Chapter 320: The Lord, the State of Qi (1)
Jiang Fei met with King Qi and presented the request made by Lord Mengchang, and expressed his own opinion: "He is afraid that this move will be different. Do we reject it?"
King Qi was lying on the couch covered with a thin fur bed. He invited Jiang Fei to sit on the embroidered pillar next to the couch. He said meaningfully: "It's better to have something different. There is a saying that leads the snake out of its hole. If he doesn't do anything strange, I will
How can we catch him in one fell swoop, and how can we accuse him and report him to the world?"
Jiang Fei raised his head to look at King Qi, and saw the deep smile on the creases at the end of his eyes, and the pale and furrowed lips forming a sharp arc. He was horrified in his heart, and immediately lowered his eyes in submission.
"Father, Fei knows how to do it."
King Qi reached out his hand and stroked his head, and said lovingly: "Fei, I believe you are a man of great virtue. Although you have no outstanding political talents, you understand the principles of the king of heaven and earth, and your master. Now that your brother is young and ignorant, you still have great virtues."
Without a foundation to establish yourself, many things still require your dedicated efforts."
Jiang Fei understood the implication of King Qi's words. He was not only entrusting an orphan but also showing that he was the king. He immediately bowed down and said: "Fei will sacrifice his own life to assist Brother Xuan to complete the great cause of his father's generation."
King Qi smiled: "That's good. There is another thing. Although Xuan has political talents, he has a fatal weakness. He is too kind and affectionate."
At this point, King Qi suppressed his smile and sighed loudly.
Jiang Fei's eyes flashed, and he said hesitantly: "What does father mean...?"
King Qi looked at the wick jumping on the desk coldly: "Some people, things, and things that have influenced him too deeply have no need to exist, especially if they are not used by us. Rather than leaving future troubles, it is better to kill him quickly."
Cut off the tangle.”
Jiang Fei opened his mouth and stammered: "Father, father, we are talking about Chen Huanxian, but... Ke'er has reached a private agreement with Mengchangjun, and Chen Huanxian may not be so loyal to Mengchangjun. As long as we use inducements to persuade him to make peace,
, nor is she..."
His words were choked in his throat when King Qi glanced over at him with a look as if he wanted to eat someone.
"Stupid, who is Chen Huanxian? He can go through life and death for Lord Mengchang at such an age, and protect him from Wei to Qi. Do you really think that he is a worldly person who is afraid of death? This time when he entered the palace, Lord Mengchang did not take anyone with him.
, but only left her alone to accompany you, you will know that the connection between the two is by no means as simple as you thought. Your brother Xuan misses the old relationship and does not want to let it go, so you cut off the evil relationship for him and help him.
He accomplished great things!"
Hearing this, Jiang Fei felt a chill all over his body, because he knew Jiang Xuan. He was an arrogant person who was rarely interested in or cared about anything. Perhaps it was related to the fact that he had lost too much since he was a child. Now he finally had someone he cared about.
If a person is destroyed by his own hands and he learns the truth... wouldn't it be...
Jiang Fei was startled and hurriedly begged: "Father, Fei will definitely keep Chen Huanxian in prison for the rest of his life. Please don't kill him. He is an arrogant king and is also lonely. Xuan has lived a very difficult life since he was a child. You know
Yes, do you really have no sympathy for him?"
"presumptuous!"
Snap - King Qi raised his hand and slapped Jiang Fei. Jiang Fei's face was knocked to the side. His eyes were dazed, as if he hadn't come back to his senses yet, while King Qi was so angry that he was shaking all over and his eyes were bulging.
Protruding and scary looking.
"If someone who has achieved great things is indecisive, isn't it like letting others control him?! You don't think about your brother, but you coddle him. You are harming him!"
Jiang Fei was so deafened that he quickly knelt down on the ground and begged repeatedly: "Father, don't be angry. It's Fei who's wrong. It's Fei who's wrong."
"Then you should be alone in this matter?" King Qi stared at the top of his head and said sternly.
Jiang Fei opened his mouth, then gritted his teeth and closed it. After struggling for a long time, Fang said painfully: "Fei, here."
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On the other side, Wei, Qin, Yan, and Zhao gathered their scattered troops and secretly sneaked into Qi through small roads. They chose to enter through Xue Er, changing their sergeant uniforms along the way, using various disguised identities, and breaking them into pieces.
A little bit penetrated into the border town of Linzi without anyone noticing.
On this day, Su Fang disguised himself as a beggar and came to a thatched hut in the wilderness. He carefully looked around and saw no one was around, and finally pushed the door open and entered.
There were several thin horses in the stable, and four piles of yellow grass were placed in the manger. Su Fang glanced at it, and then stepped into the stable in surprise, and then hurriedly kicked away the scattered weeds on the ground until the ground was exposed.
After getting some clues, he squatted down, scratched with his fingers, and then lifted up a complete wooden board.
After the wooden board was lifted up, a passage was exposed underneath. Su Fang supported the wooden board with one hand while walking down the ladder, and finally closed the wooden board and fastened it.
Although the tunnel was cool, it was not completely dark. There was a wall lamp burning a short distance away. He groped his way forward, and soon he heard the sound of someone talking.
He paused, slightly hesitant.
"Who is it?" Someone heard the sound and immediately asked alertly.
Su Fang thought that he had been noticed, and it would be rude to hide any longer, so he immediately raised his voice and replied: "I am Su Fang, a guest of Jun Mengchang."
Immediately, someone came out of the inner room. He looked Su Fang up and down, and after making sure, he smiled and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Mr. Su. Your outfit is so unique that I almost couldn't recognize it."
Mr. Su also recognized that this man was Zhu Zichen of the Yan State, a new general of the Yan State, who was good at shooting and was one of the generals sent by the Yan State to aid Xue this time.
Su Fang and he had met once at the Yan State banquet, but they were not familiar with each other. Now Tang Zichen had changed into the Yan State military uniform, but Su Fang had turned into a half-clothed, unkempt beggar, so the two of them fell in love for a while.
They are all identifying each other.
"Fang is so down that Zichen dare not recognize him, but Zichen's heroic spirit makes Fang Fang's eyes shine." Su Fang cupped his hands and smiled.
The two chatted and laughed happily, and Tang Zichen led them into the cave. A council room was opened here. It was not very spacious, but it could accommodate dozens of people standing. There was a table in the middle, and the Linzi Imperial Palace was laid out on the table.
Surrounding map.
"Everyone, everyone, Fang was delayed because of something, I'm really sorry for you." Su Fang bowed and apologized sincerely to the reinforcements present.
On this trip, Yue Zijian of Qin State, Gongsun Lin of Wei State, Tang Zichen of Yan State, Qi Ran of Zhao State, and some other generals who attended the meeting immediately returned the gift.
"It doesn't have to be like this. We have been summoned to gather here soon. Brother Su Fang has arrived just in time. Let's get started."
Su Fang said: "Okay!"
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Shortly after the beginning of autumn, a civil war suddenly broke out in Linnan, Qi State. Some farmers rebelled and occupied the entire Yanyang County.
The cause of this war was a landslide on a rural river embankment, which drowned about ten people in the village in the middle of the night. When the county magistrate learned of this, he was afraid of ruining his political performance, so he summoned the surrounding farmers and the remaining farmers in the disaster-stricken village.
They were all ordered to repair the river embankments, and those who did not go or delayed would be severely punished or even die.
The officers and soldiers did not come out, but only bullied the farmers and victims of the disaster to work. This made many people emotionally unstable. Unexpectedly, a few days later, Ningchang Township suffered heavy rain again. The soldiers and guards did not allow work to be slowed down, so they destroyed it again.
Dozens of families harmed dozens of people, which attracted more people’s dissatisfaction and criticism.
Just at this time, some malicious people instigated the family members of the deceased and the innocent victims to go to the county government to ask for "life-saving food and grass" to postpone the disaster. However, this government has always been inaccessible, so they refused to pay attention and sent people
He took action to teach the perpetrators a lesson, but accidentally killed several people. This ignited all the fire of hatred in the hearts of the victims.
People said angrily: Since King Min of Qi came to the throne, laws have become more stringent year by year, but good governance has never been seen at all. Taxation, military service, and criminal law are all like pressure on the heads of our people.
Dashan, instead of letting them fight to death like this, it is better to rebel against this day!
Because these people had received gifts and resettlement in the disaster area from Lord Mengchang, and had heard about Lord Mengchang's good people and generous wealth, these people thought that Lord Mengchang was a rare candidate for refuge, so they called on the world in his name to expose the
The pole uprising.
This matter is getting bigger and bigger like a snowball. It can no longer be hidden. The county magistrate can only report it layer by layer. When the news comes to the palace, King Qi can't sit still. He thinks to me
He must not repeat the same disaster that happened when Zhou farmers rebelled, so he immediately made a decisive decision and sent a group of officers and soldiers to annihilate it.
In just a few days, the entire Ningchang Township was controlled by these farmers. The officers and soldiers of Qi State pursued them all the way, and were eventually led into the mountains. It was difficult to find the rebels, and they were wiped out on the way back.
After hearing this, King Qi was so angry that he fell seriously ill, and the two young masters Jiang Fei and Jiang Xuan could only take charge of the rest of the matter temporarily.
Jiang Fei followed King Qi's previous instructions to him and did not slack off in foreign affairs. He also stepped up arrangements for Mengchang to sacrifice his father on the observatory.
On the same day, "Chen Huanxian" was also included in the procession going to the observatory to pay homage.
When Jiang Xuan learned about this, he felt inexplicably panic. He went to Jiang Fei and asked: "Brother told Xuan a few days ago that Huanxian and Mengchangjun will go their separate ways soon. Now that Mengchangjun has gone to sacrifice his father, and what happened?"
Why do you need to send Huanxian to be piled with him?"
When Jiang Fei learned about Jiang Xuan's dissatisfaction, he warmly persuaded him: "Mr. Mengchang is a small person, but for his own benefit, he abandoned his retainers who worked hard for him. I want him to speak out in person so that Chen Huanxian can fully deal with it."
He is desperate, so that my brother can not only use her talents, but also be loyal to her with all her heart."
When Jiang Xuan heard about his arrangement, it turned out that this was the reason. However, he also had thoughts in his heart. He hesitated and said: "Huanxian is a very smart person, so he may not be unaware of his intentions."
"So what? Even if you know that Mr. Mengchang didn't mean what he said, in fact he did abandon her to protect himself, and it is precisely because of her intelligence that she is more likely to be hurt by extreme wisdom." Jiang Fei said.
Jiang Xuan frowned and said, "I didn't want to deliberately make him sad."
When Jiang Fei heard this, he sighed in his heart and said, "Brother, don't think too much. If you can persuade me with good words then, won't it be a matter of course and we can rekindle our old friendship as classmates?"
When Jiang Xuan heard this, he was speechless.
Seeing that he was trying hard to keep his expression calm, but still couldn't hide the hint of longing and joy on his face, Jiang Fei felt his heart bleeding.
Brother Xuan valued "Chen Huanxian" so much. If Chen Huanxian was really killed... Brother Xuan would be so sad.
But as for his father...he couldn't disobey it.
Since ancient times, loyalty (lord) and righteousness (love) have been in dilemma. Is God really going to tear him in half?
Chapter completed!