Regarding the search for Poria Zhong Liyi, Li Yuan was even more anxious than Chun Shenjun in his heart.

Chun Shenjun was just annoyed and teased by Zhong Liyi, but Li Yuan was worried that his plot to poison the King of Chu would be revealed, once Chun Shenjun learned about it, Li Yuan would definitely die! Therefore, in the matter of tracking down Poria Zhong Liyi, Li Yuan worked harder than anyone else.

However, the two of them seemed to have disappeared into the world, and they closed the four gates of the city and did not see the two of them again.

"Probably escaped by boat across the fat water to the other six countries!" Li Yuan secretly comforted himself, hoping that these two would never appear! The investigation was fruitless, and other things had to be continued. Chun Shenjun convened the guests to discuss the name of the king of Chu after the great trip.

A title is a title given by a prince after his death according to his life deeds, which is either praised, degraded or sympathetic. During the reign of the Duke of Zhou, the system was a courtesy, and then it was passed down from generation to generation.

is the so-called conclusion of the coffin, even the emperors before the Zhou Dynasty were discussed by later generations and formed a nickname. The last king of the Shang Dynasty, Emperor Xinben, was originally a son with a surname and a name of virtue. The people of later generations were called the king because of the cruelty and unkindness of Emperor Xin, which is the nickname. Of course, it is overflowing. Nicknames such as King Cheng of Zhou, King Mu of Zhou, King Kang of Zhou, indicate that the country was safe and successful during his lifetime.

Chun Shenjun sat on the top, his expression was a little gloomy, and even his voice was a little erratic!

"When the king was still the crown prince, I shared weal and woe with the king, and Lai was anxious to return to the country proudly. At that time, the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Han entered the Kou, and the rivers of Chu were broken. The king succeeded to the crisis, and I was ordered to be in danger, and the monarch and the ministers had to work together to restore the society.

Qin and Zhao Changping's Battle Handan Crisis, the Great King Xianjun, knowing that the Three Jin Dynasty and my Great Chu were cold, only then did he raise troops to unite with Wei to save Zhao in danger. After that, he united the five countries to attack Qin, wanting to knock Qin into the dust in one fell swoop, but unfortunately the six countries each had their own calculations, which led to failure, and the time was also, and the fate was also! ”

Chun Shenjun seemed to sigh with emotion after speaking, but the guests knew the meaning when they heard it.

Chun Shenjun seems to be talking about the past with the king, but he is narrating the life exploits of the king of Chu, and it seems that he wants to set a good name for the king of Chu. In fact, it is not difficult to understand that Chun Shenjun has been awarded Ling Yin for his merits since the King of Chu succeeded to the throne, and half of the merits of the King of Chu will fall on him.

The doormen all do things for Chun Shenjun, and they also understand Chun Shenjun's temper. Chun Shenjun has already set the tone, and others can only say it along with it. Otherwise, if you brush Chun Shenjun's face, there will be no good fruit to eat. The audience immediately suggested to each other, and the sound of patting horses was endless.

"It's not for nothing that the Lord Monarch joins forces with the Five Kingdoms to attack Qin! Everyone in the world knows that during the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin Kingdom was falsely defeated, and how did I know that the king and the king of my Great Chu also used the Qin to destroy Lu. The country of Qi is weak and does not know how to deploy strong troops, and it is even more difficult to conquer cities and villages in the east, this is a merit! ”

"Many people think that Chu is a strong country, and the Great Monarch has weakened its governance, but I don't think this view is correct.

When the king was there, why did he be friends with the Qin State for 20 years? It was very inconvenient for the Qin State to cross the fortress of the Yellow Pass and attack the Chu State; If you borrow the road from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, it will not work to attack with your back to Han and Wei.

The current situation is different, and the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Zhao are in danger. The Great Monarch did not hesitate to promise Xu and Yan Ling to cede these two cities to the Qin State, but also to avoid its edge, so the move of the capital is also to operate the rear! In the future, the war between Qin and Chu will inevitably get worse day by day, and without a stable rear, the state of Chu is in danger! ”

"That's true!" The doormen nodded in agreement.

Chun Shenjun saw that the warm-up was almost over, and asked: "Now that the king is no more, according to the weekly rites, there should be a nickname, what do you think is the king's name?" ”

The doorman said: "The king is clear in the general trend, it can be said that he is thinking about the festival, and he has been in office for 25 years, and the monarch and ministers are suitable for 25 years. Considering these two things, I think it should be called the test, and it is for the king of Chu Kao! ”

"Definitely!" Another guest objected: "Zhao and Chu are both from the Zhou Sect, and saving Zhao Yu in danger is for overseas interception." The false Dao Valu is for the sake of the industry, and the princes and the Qin are for the Zhuang Yilin, I think that this should be called a martyr, and it is for the king of Chu Lie. ”

The doormen and guests each said their own words, and Chun Shenjun had a hard time choosing, so he felt that it was better to choose both: "Even so, it is better to use both the test and the spirit, how about it for the king of Chu Kaolie?" ”

"Very good!"

"Yes!"

The doormen agreed, but they all knew in their hearts that although Chun Shenjun was asking the doormen, he had actually made a final decision. Eating other people's rice and singing against the monarch, in the eyes of the monarch, it is disobedience! If you oppose it, you will be put on small shoes by him on the day you don't come, and it will be very uncomfortable! Those who have endured hardships know that the lord's requirements for the door are first and foremost to be well-behaved!

Next is the burial of the king of Chu.

Li Yuan pleaded: "Lord, I will take care of the preparations for the king's funeral, right?" ”

This time, no one answered, Li Yuannai was the queen's brother, and it was natural for him to come forward. What's more, since Li Yuan was appointed as a disciple, he took over the construction of the royal tomb from his predecessor. This matter is also approved by Chun Shenjun himself, nothing bothers the two masters, and there is no one more suitable than him among the ministers!

Chun Shenjun also thought so, nodded and said, "Yes, so be it!" The matter of the crown prince's succession to the throne will be discussed after the burial of the king, and I will preside over this matter, and I will not rush it for a while. ”

"No!"

The guests responded and left their seats. After everyone left, Su Ying was still sitting in front of the desk. Chun Shenjun said strangely: "Jun has something to say?" ”

Su Ying said: "The world is impermanent, blessings and disasters are unpredictable, and the monarch presiding over the government should know that everything is foreseen, and if it is not prepared, it will be abolished." People's hearts are unpredictable, the lord has been using people for decades, and he must understand more that the heart of guarding against people is indispensable. ”

There is something in the words of Xuan Ying, there must be a reason for saying this, Chun Shenjun couldn't think of the key for a while, and asked: "What is the unpredictable blessing and misfortune?" ”

Zhu Yingdao: "The sovereign has been in charge of Chu for twenty-five years, although he is nominally the prime minister, he is actually the king of Chu. Now that the king of Chu has died, the lord assists the young lord, so he controls the state affairs on his behalf, just like Yi Yin and Zhou Gong, isn't it the lord who is the king in the south and has the Chu state? This is the so-called unexpected blessing.

Why does the king of you pamper him? Everyone in the world says that King Zhou You is fascinated by beauty, but this is not the case. The death of King You was the joint entry of Shen Guo into Kyoto, and the queen of Zhou You was born by Shen Guo at that time. It is based on the decline of the Zhou family that the princes interfere in politics, and the princes interfere in politics mostly by relatives. Youwang deliberately snubbed Empress Shen when he was not angry about Shen Hou's political intervention, and only then did he want to abolish it and then establish it. I don't want this to happen.

Now, how similar is it to the time of King Zhou You?

Li Yuan's sister is the queen, Li Yuan is in the same dynasty as the monarch, the new king is young, the monarch is a minister, Li Yuan is a real relative, the two must not coexist peacefully, he doesn't care about military affairs but has been raising assassins for a long time, the king of Chu is born, Li Yuan must be the first to enter the palace to seize power and kill the monarch. This is what is called an unexpected disaster. I'm worried that the lord didn't guard against Li Yuan's variable, and he would encounter the same disaster as the Youwang! ”

Chun Shenjun was silent, and it was not surprising that Xiong Ying didn't know that Xiong Han was Chun Shenjun's son. But this matter could not be said explicitly, and Chun Shenjun vetoed: "Li Yuan will always be very respectful to me. He had reported to me about the Assassins in captivity, but it hadn't come to the point of killing each other! But what you said also makes sense, I will take strict precautions, I don't believe that he can make any waves in my palm! ”

"If only the lord was on guard!" He said goodbye and left.

After Quan Ying retired, his heart sank. Chun Shenjun seemed to have agreed to take strict precautions, but in fact he did not heed the advice. In his mind, everything is under control!

Even if Chun Shenjun was on guard, Li Yuan's plan had never been questioned by Chun Shenjun, which already showed that Chun Shenjun's methods had already been discovered by Li Yuan. If you have a heart or not, Chun Shenjun is afraid that she will plant a big heel this time! But as a guest of Chunshenjun, once Chunshenjun dies, the doorman will also be implicated. For the sake of his wealth, Su Ying decided to lurk near Li Yuanfu to spy secretly, and if there was any accident, he could tell Chun Shenjun at any time.

In Cang Ying's sight, Li Yuan seemed to have been busy preparing the coffin for the King of Chu. For this reason, Li Yuan also specially went to the Minfu battalion where the royal capital served to transfer a craftsman.

When he heard that the construction of the capital city was temporarily stopped and the coffin was made for the king of Chu, Zhong Li was dumbfounded! Especially when he knew that this task was supervised by Li Yuan, Zhong Liyi instantly felt a sense of being in an uproar.

They all hid in the Minfu camp, and they went around and around and returned to Li Yuan's bowl, the things in this world are really wonderful! But now it's too late to run, and the corpses hanging on the flagpole in the camp all remind Zhong Liyi to be obedient.

Zhong Liyi followed the brigade in this way, and came to Li Yuan's mansion among the craftsmen to make a coffin for the king of Chu.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the coffin was placed with relevant etiquette, and the Zhou ceremony stipulated: the coffin of the Son of Heaven was fourfold, and the coffin of the person was called the coffin, and the coffin was covered with skin; the second weighs the ground also, made of basswood; The third is called the genus, and the fourth is called the coffin. The emperor and queen have two coffins outside the coffin, and more catalpa wood is used, so its coffin is also called "Zi Palace". The prince, Hou Bozinan, and the doctor, with equal differences, are three (with cowhide), two, and one heavy. The stone is not heavy, but with a large coffin. The coffin of the Son of Heaven is eight inches thick, the coffin of the doctor is six inches thick, and the coffin of the Shuren is only allowed to be four inches thick, and there is no coffin.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, emperors, nobles, and scholars have basically followed this system, but at this time the Zhou room no longer exists, and there are many kings and princes in the major wars. The coffin of the king of Chu, Li Yuan, was operated in accordance with the gift of the Son of Heaven. Such a large coffin weighs a thousand pounds, and hundreds of people need to carry the coffin.

There is a lot of strength in people, but the coffin is prepared in ten days. The craftsman did not return and continued to make funeral utensils for the king of Chu. It's just that Li Yuan asked the craftsman to make the funeral goods that Zhong Liyi was very puzzled.

Zhong Liyi itself was taken out of Lishan, and Lishan was the place where the tomb of King Qin was buried, so Zhong Liyi naturally learned about many sacrificial vessels and the etiquette of the king's burial. Although Zhong Liyi did not participate in the production, there is no shortage of craftsmen among the villagers, and Zhong Liyi knows a little about it. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the tombs of Wang Hou were mostly accompanied by jade and bronze vessels. For example, the tomb of Zhao Qing has a famous weapon Kui dragon beast with a patterned mustache, the ancient Fang Ding of the tomb of the state of Qiu, the copper square Yi, the king of Chu is strong, and naturally wants to be better, if it is to accompany the burial of the sword of the king of Yue, or wear the world-famous golden jade clothes, you can still understand, but what is the use of so many carpenter lacquerware?

With the respect of the king of Chu, Li Yuan would never replace bronze with some lacquerware. So what is the purpose of Li Yuan's this? Zhong Liyi didn't know what medicine was bought in Li Yuan's gourd, but he knew that there must be fraud in it, so he secretly became vigilant.

Chun Shenjun didn't expect that Li Yuan, who had always been respectful, had never been truly respectful!

Li Yuan's purpose is to order Yin Chun Shenjun to be the emperor!

The king of Chu is dead, and if he takes down Chunshenjun, he will be able to control the court of Chu with the identity of a relative!

Li Yuan returned to the mansion, and Tian Zhen, the leader of the assassins under his command, immediately came to say, "Maharaja, the coffin has been made, what should we do next?" ”

Li Yuan was overjoyed, the coffin was built well, which meant that the time was ripe to kill Chun Shenjun! The coffin is the most important part of the plan!

"You take someone to change into a carpenter's clothes, put on a coat of filial piety and carry the coffin into the palace, and when Chun Shenjun appears in the mourning hall, you will rush up and kill him. As soon as Huang Xie died, there was no need to worry about his group of customers! Tian Zhen said with a bitter face: "Dajun, even if Chunshenjun enters the palace, there are hundreds of armor guards, and the brothers have no armor on their bodies when they change into filial piety clothes, and they have no weapons in their hands, so they may not be able to break through the defense line of Chunshenjun's armor guards when they fight, how can they kill him?" ”

"Idiot!" Li Yuan knocked on the table and said, "How can you have no weapons?" Let me ask you, can the king of Chu be in the coffin? ”

"Not yet!"

"Is the coffin still empty?"

"Yes!"

After Tian Zhen finished speaking, he suddenly realized! Tentatively asked: "The Maharaja means to hide the weapon in the coffin, although Chun Shenjun controls the four gates of the palace, he only checks whether he has brought weapons into the palace, and will not open the coffin to see what is inside." In this way, we can hide the weapons and armor in the coffin and bring them to the palace unconsciously, and after the coffin enters the palace, we will take out the weapons through the burial of the king of Chu, and we will have the weapon to kill Chun Shenjun? ”

Li Yuan's face softened and nodded, "You're not too stupid after all!" That's it, you act according to the plan! ”

Tian Zhen didn't answer the order and whispered: "But although we can hide from the palace guards, we can't hide from the people who are watching us." Chun Shenjun is jealous both externally and internally, and the manpower arranged by him has been monitoring all around, if all of our assassins leave, Chun Shenjun's people will definitely tell him, and then he will be on guard! Almost all of the working guards are his manpower, and if he detects it, we may not be able to get it! ”

Li Yuan didn't know this! Li Yuan has been secretly planning for many years, how could he ignore such a loophole! Hearing this, he looked at Tian Zhen and praised: "You have a heart!" I need people like you to fill in the gaps! I was prepared for what you said, otherwise how could I have asked a craftsman to make a wooden sword?

Now the Assassin disguised himself as a porter and carried the coffin into the palace, and the craftsman disguised himself as an Assassin and still danced his sword in the backyard. The wooden sword they made was meant to replace the bronze sword in the Fainting Palace. Chun Shenjun only monitored the assassins, but did not restrict the people. In this way, although we sent the Assassins into the palace, it seemed to the watchers that our Assassins were still dancing with swords.

What a plan for Li Dai Taostale! Chun Shenjun didn't personally come forward to check the craftsman's sword, can he know the inside story? Even if you notice a slight difference, you won't be tempted. By the time he knows, we've got it! ”

Tian Zhen couldn't help but laugh twice after hearing this, and stretched out his thumb to praise: "High, really high!" I'm going to get ready now! ”

Although Li Yuan has explained very carefully, Tian Zhen still doesn't dare to be sloppy, and he already has an idea of what to do.

Back at the construction site, Li Yuan picked up a wooden sword and looked at it for a long time, frowned and said, "This wooden sword is quite similar, but why hasn't the paint on it dried yet?" ”

The carpenter saw that Tian Zhen's expression was wrong and said carefully: "My lord, lacquerware catches fire when it encounters fire, so it can't be baked with fire, and it needs to be dried naturally for three days before it can be air-dried!" ”

Tian Zhen's face suddenly turned cold, and he even raised his voice an octave: "What, it will take three more days?" The king is still waiting to be buried, and you say it will take some time! What's the use of keeping you? Someone came, behead him and bury him in the royal tomb! ”

"Adults spare their lives, adults spare their lives!"

The carpenter's plea for mercy did not move Tian Zhen in the slightest, and he was pulled out in the midst of crying and screaming, leaving a string of water stains behind him. The rest of the craftsmen were silent for a while, for fear that one would accidentally anger Tian Zhen.

Tian Zhen took out his handkerchief and slapped his nose with some disgust: "You can't even die clean, useless things!" ”

Saying that, Tian Zhen pulled out another carpenter and said, "How long do you think it will take?" ”

The No. 2 craftsman thought of the fate of the master craftsman in front of him, trembling with fright, how dare he say three days, stretched out a finger and swore solemnly: "One day, one day at most!" ”

"Hmph, that's pretty much it!"

Tian Zhen achieved the expected effect by killing chickens and monkeys, nodded with satisfaction and then asked, "Do you have any good strategies to make the paint dry faster?" ”

"Your Excellency, in addition to fire, you can also use wind. We just need to keep blowing the wind to make the paint dry faster! ”

Tian Zhen didn't believe it: "Wind? Where is the wind? Can you cry out for the wind and rain? Or are you trying to tease me? ”

The carpenter broke out in a cold sweat, fell to his knees and said urgently: "My lord, we can make the wooden sword catch the wind by constantly swinging it with the wooden sword!" For the king, no matter how hard and tired we are, it's worth it! ”

"Well, it's a deal! I'm just waiting for your good news! ”

Tian Zhen finally agreed to smile when he heard this, but it was not because the lacquerware was drying faster, but because in this way, the carpenters had to keep wielding wooden swords, and from the outside world, it seemed like assassins were still dancing swords, just enough to fool the people sent by Chun Shenjun to spy on Li Yuan.

After arranging the carpenter, Tian Zhen prepared to open the coffin and hide the soldiers.

Of course, this kind of thing is inseparable from real craftsmen, Tian Zhen said to the craftsman just now: "You arrange a few people to go with me, where does the coffin still need to be improved!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

Several carpenters were named and followed behind, for fear of accidentally angering Tian Zhen, Zhong Liyi happened to be in the middle of several people. Seeing Tian Zhen's cruelty, Zhong Liyi didn't dare to show anything unusual, but because of this, Zhong Liyi had already guessed that there might be no good thing next!

"Gotta slip away first!"

Zhong Liyi secretly thought about the strategy, thinking of Tian Zhen when he saw the master covering his nose in fright, and guessed that Tian Zhen was a little clean, and he must hate the yellow and white things. Zhong Liyi thought about it, covered his stomach and said with a painful expression: "Adult, the villain wants to go to the thatched house!" ”

Tian Zhen really showed a disgusted expression, and said angrily: "Don't go ahead and solve it!" ”

Zhong Liyi didn't delay for a moment, and hurriedly slipped away.