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The others didn't see that Wu Jiu beat Qi Hou, and they didn't dare to imagine that Wu Jiu could beat Qi Hou. Zhao Hu looked at the bloodstains on the back of Qi Hou's hand, and thought that last night, Qi Hou had some beauties with him. .

Wu Jiu calmly looked up at the sunny weather outside, it was morning, and the sun slowly climbed up to the sky, because it was summer, and it was the country of Ju, which was near the sea, and the summer day The head is very strong, and it shines into the room and reaches the desk between the mats.

Wu Jiu raised his eyebrows, even Dong Guoya glanced at the sun outside, then looked back, looked down at the mat, wisely said nothing.

Wu Jiu avoided this topic, bowed his hands as if he hadn't heard it, and said: "Your Majesty, I got a report from the Huben army who went to Liangfu Mountain last night. In Liangfu Mountain, there is indeed a woodcutter surnamed Cao living in seclusion , but I don’t know if it’s Cao GUI, so please ask for orders to find Cao GUI.”

Qihou coughed, then put down his hands, put his palms on his knees, sat upright, with a tall and straight posture, quite regal, and said with a smile: "Oh...Second Brother is going to Liangfu Mountain, okay , as long as the second elder brother is in good health, he can set off at any time, and when he sets off, just let me know and get ready."

When Wu Jiu heard this, he immediately said, "Your Majesty also wants to go with you?"

Qihou smiled and said, "Can't we go together?"

Wu Jiu said: "Your Majesty, the Huben army who went to inquire about the news only said that there is indeed a woodcutter named Cao in the mountain, but Liangfu Mountain is sparsely populated, and there are no mountain people living in seclusion in the mountain, and the mountain people at the foot of the mountain do not know who is surnamed Cao. Where exactly does the woodcutter live in seclusion? If you go to Liangfu Mountain on this trip, you may have to sleep in the open in the mountains. If your majesty is traveling with you, I'm afraid..."

Before he finished speaking, Qi Hou had already waved his hands with a smile, and the black sleeve robe let out a "crash", and said, "Second brother, don't worry, Gu has suffered as much as the second brother, hasn't he?"

When Wu Jiu heard this, he didn't object any more. In fact, what he said was correct. Qihou was not the rightful successor. He had an elder brother above him, and his "second brother". Gongsun Wuzhi even ran out and forced Qi Hou to flee all the way. I am afraid that the suffering along the way is indispensable.

Qihou is a person who can endure hardships. All the kings have one thing in common, that is, they are very able to endure hardships. Wu Jiu thought, fortunately, this trip is only for Qihou to endure hardships with him. It won't be long...

Wu Jiu immediately cupped his hands and said, "Then Jiao will get someone to prepare for the trip this afternoon."

Zhao Hu glanced at Wu Jiu, his eyes full of disapproval, Wu Jiu became so sick yesterday, his face was pale, as if he was about to go to Huangquan to report, he just got better today, but his body is still very weak, and he had to leave in the afternoon.

The disapproval in Zhaohu's eyes was obvious. Dong Guoya glanced at Zhaohu and gave him a wink. Zhaohu saw Dongguoya's "winking" expression at him, but he didn't take it seriously. Instead, he said: "Young master He was seriously ill yesterday, Zhaohu disagreed and left in the afternoon."

Wu Jiu glanced at Zhao Hu, but Zhao Hu was unmoved, with an extremely resolute attitude, Wu Jiao was afraid that he would anger Qi Hou, after all, Qi Hou seemed to be very talented, and he could pretend to be the chief secretary to follow the brigade Doesn't it mean that he is a person who loves talent as much as his life?

In fact, Wu Jiu didn't know that besides loving talents, Marquis Qi actually held grudges a little bit. In his previous life, Cao GUI defeated the Qi army at Changshao for the first time, which already disgraced Qi Hou. During the second Qilu alliance, Cao GUI dared to use To hold Qihou hostage with a dagger, and let Qihou be humiliated in front of Qilu and Lu armies, it can be said that he slapped two big mouths on the left and right cheeks fiercely, how loud.

Qihou did appreciate his talent, but he was also afraid of his talent and courage. The reason why Qihou took the initiative to follow him was because he was going to be a coward. , if Cao GUI is stubborn, it can be used to eliminate future troubles.

Wu Jiu didn't know that Marquis Qi still had half the intention to kill...

After Zhao Hu finished speaking, Wu Jiu just wanted to stop him, but Qi Hou said with a smile: "Gu and Master Zhao thought of going together."

As soon as he said this, Zhao Hu glanced at Qi Hou with an expression of disbelief, but he quickly retracted it, and Qi Hou appreciated the unbelievable gazes cast by everyone, and said with a natural smile: "Second brother is weak, he is alone in his eyes and hurts in his heart. Second brother is doing well now. Don't be too tired. At least one day off. We will discuss matters about going to Liangfu Mountain tomorrow."

Wu Jiao heard Qi Hou say that he was sticky and ambiguous, and his attitude was gentle like water. Wu Jiu just thought coolly in his heart, fortunately he is not a woman, otherwise Qi Hou's attitude would be the king of a country, which one? Can a woman not be confused by him?

Zhao Hu looked at Qi Hou with the eyes of an idiot, but fortunately his gaze was only fleeting, Qi Hou didn't see it, and Dong Guo Ya silently sweated for Zhao Hu.

After Qihou finished speaking, he insisted on having dinner with them. It was all leftovers. How could he let Qihou eat his stomach? Wu Jiao told the little boy to go to the kitchen to bring some breakfast, and Ziqing responded However, Qihou stood up and said: "Forget it, the second brother is not in good health, let's rest after eating breakfast, and don't bother the second brother."

Qi Hou went to Wu Jiu for a while, and then left, leaving only a bunch of gentle and intimate words, which made everyone bewildered.

Qi Hou walked out of Wu Jiu's room and returned to his own courtyard. He just sat down and closed his eyes to rest. He didn't know what he was thinking. His eyes were obviously closed, but the tricks under his eyelids were turning quickly, and his relaxed expression was also blurred. Slowly the haze rises.

Qihou suddenly opened his eyes, "Shua!" His sharp tiger eyes looked very majestic, and there was a hazy air-conditioning inside, and he said in a deep voice, "Come on, please come over here."

Gongsun Xipeng was summoned by Marquis Qi early in the morning, he was still having breakfast, he didn't know what was going on, but he must be in a hurry, so he immediately summoned the eunuch, changed his clothes and rinsed his mouth in a hurry, then trotted towards Marquis Qi.

When Gongsun Xipeng came to Qihou's gate, the gate was open. Qihou was standing with his back to the gate. His black robe set off his tall and straight body, which looked majestic and majestic. He held one hand behind his back, and the other surrendered himself On the bed, looking at the scene in the yard, there was a gloomy look on his face.

Gongsun Xipeng hurried forward and said, "Xipeng pays homage to your majesty."

Qi Hou raised his hand and said: "Xi Peng, please come up, there is no need to be formal."

Gongsun Xipeng stood up straight after thanking him, but he didn't dare to raise his head, so he quietly listened to Qihou's order. Qihou's face was still gloomy, and he said coolly: "Xi Peng, please go to Ju Palace again, and you will go to Ju Palace again. Said... because of the assassin's assassination, Da Xingren fell ill again yesterday, and yesterday he sent a letter of divorce to Linzi City in Qi State to inform the widow, and ask Duke Ju to supervise and investigate the matter."

When Gongsun Xipeng heard it, it turned out that Marquis Qi was going to put pressure on Juzi again, and he was a little confused. Could it be that Juzi's frivolous behavior yesterday caused Qihou's dissatisfaction?

In fact, Gongsun Xipeng was right. Ju Zi openly came to the posthouse yesterday, and made a fuss about Wu Jiu. Although Wu Jiu and Qi Hou are old enemies in terms of political status, Qi Hou is a narrow-minded person. In front of Juzi, Wu Jiu is his official accreditation, a senior official in Qi State, with privileges, so how can he not anger Qihou when he is treated so contemptuously by Juzi.

Qihou felt his face was hit by Juzi, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, especially when he saw Wu Jiu's pale face and the bloodstains on the back of his hand, he became even more angry. Why was his son from Qi State beaten? It is really unreasonable for a small country of Ju to be so humiliated.

Qi Hou smiled coldly and said: "Xi Peng, you know how lonely you are. You don't have to save face for Ju Gong in this matter."

Gongsun Xipeng was secretly startled. In fact, everyone has always thought that because Qihou was favored by Juzi a year ago, after Qihou ascended the throne, he must have good relations with Ju and would not attack Ju. However, Gongsun Xipeng I don’t think so all the time. Ju State has good neighbors in Qi State, and the land bordering it is a land of warfare. Da Sixing is the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Gongsun Xipeng naturally has this talent. He has long seen it, Qihou I am afraid that the Ju country will be destroyed sooner or later, but there is no chance.

Gongsun Xipeng immediately cupped his fists and said, "Yes! Don't worry, Your Majesty."

Qihou raised his hand and said, "Go."

Gongsun Xipeng immediately turned to leave, at this moment, Qihou suddenly said: "Xipeng wait a moment."

Gongsun Xipeng stopped immediately and said, "Your Majesty."

Qihou hesitated for a moment, and said, "You take Prince Yuan with you."

Gongzi Yuan is the second son of Qihou. On the way, because of his frivolous behavior, he angered Qihou, so he has been treated coldly all the time. However, after so many days of cold reception, Qihou's temper has also worn away a little, thinking of giving Gongzi Yuan A chance to try him again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Qi Hou finished speaking, Gongsun Xipeng's eyes were a bit embarrassed, how could this look escape Qi Hou's eyes, and he frowned and said, "How to hesitate?"

Gongsun Xipeng seldom spoke for a while, he cupped his hands and said, "This...return to the king...this...my son..."

Qihou waved his hand and said, "But it doesn't matter."

Gongsun Xipeng gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, he...has already entered Ju Palace this morning."

Qihou narrowed his eyes, and only made a nasal sound of "Huh?", urging Gongsun Xipeng to continue.

Gongsun Xipeng said again: "Jugong sent someone to invite you to the palace to have a banquet early this morning. He said that he was alone with you. You have been gone for more than half an hour."

Qihou just squinted his eyes, and after listening to it, he didn't speak for a long time. Just when Gongsun Xipeng felt that the cold sweat was about to flow down, Qihou finally said a word lightly, just a word.

"it is good."

Gongsun Xipeng didn't know what this meant, and he didn't know whether the word "good" was aimed at him, himself, or Gongzi Yuan.

Qi Hou finally spoke again, saying: "You go, enter the Ju Palace immediately, remember...you don't have to save face for Ju Gong."

Gongsun Xipeng clasped his fists and said, "Yes, Xipeng will leave."

Zhaohu and Dong Guoya went back to the courtyard. As soon as the two of them entered the courtyard, they heard the sound of "tapping, treading" horseshoes and galloped away. The sound of horseshoes seemed to be walking away, and someone should have left.

The courtyards of Zhaohu and Dongguo Ya are only separated by a courtyard wall, which is the back street. Zhaohu simply jumped up and said, "Wow!" With a sound, the white robe flashed, and he turned directly onto the courtyard wall, holding the courtyard wall with one hand and going out look.

Dong Guoya was almost taken aback, he is not a swordsman, and he doesn't know these skills, he just worked as a coolie, and his strength is just a little bit stronger, seeing Zhaohu jumping up the courtyard wall suddenly, he said quickly: "Young bastard, be careful."

Zhao Hu leaned on the courtyard wall, cast a pair of white eyes, thinking that he learned swordsmanship at the age of four, now at this age, he can still fall off the courtyard wall, and make others laugh out loud!

Zhao Hu ignored him, and looked outside, it turned out that Gongsun Xipeng was dressed in black armor, leading a team of tiger and ben troops, about a hundred people, going out from the post house, and went somewhere.

Zhaohu was a little surprised, "Wow!" He jumped off the courtyard wall again, landed firmly on the ground, and said, "It's really strange, what is Gongsun Xipeng taking with the Huben army?"

Although Dong Guoya didn't see it, but after hearing what he said, he said with a smile: "The concubine is so smart, can't you figure it out?"

Zhao Hu glared at him and said, "Say it if you want to, or say it if you don't."

Dong Guoya smiled, ignored Zhaohu's firecracker tone, and said, "I went to find the bad luck of Duke Ju."

When Zhaohu heard this, he was dumbfounded and said, "With so many tiger and ben troops?"

Dong Guoya said: "If Dong Guo's predictions are true, it must be so. The concubine Zhong thinks about it carefully. The trip of Da Xingren represents the face of Qi State. Now Ju Gong is so frivolous, and there are secrets in the posthouse of Ju State. How can your lord spare Duke Ju lightly when the state spy is an assassin?"

When Zhao Hu heard it, it made sense, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't imagine that Marquis Qi was trying to get the young master's attention, maybe it was just another show.

Wu Jiu also soon heard that Gongsun Xipeng took a hundred tiger troops and went to Ju Palace to question Juzi Xingshi.

Wu Jiu just smiled when he heard that, he knew that Qi Hou was not doing it for himself, even if it was for his face, to hit Juzi, he would do it, so he didn't take it seriously.

Wu Jiu had eaten breakfast, rested in his room for a while, and fell asleep with his clothes on. He didn't sleep for long, and soon woke up again. He found the map of Liangfu Mountain and looked at it. He thought about going to Liangfu Mountain carefully. Mountain route.

Liangfu Mountain is not close to the old city of Ju. In the past, it might take a day. There are no post houses around Liangfu Mountain, only the homestay where the mountain people live. You must stay at the homestay for one night, and then go to Liangfu the next day. Mountain.

This Liangfu Mountain is neither big nor small, but there are no residents and no guides on Liangfu Mountain. It is said that there are lush vegetation and wild beasts. No one has ever entered it. Whether the woodcutter surnamed Cao really lives in seclusion on the mountain, or whether the woodcutter surnamed Cao is actually Cao Gui.

Wu Jiao looked at the map and felt very dizzy for a while, so he put down the map, it was almost noon, and he was about to have lunch, but Wu Jiao had no appetite, so he got up and prepared to go outside for a walk.

Wu Jiu stood up, and the little boy Qing hurriedly took a cloak for Wu Jiu, put it on his shoulders, and said, "Master, wear more, it's windy outside today, be careful if you catch the wind."

Wu Jiu felt a little helpless, now it was midsummer, and he had to add a cloak, if it was winter, would he still be living with a warm stove?

Wu Jiu put on a cloak, pushed the door and went out, walked around the courtyard, but didn't go far, at this moment, he heard a loud voice coming from across a courtyard wall.

The courtyard next to Wu Jiu was not the courtyard of the envoys of Qi State. Envoys from other countries also lived in this post house. It is very common for envoys from various countries to come and go.

Wu Jiu took a look with his head, and saw a post officer, standing proudly at the gate of the courtyard, with his stomach outstretched and hips akimbo, with a reassuring look on his face, he said with a smile: "This is the luncheon at the post house. Food is like this, the people of Yu Kingdom are precious, so don't eat it?!"

When Wu Jiu heard it, Yu Guo...

There were two people standing opposite the post officer, one of them looked young and energetic, about [-] years old, not more than [-] years old, with a Chinese character face, tall and tall, with a sword on his waist, his hand on the sword, he almost died Pull out the sword.

The other person was wearing a light blue robe, he looked like a scholar, he was a little older, in his thirties, but his face was pretty, and his age was basically invisible, except for the shallow nasolabial folds on the corners of his mouth, he didn't look old, On the contrary, there is a kind of mature and gentle feeling.

The scholar hurriedly stopped the person next to him and said, "It's so strange, don't miss the big deal."

The young man snorted coldly, and buckled his saber with a "click!", and the post officer on the opposite side was even more proud, and said with a smile: "This is the way the food is. If you don't eat it, you will starve to death, or you can cook it yourself." , I don’t have time to joke with you, I’m leaving first.”

The post officer was very arrogant, and he shook his sleeves and left after speaking. The angry young man threw a dal on the ground with his hands. Qing let out a "Yi", quickly covered his mouth and nose, and said vaguely, "Master, isn't this stinky?"

Ziqing's voice was a bit loud. They were standing by the gate of the courtyard. The two people not far away heard the voice and looked up.

Both of them looked over, Wu Jiu could see each other's face more clearly now, the young man with tiger eyes and shooting star eyebrows, his face was dignified, like a general, the slightly longer man in blue shirt had a beautiful and gentle face, Seeing Wu Jiu, he just cupped his hands, then turned around and said, "Zhiqi, don't cause trouble, let's go."

It was the second time Wu Jiu heard the man in the green shirt call the young man's name, the word "Zhi Qi" could be described as resounding.

Although Wu Jiu is not a liberal arts student, he has a soft spot for the history of the Three Kingdoms and the Spring and Autumn and Warring States. After all, he is in the business field, and this kind of history of ups and downs is actually very helpful for training his emotional intelligence.

As soon as the word "Zhi Qi" was mentioned, Wu Jiu suddenly thought of the classical Chinese texts in middle school, except for "Cao GUI's Controversy", "Zou Ji satirizes the king of Qi and accepts advice", "Chulong talks about the Queen Mother Zhao", one of which is "Gong Zhi Qi Admonishes the Way", the protagonist is Gong Zhi Qi, the doctor of Yu State.

Perhaps when it comes to Gong Zhiqi, many people have no impression, but when they say an idiom, the impression will arise spontaneously, that is-the lips are dead and the teeth are cold.

If you do the math, the idiom story of "the lips die and the teeth are cold" has not happened yet, and it is estimated that it will happen in 20 years.

At that time, another powerful country was born in the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, Jin State. The Marquis of Jin wanted to attack Yu State and Guo State near him.Although Yu State and Guo State are small countries, they have a very close relationship with Zhou Tianzi. Among many countries, Yu State and Guo State are the few dukes and marquises. Although they are powerful, they are marquises. For the state of Jin, who was enfeoffed as a marquis, it was impossible to swallow two fat men in one gulp.

So the Marquis of Jin thought of a special method, that is--by way.

The Marquis of Jin made an excuse to the Duke of Yu, and the Duke of Yu, like Ju Zi, especially liked beautiful jade and BMW. The two people's hobbies coincided with each other. Hou made a deal, and the Duke of Yu borrowed the road to the Marquis of Jin, so that the soldiers and horses of the Jin State would pass through his own land to attack the State of Guo.

In the story of dead lips and cold teeth, there is another protagonist, and that is Gong Zhiqi. Gong Zhiqi was a doctor of Yu State at that time, and tried his best to admonish Duke Yu. The lips and teeth are separated, the so-called "the auxiliary vehicles are dependent on each other, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold".

However, Yu Guo was self-willed and confused by the marquis of Jin's BMW jade, so he didn't care about Gong Zhiqi's persuasion. Gong Zhiqi left angrily. The king is a prisoner.

The troops of the Marquis of Jin passed through the land of Yu State smoothly, and attacked Guo State like a broken bamboo. Guo State was a small country and was soon destroyed. Yu Gong was still complacent, thinking that Gong Zhiqi's persuasion was a superfluous act. , Jinhou's soldiers and horses are very regular, without any arrogance.

However, not long after, the soldiers and horses of the Marquis of Jin returned to the court, triumphantly traveled all the way, passed through the territory of Yu State again, and prepared to return to Jin State, but this time, the soldiers and horses of Jin State did not behave properly, The door-to-door robbers were completely unprepared, and the Jin army took the opportunity to swallow the Yu country in one go, annexing two countries at once.

Wu Jiu was pleasantly surprised, could it be that this young man with a Chinese face turned out to be the famous Gong Zhiqi?After all, the man in blue shirt next to him called him "Zhi Qi" and he was also an envoy of Yu State, so it couldn't be such a coincidence.

The two men turned to leave, but Wu Jiu rolled his eyes, with a gentle smile on his face, he raised his hand and said, "Go slowly, gentlemen."

The two people immediately stopped in their tracks when they heard Wu Jiu's words. The young man with a square face seemed to be upset because of what the post officer said just now. He glanced at Wu Jiu, unavoidably a little angry, and said, "Why are you walking slowly?"

The man in green shirt next to him was much more stable. He patted the young man, saluted with a smile, and said, "What advice do you have?"

Wu Jiao said with a smile: "I dare not speak up in front of the two doctors. I just happened to see the reckless words and deeds of the postman in Ju country. If you don't mind, Jiao has just prepared lunch here. Please share it?"

Those two people glanced at each other, and then at Wu Jiao. For some reason, the post officer of Ju State was so unfriendly and rude to the two envoys of Yu State, and gave them rotten food. The food was all smashed on the ground just now, there must be nothing to eat, Wu Zheng took this opportunity to invite them to have lunch.

Those two people hesitated a bit, and the older man in the green shirt said, "This... is the Duke of Qi?"

Seeing that he had guessed his identity in one go, Wu Jiu didn't shy away from it, nodded with a smile, and said, "It's Jiu."

The Chinese-character face called Zhiqi opened his eyes wide, looked at him in shock, and said, "Are you Lu Jiu?"

Ziqing immediately frowned and said, "Who are you, how dare you call my young master by his name!"

The man in the green shirt also quickly stopped the people next to him, saying: "Don't be reckless."

But Wu Jiu didn't care, and said with a smile: "Doctor Gong is straightforward, speaks quickly, there is nothing reckless."

When he said this, the Chinese character face called "Zhi Qi" was even more surprised, and said, "You actually know me?"

Wu Jiu smiled, and said modestly: "The famous Gong Zhiqi is like thunder."

That young man is indeed Gong Zhiqi, he said he is famous, but in fact he will become famous in the future, the current Gong Zhiqi is just a little-known official, otherwise he would not come here to eat bad food and be angry.

Gong Zhiqi saw that although Wu Jiu had a humble face, he guessed every sentence correctly, he was a little bit unconvinced, and he had heard some things about young master Jiu, although he was smart, he was a flirtatious dude, so he had nothing to make friends with.

Gong Zhiqi deliberately made things difficult for him, and said, "You want to buy me a drink?"

Wu Jiao nodded, Gong Zhiqi laughed and said, "You know who I am, but you don't know who he is. If you can guess who my eldest brother is, I'll drink with you today!"

When Ziqing heard this, he was very unconvinced and said, "It's your luck that my young master drinks with you..."

Before he finished speaking, Wu Jiu raised his hand to stop Ziqing's words, and looked at the man in the blue shirt with a smile. After thinking for a while, Yu State is a small country. The protection of the emperor has been able to last until now, but when it comes to the state of Yu, Wu Jiu has no impression.

But I have to mention the two big figures in Yu Kingdom, one is Gong Zhiqi, and the other is Bailixi.

Known as the doctor of the five dynasties, after the fall of Yu State, he was sent to Qin State as a dowry slave, and then he was worshiped as a prime minister and respected as a master by another overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin Mugong.

Seeing that Gong Zhiqi treated the man in green shirt with courtesy and respect, Wu Jiao also called him "big brother". Although it was the first time Wu Jiao had seen Gong Zhiqi, he could tell that he was a quick-talking lover who treats someone with courtesy. , must be a person with great talent who can convince others. The talent of this man in the blue shirt must be higher than that of Gong Zhiqi, so that Gong Zhiqi can be subdued.

As soon as Wu Jiu paused, under Gong Zhiqi's intentional difficulty, he smiled lightly, bowed his hands and said, "I have long admired Mr. Baili's name."

As soon as he said this, Ziqing didn't understand, Gong Zhiqi and the man in the blue shirt were taken aback for a moment, Gong Zhiqi looked at Wu Jiu blankly, and the man in the blue shirt returned the courtesy and said, "Young Master Qi is polite."

The man in the green shirt has a handsome face and a gentle manner, revealing a kind of literati temperament. His skin is fair, his lips are slightly thin, and there are faint nasolabial folds around his lips, which vaguely reveal his age. Wu Jiao feels that he is 30 years old and still looks young However, after looking squarely at it just now, this man who looks like a beautiful woman is really Bailixi.

Calculated in this way, Baili Xi was over 60 years old when he was used by Qin Mugong. Now, more than 30 years ago, Baili Xi, who looked 40 years old, should actually be [-] years old.

Perhaps it was Baili Xiyun's indifferent personality that made him not show his age very much. Baili Xi glanced at Gong Zhiqi and said with a smile, "Zhiqi?"

Gong Zhiqi was still in a daze, but when he called him, he immediately woke up from the dream, and hurriedly bowed to Wu Jiu, saying: "Zhi Qi offended, please ask Mr. Qi to do more!"

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "It's unnecessary if you have a large number of adults. Jiu is naturally narrow-minded, so he will definitely be punished with three glasses of wine."

When Gong Zhiqi heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and said quite boldly, "Zhiqi will definitely drink this wine!"

Wu Jiao's white sleeves flicked, and he made a gesture of invitation. Gong Zhiqi asked Bailixi to go first, and the three of them entered Wu Jiao's courtyard and Wu Jiao's room. Wu Jiao straightened the mat himself, asking Baili Xi and Gong Zhiqi took their seats.

Ziqing hurriedly ran out to order the cloth meal, and at the same time ordered two more sets of bowls and chopsticks.

Gong Zhiqi and Bailixi entered the table, but they didn't expect that he was a young master who embroidered and decorated, so polite, transparent, and talented, without arrogance or impetuosity, without saying a few words, Gong Zhiqi He has great admiration for him, and Baili Xi also admires Wu Jiu's temperament and style very much.

Everyone sat together to eat, drank wine after the meal, and removed the lunch. Wu Jiu ordered Ziqing to bring the snacks, and saw a small bronze plate with a curled lip on the table, with snacks in it.

Gong Zhiqi and Baili Xi had never seen these snacks before, and one of them was green beans. Green beans were a humble thing, anyway, they had never eaten them while drinking.

Gong Zhiqi looked at the plate of green beans curiously, and said with a smile, "Mr. Ju is stingy, so he also gave this to Mr. Qi?"

Wu Jiu laughed and said, "Don't get me wrong, this is a snack I made myself, why don't you both try it?"

Both Gong Zhiqi and Baili Xi were a little surprised that the young master was cooking the meal himself?This kind of thing can't be imagined, it's too strange, it sounds really appalling.

Wu Jiu flicked it with his small dagger, and heard the "cracking" green beans colliding with each other, crisp and raw, with some crisp sounds, and at the same time a special salty fragrance rushed towards his face, unexpectedly mellow.

The mellow aroma of roasted beans, accompanied by the aroma of seasonings, is really hard to tell what the aroma is, because Gong Zhiqi and Bailixi have never smelled this aroma before, but it definitely makes people's index fingers move.

Gong Zhiqi couldn't hold his breath, first poked some with a small dagger, put it in the mouth, the mouth was crispy, the aroma of the green beans was completely fried by the heat, the outside was crispy, and the inside was mellow, although it was crispy, it definitely didn't grit the teeth. Crisp and raw, especially energetic.

I don’t know what kind of condiment is wrapped on the beans. Apart from the salty taste, there is also a fragrance. There is a vaguely spicy aftertaste. The greenness and rusticity of the green beans can’t be tasted at all. After taking a bite, it’s amazing. The state banquet I had was even more surprising.

Gong Zhiqi's eyes widened, he was speechless, he just said: "This... this is really strange."

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Just do it casually."

Green beans, a snack, are also very popular in modern times. Garlic-flavored green beans cost a few cents a pack, but there is no garlic in this era. Garlic is a species that Zhang Qian brought back from the Western Regions after he left the Great Wall. The same goes for seasoning with other seasonings.

Gong Zhiqi and Baili Xi drank the plate of green beans and chatted while drinking, and the three of them started talking.

It turns out that Gong Zhiqi and Baili Xi came to Ju as envoys, not to discuss any covenant, but to exchange beautiful jade and BMW.

Duke Yu and Duke Ju have one thing in common. They both love beautiful jade and BMWs, so they have similar hobbies. Although they are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, Duke Yu and Duke Ju will still exchange jade and BMWs between the two countries on a regular basis.

This time it was the turn of the envoys of the State of Yu to come to the State of Ju for exchange, but Duke Yu was a little greedy, so he asked the envoys to bring bad jade and horses, hoping to be empty-handed.

It so happened that Juzi was also a greedy person who didn't suffer any disadvantages. When he saw these mottled jades and thin horses, he was furious. Naturally, he wanted to punish the envoys of the State of Yu.

The postman was so rampant, in fact, it was Juzi's instruction, otherwise he would not dare to treat the envoys of other countries like this.

Gong Zhiqi and Baili Xi hadn't been exposed yet, they were just small envoys, so they could only suffer this great humiliation. The post officer gave them some rotten and long-haired food for two days in a row.

As soon as Gong Zhiqi talked about this, he became very angry. He also drank too much wine, and he sneered and said: "If brother didn't stop him, Zhiqi would cut off his head with a sword!"

Seeing that he was drunk, Bailixi said soothingly, "It's so strange, don't talk nonsense."

Wu Jiao just smiled, waved Ziqing to go out and wait, dismissed all the eunuchs who were serving him, Gong Zhiqi complained a few words after getting drunk, then fell asleep on the table sullenly.

Seeing that Gong Zhiqi was quite depressed, Wu Jiao actually wanted to recruit these two unworldly talents. After all, they will shine after 20 years. Wouldn't it be best if they recruited themselves now?

But Wu Jiu didn't say it abruptly for the first time, he just drank and chatted, listening to Gong Zhiqi vomit bitterness.

Ziqing came out of the room, stood outside the door for a while, heard the conversation inside, glanced left and right, then closed his eyes, walked forward quickly, walked out of Wu Jiao's courtyard, and quickly went to Qihou's courtyard .

After lunch, Qihou was recuperating in his room with his eyes closed. He was reclined on the couch, and because the sun was hot, he opened the window. His black temple hair was a little loose, and all long hair hung down, slightly blown by the scorching summer wind. blowing.

Qihou is also a martial arts practitioner. Although he didn't open his eyes, he was very quiet. As soon as Ziqing entered the courtyard, he heard footsteps. When Ziqing walked to the door, Qihou said lightly: " Come in."

Ziqing hurried into the room, then closed the door with his hand back, knelt down and saluted and said, "I pay homage to your majesty."

Qihou didn't get up, he was still reclining on the couch, he didn't even open his eyes, his long and narrow tiger eyes were lightly closed, and he waved his hands leisurely, Ziqing immediately stood up.

Qihou said: "Young Master Jiu, what's the matter?"

Ziqing hurriedly told the story of Young Master Jiu's meeting with the two envoys of Yu State just now. Wu Jiu and the envoys of Yu State had a drink and chat, quite speculative.

When Qi Hou heard this, he suddenly opened a pair of tiger eyes. His eyes were slightly narrow and long, with sharp edges and corners. When he narrowed them, he revealed the majesty of a king.

Marquis Qi frowned slightly, and said, "An envoy from the State of Yu?"

Ziqing said, "Yes."

Qihou sat up slowly, stretched his long hair down to his shoulders, squinted his eyes and said, "Which two people are they?"

Ziqing said: "I heard from the young master that one of them is Gong Zhiqi, and the other one is only heard to be Baili, so I don't know the taboo."

Qi Hou's body trembled suddenly, and his heart jumped twice. If he was someone else, he would definitely not know who these two people were, but Qi Hou is a person who has lived once, so he has naturally heard of these two well-known doctors of the State of Yu.

Qi Hou said lightly: "Gong Zhiqi... Baili Xi..."

Ziqing was a little strange, I don't know how the Lord knew the names of these two people, but from the tone of the Lord, these two people seemed to be some powerful figures.

Qihou said: "Young Master Jiu, what did you say to them?"

Ziqing replied carefully: "Back to your majesty, I just drank and ate green beans, and talked about insignificant topics."

Qi Hou laughed, raised his eyebrows and said, "Drinking? Eating green beans... It really makes Gu admiration."

He didn't know the meaning of his smile, Ziqing didn't know what Junshang meant, he just lowered his head, Qihou smiled, his face was clouded, he waved and said, "Go ahead."

Ziqing saluted in response, and quickly withdrew from Qihou's courtyard, and dared to go back.

When Ziqing returned to the door of Wu Jiu's room, there was no sound of drinking and chatting inside. Ziqing hurried over and was about to knock on the door when he heard a voice behind him.

With a sound of "哗啦", Ziqing was startled, and looked back suddenly, the first thing he saw was a white hem, because of the hot weather, the clothes were made of silk, soft and cool, shaking gently.

Ziqing raised his head and saw that Wu Jiao was not in the room, but stood behind him at some point.

Ziqing quickly said, "My lord..."

Wu Jiu drank some wine, his fair skin was stained with a thin layer of bright red, like the sunset glow in the sky, his brows and eyes were narrowed, and he looked at Ziqing with a deep and gentle smile.

Ziqing's heart was beating violently, and he was a little nervous, so he forced himself to say calmly, "My lord, have the two envoys gone back?"

Wu plucked at his loose temple hair, and said with a smile, "Yes, I went back when I was drunk, and I just saw them off."

Ziqing nodded, "Oh", his heart was still beating violently, he didn't dare to say any more, he lowered his head and pretended to be good, his eyes rolled wildly, but he didn't dare to let Wu Jiao see it.

Wu Jiu's expression was still calm, and he stretched out his hand to rub his forehead, as if he felt unwell after drinking too much.