Peng Yuanqing saw that the King of Chu had a cold face, knowing that he was unhappy, he was even more respectful, "The prince forgives the sin, it is not that the lower officials intend to find out the identity of the prince." But today's subordinates of the lower officials inadvertently saw the nine-dragon ring pearl jade pendant worn by the prince, this nine-dragon ring pearl jade pendant was given to the prince by Emperor Xiaojing, and there were skilled craftsmen engraved with the word "Jue" on it, which is well known, so the lower official guessed that the person wearing the jade pendant was the prince of Chu. Xia Guan once met the prince by chance, and the prince was a dragon and a phoenix, which was unforgettable. ”

Xiao Junjue glanced at the jade pendant on his waist, it was he who was careless and exposed this.

"This king passed through this place to do some business, and he did not want to alarm anyone. Xiao Junjue's face was slightly pale.

Peng Yuanqing bowed, "The prince is a model for my generation to learn. It's just that since you have come here, if the lower officials pretend not to know, I am afraid that they will be sluggish. Xia Guan has prepared wine and food at home, and respectfully invites the prince to come. He raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Junjue, "And there are still some recruitment matters to ask the prince for advice." ”

"Respectfully invite the prince of Chu. A group of officials behind sang in unison.

Such a huge formation made Xiao Junjue dissatisfied, and at the same time set him up.

is so mighty, even if he wants to hide his identity in a low-key manner.

"Well, then, the king will change his clothes, and then he will go with you. ”

Rong Zhao was sitting in the inner room, and he also heard the movement outside, so he took a piece of clothing and changed it for him, "Why is it so coincidental that he was recognized by his people." ”

"Maybe it's a coincidence. Xiao Junjue had doubts in his heart, but he couldn't help but go under the pretext of asking for advice on recruitment.

Suddenly, Xiao Junjue opened the door, Peng Yuanqing glanced at Rong Zhao, hesitated, and asked, "Who is this?"

Xiao Junjue said simply: "This is the king's guard." ”

Rong Zhao was still dressed in men's clothes, following behind Xiao Junjue. She painted her eyebrows thicker, and her eyebrows were crossed into her sideburns, adding a bit of heroism.

Xiao Junjue raised her eyebrows, "What's the matter?"

Peng Yuanqing hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, of course I can, but the lower officials think that the prince is traveling alone, and the prince is invited." "Raise your hands and get out of the way.

Rong Zhao followed behind Xiao Junjue, and when he passed by Pengzhi County, his eyes paused slightly, and he stopped on his body before following Xiao Junjue.

As the lord of a county, Peng Yuanqing's mansion is naturally not shabby, and even such regulations far exceed the regulations that a county government should have.

The closer he got inside, the more uneasy Rong Zhao's heart became, and he always felt that today's dinner was not so simple.

Xiao Junjue also had such concerns, he glanced sideways at Rong Zhao and gave her a reassuring look.

"Lord Wang, please take a seat. Peng Yuanqing raised his hand and invited Xiao Junjue to sit down.

Xiao Junjue didn't refuse, and walked straight up, Rong Zhao, as his guard, was naturally by his side.

Rong Zhao was extremely vigilant, holding a sword in his hand, his eyes slid over the faces of the people at the banquet one by one, observing their every move, especially Peng Yuanqing.

Maybe it's because her gaze is too sharp for people to ignore. Peng Yuanqing took a look at him, and asked someone to make a small table and put it beside Xiao Junjue, "The prince's guards will sit with us." ”

Rong Zhao arched his hand and said in a serious voice: "The duty of the subordinates is to protect His Royal Highness the King of Chu, thank you Lord Peng for your trouble." ”

Xiao Junjue had a smile on her lips, pretending to be quite similar.

Seeing this, Peng Yuanqing no longer persuaded him, let people serve wine and food, and invited singing and dancing to cheer up.

Xiao Junjue pursed her lips imperceptibly, already unhappy in her heart.

"It is a blessing for the lower officials to be able to invite the King of Chu to come, is the prince here to recruit troops?" Peng Yuanqing sat under Xiao Junjue, had already stood up before, said a few words, and toasted a few glasses of wine.

Xiao Junjue's fingers rubbed on the edge of the wine glass, a small county order, the cup used to invite guests to eat wine turned out to be glass, and he was not the only one who used this kind of glass cup, Xiao Junjue glanced at it roughly, and saw that the cups used by everyone were made of this material.

Xiao Junjue let out a faint "um", and asked him instead, "King Wei told this king that the recruitment began a month ago, why hasn't you recruited soldiers to send to the front line in Wanhai County after this month?"

Peng Yuanqing hesitated, his eyes dodged, he smiled dryly, and put on a sad face, "Lord Wang doesn't know, there are many people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and this recruitment list has been sent out for a month, but there are very few people who come to join the army, and the lower officials are also worried, for fear of delaying the major events of King Wei and the prince." However, the prince can rest assured that within seven days, the lower officials will definitely send all the recruited soldiers to Songcheng. ”

Rong Zhao sneered in his heart, and pushed it all to the people's greed for life and fear of death, she went to join the army, and the recruiter had a bad attitude, so he asked when she could leave, and asked her to wait. She sees, it is not the key to whether or not to recruit soldiers, the key is that the county order does not want people to join the army, and it is a waste of time.

Rong Zhao squinted his eyes and looked at Xiao Junjue.

I saw a sneer on the corner of Xiao Junjue's mouth, and said: "Joining the army is a voluntary thing, why bother to force people? It's just that this king passed by the recruitment office today, and he also saw many people lining up to join the army, why did Lord Peng say that there was no one?"

Peng Yuanqing opened his mouth, and it was difficult to answer for a while, and his master helped him reply: "Lord Wang doesn't know, it's just that there are many people who come to see the excitement, but there are few people who join the army." ”

Peng Yuanqing nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes." ”

Xiao Junjue looked abrupt, Peng Yuanqing quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but heard the king of Chu say again: "Yes, if you change to this king, when you go to join the army, you see those arrogant officials, and you don't want to join the army." Even if he doesn't care about those officials, but looking at those tables that can dig out the eighteen generations of his ancestors, this king is troublesome. Moreover, there are a few literate and hyphenated people in Pingtou, is this move not based on reality?"

Generally, you only need to write your name, age and home address to make it easy to find, but Peng Yuanqing asked people to send out a questionnaire to ask even the name and place of origin of your ancestors.

Peng Yuanqing heard the dissatisfaction between the words of the King of Chu, and hurriedly stood up, "It's because the lower officials are not thoughtful, and I ask the prince to punish him." ”

The master and the county order are grasshoppers on a rope, how can they sit still, "The prince forgives the sin, Lord Peng is afraid that there will be small people mixed into the team, and I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the prince in the future, so everything must be investigated clearly and dare not be negligent." ”

This is a good statement, in his words, not only did Master Peng not pass, but he had merit, this is to strangle sin in the cradle, what a dedication.

Xiao Junjue's narrow phoenix eyes flashed faintly, and she said meaningfully: "It's still Lord Peng's delicate mind." "Anyway, let him sit down.

Peng Yuanqing showed sincerity and fear, "The prince praises falsely." He laughed again and again, and asked the maid to fill Xiao Junjue's cup and persuade him to drink.

"Xia Guan heard that the prince likes to listen to the piano, so he specially invited the most famous qin lady in Wanhai County to cheer the prince. As he spoke, he clapped his hands, and saw a woman in white walking in gracefully outside the door.

The piano had been set up in the hall, and the woman saluted Xiao Junjue and sat down to stroke the piano.

Xiao Junjue does have a hobby of listening to the piano, and she will invite the pianist to listen to it for a while, Rong Zhao learned a lot of things at the beginning of her career, but only the piano, because she was pregnant with Rong Wan at that time, Rong Wan was good at the piano, so she would never touch it.

The strings are on the tips of the woman's fingers, like spring water in a mountain stream, flowing slowly, flowing into people's hearts, listening to the sound of the piano in their ears, there is a feeling of relaxation and joy in their hearts, and even Xiao Junjue raised her head and looked over.

Rong Zhao raised his foot and kicked Xiao Junjue, his eyes threatened him, where to look!

Xiao Junjue coughed lightly, swallowed a smile, and took a sip of wine.

Rong Zhao glared at the woman who stroked the qin, scratched his head and made a gesture, shameless!

The problem is that people are well-behaved, and they didn't even glance at Xiao Junjue, and they were cut by Rong Zhao in his heart.

"Allure girl is really good. ”

"Good looks, good piano skills. ”

The people below are full of appreciation.

After the song, the woman got up, Peng Yuanqing applauded, and people gave a reward.

The maid beside the woman took the money, and the woman bowed to Peng Yuanqing and Xiao Junjue, and said, "I heard that the king of Chu is superb, I don't know if the people can ask for advice." She pointed to the piano.

What do you ask, don't you just want to seduce? Hmph! Rong Zhao bit the back socket of his teeth sour.

Xiao Junjue's eyes moved, and her deep gaze extended on the woman, and the afterglow swept over the faces of the officials.

"Good. Rong Zhaozheng cursed the little woman, not to mention that she was here, even if she wasn't here, Xiao Junjue didn't dare, but she heard Xiao Junjue's voice slip into her cochlea.

She stared at him in disbelief, Xiao Junjue, you dare!

Xiao Junjue looked at her, and pressed Rong Zhao's finger when she turned sideways, and her voice was like a mosquito sound, "Hurry up and get out of the city." ”

It was as if it were an illusion at that moment, if it weren't for the pain in the fingers.

Rong Zhao was aware of the danger, and although she was worried about Xiao Junjue, she knew that if she stayed, it would only become a burden for him, and he would be able to escape by himself.

Taking advantage of everyone's eyes looking at the King of Chu and the woman, Rong Zhao left quietly.

She is now just a guard of the King of Chu, and no one cares where she goes. knocked out a mother-in-law who was looking at the back door, searched for the key from her, and escaped.

Rong Zhao ran back to the inn, took the salute, and was about to lead the horse out of the city, but just as he was about to leave, he met Songbei and Songnan head-on.

"Princess, where is the prince?" Songbei asked when he saw that there was only the princess.

Rong Zhao hurriedly told Xiao Junjue how he was invited by the county order of Wanhai County.

"Songnan, you take care of the princess here, and the rest of you follow me to save the princess. Songbei left Rongzhao to Songnan to take care of, and went straight to the county mansion with a group of people.

Songnan waited for Songbei to leave, and then said: "Princess, let's hurry up and get on the horse, go out of the city and wait for the prince in the Star Dou Pavilion." ”

Rong Zhao looked at the direction where Songbei was going, thought about it, nodded, and followed Songnan out of the city to the Star Dou Pavilion.