As mentioned before, when the King of Chu decided to do something, it was the resurrection of his father, the King of the Communist Party of Chu, and that could not be stopped.
Therefore, the King of Chu had obviously made up his mind about passing the throne to Prince Qiji. No matter how Li Ran tried to persuade him, it was of no avail.
And what about Li Ran?
He was still unwilling to accept this matter. In his opinion, with Prince Qiji's current sinister character, it was obvious that he would never be able to become a wise king in the future.
Therefore, it would be difficult for the two of them to stick to their own opinions and stubborn tempers to reach an agreement on this matter.
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A few days later, the Shen Di meeting arrived as scheduled.
On the way to the alliance meeting, Prince Qiji, who was accompanying King Chu, once again advised his brother Wang:
"Brother Wang, I came from the front line to report that during the alliance meeting, Zhongli still has a large amount of supplies entering Zhongli via Xu State!"
"I think that Xu State is just a small barbarian country, but its geographical location is close to the coast, which is beyond the reach of Chu State."
"Now the Xu State relies on its own geographical advantages and does not respect the orders of Chu. It still secretly gives up the carriage road to facilitate Qingfeng and Lu Song. Therefore, our Chu State's war with Zhongli is still It will be so tight. Therefore, this Xu State must be punished!"
Given the geographical location of Xu State, what he said is actually true.
When King Chu heard this, he nodded immediately.
"Well, what Brother Ji said is true."
"The Shen Di Alliance and other countries are just fine. However, the tiny Xu State dares to secretly oppose my Chu State! You are really asking for your own death!"
When Prince Qiji saw Brother Wang saying this, he knew that he had murderous intentions, so he continued:
"Brother Wang may still know something! Xu Zi's biological mother is still a woman from Wu State!" (Xu Zi: King of Xu State)
"So, since Qingfeng was granted the title by the Wu State, then why should the Xu State not help Qingfeng but help me, the Chu State?"
It turned out that in addition to the collusion between powerful people, there was actually such a relationship between Xu Guo and Qingfeng.
King Chu couldn't help but be startled when he heard this, and then said with a sullen look on his face:
"I see……!"
"It seems that they are determined to go against our Chu country?!"
As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.
When the King of Chu heard that there was such an in-law relationship between Xu and Wu, he suddenly became angry.
Zhongli could not be conquered for a long time, and the pressure exerted by the Wu State on the Chu State was not small. In addition, the Wu State and the Xu State actually had such a relationship. The King of Chu couldn't help but regret for a moment that he did not take advantage of the battle of Chaoyi. He won the pursuit and went straight to Xu State.
After all, if we could order the pursuit while we were victorious at that time, even if we had to pay a small price, we would definitely be able to "rectify the chaos" in Xu State.
"Brother Wang, in my humble opinion, if you want to capture the Zhongli Kingdom as soon as possible, the best way is to detain Xu Zi in our Chu Kingdom."
"In this way, even if the Central Plains countries are still only convinced but not convinced in this Shendi meeting, after thinking about Xu Zi's mistakes, the Central Plains countries will not have the courage to help Zhongli anymore!"
"Furthermore, with the king of Xu State in hand, we can use this as a pledge to ask Xu State to cut off contact with Zhongli State. Once Zhongli loses the help of the Central Plains countries, it will be a matter of time before Zhongli is captured by our Chu State. .”
In order to defeat Zhongli, Wang Zi Qiji's method can be regarded as a method.
After all, in their view, if they wanted to completely cut off the aid to Zhongli from the Central Plains countries, it would be difficult to have much effect just by relying on this so-called wrangling alliance.
As mentioned above, this alliance is just a formality in the final analysis.
Everyone is invited to come and go through a formality. Is the content of the alliance really important enough for all countries to keep in mind? Obviously not.
Not only the participating countries were well aware of this, but even the Chu State itself was well aware of this.
Even if at the alliance meeting, all the countries swore to recognize Chu's statement that Qi would capture the rebels, but who can guarantee that they will not intensify their secret assistance after returning?
Therefore, Prince Qiji wanted to suddenly attack this time and give the vassal states a decisive blow. As far as the Chu State defeated Zhongli State and captured Qingfeng alive, it should be somewhat effective.
The King of Chu felt that what Prince Qiji said was not unreasonable. Since Xu Zi was already here, please don't go back in a hurry. It won't be too late to let him go back when our Chu country takes Zhongli country.
This is not the first time that Chu King Xiong Wei has done this kind of thing.
At the meeting of Guodi, when he was still the magistrate of Chu State, he detained Sun Bao, the chief minister of Lu State.
Therefore, he, the King of Chu, was very familiar with doing these things.
However, before doing this, he still asked Wu Ju next to him for his opinion as usual.
After all, the last time he detained Shu Sunbao, it was Wu Ju who gave him the idea.
But this time, Wu Ju's answer did not disappoint him, but it was incisive in another way:
"Back to your Majesty, among the countries in the Central Plains, Jin and Qi are not here, and the Lu State has no excuse to defend the country. This is definitely not a good thing for our Chu State."
"I believe that on the one hand, we should treat all the countries present at the meeting with courtesy, but at the same time, we should also demonstrate the power of our Chu country so that all the princes of all countries will be in awe. Only in this way can the countries of the Central Plains treat us in the future. Be courteous!"
Of course I, Wu Ju, know what your King Chu wants to do.
I am such a good minister, a trustworthy "loyal minister"! You always know what your Majesty wants to hear.
In fact, does Wu Ju really agree with Wang Zi's method of abandoning Ji?
What exactly did he mean by this?
This is Wu Ju’s wisdom!
As smart as him, how could he not know that Prince Qiji's plan was a huge pitfall?
If the King of Chu really did this, wouldn't it directly demonstrate his King Chu's "domineering and unruly" in front of the princes?
As the king of Chu, you have simply detained the king of a country. Does this sound like you are preparing to talk properly?
The princes of the Central Plains are not stupid. Of course they can express their fear to you, King Chu, here, but what if they leave?
Therefore, when Wu Ju heard what Wang Zi Qiji said, he immediately reacted. It was clear that a sinkhole had been dug.
That's why he said what he just said.
When treating each other with courtesy, it is natural to show force. However, force is force. In the final analysis, we still have to return to "propriety".
In other words, he did not bluntly say whether it was possible to detain the king of Xu.
This made Prince Qiji on the side a little unhappy. He frowned and looked at Wu Ju, and was about to say something, but unexpectedly, King Chu spoke first.
Just listen to the gloomy words of King Chu:
"I have been polite enough to them. Since they are so ignorant, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Walk!"
After the words fell, King Chu strode towards the venue.
