At this time, there were many soldiers in golden armor, surrounding a prison car passing through the city gate.
The team waiting to enter the city temporarily stopped moving and moved out of the way to allow the prison car to pass.
And people's vague chatter made Su Wu and others know the identity of the 'prisoner' in the prison car.
"The eldest son of Zhou Fangbo was sent to Haojing by Zhou Fangbo. He used his eldest son to express that his loyalty to the king has never changed!
If there is any change, the king can kill this child at any time!"
"What is the name of this eldest son of Uncle Zhou?"
"have no idea."
"It seems like it's called a test, right?"
"It should be the exam..."
"Test..." Su Wu suddenly heard the name and immediately looked up at the prison car surrounded by Lingo spears. A young man was imprisoned in the prison car. He traveled for a long time and slept in the open air, which made his hair disheveled.
, his originally gorgeous clothes have become tattered. Although he is tall, he is as skinny as a stick.
The name of the eldest son of Fang Bo of the Zhou Kingdom was 'Kao'. If Su Wu had not expected, he should be the 'Bo Yi Kao' who would be familiar to future generations.
Su Wu did not expect that the other party would come to the capital of Dayi Shang at the same time as him.
He instinctively sensed that this 'Bo Yi Kao' might be a key figure, so he led him forward in a hurry, approaching the prison car surrounded by soldiers in the center.
The closer he got to the prison car, the more he could sense the aura of 'Kao', and he was as weak as an ordinary person.
Or perhaps, the eldest son of Zhou Guofang Bo was indeed an ordinary person.
In the supernatural novel, "Bo Yi Kao" was finally smashed into meat cakes by King Zhou, so that King Wen of Zhou who later came to Yindu ate meat cakes made of the flesh and blood of his parents and children, in order to tarnish the name of King Wen of Zhou and make him
People in the world are alienated from him.
I wonder how today’s ‘examination’ will end?
Smashing a living person with a boulder until the flesh was bloody and smashed into meat cakes was also a way of sacrifice in Dashang. People who were sacrificed to the gods in this way were mostly nobles with high status but who had committed serious crimes.
Su Wu watched the prison car carrying Kao pass through the city gate.
He has left a ray of aura on the other party, so that he can use this ray of aura to monitor Kao's movements and the encounters he may face next.
The three of them returned to the back of the queue to enter the city, following the crowd into the city one by one.
After entering the city.
In front of a stall selling wine, Su Wu paid some shell coins to the liquor seller, and then led the three of them to find a seat near the corner behind the stall and sit down.
Nowadays, among people in the Shang Dynasty, from princes and nobles to common people, drinking is prevalent.
The entire Yin capital was filled with a faint smell of alcohol.
The liquor they mainly drink is a liquor called "Li" brewed from certain kinds of food. Liquor is rich in maltose, so it tastes sweeter.
The vendor quickly scooped out three glasses of wine from the large clay pot and handed them to Su and Wu.
There were no chairs or benches around the stall. There was only some thin withered grass spread on the ground. People sat cross-legged on the withered grass, with a glass of wine placed in front of each person.
The same goes for Su Wu and the other three.
After sitting down, he immediately raised the wine cup to Su Wu, and Qu gave a slight signal, and then drank half a bowl of wine. The alcohol content in this wine was better than nothing. Drinking this wine was just to relieve boredom.
"Your Majesty, I am a soldier under the command of King Shang, and I convey the king's orders to King Shang.
Although I cannot always carry out the king's duties, now that I have returned to Yindu, I should first report the situation to King Shang, so please sit and wait with me in front of the sweet wine stall here. I will come to pick you up after I report the situation to King Shang.
"Sui Xiang Su Wu said.
Sui, a native of Yindu, has the surname Ge.
The Ge family was originally a craftsman who forged armor and swords for the king. After they gathered together and intermarryed with each other, they gradually developed into a clan and took Ge as their surname.
From then on, the King of Shang used people from the Ge family as people who conveyed the king's orders.
Sui, who was born in the Ge family, passed the king's order to Ge Chang this time, so that Ge Chang would obey the king's order. After returning to the capital of Yin, he would return the order to the King of Shang, and the King of Shang would most likely punish him.
Therefore, after listening to Sui's words, he first observed Su Wu's expression, and then said to Sui: "You are going to return to King Shang now, aren't you deliberately going to die?
Do you think you can come back alive if you go to see King Shang?
If you are killed by the King of Shang and cannot return to this sweet wine stall, won’t the King have no place to stay in the capital of Yin?”
Sui Wensheng shook his head: "I returned to Yindu, but I did not return my message to the king. Only after the king knows about this, will he impose a more serious punishment.
Now even if I don't return to Yindu, my residence must have been inspected by the king.
Why don't I report back to the king, maybe the king will give me some relief, and then we won't have to hide in Yindu, we will have a place to live directly, and we won't have to worry about others discovering us!"
Qu frowned and wanted to retort, but Su Wu looked at him and said, "Go ahead.
Qu and I are waiting for you at this sweet wine stall. We must save our lives."
"good!"
He agreed in a deep voice, drank the remaining half of the glass of wine, turned around and left.
He sniffed unaccustomedly, and was very unhappy with the smell of alcohol circulating around - in their Gechang tribe, the tribesmen worked hard every day, and the final harvest was only barely enough for one meal a day.
, if you can’t even guarantee two meals a day, how can you be willing to use the grain to make wine?
However, in the Shang Dynasty of Dayi, wine stalls can be seen everywhere, and merchants like to drink, which is evident from this.
And the glitz and luxury reflected in this drinking habit made him quite unaccustomed. He watched Sui's back disappear into the crowd, and said to Su Wu who was quietly beside him: "Your Majesty, Sui still has his heart.
The old king still behaves like a businessman, he likes drinking, killing people, and fighting. If he goes to see Di Xin, he might not come back..."
"Follow your old master as you wish, but always speak out and never hide.
He has decided to be loyal to me.
Do you think he will betray me?" Su Wu asked him with a smile.
He did not hesitate to respond to Su Wu's rhetorical question: "Sui will definitely not betray the king!"
"now it's right.
Whatever he wants to do first, since he won't betray me, what reason do I have to stop him from doing such a thing?
Just like you wanted to keep your clan and your people before, I never stopped you."
"Yes, Qu understands." Qu looked ashamed and said, "I just feel that if I meet King Shang this time, I may not be able to come back alive."
"When you wanted to save Ge Changzhi, you should have thought about your own life." Su Wu shook his head, his brows suddenly opened, and Sui, who had long ago disappeared from his sight, was sacrificed by Gu Shi again. Visible.
With traces of white and transparent hair wrapped around her body, she ran towards the majestic palace city in the distance.
Whatever the eyes see, what the mind feels, and the five senses, Su Wu can all perceive at the same time - this is also an application of Miao Miao's hair.
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Passing through the houses with rammed earth foundations and thatched roofs, the buildings in the field of vision become taller and more majestic, until each house is surrounded by rammed earth walls, but the roofs are covered with tiles, with inscriptions carved one by one. The palaces supported by vermilion lines came into his sight, and he began to feel nervous - those magnificent palaces that could not be blocked even by tall rammed earth walls were the palaces and residences of the Shang kings.
He took out a token, wiped it clean carefully, held it in his palm, walked under the royal city, and handed the token to the soldiers guarding the royal city.
He also recognizes the soldiers guarding the royal city.
That was ‘He’, who was born in the same Go family as him.
He and he had been close playmates since childhood. Later, they were also at the king's side and served the king. But now He looked at Sui with strange eyes. His eyes were cold and without any emotion, and he said to Sui: " You cannot return to the court after the deadline. Everyone knows about Ge Chang.
Your Majesty has captured your parents, wife, and children, demoted them to slaves, and prepared to sacrifice them as human beings in a "community sacrifice."
You have caused trouble to Goshi.
——Why do you want to come back?"
After a moment of silence, his eyes became firm again, and he replied to He: "I will return to the king."
"Come back to the king at this time?
What's the use?" He shook his head, looking a little sad, "Ever since that woman entered the palace, the king has gradually become less like the king he once was."
Then he lowered his head.
He obviously also knew something about what He said about a certain woman entering the palace.
The king was determined to abolish human sacrifice in the past, but it was not just about abolishing human sacrifice in Fang Kingdom, but also abolishing the use of human sacrifice in sacrifices by the entire Shang royal family.
But in the end, when it was implemented, it turned out that people from Fang State were prohibited from martyrdom, and all the slaves captured by Fang State were sent to Yindu for the king to perform "week sacrifices" day after day. The reason why the king made such a change was, He couldn't even abide by the king's orders given by him. All these changes happened after the woman entered the palace.
"I want to report to the king about your return.
When you come here, life and death are no longer something you can control." He's expression quickly returned to coldness, he waved his hand, and several soldiers rushed over, binding and imprisoning Sui on the spot, without any resistance from Sui. , watching He turn around and walk behind the high wall, his expression was calm, as if he didn't care about what kind of fate he would have next, and he could accept it calmly.
After a long time, He turned back.
He smelled heavily of alcohol and even looked a little smokey.
Although merchants like to drink, the soldiers guarding the palace must not drink alcohol during their duty. Once they are caught drinking, they will be punished and expelled from the palace, or they will be demoted to slaves and directly become subordinates.
A sacrificial offering!
There are actually exceptions to this situation - if the king rewards the soldiers with wine, they can be exempted from punishment.
This exception has rarely occurred before.
However, why did He just go to report the situation to the King and come back smelling of alcohol? There is no doubt that not long after dawn, the King had already started having a banquet in the palace. He seemed to no longer care about where he lived.
The military equipment was so weak that he casually rewarded the wine to the soldiers who came to report!
"Your Majesty, I want you to go in and pay homage to him!
You, you, you - go back to the king yourself and explain the situation!" When He spoke, his tongue was already curled up.
She glanced at him and nodded.
The soldiers removed their shackles and walked through the high palace wall and walked into the central hall.
In the main hall, the sound of music can be heard endlessly.
From time to time, bursts of women's laughter could be heard coming out of the palace along with the music.
The strong smell of alcohol flowed out from the palace, almost condensing into substance. There was also a certain amount of alcohol, and smelling this strong smell of alcohol made people feel a bit fuzzy.
Just the smell of wine emanating from it can already make people a little drunk. The wine the king drank must be much more intoxicating than the wine they drank before.
Mi Mi's voice kept coming out of the palace.
As he walked into it, he saw the king with his upper body bare, leaning on a copper pot that was half a man's height. He directly used the wine baron to scoop out the wine from the intricately carved copper pot, and poured it into his throat in large gulps.
The wine soaked his beard, making it stick to the king's chin.
Emperor Xin was tall and tall, which was really rare among businessmen today.
He then moved his eyes away from the disheveled, well-built king and swept around the palace. However, he did not see many musicians and women behind the gauze tents set up around the wooden pillars. He only saw one figure.
The graceful woman stood in front of many musical instruments and played music for the king.
——However, before entering the palace, I clearly heard the sound of many women laughing and playing.
After setting foot in the palace, he only saw the woman acting as a musician, and the so-called melodious music heard in his ears turned into cold and lonely music.
"Your Majesty."
Xin's eyes had fallen on Sui, who knelt on the ground and said respectfully.
The king in front of the bronze scorpion, You You, took the wine syrup from the scorpion one by one and poured it into his mouth. He seemed to be inseparable from the sweet wine and was reluctant to move even half a step away from the bronze scorpion.
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Seeing the king's current state, Sui felt extremely heartbroken, and he couldn't help but cast his eyes on the woman acting as a musician behind the gauze curtain.
Is that woman the woman whom the king favors?
"Suit."
At this time, the king walked up to Sui, and handed the wine cup in his hand to Sui: "Let's drink, Sui."
He couldn't disobey the king's order, so he could only take the wine cup and drink nearly a liter of wine in one breath. After drinking up the wine, all the scenes in front of him began to shake, even flesh, blood, spirit, etc.
The 'Jing Jie' in the center is slightly curled and swaying.
The king in front of him sometimes became taller and sometimes smaller.
When he picked up the cup and drank, the king's aura was like a mountain flood, flooding over a large area of the palace. When he stopped drinking, he seemed to have turned into an empty shell. On top of this empty shell -
-The king's chest is covered with hideous and terrifying cracks.
"Why did you betray me? Sui?"
The king left the wine baron behind, lowered his head suddenly, and asked Sui.
He just asked Sui Pu and did not make any other actions, but the aura of a human king that naturally emerged from his body rushed towards Sui Pu like a torrent!