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After standing still, Mr. Tan Guo couldn't stand at all. He was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, and said, "Please, General! Please, General! Don't kill me! Don't kill me! The gold, silver and jewels in the palace , Give it all to the general! I beg the general to spare his life!"

Wu Jiu looked at Mr. Tan Guo who kept kowtowing and bowing, smiled coldly, and said, "Mr. Tan Guo can't afford to look down on him? Doesn't Mr. Jiu look like someone short of money?"

Mr. Tan Guo almost choked Wu Jiu to death. Indeed, Wu Jiu was not short of money at all. His small restaurant had no semicolon. Even if a batch of identical restaurants emerged, they would not be as popular as Wu Jiu. The top doctor of Qi State, the head of the three princes, can't finish his food and salary, and Wu Jiu is not short of money at all.

Mr. Tan Guogong kowtowed and said: "General, just let me go! I, I, I... I will be a cow and a horse to repay the General!"

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Mr. Tan Guo is serious, don't worry, Jiu respects the elderly very much and will not kill you."

After Wu Jiu finished speaking, Zhao Hu who was next to him suddenly laughed, Dong Guoya coughed quickly, and Zhao Hu couldn't hold back his smile.

Wu Jiu continued: "I need Mr. Tan to do two things. These two things are very easy for you. First... let the people of Tan, including the army, surrender immediately. If there is any resistance, Don't blame me for being cruel!"

Mr. Tan Guogong heard Wu Jiu's tone became cold, and immediately kowtowed vigorously and said, "Yes, yes, yes! Surrender immediately! Submit immediately!"

Wu Jiu smiled and said: "Very well, I know that this matter is nothing to Mr. Tan Guo. The second thing is to let Mr. Tan Guo send a message, so I will let you go now. Please, Mr. Tan Guo, tell Luo Shi's emperor and all the princes exactly what happened today, do you understand?"

When Mr. Tan heard that Wu Jiu wanted to let him go to Luoshi, he quickly replied, "Listen... I understand! Don't worry, General, I... I will definitely convey it!"

Wu Jiu sneered and said: "General Zhao, don't you hurry up and prepare horses and dry food for Mr. Tan, and send Mr. Tan on the road?"

Old Mr. Tan Guo was so frightened when he heard "on the road" at first, he thought that Wu Jiu was really going to kill him, but Zhao Hu really brought the horse over and gave him a pack of dry food, saying: "Don't hurry up!?"

Mr. Tan Guo was dumbfounded, but in order to save his life, he quickly grabbed dry rations and horses, got on the horse, rode the horse and ran away quickly, and rushed to Luoshi.

Wu Jiu asked him to go to Luo Division, but the purpose was actually very simple, it was to let everyone in Luo Division know that Qi State defeated Tan State in one fell swoop, just to frighten Luo Division.

Mr. Tan Guo was able to escape, so he galloped quickly, and wanted to go to the Luo division to bring rescue soldiers and kill him. Why Wu Jiao didn't know his thoughts, but it didn't matter. In fact, the purpose was the same, and he would let the emperor know. The country of Tan has been defeated without a single soldier.

In the Luo division, because the Marquis of Qi has been cut off, everyone is still immersed in the peace of singing and dancing.

At first, Hu Qi felt that cutting off the marquis of Qihou seemed inappropriate. What if Qihou got angry and wanted to attack Luo division?

But later, many princes responded and came to Luoshi one after another to discuss with the emperor about sending troops to attack Qi. Because many countries responded, the emperor gradually began to feel confident.

A few days ago, Prince Tan sent someone to say that there was a change in the state of Qi, and it seemed that he was going to send troops to the state of Tan. At this time, the emperor was still discussing this matter with the princes.

Lu Gong didn't want to rescue Tan Guo, and he said grandly, "Tan Guo's city gate is strong, the emperor and Tan Gong don't need to worry about it at all. The Qi people will not be able to attack for a long time, and they will retreat in spite of difficulties. Now the coalition forces are ready to attack. Qi Guo, don't be distracted."

Old Tan Gong knew that the State of Lu didn't want to send troops, but what he said made sense. After all, Old Tan Gong was very confident that his city gate would not be breached at all, so he was very proud.

The crowd did not discuss the matter of rescuing Tan, but instead focused on how to attack Qi.

Jin State said they could attack Qi State from the north, Lu State Ju State said they could attack Qi State from the south, Wei State said they could attack Qi State from the west, and the only thing missing was the east. The state of Lai attacked the state of Qi, and said that the state of Lu and the state of Qi were close friends, and that they should guard against the state of Lu, etc.

Everyone was talking happily, wishing they could still surround Qi country in all directions, and when they were about to take this step, someone suddenly shouted and rushed into the hall.

The man was filthy, unkempt, and his white hair would have been blackened by the mud. After rushing in, he knelt down on the ground with a plop, and shouted: "Son of Heaven, help me! Father, help me!"

The emperor and the princes were stunned. Seeing the "refugees" rushing in, and calling their father, Tan Guoguojun sternly said: "Bold and unreasonable! How dare you trespass on the palace!?"

Mr. Tan Guo quickly raised his head, brushed away his hair covered in black mud, revealed his face, and said, "Father Jun, it's your son! Father Jun!!"

When Tan Guoguo saw it, he was startled and said, "Why... why is it you? Why do you look like this!? Aren't you sitting in the capital?"

As soon as his words came out, everyone's heart skipped a beat, as if they felt something was wrong, and as expected, they heard Mr. Tan Guolao crying and saying: "Son of heaven, father-in-law, please make the decision for me!! The state of Qi deceived others too much, they Break into the capital!"

Old Tan Gong said sharply: "Nonsense! The gates of my Tan country are solid, how did the Qi people break in? It's impossible!"

"Yeah yeah."

The monarchs and envoys of several nearby countries were all catering to him. Old Mr. Tan Guo cried and said: "Please believe me, Qi State really sent troops to fight here. The handsome general is the secret agent of Chu State. Great Situ Lvjiao! He... he knows demon magic! He seems to know witchcraft! He even smashed the city gate of our country Tan to pieces! People from the country of Qi broke in and occupied the palace of our country of Tan!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. After all, they didn't know what black powder was. In this era of high-cold weapons, black powder was unimaginable. They didn't have a general structure in their consciousness, so they didn't seem to believe it.

In their impression, the city gate of Tan State is indestructible, because Tan State has money, so the city gate built is stronger than Luoshi, but everyone never expected that such a city gate was attacked by the army of Qi State. The smash?

Everyone questioned the old man's words. At this moment, someone rushed in again. The two kings of Lu and Ju saw the ministers of Lu and Ju respectively.

The two high officials rushed over with sweat on their faces, knelt down one after another, and said in a hurry: "Son of Heaven, Your Majesty, all the envoys of the monarch, something is wrong! The Qi State is hunting and performing soldiers on the border!"

Hunting exercises can be done in four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Every country has hunting exercises, but those two people looked like they have seen a ghost, and they ran all the way from Lu State to Luoshi.

The emperor frowned and said, "Be careful!"

The two envoys were out of breath, knelt down, but their faces were pale in retrospect, and they said tremblingly: "The traitor king of Qi State personally led his troops to the border to hunt about half a month ago. There are more than 1 horses, so the villain has some concerns. He is afraid that the rebels from the Qi State will jump over the wall and want to attack our country. It turned out that the rebels came to the border to hunt, and it was near the border of our Lu State. At that time, but Hearing the loud noise, I don't know what the Qi State used to level a mountain in an instant, and the broken stones flew like witchcraft!"

The envoy of the State of Ju also responded and described what he saw. It turned out that after the Marquis of Qi waited for Wu Jiu to leave, he brought his troops to the States of Lu and Ju in order to cooperate with Wu Jiu in deterring Master Luo. On the border of the border, a hunting exercise was launched, and a mountain was blown up.

In this way, the monarchs of Lu and Ju were not in the country, but discussed the movement of the coalition forces in Luoshi, and the ministers of Lu and Ju would go to Luoshi to report, and they cooperated with Wu Jiu.

Unexpectedly, the time was just right, Mr. Tan Guo came to the Luo division to ask for help, and at this time the ministers of Lu and Ju arrived.

The emperor said: "What is that? It is so powerful?"

The envoy of the State of Lu said: "The villain is not lying. According to the report from the spies, it is a new weapon developed by Situ of the State of Qi. It can explode violently, and it can blow through a mountain in an instant!" The spies reported that , There are still many such weapons in the treasury of Qi State."

The envoys of Ju State also inquired, and the two of them inquired about it, which was exaggerated. After all, black powder has just been prepared, and it is not so powerful. It is too exaggerated to blow through a mountain, but it is definitely better than cold weapons. .

In order to intimidate Master Luo, Qihou deliberately released the news for the convenience of Lu and Ju to inquire, so he exaggerated, and also said that he had a lot in his treasury.

The envoy of Ju State responded, "Yes! It is said that this kind of weapon is called black powder! When it explodes, it looks like a ball of flame!"

When the emperor heard this, his face changed, and so did the faces of the monarchs, each of them looked at each other like a dish.

Just as they were in a daze, someone walked in quickly, and it was Shan Bo Shan Zizheng.

He walked in, saluted immediately and said, "My king, Situ Da Situ of the State of Qi has sent a letter."

As soon as the emperor heard the words Qi Guo Da Situ, he shuddered immediately, and hurriedly asked Shan Zizheng to bring the letter over. The emperor unfolded the sheepskin and saw that there was a blood book on it.

Great righteousness means that Qi is loyal and loyal, but there are countries with malicious intentions provoking it. If the emperor understands the truth, he should punish these countries that provoke discord. Otherwise, Qi can only act righteously and clean up the rebels around the emperor.

This letter was written by Dong Guoya, and the words written were very sharp. When the emperor saw it, his face turned even paler.

Because it was a blood book, Duke Lu who was next to him also saw it. Duke Lu speculated in his heart that if Qi State really had such an amazing weapon, then if Qi State really got angry and bombed Tan State, he would prepare to bomb Lu State.

Duke Lu rolled his eyes, and suddenly said sharply: "Son, the Lord Tan colluded with the southern barbarians of Chu, and separated the Son of Heaven from the state of Qi. It is a heinous crime!"

The emperor Hu Qi rolled his eyes when he heard this, and almost didn't react, but then he reacted very quickly, and immediately slapped the table with a "pang!" and shouted: "Lu Gong is right, Tan Guoguo colluded. It is a heinous crime to alienate all the states of our Zhou Dynasty in other places! Come on, take the Lord Tan and Young Master Tan together!"

Mr. Tan Guoguo and Mr. Tan Gongzi didn't react at all, and they were captured by the tiger army who rushed in. Old Tan Gong shouted in surprise: "Son of Heaven! Son of Heaven! This old man is a loyal minister! The Son of Heaven's lesson!"

Hu Qi, the son of heaven, said: "Tan Guoguo committed a heinous crime, and immediately cut off his title. You Tan Guo is so cunning, not only colluding with foreign enemies, but also framing Zhongliang! You should be punished!"

At this time, Duke Ju said: "Son of Heaven, Mr. Tan Guoguo is the most unforgivable, but I suggest that Mr. Tan Guoguo and Mr. Tan be handed over to Duke Qi to deal with it, so as to express the trust of the emperor Qiguo."

When the emperor heard it, it was indeed the case. They were all afraid now that Marquis Qi would blow them up with black powder, so they all thought about how to please the state of Qi.

If old Tan Gong and Mr. Tan Guogong were handed over to Qi Hou, it would definitely be flattering.

The emperor immediately said: "Yes, that's right, what Duke Ju said is right! And... yes, and, Zizheng, you rush to Qi State now, hand over these two traitors to Qi State, and convey to the widow Tan Guogong lost his morality, cut off his title, and demoted Tan Guo to Tan Yi, which belonged to Qi State."

The emperor thought for a while, gritted his teeth again, and said, "Also, I will be promoted to Qihou, the king of Qi, and be the first-class duke!"

As soon as his words came out, both Lu Gong and Ju Gong looked remorseful. The emperor Hu Qi is afraid of things. Once Qi became tough, Hu Qi became afraid. Not only did the other party say nothing about the siege of Qi Not only that, but he also made no mention of Qihou's status as a real duke.

Duke Lu himself is a Duke. According to etiquette, Duke Lu has the surname of Ji and is a Duke. He is always superior to others. But now, Qi is strong and is a Duke. Lu has no advantage at all.

But at this moment, it was too late to repent, and no one dared to stand out. If they dared to stand up, why bother rushing to curry favor with Qi?

Shan Zizheng immediately cupped his hands and said, "Yes! Zizheng obeyed!"

Wu Jiu went to crusade against Tan Guo, and he won a complete victory, and successfully shocked Luoshi. The emperor and the princes were so frightened that they didn't dare to mention the siege anymore, so they left angrily.

Although Wu Jiu said that he would return after going to war for one month, he was just saying that one month of war is enough, but the army of Qi State has to garrison in Tan State to prevent rebels, so that is not a month. .

Two months have passed, and the summer has entered the stage of raging fire. Qihou is not willing to eat that big bun. He eats one a day, and it seems that it will be gone if it is not spoiled. He sent back the letter, telling all kinds of trivial matters about Tan Guo's garrison.

As the Son of Heaven sent Shan Bo to escort Tan Guo's rebels to Qi State, and ordered the monarch of Qi State to be canonized as a Duke, Wu Jiu was done with his work and was ready to go back.

When Wu Jiao was about to return to Qi, he met Uncle Shan at just the right time. Shan Zizheng's army just joined Wu Jiao, and the two teams set out on the road together.

Shan Zizheng clasped his hands and said, "Congratulations to the General, Zizheng also heard about the actions of the General in Luoshi."

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "There is also news about Mr. Lao Dan."

Shan Zizheng's face was a little embarrassed. After all, the news was revealed secretly. Although Shan Zizheng was the earl of Luo Shi, he actually understood that the emperor's approach was really biased. Will he be so stupid as to expose Wu Jiu's identity?

Shanzi revealed it secretly with Gongsun Xipeng just because he couldn't stand it anymore, but in the final analysis, Shanzi is the emperor's minister, so this matter is quite embarrassing.

The two teams set out together and headed for Linzi City. When they arrived in Linzi City, Qihou personally greeted them at the gate of the city. Hundreds of officials lined up and the people lined up.

Qi Hou finished eating the big steamed stuffed bun for several days, looking forward to it day and night, which can be regarded as looking forward to Wu Jiu's return, but who knew that Wu Jiu came with Shan Zizheng, Qi Hou was immediately jealous.

Wu Jiu was riding on Jiu Mo, still wearing black armor, filled with a strong aura of restraint, his whole body was cold and a little arrogant, Qi Hou suddenly felt a sense of blood boiling, of course, that blood can also be described as a wolf Blood……

Wu Jiu got off his horse and saluted Qi Hou. Qi Hou stretched out his hand to support Wu Jiu, and said with a smile, "The general is triumphant, so there is no need to be too polite."

Marquis Qi helped Wu Jiu up, when he heard someone beside him laughing and saying, "Father Yi, congratulations to the great general for another meritorious service."

Wu Jiao looked up, but he didn't expect that the monarch of Zhu Kingdom was also in the welcoming team, and there was some surprised expression in his eyes.

Cao Ke, the monarch of Zhu Kingdom, was wearing a black court robe and a crown on his head. He was dressed very formally. He still had the same tall and shrewd appearance, smiling with narrow eyes, and cupped his hands at Wu Jiu.

Wu Jiu hurriedly returned the gift. After all, he was just a courtier, and Cao Ke was the king.

It turned out that it had been more than half a month since the king of the state of Zhu came to Zicheng. When the Marquis of Qi led his troops to the border of the state of Lu to perform military exercises, the people of the state of Lu interfered. Prepare early.

Therefore, the Marquis of Qi invited Cao Ke, the king of the state of Zhu, to come to Linzi City as a guest. Cao Ke was very happy and agreed. In fact, he came to Zicheng not just to be a guest, but to discuss the issue of ownership with Qihou.

As we all know, the State of Zhu is a small town of the State of Lu. In the end, because of its strength, it gradually became a country. Now that the State of Lu is getting stronger and stronger, the State of Lu is also becoming more and more afraid. When adding several alliances, The kings of the state of Zhu all supported the Marquis of Qi, so the state of Lu has already regarded the state of Zhu as a thorn in the side.

The king of the state of Lu is also a person who understands current affairs. He knows that the state of Lu has declined. If he wants to preserve the state of Lu, he must rely on a powerful country like the state of Qi. Therefore, he wants to break away from the state of Lu and attach himself to the state of Qi as a subsidiary nation.

Cao Ke came here this time to do just that.

Marquis Qi greeted Wu Jiu in person, and said with a smile, "Second brother, let's get in the car. Second brother is exhausted all the way, so go back to the palace to rest."

Wu Jiu nodded, and then Qi Hou said to Shan Zi, who had been ignored all this time: "Shan Gong came from a long way, it was very hard work, it's already late today, please go to the post house to rest, tomorrow morning I will hold a court meeting alone, Please come to the hall, Duke Shan, and hold a reception feast for Duke Shan tomorrow night."

Shanzi was hurriedly cupping his hands and said, "Thank you Qi Gong for your kindness."

Qi Hou graciously supported Wu Jiu to get on the chariot, and quickly lowered the curtain of the chariot, and the chariot rolled up and headed for the palace.

Shan Zi was watching Qi Hou treat Wu Jiu with such care, and couldn't help being a little distracted. Cao Ke came over at this moment, cupped his hands and smiled, and said, "Shan Gong, Yifu is polite."

Shan Zizheng is often in the Luo division, and many monarchs have seen it. Because the monarch of the Zhu Kingdom is a small country, Shan Zizheng doesn't have much impression. The impression is also from the last time, the Song Gong of the Qi State and the Lu Kingdom made great achievements in repelling the Chu army.

Shan Zizheng only remembers that Cao Ke is a smiling tiger, who looks tall, not threatening, and always smiling, but Cao Ke always smiles with his eyes squinted, giving people a feeling of hypocrisy, and Cao Ke himself is scheming He is a heavy and thoughtful person, so to be honest, Shanzi is very afraid of this kind of person, and he is not good at communicating with this kind of person.

Just because Shanzi has a little brain, he likes the kind of people who are more open and generous, such as Gongsun Xipeng, Gongsun Xipeng and Shan Zizheng's old friend for more than ten years, the two are congenial.

Shan Zizheng also likes people like Wu Jiu, who is polite and gentle, giving people a gentle feeling that I don't know how to describe, and makes people feel very relaxed from the bottom of their hearts.

Shanzi saw Cao Ke saluting himself, so he immediately returned the salute with fists cupped.

Cao Ke smiled and said, "Father Yi happens to be staying at the post house too. If Duke Shan doesn't dislike him, can father-in-law go on the same journey with Duke Shan?"

Shan Zi said hurriedly: "My lord of Zhu, you are too polite, please, my lord."

Cao Ke stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation. He was tall and slender, pretending to be a gentleman, he was really polite, especially with his slender arms, he stepped aside to make a gesture of invitation, which looked extremely elegant and refined.

Shan Zi was hurrying forward, Cao Ke just followed, and the two of them went to the posthouse on the same road.

Wu Jiu got into the car, and the curtain of the car was lowered with a "crash", and before he realized what was going on, he heard a "boom!", and he was thrown down on his back. Blanket, Wu Jiu might have a concussion.

Qihou is like a huge black cat, and it rushes over arrogantly, but if Qihou is a cat, then this cat must have been irradiated, otherwise how could it have mutated so strong?

Marquis Qi threw Wu Jiu into the car and ordered him to go back to the palace, then he looked at Wu Jiu sadly, and said, "Second brother, you lied, obviously one month at most is enough, but you have been away for more than two months, lonely One bun a day has been eaten for several days."

Wu Jiu couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard Qi Hou mention his "new favorite" steamed stuffed bun. If later generations mentioned the contribution of Duke Huan of Qi, Wu Jiu would definitely be the first to think of it——Baozi Ganzhi Chronicle ...

Qi Hou lifted his deep eyes, stared at Wu Jiu, and said in a hoarse and magnetic voice: "Second brother, you have to pay for your loneliness."

When Wu Jiu heard this, he quickly smoothed the irradiated big black cat's fur, and said, "Then...Jiao go back and make a few buns for Jun Shang? But if I go back, I guess they can only be eaten as a supper."

Qihou laughed and said, "Second brother, do you know how to eat alone?"

Wu Jiu laughed inwardly, saying that Marquis Qi also knew that he only knew how to eat, and his positioning became more and more accurate.

But I heard Qi Hou say: "That's right, if Gu Ruo only knows how to eat, he also wants to eat first...Second brother."

As he said, he lowered his head and bit Wu Jiu's chin. Wu Jiu let out a "hiss..." and hadn't seen him in two months. Is it necessary to leave a tooth mark on the chin? It must be blue.

Qihou bit it, but quickly lowered his head and put Wu Jiao's lips in his mouth. He hadn't seen him for two months. In fact, Wu Jiu missed Qihou very much in his heart, so he hurried back to Linzi City, and now he finally Seeing it, Wu Jiu naturally wouldn't avoid it, so he took the initiative to grab Qihou's neck and kiss him back.

Wu Jiao's movements were very gentle, revealing some youthfulness, which made Qi Hou a little excited. He chuckled, looked at Wu Jiao who was confused, and bit the tip of his nose again, and said hoarsely: "Second brother Fang Fang today Come back, Gu Xian will not make it difficult for you, after the reception banquet tomorrow, does the second brother know what to do?"

When Wu Jiu heard this, his face was a little unnatural. After all, Wu Jiu had already made an agreement with Marquis Qi before the attack, and what he was talking about at that time was what happened after he came back.

Regarding this matter, Wu Jiao actually didn't know too much, because he didn't pay much attention to it all the time, so naturally he didn't know, but now it was suddenly mentioned on the agenda, which made Wu Jiao feel a little nervous.

Qi Hou seemed to see through his nervousness, and said with a smile: "Second brother, don't worry, I will be very gentle. I will rest well tonight, recharge my batteries, and wait for tomorrow..."

He said with a chuckle, Wu Jiao's face was very hot unnaturally, but when he heard Qi Hou's molesting tone, he said lightly: "An knows that Jiu needs to recharge his energy? Your lord also needs a good rest." It is."

Qihou said with a smile: "Okay, then I will... wait and see?"

When I returned to the palace, it was already night, and it was dark in the summer, and the palace was quiet, only the patrolling tiger army and the eunuchs and maids cleaning the courtyard were left.

The car stopped slowly, and Wu Jiao had already fallen asleep. After all, he had been outside for the past two months and hadn't had a solid day of sleep. Wu Jiao had always been quiet and slept very lightly. After changing places, he felt insecure, let alone It is within the country of Tan, and there is still fear of rebellion by the remnants, so although the crusade against the country of Tan is an opportunity to make meritorious service, it is actually very tiring.

Wu Jiao fell asleep as soon as the car swayed. Qi Hou saw that his eyes were black and blue, and his whole body was getting thinner. He hugged him horizontally, stepped out of the car slowly, held him firmly in his arms, and walked into the small bedroom.

Wu Jiu didn't even know that he fell asleep. The last impression was that he was still in the car, and then he was in a daze. When the sun shone on his face, he suddenly woke up and sat up abruptly.

Qihou had already gotten up early and was putting on his clothes, because today there was an impromptu court meeting to welcome the special envoy of the Son of Heaven, Shan Zizheng, so Qihou got up early and was ready to tidy up.

Because Qihou was afraid of waking up Wu Jiu, so he didn't call the eunuch at all, but put on the clothes by himself. He had just put on the black robe, and was stretching out his hand to pull all his black hair out of the robe.

Wu Jiu sat on the couch in a daze, and before he woke up, he saw Qihou's long black hair protruding from his neckline, making him look tall and handsome, sharp and handsome, yet elegant. beauty.

Wu Jiu looked a little obsessed, and couldn't help reaching out to grab a handful of Qi Hou's hair, with a dumbfounded look on his face.

It's rare to see Wu Jiao's dumbfounded appearance. I've seen Wu Jiao twice before when he was drunk, but later Wu Jiao also knew that he was prone to drunkenness, so he seldom drank. Qihou couldn't catch such a good opportunity. up.

Now that he finally had a chance, Qi Hou saw Wu Jiao's dumbfounded appearance, and couldn't help but want to tease him. Qi Hou picked up a lock of his own black hair, and lightly flaunted it on Wu Jiu's cheek, smiling. Said: "Second brother, what's the matter? Are you obsessed with watching alone?"

That's true, Qihou's genes are quite good, he is tall, wearing a black robe does not look burly, but very majestic, but after taking off the black robe, it can be seen that he is covered with Muscular, stiff, not only a good figure, but also a good face, from eyes to nose to mouth, there is no flaw at all.

Qihou smiled and squeezed Wu Jiu's chin, forcing him to raise his head, kissed the corner of his mouth, and said: "After the court ceremony, I will let the second brother see enough, okay?"

Only then did Wu Jiu wake up, and realized that he was being molested by Qihou, he immediately gave Qihou a look, wishing he could make a twist for him!

Because of the lack of time, the two of them were going to be late after playing for a while, so Qihou's hair was spared.

Today's impromptu court meeting is to welcome Shan Bo Shan Zizheng, the envoy of the Son of Heaven.

Shanzi was coming from Luoshi, escorting the rebels of Tan Kingdom, not only that, but also brought the good news of being sealed.

The list was quickly passed into the main hall of the Lu Palace. When he walked in, he saw that the scholars and bureaucrats of Qi State were all sitting in the main hall. Qi Hou was sitting in the upper part of the main hall in a black court robe, looking at him with a smile.

Shan Zi was saluting hurriedly, Qi Hou said with a smile: "Shan Gong has come from a long way, so don't be too formal, please sit down."

Shan Zizheng thanked him, but he did not sit down. Instead, he presented the emperor's document to the Marquis of Qi for review, and said, "Duke Qi, what the emperor means is that the king of Tan has committed a heinous crime. The relationship with Qi. However, the emperor is a wise king. He knows that Qi is a loyal minister, so how can he have the heart of rebellion, so he deliberately arrested the rebels of Tan, and Zizheng has already escorted the rebels to Linzi City, waiting for the release of Qi Gong !"

What Shan Zizheng said was naturally taught by the emperor, and what he said was very high-sounding. Everything he said was Tan Guo's fault, and the emperor was not affected by the instigation, and he didn't even talk about cutting off Qi's title. As if nothing like this had ever happened.

Qi Guoqing and the doctors looked at each other, feeling that they might have received a fake decree before...

Qi Hou laughed and said: "The emperor is really out of touch. Tan Guo rebelled. This matter should be handled by the emperor. How can Gu intervene?"

The Marquis of Qi was still pretending to be garlic, and Shan Zi was in a hurry to say: "The emperor trusts the Duke of Qi, and the emperor means that the title of Tan Guo will be cut off, and Tan Guo will be reduced to Tan Yi. This Tan Yi also belongs to Qi Guo. Please ask Duke Qi to take charge of the education."

Qihou said with a smile: "In this case, I would not want to disappoint the emperor's kindness, so I reluctantly accepted Tan Yi and educated the evil people in Tan Kingdom for the emperor."

Shan Zi was clasping his hands and said, "Thank you, Duke Qi, you really have Mr. Qi Lao."

When the senior officials heard this, the Son of Heaven was obviously frightened and softened. When Wu Jiao's black powder exploded, the sky would be dark and the situation would change.

However, because the process and formula of black powder are completely kept secret, the doctors don't even know that with the current production capacity, the manufacturing process of black powder would take as long as a year, and they don't actually have much black powder in their hands now.

How can the emperor know something that even the officials of the state of Qi don't know?Therefore, in fact, Wu Jiu just acted out an empty city plan, which at most served as a scare effect. If he wanted black powder, he had to work overtime to make it work. It would take a year at the earliest before he could use it again. "Experiment", Qi'e was the only one who picked dung and purified saltpeter, and it was not easy to make so much.

The emperor was afraid of black powder, as if he was afraid of witchcraft. He not only captured Tan Guoguo and ceded the land, but also sent greater sincerity.

At this time, Shan Zizheng cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, Zizheng, Duke Qi."

Qi Hou said with a smile: "What did Duke Shan say? What else does Qi need to congratulate?"

Shan Zi was taking out another edict from his sleeve, unfolding it respectfully and reading it out, this edict was the trump card thrown by the emperor Hu Qi.

It is to confer the Marquis of Qi as the first-class duke!

As soon as Shan Zizheng's voice fell, there was an uproar in the main hall of Lu's bedroom, followed by whispering voices one after another.

Many people were pleasantly surprised. The emperor's intention to please and curry favor was obvious. He actually promoted Marquis Qi to be the Duke, that is the greatest ruler under the emperor.

Now Qi State is already the strongest big country, whether it is economy, agriculture, or population and military strength, it far surpasses other countries. It just accepted Tan State as a border city. When Wu fought against Tan State, it basically did not abolish it. One soldier and one soldier did not harm the foundation of Tan State. Therefore, although Tan State was swept by the war, it was not affected too much. There are a lot of gold, silver, jewelry and grain in the treasury. These gold, silver, and grain are all Qi State now. That's right, now Qi is even stronger, and it can be said to be expanding rapidly.

Under such an absolute advantage, the emperor Hu Qi canonized princes with different surnames as dukes, which is simply fueling the arrogance of Qi. Other countries are obviously jealous, but the officials of Qi are very happy.

For a long time, the state of Qi has been ruled by a marquis. Even if they make an alliance, they still have to look at the duke's eyes. Now that they have become a duke, there is no one above them. Who is not happy when they are promoted?

Everyone was talking, with smiles on their faces.

However, at this moment, when everyone felt that Qihou would definitely accept it, and when the emperor was sure that Qihou would be bought again by the Zhou Dynasty, Qihou smiled coldly .

His laughter was so thought-provoking that everyone couldn't help but fell silent, looking at Qihou who was sitting on top.

Qi Hou sat steadily, without any happy expression on his face, he smiled lightly, but smiled more, and said: "The emperor's kindness, Gu is really flattered."

Qihou's first words were met with a cool reaction, everyone felt strange when they heard it, and there seemed to be something wrong with this tone.

Shan Zizheng heard it, the tone was absolutely wrong, it was completely different from what the emperor imagined, Shan Zizheng raised his hand to wipe his cold sweat.

Wu Jiu looked at Qi Hou, and he knew what Qi Hou meant by his expression.

I heard Qihou continue to say: "As the saying goes, you don't get rewarded for nothing. Now Qi has nothing to do. It's just a crusade against Tan who has evil intentions and colluded with foreign enemies. It's what Qi should do. After all The Qi State has always followed the righteousness of respecting the king and resisting the barbarians, so... I dare not accept the duke title conferred by the Son of Heaven."

Shanzi was sweating a little. He really didn't expect that Qihou would not accept the canonization of the emperor, so he quickly raised his hand to wipe his sweat, especially today's court meeting is a bit unusual. Cao Ke, the king of Zhu, came here. Cao Ke obviously picked up the excitement. The emperor canonized him, but his courtiers refused to accept it.

Wu Jiu knew what Qihou meant when he saw it. Qihou is a coward. If he canonized Qihou on weekdays, Qihou would definitely accept it. But today is different. Right now, Qihou is not even a marquis. The emperor wants To wipe this matter away with sloppy mud, Qi Hou is determined not to agree.

Qi Hou smiled darkly, and said: "If Gu remembers correctly, now Gu has no title at all, a white man, how can a country with no surname suddenly be duke? Wouldn't it make the world laugh at my Zhou Dynasty?"

Shan Zizheng also heard it, and the pressure was even greater. He coughed lightly and said, "This... this matter, the emperor mistakenly believed the slander of Tan Guo before, so he wrongly blamed Duke Qi. Today, the emperor already knows."

Qihou made a surprised expression and said: "Oh? Is that so? How can I not know the will of the emperor? How can the princes of the world know the will of the emperor? I am afraid that the princes of the world still think that Qi is a rebellious and rebellious country. !"

Shan Zizheng was sweating coldly on his forehead. In the summer, he actually felt a chill, and hurriedly said: "This matter... the emperor didn't tell me the details, but Zizheng has the courage to ask Duke Qi what he means, so I can go back and report to the emperor."

Qihou smiled, turned his head to look at Wu Jiu, and said, "Second brother, you have many ways, so let's talk about it, what should we do."

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