There was a moment of silence inside and outside the hall, and from a distance I heard the ministers shouting loudly: "By order of the king, the Shang clan is here to attend."
Xiahou stared intently at the end of the steps. Under the guidance of an internal minister, a strong man respectfully folded his hands on his chest and walked up slowly. This big man's skin was slightly yellow, and he was only only slightly taller than Xiahou.
But he is a little shorter, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a face full of righteousness. No matter how you look at it, it is pleasing to the eye. Especially here in Xiahou, he looks at this man with almost admiration. Yao, Shun, and Yu Tang are all Chinese people know this term.
, but besides Xia Hou, who else can see a real person with his own eyes?
Shang Tang's surname was Zi, and his given name was Lu. Tang was his self-title, also known as Wu Tang and Cheng Tang. This is not a historical and archaeological data, so we will call him Shang Tang, who is familiar to everyone in the world.
Shang Tang had something on his mind. He walked up with a frown on his face. He felt that someone in the crowd around him was looking at him intently and almost madly. He couldn't help but feel surprised. When he turned around, he saw a majestic dead man.
Staring at himself, looking at his description and dress, he was a member of the barbaric tribe in the south, but he didn't know his origin. But seeing that there was no malice in the big man's eyes, Shang Tang just nodded towards him, showing a trace of generosity.
smile.
Xiahou also smiled, raised the Tongjue and poured the wine into his mouth, but only three or five drops of wine were poured out. He couldn't help but be startled. Looking at the wine jue in his hand that he had pinched, Xiahou shook his head and took the wine.
He threw the copper cake under the table, grabbed the wine jar, and drank a lot of good wine while watching Shang Tang strode into the hall and knelt down in front of King Xia's seat.
"I belong to the Shang clan, Shang Tang, and I have met the king."
King Xia laughed hahahahaha for a long time, then squinted his eyes and looked Shangtang up and down for a while, and said pleasantly: "That's all, it's hard work coming from afar. Come and watch."
A sapphire bill appeared next to Xing Tiane and other important ministers. Several ministers served wine, meat and delicacies. Shang Tang knelt down behind the bill.
King Xia raised the wine cup, glanced at everyone present from left to right, and loudly said: "Come, let's all have a cup of Shang Tang. However, I wonder what you are here for this time?"
Shang Tang drank the cup of wine calmly, stood up, and saluted: "Your Majesty, there is something that requires your Majesty to make the decision."
King Xia was in a good mood, very good. Just now, Xia Hou gave him a hard lesson on Hai Ren, showing off his face. So, he said generously: "Making the decision? Okay, I will make the decision for you."
, what's the matter, tell me. Haha, could it be that you wanted to marry a foreigner and were scolded by your father? "
The important ministers in the hall burst into laughter. However, Shang Tang remained calm. After another deep salute, he said calmly: "Your Majesty, this time it concerns the Dongyi people. In recent months, the Dongyi people have massively invaded the territory of our Shang clan.
They have seized several of our fertile pastures. My subject’s father is asking the king to make the decision for our Shang clan. The barbarians are powerful and our Shang clan cannot resist them."
Xiang Liuyou's eyes flashed, and Xing Tian'e just drank without caring. In the end, Shen Gongli, the head of the Shen Gong family, jumped up: "Your Majesty, the Dongyi people bully my Daxia vassal in this way. It is really abominable. I have to go.
Teach them a lesson."
Xing Tiane raised his head and shouted: "We are about to go to war with the Hai people, and now we are going to war with the Dongyi people. How should we deal with the military pay and food?"
Xiang Liubi said quietly: "If Daxia's army goes to deal with the Dongyi people, it will naturally require the royal court to allocate military pay and food. However, the closest to the Shang clan is the clan land of the Shen Gong family, right?"
King Xia blinked his eyes, thought for a while, and said vaguely: "The battle with the Hai people is about to begin. Jiuli in the south and Hu Jie in the north will also leave a large army to watch over them to deal with the Dongyi people, but there is no need to make a big fanfare.
Go and raise troops to attack the Dongyi people." Xia Hou could see from King Xia's face that he seemed to be reluctant to spend the military pay and food and grass to fight against the Dongyi people. He was clearly stingy.
Shang Tang sat down again, placed the wine prince firmly on the table, and said in a deep voice: "At the junction of our tribe and the Dongyi people, within our territory, we have a new jade mine with excellent quality.
.My father said, "Which Wu family raises troops to repel Dongyi for my Shang clan, I will give you this jade mine with both hands!"
The eyes of King Xia, Xiang Liuhui, Xing Tiane, Shen Gongli and even Fangfeng Yi all gleamed at the same time, and they asked in unison: "How is the reserve?"
Shang Tang bowed and said, "The monthly output is more than a thousand square meters of high-quality raw jade."
Before the four disciples could speak, the King of Xia had already shouted loudly: "Wonderful, the Shang tribe is a vassal state of Daxia. The Dongyi people boldly invaded, but they don't take Daxia seriously? Send an order to Hun Tianhou and lead Wangting Xiongqi.
Biao Cavalry, Tiger Cavalry, and Peng Cavalry will send out troops today to teach those bastards from Dongyi a lesson."
Xing Tiane spread his hands, his face full of helplessness. This king started too quickly.
But Shen Gongli was unwilling to let the benefits slip away in vain. He heard him shouting loudly: "Your Majesty, my clan is close to the Shang clan. If the ninth prince sends troops, it will take a long time. It is better to let my clan raise troops nearby."
The crusade will be one."
The King of Xia refused and shook his head repeatedly: "What the Prime Minister said was wrong. The royal army has been out of action for a long time and will not be reused in the future. This time is just a training opportunity. How can you let your clan do it for you? Especially the Shang clan is my vassal state in Daxia.
If I, the Imperial Court of Great Xia, do not respond, but your Duke Shen and his family send troops to conquer, wouldn’t that make the Dongyi people laugh?"
Shen Gongli's face was full of displeasure. King Xia seemed to think that eating alone was a bit too much. He blinked his eyes, thought for a moment, and reluctantly said: "Well, what the Prime Minister said makes sense. When the royal army was marching from Anyi,
As time went on, it was too late. The four ministers, Prime Minister and Prime Minister, each sent out an army to clear out the Dongyi people in the territory of the Shang clan first. When the royal army arrived, they would join forces and teach the Dongyi people a lesson.
It doesn’t matter if you are a foreigner.”
Xing Tian'e and the four old men immediately showed smiles. It's easy to say that when the army arrives at the jade mine, they will dig it to their heart's content first and then hand it over to Hun Tianhou. This won't harm their friendship.
Xia Hou only found it funny, how come the monarchs and ministers of Daxia, sending troops to fight, forced the underworld to divide the spoils. Looking at Shang Tang, who was sitting there motionless and expressionless, the flash of light in his eyes was...
Disdainful?
Shang Tang stood up again and flattered the King of Xia and the Prime Minister for a while, thanking them for their great kindness to the country. Then, Shang Tang changed the topic and sighed: "Your Majesty, this time our Shang clan is under the influence of
The Dongyi people invaded wantonly, but they suffered a loss due to insufficient weapons. Therefore, my father told me that if the king is willing, I am willing to pay a lot of money to obtain a batch of fine armor and weapons. In addition, in order to show our respect for the king,
, I will be accompanied by a hundred virgins from various tribes, please accept it with your Majesty’s approval.”
A flash of red light flashed across King Xia's face, and he said excitedly: "You can just hand over those hundred virgins to the manager of Black Ming. Hmm, do you want ordnance? There are various mineral deposits in your Shang clan's territory, and there are many craftsmen. You also need
Looking for weapons from Anyi?"
Shang Tang bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, how can the craftsmen in my clan compare with the master shaman craftsmen in Anyi?"
King Xia blinked his eyes and looked at Shen Gongli. Shen Gongli immediately stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there happened to be a batch of fine armors and weapons in the military warehouse recently, ready to provide troops for the various departments of the Royal Court Secret Service.
Replacement. If the Shang clan really needs it urgently, we can discuss it and give it to them for the time being. However, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to create this kind of ordnance."
Shang Tang said in a harmonious voice: "The Dongyi people have gone too far to bully others. I am willing to pay a 20% increase for those weapons to teach the Dongyi people a lesson."
Hearing that Shang Tang took the initiative to raise the price, King Xia's face burst with joy, and he smiled repeatedly and said: "That's very good, that's very good. I wonder how many sets of armor weapons the Shang clan needs?"
Shang Tang said something very lively: "It depends on whether the red gold brought this time is enough. If it is enough, the more the better. I also want to ask the king to replace the shields with the troops of the royal court.
, give us a batch too."
To deal with the Dongyi people who are good at shooting, shields are indeed the best thing. King Xia nodded: "Okay, the prime minister is responsible for this matter. Those shields can be considered as gifts. But those armors and weapons are not worth their price.
A big piece of money is missing. Although our country is strong in Daxia, this fortune has been accumulated one big money after another."
Shang Tang fell on the ground and thanked him repeatedly.
Xiahou sat in his seat, feeling uncomfortable all over, and his body was twisting and turning desperately. The feeling Shangtang gave him was like a deep pool, unfathomable, and it made his heart feel chilly. A kind of chill.
Instinct kept reminding Xiahou not to go against this person. This feeling was so bad that it sent a chill down the back of Xiahou's neck, and he immediately calmed down along with the ups and downs of his mood after meeting Shang Tang just now.
Come down.
Looking back at Bai, this bad Pixiu had fallen to the ground with white eyes. The smell of alcohol was coming out of his mouth, and he seemed to be drunk again. Inside and outside the hall, the monarchs, ministers and people of Daxia,
There were thunderous cheers, and the wine bar was raised high and took a big gulp of the wine. More dancers came out from the back of the hall, singing and dancing in the hall, and the sound of the jade chimes floated far away.
After drinking a few more sips of wine, seeing Xiang Liurou and a group of his flashy disciples rushing into the main hall to watch the dancers, Xiahou couldn't help but feel a sense of boredom in his heart. He patted Xingtian Dafeng on the shoulder and asked in a low voice: "What's going on inside the palace?"
, can people watch it at will?"
Xingtian Dafeng was also a little drunk. He looked back at Xiahou and waved: "It doesn't matter if you go for a walk. As long as you can enter the palace gate, you can visit the ninety-nine halls in the front palace and many gardens. Then the harem is
The King's living quarters cannot be entered, but there are great witches from the witch palace guarding it, so you don't have to worry about going to the wrong place. If you want to see something new, feel free to go."
After a pause, Xing Tian Dafeng took out a palm-sized red gold token carved with the image of a flaming black horse and stuffed it to Xiahou: "You can walk wherever you want, no problem. As long as you don't tear down the pillars of the palace hall.
, no one will care what you do in the palace." Shaking his head, Xing Tian Dafeng turned around again, forcibly pulled a familiar friend beside him and poured wine into his mouth.
Xia Hou nodded and stuffed Bai under the bill to prevent him from being stepped on. Seeing that there were a group of people drinking and having fun all around, it was really not interesting. He immediately took Xingtian Dafeng's token and went down to the ninth level of the main hall.
Platform, walked towards a green garden on the left. He originally wanted to go to the place where the Kyushu Cauldron was to see if he could really absorb more Yuan Power through the Kyushu Cauldron, but think about it, since the Kyushu Cauldron is
Naturally, someone was secretly watching the artifact of the Great Xia Kingdom. It was too abrupt to run around and touch the Jiuzhou Cauldron alone, so I could only suppress this touching thought.
Xiahou felt confused as he walked around freely. Will he join the Black Army's war against the Hai people and massacre the Hai people's soldiers and people?
He had no motivation to do this because he did not have any sense of identity with this Great Xia. Although various signs had proved that this should be the lost link in history. However, he could not explain why there was no moon in the sky but there was a star in the sky.
There is an extra big star between Mars and Jupiter. Especially the land under your feet is really ridiculously large.
Everything was like a dream, Xiahou didn't want to risk his life and kill people for an almost illusory country. He was a warrior, not a butcher who slaughtered for the will of a certain king.
The body passed through a restriction, and the scenery in front of me changed and turned into a huge garden. There were several small peaks rising from the ground in the distance, and there were dense trees nearby. In the middle of the garden, there was a small lake with a radius of more than ten miles.
The sparkling water is the most beautiful time in early autumn. Xia Hou secretly admired the magical magic restrictions in the Daxia Palace. From the outside, the Daxia Palace looked like an ordinary large courtyard, but he didn't know how many layers of it had been compressed.
The space is inside, with layers of lakes and mountains, palaces and pavilions, it is simply a palace of gods.
Standing in the woods, I looked at the lake for a long time. The cool breeze blew, and the water on the lake rippled. Countless leaves flew up from the colorful leaf forest on the shore, and scattered into the lake. I saw the entire crystal-like lake surface.
The spots are speckled, and the colors suddenly become richer.
The cool wind blew on his body, and Xia Hou shivered violently. He looked around in confusion, hid behind a very tall tree, untied his belt, and urinated freely while using the water jet.
Washing away a few weeds with purple flowers beside the roots of the tree, Xiahou hummed happily: "Wonderful, the cool breeze is refreshing, the scenery is pleasant, but this open-air public toilet is excellent. I don't know what is inside the palace.
,Besides me, how many people dare to urinate here?"
Suddenly there was a slight cough behind him, and Xiahou shivered with fright. He quickly tied up his belt and looked back in embarrassment.
A few dozen feet behind, there was standing a young man holding a big wooden bucket in his hand. Judging from his broad shoulders and strong posture, he had a pair of bright eyes on his red face, and he was extremely energetic.
That's enough. When Xia Hou took a look at it, he couldn't help being shocked. This young man clearly had all the meridians, and there was a natural flow of fresh air in his body. His internal energy was very strong. But look at the green cloth shorts he was wearing.
We also know that his status in the palace is very humble.
Xia Hou smiled dryly: "Brother, haha, the autumn weather is so refreshing."
The young man laughed a few times, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "My lord, you are so excited. This is the first time in Longyuan that someone has taken a leak here." He glanced at the subordinate's water mark intentionally or unintentionally.
After a few glances, his face was filled with a weird smile that made Xia Hou blush.
With a smile on his face, the young man ignored Xia Hou and carried the large wooden barrel, which was half a man tall and two feet in diameter, and walked towards the lake step by step. Xia Hou quickly caught up a few steps and grabbed it in surprise.
He picked up the barrel and laughed dryly: "That's all, I'll carry it for you for a while. Alas, it's inevitable for people to eat, drink, and poop. I was anxious for a while, but I didn't know where the clean room in the palace was, so I could only deal with it anywhere.
"Excuse me." Xia Hou is so embarrassed. He was caught doing something like this. How can he be embarrassed?
The young man shrugged his shoulders, swung his hands and led Xiahou to a piece of grass by the lake. As he walked, he smiled and said: "Is this your first time entering the palace? But it's no wonder, there are many people there every year.
Few people get lost here. There are restrictions everywhere, and the place is terrifyingly big. Many places have been deserted for many years. This is a matter of urgency. I am also a big man. I have seen this kind of thing but it doesn't matter.
If the king's woman sees you, you will be in big trouble."
Xia Hou secretly cursed nonsense in his heart. He was urinating anywhere in the palace. If King Xia's concubine saw him, he would have to take Bai out of Anyi immediately, but he might not be able to escape.
He chuckled and said: "Didn't I meet you, brother? This is also my luck. I am the Chihu Tyrannosaurus, and now I work for free under Xing Tian Dafeng of the Xing Tian family. Brother, you are carrying a big bucket of meat and
Why go to the lake with fresh fruit?"
The young man glanced at Xia Hou in surprise, nodded and said: "Oh, you are the barbarian who won a big victory on the school field last month and got a lot of luck? Your tone of voice is not like those rude and uncivilized people.
A southern barbarian. I am a dragon slave in the palace. I have no name. The supervisors all call me Huang Yi, so you can just call me that." He pointed at the big wooden barrel and said with a smile: "What are you doing with a wooden barrel? Of course.
I'm going to feed the dragon."
Xiahou stayed for a long time, feeding the dragon? Dragon slave? Is there really anyone raising a dragon?
Before he came back to his senses, the two of them had already reached the small piece of grass. Huang Yi squatted down, stretched out his hand on the lake, and slapped it hard several times. The sound of splashing water was clear and sweet, and could be heard.
In the distance, circles of water rippled out. It seemed to be an illusion. Xiahou saw in the distance a very dense water wave rushing towards him in the middle of the lake. A very strange sound came from his ears.
, a clear, loud and childish cry.
Huang Yi turned back and smiled at Xia Hou: "This is the last dragon in the palace of Daxia, a yellow dragon. Legend has it that when the ancestor Wang first established Daxia, there were tens of thousands of dragons in the palace. But now, there are only this
There is one dragon, one that was just hatched not long ago. The other dragons have all flown away, and I don’t know where they went.”
Two shining golden antlers cut through the water, and then two long silver carp whiskers. Then, a pair of lively, chattering big eyes emerged from the water. Those big eye stickers
Landing on the water, he looked at Huang Yi and Xia Hou for a long time, then suddenly opened his big mouth and shot silver water arrows towards the two of them.
Huang Yi was so decisive that he lay down on the grass and cursed: "Little guy, if you are naughty, you won't get any meat today."
However, Xiahou had no time to dodge and was hit by the extremely fast water arrow. The water arrow did not have much power, it was just a bit cold, with a bit of fishy smell, but also with a bit of strange fragrance. Only let
What made Xiahou angry was that his clothes were soaked through and his long hair was wet and dripping down.
A real dragon, the divine dragon in Chinese legends, with a golden body and a body no more than six feet long and as thick as a bowl of the ocean. The little yellow dragon emerged from the water with its head and tail swaying, and quickly climbed onto the grass. It shook its body desperately and covered it with water.
All the water droplets were thrown away and plunged into the big wooden barrel in Xiahou's hand.
Xia Hou was so frightened that his whole body went limp, and he fell to the ground completely limp. He saw that the little dragon was completely coiled on the wooden barrel, its head stuck into the barrel, and it made a chewing sound.
This natural fear made Xiahou have the urge to worship this little yellow dragon. Fortunately, after all, he had a tenacious spirit and a firm will. After a moment of panic, he quickly calmed down. Moreover, Xiahou was very
He boldly reached out his hand and gently touched the real, living dragon in front of him.
The little dragon felt a pair of unfamiliar hands wandering on the scales on his back. He immediately turned around and called out to Xia Hou twice. Suddenly, another silver water arrow spurted out, with a mouthful of
The fruit fragments hit Xiahou hard on the face.
Xia Hou smiled helplessly, let go of the little dragon, washed his face with the nearby lake water, wiped his wet hair with his clothes, sat on the grass with his upper body naked, and kicked Huang Yi's feet: "Huang Yi
First, let me ask you, where did this dragon come from?"
Huang Yi, who was lying on the ground, turned over with a grass stem in his mouth. He glanced lazily at Xia Hou, looked up at the white clouds in the sky and said, "Ah? I don't know. In short, when I was born, the palace
There are more than a dozen dragons in there, but now there is only one." He reached out and touched the yellow dragon's head a few times. The yellow dragon made a very comfortable cooing sound, and Huang Yi said lightly: "Hey,
If this little guy wants to fly away when he grows up, there will be no dragon left in the palace. By then, my family will no longer have to stay in the palace."
Xiahou was stunned: "Your family members are responsible for raising dragons?"
Huang Yi jumped up excitedly and said with a smile: "Isn't that right? When my family had the largest population, there were thousands of people who specially fed the dragons and wiped their scales. But there are fewer and fewer dragons, and the number of people in my family is also getting smaller and smaller.
They come less and less. Now I am the only one of this generation in my family. Huang Yi means that my dragon is a yellow dragon, and I am the only child in the family."
Xiahou looked at the yellow dragon in ecstasy as it swallowed the pieces of meat and fresh fruits, and said with envy: "It's really good for you to raise a dragon."
Huang Yi raised his eyebrows and shook his head: "Okay? Not good. Although the dragon is a divine beast, the dragon slave is also a slave after all. I just hope that this little guy will fly away as soon as possible, so I will leave the palace. After all.
We are dragon slaves. If there are no dragons for us to serve, I can choose to leave the palace. At that time, I will be free to roam the world."
He looked at the white clouds in the sky with fascination and whispered: "When the time comes, I will go to learn some skills. I will go to the sea and go to the eastern ocean to find out where the legendary dragons live.
Where is it? And whether the passage cut off by the gods and the human world really exists. Is it better than sitting in the palace and wiping this guy's scales all his life?"
Huang Long seemed to understand Huang Yi's words. He raised his head angrily, shouted "arrogantly" twice, and shot another water arrow at Huang Yi. However, Huang Yi avoided the water arrow with extremely dexterity.
, while chasing and playing with the yellow dragon climbing down from the barrel, he said loudly: "But, we dragon slaves are just civilians and cannot learn witchcraft. I want to find those who have the power to learn those skills."
It's a spell that we civilians can also use. What do you think? Tiger Tyrannosaurus? You are from the south, so you should know a lot of things outside, right?"
Xia Hou smiled bitterly in his heart. His understanding of this world was no better than Huang Yi's.
Looking at the little yellow dragon running nimbly on the grass, Xiahou's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly smiled and said: "I know a Qi Refiner. When the time comes, I will ask him to teach you the Qi Refiner's formula. How about yours?
You are very talented and you can definitely learn it.”
Huang Yi made a move with his hand, and the yellow dragon coiled around him. A dragon head drooped on Huang Yi's shoulder, and he winked at Xia Hou. Huang Yi walked over excitedly and laughed: "Are you serious?
Is it the Qi Refiner that I competed with you against last month? Okay, you have agreed that you must let him teach me Qi Refining."
Huang Yi smiled strangely at Xia Hou, squinting his eyes and saying happily: "If you ask them to teach me how to practice qi, I won't tell anyone about you peeing in the palace. Otherwise, I can guarantee that as long as I make a move,
You talk, tomorrow everyone in Anyi will know that your tiger and tyrannosaurus are urinating in the king's palace. Hehe! Those ladies from the aristocratic families in Anyi will definitely be interested in you."
Xiahou was so angry that he wanted to get up and strangle this dragon slave who looked dignified but was actually full of evil. But when he saw the big watery eyes staring at the little yellow dragon that kept blinking at him, Xiahou was speechless and just sighed.
He nodded and said, "Come to Xingtian's house to find me in a while." After giving Huang Yi a sideways look, Xiahou shouted angrily: "Bring this little guy here, remember, it's for his sake.
I just helped you."
Huang Yi simply grabbed the Huang Long's neck, stretched out his hand and handed it to Xia Hou: "If you want it, take it!"
Xia Hou quickly withdrew his hand: "That's all, I won't serve him."
He stared at Huang Yi with his big eyes and asked, "You don't know how to talk nonsense? It's not a big deal to relieve yourself here."
Huang Yi smiled and let Huang Long wrap around him again, and said casually: "Of course I won't talk nonsense, as long as you introduce me to that Qi Refiner's disciple."
Xia Hou looked at Huang Bantian again, and then he agreed: "Okay. Hey, Huang Long? Damn it!" He turned around and left.
Huang Yi smiled, took out a thin brush from his body, and brushed Huang Long's scales with great care.
Huang Long squinted his eyes and looked at Xia Hou, who was striding away with a wet body. He suddenly opened his mouth again and laughed loudly.
