As time passed, the preparations for Lingshou were also carried out in an orderly manner. And on the day of October 22, the mission of the Chu State finally arrived at Lingshou, although it was only three days before the ceremony of claiming the king on the plateau, but after all, it was still before the ceremony was held, and of course it was still too late.

And Gao Yuan also went out of the city in person and greeted the Chu State delegation at the gate of Lingshou, because the Qi State Mission was personally greeted by Gao Yuan, so naturally he could not favor one over the other. And this time, Tian Kezang and Duanmu Ming also came with Gao Yuan to greet the Chu delegation.

The envoy of Chu is Xiang Dong, the deputy envoy is Lingyang Jun Xiong Hui, is the minister of the Chu state, and the king of Chu is still an uncle and brother, Xiang Dong has always been the minister of Chu who has been in contact with the plateau, and the relationship with the plateau is good, Chu sent him as the envoy, saying that he attaches great importance to this diplomatic action, and sending the minister of the clan as the deputy envoy means that the Chu state has the courtesy to the plateau, after all, the purpose of this envoy is to celebrate the official king of the plateau.

After everyone saw each other, it was naturally a cold noise, and after Xiang Dong and Gao Yuan saluted, they greeted Tian Kezang and Duanmu Ming, because the Chu delegation came to Lingshou by detouring through Qi State, so what happened in Qi Country naturally knew what happened. And after learning that Hou Sheng was executed, Tian Kezhang grasped the power of Qi State, and Xiang Dong was also very happy, so that the biggest obstacle to the formation of the Hezong was cleared, so this time to Lingshou Celebration Plateau to claim the king, there is a great chance of negotiating the Hezong.

From the top and bottom of the Chu State, the mood for the formation of the joint column is very urgent, because there is a lot of hatred between the Chu State and the Qin State, so the threat to the Qin State is also more sensitive, and now the Qin State has annexed the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han, and the country has greatly expanded, although it was defeated by the plateau once, but with the current national strength of the Qin State, at most three or five years, it can be restored, and then I am afraid it will be the nightmare of the Chu State.

Maybe the Qin State was afraid of the plateau and did not dare to send troops to attack Dai County, while the Qi State had Dai County to cover on the flank, and there was also a certain security guarantee, only the territory of Chu State and the plateau did not border, and Qin State was never afraid of Chu State, if the Qin army attacked Chu State, it would be difficult for Gao Yuan to help directly. Therefore, except for a few people in the officials and clans of the Chu State, most of the people can hope to form a joint column and give the Qin State a heavy blow, so as to ensure the security of the Chu State for a considerable period of time, of course, if it can be connected to the territory of the plateau, it will be even better.

But in the past, there were many combinations, successes and failures, and the state of Chu could not be unguarded, because it was not at ease with the state of Qi, so it was necessary to have the statement of the state of Qi, only if the state of Qi agreed to form a joint column, the state of Chu would participate, and now the state of Qi obviously agreed to form a joint column, so the delegation of the state of Chu was full of expectations for this mission.

After being polite, Xiang Dong waved behind him and said, "Ji'er, I've come to see Wu Anjun." ”

I saw a young man who was about fourteen or fifteen years old, got out of Xiang Dong's car, walked a few steps to the plateau to meet him, and said, "Xiang Ji has seen Wu Anjun." The voice urn sounded angry, and as he spoke, he bowed to the ground and saluted to the plateau.

Gao Yuan's heart moved, Xiang Ji? Isn't that Xiang Yu? "Nationality" is the name, and "Yu" is the table word, but it doesn't seem right to look at the age, because Xiang Yu should still be a child less than ten years old at this time.

At this time, I only heard Xiang Dong smile and said: "This is the dog Xiang Ji, the word Yu, nine years old this year, take him out this time to see the world." ”

Gao Yuan was stunned, this young man is really Xiang Yu. He was also a little excited in his heart, although he had seen many famous historical figures, but Xiang Yu's fame could definitely be ranked in the top three among the historical famous figures he had seen on the plateau.

At this time, Xiang Yu stood up, and Gao Yuan looked at him carefully, and saw that although Xiang Yu's figure was tall, he was indeed childish, and he looked like a child. However, in terms of big eyes, it seems that it is rare to see the majesty of adulthood, and what is special is that the eyes are double pupils.

On the side, Tian Kezang was shocked: "He is so tall at the age of nine, and when Dr. Xiang's Ling Lang becomes an adult, he must be a fierce general." ”

Xiang Dong said with a smile: "An Pingjun doesn't know, he just has a good figure here, he can't learn literature, he can't practice martial arts, it will be difficult to achieve success in the future, this time he will take him out and let him see the heroes of the world." ”

At this time, Xiang Yu was a little unhappy, and said angrily: "Xuewen is enough to remember the name and surname." And learning the sword is only one enemy, which is not enough to learn, I want to learn the art of ten thousand enemies. ”

Xiang Dong sank his face and said sharply: "In front of Wu Anjun and An Pingjun, how can you speak, let me go aside." Xiang Yu didn't dare to talk back to Xiang Dong, so he had to bow his head and retreat to the side.

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "Doctor Xiang doesn't have to appeal to Ling Lang, being able to say such a thing shows that Ling Lang has lofty ambitions, and he will become a great weapon in the future, and there is no limit." ”

Xiang Dong only thought that Gao Yuan was saying kind words, but after all, he was saying good things about his son, so he was also happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "Wu Anjun is too talkative." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Okay, this is not the place to talk, let's go into the city." ”

After entering the city ―――――――― ―――――――― the dividing line ――――――――― dividing line, the Chu State mission was arranged in the pavilion, but Xiang Dong did not rest, but washed his face, immediately changed his clothes, entered the palace with Xiong Hui, and handed over the credentials of Chu to the plateau, because it was close to the time for the plateau to be king, so it was best to hurry up and finish these cutscenes, and it was still early today, so it was completely too late. Fortunately, there is a precedent for the Qi mission, so there is no need to worry more about etiquette.

Jin saw the plateau, handed over the credentials of the state of Chu, and also sent a congratulatory gift from the state of Chu.

Although the congratulatory gifts of the Chu State are not as many as those of the Qi State, they are also very rich, with a total value of more than three thousand Eridium gold, and this time there are also a large number of Chu merchants who came with the Chu State Mission, so they naturally brought congratulatory gifts, so they received an extra two or three thousand Eridium gold.

At the banquet to entertain the Chu delegation, the Chu State once again showed its attention and respect to the plateau, and it turned out that in the congratulatory gift given by the Chu State to the plateau, there was a set of bronze bells, a total of sixty-four. This set of chimes was moved to the lobby and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

It turns out that the Zhou room attaches great importance to music, as a necessary instrument to worship the heavens and worship the ancestors, and also believes that music can educate people's hearts, so that people can deny themselves and abide by etiquette, and do not have evil thoughts, so when the Zhou Gong ruled the world, the ritual music was called together, it was the period of King Xuan of Zhou, and sent the minister Yin Jifu to collect the songs of various countries, compiled them as [national style], and collected the songs made by the ministers of the past dynasties, plus the songs of the Zhou room, compiled into [Daya] [Xiaoya] [Zhou Song] and other articles, collectively called [poems], and then after the continuous improvement of later generations, In the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius finally formed the first collection of poetry in Chinese history, the Book of Songs.

In addition to collecting folk songs, the Zhou also attached great importance to musical instruments, and produced a variety of musical instruments, such as bells, qins, shengs, flutes, zhu, se, and reeds, but the most important of them were the qin and the bell.

The bell is made of bronze and is divided into two categories: Yong (big bell) and pit (small bell), and the two bells are combined and hung on a huge bell frame, called chimes. Striking the bell with a T-shaped wooden hammer and a long rod can produce different musical sounds, because each bell has a different tone, and it can be played according to the musical notation. The bell is loud and broad, such as the thunder of the high sky, inspiring, and crisp and bright, such as the valley and clear spring, melodious and beautiful, so it has been deeply loved by all countries.

The set of chimes given to the plateau by the state of Chu can attract people's attention because it is extremely well made.

Sixty-four chimes are hung on three bell frames, arranged in the shape of "凵", each bell frame is more than zhang high, the two ends are supported by three bronze pillars, each pillar is cast into a mighty warrior image, wearing a golden helmet, wearing a long sword at the waist, majestic and majestic.

The frame beam of the bell frame is made of wood, up to five zhang long, square black lacquer, divided into three layers, upper, middle and lower, and is crossed on the pillar. The lower beam is the thickest, two feet wide, and is supported by three "warriors" with both hands around their waists; The middle beam is one foot two inches wide and presses on the shoulders of the three "warriors", and the upper beam is six inches wide and is pushed on the right side of the head by the three "warriors". On the beams painted with glittering black lacquer, red and yellow patterns are drawn, making dragons flying and phoenixes dancing, and at both ends of the beams, there are also delicate bronze heads, which are engraved with patterns such as clouds, water, flowers and plants.

Just looking at the bell frames of these three sets of chimes, they are exquisite and gorgeous, but compared with the chimes, they seem insignificant.

The chimes are also divided into three bells, large, medium and small, which are hung on three painted wooden beams in the upper, middle and lower respectively, shining with dazzling brilliance. The largest chimes, suspended from the lower beam, are sixteen in all, each nearly five feet high and three feet wide, and look like they weigh a thousand pounds; Medium chimes are hung in the middle beam, each one is two or three feet high, more than a foot wide, at least more than a hundred catties, a total of thirty; The upper beam hangs a small bell, a total of eighteen, more than a foot high, six inches wide, although the form is the smallest, but there are also dozens of pounds of weight.

Regardless of the size of the chime, the whole body is engraved with extremely fine patterns and various inscriptions, which is both gorgeous and noble, but also shows solemn meaning. Moreover, these three chimes are integrated, which is not only grand, magnificent, solid and heavy, but also distinctly layered, clearly organized, exquisite and gorgeous; It is impressive, and it cannot but be admired for the miraculous workmanship. Therefore, everyone present was watching the chimes intently, and even the demeanor of the two beauties Chun Yu Zhongxiu and Luo Mingzhu was overshadowed.

Although the thousand catties of this era are only equivalent to two or three hundred kilograms in later generations, in terms of weight alone, the chimes may not be comparable to the bronze tripod, but the casting of bronze utensils is difficult to musical instruments, and among the musical instruments, it is difficult to chimes, and the chimes are the most difficult to cast with the giant bells of the Yong class, because as long as the thickness of the bell body and the texture are poor, the rhyme is not accurate, and it is difficult to play a song. Therefore, generally countries can cast a large tripod weighing thousands of catties, but there are very few giant bells weighing thousands of catties. And the state of Chu took out sixteen such huge bells as a congratulatory gift for the plateau in one go, and the majesty of its national strength and the exquisite metallurgical craftsmanship of casting can also be seen from this.

I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year and everything is easy