On this day, outside the Chaoge City, Di Xin and a cadre of ministers came to the outside of the city early in the morning to welcome Wen Zhong's return to the court. Half an hour later, Di Xin and his ministers had already seen the mighty army begin to come in the direction of Chaoge.

The army was led by Wen Zhong, when Wen Zhong saw Di Xin leading the ministers to meet outside the city, he was shocked, you know, this kind of treatment is only done by the ministers when the emperor drove in person, but he didn't expect that today, Di Xin actually came to meet outside the city in person.

Wen Zhong got down from his mount, then came to Di Xin, knelt down and said, "Wen Zhong pays homage to the king. ”

Di Xin directly helped Wen Zhong up and said: "Taishi, please get up quickly, Taishi has been working all the way, and has insisted on the border for ten years for Dashang, I am very moved, and today I specially led hundreds of officials to come outside the city to greet him, and today it is Taishi as the protagonist." ”

Wen Zhong was very moved in his heart after hearing Di Xin's words, and said: "The king is serious, it is our duty to fight for the big business, and I don't dare to let the king do this." ”

Di Xin was not pretentious, and said to Wen Zhong: "Master Taishi, please, I have already prepared a celebration banquet for the Master in the palace." ”

"The king, please." Wen Zhong said politely.

Di Xin and Baiguan sat in the carriage, Wen Zhong sat on his own ink unicorn, and then led the army to the direction of Chaoge, Wen Zhong accompanied Di Xin, and when Wen Zhong entered Chaoge, he was a little surprised, he did not return to Chaoge for ten years, Wen Zhong found that Chaoge has changed greatly, and the people here are no longer the kind of single clothes they used to wrap themselves, most of them are well-dressed, and many people even wear silk.

Wen Zhong was very surprised in his heart, and said secretly: "The first king really didn't see the wrong person, in the ten years since the king ascended the throne, the changes in Chaoge are really too great. ”

Wen Zhong said to Di Xin: "King, I didn't expect Wen Zhong to not return to Chaoge for ten years, and this Chaoge has changed so much. ”

When Di Xin heard this, he said with a smile: "All this is the credit of Mr., I learned a lot of ways to govern the country from Mr., and then implemented these, and now I am also very pleased to see Chaoge like this." ”

After hearing Di Xin's words, Wen Zhong was slightly moved, of course Wen Zhong knew who it was, and thought that Dashang now had the existence of a free saint, which was really foolproof.

After the army came to the palace, Di Xin began to pick up the wind for Wen Zhong, and celebrated, because the leader of Dijon had been killed, but Wen Zhong brought back 200,000 slaves, which can be described as a great victory, and will never be bothered by Dijon's invasion of the border in the future, which can be said to be gratifying.

Di Xin then began to reward the generals, and all the generals who followed Wen Zhong were added to the ranks, and Wen Zhong was also rewarded a lot, but Wen Zhong refused, on the grounds that Wen Zhong's position had been promoted to the highest at this time, and some gold and silver things were only enough for Wen Zhong, so he didn't want to increase expenses for the country.

After hearing Wen Zhong's words, Di Xin respected him even more, and agreed to his request, but rewarded him with some Dong Dirong slaves and war horses. These Wen Zhong are not shirking, after all, too many excuses are not beautiful.

Then, Di Xin and the ministers began to drink heartily.

The next day, Wen Zhong came to the Immortal Pavilion in person, and Li Yu also saw him, Wen Zhong immediately knelt on the ground after seeing Li Yu, and said: "Wen Zhong has seen the Joyful Sage, thank you for helping Wen Zhong eliminate Dijon." ”

Li Yu said: "Get up, it's just a gesture, but since you're here, I think Di Xin will be at ease, this seat can't help the big merchants too much, and you still need to control the rest." ”

Wen Zhong immediately said, "Yes, thank you for the sage's advice." Then, Li Yu asked Wen Zhong to drink with him, and at the same time heard Wen Zhong say that he had encountered strange things in Di Rong in the past ten years, although Li Yu had already known through Li Si's report that Di Rong did have the help of the Western Sect, but after Wen Zhong's introduction, Li Yu found that the matter was far from being so simple, and it was likely that some princes in the north had also been captured by the Western Sect, so Li Yu also felt the need to see Tongtian.

That night, late at night, Di Xin summoned Wen Zhong to the palace, and Shang Rong, Bi Gan, Huang Roll, Mei Bo, and Zhao Qi also arrived. It was almost as the day was about to be lightened that the people departed.

At this time, Ji Chang in Xiqi was in big trouble, it turned out that after Ji Chang returned to Xiqi, his health was not good, but later with the help of Jiang Ziya, Ji Chang's body eased a little, but this can be a big deal Ji Fa, not that Ji Fa is worried about Ji Chang's body, on the contrary, Ji Fa is looking forward to Ji Chang dying as soon as possible, so that he can inherit the power, and now, the biggest threat, Bo Yi Kao, has died, and Ji Fa has been in charge of the country before, and has experienced the benefits of power, so, Ji Fa began to think crookedly.

Finally, Ji Fa waited for the opportunity, one day, Ji Chang suddenly felt a cold and began to be bedridden, Ji Fa immediately pretended to be shocked when he saw Ji Chang's appearance, and then personally fed Ji Chang medicine every day, which made some ministers feel that Ji Fa was a dutiful son.

But in fact, the medicine that Ji Fa fed to Ji Chang was something he had done with his hands and feet, which caused Ji Chang's condition not only not to improve, but to feel some signs of intensification. And the strange thing is that no one has ever doubted all this, and Ji Chang also ordered people to block the news.

On this day, Ji Fa felt that Ji Chang was already dying, so he decided to take the next fierce medicine to let Ji Chang return to heaven.

At night, Ji Fa came to Ji Chang's side with medicine, Ji Chang was resting at this time, and after Ji Fa came to him, he whispered: "Father, it's time to take medicine." When Ji Fa spoke, his hand holding the medicine bowl trembled slightly, thinking that as long as his father ate this bowl of medicine, then he was the only one in Xiqi.

Ji Chang opened his eyes slightly at this time, glanced at Ji Fa, and then said, "Feed it to me." ”

After Ji Fa heard Ji Chang's words, he hurriedly stepped forward, and then swallowed it, and when Ji Chang finished taking the medicine, he saw an uncontrollable smile on Ji Fa's face. Ji Chang sighed and said, "Fa'er, you still haven't calmed down, if you want to officially become the lord of Xiqi, even after drinking this poison for your father, you have to be quiet." ”

Bang bang,

The medicine bowl in Ji Fa's hand shattered on the ground, then looked at Ji Chang in shock, and said, "Father, it turns out that you already know all this!" ”

Ji Chang didn't answer his words, but said to the door: "Prime Minister, come in." At this time, Jiang Ziya walked in from outside, then closed the door, and said to Ji Chang: "Jiang Shang pays a visit to Master Hou." ”

After Ji Fa saw Jiang Ziya, he knew that his plan had failed, and he sat directly on the ground. After Ji Chang saw Ji Fa's appearance, he scolded: "What kind of body do you look like this!" How can there be the majesty of being the lord of a nation! cough cough cough cough " Ji Chang began to cough after finishing speaking, and then the corners of his mouth were bleeding slightly.

Ji Fa was a little surprised when he saw Ji Chang's appearance, Ji Chang's appearance was obviously the result of deep poisoning, could there be any changes.

Ji Chang said to Ji Fa with difficulty: "Actually, when you gave poison to your father from the beginning, your father already knew, but your father didn't demolish you, but ate the poison, even the poison just now was really eaten by your father, and my father knew that he was old and could no longer lead Xiqi to a broader sky, since you have the mind to let it, and your ability to govern the country is also good, why can't you be a father and you" In fact, Ji Fa's poison Jiang Ziya can be solved, but Ji Chang didn't do it, But after such a long period of observation, he found that Ji Fa was still very suitable to be the king of a country, and Ji Chang knew that he was in the way of his son, so he took the initiative to quit.

Ji Fa was immediately surprised when he heard his father's words, and knelt directly on the ground, shouting with tears in his eyes: "Father, you know all this, why don't you stop your son."

"Because the Father knows that he has blocked your way, he has decided to give you room to exert himself, and the Father also knows his body, even if you don't do this, the Father will not live long." Ji Chang said with emotion.

Ji Chang slowed his body for a moment, and then said to Ji Fa: "Ji Fa, my son, before my father died, my father asked you to promise one thing. ”

Ji Fa immediately said, "Father, please speak." Ji Chang said. The prime minister and I Xiqi are the saviors, the future of Xiqi depends on the hands of the prime minister, my son, I want you to promise to be a father, and now worship Jiang Ziya as a father. ”

Ji Fa still dared to disobey Ji Chang, and Jiang Ziya was indeed a talented person, Ji Fa knew how high his father's attainments were in the study of fortune-telling. Immediately, he knelt down in front of Jiang Ziya and said, "Ji Fa has seen Father Shang. ”

Jiang Ziya hurriedly helped Ji Fa up and said: "Your Highness doesn't need it, Jiang Ziya will definitely help Your Highness strengthen Xiqi in the future, so that the Zhou State can succeed the Great Shang and become the third Great Unification Dynasty." ”

After Ji Chang heard Jiang Ziya's assurance, he said with a smile: "Okay, with the help of the prime minister, Fa'er will have no worries in the future." The more Ji Chang spoke, the quieter his voice became, and finally closed his eyes forever.

The next day, Ji Fa informed the whole country that Ji Chang had run out of oil because he had been imprisoned by Emperor Xin in Chaoge for seven years, and now he finally couldn't hold on and died. For a while, the entire Xiqi was immersed in sadness, and Jiang Ziya also took out Ji Chang's edict at this time, saying that Ji Chang wrote the edict when he was dying, so that his second son Ji Fa would succeed him and become the new Xibohou.

Because of Jiang Ziya's guarantee, Ji Fa took over the power of Xiqi very smoothly, and then Ji Fa ordered that Ji Chang should be buried in a beautiful manner, and all children and grandchildren will be filial piety for their father for three years.

And within a few days, the news reached Chaoge, and Di Xin directly ordered to summon Wen Zhong, Shang Rong, Bi Gan, and two doctors to come to Xianshou Palace.

When everyone saw Di Xin, Di Xin went straight to the point and said: "According to the latest news, Xibo Hou Ji Chang has died, and Ji Chang's second son Ji Fa succeeded to the throne. ”

When Di Xin finished speaking, all the ministers present squinted their eyes, originally they thought that Ji Chang would let Bo Yi think that there was no accident, but there were too many accidents. Bo Yi Kao has died, and now Ji Fa has become a hidden danger for big businessmen.

Di Xin said: "Now, Ji Fa is keeping filial piety for Ji Chang, if there is no accident, three years later, it will be the time for Ji Fa to oppose business." ”

Wen Zhong said at this time: "It's better to send troops to attack Xiqi now and destroy Xiqi." ”

"No, if we attack Xiqi, we don't have any reason, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the people at that time, and the reputation of the king will also be implicated." Shang Rong said at this time.

Bigan said at this time|: "What the prime minister said is reasonable, the division is unknown, but Xiqi must not be guarded against, and the king also asks to send troops to Sanshan Pass, which is the closest to Xiqi, to prevent Xiqi at any time." ”

Di Xin felt that what he said was reasonable, so he said: "What Uncle Huang said is right, just do it according to Uncle Huang's method, everything will wait and see, I will see what reason he has to oppose Dashang." ”