Chapter 30 Section III

The spring day by the Miluo water is alluring.After the drizzle, the sun floated out softly that day, and under the blue sky, the clear green Miluo water swirled away among the faint green mountains.The valley beside the water is a vast expanse of green grass sandwiched with brightly colored wildflowers, spreading endlessly without end.Gradually, a round of blood-like sun slowly kissed the top of the mountain, and the fiery red rays dyed the rivers, grasslands and green hills into a strange golden red, which is actually bright in the chaos!There are no farmers to plow, no fishermen to fly, no hunters to hunt, and there is no rattling wheel of merchant travel.Except for the whimpering of the Miluo water, there is always silence here.Even the bright spring day is filled with a green wilderness, shrouded in a lonely terror.

All of a sudden, two horses, one red and one white, flew over from a distant mountain pass.A clear voice chuckled and said: "It's a pity that such a beautiful mountain and river have been exiled!" The red horse knight pointed his whip, and said in a rough voice: "Look! Smoke from the hut!" After finishing speaking, he knocked Stirrups, the red steed flew towards the foot of the mountain like flames. At the foot of the mountain at the end of the grassy beach, stands a lonely hut.On the thatched roof is a white banner with two large black characters on it - Exile!In front of the hut, there was a bonfire lit by a pile of wet wood, and the thick green smoke curled up.Seeing a fast horse flying in the distance, a man in a yellow cloak beside the bonfire suddenly got up and strode forward to meet him.

"Mr. Chunshen, here I come!" The knight dismounted as soon as Yaoyao waved his hand. "Oh, brother Zhonglian!" Chun Shenjun was so happy that he held Lu Zhonglian back, "I've been waiting for you for three days!" "Tomorrow is Qingming, why are you in such a hurry?" "Oh, Qin State is going to attack Chu State! Can I not be in a hurry?" "How? Qin's attack on Chu? Who's the news? Are you preparing or have you started?" Lu Zhonglian was anxious and asked a series of questions. Jun Shen shook his hand: "Let's talk later. Oh, who is this? Where is Deng Lingzi?"

Lu Zhonglian suddenly smiled and said: "This is the master's disciple, Yueyan! People call him Xiaoyuenu. This is Lord Chunshen." "I've seen Mr. Chunshen." Xiaoyue Nu cupped her hands, but didn't say another word. "Oh," Chun Shenjun asked urgently as he cupped his hands, "Could it be that Brother Deng is ill?" Lu Zhonglian shook his head: "I'll talk about it later. Hey, I'm hungry, it's important to eat and drink!" Chunshen Jun burst into laughter: "Oh, you are so confused! Look, there is a fat roast lamb!"

The three of them came to the bonfire, and the fat yellow sheep on the iron frame was squeaking under the fireworks, and the meat was scorched and fragrant.Lu Zhonglian's eyes lit up, he put down the rein in his hand, and made three steps and two steps to start, but he turned around suddenly: "Hey? Chunshen Jun, why are you alone? Where is Qu Ziren?" Chunshen Jun Just a wry smile on his face: "Oh, this man is also the same. He spends two hours wandering around the water's edge every day. I'm waiting for you today, so I didn't go with him." Suddenly, Jun Shen was choked up. With a sound, he tried his best to smile and looked at the setting sun on the mountain, "Wait, it's time to come back."

Lu Zhonglian's heart sank, and the excitement on his face disappeared suddenly along with the sweat. He only stared blankly at the green mountains and green waters in the distance, and he let out a heavy sigh. "Is it him?" Xiaoyue Nu pointed to a small black spot in the glow of the sky. Chun Shenjun smiled and said: "Oh, a group of water birds are flying, where are people?" "Under the water bird, there is a person. Look, it's the black spot in the middle." Xiaoyue Nu pointed. Gradually, the black dots became clear—an old man with gray beard and hair and ragged clothes was walking alone, and a group of unknown birds jumped and whirled around him, whispering and chirping, which was overwhelming.Near the green hill, the old man waved his hand and groaned in a long voice: "Little elves, go back, the moon in Miluo water is waiting for you—!" When the words fell, the birds spread their wings and flew away in unison. .

Lu Zhonglian was astonished, and his voice couldn't help trembling: "Mr. Chunshen, have you lost your mind and gone mad?" The little Yue girl giggled and said, "Psychic communication with birds and beasts is a state of mind, how can you go crazy? It's really..." She blushed, obviously swallowing the stupid word that was on the verge of her mouth. But Chun Shenjun stood up and said loudly from a distance: "Oh brother Qu Yuan, who do you think is coming?" The old man smiled and asked: "But Qianliju came riding the spring breeze?" Lu Zhonglian strode forward and bowed deeply: "Linzi Lu Zhonglian, pay homage to Da Sima."

The old man laughed loudly: "Da Sima? Oh, the old man's hearing hurts." Then he pulled Lu Zhonglian to the front of the bonfire, and pressed Lu Zhonglian on the straw mat. The fire is better." Chunshen Jun walked over and said with a smile: "Oh, there is another one here, Brother Qu, is your old eye dim?" The old man sized it up, and suddenly he exclaimed: "Woo hoo! , Take advantage of the westerly wind to bring the osmanthus boat, so that the Miluo will have no waves, and the river will flow smoothly?" The little Yue girl was surprised: "Old man, the water will stop flowing, but am I a disaster?" The three couldn't help laughing, Lu Zhonglian smiled and said: "Mr. praised you! He said that you dress up delicately, ride the wind gently, and even the Miluo water is so fascinated by you that there are no waves. Stupid!" He laughed straight: "I was stupid at first, afraid you would say it?" Then he bowed to the old man, "Old man, Yue Yan met, the teacher greeted you!" The old man was puzzled: "Teacher? Do you know the teacher of the girl?" Chunshenjun laughed and said, "Oh, brother Qu, this girl from Yueyan is a disciple of Nanmo." The old man laughed suddenly: "Time flies like a white horse, and the old man forgets it! Girl, how is your teacher? Are you still so angry all day long?" Is it?" Lu Zhong continued: "The master has cultivated a high-level character, and he is so calm that he will soon become Zhuangzi. If there is any anger, it will be a blessing in the world." The old man stroked his messy long beard and nodded and sighed: "The years are long It’s hard to get the same, it’s hard to get the change, it’s all God’s will.”

"Oh, the roast lamb is ready! Talk while eating." Jun Shen raised two jars from the hut and cried. The old man smiled and said, "Come on, girl, sit down. Mr. Chunshen brought a cart full of wine, and Zhong Lian drank it." The sky was completely dark, and a round of not yet full moon hung on the corner of the green hills, making the landscape hazy.Before the four of them sat around the bonfire, they opened the wine jar, cut up the roast sheep, and began to eat and drink.In a short while, Lu Zhonglian tore half of the roast sheep clean, then wiped his two big hands covered with greasy meat on the front of his clothes, opened the jar of Lao Qi spirits specially prepared for him, bowl by bowl to drink.

"Oh, there are so many gluttonous warriors, Zhonglian is just a footnote!" Chunshen Jun is a nobleman, even though he is bold, he has become a habit of eating elegantly, and he can't help laughing when he sees Lu Zhonglian's wind and clouds. Qu Yuan said with a smile: "Only a great hero has his true colors. Those with true colors are bestowed by heaven. People want to learn, but it is difficult." Lu Zhonglian laughed loudly: "I heard from Mr. Mengchang that Zhang Yi was also a voracious and unrestrained person back then, but Su Qin was well-mannered and law-abiding. Da Sima, what do you think of these two people's temperaments?

Qu Yuan's face sank: "Wolf Zhang Yi, how can he be compared with Su Qin?" Chun Shenjun smiled and said: "Oh, brother Qu Yuan is annoying that Zhang Yi the most, Zhong Lian said why is he here?" "It's not annoyance, it's hatred!" Qu Yuan's face was gloomy, "The enemy of the country, the minions of wolves, the old man will not share the sky with him." "Okay!" Lu Zhong clapped his hands repeatedly and exclaimed loudly, "Great Sima is hated, Chu is hopeful!" But Qu Yuan let out a long sigh: "Chu State, Chu State, it's a pity that there are great rivers and mountains." "Oh, Brother Qu Yuan," Jun Shen Jun interjected at the right time, "Zhong Lian and I have planned for a long time to make a big move. If the situation changes, you will go out of the mountain, but you cannot retreat." Qu Yuan's eyes flashed: "Why should Lu Zhonglian take responsibility for the state of Chu?" "The Great Sima is missing." Lu Zhonglian looked serious, "Zhonglian is not responsible for the state of Chu, but for the world. If Su Qin is alive, the state of Qi is hopeful, and Zhonglian will naturally not look far away." "Stop it." Qu Yuan said urgently, "After the Su-Qin Reform, Qi State is in full swing, so why is there no hope?" "Great Sima has been in exile for many years, but he doesn't know that the Qi State today is no longer the Qi State of the past." Lu Zhonglian sighed, and then roughly described the changes in Qi State after King Qi Xuan, but Qi Wang Tiandi's disposition and All kinds of deeds are described in detail, and finally said, "The country has such a king, the pillars of the country are broken, the virtuous and good run away, the people are full of grievances, and the world regards them as public enemies. How can Qi lead the world? As a vertical and horizontal strategist, Zhong Lian is determined to inherit the ambition of Su Qin , to plan a non-Qin road for the world. The key to this matter is to forcefully implement reforms in a big country first, then lead the world, and finally punish Tyranny!" "Good ambition!" Qu Yuan couldn't help admiring, "You are so young, it's really awesome." "Oh, brother Qu Yuan!" Chun Shenjun was very excited, "Zhong Lian thought: Among the six kingdoms of Shandong, only you regard the reform and power as your life, and see the power of Chu as your lifelong pursuit. He persuaded me and inspired me, so I have It's planned." "Tell me quickly, what kind of plan is it?" Qu Yuan couldn't wait for Chun Shenjun to finish speaking. Lu Zhonglian drank a bowl of strong wine, wiped his mouth and started talking in a low voice, talking for half an hour in one breath.The three of them were very excited, and discussed many details, and before they knew it, they reached the climax of the moon.Qu Yuan was so excited that he brought a large pile of branches and dry firewood and lit the bonfire again.Chunshen Jun laughed and said, "Oh, Brother Qu, you have a new poem, and you have already recited one!" "The old man read the poem well!" Xiaoyue Nu laughed happily. "That's good too!" Qu Yuan laughed, "I've been in the mountains all year round, so I made a piece called "Mountain Ghost", and I'll sing it!" "The old man sings, I'll blow the xun, right?" The little Yue girl took out a dark ceramic xun from her carry bag, touched her lips lightly, and the xun sound flew up high and softly, which was different from the usual The sobbing and deepness of the Xun sound is quite different! "Good Xun!" Qu Yuan praised, waved his ragged sleeves, and suddenly stopped, dancing and singing: The singing drifted away with the sound of the xun, but Qu Yuan let out a long sigh, the excitement just now was gone.Lu Zhonglian and Chun Shenjun were also silent for a long time.The little Yue girl was sobbing, she wiped her tears and said with a smile: "Old man, this mountain ghost is a female ghost, I can't find her beloved young master, right?" Qu Yuan laughed out loud, and staggered and fell beside the campfire. In Yingdu in spring, the boats moored in the water gate have become attractive again. The white stone bridge connecting the market is also full of pedestrians. From time to time, businessmen and travelers come to call for boats to leave the city, and there is always a burst of warm and warm Wu Nong's soft words rippling from the pier.It was almost noon, a group of soldiers came over the Baishi Bridge, and hurriedly sealed off the bridge on the side of the market, and then a group of porters went up the stone bridge, behind was a middle-aged man riding a tall horse, wearing a gorgeous waist in silk clothes. Hanging a long sword, and two warriors with swords behind the horse, the momentum is quite different from ordinary business travelers.As soon as these men and horses appeared, the boatmen at the wharf immediately became agitated and looked at each other. The smiles that were almost always on their faces suddenly faded away. "Look, the government is going to deliver goods out of the city again!" "If you don't give me any money, it's still far away, who will go?" "Who owes the government labor? Go out to socialize in the morning, so that he won't fool me!" "Don't do it, don't do it! Who owes labor and doesn't want to die?" At this moment, that luxurious middle-aged official walked down the stone bridge, and arrogantly waved his hand to the pier: "The palace transports goods! Who would like to go instead of labor?" He asked three times, but no one answered.The official's face turned red suddenly, and he waved back: "Come here! Pick out four big boats for me! Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed without mercy!" The soldiers on the bridge came rushing forward with a bang, and they wanted to get off the pier to force the boats. Suddenly, the last one of the boatmen shouted: "I'm waiting for six boats to go! I want to order!" The officials burst into laughter: "Let's just say, there are no obedient people in the big Chu country?" He suddenly lowered his face and shouted at the boatmen, "You are originally Wuyue pariahs! If you don't respect the big Chu government in the future, the boats will be burned together ! Teach you to freeze to death and starve to death, and be buried in the belly of a fish! Do you hear me?" The boatmen were dead silent.The official was about to lose his temper, when a lean, dark man on the bow of the large boats rowed over smiled and said, "Why should you care about the Wuyue pariah? Please get on the boat, and the wind is just right today!" The official Immediately, the cloud dissipated, and he changed his face and said with a smile: "A boatman, how do you know that I am a doctor?" The swarthy man smiled submissively: "Doctor Jin Shang is a pillar of the great Chu, and everyone knows it. It is the common people in the mountains and fields." It’s like thunder.” The official was very impressed, and he sighed: “My Jin still has such a reputation, and the sky has eyes! Come on, let’s appreciate the boatman’s red gold!" A warrior behind Jin Shang shouted: "The boatman is watching!" Then he threw a golden cake in the air with a "swoosh!"The swarthy man was overwhelmed by the flattery, and hurriedly staggered to pick it up at the bow of the boat, but slipped and fell, and fell into the water with Fang Jin with a splash, causing the surrounding boatmen to burst into laughter.When the dark man climbed onto the boat dripping with water, Jin Shang laughed loudly and said, "It doesn't matter! I will give you another reward when I arrive at the Queen's Palace!" The drowned dark man hurriedly cupped his hands and said in panic, "Xiaomin had learned kung fu for a few days, I want to show my skills in front of the adults, but I don’t want to but I’m stumped, just laugh at me." Jin Shang laughed: "Okay! There is no need for inspection, it’s just these few boats of yours. If you are really good at it, I don’t need you." After laughing, he turned and ordered: "Come on, get the goods on board!" In a few moments, the goods filled the four large ships.Pointing to the two empty boats, Jin Shang ordered solemnly: "One ship for the escort, one for the officer, get on!" More than twenty soldiers rushed to the last boat, but Jin Shang and his two Escorting a steed, boarded a dark man's exquisite black-topped boat.The dark man smiled fearfully and said, "My lord, the boat is too small to be heavy. Can my lord have a BMW..." Jin Shang waved his hand and said, "Both of you get down! Get on that big boat." The two guards hesitated a little, and Jin Shang went His face sank: "Get down! The two of you together are worth less than this horse! It is the queen's treasure, understand?" The guard murmured repeatedly, and hurriedly got out of the boat and squeezed onto the big boat. "Let's sail—!" The dark man sang, and the big ship full of soldiers left the dock leisurely, followed by four cargo ships, and finally the black man's black-topped boat.The strange thing is that none of the watching boatmen on the pier gave any eager resignation. They just watched the fleet go out of the water gate and into the waterway coldly, and no one spoke. When the fleet came out of the water gate, the dark man gave a long shout: "Government cargo ship, pull up the sails and paddle—!" The boatman and oarsmen of the large cargo ship responded with "Hi!", and the sails of each ship suddenly Pulling it up, the oarsmen threw off their arms and paddled together. The fleet was full of sails and oars, and it floated into the north bank of Yunmeng Ze in a moment.I don't want the heavy cargo ship to slowly slow down as soon as it enters the surface of Yunmeng Ze.The dark man shouted: "The oarsmen are exhausted! The senior doctor wants to roam in front to relax, I'll wait in front!" After that, the big scull made a sudden stroke, and the black-covered boat passed the ship like a cloud. The team went leisurely.The sailors of the big ship shouted in unison: "Boss is so skilled! Cai——" A moment later, the small boat with a black awning flew back, but there was a girl with a fluttering skirt standing on the bow.Just when the soldiers on the big ship were startled, the girl whistled frequently, and the big ship full of soldiers suddenly tilted, the mast snapped and turned over abruptly.The armored soldiers all fell into the water while shouting in panic. Although Chu people were good at water, they were reeded by the big boat and armored, most of them died in an instant.The two guards and a few leaders of the soldiers with strong skills managed to escape, but they were slapped head-on by the big iron oar just after getting out of the water, and a cloud of red blood immediately oozed out, and within a short while, all the soldiers were dead Two clean. The girl on the boat whistled again, and more than a dozen oarsmen flew into the water and lifted more than a dozen corpses onto the boat. In a short while, more than a dozen soldiers stood on the big boat at the front.As soon as the girl waved her hand, the small boat with the black awning flew out, and several big boats followed leisurely behind. The fleet traveled along the north bank of Yunmeng for less than half an hour, and saw a small castle on the north mountainside in the distance.Gradually approaching, a small harbor bends out of the mountain depression, and a bluestone pier lies in front of you.As soon as the black awning boat docked, the girl at the bow suddenly disappeared, and Jin Shang, who was dressed in luxurious silk, landed impressively.I saw Jin Shang waved his hand reservedly, a dozen or so soldiers escorted a group of porters from the big boats that docked one after another, and went up the mountain with all kinds of goods. Jin Shang swaggered ahead and saw that the castle was approaching. The guards outside the gate actually bowed solemnly.Jin Shang ignored him, and shouted from behind: "A bunch of untouchables, be careful! This is the Queen's favorite thing, but if there is a mistake, I will feed him to the dogs!" The soldiers escorting the goods were also aggressive , kept beating the porter with his spear, and followed Jin Shang into the castle.Another half an hour later, Jin Shang led the soldiers and escorted the porters out of the castle again. In a moment, the fleet floated away like flying clouds, but the castle still stood quietly. In the early morning of this day, a shocking anecdote broke out in Yingdu: the popular senior doctor Jin Shang was assassinated by the Qin State, and his head was actually hung on the flagpole of the palace carriage and racecourse!There was an uproar in the market in Yingdu immediately, people clapped their crowns and celebrated, but the price of the restaurant dropped to 10% for the people of the country to gather and celebrate.Unexpectedly, at the moment when the people of the country were jubilant, there was even more shocking news-the Queen Zheng Xiu was killed by medicine in the secret room of the other palace, and was only discovered by the maid two days later!When the news spread, Yingdu suddenly fell silent.Although Queen Zheng Xiu is also in cahoots with Jin Shangzhaoju and is called "Wu Nu" by Chu Qi, she is the Queen after all. If the people of the country are cheering and celebrating, isn't even the King of Chu involved?If the King of Chu is filthy, is there any hope for Chu?Since ancient times, although the common people in the market and the mountains are far away from the temple, they know the affairs of the state the most.After the catastrophe of the Chu State, the people of the country were as clear as a mirror, and they managed a feat that shocked the world in the silence of death. On the night when the news that Queen Zheng Xiu was killed by medicine came out, a nursery rhyme was sung in the alleys of Yingdu: As a result, the people of Yingdu people gathered together to discuss, dismantling the mystery hidden in this nursery rhyme one after another.It’s enough not to talk about it, but after talking about it, I realized that this nursery rhyme is as straightforward as a picture—“leather” means leather, and “leather” means Jin Shang. "Sleeve" is also a queen, not to mention. "Sanlu" is Qu Yuan, because Qu Yuan was exiled on the title of Sanlu doctor. "Rikou Dao" is Zhao.In the state of Chu, "Zhao" has no one but Zhaoju.In this way, this nursery rhyme is clearly telling the people of Chu: Jin Shang, the traitor, is dead, and the queen who behaves badly is also dead. If the doctor Sanlu doesn't come out of the mountain, Zhaoju will still "see the sword"!However, the combination of the two sentences in the middle is incredible: why does Zhaoju have to see the sword when Qu Yuan does not leave the mountain?Could it be that God has already concluded in the dark that Zhaoju is the mortal enemy who obstructed Qu Yuan?The last two sentences are even more strange, Tianxin is speechless, why is the "Three Chus" going to suffer catastrophe? "Three Chus" refers to the Great Chu State, and the land of Chu State together with the annexed Wuyue and Yue Kingdoms are the Three Chus.So, what does "Tianxin" refer to? "Oh! The heart of the people is the heart of heaven! Mencius said it!" A Confucian scholar suddenly shouted. "It's so clear! The heart of heaven is the heart of the people!" A scholar from Wudi immediately echoed. "Cai—" Everyone was enlightened, and they applauded loudly. "That is to say," the Confucian scholar lowered his voice, "if the people's hearts don't change, Chu will be in great trouble!" "The heart is in the stomach, so what if you move it?" A businessman frowned. Everyone laughed!The Wu scholar smiled reservedly: "Don't you know? The people's hearts are moved from the outside, and the outside is to let the king know the people's hearts." "I know, I know!" The businessman nodded repeatedly, "It's written by tens of thousands of people!" "Cai—" everyone shouted, "Shang Wan Min Shu—" In the early morning of the next day, the palace carriage and racecourse turned into a sea of ​​people like never before.Merchants were closed, all industries were closed, and boats were closed. The common people flocked to the palace from all directions, filling every square inch that could be inserted. Even the big trees around the carriage and horse farm were full of people of all colors.Under the pillars of the tall royal palace, there is a white-haired head covered with a large linen cloth, and there are eight bloody characters in it - Tianxin Buchu Sanlu Bingzheng!The soldiers guarding the palace did not dare to act rashly, and a general in charge rushed into the palace to report. King Huai of Chu was in a deep sleep.Zheng Xiu Jinshang's sudden death was like a thunderbolt to this old king who was nearly sixty years old but still vigorous!Over the years, this old king has completely gotten used to the whole life supported by Zhaoju, Jin Shang and Zheng Xiu.Zhaoju, who is older but more vigorous than him, is in charge of the affairs of state, and he just nods and shakes his head.Jin Shang, who was in his prime, communicated with him about various affairs with his foreign ministers, and occasionally gave him some sweet teasing.The charming and plump Zheng Xiu seemed to be always so young and attractive, and every time he was boosted up.Whenever Zheng Xiu takes the prince to live in other palaces, he will be in a state of panic all day long, even if he ravages a few stunning maids in every possible way, it will be boring. Only when Zheng Xiu comes back and repeatedly tosses with him can he let out like a pillar and sleep easily. The sun is rising.As time went by, he slumped against this triangular man frame, and everything was resolved only by these three people.King Huai of Chu was sincerely grateful for the gift from heaven, and couldn't imagine how he would live without this three-person frame one day. Just as he was chewing the delicacy of a king to his heart's content, the two deadly supports of the trio suddenly broke!When King Huai of Chu heard the news, he didn't even have time to hum before he fainted suddenly.When he woke up, his first thought was: Even if God wanted to punish him, how could Zhaoju not be allowed to die?But let the two most beloved people die?He didn't eat, drink or sleep, and just wandered around the garden anxiously, completely unable to remember what he should do?The foreman of a maid was very shrewd, and sent four charming maids whom he usually acted as substitutes for Zheng Xiu, speaking Wu Nong's soft language that was exactly the same as Zheng Xiu's, and roaming around hugging him in a warm, full night. , he finally slumped down on the four soft and tough bodies and fell asleep... "Report to my king! Something serious happened..." The general of the palace gate hurried in, but was stunned like a nail. In the morning mist, there was a white gauze tent on the green grass, four maids and the gray-bearded old king overlapped and entangled, and the sound of snoring was also mixed together. There was no one around, and the silence was overwhelming! "Where is the servant? Where is the doctor?" General Gongmen shouted. "Nong Wu, you're making too much noise!" A head maid with fluttering skirts flew out from nowhere, and shouted in a low voice with round almond eyes, "Nong Wu, do you know that the king hasn't slept for two days and two nights? You don't have long eyes, yelling Who will suffer when the king wakes up? If there is something to do, go to Ling Yin! It is useless even if the king wakes up here, do you know?" General Gongmen couldn't help but smile bitterly, but he didn't dare to attack when he wanted to.These maids in Wu language are the confidantes of the Queen Zheng Xiu, and they are also the beauties of the King Chu's bedroom. Usually, the ministers have to watch their faces when they are idle. If you really want to kill him with a knife, why bother?Thinking of this, the general walked away without a word, and immediately sent flying cavalry to make an emergency to Ling Yin Zhaoju as soon as he left the palace gate. Zhaoju was terrified these days, and when the news of Jin Shang's death came out, he was still very happy for a while—this jester has become more and more arrogant in recent years, and he has been favored by his masculinity and femininity. With a bit of color, he accused him of failing to do this thing well and that thing, and there was a great momentum to replace him; this son Zhongshan wolf was rampant when he was successful, and he died at the right time!Unexpectedly, Zheng Xiu was killed by the medicine before he got over it.This time, Zhaoju was in a cold sweat.After all, Zheng Xiu is his man, and he is the dragon rope he set for King Chu.For more than twenty years, without Zheng Xiu's support in the palace, how many times would Zhaoju have died?Now that someone actually killed Jin Shang and Zheng Xiu in one fell swoop, it can be seen that this force definitely has a strong background!They were able to kill these two people who were so shrewd that they were scheming at every pore, which showed how thoughtful and meticulous their planning was.What made Zhaoju even more disturbed was why did this mysterious force kill Jin Shang and Zheng Xiu?After repeated thinking, Zhaoju agreed that there was only one answer: it was the new faction of Chu who wanted to change the court and coerce the king of Chu to reform.If this is the case, how can this force let him, the sworn enemy of the new sect, go?But why did they let him go?No chance to succeed?Absolutely not.There is only one possibility: choose another time to kill him, in order to cause a greater shock.This opportunity is likely to be before their reform figure is about to come out of the mountain, and kill him, the leader of the family, as a sacrifice flag for the reform.How else to explain it? Zhaoju is a thousand-year-old fox, with calm judgments and cunning countermeasures.After thinking over and over again, he chose the ancient principle of calmness and chaos to deal with the dark and bright chaos. He made up his mind to hide in this powerful limelight, and deployed the guards in the mansion like iron barrels, but he never stepped out of the mansion. step.As long as we don't cross this threshold, what can the new sect do to me?Who can guarantee that the turbulent Chu king will definitely support the new faction? At this moment, nephew Zilan came to the study in a hurry and said that Sima Feima, the Imperial Army, had urgently reported: a blood letter petition in front of the people's palace in Yingdu, forcing the king of Chu to re-enable Qu Yuan's reform; . "Hehe, the chess game is here." The beard and hair were knotted like snow and formed a white crown on the top of his head, and the old Zhaoju's eyes were shining brightly, "First kill the opponent in the palace, and then use folk songs to incite the countrymen to write , and then change the court situation. The calculator is pretty good. Zilan, you have also been a general once, think about it, how to deal with it?" "No matter what, we can't let Qu Yuan come out of the mountain!" Zi Lan gritted her teeth, "Otherwise, the entire Zhao clan will be destroyed!" "I'm asking, what should be the current strategy?" Zhaoju always frowned at this nephew who had once been a general but was always straightforward and arrogant. "Currently, all the courtiers of the Chu Dynasty are ignorant, so my uncle will be the mainstay to disperse the rebellious people, stabilize Yingdu, and at the same time eradicate the foundation of Qu Yuan and Huang Xie!" Zi Lan is very generous. "Then?" "Hold the king of Chu, destroy the Qu and Huang clans for the crime of disordering the country, and uncle will be the regent of the country!" "What about after that?" "Uncle followed Yi Yin's example, deposed and exiled the old King of Chu, and supported a young King of Chu!" "What about after that?" "The Zhao family replaced the Mi family! Ruotian Qi replaced Jiang Qi, and established him a new state of Chu!" "Okay!" Lao Zhaoju praised his nephew for the first time, "You can see for a long time, so I will leave this important matter to you." After saying that, he walked into the room, and there was a slight noise, and he walked away with a copper box Take it out and put it on the desk, "Open it." Zilan's eyes lit up when she looked at it carefully, and she skillfully opened the copper box, she couldn't help exclaiming: "Soldier Talisman!" Zhaoju smiled coldly: "This is my secret Soldier Talisman You use it to immediately mobilize 10,000 elite soldiers, disperse the rioters, surround the palace, and prevent anyone from entering or leaving. Remember, leave 1,000 armored warriors for the mansion, so as to prevent that force from advancing by an inch." "Understood!" Zi Lan agreed, and strode out of the study. In addition to the 8,000 royal guards in Yingdu, there are 6,000 city defense troops.As the capital of a country, the garrison in the city can only be maintained at a certain number, and it is impossible to have more, the better. The most important defense forces have always been stationed outside the fortress pass.This is the general rule in the world.The most fundamental reason is the need for actual combat - the army is stationed in the fortress outside the city, so that the enemy cannot approach the capital at all, this is the real defense.A large army is approaching the city, and a lone army is trapped inside the city. It is just a very special garrison fortress or an occasional battlefield situation. As a big country's capital, it has never been able to hide the army inside the city. But in this way, Zilan had to go out of the city if he wanted to mobilize 10,000 horses.The imperial guards in the capital only obeyed the orders of the King of Chu, and even the 6,000 city defense garrison had to have special soldiers to accept dispatches from outside the Shangzhu Kingdom.The long-standing tradition of dividing and governing by the great clans of the Chu State: the capital city belongs to the territory of the royal family, and the generals of the imperial army and the defending army are all assumed by the royal family, and even the soldiers are only recruited from the royal family's territory.Although King Huai of Chu was ruthless, he had extremely strict control over the soldiers and horses in the capital, and even Jin Shang had never seen the special soldier talisman.Zhaoju's military talisman was obtained by Zhaoju with the power of ordering Yin to transfer grain and grass when Zi Lan was the general in command of the Six Nations Allied Forces more than ten years ago; was forgotten. System of Chu: The talisman of dispatching grain and soldiers must be combined with the talisman of dispatching troops at the same time before the army can leave the camp.However, the chief general of the army outside the city happened to be Zhaoyang, who was also a young hero of the Zhao family, and Zilan's nephew in terms of seniority.At this critical time, this military talisman is the kingship, and Zhaoju is also the chief political commander Yin, so it is logical to send 10,000 soldiers into the city. To prevent accidents, Zilan brought ten elite knights, one color of fast horses and long swords, and galloped towards the valley fortress as soon as they got out of the north gate.The military camp of this fortress is 60 miles away from Yingdu, and the flags of the military camp can be seen after climbing two mountain ridges, and it takes only half an hour to get there without letting go of the fast horse.Just over the first mountain ridge, when descending into the valley, suddenly there was a bang, and the six riders in front suddenly disappeared!Zilan's war horse stood up suddenly, neighed and retreated, and collided with the four horses galloping behind him. Zilan fell off the horse immediately, and a stream of blood spurted out of his nose!Even so, Zilan didn't care about the pain, and immediately drew her sword and shouted: "There's an ambush! After you're done, I'll go to the barracks!" Then she flew on her horse to go around the trap and rush up the mountain ridge. Precisely at this moment, a white shadow flew towards him like lightning, and with a big circle, Zilan's head flew away, and a column of blood shot up into the sky, without even having time to utter a scream.The white shadow flitted past, and a rain of arrows immediately poured into the valley. In a moment, there was no sound of the six riders in the pit and the four riders on the ground. "Soldier Talisman! Here it is for you." A clear female voice came from the jungle. "Okay! Back to Yingdu!" A thick male voice echoed in the jungle. The horseshoes swept away like rain, and the valley returned to tranquility. After noon, King Huai of Chu finally woke up moaning and calling Zheng Xiu's name. The head maid hurriedly knelt down and hugged him in his arms, stroking him and whispering comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, the king, the queen is sleepy, and she will come soon, just come, darling, don't be afraid, take a sip of white jade juice first." , the queen has it, and I have it too. Can you taste it? Oh, it hurts to bite..." Ever since Zheng Xiu gave birth to a prince, King Huai of Chu had this peculiar habit. He nursed it, saying that it was the best drink of heavenly white jade juice.Zheng Xiu was away for a few days, and the seldom happy maids didn't have the heavenly white jade juice, so they had no choice but to let him bite their chest until it bleeds.When he was ignorant, he didn't think that what was stuffed into his mouth and covered his face was a cute and fat couple. In a daze, the old king thought that the one he was hugging was really Zheng Xiu, so he groaned and plunged into the snow-white girl. In the plump bosom, she smacked hard for half an hour before she opened her eyes and wiped her mouth and sat up: "You, you are the queen!" But her hands were only pointing at the pair of fat white tits. "Thank you King Ron—!" The head maid suddenly wrapped the old king in front of her chest in great surprise. King Huai of Chu was so ambitious that he tossed and tossed about. After a while, he was sweating profusely and panting, and then he felt less depressed, and actually laughed: "This pair of beauties is not inferior to Zheng Xiu, God has eyes. " "Don't you know? You and the Queen are already sisters." King Huai of Chu laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, sisters are sisters!" At the moment when King Huai of Chu was happy, an old servant hurried over and said, "Report to my king: something has happened. The palace gate is full of ordinary people from the market, and they have knelt for three hours. They want my king to go out of the palace to accept the letter." King Huai of Chu was stunned for a moment, but suddenly smiled again: "I said, how loud is the humming and buzzing? It turns out that the market is sitting in the palace. Do you want to reduce taxes? Go, find Ling Yin, this king is in charge." This trivial?" "Gongmen Sima reported to Ling Yin in the morning, and Ling Yin sent General Zilan, but there is no news from General Zilan!" King Huai of Chu rolled his eyes and couldn't help shouting: "Jin Shang!" But he stopped suddenly and sighed, "Come on! Let's go, this king is going out to have a look." Just as he was about to take a step, he turned around and ordered loudly, "Come here! People, take the new queen to the bedroom to recuperate." She smiled at the disheveled head maid again, and then followed the old servant out. As soon as he arrived under the pillars of the palace gate, King Huai of Chu stood still in astonishment.In his life, he only saw the elders of the Qu clan begging for Qu Yuan's life back then, the number was only a few hundred, which already made him at a loss, how had he ever seen such a huge crowd?For a moment, King Huai of Chu felt confused with a bang in his head, his face turned blue, his eyes were straight, and he couldn't help trembling.老内侍连忙靠前扶住低声道：“老朽之意：不管市井庶民如何请命，我王尽管答应住，管保无事了。”楚怀王顿时清醒，甩开老内侍笑道：“本王早就如此想了，用得你说？下去！”便抖擞精神走到廊下矜持地一声高喝：“宫门将军何在？” “宫门将军朱英在！” “请庶民三老上前，本王召见了。” “嗨！”朱英转身走下高高石阶，来到跪地请命的一片老人前高声宣谕：“请命人等听了：楚王有诏，着三老上阶晋见。尔等推举三人，随我见王。” 片刻之间，便有三个须发雪白的老人颤巍巍地跟着朱英走上了高高的三十六级台阶，场中民众翘首以待，竟是鸦雀无声。大约顿饭时光，三个老人颤巍巍下了台阶，一个苍老嘶哑的声音便喊了起来：“楚王英明！答应即刻下诏，召屈原大夫还都秉政！” “楚王万岁！”“屈原大夫万岁！”车马场顿时一片欢呼。 “昭雎老狐！如何处置？”有人高声呼喊起来。 “且慢了。”一个老人笑了，“楚王说了，即刻下诏，罢黜昭雎令尹之职。” “彩——！”“楚王英明！”“楚国万岁！”一片山呼海啸般的欢呼便掠过了广场。 突然，却听场外一阵骤雨般马蹄声，便有一骑飞到王宫阶下一声高喊：“彝陵军报！秦军攻楚——！”一个身影便飞也似飘上了三十六级王阶。万千人众顿时僵住，不迟不早，秦国恰恰在这个节骨眼上攻来，谁来统兵对阵？大楚国还能保得住么？