In King Qing's view, most of the Chu officials came to Qing to urge his prince to return to China to succeed to the throne, but Guo Hao's words next were beyond King Qing's expectations.

The latter did not beat around the bush, but went straight to the point, and said straight to the point: "Your Royal Highness doesn't know, before the death of my king, I have always had the heart of another prince, but I didn't have time to issue an edict, now, my country's government and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all support the succession of the eighth prince, if the prince returns to the capital, it ......."

Speaking of this, he didn't make a sound, but glanced at King Qing, and said tentatively: "Please also ask His Royal Highness King Qing to support the eighth prince......"

His words were high-sounding, and when King Qing heard this, he couldn't help sneering, and said, "You are in the political affairs of Chu State, this king is not good at meddling, right?" ”

"Your Highness." Guo Hao arched his hand again, and said unhurriedly: "As long as His Royal Highness can exert a little bit of strength to make Prince Chu stay in Qingdi forever, it will be regarded as a great help to the eighth prince." Of course, the eighth prince will always remember this kindness of His Royal Highness. ”

"Humph! The king of Chu has just passed away, and his crown prince has returned to China, which is a reasonable thing, if this king forcibly detains him, won't he be blamed by the people of the world? What's more, it also offended the entire Chu State! Qingwang frowned.

"Your Highness's words are wrong." Guo Hao said: "If the monarch of Chu State is succeeded by the eighth prince, how can His Royal Highness offend Chu Guoyi?" What's more, the journey back to Chudu from Qingdi is far away, and it is normal for some horse bandits to rob the road in the middle, isn't it? ”

"That being said, why does this king want to help you?" Qingwang said disdainfully.

"The reason is very simple, because His Royal Highness is also helping himself when he helps the eighth prince." Guo Hao said.

"Oh? This has made this king interested, Lord Guo, let's talk about it. Qingwang chuckled.

Guo Hao said: "Please also ask Your Highness to imagine, if the throne of Chu is really inherited by the crown prince, then after he becomes the new king of Chu, will he be in alliance with the Qingguo?" No, he won't, not only won't, but maybe, he'll be in the limelight! And if the eighth prince succeeds to the throne, he must be on the side of His Royal Highness the Green King! ”

His words suddenly reached the heart of King Qing, and now between the wind and the green, the state of Chu is very important! To put it simply, as long as the state of Chu is slightly inclined to one side, it is very likely to influence the situation.

And the prince of Chu State, who has been hostage in Qingdi all these years, although the mansion, food, clothing, housing and so on, Qingguo has provided it, but King Qingqing is not particularly friendly to him, and he has hardly dealt with the prince of Chu, if it weren't for the sudden death of the king of Chu, he is afraid that he has not said a word to the prince of Chu until now.

Qingwang didn't know much about Prince Chu, but now that he heard Guo Hao say this, he didn't know the bottom in his heart, because no one could be sure that after Prince Chu returned to the capital, he would be inclined to Fengguo or Qingguo.

Guo Hao's words are not wrong, the prince of Chu is an unstable factor for the Qing King, and on the eighth prince's side, as long as he supports him to become the new king of Chu, then he can ally with Chu and attack the wind!

After such a comparison, King Qing quickly had an idea in his heart, and after he pondered for a while, he smiled slightly: "Lord Guo is a good means, this favor is a favor, this king helped." ”

"Huh?" When Guo Hao heard this, he was first surprised, and then he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "I will bow to His Royal Highness King Qing for the eighth prince!" ”

"Huh?" King Qing waved his hand and said with a chuckle: "Busy, this king is helping, but I also ask Lord Guo to bring a word to the eighth prince for this king after returning to China, just say that I, Qingguo, will fully support him to become the king of Chu!" ”

"Obey the order!" Guo Hao said excitedly.

Guo Hao's secret request for a meeting made King Qing decide to support the eighth prince of Chu to seize the throne, and after Guo Hao left, he immediately summoned Ling Nan, the leader of the Qingwei camp, and instructed him: "You go in person immediately, and you must leave the prince of Chu in Qingdi forever!" ”

When Ling Nan heard this, he was shocked, this king personally sent Prince Chu the day before yesterday, how could he ...... today

Thinking of this, he subconsciously asked, "What does the king mean......"

Qingwang raised his palm and wiped it slightly on his neck, and said, "Don't reveal your identity, be clean." ”

"Wechen understands." Ling Nan arched his hand and said.

A few days later, the Fengqing border.

It is said that it is the border of Fengqing, but it is better to say that it is the junction of the three kingdoms of Feng, Chu and Qing.

Prince Chu was in a hurry because he was in a hurry, and he was in a hurry, so it wasn't until he chased for several days that Ling Nan caught up with Prince Chu's tracks here.

At this time, Prince Chu's carriage had stopped at the Qingguo border. Because the Qing King had sent a lot of guards to escort him before, Prince Chu had to get out of the carriage here and began to bid farewell to the captain of the guards.

The Qingguo guard, now I don't know that the Qingwang is about to kill the prince of Chu, seeing the prince of Chu get out of the carriage, the captain of the guard also hurriedly greeted him, hugged his fists and saluted: "Your Royal Highness the prince, the front is the Chu realm, and the task we are waiting for has been completed, Your Highness has a smooth journey." ”

"Thank you for your send-off, and I am leaving." Prince Chu also said politely.

"Farewell"

After the two sides saluted, the captain of the guard immediately led a group of green troops to turn around and head towards Qingdi, and the prince of Chu also returned to the carriage and said to his entourage: "Continue on your way." ”

It's a boundary river! It is divided by north and south. On the other side of the river is the windy land.

After separating from the Qingjun guards, the prince of Chu prepared to march along the river to the lower left, so that he could also enter the hinterland of Chu as soon as possible.

But not long after the Green Army Guards left, a team of fast horses suddenly galloped over from a distance!

In the dust, it can be vaguely seen, the men on the horse are all covered with black scarves, and they are dressed as horse bandits, seeing the carriage, the leader began to wave the horse whip in his hand, and whipped the horse's buttocks, only in an instant, he had already galloped in front of Prince Chu's carriage!

Seeing this, the coachman hurriedly pulled the reins, and then he began to look in horror at the group of horse bandits who had surrounded the carriage.

"You ...... Who are you......" asked the coachman in a trembling voice.

"The one who wants your life!" After saying a word, the leading 'horse bandit' had already pulled out the war knife on his waist, and without saying a word, he directly cut off the coachman's head with a knife!

The crown prince of Chu State, of course, had his own entourage, and in the spraying of blood, the rest of the people were shocked, and immediately drew their war knives, and began to protect the carriage with a vigilant face, and one of them immediately shouted into the car: "His Royal Highness the Prince!" Oh no! ”

The movement outside naturally had already alarmed Prince Chu, and after hearing this, Prince Chu also raised his hand and opened the curtain. He first glanced at the dead coachman, and then said in a cold voice: "They are not horse bandits, kill them!" ”