Qi country

As a weak dynasty that has not been strong in the south since ancient times, it can be said that it has declined to the extreme in the past two hundred years, and it will be vividly reflected in the remnants of survival, if it were not for the other five countries deliberately using this place as a constraint point to contain other countries, this barren land may have been carved up and eaten up long ago.

The Qi State in the belly and back of the enemy in the early years of the Five Kingdoms chaos war can be said to have suffered a lot, the south of the border was swallowed up by the soaring Siyue, and the negotiations with Dahua are also constantly deflated, on and off the table are treated as chicken ribs like chewing and squeezing, and the westernmost Western Zhou heard that there is a young emperor who is amazingly talented, and he has a deep attainment in the vertical and horizontal road, and he has a good wrist, and the Western Zhou is no longer in a corner of peace, and the first thing to bear the brunt is naturally the Qi State that fell into the dust, so that the already fragile Qi State was completely forced into a desperate situation.

What the people of the world didn't expect was that the Qi State, which was ruled by the emperor and the officers and soldiers, survived again, while the Western Zhou, which was vaguely able to compete with Siyue, died overnight.

The Western Zhou Dynasty died, and the territory of Qi that was preserved was naturally a jubilant scene, and the people of Qi who felt that the national disaster was at the head a few days ago also breathed a sigh of relief, and the Qi country, which had always been a poor people, suddenly became a little angry.

At the end of the southeast end of the Qi country, there is a small wine shop standing, in this extremely remote area, the guests in and out are endless, the threshold is probably inseparable from the generosity of Siyue merchants, although the locals are occasionally unhappy, but also have to admit that it is thanks to Siyue's blessing that the business is prosperous.

In addition to the caravan between the two countries, there are also many young people who run from Qi to Siyue to find a way out, the strange thing is that there are two young people at the end of the official road who do the opposite, and the shopkeeper who has been looking at the door for a long time saw these two strange people from afar, at first thought it was a study tour passing through here, thought about it and quickly shook his head, no matter how down-and-out the scholar would not come to Qi to study, he thought that it might be a rich man who came out to sharpen, and then shook his head again after seeing the shabby clothes of the two people when he got closer, as if he was humble to the bones, as a Qi person, the shopkeeper did not dare to offend any guest, so he had to carefully welcome the two into the door, for the smell of one of them, he only dared to hold his breath and did not dare to say more.

After the two of them sat down, Xiao Er left in a hurry after listening to the explanation, and finally got a chance to breathe when he walked away, and the young man with a brilliant face among the two caught a glimpse of the shopkeeper's slight movements in the corner, and said with a smile, "Your method of smearing mud on your body is far away, it's not good to get close, and after a while, it is estimated that everyone can smell it." ”

The other person with his hair scattered and carrying an ancient sword on his back kept his head down, as if he didn't want to show his true face, and when he was provoked by his companion's words, he couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and scolded: "Are you willing to wear this smell when Lao Tzu can't wash it off, I need to be teased by you kid?"

The two of them naturally came out of Siyue Snow Mountain and went all the way north Ji Lingsheng and Zang Xingji, bumpy for two days, Zang Xingji's body smelled a little remnant, I wanted to avoid the crowd, but I just ran for a hundred miles, I couldn't help the gluttonous insects in my stomach, and as soon as I smelled the smell of wine and meat, I rushed to reincarnate like a rush.

Poured a cup of tea by himself, Ji Lingsheng laughed at it, and pushed the teapot to the black-clothed swordsman opposite, Zang Xingji, who obviously wanted to save face, didn't appreciate it very much, raised his hand to take the wine and side dishes held by the shopkeeper, grabbed the wine pot and took two sips, and didn't forget to kick Ji Lingsheng.

The shopkeeper didn't seem to be strange, bent over and obeyed the orders to do a lot of things, had a scale in his heart, knew how to grasp the measure, saw Zang Xingji's face of bad luck, knew that this kind of gas on the head of the guests should not be too much greetings and politeness, so he took a few small steps back and retreated silently.

At this time, there were a lot of people in the store, and the second floor was even more crowded, but they were all attracted by a table in the middle of the room, and the people at that table couldn't see any prominent status, and their conversation was not very elegant, and they dared to talk bluntly about the recent death of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

There were four people sitting on the table, all of them taller and stronger than ordinary people, it seemed that they should be wandering around the rivers and lakes martial arts, or the dart master guarding the caravan, I saw a person sitting at the door with a few peanuts and rice to drink, and asked in a smooth Qi accent: "Gao Darttou, don't you all say how the little emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty is so good, blowing it amazingly, but why did he die in a few days?"

The man's voice was very loud, and if he didn't make a sound deliberately, the wine in the cup trembled, and the people inside and outside the building listened to it, and even Zang Xingjie settled down and listened to it.

Seeing the domineering posture of his subordinates, the dart head surnamed Gao did not stop or answer, and his unfathomable appearance made the unruly swordsman sneer from his nose with disdain, Ji Lingsheng glanced at the troublemaker in front of him, and was not worried that Zang Xingjie would suffer from the mortals, so he simply didn't bother to care, and took the opportunity to grab the wine jug and fill himself with a bowl.

Gao Darttou seemed to hear the annoying movement, and was about to turn his head to look, when a voice came from the private room on the second floor, "The emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty ascended the throne early, only a teenager, if he didn't make a noise, how could he be able to convince the public? If he really has the ability, how can he make a huge Western Zhou lose the country overnight? Therefore, according to the following opinion, most of them are boasting, and it is actually difficult to live up to his fame." Half of the second floor of the wine shop has made scattered small private rooms, saying that it is a private room, but in fact, it is only separated by a screen made on all sides, and the person who spoke is one of the distinguished guests of the private room, the person who holds a bowl in one hand and a pot in his hand goes out from behind the screen, walks to the railing, and does not report to the door, just points to the country.

Everyone thought he was a handsome boy, but he didn't expect his face to be extremely mediocre, he could be said to be a thief with eyebrows and rat eyes, and his clothes were quite rich.

The man who shouted first seemed puzzled, raised his head and asked: "The old emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty gave birth to a bunch of daughters, and in the end he only had two sons, and the younger ones died of illness, and only one eldest son, who will ascend the throne if he does not ascend the throne? Who dares to disagree?"

Upstairs and downstairs, there were people who echoed it, and the discussion gradually became louder, and there were still voices secretly accusing the second ancestor of coming with his mouth open without knowing it, which was really grandstanding. The indecent-looking rich boy was unexpectedly not annoyed, and smiled unhurriedly: "The national strength of the Western Zhou Dynasty is well known, not to mention that it can be alone in the chaos of the Five Kingdoms, even if Siyue expanded greatly after the chaos of the Five Kingdoms, he has never touched the territory of the Western Zhou Dynasty, which shows that the Western Zhou Dynasty even pressed Siyue's head, so that the son of the Yue family did not dare to act rashly." Such a strong country, you said that there is no traitor in the court who plays politics and power, and you don't believe it, the first emperor may be able not to show his feet when he is alive, and the turbulent season when the new emperor ascends the throne is bound to come out to fight for power, so that those loyal ministers naturally have to think of a way to maintain the new emperor, and it is the most direct to build momentum for it. The rich boy drank some wine to moisten his throat, and said with a smug smile: "Do you think there is some truth in what you said?"

The rich man looked confidently proud, but he did have some ability in the debate, and none of the guests in the audience could answer. Ji Lingsheng was pondering the man's words, Zang Xingwei suddenly asked in a low voice: "Ling Sheng, what does this kid mean?", Ji Lingsheng breathed a sigh of relief, and simply shut up, but he didn't expect this kid to turn his head and ask the neighboring table, the man said dryly for a long time to help the stupid swordsman clear his thoughts.

"One side of the word!", I don't know when there were two people standing suddenly in front of another private room on the second floor, probably because they were impatient to listen, they came out and said, everyone looked, two little ministers with red lips and white teeth stood by the guardrail in a graceful manner, and the people present were not blind, and naturally saw that it was two beautiful girls who were disguised and disguised.

One of them was dressed plainly, and a little back, it should be the personal maid who served, and it was the arrogant woman in disguise in front of him who spoke, and the rich man in the other part of the pavilion stood with a smile, as if he didn't believe that this woman with bad disguise skills could refute him, a pair of thief eyes squinted carefully, looked at the figure of the two "sons", lingered a few more glances at the chest, waist and buttocks, and then smiled gently: "I don't know what your Excellency thinks?"

The "handsome boy" led by saw everyone's eyes and knew that his identity had been exposed, but what made her angry was the vague sight of the small-eyed rich boy, and the fake boy laughed shamefully, and said loudly: "The emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty listened to the government at the age of eight and ascended the throne at the age of fourteen.

Ji Lingsheng was slightly surprised, he didn't expect this woman to be so sharp, she scolded people without tactfulness, and she didn't leave room to speak, and the rich man was really a little stunned, so he sneered instead: "You are not an official of the Western Zhou Dynasty, how do you know the emperor's demeanor, and how do you know the truth or falsehood, in the final analysis, it is not hearsay." ”

The fake boy shook his head, his expression became more and more contemptuous, and he asked rhetorically: "Then I will say something that everyone knows, that the emperor of the Zhao family has been in power for seven years, has deposed nearly half of the officials, beheaded more than 300 corrupt officials and corrupt officials, more than twice the expansion of the army, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the national strength is strong.

The woman's disguised tomboy spoke amazingly, the rich boy was forced to speak, and he didn't pop out a word for a long time, the tomboy didn't stop there, and said aggressively: "I also heard that every time the emperor travels, the people cheer and greet the prosperous scene, I also heard that the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty will respect the emperor as a god, called the emperor through the ages, and I also heard that the Dongyue national teacher praised his tiger and leopard meaning, it is difficult to be half an ambition of this son!" This is all my hearsay, I don't know who your Excellency is, what kind of prestige you have, and let me come to pay homage to it by hearsay, if not, then why bother to talk about it here?"

The rich son's face turned blue when he heard this, but he couldn't have a seizure, so he brushed his sleeves back to his private room, Ji Lingsheng had outstanding hearing, and he also vaguely heard the sound of the teacup breaking, thinking that the son-in-law who was extremely powerful on paper was really mad.