Chapter 165: Zhou Gong Fears the Day of Rumors
Yin Du, the inner courtyard of the Hou Mansion, Wu Geng sat casually, and a strange man in a red robe stood in front of Wu Geng in a strange posture in front of him, only to see that the strange man landed on the ground with one foot, but the other foot was coiled around his waist.
"Go! Steal Ji Fa's happiness to Ben Hou! If you encounter obstacles, you will directly destroy his seven emotions and six desires! In addition, there is a bronze coffin hanging above the Hojing court, if you can steal it, find a beautiful place and bury it!" Looking at the ugly Taoist in front of him, Wu Geng directly commanded.
"Wasteful life!" the man disappeared as soon as he said that, leaving only Wu Geng, who looked forward to it, in the Hou Mansion.
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Hojing, in the palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Ji Fa, who was sleeping in the harem, suddenly woke up from a nightmare, in the dream, he saw an ugly Taoist in a red robe, and as soon as the Taoist stretched out his hand, he pulled out a colorful ball of light from his body.
Ji Fa asked the man what this ball of light was, the corners of the man's mouth turned slightly, and he jokingly said: "This is the seven emotions and six desires of His Majesty!"
"Presumptuous!" with a loud shout, Ji Fa sat up from the bed abruptly and woke up from his sleep.
"What's wrong?" Ji Fa's side, the glamorous and incomparable Yi Jiang looked concerned.
"It's okay! It's just a nightmare!" Facing Yi Jiang's worried eyes, Ji Fa suddenly became emotional, and couldn't help but laugh: "I can't imagine that Zitong gave birth to two emperors for me in a row, and he is still so beautiful!
"Your Majesty laughed! Where is the concubine who has the art of immortality!" Hearing this, Yi Jiang snorted and burst out loud!
"I don't believe it, I must check it carefully!" Yan Yan stared at Yi Jiang's face with a confused expression.
"Then your majesty needs to be checked carefully!" met Yi Jiang's expectant gaze. Ji Fa's eyes gradually showed a hint of panic, and then he pretended to be calm and said, "There is still an early dynasty tomorrow, let's rest early!"
Although Yi Jiang was slightly disappointed when he heard this, he had to lie down obediently and wait for Ji Fa to fall asleep.
The reason why Ji Fa suddenly changed his mind, I'm afraid Yi Jiang will never know. Because just when Ji Fa was extremely impulsive, he found that his little friend had no reaction, and for the first time since he became an adult, Ji Fa did not lift.
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Above the court hall of Hojing, a red light flashed, and the figure of waste appeared on the main hall, looking at the copper coffin hanging directly above the court, the waste couldn't help but be amazed, thinking that this trip was about to complete the merit. The wasted face couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I can finally repay the grace of Hou Ye's acquaintance!"
It turned out that in the past, Emperor Xin set up a recruitment hall to collect talents from all over the world, and he also went to answer the call, but he had no choice but to waste his ugly appearance and have no ability to fight on the battlefield, so he was outside the door of the recruitment hall.
Just when he was discouraged, the third prince Wu Geng appeared and invited himself to the palace as a guest secretary, giving himself enough dignity. For decades. He has never done a thing for Wu Geng, but Wu Geng's trust and respect for himself have never been reduced by half a point.
Long. Wasted finally woke up from the past, and walked to the copper coffin step by step, Wasted naturally knew that the coffin was Jiang Ziya's remains, and for Jiang Ziya, wasted consumption must have enough respect.
The body shook. He stretched his body to a height of ten zhang, and then put his hands on it, trying to remove the bronze coffin from the beam, but then he saw a flash of golden light, and then heard a scream under the coffin.
When the palace guards heard this, they hurriedly broke into the main hall. After searching for a long time, he found nothing, so he had to withdraw from the hall depressed, waiting for Ji Fa to report the matter to Ji the next day!
Just after the guards left, a black gas came out from under the square bricks of the main hall, forming an illusory shadow, and muttered, "I seem to have forgotten something?"
"That's right! Happy! Stealing the happiness of the Emperor! But why should I steal the happiness of others? And who am I?" It turned out that the moment the wasted hands touched the bronze coffin, a golden light lit up in the bronze coffin, and the wasted body was blown into powder.
Although the waste retains the soul, but the obsession is too heavy, and he refuses to enter the reincarnation, but turns into a powerful ghost, causing chaos in the world, until he later entered the Tang Ming Emperor to do evil, and was eaten alive by Zhong Kui, which completely ended this life.
With the passage of time, the majesty of Ji Fa became heavier and heavier, and he became less and less nostalgic, so that the courtiers couldn't help but sigh in private, "The approachable martial king of the past is gone!"
Three years later, Ji Fa was seriously ill and bedridden, summoned his two sons and his fourth brother Ji Dan to his side, and instructed Ji Dan: "Fourth brother!
After the two children left crying, Ji Fa's face changed, and he smiled self-deprecatingly: "Fourth brother! I know you resent me in your heart! You blame me for not caring about my brotherhood and killing my eldest brother in order to inherit the throne!"
Ji Dan was terrified when he heard this: "Ji Dan doesn't dare!"
Ji Fa smiled when he heard this: "Don't dare! It's not that you don't complain, isn't it?"
Ji Dan was silent when he heard this.
"Hahaha...... , I know that among our brothers, except for the eldest brother and me, you are the most talented, and only you can see through my calculations. Of course, the eldest brother can, but the eldest brother's heart is too soft, if the eldest brother can be ruthless at the beginning, how can the founder of the Great Zhou Dynasty not be able to take my turn! But I am just unwilling, I took advantage of the eldest brother's affection and righteousness!"
"Second brother, have you ever regretted it?" Ji Dan said lightly when he heard this.
"Regret it! Why should I regret it, my qiΔ is all for my Ji family, all for my Great Zhou, if the eldest brother inherits the throne, will the eldest brother do whatever it takes to deal with Yin Shang? I'm afraid that sooner or later I will be cut off by the monarch of the Great Shang Kingdom like my grandfather! Rather than this, it is better for me to inherit the throne and dominate the world!"
Facing Ji Dan's surprised gaze, Ji Fa smiled self-deprecatingly: "I can't do it! I'm afraid I won't be able to survive for a few days!" After that, he took out a volume of holy decree from under his pillow and threw it to Ji Dan, and said lightly: "If Yu'er can become a talent, you will do your best to assist him, if the mud can't support the wall." Replace it!"
Ji Dan unfolded it, but its content was exactly the meaning that if he was not qualified for the throne in the future, Ji Dan would inherit the throne of the Great Zhou, at this moment, Ji Dan's back was drenched in cold sweat, and he hurriedly knelt down and said: "Ji Dan doesn't dare!"
Hearing this, Ji Fa looked up to the sky and sighed: "You still don't believe me!" Yan continued: "What will happen in the future." I don't see it, I don't want to care about it, but there are a few things you have to remember!"
"Brother Chen, listen to me!" Ji Dan hurriedly said when he heard this.
"First, closely monitor Wu Geng's every move, for decades, I have been secretly recruiting troops, and now I have secretly stationed four divisions of troops near Yindi, each team of 2,500 people, all of whom have the strength of a grandmaster, and should not be under the five guards of the former Emperor Xin. I have already served as a five-guard general. After I die, you are the master of these five guards, and even Yu'er and the three eunuchs don't know about this matter! After I die, Wu Geng will rebel and take this opportunity to get rid of Wu Geng. β
Waving his hand to interrupt Ji Dan, who wanted to speak and stopped, Ji Fa continued to command: "Second, I have Yi in the east of Zhou. There is Chu in the south and Rong in the west. There is Di in the north, if the monarchs of the Great Zhou Dynasty are all virtuous, if there are only one or two unscrupulous descendants, I am afraid that they will suddenly be attacked on all sides, and the external troubles will continue. Although I divided my brothers into the vicinity of Hokyung, I established a large number of vassal states with the same surname to protect the capital. But if it is passed down for tens or hundreds of years, the family blood will be indifferent, everything must rely on itself, and the armament of the national capital must not be relaxed. β
"Third, no one is allowed to touch the coffin of the father. As long as this coffin hangs here for a day, the luck of my Great Zhou will not be dispersed for a day! I am afraid that my experience of luck is deeper than that of the gods and Buddhas in the heavens!"
"Brother Chen, remember," Ji Dan said with a deep salute when he heard this!
Ji Fa weakly held Ji Dan's hand and said, "After I leave, there will be a fourth brother Lao!" After saying that, he took out a booklet made of silk from his bosom, handed it to Ji Dan and said: "This book is not qualified to be inherited by Yu'er and Yu'er, only the fourth brother of Lao is carrying it forward!"
Looking at the golden word "Yi" on the cover, Ji Dan couldn't help but be terrified and said, "Your Majesty!
Ji Fa said: "This book records the painstaking efforts of my Ji family for dozens of generations, and the fourth brother must study it attentively, and never let down the spirit of his father and brother in the sky." β
Ji Dan said with tears in his eyes when he heard this: "Fourth brother, remember the teachings of His Majesty!"
Hearing this, Ji Fa waved his hand weakly and motioned for Ji Dan to leave.
The next day, the news of King Wu's death spread all over the streets and alleys of Hojing. The crown prince Ji Yu succeeded to the throne and became the king. Lu Hou Ji Dan entered the jue as the Duke of Zhou, and because King Cheng was young, he was ruled by the Duke of Zhou.
In restaurants, teahouses, casinos, streets and alleys, people are all talking about Ji Fa's death. Some people say that Ji Fa died because he was worried about the country and the people, and he slept at night and worked hard.
Some people say that Ji Fa was killed by someone, and the person who killed him was his most trusted brother Zhou Gongdan, and King Cheng succeeded to the throne, but Zhou Gongdan was regent This is the best evidence.
There are also people who are worried that Zhou Gongdan will soon launch a coup d'Γ©tat, and that he can't wait to attack King Cheng. Because sooner or later, the news of King Wu's murder will reach King Cheng's ears. Although King Cheng is just a child, the child will grow up sooner or later. Those who are as shrewd as Zhou Gongdan naturally know the truth of cutting grass and eradicating roots.
Rumors flew all over the country like wings. King Cheng heard it, Zhou Gongdan heard it, Wu Geng heard it, and was sent by King Wu to monitor Uncle Huo, Uncle Huo, Guan Shuxian, Cai Shudu heard it, and the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu also heard it. On the surface, the court is still so calm, but everyone knows that the world is going to be chaotic again!
Hojing, in a secret room, the young King Cheng sat majestically on the dragon chair, and opposite him knelt a small palace maid, only to hear King Cheng say coldly: "What you just said, but is it true?"
The palace maid said: "What the slave maid said just now is true, King Wu was indeed killed by Zhou Gongdan!"
"What evidence?"
When the palace maid heard this, she hurriedly said: "The poison ordered by Duke Zhou is refined from the 'miscanthus' and 'Yan acid' in southern Xinjiang, although this poison is colorless and tasteless, but it is ...... after taking it" Speaking of this, the palace maid couldn't help but bow her head, and two red clouds flew on her cheeks.
Seeing this, King Cheng hurriedly asked, "What should I do after taking the medicine?"
When the palace maid heard this, she had to say softly: "After taking medicine, it will make people lose their sexual desire, if the king doesn't believe it, just ask the princess." β
King Cheng's body trembled obviously, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "Why do you know so well, could it be that you gave this medicine?"
The palace maid trembled when she heard this: "This medicine is indeed from a slave!"
King Cheng stared at the palace maid coldly and said, "Why did Zhou Gongdan kill his father, and why did you help him?"
When the palace maid heard this, she explained: "Zhou Gongdan is hated because of love! Your Majesty knows that the current queen is not only the second son Ji Fa of King Wen at that time, but also the fourth son Zhou Gongdan. β
King Cheng stood up angrily, pulled out the sword at his waist, and shouted, "Shut up!"
The palace maid murmured, "Yes! Why should I help him? Because he held my mother hostage! I lost my father when I was a child, and my mother raised me single-handedly, but he actually threatened me with my mother's life! What do you think I should do?"
Hearing this, King Cheng said coldly: "Then why are you telling me the truth now!"
"Because he killed my mother!" roared the maid!
"Since you are sent by Zhou Gongdan to serve your father, then you can go with your father!" Ji Dan pointed the tip of his sword at the throat of the palace maid.
Seeing this, the palace maid suddenly calmed down, "The slave maid has long expected this day! Don't dirty the king's sword, the slave maid will come by herself!" Blood continued to gush out from the palace maid's forehead, and in a moment it stained the ground red, and a thin red face disappeared.
Seeing this, King Cheng looked up to the sky and sighed, "Father, have you seen it? It was your most trusted brother who killed you, my once very beloved fourth uncle! You told me not to listen to slander, but you see, is this little palace maid really a traitor? Is there such a chivalrous traitor in the world?"
Just after King Zhou Cheng left, a figure emerged from the palace maid's body, and he hugged his fists slightly at the palace maid and said, "For the great affairs of the Hou Ye! I'm sorry!" If someone was here, they would be surprised to find that the man in front of him was not Liu Hui, the chief general of the Qinglongwei in the five guards of the Emperor Xin Tianzi.
The palace maid is real, and it is also true that the palace maid's mother was taken to the house by Zhou Gong, and the facts are in front of you, and you will know it when you check it. However, the fact is that Zhou Gong saw an old woman fainting on the side of the road, and felt pity, so he accepted her as a subordinate and rewarded her with a mouthful of food.
As for the palace maid, Zhou Gong didn't know it at all! (To be continued......)