The wise king drank a cup of bamboo leaf green, looked up at the Emperor of Chu, and asked: "Did the dust-washing banquet go smoothly today?"
Emperor Chu shook his head and said: "It seems that the Zhou Kingdom came well prepared and tried to humiliate our Chu Kingdom with an arithmetic problem."
King Xian looked at the lack of resentment on Emperor Chu's face and asked, "It seems that it was resolved by my great Chu?"
Emperor Chu nodded and said: "Well, several of the Imperial Academy's Ph.D.s in mathematics had no clue about that arithmetic problem. Fortunately, Xu Qing took action in time. Not only did he easily solve the problem, but even one problem brought down the entire Zhou Kingdom.
Tuan asked and was speechless."
The wise king nodded and said: "Although Xu Qing appears to be indifferent on the surface, he is still unambiguous when it comes to family and country matters. Yes, this king really admires him."
Emperor Chu: "I said that whoever can solve this problem will be rewarded with a thousand taels, and that's why he stepped forward."
The wise king: "..."
He knew that he should never have any expectations for Xu Qing...
Emperor Chu continued: "Now that the Zhao State's envoy is about to arrive in the capital, I don't know what tricks the Zhao State will come up with, but I am afraid that they will definitely find ways to belittle our Chu State and make our great Chu lose in front of other countries."
In order to gain prestige, Zhao and Zhou must have discussed this in advance."
Anding Bofu
Xu Qing's favorability towards Emperor Chu rose to a new level. As soon as he returned home, the rewards had already been placed in the yard. It was not like a certain King Xian. After he told you to give it to you, you have to give it to you every now and then.
You will be urged to do so, and you may even get some kickbacks.
After washing, Xu Qing returned to the bedroom. Su Qian played with the sword for a while, then wrapped the sword in her hand with a sword flower and returned it to the scabbard.
The next day, the servants of Uncle Anding's Mansion looked angry and replaced the mansion with a stone table and a stone lamppost.
Today at the court, the State of Zhou submitted its credentials to the State of Chu. If Xu Qing could understand the content of the credentials, it would be roughly as follows:
In line with the principle of sharing the same origin and being descendants of Yan and Huang, Zhou expressed sympathy for Chu's experience last year and sent a special mission to express condolences to Chu's situation.
I hope that the Chu Kingdom will become stronger. Don’t be afraid of any difficulties you encounter. Face them bravely. Come on, Oli is here!
Soon, this letter of credence was typeset overnight and was finally published in the "Beijing Xun Bao" on time. Also published along with it was the incident of the State of Zhou making things difficult for the State of Chu during the Cleansing Banquet.
Most of the people of Chu State saw the latest issue of "Beijing Xundao" and slapped the table and cursed angrily.
In a teahouse, several people in scholar's robes, each holding a copy of "Beijing Xun Bao" in their hands, began to discuss:
"How can the Zhou people express any condolences in their actions? They are clearly just here to see the Chu State's jokes!"
"Hmph, it's just that you don't bring a grain of rice or a penny, but you still try to make things difficult for me, the Chu State, at the dust-washing banquet. It's really abominable!"
"It's so, so bad! If the Anding County uncle hadn't taken action in time, I'm afraid I would have lost face. Zhou Guozhen is so ambitious! He's extremely shameless!"
At this time, a scholar wearing a silk scarf said: "I guess Zhou Guo's mission this time is false, but the temptation is real! They are probably using the name of the mission to come and see my great Chu openly.
How strong is it now?"
Another scholar named Zeng Yue said: "What Brother Zhang said is reasonable. I heard that when the late emperor was in power twelve years ago, the Zhou State took advantage of the unstable state of Chu and attempted to invade Chu.
, Fortunately, the prince led his army to block it back, and instead connected the two cities of the Zhou Kingdom. The behavior of the Zhou Kingdom is really a despicable country. When I heard about this incident, I hated the Zhou Kingdom with all my teeth! I really couldn’t wait to go into battle.
Kill some Zhou traitors!"
At this time, the scholar sitting on the table next to him said: "This brother is surprised by what he said. The State of Zhou ignored the previous grudges and expressed condolences to our State of Chu, but our State of Chu wants to judge the heart of a gentleman here with the heart of a villain."
, is it possible that all the scholars in Da Chu are like this brother?!"
The scholar who was just called Brother Zhang held up the newspaper angrily and said: "You can still say such things when the recent facts have been published in the newspaper! How can you say it?! What happened twelve years ago,
Have you forgotten?!"
The scholar took a sip of tea and said: "Brother, what I see is that the imperial court wants you to see that there must be a pattern in life. History is not for us to hate others and retaliate against others, but to inspire ourselves. This is
The pattern that scholars of our generation should have."
Such words made the scholars present feel itching to hear them, but they didn't know how to refute them. This person opened and closed his mouth to suppress others with a pattern. If they retorted, wouldn't it be a sign of losing the pattern?
Even after listening to this person's discussion, some people felt a little shaken by their original ideas.
Just when everyone was staring angrily, a crisp sound appeared:
"Snapped!"
Zeng Yue slapped the scholar just now on the face. The self-possessed scholar couldn't react in time. He dropped the tea cup in his hand to the ground. His face was swollen and five palm prints were clearly visible.
The scholar became angry and said, "How dare you hit me?!"
As he spoke, the scholar stretched out his fist and was about to hit Zeng Yue, but he was quickly pulled away by the scholar who reacted and tried to dissuade him, saying: "Peace is the most important thing, peace is the most important thing!"
The scholar obviously didn't buy it, but he was pulled and couldn't move. He could only shout: "You dare to hit me, do you know who I am?! I remember you!"
Zeng Yue shrugged and said: "Why is this brother so angry? Didn't brother say that history is not used to hate others but to inspire yourself? Why do you hate me so much? Just encourage yourself.
.With such a shameful and angry attitude, doesn’t it mean that Xiongtai has lost his own personality?”
Suddenly, the scholar was speechless. He could only shout angrily: "You wait, you wait for me! Don't leave if you have the ability! If I can't take off one of your legs today, I will follow you."
surname!"
Zeng Yue was slightly startled when he heard this, as if he didn't believe there could be such a bold person in the capital: "You, you dare to threaten others in the capital?"
At this moment, a hand was placed on the scholar's shoulder. Under the huge force, the scholar's body became stiff, and a look of pain appeared on his face.
Xiao Ye looked at him expressionlessly: "You want to take someone else's leg off?"
The scholar's body was bent downward by Xiao Ye's palm, and he could only barely threaten him: "You... do you know who my father is?! My father is the newly appointed doctor of Kurabe Division! Get out of the way!"
Your dirty hands! Ah!”
Xiao Ye tightened his palms, nodded, and murmured to himself: "So he's new here, no wonder it feels so strange."
After that, Xiao Ye waved his hand, and the man dressed as a scholar flew out from the teahouse and fell down on the road outside.
After doing this, Xiao Ye clapped his hands: "Now we are familiar."