"The widow's son, the son of Wu State, Heng, died in Yingdu, or was he burned alive by the fire?"

On the platform, Qingji slowly rolled up the bamboo slips, held them in his hands, and said in a tone that was not salty or light.

At this time, the celebration is actually extremely terrifying.

Although the appearance is still the same as before, not angry and arrogant, those who are familiar with Qingji know that this is a sign that Qingji is about to be angry.

He is enduring the grief in his heart, and he is enduring the anger in his heart!

In this world, there aren't many things that can make Qingji really angry.

Even Sun Wu, Bo Xu, and Wu Zixu, who have served Qingji for many years, have seen Qingji really get angry very few times.

It doesn't count!

"What?"

Hearing such bad news, the ministers of Wu couldn't help but widen their eyes and look incredulous.

Wu Heng, the eldest son of Wu Guo, actually died in Yingdu, or was he burned to death by fire?

As the envoy of the Chu State, Qu Gu couldn't help but sweat profusely, and hurriedly explained: "King Wu is angry! ”

"Regarding the death of Heng Gongzi, it is a misunderstanding, an accident, and an unintentional mistake of my Chu State."

"Heng Gongzi sheltered the fleeing Shen Baoxu and Zixi, so he was besieged by the rebels and died. In this regard, Bai Gong apologized deeply, and had severely punished those involved, all of whom were demoted to slaves, and the generals led by him were even beheaded. ”

"If King Wu is still angry, if he interferes with the matter, he can be handed over to Wu Guo to deal with, and he can be disposed of!"

After a pause, Qu Gu hurriedly said: "King Wu, I, the State of Chu, am willing to apologize for this." ”

"If the king of Wu can forgive the mistakes of my Chu State this time, then the ten cities bordering the Wu State, including Qianyi, Liuyi, and Yingshi in the east of my Chu State, should all be ceded to the Wu State!"

Qu Gu's conclusive statement is actually concealed.

The soldiers involved were not punished, and the general Xiong Yi, who was the leader, was in good shape.

It's just that once Qingji is really too careful, I'm afraid Bai Gongsheng will inevitably have to take out hundreds of soldiers to appease Qingji's anger.

"Bastard!"

Before Qingji could speak, Wu Guo's court lieutenant couldn't help but stand up, pointed at Qu Gu and scolded: "How can my dignified son of Wu Guo, with a body of ten thousand gold, die in vain?" ”

"The civil strife in the Ruchu Kingdom, why did it affect Prince Heng?"

"Joke! Could this be the Ruchu people, was it deliberately done by Bai Gongsheng? ”

"King, please immediately send troops to attack the Chu State and avenge Prince Heng!"

"That's right! Settle an old score! ”

"If you don't break it, you won't pay it back!"

Almost everyone in the courtiers such as Sun Wu, Bo Tuo, and Wu Zixu stood up and denounced this crime of the Chu State, and asked Qingji to send troops to attack Chu.

Originally, Qingji wanted to send troops to attack Chu, and he had already made sufficient preparations, but now that Gongzi Heng's death, didn't he just give Wu Guo a dignified name?

Wu Guo is famous!

For the state of Wu, it is indeed a beautiful thing to be able to obtain the ten cities of the state of Chu without spending a single soldier.

However, if this is exchanged for the death of Gongzi Heng and the death of an eight- or nine-year-old child, how can the strong-blooded Wu people endure it?

Besides, Wu Guo's appetite is very big, and only ten cities can't satisfy Wu Guo's appetite!

Seeing the ministers and doctors of Wu State, they were all filled with this kind of righteous indignation, and they hated to eat their own appearance raw, Qu Gu was so broken that his face turned pale.

"King Wu, when is the time for retribution? The death of Prince Heng this time is really not what my Chu country wants, for the good of Wu and Chu, please think twice about King Wu, don't lose a big ...... because of a small thing."

Qu Gu kowtowed vigorously to Qingji on the majestic platform.

Hearing this, Qingji's face was neither happy nor sad, but he put the bamboo slip in his hand that was almost crushed and put it on the imperial case, and then said slowly: "Where is Wu'er's body?" ”

"Back to the king, the body of Prince Heng has been collected and is on the way to Jinling, and it will be there in a few days."

Qu Gu replied honestly.

This time, he was in a hurry day and night, by land, and by water, and two horses were killed, and it was really inconvenient to take Wu Heng's body.

"The widow knows. Qu Gu, you retreat first. ”

"No. King Wu, the ministers retire! ”

Seeing that Qingji let himself go, Qu Gu suddenly felt like he had been pardoned, and after saluting again, he hurriedly left Fengtian Temple.

The ministers all advised one after another, asking Qingji to send troops to attack Chu, but Qingji did not respond.

"The matter of sending troops to attack Chu will be put aside for the time being."

Qingji squinted his eyes and said: "Second and third sons, you are waiting in the Fengtian Palace, one is counted as one, and you are not allowed to spread the news of Wu Heng's death, especially ......"

"Don't let the queen know!"

"No."

Qingji is still worried that Queen Ji Qi will not be able to accept this kind of blow.

Wu Heng is the son born to Qingji and Ji Ko, when Wu Heng entered the Chu State, Ji Ko took the initiative to ask for help.

Now that Wu Heng has died tragically in Yingdu, how can Ji Ko bear it?

When Qingji learned about this, he couldn't help but be in a trance, and he had a splitting headache.

What's more, it's Ji Ko, who loves his son's heart?

Of course, Qingji can take advantage of this opportunity to justifiably send troops to attack Chu.

But in Qingji's view, the time is not yet ripe.

Although the army of Wu had already been waiting for the rest of the day, always ready to crusade against Chu, Cai, Xu, Zhong Wu and other soldiers and horses of several vassal states of Wu also gathered in Jinling.

It's just that for Wu Guo, the most suitable time has not yet come!

As the so-called brothers are on the wall, they are insulted!

At this time, Wu led the coalition army to attack Chu, which may make the Chu people really put down the mustard and temporarily join forces against the Wu army of the labor expedition.

This is not what Qingji wants to see.

Therefore, in Qingji's view, the most suitable time for Wu to send troops to attack Chu was when it was completely mired in a civil war.

That is, when Shen Zhuliang and other Chu feudal monarchs gather together and fight against Bai Gongsheng, who committed rebellion, the Wu army can achieve impressive results to the greatest extent.

Regarding the death of his son Wu Heng, Qingji was also very sad in his heart.

However, he must control his emotions and not allow himself to completely lose his mind.

Because if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan!

Necessary forbearance is sometimes the key to a king like Qingji.

The king of a country is different from ordinary people.

Ordinary people know that their son was killed by others and died a miserable death, and they may be angry at the crown and splash the blood of the enemy five steps.

However, Qingji must restrain this impulse.

The state of Chu is different from those small countries, the state of Wu either does not fight, if it wants to fight, it must be beaten to death with a stick, and at worst, the state of Chu must be beaten to death!

This time the Bai Gongsheng Rebellion was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Wu Guo.

If Qingji didn't grasp it and missed this opportunity, I was afraid that Wu Guo would not be so easy to find this kind of opportunity in the future!

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