On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the southernmost city of Jingguo, Jincheng, is a lively and extraordinary scene. There is a huge palace in the northeast of Jincheng, and the palace gate is impressively written with the four big characters of Pingnan Wangfu. A woman in her teens walked into the palace accompanied by several subordinates, Zhang Shumo would definitely recognize the woman if she was here, she was Yang Xue!

Yang Xue entered the palace, and a middle-aged man in his thirties walked over with a smile: "Aifei, is my Jingguo Market much more lively than Huaiguo?" ”

"It's okay!" Yang Xue replied coldly with two words and walked straight to the house.

The man was not annoyed, and followed Yang Xue into the house: "Why did Concubine Ai go out to play and come back with a tense face?" What can you tell this king, in this golden city, there is nothing that I can't do in Pingnan Wang Jiwen! ”

After listening, Yang Xue turned to look at Ji Wen: "Okay!" I want you to send troops to attack Huaiguo now and flatten Huaiguo! After speaking, Yang Xue shed tears of grievance.

Ji Wen hurriedly wiped away Yang Xue's tears: "Don't cry, concubine, as soon as you cry, this king will feel distressed." The attack on Huai Guozi is a big matter, and I can't be the master alone, but don't worry, I will already send the news back to Kyoto. According to the day, it is almost time now, and soon we will be able to set foot in Huaiguo and avenge the concubine! ”

In the original city of Jingguo, a fast horse hurriedly drove through the street and came to a mansion.

"Qi Qi National Division, the guards are coming to report, and the king of Pingnan has sent an urgent letter!"

An old man with pale hair was lying on his side on the bed, and sat up when he heard the words of his servant: "Present the letter." ”

The servant respectfully handed the letter to the old man. The old man took it apart and looked at it, and his eyes opened instantly, and he immediately stood up: "Quick, prepare the car, I want to enter the palace to see the king!" ”

This old man is Zhou Gang, the national teacher of Jingguo, who is more than eighty years old this year, assisting the three generations of kings of Jingguo, who is in a high position in Jingguo, and is really above 10,000 people under one person.

Since it was the Lantern Festival, Ji Xin, the king of Jingguo, summoned several favored ministers who were drinking in the harem. Ji Xin was drinking and having fun, and when he saw Zhou Gang coming in a hurry, he was immediately disinterested, waved his hand, asked the musician to step back, and asked impatiently: "Why does the national teacher have to discuss with the widow today, can't he wait for the festival to talk about it?" ”

Zhou Gang hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The old minister really deserves death for disturbing His Majesty's Yaxing, but the old minister does have something important to report!" According to the news from King Pingnan, a coup d'état occurred in Huaiguo in the south, and the cavalry of Zhang Lu, the former prime minister of Huaiguo, rebelled, and Huaiguo was in chaos! Now is a good time for us to send troops, as long as we break through the Dieling Pass, Huaiguo is at your fingertips! ”

"Is there such a thing?" Ji Xin raised his eyebrows, and then showed a reluctant look: "This matter is a big matter, we have to think about it in the long run, and when I wait until tomorrow, I will convene hundreds of civil and military officials and good students to discuss!" ”

Zhou Gang refused to give up: "King, if the country is in turmoil, other countries will definitely be eyeing it." So we have to shoot as soon as possible, we won't even be able to get a cup of wine if it's too late! ”

"National Teacher!" Ji Xin's face tightened: "Today is the Lantern Festival, does the national teacher want me to gather all the civil and military officials now?" The widow is the king of a country, and he has to be considerate of his subordinates! Okay, that's it, we'll talk about it tomorrow! ”

Zhou Gang stood still for a long time before slowly exiting the hall, worrying in his heart: Ji Xin is greedy for pleasure, doesn't care about political affairs, at first he trusted himself, and left everything to himself, but now he listens to the villain's slander, and he will eventually mislead the country!

When Zhou Gang left, the three ministers in the audience exchanged glances and colluded. These three people are Prime Minister Sun Yan, Imperial Historian Wu You and Zongzheng Lu Jin, although their official positions are not low, but the affairs of Jingguo all need to go through Zhou Gang's hands, and the three of them belong to officials without power, so they are very dissatisfied with Zhou Gang.

Sun Yan, the prime minister at the head, took the lead and said: "King, the king must think twice about attacking Huaiguo!" Huaiguo is the land of four wars, in addition to our country also borders with Wu, Yan, and Zheng, once it is defeated, it is necessary to send a large number of troops to guard, and the people and money will be lost! And how could the three kingdoms watch us annex Huaiguo? Originally, we coexisted peacefully with Yan and Wu, don't lose the relationship because of a small Huaiguo, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Ji Xin was thinking about it, and Wu You on the side also took the opportunity to say: "King, what Sun Xiang said is very true!" Zheng Guo in the south is powerful and has always been eyeing other countries. Keeping Huaiguo can also help us resist Zheng Guo, and once Huaiguo is destroyed, it will be cold lips and teeth! ”

After listening to the words of the two, Ji Xin nodded: "What the two Aiqing said is not unreasonable, but Zhou Gang is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and his words cannot be ignored by few people." Let's talk about these things tomorrow, the widow is tired, so stand down! ”

As soon as the three of them left, Ji Xin immediately showed a smile: "These strategists, full of rivers and mountains, have not made a difference. It's better to go to the harem and watch the new concubines dance! Ji Xin muttered to himself as he moved the harem.

As soon as Sun Yan and the three of them left the palace, they got together again. Sun Yan said with a worried face: "Tomorrow, I have to stop Zhou Gang from attacking Huaiguo." He is already in a high position, if he expands the territory for the country, my position may not be guaranteed! ”

Lu Jin on the side rolled his eyes: "Two adults, there is a plan to make the king suspicious of Zhou Gang!" Zhou Gang has Hu blood, let's find someone to copy Zhou Gang's notes and write a letter to the Hu people, so that the Hu people can attack when our army goes south, and the king will not agree to attack Huaiguo when he sees that this letter is extinct! ”

Sun Yan and Wu You agreed when they heard this, so the three of them acted separately according to Lu Jin's plan.

The next day, hundreds of civil and military officials gathered in the Jingguo Palace, and Ji Xin sat on the dragon chair and listened to everyone's discussion about attacking Huaiguo.

At this time, a general hurriedly came to report: "Report to the king, the last general has captured a Hu spy and found a letter, please see it." After speaking, the general also looked at Zhou Gang.

As soon as Ji Xin saw the letter, his eyes widened instantly, and he pointed at Zhou Gang and said, "Zhou Gang, you dare to fornicate with Hu Ren!" ”

Zhou Gang was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that someone had framed him, so he said calmly: "King, the old minister has assisted Jingguo for many years, if you want to fornicate with Hu people, why wait until now?" There must be someone who doesn't want the king to send troops to attack Huaiguo, so he deliberately frames the old minister! ”

Zhou Gang's son Zhou Ji is the captain of Jingguo, and he defended his father: "King, Weichen holds military power as a captain, if his father wants to rebel, he still uses fornication with Hu people?" My Zhou family is dedicated to serving the king, and the sun and the moon can be seen from the loyalty, and the king must not be confused by traitors! ”。

So other ministers also began to vouch for Zhou Gang, although Ji Xin was greedy for pleasure but not stupid, if the Zhou family wanted to rebel, I am afraid that he would have died long ago. But Ji Xin didn't want to bother to investigate the mastermind behind the scenes, so he said: "The widow is confused for a while, how can Lord Zhou betray me with loyalty?" I think it must be Huaiguo's spies who deliberately framed the national teacher, since this is the case, I will give the national teacher 50,000 troops, plus the 100,000 horses of the king of Pingnan to crusade against Huaiguo! ”

Ji Xin sent a lot of civil and military officials with a word, and went back to the harem happily.