Yue Ji

Chapter 241 The Battle of the Book of Songs at the Chu Banquet
A bit stuck, I just sorted out my thoughts, so the update is late.This chapter has nearly 2 words, and Chapter 10 will be delivered at 30:[-].

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After walking along the crowded crowd for a while, Wei Luo, who had been watching, suddenly heard Yin Yun calling, "Wei Luo?"

Wei Luo turned to look at him.

Yin Yun frowned slightly, and was staring at the front, Wei Luo couldn't help looking, but saw a lot of people's heads, what's unusual?
When she was puzzled, Yin Yun still stared at the front and said, "I have something urgent to leave."

Wei Luo nodded and said hastily, "Of course."

As soon as her voice fell, Yin Yun strode out and disappeared into the crowd after a while.

Looking at his disappearing figure, Wei Luo slowly turned his head and looked at Jinren's convoy in the center of the street again.

Chu people are bold and unrestrained, and Chu women are even more so.Maybe it's the rare beauty of the young master Jingling, maybe it's the current Chu people who are still celebrating the Spring Festival.At this moment, half of the young men and women in the street, especially the young girls, gathered in a pile, tens of hundreds, pointing at the handsome young master Jing Ling in the carriage.

Their giggles were so loud that the entire street was covered by the sharp voices of the girls, "Hey! What a son of ASUS!"

"Is it as cold as Yang? My love."

"Xuan Ang is far better than a man from Chu."

"Hey! This gentleman is very beautiful, I am very happy."

One after another, screams and cheers broke through the sky, and the chirping voices of the girls overwhelmed all the noise.The dignified son, Jingling, could only sit in the carriage without moving, and let the girls from Chu region judge him.

There were too many people, and Wei Luo was pushed back again and again by them. She smiled and looked at the young master Jingling in the carriage. Seeing his frown getting deeper and deeper, she couldn't help saying happily: It seems that he is a bit overwhelmed. up.

When she thought of this, she was a little funny and also a little inexplicably melancholy.

After watching the excitement for a while, Wei Luo turned his head and walked back to the place where he lived.

As soon as she returned to the courtyard, a swordsman strode towards her.

The swordsman walked in a hurry, he came to Wei Luo in three steps and two steps, with his hands crossed, he said loudly: "Ma'am, the Lord has a word."

"Say."

"The lord said, Madam can pretend to be a young man, there is no need to cover up too much, go to his side as soon as possible, and join us in tonight's banquet."

Wei Luo was startled.

She opened her eyes wide and said in astonishment: "He, he asked me to attend the banquet?"

sky!Aren't the Chu people looking for him everywhere, wanting to kill him?Why does he still have to go to the banquet by himself?Wouldn't it be embarrassing for him if someone recognized him?

Facing Wei Luo's question, the swordsman nodded and said seriously, "Of course."

Wei Luo was still a little taken aback.However, she always admired Mr. Jingling's intelligence, so she nodded without thinking too much, and said, "Good."

The swordsman got her answer, folded his hands, bowed his head and stepped back, standing aside.

Wei Luo turned and went back to the room.

Under the service of the maid, she took a bath, and after hesitating for a while, she put on a plain white dress.In this era, white is not a color worn by untouchables like in later generations. It represents a kind of solemnity, elegance and nobility.

Facing the bronze mirror, Wei Luo calmed down for himself.

This time, her disguise was very simple, she just made her eyebrows, eyes and face more masculine, because the clothes on her body were also in the style of men's robes.

After a while, a handsome and handsome young man appeared in the bronze mirror.Mo Yu's eyes are shining brightly, and her rosy skin is so beautiful, but the slightly thicker eyebrows still show a bit of masculine rigidity.

Looking at the person in the mirror, Wei Luo couldn't help being in a daze for a while. She remembered that she had dressed like this when she was in Xintian, and she had met the envoys of Qi and Qin in this way.

Two years have passed, and now she has grown taller, her face is more beautiful than then, and it is even harder to dress up as a man.With her appearance now, she couldn't hide the beauty of the blooming flowers in her brows.

When Wei Luo came out, the swordsman was still waiting for her.

After Wei Luo got into the carriage, he rode his horse and led Wei Luo towards the city of Ying.

Because the young master Jingling visited Chu stately, the search of Chu soldiers was not only meaningless, but also a farce.So at this time, all the checkpoints have been withdrawn, allowing Wei Luo's carriage to drive into the city of Ying generously.

The people in Ying city stopped watching, and Wei Luo's carriage passed without hindrance.In less than an hour, she was led to the post house by the swordsman, and then she saw the young master Jingling who was chatting with the ruler of Chu State and hadn't attended the banquet yet.

Wei Luo walked lightly behind Young Master Jingling.

After all, she is the main wife of Young Master Jingling and the mistress of his diners, so when Wei Luo approached, all the diners naturally gave her the seat on the right behind Younger Jingling.

Wei Luo walked over and knelt down slowly.

As soon as she sat down, the governor Zizai stared straight at her.

Wei Luo clearly saw that there was a flash of sullenness in Zizai's eyes.

From Zizai's intelligence and sophistication, his attitude of conforming to the crowd, and Wei Luo's appearance, one can guess that the beautiful young man in front of him is probably the woman from Jingling!

Wei Luo could fully understand his anger.In any case, she, Wei Luo, is a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of Chu people!Young Master Jingling made a fuss in Chu, but appeared in Ying cautiously in the name of an envoy, forcing them to receive him grandly.However, with Wei Luo's status, such a woman dared to show up in a grand manner, he was really a little unhappy.

However, Zi Zai's city mansion is very deep, his anger is only fleeting, and in a blink of an eye he is contemplative.

After chatting for a while, Zizai stood up, bowed to the young master Jingling, and said with a smile, "The sun is setting and the stars are just setting. It's time for the feast, young master, please!"

Young Master Jing Ling stood up, returned a salute to him, and said with a smile, "Please."

The two stepped forward at the same time and walked outside.

They got into the carriage again.

This time, the place of departure is Chu Palace.In order to receive Prince Jingling, the Chu people will hold a banquet in the Chu Palace.

Chu Palace.

This is the first time for Wei Luo to come here. When she looked up, she was stunned by the nine-story main palace of the King of Chu built on the middle mountain range according to the terrain.

This palace is just like the one she saw in Yuehou Palace.

Sure enough, Yue people were deeply influenced by Chu people.

Different from the Yuehou Palace, the Chu Palace not only has two more floors, but there are exactly nine wooden houses built in each floor.

At this time, it was the setting sun, and the golden sunlight shone on the luxurious pavilions on the ninth floor of the Chu Palace. Suddenly, the wooden house painted in gold and red, and the white jade railing in front of the wooden house, reached the ninth floor. The marble-paved stairs reflect each other, bright and red, like Qiongtai Yuyu, extremely dazzling and gorgeous.

This kind of magnificence cannot be seen in Jindi.

Seeing the dazzled look of the Jin people, Zizai smiled, pointed to the ninth floor and said, "This kind of pavilion, straight into the sky, was built by King Xiang in a dream of a goddess."

King Xiang dreamed of a goddess?

Wei Luo had heard this story before, saying that it was a goddess in the sky who came down every night to have a date with King Xiang of Chu.The Goddess has a heart, and King Xiang has a dream. This is a beautiful legend in the eyes of the amorous children of the world.Unexpectedly, this Chu people really took it seriously, and King Xiang actually built such an extremely gorgeous pavilion for this purpose.

At this time, everyone's carriages had already arrived under the nine-storey Chu Palace.

Zhizheng Zizai led the young master Jingling, and climbed up the marble stairs step by step.

Each floor here has about 21 steps of stairs, and the ninth floor has nearly [-] steps.This distance is not short.

The stairs were wide enough to accommodate seven people walking side by side, and at each level of the stairs stood a warrior in full armor.

The people that Prince Jingling brought to the Chu Palace this time were only about 30 people, except for ten wise men, the rest were all masters.So climbing the stairs is not difficult at all.

After a while, everyone came to the sixth floor.

At this time, a young man wearing a crown appeared on the stairs on the ninth floor, and behind the young man were seven or eight dignitaries.

This boy, presumably, is the new King of Chu.

Seeing the young man walking out, Young Master Jingling stopped in his tracks.He took a step forward, reached the most middle position, stretched out his hands horizontally, then lowered his head, folded his arms around his chest, and said loudly: "Jing Ling, Crown Prince of Jin, see the King of Chu."

Seeing this, the king of Chu also lowered his head, gave him a deep bow, and said after a salute, "The crown prince is too polite. Please!"

This is the ceremony, after seeing the ceremony, everyone climbed up again.

After a while, Young Master Jingling came to the ninth floor.

Wei Luo looked up, and saw that the pavilions were all made of wood, and they were all made into two-story small buildings, with a total of nine buildings.Each building forms a small courtyard by itself.

Going up the stairs, behind a large jade railing, is a square.This square is as big as a football field.All of them were paved with marble, and the ground was extremely smooth. At this time, there were tables set up in the square, and hundreds of nobles from Chu were seated.

There are only more than a hundred Chu people, and they seem a little deserted.Could it be that this is a kind of protest from the people of Chu against the behavior of the young master Jingling?
While Wei Luo was thinking, a chime bell rang, and a group of music came in with instruments such as zithers.

Musicians sit scattered on both sides of the square.When Prince Jingling and others took their seats, the chime bells stopped for a while, and the music resumed.

Wei Luo knew that the music sounded at this time was used for diplomatic etiquette, and it was the music for the host to express his feelings to the guests tactfully.

With joy coming, a musician stood up and sang along to the music.

At the sound of this music, Young Master Jingling's thin lips lifted slightly, and a faint smile appeared.

Wei Luo listened quietly, and suddenly discovered that what Chu people were playing was "Preventing a Magpie's Nest"!
"There is a magpie's nest, and there is a purpose. Who will give it beauty? The heart is full.
In the mid-Tang Dynasty, there was 甓, and Qiong had purpose.Who gives beauty?Be vigilant.

Magpies build their nests on the embankment, and milk vetch grass grows on slopes.Who will deceive my love?Worry and fear are hidden in the heart.
The tiles are laid on the road in the middle of the courtyard, and the grass is planted in the soil on the hill.Who will deceive my love?Worry and fear. "

This "Preventing a Magpie's Nest" is just the music of Chen Guo, a small country. The dignified Chu country actually played it at the banquet welcoming the Prince Jin!
Wei Luo was startled for a moment, and when she raised her head, she found that all the Chu people were staring at Young Master Jingling intentionally or unintentionally, and there was a faint serious accusation in those eyes.

Yes, this poem is also a metaphor.Magpies build their nests on trees, so it is impossible to build them on riverbanks; milk vetch is a low-humidity plant, and cannot grow on high hillsides; roads are paved with dirt and floor tiles, not tiles; sagegrass grows near the water, It cannot grow on the hillside.These natural phenomena are common sense, but the current situation is that impossible things have happened.However, the laws of nature cannot be violated. The magpie's nest on the river bank, the milk vetch on the hillside, etc., will not last long.

It is telling the young master Jingling that these incongruous things will turn into a crisis when put together.Whether it's the son Jingling's act of coming to Yingcheng quietly first, or his act of helping the woman who made all the people of Chu hate him, they are all uncoordinated, not long-lasting, and will be staged. It becomes crisis!

These Chu people are really straightforward and arrogant.

The prince of a dignified country is visiting, and the banquet has not yet started. The music played on it is this kind of serious warning and threat!
"Preventing a Magpie's Nest" has only a few words, and the musicians come and go to play, and it is over in less than a quarter of an hour.

As soon as the music stopped, the musicians stood up, bowed to Prince Jingling, and saluted.

Young Master Hanling smiled slightly. Originally, he should have praised the musicians a few words, but on this occasion, such etiquette and politeness are no longer needed.

Young Master Jing Ling leaned back, a faint, vague smile appeared on his handsome face, and there was no trace of anger between the brows.

While hundreds of Chu people stared back, he waved to the leading musician.

The musician approached slowly and bowed close to him.

After the young master Jing Ling said something in a low voice, the Le Yin nodded and took two steps back. When he returned to the team, the Le Yin played again.

This time, the music sound was two parts sonorous, sad and indignant, and two parts dull and depressing.

In the depression, the musician who sang a cappella just now raised his voice and sang hoarsely, "If you are tired of exposing yourself, don't you stay up all night? It means exercising more.
Who says a sparrow has no horns?Why wear my house?Who says women are homeless?How can I go to prison?Although the prison is fast, the house is not enough!
Who says rats have no teeth?Why wear me?Who says women are homeless?How can I sue quickly?Even if I sue quickly, I won't follow her!

"The road is wet with dew, don't you want to escape early? I'm afraid it will be difficult for Lu Nong to walk.
Who said sparrows have no mouths?How to peck through my house?Who says you haven't married yet?Why put me in jail?Even if you put me in jail, you can never marry me!
Who said mice have no teeth?How to get through my wall?Who says you haven't married yet?Why did I get sued?Even if I have to sue, I will definitely not marry you! "

There is a hint of passion and unyielding in Leyin's grief and generosity.

Wei Luo also knew this poem, it was "National Style".Zhao Nan.Xinglu".

This poem is the confession of a weak woman.It said that a weak woman was bullied by a strong man. He not only bullied her, but also framed her. He resorted to all means to humiliate her and make her submit.

But this weak woman was unwilling to give in, but she stood proudly, with her neck stuck, facing all kinds of methods and insults by this strong and vicious man!

When the music came together, the people of Chu looked at each other in blank dismay. The more they listened to it, the more depressed they became. However, this kind of music on a diplomatic occasion must not only be listened to respectfully, but also be kept quiet.

In the silence, the Chu people fully understood the meaning of the young master Jingling. He was telling the Chu people: You Chu country is bullying and humiliating a weak woman by relying on your own power.Because she resisted, you have resorted to all kinds of tricks, framing, conspiracy and threats are all you can do.However, she will not give in!
He is also ironic.He used this poem to satirize the absurdity and bullying of the Chu people towards Wei Luo.He is also telling Chu people, what tricks do you have, just let them come!Reason is on my side, neither she nor I will give in!
This is not only irony, but also accusation, a kind of blatant swearing!
In a corner on one side, the historian belonging to Chu was holding a pen and brushing straight books.He is recording the current situation, and recording the music that both sides requested to recite!
The music played at the banquet when the Prince of Jin visited Chu must be carefully recorded in the annals of history, let the world know, and passed on to future generations.

The people of Chu looked at each other, and the ruling Zizai and several Chu princes frowned.The song "Zhaonan" chosen by the young master Jingling is a very fierce rebuke and accusation.Once it spreads to the folks and the world, it will be really bad for the royal family of Chu.

At this moment, the willful, straightforward and impulsive Chu people suddenly felt a little regretful.In any case, Prince Jin had just attended a banquet, and it was impolite for me to play "Preventing a Magpie's Nest" to warn and threaten him.Now the song "Zhao Nan" he is answering is very appropriate and ironic.I'm afraid that it won't be long before the world will point and laugh at the people of Chu again.

The main regret of the Chu people is that everything that happened at a banquet of this level will be recorded in the annals of history, which cannot be avoided or covered up.

(End of this chapter)