The meeting is getting closer and closer, and Mengjin, a river crossing less than 100 miles away from the Great Zhou Dynasty, has once again become the focus of the world.

At the end of June, Su Qin, the special envoy of the six countries, led more than 20,000 people to arrive first. Mengjin is the closest to the Zhou room, but the alliance has been called the king, and each has a division with the Zhou room, Su Qin has no face to pass the Zhou, and set up camp in Yicheng on the north side of the river. Yicheng was originally the land of Korea, when the Marquis of Wen, Wu Qi seized and occupied, and King Hui was to suppress the Koreans, especially here to open up a garden, and build a palace.

Gongzi asked Su Qin to live in the palace, Su Qin laughed, and lived with Lou Yan and others on the bank of Yunshui on the east side of the palace. Gongzi thought that Su Qin still cared about the status of the monarch and minister, so he was no longer reluctant, and lived in the palace with Gongzi Xu, Gongzi Zhang, Gongzi Ru, Tian Wen and other noble deputy envoys.

Su Qin built a temporary pavilion on the bank of Yunshui, and whenever he had time, he walked alone, sat on the platform, or opened his eyes to stare at the quiet Yunshui, or closed his eyes to meditate, or dealt with the affairs of the nations.

So far, the affairs of the joint column are progressing smoothly. Driven by the king of Chu, the princes and princes of all countries participated in the indulgence with the highest etiquette and the largest lineup, which flattered Su Qin.

Among the six countries, except for Yan, the five countries have all come to the express, and the king of Chu has already started. Su Qin did not dare to delay, and as soon as he settled down, he asked Lou to lead a group of Confucian scholars who were familiar with etiquette to rush to Mengjin, renovate the same stage according to the Zhou rites, and arrange for the countries to travel.

The six top powers under the rule of the Great Zhou Emperor met together at a high level under the nose of the Great Zhou Emperor to jointly deal with another princely power under the rule of the Great Zhou Emperor.

What's even more tricky is that there are already three kingdoms in the six kingdoms and the king, and the etiquette system is lost first, but Su Qin, who is a Zhou citizen, has no reason to invite the Great Zhou Tianzi to lead the alliance. And the six countries of the six kingdoms have three kings, one duke and two marquis, Su Qin thought about it, but there was still no perfect strategy in the details of etiquette, regulations, and the main alliance. With such a big alliance, any lack of etiquette will have unimaginable consequences.

After that day, Lou slowly returned from Mengjin and reported to the same station and other facilities to prepare for the construction. Su Qin thought about it again and again, and instructed him to prepare according to the rules of the Spring and Autumn Period when the princes of Qi Huan and Jiuhe were in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Lou slowly responded: "Chu, Qi, and Wei are all kingdoms, and if they are treated as courtesies by princes, they are only afraid of another branch." ”

"Zhou Tianzi is still here, and he is a Zhou person below, if it is according to the royal system, if people don't say it today, we will be scolded by future generations!"

"Suzi, what do you think of this?" Lou slowly moved, "We are neither according to the royal system nor according to the marquial system. In the following, it is said that it is half a block lower than the royal system, and half a block higher than the ordinary alliance between princes! ”

"Well, it works." Su Qin pondered for a long time and agreed, "This is also a precedent. Chu Zao and the Zhou family were kings, but when they met with Zhou, they were courtiers, and the Zhou room treated Chu with this system. However, this matter should not be publicized, we will only do it without talking about it. ”

"I understand below."

"And the covenant. How to phrase it is a matter of the overall situation. ”

"In the following, I think it is most appropriate for you to write the main book."

"I'm a person, I can use my mouth," Su Qin smiled bitterly, "It's not good to catch a pen and make ink." However, I thought of one person in the next place. Written by him, there may be surprises. ”

"Who?"

"Qu Yuan."

"Is it the young offspring next to Gongziru?"

"Exactly."

"How can he do it?" Lou shook his head slowly, "It's only a teenager, and it's still a little green jujube, such a heavy responsibility scares him." ”

Su Qin said with a smile: "Green jujube has the taste of green jujube. Turning to the flying knife Zou who was guarding the door, "Brother Zou, go to the embassy of Chu State, please Qu Zi!" ”

Qu Yuan was invited.

Knowing that it was to write the alliance, Qu Yuan was shocked and gladly accepted the order. Su Qin discussed with him until the end of the night, and told him the big words of the alliance. The two were discussing, and the flying knife Zou Yu reported to the deputy envoy of Yan Guo Gongzi to ask to see him.

"Qu Zi," Su Qin stared at Qu Yuan, "I've said everything that needs to be said." You can write as much as you want, not too long, not exhaustive, and you can write the essence of the article. Draw up a draft first, and then let's talk about it. There is still official business below, so I don't have to accompany him much. ”

"Su Zi rest assured," Qu Yuan said, "Although Ping is not talented, he will do his best." Su Zi stays and says goodbye! ”

Su Qin sent it to the stage, said goodbye to him, and went up to the pavilion with the hand of the son, and sat down with the guests.

Gongzi laughed and said, "Su Zi invited Qu Zi to come, do you want Chu Le again?" ”

A wry smile appeared on Su Qin's face, and he sighed: "Alas, even if you want to hear it, you don't have that leisure!" Pushing a water cup over, "There is no tea, so I can only ask Childe to use water." ”

Childe took the cup and took a sip.

"Childe is here for something important?" Su Qin also took the water cup and took a sip, his expression tired.

Childe took out the letter from his sleeve and presented it with both hands.

Su Qin took it, glanced at it, put it on a few cases, and said slowly: "Is it the express report of Yan Guo's troops?" ”

"Hehehe," Gongzi replied with a smile, "It was sent by General Zizhi, saying that my grandfather came to the meeting in person regardless of his old age, and General Zizhi led an army of 30,000 escorts and was already on the road." ”

"Oh." Su Qin replied absentmindedly and turned his head to look at the pool in the twilight.

"Suzi," Gongzi leaned forward slightly, "Guess who is here with Grandpa?" ”

Su Qin still didn't raise his head: "Who is it?" ”

"Little grandmother below, Mrs. Ji."

"Oh?" Su Qin was shocked, turned his head, and stared directly at Gongzi, a bright light appeared in his eyes, but this bright light was like a flash in the pan, fleeting.

Gongzi carefully interrogated Su Qin, seeing that his face was gloomy, thinking about it these days, Su Qin had been preoccupied, and couldn't help but wonder, and asked in a low voice: "Su Zi, do you have something on your mind?" ”

"Yes." Su Qin nodded.

"What's going on, can you tell me?"

Su Qin withdrew his gaze from the pool and looked at Gongzi: "Tell me, why are we together?" ”

"Eliminate strife and achieve reconciliation in the world." Childe replied smoothly.

These are the words that Su Qin put on his lips, and Gongzi Hao has already memorized them.

"With this meeting, can we really eliminate disputes and achieve reconciliation in the world?" Su Qin stared at him.

"Absolutely."

"Why do you have this faith?"

"Because... in this world, there is nothing that Suzi can't do."

Su Qin obviously didn't expect Gongzi to respond like this, he was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "You really think so?" ”

Childe nodded solemnly.

"Xie Gongzi trusts!" Su Qin slowly took out four express reports from under several cases, and placed them on several cases, from left to right, there were five letters from Chu, Qi, Han, Zhao, and Yan.

Childe looked at it for a while, still puzzled: "Suzi? ”

"Childe, please look," Su Qin pointed to the express, "These expresses, all of them are military information." The king of Chu came in person and led an army of 80,000; The prince of Qi came and led an army of 50,000; Han Hou and Zhao Hou came in person, each leading 30,000 troops; and your grandfather, who led an army of 20,000; The remaining Great Wei, in the next also got the news, General Pang is moving troops everywhere and sharpening his knives. All kinds of smoke and dust are rolling towards Mengjin! ”

Gongzi became more and more puzzled: "This shows that the next country attaches great importance to cooperation!" The purpose of the joint column is to control Qin, and without soldiers and horses, how can it control Qin? ”

"Yes," Su Qin sighed lightly and repeated, "yes, yes, you're absolutely right!" Without soldiers and horses, how can Qin be controlled? But... With so many soldiers and horses gathered in one place, how can there be no sword soldiers? Look at it, this time, which one is tense! ”

"If you raise a sword, you will raise a sword." Gongzi didn't think twice, "In my opinion, simply take this opportunity to destroy the tyrannical Qin." Destroy the tyrannical Qin, once and for all, won't the world enjoy peace forever? ”

"You," Su Qin shook his head again and again, and smiled bitterly, "It's just the surface of what you're looking at." If the tyrannical Qin is really destroyed, it will be even more difficult for the world to be peaceful! ”

Childe was stunned.

The next morning, Su Qin was taking a walk on the bank of Yunshui, and Qu Yuan visited and said that the oath had been drafted.

Su Qin was taken aback, took the bamboo slip he presented, looked at it several times, savored it, and stared at him in disbelief.

"Suzi?" Qu Yuan's heart was pounding, and his voice couldn't be quieter.

"You're a genius." Su Qin looked at the bamboo slip again, "It's even more urgent, just this night, he actually wrote such an oath, and he really ordered it to be obeyed!" ”

"In the next..." Qu Yuan thought that Su Qin was ridiculing himself, and his face was red, "I was in a hurry, and I didn't sleep all night after I went back, so I drafted this draft, I felt that it was not good, but it was not good for others to review, so I took it early in the morning." If Su Zi thinks it's inappropriate, take it back and rewrite it. ”

"Why rewrite it?" Su Qin looked at the bamboo slip again, "It's such a beautiful text, I can't ask for it." ”

Qu Yuan's eyes widened.

"But it's not flawless."

"Please correct Suzi!"

Su Qin pointed to the middle two sentences: "Please look at these two sentences." ”

Qu Yuan took a look at it and wrote: "The skin is moist in the edge, and the bones are difficult to enter the mound." ”

Su Qin continued: "The six countries are indulgent, and they should be uniform. This article is full of four words, but here it is six words, although there are changes, but they are not neat. It's like two armies fighting, and the other side doesn't rush, and they mess up their positions first, which is inappropriate. Can it be changed to 'the skin is moisturized, and the remains do not enter the grave'? ”

"Good!" Qu Yuan blurted out.

"There is also the following sentence, 'The ghosts are angry and the gods are angry, and the people's grievances are boiling', which can be changed to 'The ghosts and gods are angry, and the people's grievances are boiling'. With 'anger' versus 'boiling', don't say it in passing, and the battle is also neat. The oath is to be pronounced, preferably catchy. ”

"Su Zi changed it, and he was convinced!"

"It's not you Qu Zi who should be admired, but me Su Qin." Su Qin praised from the bottom of his heart, "This article was written overnight, in one go, without leakage, unpretentious, with the righteousness of the world, containing the gist of indulgence, from beginning to end, it can be called a pearl of words!" ”

"Xie Suzi compliments!" Qu Yuan smiled shyly.

The first to arrive in Anyi was King Wei Hui. The important ministers of the Wei family, Pang Juan, Hui Shi and Zhu Wei, also accompanied him, leaving only Prince Shen, Baihu and a group of old ministers on duty in Daliang.

King Wei Hui was sincerely grateful to Su Qin, and after arriving, regardless of the fatigue of the journey, Wang Yuan took Su Qin into the palace. After Su Qin arrived, King Hui stepped out of the palace, took Su Qin's hand, entered the palace side by side with him, and talked until late at night.

When King Hui and Su Qin were talking, more than 100,000 people of the three armies of Wei, including Pang Juan's tiger army, drove to Hedong by separate routes, and camped near Mengjin and Anyi according to Pang Juan's instructions, for high-sounding reasons to ensure the personal safety of the monarchs of various countries.

This was followed by the king of Chu, and then the king of Qi. Since the meeting place was in the Wei territory, the armies of all countries were required to accept the orders of Wei.

Under Pang Juan's deployment, the Chu army of 70,000 troops was stationed in Fangcheng, north of Wancheng, and the king of Chu Wei only brought 10,000 men and horses to Mengjin and lived in the Chu State that had already been built. King Qi Wei led 5,000 troops, and the rest of the people were stationed in the territory of Song and Wei. Then came the Marquis of Zhao Su and the Marquis of Han Zhao, each with 3,000 troops. The Yan people are far away, and the other is that the Yan Gong is old, and they can only travel fifty miles a day, and they come the latest, and they arrive three days before the autumn equinox.

At this meeting, King Wei Hui seemed to be a different person, and there was no longer the last time he was in the Mengjin Dynasty. As the host, he even showed unprecedented humility and courtesy, no matter which monarch arrived, he would pull Hui Shi, Zhu Wei and other Wei courtiers, personally greet several miles, and catch the wind.

Seeing that the monarchs of the six countries had arrived, Su Qin, as a special envoy of the six countries, held a banquet in a mountain forest not far from the east side of Huitongtai on the day before the autumn equinox.

This mountain forest is located on the north bank of the river, at the foot of Heming Mountain. There is a huge stone abruptly emerging from the top of the crane mountain, which resembles the head of the crane, hence the name. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a wide field of vision and excellent scenery, which can be regarded as a treasure land of feng shui.

In order to show fairness, Su Qin concocted the same method and arranged the six cases in a circle, so that all the cases had no positive direction and no fixed direction, so there was no upper and lower host and guest, and the chief and the last seat. When the six monarchs arrived, they were stunned at first, then laughed, and grinned and sat in a circle. Although Su Qin was the host, his identity was a courtier, so he did not set up a table for himself, but stood respectfully, and when the waiter served the meal, he took it and presented it to each monarch according to his age, which won the praise of everyone.

The banquet is even more special, there is no delicacies from the mountains and seas, no fish, no fish, no fine wine, only vegetarian vegetables, fresh fruits, gruel and wowotou, all of which are eaten by the people here. Although it is coarse tea and light rice, it is not seen within the palace walls, and Su Qin specially invited the chef to work carefully, the taste is unique, and all the princes and princes are gobbling it up, relish it, and praise it delicious.

Seeing that the princes had eaten and drunk enough, Su Qin walked to a place close to the river, stood to the north, knelt on the ground, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow is the day of the autumn equinox." The four seasons of the year, the sun rises and sets for 360 days, the full moon and the moon are missing 12 degrees, only two days are the most fair, one is the spring equinox day, the other is the autumn equinox day, it is written by Lu Zhongni, the name is called 'Spring and Autumn'. Now the six countries indulge in relatives, the world will meet, all the monarchs to the people of the world for the well-being, put aside the previous suspicions, not afraid of hard work, long distances, gather here, seek common ground while reserving differences, swear to indulge in relatives, heaven and earth are moved. On behalf of the people of the world, Su Qin respectfully pays tribute to all the kings! "Stand up, straighten your clothes, and bow three times and bow nine times.

The six gentlemen glanced at each other, stood up together, and walked to Su Qin together. King Wei Hui and King Chu Wei stretched out their hands respectively, and one of them grabbed one of Su Qin's arms, and pulled him up with a smile.

Everyone surrounded Su Qin and walked into the circle, Han Zhaohou took matters into his own hands, moved himself and Zhao Suhou who were next to him, vacated a vacant seat, and beckoned the waiter to bring a few cases, King Wei Hui and King Chu Wei pressed Su Qin to sit behind a few cases, and then they returned to their seats.

Su Qin bowed his hands for a week and delivered a speech again: "Zhou people Su Qin thank you for your love!" He smiled slightly and went straight to the point, "Your Majesty, you will take an oath tomorrow, and the ministers have something to do, and please make a decision!" ”

All the monarchs looked at Su Qin.

"Your Majesty, all the affairs of the alliance are mainly based on the rules of the old times, in which the specific details of the rituals, procedures, regulations, music and dance, honor guards, and covenant books have been reported by the ministers and the deputy envoys of the countries, and the kings have also issued decrees and approved them, so they can be generally determined. So far, the hurdles have been dug up, the animals have been prepared, and the objects and utensils of the alliance have been prepared, just waiting for the auspicious time. The things that the ministers played were..." Su Qin paused and swept over the princes one by one, "According to the old system, the princes will meet together, and they must have someone who holds the bull's ear. Tomorrow's oath, who should be in charge of the bull's ear, the ministers will ask all the kings to discuss it! ”

Since ancient times, the one who holds the bull's ear is the leader of the alliance. Su Qin made this request, and after the six gentlemen present were all attentive, and after looking at each other, they each sat upright and closed their eyes.

Su Qin swept around the monarchs again, and closed his eyelids slightly.

The scene was silent, only the sound of the river crashing on the shore and the singing harmony of the birds in the forest could be faintly heard.

After a long time, King Wei Hui took the lead in breaking the silence and said with a smile: "Hehehe, I said everyone, what kind of gods do you raise?" Isn't it just to nominate a person with bull's ears? According to Wei Gang, there is one person who is the most suitable! ”

Everyone opened their eyes one after another, and their eyes fell on King Wei Hui.

King Wei Hui shook his fat head a few times, pointed at Su Qin, and said word by word: "He, Su Qin of Zhou!" ”

When the words fell, Zhao Suhou, Han Zhaohou, and Yan Wengong echoed one after another: "Okay, good, Su Xiangguo will take care of this bull's ear!" ”

Without waiting for the two Wei Kings to express their opinions, Su Qin had already kowtowed to the ground: "Ladies and gentlemen, you must not!" ”

King Wei Hui was surprised, and his eyes widened: "May I ask Suzi, why not?" ”

Su Qin bowed again: "The world will meet, and the blood oath will be sworn by blood, this is clear to the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, and those who are not noble and heavy can do it." Su Qin was born in the grass field, and he is lowly and light-spoken, how can he be worthy of such a heavy responsibility? Su Qin asked all the gentlemen to take back your words and recommend another candidate! ”

King Wei Hui was disappointed, and leaned back slightly: "According to Su Zi's opinion, who can hold the bull's ear?" ”

"This matter is related to the great cause of indulgence, and the minister does not dare to suggest, and I invite you to discuss it together!"

The calm on the field is restored.

Han Zhaohou suddenly said: "Otherwise, how about you all share the bull's ear?" ”

"What kind of system?" King Chu Wei spoke, "Su Zi has always emphasized the ancient system. According to the system, when has there ever been a saying of co-obsession? ”

Han Zhaohou was robbed of white by this, not without embarrassment, his lips smacked a few times, and he said half sarcastically: "Han Wu is wrong, it should be the king of Chu who is in charge of this bull's ear!" ”

"Hahahaha," King Chu Wei laughed a few times, "Xiong Shang's world lives in the wilderness, how can he dare to go to the Central Plains to take charge of Niu Er?" However, Xiong Shang would like to nominate one person, please discuss it! ”

King Chu Wei openly shirked and did not say anything, but instead recommended others, which was much more than everyone expected.

King Chu Wei's gaze slowly turned to King Qi Wei and nodded slightly at him.

Just when everyone thought that he was promoting King Qi Wei, King Chu Wei suddenly turned to King Wei Hui, pointed at him and said with a smile: "Hehehe, the person raised by Xiong Shang is him, Brother Wei!" ”

"Tian Yinqi also raised Brother Wei!" King Qi Wei's big hand also pointed over, and echoed loudly.

Wei Hui Wang never expected that the two old opponents would jointly promote him, and he was blindsided all of a sudden, and he didn't react for a long time. Han, Zhao, and Yan all remembered the arrogant old things when Wei Gang was king in this dynasty, and originally rejected him, but they didn't expect Chu and Qi to jointly nominate him, and they were speechless for a while.

Su Qin's heart sank, and he couldn't help but shudder, and opened his eyes to stare at King Wei Hui.

King Wei Hui reacted at this time, and burst out with a long laugh, the voice of "hahahaha" was even louder than that made by King Chu Wei, and he said with a smile: "I said Brother Xiong, and Brother Tian, the previous Mengjin meeting, it was Wei Fu who was overwhelmed and took the bull's ear." Why did Wei Fu dare to hold the bull's ear? Because the two brothers have not yet arrived! This time, the two brothers are here, how can Wei Fu be virtuous, and dare to be crazy again? "Turn to the other princes," in Wei Fu's opinion, this bull's ear is in the hands of Brother Xiong, what do you think? ”

Without waiting for everyone to answer, King Chu Wei shook his head again and again, and excused himself: "Brother Wei doesn't have to be too humble!" At the previous Mengjin meeting, Xiong Shang was not in good health and could not attend the meeting, which has always been regrettable. When Huai'er went back, Xiong Shang repeatedly asked him about the grand occasion of the conference, and he was very touched by Brother Wei's ability and prestige. This time, we are in Mengjin again, and this bull's ear is naturally Brother Wei! ”

"Yes," King Qi Wei echoed again, "Tian Yinqi didn't attend the meeting last time, and this time it can be regarded as making up for it!" Brother Wei doesn't have to refuse, Tian Yinqi is sincerely promoted, and there is no falsehood. "Sweeping to the princes, the tone is sincere," please also listen to Yinqi's words. There are three reasons why Qi recommended Brother Wei: one is that Wei is located in China and is the center of the world. The second is that we will join forces with each other, with the intention of rejecting Qin, and Wei Xi will take over Qin, and resist Qin first, so Brother Wei should be the bull's ear. The third is that in the past, the Wenhou was a real warehouse, an external armor repair soldier, neutralized the virtue and politics, and counted the princes, which can be a model in the world. As for Brother Wei, he is good at governing the country internally and the army outside, which is enough to do this! ”

King Qi Wei said one, two, three in a row, true or false, hearing that King Wei Hui's ears were hot, his cheeks were hot, and he pushed his hands again: "No, no, Wei Fu doesn't have this prestige, and he doesn't dare to hold on to his ears anymore!" ”

"Su Zi," King Chu Wei looked at Su Qin, "the dragons must not be without a leader!" You advocate it, but you are insistent on it. Xiong Shang and Brother Tian sincerely recommended King Wei, but he refused, you tell me a fair word, who is in charge, I will obey all orders! ”

Everyone looked at Su Qin.

In all fairness, the strongest of the six kingdoms is Chu, and the earliest one to be the king is Chu. King Chu Wei refused to say anything, which strongly recommended King Wei Hui, which was really what Su Qin expected. Seeing that he pushed the ball over at this time, Su Qin had no choice but to accept the move, and said with a smile: "The six countries are indulging in relatives, that is, they are one family, and they should not be prioritized, no matter how big or small." Therefore, whoever is in charge of the bull's ear can just do justice. Therefore, Su Qin suggested that the gift of holding the bull's ear can be taken by the monarchs in turn, and each monarch takes turns for one year. ”

Such a big problem was solved by Su Qin with a single sentence. When the monarchs of the six countries heard this, they were all excited. Especially the princes of the three small countries, Han, Zhao, and Yan, seeing Su Qin's words, as they had laid a round table, they did not despise their small and weak state at all, and they were full of emotion.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Su Qin looked around and said slowly, "As for this meeting, Su Qin has a suggestion. The king of Fang Cai Chu suggested that the king of Wei should hold the bull's ear, and Su Qin thought it was reasonable, because the meeting place was in Mengjin, which belonged to the territory of Wei, and Wei was the host, so the king of Wei should be in charge. As for the next alliance meeting, when the alliance is in the meeting, Su Qin will ask you to revisit it in the future. ”

Marquis Su, Marquis Han Zhao, and Duke Yan Wen all nodded, and King Chu Wei and King Qi Wei applauded gently.

King Wei Hui didn't want to push it again, so he gave his hands around: "Brothers, Su Zi, since everyone has come to raise love, Wei Fu will not shirk, and tomorrow he will hold the bull's ear and do his best to be a landlord!" In return, Wei Gang promised that all your expenses in Wei, including the same expenses tomorrow, will be paid by Wei Ku! ”

The five monarchs all clenched their fists: "Brother Xie Wei!" ”

"Hehehe, you don't have to thank you!" King Wei Hui waved his hand and smiled, "Wei Gang, this is throwing bricks and attracting jade." As for the next alliance meeting, no matter who takes over the deacon, Wei Fu will earn it back! ”

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere on the field was much more relaxed.

"Brothers," King Wei Hui smiled again, "since Wei Fu is in charge of Niu Er, he has to say one more thing." Today, the world will meet, and it will all depend on Su Zi's work. During the period, Su Zi's identity was the envoy of the Six Kingdoms. Now that the indulgence has been completed, the position of special envoy is no longer appropriate. Besides, there should also be a coordination between the relatives of the six countries. Wei Fu proposed that the six countries set up a joint foreign minister's longitudinal department, and Su Zi would concurrently serve as the foreign minister of the six countries, specializing in the affairs of the family, coordinating the similarities and differences, and could be called the director of the longitudinal department, what do you think? ”

All the gentlemen nodded one after another: "Listen to Brother Wei's orders!" ”

"The director of the longitudinal appointment is a little awkward, so he is simply called the chief of the longitudinal appointment!" Zhao Suhou proposed.

The kings echoed again.

Su Qin arched his hand again and again: "Thank you for your love!" ”

"If the six nations pay homage to the prime minister," Han Zhaohou continued, "tomorrow is the best time to meet the alliance." It's just that the worship of the prime minister is to be sealed. Su Zi has already worshiped Han and Zhao, and the seals of Han and Zhao have already been prepared. The rest of the four kingdoms of Yan, Wei, Qi, and Chu dare to ask if they are ready to be sealed? ”

"Hehehe, Brother Han," King Wei Hui replied with a smile, "You and Brother Zhao have bowed to each other early." The world will meet, and the six countries will worship together, and the seal will be unanimous. If it is fat and thin, it is also inconvenient to use Suzi. If Suzi loves gold, he will be more important; If you steal strength, you will focus on the small ones. When he arrived at Jiaxi, he only cared about picking the big and disagreeing the small, wouldn't he mistake the big thing? ”

After King Wei Hui said a few witty words, everyone laughed more and more. Even Su Qin could only purse his lips and be happy.

"That's not going to work!" Han Zhaohou smiled and picked up his words, "There is a difference between the noble and the low, how can Xiangyin be the same?" ”

The Six Kingdoms are together, Chu, Wei, and Qi are all kings, Yan is the office, and only Han and Zhao are still marquises, and they have the lowest status among the Six Kingdoms. Han Zhaohou asked this question at this time, obviously with intentions.

Seeing him propose this, Zhao Suhou also held back his laughter, sat upright, and lost no time in coughing lightly, which was counted as a response.

Su Qin had obviously already thought about this problem, and responded in a deep voice: "What Han Hou said is extremely true! "Clenched his fists and glanced around, "Your Majesty, the world is now the king, the Zhou system does not exist, and the Zhou rites should be reformed." Now that the six countries are together, they should be respected together, and Su Qin suggested that taking advantage of this opportunity, the six countries might as well be kings of each other, and they should all be lonely in the south! ”

"Good, good!" King Wei Hui, who had suffered all the hardships to be the first to claim the throne, shouted, "Wei Fu agrees! Han, Zhao, and Wei are a family, and Wei Fu lives alone, so he really can't sleep well! ”

The crowd burst into laughter again. Han, Zhao, and Yan Zhijun did not refuse, and the two Wei kings of Qi and Chu were inconvenient to object, and the matter of the prime minister of the six kingdoms was passed by default.

Seeing that everyone finished laughing, Zhao Suhou continued: "The old phase seal is not good, and the new phase seal is not ready to be cast for a while, how to pay homage tomorrow?" ”

"Hehehe, this is not difficult!" King Wei Hui was obviously prepared, "Wei Fu is not talented, but he brought a few goldsmiths, so he will pass the order down, let them process overnight, and cast the seal for you, and when the oath is over, we will worship the prime minister together, how about it?" ”

Everyone nodded.

"However," King Wei Hui held back his smile, and was serious, "Wei Fu will not pad the gold that is cast with the seal, so as not to be unclear in the future!" ”

Everyone laughed and said, "Nature, nature, this nature." How much gold is needed, Brother Wei said that the number is! ”

"Wei Fu doesn't understand this!" King Wei Hui slowly shook his fat head, "When you return to Xingyuan, you will have Situ Zhuwei to carry the basket and go to each house to collect gold, and then you don't have to admit it!" ”

The laughter was louder.

"Su Xiangguo," King Wei Hui turned to Su Qin, "Today you have a treat, and you are the head of the longitudinal appointment, and you should be the host." Is there anything else to do besides that? ”

"No more!" Su Qin held back his smile and replied.

"If there is nothing else, Wei Fu will make a suggestion. You are all elegant people, here is quiet and elegant, there are no outsiders present, and there is no imperial history on the side, why don't we play the orchestra, open your feelings, and entertain yourself? ”

Everyone was excited, and said in unison: "Listen to Brother Wei's orders!" ”

King Wei Hui rubbed his hands, and spit out two mouthfuls of "Bah" into the palm of his hand not without exaggeration, and turned to the servant: "Bring the piano!" ”

All the kings also rose up, and they all begged for the musical instruments they were good at. After a while, on the north bank of the river, under the crane singing mountain, the piano should be harmonious, the bell chime resounded with each other, the orchestra played a concerto, and the birds in the nearby forest chirped, and the river stirred and symphonized, and the heaven and earth were moved.

Su Qin sat quietly and listened attentively, two lines of hot tears slowly flowed out.

At this moment, except for Qin Gong, the most powerful people in the world finally put down their disputes, sat together, and played music together. Whatever the outcome, at least for now, it's a good start.

The next day, the east was slightly white, and people within a radius of thirty miles from Mengjin were shouting and shouting, and there was a lot of noise. At the end of the day, the unprecedented ceremony finally kicked off on the stage that had been prepared for months.

The host of the entire oath-taking ceremony, that is, the Si League, was indisputably served by Su Qin, the co-minister of the six countries and the chief of the covenant.

Following the ancient system, the rituals are nine, namely: first, digging the ground for the hurdle; Second, the bull's ear; 3. Carrying the correct book; Fourth, reading; 5. Blood; 6. Reveal the gods of heaven and earth; 7. Supplementary book; 8. Killing of animals; Nine, and the burial of the book.

The top of the same platform is nine feet high and nine feet high, and the number of nine and nine yangs is taken. The platform is hexagonal, each side is six zhang, the square circle is just thirty-six zhang, the number of Tiangang. In the center of the platform is a ridge. The ridge is square, 19 feet on each side, and 72 feet in circumference. The depth of the ridge is eight feet and eight inches, which is the number of great yin. Another niche is opened on the north earthen wall of Kanzheng, and various colors of precious jade are placed, among which there are Bi, Huang, Xuan, Huan, Block, Pei each six, respectively, engraved with the surnames of the six countries. Attached to the camp was a brown-red calf, fat and strong, born on the autumn equinox of last year, just one year old at this time, and the number of days of the week was completed. Due to the attachment of limbs and the inability to move, the calf stared at the round eyes, and stared at the more and more gorgeous clothes on the wall in horror, and let out a mournful "moo".

Flag hunting, trombone sounding.

Su Qinjian, the chief of the longitudinal appointment, stepped onto the altar and sang loudly: "When the auspicious time comes, the six countries of Wei, Chu, Qi, Han, Zhao, and Yan will join and oath of good-neighborliness ceremony and officially open!" ”

The drums played, and the trombone sounded again.

Then, under the auspices of Su Qin, King Wei Hui walked down the steps of Kannei and grasped the left ear of the calf, followed by the priest with a sharp blade in his hand, and cut off the ear in the blink of an eye.

Someone had already held the jade on his side, under the ear of the cow that was dripping blood.

Because of the priest's swiftness, the calf did not feel pain at first, but only when the blood from the severed ear was about to drip out, he shook his head violently and let out a long "moo" in a tragic way.

After the blood was dripping, the priest took the ox ear from the hand of King Wei Hui, threw it in the kan, and then took out a piece of peach wood, wrapped hemp silk around one end, and brushed it on the Yudun a few times to sweep away the evil spirit in the blood, and then took the Yudun, followed behind King Hui, and stepped on the edge of the kan.

After ascending the hill, the priest presented Yudun to Su Qin, the priest.

Su Qin Dynasty poured a little ox blood into a jade inkstone, and Lou Zhu, who had been waiting on the side, dipped the blood with a red pen and wrote Qu Yuan's proposed alliance on a piece of selected white silk.

About a quarter of an hour later, Lou finished his book and presented the letter of alliance to Su Qin.

Su Qin held the alliance book in one hand and Yudun in the other, and walked up to a clay platform covered with a brocade carpet next to him, and the alliance members read out to the heavens, earth, ghosts and gods the alliance speech drafted by Qu Yuan, a talented man of the Chu State, and said:

Fortune is impassable, and morality is lost

The Zhou room is declining, and the etiquette is broken

The monarch and the ministers are not in harmony, and there are many traitors and thieves

There is even more tyranny, cool law and harsh government

Disaster will affect the world and the common people

The skin is moisturized, and the remains do not enter the grave

The ghosts and gods were angry, and the people's resentment was boiling

Su Qin, a Zhou person, advocated cooperation

The six kings of the nations responded one after another

At this autumnal equinox, Mengjin will be allied

Take a vow together and show the gods

Where we are in alliance, we do not add troops to each other

Hatred of the same enemy, weal and besieged together

Communicate with each other, and practice five links

The six states are unimpeded, and the roads are not strong

Jointly control the tyrannical Qin and punish the culprit

Emperor Tianhou soil, six surnames of ancestors

It is obvious to all to learn from this alliance

There is an oath by Yu, and the gods will die

Kill their race, and lose their lives

After Su Qin finished reading it, he stepped down from the earthen platform, approached in front of King Wei Hui, slowly knelt down, held Yudun to his eyebrows, and said loudly: "Please King Wei blood!" ”

King Wei Hui took Yu Dun, raised it to his lips, took a sip, and reached out to wipe it on his mouth, so that his chin was covered with blood. He was followed by the kings of Chu Wei, Qi Wei, Han Zhaohou, Zhao Suhou and Yan Wengong. Take a sip from each and paint your chin red.

Seeing Yan Wengong, the oldest and most virtuous, standing at the end, Su Qin couldn't help but sigh. These days, although he has been advocating that there is no distinction between dignity and inferiority in the country, regardless of size, the princes themselves know it.

After the blood, it is to show the heavens and the earth, ghosts and gods. Su Qin waved his hand, and the monarchs of the six countries stepped aside in order, and the six great witches representing their respective countries appeared on the stage, each performing tricks in a burst of witch music, singing and dancing, and communicating with each other about the gods of heaven and earth.

After the dance, the witches retreated, and the leagues from various countries came to the stage, each holding a red pen to copy a copy of the oath on the turtle piece. After copying, Lou slowly verified that it was correct one by one, and Si Meng retreated.

The six monarchs and Su Qin went to Kanbian again and witnessed the priest killing the animals.

The priest held a sharp knife in his hand, went down the steps, and cut the trachea of the calf that was still dripping blood from his left ear and trembling all over his body, and the six monarchs were terrified. With the lack of qi and blood, the calf first knelt down slowly on its front legs, and then its whole body went limp.

The priest went to the kan, and Su Qin threw the original of the alliance book in his hand, together with Yudun, into the kanzhong, and happened to fall on the bull's head.

King Wei Hui raised his shovel and threw the first shovel of soil towards the ridge. Then came the monarchs, each shoveling dirt and throwing it into the wall. Seeing that they finished shoveling one by one, Su Qin waved his hand, and the twenty strong men filled in the ridge in a moment and piled up a square cone.

After the oath is completed, the ceremony of worshipping the prime minister is performed.

The six gentlemen sat in the south in order, each with a gold seal on the table in front of them. The gold seals were made overnight by more than twenty goldsmiths, all the size of fists, and were wrapped in rich yellow brocade.

Under the attention of the soldiers and civilians of the six countries, Su Qin walked in front of the six monarchs, slowly knelt on the ground, and bowed three times and nine bows one by one, and took the seals from the hands of the monarchs.

When Su Qin turned to face the audience with six golden seals in his hand, the sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded, and on and off the stage, flags were waving, thousands of heads were crowded, and the cries were thundering.

Two lines of tears silently rolled down Su Qin's eyes and landed on the red carpet below his feet.

After the worship is a routine dance and music performance, the program is set by Su Qin, a total of six scenes, shared by the six oath countries, Wei first, Chu, Qi, Zhao, Han, Yan followed.

Different from the previous Mengjin meeting, this performance is all the national customs and folk customs, there are no soldiers and spears, no guns, swords, halberds, some are just bells and chimes and drums, orchestral pianos, and the performance is all heaven and earth and shun, abundant grains, fatherly and maternal love, filial piety and daughters, on and off the stage, happy and peaceful.

It was nearly dusk after the performance.

After Su Qin made perfect arrangements, he rushed back to the camp tent, and on the way, he saw from a distance that the people in front of the Chu State were full of people, and it was very noisy. When asked, it was learned that Han, Qi, and Wei were invited by the king of Chu to be guests.

Su Qin's heart sank. The King of Chu invited only Qi, Wei, and Han Sanjun, and left aside the initiators of Hezong, Zhao and Yan, which was obviously not a good sign.

Back at the camp, Su Qin was thinking to himself, and someone sent an invitation, saying that an old friend invited him to a banquet.

Su Qin rushed to Zhao Guo with the people, only to know that the so-called old friends were actually Zhao Suhou and Yan Wengong.

The banquet was opened, the two monarchs sat side by side on the main seat, Su Qin sat in the guest seat, and Feiyi, Zizhi, Lou Zhuan, and Gongzi were accompanied. Wine and meat were served, the monarchs and ministers enjoyed themselves, Yan Gong and Zhao Hou smiled, and frequently toasted, congratulating Su Qinzong on his success.

After several rounds of drinking, Su Qin was worried that Lao Yangong would not be able to bear it, and it was difficult to say it clearly, so he proposed to disperse on the grounds that he was not strong enough to drink.

The old Yan Gongda, who was still in the mood, was confused, said goodbye to Su Qin and Su Hou, returned to Xingyuan, and walked into the bedroom.

has handed over the second watch, and Mrs. Ji Xue is still waiting. Seeing Yan Gong coming back, Ji Xue greeted him, took off his crown clothes, instructed Chunmei to bring water, served him to change into a nightgown, take off his socks and wash his feet.

"Your Majesty," Ji Xue gently kneaded his feet and said, "Looking at your complexion, it seems that you are not happy?" Didn't Suzi come? ”

"Alas," Gong Wen shook his head and sighed lightly, "The widow has nothing, but Suzi seems to have something else on his mind." ”

"What's wrong with him?" Ji Xue's hand rubbing her feet froze there.

"Today, Su Zi hangs six seals, and is elected as the chief of the longitudinal covenant, a very popular minister, when it is a great joy in life, but the widow does not see his joy, but sees his sad face, and the whole is full of trouble. When the widow asked him, he said that he had a tightness in his chest, and that he had drunk too much. ”

"Chest tightness? Is it sick? ”

"It doesn't look like it. Zhao Hou wanted to summon a doctor for treatment, but Su Zi declined, saying that it was not tight, and in turn he respected the two of us. ”

"Are you tired?"

"Maybe. These days, in the eyes of the widow, there is no more laborious person in the world than him. Today is even worse, the union of the six countries is a major event in the world, and the slightest mistake cannot occur, and this heart alone is enough for him to. Fortunately, he is young and can hold on. ”

"Hmm." Ji Xue nodded, frowned for a while, kneaded it again, and whispered, "Your Excellency, you are busy this day, you are also tired, rest early." Slowly stood up and looked at Chunmei.

Chunmei squatted down, wiped Wengong's feet with a towel, changed into soft shoes, and together with Ji Xue, she carried him to the couch, helped him lie down, and covered him with a brocade quilt.

Gong Wen was indeed tired, and he began to snore after a while.

Ji Xue sighed lightly, walked outside with Chunmei, and rested on the couch.

The next morning, Ji Xue asked Chunmei to summon Ji Hao to ask Su Qin why he was not happy and worried.

Ji Hao recounted what happened by the river that day, and said at the end: "Although it is a good thing to join forces, the six countries have mobilized their troops and brought their own armies to come, and Su Zi thinks that he is worried about this. ”

"Alas," Ji Xue figured out the reason and sighed lightly, "The king originally said that he would not bring troops, but later I heard that all countries sent large troops, first, I was worried that people would look down on me, and secondly, I was also for Su Zi's long face, so I let Zizhi lead troops to accompany him, and I didn't want to worry about Su Zi." ”

"It is not us who Suzi is worried about, but the Chu and Wei people. Chu and Qin have a business enmity, and Wei and Qin have the shame of Hexi. I heard that the king of Chu left Zhao and Yan last night and only invited Qi, Wei, and Han Sanjun to a banquet, and Su Zi was afraid that he was worried about this matter. ”

"Why didn't the King of Chu invite Zhao and Yan?"

"I don't know, there must be ghosts in there. Listening to Su Zi, what he was worried about was that they would take this opportunity to twist into a rope to destroy Qin. ”

"Oh?" Ji Xue screamed in surprise, stunned for a moment, as if puzzled, "Su Zihe, isn't it also to resist Qin?" ”

Sun Er asked Su Zi about this, and Su Zi said that Hezong is to control Qin, not to destroy Qin. At first, my grandson was also puzzled, but after thinking about it for a few days, I really understood. If the Qin State is really destroyed, the Six Kingdoms will be in chaos, and the indulgence will not be possible. ”

"Hmm." Ji Xue suddenly realized, and nodded again and again, "It's still Su Zi who thinks far-reaching, the Six Kingdoms are really like that, and they don't match each other." He looked up and smiled, "Oh, there's nothing else." If there is something new, don't forget to talk about it. The four here are not close to each other, and they are suffocated! ”

"Grandson obeys."

After Ji Xue withdrew, Ji Xue didn't sit or stand in the tent, and she tossed until noon, still unable to think of a way to help Su Qin, and couldn't help but cry.

"Princess," Chunmei exclaimed, "Look at you like this, it's really a toss-up!" I'm going to call Suzi here, and you can ask him face to face to see what he needs. ”

Ji Xuebai glanced at her: "How can he say it?" ”

"We're going to get to see him anyway. Isn't this why the princess is here? ”

"He's so busy turning around this Chenguang that he's become a spinning top, how can he see it? Besides, it doesn't seem appropriate to let the king know about this matter. ”

"That..." Chunmei thought for a while, then continued, "Just ask the king to invite Su Zi, just say... ”

Apparently another bad idea. Ji Xue wants to carry a message, why do you need to go through Su Qin? What's even worse is that Chunmei mentioned the Zhou room, which invisibly hooked up with the relatives who were close at hand. Thinking of her lonely father, Ji Xue became more and more sad, whimpered, and shrugged her arms and cried even harder.

Chunmei ran out of ideas, and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Ji Xue: "Mei'er." ”

Chunmei stays.

"What about the king? Look where he is. ”

Chunmei let out a sigh, walked out quickly, and after a while, she stepped back and said, "The general of the king and Zizhi are discussing state affairs, and it seems that there is something urgent. ”

Ji Xue looked out of the tent.

"Princess, why don't I take a look at it again?"

Before Chunmei could leave, there was a sound of footsteps outside. The voice was urgent, but he could still hear that it was Gong Wen.

Ji Xue was stunned, straightened her clothes, and walked to the tent with Chunmei to greet her.

Gong Wen gasped and almost broke in.

Ji Xue stepped forward to help, but when she saw this, she stopped and bowed slightly: "Your Majesty? ”

Gong Wen ignored her, Gu Zi walked back and forth in the tent, still panting, his steps were heavy and powerful, not at all like an old man over sixty years old.

After walking for a moment, Gong Wen's footsteps slowed down, and his breath became more even.

Ji Xue walked over, grabbed his arm, helped him to the seat, and waited for him to sit down.

Gong Wen looked at Chunmei.

Ji Xue lost her eyes, and Chunmei retreated.

Ji Xue stared at Duke Wen and asked softly, "Why is the monarch angry?" ”

Gong Wen looked back at Ji Xue and gritted his teeth: "Look at this!" As he spoke, he pulled out a secret letter from his sleeve.

Ji Xue looked at it and exclaimed, "Your Highness wants to accept Qin women?" ”

Gong Wen was angry and attacked again: "The rebel misunderstands me!" The Six Kingdoms indulged in relatives and aimed to control Qin. At this juncture, the rebel son came to this letter, asking to accept the Qin woman as a wife, this... ”

"Your Majesty is angry." Ji Xue persuaded, "Your Highness's move must have something else wronged. ”

"What's wrong?" Wen Gongzhen said, "It's the Qin people who use a trick to make us deviate from morality." How can the rebel rat be in charge of state affairs, and there is no distinction between right and wrong? ”

"Your Excellency," Ji Xue saw that he was speaking too heavily, and softened her tone, "Looking at this letter, it was the Qin people who took the initiative to marry, and His Royal Highness was also undecided, so I invited your lord." If the king thinks it is inappropriate, he can order him not to hire a relative for the time being. ”

"Madame is right." Gong Wen smiled bitterly and let out a long breath, "The widow has already made an order." ”

"The king is clear."

"Madam," Duke Wen looked at Ji Xue, "you have to clean up, let's go!" ”

"Go back?"

"Alas," Duke Wen sighed, "if you don't go back, the widow won't be able to let go!" This son has no ambitions, bad intentions, and Qin people are on his side, so he may not be able to make something. Now that the indulgence is just beginning, we must not spoil the world's major events because of Yan Guo! ”

"Do you want to tell Suzi?"

"At the beginning of the Six Kingdoms, thousands of people are waiting for Suzi, and the affairs of the Yan Kingdom are taken care of by their own widows, and they can't add chaos to Suzi."

Ji Xue nodded.

"Alas," Gong Wen sighed in reply, "the widow is old, and it is not easy to take a trip. This time, the widow wanted to take the opportunity to go to Luoyang with his wife to meet the Son of Heaven, who wanted to let the rebel stir up the yellow again! ”

Ji Xue cried: "If you have this thought, if your father knows, he will be content." ”

Gongzi reported the return of Yan Gong to Su Qin.

Su Qin was shocked and asked urgently, "When will the monarch set off?" ”

"Tomorrow morning, when the rooster crows."

Su Qin stared at Gongzi: "Can Gongzi know the reason?" ”

Childe shook his head.

"What about the general of the son?"

"Zugong ordered, the general of Zizhi and the soldiers and horses of Yan State, as well as Zaixia, all stay here, and listen to Su Zi's dispatch."

Su Qin closed his eyes and thought.

It was getting dark.

Zou walked into the tent and lit two copper lamps.

Su Qin opened his eyes and whispered, "Brother Zou! ”

Flying Dao Zou walked over and bowed: "Lord? ”

"Please have a building."

Flying knife Zou out of the tent, instructed the servants to ask the building to slow down, and was about to return to the tent, when he saw a figure flashing not far ahead, and he didn't enter the back of the tree.

Flying knife Zou was nervous, quietly walked around, and saw that the black shadow was hiding behind a tree, and was stretching out his head to look at Su Qin's big tent, so he approached and stopped: "Who is here?" ”

The shadow was taken aback, shuddered, and turned his head.

is a woman, looking at the costume, she is the palace maid of Yanguo.

Flying Dao Zou took a step back and slowed down his tone: "What is the girl doing here?" ”

It's Chunmei.

Chunmei also came back to her senses, shook her hand, and said to the front: "May I ask the captain, is there a big tent of Suzi in front?" ”

Flying knife Zou glanced at her, and then asked, "Who are you?" ”

Chunmei asked rhetorically, "Who are you?" ”

"Under the surname Zou."

"Is it Knife Man?" Chunmei's eyes widened and she stared at him without blinking.

"It's down there. Hey, how do you know? ”

Chunmei smiled: "Your surname is Zou, and you don't have a sword on your body, so you must be the famous Flying Knife Man." ”

"Famous?" The flying knife Zou was stunned.

Chunmei lowered her voice: "In our palace, everyone knows the prestige of the hero. Everybody's talking about you..."

"Tell me, pass me on?" Flying knife Zou asked in surprise.

"I won't tell you." Chunmei smiled secretly, "The little woman has an urgent matter to see Suzi, please report to the hero!" ”

The flying knife Zou didn't move.

Chunmei was anxious: "Go quickly!" ”

"I..." ”

Chunmei approached and whispered: "The little woman has no surname, her name is Chunmei, she is the maid of Mrs. Yanguo, and Su Zi knows her." Madame asked me to carry a letter to Suzi, there is an urgent matter. ”

Flying Dao Zou laughed and whispered, "This Chenguang is not good." The Lord is just talking to your son-in-law about big things! ”

"Is it Childe?"

Flying knife Zou nodded.

"Are you really a flying knife Zou?" Chunmei stared into his eyes.

"This is still fake," Zou felt out a flying knife and shook it in front of her eyes, "Do you want to try it?" ”

Chunmei took out a bag from her sleeve and handed it over: "Believe you!" This is a lady to Su Zi, it is an important matter, you will present it to Su Zi, and I will wait here for a reply. ”

Flying knife Zou took the bag and returned to the tent, seeing Gongzi Hao saying goodbye to Su Qin.

When the prince walked away, the flying knife Zou Fang reported: "Lord, someone brought a bag of tips, saying that there is something important!" "When I'm done, I'll give you a tip.

Su Qin opened it, and inside was a piece of silk with a picture and a poem embroidered on it. In the picture, a woman has her back to the mountains and waters, looking into the distance.

The poem says:

The trees of Yanshan are green

The son of the Son goes on the expedition

The trees of Yanshan are withered

No return

Although there was no payment, Su Qin also knew that this embroidery was made by Ji Xue. He forced his heartbeat, closed his eyes for a while, slowly opened them, and carefully examined the embroidery painting. The stitches were densely packed, apparently embroidered by her for many days, stitch by stitch.

Su Qin held back his tears, fiddled in his clothes for a while, and found a piece of silk handkerchief that had already made sweat and body odor yellow, and carefully placed it next to this silk handkerchief, staring at them.

"My lord." Flying knife Zou whispered.

Su Qin didn't seem to hear it, and still looked at the two silk handkerchiefs, one new and one old, in a daze.

Flying knife Zou waited for a while, and said again: "Someone is waiting for an answer!" ”

Su Qin came back to his senses: "Is it Chunmei?" ”

Flying knife Zou nodded.

Su Qin took the pen and ink, thought about it for a while, and inscribed a poem on a piece of sheepskin, which is the ancient style of patriotism compiled by Lu Zhongni:

Vote for me with a peach

Repay it with Qiong Yao

Bandit retribution also

Always think it's good

Su Qin looked at it for a while, folded it carefully, stuffed it into the envelope, and handed it directly to the flying knife Zou: "Give it to Chunmei, just say... ”

The flying knife Zou had just come out of the account, and the building was slow.

Su Qin didn't say anything politely, and went straight to the point: "The young man has been here, saying that Yan Gong will leave for China in the early morning tomorrow." ”

Lou Xuan frowned: "Didn't Gongzi say the reason?" ”

Su Qin shook his head.

"I heard that Mrs. Yan Guo is here and intends to go back to Luo to see the Son of Heaven, how can you say that you can leave?"

Su Qin closed his eyes and thought.

Lou slowly said to himself: "It's strange. Yi Yan Gong is a person, and he will never be in such a hurry. Besides, it's also bad for his body. Rushed from Yan Kingdom, tired all the way, Yan Gong is old, and his physical strength has not yet recovered. ”

Su Qin suddenly opened his eyes: "This time the alliance, can there be any movement in the Qin State?" ”

"There was no movement. The Xihe defense has not been strengthened, and even if it is Hangu Pass, it will still be cleared as usual, and it seems that it does not care. ”

Su Qin closed his eyes again.

"Suzi," Lou paused slightly, "but it's a little lively in the countries of indulgence." ”

"Oh?" Su Qin opened his eyes.

"I just learned that the king of Chu was full of interest, so that the prince sent a note to Han Hou, and wanted to visit the tiger prison and pay homage to the place where King Mu was imprisoned and the tiger. When the two kings of Qi and Wei heard the news, they responded to the tour together, and Han Hou accompanied them. I heard that the kings also raised their tents in the morning. ”

"What about the king?"

Because he was talking to Lou Slow, this "Junshang" obviously referred to Zhao Suhou.

Lou Chu didn't think twice: "The king of Chu did not invite the king, and the widow did not respond. ”

"Got it." Su Qin's brows furrowed, and after a long time, he sighed lightly, "Please ask Louzi to play the king, just say that Su Qin begs him to go back a few days later." ”

"Listen to orders!"

The flying knife Zou came to the big tree, and the spring plum flashed out.

"Girl, this is the lord's reply, you can take it." Flying knife Zou handed over the envelope to Chunmei.

Chunmei took it with both hands, carefully put it into her sleeve, swept it towards the flying knife Zou, turned around and wanted to leave, and the flying knife Zou shouted: "Girl, the lord has another word, which is for you." ”

Chunmei was stunned: "Give it to me?" ”

"The lord said, tell Chunmei, and thank her."

"You tell Suzi, and you say that Chunmei also thanked him."

Flying knife Zou smiled: "The girl helped carry the letter, the lord thanked you, it was polite and polite." You thank him, there should always be an excuse, right? ”

Chunmei thought for a while, and stared at the flying knife Zou: "The little woman is a subordinate and a slut, and Suzi is an adult and a nobleman." My lord and noble man thank me first, a slut, shouldn't I thank him back? ”

"This..."

Chunmei grinned, turned around and walked away.

After a few steps, Zou shouted, "Girl..."

Chunmei stopped.

Flying knife Zou took a few steps forward: "I want to inquire about something." ”

"Oh," Chunmei smiled, "Hero, please speak!" ”

"What are the rumors in the palace?"

"It's been passed on a lot! It is said that the hero's flying knife pierces Yang in 100 steps, and it is the first weapon in the world; It is said that the hero flies the eaves and walks on the wall, such as walking on the ground; said that the hero's mouth can breathe fire and see thousands of miles; It is said that when the hero was defending the city in Jicheng, he fired a hundred knives in a row, the knife pierced the throat, and the corpses of the rebels were piled up under the city wall, stacked into a small mountain..."

Flying knife Zou's face turned red: "Net..." ”

Chunmei stared at him and smiled: "When I see it today, it's really a nonsense!" The hero is not at all the same as I thought! ”

Flying knife Zou looked back: "The girl must be disappointed." ”

"No, no, no," Chunmei waved her hand, "I mean, the appearance of the hero!" ”

"Is it ugly?"

Chunmei shook her head: "I thought that the hero was a god with three heads and six arms and a strange appearance, but I didn't expect you to be no different from ordinary people, and..."

"What else?"

"He's still a handsome man!" Chunmei's face was hot, she peeked at him, turned around and ran away.

Xu is the first time in his life to hear a woman's praise, the flying knife Zou heart trembled, and he stood there stunned until Chunmei completely disappeared into the vast night.

Out of Mengjin, along the south bank of the river to the east for more than 100 miles, you can see Yishui. Walk dozens of miles, that is, to the water. On the east bank of the river, south of the river, is the tiger prison pass where the kings came to pay their respects.

Tiger Prison Pass is also called Bishui Pass, north of the river, south of Zhongyue Song Mountain, in the middle of the three mountains of Daling, Fuxi, Guangwu are endless, the mountains and ravines are intertwined, the terrain is precipitous. An ancient official road out of the customs to the west, can go to Luoyang, into the Han Valley, communicate with Qinsai; Out of the customs and east, you can pass through Xingyang, Zhongmu, Yan, and drive the girder directly. In view of its special location, after the destruction of Zheng, Han Hou issued a plan to set up a card here and build a city according to the danger. The checkpoint is still called Tiger Prison, and the city is named Chenggao.

The place where King Chu Wei "admires" is located in Guanhutun on the southwest side of Hugao Pass, three miles away from Guan. Under the guidance of Cheng Gao's order, Chu, Qi, Wei, and Han Sijun threw off their entourage, walked to the top of the post in the east of Guanhutun, and stood down in front of a small mound similar to steamed buns.

"Qi Jun, in front of you is where Mu Tianzi is imprisoned!" Cheng Gaoling pointed to the mound and said loudly.

Han Zhaohou waved his hand lightly: "Got it, step back." ”

"Obey the order!" Cheng Gao ordered to bow down and retreat, guarding the ground outside an arrow.

It's autumn, and the sky is high and the clouds are light.

Several gentlemen stood on the mound, staring at the mound in front of them for a long time. There is not a single big tree in sight, only waist-deep thorns and clusters of sour jujube trees growing all over the slope, and there are small thorns that are accidentally pierced. The slope is overgrown with weeds, and most of the stems and leaves are yellow, which is even more solemn in the autumn wind.

King Wei Hui's gaze fell on a small depression not far away, the size of a house, like a bird's nest. Obviously, the tiger captured by Gao Benrong, the former guard of King Mu, should be imprisoned there. After staring at it for a while, Xu felt that he was still not satisfied, and King Wei Hui brushed aside the thorns and walked over.

When passing by a sour jujube tree, the corners of King Wei Hui's robe were hung by sour jujube branches. King Wei Hui reached out to dial it, and just happened to touch a jujube thorn, which happened to be pierced on his middle finger, making him grin in pain.

King Hui has a humorous nature, Xu deliberately created suspense, and when he turned around, he exclaimed not without exaggeration: "There is a mechanism here, all brothers come and save me!" ”

"I said Brother Wei," King Chu Wei was overjoyed, "You know that there is a tiger in front of you, and you are going to the tiger!" ”

King Qi Wei and Marquis Han Zhao both laughed.

Zhaohou caught up a few steps and carefully brushed aside the jujube branches.

King Hui got off, glanced at his middle finger, and saw that there was blood flowing out, so he put it in his mouth and sucked it deeply, and responded to King Chu with a smile: "Brother Xiong doesn't know, Wei Fu is called 'not into the tiger's den, but the tiger'." Sucking again, the corners of his eyes swept to the two kings of Qi and Chu, "Come on, come on, two brothers, since you have come to one place, why not take a few steps further and find out?" ”

King Chu Wei glanced at King Qi Wei and said with a half-smile: "Brother Wei wants to get a tiger, is Brother Tian interested?" ”

King Qi Wei asked rhetorically, "What does Brother Xiong think?" ”

King Chu Wei frowned slightly: "Of course Huzi thinks about it, but..." ”

King Qi Wei glanced at Han Zhaohou: "Brother Han, this is your family's territory, Brother Xiong has asked!" ”

Han Zhaohou responded with a smile: "Brother Tian said that he was joking, Brother Xiong is well-informed, how can he not know this thing?" ”

King Chu Wei walked a few steps, carefully examined it in front of the sour jujube tree for a while, and shook his head lightly: "This thing is weird, it is said that the hawthorn is not hawthorn, it is said that the jujube is not jujube, the bear merchant is lonely and unheard, and he really can't recognize it." ”

Han Zhaohou smiled: "Brother Xiong has already said it, and he still doesn't know it?" ”

King Chu Wei said: "You mean, this thing is a date?" ”

At this time, it is the ripening season of sour jujubes, and there are many fruits hanging on the jujube branches, all of which are the size of cherries, red and green, large and small.

Han Zhaohou picked one off and handed it to King Chu Wei: "If Brother Xiong doesn't believe it, you can taste it!" ”

King Chu Wei took it and looked at it over and over again, but he didn't send it to his mouth.

When King Wei Hui saw it, he picked one with his hand, stuffed it into his mouth with a "poof", chewed it a few times, and said with a smile: "Brother Xiong, look at what scares you." This jujube is also called longevity jujube, it is all in the mountains of the Central Plains, the skin is multi-nucleus, the meat is less delicious, it is often eaten, it can nourish the blood and nourish the liver, prolong the life. ”

King Chu Wei easily stuffed the dates into his sleeve and retreated to King Qi Wei's side.

"Hey, why doesn't Brother Xiong hide it?" King Wei Hui was puzzled.

"Since this thing is a gift from Brother Han, how can Xiong Shang give it up? Xiong Shang wants to bring this thing back to Jingchu, plant it in **, appreciate it carefully, taste it slowly, and enjoy it for generations to come, so as to live up to Brother Han's good intentions. King Chu Wei smiled half-heartedly.

Han Zhaohou couldn't hear the words, and said-for-tat: "Brother Xiong, I'm afraid it's wishful thinking!" ”

"Oh?" King Chu Wei's gaze swept over.

"Brother Xiong, have you ever remembered the incident of Qi Ren Yan Ying envoy Chu?"

Hearing him mention the old case, King Chu Wei's face was slightly hot, and he said sharply: "How is Yan Ying making Chu?" ”

Han Zhaohou squinted his eyes, as if he was reciting a book: "Yan Ying made Chu, and the officials tied the two of them, and said that the king of Chu said: 'This Qi person is also a thief.'" The king of Chu said Yanzi: 'Qi people are good at stealing? Yan Zi said: "Orange is orange born in Huainan, and orange is born in Huaibei, and the leaves are similar, but the taste is different." So what? The water and soil are also different. After saying that, he opened his eyes slightly, and a smile bloomed at the corner of his mouth, "Brother Xiong wants to plant the dates of this mountain in Jingchu, isn't there also a difference between water and soil?" Besides, although this jujube can nourish the blood and liver, it has more thorns and less meat, if you don't pay attention..." ”

"Hahahaha!" King Chu Wei laughed a few times, "Brother Han is so eloquent!" Then he took out the sour jujube and threw it on the ground, "In this case, Brother Han, this little jujube, Xiong Shang doesn't eat it." Glancing at the mound, "However, Xiong Shang also has a sentence, I wonder if Brother Han wants to hear it?" ”

"Brother Xiong, please speak."

"As far as Xiong Shang knows," King Chu Wei glanced at the mound, "this place was originally a land. Shi Bo once said: 'Uncle Yu is in danger, and Yi Zhong is in danger. Turning his head, he turned to look at the vista, looking at Songyue in the south and the river in the north, "Today, it seems that this place is really majestic." Uncle Yu because of the situation, this place was obtained by the Zheng people. Because of the danger of the Zheng people, this place was restored to the jurisdiction of Brother Han. Today, we are here to learn from the past and the present, and I am full of emotion! ”

This statement is tantamount to saying that South Korea is risky and does not cultivate morality, and this place will not be able to survive for a long time.

Han Zhaohou knew that he wanted to fight back, but he couldn't find an excuse for a while, and he was angry, and King Qi Wei responded with a smile: "Hahahaha, Brother Xiong said it well." Upon landing here, Inqi also remembered an old story, called 'False Dao Cutting Down'. It's not the same thing, but it's an interesting story! ”

The false way is about the old story of the Jin Dynasty's destruction of the Xiyu Kingdom. Xi Yujun does not know the current affairs, Jin wants to destroy it, and he is false. Duke Yu was greedy for the reward of the Jin people and agreed to borrow the way. After destroying Yu by the way, Jin Shun took the sheep by hand and destroyed Yu Yiyi. The king of Chu compared him to Yu, and the king of Qi compared him to Yu, whether it was Yu or Yu, Han Zhaohou's old face could not be hanged.

However, at this moment, Zhaohou is not easy to make a fire out. One is that the other party is a guest, and he is the host; The two Qi and Chu are both big countries, which is colluded again, and he is alone.

It's hard to have a fire, and it's uncomfortable to suffocate if you don't send it, and Han Zhaohou is embarrassed inside and out.

"Hehehehe," King Hui saw it in his eyes and helped him out of the siege, "Brothers, listen to Wei Fu." Whether it's Yu or Yu, it's all old things. Whether it is jujube or orange, they are all fruit trees. Brothers and gentlemen are here to play, what kind of sadness do you feel for those old things in the past? ”

"Brother Wei said it well!" King Chu Wei saw the steps and immediately descended, and clapped his hands gently.

"yes, yes!" King Qi Wei chimed in.

The two rival kings who had quarreled over the Song Kingdom a few years ago actually breathed out from one nostril at this moment, and the target was both against Han, and Han Zhaohou couldn't help but gasp.

Only King Wei Hui didn't think elsewhere.

These days, he has always had in his heart the grand plan of Pang Juan's three-way expedition to Qin and the determination of the world. On this occasion, he was willing to miss it, and laughed a few more times at the moment, bringing the topic to business: "Today's autumn is high and cool, and all the gentlemen gather here on the hill, which is really rare to call it a meeting of the wind and clouds." For this reason, Wei Fu proposed to sing a song together at this post, which was also worth the trip. What do you think? ”

King Chu Wei and King Qi Wei both agreed: "Okay! ”

King Wei Hui turned to Han Zhaohou: "What about Brother Han?" ”

"Okay." Han Zhaohou also seemed to come out of a trance, and Mu Ran responded.

"Brothers," King Wei Hui retreated, "tell me, in this situation, what is the best song for us to sing?" ”

Everyone said: "Listen to Brother Wei's orders!" ”

"That being said," King Wei Hui coughed lightly and cleared his throat, "Wei Fu had the audacity to suggest. Now that the six countries are indulging in relatives and discussing the Qin of the tiger and wolf, how about we sing a song of Qin? ”

"Good!" King Qi Wei clapped his hands with his hands, "Dare to ask Brother Wei, which song to sing?" ”

"It is the one where Goujian, the king of Yue, led the generals of the countries to attack Qin."

"Brother Wei is wrong," King Qi Wei corrected, "that song is not called the Song of Fa Qin, it is called the Song of Heliang!" ”

"Hehehe, whatever," King Wei Hui said with a smile, "Anyway, it's from Qin!" Come, everyone sang in unison, with military array music, Wei Fu started first. Then he coughed lightly and let go of his voice, "Knock Qiang, Knock Knock, Knock Knock..."

Under the leadership of King Wei Hui, the slope of Guanhutun resounded with the uneven chant of four old men who were powerful in all the countries of Shandong:

Crossing the river beam, crossing the river beam

Raise troops to attack the king of Qin

Mengdong has a lot of snow and frost in October

The cold road is difficult

Chen's soldiers did not help Qin's division to surrender

The princes were terrified

The sound spreads to the country

Dominate Mu Huan Qi Chuzhuang

The world is peaceful and longevity

Sadness goes back to the river without beams

When the song settled, King Chu Wei saw everyone rising, and sighed: "Alas, brothers, although it is enjoyable for us to sing here, it is not as good as the king of Yue in the past who swayed thousands of miles and went straight to Hexi!" ”

"Yes, yes," King Qi Wei's gaze turned to King Wei Hui, "'Cross the river Liang Xi cross the river Liang and raise troops to attack the King of Qin. 'Such a momentum, majestic clouds, sound shock the universe! ”

King Wei Hui's blood was boiling, he turned around, and looked at the west: "Brother Xiong, Brother Tian, and Brother Han, Wei Fu is not talented, thanks to your love, temporarily occupy the position of the ear." If he is in his position, he should seek his government. Wei Gangti sang this song, and it was by no means for addiction. Today's six families are indulging in relatives, meeting Mengjin together, and swearing to control Qin, which is not comparable to the past Gou Jian. Why don't we take this opportunity to raise troops to attack Qin, step on Qinchuan in one go, and never suffer in the future? ”

"Good!" King Chu Wei clenched his fists, "Don't hide it from Brother Wei, Xiong Shang is here, and what he is waiting for is Brother Wei's words!" The Qin people took me to discuss it, and this enmity is not shared. Even if the six countries don't indulge in relatives, Xiong Shang will raise troops to attack Qin, and a snow merchant will be ashamed! ”

King Wei Hui turned to King Qi Wei: "Brother Xiong wants to destroy Qin, what does Brother Tian want?" ”

King Qi Wei arched his hand: "The six kingdoms have been united, because Qi respectfully obeys Brother Wei's orders." ”

King Wei Hui slowly turned his head to Han Zhaohou.

Han Zhaohou played a small drum in his heart for a while, and slowly responded: "Since the six countries have been united, the invasion of Qin should be a matter for the six countries, and it is probably inappropriate for only the four of us to decide." ”

"Well, what Brother Han said is very true." King Wei Hui pondered for a while, "I heard that Lao Yan Gong has returned to China, and there is still one Brother Zhao left, so Wei Fu will post and invite him to come here for a drink in three days and discuss big things with you?" ”

"I will listen to Brother Wei's arrangement!" Everyone responded.

Han Zhaohou was inexplicably humiliated in the Tiger Prison, returned to Chenggao with a black face, and sat in the main hall of the county guard's mansion, his white face turned red and purple due to extreme anger.

Xiangguo Kuangyi and General Gongzhong somehow sat carefully.

Seeing that the breath in Zhaohou's nostrils was getting thicker and thicker, Kuang Yi whispered: "Dare to ask why the king is unhappy?" ”

Han Zhaohou punched several cases: "Old horseman, bully me too much!" ”

"But King Wei?"

Han Zhaohou paused word by word, and his voice squeezed out from between his teeth: "Xiong Shang!" ”

Gong Zhong rubbed his hands a few times and squeezed out two fists: "Your Excellency, the palm of the last general's hand is itchy, please give an order." ”

Han Zhaohou didn't seem to hear it, and a few words came out of his throat: "And Tian Yinqi!" ”

Seeing that they were two big countries, Gongzhong and Kuang Yi glanced at each other and looked back at Zhaohou again.

Air condensation.

I don't know how long it took, Han Zhaohou's panting voice gradually calmed down, Kuang Yi was about to play, Zhaohou suddenly burst out with a long laugh: "Hahahaha..."

Gongzhong and Kuang Yi were stunned by his laughter.

"Hmph," Han Zhaohou stopped laughing and said coldly, "Two old horsemen, such a trick, still want to plot me?" ”

The two subordinates became more and more blindsided, stared at him and said in unison: "Your Majesty? ”

Zhaohou changed his face, recounted the matter of the Tiger Prison in detail one by one, and said at the end: "Qi's great trouble is in Chu and Wei, and the great desire is in Song and Yan, and it has nothing to do with Qin, but this time to cut Qin, why is Tian Yinqi so energetic?" The humiliation of Shanshan is far greater than the shame of business, but why should Xiong Shang give up this and ask for the other? Tell me, what kind of heart are the two old foxes? ”

Seeing that the two of them were like falling into a fog, Zhaohou knocked a few cases proudly: "Look at you stupid!" The widow still poked it open and said, the two instigated Qin, the target was not Qin, but Wei! ”

"The king is saying," Kuang Yi understood a little, "Qi and Chu both want to use the power of the Qin people to weaken Wei?" ”

"Humph!" Han Zhaohou's eyes lit up, "The two old foxes think they are smart, but this little cleverness is cloudy, and that stunned eye is okay, if you want to be widowed, there is no way!" ”

"Your Majesty," the public bell hesitated for a moment and whispered, "the last general thinks that with the power of the six countries and the power of Pang Juan, this attack on Qin will definitely succeed." If they win, the Wei people will reap great benefits. ”

Han Zhaohou replied loudly: "If it is not as expected, Chu and Qi will only contribute people and do not contribute to it." Even if it succeeds, the Wei people will charge ahead, and their vitality will be injured, so how can they have the energy to compete with Chu and Qi? This time to attack Qin, as far as Qi and Chu are concerned, success will also win, and failure will also win. Hmph, the two old foxes are very good! ”

"Your Majesty!" Kuang Yi was sincerely impressed, "The trouble in front of me is not in Chu and Qi, but in the Qin people." Qin Zide Hangu, peeking at my Yiyang several times, I can take this opportunity to get rid of this trouble, and then deal with Chu and Qi. ”

"What Aiqing said is very true." Zhaohou nodded at him and turned to Gongzhong, "General, what do you think of Pang Juan's use of troops?" ”

"There is no one among the nations!"

"Aiqing is right, the widow will bet on this person. The Qi people and the Chu people were unreliable, and they formed a gang to pit the old stunned man of Meng Weifu. Fortunately, the indulgence has been completed, although they do not contribute, but they are not good behind the scenes. The general listens to orders! ”

"The last general!"

"The widow will give you 50,000 Yiyang elite soldiers, 80,000 combined troops, go all out to help Pang Juan achieve this miraculous feat, and let those two old foxes take a good look at the power of our Koreans!"

"The last general obeys!"