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After the death of the Duke of Qi, the situation was more complicated, and the upper doctor Gao Wei presided over the succession ceremony of the prince Jiang Zhu'er. However, in the process of Qi Xianggong's succession, a will of Qi Xianggong was exposed, which said that Jiang Jiao would succeed him after Qi Xianggong's death. Whether it is true or false cannot be confirmed. So Qi Xianggong began to track down the inside story, coercing and luring blood to wash dissidents, Jiang Jie, Guan Zhong, and Zhaohu fled to Lu overnight.

Relatively speaking, because Gongzi Xiaobai has no power in the middle of the court and the harem, he was recommended by the doctor Gao Wei to become commonplace.

Gao Wei sincerely admired Xiaobai's cleverness and gradually revealed talent, but Gao Wei was more afraid of Jiang Zhu'er's mustard for Xiaobai, Jiang Zhu'er looked very rough on the surface, and he didn't care about doing it, but he was doubly careful about the throne. Since Jiang Zhu'er took the throne, he knocked Gongsun Wuzhi back to his fiefdom Quqiu and became the commander of Quqiu. The affairs of the court are only participated in at the end of the year, the middle of the year and the beginning of the year, and they have to pay the court every year with grain, grass, military horses, military vehicles and other utensils, which makes Gongsun Wuzhi can only sigh at the throne. Not to mention Jiang Jie, he fled to Lu Country and fled with Guan Zhong and Zhaohu. Gongzi Xiaobai does not seem to compete for power and profit, let alone covets the throne, and in Jiang Zhu'er's eyes, he seems to be very docile and can be used. That's why Gao Wei dared to admonish Jiang Zhu'er.

As soon as Gongzi Xiaobai was appointed to office, he received a project from Duke Qi, that is, to build a secret underground hidden palace in the harem. What is the use, Qi Xianggong did not explain, but explained that it should be secret, to be isolated from the existing harem, not to show the mountains and water, to drink and have fun, to set up drum instruments, and to banquet, sleep, and comfortable and private.

Gongzi Xiaobai didn't quite understand, so he asked Uncle Bao: "Does the master know why this Jiang Zhu'er built such a secret palace?" ”

Uncle Bao said: "Listening to the tone of the king, it won't be a good place, and it's not for his own extravagant entertainment!" ”

"The entire harem is a place of extravagant entertainment for the monarch, and no one intervenes in the monarch's extravagant entertainment, so why build a secret palace?"

"There must be something of his own, something ulterior to do. We don't care about this, just do what your lord asks. ”

Xiaobai still had an extra heart, and thought: "Maybe Jiang Zhu'er is looking for a safe haven for herself for fear of another assassination." You'll feel safer taking refuge in this haven from time to time! ”

So when the craftsman Bao Shuya was looking for started work, Gongzi Xiaobai also deliberately left another hidden exit for this secret room. He thought that once the monarch was blocked by bandits in this secret room, wouldn't it be that the monarch would definitely die, and with a secret exit, the monarch could escape smoothly, and this secret exit should be made very cleverly, even if the assassin went deep into the secret palace, it would not be easy to find where the door of this exit was. In addition, the exit of the back door should not only choose concealment, but also consider that once the monarch escapes, he must escape safely. In this way, Gongzi Xiaobai designed another exit on the side of the palace gate, and it is impossible for anyone to come here in normal times, let alone enter the dark room of the secret palace from here. After completing such an idea, Gongzi Xiaobai made a careful explanation with the craftsman, and a hidden siege began. In order for this secret project to achieve secret construction and not be understood and grasped by the people in the palace, the No. 100 craftsmen were transferred to the palace from other places to build the construction results, as soon as the project started, Jiang Zhu'er began to urge, asking Gongzi Xiaobai to complete it within six months, which made Gongzi Xiaobai and Uncle Bao very headaches. Every day, the construction site supervises and supervises the project, but the construction period is still difficult to complete. Early that day, Sikong Xiaobai made a speech to Jiang Zhu'er, due to the complexity of the project, he asked the king to be tolerant of the construction period.

Jiang Zhu'er's face was full of unhappiness. Uncle Bao hurriedly stepped forward to explain the progress of the project, further explaining that the construction period needed to be delayed for a period of time. Qi Xianggong was furious, pointed at Xiaobai and Uncle Bao and scolded: "What else can you do with this group of waste, the construction period promised by the widow cannot be delayed for a day." Whoever dares to delay will take your heads and report to the widows. ”

Xiaobai and Uncle Bao didn't dare to speak. Hurry up to recruit more craftsmen and manpower to make more strenuous efforts to complete the construction period.

There is still a final work in the construction period, and the time is up. Jiang Zhu'er wanted to come to acceptance, Xiaobai was so anxious that he didn't know how to explain to Jiang Zhu'er, but Uncle Bao was happy with confidence.

Gongzi Xiaobai said: "The monarch is about to be accepted, and if he can't hand in the errand, he will lose his head, why can the master still laugh?" ”

Uncle Bao said to Gongzi Xiaobai: "At the beginning, Gongzi did not say that there would be a way to escape if he built a secret room for the king. Now that the secret room has been completed, as long as the escape back door tunnel is not talked about first, can the lord think that we are finished? ”

Gongzi Xiaobai said: "That is to say, you can let the monarch accept the secret room?" But don't say whether Jiang Zhu'er will trouble us in the future. ”

Uncle Bao said, "After the completion of the report, now the lord will not use this secret room, as long as we don't talk about it first, cover up that secret passage, even if you accept the secret room, you will be satisfied, and you will definitely think that we have completed it." ”

In the early days of this day, Qi Xiangzi Jiang Zhu'er first asked his son Xiaobai if he had built the underground secret room, and Xiaobai had to be bold and report hard: "The secret palace has been repaired, and the repair of the secret room according to the requirements of the lord has been completed, just waiting for the lord to observe and accept." ”

Jiang Zhu'er, the Duke of Qi Xiang, immediately ordered that Duke Lu Huan could be invited to come to the State of Qi to discuss the matter of marrying Wang Ji.

Gongzi Xiaobai vaguely felt that he was doing his best, maybe it was the secret cave room that Jiang Zhu'er was going to use with Wang Ji. Because there are not only bedrooms where you can stay, but also places to bathe, wash and change clothes, and places to place musical instruments and sing and dance, it is simply a comfortable place to enjoy the world.

Fortunately, he still has time to grab it out of the tail worker. This Qi Xianggong said that he wanted to personally accept it when it was due, but he said that he was doing it, and it dragged on for a period of time, and Qi Xianggong suddenly got the information, saying that Lu Huan Gong and his wife had set off, and hurriedly called Xiaobai and Bao Shuya, and he wanted to personally accept the secret room project. The son Xiaobai was taken aback, he thought that the secret room could not be opened until Wang Ji was ushered in, so the back door tunnel project was not completely completed, but Qi Xianggong said that the acceptance was acceptance. However, this time for acceptance, Qi Xianggong did not invite the important ministers of the court, and even Xiangguo Gao Fu did not invite him, but called Xiaobai and Bao Shuya and went straight to the secret room of the harem to personally accept it.

Xiaobai followed Uncle Bao's reminder to cover up the final work of the back door.

Qi Xianggong was silent after reading the secret room, and Gongzi Xiaobai was very nervous, afraid that the monarch would be dissatisfied and blame. Just when he didn't know how to break this deadlock and find out if Qi Xianggong's heart was satisfied. Qi Xiang spoke openly.

Qi Xianggong Jiang Zhu'er said: "How many craftsmen have you used?" ”

Gongzi Xiaobai said: "One hundred and thirty people." ”

Qi Xianggong said: "This secret palace cannot be known by outsiders, and none of these craftsmen will be left, and they must all be wiped out." ”

Childe Xiaobai was stunned, this honest-hearted young man, innocent and kind, and never had the heart to kill. Uncle Bao understood Xiaobai's dilemma. stepped forward to Qi Xianggong and said that Gongzi Xiaobai had taken precautions, and the craftsmen used were all outsiders, so he would leave them a way to live. ”

Qi Xianggong said categorically: "No. The widow doesn't want his secret room to be passed on by these subordinates. Xiaobai doesn't have his own family Ding Jiashi, so he uses the Royal Forest Army. ”

Childe Xiaobai understood. These innocent craftsmen will surely die before this king. So he thought for a moment, stepped forward and bowed his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the subordinates have another thing to do." ”

Qi Xianggong asked, "Tell me, what's the matter?" ”

"The minister thinks that there is something wrong with this secret room, if there is a similar assassin incident, in case the king is blocked by an assassin in the secret room, the king should have a way to escape. The minister can first leave these craftsmen to build a secret passage mechanism for the monarch in case of trouble. ”

Qi Xianggong's eyes lit up, he laughed out loud, laughed and said to Uncle Bao: "No wonder Xiangguo and your master praise you for being smart, you are really a person who can use your brain." The widow is allowed. However, in the past few days, Ji Yun and his wife will arrive immediately, detain these people first, and wait for the guests to leave before continuing the construction. ”

"Yes!" Xiaobai immediately received the order.

Uncle Bao wiped the sweat from his forehead. Although these craftsmen are subordinates, during the construction process, they have a certain relationship with Gongzi Xiaobai and Bao Shuya, and they all know that Gongzi Xiaobai is broad-minded and knows that this master and apprentice are a pair of kind people. It is also the care and love of their masters and apprentices for their subordinates that makes the project progress rapidly. Killing these craftsmen is really embarrassing for this master and apprentice. Fortunately, Gongzi Xiaobai's words gave them time to think about rescuing these craftsmen.

"What to do? How can the lives of these artisans be saved? Xiaobai asked Uncle Bao.

Uncle Bao said: "If we do not follow the things determined by the king, we will be guilty of disobedience." ”

Xiaobai said: "But I don't want to do that kind of evil and behead these hundred and ten people for no reason." Although they are all subordinates, they are also living people. No matter what, we have to do everything possible to find a way to protect them. ”

The master and apprentice said this and returned to their mansion. It is said that it is a mansion, and there are only a few subordinates in Xiaobai's palace, who guard the courtyard for him, and there are no family members in the palace, let alone neatly dressed armor.

Uncle Bao thought for a while and said: "It would be a good thing if I could protect these people and be the sons of the son's family, but I am afraid that the king will punish him if he knows about it." Jiang Zhu'er is an unreasonable person, once he angers this tyrant, you and I, the master and apprentice, will not be able to eat and walk away. ”

Gongzi Xiaobai said: "For the sake of the creatures of this hundred and ten, Xiaobai is willing to take risks and bear the consequences. ”

Uncle Bao shook his head: "I'm afraid that in the end, even if you bear the consequences, it will be difficult to save the lives of these hundred and ten people." ”

Childe Xiaobai said: "I don't care so much. Just don't let these people die in vain......"