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Because how could it be poisonous, but because the spices in the censer were wrong!

Ziqing quickly pointed to the document, which strictly recorded the shape of the incense burner, the state, color and volume of the incense powder inside, and Ziqing said, "It's incense powder, not balm. How could it become balm?"

The medical officer was surprised and said: "Could it be that there was a careful work in the nap, and it was replaced?"

It’s just that the small bedroom is heavily guarded. After Wu Jiu entered Chu, the state of Chu was still unstable, so Wu Jiu specially strengthened the security of the small bedroom. The surrounding area is guarded by Pan Chong’s cronies, and Wu Jiu generally does not allow court ladies and eunuchs to enter. , There is no chance to secretly change the powder.

Qi Hou squinted his eyes to look at the small incense burner, and suddenly stretched out his hand, "Crack!!", unexpectedly broke the small incense burner, and the jade gemstones inlaid on it sprinkled all over the ground with a "crash".

The shell of the incense burner was extremely thin, and Qi Hou broke it open with bare hands. When he opened it, there were actually two hollow balls nestled together inside.

A metal wire runs through the middle of the ball, and the two hollowed out balls actually form a gyroscope!

The innermost ball is divided into two parts. The bottom part is filled with incense powder, which is exactly the same as the incense powder recorded in the document. After the medical officer checked, it was found that the incense powder was indeed non-toxic.

The upper part of the ball is filled with incense sticks, which is the balm that Ziqing said, and this balm is poisonous.

The gyroscope is a balance instrument, that is to say, as long as the balm in the censer is larger than the powder when it is sent by the people of Yongguo, no matter how the censer is turned over, the balm will be hidden at the bottom so that people cannot see it. The presence of balm.

But once the incense burner burns, the balm and the powder volatilize at the same time, and the balm volatilizes faster than the powder, so the quality of the balm becomes lighter, and the quality of the powder is relatively larger, so the gyroscope starts to balance, turning the balm When it came up, the powder was pressed down instead.

It's no wonder that what everyone saw for the first time was a non-toxic face powder, but now when they opened it again, they saw that it was indeed a balm.

Qihou's face was ugly, Wu Jiu and Tang Wu were poisoned, obviously because of this incense burner, especially Wu Jiu, Wu Jiu had to work on the case every day, reviewing documents, and the incense burner was next to him, naturally he inhaled the most poisonous gas, so the wounded is also the heaviest.

Qihou's face was not good-looking, and he threw the incense burner on the ground with a loud "Boom!!!", no wonder the people of Yongguo are so humble and respectful. Jue poisoned the king of Chu to death. In this way, the state of Chu will have no leader, the strength of the Yong state will not be bad, and there will be Baipu people who will surrender, and then they will be able to fight against the state of Chu.

Although Yongguo is a small country, its strength cannot be underestimated because of the surrender of the Pu people. It can be said that regardless of how powerful Chu was at that time, if Chu wanted to destroy Yongguo by itself, then It is simply impossible.

In history, Chu State also united with Qin State and other countries to wipe out Yong State together.

The Yong State had nothing to fear, relying on its strong military strength and the assistance of the Pu people, now it was about to disrupt the interior of the Chu State. Once Wu Jiu died, they would be able to drive straight in, and they might even swallow the Chu State in one go.

The intentions of the people of Yongguo are already obvious. They used ingenious craftsmanship to make this gyroscope mechanism. Now that the trick has succeeded, there must be new moves soon.

Qihou was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard the eunuch say: "Your Majesty, Sima has something to ask for an audience!"

The eunuchs outside didn't know that Wu Jiu was already unconscious. At this time, Pan Chong asked to see him, and he still had something important to do. Qihou's face immediately darkened. If he guessed right, he must have something to do with Yongguo.

Qi Hou said to the medical officer: "Today's matter about the king of Chu, I only hope that the old man will strictly keep his mouth shut and not disclose it to anyone."

As he spoke, he dusted off his black robe, tidied up his scattered clothes, and said, "I don't want anyone to know about the poisoning of the King of Chu. Let's go to detoxification, if you need something, just direct Ziqing to do it."

The old medical officer was almost frightened, he also knew that the matter was of great importance, and he heard Qihou's threat, don't look at Qihou when he followed Wu Jiu, he was like a big dog with a gluttonous appetite, but Qihou was a big dog after all. The monarch, and he is not an ordinary monarch, he is the head of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, and he is also a monarch who has done it all over again, so he naturally has his own bearing and majesty.

The old medical officer hastily agreed, not daring to disobey in the slightest, Qi Hou nodded, glanced at Wu Jiao lying unconscious on the couch, then turned his head and walked out of the inner hall to the outer hall.

Pan Chong was waiting in the outer hall, very anxious, seeing a man in black robe coming out, he thought it was King Wu Jiu of Chu, so he rushed to meet him, but after a closer look, it turned out to be Marquis Qi.

Pan Chong immediately said: "Duke Qi, I don't know where my king is? Chong has something important to report."

Qihou was very calm, and said: "The king of Chu has been tired from official duties these days, so he just fell asleep. If you have anything to say, just talk to Gu, and Gu will tell the king when he wakes up."

When Pan Chong heard this, his eyes rolled for a moment. He always felt that what he said was very strange. These days, there is nothing in the state of Chu that makes the king tired. How could it be possible that he fell asleep after working hard?

In addition, when Pan Chong came, he had already heard the news that Wu Jiu had passed out in the dining room, so although he was suspicious, he still said: "Yes, Duke Qi, that's how it is. The people of the Yong state suddenly issued a document saying that our state of Chu Blackmail them, demand their belongings and national treasures!"

Yongguo issued a document without any warning, announcing to the world that the people of Chu State were deceiving people so much that they even blackmailed Yongguo, plundered their gold, silver and jewels, and demanded their national treasure. Counterattack, and now I plan to send troops to attack the Chu State of the Southern Barbarians!

Upon hearing this, Marquis Qi sneered, and said, "Hmph, the Yong people have finally shown their feet."

The National People's Congress of Yongguo spent a lot of time hiding the poisonous ointment in the gyroscope, in order to poison Wu Jiu, and then sent troops to attack Chu State when Chu State was leaderless. Now they must have counted the timing and felt that this It was time for the balm to explode, so so many unnecessary charges were suddenly compiled and pinned on the head of Chu State.

Pan Chong said: "The frontier customs urgently reported that the mediocre people in the northwest have indeed made some changes these days. They are strengthening their garrisons towards our Chu country. Duke Qi, what should we do?"

Qihou said: "Don't panic. Didn't the king of Chu ask you to send troops to attack the country of Yun? This force should not be used to attack the country of Yun for the time being, but to defend against the country of Yong."

"Yes!"

Qi Hou said again: "It's not too late, you should deal with this matter quickly, now that Zuo Sima is not in court, you can ask Gong Zhiqi to assist you."

Pan Chong nodded quickly and said, "Yes, Chong will go now."

Qihou nodded and asked Pan Chong to dispatch troops immediately.

Qihou quickly returned to the inner hall, everyone was still busy, Wu Jiao was lying on the couch with a lifeless look on his face, the medical officer asked Ziqing to boil the medicine, because they were all poisoned in the same way, so the medical officer did the same Boiled four sets of medicine, let Qihou Ziqing drink them all, and then asked someone to pour the medicine on Wu Jiu and Tang Wu.

Wu Jiu was unconscious, most of the medicine rolled in would not be able to be drunk, and some would be spit out after drinking, and this went on and on for a long time, and it soon became dark.

Because the people of the Yong state suddenly issued a declaration that they wanted to crusade against them, and announced it to the world, so the literati and bureaucrats in the Chu state heard about it. Many people ran to the small bedroom to see Wu Jiu, but they were all stopped by the Marquis of Qi. On the outside, I directly rejected it for various reasons.

Qihou was busy all the way through the night, and when he entered the inner hall, Wu Jiu was still lying lifeless on the couch, his face was pale, his figure was thin, and he was sweating profusely. It seemed that even though he was unconscious, he still felt very uncomfortable.

Qihou took a handkerchief, carefully wiped the sweat off Wu Jiu's cheeks, and said softly, "Second brother, wake up quickly, why do you have the heart to leave me alone? Look, the mess in Chu State still needs you Let’s pick, the people from Yongguo are coming soon, they have really good faces, when you wake up, you have to find a good way to deal with them, and punish them, so as to relieve the hatred in your heart.”

Qi Hou didn't sleep all night, so he sat on the edge of the couch, wiped Wu Jiu's sweat, and was afraid that he would get tired from lying down like this, so he squeezed his arms and legs, and helped him move around and massage.

Pan Chong went to deal with the changes in Yongguo, but Wu Jiao was still in a coma. Three days later, he was still unconscious. He still needed to go to court. Qi Hou also helped Wu Jiao to avoid it, but said that the King of Chu was in poor health. , could not go to court, and asked the old medical officer to testify.

The enemy is now, and the people of the Yong state are pouring dirty water on the head of the state of Chu, but the king of Chu just ordered Pan Chong to send troops and generals, and he didn't even come to the court meeting, which caused a lot of repercussions.

Dou Qi was also turned away for the past two days, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he entered the palace again, planning to visit Wu Jiu again to see what was going on.

After Dou Qi entered the palace, he soon met Ruo Luchen who was Sibai. He was poisoned last time, and he recovered after recuperation.

Seeing Dou Qi, Ruo Luchen hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Lord Mo Ao."

Dou Qi also saluted him, because of Dou Bobi's instructions, Dou Qi did not target Lu Chen. Although Dou Qi still didn't want to see people from the Ru family, Lu Chen was respectful and polite, which made it difficult to find him. to deal with him.

Lu Luchen said, "Your Majesty Mo Ao is going to sleep too?"

Dou Qi frowned and nodded, and said: "Exactly, since I haven't seen the king these days, Dou is always restless in his heart, so I want to try again."

Lu Chen also nodded and said, "Lu Chen just happened to be going to bed too."

The two of them went all the way to the small bedroom. When they arrived at the entrance of the small bedroom, they didn't see the king of Chu. They saw Ziqing first. The toxins in the bodies of Ziqing and Qihou had almost been cleaned up. Get in the way.

Ziqing stopped Dou Qi and Ruo Luchen, and said: "You two gentlemen, wait a moment, I need to inform you."

Ziqing went in to report, but the result was predictable. Marquis Qi needed to keep the news that Wu Jiu was unconscious, so he must not let anyone know that Wu Jiu was seriously ill.

After Ziqing came out, he said apologetically, "My lords, I'm really sorry, the king just took a lunch break, please come back at another time, my lords."

Ziqing's words were obviously prevarication. He hadn't had lunch yet, so why did he suddenly take a lunch break?Besides, Wu Jiu didn't have the habit of taking a lunch break either.

Dou Qi said: "It's okay. Anyway, Dou is resting today and has nothing to do, so he will wait here for a while and ask to see Wang after he has a rest in the morning."

When he said this, Ziqing's expression changed, Dou Qi was Mo Ao, the senior doctor, and now there is no Ling Yin, the biggest official is Sima, and then Mo Ao.

Coupled with Dou Qi's noble status, according to seniority, Dou Bobi is Xiong Bai's uncle, that is, Wu Jiu's uncle, and Dou Qi is Dou Bobi's younger brother, who is also Wu Jiu's uncle.

Dou Qi is waiting here, the key is that it is impossible for the king of Chu to see him after his lunch break, in this case, wouldn't he be playing tricks on Uncle Wang?

Ziqing quickly retreated to the hall, and quickly found Qihou. Qihou frowned and asked Ziqing to take care of Wu Jiu. He walked out of the hall and came to the door of the small dormitory. Defeat, why did you two come together today?"

Dou Qi and Ruo Luchen hurriedly cupped their hands and said in unison, "I pay my respects to Duke Qi."

Qihou said with a smile: "There is no need to be too polite."

Dou Qi cupped his hands and said: "To be honest with Duke Qi, Dou Qi hasn't seen the king these days. He heard that the king is sick and can't even attend the routine court meeting, so he was worried and came here to visit my king."

After hearing this, Marquis Qi smiled, and said, "Don't worry, Mo Ao, it's not a big deal, but the King of Chu is usually in poor health, and now it's just a change of weather, he just caught a cold and caught a cold, and he's afraid that it will be passed on to the doctors, and it will be misunderstood." State affairs."

Dou Qi listened to this, but he didn't believe it. After all, Qi Hou's smile didn't reach his eyes, and he looked hypocritical.

Dou Qi still wanted to speak, but at this time Lu Chen suddenly said bluntly: "Duke Qi, my king can't see his ministers, I'm afraid it's not because he caught a cold, but because he was seriously ill and couldn't summon his ministers?"

When he said this, Qihou's smile froze on his face, and his whole face suddenly became gloomy. When Dou Qi heard it, his heart beat wildly. Although he had thought about this idea, it was too crazy, and he really didn't dare. think about it.

Furthermore, although King Chu's body is a little weaker, he usually pays attention to it. It is impossible for him to suddenly become seriously ill. There must be a reason.

The blue veins on Qihou's face twitched, but Lu Chen cupped his hands neither humble nor overbearing and said: "Lu Chen knows that Duke Qi has good intentions and is also thinking of my king, but now that the soldiers and horses of the Yong Kingdom are about to be taken to the border, my king will not hold a court meeting." , Not even a court meeting is held, if it goes on for a long time, I'm afraid it will provoke people's tongues."

Qihou's face was even more ugly, circling low pressure, his face darkened, he looked at Lu Chen coldly, Dou Qi sweated for him, glanced sideways at Lu Chen, and gave him a slap color.

Don't look at Qi Hou who is usually smiling, with a handsome face, who seems to only know how to eat, but his angry appearance is really terrifying, and Dou Qi is afraid that Lu Chen will lose his head.

Marquis Qi stared at Ruo Luchen, but Ruo Luchen didn't feel scared. Instead, with a frank look on his face, he still cupped his hands and said, "Duke Qi, please think twice."

At this time, Marquis Qi laughed, raised his hand and nodded to Lu Chen, saying: "You are not cowardly, you are the second one who dares to talk to Gu like this...you King Chu is the first."

As he spoke, he turned his head and walked into the hall, and the black sleeve robe waved and said, "Follow."

Both Dou Qi and Ruo Luchen showed some joy on their faces, and quickly followed in Qihou's footsteps, and quickly walked into the small bedroom.

Ziqing was taking care of Wu Jiu who was unconscious. When he saw someone coming in, he was startled, but Qi Hou shook his head, signaling him not to be nervous. Startled.

Dou Qi said: "This... this... What the hell is going on?! How could the king become like this?!"

Lu Chen didn't expect that he really guessed right. Qi Hou said: "Two doctors, don't worry, the medical officer has found the root cause and is treating him. King Chu's life is not in danger, but he doesn't know when he will wake up. This is a man from the Yong Kingdom. trick."

Qi Hou talked about the gyroscope in the incense burner again, and both Dou Qi and Lu Lu Chen squinted their eyes. Qi Hou said again: "The people of Yongguo have 'good intentions'. Now that the King of Chu is ill, they took the opportunity to send troops and want to Conquering Chu State, in this way, I dare not let the news of King Chu's illness spread, which may affect the stability of Chu State."

Both Dou Qi and Ruo Luchen nodded, and Ruo Luchen said: "But just as Lu Chen said, although the news of my king's illness has not spread, but the Yongguo is preparing to send troops, but my king will not hold a meeting. , I am afraid it will also arouse suspicion, and the gain will outweigh the loss."

Dou Qi said: "But my king is like this, how can I hold a court meeting?"

Lu Chen frowned and did not speak. Marquis Qi squinted his eyes at this moment, and said, "Now it seems that it is necessary to convene a parliament. Otherwise, internal speculation in Chu may cause instigation by people with ulterior motives."

Dou Qi said: "But... how to hold it?"

Qihou squinted his eyes and said, "Mo Ao, please go and inform the senior officials of Chu State that a court meeting will be held later today."

Dou Qi was surprised and said, "Qi Gong?"

Qi Hou narrowed his eyes and said: "I have my own way, to confuse the real with the fake."

Dou Qi and Lu Chen rushed to inform the doctors that they were going to hold a court meeting instead of a court meeting.

The court meeting was held in the small bedroom, not in the road bedroom.

All the ministers hurried to the small bedroom. Everyone heard that the king was going to call the most trusted senior officials to discuss the affairs of Yongguo, so naturally they rushed over.

Everyone gathered at the entrance of the small bedroom, and soon the palace door opened.People lined up to enter one after another. After entering, they found that something was wrong, because the curtain was drawn in the small bedroom, it was not a curtain that completely covered it, and everyone could vaguely see a person sitting behind the curtain. A gap was just right, revealing the black robe, the robe of King Chu.

At this time, Qi Hou was wearing Wu Jiu's outer robe, sitting behind the curtain, fortunately the outer robe was very loose, if it was tight fitting, Qi Hou would definitely not be able to wear Wu Jiu's slim clothes.

Qihou sat behind the curtain and asked Ziqing to pass on the message.

Ziqing then said: "My king has a sore throat and can't speak. Please speak freely for the court meeting today, and my king will inform you in a document."

Everyone looked at each other, a little suspicious, Dou Qi and Luo Luchen sweated for Marquis Qi, someone got up immediately and said: "Your Majesty is not feeling well, but you can see a medical officer. I don't know why you have to close the curtain?"

Qi Hou sneered silently, but he didn't speak, but wrote a few words on the bamboo slips and asked Ziqing to hand them out.

Ziqing said: "My king, Lord Lao Moao, read it in public."

Dou Qi quickly stood up, in fact, he knew that Qihou wanted to use his prestige, now was an extraordinary time, and Dou Qi would also stand up for the sake of Chu, so he would naturally stand up.

Dou Qi hurriedly picked up the document and read it out in public. What Qihou meant was that "I" was infected with the cold, and it was a little serious, and my voice was hoarse and I couldn't speak. At the same time, I was afraid that it would be passed on to Doctor Qing. If there is any discomfort, wouldn't it be Chu's loss?

After hearing this, everyone felt that it was reasonable, and they were ready to start court discussions.

At this time, Pan Chong came late, and ran in quickly from the outside. After entering, he hurriedly said: "My king! The big thing is not good. The Pu people in the south have already united with Yongguo and started to move around. Ze, sneaked into the territory of our state of Chu."

As soon as his words came out, the crowd immediately clamored.

The Yunmeng Lake mentioned by Pan Chong is actually Dongting Lake. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the area of ​​Dongting Lake was very large. The south of the Yangtze River was called Dongting, while the north of the Yangtze River was called Yunmeng.

Yunmengze is different from Dongting Lake. It is mostly swamps and wetlands, and there are large forests. The terrain is rugged. Even the locals of Chu State rarely go there. It is a natural barrier.

The state of Chu also has a hunting ground in Yunmengze. After all, there are abundant trees and many wild animals and birds. The kings of Chu of all dynasties liked to hunt there.

However, now the Pu people want to use the natural dangers of Chu State as a cover to sneak in and attack Chu State, forming a two-sided attack with Yong State.

Dou Qi cupped his hands and said: "My king, the Pu people are cunning. If they really sneaked in from Yunmeng, then our Chu country is in danger. Please send troops to Yunmeng as soon as possible."

He said, paused, seemed to be thinking, and said: "Dou Qi thinks that General Fuquan has outstanding military exploits and experience in water warfare, so he is suitable for blocking the Pu people. Please consider it, my king."

As soon as he said this, the left apprentice next to him immediately said: "Master Mo Ao, have you forgotten that although General Fenquan was a general of our Chu State before, but now General Fist Fist is a general of Qi State, Today, the officials of the Shangqing court have not recruited General Fuquan, let alone lead troops to fight?"

When Zuo Tu said this, there were many people around him who agreed, and they all felt that General Fist Fist was already a member of the Qi State, and he was not suitable for leading troops to fight.

Feng Shu thought for a while at this time, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "My king, the hostage Zhao Jia sent from Qin State a few days ago, Feng Shu heard that he is a very powerful general, and he has led several boat divisions in battle, Zhao Jia Although he is a native of Qin, he is already the hostage of our Chu State, so if he is sent to fight, and he will accept the military festival when he comes back, he will not have any worries about the future, wouldn't he kill two birds with one stone?"

When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other in blank dismay, as if they felt that Feng Shu's method was indeed feasible, but it was a little too wicked.

Zhao Jia, son of the Qin State, is a well-known general. Zhao Jia is good at fighting. He has repelled the Di people to the north and the Rong people to the west, but he has never fought in the south.

In fact, this is not a problem, because the Rong people in the west and the Di people in the north actually have similar tactics to the Pu people in the south, that is, guerrilla warfare.

The power of the Pu people is not strong, because they have not been baptized by the Chinese culture, so they are still very backward, but the Pu people are superior in that they can fight guerrilla warfare, and they are good at water warfare, and can swim in the swamp.

Although Zhao Jia had never dealt with the Pu people, Qin State also had water boat masters, which were actually what modern people call a water army. Zhao Jia had also trained a water army and was very experienced in water warfare.

Therefore, everyone felt that it was quite appropriate, but Feng Shu's opinion was a bit unkind, after all Zhao Jia was a proton, when he was employed, he asked him to fight, and if he was not used, he would lose his military power.

Feng Shu was threatened by Zhao Jia before, and today he happened to recommend Zhao Jia, Feng Shu thought in his heart, anyway, if I recommend, it will be up to you whether you can keep your official position.

Others were thinking about this question, and saw the black sleeve robe move behind the curtain, and soon Ziqing walked behind the curtain, and everyone saw the black sleeve robe kept moving, as if writing a document.

Soon Ziqing took out the document and handed it to Dou Qi. Dou Qi looked down and saw that there was only one word on it.

--"Can."

As soon as everyone heard it, the king had agreed, and then Ziqing handed over another document, this time with more words, and it was for Pan Chong.

Qihou wrote down the strategy of this battle in a concise manner. The people of Yongguo and the Pu people obviously had contacted a long time ago. Pan Chong had dispatched troops to attack Chu from the west and south while Chu had no leader. , but it was prepared to deal with Yun country before, but now it is changed to deal with Yong country, and there is not much strategic change.

Now we have to look to the south. Marquis Qi asked Zhao Jia, son of Qin, to lead [-] troops and rush to Yunmeng Daze. At Yunmeng, stop the Pu people, don't confront the Pu people head-on, just guard the border of Chu State. If the Pu people were going to sneak into Yunmeng Lake from Dongting Lake, they would be captured one by one and driven back to Pudi. In this way, Pan Chong's men could concentrate on dealing with the Yong people in the west.

The court discussion was over soon, and the method of dealing with the mediocre and Pu people was discussed. In detail, Sima needed to give a plan, and then presented it to the King of Chu.

Everyone bowed and exited the small bedroom one by one. The tent curtain was still standing, blocking everyone's sight. After all the high officials had gone out, Qihou was still sitting behind the curtain, and Ziqing walked in quickly. Said: "Your Majesty, Doctor Qing has gone out."

Qi Hou nodded, stood up quickly, asked Ziqing to go to the medical officer, and gave Wu Jiu a routine physical examination. Then he took off the black court robe of King Chu, threw it aside, and entered the inner hall. Go and see Wu Jiao.

Wu Jiao was lying on the couch, still in a coma, because he just lay down every day, so he became thinner and thinner, and his face looked even paler. Qihou walked in, sat on the edge of the couch as usual, stretched out his hands and gently rubbed He squeezed Wu Jiao's shoulders, arms and legs, and gave him a massage, for fear that Wu Jiao would lie down for too long.

Qi Hou gently stroked Wu Jiu's forehead, swept away his temple hair, and said in a low voice, "Second brother, when did you wake up?"

Qi Hou was talking to himself, and Wu Jiu would not wake up to take care of him. Ziqing walked in with the medical officer. The medical officer gave Wu Jiu a routine examination, and then said: "Qi Gong, don't worry too much, Your Majesty Things are improving."

No matter how Qi Hou looked at Wu Jiu's pale face, he didn't think it was getting better, but the medical officer always said it was getting better.

Soon after the "King of Chu" ordered, Zhao Jia, son of Qin, led his troops and prepared to set off. With [-] troops, he went to Yunmeng in the south to stop the invasion of the Pu people.

Zhao Jia rushed to Yunmeng, and in just ten days, the news came one after another. The Pu people were defeated three times in a row, and the Pu people who wanted to smuggle were beaten to pieces.

After all, there were not many Pu people, Zhao Jia arrived with an army of [-], plus Zhao Jia also had experience in water warfare, so he defeated the Pu people three times in one breath, and captured many generals of the Pu people. It has been rewarding.

When the news reached the capital city of Ying, Qihou immediately asked people to spread the news to the battlefield in the northwest, and soon the Yong people also knew the news that the Pu people had suffered repeated setbacks. Although the Yong country and the Pu people were two battlefields, they still had As a result, the morale of Yongguo was low, and he was completely defeated by Pan Chong, so he retreated to his old den and dared not come out.

For a while, the city of Ying was encouraged. Although the people of the Yong people took the initiative and the people of the Pu people planned to attack people in the back, neither side got any benefits.

Not only that, what made Qihou happy was that Tang Wu had woken up. Tang Wu's poisoning was less serious than Wu Jiao's. After all, the incense burner was placed on Wu Jiao's case, and Tang Wu's body was stronger than Wu Jiao's. The toxins in the body are cleaned up, and you will wake up naturally.

After Tang Wu woke up, he was still very weak, but he didn't dare to stay, so he quickly asked Ziqing to help him go to the small bedroom to visit Wu Jiu, and asked the old medical officer to re-mix some medicinal materials. The old medical officer looked at the prescription , immediately clapped his hands in amazement, hurriedly asked someone to decoct the medicine again, and gave it to Wu Jiu immediately.

Tang Wu's face was still very pale. After changing the prescription, he said: "Please ask the cook to make some nourishing meals for the king. The king will be able to wake up in two days."

When Qi Hou heard this, the haze that had been shrouded in his heart for a long time was finally dispelled. Tang Wu's words gave Qi Hou hope. Every time the old medical officer came to see him, he just said that he was getting better soon. But he couldn't say the specific time, Wu Jiu's face was still pale, his figure became thinner day by day, more and more haggard, and there was no sign of recovery at all.

Qihou hurriedly asked Ziqing to inform the dining room that these days, he must cook a special nourishing, but light and delicious meal, and it has to be warmed on a small fire at night, so he is ready to eat it immediately when Wu Jing wakes up.

Tang Wu nursed Wu Jiao for two days. Although Wu Jiao hadn't woken up yet, his complexion became much better, at least not pale or blue.

That day, Qihou had already fallen asleep, and gave Wu Jiu a massage as a routine, and then lay down beside Wu Jiu to rest, turned off the light, and fell asleep for an unknown period of time, when suddenly there was a sound outside, quite noisy, Qihou was already He was alert, and now that Wu Jiu fell ill, he was even more alert, and woke up immediately when he heard the sound.

Wu Jiu beside him hadn't woken up yet, he seemed to be sleeping peacefully, but fortunately his face was not ugly, Qi Hou got up softly, put on his robe, and said, "It's so late, who is making noise outside?"

When he said that, a maid on duty came in quickly and said, "Duke Qi, it is Mr. Mo Ao who said that he has an urgent military aircraft and wants to meet the king."

As soon as Qi Hou heard that Dou Qi had come, he knew that it must be a serious matter for Dou Qi to enter the palace at night, so he said: "Please come in Mo Ao."

Dou Qi strode in very quickly, bowed his hands to Qi Hou, and said, "Duke Qi, the big thing is not good!"

Qihou said, "What's the matter?"

Because Pan Chong personally led the troops to the west to resist the invasion of the Yong people, so the affairs of Sima in the country were handed over to Mo Ao's Dou Qi for management. Come into the palace.

Dou Qi quickly said: "It's the news from General Zhao from the south that Mr. Qin's soldiers and horses were attacked by the Pu people, and the damage is not small!"

Qi Hou was surprised for a while, and said: "Zhao Jia has lost the battle?"

Dou Qi couldn't believe it at all, after all, Zhao Jia was the ever-victorious general of the Qin State. Qin State had a reputation as a country of tigers and wolves, and Zhao Jia could be said to be the leader of the country of tigers and wolves. If Zhao Jia was defeated, no one would dare to believe.

But the fact is that the Chu army led by Zhao Jia became a little proud because they had defeated the Pu people three times. In addition, the Pu people had already summed up their experience in dealing with these three defeats, so they were not as strong as they were physically and well-equipped. Instead of fighting face to face with many Chu soldiers, they began to sneak up on the Chu army.

Chu State’s boat division is very powerful, because Chu State has a lot of water, the navy army is naturally not to be underestimated, and its scale is very magnificent. At that time, a warship could accommodate at least a dozen soldiers to fight, and the ship had to store supplies for combat. , the size of the ship is already considerable.

However, such a large ship brought great distress to Zhao Jia. On the contrary, the Pu people had very difficult conditions and did not have large ships, but they were very conducive to guerrilla warfare. Interspersed to avoid the pursuit of Chu's boat division.

In this way, Zhao Jia's soldiers and horses could not hit the Pu people, and the Pu people cunningly ran away with one hit, and set traps repeatedly. Zhao Jia was enraged, but there was nothing he could do. The loss of Zhao Jia's soldiers and horses was not small. Although it was not a loss of manpower, the soldiers were not injured, but because the ship was stranded, a lot of supplies, including weapons, were stolen.

As soon as Qi Hou heard Dou Qi's narration, he immediately understood that their boat masters were well equipped, but being well equipped also had the disadvantages of being well equipped.

Dou Qi said: "Duke Qi, this is an urgent report, not just to Dou Qi, but tomorrow morning, all the ministers in our Chu Kingdom will know, when the morale of our Chu Kingdom has been greatly defeated, we will surely It will affect the situation of the battle between Ximian and Yongguo, this is just... Please let me know what to do?"

Block messages?But it is almost impossible. After all, the whole country is paying attention to the battle led by Zhao Jia. The previous three victories were too brilliant. The Chu people have been thrown into the sky by honor. What is gained is the aura of the soldiers. If the aura is lost, no matter how sophisticated the equipment is, they will not be able to win the battle.

Qihou frowned tightly, and seemed to be a little distressed. They had to come up with a countermeasure to resist the cunning Pu people. Without this plan, it seemed impossible for Qihou to appease the officials tomorrow with empty words. Besides, Marquis Qi can only wear Wu Jiu's court robe, sit behind the curtain, and can't speak, but can only write documents. How can handwriting be faster than the mouths of the officials?

Both Qihou and Douqi looked very ugly, and Douqi also knew that it was their Chu State's business to ask Qi Gong to find a solution at this time, and it had nothing to do with Qi State's half a dime. You can retreat, there is no other way, so you can only beg Qihou with a shy face.

Qihou groaned a bit, and at this moment, he suddenly felt the back of his hand being touched lightly, as if being swept by a feather, very light, so light that he could hardly feel it...

However, Qi Hou's whole body shook violently, and he turned his head quickly. He turned his head suddenly, which startled Dou Qi, who also followed Qi Hou's gaze.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, but when you look at it, you will be pleasantly surprised. Wu Jiao, who has been lying quietly on the couch, woke up at some point, opened his eyes tiredly, and raised his hand to hold Qihou's hand as if he had exhausted all his strength. , but because of lack of strength, he did not hold Qihou's hand, and his fingers slid down the back of Qihou's hand.

"Second Brother!?"

Seeing that Wu Jiu had woken up, Qi Hou was ecstatic and rushed over. Wu Jiu opened his eyes, was very weak, and opened his mouth, but there was no sound in his throat, it was so hoarse, Qi Hou hurriedly bent over, Said: "Second brother, what are you talking about?"

Wu Jiu opened his mouth again, his voice was not loud, although he was weak, but this time Marquis Qi could hear clearly, Wu Jiu said: "Go and call Gong Zheng."

Not only Qihou heard it, but also Dou Qi, and Dou Qi said in surprise: "Gongzheng?"

Dou Qi didn't know why the king of Chu was the first to see Gongzheng when he woke up from poisoning in the middle of the night?Gongzheng is the highest official in charge of construction and leading craftsmen. Dou Qi can't figure it out why Wu Jiu wants to see Gongzheng?

Qihou didn't understand either, but immediately said: "Okay, I'll let someone call Gongzheng!"

As he spoke, he hurriedly shouted for someone, dispatched the eunuch, and rushed out of the palace all the way to find Gongzheng.

Wu Jiu was still very weak, but he had found his own voice, but his voice was a little hoarse, and he said: "I need to do some tricks, I have a way to deal with the Pu people's boat master."

Neither Qihou nor Douqi expected that Wu Jiu would overhear their conversation, and when Qihou and Douqi were in a state of desperation, he would say that there was a way.

Dou Qi Ji