Chapter 77
Logically speaking, Changping Lord Xiong Qi's mother is Princess Qin, and his father is King Chu Kaolie. He has both Ying's blood and Xiong's blood, and he is actually the eldest son of King Chu Kaolie. But I don't know why, both Ah Zheng and Li Si unanimously ignored Changping Lord Xiong Qi.
A few days later, the state of Qin announced to the world that it would not recognize Chu's son Han as king of Chu, and said that the second son, Xiang Chu, was the legitimate heir of Chu.
As soon as this remark came out, the eyes of the whole world were focused on the new King of Chu Han and Prince Chu of Chu.
At the same time, in Shouchun City of Chu State, the rumors about Chu King Xiong Han being the illegitimate son of Chu Prime Minister Huang Xie intensified.
State of Chu, the main hall of Shouchun Palace.
The young master, leading a group of ministers and ministers who supported him, was questioning the King Han of Chu who was sitting on the throne and the newly appointed Queen Mother of Chu: "There are rumors in the country that the king is not the son of the previous king, but the queen mother and Chunshen Lord. The evil son born, dare to ask the king and the queen mother, are these rumors true?"
The queen mother scolded sharply: "Presumptuous—how can the words of a foolish man and woman be taken seriously? The king is naturally of the blood of the previous king, which cannot be disputed."
The young master laughed: "In this case, I dare to ask the king, why did you and the queen mother execute Chunshen Jun in such a hurry during the funeral of the previous king? Could it be that someone has a ghost in their hearts, so they are busy killing people to silence them?" ?”
This is the biggest reason for the rumors about this incident. Chun Shenjun Huang Xie went to the palace to guard the funeral of the late king, but was killed by the palace people for no reason, and then the queen mother ordered Huang Xie's whole family to be killed. If it wasn't for concealing something, why would the Queen Mother and others kill people to silence them?
The Empress Dowager of Chu sighed helplessly, and said: "I said before that killing Huang Xie was the last king's last wish. The late king loved Chunshen Lord and wanted him to be buried in the tomb. I am worried that Chunshen Lord would not like it." Sacrificial burial, that’s why I ordered people to lie in ambush in the palace. This is the last king’s last order, and a woman in this palace can only obey her husband’s orders.” “It’s simply
ridiculous!” Xiang Yan, the general of the Chu State, couldn’t help it when he heard this He said, "Even if the late king wanted Chunshen Jun to be buried, how can there be any reason for the whole family to be buried? Besides, the so-called last king's will is just the Queen Mother's words. Has anyone in the court heard it?" ever said?"
The ministers and ministers in the palace shook their heads one after another. When the late king died, only the queen mother was by her side and no one else was allowed to approach. How could they know what the late king died.
The queen mother said angrily: "Does this palace still lie? Now that Qin State has destroyed Wei State and Yan State, it is eyeing Chu State covetously. Instead, you questioned this groundless rumor, what are you trying to do?"
As soon as the Queen Mother said this, she occupied the moral high ground, and the other ministers couldn't say anything more. Seeing this, the Queen Mother announced her retirement. During the entire court meeting, the newly succeeded king of Chu did not say a word, and no one cared about his opinion during the whole process.
After returning to the apse, the new king of Chu couldn't help but ask his mother: "Mother, am I the son of the king's father? Or, am I really the son of Lord Chunshen?" If he is really Chun Shenjun's son, didn't his mother kill his biological father?
The queen mother patted her son's face: "Han'er, it doesn't matter whose son you are, the important thing is that you are now the king of Chu, the king of Chu, you must not let others question your identity." "
But— —" Chu Wanghan wanted to ask again, but the Queen Mother of Chu had already left in a hurry.
When the Queen Mother of Chu returned to the palace where she lived, her elder brother Li Yuan had been waiting there for a long time.
Empress Dowager Chu: "Brother, have you heard about what happened at the court meeting today?"
Li Yuan nodded, and twisted the jade ring around his waist with one hand: "I heard that the person who voiced the most doubts is the young master?"
"Not only him, but also the mother clan behind him. Today, even Xiang Yan participated in questioning Chun Shenjun's death in the court. Brother, you shouldn't be so hasty to act so quickly." Li Yuan sighed
. Said: "At first I didn't want to attack Huang Xie so quickly, but he actually noticed the truth about the death of the King of Chu, so I had to attack him in advance, resulting in the current situation. It is not your fault , the mother clan behind him is also quite powerful in Chu State, I expected him to come forward, but I never thought, what kind of situation is the Xiang clan not obediently guarding the side to disrupt the situation?"
The Empress Dowager of Chu State said: "Brother, you and I are both from Zhao. Although we have been operating in Chu State for many years, our power is not as powerful as the original Chu nobles. Now Xiang Yan has come in to disrupt the situation. Brother, we Shouldn't we act first?"
Li Yuan raised his head and glanced at his younger sister, who was smart since childhood: "My sister means—" The
Queen Mother of Chu smiled: "I finally became the Queen Mother, and I haven't yet Enjoy a few days of happiness, and I don’t want to be ruined by a group of villains.”
Li Yuan nodded: “Don’t worry, I will ask someone to clean it up.”
Three days later, the son, Xiang Chu, who had not yet returned to the fief, and Xiang Yan’s Everyone was assassinated, and the young master Xiangchu was lucky to be guarded by guards. He was only slightly injured and escaped from Shouchun in a hurry under the protection of the guards. But Xiang Yan's luck was not so good. He was stabbed in the chest. Although he didn't die suddenly on the spot, he passed away within a few days.
The Xiang clan was furious, and announced that it was the blood of the Xiong family that the young master, Xiangchu, joined hands with the soldiers under the son, and planned to return to Shouchun, and take down Chu Wanghan and others who confused the blood of the Xiong family.
Naturally, Li Yuan and the Queen Mother of Chu would not just let it go, they immediately announced that the young master Xiangchu and the Xiang family conspired against each other, and sent Chu soldiers to fight them.
The news of the internal turmoil in Chu was transmitted back to Qin by the spies of Qin State. Ah Zheng was overjoyed and asked Wang Jian, Li Xin and others to be on alert at all times, ready to send troops to Chu State at any time.
And Li Si, who came up with this idea, was naturally reused by Qin Wangzheng, and was appointed as Tingwei, one of the nine ministers, in charge of the trial of cases throughout the country and the formulation of Qin laws.
Under the fire from both sides of the Qin State, the civil strife in Chu State will probably continue for a long time. Ah Zheng finally had time to relax and play with the civet cat and little Fusu.
Because he knew that the kittens were staying with Fusu recently, Ah Zheng simply walked to Fusu's room. Sure enough, in the room, Meng Yi was teaching little Fusu, and his little civet cat was sleeping in Meng Yi's arms obediently, looking very harmonious.
Ah Zheng somehow felt that the scene in front of him was a bit dazzling, so he deliberately made some noises for the people in the room to hear, and then slowly walked into the room.
Seeing Father walking in, Xiao Fusu immediately ran over and hugged Father's thigh, and shouted excitedly, "Father—"
Ah Zheng's face softened a little, and he patted Xiao Fusu's hair. "Hum" sounded.
Meng Yi, who was teaching at the side, saw Qin Wangzheng walking in, and quickly got up to salute. When Xiao Fusu saw this, he realized it later, imitating his teacher and bowing.
Seeing this scene, Ah Zheng's mood immediately became bad again. He waved to Meng Yi, pulled Xiao Fusu to sit on the original seat, and picked up the little civet cat who was woken up by the way, and said: "It's okay, Meng Aiqing can continue to give lectures, I just walked in to have a look recently Look."
Meng Yi suddenly felt the pressure doubled, and he gave a lecture to the students in front of the parents, not to mention that the parents were the King of Qin.
He had no choice but to continue speaking according to the original plan.
"My lord, let's continue to talk about calligraphy today. Do you know how to write your own name?" Little
Fusu shook his head and looked at Meng Yi: "I don't know."
Meng Yi smiled helplessly and took a pen and paper to write. Put down the word Fusu, put it in front of Xiao Fusu's table, point to the words on the paper and say to him: "This is the word 'Fusu', there are words in three hundred poems, there is Fusu in the mountains, and there is lotus in Xi Hua. Fusu is an image of lush vegetation, which shows that the king has high hopes for the young master."
However, this poem is a love poem written by a woman to play with a man. Why did the king give the young master this poem? What about choosing the name in the poem?
Little Fusu tugged at Ah Zheng's sleeve, and asked obediently, "Father, does my name mean this?"
Ah Zheng was stunned for a moment, saw Xiao Fusu's clear eyes, and shook his head: "Not all of them, there is a person who gave you this name."
Xiao Fusu asked in a low voice, "Is that person A Niang?"
Facing the question of the child, Ah Zheng was silent for a while, and only replied: "I will find her."
Meng Yi sat on the side, always feeling as if he had heard some terrible secret in the palace. Although the young master has not yet been recorded in the clan, all the courtiers know of the existence of the young prince. At the same time, everyone was also curious about who the young master's mother was, and whether it was because the king was unwilling to publicize it because her status was too low. It's just that judging from the current scene, the little son's mother doesn't seem to be in the harem, and he doesn't know where she went.
Lin Ju heard these words in a half-dream and half-awake, and touched her nose with her paw. The person Ah Zheng was talking about shouldn't be her. When will she become Fusu's cute little lady? Well, definitely not her.
The room was quiet for a while, Ah Zheng rubbed the civet cat twice, looked up at Meng Yi: "I'm bothering Meng Qing, you can continue talking, I'm leaving first." Looking at the back of the king leaving, Meng
Yi Yi couldn't help doubting himself, why did the king come in? He really came to listen to his lecture, and he couldn't come in to hug the cat.
Ah Zheng was walking on the palace road with the civet cat in his arms. Ah Ju hadn't appeared for two years. What happened to her? Why didn't she contact him? Can he find Aju?
At this time, the old eunuch came to report to him: "Your Majesty, that strange man has been arranged to enter the palace and is waiting for your summoning."
Ah Zheng hugged the cat and said, "Let's go and meet him."
In a secluded place In the palace, Ah Zheng saw this so-called strange man.
He looks ordinary, seven feet tall, with a square face and long beard, nothing special about him. The reason why this person was called into Xianyang was because he had died ten years ago, and ten years later his coffin was split by lightning, and this person came back to life. When the local county magistrate heard about this strange event, he quickly reported it to Qin Wangzheng, who also sent him to Xianyang.
When the man saw Ah Zheng, he was unhurried and did not bow down. Instead, he bowed his hands and said, "Xu Fu, the Taoist priest, has seen the King of Qin."
Ah Zheng looked at him and asked, "Are you really ten years ago?" Just died? How can there be such a strange thing in this world?"
Xu Fu said slowly: "The Taoist priest didn't die ten years ago, he just wandered in the nine heavens, and his family didn't know, so they buried the Taoist priest's body. Now the Taoist priest Since returning from nine days, in the eyes of the world, you are naturally alive."
"Oh? Really?" Ah Zheng smiled, "Then I ordered someone to cut off your head, can you still live?"
Xu Fu slowly stunned.
The author has something to say:
Xu Fu: Why don't you play your cards according to the routine?
Fangmatan No. 1 Bamboo Slips recorded the story of a man who was buried ten years ago and was resurrected ten years later, but the man's name was not mentioned. (It's really nonsense)