Whether intentionally or not, Xiang Shaolong's seat was placed next to Zhao Ya. Next to Zhao Ya were Han Chuang, Guo Xiuer, Li Yuan, Guo Zong, and to Xiang Shaolong's right were Zhao Ba, Le Cheng and Zhao Mu.
Zhao Zhi's seat was cancelled.
Now everyone knows that the real protagonist is Li Yuan, who is sitting between the Guo family and his daughter. This person is very eloquent, and after a while, Guo Xiuer keeps covering her mouth and chuckling. It is very harmonious. It seems that as long as Li Yuan is willing to nod, Guo Xiuer will be him.
of people.
Han Chuang was obviously very interested in the outstanding beauty Guo Xiuer, but for the sake of his Korean foreign policy, he certainly did not dare to compete with Li Yuan, and concentrated on whispering to Zhao Ya, while Zhao Ya also deliberately ignored him
Na Ma Chi spoke to Han Chuang affectionately, and kept laughing as sweetly as silver bells, adding a lot of liveliness and spring to the banquet.
In order to create an opportunity for Li Yuan and his beloved daughter, Guo Zong socialized with everyone for a few words, then turned away and chatted happily with Zhao Mu on the left, and the topic did not stray away from the gossip among the dignitaries in Handan.
Zhao Ba had a close personal relationship with Guo Zong and joined the small circle of conversation. Although Xiang Shaolong pretended to listen with interest, he was obviously ignored by Guo Zong.
Xiang Shaolong knew full well that Guo Zong's change of direction so quickly was due to Li Yuan's influence. It could also be inferred that the industrial tycoon was more pessimistic about the situation in Zhao State than before and had begun to leave.
Naturally, his mentality could not be hidden from King Zhao and Guo Kai, so the latter reminded him to be careful about Guo Zong.
As soon as the Wu family left, Zhao Guoli showed even more weakness.
What plans does Zhao Ya have?
At this time the maid came up to pour wine for everyone.
Li Yuan left Guo Xiu'er behind, looked at Xiang Shaolong and said, "Brother Dong did not hesitate to travel far and wide this time to come here, but I don't know what the reason is?"
Hearing that his tone was full of provocation, everyone stopped talking to see how Xiang Shaolong would react.
Guo Xiuer raised her pretty face for the first time and looked at this man who was taller, more powerful and rough-looking than Li Yuan.
Xiang Shaolong narrowed his eyes and looked at him in a leisurely manner, and said calmly in a hoarse voice: "Brother Li loves beauties, and Dong loves horses. Wherever the beauty goes, Brother Li will chase her."
, Dong looked at the lush water and grass there, so he ran there. As long as Brother Li thinks about himself, he will understand Dong's intention." The answer was just right.
Guo Xiuer thought that the beauty Xiang Shaolong mentioned was herself, and her pretty face dropped in shame.
No one else could have imagined that this rough Ci Feng could become so powerful. They were all surprised, but they also felt a little embarrassed for Li Yuan.
Only Zhao Mu was happy in his heart. He could not offend Li Yuan, so it was most appropriate for Xiang Shaolong to take action on his behalf.
Li Yuan's face changed slightly, murderous intent flashed across his eyes, and he said calmly: "Brother Dong, are you implying that the water plants in Chu country are not as good as here?" As soon as he said this, he knew that he had lost his way. Everyone at the table except Han Chuang was
Mr. Zhao, how can you say this?
As expected, Lecheng, Zhao Ba and Zhao Mu, who had long regarded themselves as Zhao people, both frowned.
After hearing a few words, Xiang Shaolong made Li Yuan hesitate. He felt so happy that he could not see Li Yuan's anger and said as if nothing had happened: "Brother Li is thinking too far. I'm just making a metaphor. In fact, everything is different."
Water and grass all have their advantages and disadvantages. The climate in the south is mild and it is easy to raise horses. However, the horses they raise may look good, but they are not strong enough and cannot withstand the wind, cold, rain and snow. It is difficult to raise horses in the north, but the horses they raise are hardworking.
It is hardworking and has much less chance of getting horse plague. Therefore, the Huns' war horses are the most famous. It is precisely because it is a bitter and cold land that it is rich in good horses."
Everyone was moved, but they didn't expect that Xiang Shaolong was so insightful, and even criticized the mulberry tree and the sophora tree.
Although he fought many battles, he cultivated many talented people and his reputation overshadowed the once powerful Chu people.
This is also true. After the Chu State, a small Yue State, invaded the capital of Ying, its national prestige was greatly reduced. At the same time, its strategies frequently made mistakes, and its national power went from bad to worse.
The first time the six countries joined forces to attack Qin, King Huai of Chu was the commander-in-chief, but only Han and Zhao actually participated in the war. These two countries were defeated by Qin at Xiuyu in Han, and Qi turned to attack Zhao.
Wei was in chaos. Qin therefore took the opportunity to destroy Ba and Shu, more than doubling the country's territory and connecting it with Chu's Wu County and central Guizhou. From then on, the Chu people's nightmare began, and they also had the taste of "sitting back and watching."
The bitter fruit.
The Qin people have always been most afraid of the union of Qi and Chu, so the Qin people lured King Huai of Chu to break off diplomatic relations with Qi by ceding territory. After gaining the advantage, they immediately broke up and defeated the Chu army in Danyang, killing 80,000 people, and captured Chu's Hanzhong.
, and then took Numa Ling, causing the Ping Fan in the northwest of Yingdu to be completely lost.
King Huai of Chu's foolish behavior did not stop there. Just after he agreed to another alliance with Qi, he was once again tempted by the Qin people, suddenly changed his mind again, and even entered into a mutual marriage with Qin.
Qi, Wei, and Han were furious and sent troops to attack Chu for breaking the treaty. King Huai was shocked and sent the prince to Qin as a hostage, and asked Qin soldiers to come for reinforcements, so the three countries had no choice but to retreat. This only encouraged the Qin people's arrogance. Later, the Qin people used an excuse to attack Chu,
Using both soft and hard tactics, he even tricked this stupid king into entering Qin and imprisoned him. In the end, he was unable to escape and died of illness in Qin.
When his son, King Qingxiang of Chu, came to the throne, he wanted to take revenge, but after giving the Qin people false promises, he immediately lost his temper. He not only sued for peace, but also went to Qin to marry him. Like his father, King Huai, he also added an extra piece of foolish relief to history.
Therefore, Xiang Shaolong's words imply that the Chu people's self-destruction of the Great Wall is a human problem, not a crime of war. The most powerful part is that it is an irony that Li Yuan is useless and cannot withstand the storm.
Zhao Ya and Guo Xiuer looked at the two of them with their keen female intuition. They both felt that Li Yuan was like a beautiful horse from the south, while Dong Kuang was a good horse from the north that could withstand the wind and frost. Li Yuan's status in their hearts could not help but be lowered.
A little more.
Guo Zong also looked at Xiang Shaolong in surprise and reconsidered whether it was appropriate to go to Chu State to escape Qin.
Xiang Shaolong starts from the irrefutable general point and demonstrates the fatal weakness of the Chu people's indecisiveness and lack of perseverance and hardship, and he hits the nail on the head.
Li Yuan's face turned red and white, but he was speechless.
On the surface, someone is just judging horses, so what can he say?
Guo Zong laughed and smoothed things over: "Mr. Dong really talks about horses in every word. He is worthy of being a horse lover. Come and have a drink with us."
Everyone raised their glasses, but Li Yuan had a livid face and did not agree, which made people feel that this person was narrow-minded and lacked grace.
After Zhao Mu finished drinking, he raised the wine that the maid had filled and raised it to Li Yuan. Han Chuang and the two said: "For the three kingdoms of Han, Chu and Zhao to join forces, let's have a drink."
Li Yuan didn't know what happened, and his expression returned to his usual calm and carefree expression. He raised his glass with a smile, and the tense atmosphere relaxed a little.
Han Chuang said: "I heard that the King of Qi attaches great importance to this meeting in Handan. Prime Minister Tian Dan has come personally and will arrive in the next two days."
Zhao Mu and Le Cheng had known about this for a long time, but it was the first time for the others to hear it, and they were all moved.
Tian Dan can be said to be the current unknown ruler of Qi State, and his reputation is as great as that of Lord Xinling of Wei State.
Eight years after the death of King Huai of Chu, the state of Chu was weak, while the state of Qi was in the middle of the Japanese army, hiding and fighting against the state of Qin. At this time, Qi fell into the Qin people's plan and accepted the advice of King Qin Zhaoxiang.
He was called the Western Emperor, and the people of Qi were called the Eastern Emperor. It was clear that Qin and Qi divided the world equally.
Although King Qi was finally persuaded by his ministers to revoke his imperial title two days after proclaiming himself emperor, his ambitions were not dispelled. He successively conquered the south and north, first destroyed the Song Dynasty, and then annexed some small countries and occupied a lot of land.
However, the national strength was greatly depleted in the battle, which prompted Qin, Chu, and the Three Kingdoms to join forces with the Yan State to attack Qi. The Yan general Le Yi even invaded Linzi and occupied more than 70 areas of the Qi State in five years, leaving only
Ju and Jimo.
Tian Dan is a famous figure who emerged from this difficult environment. He is a descendant of the Qi royal family. He was a minor official under the Linzi City Palace at first. Before the Yan army broke through the city, he taught his tribe to saw off the ends of axles and seize the road.
He managed to escape without having his axle crashed during his escape. This made him stand out and showed his potential to be calm and resourceful in the face of danger.
When the Yan people besieged Jimo, they all elected him as the main general. King Zhao of Yan died, and the new King of Yan fell into Tian Dan's conspiracy and replaced Le Yi with an incompetent general. Once this man was gone, Tian Dan seemed to be devastated.
The most famous battle to sweep the Yan people out of the Qi territory was the battle of using the Fire Ox Formation to defeat the Yan army.
Although Tian Dan became famous far and wide because of this, Qi State was in trouble until now.
When Xiang Shaolong wanted to continue listening, Zhao Ya beside him personally took the wine from the waitress and refilled the empty glass on Xiang Shaolong's table. She smiled softly and said softly: "Mr. Dong, Zhao Ya may have offended me."
I'll lend you this cup as an apology."
Han Chuang was busy talking and didn't pay attention. Li Yuan only had a strange light in his eyes and started to think.
Xiang Shaolong was secretly angry in his heart. This woman was really in love with Qin Muchu. Just now, she was very close to Han Chuang. Now she was moved by his words and wanted to please him again. However, she was not too graceless to embarrass her in front of her. He raised his glass of wine calmly.
He said: "Madam, you are too worried. How can you offend me? I will give you a drink in return."
Zhao Yamei raised her glass and drank with deep attention.
Only then did Han Chuang notice that the two were secretly communicating, and a look of displeasure flashed across his face. If he were in Korea, with his power, he would definitely teach Xiang Shaolong to look good, but now he can only feel depressed.
Li Yuan laughed and said, "Madam, I haven't had a drink with you today." He raised his glass and congratulated her from afar.
Although Zhao Ya's favorable impression of him had declined slightly, she still had a lot of affection for him. Last night, this man had been indifferent to her, but now he took the initiative to flirt with her. She couldn't help being flattered, and raised her glass to drink in confusion.
Xiang Shaolong knew clearly that Li Yuan was using Zhao Ya to attack him, but he was still angry. He hated Li Yuan and was angry that Zhao Ya didn't know how to love himself. Of course, he didn't show any trace on the surface.
Li Yuan was not willing to let it go, and continued to tease Zhao Ya: "My wife has a good drinking capacity, why don't I let you drink with her one night and see who gets drunk first."
After saying this, four of the nine people sitting at the same table looked unnatural.
The ones with the ugliest faces were Guo Zong and Guo Xiuer. They both felt that he was so disrespectful of their faces by openly flirting with this beautiful woman who was famous for her debauchery.
However, Han Chuang transferred his jealousy towards Xiang Shaolong to this new love rival.
Zhao Mu also had a very unnatural expression on his face and glared at Zhao Ya fiercely, asking her to politely refuse.
Zhao Ya didn't expect that the other party would be so bold and openly ask her to spend the night together at the table. Do you refuse? It's really a bit reluctant. Do you accept? The man next to her who seems to be more attractive than Li Yuan will look down on her. She turned her eyes and said:
: "Mr. Li is so interested that Zhao Ya will hold a banquet at our house one day. Don't excuse yourself when the time comes."
Then he looked around the crowd with beautiful eyes and said with a smile: "Everyone, come and bear witness. Let's see who among us gets drunk first."
Li Yuan was slightly shocked. He didn't expect that this slut was not seduced by her, so he couldn't help but look at her intently.
Since his mind was occupied by Ji Yanran, he rarely paid attention to other women. Looking carefully at this moment, he felt that Zhao Ya was like a blooming flower, with indescribable charm and charming, mature beauty.
She is indeed unique. And on the surface, although she is charming and glamorous, she has a graceful and elegant charm that makes people dare not despise her, and her heart can't help but beat. Only then can she understand why Han Chuang is so charming.
Infatuated with her.
Li Yuan smiled casually and said, "If we decide on a good date, please let me know."
At this time, Zhao Ba interrupted, and everyone turned to other topics.
Zhao Ya leaned towards Xiang Shaolong and whispered: "Are you satisfied?"
Xiang Shaolong felt great pleasure, knowing that this slut had finally surrendered to his other identity again. Before he had a chance to speak, Guo Xiuer stood up and said with a dull expression: "I'm sorry Xiuer feels a little uncomfortable, I want to go back to the room to rest."
An unhappy look appeared on Li Yuan's face and he remained silent.
Everyone knew very well that this rich lady had a bad temper in Li Yuan.
Guo Zong said helplessly: "Send the young lady back to her room."
At that moment, a maid came to take this lovely girl out of the hall.
The atmosphere became awkward again. Without Guo Xiuer, the dinner party was much more eclipsed. Fortunately, Zhao Ya was still there to support the scene.
Zhao Ba drank two more drinks, and the conversation suddenly became interesting. He talked about Xiang Shaolong's experience in swordsmanship and said: "Many people who learn swordsmanship nowadays are eager for quick success and instant benefit, and they only have postures, but they don't have stable body skills and horse steps to match.
They don’t pay much attention to the practice of waist strength. They have arm strength but lack wrist strength. They don’t know that the four aspects of waist, arms, wrists and footwork can complement each other to achieve the essence of swordsmanship. It can be seen that the use of strength is a necessary condition.”
Li Yuan was arrogant and obviously did not take Zhao Guo's swordsman master seriously. He said calmly: "I don't think it's useless to have any strength, otherwise Xiao Wei Mou will not be killed by Xiang Shaolong."
The name "Xiang Shaolong" has now become a taboo that everyone in the city avoids mentioning. Everyone except Han Chuang is shocked by it.
Xiang Shaolong was stunned because someone mentioned his name. He quickly glanced at Zhao Ya and saw that her expression dimmed and she became startled.
Han Chuang said proudly: "It's a pity that he slipped away to Qin, otherwise I would have tried his swordsmanship to see how powerful he is."
Zhao Mu gritted his teeth and said: "Isn't there a chance to invade Xianyang in the future?"
Zhao Ba was not angry at Li Yuan for stealing the prize, but he couldn't defeat Li Yuan. He said solemnly: "Mr. Li dominates the Chu Kingdom with his sword skills. I wonder if I can come to our hall one day? It will open Zhao's eyes."
Li Yuan's eyes flashed with lightning, and he nodded and said: "Everywhere I go, I like to find the most famous local swordsmen to compete with each other. The master of the hall made this suggestion, and Li Yuan really got what he wanted."
This time, even Le Cheng couldn't bear to see the son's arrogance. He smiled at Zhao Ba and said, "Mr. Li is so arrogant. Master, please set a date so that we can appreciate Mr. Li's peerless swordsmanship."
Zhao Baxian was extremely angry and said: "Zhao is a bit impatient. It would be best to see Mr. Li tomorrow at that time."
Li Yuan said proudly: "I can't do it tomorrow because I have an appointment with Miss Ji Yanran to travel to Handan together. It's better to change it to the afternoon of the day after tomorrow."
Everyone was astonished by this, showing expressions of admiration and jealousy.
Xiang Shaolong's heart sank and he became cold. Why did Yanran accept this person's date? He must ask her clearly.
Zhao Ya's expression was normal, and of course she felt uncomfortable because Ji Yanran had taken the spotlight away from her.
The atmosphere of the banquet was completely ruined. Zhao Ba excused himself to leave first, and then it was Zhao Ya's turn.
Han Chuang stood up and said: "Let me accompany Mrs. Ya back to the house."
Zhao Ya frowned in annoyance, shook her head and said, "I appreciate Marquis Pingshan's kindness. Zhao Ya's head is a little dizzy and she wants to be alone for a while."
Pingshan Hou Han Chuang flashed a look of displeasure and said calmly: "You can do whatever you want, madam."
Zhao Mu stood up and said, "We are walking together, but I am chatting happily. Who wants to accompany me in the car?" He winked at Xiang Shaolong.
Xiang Shaolong nodded hurriedly and said: "Anyway, I am coming alone, and I will accompany the Marquis."
Zhao Ya glanced at Xiang Shaolong strangely, becoming suspicious of the relationship between the two.
Everyone said goodbye one after another and left Guo Mansion separately.
Zhao Mu said in the car: "I didn't expect Mr. Li Yuan to be so sharp in his words. Even Li Yuan, who has always been eloquent, couldn't parry it. I just wonder if you have the sword in his hand to defeat him. It is reported that this person does have real talent and knowledge."
Xiang Shaolong frowned and said: "Whether we are sure or not is a secondary question, but fighting in the martial arts field uses blunt wooden swords, and it is not a life and death fight..."
Zhao Mu cut him off and said, "I just want to dampen his arrogance, not kill him. This kid is really hateful. If you let me hold him, I will fuck him to death."
Xiang Shaolong's skin immediately became pimpled, and he shivered.