On the afternoon of Renwu, the banner of the candidacy arc ascended to the capital of Xuguo, and the Zheng army took advantage of the morale to rise sharply and launched a more fierce attack on the city of Xu.

Therefore, Xu Jun Jiang Fu, who was originally sworn to resist to the death, saw that the general trend was gone, so he simply opened the city gate and led the army and civilians to break through the siege and fight a bloody road, and fled to defend the country.

So that the army of the three countries no longer has to worry about the future, and the soldiers and horses drove straight into the imperial city of Xu.

After completely occupying the capital, Kou Shengnai began to discuss with Duke Qi and Duke Lu Yin about the division of the territory of the Xu Kingdom, but the three monarchs had their own hearts, and they were afraid that such a grand occupation of the Xu Kingdom would end up in the mouths of the princes.

At this time, Duke Qi first stood up and said that he wanted to give up Xu Guo to Lu Guo.

Lu Yingong knew that Duke Qi was deliberately dividing the relationship between Lu and Zheng, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Duke Qi is wrong, the reason why I followed to crusade against Xu Guo was because you mentioned it to me, saying that Xu Guo did not pay tribute and did not perform the duties of the princes, and at this time Xu Guo had already confessed, although you have the good intention of cutting the land with me, but I dare not listen to such words." ”

Then the three monarchs fell silent again.

After a moment, Lu Yingong's eyes flashed with a fine light and said modestly to Qi Xugong, "It's better to follow the previous agreement, Zheng Guo's banner is not only the first to set foot on the city of Xu Guo, but also unfortunately sacrificed the hard-working ministers like Ying Xiaoyou, so the widow proposed that the power of Xu Guo's disposal be attributed to Zheng Guo, what about Qi Xu's public will?" ”

Duke Qi propped up his head, although he was not very willing to hand over Xu Guo to the ambitious Zheng Zhuang Gong, but he had no choice but to swear here, and it was reasonable and reasonable for Xu Guo to hand over to Zheng Guo, so he thought for a moment, nodded and smiled, "This move is very good!" ”

As a result, Xu Guo returned to Zheng Guo.

Kou Sheng was ecstatic, but he didn't show much on his face, and he was still very humble.

Subsequently, as the number one contributor to the capture of Xu State, Uncle Ying came in, and after kneeling on the ground and saluting the three kings, he hurriedly attached his face to Kou Sheng and whispered in his ear, "King, Doctor Gongsun took his cronies out of the capital of Xu State without permission. ”

"What did you say?" Kou Sheng's brows furrowed.

After seeing the suspicious faces of Duke Qi and Duke Lu Yin, he suppressed the wisp of anger between his eyebrows, returned to normal, and asked calmly, "Does anyone know where he went?" ”

Uncle Ying shook his head, then lowered his head behind the sleeve he raised, and silenced, as if he was afraid that Kou Sheng would be angry with him if something didn't go his way.

And Gong's grandson and grandson galloped with me on the road for two whole days with a dozen reliable henchmen, and only then did his footsteps fall on the ground of Zhongli's imperial city.

This is something I can't wait for, but what I didn't expect is that when I set foot on this homeland after a long absence, and look at the soldiers of Chu guarding the city gate, my heart will ache so much.

Obviously, he was mentally prepared before he came, but despite this, he couldn't help but tremble in pain.

My grandson seemed to understand my feelings, and he held my slightly trembling shoulders and comforted me silently.

I stared blankly at the familiar and unfamiliar street in front of me, and I couldn't help but recall the scenes when I was in Zhongli, including my father's favoritism when I was in the palace, the grotesqueness of Ying Liuyun, and the kindness of Aunt Yingtong...

It's all so clear, so vivid... It's like I was born yesterday.

But before I knew it, the name "Zhongli" quietly disappeared, and it seemed as if it had never existed in the lively street market.

The people are still the same people as they used to be, and the streets are still the streets of the past, but... Now they have been given a new title - "the land of the Chu people".

This is the country that my father once loved! And that's...

"Huh!" I looked up and smiled sadly, staggered two steps and knelt straight in the direction of the palace...

In order not to let the tears remain, I bit my lower lip and stared wide.

My grandson couldn't bear to see me like this, so he just lifted me up from the ground.

He hugged my shoulder again and said softly, "I know you're sad, but it's no better than Zheng Guo here, if you act so eye-catching, I'm afraid those barbarians won't let it go easily." ”

I tilted my head slightly, met the eyes full of distress, my heart moved slightly, and then I sat down at the resting tea stall with his support.

At that time, the line of gentlemen on the tea stall was talking about something as if no one was around.

"I said, have you been to the West Market? The lord of the previous dynasty is being held there, and he is about to be beheaded to the public! ”

"Huh?" Someone exclaimed, "Zhongli has been destroyed for nearly half a year, and I haven't heard the news of the life and death of the old lord, I thought it was the biological father of Concubine Ying, so King Chu Wu opened the net, but I didn't expect it to be... Ay! ”

After that, the man sighed heavily, and immediately someone snorted coldly, "Hmph, don't say it, just the third princess of the previous dynasty, but she is really a fox and a charmer, obviously went to the palace of the old thief Wu with his relatives, but for some reason hooked up with King Wu of Chu, not only did he kill Zhongli, but now he also wants to kill his father, which is simply a big rebellion." ”

"What's more! That is the way of not keeping women," said the other indignantly, "Do you know why the third princess was named a concubine?" I once heard my cousin who was on an errand in the palace mention that the fox and the bewitching son were not favored in the Wu Palace, and he had a lot of grievances, and then he secretly entered the envoy's car when Wu Yanguan was envoy to the Chu State, and took the initiative to climb into the bed of King Wu of Chu. ”

"Shh At this time, the owner of the tea stall hurriedly stepped forward to interrupt the remarks of several people, "You masters, you can talk about these big things that are going to lose your head in my small family." ”

"Cut!" A few people didn't care, got up and slapped the silver two on the table, and said disdainfully, "Your boss is too stingy, you care about what we say." ”

"That's it," echoed the companion, "it's our business to say what we like to say, and you, the boss, are you too lenient, aren't you?" ”

"Masters, I'm really sorry, I can't afford this big implication in this small business." The owner of the tea stall was full of apologies and made a gesture of invitation to a few people.

"Let's go..."Several people raised their eyebrows and sleeves, and they were about to leave.

But I only felt the anger churning in my chest at the moment, and then I shouted, "Stop!" ”

Several people looked back in confusion.

My gaze couldn't help but be fierce, and before they could speak, I clenched the dagger in my hand and turned over...

In the next second, the blade was already on one of them.

"Sultan!" Gong's grandson frowned, and hurriedly glanced at the dozen or so cronies he was hiding around.

The dozen or so people immediately surrounded the tea stall.

"Female... Woman! "Where have I ever seen such a scene held hostage, at this time, just staring at the cold light on his neck was already pale with fright, and his legs trembled like chaff, "Dare... Dare to ask the woman what she wants? Silver? I, I... Here you go... It's all for you, just ask you not to hurt me, after all, my family is my only seedling, please... Please be merciful. ”

"Don't talk nonsense," I pressed the dagger in my hand a few points closer to him, trying my best to restrain my anger, and said calmly, "Say what you just said, what wins the concubine?" What patricide? What does all this mean? ”

The face was like ashes in an instant, "Woman, we are talking nonsense, you don't have to believe it, and beg the woman to spare our lives, don't go to the concubine Niangniang to sue us." ”

"I'll let you speak!"

I really didn't have the patience to grind with him, so my hand moved slightly, and quickly cut a bloody hole in the back of the hand.

"Wow!" He let out a miserable pig killing howl, immediately collapsed to the ground, and kowtowed to me and begged for mercy, "Heroine spare her life!" I said, as long as you don't kill me, I'll say anything! ”

"Then speak quickly!" I screamed impatiently, and coldly glanced at the squirm who was kneeling on the ground, his face covered with cold sweat.

Only then did he say tremblingly, "Concubine Ying is the third princess of the previous dynasty, Ying Changle, the concubine of King Wu of Chu, and the most noble woman in the imperial city now, when King Wu of Chu returned to the Chu Palace, he left the minister of Chu to garrison, but Concubine Ying, who should have been with him, took the initiative to ask to stay, saying that she wanted to do the last bit of filial piety to her biological father, and then a few months passed, after hearing the news that Xu Guo was occupied, I don't know why she suddenly wanted to kill him with the heart of the old lord secretly plotting rebellion. ”

"What?" Win Changle? It's her!

I gritted my teeth with hatred, and kicked the scared man again, "You have to talk nonsense, how could Ying Changle become the concubine of Chu when he married Wu State?" ”

"Heroine Mingjian! Although the little one doesn't know the specifics of the matter, there is no doubt that Ying Guifei is the third princess of the previous dynasty! The little life is still in your hands, how dare you deceive you? ”

"Win Changle!" I clenched my fists tightly.

Seeing me like this, my grandson hurriedly came over and grabbed my hand, and said suspiciously to the fox, "As a small citizen of the city, how can you know so well about the affairs of the palace?" Dare to speak in public? ”

The squirrel's face was panicked, and he quibbled, "I... I have a cousin who works on an errand in the palace, and I listened to him! ”

The grandson narrowed his eyes slightly, and carefully looked at the few people who had nervous looks on their faces...

After a moment, he curled the corners of his lips and secretly made a gesture to wipe his wrists with more than a dozen henchmen.

The henchmen immediately realized it, and immediately leaned over to make way for those gentlemen, causing them to flee in panic.

"Why let them go?" I turned my head sideways and looked at the smiling face of my grandson, "Those people obviously have a problem." ”

"What's the hurry? Now that we know that someone wants to borrow these bait to fish, we might as well wait, killing them is just a matter of hand, but..."

Before the grandson finished speaking, his slender fingers lifted a tea cup, brought it to his lips and took a sip, and then let go of his hand...

The teacup fell heavily to the ground and shattered.

As if receiving some kind of signal, the dozen henchmen chased the scimitars in their hands in the direction of the escape.

At that time, Gongsun Zidu continued, "It's just that you are in a different place, how can you not attract attention? ”

I looked at the inexplicable smile in my grandson's eyes, and I felt a chill all over my body, and asked, "What should I do now?" ”

"Whatever is planned!" The grandson raised his hand, gently brushed the wisps of my ear behind his ear, and said in a faint voice, "Did you hear what they said?" Old Zhongli Guojun is in the West City at the moment, this is a godsend, and he can't miss it. ”

"I'm afraid there is fraud in it." After all, I had just arrived in Zhongli Imperial City, and someone wanted to lure me over with those few tricks, which showed that my actions had been accurately known, and now even if I went to Xishi, my father would definitely not be there.

The grandson smiled, as if he had guessed my thoughts, and gently pinched my cheek, "You can rest assured, I can guarantee that the person who threw the bait and lured the fish will definitely bring the old monarch there." ”

"Why are you so sure?"

The grandson smiled confidently, and did not answer my words, but took my hand and walked out of the tea stall.

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