Xi Bohou's henchmen will return to Xiqi, and he will bring back an order from the remaining Boyi Kao: Xi Bohou has made up his mind to oppose Shang, and let the remaining prince secretly carry out an operation, using money and beautiful women to buy off the neighboring princes and generals guarding the pass. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Father really wants to do this?" Ji Dan, the seventh son of Xibohou, was also sitting, and he didn't understand why his father did this.

Now that the court is in peace, how easy is it to buy a prince or a general? I am afraid that it will cost countless treasures and beautiful women to do this. Once Xiqi's national foundation is shaken because of this, won't Xiqi become a lamb to the slaughter when the two countries finally fight?

Ji Dan was very confused, although he was not very old, he still understood the truth!

"The eldest son, the seventh son, the villain retires!" The general who came to report the news was also a colored person, and when he saw that the two sons had something to discuss, he was not far away?

"Seventh brother is too worried, I have accumulated in Xiqi for generations, and what I get is not just a little money and grain in the treasury!" Bo Yi said proudly.

He had assisted his father for more than ten years, and knew far more things than his younger brothers, and a few years ago he had also been to the underground warehouse, and had seen a huge amount of treasure and grain, which would be enough to support a few years' expenses if the two sides really went to war!

There was a hint of excitement in Bo Yi Kao's eyes, and Ji Dan knew that his father must have left a lot of backhands for the other court, and these means were the main reliance for Xi Bohou to dare to shout to the court.

Ji Dan didn't want his eldest brother to ask about these things, it involved Xiqi secrets, and not every son of Xibohou could know about it, especially a teenager like him, in the eyes of his father and eldest brother, he was not a person who could take responsibility.

But now that his father and second brother are trapped in Chaoge, and the eldest brother is isolated, it is the time for him to show his talents, Ji Dan does not want to give up this opportunity to do things for Xiqi, he said to Boyi: "Big brother, but I don't know what we should do?"

Father suddenly thought that secretly doing something to the Shang Kingdom was something that Bo Yi Kao had not expected, but this would not be difficult for him, after all, the eldest prince had participated in the Xiqi State for several years, and he had also learned how capable Xi Bohou was! Bo Yi Kao thought a little and then had a countermeasure.

There are passes everywhere in the Shang Dynasty, and the most important ones are the five big passes centered on Chaoge, which are Chentang Pass in the north, Wandering Soul Pass in the east, Sanshan Pass in the south, Jiameng Pass in the southwest, and Qinglong Pass in the northwest.

The five passes adjacent to Xiqi City mostly refer to the passes from the Shang capital Chaoge to the Xiqi capital city, and generally speaking, these five passes belong to the five western passes - Lintong Pass, Tong Pass, Chuanyun Pass, Jiepai Pass, and Bishui Pass. The five passes in the west are all strategically important, if Xiqi wants to enter the court, he will inevitably take this route, but what Xibohou wants to buy is the guards of these five passes.

In addition, Sanshan Pass, Jiameng Pass, and Qinglong Pass are strong and closely related to Xiqi, and they are also huge hidden dangers in Xiqi.

Several vassal states in the vicinity of Xiqi, Cheng State in the east, Yongguo in the south, and Jizhou Marquis in the north, these are all stumbling blocks to Xiqi's eastward expansion.

Bo Yi thought for a moment and said to his younger brother: "These forces are the strongest in Jizhou Su Hu and Deng Jiugong, the chief soldier of Sanshan Pass, why don't we start with these two places first!"

The five western passes are the western barrier that guards the imperial court, and most of the guards are the king's cronies, while the southern Yongguo has just married Chaoge, and Cheng Guo and Xiqi have just fought, so it is not easy to buy the principals of these places.

"Jizhou Hou Suhu and his father have always been good friends, it stands to reason that I should go in person, but now I am shouldering the responsibility of defending the land, if I choose a person who can speak well among the ministers to send Jizhou for me, what does the seventh brother think, can there be a recommended person?"

Jizhou is the largest state in the world, since ancient times it has been an important place for soldiers, Jizhou Hou is powerful, if he can persuade him to stand with Xiqi, it will be of great help to the future.

Although Su Hu was friendly with Xibohou, but when there was a great drought in Jizhou, it was the court that came out to beg for rain, and Su Hu received the favor of the king, whether he was willing to stand on the same front with them or not.

It is very important to come forward to lobby Su Hu's candidates, otherwise stealing chickens will not be a counter-erosion, and it will be a big deal to let the court know that their private actions will be bad!

"Brother, how can the courtiers represent my Xiqi's sincerity in the past, why don't you let me go, although I am not very old, I can represent Xiqi, and it also shows that we attach importance to Xiqi! I don't know what the eldest brother wants?" Ji Dan didn't want to give up this opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and tried his best to fight. In his opinion, the Marquis of Jizhou is his father's best friend after all, and it is not difficult to convince him.

Ji Dan is a little young, Bo Yi Kao didn't want to hand over the heavy responsibility to him, but he was afraid of hitting the seventh brother's self-confidence in the future, so Bo Yi Kao chose a compromise method: "Nangong Shi is an old minister of Xiqi, he has also been to Jizhou, and he has some friendship with Su Hu, why don't you let him assist his younger brother in doing this?"

Nangong Shi is a well-known virtuous minister in Xiqi, and it is very appropriate for him to assist in this matter, Ji Dan thought about it for a moment and agreed, although he is noble, he is indeed still young, and he needs a mature and stable person to take care of him.

Although Nangong Shi was surprised after receiving the notice of Bo Yi Kao, he did not disobey the order of the old marquis, he had long known that Xi Bohou had great ambitions. I didn't expect it to come so suddenly.

"Don't worry, eldest prince, I will definitely be able to assist the seventh prince in this matter!" Nangong Shi said confidently.

Although Hou Suhu of Jizhou sits on the largest state in the world, he does not have much ambition, and the military strength of Jizhou is not very strong, so it is not very difficult to convince him.

Su Hu has always had no quarrel with the world, and when the two countries go to war, he will remain neutral even if he does not turn against each other against the Shang state.

Nangong Shi and Ji Dan brought all the money and ten beauties together, and marched to Jizhou City together. He sighed all the way, Hou Ye was finally going to implement his plan, but his old friend San Yisheng couldn't see this scene!

Nangong Shi and what they saw when they entered Jizhou surprised them, Jizhou is prosperous and stable, and the people go out with smiles, which is very different from Xiqi after the war. He was faintly worried, the Shang Dynasty had a huge territory, and it was not without princes with the same power as Xiqi, if Xibohou rashly marched into the army, would he be able to achieve victory?

Ji Dan came to Jizhou City, and after signing up, he entered Su Mansion with Nangong Shi! Jizhou Hou met the two of them in the hall, and after learning that Ji Dan was coming, Su Hu's expression became unnatural.

"Virtuous nephew, when today's son did not do anything out of courtesy, how can we, as ministers, fail to commit the following crimes!" Su Hu immediately rejected Ji Dan's request, his point of view was very clear, Jizhou would never participate in the war against the imperial court.

"This ......" The Seventh Prince was stunned for a moment, although he was smart but had too little experience in dealing with things, Su Hu's frank refusal made him very embarrassed.

Ji Dan raised his eyes and looked at Nangong Shi, hoping that he could give him a reasonable opinion to help him deal with the situation in front of him.

"Hou Ye, don't be afraid, the seventh prince is just worried about his father's safety and said angry words, the purpose of our coming this time is just to let you rescue my Hou Ye, if you can show to the court, the king may be able to let Xibohou return to the court!" Nangong Shi blushed to cover for Ji Dan, the seventh prince was too young, and his speech was not tactful at all.

Although the Marquis of Jizhou did not agree to Ji Dan's request, Nangong Shi still ordered someone to keep the gifts and the beauties who accompanied him.

There is no other reason, Jizhou is in the rear of Xiqi, if you want to send troops to Chaoge, you must stabilize Su Hu, Nangong Shi doesn't want Jizhou to intervene when Xiqi and Shang are at war!

Not long after they went out, Su Quanzhong walked out of the side hall and said to his father: "Father, Xibo Hou Tiger and Wolf Heart, is it really good for us to do this? Offend Xiqi, I'm afraid that their group of people will always want to make trouble for us!"

Su Quanzhong very much disapproves of Jizhou Hou's approach, if he can make a deal with Ji Dan, Xiqi will continue to send money and beautiful women over, wouldn't it be beautiful? Why bother with Ji Dan and the two of them to be unhappy.

"Hmph, what do you kid know?" Su Hu scolded: "Is this kind of thing something that can be expressed casually? If the East Window incident happens, how will the world think of me?"

If Xiqi's rebellion succeeds, what kind of benefits will the Su family have? Su Hu will definitely not do anything rebellious for the sake of just a few money and a few beautiful women.

If Xibohou wants to be the master of the people, he must have strength!

Su Hu unceremoniously accepted the gift but refused to cooperate with Xiqi, Ji Dan roared like thunder, as soon as he walked out of the Jizhou Hou Mansion, he said to Nangong Shi: "You wait, one day I will lead troops to set foot in Jizhou!"

This is the first time he has gone out to run errands independently in the real sense, but he didn't expect it to end in failure, which made his face go down. How to face Xiqi's courtiers?