Chapter 146: Chu State 34
Bright daylight, Chu Nu stroked the qin.
The endless sound of the warbler flowed with the vibration of the ten strings, low, like the clear spring water of white jade.
"The river is surging, the horses' hooves are clattering, and the birds are clattering. Birds. ”
The elder of the Qu family shook his head, closed his eyes, and said, "The Qin State is a big bird, standing in the east, the southwest of the Zhao State on the left, Yan Ying of our Chu State on the right, and the South Korea and Wei State are facing it. ”
"If you want to hang your head in China, its topography is advantageous, the terrain is convenient, as long as you spread your wings and soar, you can sweep 3,000 miles."
In the middle, there is a huge crane-shaped silver and copper ice storage Jijian, with a dragon head and phoenix tail coiled on the cover.
Elder Jing picked up the spoon with the ring-shaped handle and scooped the ice.
The elder of the Zhao family next to him had sparse hair and was as thin as dry bones, and said, "Seeing that there are six birds, why don't the king use the saint as a bow and the warrior as an arrow, and shoot at the right time, these six birds will all go into the king's bag." ”
Qu Jia: "Did you shoot it?" ”
Chewing ice cubes in his mouth, the Jing family hesitated, shook his head and said, "For a while, no." ”
The Qu family asked the Zhao family: "What about you?" ”
The Zhao family did not drink or eat, praying to be separated from the body and ascend to the immortal road, and now he was sitting on a huge turtle shell, dazed and ambiguous, and angry: "I am old, I don't know anything."
The Jing family scooped another spoonful of ice cubes and said with a slight smile: "There are no warriors, saints, how can you say that you can shoot birds and shoot birds?" Can't shoot, can't shoot. ”
"The Seven Heroes stand together, confront the Central Plains, the east is the Qi State, the west is the Qin State, the south is Chu, the north is Yan, Wei, Han, Zhao, it was swallowed up in the blink of an eye, in the past few years, everything has been empty, the old man really blinked, and he was like watching the lights."
The Jing family immediately said: "Isn't there still a Qi country, as long as Qi and Chu join forces, don't worry"
"King Qi is back to you?" The Qu family sneered.
"Nope."
"Raised in the deep palace, long in the hands of women."
The furrow face of the Qu family was bronzened by the sun, "Indecisive, I'm afraid that even a chicken is trembling and doesn't dare to kill, how can he dare to disobey the bone-splitting tiger wolf, if he really dares to reply to your letter, hum, the old man is gone." ”
The confused Zhao family drooped his skull and snorted: "It's useless, there are saints coming, warriors coming, it's useless for anyone to come." ”
Chu Nu is still playing the ten-stringed piano, with slender jade hands, delicate and charming.
Outside the window, the hundred-year-old trees rustle in the wind, and the delicate and magnificent architectural silhouettes seem to be slowly blown there by extremely blunt knives.
The Jing family drank cup after cup of Qiong Jelly and Jade Liquid, and snorted coldly: "Tianzhi Ming ghost, the Qin people are so cruel, and the King of Qin is so vicious, even if I turn into a ghost, I will cut off his feet, draw his tendons, and gnaw his flesh, so that he will never be able to live beyond his life!" ”
"I didn't let you die."
Qu Jia said, "Xiang Liang's 600,000 army is confronting the 600,000 army of Qin, whether it is victory or defeat has not yet been decided. ”
"Victory!" The Jing family was categorical, raised his wine glass, and said in a long voice, "The old man has already cooked three hundred boys and girls alive to sacrifice to the heavens, and the heavens will be moved by my great Chu's sincerity and protect the Chu people, and this battle will be a complete victory!" ”
Qu Jia said: "Xiang Liang and the 600,000 army of the Qin State are still facing each other. ”
"It's still a standoff."
He pondered, "This seems to be some kind of art of war, called. . . Sun Tzu's technique of using soldiers, anyway, is like a prescription, only scratching the epidermis, not the inside, what is the use. ”
"How long?"
"It's been almost five months."
"It's been almost five months, during which there have been countless sieges, and they haven't been defeated yet, but these 600,000 troops can all be held in his hands, and they cost countless amounts of money a day."
Qu Jia's chest rose and fell and said angrily, "I heard that the main force was not dispatched at all, what is this Liang Wo doing outside, is it to step on the 600,000 soldiers of the Chu State to go to the sky to pick up the stars?!" ”
The Jing family was silent.
After he was silent for a while, he said: "The Qin State has traveled a long way, and our Chu family's soldiers can't move a finger of them, and they hold weapons, grain and grass, and respond to every call. ”
Hesitantly, "The old man heard that the city fang cloth said, this Liang is afraid of the tigers and wolves of the Qin State, and he doesn't dare to really fight, because he is anti-willing." ”
The strings played by the dancing girl are inextricably linked, and the yellow sun that is seduced by the bead curtain is silent.
Qu Jia looked at him straightly: "I'm afraid that you have fallen into the Qin State's divisive plan." ”
"This Liang has an army of 600,000 people, that's 600,000 big mouths, and we are constantly transporting goods, weapons and food, and stepping on the blood and sweat of our Qu Jingzhao and some loyal people, he has never felt distressed at all."
The Jing family sat on their backs and said, "Regardless of whether they are separated or not, the Xiang family is getting stronger and stronger, and the three of us are getting weaker and weaker, not to mention, today's king, but the Xiang family raised their arms and ascended to the throne." ”
The Qu family closed his eyes: "The Xiang family is just a group of reckless barbarians, and the old man won't give him a chance." ”
Anyway.
Outside, a tall guard announced: "Tell you, my lords, the king has been attacked in Xianle Fang outside the palace." ”
The piano music inside kept non-stop, Qu Jia closed his eyes, clapped his hands on his knees and counted the beats, Jing Jia drank too much, frowning and rubbing his uncomfortable stomach.
The lonely old Zhao family trembled and rubbed the non-existent eye feces and asked, "What about the king, what's wrong?" ”
"Lord Hui Zhao, the king is fine."
That's humane.
"It's fine, oh, it's fine."
The man said again: "Shao Si ordered to say, the goddess is in Chu, and now the goddess is in the palace." ”
Everything seemed to stand still.
The air was whispering until it exploded, and the drowsy Zhao family, who was seeking immortals, suddenly stood up, and his face was full of excitement and almost wanted to kneel, "What! You say that the gods are gods. ”
He almost fainted, lying on the ground, his ass arched.
The Qu family of the Jing family looked at each other, and the Jing family asked with a red face, "Really?" ”
The Qu family sneered: "Get a goddess out, that old thing, come to be a demon at such a juncture, escape the world?" The old man may not see it. ”
"If it's true, our Chu country has always been protected by thousands of gods."
Jing excitedly paced left and right, pointing to the guards and said, "It must be the effect of the old man's three hundred boys and girls, moving the heavens, go, go, go and see!" ”
*
Bai Tao was imprisoned in the tower of Chu Palace by Shao Si.
The hand is bound to the god chain, the outside is the auspicious clouds, thousands of birds and phoenixes, playing an ethereal and solemn and beautiful sound.
In an attempt to attract the residence and pity of the gods, an endless stream of nobles and scholars of the Chu State came to kneel and worship.
She was dressed as a god in the hearts of the Chu people.
He sat high on the altar.
Watching them bow down and listen to their desires.
The human heart is so barren and absurd.
Joy, anger, sorrow, thought, sadness, fear, and shock. Blowing the pursuit of wealth, status, beauty, and dignity is the most upside-down human ethics and the most vicious storm.
They screamed and prayed in their hearts, proclaiming to the heavens and the gods of all directions, turning into blood-stained swords, and they could not even be satisfied with slaughtering all over the wilderness.
The old man with the fire pattern cane was the young master of the Chu State.
He created an auspicious momentum for her.
to deceive the Chu people.
Maybe it doesn't matter if it's a god or not, as long as it satisfies their desires, what about the rest.
The old man held the fire pattern scepter in both hands, and said the eulogy in his mouth: "Inherit the blessing of heaven, sweep away the tiger and wolf, there is no disadvantage!" ”
The sky burst with the light of a blazing fiery cloud, like a phoenix dragging its tail feathers down a miracle.
The Chu family was extremely excited, their faces were red, tears fell down, and they shouted in their mouths: "Inherit the blessing of heaven, sweep away the tiger and wolf, there is no disadvantage!" ”
"It's a goddess, and the goddess has protected the Chu people."
"Goddess. With the blessing of heaven, sweep away the tigers and wolves, there is no disadvantage! ”
"This battle will be won!" "Inherit the blessing of heaven, sweep away the tiger and wolf, this battle will be won!" "This battle will be won, it will be won!"
"Goddess, I am your most loyal believer, and I ask you to take refuge."
White Peach is a little intolerant.
The ghost-faced head was crooked, and the earrings raised a slender and shiny arc.
This move.
They were so excited that they began to tell half of what they wanted.
Shao Si Ming said in a hoarse voice: "After Xunyue, a good day and an auspicious day, the ceremony of sacrificing to the gods will be held to get a glimpse of the true face." ”
Chu Guoben was still a little suspicious, but now he heard that he could see the true face of the gods here in half a month, and the cheers and worship were even more explosive.
Just wait.
Wait, a miracle in half a month.
The sun fell little by little, and the boiling here finally settled down, and the mortals reluctantly knelt down and walked away one after another, and the grass shuttled, and what mice shuttled in it, it became more and more cold.
The white peach amber eyes looked at the King of Chu below, "Why don't you leave?" ”
The king of Chu was pushed in a wheelchair by a maid.
Sit there all the time.
He didn't say a word, his dark eyes looking up at her from the bottom up for a moment.
The vague and indistinguishable shadow melts under the huge bronze statue of the phoenix with wings spread, which really has a bit of black clouds rising.
Makes the demon uncomfortable.
She suppressed the disgust in her heart, dragged the chain, and walked down.
Below are the layers of oil lamps stretched out by the stairs, the livestock tributes still have a trace of heat, and above the walls are the Chu people's sacrifices with fluttering fairy music.
The surrounding paintings are the ghosts and gods in the hearts of Chu people, which is really a good place to eliminate disasters and solve problems.
You can't go any further.
The white peach fox's ears trembled, and after looking around, he looked back at him: "Shao Si Ming said that goblins are good at demagoguery, but it's better for you not to stay here." ”
She was dressed in a beautiful and treacherous robe, and she had a half-grimace on her face.
When he looked at him against the light, he was facing such a pair of eyes looking back at Ganwan.
It's really once you lose it, I'm afraid that your soul will be broken, "You are indeed demagogic enough, what kind of goblin are you?" ”
"What kind of goblin am I?"
Bai Tao stretched, touched his ears, and lost the two cumbersome hair ornaments next to his ears, "Even this, the old man didn't tell you?" ”
"Bird demon, rabbit demon, merman." He paused, "Fox demon? ”
She didn't answer, turned around and was about to go to the altar, but she didn't expect her wrist to be pulled, and when she turned around, she showed her a thorny smile, and her black eyes were like a deep well, and she couldn't see the bottom.
He was tugging at the other end of the chain.
Bai Tao's heart beat violently.
Yes, he is not a mortal, what he has is a king's spirit, a man of heaven.
She remained silent, looking like a child: "What are you holding in your hand?" ”
"You're a demon, what does that demon eat?"
“.”
"Do you breathe, you get hungry, you feel tired?" He said that his eyebrows and eyes were bent a little, and he seemed extremely happy, "I will feel pleasure, I will feel pain"
He said quietly, "Being a demon, what would it be like?" ”
She asked rhetorically, "You want to be a demon?" ”
She raised her face like Dan Ruxia and looked at her, and leaned back to lie lazily, "You demons, can you eat people's hearts?" ”
Bai Tao didn't want to answer the words of this upside-down person.
"There is a maid beside the widow who has followed the widow for decades, she is loyal and has no other heart, and the widow really loves her very much."
The thin lips of the widow spat out the knife, and the tail of the eyes was extremely sharp, "The widow exchanged her heart with you, this is the person the widow loves most in this world." ”
As soon as she finished speaking, the maid behind her had a frightened face.
He beckoned.
The maid was so frightened that she convulsed, and knelt down to open her mouth to beg for mercy.
"King!"
"Shhhh
He stretched out his finger and tapped it on the lips of the maid, as if she were touching the world with sympathy, and the maid burst into tears and looked pleadingly at the handsome king, like a fish about to be slaughtered, and she was dragged out by those who came in from outside.
A scream.
The beating heart was dug out and placed on a gold platter.
"It's a pity that the widow loves her so much, she still doesn't know that the widow has hidden a dagger here."
His eyebrows and eyes were cold, holding the hot heart with one hand, and looking at the candlelight, "Such a heart will never be worthy of the love of a widow." ”
Then his gaze fell on the white peach.
The man pressed the mechanism of the wheelchair with his right hand and walked towards her, "But this is the heart of the widow in this world, and no one can love the widow more than it, and the widow will dedicate it to the goddess now." ”
He was excited, his voice trembling more and more, and he looked at her like a frenzied and blazing, burning candle.
Bai Tao sat on the altar, surrounded by flickering oil lamps, covered in golden divine light, solemn and luxurious.
The goddess was indifferent to his alleged sacrifice.
It was as if he had been alone for countless nights, with ups and downs, came back again, and he felt that his back was about to be crushed, that he had already been abandoned by the gods, that no matter how pious he was, no matter how much piety he had, he would not be pity! Even a slight!
The anger in his chest rushed violently, "Goddess! You are high up and can see the world! ”
And the heart shall be lifted up and put into her mouth.
Bai Tao turned his head to dodge, and the negative was stung by such a movement, and took out the dagger in the wheelchair and stabbed it into the knees of her legs, or he had been wanting to do it for a long time.
The fox demon didn't hide.
"Poof." "Poof"
She bore the sparkling tip of his sword, the mortals' seeking, their hopes, their prayers, their thirst for the gods.
All at once, the foam splashed.
Will it be satisfied?
Bai Tao stared down at his madness, his flesh and blood knees, like flowers blooming from the other side of the Yellow Spring, and even the knees of the white bones could be seen, growing again in front of him little by little.
Destroy and reshape, his eyes were shocked, his hands trembled, and his dagger smashed to the ground, taking refuge in her.
"God, goddess. You are a goddess. ”
At this time, the king of Chu lay on the ground and kissed her toes hard.
He threw away all his power, position, and dignity, and so struggled to hold on to this ray of hope, the flame of his rebirth, "Goddess, let me be your most loyal believer." ”
"You, what do you want in exchange?"
"Stand up, as long as you can stand up!"
The veins of his neck burst out, his face was fanatical, he tried to sympathize and love, he tried to be so excited, so excited that he seemed to die immediately.
Stand up?
Bai Tao looked at his lame legs, chuckled a few times, and slowly turned his palms downward, facing his face, as if stroking: "The gods grant your request." ”
"Really?"
"Swear in the name of the Tushan Divine Clan."
As soon as she finished speaking, thunder rolled from the sky on the tower, like a prophecy handed down from generation to generation, and she said wildly, "The widow can do anything, anything." ”