Also having a headache is Zhou Jue, the king of Zhou, who sat in the side hall, flipping through the statements of the ministers in his hands, but his mood was restless.

I just got the front-line military report today, and there is still no progress in the battle, Lin Biaosheng, the chief soldier of the Chuanyun Pass, is guarding the dangerous pass, and he resolutely can't retreat, and the 500,000 troops of the Great Zhou are blocked in front of the Chuanyun Pass, and they can't advance half a step.

The army of 500,000 was consumed a lot every day, Fengcheng was poisoned by the plague, the city was closed for more than a month, and the control outside the capital was neglected.

In addition, many places are experiencing a once-in-a-century drought, not only can they not submit the harvest, but they also need the imperial court to allocate grain for disaster relief.

To add insult to injury, some alliances and Fang countries are attached to the Great Zhou State, and they completely regard themselves as babies waiting to be fed, and they only know how to reach out and ask for this and that.

Not only did they not give financial assistance to the hardships suffered by the Great Zhou, but some clans still demanded excessively, and more chose to sit on the wall and watch.

Of course, Zhou Jue, the king of Zhou, can't ask them for help, many allies who have milk are mothers, once they know that the Great Zhou national strength is exhausted, they are likely to turn to the arms of big merchants, and even take advantage of the fire to rob.

In order to show the strength of the Great Zhou, Zhou Jue, the king of Zhou, withstood the pressure of people, money, and materials, and moved the palace to Hojing.

Zhou Jue pressed his brows with one hand, and asked Yi'an who was accompanying him in a deep voice, "What time is it?"

Yi'an replied, "King, it's a moment of ugliness, it's time to rest."

"Alas, I have a splitting headache, but I don't feel sleepy"

"King, it's good to close your eyes on the couch and rest."

"Okay"

Zhou Hui, who was already extremely tired, lay on the couch, his eyes widened, and soon after, the scene of the sacrifice to the song city appeared in front of him, which was the most terrible experience in his memory, a nightmare that will never go away.

Blood, splattered everywhere, flowed out of every animal's body, and merged into a bubbling river of blood......

The screams of despair came from the throats of every animal, and the ghosts cried and howled, and the deafening ......

In the face of the desperate 5,000 people and animals, and the hideous executioner, Zhou Xuan, who still had a childish face on his face, stood on the viewing platform, his legs trembling and he could not stand anymore, he was covered in cold sweat and burst into tears.

"Big brother, big brother......

When he saw his eldest brother Zhou Kao being presented at the highest level and pushed onto the altar, Zhou Jue's grief-stricken cry was annihilated in a miserable cry and howl.

Perhaps because he felt something, the eldest brother Zhou Kao looked back at himself with grief and indignation.

The frightened tears of the brothers touched each other from afar, Zhou Hao couldn't support his grief, waved his hand and cried bitterly, he wanted to rush over, but his legs trembled but he couldn't move half a step.

"Ah...... Puff"

Zhou Jue saw that a big knife flashing with cold light slashed towards the eldest brother, and in the firelight was a red blood mist, and after the eldest brother screamed, he fell to the ground with a bang.

"Big brother!"

Also fell himself, at the last moment of the fall, Zhou Jue actually heard the last anger squeezed out of the eldest brother's throat and eyes, and the prayer of the king of the Great Shang.

"God, you're unfair!"

"Gods, take these animals, please protect my great business...... For thousands of generations, Kangshun will live forever!"

The tragic things are not only these, the injustice is endless, and the king of the great merchant actually forced his father, himself, and the third and fourth brothers to eat meatballs made of the eldest brother's meat.

Humiliation! Endless humiliation......

Despair! Boundless despair......

Fear! Boundless Fear......

I want to seek revenge on you, the king...... Dou Yi Dou ......

This was the roar in Zhou Hao's throat, at that time, his father Hou looked at himself with red eyes and nodded to himself, neither father nor son shed tears, and they remembered their hatred in their hearts.

In a trance, Zhou Jue saw the eldest brother whose neck was cut off and was bleeding, stepping on the corpses of 5,000 people and animals, splashing scarlet blood water with one foot at a time, stretching out his hands and walking towards him, begging for help in his mouth.

"Save me, second brother, save big brother......"

"Ahh

A terrible scream pierced the night sky of the palace, and Zhou Hao was in a cold sweat like rain, and he was awakened by the terrifying experience, and he was out of breath.

Zhou Hao felt a gentle hand and clapped his arm, again and again......

He didn't have to open his eyes, he knew that it was his fourth brother Zhou Dan by his side.

It is clear that Brother Wang has had a nightmare again, and Chaoge's sacrificial experience has left an indelible and permanent nightmare for him, himself and his family.

Since then, the second brother will have nightmares as soon as he sleeps, and finally he doesn't even dare to sleep, and after a long time, he gradually loses sleep, often sleepless all night.

Zhou Dan remembered that back then, the second brother, the third brother and himself accompanied the eldest brother into the Chaoge City to rescue his father who had been imprisoned for seven years.

The eldest brother moved around every day, and unfortunately offended the concubine of the Shang king, who coveted his talents, and was forced to be a high-level sacrifice in exchange for his imprisoned father.

The eldest brother is true and filial, and reluctantly agreed to the conditions.

In order to deter all parties, the king of Shang would let some vassal clans and other countries make subjective sacrifice ceremonies, and at that time, there was the father of Xibohou, as well as the second and third brothers who came to the Song City and himself, who witnessed the crazy and bloody sacrifices together.

In one sacrifice, 5,000 people and animals were slaughtered!

The eldest brother Zhou Kao was treated as a high-ranking human animal, and the father and son watched their relatives hacked to death by the executioners, and the internal organs and blood were packed into the tripod and presented to the gods.

The eldest brother's meat was also made into food, forcing the family to share it with the heads of various tribes, and the bones would also be made into utensils that could ward off evil spirits, such as wine cups and hairpins.

For the father and brothers on the viewing platform, it was heartbreaking, painful and painful, the most tragic scene, and the father still covered his eyes when he was still young and thin.

But in Zhou Dan's eyes, there were all skyrocketing fires, slashed or charred corpses, rivers of blood, hideous slaughterers, and dignified people in power......

It's futile to beg......

To resist, you can only hit a stone with an egg......

All that remains is hatred! monstrous hatred!

In order to protect more of his children, his father tearfully asked his three sons to suppress their resentment and not dare to resist fearlessly.

But hatred is engraved on everyone's heart.

The inhuman king of Shang, in order to test and have fun, also made meatballs from his eldest brother's meat and forced his father and brother to eat them.

Shame and hatred have been buried deep in the hearts of the father and son, who vowed to overthrow the unscrupulous Dashang regime.

After escaping back to his fiefdom, his father raised the banner of rebellion against tyranny, which also attracted a positive response from the same bullied clans.

However, his father Wang Zhuangzhi died before he was paid, and passed on the throne to his second brother Zhou Jue, so that he inherited his will.

The most cruel scene is destined to become a lingering nightmare and an unhealable mental wound. The second brother, Zhou Hao, was responsible for the scissors and was under great pressure, living in fear and anxiety every day, suffering from insomnia and nightmares.

Gently patting the second brother who was frightened by the nightmare, Zhou Dan repeated his usual practice, and enlightened gently, "Brother Wang, it's okay, I just had a nightmare, let's sleep again, it's almost bright."

Zhou Jue turned around, looked at Zhou Dan who was kneeling on his feet, and sighed deeply.

"I can't sleep, as soon as I close my eyes, that's what happened at that time, big brother...... I'm looking for Gu again, the death day of the eldest brother is coming, fourth brother, you personally lead...... Do a good job of the French style, Brother An'an's heart, alas! The eldest brother is a strange orphan, and he didn't save him at the beginning."

Zhou Dan spoke, "Brother Wang, you can't think like this, at that time, my father and the king were forced to be helpless, Brother Wang is still young, what can I do? What a clear gentleman the eldest brother is, how can he blame Brother Wang? Stop complaining about yourself, okay? Big brother is here...... He should want Brother Wang to avenge him and the innocent dead, but he doesn't want to ...... Look at the people...... No more poisoned".

"Alas, if you are lonely...... Then...... It can replace the eldest brother, and customize it in all aspects with the virtue and ability of the eldest brother...... It's better than Lonely, Lonely, and has the trust of my father!"

Looking at the worried Zhou Xuan, Zhou Dan lowered his eyebrows, and after a while, he said quietly, "The one who goes is liberated, and the one who is alive is ...... But he has to bear more, the eldest brother is willing to come to the bitterness, become an immortal, and go to live a happy life. And Brother Wang was ordered by heaven to stay in the world...... Walk for heaven, eradicate tyranny, and re-establish order on earth. Brother Wang, the blue is better than the blue, dare to act, invincible, is deeply supported by the people, and his wish is fulfilled...... It's just a matter of time, that day...... It's not far off".

The tired and melancholy Zhou Jue raised his bloodshot eyes, and his suspicious eyes roamed over Zhou Dan's face, "Destiny......? Generations are being sacrificed, and the gods in heaven are ...... Worshipped, will it be lonely...... ?...... against the sky".

Zhou Dan immediately interrupted the second brother's words, knowing the insoluble knots and doubts that he had always had in his heart, thinking that the king of Shang was the son of heaven, and it had been like this for hundreds of years, and his crusade was against the sky, and if his name was not right, he would definitely be punished by the gods.

Who can really compete with the power of heaven?!

If you go against the sky, you will definitely be punished by heaven, and the result of the Great Zhou's business cutting is doomed to failure, and the entire family and followers will be poisoned, and he will not only fail his father's entrustment, but also become a sinner of the family.

I must help the second brother resolve his demons!

Zhou Dan thought about it and began to reason, "Brother Wang, the reason why the gods are gods, because they have compassion, how can they be partial because they receive a little sacrifice? The emperor has no relatives, but virtue is a supplement, and the king of Shang harms the world, and if he does not respect virtue, he will fall to his life early and be punished by heaven."

Zhou Jue listened quietly, his brows slowly stretched, "Fourth brother, what do you think of the king's order?"

Zhou Dan replied, "The king's mission should be to match heaven with virtue, restore order on earth, and give all people a just and peaceful life." At the moment, a virtuous king who can respect heaven and love the people is worthy of great responsibility...... It is none other than Brother Wang, this is the ...... of Heaven The mission entrusted to Brother Wang".

"Fourth brother, why are you so sure?"

Zhou Dan's eyes were firm, "Brother Wang will never forget, in the sixty-four hexagrams of my father, the heavenly opportunity of divination, the younger brother is not talented, and he can also get a glimpse of one or two." Brother Wang thought about it, if it weren't for the Taibu of the Great Shang, how could his father be the one who inherited the mandate of heaven...... The repeated persecution of the Great Shang King is calculated in thousands of ways...... In the end, it is not the mandate of heaven, the father obeys the heavens, and the brother inherits the father's business, there is no doubt that he is the son of heaven, so the younger brother is very determined."

The corners of Zhou Jue's mouth moved twice, the doubts in his heart were relieved, and he felt a lot more relaxed.

"Fourth brother, you can play a tune for Lone, Lone, I want to slow down again, oh, by the way, that bold one, I haven't heard from her for some days, I don't know what is happen......ing to her now? Her distinctive flute sound"

Zhou Dan felt a pain in his heart, and immediately replied, "Okay! It's all good, when she comes back, let her come over immediately...... Dedicated to Brother Wang".

Zhou Jue closed his eyes, "Okay! I don't know...... Her throat ...... How's the recovery?".

"Oh, after so long, it should be good, Brother Wang's rest meeting, brother Chen, this is going to play a tune"

"Good!"

Xiao Sheng sounded slowly, and the beautiful music brought the tired Zhou Hao's heart to the blue sky, he overlooked the splendid mountains and rivers, and fell asleep with a faint smile.

Zhou Dan was playing Xiao, but he was thinking about Xiao Wu who played the flute, and there was a scene with her in front of him......

Xiao Sheng whimpered, flowing with deep longing and attachment, and endless worries and expectations, Zhou Dan's eyes were covered with mist, he closed his eyes, covering all the sadness in his eyes, but his heart was wailing.

"Xiao Wu, where are you? You must be good, I don't want you to have anything, you promised...... Coming back. ”

“...... Xiao Wu, I miss you! Don't leave me behind...... Come back, Xiao Wu, please......"

(Note: "Human animals" are human slaves who were used to sacrifice to the heavens, and human sacrifices were still used at that time.) "High-ranking human animals" can only be carried out by the head of a high-ranking clan and his eldest son. ）