There is a Jiayu in the south, and it is covered with a cover. The gentleman has wine, and the guest swallow is happy.

There are Jiayu in the south, and Shanshan is blazing. The gentleman has wine, and the guest swallows the wine.

There is a tree in the south, and the sweet gourd is tired. The gentleman has wine, and the guest is Yan Suizhi.

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Chu Palace is sleeping, Jiuding Gong Lie, Eight Gui Respect Chen. and Zhong Se, who was somewhat monotonous but still pleasant, Xiong Yuan, the king of Chu, as the master, made "Jiayu" to show his welcome to the Qin envoy. This is the fourth day of Qin's envoy Zhiying, and Xiong Yuan, who has hesitated for several days, still decides to see him weak at first sight and treat him with the courtesy of the Son of Heaven.

The cumbersome banquet etiquette is naturally familiar, although he enjoys the encounter of the Son of Heaven, he does not think so. In the eyes of the Chu people, the courtesy is because of their hospitality, but in his opinion, it is actually because of the strength of the Qin State: if you ask the kingdom of the heavens, who dares to be disrespectful to the Qin State? Who would dare to snub the Qin envoy? Even the 'sick' king of Chu still has to set up a banquet to entertain himself.

"Will your envoy return to Qin tomorrow?" Xiong Yuan is indeed still sick, but he is just like a candle with a dry lamp, and he can't hold on because of the crisis. At this moment, his finger holding the wine jue was purple, and it was not wine, but water.

"Exactly." He replied after a weak drink. "The widow has a life, and when he returns to Qin in September, he dare not make a mistake."

"Your envoy came to Chu for the first time, how could he stay for four days and return, if other countries knew, wouldn't they think that the widow had no way to entertain him." Xiong Yuan said politely, "The widow wants to ask your envoy to stay for a few more days to enjoy my Chu country, I don't know if it's possible?" ”

When the king said this, Shen Yinyu, the Dazai he sat down, immediately echoed: "There is a drought in August, and the fields are thirsty. The peasants broke the embankment of the river in order to divert the water, and the road to your country had been washed away, and although the king ordered the county Yin to repair it day and night, it would still take several days to walk. It is better for you to stay in Yingdu for a few days, wait for the road ahead to be clear, and then return to China. ”

"Haha!" The reason for Chu to stay in the guest was very far-fetched, so that he suddenly laughed weakly. He looked at Ling Yin Huangxie, who didn't talk much, and asked, "Dare to ask the Prime Minister, is the road of Chu so easy to destroy?" ”

"It is true that this official is derelict in his duties, please forgive the Qin envoy and ask the king to atone for his sins." It was arranged in advance to keep the Qin envoy, and Huang Xie, who was behind the blame, had to apologize in public and ask for guilt in public, which made him smile even more happily.

"Dare to ask the king, do you know that the laws of my Qin country are severe?" Suddenly knelt down weakly and threw himself towards the king of Chu.

"No one knows." At this time, Xiong Yuan was a little embarrassed, the king of a country, in order to keep the Qin envoy, actually lied, which is really contrary to the way of being a king.

"Since the king knows, he should know whether the ministers return to Qin or not, as long as they do not see the eldest son of your country enter Qin, our country will blame Chu ......"

"Rude!" Da Sima Nao was also among the banquets, he was not willing to entertain the Qin envoy with the gift of the Son of Heaven, but at this time, seeing that the Qin envoy bluntly asked Yu Chu, he couldn't help but stop drinking. "Why does the Qin State ask our country to blame? Although my Chu people are not strong, they must not be humiliated! ”

"The state of Chu has attacked me twice in ten years, and this is a sin. The widow remembered the in-laws of Qin and Chu for hundreds of generations, and there had been no war for decades, so he ordered me to enter Chu and bring the eldest son of your country to return to Qin, not to cut down Chu. "Suddenly squinted at the cunning of the horizontal beard and glared, and didn't take it seriously." Whether Qin and Chu are at war or peace, friends or enemies, it is all in the king's thoughts. The minister has already said that in September of the Chu calendar, he must see the eldest son enter Qin, and if he does not enter, he must be questioned. This has nothing to do with when the minister returned to Qin. ”

"Widow...... Ahem," the words had already been spoken, Xiong Yuan had to reiterate the previous reason, he coughed twice and said: "The widow has been sick for several months, and his condition is sometimes good and sometimes bad. ”

"The little minister looks at the king in the spring and autumn period, how can he be sick." He replied with a weak smile.

"The king is indeed sick of the heart, and the disease of the heart is the disease of the royal family. The disease is difficult to cure, but it is relieved in the summer. Shen Yinyu said truthfully, but he didn't dare to say it too clearly, such as bluntly saying that the king would not be able to do it in autumn and winter.

"Dazai is ridiculous. Long live the king is still early, just like the prime minister, the minister of the country is more than eighty years old, do you have a heart disease? He smiled weakly and turned the topic to Ling Yin Huangxie, he is also a royal family, he is over eighty years old but he is in good spirits, and he can't help but make Shen Yin Lu difficult to distinguish, and the atmosphere is embarrassing for a while.

"Delicacies, elixir and jade liquid, such a feast, Dazai Yan is really sick and should not be." Zi Mo smiled and spoke, "Dare to ask the Qin envoy, I haven't been to the Qin country, I don't know if there is such a delicacy in the Qin country?" ”

"The Qin people are simple, they don't enjoy food, they only talk about farming and fighting, and they don't have such food." He replied weakly. He had heard of the beauty of Chu Palace and the enjoyment of Chu food, and he knew why it was so famous when he saw it today. But what's the use of that? The nations compete for power by virtue of armor, not food and clothing.

As if knowing the weak mind, Zi Mo smiled again when he heard this, "I also know that the Qin State only focuses on farming, but even if it focuses on farming, there is no such thing." ”

Zi Mo said, and motioned to the two monks dressed as temple people who had been waiting outside the court for a long time to enter the court. One of them carried a sword, and the other held an armour. Among them, the long sword was five feet long, which surprised Don Weak. It must be known that because of the relationship between materials, the bronze swords are all within three feet (69cm), and the common ones are mostly about two feet or even less, and the Duqin sword has four feet because of the unique manufacturing process. There is no five-foot sword in all countries, is this sword a composite sword (made of two pieces of bronze of different hardness)?

The sword is five feet long, and the style is naturally the style of the Chu-style sword: the round head (handle), the sword stem is thick and round, and there are double hoops, and under the sword lattice (handguard), the broad sword body becomes narrower and narrower towards the tip of the sword, and close to the tip of the sword, the line of the blade suddenly tightens, making the already cold and shining sword blade even more cold. And the habitual silk entanglement on the stem of Chu Jian's sword and the continuous hooking of clouds and thunder patterns on the sword body give this murder weapon a strange beauty.

His weak gaze was attracted by the sword, but the armor did not look closely. Zi Mo smiled when he saw this: "Please take a look at this sword." ”

The five-foot sword is only 115 centimeters, which is not long for later generations, but it was really a long sword in the pre-Qin period. Although he knew that his exclamation would make the monarchs and ministers of Chu proud, he still couldn't help but take a look at the sword. The sword was born, and he had the impression that the long sword was not as heavy as he imagined, and then the sword was long, because the sword stem had been lengthened, the sword head, and the sword grid were weighted, and the good counterweight was very effective to hold, without any sense of lightheadedness, and finally he found that this was not a copper sword, but an iron sword.

"The sword is long and beautiful, I don't know if it's good?" He asked after a while.

"The sword I see as your envoy is also a sword, why don't you try it?" It is Zi Mo's strategy to deter the Qin people with the advantage of the sword and the solidity of the armor, and now the strategy is being implemented, and he is the only one performing in the entire court, and the rest are watching with interest.

"The sword of the minister is given by the widow himself, I am willing to try it, please forgive the minister for being rude." Suddenly stood up weakly, he wanted to hold his sword and iron sword to fight each other, but after thinking about it again, he felt that it was wrong, the use of Chu sword is estimated to be skillful, it is better to hold the iron sword himself, and the Chu people hold the copper sword.

When he wanted to try the sword, Zhong Se's voice stopped, and the advocate of the light dance in the court also stepped aside. The sword of weakness was nearly four feet long. Compared with Chu Jian, Qin Jian is characterized by a flat head, a flat and long sword stem, no hoop, shaped like an orchid leaf, and a slender sword body, except that there is no one-third of the tightening of Chu Jian, and there is no gorgeous decoration of Chu Jian, which is the same as other weapons of the Qin people, simple, effective and simple.

Although the five-foot sword is not heavy, it is too long, and it is very incongruous to hold it with a weak figure of about one meter and six, and the Chu army armor soldier dressed as a temple man looks extremely heroic with the Qin sword, and he saluted the Qin envoy and said, "Please try the sword." ”

"Try it, try it." Suddenly, he raised his iron sword and slashed at him. The armor warrior held a sword to fight back, and the two swords struck each other, and the sound was like a chime. Not surprisingly, the upper end of the slender Qin Sword was cut off by the iron sword, because the force of the attack was very great, and it was only after the weakness of cutting his own sword that he turned around to stabilize the sword in his hand.

"The Qin envoy is my honored guest, why did you break his sword?" Zi Mo's face turned pale, and he pointed to the armor to ask for the crime, and he bowed to the king of Chu again, and said: "Great king, the Qin envoy came from afar as a guest, although it is a test of the sword, it is still not appropriate to break his sword." Please give this sword to the Qin envoy. ”

"Yes." The routine was arranged, and the king of Chu replied according to the routine.

"King, the sword of the Qin envoy is a sword, and the iron is an ordinary thing in my Chu country, and the generals of the Chu army have it. Please give me the Chu State Armor to the Qin envoy again, so that it may be worth the sword. "Dazai Shen Yinyu said again, when he said, 'Huge iron is an ordinary thing in my Chu country, and the generals of the Chu army have it', his tone was particularly aggravated.

"Yes." Xiong Yuan allowed it again, but the regret in his heart did not dissipate until the Qin envoy left.

"King, please allow the Qin envoy to return to Qin tomorrow." The Qin envoy left, but the courtiers did not leave, and Zi Mo, who thought he had a plan, said.

"My lord, what Zi Mo said is very true. The sharpness of the sword and the solidity of the armor, only when the sword and armor arrive in the Qin State, the Qin people can see it, and they are afraid of my Chu Master, and if they don't see it, they don't know. "Zuo Tu Zhao Huang echoed Zi Mo's opinion." And Qin's law is severe, and if he doesn't see his eldest son entering Qin in September, he will be questioned, so it is better to allow Qin to return to Qin as soon as possible. ”

"Great King, Yin Xiangyan of Chengyang City asks the Great King to quickly recruit the county division in case the Qin division attacks me." Before the banquet, Nao was invited by Xiang Yan, but it was difficult to tell each other during the banquet.

"King, the Qin people know that I have the advantage of a great sword, the solidity of a huge armor, and the help of Zhao Wei, so I don't dare to ask for the guilt." Zimo objected, "If I recruit county divisions, and the Qin people will be guilty of me, Zhao Wei and other countries may be centrifugal." ”

"The king, Chengyang City Yin Xiangyan, Chu Zhiliang general. He said that recently, the border customs business travel has been reduced for no reason, if it were not for the Qin generals to attack me, there would be no such thing. Nao was cunning and anxious, he didn't look at Zimo, but at Zhao Huang, but Zhao Huang was just contemplating, this person actually didn't know soldiers, and in the end, he had to look at Ling Yin Huangxie, hoping that he could help say something.

Nao looked at Huang Xie slyly, and the king of Chu also looked at Huang Xie. The king of Chu also did not know soldiers, and his inertia for more than 20 years made him inclined to follow Huang Xie's advice when he hesitated.

"In order to prevent accidents, the minister asked the king to quickly order the county division to be summoned to Chengyang. If you are worried that the Qin people will repel against me, this move can be secret. Huang Xie didn't expect to be cunning, and suggested that the county officials be mobilized immediately.

"Good." Xiong Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and before the banquet, Yu Guanzi urgently asked him to quickly send out the talisman and gather the county officials, it seems that he and Huang Xie and Nao Cunning thought of going together.