At this time, Tian Qi, who is currently the left minister of Qi State, won the hearts of the people of Qi State after Dadou borrowed grain and returned Xiaodou. also relied on killing Gongzi Jiangcha and supporting Gongzi Yangsheng, and became the true number one clan in Qi State.

However, the Qi State has not been completely controlled by Tian Qi, and Tian Qi's ** has not ended here because of this. He also has a bigger **, but Qi has Gao, Guo, Bao, Yan and Tian and the office are in power together, especially the Bao family, whose head Bao Mu is the right minister, and in terms of power compared to Tian Qi, who is the left minister, it is just a little worse! Although there is no one in the Yan family, it is not too bad, the Yan family, born in the early days of the Qi Linggong era, has 5,000 fiefdoms, according to the military system of the Qi country, each household has one person. That's the equivalent of 5,000 soldiers!

And its previous head of the family is the famous Yan Zi, Yan Zi's popularity in Qi is very high, when Qi State's powerful minister Cui Zhu because of Qi Zhuang Gong and his wife annihilated, killed Qi Zhuang Gong. All the doctors didn't dare to go, only Yan Zi dared to go to the funeral. Yan Zi was still pillowed on Qi Zhuanggong's corpse in pain, and he got up and jumped three more times. Cui Zhu's doorman persuaded Cui Zhu: "You must kill Yan Ying (Yan Zi's name)." ”

Cui Zhu, a person who even dared to kill the monarch, said: "The people have expectations for him, and killing him can win the hearts of the people." ”

Then Cui Zhu established Qi Jinggong, in order to prevent the doctor from being dissatisfied, he summoned soldiers to besiege the Taigong Temple, forcing the doctor to make an alliance with blood and express his allegiance to him. Once a doctor disobeyed, he was killed at the beginning, but in a matter of moments, seven doctors had already been killed. When it came to Yanzi, everyone sweated for Yanzi.

But Yan Zi did not panic at all, Yan Zi calmly raised his glass and swore: "I am only loyal to the monarch and the country!" Anyone who acts for the tiger and aids in the abuse will not die a good death! "Drink it all.

Cui Shu was annoyed and ashamed, but at this time he didn't dare to kill Yan Zi, and just asked Yan Zi to renew his oath. But Yan Ziyi refuted Cui Zhu's request with righteous words. Cui Shu couldn't help pointing his sword at Yan Zi, but in the end, Cui Zhu still didn't dare to kill Yan Zi and let Yan Zi leave calmly.

It can be seen that Yan Zi's prestige in the Qi State, a powerful minister who dared to kill the monarch and seven doctors at one time, but did not dare to kill Yan Zi. Although Yan Zi is dead now, Yan Zi has left a rich legacy to the Yan family, and no one dares to guarantee that once the Yan family plays the banner of "Qingjun side", how many Chinese people will transfer to Yan because of their good impression of Yan Zi, and follow Yan to do something similar to "Qingjun side".

But Tian Qi is not an ordinary person, otherwise it would be impossible to lead the Tian clan to become the number one clan in the Qi country. He soon came up with a poisonous plan - the water of disaster moved 'westward'!

Tian Qi hit the idea on the Lu State, which can be described as the feud of the Qi State, not only in war, but also politically. Doctors who failed in the political struggle in Qi often fled to Lu, and Lu would also provide them with shelter. And the situation of Lu is similar to that of Qi, and the doctors who failed in the political struggle have fled to Qi and are accepted by Qi.

So when Tian Qi decided to wage war against the Lu State, there were not too many people who objected. And in this war, Tian Qi is also ready to use it to consume the strength of the other four clans. For this reason, Tian Qi didn't want to have a big victory, preferably a miserable victory, so Tian Qi prepared with great fanfare from the beginning, so that Lu Guo could prepare. And because of Tian Qi's fanfare, this news also spread to the Han Kingdom in a short time.

When Confucius heard the news, he immediately gathered his disciples and said to them with a sad face: "The country of Lu is the place where the graves of our ancestors are located, and the country where our parents gave birth to us. Now the country of Lu is in danger to this point! Why don't you come forward? ”

As soon as Confucius's words fell, his eldest disciple, Zi Lu, had already stood up and said, "Teacher, the disciple will resign from the Lord and return to Lu State!" ”

Confucius shook his head and said, "You can't! You're too impatient! It's just bad! ”

Zilu had no choice but to sit down, and he also knew that Confucius was not wrong when he said this.

Immediately afterwards, the disciples Zizhang and Zishi asked to go, but Confucius still refused. At this time, Zigong stood up and said, "Teacher, I'll go!" ”

Confucius thought for a while, and finally nodded and said, "Zigong be careful!" ”

"Yes! Please don't worry too much! Zigong said with a resolute face.

Zigong said that, he went back to pack his bags, originally Zigong wanted to say goodbye to Yang Zilu, but considering Yang Zilu's entanglement in the past few days, he was afraid that Yang Zilu would not let him go. So he secretly packed up everything, drove a donkey cart out of the city at dusk, the donkey did not stop along the way, from Huiji City to Linggu more than 100 miles away, Zigong walked all night and finished.

Although he was extremely tired both mentally and physically after a night of hurried travel, Zigong still did not enter Linggu City to rest and then go north, but bypassed Linggu City and came to the dock. I happened to see a passenger ship docked on the pier and was greeting guests, and Zigong was overjoyed. Walked forward, said a few words, and negotiated the fare.

Zigong had just boarded the boat with the donkey cart, and when he had gathered enough guests, he set off for the north. At this moment, there was a thunderous sound of horses' hooves outside the dock, and more than a dozen fast horses galloped forward. Immediately, everyone wore white feathers and black iron helmets on their heads, and their shoulders were draped in fiery red robes, and when they saw this equipment, the people on the dock knew that it was the Yulin Army of the Han Kingdom, and it was also a palace internal guard.

Because the ordinary Yulin army only has white feathers and white robes, and the internal guards are equipped with white feathers and red robes, and there are only five hundred people in total, and they are specially responsible for garrisoning the palace, and they will not go out of Huiji City under normal circumstances.

Before the person arrived, the voice had already come, "Mr. Zigong, please go slowly, the Lord has something to stay!" ”

Zigong was shocked when he heard this, he is now fully focused on Lu Guo, where he is willing to accept Yang Zilu's solicitation. was in a hurry, although he knew that he had paid a lot of money to the boatman to cross the river by boat, he might have exposed his identity. But now he doesn't pay a lot of money to the boatman and let him cross the river in advance, with the current situation, sooner or later he will be searched by the internal guards of the Yulin Army.

Zigong gritted his teeth and took out a cloth bag from his baggage, which landed on the ship's board with a crisp sound, and the cloth belt that had been tied was also loosened, revealing the golden gold inside. Four pieces of gold lay neatly together. "As long as you start the boat now, this gold worth 20,000 yuan is yours!"

When the boat family heard this, his face changed slightly, and he looked at Zigong and said, "It seems that you are Mr. Zigong sent by the monarch to find you by the internal guards of the Yulin Army!" ”

Although Zigong had expected that the boatman might estimate his identity, when he heard the boatman say this, Zigong's face couldn't help but change slightly. Zigong avoided the boatman's question, and said with a forced smile: "When I get to the north shore, I also give the boatman two gold, plus 30,000 yuan here, I believe that it is enough for the boatman to do nothing, and you can enjoy your old age in peace!" Why bother with the wind and rain on the river? ”

When the boatman heard this, he laughed and said: "I am a rough man, but I also know what the country has said, the country country!" Only when there is a country can there be a home! When the country is strong, isn't the family still strong? Although 30,000 yuan is not a small amount, since Your Excellency is the person who is being hunted down by the state, I will not covet this money and harm the country! ”

Zigong didn't know whether to admire or have a good atmosphere. But seeing that the internal guards of the Yulin Army were getting closer and closer, he gritted his teeth and pulled out the bronze sword at his waist, pointed at the boatman and said, "It's rude!" As long as the boatman crosses me to the north shore, Zigong will give me another gold as an apology! ”

When the boat family heard this, although his face showed fear, he still gritted his teeth and said: "Although I don't know why you were hunted down by the monarch, since you can ask the monarch to send the internal guard of the Yulin Army, it is definitely not a trivial matter!" Although I am afraid of death, I cannot destroy the country for fear of death! And when I die, the king will treat my wife and children well! ”

When Zigong heard this, it was really not good to stab him with a sword, after all, Yang Zilu was just recruiting himself, but he killed the boat family because of this. Then again, what's the use of killing the boatman? Zigong has followed Confucius for many years, and the six arts of the gentleman have not fallen, but he has never learned rowing, especially this kind of passenger ship with sails, which is obviously not something that Zigong can solve.

And at this moment, the Yulin Army had already arrived at the dock. The boatman looked at the bronze sword that was only a few inches away from him, gritted his teeth, and shouted, "Zigong is here!" ”

After speaking, the boatman closed his eyes and waited for death, but after half a sound, the expected stinging pain did not come, but heard Zigong sigh and said: "There is such a righteous man, it is really time!" Fate! ”

When the boatman heard this, he opened his eyes, only to see Zigong withdraw his bronze sword and kneel on the ship's board. The boatman hesitated for a while and asked, "Why didn't you kill me?" ”

"Why kill? What about killing you? Zigong asked rhetorically without raising his head or opening his eyes.

The boatman was speechless.

Not long after, a rush of footsteps sounded, and I saw a group of dusty Yulin Army guards boarding the ship, one of them looked at Zigong carefully, and said with a sigh of relief: "It's Mr. Zigong!" ”

Zigong didn't raise his head when he heard this, but just sat there quietly and closed his eyes to recuperate.

An internal guard walked up to the boatman and thanked him. Only then did the internal guard say to Zigong: "Please sir, wait a moment, the Lord will come soon!" ”

When Zigong heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, opened his eyes in surprise, looked at the inner guard and asked, "Didn't you take me back?" ”

The internal guard said with a calm face: "This villain doesn't know, the villain just does what he is ordered, and the order is just to let the villain keep Mr. and wait for the lord to come up." As for everything else, it's not for the villain to know! ”

Zigong frowned, but he couldn't think of what Yang Zilu thought, so he didn't think about it anymore, anyway, Yang Zilu came, and all the mysteries were solved.

(To be continued)