On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the royal family and major families have gone to the temple and ancestral hall to worship their ancestors. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info because the royal temple and the ancestral halls of most of the nobles are in Jingshan or near Jingshan, Jingshan was overcrowded for a while.

The king of Chu could not travel because of the cold. A special edict was issued, ordering the nine sons to worship the ancestors on behalf of the king, and to hold a prayer ceremony for various grain gods in Luantai. The god of grain is one of the most important gods believed by the Chu people, and only the god of grain can protect the wind and rain, and the country and the people will be safe. Therefore, the prayer ceremony has always been one of the important state affairs of the Chu State. Giving such a task to the nine sons is intriguing. And this also shows that in the dispute between the two families of Zhaojing, the Zhao family has occupied the absolute initiative, and it also shows that in the dispute between the princes, the nine sons have an absolute advantage under the support of the Zhao family. Of course, everyone knows that with the unpredictable character of Chu Wangshang, who turned his hands into clouds and covered his hands into rain, everything was still unknown until the moment when the Ming edict was promulgated. Despite this, there are more and more people who are optimistic about the nine sons, and under the quiet promotion of the Zhao, Qu, Ye, Xiang and other families, they have become the mainstream of the Chu Palace.

On the other hand, the abolished prince Xiong Zhang and Jing's were defeated. Xiong Zhang was even disqualified from worshipping his ancestors, and the king of Chu ordered him to continue to think about it behind closed doors at home. This forced the Jing clan to rethink whether they should continue to protect the bear chapter? Should they take the initiative to show favor to the ninth son? Although it was a little late, the ninth son was not the crown prince after all, and it was not too late to make up for the dead sheep, and as long as it was done properly, it might also be able to take a share of the merits.

The most proud is the ninth son. The face of the young man who pretended to be mature became more and more unfathomable. The temper also grew, and the people around him felt that this young man was getting more and more difficult to serve. Xiong Yue was going to have a good time together, but when she saw her brother with a straight face, he put on a scolding appearance at every turn, and suddenly lost interest and refused to say anything. Huang Guifei had already dressed up carefully for the nine sons, and then led the nine sons to greet the queen and say goodbye. In the end, he carefully told Jiuzi, until Jiuzi was extremely impatient to listen, and then he watched Jiuzi leave the palace surrounded by everyone.

On this trip, Jiuzi Xionghuai used a full set of chimney thin honor guards of the King of Chu, and he rode in the prince's chariot. Someone objected to this, but Zhaoyang said: "Sacrificing the temple on behalf of the king, just like the king going out on patrol, you can't weaken your momentum." "Stick to the original proposal. In front of the whole procession was a light horse to open the way, followed by a horse halberd guard, and in the middle was a nine-son chariot. The four children of the family who followed beside the car, including Qu Qi, Zhao Hua, Ye Fei, and Xiang Bei, all wore iron helmets and bronze armor, rhino leather combat boots, swords at their waists, and rode high-headed horses. The chariot was followed by the four commanders of the Ironclad Army and the Eight Hundred Ironclad Army, with bright armor and guns and halberds. Dozens of civil and military ministers followed, Wu rode horses, Wen Cheng, crowns gathered, flags covered the sun, and swept towards Jingshan.

When they arrived at Jingshan, the soldiers were stationed at the foot of the mountain, while the military generals of Wenchen continued to ride horses and horses, and rushed to the Taimiao halfway up the mountain with the nine sons. At this time, the main hall of the temple was full of cigarette smoke, a solemn faction, when the nine sons and others stepped into the main hall, immediately the ceremony and music were everywhere. Gold, stone, silk, bamboo, strings, all instruments are available, palace, business, horn, sign, feather, five music in unison. Then, the nine sons read the sacrificial text. After reciting, the Taimiao order holds the knight, the nine sons sacrifice wine, one, one worships the ancestors and the ancestors. Then, the ministers of civil and military affairs also worshipped according to their dignity and humble rank.

It took two hours to toss before the ancestor worship ceremony ended. Because he had to go to Luantai to hold a prayer ceremony for the gods in a while, the ninth son Xiong Huai took the four children of the family to find a secluded side hall and take a rest. Looking at Qu Qi, Zhao Slip, Ye Fei, Xiang Bei and the other four people, Jiuzi finally took a breath. These four are now his henchmen, because their family has tied their fate to him. Just a few days ago, the four children of the family stabbed blood in front of him, made an oath, and resolutely followed him, sharing life and death. And on this patrol, the four of them were all escorted in front of them as second-class guards, and they faintly felt like a small group.

Among the four, Qu Qi is the oldest, 22 years old, followed by Zhao Hua, who is in his early twenties this year, and Xiang Bei and Ye Fei are the youngest, both 19 years old. Because he is the eldest grandson of the Zhao family, Zhao Slip is witty and flexible, and he is a strategist of a small group, responsible for intelligence spying and operational planning. Ye Fei has extensive external contacts, and is hereditary Yecheng Chengyin, responsible for liaison and herald. Qu Qi and Xiang Bei are strong in martial arts and are responsible for guarding. Of course, at this time this small group was still in its infancy, and the number was very small, limited to the four of them. Moreover, they don't actually make a big difference. It was their fathers and grandparents who really decided the fate of everyone. It wasn't until the ninth son became the king of Chu Huai that this small group really appeared, dominating the situation and influencing the political situation. But that's for later.

Let's say that Zhao Slip, who is an agent and strategist, saw that there were no miscellaneous people in the side hall, so he reported to the Nine Sons Xiong Huaiyu in a low voice:

"Wechen has already spied on and checked carefully with my father, Lord Zhaohu. The Jing clan and Xiong Zhang's party did not move, and the Nine Princes could rest assured that there would be no danger on this trip. ”

Jiuzi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The Jing clan is powerful, Xiong Zhang is brutal, and Lao Ling Yin has repeatedly told you to be cautious. Now I can feel a little more at ease. ”

Zhao said: "As far as we know, the Jing clan has suffered a great setback this time, and it is possible to change course, give up Xiong Zhang, and support the Nine Princes in turn." ”

Ye Fei interjected: "This matter has been foreshadowed. The day before yesterday, Jing Li asked me about the preferences of the Ninth Prince, and according to him, he had a new sword and wanted to give it to the Ninth Prince first!"

Jiuzi pursed his lips and said contemptuously: "Jing Li is just a child, and it is not his turn to give favors to the Jing family, so don't pay attention to it." ”

Zhao Slip said with a straight face: "Don't underestimate this Jing carp, he is Jing's He's Bi, and the baby is abnormal." He wanted to send a sword, eighty percent of it was instructed by his grandfather Jing Bolun, and the ninth prince could not easily refuse. ”

Jiuzi nodded, in a very happy mood, no matter what, Jing began to bow his head to show goodwill, this is definitely a great joy.

At this time, Zhao Slippery looked mysterious, and continued: "There is one more thing that is very beneficial to us. ”

"What's the matter?" asked the Ninth Son.

Zhao Slip lowered his voice again and said, "When Wei Chen was sending someone to spy on the Jing Clan, he happened to hear something about it, and this Jing Clan wanted to be unfavorable to the Nineteen Sons of Xiong. ”

"Nineteen sons, why?" the nine sons couldn't help but ask in surprise when they heard about the nineteen sons.

Zhao said: "The specific reason is not clear. It's just that I heard that this time the nineteen sons were ordered by the king to worship their biological mother Zheng Ji, but they had to pass through the Jing family's newly purchased fertile land, and the Jing clan was very angry, and some strong people had already taken the opportunity to get rid of the nineteen sons. However, it is understood that the trip of the nineteenth son to worship his mother will have twists and turns. ”

Jiuzi listened and was silent in thought. But Xiang Bei on the side was anxious, he liked the smart and heroic Nineteen in his heart, and he didn't want Nineteen to be hurt at all. Now if someone wants to be unfavorable to Nineteen, he doesn't know it, and how can he be indifferent when he knows, so he hurriedly said to Nineteen:

"The Ninth Prince, the Nineteenth Son is the future pillar of the country, and he must be the right-hand man of the Ninth Prince in the future.

Zhao slipped and said: "The nineteenth prince is one of the candidates for the crown prince in the king's mind, and he is not a friend or foe with the ninth prince, so he just borrowed the hand of the Jing family to get rid of him and rescue him, isn't it extremely stupid?"