"What do you want to do?" Qu Rong immediately sat up, frightened and sleepy, and asked in a panic.

"I'm a whore, what do you think I want to do?" Zhong Wuregret stared at Qu Rong with an evil smile, and gently patted Qu Rong's cheek with the blade of his sword.

Qu Rong looked at it, and the sisters she brought, along with the "chivalrous girls" she sent to guard the entrance of the cave, were all tied up and sat in rows.

"I admire your swordsmanship, how about we do it again now?" Zhong Wuregret said.

Qu Rong was very confident in her swordsmanship, and her master once said to her: "As long as you practice the swordsmanship I taught you well, your opponents will not exceed ten in the world." ”

Qu Rong took the sword that Zhong Wuregret threw over, and when she held the sword handle, she felt that something was wrong, and she was very uncomfortable, and when she saw it, she was suddenly frightened, "Wow! With a loud shout, he threw away the sword, and it turned out that Zhong Wuregret had wrapped a small snake around the handle of the sword.

Qu Rong actually ignored her great heroic image, and was so frightened that she cried on the spot.

"Zhong Lang, this is my sister, don't bully her." At this time, Cao Yun'e spoke on the side.

"What about you?" Zhong Wuregret pointed his sword at the "women" sitting on the ground.

The "women" almost said in unison: "We are Sister Qu's sisters, Sister Qu is Sister Cao's sisters, and we are Sister Cao's sisters." ”

"Wow! It's like rehearsing a line for a performance, so neat. Zhong Wuregret was puzzled.

Cao Yun'e said: "Many things were misunderstandings before, Sister Qu has already said it, so you can let them go." ”

"Well, that's boring." Zhong Wuregret let go of the women, then pointed to the sword with a snake on it, looked at Qu Rong and said, "That sword can kill!" ”

"I told my sister that if I don't kill you, I won't kill you."

"Oops! I'm so scared. Zhong Wuregret patted his chest exaggeratedly, and then his eyes were stunned: "You are very good, now can you kill me or I can kill you." Zhong Wuregret didn't care if they understood what it meant, and said a modern buzzword.

"Zhong Lang!" Looking at Cao Yun'e's reproachful expression, Zhong Wuregret said, "Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you." Then he stepped forward and took the snake off the handle of the sword and lifted it in his hand, and said to Qu Rong: "Thank you, sister, for sparing your life without mercy." ”

Qu Rong began to pout, still a little annoyed, hearing him say this, in front of Zhong Wuregret's exaggerated expression, she couldn't help but laugh.

Zhong Wuregret hurriedly untied himself with the women, then picked up the snake on the ground, held it high and said to everyone: "Let you be wronged, because of my recklessness, let you draw red and green Qianqian jade hands, and receive the torture of the tree vine, in order to express my apologies, I will make a delicious snake soup with you to drink, as compensation, okay?" ”

"Not good!" Not only Cao Yun'e objected, but almost all of them said in unison: "We don't drink!" ”

"Huh?" This order made Zhong Wuregret depressed.

At this time, Ling Xiang suddenly ran to Zhong Wuregret and knelt down.

"What are you doing here? Get up, get up. Zhong Wuregret was startled and hurriedly asked Lingxiang to get up.

"The slave has no eyes, blames the uncle, and asks the uncle to forgive the sin." When Lingxiang said, it was already a rain of tears.

"For the sake of the master, what a sin, arise, arise." As he spoke, Zhong Wuregret stepped forward and pulled Lingxiang up, and persuaded him with good words.

At that time, there was no one with such a generous owner. Qu Rong and his party looked at Zhong Wuregret's gaze, as if they had seen a monster. It's no wonder that they, Qu Rong's sisters, are either rich or noble, and what they see at home, whether justified or unreasonable, is to scold and kill the slaves, how can they be so kind to appease the slaves?

Qu Rong couldn't help but have a deeper understanding of Zhong Wuregret.

Now that everyone's misunderstanding has been resolved, Qu Rong invited Cao Yun'e to live with her in the city.

Cao Zhuang has been destroyed, and if he stays, he will do nothing, and besides, in this deep mountain wilderness, he may suffer another disaster one day. Zhong Wuregret also considered that it was much safer to enter the city, and besides, the lamps he was going to make would only be marketable in the city. In addition, if Qu Rong's father is the backstage, what to do can also save a lot of trouble.

He discussed with Cao Yun'e, and he had to go back to Cao Zhuang first.

In Cao Zhuang, Cao Yun'e found a respected old man to preside over the affairs in the village. As the owner, Cao Yun'e is just a name. After packing up, Cao Yun'e and Zhong Wuregret set out on the road into the city.

On the way back, Zhong Wuregret was extremely vigilant, for fear of being attacked by Chen Ming, but he didn't expect that Qu Rong and the others would scare Chen Ming away in order to chase him and kill him.

Qu Rong's father, as a county magistrate, was not just a seven-grade sesame official like later generations, and the county magistrate of Chu at that time was at least much more powerful than the current provincial governor.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Chu State was one of the first countries to establish counties, and the purpose of establishing counties was to settle the alien population that was destroyed by the Chu State. The county magistrates of Chu are all personally selected, appointed, removed and dispatched by the king of Chu, and they are the highest magistrates in the county, and they are relatively independent.

The county not only levies military taxes, but also conscripts soldiers, and uses the powerful county army to defend the royal power. The division of the county can go to battle with the king's division, or it can fight alone or on the border.

Looking for Zhong Wuregret and Cao Yun'e in the deep mountains is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, when Chen Ming's demoralized subordinates found Qu Rong running around, they quickly reported to Chen Ming, they didn't want to provoke these little evil stars, otherwise, once they got into the disaster of war, they and their families would definitely be used as substitutes for the dead ghosts to calm the anger of the Chu State.

In this way, Chen Ming led the team to avoid Qu Rong and them, and hurriedly slipped back to Chen Guo. At least, the so-called national treasure "candle" is still in hand, and it can be explained to some extent.

As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, although the Cao family suffered a catastrophe, due to Zhong Wuregret's strategy, Chen Ming did not dare to let go, and the Cao family still saved a lot of family wealth.

Cao Yun'e picked a few maids, old mothers and Zhuang Ding to bring with them, and Zhong Wuregret picked a few strong, loyal and honest nurses, plus Wu San and Tang Zhong, who had already sneaked home, escorted the carriages and horses, and marched towards the county.

Qu Rong was bent on following Cao Yun'e, and as a result, after settling down in Cao Zhuang, Cao Yun'e and Zhong Wuregret came to the county accompanied by Qu Rong and her female heroes.

chatting all the way, Zhong Wuregret learned from Qu Rong that the current King of Chu is King Chu Mu, the eldest son of King Chu Cheng.

Zhong Wuregret's impression of King Chu Mu is not very good, according to the historical records, King Chu Cheng began to want to establish Shang Chen as the crown prince, to solicit Ling Yin (the highest official title of Chu State, equivalent to the Central Plains official system. Entered the civil administration, became a general, and grasped the military and political power of the whole country).

Zishang said: "The king is not very old, and there are many favored concubines, and if the prince is abolished, there will be turmoil." When the state of Chu established the crown prince, it often chose the youngest son, and Shang Chen, whose eyes were like bee's eyes and his voice was like a jackal's howl, was a cruel person who could not be made a prince. ”

King Chu Cheng thought about it again and again, and finally made Shangchen the crown prince. However, when the merchant heard that Zishang opposed the establishment of himself as the crown prince, he held a grudge against Zishang and always wanted to find an opportunity to take revenge.

In 627 B.C., the Jin State sent Yang as a general to attack Xu and Cai, who rebelled against the Jin and Chu. King Chu Cheng ordered his son to go to save Xu and Cai Erguo.

The Chu army faced the Jin army across the bank at Sishui. The general of the Jin army, Yang Virgin, wanted to withdraw from the army, but he was afraid that people would laugh at him and he was afraid of the Chu army. He had a plan in his mind, and sent someone to say to his son: "Those who come are not afraid, but those who are afraid will not come." If you want to start a war with me, I will retreat thirty miles, let you cross the river and set up an array, and I will fight you to the death. If you dare not cross the river, please retreat thirty miles and I will cross the river to fight you. ”

Zishang was furious and wanted to cross the river for a decisive battle, but his general Cheng Daxin said: "The Jin army said that it was to retreat thirty miles, and when I was tempted to cross the river, I took the opportunity to attack. It is better for us to retreat thirty miles and let the Jin army cross the river, and we will win. ”

As a result, the Chu army retreated thirty miles. As soon as he saw the Chu army retreating, Yang Virgin said to the soldiers: "The Chu army is afraid of us and has already run away." Then, the class teacher returned to the Jin Kingdom.

After two days, Zishang learned that the Jin army had retreated, and he had to return to China.

After the merchant found out, he falsely accused King Chu Cheng: "The son accepted a bribe from his father and returned without a fight. ”

Under the slander, King Chu Cheng gave a sword to commit suicide.

After the death of the son, Cheng Daxin knelt down in front of King Cheng and cried about the reason for the retreat, and King Chu Cheng knew that he had listened to the slander of the Shang Chen, so he began to hate the Shang Chen, and then wanted to abolish the Shang Chen and set up the younger son as the crown prince. But he was afraid that the merchant would rebel, so he wanted to find his fault and kill him.

When the palace inner henchmen heard the news spread, Shang Chen told the news to his teacher Pan Chong. Pan Chong said: "I have a plan to find out whether this news is true or false. ”

The merchant asked, "What is your plan?" ”

Pan Chong said: "Your aunt Mi Shi, who married into Jiang State, has recently returned to Chu State and has lived in the palace for a long time, so she must know about it. She has an impatient temperament, and if you manage to provoke her, she will surely spit out the truth she knows. ”

According to the strategy discussed with Pan Chong, the merchant invited the Mi family to the East Palace and respectfully greeted him. After offering wine and food three times, he gradually became intimate, only asked the chef to offer wine and food, and did not get up himself, and also intended to talk to others.

The Mi clan was furious, and scolded loudly as he walked: "You cheap thing, Hugh is so rude, the king has long wanted to kill you and changed your position to the crown prince!"

After finding out the truth, Shang Chen hurriedly went to Pan Chong to ask for a strategy for self-improvement.

The scheming Pan Chong gave him three options, one was to obey his fate and submit to his son's position; the second is to go to other countries; The third is to kill his father and stand on his own, and as a result, the two agreed to launch a palace coup.

On a quiet night in the middle of the night, Shang Chen said that there was a change in the palace, and led his personal guards to rush into the palace and go straight to the palace of King Chu Cheng. After a struggle, after killing all the guards of King Chu Cheng, he wanted to force King Chu Cheng to commit suicide.

King Chu Cheng wanted to wait for the waiter to seek foreign aid, so he begged softly: "The widow loves to eat wild meat, and he has ordered the chef to cook bear's paws. ””

Pan Chong said sharply: "The bear's paw is difficult to cook, and it takes a long time to cook, otherwise there will be many dreams at night!" With that, he threw a belt at the feet of King Chu Cheng.

King Chu Cheng picked up the belt, looked up to the sky and shouted: "Good son!" Good son! The widow repents of not listening to advice, and brings disaster upon himself. Died today at the hands of the rebel, what face do you see loyal to the underground! Then he put the strap, which had been tied into a slipknot, around his neck.

Pan Chong ordered the two warriors to pull up the belt hard, and after a moment's effort, King Chu Cheng died of anger. The next day, the Shang ministers told the ministers that King Chu Cheng had died of a violent illness and established himself as king.

Although the history books say that King Chu Mu was a king of Chu who had both a pioneering spirit and a vision, Zhong Wuregret did not like him because of his cruelty. Moreover, the stable governance of King Cheng of Chu for nearly half a century brought about the great development of the Chu State, and it was a period when the Chu State laid the foundation for a great power.

Under the rule of King Cheng, the state of Chu developed from a barbarian country living between the Jiang and Han dynasties to Huxiang in the south, Bakui in the west, Lu'an in the east, and Hanyang in the north.

On the way, Zhong Wuregret tried his best to chat with Qu Rong and make up for political culture classes and history classes. I don't know how many imperial political ideas have been mixed with the book knowledge written thousands of years later, who knows the real merits?

Feeling and experiencing it is the reality of life. I think I have historical knowledge and read from the book, but I don't know how I died in the end.

After arriving in the county, Qu Rong insisted that Cao Yun'e live in her house, but Cao Yun'e insisted on refusing, so they found an inn to live in. The next day, under Qu Rong's enthusiastic Zhang Luo, he quickly bought a village in a relatively remote place in the county.

This courtyard was originally the private residence of a declining nobleman, and Cao Yun'e was still quite satisfied. After a rough cleaning, everyone moved from the inn.

"The tree is a big wind. Putting aside her obscene reputation, Cao Yun'e's beauty in the city may be the source of disaster! Zhong Wuregret deliberately chose a more remote place, just to avoid some unwarranted disasters, but the world is also strange, the more you want to hide, some disasters will come at you.