King Li asked, "Fifth brother, what do you mean by this?" ”

King Sheng said: "The Chu realm has been falling apart for twelve years, and in the eyes of outsiders, it is already about to change from 'Seven Counties' to 'Seven Kingdoms'. Huo Ranwen 'When King Wu of Song died violently, King Huai of Song also died suddenly on the battlefield, the Song Kingdom was handed over to the hands of the little Song King, the court situation was unstable, the dictatorship of foreign relatives, and the disaster of our seven kings had the confidence to 'rise from the wind and water'. But now, the Song Kingdom has grown again, but we are still fighting among ourselves! ”

King Lu snorted coldly and said, "You don't want to persuade us, the 'imaginary enemy' of the Song Kingdom, to hand over our military power and use it for you, right?" Immature! ”

King Sheng looked at Lin Long and said, "Ninth sister, you have returned from the Song Palace, whether the Song Kingdom is an 'imaginary enemy', you might as well talk to them about it." ”

Lin Long said categorically: "I risked my life to escape from the Song Palace and return to the Chu State because I learned that the Song King Liu was already preparing to send troops to the Chu State!" ”

Yuwang Diao: "Auntie, the king of Song did not send troops, there was no evidence, and we did not hear any movement in the Song Kingdom. What if you just came back from Song Guoyudu? Why should we believe your family's word? ”

Lin Long said: "Not to mention that Shengwang County is the royal county bordering the Song Kingdom, the movements of the Song Kingdom are naturally the first to be known by the spies of the Shengwang Mansion, and they will talk about the restoration of the country." Lin Yu, Song Guo obviously has 300,000 elite soldiers, why did he let a mere 80,000 Qi Weifu successfully take Dongyang and even the entire Jing'an County, and restore the defense of the country? ”

King Yu squinted and smiled: "Isn't it because the wife of the leader of the Restoration League used a beauty trick to seduce King Song?" King Song listened to her pillow whispering, like a spring breeze, and the whole person fell under the pomegranate skirt of the lady of the alliance leader, who loves beauty but does not love the country......"

Before King Yu finished speaking, he let out another "oops", and was smashed by Dongfang with an orange and his ears were ringing and dizzy. King Yu glared at Dongfang Sorrow, but listened to Dongfang Sorrow and said: "The 'Lady of the Alliance Leader' you said is my sister!" Hum! I don't know what Song Wangzhong didn't do, but you womanizer, my sister sang a few words of song, and she almost lost your life, and you dare to speak disrespectfully here? ”

King Yu looked at Shu'er dumbfounded. Shu'er raised his eyebrows and said: "King Song is a well-known 'royal power madman' in Kyushu, how can he not love the country and love the beauty?" Those rumors outside were simply spread by him himself, in order to separate me and my husband! My husband listened to the rumors and gave me a divorce, and King Wei also drove me out of the country, King Song's treacherous plan succeeded, but you are still obsessed here, underestimating King Song's ability! ”

There was a sudden silence in Jinrong Hall.

Dongfang Yu said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the smooth restoration of the country is actually a trick by the King of Song to our envoys of Chu. His elite soldiers had already been transferred to the old capital of Yide in the Song Kingdom. Yide is to the east, very close to the state of Chu. At the beginning of the restoration of the country, he only occupied a few cities in Jing'an County, and if the baby was still in swaddling clothes, there was nothing to be afraid of. The King of Song gave up Jing'an County of the Song State, but in fact, he plotted the huge territory of the seven counties of our Chu State. ”

King Sheng said: "Our seven kings of Chu State, if we only see the restoration of the country, we think that the Song State has no strong soldiers, it is really a big mistake, and we have fallen into the trick of the little Song King!" ”

Speaking of this, King Sheng picked up a bamboo chopstick, "clicked", broke it, and picked up another bamboo chopstick, and broke it with the same effort. King Sheng said: "Ladies and gentlemen, if the seven kings of the seven counties of Chu State do not gather their hearts again, they will be like this, and they will soon be broken by the army of Song State one by one." ”

He took the bamboo chopsticks of Su Qin, Lin Ying, Dongfang Yu and Lin Long, pulled out one, a total of seven, and held them together, trying to break them, but it was very laborious, so he said: "But if the seven kings gather and the seven counties are unified, Liu's little hairy child will not want to covet our Lin Chu country!" ”

Seeing that the kings were noncommittal, King Sheng smiled mildly and said, "Everyone, let's eat first." Since the state of Chu wants to join forces to reach the Song Dynasty, our seven kings must be full. ”

The kings had their own thoughts. For a while, there was silence in the banquet, only the sound of everyone chewing and the sound of dishes and chopsticks colliding.

When the kings had eaten the last grain of rice in the bowl, the oldest and fattest king raised his head and said, "We have fought each other for so many years, and it is true that we have lost money and people. Now that the Song State is eyeing the tiger, let's unify the Chu State and stop the war, there is nothing wrong with it. It's just that once the state of Chu is unified, the king of Chu must be promoted. Who among us can do it? ”

King Su glanced at King Yu and King Ping, who were still young and had only succeeded as a junior lord, and said, "Lin Yu and Lin Zhang are too young to be competent. ”

King Li nodded and said, "In this way, there are only this king, the fourth brother, the fifth brother, the sixth brother and the seventh brother." ”

Lin Long suddenly smiled and said, "There is also the ninth sister me." There are six people in total, which is exactly the six sides of the dice. Let's roll the dice to decide who is the king of Chu. ”

King Li shook his head and said, "The ninth sister is still messing around as always!" ”

Shu'er looked at King Li with a smile and said, "I think the third uncle is afraid that he will lose the bet in my hands again!" ”

King Li glared at Shu'er and said, "The throne of the king of Chu...... I can't let you play tricks! ”

Shu'er smiled and said nothing.

Lin Long proposed: "My father has not appointed a prince, and at this time, it is an extraordinary time for the neighbor Song to be eyeing each other. In extraordinary times, it is necessary to appoint people on the basis of merit in order to ensure that the Chu State is safe. ”

King Lu said disdainfully: "What is 'virtuous'? ”

Lin Long replied: "If you have both ability and political integrity, you can be called a virtuous." Virtuous but talented, it is difficult to convince the public, talented but not virtuous, it is difficult to conform to the people's will! Only by having both ability and political integrity can Zhaohuang be reopened. ”

King Li asked: "Ninth Sister thinks, who of your five elder brothers has the most ability and integrity?" ”

King Lu laughed and said, "Third brother, are you stupid? The ninth sister has been living in Yuling since she came back, of course she thinks that her dear brother with the same father and mother is the most capable and virtuous, does this need to be asked? ”

Everyone was at a stalemate, and a graceful and luxurious woman stepped into the Jinrong Hall, about fifty years old. She walked behind King Lu and said in a gentle tone: "Fourth brother, you and I are also close brothers and sisters of the same father and mother. ”

King Lu turned around, frowned and asked, "Eldest sister, why are you here?" Could it be that you were also deceived by the fifth brother's people? ”

The person who came was Lin Jiao, the eldest princess of Chu State, and her daughter was Lin Huan, the queen of Chen, who was married to Chen State.

Lin Yao's voice was gentle, but his voice was very sharp: "I'm not as dull as one of you. I wasn't deceived, I came on my own. ”

King Su asked: "Since Lin Huan married Chen Guo, the eldest sister has been living in seclusion for many years, why did she suddenly come to King Sheng's Mansion today?" ”

Lin Yao said: "I just wanted to ask, the desire of the people of Chu is to reopen Zhaohuang by King Sheng, but he has not been in Linjiang for a long time and is hiding in the small place of Yuling, what is he hesitating about?" ”

King Sheng said: "Eldest sister, I just don't want to be reckless. If Zhaohuang Palace is forcibly occupied by soldiers, it is not impossible for King Sheng's army to do it, but that will only make the dignified Chu State and the capital of the state also become a battlefield where the kings are fighting endlessly. The time is not right, and none of the seven kings can claim to be the king of Chu. ”

Lin Jian said impatiently: "The time is the time! It's ridiculous! When you are all old enough to reach the age of the eldest sister, when the little Song King enters Linjiang City in person, but none of you are powerless to fight back, then look back at the mountains and rivers of Chu that have been defeated in the hands of a few of you mediocre people! ”

King Li asked, "Does the eldest sister want to nominate the fifth brother as the king of Chu?" ”

Lin Yao's chin was slightly raised, and he looked around King Li, King Lu, King Su and King Gui, and then stopped his gaze on King Sheng. She said: "Who is the queen of Chen Guo, you don't know, right? The Song State wants to fight our Chu State, if we can't beat it, who is the first helper to find, you won't know it, right? I just heard the ninth sister outside the door say 'both ability and political integrity', so that she can be qualified for the position of the king of Chu, which is very reasonable. ”

The kings looked at Lin Yao in a daze, and suddenly realized that this eldest sister, who had lived in seclusion for a long time, was actually the mother of Queen Chen and the mother-in-law of King Chen. And Chen Guo is the only one who can help Chu State contain Song State. Although Lin Jia does not have the title of Wang County, it is better than owning a county in Chudi.

Lin Jin continued: "Third brother, over the years, you have become bloated and greedy, and you only know how to gamble, which is useless. Fourth brother, your virtues are all blown out by the boasting people under your command. Sixth brother, how many underworld deeds have you secretly done, and how many times have you hired someone to assassinate the third, fourth, fifth, and seventh brothers, can you count them yourself? Seventh brother, you are a cloud, you don't know how to govern the country at all, how many times have you changed the tax system in Guiwang County, can you still count it? Since she wants to 'appoint people on the basis of merit', the eldest sister will try her best to promote the fifth brother. ”

King Sheng said: "Thank you eldest sister for your trust." ”

Lin Yao nodded slightly to King Sheng, and said, "I have sent someone to tidy up the Zhaohuang Palace, fifth brother, you should prepare to ascend the throne as soon as possible!" If you mediocre people haven't fought comfortably, and haven't fought happily, it's better to work together to destroy the Song Kingdom first, and then sit back and relax to brew your Seven Kings disaster! ”

Shu'er smiled and looked at Lin Ying, who also winked at her. The two have a tacit understanding and no need to speak.

Shu'er is congratulating Lin Ying's father on his ascension to the throne of the king of Chu, and also congratulating Lin Ying on becoming the prince of Chu. Lin Ying was appreciating Shu'er's father's incomparable wisdom, and at the most critical time, she invited the eldest princess of Chu to go out of the mountain to preside, and also praised Shu'er's boldness and carefulness, and deceived the six kings to the Shengwang mansion, and also skillfully used Liu Wei's rhetoric to make the seven kings gather together and finally be willing to reopen Zhaohuang Palace.

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