Chapter 7: The Opening of the Gong
Sugawara Qiongzi was a little nervous, picked up the wine glass and took a sip of fruit wine, this sweet drink squeezed from fresh lychees, which is particularly popular among the ladies of Yidu nowadays. The ladies of various provinces like to mix some green plum stuffed in it, and the taste becomes sour and sweet, coupled with the excitement of secretly drinking wine, the little daughter of the private party often blushes and has a pretty face, a small pot of fruit wine, a large plate of sunflower seeds, can be chatting for an afternoon.
The princess of the island country who came from thousands of miles was a little unaccustomed to the drink of her daughter in Yangcheng, she still felt that the mountain spring scooped with bamboo tubes on the autumn leaves was more refreshing, although now the amber liquid in the cup moistened her lips, smoothed down her throat, and gushed out from the tip of her nose, but Qiongzi felt that the taste was too pretentious, far less natural than the scent of wildflowers in the spring water in her hometown.
Putting down the wine glass, Qiongzi once again looked around with the corner of her eye, and the luxury of Yu Chao always shocked her. In the old country, although the royal family was also extremely respected, but it had never built such a majestic royal city, let alone these complicated rules, the poverty of the island country and the hardship of the widows, so that the simple and practical fashion was widely practiced in the country.
Unwilling to show a curious and envious look, Qiongzi wrapped the cherry blossom-colored robe tightly, knelt on the puff cushion, and the upper body was straight, and the back, waistline and hips outlined a wonderful arc, attracting many peeks from the princes and princes of the Bai family. Qiongzi combed the traditional bun of her hometown, her meticulous sideburns were pasted with goose green flower yellow, and with the deliberately heavy lip line, she really had the majesty of a princess of a country, but the fine sweat on the tip of her nose and her reddish little face made her more pretty.
Glancing at the younger brother Tail Leaf next to her, Qiongzi couldn't help but sigh. Since the younger brother entered the Yu Dynasty, he has been looking all the way, amazed all the way, and made some jokes from time to time, such as seeing the Dayulou boat as a floating mountain wall on the water, and treating Wanzhou Daze as the legendary Beihai. Now looking at the Bai boy and the giant head of the white bull on the bronze bird platform, he is amazed again.
"Princess Qiongzi, this is a special white cow from Shuofang in my northern Xinjiang, it is a sacred object for the royal family to worship the heavens and pray for blessings, today the princess came to the court, Shaoxian hunted such a huge white bull king, it can be seen that it is stained with the eternal blessings of the diplomatic relations between the two countries!" Today, the Taiqing Palace held a banquet, which was intended to unite the royal family of the Friendship State. This time, the chief executive of the mission of the island country, Ping Jinshi, was busy preparing for tomorrow's pilgrimage to meet the emperor of the Yu Dynasty, so he did not attend the banquet. Compared to Prince Tail, who is only fourteen or fifteen years old, the dignified Princess Qiongzi is obviously the lord of the island alliance here. The emperor who sat on the dragon chair just accompanied the emperor to see the excitement, and those older princes of the Bai family just came to see the freshness, just now after the old master Cao talked about Wu Xuanwei, the host of the banquet and the interaction were handed over to the young dignitaries of the two countries, so Bai Qianyu mentioned the words.
"It really opened Qiongzi's eyes, Dayu is worthy of being the heavenly kingdom of the Celestial Empire, the vastness of the territory, the abundance of products, the wealth of the people, the prosperity of the market, the grace of the time, and the blessing of the location, all of which I am not far behind the Zhou Island League. Princess Qiongzi's voice had a unique rhythm, in which the stiff and flat was softened by the gentle and quiet aura, she first praised the magnificence of the Da Yu Dynasty, but then rose and fell, "However, if you talk about Zhong Lingyu's beautiful gathering of people, I am not inferior to the Yu Dynasty." Although the four islands of our alliance are only thousands of people, far less than the thousands of people in Kyushu in the Yu Dynasty, there are not only a few dragons and phoenixes among the people. In his words, he said that the Zhou Island League was especially better than the people and the way.
"Oh~" The second prince, Bai Qianqi, put down the dismembered crab, picked up Bai Juan and wiped his fingers, and said slowly: "In this way, the princess came to Yiyang City and entered the Taiqing Palace, and the people on the left and right are all from the island country? With a wave of his sleeves, the imposing second prince invited to fight.
"Good, good, when it is, when it is. Prince Tail Ye clapped his hands in agreement, and Qiongzi pinched his arrogant younger brother with his fingertips from under the case, and said calmly, "Since the second prince is invited, of course Qiongzi accompanies him." Two competitions, one article and one martial arts, the prosperity of Dayu's cultural context is exactly what our island league admires, and Wenbi can only be regarded as a performance or an ugly performance, and it can be placed in the latter one. This is the first game, so it's better to come to the martial arts competition first. Yokozuna, attend!" The princess of the island country said eloquently, but the last sentence was slightly murderous.
"Hai!" Prince Otaba specially placed a long-legged square table behind him, and the shirtless and fat shaved samurai sat cross-legged on the ground, his chest was already on the edge of the table, and he was burying his big head in the table, nibbling on a golden crispy suckling pig at a speed visible to the naked eye, his body happened to be hidden in the shadow of the palace pillar, and from a distance, the black silhouette was like a trembling mountain of meat.
Hearing the princess's call, Yokozuna hurriedly responded, threw the last leg bone into his mouth and chewed it, standing up on the floor, "Knock~Knock~", like a mammoth's giant foot shaking the ground, Roshan came out from behind the pillar. He was nearly nine feet tall, with a waist circumference of six feet, and his shaky belly was shiny, compared to this island warrior, Qi Manfu, who was in the corner of the outer palace, was really a slender person. The Roshan samurai had a bare head, only a pigtail hung down on the back of his head, and his round fat face was full of childishness, and he was not very old.
"It's amazing, it's amazing! This body has a strong blood and can't catch up with a first-class master!" Qin Boji on the academy side was secretly speechless.
"It's just that the blood is vigorous, and the martial arts are not necessarily outstanding, do you still have to see a lot of meat in a fight? Killing pigs and cooking is almost the same!" the layman Liu Buyu sneered.
"You guys know a fart, the word "Henggang" is not a name at all, but a title, the highest-level samurai assessed by the officials of the Island League will be named "Hengzuna", I just don't know how this person ranks in the 'Hengzuna' of this generation, but he is also a second-grade little master in martial arts!" Qin Boji frothed and showed off his knowledge. The blind boy faithfully played the role of his own blind man, listening quietly, watching secretly, without saying a word.
At this time, Roshan had already walked to the center of the Tongque Terrace with a snort, and in just a few zhang distance, he was tired and sweaty, and the water droplets flowed down his layers of horizontal flesh, dripping on the brass ground, "dingding" sound.
"Cut, just this stupid appearance, is it still a master in your mouth, is a master so worthless?" Liu Gangfu and Qin Mangfu have always been at odds with each other, and questioned Qin Boji's assertion.
"Look at yourself with your blind eyes, oh, I'm sorry, Master Meng, I don't mean you! Liu gluttony, you are a professional in watching the fire and spooning, and I am a professional in appreciating martial arts. Wait a minute, you can see for yourself!" There is a lively scene to see, and Qin Boji does not want to be verbose with Liu Buyu, and his eyes have long been fixed on Tongquetai.
At this time, the princess of the island country spoke, "Yokozuna, His Royal Highness the Second Prince has already ordered, let you choose your own opponent, then pick one, right?" After finishing speaking, he looked at the anxious Bai clan disciples playfully, and glanced at the second prince as if demonstrating.
The second prince was calm, ignoring others, and competed with an old clam on the plate. He first slammed the hard shell with the knuckle of his index finger, smashed a small hole in two blows, and then poured the juice into it, shook it gently, and when the fresh meat and spicy juice were mixed together, he took a small sip and sucked it violently, and in an instant he got a mouth full of deliciousness. I couldn't help but squint my eyes and enjoy it.
Seeing that the second prince didn't show fear, Qiongzi didn't care, but just nodded to Yokozuna on the stage.
Yokozuna first bowed shallowly, but there was no way, he was too fat, and he really couldn't bend his waist.
Then he pointed to the ugly tiger beside Wan Lang who was looking at Bai Qiyue in a daze, and said, "I want to compete with this brother who carries the Ding?"
The other Bai clan's disciples couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, otherwise, in the face of such an inhuman Roshan monster, who would dare to say that they could get off the stage without a shortage of words?
Bai Shaoxian didn't react, still looking at Bai Qiyue in a daze.
Bai Qianji had long been impatient with the ugly tiger's staring, and couldn't help but shout angrily: "Ugly monster, do you dare to fight? If you don't dare, you should go home and be a sick cat, right?"
In the face of Princess July's ridicule, Bai Shaoxian was neither angry nor annoyed, but laughed twice with "hehe", and then looked back at the already somewhat restrained military head of the island country and the young man Yokozuna on the stage, his face was already full of anger. He didn't speak, but stood up, twisted his arms, rolled his eyes, and walked towards the Bronze Bird Terrace.