Chapter 1 The first day of entering Zhao

Half a month later, Zhou Chang had taken Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, to the state of Zhao north of the Yellow River. As soon as he arrived at the city of Zhao State, he saw hundreds of Zhao ministers in the order of respect and humility at the gate of the city to greet each other, some of the high-ranking officials of Zhao State hurriedly came over to personally drive and lead the horses for King Zhao and Zhao Xiang Zhou Chang, and only saw a bright smile on his face, not only did he bend his knees and commanded his subordinates to quickly comfort the soldiers who came from afar in Guanzhong, and suddenly those officials and subordinates also learned from the flattery of their masters and rushed to lead the soldiers in Guanzhong, and they were proud of it. Seeing this, Zhou Chang's face was full of disgust and disgust, and he didn't care about these greetings at all, but instead noticed some officials who were always humbly bowed at the city gate and bowed their heads to greet them respectfully, and immediately divided Zhao Chen into categories in his heart.

Zhou Chang was just about to dismount, but the official who led the horse for him smiled at him and bent down on the ground to act as a horse front stone, "Zhou Xiang can step on a certain back." Zhou Chang stopped and was stunned, and looked at King Zhao, who was side by side with him, had already been lying on a middle-aged fat man before driving, and the words in his mouth were similar to what the person who was a stone before his horse said, only changing his name Zhou Xiang to King Zhao. Zhou Chang is upright and upright, and he doesn't like this kind of person to grovel, and thinks that the eldest husband should be masculine and brave, upright and generous, not related to relatives, and not flattering, as a subordinate courtier, he should be respectful rather than flattering. Zhou Chang stepped on him and dismounted without showing his face and deliberately stepped on it hard, smelling the pain of the person lying on his stomach 'hissing' and endured it, Zhou Chang chuckled and asked him, "Male, does it hurt?" "No, it doesn't hurt, I'm willing to serve Zhou Xiang." The man got up from the ground and patted the dirt on his body roughly, but he still smiled, and he didn't see any pain. Zhou Chang gave him the reins of the horse and asked, "What is the public office?" "A servant is a servant." Zhou Chang's eyes lit up, thinking about no wonder he was so active, he nodded slightly and looked at the person lying in front of King Zhao's car and asked, "That's the servant?" The man smiled and said 'um', but Zhou Chang became extremely serious.

King Zhao lifted the curtain and looked around at the city wall of Zhao Kingdom, which was several zhang high, and hung with flags, and the guards stood on the city wall with majestic and majestic halberds, and the serious and upright body was no worse than the guards of Chang'an, and then looked at the moat chaotic and leisurely flowing but could not look to the end, and saw that Zhao Chen, who was respectfully bowed at the gate of the city, was also loyal and obedient as the courtiers of Chang'an. Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, actually learned Liu Bang's tone and said, "Zhao Guoxiong!" After saying that, he giggled, got out of the car and was about to step on the fat man's back to get out of the car, then Zhou Chang shouted, "King Zhao, slow down-" Zhou Chang was already in front of King Zhao when he spoke. King Zhao sat on the side of the car and asked with black eyes, "What's the matter?" Zhou Chang solemnly arched his hand and said, "Fang Caichen made a big mistake and arrogantly stepped on Zhao Chen's dismount, shook his body and patted the earth, but he heard that the person who the minister stepped on was one of the nine Qing's servants, the official and the servant, and I heard that the ministers of Zhao State have always been respectful, fair and straightforward, but the ministers have no eyes and stepped on the virtuous ministers. His Royal Highness King Zhao has always loved sages, so do you still step on sages and get off? Zhou Chang's words embarrassed the servant and the servant, and the servant who was holding the reins of the horse never dared to raise his head again, but the servant lying on the ground was blushing to the root of his ears, and his hands were left on the ground with ten deep finger marks.

King Zhao drooped his head and looked at the fat man on the ground, how he didn't look like a sage, he shook his head, and asked with a smile on his face, "Is Qing's words wrong?" But the widow thought he was groveling, and he really told me to step on his back and get out of the car. Zhou Chang picked up the fat servant, patted his back to King Zhao and said, "The minister's mistake is also, when the road rests, the minister will His Royal Highness's horse stone as a seat to rest, and when he left, he forgot to take it, when the minister was embarrassed, the servant said that he was willing to be the horse stone for His Royal Highness to step on." The minister felt that even the monarch and the minister should be courteous, and suddenly remembered that there was an iron box on the family car, so he used it as a horse before the stone. How is it? King Zhao pondered for a while and then became ashamed of the servant in front of him, and said to Zhou Chang, "If there is no Qing, the widow will also commit a crime." Qing doesn't need to bother, it's easier for the widow to jump down by himself, isn't it? While speaking, King Zhao had already jumped in front of Zhou Chang, who was stunned, and smiled, "I missed half a day when I spoke, and I was hungry." Zhou Chang smiled gently when he was stunned, and asked King Zhao to take a step forward, and the Guanzhong soldiers and Zhao Chen both supported King Zhao to enter the palace. Zhou Chang walked past the servant and the servant and whispered, "The courtier should not be rude." Between the two of them grabbing the back of their heads in embarrassment, Zhou Chang followed King Zhao with his head held high. When he arrived at the gate of the city, he was polite to many ministers one by one, and was invited into the palace of King Zhao.

As the night rolls in, the western sky reflects a beautiful sunset. The palace of King Zhao was full of jubilation, and the sound of drums, singing, laughter, and clinking glasses came out of the hall from time to time, all of which were friendly to the arrival of King Zhao. King Zhao sat on the main table eating delicious food and listened to the praise of the ministers of Zhao Guoqun, and watched the beautiful dancing girl dance in fluttering clothes. Although it is not as grand as Chang'an, it is surrounded by everyone's sweet words, and King Zhao is only eight or nine years old and is very fluttering, and he can't resist others who have been toasting to himself, and King Zhao, who has never been able to drink, has already turned red after three glasses and two glasses, and his cheeks have already turned red, and he giggles drunk and hazy but doesn't say anything. That Zhou Chang wanted to persuade Zhao Wang Nian to drink inconveniently, but he was also surrounded by many courtiers around him, everyone was only happy to toast him politely, and he could only eat one cup after another, Zhou Chang did not dare to leave the young Xiao Zhao Wang, seeing that Zhao Wang was already drunk but not easy to push but enthusiastic, when he said a reason to protect Zhao Wang, the young and unbearable Zhao Wang had already 'dang long-' drunk on the case, with mellow wine in his mouth, and his cheeks were red, Drunken smiled and drunken gestured to the hand, "Mother, wishful...... The widow drinks...... Drink, good wine......" Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of snoring. Zhou Chang beckoned over, and two eunuchs sent King Zhao to the inner palace to rest.

After a banquet, everyone said goodbye and Zhou Chang staggered back drunk. Zhou Chang gave a few words to the deacon officials in charge of the banquet and then returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion. In the prime minister's house, Zhou Chang's family members came out to greet him in person, smelling him all over the body, Mrs. Zhou had already asked someone to prepare a sobering soup and personally brought it to Zhou Chang to drink, Zhou Chang drank it soon but vomited, Mrs. Zhou stroked his back and scolded him, "Is it hard to drink?" Let's see who is willing to serve you soup in the future. Zhou Chang drank the soup and was already half drunk, took the towel handed by the maid and wiped the scum on his mouth, and smiled at his wife, "It's all entertainment, it's all entertainment, and the wife doesn't care about it." Mrs. Zhou's loving and resentful Bai glanced at Zhou Chang, and sat opposite Zhou Chang, drooping her face and continuing to say coquettishly, "Ahhhhh Do you think you're sorry for me? The concubine doesn't manage it for long, but I'm afraid that you won't be able to find your home. Zhou Chang saw that his wife was a little angry, but he laughed, and suddenly his face turned solemnly and said in shame, "You have been with me for many years, and you have only suffered from running around, so you are ashamed." Mrs. Zhou was slightly stunned, there was no resentment or resentment on her face, a virtuous and docile had already hit her cheeks, grabbed Zhou Chang's right hand and comforted with a smile, "The wild goose flies north, and it is not alone." Zhou Chang was stunned for a moment and then looked at his wife and nodded gratefully and smiled, Mrs. Zhou compared their trip to Zhao to the two wild geese flying north, the wild goose is an infatuated animal, and the end of the world will follow each other and refuse to leave one of them. Zhou Chang knew the meaning of his wife's words and smiled gratefully.

"Madam, didn't anyone send a large number of slips to the mansion?" Mrs. Zhou fell into a continuous friendship, soft and gentle, but Zhou Chang suddenly changed the conversation and waited for Mrs. Zhou's reply with wide eyes. "Yes, he said that you sent it, and I sent it in the east hall." Mrs. Zhou's eyes lit up as she spoke, and she leaned over to Zhou Chang and complained unhappily, "Does the husband want to see Jian Mu again?" Zhou Chang nodded. Mrs. Zhou got up and shook her sleeves and said angrily, "It's only the first day of coming, why should my husband be in a hurry?" Zhou Chang smiled, "Don't be lenient in your family, I went to the East Hall, Mrs. brought a cup of tea, and then went to sleep, don't wait." Zhou Chang smiled and patted Mrs. Zhou's shoulder, then put on a single coat and strode to the East Hall.

Mrs. Zhou sent a cup of tea to the East Hall, leaned over and looked at the slip in Zhou Chang's hand but couldn't understand it, the slip was about the economy, military, government and many other contents of the Zhao State, seeing that the sky was deep, Mrs. Zhou was so sleepy that she yawned and couldn't stand it anymore, so she went back to the house to rest. Zhou Chang dismissed the servants, leaving only a scholar who added oil, only with a warm tea, a yellow lamp to concentrate on the tireless look at the slip, when the night was late, Zhou Chang was not sleepy, looking at the content of the slip in his hand or smiled happily or frowned or nodded again and again or angry, put his satisfied slip on the left side, and put the dissatisfied on the right, the oil in the oil bowl was added and added, and finally the scholar fell asleep on the case next to him. Until the ugly time, Zhou Chang actually read the dozens of important volumes of the slips sent one by one, and then he no longer had the energy to walk, just got up from the mat and felt dizzy, and after a while, it was good again, and he untied the single clothes and covered the scholar, and Zhou Chang fell asleep on the simple couch in the east hall.