your Highness," Zhang Yi shook his head again and again, spreading his hands, "It's not that I refuse to help, it's that this matter is so important that I can't be the master of this." After a pause, he lowered his voice, "Don't hide it from Your Highness, this cow was granted by the monarch and was specially used to exchange food for the Qin State, and the monarch's strict decree must not be leaked." Because His Royal Highness is a close friend of Brother Sima, and he is like a brother with Brother Sima, this opened the prince's eyes. The prince can witness it, it is a great luck, and I hope that the prince will not leak this matter lightly after he returns, in case the thieves know, they will all come to snatch the sacred cow, the Qin country will lose its food source, and the Qin people will have to starve. ”

Tongguo sighed, his eyes disappointed.

Seeing this, Sima Coo's hand pleaded: "Elder Shu, the prince is here, and it is really rare to be sincere and neighborly." Since the prince has spoken, he can't take it back empty, and he hopes that the elder will be perfected. Besides, the prince only asks for one cow, and we have so many of them, so I think that even if there is one or two heads less, it will not hurt the roots. ”

"Yes, yes," said Tongguo urgently, "I will only ask for a cow below." ”

Zhang Yi lowered his head and pondered, and after a while, he raised his head and said, "One end alone will not be golden." Cattle are male and female, only females can produce gold, but without males, females can not produce gold. If you send cattle, you must have at least two, one male and one female. ”

"Good, good!" The prince was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "It's a good thing to have two ends." ”

Zhang Yi smiled bitterly: "It's already difficult to have one end, if the prince asks for two ends, he can't be the master of the next one." However, as Brother Sima said, since the prince has spoken, he cannot take it back empty. Under the idea, tomorrow in the court, the prince can meet the king and ask the king. As long as the king agrees, don't say that it is one head and two heads, even if it is ten heads and eight heads, it is not difficult. ”

The whole country agreed.

The next morning, Zhang Yi and Sima Cuo took Tongguo to the court and pleaded with Shi Niu, and Zhang Yi and Sima Cuo interceded for Tongguo.

Hui Wengong pondered for a long time, then raised his head and asked, "Prince Tongguo, how many do you need?" ”

Because of the bottom line revealed by Zhang Yi, Tongguo said casually: "Please reward ten, one bull, nine cows." ”

When they saw that he opened his mouth to be ten heads, everyone laughed.

"Ten heads will not work!" Hui Wengong frowned and flatly refused, "At most, five cows, one male cow and four female cows." ”

Tongguo gave thanks.

"But," said Hui Wengong, leaning over, "our oxen are golden, and gold is exchanged for grain." If I give you this ox, there will be little gold, and there will be not enough food to eat. Prince Tongguo, I heard that you have a lot of grain in Shu, especially rice, can you also send us some food? ”

"It's done!" Tongguo replied repeatedly, "Dare to ask how much food does the king want?" ”

"Well," Hui Wengong looked at Zhang Yi, "Right Chief, how much grain do we have to exchange for these five cows?" ”

"Fifty thousand stones!" Zhang Yi responded.

"How about 50,000 stones?" Huiwen Gong stared at Tongguo.

"This..." Tongguo hesitated, "50,000 stones..."

"Your Majesty," Zhang Yi arched his hand, "The minister thinks that since the monarch is a reward, is it not converted according to the price..."

"Yes, yes, yes," Tongguo replied in a loud voice, "We don't have much grain in Tho country, and we have to buy it from Shu every year, and 50,000 stone rice is really ...

"Okay, good," Huiwen Gong waved his hand, "give it." He turned to Zhang Yi again, "Right chief, you order five sacred cows for the prince of Tongguo, one male and four female!" ”

"Command!"

Tongguo knelt down: "Xie Qin Gong's friendship!" After Tongguo returns, he must show his father and give 10,000 stones of rice back to the king! ”

"Good!" Hui Wengong shook his fist, thought for a moment, and leaned over, "Slow!" ”

Tongguo thought that he had repented, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty? ”

"Prince Tongguo," Hui Wengong stared at him suspiciously, "Even if the widow is willing to give it away, but these sacred cows are all heavy, from Zhongnan Mountain to your Tho country, they are all high mountains and dangerous rivers, how can they be transported back?" ”

Everyone obviously didn't think about this question, and they all looked up at Tongguo.

Tongguo scratched his ears and cheeks, not knowing how to respond.

"Your Majesty," Zhang Yi replied with his fists clenched, "The minister has a plan, open a mountain and open a road in Zhongnan Mountain, and build a trestle bridge at a dangerous place, so that the sacred cow can be transported to Nanzheng, and we will deliver it to the prince in Nanzheng." ”

"That's a good idea." Hui Wengong nodded slightly, "However, Zhongnan Mountain is the boundary of the Qin State, and we can build roads." In the past, Nanzheng was the boundary of Shu, and we couldn't repair it! ”

Everyone moved their eyes to the prince, and Sima Coo secretly gave the prince a look.

The prince was inspired, and seemed to have an idea, so he said: "Don't worry, after the country goes back, I will report to the monarch's father, open up the mountain along the diving, take the trestle bridge to Nanzheng, and take back the sacred cow." ”

"Well," Hui Wengong nodded, still worried, "If you say this, it is feasible, but, as far as few people know, Bashan Shushan is full of dangers, and there are no people for hundreds of miles. ”

"Don't worry," Tongguo said with a smile, "We Shu people are accustomed to walking mountain roads, and we also have the strength, if we recruit more people and build them in sections, we must be able to open it in less than three years." ”

"In less than three years?" Huiwen Gong was stunned at first, and then "hahaha" laughed a few times, and turned to Zhang Yi and Sima wrongly, "You have all heard it, the prince of Tongguo said that within three years, he will be able to repair the Shu Road." It seems that the Shu people are good at talking big! ”

Tongguo's face was flushed, and he swore to heaven: "Heaven testifies, if you don't pass Shu Road within three years, Tongguo swears that you will not be a person." ”

"Good!" Huiwen Gong replied loudly, "It will take a few months for the prince to go back, so I won't talk about it this year." "Transferred to the minister," it is recorded, starting from January next year, counting three years. After three years, the widow went to try to walk the Shu Road and sent the golden bull! ”

"Obey the order!"

Huiwen Gong turned to Tongguo: "You can turn to the Marquis of Tho and the enlightened king, and say that if Shu can open up the Shu Road within three years, in addition to the five sacred cows, the widow will give 200 Qinchuan beauties and be good neighbors forever!" ”

Tongguo thanked him: "Tongguo must turn around." ”

The whole country bowed to the Duke of Qin, because of the inconvenience of the mountain road, even the Duke of Qin gave a thousand pure gold, and got up the next morning, only brought a few cakes of gold from the sacred cow and two beauties, and hurried back to the country of Tho.

A few months later, the Marquis of Tho sent another envoy to Qin, reporting that 30,000 people had been recruited to open up the Shu Road to welcome the sacred cow.

The Duke of Qin was overjoyed, and was treated with beautiful women and wine, and Zhang Yi and Sima Cuo personally led the envoys to inspect the treasury and the sacred cow. Seeing that the five sacred cows were alive and vivid, and the four cows were all able to make money, the envoys of the Tho State had no doubts and returned satisfied.

As soon as the Shu envoy left, the Duke of Qin immediately enlisted 10,000 soldiers and rushed to Zhongnan Mountain to open up the Bao Slope Road.

The Qin State made a great effort to conquer Yiyang, and Korea fell into a panic, and the Marquis of Zhao urgently asked Su Qin for help.

Su Qin asked about the details, and concluded that the Qin people were repeating their old tricks, and bluffed like the previous attack on Zhao, so he immediately made up his mind and replied to Han Hou with a secret letter, boldly claiming that the three Jin Dynasty relatives had been completed, and as long as the Qin soldiers invaded Yiyang, Wei and Zhao would send troops at the same time to attack the Qin State from Hangu, Xihe, and Jinyang.

Han Hou was reassured, and with full confidence, he dispatched troops, arranged the defense of Yiyang, and went all out to meet the Qin people.

At the same time, Su Qin bid farewell to the King of Wei, and then made Lou slow to fight the front station, and he followed closely behind, instigating the four countries to join the chariots and horses, and marched towards Linzi, the capital of Qi.

At this time, a major event occurred in Linzi, the capital of Qi: Peng Meng, the sacrificial wine of the Jixia School Palace, died of illness.

Jixia School Palace was advocated by Qi Huangong, the ancestor of Qi (different from Jiang's Huan Gong Xiaobai). At that time, Jiang Qi, the first generation of the Tian family, was unstable, and Tian Wu followed the practice of the Jiang family's Xiaobai Venerable and set up a separate palace under Ji to recruit virtuous scholars.

When Tian Yin Qi succeeded to the throne at the beginning, Chun Yuji, Zou Ji, and Peng Meng all lived in Jixia and were respected as Mr. Jixia. At that time, Duke Wei was drunk on wine and ignored the government, Zou Ji met with his piano skills, and Chun Yu Yu pointed out with hidden words. Wei Gong woke up from his dream, and used Zou Ji as the prime minister, rectified the rule of officials, revitalized agriculture and business, and the country of Qi was greatly governed. After Zou Ji entered politics, Chun Yu was the envoy of Qi Zhao and left Jixia. At the suggestion of Zou Ji, Weigong expanded the Jixia, and the world's talents came one after another. Minister Wei envoy Mr. Peng Meng sacrificed wine for the school palace, treated him with courtesy, served him with heavy lu, and presided over the daily affairs of Jixia; Make the doctor Tian Ying for the palace order, and communicate with the Qi Palace. By the time Wei Gong became king, the scale of Ji Gong had developed unprecedentedly, with more than 1,000 scholars and more than 10 gentlemen, each of whom had a group of disciples, presenting a thriving scene.

When Peng Meng died of illness, King Wei was very sad. When Lou was slow to go to court, King Wei was discussing funeral matters with several important ministers in the palace, and the atmosphere was very depressing. Lou slowly knocked and roughly explained the intention, saying that Su Qin, the envoy of the four countries, would go to Linzi within three days to meet the king of Qi, and at the same time submit the covenant of the four countries and the letter of the longitudinal text.

King Wei took the letter of appointment and the text, glanced at it, and said slowly: "The building is hard from afar, and I will go back to the post house for a few days, and the widow will choose a day to ask for advice." ”

Exit after a slow bow.

Seeing Lou slowly walking away, King Wei's eyes turned to Tian Ying: "Aiqing, let's talk about Fang Cai." Ji Palace is the source of the first monarch and the source of all strategies; Scholars are the treasure of the country and the foundation of prosperity. The matter of the palace is the matter of the state. If the palace is prosperous, the country will be prosperous; If the palace declines, the country will be defeated. Peng sacrificed to the wine fairy, not only the loss of the Ji Palace, but also the loss of the country. The funeral of Peng Saijiu should be done in a big way, and it should be buried according to the ceremony of Shangqing. The widow should let everyone in the world know that those who write books and speak under the grass will be well nourished in life and buried in death. ”

King Wei made this promise, and all the ministers were moved and impressed. Even the general Tian Ji, who has always had prejudices against his subordinates, also realized and nodded frequently.

"Obey the order!" Tian Ying replied.

"You must not go without sacrificial wine. Regarding this matter, does Aiqing have any considerations? ”

"The minister thinks," Tian Ying said, "the hidden dragon and crouching tiger under the grass, gathering the world's talents, and the position of sacrificing wine cannot be done by those who are not highly respected." At present, there are eleven gentlemen in Jigong, such as Shen Dao, Yin Wenzi, Zou Yan, Xu Xing, Tian Piao, Jiezi, Huanyuan, Gongsun Long, etc., all of whom have talents, but their qualifications are not enough to convince the public. If a minister thinks of one person, he may be able to convince the public. ”

"Who?"

"Chun Yu Yu."

"Well, that's him!" King Wei clapped his face, turned to Zou Ji, and sighed calmly, "Alas, the widow was addicted to alcohol back then, and it was thanks to his son's clever advice that he gave up drinking the long night." ”

"Oh," Zou Ji asked, "this matter is new, and the minister has never heard of it from His Majesty." ”

"It's all old." King Wei smiled bitterly and sighed, "However, sooner or later, the widow will think about it, as if it was yesterday." ”

He was very interested, and begged: "Father, can you tell me about this old story?" ”

King Wei nodded and said slowly: "Back then, when the widow was just established, he didn't want to make progress, and he was obsessed with lewd pleasures. Since Zou Qingqin's metaphor, although the widow is committed to state affairs, he can't quit drinking. One day, the widow summoned Chun Yuzi to drink for a long night, and asked him with a smile: 'How much can the gentleman drink to get drunk?' Chun Yuzi responded: "The minister is drunk when he drinks a bucket, and he is drunk when he drinks a stone." The widow said, "The gentleman is drunk when he drinks a bucket, why can he drink a stone, can you tell me why?" Chun Yuzi responded: "If the king gives wine, there is law enforcement next to it, and then there is a royal history, and the man is afraid and prostrates himself to drink, and he will get drunk; If a distinguished guest visits, the parents are on the side, and the younger generation is the younger generation, and the sleeves are bowed down to serve the wine, and the two buckets cannot be drunk; If friends reunite and complain to each other, you can drink five or six buckets; If it is a township party gathering, men and women sit together, drink freely, call friends, shake hands, play endlessly, eyebrows and eyes, ears and temples grind, drinkers are all happy, and it is okay to drink eight buckets; If the sun is twilight and the moon is dark, the beauty is invited, sit on the knees, the cups and plates are messy, the candles in the hall are extinguished, the host sends off the guests and stays, lightly dissolves the clothes, the body fragrance hits the nose, the heart is the softest, and you can drink a stone. The widow thought about it carefully, and knew that he was admonishing, and sighed: "Sir is saying that wine is chaotic, and happiness is sad?" Chun Yuzi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you think that everything is the same, and it will decline to the extreme. The widow was full of emotion, and since then he has changed his past mistakes and abandoned the drink of the long night. After a pause, he was amazed, "Don't say anything else, just this advice, Chun Yuzi is enough to be a sacrificial wine." ”

All the ministers were impressed: "The king is sacred! ”

King Qi Wei raised his head and turned to Tian Ying, condensed his eyebrows and asked, "Aiqing, Chun Yuzi is at ease, I don't know where he went, how can I invite him to make sacrificial wine?" ”

"My king can rest assured," Tian Ying said, "Right now, Chun Yuzi is staying in Handan, and when Peng Saijiu is seriously ill, the minister urgently sends someone to invite him, and Chun Yuzi will drive here when he hears that Peng Saijiu is not in good health." If nothing goes wrong, Chun Yuzi should arrive at noon the day after tomorrow. ”

"That's great!" King Wei put aside the matter, picked up the covenant from several cases, and motioned to the ministers to hand it to the ministers, "Ladies and gentlemen, the matter of Su Qin and the connivance has caused a lot of uproar in the world. Now the book of the covenant is coming, so look at it. ”

His Royal Highness Tian Bijiang took it, read it carefully, and passed it to Zou Ji, Zou Ji passed it to Tian Ying, and Tian Ying passed it to Tian Ji.

All the ministers looked at it, and the ministers took it back and put it back on the throne of the king.

King Wei glanced at the ministers: "You have seen everything, do you have any comments?" ”

Tian Ji took a step forward: "Your Majesty, the matter of conspiracy is absolutely impossible!" ”

"Why not?"

"The minister thinks that the six countries are united and aimed at controlling Qin. Although Qin is violent, he is far away from me. Even if it is a disaster, it has nothing to do with me. The enemy of Qin is the Three Jins, not my Great Qi. ”

Bijiang took a step forward and continued: "Erchen agrees with what the general said. ”

"Why do you agree?" King Wei asked, staring at him.

"Erchen thinks," Bijiang said, "Qin's great enemy is the Three Jins, and my great enemy is also the Three Jins, and this is one of them." I am bordered by the sea in the east, and the three Jin Dynasty in the west, all of which are not mapped, but the only ones that can be mapped are Yandi and Sixia countries. If you participate in the indulgence, you can't figure Yan in the north, you can't figure Sixia in the south, you can't figure out the Sanjin in the west, and the sea is in the east, and it is not good for me to join the longitudinal and large. ”

"Zou Aiqing," King Wei turned to Zou Ji, "what do you think?" ”

Zou Ji arched his hand and said: "His Royal Highness is worried, and the minister thinks it is very true. Su Qin's resistance to Qin is fake, and restricting Qi and Chu is his heart. When he first advocated indulgence, Su Qin only mentioned the Three Jin and Yan Kingdoms, and there were no Qi and Chu. This time, I was invited to join the Zong, the six countries indulged in relatives, and fought against the One Qin together, which is very false. Besides, if the six countries go to fight against the First Qin, this matter cannot stand up to scrutiny at all. With Qin's current strength, it is not said that the six countries are one, and one Wei alone is enough for the Qin people to support. ”

Seeing that Tian Ying didn't squeak, King Wei asked, "Aiqing, why don't you say it?" ”

Tian Ying arched his hand and said: "The king has already made a decision, why should the minister say more?" ”

King Wei was stunned, stared at Tian Ying, and waved his hand to the ministers: "Scatter the dynasty." ”

Seeing that the ministers had retired, King Wei said again: "Tian Ying stays." ”

Tian Ying paused.

King Wei smiled: "Go, go with the widow." ”

The two of them walked out of the side door of the main hall and walked along the path to the back garden. After walking for a while, King Wei paused, tilted his head and asked, "Tell me, what is the conclusion of the widow?" ”

Tian Ying said, "Hezhong." ”

"Oh?" King Wei seemed to be surprised, "The widow wants to know, you are not a widow, how do you know that the widow is this conclusion?" ”

"The advantages of conniving with me outweigh the disadvantages, and with the wisdom of the king, there will be such a conclusion."

"What are the pros and cons of conniving with me, you can tell me."

"The minister will talk about the cheat first. According to His Royal Highness Fang Cai, Xiangguo, and General Tian Ji, there are generally four disadvantages of the alliance, one is to form a grudge with Qin, the second is not to try Yan, the third is not to try to be three Jin, and the fourth is not to be under the Si. The minister adds another disadvantage, and the confluence is indisputable. ”

"Fighting?" King Wei's eyes widened, staring directly at Tian Ying.

"Your Majesty," Tian Ying said slowly, "compared to Qin, Chu is my fierce rival. To the east of me is the sea, and I cannot make a profit; The swallow land is remote and barren, and the picture is useless; The three Jin are strong and not easy to fight; Qin was locked to death in Guanzhong by the Three Jin Dynasty, and it didn't matter if he was a relative or an enemy; I only have Nantu. The Sixia countries are the land of fish and rice, and they have always been friendly with me; The land of Langya, in the Spring and Autumn Period, was originally my land, and then it was occupied by Goujian, and now it has been taken away by the Chu people. Not to mention, now Chu has been crossed, Zhaoyang is Ling Yin, familiar with Sixia, coveting Song and Lu, and has been gathering momentum for a long time, and will fight with me. If I enter the vertical, I will be with Chuhe, Sixia, and Yuedi will not be able to fight! ”

"Well, what Aiqing said is very true," King Wei nodded, and walked forward again, asking as he went, "These are the five evils." What about the pros? ”

Tian Ying was still standing in place, and her voice increased slightly: "I think that there are five disadvantages and only one benefit to me." ”

"Oh," said King Wei, pausing again and turning his head, "what is it?" ”

"Weak Wei, the humiliation of Xuehuangchi!" Tian Ying was word-by-word.

"Yes," King Wei pondered, nodded slowly, "Compared with this benefit, the so-called five disadvantages are insignificant. The humiliation of Huangchi, although Tian Ji is at fault, the big mistake is in the widow. After the Hexi War, the widow thought that he could make a fortune, but unexpectedly killed a Pang Juan, so that the widow dreamed of breaking the Yellow Pool. At present, Wei Fuxian's ministers are in the Ying Dynasty, the national strength is restored, and the revenge of the widow can only be held in the bottom of his heart. If the six countries are united, Wei Fu will not take me as a warning, and will do his best to restore Hexi. Qin and Wei fight again, with tigers and wolves against bears, no matter who loses or wins, it is a great benefit for me. It's just that the widow still has a concern. ”

"What worries the king?"

"Around the widow, there is a shortage of people who can compete with Pang Juan. After the Battle of Hexi, the Wei family was like a zombie silkworm, and there were even four countries plotting to do it, but Pang Juan had the ability to turn the tide, with 30,000 tired soldiers, and two victories in five days, which really made the widow frightened. I heard that Pang Juan's army was very strict, and the Great Wei soldiers reappeared, and the widows were even more difficult to eat! ”

"Your Majesty, Heaven seeks balance. Out of Pang Juan, there will also be people who control trickle. As long as the king diligently seeks, this man will appear. ”

"Yes! The widow has high hopes for Ji Palace, this major event, there is Lao Aiqing! ”

"Obey the order!"

"Having said that," said King Wei, "we still need to be cautious about the matter of indulgence. ”

"Your Majesty?" Tian Ying was stunned.

"The widow has repeatedly pondered Su Qin's concept of cooperation and longitudinal, what 'five links', 'three sames' and 'six countries control Qin', which is mostly pedantic. I heard that Su Qin came from a humble background and was very talkative. If that is the case, there are thousands of people in my palace who talk as much as he does. However, it seems that this talent is actually even Keyan, Zhao, Han, Wei Sigong, and even Wei Fu's old fox is also obeyed by him, which is very unexpected. I think it's because he swaggered all the way and oppressed people with power. Today, this person is riding the momentum of the winning streak to the east, if the widow does not ask about the innocent and blindly obeys, in case of any mistakes, will he not laugh at the future generations like the king of the four kingdoms? ”

"The king's concern is exceeding. The minister has a plan to prevent this risk. ”

"What is Aiqing's plan?" King Wei asked urgently.

"Snub him first, and unload his power; Then he went to the Ji Palace and argued with the gentlemen of Jixia. If this person can pass the next level, he will be a genius of the world, and my king can indulge in it. If this man is boastful, and has no real goods, he will capsize under the grass. The dignified envoys of the four countries have embarrassed themselves under our will, and it is also a beautiful talk among the nations! ”

"Okay, good, this is a great plan!" King Wei nodded again and again, "I just heard from Aiqing that Chun Yuzi will arrive at noon the day after tomorrow, what about Su Qin and them?" ”

"Listen to Lou slowly, it's also the day after tomorrow, as for when it will arrive, the minister can't be sure."

"Hehehe, it's all together!" King Wei laughed a few times, "It's okay, you can arrange to go, the court will be closed these days, and all the courtiers will only do two things: first, welcome Chun Yuzi; 2. Give Peng sacrificial wine! ”

"Obey the order!"

"However, since Su Qin is the envoy of the four countries, and the princes and grandsons of Yan, Han, and Wei are here, they must not be too cold, someone must support them."

"The envoy dog greets the envoy, what does the king think?" Tian Ying thought about it for a moment and recommended it softly.

"But Aiqing's son Tianwen?" King Wei asked.

"Exactly." Tian Ying continued, "The dog has grown in recent years, is quite social, and enjoys making friends—"

"Well," King Wei nodded slightly, intercepting Tian Ying's words, "It's time to practice." ”

Two days later, on a post road from Handan, thirty miles west of Linzi, a lavishly decorated caravan ran from northwest to southeast, its wheels creaking and creaking, and the dust raised fluttered with the breeze.

A few miles ahead is the main official road leading to Linzi, obviously, this car wants to turn into the main official road and drive to Linzi.

The driver was leisurely immersed in his head and driving, suddenly heard a noisy noise in the distance, looked up, the main official road appeared a large group of carriages and horses, flags waving, dusty, looking from afar, see the beginning but not the end, I don't know how many miles long.

The rider estimated the distance, turned around and shouted: "Master, master..."

The person in the car is Chun Yu. At this moment, he was sitting in the caravan with his eyes dazed, and a white beard flew from side to side as the car went up and down.

Hearing the scream, Chun Yu's eyes were worried, and he asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"There's a carriage and horses ahead."

"If there is, there will be something, what are you talking about?"

"Master," said the rider hurriedly, "you open your eyes and see how many horses and chariots there are, and if you let them rush forward, you don't know how long they will have to wait?" ”

Chun Yuyu glanced at it, and knew that it was Su Qin's chariot and horse, and closed his eyes and said, "Then what are you still doing in a daze?" Hurry up. ”

The driver was ordered, the whip was raised, the four horses spread their hooves, and the caravan drove like a flight to the official road, just in front of the large group of chariots and horses. The driver looked at Chun Yuji, and when he saw that he was asleep again, he smiled and raised his whip again.

The official road was wide and flat, and the horses were overjoyed to see such a good road, and they raised their heads and hooves, and after a while, they threw the carts and horses out of more than two miles.

Rushing for more than ten miles, you can see the city tower of the west gate of Linzi.

When the driver saw a caravan of horses galloping on, he turned around and shouted: "Master! The hosts..."

Chun Yu didn't raise his head: "What are you talking about?" ”

"There's another carriage and horses ahead!"

"If you go any further!"

"The villain can't be overtaken, those cars and horses are coming head-on, and the official roads are all blocked!"

"Oh?" Chun Yuyu opened his eyes, looked forward, and saw a team of chariots and horses coming, thinking to himself, and the driver exclaimed: "Look, the lord, there is a king's flag!" And Wang Yuan! ”

Chun Yuji raised his head, he also saw Wang Qi and Wang Yuan, knowing that it was King Qi Wei coming, he stared at his eyebrows and said slowly: "What is Wang Yuan?" Walk your way. ”

The driver responded, urged the horse to go again, and nagged as he walked: "Master, the king of Qi must be the one who greeted the team of carriages and horses, and the villain just saw the flag, it seems to be Su Xiangguo, tsk, Su Xiangguo is really amazing, he is the envoy of the four countries, this is the country of Qi, even the king of Qi has to welcome him!" Tut-tut, tsk-tut-

Chun Yu's eyes were closed, and he didn't pay attention to him.

The two sides walked in the opposite direction, and soon they ran into each other. When he was more than 100 steps away, the driver stopped and looked back at Chun Yuyan: "Master, don't sleep, you have to take care of your face." ”

Chun Yu didn't raise his head: "Let me stay by the road." ”

The driver drove the vehicle to the side of the official road, jumped out of the car, and knelt beside the car.

When he was fifty paces away, the carriage and horses in front also stopped, and King Qi Wei stepped down from the king's chariot and walked slowly. He was followed by His Royal Highness, Zou Ji, Tian Ying, Tian Ji and other hundred officials and courtiers, and then seven or eight gentlemen.

The driver caught a glimpse of the corner of his eye, hurriedly rubbed his eyes, and when he saw this scene, he hurriedly shouted: "Lord, lord..."

Chun Yu scolded: "What are you calling again?" ”

The rider whispered: "It's King Qi, coming towards us!" ”

Chun Yu opened his eyes and saw that the king of Qi was almost in front of him, he was taken aback, jumped out of the car, took a few steps forward, knelt down on the road, and kowtowed to the ground: "The grass people are so abrupt that the king is coming, offending the king, please punish the king!" ”

King Wei hurriedly took a few steps forward, and helped Chun Yuji with both hands: "Sir, it's too late for the widow." ”

Chun Yu was stunned and looked at him in disbelief: "The king is here to welcome the grass people?" ”

"Of course, it's to welcome the master!" King Wei smiled, "In this world, who is worthy of being welcomed by the outskirts, who is the son of the housekeeper?" ”

Chun Yu bowed his hand again and again: "How can the grass people be virtuous, dare to work on the king and deign to greet him?" ”

"Alas," said King Wei, with a sigh in return, "the master and son have been separated for several years, and they only want to be happy for themselves, and forget all about the widow and the subordinates." If it weren't for Mr. Peng's immortal going this time, the widow would want to see the master, and I am afraid it would be difficult. I heard that the master was coming, but the widow didn't sleep well all night, and he wanted to welcome ten miles in the suburbs, but he didn't want to be late! ”

Chun Yuyu arched his hand again, and his voice choked: "The king..."

On the official road, two miles away, the dust is flying, and the chariots and horses are not in a hurry or chaotic, and they come from the east.

"Hehehe," King Wei stepped forward and took Chun Yu's hand, "It's cold here, please talk to the master in the widow's palace." ”

Because his hand was held, Chun Yu was not good at saluting, so he had to glance at the ministers and the subordinates, his eyes smiled into a slit, and he frequently nodded his big bald head, which was regarded as a greeting.

King Wei walked towards Wang Yuan with Chun Yu's hand.

The group turned around and turned back the way they came.

The people were all stupid and stopped the car one after another. Including Su Qin, everyone thought that the monarchs and ministers of Qi were here to greet them, and they didn't want the king of Qi to turn their horses back in full view.

"It's He Lu Daxian in the car in front, who saw it?" Childe shouted loudly.

After coming out of the cold palace, although Gongzi Wei was the marquis of Anguo, his position was a general. This time he was ordered to be the deputy envoy of the joint column, but the prince did not understand at the beginning, he was quite aggrieved, depressed for a few days, and entered the palace to complain to his mother. The mother concubine appealed to King Hui, and after King Hui scolded, Gongzi Wei knew that this appointment was actually reused, so he was happy to be the deputy envoy.

Gongzizhang shook his head and responded: "There is a canopy in the car, I can't see clearly!" ”

Gongzi continued: "Let the king of Qi welcome him, and he will be an extraordinary person!" ”

"It doesn't matter who he is, I'll bump into him later, and I won't break his neck!" Childe said angrily.

Everyone laughed and turned their eyes to Su Qin.

Su Qin also laughed a few times and looked back at them: "What do you think I do?" Are you planning to spend the night here? ”

Gongzizhang jumped on the carriage and horses, walked in front of his head, and the carriage and horses squirmed again.

Walking to the parking place of King Qi, a car was waiting on the side, and a handsome young man in white stood in front of the car.

The horses stopped again.

Gongzizhang recognized it as Tian Wen, the son of Tian Ying, jumped out of the car and stepped forward.

Tian Wen said: "I have seen the envoy in Shimoda Wen!" ”

Gongzi Zhang replied: "Han Zhang has seen Tian Gongzi!" "Slightly paused, "Why is Tian Gongzi waiting here?" ”

Tian Wen replied: "On the orders of my father, I hereby cater to the ministers!" ”

Gongzi Zhang then led Tian Wen to Su Qin's car.

When Su Qin heard the news, he jumped out of the car and said, "I have seen Tian Gongzi in Xia Su Qin!" ”

Tian Wen replied: "Tian Wen has seen Suzi. On the orders of my father, I would like to welcome Su Zi and all the envoys! ”

"There's Lao Gongzi!" Su Qin bowed and thanked.

"Where is Ling Zun?" Gongzi also rushed over, but he was not polite, and asked him directly.

"Back to the general's words," Tian Wen arched his hand at him, "My father wanted to welcome him in person, and when he was about to go, he received an edict from my king to accompany Wang Jiao to welcome Mr. Chun Yuzi." My father didn't dare to resist the order, and he lacked skills, so he had to support his subordinates to greet him. ”

"Hey, which way is my Dao Great Immortal, but it's that bright bald head." Childe teased.

It's not appropriate for everyone to laugh, it's not appropriate to blame, they look at each other, and no one can make a sound. However, Tian Wen was free and easy, laughed a few times, and waved at him again: "I heard that the general's words are humorous, and I believe it today!" ”

Gongzi didn't want to say anything more, so he laughed and said, "I'm smiling." ”

Tian Wenzhuan said to Su Qin: "My father can't bow to him, I'm very sorry, and I hereby order to make proper arrangements for Su Zi and the envoys." Linzi is small and can't accommodate many people, so they have to be wronged to live outside Guo temporarily. As for the envoys and attachés, they have been placed in the post house. We apologize for any inconvenience. ”

Su Qin also arched his hand and said: "It's very well placed, Gongzi Xie." ”

Tian Wen waved his hand at Su Qin and the others: "Su Zi, envoys, please." Then he turned around, walked slowly to his car, and commanded the driver to gallop forward.

The brigade of chariots and horses followed, galloping towards Linzi.

That night, the envoys of the four countries stayed at the inn of the nations. From Daliang to Linzi, everyone dragged and dragged away for more than ten days, all of them were tired, and they rested early.

Su Qin summoned Lou to discuss slowly.

Lou slowly described the changes in Jigong, Su Qin knew the reason, and sighed lightly: "When I was in Jixia the year before last, I listened to Mr. Peng's teachings and benefited a lot. This time I came back, and I was going to ask Mr. for advice again, but I didn't want him to go first! Alas, the world is long, but life is short, and time is not waiting! ”

Lou Yan is also embarrassed. The two discussed for a while, and Lou saw that Su Qin was too tired, so he said goodbye.

The next morning, Tian Wen returned.

Su Qin mentioned the matter of facing the king in the previous court, and Tian Wenying said: "Peng sacrificed the death of the wine fairy, and the king was sad, and he had a special edict, and he will not go to court in the near future." As for when to go to court, it depends on the king's will. ”

Su Qin arched his hand: "Since this is the case, I will inquire about Brother Tian below." ”

"Suzi, please speak."

"Zhong Ni to Qi, smell "Shao" in March and don't know the smell of meat. May I ask Brother Tian, do you know where Zhong Ni heard "Shao" in the past? ”

Tian Wen nodded: "I know, it's not far from here, it was originally the mansion of Taishi Gao Zhaozi, the Gao family was defeated, this house changed hands to three, and now it was bought by a strange musician and turned into a music workshop." ”

"Great," Su Qin said happily, "I would like to ask Brother Tian to lead me forward, firstly, to cherish the memory of Zhongni, and secondly, to appreciate the elegant music of Qi by the way." ”

"I am willing to do a small job." Tian Wen replied with a smile.

Su Qin took off his official uniform, put on a clean and elegant scholar's clothes and put them on, and was just about to walk out of the hall, when the son who was strolling around saw it and hurriedly walked over: "Where do you two want to go?" ”

"Zhong Niwen "Shao" place." Su Qin paused.

"Oh!" Childe was overjoyed, "Can you piggyback on it?" ”

"Since Childe loves the sound of "Shao", let's go together!"

Gongzi went back to the room and changed into plain clothes, and the three of them walked out of the post house with a smile.

Gao Zhaozi's mansion is only a few hundred steps away, and the conversation and laughter room has already arrived.

Tian Wen reported to the door, and the doorman reported it, and an old man with white hair greeted him, and when he saw that it was Tian Wen, his face was slightly gloomy, and he arched his hand slightly: "The old man has seen an adult." ”

Tian Wen returned the salute and pointed to Su Qin and Gongzi and said, "Old man, I will introduce two distinguished guests in my later life." This is Su Qin, the envoy of the four countries, and this is Ji Xu, the grandson of Yanguo, I heard that this is Zhong Niwen's "Shao", and I came to worship. ”

The old musician glanced at the two of them and bowed his hand slightly: "Two rare guests, please." Before Su Qin and Gongzi returned the salute, Gu Zi turned around and walked forward.

Both of them were stunned, but fortunately, there was an introduction in front of Tian Wen, so it was not surprising.

The old musician led the three of them straight to Confucius Wen "Shao", and pointed to the dilapidated music scene in front of him: "Two rare guests, this is Zhong Niwen's "Shao", you can worship!" ”

Su Qin approached, knelt down slowly towards the music arena, and bowed three times and bowed nine times.

When the son saw it, he also went over to bow down.

After the two of them finished the ceremony, Su Qin turned to the old musician and bowed deeply: "The late Su Qin dares to ask his predecessors, since this is the place where Zhong Ni hears "Shao", can there be a "Shao" sound? ”

The old musician suddenly stared at him like a torch, stared at him for a moment, retracted his gaze, and said slowly: "Since Zhong Ni heard "Shao", he has his own "Shao" sound. ”

Su Qin shook again: "If you are not talented in your later life, you have to listen to it?" ”

The old musician hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "The old man dares to ask Su Zi, why do you want to listen?" ”

"I heard that Zhongni is Qi, and I don't know the smell of meat when I smell this song in March. If you miss such a good song, wouldn't it be a lifelong regret? ”

The old musician arched his hand and said: "This song is old, and it has long been out of fashion." Since Chungni, few people have listened. Since Su Zi has this Yaxing, you can come with me. ”

The old musician walked forward, Su Qin and the three followed, and after a while, they came to a huge music hall. The old musician pointed to the viewing seat, and Su Qin and the three of them saw the salute and sat on the ground.

The concert hall is dome-shaped, the ground is covered with a red carpet, and there are more than ten kinds of musical instruments such as chimes, drums, qins, seers, chimes, flutes, flutes, square rings, xun, zhu, zheng, bone flutes, sheng, etc., and the atmosphere is very elegant.

What's even more peculiar is that the old musician just high-fived him, and the hall immediately reverberates. More than a dozen musicians came out on the side, each in place. The old musician walked to the center of the musicians, picked up a pipe flute, opened his lips slightly, and the sound lingered in the middle of the hall. The old musician spoke again, and all the musicians followed up together, and a large-scale symphony "Shao" officially started. In an instant, the eight music of gold, stone, earth, wood, bamboo, silk, and leather resounded in unison, and the aftermath reverberate.

Su Qin and the three of them were all shocked by the huge momentum carried by this song.

Su Qin closed his eyes tightly and immersed himself in "Shao", his whole body rising and falling with the rhythm of the music.

"Shao" is made by Shun Shi, also called "Da Shao", a total of nine music, also called nine songs or nine chapters, mainly including worshipping the sky, Zhu dance, hunting, meeting, praying for rain, sacrificing fire, Guan Ju, rhyme, neutralization, etc., the phoenix to the ceremony is its **. Each chapter begins with a dong flute, showing the great achievements of the former kings, especially Di Yao.

After the nine songs were played, when the music stopped abruptly, Su Qin didn't even notice it.

"Suzi! Suzi! Seeing that the old musician had waved off the musicians, Childe walked slowly towards them and shouted softly.

Su Qin was still unconscious, still slightly closing his eyes and shaking his body, as if the beautiful music had merged into his body fluids and merged with his soul.

Childe was in a hurry, and stretched out his hand to push him, but the old musician stopped and sat down opposite him.

Su Qin woke up from a trance, opened his eyes and saw that the music had finished early, and the old musician sat opposite him, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Senior Yale, the late student has been taught!" ”

"If you are not old and decayed, Su Ziyan is big." The old musician said slowly.

Seeing that he was speechless, Su Qin smiled bitterly, and said with a fist clenched apologetically: "Thank you for your teachings!" It was a late student who was stupid when he heard it, and he couldn't even speak neatly. ”

"Hehehe," the old musician slackened his color and laughed a few times, "I can see that Su Zi is a bosom friend." ”

"Bosom friends don't dare, the late students just listen to it."

"Since Su Zi listened to it, he dared to ask how this song was?"

"Zhong Ni once said that a gentleman is learning, 'prosperous in poetry, standing in ceremony, and becoming happy', and he is enlightened today in his later life!"

The old musician arched his hand: "Su Zi can say this, he can be a bosom friend!" The old man chatted about preparing a pot of thin tea, and wanted to invite Su Zi to sip, I don't know if Su Zi can appreciate it? ”

Su Qin arched his hand and said: "I can drink the fragrant tea of my predecessors, and I am very fortunate to be born in my later life!" ”

The old musician smiled, got up and took Su Qin's hand, ignored Tian Wen and Gongzi, and walked towards the backyard.

Tian Wen and Gongzi were embarrassed.

Embarrassment, Tian Wen shrugged and said, "It seems that the tea can't be drunk, let's go." ”

Gongzi sighed, looked at the direction where the old musician and Su Qin were going, slowly got up, and walked out of the music workshop with Tian Wen without regret.

In the study of Qi Palace, Doctor Tian Ying briefly told Su Qin what he had been doing in the past few days.

"Oh!" Qi Wei Dynasty leaned forward and leaned over, "Aiqing is saying that Su Zi goes to the music shop every day and talks with people?" ”

"Yes," Tian Ying nodded, "for three days in a row, every day." ”

"Is it Ho Le Fang?"

"It's a private club. It was originally Gao Zhaozi's old house, and in the past, Zhong Ni heard "Shao", which was already in a state of decay, and three years ago, it was suddenly bought by an old musician. The old musician is quite wealthy, and many musicians from other countries are hired to perform "Shao" in the house. ”

"Oh?" King Wei was stunned, "With this master, the widow doesn't know!" ”

Tian Ying responded: "According to the dog, the musician is unknown, at first in Yongmen, wandering the streets, playing the drum and piano for a living, known as Yongmen Zhou." Later, Yongmen Zhou somehow got a windfall, bought the house, and opened a music workshop. Yongmen Zhou is a strange person, although he opened a music workshop, he never played other songs, only performed "Shao" music, and only once every three days, only three quarters of an hour at a time. This song is outdated, it has long been outdated, and no one likes to listen to it, so his music workshop can be full of birds, and the whole Linzi, except for the neighbors, almost no one knows him. If it weren't for Su Qin going to listen to "Shao" this time, the minister wouldn't know. ”

"Alas," said King Wei, with a long sigh, "shame! Those who can play "Shao" are masters. The widow has been happy since childhood, hates not to be in the same world as Boya, often dreams of the great musician patronizing, and then Zou Zi plays the piano, that is, he is introduced as a confidant and used as a phase. Today, a master has been here for several years, but the widow has no idea, comparable to the good dragon Ye Gong in Chudi! He sighed again and again, and shook his head again and again.

Tian Ying hurriedly got up, knelt on the ground and said, "The crime of this matter lies with the minister, please ask the king to surrender." ”

"Get up!" King Wei sighed again, "How can I blame you for this? Today's Linzi, the sound of beauty is endless, even if Boya is reincarnated, it is enough to annihilate! After a pause, "Don't talk about anything else, this alone, Suzi is not ordinary!" ”

Tian Ying hesitated: "Can the minister inform Su Zi and let him enter the palace to meet him?" ”

"No, no," said King Wei, waving his hand, "he hasn't been to Jixia yet!" When did Ji Gong send Peng Zi's funeral? ”

"The day after tomorrow."

"The day after tomorrow! Hold a farewell forum for Peng Zi in Ji Palace, sacrifice Peng Meng, and invite Su Zi to sacrifice together. ”

"Command!"

The next day, Su Qin returned from listening to the music around Yongmen, feeling that the hall was strange, the lights in the hall were brilliant, and everyone was sitting in danger, as if there were important guests visiting.

Gongzi Zhang's eyes were sharp, and he looked at Su Qin first, and said with a smile: "Look, Su Zi is back!" ”

Everyone got up to greet them, and the ones who walked in front were Tian Wen and Tian Ying.

Tian Ying hurriedly walked a few steps, bowed to Su Qin, and arched his hand: "It's too late to come down, please forgive Su Zi!" ”

"Hehehe," Su Qin also replied, "Doctor Shang is polite!" In the next place, everything is placed by the doctor, and it is too late to thank you, how can you blame? Doctor, please! ”

The two of them went to the hall hand in hand, and sat down as guests and hosts.

Tian Ying sighed, shook his head and said: "Alas, Su Zi must also know, there have been many major events in the Ji Palace in the past few days, first Peng sacrificed to the wine fairy, and then Chun Yuzi came, and he was also the Ji Gong Order, he was busy inside and out, and he was so tired that he couldn't straighten his waist. ”

"The doctor has to be careful." Su Qin said with a smile, "If the doctor is tired, he will come to Linzi again, and he won't even be able to find a place to stay." ”

Tian Ying smiled awkwardly and apologized to everyone: "Su Zi and your sons are here, and you are a little neglected, and I hope that Su Zi and your sons will take care of me!" ”

"Hehehehe," Su Qin replied, "The doctor is bent on pleading guilty, it seems that he can't even make a joke!" Okay, well, let's not talk about that. May I ask the doctor, how is the matter in the Ji Palace? Zhong Ni didn't know the smell of meat when he smelled "Shao", he didn't know the smell of meat when he smelled "Shao" for a few days, but he didn't know anything about it outside. ”

Everyone laughed.

"Xie Suzi remembers!" Tian Ying smiled, "Peng Sacrifice Wine will be buried tomorrow, and the king will issue a decree to hold a special send-off ceremony for Peng Sacrifice Wine tomorrow. ”

"Doctor, what is the special ceremony?" Childe asked.

"Hui Gongzi's words," Tian Ying responded, "Peng Saijiu has been studying all his life, advocating academic contention, opening up a new generation, and making great contributions to today's prosperity." Wang Shang'en ordered the burial of Mr. Peng with the gift of the emperor, and at the same time held an unprecedented academic forum in Ji Palace, with the insights of students from all over the world to see off Peng's sacrificial wine. ”

Tian Ying glanced at everyone, and his eyes fell on Su Qin.

Su Qin knew what he meant, and sighed: "Bidding farewell to Mr. Peng in this way can be said to be unprecedented." King Qi cherishes that he is like this, he is really a virtuous monarch! Although his knowledge is shallow, he feels Mr. Peng's education, and has the heart to see him off, I don't know if the doctor can be gracious? ”

"Welcome, welcome!" Tian Ying arched his hand again and again, "I heard that Su Zi is knowledgeable, his mouth is like a river, if he can come to Ji Palace, not only will he shine under the Ji, but all the students will benefit, and under the nine springs, Mr. Peng's heroic spirit will also be relieved." ”

"The doctor has said a good word." Su Qin returned the salute.

Tian Ying bowed his hand to everyone present and turned to Su Qin: "Everyone, Su Zi, this matter is so decided, I will say goodbye under the next, and see you in the palace tomorrow!" ”