Shu Blossoms

Chapter 385
Mu Wu took Xun Ji and Qing Shishi to watch near the Siyi Pavilion all night. At the end of Yin Shimo, two farmers in rough clothes and short jackets carried two loads of fruits and vegetables and walked towards the back door of the Siyi Pavilion cursing. The guards at the back door saw They shouted, "What are you shouting about?"

The farmer stopped talking when he saw the guard, bowed his hands and saluted, and couldn't help complaining flatteringly: "My lord, we just feel that we are almost out of food, and we have to serve these barbarians with delicious food and drink every day, saying Maybe our food is made by these people inside."

The guard glared at them, and cursed: "Boy, it's time to deliver your food. You can't kill me if you talk nonsense here! Didn't your father deliver the food a few days ago? Why is it your boy today!"

"Father, I went to the stream to pick up water and water vegetables yesterday and lost my waist. I couldn't get up, so I had to let us deliver it."

Xia Houqing, who got up early to practice boxing, saw this scene under the locust tree in the backyard, walked over, stood at the door, looked at the farmer in front of him, wondering: "It seems that you didn't deliver the food two days ago, why did you change?"

The farmer lowered his head and dared not speak, but the guard explained that this was Cai Weng's son, and Cai Weng was sick and came to deliver today's food.

Xia Houqing didn't say anything, but stooped to pick up a melon, looked at it, put it on his nose and smelled it, and squatted down to pick up vegetables.

The young farmer felt distressed when he saw it, but he didn't dare to stop him, so he could only plead in a low voice, "My dear, my lord, this dish is as delicate as a daughter-in-law's face, so I dare not touch it like this!"

Xia Houqing looked up at his immature face, and suddenly asked with a smile, "Your accent sounds like you are from the south of the city. I don't know which village it is from, Xujia Village or Shitou Village?"

"I didn't expect adults to be so familiar with our place. The small one is from Caitou Village. Every household grows vegetables for some money. There is a river across from Xujia Village." The young farmer replied with a smile.

Xia Houqing nodded, looked at them again and said nothing, turned and left.

Only then did the guard let the two of them in, and told them: "Go straight along this road until you reach the innermost fork and turn right and you will be the chef. Put down your things and come out quickly. Don't walk around and look around. No one can save you!"

The two farmers nodded and bowed in agreement, and boldly entered the Siyi Pavilion to go to the kitchen.

Xia Houqing looked up at the sky, it was almost time to meet the Emperor of Zhou, he went up the corridor and prepared to go back to the house to change clothes.

When he walked to the door of the house, he ran into King Pingyang who was walking over, and Xia Houqing stopped to salute.

King Pingyang stopped in front of Xia Houqing, and said with a gloomy face: "Xiahou, you must convince the emperor of Zhou Dynasty today, and we will set off to return to Wei Dynasty tomorrow. If we can't bring back His Majesty's bride this time, His Majesty's tens of thousands of iron cavalry will be ordered It will flatten the border of the Great Zhou!"

Xia Houqing was hesitant to speak when he heard the words, but King Pingyang obviously didn't want to hear his excuse, and had already passed him and left.

"My lord!" After a while, Xia Houqing turned around and called him to stop. Although King Pingyang didn't turn his head, he still stopped.

"Before leaving Jiankang, the lord must warn everyone to be careful, especially when it comes to food, if you can use their food, don't use it." Hearing Xia Houqing's order, King Pingyang turned around and doubted: "They want to do something wrong with food? Poisoned?"

Before Xia Houqing could answer, King Pingyang asked him again: "Since you know there are problems, why don't you arrest them, what's the use of letting us be careful? What are your intentions?"

Xia Houqing didn't get angry when he was reprimanded by King Pingyang, he just replied indifferently: "The last general didn't find any problem, but it just feels wrong, I want to remind everyone to pay attention."

After finishing speaking, he went back to the house without looking at King Pingyang's face.

After the early court, Lu Zhan, Minister of Honglu Temple, took Xia Houqing and waited outside the Taihua Hall of Xianyang Palace. When Emperor Zhou heard Gao Han coming in to report, he turned his head to look at King Ling, and said solemnly: "Here we come!"

King Ling nodded, "I hope Mu Wu can succeed!"

He sighed, and sat down under the hands of Emperor Zhou, waiting for Gao Han to bring Xia Houqing in.

Soon, Xia Houqing walked in with a straight back, and when he saw Emperor Zhou hesitated for a moment, he bowed slightly and saluted.

Emperor Zhou didn't care about his rudeness, and just said indifferently: "Xiahou envoy looks uncomfortable, he should cultivate himself well, and stop walking around!"

Xia Houqing ignored Emperor Zhou's ridicule, and asked in a slightly blunt tone: "Two days have passed, and the foreign ministers came to ask His Majesty the Emperor of Zhou, so you can think clearly. The adults of the mission want to leave tomorrow. After all, we The patience of His Majesty and tens of thousands of cavalry is limited."

Emperor Zhou narrowed his eyes for a moment, his killing intent passed by, and his tone became more indifferent, "Are you threatening me?"

"Lord Ling, where did my Great General Han lead his army?"

When King Ling heard His Majesty mentioning him, he quickly got up and replied, "If the weather is fine and there are no accidents, General Han will be able to reach the northern border in two days."

"Han Daoyuan!?" Xia Houqing raised his head suddenly, and shouted out of control.

"Naturally, there is no second great general in my Great Zhou!" Seeing Xia Houqing's shocked face, Emperor Zhou finally showed a smug smile, "Otherwise, why did I evacuate Jiujiang's soldiers from South Vietnam? You wouldn't really Do you think I really can't tolerate the heroes of our Great Zhou?"

"Isn't it?" Xia Houqing showed a strange smile, and asked softly. His move was undoubtedly provoking Emperor Zhou. As soon as Emperor Zhou waved his hand, the guards of the forbidden army in the hall immediately surrounded Xia Houqing, "You Do you think that if you died unexpectedly in the Great Zhou, would the Great Wei Emperor provoke a war between the two countries for you, a foreigner?"

"Although Emperor Wei is young today, he is more ambitious than his father. I may not be a reason for him to fight, but it may become an excuse for a big war in the future." Xia Houqing thought seriously Thinking about this question, he gave an answer that made him feel a little bitter.

But this answer does not disappoint him, because he never expected it.

"However, if His Majesty rejects the request of His Majesty Wei, then you will personally give him a reason. After four years, the war is about to break out. Has Your Majesty been ready?"

Xia Houqing quickly regained his composure, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth.

"I have never been afraid, and Da Zhou will not be afraid either!" Emperor Zhou said coldly.

As soon as he finished speaking, there were hurried footsteps outside. Seeing this, Gao Han hurried out to investigate, and trotted back all the way. Everyone in the hall could hear the voice reply: "Your Majesty, Siyi The embassy from the embassy came to report that all the ministers of the Wei embassy suddenly vomited and had diarrhea this morning. Some of them were so serious that they couldn’t get up from their couch or walk. Several imperial physicians who stayed in Siyi’s embassy showed it to them and said that they had eaten too much Things are not acclimatized!"

"Heh" before Emperor Zhou could speak, King Ling couldn't help laughing out loud and swallowed it quickly.

The smile in Emperor Zhou's eyes also flashed, and he leaned back in a comfortable posture, and said relaxedly: "Look, it's not that I won't let you leave, it's because the ministers of your country are in poor health and haven't recovered from their illness yet. It’s so neat, let’s talk about raising it for a few days! Although Jiankang City is facing difficulties, I am not short of this little food, and I will definitely not let you go hungry!”

(End of this chapter)