Even though it was the capital of Jin State, "Xintian" still looked deserted in winter.
Because the climate in Shanxi now is different from that of more than 2,000 years ago, in many areas it will not snow in the first ten days of winter, but will start to snow in the middle of winter. However, there are also situations where it does not snow all year round.
It hasn't snowed yet in "Xintian" this year, but the wind has brought some coolness.
Zhiyao did not send anyone a greeting card in advance, which meant that she would go directly to visit without notifying Mrs. Hu.
Logically speaking, the person Zhiyao wants to meet is Hu Jie, so he needs to inform him first. If he meets Hu You, there is no need to be too polite in terms of friendship.
When Zhiyao came to the gate of the Hu family's house, the Hu family's retainer who was guarding the door realized that it was Zhiyao who came and thought he was looking for Hu You.
"Your Majesty is here, please allow Pi to go and report." Yong Pi said with a smile.
Zhiyao called to the people and said, "Yao is here this time to visit the general."
This time, Yong Pi was surprised.
Although the Zhi family is very strong, and the person who really makes all the ideas of the Zhi family is Zhi Yao, the crown prince, one day Zhi Yao does not officially become the head of the Zhi family, or Zhi Yao holds no official position, and the official position has to be followed by "
The difference between "Your Majesty" is not too big, otherwise it would really not be in line with social etiquette to visit directly.
"If you go and report it now, the general will not blame you." Zhiyao had no need to embarrass a person whose class was unequal.
Therefore, Zhiyao did not scold Yong Pi, did not put on a dead face, and did not rush in directly.
Today's aristocrats really don't look down on people with unequal classes. They don't want to bully people whose class is lower than themselves for no reason. It's not that they are good people. To put it bluntly, they don't treat certain classes as human beings.
Too lazy to care.
In fact, that's really what happened, and it's not the theory that "only the coward punches the weak". Basically, they know who is creating profits for themselves, and they only do things that damage tools and people because they are mentally ill.
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To understand it more deeply, we need to study what the "family" represented in the Spring and Autumn Period. To sum it up, it can be summed up in one sentence: a person leads a group of people to expand a new living space, and those who follow the pioneering development of the living space will develop.
Therefore, it is difficult for many people to understand why Li Shu had such a strong attachment and sense of belonging to the nobility during the Spring and Autumn Period. It is almost the way of understanding "Guan Gong versus Qin Qiong", using the values of his own era to guess the values of other eras.
Zhiyao waits for a while.
Hu You came to the gate and asked in confusion: "What makes Yao behave like this?"
It seems that even though the Hu family has been alienated for a long time, Zhu Xia is still very understanding of people and knows how to ask Hu You to inquire first, so as not to wait until there is no room for maneuver.
Zhiyao said: "The apology from the State of Lu contains ritual utensils. Yao is here to inquire about this matter."
"What?" Hu You was stunned.
If Zhiyao can come and ask in person, it is definitely not the style of ritual utensil used by nobles.
Hu You led the way, looking a little confused along the way.
That is to say, I didn't see Zhiyao's menacing posture, and the number of Zhishi's guards accompanying him was the same as usual, otherwise Hushi would have been on guard.
Arriving at the door of the reception hall, Zhiyao did not follow Hu You in, leaving some time for Hu and his son to communicate.
Without waiting long, Hu You came out and invited Zhiyao in, without stopping Yu Rang and his husband who were always following him.
"See you, General." Zhiyao will not be short of etiquette.
Hu Jie just stood up from the main seat, without giving Zhi Yao a gift in return, and gestured to sit down.
"It is necessary for the general to know that the State of Lu is carrying the state's ritual utensils as an apology. These items were escorted back to the country by the Hu family..." Zhiyao said as he took out the gift list from his arms and motioned to his husband to forward it to Hu.
especially.
The gift list confirmed by Zhi as an apology will definitely be sent to Hu Jie. He will compare it with the gift list of the Hu family's retainers during the counting to see if there are any omissions in it. After comparing it for a while without saying a word, he will send the two gift lists together.
In the hands of Zhiyao.
Zhiyao compared it and found strangely that there was no such type of ritual vessel in the gift list recorded by the Hu family.
"This is very strange!" Zhiyao said.
Later, the retainer of the Hu family who was responsible for counting Lu's apology came over and swore in the name of his ancestors, saying with great certainty that he had not found any ritual objects.
Hu Jie said with a gloomy face, "It must be a bad person who wants to harm you and me."
There are some things that Hu Jie cannot say out loud due to his dignity. For example, the Hu family is not very powerful, especially compared to the Zhi family, they are too weak. It is only because of their brain twitching that they would engage in such a thing to quarrel with the Zhi family.
Zhiyao asked the Hu family retainer, "Can I supervise you at all times?"
The retainer of the Fox family who did not deserve a name said with absolute certainty: "The utensils and uses are monitored day and night, and they dare not stray even one step away."
Zhiyao fell into thinking.
The gift list that Mrs. Hu brought out was different from her own.
Although Pu Qi vowed to keep an eye on it and apologized for dozens or hundreds of cars, it was inevitable that there would be some inadequacies in supervision.
The Fox family would definitely not dare to provoke the Zhi family, mainly because if they provoke the Zhi family in this way, they would look very stupid, and it would not do any good to the Fox family.
Zhiyao extended the invitation and said, "Next year my family will go on an expedition to the East. I wonder if the Hu family will accompany us?"
Hu Jie looked at his son.
Hu You received the signal and said: "If there is no change in the Qin State, I will leave on my own."
Let's put it this way, by inviting the Hu family to join the Eastern Expedition, Zhiyao expresses her trust that the matter of ritual vessels has nothing to do with the Hu family.
Once the possibility of Qin's eastward march, the Hu family really could not accept the Zhi family's invitation to march eastward. They needed to make it clear, lest they ignore themselves and unconditionally surrender to the Zhi family, which would make the Hu family feel guilty.
Zhiyao expressed her understanding and then said goodbye.
"Zongzi?" Yurang was driving Zhiyao and said rather confusedly: "Today we are going to the Wei family and the Hu family to relieve our worries?"
Zhiyao nodded and said: "Regardless of the situation between the two families, my family does not want to attack each other now. If it was not the fault of the two families, wouldn't it make the bad guys happy if my family attacks them?"
Seriously, Zhiyao has confirmed from the Hu family that the ritual vessels were not carelessly misplaced by the Lu State. It was most likely that they were stuffed in on the road or when they arrived at "Xintian".
If you do this, there will be so many suspects that it will be difficult to identify them by elimination.
There are a lot of people in China who are likely to do this. They hope that the Zhi family can fight this today and fight that tomorrow, creating a reputation for Zhi family being arrogant and domineering, and repeating what happened to the Zhao family and the Qie family.
Foreign countries want to cause more chaos in the Jin Dynasty. Even if the Zhi family does not rise, as long as the Zhi family, the Wei family, and the Hu family become suspicious of each other, it can be regarded as a gain.
"Zongzi, be careful!"
A sudden loud shout made Zhiyao startle, and she subconsciously lowered her body.
Yu Rang's reaction was very fast. He suddenly braked and at the same time, he smoothly picked up the shield hanging on the wall of the car, and then threw the reins to the husband in the same car. He took Zhi Yao's breath and protected him behind him.
An arrow missed and was blocked by the shield.
The sound of the collision was not loud, but it seemed to reverberate deep in the souls of many people.
There were a lot of loud roars all around. Zhishi's warriors climbed onto the car as quickly as possible, and then formed human shields with each other. The soldiers who were a step slower due to their clothing made up the circle around the outside.
During this period, cold arrows were being shot from all around, killing several Zhishi warriors who did not wear armor because they needed to be light. They waited for the Zhishi warriors to form a circle, but no more arrows were fired after the arrows were lost.
To be honest, Zhiyao was not frightened, it was just an instinctive reaction to avoid it.
I was assassinated!
This was the first time in Zhiyao's history that she was assassinated at the age of twenty-three, and it was the pattern of being shot at in the street.
It was partly Zhiyao's own fault for not being cautious enough to send people to investigate along the way. Otherwise, either the assassins would have been eliminated first, or Zhiyao's team would have temporarily changed their route.
Because she was immediately protected, and because she was surrounded several times after getting off the car in an emergency, Zhiyao couldn't see much at all.
Why did Yurang make an emergency stop? What he did was absolutely right!
When encountering an assassination, choose to flee quickly and break away from your own guards. God knows what is waiting ahead.
Therefore, drivers will choose to speed up after being attacked if their brains are caught in the door, or they wish someone was dead.
Someone used their flesh and blood to protect Zhiyao first, and there were soldiers surrounding him in a circle. Naturally, some people dispersed as quickly as possible before attacking the ambushers.
In the limited time just now, Zhiyao still glanced around and saw that the attackers climbed up to a high place to shoot arrows, and there were not too many people.
Even though no arrows were fired, the soldiers still surrounded Zhiyao tightly.
At the same time, at the first moment of being attacked, the members of the Zhi family who were carrying horns did the same thing, picking up the horns and blowing vigorously.
The sound of the trumpet spread out in all directions, and people who didn't know the situation were stunned when they heard the sound of the trumpet.
People belonging to the Zhi family in other places followed the blowing of horns if they had them. More people of the Zhi family immediately armed themselves, and then tried their best to find out where the horn was blown first. If they didn't know, they rushed to the Zhi family's house.
, if you don’t go in, you’ll be on guard outside.
Zhishen, who was working at home, stood up when he heard the horn sound, knocked over the table in front of him, and shouted loudly: "Here, put on your armor, put on your armor quickly! Send my order to control all the cities."
Gate, and order the two 'brigades' outside the city to enter the city!"
Zhishen looked extremely frightened, his forehead was covered with sweat beads in a very short period of time, and his body was shaking a little as he walked.
This was because I was afraid, not because of anything else, but because I was afraid that something would happen to Zhiyao.
Other families had no idea what was going on. When they learned that the people on the Zhi family were crazy, and then heard that the city gate was under control, every family became nervous, without exception.
Arm yourself quickly.
There was no other way, the people of Jin were very familiar with civil strife, and they thought of arming themselves first if they were in trouble. If they were to die, they should die in battle, and they could not be killed unarmed.
Later, there was news that the two Zhishi "brigades" outside the city were originally going to enter the city, and the troops were waiting at the city gate. However, they did not enter the city after all, and were divided into several parts and stayed outside the city gate.
Later, they knew that Zhiyao had been assassinated!
