The comfort of Zhuyuan formed a strong contrast with Chen Guo's tense preparations for war.

Every day, Xia Ji would go for a walk in the bamboo garden accompanied by Chun'e and Xia Cicada to see the growth of rice in her experimental field and the breeding of chickens and ducks. The rice planted according to the way of raising seedlings and transplanting seedlings is obviously better than the rice planted in the traditional way according to the traditional way of slash-and-burn rice next to it, not to mention that there are a large number of loaches in it, which can also become a source of food or income, and the input-output ratio should be much higher than that of traditional farming.

Because the hostess of the Xia Mansion was not there, the male host, Uncle Xia Yu, rarely went to live, and the personnel were greatly reduced, and the guards of the ten-ride chariot were also reduced to only two cars, and the guards of the bamboo garden increased a lot.

Uncle Sima Xia Yu shouldered the heavy responsibility, training the new battalion, supervising the armed training of his own family, and going to the court, so he was very busy, but he still often took time to visit Xia Ji in Zhuyuan, and this sincere concern made Xia Ji very moved.

Uncle Xia Yu talked to Xia Ji about the predicament that Chen Guo is facing now, and poured out the melancholy in his heart: "Madam, Chu State is preparing to invade Chen State, Chen State is in danger, I really don't know how far it will develop." ”

"My lord, why don't you turn to the Jin Kingdom for help, long-distance friendship and close attack are the only magic weapons."

"Madame doesn't know, now that the monarch of the Jin State is young, it is difficult to do anything, and it is precisely because of this that King Chu Mu has repeatedly moved north, trying to expand the territory of the Chu State."

"My lord, the concubine is a little curious about this King Chu Mu, what kind of person he is, the concubine only knows that King Chu Mu is the first person in history to kill his father and seize the throne, my lord, can you tell the concubine body?" The memory of King Chu Mu left by Xia Ji when she was studying was that she was the first king in history to kill her father and ascend to the throne, which was very impressive.

"It's been a few years since this happened, and that's a long story. Before King Chu Mu ascended the throne, his name was Shang Chen, and he was the eldest son of King Chu Cheng. According to the principle of the hereditary system of the Duke of Zhou, the eldest son is the legal heir, and he should be made the crown prince according to the example of the Duke of Zhou. ”

"Since he is the crown prince, it is only a matter of time before he succeeds to the throne, why did he kill his father and seize the throne?"

However, the state of Chu has always had the custom of young sons guarding the house, and the royal heir can be inherited by the younger son. Between Zhou Li and Chu customs, King Chu Cheng wavered, so that the monarch's candidate has not been determined. ”

"It's not because of this that you killed your father, did you?"

"It's not. Shangchen was scheming, seeing that the position of the prince was vacant, he was worried that others would seize the position of the prince, so he often sent a pearl and jade ring to win over the close ministers around King Cheng, so many people said good things for Shangchen. When King Chu Cheng heard this, he moved the idea of establishing a prince and consulted Ling Yin Doubo. Dou Bo knew about Shang Chen's tricks, so he resolutely opposed them. But King Chu Cheng was also deceived by the appearance of the merchants, and insisted on going his own way, and finally established the merchants as the crown prince. ”

"My lord, it seems that this dou Bo will not end well in the future." Natsuhime said.

"Yes, ma'am. After Shangchen became the crown prince, he heard that Dou Bo was against making himself the crown prince, and he was resentful, so he looked for an opportunity to get rid of him. Later, King Chu Cheng knew that Dou Bo was unjustly killed by Shang Chen, so he became suspicious of him. Soon, he found out that everyone supported Shangchen as the prince because he accepted bribes from Shangchen, so he suddenly realized that he began to alienate Shangchen. ”

"It seems that King Chu Cheng is going to depose the crown prince, right?"

"Yes. King Chu Cheng's youngest son, Wang Zizhi, is very smart, and King Chu Cheng has always liked him, so he wanted to abolish the merchant and set up his youngest son. However, at this time, Shang Chen had already cultivated a group of forces in the court, and King Chu Cheng did not dare to act rashly. ”

"Woe to Xiao Wall, it seems that it is another bloody storm." Natsuki sighed.

"Not bad. At this time, Jiang Mi, the royal sister who married into Jiangguo, returned to Yingdu Province, and King Chu Cheng told Jiang Mi what was on his mind, and Jiang Mi persuaded him to collect evidence of the merchant first and then abolish the merchant in the name of justice. This matter was heard by the ears and eyes of the merchants, and soon reached the ears of the merchants. Shang Chen hurriedly asked his master Pan Chong to discuss countermeasures, Pan Chong said: Your aunt has an impatient temperament, and when she gets angry, she can't hide anything, you can set up a banquet for her, deliberately provoke her, and spy on her. ”

"Stupid women are really not enough to achieve and more to lose."

The merchant acted according to the plan, set up a banquet to entertain and deliberately angered his aunt Jiang Mi with words, Jiang Mi really fell for it, and said: You stinky boy, so rude, how can you be worthy of being a prince? Your father has long wanted to abolish you, and you don't know what to do, so let's see. With that, he threw up his sleeves and boarded the car. Back in the palace, Jiang Mi was still angry, and went straight to see King Chu Cheng, and hated that he should abolish the merchant immediately. King Chu Cheng nodded and said: Tomorrow morning, I will tell the ministers to abolish the merchants. and invited Jiang Mi to come to taste the bear's paw in the evening and discuss the abolition of the merchants. ”

"Then King Chu Cheng is also confused, why don't you ask his sister if she leaked the secret of the abolished prince, and then strike first." Natsuhime felt like she was a bit of an afterthought.

"Yes. Shang Chen is not a good type, he said that there was a change in the palace that night, and together with Pan Zhen, he led the army to surround and kill the palace. With a sharp sword in hand, he broke into front of King Chu Cheng. After killing a few chamberlains and palace maids, he asked people to tie Bai Aya in a knot, throw it on the ground, and pull the two ends by two warriors, and then said to King Chu Cheng: Father, come here, put your head here, close your eyes, and there will be no pain. ”

"Ruthless enough." Natsuki sighed.

King Chu Cheng's face twitched and pleaded: Let me finish eating the bear's paw made by the imperial kitchen, okay?"

"King Cheng wants to use delaying tactics." Natsuhime said.

"yes. How do you know that Shang Chen was not fooled, and roared loudly: Do you want to wait for your youngest son to save you? You just don't like me, no matter what I do, you just like that stinky kid. King Chu Cheng listened to what Shang Chen said, knowing that any words and pleas would be useless at this time, he smiled miserably, grabbed the white silk on the ground, and put it around his neck. Shang Chen glanced at both sides, and as soon as the two mighty warriors exerted their strength, King Chu Cheng died of anger. ”

"It's sad and lamentable, a generation of kings was killed by his own son like this." Natsuhime sighed.

"Yes, King Chu Cheng reigned for more than forty years, and a palace coup cost his life. The next day, the merchant ministers told the ministers that King Chu Cheng had died of a violent illness and established himself as king. In the palace, there is no family affection at all, and royal power is everything. Uncle Xia Yu also sighed.

"Did King Chu Mu kill his aunt Jiang Mi?"

"King Cheng was asked to eat bear paws with Wang Zizhi that night to discuss the matter of getting rid of the merchants, Jiang Mi and Wang Zizhi arrived when King Cheng was dead, Jiang Mi was in pain after seeing King Cheng's body, and blamed himself for killing Brother Wang and hanged himself; The prince was also forced to commit suicide. ”

"It's sad and lamentable."

"King Chu Mu hated his aunt Jiang Mi to death, even if his aunt died, he didn't get rid of his hatred, and in the second year after he ascended the throne and gained a firm foothold, he planned to capture Jiang Mi's Jiang State where he married, and King Jin's uncle Huan Gong and Yang Virgin attacked Chu State to rescue Jiang State, and Jiang State was saved from annihilation."

"Another big drama of encircling Wei to save Zhao, but it's a pity that Jiang Guo is too weak to protect himself."

"What encircled Wei to save Zhao? This is to attack Chu and save the river. Another year later, King Chu Mu took advantage of the war between Qin and Jin and quickly sent troops to destroy Jiang. ”

Xia Ji stuck out her tongue secretly, Wei and Zhao were both the result of the division of the three Jin, at this time the Jin State was still very strong, and the siege of Wei to save Zhao was still a few hundred years away from the Warring States period. However, it seems that there was a similar example of fighting when Wei rescued Zhao Chunqiu.

"Poor Jiang Guo, originally thought that the marriage with the Chu State could ensure the peace of the country and the people, but he didn't expect that the marriage would lead the wolf into the house and the country would be ruined. It's wonderful for adults to talk about these things. ”

"These things were obtained by the spies on the Chu side, but I summarized and sorted them out." Uncle Xia Yu smiled bitterly, knowing that although this King Chu Mu killed his father and seized the throne, it was despicable, but he was by no means a mediocre talent, but a troubled man with great plans and foresight, which was not a good thing for Chen Guo.