Chapter 22: The Western Weekend (3)
Bao Xi's life before entering the palace was very difficult, she developed a gloomy and deep personality since she was a child, and she never smiled. Later, she was sent to the palace as a sexual bribe, and was crushed under this dead fat man who was full of wine all day long, and every time she accompanied the wine, she saw so many ugly monsters with sharp beaks and monkey cheeks; Finally, a young and handsome prince took the initiative to send him to the door, but he was the son of a rival in love, and he humiliated himself in every way; She is often pointed at as a "thing that has lost the country". lives a dark life every day, and no one can laugh at it.
The King of Darkness was very distressed, so he issued a notice: "The one who can make the queen laugh will be rewarded!" A clown beside him, Father Yushi, jumped out and directed a shameless trick of the princes of the Beacon Fire Opera.
It turned out that in order to resist the attack of foreign enemies, the former king of the Western Zhou Dynasty specially built a strong palace city (i.e., "Gugong") at the foot of Lishan Mountain as a temporary refuge. There are many beacon towers built on the outer wall of Gugong, and when the enemy invades, the beacon fire wolf smoke can be lit to send a war signal to the princes in the Gyeonggi area.
King You was worried that Zheng Boyou would corrupt his Yaxing, so he sent him as an envoy to a neighboring country. On the day of Zheng Boyou's departure, King Youwang led a group of men and women in fancy clothes to set off in the direction of Gugong with food and wine. The procession enters the shrine before dusk, and the feast begins later.
At night, the princes near Hokyo suddenly saw an incomparably terrifying sight: the beacon fire in the direction of the fortress reflected the night sky, and the sound of war drums rumbled endlessly. The princes immediately gathered their soldiers and horses to kill and galloped to Lishan Mountain. The army galloped all the way to the city of Gugong, the drumming stopped, and people heard the sound of bells, drums, silk and bamboo instruments wafting from the palace.
When the princes were looking at each other, King Zhou You brought Bao Xi and the fortunate ministers to the city tower vividly. He smiled hatefully under the light of the torch and said: "With this beauty, wine, and beautiful scenery, this king can't bear to be alone, so I invite you to enjoy it together!" ”
The princes looked angry, and after thanking the Son of Heaven for his kindness through gritted teeth, they suddenly died down and returned to their fiefdoms.
Bao Xi suddenly began to laugh out loud, and laughed uncontrollably, and the others were also infected and laughed. The laughter of dozens of people echoed through that otherwise quiet midsummer night. The wicked mock the righteous, the treacherous mock the faithful, and the shameless mock the noble. When treachery filled the temple, and the powerful abandoned Zhou Li and the people, what reason did the Western Zhou not be destroyed?
The humiliated princes were eager to turn around and shoot all the shameless people down the city. As a result, Yu Shi's father was richly rewarded for making the Son of Heaven successfully lose his trust to the princes, which is the story of "a thousand daughters buy laughter".
Zheng Boyou completed his mission and returned to Haojing, he first replied to King You, and then scolded Yu Shi's father with a stinking face. After scolding Yu Shi's father, Zheng Boyou said to King You: "The king regards the minister as his heart, and the minister regards the king as democracy; The king regards the minister as a mustard, and the minister regards the king as an enemy. Now in order to please a woman, the king regards state affairs as child's play, plays with the princes in the palm of his hand, and has no faith in the world, which is the way to self-destruction! If you don't change it, you will regret it! ”
Youwang looked left and right, and said absentmindedly: "Uncle is right, Bugu knows that he is wrong." ”
A few days later, King Zhou You's heart began to itch again. He sent Zheng Boyou to a remote place again to inspect, and then played the trick of the princes of the beacon fire show, and the princes' army hurried to the city again.
After playing a few times, the princes were no longer fooled, Bao Xi had laughed enough, and King Youwang was tired of playing, so they stopped. The Ghost King felt it was time to get down to business.