Chapter 67 Chapter 5 Duke Xi of Qi is about to be in big trouble

After a few days like this, Yi Yangjiu went out to meet Ji Yingchu several times. This mysterious girl is not as erratic as before. Yang Jiu made an agreement, and he would definitely come out to meet him. It was the summer of Qi State at this time. After the rainy day before Qi Xigong set off, the sky was clear and blue, and it had been sunny and fine for a long time. Looking out from the city tower, there is a clear green land, the distant mountains are verdant, and the woods reflect the river outside the city, which is even more green and full of business.The sun is shining, the pure blue sky with white clouds is clear and picturesque, although the climate is hotter, it is a refreshing and good weather.

But in the battle situation of Qi State, there is no such a good situation. According to the military news from the palace, the army of Qi's attack on Ji State did not go smoothly as expected, because before the army of Qi State arrived at the battle, the State of Lu, who had a good relationship with Ji State, interceded with Duke Xi of Qi , but was rejected by Duke Xi of Qi. In addition to the assassination incident in the "Cooking Supreme" competition, Qi Xigong also got involved with the monarch of Qi State eight generations ago. Qi Xigong’s reason is that hundreds of years ago, Duke Ai, the king of Qi, was thrown into a cauldron and boiled to death by the king of Zhou because he was framed by the state of Ji. Gently forgive Ji Guo.

Duke Huan of the Lu State married Wen Jiang, the daughter of Duke Xi of Qi. Seeing that his father-in-law was unwilling to accept his mediation, and was prevaricated by him by citing old events eight generations ago, he also became angry, so he married another Zheng Guo, who was at odds with Qi State, joined forces and decided to help Ji State to defend the city. At this time, Qi State had the alliance of Song State and the assistance of Wei State and Yan State, so it decided to fight Lu and Zheng to the death in Ji State. Just as Ji Yingchu expected, it was just a simple war where a strong country oppressed a weak country, but now it has evolved into an international war involving seven countries.

When the news spread to Qi State, the whole Linzi was plunged into an atmosphere of chilling and uneasiness. Those whose families went to war even prayed and burned incense, praying that their father, brother, son, and disciple would return safely no matter what. In such an uneasy atmosphere, Kaifang unexpectedly became the busiest person among the few teenagers, because he sometimes divination and fortune-telling for his colleagues in the Wula unit, and recently, his soul "" The ability to "relieve worries" has improved, so the predictions for many things are quite accurate. As soon as the news came out, many nobles of the Qi State who were worried about their family's expedition came to ask for advice.

In the beginning, Kaifang still had enough time to deal with the nobles who came to ask questions, but when the war situation started to get tense, he no longer dared to divination. Because the battle situation in Qi country is not optimistic, and in recent days, there have been more and more ominous divinations.Although the study of fortune-telling and forecasting has excellent works from time to time and is extremely accurate, as long as people in the world come to divination and fortune-telling, what they want is not an "accurate" answer. What they want is an "answer they want".

Therefore, when the battle situation gradually became more and more dangerous, Kai Fang was too frightened to give advice to others. If you divination ten hexagrams in a row, but the hexagrams and hexagrams are all signs of death, if you tell the truth, it is not uncommon to be beaten into meatloaf. But if you conceal them in good faith and make a reassuring lie, won't you be beaten when the sad news of the sufferer comes? However, this reasoning did not make sense to those worried family members, and there was still an endless stream of people who came to ask for advice. Therefore, it didn't take long for this silent defender to find a secluded forest outside Linzi City, and built a small thatched cottage there. Stay away from the seeking nobles who only want to hear the good news.

On this day, Yi Yangjiu, Yi Ya and others happily ran to the forest to visit Kaifang, and they also brought the "alcohol stone" that can turn water into wine, intending to sing happily with him. The hut that Kaifang built was located in Kuiyang Hill not far from Linzi City. When he was about to move here that day, Yiyangjiu and others helped him build the hut, so of course they were familiar with the way, and arrived there after a short walk. mountainside. When he reached the mountainside, he saw Kaifang sitting in a small forest in a daze, looking up, as if he was looking at the tops of several big trees.

Yi Yangjiu, Yi Ya, and Shu Diao walked into the woods quietly, carrying the appetizers in their hands, intending to surprise and surprise the serious and silent Kaifang. However, after walking into the woods, it was Yiyangjiu who were shocked. It was a small forest, but in the forest there were towering giant trees surrounded by many people. At this moment, the sunlight penetrating through the gaps between the branches and leaves is reflected in the forest, like a peacock spreading its wings, from thin to thick, reflected on the ground in the forest, it is really beautiful. However, this kind of strange scene can only appear when there is a light mist in the morning. It is near noon now, and it is said that the light fog should have disappeared long ago, but for some reason, the whole forest is still filled with a thin veil. fog.

Upon closer inspection, it was not a real mist, but bursts of very fine and light powdery sawdust falling from the sky. With a "pop", the appetizers Yi Ya was carrying fell to the ground, and Yi Yangjiu and Shu Diao also lost their minds, and the three of them raised their heads in unison, their eyes wide open, and their mouths slightly opened. The three originally wanted to scare Kai Fang, but at this moment they were shocked by the scene in front of them and stared dumbfounded. In the sky above the woods, at about the height where the two of them overlap, there is a gray figure floating slowly. "It" floats slowly in front of the branches of several towering giant trees. With a "buzzing" sound, handfuls of wood powder also fell down.

The figure of color this time is Kaifang's primordial spirit "Jieyou", a strange primordial spirit who can predict the future. Moreover, according to Fei Yingji, besides prophecy, this "Worry Relief" also has the ability to control the flow of time. In the quiet woods, fan-shaped light and shadows flowed, and sawdust like fine mist fell. quiet…… Apart from the breathing of a few people, the woods were extremely silent, and even the sound of the branches and leaves being caressed could be heard clearly. Kaifang turned his head slowly, saw several stunned old friends, and said quietly: "Since this morning, 'it' has been like this."

It can be seen that "Jieyou" is still floating back and forth among the giant trees, and the bark of those several giant trees has been peeled off with extremely fine techniques, revealing the smooth and clean trunks. Yi Yangjiu was fascinated, but murmured, "What is it doing? Could it be a woodpecker reincarnated?" But if you look more closely, you will find that behind the peeled bark is not a simple blank tree body, and there seems to be an unusual pattern on the huge pieces of body material. Yi Yangjiu opened his mouth wide, and approached one of the giant trees as if in a daze. As his footsteps approached, the pattern became clearer. It turned out that I don't know what kind of technique "Jieyou" used, but it has carved three-dimensional pictures one by one on these smooth trees! In other words, one by one, three-dimensional sculptures with high and low levels! On the giant wood in front of Yi Yangjiu, several people were engraved. Those people's faces were clear and their figures were obvious, and even the wrinkles on their clothes were engraved on the wood in detail. I saw that it was an old man dressed as a king, sitting on the recliner with an arrogant face, but there was another young king in front of him, with a distorted expression on his face, full of anger, and was about to turn around and leave. The people on the side showed shocked expressions, and behind the old man were several big men who were obviously generals. Some of them had gloomy faces, while others were full of anger. What is even more astonishing is that these woodcuts are so lifelike that they are unimaginable, because Yi Yangjiu took a few glances and clearly recognized that the old king was Qi Xigong, and the general behind him had a stout figure , was about to pull out his sword impulsively, but it turned out to be Peng Sheng, the number one warrior in Qi. Among the generals, Lian Cheng and Guan Zhifu were also seen. The image carved on the wood turned out to be a living scene! There are 14 giant trees whose bark has been peeled off in "Jieyou". A lifelike giant painting. When he was in Acropolis that day, "Jieyou" also used a similar method to predict the tragedy of Yiyang's family. Could it be that what was carved out at this moment is also about to happen? "A few days ago, it started to carve these paintings..." Kaifang raised his head, his face showing a blank expression, "Sometimes the speed is fast, sometimes it takes a while before the patterns come out." Yi Yangjiu looked around curiously, and found that one of the carvings showed a huge number of troops ready to go out and surround a city. The residents in the city dug deep ditches and built huge fortresses. With a worried look. What's even more unbelievable is that the images carved out by "Jieyou" are so fine that even the flags in the city are carved out. On the flags in the city, the word "Ji" is clearly engraved. "This city is Ji Kingdom, right?" Shu Diao murmured, "It's the first arrival of Qi Kingdom's chariot, isn't it?" Kaifang nodded. "That painting is the first one carved out by 'Jieyou'. It was carved out a few days ago. These paintings are in order, and they should be about what happened outside Jiguo City, but I don't know what it is Before it happened, or after it happened." "When we came today, we heard the news that Zheng Guo and Lu Guo were ready to help Ji Guo defend," Yi Yangjiu said, "I heard that Duke Huan of Lu had a quarrel with Duke Xi of Qi." Shu Diao smiled and said, "These two son-in-laws quarreled, it must be exciting, but Xiao Jiu's little girlfriend Wen Jiang is caught in the middle, it's really hard to be human." Yi Yangjiu glared at him, and said angrily: "Didn't you say that you have nothing to do with her? You are still talking nonsense all day long, and you will be happy if you want me to be beheaded by Qihou!" The vertical sable stuck out his tongue, but still had an expression of indifference. Kai Fang glanced at the two of them, and said: "Xiao Jiu is right, you may not know, I heard that there are some unclear things about Wen Jiang and the sons and daughters, which is something that the least nobles dare to talk about." As long as the Marquis of Qi finds out about it, he doesn’t care if you’re joking or not, of course he’ll kill you before talking about it. Also, let’s not talk about Duke Xi now, when the son becomes Marquis of Qi in the future, he will definitely be more serious about such things. Taboo, if you make fun of Xiao Jiu again, it will really kill him." Shu Diao and Yi Ya heard what Kai Fang said, they nodded, their faces were slightly shocked, knowing that what he said was not alarmist. The incestuous affair between Wen Jiang and the eldest son Zhu'er is only a vague rumor among the nobles in the royal palace because of the importance of the matter. In addition, Jiang Zhu'er's succession has already been established, and no one is willing to take the risk of offending the future monarch. risk. As for the strange relationship between Yi Yangjiu himself and Wen Jiang, in order to imagine for Wen Jiang, he never even mentioned these three close friends who are like brothers. Will make fun of him about it. At this moment, the primordial spirit "Jieyou" floating in mid-air made another strange movement. At this moment, it folded its arms and sank quietly as if contemplating. Obviously, it had stopped the movement of carving and painting. Then it landed slowly in the forest where the wood powder was drifting, slowly walked aside, and returned to its original cold and ignorant appearance. Yi Ya saw it interestingly, and said in a low voice: "It seems that the carving is finished, and it looks like it has finished its work." However, Yi Yangjiu counted the flags of various countries in one of the paintings carefully with his fingers. "Look..." He pointed to the engraving where Qi Xingong and Lu Huan quarreled and turned against each other. Among the fourteen paintings, this painting ranked third. "The quarrel between the kings of Qi and Lu happened not long ago, so after the fourth and fifth pictures, it should be a prophecy that it will happen, but it hasn't happened yet." "That's right," Kaifang nodded, pointing to one of the paintings, "In this painting, Yan's army has already retreated; but this thing hasn't happened yet." Several people looked at the 14 strange giant wooden carvings intently, and gradually figured out the ending of the Qi State's attack on Ji State. In the fifth painting, Peng Sheng, the son of the general of Qi State, is majestic, beating the generals of Lu State and Zheng State and fleeing. But in the seventh painting, he has already fled, followed by the army of Zheng Guo and Ji Guo. Then, for some unknown reason, Yan fled, and the remaining armies of Wei and Qi were also defeated. In a small corner of the next picture, there is a carving of the young master Peng Sheng, who was lying on the battlefield with several arrows in his body, not knowing whether he was dead or alive. Behind him, however, was the army of Qi Wei, whose blood flowed into rivers and whose corpses were strewn across the field. Next, Song's reinforcements also arrived, but they still failed to defeat Lu Zheng's coalition forces. In the twelfth picture, the Song army was also defeated, retreating in embarrassment. But in the last picture, Qi Xigong led a group of wounded soldiers and defeated generals, looking at Ji Cheng behind him, with a sad and indignant expression on his face. The fourteen huge wooden carvings clearly showed the end and end of Qi Xigong's attack on Ji Kingdom. "It will be defeated..." Shu Diao murmured, "Isn't it going to go back and warn everyone?" Yi Yangjiu glared at him and shook his head. "This kind of thing must never be done." "Why can't it be done?" Shu Diaoqi said: "Tell everyone as soon as possible, and call Qihou to summon troops back, so as to save so many people from dying, what's wrong with that?" "If you really do this, I don't know how many people will die in the country of Ji," Yi Yangmo said leisurely, "I only know that your life may not be saved." "I did something to save many lives, and it was too late for them to thank me. Why is my life lost?" "He is in charge of an important battle involving an army of tens of thousands. How could he send the soldiers back after listening to a word from you, a brat?" Yi Yangjiu said, "They will definitely not listen to you, but if you go to the city I guess you will be arrested first, and if you win this battle, maybe you will only get a beating, but if they really lose... Hehe, then you Don't even think about your life." Shu Diaoqi said: "I have fulfilled the prophecy and warned everyone. If it really comes true, they should thank me! Why did they kill me?" Yi Yangjiu hadn't answered yet, but Kai Fang spoke quietly. "Because if you win, it means that you are just a crazy bastard, and you are free to talk nonsense. The punishment for a bastard is to beat you up. But if Qi really loses as I predicted, Then you are a sinner who confuses the public, destroys morale, and causes the country to lose the war. Maybe you will put the responsibility for the defeat on your head. To deal with sinners, of course, you will cut off your head with a knife .” "All in all," Yi Yangjiu said seriously, "Only we know what we saw here today, so stop talking nonsense, do you understand?" As he spoke, he took a deep breath, and the primordial spirit "Luoye" beside him wobbled up to the dozen or so giant trees, took out seeds from somewhere on his body, walked around, Sprinkle on the side. And those seeds were also like green snakes scurrying around, growing countless vine branches very quickly, and soon wrapped up the exposed bark of the fourteen giant trees. This was originally Yi Yangjiu's forte. As early as when he was in the Acropolis, he often used this trick to clean up the officials in the Acropolis. Yi Ya looked up and saw that the fourteen giant trees were covered by vines in an instant, and he could no longer see such an astonishing prophecy pattern on the trees, so he couldn't help but said: "I don't want you to practice more. Yuanshen? That day, Senior Zisi also said that among us, your Yuanshen ability is the strongest, isn't it a pity that you didn't practice it?" Yi Yangjiu laughed, and hugged the fat man Yi Ya's neck affectionately. "I know how to practice! I know how to practice!" He exaggeratedly gritted his teeth and said loudly, "How dare I not do what you fat man told me to do?" Yi Ya spat, knowing that he was just talking casually, and wanted to break away from his embrace, but Yi Yangjiu refused to let go, so the two started fighting like this again. After reading the predictions of the battle of Qi State for a long time, it has been a whole afternoon. Knowing that the battle situation in Qi State has changed, several people are not in the mood to drink and eat food, so Kai Fang still goes back to his thatched hut, Yiyang The three of them walked back to Linzi under the afternoon sun.