62

Led by Crown Prince Zhao, the feudal lords passed through the inner palace gate, and a solemn stone-base and green-brick palace stood in front of everyone's eyes. In front of the palace, there were two rows of sturdy Huben guards, whose heights were generally above 170 centimeters. These Huben all have noble blood, is the elite of Wu.

Walking up the nine stone steps, he came to the main door of the hall. The hall is more than ten meters high, with bronze ornaments hanging from the four eaves, which sway gently with the breeze and have a clear 'ding dong' sound. The entrance to the hall is covered with smooth white rocks, and the interior of the hall is covered with patterned green bricks. In the north of the hall, there was a seven-step wooden platform about two meters high, on which was placed a table carved from a block of black jade, behind which was a short bed made of nanmu. In front of the table there is a three-foot-high bronze tripod, and the aroma is rising from the tripod. Inside the hall, there was a lot of space, which could accommodate more than three hundred people.

An old man with sparse eyebrows, white beard, dry and thin face, medium height, looking nearly sixty years old, wearing a black diamond patterned dragon and phoenix deep coat, with a white jade beaded nine tasseled coronet crown on his head, was sitting upright on a low bed behind a black jade desk table. Around the wooden platform stood waiters and maids of honor with their heads hung low. On both sides of the hall stood the Hussar General, Wen Zai, Jiang Dafu, Tai Fu and some other important officials of the royal court.

With modern eyes to measure things in the hall, black jade table is the dragon case, short bed is the royal seat, in fact, the later generations of the royal seat is evolved from the short bed. The pattern of turkey and lobster on King Wu's deep coat is the prototype of the latter-day dragon and phoenix.

Led by Crown Prince Zhao, the feudal lords entered the room in a line according to their seniority, and one by one, they went in front of the King of Wu's royal seat to pay their respects. The first to come forward was the Western Marquis, who was the oldest in terms of seniority and age.

"My old ministers greet the great king!" Marquis Xi brought his slow-witted son Kun and the nobles of his fiefdom to salute the King of Wu according to the highest standard of greatness.

"Uncle Wang please rise! It's good for a family to perform family rituals." King Wu stood up and made a gesture of reaching out to assist him, and when the attendants under the wooden platform saw this, they hurried forward to help the kneeling Western Marquis to his feet.

Standing at the entrance of the hall waiting to see the salute of the North Marquis, see the West Marquis meticulous salute, the corner of the mouth can not help but straight skimming. He and the Western Marquis is the King of Wu's elders, although for the courtier, but can not not do such a big salute, you can do the ordinary bowing ceremony. But the pedantic Western Marquis used a big salute to meet the driver every time, causing the Northern Marquis to follow with a big salute.

"Thank you, Great King, for giving me a seat." The Western Marquis slowly got up with the help of his attendants, looking like an old man.

The King of Wu saw the Western Marquis with a trembling appearance, and then looked at the Western Marquis beside the silly son, his heart could not help but feel pity.

"Reward Western Marquis Shizi Kun with a seat." As soon as King Wu took pity, Xi Hou Shi Zi Kun was given a seat.

"This is the treasures of the fiefdom, and the old minister honors the great king." The Western Marquis' tribute looked a bit shabby, a dozen old ginsengs from the mountains and six pieces of jade that weren't too big or small.

"Uncle Wang broke the bank." The King of Wu's eyes swept down the tribute, his face did not hesitate, he only waved his hand for the attendant to take it.

After the Western Marquis had seen the salute and offered the tribute, he took his son to the chief seat on the lower left of the wooden platform next to him and sat down. The nobles of the Western Marquis' fiefdom knelt down and sat behind the feudal lord.

"The old minister has met the great king!" Although the Northern Marquis was reluctant to perform a great salute, but the Western Marquis had already taken the lead, so he had no choice but to kneel according to the great salute.

"Bei Hou please rise! I have said that it is only necessary to perform the family rituals." King Wu didn't get up this time, he just smiled and let the attendant to assist him.

"The old minister entered the capital this time and brought six BMWs to present to the Great King." Bei Hou's fiefdom was close to the State of Zhao, which produced horses in abundance.

"Oh, where is it? Bring it to me to have a look." King Wu liked martial arts, and martial artists basically liked steeds.

The Northern Marquis was full of color and waved his hand for his men to go outside the main hall to bring in the steeds. The steeds that Northern Marquis offered were carefully selected. Bei Hou's men led six horses into the hall in turn, these six horses, the color is selected, there are two pure black, two pure white, there are two brown red, these six horses body thick, limbs solid and strong, sideburns hair long and loose. Each horse was brought in, causing people to marvel. Chu Zhaohui glanced at the steeds, then glanced at the chubby Bei Hou, his heart itching with a hundred claws, why doesn't Dacheng produce steeds?

Through the beads of jade, the king of Wu looked at the six rare BMW, the heart only heartache, the northern marquis of the fiefdom, because of the production of horses, is only here in the East China Sea coast of the rich fiefdom, but by the first first king of the fiefdom to the youngest son, usually can not see the horse, can not afford to think of it does not heartache, now these six stallions in front of the eyes, it is simply to tear at the bottom of his heart.

"Uncle Wang's fiefdom BMW is rare in all of Great Qin." The King of Wu was heartbroken, but he nodded frequently, his face full of joy.

The Northern Marquis was pleased that the horses on his fief were very famous in the Central Plains. The Northern Marquis had a good life by trading horses with the surrounding countries.

"A good army is only possible with good horses; the horses raised on Uncle Wang's fief are getting more and more robust, so I'll see that in the future the annual tribute will be fifty more horses, so that my Great Wu can have more chariots to defend the land."

The complacent look of the Northern Marquis immediately disappeared, which is patting the horse on the horse's foot, and the annual tribute is not reduced but increased.

The Northern Marquis sat down on his seat with his head hanging down in shame, chagrined in his heart for choosing the BMW to offer. Because of the previous experience of the Northern Marquis, the three concubine brothers of the King of Wu offered gifts with fear and trembling, fearing that the King of Wu would increase the tribute to them as well.

Luckily, these three feudal lords' fiefdoms were not very impressive, and King Wu gave them some warm words of commendation before allowing them to take their seats on the side.

"My son, Guang, pays his respects to Father!" The last turn was Gong Ziguang, Gong Ziguang was a junior, the elders in front of him had performed a big salute, he had to do it even more. Duke Guang was followed by Zheng Yuming and Chu Chao Hui, Wei Shen and Chen Meng and other nobles trailed behind the two.

"It's Guang'er!" King Wu took a closer look down from his high perch, only to see that his commoner son had now grown into a handsome man. "Come before me!" King Wu beckoned to Gongzi Guang, this son had been forgotten by him, but when his son was at his heels, the little bit of blood kinship in King Wu's heart awakened.

"Aye! Father!" Gongzi Guang got up onto the wooden platform and knelt at the feet of King Wu. After leaving the royal capital for ten whole years, now that he saw his father, who had visibly aged, Gong Ziguang's eyes turned red.

"Light is so tall, when you left the king's capital, you were still a child." King Wu stroked Gongzi Guang's face, a face that resembled Wei Ji's, evoking memories of days gone by. He had many happy times with the gentle and beautiful Wei Ji.

"Light misses his father day after day in Dacheng." Gongzi Guang's voice stammered.

"Little birds always leave their parents when they grow up." King Wu was infected by his son, and his eyes began to redden; when people get old, their hearts become soft.

"My son has brought a few novelty gifts into Father this time." Gongzi Guang leaned at King Wu's feet and didn't want to leave, King Wu was also immersed in warmth and couldn't stop looking at his son's hand.

"What is it?"

"It's a wagon on four wheels and paper for writing."

"Paper?" King Wu had never heard of paper as an object.

"Paper can replace writing on brocade." Gong Zi Guang looked back and told the Dacheng attendant to bring up the paper first.

"This paper looks good, similar to brocade." King Wu touched the paper, it was thin and smooth, something like this should be as valuable as brocade, right? Even if the utility can be replaced and the value is comparable, it still can't be popularized.

"Paper is cheap, made only from decaying bark, and can be popularized for use." Gong Ziguang spoke of the potential value of paper.

"Oh, only bark to make?" King Wu was amazed that rough brown bark could be turned into white smooth thin paper, it was too much to imagine.

"Your Majesty! Can you let me look at the paper." The Tai Fu sitting next to him was deeply interested in the paper, and he got up and saluted towards King Wu to request it.

"May!" The King of Wu beckoned to one of the attendants, "Pass the paper to the gentleman for a closer look." Tai Fu was a famous scholar in Wu, and the King of Wu respected him.

Tai Fu took the paper and looked at it carefully, nodding his head repeatedly, while Wen Zai and some civil ministers on the side also gathered around.

"Who is the person who thought of making this?" Seeing that his civil ministers could not stop marveling around the white paper, the King of Wu could not help but ask about the artisan who made the white paper, and prepared to let this artisan enter the capital and make it in the royal capital for the royal palace.

"It's Nambu Governor Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui, the two of them are from overseas and drifted to my son's belongings due to a storm, and the four-wheeled carriage was also their idea to have the craftsmen make it." Gongziguang introduced Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui to the King of Wu to know as if they were offering treasures.

"Overseas people? Which two are they?" King Wu looked down through the bejeweled jade to the wooden platform, in front of which a group of nobles from Dacheng were still kneeling.

"Nambu Zheng Yuming Chu Chaohui pays his respects to the Great King." Zheng Yuming and Chu Zhaohui only had to renew their great salute.

"Rise without honor!"

Hearing King Wu's order to get up, the people of Dacheng hurriedly climbed up, their legs already numb from kneeling.

As soon as Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui stood up, they stood out in the great hall.

"Come to the front of Lone's seat, Lone wants a closer look." The King of Wu's eyes were a bit dim, and he could only see one slender figure and one magnificent figure. The two stood there side by side, exuding a distinctive aura.

Zheng Yuming's legs were numb, but in this kind of place he could only endure the discomfort, lifting his legs that were pricked by needles to move towards the wooden platform, Chu Chaohui did not move and walked behind Zheng Yuming.

When Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui stood under the wooden platform, King Wu got a good look at the two men, and he stared at Zheng Yuming with unblinking eyes.

"You, come to the throne." King Wu pointed his finger at Zheng Yuming.

"Yes!" Zheng Yuming was flabbergasted, not understanding why King Wu wanted him to go up to the wooden platform when he had already seen him. Chu Chao Hui pursed his lips and observed King Wu, realizing that his face was a bit puzzled.

When Jung Yuming walked onto the wooden platform, King Wu's eyes scanned up and down and suddenly he noticed the jade jewelry around Jung Yuming's waist. "Ming Er! Are you Lone's Ming Er?"

When King Wu's words came out, Gong Ziguang and Zheng Yuming were both dumbfounded.

"Father, Yu Ming's family is overseas, he's not Ming." Gongzi Guang hurriedly explained to King Wu.

"Looks so much like Akita! How old are you?" King Wu took a look at Zheng Yuming, then at his own son Gongziguang, and the more he looked at him, the more he felt that Zheng Yuming resembled his third son.

Gong Ziguang heard King Wu say this, he also stared back at Zheng Yuming, his mind recalling his youngest brother's looks, and when he compared them like this, he suddenly realized that Zheng Yuming's facial features were very similar to Ming's.

"I am sixteen this year." Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui coincidentally chose to lower their ages after realizing that they were growing slowly; Zheng Yuming looked eighteen or nine years old and he only said sixteen, Chu Chaohui was in his early twenties and he only said eighteen.

"My Ming is sixteen." The King of Wu counted with his fingers, his third son was going to live until today, precisely at the age of sixteen. "The carp jade ornament around your waist was carved by Lone himself." King Wu's eyes reddened as he remembered his third son who had died prematurely. Among his five sons, his favorite was his third son Ming, Ming not only had outstanding looks, his enlightenment was also quite high, King Wu often used Son of Heaven to describe this son.

"Father, this carp jade ornament is one that seeks Yuming for the Lord himself." Gong Zi Guang immediately recalled the jade ornament unexpectedly appearing among the jade ornaments to be given to Zheng Yu Ming.

"I'm really not Duke Ming." Zheng Yuming was sweating anxiously, not to mention the blue light teleportation that brought him to this time and space. His birth certificate in the twenty-first century was complete with everything, and he looked similar to his parents, half resembling Zheng mother and half resembling Zheng father, Zheng Yuming could guarantee that he was not adopted. Moreover, his memory was complete when he was six years old, following his grandfather around the ground all day long.

"Is it really not Ming?" King Wu sighed, "Ming would have to be this big and would be this noble and handsome."

From the moment King Wu called out the name 'Ming' this, the ministers on both sides of the throne were talking, many of them didn't quite remember the six year old toddler, but both Zheng Yuming and Gongziguang were handsome, and there were a lot of similarities between handsome people, so they nodded along, thinking that Zheng Yuming looked similar to the two Gongziguang brothers.

63

People are old, memories are more, memories of those good, and was enlarged. The king of Wu is very clear in his heart his third son Ming is in the age of six died, but he saw the features and Ming similar to the handsome as jade Zheng Yuming, can not help but imagine that his son grew up after the same look.

"Father, Zheng Qing is multi-talented, he can build a waterwheel to turn water, and he can also make a good medicine for malaria." Gongzi Guang praised Zheng Yuming one by one to King Wu.

"Oh, will also make malaria medicine?" King Wu also pulled Zheng Yuming's hand did not let go, beauty is always pleasing to the eye.

"No, the malaria medicine was made by my elder brother." Zheng Yuming was too eager to pull his hand out of King Wu's withered claws.

"Qing's brother is this Chu governor?" King Wu only raised his eyes to look at standing under the wooden platform Chu Zhaohui, forgotten Chu Zhaohui in dark green dark clothes, slender and tall but not rough, exuding a cold and arrogant momentum.

"I, Chu Chaohui, see Your Majesty." Seeing Wu Chao Hui looking over at him, Chu Chao Hui hurriedly stepped forward and saluted again.

King Wu looked at the heroic Chu Chao Hui and could not help but nod his head. "Both of you are well characterized and are great men! Have you practiced martial arts in your homeland?"

"Your Majesty, my brother was unable to practice martial arts when he was young due to illness, and I have practiced for more than ten years." Chu Chao Hui grabbed in front of Zheng Yuming to speak, he had already inquired about King Wu's hobbies.

"Practiced for more than ten years? What kind of martial arts skills do you know?" King Wu scrutinized Chu Chao Hui, Chu Chao Hui looked to be around twenty years old, if he had practiced martial arts for ten years, he could only have started practicing from a young age.

"I know combat, elite shooting." Chu Chao Hui grew up with his father's comrades learned free combat, Chu father suffered an unfortunate, Chu Chao Hui returned to Burma into the army, as the elite was sent to heaven to be trained, stayed in the special forces for three years, combat arts and shooting scores in the group competition are the first, after arriving in Great Qin, know that you need to rely on the skills to defend yourself, but also practiced diligently, more than a year, the original is not refined bow and arrow has been practiced skillfully.

"Do you dare to compete with my Huben." King Wu rose to the idea of watching a martial arts competition.

"But seek a battle!" Throughout the ages, Chu Chao Hui believed that martial arts were all about force and speed, and he didn't believe that modern martial artists who were rich in nutrients and understood the structure of the human body would be no match for Huben. There were more than five hundred soldiers in the valley, none of them were his opponent yet.

"Dear nobles, follow me to the martial arts field to watch." King Wu stood up and waved his big hand, leading Gongzi Guang in one hand and leading the nobles towards the royal palace's martial arts field.

Zheng Yuming lagged a step behind and walked to Chu Chao Hui's side, tugging on Chu Chao Hui's sleeve: "Chao Hui, is there any certainty?"

"Don't worry." Chu Chao Hui smiled faintly at Zheng Yuming.

"Be careful, swords have no eyes, if you can't, admit defeat." Zheng Yuming knows that Chu Chao Hui is a good fighter, but there are many ancient people whose strength is greater than modern people, and there are slave soldiers in the valley who, after being well nourished, exploded their strength more than Chu Chao Hui, and only lost because their fighting skills were not as good as they were.

"Well, I know." Chu Chao Hui had a smile in his eyes, Zheng Yuming's concern for him put him in a happy mood, and the stifled feeling he had before dissipated a lot.

Inside the hall room to the side of the great hall, Ripple Ji was listening to the attendants report to her everything that had happened in the great hall.

"What kind of characters are these two?" Ripple Ji frowned, she didn't want to see anything that was favorable to Gongzi Guang. "Take me to the attic of the martial arts arena, I need to see what's so amazing about these two."

The king's palace martial arts field is not far from the main hall, the martial arts field open space stood three Huben, one is a tall 1 meter seventy-six strong man, one is a meter seventy or more lean man, and one is very majestic, big waist, height exceeds 180 centimeters. These three Huben were the most outstanding warriors that the King of Wu let the Huben Sima pick out.

"Huben Lang Generals, today you will be competing with the Nambu Chu Governor in your skills, and the winner, will be awarded a horse!" The King of Wu pointed to the six steeds that the Northern Marquis had offered as a prize.

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!" In the martial arts field of the Tiger Ben cheered excitedly, BMW there is who does not love, who wants to be the victor to get the colorful.

Zheng Yuming opened his mouth, this time and space samurai cheering are shouting 'tiger'? In the latter days, when the Sun Kingdom attacked Pearl Harbor, the code was plagiarized from the old Han Chinese ancestors?

The first burly man stepped out and bowed toward Chu Chao Hui, "I ask to teach the governor wrestling."

Chu Chao Hui took off his deep clothes, revealing a tight dress inside, he stared at the strong man's walking posture, this person's lower plate is very stable, it seems that the martial arts is very strong.

"General please!" Chu Chaohui returned the salute.

Chu Zhaohui's words have not fallen, the strong man suddenly a moment, a punch to the face, Chu Zhaohui salute on the attention of the strong man's every move, see the strong man to attack, quickly backward, sideways to avoid the strong man's fist, kneading body bullying to the strong man behind the strong man, the strong man turned back to strike, but looked back to find that the opponent is not in sight, armpits suddenly a pain in the legs, a soft, all the body's strength is lost, it turned out that Chu Zhaohui is a feint to lure him to reveal his cracks, the point of this strong man acupuncture points.

"The governor is awesome! I am inferior!" The burly man Huben rose from the ground, his face reddened, and rushed at Chu Chaohui to concede defeat with a bow.

"Chengjian!" Just now so a moment of effort, Chu Chao Hui's body sweating, he originally wanted to speed to win, but this Huben speed is also very fast, Chu Chao Hui if not on the human body acupuncture points very understanding, today the two will not be so a little bit of effort on the division of victory or defeat, is certainly a long and vicious battle.

The first Huben and Chu Chao Hui's exchange of blows ended in more than a minute, people who did not know martial arts only saw the two silhouettes staggering for a moment, and the winner and loser were divided, only to find it very uninteresting, and the Crown Prince Zhaohui even skimmed down his mouth, feeling very uninterested.

King Wu had practiced martial arts since he was a child, and although his eyes were rather dim in his old age, he was still able to see the lightning and thunderous exchanges between the two men, just like the martial arts generals present.

"Good! So fast!" King Wu nodded his head in praise. "Award the Governor of Nanbu a horse."

Chu Chao Hui won the first round and picked a white horse from the six horses, which he wanted to give to Zheng Yuming as a mount.

"I ask the governor to teach me how to shoot." The second lean Huben raised his step forward to challenge.

"Please set the rules." Chu Chao Hui is the most unafraid of shooting, although it was originally pistol shooting, now it is bow and arrow shooting, but the feeling of shooting at a target from a distance is there, Chu Chao Hui's bow and arrow shooting has been trained to be no worse than a pistol.

"Shooting dead things is boring, how about we choose flying bird shooting? Three arrows to determine the winner!" The lean Huben was confident in his bow and arrow shooting skills.

"You may! General first!" Chu Chao Hui chose a bow and warmed up by pulling it a few times first.

The lean Huben looked up into the sky and saw a flock of migratory birds flying south in the sky, he immediately struck an arrow and drew his bow, only to hear a 'whoosh' sound, a sharp arrow flew out.

"Bingo! Bingo!" The Huben looked at the bird falling downwards in the sky and cheered. Before the cheering stopped, a bird that was flying in the sky fell down in a straight line as if it had been immobilized, and Chu Chaohui also scored a hit with an arrow.

"Good!" King Wu clapped his hands, watching archery was more understandable than watching combat, and the civil and military nobles present all let out shouts of approval.

"Again!" The lean tiger Ben's chess match was a match, and the belligerent factor in his blood was stirred up. He hitched his bow and fired another arrow. The second arrow hit again.

Chu Chao Hui looked down towards the thin man, today archery to win seems to be more difficult than wrestling. However, Chu Chao Hui dictionary inside the two words of defeat, the sky of the flock of birds and then do not shoot will fly over the royal palace, Chu Chao Hui hastily held his breath to aim at the loose finger, the sky fell down another migratory birds.

The lean man's gaze toward Chu Chao Hui was full of appreciation. After the people in the martial arts arena cheered, they immediately quieted down and waited for the second group of birds to pass by the royal palace, ready to watch the third match. However, after waiting for a while, no flock of birds flew in the sky, only a lone bird flew in, this lone bird should be one of the migratory birds in the group just now, because it fell behind.

The lean man and Chu Chao Chao Hui simultaneously drew their bows and aimed, this one lone bird depends on who grabbed it first. The two arrows left the bow at the same time, the lone bird in the sky only had time to wail a sound, the sound stopped, fell to the ground.

The people in the martial arts arena only saw the lone bird fall down in a reverse direction, who shot it could not be seen clearly, they only knew that the two arrows were shot in that direction at the same time. Zheng Yuming did not look at the place where the lone bird landed, he just looked at Chu Chaohui, Chu Chaohui carrying a bow stood still, found Zheng Yuming's gaze, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, his eyebrows raised, the ambiguities between his looks could not be described. Zheng Yuming face slightly hot, heart secretly complained Chu Chaohui flirting without looking at the occasion.

"Report! Great King! The Great Bird has been hit by two arrows!" The attendant rode in from a distance; he rolled off his horse and offered the lone bird toward the king of Wu.

King Wu took the bird's corpse and looked at it closely, only to see that one arrow was shot at the bird's leg and the other at its neck. "It's indistinguishable." King Wu was a bit embarrassed

, is it a double championship, or is it an OT?

"Great King! The old minister thinks that the arrow shot at the bird's neck should be awarded as the winner, because this arrow is a fatal wound, and if the bird's leg is shot alone, this big bird will not necessarily fall." The Hussar General stepped forward to rule.

"Not bad, the winner should be judged by fatal wounds." When the Hussar General said this, the civil and military nobles at the scene nodded their heads in agreement.

"Well, the arrow that hits the bird's neck is the winner, which one holds a black feather?" King Wu announced the winner, Chu Chao Hui and the lean Huben man made arrows with different colors of feathers, one was black and the other was white.

"I am Black Feather!" Chu Chao Hui stepped forward and bowed towards King Wu.

"Haha! It's Chu Qing again." King Wu stroked his beard and laughed. "Qing goes to choose the horse again." The King of Wu took another look at the thin Huben standing glumly on the side: "Reward the archery Huben with a thousand taels of gold." Although the lean Huben's skill was a bit inferior. But it was already a rare divine archer.

"Thank you, Great King!" The lean Huben was overjoyed, he didn't lose like the first Huben, Chu Chaohui was lucky to win. In fact, if the competition went on, it was not necessarily the thin tiger ben who lost the arrow, only that today the god of fate was on Chu Chao Hui's side.

Chu Zhaohui chose the second reward, this time he chose the brown red horse, this horse had been chosen by him long ago, it was the best one among the six horses. The king of Wu saw Chu Chaohui took this horse, his heart appreciated Chu Chaohui more and more, and felt that he was very good at matching horses. The king of Wu was never stingy in rewarding his warriors.

The last burly Huben with a big waist, twisted his neck and pressed his joints, and walked towards Chu Chao Hui step by step, the ground shaking with every step. Chu Chaohui stared at this guy with thick skin and flesh, and couldn't help but frown.

"I want to test my strength against Lord Chu." This burly man swung his fist.

Chu Chaohui heard the burly man's challenge, his heart was slightly stunned, the previous two Huben called him by his position, which showed that those two Huben's family status was not low, while this burly Huben called him by his mouth as an adult, could it be that this Huben was not a nobleman, but a commoner by birth?

"This Huben is the warrior with the greatest strength in the Kingdom of Wu, and was found by Lone when he was hunting. Does Chu Ching dare to fight?" The King of Wu had already seen Chu Chaohui's athletic stance and precise archery, he now wanted to know what Chu Chaohui's strength was like.

"Your Majesty! I can cure the warrior with just one finger." Chu Chao Hui stared at the stout Huben for a while and suddenly smiled.

Compete with this kind of powerful Hercules, can only be coquettish, Hercules is not the first Huben, it is difficult to point to his acupoints, because the man's skin is too thick.

"A single finger can defeat Hercules of Wu?" If the King of Wu hadn't seen that Chu Chao Hui had already won two matches in a row, he might have cursed Chu Chao Hui for being a fanatic.

As soon as Chu Chao Hui's words fell, a buzz of discussion resounded in the martial arts arena.

"Zheng Qing! Isn't Chu Ching too much of a trustworthy person?" Chu Chaohui won two matches in a row, Gong Ziguang this feudal lord has the most glory on his face, even though he doesn't like martial arts, but Chu Chaohui earned light for Dacheng, Gong Ziguang's heart is very happy, now Chu Chaohui speaks out of his mouth, Gong Ziguang can't help but be worried, he isn't clear about how much Chu Chaohui is capable of, he only had to pull in Zheng Yuming to ask.

"Eh Governor Chu can do it." Zheng Yuming bristled, not only could Chu Chao Hui do it, he could do it as well.

Zheng Yuming felt that it was really not right for Chu Chao Hui to use the small tricks of the twenty-first century to come two thousand years ago to bully his old ancestor. However, the history of this time and space has changed in the Zhou, in that case, the Qin people should not be considered his and Chu Chao Hui's ancestors, right? But to say that it is not, we all have the same origin, is this considered a lineage?

When Gong Ziguang saw Zheng Yuming's tangled face, he couldn't help but feel anxious in his heart, thinking that Zheng Yuming was troubled by Chu Chao Hui's bragging.

"Hmph! I would like to see how you can deal with me with one finger! If you can't do it, those two horses of yours will belong to me." Hercules' nose 'huffed' in anger.

"Yes." Chu Chao Hui agreed in one breath.

"Well, I won't take advantage of you, if under me loses, I'll immediately leave the royal capital to go back to the mountains to fight against timber!" Hercules was in a hurry, in the next and I mixed with the use of, in the next is the self-proclaimed he learned in Huben, I am in the ravine vernacular. Chu Chao Hui did not demand defeat against him, and hastened to add himself, in his heart, losing his position in Huben is already a remarkable punishment.

"Eh, good!" Hercules losing and not being a Huben was not good or bad for Chu Chao Hui, but people in this time and space emphasized justice, and if there was a prize, there had to be a penalty, so Chu Chao Hui did not refuse.

"Come on, let's see how you can use one finger against me!" Hercules walked up to Chu Chao Hui and looked at him with his arms clasping his chest.

"If you squat down, I'll press one finger on your forehead, and you won't be able to climb up even if you exert all your energy." Chu Chaohui smiled as he proposed a way to compete.

"Nonsense, you can't hold me down with two hands." Hercules rolled his eyes.

"Then you squat down, yes, head back." Chu Chao Hui pressed one finger on Hercules' brow, pushed Hercules back slightly, pushed to a certain angle, Chu Chao Hui told Hercules to stand up.

Hercules felt weak under his feet, couldn't make any effort, and couldn't stand up even if he wanted to. Several times, he almost stood up. But that almost disappeared under Chu Chao Hui's fingers, at that time, Hercules' neck was sore and painful, the taste was too bad. The more he exerted himself, the harder it was for Hercules, but his body couldn't move at all.

With a 'pfft' sound, Hercules could not hold on any longer and sat down on the ground.

From the moment Chu Chaohui stretched out a finger to press down on Hercules Huben, the martial arts arena was silent, and it was only after Hercules sat down on the ground that the arena roared with murmurs.

"Good! Good! Good!" The King of Wu praised three times in a row, "Chu Qing is truly a man of God, a pillar of my Great Wu."

"Your Majesty is too kind!" Chu Chao Hui Shi Shi bowed towards King Wu.

The gaze of the Huben around the martial arts field looking at Chu Chaohui was unusually warm, the Hussar General looked at Gong Ziguang, and then looked at Prince Zhao, and secretly regretted in his heart, why Gong Ziguang is not the first son.

Wei Shen had always known that Zheng Chu and his two men came from an extraordinary background and that the two men were very capable, but today Chu Chao Hui's bravery shocked him, and looking at the envious expressions of the surrounding bannermen, Wei Shen was very fortunate that the place Zheng Chu and his two men had drifted from the sea to was Dacheng.

"Wenzai, help me collect these two into the Crown Prince's residence." Crown Prince Zhao looked at Chu Chaohui, then Zheng Yuming, he wanted the beauty and the hero together.

"Crown Prince must not!" Wen Zai was anxious when he heard this, this throne was not secure yet, how could he pry the alliance's men.

"It only takes two people, why not?" Prince Zhao's face sank.

"I mean don't want it now, when the crown prince ascends the throne later, the territory of the Wu Kingdom and the people and soldiers are all owned by the crown prince, at that time, the crown prince can issue an edict to let them serve in the king's capital." Wen Zai knows the Prince's temperament, he can't advise him directly, he can only politely persuade him to wait until the Prince inherits the throne, there is no threat, it won't hurt the situation to be brutal to Gongziguang.

When Prince Zhao heard it, he felt that Wen Zai's words were reasonable, the beauty and hero would be his sooner or later, there was no hurry.

"Like this?" Rikki pressed her fingers to the attendant's brow.

"Yes! Madam." This squat attendant had served King Wu at the martial arts arena during the day and had seen three matches with his own eyes.

"You get up." Yi Ji dealt with the waiter in the same way Chu Chao Hui had dealt with Hercules Huben during the day.

"Ma'am, the slave is uncomfortable, his arms and legs are weak." The attendant couldn't stand up.

"Oh, so it's like this, I understand." Ripple Ji hid in the attic during the day to peek at the martial arts field match situation, Chu Chao Hui three battles and three victories she saw clearly, but for the last game, Ripple Ji couldn't understand, she and the maid experimented a few times, the person who was pressed by the finger could get up, in order to find out the truth, Ripple Ji looked for eyewitnesses, and according to the situation at the time to restore a little bit, and finally knew that the key was in the center of gravity, of course, Ripple Ji didn't know that key word is called the center of gravity.

If a person wants to stand up, the center of gravity has to be in front, and when the center of gravity is shifted from the front to the back and is held up by a finger, of course you can't stand up.

"This Chu Chao Hui is both wise and brave." After Ripple Ji figured out the truth of the matter, she praised Chu Chao Hui. "Go, get me the southwestern messenger, I want to ask him for details, I want to know the details of these two foreigners in Dacheng."

64

Duke Guang and his entourage became the stars of the reception banquet held by the king of Wu. At the beginning of the banquet, Duke Guang was called by the king of Wu and sat at the head of the table under him, while Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui were also placed at the head of the table on the right side of the table, and even the hussar generals were seated under the position of the two men. As the heir of the state of Wu, Prince Zhao sat at the left head opposite to Zheng and Chu.

"My son toasts my father, may my father live longer than Azure Mountain and the king's body be at peace forever." At the beginning of the banquet, Gong Ziguang took the lead in honoring the King of Wu.

"Haha, it's still my Guang'er who has the literary talent." The king of Wu was pleased that his son had compared Mount Azure, the tallest and largest mountain in the territory of Wu, to his longevity.

Wen Zai, who was sitting beside Prince Zhao, gently pushed down with his elbow, and Prince Zhao understood and hurriedly stood up to toast in front of King Wu.

"My child also toasts my father, may my Great Wu Kingdom prosper."

"Uh-huh." King Wu glanced at the Crown Prince and nodded faintly, drinking the wine in front of him.

The king of Wu is now old, what he wants to hear the most is not how the country is, but to wish him how his health is, Prince Zhao's toast is good, but in the heart of the king of Wu is not as sincere as Gong Ziguang, Gong Ziguang is simply hoping that he will live a long life, while Prince Zhao only said that the country is prosperous, and the state of Wu will be the prince's own in the future, so such a toast sounds like selfishness.

However, even if the King of Wu was very uncomfortable in his heart, he could not show it on his face, this was his first-born son, the legal heir of the Kingdom of Wu. Even if he was mediocre, the first-born son represented the ruling order, which was maintained by a large number of aristocrats who had already taken advantage of it. As a lord of a vassal state, the King of Wu could not alter this order at will.

After Prince Zhao toasted the wine, into the capital pilgrimage feudal lords and royal court nobles have risen, taking turns to enter the wine, King Wu one by one echo, but the wine is no longer a big mouthful of drink, just sip the wine cup meaning.

"Your Majesty! Wang Jie, a famous scholar of Xu, is outside the palace with his disciples to seek an audience." Halfway through the banquet, an attendant came in holding an ultimatum.

"Oh, Wang Jie of Xu?" King Wu took the ultimatum and looked at it carefully. Xu Kingdom was a small country close to Great Qin, in the northern part of Zhao.

An ultimatum is a document issued by the head of the country to be used when crossing borders. Those who possessed them were nobles of status, and those who possessed them were mostly nobles and notables who traveled around the world, except for merchants who did business. When they arrived at the royal capital, they would seek an audience with the monarch, either to show their knowledge to the monarch and the nobles of the royal court, or to express their own ideological approach to the governance of the country and the management of the world. Whenever these eminent scholars arrived at a vassal state, they were warmly received by the monarch, and when the eminent scholars left, the lord of the state would stamp his seal on the ultimatum.

"Tai Fu, Qing go and lead the famous scholar to meet the king." The king of Wu looked at the ultimatum on the Qi, Lu, Tang, Wei four countries on the gold seal, feel that this called Wang Jie celebrity is very favored by these four countries on the Lord, because the use of the seal is not ordinary, but the state letter only used in the gold seal. At that moment, he did not dare to be slow, and quickly sent Wu's Tai Fu to meet him, who was a famous scholar in Wu, and was little known among the vassal states.

"This Wang Jie is probably a thinker like Confucius and Mencius." Zheng Yuming muttered close to Chu Chao Hui, after coming to this time and space, Zheng Yuming felt that this time and space is too similar to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States, and there should be an influx of a hundred contending thinkers. However, he inquired with many merchants, but he didn't inquire that there were famous people called Kong Qiu and Meng Ke.

"If you don't come out of Confucius and Mencius, you have to come out of others, this is the inevitable development of history." Chu Chaohui's history is well learned, and he understands the historical background of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Hundred Schools of Thought.

During this period, the social structure changed rapidly, the social conflicts were extremely sharp, the wars between the vassal states continued one after another, the cultural ideas were more active than ever, the celebrities traveled around the countries to promote their own ideas, the lords hoped to find a better way to rule, there is a demand, there is a market, and the celebrities traveled around the world and were received with high specifications.

Tai Fu went out soon, leading a dozen dusty people in, the first one in his early forties, short and thin, sharp eyes, followed by him are not too old young people.

"King Xu Wangjie greets King Wu." Wang Jie brought his disciples to salute King Wu.

"Sir has had a hard journey, please take a seat." King Wu had the attendants arrange seats for Wang Jie and his party, positioned next to Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui.

"The two of you have extraordinary meters, which country are you from?" Wang Jie saw the exceptional looking Zheng Yuming and Chu Chao Hui and couldn't help but arch his hand to strike up a conversation.

Zheng Chu and the two men wore crowns of low grade, but the position they sat in was very forward, so Wang Jie assumed that these two men were the sons of nobles who traveled around the countries.

"My brothers' former country was the Bermuda Kingdom, and they are now governors of the Wu Weishan Junfu." Zheng Yuming hurriedly replied.

"Bermuda?" Wang Jie was puzzled, he hadn't heard of this country, was it an unknown small country?

"The country of Bermuda is far to the south, separated from Great Qin by the sea, and my brother came to Wu because of the storm." Zheng Yuming took out the made-up country again to cope with it.

"Haha, they are now my Wu subjects, the pillars of my Wu." The King of Wu was very pleased that Chu Chao Hui and Zheng Yu Ming were now his son's officials.

Taifu saw that Wang Jie was very interested in Zheng Chu two people, and hastened to Zheng Chu two people to build a waterwheel and paper, and then Chu Chao Hui martial arts field match three battles and three victories in the deeds of the proclamation of a little.

Wang Jie, a famous scholar, was most interested in the invention of paper among these deeds, and took the white paper and studied it for half a day, saying 'great goodness' in a stack of voices.

"Honorable King, Jie would like to open five pavilions to speak in the king's capital, I ask for the king's permission." Wang Jie came to King Wu's capital to preach his thoughts and ideas.

"May!" King Wu nodded his head in agreement, then his face turned to Crown Prince Zhao, "Crown Prince! You go on behalf of Lone to listen to Mr. Pavilion."

"Obey!" Crown Prince Zhao was very excited, when famous scholars opened their pavilions to give lectures, the country's masters were all there in person to listen to the lectures, and now the King of Wu was not going, but sent him instead, which was also a covert announcement to the outside world about his succession status.

When the banquet ended, Zheng Yuming sat in the four-wheeled carriage and asked Chu Chaohui. "Chaohui, why are you intentionally striking out today?"

Chu Chao Hui has always done things in a low profile, but today he suddenly flaunted it, Zheng Yuming felt that there is a problem.

"I want the color." The corner of Chu Chao Hui's mouth quirked. "That white horse is for you to use as a mount."

"Just for the horse?" Zheng Yuming's face heated up slightly again, Chu Chao Hui's first pick was the white horse, which showed that Chu Chao Hui's first thought was him.

"Right! Just for the horse." Chu Chao Hui's eyes were gentle.

"Too much nonsense." Zheng Yuming was made uncomfortable by Chu Chao Hui's look, and he turned his face away to turn his eyes out of the car window.

Chu Chao Hui is not just for the horse, he is different from Zheng Yuming who only had a pure love affair in school. In the twenty-first century, Chu Chao Hui did not really fall in love with anyone, but his emotional world is very complicated, met all kinds of people, men have ideas about men's eyes, Chu Chao Hui can see at a glance.

Prince Zhao's greedy gaze on Zheng Yuming made Chu Chao Hui uncomfortable. The two of them, he and Zheng Yuming, were in Nambu, because Zheng Yuming was in charge of outside things, which had made Zheng Yuming too famous. In the Dacheng area, Chu Chao Hui was certain that he could protect Zheng Yuming, but in the royal capital it was dangerous. Chu Chao Hui does not want Zheng Yuming to attract all the attention, one person becomes a target, not as good as two people become a target, so when meeting the King of Wu, Chu Chao Hui only intentionally cast the King of Wu hobby to expose their own strength.

Perhaps Gong Ziguang's complaint in front of the king of Wu had worked, or perhaps the king of Wu felt that the bannermen who made a pilgrimage into the king's capital were not threatening, Gong Ziguang and his party returned to the pavilion and found that the Huben surrounding the pavilion had been withdrawn, and that they would be able to move freely in the future.

Gong Ziguang thinks that it is because the King of Wu knows that Ripple Ji is secretly working against him that he orders Huben to leave. Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui, however, feel that it is because of Wang Jie's arrival, and that the King of Wu, fearing that Wang Jie would know that he was wary of his blood relatives, sent Huben to put the Seal Lord under house arrest, an act which, if it were to get out, would have a great impact on his reputation.

Wang Jie and his entourage will hold five consecutive lectures in the king's capital, one every day, until the Harvest Festival comes to an end. Invited by the king of Wu, this group of famous scholars, Hui, will participate in the Harvest Ceremony, and then they will leave the state of Wu and head westward, going to travel to countries such as Zhao and Chu.

Because of Prince Zhao's presence at the lecture, Zheng Yuming and Chu Zhaohui didn't go to listen to the lecture, but only Gong Ziguang brought Wei Shen and other nobles there. According to the aristocrats of Dacheng who listened to the lecture, the debate was lively and Wang Jie's insights were very convincing. Wang Jie traveled all the way and saw that the commoners were living in poverty while the nobles were living in luxury. In his speech, he advocated that the ruler of the state should put the people first and should put the people before the sacrifices, and he believed that only the benevolent people with high morals should be in the ruling position. If an unkind person with low morals was in a ruling position, he would spread his evils to the masses.

Wang Jie's Pavilion Lecture on Wu in the end what is the important impact, it is not yet seen, just every day ordered to go to the Pavilion Lecture site to report to the Prince Zhao, now the more gentle and polite demeanor.

From the freedom of movement, Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui strolled around the royal capital twice, each time they went out in glory and returned in a mess. Zheng Chu's two outstanding appearance was originally eye-catching, Chu Chaohui's three victories in three battles at the royal palace martial arts field spread throughout the royal capital city on the second day, especially the defeat of the warrior with one finger, which caused the royal capital people to talk about it, when the royal capital nobles were eager to listen to the king's jie oration, the royal capital people were eager to discuss the governor of Nambu.

Zheng Chu two people go out, Wang Du immediately judged their identity, two people soon trailed behind a group of people, the number of people with time more and more, to later become difficult to walk. Fortunately, Wei Qing has been very familiar with the terrain of Wangdu, leading Zheng Chu two people through the alleys to get rid of fanatic stargazers back to the guild, after two times, Zheng Yuming and Chu Chao Hui out of the idea of sneaking around in Kangcheng, can only hide in the guild drinking tea and playing chess.

In two days' time, the Harvest Festival would be held, and Zheng Yuming was instructing Fan Jin and the Valley Artists, who would be performing in front of the King of Wu and the nobles at the Harvest Festival. After months of rehearsal, the valley artists have become very skillful.

"Yuming, Yu Kui invited us to a banquet at his residence." Chu Chaohui came in with an invitation made of brocade and silk.

"Huh?" Zheng Yuming was baffled, yesterday Yu Kui had come to see them in makeup, how come today he came brightly to send out his obeisance.

"There was another person who accompanied Yu Kui, and Yu Kui said he was his butler, squeezing his eyes at me as he said it." Yu Kui's housekeeper was Da Zhuang, and this person who appeared out of nowhere was very strange.

"What is this situation?" Yu Kui, as the scout that the two of them had stationed in the royal capital, had to pretend not to be acquainted in front of the crowd, and now that Yu Kui had come to the door to send his obeisance without any warning, it could only be said that it was not Yu Kui's intention to send his obeisance, that Yu Kui had been entrusted with the task, and that the matter was sudden, so Yu Kui was unable to notify them in time.

"It's Doctor Jiang." Yu Kui took advantage of the fact that the 'housekeeper' was out of sight and reported towards Chu Chao Hui with his mouthpiece.

"What does Dr. Kang want to see us for? To take us on?" Zheng Yuming shrugged his shoulders, if Dafu Jiang was trying to pull them in, he was destined to be disappointed. Not to mention that Ripple Ji and Doctor Jiang's position was in the midst of a storm, that is, if they stabilized and secured themselves in the East Sea coast in the future, Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui wouldn't defect to the past because the valley and the south port were already the capital for the two of them to establish themselves in this time and space.

"The car is parked outside." Dr. Ginger's stance was a bit of a hard invitation format.

"Then it can only go?" If the two didn't go, Yu Kui would appear to be doing a poor job.

"Go and see what Dr. Jiang's intentions are, and perhaps better feel out what Ripple Ji is up to." Chu Chao Hui wanted to go and find out.

Zheng Yuming and Chu Zhaohui changed their clothes and followed Yu Kui and the 'butler' sent by Doctor Jiang to the car, Yu Kui acted like a businessman kissing ass in front of the 'butler', and in order to accomplish a good task, he tried his best to get close to Zheng and Chu. The expressions were natural and realistic, causing Zheng Yuming to secretly praise Yu Kui for having the talent of a movie star.

When he arrives at Yu Kui's residence, Chu Chao Hui realizes that all the servants in Yu Kui's residence have been replaced, and even Da Zhuang is nowhere to be found. Because of Gong Ziguang's aversion to Yi Ji, Dr. Jiang could not invite Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui openly and could only choose Yu Kui, a merchant's mansion, to meet with the two Zhengs and Chus. The manpower used in the mansion are all in the Jiang Mansion.

"Governor Chu! Mr. Zheng! Mister Jiang admires your great talents and wants to drink and talk with you, so in order not to cause displeasure to the Ulsan King, I have chosen to entertain you at the home of Mr. Yu. Please don't be offended." Dr. Jiang stood at the entrance of the hall to greet the two men.

"Dr. Jiang's favor, is my brother two people honor." Chu Zhaohui and Zheng Yuming went up and greeted Dr. Jiang, from Yu Kui's mouth, the two deeply know that Dr. Jiang is not a much kind person, today in order to see the two of them, not only carefully arranged, after seeing it is also exceptionally polite, this kind of anomaly, let Chu Zhaohui feel that Dr. Jiang is acting under orders.

"Both of you inside please!" Doctor Jiang sidled up and invited the two Zheng Chu to take their seats.

"Dr. Jiang please!" Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui humbled themselves and followed Dr. Jiang into the hall.

The hall of Yu Kui's residence was often used to entertain guests, and the hall was magnificently decorated. The tables were filled with fine wines and delicacies, and several wonderful maids were sitting on their knees behind the banquet table ready to serve.

In addition to the host of the banquet, only Yu Kui in the side as a companion, Dr. Jiang did not arrange his disciples and close friends in the seat. Between the banquet and Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui only do the usual chat, not as Zheng Chu two people expected, open mouth lobbying them to change the host.

"Ah! Slave deserves to die." A wonderful maid knelt beside Chu Chao Hui and kowtowed repeatedly, just now when this maid came to pour the wine, she poured the wine on Chu Chao Hui.

"Tie! Bastard servant girl is reckless, drag me down and give her a heavy beating." Dr. Jiang's wine cup was placed on the table, his face furious.

"The slave deserves to die! The slave deserves to die! I beg your honor for forgiveness." The maid kowtowed even more fiercely.

"This maid is just careless, not on purpose, please don't chastise your lordship." Chu Chao Hui could tell at a glance that this maid was intentionally pouring wine on him, if it was really careless, she should be trembling with fear, but this maid was now kowtowing her head ferociously, but her whole body did not have the slightest trembling movement.

"Governor Chu has a kind heart, why doesn't the servant girl thank Governor Chu?" Dr. Jiang first praised Chu Chao Hui's magnanimity, then ordered the maid to say thank you.

"Slave thanks you, my lord, please move with me to the inner room and I will change your clothes for you."

Zheng Yuming looked at this accident, intuition that this accident will have the following, now the maid invited Chu Chao Hui to go to change clothes, will not want to change clothes to seduce Chu Chao Hui? Thinking of this, Zheng Yuming stared at the maid to look closely, this maid really has a few colors.

"Serve Governor Chu well to change his clothes." These words of command from Doctor Jiang, Zheng Yuming heard in his ears as 'serve Governor Chu well in bed'.

Zheng Yuming hoped that Chu Chao Hui would refuse directly so that the test of color seduction would be less, but unfortunately, Chu Chao Hui did not have a heart to heart with him this time, and surprisingly accepted the maid's invitation very happily, and followed the maid out of the hall to go to the dressing room to change.

65

Chu Zhaohui followed walking quietly maid into a hall room, hall room a couch put on a set of deep clothes, looking at this has long been ready deep clothes, Chu Zhaohui can not help but slightly smile.

"You go out." Chu Chao Hui instructed the servant girl who stood by the side with her head bowed and her hands hanging down, ready to serve.

"Yes!" The maid squatted down and saluted, and as she exited, her eyes glanced down the side of the soft collapse.

After Chu Chao Hui waited for the maid to leave, he didn't rush to change his clothes, but looked around and surveyed this splendidly decorated hall room. This time and space of the hall with the twenty-first century guest room similar, not the owner's bedroom, just used to entertain the guests, for them to take a nap place.

Yu Kui's residence in Wuwangdu was the tool he used to deepen his relationship with the nobles of Wuwangdu. The residence for the guests to rest and change their clothes was exquisitely furnished with the most luxurious and extravagant appliances. Yu Kui's socializing expenses in Wu capital city accounted for one tenth of the total income of Nanbu. Zheng Yuming and Chu Zhaohui's blood money on this spy stronghold can be said to be very large.

"Who is here?" Chu Chao Hui droned towards a screen.

There is a screen on one side of the couch, this screen is a product of Chu, the frame of the screen is carved with precious wood, the screen surface is made of Chu silk, and the silk is painted with flower and bird patterns. Across the bird and flower pattern, a figure was vaguely visible sitting there.

Just after Chu Chao Hui's words fell, he heard a clanging jade pendant ringing, and the silhouette behind the screen stood up and slowly moved out.

"Concubine Jiang has met Lord Chu." A woman who looked to be in her early twenties walked out from behind the screen, a long lavender dress with a jade jad at her waist, revealing a pair of jewel-adorned silk shoes underneath her skirt. Her skin was fair, her eyes were soulful, and the corners of her mouth contained a smile. The woman had a head of black hair combed in a married woman's hair style. When this woman saw Chu Chao Hui, she slightly owed her body a blessing.

"Chu did not know that Madam was here, I apologize." Chu Chaohui made a move to leave, he was surprised that Doctor Jiang had sent his inner circle to see him.

"Lord Chu stay back, my concubine heard that my father is hosting a banquet for the two governors of Nambu today, and my concubine wanted to meet the heroes of wisdom and courage before taking the liberty of waiting for the second time." The purple-clothed woman hurriedly voiced out to retain her presence and identify herself. Dr. Jiang had three daughters, two of whom were already married. The woman in purple did not introduce herself as Dr. Jiang's first daughter.

"So it's Noble Lady Jiang." Chu Chao Hui took a step back and bowed slightly towards the woman in purple. He lowered his eyes and stared at the woman's skirt, noticing that the lining within the skirt was a deep black color, and immediately guessed the woman's identity.

"Lord Chu is a great hero, Ah Father has been praising him back at the house." The woman in purple pursed her lips towards Chu Chao Hui and smiled. "A father said that he would seek Lord Chu as a martial arts master for Lord Yong."

"I am honored to be appreciated by Lord Jiang. However, my martial arts are shallow and I do not dare to take on the great responsibility of Your Excellency Yong Wu Master." Chu Chao Hui opened his mouth to refuse.

Hearing Chu Chao Hui's refusal, the purple-clothed woman's gaze flickered.

"I heard that the two brothers saved the life of Ulsan-kun when they first arrived at Dacheng, and that they later made waterwheels in Dacheng to save the people's fields from drought. They also collected medicinal herbs to make good medicine, saving the people of Da Cheng from the ravages of malaria. The king of Ulsan only rewarded a small village for such a marvelous achievement. When my father learned of this, he sighed long and hard in his mansion, hating that his disciples did not have the great talents of the two brothers of Lord Chu."

"Lord Jiang is too kind, our brothers have a place to settle down, our hearts are already very satisfied." Chu Chao Hui seemed as if he did not hear the purple-clothed woman's hug.

"That Azure Mountain Monarch has a natural love of color, and it is said that he likes Lord Chu's virtuous brother so much that he loves him to the point of breaking his sleeves." The woman in purple covered her sleeves and laughed softly, her voice trailing off.

Chu Chao Hui jerked his head up, looking at the purple-clothed woman with a stern look in his eyes.

"That kind of lustful man, why would Jun want to follow?" The woman in purple thought Chu Chao Hui had moved, and could not help but add temptation. "Concubine has a sister, the age of fourteen, has not yet married, a father wants to concubine little sister with adults, I do not know if adults are willing."

Chu Zhaohui froze, he did not think that the price offered by the woman in purple is so big, Jiang Dafu's first concubine daughter was used by her as a tool to pull together, it is really very important to him as a small south port governor. South port governor's official rank, in the twenty-first century is a town mayor. A sesame seed official by the central big brother favor, if not early to choose a good camp, Chu Chao Hui are to move the purple woman on his importance.

"Chu is going to fail Lord Jiang's generous love, Chu's two brothers at home, elders taught from childhood, a minister does not serve two masters." Chu Chaohui will not go to join the gang of Jiang Dafu at this juncture with an uncertain future, but of course the main thing is that Jiang Dafu here does not have what he wants most.

Hearing Chu Chao Hui's refusal once again, the smile on the purple-clothed woman's face gradually disappeared, but even though she was very disappointed, her face remained calm. "Lord Chu, my concubine came to lobby without my father's knowledge, so please don't give my concubine's father the knowledge."

"Mister Chu has received the green eyes of Lord Jiang and your Ji, his heart is impressed, the Commission has nothing to offer in return, his heart is ashamed." Chu Chao Hui bowed deeply to the woman in purple.

"Pity." The woman in purple let out a long sigh and turned to walk out of the hall room.

Chu Zhaohui heard the sound of Pei Jue jingling outside fading away, before he quickly changed out of his dirty clothes and returned to the banquet.

"You ran to Siberia to change your clothes?" Zheng Yuming's eyes darted straight at Chu Chao Hui, trying to find out something.

"Didn't run to Siberia, only ran to Hainan and met Ripple Ji." Chu Chao Hui laughed softly.

"Ah, Ripple Ji?" Zheng Yuming was dumbfounded, came to the banquet knowing that there was something fishy here, not wanting to be the big boss directly out, Zheng Yuming raised his eyes to look down at Dr. Jiang, and found that the 'housekeeper' who came to the pavilion together with Yu Kui was sticking to Dr. Jiang's ear to report something.

After listening to the 'housekeeper' report, Dr. Jiang's face immediately sank, entertaining Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui with no more enthusiasm, barely coping for a while, excusing himself for having too much wine and leaving the Yu Kui residence.

Although Dr. Jiang left, Yu Kui's residence still has a domestic servant in the Jiang residence, Zheng Yuming and Chu Chao Hui two people can't say anything more with Yu Kui, only to get up to say goodbye and go back to the pavilion.

"Doctor Jiang took the trouble to organize a banquet at Yu Kui's residence just to make it convenient for Ripple Ji to see you." Zheng Yuming was in the car asking Chu Chao Hui about what had happened, and the time Chu Chao Hui had been designed to go and change his clothes had caused him to keep imagining things.

"She didn't reveal her identity, only that she was Dr. Jiang's daughter."

"How did you find out? None of us have ever met Rippy."

"Her clothes revealed a breach." Black was only allowed to be worn by the Son of Heaven and the Lord of the Kingdom, the princes, and other women, except for the Empress Dowager, were not allowed to wear black, so the royal palace concubines thought to tinker with the inner lining of their clothes, and most of their lining was using dark black color. Lining with black is limited to the royal concubines.

"What does she want?" Zheng Yuming was curious as to what Favored Concubine Wu was going through all the trouble of meeting Chu Chao Hui in private for, it couldn't be that she was in love with Chu Chao Hui.

"Ripple Ji wants to make a match for me and marry Jiang Ji Daughter to me." Chu Chao Hui half leaned against the carriage and lazily looked at Zheng Yuming.

"Gong Xi ah!" Zheng Yuming rolled his eyes, this Demoness, quite willing to shed blood.

"Complimentary what, I refused." Chu Chao Hui narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"What a reason to refuse."

"I said that the elders of my family had engaged me and I could not break the engagement."

"Snort! It's not like we can go back home, this excuse won't last long." Zheng Yuming shook his head, he wanted Chu Chao Hui to have an excuse once and for all.

"Why don't we last long, we'll get married in a couple years, won't we need no more excuses?" Chu Chao Hui grinned.

"You, what are you babbling about, can we have a male to male engagement there?" Zheng Yuming's face flushed red for a moment.

"Here you can have Lang to Lang, why can't we have male to male engagement there." Chu Chao Hui sat up straight and retorted. Who in Da Qin knew about the Bermuda Kingdom? The customs of the Baimu Country were still not up to the two of them.

"Excuses can't be taken seriously." Zheng Yuming, red-faced, held his tongue for half a day and returned.

"I didn't use that as an excuse!" Chu Chao Hui's eyes looked straight at Zheng Yuming, and he would not rest until Zheng Yuming's life was tied to him.

"Don't talk about that now." Zheng Yuming avoided feelings. "Ripple Ji is pulling you in so much because she refuses to die to the throne, we have to help Gong Zi Guang deal with it carefully."

Chu Chao Hui felt helpless when he saw Zheng Yuming digress again. "There are spies sent by Ripple Ji in Dacheng, she knows the situation in Dacheng very well." If they weren't spying on Gongzi Guang, they wouldn't know so much about what they were doing.

"Her main opponent right now is the Crown Prince, so she won't be able to turn against Gong Zi Guang first, right?" Zheng Yuming felt that if Yi Ji wanted to deal with Gong Ziguang, she would have to wait for her son to sit on the throne.

"That's not necessarily true." Chu Chao Hui if he had thought about it. "It's not certain that this woman is saving for a rainy day; Gongzi Guang is the second heir, and her son is only the third."

That night, Yu Kui secretly sneaked into the pavilion again, and Zheng Chu and the two discussed for a long time before leaving.

On the ninth day of the ninth month, people attending the Harvest Ritual Ceremony woke up at dawn, dressed in their gowns, drove their cars to the King's Capital Sacrificial Platform, and stood in silence around the platform waiting for the King of Wu.

The altar was the tallest building in the royal capital, the base construction material used was stone, the altar was so large that it could hold more than a thousand people to perform rituals on it. The altar is not far from the palace and is located in the northern part of the palace.

Daybreak, the king's palace bells, six bells, the king's palace high wall of the gate creaked open, two teams of Huben when the first fish out of the Huben team followed by the king of Wu four horses, four bodyguards, eight Luang ride, ride around the brown-clothed attendants and green-clothed maids of honor, the king of Wu's ride behind the concubines of the car ride when the car ride on the car ride on the first Ripple Ji and Duke Yong sat.

Great Qin's sacrifice is not forbidden to women, not only is not forbidden to women to participate in the sacrifice, the sacrificial objects and utensils are also prepared and set up by the royal palace king women, the preparation of today's sacrifice is led by Ripple Ji to complete the preparatory work.

As soon as the King of Wu's carriage left the palace gate, the palace band under the altar played ceremonial music, and the nobles waiting under the altar bowed down. The King of Wu stopped fifty meters away from the altar, the King of Wu wore a nine-tasseled jade bead crown, a black coronation dress, a red undergarment inside the coronation dress, a cloth made of gold silk to cover his knees, and a jade pendant and a purple ribbon hung on his waist, which was tied with a golden seal.

The King of Wu stood still in front of the altar, Crown Prince Zhao hurriedly walked behind the King of Wu, and the feudal lords and the nobles of the royal palace followed and stood behind the two according to their rank. The worshippers took their positions and the royal palace band played sacrificial music. The King of Wu led his subjects up the thirty-six steps to the front of the altar and offered six animals, kui bi coins and silk, and this time a human sacrifice was used, which was a pair of boy and girl. When Zheng Yuming saw the two brightly dressed children being carried by the attendants and placed next to the altar, he was sick to his stomach. Fortunately, Fan Jin understood the character of his master's family and quietly explained next to Zheng Yuming, telling him that the two children would not be sacrificed to death and that, after the sacrifice, the two children would be adopted into the royal family and would make offerings to the ancestors in the sacrificial temple on behalf of the royal family.

Zheng Yuming listened to Fan Jin's explanation before his nausea slowly dissipated. The people regarded it as a supreme honor for their children to be chosen, and every time there was a big festival, the commoners would scramble to get their young children elected. Once their child was selected, it meant that the child would become a member of the royal family in the future, and their status was raised accordingly. It is Fanjin, and in the language there is also the meaning that the chosen child is very lucky.

When the festival was over and they returned to the guesthouse, Zheng Yuming and Fan Jin talked about it again and asked Fan Jin with a sneer why it was the commoners who sacrificed their own children for such a supremely honorable thing. Why don't the princes and nobles offer their young children? Why is it necessary to stipulate that a child adopted into the royal family must remain unmarried for the rest of his life? Wasn't the reason for forbidding the marriage of boys and girls to prevent confusion of the noble line? The nobles only tempted the people with a sweet date that they could see but not eat.

Fan Zin froze at that time and began to think about the truth of the matter, and it was also from this time that this ventriloquist, who originally knew only a hundred words, began to learn to think about the matter and to pursue the origin and purpose of everything that happened. These are all later words.

After Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui had participated in a few rituals, they had little interest in them. No matter how grand the rituals were, and no matter how tedious and beautiful the ritual procedures were, they were all for the sake of ruling.

It took more than an hour of tossing and turning before the ritual was over, and after the ceremony, the attendants and maids cleaned up the altar and rearranged the sacrificial table.

The king of Wu cut his little finger with a knife, let the blood drop into a copper basin with fresh water, and took the lead in swearing an oath towards the sky, which was that he would let Prince Zhao inherit the throne in the future, and that Duke Yongyi would be on the shore of the East Sea, and Duke Kwang would be on the food of Ulsan Dakseong, and that the brothers would have to be close to each other, and would have to work together with one heart and one mind. He hoped that his ancestors would bless and supervise him, and that violators would be punished by heaven.

After the King of Wu's blood oath, Prince Zhao, Duke Guang, Duke Yong three brothers in turn went up to take the blood oath, followed by the West Marquis led the way, leading the feudal lords and princes and nobles to take the blood oath, indicating that to abide by and uphold the blood oath of the King of Wu, and if the breach of the oath, they will all attract the wrath of heaven, and will not be tolerated by the world.

Participate in the sacrificial activities of the nobles, in addition to traveling in various countries of the famous scholar Wang Jie line do not have to participate in the covenant, others all out of blood, of course, women are not qualified to go up to the covenant, the harem of the women can only stand quietly beside the altar.

The oath of alliance ended, the pale face of the King of Wu relaxed, he had the feeling of a heavy burden being lifted, while Crown Prince Zhao, with a soaring demeanor, looked at the nobles on the altar and the people around the altar, and truly had the feeling that he had his hands on the kingdom of heaven and earth.

All the activities were over and it was already late afternoon, the nobles and ministers of the royal court had been up since dawn and by now they were hungry and thirsty, when the waiters set up a wine feast on the altar everyone was relieved that there would be no more tossing and turning for the following activities, they could enjoy wine and food and watch the performances offered by the feudal lords of the various regions.

The banquet for the King of Wu and the great nobles was set up on the altar, and the banquet for the lesser nobles was below the altar. Directly north of the altar was the King of Wu and his concubines, on the lower right side was the highest ranking Western Marquis, on the left side was Crown Prince Zhao, next to Crown Prince Zhao was Duke Guang, next to Duke Guang sat Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui. King Wu did not forget these two, Zheng and Chu thus had seats on the altar, not like Wei Shen and the others, who could only sit below the altar because of their insufficient status. The King of Wu's youngest son, Gongzi Yong, did not sit amongst the bannermen and the group of ministers, he sat on the side of the King of Wu by his mother's consort. The line of Xu's celebrities were treated with high standards, and they were seated on top of the altar. A large empty space was left in the center of the altar, and this was where the artists performed.

Feudal lord into the colorful program, there are juggling, dance, music, da Cheng's playing performance was placed by Ripple Ji at the end of the grand finale performance program. Chu Chaohui cold eyes to observe wearing graceful Yi Ji, see this woman as if nothing had happened, full of tenderness according to the king of Wu, if not once explicitly and secretly fought, who would believe that such a virtuous woman, chest wrapped with a Wu Zetian and Cixi like ambition.

"Your Majesty, the following is the musical performance of Dacheng, and it is said that the repertoire was composed by Governor Zheng himself." Although the program was wonderful, the King of Wu was old and not energetic enough, and was now drifting off to sleep with his eyes half-closed, when he heard Yi Ji narrating in his ear, he couldn't help but open his eyes.

"Oh, Governor Zheng can compose music?" King Wu was interested, he loved this handsome looking young man.

"Not bad, not only does Governor Zheng know how to compose music, he can also play, for the next musical performance, why don't we let Governor Zheng personally play for the Great King, I believe that Governor Zheng's skills will be superb and extraordinary, and will be better than the entertainers." Yi Ji smiled and proposed.

"Uh, may!" King Wu didn't think much about it and immediately agreed to Ripple Ji's proposal.

The Western Marquis sitting at the lower right head of the King of Wu was the closest, and he heard Ripple Ji's suggestion clearly, and when he heard Ripple Ji instructing the attendants to convey the King of Wu's decree, he couldn't help but take his eyes and swept down the handsome young man sitting on the side of Gong Zi Guang, and didn't understand how this young man offended Ripple Ji, and was designed by Ripple Ji to come out to perform with the entertainers.

The rulers of the Great Qin Dynasty held ritual music in high regard, and the nobles themselves would learn to play musical instruments, but they would never play them in important places or in public; the ritual music was noble, but the entertainers who performed the ritual music were inferior, and the nobles would not degrade themselves by performing for other people just like the entertainers did.

As soon as the servant's decree was conveyed, the eyes of the nobles looking at Gong Ziguang's side left became odd. Gong Ziguang's face flushed red and immediately wanted to get up to ask King Wu to withdraw this decree. For Zheng Yuming to perform on stage this time, it was the same as King Wu announcing to the world that Zheng Yuming's status would be equal to that of an entertainer, which was a kind of demeaning in disguise.

"Brother Guang, you shall not act recklessly!" Prince Zhao sensed Gong Ziguang's dissent and pressed down on Gong Ziguang's hand, scolding him in a low voice. Today was the day his status was determined, he did not want to cause more complications, in his heart, Zheng Yuming was originally a minor official, no higher than the status of an artiste.

Gongzi Guang's hand was pressed by Crown Prince Zhao so that he couldn't move, and his face turned redder and redder with impatience.

"I follow the will." Zheng Yuming stood up, his face calm, it's not that he doesn't understand the joints here, it's just that modern people don't care about this kind of identity preaching, in the twenty-first century, the young people are chipping away at being entertainers.

"Your Majesty, I, Chu Chaohui, am requesting Your Majesty's permission to allow me to accompany the music and dance with the sword for Your Majesty to help you!" Chu Chaohui suddenly stood up and requested as Zheng Yuming sat down in the acting line and prepared to play.

"Oh, Qing knows sword dance?" The King of Wu had been on the throne for many years, and had never been high and mighty, and had long forgotten that it was a loss of status for nobles to perform in public.

"The two overseas ministers are both skillful, the great king will have the blessing of eyes in the future." Yi Ji covered her mouth and smiled, not bad, two together in public performance, identity together lost, later to see who praised these two will still use the warrior, famous warrior title, Great Qin history no warrior, famous warrior self-degraded identity as an entertainer.

"May! Hand my lone treasured sword to Chu Ching." None of the nobles attending the festival wore swords, so King Wu asked his attendants to hold out his own sword for Chu Chao Hui to use.

Looking at Zheng Yuming sitting behind the koto, holding a sword in the center of the altar of Chu Chao Hui, the surrounding nobles ringing a discussion, Wei body lowered his eyes, think this is good, Zheng Chu two identity is lowered, no one wants to recruit them two, Zheng Yuming and Chu Chao Hui in the future can only be in the development of the city of Da, and the hussar general and the Wen Zai are all showing regret, Jiang Dafu group is the face of the color, more aristocrats are not concerned about it, but the nobles. The more aristocrats are not concerned about the matter, hanging high.

Chu Chaohui's sudden move, let Zheng Yuming very touched, Chu Chaohui give him a kind of where you are, where I am, never lonely feeling. However, after being touched, he began to worry, this performance piece he has practiced, and Chu Chao Hui just heard, never danced with the music of the sword, this temporary clasp, hold it or not hold it?

Chu Zhaohui was dressed in green, the sheathed sword was held in his backhand, looking at Zheng Yuming's gaze with certainty, the music written by Zheng Yuming was the seal sound of the 21st century, this seal sound has its own rhythm, Chu Zhaohui just need to walk on the rhythm of the sword dance, and the music can be integrated.

Fan Zin and the valley's artists only felt their blood boiling, the master's family was an omnipotent existence in their eyes, they had witnessed the desolate valley changing day by day, the valley had gone from nothing to something, and in just less than two years' time, the place had turned into an out-of-this-world paradise, and now that the master had been insulted, how could they not be righteously furious as house slaves, and one by one they were furiously trying to play the musical piece to perfection.

A burst of exciting drums came, the drums are as dense as rain, can not wear finger, slow as waves, surging, as if thousands of horses running, Chu Chao Hui with the sound of the drums holding a sword flying, as if it is the general commanding the war, the drums and Chu Chao Hui's dancing sword at once the altar up and down the people's heart to seize, people can not help but hold their breath.

Just as people were waiting for the drums to take them to a higher height, the drums stopped, the altar was silent, and Chu Chao Hui stood quietly with his sword closed. A melodious guzheng seems to come from the ancient times, such as seal, such as carving, into the wood, the zheng sound, and with the sound of the drums, a rigid and a soft, a movement and a static, with the soft to overcome the hard, the combination of static and dynamic, plus the flute and the accompaniment of the other pieces of music, with the blending of water and milk, Chu Zhaohui seems to be soft and rigid sword dance, but also for the music of the icing on the cake.

Playing the zither people like jade, sword dancers like dragon, music as if fierce as a tsunami, marking the height of a few feet, light as a breeze, soft, momentum to say yet, let a person's heart and burning and pain. The music ended, Zheng Yuming and Chu Chao Hui looked at each other and smiled.

This piece of music is only more than seven minutes long, from the drums recalled, no one up and down the altar to make a sound, the music ended, still no sound, people's eyes contain only tears.

There is a saying that music knows no boundaries, in this case it is music that knows no fronts, and people are so impressed by this marvelous music that they can't stop themselves from being deeply immersed in it.

The king of Wu thought of his own strong years of jingo and iron horse, thought of the premature death of his son, thought of the beautiful and gentle Wei Ji, the cloudy eyes can not help but tears straight out of the overflow.

Xihou sat dumbfounded, thinking of his careful life and of his regrettable heir, and could not help but burst into tears.

Ri Ji lowered her eyes, remembering her more than ten years of lonely struggling palace career, thinking about the wish that can not be realized, only feel like a knife in the heart.

Gong Ziguang's tearful eyes were hazy, he looked at Zheng Yuming in white, his heart ached, Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui's intimate cooperation deeply pierced him, Zheng Chu and the two of them were self-contained, and no one was able to get in between them. Zheng Yuming is already unattainable to him.

"Good! Good! Good!" Wang Jie stood long, tears hanging from the corners of his eyes. "Jie to Wu is not vain, to be able to listen to this immortal music, Jie immediately die are willing."

"Great King! I have never heard such a shocking piece of music in my life, I love it very much." The Hussar General whimpered as the drums of the piece seemed to beat on his heart.

"Very good! Very good!" The King of Wu wiped his tears. "Governor Zheng and Governor Chu are the pillars of Wu, the great talents of Wu! Reward them with a thousand taels of gold and ten pieces of jade!"

"Your Majesty" Ripple Ji came to her senses from the music, after hearing the King of Wu's decree and reward, she opened her mouth, today she made a mistake, she wanted to belittle the two Zheng Chu, she didn't want to think that the two of them were too perfect in their musical performances, touching all the people up and down the altar, the one who could play the immortal music, who would still regard him as an entertainer?

The King of Wu and the famous scholar Wang Jie held the two Zheng Chu in high esteem, making their reputation even louder in the royal capital.