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Dou Qi quickly withdrew, Gongzheng hadn't come yet, Qi Hou asked Wu Jiao to sit on the back, and then put on clothes for him personally, so as not to be too weak now, and then he would catch a cold, and then tidied up for Wu Jiao Hair, after all, Wu Jiu needs to see Dr. Qing in a while.

Wu Jiu was still a little weak, leaning on Qihou's body, gently holding the back of Qihou's hand, Qihou raised his head and said with a smile: "Second brother, what's the matter? Are you hungry? The dining room is heating up the meal Well, I will bring you the meal in a while, take a rest first, do you want to drink more water?"

Wu Jiao shook his head, but the action of shaking his head was difficult for him, because Wu Jiao was too weak after lying down for so many days, and he felt unwell when he shook his head.

Wu Jiu raised his hand, grabbed the back of Qihou's hand, and said in a low voice, "Thank you."

Qihou said with a smile: "Second brother, what is there to thank for this? You just need to take good care of yourself."

Wu Jiu smiled lightly, Qihou sat next to him and used it as a leather cushion for him, couldn't help but leaned over and kissed Wu Jiu on the forehead, and said, "Second brother, you are awake, you are trying to scare the orphan to death. Is it?"

They were talking, and soon Ziqing came back with hot porridge, because he was afraid that Wu Jiu would not be able to eat too nourishing a meal and his intestines would be slippery after waking up, so he brought some very nourishing rice porridge, boiled it to a pulp Yes, I can't wait for it to be like a paste, there are many nourishing ingredients in it, and it smells delicious.

Qihou hurriedly supported Wu Jiao, let him lean in his arms, and fed him rice porridge. Before he had eaten two mouthfuls, Tang Wu came over to check Wu Jiao. Wu Jiao's porridge was put aside. I got up really hungry, and my eyes kept squinting, which made Qi Hou want to laugh, because he seemed to see himself.

Tang Wu finished checking Wu Jiao, and Wu Jiao could be considered to be able to drink porridge, but Tang Wu ordered the medicine to be brought over first, and said: "Your Majesty, drink the medicine before eating. This medicine has the effect of protecting the stomach. .”

Wu Jiao frowned when he saw the medicine, just woke up, his stomach was empty, and he was asked to drink such a big bowl of medicine.

Seeing his frown, Qi Hou hurriedly coaxed him softly and softly, "Second brother is good, let's drink medicine."

Qi Hou was holding the medicine, Wu Jiao could only frown, and drank the medicine with his hand. It tasted really sour, bitter and sour, and his tongue was astringent. After drinking it, he found that his tongue was numb. Tolerate.

And after taking the medicine, Tang Wu didn't let him drink the porridge right away, he had to wait a while until the medicine had a protective effect before he could drink the porridge.

Seeing Wu Jiu's pitiful appearance, Qi Hou couldn't help laughing, and said, "Second brother, you have to obey the doctor's words obediently, so that you can recover quickly, right?"

Wu Jiu had no choice but at this moment, an eunuch outside reported that Gongzheng had arrived.

Wu Jiu hurriedly asked Qi Hou to help him to sit down on the mat in the outer hall, Qi Hou helped him arrange his clothes and hair twice, so that Wu Jiu didn't look so weak, then helped him sit up, and put him in a hurry. He picked up Da Heng, carried him directly to the outer hall, and gently placed him on the mat.

Wu Jiu sat down, asked Ziqing to bring the bamboo slips and lambskin aside, and said, "Please come in."

I saw a man wearing a black court robe coming in from the outside. He was tall and thin, and his age should be above 35 years old. He bowed to Wu Jiu and said, "Qu Zhong pays respects to my king, Duke Qi."

Wu Jiu nodded and said, "Doctor Qu, please get up."

Qu Zhong's demeanor is also very gentle when speaking, with a slightly gentle style, but he is a straightforward person in doing things.

Qu Zhong is very talented, he is not Gongzheng, but Gongzheng is the chief official in charge of architectural design in Chu State, somewhat similar to Sikong in Qi State, and is also an important position.

A few years ago, especially when the Dou family was in full swing, Qu Zhong held the official position of Mo Ao, that is to say, Qu Zhong's position before was the position of Dou Qi today, and Dou Qi was still Ling Yin at that time. In order to suppress the Dou family, the former king Xiong Fei demoted Dou Qi from Ling Yin to Mo Ao, and at the same time demoted Mo Ao to Gongzheng.

Qu Zhong was actually implicated by Doujia. King Xiong of Chu wanted to balance the entire court. Fortunately, Qu Zhong was not dissatisfied. This is his temperament, and he happened to have his own talent in Gong Zheng, so he I have been in this position for several years.

Qu Zhong is not young, more than 35 years old. According to seniority, Qu Zhong is a member of the Qu family, and he is not similar to Qu Wan, a side branch. If they are lined up, Qu Wan should be called Qu Zhong's uncle.

Qu Da was called out from his home in the middle of the night, and entered the palace in a hurry. He still didn't know about Zhao Jia's defeat, and he didn't know what happened.

Wu Jiu said: "I need you to make a batch of tools overnight."

Qu Zhong said: "What kind of tool is it, please tell the king."

Wu Jiu unfolded the lambskin at this time, and prepared to draw a sketch of the tool by himself. Obviously, the engineering department did not have what Wu Jiao wanted.

Wu Jiu unfolded the lambskin to draw a sketch, and Qu Zhong was just standing there, waiting respectfully with his hands down. He was slender and looked like a frail scholar, but his face was extremely gentle, giving people a pleasing illusion. Qu Zhong doesn't have a beard, and he still looks young, but Qu Zhong is approaching the forty mark. When he laughs and talks, there will be laugh lines at the corners of his mouth. Those laugh lines won't make him look old, but give Qu Zhong a smile A feeling of maturity, stability, and inexplicable tenderness and concern.

Qu Zhong didn't speak, just waited quietly aside, Qi Hou saw Wu Jiu concentrate on drawing a sketch, but his hands were actually shaking a little.

Knowing that Wu Jiu had just gotten up, he came to attend to his official duties after eating half of the porridge, and it was hard for him, so Qi Hou hurried into the inner hall, and immediately brought out the porridge bowl.

Wu Jiu smelled the smell of rice, and when he raised his head, he saw Qi Hou coming out with a bowl of porridge. Logically speaking, Wu Jiu was at work, so he shouldn't eat porridge, but his stomach was rumbling. I can still hold on without smelling the aroma of rice, but now when I smell the porridge, I feel hungry instantly.

Counting, Qi Hou reckoned that the medicine Wu Jiu had taken had worked, so he took out the porridge, walked over and sat beside Wu Jiu, Wu Jiao insisted, "I don't want to take it now."

Qihou smiled and said: "Second brother, you are busy, so I just feed you alone, and I won't delay you."

Although Wu Jiu said he wouldn't eat, he was already starving. Qi Hou really fed the porridge with a small dagger. Wu Jiu couldn't resist the temptation, so he opened his mouth and swallowed the porridge. It was the first time he ate. He was hungry, and his stomach was even more unbearably hungry. Next, Wu Jiu was drawing sketches while being fed porridge by Qihou.

Qu Zhong stood aside, although he was looking at his heart, he never looked right at what he shouldn't, after all, Qu Zhong was already at this age, and he had seen a lot of things in the world, in fact, he had heard that the king and It's just that I haven't seen the relationship with Marquis Qi with my own eyes, but when I see it now, I'm still a little surprised.

After all, the King of Chu and Marquis Qi are both high and mighty beings, but Marquis Qi actually fed the King of Chu porridge himself, and was so cautious, Qu Zhong was naturally surprised.

But Qu Zhong didn't speak, just stood aside honestly, soon after Wu Jiu finished the bowl of porridge, he also finished the drawing, pushed the lambskin forward, motioned for Qu Zhong to look at it.

Qu Zhong hurried over, picked up the lambskin respectfully, and looked at it carefully. It was indeed something he had never seen before. Wu Jiu drew it very strangely. It was a long pole with a very long handle, which looked like bamboo wormwood. , but there is something else at the top of the long pole, which is connected to a metal hook, which is somewhat similar to the barb on an arrow, but it is sharper and more curved than the barb's thorn.

Qu Zhong looked at the blueprint. Although he had never seen this thing before, it was not too difficult, so he said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, this tool can be made. I don't know how much you want to make, and when will you need it?"

Wu Jiao thought for a while and said, "At least [-] pieces should be produced. The undercuts must be sharp, the handle must be strong, and you must not be afraid of water or humidity. I need them urgently. I think how long it will take to produce them." .”

Today's productivity level is not high, these things have to be made by hand, and Wu Jiao said that they should be strong, so Qu Zhong still needs to do an evaluation, and he can't hand over a bad product to Wu Jiao, so Qu Zhong thought about it and said: " Half a month, I wonder if the king thinks it is okay?"

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "These tools are military supplies for the war. The war is like a fire, and I'm afraid it will be too late in half a month."

Qu Zhong thought for a while, and then said: "Then... ten days, do you think it's okay, Your Majesty?"

Wu Jiu smiled again, raised his hand this time, spread his five fingers flat, and said with a smile, "Five days."

Qu Zhong was taken aback. After all, he conservatively estimated that it would be fifteen days, but when he gritted his teeth, it became ten days. As a result, when Wu Jiu opened his mouth, it was shortened by half again. "Yes, humiliated."

Wu Jiu nodded with a smile, and said: "I am relieved of what Gongzheng promised, and I will not say anything. Gongzheng will go to work now. After the model is made, I will show it to you first."

"Yes."

Qu Zhong quickly agreed, cupped his hands and said, "Qu Zhong resigns."

Qu Zhong quickly strode out of the small bedroom, Qi Hou smiled and said, "Second brother, you are too embarrassing."

Wu Jiu said: "I don't intend to make things difficult for him, but the Pu people make things difficult for me. With these tools, I want to let Pu people know what it means to be untouchable by a tiger's tail."

Wu Jiao squinted his eyes and said, there was a trace of haze in his eyes. At this moment, Qi Hou suddenly reached out and touched Wu Jiao's buttocks, which shocked Wu Jiao. Fortunately, Qu Zhong had already walked out. , and next to them are Ziqing and Tang Wu.

When Ziqing and Tang Wu saw Qihou Feili coming, they were already familiar with it, and no one cared about it, so don't pretend that they didn't see it at first.

Wu Jiu blushed immediately, and said, "You..."

Qi Hou said with a smile: "Oh, it's nothing, Gu just wanted to touch the second brother's tail suddenly, but he didn't touch the tail, but it feels quite comfortable to touch."

Wu Jiu's face turned red, Qi Hou laughed and said: "Okay, let's not quarrel with Second Brother, let's go to bed and rest, there will be a court meeting tomorrow morning, Second Brother should rest quickly."

Qihou carried Wu Jiu into the inner hall from the outer hall, and put him on the couch. Wu Jiu was actually very sleepy, plus he worked so hard just now, and he had enough food, so he was naturally even more sleepy. Fell asleep.

Qihou stood by his side, watched him fall asleep, and then he relaxed. After so many days, Qihou didn't close his eyes to rest properly, so he also lay beside Wu Jiu, and soon fell asleep.

As the sky brightened, Wu Jiao felt that he hadn't slept for a long time, so he was forced to open his eyes again, because there was a court meeting this morning, although it seemed that he hadn't slept for a long time, but Wu Jiao opened his eyes this time, and he was much more energetic than the last time.

As a routine matter, before getting up, Qi Hou fed Wu Jiu a bowl of medicinal soup, Wu Jiu frowned, with a face of reluctance, Qi Hou hurriedly coaxed him, saying: "Second brother, drink the medicine obediently, don't drink the medicine to get sick. How about it?"

Wu Jiao deserved to drink the bitter and sour medicinal soup. Wu Ziqingtang waited on Wu Jiao to wash and change his clothes, and Qi Hou went to change his clothes, and soon Qi Hou turned back, because Wu Jiao woke up, so Qi Hou Hou also became radiant and came back with a sullen look on his face.

After Qihou came back, he personally arranged Wu Jiu's clothes to make him look more energetic, so as not to be criticized by those high officials when he went to court.

After everything was tidied up, Ziqing brought breakfast and asked Wu Jiu to eat a couple of bites first, so as not to run out of energy.

Qihou said: "Second brother, are you in good health? When you go to court, I can't accompany you alone, so please don't have any accidents."

Wu Jiu said, "It's okay, don't worry, you're much more energetic this morning than last night."

Qi Hou nodded and said: "If you feel uncomfortable, you can come back quickly, don't try to be brave, you know?"

Wu Jiu laughed and said, "Understood."

Marquis Qi waited for Wu Jiu on the way from the bedroom to Lu’s bedroom, fearing that something might happen to Wu Jiao, Wu Jiu walked directly from the bedroom to the Lu’s bedroom, the officials outside had already settled down, waiting for the King of Chu to come to court up.

There was an uproar in the main hall of the Lu Palace, and the scholar bureaucrats seemed to have received the news of Zhao Jia's defeat early in the morning.

It's not considered a defeat, but it's just that they didn't have any more victories. The Pu people seem to have started to fight back. There is no injury in the army, but their military resources have been robbed by the cunning Pu people, which is a shame.

In this way, when the news spread to the city of Ying, everyone would naturally discuss it. Many people were unwilling to let Zhao Jia go to war. After all, everyone thought that Zhao Jia was not from the Chu country.

Feng Shu naturally became the focus of discussion, after all Zhao Jia was recommended by Feng Shu, several people questioned Feng Shu's loyalty to Chu.

Someone shouted from the air, saying: "I think Master Feng Shu did it on purpose? After all, Master Feng Shu is not from our country of Chu, and Mr. Qin is not from our country of Chu. Maybe Xian Yin and Mr. Qin have already Collusion is good, it is the internal response of Yongguo and Pu people!"

"Maybe, maybe!"

"Yes, that's right!"

"I thought Di Ren was cunning a long time ago. The king shouldn't have given Feng Shu an official position. He must have infiltrated into the secret work of our Chu country."

Everyone said something to each other, and there was a quarrel in the court, just like the newcomers and old people in Qi State were arguing, and these old Chu people in Chu State also quite rejected foreign officials, after all, they are not from our family Moreover, they felt that Feng Shu would be able to be Xian Yin as soon as he came, but many old Chu people would never be able to be Xian Yin in their lifetime, so naturally they would not be able to eat grapes and say grapes are sour.

There was a lot of hype in Lu's bedroom, and he didn't look ready to go up at all, and Dou Qi sat on the mat with a pale face.

A doctor Qing next to him didn't see that Dou Qi's complexion was bad, and said: "Lord Mo Ao, do you think that Feng Shu is Xi..."

Before finishing the two words "Xizuo", Dou Qi yelled coldly: "Enough!"

Now Sima Pan Chong is not in the palace, but fighting in the west, Dou Qi is the most powerful official in the court, and Dou Qi's qualifications are older than Pan Chong, so his cold words frightened all the clamor people.

Dou Qi said with an ugly face: "Now that the court meeting is being prepared, some people are shouting and making noise here, making the solemn road bed like a market place. It's really unbearable. Is this the style of my Chu country?"

When Dou Qi said this, everyone dared not speak, but many people were not convinced. After all, Dou Qi was no longer Ling Yin, but Mo Ao. Although he had a high official position, many people thought that Dou Qi was a There is no hope of getting ahead, yet dare to teach others a lesson?

At this moment, a sound of "Crack! Crack! Crack!" was suddenly heard, which seemed to be the sound of clapping hands. Everyone followed the sound and saw the King of Chu in a black court robe and a crown on his head. He was already standing at the corner of the bedroom, he came from the bedroom, because he didn't go through the gate, but came from the inner hall, everyone didn't notice Wu Jiu when they were making a noise.

Wu Jiu saw that they were noisy, so he stood quietly by the side, clapped his hands and said: "Okay, I think what Mo Ao said is very true."

Everyone hurriedly got up to salute, Wu Jiu walked over, sat down on the table, and said: "That's enough, there is no need to be more polite."

Everyone hurriedly got up and sat back in their seats tremblingly. Then Wu Jiu said, "What are you all arguing about? I know in my heart that today's court meeting will discuss this matter. Please speak freely, gentlemen."

When he said this, everyone looked at each other, looking at each other, because of the scolding by Dou Qi just now, some people were afraid to speak for a while.

Seeing this, Feng Shu got up and pleaded guilty, saying: "Feng Shu's recommendation is not effective, please punish the king!"

When he said this, he didn't expect that many senior officials would take advantage of the slope to get off the donkey, and immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Feng Shu is not good at recommending him, so he should be punished! Now the morale of our Chu Kingdom has been greatly reduced, and Feng Shu can be said to have ulterior motives!"

After he said this, another scholar-bureaucrat stood up and said: "Exactly, Your Majesty, Feng Shu has ulterior motives. Maybe he and Mr. Qin are the work of mediocre people and Pu people who come to disturb our Chu Kingdom. Please, Your Majesty." Mingjian!"

"Let the king take a lesson!"

"Please take a lesson from the king!"

All of a sudden, Wang Shangming's remarks came one after another, and everyone stopped standing up and said directly from their seats. I don't know who said it, but it seemed like they had fallen into a toad pit anyway.

Wu Jiuduan sat on the table, looking at these clamoring scholar-bureaucrats calmly, and someone said: "It was a wrong decision to allow Mr. Qin to go to the army. Mr. Qin is not from our country of Chu, so it made me want to fight." The morale of our Chu country has been greatly reduced, and we have missed a good opportunity to resist the Pu people!"

The crowd began to agree again, but Wu Jiu didn't say a word. When Chao Shang's voice gradually faded away, he sneered and said, "Everyone, are you finished? Is it enough? Can I speak now?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, hearing the anger of King Chu for a while, and quickly shut their mouths, no one dared to speak.

Wu Jiao said coldly: "I don't know how some senior officials have long eyes. They may only have white eyes, but they are not born with blue eyes. Therefore, when looking at people, they only roll their eyes. They can only see other people's shortcomings. See who they are. I think it looks like a meticulous work, but it looks like a loyal minister."

Listening to Wu Jiu's words, everyone felt that King Chu's words were very harsh, and some people were very dissatisfied. After all, King Chu "made a wrong decision", and everyone felt that King Chu should keep a low profile and sin against himself.

After Wu Jiu finished speaking, he took a full look at those dissatisfied eyes, and said: "Okay, some people are dissatisfied and indignant, and feel that what the widow said is wrong, so tell me, you have been pursuing Mr. Qin's rudeness this time. , then Mr. Qin defeated the Pu people three times before, shouldn't we first discuss how to reward Mr. Qin?"

When Wu Jiu said this, everyone stopped talking. After all, what Wu Jiu said was right. They only saw the side of Zhao Jia's defeat, but they didn't see the side of Zhao Jia's three victories. Picky.

Wu Jiu said: "In my country of Chu, there is a very bad atmosphere now, that is, I am afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and I must force others to complete things that I cannot do or accomplish by myself. , I feel happy only when I see others suffering. If my country of Chu has passed for a long time, the external troubles have not been resolved, and they have turned into internal troubles!"

Wu Jiu stood up, took two steps slowly down the steps, walked down the steps slowly, and stood in the middle of the hall. He was standing, while the scholar-bureaucrats were still sitting on the seats, Wu Jiao looked down at the crowd as he walked. A scholar-bureaucrat said coldly: "Just now someone said that I shouldn't send Zhao Jia to fight the Pu people. Then tell me, who should I send? Who spoke just now? If you are capable, I will let you go immediately." As a general, let’s see if you are going to serve Chu State, or you are going to die!”

After Wu Jiu said this, some people in the hall seemed to think that what Wu Jiu said was too harsh, and he didn't give the scholar-bureaucrats any face.

The hall was quiet, but Wu Jiu still stood in the hall, looked around, and said with a sneer, "Isn't there someone who can do it just now? Are you shouting? Now it's your turn to go to the battlefield, why are you all silent? When you see something, you don’t know how to solve it, you only know how to complain, and you must still criticize the widow’s words in your heart, which is not pleasant to listen to, and makes you bunch of scholar-bureaucrats very embarrassed.”

As he spoke, he looked around the crowd again, and said calmly: "I dare to say such a thing today because I am taller and richer than you. Today, I will let go of these words. Five days later , the widow will lead a personal conquest, if I don’t beat the Pu people to pieces, I will definitely not return to Yingdu with my teacher!”

As soon as his words fell, everyone immediately raised their heads and looked at Wu Jiu in an uproar.

Dou Qi hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, you must not! You have just recovered from a serious illness and your body has not yet recovered, so you must not conscript yourself!"

Someone else pretended to say: "Your Majesty, you can't, the Pu people are cunning by nature, and your Majesty has no combat experience, this..."

Wu Jiu raised his hand, stopped everyone from talking, and said: "I have made up my mind, not only to drive the Pu people back to their old dens, but also to show the high officials present in the palace, I will take the responsibility with my own body. , Tell all the gentlemen, if you speak this way, you must have this strength, otherwise... just hold back!"

Everyone was blocked by Wu Jiu again. On the one hand, they felt unhappy because they were scolded after all, but on the other hand, they didn't have Wu Jiao's courage and dared not go to the battlefield in person, so they really could only hold back.

Many scholar-bureaucrats are still holding grudges and preparing to watch the fun. Maybe Wu Jiu will be captured or killed by the Pu people. Then there will be fun.

At this moment, Feng Shu cupped his hands and said: "My king, Feng Shu is willing to follow my king and go to battle to kill the enemy!"

Wu Jiu glanced at Feng Shu, Feng Shu arched his hands and lowered his head, showing no expression, Wu Jiu said: "Then Xian Yin is ready to set off with the widow after five days."

Feng Shu hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Yes!"

The court meeting broke up unhappily, and the officials were scolded, how could they be happy? Wu Jiu walked from the road bedroom to the small bedroom, and saw Qihou standing not far away, waiting for him, and said with a smile: "Two Brother, Gu Fang heard it all, Second Brother is really brave, those Ziqing doctors dare not even fart."

Wu Jiu blinked his eyes when he heard what Qi Hou said. Although he felt that what Qi Hou said was quite appropriate, how could he be more rude than himself...

Qihou said with a smile: "Second brother has worked hard, I am here to help you alone."

As he spoke, he walked over and hugged Wu Jiao horizontally. Wu Jiao was startled, subconsciously put his arm around Qihou's neck, and said, "Didn't you support me?"

Qihou said: "Isn't Gu just afraid that the second brother will be tired? Besides, there is no one else on this road. Gu will carry you back to the bed, no one will see."

Wu Jiu was actually tired too, after all he had just recovered from a serious illness, and he had to swear aggressively in the hall, in fact, swearing at people was also very tiring!

Wu Jiu put his arms around Qihou's neck and leaned his head on his shoulder, unexpectedly obedient, which made Qihou feel itchy in his heart, but Wu Jiu had just recovered from a serious illness and could do nothing.

Qihou carried Wu Jiu back to the small bedroom, put him on the couch, took off the crown for him, took off the cumbersome court robe, and said, "Come on, second brother, while you have nothing to do, sleep for a while and catch up on sleep." .”

Wu Jiu was also tired, lying on the couch feeling sluggish, and because he had just recovered from a serious illness, his body was still sleepy, so he really fell asleep.

While Wu Jiu was sleeping, Qihou asked Ziqing and Tang Wu to watch him, and left quietly.

When Wu Jiao woke up, he felt a little hungry. When he opened his eyes, it was already noon. It was a coincidence that Qi Hou came in with a bowl of hot porridge. The aroma was overflowing. This time it was meat porridge.

Marquis Qi came over, sat on the edge of the couch, smiled and smelt it for Wu Jiu, and said, "Second brother, smell it and see, does this meat porridge smell good?"

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "It smells so fragrant? Did Duke Qi make it?"

Wu Jiao just asked casually, but unexpectedly he guessed right, it was really made by Qi Hou, Qi Hou held the bowl, blew it cool, and fed Wu Jiao the porridge, Wu Jiao looked down and saw Qi Hou Hou was surprised that there were so many blisters on the fingers holding the bowl.

Wu Jiao hurriedly took the porridge bowl aside and put it aside, holding Qihou's hand, but Qihou shrank his hand not wanting him to see it.

Qihou smiled and said: "It's okay, I accidentally got scalded, second brother, drink the porridge quickly, be careful that it's cold, there's still meat in it, I wonder if it will smell fishy when it's cold."

Wu Jiu didn't drink the porridge right away, but raised Qihou's hand, put it on his lips and kissed it lightly, saying, "Thank you."

After Qihou was kissed, he immediately felt the heat rushing to the top of his head. Of course he was not shy, but passionate. He hugged Wu Jiu and squeezed his lips.

The two fell on the couch with a "boom". Hearing the sound, Ziqing and Tang Wu thought that something had fallen, and wanted to come in to check, but as soon as they came in, they saw Wu Jiao hugging Qihou's neck, and the two Personally, he was lingering to death, Ziqing and Tang Wu rolled their eyes, and quickly backed out.

Although Marquis Qi wanted Wu Jiao very much, but he knew that Wu Jiao was still weak, so he just kissed Wu Jiao, helped Wu Jiao up from the couch, and said, "Second brother, you are not in good health yet. Don't flirt with Gu, Gu Ke really likes you."

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "That shows that I have a lot of charm."

Qihou said with a smile: "Naturally, it is not small. Gudu is fascinated by the king of Chu, and he no longer thinks about food or tea."

Wu Jiu felt that the first half of the sentence might be true, but the second half of the sentence is really not credible...

Marquis Qi fed Wu Jiu some porridge, and just after eating, Ziqing said, "Your Majesty, Gongzheng is asking to see you."

As soon as Wu Jiu heard it, he knew that Qu Zhong must have made a sample with quick hands and feet, and quickly said: "Please come to the outer hall, and I will go there immediately."

Wu Jiu tidied up his clothes, and was quickly helped out by Marquis Qi. Qu Zhong was already waiting in the outer hall, and Qu Zhong was accompanied by two servants, who were carrying a very long bamboo pole. , the bamboo pole is oddly shaped, a bit like a ship's anchor, with a large hook, but unlike a ship's anchor, each hook has four sharp corners, and most anchors only have two to three sharp corners.

Qu Zhong asked the craftsmen to rush to make it overnight last night, so he rushed to make such a tool that Wu Jiu asked for, and hurriedly sent it to Wu Jiu to see.

Wu Jiao walked over, and the appearance of this tool did look exactly the same as what Wu Jiao wanted, but after Wu Jiao weighed it, it felt a bit heavier. The metals these days are all impure alloys, and he wanted to find a tool that was both light and strong. It is impossible to make a high-quality aluminum alloy, and the time is still tight, so it is already very good to make it like this.

Wu Jiu said: "It's no problem, try to hurry up and make it, five days later, the widow will go to the conquest, and I will use these at that time."

Qu Zhong hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Yes, my king, then Qu Zhong will leave first and go to catch up."

Wu Jiao nodded and asked Qu Zhong to keep the sample, and Qu Zhong quickly left with his followers.

Qihou also came over, squatted down, and squatted on the ground, holding his two cheeks, looking at the strange-shaped tool on the ground with a puzzled look, and said: "Second brother, what is this for? It looks so weird."

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "This is called hook rejection."

In fact, hooks and rejections were created by Lu Ban during the Warring States Period. Lu Ban was a great architect and invented many things, including many weapons that were useful for combat. Going rejections was one of them.

Although Qihou was reborn, he didn't know who Lu Ban was, so he had never seen such a thing as hook rejection.

However, the refusal that Wu Jiu asked Qu Zhong to do was not the same as the refusal that Lu Ban invented, and Wu Jiu improved it a bit.

The hook invented by Luban is also a weapon used by boatmen in battle. It looks like a spear, but there is only one barbed hook on the head, and a long spike on the hook. In this way, it can be used Assassinate the enemy.

The reason why the hook is called this name is actually very simple and rude. It has already explained its purpose clearly. When the boat division is fighting, if the enemy ships want to escape, the soldiers can use the hook to hook their ships. , to pull the enemy back.

But if the enemy wants to border on their ships and jumps to attack them, soldiers can use hooks to land on the enemy ships and push them out, plus the hooks are longer than ordinary weapons and have spikes on them , so that the advantages of the boat master can be fully utilized.

The hooks Wu Jiu had to make were many times larger than ordinary hooks, because Wu Jiao took into account the current situation and asked Qu Zhong to make a hook for each person, which was not realistic, the time was too short, and the casting was fine. The weapon is difficult, so you can enlarge the hook directly and add a few more barbs, so that the Pu people will not even want to escape.

After all, Chu State has a large boat division, and when a few soldiers work together to use hooks, it will not hinder the normal operation of the ships.

Wu Jiu explained to Qi Hou how to use the hook to reject. When Qi Hou heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and said, "It's a good idea!"

In the early Spring and Autumn Period and the Middle Ages, weapons were very scarce. This kind of thing is simply a miracle, so Qihou clapped his hands in amazement. If he had this thing, the boat division would be invincible in battle. Pu people want to fight guerrilla warfare with them?As long as you rush over and want to escape, it's just a joke!

Qihou smiled and said: "This thing is really good. If we had this thing earlier, the water bandits in our country would not be so rampant."

The country of Qi was near the sea, and because of the wars in the Spring and Autumn Period, pirates were also very rampant at that time. Because pirates shot to change places, they generally couldn't catch them. However, the coastal residents were tortured, and there has been no solution for a long time.

Wu Jiu said with a smile: "Then after Qu Zhong has completed the hook and refusal, let someone send the blueprint to Qi."

Qihou smiled and said: "Second brother is so kind to Gu, Gu really can't repay him."

This refusal can be regarded as a strategic secret, Wu Jiu didn't have any reservations, he wanted to hand over all the blueprints to Qi Hou, Qi Hou was naturally grateful.

Wu Jiu looked down at Qi Hou who was squatting on the ground, half bent down, stretched out his hand to pick Qi Hou's chin, and said with a smile: "Is that so, how about you promise me with your body?"

Qihou said with a smile: "Second brother, if you get better soon, you can promise me with your body?"

Qu Zhong was busy making hooks, and finally made [-] hooks on the fifth day, but because it was the first time to use this thing, Qu Zhong didn't know how the quality was, so he didn't know what to do. Jiao went with him so that he could record the actual situation of this batch of weapons, and Wu Jiu agreed.

Soon Wu Jiu was going to go on an expedition. They sorted out a batch of military supplies, and then took the bait and prepared to set off. This time, the target was Yunmeng's hunting camp, and they wanted to camp here. After all, Xing Yuan was safer.

Wu Jiu accepted Peng Zhongshuang as Dailing Yin, everyone was in an uproar, but Dou Qi did not object, he was the first to stand up and support Feng Shu as Zuo Shi. high status.

Naturally, Marquis Qi also followed, and everyone set off in a mighty way.

Wu Jiu and the others hurried all the way. Although Wu Jiao was exhausted, he didn't dare to relax. Qi Hou asked Wu Jiu to sit in the carriage and used it as a pad for him so that Wu Jiao could lie down more comfortably.

They set off from Yingdu City to the hunting camp near Yunmeng, but it didn't take them a few days.

As soon as they arrived at the hunting camp, they set up the shogunate, sent someone to send a letter, and asked Zhao Jia's team to join them, ready to issue hooks and fight against the Pu people.

Before Wu Jiu could issue orders, Feng Shu suddenly rushed into the shogunate and said, "Your Majesty, something is wrong! General Zhao is injured!"

"what?"

Feng Shu quickly said: "The Pu people attacked General Zhao's camp. General Zhao was shot in the cold in order to protect the army's food!"

Wu Jiu squinted his eyes and said, "Let someone go out to meet him, and must bring Mr. Qin over safely."

Qihou immediately said: "Second brother, let Gu go."

Wu Jiu looked at Marquis Qi, a little worried, but now was not the time to hesitate, so he immediately nodded his head and said, "Be careful, don't go head-to-head with the Pu people."

"Okay, second brother, don't worry."

After Qihou said that, he immediately turned around and strode out of the shogunate. He ordered hundreds of people, each with a horse, and quickly rode out of the barracks.

Wu Jiu looked at the back of Qi Hou rushing to the barracks in black armor, and was still very worried. After all, the Pu people were cunning, so Wu Jiao was afraid that Qi Hou would be injured.

However, Marquis Qi is amazing in martial arts, and he also went to the battlefield to kill enemies in the early years. In fact, Wu Jiu didn't need to worry at all. An hour later, Marquis Qi escorted Zhao Jia and the Chu team to Xingyuan to meet up.

Wu Jiu heard a messy voice outside, and then someone shouted: "Medical officer! Medical officer! Is there a medical officer?! The general is injured! The general is injured! Come quickly, medical officer!"

Then came the voice of Marquis Qi, shouting loudly: "Witch Tang!"

Wu Jiu heard the commotion in the shogunate, and rushed out with Ziqing and Tang Wu. Sure enough, he saw a group of people rushing into Xingyuan from outside, and he could vaguely smell a thick blood