The capital of Xishu, the palace city, the Chengqing Palace.

Singing and dancing for two rounds, wine after a tour, the hundred officials, lords, relatives of the emperor who came to the banquet, those who should have been present have already arrived, the palace maid with good posture is carrying delicious dishes through, the high dragon chair is still empty, and the Shu Emperor has not yet entered.

The sound of silk and bamboo was beautiful in the ears, and everyone shook their heads when they listened, closed their eyes and felt it carefully.

The land of Xishu has been peaceful for a long time, the world is peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Banquets like this are held every half month.

But today's banquet was very different from usual, and the officials sitting behind the pillars in the hall whispered and whispered something:

"What is the Great Zhou Mission doing at this time?"

"How do I know? I didn't reveal any news in advance, but I heard that I came suddenly a few days ago. ”

"It's still a nine-striped chariot, pulled by eight unicorns, across the sky, a thousand miles a day."

"Coming in such a hurry, is something big happening?"

"Who knows....."

"I've heard some gossip." A young official stepped forward and shared his gossip, he lowered his voice and said: "The new emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty has only succeeded to the throne for half a year, and the internal palace is restricted, and the external punishment is very tough, and the Great Zhou court has a new look, and I am afraid that it will have the ambition of unifying Kyushu." ”

"Huh?"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be a little surprised.

After being surprised, they looked at the more than a dozen people of the Great Zhou Mission who were sitting quietly in the guest seats.

At the head were two people, one of them was lean, with dark skin and a scar on his face that went deep into the bone.

This person is the commander of the Great Zhou Forbidden Army, Wei Wushuang!

Born in a big-headed soldier, he is a confidant of the little emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

This person is strict in governing the army, brave and invincible, but his shortcomings are also obvious, he is greedy for cups, and he has no strategy, and he is easy to act rashly.

The other person is slightly thin, over a year old, wearing a Confucian shirt and a Confucian crown, and is a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion in the Great Zhou Dynasty, known as Lu Ximing, who is known as "Blood Confucian".

He is tough and tough, not at all like a scholar.

"One article and one martial arts, it seems that Da Zhou is prepared." The young officer touched the shaggy beard on his chin and shook his head and sighed.

"Why hasn't Your Majesty arrived yet? This is the time to go, right? ”

Someone left the table, got up, poked his head out from behind the column, and looked at the dragon chair.

The Emperor of Shu likes to drink, loves silk and bamboo, and is the king of real feasts.

Every banquet is to sit in place from the beginning, although he is a lot older, he has never seen the Shu Emperor leave the venue early, and it is common to stay all night.

Why are you so late this time? It's been an hour.

"You don't understand this, it's called getting off the horse." There is an old man who caresses the long beard under his chin to solve his doubts.

"The Great Zhou delegation rushed into Beijing at the end of the year, and they didn't hold back any good fart."

"Your Majesty's move is to dry these Great Zhou envoys and sharpen their temperament."

"Although our Xishu is small, we don't have much say in the Nine Kingdoms, but we are not allowed to be rounded and flattened."

"Lord Xu's words are reasonable, I'll be taught."

On the other side, the guests of the Great Zhou Mission are seated.

Wei Wushuang and Lu Ximing both closed their eyes to recuperate, and the sound of silk and bamboo could not affect them at all, and the two of them only felt very noisy.

At a certain moment, Wei Wushuang, who had just been in the year of his weak crown, opened a small slit in his eyes and glanced at everyone in the main hall, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes. I suddenly heard the scholar next to me speak, his voice was hoarse, and he said, "After a while, you will negotiate with Nanshu on behalf of the old man." ”

Wei Wushuang staggered, the muscles on his face twitched a little, turned his head to look at the old man beside him, and said: "This time, Mr. is the main envoy of the mission, and before leaving Beijing, His Majesty also specially explained, asking Wei to listen to Mr. everything, how can he ......?"

Wei Wushuang is just a little strange, he is a martial artist, and he doesn't know a single big character.

It is strange enough that he is included in the list of missions this time, as usually, the missions are civilian officials, and there is no precedent for military attachés.

What's more, he also served as the deputy envoy of the mission.

Now, Wei Wushuang seriously suspected that His Majesty had sent him here just to show off his might.

Lu Ximing had a lot of folds on his face, and he almost had to cover his eyes.

He snorted lightly, glanced at Wei Wushuang, and said, "You will do what you are told to do, do it according to your usual temperament, don't worry about anything, it's better to be unruly, and show your martial artist's temper." ”

Wei Wushuang raised his eyebrows, and glanced at the old guy beside him suspiciously:

"That's what you said, sir? If any trouble is caused by this, and your majesty will punish me when I return, my husband will have to intercede for me....."

Lu Ximing sighed and nodded helplessly: "This is exactly Your Majesty's will!" ”

After hearing this, Wei Wushuang's eyes lit up, looking at a group of wine bags and rice bags in Xishu, and he was gearing up, as if he had seen a group of little sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

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"Your Majesty has arrived!"

As the thick voice of the male duck spread throughout the hall, the hundred officials got up busily, and then walked to the aisle in the center of the hall, lifted the front swing and knelt down, and shouted:

"Long live Your Majesty! Banzai! Hooray! ”

The Emperor of Shu is in front of one hand, with the other hand behind his back, wearing a crown and a jewel in front.

He walked slowly out of the side hall, but before he reached the dragon chair, he paused in his steps, and caught a glimpse of something that made him unhappy.

I saw that the hundred officials of Xishu knelt down to greet them, but everyone in the Great Zhou Mission just stood in unison, and never knelt.

The old eunuch has served the Shu Emperor for decades, and with the eyes of the Shu Emperor, he knows what he should do and what he should not do.

The old eunuch brushed the dust with his hand, put it on the crook of his arm, walked a few steps quickly, came to the people of the Great Zhou Mission, and reminded him sharply:

"Your Majesty has arrived, even though you have come from afar, you need to kneel down and ....." After speaking, he did not forget to glance at the Great Zhou Mission.

Hundreds of officials turned their heads one after another, looking at this lively place. Wei Wushuang took a step forward and rudely pushed away the old eunuch in front of him, his voice was like a bell: "Wei is a martial artist, kneeling to heaven and earth, kneeling to parents, kneeling to kings, there is no precedent for kneeling to others!" ”

The old eunuch was a little angry, his eyes widened, and his voice was sharp: "I am the Son of Heaven and a king to Your Majesty!" How can there be no reason not to kneel! ”

Wei Wushuang's face did not change, his chest straightened, and he asked aggressively, "I don't know if this father-in-law has heard a word." ”

"Huh?"

"Loyal and patriotic. Wei is a martial artist, and he has long engraved the four words of loyalty and patriotism in his heart, although His Majesty is the Son of Heaven and a king, but he is not the king of my Wei, if Wei kneels, wouldn't he be sorry for His Majesty, presumably His Majesty will not force Wei to kneel......"

As soon as these words came out, the huge palace suddenly fell silent.

The old eunuch trembled angrily: "Presumptuous! ”

Wei Wushuang was not afraid at all: "You are presumptuous!" Your Majesty has not spoken yet, you rootless thing is yelling and screaming here, have you ever put Your Majesty in your eyes? ”

The old eunuch was poked in the sore spot, staggered a step, and almost didn't stand firmly: "You spew blood!" ”

Wei Wushuang snorted coldly, his eyebrows raised coldly: "I spew blood? What a joke, I am an envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, thousands of miles away, tired of traveling and traveling, I am a guest, but you are late to the master's house for an hour, what is the reason? Now you are just a eunuch, but you are yelling in front of Wei, what is the reason? ”

"Since the Gui Dynasty did not treat Wei as a guest, this courtesy, Wei does not comply with it, and others can't say what to do......"

All the officials were dumbfounded.

What's going on?

Didn't you say that Wei Wushuang was just a martial artist and didn't have a good brain?

Why is it that these words are seamless, but it's not your own?

The hundred officials raised their eyes to look at the Shu Emperor who stopped in place and waited for the Great Zhou delegation to kneel and worship.

Emperor Shu's face was not good, and he was pale with anger, but in the end, he reluctantly waved his sleeves, suppressed his anger, and said something about the scene: "Okay, today's banquet guests don't need to salute, let's get up..."

The old eunuch went back angrily, but when he went back, he didn't forget to glare at Wei Wushuang viciously.

Emperor Shu sat down and said:

"Today's banquet, the coming year is approaching, I Xishu is peaceful for another year, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, which is inseparable from the dedication of the public and their duties....."

The courtiers nodded, and flattery abounded.

I can't wait to hold the Shu Emperor high, the three emperors of merit, and the five emperors.

The Shu Emperor was quite useful, and those who came did not refuse, accepted them one by one, and the monarchs and ministers toasted and celebrated.

Wei Wushuang and Lu Ximing looked at each other at this time, and touched the wine glass, the meaning was self-evident.

"These two come, that is, the envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty came from thousands of miles away, and I should fulfill the friendship of the landlord and entertain the distinguished guests from afar, and hereby feast in the palace....."

The Great Zhou delegation raised a toast, which meant that Emperor Xie Shu received.

In a few words, the atmosphere in the hall quickly became lively.

As for the previous episode of Wei Wushuang's trouble, it was quickly forgotten by everyone.

After the three rounds of drinking, everyone was a little drunk. Even Wei Wushuang and Lu Ximing drank a lot of wine, Wei Wushuang raised his glass and smacked his lips: "The wine in Xishu is different from our Da Zhou...."

Lu Ximing raised his eyes: "What's the difference?" ”

Wei Wushuang took another sip, closed his eyes and savored it: "The taste is long, and the aftertaste is endless...."

"Like?"

"It's okay, go back and bring back a few cars, pull them back and ask the brothers to try it." Wei Wushuang said again: "By the way, sir, this time we are going day and night to envoy Xishu, what are we here to do?" ”

Lu Ximing tasted a bite of the dish, put down his chopsticks, and said casually: "Wait, it will start soon." ”

"Alas—I just don't like to work with you scholars, and the talk is foggy and confusing."

Lu Ximing didn't speak, just smiled.

"Brother and courtier, see Your Majesty, Your Majesty is blessed!" After a while, a young man in a gorgeous costume hurriedly walked into the main hall, bringing in a lot of wind and snow outside.

The official sitting near the door couldn't help but shiver and rub his arms vigorously.

"Hurry up. Lookouts. ”

Emperor Shu had a smile on his face, looked at King Jing, and quipped: "Our King Jing is a rare guest, and he usually doesn't like to come to banquets, but I didn't expect the sun to come out in the west today....."

The ministers laughed, stood up and bowed over King Jing, and the etiquette was in place.

has nothing to do with anything else, King Jing is the only younger brother of Emperor Shu.

Emperor Shu has no heirs so far, and King Jing will be crowned a great treasure in the future.

"Get up, eat, drink..."

King Jing smiled and waved his hand casually, but when he passed in front of the people of the Great Zhou Mission, he took a look out of curiosity, but he didn't say anything.