Chapter 398
Xiao Xuqi was dressed in a royal robe embroidered with purple dragon ink black, sitting lazily, half-squinting, his head slightly tilted and leaning on his hand, and the other hand rubbing the small braided on the left, proud of the envoys below.
There were three people standing beside him, the close minister Chi Xi Lidu, and Yue Yaoli, who was dressed as a man, and his father-in-law, Jiang Li, was sitting on the low table on the left side of the lower side, and five people who had the same treatment as him were also sitting next to him, namely You Jiang's animated picture Gao Yu Luoshi, but the place opposite them was still empty.
"Uncle Feng Quanli, will they come today?" Xiao Xuqi asked softly in Chi Raid's ear.
"Shi Quanli is the crown prince of the Shi family, and he should come to congratulate him." Chi Raid replied, "On the side of Fengqiu, when the little master is in trouble, he will lend a helping hand in a timely manner." The implication is that he himself will not come, but after all, his brother-in-law's son, he will definitely help in trouble.
The corners of Xiao Xu's mouth drew an arc, he stretched out his hand and quietly grabbed Yue Yaoli, fortunately, Lidu was clever enough to block this gap, and the people in the audience didn't see it, Yue Yaoli frowned, stared at Xiao Xu, and said in his eyes, "Don't make trouble, be serious!" ’
There are two reasons why the envoys of various countries came here to celebrate Xiao Xu's birthday, one is the pressure brought by Jiang Li to them, the demonstration of the troops, and the other reason is that they want to see what the kid who is now in charge of the house has some abilities, and whether his servants can do it. Therefore, these envoys came up to make things difficult for them, and the congratulatory gifts they sent had deep meanings.
"Honorable king, I am the envoy of Gu Kingdom, and my lord is fortunate to get the black jade stone to create this peerless black jade bow and dedicate it to the great king!" The tone of the envoy of the Gu State was very sincere, but the words were provocative, "I hope the king can show us the power of the black jade bow!" ”
Black jade is a rare gemstone, and its hardness is naturally not as good as Pixiu spoon gold, but its flexibility is the best among gemstones, and its weight is the heaviest among gemstones. Crafted into a bow and arrow, its toughness and hardness are well reflected.
"He's provoking the king's dignity!" You Jiang lowered his voice and said to Jiang Li, at this time, You Jiang's front seemed to be standing with Wang, after all, it was a foreign enemy who was coming to trouble, and the family fight had to stop.
Jiang Li didn't say anything, just smiled at You Jiang, his expression was calm, as if to say, 'Don't worry, that kid can handle it!' ’
"The bow surface is black and purple, the hand is clear and lubricated, and the weight is too ordinary." Xiao Luqi had already come down, walked up to the envoy of the Gu State, and leaned over to take the black jade bow.
Seeing that Xiao Xu's face did not change color and his breathing was steady, Gu Guo's envoy was surprised, "This ......" This bow and arrow is actually five times the weight of an ordinary bow and arrow, which is equivalent to half a bag of rice, Xiao Zhu Zhu held it with one hand and pulled the empty string around, "Bang", the string broke, which made Gu Guo's envoy look at Xiao Zhu like a monster, the string made of black jade, but the best and most flexible string was actually broken by this yellow-mouthed child, it was terrible, how much strength should he have! Is he really only fourteen?
Xiao Xuqi pretended to be cute and continued to explain, "This string, the whole body is still exuding a bright purple light, flexible and strong, and the sound of pulling the string is crisp and loud, but it can't help but be used, and it will break with a slight force!" ”
"This is the 331st string that the king has broken!" Lidu casually added.
Everyone present was surprised, only Jiang Li was smiling, because in his opinion, Xiao Xuqi had used all his strength, and only in the twelfth time, when he pulled the empty string, he broke it, at this time, Xiao Xuqi's hands were already full of green tendons, but no one found it hidden in his sleeves.
"It's a shame that this gift for Gu was ruined by Lone!" Xiao Xuqi looked innocent.
Gu Guo's envoy lowered his head, not daring to look at Xiao Lu Qi again, his voice trembled a little, "Since the king likes it, Gu Guo will definitely do his best to repair the black jade bow, and it will definitely be presented to the king in the near future." ”
"Good! Then you go down first. Xiao Xuqi had already sat back in his seat, and he handed over the black jade bow to Chi Xian, and there were still some blood stains on the bowstring.
Seeing all this, Yue Yaoli stepped forward to silently stop the bleeding for Xiao Xu, and from the perspective of others, it looked like she was shaking hands.
"Next!" Lidu shouted, covering the gap between Yueyaoli and Xiao Xuqi at the same time.
I saw a man come forward and kneel on the ground, "Honorable king, I am from the Youyi clan, this is the treasure that my lord obtained from the South China Sea-Xuanmo White Feather, I hope that the respected king can give advice." ”
The white feather of Xuanmo is the ink extracted from the body of a deep-sea cuttlefish, and the words written on it will disappear within a few minutes; The white feathers are taken from the gull, and their hair is so lubricated that it can hardly be stained with any ordinary ink, and only the viscous deep-sea cuttlefish juice can adhere to it, which is a problem.
Of course, Xiao Luqi saw that this congratulatory gift was unusual, and he couldn't make up his mind a little, so he kept holding the small strands of braids tightly, and he was thinking of countermeasures as quickly as possible.
"I'm in trouble now!" Jiang Li's eyes were full of worry, and You Jiang and the others were the same, thinking about how to deal with it all the time.
Suddenly, a young man with a handful of peanuts in his left hand and a ceramic bowl in his right hand came forward with a smile, "I wonder if Weichen can share the king's worries?" ”
"Hikoyu?" Xiao Lu was stunned for a moment, and looked at the envoy of the Youyi clan.
"The whole world belongs to the king, and of course if the king's servants teach you, it will be the same!" The envoy of the Nian clan thought that no one could solve his problem, and that it must be the little one who was embarrassed, so he watched the young man's burlesque with great interest.
"Okay, Yanyu, then you can start!" Xiao Xuqi's expression relaxed at this time, Yanyu's ability, he knows, this time there is a good show to watch.
Chi Xian watched silently from the side, thinking to himself, "Fengqiu, this guy, why did you send such a young boy, if you lose the face of the little master, I will want you to look good, believe it or not, I demolished your all-night pavilion!" ’
"Yes, King." Yanyu took out a handful of peanuts in his hand and smashed them with a porcelain bowl on the ground, and then saw him throw all these broken peanuts into a plate filled with Xuanmo, picked up Bai Yu and stirred it evenly, and wrote on the white paper in one go, "Long live my king!" ”
At this moment, the envoy of the Youyi clan was stunned, he couldn't laugh anymore, these broken peanuts stuck to the Xuanmo, and left them on the white characters, the Xuanmo disappeared, but the broken peanuts were still there, forming four big characters - Long live my king!
"Yes, good words, but it's a pity that the ink is on that plate!" Xiao Luqi smiled at Yan Yu and pointed in the direction of Jiang Li, "Sit." ”
Originally, only high-ranking officials, nobles, and princes of the royal family could sit in the position, and a seat was added, and Yan Yu stepped forward to sit down, and his peanuts were borrowed from Jiang Li's table.
"Next, there is Chief Shi Shi Shi to congratulate!" Outside the door, the ministers who greeted the tribes shouted.
An old man of the same age as Jiang Li slowly walked in the door, he half-knelt in front of Xiao Xu, "Respected Wang, this is a congratulatory gift from the Shi family-Wu Tiqin, and I hope that Concubine Yuan can play a song." ”
This old man is Chief Youshi, very shrewd, he saw at a glance that Concubine Yuan Yue Yaoli was present, and asked Concubine Yuan to play a song, which is really powerful, and he doesn't put the king in his eyes at all.
"Hahaha!" Xiao Luqi smiled, "Concubine Yuan is unwell today and can't attend Gu's birthday banquet, why ......don't you play music" Xiao Luqi paused, waiting for Yue Yaoli to volunteer.
"Wang, let me give it a try, although it is not as beautiful as the Yuan Concubine's performance, it can still make everyone here applaud and praise!" Yue Yaoli stepped forward to take it.
Xiao Luqi laughed even louder, "Hahaha, there are really a lot of talented people around Lonely, okay, you can go." ”
"The moon falls and the sky is full of frost", this black cry qin is the most suitable for playing sad music, and Yue Yaoli is also the best at this, she gently plucked the strings, and the intermittent music of the throat immediately drifted into everyone's ears.
Shi Shi smiled and said nothing, "This piano has already been tampered with, I want to see the broken strings, how to play the music?" ’
Yue Yaoli's best track "Moonfall Frost" is the one that needs to use the fourth string from top to bottom, and the string of "Boom" is broken.
But Yue Yaoli still didn't stop playing, Xiao Lu Gui guessed that Shi Shi's intentions were sinister early on, so he would let Yue Yaoli dress up as a man, but he didn't expect to be recognized by him again, so he could only bite the bullet, of course, Yue Yaoli didn't play "Moonfall Frost" as soon as it started, this piece was improvised by her, but the prelude was very similar to "Moonfall Frost", the moment the strings were broken, the song began to be adapted.
At the end of the song, Yue Yaoli never used that string again, "This song is my self-composed "Wu Crying Moon", I don't know how it should be compared to Concubine Shangyuan's "Moonfall Frost"? ”
"Good! It's better than anything, if Concubine Yuan is here, she will definitely become your best confidant. Xiao Xuqi praised Yue Yaoli desperately, indeed this song was very moving, and even Jiang Li, an expressionless old man, was also in tears.
"Thank you, Wang, for the compliment." Yue Yaoli retreated to the king's side.
"Chief Shi, please take a seat." Xiao Xuqi nodded at the empty spot on his right and asked Shi Shi to sit down. At this time, Shi Shi's face was already very bad, and he just responded in a low voice, "Yes." ”
Immediately below is the chief son of the Shang tribe, he looked at Xiao Xuqi affectionately, sighed, the congratulatory gift he gave was relatively ordinary, a pink jade necklace of very common color, and he did not deliberately make things difficult for Xiao Xu.
There is an envoy of the Tai clan (that is, the Zhou tribe), who is Jiang Li's son Jiang Jiu, and the congratulatory gift is also very ordinary. Yu Shun's descendants, Yao Zhuzi, the prince of the Yu family, also came, and saw Xiaokui sitting on the throne, although he was surprised, but it did not manifest on the surface, because this time coming to the court is an important thing, and he can't play around. And the descendants of the Shennong clan did not show up because of the decline.
The main deceit, ginger wine, Yao Zhuzi, they all sat in the right position, the same as Shi Shi.
The princes and envoys such as Ge Bokun and Wu Guo Feng Wei also presented congratulatory gifts one after another, and from time to time they would make things difficult for Xiao Xu, but they were all successfully perfunctory by him.
"The last one, the monarch of the Xue Kingdom, Lai Zhu, has arrived." There was another sound outside the door.
Lai Zhu, known as Zhong Yu, has excellent wisdom and is best at arranging troops, I wonder what kind of surprise he will bring to the king?
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