"Who is this person?" King Tho asked with some curiosity.

The doctor stood up and looked at King Tho on the top of the hall and said: "This person is Chao Jinxi, a staff member in the minister's mansion, according to the minister's observation, he is a person with strategy and courage, so send this person to go." ”

"Okay, Chao Jinxi, the widow is optimistic about you, I hope you will live up to your mission, step down."

King Tho first sent his closest guards to the city on fast horses, and arrived at the gate of Su He's mansion, and Su He personally walked out of the gate to greet him. This guard led many royal guards into the palace, and a general stepped forward and said: "Spread the king's will, the soldiers of Shu invaded the territory of Tho, and quickly passed Su He's family into the palace to discuss its countermeasures." After finishing speaking, Su He stood up, stepped forward, stood behind the general, and said, "Apart from me, who else has the king rumored to enter the palace?" The general stood in front of Su He's and said majestically: "There are also Su Ji and Su Chang. ”

Su He pretended to be sick, ordered a subordinate to bring a bowl of decoction, took a sip and put it in his mouth, swallowed it slowly and made a very painful appearance: "I am afraid that the minister will not be able to enter the palace to meet the king, and the occasional wind and cold make it impossible to travel far, and ask the general to bring my situation to the king." ”

The general led the guards out, turned and said, "Farewell." ”

Su He looked at the general and said, "I'm not far away." After finishing speaking, the subordinates on both sides helped Su He into the inner hall, and then looked around with their heads in the depths, and made sure that the guards around King Tho walked away before they slowly walked out, holding their heads high, full of energy, and summoned some civil and military officials to their mansions to discuss matters. Su He stood on top of the hall and said to these civil and military officials: "Today, the guards around the king came to summon me and my second brother and third brother into the palace, saying that the soldiers of Shu invaded the realm of Tho and summoned us to the palace to discuss this matter. ”

"My lord, the king is pretending to summon you to the palace to discuss the invasion of the Shu army into the realm of the Tho country, and his real intention is to collect your military power and concentrate the power in the center, because our power has threatened the center, and this king has realized it, so he has adopted this strategy," a civil official walked out of the salute and stood and looked at Su He in the hall.

"How can I not know such a plan."

"I don't know how the lord did it?"

"I can only claim that I am sick, how vicious are the intentions of the people who come up with such schemes, if I go to the king, he will detain me for various reasons, and if I don't go, I will rebel!" Su He said with a long sigh.

"Lord, why don't we just turn it around, send troops to attack the capital, and let the king abdicate," a military general stood up.

"It's so reckless, it has to ruin my big thing, and I won't retreat," the general only felt bored, so he had to retreat. The civil official looked at the military general behind him, stepped forward and looked back at Su He and said, "Lord, do you know Gongzi Qi, this person is not an idle person, I think this kind of strategy can only be thought of by Gongzi Qi." ”

"Everyone says that Gongzi Qi is familiar with reading military books, and the use of soldiers is unpredictable, it seems that this person is really worthy of his reputation, last time it only took three days to solve the palace injustice case sixteen years ago, and the speed of solving the case is like divine help," Su He only hung his head when he heard Gongzi Qi's name, and said with a long sigh.

"Lord, don't worry about this matter, no matter how God Gongzi Qi is, he is also a human being, and people always make mistakes or some fatal weaknesses, as the saying goes, soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the power of our army is much stronger than the royal army, why be afraid?" The civil official looked at Su He and persuaded, and the surrounding civil officials agreed after hearing this, and there was no objection.

Su Ji and Su Chang both panicked about this matter after hearing this news. Su Chang rushed to Su Ji's mansion on the same day, and after entering, he stood in the lobby and said urgently: "Second brother, the king wants to summon us into the palace, and he must want to detain us in the palace, what do you say?" ”

"Don't panic, what did the eldest brother do?" Su Ji pretended to be serious.

"Pretending to be sick and not going to court."

"Okay, I'll also pretend to be sick."

A subordinate entered the lobby and said, "Master, the guards around the king have arrived at the door of the mansion," Su Chang's family is even more masterless, looking at Su Ji's family and not knowing what to do, just at this critical moment, Su Ji's son Su Wu walked out of the inner hall and said: "Father, third uncle, you don't have to panic, enter the inner hall for the time being, and let the children deal with it." "Su Wu is the son of Su Ji's family, handsome and silly, the white turban wraps the hair cone on the top of his head, the long scarf belt flutters down, and the armor is full of heroism, this is the temperament of a young hero. Su Ji looked at his son Su Wu and said, "Wu'er, remember, be cautious in your words and deeds, and disaster will come from your mouth." Su Wu looked at his father Su Ji and said, "Father, don't worry, the child knows." Su Ji's and Su Chang's retreated into the inner hall to hide, Su Wu stood in the lobby, the general stepped into the hall, Su Wu turned to the general and said, "I don't know why the general is here?" Su Wu held his head high at this time, revealing a sense of arrogance.

"The king has a decree to summon your father Su Ji to enter the palace immediately," the general stood in the hall, holding the hilt of the knife tightly with one hand, and looked at Su Wudao with his head held high.

"My father is sick, I'm afraid I can't enter the palace with the general."

"General Ben is going to see what disease your father has?"

"You dare!" Su Wu hurriedly stepped forward to stop in front of the general, pulled out half of the long sword at his waist, and glared at the general with angry eyes. The general took a few steps back, and many armor soldiers rushed in and stood on either side of the general. Su Wu sneered: "If you want to use force, you are coming," Su Ji Mansion rushed out of many soldiers standing in the lobby, stretching out their halberds to meet each other. An old man walked out and said, "Major General." Standing in front of the general, he said, "This general, the master is invited." The armor soldiers withdrew out of the lobby together. The general followed his old family Ding into the inner hall, Su Ji was lying on the sickbed, and pretended to be sickly: "Wu'er is young and vigorous, and I ask the general to forgive my sins, I don't know why the king urgently summoned the old man into the palace?" ”

"The Shu soldiers are coming, and the king urgently summons Lord Su Ji into the palace to discuss this countermeasure."

"What? Shu soldiers came to attack, "Su Jishi sat up on the head of the bed, qi and blood surged, coughing constantly, as if he was very sick, the next person brought a spittoon, Su Jishi spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm in the spittoon, lying at the head of the bed. Mrs. Han sat aside and patted Su Ji's chest and said, "Master, you are sick like this, and you are still working hard for state affairs, isn't there still Gongzi Qi in the court?" Gongzi Qi is resourceful enough to deal with the invading Shu soldiers. ”

Su Jishi lay on the bed and coughed constantly: "General, you see, the old man can't follow you into the court." ”

"Lord Su Ji, you can recuperate with peace of mind, and the general will tell the king about your situation," After saying that, the general turned around and walked out, leading the royal guards to ride fast horses to the capital.

Chao Jinxi stood at the bottom of the steps outside the main hall and knelt up the steps to receive the envoy in the hands of King Tho, and King Tho helped Chao Jinxi up. Chao Jinxi raised the envoy and turned along the steps to get into the car, erected the envoy to the side and saluted, and drove away. The carriage entered Yongcheng quickly, and the station was outside the hall, and a soldier entered the hall and knelt down and said, "My lord, the envoys around the king are asking to see him outside the hall." ”

Su Wu stood up and said angrily: "Father, it's better for us to do the opposite." At this time, a civilian official stood up and said: "The young general doesn't need to be angry, let's see what the envoy is doing first?" ”

"You civil servants know what a fart!"

"Wu'er must not be rude," Su Ji walked down and looked at the civil official and said, "Master Ji, continue." ”

"Lord, if the envoy comes this time to summon him into the palace or to collect the lord's military power to detain him and take him to the capital, the lord can hide his armor in the backyard, and use the cup as a sign, and the armor soldiers can chop it into meat paste when they rush out."

"Okay, send the envoy into the temple."

Chao Jinxi entered the main hall, looking at the murderous spirit left and right, it seems that Chao Jinxi is more auspicious this time, and then looked at Su Ji's face and said: "Lord Su Ji, is this to kill me?" ”

"Your Excellency, what do you mean by that?"

"You're not trying to kill me, what are you doing hiding so many armor soldiers in the backyard?"

After hearing this, Su Ji's face showed surprise, and he waved his hand to remove the hidden soldiers in the backyard, and said with a smile: "Is the envoy here to pass me into the palace?" ”

"The king is furious about this, and he originally wanted Gongzi Qi to lead the troops to crusade against you," Chao Jinxi was serious and did not have the slightest smile.

"What? Childe Kai! Su Jishi's face showed a look of horror, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "What did you say later?" ”

"Later, the official dissuaded the king from using soldiers in the court, saying that you are loyal to the court, how can you rebel? Only then did the king eliminate the anger in his heart, so he sent his official to spread the king's will and unite with Su Chang to defeat Su He. ”

"Crusade against the eldest brother, I don't know what the king means?"

"When the Su He clan was urgently summoned to enter the palace, the Su He clan actually resisted the decree and disrespected, and the king's anger was not gone, and he asked you to join forces to ask for it. I think Su He's scheming is very deep, good at calculation, you are a big trouble in his heart, according to the guards around the king, Su He knows that the king sent troops to fight, so he wants to use your combined forces to attack the king of the crusade, and then attack the royal capital, he also threatened to wait until the destruction of the Tho country and let the king abdicate after the first thing to destroy is you. You think, it is not impossible to destroy you with the power of his hands. ”

"That's true."

"Yes, that's right, because you've always been at odds with him, so you regard you as rivals. Your eldest brother's strength and strategy are enough to capture a capital, the capital is captured, and you will not have the protection of the king, Yongcheng and Yongcheng are the second objects he captures and there is no worries, Yongcheng and Yongcheng will become a projectile land, and it will be easy for your eldest brother to capture. ”

At this time, the Su He clan must have thought that if he did not follow the guards into the palace this time, the king would definitely send troops to fight and send envoys to unite the Su Ji clan and the Su Chang clan to fight against the royal family's soldiers. Unexpectedly, after the envoy entered Su Ji's mansion, Su Ji's family listened to Chao Jinxi's words, refused to join forces with Su He's family, and in anger, he pulled out the sword behind him and walked down, stabbing the messenger sent by Su He to death with a sword, and the messenger fell in a pool of blood. Su Ji stared at the messenger who fell in a pool of blood, let go of the hand holding the sword, the sword fell to the ground, and he took a few steps back and said in surprise: "What should I do if I kill the messenger sent by my eldest brother?" ”

"Only by uniting the Su Chang clan to attack the Su He clan, the two families are one, and the number of soldiers and horses far exceeds that of your eldest brother, and its advantages are already obvious, taking this opportunity to attack your eldest brother will be defeated, what are you afraid of?" Chao Jinxi stood up at this time to look at the messenger who was lying in a pool of blood, and raised his head to look at Su Ji's Dao.