The procession of sending off relatives in the State of Zheng was extremely large. It started from the old Zheng city of the State of Zheng, which was actually not far from Luoshi.

In ancient times, the State of Zheng was called "China" because its geographical location was in the middle of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, hence its name. The State of Zheng was adjacent to Luoshi, the Zhou royal city, and the west of Zheng State bordered the east of the Zhou royal family.

If they hurry up, they will arrive soon, but that's not the case now. They are seeing off their bride, so naturally they have to walk steadily and slowly.

Furthermore, when the army sets off, such a huge army has hundreds of carriages alone, plus two hundred carriages. Such a huge team will naturally move slowly.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, productivity was relatively low, and the population of the vassal states was also small. There was no such thing as what was written in later generations' scripts. An army of 100,000 or 200,000 troops could easily be mobilized. Today's Luo Division of the Zhou royal family can only use a combined number of troops and horses.

Twenty-five thousand people. If a country can have fifty thousand soldiers and horses, it will definitely be a big country among big countries, and its back will be straight!

In this era, when a person is rich in wealth, he would use the phrase "a body of a thousand chariots". A chariot and four horses are equivalent to one chariot. A thousand chariots is an exaggeration. It means many chariots and horses. A country that can produce a thousand chariots.

That is a big country.

This time Zheng Guo sent Zheng Ji to get married. Hundreds of carriages carried the dowry, and two hundred chariots followed the procession. It can be said that Zheng Guo's style as a great country was fully demonstrated. Zheng Ji married high and married with unlimited glory.

However...

Qi Lu looked at the vast convoy of black-armored warriors and sighed in his heart. Uncle Zheng's heart may not only want to marry the sister of a minister.

The army was setting off, and the baggage was heavy and heavy. As the sun was setting, an order had been sent to the whole army to camp on the same spot. They were afraid that they would have to spend the night in the suburbs. The tents were quickly set up. As a young concubine, Qi Lu also

Set up a tent.

Qi Lu originally wanted to transport his puppy son to his tent, but by chance, someone came over there to talk to Qi Lu.

Qi Lu, the young concubine, had a leisurely official position, but in fact it didn't have much use. The reason why Ji Zhong promoted him to be the young concubine was to appease Zheng Ji, and also to use Qi Lu as a "hostage" so that Zheng Ji could marry him obediently.

Master Luo goes.

However, Qi Lu always carried the title of Shao Shuzi, and someone came to tell him that the monarch personally conferred Gongsun Yan, a great trader, and asked Shao Shuzi to come over and talk to him.

Although Ji Xiaojunzi was all the glory in this trip to see off the bride, in fact, Ji Xiaojunzi was not the "top leader" at all. To put it bluntly, he and Qi Lu were essentially equals. They were both young concubines.

Since we were not going to fight, the team did not have a commander, but a senior official who was a relative of the King of Zheng.

Daxingren is equivalent to the current diplomatic ambassador. Many celebrities in ancient times served as daxingren. The famous Zhang Qian under Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty served as a daxingling and was ordered to go to the Western Regions.

Even though a daxingren is only a middle-ranking official, and his rank is not very high, anyone who belongs to a daxing must be a close confidant of the king and the most trustworthy person, and he must have both ability and political integrity, preferably both civil and military skills, and a pair of sharp skills.

If you have such good words, how can you afford to initiate diplomatic matters otherwise?

Diplomacy during the Spring and Autumn Period was very chaotic. More than a hundred vassal states were in trouble. Maybe one word would cause a war. The vassals were eager to find an opportunity to start a war. Therefore, this large group of people was of great importance and must be the one who carried the weight of the DPRK.

minister.

How could such an important position fall to the young gentleman Ji? Even if his uncle was the Prime Minister of the Zheng State, who was inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, Uncle Zheng would not be so confused.

Now, the person who holds the post of Daxingren is Gongsun Yan, the clan brother of King Yunsheng of the State of Zheng.

The word "Gongsun" is not a surname, but a title that shows one's identity. Just like "Gongzi", in this era, "Gongsun" is not something that can be placed on one's head casually.

This Gongsun Lan was Zheng Bohuansheng's eldest father, the grandson of the current king of Zheng. He was the same generation as Zheng Bohuansheng. His surname was Ji, Zheng's surname, and his given name was Lan, so he was called Gongsun Lan.

Gongsun Lan was a descendant of the Zheng Kingdom, in other words, a noble descendant. It was different from Ji Xiaojunzi. Ji Xiaojunzi's uncle was the Prime Minister of the Zheng State, but Ji Zhong was not from a royal family, but relied on his own

His ability has reached his current status as a senior official, so he is the descendant of the Qing clan.

The Gong family and the Qing family will know immediately upon hearing it, that the superiority and inferiority are natural, and Gongsun Yan is naturally superior to others.

This Gongsun Lan is God's favorite. Not only is his reincarnation much more accurate than others, but he is also capable of both civil and military skills, including bow-bending and archery, as well as military etiquette. Even his appearance is said to be amazing, and is not unique to the Zheng Kingdom.

, even in the whole world, in the land of Emperor Zhou, there is no more handsome man than Gongsun Lan.

When these bragging words were spoken, many people who listened to the wind and rain would probably think that the Duke of Zheng was bragging, but Qi Lu was the first to believe it when he heard the three words "Gongsun Yan".

Why? Naturally, because Qi Lu is a "past", he has read more history than people of his generation.

This Gongsun Yan was named Yan. In fact, he also had a name that would be more widely known to later generations, and that was his nickname - Zidu.

The person sending off the bride this time is the famous Gongsunzidu, one of the ten most beautiful men in ancient times!

"There are fusu in the mountains and lotus flowers in the sky. If you don't see Zidu, you will see madness."

The mountains are covered with lush fusu mulberry trees, and the ponds are filled with delicate lotus flowers. The woman did not see a man as handsome as Zidu, but she saw you, a madman.

The word "Zidu" was once used to represent a handsome man in "The Book of Songs", which shows how representative the beauty of Zidu was in ancient times.

Not only the Book of Songs, but also Mencius says, "As for Zidu, no one in the world knows how beautiful it is. Those who don't know how beautiful Zidu is are without eyes."

There is no one in the world who does not know the beauty of Zidu. If you do not know the beauty of Zidu, you must be a person without eyes.

Zidu's beauty was rumored to be so miraculous in history that Qi Lu had no choice but to believe it. However, when mentioning this Gongzidu, in addition to being handsome and superb in martial arts, there is also an idiom associated with it.

——Hit someone in the dark.

Although God loves both his grandson and his grandson, they are not without their shortcomings. It is said that because they are handsome, come from a noble family, and have both cultural relics, they are inevitably high-minded, very arrogant, and a little... petty.

.

According to historical records, when Zheng Bohuan was born to attack Xu, he sent Uncle Yingkao as the chief general and his younger brothers and grandsons as deputy generals. They all fell in love with Uncle Yingkao's chariot, so they had a dispute and held a grudge.

When he won a great victory, he secretly fired a cold arrow and shot his colleague Ying Kaoshu to death.

The allusion of stabbing people in the back comes from "Zuo Zhuan", but the authenticity cannot be fully trusted. Both the father-in-law and the grandson are descendants of the Zheng family. They have to have good fortune and good fortune in their lives. Their status and appearance are all good. Is it really possible that because of a car?

Did he kill Uncle Ying Kao while driving?

Qi Lu felt that it was not necessarily because of a chariot. Looking at the governance of the princes, in addition to the chaos between countries, there were also constant civil strife within the country. The disputes between the public clan and the minister clan have existed since ancient times. Ying Kao

Uncle represents the Qing clan of the Zheng State at that time, while Gongsunzidu represents the ruling clan of the Zheng State. This can be seen from the hidden arrows...

No matter how you say it, Gongsun Lan is a master who is not easy to mess with. When Qi Lu heard that Gongsun Lan was looking for him, he agreed and said, "Please tell me, Da Xingren, I will go there right away."

The person who sent the message quickly left. Qi Lu couldn't take the little local dog back to the camp at this moment. He thought about it and was afraid that the little dog would run around if he was left alone. This place is not like at home. If he runs around, I'm afraid.

There is fear for life.

Qi Lu squinted his eyes in thought, his eyes moved slightly, and his eyes suddenly brightened up. Prince Lin was held in Qi Lu's arms, and suddenly his eyes lit up, but his heart felt cold, and his back crawled inexplicably.

He felt a chill and almost got goosebumps. He didn't know what bad idea Qi Lu had thought of.

Sure enough, it's a bad idea.

Qi Lu held his dog son in his arms and came to the corner of the camp. As he got closer, he heard the barking of dogs, "Ouch, Ouch, Ouch!", "Woof, woof, woof," "fur, fu—" one after another.

, I have said before that this wedding party also brought some of the best hunting dogs, ready to give them to Prince Lin, who did not like treasures and was not close to women.

Therefore, there were specialized dog-raising officials in the team, called dogmen in this era. When the camp was set up, the dogmen also unloaded all the dog sheds on the baggage and put them in the corner. After a while, they would feed them with meat.

hound.

Qi Lu walked over with the little native dog in his arms. The dog man saw Qi Lu at a glance. Although he did not recognize him, he saw that Qi Lu was wearing a young concubine's official robe, which was much higher than his official rank. He immediately smiled and said:

"Young concubine, do you have any orders?"

Qi Lu smiled very approachably and said, "There is a little puppy here. I wonder if I can help the dog owner to put him in a cage and take care of him for a while. Then Lu will come back and pick him up."

When Prince Lin heard this, alarm bells rang in his heart. What? Qi Lu wanted to put himself, the quasi-emperor, in a dog cage?

"Ouch! Woof woof——"

"Woof woof!"

I don’t know if it’s because the little native dog is too small, but its whole body exudes a fresh and childish look. As soon as Prince Lin appeared, the hounds locked in the dog cages instantly became excited. Although the dog cages were strong, the hounds were still crooked.

He raised his head, exposed his fangs, drooled with sticky saliva, and bit and scratched the cage with greedy eyes.

The little native dog's eyes widened, its antenna tail stuck out, and it subconsciously leaned back into Qi Lu's arms. It used the pads of its two small paws to scratch Qi Lu's hand, trying not to get into the dog's arms.

He kept running up the cage, looking at Qi Lu pitifully with his black eyes, and yelling "Ooooo...owoo..." in his throat.

Qi Lu stroked Prince Lin's "dog head" twice, showed a kind old father's smile, and said, "Don't be afraid, good dog Dan'er, dad will be back soon, just think of this as a nursery."

The little native dog couldn't understand what Qi Lu said, what about the nursery, and started barking "Oow! Oow!"

"Ouch!"

Prince Lin: Qi Lu! Don’t leave!

"Woof woof woof!"

Prince Lin: I order you to come back!

"Woof woof! Ouch-"
Chapter completed!