From both sides of the king's back curtain like rats rushed out of the eight great scholars, each of them holding swords, halberds, axes and other cold weapons, tightly surrounded Zhuang Ji, two big guards respectively grabbed Zhuang Ji's left and right arms and reversed to the back, with finger-thick ropes tightly bound.

"You can't do that!" Qu Yuan stood up from the line again and shouted, "General Zhuang is originally a descendant of the King of Chu, and he takes it as his responsibility to defend the eastern soil and sea frontier, why did he start an incident and destroy the country?" His uprising was to force the king to keep the country, to prevent Qiang Qi from swallowing our rivers and mountains, and to force Qiang Qi to retreat in the face of difficulties. If it weren't for General Zhuang's troubles regardless of his personal safety, would I be able to keep the eastern soil of Nuoda? ”

Ling Yin Zilan glanced at Qu Yuan, stepped forward and knelt down to King Qingxiang and said: "The king is clear, this Qu Lao'er has gone crazy, and openly exonerated the traitorous general, and what is even more outrageous is that he even praised the rebel general Zhuang Ji as a meritorious minister. Everyone knows that the person who really works against the Qi State is the king, you, you came back from the Qi State to inherit the monarch, and you have not fulfilled the promise of the six cities in the east to Qi, you are the hero of the Qi contract, how can you override the work of Zhuang Ji above the king? ”

After hearing this, King Qingxiang suddenly said, "Huh? He said, "Zilan means that this king is a treacherous?" ”

"No, no," Zilan hurriedly waved her hand and explained backwards, "The minister means that the king has defended the land. ”

"Yes, what Zilan said makes sense. But Qu Lao'er sang praises for the traitors and shouted grievances, which is the biggest disrespect to the king. The king, give an order quickly, and never forgive Zhuang Ji and his comrades. Jin Shang and Zilan sang together.

"Immediately beheaded—" The ministers among the ministers who flattered Zilan and Jin Shang also chimed in loudly.

King Qingxiang saw that there were so many ministers who echoed the killing, and his heart was inevitably a little excited, and he waved his hand, and was about to give an order, Qu Yuan rushed to the front and shouted: "King, don't do it, don't do it." ”

King Qingxiang weakly lowered his arm and said, "Qu Lao'er, are you annoyed?" Whenever there is a critical moment, you always bad things for the Lone King, and the Lone King does not kill you, because you and the Lone King are of the same bloodline and have a high seniority, not how wise and great you are. ”

"The king, Zhuang traveled thousands of miles to worship, it is a practical action to sincerely surrender to the king, we must cherish it, and we must not hurt the loyalty and goodness because of the greedy words of the villain." Qu Yuan pleaded desperately.

Jin Shang was worried that Qu Yuan would make such a fuss and change King Qingxiang's mind, so he angrily pulled down Qu Yuan and threatened: "If you defend the rebel again, the king will not let you go." The king, make up your mind, pass on the decree, destroy the rebels, and the great Chuxing. ”

Hearing Jin Shang's clamour, King Xiang's blood boiled, and he was emotionally excited, and waved his arms again: "Pull it down, cut it!" ”

"Brother Wang, you can't do this." Suddenly, a beautiful woman came out from behind the king's curtain and stopped loudly.

When King Qingxiang saw it, he said with a straight face: "What are you doing here?" A girl's family, does she still look like a princess? ”

"Princess Jingyin, you came just in time. Hurry up and save General Zhuang Jizhuang, Chu State can't do without him. Qu Yuan stepped forward and begged Princess Jingyin.

"Doctor Sanlu is right, the state of Chu can't do without General Zhuang." Princess Jingyin turned her face to King Qingxiang and said, "Brother Wang, you think, the Qin State is becoming stronger and stronger, and it is both soft and hard against the small countries, and I want to win them over and unite the princes to besiege my Chu." At the moment of the great enemy, Brother Wang did not want to resist the enemy, but he listened to slander in the palace, suspected loyal ministers, and mistakenly beheaded good generals, which indicated the bad luck of the Chu State. Besides, General Zhuang is the leader of Dongdi, and there are hundreds of thousands of generals under him, if Brother Wang kills General Zhuang, isn't he afraid of retaliation from the Dongdi soldiers? For the sake of the country, General Zhuang led the Dongdi soldiers to reject the enemy, never suspected the king, and came to meet the king day and night, and his loyalty can be seen. But Brother Wang listened to the instigation of the villain, and when the country was in danger, he adopted the words of the ministers and killed Zhongliang. ”

"Ah, Princess Jingyin has to look at the object when she speaks. Although when Zhuang Ji was in the palace, everyone knew about the two of you, but now it is a matter of deciding national affairs, what are you talking about a yellow-haired girl? Jin Shang jumped out and said to King Qingxiang, "King, the princess is pouring dirty water on the king and slandering the king for being virtuous and using energy." The king must not listen to the rumors, and quickly order the village to be beheaded. After Jin Shang finished speaking, he looked back at Princess Jingyin and said, "If you don't know each other again, be careful that the old minister denounces you." ”

Princess Jingyin sneered: "You are a dwarf and ugly monster, and you actually threaten this princess? She suddenly turned to King Qingxiang and said, "Brother Wang, Jin Shang has always been playing right and wrong, lest the palace be chaotic." If you listen to him, the country of Chu will be finished. ”

"King, I have a secret, the secret that Princess Jingyin is most afraid of, does the king want to hear it?" Jin Shang was humiliated by the princess, and he was very angry in his heart, and he blurted out that he wanted to expose Princess Jingyin's shortcomings.

King Qingxiang felt that Jin Shang's words were informative, and his curiosity suddenly rose, and he encouraged: "What is her secret that is not seen?" Expose it quickly, the lonely king really wants to hear it. ”

"Villain Jin Shang, you don't want to live anymore, if you dare to say something unfavorable to the princess to the king, tragedy will accompany you." Princess Jingyin warned.

Song Yu listened to Princess Jingyin's tone and concluded that there was really a secret of an unreliable person held by Jin Shang, so he seized the opportunity to relieve the princess, he stood up in line and said: "You don't have to fight anymore, General Zhuang Jizhuang is fine, the king didn't want to kill him." “

"Huh?!" The ministers all raised questions in unison.

Jin Shang was afraid that the king would really change his mind, so he jumped out and accused Song Yudao: "You little Song white-faced, you want to please the princess, there are many opportunities, and you are courteous to a woman on such a fateful occasion, I'm afraid it will outweigh the losses." “

How do you know that this Song Yu was not threatened, and said to Jin Shang: "Doctor Jin, the little one has always respected you, but in this matter of Zhuang Ji, you have done too much, so the little one wants to say a fair word and convey the true intention of the king, do you know?" “

"Huh? You say the king has other intentions? Jin Shang seemed to have grasped Song Yu's handle, and used this to consolidate the king's determination to kill Zhuang Ji, so he turned to the king and said: "You have heard, the king of Chu is the kingdom of the king, and the old minister doesn't know what other plans the king has besides killing the rebel general Zhuang Ji?" “

When King Qingxiang heard this, he touched his chin with one hand and stammered, "Hmm...... This one...... This ......"

Song Yu took a step forward, knelt down and bowed to the king, then stood up and said to the ministers present: "You, as the courtiers of Dachu, do not understand the meaning of the king. ”

Jin Shang interrupted Song Yu's words unconvinced, and pretended to be surprised: "Oh, how can you say this?" The old minister doesn't believe it, just you Song Yu is smart and can understand the meaning of the king? ”

After Song Yu worshiped the king again, he responded calmly: "You didn't listen to what the king said, you want to unjustly kill General Zhuang Jizhuang and let the king carry the black cauldron." It's a pity, our king is wise, and you don't understand the order he issued, it's really in vain. ”

Jin Shang's second monk was puzzled, and said angrily: "Little white face, you don't go around in circles, say it quickly, what other plans does the king have?" ”

Song Yu corrected: "Listen, the king is wise, not a plot. Doctor Jin always suspects that the king has a plan, and Da Chu is the king's, and he also said that the king is plotting to come and go, which is the biggest disrespect to the king. ”

Jin Shangsheng was afraid that Song Yu would deliberately make trouble and change the topic, so he replied: "Don't talk about it, now it's the king's order to kill Zhuang Ji, and if you want to change the king's order, this can't be done." ”

King Qingxiang answered: "Yes, Doctor Jin just listened to Song Yu. ”

There was a king's order that Song Yu had the courage to say to the ministers: "You understand, the king's order just now is called 'beheading-day-'." This 'chop-day-of' is the day of chopping--yet, you use your brains to think, this 'chop' and 'day' are stacked together, which is a 'temporary' word, that is, not chopping for the time being. Song Yu saw that the teacher Qu Yuan had repeatedly exonerated Zhuang Ji, and wanted to help the teacher here to change the teacher's opinion of himself: "The king has a little intelligence problem, which makes you all be forced, this is not the king is wise, what is it?" “

After hearing this, King Qingxiang smiled proudly: "Well, the Lone King said so, to Zhuang Ji - day-." ”

When Jin Shang heard this, he found that Song Yu was choosing a side again, and the king also recognized his statement, so he was anxious, so he reprimanded Song Yu and said, "What do you know with a little white face? The king has ordered the beheading of Zhuang Ji, what crime should you be guilty of misinterpreting the king's will and tampering with the king's decree? My king of Chu, Chrysostom, said that how can the decree be changed overnight? Besides, I still have secrets to tell the king. ”

"What's your secret? Isn't it just that you want to harm Zhongliang and disturb my palace......" said the princess angrily.

King Qingxiang interrupted Princess Jingyin's words and said to Jin Shang: "Say it quickly, don't listen to her, there is a lonely king to support you, and the sky can't fall." ”

Jin Shang was afraid of Princess Jingyin, but he was even more afraid of the king. He said in a hurry: "The king, the princess...... She ...... privately ......"

Ah, that's worth it! The beautiful princess in the palace, the sister of the king, was exposed by a courtier in front of all the ministers.

When King Qingxiang heard this, his fat face immediately flushed, and he pointed at Jin Shang and asked, "Are you ...... You...... Is that true? Not the slightest bit of falsehood? Princess, who did she forise? In fact, King Qingxiang's finger pointed at Zhuang Ji.

Jin Shang understood what the king meant, but even if he ate the leopard's gall, he didn't dare to say anything to the princess. "No...... No...... The king, not her...... She...... Fornication, it's my ...... I...... Private...... Fornication ......" He was so nervous that he didn't know what to say.

King Qingxiang glared at his two eyes and roared, "You...... You have a private ...... with the princess Open? He stood up and was about to hit Jin Shang.

Princess Jingyin was so angry that she couldn't bear it and hit Jin Shang headfirst. He stumbled backwards, causing Princess Jingyin to pounce on him. As if she had been greatly insulted, the princess stood up, rushed to the throne with her body, snatched the long sword on the king's case, turned around and stabbed at Jin Shang.

In order to protect his master, Jin Shang, the guards who were kidnapping Zhuang Ji pushed Zhuang Ji forward, just in time to block Princess Jingyin's angry sword stab at Jin Shang.

Jin Shang stood up and shouted loudly: "The princess is angry, the king misunderstood, it was not the princess's fornication, but that the princess listened to the king's secret privately through the background, and told Zhuang Ji the secret." Zhuang Ji is prepared to get along with the king. ”

How could Princess Jingyin have the heart to listen to Jin Shang's nonsense? She was ignorant, put down the hilt of her sword, threw herself on Zhuang Ji and cried, "General Zhuang, what's wrong with you?" Wake up......"