Outside Zhu Fang City, a high platform was built, and the King of Chu sat on it.
Finally it was his turn to appear, King Chu. At this time, his face was full of high spirits and arrogance.
"Come on, let everyone in the world see what will happen if you anger me, the Chu State!"
As mentioned earlier, all the kings of the Chu Kingdom have taken it as their own duty to regain the hegemony of King Chuzhuang, and this matter is particularly important here in Xiongwei, King of Chu.
It is not difficult to see this from his insistence on letting Qingfeng be paraded through the streets.
After all, Qingfeng was a traitor to Qi State on the surface, but Qi State had nothing to do with him and could only watch him enjoy the glory and wealth in Zhongli State.
But Qingfeng was eventually captured by the Chu State, and the justice of the Qi State was ultimately presided over by the Chu State. What does this mean?
Doesn't this mean that Chu is the only big brother in the world? !
Therefore, the King of Chu convened the princes for an alliance again today. In the final analysis, he wanted to highlight this point and recreate the glorious history of the time when King Chuzhuang and the Kingdom of Jin equally shared hegemony.
Therefore, how could the King of Chu, who had always regarded revitalizing the Chu State's hegemony as his own responsibility, listen to Jin Wuju's advice at this time?
Even if Wu Ju is the most trusted minister of King Chu, it is of no avail.
After the parade, King Chu directly signaled to his guards, put a huge ax on Qingfeng's back, and ordered Qingfeng to say:
"Tell them! Don't let anyone be like Qing Feng of Qi, who clearly killed the king, but still deceived the king's orphans, and shamelessly colluded with the Central Plains countries secretly!"
What are you doing? This is a blatant request for Qingfeng to admit his "crime"!
Regarding the story of Qingfeng, it can also be mentioned here that the reason why Qingfeng was able to dominate the Qi State was entirely due to another person - Cui Zhu.
At that time, Qi Linggong had two sons, one was Gongzi Guang and the other was Gongziya.
And what about Qi Linggong? He was also a rather deviant monarch. He thought that he could choose the prince and prince at will based on his own preferences, so he deposed the original prince, Gongzi Guang, and asked him to go to guard Jimo, and established Gongzi Ya as the prince.
In fact, it is not without reason that Qi Linggong did not respect Zhou's rites and established the throne.
I think that after Qi Linggong himself ascended the throne, although he still respected him as the overlord, he also had a lot of dissatisfaction.
At that time, Duke Ao of Jin largely followed the strategy of calming down troubles, and also gave Qi a lot of face. He believed that Duke Lin of Qi was guarding the hegemony left by Duke Huan of Qi, and he still had some wealth.
It is precisely because of this that Qi Linggong became confident for a while, thinking that the face given to him by the Jin State was because he was afraid of him. As a result, Qi State was like a spoiled child, increasingly going its own way.
To use a current sentence, it is: I am the best in the world, you care about me?
Therefore, he became increasingly domineering, both externally and internally. Even in the later period, Lu was attacked five times within four years, which caused the other countries, led by Jin, to raise troops to punish Qi. In the end, Qi Linggong led his troops to resist, but was defeated.
From this, it is not difficult to see that if a person walks too smoothly, he will tend to get up and drift easily.
Qi Linggong is a living example.
Back to the topic, after Qi Linggong was defeated in the battle with other countries, he also had a certain understanding of the strength and weakness of Qi and Jin. However, he did not welcome the prince back. Instead, he exiled him to the eastern part of Qi State. Go to those barbarian lands.
Later, Duke Linggong of Qi fell seriously ill, and the doctors Cui Zhu and Qing Feng made their appearance.
These two men secretly brought Gongzi Guang back, and even killed Gongzi Ya, mother and son. As soon as Qi Linggong heard the news, he immediately vomited blood and died. As a result, Prince Guang successfully ascended the throne and became Duke Zhuang of Qi.
But Qi Empress Zhuang Gong is also restless. He has the same character as his father Qi Linggong.
He had a very good personal relationship with Cui Zhu, a powerful official in the three dynasties of Qi State. However, Cui Zhu lost his wife in his later years, so he married a new wife with a very beautiful appearance.
However, Duke Zhuang of the Queen of Qi actually had an affair with his wife by virtue of his status as a monarch and his personal relationship with Cui Zhu.
What's more, this guy blatantly went to Cui Zhu's house to have sex, without any regard for the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers.
Speaking of which, Cui Zhu went through a lot of hard work to support Duke Zhuang of the Empress of Qi. Logically speaking, he was the great benefactor of Duke Zhuang of the Empress of Qi.
However, not only did Duke Zhuang of Empress Qi not know how to be grateful, but he also blatantly slept with his wife. How could Cui Zhu endure it?
So Cui Zhu did not stop doing anything, and joined forces with Qingfeng to directly kill Duke Zhuang of the Queen of Qi, and installed Chujiu, the half-brother of Duke Zhuang of the Queen of Qi, on the throne, who is now the Marquis of Qi.
Therefore, the reason why Qingfeng became the powerful prime minister was largely due to Cui Zhu's regicide.
Qingfeng was also a ruthless man. After sharing power equally with Cui Zhu, he felt that he was still not satisfied. Therefore, with the support of the dark followers, they secretly provoked internal strife in the Cui family. He successfully alienated Cui Zhu's two sons and then sent Lu Pu'ao to lead troops to kill them.
In this matter, Qingfeng's "ruthlessness" was fully demonstrated.
Cui's wife, children, old and young, no one was left alive, they were all killed!
After Cui Zhu heard about this, he knew that his strength was exhausted, so he directly chose to commit suicide.
As a result, Qingfeng took over the power of Qi.
It is not difficult to see from this story that other people's wives are really untouchable, and power cannot be shared.
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Closer to home
What the King of Chu just said was actually to ask Qingfeng to admit his crime of killing Qi Queen Zhuang Gong and deceiving Qi Jinggong.
But who is Qingfeng?
He was a ruthless man who was able to kill Duke Zhuang of Empress Qi and drive out all the members of the Cui clan. Will he admit his stain on his deathbed?
This King of Chu thought too highly of himself and underestimated Qingfeng.
When Qingfeng was being escorted by his guards back from the public parade, he heard the King of Chu's rude request and suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs:
"You envoys, remember, never be like the bastard of the King of Chu, who clearly killed his own king and replaced him with his nephew, and yet still had the face to brazenly ally with all the envoys!"
As soon as these words came out, the princes were in an uproar.
After all, watching the excitement is not a big deal, and the princes have long been dissatisfied with the Chu State. Hearing Qingfeng's words, they couldn't help but laugh out loud.
For a time, what was originally a show of force by the King of Chu turned into a complaint gathering.
Of course, King Chu's face suddenly darkened, and he hurriedly ordered someone to escort Qingfeng to the execution platform.
Qingfeng also knew that he was on the verge of death, so why not hurry up and have fun?
As a result, his voice became louder and louder, and he simply let go of his voice and roared wildly.
Suddenly, outside the huge Zhufang City, not only the princes and envoys heard this, but also the soldiers from various countries standing far away heard this.
Everyone couldn't help but laugh secretly, and the scene was extremely funny for a time.
When the King of Chu saw this, he was absolutely furious. Pulling out his sword, he rushed forward and killed Qing Feng's head himself. Wu Ju, who was beside him, immediately stepped forward and hurriedly stopped him, then shouted for the guards to take action.
In the end, after Qingfeng had enough of his mouth, his head fell to the ground. And his story completely ends here.
This figure who once dominated the Qi State and was associated with the largest underground organization in history finally came to the end of his life and became a stepping stone for the Chu State's hegemony.
(End of chapter)
