Bao Xi's aggressiveness towards Wei Bo forced him into a corner, and his mind was blank, only knowing that this matter must not be known to Ji Gongyan, if the king of Zhou knows, his position as a prince is only afraid that it will be done, Wei Bo was ruthless, and decided to sacrifice this daughter who entered the palace in the early years but did not have any achievements, the red-eyed Wei Bo stood up and pulled out the sword on his body and stabbed the sword into Mrs. Wei's body, and the sword pierced Mrs. Wei's body, and the sword pierced through Mrs. Wei's lower abdomen, She looked at her father in disbelief, how could she never imagine that she would die in the hands of her own father, her eyes were full of stunned looks, this time Bao Xi also gasped, closed her eyes and remembered her father - resolutely used death to protect her life.

"Daddy......" Mrs. Wei called out, and the blood in her mouth remained.

Wei Bo closed his eyes, turned the direction of the blade with a ruthless heart, and made a long, long cut in her abdomen horizontally, and couldn't even say superfluous words, Wei Bo didn't dare to open his eyes to see his daughter covered in blood, turned to Bao Xi and said, "Wei Chen has no intention of betraying the king, please also praise the queen!" ”

"Wei Bo is really loyal, and he does not hesitate to kill his relatives in righteousness!" Bao Xi looked at Uncle Wei and said, she didn't want to look at Mrs. Wei, who was blind, "Since Mrs. Wei is helping Empress Shen bring the letter, if she doesn't go back to Empress Shen, I'm afraid that sooner or later she will become suspicious, how does Uncle Wei think this is good?" ”

"Don't worry about the queen, Weichen went to the palace of the queen of Shen to inform the queen of Shen that the little girl was worried about being poisoned in the palace, and she had left the palace and was sent back to Wei by me, please rest assured that the letter she asked the little girl to send will definitely arrive in the country of Shen without incident!" Weber said against his will.

"In that case, this matter will be handed over to Wei Bo to deal with!" Bao Xi stood up and walked towards the outside of the house, and when she walked to the door, she suddenly stopped her steps, did not turn her head, turned her back to Rong Qian and ordered, "Tell the people of Dazai to bury Mrs. Wei and bury her in the royal tomb as a lady." ”

"Why do you want to bury such a person in a royal tomb?" Rong Qian said dissatisfiedly, "She is simply innocent!" ”

"The people of the harem, everyone is innocent," Bao Xi looked at Rong Qian and smiled lightly, but this smile was crying and made people feel sad and desolate, Bao Xi's heart was sad, and he returned to his palace and sat on the edge of the bed for a long time and couldn't come back to his senses, the kind of ruthlessness and insidiousness that people showed when their lives were threatened simply made people feel that human nature was cold, and Bao Jue of the day gave his daughter the greatest love with the coolest attitude, Bao Xi sat on the bed with his legs around his legs, Ji Gongyan returned to the East Palace at night and didn't come to eat, so he looked at Rong Qian and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"In the afternoon, Mrs. Wei went and came back from the dungeon, and she has been like this ever since." Rong Qian said.

Ji Gongyan nodded, walked towards Bao Xi's bedroom, pushed the door open with a "squeak", and then closed it gently, walked in front of Bao Xi step by step, and sat down beside her. Bao Xi heard Ji Gongyan sitting beside him, and subconsciously leaned his body on Ji Gongyan's shoulder, "I think of my father." ”

"The widow knows." Ji Gong nodded.

"When there is a threat to life, even relatives will raise a knife against them." Bao Xi said.

"Have you seen such joys and sorrows less over the years?" Ji Gongyu asked.

"I consider myself extremely lucky." Bao Xi nodded and turned to Ji Gongyan, "I asked someone to bury Mrs. Wei, I always couldn't bear it, she has been in the palace all her life, all she wants is a name, and even the simplest request can't be accepted." ”

"When everyone makes a decision, he or she is fully responsible for all the consequences of that decision." Ji Gongyan looked at Bao Xi and said, "The widow decided to attack the Shen Kingdom, what he did was not a complete victory, and it was possible that he would return with a feather, and he might not even be able to protect the widow's country!" ”

"How is the king going to take responsibility for his decision today?" Bao Xi asked.

"Take you, get out of here." Ji Gongyan held Bao Xi's hand, interlocked his fingers with her, and smiled knowingly, "After so much, do you think the widow can't let go of everything here?" is to win, the country is handed over to the uncle, and the widow can stay with you in the world, why should you be nostalgic for the prosperity in this palace? ”

"I hope you remember everything you said today." Bao Xi wanted to smile at Ji Gongyan, but he never had the strength to laugh, and fell into his arms tiredly, gradually closing his eyes and falling asleep.

This year's ceremony is different from previous years, the whole ceremony is particularly solemn, Bao Xi and Ji Gongyan stand on the high platform to pray to the sky for the common people in the world, pray for the national fortune of the Great Zhou, and pray for this battle to the death. After the end of the ceremony, Lu Zhang prepared a carriage and horses to invite Ji Gongyan and Bao Xi to go to Lishan to light the beacon together, once the wolf smoke rises, according to the agreement between Ji Gongyan and the princes when he reigned, the soldiers and horses on the Kyushu 6 will rush towards the pickaxe capital, the carriage travels from the pickaxe capital to the foot of Lishan Mountain, a few days of travel, Bao Xi and Ji Gongyan most of the time are relatively speechless, this epic march scheduling is never used by any monarch before, the scale is large, the cost is so much, It is difficult to predict how the effect will be, Ji Gongyan constantly pushed his vision of the future to rebuild in his heart, and Bao Xi leaned on the carriage and simulated everything that would happen in the future.

"How's the war going in Qin?" Bao Xi sat up straight and looked at Ji Gongyu and asked.

"The defeated dog Rong has already led the army back to the Qin capital! Win Kai swore an oath to the widow that the Qin State would definitely send its elite to the pickaxe capital to meet the battle. Ji Gongyan replied, his tone was flat, there was no emotion in this tone, it was like talking about someone else's business, and the understatement was staggering.

"What about the Jin Kingdom?" Bao Xi asked.

"Dutu has already led the army to the north of Jin to support Chengshi, just wait for the army of Jin to come out, Chengshi will attack Ji Qiu!" Ji Gongyan said, "A battle has changed its mind. ”

"What?" Bao Xi asked.

"If Chengshi and Ji Qiu are burned, the land that was divided by the Jin Kingdom back then can be recovered!" Ji Gong said.

"The king is too greedy!" Bao Xi looked at Ji Gongyan and said, a few days ago, he swore in her ear that once this battle was over, he would take her to stay in the countryside, but now he cares so much about success or failure, gains and losses, where is a reckless man who prepares the countryside? Ji Gongyan could hear the meaning of Bao Xi's words, and reached out to wrap his hand around her shoulder, "The widow knows what you are thinking, and the widow can naturally put it down if he can afford it, but if the widow has never picked it up, how can he say that he can put it down?" ”

Bao Xi nodded, leaning on Ji Gongyan's arms, on the hundreds of miles from the pickaxe capital to Lishan, there were only the two of them and an accompanying soldier, all the princes were trapped in the pickaxe capital, Ji Gongyan was worried that there were too many people who were easy to change, the pickaxe capital was now controlled by Wenshuo with a heavy army, and no one could get out of this copper wall, Zheng Boyou looked at the pickaxe capital like a pool of stagnant water, and was inevitably very worried, I was afraid that Ji Gongyan's move would backfire, but this idea was only fleeting in his mind, Because there is obviously no better way to solve this matter at the moment, in fact, Ji Gongyan is gambling, a big gamble between his net worth and the world.

In the confrontation with Shen Guo, Ji Gongyan may not want to win the battle immediately, Zheng Boyou guesses that Ji Gongyan still wants to settle the affairs of Jin Guo first, and then Shen Guo. He looked up at the misty sky, and the Lishan Mountain was faintly visible in the distance, and the lush mountain shadows echoed the gray sky, and the whole world was immersed in a deep sadness. Ji Gongyan and Bao Xi have been gone for dozens of days, counting the days, they should also be in front of the beacon tower.

Just thinking about it, the entire pickaxe capital was full of people, and when did it fall into madness. Zheng Boyou raised his head again and saw a straight black smoke in the sky in the distance, and in a blink of an eye, the black smoke not far away on both sides also rose, and the black smoke became more and more, connecting the city from a certain point, and finally transmitted to the field of vision with an almost crazy degree of speed, and the wolf smoke was full of this kind of wolf smoke as far as the eye could see.

At the end of the eleventh year of the Western Zhou Palace, late autumn.

The emerald green Lishan Mountain is surrounded by black wolf smoke, and black clouds are pressing, like thousands of troops and horses, and a big war is imminent. Straight black wolf smoke glows brightly in the daylight. The beacon tower is built according to the mountain, stretching unconsciously, climbing by the mountain, the wolf smoke is straight, rising from the top of the mountain, and soon it will be one after another, one mountain after another, stretching for thousands of miles.

The gray sky was soon enveloped by the black clouds, and in a matter of moments, the wolf smoke had already winded to the horizon with no end in sight.

On the lookout at the foot of Li Mountain, Bao Xi was dressed in red, her bun was lightly pulled, the vermilion hairpin loomed in the show, she held Ji Gongyan, who was dark and solemn, but there was an indescribable tension and depression in the atmosphere, as if a big war was imminent, life and death were at stake, her eyes were full of black and white desolation, only a smile between her lips and teeth.

Bao Xi looked towards the end of the sky, remembering the day she stepped into the pickaxe capital on the first day, and it was also this day and this tense atmosphere.

"There's only so much a widow can do!" Ji Gongyan smiled bitterly and put the torch in his hand still on the ground, and patted the hand that Bao Xi held his arm, "Whether it is success or failure, leave it to God to decide, right?" ”

Bao Xi nodded.

"Let's go!" Ji Gongyan turned to the accompanying guards, "Go back to the palace!" ”

"Yes, King!" The guard replied, and hurriedly returned to the pickaxe capital from Lishan in a carriage, and the signal from Lishan quickly spread throughout Kyushu 6, and all the vassal states fell into a panic for a while, not knowing what happened to the pickaxe capital, and their princes have not yet returned from the pickaxe capital, and now they send troops or not, all the courts are discussing this matter, the suzerain does not return, the prince decides, and the princes of several countries are like ants on a hot pot in front of their own halls, Qi, Song, Wei, After thinking about these places far away from the Great Zhou, he decided to send troops to the capital of Ho after consulting with the sergeant doctor, no matter what happened to the capital of Ho, his father did not leave the capital of Ho, and there was no news back when he sent someone to find out the news, which made these sons feel very uneasy.

But in recent times, there has been an unexpected dispute.

Since Uncle Zhao resigned from Dazai Palace and returned to the Jin Kingdom, he has been serving in Ji Qiu's court, and this time Ji Qiu went to the pickaxe capital he already felt that it was inappropriate, and at this moment, the beacon fire and wolf smoke on Li Mountain made Zhao Shudai panic in his heart. Ji Qiu's son was still too young to decide things alone, so Mrs. Jin Bo sat in the court and asked the hundred officials for their opinions, "According to you, what should we do now?" ”

"Now that the king has lit the wolf smoke on the beacon tower, he must urgently need us to enter Beijing, and if we are delayed, no one can afford this responsibility!" A doctor stepped forward and said, this Jin State lady showed a look of embarrassment on her face, early in the morning Cheng Shi may lead the army to attack the Jin State to take advantage of the Jin State to take the position of Jin Bo Ji Qiu and replace it The news has long been transmitted from the north of Jin to Jinzhong, this time Ji Qiu specially instructed his wife before leaving, the Jin State army must not be chaotic, and it cannot be called at will for any reason, and it must be fully prepared for war, so this Jin State lady said with a difficult face, "But ......"

"The army can't move!" An informed doctor said, "What if the second prince attacks us at this time?" ”

"But the king ordered that Jin Bo did not pay it back in Hojing, there must be a reason, if we are unwilling to send troops to help, I am afraid that the king will settle the old accounts in the future, and my Jin Kingdom will not escape!" The scholar swore and said, "Originally, when Jin Bo succeeded to the throne, he had already called the king to have a prejudice against him, this time the beacon tower was lit, and the princes from all over the country would go thousands of miles away, and in the end, if I didn't go to the Jin Kingdom, this ......" The scholar shook his head with a pale face, and his expression was bitter, as if he couldn't imagine the appearance of Ji Gongyan's settlement after the autumn.

Mrs. Jin Guo was said by these people's words, and only one person did not speak, Uncle Zhao stood in a corner of the court with a dark face, one hand against his chin, and his eyes looked at a certain place on the ground, as if he wanted to penetrate the situation from this ground.

"Zhao Gong?" Mrs. Jin Guo shouted, Uncle Zhao still maintained this posture as if he hadn't heard others call him, Mrs. Jin Guo's face was gloomy, and she raised her voice a little and called again, "Zhao Gong?" ”

"Huh?" Uncle Zhao raised his head sharply and looked at Mrs. Jin Guo, "Madam? ”

"The king has transferred troops, and the sergeants and doctors are discussing whether to send troops at the moment, and Zhao Gong knows the king of Zhou's behavior best, what do you think should be done in this matter?" Mrs. Jin Guo said.

Uncle Zhao was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke, "Between the ministers of Yiwei, the king is burning the beacon fire to transfer the princes, but I'm afraid it's ......."

"What is it?" Mrs. Jin Guo was very anxious that Uncle Zhao couldn't spit out a useful word for a long time, and her tone was inevitably urging, signaling Uncle Zhao to hurry up and continue.

"I'm afraid that the king's purpose is in my Jin Kingdom at all!" Uncle Zhao said.

"In the Jin Kingdom?" Mrs. Jin Guo asked, "What does Zhao Gong mean by this?" ”

"Chengshi is preparing to raise troops in northern Jin, and the king sent Zheng Boyou to northern Jinbei, these two things should not be a simple coincidence. Now that the ten* who are ready to become a teacher, they are ready to raise troops at any time to seize the position of Jin Bo, and this matter must have been approved by the king. The king may have reached some kind of agreement with Chengshi, he helped Chengshi seize power, what did Chengshi give him in return, if the king wanted to help Chengshi, what did Madame think should be good? ”

"Transfer the troops of my Jin Kingdom?" Mrs. Jin Guo said.

"Not bad!" Uncle Zhao nodded, "This time, if we send troops to the capital of Ho, I am afraid that in a few days, we will kill all the way from the north of Jin, take our lives, and seize the position of the suzerain of the Jin Kingdom, and we will sit back and wait to die because we are unarmed and have no troops to resist!" ”

"So what does Zhao Gong mean not to send troops?" Mrs. Jin Guo asked.

"Yes!" Uncle Zhao nodded firmly, the only concern in his heart was that Ji Qiu must be trapped in the capital of Ho, Ji Gongyan is exchanging the strength of the princes for their own lives, if the Jin State does not send troops, Ji Qiu is only afraid that he will have to die in Hojing, so it is easy for Cheng Shi to take the throne.

"If that's the case, how about Jin Bo being held accountable by the king in the pickaxe capital?" A doctor was a little dissatisfied with Uncle Zhao's opinion, and there was some negative meaning in his tone, Uncle Zhao looked at this person, "You might as well send someone to pick you up, if you can escape from Hojing, you will return to my Jin Kingdom immediately." ”

"What if the king holds me accountable?" The doctor continued to ask aggressively.

"Do you think that all the princes of the world will really rush to Lishan immediately? Even if all the princes in the world went, only my Jin Kingdom didn't go, do you think that there will really be a vassal state that will come out with a force of one or two hundred times to help the king? Uncle Zhao asked with a sneer, "The princes of the whole world care about their own interests first, and submitting to the rule of the Great Zhou is just a last resort, the king's purpose is not to put a suitable Jin Bo in the Jin Kingdom, his purpose is to seize the territory of my Jin Kingdom." In addition to my Jin Kingdom, the Qin State is also in a catastrophe, and I don't believe that Baili Cheng will really transfer troops to gather at the foot of Lishan Mountain! ”

As Uncle Zhao expected, Bai Licheng ordered troops as soon as he saw the beacon fire and wolf smoke, and then immediately issued an order, no one was allowed to leave the Qin State, and all of them were on standby. Several scholars who had just been appointed by Yingkai in the DPRK immediately expressed their dissatisfaction to Baili Cheng, "General Baili will kill Uncle Qin if he does this!" ”

"If I don't do this, it will kill my entire Qin State!" Bai Li Cheng glared at the person who spoke angrily, his arrogance completely suppressed the other party, the other party took two steps back and said no at the end, bowed his head and was silent, the tension of the current situation in Qin State Everyone is looking at it, Bai Li Cheng and Ying Kai seem to support and trust each other, but in their hearts they are actually secretly competing, the gap between them should have been planted from the realm where Bai Li Cheng led his troops to suppress Shen Guo, and now this gap is getting bigger and bigger, so big that Bai Li Cheng can ignore the life and death of Ying Kai.

A month later, the weather entered the cold winter, this year to the end of the year is the time to pack up the winter materials, more than a month to turn over the year, seven-year-old Bofu will also enter the age of eight, Bao Xi also feels that he has been in the palace for nine years, these nine years with a flick of the fingers, time flies like a white horse.

There was a kind of panic in the capital city, and the early dynasty in the front hall had also been abolished, and most of the time Ji Gongyan only summoned Lu Zhang, Yu Shifu and Zheng Boyou and others, and ignored the princes. The princes were terrified, fearing that their armies would come late, too late, or not at all! He is also afraid that his own people will come too much, which will make the country empty and cause the hearts of other princes to be dissatisfied. In a month's time, no matter how slow the armies of Qin and Jin were, they should have arrived in the capital city a long time ago, but these two countries have not moved to this day.

Ji Gongyan and Bao Xi played against each other in the main hall of the East Palace, and Bao Xi held a chess piece in his hand and looked at Ji Gong Yan's expression, "Isn't the king in a hurry?" ”

"What's the hurry?" Ji Gongyan turned to look at Bao Xi and asked.

"The armies of the Qin State and the Jin State should have arrived a long time ago, but there has been no news for a long time, and the king didn't summon them to ask?" Bao Xi asked.

"There's nothing to ask, if the widow asks, I'm afraid that Uncle Qin and Uncle Jin will have to say why Zheng Guo's army has not entered Beijing for a long time?" Ji Gongyan sighed and laughed, in fact, his heart was far from being indifferent on his face, "Qin and Jin will not come, the widow has already expected it, Baili Cheng can ignore the life and death of Win Kai, I am afraid that Win Happy already knows that this general with high merit can not help but except!" As for the Jin Kingdom...... Just gave the widow an excuse to get rid of him! He said that he pressed the sunspot in his hand on the chessboard, and there was a great movement.

"The king's purpose was originally in these two kingdoms?" Bao Xi asked.

"Otherwise, why would Dog Rong suddenly attack the Qin State, this battle Dog Rong himself knows that there is no hope of victory!" Ji Gong said.

"The attack on the Qin State by the dog Rong was discussed by the king and the lord of Rong?" Bao Xi asked in surprise, "So framing Sima Yongzhi was also done by the king and Lord Rong?" ”

"Drama...... You have to act really, someone has to be treasonous, otherwise Yu Shi's father is cunning, and he has been speechless after investigating for so long, what do you think is the reason? Ji Gongyan smiled, pretending to be relaxed, as if the victory was in his hands, and the overall situation had already been under his plan, in fact, the soldiers and horses of the Qin and Jin countries did not come, which was the worst plan.

"What about Shen Guo?" Bao Xi asked, "If you rely on the four kingdoms of Qi, Chu, Wei, and Song, you should also have a chance of winning, but I am afraid that Wei and Song will not only refuse to contribute, but will also hinder." ”

"No more fighting!" Ji Gongyan said lightly, "Shen Guo doesn't have to fight, but the matter of Jin Guo is imminent. ”

"The king is going to lead an army to attack the Jin Kingdom?" Bao Xi asked.

"Well......" Ji Gongyan nodded, "Wait a little longer, if in another half a month, Qi Bo's army is coming, there is no reason why the other princes can't see their soldiers and horses marching to Hojing!" ”

"Yes!" Bao Xi nodded, put the chess pieces in his hand on the chessboard with anxiety in his heart, glanced at Ji Gongyan uncertainly, and didn't ask any more.

In this way, more than half a month has passed, during this time, the soldiers and horses of several princes have 66 continued to gather outside the pickaxe capital, the soldiers are stationed, a piece of Wuyang, Bao Xi accompanied Ji Gongyan to the city tower, overlooking the army gathered in a formation below, under the leadership of the respective generals are well-trained, the crowd is dense and orderly to camp outside the city, Ji Gongyan called a few doctors in the court to go out and pass the word a few times, these people know that they originally mobilized themselves into Beijing to attack the Shen State.

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