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The Spring and Autumn era came, the princes called the king, after the king of Zhou Ping moved east, the majesty of the Son of Heaven was not there, at this time Jiang Ziya's descendants fiefdom, Qi country.

After many years of civil strife in the Qi Kingdom, Gongzi Xiaobai was established as the monarch, that is, the Duke of Qi Huan, opening the road of the first overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Qi Xianggong was looking at the other side of the river with anticipation, waiting for Lu Henggong, the king of Lu State, and Guodu who respected Zhou Li the most, but Qi Xianggong was not Lu Henggong, but Lu Henggong's wife, that is, Qi Xianggong's half-sister Wen Jiang, when Qi Xianggong saw Wen Jiang get out of the carriage.

Qi Xianggong ignored the guards and subordinates to stop him, and directly stepped on the river and ran to Wen Jiang, grabbing Wen Jiang's hands and telling him about the pain of lovesickness.

Wen Jiang was also extremely excited when he saw Qi Xianggong, completely ignoring the face of his husband Lu Henggong and a group of onlookers.

Lu Henggong looked at the brother and sister Qi Xianggong and Wen Jiang with affection, and he was put aside, extremely angry in his heart, and was interrupted by a Wenchen, Qi Xianggong remembered Lu Henggong, and hurriedly led people to let the people of Lu into the city.

However, as soon as they entered the city, Lu Henggong and others were arranged to live at the post station, and Wen Jiang was directly taken back to the palace by Qi Xianggong, nominally to catch up with the family in the palace, but in fact, Wen Jiang was doing a bad thing with his brother Qi Xianggong!

"Ahhh......h Push hard...... Elder brother! ”

The ministers who had just come in looked confused, looking at each other, and their expressions were still asking, what are they doing?

That night, several ministers found that there was no one guard and palace maid eunuch around, and when they felt strange, they heard Qi Xianggong's voice coming: "Sister Jiang, lonely ...... Want...... Out! ”

Several ministers but a bolt from the blue, they finally understood why there was no one around, and they couldn't imagine that the king and his sister were doing this beastly thing.

"This ...... Trampling on the weekly rites, trampling on the moral rites...... I want to ......"

"Doctor Xing! We haven't entered the palace tonight......"

"Yes, yes! I sleep peacefully in the door!"

"So are we!"

"Wait...... How can it be ......" Dr. Xing has not finished speaking, he was pulled away by several ministers, and when he left, he seemed to hear that Qi Xianggong and Wen Jiang were finished, in fact, Qi Xianggong had a purpose to meet Lu Henggong this time, and the minister Liancheng gave Qi Xianggong a strategy, seeking Zhou Tianzi's sister as the queen, so as to increase the power of Qi State, after getting Zhou Tianzi's consent, Qi Xianggong was about to be invited as Lu Henggong after the surname Ji, as a special envoy to marry Zhou Tianzi's sister, but Qi Xianggong suddenly strongly requested to bring Wen Jiang to Qi.

Now so many people understand, and Lu Henggong has also heard about the bad things of his wife Wen Jiang and Qi Xianggong, he didn't want to take Wen Jiang to Qi, but Wen Jiang has missed his mother country on the ground, Wen Jiang has served Lu Henggong comfortably for several nights in order to return to Qi.

Lu Henggong agreed to take Wen Jiang to Qi with him, who knew that in the second half of the night, Lu Henggong could not wait for Wen Jiang to return to the post station, Lu Henggong remembered the events of the day, and suddenly seemed to understand something, and directly ordered someone to drive to the palace of King Qi.

Lu Henggong came to the gate of the palace, watched several Qi ministers leave in a hurry, and felt that something bad had happened, so he asked the palace guards to report to Lu Henggong to ask to see, Lu Henggong saw that the guards ignored him, and directly began to shout, the guards were indifferent, no one in the palace responded, and Lu Henggong had no choice but to stand at the gate of the palace and wait.

It wasn't until the next morning that Wen Jiang drove out of the palace, and Lu Henggong, who had slept all night, hurriedly stepped forward to ask Wen Jiang how he spent his time, Wen Jiang naturally wouldn't say that he and his brother had a night of spring and light, Wen Jiang said lightly: "Concubine, live with the old lady and the palace maid!" Why is my husband here? ”

"Naturally, I'm here to pick you up! Otherwise, your body will be sick, and it will be painful for your husband! Lu Henggong knew that Wen Jiang was talking nonsense, and immediately began to ridicule Wen Jiang.

"Husband, you ......"

"Lonely? How? ”

“……”

Soon at noon, Wen Jiang was ridiculed by Lu Henggong, and was known by Qi Xianggong, very angry, Qi Xianggong wanted to teach Lu Henggong a lesson, but was stopped by the minister Peng Sheng, and said to Qi Xianggong: "Lord, your subordinates think that this matter should not be quiet, otherwise it will be bad for the lord, the princess, and the country!" ”

After Wen Jiang admitted his mistake and admitted his mistake, Lu Henggong went to the place where the banquet was held, and Qi Xianggong treated Lu Henggong with good wine and meat, and Lu Henggong sneered at Qi Xianggong, although on the way back, Peng Sheng saw that Lu Henggong had drunk and couldn't wake up, and directly killed Lu Henggong.

Lu Guo knew the excuse but was worried that Qi would attack Lu Guo, because of the unequal strength, Lu Guo did not dare to have any objections, only to take back Lu Henggong's coffin, but Lu Guo wanted an explanation and asked to hand over Peng Sheng, Qi Xianggong did not hesitate to behead Peng Sheng because he had a ghost in his heart.

However, Wen Jiang's betrayal of virtue was still known to the world, and Wen Jiang could not return to Lu, nor could he gain a foothold in Qi, so he only lived in this remnant at the junction of Qilu.

In order to save face, Qi Xianggong began to attack Wei Zheng by fighting for the rebellion of the monarch of the country, and did not achieve snobbery, but Qi Xianggong was incompetent and unfair, and the minister Liancheng made great achievements in the war, and stayed in the barren land after the war, and Qi Xianggong's concubine (concubine) Lian knew that Qi Xianggong treated his brother Liancheng and his family like this, and Lian was angry and Qi Xianggong's cousin Gongsun did something ignorant.

Gongsun Wuzhi, Liancheng, and Lian's three began to be embarrassed, and soon Liancheng led troops into the palace at night, and Qi Xianggong couldn't help but be angry when he saw Liancheng, and angrily reprimanded Liancheng.

And Liancheng spoke four words in a row, which made Qi Xianggong embarrassed.

"Soldiers have been used for many years, and you are not benevolent, and you are guilty!"

"Disobey my father's orders, alienate Mr. Wang, my brother and grandson are ignorant, unfilial, and you are guilty!"

"Brother and sister, kill your sister and her husband, rude, immoral, you are guilty of three crimes!"

"If you don't remember the suffering of the soldiers, the rewards and punishments are unknown, the expiration is not replaced, there is no faith, you are not clear, and you are guilty of four crimes!"

After Liancheng finished speaking, he was about to draw his sword, but Qi Xianggong hurriedly pointed at Liancheng in fright and said, "You, dare to kill Gu?" Don't worry about Mr. Wang? ”

"Dusk King, look at what this is!" After Liancheng finished speaking, he threw a strip of cloth to Qi Xianggong, Qi Xianggong opened it and took a look, and wrote, "Abolish Xianggong, Liming Jun!" ”

Qi Xianggong looked at the seal under the six characters, and suddenly shouted in disbelief: "Lonely don't believe it, lonely ...... Yes...... Thou ......"

At this time, Guan Zhong of Qi State received a letter from Mr. Wang, asking him to leave Qi State with Gongzi Jie speed, kill the lord in the city, Qi Country will be chaotic, Guan Zhong hurriedly took his apprentice Gongzi Jie to leave Qi State overnight, Guan Zhong found that a fire had been ignited in the palace, Guan Zhong did not listen to Mr. Wang's advice to go to Ju State, but went to Lu State for refuge, at this time Guan Zhong found that a carriage was coming behind him.

"Who!" Guan Zhong hurriedly picked up his bow and arrow and aimed it behind him.

"It's me, uncle!" The comer hurriedly said to Guan Zhong.

Guan Zhong saw that the person who came was really another son, Jiang Xiaobai and Uncle Bao, and after the two salutes, they began to discuss.

This pair of brothers and a pair of friends, although Guan Zhong was told by Mr. Wang that Jiang Xiaobai would become a generation of overlords, but Guan Zhong did not trust Mr. Wang, the immortal minister left by the previous king, Guan Zhong made up his mind to make his apprentice Gongzi become the new Duke of Qi.

Qi was in turmoil, Guan Zhong and Uncle Bao left after a few words of greeting, Qi civil strife was quickly pacified, Gongsun Wuzhi ascended to the throne of the monarch, but the nobles of Qi were not in the event of Wen Jiang's betrayal of morality, and were ready to kill Lian and Liancheng, which led to new turmoil, Gongsun Wuzhi and others were killed one after another, and there was no king in Qi for a while.

When the new monarch of Lu learned of this, Lu Zhuang Gong immediately convened the ministers to discuss, such as coercing Qi Jun to order Qi State, only when Qi was in turmoil, he could take the throne with Gongzi Jiao to coerce Qi Jun to order Qi State, Lu Zhuang Gong immediately found Guan Zhong and Gongzi Jie to help them return to Qi, Gongzi Jie was overjoyed, and immediately agreed to all the conditions of Lu Zhuang Gong.

Guan Zhong also said to Lu Zhuang Gong that he must rush to Qi before Gongzi Bai enters Qi from Ju, after all, Ju is closer to Qi than Lu, Guan Zhong regretted a little that he didn't listen to Mr. Xianchen Wang, and went to Ju at the beginning.

"Monarch, Guan Zhong asks to lead an army to intercept and kill Gongzi Bai halfway, and Gongzi can return to Qi with peace of mind!" Guan Zhong immediately requested.

"Good!" When Lu Zhuanggong heard this, he immediately agreed.

On the other side, Jiang Xiaobai and Bao Shuya rushed to Qi Country day and night, and Bao Shuya also understood that Guan Zhong would definitely come to intercept and kill Gongzi Bai, and when people were sleepy and needed to make a fire to cook, Bao Shuya immediately ordered that an hour (about two hours in modern times) must be set off.

"Master, why is that?" Jiang Xiaobai asked a little uncertainly.

Uncle Bao began to explain that Guan Zhong would definitely intercept and kill them and others, Jiang Xiaobai knew the seriousness of the matter, and immediately said to everyone: "Set off immediately!" ”

"Hahahaha!" A burst of laughter sounded behind Jiang Xiaobai and Bao Shuya, and Jiang Xiaobai and Bao Shuya turned around and found that it was Guan Zhong.

"Guan Zhong, while waiting here for more than two people, the two of them should return to Ju Country and wait for the call of the new master!" Guan Zhong began to persuade Jiang Xiaobai and Uncle Bao with good words.

Uncle Bao immediately began to fight, and Guan Zhong saw that the two of them did not return to Juguo, so he pretended to return to the convoy, picked up a bow and arrow and shot at Jiang Xiaobai, and heard a scream of "ah", Jiang Xiaobai vomited blood and crashed.

"Hey!" Guan Zhong was confident in his archery skills, and sighed helplessly at the dead Jiang Xiaobai and left, while Uncle Bao cried heartbreakingly, and soon after Guan Zhong left.

Jiang Xiaobai sat up violently, and the frightened Uncle Bao hurriedly retreated, only to see Jiang Xiaobai pull out the arrow, and Uncle Bao knew that Guan Zhong's arrow just hit Jiang Xiaobai's belt hook, and Jiang Xiaobai also bit his tongue and vomited blood and pretended to be dead.

Jiang Xiaobai and Bao Shuya set off immediately, and Guan Zhong returned to Lu to let Gongzi Jie set off immediately, but Gongzi Jie thought that Jiang Xiaobai was dead, so he began to hurry slowly, just when Lu Zhuang Gong took Gongzi Jie and Guan Zhong to the capital of Qi to let Gongzi Jie take the throne, he was told that the new monarch of Qi had been established, Guan Zhong looked unconvinced, and after knowing what had happened, Guan Zhong couldn't help but sigh: "Mr. Wang is really a means of the immortal family." ”

Because the Lu State had obstructed the accession of the Duke of Qi Huan, Jiang Xiaobai asked Bao Shuya to lead the troops to attack the Lu State, and the Lu army faced Yu Changscoop.

In the territory of Lu country!

In a hotel, the two important ministers of the Lu State were discussing how to resist the Bao Shuya of the Qi State, at this time, a man in sackcloth walked in with his head held high, and the general Cao Mo was furious and scolded the man, but the man ignored Cao Mo, and directly picked up the carnivorous dishes on the table and began to feast, directly looking at Cao Mo and the two of them with a confused face.

Cao Mo saw that the man was so rude, and when he was about to do it, the man said that his name was Cao Di while eating, and he heard that the army of Qi was pressing, and he was a native of Lu and would definitely contribute to the country, Cao Mo was laughed at angrily, and the minister Shi Bo thought that Cao Di must be extraordinary, and took him to meet Lu Zhuang Gong, and almost beheaded Cao Di directly in Lu Zhuang Gong's anger, and at this time, the army was killed, and Lu Zhuang Gong immediately took Cao Di in person, and when he left, he took Cao Di directly, ready to let him charge into battle.

At this time, Uncle Bao directly beat the drum and prepared to fight, Lu Zhuanggong just wanted to order the drum to fight, but Cao Di directly grabbed Lu Zhuanggong's hand, and the surrounding soldiers were frightened to think that Cao Di was going to assassinate Lu Zhuanggong, so they surrounded him directly.

"Cao Di, you are so bold! Someone came ......" Lu Zhuanggong is ready to let Cao Di be executed.

"Lord, wait! Listen to me! Cao Di said unhurriedly.

"Say!"

"Qi army, morale is winning at this time, our army will be defeated in the battle, wait for a while!" As soon as Cao Di finished speaking, he saw that Uncle Bao asked people to beat the drum for the second time, and the Qi army was ready for battle.

At this time, Uncle Bao looked puzzled, the Lu army did not beat the drum and did not fight, his army was about to enter the Lu army's formation, it was difficult for the Lu army to be stupid, waiting to be killed?

Uncle Bao directly asked people to beat the drum for the third time, and when the whole army attacked, Cao Di let go of Lu Zhuang's hand and said: "Lord, beat the drum at this time, our army will win!" ”

"Really?"

"Yes!"

Lu Zhuanggong directly ordered the drums, and sure enough, the Qi army killed by the Lu army was defeated and retreated, and Lu Zhuanggong looked at the victory over the Qi army, which was several times stronger than himself, and couldn't help but ask curiously about the reason for the victory.

"Lord, the battle is morale, and it is exhausted in one go!" Cao Di replied with a smile.

Lu Zhuang Gong happily feasted the ministers, and Bao Shuya, who was defeated, couldn't help but think of the bamboo slips left by Mr. Wang to let him go directly to the battle, don't take into account Zhou Li, one blow can destroy Lu, and then he will be defeated, Bao Shuya admires Mr. Wang's immortal methods, while regretting his mistake.

After this battle, the domestic atmosphere in Qi was depressed, and Xiaobai regretted that he did not listen to Guan Zhong's suggestion to let Bao Shuya attack Lu regardless of the consequences, which would lead to a big defeat, and handed over the power directly to Guan Zhong, and the three villains around him started to be salted fish in the palace.

——To be continued——