Shao Wan had a prominent position among the die-hard loyalists of the King of Chu. Prince Qiji knew that once he succeeded to the throne, deliberately gathering some of the available talents around Chu King Xiong Wei would be of great benefit to him in the future to secure his position in the country.
Prince Qiji's hypocritical act of benevolence and righteousness directly deceived Xiu Wan, and after getting his approval, he immediately went to find Xiong Bi. Although Xiong Bi was appointed as the new king, when he saw Prince Qiji, he immediately got up The greeting was completely without the airs of King Chu.
Prince Qiji also bowed in a very perfunctory manner and said:
"Your Majesty, the current situation is not stable, and Yu Wan is available. Not only can he not be killed, but he must be reinstated! How about letting him continue to rule Yingdu?"
The prince, whose name is Zi Xi, has been appointed as the new Ling Yin. Just like Xiong Wei back then, in terms of his position, he should have been the top leader under the King of Chu, in charge of the appointment of officials at all levels.
"Well, what Qiji said is true!"
When the prince Heigou heard what he said, how could he dare not to obey?
"In addition, my brother now has to lead the Chu army to garrison Qianxi to handle the matter of deposing the king!"
Chu King Xiong Wei is already the deposed king here, and now it is Chu King Xiong Wei who makes Xiong Bi fear the most. Therefore, it would be great for Prince Qiji to volunteer to leave Yingdu and deal with this serious problem in person:
"Then thank you for your hard work, brother Ji!"
"There's another thing... Since those Cai and Chen people have followed me into Yingdu, and they all have plans to restore their country, should I agree to them?"
When Prince Qiji heard the words, he sighed and said:
"This matter should not be rushed. The deposed king is still here, so we can let these people stay in the city and not be impatient!"
In fact, Prince Qiji's plan was to wait until he had finished using Xiongbi and he succeeded to the throne before doing this.
After all, how could he, a puppet brother, take advantage of this huge favor?
Prince Qiji still has his own methods on how to win people's hearts.
In this regard, Xiong Bi had no choice but to agree.
Prince Qiji, after bidding farewell to Xiong Bi, immediately returned to his mansion, and Guan Cong immediately welcomed him out.
"When will the Fourth Prince plan to leave the city?"
Prince Qiji glanced at Guan Cong, with a trace of anger in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up.
"How did Sir know that Qiji wanted to leave the city?"
Observing his words and expressions, he already knew that Prince Qiji had a displeasure in his heart at this time.
"Now that Yingdu is under the control of the Fourth Prince, Dou Chengran, Cai Wei and others are all the Fourth Prince's people. Even that Ewan is also used by the Fourth Prince! Today's new king and Hei Gong are both Cowardly people are not worth mentioning! Therefore, what we should consider now is how to deal with the deposed king outside. This is the top priority... but this is only one of them..."
When Prince Qiji heard this, he asked cautiously:
"Oh? What do you think the second thing is, sir?"
Guan Cong glanced at Prince Qiji, then raised the corner of his mouth and said in a very mysterious way:
"Secondly, if the fourth prince has been in Yingdu, it will be very inconvenient for him to take action in the future. In order to avoid suspicion, of course it is better to stay as far away as possible."
When Prince Qiji heard this, he also smiled lightly, nodded calmly and said:
"Haha, sir, you are really far-sighted... By the way, Qiji has another thing to do now, which may have to be handed over to sir!"
"No matter what the Fourth Prince gives you, no one dares to disobey!"
Prince Qiji lowered his head and seemed to be thinking for a moment.
"Mr. Youlao went to the place where the king was deposed. He sent two pieces of news to Qiji. One was the news of the death of Gongzi Lu and Gongzi Ban. The other was to inform the soldiers in the name of the new king that if they could return to the royal city in time, If you return to life, you will forget the past. If you continue to stay with the deposed king to help the tyrants and fail to return within the time limit, then... if you are investigated in the future, you will be punished with a knife!"
Guan Cong responded:
“Kuan Cong understands, it’s not too late, let’s start from here!”
Afterwards, Prince Qiji stared at Guan Cong's retreating figure.
In the eyes of Wang Zi Qiji, this person is indeed cunning, brave, resourceful, and courageous. But it was this kind of person who made him have such trouble sleeping and eating when he was around him.
After all, which king would like a person who can figure out his own thoughts at all times?
However, this person still has great use, and Prince Qiji will not do anything to him now. And when his big thing is done, whether he will live or die will all depend on his thoughts.
Of course, how could Guan Cong not know the principle of "birds are hidden behind bows, rabbits are dead and dogs are spitting out"?
How could he not leave himself a way out?
King Xiong of Chu retreated to Qianxi and had a confrontation with the Vietnamese army entrenched in Xizhou. Although Wu State did not send troops for the time being, they could guess with their toes that they must be watching from across the bank somewhere.
Moreover, shortly after Li Ran left, Wu Ju could not withstand the erosion of time after all. Coupled with the hardships of travel, wind, rain, and hard work, he fell into a serious illness. I was bedridden for a while, and even my consciousness was a little blurry.
Wu She and Wu Yuan accompanied him, they were also anxious but helpless.
The King of Chu currently had only ten to twenty thousand soldiers and horses around him. Seeing that the King of Chu was looking decadent again, Ran Dan hurriedly tried to comfort him, but the King of Chu still didn't listen.
When Guan Cong arrived at Qianxi, he first passed the two pieces of news among the people, and then secretly ordered people to spread the news to the military camp ahead.
After the officers and soldiers of the Chu army learned the news, their morale suddenly dropped to the bottom, and many of them simply dropped their weapons and fled the Chu camp.
Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Wu She discussed with Shen Wuyu and retreated to Qianxi to discuss where to go.
However, the world is so big, where is the place where the king of Chu can stand? Even the State of Chen, which was previously under the control of Fengxu, now raised the banner of rebellion against the King of Chu with great fanfare.
The world is so vast, where else can King Chu escape to?
After all, King Chu had offended too many people in the past.
Wu Zhong fell ill, and the military had to be led by Shen Wuyu. At this time, Shen Wuyu couldn't help but think of Li Ran's words:
"It's better to go to Zhongli, maybe there is still a glimmer of hope! If possible, your father-in-law can also get better treatment!"
Wu She let out a long sigh when he heard this:
“There’s nowhere to go now, so we can only give it a try!”
"Now everyone is in panic all the time, and many soldiers have become deserters. They are all afraid that they will be liquidated by Wang Zibi in the future. Moreover, I don't know if the King of Chu has learned about the death of the two princes. If he knew, I’m afraid I don’t want to go anywhere.”
Shen Wuyu couldn't help but worry about the state of King Chu.
Wu She heard this and said sadly:
"Hey, now we can only do our best to do our best, and we have no time to take care of other things!"
Therefore, Shen Wuyu immediately began to call the soldiers to prepare to evacuate, but how could these soldiers from Chu be willing to follow the deposed king and enter Zhongli again? As a result, the tens of thousands of troops suddenly dispersed, leaving only a few thousand, and these thousands of people were terrified and everyone was in danger.
Shen Wuyu helped the King of Chu onto the carriage, accompanied by Ran Dan and two attendants. Wu Ju was also carried into another carriage, with Wu She and Wu Yuan looking after him.
The scattered team of several thousand people left Qianxi, but they were attacked by the rebels before they went far. The people around the King of Chu were already unstable in military morale, and they took advantage of the chaos to flee. .
Shen Wuyu, Wu She and others tried their best to shout loudly, but they could not resist the collapse. Not long after, there were only a few people around the King of Chu, and Wu She's Wu members were also separated from the King of Chu under the attack of the enemy troops.
The King of Chu was like a frightened bird, running for his life in a hurry. But at this moment, he heard someone in the chaos shouting loudly:
"The situation is over for you! Prince Lu and Young Master have all been killed by the new king! Why don't you just surrender and capture them!"
Ran Dan and others had actually been trying their best to conceal this matter, but when the King of Chu heard this, he couldn't help but get excited and fell half out of the chariot. The chariot was speeding at this moment and was unstable. King Chu Xiongwei wanted to hold on to the shaft of the chariot but failed. After all, he couldn't hold on, so King Chu fell off the chariot.
Ran Dan was shocked when he saw this and hurriedly ordered the charioteer to stop the car, but he saw King Chu lying on the ground with his face facing the ground, motionless.
