Chapter 42 The People of Western Chu
A few days later, in the direction of Liangcheng to the west, a convoy of about 50 people slowly drove towards Liangcheng from the official road leading to Xichu.
The dress of this convoy is very luxurious, led by two tall men, one is arrogant, one is domineering, both of them are riding horses, the hooves of the horses are knocking on the ground, the speed is not fast, and they are slowly coming in the direction of Liangcheng.
At the west gate of Liangcheng, Ye Bai's father, Ye Cang, was dressed in military uniform, leading a pair of city guards to wait here.
Although it has entered autumn, the sun during this time period is still very hot, mixed with a sultry heat wave, pouring on people's faces like fire, even Ye Cang, who has already achieved great strength, has a trace of sweat on his head.
Liangcheng has a total of four entrances and exits, divided into southeast, northwest and northwest, to the west is the official road to the border of Chu, to the north is the pipeline of the border of Daqin, and in the southeast and southeast directions, it is to different cities in the interior of the Great Zhou.
The location of the entrance of the Xicheng City, there are not many pedestrians in general, after all, this is the border, except for some passing merchants, few people will pass by here.
However, Ye Cang's appearance still attracted the attention of the people living around the west of Liangcheng City, and at this time, many Liangcheng residents had gathered at the gate of this city.
"Haven't you arrived yet!"
"Come on!"
"After all, the city lord has been waiting here for almost half an hour, no matter how arrogant the people of Xichu are, they won't have too much delay in such a time!"
There were earnest whispers in the crowd, and most of the people here probably already knew the reason why Ye Cang appeared here.
In less than two months, it will be winter, and after winter. It is the birthday of the martial saint of the Great Zhou Dynasty, basically every year at this time, the capital of the Great Zhou Kingdom will hold a huge banquet to celebrate with the people.
And this time, the people of Xichu came to congratulate the Great Zhou Wusheng on his birthday.
Ye Cang stood at the gate of the city, staring at the official road with solemn eyes, and began to calculate the time of the arrival of the envoy of Western Chu in his heart.
"It's coming!"
Ye Cang's eyes stared, and he saw two young men riding big horses on the official road, these two people were Xiang Tianyu and Xiang Tianjie from Xichu.
Then, a luxurious large convoy followed behind the two and slowly drove in the direction of Liangcheng.
"Phew!"
The two came to Ye Cang's face, immediately controlled the horses, and stopped in front of Ye Cang.
"I've seen two sons!"
Ye Cang raised his head, looked at the two people who did not dismount, and then arched his hand and said: "Welcome to Da Zhou, the room of the post station has been cleared out, please follow me into the city!"
"This is not in a hurry, Deputy City Lord Ye, I don't know if the people from Northern Qin are here!"
"If the people from Northern Qin arrive, we won't live in the post station!"
Xiang Tianyu asked Ye Cang, if the relationship between Da Zhou and Da Qin is only relatively tense, then the relationship between Da Chu and Da Qin is a feud.
Whether it is the Chu people or the Qin people, as long as the two sides meet, there will be a big conflict, especially for high-level magnates like them, as long as they meet together, there is no time that there will be no conflict.
However, although Xiang Tianyu is domineering, he also understands that Da Zhou here is not Da Chu, if he causes trouble here, it will be regarded as causing trouble for Da Zhou's people, Da Zhou and Da Chu are on good terms, this kind of thing, Xiang Tianyu can still handle it.
"The envoy of the Qin State has not yet arrived, Ye has received news that the envoy of the Qin State will arrive in about three days!"
Ye Cang opened his mouth and said, this time, as the receptionist of Liangcheng, he still knew more clearly about the time when the envoys of the two countries arrived.
"In that case, let's go into the city!"
Xiang Tianyu nodded, and then said to the convoy behind him: "Prepare to enter the city!"
The envoys of the state of Chu followed Ye Cang, and the envoys of Western Chu passed through the west gate all the way to the post station in the city.
Of course, the so-called post station here is not an ordinary hotel or the like, but an official square for entertaining officials within the Great Zhou, which is located in the center of the city, not far from the city lord's mansion and Ye Mansion, and its area is not much smaller than that of Ye Mansion.
In previous years, such a place was uninhabited, and there were basically only a few officials guarding here, but this time it was opened because it was to entertain envoys, so it was reorganized.
"Everyone, please take a little rest, and when the evening comes, City Lord Li will hold a banquet in the Drunken Immortal Tower in the city to entertain you!"
Ye Cang saw that a few people had already entered the post station, so he began to prepare to leave, but before leaving, he still invited a few people to the banquet in the evening.
"Drunken Immortal Building, how is the food there?"
Xiang Tianyu raised his eyebrows and asked, his only hobby is to love food, otherwise, he would not have secretly left the messenger convoy before, and came to eat in advance among the water clouds in this cool city.
"It's... Although the Drunken Immortal Building is the largest restaurant in my Liangcheng, its food is worse than that of Shui Yunjian, but the wine of Drunken Immortal Mansion is better than that of Shui Yunjian in the city, which is a must in Liangcheng!"
Ye Cang opened his mouth to explain, although this water and cloud room, although it is the best consumption place in Liangcheng, but after all, it has the meaning of a place for fireworks, which can be used to entertain friends in private, but once a family dinner, or such a situation as entertaining foreign guests, it will basically be held in the Zuixian Building.
As for why he didn't hold a banquet in the City Lord's Mansion but chose to hold a banquet in the Drunken Immortal Tower, the main reason was that there were a large number of envoys from Western Chu, plus some officials inside Liangcheng, even if it was the City Lord's Mansion, they couldn't afford such a large-scale gathering.
After all, this is the first banquet of the envoy group, and it is not only necessary to entertain a few important people, but also to take care of others.
"Oh, Liangcheng is a must, since this is the case, then we might as well be respectful!"
At this moment, Xiang Tianyin happened to step down from the horse, heard Ye Cang's words, and then his eyes lit up, and he immediately answered.
Unlike Xiang Tianyu, Xiang Tianyu likes to eat, but she likes wine!
When I heard that the Drunken Immortal Building was a must in Liangcheng, I naturally wanted to taste it.
Xiang Tianyu on the side heard the words of his cousin, first shook his head with a wry smile, and then seemed to remember something, and asked Ye Cang:
"By the way, this banquet, I don't know if Ye Gongzi will go!"
Ye Cang was stunned for a moment, and looked up at Xiang Tianyu, "The adult and the dog know each other?"
"I'm lucky enough to meet once, I can't imagine that this little Liangcheng can produce a character like Ye Gongzi!"
Xiang Tianyu said with a smile, but Xiang Tianjie beside him snorted coldly and said, "Since it is the bloodline of the Jiang family, it is not strange to be able to have this kind of strength!"
After hearing Xiang Tianjie's words, Ye Cang's pupils shrank, and then he looked at Xiang Tianyu and the three of them with solemn eyes.