Chapter 72 Chapter 5 Jealousy and Hate

I don't know whether it was intentional or not, Xiang Shaolong's seat was set next to Zhao Ya, and Zhao Ya's side was followed by Han Chuang, Guo Xiuer, Li Yuan, Guo Zong, and Xiang Shaolong's right was Zhao Ba, Le Cheng and Zhao Mu.Zhao Zhi's seat was cancelled. Now everyone knows that the real protagonist is Li Yuan who is sitting between Guo's father and daughter.It seems that as long as Li Yuan is willing to nod, Guo Xiu'er is his man. Han Chuang is obviously very interested in Guo Xiuer, an outstanding beautiful girl, but because of his South Korean foreign policy, of course he dare not compete with Li Yuan for a day, and concentrates on whispering with Zhao Ya, and Zhao Ya also deliberately ignores her. That idiot, talking to Han Chuang affectionately, couldn't help but let out a melodious laugh like silver bells, which added a lot of excitement and spring to the banquet.

In order to create opportunities for Li Yuan and his beloved daughter, Guo Zong socialized a few words with everyone, then turned his face away and chatted with Zhao Mu and Le Cheng on the left, and the topic was always gossip among the dignitaries in Handan. Zhao Ba and Guo Zong had a close personal relationship and joined the small circle of conversation. Although Xiang Shaolong pretended to listen with great interest, he was obviously left out by Guo Zong. Xiang Shaolong knew in his heart that Guo Zong turned the rudder so quickly because he was influenced by Li Yuan, and it could also be inferred that this industrial tycoon was more pessimistic about Zhao's situation than before, and had begun to leave him.

Naturally, he couldn't hide his state of mind from Zhao Wang and Guo Kai, so the latter reminded him to be careful of Guo Zong. As soon as the Wu family left, Zhao Guoli immediately showed a weak state of being at the end of the day. What is Zhao Ya's plan? At this time, the maid came up and poured wine for everyone. Li Yuanshe got off Guo Xiu'er, looked at Xiang Shaolong and said, "Brother Dong has come here from a long distance this time, but what is the reason?" Hearing that his tone was full of provocation, everyone stopped talking to see how Xiang Shaolong would react.

That Guo Xiu'er raised her pretty face for the first time, and looked at this big man who was bigger and mightier than Li Yuan, with a rough appearance. Xiang Shaolong squinted his eyes and looked at him in his spare time, and said indifferently with a hoarse voice: "Brother Li loves beauties, and Dong loves horses. Wherever beauties go, Brother Li will follow them However, Dong will run there to see where the water and grass are luxuriant. As long as Brother Li thinks about himself, he will understand what Dong is thinking." The answer was crude enough to be just right. Guo Xiu'er thought that the beauty Xiang Shaolong was referring to was herself, so she lowered her pretty face in embarrassment.

The others couldn't have imagined that this rough Cifeng could become so powerful, they were all surprised, but also felt a little embarrassed for Li Yuan. Only Zhao Mu was happy in his heart, he couldn't offend Li Yuan, it was most appropriate for Xiang Shaolong to act on his behalf. Li Yuan's face changed slightly, murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly: "Brother Dong, is it implying that the aquatic plants in Chu State are not as good as here?" It's Zhao people, how can I say this sentence. Sure enough, Le Cheng, Zhao Ba, and Zhao Mu, who had long regarded himself as a Zhao person, all frowned.

Seeing a few words, Xiang Shaolong forced Li Yuan to his left and right ends, and he was overjoyed, as if he couldn't see Li Yuan's anger, he said nonchalantly, "Brother Li is thinking too far, I'm just making a metaphor, in fact, people everywhere Aquatic plants have both advantages and disadvantages. The climate in the south is mild, and it is easy to raise horses. However, the horses are good-looking, but they are not strong enough, and they cannot withstand the wind, cold, rain and snow. It is difficult to raise horses in the north, but the horses are hard-working. It is hard work, and the chance of horse plague is much less. Therefore, the war horses of the Huns are the most famous, and it is precisely because of the bitter cold that it is rich in good horses.”

Everyone was moved, they didn't expect Xiang Shaolong to be so insightful, and even beat him repeatedly, accusing Sang and Huai of insinuating that the Chu country in the south was indulging in pleasure and not making progress. However, they have cultivated many talents, surpassing the once powerful Chu people. The same is true.Since Chu State invaded Yingdu from a small Yue State, its national prestige has been greatly reduced, and at the same time, its strategies have frequently made mistakes, and the country's situation has gone from bad to worse. The first time the six countries jointly attacked Qin, King Huai of Chu was the leader, but only Han and Zhao actually participated in the war.

These two countries were defeated by Qin's Xiuyu in Han territory, and Qi turned to attack Zhao Wei, and they were in chaos.Therefore, Qin took the opportunity to destroy Ba and Shu, more than doubled the country's territory, and connected with Chu's Wujun and Qianzhong. From then on, the Chu people's nightmare began, and they also tasted the bitter fruit of "sit and watch". For a long time, the people of Qin were most jealous of the combination of Qi and Chu, so the people of Qin lured King Huai of Chu to break off diplomatic relations with Qi by cede territory. After gaining the benefits, they broke their promises, defeated the Chu army in Danyang, beheaded 80,000 people, and captured Hanzhong of Chu. Then take the marsh mausoleum, so that the Pingfan in the northwest of Yingdu will be lost.

King Huai of Chu's stupid actions didn't stop there. Just after he agreed to another alliance with Qi, he was tempted by the people of Qin again, changed his mind suddenly again, and even married Qin. Qi, Wei, and Han were furious and sent troops to challenge Chu for breaking the contract. King Huai was surprised and sent the prince to Qin as a hostage.Kong fueled Qin's arrogance.Later, the Qin people used the pretext of attacking Chu, and used both soft and hard tactics, and even tricked this stupid king into Qin, where he was detained, and eventually died of illness in the Qin state because he failed to escape.

When his son King Chu Qingxiang came to the throne, he wanted to avenge his hatred, but he was frightened by the false words of the Qin people, and immediately turned his back on him. He not only asked for peace, but also welcomed his relatives to Qin.Like his father, King Huai, he added an extra amount of confusion to history. So Xiang Shaolong's words are implying that the self-destruction of the Great Wall by the Chu people is a human problem, not a crime of war.The most powerful part is the allegory that Li Yuanzhong is useless and can't stand the storm. Zhao Ya and Guo Xiuer relied on the keen female intuition to look at the two of them, and they both felt that Li Yuan was like a good-looking horse in the south, while Dong Kuang was a good-looking horse in the north, and Li Yuan's status in their hearts could not help but be lowered. a little.

Guo Zong also looked at Xiang Shaolong in surprise, and reconsidered whether it was appropriate to go to Chu to avoid Qin. Starting from the irrefutable big picture, Xiang Shaolong demonstrated the Achilles' heel of the Chu people's indecision and lack of fortitude and endurance, hitting the nail on the head. Li Yuan's face turned red and white, but he was speechless.On the surface, he is just commenting on horses, so what can he say? Guo Zong laughed, and smoothed things over: "Mr. Dong can't say a word without talking about horses. He's an idiot. Come! Let's have a drink." Everyone raised their glasses one after another, only Li Yuan had a livid face and didn't agree, making people feel that this person is narrow-minded and lacks grace. After Zhao Mu finished drinking, he lifted the waitress's full glass of wine, raised his glass to Li Yuan and Han Chuang, and said, "For the unity of Han, Chu, and Zhao, let's have a drink!" Li Yuan didn't know what had come to his mind, his expression returned to his usual calm and unrestrained expression, he raised his glass with a smile and drank it, and the tense atmosphere relaxed a bit. Han Chuang said: "I heard that King Qi attaches great importance to this Handan meeting. Xiangguo Tian Dan has come in person, and it will be here in two days." Zhao Mu and Le Cheng knew about this earlier, but it was the first time for the others to hear it, and they were all moved. Tian Dan can be said to be the unnamed and real ruler of Qi State today, and his reputation is as great as that of Lord Xinling of Wei State. Eight years after the death of King Huai of Chu, the state of Chu was weakened, while the state of Qi was in the middle of the sun, and it was hidden from Qin. At this moment, Qi fell into the scheme of the Qin people and accepted King Qin Zhaoxiang's suggestion-King Qin called the Western Emperor, and the Qi people called the Eastern Emperor.It clearly shows that Qin Qi divides the world equally. Although King Qi Min was finally persuaded by his ministers to revoke the title of emperor two days after he proclaimed himself emperor, his ambition was not dispelled. However, the national power was greatly lost in the battle, which provoked Qin, Chu, and the Three Kingdoms to join forces with Yan to become famous and attack Qi on a large scale.General Le Yi of Yan invaded Linzi, occupying more than 70 regions of Qi in five years, leaving only Ju and Jimo. Tian Dan is a famous figure who emerged in this difficult environment.He is a descendant of the royal family of Qi. At the beginning, he was a small official in the palace of Linzi City. Before the Yan army broke through the city, he taught his people to saw off the end of the axle. This has made him stand out, showing his potential to be calm and resourceful in times of crisis. When the Yan people besieged Jimo, everyone pushed him to be the main general. It happened that King Yan Zhao passed away. The new King Yan fell into Tian Dan's trick and replaced Le Yi with an incompetent general. Once he left, Tian Dan seemed to be destroyed. The most famous battle to sweep the Yan people out of the Qi territory was the battle of defeating the Yan army with the fire bull formation. Although Tian Dan's prestige spread far and wide because of this, the state of Qi was deeply troubled by it, and it lasted until this time. When Xiang Shaolong still wanted to listen, Zhao Ya who was beside him personally took the wine glass from the waitress, filled the empty glass on Xiang Shaolong's table with good wine, and said softly with a smile, "Mr. Dong! Zhao Ya may have offended you." Let me borrow this cup as an apology!" Han Chuang was frothing and didn't pay attention, only Li Yuan's eyes flashed and he started to use his brain. Xiang Shaolong was furious in his heart, this woman really loves Qin Muchu, she was still inseparable with Han Chuang just now, now she is moved by his words, and she is trying to please him again, but it will not be so rude that she will embarrass her face to face and raise her glass lukewarmly Said: "Madam is overthinking, how can I offend you! I return a cup to Madam!" Zhao Ya toasted and drank with deep eyes. It was only then that Han Chuang noticed that the two had secretly communicated with each other, and a look of displeasure flashed across his face. If he was in Korea, with his power, he would definitely teach Xiang Shaolong how to look good, but now he can only feel depressed in his heart. Li Yuan laughed and said: "Ma'am! I haven't had a drink with you today." He raised his wine glass and congratulated him from a distance. Although Zhao Ya said that her affection for him had slightly diminished, she still had affection for him. Last night, this person had a cold attitude towards her, but now he took the initiative to tease her. Xiang Shaolong knew that Li Yuan was using Zhao Ya to attack him, but he was still furious. He hated Li Yuan and was angry with Zhao Ya for his ignorance of self-love. Of course, there was no trace of it on the surface. Li Yuan didn't want to stop there, and continued to tease Zhao Ya, saying: "Madam is really good at drinking, why don't you let me drink with Madam one night, and see who gets drunk first." Having said that, out of the nine people seated at the same table, four of them looked unnatural. The ones with the ugliest faces were Guo Zong and Guo Xiu'er, both felt that he was too disrespectful of their faces by blatantly courting this beautiful woman who is famous for her profligacy. Han Chuang transferred his jealousy towards Xiang Shaolong to this new love rival. Zhao Mu's expression was also very unnatural, he glared at Zhao Ya fiercely, asking her to politely refuse. Zhao Ya didn't expect that the other party was so bold that he openly asked her to spend the spring night at the banquet, why would he refuse?I'm really reluctant; do you accept it?The man next to him who seems to be more attractive than Li Yuan will look down on him, and he turned his wonderful eyes and said: "Mr. Li is so interested, Zhao Ya will find a day to hold a banquet in my house, and then don't you want to say that you are not free?" !" Then he looked around everyone with beautiful eyes, and said with a smile: "Everyone, come and bear witness, let's see which of us will get drunk first." Li Yuan was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that this slut would not be seduced by her, so he couldn't help but focus on her for the first time. Since Ji Yanran took over his mind, he rarely pays attention to other women. Looking closely at this moment, he finds that Zhao Ya is like a blooming flower, with an indescribably charming charm, charming and mature beauty. It is unique.And on the surface, although she is coquettish and charming, but she has a graceful and elegant charm, which makes people dare not look down upon her, and her heart beats, and only then does she understand why Han Chuang is so obsessed with her . Li Yuan smiled and said: "If a good date is fixed, please let me know." At this time Zhao Ba interjected, and everyone switched to other topics. Zhao Ya leaned towards Xiang Shaolong and whispered, "Are you satisfied?" Xiang Shaolong was overjoyed, knowing that this slut had finally surrendered to his other identity again, Guo Xiu'er stood up before she had a chance to speak, and said with a dull expression, "I'm sorry! Xiu'er is a little unwell and wants to go back to her room to rest." Displeasure appeared on Li Yuan's face, but he remained silent.Everyone knew that Miss Qianjin was throwing Li Yuan's temper. Guo Zong said helplessly: "Send Miss back to her room!" At that moment, a maid came to escort this lovely person out of the hall. The atmosphere became awkward again, the absence of Guo Xiuer made the dinner much less colorful, but fortunately there was Zhao Ya supporting the scene. Zhao Ba drank two more cups, the conversation suddenly became lively, and he asked Xiang Shaolong to talk about his swordsmanship experience: "Many people who learn swords now are eager for quick success and quick gains. The practice of waist strength is even less important, and the strength of the arms is lacking in the strength of the wrist. I don't know that the four aspects of waist, arm, wrist and footwork complement each other to bring out the essence of swordsmanship. It can be seen that the use of strength is the first condition." Li Yuan was proud and arrogant, obviously he didn't pay attention to Zhao Guo's master of swordsmanship, and said indifferently: "I think it's useless to have strength, otherwise Xiao Wei Mou wouldn't be slaughtered by Xiang Shaolong!" The name "Xiang Shaolong" has now become a taboo that everyone in the city avoids mentioning, except for Han Chuang, no one is not surprised by it. Xiang Shaolong was stunned when someone mentioned his name.He quickly glanced at Zhao Ya, only to see that her expression darkened and she became startled. Han Chuang said proudly, "It's a pity that he slipped away to Qin, otherwise we will have to test how powerful his swordsmanship is." Zhao Mu gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't there a chance to invade Xianyang in another day?" Zhao Ba robbed Li Yuan of the title, he was not angry, but he couldn't say no to Li Yuan, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Li ruled the Chu country with his swordsmanship. I wonder if I can find Tian to come to our hotel? It will open Zhao's eyes." Li Yuan's eyes flashed with lightning, he nodded and said: "Everywhere I go, I like to compete with the most famous swordsmen in the area. Master Zhao has this proposal, and Li Yuan is really in the right place." This time, even Le Cheng couldn't bear the arrogance of this son, and smiled at Zhao Ba and said, "Mr. Li is so arrogant, please set a date and time, so that we can appreciate Mr. Li's peerless swordsmanship." Zhao Baxian was extremely angry in his heart, and said: "Zhao is a little impatient, why not tomorrow! Let's see which time is most suitable for Mr. Li." Li Yuan said triumphantly: "Tomorrow can't be done, because I made an appointment with Miss Ji Yanran to visit Handan together, why not change it to the afternoon of the day after tomorrow!" Everyone was stunned, and they all showed expressions of envy and jealousy. Xiang Shaolong's heart sank and became cold.Why is Yanran willing to accept this person's date?Be sure to ask her clearly. Zhao Ya's expression was numb, and Ji Yanran took away the scenery, of course it was uncomfortable. The atmosphere of the banquet was completely destroyed so far, Zhao Ba first excused himself to leave, and then it was Zhao Ya's turn. Han Chuang stood up and said, "Let Benhou accompany Mrs. Ya back home!" Zhao Ya frowned in annoyance, shook her head and said, "Marquis Pingshan's kindness is appreciated, Zhao Ya's head is a little dizzy, and she wants to be alone and quiet." Pingshan Hou Han Chuang flashed displeasure.Coldly said: "Madam can do whatever she likes!" Zhao Mu stood up and said: "Let's go together! I'm chatting happily, who wants to accompany me in the car." He winked at Xiang Shaolong. Xiang Shaolong nodded quickly and said: "Anyway, I'm here alone, so let me accompany Lord Hou!" Zhao Ya gave Xiang Shaolong a strange look, and had doubts about the relationship between the two. Everyone bid farewell one after another, and left the Guo Mansion separately. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ In the car, Zhao Mu said: "Unexpectedly, the master's words are so fierce that even Li Yuan, who is always eloquent, can't stand up to him. I just wonder if you can defeat the sword in his hand. It is said that this person is really talented." Xiang Shaolong frowned and said, "Whether you are sure or not is a secondary issue, but in the martial arts field, the blunt wooden sword is used, and it is not a life-and-death struggle..." Zhao Mu cut him off and said, "I just want to dampen his arrogance, not kill him. This kid is really hateful. If I hold him, I will definitely fuck him to death." Immediately, Xiang Shaolong's skin became pimples one by one, and he shivered.