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Chapter 129: Forcing the Palace (1)
Guogong came out of the post house and returned to the palace soon. He entered the palace. Now the palace is not as majestic as before. Therefore, the palace was actually very chaotic, and many eunuchs, maids, and soldiers all ran away.
Guo Gong went in without any notification, and went directly to the small bedroom. There were two eunuchs outside the small bedroom, so he didn't need to be notified, and went directly to the depths of the small bedroom.
In the inner hall of the small bedroom, a young man was standing in the middle of the hall. He was wearing the black court robe of King Zhou, and he was playing with himself. He was looking at himself in front of the bronze mirror, unfolding his sleeve robe, as if he was a bird. A peacock spreading its tail.
Guo Gong walked in, but he didn't even see him, he was still admiring his clothes, Guo Gongchou laughed at this time, and the young man turned around.
This young man is about the same age as Prince Zhao of Qi, not very old, but his face looks very sinister, he is Ji Lang's youngest son, brought by the prince.
Wang Zidai looked at Guo Gong and said with a smile: "Guo Gong is back? Is the matter... finished?"
Guo Gongchou walked over, sat down directly, and said with a smile: "How can something fail if you are ugly?"
Wang Zidai immediately said: "They all believe it? Including King Chu and Marquis Qi?"
Guo Gongchou straightened his black sleeve robe, and said arrogantly: "Of course, I believe it."
Wang Zidai seemed to be a little suspicious, and asked, "Then, King Chu and Marquis Qi, did you ask anything?"
Guo Gongchou knew what he was worried about, waved his hand and said, "No, I didn't ask anything, I just asked if your abdication was serious, and they all looked very happy."
The prince frowned and said, "I heard that the King of Chu and the Marquis of Qi are unfathomable. Could this be a fraud?"
Guo Gongchou laughed and said: "What is unfathomable? Who can hear that the throne is also unfathomable? You don't need to panic. I think that the king of Chu has no ability at all. He just has a false name! Think about it, if he really If they are capable, how could they try their best to protect Ji Lang? From the very beginning, they have misplaced the treasure!"
He succeeded in pleasing Wang Zidai with his words, and Wang Zidai smiled viciously and said, "You're right."
Guo Gong said with a smile: "When they enter the palace secretly tonight, we will poison the wine and vegetables, and then secretly send soldiers to surround them. Then let the soldiers rush out and chop them to death with knives! Who else in this world Can I earn money with you?!"
The prince stopped listening, then turned his head to look at himself in the bronze mirror, fiddled with the corner of his clothes, and said with a smile: "Yes, you are so right! Who can compete with me in this world? But they are all reckless Cowards!"
Guo Gongchou saw the prince was very happy, so he squinted his eyes and said: "Now my king can get rid of the serious trouble in his heart immediately, and then he will ascend the throne safely. This... ugly would like to ask my king for some rewards first. "
The prince turned his head and said, "Oh? What kind of reward does Duke Guo want? To put it bluntly, do you and I still need these kind words?"
When he said this, Guogong Chou immediately said happily: "This reward... Chou saw the colors of the King of Chu and Duke Zhou today, and he liked them very much. These two people are really the only ones in the sky, and there is no one in the earth. I don't know... If My king is happy, can you catch them and reward Chou after tomorrow's banquet? Chou will never make a mistake, it's just stubbornness."
Hearing this, the prince just smiled and said easily: "I still think it's something, so it's this thing? If Duke Guo can help me ascend the throne, then he will be a veteran hero. Such a small reward, wouldn't I Are you stingy?"
When he said this, Duke Guo Chou was very happy, his eyes lit up, and then he said hesitantly: "Chou is talking about King Chu and Duke Zhou."
The prince waved his hand and said, "I can hear you clearly."
Guogong Chou said again: "This... my king, Zhou Gong is your father, will you hand it over to Chou?"
The prince just sneered and said, "Father? Why not? As long as you can help me ascend the throne, let alone a father who makes you a fool, as long as I have it, ten or one hundred will not be a problem, will it? ?Hahaha……"
As the prince said, he laughed out loud, and there was a kind of madness in that laughter.
Guo Gongchou understood the meaning of Wang Zidai in an instant. If Wang Zidai wanted to ascend the throne, his relatives would not recognize him.
Guo Gongchou immediately cupped his hands and said: "Although my king has not officially ascended the throne, he is becoming more and more like a king of Zhou."
The prince shook his robe and said with a smile, "That's right."
Marquis Wu and Qi Qi lived in the post house. It was already dark when they came, but after waiting for a while, the sky became completely dark. In the dead of night, they heard some footsteps outside.
Then there was the sound of "Knock Knock", someone knocked on the door, and a very soft voice said: "King Chu, I have ordered the King of Chu to enter the palace to discuss important matters in secret!"
Wu Jiu was about to fall asleep, and finally he arrived at Guogong's man. The eunuch was waiting outside the door, and soon someone came to open the door. When he opened the door, he saw Marquis Qi first. Wrong door, but soon, Wu Jiu also came out.
Both Wu Jiu and Marquis Qi were dressed in black court robes, and Wu Jiu said to the eunuch with a smile, "You enter the palace first, and the widow will enter the palace soon."
The eunuch nodded immediately, and sneaked away.
Wu Jiu raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's go."
After they came out of the house, they met Prince Jilang Zheng, and everyone came out of the post office, and the chariots and horses were ready outside, not only the chariots and horses, but also all the troops of the Qi State and the Chu State, Cao GUI, the leading general of the Qi State , and the head of Chu State was Da Sima Pan Chong.
The two immediately cupped their hands and said: "The soldiers and horses are ready!"
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Let's go, let's... enter the palace for a banquet."
Guo Gong said that he entered the palace secretly, which meant clearly that he wanted to lure them into the palace, let them enter the palace quietly, and then surrounded them with soldiers to let them die quietly in the palace.
But how could Wu Jiu make them happy?Wu Jiu's method is really simple and rude, in fact, it is not as good as Wang Zidai and Guo Gong, who directly brought heavy troops to the banquet. When the heavy troops of Qi and Chu are dispatched, we will see who is more powerful.
The army quickly moved out and drove to the gate of the palace. There were soldiers secretly escorting them at the gate of the palace. After a closer look, they were suddenly dumbfounded. Hun'er almost flew out in fright. He hurriedly stopped them and said, "This... King Chu, Duke Qi and Duke Zhou, this is the royal palace, you can't bring troops in."
Neither Wang Zidai nor Duke Guo thought that Wu Jiu and the others would bring troops, and they brought so many soldiers and horses. After all, it was a secret discussion about abdication.
Wu Jiu rode on the horse and said with a smile, "What? You can't bring troops in?"
The eunuch said quickly: "Yes, King Chu, this is the middle of the palace. Before entering the palace, the soldiers and horses must be unloaded outside the palace."
Wu Jiu smiled and waved his hand. Pan Chong who was beside him immediately strode over, grabbed the eunuch, and threw him aside. The eunuch yelled and fell to the ground, trembling with fright.
Wu Jiu rode on his horse and said condescendingly, "You can't lead troops? It's an extraordinary time. There are rebels everywhere. There are also Di people and Rong people in the north who want to sneak into the palace. If there are rebels The thief sneaked into the palace, what should I do? I lead the army, but I want to protect the safety of the new emperor."
He said, squinting his eyes, and said coldly: "Now? Can you lead troops?"
Wu Jiu raised his chin, and Pan Chong pointed his long sword at the eunuch's neck. The eunuch was too frightened to speak, and kept trembling. Seeing that he was silent, Wu Jiao said, "Enter the palace!"
The eunuch couldn't stop them at all, the heavy soldiers from Qi and Chu escorted Wu Jiu, Marquis of Qi, Zhou Gonglang and Prince Zheng, and they all marched into the palace immediately.
The prince was wearing the royal robes of the emperor of Zhou, and was sitting in the bedroom on the road. There was a banquet in the bedroom on the road, and he looked decent. At the same time, besides Guo Gong, there were also some officials from the court who had been bribed. .
For example, Uncle Tui, the doctor of Shangqing, Tao Zi, and Uncle Shan, the guard of the royal city, are all already under the prince's belt, and they supported the prince's belt as the new king.
Everyone was sitting at the table, waiting for the stupid fish to take the bait, and all of them showed joy. After all, Ji Lang is the father of Wang Zidai. If it is about blood, Ji Lang must be purer than Wang Zidai. The prince's belt has more capital, if they can get rid of Ji Lang, the prince's belt will be more justified, and in this era we still have to pay attention to being justified.
Moreover, Duke Guo also wanted to get rid of the powerful enemies of Qi and Chu. Everyone thought very well. Duke Guo even thought of the beautiful scenery he would embrace after he got Wu Jiu and Ji Lang. Just think about it. The king of Chu and the Duke of Zhou serve him, what kind of desire to conquer is that?
Although the banquet hadn't started yet, Guo Gongchou had already started to drink wine. Holding the wine glass, he was thinking while drinking, with the corners of his mouth curled up, almost grinning to the ears, and his smile was a joy.
Just when Wang Zidai thought he was going to be the emperor of Zhou soon, when Duke Guo thought he wanted a beautiful woman in his arms, and when Uncle Taozi and Shan Bo thought he was going to be a senior official of the state of Zhou, he suddenly heard "Tata The sound of footsteps came quickly, and an eunuch hurried in.
With a "plop", he fell to the ground and hurriedly got up again, his clothes were dirty, but he didn't dare to stop, and hurriedly said in horror: "Qi...Qi and Chu! They're coming in!"
"what?"
Everyone didn't understand. They looked at the eunuch in surprise. The eunuch panted heavily and said out of breath, "Qi and Chu! They came in with heavy troops!"
The prince was frightened and stupid, and said: "What's going on!? Didn't you enter the palace secretly!?"
As he said, he looked at Duke Guo, who was stupefied for a moment. He agreed to enter the palace secretly to discuss abdication, but they actually brought troops in?
Guo Gongchou said: "Don't be nervous, don't get confused, we have prepared a thousand soldiers and horses, don't be afraid of them..."
Before he finished speaking, the eunuch said with a pale face: "The soldiers and horses of Qi and Chu were dispatched, and three thousand people entered the palace. They can't get in anymore. The rest are all surrounded by the palace. Outside, there are tens of thousands of people, surrounded by three or four floors!"
When he said this, Uncle Tui was getting old, first of all, he fell down and sat on the ground, his face was pale, and he didn't know what to do.
Guo Gongchou was also pale, just now he said don't be nervous, don't mess yourself up, now Guo Gongchou can't say that anymore.
Just when everyone was in a panic, they suddenly heard faint laughter, Wu Jiu Qihou took the lead and walked in from the outside, and sure enough, he heard the sound of "tattling" footsteps, followed by Ruo Ao's six soldiers in uniform, and Qi's elite soldiers, Zhou Gonglang and Prince Zheng also walked in surrounded by them.
As soon as everyone walked in, they saw Wang Zidai in the robes of the emperor, and Wang Zidai was also a little flustered, watching them walk in step by step.
Wu Jiu walked into Lu's bedroom first, and after he walked in, he kept a distance from the Wang Zidai and the scholar bureaucrats who were on hand, and said with a smile: "Everyone has been waiting for a long time, can we now secretly discuss the matter of abdicating the throne?"
As soon as his words came out, the prince's face almost turned black, and he said, "The king of Chu led troops to surround the palace. What does this mean?"
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Nothing interesting? Now that the situation is turbulent, who knows if there will be people with wolfish ambitions?"
He said, staring at the prince's belt, then turned his gaze to Guo Gongchou, and said: "Who knows if there are people who think they are smart, but they are on the wrong team?"
In the end, Wu Jiu turned his gaze to Uncle Tui Taozi and Uncle Shan, and said with a smile, "Who knows if there will be some people who want to play tricks and hold power?"
When everyone heard Wu Jiu's words, Wu Jiao's every word was bloody, which made those people's faces even more ugly.
Wu Jiu said nothing more, turned around, raised his hand, motioned for Ji Lang to come over, and said with a smile: "Now the prince understands the righteousness and wants to abdicate to the virtuous, and it happens that the father of the prince is Zhou Gong, who is of noble blood. , the late king passed away, the Duke of Zhou is the one with the most right to inherit, no one is more orthodox and more in line with the law of etiquette."
Ji Lang walked over slowly, squinted his eyes and looked at Wang Zidai, Wang Zidai's face was full of ferocity, as if he was very unwilling, but at this time they were already surrounded by thousands of elite soldiers, and they only prepared a thousand tiger troops.
As I said before, because of Hu Qi's death and the chaos in the Luo division, many soldiers in the palace fled. This thousand tiger and ben army is already the maximum limit that can be deployed in the palace. However, they did not expect that Wu Jiao and Qi Hou actually brought heavy troops into the palace, isn't this forcing the palace! ?
The prince saw that the duck with its beak was about to fly, and said in a deep voice: "Duke Qi and the King of Chu led troops into the palace, and there are still so many troops. Didn't they come to discuss important matters in secret? On the contrary, it looks more like forcing the palace!"
Wu Jiu smiled and said: "What? Forced the palace? Why did you force the palace? After all, the prince understands righteousness, isn't he going to abdicate on his own initiative? Only those who don't know the current affairs, we will go to war with each other. After all, in order to Peace is precious."
When Wu Jiu said it, although he was smiling, his smile was not sincere at all, and it looked like a superficial smile.
It's mid-winter now, and the prince's forehead is covered with cold sweat, not only him, but the Duke Guo and the doctors beside him are also sweating.
Guo Gong Chou originally wanted to take Wu Jiu and Ji Lang by force, but when he saw it now, he was so frightened that his legs went limp, so he could only pretend to be calm and said: "This... this... Duke Qi and the King of Chu are also thoughtful, and what they said is true." What I mean is, now is an extraordinary period, Duke Qi and the King of Chu are also thinking of safety, come on, everyone has worked hard, why don't we take a seat, drink two glasses of wine first, and eat a few mouthfuls of delicious food before we talk."
Qi Hou squinted his eyes and said, "There is no need to drink and eat meat. After all, there are rioters and thieves everywhere now. Who knows if someone will poison the wine? If you are not careful, you may not know how to die."
Guo Gong's ugly face was exposed, and his face became even more ugly in an instant.
Wu Jiu said with a smile: "Okay, the night is so dark, if you delay for a while, I'm afraid it will be dawn. Anyway, you are here to abdicate to let the virtuous. Because Ji Lang is virtuous and righteous, she is the best candidate to be the emperor. I don't know." What do you think, I'm already a little tired, and I want to go back and rest."
As he spoke, he waved his sleeves and said, "Ruo Ao's six soldiers obey orders!"
"Yes!"
Ruo Ao's soldiers immediately clasped their fists and cupped their hands in unison. Wu Jiao sneered and said, "Now the prince has abdicated the throne for the virtuous and the Duke of Zhou, and all the ministers present will kneel and worship. Those who do not kneel down will be regarded as traitors...beheaded to show the public!"
"Yes!"
Ruo Ao's soldiers immediately clasped their hands and shouted again, after Wu Jiao finished speaking, the faces of those people on the opposite side became even worse, they all looked left and right, not knowing what to do.
The wine was poisonous, but Qihou Wujiu and the others refused to drink it. There were tiger and cardinal troops ambushing around the palace, but at this time, Qi and Chu brought more soldiers and horses, and the throne of the emperor led by the prince suddenly became a dream. How can the prince be reconciled?
It's not that the prince is not reconciled, the Duke of Guo is not reconciled, and the scholar-bureaucrats are not reconciled either, but at this time, it seems to be a certainty, who would have thought that Qihou and Wu Jiuneng would be so "shameless" and directly drive an army in to force the palace Woolen cloth?
Seeing that they were still not moving, Wu Jiu narrowed his eyes and said, "What? Is it deaf to the words of being a widow?"
As soon as he said this, he heard a sound of "Plop!", Guo Gongchou was the first to kneel down, kowtowed quickly and saluted, and said: "Chou respectfully wishes the new emperor to ascend the throne, and pay homage to the new emperor, the emperor will live forever!"
Guo Gongchou suddenly turned against him. After all, there was nothing he could do. They were already surrounded, and there was no room for change. If they didn’t kneel, it would be a matter of losing their heads. Without using value, how could Guo Gongchou risk his life to protect him?
The prince said in shock, "Duke Guo! You..."
Guo Gongchou ignored him. With Guo Gong at the head, the scholar-bureaucrat Tui Shu and Tao Zi looked at each other, and they also knelt down one after another, saying: "The villain pays homage to the new king, the new king will last for ten thousand years!"
Uncle Shan saw that everyone was kneeling on the ground, and he quickly followed suit, saying that for ten thousand years, he dared not do it again.
All the officials and officials of Guogong knelt down, and the eunuchs and maids beside them also knelt down one after another. They didn't dare to stand still, for fear of losing their heads.
Ji Lang listened to Shan Hu's Wannian, looked at the people kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help feeling a sense of joy in his heart, squinted his eyes, turned his head, and looked at Wang Zidai who didn't kneel down.
Ji Lang walked over slowly, squinted at Wang Zidai who was wearing the emperor's court robe, and said, "Dai'er, what do you want?"
Wang Zidai was panting heavily, he was not as tall as Ji Lang, and now he had become a defeated quail, being looked down by Ji Lang, the prince's face turned blue with anger, but he dared not speak.
Ji Lang stretched out his hand to push aside the prince's belt, walked forward slowly, directly went up the steps of Lu's bedroom, walked up to the emperor's throne, and sat down slowly. The prince belt of the gown is much larger.
Ji Lang sat down, squinted his eyes and looked around, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Since everyone expects it, and now the state of Zhou is in danger, as a subject of the state of Zhou, Lang dare not shirk it. Witnessed by Duke Guo, Duke Guo, and other officials of the state of Zhou, Lang was enthroned as King of Zhou. Although Lang didn't want to spend extravagantly on the rest of the red tape, he still wanted it. He had to wait until the funeral of the late king before congratulating the world. Please invite the princes of the world to pay homage to Master Luo."
What Ji Lang said was grand and grand, but once she sat on the throne, her aura was completely different from the gentleness it had been a few days ago.
Surrounded by soldiers, the scholar-bureaucrats did not dare to say no, and immediately said: "Yes! Yes! The villain obeys!"
Wu Jiu looked at Ji Lang at this moment and said, "Son of Heaven, I don't know how to deal with this person who has abdicated for the virtuous?"
As he spoke, he glanced sideways at the prince's belt.
Wang Zidai was suddenly called, his face was pale with fright, and he was a little shivering. He looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground, and then at the soldiers surrounding the Lu palace. Finally, he knelt on the ground with a "plop", and put his son of heaven on the ground. Quickly tore off the outer robe, threw it aside, kowtowed and said, "Father Wang! Father Wang, please spare me!"
Ji Lang sat on the top of the table, looked down at Wang Zidai who kowtowed on the ground, sneered, and said, "Daier is the widow's beloved son, how can you spare me, now that the widow is enthroned as the emperor, you are still a prince, so it's not right Okay? Come, give the young prince a glass of wine."
As he said, Wu Jiao glanced at Pan Chong who was beside him, and Pan Chong immediately picked up a wine glass, poured out the poisoned wine from the jug, and respectfully brought it in front of the prince.
Wang Zidai was so frightened that his face paled, he kowtowed and said, "Father Wang! Father Wang, please forgive me! Dai'er is really abdicating the throne for the virtuous, please forgive him for the sake of filial piety. Take your life!"
When Ji Lang heard this, he suddenly laughed out loud and said, "Filial piety!?"
As he spoke, he stood up, squinted his eyes at Wang Zidai, and said, "You mean filial piety? When you were in Luonan, who led a sneak attack, denied your relatives, and stabbed your elder brother seriously?!"
Prince Dai knelt on the ground, shivering, pretending to be a boy who was afraid of things, and begged, "Father! Father, please listen to me! Dai'er didn't want to, how could Dai'er do such a murderous act?" What about the father killing the elder brother? The king’s father and elder brother treated Dai’er so affectionately, and Dai’er couldn’t be like this. Dai’er was forced to do so. It was because someone rebelled and threatened Dai’er at that time. Brother and brother, there are no bones left at this time, Father Wang, please take pity on your son!"
Ji Lang smiled and said, "Fake? Your fake almost killed your elder brother!"
Wang Zidai cried and saw that Ji Lang didn't seem to be able to do anything, so he turned his head and looked at Wang Zizheng. Wang Zizheng hadn't spoken yet. The prince crawled over with his knees, hugged Wang Zizheng's calf, and cried on the ground: " Big Brother! Big Brother!! You save Dai’er! Dai’er was forced, and he didn’t want to hurt his elder brother. Dai’er really didn’t want to. Dai’er was forced and helpless. It doesn't matter if my son dies, but I don't want to rest in peace, brother, help me..."
The one from Wang Zidai who was crying was hoarse, Wang Zizheng frowned, looked down at Wang Zidai with swollen eyes and hoarse voice, he seemed a little bit unbearable, among them, only Wang Zizheng had the softest heart.
Prince Zheng raised his head, looked at Ji Lang, and finally cupped his hands and said, "Father, the younger brother was just confused for a while, and the son is fine now, and now that the father has just ascended the throne, if he really killed the younger brother, I am afraid that those who have intentions will be killed." People use it as an excuse to slander and slander the father, please forgive me and let the younger brother go this time."
When Ji Lang heard Wang Zizheng intercede with the prince, the expression on his face became ferocious, and he twisted twice, but what Wang Zizheng said was the truth, tiger poison doesn't even eat its offspring, and the Zhou Dynasty paid attention to etiquette, righteousness and benevolence. In the old days, if Ji Lang killed his son, there would be no way to convince the public, and the country of Lu would definitely criticize Ji Lang and cause unnecessary troubles.
Ji Lang squinted her eyes and looked at Wang Zidai who kept crying and repenting, then suddenly changed her tone and sighed, "Daier, you are always the widow's own son. Although you have done something wrong, how can the widow have the heart to kill you?" What about it? Besides, your brother is pleading for mercy, so I can't bear to kill you even more."
When he said this, Wang Zidai immediately raised his head and looked at Ji Lang in surprise. Ji Lang said slowly, "But capital crimes can be avoided, and living crimes cannot escape. Are you willing to be punished?"
When the prince heard it, he immediately kowtowed and said, "Yes, yes! The son is willing to be punished! It's all up to the king's father!"
Ji Lang didn't immediately speak to deal with the prince's belt, but said: "Come here, take the prince's belt back to the house first, so that he can take care of it, and face the wall and think about it."
Ji Lang put Wang Zidai under house arrest, but did not immediately punish him. Wang Zidai gave a "thump" in his heart, feeling bad. Wang Zidai was not Wang Zizheng. In his heart, his father was very biased and always favored that silly Wang Zizheng. He is very mean to himself, especially Ji Lang himself is a mean person, and only the silly Prince Zheng would think that Ji Lang is a gentle father. To cover up people's eyes and ears, and then send someone to kill him secretly.
The prince with an ugly face was arrested by the soldiers and quickly sent out of the hall and placed under house arrest.
Ji Lang sighed, rubbed her forehead, and said, "I have just ascended the throne, and everything is waiting to be done. The most important thing now is to prepare the funeral for the late king. The relationship between the widow and the late king has always been close, and I can't bear to see it." When there is no one to see him to death, the doctor of Zhong obeys the order, and the widow, as the crown prince, goes to the funeral for the late king."
Everyone immediately looked at each other, logically speaking, Ji Lang's identity is Hu Qi's elder brother. After all, Ji Lang is almost 40 years old this year, and Hu Qi is younger than him, so Ji Lang is Hu Qi's elder brother. But now Ji Lang wants to descend from his seniority and attend Hu Qi's funeral as his son.
Wu Jiao thought to himself, so that was the case, or the Ji Lang in front of him was not at all the same as what he read in history. It turned out that he went around and came back again, but the son was older than his father. Things that can only be done by the Wang family don't seem to be very surprising in the Wang family.
Uncle Tui, a scholar-bureaucrat, immediately complimented Ji Lang and said, "The Son of Heaven has such filial piety, it really makes me and other villains ashamed!"
Taozi immediately said, "The Son of Heaven is wise!"
Uncle Shan immediately complimented him, but Duke Guo was not willing to lag behind, and immediately said: "The emperor is wise!"
Ji Lang laughed and said, "I'll leave the matter of the funeral to Uncle Tui and Tao Zi. I wonder what the two gentlemen would like?"
Uncle Tui and Taozi immediately kowtowed and said, "The Son of Heaven thinks highly of it, it is our honor, thank you Son of Heaven for your kindness!"
Ji Lang waved his hand and said, "Okay, it will be dawn soon, and everyone is tired, so let's all go out to the palace to rest now."
Everyone kowtowed and kowtowed as if they had received amnesty, and then quickly evacuated from the palace surrounded by heavy troops.
As soon as everyone left, Ji Lang said: "Okay, Zheng Er, you are tired too, go and rest, there are still many things in the future, and my father needs you to do it."
Prince Zheng heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Ji Lang say that he would not kill his younger brother. He thanked Ji Lang, then cupped his hands and said, "Father is not fully recovered yet, so he should rest earlier."
Ji Lang smiled and said, "Understood, go get it."
Prince Zheng bowed again, then turned around and left the Lu bedroom, and left quickly.
Just after Wang Zizheng walked out, Qihou raised his eyebrows and said, "The emperor sent the prince away, do you have anything to say to us?"
Ji Lang laughed and said, "What can't be hidden from Duke Qi's eyes?"
Ji Lang said, stood up, walked down the steps slowly, did not continue to sit on the throne of King Zhou, sighed and said: "Oh, Dai'er is the son of the widow, and the widow can't bear to kill him, but what Dai'er did , and it is very hateful, endangering the interests of my country of Zhou, coupled with the fact that Dai'er has a vicious heart, the father of the widow knows best... Dai'er can't be kept, but the widow can't bear to kill him, so this matter , and Duke Lao Qi and the King of Chu."
He said, Qihou and Wu Jiao arched their hands, Qihou and Wu Jiao looked at each other, Wu Jiao already knew what he said, he couldn't bear it, it was all fake, just now Jilang looked at Wang Zidai with eyes , I can't wait to peel the skin and cramps, chop it into meat, so I don't have to bear it at all.
Ji Lang couldn't kill Wang Zidai because Wang Zidai had direct blood relationship with him. In fact, although etiquette and justice are emphasized in this era, it is not uncommon for sons to kill Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu kills sons. It is not surprising at all, but everyone has to face , I dare not say it even if I kill it.
What's more, although Ji Lang ascended the throne now, he adopted the method of "forced palace" to ascend the throne. In this way, many people would not be convinced, and the country of Lu was watching. Ji Lang at this time You can't give excuses to others.
So Ji Lang couldn't kill Wang Zidai, but Ji Lang wanted Wang Zidai to die immediately. There is a way now, which is to ask Wu Jiao and Qihou to do it for him.
But Wu Jiu also considered another issue. After getting along these days, Wu Jiu found that what Qi Hou said was indeed true. Ji Lang, who looks gentle and gentle on the surface, is actually a politician in the interior, hypocritical With hypocrisy he has it all.
Wu Jiu knew very well that Ji Lang had another ulterior purpose in letting them make fake hands, which was to catch him and Qi Hou. Just think about it, the prince is Ji Lang's son, if Wu Jiu and Qi Hou If someone really killed Wang Zidai, then he would have formed a blood feud with Ji Lang. When Ji Lang ascended the throne and stabilized, he wanted to bite back. Isn't it a good excuse to kill Wang Zidai?And the name is justified, dignified and upright.
Wu Jiu laughed, rushed in front of Marquis Qi, and said: "The matters brought about by the prince are the emperor's family affairs, and neither the widow nor the Duke of Qi can handle this matter, so the matters brought by the prince still need the emperor to deal with it." You solve it yourself."
Wu Jiu used the word "family affairs" to reject Ji Lang, but Ji Lang has not yet stabilized her position. Although she has been supported by others, she might turn back when she is forced. At this time, we have to make good friends with Chu and Qi.
Hearing his refusal, Ji Lang didn't mean to be angry at all, she just smiled and said: "What the king of Chu said is right, it's just that I'm biased... Now it's almost dawn, so I invite Duke Qi and the king of Chu to go ahead too." Go rest, you two have worked hard today."
Wu Jiu and Qi Gong clasped their hands together, and left the Lu palace side by side, the two followed, Qi Hou said with a smile: "Second brother is really clever."
Wu Jiu raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, we don't agree to kill Prince Dai for you, but Prince Dai will definitely die. Guess... the new emperor will never let him live for more than two days, saying Maybe after dawn, it will be the time of the king's own death."
As he said so, Qi Hou nodded, and the two of them walked forward. They didn't want to stay in the palace, it was not safe, and they planned to go back to the post house to rest.
Wu Jiu walked with Qi Hou for a while, at this time Qi Hou looked back, as if he was looking at something, Wu Jiao said in surprise, "Your Majesty, what's the matter?"
Qihou raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Second brother, you know, who was eavesdropping when you said that the prince brought you?"
Wu Jiao said in surprise, "What? Someone eavesdropped?"
Qihou smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, it's Prince Zheng."
Wu Jiao was even more surprised, he thought Wang Zizheng had gone to rest, didn't he have left Lu's palace long ago, why was he just hanging around outside and eavesdropping on what they were saying.
Qihou said: "It's nothing, I just asked my second brother to tell him."
Wu Jiu rolled his eyes and seemed to think of something, then he heard Qi Hou say: "Ji Lang is sinister and cunning, but the son he raised is really naive and powerful. Ji Lang is not a long-term candidate for the emperor. It is time for Wang Zizheng to see through his gentle father and see who he really is."
Wu Jiu nodded, he understood that Ji Lang was not a long-term candidate, but the long-term candidate in Qihou's heart was the prince Zheng Zheng who had some friendship with him and was not so sinister. ...
Ji Lang sat alone in the bedroom on the road, sat on the throne for a while, then got up, walked over in the black court robe that Prince Zheng took off just now, walked out of the bedroom on the road, ready to go to the bedroom to have a rest.
Just as Ji Lang walked out of the road bedroom, before he had taken two steps, he suddenly saw a figure and was startled, with a look of surprise on his face, and then he quickly subsided his look of surprise, and said with a light smile: "Zheng Son, why haven't you gone to rest yet?"
Sure enough, it was Prince Zheng. It turned out that Prince Zheng did not leave. After he left, he suddenly thought that the pills that Ji Lang took every day were on his body. Ji Lang had just ascended the throne today, so he would definitely go to the small bedroom to rest, and he could not enter the small bedroom to rest. I want to take the pills.
Who would have thought that when he passed by, he happened to hear Ji Lang asking Wu Jiu and Qi Hou to kill Wang Zidai.
Just now Ji Lang Mingming has agreed to let Wang Zidai go, but he will be punished. Wang Zidai should be punished for doing such a thing, so Wang Zizheng didn't say anything, but who knows, it turned out that Ji Lang just let him go. I want to go back on my word, but I still want to kill Wang Zidai in the end.
Although Wang Zizheng is innocent, he has received a good education since he was a child. Whether it is writing, martial arts, or even the art of war, Wang Zizheng is very good, even surpassing the delicate Ji Lang.
Therefore, Wang Zizheng understood the reason why Ji Lang wanted to use the hands of Qi Hou and Wu Jiu to kill Wang Zidai, and Wang Zizheng was still sweating.
Later, after Wu Jiu and Qi Hou came out, Wang Zizheng secretly followed a few steps, and heard that they already knew Ji Lang's intentions and would not take the bait, so he was relieved, and then turned back to Lu's bedroom.
Wang Zizheng stood at the entrance of the Lu bedroom. After standing for a while, Ji Lang came out from inside. Wang Zizheng completely saw the change in Ji Lang's expression, first frightened, then surprised, and then panicked, as if wanting to He concealed something, and finally turned into his father's usual gentle smile.
Wang Zizheng listened to Ji Lang talking to him, but said indifferently: "Father, why do you have to kill the younger brother?"
Ji Lang was afraid that Wang Zizheng would hear what he said, but Wang Zizheng really heard it. Facing Wang Zizheng's questioning, Ji Lang frowned, restrained his false smile, and said coldly: "He was going to kill the widow. When he did it, did he remember that the widow was his father!?"
Prince Zheng was so coldly shouted by Ji Lang, he couldn't help but lower his head, and said: "But... Father, no matter how wrong my brother did, you can't... If you really kill the younger brother, then you will do it the same way as the younger brother." What's the difference? Father, son, I beg you, let my brother live.
Guo Gong went in without any notification, and went directly to the small bedroom. There were two eunuchs outside the small bedroom, so he didn't need to be notified, and went directly to the depths of the small bedroom.
In the inner hall of the small bedroom, a young man was standing in the middle of the hall. He was wearing the black court robe of King Zhou, and he was playing with himself. He was looking at himself in front of the bronze mirror, unfolding his sleeve robe, as if he was a bird. A peacock spreading its tail.
Guo Gong walked in, but he didn't even see him, he was still admiring his clothes, Guo Gongchou laughed at this time, and the young man turned around.
This young man is about the same age as Prince Zhao of Qi, not very old, but his face looks very sinister, he is Ji Lang's youngest son, brought by the prince.
Wang Zidai looked at Guo Gong and said with a smile: "Guo Gong is back? Is the matter... finished?"
Guo Gongchou walked over, sat down directly, and said with a smile: "How can something fail if you are ugly?"
Wang Zidai immediately said: "They all believe it? Including King Chu and Marquis Qi?"
Guo Gongchou straightened his black sleeve robe, and said arrogantly: "Of course, I believe it."
Wang Zidai seemed to be a little suspicious, and asked, "Then, King Chu and Marquis Qi, did you ask anything?"
Guo Gongchou knew what he was worried about, waved his hand and said, "No, I didn't ask anything, I just asked if your abdication was serious, and they all looked very happy."
The prince frowned and said, "I heard that the King of Chu and the Marquis of Qi are unfathomable. Could this be a fraud?"
Guo Gongchou laughed and said: "What is unfathomable? Who can hear that the throne is also unfathomable? You don't need to panic. I think that the king of Chu has no ability at all. He just has a false name! Think about it, if he really If they are capable, how could they try their best to protect Ji Lang? From the very beginning, they have misplaced the treasure!"
He succeeded in pleasing Wang Zidai with his words, and Wang Zidai smiled viciously and said, "You're right."
Guo Gong said with a smile: "When they enter the palace secretly tonight, we will poison the wine and vegetables, and then secretly send soldiers to surround them. Then let the soldiers rush out and chop them to death with knives! Who else in this world Can I earn money with you?!"
The prince stopped listening, then turned his head to look at himself in the bronze mirror, fiddled with the corner of his clothes, and said with a smile: "Yes, you are so right! Who can compete with me in this world? But they are all reckless Cowards!"
Guo Gongchou saw the prince was very happy, so he squinted his eyes and said: "Now my king can get rid of the serious trouble in his heart immediately, and then he will ascend the throne safely. This... ugly would like to ask my king for some rewards first. "
The prince turned his head and said, "Oh? What kind of reward does Duke Guo want? To put it bluntly, do you and I still need these kind words?"
When he said this, Guogong Chou immediately said happily: "This reward... Chou saw the colors of the King of Chu and Duke Zhou today, and he liked them very much. These two people are really the only ones in the sky, and there is no one in the earth. I don't know... If My king is happy, can you catch them and reward Chou after tomorrow's banquet? Chou will never make a mistake, it's just stubbornness."
Hearing this, the prince just smiled and said easily: "I still think it's something, so it's this thing? If Duke Guo can help me ascend the throne, then he will be a veteran hero. Such a small reward, wouldn't I Are you stingy?"
When he said this, Duke Guo Chou was very happy, his eyes lit up, and then he said hesitantly: "Chou is talking about King Chu and Duke Zhou."
The prince waved his hand and said, "I can hear you clearly."
Guogong Chou said again: "This... my king, Zhou Gong is your father, will you hand it over to Chou?"
The prince just sneered and said, "Father? Why not? As long as you can help me ascend the throne, let alone a father who makes you a fool, as long as I have it, ten or one hundred will not be a problem, will it? ?Hahaha……"
As the prince said, he laughed out loud, and there was a kind of madness in that laughter.
Guo Gongchou understood the meaning of Wang Zidai in an instant. If Wang Zidai wanted to ascend the throne, his relatives would not recognize him.
Guo Gongchou immediately cupped his hands and said: "Although my king has not officially ascended the throne, he is becoming more and more like a king of Zhou."
The prince shook his robe and said with a smile, "That's right."
Marquis Wu and Qi Qi lived in the post house. It was already dark when they came, but after waiting for a while, the sky became completely dark. In the dead of night, they heard some footsteps outside.
Then there was the sound of "Knock Knock", someone knocked on the door, and a very soft voice said: "King Chu, I have ordered the King of Chu to enter the palace to discuss important matters in secret!"
Wu Jiu was about to fall asleep, and finally he arrived at Guogong's man. The eunuch was waiting outside the door, and soon someone came to open the door. When he opened the door, he saw Marquis Qi first. Wrong door, but soon, Wu Jiu also came out.
Both Wu Jiu and Marquis Qi were dressed in black court robes, and Wu Jiu said to the eunuch with a smile, "You enter the palace first, and the widow will enter the palace soon."
The eunuch nodded immediately, and sneaked away.
Wu Jiu raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's go."
After they came out of the house, they met Prince Jilang Zheng, and everyone came out of the post office, and the chariots and horses were ready outside, not only the chariots and horses, but also all the troops of the Qi State and the Chu State, Cao GUI, the leading general of the Qi State , and the head of Chu State was Da Sima Pan Chong.
The two immediately cupped their hands and said: "The soldiers and horses are ready!"
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Let's go, let's... enter the palace for a banquet."
Guo Gong said that he entered the palace secretly, which meant clearly that he wanted to lure them into the palace, let them enter the palace quietly, and then surrounded them with soldiers to let them die quietly in the palace.
But how could Wu Jiu make them happy?Wu Jiu's method is really simple and rude, in fact, it is not as good as Wang Zidai and Guo Gong, who directly brought heavy troops to the banquet. When the heavy troops of Qi and Chu are dispatched, we will see who is more powerful.
The army quickly moved out and drove to the gate of the palace. There were soldiers secretly escorting them at the gate of the palace. After a closer look, they were suddenly dumbfounded. Hun'er almost flew out in fright. He hurriedly stopped them and said, "This... King Chu, Duke Qi and Duke Zhou, this is the royal palace, you can't bring troops in."
Neither Wang Zidai nor Duke Guo thought that Wu Jiu and the others would bring troops, and they brought so many soldiers and horses. After all, it was a secret discussion about abdication.
Wu Jiu rode on the horse and said with a smile, "What? You can't bring troops in?"
The eunuch said quickly: "Yes, King Chu, this is the middle of the palace. Before entering the palace, the soldiers and horses must be unloaded outside the palace."
Wu Jiu smiled and waved his hand. Pan Chong who was beside him immediately strode over, grabbed the eunuch, and threw him aside. The eunuch yelled and fell to the ground, trembling with fright.
Wu Jiu rode on his horse and said condescendingly, "You can't lead troops? It's an extraordinary time. There are rebels everywhere. There are also Di people and Rong people in the north who want to sneak into the palace. If there are rebels The thief sneaked into the palace, what should I do? I lead the army, but I want to protect the safety of the new emperor."
He said, squinting his eyes, and said coldly: "Now? Can you lead troops?"
Wu Jiu raised his chin, and Pan Chong pointed his long sword at the eunuch's neck. The eunuch was too frightened to speak, and kept trembling. Seeing that he was silent, Wu Jiao said, "Enter the palace!"
The eunuch couldn't stop them at all, the heavy soldiers from Qi and Chu escorted Wu Jiu, Marquis of Qi, Zhou Gonglang and Prince Zheng, and they all marched into the palace immediately.
The prince was wearing the royal robes of the emperor of Zhou, and was sitting in the bedroom on the road. There was a banquet in the bedroom on the road, and he looked decent. At the same time, besides Guo Gong, there were also some officials from the court who had been bribed. .
For example, Uncle Tui, the doctor of Shangqing, Tao Zi, and Uncle Shan, the guard of the royal city, are all already under the prince's belt, and they supported the prince's belt as the new king.
Everyone was sitting at the table, waiting for the stupid fish to take the bait, and all of them showed joy. After all, Ji Lang is the father of Wang Zidai. If it is about blood, Ji Lang must be purer than Wang Zidai. The prince's belt has more capital, if they can get rid of Ji Lang, the prince's belt will be more justified, and in this era we still have to pay attention to being justified.
Moreover, Duke Guo also wanted to get rid of the powerful enemies of Qi and Chu. Everyone thought very well. Duke Guo even thought of the beautiful scenery he would embrace after he got Wu Jiu and Ji Lang. Just think about it. The king of Chu and the Duke of Zhou serve him, what kind of desire to conquer is that?
Although the banquet hadn't started yet, Guo Gongchou had already started to drink wine. Holding the wine glass, he was thinking while drinking, with the corners of his mouth curled up, almost grinning to the ears, and his smile was a joy.
Just when Wang Zidai thought he was going to be the emperor of Zhou soon, when Duke Guo thought he wanted a beautiful woman in his arms, and when Uncle Taozi and Shan Bo thought he was going to be a senior official of the state of Zhou, he suddenly heard "Tata The sound of footsteps came quickly, and an eunuch hurried in.
With a "plop", he fell to the ground and hurriedly got up again, his clothes were dirty, but he didn't dare to stop, and hurriedly said in horror: "Qi...Qi and Chu! They're coming in!"
"what?"
Everyone didn't understand. They looked at the eunuch in surprise. The eunuch panted heavily and said out of breath, "Qi and Chu! They came in with heavy troops!"
The prince was frightened and stupid, and said: "What's going on!? Didn't you enter the palace secretly!?"
As he said, he looked at Duke Guo, who was stupefied for a moment. He agreed to enter the palace secretly to discuss abdication, but they actually brought troops in?
Guo Gongchou said: "Don't be nervous, don't get confused, we have prepared a thousand soldiers and horses, don't be afraid of them..."
Before he finished speaking, the eunuch said with a pale face: "The soldiers and horses of Qi and Chu were dispatched, and three thousand people entered the palace. They can't get in anymore. The rest are all surrounded by the palace. Outside, there are tens of thousands of people, surrounded by three or four floors!"
When he said this, Uncle Tui was getting old, first of all, he fell down and sat on the ground, his face was pale, and he didn't know what to do.
Guo Gongchou was also pale, just now he said don't be nervous, don't mess yourself up, now Guo Gongchou can't say that anymore.
Just when everyone was in a panic, they suddenly heard faint laughter, Wu Jiu Qihou took the lead and walked in from the outside, and sure enough, he heard the sound of "tattling" footsteps, followed by Ruo Ao's six soldiers in uniform, and Qi's elite soldiers, Zhou Gonglang and Prince Zheng also walked in surrounded by them.
As soon as everyone walked in, they saw Wang Zidai in the robes of the emperor, and Wang Zidai was also a little flustered, watching them walk in step by step.
Wu Jiu walked into Lu's bedroom first, and after he walked in, he kept a distance from the Wang Zidai and the scholar bureaucrats who were on hand, and said with a smile: "Everyone has been waiting for a long time, can we now secretly discuss the matter of abdicating the throne?"
As soon as his words came out, the prince's face almost turned black, and he said, "The king of Chu led troops to surround the palace. What does this mean?"
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Nothing interesting? Now that the situation is turbulent, who knows if there will be people with wolfish ambitions?"
He said, staring at the prince's belt, then turned his gaze to Guo Gongchou, and said: "Who knows if there are people who think they are smart, but they are on the wrong team?"
In the end, Wu Jiu turned his gaze to Uncle Tui Taozi and Uncle Shan, and said with a smile, "Who knows if there will be some people who want to play tricks and hold power?"
When everyone heard Wu Jiu's words, Wu Jiao's every word was bloody, which made those people's faces even more ugly.
Wu Jiu said nothing more, turned around, raised his hand, motioned for Ji Lang to come over, and said with a smile: "Now the prince understands the righteousness and wants to abdicate to the virtuous, and it happens that the father of the prince is Zhou Gong, who is of noble blood. , the late king passed away, the Duke of Zhou is the one with the most right to inherit, no one is more orthodox and more in line with the law of etiquette."
Ji Lang walked over slowly, squinted his eyes and looked at Wang Zidai, Wang Zidai's face was full of ferocity, as if he was very unwilling, but at this time they were already surrounded by thousands of elite soldiers, and they only prepared a thousand tiger troops.
As I said before, because of Hu Qi's death and the chaos in the Luo division, many soldiers in the palace fled. This thousand tiger and ben army is already the maximum limit that can be deployed in the palace. However, they did not expect that Wu Jiao and Qi Hou actually brought heavy troops into the palace, isn't this forcing the palace! ?
The prince saw that the duck with its beak was about to fly, and said in a deep voice: "Duke Qi and the King of Chu led troops into the palace, and there are still so many troops. Didn't they come to discuss important matters in secret? On the contrary, it looks more like forcing the palace!"
Wu Jiu smiled and said: "What? Forced the palace? Why did you force the palace? After all, the prince understands righteousness, isn't he going to abdicate on his own initiative? Only those who don't know the current affairs, we will go to war with each other. After all, in order to Peace is precious."
When Wu Jiu said it, although he was smiling, his smile was not sincere at all, and it looked like a superficial smile.
It's mid-winter now, and the prince's forehead is covered with cold sweat, not only him, but the Duke Guo and the doctors beside him are also sweating.
Guo Gong Chou originally wanted to take Wu Jiu and Ji Lang by force, but when he saw it now, he was so frightened that his legs went limp, so he could only pretend to be calm and said: "This... this... Duke Qi and the King of Chu are also thoughtful, and what they said is true." What I mean is, now is an extraordinary period, Duke Qi and the King of Chu are also thinking of safety, come on, everyone has worked hard, why don't we take a seat, drink two glasses of wine first, and eat a few mouthfuls of delicious food before we talk."
Qi Hou squinted his eyes and said, "There is no need to drink and eat meat. After all, there are rioters and thieves everywhere now. Who knows if someone will poison the wine? If you are not careful, you may not know how to die."
Guo Gong's ugly face was exposed, and his face became even more ugly in an instant.
Wu Jiu said with a smile: "Okay, the night is so dark, if you delay for a while, I'm afraid it will be dawn. Anyway, you are here to abdicate to let the virtuous. Because Ji Lang is virtuous and righteous, she is the best candidate to be the emperor. I don't know." What do you think, I'm already a little tired, and I want to go back and rest."
As he spoke, he waved his sleeves and said, "Ruo Ao's six soldiers obey orders!"
"Yes!"
Ruo Ao's soldiers immediately clasped their fists and cupped their hands in unison. Wu Jiao sneered and said, "Now the prince has abdicated the throne for the virtuous and the Duke of Zhou, and all the ministers present will kneel and worship. Those who do not kneel down will be regarded as traitors...beheaded to show the public!"
"Yes!"
Ruo Ao's soldiers immediately clasped their hands and shouted again, after Wu Jiao finished speaking, the faces of those people on the opposite side became even worse, they all looked left and right, not knowing what to do.
The wine was poisonous, but Qihou Wujiu and the others refused to drink it. There were tiger and cardinal troops ambushing around the palace, but at this time, Qi and Chu brought more soldiers and horses, and the throne of the emperor led by the prince suddenly became a dream. How can the prince be reconciled?
It's not that the prince is not reconciled, the Duke of Guo is not reconciled, and the scholar-bureaucrats are not reconciled either, but at this time, it seems to be a certainty, who would have thought that Qihou and Wu Jiuneng would be so "shameless" and directly drive an army in to force the palace Woolen cloth?
Seeing that they were still not moving, Wu Jiu narrowed his eyes and said, "What? Is it deaf to the words of being a widow?"
As soon as he said this, he heard a sound of "Plop!", Guo Gongchou was the first to kneel down, kowtowed quickly and saluted, and said: "Chou respectfully wishes the new emperor to ascend the throne, and pay homage to the new emperor, the emperor will live forever!"
Guo Gongchou suddenly turned against him. After all, there was nothing he could do. They were already surrounded, and there was no room for change. If they didn’t kneel, it would be a matter of losing their heads. Without using value, how could Guo Gongchou risk his life to protect him?
The prince said in shock, "Duke Guo! You..."
Guo Gongchou ignored him. With Guo Gong at the head, the scholar-bureaucrat Tui Shu and Tao Zi looked at each other, and they also knelt down one after another, saying: "The villain pays homage to the new king, the new king will last for ten thousand years!"
Uncle Shan saw that everyone was kneeling on the ground, and he quickly followed suit, saying that for ten thousand years, he dared not do it again.
All the officials and officials of Guogong knelt down, and the eunuchs and maids beside them also knelt down one after another. They didn't dare to stand still, for fear of losing their heads.
Ji Lang listened to Shan Hu's Wannian, looked at the people kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help feeling a sense of joy in his heart, squinted his eyes, turned his head, and looked at Wang Zidai who didn't kneel down.
Ji Lang walked over slowly, squinted at Wang Zidai who was wearing the emperor's court robe, and said, "Dai'er, what do you want?"
Wang Zidai was panting heavily, he was not as tall as Ji Lang, and now he had become a defeated quail, being looked down by Ji Lang, the prince's face turned blue with anger, but he dared not speak.
Ji Lang stretched out his hand to push aside the prince's belt, walked forward slowly, directly went up the steps of Lu's bedroom, walked up to the emperor's throne, and sat down slowly. The prince belt of the gown is much larger.
Ji Lang sat down, squinted his eyes and looked around, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Since everyone expects it, and now the state of Zhou is in danger, as a subject of the state of Zhou, Lang dare not shirk it. Witnessed by Duke Guo, Duke Guo, and other officials of the state of Zhou, Lang was enthroned as King of Zhou. Although Lang didn't want to spend extravagantly on the rest of the red tape, he still wanted it. He had to wait until the funeral of the late king before congratulating the world. Please invite the princes of the world to pay homage to Master Luo."
What Ji Lang said was grand and grand, but once she sat on the throne, her aura was completely different from the gentleness it had been a few days ago.
Surrounded by soldiers, the scholar-bureaucrats did not dare to say no, and immediately said: "Yes! Yes! The villain obeys!"
Wu Jiu looked at Ji Lang at this moment and said, "Son of Heaven, I don't know how to deal with this person who has abdicated for the virtuous?"
As he spoke, he glanced sideways at the prince's belt.
Wang Zidai was suddenly called, his face was pale with fright, and he was a little shivering. He looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground, and then at the soldiers surrounding the Lu palace. Finally, he knelt on the ground with a "plop", and put his son of heaven on the ground. Quickly tore off the outer robe, threw it aside, kowtowed and said, "Father Wang! Father Wang, please spare me!"
Ji Lang sat on the top of the table, looked down at Wang Zidai who kowtowed on the ground, sneered, and said, "Daier is the widow's beloved son, how can you spare me, now that the widow is enthroned as the emperor, you are still a prince, so it's not right Okay? Come, give the young prince a glass of wine."
As he said, Wu Jiao glanced at Pan Chong who was beside him, and Pan Chong immediately picked up a wine glass, poured out the poisoned wine from the jug, and respectfully brought it in front of the prince.
Wang Zidai was so frightened that his face paled, he kowtowed and said, "Father Wang! Father Wang, please forgive me! Dai'er is really abdicating the throne for the virtuous, please forgive him for the sake of filial piety. Take your life!"
When Ji Lang heard this, he suddenly laughed out loud and said, "Filial piety!?"
As he spoke, he stood up, squinted his eyes at Wang Zidai, and said, "You mean filial piety? When you were in Luonan, who led a sneak attack, denied your relatives, and stabbed your elder brother seriously?!"
Prince Dai knelt on the ground, shivering, pretending to be a boy who was afraid of things, and begged, "Father! Father, please listen to me! Dai'er didn't want to, how could Dai'er do such a murderous act?" What about the father killing the elder brother? The king’s father and elder brother treated Dai’er so affectionately, and Dai’er couldn’t be like this. Dai’er was forced to do so. It was because someone rebelled and threatened Dai’er at that time. Brother and brother, there are no bones left at this time, Father Wang, please take pity on your son!"
Ji Lang smiled and said, "Fake? Your fake almost killed your elder brother!"
Wang Zidai cried and saw that Ji Lang didn't seem to be able to do anything, so he turned his head and looked at Wang Zizheng. Wang Zizheng hadn't spoken yet. The prince crawled over with his knees, hugged Wang Zizheng's calf, and cried on the ground: " Big Brother! Big Brother!! You save Dai’er! Dai’er was forced, and he didn’t want to hurt his elder brother. Dai’er really didn’t want to. Dai’er was forced and helpless. It doesn't matter if my son dies, but I don't want to rest in peace, brother, help me..."
The one from Wang Zidai who was crying was hoarse, Wang Zizheng frowned, looked down at Wang Zidai with swollen eyes and hoarse voice, he seemed a little bit unbearable, among them, only Wang Zizheng had the softest heart.
Prince Zheng raised his head, looked at Ji Lang, and finally cupped his hands and said, "Father, the younger brother was just confused for a while, and the son is fine now, and now that the father has just ascended the throne, if he really killed the younger brother, I am afraid that those who have intentions will be killed." People use it as an excuse to slander and slander the father, please forgive me and let the younger brother go this time."
When Ji Lang heard Wang Zizheng intercede with the prince, the expression on his face became ferocious, and he twisted twice, but what Wang Zizheng said was the truth, tiger poison doesn't even eat its offspring, and the Zhou Dynasty paid attention to etiquette, righteousness and benevolence. In the old days, if Ji Lang killed his son, there would be no way to convince the public, and the country of Lu would definitely criticize Ji Lang and cause unnecessary troubles.
Ji Lang squinted her eyes and looked at Wang Zidai who kept crying and repenting, then suddenly changed her tone and sighed, "Daier, you are always the widow's own son. Although you have done something wrong, how can the widow have the heart to kill you?" What about it? Besides, your brother is pleading for mercy, so I can't bear to kill you even more."
When he said this, Wang Zidai immediately raised his head and looked at Ji Lang in surprise. Ji Lang said slowly, "But capital crimes can be avoided, and living crimes cannot escape. Are you willing to be punished?"
When the prince heard it, he immediately kowtowed and said, "Yes, yes! The son is willing to be punished! It's all up to the king's father!"
Ji Lang didn't immediately speak to deal with the prince's belt, but said: "Come here, take the prince's belt back to the house first, so that he can take care of it, and face the wall and think about it."
Ji Lang put Wang Zidai under house arrest, but did not immediately punish him. Wang Zidai gave a "thump" in his heart, feeling bad. Wang Zidai was not Wang Zizheng. In his heart, his father was very biased and always favored that silly Wang Zizheng. He is very mean to himself, especially Ji Lang himself is a mean person, and only the silly Prince Zheng would think that Ji Lang is a gentle father. To cover up people's eyes and ears, and then send someone to kill him secretly.
The prince with an ugly face was arrested by the soldiers and quickly sent out of the hall and placed under house arrest.
Ji Lang sighed, rubbed her forehead, and said, "I have just ascended the throne, and everything is waiting to be done. The most important thing now is to prepare the funeral for the late king. The relationship between the widow and the late king has always been close, and I can't bear to see it." When there is no one to see him to death, the doctor of Zhong obeys the order, and the widow, as the crown prince, goes to the funeral for the late king."
Everyone immediately looked at each other, logically speaking, Ji Lang's identity is Hu Qi's elder brother. After all, Ji Lang is almost 40 years old this year, and Hu Qi is younger than him, so Ji Lang is Hu Qi's elder brother. But now Ji Lang wants to descend from his seniority and attend Hu Qi's funeral as his son.
Wu Jiao thought to himself, so that was the case, or the Ji Lang in front of him was not at all the same as what he read in history. It turned out that he went around and came back again, but the son was older than his father. Things that can only be done by the Wang family don't seem to be very surprising in the Wang family.
Uncle Tui, a scholar-bureaucrat, immediately complimented Ji Lang and said, "The Son of Heaven has such filial piety, it really makes me and other villains ashamed!"
Taozi immediately said, "The Son of Heaven is wise!"
Uncle Shan immediately complimented him, but Duke Guo was not willing to lag behind, and immediately said: "The emperor is wise!"
Ji Lang laughed and said, "I'll leave the matter of the funeral to Uncle Tui and Tao Zi. I wonder what the two gentlemen would like?"
Uncle Tui and Taozi immediately kowtowed and said, "The Son of Heaven thinks highly of it, it is our honor, thank you Son of Heaven for your kindness!"
Ji Lang waved his hand and said, "Okay, it will be dawn soon, and everyone is tired, so let's all go out to the palace to rest now."
Everyone kowtowed and kowtowed as if they had received amnesty, and then quickly evacuated from the palace surrounded by heavy troops.
As soon as everyone left, Ji Lang said: "Okay, Zheng Er, you are tired too, go and rest, there are still many things in the future, and my father needs you to do it."
Prince Zheng heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Ji Lang say that he would not kill his younger brother. He thanked Ji Lang, then cupped his hands and said, "Father is not fully recovered yet, so he should rest earlier."
Ji Lang smiled and said, "Understood, go get it."
Prince Zheng bowed again, then turned around and left the Lu bedroom, and left quickly.
Just after Wang Zizheng walked out, Qihou raised his eyebrows and said, "The emperor sent the prince away, do you have anything to say to us?"
Ji Lang laughed and said, "What can't be hidden from Duke Qi's eyes?"
Ji Lang said, stood up, walked down the steps slowly, did not continue to sit on the throne of King Zhou, sighed and said: "Oh, Dai'er is the son of the widow, and the widow can't bear to kill him, but what Dai'er did , and it is very hateful, endangering the interests of my country of Zhou, coupled with the fact that Dai'er has a vicious heart, the father of the widow knows best... Dai'er can't be kept, but the widow can't bear to kill him, so this matter , and Duke Lao Qi and the King of Chu."
He said, Qihou and Wu Jiao arched their hands, Qihou and Wu Jiao looked at each other, Wu Jiao already knew what he said, he couldn't bear it, it was all fake, just now Jilang looked at Wang Zidai with eyes , I can't wait to peel the skin and cramps, chop it into meat, so I don't have to bear it at all.
Ji Lang couldn't kill Wang Zidai because Wang Zidai had direct blood relationship with him. In fact, although etiquette and justice are emphasized in this era, it is not uncommon for sons to kill Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu kills sons. It is not surprising at all, but everyone has to face , I dare not say it even if I kill it.
What's more, although Ji Lang ascended the throne now, he adopted the method of "forced palace" to ascend the throne. In this way, many people would not be convinced, and the country of Lu was watching. Ji Lang at this time You can't give excuses to others.
So Ji Lang couldn't kill Wang Zidai, but Ji Lang wanted Wang Zidai to die immediately. There is a way now, which is to ask Wu Jiao and Qihou to do it for him.
But Wu Jiu also considered another issue. After getting along these days, Wu Jiu found that what Qi Hou said was indeed true. Ji Lang, who looks gentle and gentle on the surface, is actually a politician in the interior, hypocritical With hypocrisy he has it all.
Wu Jiu knew very well that Ji Lang had another ulterior purpose in letting them make fake hands, which was to catch him and Qi Hou. Just think about it, the prince is Ji Lang's son, if Wu Jiu and Qi Hou If someone really killed Wang Zidai, then he would have formed a blood feud with Ji Lang. When Ji Lang ascended the throne and stabilized, he wanted to bite back. Isn't it a good excuse to kill Wang Zidai?And the name is justified, dignified and upright.
Wu Jiu laughed, rushed in front of Marquis Qi, and said: "The matters brought about by the prince are the emperor's family affairs, and neither the widow nor the Duke of Qi can handle this matter, so the matters brought by the prince still need the emperor to deal with it." You solve it yourself."
Wu Jiu used the word "family affairs" to reject Ji Lang, but Ji Lang has not yet stabilized her position. Although she has been supported by others, she might turn back when she is forced. At this time, we have to make good friends with Chu and Qi.
Hearing his refusal, Ji Lang didn't mean to be angry at all, she just smiled and said: "What the king of Chu said is right, it's just that I'm biased... Now it's almost dawn, so I invite Duke Qi and the king of Chu to go ahead too." Go rest, you two have worked hard today."
Wu Jiu and Qi Gong clasped their hands together, and left the Lu palace side by side, the two followed, Qi Hou said with a smile: "Second brother is really clever."
Wu Jiu raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, we don't agree to kill Prince Dai for you, but Prince Dai will definitely die. Guess... the new emperor will never let him live for more than two days, saying Maybe after dawn, it will be the time of the king's own death."
As he said so, Qi Hou nodded, and the two of them walked forward. They didn't want to stay in the palace, it was not safe, and they planned to go back to the post house to rest.
Wu Jiu walked with Qi Hou for a while, at this time Qi Hou looked back, as if he was looking at something, Wu Jiao said in surprise, "Your Majesty, what's the matter?"
Qihou raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Second brother, you know, who was eavesdropping when you said that the prince brought you?"
Wu Jiao said in surprise, "What? Someone eavesdropped?"
Qihou smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, it's Prince Zheng."
Wu Jiao was even more surprised, he thought Wang Zizheng had gone to rest, didn't he have left Lu's palace long ago, why was he just hanging around outside and eavesdropping on what they were saying.
Qihou said: "It's nothing, I just asked my second brother to tell him."
Wu Jiu rolled his eyes and seemed to think of something, then he heard Qi Hou say: "Ji Lang is sinister and cunning, but the son he raised is really naive and powerful. Ji Lang is not a long-term candidate for the emperor. It is time for Wang Zizheng to see through his gentle father and see who he really is."
Wu Jiu nodded, he understood that Ji Lang was not a long-term candidate, but the long-term candidate in Qihou's heart was the prince Zheng Zheng who had some friendship with him and was not so sinister. ...
Ji Lang sat alone in the bedroom on the road, sat on the throne for a while, then got up, walked over in the black court robe that Prince Zheng took off just now, walked out of the bedroom on the road, ready to go to the bedroom to have a rest.
Just as Ji Lang walked out of the road bedroom, before he had taken two steps, he suddenly saw a figure and was startled, with a look of surprise on his face, and then he quickly subsided his look of surprise, and said with a light smile: "Zheng Son, why haven't you gone to rest yet?"
Sure enough, it was Prince Zheng. It turned out that Prince Zheng did not leave. After he left, he suddenly thought that the pills that Ji Lang took every day were on his body. Ji Lang had just ascended the throne today, so he would definitely go to the small bedroom to rest, and he could not enter the small bedroom to rest. I want to take the pills.
Who would have thought that when he passed by, he happened to hear Ji Lang asking Wu Jiu and Qi Hou to kill Wang Zidai.
Just now Ji Lang Mingming has agreed to let Wang Zidai go, but he will be punished. Wang Zidai should be punished for doing such a thing, so Wang Zizheng didn't say anything, but who knows, it turned out that Ji Lang just let him go. I want to go back on my word, but I still want to kill Wang Zidai in the end.
Although Wang Zizheng is innocent, he has received a good education since he was a child. Whether it is writing, martial arts, or even the art of war, Wang Zizheng is very good, even surpassing the delicate Ji Lang.
Therefore, Wang Zizheng understood the reason why Ji Lang wanted to use the hands of Qi Hou and Wu Jiu to kill Wang Zidai, and Wang Zizheng was still sweating.
Later, after Wu Jiu and Qi Hou came out, Wang Zizheng secretly followed a few steps, and heard that they already knew Ji Lang's intentions and would not take the bait, so he was relieved, and then turned back to Lu's bedroom.
Wang Zizheng stood at the entrance of the Lu bedroom. After standing for a while, Ji Lang came out from inside. Wang Zizheng completely saw the change in Ji Lang's expression, first frightened, then surprised, and then panicked, as if wanting to He concealed something, and finally turned into his father's usual gentle smile.
Wang Zizheng listened to Ji Lang talking to him, but said indifferently: "Father, why do you have to kill the younger brother?"
Ji Lang was afraid that Wang Zizheng would hear what he said, but Wang Zizheng really heard it. Facing Wang Zizheng's questioning, Ji Lang frowned, restrained his false smile, and said coldly: "He was going to kill the widow. When he did it, did he remember that the widow was his father!?"
Prince Zheng was so coldly shouted by Ji Lang, he couldn't help but lower his head, and said: "But... Father, no matter how wrong my brother did, you can't... If you really kill the younger brother, then you will do it the same way as the younger brother." What's the difference? Father, son, I beg you, let my brother live.
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