King Zhang Chu sent Wu Pingjun to lead 300 cavalry to Tancheng at a long gallop, preparing to replace General Zhaoping. But what Wu Pingjun didn't expect was that at this time, Qin Jia, Zhu Jishi and others had already driven away Zhaoping and occupied the city. Qin Jia suddenly heard that King Zhang Chu had sent someone, and he was worried that he was here to ask for the guilt, and he was terrified. But when he heard that Wu Pingjun had brought not many people, he was relieved to welcome Wu Pingjun into the city. Everyone came to the mansion and sat down, Qin Jia asked Wu Pingjun, "The general has traveled a long way, what is the matter with coming here?" Wu Pingjun was very young, so he said honestly: "Now that the Qin army is out of the pass, the king's army has been defeated, so King Zhang Chu sent me to take over the army here, and I also have to summon General Ping to resist Zhang Han, I don't know where General Zhao is?" Qin Jia chuckled in his heart, and coaxed Wu Pingjun and said, "Summoning the general to go outside to call for military horses, and he will be back in three or two days." Wu Pingjun took out the sword and seal of King Zhang Chu and asked the leaders to check it. When Qin Jia and the others saw the sword and seal, they got up and picked it up and observed it carefully, and after playing with it for a long time, they said to Wu Pingjun: "Please go to the hall to rest temporarily, and when the general is summoned, we will hand over the military power to you." Wu Pingjun was very happy when he heard this.

After Wu Pingjun went out, Qin Jia smiled sinisterly: "Wu Pingjun is a milky child, but King Zhang Chu asked him to be a general, this is really no one!" Zhu Jishi suddenly said angrily: "Ge Ying is a great hero that our hometown is proud of, but he was innocently killed by King Zhang Chu. King Zhang Chu is so unclear about rewards and punishments, why should we listen to his moderation? At this time, two people suddenly shouted, "Brother Qin! He also walked in, and it turned out to be the two brothers Kong Fan and Kong Long. The two of them have been running away in a bad mood since Tian Zang killed the fake king, and they came here all the way, just in time for Qin Jia and others to capture Tancheng, so they came here to defect. Qin Jia heard that they were Zhang Chuguo's generals, so he left the two behind. Now the two heard that King Zhang Chu had sent someone again, so they came to inquire what was going on. When Kong Fan learned of Wu Pingjun's intention, he said to Qin Jia: "My two brothers used to be under the command of the false king, but the deputy general Tian Zang was stubborn and killed the false king for no reason, but King Zhang Chu did not pursue his responsibility, but made Tian Zang the general. King Zhang Chu is so unclear about rewards and punishments, how can he achieve great things? Everyone said in unison, "Yes!" Why should we be restrained by Zhang Chu? It's better to kill Wu Pingjun and do it yourself! "But some people are worried that Wu Pingjun has three hundred soldiers under him, and they are afraid that it will be difficult to start. Qin Jia sneered: "This thing is easy to do!" I've got a way to cut off that kid's head without much effort! "Everyone asked what the solution was. Qin Jia said: "In the evening, we will first arrange the school knife hand under the two corridors of the mansion gate. Then feast that kid, just ...... in the middle of the banquet," Qin Jia said and made a head-cutting motion. Everyone immediately understood what he meant, and laughed in unison: "This is indeed a good idea!" ”

When it was time for dinner, Qin Jia sent someone to invite Wu Pingjun to come over for the banquet. Wu Pingjun didn't know what the plan was, so he came to the county office in a hurry. The gatekeeper only allowed him to enter alone. Wu Pingjun didn't think much about it, so he walked in alone, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a sumptuous banquet in the hall. Qin Jia and others also came over to greet them. Wu Pingjun only said a few polite words, and then sat down and prepared to eat. As soon as everyone sat down, Qin Jia's face suddenly changed greatly, and he scolded sharply: "You kid, what do you know about military affairs, but the King of Chu asked you to take charge of the army?" So he threw his glass on the ground. Wu Pingjun was shocked, and was about to speak, when everyone said in unison: "Kill him!" At this time, the school swordsman had already rushed in and hacked Wu Pingjun to death on the spot. Qin Jia saw that Wu Pingjun was dead, so he took the general seal from his body, and then led everyone out of the mansion, first surrounding Wu Pingjun's three hundred soldiers and slashing them with swords. When the sergeants saw this sudden change, they rose up to resist. Most of the people were killed, and only a few desperately escaped and reported to King Zhang Chu. Qin Jia saw that he had obtained the general seal of King Zhang Chu, so he set himself up as the Great Sima, and then called on the people to continue to resist Qin.

King Zhang Chu has been in Chencheng for a long time, and many friends who have made friends in the past have come to join him. One day, a lot of people gathered at the gate of the palace, and they all wanted to enter the palace to see King Zhang Chu. But when the guards at the gate saw that they were peasants, they refused to tell them. These people called King Zhang Chu by his name, shouting that they had to enter the palace. When the guards saw that they did not understand the rules, they tied them up. As a result, this tie-up annoyed the farmers, and they shouted vigorously: "We want to see Chen Sheng!" King Chen Sheng, come out quickly! Come out! The cry reached the palace. When King Zhang Chu heard it, he walked out accompanied by several palace people. I saw that he was dressed in brocade and embroidered, and he came to everyone with great brilliance. These poor friends became even more angry when they saw King Zhang Chu coming, so they shouted loudly: "King Chen Sheng, King Chen Sheng, come and save us!" ”

King Zhang Chu came to everyone with a smile, immediately untied them, and then met everyone one by one. The farmers said: "Brother Chen Sheng, didn't you say 'Gou Fugui, don't forget each other' before, have you forgotten us today?" King Zhang Chu smiled and said, "How can you forget? Remember. "Just invite these buddies into the palace. When the farmers saw that King Zhang Chu was supporting them, they were even more awesome, so they smiled at King Zhang Chu, and some people even stepped forward to touch the crown with their black hands, and said while touching: "Chen Sheng, you are rich now, you are dressed so luxuriously, but you are really spirited!" The guards separated their black hands with scabbards. King Zhang Chu stopped the guards from being rude, so he welcomed everyone into the palace to talk.

When these peasant friends entered the palace, they looked around, making a fuss and looking at each other. The palace ladies all covered their mouths and snickered. King Zhang Chu was embarrassed, so he reluctantly accompanied everyone to talk, and finally came to the Jinluan Treasure Palace. At this time, everyone was even more presumptuous, and some people even ran to the throne to feel it, and then touched it up and down, looked left and right, and were amazed. At this time, a buddy said in a strange voice: "King Chen Sheng, you are too wide now!" became a king, lived in such a gorgeous palace, the curtains and curtains were so good-looking, the furnishings were so novel, and there were too many interesting things! How blessed your brother is! At this moment, a group of palace maids dressed in beautiful clothes walked in to offer tea and fruits. When they saw the palace maids, they stared at them endlessly, and some people said, "Are these beauties serving you?" They're so beautiful! After a while, the tables were filled with a lot of delicious food and drink. The palace maids also served everyone to eat together, some poured wine, and some handed gold cups, jade plates, and silver bowls. Everyone held the delicate tableware, watched the beautiful palace maids eat and drink, and kept saying: "What a lot, what a lot, what a lot!" King Chen Sheng, how can you enjoy it alone? "The Chu people called it fire, so from then on, people called King Zhang Chu 'King of Fire'.

One day, the sergeant of Tancheng suddenly came to the city and reported to King Zhang Chu that Wu Pingjun had been killed. After King Zhang Chu asked about the situation, he was furious, and at this time someone came in to report that those peasant friends had gathered in the palace all day long, going in and out, doing nothing, and not knowing etiquette and rules at all, and casually telling about the king's past. When King Zhang Chu heard this, he was not happy in his heart, so he came out to inspect it.

At this time, they happened to be drunk, and there you recounted the previous embarrassment of the king of Chu. One said: "When Chen Sheng was still poor, he fell in love with the third little sister of Song Laohan's family in our village, and he went to mention family affairs, but he was kicked out by Song Laohan, wasn't it because Chen Sheng was too poor at that time?" Hey! One went on to say, "Oh! In my opinion, that old man Song is really an unblessed guy, if he knew that Chen Sheng had today, he would definitely marry his daughter to Chen Sheng, let him regret it now! Hahaha...... "They actually laughed when they said it, and then they kept telling some other embarrassing and dirty things about King Zhang Chu in the past, which made everyone laugh non-stop as a joke.

Who knows that happiness is very sad, this kind of country slang specifically exposes people's shortcomings, and the king of Chu happened to hear it, and he was furious, so he asked the chamberlain Hu Wu to arrest these nonsense people immediately, and then put them to death. The guards arrested them and prepared to carry them out. At this time, Yin Wangzhi hurriedly ran to persuade King Chen: "King, although they are countrymen, they can't be killed casually!" King Zhang Chu asked why he couldn't just kill him. Wang Zhi said: "If you kill them, you will lose the hearts of the people, just ask the king to call them in and reprimand them, besides, the war is in full swing at the moment, and the country is employing people, how can it affect the country's major affairs because of these small things?" What's more, they're all friends of your poor past! King Zhang Chu said angrily: "What does it matter if you kill a few big people alone?" They won't go to war again! Wang Zhi said with sincere fear: "Although those people can't fight, they will affect others, and besides, they are just rude, and they will not be killed." O king, before you were rich, were you not a farmer like them? Although you are rich now, you shouldn't embarrass your friends in the past! When King Zhang Chu heard this, he changed color and said: "You will also stop you from killing Ge Ying, and you will also defend him if you kill Wu Guang, now you are alone to kill a few ignorant croppers, and you are lonely, are you still lonely in your heart?" He didn't listen to Wang Zhi's advice and killed the farmers who skated on their mouths and leaked oil. Wang Zhi shouted angrily: "King, you rely on your power to kill people casually, how can you last long?" When King Zhang Chu heard Wang Zhi's words, he was furious, and even ordered the guards to push Wang Zhi out and behead him. Shangzhu Guo Cai Ci, Situ Luchen and others hurriedly came to dissuade: "King, although Wang Lingyin has collided a little, he is loyal, I hope the king will think twice!" King Zhang Chu ordered the guards to drive Wang Zhi out of the palace and never use it again. Wang Zhi walked out of the palace gate with his hair scattered and disheveled, and sighed and went back to his hometown.

Some other friends heard that Wang Lingyin had been expelled because of his advice, so they came one after another to ask King Zhang Chu for his resignation. Three or five days later, one by one, they were all gone, and the palace was cold. King Zhang Chu saw that everyone was gone, but his anger was even greater. At this time, the father of a harem concubine also said: "Virtuous son-in-law! Your friends are gone, it's true that you're doing something wrong, so why don't you invite everyone back? King Zhang Chu thought to himself: I married his daughter, although he is a father-in-law, but he is also a minister, how can he call Gu a virtuous son-in-law? What's the difference between this and a redneck? He said coldly: "The affairs of the state are not for you old men to know!" With that, he turned around and left. When the prince saw that his hot mouth was sticking to a cold buttocks, he was furious, so he took some of his belongings and left in a huff. He walked out of the palace gate and said coldly: "Relying on his own power, how can he be so arrogant to his elders? Hum! "I went straight back to the countryside.

When King Zhang Chu heard that these people had left because he had killed those people, he was very dissatisfied, and thought that everyone was disloyal to him, so he appointed his close attendants Zhu Fang and Hu Wu to serve as Zhongzheng and Siguo, and asked them to investigate the words, deeds and behaviors of the generals and officials in the court, and if anyone was dissatisfied with the king, they would be arrested immediately. In this way, as long as they have some grievances with Zhu Fang and Hu Wu, they are all arrested and put in prison. The two also involved a lot of former good friends such as Wu Guang, Wu Chen, Zhang Er, etc., and locked them up for interrogation as key criminals. As a result, these people were forced to report each other, expose the crimes, and falsely accuse many innocent people out of nothing. The prison officials even abused the criminal law to extract confessions. For a while, there were many people locked up in Chencheng's prison, which made people panic, chickens and dogs, and chaos. So that more people will flee. In order to please King Zhang Chu, Zhu Fang and Hu Wu also searched for beauties from everywhere for the King of Chu to have lewd pleasure.

Since then, King Zhang Chu has become more and more estranged from the subjects of Chu, and the monarchs and ministers have suddenly become alienated. At that time, people made up a ballad of "Fire Wading King" and sang it everywhere:

How hot is the king? How wide the house to live in! The pearl and jade are the bed, and the brocade satin is dotted with emerald calyx.

How hot is the king? What a wide range of clothes to wear! Agate is the crown and the crown is the crown, and the silk is embroidered with a crane.

How hot is the king? How wide the waiting beauty is! Da Ji is the concubine Jiang is the queen, and the front and back are really prominent.

How hot is the king? Don't change your face to be wide! Friends are scarce and relatives go, forgetting the wealth of the year.