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He hurriedly raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Today, the King of Chu, the Son of Heaven, and all the monarchs are honoring you. When you come to Shen Kingdom, I will offer you a toast. Please be sure to honor your honor."

As he spoke, he quickly stood up, and everyone stood up too, drank all the wine in the glass, and soon everyone sat down again.

Lord Shen Guoguo said a few polite words, and asked everyone to drink as much as possible. The banquet officially began, and the dancers walked in step by step, dancing to add to the fun.

After the banquet began, everyone toasted one after another, and the king of Yongguo also came, because this time Yongguo listened to Hu Qi's instigation and issued a letter of war to Chu, and then retreated without fighting, so Yongguo was afraid that Wu Jiao would blame him. So he came up courteously and toasted Wu Jiao first.

Wu Jiu didn't say anything, he just drank it with a smile on his face, and later Song Gongyu said that he would also come to toast, Wu Jiu also drank, and then there were more people toast, and Yu Gong also came to toast with a smile on his face.

Seeing Yugong's eyes, Qihou knew what it meant. When Yugong came to toast, Qihou raised his hand, stopped the wine glass, and said with a smile: "Second brother can't drink, and Yugong's glass of wine is not good enough. It's better to drink alone."

As he said that, he took the wine glass that Duke Yu had sent over, raised his head and felt bored, and then threw the wine glass with his hands in a very bold manner.

Duke Yu watched helplessly as his wine glass was thrown out, and it bounced on the ground with a "cracking, crackling" sound. If it wasn't for the bronze wine glass, it would have shattered. He had a bad expression on his face, but he didn't dare to say anything, after all Qihou's face was very fierce, and Yu Gong was frightened, so he quickly found an excuse and ran away.

Later, there were a lot of people toasting. Gong Zhiqi and Baili Xi were taken care of and came to toast. Gong Zhiqi was a little embarrassed and said, "Yesterday, Zhiqi lost his temper after drinking. Please don't mind the King of Chu."

Gong Zhiqi was drunk yesterday, and he didn't know how bad he was. It was Bailixi who told him that Gong Zhiqi knew that he had been complaining about Duke Yu after he was drunk. If this word spread, he might not be able to bear it After leaving, I also regretted that I had no drinking virtue after drinking.

But Wu Jiu didn't say anything, so Gong Zhiqi was very grateful, and made a special trip to toast and thank him.

Hu Qi saw so many people surrounding Wu Jiu and Marquis Qi, while he was very cold and unconvinced, but he thought he had a plan in mind and wanted to paralyze Wu Jiu and Marquis Qi, so he had no choice but to endure it. Furious, he stood up and went to toast.

Hu Qi walked over, cupped his hands and said, "The king of Chu is as handsome as before. Come, I will offer you a toast!"

Wu Jiu watched Hu Qi come over to toast, smiling, with a gentle smile on his face, matched with Wu Jiu's slightly red face, and reddish eye sockets after drunk, the whole person was charming, with a kind of saying no out of the temperament.

Hu Qi was almost dazzled by Wu Jiu's smile, but he heard Wu Jiu say: "I'm sorry, I can't drink too much, the King of Zhou is so kind, I have no choice but to accept it."

Wu Jiu was surrounded by many people, all of whom actually wanted to come to toast, and there were many people who did not have time to leave after the toast, and finally heard Wu Jiao say such a sentence.

Everyone immediately looked at each other in blank dismay, obviously just now, Gong Zhiqi made a toast, and Wu Jiu drank it all, how could he know that, when Hu Qi made a toast, Wu Jiu was suddenly overwhelmed with alcohol.

I'm afraid it's all perfunctory if there is anything too strong to drink, Wu Jiao made it clear that he would not sell Hu Qi's face.

Hu Qi's expression suddenly turned ugly, and the people next to him also felt embarrassed, so they quickly walked away as if they hadn't heard.

Qi Hou said with concern: "Second brother is drunk, let Tang Wu serve a bowl of hangover soup to refresh himself, otherwise tomorrow he will have a headache and hangover again."

When those two people talked, they treated Hu Qi as empty air. Hu Qi held up the wine glass so awkwardly that in the end, he had no choice but to leave in despair.

As soon as Hu Qi left, Marquis Qi chuckled and whispered to Wu Jiu, "Second brother, you punish the emperor so much, aren't you afraid that he will hate you?"

Wu Jiu was smiling, imitating Qi Hou's appearance, turning his head sideways, and Qi Hou's ear was sprayed with warm alcohol, and said softly: "Now it's not Hu Qi who holds grudges or not, but It's the widow who remembers his grudge or not."

Qi Hou smiled and said, "Yes, Second Brother is right."

Wu Jiao didn't give Hu Qi face, Hu Qi withdrew from the table very early, and was furious, just in time for Yu Gong to bribe Hu Qi, send beautiful jade to Hu Qi, and rushed to make a punching bag.

Hu Qi slapped his hands, "Smack!!!" and smashed the beautiful jade to pieces with a single sound, which made Yu Gong stunned.

Hu Qi yelled and said, "Duke Yu, you are so brave!"

When he said this, Duke Yu was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and said, "This... this... Son of Heaven, how do you say this?"

Hu Qi smiled coldly, and said, "This time you, Yu State, are here to meet the alliance, but there are two great officials named Gong Zhiqi and Bailixi?"

When Duke Yu heard this, he nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes...there are such two people."

Hu Qi clapped the case and said in a cold voice: "The widow said that you are brave, but you still don't admit it? Want to quibble? The widow heard that Gong Zhiqi, Baili Xi, and the state of Chu are very close, and they drank together until midnight yesterday. Yan Huan is so happy!"

Yu Gong was dumbfounded when he heard it, because he was still indulging in Wenrouxiang yesterday, so he didn't know about Gongzhiqi Bailixi and Wu Jiu's drinking and chatting, and he didn't know what kind of friendship these two people had with the King of Chu.

Duke Yu hurriedly said, "I really don't know about this... I really don't know about it. Please look into it clearly."

Hu Qi said coldly: "What else are you looking for!? Didn't you already understand it very well just now! Gong Zhiqi toasted him to the King of Chu, and the King of Chu returned the toast. , so ignorant of what is good or bad, in front of everyone's face, it gives the widow a good look!"

Hu Qi said, pointing to Duke Yu, he said: "The widow warns you, don't spoil the big business of the widow, and if Gong Zhiqi and Bailixi get so close to the Chu state again, it will be difficult for you." Don't blame the widow for not giving you Yu Guo face!"

After Hu Qi finished speaking, he kicked the broken jade on the ground and said, "Get lost!"

Mr. Yu was going to please the emperor, but he was scolded endlessly, full of anger, how could he not vent his anger when he returned, called Gong Zhiqi and Baili over, and scolded him head and face.

Wu Jiu didn't know about this matter. He drank too much at the banquet and went to bed. He woke up very late the next day because the monarchs hadn't arrived yet, so everyone still had to wait. There was nothing to do these days. Pan Chong went to arrange the garrison, and asked Peng Zhongshuang to observe the terrain. It was convenient to have two loyal right-hand men by his side, and he lay down in the tent to rest.

Wu Jiuxie didn't get up until the afternoon, and was going to go out with Qihou to see the terrain for himself. As soon as the two of them got out of the camp, they saw Gong Zhiqi walking past them in a hurry.

The three of them clearly met each other, and their eyes met, but Gong Zhiqi seemed to turn a blind eye, and instead quickened his pace to leave.

Wu Jiu was suspicious, but Qi Hou was very angry. Gong Zhiqi was obviously disrespectful to Wu Jiu, so he said coldly, "Where is Doctor Gong going in such a hurry?"

After Qihou had spoken, how could Gong Zhiqi continue to move forward, so he had to bow roughly, without even looking at Wu Jiu and Qihou.

Qihou and Gong Zhiqi didn't have much friendship. When they were drinking the day before yesterday, Qihou just ate pickles with his head down and didn't talk much at all, so it wasn't considered friendship.

However, Wu Jiu and Gong Zhiqi had some friendship, and Gong Zhiqi's sudden and strange attitude made Wu Jiu even more suspicious.

Wu Jiu said: "Mr. Gong is in such a hurry, is there anything urgent? If I can help you, please feel free to ask."

Gong Zhiqi said without thinking: "King Chu stays away from villains, that's the biggest help."

As soon as he said this, Qi Hou was a violent temper, not only violent, but also arrogant, Gong Zhiqi's strange words were thorny, and he also aimed at Wu Jiao, Qi Hou stopped doing it as soon as he heard it, and said in a cold voice: "Gong Zhiqi, you are so brave, why are you talking to King Chu?!"

Gong Zhiqi didn't reply, just lowered his head, not looking up at them.

Wu Jiu was even more surprised by Gong Zhiqi's attitude. When he lowered his head, he saw that Gong Zhiqi was holding a few small medicine bottles in his hands, which were obviously wound medicines. He rolled his eyes, as if thinking of something.

Wu Jiu tentatively said: "Doctor Gong is in a hurry, and he is still holding the wound medicine. Could it be that Mr. Baili is injured? And this injury has something to do with the widow? Otherwise, why did Doctor Gong suddenly behave like this?"

Gong Zhiqi raised his head and glanced at Wu Jiu. There were differences in his eyes. He was obviously guessed by Wu Jiu. Wu Jiu hurriedly said, "Mr. Baili is really injured? Is it serious? Tang Wu next to you is a famous doctor. Doctor Gong might as well lead the way and let Tang Wu go to treat Mr. Baili."

Gong Zhiqi didn't speak, but hesitantly looked at the wound medicine in his hand, Wu Jiao immediately said: "Doctor Gong, no matter what estrangement exists between the widow and Doctor Gong, Mr. Baili's injury is important, isn't it?"

When he said this, Gong Zhiqi was indeed shaken, and he cupped his hands and said, "Then I will trouble the King of Chu."

Wu Jiu waved his hand and said, "Lead the way."

Gong Zhiqi quickly led Wu Jiu forward, and the two of them entered a small tent. Baili Xi was lying on the couch, his face pale, and there were whip marks on his face. face.

As soon as Wu Jiu went in, he smelled a bloody smell. He was very surprised, and quickly rushed over. Qi Hou was surprised, the banquet was fine last night, why did it become like this today?

Baili Xi was half unconscious, Tang Wu hurried over, gently lifted the quilt, and healed Baili Xi. When the quilt was lifted, not only was there a wound on the face, but also whip marks on his arms, arms and neck, showing that It's like being whipped.

When Qihou saw it, he didn't feel that Gong Zhiqi was rude, and said in shock: "Who did this? In this meeting, someone can do such a murderous thing?"

Gong Zhiqi didn't speak, but sighed with resentment on his face, because Qihou was a little shocked, his voice was not low, Baili Xi, who was half unconscious, woke up slowly, and was very surprised to see Wu Jiao and Qihou, and hurriedly wanted to salute.

Wu Jiu quickly stabilized him, and said: "Mr. Baili is seriously injured, there is no need to be polite. There is nothing wrong. The Tang Wu next to me is an expert in medicine. Don't worry, Mr. Baili, he will recover soon."

Bailixi smiled wryly and said, "Thank you, King Chu, for your kindness."

Seeing Bailixi's expression and Gong Zhiqi's expression, Wu Jiu said suspiciously, "Forgive me, this place is the meeting place of Shendi, and there are heavy guards around it. Mr. Baili was injured so badly." , this injury... I am afraid it has something to do with the widow? And it was Duke Yu who ordered him to beat him?"

When he said this, the expressions of Gong Zhiqi and Bailixi froze, as if they had been guessed by Wu Jiao.

In fact, Wu Jiu's guess is not without grounds, the first is Gong Zhiqi's performance, Gong Zhiqi's temperament is a bit impatient, straight to the point, he even toasted Wu Jiao last night, today he is ignorant of the answer, and has a look of anger on his face, So this matter must have something to do with Wu Jiu.

The second reason is that Xingyuan is guarded by heavy soldiers, and Yu Guo also brought soldiers and horses here, so it is impossible to be an assassin. If there is an assassin, according to Gong Zhiqi's personality, the assassin's body must be smashed into thousands of pieces. , it is impossible to sigh angrily, with a look of perplexity.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Wu Jiu felt that this matter must have something to do with Duke Yu and himself.

After Wu Jiu asked such a question, Gong Zhiqi told the whole story.

It turned out that after the banquet last night, Duke Yu ran to the Emperor Zhou to flatter him, but the Emperor Zhou was so angry that he scolded Duke Yu. After Duke Yu came back disheartened, he found Gong Zhiqi and Baili Xi, Blame two people.

At that time, Gong Zhiqi was quite hot-tempered, so he contradicted him a few words. Yu Gong ordered Gong Zhiqi to be arrested and punished.

Baili Xi is a literati, Gong Zhiqi wanted to be punished for him, but Yu Gong would not allow it, Yu Gong just grasped this key, Gong Zhiqi is a swordsman, it is not painful to hit him, it is better to hit Baili Xi Xi can also teach them a lesson, so that they dare not get so close to Chu State again.

After Baili Xi was injured, Duke Yu refused to let him heal him. Baili Xi endured it all night, and at this point he couldn't bear it anymore, so Gong Zhiqi went to find medicine for him secretly, but he didn't expect to meet Wu Jiao.

In fact, Gong Zhiqi didn't vent his anger on Wu Jiu, it was just that Baili Xi was beaten like this, Gong Zhiqi really didn't dare to have anything to do with Wu Jiu anymore, but Wu Jiao asked Tang Wu to heal Baili Xi, Gong Zhiqi Qi couldn't refuse, so he brought someone here.

Tang Wu quickly healed Bailixi, opened the medicine box he carried with him, took out the wound medicine and sprinkled it on it, and said, "It's a skin trauma. The minister has cleaned the wound and put on the medicine. The medicine will be changed tomorrow." , that’s it.”

As he spoke, he handed the medicine bottle to Gong Zhiqi, who was grateful to Gong Zhiqi, but Wu Jiu said to Baili Xi at this time: "Mr. If the two of you are drinking, what happened today will not happen, I will apologize to Mr. Baili."

Duke Yu ordered someone to whip his doctor Qing, while King Chu apologized to Baili Xi. In this way, Gong Zhiqi and Baili Xi had a comparison in their hearts. Although neither of them said it out loud, who was who? No, everyone knows it in their hearts.

Bailixi took the medicine, which had some analgesic effect, and fell into a deep sleep. Gong Zhiqi was a little embarrassed, and cupped his hands and said, "Just now Caizhiqi's reckless words and deeds offended the King of Chu. Please don't blame the King of Chu."

Wu Jiu said: "How could it be Doctor Gong's fault? The widow is also wrong. The widow caused Doctor Gong and Mr. Baili to be blamed by Duke Yu."

The two chatted politely for a while, and Wu Jiu didn't bother Bailixi to rest, so he took Qihou and left Bailixi's camp.

The armies of all countries are stationed in Shen State. Although the princes have not come to the whole country, they have come a lot. After the king of Shen State held a welcome banquet, he did some kind of hunting, inviting the princes of all countries to hunt, and at the same time to appreciate Shen State various scenery.

The hunting ground is in the woods not far away, and it is very close from here. Because the alliance has not yet started, the princes from various countries who came early also readily accepted this way of communicating with each other, and they all agreed to participate in the hunting meeting.

Wu Jiu didn't want to participate in the hunt, after all he didn't know much about it, but other countries responded positively, Wu Jiu, as the king of Chu, must also participate, if he didn't participate, it would be too embarrassing.

This morning, the monarchs of the various countries were ready to set off, and the hunting ground was nearby, very close, very convenient. Wu Jiu changed into a black robe, and he looked deserted and noble.

Qi Hou was able to wear "couple clothes" with Wu Jiu again, and was very proud. He carried the longbow on his back, stepped on the quiver, and turned around to help Wu Jiu carry the longbow and quiver on his back.

Although Wu Jiu doesn't know how to shoot arrows, he still looks handsome with a longbow on his back, revealing a heroic aura in his coldness, which is indescribably good-looking.

Qihou said with a smile: "Second brother really looks good no matter what."

Wu Jiu had heard too much praise from Qi Hou, and he was temporarily immune, but Qi Hou said shyly, "Second brother, what about Gu? Does Gu look good?"

Wu Jiu looked at Qi Hou very helplessly. If he didn't say he was good-looking, Qi Hou would not let him go. Wu Jiu had to compromise. Wu Jiu had no choice but to bite his head and say, "It's good-looking, of course it's good-looking. Junshang is handsome and extraordinary."

Qihou smiled, with a very magnanimous look, and said: "Forget it, although I know that the second brother is not sincere, but what the second brother said, the deceitful Gu will like it."

Wu Jiu rolled his eyes at him, hearing what Qi Hou said, why does he feel like a scumbag who eats and runs away?However, he is the one who is eaten, and the wind turns smoothly, but the good luck has not yet passed to him.

Wu Jiu and Qi Hou dawdled, and finally came out of the tent. After they came out, they saw Zhan Xiong, who was smiling brightly. Bow, the whole person looks majestic, smiling and running along the mane of his horse.

Wu Jiu always felt that Zhanxiong's smile seemed to have won the lottery...

Wu Jiao walked over, and Zhanxiong realized it now, and said with a smile: "Second brother and third brother, you can start right away."

Everyone got ready soon, and the monarchs of all countries had already arrived. Wu Jiao looked around, but he didn't see Song Gongyu saying, so he couldn't help asking strangely: "Why don't you see Song Gong?"

When he said this, Zhanxiong immediately laughed "hehehe", scratched his hair while smirking, and said, "Oh...Mr. Song, he slept a little late last night. He won't go today, so he is resting in the tent."

When Wu Jiu heard this, he couldn't help but look at Zhanxiong, and finally understood why Zhanxiong smiled like he had won a lottery. I'm afraid it was Song Gong who hadn't seen Zhanxiong for a long time. What good did Zhanxiong do last night, so that Song Gong couldn't come to bed. Couldn't go hunting today at all.

Everyone set off quickly. Although the name was hunting, in fact, everyone used the name of hunting to contact the diplomatic relations. It was not far along the way, and it took only a few words, but many people came to chat with Wu Jiao.

Today, Zhou Tianzi's surroundings are still deserted. It's not that there are no people who come to flatter Zhou Tianzi, but there are not as many people who flatter Wu Jiu. After such a comparison, Zhou Tianzi feels like being looked down upon by others.

When everyone came to the woods, sheds had already been set up in the woods to enjoy the cool and rest, and they would be able to set off in a while to hunt separately.

Because Song Gong is not here today, Zhanxiong has become a light bulb, and has been following Wu Jiu and Qi Hou. Wu Jiu does not know how to draw a bow and shoot arrows. Pull the bow and shoot the arrow, maybe you can do some strange things.

However, Zhan Xiong turned into a follower, and had a good conversation with Wu Jiu all the time. Zhan Xiong held the reins of the horse with one hand, and with the other hand, he suddenly took off the longbow from his back, and shot an arrow with the bow, "Search!" He actually shot the prey that jumped out from the side, that action was very handsome and very fast.

Wu Jiu praised Zhan Xiong's arrow skills without hesitation, so that Qi Hou would enjoy it, and felt that his second elder brother praised others, and immediately imitated Zhan Xiong's appearance, and it was even worse than that. With a hook, he took out three long arrows from the quiver on his back and put them on the bow. With a sound of "嗖——!", the three long arrows were fired in unison. Duo duo!" Three sounds, actually shot three fallen leaves, those three withered and yellow leaves were blown by the wind, and fell quietly from the branches, unexpectedly, Qihou shot all of them.

Wu Jiu saw Qihou's handsome posture with his bow, and knew that Qihou must want to be handsome, but he didn't expect that Qihou's handsomeness had reached the extreme, and he shot a leaf instead of a prey...

Zhanxiong didn't know that Qihou was competing with him, and when he saw that Qihou had shot three fallen leaves, he immediately clapped his hands and said, "Third brother, you have good arrow skills!"

Qi Hou was praised, but he didn't feel much joy. He just turned his head to look at Wu Jiao, and said with a smile, "Second Brother, how is Gu's arrow technique?"

Wu Jiu had no choice but to bite the bullet and smiled and said, "Your Majesty's arrow skills are superb."

When Qihou heard this, he became happy. If he had a tail, he would wag it from side to side, just like a big dog.

The three did not follow the crowd, and soon separated from the main force, and could vaguely hear the sound of galloping horses from the main force, applauding one after another, and someone shouting: "The Son of Heaven's arrows are magical! It's amazing! It's amazing!"

The three of them were about to move forward. Anyway, they were out hunting today. When they caught prey, they prepared to build a fire and roast the prey to eat. Although the conditions were a little crude, Wu Jiu’s skills were here. , Qihou is still very much looking forward to the barbecue made by the second brother.

The three of them were riding their horses forward, chatting and marching, when they heard the sound of "tapping, treading" horseshoes rushing towards them, Wu Jiao thought it was a large army coming this way, but when he looked back, he saw I saw an acquaintance.

Wu Jiao said in surprise, "Eh? Isn't that Song Gong?"

Zhanxiong took a closer look and was even more surprised, saying, "It's really Song Gong!"

Song Gong was wearing a black robe with wide sleeves. He didn't look like a hunter at all. He quickly drove his horse and rushed from behind. Behind him were several Song soldiers, and the Prime Minister Dai Shupi.

Zhanxiong immediately urged his horse to meet him, and said with a smile, "Why are you here? Didn't you stop hunting? Are you feeling better?"

Song Gong didn't have time to talk to him about this, so he immediately said: "There is a fraud in the Yu country, let the king of Chu and Duke Qi be careful."

When Zhanxiong heard it, he didn't react immediately, and then he understood Song Gong's words, and quickly brought Song Gong to Wu Jiu and Qihou.

It turned out that Song Gong was bullied by Zhanxiong yesterday, so he couldn't get up to hunt today, he was resting in the tent.

Today all the princes went out to hunt, Song Gongyu said that he would go too, but who knew that there was a temporary situation, Song Gong didn't go, and the country's prime minister Dai Shupi didn't go either.

Unexpectedly, instead of going hunting, I discovered something extraordinary. Yu said that he was resting in the tent, but he heard a very slight sound, but it was very strange. Look, there are actually a few people moving around the tent next to it.

Song Gongyu said that next to the tents were the tents of Qi State and Chu State. The camps of the three countries are connected together, the distance is not very far, and the tents are not soundproof, so Song Gong heard the sound.

He took a closer look, but those people were not from Qi or Chu. The soldiers didn't wear military uniforms, which looked quite strange. When Song Gong was wondering, a man came out of Qi's camp. The leader, what a coincidence, Song Gongyu said he knew the leader.

Although he didn't wear a military uniform, when Duke Song was a son, he went on an envoy to the State of Yu and met the leader, who was General Zhonglang in the palace.

Yu said that when he saw Zhonglang General of Yu State sneaking in and out of Qi State's tent, he immediately became alert, and quickly put down the curtain, so that they would not see him and hear what those people were plotting.

Hearing vaguely words like "black powder", "no", and "go to Chu State again", Song Gongyu said it, and immediately understood that Yu State must want Qi State and Chu State's black blood. Gunpowder, as long as you get some black powder, you can research the formula, so many people want to get black powder.

This time the alliance will be very powerful, and everyone will bring the most powerful soldiers, so Yu Gong thinks that Qi and Chu will definitely bring black gunpowder, so he finds someone to sneak into the camp while everyone is out hunting. Check for black powder.

The Yu people searched the Qi camp, and then went to the Chu camp to search. Song Gongyu said that he had sneaked out at this time, so he quickly called Dai Shupi, and Dai Shupi immediately took the soldiers of Song, Surrounded those Yu people.

Because Yu Gong meant to secretly get some black gunpowder to study the formula, so those Yu people didn't dare to put on a big fight. Unexpectedly, as soon as they came out of the Chu State camp, they saw the three-story building inside and outside the three-story building. The soldiers and horses of Song State were so frightened that their souls almost flew away.

Song Gongyu said that he captured those Yu people, threatened and tortured them, but couldn't sit still, and immediately got on his horse with the pain, and rushed to the hunting ground.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of hunting, Duke Yu not only sent General Zhonglang to steal the black powder from Qi and Chu, but in order to please the Emperor Zhou, Duke Yu deliberately tampered with the hunting ground and prepared a group of people who wanted to flee. He planned to assassinate Wu Jiu and Qi Hou.

Song Gong was afraid that he would not be able to make it in time, so he quickly rushed over with Dai Shupi and a group of Song soldiers.

When Wu Jiu heard this, he didn't expect Duke Yu to be so courageous, not only to steal things, but also to get rid of them.

Song Gongyu said that he had just talked about the affairs of Yu State. At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of "tapping" horseshoes and footsteps coming from all directions. In a flash, many people with weapons came from all around. surrounded.

Those people didn't have their own uniforms, they were wearing very simple and rough clothes, and the weapons in their hands were also very simple. They didn't look like the configuration of the army. They seemed to have been prepared for a long time, so they lay in ambush nearby, rushed out, and killed them. Several of them surrounded them.

Song Gongyu said that in order to hurry, he didn't bring too many people here, now many assassins rushed out from all directions, and immediately surrounded them tightly, outnumbered and outnumbered, the number was too disparate.

Marquis Qi frowned, and immediately reached out his hand to stop Wu Jiu, killing him behind him, and then put his hand on the sword at his waist, as if he was ready to meet the enemy at any time.

Zhanxiong stopped Song Gongyu from saying that he also put his hand on the saber, and Dai Shupi shouted, "Bold! Who is it?!"

When the assassins heard this, they all burst into laughter. They didn't look like regular soldiers at all, as if there were no rules, but more like bandits.

Along with the laughter, those assassins lined up a small path, and a young man on a horse walked slowly forward from behind, and said with a smile: "Someone offered money to buy your heads! I don't care. Who are you?!"

Qihou narrowed his eyes and said, "Oh? I don't know who is so bold as to want to buy our heads?"

The young man at the head said with a smile: "You will know it when you go to the underworld!"

As he said, he waved his hand, as if he wanted to make his subordinates do something, but Wu Jiu said, "Wait a minute."

The young man at the head said, "What? Are you scared?"

Wu Jiu said with a smile: "I'm afraid that's not necessarily the case. I just want to make a deal with you. If someone offers money to buy our heads, then the widow will offer ten times the money to buy his head instead. How about it?"

When he said this, those assassins looked at each other, as if they were a little surprised, ten times the money?

The young man at the head also froze for a moment, then said, "Do you think we are easy to fool?"

Wu Jiu said with a smile: "Your word is worth a thousand dollars, why bother you? What's more, you can't afford ten times as much money as a widow? To put it bluntly, what a widow has in their hands is money."

When he said this, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. The person in charge thought for a while, and said with gritted teeth: "Do you think this can shake us? We pay attention to reputation in business. If we kill the employer instead, then What about reputation?"

As he spoke, he waved his hands and said loudly, "Come on! Cut off their heads!"

After the young man in the lead finished speaking, the assassins behind were about to rush over. Song Gong brought too few people, and they were no match for them at all. At this time, Zhanxiong pulled out his long sword with a "squeak!!" !" He held a sword flower, squinted his eyes, and said coldly: "Who dares to step forward?!"

Zhanxiong blocked those assassins single-handedly, Song Gongyu said that he was sweating immediately, although he knew that Zhanxiong was powerful, but Zhanxiong alone would never be able to stop so many assassins.

Wu Jiu also sweated Zhan Xiong, Qihou's long sword had been slowly drawn out of its sheath, and he was waiting for Zhan Xiong to make a move, and he immediately followed up to help him.

However, at this moment, the man in the lead stared at Zhan Xiong who drew his sword and shouted, and suddenly got off his horse. Just when everyone thought he was about to charge over, he suddenly heard a "gudong!", and the young man in the lead The person knelt directly on the ground.

This turn of events frightened everyone, and Dai Shupi yelled, "Bold assassin, what tricks are you playing!?"

At this moment, the young man in the lead looked at Zhanxiong and shouted, "Is it Mr. Benedict!? But General Zhi?!"

When Zhanxiong heard someone call out his name before he surrendered to Qi, he was a little dazed, but Wu Jiu reacted the fastest, these assassins actually knew Zhanxiong.

The assassin leader didn't pay attention to Zhanxiong just now, and when Zhanxiong stood up, the assassin leader immediately said in shock: "It's really benefactor! Hurry up! Put down the sword! What are you pointing the sword at benefactor! Put it down!"

The younger brothers in the back were a little dazed, but when he called General Zhi, the assassins suddenly realized who Zhanxiong was.

The leader of the assassin quickly threw away the long sword in his hand, and quickly said: "Your benefactor is above, the villain has no eyes, and he even yelled at him. There are many benefactors, so don't be fussy with the villain."

To be honest, Zhanxiong doesn't remember him at all. After all, when Zhanxiong was a Bandit Zhi, he went from east to west, from north to south. Except for the southernmost place of Chu, Zhanxiong basically swept across other places. , Which vassal state does not have a headache when mentioning Robber Zhi?

Bandit Zhi's team robbed the rich and gave to the poor, and how many nobles they had feuded with, it's hard to count.

Those assassins were going to shout and kill, but when they saw Zhan Xiong, they all knelt down and quickly kowtowed to Zhan Xiong.

Zhanxiong was stunned for a moment, but everyone quickly breathed a sigh of relief. If they really fought hard, they would not be able to defeat so many assassins. Wu Jiao quickly gave Zhanxiong a wink.

Zhanxiong coughed and said, "Don't be so hasty."

The assassin leader quickly said, "Yes, yes."

Zhanxiong inserted the long sword into the scabbard with a dignified "whoosh!" and said, "I ask you, who asked you to do the assassination?"

The assassin was respectful for the first time, kowtowed to Zhanxiong as if he was visiting the monarch, and quickly said: "The villain dare not lie. A few days ago, people from Yu Kingdom found us and gave us a sum of money to lie in ambush here. I am going to assassinate the king of Qi and the new king of Chu, but the villain really does not know that General Zhi is here, if the villain knew in advance, he would not dare to give anything, let alone money!"

When Wu Jiu heard it, he was really from Yu country, exactly the same as Song Gongyu said.

Qi Hou narrowed his eyes and sneered.

The State of Yu is a duke country. Although the territory is small, its status is not low among the vassal states. In addition, the State of Yu is next to the State of Zhou, so the king of the State of Yu made it clear that he wanted to curry favor with the Emperor Zhou. After all, the State of Yu is far away from the State of Qi and The state of Chu is very far away, so instead of flattering Zhou Tianzi in front of him, he flatters others. This is a brain problem.

The king of the Yu Kingdom was not capable, and it was not easy to ask literati like Gong Zhiqi and Bailixi for advice on such a matter of assassination, so he simply found a group of bandits and desperadoes and asked them to take the opportunity to assassinate.

The king of the Yu Kingdom thought very well, as long as he could assassinate the Marquis of Qi and the King of Chu, there would be no need for this alliance to continue, and he would definitely be rewarded by the Emperor Zhou.

However, the king of Yu Kingdom didn't know how stupid he was. Not only was he stupid in his ideas, but he was also lucky. He didn't know that these bandits and assassins had received the favor of Robber Zhi.

Qi Hou sneered and said: "Yu Guo is too deceitful, doing all these dirty things."

Wu Jiu said with a smile: "Why do you need to be angry, there is a saying that says, treat a person in the same way..."

Everyone looked at Wu Jiu, but Wu Jiu looked down at the leader of the assassin, who was still kneeling on the ground, kowtowing respectfully to Zhanxiong, feeling that someone was watching him, his back was numb, horrified, and he raised his head When I came, I saw the King of Chu staring at him with a smile.

The leader of the assassins felt a little uncomfortable, so Wu Jiu smiled and said, "I wonder if the deal I made with you just now can be done?"

Hearing what he said, the assassin chief couldn't react, Wu Jiu squinted his eyes, and said in a low voice, "Ten times the money, you can buy your employer's head."

The assassin leader was taken aback, glanced at Zhanxiong, Zhanxiong didn't refute, seemed to obey Wu Jiu's words, and said: "This king of Chu is my sworn brother."

The assassin leader quickly kowtowed and said: "The villain has no eyes, no eyes, how dare he ask for money from the king of Chu?"

Wu Jiu smiled and said: "No, when you do business, you pay for the money and deliver the goods. This is the way of long-term business. How can I covet your small money? If you say ten times, you will get ten times."