On this day, after Huang Xie and the prince returned from the court, Huang Xie returned to his courtyard and discussed with the three Mang people that there might be a crisis in the Qin Dynasty.
After listening to Huang Xie's introduction, the three of them were a little excited. After all, leading Qin to attack other countries is a way to quench thirst by drinking poison, and internal fighting in Qin is the most effective way to consume Qin's strength.
Mr. Hu Zhong said: "Wu'an Jun, Zuo Geng and Zhong Geng are all generals; Sima Jin is the favorite of Wu An Jun. Once the dynasty fails, chaos will arise, and generals will suppress it."
Mr. Cheyou said: "However, Xianyang is calm as usual and the citizens are safe. Changes are coming from above."
Mang Shen said: "There will be traitors in the royal family!"
Mr. Hu Zhong said: "Young Master's words are true. Today, there are only four powerful nobles in Qin: Ranghou, Huayang, Jingyang, and Gaoling. Ranghou led the prisoners to Nanyang, while Huayang, Jingyang, and Gaoling were all in the court. Why? Do you think it will lead to chaos?"
Mang Shen said: "Those who cause chaos, are they the Lord Wu An?"
Mr. Che You said: "No. Mr. Wu'an is causing chaos. How can Zuo Geng and Zhong Geng be in chaos with each other?"
Mang Shen said: "I heard that Zuo Gengcuosu was good to Lord Wu'an; Zhonggeng Hu Yang was promoted by Lord Wu'an; Sima Jin was used by Lord Wu'an. All three of them belong to Lord Wu'an, and they are all the opposite. opposite!"
Mr. Che You said excitedly: "If it is true, then Chu is lucky and the world is lucky."
Mr. Hu Zhong said: "Wu'an Lord, people slaughtered him. If he slaughters Qin, it will not last a hundred years, and Qin will not be able to recover."
Huang Xie said calmly: "The three of them all respect Lord Wu'an. If they work together, there will be no one in the world. Now the four of them are working together, not only towards Qin, where are they headed?"
This sentence brought the three people back to reality from joy: saying that Wu Anjun was rebelling was just a guess without any basis. It was entirely possible that the four of them were cooperating to fight in a certain direction. Which direction is worth the four people's efforts together?
The four of them almost instantly thought of heading to Ranghou in Nanyang, and then to attack Chu! Only Chu State deserves the joint attention of the Four Nobles and Lord Wu An. The countries favored by these five people almost only have the word "death". Everyone’s mood suddenly sank! Could it be that a month of hard work has been deceived and all in vain?
This time, it was Mr. Hu Zhong who was the first to jump out of the thinking trap and said: "If Xianyang is blocked, it must not be an attack on Chu. An attack on Chu must be strict and orderly, and the formations must be dignified. In addition, if it is loose but tight on the inside, chaos will come from it." Only then did the three Man is freed from restlessness.
Everyone checked out the people who might cause trouble one by one, and found that the only ones worthy of joint action by Lord Wu An and others were the Queen Mother and King Qin. So everyone speculated again, whether the Queen Mother died?
But Huang Xie raised a strange question: Jingyang, Gaoling, and Wangyi Palace are located to the north and south of the Wei River, all north of Xianyang. What are they defending? From this line, everyone finally figured out some clues: Maybe Yiqurong wants to do something!
The chaos in Yiqu has always been a close concern of the Qin people. Whenever there is a big move, the country must not be empty and Yiqu cannot take advantage of it. When the people of Yiqu go down the mountain, they reach Jingyang and Gaoling, and then Xianyang. But if Xianyang wants to attack Yiqu, they must cross the Jingshui River, go up the Loess Plateau, cross ditches and ditches, and then face the Yiqu Rong people who are waiting for work. In case they couldn't defeat them, the soldiers scattered into the ravines in the mountains without a trace, and accidentally shot and wounded several of them. After the Qin army withdrew, the Yiqu people returned to their homeland, and the Qin army's attack was almost in vain. The Qin people had no choice but to maintain peace with Yiqu and prepare strong defenses in the plains.
But the Yiqu people have almost never launched a war against Qin in the past thirty years. The reason is naturally that King Yiqu and the Queen Mother of Qin became lovers. But Huang Xie and the others didn't know this. However, through Qin's strengthening of the defense in the north, they speculated that the problem might lie with Yiqu, and they finally got a handle on it. Everyone discussed some other directions, but Qin State is not like the countries in Guandong, with complex topography. The eight hundred miles of Qinchuan is Qin State, and the center of Qinchuan is Xianyang. Xianyang and Qin State are almost one and two, two and one. Relationship. Beyond the mountains on all sides, it’s all foreign country. The only way to threaten the core of Qin is from the north.
After determining the direction, several people felt a little disappointed: Yiqu's rebellion against Qin had happened in the past. Although it brought great strategic constraints to Qin, it was not a great threat. Without any external support, it was impossible for the Yiqu people to seriously harm the Qin people. However, Lord Wu An actually went to deal with this matter personally...
After some discussion, everyone still couldn't find a clue, so they had to observe the changes in Qin's political situation and pay attention to the news from the north. If possible, help Yiqu.
Wang Ji, as a visitor to the King of Qin, lived around the King of Qin every day. Naturally, he knew this matter well and knew the pros and cons of it. He learned from Ye Zhe Pu She that the King of Qin had blocked the news of King Yiqu's death, and Ye Zhe was not allowed to leave the palace until the news was decrypted. He only claimed to prepare for the New Year Ceremony. This news made Wang Ji a little embarrassed, because Zhang Lu was still being kept in the hotel!
The two sons of King Yiqu went to Qin to attend the New Year Ceremony. They were quickly invited to Ganquan Palace and saw the Queen Mother already dressed in mourning clothes. A mourning hall was set up in the back house. The two brothers were shocked, fell to the ground and cried loudly...
Three days later, the King of Qin issued an edict: King Yiqu went to Xianyang to pay homage and died suddenly in court. He returned to Yiqu with his two sons supporting the coffin and was buried with the ceremony of Daliang.
Now, Huang Xie understood, it turned out...
So rumors began to spread: King Yiqu was lured into Ganquan Palace and killed by King Qin; King Qin returned to attack Yiqu!
In the New Year's ceremony, King Qin announced that a new county, Nanyang County, would be established this year!
The whole court rejoices! Only Prince Chu and Huang Xie held back their bitter tears...
The rumor that King Yiqu was trapped and killed became more and more widespread in the New Year, and various details were added: the Queen Mother seduced King Yiqu with sex and killed him in Ganquan Palace. Neither what they said nor what they heard seemed to have thought that the Queen Mother and King Yiqu were both old men and women in their sixties or seventies, so there was no way they could seduce or be seduced!
The market was closed during the Qin New Year, and the post officials at Guanyi also went home. It wasn't until the moon was full that Qin's New Year came to an end and life returned to normal.
During this period, Lord Jingyang and Lord Gaoling had been in the fiefdom, closely observing Yiqu's movements, but Yiqu had not made any move.
The King of Qin prepared a funeral army of 30,000 people for Prince Yiqu. The chief and deputy envoys were Lord Jingyang and Lord Gaoling, and the one attending the funeral was Zhonggeng Hu Yang. During the period when Lord Jingyang and Lord Gaoling were on mission, the management of Jingyang and Gaoling was handled by Lord Wu'an Bai Qi and Zuo Gengcuo. Mi Rong, Lord of Huayang, is stationed in Wangyi Palace and never leaves...
With the permission of the King of Qin, King Yiqu can, according to the emperor's etiquette, rest for seven months...
The first half of the new year has been hard for Zhang Lu. Wang Ji threw him into the post office. For the first few days, the official gave him a meal every day. Although there was no meat, there was salt and soup, which was pretty good. But when the New Year came, all the post officials left. Since Wang Ji did not say how long Zhang Lu would stay, the post officials could not pay him in advance the rice salary and other items during the New Year period. Zhang Lu had only heard in the past that he had never really celebrated the New Year in October, so he was completely caught off guard. Looking at the locked kitchen and warehouse, Zhang Lu felt like crying. It was already a bit cold in Xianyang in October. Zhang Lu was cold and hungry, and his old wounds ached. He had heard that in the Qin State, being a beggar was punishable by imprisonment, so he did not even dare to go to the streets to beg. Of course, more importantly, he was preparing to develop in the Qin State, and his resume could not be Leaving such a big stain: he went to the streets of Xianyang to beg for food, and then... In the spirit of starving to death is a small matter, being dishonest is a big deal, Zhang Lu decided to grit his teeth and persevere until the end of the New Year and the post officials came back.
However, there is always a way out. Just when Zhang Lu was dying of hunger, the post official came back temporarily. Seeing that Zhang Lu was still there, the post official was already very hungry. He was so kind-hearted that he cooked a large pot of millet porridge for Zhang Lu, added salt, carefully locked the kitchen and warehouse, and left again. Zhang Lu was very satisfied. Although the porridge was not fresh, it was cold. At least he had porridge to drink every day! This pot of porridge lasted for seven or eight days, and finally it lasted until the Qin New Year passed, and the great savior Postman finally returned.
Wang Ji followed. Wang Ji introduced the news of King Yiqu's death to Zhang Lu in detail. In order to keep it secret and prevent Yiqu people from rebelling, Wang Ji stayed in Zhangtai Palace for the whole New Year without going home. In order to show off to Zhang Lu how important he was to King Qin, Wang Ji revealed many of King Qin's private affairs, including the underground affair between the Queen Mother and King Yiqu, and the fact that they had two children.
Wang Jidao: "It's easy for a young man to have a new name. His son can't get along with him. But the Queen Mother is also a Queen Mother, so how can she become the Queen Mother? How dare King Yiqu dare to be the false father of King Qin? But there are secret things in the palace. ! How can the King of Qin not know anything, but he doesn’t ask his ears! The King of Qin is pure filial piety, and does everything his mother wants. His mother gave birth to two younger brothers, and the king also treats them as younger brothers. It can be called pure filial piety! "
Zhang Lu didn't want to waste too much time on these tidbits, so he tried to change the topic and said, "I heard that Qin Qin is working on a new year's masterpiece, have you heard about it?"
Wang Ji said: "Don't worry! The King of Qin has established Nanyang County, and Shangyong, Wan, Deng, Ye and Yan all belong to it. The number of people who have been pardoned is tens of thousands. This is what you already know. - It's time to return. Seeing this - it can be said to be great! In the new year, the thirty-fifth year of the Qin Dynasty, he originally wanted to conquer Nanyang, but King Yiqu died in Ganquan Palace. The affairs of Nanyang can only be temporarily abandoned, because Yiqu is a big deal! "
Zhang Lu said: "What's the matter with Yiqu?"
Wang Ji said: "King Yiqu suddenly died in the Qin Palace. The King of Qin was afraid that Yiqu would take the opportunity to cause chaos, so he suppressed it with 30,000 soldiers. Qin's 30,000 soldiers were five hundred miles away. There were many obstacles in the mountains and ravines, making transportation difficult. The call for help failed. Zuo Geng planned to garrison it with 30,000 soldiers, and initially planned to garrison it once a month. However, from Xianyang to Yiqu, it took ten days to go and ten days to return, and the garrison only lasted ten days. It is very painful!"
Zhang Lu said: "The king of Qin's country is in danger, but it will be safe if he has his ministers. May the king recommend you to the king urgently, and I will tell you something important!"
Wang Jidao said: "The King of Qin's heart is in Yiqu, so he has no time to meet you. Sir, you can temporarily stay in the post office and take good care of your body. When Yiqu's work is completed, you can come and see him!"
