It's not early, but the king and the princess have not yet returned from the western suburbs. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 In the square in front of the palace, the slave owners, large and small, who had gathered here for the revelry, had been drinking wine for more than an hour. Everywhere the smell of alcohol is smoking, the figures are shaking, and some of the small ones have fallen crookedly.

Most of the commoners in Chaoka Castle who were close to the royal palace were also concentrated here, and they had all kinds of wishes, some of them simply wanted to see the beautiful princess Daji with their own eyes. And some of them also made their wishes to the gods through the blessings of the Shang kings.

For example, in the corner of the square there was a commoner couple, and the man came here to think if he could get to know one or two small slave owners, and although he could not get any substantial benefit from them, he had the capital to boast about it when he spoke to his neighbors later.

And his wife's wish was much more real, she looked at the western sky, and muttered a wish, "God Fuxi, Nuwa Niangniang, please, so that I have no reason to clothe a hundred bundles ......"

Her husband suddenly heard her congratulations and said to her, "Why do you ask for so little on such a good day?" I don't know what you think! At least ask for the god of Fuxi for me, and when Da Ji Niangniang returns to the palace in a while, let me have a good position to see more clearly. ”

She ignored her husband's question, but continued to immerse herself in Fang Cai's emotions, and said to the two great gods in her mind, "God Fuxi, Nuwa Niangniang, you must not listen to his nonsense. If you let us get too much, he will use it to buy a concubine!" ”

And in the area where only slave owners were allowed to enter, there was a slightly drunk slave owner. His sprinkling is not small, and he once bragged to people that even if he drank with the king of Shang, he would not necessarily fall behind.

He held wine in one hand and barbecue in the other, and stood respectfully beside a slave. The slave was as strong as a calf, and he was adept at hand-to-hand combat. Whenever his master went out, he followed the guards.

The slave owner took a sip of wine, and suddenly saw a person hurrying back from outside the Chaoge City in the night, and this person was Fei Zhong. Fei Zhong rode his horse a little panicked, and behind the horse was his slave - Fei Zhong used to be a slave, and now he has a slave. They deliberately dodged the bright torches and the crowd and ran through the shadows on the edge of the square.

No one noticed them, but the drinking slave owner recognized Fei Zhong at a glance. Because Fei Zhong was his slave before, it was the king of Shang who promoted him. The little slave owner snorted, "A slave! "He's talking about Fei Zhong.

The source of the slaves was either captives captured in war, or criminal offenders, and then the children of slaves. It's no wonder that this little slave owner looks down on Fei Zhong like this.

According to the law of the ancestors, Fei Zhong is only worthy of being a servant who waits for his master and a herding horse and cattle. But Fei Zhong was not the most indignant to the little slave owner when he became an official before he became the king, what he couldn't tolerate the most was that Fei Zhong got rid of his slave status and had power, and he blatantly accepted the benefits of Zhou Bo, and the king of Shang didn't know, who else didn't know? Fei Zhong only accepted as many as six or seven beauties from Zhou Bo. The unseen possessions are even more indescribable.

With the strength of the wine, the little slave owner said to the slave beside him, "As long as you kill the slave who protects Fei Zhong at all times, I will burn your Danshu and let you be a slave again!" ”

The slave said, "Master, I know the man you are talking about, who, like me, is Fei Zhong's protector. He is said to be able to tear beasts apart with his hands, and his strength is incomparable. ”

The slave owner said, "After you kill him, if I don't go to the king of Shang and burn the Dan book with your slave status, I will end up like him!" As long as Fei Zhong's protection is removed, I will slowly seek to rob him of his ill-gotten gains. ”

Yelu Zhousheng and these people heard the words of these people without saying a word, and couldn't help but be curious about this Fei Zhong, Fei Zhong accompanied the king to pray for blessings, but the king ran back first before he returned, and there must be something strange in it. "Go and see," Yelu Zhousheng said.

Fei Zhong was in a panic to clean up the soft things in the house, and the concubines that Zhou Bo sent to him were crying. Fei Zhong comforted them, "Don't be afraid, I took my belongings with me because I didn't want them to fall into the hands of others in the chaos that was about to come. And you are safe to close the door at home, and there will be no danger. When Uncle Zhou came in, how could he not recognize you? You are what he has given me. ”

The concubines asked, "So where are you going?" Uncle Zhou can send us to you, how can he not recognize you?

Fei Zhong said, "Uncle Zhou knows me, but he knows these belongings even more. I'm going to send them to Fang Guo, who has befriended me, to settle down, and people are going to come back. ”

In the square, the people finally looked forward to their revered Shang king, who ran back from the western suburbs with only a small number of guards. Towards the end of the blessing ceremony, the army that had been repaired in Muye after conquering Dongyi was raided by the vanguard of Zhou Bo.

The army of the Shang king had been tempered by the flames of war for a long time, and while they desperately resisted the sneak attackers, they sent people back to the prayer platform to report to the Shang king.

They knew that the king of Shang should not have left at this moment, they didn't want the king of Shang and the queen to be in danger, and they also hoped that after they returned to the palace, they would send reinforcements to join forces.

The people saw the king return, and before they had time to cheer, they saw the car of the king and the queen galloping into the gate of the palace, and the people who were slightly awake felt a hint of unusual information, and then the king appeared on the walls of the palace.

He said calmly, "Uncle Zhou has rebelled, and at this moment he is fighting fiercely with our army in Muye, and I ask that every one of you who has enjoyed the favor of the Great Shang Dynasty immediately go and gather your guards and house slaves to the west to support our people." We only need to resist until dawn, and the army that is fighting in the south will be able to drive back. Then victory will be ours! ”

The voice of the king was so loud that everyone in the square could hear it. But apart from a commotion, there was little response. It was the slaves who were waiting for the commotion, and the slave owners, large and small, who did not respond—they did not lack the determination to sacrifice their lives to support the king of the Emperor, who was the largest slave owner.

But they all drank too much and fell unconscious. And the commotion slaves just didn't get the orders of their masters, they were only restless, and they didn't know what to do. Without a master, casual actions are punishable, and it is useless to flee to the edge of the sky.

Hejing said anxiously, "Why don't they wake up, I'm really worried about Daji!" ”

Yelu Zhousheng said that the "Zuo Chuan" says, "There is a famine", which means that there are fugitive slaves, and the slave owners must capture them even if they search on a large scale, and other slave owners must do their best to help. The "Men of the Emperor" were the gatekeepers of the palace, and even if a slave escaped into the palace, his master had the right to enter the palace and arrest him. Now that their master is drunk, who would dare to stir around?