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The country prepared a coalition of more than a dozen countries to attack Chu. The scholar-bureaucrats heard the news and rushed into the palace to wait for the court meeting.

There was an uproar in the Lu bedroom, everyone was discussing and asking each other about the situation, because the state of Jin was so powerful this time, so the literati and bureaucrats were already aware of it, and they had already discussed it in advance to discuss countermeasures.

Soon, the Lu bedroom suddenly fell silent, everyone raised their heads, and saw Wu Jiu walking out in a black court robe, still following Marquis Qi.

But at this time, everyone has no time to pay attention to why Marquis Qi also came to the court to discuss. After all, the coalition forces of more than a dozen countries are preparing to attack Chu. Although they are all small countries, this is not a joke.

Moreover, Marquis Qi represents the country of Qi. If Marquis Qi appeared, maybe the National Congress of Qi would help them. Therefore, everyone was happy to see Marquis Qi, and no one raised any objections.

Wu Jiu and Qi Hou sat down, Wu Jiu looked very calm, and said: "Your gentlemen, I think you have heard about the matter, the state of Jin has issued a letter of war to us."

When he said this, the crowd immediately became noisy and whispered to each other. Wu Jiao put the letter of war on the case with a "slap!" Provocation, what should be done, everyone can express their opinions, there is no need to avoid anything."

Literati and bureaucrats look at me and look at you. Whenever there is a war, there must be a peace party and a war party. This is inevitable.

A scholar-bureaucrat said: "Your Majesty, why don't you ask the Emperor of Zhou to intervene? Jin has united more than a dozen countries. Although they are all small countries, if they really unite as one, Chu will not be able to bear it. Suffering from the civil strife in the capital of Yingdu, I haven't recovered my strength yet, I really shouldn't face the enemy head-on, please think twice, Your Majesty."

After the scholar-bureaucrat finished speaking, another scholar-bureaucrat immediately said: "If our country of Chu doesn't face the enemy head-on, wouldn't we be afraid of those provocateurs of Jin country! It will lose face for our country of Chu!"

Another person said: "Yes, yes, the state of Jin is obviously provoking trouble, even if the emperor Zhou really intervenes, there may not be any results. If the state of Jin really wants to fight this war, it will find excuses. "

"But the coalition forces of more than a dozen countries, this is an unprecedented thing. Such a war is not good for us. If there is a real conflict, it will be the people of our Chu country who will lose!"

Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, and they were not afraid of making mistakes at this time, and the Lu bedroom suddenly fell into chaos.

Wu Jiu sat on the upper hand and listened to the opinions of the crowd, but he remained silent for a while, waiting for the chattering of the crowd to be enough, and the scholar-bureaucrats realized that the King of Chu had been silent all this time, and only then did they realize that they had quarreled in the palace. When he got up, he really lost his composure, so he restrained himself a little, and all looked at Wu Jiu.

Before Wu Jiu could speak, Ziqing walked into Lu's bedroom and said, "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Jin Kingdom who sent tactics wants to go to the palace, and he has a few words to say to my king."

When everyone heard this, they immediately looked at each other in blank dismay. The envoy of the Jin Kingdom wants to go to the palace?

The matter of fighting against the state of Jin was being discussed in Lu's palace, but at this moment, the envoys of the state of Jin wanted to go to the palace, what did they do in the palace?Was it torn?

Everyone looked at Ziqing in disbelief, thinking they were hallucinating.

Wu Jiu smiled coldly at this moment, and said, "Oh? All right, then please invite the envoys of the Jin Kingdom to the palace."

Ziqing withdrew quickly, and the envoy of the Jin Kingdom walked in swaggeringly not long after.

It was indeed swaggering, his posture was like that of a big showman, with an arrogant and arrogant face, he walked in without bowing to Wu Jiu, and said with a smile: "The foreign minister knows that the king of Chu and everyone are discussing the war letter, so The foreign minister specially brought you good news."

His tone made everyone very angry. Regardless of the presence of the main war faction and the main peace faction, in fact, the main peace faction is also very angry with the actions of the Jin State. Lord and.

Wu Jiu said, "I don't know what good news is. Can it be called good news when it comes from you, the envoy of Jin?"

The envoy of the Jin Kingdom smiled and said: "Naturally, it is good news. When the widowed king gave you Chu the war letter, he also left a way for you Chu. As long as you Chu is willing to surrender, the widowed king Let it go!"

Listening to the arrogant tone of the Jin envoy, Wu Jiu said, "The way out? Surrender?"

The envoy of the Jin State said: "That's right! As long as you Chu State is willing to surrender, the widow will forget the past and order the allied forces of the countries to stop, otherwise the allied forces of the various countries will go straight to Hanzhong. It's too late!"

The envoy of the Jin State was talking to himself, completely unaware that Wu Jiu's face had darkened, and continued to say: "As long as Chu is willing to surrender, and agree to three conditions, the first is to recognize the status of the overlord. Second, cede the land of Chu State north of Jingmen to our Jin State. Third, marry the princess of Chu State to our widow!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately looked at each other in blank dismay, and looked at the envoy of the Jin State with a strange look, their eyes almost burst into flames, even the Lord He faction wanted to go up and punch the envoy of the Jin State with their own hands.

The Jin envoy didn't know it, but Wu Jiu laughed, not angry at all, but very peaceful, as if he had heard something that made people happy, and said with a smile: "First, the overlord and widow admit it, but It's not the king of Jin, but the Duke of Qi sitting next to me."

Qihou smiled cooperatively and said, "Has Gu been away from Qi for too long, so he doesn't even know about Jin's hegemony? Jin wants to be the overlord?"

The envoys of the Jin State looked unhappy, and Wu Jiu said, "Secondly, Jingmen is the suburban gate of Yingdu, the capital of our state of Chu. It is impossible to cede the suburban gates to other countries, and there is no common sense condition. Why did Marquis Jin have the nerve to speak?"

When he said this, the face of the envoy of the Jin Kingdom was already quite ugly. Wu Jiao smiled again, and said kindly: "If you cede the land, the widow will be a foolish king. Then marry the princess... Princess Mi is the widow's own niece." , I feel sorry for Princess Mi before it's too late, how can I betroth Princess Mi to an eunuch king? If so, I will be a bastard."

He said, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then there was an uproar, and the envoy of the Jin Kingdom was also stunned. He didn't know that the Marquis of Jin was an eunuch, and thought that Wu Jiao deliberately insulted him, and immediately said with an ugly face: "Presumptuous! Bold! You This barbarian king actually uttered wild words and insulted my king of Jin!"

Wu Jiu laughed, and said loudly, "Insult? He knows whether the Marquis of Jin is an eunuch. He also knows how he became Duke Quwo. He also knows how he was officially named Marquis of Jin. It is even more clear in my heart that now I am provoking our Chu country, I am not a weak coward, and the Jin country wants to amuse our Chu country, it is still far away!"

He said, and said: "Come on!"

"Yes!"

When the soldiers heard the order, they rushed into the palace of the Lu Palace and surrounded the envoy of the Jin State. The envoy of the Jin State broke out in a cold sweat and said: "It is an old rule that the envoys of the two countries should not be beheaded when they fight. , the King of Chu wants to vent his anger on foreign ministers?!"

Wu Jiu stood up with a smile on his face, and Qi Hou also stood up, and gave Wu Jiu a little support. He looked decent, and he really had the aura of a male protagonist who raises his eyebrows...

Wu Jiu said with a smile: "It is true that the two countries do not kill their envoys when they are at war, but... the state of Jin is so provocative. If the widows don't kill you, the Jin state will definitely treat them as the widows and fear them!"

As soon as he said this, the scholar-bureaucrats in the court hall of the state of Chu immediately shouted, "Cut! Chop!"

Wu Jiu said with a smile, "Well...it's what everyone expects."

The envoy of the Jin Kingdom turned pale with fright, and quickly said: "Your servant...you are just...just passing on a message. You are innocent. King Chu, please spare me!"

Wu Jiu said with a smile: "I have a bad memory, just now it seems that someone called me a barbarian king?"

Qihou said cooperatively: "It's the envoy of the Jin Kingdom."

Wu Jiu said, "Oh, so that's the case, then cut it off."

Wu Jiao waved his hand, the soldiers stopped hesitating and dragged the envoy of the Jin State to go out. The envoy of the Jin State shouted for help, spare his life, but there was nothing he could do, and he was quickly dragged away.

Seeing the envoys being dragged away by the soldiers, all the ministers felt relieved. Wu Jiu narrowed his eyes as he watched the envoys go out, and said with a downcast face, "You all have seen it too. It's getting more and more rampant."

Everyone did not object, indeed, there were still some people who wanted to seek peace by chance, but the arrogance of the envoys of Jin made them dispel this idea, and they felt very resentful.

Some people questioned and said: "It's just... Now that Yingdu has just experienced the rebellion of Yingdu Daqian, the Ba Kingdom is eyeing it, and the Jin Kingdom has united with some neighboring small countries, including Qunshu. If they rebel together, it may... It may be more dangerous .”

When he said that, the others agreed, and everyone frowned. Qi Hou said: "As for the state of Jin, you can send troops to involve the state of Jin. In addition, the state of Ba, the state of Shu and the state of Ba have always been feuds. , the king of Chu sent someone to contact the king of Shu."

Don't look at how cute Qihou is always on weekdays, the new skills are still "others", but when it comes to business, he is indeed a hegemon, and he even solved the two big countries of Ba and Jin at once. If he can successfully involve these two If the country is a big country, then other small countries that are in trouble will not be feared.

Qihou said with a smile again: "As for other countries... Cai Guo is not worth mentioning. Why didn't the King of Chu act first and send the right Sima Ru Shu Guo to give Qun Shu a powerful blow and attack Qun Shu directly?" Lao Wo, Jin and Ba are not yet ready for the war, and Qunshu is isolated and helpless. The king of Chu only needs to act first to defeat each of them."

"Good way!"

"Qi Gong is right!"

"It really is a good idea!"

The officials of the state of Chu immediately agreed, Wu Jiu also nodded, and said: "What Duke Qi said is correct, if I remember correctly, my right Sima is still the orthodox blood of Shujiu, and now Shujiu The king of the country is nothing more than a rebel who usurped the throne, why not take advantage of the present and send You Sima back to the country to succeed?"

Everyone immediately discussed the countermeasures, and the Marquis of Qi sent people back to the country, preparing to send a letter to Jun Zhao, involving the state of Jin, and Wu Jiao sent Dou Qi and Lu Chen to the state of Shu.

The Kingdom of Shu and the Kingdom of Ba have had feuds for a long time, and they were originally old enemies. Now that Wu Jiu has sent envoys and sent a large amount of treasures to the King of Shu, the King of Shu will definitely extend a helping hand to help Wu Jiu. Attacking Ba, Chu attacked Ba from the east, attacking from both sides, and Ba waited to be driven out.

After these matters were settled, Wu Jiu ordered Yanjiu to lead the army again, with great momentum, and released news that he was going to send Yanjiu back to the country to fight against Shujiu's rebels and inherit the throne of Shujiu.

At the same time, Wu Jiu also did a good deed by making people spread public opinion, publicizing the fact that the King of Jin is an eunuch, and murdering the King of Jin's father and king, killing the king's father, and trying to seize the position of Duke Quwo The news of the incident was spread, and the state of Jin also looked good for a while.

Qunshu is a territory united by some small countries, and Shujiu is one of them. Although it is a small country, its folk customs are tough because of its bravery and combat skills.

Qun Shu has always been attached to the Chu State, and they have lived in peace for so many years, but they are also ambitious. Back then, Yanjiu was forced to escape from the Shujiu Kingdom, but now it is time for Yanjiu to make a comeback.

To be honest, Yanjiu never thought about going back to Shujiu, but now that this time has really come, he is actually a little excited and excited, because the time for revenge has finally arrived, when he was only five years old, he was forced to be involved in the struggle for power In the battle for the throne, his parents all died in the battle, leaving him alone, and finally became a water bandit. Yanjiu was not without resentment in his heart.

When Qunshu State heard that the King of Chu had given Yanjiu soldiers and horses, and was about to send Yanjiu back to the country to succeed him, he was so frightened that he had no master. After all, as everyone thought, although Jin State united with them, Jin State and Ba State still No troops were sent, and Qunshu was far to the southeast. If a fight really broke out, the Ba Kingdom in the southwest and the Jin Kingdom in the north would have no way to rescue them.

So Qun Shu was very frightened. When Qun Shu heard about this, several monarchs conspired and asked the monarch of Shujiu to come to the capital of Chu to plead guilty.

Before this battle was fought, the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom was forced to come to plead guilty. The monarch of Shujiu Kingdom was very afraid, and took the best gift in the country, and quickly came to Chu Kingdom. Get off your horse and walk forward until you reach the gate of Yingdu City.

Wu Jiu led the scholar-bureaucrats to "greet" at the gate of Yingdu City. After all, Shujiu Kingdom worshiped and surrendered without a fight, so it would avoid mobilizing troops. This is a good thing.

When everyone saw the king of Shujiu coming over, they immediately knelt down with a "gudong".

Now the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom is not young, he is Yanjiu's uncle, so he is naturally much older than Wu Jiu, when he saw Wu Jiu, he immediately knelt down, didn't even kowtow, kowtowed repeatedly and said: " Greetings to the King of Chu! Greetings to Duke Qi!"

Wu Jie smiled faintly, sat on the horse, looked down at the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom, and said with a smile: "You are the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom, how can you give such a great gift to me?"

The monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom quickly said reverently: "My Shujiu Kingdom was originally a subsidiary of the Chu Kingdom, and I should be a tribute. Now, my Shujiu Kingdom almost listened to the slander and helped the villain by mistake, so I want to make amends to my king. Li, please forgive me, my king!"

As he spoke, he kowtowed again with a "boom!", unexpectedly very unambiguous.

Wu Jiu said with a smile: "I heard that you came here with great sincerity, so please come to the capital."

"Yes Yes."

The monarch of Shujiu Kingdom hurriedly got up, not daring to get on his horse, so he followed Wu Jiu's horse and walked into Yingdu city step by step. After entering the city, he got on his horse and prepared to enter the palace.

Wu Jiu held a banquet in the palace to accept the surrender. The monarch of Shujiu Kingdom brought precious delicacies and jades, and only entered the palace after undergoing investigation.

Wu Jiu and Qi Hou entered the palace, ready to change their clothes before going to the banquet.

Changing his clothes, Wu Jiu said, "The king of Shujiu Kingdom surrendered very smoothly. I'm afraid it's a fraud."

Qihou helped him put on the court robe, kissed Wu Jiu's forehead with a smile, and said, "Second brother is still afraid of cheating? Isn't the second brother the most fraudulent?"

Wu Jiu smiled faintly after hearing this, and said, "Then thank you, Duke Qi, for your compliment?"

Qihou said: "Second brother and Gu are so polite, don't thank you."

When the two arrived at the banquet hall, the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom was already there. He was very respectful and did not dare to sit on the table. When he saw Wu Jiao and Qihou, he quickly knelt down again and made a big salute. .

Wu Jiu said with a smile: "You don't have to be so polite, please hurry up."

After everyone entered the banquet, Yanjiu also sat in an obvious position, quietly watching the monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom. He was too young to remember things at all, but the feeling of fleeing was deeply rooted in Yanjiu. heart.

That was Yanjiu's uncle, but he was also the one who killed his parents, sitting in the same room now, Yanjiu couldn't tell what it was like, only felt the haze in his heart, and his heart was like still water.

Yanjiu squinted her eyes, and suddenly felt that someone was covering the back of his hand under the case. Looking up, it turned out to be Qu Zhong who was sitting on the side.

Seeing him staring at the monarch of Shujiu with a gloomy face, Qu Zhong seemed a little worried, and reached out his hand to cover the back of Yanjiu's hand.

Seeing the worry in Qu Zhong's eyes, Yanjiu suddenly felt a lot better, and for some reason, she was not so lifeless, and the still water started to flow again.

Yanjiu leaned over and said in a low voice, "Uncle, why are you touching me?"

Yanjiu said this intentionally, and sure enough, seeing Qu Zhong's face turned red, she quickly withdrew her hand, Yanjiu pretended to be stupid and said in a daze, "No, you touched me just now, and I want to touch me back."

Qu Zhong was worried about him, but Yanjiu suddenly acted like a hooligan, as if no one needed to worry about him at all.

The king of Shujiu quickly presented the treasures to others one by one, showed them to Wu Jiu himself, and said with a smile: "King Chu, this is all my sincerity from Shujiu, please be sure to accept it."

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Oh? That's right."

As he spoke, he picked up a jade ornament casually, played with it in his hands, and then threw it back on the table casually, saying: "Is that all?"

As soon as he said this, the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom was taken aback, thinking that Wu Jiao was going to blackmail him, Wu Jiao said with a smile: "I have heard about it, you have come here with a lot of sincerity, if you talk about delicious food , I have as much as I want in Chu Kingdom, why do I need things from your Shujiu Kingdom?"

When he said this, the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom sweated a little, wiped his forehead again and again, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, it is like this, Chu is a big country with outstanding people, and everything is delicious. How dare Jiu show his ugliness in front of the King of Chu?"

The monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom said, and then said: "Therefore... I, the Shujiu Kingdom, specially sent a generous gift. , I am the son of the Shujiu Kingdom, and I make Yanjiu the crown prince of the Shujiu Kingdom."

When the monarch of Shujiu country said this, the scholar-bureaucrats of Chu country almost exploded their nests. This sincerity is really great, and there is no need to spend a single soldier. The monarch of Shujiu country is going to make Yanjiu the crown prince, so Yanjiu is the prince. The legal successor of the Shujiu Kingdom, in this way, sooner or later, the Shujiu Kingdom will belong to Yanjiu, and Yanjiu is the right Sima of the Chu Kingdom. After all, the relationship between the Shujiu Kingdom and the Chu Kingdom is deeply rooted.

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Your Excellency is so generous? Don't you regret it?"

The monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom hurriedly said: "How could it be possible to go back on my word? I, Shujiu, am a small country. I dare not oppose the King of Chu. Because I listened to the slander of the Marquis of Jin before, I almost made a big mistake. It is the king of Chu who is magnanimous, magnanimous, benevolent and righteous, and my country of Shujiu was spared from the disaster. In this way, the king of Chu is the benefactor of my kingdom of Shujiu. Alas... I am ashamed to say that what happened back then, because I was confused for a moment and felt sorry for my nephew, but now that I, Shujiu Kingdom, have welcomed Yanjiu back and made him the crown prince, it is also a matter of course, so it is only me who... made up for it.”

Yanjiu listened to the words of the king of the Shujiu Kingdom, and squinted his eyes. His expression was very exaggerated, he sighed, and wiped his tears again, but there were no tears on his eyes at all, and the eye circles were not red. My nose seems to want to make my nose look red.

Yanjiu was very disdainful when he heard this, and he didn't even look at the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom. The monarch of Shujiu Kingdom was still holding a wine glass and came over to toast Yanjiu, but Yanjiu didn't look at him, He picked up a big chicken leg, put it on the Quzhong plate, and said with a smile, "Uncle, eat a chicken leg."

The monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom was holding the wine glass, feeling embarrassed, while Yanjiu smiled and said, "Speaking of which, I should give my uncle another chicken leg. If it wasn't for my uncle, Yanjiu would have died a long time ago."

The monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom was very embarrassed. Hearing this, he felt uncomfortable, and quickly withdrew his toasting hand, surrounded by scholar-bureaucrats watching the excitement and snickering.

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "It's rare for the public to have such an idea."

The monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom nodded again and again, and said: "Yes, yes, I am also suddenly enlightened, and I am also enlightened. Please forgive me for the stupid things I did before."

The monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom was humbly talking, when Ziqing came over suddenly and whispered a few words to Wu Jiu, Wu Jiao frowned, the monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom was afraid that Wu Jiu would frown, and he was worried about what happened. .

Wu Jiu nodded, and then said to the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom: "I suddenly have something urgent, please drink a few more glasses, you are welcome."

He said, turned his head and said to Yanjiu with a smile: "You Sima, the king of Shujiu Kingdom is of the same clan as you, so you should take care of it."

When the king of Shujiu heard this, his forehead was sweating a little. Yanjiu smiled, rather angry, and said, "Yes, my king, don't worry."

Wu Jiu stood up, Qihou followed, and the two quickly followed Ziqing out of the banquet hall.

Wu Jiu said, "Are you sure? How did you get in?"

Ziqing said: "I'm sure. The man said it himself. He said that he was an envoy of the Yellow Kingdom. I didn't know how to enter the boundary. Today, I sneaked into the city during the daytime. I just found it by myself, saying that I want to meet the king."

It turned out that Fang Caizi came here in a hurry because someone sneaked into Chu State and claimed to be an envoy of Huang State. Logically speaking, envoys from various countries need to have a document to enter the border. If there is no document, how can they Maybe entering the city gate, wouldn't that be a fine work?

Wu Jiu had never heard that Lord Huang was going to send an envoy, but Ziqing suddenly said that an envoy had sneaked in and begged Wu Jiu secretly, but he didn't dare to say anything, as if someone was chasing him, saying that he If you have something important to report, you must see Wu Jiu.

He also said that this matter has something to do with the state of Jin...

Wu Jiu and Qihou walked into the Lu bedroom, and the envoy of the Huang Kingdom was in the Lu bedroom. If Ziqing hadn't said that he was an envoy of the Huang Kingdom, Wu Jiu couldn't bear to realize that he was an envoy or a scholar-bureaucrat. I thought where did the villagers come from.

The envoy was disheveled and looked very panicked, there was even mud on his face, he was sweating profusely, and looked in a hurry.

Wu Jiao frowned when he saw the envoy's appearance, after all Wu Jiao was a clean freak.

When the envoy of Huang State saw Wu Jiu, he immediately ran over two steps, "Gudong!!" and knelt down on the ground.

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "I don't know what day it is today, anyone who dares to see the widow wants to kneel?"

The envoy of Huang State did not look joking at all, and immediately said: "King of Chu! King of Chu! What a big deal! The villain dares to enter the city because he has an urgent and important matter to report to the King of Chu!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and took it out from his bosom. Qihou squinted his eyes, thinking that the envoy had some sharp weapon in his bosom, and guarded Wu behind him without a trace, but the envoy actually took out a weapon from his bosom. Roll lambskin.

Wu Jiu raised his eyebrows, and the envoy put the sheepskin on the ground, as if to dispel Wu Jiu's vigilance, and then he took a few steps back and said, "King Chu, this is a letter from Jin to Shujiu. The king of Chu knew immediately at a glance that the villain was not lying! Because the villain knew that the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom was a guest in the court of Chu Kingdom at this time, he hurried over so as not to miss the opportunity. The king of Shujiu Kingdom speaks sweet words, but there is no half truth!"

Qi Hou didn't let Wu interfere, he drew out the sword at his waist, picked up the lambskin on the ground, hooked it casually, took the sheepskin in his hand, and unfolded it for a look.

Marquis Qi glanced at it, squinted his eyes, and handed the sheepskin to Wu Jiu. Wu Jiu glanced at it roughly, and it was clearly written on it. It turned out to be a secret letter from the king of Jin to Shujiu.

It says that the state of Jin asked the king of Shujiu to come to Chu to make an apology in person, but it was not a real surrender, but to delay the opportunity. The king of Shujiu used this to protect himself. If he had to, he could use Li Yanjiu To reassure Chu State about the prince's affairs, when they brought Yanjiu to Shujiu State, they would kill Yanjiu directly and secretly, which can be regarded as getting rid of a general of Chu State.

At that time, after the Jin State gathered its troops, it would attack Chu State with the Shujiu State. If Chu State was captured, the Jin State also promised the Shujiu State Monarch to assign Dongting and Yunmeng to them.

Wu Jiu squinted his eyes, his expression was very bad, and he heard the envoy of Huang Guo say: "I, Huang Guo, happened to enter Shu in Jin State, and was on the only way to send the letter to Shu State, so I intercepted this letter. To scare the snake away, the widow asked someone to imitate it. The one in the hands of the king of Chu is the real one. The king of Shujiu received an imitated document. Shujiu has no good intentions and just wants to delay the battle. Please know .”

Wu Jiu smiled faintly, picked up the document in his hand, and said to the envoy of the Huang Kingdom: "I remember, you Huang Kingdom was still close to the Jin Kingdom before, how can I be sure that this is not a trick of your Huang Kingdom to borrow a knife to kill people? "

The envoy of the Huang State quickly knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "King of Chu, please believe in the villain. The widow said that because of the incident with Fu Xu, the favorite minister of the Marquis of Jin, the widow had already cut off Fu Xu's head. The Marquis of Jin learned that I was furious, so I blamed me, Huang Guo. For the sake of the people of Huang Guo, I can no longer take refuge in Jin. I will also be slaughtered and suffer disaster! Therefore, the widow understands that relying on Chu State is the last way out for my Huang State, if Chu State is not good, my Huang State is really dead!"

When he said that, Wu Jiu laughed and said, "Mr. Huang is still the one who understands clearly."

Hearing what he said, the envoy of the Huang State breathed a sigh of relief, Wu Jiu narrowed his eyes and said, "What the envoy of the Huang State said is of great importance. I will stay in the palace for the time being, and I can arrange it freely."

"Yes, King Chu."

The envoy of the Huang State understood that what Wu Jiao said was staying overnight, was actually a temporary house arrest. After all, the king of Chu would definitely have to figure out whether the document was true or not.

Wu Jiu and Qi Hou walked out of the bedroom, Wu Jiu put the document in his sleeve, Qi Hou said: "Second brother, if this document is real, what are you going to do?"

Wu Jiu laughed and said, "Cold salad!"

As he spoke, he strode forward and returned to the banquet hall. Yanjiu was entertaining the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom, but other literati were also willing to watch, and no one stopped him.

When Wu Jiao came back, Yanjiu restrained herself a bit, sat back and drank her own wine with a smile on her face.

When Wu Jiao and Marquis Qi came back, the ruler of Shujiu Kingdom immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and came over to toast Wu Jiao again with a smile on his face.

Wu Jiu raised his wine glass and said, "Shujiu is so sensible, I would like to offer you a glass too!"

The monarch of Shujiu Kingdom was overwhelmed with flattery, and hurriedly drank the wine in his glass. At this moment, Wu Jiao said, "I don't know if the matter that Mr. Cai said about setting up a crown prince...is it true?"

When he said this, the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom said again and again: "It's true! It's true! Of course it's true!"

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "That's good."

His smile made the back of the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom go numb for no reason. For some reason, there was always a feeling of being seen through.

Wu Jiu smiled softly and said: "Then picking up the sun is worse than bumping into the sun, let's let it be today."

When he said this, the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom was stunned, and said, "What? Today? Chu... King Chu, are you referring to...?"

Wu Jiu said with a smile: "Of course it's about establishing the crown prince, that's all for today."

The monarch of Shujiu Kingdom was dumbfounded, Wu Ji smiled and stretched out his hand to buckle the table, saying: "I think today is a good day, and all the officials are here. There are witnesses. For today, I will draw up a document and stamp it on it." Isn’t the seal of the Shujiu Kingdom justified? Could it be that... the Duke is indeed for entertainment?”

Qihou smiled cooperatively and said: "If it's for entertainment, wouldn't the lonely and scholar-bureaucrats also be entertained? This is the palace of the Chu Kingdom. Outside the banquet hall, there are so many forbidden soldiers of the Chu Kingdom. There is no need to be rough, and each person spit. Shu Jiugong can be drowned."

The monarch of Shujiu Kingdom began to sweat again, Yanjiu smiled and said, "Yanjiu also feels very good."

The monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom was sweating, and the tip of his nose and forehead were shining brightly because of the sweat, and his eyes shook several times, as if he was trying to catch a duck.

Wu Jiao looked at him with a smile and said, "Have you made up your mind?"

The monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom wiped his sweat again and again, and glanced at the people present. There were very few envoys in the Shujiu Kingdom. The generals accounted for half of them, all sitting on the mat, staring at him covetously.

The monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and had no choice but to bite the bullet and say with a dry smile: "Really! Seriously! After thinking about it, I...I will make my nephew the crown prince now, and Yanjiu is my own nephew. He's both civil and military, brave...and resourceful, I also want...to make him the crown prince as soon as possible."

Wu Jiu laughed and said, "Well said, come here."

As soon as Wu Jiu ordered, someone brought a roll of snow-white lambskin and asked the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom to "make a will". "Make a will".

Everyone gathered around to watch, the monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom lingered and wrote for a long time, Wu Jiu was not in a hurry, he sat at the banquet and drank some wine and ate something, so did the Marquis Qi, his stomach was already full When I was hungry, I crazily swept a plate of chicken, a pot of beef, drank a lot of chicken soup, and ate two big bowls of rice.

Wu Jiu watched Qi Hou eat in a hurry, and quickly said: "Don't worry."

After Qihou took the time to eat, he wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and finally regained his elegant and handsome appearance of the former monarch, looking like a human being.

After Qihou finished his meal, the king of Shujiu finished writing slowly. Yanjiu was beside him, picked up the sheepskin, looked at it, then laughed, as if there was nothing wrong with it, he threw the sheepskin to Shujiu again. The monarch of the Jiu Kingdom said with a smile, "Let's seal it...uncle."

Yanjiu gritted his teeth for the last two words, and the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom felt his back go numb, and he didn't dare to put his seal on it, so Wu Jiu said, "Why, the last trembling, how long do you have to think about it?"

Hearing Wu Jiu's urging, the king of Shujiu quickly took out the seal from his bosom, but he still didn't dare to affix the seal, trembling and undecided, it seemed that he didn't really want to pass the throne to Yanjiu.

Everyone was waiting for the king of Shujiu to use his seal, but he started to dawdle again. Qi Hou was impatient. He hated waiting the most. Except for his second brother, no one could make him wait.

At this time, Qihou was caught off guard suddenly, "Bang Dang!!" and dropped the sword on his waist to the ground with a loud bang.

The monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom was startled, almost jumped up, and opened his eyes wide. Qihou picked up the sword with a smile, and the long sword ran out of the scabbard, and Qihou began to sharpen the sword. , made a sound of "噗—哟——咟—" and inserted it inside and out several times, making the scalp numb.

When the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom saw Qihou sharpening his sword, he was terrified, and immediately put the seal on the lambskin with a "boom!!"

In this way, the prince is counting, and this time he took it seriously.

Yanjiu immediately picked up the lambskin scroll. After the king of Shujiu stamped the seal, he seemed to regret it and wanted to snatch it back, but how could he snatch Yanjiu? Yanjiu was only in his twenties. Being a water bandit with great strength, he snatched it up, strode forward, and presented it to Wu Jiu.

Wu Jiu took it over and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Okay, the gentleman is really generous, I thought... a lot of soldiers and horses are needed to do it, but now it can be said that it doesn't take much effort."

When Wu Jiu said this, the monarch of Shujiu Kingdom felt even more afraid, and always felt that there was something in his words. Wu Jiu said again: "By the way, I also have a generous gift here, and I want to give it back to the public. Come, You Sima, and pass it on to the public for appreciation." .”

As he spoke, he took out the document that was just tucked in from the cuff of the black robe.

The king of Shujiu Kingdom didn't know what kind of document it was. Yanjiu took it and handed it to him. When he opened it, his face changed color in shock, black and white at one moment, and finally livid, and stammered, "This, this, this, this ..."

Wu Jiu said with a smile: "Why, I just want to say, how can I have the document that you secretly colluded with the state of Jin?"

The monarch of the Shujiu Kingdom was pale, trembling with anger, holding the document with one hand, and pointing at Wu Jiao tremblingly with the other hand, he said, "You...you knew it a long time ago! You, you're kidding me!?"

Wu Jiu stood up slowly, stepping down from his seat gracefully, with a calm tone and a smile on his face, he raised the reserve document in his hand and said: "If you want others to know, unless you don't do anything about it yourself, the vote is public. It's too stubborn, but... the widow accepts everything, and I would like to thank you for your generosity."