Let's say that this day is not a festival or a celebration, but every household in the capital of Chu is in the river, cooking cattle and slaughtering sheep, and every family seems to have friends from afar, and they are happy.

A big banquet was also held in the Zhaohuang Palace, which was a celebration banquet for the king of Chu for his younger brother Anyi, the king of Dongfang.

The three princes and nine kings of Chu State dressed up for the banquet, but Dongfang was dressed plainly and unpretentiously, with a green jade crown on his head, a white cloth coat, and he didn't even wear a blade. If he didn't wear a gilt belt around his waist and walked on the street, no one might recognize this young man as the King of Anyi, who was willing to bow down to one person in the Chu State and was actually above ten thousand people.

The civil and military eunuchs who have seen his father Dongfang Yu inevitably exchanged words: "You see, in recent years, Gongzi has become more and more like his father. ”

"Heroes are teenagers, and King Anyi is indeed a young hero. The children of King Xianyu, one is a young hero, and the other is a heroine among women, it seems that King Xianyu is a hidden person. At that time, no one in the government and the opposition supported him to ascend the throne of Chu, and now his daughter sits firmly in the Qianqiu Palace, winning the hearts of the people, his son has great military achievements, and dares to go into the tiger's den alone to capture thieves, a pair of children have made immortal contributions to the Chu country, but it is not in vain that he has won the name of the king of Chu. ”

"When King Xianyu was under the command of King Xianmu, he was also the most famous strategist in the Chu State, so he was naturally a hidden person."

"The young Jianghu man next to Gongzi looks a little familiar, but I don't know who it is?"

"I remember that Gongzi was also quite familiar with that Jianghu guest at the wedding banquet."

"I heard that he is the new owner of the Zhuge family on the isolated island of Xuanji, named 'Zhuge Delusion', with excellent martial arts, and he studied under King Wei Zhuge to escape."

"Could it be that when Gongzi broke into the camp of the Rong people, he was the only escort he bringed?"

"I guess so."

"Then why didn't you reward him for his military exploits? Capturing the Khan King of the Rong Nationality is a great feat. ”

"I heard that this person has always been low-key, although he is familiar with His Royal Highness and Gongzi Shou, but except for the day Gongzi Shou got married, he has never appeared in Linjiang. Probably for a rich and noble person like him, it's not worth mentioning at all! ”

"Alas, speaking of which, it's a pity that King Wei and King Qi don't do it with good rich and noble people, but they want to restore the country! As a result, the death of the righteous father and the son is really suffocating. ”

Dongfang Shu, the king of Chu, who was silent during the banquet, although he couldn't see, he could hear all directions.

Several old ministers listened to these conversations word for word.

Listening to their exclamations, Shu'er closed her eyes, sipped her wine, and a colorful picture flashed in front of her eyes...... Mother, father, brother, husband, stepfather......

Immersed in dream-like memories, Chu Xiang Lu Xuan suddenly asked, "Dare to ask His Highness when he will meet the Khan King of the Narong clan?" Several large armies of the Rong tribe surrounded the city of Yide, and since the loss of the Khan king, they attacked Yide several times like hungry wolves. The Song army deliberately ignored it, although Yide had abundant food and grass, but the number of soldiers in the city who were infected with the epidemic was increasing, and I was afraid that it would not be able to hold the beginning of spring. ”

Without waiting for Shu'er to answer, Dongfang said scornfully: "Lu Xiang, it's not that I exonerate the Song Kingdom, but the plague is raging in Yide City, and the elite under my command is still invincible to this plague, not to mention the Song army that has been defeated by me again and again." The Rong people besieged their old capital, and even if they wanted to manage it, they were probably powerless. This battle can only rely on ourselves. ”

Shu'er lowered his eyebrows and said: "Regardless of whether the Song State sends troops to help, and whether the Song State deliberately does not help, I am determined not to let the hooves of the Rong people cross the Chu River and trample on the Chu State." ”

Dongfang nodded and said to Shu'er: "Sister, you don't have to worry. The Khan King of the Rong clan is in this Zhaohuang Palace, there is no shortage of eloquent eloquents in our Chu State, and he can barely understand Zhou Wen, if he can find someone to explain the pros and cons to him, persuade him to withdraw the army, and surrender the army without a fight, it is the best. ”

Lu Xuan said: "The king of Anyi, Mo Weichen, said bluntly, but the minister thought that the king of the Rong Khan led his troops from Mobei Wolf City to the old capital of the Song State, and saw that he was about to enter our Chu State, how could he easily withdraw his troops?" It was indeed the best policy for the king of Anyi to capture him into Chu, but to persuade him to withdraw his army was to take away the great achievements of a lifetime from his pocket. If he was a minister, the minister would rather die alone in the Chu Palace than let the soldiers of Paoze who had marched all the way east withdraw. ”

Shu'er said: "What Lu Xiang said is reasonable, if it were me, I would not withdraw the army easily." But in any case, the Najon Khan himself is already in our hands, and we still have the initiative. If you can really surrender without a fight, how can you give up without trying? It is their great cause for the Rong people to sweep through Kyushu, but if we can persuade them to withdraw our troops, it will be our immortal achievement. ”

Dongfang raised his glass and smiled: "My sister is a Ming Jun, no wonder she can get a loyal and well-educated minister like Lu Xiang." Let's give it a try, and if it doesn't work, I'll lead the troops to fight again. He looked at the new island master of the Zhuge family again: "When the time comes, I will worship you as the great Sima of Chu and go into battle with me, okay?" ”

Mo Yutan raised his glass and said: "I am willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." However, in the next thought, now that the plague has not seen an effective treatment, although the Chu State has thousands of troops and horses, not afraid of the Rong iron cavalry, but once the army crosses the Chu water, he will return to Chu one day, and it will inevitably bring the plague into the Chu realm and spread it to the people of Chu. I heard that there was a village in the Song Kingdom, and almost all the people in the village died of the plague. If the Rong people were expelled but the plague was brought back to the Chu State, I don't know, whether the Rong people burned and looted in Chu was more tragic, or the incurable plague was more tragic in Chu? ”

Lu Xuan sighed: "In this way, persuading the Khan of the Rong Clan to withdraw his troops is the best strategy, but it is also the only way. ”

Dongfang looked at Lu Yu and smiled again: "Lord Xiangguo questioned the 'best strategy', but he couldn't help but face the 'only way'. ”

Lu Yu saluted Dongfang with a glass of wine: "It turns out that the king of Anyi did not finish his words, in order to save face for Weichen and not force his submission to a desperate situation." ”

Dongfang also drank the new wine in the cup: "Brother Xiaolu, when we encounter this natural and man-made disaster, we are not alone, we are in the same desperate situation." Otherwise, Brother Delusion and I wouldn't have ventured into danger. Then he looked at Mo Yutan, "If there is no vain talk about my brother in this trip, I have no experience in kidnapping people." I still remember that many years ago, you tied up a carriage of the six kings of Chu and sent them to the Shengwang Mansion. ”

Mo also smiled: "Back then, Xiao Mo was just an errand runner, and everything was thanks to His Highness's intelligence and wit. ”

Shu'er shook her head: "I acted recklessly back then, and I ended up killing the lives of their six families, so don't mention the past." ”

Dongfang was displeased when he saw that Shu'er was displeased, so he changed the topic: "Lu Xiang, in your opinion, who should we send to talk to the Khan King of the Narong tribe?" I'm afraid I won't be able to use my brother and I, he was kidnapped by us all the way, and he already hated the two of us, and he couldn't listen to what we said. ”

Lu Yu smiled and said: "King Anyi asked the minister like this, how could the minister not go?" ”

Dongfang shook his hand deliberately: "No, no, I don't mean to persecute Lu Xiang." He blinked his eyes again: "However, I still remember the scene where Lu Xiang said those Wenchen speechless in the Qianqiu Palace." ”

Lu Yu sighed: "Actually, the minister is not the most eloquent person in the Chu State, the minister just persuaded the ministers to negotiate peace with the Song State for the time being." His Royal Highness and the King of Anyi knew that the first king was the most eloquent person in the Chu State. Although the minister was not present, he read the transcript of the court debate of the previous king when he served in the library pavilion. The strategy proposed by the previous king to slowly disintegrate the treasury of the Song State was admired by the ministers, and it was indeed effective. ”

Dongfang saw that Shu'er didn't answer, and naturally understood that Shu'er had never let go of Lin Ying's death. Even he himself never let go. He no longer changed the subject, and said bluntly: "Why bother to mention the past? ”

Lu Xuan apologized: "It's the minister's reckless words." ”

Dongfang chou patted Lu Xuan's shoulder: "Lu Xiang, what you said is not wrong. I only respect a handful of people in my life, and one of them is the former king. Unfortunately, most of the people I respect are no longer alive. I respect my father, my mother, King Wei, King Shu, and King Qi, and the first king can be compared with them, which I never thought I would ever have. ”

Shu'er didn't want the atmosphere to be heavy because Lu Xuan unintentionally mentioned Lin Ying, so she asked Dongfang with a smile: "You said that most of the people you respect are no longer alive, which proves that there are still alive." How did I not know that there are still people in the world who can be respected by you? ”

Dongfang Shu understood that Shu'er had been enduring the severe pain in her heart for the sake of the overall situation, and saw that she smiled lightly to erase the heaviness between words and memories. He didn't want to freeze the atmosphere, so he smiled and said: "Naturally, there is, and she is a beautiful woman, a loving mother, and a generous sister!" ”

Shu'er shook her head: "Why am I so unbelieving? Is there anyone else but the man you have made up? ”

Dongfang thought about it seriously for a while, and replied: "Originally, I just wanted to say that it was you, but after you asked like this, I remembered another person - King Zhao." ”

"Oh?" I was surprised.

Dongfang Xuan explained: "This time, the Rong people entered the customs and went straight to the Zhao realm, and no one stopped them, and it was not King Zhao's fault. On the contrary, it is his credit. I thought about it carefully, the last time the Rong people entered the customs, King Zhao guarded Wucheng and was seriously injured, thinking that it was because of the broken muscles and bones, and the kung fu was wasted. This time, he closed the city and did not fight hard with the Rong people, which was actually the best choice for Zhao Guo. He did not go out of the city, and Rong Cai did not stay in Zhao State, but traveled all the way east into the Song Dynasty. The Rong people marched rapidly, almost unharmed by Zhao State.

Last time, King Zhao was able to exchange his own body for the people of Zhao for harm, and this time, King Zhao was able to exchange his own face for the people of Zhao for harm, which shows that King Zhao is a once-in-a-lifetime good king and deserves to be respected. ”

Dongfang Shu's evaluation of King Zhao made Shu'er fall into deep thought.

She also guessed that King Zhao did not show up or do anything this time, mostly because he was powerless. But perhaps, King Zhao trusted the Song State and the Chu State behind him to settle the Rong people, so he did not face the Rong people again.

Shu'er has recognized him as her father since she was a child, and then she has a deep relationship and a lot of friendship, how can she live up to his trust and trust? Then he asked the people, "If you say that you can speak well, why have you forgotten to count me as one?" ”