The deputy envoy of Zhou State staggered up from the ground, looked at the fallen horses beside him, and shouted: "Bold! I am the envoy of Zhou Dynasty! How dare you do this?! Aren't you afraid that I, Zhou Dynasty, will send troops to trample you?"
To pacify your Chu country?!"
The shadow guard general turned his head and looked at the deputy captain behind him: "Where did they say they were envoys?"
The deputy captain said: "Return to the squad, Zhou Guo."
"The Kingdom of Zhou?" The Shadow Guard Commander seemed to have remembered something, and said without any restraint in his voice: "It's the one who invaded our Chu State more than ten years ago, but was conquered by our Chu State in two cities, and finally married two princesses.
Zhou Guo just calmed down the war?"
The surrounding officers and soldiers and the people who were watching suddenly burst into laughter. During the invasion, they lost two cities. They had to pay compensation for their marriage. Among the three kingdoms of the Central Plains, only the Zhou State could do it.
This is the eternal pain in the hearts of all Zhou people. The deputy envoy of Zhou suddenly became angry: "You! How dare you insult me, Zhou?!"
The shadow guard general was very curious: "Ah? Isn't this general telling the truth? Is telling the truth now considered an insult?"
"You!" The Zhou envoy was furious, but his words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't say a word.
Because everything this general said is true! There is no way to refute it!
At this moment, Li Xun came up and said: "Commander, I am the envoy of the Zhou Dynasty. It was our mistake earlier. I, the Zhou Dynasty, apologize to your country. We have come a long way. Please guide us to where we are staying."
land."
The Shadow Guard General glanced at Li Xun, nodded and said: "You are indeed a great envoy, your words and conversation are truly extraordinary. Please come with me."
The deputy envoy of the State of Zhou looked at Li Xun and said: "Bold! Sixth Prince! You must know that you are representing the Great Zhou Dynasty on this trip. How can you apologize so easily?! This is detrimental to the face of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"
Li Xun glanced at the deputy envoy of Zhou State: "Face is earned on the battlefield, not by words. The deputy envoy was speechless by the general's few words. If we really want to talk about it, it's the deputy envoy."
Your lord’s repeated gaffes have made me, Da Zhou, lose face.”
The deputy envoy of the State of Zhou looked at Li Xun and couldn't help but clenched his fists. He was the younger brother of Empress Zhou and a relative of the emperor. What qualifications did this unpopular bastard have to reprimand him?!
an hour later
In the Imperial Study Room
Emperor Chu looked at it and said, "It seems that the deputy envoy of the Zhou Kingdom originally planned to give me, Da Chu, a blow."
The wise king said disdainfully: "It's a pity that stealing the chicken will end up losing the rice. The Kingdom of Zhou has not made any progress over the years."
Emperor Chu said: "This sixth prince seems to have extraordinary knowledge and a certain magnanimity."
The wise king nodded and said: "It's a pity that he is an unpopular concubine, an heir born to a palace maid, and has no power or power."
Emperor Chu said: "If a concubine is allowed to serve as an envoy, does the state of Zhou want to..."
King Xian said: "With his death, Zhou will have an excuse. I have already said that what is coming cannot be stopped. It is pitiful that such a child will become a victim of politics at such a young age."
Emperor Chu asked: "Should we send someone to protect it secretly? To eliminate their excuses?"
The wise king shook his head and said: "Without the sixth prince, there is still Princess Mingyue. Without Princess Mingyue, without Princess Mingyue, there is still the Deputy Envoy of the State of Zhou. If the State of Zhou really wants to use troops, there will be many excuses for it, even if it is used
Even if the ministers return intact, there will be other excuses. If we can guard against this, we won’t care about that, let’s just let nature take its course.”
Emperor Chu sighed and said: "Brother, I'm afraid things are really going to change this time."
The wise king suddenly smiled and said: "Let's fight. The old rules are: I have the final say on how the war is fought, and you have the final say on how the government is managed."
Emperor Chu also smiled: "Okay, if we brothers work together, our strength is as strong as gold!"
However, even if both of them can guess the result, the original etiquette should be followed in how to receive the envoy. Otherwise, Chu will lose etiquette in front of other countries in advance, which will damage Chu's face.
The envoys of the State of Zhou stayed at Honglu Temple today. According to previous practice, a dust-cleansing banquet was held for the envoys of the State of Zhou in the evening.
In other words, even if they ask their own country's army to attack you when they go back tomorrow, you will know this will be the result. However, as long as there is no war today, no, even if there is a war, you have to be polite and extremely polite.
treat them.
According to official statements from past dynasties, only then can the magnanimity and capacity of a great country be revealed.
…
Anding Bofu
Xu Qing looked at Xiao Ye and asked doubtfully: "The cleansing banquet for the envoys of the State of Zhou? What does it have to do with me? I don't know the envoys."
Xiao Ye shook his head: "I don't know, my father also asked me to go, maybe to make up the numbers."
Xiao Ruxue emerged from the side, stood behind Xu Qing, held the back of the chair Xu Qing was sitting on and said, "What banquet were you talking about just now?"
Xiao Ye said: "How about the cleansing banquet for the envoys of the State of Zhou? Do you want to go? Just make it up."
Xiao Ruxue quickly shook her head: "I'm not going. Banquets are the most boring! In the evening I'm going to Dongshi with Sister Su to watch the lanterns! I won't play with you anymore."
After saying that, Xiao Ruxue ran to the martial arts field alone to find Su Qian.
Xu Qing slapped down a mosquito that just sat on the back of his hand. He looked at Xiao Ye and sighed: "Brother Xiao, I wish you were more powerful."
Xiao Ye wondered: "Why did Brother Xu say this? Is there anyone in Beijing who has offended Brother Xu more severely than me? How is this possible?"
Obviously, Xiao Ye is confident that no one in the capital is stronger than him.
Xu Qing shook his head and said, "If Brother Xiao is more powerful, the mosquitoes won't bite us."
Xiao Ye: "..."
At the dust-washing party
The deputy envoy of the State of Zhou looked at the Emperor of Chu who was sitting on the high throne and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that there are many capable people and strangers in your country. I have to do some calculations and I am puzzled. I wanted to ask Dr. Guozijian, but I didn't want to.
I was sent as an envoy to your country. I wonder if your country can solve this problem for me."
The Emperor of Chu knew clearly that he was making things difficult but he still had to agree. Otherwise, how could Chu, a vast country with so many talented people, not be able to solve even one problem?
So the Emperor of Chu had no choice but to ask: "What's the envoy's question?"
Deputy envoy Zhou Guo said: "When the general sets out from the camp, he must first go to the river to drink his horses, and then go to the patrol camp on the same side of the river. How can we make the shortest journey?"
Xu Qing, who was sitting eating vegetables at the side, almost spat out the food in his mouth when he heard this question. Even if he traveled through this nightmare, would he still have to follow him?
The problem of the general drinking horses is really lingering!
Damn it!
…
Chu's farming and weaving army is unmatched among the three countries, but its mathematics and poetry are lagging behind the two countries. This question was drawn up by all the arithmetic doctors from the Imperial Academy of the Zhou Dynasty in two months.
, it seems simple but actually it is not, Chu State will definitely not be able to do it.
Today, the Chu State, which has no good calculation, will lose its face before Zhou and Zhao!
If it were in the past, he would never have dared to play like this. If he dared to stumble me, he would beat you to the point where Zhou Guo would call you grandpa. Do you believe it?
You say that my country, Chu, is resorting to militarism? I am just resorting to militarism. What can you do?!
But today is different from the past. The Chu State has become so powerful that even God is jealous. The successive natural and man-made disasters have made the Chu State now strong on the outside and weak on the outside. Now it is my turn to express such evil!
