To live in the floods [ floods ]

The system of the Shang Dynasty was a system of feudal enfeoffment. The king of Shang lived in the center and ruled the center with the capital Chaoge as the center.Every year, princes big and small need to pay tribute to the Shang Dynasty. Every four years, nearly a hundred princes will go to Chaoge to meet the King of Shang to show their obedience to the rule of the Shang Dynasty.

Among the big princes of the four directions, Xiqi is the most powerful. Xibohou has been the confidant of Shang for generations. However, Xibohou's lineage is good at divination and is cautious. From King Shang Lie to Emperor Xin, three generations of Shang kings have not caught Xibohou. braids.

This year is the time for the princes of all parties to come to the pilgrimage, and the current Xibohou Jichang has been worried.

"Why is Hou Ye so worried? The current Emperor Xin of Shang is just a boy who has only been on the throne for a few years. How can he be the opponent of Hou Ye?" Xibo Hou Jichang of the big circle.

Ji Chang twisted his beard and let out a long sigh: "Ma'am, I don't know something. Although this Di Xin is young, he is much easier to fool than his father. Di Xin has been famous since he was a child. He can read at the age of three and recite poems and books at the age of five." After ascending to the throne, he is even more diligent in administration. This Marquis is afraid that my Xiqi generation's foundation will be lost in my hands."

Since the generation of Grandpa Jichang’s grandfather, Xiqi has been conspiring to rebel, and now he has accumulated strength for 200 years. Generations of Xibo Hou have been diligent in governing and loving the people, trembling with trepidation, and managed to manage Xiqi with strong troops and talented people.Ji Chang originally looked at the mediocre Shang kings of the previous generation, thinking that the luck of the Shang Dynasty was coming to an end, and he would have a chance to achieve hegemony, but who knew that the fatuous former Shang kings actually raised a powerful and wise new king.

The Shang Dynasty already occupied great righteousness. If there is another wise monarch, when will Xiqi get his wish?

The more Ji Chang thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. A great uneasiness rose in his heart, and he ignored Tai Si's inquiry. Ji Chang went straight into the study, bent down, and took out a tortoise shell with this strange pattern from the jade box at the bottom of the bookshelf. After rummaging through the box and cabinet, I found three rusty copper coins.

Putting the copper coins in the tortoise shell, Ji Chang spread out the bamboo tube, picked up the carving knife, and carefully calculated the ominous fortune of this time.

A moment later, Ji Chang collapsed on the chair with a pale complexion, and wailed, "God dies me too!"

The tortoise shell on the table had cracked a crack as thick as a pinky finger, and two of the three copper coins were broken. Even a layman who doesn't know how to do divination can see that this is a bad omen.

Taisi's face was pale and she panicked. She believed in Ji Chang's divination. Over the years, Ji Chang's divination has almost never made a big mistake. Bar."

Ji Chang forcibly sat up straight, glanced at the tortoise shell and looked away quickly as if his eyes were burning, he shook his head: "No, I have to go. This is the first time the princes have met after Emperor Xin ascended the throne. , if I don't go, Di Xin can send troops to attack Xiqi for a big crime of disrespect, we are fledgling now, we must not directly confront Shang."

"Ma'am, if I don't come back this time, you can let Bo Yikao inherit the position of Marquis Xibo and continue to lie dormant." Ji Chang murmured.

"Tomorrow, I will post a list to find strange people and strangers. If there are noble people to help, maybe I can turn danger into good luck."

Early the next morning.

Shen Gongbao was concentrating on reading the bamboo tube spread out on the desk table, thinking about who he should go to for a relationship today. Doctor You of Xiqi is an honest gentleman, but he has a son who likes to gamble. With little money in his pocket, he had to find a way to "help" Dr. You without any trace, so that Doctor You could "help" him in the court hall in the future...

"National teacher, national teacher!" Bo Yikao ran in panting, with tiny beads of sweat on his forehead, extremely anxious.

The expression on Shen Gongbao's face suddenly became unpredictable. He stood up slowly, raised his hand neither arrogantly nor humblely: "What's the matter, eldest son?"

He knew that Boyi Kao would only accept his personality as a worldly expert.

Sure enough, Bo Yikao showed a respectful expression in front of the immortal Shen Gongbao, arched his hands, his voice was a little anxious, but it was much better than the previous appearance.

"Father, he made a divination. This time he went to Chaoge to see the bad luck. It was a bad omen, so my father made a list and found a strange person to resolve the divination. I want to ask the national teacher to see if that strange person is really there. It’s still an imposter.”

Shen Gongbao's eyes darkened, and the meaning was unclear: "Oh? If Hou Ye wants to find a strange person, Shen has some rough skills. Don't worry, Shen can accompany Hou Ye to the court song."

Don't worry, he will definitely use strange methods to make Ji Chang die and come back.

Bo Yikao scratched his head and smiled apologetically: "Of course my father and I know the ability of the national teacher, but the fact of this fate is really weird and unpredictable. If we want to change the result, we must attract outsiders to disturb the fate." ..."

Shen Gongbao secretly wrote it down, and smiled calmly: "Young master, don't mind, I'm just curious, please wait for Shen, and I will go with you to see that strange man."

Unremarkable, definitely not kind.

The moment Shen Gongbao entered the conference hall, his attention fell on the woman beside Ji Chang, and his expression became serious.

What kind of person is this? She is neither fat nor thin, neither tall nor short. She has neither ugly nor beautiful features. Such a person cannot be found among the crowd. .

This is exactly what is difficult about this kind of person. People distinguish others by their impressions. When a person sees a stranger for the first time, the subconsciously remembered her appearance is by no means two eyes and one mouth. It's that the person has a mole under the mouth or the person has big eyes or something.But the person standing next to Ji Chang now has no facial features and figure that others can remember.

Shen Gongbao's heart sank, if such a strange person followed Ji Chang, it might be possible to ensure his safe return from Chaoge.

"It turns out that the national teacher is here. This is Wu Xianren newly recruited by the Marquis. Like the national teacher, he is a cultivator." Ji Chang obviously trusted this woman who appeared suddenly, and offered to introduce Shen Gongbao.

Shen Gongbao narrowed his eyes, his murderous intentions arose, but his expression remained calm: "Fellow Daoist, please..."

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough!" Shang Qian, who came in under an alias, coughed violently and winked at Shen Gongbao.

No wonder Di Jun said that Shen Gongbao is now opening his mouth and saying "Fellow Daoist, please stay." She thought she could appease Ji Chang first and then find a chance to meet Shen Gongbao in private, but now she can't. In order to avoid being "cursed" to death, she should appease Ji Chang first. Well Shen Gongbao.

Shen Gongbao was startled, and looked at Shang Qian in confusion, until he saw Shang Qian tilting his head and blinking at him, the confusion on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by joy.

It's Senior Shangqian, she saw that I climbed to the high position of Xiqi faster than Jiang Ziya.Shen Gongbao couldn't suppress his excitement, he straightened up unconsciously, his eyes, lips, eyebrows and nose were all filled with irrepressible joy.

Ji Chang coughed, and said in a deep voice, "This time when I'm going to Chaoge, I will entrust Fairy Wu with all my safety."

Shang Qian nodded, and followed Ji Chang into the carriage. Before boarding the carriage, he smiled appreciatively at Shen Gongbao.

The tail behind Shen Gongbao was about to stand up at a swipe, fortunately he suppressed it with strong willpower, but shook happily under the robe without revealing his identity.

Ji Chang's convoy walked in the dew in the morning, and Bo Yikao took Shen Gongbao to beg Tai Si at noon.

Shen Gongbao stood expressionlessly on one side, watching Bo Yikao kneeling on the ground with snot and tears begging the concubine. Waiting" words from Bo Yikao's mouth moved Tai Si to tears, and without a word, he agreed to Bo Yikao to take him to follow behind Xibohou.

It wasn't until the two of them led dozens of soldiers and began to ride on horseback that Bo Yikao remembered Shen Gongbao, the person he had forcibly pulled here.

Bo Yikao's eyes were still red and swollen, and he smiled shyly at Shen Gongbao while riding on the horse: "Please forgive me, the national teacher, Bo Yikao was really anxious just now, and he dragged the national teacher without asking the national teacher's opinion."

"No problem, how could Pindao be angry because the Eldest Young Master made his own decisions?" Shen Gongbao smirked, "But Pindao wants to send Eldest Young Master a few words."

"I also ask the national teacher to warn me." Bo Yikao was humble and polite.

Shen Gongbao remained expressionless: "Fellow Daoist, please stay. Fellow Daoist, please stay. Fellow Daoist, please stay."

Senior Shangqian said that if you have to say something important three times, he won't believe it, so Bo Yikao, this bastard, won't die!

Bo Yikao was taken aback for a moment, and then he burst out laughing with tears streaming down his face. He rode his horse close to Shen Gongbao, and patted him on the shoulder affectionately: "The national teacher really knows how to joke, and I have to say this mantra three times."

Heh, senior Shangqian told me in every possible way not to use the peerless magical powers on my friends, how can you, a mere mortal, be able to understand the mystery?

Song.

In the Palace of the King of Shang, two desks are lined up. Di Xin, who is wearing a black black bird crown suit, and Daji, who is only wearing a light gauze, are lying on the desks and writing quickly. There are only two people in the whole hall. The sound of the pen.

After an hour, Di Xin twisted his sore neck, stretched his waist, looked at Daji who was still scribbling, and tiptoed out of the hall. The palace servants were already waiting with a row of silver plates. Just wait for the two of them to finish processing the memorial and then have dinner.

Di Xin took the silver plate and chopsticks from Gong Mo's hand, carried them back to the main hall, walked up to Daji and sat down, holding the chopsticks in one hand and the plate in the other, and fed a piece of chicken to Daji's mouth, Daji's eyelids Without even lifting it, the mouth of the sandalwood was lightly opened, chewing the chicken with a happy expression on his face.

"Today I stewed a rooster for soup and roasted a chicken. The cook in the palace even invented a new method called fried chicken. This is what I have in my hand. How does it taste?" Di Xin looked at Daji Put down the pen, and then speak.

Daji squinted her eyes, took another piece of fried chicken in her mouth, chewed the piece of chicken in her mouth and said vaguely: "It tastes good."

"It's also thanks to Aifei's distant cousin. She is really good at raising chickens. The chicken farm that she opened alone in the suburbs is now producing three times more than expected." Di Xin Thumbs up and sighed, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that there is such a strange person who knows so much about raising chickens. Aifei, the cousin, even knows when the chicken is unhappy. She is really a strange person." .”

Daji doesn't care, if even nine pheasants know how to raise chickens, then no one in this world will know how to raise chickens.

"I have a few distant cousins ​​who are very good at raising pigs and fish. If the king has a suitable position, I will call them over." Daji said casually. She still has several subordinates in Xuanyuanfen's power who are pigs and cattle. Fish and the like, these types of fairies are not strong in attack, but they are first-class experts in raising their own kind.

Di Xin pondered for a moment, and asked tentatively, "Does Concubine Ai have a cousin who is good at farming? Xishan has newly opened [-] mu of fertile land..."

Daji looked up and looked at Di Xin quietly. Di Xin's heart hung high, and Daji smiled: "It is true that I have a few cousins ​​who are very good at farming. It is not a problem for each of them to cultivate ten thousand mu of land a day. As long as you give them a meal They can eat a hundred catties of tender grass."

Di Xin was overjoyed, stroked his palms and said, "My concubine is indeed a noble person destined to be lonely, and there are so many cousins ​​of strange people."

The two of them were laughing when a servant suddenly ran in, holding an urgent red-lacquered bamboo tube and presented it to Di Xin.

Di Xin unfolded the bamboo tube and read it carefully, but his eyebrows became more and more raised. He waved his hand to make the attendants back down.

"Is it okay for my concubine not to go to court with Gu in the past few days?" Di Xin rubbed his forehead, "The princes from all over the world are here to see you, and the Xibohou who came the fastest has already arrived outside Chaoge City."

Daji raised his eyebrows, and the meaning was unclear: "Could it be that the king also thinks that concubines and concubines can't attend the important event of meeting with the princes?"

"I didn't, I didn't, I didn't dare." Di Xin quickly denied San Lian, met Daji's questioning eyes, let out a breath slowly, and considered.

"The main reason is this Xibo Hou Jichang. He does have a little bit of talent. He is very accurate in fortune-telling. His eyes claim to be able to tell the difference between evil and evil." Di Xin frowned.

Daji held Di Xin's hand, raised her eyebrows, and said lazily, "Did your lord guess the identity of the concubine?"

If Di Xin hadn't guessed that she was not human, he wouldn't have wanted her to appear in front of Ji Chang because he was worried that she would be seen through by Ji Chang.

"How did Your Majesty guess it?" Daji was very curious. She was sure that Di Xin was a mortal without cultivation, so how could she see through her identity?

Di Xin touched his nose: "I just think that someone who can eat three roast chickens for a meal and eat them for a year...may not be a human being."

"Of course, there is a more obvious point." Di Xin half-joked and half-complained, "When I'm sleeping alone, there are always more than one white fur tails crawling into the bed."

Daji raised her hand, stroking Di Xin's chin with her slender pale fingers, winking at him like silk and exhaling like blue: "Aren't you afraid that my concubine will swallow you up on a whim that day?"

Di Xin took Daji's hand instead, wrapped her hand that was more than a circle smaller than his own in his palm, and sighed: "If it really comes then, please ask Aifei to let Gu complete the revision of the second day's memorial first." Let's eat Gu again, or I will feel uneasy if I can't finish the memorial."

Daji rolled her eyes, pulled out her hand and slapped Di Xin on the forehead.

"Okay, don't think about these things. This time the princes from all over the world enter the court song is just a good opportunity for us to cut down the feudal clan, eat quickly, and work after dinner."

It doesn't matter whether it's a human or a demon, the important thing is don't delay her plan of a wise king and virtuous minister!