Yunyue past events

Several guests of Prince Zhaoyu were discussing political affairs. They talked loudly and were very involved. Only the young man beside the prince seemed absent-minded. He lowered his head from time to time and played with the two little jade fishes in his hand.The small jade fish is a fish prop used in Liubo chess, which is cute and delicate.

Zhaoling originally came to play Liubo chess with the prince, and didn't want to meet the prince to call the guests to discuss matters.

A tall, thin and unremarkable young guest was standing in front of a large silk map hanging high, pointing to a location on the map, and said in Rongyu with a dialect accent: "Our army has repeatedly fought against The Uyghur army failed to capture Tsoyue City during the battle. Why? Because the city is surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing water on one side, the terrain is extremely precipitous and difficult to conquer.”

"Zaoyue City is the gateway to the Wei Kingdom. Over the years, our army has lost troops and generals here, and has been defeated repeatedly. In my opinion, this way is not feasible, and we should find another way."

The guest stopped talking, unfolded the rolled part of the silk book, moved his fingers along a waterway, and continued: "Why don't our army go around Yishan Mountain, take the waterway, and attack Zhangcheng of Weiguo from the west. Weak, Weiguo has no defenses here, and when Weiguo reacts and sends troops to attack, our army has already strengthened the city wall and dug ditches in Zhangcheng."

"Our army occupies Zhangcheng and uses it as a stronghold. It can be used to advance, attack and retreat. If you want to send troops to attack Weiguo next time, I request you to attack Zhangcheng!"

The method proposed by this guest can be described as a slanted sword, which aroused heated discussions among other guests.

A guest said: "No, if you go around the west road to attack Zhangcheng, you must pass through the border of Shu State."

A guest said: "It's not difficult to say, you can bribe the king of Shu Guo generously, promise to give benefits, and borrow from the king of Shu Guo."

A man with a long sword and a beard stood up abruptly. Everyone looked at him. The man said in a loud voice, "Shu is weak and has always been attached to Wei. What's more, the wife of the king of Shu is also the wife of King Wei." Sister, if Shu Guo pretends to use the excuse to plot our army with Wei Guo in private, our army really has to take a detour to attack Zhangcheng, and we will be flanked by Wei and Shu, and we will never return!"

The big bearded man became more and more excited as he spoke. He pointed at the tall and thin guest who proposed to take a detour to attack Zhangcheng, and said angrily, "Wei Ping is originally from the state of Xu. How do you know that he is not a secret agent sent by the state of Xu to weaken our military power!"

After the words of the big man with the beard fell, the audience was in an uproar.

Wei Ping snorted: "Fool!"

Not all the guests here are from Rongguo, several of them are from other countries.It is normal for them to travel around the world, sell their talents, and serve and devote themselves to whoever appreciates them.

Zhao Ling yawned at first, but the bell-like voice of the bearded man revived him a bit.

After the bearded man was seated, another older guest with a round face got up and said slowly in a low voice, "Our Rong Kingdom and Wei Kingdom ceased fighting last winter. We have been fighting for years, and the people are overwhelmed. Yichen sees , the most important thing right now is not the crusade against Wei, but the livelihood of the people in the country..."

As for the discussion among the guests, the prince just listened to their proposals, he didn't have any expression on his face, and he was weighing in his heart.

After a long time, the guests dispersed, the hall was silent, and only the prince and Zhaoling were left in the room.The prince sat in front of the case, reading the policy essays presented by the guests, and he seemed to forget that there was another person beside him.

Zhao Ling thought that my brother had forgotten me, and said loudly, "Brother, shall we continue to fight with Weiguo?"

Hearing someone calling him, the prince looked up, and then remembered that Zhaoling had been listening to their discussion for a long time, but he hadn't gone back yet.

The prince waved to Zhao Ling, motioning to sit down.

The two brothers sat together in front of a wooden desk, the maid had already taken away the policies on the desk, and placed a map on the desk, the prince pointed to the city of Mengyang on the map, and said: "Earlier, the Yuemen in Mengyang city People rebelled and almost endangered the Zitongshan factory."

"I know, father sent Huan Sima to quell the chaos." Zhao Ling replied.

The prince nodded, moved his finger away, pointed to a big mountain with "Purple Copper Mountain" written on the south side of Mengyang City, and said: "Ah Ling, here, we have been fighting endlessly with the Yunyue people for a hundred years, for this place. It was not until seven years ago that our army broke through the capital of Yunyue and occupied Mengyang City that Zitong Mountain was owned by Rongguo."

The prince continued: "Although the Yunyue Kingdom has perished, our foundation in Yunyue is not yet stable. Weiguo has been looking for an opportunity to go south, and the intention is in Zitong Mountain."

"That's because the Zitong Mountain is a place for mining and smelting. Doctor Jing said: the important affairs of the country are the sacrifice and the army, and these two major events require copper mines." Zhaoling looked at the Zitong Mountain made of lines on the map. It is no different from other mountains drawn on the map, but there have been countless battles around it, but this mountain is full of blood.

"That's right!" the prince praised.

Bronze ritual vessels are needed for sacrifices, and bronze is needed to make weapons and chariots for war, all of which require a large amount of copper ore.

Staring at the map, Zhao Ling found that the "Purple Copper Mountain" on the map was close to Mengyang City, and the Zicopper Mountain was not very far from Weiguo.

Brother's guests talked about Weiguo all night, because Weiguo is the most powerful neighbor and can pose a threat to Rongguo.

"Brother, can we negotiate peace with Weiguo?" Zhaoling looked at the border between Weiguo and Rongguo, as if he could hear the sound of fighting. He didn't like his brother going out to fight.

And the older guest with the round face also said that the people have been burdened by successive years of war.

The prince's eyes fell on a big city on the map, and there was a text mark on the side of the city: Yunshui City, he was silent for a long time.Zhaoling didn't understand why her elder brother didn't speak suddenly, and looked back at him.

The crown prince said slowly: "Ah Ling, you have to understand that there are ebbs and flows between countries. They either eliminate others or eliminate them for others. A truce is always only temporary and will not last long. The battle that should be fought must still be fought."

What the elder brother said made Zhaoling silent.

"What is in your hand?"

At this time, the prince realized that his younger brother seemed to be holding something in his palm, so he lowered his head to look.

Zhaoling opened his palm, and there were two small jade fish in his palm.

Recognizing that they were two fish props for playing Liubo chess, the prince smiled and said, "You are here to play chess with me, let Ah Ling wait for a long time."

The prince ordered to the attendants beside him: "Bring Liu Bo."

Sitting face to face, the two brothers played Liubo chess, and Zhaoling won the second chip, with a smile on his lips.While playing chess with him, the prince said: "I heard that you often go out of the palace with your seventh brother, where do you go?"

"Go to the market to watch the excitement, and also go to the pier to watch the boats." Zhao Ling rolled up his sleeves and threw the chopsticks, counted, and moved on the chessboard step by step.

It was Zhaozi's turn to throw the bo chopsticks, and he threw the colorful bo chopsticks. There were no points, and he knew the number just by looking at it. He directly put the chess pieces where they should go, and said: "You are with the seventh brother, don't learn It’s bad, he’s often been in and out of Lao Wu’s house recently.”

The fifth son, Zhaoqing, is Zhaoling's concubine brother. There is a large group of advocating talents in the house, who enjoy themselves day and night and behave absurdly.

Zhao Ling frowned, and said to his elder brother: "My fifth brother never invited me, so I won't go. Besides, Zheng Bao stares at me all day long, and is controlled by others everywhere. Alas, it's so boring."

As if remembering something, Zhao Ling suddenly put down the lottery chips in his hand, and hurriedly said: "My good brother, Xia Lie will take me there."

Looking around, it's time to go hunting in the garden again.

The prince said: "Go and ask your mother. If your mother agrees, I will take you there."

"I'm going to ask my mother!"

Zhaoling left immediately, leaving half a game behind.

"Why do I miss hunting in Yuanyuan every year?" Zhaozhen smiled and shook his head, thinking that he was still a playful kid.

The next day, the crown prince went to visit Mrs. Xu Ji, and Mrs. Xu Ji blamed: "You really deserve it. How could you promise him and teach him to make trouble with me for a long time. I won't allow it, but he still tells me the truth."

Zhaoyu bowed his head and smiled without saying a word.

"Ling'er used to be by my side. She was obedient and docile. She learned from you like a counselor. She talks in the same way." Mrs. Xu Ji couldn't hold back Zhao Ling, so she could only complain to her eldest son.

The prince smiled and asked, "Mother, did you promise him?"

Mrs. Xu Ji was worried: "It doesn't mean that you can only go hunting in Yuanyuan when you are 16 years old. Ling'er is still young. When you get there, you have to watch him well, and don't let him enter the hunting ground."

Mrs. Xu Ji held a long-haired puppy in her arms, lying in her arms like a doll. Mrs. Xu Ji stroked the dog's fur from time to time.

The prince said: "I will keep him safe and sound."

Mrs. Xu Ji nodded her head, she trusted her eldest son and always kept what she said.

Seeing that Zhao Ling was not there, the prince should have come back from school long ago, so he casually asked, "Where is Ah Ling?"

Mrs. Xu Ji put the dog on the ground, and the dog turned around her feet, very attached. She lowered her body, rubbed the dog's head and said, "It's probably in the hiding room at this time."

She sighed: "Run out all day, and refuse to be honest."

Although he is still young, he will probably be the same as the eldest son when he grows up, and sometimes he will not be seen for several months.

The storage room is built of stone, which is completely different from the style of the surrounding wooden buildings. The purpose of building it with stone is to prevent fire.

The storage room stores a large number of bamboo slips, wooden slips and silk books. These materials are afraid of fire. In order to avoid fire, the storage room is built next to the pool, so that it is convenient to get water to put out the fire.

Zhaoling discovered the interest of the library very early on. There are a large number of books in it, and Jing Zhongyan is the history guard of the library.Jing Zhongyan allowed Zhao Ling to read all the books in the collection room, and sometimes told him some interesting stories.

Zhaoling sat on the window, holding a silk book and reading it. The silk book was called: "Zhiguai".

"Zhiguai" tells anecdotes and strange events from various countries, including history, legends and myths, which is really interesting.

Not only are the written records full of interest, but the "Story and Monsters" collected in the collection room also has exquisite illustrations, making it a very precious reader.

Zhaoling is reading the "Yunyue Chapter" in "Zhiguai". The first illustration of "Yunyue Chapter" draws a man with a snake tail and a name: King Qing.

It is really a strange picture, Qing Wang looks like a man and a snake, this unusual man wears a high crown on his head and holds a big axe in his hand, he is very mighty.

King Qing also has tattoos on his shoulders and arms, a strange snake with horns and a mane growing on his back.

Zhao Ling was fascinated. When he was a child, he had seen a snake with a mane in his dream.

"King Qing, Yunyue snake species, he is the first king of Yunyue Kingdom."

Zhaoling raised her head upon hearing the sound, and saw that it was Jing Zhongyan standing beside her, looking down at the illustrations in the silk book.

Zhao Ling asked: "Doctor Jing, does King Qing really have to grow up like this?"

I thought to myself, if people really grow up like this, wouldn't they become monsters.

"Probably not. Yue people worship snakes. They believe that humans and snakes can transform into each other. People with this ability to transform are born witch kings with extraordinary divine power." Jing Zhongyan explained patiently. He not only understands the history of Rongguo , Even the history of Yunyue Kingdom is familiar.

Zhaoling asked again: "Does Doctor Jing believe it?"

"The kings of Yunyue in all dynasties have claimed to be witch kings. If they really have supernatural powers, how could King Yueling be defeated by the Rong army, the ancestral temple and palace were burned down, and he was still dead." Jing Zhongyan looked away from the picture, and said The clouds are calm and the wind is light.

Jing Zhongyan walked to the bookshelf and got busy with his own business. Zhaoling continued to read the silk scroll, and unfolded the scroll downwards, revealing a portrait with four words written beside it: Nanshan Mountain Ghost.

Zhaoling was extremely curious, and carefully observed the portrait. The mountain ghost in the painting has a slender figure, wearing a crown of magnolia flowers on his head, a female dill around his waist, his upper body is bare, and his chest is flat.

Zhao Ling's eyes fell on Shan Gui's pretty face, and she let out a soft "噫".

According to the legend, is the Nanshan mountain ghost who had a tryst with Duke Qin a man or a woman?