The next morning, Zhaoyang invited the immortal to the mansion, looked at Mrs. Jiangjun's condition, and prepared some pills. After the old lady finished her service, her spirit improved even more, she was able to laugh, and even walked a few steps on the ground.

Zhaoyang was convinced of the immortal arts, and the next morning, according to Chen Zhen's plan, he took the immortal Weng to Zhanghuatai.

Although King Wei is old, he is still indulging in Zhanghuatai, and even the number of women in the day. Despite the nourishment and recuperation of the imperial doctor, King Wei was also unable to do it, and the dragon's body was getting worse and worse, and he often felt tired and depressed in recent days.

King Wei was bored, and the ministers reported to Zhaoyang to ask to see him.

King Wei announced, the two of them saw the great gifts of the monarch and the ministers, and Zhaoyang reported all the things in the court and China as usual. King Wei listened for a moment and yawned.

Zhaoyang heard clearly, paused, leaned over to examine King Wei for a while, and said with concern: "Looking at my king's complexion, it seems that it is not as cheerful as when the minister came over a few days ago. ”

This sentence tickles the itch.

"Alas," said King Wei, with a long sigh, "old, old, old! ”

Zhaoyang changed his sitting to kneeling and kowtowed: "The minister lost his words, please surrender to the king!" ”

"Alas," said King Wei, sighing again, "get up! If you are old, you are old, if you don't do Aiqing's business, what kind of crime will you be? ”

Zhaoyang still knelt on the ground and asked in a low voice, "The minister dares to ask the king what is unpleasant?" ”

"Don't hide it from Aiqing," like all old people, King Wei counted his illness with relish, "chest tightness, tired limbs, not thinking about tea and dinner, two ears seem to be squeaking and screaming, sometimes backache, alas, Aiqing, the widow said that he is old, he didn't feel a trace in the past few years, this Chenguang is sick everywhere, and there is no comfortable place up and down." Hey, speaking of this, the widow almost forgot, how is Mrs. Jiang Jun's jade body? ”

"Thank you, my king," Zhaoyang paused again, "The minister is about to report this." My mother was seriously ill a few days ago, and she couldn't see it, but two days ago she met a man of God, and suddenly she got up, and this morning, before the minister's departure, she visited her mother, and saw that she was radiant, and seemed to be a few years younger. Knowing that the minister wanted to come to Zhanghua to meet the king, the mother specially asked the minister to knock on the king! ”

"Oh?" King Wei was overjoyed, "Who is the god and man who has this magical power?" ”

"The immortal man from Cangwu Mountain, the number Cangwuzi."

"Cangwuzi?" King Wei pondered, "It is rumored that Cangwu Mountain is in the east of Chishui, and it is the place where Emperor Shun ascended to immortality. ”

"Exactly." Zhaoyang said, "According to the minister's research, it is clearly recorded in the "Hainei Southern Classic": 'Cangwu Mountain. Emperor Shun was buried in Yang, and Emperor Danzhu was buried in Yin. ’”

"Well," King Wei nodded, "no wonder he has this magical power!" Where is this person? ”

"It's just outside the temple."

"Oh?" King Wei was overjoyed, and turned to the ministers, "Quick, please Cangwuzi!" ”

The minister walked out, and there was a moment, leading the middle-aged man known as Cangwuzi to move forward quickly.

Under Chen Zhen's careful dressing and drills, the middle-aged man is already the same as what he sees on the street, and his clothes are even more new, which really gives people a sense of fairy wind and transcendence. The name Cangwuzi was also given to him by Chen Zhen.

Cangwuzi stood in the hall with his head held high, and when he saw King Wei, he didn't worship.

Zhaoyang hurriedly said: "Immortal Weng, hurry, knock on the king!" ”

Cangwuzi symbolically arched his hand, and a neutral voice floated out of his mouth: "The old Cangwuzi has seen His Majesty the King of Chu!" ”

"Decayed?" King Wei was stunned for a moment, and looked Cangwuzi up and down a few times, "May I ask Shangxian, how long is your life?" ”

"Returning to the king," said Cang Wuzi aloud, "as of yesterday, there is no more and no less, and he has just reached the age of three hundred and seven, and he does not dare to claim to be long-lived. ”

"Three hundred and seven?" King Wei was dumbfounded, looked at him a few times again, and took a long breath, "May I ask Shangxian, but you have always lived in Cangwu Mountain?" ”

"Returning to the king," Cangwuzi shook his head slightly, and said slowly, "The old man was originally a Jingshan clan, the year he was born, King Zhuang was newly established, and after another five years, his parents died, and he was sad and grief-stricken, crying for three days, and the sound shook the wilderness. The cry alarmed a stranger, who was the old master. The first teacher took the old man all the way to the west, to the Nuji Mountain, and practiced the method of cultivating immortals in the mountains. Our master and apprentice lived in Nuji Mountain for two Jiazi, one hundred and twenty spring and autumn, the first teacher soared, and went by the wind. The old decay is not able to catch the skill and cannot fly, so he has to follow the immortal qi on the ground to pursue it, all the way to the Cangwu Mountain, and suddenly he does not see the spirit of the ancestors, so he lives in the mountains. After living in two Jiazi for another 30 years, the old man suddenly had a dream, and the ancestor appeared, asking the old man to go to Yingdu, take a few destined disciples, and go to the fairy road together! ”

"Oh?" King Wei asked in surprise, "Did the Immortal ever receive a disciple?" ”

Cangwuzi shook his head: "When the old man first arrived in Yingdu, the destined disciples have not yet met him." ”

King Wei asked urgently: "The widow is not talented, can he have the fate to practice the immortal path with the immortals?" ”

Cangwuzi looked at King Wei, and shook his head: "If you want to learn the way of immortals, you must first cultivate the immortal body." Looking at the king rex body, it may be possible in the future, but it is not possible at the moment. ”

"Immortal?" King Wei was overjoyed, "How can a widow cultivate an immortal body?" ”

"It's not difficult," Cang Wuzi said Kankan, "The old decay can be alchemy, as long as the king takes it, he can not die." ”

King Wei asked urgently: "Oh, when will this pill be completed?" ”

"Seven or seven can be done."

"Seventy-seven?"

"Forty-nine days."

King Wei hurriedly got up, took a step forward, and said, "Late Life Xiong Shang begs Immortal Weng to refine this pill for Late Life!" ”

Cangwuzi also replied: "The old decay can be refined, but, according to the calculation of the old decay, the king's fate is not over, although he will not die after taking this medicine, it is difficult to become an immortal." ”

"Oh?" King Wei was shocked and asked urgently, "Dare to ask the immortal Weng, what is the fate of the bear business?" ”

"According to the way of heaven, the king still has a great work to do, and it is not over the dust."

"Great work?" King Wei was stunned, "Isn't it a great achievement to cut down the widows?" ”

"The king descended from the sky, when the tree has two merits, cutting down can be one merit, and there is still one merit, which still needs to be achieved by the king."

King Wei personally helped Cang Wuzi to sit in the guest seat, sat down by himself, and asked, "May I ask the immortal, where can this achievement be?" ”

Cangwuzi replied: "According to the old decay, the king's merit should be regarded as the north." ”

King Wei lowered his head and thought for a while, and instructed his ministers: "The immortal Weng is far away, and he has been tired all the way, you lead the immortal Weng to the harem to rest first, and then accompany the immortal Weng to have fun." ”

Cangwuzi thanked him, got up to leave, and walked out with his ministers.

King Wei watched the two of them go away, and then slowly turned his head to Zhaoyang: "Zhao Aiqing, in your opinion, what is the merit of this?" ”

"Kovar Girder!" Zhaoyang arched his hand and said, "The humiliation of the mountain, the minister is not snowy, and the death is not blind!" ”

"Girder?" King Wei closed his eyes and thought, "I heard that the Three Jin Dynasty have entered the family, if I attack Wei, Han and Zhao will come to the rescue, what should I do?" ”

"Sanjin has always been at odds, even if it is indulgent, it is also a discord between the face and the heart, and it may not be possible to rescue with all its might, one of them. I have Wu and Yue, the soldiers are well fed, and the army can raise 300,000, even if the three Jin are one, there is also a decisive certainty, and the second is also. The three Jin Dynasty indulged in relatives, and Qin was unfavorable, and last year, the minister had heard that Qin wanted to attack Han Yiyang. If I attack Wei, I can form an alliance with Qin and make the Qin people attack Yiyang. Han had no time to take care of himself and could not be rescued. With Qin behind, Zhao didn't dare to act rashly. With Qin in Hexi, Wei will not dare to resist me with all his might, and this is the third. With these three benefits, the minister thought that he could cut down Wei. ”

"Wei has Pang Juan, can Aiqing deal with it?"

"The king can rest assured, the minister has found out that the previous Wei expedition to the mountains was all Sun Bin's strategy. Now Sun Bin has become a waste, and Pang Juan is not afraid. ”

"Pang Juan wins more with less, and loses Qi and Zhao in a row within five days, Aiqing can't be underestimated!"

"Throughout the battle of Huangchi, Tian Ji lost in pride, lost in carelessness, Pang Juan won in mourning, and won in luck. In the battle of Chaoge, Fengyangjun was caught off guard, and he was not Pang Juan's opponent. Now it is not what it used to be, fighting against Wei, Wei is a proud soldier, I am a mourning soldier. The art of war is cloudy: the resistance is similar, and the mourner wins. ”

King Wei lowered his head again, and then raised his head and asked, "If it is to destroy Wei, does Aiqing have a strategy?" ”

"Xiangling can be taken." Zhaoyang is confident, "Wei takes the mountain as the key, and the heavy army guards it, and Xiangling is empty." Xiangling is stuck between Daliang and Suiyang, there is Suishui in front of it, and there is Suishui in the back, which is a strategic place. I can go out of Kuxian County, make a long-distance surprise attack on Xiangling, cut off the contact between Wei and Song in one fell swoop, and then build fortifications along the first line of Xiangling, reject Wei in the west, collect Song land in the east, and encroach on thousands of miles of fertile fields under Sixia. ”

After listening to Zhaoyang's plan, King Wei closed his eyes for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, just follow Aiqing's plan!" Sent 200,000 troops to attack Wei, Aiqing as the main general, Qu Aiqing and Jing Aiqing as deputy generals, Jing Aiqing also guarded Nanyang, led 50,000 troops out of Fangcheng, feinted to attack Shanshan, and contained Pang Juan. How to implement it, Aiqing can go to the purpose! ”

"Obey the order!"

Vawei is no small matter. Zhaoyang got the order, frequently summoned the generals, requisitioned the three armies, grain and grass, baggage, etc., and worked for more than a month, and finally made proper deployment. Chen Zhen also urgently revised the book and asked the Duke of Qin to conquer Yiyang and contain Han and Zhao. Cangwuzi watched the sky at night and set an auspicious day for the troops. Yingdu and even 5,000 miles of Chu all took action within a month, the sound of horses' hooves, and the sharpening of knives.

It was a coincidence.

On the eve of the auspicious day of the Zhaoyang Sacrifice Flag, Mrs. Jiang Jun, who had been glowing red after eating dozens of pills in a row, suddenly screamed several times, vomited blood and died.

Zhaoyang cried to the ground, causing a mournful voice in Yin's mansion.

Chen Zhen was in a hurry, crying more sadly than Zhaoyang. Zhaoyang was sad for a while, and resolutely decided to put the country before the family, bit his fingers, wrote a blood letter to report to the king, claiming to bring the mourning to the expedition.

The next morning, Zhaoyang, the master in a linen suit, drove to the Chinese army's Yuanmen to sacrifice the flag.

When the officers and men of the three armed forces saw this, they all wept tears and their morale was inspired. When the time came, Zhaoyang was about to sacrifice the flag and go out, and the prince Huai flew to the car and read out the edict of King Wei, ordering the suspension of the attack on Wei, and the first mourning for Mrs. Jiang Jun.

At this moment, the chariots and horses arrived and were stationed thirty miles outside the city of Yingdu.

The next day, the crown prince Huai of the dynasty made Jin Shang go out of the city with the building of the front station to greet him, and Su Qin took several sons, Gongsun and Tian Wen and other five deputy envoys and personal entourage to gallop into the east gate of Yingdu, and drove straight into the national pavilion next to the royal city along the galloping road on the right side of Lishui.

In the middle of the line, there was a crowd of people in front, followed by the sound of bells and drums, the sound of mourning music, and the crowd of people who watched the excitement avoided on both sides of the street. Jin Shang took the lead in avoiding the side of the road, and Su Qin and everyone also avoided it.

In the mourning music, one hundred and eight linen guards opened the way, followed by thirty-two musicians, blowing or knocking, mourning music; Behind them were twenty-four witches in strange costumes, surrounded by a cart with white eyebrows and red hair; The witch was followed by thirty-two boys and girls between the ages of six and thirteen, divided into sixteen pairs according to age, all sitting cross-legged on a platform made of linen, each pair carried by two strong men in linen; The children, who were not dressed in sackcloth, were all brightly dressed, staring at the big curious eyes, some of them were still eating snacks in their mouths, and they thought it was all very funny, and a few of the younger ones were still pointing and laughing. Behind the children, there were twenty-four shrine maidens.

Seeing the innocent appearance of the children, the roadside spectators couldn't bear to witness it, and wiped their tears with their sleeves. A little girl looked at the hot eyes, pointed to the child being carried and shouted at a young woman beside her: "Mother, mother, I want to sit on it too!" ”

The woman picked her up in her arms, turned around in fear, and ignored the little girl's crying, and sped into the side path, as if she were going to be carried away if she was too late.

Jin Shang looked at the group of people coldly, with no expression on his face.

Su Qin, Gongziwei, Lou Zhuan, Gongzizhang, and Tian Wen all knew what was going on, and they all looked gloomy and lowered their heads. Among the several people, only Gongzi didn't know why, and asked Tian Wen beside him softly: "Why are they carrying those children?" ”

Tian Wen turned his face away and did not answer.

Gongzi's curiosity became stronger and stronger, and when he asked Lou and Gongzizhang again, both of them turned their faces away, and no one paid attention to him. Childe didn't want to ask again, and only fixed his eyes on the children.

After a while, the linen team walked away, and everyone dispersed. Gongzi couldn't hold it back any longer, so he simply approached Su Qin's side and asked softly, "Su Zi, what's going on with those children?" ”

Su Qin sighed lightly and pointed at Jin Shang: "This is a matter of the Chu State, if the prince wants to know, you can ask Doctor Jin." ”

Gongzi hurriedly turned to Jin Shang and said, "May I ask Doctor Jin, what's going on?" ”

"Returning to Gongzi," Jin Shang replied, "Mrs. Jiang Jun Xianyou, those children are going to wait for her." ”

"What?" Gongzi was stunned, and said for a long time, "You mean, they are human martyrs?" ”

Jin Shang sighed lightly and lowered his head.

Gongzi was stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, and said angrily: "What age is it, and you are still martyred?" Then he turned to the flying knife Zou, "Brother Zou, tell me, these children... they are still ignorant!" ”

Flying knife Zou's face was distorted, his eyes stared at the linen team that was gradually moving away, and after a while, he turned to Jin Shang and said, "May I ask Lord Jin, are they going to be martyred?" ”

Jin Shangying said: "According to the customs of Chudi, martyrdom will only be carried out after the funeral, and it will be seven days later at the earliest. The witch has just chosen a boy and a girl, and today is just a parade through the streets, and in the next few days, the children will have to learn etiquette before they can be martyred. ”

Flying knife Zou let out a sigh of relief and thanked him.

Gongzi also seemed to understand the intention of the flying knife Zou, and pulled at his clothes.

It was night, and though there was moonlight, there were many dark clouds in the sky, and the earth was bright and dark.

At the right time, in the Pavilion of the Nations, a courtyard door opened lightly, and several black shadows flashed out of the door silently, and were about to fly away, when a stern voice floated out behind him: "Everyone, stay behind!" ”

A few black shadows heard that it was Su Qin, and paused.

"Where are you going?" Su Qin hurriedly took a few steps forward and asked in a deep voice.

Childe muttered, "No, I don't go anywhere, it's just... ”

Su Qin stepped in front of the flying knife Zou in a few steps, searched out dozens of flying knives from all over his body, and glanced at everyone, seeing that they all had sharp blades in their hands and hidden weapons on their bodies, he smiled coldly: "Just walk around, what are you doing with these things?" ”

Gongzi couldn't hide it, so he had to tell the truth: "If you go back to Suzi, we want to go to Lingyin's mansion." ”

"Robbing someone?"

"Save people. Those kids, they don't damn it! ”

"Humph!" Su Qin's nostrils snorted, "Just a few of you, if you want to go to the Ling Yin Mansion of the Great Chu State to save people, it's just a joke!" The dignified Yan room noble, holding a sharp blade in his hand, sneaked into the Ling Yin Mansion of Chu in the middle of the night, if this matter is spread, how to end it is not said, the history of Chu will also be recorded. Taking a step back, even if you are not discovered, how can you save so many ignorant children? They can't fly, they can't walk, not to mention that they have good food, good drink, and good clothing, they may not be willing to go. ”

None of the people thought of these problems, especially Gongzi, who was stunned for a long time before he muttered: "But... Suzi, we can't watch the children die, right?" ”

"Okay," Su Qin said casually, "even if you can rescue them, will it be all over?" Zhaoyang still wants to bury his mother, and the gods and witches will still go to find people again, and if you don't let them die, there will be another thirty-two boys and girls who will be martyred again. As for you, you have to save again, and they have to look for them again. Son, the bad habits of the Chu State are difficult to return! ”

Everyone present was dumbfounded, and they squatted on the ground one after another, and no one squeaked anymore.

Lou slowly heard the voice, and also walked out and stood behind Su Qin.

Su Qin sighed and turned to Lou slowly: "Brother Lou, get up tomorrow morning, buy a generous gift, and pay homage to the Yin Mansion, just say that Su Qin, the special envoy of the Five Kingdoms, will go to the mansion to mourn Mrs. Jiang Jun in the afternoon!" ”

"The subordinate obeys the order!"

The next day, Su Qin and the deputy envoys of the Five Kingdoms went to Ling Yin's mansion to mourn Mrs. Jiang Jun. The five countries were all prepared with generous gifts, and the stream of people carrying gift boxes walked in, and Xing Cai was overwhelmed.

The envoys of the five countries did not go to the court, but first went to the door of the mansion to hang their filial piety, and among the five deputy envoys, except for Lou Zhuan, the other four were all nobles in the office, and they really gave Zhaoyang enough face. More than a dozen dignitaries of the Zhao clan who came to guard the spirit of Zhaoyang greeted them out of the mansion, saw the salute, and directly welcomed Su Qin and others into the old lady's mourning hall.

After Su Qin finished his eulogy, he and the deputy envoys made a great salute.

After the worship ceremony, Zhaoyang led Su Qin and others to the guest hall, passing by a courtyard, and vaguely heard the voices of a group of children talking inside.

Everyone's hearts are in a twitch.

Su Qin walked to the door casually, glanced towards the courtyard, turned to Zhaoyang, and asked casually, "Lord Ling Yin, are these children from the house?" ”

"No, no, no, I just bought it under the next." Zhaoyang responded.

"Oh?" Su Qin pretended not to know, "What's the use of adults buying so many children?" ”

"Su Zi doesn't know," Zhaoyang explained in a low voice, "They are all martyrs, and after a few days, they will go to serve their ancestors." ”

Su Qin nodded slightly: "I have heard for a long time that the adults are filial piety, and I will see you today!" Can you see them below? ”

Zhaoyang stretched out his hand and politely said: "Please!" ”

Su Qin and the others walked into the courtyard and saw two witches teaching the children rituals.

At the first sight of so many strangers entering, the children were all shocked and looked at them timidly. The shrine maiden greeted her, bowed, and called the children to meet the adults.

The children all knelt down and bowed.

Su Qin's heart felt sour, and he turned around and walked out.

Walking to the guest hall, everyone sat down in the guest room, and the maidservant bowed down after serving tea.

Zhaoyang raised his glass: "Everyone, please use tea!" ”

Several people were thinking about the children, but no one responded.

Su Qin took the lead in picking it up, took a few sips, put down the cup, and sighed softly: "Alas, when I was young, I heard about the great achievements of Lord Zhao Xixi, and I also heard that Mrs. Jiang Jun is virtuous, gentle, and benevolent. Lord Zhao Xixian has already traveled to Xianyou, this time I came to Ying, and I wanted to see Mrs. Jiang Jun's abundance, listen to Mrs. Jiang's teachings, and I don't want Mrs. to let go! With that, he sobbed softly and wiped his tears with his sleeve.

Zhaoyang saw that Su Qin's feelings were sincere, not as if pretentious, he was very moved, and arched his hand and said: "In the next generation, I will take the test first, and thank Su Zi for his kind words!" Xian Yan walked suddenly, even if she was down, she was unexpected. Mother she..." Before she finished speaking, she hid her face with her sleeves and choked up.

Su Qin accompanied him to shed tears for a while, and arched his hand: "Dare to ask my lord, how long is the old lady's longevity?" ”

"One in seventy."

"Tut-tut," Su Qin praised a few times, "The old lady has reached the age of the ancient, and the adult's mansion should be happy and mournful!" ”

Zhaoyang arched his hand: "Thank you Su Zi Jiyan again!" ”

Su Qin also moved, turned the conversation, and sighed with some emotion: "I heard that Jingchu is different from the customs of the Central Plains in the morning, and now I see the adults mourning the old lady, and I feel a lot of emotion!" ”

"Oh?" Zhaoyang's heart moved, "Dare to ask Su Zi what he feels?" ”

"In the past, Zhongni advocated cautious pursuit of the end, giving birth to support, and eventually being buried, so the countries of the Central Plains not only raised before rebirth, but also reburied after death, and you Jing people seem to be more reborn before and not after rebirth."

Hearing this, Zhaoyang was blinded, and when he reacted, he stretched his face and said coldly: "Why did Su Zi say this? ”

"Dare to ask my lord, who served the old lady when she was alive?"

"There are many subordinates, and the close ones are handmaidens."

"Ask the adults again, are these people adults or children?"

"Of course it's an adult. How can a boy serve? ”

"That's it." Su Qin said slowly, "When the old lady was alive, she was served by adults, but behind the old lady, there was a group of children around her. These boys have little to do, neither can speak to make the old lady happy, nor can they serve tea and sweep the floor, cook clothes and cook, and do not serve well The old lady does not speak, but only adds chaos to the old man's house. Besides, the old man is quiet by nature, but the boy is playful by nature, how can the old lady rest in peace? This is the only thing, in the next opinion, you Jing people only before rebirth, not after rebirth. ”

Several other people also understood Su Qin's intentions, and nodded yes one after another.

Su Qin undoubtedly openly said that Zhaoyang was unfilial in front of the nations, so how could Zhaoyang be embarrassed? However, what Su Qin said was reasonable, and Zhaoyang was stunned that he couldn't find a crack, and he muttered for a long time before he continued: "What Su Zi said is not unreasonable, it's just that Jingren Xianyou, who is used to martyring boys and girls, this is the ancestral system, and Zhaoyang dare not violate it." ”

"The ancestral system is the law," Su Qin said casually, "The law is established by the saints." The legislation of the sage follows the way of heaven, is reasonable, conforms to the customs of the people, and follows the customs of the people. There is a small wind in the wind, and there is also a strong wind in the world; There is a small vulgar side of the vulgar, and there is also a vulgar world. The saint and the wind follow the customs, not the wind of a corner, not the customs of one side, and the wind of the world, and the customs of the world. The way of heaven is easy, and the customs are changing, so the law of the holy world will never stick to the rules. The ancient sages took music as the law, the Yellow Emperor made "Cloud Gate", Yao made "Xianchi", Shun made "Da Shao", Xia Qi made "Da Xia", Shang Tang made "Da Hui", the times are different, the music and dance are different, and the law is naturally different. The wind of this world has changed, the world is changing, the Central Plains are all martyred, but Jing Chu is martyred as a child, and he is emotional! ”

"This..." Zhaoyang stammered.

"Besides," Su Qin continued, "the Chu system is not immutable. As far as I know, the nobles of Chu are hereditary, and once they are crowned kings, they can enjoy thousands of generations, which causes the Chu State to be scattered and the national strength is greatly damaged. Mourning the king made Wu Zi change the law, the loss is more than enough and make up for the deficiency, the hereditary nobles only go three generations, after the three, if there is no meritorious service, that is, it will be attacked, and the state of Chu will also be greatly governed. Although Wu Qi died, this system has been pursued to this day. Even if it is a martyr, it is not static. In ancient times, many were martyred with stone tools, in the Middle Ages were mostly martyred with pottery, in modern times many were martyred with bronze tools, and in modern times many were martyred with iron tools. The different martyrdom shows that the world is changing; The world has changed, and the burial habits should be different. ”

What Su Qin said was justified and well-founded. Zhaoyang pondered for a moment and nodded slightly, obviously listening.

"Lord Zhao," Su Qin stared at Zhaoyang, "I heard that the old lady not only had four virtues during her lifetime, but also was kind and charitable, loving and peaceful, and never stabbed a chicken, and avoided it when she saw ants, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Zhaoyang nodded again and again, sobbing: "Xian Yan is indeed like this. ”

Su Qin struck while the iron was hot: "I thought that when my relatives went to immortals, the focus was on chasing the distance." The so-called chasing far away is to remember relatives and send filial piety to the end. The great filial piety in the world is nothing more than thinking about what your relatives think and doing for your relatives. Now the old lady is immortal, and I think that if the adult is filial piety, he should think about what the old lady thinks and does for the old lady. If the old lady is merciful, but the adult is martyred as a living person, the old lady Jiuquan will not accept it when she learns it! ”

Su Qin said it here, and every sentence was reasonable, and the words smashed into the weakness of the martyrdom, Zhaoyang couldn't refute it, buried his head for a long time, and then raised his head: "If you don't die, how can you express your condolences to your late mother?" ”

"Have you heard of Qiren Zouzi?"

"Zouzi?" Zhaoyang asked, "Which Zouzi?" ”

"It is Zou Yan who proposed that all things in heaven and earth are the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, which change according to the principles of yin and yang."

"I've heard of him." Zhaoyang nodded, "I heard that this person also has overseas Kyushu." ”

"Adults are erudite!" Su Qin praised, "As far as Qin knows, this person should be a person who has attained the Tao in this world, with big ears, eyes like torches, two people, born in a different phase, has a wide range of magical powers, knows the two worlds of yin and yang, has traveled to the underworld many times, and has also married Jin Lan with the ghost king, and has become a good friend." Su Qin was fortunate to meet this person, and listened to him talk about the situation in the underworld in detail, which was just like the Yang World. According to Zou Zi, in life, there is a yang longevity in life, and a yin longevity in death. Those who accumulate yang virtue can increase yang longevity, and those who accumulate yin gong can increase yin longevity. The chariot and horse servants were used in the yang world, and the figurines were sacrificed to pass through the yin world. Sacrificing people, blowing up the yang virtue, and damaging the yin gong, there are all kinds of harm but no benefit. It is precisely because of Zou Zi's words that the funeral habits of the Central Plains countries have been changed, the Qin people were martyred with chariots, horses and terracotta figurines, and the three Jin, Yan, and Qi were martyred with cattle and sheep. As far as the old lady is concerned, being able to get the ancient rare yang longevity shows that she was virtuous during her lifetime. If an adult martyred a child, he thought that it would damage the old lady's yin skills and deprive the old lady's yin life. ”

Zhaoyang was shocked: "Is this true? ”

"The underworld," Su Qin said, "has not been experienced, and it is impossible to assert." However, according to reason, I think that what Zou Zi said is not unreasonable. In ancient times, saints, from Fuxi, Yellow Emperor to Yao, Shun, and Yu, have never performed human sacrifices. It is the longevity of the ancients. Human sacrifice began in summer, to the popularity of business, and it was a short life in later generations. Today, the people of the Central Plains believe in Zou Zi's words and abolish the martyrdom. ”

Zhaoyang gasped and buried himself in thought.

Su Qin arched his hand and prayed: "Why don't you adapt to the changes of the times and take the lead in changing customs in the land of Jingchu?" ”

"This..." Zhaoyang hesitated.

"This may kill two birds with one stone!"

"Killing two birds with one stone?" Zhaoyang's eyes widened.

"Imagine, my lord, if no one is martyred, the old lady will be quiet and accumulate yin skills; Yu adults, not only show the name of benevolence and good life, but also change the customs first, will definitely go down in the history of Chu, virtue for a thousand years! ”

"Well," Zhaoyang's heart moved, and he nodded in response, "What Su Zi said is very true. However, this matter is not trivial, and it is still allowed to be discussed with the clansmen! ”

"Oh, that's right!" Su Qin nodded slightly, glanced at everyone, and hugged his fist at Zhaoyang without understanding, "It seems that you Chu people are greater than the country." It stands to reason that the adults are under one person in Chu and above ten thousand people, and if they don't do it, it is also a family matter, even if the king of Chu is beyond his reach, he can't manage it here, and he doesn't want to be in trouble but in the clan. ”

Su Qin obviously used the method of agitation, and all the deputy envoys understood it, and they all stared at Zhaoyang in surprise.

Zhaoyang couldn't hold back his face, and shouted: "Someone! ”

Xing Cai hurriedly ran in and looked at Zhaoyang.

Zhaoyang paused word by word, and cut it categorically: "Send the boys and girls back to their homes, and each family will give a piece of gold!" ”

Xing Cai was stunned, looked at Zhaoyang anxiously, and saw that his face was resolute and there was no room for maneuver, so he nodded and walked out quickly.

In the middle of nowhere, Su Qin vaguely heard Xing Cai's command and the running sound of all the house slaves in the distance. For the sake of safety, Su Qin and the others chatted with Zhaoyang about some spiritual matters, and it was estimated that those children were all sent away before they got up to say goodbye.

On the way back, Gongzi was sincerely impressed, and said with a fist: "Suzi, you are really iron-mouthed and copper-tongued, in a few words, in an instant, you actually rescued thirty-two children from the tiger's mouth!" ”

"Alas," Su Qin sighed, "It's easy to save Tong Ziyi, but it's difficult to save Chu!" ”

Everyone was shocked: "Why is this?" ”

"It's hard to return!"

The next morning, the Chu Palace announced that the envoys of the countries were together, and Su Qin and the deputy envoys of the five countries entered the palace to meet the crown prince. Because the Ling Yin Mansion was mourning Mrs. Jiang Jun, none of the Zhao family went to court. Since Zhaoyang appointed Ling Yin, the subordinate provinces have mostly used the Zhao family, so the Zhao family does not go to the court, and the court is empty.

Su Qin and the others bowed to the end of the ceremony and presented the letters of state of the five countries of the Central Plains and the letter of request for cooperation.

Prince Huai read the covenant and gave Su Qin and other envoys a light smile: "Envoys, all the countries in the Central Plains have indulged in their relatives, and the state of Chu should be indulgent." However, in such a major matter of diplomatic relations, the palace did not dare to be arbitrary, and after discussing it with the ministers, he made a decision after three days. You have come from afar, just take advantage of these days to rest and taste the Jingchu style. He turned to Jin Shang again, "Jin Aiqing, Su Zi and the princes of the countries will be entertained by you, don't be lazy!" ”

Jin Shang knocked and said: "The minister's order!" ”

Su Qin and the deputy envoys retreated.

The crown prince Huai sleeved the covenant, drove straight to Zhanghuatai, and reported to King Wei about his indulgence. King Wei took the letter of appointment, glanced at it roughly, and before the crown prince Huai finished his ceremony, he waved his hand impatiently to interrupt and scolded: "Such a trivial matter, also come to report!" With a "snap", he threw down the covenant and went away.

The envoys of the five countries of the Central Plains entered the DPRK at the same time, this matter is so small, what is the big thing?

The crown prince Huai was stunned for a moment, and caught a glimpse of the minister still standing here, as if waiting to see him out of the palace, so he turned his eyes and looked at the minister.

The minister picked up the covenant, took a step forward, and whispered: "Your Highness doesn't know anything, in a few days, the immortal pill of Cangwu Immortal Weng will be released, and the king only has this matter in his heart, and he can't care about anything else." His Royal Highness can return to Yin first, and wait for the elixir to be refined, and then it is not too late to report on this matter. After speaking, he held the covenant book in both hands.

The prince Huai had already heard about the matter of Cangwuzi, and at this time he was broken by the ministers, so it was not good to say anything, so he put the covenant into his sleeve, said goodbye to the ministers, and walked out.

Back in the palace, Prince Huai kept his mouth shut and did not mention the matter of indulgence.

Su Qin waited for three days, but he still didn't see His Highness summoning him, and Jin Shang didn't show up. Several deputy envoys had no intention of enjoying the tour, and were bored with themselves, and vaguely heard Su Qin playing the piano, and came to Su Qin's courtyard together.

Seeing everyone coming in, Su Qin paused and arched his hand: "Sit down, sit down!" ”

Gongzi opened his mouth and shouted: "Your Excellency, where is this, you have the leisure to play the piano!" ”

"Excuse me, Childe, if you don't let you play the piano, what do you want to do?" Su Qin asked with a smile.

"Go up to the temple and look for them!" Gongzi said angrily, "Xiong Huai personally promised us that he would make a decision in three days." Today is the fourth day, not only is there no news, but even Jin Shang's guy doesn't show his head, isn't this a trick on us? ”

All eyes were on Su Qin.

"We are here to marry, not to make enemies." Su Qin spread his hands slightly and made a helpless look, "People don't announce it, if we break into the palace gate with a cheeky face and annoy the Chu people, if we are blasted out of the palace by them, won't we lose face?" ”

Everyone laughed.

"But this..." ”

"Hehehe," Su Qin said with a smile, "I've thought about this, there's a way!" ”

"What's the solution?" Childe asked urgently.

"When the gold is spent, the soldiers of the three armies and all the sons can each hold a dog beating stick and a basket, and beg for food along the street!"

Everyone thought it was a joke at first, but when they saw that Su Qin didn't have a hint of joking, they all became serious.

"Great idea!" Gongzi Wei was energetic, "Take the horse, ask for forage together, and ask for it on Zhanghuatai, see where their face is in the Chu country?" ”

"Great!" Childe echoed, "I haven't begged for food yet!" ”

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere relaxed.

"Suzi, you play the piano here, what should we do?" Childe shouted.

"Didn't Your Highness let you enjoy the scenery?"

"I'm bored, and I can't see anything!"

"Then sit back and listen to the ramblings." Su Qin really bounced around.

The crowd laughed again.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Su Qin stopped, got up, and made a bitter face, "Listening to this laughter, the sound of the piano is hard to hear!" Ladies and gentlemen, do you want to listen to the real Yale? That's an authentic Chu style, Chu rhyme, and Chu customs! ”

Everyone was excited, called the car, and followed Su Qin to a mansion.

Everyone looked at the plaque, it was Zuo Sima Mansion.

Su Qin handed over the name post, Zuo Sima Qu Kuo and his eldest son Qu Beggar greeted him, and after some politeness, he welcomed him into the hall and sat down as the guest and host.

The maidservant brought the tea, and everyone sipped it.

"Su Zi and all the envoys are here," Qu Kuo bowed his hands for a week, "the cold house is shining!" In the next martial arts, the knowledge is shallow, please give me advice! ”

"Lord Sima is polite!" Su Qin bowed his hand, "I came to Chu for the first time with a few sons, everything is fresh and dizzying." I really want to appreciate the style of Chudi, but unfortunately I don't dare to act brutally, and I only feel aggrieved in the museum every day. In Xia Haole, I heard that Chudi's singing and dancing were different from those in the Central Plains, and I heard that Lord Sima was also so good, so I took the liberty to come to the door and ask for advice on Chu Le. When several sons heard about it, they all wanted to go along. I came rashly, quite abruptly, rude, I hope Lord Sima forgives! ”

"Xie Suzi raises love!" Qu Kuo thanked him and smiled lightly, "Su Zi doesn't know anything, he is a rough man below, he only knows how to dance with guns and sticks, and he doesn't know how to be happy." However, the adults specially came to enjoy the fun, and it is difficult to shirk it below. It's also a coincidence, there is a cousin under him, who is new from his hometown, although he is immature, he is still happy, and he is also good at words, and he is a talented person in the countryside. All of you are gentlemen from the Central Plains, so you can point to him! After speaking, he turned to Qu Beggar, "Beggar, please come to Ping'er!" ”

Qu beggar went out in response, and there was a moment to introduce a young offspring.

When the latter entered the door, even though he was prepared, he was still surprised to see so many people, and first said to Qu Kuo: "My nephew has seen my uncle!" He turned to Su Qin and the others again, bowed down one by one, and his voice was extremely soft and slightly wooden, "Qu Yuan has seen you all in the evening. ”

All eyes were on this young man named Qu Yuan.

Qu Yuan's face is delicate, and he looks fine, he is still childish, he has not yet been crowned, and his head is on par with Gongzi Zhang, looking at the thin and thin body, it seems that he is still growing.

Su Qin and the others looked Qu Yuan up and down, looking at each other. In the eyes of the Central Plains, those who do not perform the crown salute are all children. It seems that this milky person has not dried up, Qu Kuo actually said that he "knows pleasure and is good at words", and openly recommended it to Su Qin and other Central Plains masters, which really surprised everyone.

Seeing that it was a child, Su Qin did not get up, but bowed his hand slightly, and asked in the tone of an elder, "Young man, how old are you?" ”

"Hui Yu, my lord," Qu Yuan said, "when the osmanthus blooms again, it will be possible to live in sixteen autumns." ”

Hearing this wonderful answer, everyone laughed.

"If you are a genius!" Su Qin didn't dare to slack off, and got up and replied, "Luoyang Su Qin has seen Qu Zi!" ”

"Late born and immature, the son does not dare to be! Lord Xie Su's kind words! Qu Yuan said again, "I have heard the reputation of Lord Su for a long time in my late life, and I am honored to see it today!" ”

"Hehehehehe!" Qu Kuo smiled so hard that he introduced all the sons present one by one, and Qu Yuan saluted them one by one.

After the ceremony, Qu Kuo got to the point: "Ping'er, Master Su and all of you are masters of the Central Plains, and you came to the door today to appreciate the folk music of Jingchu." Uncle doesn't know the rhythm, you come and play a song, please give me advice! ”

"Yes!" Qu Yuan turned to Su Qin and the others for a long time, "You can play Chu music in your later life, you can also play Ba music, may I ask you, what kind of music do you want to hear?" ”

Su Qin responded: "Chu Le." ”

Qu Yuan arched his hand and strode out.

In a moment, more than a dozen musicians walked in from outside, bringing a bunch of musical instruments, including bells, drums, chimes, pipes, seers, qins, flutes, etc. The crowd moved their seats and cleared the empty space. All the musicians set their hands and looked at Qu Yuan one after another.

Qu Yuan bowed deeply to everyone and said loudly: "If you are not talented in your later life, you will perform a song "Ode to Orange" created by your later life for all of you." After speaking, he walked to the front of a row of chimes, stood still with bated breath, and picked up the copper rod used to beat the chimes.

Hearing him say that the tune was composed by himself, and seeing him hit the chime with his own hands, Su Qin and the others were shocked, and looked at this childish child intently.

Qu Yuan raised his hand to knock on the chime, and after a few sounds, all the musicians followed, and the sound was pleasant and exciting.

After playing for a while, Qu Yuan spoke, half-chanting and half-singing:

After the emperor Jiashu, orange is obedient

Ordered not to move, born in the south of the country

It is deeply rooted and difficult to migrate, and it is even more ambitious

The green leaves are glorious, and they are gratifying

The branches are thorny, and the round fruits are kneaded

The article is mixed, and the article is rotten

The fine color is white, and the class is arbitrary

It should be repaired, but not ugly

Er Youzhi is different

If you don't move independently, you can't be happy

It is deeply entrenched and difficult to migrate, and there is nothing to ask for

Su Shi is independent, horizontal but not flowing

Close your mind and be cautious, and you will never lose your mistakes

Virtue is selfless, towering to the world

May the years be grateful, and be friends with the elders

Shuli is not lewd, and the stalk is reasonable

Although he is young, he can be a teacher

The line is more than Boyi, and it is like Xi

Qu Yuan chanted three times, and individual sentences were repeated many times, and finally in a crisp chime, the rhythm came to an abrupt end.

Su Qin was sitting precariously, closing his eyes and concentrating, but he was stunned.

Hearing that the music stopped and everyone cheered, Su Qin came back to his senses and sighed sincerely: "What a 'Su Shi is independent, horizontal but not flowing', 'selfless and selfless, towering to the world', what a rhetoric!" He got up and walked to Qu Yuan, looked at him again, and nodded again and again with emotion, "Well, when you hear this, you can call it!" May I ask Qu Zi, where does the rhetoric come from? ”

"Returning to Master Su," Qu Yuan also stood up and replied, "The lyrics were composed three years ago in his late life, and were completed in the orange grove near the humble house in his hometown. ”

"Three years ago, Qu Zi was only thirteen years old, and he was able to make such good words, and he was able to do Biboyi, which shows that Qu Zi is a young man with great ambition and will have great success in the future!"

"Thank you, Lord for your compliment!"

"I heard Master Sima say that Qu Zixin is from his hometown. Dare to ask Qu Zi, where is his hometown? ”

"Danyang Quyi, Lepingli."

"Danyang?" Su Qin nodded, "Danyang is the fief of the ancestors of the Chu State, and what Qu Zi did should be the real Chu Feng!" Chu land expands eastward, west of Danyang, it should be Pakistan! ”

Qu Yuan's father, Qu Boyong and Qu Kuo, came from the same grandfather, Qu Yijiu, and the two were cousins of the next generation. Qu Yijiu opposed Wu Qi's reform, and after the corpse of Wu Fuluo Wang was killed, he was killed by Zhulian, Qu's family was weakened, and his son Qu Li returned to the ancestral land of Danyang, and gave birth to a son Qu Boyong, and Qu Boyong gave birth to a son Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan rarely has ambitions, at the age of twelve, Qu Boyong died of illness, and at the age of thirteen, he wrote "Ode to Orange", describing his aspirations. This time, the reason for the affairs of the country of Pakistan was to run to Ying, and to Qu Kuo, not all for Ba and Shu, but also looking for opportunities to display their ambitions.

At this time, when he met Su Qin and heard him mention the country of Ba, Qu Yuan refused to let go of the opportunity that was close in front of him, and nodded: "What the adults said is very true, I came here late to do the things of Ba and Shu. ”

Su Qin was stunned: "What's the matter with Ba and Shu?" ”

"There is something big going on in Bashu," Qu Yuan twisted his eyebrows and said eloquently, "In recent years, there has been internal strife in Shu, repeated battles, and the Hou Hou was defeated, so he united with Ba to the east and formed a good Qin state to the north, wanting to compete with the king of Shu." ”

"Hehehe," Su Qin laughed a few times, stared at him and said, "Young man, Xiaobang Tucun, Tucun must be good neighbors, it is a wise move for the Tho people to marry the Qin people, why are you worried?" ”

"My lord doesn't know," Qu Yuan looked back at Su Qin, "the Tho people are using the power of the country to open up mountains and open roads with the Ba people, trying to open up the Qin Fortress." In addition, according to the Ba people, the Qin people also erected plank roads along the water veins in Zhongnan Mountain. From Qinchuan to Tho, it is about 1,500 miles long, is it necessary for good neighbors to erect such a long plank road? ”

Everyone was shocked.

Su Qin stared directly at Qu Yuan. At such a young age, it is unusual to be able to use accurate words, be clearly organized, and be able to see a farther vision through the appearance!

However, Su Qin was obviously more interested in not Qu Yuan at the moment, but Bashu, so he twisted his eyebrows and asked: "Since the Tho people have repelled the Shu soldiers, this is opening up the mountain and opening the way, there should always be a reason, right?" ”

"According to the Ba people, the Duke of Qin gave five stone oxen to the Tho people, all of which weighed a thousand pounds, and the Tho people were plugged to transport the stone oxen back."

"Stone Ox?" Gongzi was interested, leaned over and asked, "What is the use of the Tho people asking for stone oxen?" ”

"Hui Gongzi's words," Qu Yuan turned to Gongzi, "Ba, Shu Guijin, according to the Tho people, these stone oxen can be gold, a lump, the prince of the Tho State made Qin a good neighbor, the Duke of Qin gave the stone ox, and the Tho people want to transport it back to the gold." ”

Hearing such an incredible thing, everyone was stunned, and when they came back to their senses, they all laughed.

Su Qin fell into deep thought.

Intuition told Su Qin that what Qu Yuan was talking about was the essence of the problem. Shi Niu must be the Qin people's plan to plot Ba and Shu, and according to his judgment, the person who does this plan must be Zhang Yi. If you think about it carefully, Qin Tuba and Shu, avoiding the real and making the false, can not only avoid the front of the Shandong countries, but also accumulate momentum to raise the sharp, waiting for the future, for the time being, it is undoubtedly a practical and wise policy. And objectively speaking, Zhang Yi's move, in turn, is also fulfilling his great cause. However, if Jin Shiniu comes to coax the Tho people, it is also a loss for Zhang Yi to think of it! The Tho people did not doubt it, and they also worked hard to open up mountains and roads, luring wolves into the house, which is really incredible.

Su Qin was determined in his heart, suddenly remembered Qu Yuan, and deliberately tried his talents, smiled slightly, and asked, "Qu Zi is trustworthy about this?" ”

"I don't believe it later," Qu Yuan shook his head, "I think that the Qin people have ulterior motives for doing this." ”

Su Qin stared at Qu Yuan: "May I ask Qu Zi, what are the intentions of the Qin people?" ”

"Annexation of Ba and Shu." Qu Yuanhe expressed his understanding of the situation, and his words were clear, almost word by word, and there was no hesitation in his eyes, which did not match his age of sixteen.

Su Qin was shocked to have such a keen vision of the overall situation at such a young age, stared at Qu Yuan for a long time, then nodded heavily, paced back to the place where he was, sat down, turned to Qu Kuo and hugged his fists and said: "What does Qu Zi think, what does Master Sima think?" ”

"In the child's opinion, Suzi should be laughing." Qu Kuo responded with a fist.

"No, no, no," Su Qin shook his head again and again, looked at Qu Yuan with appreciation, and then turned to Qu Yuan, "Lord Sima, I think that Qu Zi's opinion is definitely not a joke. Ba and Shu are the water of Chu, and if Qin wants to be Chu, Ba and Shu will be destroyed. In other words, Qin's annihilation of Ba and Shu must be Tuchu. Not to mention anything else, I will only ask Lord Sima to imagine one thing: from Chu to Ba and Shu, sailing against the current, it is difficult. From Ba and Shu to Chu, but it is to go down the river, flying for thousands of miles! ”

Everyone was shocked by Su Qin's words.

Receiving Su Qin's affirmation, Qu Yuan was excited, and said loudly: "What Master Su said is exactly what Qu Yuan thinks in his heart!" ”

Qu Kuo shuddered, thought about it carefully, and said with his hand: "If this is the case, how should I deal with it?" ”

"Join forces and abandon Qin, so that Qin has no time to take care of both."

Qu Kuo closed his eyes and thought for a while, and raised his head: "The affairs of diplomatic relations were originally not under the jurisdiction of Sima Fu, but now that the Zhao family is in mourning, the affairs are urgent, so I have to go beyond the bounds." Tomorrow morning, I will directly introduce you to meet Your Highness, and Ping'er will also go and directly explain your interests to Your Highness. "Slightly paused," May I ask Suzi, is it appropriate to deal with it like this?" ”

Su Qin arched his hand: "Master Xie Sima!" ”

The next day, Zuo Sima Qu Kuo led Su Qin, Zhu Gongzi, Qu Yuan and others to meet His Royal Highness as promised. Qu Kuo asked everyone to wait in the side hall, entered the main hall, and briefly described the situation of Ba and Shu.

Prince Huai was really shocked and announced to Qu Yuan.

In view of the situation in Ba and Shu, Prince Huai interrogated Qu Yuan in detail, and was very surprised to see that he answered freely and exported a chapter.

Qu Kuo took the opportunity to say good things and introduced his nephew to be good and happy, and he was both talented. The prince was convinced and asked him if he would like to stay in the palace and be a literary attendant in front of the palace. Qu Yuan was overjoyed and looked at his uncle. Now that the Zhao family is favored, if Qu Yuan can always serve the prince, after a hundred years of the king, the prince will inherit the unification, and Qu Yuan may have something to play, which is conducive to the Qu family. Qu Kuo led Qu Yuan to see the prince this time, and he had this intention, and when he asked at this time, he took Qu Yuan to kowtow and thank him.

Prince Huai was overjoyed, and Jin Shang was sent to him, instructing him to properly settle Qu Yuan.

Seeing Jin Shang and Qu Yuan withdraw, Prince Huai turned his head and praised Qu Kuo: "Qu Men is this talent, congratulations!" ”

Qu Kuo said: "The little nephew can be appreciated by His Royal Highness, it is really his creation!" ”

"Qu Aiqing," Prince Huai changed the subject, "The matter of Ba and Shu is indeed not trivial. When Zhang Zi was there the year before last, he talked about Ba and Shu with the palace many times, and the palace also had intentions for a long time, and mentioned it to his father many times, and his father seemed to be in no hurry. Now the Qin people covet it, and the internal strife between Ba and Shu is urgent. How to deal with it, Qu Aiqing has a good plan? ”

"Returning to Your Highness," Qu Kuo replied, "How to deal with it, Your Highness can ask Su Qin." ”

"Oh," Prince Huai raised his head and stared at Qu Kuo, "Listen to Aiqing, have you already seen Suzi?" ”

"Your Highness Shengming!" Qu Kuo responded, "The minister has seen Su Zi, and has taken him into the palace, and he is already waiting for the order to meet him in the side hall." ”

Prince Huai sighed lightly and nodded: "Since you're here, let him in." ”

The ministers announced, Su Qin tended to advance, and kowtowed: "Su Qin, the envoy of the five countries, knocks to see His Highness!" ”

"Su Ziping!" Prince Huai stretched out his hand and gave way.

Su Qin thanked him, got up and sat down in the guest seat.

Without waiting for Su Qin to speak, Prince Huai smiled to himself first, and arched his hand apologetically: "Regarding the matter of the merger, this palace originally said that Su Zi would make a clear judgment after three days, but... Su Zi also knew about it, so Yin Zheng was in great mourning, and the palace had not yet discussed in court, so he failed to report to his father, and I apologize here." ”

"Your Highness doesn't have to be polite!" Su Qin returned the favor, "However, according to Su Qin, even if His Royal Highness discusses this matter in the court, Lord Yin will not be willing." ”

Prince Huai was stunned: "Why did Su Zi say this?" ”

"Let Lord Yin be ready for everything, bent on destroying Wei and avenging the revenge of the mountain, naturally he refuses to allow indulgence."

"What Suzi said is very true." Prince Huai nodded and replied, "A few years ago, the Wei people seized my Shanshan and beheaded me 60,000 soldiers, and the government and the opposition were eager for revenge. ”

"Your Highness, if this arrow is issued, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

"Oh?" Prince Huai leaned over and asked, "May I ask Suzi, what are the consequences?" ”

"Does Your Highness remember the Great War between Qin and Wei Hexi? The Marquis of Wei was bent on being strong, saying that the king was weak, and confronted the countries of Shandong. The result? The size of the weakly defended land was not obtained, but the seven hundred miles west of the river were handed over to the Qin people. Not to mention, 80,000 Great Wei soldiers died unexpectedly, and hundreds of thousands of Wei people became Qin people. Your Highness, don't forget the past, the teacher of the future! ”

As a personal participant in the Mengjin Society, Gongsun Ying's whole process of seeking Wei is the most clear, and every time he thinks about it, he still has palpitations, so as soon as Su Qin mentions this matter, he empathizes, nods and sighs: "Alas, all the countries in Shandong are longitudinal, and the Chu country has no choice." It's just that, alas, don't hide it from Suzi, this palace has actually already entrusted the matter of indulgence to his father, but these days, my father is obsessed with the medicine of immortality and has no intention of doing anything in the court. ”

"The elixir of immortality?" Su Qin and Qu Kuo were all stunned.

Prince Huai then briefly described all the things in Cangwuzi and sighed again and again.

Su Qin thought for a while, clasped his fists and smiled: "If the king is only for immortality, Su Qin has a prescription." Su Qin intended to meet the king and implored His Highness to introduce him. ”

"Great!" Prince Huai got up, "Let's go, let's meet here!" ”

Prince Huai led everyone to Zhanghuatai.

This day coincided with the release of the Immortal Pill, but Cangwuzi did not let anyone watch the baking process, including King Wei.

King Chu Wei was anxious and was pacing back and forth in the Guanbo Pavilion, when his ministers reported to His Highness that he led Su Qin, the envoy of the five countries, and the deputy envoys of the other countries to the stage to meet him.

King Wei originally had no intention of entertaining guests, but thinking that Su Qin was the envoy of the Five Kingdoms, and he came to the door again, if he shirked it again, it would be inappropriate to spread it. Besides, I don't know when the elixir will be baked, and I am also uncomfortable to suffer here, so it is better to talk to someone and relieve my boredom.

Thinking of this, King Wei issued a decree to summon him.

Prince Huai and Su Qin approached in, and King Wei came out to greet him.

After seeing the false ceremony, King Wei and everyone returned to the pavilion and sat down with the guests.

King Wei arched his hand: "I have heard the name of Suzi for a long time, and few people have heard of sages." Today, when Su Zi comes, can there be any place to teach the widow? ”

"The king is polite!" Su Qin bowed his hand in return, "Su Qin has been in Chu for some time, and now I want to leave and return to the Central Plains, so I have come to say goodbye to the king!" ”

"Oh?" King Chu Wei was stunned for a moment, and then laughed a few times, "Hehehehe, your envoys have traveled far and hard, why don't you stay in Jingchu for a few more days?" ”

"Alas," Su Qin sighed, "Thank you for your kindness!" It's just that Su Qin really can't afford to live! ”

King Wei was stunned again, glanced at Prince Huai, and saw that he was also confused, and turned to Su Qin: "Why did Su Zi say this?" ”

Su Qin replied loudly: "Jingchu is a noble land of the upper country, the food is like a treasure jade, the firewood is like Langui, the minister is like a dragon, and the king is like the emperor of heaven." The king imagined that Su Qin and more than 10,000 envoys from other countries could afford to live with Baoyu and burning Lan Gui every day, waiting for the divine dragon and looking forward to the emperor? ”

"Hehehehe," King Chu Wei laughed a few times, and bowed his hand again and again apologetically, "I heard that Su Zi can speak, and the widow has learned today!" With a long sigh, he glanced at the guests, half mocking, half explaining, "Alas, the widow is old, and he has already entrusted the state affairs to the prince and the secretaries, and you are here for the sake of state affairs, and the widow knows that the country is more important than selfishness, so I want to ask for advice after you finish the state affairs, which is to snub you!" He turned to Prince Huai again, "All the daily necessities of the envoys and their entourages are allocated by the treasury!" ”

"Sons obey orders!"

King Wei turned to Su Qin and arched his hand: "The widow begs Su Zikuan to stay for a few days, first, to enjoy the southern customs, and secondly, to give the widow a chance to ask for advice." ”

"Thank you for your hospitality." Su Qin returned the salute, "Since the king has issued an order, Su Qin can only obey his fate." ”

"Hehehe." King Wei laughed and was about to ask questions, when the ministers came in, approached King Wei, and whispered: "Your Majesty, the elixir is baked!" ”

"Oh!" King Wei was overjoyed, stood up with a breath, and felt that it was inappropriate, sat down again, thought for a while, and turned to the ministers, "Invite the immortal Weng, hold the elixir!" ”

Seeing the ministers withdrawing, King Wei couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, turned to Su Qin and the others, and smiled from ear to ear: "Hehehehe, you are really a coincidence, and you will be invited to watch a rare treasure later!" ”

In a moment, the minister really led Cangwuzi to walk briskly.

Cangwuzi stepped into the palace gate arrogantly, and suddenly saw many guests sitting in the pavilion, his expression was a little flustered, but he quickly calmed down, and did not bow down, but just slightly bowed: "The grass people Cangwuzi see the king!" ”

Su Qin's two eyes looked directly at Cangwuzi, examined him from top to bottom, and saw that his eyes were evasive, his expression was flustered, and he was not a person who had attained the Tao at all, and saw that his ears were hanging down his shoulders, and his two white eyebrows were long and dense, which was extremely peculiar.

"Where's the elixir?" King Wei hurriedly returned the salute and stared at Cangwuzi impatiently.

Cangwuzi took out a treasure bottle from his sleeve: "Return to the king, the elixir is here." ”

The minister stepped forward, took the vase with both hands, and presented it to King Wei.

King Wei poured out the elixir, held it in his hand and examined it carefully, sighed a few times in admiration, and turned to Su Qin and the others: "Everyone, please see, this is the rare treasure that the widow just said—the immortal elixir!" ”

"Immortal elixir?" Su Qin smiled slightly and looked at King Wei, "It's strange that there really is such a thing in the world." ”

"The king can be served!" Cang Wuzi said loudly, "Take one pill a day!" ”

The ministers presented clear water, and King Wei was about to take medicine, Su Qin suddenly raised his hand: "The king is slow!" ”

King Wei was stunned and looked at Su Qin.

Su Qin turned his head and looked at Cangwuzi sharply.

Cang Wuzi's gaze became more and more evasive.

Su Qin got up suddenly, walked to Cangwuzi step by step, made a sudden move, and lifted off his white eyebrows with lightning speed, and shouted loudly: "You Diao Min, you are bold enough, dare to break into the palace of the great king, deceive the king, and deceive no one in the Great Chu?" ”

Cang Wuzi was caught off guard, his face turned pale, he hurriedly covered his other eyebrows, pointed his other hand at Su Qin, and was speechless: "You... Who are you?" ”

Su Qin didn't stop doing anything, shot again, ripped off his right long ear, and threw it on the ground.

In the eyes of everyone, it turned out to be a prosthetic ear made of glue paint.

Cangwuzi turned around and wanted to escape, but Gongzi had already understood, shouted, flew up, grabbed his arm, and threw him to the ground with a little force.

Cangwuzi was so painful that he "ouch" again and again, kowtowed to the ground, and shook into a ball.

This change came too quickly and too suddenly, and everyone present looked stupid.

King Wei was stunned, and it took a long time to wake up, and his finger was Cangwuzi: "Immortal..."

Cangwuzi is completely reserved, and kowtows like pounding garlic: "The king..."

King Wei slowly turned his head and looked at Su Qin.

Su Qin bent down to pick up the false ears and eyebrows on the ground, and presented them with both hands.

The ministers took it and presented it to King Wei, and put it on the first few cases.

King Wei stared at the false ears and false eyebrows, his face gradually turned purple, his whole body trembled, his fingers were pale, and his voice trembled with extreme anger: "Say, who are you?" Why do you deceive the widow? ”

"The grass people are from Xiling, and they were originally selling medicine on the street, and then they met a big adult who taught them to practice the pill of immortality!"

"Which one?"

"Grass..."

Wei Wang Zhenji: "But the lord who brought you here?" ”

Cangwuzi shook his head.

King Wei breathed a sigh of relief and shook again: "Tell me quickly, who is he?" ”

Cangwuzi shook and snorted: "It's Lord Chen!" ”

"But Chen Zhen?" Prince Huai asked sharply.

"It's just Chen Zhen, Chen Chen, Lord Chen!"

King Wei suddenly understood, sneered, and shouted outward: "Someone! ”

Two samurai rushed into the door, one on one side, and firmly twisted Cangwuzi.

King Wei threw out the pill in his hand, word by word: "Let him take this pill, push it out, and behead it!" ”

The samurai picked up the pill, couldn't help but say, stuffed it into Cangwuzi's mouth, forced him to swallow it, and dragged it away.

Cangwuzi fart, desperately struggling, and even calling for mercy.

King Wei stared at him, and his voice was cold: "Cangwuzi, since you are an immortal, and you have taken the immortal elixir, are you still afraid of death?" Drag it out! ”

The samurai beheaded, put Cangwuzi's head in a tray, and served it to his life.

King Wei turned his face away and waved his hand: "Hang it out, post the list, all those who bully the monarch are like this!" ”

The samurai took the tray and took his leave.

King Wei turned his head, his face was ashamed, and he clenched his fists to everyone again and again: "Ashamed, ashamed, if it weren't for Su Zi, the widow would be deceived by the traitor!" ”

Su Qin clenched his fists: "It is not this fake immortal who blinds the king, but the Qin people!" ”

"Well," King Wei nodded solemnly, "what Su Zi said is very true. "Turn to Prince Huai, Huai'er, the guest secretary of the Qin State has lived in Yingyi for several years, and it is time for him to go back to his master." ”

"Sons obey orders!"

King Wei slowly turned his head and turned to Su Qin and several deputy envoys: "Everyone, you have come here to meet the widow, and you will do it for the sake of conniving Qin." There is no need to discuss this matter anymore, and the widow will allow it. He turned to the prince Huai, "If you are conniving with all things, you will follow the practice of indulging in the country, and you can do the specific matters!" After speaking, he turned to Su Qin, "Guests, you talk more, the widow is tired!" Then he got up slowly, and walked away with his feet lifted heavily.

The minister hurried forward and carefully grabbed his arm.

Everything came so fast and so easy.

Prince Huai, Su Qin and the princes all looked at each other, stunned for a long time, before they came back to their senses, kowtowed and thanked them, and watched King Wei and his ministers staggering down the viewing platform.

The next day, the crown prince was in the Chu palace court, read out the edict of King Chu Wei, Jin Feng Su Qin was the special envoy of the Chu State, and Gongzi Ru (the younger brother of the prince Huai) was the deputy envoy of the joint longitudinal group.

At the same time, under the escort of a large group of Chu State soldiers, Chen Zhen and his entourage of more than a dozen cars and horses under the banner of Qin envoys rolled out of the north gate of Yingdu and galloped in the northwest direction.

When burying Mrs. Jiang Jun, Zhaoyang ignored the opposition of the clansmen and released the boys and girls, and replaced them with chariots, horses, and terracotta figurines.

Zhaoyang is Ling Yin, and Zhaomen is a wang family, which is tantamount to declaring the abolition of the ancestral martyrdom system with action. People have been martyred for a long time, and the Yingren people rushed to tell each other and rejoiced. The families of the thirty-two boys and girls were even more grateful to Dade, and the whole family wore linen and filial piety for Mrs. Jiang Jun.

Zhaoyang's move won the hearts of the people, not to mention, and he also hit it crookedly, and unexpectedly won the praise of King Chu Wei. The day after the burial of his mother, Prince Huai and the ministers of King Wei came to the door and sent a gold plaque with the inscription "Houde to Chun", which was inscribed with the words "Houde Zhichun", and at a glance, it was known that it was the title of the King of Chu.

Xing Cai was hanging a gold plaque with his subordinates, and the doorman led a man in black in. The man in black walked up to Xing Cai, whispered for a while, and took out a letter from his sleeve and presented it with both hands.

Xing Cai was shocked.

Zhaoyang had just sent off His Royal Highness and the ministers, and Xiang Lei had arrived.

Zhaoyang happily reflexively greeted him, took his hand back to the guest hall, and arranged refreshments. Xiang Lei came to keep vigil for his aunt, and as soon as he came in, he changed into sackcloth and wanted to go to the mourning hall.

Zhaoyang picked up the teacup, took a sip, and glanced at him: "Cousin, why don't you take a few sips, it's not too late to go." ”

Xiang Lei heard that there was something outside his words, turned around and sat down, picked up a cup, but did not taste it, looked at him with a confused expression, and said tentatively: "Looking at my cousin's complexion, it seems that there is something good?" ”

"It's a good thing."

"Dare to ask my cousin what is good?"

Zhaoyang couldn't suppress his excitement, and briefly told the matter of His Royal Highness's gift of the plaque, and said with a smile at the end: "Hey, speaking of this, I really have to thank Suzi." On that day, he came to mourn and asked me to change my customs and release boys and girls. To tell the truth, I was a thousand unhappy, ten thousand unsatisfactory, but the situation at that time was unbearable to my cousin, one was hindering the face of the princes of the world, and the other was that Suzi's tongue was really powerful, and my cousin argued that he could not agree. Unexpectedly, after the whole incident, Jing Min was grateful to Dade for not saying anything, even the king..."

"Congratulations cousin!" Xiang Lei congratulated him, "This matter is indeed worthy of congratulations, and the foolish brother will give the book to his father." These days, he is also bored on the left and heartwarming on the right, and has been nagging that we are not martyred for our aunt and pedestrians, it is unfilial. If my father knew that His Royal Highness sent a plaque to praise filial piety, I don't know what to think? ”

"Well," Zhaoyang nodded, "I have to explain this matter to my uncle, please cousin." ”

Xiang Lei got up, repaired the family letter on the bookcase next to him, summoned his attendants, and ordered him to send him back to his house as soon as possible.

Seeing him sitting back again, Zhaoyang praised: "Cousin does things, he is resolute!" ”

Xiang Lei smiled, took a sip of the cup, and sketched for a while: "My cousin just mentioned Su Qin, and my foolish brother also remembered something." When the foolish brother rushed over, he met Zuo Tu on the road, and heard him say that Su Zi went to Zhanghuatai yesterday. ”

"Oh?" Zhaoyang was taken aback, pretending to be calm and picked up the teacup, "How did he go?" ”

"It was His Highness who led him there, and there were also Zuo Sima Qu Kuo and others. Listening to Zuo's disciples, Su Zi is really a stranger, and as soon as he arrived in Zhanghuatai, he saw through Cangwuzi's deception. In a fit of rage, the king beheaded Cangwuzi on the spot..."

Before Xiang Lei's word "head" was exported, the tea set in Zhaoyang's hand had already "clanged" to the ground.

"Cousin?" Xiang Lei was at a loss.

Zhaoyang said eagerly: "Quick, what else does the Zuo disciple say?" ”

"It is said that the king obeyed Su Zi and joined the indulgence."

Zhaoyang was stunned for a moment, and shouted urgently: "Someone!" ”

At this moment, Xing Cai ran to the door and answered across the door: "The old slave is here!" ”

Xing Cai knelt on the ground and was about to salute, and Zhaoyang waved his hand: "Quick, please Chen Shangqing!" ”

Xing Cai didn't seem to hear it, he still knelt down and kowtowed: "Lord..."

"Are you deaf? Go quickly, please Chen Shangqing! ”

"Lord," Xing Cai saw that Xiang Lei was there, and hesitated for a moment, "Chen Shangqing is gone!" ”

"Gone?" Where is Zhaoyang willing to believe, "Where are you going?" ”

"Go back to Qin!"

Zhaoyang was dumbfounded: "Go back..." Such a big thing, you don't even come to say goodbye? ”

"My lord..." Xing Cai glanced at Xiang Lei and paused.

Xiang Lei saw the clue and arched his hand: "Cousin, Chenguang is not early, the foolish brother is going to accompany his aunt." With that, he exited the guest hall and hurried towards the mourning hall.

Xing Cai took a step forward and whispered: "My lord, it was the king's strict order, His Royal Highness sent someone to escort Lord Chen out of Ying, and Lord Chen couldn't resign at all. However, before Lord Chen left, he asked someone to send a secret letter to the lord. As he spoke, he took out the letter from his sleeve and presented it with both hands, "Please read it for the lord." ”

Zhaoyang took the secret letter, saw that it was still tightly sealed, opened it and read it carefully, threw the letter on the ground with a "snap", and squeezed it from between his teeth: "This cheap dog!" ”

Xing Cai felt in his heart: "Lord, what's wrong with Master Chen?" ”

"Cheap dog!" Zhaoyang was furious, and Zhen Ji shouted, "From today onwards, you will call him a cheap dog!" ”

"Dare to ask the lord, what's wrong with the cheap dog?"

Zhaoyang pointed to the ground: "See for yourself!" Seeing Xing Cai bending down to pick up the letter, the internal fire could no longer be held back, and he attacked like a crossbow, "Since then, the dog has come, and this prince regards him as a confidant, what is the result?" He deliberately instigated Ben Gong to attack Wei, just to contribute to his Qin State! My father listens to him everywhere, but what has happened? I didn't say it repeatedly, but I dared to trick my mother into eating the elixir, and blamed my mother... This dog knew that this person was a fake fairy, but he used it to deliberately trap me, I... I'm blind! Mother, Mother, you are a unfilial son who harmed you, Mother..."

Zhaoyang was in pain, beat his chest and feet, and cried.

Xing Cai read the letter while listening to him cry.

When Zhaoyang's voice lowered, Xing Cai had already finished reading the letter, his eyes turned a few times, and he saw that the master's hands were still on his head, and he was in pain, and whispered: "Lord, the villain has a saying, I don't know if to say it?" ”

"Say."

Reading this letter carefully, what the dog said also makes sense. The king almost accidentally ate the elixir, and he will blame the lord. The cheap dog asked the lord to splash dirty water on his head, which is also a kind. As for dealing with the co-indulgence, the villain thinks that the idea of a cheap dog may have merit. The nations will be together, and there has always been a struggle over who is the lord of the bull's ear. The cheap dog suggested that the meeting place be set up in Mengjin..."

"Hmph, this person has sinister intentions, and deliberately makes Chu Wei fight, so that the Qin people and fishermen can benefit." Zhaoyang hated, "This cheap dog, it's all here, and he still wants to bite!" ”

"Lord, the cheap dog is not afraid of biting, the key depends on who he bites." Xing Cai replied in a low voice.

"Oh?" Zhaoyang heard the voice and looked over.

"According to the old slave's opinion, the lord can plan as he wants, and if he wants to capture the old man, listen to the cheap dog again, prompt the relatives to join in Mengjin, and strongly persuade the king to give up the matter of holding the bull's ear to the king of Wei, and use the power of the six countries, especially the Wei people, to destroy the Qin state first, and then..."

Before Xing finished speaking, Zhaoyang already understood, and punched a few punches: "Okay!" After thinking for a while, "Well, what a Xing Cai, this plan is wonderful!" When Bengong hit Xianyang, he caught the dog, and he didn't want to peel off his dog skin, cook his dog meat and drink it. Cut off his heart again and pay tribute to his mother! ”

Seeing that the master even spoke poisonous words, he completely ignored Chen Zhen to help him squeeze out Zhang Yi and achieve Ling Yin's merits. Xing Cai knew that he was still angry, so he changed the topic: "Lord, the top priority is..."

Zhaoyang stared at Xing Cai: "Say!" ”

"Listening to the little black dog of the cheap dog, the king has ordered Gongzi to be the deputy envoy of the Chu State yesterday, and he is the same as the business council of the pro-family country. Without further ado, the Lord must make a decision immediately! ”

"Pen and ink waiting!"

Xing Cai found pen and ink and silk and presented it, and waited on the side with his hands and waist.

Zhaoyang prepared a letter, folded it, and handed it to Xing Cai: "Present it to the deputy envoy!" ”

"The villain obeys!"

Xing Cai turned around and left, but before he reached the door, Zhaoyang stopped him again: "Prepare the car, my father will also go to Zhanghuatai!" ”

"No!"